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Queer Guide to Sundance Film Festival 2020
Staff December 11, 2019
The QSaltLake Magazine 'Queer Guide' to the Sundance Film Festival (Jan. 23-Feb. 2)
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Shirley / U.S.A. (Director: Josephine Decker, Screenwriter: Sarah Gubbins, Producers: Christine Vachon, David Hinojosa, Sue Naegle, Sarah Gubbins, Jeffrey Soros, Simon Horsman) — A young couple moves in with the famed author, Shirley Jackson, and her Bennington College professor husband, Stanley Hyman, in the hope of starting a new life but instead find themselves fodder for a psycho-drama that inspires Shirley's next novel. Cast: Elisabeth Moss, Michael Stuhlbarg, Odessa Young, Logan Lerman. World Premiere
Sylvie's Love / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Eugene Ashe, Producers: Nnamdi Asomugha, Gabrielle Glore, Jonathan Baker, Matthew Thurm) — Years after their summer romance comes to an end, an aspiring television producer and a talented musician cross paths, only to find their feelings for each other never changed. With their careers taking them in different directions, they must choose what matters most. Cast: Tessa Thompson, Nnamdi Asomugha, Eva Longoria, Aja Naomi King, Wendi Mclendon-Covey, Jemima Kirke. World Premiere
Wander Darkly / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Tara Miele, Producers: Lynette Howell Taylor, Samantha Housman, Shivani Rawat, Monica Levinson) — New parents Adrienne and Matteo are forced to reckon with trauma amidst their troubled relationship. They must revisit the memories of their past and unravel haunting truths in order to face their uncertain future. Cast: Sienna Miller, Diego Luna, Beth Grant, Aimee Carrero, Tory Kittles, Vanessa Bayer. World Premiere
Riley Keough and Taylour Paige appear in Zola by Janicza Bravo. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Anna Kooris.
Zola / U.S.A. (Director: Janicza Bravo, Screenwriters: Janicza Bravo, Jeremy O. Harris, Producers: Christine Vachon, David Hinojosa, Vince Jolivette, Elizabeth Haggard, Dave Franco, Gia Walsh) 2015: @zolarmoon tweets "wanna hear a story about why me & this bitch here fell out???????? It's kind of long but full of suspense." Two girls bond over their "hoeism" and become fast friends. What's supposed to be a trip from Detroit to Florida turns into a weekend from hell. Cast: Taylour Paige, Riley Keough, Nicholas Braun, Colman Domingo. World Premiere
U.S. Documentary Competition
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets / U.S.A. (Directors: Bill Ross, Turner Ross, Producers: Michael Gottwald, Chere Theriot) — In the shadows of the bright lights of Las Vegas, it's last call for a beloved dive bar known as the Roaring 20s. A document of real people, in an unreal situation, facing an uncertain future: America at the end of 2016. World Premiere
Feels Good Man / U.S.A. (Director: Arthur Jones, Producers: Giorgio Angelini, Caryn Capotosto, Aaron Wickenden) — When indie comic character Pepe the Frog becomes an unwitting icon of hate, his creator, artist Matt Furie, fights to bring Pepe back from the darkness and navigate America's cultural divide. World Premiere
The Fight / U.S.A. (Directors: Elyse Steinberg, Josh Kriegman, Eli Despres, Producers: Elyse Steinberg, Josh Kriegman, Eli Despres, Maya Seidler, Peggy Drexler, Kerry Washington) — Inside the ACLU, a team of scrappy lawyers battle Trump's historic assault on civil liberties. World Premiere
Walter Mercado appears in Mucho Mucho Amor by Cristina Costantini and Kareem Tabsch. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Giovan Cordero.
Mucho Mucho Amor / U.S.A. (Directors: Cristina Costantini, Kareem Tabsch, Producer: Alex Fumero) — Once the world's most famous astrologer, Walter Mercado seeks to resurrect a forgotten legacy. Raised in the sugar cane fields of Puerto Rico, Walter grew up to become a gender non-conforming, cape-wearing psychic whose televised horoscopes reached 120 million viewers a day for decades before he mysteriously disappeared. World Premiere
Us Kids / U.S.A. (Director: Kim A. Snyder, Producers: Kim A. Snyder, Maria Cuomo Cole, Lori Cheatle) — Determined to turn unfathomable tragedy into action, the teenage survivors of Parkland, Florida catalyze a powerful, unprecedented youth movement that spreads with lightning speed across the country, as a generation of mobilized youth take back democracy in this powerful coming-of-age story. World Premiere
Welcome to Chechnya / U.S.A. (Director: David France, Producers: Alice Henty, David France, Askold Kurov, Joy A. Tomchin) — This searing investigative work shadows a group of activists risking unimaginable peril to confront the ongoing anti-LGBTQ pogrom raging in the repressive and closed Russian republic. Unfettered access and a remarkable approach to protecting anonymity exposes this under-reported atrocity – and an extraordinary group of people confronting evil. World Premiere
World Cinema Dramatic Competition
Exil / Germany, Belgium, Kosovo (Director and screenwriter: Visar Morina, Producers: Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach, Maren Ade) — A chemical engineer feeling discriminated against and bullied at work plunges into an identity crisis. Cast: Mišel Matičević, Sandra Hüller. World Premiere
Possessor / Canada, United Kingdom (Director and screenwriter: Brandon Cronenberg, Producers: Niv Fichman, Andrew Starke, Kevin Krikst, Fraser Ash) — Vos is a corporate agent who uses brain-implant technology to inhabit other people's bodies, driving them to commit assassinations for the benefit of the company. When something goes wrong on a routine job, she finds herself trapped inside a man whose identity threatens to obliterate her own. Cast: Andrea Riseborough, Christopher Abbott, Rossif Sutherland, Tuppence Middleton, Sean Bean, Jennifer Jason Leigh. World Premiere
Beast Beast / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Danny Madden, Producers: Benjamin Wiessner, Matt Miller, Tara Ansley) — Three interwoven stories of youths navigating identity, first love, petty crime, and gun violence in a southern American town. Cast: Shirley Chen, Will Madden, Jose Angeles, Courtney Dietz, Daniel Rashid. World Premiere
Black Bear / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Lawrence Michael Levine, Producers: Julie Christeas, Jonathan Blitstein, Richard J Bosner, Aubrey Plaza, Lawrence Michael Levine, Sophia Takal) — At a remote lake house, a filmmaker plays a calculated game of desire and jealousy in the pursuit of a work of art that blurs the boundaries between autobiography and invention. Cast: Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott, Sarah Gadon. World Premiere
I Carry You with Me by Heidi Ewing. Courtesy of Sundance Institute
I Carry You With Me / U.S.A., Mexico (Director: Heidi Ewing, Screenwriters: Heidi Ewing, Alan Page Arriaga, Producers: Mynette Louie, Heidi Ewing) — An epic love story spanning decades is sparked by a chance encounter between two men in provincial Mexico. Based on a true story, ambition and societal pressure propel an aspiring chef to leave his soulmate and make the treacherous journey to New York, where life will never be the same. Cast: Armando Espitia, Christian Vázquez, Michelle Rodríguez, Ángeles Cruz, Arcelia Ramírez, Michelle González. World Premiere
La Leyenda Negra / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Patricia Vidal Delgado, Producers: Alicia Herder, Marcel Perez) — In Compton, a soon-to-be undocumented teenager fights for her right to stay in America while risking her family, her friendships, and her first love. Cast: Monica Betancourt, Kailei Lopez, Irlanda Moreno, Justin Avila, Sammy Flores, Juan Reynoso. World Premiere
Sasheer Zamata appears in Spree by Eugene Kotlyarenko. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Jeffrey Leeds
Spree / U.S.A. (Director: Eugene Kotlyarenko, Screenwriters: Gene McHugh, Eugene Kotlyarenko, Producers: Matthew Budman, Sumaiya Kaveh, John Lang, Eugene Kotlyarenko) — Kurt Kunkle, a rideshare driver thirsty for followers, has figured out a deadly plan to go viral. As his disturbing livestream is absurdly embraced by the social media hellscape, a comedienne emerges as the only hope to stop this rampage. Cast: Joe Keery, Sasheer Zamata, David Arquette, Kyle Mooney, Mischa Barton, Josh Ovalle. World Premiere
Four Good Days / U.S.A. (Director: Rodrigo Garcia, Screenwriters: Rodrigo Garcia, Eli Saslow, Producers: Jon Avnet, Marina Grasic, Jake Avnet, Jai Khanna, Rodrigo Garcia) — Ten years of opioids have left Molly's life in shambles. A new drug may give her a chance to break free if she is able to stay clean for four days, with the help of her mother Deb, a tough, clear-eyed woman. Their love will be tested to the limits. Cast: Glenn Close, Mila Kunis, Stephen Root, Joshua Leonard. World Premiere
The Glorias / U.S.A. (Director: Julie Taymor, Screenwriters: Julie Taymor, Sarah Ruhl, Producers: Alex Saks, Lynn Hendee) — An equal rights crusader, journalist and activist: Gloria Steinem embodies these and more. From her role in the revolutionary women's rights movement to her travels throughout the U.S. and around the world, Steinem has made an everlasting mark on modern history. A nontraditional chronicle of a trailblazing life. Cast: Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Bette Midler, Janelle Monae, Timothy Hutton, Lorraine Toussaint. World Premiere
Kajillionaire / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Miranda July, Producers: Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner) — Low-stakes grifters, Old Dolio and her parents invite a chipper young woman into their insular clan, only to have their entire world turned upside down. Cast: Evan Rachel Wood, Gina Rodriguez, Richard Jenkins, Debra Winger. World Premiere
The Last Thing He Wanted / U.S.A. (Director: Dee Rees, Screenwriters: Marco Villalobos, Dee Rees, Producers: Cassian Elwes, Dee Rees) — A veteran D.C. journalist loses the thread of her own narrative when a guilt-propelled errand for her father thrusts her from byline to unwitting subject in the very story she's trying to break. Adapted from the Joan Didion novel of the same title. Cast: Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck, Willem Dafoe, Rosie Perez. World Premiere
Lost Girls / U.S.A. (Director: Liz Garbus, Screenwriter: Michael Werwie, Producers: Anne Carey, Kevin McCormick) — When Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated Long Island community where Shannan was last seen. Committed to finding the truth, her search brings attention to over a dozen murdered sex workers Mari will not let the world forget. Inspired by true events. Cast: Amy Ryan, Thomasin McKenzie, Lola Kirke, Oona Laurence, Gabriel Byrne, Miriam Shor. World Premiere
Promising Young Woman / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Emerald Fennell, Producers: Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerly, Josey McNamara, Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Emerald Fennell) — Everyone said Cassie was a promising young woman… until something abruptly derailed her future. Nothing in Cassie's life is as it appears: she's smart, cunning, and living a double life by night. Now, Cassie has a chance to right the wrongs of the past in this thrilling take on revenge. Cast: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Jennifer Coolidge, Laverne Cox, Connie Britton. World Premiere
Uncle Frank / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Alan Ball, Producers: Alan Ball, Peter Macdissi, Michael Costigan, Jay Van Hoy, Bill Block, Stephanie Meurer) — In 1973, when 18-year-old Beth and her uncle Frank take a road trip from Manhattan to Creekville, South Carolina for the family patriarch's funeral, they're unexpectedly joined by Frank's lover Walid. A story about family, forgiveness, and our inherent power to choose who we want to be. Cast: Paul Bettany, Sophia Lillis, Peter Macdissi, Steve Zahn, Judy Greer, Margo Martindale. World Premiere
Documentary Premieres
Disclosure: Trans Lives On Screen by Sam Feder. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.
Disclosure: Trans Lives On Screen / U.S.A. (Director: Sam Feder, Producers: Amy Scholder, Sam Feder) — An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have been taught to feel about themselves. Cast: Laverne Cox, Mj Rodriguez, Lilly Wachowski, Yance Ford, Chaz Bono, Jamie Clayton. World Premiere
Giving Voice / U.S.A. (Directors: James D. Stern, Fernando Villena, Producers: James D. Stern, Karen Bove, Fernando Villena, Schoen Smith, Craig Piligian) — Every year, thousands of high schoolers enter the August Wilson monologue competition for a chance to perform on Broadway. This film follows these students, examining how Wilson and his characters speak to a new generation, inspiring them to listen to his words and find their own voice. World Premiere
The Go-Go's / U.S.A., Ireland, Canada (Director: Alison Ellwood, Producers: Trevor Birney, Corey Russell, Eimhear O'Neill) — As the first all-female band to play their instruments, write their songs and have a No. 1 album, The Go-Go's made history. Underpinned by candid testimonies, this film chronicles the meteoric rise to fame of a band born in the LA punk scene who became a pop phenomenon. Cast: Charlotte Caffey, Belinda Carlisle, Gina Schock, Kathy Valentine, Jane Wiedlin. World Premiere
Taylor Swift: Miss Americana / U.S.A. (Director: Lana Wilson, Producers: Morgan Neville, Caitrin Rogers, Christine O'Malley) — A raw and emotionally revealing look at one of the most iconic artists of our time during a transformational period in her life as she learns to embrace her role not only as a songwriter and performer, but as a woman harnessing the full power of her voice. Cast: Taylor Swift. World Premiere. DAY ONE
Yaani King Mondschein, Elle Lorraine, and Lena Waithe appears in Bad Hair by Justin Simien, Photo courtesy of Sundance Institute.
Bad Hair / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Justin Simien, Producers: Julia Lebedev, Angel Lopez, Eddie Vaisman, Justin Simien) — In this horror satire set in 1989, an ambitious young woman gets a weave in order to succeed in the image-obsessed world of music television. However, her flourishing career may come at a great cost when she realizes that her new hair may have a mind of its own. Cast: Elle Lorraine, Vanessa Williams, Jay Pharoah, Lena Waithe, Blair Underwood, Laverne Cox. World Premiere. DAY ONE
The Nowhere Inn / U.S.A. (Director: Bill Benz, Screenwriters: Carrie Brownstein, Annie Clark, Producers: Jett Steiger, Lana Kim, Annie Clark, Carrie Brownstein) — When St. Vincent sets out to make a documentary about her music, the goal is to both reveal and revel in the unadorned truth behind her on-stage persona. But when she hires a close friend to direct, notions of reality, identity, and authenticity grow increasingly distorted and bizarre. Cast: Annie Clark, Carrie Brownstein. World Premiere
And Then We Danced / Sweden, Georgia, France (Director and screenwriter: Levan Akin, Producers: Mathilde Dedye, Ketie Daniela) — In the conservative confines of modern Tbilisi, Merab, a competitive dancer, is thrown off balance by the arrival of Irakli, a fellow male dancer with a rebellious streak. Cast: Levan Gelbakhiani, Bachi Valishvili, Ana Javakhishvilli, Kakha Gogidze, Anano Makharadze.
The Climb / U.S.A. (Director: Michael Angelo Covino, Screenwriters: Michael Angelo Covino, Kyle Marvin, Producers: Noah Lang, Michael Covino, Kyle Marvin) — Kyle and Mike are best friends who share a close bond until Mike sleeps with Kyle's fiancée. A portrait of a tumultuous but enduring relationship between two men across many years of laughter, heartbreak, and rage. Cast: Kyle Marvin, Michael Angelo Covino, Gayle Rankin, Talia Balsam, George Wendt, Judith Godrèche.
Ema / Chile (Director: Pablo Larraín, Screenwriters: Guillermo Calderón, Alejandro Moreno, Producer: Juan de Dios Larraín) — After a shocking incident upends her family life and marriage to a tempestuous choreographer, Ema, a reggaeton dancer, sets out on an odyssey of personal liberation in this incendiary story of art, desire, and the modern family. Cast: Mariana Di Girolamo, Gael García Bernal, Santiago Cabrera.
Come Away / United Kingdom, U.S.A. (Director: Brenda Chapman, Screenwriter: Marissa Kate Goodhill, Producers: Leesa Kahn, James Spring, David Oyelowo, Steve Richards, Andrea Keir) — Before Alice found Wonderland, and Peter became Pan, they were brother and sister. When their brother dies in an accident, they seek to save their parents from downward spirals until finally they're forced to choose between home and imagination, setting the stage for their iconic journeys into Wonderland and Neverland. Cast: Angelina Jolie, David Oyelowo, Jordan Nash, Keira Chansa, Reece Yates, Michael Caine. World Premiere
For the complete list of the 118 Feature Films as well as more lineup announcements, including Shorts, Indie Episodic and New Frontier, visit sundance.org.
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Read Shallow Graves Online
Authors: Jeffery Deaver
Tags: #Mystery, #Thriller, #Suspense
Shallow Graves (24 page)
BOOK: Shallow Graves
"The accident, when I ran into you?"
"I'm familiar."
"It wasn't an accident. Oh, I didn't want to
you. But I wanted to meet you. I saw you walk up the sidewalk and I drove up there on purpose. I was going to skid the car or something. Pretend to drive off the road. So I could meet you." She was playing with her cocktail ring. Five thousand dollars of pressurized carbon spun obsessively on a beautiful, thin finger.
He asked, "Why?"
"I thought maybe I could get a part in the movie."
"That's why you came to see me in the hospital?"
He was standing right next to her. She turned, their eyes met. Outside, miles away, the cracks of shotguns rolled into silence. She said, "Well, maybe."
He leaned down and kissed her.
Just like that.
"No," she said. But that was the only resistance she offered. Her arms were around him, kissing back, and pulling him against her.
Then she stepped back.
"No," she said. And this time she was speaking to
herself and, unlike him, she decided to obey the command.
She walked back to the kitchen, stood at the window, wiped the sink absently.
Pellam had long ago given up apologizing for impulse. He followed her, picked up his cup, poured more coffee.
"The thing is." Meg didn't look at him, stared out the window. "I'm having an affair."
He set the cup down.
Good job, Pellam. You can pick 'em like nobody else. Fall for a woman who's got two men in her life, while you're being chased around the ginkgo trees by a drugged-out flower child (and you, with an unblushing rail-thin Hollywood businesswoman you never call waiting at home for you).
He saw she was organizing her thoughts. Confession time. Things to get off her beautiful freckled chest. He sat down again. This might take some time. He knew that straying spouses and bad moviemakers share the same obsessive flaw: excessive explanation.
"A man here in town."
"Doesn't word get around?"
"We've been excruciatingly careful. See, Keith's a wonderful person. He's Joe solid. He loves Sam. He's never so much as raised his voice to me. He dotes. He provides. But do I feel magic? No. But
you feel magic?"
"I heard this line once: a relationship's like a fire. You got a few months of flame, a year of embers, then the rest smoke."
"It's comfortable."
"There's a lot to be said for comfort."
"But I want more, Pellam. Or I thought I wanted more. This thing with Sam, the drugs. It scared me bad. It shook me up. I didn't get an hour's sleep last night."
"He's okay, isn't he?"
"Oh, yeah, he'll be fine. It just made me feel so vulnerable. Here I was looking for some—" She glanced at him. "—for some flame and it almost seemed that Sam getting sick was revenge for that."
"You love him? This other guy?"
A beat of a pause. "At first. But now I don't think so."
"You love Keith?"
"I know I love Sam and my house. I
I love Keith. I'm tired of having an affair. I shouldn't be saying this to you, should I?" Her eyes were wide, and she seemed very young.
Pellam smiled. "Say whatever you want. I like listening."
"Keith's so smart. He doesn't . . . It's not like he makes me feel stupid, not intentionally, I mean. But I feel stupid."
"I'm just not, well, intelligent."
"What does that mean?" Pellam asked. "That you can't do calculus in your head? Or recite the periodic table of the elements?"
"Keith tries to tell me about his business, I don't follow what he's saying. I try, but—"
"Meg, he's a chemist. Why should you understand chemistry?"
"Well, politics too. And I don't read a lot. I try but it's just beyond me."
"You're talking in generalities. What's beyond you?"
There was a pop and a flash of light behind them. Meg jumped, then laughed. A bulb in one of the kitchen's wall sconces had burned out. Meg pulled the shade off, blew on the bulb to cool it and unscrewed it. "When I was a girl, I was afraid of the light. Isn't that odd? Most kids are afraid of the dark. But I hated the light. There was no door to my room and the light from the living room, that white-blue light from bare bulbs, would glare and keep me up. Even when I was older, when my mother put a sheet up for a door, that didn't keep the light out. You know why I hated it? It was that when they fought, my parents' voices seemed to come from that light. I'd hide under the blankets. Mother thought I was afraid of ghosts or something. I was afraid of the light. That's what I feel like now. Light is so hard to escape from." Meg changed the bulb. "I feel you're some kind of darkness." She laughed. "I'm sure this is coming out all wrong."
For a time, after he started scouting, Pellam had wondered why this always happened. Why people talked to him as much as they did, bared their hidden secrets and passions. Priests didn't hear the kinds of things Pellam heard. Then he realized it wasn't so much that he was a good listener; it was that he was safe. They could spill their guts and he'd be gone in a week or two. Their secrets with him.
"I knew you didn't have anything to do with Sam," she said. "I really did." The words were halting. Women are usually better apologists than men. Meg wasn't.
"What're you going to do?" he asked.
"I'm going to stop seeing him, my lover."
"Is that what you want to do?"
"It's what I
to do. . . ." She looked at her watch. "Pellam, can I ask a favor?"
He didn't think it was going to involve freckles on her chest or anywhere else. He'd given up on that. He said, "Sure."
"Keith's going to be working all day. Could you stay around here? Did you have any plans?"
"Nothing to speak of."
"Would you? We could all have Sunday dinner. Maybe you could do some shooting with Sam. He's got a .22 and a little .410 shotgun we gave him last year."
Pellam said, "I'd love to."
Then she was smiling like a sassy schoolgirl. She looked at her watch. "We've got an hour before I pick Sam up at Sunday school. There's something we could do together—just you and me."
Where was
leading?
She took his hand and pulled him toward the door.
"Where're we going?" he asked.
"Raking leaves."
She pulled him outside. "Sure, come on. It's fun."
"I haven't raked leaves for twenty years. They don't have leaves in L.A. And even if they did, I wouldn't rake them."
He resisted at first. But here she was, a beautiful woman with whom he'd shared secrets. And so he said, "I guess."
He paused on the back porch. Looked out on what must've been four or five acres of colored leaves. She tossed him a rake.
He studied it for a moment. Then said, "I don't know how it works."
THE GLINT OF
light caught the deputy's eye.
He pulled the Plymouth squad car off the road and eased it into the late-morning shade of a sugar maple, scarred from past years' syrup spigots. He climbed out of the car, pulled his lavender-tinted sunglasses on and began walking through the tall grass and forsythia whips. He'd lived in and around Cleary all his life and knew the customs and routines—where people tended to be and when you could expect to see them there and when you couldn't.
And one place you didn't expect to see a car parked was in this field on Sunday morning.
He climbed over what was left of a low stone fence and walked through a row of more maples to a narrow dirt road that led into some woods and just stopped about halfway through.
The car was parked exactly in the center of this road. The deputy paused twenty yards away and looked at it. A cheap Nissan. White. New York plates and a Cleary Tigers bumper sticker. The reason he stopped wasn't because he was noting all these details. He stopped because he didn't want to see what was in the car.
Figuring he'd deduced what had happened. Two high schoolers had spent their last hours on earth making out only to doze off and die, thanks to a bum exhaust pipe. That was the only possible reason anyone
would park on this road on Saturday night and the only reason anyone would still be here now.
He took a breath to calm his stuttering heart and walked forward. He found out that he was wrong. There was another reason a car was parked in the middle of this deserted road. Because the driver had been murdered.
The boy had been shot three times in the chest with a small-caliber gun. His face was serene and there was hardly any blood on the body. Which meant he'd died quickly. The boy's face was pressed against the passenger window, away from the deputy, and his hand gripped the door handle. There was no lividity—sinking of the blood to the lower extremities of the body. Which meant that he'd died recently.
Damn. His heart sank. The deputy walked around to the other side of the car and looked at the face. He recognized Ned Harper. A high school boy, a football player and, he believed, a one-eighty-division wrestler. He remembered that he'd seen Ned's father driving the Nissan around town. He wondered why the parents hadn't phoned him in missing. Maybe when your son was an eighteen-year-old football player, you assumed he'd be out late and didn't start to worry for a day or two. The deputy's daughter was two years old and he worried about her constantly. He didn't think there'd ever come a time when he didn't.
Who'd do something like this?
Maybe the boy'd picked up a hitchhiker. Maybe an escaped prisoner from Sing-Sing down in Ossining. But then why would he leave the car? Maybe it
an accident. He'd been hunting with a friend, the gun went off and the other boy panicked. But, no, the
deputy realized. That couldn't be it. Not with three separate wounds.
He walked in a slow circle, looking for obvious clues, but he knew the sheriff would take charge of that and call the county in too. Then he realized he was just stalling, not wanting to make the call to report it.
The sun shot off the slanted window, a dove called from deep in the moist forest. The deputy walked slowly back to the car, praying he wouldn't be the one elected to tell the boy's parents.
AT FOUR-THIRTY PELLAM
remembered Janine.
"Oh, hell."
Sam looked up. Probably thinking that he'd pointed the muzzle of the single-shot, break-action shotgun the wrong way or hadn't remembered one of the firearm safety rules Pellam had told him.
For the past couple hours they'd been plinking away with shotguns. Occasionally Pellam would throw a can or two into the air and Sam, sweating with the effort, would calculate the lead. Pellam noticed the determination on the boy's face. Once he overheard Sam mutter something as he fired. "Ned" was what it sounded like. Pellam had asked him what he'd said but he just shook his head and said, "Can you throw another one please?"
"Got to call it quits, son," Pellam now said. "I've got an errand back in town."
Inside the kitchen Sam said, "Mom, you should've seen me."
"I did. I was watching out the window."
"How'd I do, Mr. Pellam?"
"Did good, really good," Pellam said. "You've got to clean your weapon, Sam. But I've got to run to town.
We'll do it when I get back." He looked at Meg and there must have been something in his words or—goddamn it, was he blushing? He looked at her coy smile and said, "You mind dropping me in town and I'll bring the camper back?"
"Hey," Sam said, his high voice cracking into an even higher register. "Can I come?"
Meg smiled sweetly, "Oh, and can I come too?"
"Probably better if you didn't."
She let him swing for a minute then said, "Maybe you've got some other friends in town. Some people I don't know."
"Shouldn't take more than fifteen minutes."
Meg smiled innocently. "Fifteen? That's pretty fast."
He gave her an exasperated glance.
The phone rang.
Meg kept her eyes on Pellam as she made a slow turn and walked to it.
"Hi, hon. . . . Aw, no. Come on. What? Problems?"
"Hi, Daddy!" Sam shrieked, jumping for the phone. "I shot a hundred cans . . ."
Meg winced and waved him down. "I'm making a roast. You can't make it?" She sighed. "Okay. All right. We'll save some for you. Love you."
"Bye, Daddy!"
To Pellam she said, "He's in a bind at the plant. He's got to work most of the night. Sunday, can you believe it? He said he'll be back at eleven. . . . So we eat
à trois."
Sam said, "What's that, Mom? Sounds yucky."
"It means there'll be three of us for dinner."
"Oh, I thought it was this weird food you were
going to make." To Pellam he said, "Mom makes this totally strange stuff sometimes. All slippery—"
". . . and these gross colors."
"Young man, that's enough."
"And her apple butter . . ." He headed for the porch. "It starts out brownish. Then it gets kind of green."
"Sam—" Meg began good-naturedly.
Pellam asked Meg, "So, how 'bout that ride?"
Pellam called to Sam, "Don't clean that gun till I get back, young man."
"Yessir. And then it goes all grayish. Yuck. . . ."
MEG DROPPED HIM
a block away from the camper.
She turned to him but before she could say anything he preempted her. "You don't talk about flower children, I won't talk about apple butter."
She laughed hard. "See you soon." This was a moment when he might've kissed her. But instead he just climbed stiffly out of the tiny car—his wounds still hurt—and walked quickly to the camper. Inside a light was on. He opened the door. Inside, Janine sat motionless, looking down.
She turned to him. "Bastard."
"I'm sorry. I ran into some trouble last night and—
"Bastard." What she was talking about, though, wasn't his being late but the screenplay of
To Sleep in a Shallow Grave.
The binder was open and she'd read most of it.
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Sacrifice of the Septimus: Part 2 (Afterlife saga Book 7) by Stephanie Hudson
The Man of the Desert by Grace Livingston Hill
Little House On The Prairie by Wilder, Laura Ingalls
The Cook's Illustrated Cookbook by The Editors at America's Test Kitchen
Kiss Kiss by Dahl, Roald
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Цатаних () — село в Унцукульском районе Дагестана.

Образует сельское поселение село Цатаних как единственный населённый пункт в его составе.

Центр сельсовета (в 1921—45 и с 1957) года.

География
Село расположено на р. Энжерух (бассейн р. Андийское Койсу), в 25 км к юго-западу от районного центра, села Унцукуль.

Население

История

Известные уроженцы
Родина поэта Магомеда Гунашева (1935—8.03.2013).

Гимбатов Магомед – с. Цатаних Унцукульский район. 1-й секретарь РК КПСС в 1949—1983 г.г.

Магомедов Мухума Магомедович - профессор ДГМУ

Примечания

Литература
 Дагестанская АССР: Административно-территориальное деление. — Махачкала: Дагестанское кн. изд-во, 1966.
 Дагестанская АССР: Административно-территориальное деление. — Махачкала: Дагестанское кн. изд-во, 1980.

Населённые пункты Унцукульского района
Муниципальные образования Унцукульского района
Сельские поселения Дагестана

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Two of the country's leading soccer teams, Standard de Liège and Genk, have been eliminated from the Belgian Cup. Club Brugge and Anderlecht go through.
With the number of clubs down to the final sixteen both squads lost their home tie.
Standard lost at home to KV Kortrijk. Capon and Benteke were responsible for the Kortrijk goals. Witsel saved Standard from humiliation. At the final whistle the score was 2 - 1 for Kortrijk.
Genk went down to a surprise defeat against Roeselare that is currently languishing at the bottom of the first division.
Club Brugge and Anderlecht go through. Mons and Dender, the last remaining second division clubs, are now also out of the Cup.
Anderlecht coursed to victory against Dender.
Club Brugge with ten on the field beat Lokeren 2 - 1.
Gent beat Germinal Beerschot 1 - 0 thanks to a late goal by Wils. Gent now play Club Brugge in the semi-final.
KV Mechelen, last year's finalist, needed extra time to dismiss Charleroi. The match ended in a 5 - 2 victory for Mechelen on a pitch that was still partially covered in snow.
Westerlo too are through thanks to a 3 - 1 victory against Mons.
Zulte-Waregem v Cercle Brugge was postponed.


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Saddle Up: 35th annual Bill Pickett Rodeo gallops into Los Angeles
Joe Biden brings campaign to Los Angeles
Family claims they were racially profiled, accused of stealing from Santa Monica store
LAPD officers no longer issuing citations to people sleeping in cars parked on residential streets
Rapper YG's Hollywood Hills home raided by deputies in connection with pursuit, fatal shooting
Disney Channel star Cameron Boyce dies at 20; suffered seizure, family says
HOLLYWOOD, CA - MARCH 13: Cameron Boyce attends A Legacy Of Changing Lives presented by the Fulfillment Fund at The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center on March 13, 2018.. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)
By Brie Stimson | Fox News
FOX NEWS - Disney actor Cameron Boyce, 20, has died, according to a report.
The young performer, a native of Los Angeles, was known for his roles in the Disney franchise "Descendants" and the Disney Channel show "Jessie."
Boyce died in his sleep "due to a seizure which was a result of an ongoing medical condition," his family told ABC News on Saturday.
"It is with a profoundly heavy heart that we report that this morning we lost Cameron," a Boyce family spokesperson said.
"The world is now undoubtedly without one of its brightest lights, but his spirit will live on through the kindness and compassion of all who knew and loved him." The family said they are "utterly heartbroken" by his passing and asked for privacy while they grieve.
Boyce had been acting since he was 9 years old and was deeply involved in charity work. In March, he introduced former Vice President Joe Biden at the Biden Courage Awards.
Get more updates on this story from FoxNews.com.
A U.S. warship on Thursday destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz after it threatened the ship, President Donald Trump said. The incident marked a new escalation of tensions between the countries less than one month after Iran downed an American drone and Trump came close to retaliating with a military strike.
In remarks at the White House, Trump blamed Iran for a "provocative and hostile" action and said the U.S. responded in self-defense.
He said the Navy's USS Boxer, an amphibious assault ship, took defensive action after the Iranian aircraft closed to within 1,000 yards of the ship and ignored multiple calls to stand down.
By Kelli Johnson, FOX 11
The 35th annual Bill Pickett Rodeo will gallop into town this weekend.
Actor Obba Babatundé who has appeared in films such as "The Temptations," and soap operas "The Young and the Restless" and "The Bold and the Beautiful" along with Reginald Dorsey topped by FOX 11 studios to talk about the historically African-American rodeo.
The event will take place at the Industry Hills Expo Center July 20 and 21.
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Five guys were arrested after getting into a fight at a Florida 'Five Guys Burgers and Fries' restaurant.
According to the Stuart Police Department, five guys were involved at a fight inside of Five Guys Burgers and Fries on Wednesday.
All five of the people, three juvenile males and two adult males, were charged and processed at the Martin County Jail.


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Right support can help scotlands land businesses meet net zero target
Right support can help Scotland's land businesses meet net-zero target
A net-zero target for carbon emissions in Scotland by 2045 is challenging but could be achievable with the right support and leadership, Scottish Land & Estates has said.
Speaking following the publication of the latest report from Committee on Climate Change (CCC), the rural business organisation said Scotland was well-placed to make a real impact on carbon emissions, but a 'just transition' was needed over future decades.
Mark Tennant, Vice-Chair (Policy) of Scottish Land & Estates, said: "Scotland has been ambitious in its adopting targets so far and there is no reason why we should not continue to aim high. Whilst ambitious, we believe net-zero can be achieved by 2045 if government positively supports land managers to implement the changes that will need to be made.
"Agriculture is consistently named as significant contributor of greenhouse gas emissions, but the industry has already made considerable efforts to reduce this.
"One current issue faced by land-based businesses is the separation of land uses in carbon emission calculations. Through afforestation, regeneration of peatland and renewable energy projects, farmers and land managers are already making significant efforts towards the reduction of carbon emission and existing atmospheric carbon levels. Despite this, many of these efforts are not currently recognised because of the strict sectoral approach that is taken between farming, forestry and other land uses. With more and more diversification in land-based business, it is important that the concept of integrated land use is encapsulated within new legislation currently in passage through the Scottish Parliament."
SLE added that maintaining Scotland's high-quality food production was essential.
Mr Tennant continued: "All sectors will need to employ considerable changes to reduce their emissions and to adapt to the shifting climate across the supply chain. However, sectors should not be considered in isolation. Industries should work together to find solutions and work with each other address shortfalls where appropriate.
"Domestic production of food is essential for Scotland's future and quality should not be compromised or overlooked. Importing vast amounts of food is both unsustainable and short-sighted and would lead to us exporting our emissions rather than tackling the problem. Land managers and farmers need to be further encouraged to follow sustainable practices that will improve resilience and economic opportunity as well as meet the changing consumer demand. We believe it is up to government and rural organisations to help this happen."


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A nice illustration of Bryan Caplan's thesis.
Elections are decided by numbers, and the ignorant outnumber the knowledgeable, so the ignorant decide the outcome. This casts an odd light on the lengthy and detailed explanations by the hyper-informed as to why they voted the way they did. A single person only gets one vote, so it is hardly of earth-shattering importance how they voted, let alone why. Sure, a single voter's explanation may be of interest as a microcosm of what tens of millions of people were thinking. Were that only so! Alas, a writer informed enough to give a decent explanation of their vote does not represent the masses who actually decide an election.
But would the knowledgeable actually decide better than the ignorant? Knowledge can magnify error and bad judgment. People can use what they learn to reinforce their prejudices (e.g. confirmation bias).
Submitted by bobvis (not verified) on Tue, 2008-11-18 10:57.
This is the reason I stay at home election day.
Submitted by James A. Donald (not verified) on Tue, 2008-11-18 18:52.
Just as we are lucky that we do not get all the government we pay for, we are lucky that voters have no idea who or what they are voting for.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. If they had more knowledge, they would be more dangerous.
Submitted by Jacob Lyles on Tue, 2008-11-18 19:07.
Submitted by someone (not verified) on Tue, 2008-11-18 23:28.
I don't think it was fair that they made a big deal out of the "I can see Russia from my house" when they completely rephrased Obama's statement about "spreading the wealth around," as well as Biden's statement about being tested like JFK.
Submitted by Arthur B. on Wed, 2008-11-19 10:50.
Big deal, I watched the beginning, I would fail most of the questions and I don't think they are relevant. Why not ask people their reason to vote?
My reason to prefer McCain to Obama was to avoid a wave of enthusiasm for politics, period.
Submitted by Constant on Wed, 2008-11-19 12:13.
Big deal, I watched the beginning, I would fail most of the questions and I don't think they are relevant.
They are relevant to the question of what people know. I found it interesting - both because of what people don't know, and because of what they do know.
By the end we had a clear picture both of the media coverage (both what was not, and also what was well-covered) and of its effect on the voters. I myself barely watch the media, so I found it eye-opening, both because it revealed how little the voters know, and also because it revealed what people did knew (certain things they all knew, and certain things they did not).
I got all 12 questions right. I learned something here about what to expect from an average voter.
Why not ask people their reason to vote?
Because they weren't trying to find that out in this particular poll, they were trying to find out whether people knew certain things. Howard Stern did something similar: his interviewer switched the positions of McCain and Obama, and either very few or none of the interviewees caught on. They agreed vigorously with all of McCain's positions when the positions were presented as Obama's positions. So from Howard Stern we learned that people are not familiar with the platforms of the candidates.
Submitted by Arthur B. on Wed, 2008-11-19 12:24.
Howard Stern interview was about the platform, which is infinitely more relevant than the questions asked in this interview.
The french game show video has been there for a while, some claim the public wanted to laugh at the expense of the guy by misguiding him, I for one think it mostly had to do with lack of understanding the word "orbit".
Submitted by Constant on Wed, 2008-11-19 12:46.
I think the audience was simply ignorant. I don't think the French are especially ignorant - I think Americans are about as ignorant.
You need to fill in "relevant to what" when you say "relevant". What Howard Stern showed was that the platforms were decidedly not relevant to how these people voted - because, as they revealed, they did not know what those platforms were, nor did they (as it turns out) care what they were. They said they cared. They probably thought they cared. But it really did not matter.
Now, I will grant you that a politician's platform is relevant to how he will govern. Maybe it is relevant to how people ought to vote - which is presumably what you have in mind here. But the interview showed that it was not relevant to who the interviewees actually supported.
If you just say "relevant" you haven't really said anything. Relevance is a relationship, not an absolute quality.
Depending on where your particular interests lie, these videos may or not be relevant to your interests.
Finally, the irrelevance of the cost of Palin's wardrobe to how well she and McCain would govern, and the fact that everyone nevertheless knew about it, gives us an insight into the choices made by the press. I already had the impression that the press did everything humanly possible to attempt to discredit Palin and undermine McCain by uncovering one after another bogus "scandal". But the impression was indirect, inferred from bloggers discussing it. The Zogby poll gives me a much better handle the actual degree to which the press did this - and to which it succeeded in spreading the word on this supposed scandal.
Submitted by ThePenileFamily on Sat, 2008-11-22 06:07.
Knowledge can magnify error and bad judgment.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 2008-11-23 02:28.
Case in point, the McCain voters in general are JUST AS IGNORANT.


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In Paper #3 under the title Interventions Essay you will identify interventions that have been shown to reduce exposure to the risk factors you identified for the health condition you wrote about in Paper #2 at 3 levels of the Social Ecological Model.
You are to write a 2- to 3-page Interventions Essay that describes 3 interventions to reduce exposure to risk factors for the health condition you wrote about in Paper #2. Identify and describe an intervention for 1 (only 1) risk factor at each of the following 3 levels of the Social Ecological Model: organizations, community environment, and society/policy. In your Interventions Essay, you must explain how these interventions act to reduce exposure to the risk factors you identified.
To begin with, briefly discuss the burden to public health of the health condition you chose and explain why it is significant to public health. Generally, you may write about the United States or another country in your Interventions Essay.
Be sure to cite the sources of all information you present. The citation should follow every fact that you present (not just a citation at the end of the paragraph). Therefore, see information on potential sources for your paper below.
Identify 1 risk factor you identified in Paper #2 for each of the following levels of the Social Ecological Model: organizations, community environment, and society/public policy. Explain how each risk factor you chose contributes to the health condition you wrote about and why you chose to focus on it.
For each of the 3 risk factors you selected (1 at each of the 3 levels of the Social Ecological Model), find and describe 1 intervention designed to address the relevant risk factor. You should describe interventions that have been proposed or tried in the "real-world." As such, you should ensure that you have credible sources that describe relevant interventions that you can present and cite.
What is the goal of the intervention?
What specific actions does the intervention include?
Who implemented or will implement the intervention?
Who was or will be targeted?
How was or will the intervention be evaluated? That is, what changes would you expect to see if the intervention met or meets its goals?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of the intervention?
For each intervention, you should present research from credible sources (e.g., journal articles, reports from federal agencies that support the proposed intervention approach. Therefore, please do not cite Websites or news articles.
What recommendations would you make about how we can reduce the prevalence of this health condition? Based on what you have learned, what action or actions would you like public health practitioners to take?
How has your perspective on this topic changed? In responding to this question, please think about how using the Social Ecological Model has influenced your perceptions.
Include a reference list that identifies all articles and sources cited in the text of your paper. These sources should be cited in the text and included in a reference section: both are required.
You must use the style guide of the American Psychological Association (APA) for in-text citations and references. Guidelines are available through Owl Purdue at: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/. The writing center also provides workshops and consultation on citation format. If in doubt, ask!
You are responsible for ensuring that we receive your paper on time. Therefore, if you cannot upload your paper, email it to the teaching team before the deadline.
2-3 pages, double-spaced, 1-inch margins all around, Times New Roman 12-point font, indent the first line of each paragraph, do not put a blank line between paragraphs, and include page numbers in the top right hand corner of your paper. Therefore, please use the spelling and grammar features of your word processing software.
In general, do not include a title page. Instead, place a heading at the top left hand side of the first page of your paper (see example below). This heading is single-spaced. Give your paper a title, centered, above the text of your paper.
For the Interventions Essay, use only credible sources. Thus, Wikipedia and newspaper and popular magazine articles are not considered credible sources of information. However, sources such as peer-reviewed research articles listed in a Wikipedia entry or reported in a newspaper article may be valuable sources. Thus, you should look up the original source to use in writing your paper and cite it.
Overall, credible sources of information in public health include government reports, peer-reviewed journal articles and books, and reports and papers published by or posted on the websites of reputable health-related organizations such as the Kaiser Family Foundation or Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Therefore, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (https://www.cdc.gov/) is one the most comprehensive sources of reliable information on health conditions and risk factors. Do not cite Websites.
All in all, if you have a question about whether a source you have found is reliable, please ask a reference librarian or a member of the teaching team.
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There is a gate in the center of the tennis court fence along Zelzah.
To check in, enter the gate and walk all the way to the other side of the tennis courts.
The other alternative parking is to turn left on Plummer and enter the campus.
Turn right at the next opportunity and drive north past the tennis courts.
The street ends in a parking lot next to the restrooms.
Park in the parking lot by the restrooms.
Courts on West side of football field.
Take the 405 north to the 118 east to the 210 west.
Exit the first off ramp once you get on the 210 which is Hubbard.
Go north on Hubbard past Mission College.
210 west to Berkshire, turn left proceed on Berkshire to second stop sign, turn left.
Take 101 to Pasadena, which turns into 134.
Take the first exit called "Mountain Road".
Make a right turn. (Glendale collage will be to your right side).
Make a left turn into Glorietta.
Tennis courts are about 300 yards on your right side.
Take 405 Soubh to National Blvd.
Drive past school on left until you see Club & courts on Left.
405 FWY. – Take the 405 San Diego freeway to Sunset Blvd.
west on Sunset. Proceed approximately four miles to Capri Drive.
the hill until you reach our front gate.
134 West to Harvey Dr. turn Right. Proceed to Glenoaks.
turn Right. Proceed about 3 miles Tennis courts on right.
via 101 S and 134 E/State Hwy 134E.
Turn right on Madeline Drive Madeline Dr turns slightly left and becomes S Arroyo Blvd.
Turn right on Stoney Drive Left of Lohman Lane.
Pass Wal-Mart on left and continue on until Dickason- Take a left.
Next light (Smyth Dr) take a left.
Bring your parking ticket with you to be validated for 1.5 hours.
you will see a building where you will "check in" out when you leave.
just walk across the driveway and you will see the elevators.
Take elevator to top floor – courts on top of building.


Murrayfield Racers rounded off their NIHL North Cup campaign with a stunning 4-1 victory over Sheffield Steeldogs.
The reigning Moralee D1 champions had already booked their place in the semi-finals of the competition, but they travelled to Edinburgh with all of their top players.
However, a Michael Ireland hat-trick and an inspired performance in goal by Mark McGill secured an impressive win for the Racers.
Ireland gave the home side the lead in the 15th minute and they doubled their advantage courtesy of a superb solo goal by Kyle Murray early in the second period.
Nathan Salem halved the deficit after 30 minutes, but Ireland's second goal of the game made it 3-1 just before the second break.
Ireland completed his hat-trick in the final few seconds to complete a memorable victory for Tony Hand's team.
The Racers are back in league action next Saturday as they visit title rivals Paisley Pirates. They return to home ice the following day to face Kirkcaldy Kestrels in the first leg of their Scottish Cup semi-final tie.


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Oceanography, ocean drilling memorandum of understanding between the United States of America and France, signed at Washington and Paris May 17 and June 13, 1984.
Treaties, etc. United States, 1984 May 17
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Washington, D.C. : Dept. of State : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [1992?]
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Treaties and other international acts series ; 11218.
Marine geophysics -- International cooperation.
Oceanography -- International cooperation.
Deep-sea drilling ships.
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Oceanography, ocean drilling : memorandum of understanding between the United States of America and France, signed at Paris October 23, 1984
by: France.
Oceanography, ocean drilling : memorandum of understanding between the United States of America and Canada, signed at Washington April 15, 1985
by: Canada.
Oceanography, ocean drilling : memorandum of understanding between the United States of America and Japan, signed at Washington June 5, 1985
by: Japan.
Oceanography, ocean drilling : memorandum of understanding between the United States of America and Canada, signed at Ottawa and Washington December 23 and 30, 1988
Oceanography, ocean drilling : memorandum of understanding between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, signed at Washington January 13, 1986
by: Great Britain.


How To Succeed Being A Fashion Blogger?
It may be daunting to start a blog but by having the right knowledge and following some valuable tips, it can be a big help not just to start a blog but to turn it to a successful one as well.
It's vital to take note that not everyone has the capability to engage and attract audiences and with that, your initial course of action to succeed in being such blogger is to become unique. You have to take some time and perform research on some of the successful fashion blogs online. When done, check for things that have made them successful and what value they offer to its readers.
As soon as you are done, you need to think of what can make you stand out in your blogs, something that can help your blog page to attract more readers daily, which can help in boosting your online visibility and draw in more traffic to your site.
Knowing who your audience is going to be is another important thing to know. Your blog site should be focused on that audience like for instance, are you writing for younger and more hip audience or are you targeting older audience. Now that you know who your audience is going to be, you can now begin designing your blog, pick a theme and start on writing.
Being able to know how to grab the attention of your audience is imperative. This could be carried out by making use of high quality photos of clothing items, writing contents in which your audience can quickly relate to and something that'll teach them about the latest trends in fashion or perhaps, you might want to give them the chance to read reviews on garments and make them purchase from your blog, helping them to save time in searching for an item as soon as they made a decision to get one.
By using social media platforms similar to Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and such, it can be a big advantage in promoting your photos with links pointing back to your blog. By utilizing social media, it can help you engage with your readers and reach broader and wider audience. The primary focus is getting them visit your blog and register for your newsletters as well as blog updates.
Be sure that you're only writing high quality content for your blog. You can't make a blog that is filled with punctuation errors and spelling grammars. Be sure that you take enough time when writing blogs, pay close attention to details to ensure that your readers will enjoy reading them.


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Q: New command in TikZ with pgfkeys The basic idea is from How can I create new commands in TikZ?
\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\usepackage[a4paper,top=1in, bottom=1in, left=1in, right=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc,arrows.meta,bending,decorations.text,positioning}

\def\centerarct[#1](#2)(#3:#4:#5)% Syntax: [draw options] (center) (start angle:end angle:radius)
{ \path[#1] ($(#2)+({#5*cos(-#3+90)},{#5*sin(-#3+90)})$) arc [start angle={-#3+90}, end angle={-#4+90}, radius=#5)]; }

\pgfkeys{
    myvector/.is family,
    myvector,
    radius/.initial=4.5cm,
    line width/.initial =5mm,
    color/.initial=orange,
    text align/.initial=center,
    text/.initial=Label,
    raise/.initial=0mm
}

\newcommand\myvectorset[1]{\pgfkeys{myvector,#1}}

\def\myvector[#1](#2){
 \myvectorset{#1,
  radius/.get=\mbfradius,
  line width/.get=\mbflinewidth,
  color/.get=\mbfcolor,
  text align/.get=\mbftextalign,
  text/.get=\mbftext,
  raise/.get=\mbfraise
 }
 \centerarct[{Triangle[width=9mm,length=5mm]}-,draw=\mbfcolor,line  width=\mbflinewidth,postaction={decorate,decoration={text along path,text align=\mbftextalign,text=\mbftext,raise=\mbfraise}}](#2)(180:1:\mbfradius);
}

\begin{document}
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  \myvector[text align=right,raise=-1.25mm](0,0);
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\end{document}

It works. But unfortunately if I use
\myvector[text align={right,right indent=1cm},raise=-1.25mm](0,0);

the result is
! Package pgfkeys Error: I do not know the key '/pgf/decoration/text align/righ
t,right indent=1cm' and I am going to ignore it. Perhaps you misspelled it.
I read about key handlers but I didn't found a way out.

A: This is the case where the .expand once handler is useful. In the myvector macro definition you have somewhere:
text align=\mbftextalign

What you want is to set text align to the expansion of the \mbftextalign macro. You can do this easily with:
text align/.expand once=\mbftextalign

Of course, you should do the same modification with the other keys where expansion is needed.

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12 Times Kate Middleton Gracefully Channeled Princess Diana's Style
9 Fashion Secrets From Noble People That Not All Historians Know About
15 Celebrities Who Got Their First Name for a Reason
8 Female Celebrities Who Proposed to Their Future Husbands
20+ Times People Revealed Something That Shook Their World a Little
What the Kids of TV Couples Would've Looked Like If They Didn't Break Up
14 Times Movie Makers Used the Same Sets in Different Movies and Hoped No One Would Notice
18 People for Whom Going Unnoticed Was Never an Option
20 Pics That Will Break Down Your Cute-o-Meter
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People say that everything in this world is followed by this great feeling. It's the only thing that can conquer any disease and stop the flow of time. And it's not only desperate romantics and seasoned optimists who seem to be convinced of this.
Bright Side collected irrefutable proof that true love really exists.
This is what people who have been in love with each other for 54 years look like.
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One day I want to look as nice and happy as this wonderful couple.
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It's 1976, and my father falls in love at first sight with this beauty, who will later become my mother.
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Recently, I got depressed. My husband seems to have found a cure for this disease...
My grandpa sent me this picture so I would know what a man who's in love with a woman looks like. This is him and my grandma in the photo. They lived together for more than 60 years.
These two met when they were both 3 years old. Their friendship turned into love over the years.
During the war, my grandma sent this photo to the front for my grandpa. He sent her this in response.
He, she, and their beloved "Chevrolet 210."
Every day John teaches Linda the alphabet. She lost her memory, and now, thanks to her husband, she is learning to read again.
A boy sent a love message to my niece. It seems that many people could learn from this young gentleman.
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This couple celebrates 66 years together.
He waits for his lady every day after her classes to hold the door open for her and walk her home.
After wrist surgery, it's hard for my granny to do her hair. My grandfather became her personal stylist.
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Craftster Community > HOME SWEET HOME > Crafty Housewares: Completed Projects: Reconstructed (Moderator: LovelyMiss) > Kodachrome Curtains - Updated! Now with lampy goodness!
Kodachrome Curtains - Updated! Now with lampy goodness!
It's a pair of curtains made out of old Kodachrome slides! I'm really interested in photography, and will buy old cameras in antique and thrift stores in order to develop film that's inside of it. From time to time, I'll find collections of old slides and will buy those, too. Last fall, driving back from vacation, we stopped at an antique store outside of Kansas City and I found a box of a ton of old slides, mostly Kodachrome, from the 50s and 60s.
I hate the idea that these pictures would just be resigned to the garbage or something, and wanted to display them (besides just scanning them in and putting them on Flickr - here's a link to my old found negative/slide collection, though, if you want to check that out: http://www.flickr.com/photos/yarnzombie/sets/72157607000475373/ ). So, why not make them into a curtain?
Travis has this neat drill press set up for the Dremel tool, so he taped a cardboard jig to it and started drilling all of the little holes.
Then I connected them all together with chainmail rings.
Each panel is made up of 114 slides. They're connected on top by rings with those little grippy claw things on them. They're really easy to open and close, and provide privacy and look really neat at the same time.
The only thing I'm not sure about is how long the Kodachrome slides will last in sunlight without fading. The bottom half of the curtains especially will receive direct sunlight, but I figure if any of them start fading a ton, I can just replace them with other slides.
...and then taping the slides together to make panels - 4 panels of 2 slides by 3 slides, and 1 panel of 2 by 2 slides.
Then Travis (Lufahsman here on Craftster) got some square 1/4" dowel rods and cut them into 4 lengths of 6 1/4" and 8 lengths of 3 1/2". Who even knew they made square dowel rods? Not me. Anyway, I glued them onto the edges of the slide panels, leaving 1/4" hanging off of the bottom for feet. Sorry I didn't get a pic of this part. I got excited.
The little Kodachrome lamp shell was just big enough to sit on top of it!
This rocks! What a great use for old slides. I want one!
This is so creative! Really, you're amazing!
I loooooove this idea so much. The effect of the shadows is so pretty on the floor too!
wow. i. want. one. NOW.
Okay, this is amazing!!!! I also am totally in LOVE with all your found-film photos on your Flickr!!!! Awesome!!!!
OH WOW!! I absolutely LOVE that. I'm hitting this rocks and wisting!
Big collection of Kenmore presser feet to swap/trade/sell!! Ruffler foot, etc. Please PM for details!
Curtains from old sari, a photographer I ain't.


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Portantino Administers Attorney Oath to First Karabian Fellow Anahit Sargsyan
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Sen. Anthony Portantino administers the attorney oath to Anahit Sargsyan
SACRAMENTO—Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – La Canada-Flintridge) administered the oath for the State Bar of California to Anahit Sargsyan, the first Walter and Laurel Karabian Fellow and former Legislative Assistant in his Capitol office.
"Anahit was an outstanding choice to be the inaugural Karabian Fellow," commented Senator Portantino. "She served our Sacramento office and the 25th Senate District extremely well. I also appreciated her dedication to and support of Artsakh. I had the opportunity to meet her terrific family and the privilege of swearing her into the State Bar of California, where she will continue her stellar service as an attorney," he added.
Sargsyan was selected as the first Walter and Laurel Karabian Fellow in 2016 and placed in Senator Portantino's 2016 State Senate campaign. Shortly after, she was hired as a Legislative Assistant in his Capitol Office. During her time at State Senate, she had an opportunity to assist the Senator on a number of important projects, including securing state funding for the Armenian American Museum and the formation of the Senate Select Committee on California, Armenia, and Artsakh Mutual Trade, Art, and Cultural Exchange.
Initiated by the Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region, the Walter and Laurel Karabian Fellowship is a nine-month experience in California that offers young Armenian-Americans the opportunity to enhance their leadership and professional skills. The purpose of this fellowship will be to produce professionals in the public policy and political arena.
Sargsyan earned her Bachelor of Arts degree with honors from the University of California, Davis, where she studied History, with an emphasis in Western Civilization. She received her Juris Doctorate from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law in 2020 and is currently working as an associate at a California law firm's Los Angeles office, focusing her practice on litigation, elections, state legislation, ethics and conflict of interest, and education matters. While attending law school, Sargsyan worked as a judicial extern at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and as a litigation fellow at a firm in Los Angeles. She also spent a summer interning at Republic of Artsakh's Human Rights Defender's Office in Shushi.
Inspired by her experience of advising Senator Portantino on education policy matters, Ms. Sargsyan developed a passion for teaching and mentorship. She worked as a Graduate Student Instructor for the Freedom of Communication course at UCLA and also served as a mentor for the UCLA Law Fellows Program and as Vice-President of UCLA Armenian Law Students Association.
"Working in environments that invest in your growth early in your career is crucial," said Sargsyan. "I am so thankful to Senator Portantino for his mentorship and to the Karabian Fellowship for the invaluable experiences they have provided me. We have many opportunities to create pathways for Armenian students interested in politics and public service. Being introduced to Senator Portantino through Karabian Fellowship was the beginning of that path for me. I encourage all young professionals to seek out mentors and programs that inspire them," she added.
Sargsyan moved to California from Yerevan, Armenia in 2010, where she also studied law at the Yerevan State University. She joined her family in Sacramento, relying on their support to overcome the challenges of being an immigrant and navigating the educational system in the U.S. Sargsyan maintains strong ties with the realities in Armenia. She remains active in the Armenian American community, supporting various advocacy efforts for the Armenian cause, including those programs that invest in extending access to high quality education for Armenian students.
Armenian American Museum Announces Job Opportunities
Aliyev Vows to Undermine Co-Chairs' Karabakh Efforts, While OSCE Maintains its False Parity
In Rebuke to Yerevan's Policies, Tatoyan Calls on Government to Not Ignore Rights of Border Residents


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Who doesn't love a good ANZAC biscuit?! See no one! Its a loved biccie of choice by so many. You just can't go past them!!
So in honour of our ANZACS (we'll celebrate them officially on Friday!) we thought we'd help you prepare for the occasion with our fave ANZAC biscuit recipe! We love the twist of this one.... Hello Chocolate Macadamia Anzac Biscuit courtesy of Not Quite Nigella food bloggers extraordinaire!
Get the recipe here after you've finished drooling over the image!


The Chpt3 Onemorelap 1.51 Socks give you the technical composition required for lasting comfort on the bike whilst maintaining a nuanced aesthetic. These are the product of Chpt3's quest to re-create the best socks in the world.
Working extensively with Castelli's research and development team to create the Onemorelap Socks, experienced pro-rider David Millar was motivated by a vision to capture the comfort and performance offered by a favourite bygone Italian manufacturer whose socks took him to enumerable victories over his professional career.
The result is a tall cuff sock with a specialised composition consisting of a ceramic foot bed, antibacterial yarns and ergonomic weave. What this means for you is lasting comfort, durability and a contoured fit. The Paris Roubaix inspired design give these socks a distinctive and striking look.


Amina wears size S in the blazer. This check fabric has adorned the shoulders of the Masai tribe for generations. The beautiful colours of the Shuka allow the Masai to blend into the earths surrounds.
This beautiful black linen fabric was handpicked by us and sourced in Melbourne along with all the trimmings used to make this garment from local suppliers in Fitzroy.


The last time i posted on Gold was http://www.nooreshtech.co.in/2012/09/goldtime-to-accumulate-with-a-medium-term-view.html which did not work out as expected.
So simply put you get some views right and some wrong. Till the rights outweigh the wrongs you will do good in markets.
Yet again in this post am making an attempt to analyse Gold.
So the view right now is as below.
-> The possible channel support comes at 1350-1360.
-> Gold is heavily oversold with a sharp drop.
-> Hourly charts showing big of divergences.
One can expect a small bounce from this zone but if it were to stay below 1350 we might end up at 1250 odds. So if a trader is ready to take a risk can do with a strict stoploss of 1350. Upside targets would be 1420 and in an extreme case 1460.
Now coming to the fact of Gold Etfs – They are always supposed to be hedges and all your financial experts may advise it to max 5% of portfolio. Unless you are heavily leveraged one need not worry and continue to the strategy.
For somebody who does not have gold and wants to buy physical gold for use ( Marriage, wives jewellery etc ) may look to SIP below 25000 and be ready to see 22k also.
As an investment never been in favor gold – it should be mainly taken as a trading opportunity. Else not really an investment.
Maintain the view that it is better to get into equities right now with a long term view only if you can digest a 5-15% drop stock wise and 5% index wise.
Disclosure: No positions or trade on Gold apart from some which i had to buy during my marriage for family. Personally i do not prefer gold and if i wear any gold it could be in my teeth 🙂 so my bias will always be to trade gold just like other index- Nifty etc.
good call nooresh. u really deserve great applause.
What is your view on brokerage sector (finance sector) i.e. stox like Motilal, Religare, etc ?


This week's article is aimed at the barman, whom hold accountability for the young men and women in their sections, flights and squadrons. How do you lead? Do you lead by example? Do you hold yourself to a higher standard than those you command?
In answering the question, taking a reflective self-assessment may seem somewhat self-aggrandizing. I think I would agree with that. Perhaps a better way to find out is to engage your peers, even subordinates to garner a more objective opinion. What I can promise you is actual opportunities for improving your skills as a leader have little to do to do with the number of bars you wear. Even without bars, RMC affords numerous opportunities for informal leadership in sports, parades, and social gatherings. This is your proving ground, do not squander it.
Leadership is a profession guided by moral and ethical principles that transcend rank, privilege, or station. To have authority over others is also not accountability. Being accountable for the welfare of those you command is the most distinctive separation between the character of an officer over the myriad non-military "managers" I have encountered in my 27 year career. To be accountable means you are integral to and willing to promote the welfare of those you command, regardless of whether it is personally convenient, timely, or worse yet, a distraction. As a barman, you are called to a position of authority. Whether you choose to be a leader rather than a manager, is one of the greatest learning tools to prepare you for your career as an officer. Lead by example from the front and inspire those behind you, by holding yourself to a higher standard.
Excellent article by Stephen Kalyta. "Authority is not leadership", sound advice which is also relevant in the civilian world.


This chapter focuses on an important, challenging and yet largely unaddressed problem in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) data communication: detecting cheating aggregators and malicious/selfish discarding of data reports en route to the Base Stations (BSs). If undetected, such attacks can significantly affect the performance of applications. The goal is to make the aggregation process tamper-resistant so that the aggregator cannot report arbitrary values, and to ensure that silent discarding of data reports by intermediate en-route nodes is detected in a bounded fashion. In our model, individual node readings are aggregated into data reports by Aggregator Nodes or Cluster Heads and forwarded to the BS. BS performs a two-stage analysis on these reports: (a) Verification through attached proofs, (b) Comparison with Proxy Reports for ensuring arrival accuracy. Proofs are non-interactive verifiers sent with reports to attest correctness of reported values. Proxy Reports are periodically sent along alternate paths by non-aggregator nodes, piggybacked on data reports from other nodes. The model is intended as a guide for implementing security in real sensor network applications. It is simple and comprehensive, covering a variety of data formats and aggregation models: numeric and non-numeric data and aggregators located across one or multiple hops. Security analysis shows that the reports, both primary and proxy, cannot be forged by any outsiders and the contents of the reports are held confidential and the scheme is robust against collusion attacks. Lightweight design aims at minimal additional control and energy overhead. Simulation results show its fault tolerance against random and patterned node failures.
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are finding increased application in data collection operations, especially in hostile terrains, wartime operations and in emergency responder systems. Aerial scattering or similar quick and infrastructure-less installation of sensor nodes and strategic positioning of Base Stations (BSs) allows rapid network deployment. Individual sensor readings are aggregated into data reports by Aggregator Nodes (ANs) or Cluster Heads (CHs) and forwarded to the BSs. Data collected at the BS in such scenarios may be critical for decision making (e.g., tracking moving enemy targets). Any en route data tampering or data loss will result in inaccurate collection at the BS and significantly affect the underlying decision making process besides depleting the nodes' battery power (Karlof & Wagner, 2003) . Admissible robustness and dependability in data reporting are thus desirable.
Wireless channel constraints, computational capability of sensor nodes and battery power issues are inhibitors to attaining these goals. Adverse ambient deployment conditions may additionally magnify the impact of any attacks or Byzantine failures in the network, enhancing the success-probability for an adversary.
Such miasggregation and discarding are very simple exploits which abuse the basic open-air property of the wireless channel. It would be very hard to distinguish genuine data-aggregation, in-network-processing and passive-participation operations1 from malicious altering or arbitrary discarding of data reports. These hard-to-detect attacks constitute the system-centric threat model of our chapter.
Misaggregation: ANs/CHs deliberately send incorrect values in the data reports to the BS. This attack is especially relevant when the aggregation occurs across more than one wireless hops (large clusters); not all the nodes in the aggregation group or cluster can "hear back" and verify the reports forwarded to the BS by the aggregator.
Report Dropping: Intermediate nodes en route to the BS deliberately and unnecessarily drop data reports to skew/adversely-affect the data collection process at the BS.
The BS should be able to detect in a determinate fashion if node readings are deviant (indicating anomalies in the aggregation process, possibly due to aggregators reporting incorrect values). It should be able to pinpoint cheating/misreporting aggregators and be able to detect any malicious extraneous/superfluous/unnecessary dropping or discarding of reports as well. Both these problems are considered collectively because their solution achieves the same end goal: reducing incorrect data collection at the BS (It is seen eventually that the solution of latter problem is achieved as a design by-product of achieving the former goal).
Existing security schemes cannot detect these attacks (Sec. 2.1) and neither can the communication reliability schemes (e.g., TCP (http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc793.html)) be effective against them (Sec. 2.2). These attacks can be extremely impacting with limited effort from an adversary. It is thus necessary to develop efficient solutions for detecting them. Such solutions if used in conjunction with schemes to prevent false data injection (Zhu et al, 2004)(Chan & Perrig,2005), could result in enhancing the dependability and achieving enhanced reliability in sensor networks data communication.


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