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Gum Diseases are inflammatory conditions caused by bacteria in plaque below the gum line. Over time, the bacteria irritate the gum tissue with certain types of bacteria destroying gum tissue and bone.
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When the amount of this bacterium grows to a certain level, it switches the body's immune system to target local supporting tissues.
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When severe, the bacteria can enter the bloodstream increasing the risk to cardiovascular disease. Researchers have found this bacteria in the pancreas and brain.
Signs of gum disease are bleeding gums when tooth brushing or flossing, bad taste and bad breath.
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Do you remember when you last played a sport? I am sure that you don't remember. Actually, it is not your fault. This world is not letting us to enough quality time to enjoy. Work is the one only passion in our life. But you have to give some space in your life. Try sports to make your life little enjoyable. I will recommend playing table tennis. This sport needs no skill, you can develop your skill while playing. By playing this game, you will not only feel fit physically but also can enjoy a mental peace. You will be amazed to see your improvement in acuity and reflex. Out of all ping pong paddle reviews, I liked the review of DHS ping pong paddle A4006 table tennis racket. It is really a good racket to play with.
How To Buy Ping Pong Paddle
Before going to the information about ping pong paddle, at first let me give my introduction. I am an international champion player in table tennis and I am in this sports industry more than a decade. So you can guess my experience and knowledge. As I know the lacking of information about paddles is there and it is hard to pick the right paddle for that. So I decided to write a review of the best ping pong paddles and help all types of players. Trust me you will thank me later for all the information I have given below in this dhs a4006 review.
If you are thinking of playing table tennis than try to take the perfect ping pong paddle. As there are many kinds of ping pong paddle, you have to pick the perfect one for play. For that, you have to check multiple things to get the required one.
Let's have a look at the checklist that will help you to pick the one for you:
- Every player has a different style of sports. So it is obvious that you have to use the different paddle for different styles. It is important to know your style of play. This will make your selection easy. In the selection rubber, blade and handle are the main points. Like for beginner, you have to select a non-style paddle. This will help you to grow into a professional player. For offensive players, you have to pick the blade that will help you to control and let you play with speed. And for a defensive player, you have to pick slow blade.
- There are kinds of handles – penhold and shakehand grip handle. You can choose that per your style and control.
- The materials of the blade come with two type material – wood and composite. Among them, the composite one is light and allows speed in the sport. To enhance speed, select a thick blade paddle to play with. A light blade edge gives speed in the play and a thick edge allows you to control and spin perfectly.
- The paddle rubber comes in two type one is pips out and reverse. With reverse rubber paddle, your shot will be a fine one and whole sports will be in your control. It is better for an offensive player. With pips out paddle allows showing spin in the sports. It is for the defensive player. Now pick the one that matches your style.
- It is important to check power rating. Don't go much high or low. Match the power with your play style.
- The strike of the ball can be easily controlled with a paddle. The control allows you to make a fine shot.
- For spin, you have to own a paddle with high-quality rubber and a little heavy in weight. Your shot will be full of spin.
DHS Ping Pong Paddle A4006, Table Tennis Racket:
DHS ping pong paddle A4006 table tennis racket is a paddle that makes the sport fast. This paddle is the best option for middle and professional level players. If you play table tennis with this paddle you will win the race and it is guaranteed. The racket is ITTF approved. You can enjoy the game with ease and speed. The quality of the rubber of this paddle is high quality. Don't think that it is not for beginners, they can try to play with it. It will be a bonus for them if they develop their skill with it. This paddle is easy and comfortable to play with. There is wooden made blade and rubber. The wooden blade is tough in the feature but light in use. Your speed and spin will be powerful when you will play with it.one best thing about the rubber is tackiness that helps to make your spin powerful and easy. In a word, it is a must have ping pong paddle for every table tennis players.
Product Features:
- The blade is 7-ply wooden.
- You will find black or red pimples.
- There is a quick attack loop.
- The spin and speed are strong.
- The handle of the paddle is long.
- The rubber has pimples in front.
- The plywood is pure.
- You will find the wood body tough and light.
- The rubber distribution is proper.
- Your play will be super powerful.
- Speed and spin are good.
- Better for the intermediate and professional player.
- Smelly handle.
- The handle is hard to feel.
- Is it really the best penhold paddle?
Ans: Yes, it is Chinese style paddle.
- Is the blade good?
Ans: Of course, it has the best Chinese penhold blade.
Bottom Line:
As there are a lot of ping-pong paddle reviews, so you have to go through all of them and decide to pick the perfect one that matches your style, speed, and control. Remember if you can't play with this three combination then you will not be able to develop your skill. So know your style then pick the paddle that allows you to help to spin and control. When you have the paddle you want in your hand, you will be the star in the court. All the best with the paddle and you can read out top 10 best ping pong paddle reviews.


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2009 59 AUDI A5 2.0 TFSI S line Special Edition 2drB&O/Xenon/Sensors/Heated/2Keys
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- 46717 Miles
- Petrol
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- 149 CO² (g/km)
- £160.00 12m Tax
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- 44.1 Avg. MPG
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- Body styleCoupe
- Engine size1984cc
- Engine capacity2.0 L
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- CO2 emissions149 g/km
- Insurance group33
Performance & Economy
- Fuel consumption (urban)34.0 mpg
- Fuel consumption (extra urban)53.3 mpg
- Fuel consumption (combined)44.1 mpg
- 0 - 60 mph6.9 seconds
- Top speed155.0 mph
- Cylinders4
- Engine power208 bhp
- Engine torque258 lbs/ft
- Height1372mm
- Length4625mm
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- Mileage: 46717 miles
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- Fuel Type: PetrolGearbox: ManualBody Style: CoupeColour: GreyOwners: 4
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Holts Landing summer concerts begin June 28
Imagine live music in a peaceful park setting, just as the sun sets over Indian River Bay. That's exactly what organizers envision at three different family fun nights in Holts Landing State Park this summer.
"People want to come down there, chill out, get away from the beach — it's the perfect place to do it," said organizer Duncan Cornell, who said he loves the simplistic, natural setting. "It's a quiet place to go, take your family, walk your dog."
Guests can enjoy live music, cornhole, horseshoes and marshmallows roasted in the new fire pit. State park naturalists will also lead demonstrations of seining, crabbing and clamming.
People can bring a picnic dinner, chairs, bug spray, kayaks, fishing or crabbing gear (and their current fishing permit), and anything else, for a comfy evening on the bay.
The free events run from 6 to 9 p.m., with music at 7 p.m. This season's concerts include:
• June 28 — LoosEndz (Christel and Paul Grandell)
• July 19 — The New Olivet String Band (Charlie Papparella, Charles Lynch and John Perdue)
• Aug. 9 — Smilin' Drake (Drake Burd)
"There's a wide range of things to do. So come down to the park and hang out," Cornell said. "It's old-school."
In 2015, the state parks sponsored the events for Holts' 50th anniversary. This year, the fledgling Friends of Holts Landing volunteer group took over the new tradition.
"It's our second year. We've done a lot with making the trails very accessible now, very open, get some signage up, make it a little more user-friendly," said Cornell, a member of the Friends.
"Come on out and enjoy the beauty of Holts Landing and what it has to offer," he said.
The park is located at 26909 Holts Landing Road in Millville. Details for all Delaware State Park concerts are online at www.destateparks.com/summerconcerts. Details about Friends of Holts Landing State Park are online at www.facebook.com/friendsofholts.


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As we prepare to depart Fort Myers Beach after nearly two months living aboard on a mooring ball, I took the opportunity this morning to do one last morning beach walk.
The beach is a lot busier mornings now than 6 weeks ago.
And if I was walking the beach, I had to stop by one of my favorite spots: the Fort Myers Beach Library.
Other cruisers have told us of the wonderful library at Fort Myers Beach and I had passed by it while riding the trolley back from Publix. It wasn't until I began doing an occasional morning walk with our friend, Don, who had a regular route he walked every morning (Times Square to beach to Red Coconut to Estero Blvd back to the dinghy dock), that I realized the library wasn't that far beyond where I often walked. And so Ron and I stopped in one day to check it out. It's a beautiful facility and I willingly handed over $10 for a 6-month visitor's pass (enables me to check out "real" books as well as e-books).
Decent wifi is tough to find around here, but the library's is very good. You have to take an elevator to the 3rd floor and this is what you see when you "land"
I discovered their "Bookmark Cafe" the day I went to the 3rd floor to update my iPad. What a beautiful view! I ordered a cup of coffee (least expensive we found on the Island) and since I'd not yet had breakfast and was always looking for a good cinnamon roll, decided to try theirs. They get their baked goods from the New England Bakery, located on the main road to Fort Myers. I have been spoiled. Heavenly Biscuit, famous for their cinnamon rolls in FMB, are good (they use a biscuit dough). But once I tasted the cinnamon roll at the Cafe, no other cinnamon roll would do. They are to die for: sweet yeast dough loaded with cinnamon, topped with a cream cheese frosting–not horribly sweet like so many others.
And so, this morning I looked forward to slowly savoring my final cinnamon roll this season. Unfortunately, they didn't have cinnamon rolls this morning. So sad. I had to settle for pain au chocolat. Though tasty, it was not the same.


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The Blue View - Annual Engine Maintenance/
As the title suggests, it was time to spend a day doing all those engine tasks that have to be done at least once a year. This is certainly not my favorite way to spend the day, but I prefer to get them all out of the way at once. Adelaide was going through a heat wave and trying to work topsides in temperatures well over 110F/43C didn't seem like a good plan, so today was the day. I go through each system of the engine, starting with the cooling system. Nine of Cups has a Ford Lehman diesel engine, which is a marinized version of a Ford tractor engine. It has a freshwater cooling system, but instead of a radiator, it uses a heat exchanger to cool the freshwater coolant. There are actually three heat exchangers, one for the engine coolant, one to cool the motor oil and one to cool the transmission fluid. Raw seawater is pumped through a strainer by an impeller type pump, then through the three heat exchangers. The seawater is then mixed with the engine exhaust, which cools the exhaust gases and acts as a muffler.
These are the items on my cooling system checklist:
- Finger zinc. The first heat exchanger has an internal finger zinc to prevent corrosion. I usually check it quarterly.
- Raw water strainer. This occasionally gets clogged and is checked as needed, but I pull it out and inspect it for fouling and corrosion annually. While it is out, I open the thru-hull briefly to flush out anything in the intake line.
- Impeller. The impeller will usually last for years unless something finds it way through the strainer or the engine is run without water. This is what happened when I tried to start the engine before cleaning the thru-hull, and sure enough, it was damaged.
- Coolant heat exchanger. This heat exchanger has a tendency to clog up. I remove the end cap and run a small wooden dowel through each of the holes and clean any debris from the inlet side. I replace it every five years.
- Oil and transmission heat exchangers. I inspect these externally to check for corrosion and to make sure the oil lines feeding them are secure and in good shape. I replace these every three years.
- Hoses and clamps. All the hoses and clamps in the cooling system are checked and replaced as needed.
- Exhaust mixer. We have a monel exhaust mixer that cools the exhaust gases and acts as the muffler. This is inspected to check for corrosion and integrity.
- Exhaust hose. We have a 10 foot or so run of hose from the mixer to the transom, and this is inspected to check for aging or chafe.
Fuel System
The fuel system checks are next. Fuel is pumped out of either the port or starboard fuel tank, through a primary Racor filter, then to the day tank. From there, it is gravity fed to the secondary filters and on to the injector pump. These are the items on my fuel system checklist:
- Fuel tanks. I Inspect each fuel tank to check for sediment or algae. Polish the fuel if necessary.
- Primary filter. I change the filter and clean the sediment bowl.
- Day Tank. The day tank is inspected to make sure it is secure and there is no evidence of leaking.
- Secondary filters. Both of the secondary filters are replaced.
- Hoses and clamps. All hoses and clamps are inspected and checked for aging, corrosion or wear.
- The fuel system is then bled and the engine is started and run until warm.
- Normally the oil and filter is changed every 180-200 hours. Since the oil hadn't been changed in over a year, I changed it and the filter. All oil lines are inspected.
- I change the transmission oil annually. The old oil is inspected for evidence of water or overheating. All the transmission lines are inspected. The engine is started and the transmission is put in gear, both forward and reverse to check operation and controls. Shaft vibration is checked for evidence of engine misalignment.
- The coolant level is checked. I flush and replace it every two years.
Engine cables and controls
- The engine is controlled by cables that run from the cockpit to the engine room. These are checked for damage or corrosion. The fittings on each end are inspected.
Air filter
- The air filter is cleaned and checked.
General checks
- I give the engine a good once-over to check for the following:
- Motor mounts. All the motor mounts are checked for tightness. The port side aft motor mount has a tendency to work loose on Cups.
- Oil leaks. Any oil leaks are investigated.
- Valve cover bolts. The valve cover bolts are checked and tighten.
- Engine belts. Our engine has two belts and these are checked for aging and tightened or replaced, if necessary.
- Visual. I check the wiring, starter, solenoid, alternator, water pump, injector pump, etc. for any visual indication of problems.
Clean Up
This is the home stretch.
- I wipe down the entire engine and touch up any paint that has worn away or is bad shape. It is much easier to find a future oil leak if the engine is clean.
- After changing the oil and fuel filters, bleeding the fuel lines, and flushing the raw water intake, the engine sump always has several inches of a melange of all the engine fluids. I sop up all the petroleum based liquids using oil absorbent pads and dispose of it properly. The remaining liquids are a combination of seawater, fresh water and possibly engine coolant. These are cleaned up and disposed of, and a fresh oil absorbent pad is placed in the sump. Our engine always leaks a small amount of oil from the various seals, and the pad collects it.
- By now, I am a stinky, sweaty, oily mess. The best part of the entire job is taking a shower, changing clothes and updating my maintenance log with a cold, home brewed India Pale Ale.


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With the help of the local traffic police, the contestants of Miss Purwanchal 2015 went on the street to create traffic awareness to the pedestrians and the vehicles. The beauties on yellow t-shirt were scattered on the streets of Itahari to teach the pedestrians the right way to cross the street and help reduce traffic accidents.
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The regional Traffic Police office had trained the contestants and mobilized on the street. The police had trained one hour before taking them to the streets. In addition to helping the people, they were also carrying traffic awareness placards.
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For my wedding I knew I didn't want a typical wedding shoe. I had been eyeing this pair of @freepeople Dover Clogs for a while and knew that they would be the perfect addition to my wedding day look. They are beyond comfortable and because they are neutral they go with a lot! They were a bit more expensive than I would normally spend on a shoe ($128), but decided to splurge for my big day. I've worn them so many times since, so I'd say it was worth it! Xoxo, Alexa
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Gunfire and explosions have been reported outside the home of the Saudi king in Riyadh, the country's capital. Sources on Twitter have posted photos and videos of the situation and have said that the gunfire is part of a coup attempt. The King has reportedly been evacuated to a nearby bunker as gunfire rocks the night skies. Military jets have been reported as flying low across the skies.
King Salman has been seen as a reforming figure and has attempted to clamp down on corruption. It is not clear whether this is the cause or Islamic Wahabi hardliners are behind it. All sorts of rumours are flying around including that drones have been used to attack the presidential palace. Some reports have said Royal Saudi Land Forces (KSA) Lieutenant General Allukas Nepils is leading the military push to oust King Salman.
Others are saying that this is not really happening but rather a 'Fake News' story put out by Qatar! Saudi is currently engaged in a devastating proxy war with Iran in Yemen and missiles have been launched over the border. Nerves are highly frayed in the Riyadh capital with great panic on social media.
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On July 1, 2017, the final two stages of Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation ("CASL") will come into effect – the end of the transitional period (July 1, 2014 – July 1, 2017) and the coming into force of the private right of action.
End of the Transitional Period
Since CASL came into effect on July 1, 2014, organizations have been operating within the transitional period to send commercial electronic messages ("CEMs")* based on implied consent. This means that where an organization has a pre-existing business or non-business relationship with a contact any time prior to July 1, 2014, there exists implied consent to send the contact a CEM. Organizations have been using the transitional period to obtain express consent from contacts to send CEMs.
On July 1, 2017, the transitional period will end and sending CEMs based on implied consent will be subject to the limitation period of 2 years or 6 months. This creates a more restrictive time within which to send a CEM to a contact based on implied consent. With 2 months remaining in the transitional period, organizations should continue to use this time to obtain express consent.
Private Right of Action
On July 1, 2017, individuals and businesses who are affected by contraventions of CASL will have the ability to seek monetary remedy in a court proceeding. In the case of a breach of the CEM provisions, the liability can be $200 for each breach not exceeding $1,000,000 for each day on which the breach occurred. CASL does not expressly include class actions but it is anticipated that the private right of action creates the possibility for groups to pursue class actions for CASL violations.
For more information on these upcoming changes and how you can ensure your organization complies with CASL, contact Catherine Hamilton.
*What is a commercial electronic message (CEM)? According to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) website http://crtc.gc.ca:
"A key question to ask yourself is the following: Is the message I am sending a CEM? Is one of the purposes to encourage the recipient to participate in commercial activity?
When determining whether a purpose is to encourage participation in commercial activity, some parts of the message to look at are:
- the content of the message
- any hyperlinks in the message to website content or a database, and
- contact information in the message.
These parts of the message are not determinative. For example, the simple inclusion of a logo, a hyperlink or contact information in an email signature does not necessarily make an email a CEM. Conversly, a tagline in a message that promotes a product or service that encourages the recipient to purchase that product or service would make the message a CEM.
Some examples of CEMs include:
- offers to purchase, sell, barter or lease a product, goods, a service, land or an interest or right in land;
- offers to provide a business, investment or gaming opportunity;
- promoting a person, including the public image of a person, as being a person who does anything referred to above, or who intends to do so."
This article is presented for informational purposes only. The content does not constitute legal advice or solicitation and does not create a solicitor client relationship. The views expressed are solely the authors' and should not be attributed to any other party, including Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP (TDS), its affiliate companies or its clients. The authors make no guarantees regarding the accuracy or adequacy of the information contained herein or linked to via this article. The authors are not able to provide free legal advice. If you are seeking advice on specific matters, please contact Keith LaBossiere, CEO & Managing Partner at firstname.lastname@example.com, or 204.934.2587. Please be aware that any unsolicited information sent to the author(s) cannot be considered to be solicitor-client privileged.
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A real-time strategy game where you design airships and then fight with them. The aim is to have pretty chaotic explodey fights and interesting ship design choices.
Great game. I've been playing since Dev2 and it gets better each time. It's a steal for only $5. Reminds me of the Total War games with it's campaign map.
great progress. but in need of more "Features and gameplay"
maybe a storyline or a campaign?
Probably asking too much from an indie game. I wish you could add a total war type diplomacy or something. it will definitely make the game sick as ****
It's a really great game, despite of it's ulgy graphics - but pretty in inner ways. The mechanism, modular building: everything can't break me away from Airships. Well done, Zarkonnen, I believe you shall develop it in future for many years.
This is one of the best games I have played. The ship and building designer tools are something you can spend hours working with. The campaign mode even against the AI is interesting and challenging. You can also bring your new toys to bear against your friends.
It is definitely worth owning for the hours of enjoyment of building ships.
Great and unique game! I love being able to plan and create my very own flying vessels - every single part from specific weaponry to the sailor's sleeping chamber to the ships armor - everything is left to your choice. You can build small, fast ships or brutal, slow behemoths starring of cannons and guns - it's up to you to decide, and it's enormously funny to experiment with the different possibilities. I'm totally looking forward to the next updates! Great game, and the best buy you can do for 5 bucks.
Worth giving a try ! nice job !
I really enjoy the way Airships combines a module-based airship designing tool, fast-paced and exciting battles, and the possibility of conquering your way across the map. It appeals to the side of me that loves fiddling with lego models as well as the side of me that longs to blow things up.
As the dev has said before, it is a perfect combination of many games. Great buy for $5.00, buy it while you can before the price jumps up to $10.00 o.O
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The word outsourcing is so often used online as a remedy for all business-related issues that one may begin to think of it as a magic wand. Just move the magic wand once and your finances will become better. Swing it again and you will get access to the best customer service experts in the industry. And so on. But, it does not work like that. To outsource customer support, you need to first understand your requirements.
Sometimes businesses skip on studying their own business requirements as they are in a hurry to reap rich rewards from customer support outsourcing. This is when mistakes are made.
Outsource Customer Care Services, but Don't Make These Mistakes
Some flaws are fixable even after outsourcing is done; however, there are certain mistakes that can have an immediate and adverse impact on your business. Have a look at some mistakes and their resolutions:
Mistake 1: Outsourcing to the cheapest vendor
Do you always buy your groceries from the cheapest store? Don't think so. Just like you do not prioritize price of things that you consume, you should not dish out something that your customers cannot digest. Yes, bad customer service is really hard to digest for customers.
Due to a wide spread of customer service outsourcing companies across the globe, you may get in contact with certain vendors who are not up to the mark. They may offer you services at such attractive prices that you will find them hard to pass up. But, you should know that something that appears too good to be true is, more often than not, untrue. Thoroughly scan the track record of the company, read reviews about it and only then make your decision. Never make the mistake of selecting the cheapest vendor with your eyes closed.
Mistake 2: Skimping on an in-house liaison manager
When you outsource, you generally outsource to a company that helps you cut cost in your customer service operations. Use some of the cash – you saved from outsourcing – on hiring a manager, who will be your liaison with the outsourced company. It is absolutely critical that this person has experience in call center industry. He should also have a good understanding of the work culture of the country, to which, the business has been outsourced. Don't mind if this person is asking for a high salary. Every penny you would spend will be money well spent.
When you outsource customer support, you partially lose its control. Even if you are using an excellent customer service outsourcing, the chances are there will be some gaps in your understanding and their understanding. To remove this gap, the liaison manager will come in really handy. He will be able to convey your thoughts accurately to the outsourced company, and will also help in coordinating the workflow.
Mistake 3: Selecting a company situated in a volatile region
Location of the vendor company can be crucial to your business prospects. A company located in a politically unstable country can abruptly halt the progress of your business (if there is a coup or war). Moreover, a country that is susceptible to natural calamities like Tsunami or earthquakes should be avoided.
These are just a few disadvantages of selecting a company in an unsuitable location; however, the list is long, way too long. This is why, it is best to study the dynamics of the country before outsourcing your business. Before going into contract negotiations with a customer support outsourcing company, an entrepreneur should personally visit the country. He should also search the internet for news that gives a clear idea of the country's political situation.


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Every summer, hundreds of middle and high school students from First Baptist Jonesboro pile onto buses to head to a week long retreat at the beach, and every summer their youth pastor tells them the same thing: "You're not going to meet your future spouse on this trip, so quit chasing each other around!" Normally, he's right, but one fateful summer, Hannah met a handsome young man named Luis, and their story became the exception to the rule. I had the privilege of photographing their wedding celebration last weekend, and I am so excited to share their images with you!
Luis and Hannah's wedding day was the kind of celebration that I LIVE to be a part of. They did not invest their time and finances designing a stylish, high production event. Instead, they invested themselves in loving and celebrating the people that they hold most dear. Hannah got ready in a room above the chapel with her sisters, sisters-in-law, and her 9 nieces and nephews. She watched with amusement as the little ones crawled over each other on the floor, stole each others toys, and pulled restlessly at their formal wedding attire. She snuggled them, laughed with them, and embraced the messiness that comes along with having that many children in a confined space. And you know what? She wouldn't have had it any other way.
Love abounds on days like these. Luis smiled and shifted from one foot to the other as his friends walked down the aisle in pairs, but when the doors finally opened and he saw his bride for the first time, he turned away to wipe away his tears. He held her hands tenderly as they shared their vows, touched his forehead to hers as they prayed, and wrapped his arms around her as they danced their first dance. Theirs is the kind of marriage that will be built on a solid foundation of faith in Christ and the value of family.
Hannah and Luis, thank you so much for inviting me to document your wedding day! I pray that your married life brings you great joy and many happy adventures together!
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Borealis built the Crestone frame using cutting-edge carbon fiber construction methods to finely tune the ride quality, resulting in a lightweight yet impressively strong frame that will hold up to heavy use. That's particularly important since the addition of the 100mm travel Mastodon invites you to take more difficult line choices. Nimble handling and low weight are helpful attributes on fat bikes, and you'll appreciate pedaling around the Crestone with its lightweight carbon fiber frame and quick-handling geometry. Not unlike an XC race bike, Borealis gave the Crestone a relatively steep 70-degree head tube angle and a shorter reach to keep you in a comfortable position and help quicken the steering of that big wide front tire. The geometry is also well suited for bikepacking and touring, helping you cover ground quickly and efficiently.
This Crestone is built up with 27.5 x 4.0in tires on 80mm rims, providing a solid platform to roll on snow or loose terrain while remaining sprightly compared to extra fat and voluminous 26 x 4.8in fat bike tires. 27.5in fat tires have shorter sidewalls than their 26in fat tire counterparts, contributing to more precise cornering, less tire bounce, and a faster feel on packed snow or moderately loose terrain. This gives the Crestone an even livelier feel with improved rollover characteristics, though you can always switch to some fatter tires later on if you need maximum flotation for fresh snow or deep sand.
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We have shared stories of the courage it takes to leave homelands, culture, family, and all that is familiar. For many, it has taken courage to learn English, to make new friends, to apply for jobs and to guide children through this new way of life. It certainly takes courage to stand up and call out discrimination and inequality, and there are those days where the barriers feel so immense that it takes courage to simply get out of bed. What do you need courage for?
Our book features recipes, stories, photography and art by women from sixteen different cultural backgrounds. A few of our children, partners and husbands have also shared their love for cooking in this book.
From August 2017 to April 2018, women from refugee, immigrant and Aboriginal backgrounds gathered weekly to share knowledge, stories, dishes and a passion for creating food bound to bring family, friends and guests to the table.
We have collected and created recipes for dishes that have been cooked and handed down for generations, but often never actually recorded!
Delicious, delightful and diverse dishes from around the world, handpicked home-cooking recipes from the heart.
This beautiful and unique book was conceived and developed through a project of the Grampians Communities of Respect and Equality (CoRE) Alliance, which seeks to achieve a safe, equal and respectful society for everyone.
The It Takes Courage project set out to empower local immigrant, refugee and Aboriginal women and their communities
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A New Home
After months of me toying with the idea of building a website just for Vagabondary, it's finally happened. For the past year or two of its life Vagabondary has existed as a blog on my personal website. Now, it has a new and permanent home here.
So...what exactly is Vagabondary?
I've spent the past two years working to figure that out myself. For the new folks, for the loyal friends and followers, and for me, I think now is a good time to dive into what Vagabondary means.
Vagabondary is a brand that was borne out of my passions and personal interests, and so is every-evolving along with me. In everything I do I want to create art. Not just the frame-on-a-wall kind of art but the kind that's crafted in the still moments among the trees and the busy moments in the workplace and all the moments in between. I believe art exists in the things we wear and the places we go and the words we say. Vagabondary is a kind of overflow of the things I couldn't keep inside.
I find my inspiration and rest most when I'm in nature, and so my art is often infused with those feelings. I see a revival happening around me in which people are learning to fall back in love with the earth. In the Digital Age, we are seeking the things that make us truly human. We also seek expression. We craft our own experiences and pursue our passions. And that's what I strive to do. For me, my style is a form of art. I wear and design clothing and art that reflects my experiences and the things I love. I want to share it with people who, too, are in pursuit of unique ways to express the things that make them who they are.
So I guess in a word-vomit-stream-of-consciousness kind of way, that's Vagabondary. That's the words I've never put down until now. The ones that have shaped this journey before they were even written. In short, Vagabondary is me. And I hope you'll find that Vagabondary is you, too.
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Toronto The Good
April 30th, 2018
Toronto's diversity offers a degree of immunity during times of terror
By: Martin Regg Cohn, Queen's Park Columnist, Toronto Star, and Distinguished Visiting Professor at Ryerson University's Faculty of Arts
Terror in Toronto is unlike terror anywhere else.
The impact here is more piercing, for we Canadians imagine ourselves to be exempt from terror — at a safe distance from the geographical and political hot spots that make targets of global cities. Yet we are blessed with a collective defence unique to Toronto.
The difference is that we are different — for our diversity offers immunity, at least partially, from the bigotry and blaming that erupt in times of trouble elsewhere.
Stop for a second, look and listen to what happened, who it happened to, how the city responded. Who were these people?
The victims, eyewitnesses, police and paramedics on the scene were all Torontonians, yes. But the names and faces featured in the news reports, and producing the news reports — eyewitnesses like Ali Shaker, Amir Bahmeyeh, Ham Yu-Jin, Amir Farokhpour; Deputy Chief Peter Yuen — remind us that we are, uniquely, a people from around the world.
From every place, every race, every faith. Which means that while the terror hurts all of us, most of us are in no rush to demonize any one of us.
In Toronto, everyone is a target yet no one is a target. We are so many people that we are almost indivisible, or at least indecipherable.
The old slogan, unity in diversity, is here a reality. If only because we are today too melded to be divided.
The old terminology of terrorism may or may not apply to what befell Toronto this week. The difference between terror (overwhelming fear and anxiety) and terrorism (the calculated use of violence and "terror" to achieve defined political goals) is a clearly defined distinction.
We won't know whether the motives were to merely terrify, or to achieve terrorist goals, until police disclose the results of their investigation. But the effect on the victims — the dead, the wounded, the grieving, the traumatized — is little different whether the motives were political or criminal.
You can't massacre 10 people on a city's main street — and you can't be a copycat killer mowing people down in a van in much the same way as terrorists have in Britain and France — without having a colossal impact. Terror and terrorism have different motives but similar methods, and Toronto's resilience is likely to be much the same regardless.
Consider how Canada's multicultural reality helps mute the backlash against a massacre, and also makes us a less obvious target for terrorists trying to make a statement. For who do you kill when you kill Canadians, if we are everyone and no one — by which I mean, no one particular people?
As a foreign correspondent, I had to cover suicide bombings in the Middle East with a recurring rhythm: A thundering explosion would shake the ground, followed by the cacophony of wailing sirens, and the sight of dismembered bodies strewn across food markets, or buses, or residential neighbourhoods, depending on that day's terror target.
In Israel, the victims were largely Jews (only sometimes did the terrorists miscalculate when their victims were Arab Christians or Muslims killed as collateral damage). The target was obvious, the method unmistakeable, the terrorism undeniably brutal for the victims and appealing to the perpetrators.
Message sent and received.We are a world away from the conflict zones, but not insulated from the fallout. The latest death toll reminds us that the world has changed, leaving no one at a safe distance.
For today's internet is the ultimate enabler, linking every loner to global epicentres of terror — directly or indirectly. Individual plotters no longer require collaboration from terror cells to forge intricate conspiracies that required complex explosive devices and specialized knowledge.
Now a man with a plan in a van is all it takes to mow people down with deadly certainty. In Europe, vehicular terrorists have been lone wolfs who were kindred spirits; in Toronto, the terrifying killer may have been a crazed spirit alone in his thoughts.
Either way, it is the new terror, everywhere unstoppable — for no amount of metal detectors, pat-downs, computer searches or water bottle bans can prevent a determined driver from mounting a sidewalk to kill pedestrians, whether on a London bridge or a Toronto street.
Anyone behind a steering wheel now wields a potential weapon of mass destruction, anywhere at any time. The difference is that here in Toronto he can kill people but not turn them against one another.
That is our unique strength. Canadian multiculturalism is a model to the world, an experiment in integration that remains unrivalled.
Now it is being tested, not by the conventional strains of immigration and resettlement, but the unpredictable trials of terror and terrorism — which rely on provocation for a reaction, that we might turn against one another.
That is not who we are, nor who we will become.
Source: Reprinted with permission from the author. "Toronto's diversity offers a degree of immunity during times of terror," April 24, 2018, Toronto Star
Martin Regg Cohn writes the Ontario politics column for the Toronto Star. A foreign correspondent for 11 years, he was chief of the Middle East and Asia bureaus, then Foreign Editor, and a world affairs columnist. He has reported from more than 40 countries, from Afghanistan to Yemen, and been nominated five times for the National Newspaper Award. He previously covered national politics from Ottawa. He is also a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Ryerson University's Faculty of Arts.
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Japanese government officials are working on a plan to make the market for solar electricity more competitive. They say they will auction off a greater number of contracts for solar projects in a bid to push down prices.
Japanese utilities are required by law to buy solar electricity generated by businesses and households. They currently pay some of the highest prices in the world.
In a bid to lower those prices, the government introduced an auction system.
It forces businesses to put in the lowest possible bid for the right to build big solar power stations with outputs of over 2,000 kilowatts per hour.
Industry ministry officials say they will expand the so-called "reverse auctions" to include smaller projects.
The aim is to push down prices for solar electricity provided by businesses from about 16 cents to 8 cents for a kilowatt per hour. They hope to do that by 2022 at the earliest.
The officials expect that by 2025, the price of solar electricity from households will fall from 23 cents to 10.
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Mid-Shore Pro Bono (MSPB) is proud to host six interns this summer. Clarice Gardner, Ella Joshi, Hannah Mayhew, Hope Murphy, Shannon Rommel and Harry Snoots are working closely with the MSPB staff on a variety of projects to connect low-income individuals and families with legal assistance on the Eastern Shore.
"We are so fortunate to benefit from the time and talents of our interns this summer," said Sandy Brown, Mid-Shore Pro Bono Executive Director. "Their diverse interests, skills and backgrounds have truly been assets to our team as we've put them to work in all areas of our organization."
Clarice Gardner will be a senior at Washington College where she is studying International and German Studies and plans to attend law school following graduation. This summer she is assisting MSPB staff with intakes, attending clinics and learning more about the Court System.
Ella Joshi is a rising Sophomore at Brown University and is considering a career in non-profit management and the law. She is assisting the staff with communications, data management and outreach.
Hannah Mayhew will be a senior at the University of Maryland College Park where she is studying Community and Behavioral Health. She is the second intern MSPB has hosted in partnership with The Walter Sondheim Non-Profit Leadership Program at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. This summer she is learning more about nonprofit leadership and management, participating in outreach events, assisting MSPB in the development of culturally competent informational materials and acquiring grant writing skills.
Hope Murphy recently graduated from The Gunston School and will attend Loyola University Maryland after taking a gap year to travel and lead outdoor education programs. Hope worked with MSPB as part of her senior year internship and continues to assist the organizations with its marketing and communications efforts.
Shannon Rommel is a rising senior at Salisbury University where she is studying Spanish and International Studies as well as Math and Computer Science. She is assisting MSPB translate documents and interpret as needed with Spanish-speaking clients and is also learning more about the legal system and immigration.
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We began by looking at a range of digital and analogue art and discussed the similarities and differences. We also talked about the reasons why we might choose to use technology as an artist. We then used photographs of islands to inspire our own pictures, using a range of tools on an online Photoshop Picture Editor. We worked in pairs, using our observational skills; these are some of the creations!
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India: Part 2
INDIA – part two
On the day before our visit to the Taj Mahal, we got several viewings of it at a distance. Magical! Surrounded by heat haze, it was like something out of an Arthurian legend.
We were ferried to the collection point by our coach, leaving us half a mile to cover on foot. For some reason best known to him, a middle-aged Indian chap decided that I was in need of a wheelchair and he followed me relentlessly (much to the mirth of our party) indicating that I should park my derriere on his mobile apparatus. In the end I had to get really cross. I mean, there were far less fit males in our company than me!
Close up, the TM is absolutely magnificent. For me it was the highlight of the holiday – a place I've always wanted to experience. And it's just as impressive on the inside. Queueing for entry was horrible though. Men and women separated, so I lost sight of Abby for a while. We were lined up in a tubular steel maze and it resembled going to a football match. Rowdy youths were queue jumping and one of our party, an old soldier, was getting increasingly fraught. He told me he suffered with PTSD and I did my best to calm him by making fun of the chaos. It worked a bit!
Inside the Taj I was a bit apprehensive. The building was commissioned in the 17th century by Shah Jahan, a Moghul emperor, who was devastated by his wife's death (Mumtaz Mahal). One of his sons' (Aurangzeb) thought he was being too extravagant, obliterated his brothers and sister (rivals to the throne) and imprisoned dad whilst respecting his wish to see the monument completed from his prison cell. It's a story worth reading in full, many points of similarity with King Lear, including the nursing of the failing old king by a daughter who was rejected by the others.
Gilly gave us an interesting account of the building's background but if William Dalrymple is to be believed, it was a sanitised version. Mumtaz Muhal may have been the love of Shah Jahan's life (he had three wives in all) but he wasn't above jumping into bed with his daughter, which was not uncommon for Moghul royalty!
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There had been hints from our guide that IS were showing an interest in moving into India and I could see several weaknesses that would enable that. A Moslem woman could easily have outwitted security and got into the Taj Mahal. Let's face it, as a Moslem monument dedicated to a person rather than Mohammed, it was ripe for an IS demolition job. The hundreds of people packed into the inside of the mausoleum would have been prime targets for a people massacre and India has managed a few of those this century.
Rendezvousing with the coach after our hour at the Taj was the most uncomfortable experience thus far of the holiday, being subject to constant aggressive harassment from beggars and pedlars. One young girl, 19 or so, kept thrusting her baby into my face and pointing at his face, at the centre of which was a cleft palate. Ignoring her was impossible without feeling heartless. Gilly took the initiative, picked out the best of those hawking their wares and held their goods up from the front of the bus, indicating if he thought we were being asked a fair price. That worked well.
On to Fatepuhr Sikri – yet another Moghul fort – but generously spaced out and devoid of crowds. The emperor had a built a palace for each of his three wives – Persian (favourite and much larger), Moslem and Hindu. Gilly introduced us to the concept of Hijras and their importance to the court. He made them synonymous with eunuchs but I'm not sure that's correct. Aren't they hermaphrodites? Again Dalrymple tracked down today's Hijra groups in Delhi. A tiny but fascinating sector of Delhi society.
We took lunch at an outside venue that reminded me of The Far Pavilions. It might well have been English countryside, then it was back on board the coach for a 300 mile ride to the national park at Rathnambore, the part of the holiday that Abby had been most looking forward to. Tigers!
It was 80 degrees and the sun was beating down but Gilly said that it was against the law to draw the coach's curtains in certain states (and Rajasthan was one of them) since the gang rape and murder of an Indian woman about three years ago which preceded a number of copycat crimes.
We passed through rural villages which were steeped in poverty. Children, clad in dirty inadequate clothes, waved at the rich Europeans passing through in their coach and there was not a sad face in sight. The road was a constant mess of potholes with frequent emergency stops for cattle in the road.
The Hotel Rathnambore was worth waiting for – delivered straight from the days of the Raj, an oasis of luxury in a desert of deprivation. We were travel-weary and not at all cheered by the news that we must be at our collection point by 5.30 next morning for the jungle safari.
It was Gilly's one goof up of the holiday. He had not organised the paperwork properly for the safari and it meant we didn't actually depart until 6.15 thus missing the best time to catch sight of our tiger as it returned to its lair from a night of hunting. We did catch a glimpse of a tiger (about a hundred yards away – see pic) along with crocodiles, impala, sambars, rare birds and different breeds of monkey.
We had a jungle stopover at a small shanty and I sought a private place in the jungle for a leek. Imagine my surprise when I discovered a toilet bowl standing alone in a clearing. Where? How? Why? Of course, I had to pee into it.
I couldn't face the sunset safari or at least my damaged back couldn't. I asked Gilly if I would be okay if I went for a walk round the village instead. He said I would be fine as long as I kept an eye on the wayward traffic, (there are no pavements, of course). However, I did find 'The English Wineshop' and a Swedish massage parlour. Globalisation pops up in the most unlikely settings.
They never saw the tiger again, so I made the right choice. After my promenade I watched the cricket between England and India, sponsored by Tata and Sky. Corporations rule the world. The coverage was so frenetic that it was impossible to discern match play from replay and the rerun adverts outweighed the cricket for actual broadcasting time.
After dinner, we got wind of a Hindu engagement party across the road from the hotel so along with Howard & Hazel, Pat & Dave, we ventured out to watch what goes on. The hotel security were most concerned about our safety and insisted we walked no more than a couple of hundred yards. I could see nothing to be worried about.
The next day was Jaipur – the pink city. After breakfast I stood by the roadside and watched the school bus, a tiny van with 12 kiddies in it, and numerous families packed on their scooters (no exaggeration, four on a scooter was commonplace) and an armada of tractors and camel-pulled carts.
Jaipur and the return to Delhi will make up part 3 of my narrative.
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A tiger like the one we saw, the Taj Mahal from afar, in the TM complex, a camel cart at Rathnambore, a Hindu engagement party.


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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Gold and silver stocks lost ground with the rest of the stock market Wednesday even as gold and silver futures settled higher.
In the equities market, the Philadelphia Gold and Silver Stocks Index XAU, +0.21% and the CBOE Gold Index gox closed down 2 percent and 3.4 percent, respectively, pulled down by broader market concerns.
Ashanti Goldfields ASL, +2.90%, which jumped more than 15 percent Tuesday to lift the two equities indexes, gave back 6.7 percent, or 1/8, to close at 1 3/4.
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"My take on this is that gold and silver stocks are caught in the same downdraft that the larger stock market indices are," said Timothy Evans, senior metals analyst at IFR Pegasus.
Both the Dow and the Nasdaq plunged in a broad-based sell-off Wednesday, with the greatest weakness detected in the retail, biotech and technology sectors.
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JEFFERSONVILLE — For the first time in more than three decades, Jeffersonville's only homeless shelter will be transitioning to new leadership — a move current and future owners say will help strengthen support for homeless and for affordable housing in the community.
On Monday, Haven House Services Inc. signed a letter of intent to sell the shelter to Park Memorial United Methodist Church, and other community partners, over the next 30 to 60 days. Executive Director Barb Anderson, who helped open the shelter in 1985 and has continued to lead it since, along with the seven-member shelter board will work with Park Memorial's pastor, the Rev. Jim Moon, in the ensuing months to ensure a smooth transition for residents.
Anderson will then focus her efforts more in an advocacy capacity, using her voice at the local, state and national level to champion the rights of homeless people and for improvements in affordable housing.
Moon said the goal is to purchase the property and then work to build alliances among churches, residents and the community at large, who care about those who live in poverty.
"What we see is, if Jesus were here, this is what he'd be doing," Moon said Tuesday. "We're here to walk beside those who are poor and marginalized and help them be more successful in the way that they live."
One catalyst for the change came Thursday, when the shelter received a notice that if $26,000 in outstanding money owed for sewer bills was not paid in full by Monday, services would be shut off the following day — effectively shutting down the facility and leaving the more than 100 residents living there without a place to go.
Elisha Gibson, utility billing manager for the Jeffersonville Wastewater Department, confirmed the letter and said the most recent substantial payment had been $10,000 paid in December 2017 toward a $17,000 bill, although she said Anderson had made the minimum payments against what was owed in 2017 and 2018. The average monthly usage accounts for around $1,300 per month, not including any late fees that have accrued.
Jeffersonville Mayor Mike Moore said he became aware of the amount owed at a meeting several weeks ago with the Claysburg Neighborhood Association. At a subsequent meeting of the Jeffersonville sewer board, of which Moore is a member, he said it was agreed that all sewer customers would be treated the same, and the notice was sent out.
Anderson said she at first reached out to various donors, in an effort to raise money to pay the bill.
"Then I thought, I can do this and in three months I'm going to have to do it again, like I've been doing it for 20 years," she said. "Or I could think of this differently."
She and Moon talked and came to an agreement about how to best serve the residents moving forward and on Monday afternoon, the pastor delivered the $26,000 for the sewer bill to the city department, as a down payment to purchase the shelter. The exact selling price and ownership structure have yet to be determined.
On Tuesday, Anderson and Moon met with residents of Haven House, to let them know about the coming transition and to answer any questions. Anderson also wanted to make sure they knew she was still always going to be in their corner.
"I'm not going to say they don't have concerns, of course they do," Anderson said following the meeting. "I've been their face and their voice for so long. But they also trust me and know I would never throw them under the bus."
Mary Ruth Rodgers, one of the residents, said the help from Park Memorial was "just a blessing from God," she said. "I don't want to see this place get shut down because where would people go?"
Kayla Gibson and her 10-year-old son have lived at the shelter since July, having gone there after a rocky period of housing instability. They had most recently been staying with a family member, but had to leave due to space needs in the home. Prior to that they were living in hotels.
"I didn't have a place to go," Gibson said. But in just over a month, she's developed family at Haven House she didn't have before; she and the other families help each other out, watching over their children and belongings. Anderson has helped secure housing for the mother and son; once its ready for occupancy, they'll be moving into a rehabbed Jeffersonville Housing Authority unit.
"I know it's soon and I couldn't be happier," Gibson said. "This year, I've grown family ... if there's a will, there's a way, and I couldn't thank anybody but Ms. Barbara."
While she's a little nervous about the transition, Gibson knows that "some changes are for the better," she said, adding that "This is [Anderson's] family, too — this is what she's done for years. [But] I think it will be a good thing because it will take some stress off of her."
Anderson admitted that the transition also means she will have a life outside the shelter.
"My family has sacrificed a great deal and I want them to have a part of me now," she said.
Anderson and Moon have faith in the transition and hope for the future partnerships, because they have seen what can be accomplished when community agencies work together. In July, multiple agencies, including Park Memorial, Haven House, Exit 0, Community Action of Southern Indiana and others, banded together to form the Homeless Prevention Task Force, whose members worked to find housing and assistance for more than 150 people displaced by the sale of America's Best Inn at Clarksville.
"None of this started until last Thursday," Anderson said, referencing the sewer bill payment notice. "This is life-changing decisions in less than a week. But you know what the task force taught me is that you can do life-changing decisions in less than a day and get it done.
"Out of that grew a new sense [of] energy," she said.
Anderson hopes to see the creation of a "an organization that's going to be here until it's not needed," she said, adding that it comes down to affordable housing.
"If we have housing, we stabilize addictions, employment for low-wage workers, education, families. And when we do all that, we end homelessness."


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In chapter 14 of C.S. Lewis's A Preface to Paradise Lost he documents four demonic responses to the reality of being trapped in hell; one demon advises pure rage as a way to cope, another advises complete inaction, a third advises imitating heaven within hell, and the fourth, Satan himself, advises the hurting of others; if our own existence is trapped, he reasons, then perhaps we can drag a few others down with us. And this, I might add, is a perfect picture of envy.
Curiously, there could hardly be a more apt foil to examine Zhang Yimou's 1991 film, Raise the Red Lantern. And yet, while I don't propose that Zhang Yimou or Su Tong (author of the source material) had read Lewis—or Milton for that matter—I do suspect that Milton, Lewis, and Tong have tapped into something common to the human experience. Rage, inaction, imitation, and envy are four extremely human recourses to the experience of hell on earth.
Raise the Red Lantern is the story of four 'sister' wives who struggle for petty power within a home controlled by a set of mysterious, traditional rules. Among these, and the source of the film's title, is the tradition that each night the master chooses the bed of the wife with whom he will sleep. When she has been chosen, red lanterns are lit in her room for the household to see; a consequence of the lit lanterns is that the 'chosen' wife wields the greatest influence in the house. We are introduced to this world by Songlian, the household master's new fourth wife, played superbly by Gong Li. Four 'seasonal' periods in the film unveil both the characters and motives of the wives as well as the rules and their terrible consequences.
It would be easy to short-circuit the deeper implications of the film by focusing on the gender differences—that is, by reading this story as a war between the wives and the male master. Yimou, I believe, is at pains to direct us away from this. The master's face is always obscured; he is shown from behind, or at a distance, or through a veil. He is an important player in the household, yet his life is not the focus of the film in the slightest. In fact, his facelessness renders him more a part of the scenery of the house than an active member; he is as much a part of this household prison as the cold stone walls.
The house itself is a potent screen against which Yimou casts his events. Bleakness is the overarching visual motif. The house, though large, shows signs of decaying age. Colorless stone abounds. And upon this cold, hard canvas Yimou causes two things to be highlighted. First, in the daily ceremony of choosing and elaborate lighting of the lanterns that follows, the vibrant red casts the powerful glow of favoritism against the bleak walls of the house. We are made to feel both the warmth of the master's choice and the chill of his neglect. Second, Yimou's staging keenly draws our attention to the four women. Elaborate sets and costumes would have drawn our attention away from the four women themselves, but as it stands we are compelled to gaze upon their faces and consider their characters.
Furthermore, within the world of Raise the Red Lantern suggestion is the storytelling method of choice. Things are not shown so much as they are implied, and this is one of the great strengths of the film. We do not need to see inside the mysterious tower where disobedient wives find their demise to know what goes on there—and, in fact, our imaginations are far better sources of material than anything that Yimou could have contrived. Suggestion is not limited to the visual, however. When a wife is chosen for the evening one of her 'perks' is that she is given a curious foot massage—her feet are pounded by miniature hammers that have bells in them. The bells ring loud enough for the sound to be heard throughout the house. On her first night in the house, Songlian, like us, finds this phenomenon strange. But as the movie progresses we come to see that the pleasure of the foot massage is not in the massage, but in the knowledge that the other wives are not receiving it. We experience Songlian's discomfort when she, like us, must hear the sound of favoritism in the bells coming from a sister wife's chamber, and we later witness her delicious enjoyment as she relishes in the fact that she has been chosen.
Truly, the greatest pleasure in this household is the taking of pleasure from others. It is, in Miltonic language, the Satanic response to an existential hell. And in fact, I believe that this house in Raise the Red Lantern seems to stand for that very existential helplessness experienced by much of humanity. Within it, the world is seen as an inescapable prison of mysterious rules and painful consequences. The house is our world, closed; we inhabit this home throughout the many seasons of life. There are rules in our universe which we break at our own risk. And the wives, though taking particular pleasure in envy, embody the various responses to which we have recourse.
The first and eldest wife is a picture of inaction. The lanterns in her home are never lit because of her age, and she has seemingly resigned herself to her fate. Accustomed to her position of powerlessness, she is barely a participant in the household goings on. The third wife is a picture of imitation—a former opera singer, she (also the image of the caged songbird) fills the house with her songs, fills her room with images of the opera, and is the only wife who seeks to bring some of the outside world into the home with her. She even does this through her illicit relationship with the family doctor. Her way of coping with hell is to try and recreate a little heaven within it.
The second wife plays the Satanic role in the film—through false pretence she makes it her goal to hurt others. She despises the first wife because of the son that she had given to the master, despises the third wife for the same reason, and sees in Gong Li a threat as she herself ages. She is the silent power player in the film, working through envy to destroy the others around her.
And Gong Li, the fourth wife and our guide, is a picture of rage. She comes to loathe the household rules and the members of the house. She becomes petty in her rage, hurting her serving girl, squabbling with the other wives unnecessarily, and ultimately bringing about two deaths by her actions. In the end, her uncontrolled rage is the very cause of her demise.
Raise the Red Lantern is a bleak but beautiful film that explores human responses to despairing captivity. It is beautiful in its storytelling, cinematography, editing, and performance, but bleak and terrible in it's portrayal of human despair and sin—which, I might add, is a perfectly appropriate marriage.


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Kenneth Paul "Pop" Ebelhar ,90, died April 27,2018 at home in the care of Hospice of Western Kentucky.
Born at home on Old Lyddane Bridge Road, August 24,1927, Kenneth was the fifth of seven children born to the late Peter J. and Clara Weber Ebelhar.
He attended the old Rogers one room school for four years. He then attended Sorgho School the first year it opened. When the family moved to French Island Road in January 1938, he attended St. Mary Magdalene School thru the 8th grade. He graduated St. Joseph High School in 1945.
In 1945 after graduating high school Kenneth was drafted into the Army and was sent to Fort McClennan. In 1946 he was sent to Yokohama, Japan to help in the cleanup of Occupied Japan.
When he returned home he met Stansell, his forever love and married in 1948. When Kenneth married, his parents retired and moved to Owensboro. He remained in the farm house for over 80 years. Kenneth and Stansell had six children. He lived his life simply and honestly. He always believed in working hard and doing the right thing. This he instilled in his children.
Kenneth was a member of the Knights of Columbus #6101 as a 4th Degree Knight. He was a charter member of the council, being one of the first 18 members. He was the treasurer of the council for 25 years. In 2004, Kenneth and Stansell received the Family of the Year Award for the Knights of Columbus in the state of Kentucky for his contribution to support family, church and community. He also helped the council get the sausage making event started.
He was a member of St. Mary Magdalene Parish for over 80 years. He was on the school board, parish council and picnic committee during those years. He headed up the mutton cooking team at the church picnic for over 50 years and participated in the top winning team of the Barbeque Festival for 18 years.
In 2001 Kenneth and Stansell won the Sophie Award for the Diocese of Owensboro. As a couple, they traveled a lot and visited all 50 states.
In 2005 Kenneth traveled with 21 youth and Fr. Richard Powers to Poland and Germany for the World Youth Day with an audience with the Pope. Everyone called him "Pop" as they strived to keep up with him on the journey.
When he wasn't farming he raised a big garden. He loved to watch things grow and then harvest the bounty of his labors. He loved UK Basketball and was a big NASCAR fan. He was able to attend many of those races on Men's Club bus trips.
Kenneth was always seen riding around with his faithful canine companion Chewy at his side. He and Chewy shared everything, including meals when Kenneth would feed him the same food from his own fork.
Kenneth was preceded in death by his wife, Stansell of 64 years; his brothers,
Vincent, Maurice, and Dennis; his sisters, Margaret Reisz and Lorena Stephen, his
granddaughter, Heather Lynn Ebelhar and great granddaughter Hayden Elizabeth
Surviving are his daughters, Shirley Kent, Gloria McCarty (Fred), all of Owensboro
and Bernadette Monday (Larry) of Louisville; his sons, Jerry Ebelhar (Linda), Grady
Ebelhar (Donna) and Lynn Ebelhar (Kathy) of Owensboro; 11 grandchildren, 5 step grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren and 11 step great-grandchildren; a sister, Clara Marie Gilles; and many nieces and nephews.
Thank you to the caregivers for being family and taking care of "Mr. Kenneth". You will be forever blessed for the kindness and compassion that you bestowed on him. Thank you to Dr. West, Dr. Buchanan and Dr. Randy for your care. Thank you Fr. Shaiju and Fr. Richard for your regular visits and blessings and all that took time to visit him.
The Funeral Mass will be held at St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church 10:00 AM Tuesday, May 1. Visitation on Monday will be at Glenn Funeral Home and Crematory from 2:00 until 8:00 PM, with prayers at 7:00 PM. Visitation on Tuesday will be at St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church from 9:00 until 10:00 AM. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Western Kentucky, 3419 Wathen's Crossing Owensboro, KY 42301 or St. Mary Magdalene Church Cemetery, 7232 KY-56 Owensboro, Ky 42301.
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