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NSHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – A group of Nashville homeowners say they feel intimidated after complaining about certain short-term rental properties.
The locations of their homes were posted in an online map after they spoke out.
The map was created by the Nashville Area Short-Term Rental Property Association (NASTRA), an advocacy group comprised of short-term rental property owners.
Chris Caputo’s Germantown home is listed.
“I was surprised by it and had an immediate impression that this was a subtle and failed act of intimidation,” he told News 2.
Caputo says he and his wife knew about AirBnb and HomeAway before they lived next to a non-owner occupied short-term rental property. No one lived in the home; it was solely rented online to tourists.
“I thought home-sharing was a great idea, but then there was a bachelor party house located about 50 feet from our bedroom window,” he explained to News 2.
Caputo and his wife spoke out against non-owner occupied STRPs at a January Metro Council meeting. His home then showed up on the map.
The map shows where some short-term rentals are located across Davidson County. There are also about 25 icons that show “complainer’s addresses,” as the website explains.
NASTRA got the addresses from a public meeting in January, where those who testified had to state their addresses for Metro Council.
In a statement, NASTRA said, “The intent was to show that overall complaints tied to STRPs are low in comparison to the number of operating STRPS.”
Still, Carol Williams says she was shaken when she learned her home was on the map.
“It just shows the fight and the angst [both sides] have in the city right now,” Williams told News 2.
Metro Council is considering a ban on non-owner occupied STRPs. The vote should take place July 18.


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(Press On Publicity) Elle King couldn't wait to graduate high school so she could focus full-time on her music career. But when she read a letter recently from Chouteau High School senior student, Emma Hughes, praising her teacher, Cathy Welker-Graham, who is an avid Elle King fan and Chouteau High's teacher of the year, she knew it was time to revisit the classroom.
Before her show in Tulsa on Friday, King and her guitarist completely surprised the student who sent the email, her favorite teacher and the entire student body when they marched through the school into her classroom where King praised Welker-Graham calling her "America's Sweetheart" before performing the hit song with that title to a room full of students, faculty and administrators. See a clip from the visit here.
"I didn't always have the greatest experience in school," laughed King. "But every few schools I would find a teacher who believed in me, and it gave me confidence and they told me that I could do something great with my life even if I was different. So I think that great teachers should be celebrated. It was important to me that we show this deserving teacher some well-earned gratitude."
Chouteau High School Principal Clint Hall, who helped to coordinate the surprise said, "As educators, this is why we do what we do. We are here to make positive impacts on our students. It took a lot for me to keep a lid on this. Mrs. Welker-Graham is a rockstar teacher and Emma is a great kid! It could not have come together for two better people. This was priceless! Tears of joy from a lot of people today!"
Following her school day, King traveled to The Church Studio where she and her band recorded a new song. The legendary Church Studio was built as a church in 1915 and was purchased in 1972 by music pioneer Leon Russell, who converted it into a world-renowned recording studio that is cited as being the heart of the "Tulsa Sound."
King's sold-out show at Cain's Ballroom, that included honored guests Welker-Graham, Hughes and Hall from Chouteau High School, showcased her multi-genre hits plus songs from her new album Come Get Your Wife. One of those songs is the "rousing and bodacious breakup tune," "Tulsa" (Whiskey Riff). While Tulsa has been named checked in many country songs, this is the first time it's recognized for its spelling in reverse.
Sold out shows have prevailed the entire tour, which include her recent stop in Chicago where the Chicago Sun-Times said the "Show gives room to breathe for every part of the singer's musical makeup, from gospel to folk to soul to bluegrass." With only a few shows left in her A-FREAKIN'-MEN Tour, Presented By Slow & Low, The Pitch in Kansas City sums it up succinctly. "A singer-songwriter with nothing to hide and plenty to say, she's one bonafide, badass bitch who's here to stay, especially amongst the brightest stars in country. So, here's to another shot of bourbon and another ice-cold beer, because I'm drunk, and I don't want to go home."
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Turning the System Upside Down
The National Commission on Teaching & America’s Future is calling for educational systems’ changes that put in place the conditions that allow teachers to excel in their practice. The Commission recognizes that support for and investment in teaching can allow this country to fulfill a promise that every student has access to great teaching and learning regardless of their background, zip code or learning ability. These changes need to turn the tide from a top-down system to a bottom up system that is driven by the needs and voices of students and educators.
In NCTAF’s report, What Matters Now: A New Compact for Teaching and Learning, we meet a young woman from East Oakland who has faced more challenges at age 17 than many adults ever face, including the murder of her father and an arrest for drug possession. And yet, we also learn of her academic success including the accomplishments of being the first in her family to finish high school and having a plan to attend college. So what made success possible for this young woman? What she did have was a school that had been redesigned to put student needs in the center. This school supported and provided collaborative professional learning systems for their teachers, sought out teachers with both the content knowledge and the passion to make a difference, and hired an inspirational leader to buffer the changes of a school system that was still entrenched in teaching and learning in a traditional way.
This particular school was one school in a large system. But the transformation in that school was profound and provides evidence that rethinking teaching and learning can and should be done in any school in any community – especially those where kids need it the most. As educators and community members, we need to think about how this rethinking of teaching and learning can transcend more than one school and serve as a model for other schools to seek similar changes. We need to turn the system upside down and begin by asking “what do our students need and how can we prepare, develop and support teachers to help them achieve these goals?”
The Commission believes that a new compact with teachers is needed that says we are going to demand more of teachers in order to meet the needs of all students but that we are also going to trust teachers to do their job well, give them voice in shaping the professional learning and culture in which they work and provide resources to do their jobs well – especially in the highest stress learning environments, in our schools with the greatest needs. This compact needs to begin with changes at the state level. How can we help reshape education by supporting our educators? As states implement ESSA, how can they show teachers – through improved policies, practices and partnerships, that their role is one of the most critical, not only in ensuring the success of each student, but also ensuring the success of our nation moving forward?
NCTAF intends to lead this charge. In the coming year, we will be joining with states to create commissions on Teaching, Learning and each State’s Future. We will provide tools to help identify needs and priorities as well as building a community of support including a multitude of examples of where this new kind of teaching and learning is in place and what it took to get there. Join with us. We all need to play a role if we want to see all schools serve students well.

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High Speed trains were being introduced on the French rail network. But when you speak of “TGV” (Trains Grande Vitesse”) you are also speaking of “R&D” : Galland was constantly innovating in order to make material lighter and simpler.
1976-1978 : click on the switch
Before working on a catenary, you need to interrupt the flow of electricity. In order to facilitate this rather complicated action, Galland manufactured better molded and lighter large caliber section insulators. Philippe Galland remembers : “My grandfather always said : you must always think of the maintenance workers !”
1978 : a catenary for a cathedral
Some lines are equipped with very special catenaries. This is the case with the Bordeaux-Biarritz line that is a succession of bends. For this catenary called “southern catenary” which is not regulated by tensioning devices, Galland was obliged to rethink all the anchoring parts installed on the ogive poles. They are a characteristic of this regional line where the scent of pine trees and ocean spray is in the air.
1984 : as light as an aluminum arm
The TGV “A” (as in Atlantic) goes so quickly that it’s necessary to equip the line with a very light arm in order to avoid the pantograph rubbing against the catenary wire ! Galland rose to the challenge and that year created a mobile arm made of ultra-light aluminum.
1981 and 1990 : more records broken !
On 26 February 1981, the TGV travelling at 380 km/h broke the world record for speed on rail. In 1990, the 325 TGV Atlantic train took its place in history by reaching a speed of 515.3 km/h ! The catenaries of world records are made by … Galland.
1990-2000 The “performance” years
In 1990 the first underwater link-up between France and England took place : the tunnel under the English Channel became a reality. It was inaugurated in 1994. It was a crucial market for French companies. For Galland it was the beginning of a new period of “Research and Development” and a huge qualitative leap.
1988-1989-1990 : in the heart of the tunnel
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1990 : “the Channel tunnel” after effect
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1992 : The beginning of the Chinese adventure
China placed an order for specific section insulators adapted to altitude and certain mountainous conditions. That’s when Galland developed the JG 1759. Over the next 20 years, the company has asserted its presence on the Chinese railway market. In 2016, Galland formalized the opening of a commercial entity located in Suhzou.
1992 : French trams roll again
In 1990, with the RATP, Galland developed an economical overhead contact line specially conceived for trams. Two years later, the tramway number 1 line (called the “the T1”) began running between Saint Denis and Bobigny. Galland was chosen to create the standard of the catenaries on the French tram network.
1994 : First LGV in China
Galland designed the section insulators and the anchoring parts with a specific steady arm for the move by the Chinese rail network to high speed trains. As a point of interest, an incident on the French TGV made the Chinese decide to call on Galland’s know-how : the train had derailed but had not fallen over. A gold star for our technology !
2000 : creation of Galland’s sales department
Galland’s know-how is demanded throughout the world. The company is on the list of suppliers of the Korean TGV (South Korea), the Taiwanese TGV, etc.


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The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra is without a doubt one of the best Android smartphones today. Samsung took a risk by combining the Note and S lines of smartphones, with the S Ultra model taking centre stage. The renders for the next Galaxy S23 Ultra, which depict considerable cosmetic changes, were recently released by a tech channel. Everything the mockups reveal is listed below.
The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra has been envisioned by Technizo Concept, who is known for his unannounced smartphone concepts, with an unprecedented golden hue and a curved screen that stretches to the device’s right side. The camera block, on the other hand, is the same as in the earlier leaked conceptual renders.
The handset would, like its predecessor, hide an S-Pen in its body, according to the renders. A larger top-of-the-line AMOLED display with crisper curves is expected on the front. In the renders, there are almost no screen bezels, with a punch-hole selfie camera cutout in the middle.
The camera hump on Samsung’s newest model has received a big design boost, with the primary sensor containing the world’s first 200 Mega-Pixel camera. The other shooters are also visible next to the primary lens. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset is believed to be used in the Galaxy S23 Ultra, making it the most up-to-date Snapdragon to yet.
We can’t comment on the veracity of these renderings, but the bright paint job is another feature that stands out. The S23 Ultra comes in an attractive orange colour with a purportedly matte-finish glass design. The phone is complemented by a black S-Pen that looks and feels quite premium.
You should take this information with a grain of salt because it is based on privately created renders. The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra is most likely still in the prototype stage, hence there is no official news or specs sneak peek from the company.


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World War II veteran Everard Otto volunteered for the Territorials at 18, helping supply Americans troops based in New Zealand. But his real war story began when he turned 21 and was sent overseas. He eventually arrived in Italy as a staff car driver. Mostly behind the lines, Otto’s memory of service is based around the brutal battles for Monte Cassino, watching the cruel fighting and bombing that razed the famous hilltop monastery. Returning decades later he found the countryside largely unchanged. He even found the dugout where he spent four eventful months.
This 1967 documentary tells the story of 734 Polish children who were adopted by New Zealand in 1944 as WWII refugees. Moving interviews, filmed 20 years later, document their harrowing exodus from Poland: via Siberian labour camps, malnutrition and death, to being greeted by PM Peter Fraser on arrival in NZ. From traumatic beginnings the film chronicles new lives (as builders, doctors, educators, and mothers) and ends with a family beach picnic. Made for television, this was one of the last productions directed by pioneering woman filmmaker Kathleen O'Brien.
This documentary tells the story of Moana Ngārimu the sole soldier from the Māori Battalion to be awarded (posthumously) the Victoria Cross during WWII. On 26th March 1943, at Tebaga Gap in Tunisia, the Second Lieutenant took a key position and defended it (as well as injured men) overnight, before being killed in a counter-attack. He was 24. The doco was made for TVNZ for the 50th anniversary of his death. It looks at his life and features moving archive and interviews with Ngārimu's friends and family in Ruatoria, and battalion comrades. Presented by Wira Gardiner.
This wartime propaganda film from the NFU celebrates the role of women in the Air Force. Established in 1941 to free up men for other duties, more than 4,700 women served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force during WWII. The film is also a recruitment vehicle. It shows WAAF members in traditional (for the time) roles such as sewing and typing. But more male-dominated jobs are being taken on as women are trained as metal workers, mechanics and drivers. And when they’re not working, the women relax by "knitting, drinking a cup of tea and talking."
Died in the Wool was part of a TV anthology adapting the murder mysteries of Dame Ngaio Marsh. MP Flossie Rubrick has been found dead in a wool bale, and it's up to Inspector Roderick Alleyn (UK actor George Baker — Bond, Z Cars, I, Claudius) to unravel the secrets of a South Island sheep station. The tale of a cultured Englishman amidst World War II spies, Bach and seamy colonial crimes — like Marsh's books — found a global audience: it was the first NZ TV drama to screen in the US (on PBS). Includes a Cluedo-style sitting room inquest and a wool shed reveal.
In this Memories of Service interview, World War II veteran Ernest Davenport talks about his time in the Royal Air Force. After joining the RAF in 1940 at the age of 18, he served as a warrant officer in the pathfinder force before being shot down over Germany in 1943. He shares stories of his time as a prisoner of war — attempting escape, being charged with sabotage and blackmailing German guards to aid in his eventual rescue. He also shares his various medals from service and artifacts of the war such as his pilot’s log book and the jacket he was wearing when he was shot down.
Sedition - The Suppression of Dissent in World War II New Zealand chronicles the experiences of Kiwi pacifists during wartime. New laws affecting meetings, mail and media coverage meant that talking about pacifism could result in arrest, and imprisonment. By June 1940, holding more than one copy of a 'subversive' magazine could mean nine months hard labour. Ironically many of the MPs backing the laws had earlier been imprisoned for their anti-war beliefs; while Christian Pacifist Society leader Ormond Burton was twice decorated for bravery during World War I.
At any one time between mid 1942 and mid 1944, between 15,000 and 45,000 US servicemen were camped in NZ preparing for, and recovering from, war in the Pacific. The marines brought colour and drama to the austerity of home front life. Fifty years later this TV documentary used interviews, reenactments and archive material to explore the “American invasion”. Sonja Davies recalls a Wellington street fight kicked off by a racist insult directed at Māori, and her wartime pregnancy and romance (1,500 marriages ensued from “when the Americans were here”).
The trenches of World War I represented warfare on a new scale and produced facial wounds in numbers never seen before. This Top Shelf doco examines the legacy of Sir Harold Gillies and Henry Pickerill — NZ surgeons who founded modern reconstructive plastic surgery while treating these injuries — and of Sir Archibald McIndoe and Rainsford Mowlem who continued this work during World War II. This excerpt focuses on Gillies and Pickerill, and the rediscovery of the remarkable surgical models, and watercolour paintings of their patients, they used as teaching aids.
Howard Monk was just 15 when he joined the army, turning 16 during basic training. When the Air Force came looking for recruits he was reluctant to join, despite the extra one shilling and sixpence per day. But he was recruited anyway, and discovered he was a natural pilot. Clearly a natural storyteller as well, Monk enjoyed his service, flying fighters in the Pacific theatre late in the war. But by then the Japanese had few serviceable aircraft to fly, and to his regret he never engaged in aerial combat.

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US Ambassador to Zambia Eric Schultz has said his country is not interfering in Zambia’s politics ahead of general elections in August, but will support a credible electoral process.
Mr Schultz said the US did not have a preferred candidate in the forthcoming elections.
This is according to a report posted on the US Embassy of Zambia Facebook page depicting an interview Mr Schultz gave the Bulletin and Record.
“We have no preference for one candidate or one party. We support the (electoral) process,” he said.
Mr Schultz said he was interested to see an election process that was credible, because credibility was one way of avoiding disputes over election results.
He said he believed in talking to all stakeholders in the country for him to understand Zambia better.
Mr Schultz said the new provision in the Constitution to get 50 per cent plus one vote increased the legitimacy of the outcome of an election.
He encouraged political groups to engage in meaningful dialogue.
The US envoy also said that violence had no place in a democracy, hence political parties should encourage tolerance among their members.
Mr Schultz further said it was easy to be optimistic about the future of the country’s economy.
This was because Zambia was stable, had rich democratic credentials and vibrant young entrepreneurs.
Mr Schultz said Zambia should invest in a well-managed education sector to attain a bright future for the economy.
He said Zambia was well-positioned to emerge as one of Africa’s growing economies if it successfully diversified to agriculture and tourism.

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The 3rd annual SWAN Day takes place on Saturday, March 27. And no, it's not a nature walk, it's a full day of free theatre, music and storytelling performances by women artists in Georgetown.
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Tilde’s new single «Don’t Walk Down that road» is an ode to life
« You have two lives. The second begins when you realize you only have one », Confucius said once.
The singer we’re going to introduce to you in this article knows exactly the deal when it comes to enjoying life the best you can. She then can perfecty relate to that quote from Confucius.
We’re speaking about Tilde.
She’s a British-Swedish singer from Gothenburg (Sweden), and just so you know, she is pretty big there.
If you wonder the link between Tilde is the meaning behind these statements on living your life for you never know what could happen, you will know that Tilde suffered from a chronic illness at the age of 22.This illness had her stop doing music.
When she finally recovered, she moved to South America, where she changed her style of music to Jazz. She took the time she needeed to clear her soul. Then she came back stronger than ever to her hometown.
That’s where she started doing music again, and released her debut album, Nothing gold can stay, with Spinroad-Studio owner, producer Pedro Ferreira and some old friends of hers, because we always do our best work when surrounded by people that love us, don’t we ?
Tilde is now preparing herself to reveal her second album, expected to early 2021. Regarding the single we’ve heard, we can assure you that we all really can wait.
First, her voice is reminding us of Belgian singer, Selah Sue, and also of the one and only, Amy Winehouse. She has that sensual and deep tone that gives you the need to listen and to watch her singing.
Which is a pretty good thing, in light of the mind-blowing video that comes along the single.
« Don’t Walk Down That Road » music video has a dark but so attractive atmosphere.
The singer is wearing different outfits, including a red dress, which stands as the color of love. This gives an illustration to what she’s singing, because the song is about a toxic love, where her lover is leaving her alone most of the time. She’s into a bad relationship, increased by the fact in the video, she’s lonely the whole time.
« But this hurtful love stays the same, nothing won’t change ». Tilde knows deep down she has to leave this man, because everything will always remain the same. He’s no good for her, but it’s hard to accept.
« Dead or alive, he caught her in time, but he will never know the reasons why », is a reference to Tilde’s personal life and her chronic illness she suffered from. She lived dark times and she didn’t know if whe was going to get through all of this alive. She is indirectly saying to her lover that he’s a lucky man because he could have never meet her, and we don’t think the man realized his luck.
Tilde also said in the song « But you’re still hoping if not this life, maybe the next ». You have only one life, so don’t waste it with people who don’t appreciate your worth. Say what you want to say, do what you want to do. Surround yourself with persons that lift you up, who make you feel loved and special. That is well pictured in the video with her wearing white, the color of hope, and the lighter parts where she’s driving into a peaceful countryside.
Lessons learned from Tilde’s story today:
- One, listen to the single because you won’t regret it.
- Two, if you’re with a person that does not treat you right, leave them.
- Three, you never know what will happen in the future, this year has proved us that pretty well, so, in one word, LIVE.

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|Creator:||Baldowski, Clifford H., 1917-|
|Title:||--Go west young man! / Baldy, [1966 Aug. 17]|
|Date:||1966 Aug. 17|
The Clifford Baldowski cartoon depicts Martin Luther King walking down the street with a southern gentleman. The Statue of Liberty is holding a broken tablet and calling to him from around the corner.
|Types:||Editorial cartoons | Visual works|
|Subjects:||King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 | Civil rights movements--United States | Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.) | West (U.S.)--Race relations | Southern States--Race relations | Southern States|
|Collection:||Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library.|
|Institution:||Digital Library of Georgia|
|Contributors:||Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoon Collection (Digital Library of Georgia) | Digital Library of Georgia | Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies|
|Online Publisher:||[Athens, Ga. : Digital Library of Georgia] | 2001|
1 item ; 38 x 29 cm. paper pen and ink. [Atlanta, Ga.] : Atlanta Constitution, 1966 Aug. 17]
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The Baldowski cartoons created for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution are licensed to the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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Cite as: [Title of the cartoon], [Date of cartoon], editorial cartoon by Clifford H. Baldowski, Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoon Collection, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
Forms part of the Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoon Collection.
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|The End Result
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Two hurting souls, one common need. In the neverceasing search for love, people will inadvertently get hurt along the way. Cheating, lying, questioning... Do the ends justify the means, or is it only the end result that counts? [AU, InuxSan]Rated: Fiction T - English - Drama/Romance - Inuyasha & Sango - Chapters: 7 - Words: 25,967 - Reviews: 106 - Favs: 53 - Follows: 22 - Updated: 02-25-07 - Published: 02-09-05 - Status: Complete - id: 2256060
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The End Result
Her head ached. The music was too loud. Her beer was getting warm.
And worst of all, her heart was broken.
He'd promised to marry her. He'd promised that she was the only girl he'd ever want. He promised to be faithful.
And, being the sap she was, she'd believed him and paid the consequences when she walked in on him and a coworker getting it on in his apartment. Their apartment.
She'd been a fool.
Miroku pleaded that he'd been afraid—that he'd been scared to commit, scared to fully open himself up. To bear himself fully to one woman was like stripping away his armor, he said. He couldn't make himself that vulnerable.
Sango knew about his wretched childhood, about his alcoholic father and prostitute mother and she'd become fascinated with the successful, charming, kind man he'd become. So he was a bit of a playboy… she'd foolishly thought she could change him. That he would open up to her and she would shoulder his burden, just like in the fairy tales.
She really hadn't considered herself that idealistic. "O how the mighty have fallen," she muttered to herself, taking another sip of beer, welcoming the haziness each sip produced.
Sango traced circles on the dirty wooden table with her fingernail. Manicured. Miroku had always admired her hands. She'd be sure to bite them once the lacquer had worn off enough. Maybe she'd paint them black. That would be satisfying.
What the hell am I doing bitterly bemoaning my life like some pathetic scorned woman? Next I'll be making a voodoo doll and throwing it through his window at the dead of night. Never mind the fact that she was a woman scorned and that the idea of sticking pins through his heart—albeit a cloth one—evoked a feeling of immense pleasure.
"God, I'm pitiful." She took a large gulp of beer to commemorate the revelation. Congratulations, Sango. Welcome to Reality—we're glad to have you.
"Since when do you drink beer?"
She blinked rapidly, trying to clear the tears from her burning eyes. It was amazing how much a simple beer could affect a non-alcohol drinker. "Since my fiancé turned out to be a lying bastard with no backbone," she said, trying to figure out where she knew this man from.
"Good reason." He pulled out the chair next to her and folded his tall frame into it. "Mind if I join you?"
"Only if you're planning on contributing to the pity party."
"Oh, naturally," he said, his tone rather ironic, snatching her beer and taking a large swig.
"Hey, get your own booze!"
"Share and share alike, Sango-san. Can't two kindred souls wallow in pity together?"
"Inuyasha." The name came to her now. He was Kagome's boyfriend… or supposedly. The petite young women worked in the office next to her, and Sango had heard a few stories about Kagome's impulsive yet romantic boyfriend. "What are you moping around for? Did Kagome dump you?"
"On the contrary…"
Sango snatched her beer back. "You dumped her? Then what the hell are you doing here? She should be drinking herself into oblivion, not you!"
"I'm drinking because I despise myself for being an insensitive, ambiguous bastard."
Sango blinked. "Well, at least you're honest."
"That's about the only thing I have going for me right now," he said easily, stretching his legs underneath the table. "I was confused. I thought I loved Kagome… but every time I'd see Kikyou again all these old feelings would come back up… and then I really didn't know what I wanted."
Sango got the feeling he wasn't really talking to her anymore. But she let him ramble—at least he had the advantage of looking like a normal person spilling his woes to a friend. Just a few minutes ago she'd received "god-not-another-crazy-one" looks for talking to herself.
"Why d'you women have to be so damn confusing?" he asked, directing the question towards her.
"I don't know. Why do you men have to be so damn contradictory?"
He shrugged and leaned over to the next table. "Hey, buddy, you done with that?"
The man wrapped his hand around the bottle protectively and literally snarled.
Inuyasha held his hands up. "Fine, fine." Then to Sango, "You feel like getting up and—"
"Go order your own drink, you lazy bum."
He sighed and shoved away from the table, returning with a cold beer a few minutes later. He sat back down and held up his drink. "Here's to 'love' gone wrong."
"I'll drink to that."
And they drowned their misery in the comfort of the burning liquid.
Two hours and two beers later, Sango was dead drunk and Inuyasha hadn't even lost an eighth of his sobriety. He'd been drinking alcohol since he was eight, he explained to her, and his system didn't react to the stuff unless he completely binged on it.
"'S nice…" Sango said vaguely, resting her head in her hand.
He was mildly disappointed that she wasn't one of those funny drunks; she just looked subdued. And tired. That was no fun.
"—we go wrong?" she was saying.
"Huh?" He shook his head. "Sorry, you were saying…?"
"I said, where did we go wrong? Is it impossible for us to find love? Other people our age are happily married… some with kids already. Why is it that we haven't found 'that special person' yet?"
Inuyasha moved his beer glass in a slow circle, watching the amber liquid swirl around hypnotically. "I'm not going to give you 'it's not your time yet' bullshit. I think we missed our chance."
"Chance? To what, turn Miroku down in the first place? Tell him to get lost?"
Inuyasha shrugged. "Sure. Maybe on your first date with Miroku you were going to go to the library instead. Say you turned him down, went to the library—and met the love of your life." At her skeptical look, he said defensively, "It's entirely possible."
"Does fate really work that way?"
"What about you, then? What chance did you miss?"
He was quiet for a minute. "The chance to make the right decision. It was a fifty-fifty shot and I chose the wrong answer."
"Hate those kind of tests." She nodded wisely.
The corner of his mouth twitched. "Yeah, me too."
Sango pushed away from the table and tried to stand. "I think I'll go home now—I'm tired. I want sleep… I need sleep." And she needed to forget about a Certain Bastard. "And I need… booze…" She awkwardly grabbed the bottle and tried to shove it in the pocket of her tight jeans. "It won't fit," she said, frowning.
Inuyasha reached across the small table and caught her wrist in his hand. "Your pocket's too small."
"It is?" She cocked her head. "Oh… I guess you're right." She sighed despondently and sat back down. "I can't go home now."
"Why not?" asked Inuyasha, fairly amused.
"Because the bottle won't fit in my pocket unless I break it. And a broken bottle's no good… don't you think it's better to just let things be than break them?" Her eyes glazed over and she stared at the mirror behind the bar counter.
Inuyasha looked at her sharply, not removing his hand from her wrist. She was alarmingly lucid for a drunk girl and her words were oddly… relevant to the situation at hand. "Are we still talking about the bottle, Sango?"
"Of course we are." Her gaze didn't wander. "A broken bottle does us no good… a broken love does us no good… was it really so terrible, pretending that things were fine? Would I have been happier only suspecting Miroku had been cheating on me rather than—knowing he was cheating on me?" She turned her gaze on him now, her deep brown eyes probing his dark ones. "Would it have been so bad, marrying Kagome and trying to forget about Kikyou?"
"I will never forget about Kikyou," he said sharply.
"Then why didn't you marry her, huh? What'd you get involved with Kagome for?" She scooted closer to him so that their knees were touching underneath the table and he could clearly see the rise and fall of her chest.
Inuyasha swallowed and forced his eyes upward. "I guess… you could've called it a rebound. I was still hurt over Kikyou and Kagome was—there. Available. She really is a sweet girl. She'll make someone very happy."
"But not you?" Sango was getting very close now.
"No, not me." He placed his hands on her shoulders, not as a way to get her closer, but a way to keep her back. "I don't deserve her."
"Because she's sweet and kind and innocent and giving—"
"And you're not?"
"I'm selfish and crabby and rude."
"Not from what she says. She thinks you're the archangel Gabriel. Or Michael. Or whatever the hell his name is."
That brought a hint of a smile to his face. "Kagome sees the best in everyone."
"So? It's better than seeing the worst in everyone."
"It's like saying that a slice of bread is only half moldy and still good to eat."
Sango thought about this for a second and then shrugged. "It won't kill you right away, at least."
"But it could possibly make you sick," he whispered.
Sango looked up sharply and reached a hand to his face. "You're crying…"
Inuyasha jerked away from her. "The hell, woman? I'm not!"
"Yes you are."
"Look!" He pointed to his eyes. "Dry! No water whatsoever!"
She touched his face again, tracing a line down from the bottom of his eye, down his chin and neck all the way to his heart, where she let her hand rest. "You're not crying from your eyes…" She sniffled. "You're smart. You don't let people know when you're sad. They'll never know the difference."
Damn it, now she was crying. "You look like a woman who would wear her emotions on her sleeve."
"Huh? Oh…" She wiped her eyes on the sleeve of her sweatshirt. "I guess you're right." She inspected her sleeve critically. "Yep, my emotions are on my sleeve all right."
He sighed. "How are you getting home tonight, Sango?"
"Alone in the dark? Oh dear me, that'll never do," he said monotonously, as if reciting lines from a script. "Guess I'd better take you home."
"No… that's okay… I'll just sleep here tonight."
"I don't think the bartender would like that very much."
"Oh, he won't mind. He's my husband."
Inuyasha jerked. "What?"
She giggled at the look on his face. "We 'married' each other in third grade. He always looks out for me, even though he has a real wife now… Hmm…" She hummed contentedly and tucked the bottle of beer under her arm. "I guess I'll go to bed now."
Inuyasha stood. "You sure you'll be okay?"
"Yup. I'll be fine." She stood up on tiptoe and kissed him lightly on the lips. "Thanks for listening."
"Anytime…" He tried to push down the urge to show her what a real kiss felt like. Didn't that letch ever kiss her properly?
She tilted her head at him, an adorable look on her face. "Same time tomorrow? I'm sure I'll need someone else to talk to… after I have to see Miroku at work tomorrow…"
"Yeah. Good point." He'd have to face both Kikyou and Kagome come morning. He groaned. Maybe he'd call in sick tomorrow.
"Right then. Bye, Inuyasha," she chirped, spinning on her heel. "Whoops—" She stumbled a bit, but caught her balance with the help of Inuyasha's lightning-quick reflexes. "I'm okay."
"Good," he said seriously. He released her and watched her wander into the back hallway of the bar and open a door that said "PRIVATE." He assumed it was a spare bedroom or something. "Right," he said to himself, sitting back down at the table and finishing off the rest of his beer.
He wouldn't come tomorrow. He didn't want to disappoint her, but the last thing he needed in his life was another female complicating issues further.
Sango looked up from her pad of lined yellow paper to see the familiar face from last night looking down at her inquisitively. "Hey…" she greeted him absently, going back to her writing. "I'm surprised you came."
"That makes two of us." Inuyasha folded himself into the chair, just as he'd done the night before. She had this weird feeling of déjà vu—except they were both wearing different clothes, and this time she had no drink in front of her.
"What's the point of coming to a bar if you're not going to drink anything?" he asked, obviously having noted the lack of a beverage in front of her.
She shrugged and flipped the pen through her fingers. "I didn't like the hangover I had this morning. And my dad died of liver cancer. It was a one-night escape, not an experience I'd like to repeat."
"Smart girl," he said, smirking at her. "But I, on the other hand, need a little alcohol in my system." He raised the glass he'd brought to the table.
"That isn't beer," she remarked, her eyes narrowing.
"White wine," he confirmed, taking a sip of the clear liquid. "Did I ever tell you I was lived in France for about six years of my childhood?"
"Well, I did. And they instilled in me an appreciation for good food and good wine. I've never been able to forget it." He ran a hand through his hair, a few strands coming out of the loose ponytail he'd pulled his long, black hair into.
"Interesting." She tapped the end of her pen against her chin. "So I assume you speak French?"
"Not a bit of it," he said cheerfully. "Can understand every word, but aside from a few choice curse words, can't speak it for beans."
"Ah…oh. That's interesting." Her eyes strayed back to her notepad.
"Whatcha got there?" he asked, leaning over the table to get a better look at what she'd written.
She automatically slapped a hand over the text. "Nothing."
He raised an eyebrow. "Private, huh? Why did you bring it to a bar?"
"No one pays a bit of attention to anyone else when they're wallowing in self-pity," she retorted, "and I didn't expect to see you here again."
"Why not? You asked me to come back."
This gave her pause. "What?"
"Last night…you…told me… to come back here…the same time…tonight."
"I was drunk, for God's sake," she cried, "do you really think I knew what I was saying?"
"You were remarkably aware for being so intoxicated. You'd make a good secret agent—able to absorb information while drugged."
She stared at him. "Was that supposed to be a compliment?"
He shrugged. "Take it in whatever way you want."
"Mmm." She returned to her writing.
Inuyasha sat patiently for a few minutes or so, but that was about the end of his attention span. "Are you just going to sit there and ignore me?"
"It's not like I invited you over here or anything," she shot back.
"Keh, it's called having good manners."
"In a bar?"
He scowled. She had him there. "So how was your day, Sango-san?"
"Shitty. How was yours, Inuyasha-san?"
"Fucked up. Care to elaborate?"
"Not really. You?"
There was a moment of silence, and then Sango said, "Fine. I walked into work as usual today, and who should I run into when I open the door to the copy room but Miroku. Mind, it was 7:55 and Miroku never gets to work until at least after 8:05. So I was forced to actually speak…civilly… to him. And then he stayed back in his office to eat lunch. He always goes out. And then he came into my office to ask me for a stapler. Doesn't he understand that I don't want to talk to him?"
"Heaven forbid—not a stapler!"
Sango fumed. "If you're going to make fun of me I'll just return to my sex scene—" She clapped a hand over her mouth. "Shit."
A grin spread over Inuyasha's face. "Writing smutty romance, are we?"
"Mmhm, very interesting."
"Shut up, I bet you've read every single book."
This surprised him. "Book? You're published?"
She might as well give up the act. "Yes, quite successfully so. Though I doubt you'll be able to guess my pen name and even if you are able, I won't tell you."
He laughed outright at this. "I would never have guessed. Kagome's conservative, perfectionist best friend is a smut writer?" He burst into a fresh round of laughter.
"It's not that funny," Sango muttered.
He grinned at her, his dimples flashing. "Oh, but it is."
Why the hell am I blushing? She ducked her head, unnerved at his ability to fluster her. Yeah, back to writing. She returned to writing, her pen moving faster than it ever had before. "Quiet, you're interrupting my creative flow."
Oh, she was blushing all right. She looked quite pretty actually, with her dark hair pulled back into a low ponytail, her two shorter strands of hair framing her face. Even in a navy sweatshirt and jeans she looked cute, all curled up in her chair, scribbling away on her pad of paper.
A smutty romance novelist. He couldn't get over his newest discovery. I'm going to have fun with this. "So, you gonna give me a preview?" he asked, slipping into the seat next to Sango and leaning over to see what she'd written.
Quicker than a flash of light, she flipped the pad upside-down, glaring at him a little. "I doubt you'd enjoy it."
"On the contrary—" he reached for it.
"No, really—" She pushed his hand away, trapping it between the table and her own hand. "You wouldn't like it. It's mushy romance fluff that would make a masculine man like yourself gag."
"A 'masculine man'? I thought writers would tended to avoid redundant statements."
"Please work with me here, I'm trying to make a point."
"And I'm not seeing it." He tapped the end of her nose. "There's no reason to be ashamed."
"Who says I'm ashamed?" said Sango as she clutched the pad to her chest and folded her arms round the incriminating paper.
"Your actions do." He leaned closer and laid a hand on her cheek, breathing in her scent. She smelled like… "Cherry blossoms and vanilla."
Sango swallowed. "My shampoo."
"It suits you."
"Glad you think so." Her eyes crossed slightly as she tried to look at him from such a short distance. "Do you normally go around smelling girls in bars?"
"Just intoxicating ones."
"You mean intoxicated ones?" she corrected lightly.
"No." He moved closer yet again, so that their lips were a mere breath apart. "I meant what I said."
"R-really." Her breath had gone ragged. "What are you doing, Inuyasha?"
"I don't know," he murmured. "Following an instinct?" With that, he pressed his lips onto hers, tasting their sweetness, reveling in the electrical shock that rippled through his body. Electricity—there was a new feeling. Kikyou's kiss had been familiar, comfortable. Kagome's had felt somewhat forbidden—now that he thought about it, it was probably the hurt and guilt that drove him with that relationship. But with Sango—
Don't compare! he told himself sharply. He pulled away from the woman in his arms. What the hell was he doing? He didn't need to get involved with anyone else, much less his ex-girlfriend's best friend. "I'm sorry I—"
He was thrown completely off guard when Sango finished the kiss he'd started, this one deeper, lingering, wanting. "Didn't anyone ever tell you," she mumbled, kissing the side of his mouth, "that apologizing for a kiss is a surefire to insult a girl?"
Somehow, both of his hands had crept upward to cup her face. "Never let it be said that Takahashi Inuyasha ever intentionally insulted a woman…"
And so two hurt, broken, wandering souls found solace in one another in that moment, heedless of what reparations might be heaped upon their heads. All they knew was each other, the pleasure they felt, the electricity that was so—unfamiliar, so different, so new…
They broke apart guiltily. Sango had nearly shoved Inuyasha away, her mouth agape, eyes wide. Inuyasha's face darkened into a murderous thundercloud.
It had been too good to be true.


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Twitter is an amazing resource to meet Eco Wedding suppliers. It was here I ‘met’ Karen Robb of Karen Dornellie. Karen makes and sells wedding separates that all started with her specialising in wedding veils. Her pieces are shown brilliantly in this eco-inspired wedding shoot that was organised by Chris Cowley of Isle of Wight Photographer and Mark of Serendipity Diamonds. Karen does stock pre-loved wedding dresses in her studio to ensure brides have a choice to not only save money but to give a dress some new love on another wedding day. She also offers a service to modify and change a dress to give a personal touch.
What I love about this shoot is that it was organised to be totally about being Eco-Friendly when organising your Wedding. Something that Paperless Wedding LOVES!!
In this wedding shoot, Karen wanted to show that brides don’t have to go out and buy a new dress. Something beautiful can be made from a charity shop find or an old fabric with some good dressmaking skills (a great local dressmaker is recommended). We have covered upcycling your Mother/Grandmother’s old wedding dress on our blog before. You might be that bride who would love the idea of using an heirloom. So over to Karen…..
We had a great day, with some fantastic suppliers all offering eco-friendly services. All Makeup used by Tina Williams in the shoot was 100% organic and vegan, and similarly, all hair products (thanks to Charlotte of Scotts Hair Salonâ€‹) were also organic. The dresses the brides are wearing were donated by the makeup artist, bought from a charity shop and one was made from a voile curtain!!! â€‹
The diamond jewellery provided by Mark Johnson of Serendipity Diamondsâ€‹ was ethically sourced and conflict-free.
The location we used as a base for the wedding shoot, was a Ventnor Botanic Gardensâ€‹ where we sourced much of the fresh flowers that we used.
We were very careful to use flowers from plants which actually thrive from being cut or can be dried after. The florist also used a growing plant which was then replanted after too! Other bouquets were made in silk to allow for use again or to be kept forever. One bouquet was made using buttons made from recycled food stuff. So a definite eco-friendly way to go! The food shown was grown in the garden so no need for transportation and safe in the knowledge that it was all organically grown.
The tables were decorated using old garden magazines cut up and stuck together for unique and disposal covers. A possible and good way to reuse your bridal mags maybe? Floral displays were held in old bottles from the restaurant of the Botanic Gardens. Candles in wine bottles may seem old fashioned but using great looking bottles can be very effective. And emptying the bottles first, very enjoyable! We created wedding favours from seed packs with floral name cards stuck on!
All in all a beautiful and totally eco friendly wedding can be achieved with a bit of imagination, time and skill.
A BIG thanks to Karen for sharing this great Eco Friendly Wedding shoot with me. It goes to show how much can actually be ‘green’! Do share any tips you have for a Green Wedding on our Facebook page.
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The writing is funny, the recipes are delicious. Vegan or not this book will be your new go-to favorite!— Emilie
About the Author
Isa Chandra Moskowitz is the bestselling author of Isa Does It, Veganomicon, Vegan with a Vengeance, and many more. She is the chef and owner of the restaurant Modern Love, which has locations in both Brooklyn and Omaha. Moskowitz resides in Brooklyn, New York.

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A bid to take money from a fund allocated to a Climate Change Action Plan and to be diverted towards Economic Development has been rejected.
A request for two additional posts in the Economic Development area had been put forward by Cllr Mike Allen, and was supported by both Overview and Scrutiny Committees, who as part of draft budget proposals, requested East Devon District Council’s cabinet consider funding these posts from part of the sum allocated to Climate Change.
But Wednesday night’s cabinet meeting saw that recommendation rejected, with Cllr Geoff Jung, portfolio holder for the environment, saying: “I can hear Extinction Rebellion banging on our doors now.”
Making his proposal, Cllr Allen said there was a need for a senior commercial officer in East Devon to focus on working with businesses to broker the growth of small business units in the area and to make sure there is someone with commercial property experience who can go out and make sure there is inward investment which encourages ways in which business can grow.
He said; “We have lots of small businesses and have people who have been landlocked in terms of available space. They want to expand but simply can’t. The reason is they don’t know the best way to do it and there is no mechanism for us to help them as our resources are overstretched.”
But Cllr Ian Thomas, portfolio holder for finance, said he was concerned about the proposal that linked two different aspects of the budget.
He said: “We declared a climate emergency and wanted to put it at the core of everything that we do. I’m not comfortable that this proposal comes from the climate change budget, and am concerned that this is not supported by the officer teams or the SMT. In the absence of a coordinated proposal,
“I feel we have a mismatch, and I think we should refer it back to the service department for a review. If the service lead supports these additional staff, then we do have funds in the budget that could be used for this purpose, but it should not be linked to the reduction in the climate change budget.”
Cllr Jung added: “I cannot approve reducing in the climate change budget. It should be the wrong direction for the council. We should be serious about the climate change action plan or not, and do you want to expand a department to promote economic growth and take it from the budget for climate change? I can hear Extinction Rebellion banging on our doors now.”
Cllr Kevin Blakey, portfolio holder for the economy, added: “As much as I want to see economic growth in the district and it may be that some additional staffing is needed in the future, I don’t think now is the time. Funding it should be part of a long term commercial plan and it should not be coming from the budget from climate change action plan.”
The cabinet recommended their draft budget to full council for approval, without the proposal for £100,000 for two additional posts in the Economic Development service and reducing the sum allocated to the Climate Change Action Plan from £323,000 to £223,000.
The draft budget also includes a Council Tax increase of £5 a year, giving a Band D council tax of £146.78 a year for 2020/21.
The cabinet also recommended that full council adopts the Climate Change Strategy 2020 – 2025, which incorporates the Climate Change Action Plan
John Golding, Strategic Lead – Housing, Health & Environment, said that an initial assessment has been made on the cost implications associated with the Climate Change Action Plan has been made to meet the council’s clear ambition of being carbon neutral by 2040 at the very latest.
He told the cabinet that he would be bringing papers with a number of specific actions to be taken ‘imminently’, around the electrification of their vehicle fleet, sourcing green energy, and investment in the council housing stock to heat them via air source heat pumps.
The council has budgeted for £10,000 to be spent on each of its 4,200 council homes, but Cllr Thomas said that figure might not be enough and that if a £25,000 investment was needed, it would costs more than £100m, ‘a sum larger that we borrowed to buy the whole housing stock in the first place’.
He added: “This shows that we are not even in the right millennium in terms of our funding and if are to meet the objectives and aspiration, we will need central government support as we cannot do it under our budgets.”
Cllr Jung added: “It will cost a lot of money, but we have to get started now and get on top of climate change.”


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What all-inclusive beach front hotels are there in Lanzarote?
One of the best beach front hotels in Lanzarote is VIK Hotel San Antonio, a four star accommodation option that is just opposite Los Pocillos beach. It is a hotel with several outdoor pools, a spa, and tennis court making it a great place to go for families because it is also all-inclusive.
Also right on the beach and all-inclusive, but in Costa Teguise, is one of the best hotels on the island, Barceló Teguise Beach. This is right on Las Cucharas beach and is a four star adult only hotel which is perfect for couples. If you want to relax by the sea, here you’ll find jacuzzies in some of the bedrooms as well as Balinese beds at the pool. Pure luxury!
Which beach front hotels in Lanzarote have the best views?
When it comes to luxury, H10 Rubicón Palace is the place. It is an excellent place located in Playa Blanca, with beach views and all of the comforts you need. It has large views where you can see the Atlantic Ocean in full, and also has a spa and different styles of restaurants to meet all tastes.
You can also enjoy some amazing sea views at Hotel Fariones, which is in Puerto del Carmen, one of the most touristic spots on the island. It is right on the beach, surrounded by native plants, and has an infinity pool looking out over the Atlantic. It’s a dream!
Are there beach front hotels in Lanzarote with a pool?
Most hotels in Lanzarote have one or more pools. These include beach front hotels, such as all of those listed above.
Another example would be the Hotel Grand Teguise Playa, located at Costa Teguise. It is a beach front resort at El Jablillo beach and caters for families and couples. Its balconies and terraces have sea views, and its pools are large enough to enjoy a good swim in or you can just sunbathe in a relaxing hammock. If you are a golf fan it also has deals with two local golf courses so that you can enjoy your favourite sport.
Another wonderful option to enjoy impressive views of the Atlantic Ocean from the pool is Dreams Lanzarote Playa Dorada Resort & Spa. It is located in Playa Blanca, at Playa Dorada. It has several pools, a spa, gym, and all the facilities you need to make your stay as comfortable as possible. In the kid’s pool children can have fun with the water slides, while grownups won’t want to leave the infinity pool there. Stunning views!
As you can see, the range of beach front hotels in Lanzarote is vast and they are all over the island making it very easy to choose your preferred option for your holiday.

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What is it we love so much about dystopian fiction? You know, the kind of book in which everything in the world has gone to hell thanks to a virus/zombie plague/unexplained environmental catastrophe. It’s great stuff, but also potentially bleak, so why do we flock to it in unseemly numbers?
YA fiction is littered with dystopian novels (think Charlie Higson’s The Enemy series, Veronica Roth’s Divergent books, Michael Grant’s Gone series and obviously The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins). In one sense it’s easy to figure out why it’s so popular in YA fiction: it’s a convenient literary device that rids the teenage protagonists of all adult interference. Enid Blyton did the same thing in her Famous Five books – only her adults were just inexplicably absent, not, you know, dead. But the effect is the same: there are no parents to mess with the kids and what they want to do. Except in the Charlie Higson books where the flesh-eating zombie adults just want to munch their lower intestines. That could be considered interfering. But even then that’s great because the kids get to belt mum and dad’s heads in with a blunt instrument – a great literary release for all that teenage angst.
But what about us crusty old grown-ups? What’s in it for us? I’ve always loved dystopian fiction, ever since they made us read The Day of the Triffids in high school. I loved the idea that the world was thrown on its head and nothing would ever be the same. It was terrifying and exciting at the same time.
Of course, when we’re reading dystopian fiction we never imagine ourselves one of the countless dead. Usually, we assume we’d be right there with the good guys, fighting to survive, helping strangers, slaughtering the armies of the undead. It helps us to imagine ourselves stepping outside of our own lives which can be routine at times (taking out the bins, putting another load of washing on the line, commuting to work). Dystopian fiction takes ordinary people and forces them to do extraordinary things to survive. And we’re right there with them. We assume we’d have the courage to be the hero and at the same time we empathise with the cowardy custard who just curls up and cries (because deep down we suspect that’s what we’d do, too. Well, I do).
But, I think it’s not just the thrill that sucks us in. I suspect that maybe a large part of the point is that it helps us to have perspective. I mean, if we’re not being overrun by zombie hordes, fighting off a plague of vampire creatures or dragging our one surviving child through a blackened wasteland, then our life in comparison can’t be that bad, right? Somehow, in the face of all that mayhem and loss, the washing, the commute and the cat litter trays, don’t seem so terrible. Well, actually the cat litter trays still seems pretty bad – on par with a nuclear apocalypse I’d say.
So there you have it, dystopian fiction has it all really – thrills, chills and a philosophical shot in the arm. Just about the only thing it doesn’t often give you is a happy ending. But then, when you get to kill zombies, who cares?
FAVE DYSTOPIAN NOVELS:
- The Twelve by Justin Cronin (best vampire book ever. I’m not really a fan of vamp fiction but this is like nothing you’ve ever read before)
- The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham (the whole world goes blind and at the same time there’s an outbreak of mobile, flesh-eating plants? Brilliant!)
- The Stand by Stephen King (Mr King does like a tale of who’s been naughty and nice. And the naughty ones in this book are real, real naughty.)
- World War Z by Max Brooks (way, way better than the movie – don’t get me wrong I love a good disaster flick, but in this case the book is a whole lot more clever and complex than the movie could ever be. Fun fact: If you didn’t know, Max Brooks is the son on the late comedian Mel Brooks).
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (Ms Atwood wrote this in the early 80s when far right Christian conservatism was first making inroads into US politics. Let’s hope it’s not prophetic.)
Do you read dystopian fiction? Got any you think everyone has to know about?


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Following the EU decision, Dataforce expects BEVs to become prevalent across the EU by 2035. Investments in infrastructure, battery recycling and raw material extraction must increase. Bigger challenges are ahead for light commercial vehicles.
Following the European Commission and the EU Parliament, the European Council also voted on Tuesday that new passenger cars will no longer be allowed to emit CO2 from 2035. In addition, the reduction target for 2030 was tightened from -35% to -50%.
Dataforce’s forecast indicate targets for passenger cars as achievable. Technologically, it comes down to battery-electric powertrains. Whether e-fuels / synthetic fuels can also contribute remains to be seen. However, the compromise allows to sell internal combustion engines in niches where the switch to e-mobility would lead to disproportionately high costs.
The bigger challenge is the electrification of LCVs. With the current state of technology, not all use cases can be covered. However, the industry has proven it can meet most such challenges.
The decision is also important for the expansion of the charging infrastructure, the securing of raw materials and battery recycling. Here, the EU decision encourages the necessary investments. In order for a European charging network to be established fast enough, also in Southern and Eastern Europe, the countries will need further support from the EU.

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- India is in the midst of agrarian crisis and hunger crisis – nearly 2 lakh farmers have ended their lives. It has also been unfortunately noted that a 3rd of the hungry in the world are the food producers themselves. We need to focus our agriculture on feeding people and providing our majority small farmers dignified livelihoods in the countryside. Therefore the day calls for strengthening the food producers of our nation by giving them control over their means of production including seeds and land and not making them dependent on companies or expensive credit for these. Government needs to ensure that farmers own, safe and affordable technologies are given to them, not untested corporate technologies. Furthermore, it is the right of farmers to produce food, for themselves and for society. We therefore demand food sovereignty and not dependence on Monsanto-Mahyco.
- Noted and respected scientist Mr. Pushpa Bhargava himself has noted that less than 12 of the required 30 tests were carried out before giving Bt Brinjal the clearance. Furthermore, he has also said that clearance was given on account of great pressure from Monsanto –Mahyco.
- We absolutely condemn corporations interfering in the matters of such great public importance and governments’ collusion with them as was demonstrated by GEAC.
- Members of SICCFM- had public debates with scientists of Tamil Nadu Agriculture University and Dharward Agriculture universities on BT Brinjal. These Universities have failed to convince the farmers on the GM crops particularly BT Brinjal. The former Vice chancellor of TNAU Mr.Ramasamy asked farmers that why don’t we accept BT technology from Monsanto, where as we have accepted Nokia and other MNCs. This is not a scientific argument appreciated by farmers and consumers.
- Unfortunately the public media has wrongfully labelled all anti Bt brinjal voices farmers as anti- technology. We beg to clear this false assumption. Technology like Bt that is harmful cannot be allowed just because it is ‘technology’. We farmers have our own technologies and science, and we want the government to promote these. We have been successfully adopting technologies developed by our Agriculture universities and research stations. We reject this BT technology as it denies our choice of choosing the crop as a farmers and choice of choosing non BT food. And also this will contaminate our bio diversity.
- Our sister and brother farmers in the Bt Cotton belt have already proven to us that Bt cotton has not been successful. It has caused great debts and hunger and worst of all – suicides.
- We SICCFM strongly feel that the problem of solving the food crisis cannot be solved by the Multinational corporations like Monsanto- Mahyco. It can’t be a technical solution, but a political solution by empowering small and marginal peasants of the country.


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|Series||Nick Stefanos series|
|Publisher||St Martins Press|
|Media type||Print (Hardback & Paperback)|
|ISBN||0-312-08862-0 (Hardcover first edition)|
|LC Class||PS3566.E354 N5 1993|
Nick's Trip is a 1993 crime novel from author George Pelecanos. It is set in Washington D.C. and focuses on bartender Nick Stefanos as he investigates the disappearance of an old friend's wife and the murder of another friend. It is the second of several Pelecanos novels to feature the character and the second book of a trilogy with Stefanos as the main character. The preceding book in this series is A Firing Offense and the series concludes with Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go.
Nick Stefanos is a bartender at a neighborhood place called "The Spot". His high-school friend Billy Goodrich asks him to search for his missing wife.
Explanation of the novel's title
The title refers to Nick Stefanos' journeys in the novel both in his past (with Goodrich) and in the present on his investigation.
Nick Stefanos is now working as a bartender after being fired from his position with electrical goods chain "Nutty Nathan's". He remains friends with his old sales colleague Johnny McGinnes. Billy Goodrich is an old high school friend of Stefanos and the two took an extended road trip together after high school but have since lost touch.
The novel is concerned with substance abuse by the main characters.
Literary significance and reception
The series as a whole has been described as tightly plotted with "intricacies to rival Hammett or Chandler". The novel is told from a first person perspective like many private investigator stories.
- James Stephenson and Kevin Burton Smith (2007). "Nick Stefanos". Thrilling Detective. Retrieved 2007-11-06.


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Kentucky High School Softball - Trimble County MadisonMay 7, 2018: Bedford, KY 40006
The Madison Cubs softball team scored 10 runs and limited the host Trimble County Raiders to 3 in the Cubs non-league triumph on Monday.
With the triumph, Madison moves its record to 7-9 on the year. The Cubs host Bedford North Lawrence (Bedford, IN) to clash with the Stars in a Hoosier Hills game on Tuesday, May 8. The Stars come into the game with a record of 14-2. Bedford North Lawrence won 5-0 in their recent league game against Seymour (Seymour, IN)
In their next game, the Raiders clash with the Walton-Verona Bearcats (Walton, KY) in a District 32 game, on Tuesday, May 8. Trimble County will attempt to move on its 7-4 season record. The Bearcats come into the game with a 10-10 record after their 11-4 league win over Owen County (Owenton, KY).

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09 Nov Alaska Fishing Report: September 1, 2020
Fall is definitely in the air. The leaves are beginning their seasonal transformation and eventual demise. North winds are starting to blow, and millions of salmon of all species are filling the gravel with their prodigy before also perishing from their effort. Late season is always a very exciting time as you look back on a busy summer of fishing yet still look forward to some of the best fishing still to come. Before we plunge headfirst into another epic fall fishing season here on the Kenai Peninsula, let’s look back on the past two months and the core of our season.
July began with a meager flow of sockeye into the Kenai River but with very good numbers entering the Kasilof River. For the most part we spent the first week to ten days in July fishing sockeye on the Kasilof and making some effort on Kings when time allowed. The Kenai was restricted by emergency order to no bait and only retention of king salmon less than 34 inches. This was a result of the poor early run return and concerns regarding the strength of the late run, which turned out to be well warranted.
By the second week of July, sockeye counts on the Kenai were ramping up daily and the first good pushes of late run Kenai sockeye are always some of the most pristine fish of the summer. Bright chrome and hard charging upriver we were fortunate to intercept just enough each daily to fill all our limits and put lots of smiles on our customer’s faces. The run continued to build at a perfect pace throughout the month and that combined with incredible Alaska summer sunshine and the perfect mix of occasional rain, July was shaping up to be pretty much perfect, almost.
Unfortunately, the late run of king salmon on the Kenai really struggled this season. Much like runs across the entire state, Kenai Kings just cannot seem to consistently reach important escapement goals and thus restrictions have become the norm. The Kenai eventually closed to all fishing for kings on July 24. Even with the restrictions it failed to reach the minimum goal as only 11,500 fish were recorded. The optimal escapement for late run Kenai kings is 15,000 to 30,000 fish. Now more than ever we will continue our conservation-oriented stance toward harvest of wild Kenai and Kasilof kings and catch and release (when fishing is permitted) will be strongly encouraged.
With the close of king season and no silvers yet in the river, sockeye salmon carried their typical weight with limit after limit for the next several weeks. The steady push of 20K plus a day entering the river made fishing extremely fun, as despite the occasional lull in the action, you just knew there were more coming. We fished sockeye well into the second week in August when low and behold, a few silvers began making their way into our daily sockeye limits. When you start to see silvers caught consistently while sockeye fishing it’s a good sign that its time to start targeting silvers and that’s exactly what we did. During the second half of August we began seeing particularly good daily pushes of silvers and fishing success was high.
This year was also an even year and a pink salmon year and it was an exceptionally large return. Starting in late July they flooded the lower Kenai in earnest. By early to mid-August they had moved upriver and were literally blanketing the entire 50 miles from Skilak to tide water. The sheer numbers involved with a pink run of this magnitude are staggering. As they begin to spawn and the billions of loose eggs that don’t make it to the gravel begin tumbling though the countless gravel bars, it really a cool thing to witness. Of course, if you are a trout lover, its game on. Nothing gives our amazing population of wild rainbows and steelhead a boost like that much protein spread throughout the river. Our resident species really do benefit greatly from this amazing transfer of energy from the ocean and if the trout are happy, so are our guests. We always look forward to pink salmon years for trout fishing on the Kenai, especially the late fall, so stay tuned.
Silver fishing was steady throughout August and although there were not a lot of easy limits, the fish were there and with sufficient effort we put plenty in the net daily. Early in the run we concentrated mainly on the lower river but later into August we found ourselves above the bulk of the pink salmon and we fished mostly below Skilak Lake. On many days we were also able to fish for trout in addition to the silvers and both should just continue to get better as we move later into fall. The Kasilof also saw an average run of silvers in August and produced several limit catches for our guests. This run should continue to produce good action into the first couple weeks of September.
Please enjoy all the incredible pictures from the last couple months and check back a little later for the conclusion of our season and more great photos!


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This wedding will always stand out for me. Not only was it a friend of mine getting married but it was my first time driving to London and I really didn't know what to expect. On my journey there I wondered what life would be like as a London Wedding Guitarist.
Getting to The Capital
In my head, I imagined the venue to be similar to a hotel on some high street surrounded by similar high rise buildings but after looking up the venue online, it seemed to be a country estate with it's own grounds. This relieved me greatly. I was a little nervous about driving in the centre of London after hearing stories from friends that they had sold their cars after moving to there because of the increased risk of blood boiling rage fits and cockneys screaming in audible rhymes out their taxi windows.
After planning my route, which took me though the quieter outskirts of the city, I left the house at 7:00am with a feeling of jolly excitement. 2 hours in and I was met with -
I knew that the only way forward was to submit to the Satnav and let it guide me through this ordeal. With my Satnav seemingly being my sworn enemy, it decided to take my through the centre of London and through Wimbledon.... On the first day of Wimbledon - Tennis Festival of Traffic Hate Crimes.
After 2 hours of pushing, shoving, scraping, honking, screaming and manic laughter, I finally got out of the throng and into
Morden Hall Wedding Venue
An absolutely stunning mansion with it's own grounds separating it from the world outside. The endless slow moving pig swill of traffic I had just endured was a lifetime away and I was even offered a drink on arrival (something reserved for only the higher power that is - The Registrar).
After providing the music for the ceremony and drinks reception, it was time for food before playing the first dance. This is what I was given-
Quite possibly the nicest food I've had while working as a wedding guitarist and singer. If I was to guess, I would say it was salmon wrapped soft cheese with tasty green splodges followed by fillet mignon with dauphinoise potatoes smothered in blood from God's face. Utter heaven.
Not long after finishing my meal, I was called to play the first dance. The bride and bride wanted their choice of song played as close to the original as possible and with there being a few effects with volume that I couldn't emulate, I decided to sing it with a backing track to fill out the sound.
I'm glad I did. It was a great choice of song that got everyone involved and I'm sure that they had an amazing evening after I left. The song was - Something just like this by Cold Play & Chain Smokers.
This wedding had a very personal aspect to it. I am honoured to be a part of it and represent the Morgan family. I wish I could have stayed but had to brave the trials of the London roads and screaming cockneys with their rhymes.
Life as a London Wedding Guitarist
London driver's rhyming slang TOP 5 (with my own translation)
"Get out the way" - Have a nice day
"Learn to drive" - It's quarter past five
"I'll smash your face in" - Taking out my wheelie bin
"What the F*^$ are you doing?" - I think your horse needs shoeing
"Go, you A*$^ hole" - I've lost my fishing pole


Property and business owners in Mathews Court House have been invited to attend a meeting at 6:30 tonight at Mathews Memorial Library to discuss the potential boundaries of the Village Mixed Use Zoning District in downtown Mathews.
Interested residents may attend as well, said planning and zoning director John Shaw.
Last year, the board of supervisors adopted an amendment that added the district to the county’s zoning ordinance, said Shaw in a letter to property owners, but it didn’t adopt a zoning map to identify the boundaries of such a district, which is necessary before one can be established.
Shaw said that the planning commission is looking into the matter and wants to hear the opinions of property owners. He emphasized that no determination has yet been made by the commission to establish the district boundaries, and he created a map highlighting properties that might be included.
The topic will also be discussed at Tuesday’s planning commission...
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Congregants of GraceLife Church west of Edmonton gathered together on Sunday to worship God in a full service, the first since the bail appeal for the church's pastor, James Coates, was denied.
It was also the sixth Sunday since the Alberta government issued an executive order to close the church.
Coates has been held in provincial custody since February 16, when he turned himself in for breaching the provincial health order that requires him to limit church services to 15 per cent of fire code capacity and mandate the use of masks during worship services.
Coates says he is unable to meet bail conditions that would require him not to hold, nor attend, church services that do not conform to provincial health guidelines. At his most recent bail hearing, Crown prosecutor Karen Thorsrud insisted that she remain anonymous due to what she claims are threats to her safety. However, there is no publication ban in this case.
Church attendance remains at capacity as associate pastor Jacob Spenst has been preaching in Coates' place. Coates could be held in custody until his trial from May 3 to 5 on charges that, if convicted, would not involve jail time.
In contrast to previous weeks, police presence at the church was diminished, with just two police cruisers as opposed to the usual seven.
No tickets were issued this week to GraceLife and media interest in the case continues to fade, with just two camera crews staying in the ditch across the street from the church for 15 minutes.
To sign our petition calling on the provincial government to end the incarceration of Pastor Coates, please go to www.FreePastorJames.com.