Tara H asked:


If you have a family with children ages 0 - 18, and you live in Gilbert or Chandler, can you tell me what it is like to live there? What kinds of things are there to do? How are the schools? How safe is it? How family-friendly is it? Is it like a smaller community, or bigger-city feel? Are there plenty of things to do in the area? What do you and your children do for fun in the summer when it is so hot? Do you love living there, or would you prefer to live somewhere else in the area? What would you say are the differences between Gilbert and Chandler?

MOSES

himynameisherman asked:


I really like the whole neo classical music where you play classical solos on the guitar or improvise something that sounds like it with scales and modes that make it sound uhh… classically. But what exactly do you learn from guitar lessons and do they teach you to play in this style?

SWOOPE

aladdinwa asked:


Karl Rove on Tim Kaine as Vice President:

With all due respect, again, to Governor Kaine, he’s been a governor for three years (*1). He’s been able, but undistinguished. I don’t think people could really name a big, important thing that he’s done. He was mayor of the 105th-largest city in America (*2). And, again, with all due respect to Richmond, Virginia, it’s smaller than Chula Vista, California, Aurora, Colorado, Mesa or Gilbert, Arizona, North Las Vegas, or Henderson, Nevada. It’s not a big town. If he were to pick Governor Kaine, it would be an intensely political choice, where he’s said, ‘You know what? I’m really not first and foremost concerned with, is this person capable of being president of the United States? What I’m concerned about is, can he bring me the electoral votes of the state of Virginia, the 13 electoral votes in Virginia?’

(*1) Palin has been governor of Alaska less than 2 years. In the year 2000, the population of Virginia was 7,078,515. In the year 2000, the population of Alaska was 626,932.

(*2) In the year 2000, Richmond had a population of 197,790. In the year 2000, Wasilla, Alaska had a population of 5,469.
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HOLM

pfcmitchell1987 asked:


I would like to know some of the summary or footnotes of the book Our Daily Bread by Enrique Gil Gilbert. I am in a book club and I was unable to read it because of some personal issues. So if someone could tell me most of the story and what happens I would appreciate it.

MOTT

C asked:


Im not knocking him, he is still handling his business

FREDRICKSON

. . asked:


CAN YOU CHECK MY ESSAY IF U HAVE GOOD ENGLISH SKILLS?please?

A sense of personal identity, of individuality, is something that every person needs in order to survive and thrive in modern society. If a person does not create their own identity, there is little chance that it will have any staying power. “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” is a story of a person who was trying to balance his personal identity with the challenges brought on by his family’s many problems. He was acting as caretaker for his entire family. His life was divided between the family’s internal struggles and their many financial troubles. Living in a small town, he was facing many conflicts due to his mother’s obesity, the mental handicap of his brother, Arnie, and the financial hardships of his family.
“Somedays you want him to live, somedays you don’t. Gilbert’s love for Arnie was real until his own personal identity started to haunt him. Arnie was the biggest responsibility for Gilbert because of his disability. There is an ever-present fear in Gilbert, because Arnie has a habit of climbing up the water tower. According to the doctor, Arnie does not have much time to live. He can leave this world at anytime. If a person has a strong fear of losing something, than the thought of losing it always in their mind. This is why Gilbert either wants him to stay or die. Gilbert’s love for Arnie is not invisible but it can be hidden when Gilbert thinks about his own identity. Even though there is no big difference in age but Gilbert was becoming more like a father to Arnie than a brother. He wants to play with his brother and talk to him as a brother, but he always has to show that he is his caretaker.
Bonnie, their mother, was always an embarrassment to her son. Gilbert loves his mom and always wanted to be a good son. Nevertheless, he was never able to be a son because he always had to act like a father to his mom, taking care of her like a child. There was love towards Bonnie, but also shame, and a fear of how society views them. He is afraid that people view her as an irresponsible person who never left her couche for seven years and was a burden to her family. In order to hide his fear he began showing anger toward his mother and making fun of her. For instance, when Bob asked him, How’s the mom?, he replied, She is fat, an obese whale.
Endora a lifeless town was “dancing to no music” for Gilbert. If a person does not like the surroundings in which they live, it is difficult to feel at home there. Endora was a small town where keeping secrets was as fruitless as telling a math teacher to write an essay about Shakespeare. Immature townspeople and their senseless reactions to his mother’s size and his brother’s disability were causing many problems in Gilbert’s life. For instance, when his mother came out of the police station everybody was looking at her as if she were not of this earth. Because the town was so small, there was little opportunity to earn enough money even to provide for one’s family. After his father’s death, the weight was all on Gilbert’s shoulders. He was the only one in the house able to work and earn a living. At an age where a young man wants only to enjoy his life and create his own identity, he was busy doing everything for his family. His dream of making his personal identity was crushed between his family responsibilities and a lifeless town.
Gilbert’s life was revolving around his family, leaving him without his own identity. His personal identity was lost among his love ones. As a caretaker he was struggling with society because of his mom’s obesity, emotionally because of his brother, and physical because he had to work so much, with so little gain in the small town of Endora.

SHELTON

AZ-Sunshine?MattBaby asked:


1. What was the name of the town?
2. Name one of the Beaver’s teachers?
3. For whom did Ward work?
4. Fill in the blanks to this conversation between the Beave and Wally:
Do you really like me, Wally?
Wally : I guess so.
Beaver: Do you like me a whole lot?
Wally Cleaver: Look, don’t get ______ on me. I might just ____you one.
5. What was the kind of club Beaver joined because Gilbert was a member?

STARZYK

katherine asked:


I have a friend who lives in Coward and I live in Gilbert. The two towns are about 2 hours apart, but we could both drive an hour and meet somewhere in the middle….

DEBO

RockChick asked:


I have tried to look for it everywhere, but it seems to be published only in USA at the moment. Do you know if it’s already available in the UK?

PLANTE

Mike K asked:


AI, Davis and Agent 0 are all free agents and I am sure that FIsher won’t mind playing the bench like he did in Utah i can see the Lakers landing any of those guys espiessially AI or Davis because they need to start thinking championship they aren’t getting younger. If they land any of these guy i think they will win at least 5 more titles before Kobe is retired. Does anyone have any info or any thing?

FRANTA