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Where Does All That Food-Stamp Money Go?
Many Americans have their doubts about food stamps -- the benefits are a burden on taxpayers, they breed dependency and lack of controls encourages fraud, just to name a few of the complaints. Too bad the federal government is acting as if there really is something to hide in a program that helps more than 47 million people avoid hunger.
Earlier this week, a newspaper in South Dakota urged an appeals court to force the U.S. Department of Agriculture to reveal information on how much the government paid individual retailers when consumers redeemed food stamps. The Argus Leader sought the data more than two years ago under a Freedom of Information Act request.
The government's arguments for keeping the information under wraps are either weak, flawed or stupid. At least the three judges on the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals expressed a bit of skepticism when the government made its case.
Government lawyers offered three different rationales for withholding the information.
The first is circuitous: Food-stamp transactions, and the data stream this generates, are transformed into something confidential by the mere fact that the Agriculture Department gathers the information. This makes no sense.
The next is easier to understand and in some ways worse. Information regarding a business's sales, taxes and income are legally exempt from disclosure under FOIA. No disagreement there; the law couldn't be clearer.
But the Argus Leader wasn't asking for that information. According to the government's lawyers, however, money from the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, the formal name of the food-stamp program, is part of a retailer's income stream. Hence, the payments to retailers are exempt from FOIA disclosure.
This is a stunning and appalling assertion, even if there is some strained legal interpretation that allows it and the government happens to find a judge who agrees. The Argus Leader's lawyer tried to make it clear the newspaper wasn't asking to know how much the stores took in by way of retail sales; it wanted to know how much federal money was being received via the food-stamp program.
By this reasoning, we might as well just apply that same standard to the entire federal government. That way we will be better off and never know how much in taxpayer dollars is going to any contractor, vendor, consultant or anyone else who does business with Uncle Sam. After all, payments they receive from the government are part of their income as well, and therefore should be confidential.
The government's third argument was that disclosing which stores received how much through the food-stamp program would aid fraudsters. The government lawyers said Agriculture Department sleuths use the redemption information to look for fraud, and food-stamp recipients could use the same data to see which stores are the bad actors willing to abet wrongdoing.
But without knowledge of how much in food stamps are distributed locally -- something the Agriculture Department knows -- how would raw redemption information help a food-stamp scammer? If someone wants to commit fraud, asking around the neighborhood or posting food stamps for sale on the Internet is a lot easier than combing through some government data files.
There's no mystery in how much money is spent on food stamps -- $78 billion in fiscal 2014. It's hard to see how telling the public which businesses are beneficiaries of that money will harm the program. That was the Argus Leader's objective when it sought the information in the first place. Releasing this information might even accomplish something more sweeping and enhance the program's credibility with those Americans who are skeptical of its success.
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Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is retiring after years of being in that position which compelled his oversight of two wars. Of course, he is not the father of those wars, that distinction belongs to George Bush, Dick Cheney and Don Rumsfeld. The dynamic trio began a war in Afghanistan and rather than cleaning up the mess by ensuring a stable government and armed force was in place, the dynamic trio decided to initiate a war about WMD that never existed. Robert Gates and Barack Obama inherited the disaster of those wars and now Republicans insist the wars are the fault of "Democrats." During his tenure as Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates has composed 3400 letters of condolence to parents and wives and relatives of those who died. He says not a letter was written without tears coming to his eyes.
On a recent trip to Afghanistan he told troops in the 101st Airborne Division, "Probably more than anyone, other than the president, I am responsible for you being here. I'm the guy that signed the deployment orders that sent you here, and that has weighed on me every day that I have had this job." He has repeatedly told the president and the nation, "I've got a military that is exhausted. Let's just flinish the war we're in and keep focused on that instead of signing up for other wars of choice."
The sad aspect of these wars is lack of such feeling among the dynamic trio of Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld who began the killing and now act as though the entire episode is one caused by Democrats. As for Tea Party members who cheered our troops going into battle, and now blast the "Obama war" what can one say other than these creatures are hypocrites.

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7. The Profile Of Napoleon
Soon as the prefect of police, the chief of the criminal-investigation department and the
examining-magistrates had left Daubrecq's house, after a preliminary and entirely
fruitless inquiry, Prasville resumed his personal search.
He was examining the study and the traces of the struggle which had taken place there,
when the portress brought him a visiting-card, with a few words in pencil scribbled upon
"Show the lady in," he said.
"The lady has some one with her," said the portress.
"Oh? Well, show the other person in as well."
Clarisse Mergy entered at once and introduced the gentleman with her, a gentleman in a
black frock-coat, which was too tight for him and which looked as though it had not been
brushed for ages. He was shy in his manner and seemed greatly embarrassed how to
dispose of his old, rusty top-hat, his gingham umbrella, his one and only glove and his
body generally.
"M. Nicole," said Clarisse, "a private teacher, who is acting as tutor to my little Jacques.
M. Nicole has been of the greatest help to me with his advice during the past year. He
worked out the whole story of the crystal stopper. I should like him, as well as myself--if
you see no objection to telling me--to know the details of this kidnapping business, which
alarms me and upsets my plans; yours too, I expect?"
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Daubrecq and appreciated the assistance which she had rendered in the case. He therefore
made no difficulties about telling her what he knew, thanks to certain clues and especially
to the evidence of the portress.
For that matter, the thing was exceedingly simple. Daubrecq, who had attended the trial
of Gilbert and Vaucheray as a witness and who was seen in court during the speeches,
returned home at six o'clock. The portress affirmed that he came in alone and that there
was nobody in the house at the time. Nevertheless, a few minutes later, she heard shouts,
followed by the sound of a struggle and two pistol-shots; and from her lodge she saw four
masked men scuttle down the front steps, carrying Daubrecq the deputy, and hurry
toward the gate. They opened the gate. At the same moment, a motor-car arrived outside
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July 23, 1977
Oakland, CA US
Alameda County Coliseum
The Song Remains The Same, (The Rover intro) Sick Again, Nobody's Fault But Mine, Over the Hills and Far Away, Since I've Been Loving You, No Quarter, Ten Years Gone, Battle of Evermore, Going to California, Black Country Woman, Bron-Y-Aur Stomp, Trampled Underfoot, White Summer ~ Black Mountainside, Kashmir, Jimmy Page solo, Achilles Last Stand, Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love ~ Rock and Roll, Black Dog.
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"It feels great to be back", a self-assured Robert Plant addressed the Saturday "Day On the Green" sellout crowd at the Oakland Coliseum. "I must personally apologize for the two-year delay."
The lead singer and resident sex symbol of Led Zeppelin was alluding to a 1975 automobile accident he suffered which prevented the British hard-rock combo from fulfilling extensive tour obligations that year.
Their long absence from the Bay Area prompted a sellout within five hours after tickets went on sale earlier this month – a feat not uncommon to any affair involving Led Zeppelin.
The four man congregation which many critics fancy as the embodiment of heavy metal rock, had just finished bludgeoning the packed house of 54,000 with the thunderous power-chording of "Sick Again", a relatively subdued piece from the 1975 double-album, "Physical Graffiti".
Those in attendance at the Bill Graham-promoted Days on the Green last weekend were treated to vintage Led Zeppelin.
Providing a musical counterpoint to Plant's shrieking and teasingly androgynous posturing, Jimmy Page's sledge-hammer guitar style led Zeppelin through many of their classics, including: Nobody's Fault But Mine, Since I've Been Loving You, Ten Years Gone, Battle of Evermore and Trampled Underfoot.
But the musical highlight for many of the sun-drenched crowd that paid $11.50 per ticket came during the extended jams. All the Zeppelin touches were there – Page coaxing eerie sounds out of his axe using an array of electronic devices, and at one point using a violin bow on his strings; John Bonham rifling popgun drum rolls; bassist John Paul Jones looking unperturbed and confident behind the overt sexuality of Plant's pelvic thrusts. The crowd ate it up. (G. Estrada, Oakland Tribune, July 1977)
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I was at this concert. What a trip...first of all there was a mad dash to get into the coliseum...people got crushed but not too bad. I remember this being a great lineup.....Judas priest (I had never heard of them) they just rippped the place apart, Rick derringer was awesome as usual...I believe his live album had come out already.
As for zep....I always believe that pagey was smacked out for the concert and was not so great. The concert was okay for zep but it was pretty staid...nothing great like the early zep concerts I saw. It was good to see them that day....I had a chance to see them the next day but I was so coked and stoned out from the previous day I turned my friend down...too bad as it was really the last zep concert in the states.


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concrete forms for a sloping sidewalk?
I would like to pour concrete for a sidewalk along one side of the house. There is a good slope along that side of the house but I'd prefer not to use a lot of steps as I frequently have to wheel materials down or up the slope.
How are forms built and concrete poured to go down a curving slope? I guess this would be along the lines of how a driveway is poured going down a slope.
How much slope?
Normally, there is no difference between flat and sloped. Concrete isn't very runny and doesn't flow as easily as you might think.
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saw kerfs in the outside of your form boards to make 'em easier to curve then mix your mud stiff :thumbup:
We use Masonite for any radius. It can be pleasingly bent and reverse bent (French Curves), although it DOES require a few more stakes and good dirt backing.
5.5' rise over a 33' run (6-1). Although the rise is not consistent over the entire distance.
Okay, so a curved form is built so it can be screeded and troweled like normal.
1. Check with the town, there might be maximum slopes at play. I did a sidewalk job at a private school and it took an act of god to get a 1:10 slope to be accepted, and it wasn't even an ADA walk.
2. Plan your pour. Where is the truck going to deliver it from? Hopefully from the top. If the truck is going to make the delivery at the base, god bless the people running your wheel barrows.
3. When you order the concrete, tell them what you have in mind, and tell them you want a mix with as low a slump rating as you can get. Don't get snookered. Sometimes they'll do a half truck delivery first, and then come to your smaller delivery to try and get rid of what's left and sneak 2 deliveries in one load, so to speak (especially for a pour like yours with less then 2 yards). Problem with that is that it comes from the yard stiff (low slump), and they'll add water at the first delivery, making it looser so it moves quicker. If they come to you and pour a loose load, you're screwed unless you specifically asked for a stiff mix. Ask for a slump of 3.0, that will get their attention.
4. As stated, masonite is great for twisting the forms. Just overlap the joints so they don't pinch too bad. I have a twisting walk in front of my front steps, and that's how I did it. But my slope was a pretty tame 1:18, 90 degree arc with R=11'. Came out nice.
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The game arena is flooded with the hundreds of good games for the BlackBerry 10. With so many options to pick from, you are sure to get confused. Shed your worries, we have come out with a list of ten most exciting and most popular games that are loved by BlackBerry 10 users, across the globe. These are the games you would love to play again and again and yet, would never be bored.
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3. Robotek: If you are a fan of sci-fi, this game is just right for you. A great robot appraising takes over the fallen humanity and the planet. It's time to pay back and you get to rip the enemies down with lasers, electrodes and all such high-technology stuff. An absolute yes for technology freaks!
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I got most of these, and especially enjoyed the "Benjamin Hill Center for Film Studies," glimpsed during the silly chase scene. But I didn't know anything about this one.
[Directors] Lord and Miller treated fans with another Easter egg when they included a familiar dolphin sound in the opening set-up's exotic animal truck chase. Dolphin references are one of Lord and Miller's signatures; you can find them in every episode of the pair's cult favorite TV series Clone High.


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Steve-O and "Dancing With The Stars" alum Elisabetta Canalis are together no longer. The "Jackass" star has reportedly dumped Goerge Clooney's ex over concerns that her partying might challenge his sobriety.
"Steve-O dumped Elisabetta over her partying," says a source. "He is extremely serious about his sobriety and did not want to be dating anyone who could jeopardize that. He still really cares about her but can't risk relapsing back into his old ways, so he had to cut her loose. He needs to distance himself from her."
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Quasimodo's Father is a minor character of the Disney 1996 animated film The Hunchback of Notre Dame. He does speak in the movie, but it is unknown who the actor was who provided his voice.
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At the beginning of the film, Quasimodo's parents (who were gypsies) tried to enter the city of Notre Dame with fellow gypsies, but they are discovered by Judge Claude Frollo and his soldiers when they realize they have been double crossed. While his wife manages to escape, he is captured and taken to the Palace of Justice, where he is killed by the soldiers.
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"Well, maybe. But not Castro. He barely speaks."
"Did you know that Castro now has a contractual clause that says he gets a producer credit on all your long-form videos and TV appearances?"
"Because he wanted it and what do I care? It's cheaper than giving him another raise."
"He's not a producer, though."
"Maybe he figures it looks good on his résumé. Maybe it's to impress his grand- mother back in Havana. Don't care. His lawyer pressed for it and we gave in. Only thing I didn't anticipate was that giving it to him would set off Wendy. She now wants executive producer credit on anything on which Castro gets producer credit."
"You going to give that to her?"
"I don't know. It's like satellite missile defense. The escalation never ends. The truth is, they've both been in their jobs too long. They resent that there's nowhere up for them to go, so they become obsessed with perks and titles. Castro has already gone from road manager to tour manager to co-manager. Wendy's gone from publicist to management associate. Every time I cough they look up anxiously to see if I might be dying. It's their only avenue for advancement."
Emerson was already bored with the topic. He said, "I should fire the lot of you and bring in a bunch of bright young college girls. Then I'd have money to keep my hedges trimmed without having to make idiotic pop records."
"I dare you. Put me out of my misery."
"Put you out of my misery, too."
"You need to listen to some new music, Emerson. Did you listen to that Smashing Pumpkins CD I sent over? Their producer would like to meet with you."
"I'll get to it."
"Don't treat it like a burden."
"Don't pretend it's a pleasure."
Emerson had fallen in love with music through Elvis, Buddy Holly, and the Everly Brothers and had moved forward through Smokey Robinson, the Beatles, and Aretha Franklin. Discovering rock and roll was for Emerson like boarding a rocket ship that would blast him away from his working-class neighborhood and mundane destiny. As long as he kept moving forward through pop music — from Aretha to Sly to Stevie Wonder to Bob Marley to Steely Dan to Prince to Annie Lennox, as log as there was something new to inspire him to stay in the game — his trajectory outward increased. The past kept tugging back at him, though, like the earth's gravitational field. Eventually every musician finds his tolerance for new music waning. He knows the tricks, he recognizes where that riff was lifted from, he spots the swipe. He knows too much to hear new music with fresh ears. This is inevitable and it is dangerous. "How can I pretend to care about this silly little band on the cover of Q magazine when I have all these great old Muddy Waters reissues to listen to?"
The musician who starts to love going backward more than moving forward will inevitably forfeit his momentum and begin the long fall back to earth.
When I pressed him to write new songs, reminding him that he had in the past worked out clever ways to trick the muse into cooperating, Emerson tore into me again.
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Man Has Heart Attack At 'Heart Attack Grill'
Call it irony, or say it was bound to happen, but the 'Heart Attack Grill' in Las Vegas has claimed its first victim.
The restaurant is famous for high fat eats, and sexy waitresses that walk around dressed like nurses. According to a local Fox affliate a man suffered a heart attack while eating a 'triple bypass burger', found on a menu that proclaims 'Tastes Worth Dying For!'
This is apparently the first cardiac incident at the restaurant, and one 'Nurse' was quoted as saying that tourists began taking pictures of the man thinking it was a publicity stunt.
It is sort of surprising that this has never happened before since the restaurant provides free meals for anyone over 300 pounds. And once that large person has managed to waddle inside they can choose from such foods as butterfat milkshakes, non-filtered cigarettes, and 'flat liner' fries.
The man's name and his condition has been withheld.
Once again Alanis, a black fly in your chardonnay is not irony, this is.


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Most of the crops I have attended have a Cricut on site you can use, and a sewing machine, and sometimes a cuttlebug...I always try to plan on what I am going to be working on and take any papers/embellishments/sti ckers, etc. that coordinate with that project, otherwise you end up taking more than you need. Most crops have a store on site, so if you absolutely had to have something that you didn't bring, you can purchase.
Always take your basic tools, adhesive, trimmer, and and a lamp. Again, plan on what you are going to work on specifically, and coordinate your supplies....instead of taking everything. Hope this helps.


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The Story (continued)
Chinatown (1974)
After identifying her husband's body at the coroner's office, Mrs. Mulwray is elusive, troubled, stuttering and frightened during questioning by Escobar about her husband's mood and his "alleged affair" with the young girl that was reported in the newspaper: "The publicity didn't make him morose or unhappy?" She strongly affirms that her husband's death wasn't a suicide, and then denies knowing the "name of the young lady in question" or her whereabouts. Mrs. Mulwray eventually confesses that they had "quarreled" over the un-named girl - although the illicit liaison came as a "complete surprise" to her. She is forced to pretend that she had indeed hired a private detective to "put an end to a ridiculous rumor that had no basis." Conveniently, Jake (who has been sitting and straining to listen in the hallway) stands and appears in the doorway - he corroborates her story and backs up her answer when she appears to need his support.
He also protects her from photographers as they leave the building - and she puts on dark glasses to hide. Always looking for publicity, he poses for them instead: "Here it is. Gittes - two t's and an e." At her car, Mrs. Mulwray thanks a stunned Jake and promises to pay him for his non-existent investigative services: "I just didn't want to explain anything. I-I send you a check?...To make it official that I've hired you."
During his lunch hour, Jake visits the mortician Morty (Charles Knapp) [an appropriate name for a mortician], an overweight, chain-smoking individual who lightheartedly jokes about Mulwray's death: "In the middle of a drought and the water commissioner drowns! Only in LA." A second drowning, that of a "local drunk" who was living in one of the downtown storm drains, is more intriguing to Jake:
Morty: Had a bureau dresser down there and everything. Yeah, he drowned too.
Gittes: Come again?
Morty: Yeah, he got drunk. Passed out in the bottom of the riverbed.
Gittes: The LA River?
Morty: Yeah, right under Hollenbeck Bridge. What's wrong with that?
Gittes: It's dry as a bone, Morty.
Morty: It's not so completely dry.
Gittes: Well, he ain't gonna exactly drown in a damp riverbed no matter how soused he is.
Morty: We got water out of him. He drowned.
At the Hollenbeck Bridge where he had once spied on Mulwray, Jake prowls around for a closer look. This time, he descends from the bridge to the river where he notices a trickle of water in the bottom of the "damp riverbed" and a bureau dresser on slightly higher, dry ground - evidence of a large quantity of water rapidly flowing through the area. The Mexican boy on horseback again appears and tells him that he would regularly report to the man with glasses (Mulwray) about the manipulation of the water supply - "when it comes."
It goes in different parts of the river. Every night a different part.
This clue is similar to the one that Hollis Mulwray was in the process of learning just before his death - portions of the city's water supply are dumped into run-off channels at night in order to claim drought and build a case for the building of the new reservoir.
From there, Jake drives to the Oak Pass Reservoir where Mulwray's corpse was found. At dusk, after scaling the locked, chain-link fence with a 'No Trespassing' sign, Gittes hears two shots of gunfire in the dark - a signal to open the water sluice. Ignorantly believing he is a shooting target, he jumps into the cement run-off channel for cover. The aqueduct storm drain immediately fills with a noisy, rushing torrent of water pouring into the opened sluice. It flushes him down the sluice and slams him into a fence-barrier and almost claims him as the next drowning victim, but he avoids death by scrambling up the metal fence in his soggy clothes - minus one "goddamn" Florsheim shoe. [Mulwray, found drowned with only one shoe, probably lost his life in a similar manner.]
A voice calls out: "Hold it there, kitty cat!" Gittes is threatened for trespassing by the previously-introduced Claude Mulvihill - who is known to be working for Yelburton, Mulwray's deputy commissioner, and a second individual. Gittes flippantly asks: "Where'd you get the midget?" referring to the second hired thug dressed in a beige suit, white shirt, spotted red and white bow-tie and Panama hat. Mulvihill punches Gittes in the stomach and then pins his arms back from behind. The maniacal, intimidating, knife-wielding hoodlum [Director Roman Polanski, whose first feature film was titled Knife in the Water (1962), in a minor cameo role] wants to scare him off the case. Jake is scolded - he gets a warning to stop snooping (nosing) around just before his nostril is viciously cut with a knife:
You're a very nosy fellow, kitty-cat, huh? You know what happens to nosy fellows? Huh, no? Want to guess? Huh, no? OK. They lose their noses. (Jake's nose gushes blood after a sharp flick of the knife.) Next time you lose the whole thing. (I) cut if off and feed it to my goldfish. Understand? Understand!?
[In reality, although Gittes admits that he 'understands,' he is thoroughly clueless at this point, and mistaken in his belief that Evelyn Mulwray may have killed her own husband.]
In the next scene in his office the next day, Jake sports a stitched nose with a criss-crossing, bloody-bandage taped down over it (a funny but symbolic and metaphoric beacon of his trespassing, castration, and snoop-for-hire enterprise into other people's business) - and an unraveling bandage for the rest of the film. Jake's colleagues suggest an approach, but Jake is aiming for higher stakes:
Walsh: So some contractor wants to build a dam and he makes a few payoffs. So what? Think you can nail Mulvihill? They'll claim you were trespassing.
Gittes: Don't want Mulvihill. I want the big boys that are making the payoffs.
A woman named Miss Ida Sessions (Diane Ladd) telephones and identifies herself as the "Mrs. Mulwray" imposter:
Well, I'm a working girl. I didn't come in to see you on my own...I was the one who pretended to be Mrs. Mulwray...I never expected anything to happen like what, what happened to Mr. Mulwray. The point is, if, if it ever comes out, I want somebody to know that I didn't know what would happen.
Although she won't divulge her address or who hired her to be an imposter, she suggests that Gittes look at the day's obituary column in the Los Angeles Post-Record - there he can find "one of those people."
In a cocktail lounge, the newspaper provides two revealing bits of news. Gittes tears out the obituary column and then glances at the front-page headlines of the paper:
Mrs. Mulwray, wearing widow's black, joins him at the table and is startled to see his bandaged, vulnerable nose. She stares at it incessantly, but doesn't ask about it. Although Jake has been generously paid as promised by mail, he feels "shortchanged...on the story." In their conversation, he describes her contradictory behaviors and accuses her of hiding something [she is, but not what he suspects]. Enigmatically, she implies that she wasn't upset about her husband's 'cheating', because she was cheating herself - at the time of her husband's death. In the background, the piano player is playing "The Way You Look Tonight":
Gittes: Something else besides the death of your husband was bothering you. You were upset, but not that upset.
Mrs. Mulwray: Mr. Gittes. Don't tell me how I feel.
Gittes: Sorry. Look. You sue me. Your husband dies. You drop the lawsuit like a hot potato all of it quicker than the wind from a duck's ass. Excuse me, uh. Then you ask me to lie to the police.
Mrs. Mulwray: It wasn't much of a lie.
Gittes: If your husband was killed, it was. This could look like you paid me off to withhold evidence.
Mrs. Mulwray: But he wasn't killed.
Gittes: Mrs. Mulwray. I think you're hiding something.
Mrs. Mulwray: Well, I suppose I am. Actually, I knew about the affair.
Gittes: How did you find out?
Mrs. Mulwray: My husband.
Gittes: He told you? (She nods yes.) And you weren't the least bit upset?
Mrs. Mulwray: I was grateful.
Gittes: Mrs. Mulwray, you'll have to explain that.
Mrs. Mulwray: Why?
Gittes: Look. I do matrimonial work. It's my métier [he pronounces it "meeteeyay"]. When a wife tells me that she's happy that her husband is cheating on her, it runs contrary to my experience.
Mrs. Mulwray: Unless what?
Gittes: She was cheating on him. Were you?
Mrs. Mulwray: I dislike the word cheat.
Gittes: Did you have affairs?
Mrs. Mulwray: Mr. Gittes.
Gittes: Did he know about it?
Mrs. Mulwray: Well, I wouldn't run home and tell him every time I went to bed with someone, if that's what you mean? Is there anything else you want to know about me?
Gittes: Where were you when your husband died?
Mrs. Mulwray: I can't tell you.
Gittes: You mean you don't know where you were?
Mrs. Mulwray: I mean I can't tell you.
Gittes: You were seeing someone too. For very long? [The film's climax ultimately answers this question in the affirmative, although in a highly unpredictable way.]
Mrs. Mulwray: (neurotically) I don't see anyone for very long, Mr. Gittes. It's difficult for me. Now, I think you know all you need know about me. I didn't want publicity. I didn't want to go into any of this then or now. Is that all?
Gittes: (After nodding yes, he remembers to ask one final question, holding up the envelope with initials "E C" for a return address.) Oh, by the way, uh, what does this C stand for?
Mrs. Mulwray (stuttering nervously, for an unknown reason): Cr...Cross.
Gittes: That's your maiden name?
Mrs. Mulwray: Yes. Why?
Gittes: No reason.
Mrs. Mulwray: You must have had a reason to ask me that.
Gittes: No. I'm just a snoop.
Before he roars away in his car after being rejected by her, he tells her his conclusions about her husband's death. He stands almost on top of her and insinuates that he still doesn't trust her because she's still "hiding something":
OK, go home, but in case you're interested, your husband was murdered. Somebody's been dumping thousands of tons of water from the city's reservoirs and we're supposed to be in the middle of a drought. He found out about it and he was killed. There's a waterlogged drunk in the morgue, involuntary manslaughter if anybody wants to take the trouble - which they don't. It seems like half the city is trying to cover it all up, which is fine by me. But Mrs. Mulwray, I goddamned near lost my nose. And I like it. I like breathing through it. And I still think that you're hiding something.
After driving away with his tires squealing, Jake revisits the office of Hollis Mulwray - now being taken over by Yelburton (workmen are preparing the door for a new sign). While waiting in the outer room during this second visit, he now notices that the walls are covered with photographs, one of which is captioned "Noah Cross, 1929," and others dated in the 1920s picturing Hollis Mulwray and Noah Cross together. (Looking at the envelope again, Gittes confirms the connection between the initials E C and Cross - and he remembers the earlier photo of Cross and Mulwray arguing together.) Casually but persistently (by smoking, tapping his cigarette butt, humming, and whistling), he asks the flummoxed secretary:
Gittes: Noah Cross worked for the water department?
Secretary: Yes. No.
Gittes: Well, did he or didn't he?
Secretary: He owned it.
Gittes is astonished to realize that Cross "owned the entire water supply for the city." Mr. Mulwray, a co-owner/partner, "felt the public should own the water" and persuaded Cross to turn it over to the public. [Is this a possible motive for his death?] When finally admitted to Yelburton's office, Gittes cuts the ice with a joke about his nose:
Yelburton: My goodness, what happened to your nose?
Gittes: Cut myself shavin'.
Yelburton: Oh, you ought to be more careful. That must really smart.
Gittes: Only when I breathe.
Then, with disguised inferences regarding Yelburton's guilt, Gittes wonders if Yelburton hired a "chippie" (Ida Sessions) to employ him as a detective, and then possibly eliminated Mulwray because he opposed construction of a new dam and water diversion, and discovered illegalities:
Gittes: Well, let's look at it this way. Mulwray didn't want to build a dam. He had a reputation that was hard to get around. You decided to ruin it. Then he found out you were dumping water at night. Then he was, uh, drowned.
Yelburton: Mr. Gittes, that's an outrageous accusation. I don't know what you're talking about.
Gittes: Well, Whitey Mareholz over at The Times will. Dumpin' thousands of gallons of water down the toilet in the middle of a drought - that's, uh, news!
Although he appears insulted by the "outrageous accusation," Yelburton backs off and does admit (it proves to be another lie!) that some secret diversions of irrigation water are indeed being made to orange groves in the San Fernando Valley (outside the city's limits) to help the farmers:
We're not anxious for this to get around but we have been diverting a little water to irrigate orange groves in the Northwest Valley. As you know, the farmers out there have no legal right to our water. We've been trying to help some of them out. Keep them from going under. Naturally when you divert water, there's a little run-off.
When Yelburton denies knowing the "exact location" of the orange groves, Jake alludes to the fact that Yelburton does know other higher-ups who are manipulating the Los Angeles water supply:
I don't want to nail you. I want to find out who put you up to it. I'll give you a few days to think about it. Call me - I can help. Who knows? Maybe we can put the whole thing off on a few big-shots and, uh, you can stay the head of the department for the next twenty years.
Although Jake has lots of checking to do, he returns to his office where his secretary Sophie non-verbally signals that he has a client in his office. Mrs. Mulwray, still dressed in black, is waiting for him at the window when he arrives, asking: "Whoever's behind my husband's death - why have they gone to all this trouble?" Gittes simply responds: "Money. How they plan to make it out of emptying reservoirs, that I don't know." She offers him his regular salary ($35/day plus $20 for his associates, plus expenses, plus a bonus for results) plus $5,000 to "find out what happened to Hollis and who was involved." Gittes is now officially hired by Mrs. Mulwray to find her husband's murderer.
Jake also admits that he knows that her father is Noah Cross, Hollis' former business partner and father-in-law. For some unknown reason, his revelation causes her to nervously light two cigarettes simultaneously:
Tell me something, uh. Did you get married before or after Mulwray and your father sold the water department? Noah Cross is your father, isn't he?...Then you married your father's business partner...Does, uh, my talking about your father upset you?
Eventually according to Mrs. Mulwray, Hollis and Cross had a "falling out" over the ownership of the water - the conflict was partially over her, although Evelyn cannot admit the fact!
Mrs. Mulwray: My father had a falling out - finally.
Gittes: Over you, or over the Water Department? [Another hint of future revelations regarding personal and political violations.]
Mrs. Mulwray: Not over me. Why should it be over me?
Gittes: Then it was over the Water Department.
Mrs. Mulwray: Yes. Hollis felt that the water should belong to the public, and I don't think my father felt that way.
Hollis had opposed the construction of Van der Lip dam, but was "talked" into building it by Cross. The dam collapsed. It was a disastrous architectural failure, and "Hollis never forgave him for it...They never spoke from that time on." Gittes, remembering the recent photographs shown to him by his operatives of the two men fighting, asks if she is sure of her recollection as she signs the newly-drawn contract.
At the Albacore Club (flying the fish symbol and the letters AC), Jake is led through the premises and driven to meet Mulwray's former partner for a lunch meeting - Noah Cross is a sinister, corrupt millionaire, villainous but jovial tycoon who walks with a stick. [John Huston, famed director of The Maltese Falcon (1941), plays the part, tying this film to one of the earliest detective film noirs ever made. His name recalls the Biblical character who 'saved' the world from a watery flood. Ironically, he played Noah in his own film The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966). ] From their very first encounter, Cross deliberately mispronounces Gittes' name as a slight put-down, and then cautions him about the realities of life ("You may think you know what you're dealing with, but believe me, you don't"), in a milieu filled with moral corruption. Jake's response ties his lack of knowledge to his days as a cop in Chinatown: "It's what the district attorney used to tell me in Chinatown."
In the middle of their conversation, he also bluntly asks about whether Gittes has slept with his daughter (!), presumably because he doesn't want her "taken advantage of." [The real truth is revealed later.] Cross wants to know what the detective knows, and then asks Gittes to do a job for him - "find Hollis' girlfriend" - a prospect that will eventually lead to a tragic conclusion:
Cross: Mr. Gits.
Gittes: Gittes.
Cross: Oh. How do you do? You've got a nasty reputation, Mr. Gits. I like that.
Gittes: Thanks.
Cross: If you were a bank president, that would be one thing. But in your business it's admirable and it's good advertising.
Gittes: It doesn't hurt. (He looks down at a whole fish on his plate. The dead fish, out of its natural element, stares back.)
Cross: It's, um, why you attracted a client like my daughter.
Gittes: Probably. (They both look at the fish.)
Cross: But I'm surprised you're still working for her - unless she's suddenly come up with another husband.
Gittes: No. She happens to think the last one was murdered.
Cross: Umm, how'd she get that idea?
Gittes: I think I gave it to her.
Cross: I hope you don't mind. I believe they should be served with the head.
Gittes: Fine. As long as you don't serve the chicken that way.
Cross: Tell me, um, what do the police say?
Gittes: They're calling it an accident.
Cross: Who's the investigating officer?
Gittes: Lou Escobar. He's a lieutenant.
Cross: You know him?
Gittes: Oh yeah.
Cross: Where from?
Gittes: We used to work together in Chinatown.
Cross: Would you call him a capable man?
Gittes: Very.
Cross: Honest?
Gittes: As far as it goes. 'Course, he has to swim in the same water we all do.
Cross: 'Course, but you've no reason to think he's bungled the case?
Gittes: None.
Cross: That's too bad.
Gittes: Too bad?
Cross: Hmm. It disturbs me, makin' me think you take my daughter for a ride. Financially speaking, of course. What are you chargin' her?
Gittes: My usual fee plus a bonus if I get results.
Cross: (lasciviously) Are you, uh, sleeping with her? (No answer from Gittes.) Come, come, Mr. Gits. You don't have to think about that to remember, do ya?
Gittes: (He gets up to leave.) If you want an answer to that question, Mr. Cross, I'll put one of my men on the job. Good afternoon.
Cross: Mr. Gits.
Gittes: Git-tes.
Cross: Gittes. You're dealing with a disturbed woman who's just lost her husband. I don't want her taken advantage of. Sit down.
Gittes: What for?
Cross: You may think you know what you're dealing with, but believe me, you don't. (Gittes smiles.) Why is that funny?
Gittes: It's what the district attorney used to tell me in Chinatown.
Cross: Yeah? Was he right? Exactly what do you know about me? Sit down.
Gittes: Mainly that you're rich, and too respectable to want your name in the newspapers.
Cross: 'Course I'm respectable. I'm old. Politicians, ugly buildings, and whores all get respectable if they last long enough. I'll double whatever your fee is and pay ya $10,000 if you find Hollis' girlfriend.
Gittes: Girlfriend?
Cross: Disappeared, hasn't she?
Gittes: Yeah.
Cross: Couldn't it be useful to talk to her?
Gittes: Maybe.
Cross: If Mulwray was murdered, she'd be one of the last to have seen him alive.
Gittes: When's the last time you saw Mulwray?
Cross: (He watches men going by on horseback.) Sheriff's gold posse. Bunch of damn fools who pay $5,000 apiece towards the sheriff's re-election. I let 'em practice up out here.
Gittes: Yeah. Do you remember the last time you saw Mulwray?
Cross: At my age, you, uh, tend to forget.
Gittes: It was five days ago outside the Pig 'n' Whistle and you had one hell of an argument. I got the pictures in my office if that'll help you remember. What was the argument about?
Cross: My daughter. [This enigmatic answer rings true later. Which daughter?]
Gittes: What about her?
Cross: (abruptly changing the subject) Just find the girl, Mr. Gits. I happen to know Hollis was fond of her and I'd like to help her if I can.
Gittes: I had no idea you and Hollis were that fond of one another.
Cross: Hollis Mulwray made this city, and he made me a fortune. We were a lot closer than Evelyn realized.
Gittes: If you want to hire me, I still have to know what the argument was about.
Cross: My daughter is a very jealous woman. I didn't want her to find out about the girl.
Gittes: How did you find out?
Cross: I still got a few teeth left in my head, a few friends in town.
Gittes: OK. I'll, uh, I'll have my secretary draw up the papers. Tell me, uh, are you frightened for the girl or what Evelyn might do to her?
Cross: Just find the girl!
Gittes: I'll look into it as soon as I've checked out some orange groves.
Cross: Orange groves?
Gittes: We'll be in touch, Mr. Cross.
So within only hours, Gittes has been hired again - this time to find Hollis' mysterious, nameless girlfriend (his original assignment for the Mrs. Mulwray impersonator), and he is destined to check out "orange groves" in the valley.
At the Hall of Records for the County of Los Angeles, Jake asks to see the plat books for the Northwest Valley, where diversions of water are being made. (Ownership records for part of the Northwest Valley are unavailable because they lie outside of LA County in Ventura County.) He is directed to the location of plat books that exist only for Los Angeles County. Numerous land sales are in escrow with new owners buying up the land, shown with their names pasted in the plat books. Surprisingly, most of the valley has been sold in the last few months! After deceptively asking to borrow a ruler from the clerk, he coughs loudly as he rips out a section of the record book. A trip to the valley confirms the plat book records - farm land is rapidly being sold in the drought area.
Pieces of the puzzle begin to unravel more clearly - Gittes discovers widespread political corruption - greedy, crooked land speculators through dirty deals, led by Cross who opposed Mulwray, have engineered a plot to monopolize drought-stricken LA's water supply by water diversion.


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This is a blog to chronicle this portion of the life of Staff Sgt. Jason Ross, my son, as he mends, after an I.E.D. explosion, on March 7, 2011, while serving his country in Afghanistan.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
October 26, 2011 - Night Out With The Group
Because of me taking off in the morning - I got back at 12:10 - there wasn't any other time to get down to the MATC. The afternoon was filled with some visitors, both Marine and Army. There was a group known as the Mountain Marines (sorry no names at this point) and they left Jason and I a couple of hats (baseball caps) for our use. Then General Smith, from the Army, came by and got to visit with Jason, Bridgette and me. They left Jason with a coin and then gave Bridgette and me a pin that we can wear on our shirt or wherever we want. The design matched the coin.
Finally tonight was Jason's going away dinner, sponsored by the folks in PT. There were several people there who were nurses and not connected to PT, and that just made it that much better. Barbara and Tim Brown drove their van and Jason and I rode with them. Bridgette drove herself, so we did end up with a couple of vehicles. It was at a very nice Italian restaurant and the food was pretty good. A few of us had a glass of white wine, though we didn't drink too much. Jason still can't have anything stronger than root bear, so it wouldn't be fair, though he does talk about getting that "next beer." Most of them did their best to talk us into not going, but it didn't matter as we were ready to head to San Diego.
After the dinner Jason got back to his room and I helped him get back in bed. He was able to stay out for about three hours, and that was really good. Especially considering the White House tour tomorrow. I'm guessing that one could last four hours or even longer. I will be bringing some pain meds for him, just to be safe.
Anyway, he was back in bed and all of us were tired. Bridgette was with him when I left the room, and I'll see them both in the morning.
Thank you, everyone, for all the prayers and support and caring that you continue to send. We are staying positive and good things are beginning to happen.
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Another good trip out. Great things are happening! Have good trip to the White House, I am sure it will be awesome.ReplyDelete
My husband said tonight that our brother-in-law is back on White House duty.
Not to many more days and all of you will be in San Diego and one day it will Jason's next beer.
Everything is onward and upward!
Denise Edwards
- AnonymousOctober 26, 2011 at 8:14 PM
Wow Jason, It's hard to believe that after all these month, you are finally ready to be moving on. I hope you have a wonderful tour of the White House. (What a great opportunity before you leave the East Coast.) I'll be praying for a smooth transition to Balboa..."California here I come, right back where I started from..." Can you play that on your banjo?ReplyDelete
Raymie T.
- AnonymousOctober 26, 2011 at 10:02 PM
Well, Jason, back in the late 60's Ruth and I went to Washington D.C. to visit my sister and brother in law. He was stationed there for a while. We were standing in line to visit the White House, a long line. We got closer and were the next group to go in, but people in the previous group decided to hold a sit down demonstration there, so they closed the White House and we didn't get a chance to see it. In the late 70's, we once again visited Washington D.C. with my mother and our two sons, ages 4 and 9. We were staying in Maryland at a campground in our tent trailer and decided to go down to tour the White House. It was a Monday. The White House was closed. I am glad you have a special invitation because I know you will get to see what I haven't been able to see after two attempts. Enjoy the heck out of your day at the White House. Peace, Bill BuchananReplyDelete


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Troopers: Dozing driver crashes, kills brother
TYRRELL COUNTY - We made calls overnight and have confirmed Highway 94 is back open after a deadly crash involving a car colliding with a big rig, Monday.
An 18-wheeler hauling jet fuel crashed with a car, killing two people, the Highway Patrol said. The wreck caused jet fuel to leak, shutting down the road and prompting a hazmat crew to respond.
The crash happened about 5:00 p.m. Monday on Highway 94, between South Riders Creek and Levels Road in Tyrrell County, said Sergeant Tim Crumpler. That area of the highway was closed as of Monday night.
The car was traveling north on Highway 94, when the driver went off the right side of the road, Sgt. Crumpler said. The driver then over-corrected into the center line and slammed into the 18-wheeler, killing two people in the car.
Two other people in the car survived, Sgt. Crumpler said. They were being treated at Vidant Medical Center. The truck driver was also injured, but he was expected to be okay.
The 18-wheeler was flipped over on Highway 94 as of Monday night. Hazmat crews were working to clean the leaking jet fuel from the road.
One resident who was evacuated Daphanie McClees said she heard the crash outside her home Monday night and called 911.
"I asked him (the driver) how many people were in the car and he said four. He said I can't find my brother. As I walked toward him on the street the other man said stay back becasue he saw the body in the field, " McClees said.
The driver Kelby Grubbs has been charged with 2 counts of misdemeanor death. Sgt. Crumpler said Grubbs told troopers he may have dozed off for him to cross center line.
The victim in the back left of the car has been identified as 31 year old Kevin Grubbs from Elizabeth City, the brother of the driver. The victim in the back right of the car has been identifies at 37 year old Calvin Perkins also from Elizabeth City.


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|£20 ish altogether! (lycra is pricey!)
|Gonna be with Truffle who will be doing Sailor Neptune!
I've wanted to do this cosplay with her for a long time! ^^
She's basically me, personality (pretty much)and looks in terms of short blonde hair xD
ooooooooo looking good :D Me and my partner will be school uniform Haruka and Michiru at Manchester too!! ^^ Look forward to seeing this ^^
Looks great so far!
Your working on this looks amazing so far! The skirt is so crisp and clean :) hopefully I should be Saturn at Manchester Expo so I'll certainly look out for you!
Thanks for your comments guys! <3 ^^
And It'll be fab to see you there Alouette! Sailors have to stick together! C: Hopefully we'll bump into you! ^^
COMPLETE (Posted 9th July 2013)
Well, i have finally completed this costume. It's been a lot of trial and error, especially with working with lycra for the first time, but it's been fun!
Wig test (Posted 21st June 2013)
So this is what i'll roughly look like, except the wig will be styled a bit more and held with hairspray!
Finished shoes (Posted 13th June 2013)
Third pair of shoes i bought to cover in fabric cos i grew too attached to the first two and didn't want to ruin them!....
Preview (Posted 3rd June 2013)
i just need to make boot covers, make the sleeves, sew the bows on, make the heart for the centre of the front one and style the wig when it arrives


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Magic and the Past
When dawn's fingers began to grip the land, they set out on their journey. To get to the house of Vasili, they would have to travel over three hundred miles and pass through four or more towns.
They made only a few stops that day. By noon a town came into sight. Passing through the market, Raúl bought an owl, a quill pen, and parchment. While they rested and ate at an inn, Raúl wrote on the pale parchment. Her letters were small and elegant. Outside of the town, Raúl rolled up the parchment and tied it to the foot of the snowy owl. She murmured a few words then let the owl go.
"How do you know that the owl will go where you need it to?" Kiya asked, watching the owl disappear in the blue sky.
"Magic," Raúl said, looking at Kiya and smiling.
"Magic? You can use magic?"
"Yes, and you can too, after you've been taught," Raúl replied.
"Will you teach me?" Kiya asked.
"Yes, I will," Raúl said, "do you know how to transfer thoughts?"
"No," said Kiya, "what is it, anyways?"
"Good, I'll teach you that first," said Raúl, "It's a way for people to hear each others' thoughts. It's a technique that will be very useful to us."
That night, after they set up camp and ate, Raúl sat down with Kiya to begin her lesson.
"What d o I need to do?" Kiya asked.
"Close your eyes and calm down," Raúl said.
Kiya did as she was told and closed her eyes. After a few moments, Raúl saw Kiya's face smooth out as she relaxed.
Kiya opened her eyes and screamed when she heard Raúl's thoughts.
"What happened?" Meko asked, running towards them with Kaliki at his side.
"All I did was enter her mind, "Raúl said, smiling.
"Raúl," Kaliki said. He knew that smile all too well.
"What?" she asked.
Meko and Kaliki went back to the fire and lay down to go to sleep.
"Now I want you to enter my mind," said Raúl.
"How do I do that?"
"Close your eyes," said Raúl, "and put all your energy and thoughts into finding me."
Kiya flinched as she once again heard Raúl's thoughts. She closed her eyes and reached out with her mind. Raúl was easy to find. When she entered her sister's mind, two images flashed through her own mind.
She was a young girl again, and she was running through an open wheat field. Another girl, who she recognized as Raúl, was running beside her. On the other end of the field was a man. The exact features of his face were unable to be seen clearly, but she could see that his arms were outstretched towards them.
Soon, another scene came into sight. Again, she was a young child. She looked around in horror at the people in the streets and the houses being engulfed in flames. The man that could not be named before was now given the name father. He stood off to one side holding a sword in his hands. The sapphire in the pommel shone brightly as the flames danced off it. Another man came into the scene. He swung his sword at their father, but he missed. With one smooth movement, their father swung and cut the man's midsection, killing him almost instantly. There he stood, her father, with blood smeared over his face and clothes. From nowhere a cloaked figure came and swung at her father. He tried to block the attack, but he failed. The sword struck him, killing him instantly. The killer's cloak slipped, revealing a young woman with auburn hair that reached halfway down her back. Her green eyes were wide with fear. Quickly she mounted a brown mare and rode off, leaving her victim's blood spattered stallion to run in the other direction and disappear into the darkness.
The scene faded abruptly as Raúl closed her mind. Kiya opened her eyes and looked expectantly at Raúl, but when she said nothing Kiya shakily stood up and walked over to the campfire. Quietly she lied down on her blankets, and fell asleep watching the flames dance, thinking of the burning village and her father's murder.


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Even more ambitious than Mungiu's Palme d'Or-winning breakthrough 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days, this spare, non-judgemental, but often brutal meditation on religious faith (inspired by the non-fiction novels of Tatiana Niculescu Bran) follows the reunion of Alina and Voichita, two childhood friends now in their mid-twenties. Returning to Romania after a stay in Germany, Alina tries to convince Voichita to come with her, but she is unwilling to leave the monastery she has joined. Shot with "all the Calvinist purity of an old Dutch Master painting" (The Hollywood Reporter), the film builds in intensity as Alina stirs up hostilities by challenging her friend's monastic way of life.


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■ Sophia Hotzler
Grade: Senior
Age: 17
Adviser nomination: Hotzler is the principal cello in the Chamber Orchestra for the past two years. She also teaches young cello players, performer in small ensembles and "an outstanding leader in the orchestra."
Goal this year: "To see the orchestra and my section achieve its best this year."
Why the cello: "I've played it since fifth grade. I've always wanted to play a string instrument ever since the Chamber Orchestra came to my elementary school for a concert. My mom told me to play the cello because she thought I'd enjoy it more ... She played the violin."
Biggest challenge with the cello: "It's so efficient because you can play really low, which is easy and play really high, which is harder. So staying in tune and perfecting it is the biggest challenge."
Favorite movie: "Beetlejuice"
Favorite TV show: "How I Met Your Mother"
Favorite color: Teal blue
Favorite band: The Hush Sound. "I'm going to their concert this month in Minneapolis."
Favorite restaurant: Northwind Grille
Music you don't listen to: Country
Your other love: "Photography. I take a lot of photos and I do senior portraits. I started when I was in eighth grade. It's something I really enjoy. I love it in that I am able to express my emotions in my photos. It's just like music, expressing your emotions through your music. Then I just love the creative part in taking photos."
Parents: Mark Hotzler and Cheri Evenmo of Baxter
Honorable mention: Ashley Jendro, junior, Brainonian: "Ashley has been a great asset to the yearbook as an editor this year. She has used her technology skills to help make the book look better than ever."
— Compiled by Jennifer Stockinger, Staff Writer. Follow me on Twitter at www.twitter.com/jennewsgirl.


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Blizzard (Source)
The Nexus. A trans-dimensional arena where epic heroes from across Blizzard's game universes do battle! In our second issue of Core Concepts we cover some battleground basics, and will touch on the following topics:
The Importance of Map Awareness Laning and Roaming Using the map to your advantage If you haven't already done so, we encourage you to download the game and check the tutorial out. The experience you earn there, coupled with the information we'll provide in this series will help to offer you the confidence necessary for achieving victory in battle!
Simply put, map awareness in Heroes of the Storm refers to the degree to which a player is aware of what's going on throughout the battlefield through information gleaned from the minimap, which you can find in the lower-right corner of the screen. In addition to providing you the location of your own teammates, the minimap will reveal opponents' positions while they are visible to your team. It will also indicate when objectives and Mercenary Camps are available, and the status of all fortifications.
By regularly keeping an eye on your minimap, you are in a much better position to make informed decisions about where you should be focusing your efforts. Are there three enemy Heroes visible on the other side of the map? Maybe it's time to team up and take down that half-health enemy fort.
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As you are communicating, try to always stay aware of where your team is and where you might be most effective. At a moment's notice, you may see an opportunity to turn the odds in your favor, or spot a teammate in dire need of your immediate assistance. As ever, having a strong map awareness is the difference between fighting alone and working with your team as a cohesive unit.
From levels 1-10, it is crucial to harvest as much experience (XP) as possible from the incoming waves of minions who advance from the enemy Core across the battlefield's lanes. This early portion of the game is an extremely critical time, as the first team to reach level 10 will unlock their Heroic Ability.
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Tip #1
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Tip #1
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"Our research shows that more work needs to be done by statutory bodies to put chronic illness on the agenda of schools and that most disadvantaged families need joined-up early support to help reduce the risk of children missing out on school," she said.
The charity added that the pupil premium and troubled families programme funding should be joined up so that it is used effectively.
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