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Resolved Question: Need Help on a summary Can Someone Help me do a summary on this piece?

I need to do a summary on this article, It doesn't have to be a detailed summary just a gist an overall idea. Thanks I will reward 10 points. LAST SUMMER, MARTIN TORRES WAS WORKING AS A COOK IN AUSTIN, Tex., when, on the morning of Aug. 23, he received a call from a relative. His 17-year-old nephew, Emilio, had been murdered. According to the police, Emilio was walking down a street on Chicago’s South Side when someone shot him in the chest, possibly the culmination of an ongoing dispute. Like many killings, Emilio’s received just a few sentences in the local newspapers. Torres, who was especially close to his nephew, got on the first Greyhound bus to Chicago. He was grieving and plotting retribution. “I thought, Man, I’m going to take care of business,” he told me recently. “That’s how I live. I was going hunting. This is my own blood, my nephew.” Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image Reuben Cox for The New York Times Zale Hoddenbach, center, once a gang member, now a CeaseFire interrupter. He trades on his street credibility to defuse violence before it happens. Related Letters: Blocking the Transmission of Violence (May 18, 2008) Enlarge This Image Reuben Cox for The New York Times THE VISIONARY: Gary Slutkin saw a connection between violence and disease. Enlarge This Image Reuben Cox for The New York Times THE FRONT END: James Highsmith tries to stay plugged in to Auburn Gresham, a Chicago neighborhood, where he can track brewing conflicts. Enlarge This Image Reuben Cox for The New York Times THE BACK END: Charles Mack visiting the victim of a gunshot wound. His goal: to prevent retaliation. Enlarge This Image Reuben Cox for The New York Times SMALL STEPS: A CeaseFire field office in Chicago’s Humboldt Park. Torres, who is 38, grew up in a dicey section of Chicago, and even by the standards of his neighborhood he was a rough character. His nickname was Packman, because he was known to always pack a gun. He was first shot when he was 12, in the legs with buckshot by members of a rival gang. He was shot five more times, including once through the jaw, another time in his right shoulder and the last time — seven years ago — in his right thigh, with a .38-caliber bullet that is still lodged there. On his chest, he has tattooed a tombstone with the name “Buff” at its center, a tribute to a friend who was killed on his 18th birthday. Torres was the head of a small Hispanic gang, and though he is no longer active, he still wears two silver studs in his left ear, a sign of his affiliation. When he arrived in Chicago, he began to ask around, and within a day believed he had figured out who killed his nephew. He also began drinking a lot — mostly Hennessey cognac. He borrowed two guns, a .38 and a .380, from guys he knew. He would, he thought, wait until after the funeral to track down his nephew’s assailants. Zale Hoddenbach looks like an ex-military man. He wears his hair cropped and has a trimmed goatee that highlights his angular jaw. He often wears T-shirts that fit tightly around his muscled arms, though he also carries a slight paunch. When he was younger, Hoddenbach, who is also 38, belonged to a gang that was under the same umbrella as Torres’s, and so when the two men first met 17 years ago at Pontiac Correctional Center, an Illinois maximum-security prison, they became friendly. Hoddenbach was serving time for armed violence; Torres for possession of a stolen car and a gun (he was, he says, on his way to make a hit). “Zale was always in segregation, in the hole for fights,” Torres told me. “He was aggressive.” In one scuffle, Hoddenbach lost the sight in his right eye after an inmate pierced it with a shank. Torres and Hoddenbach were at Pontiac together for about a year but quickly lost touch after they were both released. Shortly after Torres arrived in Chicago last summer, Hoddenbach received a phone call from Torres’s brother, the father of the young man who was murdered. He was worried that Torres was preparing to seek revenge and hoped that Hoddenbach would speak with him. When Hoddenbach called, Torres was thrilled. He immediately thought that his old prison buddy was going to join him in his search for the killer. But instead Hoddenbach tried to talk him down, telling him retribution wasn’t what his brother wanted. “I didn’t understand what the hell he was talking about,” Torres told me when I talked to him six months later. “This didn’t seem like the person I knew.” The next day Hoddenbach appeared at the wake, which was held at New Life Community Church, housed in a low-slung former factory. He spent the day by Torres’s side, sitting with him, talking to him, urging him to respect his brother’s wishes. When Torres went to the parking lot for a smoke, his hands shaking from agitation, Hoddenbach would follow. “Because of our relationship, I thought there was a chance,” Hoddenbach told me. “We were both cut from the same cl

Resolved Question: The Case of the Orange Bird? (Dr. Haledijian)?

For years Mrs. Sydney, the wealthiest dowager in New York City, had vainly tried to outwit Dr. Haledijian. As the famous criminologist selected a cigar from the tray held by the Sydney butler, a wicked gleam came into his hostess's eye. It was time for playing stump-the-detective... "John DeMott, Paul Houk, and Lee Roach were partners in a successful New York jewelry business," began Mrs. Sydney. "Last January they flew down to the Florida Keys to spend a month at DeMott's lodge. "One afternoon DeMott took Houk, an avid fisherman but a nonswimmer, out on his forty-foot cruiser. Roach, whose hobby was bird watching, remained behind. "Roach says he was sitting behind the lodge when he spied an exotic orange bird, belonnging to a species new to him, fly by. He followed it to the front of the house, and through binoculars watched it building a nest, high in a palm tree. "Quite by chance, he moved the binoculars out to the water and saw DeMott and Houk struggling on the yacht. Roach says DeMott shoved Houk over-board and held his head under water. "DeMott claimed that Houk had leaned over the side to gaff a fish, and, losing his balance, fell into the ocean. He drowned before DeMott could reach him. "The coroner ascribed death to drowning. At the trial, it was simply DeMott's word against Roach's." :The jury deliberated less than five minutes," concluded Mrs. Sydney. "No doubt, my dear doctor, you won't need so long to realize who was lying." Haledijian didn't. Do you?

Resolved Question: can somebody rank me which six flags is the biggest among these:?

New Jersey: -Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson -Six Flags Hurricane Harbor, Jackson -Six Flags Wild Safari, Jackson New York: -The Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom, Lake George -Six Flags Great Escape Lodge & Indoor Waterpark, Lake George and for additional information, I live in Albany.. and can't decide, which six flags to visit.. :\

Resolved Question: Must eats in Manhattan?

My mother and I are going to be going to New York this spring for break. I believe we're going to be staying there 3 nights. What are some places to eat that we MUST try? She used to love going to Carnegie Deli, so that will automatically be a meal. Also, are there any nice, reasonably priced hotels or lodging areas (no more than 250 a night?) near Penn station? Please let me know, I need some help for my trip. (:

Resolved Question: places for a birthday party????? HELP NEEDED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

hey everyone, so my best friend and I are about to have a joint birthday party and we're having trouble finding a place to have it that's not too cheap and isn't like a lodge or something where everyone would be cold and stuff. I've searched online multiple times and we're looking for a place in rochester New York, so it's slightly (a lot) hard to find a place that's good for us to have a party that won't be "lame". This probably sounds pretty weird, but we both have the same taste in things and it's hard for us to find a place we're satisfied with and that isn't too expensive so our parents will pay for it. I hope i can get your help quickly!!!!! THANKS!!!!!!! we're both turning 17. if that helps at all! we also want a place where we can both eat dinner and have people dance. okay i'm seriously in need of some help about this. it doesn't help for people to suggest a place for five year olds when i nicely put my age up when asked how old i was turning (17) and it also doesn't help that someone else put up something about how their party was so great and they had it at this great place, but forgot to tell me WHERE they had it, which is what i'm looking for. My favorite answer so far (with only three answers) is the one where they asked my age! at least they didn't give me pointless information and sounded like they wanted to help.

Resolved Question: Expensive cities math problem?

London and New York are among the most expensive cities worldwide for business travelers. On the basis of average costs per day for each city (which included costs of business-class, lodging and three meals), 2 days in london and 3 days in New york costs $2099, while 4 days in London and 2 days in New York costs $2586. What is the average cost per day for each city?

Resolved Question: Royal Arch Masonry (York Rite). Questions for Masons only please.?

I am a fairly new MM and was interested in the York Rite. Can you fill me in at all about how the York Rite works? I do know a little about the Scottish rite. Is York Rite more similar to blue lodge or more similar to the Scottish rite? Participation? Of course I'm looking for a generic description without revealing anything that shouldn't be revealed. Thanks in advance

Resolved Question: Has anybody stayed in a hostel or backpacker lodge in Times Square New York?

I want to stay somewhere really cheap and was wondering if anybody has stayed at a budget hostel in Times Square and if they can tell me what it costs. I notice on the websites that the cost of tax exceeds the cost of the bed per night. This is so weird and confusing. Can somebody please tell me what they paid. Thanks

Resolved Question: My trip to America...i'm really worried...?

Ok well i have been to the states several times over the years, and worked there 7 years ago on a summer camp, had a visa etc, no problems. Now about 5 years ago, i got in some trouble here. To cut a long story short, i met a girl who basicly took everything and took all my savings etc.... i was left with nothing and nowhere to live. I ended up going to a travel lodge and staying there ( i told them i worked for a comapny and they would pay etc) but of course, when it was check out, i could not pay. so they called the police, i got arressted and i had to go to court and i paid for the room. I had never got in trouble before and have not since then. I have been to a few places since, like egypt and cuba and i have planned a trip to New York for Christmas. I have heard a few different things, some people say you have to declare the arrest ( no matter how small), others say just tick no on the box and it will be ok. I have known people to go over last year and this year and they had some serious stuff on their record and they were ok. they said apparently they have their watch list, and they are only after people who have been involved with drugs, weapons etc. I have done my ESTA form and put in my passport number etc and it all came back ok. If there was a problem with me, would this have gone through? and i hear now they scan your passport and take your fingerprints....does this bring up about my arrest from 5 years ago? I'm really worried. I don't know what to do. :( Any advice / opinions. Please let me know. thank you. Tony.

Resolved Question: Any pet friendly ski resorts or rentals in NY or VT?

I'm looking to stay in a 1-bedroom hotel/condo/rental, possibly slopeside in Vermont, New York, or New Hampshire. Are there any that offer pet friendly lodging?