Monthly Archives: September 2005

Feature Photography

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.pulitzer.org/year/1998/feature-photography/works/photo-800-html/4.html With her back to her daughter, Theodora Triggs shoots heroin. She insists that she loves Tamika and says she knows other children of addicts who are worse off, but admits, “When I’m using, I’m chasing … Continue reading

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Feature Photography

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.pulitzer.org/year/1998/feature-photography/works/photo-800-html/6.html Theodora Triggs caresses daughter Tamika as the child falls asleep. When her mother vanishes for hours or days in search of drugs, Tamika fears she will never come back.

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Feature Photography

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.pulitzer.org/year/1998/feature-photography/works/photo-800-html/7.html Johnny brushes Tamika’s teeth with a toothbrush she is sharing this day with Theodora, who is HIV-positive. After noticing that her own gums were bleeding, Theodora asked him to clean Tamika’s teeth first.

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Feature Photography

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.pulitzer.org/year/1998/feature-photography/works/photo-800-html/11.html In foreground, Kevin watches as his father, Calvin Holloman, a speed addict and alcoholic, tosses back a beer. Kevin calls the addicts who frequent the small apartment “the bad people.”

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Feature Photography

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.pulitzer.org/year/1998/feature-photography/works/photo-800-html/12.html Son Kevin digs through garbage in a dumpster, hoping to find clothes for his 10-year-old sister; he finds a pair of shoes, but they are too small.

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Feature Photography

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.pulitzer.org/year/1998/feature-photography/works/photo-800-html/13.html Ashley Bryan, 10, stares into space as her father, Calvin Holloman, lies on a mattress in the living room of their apartment. Unlike her brother, Kevin, Ashley is well-behaved, quiet–and depressed. She speaks sadly of … Continue reading

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Feature Photography

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.pulitzer.org/year/1998/feature-photography/works/photo-800-html/15.html Before going to sleep, Ashley Bryan says her usual prayer: “Just once, give me something good. Please, make life get better.” Neglect is the norm for Ashley and her brother, who go weeks without a … Continue reading

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SpaceWeather.com — News and information about meteor showers, solar flares

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.spaceweather.com/ From the page: “AURORA ALERT! A coronal mass ejection (CME) is racing toward Earth and it could spark a severe geomagnetic storm when it arrives–perhaps tonight (Sept. 14th and 15th). People everywhere should be alert … Continue reading

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A November Night

Stumbleupon Review A November Night There! See the line of lights, A Chain of stars down either side of the street — Why can’t you life the chain and give it to me, A Necklace for my throat? I’d twist … Continue reading

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Reason Magazine – Velvet President

Stumbleupon Review of : http://reason.com/0305/fe.mw.velvet.shtml “Here, in Havel’s earliest essay to be translated into English, you can already find the four main themes that have animated his adult nonfiction writing ever since. One is the responsibility to make the world … Continue reading

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