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John McDonnell has graciously shared with readers of the Victorian Web his website with the electronic text, including scanned images, of the anonymous London Characters and the Humourous Side of London Life. With Upwards of 70 Illustrations apparently by a "Mr. Jones," which the London firm Stanley Rivers & Co. published in 1871. Brackets indicate explanatory material, such as interpretations of contemporary slang, by Mr. McDonnell. [Decorated initial "T" by Laurence Housman for one of his own books. — George P. Landow.]
he Thumbnail Sketcher will often find an amusing if not a profitable occupation in attentively noticing the peculiarities of almost any one person who happens to be walking in his direction. It is astonishing how much of a total stranger's tastes and habits may be learnt by simply following him through half a mile of crowded thoroughfare. You will find, perhaps, that he stops at all print-shops; if so, he has a taste, good or bad, for art in certain of its branches, and you can form an idea as to the quality of that taste by taking note of the pictures that principally arrest his attention. Is that the "Phryne De'couverte" that he is admiring? Ah! I fear his taste for art is not so immaculate as it should be. He is stopping now at a fashionable perfumer's, and he is reading an account of the marvellous deceptive powers of the "Indistinguishable scalp,"---a fact that directs my attention to so much of his hair as I can see below his hat-brim, and I notice that it stands out unnaturally from the nape of the neck. His next pause is at the shop of an eminent Italian warehouseman, and as his eyes glisten over pots of caviare, Lyons sausages, and pates de foie gras, I conclude that he is a bon vivant. A pretty woman passes him, and he makes a half-turn in her direction---a sad dog, I'm afraid. Another and a prettier woman overtakes him, and he hurries his pace that he may keep up with her---a very sad dog, I'm sure. He passes the shop of a flashy tailor, and gazes admiringly at a pair of trousers that seem to scream aloud---so he must be a bit of a "cad." Opticians' shops have no charms for him, so his tastes do not take a scientific form; and as he passes a window full of Aldines and Elzevirs, I suppose he is not a ripe scholar. A glass case of grinning teeth pulls him up, so I conclude that his powers of mastication are giving way, and as he takes off his hat to a gentleman who only touches his own in reply, I see that his social position is not eminent. Playbills seem to possess an extraordinary fascination for him, and he dawdles for half an hour at a time over photographic Menkens and Abingdons---he is evidently a patron of the drama in its more objectionable forms. He crosses crowded thoroughfares without hesitation, so he is a Londoner, and I see from the fact that he stops to buy a "Bradshaw," that he is going out of town. Another provision shop arrests his attention, and I feel confirmed in the conclusion I have arrived at that he is an epicure, practical or theoretical; and as I eventually lose him in a cheap eating-house, I render the latter alternative the more probable of the two. Altogether I have seen enough of him to justify me in determining that a personal acquaintance with him is not an advantage which I would go through fire and water to obtain.
It frequently happens, however, that a pretty accurate notion of a man's habits and character may be arrived at without taking all this trouble. A glance is often sufficient to enable an observant Thumbnail Sketcher to satisfy himself, at all events, on these points; and so that he himself is satisfied, it matters little whether he is right or wrong in his deductions. Here is a gentleman about whom their can be no mistake. He is a Promoter of Public Companies. He will, at ten days' notice, get you up an association for any legitimate purpose you may think fit, and a good many illegitimate ones into the bargain. He is a specious, showy, flashily-dressed knowing-looking gentleman, with a general knowledge of most things, and an especial and particular acquaintance with the manners and customs of fools in general. He has served an apprenticeship in a good many excellent schools. He was an attorney once, but he was young then, and blundered, so they struck him off the rolls. He afterwards jobbed on the Stock Exchange, but (being still young) he misappropriated funds, and although he was not prosecuted, he found it convenient to steer clear of that commercial Tattersall's for the future. He then became clerk to a general agent, and afterwards touted for a respectable discounter. He made a little money at this, and determined to give legitimate commerce a turn. so he opened a mock auction, and sold massive silver tea-services and chronometers of extraordinary value, all day long, to two faded females and three dissipated Jewish lads of seedy aspect but unlimited resources. The district magistrates, however, took it upon themselves to post policemen at his door to warn would-be customers away, so he turned his hand to betting, and succeeded so well that he soon found himself in a position to take a higher stand. He got up a Company, with six other influential Betters, for the supply of street-lamps to Central Africa, showing in his prospectus, that where street lamps were to be found, houses would soon be gathered together, and houses, if gathered together in sufficient numbers, formed important cities, a large proportion of the revenues of which would, of course, flow into the pockets of the public-spirited shareholders. The "Central Africa Street Lamp Company (Limited)" flourished for a short time only, but it enabled him to form a connection by which he lives and flourishes. He is very disinterested in all his undertakings: he never cares to share in the profits of his Promotions---he is good enough to leave them all to his shareholders. All he wants is a sum down or a good bill at three months, and the Company, once set a-going, will never be troubled with him again. His varied experience has taught him many useful lessons---and this among others, that only fools take to illegitimate swindling.
Who is this dull and bilious man? He is a high-class journalist and essayist, whose pride and boast it is that he has never written for a penny paper. Being a heavy and a lifeless writer, he entertains a withering contempt for amusing literature of every description. He takes the historical plays of Shakespeare under his wing, and extends his pompous patronage to Sheridan Knowles and all other deceased dramatists who wrote in five acts, only he never goes to see their productions played. Upon modern dramas of all kinds he is extremely severe, and he lashes burlesque writers (when he condescends to notice them) without mercy. He has never been known to amuse anybody in the whole course of his literary career, and would no more make a joke than he would throw a summersault. In the early stages of his career he made a comfortable income by writing sermons for idle clergymen, and his facility for arguing in circles, combined with a natural aptitude for grouping his remarks under three heads and a "Lastly," made him popular with his more orthodox customers, so he always had plenty to do. He used to sell his sermons to London clergymen as modern dramatic authors sell their plays to London managers---reserving the "country right" and farming them through the provinces, with important pecuniary results. He is generally to be found in the bar-parlours of solemn taverns, where he presides as Sir Oracle over a group of heavy-headed but believing tradesmen. He is a contributor to all religious magazines of every denomination, and is usually regarded by his intimate friends as a ripe, but wholly incomprehensible scholar.
Our next is an artist's model. He is a shocking old scamp with a virtuous beard, and a general air of the patriarch Moses gone to the bad. He was once a trooper in a regiment of Life Guards, but he drank to such an extent that he was requested to resign. In the course of a period of enforced leisure he grew his beard, and as it happened to grow Mosaically, he became popular with artists of the high art school, and he found it worth his while to let himself out for hire at per hour. Artists are men of liberal souls, who don't care how much their models may drink so that they don't come drunk into the studio; but they are extremely particular upon this latter point, and the patriarch does not always respect their prejudices. So it often happens that his time is at his disposal, and when this happens he engages himself as a theatre supernumerary. He has been convicted of dishonesty on two or three occasions, and was once sent for trial and sentenced to penal servitude for three years. He has a way of advertising himself by taking off his hat and showing his forehead and hair (which are really good) whenever he sees a gentleman in a velvet coat and eccentric beard.
Then comes a gentleman whose source of income is a standing wonder to all his friends. Nobody can tell how he gets his living. Sometimes he is very flush of ready money and sometimes he is hard up for half-a-crown. His mode of life is altogether contradictory and inconsistent. He lives in a small house in a fifth-rate square, and his household consists of himself, a depressed wife, five untidy children, and two maidservants. But, on the other hand, he drives magnificent horses in irreproachable phaetons, gives elaborate dinners, with all sorts of out-of-season delicacies, has his stall at the Opera, and drives to all races in a four-in-hand of his own hiring. Times have been when the showy phaeton was returned to the livery-stable keeper, and when Mr. Charles had orders to send him no more salmon---when he and his family have been known to feed on chops and rice pudding---when his hall has entertained a succession of dunning [demanding payment] tradesmen from nine in the morning till nine at night---and when he himself had been seen outside omnibuses. But these occasional periods of monetary depression have passed away, and he has come out of them with renewed splendour. A phaeton and pair (only not the same) await his orders as before, and salmon at a guinea a pound forms the least extravagant feature of his daily meal. Now and then he disappears from his neighbourhood for six months at a time, and his tradesmen are left to tell the stories of their wrongs to the maidservant over the area railings. But he turns up again, in course of time, pays them off, and so gets fresh credit. Altogether he is a social mystery. The only hypothesis that appears to account for these phenomena is that he keeps a gaming house.
Here is poor young Aldershot. He is very young and very foolish, but he will grow older and wiser, and his faults may be pardoned. On the strength of his [military] commission, and a singularly slender allowance, he is able to get credit for almost any amount, and what wonder that he avails himself of the opportunity? The great mistake of his life is that he does harmless things to excess. He over eats, he over drinks, he over rides, he over dances, he over smokes, and he over dresses. He has no distinctive points beyond these---his other qualifications are mostly negative. He is at present simply a smoky donkey with a developed taste for mild vice, a devoted faith in his autocratic tailor, and a confirmed objection to the wedding tie. He will grow out of all this, if he has the good luck to spend ten or fifteen years in India, and he will return a big, burly, bronzed captain with hair on his hands, and a breast like a watch-maker's shop. The nonsense will have been knocked out of him by that time, and his views on the subject of matrimony will change.
The following gentleman has seen better days. He was once a prizefighter and kept a public house upon which he promised to thrive, but the police and the licensing magistrates interfered, and one fine morning he found his occupation gone. In point of fact his public house (which was in Lant Street, Borough) became known as a rendezvous for thieves of the worst class, and his license was consequently suspended. His figure developed too rapidly to allow of his following his other calling with credit, so he had nothing for it but to turn his hand to card-sharping and patter-business on race-courses and at street corners. He is gifted with a loud voice, an ad captandum manner, and a fluent delivery, and in the assumed character of a gentleman who has undertaken to dispose of a certain number of purses with sovereigns in them for one shilling, in accordance with the terms of a bet of ten thousand guineas made between two sporting noblemen of acknowledged celebrity, he manages to net a very decent livelihood.
The Thumbnail Sketcher's partiality for the London streets may be attributed, in a great measure, to the fact that, being a person of no consideration whatever elsewhere, he becomes, as soon as he places his foot upon the pavement, an autocrat invested with powers and privileges of the most despotic description. It is then in his power to inconvenience his fellow-man to an extent unknown in any other sphere of action, excepting perhaps a theatre. A man who goes forth in the morning with the determination of annoying as many people as possible during the day, without bringing himself within the pale of the law, has an exciting, and at the same time perfectly safe, career before him. It is then open to him to annoy hurried people by asking them the way to obscure or impossible addresses. He can call at and inspect all the apartments to be let upon his road; he may buy oranges (if that luscious fruit is in season) and scatter the peel broadcast on the pavement; he may, by quietly munching a strong onion, drive a crowd from a print-seller's window; and he can, at any time, reassemble one by disputing with a cabman on the matter of his fare. He may delay a street-full of busy people by stopping his Hansom in (say) Threadneedle Street; and he may, in half a dozen words, carefully selected, put the whole mechanism of the London police into operation. He may delay an omnibus-full of people by pretending to have dropped a sovereign in the straw, and if it is a wet day, he can spoil any lady's dress with his muddy boots or his wet umbrella. He can at any time, on a narrow pavement, drive well-dressed ladies into the roadway, a pastime popular enough with the politest nation in the world, but which has hardly yet acquired a recognized footing among coarse and brutal Englishmen. In short, he has it in his power to make himself an unmitigated nuisance with perfect impunity; and it is a creditable feature in his character that he does not often take advantage of his privilege. He is satisfied with the power vested in him, without caring to set its machinery in motion without due provocation.
The prerogative which I have here claimed for the Thumbnail Sketcher is not his alone; it is shared in a greater or less degree by all. Indeed the humbler and more filthy the passenger, the more marked are his privileges. The organ-grinder has it in his power to poison the atmosphere with his hideous and distracting music whenever he pleases; the costermonger and dustman may make morn hideous with their professional yells; German bands may bray wherever they choose, and Punch-and-Judy-men crow and chuckle in every street; while the wealthy and comparatively inoffensive bone-crusher, soap-boiler, knacker, or tanner is liable at any moment to be indicted as a nuisance if he happens to be in evil odour with his neighbors. The state of things is altogether an anomaly, but the humbler classes in whose favour it operates might surely be disposed to take the many benefits they derive from it as a set-off to the manhood suffrage which is not yet accorded to them. It may be taken indeed as a moral certainty that hardly a man walks into a London street without causing an inconvenience of greater or less magnitude to some of his fellow-passengers. But it is not the fashion to estimate moral certainties as physical certainties are estimated, and therefore people are allowed to walk abroad whenever they please without regard to the fearful annoyance that may be caused to a refined and sensitive organization by an outrageous hat, a taste for bad cigars, or a passion for peppermint drops. It is instructive, by the way, to contrast the utter irresponsibilty of a moral certainty with the absolute responsibility of a physical certainty. A certainty is a certainty, whether it be moral or physical; it is a moral certainty that in the course of the erection of (say) the new Law Courts at least a dozen people will be accidentally killed, yet nobody would dream of stopping the works on that account. But if it were possible to enter into an exceptional arrangement with Fate, by which the deliberate slaughter of one man before the first stone was laid would secure absolute immunity for the hundreds of others whose lives would otherwise be in daily peril during the eight or ten years which must elapse before the works are completed, society would protest with one voice against the inhuman compact, and the contractor who entered into it would be branded as a cold-blooded murderer. But from a politico-economical point of view he would be a conspicuous benefactor to his species.
The Thumbnail Sketcher, having now let off his superfluous steam, proposes once more to take the reader by the arm and direct his attention to half a dozen more of the involuntary models who unwittingly provided him with amusement and instruction whenever he takes his walks abroad.
Here is an amusing example of that bland, gentlemanly, useful humbug the fourth-rate family doctor. Although undoubtedly a humbug, he is not a quack. His professional acquirements are quite up to the average mark, although they seldom go beyond it. He has satisfied the College of Surgeons and he has passed the Hall with decency; he has even, perhaps, graduated an M.B. at London, and is consequently styled Doctor by courtesy. But he is a humbug for all that. He is not satisfied with the average professional status to which his average professional acquirements and average professional brain would, if honestly worked, confine him; he soars high above this, on the strength of a bland, impressive manner, an imposing presence, and a certain quiet audacity in prescribing eccentric but harmless remedies for fanciful complaints. He is much too sensible a fellow to go beyond his depth, but his depth is a tolerably deep one, and his plan of elevating himself on moral tiptoes makes it appear considerably deeper than it really is. As I said before, with all his humbug and pretence he can, if he likes, be really useful, and his waiting-room is daily thronged with real or fanciful sufferers, who are quite justified in placing a modest belief in him. Their mistake consists in believing in him absolutely, on the mere strength of a bland, impressive presence.
Who is this red-faced, white-haired, pompous old gentleman who is holding forth in a window of the "Senior?" He is an old officer who retired on half-pay forty years ago, a humble, blundering captain, and who, by dint of long standing, has worked his way up into the dignified list of generals. When in active service he knew absolutely nothing of his duty; he was the stock regimental by-word whenever the subject of military incompetence was broached. He was the scapegoat upon whose shoulders the responsibility of all regimental blunders was laid, and subalterns, six weeks old, would pose him with impossible questions and record his oracular replies. Now, however, that he has been cut off for forty years or so from anything in the shape of practical experience in military matters, and so has attained the rank of major-general, he is looked upon as an important authority on the organization of armies, and advanced strategy. He is a county magistrate and a member of an important borough, and his orations on Horse-Guards mismanagement and military innovations, though little regarded in the House, are looked upon by the outside public with a respect which is born rather of his military rank than of his military knowledge.
On next page stands an anomalous gentleman, one of a group of four seedy but flashy individuals who are loafing about the doors of a theatrical public-house in Bow Street. He is an ex-equestrian, and the proprietor of a traveling circus. A few years ago he was known as that daring and graceful rider Annibale Corinski, whose "Courier of the Dardanelles" on fourteen horses was justly celebrated as the most thrilling performance ever witnessed in this or any other country. But Annibale grew too fat for the business, so he married the widow of his late employer and set up as a circus proprietor on his own account. His present position, as master of the ring, is one of qualified dignity. It is true that, by virtue of his office, he is entitled to appear in a braided military frock, jack-boots, and a gold-lace cap; but he has, on the other hand, to submit to nightly affronts from ill-conditioned jesters, whose mildest insults take the form of riddles with offensive answers, calculated to cover him publicly with confusion.
Here comes a tall, soldierly man in civilian clothes. He is soldierly in his carriage, only he has no moustache, and his little black eyes are quick and restless. He is awake to most things, and his only delusion is that, being a policeman in plain clothes, he looks like a prosperous shopkeeper, a confidential clerk, a nobleman of easy manners, or a country yokel in town for a "spree," according to the characters which the peculiarities of his several cases require him to assume. But the disguises are a failure. The more he disguises himself the more he looks like a policeman in plain clothes, and as long as he continues in the force his official identity will assert itself.
Now appears a curious old bachelor of eccentric habits. Nobody knows much about him, except a confidential man-servant who effectually defeats any attempt to pump him on the subject of his master's eccentricities. All that is known of him is that he lives in a lodging-house in Duke-street, St. James's. His valet is the only person who is ever allowed to enter his room; his meals, carefully but not expensively organised, are served with extraodinary punctuality; he has a horror of children and tobacco, and a nervous dread of Hansom cabs; he takes a walk, between two and three every afternoon, round St. James's Square, along Pall Mall, up St. James's Street, and so home, stopping regularly at Sam's to look at the profile pictures of distingished sporting and other noblemen, and finishing up with a Bath bun and a glass of cherry-brandy at the corner of Bond-street. He is supposed by some to be a fraudulent banker, by others a disgraced clergyman, by others an escaped convict of desperate character, and by the more rational portion of his observers as a harmless monomaniac. He never gives his name, and his lodgings are taken for him by his valet. There is a rumour afloat that he is a royal descendant of Hannah Lightfoot, and that he is only waiting for an opportunity to declare his rights and step at once into the throne of England; but I believe that this theory is confined to an imaginative and romantic few.
Here is one of those miserable ghosts that start up from time to time in the London streets, to sicken the rich man of his wealth and to disgust the happy man with his happiness. If the wretched object before us could put his thoughts into intelligible English, what a story of misery, want, filth, sickness, and crime he could unfold! He is of course a thief; who in his situation would not be? He is a liar; but his lies are told for bread. He is a blasphemer; God help him, what has he to be thankful for? He is filthy in his person; but filth means warmth in his vocabulary. He pushes his way insolently among well-dressed women, who shrink from his infected rags; why should he respect those whose only regard for him is a feeling of undisguised aversion? He can tell you of open-air places where there is snug lying; places where you can sleep with tolerable comfort for nothing; he can tell you all about the different houses of detection, criminal gaols, police-cells, and tramp-wards in the neighbourhood of the metropolis; and he can compare their various merits and demerits, and strike a balance in favour of this or that. He has been a thief since he could walk, and he will be a thief till he dies---it is the only trade that has ever been opened to him, and in his case it has proved a poor one. Truly he is one of the saddest sights in the London streets.
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COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (Monday, May 6, 2013) – The Colorado Rapids announced today that the club has acquired Germán Mera, a 23-year-old Colombian defender, on loan from Deportivo Cali in Colombia until the end of the 2013 MLS season. Mera will be eligible pending receipt of his P-1 work visa and International Transfer Certificate.
"Germán is a big, strong and talented young defender with experience at the top level in Colombia," said Rapids Technical Director Paul Bravo. "Bringing him in gives us some good depth along the back line, as he can play both centrally and on the left. We're looking forward to welcoming him to the club."
Mera comes to Colorado having spent the last three seasons with Deportivo Cali in the Colombian Primera A, the country's top league, where he played a total of 56 games (53 starts) in league and cup play. He also appeared for Cali in the 2011 Copa Sudamericana, an international tournament for South American club teams. Colorado acquired Mera on loan on the last day of MLS' first transfer window, and the defender will occupy both a roster and International slot that is available because the Rapids have players on the Disabled List.
The Rapids, coming off a 1-0 win over Toronto FC on Saturday, will visit the Columbus Crew this Saturday, May 11, and the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday, May 18, with both matches being broadcast live on Altitude with play-by-play man Richard Fleming and former U.S. National Team star Marcelo Balboa. The Rapids return to Dick's Sporting Goods Park on May 25 at 7:00 p.m. to face Chivas USA. For more information on the team, or to purchase tickets, visit www.ColoradoRapids.com or call 303-825-GOAL.
TRANSACTION: Colorado Rapids sign Germán Mera as an International Player on May 6, 2013.
Germán Mera
Full Name: Germán Mera Cáceres
Number: TBD
Position: Defender
Born: March 5, 1990 in Cali, Colombia
Hometown: Cali, Colombia
Citizenship: Colombia
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 185
Last Team: Deportivo Cali (COL)
Acquired: Signed by the Rapids on May 6, 2013 as an International Player.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - An admission by Lance Armstrong that he used performance-enhancing drugs during his cycling career could create new legal headaches for the former seven-time Tour de France champion, according to legal experts.
USA Today and other media said on Monday that Armstrong confessed to doping in an interview with Oprah Winfrey to be aired later this week, and the talk show host confirmed the reports on Tuesday on "CBS This Morning."
The U.S. Justice Department, which abandoned a two-year criminal probe into Armstrong last year without bringing charges, could decide to take a fresh look after any admission, though experts deemed that unlikely.
But several civil lawsuits, including a federal whistleblower case filed by former teammate Floyd Landis, would be bolstered by the Texan's admission, they said.
"On one side of the ledger are the legal consequences and the financial exposure, and on the other side are the public relations consequences," said Geoffrey Rapp, a law professor at the University of Toledo in Ohio. "I think he's made the decision that the value of his name, and salvaging something from that, exceeds the legal costs."
Armstrong was stripped of his Tour de France titles and banned from cycling after the U.S. anti-doping agency, USADA, issued a damning report in October detailing reams of evidence that Armstrong had masterminded a sophisticated doping ring for himself and his teammates.
His sponsors, including Nike and Anheuser-Busch, which had stood by him through years of accusations that he steadfastly denied, began deserting him soon after the USADA report.
Unlike other sports stars who have been prosecuted in connection with doping, such as track star Marion Jones and baseball slugger Barry Bonds, Armstrong seems to be safe from perjury or false statement charges, according to legal experts.
His last recorded testimony under oath that he did not use performance enhancers appears to be in a 2005 arbitration case involving a dispute over whether he should receive bonus money in light of doping allegations. The statute of limitations for perjury has expired.
It is not known whether he spoke to federal investigators during their probe.
"Without knowing the details of the interview, it is difficult to read the tea leaves regarding the implications of his admissions," said Matthew Rosengart, a former federal prosecutor. "But it is reasonable to assume that the exposure would likely fall within the civil rather than in the criminal arena."
Andrew Stoltmann, a Chicago lawyer who has represented professional athletes, said if Armstrong confessed, he was running the risk that the government might reconsider a criminal fraud case.
"Why poke the bear?" he said.
Armstrong faces a number of civil claims in addition to the Landis whistleblower case, which accuses Armstrong of defrauding the government by accepting tens of millions of dollars in sponsorship money from the U.S. Postal Service.
The London-based Sunday Times has sued Armstrong over approximately $500,000 it paid him to settle a libel lawsuit stemming from a story accusing him of doping. A Dallas-based company, SCA Promotions, has threatened to sue him to claw back $7.5 million it paid him in bonuses for his Tour de France wins.
In both of those cases, experts said, Armstrong's admission would make it harder to mount a defense.
The biggest danger lies with the whistleblower case, said Matt Orwig, a former federal prosecutor. The False Claims Act, under which the suit was filed, allows whistleblowers to sue on behalf of the government for a percentage of the recovered funds.
Such cases typically gain momentum if the government joins as a plaintiff, a move several media outlets reported is growing likely, and the damages can be tripled under the law. If Armstrong's admission prompts the Justice Department to step in, he would face a steep uphill battle, Orwig said.
"The difference between a case in which the government intervenes and one in which they don't is enormous," he said. "It's a whole different ballgame."
One legal issue unlikely to affect Armstrong is lawsuits filed by angry sponsors to recover money they paid him, Rapp said. While most contracts have morality clauses, sponsors rarely if ever sue athletes for damages; disgraced stars like golfer Tiger Woods haven't faced such claims, for instance.
(Reporting by Joseph Ax; Editing by Noeleen Walder and Christopher Wilson)


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The last time Oscar voters surprised with a best picture winner came eight years ago when Jack Nicholson opened the evening's final envelope, arched those famous eyebrows and announced "Crash."
He then mouthed the word "Whoa!"
Most years, Hollywood insiders have a good idea who will go home with an Academy Award. By the time the Oscars are handed out at the end of a long awards season, clear favorites have emerged from earlier contests.
Going into Sunday's 86th Academy Awards, there are front-runners in the acting, directing and writing categories. But there's one big exception: best picture. That contest has turned into a three-way battle among "Gravity," "12 Years a Slave" and "American Hustle."
The three leading contenders have engaged in a game of awards-season musical chairs since December. "American Hustle" won the top prize from the New York Film Critics Circle. "Gravity" found favor with the Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. "12 Years" and "Hustle" each won best picture awards at the Golden Globes in January.
A week later, "Hustle" took the Screen Actors Guild ensemble award, while the Producers Guild's top prize ended in an unprecedented tie between "Gravity" and "12 Years."
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Never before have the major guilds had a three-way split for their top honor, producing a best picture race so tight that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences took the preemptive step of announcing last month that its balloting system guarantees one winner and one winner only.
"There's going to be genuine suspense this year when that final envelope is opened," says veteran studio awards consultant Tony Angellotti, who doesn't have a horse in this year's race. "And that hasn't happened in some time. 'Argo,' 'The Artist,' 'The King's Speech' … everyone knew those movies were going to win."
The uncertainty stretched the contenders' campaigns all the way through Tuesday, the deadline for the 6,028 academy members to turn in their Oscar ballots. Interviews with dozens of academy members in the last week suggest there is no clear favorite among the top three contenders, with the outcome likely hinging on which one lands the most second- and third-place votes.
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The academy uses a preferential voting system, with members ranking each of the nine nominees one through nine. Movies with the fewest first-place votes are eliminated, with their ballots shifted to next highest-ranked film. The reallocating continues until one movie owns 50% plus one of the voting.
This system, which the academy adopted when it expanded the best picture category in 2009, rewards movies that enjoy a broad consensus. It's one reason why many pundits believe the crowd-pleasing outer space survival story "Gravity" will prevail over "12 Years a Slave," a harrowing look at a free man sold into slavery in pre-Civil War America that includes numerous scenes of brutal punishment.
"I still have friends who haven't watched the movie," says one voter who spoke on condition of anonymity (the academy frowns on members speaking publicly about films in contention).
The three studios in the hunt have spared no expense to keep their movies in academy members' minds. The campaign spending has at least equaled the record amount last year when the deep-pocketed studio backers of "Argo," "Lincoln" and "Life of Pi" spent $10 million and upward on best picture campaigns, industry consultants say.
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Most of the year, movie ads are designed to sell tickets at the box office. But the big ads for Oscar-nominated films running in the Los Angeles Times, New York Times and other media outlets during the 12-day Oscar voting window were aimed squarely at academy members who read those publications.
During the final balloting period, Fox Searchlight ran ads for "12 Years" featuring lead actor Chiwetel Ejiofor and the words "It's time." The not-so-subtle message: "It's time" for Hollywood to honor a film that takes an unflinching look at American slavery.
Reaction among academy members has been mixed. Some have lauded the studio for what they see as a bold campaign. One academy member, referring to speculation that many voters have been reluctant to screen their "12 Years" DVD, said the ad might even have a secondary message: "It's time to man up and watch the damn movie," she said.
Others have viewed the ads as a cynical attempt to shame academy voters — who are predominantly older white men — into casting their ballots for "12 Years."
"Vote for the black movie to win because it's time to do so?" asked one voter. "That's offensive."
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While reactions to the "12 Years" campaign have been all over the map, the ads did maintain the consistent message that "12 Years" merited strong consideration because of its courage to tackle a dark chapter of American history that few other movies have examined.
The film's director, Steve McQueen, attended numerous events that did not include academy members to spread the true story of slave Solomon Northup, including two screenings for students at the Pan African Film Festival in Baldwin Hills.
"At the beginning of all this a friend told me, 'Steve, this picture is more important than you,'" McQueen said after the event. "And it is. People are seeing a time in history that relates to them in the present day and the future."
The London-born McQueen concedes that campaigning isn't his "cup of tea." That attitude represents a marked contrast to the friendly Alfonso Cuaron, his rival for both the director and picture Oscars.
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The Warner Bros. campaign for "Gravity" has reflected the image of its down-to-earth director, spotlighting the movie's innovative technology while trying to emphasize that it was created to serve the emotional journey taken by Sandra Bullock's stranded astronaut. Though that message has been lost on some voters ("You've forgotten the story by the time you've reached your car," said one), Cuaron has steadfastly asserted it since the Telluride Film Festival in September.
"I never thought about making a groundbreaking film," Cuaron said. "It was just the only way to make this story about a woman overcoming adversity."
David O. Russell, Oscar-nominated for director and original screenplay for "Hustle," might have been the most ubiquitous presence on the campaign trail since nominations were announced in January, constantly donning one of his five identical J. Crew three-piece suits to talk about "Hustle" and his filmmaking career.
"How can you complain?" Russell said recently at a benefit event he did for the Santa Monica video store Vidiots. "And you know, if I have to sit on my behind for five hours at an event and watch other people win, so what? I'm just grateful to be included."
The rewards for the winner go beyond bragging rights. A best picture Oscar helps sell more tickets if the movie is still in theaters, and DVDs down the road.
It also cements the legacy of both film and filmmaker, much as a Super Bowl victory does for a winning quarterback. (Ask Peyton Manning.)
"It'd be nice, sure," Russell says, musing on an Oscar win. "But you see that shelf over there," he adds, pointing to a rack of DVDs in Vidiots bearing his name. "To me, that's almost as heavy as an Oscar."
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This is not my first riot but it was definitely the best. It's so good to see solidarity in action, to see prisoners of different races and factions coming together like this. We need more of this before we can really start making positive changes in this system!


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Broken Hearts
The much awaited sequel to Hidden Feelings. The Cullen's are recovering from Bella's death in their own way. But when Jasper goes searching for peace he discovers that love can conquer all.
lots of people said i needed to put a sequel so i did. I'm not sure what to do though but oh well. Enjoy!
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I sat in my room. Bella had died when she jumped from a cliff after we revealed to Edward that we were seeing each other. We had all changed so much. Alice hardly ever went shopping. Emmett never smiled, never laughed. Edward hid in his room. Esme was in mourning for her daughter. Carlisle worked harder then ever, as if he was trying to make up for Bella's death by saving others. Rosalie was quieter, less vain. And I…I focused only on hunting. Other then that, I was like Edward. I hid away from the world. I was surprised that I was still with the others. Alice wouldn't talk to me and Edward refused to acknowledge my existence. In his opinion, I was the reason Bella had jumped. I often thought about that fateful day.
"NO!" Yelled Edward as Bella hurtled over the edge towards the black water beneath. Her body was tossed about in the wind like a rag doll as she fell. Edward and I darted to the edge as she plummeted. Her body disappeared beneath the waves. I jumped after her, as did Edward. We hit the water and swam down. There was no sign of Bella's body. We searched for ages but eventually we had to leave. I stood on the edge of the cliff that night and peered down at the murky water, thinking of Bella.
Bella's funeral had been a trial on all of us. Edward had nearly killed me afterwards.
"You've got a nerve! It's your fault she jumped in the first place! Why the hell are you here?" he shouted. He jumped at me and punched me. I didn't struggle, just let him punch me. I slowly calmed him down.
"Don't you dare fiddle with my emotions Jasper! Get lost!" he jumped off me.
"It's not my fault. You know, love is unconditional! Just accept that I loved her too, Edward" I wasn't angry at him. If I was him, I would have blamed me too.
I spent most of my days in the past. It was better then the present with all the sorrow in the house. The first time I smelt her.
I was walking past a small group of humans, heading towards the cafeteria. Suddenly, the most fragrant scent assailed me. Ouch. It hurt to inhale it. I hurried away from the deadly scent, feeling the venom in my mouth.
The first time I talked to her.
"Are you okay? " I asked. She jumped and I could hear her heart racing. She hadn't noticed me standing here.
"Where are you?" she asked, frightened. I stepped forward into the dappled light.
"Right here" she turned. Then her eyes narrowed.
"You're Edward's brother, aren't you?"
"Yes. Jasper Hale at your service" I did a mock bow and she blushed. Oh, the sight was so beautiful.
Life was hardly bearable anymore. I curled up on my sofa and put on my I Pod. The music was just background noise. I sighed. I got up and walked downstairs.
"I'm going for a walk," I said. Carlisle nodded. We had moved away from Forks right after Bella's funeral. I walked down the forest path, in no particular direction, never slowing, never stopping. Not knowing what I was looking for. Until I found it.
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Week 8 Matches
Friday, Apr 24
CHI - NYC 8 pm ET
COL - DAL 10 pm ET
Saturday, Apr 25
CMB - PHI 7:30 pm ET
NER - RSL 7:30 pm ET
HOU - SKC 8:30 pm ET
VAN - DCU 10:30 pm ET
Sunday, Apr 26
RNY - LAG 5 pm ET
ORL - TOR 7 pm ET
SEA - POR 9:30 pm ET
Idle: MON, SJE
MON plays Club America in Mexico Tues 9 PM
Eastern. I hope they do well so there's some
payoff in making hash of the MLS schedule. The
second leg is in MON a week later.
LAG at RNY should be good. It will be interesting
to see if there's a full house to greet native son
Bruce Arena.
Is Toronto dead? They've lost four straight.
DCU at VAN should be good as well. Two teams high
in the table. Espindola will be back, finally.
Pedro Morales also returns from a one game
Comments? Post below.
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I wonder how much Espindola will play on Saturday given that he hasn't had any live action this year and hates turf. Of course, Arrieta seems to be channeling the spirit of Lionard Pajoy with all of his offsides, so getting Fabi and Silva coupled up on top again sooner than later is crucial. from Weirder Bremen
on Mon 4/20 11:06 ET
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Seven of the top 9 mfls point scorers over the last
4 weeks are keepers.
from Port City Navigators
on Mon 4/20 11:16 ET
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Anyone else more confused this year than usual? I tend to stay
in general state of confusion anyway, but I have no idea what to
do with my team!
from Mohawks
on Mon 4/20 12:26 ET
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Wow used my first transfer like an idiot. Picked up Miazga to
realize he's gone again for U20s...
from Stormin Union
on Mon 4/20 13:37 ET
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It feels weird not having any union players on my team but I
seriously don't see one player who has played consistently
well enough to start. Although if I didn't already have
Shuttleworth and Deric I'd probably get McCarthy, but that's
about it. The Union attack is not good enough, hoping
Aristeguieta was going to be a dominant striker but other than
the RSL game he doesn't look worth the price. His speed and
first touch are lacking and his fellow strikers are
underachieving big-time (Le Toux and Wenger). Pfeffer is
barely out of high school and he looks like our most dangerous
offensive player which is a credit to him but frustrating to see
everyone else on the offense looking lost. Need to do much
better if we're going to make the playoffs this season.
from Weirder Bremen
on Mon 4/20 14:55 ET
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Maidana is probably the best bet. Nice free kick the
other day vs. NE. I think Blake will eventually be
#1 and a good pickup.
from Weirder Bremen
on Mon 4/20 14:59 ET
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It seems most teams have had trouble with double
game weeks this year. CMB is the one exception I can
think of. They're pretty deep.
from Shaolin Mystigods
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@Stanton Park, spot on with the Pajoy reference.
Still, I can imagine Silva playing just behind an
Espi/Arrieta pairing up top. Those two seemed to
complement each other on March 4 vs Alajuelense,
though that's not much evidence to go with.
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From MLSSOCCER.com: "(Miazga) will play in Tuesday�s
friendly against Qatar before returning to the US on
Thursday so he can play in Sunday�s Red Bulls-Galaxy
from Weirder Bremen
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US U23's will play Mexico Wed night:
Villarreal, Shane O'Neil, Luis Gil, etc.
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Has Miazga won a starting job for RNY? from FC Byrd Turgler
on Mon 4/20 20:49 ET
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Maybe...just remember, he's gone for the U-20 WC at the end of May. from Seattle SC
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I like how Duvall plays from Castle Hill Comets
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How likely are the dynamic duo -- Keane and Villa -- to actually
play, versus jetting off to Mazatlan with a supermodel for some
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Artificial lighting has been used to illuminate the nocturnal environment for centuries and continues to expand with urbanization and economic development. Yet, the potential ecological impact of the resultant light pollution has only recently emerged as a major cause for concern. While investigations have demonstrated that artificial lighting can influence organism behaviour, reproductive success and survivorship, none have addressed whether it is altering the composition of communities. We show, for the first time, that invertebrate community composition is affected by proximity to street lighting independently of the time of day. Five major invertebrate groups contributed to compositional differences, resulting in an increase in the number of predatory and scavenging individuals in brightly lit communities. Our results indicate that street lighting changes the environment at higher levels of biological organization than previously recognized, raising the potential that it can alter the structure and function of ecosystems.
1. Introduction
The continuing spread of artificial night-time lighting has resulted in a widespread loss of naturally unlit habitat around the world [1,2]. Yet, there is only limited understanding of the impact that light pollution has on the structure and functioning of ecosystems. Many organisms have evolved to take advantage of natural light regimes in terms of intensity [3,4], periodicity [5,6] and spectral characteristics [7,8]. Artificially illuminating the nocturnal environment changes the predictability of these regimes, potentially affecting foraging, navigation, communication and the regulation of daily and seasonal cycles in a plethora of species [9,10]. Current knowledge of the ecological impact of light pollution is largely limited to its effects on organism physiology [11,12], behaviour [13,14], reproduction [15] and predator–prey interactions [16,17]. No study has yet addressed whether the effect of artificial light pollution on organisms has consequences for higher levels of biological organization, such as changing the abundances of species within communities (community composition). In this study, we asked whether artificial street lighting changes the composition of ground-dwelling invertebrate communities, identified major invertebrate groups whose distributions are affected by street lighting and describe the consequences of such changes for the trophic equilibrium of these communities.
2. Material and methods
To establish the effect of street lighting on communities of ground-dwelling invertebrates, pitfall traps were deployed on grassy vegetation directly under (19.29 ± 1.31 s.e. lux at ground level) and between (3.02 ± 0.14 s.e. lux) 14 high-pressure sodium (HPS) street lights that were 35 m apart (28 traps in total) for three days and three nights on 5–8 August 2011 (a month of peak annual invertebrate abundance) in the town of Helston, Cornwall, UK (50°06′09.06″ N, 5°15′29.83″ W). Cloudy conditions resulted in an intermittently visible first quarter moon during the nocturnal sampling periods (average hourly cloud cover was 7.8, 4.5 and 4.4 oktas on the first, second and third sampling nights, respectively). To test whether proximity to street lighting affected community composition, and did not simply affect species distributions at night, we sampled in a two-way crossed design that compared the nocturnal and diurnal (factor 'time') invertebrate communities under and between street lights (factor 'space'). The contents of the traps were collected 30 min prior to sunrise and sunset, so that nocturnal and diurnal components of the invertebrate community could be identified and enumerated separately for each trap. A non-significant interaction between 'space' and 'time' indicated that any effect of street lighting was independent of whether communities were sampled during the day or the night, leading to the conclusion that street lighting was affecting invertebrate community composition.
Differences in invertebrate abundance (measured as the total number of individuals caught per pitfall trap over the three day sampling period) between patches sampled from under street lights and between street lights were tested using a two-way crossed analysis of variance (ANOVA) conducted on untransformed data. Differences in community composition were tested by conducting a two-way crossed multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) on the Bray–Curtis dissimilarity matrix calculated from species abundance data that were square root transformed to reduce leverage by dominant taxa (CRAN package: vegan). The same analysis was applied to vegetation per cent cover data (estimated within a 50 × 50 cm quadrat at locations adjacent to the pitfall traps) to establish whether street lighting could have indirect effects on invertebrate communities by changing the composition of the plant community that the invertebrates inhabit.
A series of independent tests were performed on the total number of individuals caught within higher taxonomic groupings. Species abundances were pooled into higher taxonomic groupings in order to reduce the high number of zero counts recorded for many species (table 1). Species abundances were also pooled into trophic groups (herbivores, predators, scavengers, detritivores and parasites) to establish how these responded to changes in the distribution of major taxonomic groups. Differences in the abundance of invertebrates within the assigned taxonomic or trophic groups were tested using ANOVA, or zero-adjusted Poisson (ZAP) or zero-adjusted negative binomial (ZANB) regression (CRAN package: pscl) where data displayed high zero inflation or failed to meet the assumption of homogeneity of variances necessary to perform ANOVA. ZAP is typically used for overdispersed zero inflated data, whereas ZANB is used where data display extra overdispersion. A likelihood ratio test (CRAN package: lrtest) was used to determine whether ZANB provided a significantly improved fit to the data compared with ZAP and therefore should be used for the interpretation of results (table 1) [18].
3. Results
A total of 1194 ground-dwelling invertebrates representing 60 taxa were collected during the study. Invertebrates were more abundant within close proximity to street lighting independently of whether communities were sampled during the day or during the night (ANOVA, 'space' × 'time': F1,52 = 0.40, p = 0.529), with pitfall traps which had been deployed under street lights catching an average of 24 ± 2 s.e. individuals over the three-day period, which was significantly higher than pitfall traps deployed in patches between the lights (19 ± 2 s.e. individuals; ANOVA, 'space': F1,52 = 7.68, p = 0.008). The composition of invertebrate communities in patches under the lights was also significantly different from patches between the lights (MANOVA, 'space': F1,52 = 3.95, p = 0.001) independently of whether communities were sampled during the day or during the night (MANOVA, 'space' × 'time': F1,52 = 0.81, p = 0.613). This result indicated that street lighting had a more permanent effect on the composition of invertebrate communities than simply attracting certain species to brightly lit areas at night, which then re-dispersed during the day. The composition of plant communities did not vary with proximity to lighting (one-way MANOVA, 'space': F1,31 = 1.33, p = 0.239), indicating that street lights were having direct effects on invertebrate communities as opposed to indirect effects by re-structuring their habitat.
Harvestmen, ants, ground beetles, woodlice and amphipods were each more abundant in patches under street lights compared with patches between street lights (figure 1 and table 1). This effect was independent of the time of day for harvestmen, ants and ground beetles (figure 1 and table 1), indicating that the distribution of these groups was not limited to the attraction of individuals to street lights at night. We could not test whether differences in the abundance of woodlice and amphipods were independent of sampling time, as no individuals were caught in traps deployed between street lights during the day in each of these groups. However, considering that individuals from these groups were present under street lights during the day, their absence from traps deployed between street lights during the day was in itself a strong indication that the effect of street lighting on the distribution of these groups was similar during the day to that observed at night (figure 1).
Patches under the street lights contained on average significantly more individuals belonging to the two carnivorous groups: the predators and scavengers, compared with patches located between street lights (figure 2 and table 1). This effect was independent of the time of day (figure 2 and table 1), indicating that predatory and scavenging individuals were always more abundant in close proximity to street lights, as opposed to being transiently more abundant around street lights at night.
4. Discussion
The results presented here provide the first evidence that street lighting changes the composition of communities. In addition, while the attraction of aerial invertebrates to artificial lighting is a well-documented phenomenon [13,14], this study is the first to document the effect of street lighting on ground-dwelling invertebrates. Ground beetles, harvestmen, ants, woodlice and amphipods were all more abundant in close proximity to HPS street lights, resulting in communities that contained more predatory and scavenging individuals.
Recent estimates suggest that artificial lighting is increasing at a rate of 6 per cent per year globally [1]. Given this, the resulting loss of naturally lit habitat may be affecting the composition of communities of organisms on a broad scale. Whether such changes affect the functioning of ecosystems, and the services they provide to humanity is unknown. However, the observed concentration of predators and scavengers around street lights in the current study raises the potential that ecosystem services may be altered through cascading effects from higher to lower trophic levels. Future research should therefore address how light pollution affects trophic interactions in complex food webs as well as the physiology, behaviour and mortality of species. Ongoing changes in technology towards broader spectrum lighting may further compound the threat posed by artificial light pollution [14,19]. This study highlights that a widespread lighting technology (HPS lighting) can affect the composition of communities of organisms. The future introduction of broader spectrum light technologies, such as metal halide or light-emitting diodes may further exacerbate any effects which artificial lighting has on the environment because these technologies emit light over a broader range of wavelengths to which organisms are sensitive. The paucity of information available on the environmental impacts of artificial light pollution does not currently reflect the potential scale of this problem.
The research leading to this paper has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007–2013)/ERC grant agreement no. 268504.
- Received March 9, 2012.
- Accepted April 27, 2012.
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Edinson Cavani believes that Napoli have what it takes to dethrone Juventus as Serie A champions as he feels the Partenopei are hungrier for success than their title rivals.
The Stadio San Paolo outfit currently sit second in the league table, trailing Juve by three points, but Cavani is confident that they can pip the Scudetto holders to domestic glory.
"We have a big chance [to win the title] and we cannot ignore that. The numbers show that the Scudetto is within our reach," the Uruguay international told La Gazzetta dello Sport.
"We can go all the way and we will do our utmost to make it happen. Even more so than Juventus, we are very hungry for success, just like they were last term.
"We are incredibly motivated. The team is focused on the task at hand and we want to make this dream come true. We are showing that we have the determination to win the title.
"It all depends on ourselves now. We will have to realise that nothing is impossible for us."
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CONCORD, N.H. — A man who took hostages at a Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign office in 2007 has been caught less than 24 hours after walking away from a minimum-security correctional facility, authorities said today.
Leeland Eisenberg was arrested on an escape charge without incident about 8:30 a.m. today in Manchester. He was found in the lobby of a community center.
Eisenberg, 52, was expected to be arraigned in court later today and brought back to the state prison in Concord. The escape charge is a felony punishable by 3 ½ to 7 years in prison, Department of Corrections spokesman Jeff Lyons said.
Eisenberg was missing from his room during a head count Sunday afternoon at the Calumet Transitional Housing Unit in Manchester.
He was sentenced in 2010 to 3 ½ to 7 years for probation violations. He would have been eligible for parole in August.
"We get about six or seven minimum security walkaways a year from our halfway houses," Lyons said.
Eisenberg spent about two years behind bars for the November 2007 siege at Clinton's Rochester campaign office in which he claimed to have a bomb. No one was hurt in a five-hour standoff and the bomb turned out to be road flares.
At his arraignment in that case, public defender Randy Hawkes portrayed Eisenberg as a man at the end of his rope emotionally after being repeatedly turned down when he sought psychiatric help.
Eisenberg "heard voices and saw a movie in his head telling him he had to sacrifice himself" to shine light on the flaws in the health care system, Hawkes said.
Eisenberg was released on probation in November 2009. His first violation occurred soon after his release, when he failed to charge his monitoring bracelet. He was incarcerated in January 2010 after failing to take mandatory alcohol breath tests.
In February 2010, he cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet and fled, a day after being given a last chance at freedom by a judge who released him despite multiple probation violations. He was found in his Dover apartment the next day.
He was sentenced to 10 years for rape in Worcester, Mass., in 1985 but escaped the next year and committed another rape, prosecutors said. He was sentenced to 11 to 20 years for that. He was released from prison in March 2005.


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The fate of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich is in the hands of a federal jury at his corruption retrial.
U. S. District Court Judge James Zagel instructed jurors on the law following closing arguments by the lawyers and then sent them from the courtroom at about 5:30 p.m.
Deliberations are expected to begin in earnest tomorrow morning.
The former governor has been on trial at the Dirksen U. S. Courthouse for about seven weeks. His first trial last summer ended with that jury deadlocked on all but one count. He was convicted of lying to the FBI on that one count.
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DU's Gwozdecky met with NHL brass
DU's George Gwozdecky was among six NCAA coaches that met with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daily at the league's Toronto headquarters on Tuesday.
The meeting, which Gwozdecky said included four NHL general managers, was about "the challenges we're facing with the collective bargaining agreement coming up in (2011)."
In other words, it was primarily about keeping kids in school. The existing CBA that was established in 2005 allows for a player with four "accrued" seasons to become a free agent at age 27, four years earlier than the previous CBA. By lowering the age, NHL teams have signed their draft picks earlier, out of fear of losing them at age 27.
In the end, NHL-bound college players have been persuaded to sign pro deals long before they graduate. DU has lost 13 players early since 2005, including three last spring. Five Pioneers signed NHL deals after their sophomore years, beginning with Paul Stastny with the Avalanche in 2006.
Gwozdecky said early signings was just one of the topics.
"To be able to establish a dialogue with the NHL was a real positive step," he said Wednesday from DU. "This wasn't a problem-solving meeting. It was a real good opportunity to be able to establish some relationships and start a dialogue so perhaps when the NHL and NHLPA get together and start talking about the new collective bargaining agreement, college hockey can be a part of that mix."
Gwozdecky was joined by Minnesota coach Don Lucia, Miami's Rico Blasi, Jack Parker of Boston University, Michigan's Red Berenson and Ted Donato of Harvard. A second meeting is planned, but has yet to be scheduled, Gwozdecky said.
The following DU players left school early for NHL or major-junior deals:
F Mark Rycroft
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F Matt Pettinger
Signed: With WHL in 2001 midway through sophomore year.
D Brett Skinner
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D Matt Carle
Signed: With Sharks in 2006 after junior year.
F Paul Stastny
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F Geoff Paukovich
Signed: With Oilers in 2006 after junior year.
D T.J. Fast
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D Keith Seabrook
Signed: With WHL in 2007 after freshman year.
F Ryan Dingle
Signed: With Anaheim in 2007 after junior year.
F Brock Trotter
Signed: With Montreal in 2008 midway through sophomore year.
D Chris Butler
Signed: With Sabres in 2008 after junior year.
F Tyler Bozak
Signed: With Toronto in 2009 after sophomore year.
F Joe Colborne
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MTV, VH1 and CMT are looking to celebrate America's independence the old-fashioned way. Not with burgers and hot dogs and fireworks, but by playing music videos on their channels in what they're calling "Music Independence Day."
The plan is that all three networks will play music videos on July 4th from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. EDT/PDT. What makes this plan even more intriguing is that they're branching out from just the standard Top 20 playlists or classic hits.
While there will be big names and classic moments from music history spotlighted, they're also looking to play music from new and emerging artists, culled from music submitted to the music networks' new online music discovery site called the Artists' Platform. The website welcomes submissions from anyone willing to put their music on the site. Artists can also opt to claim the pages created for them and have their music added to the mix of songs that will potentially be played on one of the channels that day.
So in other words, it's entirely possible that Daft Punk will have a video played right after one of your Uncle Frank's band. (Assuming Uncle Frank's band is really good and had a really, really nice music video made). Emerging and indie acts will be played along with the superstars.
Although MTV rocketed to fame on the back of the music video art form, it has largely abandoned the playing of videos in favor of unscripted programs such as "Jersey Shore" and scripted programming such as "Teen Wolf." Videos are also largely absent from VH1; however, CMT still features many music videos in its programming lineup.
Each of the networks will handle the day a little differently, with MTV playing videos straight through, while VH1 will have a live concert from Philadelphia, the "Philly 4th of July Jam" hosted by Jim Shearer and featuring live performances from the Roots, John Mayer, Jill Scott and Demi Lovato. Meanwhile, CMT will play an "ultimate BBQ playlist" of new and established country acts.
VH1 also plans to premiere its new series "Stop/Watch," which will ask bands and solo artists to perform an entire song in 60 seconds flat.


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2012 Jeep Compass: New Car Review
Pros: Reasonable price; good fuel economy; off-road capable; robust options list
Cons: Crude engine; slow acceleration; loud interior; awkward CVT transmission; average resale value
Fresh from a badly needed make-over last year, the 2012 Jeep Compass carries on as Jeep's entry-level model, tapping into consumer demand for smaller and more fuel efficient SUVs. The Compass's new front end bears a striking similarity to that of the Grand Cherokee, giving the vehicle a very upscale look that belies its $20,000 starting price. Better yet, unlike so many other small SUVs, the Compass offers a genuine 4x4 setup complete with a low-range gear set that is ideal for off-road adventuring.
Slightly smaller than the Honda CR-V, the Compass can comfortably fit four adults with room left over for their bags. Its handsome interior is appealing and well constructed. Numerous trims and options help make this humble model feel more like a small luxury car, including heated leather seats, navigation and a nine-speaker Boston Acoustics sound system.
Along with its three trim levels (Sport, Latitude and Limited), the Compass offers a choice between two fuel-efficient 4-cylinder engines, manual or CVT automatic transmission and front or four-wheel drive.
Comfort & Utility
Roughly the same size as the Nissan Rogue and Subaru Forester, the Compass is a tidy package. It can seat five or accommodate up to 61 cubic feet of cargo when the rear seat and the flat-folding front passenger's seat are folded down. Storage areas abound inside the Compass, with a large bin above the oversize glove box and a deep center console storage spot that's perfect for hiding cell phones and tablets, water bottles and assorted odds and ends. The carpeted cargo floor panel is reversible, providing an easy cleaning plastic surface for wet or muddy items.
As for comfort, the 2012 Jeep Compass can be equipped with all manner of unique options, including a flip-down speaker bar attached to the rear tailgate. With the gate open, the speakers can be aimed outward so everyone can enjoy their favorite tunes. There's also a removable rear cargo light that doubles as a rechargeable flashlight, as well as an available 115-volt, two-prong outlet.
Cloth seats are standard. The Latitude and Limited get heated front seats. The Limited includes leather seating surfaces, automatic climate control and 18-inch bright aluminum wheels.
The Compass may be one of Jeep's most affordable models, but you can equip it like a mid-grade Grand Cherokee. The UConnect suite of electronic goodies includes Bluetooth hands-free phone connectivity and voice commands to operate the audio and iPod controls. Opt for the Limited trim's navigation radio, and you'll get maps by Garmin as well as the SiriusXM Travel Link, which provides gas prices, traffic, weather, sports and even movie schedules.
Standard equipment for the Compass includes foglamps, heated power side mirrors, a tilt steering wheel and cruise control. The Limited trim adds a six-way power driver's seat and a vehicle information center. Available on Latitude and Limited models is the 368-watt Boston Acoustics nine-speaker sound system complete with liftgate articulating speakers and a 90-watt subwoofer.
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The 2012 Jeep Compass offers a choice of two fuel-efficient 4-cylinder engines. The Sport and Latitude 4x2 model have a 2.0-liter engine producing 158 horsepower and 141 lb-ft of torque; the Sport can be equipped with a five-speed manual transmission, while the Latitude has Jeep's CVT2 automatic variable-ratio transmission.
Standard on all 4x4 and Limited models and available on 4x2 Latitude and Sport is a more powerful 2.4-liter engine good for 172 horsepower and 161 lb-ft of torque. This engine can be teamed with a manual transmission, but only on the Sport. Fuel economy for the 2.0-liter engine is rated at 23 mpg city/29 mpg highway for the manual and 23/27 mpg with the CVT. The 2.4-liter is rated at 23/28 mpg with the manual transmission and 21/27 mpg with the CVT. The 4x4s lose about 1 mpg from each figure.
The Compass offers two 4x4 systems. One is pretty much a part-time setup that comes online only when the front wheels begin to slip. This is pretty much the same setup used by most of the Compass's competition, with the exception of Subaru. The second system, called Freedom Drive II, uses a specially adapted CVT automatic transmission that includes a low-range gear set and a 19:1 crawl ratio for slow crawling over rocks or down steep grades.
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Driving Impressions
The Compass may look great on paper, but it quickly loses its luster once you experience the way it works in the real world. Neither engine choice offers much in the way of quick acceleration or smooth operation. The engines idle rough, have a coarse sound and generally feel crude. The CVT transmission, which holds the throttle wide open for prolonged periods and fills the cabin with raucous engine noise, doesn't help matters.
In ride and handling , things are bit better. The Compass delivers a fairly stable and smooth ride, but its steering is vague with lots of play in the wheel and a slow response time. At highway speed, there is a lot of road noise in the cabin, mostly in the form of tire noise.
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Kia Sportage - The Sportage presents a sleeker package with a more modern interior, better handling and fuel economy and a lower price. But the Sportage's ride can be harsh, and it doesn't offer an off-road 4x4 system like the Compass's Freedom Drive II.
Ford Escape - The Escape offers V6 and hybrid models and cool features like SYNC and Parallel Park Assist. But the boxy Escape looks dated, and it costs a bit more than the Compass.
Nissan Rogue - The Rogue offers road manners, a more powerful engine and better fuel economy than the Compass, but its styling is somewhat bland, and it cannot be taken off-road.
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I climbed into my car after work several weeks ago, and tuned into NPR during my commute home. Austin's rush hour traffic is pretty brutal, so I had a good forty-five minutes alone with the programming of the hour, and by the time I arrived at our door, I was floored, furious and crying. I'd listened to this story on All Things Considered. I highly recommend you click through and listen to it, too (hint: I also give my summary, and my interview with the story's reporter, below). It's only 22 minutes long, and if you use headphones, you can still look like you're working (except for the whole crying thing).
Here's what's going on. Brace yourselves for a little post-Thanksgiving pilgrim reality check:
In 1978, after many decades during which the American government removed Native American children from their families and homes, relocated them into boarding "schools" where their hair was cut, their belongings confiscated and their names changed, the Indian Child Welfare Act was enacted. It says that native children should not be removed from their relatives or tribes.
Yet today, in South Dakota, over 50% of the children in foster care are Native American, despite the fact that native children make up only 15% of the child population in the state. And nine out of ten of these children are placed in homes hours from their own, not in native care. While social services says that they want, and try, to place native kids in native homes, the facts reveal a very different truth: copious numbers of licensed native care providers have never had a child placed in their care. Pine Ridge reservation alone currently has twenty empty native care homes.
So you have to wonder: what's the deal? Why are so many native kids being placed in the foster care system? And, um, why are they not being placed in homes with relatives, or at least other members of their community who are registered to care for them? It gets worse, too; NPR's story highlights a family who, like many others, were the victims of what is essentially kidnapping. Their kids were removed from their home without warning or cause. In the case of Janice How, she received a phone call from social services saying that her daughter was going to be arrested for drugs (although she'd shown no sign of drug use, and had no history or record of using drugs), and that How's grandchildren were being removed from their home. The children were removed, but no one ever showed up to arrest her daughter. The family's battle to get their children back was a long one. This account is echoed many times over by families across How's reservation, and others, and many families still have not been able to regain custody of their children. It appears that, despite changes in the law dating thirty years back, the removal of native children from their families, and from their cultures, is still going strong today.
In South Dakota's case, the state receives money from the federal government for every kid in foster care. Since native kids are all dubbed 'special needs' by the system, they're worth more. In total, South Dakota gets almost 100 million dollars per year from the federal government as a result of their foster care counts. That's a lot of money, especially for a very poor state. Financial incentives are at the heart of this problem. And people's lives—children's lives, parents lives, the lives of communities that have never, ever had a fair shake since white people first showed up on their land—are being ruined because of it.
Inspired by NPR journalist Laura Sullivan's bold reporting on this story, the Lakota People's Law Project is working on addressing this issue from a legal standpoint by preparing to file a Federal civil law suit against the state of South Dakota. I, for one, have a hard time hearing stuff like this and just sitting there with my anger and nothing to do about the situation. Supporting this organization is something that we can do that makes a difference.
I'm also the type of person who gets curious about how a story like this—one that features some of our society's most disempowered populations—comes to the national stage. I contacted NPR and scored an interview with Sullivan—who's also a mom— so I could ask her my questions about reporting this story, which is especially difficult to listen to all the way through when you have kids at home of your own. I wanted to know what it was like for her to investigate and compile a story as painful, and provocative, as this one.
Here's what she had to say:
Taylor: How did you first hear about the situation in South Dakota? What brought this to your attention, and what made you want to investigate this story?
Laura Sullivan: A few years ago, I did a series about the high incidents of rape of Native American women, and in the process of that reporting, I met a lot of people on South Dakota's reservations. Later, I got a call from one of them describing the high number of Native American children in South Dakota's foster care system – and in other states' foster care systems. I was working on another project at the time, so put it on the back burner – meaning I stuck a note about it on my cubical wall. From time to time I would look at it and think, I really want to look into that. Then one day I moved some other stuff aside and just jumped right in. It was originally supposed to be a story about many states struggling with this issue, but the dynamics in South Dakota were so deep, my producer Amy Walters and I decided we had to get to the bottom of it.
Taylor: Does a story like this affect you differently as a parent? Does your being a mom influence the way that you report? Are there any unique challenges that being a parent presents for you in reporting a story like this (emotional involvement, etc)?
Laura Sullivan: I think being a parent, or being around children you are related to, changes your outlook, no matter what your profession. I think in this case it may have given me more of an awareness of how desperate some of these parents, aunts, uncles and grandparents were to gain custody of the children that are part of their families. It gave me appreciation of their sadness and their frustration. It also gave us a lot to talk about, which is always wonderful as a reporter –when you can connect with people on a human level.
Taylor: How has your own perspective or experience (in any area of your life-- from the professional to the parenting to the personal) changed after reporting this story?
Laura Sullivan: It's just made me appreciative of NPR for giving me so much time to work on a project like this. It's a tough world for media organizations these days, so it's been a real luxury to be able to spend months digging through documents and interviewing people all over South Dakota.
(So, readers— supporting NPR has far-reaching benefits, as well… I recently heard that the ACLU in South Dakota has taken notice because of this story, too. 'Tis the season: get your giving on and make the world a better place!).
What are your reactions upon hearing this story? Are you as shocked as I was that this kind of thing is still taking place in America today? Does being a parent make you feel closer to the families affected by the situation? I'm looking forward to reading your comments and thoughts on this.
PS. A friend of mine runs a great organization-- RISE Magazine-- that supports parents (from a wide variety of backgrounds) whose kids are in the foster care system. They do a lot of important advocacy work, and are totally worth checking out and supporting if you're interested in, or passionate about, these issues!


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|2007-09-22, 01:02
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Join Date: Jul 2007
A "Second Look" thread would be something for people to discuss the things that they noticed from rewatching the series. Things that were missed or never really noticed in the first place might be something that hopefully, brings a different perspective of the series.
Like how Pan Kojou / Bread Factory was actually first mentioned by Tsukasa in the 2nd episode. This made me think that's it's game played by the Hiiragi twins when they were younger. On episode 3, the invitation card that Konata got shows that Yui was married to Kiyotaka Narumi, the same name as the brother of the protagonist in Spiral. This could be a possible reference to the series, since Madoka, Kiyotaka's wife in Spiral, is a member of the police force just like Yui is. Both Kiyotakas also never appear in the anime series other than being referenced to.
There's actually quite a number consistent details in the designs of the environment that I didn't really give much attention at first. Like the rooms of the crew. Notable things are the picture of flowers over of Kagami's bed and stuff toys which always include a dolphin over Tsukasa's. Tsukasa also has two identical white teddy bears on each side of her pillow. Konata has a fox on top of a book pile next to hers. And Tsukasa has a stuffed sleepy version of the intermission kitty. Yutaka has the wide awake one. Kagami also keeps a cactus in her room, which is a strange thing to have unless you consider her prickly exterior.
Which brings up another thing. Out of the main 4, Miyuki's room was the only one that was never shown in the whole series (at least, not one with a bed). I guess that shows just how much attention was paid to her. Even Hiyori's room was shown in more detail.
|2007-09-22, 01:53
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Join Date: May 2007
Age: 29
I'm trying to piece together a timeline, but I'm too lazy to recap all the little details in every episode right now. This is all coming from memory and Wikipedia outlines.
More to come.
Several things I would like to ask:
- I'm pretty sure the 4 main charas started the show in their first year. At which episode did they transition to their second?
- And when to the third?
Episode 1: Unknown, probably mid-April
Beginning of second year for the 4 main characters
Episode 2: April 29 - May 12
Golden Week and tests the week after
Episode 3: May - June
Summer uniforms
Episode 4: June - mid-July
Hiiragi twins' birthday on July 7
Episode 5: mid-July - late-July
Summer Festival
Episode 6: August
Episode 7: early September
End of Summer Break
Episode 8: September - October 22
Sports Days take place on Sundays
Episode 9: late-October - mid-November
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|2007-09-22, 02:01
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Houston, TX
Konata's gym clothes are labeled "2-E" in episode 1, so I'm fairly sure the girls are at the beginning of their second year as the anime opens.
They seem to begin their third year in episode 15 (in which Kagami is yet again placed into a different class; Yutaka, Minami, and company enter Ryouou; and the voiceover for the Yoshimizu Kagami Theater title card changes to "3-nen, B-gumi?").
|2007-09-22, 23:41
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Taking in Life's hits
Join Date: Jul 2007
What was your fanfic about?
|2007-09-23, 02:19
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Houston, TX
Konata: Did you know that you guys' birthday is Ponytail Day?
Kagami: But why July 7th?
|2007-09-23, 02:53
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Good-Natured Asshole.
Join Date: May 2007
Age: 29
Looks like it's going to be alternate timeline, literally.
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|2007-09-23, 05:03
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Join Date: Jun 2007
well here in the philippines, classes start around june. i don't know about other places, but that's usually when summer ends for us here. summer break starts in april and ends in may. we don't have junior high here, so right after 6th grade, we hit our first year of high school. your average first year high school student here is around 13 years old.
yeah i watched the whole series last night and i noticed that exchange about tanabata being ponytail day... it reminded me of kyon's preference for ponytails in the series "SHnY". i bet 90% of you guys know already, but a whole lot of important events in that story revolve around tanabata.
|2007-09-23, 12:17
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Organization of Cute
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Quebec (Canada)
When rewatching the series, I don't remember at which episode, but I noticed that the Hiiragi twins were watching "Detective Kunkun" on TV. I rewatched it right after I finished Rozen Maiden Overture, so I found it weird and funny that the twins would watch Kunkun too. xD;
I know that the twins' birthday is mentioned in the series, but are any of the other characters' birthdays also mentioned in the anime? I noticed some dates in their character bios, but where were they taken from?
|2007-09-23, 13:33
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|2007-09-23, 18:04
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Actually, I started watching from episode 1 again just recently, and something caught me on episode 3:
When Konata makes the reference to Wedding Peach's Angel Salvia and Angel Daisy, she starts her comments off with the line "Yume ga ippai. Furil ippai." That's the first two lines in Yumemiru Ai Tenshi, the opening theme to Wedding Peach. (I know, since it's a pretty catchy song. XD)
|2007-09-23, 22:29
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Taking in Life's hits
Join Date: Jul 2007
It seems that exam times are July, September, December, and March.
Now I'll end up spending my time watching the different openings and endings.
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Leisure, May 2004 ISBN: 0843952806 In 1813, James Ardmore lives for his quest to destroy buccaneer Black Jack Mallory for slaughtering his family. James knows he will not rest until he personally kills Black Jack, but once that deed is done the obsessed pirate hunter has no reason to live. Because of her father's connection to Black Jack, James abducts Lady Diana though he knows that will ruin her if it comes out. However, instead of blithel...
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On "The Disease" and "The Bill"
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The Congressional inquiry into the power companies' financial culpability is blocked as the breathing of stricken miners is blocked. The words of the subcommittee investigating the silicosis deaths have little impact: these "Words on a monument. / Capitoline thunder . . . cannot be enough" ( OS 37). In response to the futile words of this official monument, the poem counterposes its own monumental figure: "dead John Brown's body walking from a tunnel / to break the armored and concluded mind" (OS 37). Brown, the heroic figure whose "whole life becomes an image reaching backward and forward in history, illuminating all time" (LP 35), returns us to the poem's introductory survey of local West Virginia history, to the "granite SITE" of Brown's execution, but the history of this site has been rewritten.
from "Truths of Outrage, Truths of Possibility: Muriel Rukeyser's 'The Book of the Dead'" in "How Shall We Tell Each Other of the Poet?": The Life and Writing of Muriel Rukeyser. Ed. Anne F. Herzog and Janet E. Kaufman. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. Copyright © 1999 by Anne E. Herzog and Janet E. Kaufman.
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