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I'll just make a general comment that works of journalism generally don't carry "footnotes" per se, and that the necessary citations are usually in the text itself. If you don't see an obvious citation, there can be a couple of reasons for it: 1. It's a firsthand account: the author personally observed it, and therefore there is no need for citation. 2. There are numerous overlapping citations, meaning you can't narrow it down to one source. An example of this would be the "Mission Accomplished" banner or that Bush flew a plane to an aircraft carrier or something. Who do you cite? The New York Times? The Washington Post? CNN? Every news organization that did a story? 3. Somewhere else in the text, there may have been a "blanket attribution," an acknowledgment that significant portions of what you're writing are coming from another source, and naming the source. You'll sometimes see that in a news article when it says: "Here's what police say happened:" What immediately follows that line is not attributed to its source, because it pretty much already has been. There was such an acknowledgment, for example, at the beginning of the "Introduction to God's Heart" class once taught by CES. The class was a new presentation of old PFAL, and it told you so right at the beginning, acknowledging Wierwille by name and noting that it would deviate somewhat from what he taught, but would also repeat much of what he taught. After that point, it's not necessary to say "Wierwille said this, Wierwille said that, according to Wierwille..." The blanket attribution in the class itself sufficed. I don't know if Geer did the same thing. If he did, there's no need to argue about plagiarism in his case. I'm sure there are others, but without specific examples, I wouldn't know how to explain them.

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"You're doing well. Your brother would have shot himself by now." Capt. Harrison Love taunts Zorro (Alejandro Murrieta). Earlier in the movie, Love had Murrieta's brother (Joaquin) surrounded. The brother shot himself rather than submit to the execution he knew was coming. Interesting historical fact: There really was a Joaquin Murrieta, and he really was a thief. And he really was killed by Capt. Harry Love. *** "The lady and I were trying to dance." "You were trying. She was succeeding." "Don Alejandro" cuts in on a dance between Love and Elena Montero (de la Vega, though she doesn't know it). *** "I would have killed him." "No, not today. He is trained to kill. You seem trained to drink. Oh, yes, my friend, you would have fought very bravely, and died very quickly..." "I've never lost a fight." "Except to a crippled old man just now." Brilliant exchange at the initial meeting of Diego de la Vega and the very drunk Alejandro, who was ill-advisedly charging toward Love until Diego stopped him. *** "I have broken the fourth commandment, padre." "You killed somebody?" "No, that is not the fourth commandment." "Of course not. Tell me, in what way did you break the most sacred of commandments." "I dishonored my father." "That is not so bad. Maybe your father deserved it." "What?" "I said, tell me more, my child." Alejandro hides out in a confessional booth, unaware that Elena is waiting to make a confession. She figures he's the priest, so she starts confessing.

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I agree with rascal: I wasn't disappointed at all. I loved Kreacher and Dobby. They were awesome (and they justified all that nonsense in previous books about Hermione's concern for the house elves). I guess I never clamored for any more information on the veil: I figured Sirius was dead and that was the end of that. And I took the "avada kedavra" and green burst of light in the OTP movie as confirmation that Rowling wanted us to believe Sirius was quite simply dead. So there are holes. Yup. But no bigger (or smaller) than the holes in Star Wars (like how does Obi-Wan not know in ESB that Luke was NOT their last hope). The bad thing about the deaths of Lupin and Tonks is that we don't get to see it and will never know exactly how heroically they died. The good thing about that, though, is that it reinforces the scene as breakneck-fast, an actual battle with lots going on at once, and Harry only being able to see but so much of it and having little to no time to react to it until it is pretty much over. The "effin" and "bitch" lines were unnecessary, I thought. Rowling's epilogue is written with a child in mind, and the rest of the book should have kept that in mind, too. As an adult, I don't mind the use of those words. But when i think of the rest of the audience, particularly the youngest, I'm disappointed. And the more I think of the epilogue, the less I like it. It only scratches the surface of what we'd like to know about their futures. It doesn't even tell us whether our three heroes GRADUATED, for Pete's sake. Did they get honorary degrees or something?

"You're doing well. Your brother would have shot himself by now." *** "The lady and I were trying to dance." "You were trying. She was succeeding." *** "I would have killed him." "No, not today. He is trained to kill. You seem trained to drink. Oh, yes, my friend, you would have fought very bravely, and died very quickly..." "I've never lost a fight." "Except to a crippled old man just now." *** "I have broken the fourth commandment, padre." "You killed somebody?" "No, that is not the fourth commandment." "Of course not. Tell me, in what way did you break the most sacred of commandments." "I dishonored my father." "That is not so bad. Maybe your father deserved it." "What?" "I said, tell me more, my child."

"You're doing well. Your brother would have shot himself by now." *** "The lady and I were trying to dance." "You were trying. She was succeeding." *** "I would have killed him." "No, not today. He is trained to kill. You seem trained to drink. Oh, yes, my friend, you would have fought very bravely, and died very quickly..." "I've never lost a fight." "Except to a crippled old man just now."

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Nope. On the right track, though. Not necessarily the Crusades. In fact, the first pic could work all by itself, but I liked the ears pic and wanted to use it again. :)

THIS THREAD IS FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE FINISHED READING HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS. If you haven't read it and don't want the plot ruined, don't keep reading!!! Ok, my first question has to do with WordWolf's disappointment that things he was expecting were left out. Like... what? I LOVED the explanation of Snape's murder of Dumbledore. It all makes perfect sense to me. And I love that Sirius was really dead and Dumbledore was really dead. I agree with WordWolf that the body count seemed to be racked up for no real narrative reason. Don't tell me Lupin's dead and Tonks s dead: tell me how and why! Can we start putting pieces together, though? I really do enjoy that.

Extensive exposition is when you stop the action to explain things you need to know for the action that follows it to make sense. I'm creating a spoiler thread so those who've read this already can discuss the plot more openly. It will be called "Don't Read This Unless..."

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I was mostly impressed, and I did find the ending satisfying. As a storyteller, I was a bit troubled by two extensive expositions coming right at the climax, but really, I can't think of a better place to have put them.

Nothing will every top GarthP's pic of Gollum holding a PFAL book.

"You're doing well. Your brother would have shot himself by now." *** "You were trying. She was succeeding."

Kentucky Fried Chicken is not my home. And it's not good for me. and the day you come in there to tell me where I should eat while I'm trying to snack on a finger-lickin'-good original recipe basket is the day I tell you to take a bath and no, I do not have spare change.

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