Nursing costs, which include nursing salaries and supplies, accounted for over 40. percent of total nursing home costs among the states examined (see Table 3.2). Nursing costs in Minnesota nursing homes averaged $39.13 per day, and were be-. tween 8 percent and 37 percent more than neighboring states.
Interview by Kristin Farr // Artwork by Jamie Hewlett. In 1998, Jamie Hewlett drew a virtual band that became world famous. Gorillaz consists of four cartoon members with four distinct personalities: 2-D, Noodle, Russel Hobbs and Murdoc Niccals, who are brought to life by Hewlett and an ever-evolving crew of musicians.
The Crips are a primarily African-American gang. They were founded in Los Angeles, California in 1969 mainly by Raymond Washington and Stanley Williams. What was once a single alliance between two autonomous gangs is now a loosely connected network of individual sets, often engaged in open warfare with one another. The Crips are one of the largest and most violent associations of street gangs in the United States, with an estimated 30,000 to 35,000 members.