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LA - Turning Heads; Posh Pooch
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• Bold means the film received at least 1 Oscar nomination (47)
• Bold and italic means the film was only nominated in the Best International Feature category (17)
• Coin means the film won Best International Feature (7)
• Trophy means the film won Best Picture (1)

Year	Palme d'Or	Grand Prix	Jury Prize
1975	Chronicle of the Years of Fire	The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1976	Taxi Driver	Cría Cuervos 🪢 The Marquise of O
1977	Padre Padrone
1978	The Tree of Wooden Clogs	Bye Bye Monkey 🪢 The Shout
1979	Apocalypse Now 🪢 🪙The Tin Drum🪙	Siberiade
1980	All That Jazz 🪢 Kagemusha	My American Uncle	The Constant Factor
1981	Man of Iron	Light Years Away
1982	Missing 🪢 Yol	The Night of the Shooting Stars
1983	The Ballad of Narayama	Monty Python's The Meaning of Life	Kharij
1984	Paris, Texas	Diary for My Children
1985	When Father Was Away on Business	Birdy	Colonel Redl
1986	The Mission	The Sacrifice	Thérèse
1987	Under the Sun of Satan	Repentance	Shinran: Path to Purity 🪢 Yeelen
1988	Pelle the Conqueror	A World Apart	A Short Film About Killing
1989	Sex, Lies, and Videotape	🪙Cinema Paradiso🪙 🪢 Too Beautiful for You	Jesus of Montreal
1990	Wild at Heart	The Sting of Death 🪢 Tilaï	Hidden Agenda
1991	Barton Fink	La Belle Noiseuse	Europa 🪢 Out of Life
1992	The Best Intentions	The Stolen Children	Dream of Light 🪢 An Independent Life
1993	Farewell My Concubine 🪢 The Piano	Faraway, So Close!	The Puppetmaster 🪢 Raining Stones
1994	Pulp Fiction	🪙Burnt by the Sun🪙 🪢 To Live	La Reine Margot
1995	Underground	Ulysses' Gaze	Don't Forget You're Going to Die 🪢 Carrington
1996	Secrets & Lies	Breaking the Waves	Crash
1997	The Eel 🪢 Taste of Cherry	The Sweet Hereafter	Western
1998	Eternity and a Day	🪙Life Is Beautiful🪙	Class Trip
1999	Rosetta	Humanité	The Letter
2000	Dancer in the Dark	Devils on the Doorstep	Blackboards 🪢 Songs from the Second Floor
2001	The Son's Room	The Piano Teacher
2002	The Pianist	The Man Without a Past	Divine Intervention
2003	Elephant	Distant	At Five in the Afternoon
2004	Fahrenheit 9/11	Oldboy	The Ladykillers 🪢 Tropical Malady
2005	L'Enfant	Broken Flowers	Shanghai Dreams
2006	The Wind That Shakes the Barley	Flanders	Red Road
2007	4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days	The Mourning Forest	Persepolis 🪢 Silent Light
2008	The Class	Gomorrah	Il divo
2009	The White Ribbon	A Prophet	Fish Tank 🪢 Thirst
2010	Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives	Of Gods and Men	A Screaming Man
2011	The Tree of Life	The Kid with a Bike 🪢 Once Upon a Time in Anatolia	Polisse
2012	🪙Amour🪙	Reality	The Angels' Share
2013	Blue Is the Warmest Colour	Inside Llewyn Davis	Like Father, Like Son
2014	Winter Sleep	The Wonders	Goodbye to Language 🪢 Mommy
2015	Dheepan	🪙Son of Saul🪙	The Lobster
2016	I, Daniel Blake	It's Only the End of the World	American Honey
2017	The Square	BPM (Beats per Minute)	Loveless
2018	Shoplifters	BlacKkKlansman	Capernaum
2019	🪙🏆Parasite🏆🪙	Atlantics	Bacurau 🪢 Les Misérables
2021	Titane	Compartment No. 6 🪢 A Hero	Ahed's Knee 🪢 Memoria
2022	Triangle of Sadness	Stars at Noon 🪢 Close	The Eight Mountains 🪢 EO
2023	Anatomy of a Fall	The Zone of Interest	Fallen Leaves

• Bold means the actor received an Oscar nomination (23)
• Bold and italic means the actor was nominated in a non-acting category (1)
• Trophy means the actor won the Oscar (6)

Year	Best Actor	Best Actress
1975	Vittorio Gassman – Scent of a Woman	Valérie Perrine – Lenny
1976	José Luis Gómez – Pascual Duarte	Dominique Sanda – The Inheritance 🪢 Mari Törőcsik – Mrs. Dery Where Are You?
1977	Fernando Rey – Elisa, My Life	Shelley Duvall – 3 Women 🪢 Monique Mercure – J.A. Martin Photographer
1978	🏆Jon Voight – Coming Home🏆	Jill Clayburgh – An Unmarried Woman 🪢 Isabelle Huppert – Violette Nozière
1979	Jack Lemmon – The China Syndrome 🪢 Stefano Madia – Dear Father	🏆Sally Field – Norma Rae🏆 🪢 Eva Mattes – Woyzeck
1980	Michel Piccoli – A Leap in the Dark 🪢 Jack Thompson – Breaker Morant	Anouk Aimée – A Leap in the Dark 🪢 Milena Dravić – Special Treatment 🪢 Carla Gravina – La terrazza
1981	Ugo Tognazzi – Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man 🪢 Ian Holm – Chariots of Fire	Isabelle Adjani – Possession 🪢 Qaurtet 🪢 Elena Solovey – Faktas
1982	Jack Lemmon – Missing	Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak – Another Way
1983	Gian Maria Volonté – The Death of Mario Ricci	Hanna Schygulla – The Story of Piera
1984	Alfredo Landa 🪢 Francisco Rabal – The Holy Innocents	Helen Mirren – Cal
1985	🏆William Hurt – Kiss of the Spider Woman🏆	Norma Aleandro – The Official Story 🪢 Cher – Mask
1986	Michel Blanc – Ménage 🪢 Bob Hoskins – Mona Lisa	Barbara Sukowa – Rosa Luxemburg
1987	Marcello Mastroianni – Dark Eyes	Barbara Hershey – Shy People
1988	Forest Whitaker – Bird	Barbara Hershey 🪢 Jodhi May 🪢 Linda Mvusi – A World Apart
1989	James Spader – Sex, Lies, and Videotape	Meryl Streep – A Cry in the Dark
1990	Gérard Depardieu – Cyrano de Bergerac	Krystyna Janda – Interrogation
1991	John Turturro – Barton Fink 🪢 Samuel L. Jackson – Jungle Fever	Irène Jacob – The Double Life of Veronique
1992	Tim Robbins – The Player	Pernilla August – The Best Intentions
1993	David Thewlis – Naked	🏆Holly Hunter – The Piano🏆
1994	Ge You – To Live	Virna Lisi – La Reine Margot
1995	Jonathan Pryce – Carrington	Helen Mirren – The Madness of King George
1996	Daniel Auteuil 🪢 Pascal Duquenne – The Eighth Day	Brenda Blethyn – Secrets & Lies
1997	Sean Penn – She's So Lovely	Kathy Burke – Nil by Mouth
1998	Peter Mullan – My Name Is Joe	Élodie Bouchez 🪢 Natacha Régnier – The Dreamlife of Angels
1999	Emmanuel Schotté – Humanité	Séverine Caneele – Humanité 🪢 Émilie Dequenne – Rosetta
2000	Tony Leung Chiu-wai – In the Mood for Love	Björk – Dancer in the Dark
2001	Benoît Magimel – The Piano Teacher	Isabelle Huppert – The Piano Teacher
2002	Olivier Gourmet – The Son	Kati Outinen – The Man Without a Past
2003	Muzaffer Özdemir 🪢 Mehmet Emin Toprak – Distant	Marie-Josée Croze – The Barbarian Invasions
2004	Yūya Yagira – Nobody Knows	Maggie Cheung – Clean
2005	Tommy Lee Jones – The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada	Hanna Laslo – Free Zone
2006	Roschdy Zem 🪢 Bernard Blancan 🪢 Jamel Debbouze 🪢 Samy Naceri 🪢 Sami Bouajila – Days of Glory	Carmen Maura 🪢 Lola Dueñas 🪢 Blanca Portillo 🪢 Yohana Cobo 🪢 Chus Lampreave 🪢 Penélope Cruz – Volver
2007	Konstantin Lavronenko – The Banishment	Jeon Do-yeon – Secret Sunshine
2008	Benicio del Toro – Che	Sandra Corveloni – Linha de Passe
2009	🏆Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds🏆	Charlotte Gainsbourg – Antichrist
2010	Javier Bardem – Biutiful 🪢 Elio Germano – Our Life	Juliette Binoche – Certified Copy
2011	🏆Jean Dujardin – The Artist🏆	Kirsten Dunst – Melancholia
2012	Mads Mikkelsen – The Hunt	Cristina Flutur 🪢 Cosmina Stratan – Beyond the Hills
2013	Bruce Dern – Nebraska	Bérénice Bejo – The Past
2014	Timothy Spall – Mr. Turner	Julianne Moore – Maps to the Stars
2015	Vincent Lindon – The Measure of a Man	Emmanuelle Bercot – Mon Roi 🪢 Rooney Mara – Carol
2016	Shahab Hosseini – The Salesman	Jaclyn Jose – Ma' Rosa
2017	Joaquin Phoenix – You Were Never Really Here	Diane Kruger – In the Fade
2018	Marcello Fonte – Dogman	Samal Yeslyamova – Ayka
2019	Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory	Emily Beecham – Little Joe
2021	Caleb Landry Jones – Nitram	Renate Reinsve – The Worst Person in the World
2022	Song Kang-ho – Broker	Zar Amir Ebrahimi – Holy Spider
2023	Kōji Yakusho – Perfect Days	Merve Dizdar – About Dry Grasses

• Bold means the film received at least 1 Oscar nomination in a corresponding category (9)
• Bold and italic means only the film was nominated, but the awarded filmmaker wasn't (8)
• Coin means the film won Best International Feature (4)

Year	Best Director	Best Screenplay
1975	Michel Brault – Orders 🪢 Costa-Gavras – Special Section
1976	Ettore Scola – Down and Dirty
1977
1978	Nagisa Ōshima – Empire of Passion
1979	Terrence Malick – Days of Heaven
1980		La Terrazza – Furio Scarpelli, Agenore Incrocci, Ettore Scola
1981		🪙Mephisto🪙 – István Szabó
1982	Werner Herzog – Fitzcarraldo	Moonlighting – Jerzy Skolimowski
1983	Robert Bresson – L'Argent 🪢 Andrei Tarkovsky – Nostalgia	Voyage to Cythera – Thanassis Valtinos, Theo Angelopoulos, Tonino Guerra
1984	Bertrand Tavernier – A Sunday in the Country
1985	André Téchiné – Rendez-vous
1986	Martin Scorsese – After Hours
1987	Wim Wenders – Wings of Desire
1988	Fernando Solanas – Sur
1989	Emir Kusturica – Time of the Gypsies
1990	Pavel Lungin – Taxi Blues
1991	Joel Coen – Barton Fink
1992	Robert Altman – The Player
1993	Mike Leigh – Naked
1994	Nanni Moretti – Dear Diary	Dead Tired – Michel Blanc
1995	Mathieu Kassovitz – La Haine
1996	Joel Coen – Fargo	A Self Made Hero – Jacques Audiard, Alain Le Henry
1997	Wong Kar-wai – Happy Together	The Ice Storm – James Schamus
1998	John Boorman – The General	Henry Fool – Hal Hartley
1999	Pedro Almodóvar – All About My Mother	Moloch – Yuri Arabov
2000	Edward Yang – Yi Yi	Nurse Betty – James Flamberg, John C. Richards
2001	Joel Coen – The Man Who Wasn't There 🪢 David Lynch – Mulholland Drive	No Man's Land – Danis Tanović
2002	Paul Thomas Anderson – Punch-Drunk Love 🪢 Im Kwon-taek – Painted Fire	Sweet Sixteen – Paul Laverty
2003	Gus Van Sant – Elephant	🪙The Barbarian Invasions🪙 – Denys Arcand
2004	Tony Gatlif – Exils	Look at Me – Agnès Jaoui, Jean-Pierre Bacri
2005	Michael Haneke – Caché	The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada – Guillermo Arriaga
2006	Alejandro González Iñárritu – Babel	Volver – Pedro Almodóvar
2007	Julian Schnabel – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly	The Edge of Heaven – Fatih Akin
2008	Nuri Bilge Ceylan – Three Monkeys	Lorna's Silence – Jean-Pierre, Luc Dardenne
2009	Brillante Mendoza – Butchered	Spring Fever – Mei Feng
2010	Mathieu Amalric – On Tour	Poetry – Lee Chang-dong
2011	Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive	Footnote – Joseph Cedar
2012	Carlos Reygadas – Post Tenebras Lux	Beyond the Hills – Cristian Mungiu, Tatiana Niculescu Bran
2013	Amat Escalante – Heli	A Touch of Sin – Jia Zhangke
2014	Bennett Miller – Foxcatcher	Leviathan – Andrey Zvyagintsev, Oleg Negin
2015	Hou Hsiao-hsien – The Assassin	Chronic – Michel Franco
2016	Olivier Assayas – Personal Shopper 🪢 Cristian Mungiu – Graduation	🪙The Salesman🪙 – Asghar Farhadi
2017	Sofia Coppola – The Beguiled	The Killing of a Sacred Deer – Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthymis Filippou 🪢 You Were Never Really Here – Lynne Ramsay
2018	Paweł Pawlikowski – Cold War	3 Faces – Jafar Panahi, Nader Saeivar 🪢 Happy as Lazzaro – Alice Rohrwacher
2019	Jean-Pierre 🪢 Luc Dardenne – Young Ahmed	Portrait of a Lady on Fire – Céline Sciamma
2021	Leos Carax – Annette	🪙Drive My Car🪙 – Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe
2022	Park Chan-wook – Decision to Leave	Boy from Heaven – Tarik Saleh
2023	Tran Anh Hung – The Pot-au-Feu	Monster – Yuji Sakamoto

For this one, I have to set the scene.
It happened a number of years ago, when I was still semi-youngish, slimmer, cuter, and menopause hadn't cried "You're old, now, and have done childbirth a couple of times? WHOMP!". Nothing had headed so south, back then.
I live in a Northern Southern Ontario snow belt region, in a lovely suburban neighborhood of raised single residence bungalows, perfect front lawns and folks who keep an eye on you, whether you like it or not. It's a quiet place, with mostly old folks, and we were the barbarian youngsters who had the unmitigated gall to start and raise a family in the middle of homes who go to bed at 9:45 p.m.
Having said this, we got along well with the next door, 134 year old, neighbors. She took up two airline seats, had a nasal, high pitched voice, and loved to sit in her back yard, drinking white wine, calling her husband's name and issuing horticultural instructions. He was 14 months beer pregnant, slumped around his yard with a defeated gait, was usually shirtless doing good weather, and his upper butt crack, and I, were too well acquaintaned.
Over all, they were okay. She got a little puckered when she caught him spying on me when I sun bathed on my patio, but otherwise, they were good people.
One more important detail ... My garage is part way into my basement, and the passage door is in my downstairs hallway. It's significant because I was carrying a bucket of hot water, lots of Lysol in it, and a rag, through the house, and down to this door - paw prints on the door casing - when I was called away. Thinking I'd get back to the job later, I opened the door, plunked the bucket onto the floor of the garage, and left. I never got back to the job.
I don't know about you, but at about this time of year - late autumn - my garage turns into a dumping ground that accumulates debris, until some point, in the spring, when I yell "There isn't even a path through here! We're cleaning the garage!". And so, my bucket of Lysol water was promptly buried under something (I think a loosely folded tarpoline) and completely forgotten.
Weeks go by, when I had cause to go into the garage, and I smelled it. That funky smell of something that had found it's way inside and died. Given the state of the place, it took a concentrated effort to locate the source. In my Lysol water were 3 drowned mice. The bucket had to go. But I also had to go. Had a place to be, and I was already late. But the smell ... I grabbed the bucket, took it outside, and carefully placed it at the far corner of the garage. I'd deal with it later.
But, that night, it SNOWED. Not the light, fluffy, pretty stuff. We got dumped on. Heavy, dense, impenetrable. It buried the bucket, and I forgot about it. And it wasn't until the mid-spring thaw that the bucket emerged again.
I eyed it, wondering what I was going to do with 3 decomposing mice in a bucket of Lysol water. It was fully melted, and sloshed a bit when I picked it up. I had a stroke of genius. Dump it behind the back shed.
I could hear my next door neighbors, in their yard, christening the first day of warmth with libations, as I trudged through my yard, and looked at the wet mud hill that leads to the back of my shed. The mud would be slippery, but I had 3 decomposing mice, in Lysol water, needing to leave my possession, so I was prepared to risk it.
... to be continued...

Thanks to u/-searchingirl
for mentioning Hunter's oral history
https://localhistory.boulderlibrary.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A25588?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=e941fb4f3ae7ecc9d9ec&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=0&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=1&solr_nav%5Bquery%5D=%20
Hunter’s Take
My sister says to me, “I'm so sorry you had to have this case,” … I want to share that I don't feel that way … There were tremendous challenges, unpopular decisions that had to be made …I feel … to some extent proud … that I weathered the storms, as I think a DA should, and did the right thing based on the evidence and I'm … real comfortable with that
Hunter’s Grand Jury Experience
When I announced … the grand jury finished its work and … I had concluded … there was insufficient evidence to bring charges, this disappointed a lot of people.
Hunter’s Last Term
There had been some questions … about whether I should run [for DA] again.
The thinking being, 24-years was enough, but I decided to go again and the Gods may have had this case as a present for me, for making that decision…
Why the case became high-profile

• The [Timothy] McVeigh case and the Nicholls cases were about to begin in Denver, in the spring of ’97… The satellite trucks were stationed hear here. There was a lot of downtime and those trucks are very expensive to run… and Boulder [is only] 30 minutes away. When this case started, … They were up here with their trucks and their microphones.
  
• There were so many videotapes and photos of JonBenet in costumes and outfits. These photographers were selling some of [them] for $50,000-60,000 [each] … the tabloids would spend that in a minute.
  

Reporters were stealing his garbage
I had reporters going through my trash. I finally had to put a sign on the the garbage cans that [read], “if you're walking your dog you can put your poop here” and that stopped some of them from going in.
The Side Shows
When the media got their claws into this one, there were so many side shows.
Larry Schiller
I remember looking out … and here was Larry Schiller, who wrote the book “Perfect Town Perfect Murder” and he's got an entourage of a half a dozen people and he's showing them where I live.
Geraldo Rivera
Rivera was down at the Boulderado, stirring up the public interest … He or one of his people called my [10-year old] daughter … to say you … really ought to persuade your dad to be on our show.
Eller
…Tom Koby, … a very good chief had taken a man from his staff who did not have felony investigative experience and made him the commander of detectives prior to the death of JonBenet … this commander … did not have the instincts to work this investigation in a cooperative, collaborative way … and he believed early on … there was evidence, for example semen on JonBenet’s panties
… the commander focused his attention on the Ramsey's based on his understanding of that evidence or perhaps some other evidence, that I'm not aware of, … and he forgot that … you can't have blinders on or you are not going to turn all of rocks that need to be turned.
…John Eller was the Commander of Detectives and did not have the kind of experience … necessary to deal with this caliber of investigation and he had the opinion that he knew who did it and it's my impression that the department's focus … on the Ramseys to the exclusion of … other evidence.
the final break before Eller was replaced was that in the fall of 1997, Vanity Fair did a piece we've come to know … because of depositions … one of the main detectives [Steve Thomas was the source], … with no homocide experience, … a number of things … appeared in that article that were evidentiary … and … were from … case filings about the ransom note … plus direct criticism of the DA's office.
…one of the deputies was accused of giving one of the defense attorneys a backrub at one of the meetings that involved handwriting analysis.
I was at that meeting, it never happened, but that didn't matter…
Lou Smit saves the trainwreck
…early on … I … put on my staff … a hot shot detective who'd solved numerous kinds of crimes in the Colorado Springs area working in the police department and in the sheriff's office.
... we're getting hundreds and hundreds of pages and evidence. They needed to be cataloged in an appropriate way, so that we could retrieve them. … Lou was able to set up a database out of it.
If it was fibers, we could pull that up as a particular fiber...I wanted to be able to compete with a defense team that had unlimited resources at that time and was doing everything that a defense team could do in this kind of high-profile case.
…Well Lou Smit was referred to in the Vanity Fair article as a delusional old man, because if this was the BPD’s general view of him … Koby and I could not mend that …
[Lou Smit is] probably one of the finest investigators I've ever known… certainly he didn't like being called a delusional old man, but also being disrespected to the extent he was by the Boulder police officers ... and maybe his own following of the evidence, Lou Smit became pretty much convinced and he's been on national TV that it was an intruder.
One of my deputies who is working closely with him … also became convinced or nearly convinced that it was an intruder. …
Koby’s Apology Letter
I had an apology letter from Koby ... I've never released that letter from him saying, it's outrageous, I don't know who did it, I apologize …
Vanity Fair Article Fallout
I tried to counter that Vanity Fair article … [with an] interview with Larry Schiller, … [in the] New Yorker…
I thought it was … a mediocre article. …the agreement in writing was … he would not use that material for his book.
I have that on New Yorker stationary. … I think things were rolling too fast and furious in terms of the high-profile nature of this case …
The Tabloids
… a picture of JonBenet on the cover and [it] didn't really matter … about the content …one of those reporters said to me that every time they had …a picture of JonBenet on the front of their tabloid, they would sell an extra 250,000 copies.
His Philosophy
…prosecutors around the country have said to me … how lucky you are …that your job is putting away people that have interfered with an individuals right to do what they want to do, their peace, and to have hurt them
…I'm honored to have been able to do that this last case … I think that it allowed me to draw deep on what I am as a human being, what I am as a lawyer, to call it the right way, to do the right thing in the face I think of a lot of hollering and yelling by the public that couldn't stand …to think that a little six year-old girl had been murdered and There is yet to be any justice I mean this this does not sit well with any of us …it would have been easy to bring charges but to approach charges when you didn't feel you could make your case would have been a horrible thing to do …
it's an unsolved case we solve unsolved cases in this country you taught any prosecutor he'll tell you he can name cases that have been solved after 10 15 20 25 years and I can think of five or six in our county so we must not give up on that
RDI petty party poopers
…the bumps and grinds of the case and some lost relationships, some real losses … one of my deputies … who I hired straight out of law school, … worked for me for the whole time…[didn’t attend my] retirement because [he said] I'm angry at you about this okay. … I had to make …a tough call but it was the right thing to do. …
you want to the search for the truth and [if] people are not gonna follow the evidence, like some police officers, they need to be gone … they need off because it is a search for the truth, it's a turning of all of the rocks, it's to follow the evidence where it takes you If you think you know where you're going you can't follow the evidence and that's a very important the thing to know…
Hunter’s Family
I'm grateful that [my] family was able to … take this in stride. I never saw them … upset, cry, or anything like that. I mean they didn't … like the publicity, but I'd been a DA from their birth through their very early years and I think they kind of rolled into that.
Hunter’s Final Analysis
…In the final analysis …I don't think we lost evidence …we picked up all of the hairs we picked up all of the fibers you know we took all of the photographs and so I don't think any evidence was lost because of this pissing contest …the public is not interested in paying its’ police department and its’ prosecutors to not get along and to fight with each other…

Costa Rica is a bucket-list dream vacation of my husband's. I'd like to go this year to celebrate a milestone anniversary, but the only time we can both get away is early September. Is this dumb? We have a decent budget and would like to do La Fortuna and then the beach, maybe Drake Bay? I know the Caribbean side is drier but I figure a big-ticket introduction to CR ought to involve the volcano and the Pacific. And I'd hate to not be able to raft or snorkel because of the weather. Should we just wait and go next spring? Looking at 10-12 days, $10K all in including flights.

• Bold means the film received at least 1 Oscar nomination (47)
• Bold and italic means the film was only nominated in the Best International Feature category (17)
• Coin means the film won Best International Feature (7)
• Trophy means the film won Best Picture (1)

Year	Palme d'Or	Grand Prix	Jury Prize
1975	Chronicle of the Years of Fire	The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1976	Taxi Driver	Cría Cuervos 🪢 The Marquise of O
1977	Padre Padrone
1978	The Tree of Wooden Clogs	Bye Bye Monkey 🪢 The Shout
1979	Apocalypse Now 🪢 🪙The Tin Drum🪙	Siberiade
1980	All That Jazz 🪢 Kagemusha	My American Uncle	The Constant Factor
1981	Man of Iron	Light Years Away
1982	Missing 🪢 Yol	The Night of the Shooting Stars
1983	The Ballad of Narayama	Monty Python's The Meaning of Life	Kharij
1984	Paris, Texas	Diary for My Children
1985	When Father Was Away on Business	Birdy	Colonel Redl
1986	The Mission	The Sacrifice	Thérèse
1987	Under the Sun of Satan	Repentance	Shinran: Path to Purity 🪢 Yeelen
1988	Pelle the Conqueror	A World Apart	A Short Film About Killing
1989	Sex, Lies, and Videotape	🪙Cinema Paradiso🪙 🪢 Too Beautiful for You	Jesus of Montreal
1990	Wild at Heart	The Sting of Death 🪢 Tilaï	Hidden Agenda
1991	Barton Fink	La Belle Noiseuse	Europa 🪢 Out of Life
1992	The Best Intentions	The Stolen Children	Dream of Light 🪢 An Independent Life
1993	Farewell My Concubine 🪢 The Piano	Faraway, So Close!	The Puppetmaster 🪢 Raining Stones
1994	Pulp Fiction	🪙Burnt by the Sun🪙 🪢 To Live	La Reine Margot
1995	Underground	Ulysses' Gaze	Don't Forget You're Going to Die 🪢 Carrington
1996	Secrets & Lies	Breaking the Waves	Crash
1997	The Eel 🪢 Taste of Cherry	The Sweet Hereafter	Western
1998	Eternity and a Day	🪙Life Is Beautiful🪙	Class Trip
1999	Rosetta	Humanité	The Letter
2000	Dancer in the Dark	Devils on the Doorstep	Blackboards 🪢 Songs from the Second Floor
2001	The Son's Room	The Piano Teacher
2002	The Pianist	The Man Without a Past	Divine Intervention
2003	Elephant	Distant	At Five in the Afternoon
2004	Fahrenheit 9/11	Oldboy	The Ladykillers 🪢 Tropical Malady
2005	L'Enfant	Broken Flowers	Shanghai Dreams
2006	The Wind That Shakes the Barley	Flanders	Red Road
2007	4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days	The Mourning Forest	Persepolis 🪢 Silent Light
2008	The Class	Gomorrah	Il divo
2009	The White Ribbon	A Prophet	Fish Tank 🪢 Thirst
2010	Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives	Of Gods and Men	A Screaming Man
2011	The Tree of Life	The Kid with a Bike 🪢 Once Upon a Time in Anatolia	Polisse
2012	🪙Amour🪙	Reality	The Angels' Share
2013	Blue Is the Warmest Colour	Inside Llewyn Davis	Like Father, Like Son
2014	Winter Sleep	The Wonders	Goodbye to Language 🪢 Mommy
2015	Dheepan	🪙Son of Saul🪙	The Lobster
2016	I, Daniel Blake	It's Only the End of the World	American Honey
2017	The Square	BPM (Beats per Minute)	Loveless
2018	Shoplifters	BlacKkKlansman	Capernaum
2019	🪙🏆Parasite🏆🪙	Atlantics	Bacurau 🪢 Les Misérables
2021	Titane	Compartment No. 6 🪢 A Hero	Ahed's Knee 🪢 Memoria
2022	Triangle of Sadness	Stars at Noon 🪢 Close	The Eight Mountains 🪢 EO
2023	Anatomy of a Fall	The Zone of Interest	Fallen Leaves

• Bold means the actor received an Oscar nomination (23)
• Bold and italic means the actor was nominated in a non-acting category (1)
• Trophy means the actor won the Oscar (6)

Year	Best Actor	Best Actress
1975	Vittorio Gassman – Scent of a Woman	Valérie Perrine – Lenny
1976	José Luis Gómez – Pascual Duarte	Dominique Sanda – The Inheritance 🪢 Mari Törőcsik – Mrs. Dery Where Are You?
1977	Fernando Rey – Elisa, My Life	Shelley Duvall – 3 Women 🪢 Monique Mercure – J.A. Martin Photographer
1978	🏆Jon Voight – Coming Home🏆	Jill Clayburgh – An Unmarried Woman 🪢 Isabelle Huppert – Violette Nozière
1979	Jack Lemmon – The China Syndrome 🪢 Stefano Madia – Dear Father	🏆Sally Field – Norma Rae🏆 🪢 Eva Mattes – Woyzeck
1980	Michel Piccoli – A Leap in the Dark 🪢 Jack Thompson – Breaker Morant	Anouk Aimée – A Leap in the Dark 🪢 Milena Dravić – Special Treatment 🪢 Carla Gravina – La terrazza
1981	Ugo Tognazzi – Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man 🪢 Ian Holm – Chariots of Fire	Isabelle Adjani – Possession 🪢 Qaurtet 🪢 Elena Solovey – Faktas
1982	Jack Lemmon – Missing	Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak – Another Way
1983	Gian Maria Volonté – The Death of Mario Ricci	Hanna Schygulla – The Story of Piera
1984	Alfredo Landa 🪢 Francisco Rabal – The Holy Innocents	Helen Mirren – Cal
1985	🏆William Hurt – Kiss of the Spider Woman🏆	Norma Aleandro – The Official Story 🪢 Cher – Mask
1986	Michel Blanc – Ménage 🪢 Bob Hoskins – Mona Lisa	Barbara Sukowa – Rosa Luxemburg
1987	Marcello Mastroianni – Dark Eyes	Barbara Hershey – Shy People
1988	Forest Whitaker – Bird	Barbara Hershey 🪢 Jodhi May 🪢 Linda Mvusi – A World Apart
1989	James Spader – Sex, Lies, and Videotape	Meryl Streep – A Cry in the Dark
1990	Gérard Depardieu – Cyrano de Bergerac	Krystyna Janda – Interrogation
1991	John Turturro – Barton Fink 🪢 Samuel L. Jackson – Jungle Fever	Irène Jacob – The Double Life of Veronique
1992	Tim Robbins – The Player	Pernilla August – The Best Intentions
1993	David Thewlis – Naked	🏆Holly Hunter – The Piano🏆
1994	Ge You – To Live	Virna Lisi – La Reine Margot
1995	Jonathan Pryce – Carrington	Helen Mirren – The Madness of King George
1996	Daniel Auteuil 🪢 Pascal Duquenne – The Eighth Day	Brenda Blethyn – Secrets & Lies
1997	Sean Penn – She's So Lovely	Kathy Burke – Nil by Mouth
1998	Peter Mullan – My Name Is Joe	Élodie Bouchez 🪢 Natacha Régnier – The Dreamlife of Angels
1999	Emmanuel Schotté – Humanité	Séverine Caneele – Humanité 🪢 Émilie Dequenne – Rosetta
2000	Tony Leung Chiu-wai – In the Mood for Love	Björk – Dancer in the Dark
2001	Benoît Magimel – The Piano Teacher	Isabelle Huppert – The Piano Teacher
2002	Olivier Gourmet – The Son	Kati Outinen – The Man Without a Past
2003	Muzaffer Özdemir 🪢 Mehmet Emin Toprak – Distant	Marie-Josée Croze – The Barbarian Invasions
2004	Yūya Yagira – Nobody Knows	Maggie Cheung – Clean
2005	Tommy Lee Jones – The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada	Hanna Laslo – Free Zone
2006	Roschdy Zem 🪢 Bernard Blancan 🪢 Jamel Debbouze 🪢 Samy Naceri 🪢 Sami Bouajila – Days of Glory	Carmen Maura 🪢 Lola Dueñas 🪢 Blanca Portillo 🪢 Yohana Cobo 🪢 Chus Lampreave 🪢 Penélope Cruz – Volver
2007	Konstantin Lavronenko – The Banishment	Jeon Do-yeon – Secret Sunshine
2008	Benicio del Toro – Che	Sandra Corveloni – Linha de Passe
2009	🏆Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds🏆	Charlotte Gainsbourg – Antichrist
2010	Javier Bardem – Biutiful 🪢 Elio Germano – Our Life	Juliette Binoche – Certified Copy
2011	🏆Jean Dujardin – The Artist🏆	Kirsten Dunst – Melancholia
2012	Mads Mikkelsen – The Hunt	Cristina Flutur 🪢 Cosmina Stratan – Beyond the Hills
2013	Bruce Dern – Nebraska	Bérénice Bejo – The Past
2014	Timothy Spall – Mr. Turner	Julianne Moore – Maps to the Stars
2015	Vincent Lindon – The Measure of a Man	Emmanuelle Bercot – Mon Roi 🪢 Rooney Mara – Carol
2016	Shahab Hosseini – The Salesman	Jaclyn Jose – Ma' Rosa
2017	Joaquin Phoenix – You Were Never Really Here	Diane Kruger – In the Fade
2018	Marcello Fonte – Dogman	Samal Yeslyamova – Ayka
2019	Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory	Emily Beecham – Little Joe
2021	Caleb Landry Jones – Nitram	Renate Reinsve – The Worst Person in the World
2022	Song Kang-ho – Broker	Zar Amir Ebrahimi – Holy Spider
2023	Kōji Yakusho – Perfect Days	Merve Dizdar – About Dry Grasses

• Bold means the film received at least 1 Oscar nomination in a corresponding category (9)
• Bold and italic means only the film was nominated, but the awarded filmmaker wasn't (8)

Year	Best Director	Best Screenplay
1975	Michel Brault – Orders 🪢 Costa-Gavras – Special Section
1976	Ettore Scola – Down and Dirty
1977
1978	Nagisa Ōshima – Empire of Passion
1979	Terrence Malick – Days of Heaven
1980		La Terrazza – Furio Scarpelli, Agenore Incrocci, Ettore Scola
1981		🪙Mephisto🪙 – István Szabó
1982	Werner Herzog – Fitzcarraldo	Moonlighting – Jerzy Skolimowski
1983	Robert Bresson – L'Argent 🪢 Andrei Tarkovsky – Nostalgia	Voyage to Cythera – Thanassis Valtinos, Theo Angelopoulos, Tonino Guerra
1984	Bertrand Tavernier – A Sunday in the Country
1985	André Téchiné – Rendez-vous
1986	Martin Scorsese – After Hours
1987	Wim Wenders – Wings of Desire
1988	Fernando Solanas – Sur
1989	Emir Kusturica – Time of the Gypsies
1990	Pavel Lungin – Taxi Blues
1991	Joel Coen – Barton Fink
1992	Robert Altman – The Player
1993	Mike Leigh – Naked
1994	Nanni Moretti – Dear Diary	Dead Tired – Michel Blanc
1995	Mathieu Kassovitz – La Haine
1996	Joel Coen – Fargo	A Self Made Hero – Jacques Audiard, Alain Le Henry
1997	Wong Kar-wai – Happy Together	The Ice Storm – James Schamus
1998	John Boorman – The General	Henry Fool – Hal Hartley
1999	Pedro Almodóvar – All About My Mother	Moloch – Yuri Arabov
2000	Edward Yang – Yi Yi	Nurse Betty – James Flamberg, John C. Richards
2001	Joel Coen – The Man Who Wasn't There 🪢 David Lynch – Mulholland Drive	No Man's Land – Danis Tanović
2002	Paul Thomas Anderson – Punch-Drunk Love 🪢 Im Kwon-taek – Painted Fire	Sweet Sixteen – Paul Laverty
2003	Gus Van Sant – Elephant	🪙The Barbarian Invasions🪙 – Denys Arcand
2004	Tony Gatlif – Exils	Look at Me – Agnès Jaoui, Jean-Pierre Bacri
2005	Michael Haneke – Caché	The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada – Guillermo Arriaga
2006	Alejandro González Iñárritu – Babel	Volver – Pedro Almodóvar
2007	Julian Schnabel – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly	The Edge of Heaven – Fatih Akin
2008	Nuri Bilge Ceylan – Three Monkeys	Lorna's Silence – Jean-Pierre, Luc Dardenne
2009	Brillante Mendoza – Butchered	Spring Fever – Mei Feng
2010	Mathieu Amalric – On Tour	Poetry – Lee Chang-dong
2011	Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive	Footnote – Joseph Cedar
2012	Carlos Reygadas – Post Tenebras Lux	Beyond the Hills – Cristian Mungiu, Tatiana Niculescu Bran
2013	Amat Escalante – Heli	A Touch of Sin – Jia Zhangke
2014	Bennett Miller – Foxcatcher	Leviathan – Andrey Zvyagintsev, Oleg Negin
2015	Hou Hsiao-hsien – The Assassin	Chronic – Michel Franco
2016	Olivier Assayas – Personal Shopper 🪢 Cristian Mungiu – Graduation	🪙The Salesman🪙 – Asghar Farhadi
2017	Sofia Coppola – The Beguiled	The Killing of a Sacred Deer – Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthymis Filippou 🪢 You Were Never Really Here – Lynne Ramsay
2018	Paweł Pawlikowski – Cold War	3 Faces – Jafar Panahi, Nader Saeivar 🪢 Happy as Lazzaro – Alice Rohrwacher
2019	Jean-Pierre 🪢 Luc Dardenne – Young Ahmed	Portrait of a Lady on Fire – Céline Sciamma
2021	Leos Carax – Annette	🪙Drive My Car🪙 – Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe
2022	Park Chan-wook – Decision to Leave	Boy from Heaven – Tarik Saleh
2023	Tran Anh Hung – The Pot-au-Feu	Monster – Yuji Sakamoto

Looking to get a pretty significant remodel (~nearly the entire inside of a 1700sqft home) quoted (have an architect, but need a GC) and know the best way to find someone good is referral. Anyone have experience with folks around the valley?

It just cuts to Davina waiting outside the office with a suitcase checking her phone

The people of Aluwa, called the ani’Aluwa in the gla’Aluwa language, first appear in the archeological record in subtle signs. New tools appear, improvements on old methods of fishing and farming. Images of uncertain meaning but familiar feeling are carved into and painted onto the walls of caves. Goods from distant lands are found, indicating the birth of an extensive trade network. In Aluwa oral tradition, this was a time of legend, when monsters swam through flooded forests, stars danced in the sky and changed their patterns, and men intermarried with spirits to birth mighty heroes. Scientifically speaking, the emergence of the ani’Aluwa onto the world stage seems to have been somewhat less dramatic – an intermingling of the peoples of the coast and the peoples of the river, who shared their knowledge and their resources and thus created a new society, able to outcompete their less stable or prosperous neighbors.
Geography
Aluwa is positioned near the center of Horea, with the colder forests of Tritonea to the north, the dry steppes of Xanthea to the west, and the warmer jungles of Gorgonea to the south and east. This central location is mirrored in its people, made up of shared Gorgonean, Tritonean, and Xanthean ancestry. The Aluwa heartland lies on the north coast of the Gorgonean inland sea that the ani’Aluwa call Iteha, with their greatest population density lying along the banks of the Plombalo River. The climate is warm, with hot summers, mild winters, and distinct springs and autumns. Most of the land is covered in oak forests, with mesquite, hickory, sycamore, elm, and cedar trees also common. Toward the west, the tree cover begins to peter out into open prairie.
Food
The ani’Aluwa of this time, as throughout history, got most of their sustenance through a combination of fishing and agriculture, although they also continued more ancient practices of hunting and gathering. Traditionally, agriculture was handled by women, while men went out to hunt, gather, and fish. Agriculture was primarily focused on the intercropped three sisters of corn, beans, and squash, but peppers, sweet potatoes, cassava, and even turkeys had been brought in by trade with more southerly Gorgonean peoples. Their farms lay along the Plombalo and other, smaller rivers that water Aluwa, or further afield raised up among basic irrigation canals. The Aluwa women worked with mattocks and sickles, along with the new invention of hoes. Many of these tools, especially the hoes, had their cutting edges made of sharp clam or whelk shells, a sign of the interdependence of the riverine and coastal Aluwa communities. Others were made of flint, which is common in the area. Only a very few tools of any sort were made of copper or bronze. Although the ani’Aluwa had learned the techniques of bronze smelting in domed and pit ovens from their Gorgonean trade partners, as well as how to anneal and cold-work bronze into desired shapes, they had no significant ore deposits of copper, tin, or any other useful metal and so had to trade for any metal tools.
While the women stayed in the village growing their crops and raising their turkeys, the men journeyed out to gather food from the wild. The main animal hunted was the white-tailed deer, which provided not only meat but hides. On a smaller scale, rabbits, quail, ducks, geese, and doves were also hunted. Their usual weapon used in hunts was the atlatl, throwing spears with the same flint and seashell points as their farming implements. The men would also gather wild nuts and fruits – pecans, acorns, chestnuts, walnuts, strawberries, elderberries, pawpaws, and persimmons. One of Aluwa’s more notable innovations was their use of grafting to increase the productivity of nut- and fruit-bearing trees. Even more notable was their knowledge of herbalism. Specially trained wise men, taught the secrets of herblore, would search out medicinal plants to heal the sick and, in the case of the psychotropic mountain laurel, to commune with the spirits.
In every village, whether on a river or the coast, fishing was a fundamental source of sustenance. Inland, men would use a combination of drop nets and sunken basket traps to fish up bass, catfish, sunfish, gar, and walleye, as well as crawfish. On the coast, they would use similar techniques to catch trout, redfish, and flounders, along with shrimp, snails, crabs, and lobsters. Clams and oysters would be gathered simply by digging in the sand of the beaches. The biggest fish swam in deeper waters, though, and the ani’Aluwa would have to get on their plank boats and set out to sea. There they would use specially designed harpoons to spear snappers, groupers, and tuna.
Once it had been gathered, the food would be prepared in ways reminiscent of later Aluwa recipes. Using the readily available lime, corn would be nixtamalized into hominy. Both meats and vegetables would be smoke cured to improve both taste and imperishability. Some of the earliest Aluwa dishes consisted of combinations of different kinds of fish smoked with different kinds of wood, each providing a unique flavor.
Lifestyle
Due to the warm climate of Aluwa, and the protective forest canopy that shielded its inhabitants from the sun, the ani’Aluwa tended not to need much clothing. The only covering decency required, and the only thing most people wore, was a short skirt for men or a loincloth for women. These would be woven out of fibers from the fronds of palms that grew along the coast. In the winter, people would cover themselves with warmer deerskin pants and shirts – winters were mild and snow was rare, but it still did get cold enough to be uncomfortable in nothing but a loincloth.
The early ani’Aluwa were great workers of wood, chopping down trees with simple adzes and using their basic carpentry knowledge to craft wigwam-like houses out of flexible young saplings covered in bark. Their villages consisted of many such houses, surrounded by farmland cleared out of the forest. The villages were thought of as a feminine space, governed by matrilineal elders, while the wilderness was a masculine space, inhabited only by wandering hunter-gatherers. Traditionally, when a boy reached maturity, he would leave his home village behind, joining a new village where he would find a wife to marry (intratribal marriages being taboo).
Little is known about early Aluwa spirituality. Followers of Ahiye will declare that it is the oldest religion in the world, worshipped by the first humans, but there is little archeological evidence for much of the religion’s practices at this time. Some facets of Ahiye are definitely present, however. Religious objects, including those of distinctly female figures, have been found on hills and manmade mounds of dirt or stone, indicating belief in some sort of female sky deity. Similarly, carvings and objects with masculine characteristics are found in caves, suggesting a mirrored male earth deity. In places without natural caves, the ani’Aluwa would build artificial “caves” out of limestone blocks, often brought in from miles away – an example of their knowledge of basic masonry, even if they preferred wood in their other constructions. However, it seems that at the time the reverence of local spirits was more important to the ani’Aluwa, with many small shrines devoted to trees and landmarks being scattered across the land.
Many of the mystical symbols found in ancient Aluwa sacred places mirror the patterns of the constellations. Some of the earliest myths of the ani’Aluwa were linked to these constellations they drew. These symbols have also been found on early plank boats, indicating that the ani’Aluwa were not just looking to the sky for spiritual guidance, but for physical guidance as they sailed the sea of Iteha. This celestial navigation technique allowed Aluwa ships to venture out of sight of shore, certain of their position, enabling them to travel long distances in search of fish or trade partners.
A Note on gla’Aluwa Pronunciation
In the gla’Aluwa language, stress always lands on the third-to-last syllable, unless the word is less than three syllables long (in which case stress is on the first syllable) or an accent mark is present (in which case stress is on the accented syllable). Most root words are three syllables long, with prefixes being added to modify them. The vowels are pronounced as in Spanish; the consonants are mostly the same as in the IPA with a handful of exceptions: y is pronounced as in English, dh represents the soft th sound as in ‘the’, and ‘ is used for a glottal stop. The sound of ng is as in English, but doesn’t have a hard g at the end – it’s pronounced like in ‘hanger’, not ‘anger’. If the sound in ‘anger’ is needed, the next syllable will start with a g, as in the gla’Alawa word ‘Bonggabo’ (meaning ‘rabbit’). gla’Aluwa speakers consider bl, pl, gl, and kl to be single letters, but they are still pronounced like the two letters in their Latin alphabet digraph.
Starting Technologies:
Key Tech: Celestial Navigation
Major Techs: Drop Nets, Herbalism
Minor Techs: Hoes, Grafting, Fishing Trap: Sunken Basket Trap, Harpoons, Smoke Curing

This is part 12 of an ongoing project conceptualizing movesets for characters in a Genshin Impact tag fighter! This part will cover 4 female characters: Nilou, Kujou Sara, Dori, and Noelle. Check out the following posts for more on the project: Game Mechanics, 4 Pyros, 4 Hydros, 4 Cryos, 4 Electros, 4 Geos, 4 Anemos, 4 Dendros, 4 Travelers, 4 Swords, 4 more Pyros, 4 Bosses.

Nilou

Nilou would be an all-rounder with a unique playstyle when paired with a Hydro teammate. Normal moves: Slashes and thrusts wielding Key of Khaj-Nisut with elegant palm strikes and kicks.

Special Moves

Whirling Steps (Input: 214L)

3-part Rekka. First part is safe. Second part launches. Third part is overhead.

Sword Dance (Input: 236L)

Simple straight water blade medium-speed projectile.

Dance of Samser (Input: 236H)

Invincible DP.

Super Moves

Dance of Abzendegi (Input: 214L+M) (Cost: 1 meter)

A large wave going out on both sides.

Dance of Haftkarsvar (Input: 236L+M) (Cost: 1 meter)

Flurry of Sword Dance projectiles.

Court of Dancing Petals (Input: 214M+H) (Cost: 2 meters) (Only available if teammate is Hydro)

Install: Enhance blooms to launch on hit and guard crush on block.

Kujou Sara

Sara would be a hit-and-run character utilizing unorthodox movement and traps. Normal moves: Bow strikes wielding Hamayumi with military punches and kicks. Unique movement: Forward dash and air dashes replaced with hover dash.

Special Moves

Tengu Shot (Input: 236L) (Air OK) (Hold OK)

Simple straight lightning arrow fast projectile. Hold 8 or 2 after input to angle up or down.

Tengu Stomp (Input: 236M) (Air Only)

Dive kick straight down.

Tengu Stormcall (Input: 236/214H) (Air OK)

Teleport set distance forward or backwards depending on motion. Can cross up. Leaves a feather that explodes when shot with Tengu Shot.

Super Moves

Koukou Sendou (Input: 236L+M) (Air OK) (Cost: 1 meter)

Float up and unleash lightning attack around.

Immovable Will (Input: 236M+H) (Cost: 3 meters)

Cinematic: Inazuman soldiers charge and attack opponent before Sara ends with a bow shot and lightning strike.

Dori

Dori would be a puppet character, allowing for strong pressure. Normal moves: When Jinni is not summoned, Dori wields Sacrificial Greatsword. When Jinni is summoned, Dori wields the lamp while Jinni wields the Sacrificial Greatsword.

Special Moves

Troubleshooter Cannon (Input: 236L) (Air OK)

Dori shoots a lobbing projectile. Hold 6 or 4 after input to aim further or nearer.

Summon/Unsumon Jinni (Input: 214H)

Dori tosses Jinni out. Like Zappa's Sword, Jinni replaces Dori's M and H buttons when summoned. Like Zato's Eddie, Jinni runs on a gauge that depletes when Jinni does special moves and Jinni can be killed.

Watch This! (Input: 236M when summoned)

Jinni spins forward in a multi-hit sword strike.

Shazam! (Input: 236H when summoned)

Jinni performs a rising multi-hit sword uppercut.

Super Moves

Alcazarzaray's Exactitude (Input: 236L+M) (Cost: 1 meter)

A powered up version of Watch This! Recharges Jinni gauge.

Compound Interest (Input: 214L+M) (Cost: 2 meters)

Install: Dori and Jinni both wield Sacrificial Greatsword when summoned. Create a link between Dori and Jinni; opponent is drawn to be between them; and steals meter when they are between.

Noelle

Noelle would be a bruiser character with slow powerful hits and armor. Normal moves: Slashes wielding Favonius Greatsword with shoulder elbow strikes.

Special Moves

Breastplate (Input: 214L) (Hold OK) (Followups)

Enter a stationary stance that auto-parries mid and overheads. Hold to extend stance.

Steady (Input: L during Breastplate or 236L)

A command grab tossing opponent over Noelle shoulder. Hold to switch sides.

Sweep (Input: M during Breastplate or 236M)

2 low sword strikes that knocksdown.

Spotless (Input: H during Breastplate or 236H)

A slow overhead sword slam that ground bounces.

Super Moves

Favonius Bladework (Input: 236L+M) (Air OK) (Cost: 1 meter)

Spinning in a flurry of slashes.

Sweeping Time (Input: 214L+M) (Cost: 2 meters)

Install: Longer range and frame advantage on all sword normals and specials.

Thanks for reading! Feedback is welcome. Tell me other ways you would translate these characters' kits. Suggest which characters I should do next!

I have a decision to make to choose Science Po Reims, Aix or Lille for a Jan-April semester exchange. Which campus can I have the best experience?
Never been to France before and don't speak French. I want to have fun and travel around too. I heard the weather and vibe can be kind of gloomy and rain during that time and it's giving me second thoughts as to where to go.

Respect Zuko

"Never give up without a fight."

History: Scarred and banished by his father at an early age, Prince Zuko believed it was his destiny to capture the Avatar to restore his honor. After traveling the world under the sage guidance of his Uncle Iroh, he pursued Avatar Aang with dogged devotion. Yet along the way, Zuko discovered a new destiny. He came to consider Aang his closest friend, and became his firebending master. Together, they defeated Fire Lord Ozai and restored balance to the world.
As the new Fire Lord, Zuko oversaw a revolutionary age of restoration and unity throughout the Fire Nation. He returned his mother to her home, spread knowledge of a new firebending form, and helped found the United Republic of Nations. After ceding the throne to his daughter, Zuko spent his retirement as an ambassador of peace throughout the world, continuing to fight for the unity he and Aang worked so hard to build together.
Powers/Skills: Zuko produces and controls fire, wielding it with the Dancing Dagon firebending form. He has been known to employ advanced skills in swordsmanship and infiltration, and later came to rely on his dragon Druk as a companion as they traveled the world.

Source Key: Avatar: The Last Airbender Season # & Episode # = S#E# Lost Adventures = LA Team Avatar Tales = TAT The Promise = TP The Search = TS Smoke & Shadow = S&S North & South = N&S The Legend of Korra Season # & Episode # = LoK S#E# Avatar Legends = AL 

Notes: Sozin's Comet greatly enhances the power of firebending, influencing all feats in S3E20 & S3E21
Scaling: 1. Azula 2. Aang 3. Katara 4. Sokka 5. Combustion Man 6. Toph 7. Zhao 8. Iroh 9. Jet 10. Ghazan 11. Suki & the Kyoshi Warriors 12. Ozai 13. Dai Li 14. June & Nyla 15. Mongke

Strength

Striking

• Kicks Sokka's club out of his hands, then kicks Sokka himself a distance away ^S1E2
• Dodges Sokka's club swing and boomerang, then intercepts Sokka's spear with strikes that break it ^S1E2
• Kicks a table in half while being restrained by guards ^S1E3
• Kicks a large boulder away as an earthbender brings it down ^S1E7
• Snaps chain links with a kick ^S1E7
• Hits a man a distance away where he skids through the dirt ^S2E7
• Breaks a spear with a kick ^S2E7
• Deflects several earthbending attacks with his swords, breaking rocks apart ^S2E7
• Kicks a table across a room ^S2E14
• Kicks a stool in the air and obliterates it with a fiery punch ^S3E2
• Kicks open a locked door ^S3E5
• Kicks a thick wooden table in half ^S3E5
• Kicks a lever to break it apart ^S3E15

Pushing

• Breaks chains binding him to a column, possibly after they were weakened by Roku's fire ^S1E8
• Pushes a man through a door ^S1E8
• Pushes a suitor away from his girlfriend ^S3E5
• Uses one hand to shove a boy across a room and shatter a vase ^S3E5

Lifting/Throwing

• Catches a falling man with one hand and lowers him to safety ^S1E12
• Tosses a man over a wall ^S1E13
• Lifts and pins a guard to a wall with one arm ^S3E2
• Boosts Azula high into the air ^S3E5
• Stops and lifts Aang with one arm ^S3E18
• Catches Azula's ankle and swings her into the ground, then holds her up with one arm ^TS

Durability

Weaponry

• Hit by Sokka's boomerang and upended by Aang whirling past him, but recovers from both ^S1E2
• Knocked out by an arrow that hits his mask and ready to attack as soon as he recovers ^S1E13
• Raises a fire shield just before an explosion that destroys his ship hits him, escaping with a few cuts and bruises ^S1E18
• Hit by Sokka's boomerang on its return and annoyed by it ^LA
• Shrugs off a hit to the head from a flail that previously KO'd two guards and shattered stone ^TP

Bending Attacks - Aang

• Recovers from Aang whipping him around, and then a significant fall from the top of his ship ^S1E2
• Blasted into debris by Aang and gets up fine a short while later ^S1E4
• Recovers from Aang's air blast slamming him into a wall ^S1E15
• Blasted high into the air by Aang's water and recovers after landing ^S1E15
• Gusted into a wall by Aang, but soon recovers ^S1E20
• Shrugs off an airblast from Aang ^S2E20
• Recovers from Aang launching him back with a wave of earth ^S2E20
• Blasted out a building off a second story and gets back up ^S3E18

Bending Attacks - Azula

• Takes a hit from Azula that sends him tumbling over and blurs his vision on recovery ^S2E1
• Azula blasts him through a wooden structure, though he recovers shortly after ^S2E8
• Takes a fall and begins to recover, taking a blast from Azula soon after that sends him through a wall he takes longer to get back up from ^S2E8
• Survives a close range explosion when matching fireblasts with Azula and quickly recovers ^S3E16
• Intercepts Azula's lightning blast, nearly dying after improperly redirecting it, though back up after Katara heals him ^S3E20-21
• Shrugs off an amplified hit from Azula after she crashes through the ceiling to outduel her ^TS
• Slammed into a wall after Azula redirects lightning back at him, though gets up fine after Aang cushions his impact ^S&S

Attacks - Other

• Burned by Ozai in an Agni Kai, giving him his distinctive scar ^S1E12
• Takes several water blasts from Katara ^S1E19
• Lifted on a pillar of snow by Katara and smashed into the ground, knocking him out ^S1E20
• Fights through earthbent rocks hitting him to overcome his opponent ^S2E7
• Bursts through a door amidst a fight with Jet and continues fighting ^S2E14
• Old Zuko duels with Ghazan, though gets downed by a boulder long enough for the Red Lotus to escape ^{LoK S3E4}

Speed

Reactions - Weaponry

• Dodges Sokka's club swing and boomerang, then intercepts Sokka's spear with strikes ^S1E2
• Dodges a sword swung from behind him, continuing to evade the swordsman's blade thereafter ^S1E9
• Kicks away thrown spears ^S1E13
• Swats an arrow out of the air fired from behind him, with reference for distance here ^S2E11
• Catches a swordsman's surprise attack and bumps him across a room ^S3E16
• Ducks under Sokka's boomerang throw ^LA
• Dodges a flail ^TP
• Ducks under a fired bola after Mai warns him ^S&S
• Evades a sword swing ^N&S

Reactions - Bending

• Weaves through boulders from earthbenders and delivers counterattacks ^S1E7
• Exchanges attacks with Aang, with both evading eachother evenly until they clash ^S1E15
• Evades Azula's attacks while throwing blasts at her and Aang ^S2E8
• Blocks and evades Azula's fireblasts while fighting alongside Sokka on an unsteady gondola ^S3E14
• Leaps in front of Katara to intercept several fireblasts^S3E16
• Intercepts Azula's lightning blast, nearly dying after improperly redirecting it, though back up after Katara heals him ^S3E20-21

Other

• Fires off several rapid blasts while training ^S1E13
• Dodges Nyla's tongue before it whips out at him ^S1E15
• Dodges a kimono rhino's tail and outduels Mongke ^S2E11
• Outruns the Dai Li's earthen projectiles ^S2E20
• Pushes Katara out of the way of falling rubble ^S3E16

Agility

• Makes a huge leap off the top of his ship to tackle Aang midair ^S1E2
• Carries Aang atop his back through an arctic tundra, even while outrunning cracking ice ^S1E19-20
• Leaps away while carrying barrels of food ^S2E5
• Does a handstand ^S3E5
• Runs along a wall to bypass a trap ^S3E13
• Makes a large leap to a gondola ^S3E15
• Makes a running long jump across a gap to land on Azula's zeppelin while defending from her blasts ^S3E16
• Springs through obstacles and fires a long distance shot again a zeppelin ^S3E16
• Springs across a collapsing temple to attempt a far leap to a nearby zeppelin, but misses ^S3E16
• Pursues Aang while attacking, leaping onto a house and flipping onto the rooftop ^S3E18

Firebending

Fireblasts - Produces Heat

• Incinerates a banner binding his torso ^S1E2
• Scorches the deck by Zhao's head ^S1E3
• Melts through ice enclosing him, and produces steam while combating Katara ^S1E19
• Melts through ice binding him in the morning when the Sun rises, and overpowers Katara's water shield to knock her out ^S1E19
• Shoots through a bow to sever a bowstring ^S2E11
• Blasts the ground, sending out cinders ^S2E20
• Eventually helps overwhelm Katara's defenses alongside Azula ^S2E20
• Wakes up and reflexively throws a wave of flame that burns Toph from behind her earth shield ^S3E12
• Lights a tree aflame ^S3E18
• Overheats a game with metal rods designed to absorb firebending, breaking it and setting it alight ^LA
• Melts away ice binding Azula's limbs ^TS

Fireblasts - Produces Force Against Material

• Throws repeated fireblasts at Aang that eventually disarms him of his staff and knocks him overboard ^S1E2
• Together with Iroh, releases a fireblast that brings down a large chunk of glacier that buries half their ship ^S1E2
• Rips through wooden beams ^S1E15
• Curves a fireball past Zhao to destroy part of a structure in front of him, then sends out more debris with subsequent blasts ^S1E20
• Blasts back his attacker, and then fires through their stone defense to launch them into a wall where rubble collapses around him ^S2E7
• Possibly blasts a hole in a wall to aid he and Iroh's escape ^S2E20
• Releases a large blast that tears through Aang's crystal defense ^S2E20
• Blasts through stone statues ^S3E18
• Blasts apart several sand sculptures ^S3E18
• Blasts through a roof and explodes apart furniture ^S3E18
• Shatter chain links binding Azula's legs together ^TS

Fireblasts - Produces Force Against People

• Blasts away Kyoshi Warriors surrounding him ^S1E4
• Downs two earthbenders in quick succession ^S1E7
• Exchanges fireblasts with Zhao while dueling him and blasts him away ^S1E20
• Blasts over two of Azula's guards simultaneously ^S2E1
• Blasts Mongke off his mount ^S2E11
• Blasts back Aang, who shielded the blast ^S2E20
• Blasts Azula off a rooftop ^S&S

Fireblasts - Scaling

• Matches blasts with Aang, cratering them both into shingled roofs before they continue fighting shortly after ^S1E15
• Matches fireblasts with Azula, blasting them both a distance away ^S3E16
• Matches comet-enhanced blasts of fire with Azula ^S3E20
• Trades comet-enhanced blasts of fire with Azula ^S3E20
• Matches blasts with Azula ^S&S

Fireblasts w/o Reference

• Throws an arc of flame over villagers' heads to intimidate them ^S1E2
• Throws fire at Aang that, when deflected, threatens nearby villagers ^S1E2
• Throws several fireblasts at Aang, who evades them ^S1E2
• Blasts at Azula, but the Dai Li intercept it with a wall ^S2E20
• Produces flames while practicing with Aang ^S3E13
• Stokes the engine of a hot air balloon, though nothing he does matters once they float into air hotter than the balloon ^S3E14
• Throws a fireball as a distraction to spring from a cell before a guard or Mai can respond ^S3E15
• Practices firebending alongside Aang ^S3E17
• Attempts opening a firebending mechanism alongside Aang ^S&S
• Blasts the ground with fire to hold attackers back ^N&S

Constructs

• Creates flame daggers he wields against Azula ^S2E1
• Creates whips which tear through crystal and stone ^S2E20
• Breaks Katara's watery tentacles, then opposes them with his whips ^S2E20
• Encircles a hallway in flame and expands it out down the hallway ^S3E18
• Threatens a man with a plume of flame and a flame dagger ^TP
• Holds several soldiers at bay with a brief wall of flame ^TP
• Duels Azula with flame daggers ^S&S

Defense
Against Others

• Raises a fire shield just before an explosion that destroys his ship hits him, escaping with a few cuts and bruises ^S1E18
• Blocks two simultaneous fire blasts ^S2E1
• Creates a fire shield that protects from Combustion Man's blast, though it does throw Zuko off a cliffside ^S3E12
• Blocks guards' fireblasts ^S3E15
• Intercept several fireblasts in succession ^S3E16
• Blocks three firebenders' simultaneous blasts, swirling it into a tornado of multicolored flame he dissipates ^S&S

Against Azula

• Blocks Azula's blast with a fire shield, though still thrown back through a wooden structure ^S2E8
• Blocks and evades Azula's fireblasts while fighting alongside Sokka on an unsteady gondola ^S3E14
• Slaps away several of Azula's fireblasts before matching her with one of his own ^S3E16
• Releases swirling plumes of flame, amplifies his leap, and defends from Azula's fireblasts ^S3E20
• Blocks Azula's fireblast and evaporates frozen shuriken petals with a flame shield ^TS
• Blocks a fireblast from Azula ^TS
• Splits Azula's fireblast around him ^TS
• Matches blasts with Azula ^S&S

Control

• Flares candle up into large plumes of flame ^S1E4
• Stokes a campfire into a huge column of flame before it burns out immediately after ^S3E5
• Holds and maintains a flame he carries up a mountain ^S3E13
• Extinguishes flames around his throne with a wave of his hand ^TP
• Extinguishes flames from he and Azula's duel ^TS
• Opens a passageway and lights his way ^S&S
• Offers to adjust a flame he uses to light his path ^S&S
• Extinguishes flames burning a rope bridge, though it still snaps right after ^N&S

Body heat

• Melts snow off of him ^S1E2
• Heats his hands underwater enough to melt through ice ^S1E19
• Warms himself from a swim in freezing water ^S1E19
• Warms himself while locked in a cooler meant to restrict firebending ^S3E14
• His hand hisses as it steams against Azula's armor ^TS

Lightning

• Tries lightningbending, but it just explodes him back, which continues to happen before Iroh explains he will never be able to lightningbend until Zuko resolves his inner turmoil ^S2E9
• Redirects lightning from Ozai, creating an explosion that throws Ozai back ^S3E11
• Trains Aang in redirecting lightning ^S3E18
• Intercepts Azula's lightning blast, nearly dying after improperly redirecting it, though back up after Katara heals him ^S3E20-21
• Redirects Azula's lightning, dissipating it into the air ^TS
• Redirects Azula's lightning back at her, smashing her through furniture ^TS
• Redirects Azula's lightning, though this time she manages to redirect it back ^S&S

Misc.

• Breathes fire and smoke that fills a room ^S1E9
• Amplifies his leap during Sozin's Comet ^S3E20
• Grabs Kuei while on a cliffside and rockets them both up to safety ^N&S

Skills & Equipment

Firebending - General

• Drills in basic firebending against 2 sparring partners under Iroh's tutelage, who emphasizes the importance of breath in firebending ^S1E1
• Lights every lamp in a city square with quick precise shots ^S2E15
• Loses his connection with firebending, limiting his abilities, and believes is powers were formerly fueled by his rage, but regains it after passing the Sun Warriors' trial ^S3E13
• Fights several attackers at once ^S&S
• Old Zuko duels with Ghazan, though gets downed by a boulder long enough for the Red Lotus to escape ^{LoK S3E4}
• Zuko is considered a master of firebending and lightning redirection ^AL

Firebending - Against Zhao

• Exchanges fireblasts with Zhao, nearly getting overwhelmed but outfights him in their duel by breaking Zhao's balance ^S1E3
• Curves a fireball past Zhao to destroy part of a structure in front of him, then sends out more debris with subsequent blasts ^S1E20
• Exchanges fireblasts with Zhao while dueling him and blasts him away ^S1E20
• Overpowers Zhao in their last duel ^S1E20

Firebending - Against Azula

• Struggles to land attacks on Azula in their first duel ^S2E1
• Still struggles against Azula during their next fight which involved several other combatants ^S2E8
• Begins fighting more evenly against Azula while alongside Sokka on an unsteady gondola ^S3E14
• Duels evenly with Azula with no decisive victor ^S3E16
• Duels evenly with Azula during Sozin's Comet throughout their battle which ends when Azula utilizes trickery ^S3E20
• Exchanges attacks with Azula and gets the better of her ^TS
• Azula gets a surprise attack on Zuko who then outduels her ^TS
• In their latest fights they are more evenly matched, though Azula more often gets the upper hand ^S&S

Nonbending Combat

• Incapacitates several firebenders without using firebending himself, using a throwing knife to disable an alarm and a bucket of water to douse one attacker's flame ^S1E13
• Disarms a man and flings him away to steal his swords ^S2E4
• Outfights 3 armed men quickly without needing to draw his swords ^S2E7
• Grappled from behind and quickly throws his attacker off to incapacitate them ^S3E15

Swordsmanship

• Slices apart chains, and then the manacles off Aang's limbs ^S1E13
• Holds off multiple spearmen, slicing apart their spears ^S1E13
• Holds off spearmen surrounding him and attacking from all sides ^S1E13
• Slices apart a wooden pole carrying barrels of food ^S2E5
• Slices through a carriage roof ^S2E5
• Stabs into a tree trunk even while wielded improperly by a child ^S2E7
• Deflects several earthbending attacks with his swords, breaking rocks apart with his swords ^S2E7
• Neatly stacks bowls of food using his swords ^S2E12
• Swordfights with Jet with both fighting evenly before their fight is interrupted ^S2E14
• Trained with Piandao as a kid, and beats Sokka several times in their duels ^LA

Infiltration

• Spies on high-ranking Fire Nation officials without being detected ^S1E13
• Infiltrates a Fire Nation fort discreetly ^S1E13
• Uses his own apparent death as a ruse to stowaway on Zhao's ship and infiltrate Agna Qel'a ^S1E18
• Penetrates a well-guarded city by following animals underwater ^S1E19
• Successfully lays a decoy that allows him to surprise a Dai Li agent from behind ^S2E17

Druk

• Druk flies to the Northern Water Tribe carrying Zuko and Tonraq ^LoKS3E3
• Druk breathes fire that engulfs P'Li and Ming-Hua, though P'Li firebends it ^{LoK S3E4}
• P'Li blasts Druk out of the air, removing him from the fight ^{LoK S3E4}
• Druk scares camels ^LoK3E10
• Zuko has saddlebags strapped to Druk to prepare for their journey ^LoKS3E11
• Druk gets up from a nap and flies out of the way of a landing airship, perching on a wall at the Misty Palms Oasis before flying to Zaofu ^LoK3E11

i love warm weather and stuff but it feels like spring went by too fast. the weather was perfect for opening windows and sitting outside now it’s going to be hot every day.
my room is like hell in the summer the sun beats on my windows all day starting at noon and it gets really hot and stuffy easy.

Where: Pukaskwa National Park, Ontario
When: May 15-22, 2023
Distance: ~120km round trip, ~350m elevation gain (according to official signage)
Weather: Mostly sunny with highs in low teens during the day, and low single digits overnight. One day of light rain.
Bugs: None!
Lighterpack: https://lighterpack.com/rd4iwc
Details:
TL;DR: Incredible trip: mostly perfect weather, no bugs, stunning and varied terrain. Not as strenuous as, say, La Cloche in Killarney PP (Ontario), but a few technical sections. Highly recommend.
Crowds: The park opened on Monday, May 15 and I was the first one on trail this season. As a result, I was making fresh tracks and didn’t see another person from Monday afternoon until my last night on Sunday, May 21. Given the linear, there-and-back nature of the trail and the lack of other footprints on my return, I’m fairly certain I was likely the only person on trail for six days, which is pretty incredible and a first for me.
Trail conditions: I had to deal with a variety of debris and trees that fell over the course of the winter. Nothing unmanageable, but I took notes of a few of the worst ones to help park staff target their spring clean up efforts. Otherwise, a few areas of the trail were muddy or flooded, likely from spring run-off, but these I could mostly navigate around and some of it had improved by the time I made my way back a few days later (e.g. east of Chigamiwinigum Falls).
Route finding: The trail has a reputation for tricky route finding. I actually found it pretty straightforward for the most part. Whenever I felt off trail, I could usually find my way within a minute or two and only really needed my GPS in a few sections. I built up a few cairns on the rocky sections, but what is currently there is largely sufficient. The forest sections are generally fine, with a few exceptions, mostly due to tree fall. My main observation is that trail signage, where it exists, is inconsistent in form: sometimes it’s a faded yellow sign, occasionally a rare blue sign, sometime an orange ribbon, or just a cairn. But overall, it’s not bad if you use your eyes and common sense. For those who have hiked La Cloche, I actually found that trail harder to navigate, even with its consistent blazes.
River crossings: The trail involved river crossings at White Gravel River and North Swallow River. White Gravel was knee deep at the shallowest point and a bit technical due to the convergence of the river flowing into oncoming waves. The water was frigid, but it’s a short crossing, so manageable. North Swallow is less than knee deep where runs into North Swallow Harbour and is not a big deal.
Campsites: Most of the campsite are located in harbours or waterfront, either along a beachy section or rocky coast. I didn’t stay at a single site with a bad view, but the infrastructure around the firepits is consistently dilapidated. Park staff informed me that, being a ‘wilderness park’, no maintenance is done to benches, etc. Park staff only manage the comically over-built outhouses and bear lockers. Again, all sites were fine, but the most noteworthy of the bunch I stayed at were WR1 at Willow River (a must if available), WGR1 at White Gravel River (keeping in mind that you’ll have to ford the river immediately out the gate if traveling south), and WSH1 at White Spruce Harbour (just a nice site with beach and rocky features).
Gear: Everything I brought got used with the exception of my insect repellant and head net. Baring any gear upgrades for further weight savings, I wouldn’t change any thing on my pack list.
While every campsite has a metal food locker, I reluctantly brought my bear canister (BV500) because some of the lockers are reportedly not rodent proof and I wanted to ensure my food was safe (bear hangs are not permitted in the park). I did try to purchase an Ursack, but Amazon cancelled my order, so I just went with the trusty BV500 despite the additional 2.5 lbs.
Food: My food weighed about 11 lbs and consisted of the usual hiker stuff. Most of my dinners were variations on Andrew Skurka recipes or ramen packs with added dehydrated veg and protein. I brought one store bought freeze dried just for fun.