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The Dentist Who Changed World History
Papers of Dr. Maurice William donated to the Center for Chinese Studies
The extravagant headline "The Dentist Who Changed World History" is taken from the title of an article that appeared in Harper's Magazine, in December, 1943. The dentist referred to was Maurice William (1881-1973), who practiced in New York and who, if he didn't change world history, at least influenced the course of events in China.
In 1924, Sun Yat-sen, often called "the father of his country" for his leading role in the Chinese republican revolution of 1911 that overthrew China's two-thousand-year-old imperial system, was delivering a series of lectures on his political philosophy, the Three Principles of the People. Once a week, like clockwork, for twelve weeks Sun expounded on his philosophy. But when it came time for the thirteenth lecture, Sun stopped, and did not resume for more than a month. Apparently he had come across a book, The Social Interpretation of History, by an American, Maurice William, that caused him to rethink certain critical issues.
Before that time, Sun, like many other reform-minded Chinese intellectuals of the day, was heavily influenced by Marxism. Moreover, the Nationalist Party, which Sun headed, was deeply indebted to the Comintern (Communist International) for "guidance." But when Sun resumed his lectures, he spoke not in terms that were Marxist or vaguely Communist, but rather in terms of "Livelihood" that were clearly influenced by William's book. Writing around 1930, Harley Farnsworth MacNair, professor of history at the University of Chicago and a noted China scholar of the time, declared:
"In paragraph after paragraph, Dr. Sun either quoted, almost word for word, or paraphrased, the arguments which he had found in the Social Interpretation of History. He now repudiated several of his own earlier theories, substituting therefor the system of thought which he had recently discovered in Dr. William's work."
To distill William's critique of Marxism, one might say that while Marx, writing in the days of the Industrial Revolution, had made production the centerpiece of his theory and had cast the industrial proletariat in the leading role of revolutionizing modern society, William turned the argument in exactly the opposite direction by identifying the consumer as the motive force of history. The appeal of William's simple but prescient notion for a Chinese reformer like Sun is obvious: while the Chinese industrial working class early in the twentieth century was miniscule, each and every Chinese, in their hundreds of millions, was a consumer.
Maurice William: From Newsboy, to Dentist, to Social Critic
Born in Kharkov, Russia, William immigrated with his family to the United States at the age of eight. The immigration officer on Ellis Island evidently had difficulty understanding the family's name -- Ilyn -- which he rendered as "William." Hence Maurice got a new last name.
In New York, Maurice attended P.S. 5, and after school he sold newspapers. A few months before his graduation, his family decided he was old enough to work full time. He was placed in a dairy shop, where he worked twelve hours a day. After about a year, he moved on, to work in a printing plant, and then as a messenger and clerk, and still later as a guard. As William's biographer says, Maurice learned about the proletariat at first hand.
At the same time, William was deeply involved in the socialist movement. He wanted to remake society, but also get ahead himself. To this end he studied law part time, but gave that up when he heard Meyer London, New York city's first and only socialist congressman, denounce lawyers as "parasites." (London, by the way, was himself a lawyer.) Casting about for a career, William was advised: "Become a dentist, comrade. Under the most perfect system of society, there will still be rotten teeth."
Following that faultless argument, William worked for several years, and saved money, and then put himself through dental school. In 1907 he received his degree of doctor of dental surgery, got his license, and, as was usual for neophyte, penniless dentists in New York, began to work at one of the city's many "dental parlors" -- places that marketed dentistry on a mass scale. William soon learned that the emphasis in these "parlors" was more on marketing and less on dentistry: the "care" was shoddy at best. Later, when William had his own independent practice, he was instrumental in getting New York to adopt legislation guaranteeing ethical standards in dentistry, and together with several colleagues, he established one of New York's first free dental clinics.
It was William's experience with the exploitation of working class New Yorkers, and his disillusionment with World War I, that led him to reassess Marxism and to self-publish The Social Interpretation of History in 1920.
From Social Critic to Social Activist
By the early 1930s Sun Yat-sen was dead (he died in 1925) and with the rise of fascism and Nazism in Europe and aggressive imperialism in Japan, the world was slipping into the crisis that would culminate in the Second World War.
In response to Japanese aggression against China, marked by, among other things, the seizure of Manchuria in 1931, an attack on Shanghai in 1932, and other incursions and depredations that led up to a full-scale invasion in 1937, many Americans organized to aid China. Maurice William became a dedicated organizer and fundraiser. Most prominently, he was an officer in the American Bureau of Medical Aid to China (established in 1937) and chairman of the fundraising committee of the United Council for Civilian Relief in China, the largest and most important organization of its type. Among the members of the national committee of the United Council were such luminaries as Albert Einstein, Herbert Hoover, and Henry Luce (publisher of Time magazine).
The Papers of Maurice William
Albert Einstein crops up in the life of Maurice William in 1934. In that year, Einstein and William began to correspond on the question of China as a possible home for German Jewish refugees from Hitler. This correspondence, along with many other papers of Maurice William, is now in the possession of the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies, thanks to Susan Heflinger, granddaughter of William, who has generously donated the papers to the Center.
Other correspondence of interest and significance includes a number of letters from Syngman Rhee, the first president of the Republic of Korea. The first letter in the files is dated February 6, 1942, when Rhee was in exile in the United States, and the last April 25, 1960, two days before Rhee resigned as president in the face of huge student demonstrations.
The files also contain many miscellaneous papers that are, so to speak, fragments of a life. For instance, there is a photograph (reproduced here), taken at the Warner Brothers Studio in 1943, of Dr. William (left) shaking hands with Harry Warner, president of Warner Brothers. Looking on is a Chinese gentleman, identified on the back of another photograph as "Dr. Kin Wei Shaw, movie pic producer." Is this Dr. Shaw related to the Shaw brothers who later became famous for their gongfu (kungfu) movies produced in Hong Kong? The documents do not say.
Maurice William's papers will be placed in the Special Collections of the UCLA library.
(Partial) Bibliography on Maurice William
"Anniversary of an Idea" (1949). New York Times (Aug. 3): 22. Editorial.
"Greatest Living Influence on China Is New York Dentist" (1942). Chickasha, OK Express (Mar. 8).
Kirkpatrick, John (1942). A profile in New Yorker.
"Man Who Made China Leader Anti-Red Visits" (1950). Hollywood, CA Citizen-News (Oct. 13).
Mortiz, Paul W. (1945). "American Book that Remade China." Christian Science Monitor (Nov 17): 7.
"Obscure New York Dentist Caused a War in China Without Leaving His Office" (1942). Evansville, IN Press (Mar. 17).
"Orient's Rescue from Reds Key to Peace, Author Says" (1950). Los Angeles Times (Oct. 13).
Roberts, Katharine (1939). "The Thought Heard 'Round the World." American Mercury.
Shotwell, James T. (1932). "Sun Yat-sen and Maurice William." Political Science Quarterly vol. xlvii, no. 1 (Mar.).
Watt, John R. (1987). A Friend in Deed: ABMAC and the Republic of China, 1937-1942. New York: ABMAC Press. Brief mention, pp. 1-9.
Wick, James L. (1959). "A Chinese Student Mailed a Book; It Saved China from Communism for 25 Years." Human Events (Oct. 14).
---(1961). Human Events vol. xvii, no. 4, section 5 (Nov 13): 743-45.
Zolotow, Maurice (1943). "The Dentist Who Changed World History." Harper's Magazine (Dec.).
---(1948). Maurice William and Sun Yat-sen. London: R. Hale.
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Updated Worship Safety Plan (March 2022)
Date March 24, 2022
With vaccines now widely available and Covid numbers low, St. Paul's has resumed most of its former worship practices. Holy Communion, however, will continue to be distributed in the manner we've adopted during Covid (in one spaced line, not kneeling as a group). Our services will continue to utilize Greeters and Communion Assistants as our volunteer helpers. Youth group members may sign up to serve as an Acolyte. Offerings will continue to be collected in the box at the sanctuary entrance. Masks may be worn but are not required. The 10:30 service each Sunday will be livestreamed/recorded and available for viewing on our YouTube channel. Covid numbers will continue to be monitored and changes made as needed. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.
The Fourth Sunday in Lent
Easter Lilies and Spring Flowers 2022

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Кичек — посёлок в Солтонском районе Алтайского края. Входит в состав Сузопского сельсовета.

История
Основан в 1750 г. В 1928 году деревня Кичек состояла из 68 хозяйств, основное население — русские. В административном отношении входило в состав Тостокского сельсовета Солтонского района Бийского округа Сибирского края.

Население

 Национальный состав
Согласно результатам переписи 2002 года, в национальной структуре населения русские составляли 98 %.

Примечания

Населённые пункты Солтонского района

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Q: Is it possible to use Ajax/Jquery/jascript to build a drop down menu that jumps to a certain part of the page? I've been searching for this here, but I can't seen to find anything related.
Let's say I have a list that starts with
 tags:

LIST ITEM 1

LIST CONTENT
______________________

LIST ITEM 2

LIST CONTENT
______________________

LIST ITEM 3

LIST CONTENT
______________________

But at the top of this list, I have a drop down menu:
>> CHOSE ITEM <<

Now comes my doubt, is it possible to retrieve all the h2 from the list and put them as the drop down menu select list, just so whenever a person chooses an item, he will jump to the item he wants to see, and that with Ajax/Javascript/Jquery?
DEMO:
>> CHOSE ITEM <<
 _ LIST ITEM 1
 _ LIST ITEM 2
 _ LIST ITEM 3 <--- User clicks here

LIST ITEM 1

LIST CONTENT
______________________

LIST ITEM 2

LIST CONTENT
______________________

LIST ITEM 3
 <--- Then jumps to here

LIST CONTENT
______________________

A: This is one way:
var $headlines = $('h2');
var $dropdown = $('<select>');

$dropdown
    .insertBefore($headlines.first())
    .append('<option>Choose item</option>')
    .on('change', function () {
        var $option = $(this).find('option:selected');
        var $el = $option.data('headline');
        if (!$el) return;
        $('html, body').animate({
            scrollTop: $el.offset().top
       });
  });

$headlines
    .each(function () {
        var $el = $(this);
        $('<option>')
            .data('headline', $el)
            .text($el.text())
            .appendTo($dropdown);
    });

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Belgian landscape architect Peter Wirtz is the brains behind Wood Wharf's open spaces. His company, Wirtz International, has designed some of the world's most celebrated and beautiful public spaces, from Jubilee Park in Canary Wharf to Paris' Carousel Gardens, which links the Louvre to the Tuileries Palace.
A garden that's not beautiful in winter is not a beautiful garden. That was the philosophy of my late father, Jacques, who founded our company in 1950. For almost 30 years my brother Martin and I worked with him on landscapes from Jubilee Gardens in Canary Wharf to Les Jardins du Carrousel in Paris – until his death in 2018. He taught me the meaning of beauty.
It's easy to please the crowds in the summer, but to please them in winter – in our dark, rainy climates – is far more of a challenge. You almost have to reveal a third dimension in nature by creating things that reflect the light to enhance space and colour. A garden has to keep its liveliness when the weather turns. I've been told we achieved that with Jubilee Park.
But Wood Wharf is a very different animal. It's of an extreme density and very wind-exposed, from the South Dock. And on top of everything, the water of the South Dock turns rather blackish in winter. So we're using a lot of sweeping forms of ornamental grasses and perennials that look truly lovely in winter. They turn brownish and black and when you don't mow them – which you should never do – are rather dramatic. And in the summer, they turn into a celebration of blues, purples, yellows and a bit of white.
Here at Wood Wharf, we have pulled out all the stops. We have a massive splash of spring flowers with the flowering trees in spring, such as crabapples and cherry blossoms, which are white and pink. The paths swirl about in a serpentine way and the trees are planted in clumps. Then, along the boardwalk of the South Dock, I thought it the appropriate time to introduce prairie-type flowers – like the kind you would find on the American prairies. That's rather fashionable at the moment, I know, but I gave it a twist. I used very few grasses and lots of perennial plants – a sort of variation on the theme of the herbaceous English border. I think it will be very jolly and uplifting… and fun.
Competing with Wood Wharf's powerful architecture was perhaps our greatest challenge. So I went for a complete contrast with the open spaces. They'll be a gentle, lyrical world of very feminine forms – a visual massage to people who circulate through. There will be tree canopies under which they walk, and the ventilation shafts, security stuff and all the other less interesting things will be wrapped by masses of clipped beech shrubs so you forget they are even there.
As for the fauna, where do I start? The Thames is a migration route for many breeds of bird, from nightjars to robins, geese and cormorants. And there are all sorts of green havens of peace where these birds can rest along the river. Wood Wharf, I hope will be one.
Then there are the bees. I am a beekeeper myself and, if any bees feel like popping by I will give them a very good time. I think they will be swarming all over our blossoming flowers.
Did I mention the migrating butterflies? Many will visit, but there is one above all that I hope will stop by. It is called the painted lady and it migrates from Norway to Southern Europe in three generations, with England as one of its pit stops. So I am sure they will touch down for a bite to eat at Wood Wharf. They are magnificent.
Before I became a landscape architect I studied music at college. And gardens, like music, have the capacity to elevate you from the earth; to make you forget where you are.
Take the Adagio of the 8thSymphony of Bruckner. When you hear that, you are transported to a world that abandons the pace and rhythm of your heart. So my strong hope is that when people pass through these green spaces they will also feel elevated from being in the Docklands, as though they are in another world.
The Japanese Cherry, known also as The Bride, does that. When it flowers it is like a cloud of snow. It is without doubt the most enchanting flower I've ever seen.
If there is one memory that sums up my childhood, it is travelling with my father, mother, brothers and sister to the most beautiful gardens in England, like Knightshayes Court in Devon and Kiftsgate Court Gardens in the Cotswolds. I remember some breathtaking moments discovering those marvels.
If you visit one garden in your life, it should be Villa Lante, the renaissance garden in Italy. There is a sequence that goes from a forest to a very sophisticated clipped boxwood garden with inserted lemon trees. It has a water chain going through it, Spitting Neptunes, and Nymphs. It is exquisite. Man, those bishops in the Renaissance knew how to live.


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using log4net;
using MDS.Communication.Messages.ControllerMessages;
using MDS.Exceptions;
using MDS.GUI;

namespace MDS.Management.GUI.ClientApplications
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This form is used to edit web service communicators of an application.
    /// </summary>
    public partial class EditApplicationWebServicesForm : Form
    {
        #region Private fields

        /// <summary>
        /// Reference to logger.
        /// </summary>
        private static readonly ILog Logger = LogManager.GetLogger(MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);

        /// <summary>
        /// Reference to MDSController object.
        /// All communication with MDS server is performed using this object.
        /// </summary>
        private readonly MDSController _controller;

        /// <summary>
        /// This list is used as DataSource of data grid.
        /// It stores web services of application.
        /// </summary>
        private readonly BindingList<WebServiceListItem> _webServicesList;

        #endregion

        #region Constructor

        /// <summary>
        /// Constructor.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="controller">Reference to MDSController object</param>
        /// <param name="applicationName">Name of the application</param>
        public EditApplicationWebServicesForm(MDSController controller, string applicationName)
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            _controller = controller;
            txtAppName.Text = applicationName;
            _webServicesList = new BindingList<WebServiceListItem>();
        }

        #endregion

        #region Events of Form and controls

        private void EditApplicationWebServicesForm_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            PrepareForm();
            GetWebServiceList();
        }

        private void btnAdd_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            var webServiceUrl = txtServiceUrl.Text.Trim();
            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(webServiceUrl))
            {
                MDSGuiHelper.ShowWarningMessage("Web Service URL can not be empty!");
                return;
            }

            _webServicesList.Add(new WebServiceListItem { Url = webServiceUrl });
            gwWebServices.DataSource = _webServicesList;
        }

        private void removeWebServiceToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            //Check if user selected any web service to remove
            if (gwWebServices.SelectedRows.Count <= 0)
            {
                return;
            }

            var selectedIndex = gwWebServices.SelectedRows[0].Index;
            if ((selectedIndex < 0) || (selectedIndex >= _webServicesList.Count))
            {
                return;
            }

            //Get selected web service item
            var selectedItem = _webServicesList[selectedIndex];

            //Confirm removing
            var dialogResult = MDSGuiHelper.ShowQuestionDialog(
                "Are you sure to remove web service: " + selectedItem.Url, "Comfirm removing?");
            if (dialogResult != DialogResult.Yes)
            {
                return;
            }

            _webServicesList.RemoveAt(selectedIndex);
        }

        private void btnSaveChanges_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            SendChangesToServer();
        }

        #endregion

        #region Private methods

        /// <summary>
        /// Prepares form.
        /// </summary>
        private void PrepareForm()
        {
            Left = (Screen.GetWorkingArea(this).Width - Width) / 2;
            Top = (Screen.GetWorkingArea(this).Height - Height) / 2;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets web service list of application from web service.
        /// </summary>
        private void GetWebServiceList()
        {
            try
            {
                //Send a message to MDS server to get list of web services of application, get response and fill data grid.
                var responseMessage = _controller.SendMessageAndGetResponse(new GetApplicationWebServicesMessage {ApplicationName = txtAppName.Text});
                if (responseMessage.MessageTypeId != ControlMessageFactory.MessageTypeIdGetApplicationWebServicesResponseMessage)
                {
                    throw new MDSException("Response message to GetApplicationWebServicesMessage must be a GetApplicationWebServicesResponseMessage");
                }

                var webServicesResponseMessage = responseMessage as GetApplicationWebServicesResponseMessage;
                if (webServicesResponseMessage == null)
                {
                    throw new MDSException("Incorrect message type. MessageTypeId = " + responseMessage.MessageTypeId + ", but Type of object: " + responseMessage.GetType().Name);
                }

                //Check result
                if (!webServicesResponseMessage.Success)
                {
                    MDSGuiHelper.ShowWarningMessage(webServicesResponseMessage.ResultText);
                    return;
                }

                //Fill data grid
                FillWebServiceList(webServicesResponseMessage.WebServices);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Logger.Error(ex.Message, ex);
                MDSGuiHelper.ShowErrorMessage("Error occured while getting web service list from server. Error detail: " + ex.Message);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Fills data grid (gwWebServices) by list of web services of application.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="webServiceInfos">Web service list</param>
        private void FillWebServiceList(IEnumerable<ApplicationWebServiceInfo> webServiceInfos)
        {
            foreach (var webServiceInfo in webServiceInfos)
            {
                _webServicesList.Add(new WebServiceListItem {Url = webServiceInfo.Url});
            }

            gwWebServices.DataSource = _webServicesList;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Sends new web service list to server.
        /// </summary>
        private void SendChangesToServer()
        {
            try
            {
                var wsList = new ApplicationWebServiceInfo[_webServicesList.Count];
                for (var i = 0; i < _webServicesList.Count; i++)
                {
                    wsList[i] = new ApplicationWebServiceInfo {Url = _webServicesList[i].Url};
                }

                var responseMessage = _controller.SendMessageAndGetResponse(new UpdateApplicationWebServicesMessage {ApplicationName = txtAppName.Text, WebServices = wsList});
                if (responseMessage.MessageTypeId != ControlMessageFactory.MessageTypeIdOperationResultMessage)
                {
                    throw new MDSException("Response message to UpdateApplicationWebServicesMessage must be a OperationResultMessage");
                }

                var operationResultMessage = responseMessage as OperationResultMessage;
                if (operationResultMessage == null)
                {
                    throw new MDSException("Incorrect message type. MessageTypeId = " + responseMessage.MessageTypeId + ", but Type of object: " + responseMessage.GetType().Name);
                }

                //Check result
                if (!operationResultMessage.Success)
                {
                    MDSGuiHelper.ShowWarningMessage(operationResultMessage.ResultMessage);
                    return;
                }

                //Success
                MDSGuiHelper.ShowInfoDialog("Updated web services for application '" + txtAppName.Text + "'.", "Success");
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Logger.Error(ex.Message, ex);
                MDSGuiHelper.ShowErrorMessage("Error occured while sending web service list to server. Error detail: " + ex.Message);
            }
        }

        #endregion

        #region Sub classes

        /// <summary>
        /// Represents an item in web services list.
        /// </summary>
        private class WebServiceListItem
        {
            /// <summary>
            /// Url of web service.
            /// </summary>
            public string Url { get; set; }
        }

        #endregion
    }
}


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Detroit Pistons (59-23) +4, 172 at Boston Celtics (66-16), 8:30 pm Thursday, ESPN
by Zman of Predictem.com
The Boston Celtics look to grab a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals when they host the Detroit Pistons in game 2 of this best-of-7 series Thursday night in Beantown.
Basketball Bookies are listing Boston as four-point home favorites for Thursday's game, with a total of 172, two points lower that game 1's totals. The Celtics are also posted at around -180 on various Vegas moneylines, with Detroit getting +160 as road underdogs.
The Celtics took game 1 of this series Tuesday 88-79 in Boston, outshooting Detroit from the floor 52% to 42%, and outrebounding the Pistons 45-41.
Game 1 followed in the footsteps of the recent history between these two teams. Boston took two of three games from Detroit during this regular season, outshooting the Pistons 46% to 39% and outrebounding them by a 46-36 per-game margin. And all three games stayed under their totals, by averaging just 172 total points.
Boston is 9-0 straight up and 6-3 against the spread at home this playoff season, while Detroit is 3-3 both straight up and ATS on the road during these playoffs. Also, the totals are now 4-8 in Pistons playoff games, 7-8 in Celtics games.
Detroit went 25-16 on the road this season, while Boston went 35-6 at home.
During this regular season, Detroit ranked 2nd in the league in point differential at +7.4 per game, 3rd in FG defense at 44%, 7th in rebounding at +2.3 per game, and averaged a 22/11 per-game assist-to-turnover ratio. As a team, the Pistons shot 46% from the field, 37% from 3-point range and 77% from the free-throw line.
Boston led the league in point differential this season at +10.3 per game and FG defense at 42%. The Celtics shot 48% from the field, 38% from 3-point range and 77% from the free-throw line. Boston also ranked 4th in the league in rebounding at +3.1 per game and posted a 22/14 per-game assist-to-turnover ratio.
Game 3 of this series will be played Saturday night in Detroit. The Pistons went 34-7 at home during the regular season, 3rd-best in the league, while Boston went a league-best 31-10 on the road. But during these playoffs, while Detroit is 5-1 straight up and 4-2 against the spread at home, the Celtics are 0-6 both SU and ATS on the road.
On the injury front, Detroit guard Chauncey Billups has been bothered by a sore hamstring, and definitely had an off-night Tuesday. But he's likely just to tough it out and play, unless absolutely unable to do so.
The Sagarin PREDICTOR ratings at USAToday.com ranks Boston #1 in the league at 98.85, Detroit #3 at 97.11. Sagarin's current NBA home-court advantage figure is 4.01.
The totals went 37-44 in Pistons games this regular season, which averaged 188 total points. The o/u went 36-45 in Celtics games during the regular season, which averaged 191 total points.
Zman's Pick: We hate to side with the public opinion but we expect more of the same here, homecourt dominance shown by the Celtics. We're laying the points.
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Fall Wedding at Buckingham Farms
by Jess Metcalf in Real Southern Weddings on November 1, 2016
It's safe to say that I'm a sucker for a good bouquet or floral arrangement, and my office bulletin board is covered in some of my favorites from past volumes of Southern Weddings. However, not even a 15 pound (!!) bridal bouquet could distract me from how beautiful Courtney looked in her gown and gushing over the joy on Courtney and Kyle's faces throughout their day! My favorite part? The way Courtney and Kyle worked so thoughtfully to weave their families into their ceremony! Be sure to read the story behind why they chose to forgo a traditional unity candle and what they chose instead. It's the perfect keepsake from their wedding day that they will cherish for years to come!
A big thanks to Cody Hunter Photography for sharing Courtney and Kyle's beautiful day with us!
What was your most memorable moment about your wedding day? Our first look was amazing. We were under a canopy of oak trees with a cool breeze blowing. It was just our photographer, the videographers, and my sister who were there with us. It was so sweet and sentimental. Kyle and I both teared up when we saw each other, but we loved those quiet moments together.
I thought I knew what type of dress I wanted, and had a very specific look in mind, but wasn't finding it anywhere. At our last stop, Laura Jacobs Bridal, I tried on a few that were gorgeous but didn't feel like "the one." Finally, I went with the consultant to the back of the store, where we both eyed a dress at the same time, and knew I had to try it on. It was literally the OPPOSITE of what I was picturing. When I came out, my mom, sister, grandma, and best friend were speechless. It was the one and we all knew it!
What made you choose your ceremony and reception venues? Did they have any special significance to you? We wanted to be married under a big oak tree, somewhere that was very natural and had a story behind it. Buckingham Farms couldn't have been a more perfect place! We loved that it was a working family farm and all of our food was truly farm-to-table. Kyle's dad is a third-generation cotton farmer, and I grew up playing in the Florida landscape, so plants and growth signify so much to us. Instead of unity candles, we had a unity tree–our moms brought dirt in jars from our homes where we grew up, and we poured them into the base of a tree and watered it together. It was so special and we are still growing it today!
I walked down the aisle to "Turning Page (Instrumental)" by Sleeping at Last, one of our favorite songs and one that I have loved and played on the piano for years. The lyrics to the song are so incredible, but we wanted the instrumental version so the lyrics wouldn't distract. My dad listened to the song for months in advance to prepare, just because it brought back so many memories of me playing at home. Since I was moving away and the first to get married in my family, it was very emotional for him! One of my best friends, Lauren, played guitar and sang "Holy Spirit" by Bryan and Katie Torwalt while our parents prayed over us and we did the unity tree. That song has always been one we want as a prayer over our lives and marriage, so it was such a sentimental moment.
How did you plan for your marriage while planning your wedding? We focused intently on preparing for marriage over the wedding. We were so excited for the wedding, but even MORE excited to just do life together side by side. We had weekly marriage counseling, read books, and did devotions together in preparation. It really was such a sweet season of life!
The flowers were unbelievable. We wanted a very natural and organic look, but left it up to our florists to pick the flowers. My bouquet probably weighed about 15 pounds (shoutout to my sister, the maid of honor, for holding it the whole ceremony!). We couldn't have done it without Isn't She Lovely Florals. I met with those ladies so much to dream up what the wedding would look like, and they are absolutely incredible with their vision and execution. People still tell me to this day how amazing all the hanging greenery was!
Is there anything else you'd like to share about your wedding? It truly was such a sentimental wedding. Our guests said over and over how special our ceremony was and how truly touching it was. That was important to us. We value the significance of marriage and didn't want to take it lightly and blow through the ceremony. That, to us, was the best part.
How did y'all meet? Tell us your love story. I am a Florida girl and he is a Texas boy. We met at the one and only Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. Though we were both on Liberty's track and field team, we had nothing to do with each other at first. (Partly because I liked another guy at the time and partly because he was very shy when it came to girls. Adorable, right?) As time went on, we slowly got to know each other and became interested in each other's quirks and charm. Our relationship was built on little notes to one another, surprise dates, and always being open and honest with each other. We spent the long summers apart, but knew it would only help us grow closer and strengthen our communication. I knew Kyle was the man I wanted to marry early on, so I began journaling about every date and all our little moments together. That is one of my most cherished possessions to date and something we will show our kids for years to come.
Tell us all about the proposal! We were flying to my parents' house for our big New Year's Eve party on the beach, but a HUGE snow storm canceled our flight. Many, many flights later, we ended up flying out of Dallas and made it to Florida at 2 A.M. on January 1, 2015–proposal day! Kyle was totally himself and it was a normal day. When we got home, I went in to shower and get ready for the "nice dinner restaurant" we were going to. Kyle greeted me at my door and asked if he could give me one last Christmas present out on our dock. I went with him and he gave me a big elephant blanket (my favorite animal) and I proceeded to explain that we should get going. He was acting strange and said, "Can we make a fire? I promise, it's a special one." I agreed (semi-reluctantly), and as the sun went down, he made a fire in our dock fire pit. I didn't know what was going on until he started to read parts of 1 Corinthians 13 that he had written on the fire starter sticks. Once there was a roaring flame, he came over to where I was sitting and tearfully said, "I want Christ to always be the center of our relationship. If we continue to be rooted in His word, the flame of our love will only grow stronger." He had me close my eyes, and when I opened them, he was holding a lit-up sign he had made that said "Marry me?" I was speechless! Then, he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him, holding the most gorgeous ring I had ever seen. I, of course, said "Yes!" and my family came running out in celebration.
Did you write your own vows? If so, what was your favorite phrase, verse or line? We wrote our own vows a few nights before the wedding. It was such a sweet, sweet time together. We wrote separate vows and read them to one another. We are very active and love being outside and traveling, so one of the vows I wrote for him said, "I vow to always adventure through life with you, never lacking the sense of wonder you stir in me."
What readings, if any, did you have at your ceremony? Our pastor (my uncle) read aloud our life verse, that is our prayer for each other and our marriage: Philippians 1:9-11. It says, "And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ–to the glory and praise of God."
What's next for you as a couple? What memories are you looking forward to making together? We LOVE traveling. We are currently planning a trip to Hawaii, as well as preparing to bring home our golden retriever puppy, Bear. We are so excited to be parents to a little pup!
Photographer: Cody Hunter Photography | Videographer: Phos Media | Planner and Florist: Isn't She Lovely Florals | Venue and Caterer: Buckingham Farms | Dessert Baker: Show Me Love Confections | Rentals: Niche Event Rentals | DJ: DJ Jorge via Stereophonic DJs | Invitations: Artifact Uprising | Place Cards: Sophia Loves Letters | Bride's Gown: Martina Liana | Hair Stylist: Kristy Connley | Bridesmaids' Dresses: Alfred Angelo | Menswear: Men's Wearhouse
Written with love by Jess Metcalf
Tags: buckingham farms, Isn't She Lovely, red, red wedding, Southern, southern wedding, southern wedding blog, Southern wedding magazine, Southern Weddings, southern weddings blog, Southern Weddings Magazine
Peggy Fields November 1, 2016 reply
This is one of the most beautiful weddings I've ever seen!
Foldable flats November 3, 2016 reply
So beautiful couple look .. nice sharing post
Greg Coltman February 6, 2017 reply
Great use of lighting!
flatoutofheels1 June 24, 2017 reply
Lovely wedding blog post…..


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Gukurahundi stuck like a sore thumb in 2022
Source: Gukurahundi stuck like a sore thumb in 2022 – The Southern Eye
The unresolved Gukurahundi issue has been topical since the beginning of the year with various stakeholders divided on how best to find redress to the 1980's mass killings.
Since assuming office in 2017, following a military coup, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has met civic groups, churches and traditional leaders to find ways of addressing Gukurahundi.
Mnangagwa has tasked chiefs to conduct consultations with their subjects.
Critics have said the president did not have solid grounds to preside over the emotive matter following his role in the massacres when he was State Security minister.
Ignoring critics, Mnangagwa in October 2022 launched a Gukurahundi manual to be used by traditional leaders when they start conducting consultations next year.
The launch was done at the Bulawayo State House.
During the launch, Mnangagwa challenged Gukurahundi victims and communities to cooperate with traditional leaders during the consultations.
The manual sets the parameters in which the traditional leaders will operate during consultations.
"The journey towards forging national unity did not commence today," Mnangagwa said at the launch before accusing the opposition of wanting to use Gukurahundi to stir up emotions for political gain.
"Indeed, history records indicate that in 1987, the founding fathers of our nation made a decision to unite our peoples under the national banner by signing the Unity Accord.
"I urge you all to be vigilant and to disregard any attempts by any party to achieve political mileage through Gukurahundi.
"To the external detractors who seek to maintain Gukurahundi as a perennial fountain of conflict, I say to you "Lingena ngaphi" (where do you fit in?)."
Human rights activist Effie Ncube said Gukurahundi cannot be resolved through a process led by the executive as he lobbied for an independent and victim-centred process.
"Truth is central in transitional justice and this truth must come from both perpetrators and survivors," Ncube told Sunday Southern Eye in an interview.
"I have not heard, which mechanism is going to be used for perpetrators to speak about their roles and the circumstances surrounding the commission of the atrocities."
A chiefs' report unveiled during the launch of the Gukurahundi manual revealed that the president of the Chiefs Council, Chief Fortune Charumbira was opposed to an independent commission to lead the exercise.
According to the report, Charumbira said only traditional leaders can lead the process.
He cited section 281 and the Traditional Leaders Act, which mandates chiefs to resolve disputes within their jurisdiction and promote a culture of peace and reconciliation.
In August 2022, Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi told a United Nations (UN) panel in Geneva that Gukurahundi had been resolved.
His statements attracted criticism with other critics, including victims, saying this confirmed their fears of lack of political will from government to resolve Gukurahundi.
Ziyambi, who also made objections to the use of the word massacres, made the statements when he appeared before the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in Geneva.
The committee had expressed concern that Gukurahundi remained a source of ethnic tension with no accountability for the deaths or justice for survivors.
Ziyambi also removed any hopes that victims may get justice for the crimes committed by the army when he said the 1987 Unity Accord gave amnesty to the perpetrators of the genocide.
According to the Catholic Commission for Peace and Justice (CCJP), over 20 000 people were killed in Matabeleland and Midlands when the late Robert Mugabe sent a North Korean-trained army brigade to allegedly track dissidents seeking to topple the young government.
This followed the alleged discovery of arms caches at Zapu properties.
Esidakeni saga rages on
In Matabeleland North, the raging ownership wrangle of the 554-hectare Esidakeni farm also known as Kershelmar Farms (Private) Limited located at Umguza took centre stage in 2022.
Since 2020, co-owners of the farm Charles Moyo, human rights advocate, Siphosami Malunga and Zephaniah Dhlamini have been at loggerheads with businessman Dumisani Madzivanyathi and Zanu PF secretary for administration, Obert Mpofu over the control of the property.
The farm was compulsorily acquired by the government in December 2020.
The fight for the property has been a see-saw affair at the courts with Mpofu once ordered to vacate the property by the High Court.
In a twist of events, police in August 2022 arrested Malunga, Dhlamini and Moyo and charged them with trespassing on the property.
They are out on $10 000 bail and their case is pending in court.
City parking chaos
In Bulawayo, the controversial vehicle parking management system between the Bulawayo City Council and Tendy Three Investment (TTI) also grabbed the headlines.
TTI entered into partnership with BCC in 2021 to manage the city's smart parking system meant to last for six years.
In August this year, residents staged a protest outside the City Hall demanding the removal of the parking system in the central business district (CBD) area and also wrote a petition to council.
Council later succumbed to pressure and cut the vehicle parking fees with a Bulawayo man also going to court to demand that the tender, which was awarded under controversial circumstances, be scrapped.
Service delivery remains in limbo
Turning to service delivery, Bulawayo residents continued to suffer poor services and water shortages after the local authority decommissioned Umzingwane Dam over low water levels.
After the decommissioning of the dam, city fathers imposed a 48-hour water shedding regime which was later extended to 72 hours as the council battled to meet demand.
The 72-hour water shedding regime was later suspended owing to crippling power outages that city fathers said were disrupting operations at the city's water treatment plants, plunging the city into a crisis.
Last month, city residents staged a protest in the CBD over exorbitant rates and poor service delivery.
The protesters also accused the council of unilaterally crafting the 2023 budget without their input.
Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association administrator Thembelani Dube accused councillors of being absent from their wards.
"Council has been wantonly hiking rates and tariffs but it is failing to provide matching services," Dube told Sunday Southern Eye.
"Councillors are our representatives since we are the ones who voted for them.
"The reason why we are saying we are now left alone is that very few councillors follow what they are supposed to be doing."
Bulawayo deputy mayor Mlandu Ncube said council cannot be blamed for poor services.
"It's only that the economy is not doing well," Ncube said.
"Residents should pray for the growth of the economy next year so that they are able to have more money at their disposal to pay the rates, and enable the council to provide efficient services."
Egodini Mall pipe dream
As the year comes to an end, the much publicised Egodini mall project remains incomplete six years on.
The private company Terracotta Trading (Private) Limited was contracted to rehabilitate Egodini Mall in 2016 under a build, operate and transfer basis, and the project was earmarked to gobble US$60 million.
The contractor was supposed to have completed the first phase of the project in November 2019, but several deadlines have been missed amid calls for the tender to be cancelled.
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Who doesn't know Camel cigarette? Up to this day, camel is one of the oldest and prominent cigarette brands in the world.
The company behind the success story of Camel cigarette is R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.
At that time, Camel cigarette became the most popular cigarette in the US. Although the camel brand sold outside US market currently marketed under the Japan Tobacco, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company's history is worth mentioning in reviewing the rise and fall of cigarette history.
Qualitative and very affordable – these two words completely identify the smoking products of the second biggest tobacco manufacturer in the United States – R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.
Established in 1875 by the son of tobacco grower R. J. Reynolds, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company extended and became substantially prosperous extremely fast.
Within the first couple of years it was a small enterprise, however with time, the company has started to produce and sell more than 2 million pounds of tobacco products per year.
In 25 years R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company grew to become the owner of all small tobacco producing companies in the region of Winston-Salem and within that time it supplied 1/4 of the whole chewing tobacco products, spread in the United States.
Modern systems significantly contributed to the growth, demand and as a result the manufacturing of cigarettes.
Impressive strategies of advertisement really helped to advertise the product and make it well-known all through all of the states.
Famous Camel cigarettes were introduced for the first time in 1931. This cigarette brand is made of the widely known "American Blend" tobacco – a mixture of tobacco types, which offers a distinctive calming and excellent flavor.
This brand obtained popularity so fast that authorities decided to make Winston-Salem region an official port of entry in the USA.
Among the main reasons why R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company started to be so popular, was the attitude of its president to his employees.
In 1920's he had constructed around 180 houses and sold them to his employees at really reduced cost.
This little town of houses was named Reynolds town. R. J. Reynolds introduced new workplaces, offered great working conditions and decent salaried, which undoubtedly led to the growth of the product quality and reputation of the company.
By the end of the 20th century, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company was producing 2/3 of the smoking products sold in US. The vast majority of brands are budget class ones, which does not reveal on their quality.
Due to the reasonable prices such brands as Camel and Pall Mall are very popular these days as they are available to the average customer.
It was believed that R.J. Reynolds can see further ahead than most people can see in terms of business. Having chosen a chewing tobacco business, he correctly prepared for the growth in popularity of smoking tobaccos.
Then, he introduced pipe tobaccos by a memorable advertising campaign.
Then he revolutionized US cigarette blends, marketing, and packaging.
Camel Cigarette
1913 was the first stone to R.J. Reynolds cigarette history. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company introduced Camel cigarette.
The Camel cigarette contains a blend of several different types of tobacco that would come to be called as American blend.
The 'Camel' name is believed to be named such because it contains Turkish tobacco in its blend in imitation of then-fashionable Egyptian cigarettes.
The affordable price of Camel cigarette had enabled the company to sold 425 million packs within a year. What a great success.
The success of Camel sales was strengthened by a unique teaser advertising campaign long before it actually hit the market. Camel became the first nationally popular cigarette in the United States. Reynolds Tobacco established virtually every packaging standard in the U.S. cigarette industry.
The 20-cigarette pack was introduced by Reynolds Tobacco in 1913, and in 1915 the company introduced the one-piece, 10-pack carton. In 1931, Reynolds Tobacco became the first company to package its cigarettes with a moisture-proof, sealed cellophane outer wrap to preserve freshness.
This packaging method is still used up to this day.
RJ Reynolds Premiere Cigarette
The most iconic cigarette variant of Camel cigarette brand is the unfiltered variant. That unfiltered variant was sold in a soft pack, known as Camel Straights or Regular.
At that time, R.J. Reynolds use famous personalities to promote the Camel cigarette brand. This marketing strategy contributes to its peaked popularity in the market.
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Besides Camel, R.J. Reynolds produced other brands. The trace of the revolutionary invention in cigarette sphere was still maintained by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company by introducing Winston cigarette brand.
In 1954, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company introduced Winston cigarette brand as the first filtered cigarette. It achieved major success in the market.
Moreover, R.J. Reynolds introduced the first filter-tipped menthol cigarette under the name Salem. When it is introduced to the market in 1956, Salem brought up the slogan, "Take a puff, it's springtime".
The Salem and Winston brand name derived from the city where R.J. Reynolds established its business, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, US. What makes Salem unique was its blend of Asian menthol rather than traditional menthol.
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Earlier this year I sat down with Cassondra Kyra from The Working Millennial to discuss navigating through finances as a young woman and her journey to become financially literate. In a follow-up to that interview I meet with Brandesha Sinclair, the creator of The Working Millennial to discuss why millennials need an employment website catered to them, how she sees the job market changing in the future and the challenges faced during the job search. She is a Job Coach, Facilitator and Content Creator.
Why did you decide to make an employment focused website?
I've always had the idea in my head, but I never really saw myself taking the action to do it. One day I was browsing and Wix was having a promotion so something in my gut told me to just go for it. I always had the idea and notes for it, but I wasn't putting in the effort to pursue it. As of Fall 2017, theworkingmillennial.org has been up, and right now I'm just learning and working on implementing the other ideas I have for the website.
...And what other ideas do you have for the website?
So with what I do, my passions lie with career development and media. I want to bring those together on to one platform where I can provide information to millennials. I think millennials are different, we are multidimensional, so I want to provide information that is relevant but also has personality and is informative. For the website I want to add things such as a job board for jobs available in the GTA, a spotlight for millennials making big moves in their careers or startup companies, to give them some recognition and help build that network for young professionals in Toronto. I will also be creating more visual content such as videos just to make the site more engaging.
Why do you think millennials need a website catered specifically to them?
In terms of the type of information we are offering, employment and financial literacy, there is definitely a gap in comparison to the older generation, especially in terms of finance. For example, the idea of buying a house is almost a myth for us, so just having those conversations. I find in terms of employment and career development, in speaking with my circle of friends and people I've gone to school with, it's something that everyone seems to have a challenge with. Having those conversations where it's not an older person who is more distant from the workforce and might not know what the experience is like. Whereas I've experienced it, and it's something where we are able to have that conversation and exchange those tips and tricks so that all of us can succeed. We are the future, we are very present in the market right now and I think it's very important for us to have those connections and to help each other grow in society. And to continue that to the next generation, generation z, to help them with that transition as well.
Do you see the working millennial as eventually being your full-time job?
What I envision for myself, I don't see myself sitting at the desk I am right now. I do want to have something for myself and what I have going, I think there is so much potential for it. I'm learning as I go, and I just want to see it flourish and have something of my own, I don't want your typical 9 to 5. Although you see a lot of people saying they want to be an entrepreneur, they don't really know what being an entrepreneur entails. Right now, I'm just going with the flow but eventually I would want that to be my full time thing.
What do you think is missing in our generation when it comes to becoming an entrepreneur?
Everyone has the idea; especially with social media and seeing all these images it's very glamorized. I can even say myself that I'm a victim to it. You see everyone living this glamorous life, but you don't ever see what's behind it. You don't see that people are up until 3am answering emails or making sure shipments get to where they need to be. It's different because you don't know where your next dollar is going to come from and a lot of people don't realize that. You need to have a foundation started because a lot of people just jump into something, which, I understand taking those risks for your dreams, but at the same time you need to be strategic. I would suggest transitioning into it, start it out as your side hustle and see if it's something you can see yourself doing because some people don't have that work ethic. I think a lot of millennials are fascinated by the idea of it but not willing to create a plan.
How do you see the workplace changing for millennials in the future?
I definitely see a shift in the demographics, different barriers being broken. So, in my experience I've only had one person in power that was a woman of colour. I definitely see that changing with race(s), gender, etc. In terms of the barriers I see today with gender, there's so many women that are just so hard working yet receiving small salaries, I definitely see that changing. Diversity in terms of race, and ways of becoming more accommodating of individuals identifying with disabilities. We are much more open minded and willing to listen to what the concerns are and find innovative ways of incorporating those things and bridging those gaps.
What changes do you currently see happening with millennials entering the workforce?
Definitely with millennials I'm seeing a broader spectrum of what people are going for, especially with technology. It's not just gender specific, anyone can do it. Even if you were to go a more traditional route like education or healthcare, technology is heavily invested in that. But with the people I cross paths with, there is definitely a more traditional lens, so with social work, nursing, ECE, there's still a lot of women. But with immigrants and international students there is definitely a difference, you see more women in math, science and technology. It seems to be more normalized with women. In terms of the educational path there seems to be a shift but there is still a traditional route.
What is some advice you would give to someone that is currently unemployed?
You have to be super driven, even if you go to access career services or an employment coach; they aren't going to hold your hand. The only person standing between you and your career opportunity is you, you have to make sure you're doing your part. Having someone create your resume for you can only get you so far. I can do your resume but if you don't take the time to go through your career history and guide someone through your experiences, it's inconsistent. For example, when you're in an interview and you don't know what you're talking about. Also, be clear about what you want, even if you are at an indecisive phase in your career; have somewhat of an idea on what you are willing to explore. Having a focus helps guide your job search because you'll know where to look, you'll know what these employers are looking for and you'll be able to provide more quality information rather than have a generic resume applying for all these positions and being overlooked because it's not as concrete as someone else who has the experience. And don't be discouraged!
Since Toronto is a very diverse city with people coming from other countries, what do you see in terms of employment/unemployment for immigrants?
In a way for a lot of them coming to a new country is a lot. You don't know how to really navigate the system and with the whole credential system you never know what you're going to get. Sometimes it is equivalent, sometimes it is not. But the market is so competitive over here as it is, and you might not know who the top competitors are, or what the norms are, and you don't have connections because with employment networking is a really big thing. Sometimes they are coming by themselves and they just get lost in the sauce.
Once again there are two types of mindsets you go, some who think they are going to get the top position because this is Canada and the land of opportunity, and you have others that would be happy with a cashier job even if they've had years of experience in a top-level position. Working in employment I see the realities of it and sometimes they do have to take more of a survival job. Not knowing the market, not having connections, sometimes that is used as a barrier, having your credentials from somewhere. But at the same time some individuals just don't know how to market themselves and that's the same for people born and raised here. You can have that credential but if you don't know how to market those things you're kind of stuck. You are your brand.
Do you find that people are willing to take any job that comes to them rather than waiting it out for what they actually want to do?
That's an interesting question because you get both ends of the spectrum. You get people that will take whatever comes to them and have kind of given up hope or just aren't patient. In which case you'll see people take on survival jobs until they get the opportunity they are looking for which is understandable and I kind of recommended at this time with living expenses. But don't get comfortable in that survival job, keep looking for what you want. But you also get people that feel entitled and they're so focused on getting a specific role, but they have some serious gaps. I've had some people that are super picky, and have so many great opportunities that just go out the window. So, you have those that are resistant, and those that are flexible but lose focus.
And what kind of advice would you give to each type of person?
For both individuals keep an open mind, learn what you can as you go. Definitely be determined but try not to be idle or resistant. You have to be fluid in this day and age, there are always transferable skills you can get whether it's a survival job or not. Just learn what you can and make the most out of it.
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My Lovely Ghost Kana
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Today I will begin a new life that has light in it.
Some years ago, a girl killed herself. She was only discovered when one of the neighbors reported a strange smell. When the police arrived, she had been dead for quite some time. The body had decomposed and was unidentifiable. The local paper ran a very small article about the event, which was quickly forgotten. Before long, it was as if this girl had never been alive.
Daikichi has lost his job and place to live. On the verge of homelessness, he ends up moving into an old, mostly abandoned and allegedly haunted apartment building. When he moves in, he meets Kana, a cheerful girl who is already there. As it turns out, she's been there ever since she killed herself in that apartment all those years ago. At first, Kana is overjoyed at having someone to talk to - and buy beer; boy did she miss beer. Daikichi is in denial that she could really be a ghost, but after running, quite literally, through her, he is forced to accept the fact. After a few beers, and a few more beers for her, Daikichi asks her about her death.
Kana doesn't remember who she was, or why she killed herself. She has only vague memories about the event. It was at sunset on a summer night. The only thing she remembers thinking was "I don't want to die at night." Nighttime scared her. So she sat down at a window and, while watching the sunset, stabbed herself in the chest. "Many times." The last thing she remembers seeing is her blood spurting out, sparkling in the light of the sunset, which seemed to her had set the room on fire. She thought "How beautiful" ... and died.
After Kana tells him this, Daikichi ponders if, given his circumstances, he wouldn't do something similar. Kana immediately tells him to never think that. No matter what, he must keep on living. A ghost telling him to live makes Daikichi laugh and he tells her he's sure he will be ok, at least for that night. They continue talking, and when he reaches out to point to Kana's chest where she should have had scars from her suicide, they are both surprised to find he is able to physically touch her. For a moment his hand is resting on her unscarred, soft breast. ("HEY! Ecchi!") That night they make love, and Kana remembers how it feels to be alive. In the morning, everything seems normal and Daikichi wonders if Kana might not have disappeared. He lifts the blankets and she peeks out, opens her eyes and says, "Good morning~" And they begin to fall crazily, deeply in love with each other.
As the story unfolds, local convenience store manager Inagawa Goro (39; soon to be 40; unmarried; occupation: convenience store manager; hobby: the supernatural) becomes more and more interested in Daikichi and Kana, looking for the supernatural experience he's wished for since he was a child. Later, we meet Utako, another "abandoned" girl who moves into the apartment with barely more than the clothes on her back and a guitar. With only a few expository lines from Daikichi, her vague backstory suddenly changes from "homeless" to horrifying.
My Lovely Ghost Kana is a beautifully written and illustrated story from Tanaka Yutaka spanning a year of Kana and Daikichi's lives in three volumes. Somewhere between Slice of Life and Magical Girlfriend, it's a story that deals with two people, their love for each other, and how their love carries them from their difficult pasts into a bright and hopeful future.
The overall story veers between Kana and Daikichi's growing relationship, her antics as a Genki Girl Magical Girlfriend, the occasional hints of the despair behind her death, quite a few Tear Jerker moments of heartwarming happiness and how Kana's life-after-death touches nearly everyone she meets for the better as she learns that it's never too late to be happy, never too late to love, never too late to live.
This manga provides examples of:
Accidental Pervert - Poor Utako. The first couple times she takes a shower in the apartment Daikichi either yanks her towel away, thinking she's a ghost, or she manages to fall on top of him, naked, when the shower breaks.
And then towards the end, Kana and Daikichi are lying out on the balcony, drowsing after This and That when Kana notices Utako walking up to the apartments. She pokes Daikichi to say hi, who jumps up startled, then waves at Utako -- stark naked from the balcony rail.
In one scene, Inagawa is talking with Daikichi in the store, while Kana is standing (invisibly) in front of him apologizing to Dakichi for just having caused stuff to fall of the shelves. Inagawa makes a gesture with his hands of how he wishes he could just reach out and grasp something of the supernatural, and, well, Kana is standing right there.
Angst - You'd think given the premise, but not even close.
Kana doesn't care about her tragic past because she's happy with Daikichi now. She tells Daikichi that her prior life doesn't really matter much anymore when he asks if she ever wonders who she was.
Likewise Daikichi is too busy thinking about his future with Kana to dwell on the unfortunate circumstances that brought him to this point in his life. Early on, he mentioned that he'd rather not talk about it, and he never does, except to eventually admit to himself that he's thankful for those terrible events because he never would have met Kana otherwise.
Utako's only-hinted-at back story sounds horrifying, but, like Daikichi, she never mentions it. Instead she gets inspiration from her new friends to keep going forward with her music and by the end she is working on recording her own CD.
Inagawa sports the most angst of anyone, being depressed over his mundane life compared to his love of the occult. However his date with Kana gives him the "paranormal" experience he's wanted his whole life and is able to return to his daily routine satisfied and happy.
Barbie Doll Anatomy- Despite how she died, Kana has lovely, normal breasts. (Which we get to see often.) The sex scenes are drawn discreetly enough that we wouldn't be able to see anything else anyway. On the very few occasions where we would, there's nothing to see.
Beat Panel - After Utako moves in, but before Kana and Daikichi know she is there, Kana has been hearing strange noises in the apartments:
Kana: (serious) Don't be too shocked... but one comes out... in this building...
Daikichi: One what?
Kana: A ghost!
sound of dog barking in the distance
Daikichi: ... You don't say. I already knew that.
Blush Sticker - Most characters, but Kana most frequently, especially when she is really happy.
Book Ends - The story opens and closes in the spring, one year apart, with the Sakura outside the apartment in full bloom. The first volume itself begins and ends very similarly, with Daikichi coming to the convenience store to buy a few things and going home, where Kana welcomes him energetically.
Bottle Fairy - Other than Dakichi, there's not much more that Kana likes more than a cold beer. Although it's more like a mortal pleasure she misses, and it never seems to affect her. It becomes a regular ritual for Kana and Daikichi to share a six-pack at the end of a day. (Although she does her best to get straight to "drinking beer" whenever possible.)
Boy Meets Ghost
Broken Bird - The first indication that Utako is in the apartments is sobbing from the showers. Her backstory is only hinted at but she has clearly been through some kind of hell. Kana and Daikichi's friendship helps her get better.
Cherry Blossoms - There's a big tree in the apartment's yard as mentioned above.
Cute Ghost Girl - Kana, of course.
Dark and Troubled Past - Everyone, in spades. How none of them let it affect them is a big part of how heartwarming the story is.
Driven to Suicide - Kana, tragically was driven to kill herself for reasons she doesn't remember. Daikichi was on the verge until he met Kana, as was Utako until she became friends with Kana and Daikichi.
Ecchi - Kana calls Daikichi this on more than one occasion when he is feeling frisky. She's not exactly innocent herself.
Explicit Content - When two young adults are this much in love, it's perfectly natural for them to have sex. The story includes those moments.
This, along with some of the author's previous ero work, usually gets it listed as Hentai, leaving it a wonderful work that many people will probably pass up merely based on the classification.
Fan Service - It's certainly more Ecchi than fanservicey, but Kana and Utako are nice to look at. Utako gets what comes as close to straightforward Fan Service at the beginning of the chapter where she is in the shower.
Furo Scene - An entire chapter is devoted to one of Dakichi and Kana's regular visits to a local bathhouse. Most of it involves Kana very sweetly expressing her appreciation for how many different kinds of bodies there are, from the ones who have seen a lot of life, to the brand new.
Genki Girl - Kana again.
Although when Utako first comes to their apartment to meet her, she is surprisingly overcome by an extreme case of shyness. Seeing the normally bubbly, cheerful Kana shyly peeking out from behind the curtain as Utako comes in somehow makes her even more utterly adorable.
Genre Busting - A Heartwarming, Tear-Jerking, Slice of Life Porn with Plot love story that puts the titular Magical Girlfriend's suicide at the beginning, featuring characters who all have Dark And Troubled Pasts that are utterly ignored as the story deconstructs the Angst right the hell out of them, while celebrating The Power of Love without a trace of Narm. And it's Better Than It Sounds. What.
Ghost Amnesia - Kana remembers some details from the day she took her life, but not why she did it, which is probably for the best. She's not even sure of how her name was spelled. At the end of the series, she still hasn't remembered any important details from before her death, and that's fine.
Ghost Lights - A good indication of Kana's mood as there are more of them when she is happy and make little 'pop' noises when she is especially happy.
Also used amusingly when Daikichi finds an old "dead" cellphone and he and Kana discover that he can use it to keep in touch with her. A stylized ghost light is her chat icon and one also takes place of the service icon.
Ghostly Chill - Kana can chill a beer in her cleavage. Daikichi claims she has a warmth to her, but it's difficult to detect (though he observes that she gets warmer when they're having sex.)
Hypercompetent Sidekick - Yaguchi is constantly having to keep Inagawa - her boss - in line and pay attention to the store rather than Daikichi, as well as frequently being subjected to his monologues about the supernatural.
Idiosyncratic Episode Naming - Chapters are titled "Life 1", "Life 2"...
Invisible to Adults - Children, animals and in one case an elderly lady, are the only ones who ever perceive Kana other than Daikichi. The closer her relationship is with a person, the closer they seem to get to being able to interact with her in some direct way.
It's assumed but never actually spelled out that Utako eventually is able to talk directly with Kana. Although she still can't see her except barely when she tries to take pictures of Kana and Daikichi on her cellphone.
Circumvented by the "dead" cellphone Daikichi finds which she can call, send texts to and is capable of taking her picture. Inagawa uses it to interact with Kana on their date.
Lucky Charms Title - Please call him "Pure ☆ Sensei." If you leave out the "☆ it will make him cry.
"Pure ☆~~"
Luminescent Blush - Most characters at some point, but especially on Kana, when she's really happy, has been drinking or doing other things.
Magical Girlfriend - Kana, once more, of the Cute Ghost Girl type.
Meaningful Name - Utako can mean "song child".
Amano Daikichi's full name can mean "luck from heaven." He's been about as down on his luck as you can get when the story starts.
Meganekko - Utako
Mood Whiplash - The whole series is a story about love and living, but to point out how important love is and why life is worth living, there are the ocasional scenes that hammer it home by showing you the complete opposite. Stylistically even, the serious sides of the story - especially dialog regarding Kana's death - are written in an almost poetic style, contrasting with the more prosaic writing style of the rest.
Near the end of the chapter with Inagawa's date with Kana, he wonders if he might not have crossed paths with Kana ... before ... and that if he had only been a little nicer to her at the time ... then maybe ...
The chapter "Kana and Mom" starts out very silly, then suddenly turns around and kicks you in the gut - hard - with a very poignant, very human moment, and will leave you in tears at the end.
The chapter "Under The Stars" has got to set some kind of record, abruptly changing the mood seven times.
No Indoor Voice - At first, Utako belongs to the school of thought that if she can't see or hear Kana, she should speak loudly so Kana can hear her.
Nothing Is Scarier - Invoked in a very unique fashion towards the end of the first volume. Five pages of pure black with only a short paragraph of text on two of them. In context, it is a scary, tear-inducing moment of anxiety before finding out which sort of ending is coming - happy, sad, or downright devastating.
The Power of Love - As good a reason as any for why Daikichi is the only person who can touch Kana, much less see her. Kana loves absolutely everyone and it's the way her unconditional (and contagious) love for her friends overpowers their bitter histories, including her own, that is the core of the story.
While it's never made explicit, it seems that Kana becomes warmer, more solid, and generally more "real" in proximity to someone who loves her, and the more they love her, the more solid she gets. To a certain degree, this even applies with Goro.
Scenery Porn - Not so much as to distract from the story but still a few. The view of the ocean from the top of the ferris wheel and the scenes at the Grave for Wandering Spirits are notable.
Signature Style - Tanaka-san's poetic, minimalist, haiku-like narration segments, along with severe Mood Whiplash.
Shower Scene - Daikichi and Kana first encounter Utako face-to-face in the shower. Another chapter opens with Utako showering, which leads to...
Skinship Grope - ...Kana sneaking up on Utako and playfully grabbing her from behind.
Slice of Life - As much as there are Magical Girlfriend moments, there are ordinary days as well. Kana likes beer ("Angelheart Draft" is a favorite) and watching baseball on TV. She loves spicy food and is always trying to sneak extra hot spices into their food against Daikichi's wishes. Daikichi gets a job and starts fixing up the apartment with Kana's help. They go out to the amusement park, shopping, eating, and the only difference between them and any other young couple is that she is a ghost. And in the end, even that's not important.
Undeath Always Ends - Averted in a literal sense, applied in a metaphorical one. Kana is still a ghost at the end of the story, but being with Daikichi makes her feel alive again.
Unwanted Harem / Love Triangle - The introduction of Utako looks like a classic setup for this, especially with a shower-based Accidental Pervert scene soon after she moves in. It's put to rest right away when Kana starts smacking Daikichi for it and Utako immediately deduces that Kana is a ghost. She is overjoyed at finally meeting Daikichi's girlfriend to the bemused delight of both Daikichi and Kana.
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For anyone who has a family home, you may or may already have a small toilet in the downstairs of the house.It can be one of those rooms which simply gets forgotten about in the house and this can lead us to let it get dingy and drab.
If you fancy creating a downstairs toilet or vamping yours up this year, here's how.
The first thing you can do to make the downstairs toilet feel more luxurious this year is to think about asking a plumber like Mr. Rooter Plumbing to integrate the system.
You can have the sink and toilet plumbed into a single unit and covered with a sleek unit to make the space feel more modern and clean.
Space is a commodity which you likely won't have a lot of in a downstairs bathroom and because of this you will often find that you can struggle to do much with it at all.
However, as long as you don't overcrowd the room you can create space by having clever storage and lots of light in the room.
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If you have a small area to work with and you have the added issue of no windows in your small room, you will need to try and bring as much light into the area as you can yourself.
Start by using cool white lights for the most natural glow, and make sure you stick to bright and light colours such as white, pastels and even a bright yellow.
Make the room happy and inviting to all who use it.
When you are working with a smaller room, one way to make it feel more luxurious and larger is actually to use larger tiles for the walls and the floor.
When you use bigger tiles it creates an almost seamless look which can create an illusion of grandeur in a tight spot.
Try and find the largest tiles you can for the room and the beauty is that you will save both money and time on the renovation work!
The downstairs toilet is likely always going to be a place where your guests will come when they need to use your facilities on a visit, and because of this you will want to spend some more time and put effort into making the room welcoming.
A fun thing you can add to the downstairs toilet is a guest book so that your guests can write a funny message to you or express how much they loved staying with you.
You can also add some funny items such as books and magazines, novelty toilet paper and also some toilet games such as golf or fishing which people can play when visiting.
It can be also fun to add some art prints or funny toilet based humour into the room to make people laugh and make the room feel more fun and unique for all who come to stay at your home.


Laura Weddell from Birmingham City Housing Partnership was presented with lots of goodies for Birmingham's 'First Night Campaign'.
Jackie Shepherd, Friendship Care and Housing's (Friendship's) Customer Service Manager, recently presented Laura Weddell, RSL Community Safety Coordinator, from Birmingham City Housing Partnership with lots of goodies for Birmingham's 'First Night Campaign'.
Every year women and children flee their home because of domestic abuse and violence. Women who arrive at a refuge will often question their decision and will have left home quickly having no time to pack.
Jackie commented: "We can always rely on our staff to dig deep when it comes to people in need. We hope our contribution goes some way to help these women and children's first night in a city refuge a little easier to bear.