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An otherwise routine training session for my church volunteer service left me questioning motives.
Seated in the doorway of the next room from where the priest lecturer was, I was passed a sheet of names and addresses.
Mine was on it with a star by it. There were many other starred names, too. Another participant said softly, "If you have a star, you haven't had your fingerprints done."
Oh yeah. I remember. With many Roman Catholic priests and former priests under grave scrutiny for sexual misconduct over many previous decades, this is part of the Diocese of St. Augustine's background check.
I am not adverse to the idea. I have probably had mine done more than the average person. I probably know more about what a fingerprint card shows than most.
In 1967, I had my prints rolled at the old St. Augustine Police Department by then detective E.J. Erwin. I was working for the Florida Peace Officers Association that summer.
Then-Chief Virgil Stuart looked at them and said, "Don't rob a bank. You have 10 plain arches and that's rare."
Well, my fingers took on a new stature in my makeup. I was proud to be among a rare group. But I was not about to test how rare by doing something stupid.
Ten years later, I went to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office for my new News Media Pass. After the photo was taken, the technician said he needed a fingerprint of my right index finger to go along with the color photo and the Social Security number, race, sex, height, weight, eye and hair color that was also on the card.
We wear press passes as if they were badges of honor, tickets behind the lines. I never found out why they needed my fingerprint. I figured it was another chilling element that law enforcement would throw in the way of getting a news story at a crime scene. I mean, what were they going to do? Dust for prints of everyone at the scene of a crime? And then what, would they compare it to the one on every reporter and photographer's cards on the spot?
And now, having gone through the process again, I have more second thoughts.
Does it mean now that I am a better person and less likely to haul off and hit someone?
Does it mean that I will go to church and do my assignment with a clearer head and a better frame of mind?
Does it say to the trusting souls in the communion line that I have clean hands free of disease and a criminal history?
Of course not.
The diocese doesn't need my fingerprint to answer any of those questions. They also have my driver's license, my Social Security number and my date of birth.
In any other realm, that's more than enough for a substantial background check.
The St. Augustine Record recently did background checks on political candidates. We used court records and those of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. We didn't need fingerprints. We believe we got the best information available as a result of our checks.
The goal of a background check should be protection for all. If fingerprinting is the means, then I'm in the system one more time.
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Paying off student loan debt can be difficult, especially when the amount of debt exceeds what a person makes in a year. Fortunately, there are ways to get student debts paid off, even when a person doesn't make a lot of money.
Start by looking at how much your student loans cost you each month. Ideally, the minimum loan payments will take up no more than ten percent of your net pay. If they exceed twenty-five percent of your income, you may need to consider a few ways to lower your loan payments. For example, it might be possible to receive a short reprieve from the loans. During this period you would have to pay interest on the loan, but the monthly payment would decrease. It may also be possible to refinance the loans in order to lower your monthly payment.
If you are able to comfortably make your loan payments, however, then it makes sense to retire your student loans as quickly as possible. Start by putting a small amount towards an extra payment on the loan with the highest interest rate. When you're first starting out, make sure that you can afford the extra payment and all of your regular bills.
As your salary increases, you will be able to put more towards paying off your student loans. By continuing to increase the amount you pay towards your student loans, you will be able to get them paid off much faster than you would if you were just making the minimum required payments.

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by Jude Cowell
Update 1.15.13: 12:00 noon may not be the actual moment the presidential oath is taken on January 21st ("to be announced," says the White House website.) However, I will be discussing the noon horoscope in line with the traditional method of using the chart that describes the event.
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An article, President Obama's Jan 21 Inauguration Date Unique in History, gives details on how often and why US presidential Oaths of Office have been moved to January 21st rather than the accustomed January 20th.
Now I'll soon be ready to blog on the Inauguration 2013 horoscope but for now I shall post the chart now so you can view it in case you haven't yet. There are some basic astro-notes marked on the chart if you wish to enlarge by clicking the image.
President Obama's second term is cosmically imprinted by a combo of Sun AQ (leader) and Moon Gemini (We the People--here, of two minds with Moon in Gemini, yet restless, cheery, and paying attention--or, distracted) and may be described on one level as 'New Age" thinking--and may be another way of saying, Lean Forward
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The "American Idol" Top 10 will hit the stage Wednesday night to sing, of all things, Top 10 Billboard hit songs (the theme for the week). Of course, at this point in the competition, there are already frontrunners, not to mention finalists that definitely have the judges' support, but who do the professionals think has the best odds of taking home the Season 13 title?
Wednesday night's set list for "American Idol" may not be a surprise, considering that American Idol Net dropped a spoiler alert March 18, the day of, perhaps giving a few of the Top 10 finalists a bit of an advantage going in. But song choice and execution being what they are, who knows? But little things like Alex Preston, who the oddsmakers at Bovada currently have as having the second-best odds to win (4/1), singing One Direction's "Song Of My Life," a tune definitely in his wheelhouse and adaptable to his acoustic guitar-supported style, just might keep him among the frontrunners.
But let's take a look at the opposite side of it all. Which Top 10 finalist is least favored among the professional oddsmakers?
Of all the finalists, it would appear that M. K. Nobilette will have the steepest hill to climb to make the finale and win it all. She's sitting way outside with 50/1 odds to win Season 13. It was a bit of a surprise to see her make the Top 10 (a possible sympathy vote bounce?), what with her being in the bottom three two weeks in a row prior to the Top 11 results show. She doesn't have a strong voice, no matter what the judges keep saying. And her sub-par stage presence is going to get her nowhere. Look for her gone in a show or two.
The next worst odds to win are held by Malaya Watson at 20/1. Her exuberance and child-like excitability are her biggest drawbacks in performing, but they're what's endearing when she's not on stage. She's proven she can belt out a tune as well as crash and burn, but her days could be numbered unless she can keep spinning out powerhouse performances.
The rest of the Top 10 finalists have 10/1 or better odds to win -- which means it could just about be anyone's competition to win -- or lose. However, if you're a gender-based supporter and root for the girls, the oddsmakers don't see it as likely that one of the remaining five girls will win. In fact, only Jena Irene, a girl that was brought back into the competition as a judges' Wild Card, is the only female of the top five contestants (odds-wise). She's ranks fourth-best at 11/2 odds to win.
Caleb Johnson and Alex Preston are poised to be one of the two finale finalists by season's end. Caleb has the talent and an old school rocker's charm while Alex is a consummate musician who fits naturally into the Jason Mraz-like mix of pop music. They're both at 4/1 odds to win.
So who has the best odds? Dexter Roberts. Even though "Idol" judge Keith Urban told him he sounded like any other singer in a thousand bands across America, apparently the oddsmakers think there's room on the radio and in bars and in concert halls for one more. His odds to win it all: 11/4.
But anything can happen on the way to the finale. Dexter Roberts could make a couple of poor song choices and find himself not even in the finale. Jena Irene, if she continues the trend she's started in the past few live performances, could very well be the frontrunner, as could Jessica Meuse (10/1 odds) if she could just lose the desperation aura.
And then there are Majesty Rose and C. J. Harris and Sam Woolf. All talented, all definitely strong in their particular areas. As long as they stay true to their wheelhouses (and Majesty stays away from theatrical power songs like "Let It Go" from "Frozen," which landed her in the bottom three last week), they have a shot.
As for M. K. Nobilette, she should just be thankful she made the Top 10 after her constricted Top 13 and Top 12 performances. She's a goner and nothing can save her (except for a judges Save, that is) -- and the oddsmakers know it.
"American Idol" airs on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. and Thursdays at 9 p.m. (times are EST) on Fox Television.
Suggested Links
- 'American Idol' 13 Top 11 results: Who made the Top 10?
- 'American Idol' 13 results: Top 13 finalists named -- did your favorite get in?
- 'American Idol' 12 odds to win it all: Just one guy in Top 10 in the front five
- 'American Idol' 13: Adam Lambert mentors the Top 31
- Idol's Phillip Phillips sees 'Home' top 5 million sold and has a No. 1 hit


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The following is an example of a deep meditation that builds one thought upon the other. It contains questions and their answers. It is a basic Kabbalistic inquiry. You can have this same conversation or something similar within. The process will no doubt be enlightening. So it begins…
I come to you from the inner planes where understanding is like a river that flows and wisdom is a ladder with many rungs of achievement. What is it this world needs the most?
It is the truth that is the link between wisdom and understanding.
What does this world lack?
It is the integrity of its leaders. They are all sadly suspect. The good of the people is never foremost in their minds. What is expedient for their own gains marshals their thoughts.
How can we effect a change and make things better?
The answer lies within each of you. You are after all a good people. For too long you have let yourselves be dictated to by inferior forces. The time is now to awaken into the light of your own power; the power to do good.
How do we begin?
We start with promoting good wherever we find it and then we make up the rest so that like the pliant clay the good will fill the form of the world.
This sounds esoteric beyond our comprehension. Can you simplify this?
Yes here is what you can use to remember. Choose a moment any moment like you would pulling a card from a deck. Think of the world with all its good people and think, "I am healing the world." Envision this as your personal responsibility. You are the reflection of above and as such it is your task to reflect the good that is given you back in equal measure.
Can we begin today?
Yes begin immediately there is no time to lose.
Can we count on help from the higher spheres, the inner worlds?
Yes for you see when your intention is for good it is subsequently magnified above and within. It is this process that makes everything work?
But how can we change the corruption of our leaders? Won't it take a revolution and if so how many more will die? It sounds far fetched even impossible.
No this is not a revolution or even a cause it is a way of thinking about the world. It is for each of us to take personal responsibility for the world. Don't focus on the particulars of this war, or that disease or the corruption you find here or there. Your task to restate is to heal the world. Think good thoughts of about the world and you will be joined by the vast overwhelming majority of good people. Involve as many others as you can but rather than activism let your intention, your good thoughts do the world. You are the potter spinning the wheel. Be persistent. Look at world, see with your inner heart of good the wonder that you are producing even in this moment. Operate as the forces above and within you always have operated only now be at one with these forces.
What if people argue about this or think its silly?
You have to convince no one but yourself. You are a good people and this is what is expected of a good people and that is to demonstrate and express that good with your good intentions. No arguments. No convincing is necessary. Each must express their own version of what is being presented promoted here.
What are we to do?
Seek God and find God. This is not as difficult as some would have you believe. Seek God in the stillness of your heart and in goodness of your actions. Let it be in your own time and way. There finding God share your revelations. Truth multiplies itself through contact. You don't have to seek proselytes, but rather lead by example. Don't ask those who wish your truth to follow you. Let them walk by your side.


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The Nevada Wolf Pack lost a baseball game Monday night at Les Murakami Stadium. More importantly, however, the Pack might have discovered a mainstay for its starting rotation.
Lefthander Tyler Wells, who has bounced back and forth between the bullpen and starting rotation this season, allowed just two hits and two baserunners Monday night in a 1-0 loss to Hawaii.
Unfortunately for the Wolf Pack, though, Hawaii starter Scott Kuzminsky was just as stingy as Wells. The righthander also allowed just two hits in tossing the first complete-game shutout of his career.
The only run of the game crossed the plate in the first inning. Stephen Ventimilia singled, stole second and went to third on a wild pitch with no outs. Kaeo Aliviado then hit Wells' ninth pitch of the game to second for a ground out as Ventimilia scored to give Hawaii a 1-0 lead.
That was the end of the scoring.
Wells turned in one of the best performances by a Wolf Pack starting pitcher in recent memory.
- It was the Wolf Pack's first complete-game two hitter since Mateo Miramontes allowed two hits in nine innings in a 5-1 win at San Jose State on March 15, 2003.
- It was the first time a Wolf Pack starter allowed two hits or fewer in at least eight innings since Tom Jameson allowed one hit in eight innings in a 3-1 victory over Louisiana Tech in the Western Athletic Conference tournament at Hawaii on May 27, 2010. Tyler Graham pitched the ninth inning that day for the save.
The game on Monday night was one of the best pitched games in Wolf Pack history. First of all, there were two complete games which, in itself, is a rarity in baseball now at any level, let alone college baseball. There were just five total baserunners, just four hits, one run and one walk. Both pitchers combined to face just one hitter over the minimum of 51 hitters in a 8 1/2-inning game. Kuzminsky faced the minimum of 27 in nine innings and Wells faced 25 hitters in eight innings. Only one baserunner -- Ventimilia in the first inning -- advanced past first base the entire game.
It was the Wolf Pack's first 1-0 loss since Hawaii (once again at Honolulu) turned the trick on May 1, 2010. It was also the first 1-0 game the Pack has been involved in since a 1-0 win over Fresno State on April 29, 2012 at Peccole Park.
It was also the first time the Wolf Pack had two or fewer hits in a game since a 2-1 loss at UC Santa Barbara on March 19, 2011 when Joe Kohan's double was the only Pack hit of the game.
Wells was masterful, at one point retiring 18 consecutive hitters.
The junior faced just 25 hitters, just one batter over the minimum for eight innings. After Ventimilia's single in the first inning, the only other baserunner Wells allowed was a single to Aliviado on the seventh. Aliviado was later thrown out trying to steal second to end the inning.
Kuzminsky faced the minimum 27 hitters through nine innings. The Pack had just three baserunners the entire game -- a walk to Austin Byler in the first inning and singles by Jordan Devencenzi in the fifth and Byler in the seventh. Byler was thrown out trying to steal second in the first and Devencenzi (in the fifth) and Byler (seventh) were retired on double plays.
Kuzminsky fanned three and walked one while Wells struck out eight and didn't walk a hitter. Kuzminsky threw 61 of his 92 pitches for strikes and Wells tossed 59 of his 90 pitches for strikes.
The game, which was played before a crowd of 2,494, lasted just 1:42.
Kuzminsky, from Puyallup, Wash., is in his second season with Hawaii. He appeared in 13 games last year out of the bullpen with a 0-0 record over 20.1 innings. He was inserted into the starting rotation this year and now is 2-2 with a 4.15 ERA over five starts. His best game before Monday was on Feb. 28 in a 6-1 win over Pepperdine when he allowed six hits and a run in seven innings.
Wells is now 0-3 this season with a 5.91 earned run average in eight appearances (four starts). He has struck out 20 and walked seven in 21.1 innings while allowing 27 hits.
The 6-foot-3 Wells, from Maxwell, Calif., is now in his third season at Nevada with a 7-14 career record in 31 starts.
Wells has struggled with his control throughout his Wolf Pack career, walking 72 over 144.1 innings his first two seasons. The lefthander, though, appears to be over that problem. He walked five in his first appearance of the season against Boston College on Feb. 15. Since then, over his last seven appearances, he has walked just two over 16.2 innings.
The loss on Monday night was the first complete game of his career. His longest outing before Monday was 7.1 innings in a 6-1 win against Air Force on March 16, 2013.
The Wolf Pack, now 9-11 this season, will open a three-game Mountain West series against Air Force on Friday (4 p.m.) at Peccole Park. The Pack and Falcons will also meet on Saturday ( 2 p.m.) and Sunday (1 p.m.) at Peccole.


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Saving sight in West Africa through skills development
21 March 2014
Dr Rosalind Duhs reports on her trip to Abuja, Nigeria, where she helped design a curriculum for local eye surgeons
Millions of people in West Africa are blind due to treatable conditions. The problem is that there are too few doctors with the skills to restore their sight. However, a project is underway that will see local consultants take part in a series of sub-specialism training courses.
My involvement began in autumn 2012 when I attended the first partnership meeting between the West African College of Surgeons and Moorfields. My job was to help with curriculum design – a role that has since led to a visit to Abuja, the capital of Nigeria.
Nigeria is resource-rich and potentially an economic powerhouse, but there's a huge gap between some relatively prosperous city-dwellers and the poor without access to healthcare. One UK consultant eye surgeon described the painful process of triage, selecting patients for treatment in a packed waiting room. Many had walked for days to reach the eye clinic, funding their care with money scraped together by the whole village.
Practice over theory
During my trip the need to plan carefully and effectively was palpable. We started with a run-through of the latest UK surgical education approaches to help inform our curriculum design. We also concentrated on what was most essential – how to help learners become proficient at the core operations most needed in the region.
It was a complex task. We couldn't be sure about the baseline skills of the eye specialists who would take part in the courses, so the first step was to work out how to evaluate their experience. Logbooks of cases, multiple choice questions and discussion with learners would be a starting-point.
The great advantage was that learner groups would be small so there would be scope for one-to-one supervision. Two-week intensive face-to-face courses could also be enriched through pre- and post-module distance learning, so precious time in clinic could focus on hands-on practical learning.
At first, assessment was geared towards testing factual knowledge, but we quickly established that proficiency at diagnosis and hands-on treatment were most important. We therefore employed the simple notion of 'learn by watching and doing' and 'assess by watching the doing'. Mini clinical evaluation exercises, objective structured assessment of technical skills (OSATS), direct observation of procedural skills (DOPS) and discussion of videos of treatment seemed good options.
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The West Africa sub-specialism skills development course is one of the earliest examples of UCL Arena. Set to be officially launched at the 2014 UCL Teaching and Learning Conference, UCL Arena is a new scheme designed to enable staff to gain recognition for their teaching and support of learning and develop fresh approaches to education with colleagues.
UCL staff can register for the conference to learn more about the scheme.
Cultural difference
West African and UK colleagues knew each other well and were open about cultural difference. The notion of 360° feedback, given to all the consultants in the UK group, appeared strange to non-UK participants. The focus on active learning, peer learning and providing learners with the opportunity to evaluate the learning experience were also new, but readily adopted.
The status and authority of the West African group – senior consultants and professors – was high. The advantages of flatter hierarchies in healthcare teams and between learner and teacher are considerable but it takes time to achieve them.
The three-day meeting was productive and each of the five sub-specialty teams left with a syllabus for their initial modules. So what's next?
Our aim is to launch the first two-week face-to-face modules in West Africa in 2014-15. We're also keen to share our work more widely and to set up resources for online learning. We have a space on UCLeXtend so we'll be working with E-Learning Environments to prepare a rich set of learning opportunities for this important target group.
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Brendan Rodgers is confident that the return of Fabio Borini from injury, coming on the back of Daniel Sturridge's arrival, can provide fresh impetus to the Reds' forward line.
The Italian is nearing a return to action almost three months after requiring surgery on a fractured foot, further boosting the Northern Irishman's striking options.
Luis Suarez has already struck 19 goals during this campaign, while Sturridge opened his Liverpool account within seven minutes of his debut against Mansfield on Sunday.
And Rodgers is relishing the opportunity to select all three.
"Other clubs have the depth to bring people off the bench and make an impact," he told the Liverpool Echo.
"We have been unable to do that in the opening months of the season, which gives incredible credit to the players who have kept us going until now.
"We have Daniel here now and will have Fabio fit soon and that will give us that spark.
"Hopefully over the years Fabio can develop into a top performer which I think he can be."
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Listen to 'Wrath Of God' from Age Of Calamity here.
Age Of Calamity, Mumbai thrash metallers Sceptre's second full-length album, will be released on February 15. Earlier this month, Sceptre debuted songs off their album at the Saltwater Creek Festival in Belapur (pictures), and today, the band released 'Wrath Of God' the first official single off Age Of Calamity.
'Wrath Of God' marks a slight departure from Sceptre's tried and tested, Metallica-esque thrash, and it sees the band move into a territory that's fortunately not thrash. The production really shines and the band sound tighter than they ever have. Lyrically, the song doesn't have the most inventive lyrics, following the same old trope of a post-apocalypti
Sceptre's Age Of Calamity was recorded last year at Demonic Studios with producer and demonstealer Sahil Makhija, and physical copies of the album are being readied for shipment when the album launches. According to bassist Janus Sanyal, the song was an apt choice for the album's lead single because "it's downright brutal and prepares listeners for what is in store on the album."
Sceptre have recently returned to the stage after a long hiatus and lineup changes, and are now set to play two album launching gigs. The first one will be will be a headlining performance at Octaves, organized by the Vidyavardhini's College of Engineering and Technology, on February 15 (details), and then a slot at Unchained 2013, part of RAIT's college festival, Horizon, on February 17, along with bands like Inner Sanctum, Artillerie, and Providence.
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Age Of Calamity releases worldwide on February 15, and will be available at all major digital retails. Physical copies will be available via cdbaby and headbangersonline. Stream Sceptre's last release here.


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Height: 6-1 Weight: 245 lbs.
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High School: Richwood
College: La-Monroe (school history)
Drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the 8th round (215th overall) of the 1985 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 2 (11632nd overall since 1950)
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There is a deep tradition of eroticism in American poetry. Thoughtful, provocative, moving, and sometimes mirthful, the poems collected in The Best American Erotic Poems celebrate this exuberant sensuality. These poems range across the varied landscapes of love and sex and desire -- from the intimate parts of the body to the end of an affair, from passion to solitary self-pleasure. With candor and imagination, they capture the delights and torments of sex and sexuality, nudity, love, lust, and the secret life of fantasy. David Lehman, the distinguished editor of the celebrated Best American Poetry series, has culled a witty, titillating, and alluring collection that starts with Francis Scott Key, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, and Hart Crane, encompasses Frank O'Hara, Anne Sexton, John Updike, Charles Simic, Billy Collins, Kevin Young, and Sharon Olds, and concludes with the rising stars of a whole new generation of versifiers, including Sarah Manguso, Ravi Shankar, and Brenda Shaughnessy. In a section of the book that is sure to prompt discussion and further reading, the living poets write about their favorite works of erotic writing. This book will delight, surprise, and inspire.
The Best American Poetry 1989by Donald Hall David Lehman
An installment of a yearly anthology of poems.
The Best American Poetry 1991by David Lehman Mark Strand
An annual anthology of American poems.
The Best American Poetry 1993by David Lehman Louise Glück
This includes thirty poets and represents forty-six literary journals and magazines
The Best American Poetry 1995by David Lehman
The Best American Poetry 1995 once again highlights the dazzling spectrum of style and subject matter to be found in the art today. Guest editor Richard Howard's accent is on discovery and surprise, and he has gleaned the most inventive and searching writing from a wide variety of literary journals. The themes and imagery here are indisputably "American," as our best poets continue to mine personal as well as communal experience for their work. Now in its eighth year, this series has established itself as a rich and vibrant source of new poetry -- celebrated in bookstores and on college campuses. Welcome, once again, the memorable voices and unique pleasures of Best American Poetry. Featuring: Margaret Atwood Sally Ball Catherine Bowman Stephanie Brown Lewis Buzbee Cathleen Calbert Rafael Campo William Carpenter Nicholas Christopher Jane Cooper James Cummins Olena Kalytiak Davis Lynn Emanuel Elaine Equi Irving Feldman Donald Finkel Aaron Fogel Richard Frost Allen Ginsberg Peter Gizzi Jody Gladding Elton Glaser Albert Goldbarth Beckian Fritz Goldberg Laurence Goldstein Barbara Guest Marilyn Hacker Judith Hall Anthony Hecht Edward Hirsch Janet Holmes Andrew Hudgins T.R. Hummer Brigit Pegeen Kelly Karl Kirchwey Carolyn Kizer Wayne Koestenbaum John Koethe Yusef Komunyakaa Maxine Kumin Lisa Lewis Rachel Loden Robert Hill Long James Longenbach Gail Mazur J. D. McClatchy Heather McHugh Susan Musgrave Charles North Geoffrey O'Brien Jacqueline Osherow Molly Peacock Carl Phillips Marie Ponsot Bin Ramke Katrina Roberts Michael J. Rosen Kay Ryan Mary Jo Salter Tony Sanders Stephen Sandy Grace Schulman Robyn Selman Alan Shapiro Reginald Shepherd Anglea Sorby Laurel Trivelpiece Paul Violi Arthur Vogelsang David Wagoner Charles H. Webb Ed Webster David Wojahn Jay Wright Stephen Yenser
The Best American Poetry 1996by Adrienne Rich David Lehman
The Best American Poetry 1996 contains a diverse abundance of poems published in 1995. More African-American, Native American, Latin, gay, and women poets are represented here than in any previous volume.
The Best American Poetry 1997by David Lehman James Tate
Now celebrating its tenth anniversary, The Best American Poetry is the one indispensable volume for readers eager to follow what's new in poetry today. Sales continue to grow and plaudits keep coming in for this "high-voltage testament to the vitality of American poetry" (Booklist). Selected by prizewinning guest editor James Tate, the seventy-five best poems of the year were chosen from more than three dozen magazines and range from the comic to the cosmic, from the contemplative to the sublime. In addition to showcasing our leading bards -- such as John Ashbery, Jorie Graham, Robert Hass, and Mark Strand -- the collection marks an auspicious debut for eye-opening younger poets. With comments from the poets themselves offering insights into their work, The Best American Poetry 1997 delivers the startling and imaginative writing that more and more people have come to expect from this prestigious series.
The Best American Poetry 2002by David Lehman Robert Creeley
Since its inception in 1988, "The Best American Poetry" series has achieved brand-name status in the literary world as the preeminent showcase of each year's most important contributions to American poetry. Arriving at a time when, as series editor David Lehman writes in his foreword, "the hunger for poetry and the need for elegy" is great, this year's volume demonstrates poetry's astonishing vitality, its ability to move and inspire us in a way no other medium can. As do the previous volumes in this esteemed series, "The Best American Poetry 2002" spotlights the work of today's most innovative and talented poets. The pleasure of the poems selected here, editor Robert Creeley explains in his introduction, is "that they caught my fancy, some almost outrageously, some by their quiet, nearly diffident manner, some by unexpected turns of thought or insight, others by a confident authority and intent." Reflecting Creeley's standing as a figure revered across the wide spectrum of American poetry, this exceptional anthology features a diverse mix of established masters such as Adrienne Rich, John Ashbery, and Charles Wright; rising stars like Anne Carson, Carl Phillips, and Rae Armantrout; and the leading lights of a younger generation, such as Anselm Berrigan, Jenny Boully, and Maggie Nelson. With comments from the poets elucidating their work, a thought-provoking introduction from Creeley, and Lehman's always popular foreword assessing the current state of poetry, "The Best American Poetry 2002" will prove as irresistible to new readers as it is indispensable for poetry fans everywhere.
The Best American Poetry 2003by David Lehman Yusef Komunyakaa
"Poetry encourages us to have dialogue through the observed, the felt, and the imaginary," writes editor Yusef Komunyakaa in his thought-provoking introduction to The Best American Poetry 2003. As a black child of the American South and a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, Komunyakaa brings his singular vision to this outstanding volume. Included here is a diverse mix of senior masters, crowd-pleasing bards, rising stars, and the fresh voices of an emerging generation. With comments from the poets elucidating their work and series editor David Lehman's eloquent foreword assessing the state of the art, The Best American Poetry 2003 is a must-have for readers of contemporary poetry. Jonathan Aaron Beth Anderson Nin Andrews Wendell Berry Frank Bidart Diann Blakely Bruce Bond Catherine Bowman Rosemary Catacalos Joshua Clover Billy Collins Michael S. Collins Carl Dennis Susan Dickman Rita Dove Stephen Dunn Stuart Dybek Charles Fort James Galvin Amy Gerstler Louise GlÜck Michael Goldman Ray Gonzalez Linda Gregg Mark Halliday Michael S. Harper Matthea Harvey George Higgins Edward Hirsch Tony Hoagland Richard Howard Rodney Jones Joy Katz Brigit Pegeen Kelly Galway Kinnell Carolyn Kizer Jennifer L. Knox Kenneth Koch John Koethe Ted Kooser Philip Levine J. D. McClatchy W. S. Merwin Heather Moss Stanley Moss Paul Muldoon Peggy Munson Marilyn Nelson Daniel Nester Naomi Shihab Nye Ishle Yi Park Robert Pinsky Kevin Prufer Ed Roberson Vijay Seshadri Alan Shapiro Myra Shapiro Bruce Smith Charlie Smith Maura Stanton Ruth Stone James Tate William Tremblay Natasha Trethewey David Wagoner Ronald Wallace Lewis Warsh Susan Wheeler Richard Wilbur C. K. Williams Terence Winch David Wojahn Robert Wrigley Anna Ziegler Ahmos Zu-Bolton II
The Best American Poetry 2005by David Lehman Paul Muldoon
This eagerly awaited volume in the celebrated Best American Poetry series reflects the latest developments and represents the last word in poetry today. Paul Muldoon, the distinguished poet and international literary eminence, has selected -- from a pool of several thousand published candidates -- the top seventy-five poems of the year. "The all-consuming interests of American poetry are the all-consuming interests of poetry all over," writes Muldoon in his incisive introduction to the volume. The Best American Poetry 2005 features a superb company of artists ranging from established masters of the craft, such as John Ashbery, Adrienne Rich, and Charles Wright, to rising stars like Kay Ryan, Tony Hoagland, and Beth Ann Fennelly. With insightful comments from the poets elucidating their work, and series editor David Lehman's perspicacious foreword addressing the state of the art, The Best American Poetry 2005 is indispensable for every poetry enthusiast.
The Best American Poetry 2006by Billy Collins David Lehman
"So welcome, readers, to a plurality of poets, a cornucopia of tropes, and a range of interests." -- From Billy Collins's introduction The Best American Poetry series offers a distinguished poet's selection of poems published in the course of a year. The guest editor for 2006 is Billy Collins, one of our most beloved poets, who has chosen poems of wit, humor, imagination, and surprise, in an array of styles and forms. The result is a celebration of the pleasures of poetry -- from Laura Cronk's marvelous "Sestina for the Newly Married" to the elegant limericks of R. S. Gwynn and from Reb Livingston on butter to Mark Halliday's "Refusal to Notice Beautiful Women." In his charming and candid introduction Collins explains how he chose seventy-five poems from among the thousands he considered. With insightful comments from the poets illuminating their work, and series editor David Lehman's thought-provoking foreword, The Best American Poetry 2006 is a brilliant addition to a series that links the most noteworthy verse and prose poems of our time to a readership as discerning as it is devoted to the art of poetry.
The Best American Poetry 2007by David Lehman Heather Mchugh
The twentieth edition of The Best American poetry series celebrates the rich and fertile landscape of American poetry. Renowned poet Heather McHugh loves words and the unexpected places they take you; her own poetry elevates wordplay to a species of metaphysical wit. For this year's anthology McHugh has culled a spectacular group of poems reflecting her passion for language, her acumen, and her vivacious humor. From the thousands of poems published or posted in one year, McHugh has chosen seventy-five that fully engage the reader while illustrating the formal and tonal diversity of American poetry. With new work by established poets such as Louise Glück, Robert Hass, and Richard Wilbur, The Best American Poetry 2007 also features such younger talents as Ben Lerner, Meghan O'Rourke, Brian Turner, and Matthea Harvey. Graced with McHugh's fascinating introduction, the anthology includes the ever-popular notes and comments section in which the contributors write about their work. Series editor David Lehman's engaging foreword limns the necessity of poetry. The Best American Poetry 2007 is an exciting addition to a series committed to covering the American poetry scene and delivering great poems to a broad audience.
The Best American Poetry 2007by David Lehman Heather Mchugh
The twentieth edition of The Best American poetry series celebrates the rich and fertile landscape of American poetry. Renowned poet Heather McHugh loves words and the unexpected places they take you; her own poetry elevates wordplay to a species of metaphysical wit. For this year's anthology McHugh has culled a spectacular group of poems reflecting her passion for language, her acumen, and her vivacious humor. From the thousands of poems published or posted in one year, McHugh has chosen seventy-five that fully engage the reader while illustrating the formal and tonal diversity of American poetry. With new work by established poets such as Louise Glück, Robert Hass, and Richard Wilbur, The Best American Poetry 2007 also features such younger talents as Ben Lerner, Meghan O'Rourke, Brian Turner, and Matthea Harvey. Graced with McHugh's fascinating introduction, the anthology includes the ever-popular notes and comments section in which the contributors write about their work. Series editor David Lehman's engaging foreword limns the necessity of poetry. The Best American Poetry 2007 is an exciting addition to a series committed to covering the American poetry scene and delivering great poems to a broad audience.
The Best American Poetry 2008by David Lehman Charles Wright
The Best American Poetry series is a beloved mainstay of American poetry. This year's edition was edited by one of the most admired and acclaimed poets of his generation, Charles Wright. Known for his meditative and beautiful observations of landscape, change, and time,Wright brings his particular sensibility to this year's anthology, which contains an ecumenical slant that is unprecedented for the series. He has gathered an astonishing selection of work that includes new poems by Carolyn Forché, Jorie Graham, Louise Glück, Frank Bidart, Frederick Seidel, Patti Smith, and Kevin Young and showcases a dazzling array of rising stars like Joshua Beckman, Erica Dawson, and Alex Lemon. With captivating and revelatory notes from the poets on their works and sage and erudite introductory essays by Wright and series editor David Lehman, The Best American Poetry 2008 will be read, discussed, debated, and prized for years to come.
The Best American Poetry 2009by David Lehman David Wagoner
David Wagoner writes about regular lives with plain grace and transcendent humanity, and the seventy-five poems he has chosen for the 2009 edition of The Best American Poetry grapple with life, celebrate freedom, and teem with imaginative energy. With engaging notes from the poets, Wagoner's superb introductory essay, series editor David Lehman's astute foreword about the current state of poetry and criticism, and cover art from the beloved poet John Ashbery, The Best American Poetry 2009 is a memorable and delightful addition to a series dedicated to showcasing the work of poets at their best. ip and its generous embrace of American poetry in all its exuberant variety, the Best American Poetry series continues to be, as Robert Pinsky says, "as good a comprehensive overview of contemporary poetry as there can be."
The Best American Poetry 2010by David Lehman Amy Gerstler
AMY GERSTLER'S COMMITMENT TO INNOVATIVE POETRY that conveys meaning, feeling, wit, and humor informs the cross section of poems in the 2010 edition of The Best American Poetry. The works collected here represent the wealth, the breadth, and the tremendous energy of poetry in the United States today. Featuring poems from some of our country's top bards, including John Ashbery, Anne Carson, Louise Glück, Sharon Olds, and Charles Simic, The Best American Poetry 2010 also presents poems that poignantly capture the current moment, such as the sonnets John Updike wrote to chronicle his dying weeks. And there are exciting poems from a constellation of rising stars: Bob Hicok, Terrance Hayes, Denise Duhamel, Dean Young, and Elaine Equi, to name a very few. The anthology's mainstays are in place: It opens with series editor David Lehman's incisive foreword about the state of American poetry and has a marvelous introduction by Amy Gerstler. Notes from the poets, illuminating their poems and their writing processes, conclude this delightful addition to a classic series.Dick Allen * John Ashbery * Sandra Beasley * Mark Bibbins * Todd Boss * Fleda Brown * Anne Carson * Tom Clark * David Clewell * Michael Collier * Billy Collins * Dennis Cooper * Kate Daniels * Peter Davis * Tim Dlugos * Denise Duhamel * Thomas Sayers Ellis * Lynn Emanuel * Elaine Equi * Jill Alexander Essbaum * B. H. Fairchild * Vievee Francis * Louise Glück * Albert Goldbarth * Amy Glynn Greacen * Sonia Greenfield * Kelle Groom * Gabriel Gudding * Kimiko Hahn * Barbara Hamby * Terrance Hayes * Bob Hicok * Rodney Jones * Michaela Kahn * Brigit Pegeen Kelly * Corinne Lee * Hailey Leithauser * Dolly Lemke * Maurice Manning * Adrian Matejka * Shane McCrae * Jeffrey McDaniel * W. S. Merwin * Sarah Murphy * Eileen Myles * Camille Norton * Alice Notley * Sharon Olds * Gregory Pardlo * Lucia Perillo * Carl Phillips * Adrienne Rich * James Richardson * J. Allyn Rosser * James Schuyler * Tim Seibles * David Shapiro * Charles Simic * Frank Stanford * Gerald Stern * Stephen Campbell Sutherland * James Tate * David Trinidad * Chase Twichell * John Updike * Derek Walcott * G. C. Waldrep * J. E. Wei * Dara Wier * Terence Winch * Catherine Wing * Mark Wunderlich * Matthew Yeager * Dean Young * Kevin Young
The Best American Poetry 2010by David Lehman Amy Gerstler
AMY GERSTLER'S COMMITMENT TO INNOVATIVE POETRY that conveys meaning, feeling, wit, and humor informs the cross section of poems in the 2010 edition of The Best American Poetry. The works collected here represent the wealth, the breadth, and the tremendous energy of poetry in the United States today. Featuring poems from some of our country's top bards, including John Ashbery, Anne Carson, Louise GlÜck, Sharon Olds, and Charles Simic,The Best American Poetry 2010also presents poems that poignantly capture the current moment, such as the sonnets John Updike wrote to chronicle his dying weeks. And there are exciting poems from a constellation of rising stars: Bob Hicok, Terrance Hayes, Denise Duhamel, Dean Young, and Elaine Equi, to name a very few. The anthology's mainstays are in place: It opens with series editor David Lehman's incisive foreword about the state of American poetry and has a marvelous introduction by Amy Gerstler. Notes from the poets, illuminating their poems and their writing processes, conclude this delightful addition to a classic series.
The Best American Poetry 2011by David Lehman Kevin Young
The latest installment of the yearly anthology of contemporary American poetry that has achieved brand-name status in the literary world.
The Best American Poetry 2012by David Lehman Mark Doty
Mark Doty brings the vitality and imagination that illuminate his own work to his selections for the twenty-fifth volume in the Best American Poetry series. He has chosen poems of high moral earnestness and poems in a comic register; poems that tell stories and poems that test the boundaries of innovative composition. This landmark edition includes David Lehman's keen look at American poetry in his foreword, Mark Doty's gorgeous introduction, and notes from the poets revealing the germination of their work. Over the last twenty-five years, The Best American Poetry has become an annual rite of the poetry world, and this year's anthology is a welcome and essential addition to the series. SHERMAN ALEXIE * KAREN LEONA ANDERSON * RAE ARMANTROUT * JULIANNA BAGGOTT * DAVID BAKER * RICK BAROTt REGINALD DWAYNE BETTS * FRANK BIDART * BRUCE BOND * STEPHANIE BROWN * ANNE CARSON * JENNIFER CHANG * JOSEPH CHAPMAN * HEATHER CHRISTLE * HENRI COLE * BILLY COLLINS * PETER COOLEY * EDUARDO C. CORRAL * ERICA DAWSON * STEPHEN DUNN * ELAINE EQUI * ROBERT GIBB * KATHLEEN GRABER * AMY GLYNN GREACEN * JAMES ALLEN HALL * TERRANCE HAYES * STEVEN HEIGHTON * BRENDA HILLMAN * JANE HIRSHFIELD * RICHARD HOWARD * MARIE HOWE * AMORAK HUEY * JENNY JOHNSON * LAWRENCE JOSEPH * FADY JOUDAH * JOY KATZ * JAMES KIMBRELL * NOELLE KOCOT * MAXINE KUMIN * SARAH LINDSAY * AMIT MAJMUDAR * DAVID MASON * KERRIN McCADDEN * HONOR MOORE * MICHAEL MORSE * CAROL MUSKE-DUKES * ANGELO NIKOLOPOULOS * MARY OLIVER * STEVE ORLEN * ALICIA OSTRIKER * ERIC PANKEY * LUCIA PERILLO * ROBERT PINSKY * DEAN RADER * SPENCER REECE * PAISLEY REKDAL * MARY RUEFLE * DON RUSS * KAY RYAN * MARY JO SALTER * LYNNE SHARON SCHWARTZ * FREDERICK SEIDEL * BRENDA SHAUGHNESSY * PETER JAY SHIPPY * TRACY K. SMITH * BRUCE SNIDER * MARK STRAND * LARISSA SZPORLUK * DANIEL TOBIN * NATASHA TRETHEWEY * SUSAN WHEELER * FRANZ WRIGHT * DAVID YEZZI * DEAN YOUNG * KEVIN YOUNG
The Best American Poetry 2013by David Lehman
Edited this year by beloved and inventive poet Denise Duhamel, the foremost annual anthology of contemporary American poetry returns.Over the last twenty-five years, the Best American Poetry series has become a mainstay in the poetry world and beyond. An eagerly awaited yearly event, it is an essential guide to contemporary American verse and the poets who define it. Denise Duhamel is an ardent and curious poet who has slyly tackled every conceivable style and form, every subject matter and perspective, and has solidly earned her community's respect. Her wit and enthusiasm informs the 2013 edition of The Best American Poetry. The works collected here are, as Duhamel's own work is, alive and passionate and full of imagination, reflecting the vibrant state of our country's contemporary poetry scene. Featuring a star-studded line-up, The Best American Poetry 2013 includes such eminences as John Ashbery, Louise Gluck, Frederick Seidel, and Richard Wilbur, as well as the fast-rising hot poets Sherman Alexie, Nin Andrews, Victoria Chang, Timothy Donnelly, Michael Robbins, and Major Jackson. And as always, the anthology opens with David Lehman's incisive look at the current state of American poetry.
The Best American Poetry 2013by David Lehman
Over the last twenty-five years, the Best American Poetry series has become an annual rite of autumn, eagerly awaited and hotly debated: "an essential purchase" (The Washington Post). This year, guest editor Denise Duhamel brings her wit and enthusiasm and her commitment to poetry in all its wide variety to bear on her choices for The Best American Poetry 2013. These acts of imagination--from known stars and exciting newcomers--testify to the vitality of an art form that continues to endure and flourish, defying dour predictions of its demise, in the digital age. This edition of the most important poetry anthology in the United States opens with David Lehman's incisive "state of the art" essay and Denise Duhamel's engagingly candid discussion of the seventy-five poems that made her final cut. Anna Maria Hong, Timothy Donnelly, Mary Ruefle, and Major Jackson. And as always, the anthology opens with David Lehman's incisive look at the current state of American poetry.
The Best American Poetry 2014by David Lehman Terrance Hayes
Edited by the National Book Award-winning poet Terrance Hayes, the foremost annual anthology of contemporary American poetry returns: "A 'best' anthology that really lives up to its title" (Chicago Tribune).The first book of poetry that Terrance Hayes ever bought was the 1990 edition of The Best American Poetry, edited by Jorie Graham. Hayes was then an undergrad at a small South Carolina college. He has since published four highly honored books of poetry, is a professor of poetry at the University of Pittsburgh, has appeared multiple times in the series, and is one of today's most decorated poets. His brazen, restless poems capture the diversity of American culture with singular artistry, grappling with facile assumptions about identity and the complex repercussions of race history in this country. Always eagerly anticipated, the 2014 volume of The Best American Poetry begins with David Lehman's "state-of-the-art" foreword followed by an inspired introduction from Terrance Hayes on his picks for the best American poems of the past year. Following the poems is the apparatus for which the series has won acclaim: notes from the poets about the writing of their poems.
The Best American Poetry 2015by Sherman Alexie David Lehman
The premier anthology of contemporary American poetry continues with an exceptional volume edited by award-winning novelist and poet Sherman Alexie.Since its debut in 1988, The Best American Poetry has become a mainstay for the direction and spirit of American poetry. Each volume in the series presents the year's most extraordinary new poems and writers. Guest editor Sherman Alexie's picks for The Best American Poetry 2015 highlight the depth and breadth of the American experience. Culled from electronic and print journals, the poems showcase some of our leading luminaries--Amy Gerstler, Terrance Hayes, Ron Padgett, Jane Hirshfield--and introduce a number of outstanding younger poets taking their place in the limelight. A leading figure since his breakout poetry collection The Business of Fancydancing in 1992, Sherman Alexie won the National Book Award for his novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. He describes himself as "lucky enough to be a full-time writer" and has written short stories, novels, screenplays, and essays--but he is at his core a poet. As always, series editor David Lehman's foreword assessing the state of the art kicks off the book, followed by an introductory essay in which Alexie discusses his selections. The Best American Poetry 2015 is a guide to who's who and what's happening in American poetry today.
The Best of the Best American Poetryby David Lehman
Every year since 1988 a major poet has selected seventy-five poems for publication in The Best American Poetry. The series has quickly grown in both sales and prestige, as poetry itself has seen a remarkable resurgence in popularity and vitality, fueled by established poets at the peak of their powers and a new generation of daring voices. As we approach the millennium, now is the opportune moment to take stock of american poetry and choose the work that will stand the test of time. Harold Bloom, a commanding presence on the American literary state, has read all 750 poems in the series and has picked the "best of the best." He precedes his selections with a compelling and highly provocative essay on the state of American letters, in which he fiercely champions the endangered realm of the aesthetic over the politically correct. Diverse in style, method, and metaphor, the seventy-five poems Bloom has chosen go a long way toward defining a contemporary canon of American poetry. This exciting volume reflects not only the taste of the current editor, but the predilections of the all-star list of poets who have contributed their time and intellect to make this series what is today: a "valuable, invaluable, supervaluable" (Beloit Poetry Journal) record of an ever-changing, always exciting art.
Best of the Best American Poetryby David Lehman Robert Pinsky
Robert Pinsky, distinguished poet and man of letters, selects the top 100 poems from twenty-five years of The Best American PoetryThe Best American Poetry is the most prestigious poetry publication in the United States and has been so almost from its inception in 1988. Hotly debated, keenly monitored, ardently advocated (or denounced), obsessively scrutinized, every volume in the series consists of seventy-five poems chosen by a major American poet--from John Ashbery in 1988 to Mark Doty in 2012 with stops along the way for such poets as Jorie Graham, Charles Simic, A.R. Ammons, Louise Gluck, James Tate, Adrienne Rich, Paul Muldoon, Billy Collins, Heather McHugh, and Kevin Young. Out of the 1,875 poems that have appeared in The Best American Poetry, here are the 100 that Robert Pinsky has chosen for this special edition. Each volume in the series is represented, and the result is a pleasure-giving book of twice-honored poems that readers will find indispensable. The Best of the Best American Poetry is proof positive that the art form is flourishing. The volume is a reminder, too, of the role this anthology series has played in the resurgence of interest in American poetry in the last quarter century. With valuable introductory essays by guest editor Pinsky and series editor David Lehman, The Best of the Best American Poetry includes up-to-date biographies of the poets along with the comments they made when the poems were originally selected.
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Baldwin denies relationship with stalking suspect
Hilaria Baldwin, left, wife of actor Alec Baldwin, leaves court in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. Alec Baldwin testified Tuesday that he never had a sexual or romantic relationship with Canadian actress Genevieve Sabourin, who accused of stalking him. He said that after they met she began leaving dozens of voice mails for him a night and eventually started threatening to show up at his homes. ( AP Photo/New York Daily News, Jefferson Siegel, Pool)
NEW YORK (AP) — It was, Alec Baldwin said, "like something out of Hitchcock": He waits in the wings of a Lincoln Center stage before a movie-screening discussion. He looks out to see his tormentor in a front-row seat. She turns to him. And smiles.
That was one of several scenes in a personal drama the "30 Rock" actor described Tuesday, as the star witness against Genevieve Sabourin, a small-time Canadian actress charged with stalking him.
"It was nightmarish," Baldwin said during a morning of testimony that at times approached theater in itself. Sabourin unleashed a stream of outbursts — "He's lying!" for instance — that prompted a judge to warn that he might remove her from court.
Baldwin sometimes came close to playing director, dilating on points he wanted to make, telling Sabourin's lawyer he sounded nervous and musing [auth] about having thought of turning Sabourin's voicemail messages into a play. And the famously testy actor left court with an acerbic comment for news photographers.
Baldwin and the Manhattan district attorney's office say it's a case of an acquaintance with a movie star turning into harassment. Sabourin says it was a romance that fell apart.
Baldwin, 55, said he met Sabourin at a lunch with a mutual friend in 2000 in Montreal, where Baldwin was filming a cameo in the sci-fi comedy "The Adventures of Pluto Nash."
Sabourin, 41, hails from the Montreal suburb of Candiac and was working as a publicist for the movie. She also has appeared in some Canadian films and TV series.
Ten years later, the friend asked Baldwin for a favor, the actor testified: Would he give some career advice to Sabourin?
So Baldwin and Sabourin met at a New York restaurant in 2010 for what he characterizes as an hour-long chat about her acting prospects and she calls a romantic dinner that ended in a sexual tryst, which Baldwin adamantly denies.
Baldwin says he communicated with her afterward only to convey suggestions about acting classes, but she quickly shifted to professing her love and pleading for his.
She began leaving as many as 30 voicemail messages a night and sent a raft of emails that grew increasingly ominous in March 2012. One began: "Call the FBI now!" and said she had the address of his Hamptons home, had "easy access inside" his New York apartment building and would insinuate herself into places he worked and yoga classes taught by his then-girlfriend, Hilaria Thomas, now his wife.
Shortly after Baldwin and Thomas got engaged in March 2012, they were sitting in their living room in the Hamptons hamlet of Amagansett, N.Y., when he heard gravel crunch in the driveway. He looked out to see Sabourin getting out of a car, Baldwin testified, his eyes reddening as he recalled the episode. He called police; Sabourin left before they arrived, he said.
The couple felt "extremely, extremely, extremely threatened," he said.
A few days afterward, he said, Sabourin appeared at the Lincoln Center screening — he had security guards escort her out, and Hilaria Baldwin testified that Sabourin ran toward her on the way out the door. Days later, Sabourin appeared outside the couple's Manhattan apartment building and was arrested.
Baldwin said he had repeatedly asked Sabourin to let him alone, and some emails read in court include exhortations to stop. But he also sent some more sympathetic messages, including "happiness is around the corner."
A police detective testified last week that Baldwin described his contacts with Sabourin as strictly professional, but the actor acknowledged Tuesday some communications "were more personal than professional." He said he was "just trying to pacify her" while hoping she'd eventually give up contacting him.
Sabourin's lawyer, Todd Spodek, has said she was just seeking to resolve her feelings toward the actor, not threatening him.
Baldwin's career has included Oscar and Tony nominations and incarnating action hero Jack Ryan in the 1990 film "The Hunt for Red October."
He's also known for an incendiary temper, notably exposed when a voice mail of him berating his now-teenage daughter Ireland Baldwin came to light in 2007. He later said the message horrified him.
He was kicked off a plane in 2011 after refusing to stop playing a cellphone game, and he's gotten into confrontations with news photographers. He and a New York Post lensman filed harassment complaints against each other after an altercation in February, and a Daily News photographer said Baldwin punched him in 2012, which Baldwin denied.
Representatives from the Daily News and the Post declined to comment.
But as he left court, Baldwin had a caught-on-camera comment for the Post photographer he'd faced off with in February: "I hope you choke to death."
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In Reply to: Re: theme of childhood!!!!!!??????!!!!!!!!William Wordsworth posted by helen gillis on December 18, 1998 at 16:31:30:
here is a paper a wrote, tell ma what you think. I am 17 and am taking english 4 in high school. Here it is, please tell me what you think:
This paper is on lit devices.
The Worth of Wordsworth's Words
William Wordworth, a founder of the Romanic movement, is one of the most important
and original poets, and is particularly known for his poetry about certain aspects of nature. The
sonnet "The World Is Too Much with Us" takes place, like many of Wordsworth's poems do, by
the sea. He very commonly writes about some point in nature; in this case, his frustration with
others' regards to the values of nature. William Wordsworth uses imagery, figurative language,
and sound devices to affect his tone and mood in "The World Is Too Much with Us."
In "The World Is Too Much with Us," Wordsworth creates his frustrated tone by the use
of great imagery. Imagery is the use of the senses, and Wordsworth makes sure that the reader
uses them all. First of all, the sense of hearing is very prominent in "The World Is Too Much
with Us" It is apperant in line 6: "The winds that will be howling to the moon..." This produces
a sound of wind breathing softly but loudly enough so the reader can hear it. Another example
of the sense of hearing is found in line 14: "Or hear old Triton his wrethed horn." This
makes the reader consider the sound coming from a hollow shell found on the beach--a loud but
low sound. He sums up hearing in line 8: "...we are out of tune." This basically says to the
reader that observing nature requires hearing it also. Since "we" have stopped using our gift of
hearing nature, our hearing is out of the tune, and has little value in nature. This makes
Wordsworth very frustrated at not only the person of whom he is speaking, but also himself. The
sense of seeing is also apparent in this poem in line 7: "And the up-gathered now like sleeping
flowers..." (this paper was done by me, Sam K.) This creates the illusion of seeing a flower slowly getting closed up at the end of the
evening when the sun drops.
Great is Wordsworth's figurative language in "The World Is Too Much with Us." In
line 4, an example of an oxymoron is present: "sordid boon". The word "sordid" means
"distasteful"; "boon" means "reward". This creates two opposites, and thus, an oxymoron.
Wordsworth puts in this oxymoron for emphasis on his frustration. As in many of Wordsworth's
poems, many things can be personified. For example, in "The World Is Too Much with Us",
both the sea and nature itself are personified. Wordsworth makes nature a person in line 3:
"Little we see in Nature that is ours..." Sea is personified in line 5: "This Sea that bares her
bosom to the moon..." Not only is this Sea called a woman, but it is given female features.
These examples of figurative language show that Wordsworth is trying to appreciate Nature with
respect, but the majority thinks differently.
Although not as abundant as in his others, Wordsworth puts plenty of sound devices in
this poem. Alliteration is most prominent in "The World Is Too Much with Us". The most
useful, in regards to achieving his tone, is the repetition of the letter "w". This is apparent in
lines 1-6. (this paper was done by me, Sam K.)The sound that the "w" makes is a sound that is used for desperation and frustration.
Another sound device that is present in this poem is onance. An example of this is found in
line 14: "Or hear old Triton his wreathed horn." The vowel sound that is being repeated
is the "o". This is a slow sound, and Wordworth most likely uses it to show his desperation to
the fact that no one is appreciating nature. A well-placed anastrophe is in line 3: "Little we see
in Nature that is ours..." The word "little" is placed in front of the clause to point out just how
minute the amount is. A hyperbole is found in line 4: "We have given our hearts away..." This
is an overexaggeration--the person does not actually remove the vital organ, but rather, as
Wordworth intended, the soul is gone when a person stops appreciating nature.
In conclusion, William Wordsworth uses figurative language, sound devices, and imagery
to not only get his point across, but also to entertain the reader. The sonnet "The World Is Too
Much with Us" laments the unworthiness of others in regards to nature, and that frustrates
Wordsworth greatly. This paper was done by me, Sam k.
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WASHINGTON -- As congressional leaders seek consensus in the next few months on budget cuts, raising the nation's debt limit and continuing to fund the federal government, experts say they are unlikely to turn to most members of the Arizona congressional delegation for help.
Political analysts say the state's divided delegation is made up more of ideologues than the kind of pragmatic politicians who meet in the middle to strike a deal. This mirrors a nationwide trend that emerged after state legislatures redrew congressional districts in highly partisan ways, leaving fewer than 100 swing districts.
"These members of Congress are elected from specific constituencies on the right and left, and they tend to see their obligation as representing the groups that elected them as opposed to voting for what's best for the country overall," said Bruce Merrill, a senior research fellow at the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University.
It's a criticism leveled at Congress as a whole. The point was underscored at the end of December as sparring lawmakers struggled to reach a last-minute, but partial, deal to avoid sending the nation over the "fiscal cliff" of higher taxes and automatic spending cuts that economists warned could have sparked another recession.
Arizona's U.S. House delegation at the time — a new group of lawmakers was sworn in on Jan. 3 — split along party lines, with Democratic Reps. Ron Barber, Raúl Grijalva and Ed Pastor voting for the deal, which was supported by Democratic President Barack Obama.
Republican Reps. Jeff Flake, Trent Franks, Paul Gosar, Ben Quayle and David Schweikert voted against it despite being urged by House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, to support the bill.
"Boehner has a serious problem with the far right of his party," said Patrick Kenney, dean of social sciences and a political-science professor at ASU. "If he's trying to find some folks who are easy to work with, he's not going to find them in Arizona."
Republican Sens. John McCain and Jon Kyl, the latter of whom retired last month after three terms, both voted for the deal to avert the tax hikes. The Senate vote was far more bipartisan, with eight senators opposing the bill and 89 voting in favor.
"Senators have a much bigger constituency than House members," Kenney said. "And the bigger the constituency, the broader the view and the more collective responsibility politicians take."
Deep split continues
Although Arizona's delegation has three new House members, the ideological split is expected to persist. The new Arizona House delegation has five Democrats and four Republicans.
"I think the votes in this Congress will be very similar to what they were in the last," Merrill said.
The new Congress faces two major issues in the coming months: whether to raise the nation's debt ceiling again before a mid-May deadline and whether to allow billions of dollars of across-the-board cuts to defense and non-defense programs, scheduled to take effect March 1.
Obama on Tuesday proposed a small package of spending cuts and tax changes as part of a deal to postpone for a few months the deep spending cuts.
Conservatives have said they will fight for deep cuts in federal spending to shrink government, while liberals say they will battle to protect entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare.
Republican Rep. Matt Salmon, who won the House seat vacated when Flake won Kyl's Senate seat, is a conservative who is expected to side with Franks, Gosar and Schweikert on most fiscal issues.
Schweikert, a favorite of the conservative Club for Growth, was stripped of his prime spot on the House Financial Services Committee by GOP House leadership after he opposed Boehner on key budget votes. The Arizonan quickly turned his punishment into a fundraising opportunity.
"I will continue to be unwavering in my commitment to talk about the issues that I feel are important to the future of this country," Schweikert wrote in a December e-mail to supporters. He followed up with e-mails requesting campaign donations.
Salmon drew criticism on a recent episode of CBS' "Face the Nation" after saying he would welcome a government shutdown, which would occur by not raising the nation's debt ceiling. He said it was a "good idea" because it would force Congress to compromise on spending cuts.
Newly elected Democratic Rep. Kyrsten Sinema is generally regarded as a liberal, as are Grijalva and Pastor.
Barber and Ann Kirkpatrick, who returned to Congress this year after losing her first attempt at re-election in 2010, are expected to be the most-moderate members based on their voting records and because they represent swing districts, analysts said.
Sinema, while establishing a liberal voting record in the Arizona Legislature, earned a reputation for being able to work with Republicans.
"Barber and Kirkpatrick and Sinema all had close races, and they're probably going to need to be a bit cautious and try to find common ground, although I don't know that they will," Kenney said.
Kirkpatrick has signaled that she is willing to cross the aisle on some spending issues. She said she would support a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution, a Republican idea.
She says it's key to reducing the nation's debt, though critics of the policy say the federal government must be able to run a deficit, particularly during tough economic times, using spending to keep the economy on track.
Gosar, who defeated Kirkpatrick in 2010, was one of the pragmatic politicians during the last debt-ceiling crisis, and he paid for it. He voted to raise the debt ceiling in 2011 as experts warned of the consequences to the nation's economy if Congress failed to act.
But he was the only Republican in Arizona's delegation to do so, and his primary opponents last year turned it into a central attack on his conservative credentials. The fiscal-cliff vote was key to showing his conservative rural constituents that he's squarely on the right.
Flake may prove to be less willing than Kyl was to compromise on fiscal issues, as evidenced by their different votes on the fiscal-cliff deal, Kenney said.
"Jeff Flake has made his reputation on being a fiscal conservative," Kenney said. "I don't see him making any quick changes."
Political reality
Although polls indicate that Americans are frustrated by Congress' inability to solve tough issues, most lawmakers, especially House members, are simply responding to political reality.
Most congressional districts are solidly Republican or Democratic. That boosts the importance of party primaries, in which a small percentage of voters turn out, and those who do tend to be either very conservative or very liberal, Merrill said.
That makes Republican incumbents vulnerable to challenges from their party's right and Democrats vulnerable to challenges from their party's left.
Add to that the increasing power of special-interest groups that spend millions on primary elections, and many incumbents have little incentive to move to the middle, Merrill said.
The conservative Club for Growth warned House members that it would grade them down on its annual scorecard if they voted for the fiscal-cliff deal. At the same time, liberal groups such as Democracy for America cautioned lawmakers not to reduce Social Security or Medicare benefits. "That's why compromise becomes so doggone difficult," Merrill said.
Arizona members of both parties have said they believe in compromise but don't believe the other side does.
"I'm all for compromise and meeting in the middle," Grijalva said recently. "But when there is no give on the other side, then there's no compromise."
Congressional Quarterly does an annual rating of how much each member votes with his or her political party. Its 2012 analysis, based on votes cast in 2011, said Grijalva voted with Democratic leadership 97 percent of the time.
Schweikert, who voted with the GOP leadership 96 percent of the time, according to Congressional Quarterly, also questioned what constitutes a compromise.
"This is not a compromise," he said of the fiscal-cliff deal that he opposed. "I am only more determined to continue to do what Arizonans sent me to Washington to do — fight to reduce the size and cost of government."
Eric Herzik, who heads the political-science department at the University of Nevada-Reno, said there is little hope that anything will change soon.
"We'll teeter on the edge again when we get to the debt ceiling, then another last-minute fix will occur," he predicted. "If you're frustrated by this, expect to be frustrated some more."
Republic reporter Rebekah L. Sanders contributed to this article.


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Five years after the shocking murder of legendary DJ Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC, theories and emotions continue to swirl. They've heated up in recent months and culminate this week, as MTV News presents Randy Allen, one of the witnesses to the murder, speaking with Marvin Thompson, Jay's brother, about the tragedy for the first time in five years.See Also:
While police have not named a suspect in the murder and no arrests have been made, news about evidence and motives continues to emerge.
(Click here for photos of the "24/7" studio and key personnell.)
As the first installment of a three-part series rolling out this week - culminating in the first conversation between Jay's brother and Randy Allen, the DJ's former business partner, since the murder - MTV News has compiled a timeline of the events surrounding the murder.
October 30, 2002, 7:30 p.m.: Jay, 37, is fatally shot once in the head at his recording studio in Queens, New York, and another man, Uriel "Tony" Rincon, 25, was shot in the leg during the assault by unknown gunmen. Police later confirm the news.
November 2002: Theories begin to emerge about the possible motives for the murder, including a debt owed to an old neighborhood acquaintance, revenge by disgruntled rappers with whom Jay had worked and who may have killed him over a disputed music publishing advance, or even a possible connection to 50 Cent, who had been a protégé of Jay's.
November 10, 2002: The New York Post reports that Ronald "Tinard" Washington, an associate of Jay's, may have served as a lookout while the DJ was shot. Washington is believed to have tipped off the killers when Jay arrived at his 24/7 Studio and then waited outside while the perpetrators committed the crime. The man believed to be an accomplice to Jay's murder is thought to be hiding out in Washington, D.C. He was only identified as "a convicted drug dealer." The paper also says that Jam Master Jay may have been killed for a dispute over money, and names Curtis Scoon - who had allegedly been feuding with Jay - as the prime suspect in the investigation and the man wanted by police for questioning. Among the theories is that Jay owed a debt to Scoon and was killed following an argument over the money.
December 12, 2002: Jay's longtime friend, Randy Allen, who was present in the studio the night of the murder, denies reports that he was involved in the slaying and had set up Jay in an attempt to cash in on a $500,000 life insurance policy. "You can't believe everything you read. That's a cruel thing to do to Jam Master Jay," Allen later told MTV News.
April 2003: Several Queens residents say they know who killed Jay but are afraid to go to police with the information out of fear. "Honestly, I think the police know what happened but they just don't want to see justice done," neighborhood resident Olivia Jackson says. "I know who killed him because I'm in the streets. If I know, then I'm pretty sure they do too."
June 19, 2003: An investigator tells MTV News that police are again looking into reports that Allen may have been involved in the murder. The news comes days after Jay's mother, Connie Mizell, told New York's Daily News that she was upset she had not heard from Allen since the DJ's slaying and about reports he wasn't cooperating with police. "That hurts me more than words will ever say," she told the paper. "All of these years, [Jay] and Randy have been friends. We were all as close as close can be, and I haven't seen Randy since my Jason was killed. You're his friend for 20 years and you don't want to talk to the police about what happened? You don't come to my house after he died? You want to say you don't know anything?" Police dismissed, however, another report that same week that the murder may have resulted from a deadly love triangle between Jay, his wife, Terri Corley-Mizell, and Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff, an alleged neighborhood drug kingpin.
The Jam Master Jay Reports
Part 1: The story so far: A timeline of events surrounding Jam Master Jay's death and a list of the key personnel.
Part 2: A conversation with Randy Allen, who reacts to recent developments in the case and offers to speak with Jay's brother, Marvin Thompson.
Part 3: Randy Allen and Marvin Thompson speak about the murder for the first time in five years.
October 23, 2003: The Mizell family tells MTV News that they are planning to hire a private detective because of its frustration with the slow pace of the investigation into the case. The family also puts up its own $500,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of JMJ's murderer. That week, The New York Post reported that Lydia High - Randy Allen's sister and a close friend of Jay's who was present at the 24/7 Studio the night of the murder - had come forward to police and fingered a triggerman in the murder. The NYPD denied the report.
October 29, 2003: New York's Newsday reports that Jay was heavily in debt at the time of his death, owing as much as $500,000 in taxes. The red ink was so deep, according to the paper, that Mizell's wife had to take on a job at Banana Republic to help pay the bills.
April 2007: The Boston Herald reports that an unnamed witness told police that Ronald "Tinard" Washington, 43, was an accessory to the murder of Jay. The news comes a week after Washington was convicted of six armed robberies for holdups he committed in November 2002. The witness said that Washington confessed to his role in Jay's murder, as well as the 1995 murder of Randy "Stretch" Walker, a close associate of late rapper Tupac Shakur. Washington told the paper he expected to be charged as an accessory in both murders, but denied being involved in either slaying.
October 29, 2007: Queens record store owner William "The Mayor" Pittman takes MTV News on a tour of Jay's 24/7 studio, which had been sealed off until recently. "It was a disaster," Pittman says of the dire state of the studio following the police investigation into the murder. "The floors were [torn] up, all the carpet was ripped up. The walls were down, all of the wall panels were taken down. You could tell that a lot had [happened here] before we actually obtained it. It was really disturbing how it was left; it was very messed up construction-wise." Pittman shows MTV reporters the spot where JMJ was shot and reveals a treasure trove of artifacts he'd found in the studio, including old digital tapes with "50 Cent" and "Onyx" written on them, as well as several pairs of JMJ's Adidas sneakers.
November 5, 2007: A Daily News story is published in which Allen reveals to the newspaper that Lydia Hyde said the gunman, still not identified, had a telltale tattoo on his neck and that he hugged JMJ before pulling the trigger. In the interview, Allen also told the paper that he had fully cooperated with investigators and that he was furious Rincon had refused to identify the killer.
November 13, 2007: Allen tells MTV News he wants the same thing JMJ's family wants - closure - and says he's not the "bad guy" in the tragic story. "As far as I'm concerned, everybody that was there and hasn't said anything had something to do with it," Mizell's brother, Marvin Thompson, said in a Daily News article the previous week. Allen tells MTV News that he has been trying to figure out who killed Mizell for the past five years and insists he did not witness the murder, but that he has his own theory on who the murderer is - someone who was very close to Mizell and his family.
November 25, 2007: After five years of silence, witness Rincon finally comes forward and tells the Daily News that Jay had a pistol with him the night of the murder, and that he placed it on the arm of the couch they were sitting on while playing video games, suggesting that the DJ suspected he was a marked man. Rincon said Jay knew his killer and that, "Had there been immediate animosity or if there was a problem, they wouldn't have been that close. ... His gun was right there. ... He would've been blazing." At some point, Rincon said his phone rang and as he bent down to pick it up off the floor, he heard footsteps and heard Jay say, "Oh, sh--" and then gunshots rang out. Shot in the leg, Rincon turned to see Jay facedown on the floor with a gunshot wound to the head and the killer, wearing a dark sweater, running out of the studio. He claimed he never saw the killer's face.
November 30, 2007: Allen gets into an emotional confrontation with members of Jay's family at the J.A.M. Awards at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York. At one point, the event's producer told Allen to "Get out!" and a large group of men took off in search of Allen to remove him from the venue. Just before the uproar, Allen and Thompson had crossed passed for the first time since Jay's funeral and the two men agreed to speak at a later time.
December 2007 Allen and Thompson meet and speak in front of MTV News' cameras: Check back as our reports on Jam Master Jay's murder continue Tuesday and Wednesday.
Key Personnel
Jam Master Jay: Jason Mizell, DJ for hip-hop pioneers Run-DMC, owner of 24/7 Studio. Murdered on October 30, 2002.
Randy Allen: A member of the Jay-produced hip-hop duo Rusty Waters, as well as Jay's friend and business partner, he was in the studio the night of the murder. Named in a number of news accounts as a possible suspect whose motive may have been to collect on an insurance policy, Allen has denied any involvement in the killing.
Lydia High: The receptionist at the 24/7 Studio who reportedly was the first to be confronted by the murderers and Allen's sister.
Derrick Parker: Former New York City police officer, the "hip-hop cop," co-author of "Notorious C.O.P.: The Inside Story of the Tupac, Biggie, and Jam Master Jay Investigations From the NYPD's First "Hip-Hop Cop."
Uriel "Tony" Rincon: The man who was sitting on a couch playing video games with Jay when the DJ was shot, and who was shot in the leg during the assault. Rincon reportedly got tangled up with the shooter as he tried to flee the scene.
Curtis Scoon: A onetime suspect in the shooting who has never been arrested by police.
Boe Skagz: (Real name: Rodney Jones) Jay's nephew, the other member of the Jay-produced hip-hop duo Rusty Waters and who was allegedly in the studio the night of the murder.
Marvin Thompson: Jam Master Jay's brother.
Ronald "Tinard" Washington: A convicted armed robber who allegedly confessed to Jay's murder, according to a witness, as well as the 1995 murder of Tupac Shakur associate Randy "Stretch" Walker; Washington has denied being involved in either slaying.
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On December 23, 1986, the Rutan Voyager completed the first nonstop, non-refueled flight around the world. A unique aircraft constructed almost entirely of lightweight graphite-honeycomb composite materials and laden with fuel, it lifted off from Edwards Air Force Base, California, at 8:01 am on December 14, 1986. It returned nine days later at 8:05 am.
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