Jennifer Levin (May 21, 1968 – August 26, 1986) was an eighteen-year-old woman who was killed by nineteen-year-old Robert Chambers in New York City's Central Park on 26 August 1986. The case became sensational and divisive.
Ms. Levin and Mr. Chambers knew each other and dated briefly. Known in some news reports as "The Preppie Murder," both came from privileged backgrounds. Ms. Levin had been born on Long Island and lived in California briefly following her parents' divorce. She graduated from the Baldwin School, a private school in the Upper East Side neighborhood. She worked as a waitress and planned to begin studies at Chamberlayne Junior College (now part of Mount Ida College) in Boston later that year.
A cyclist spotted Ms. Levin's body two hours after she and Mr. Chambers left a fashionable nightclub. She was nearly naked and showed wounds consistent with strangulation. Mr. Chambers explained the deep scratches on his face as cat scratches to police investigators. He claimed she had raped him. Physical evidence was not consistent with his story. Nor was their substantial difference in height and weight. His good looks won him a measure of public sympathy until a videotape from a later private party became public. He appeared to be reenacting the crime by twisting a doll's head from its body while four young women wearing only underwear cavorted around him.
Robert Chambers was tried for second degree murder. Under a plea bargain agreement entered into in the midst of jury deliberations during his trial, he pled guilty to, and served out a fifteen year prison sentence for, first degree manslaughter. He was released from prison on 14 February, 2003.
Ms. Levin and Mr. Chambers knew each other and dated briefly. Known in some news reports as "The Preppie Murder," both came from privileged backgrounds. Ms. Levin had been born on Long Island and lived in California briefly following her parents' divorce. She graduated from the Baldwin School, a private school in the Upper East Side neighborhood. She worked as a waitress and planned to begin studies at Chamberlayne Junior College (now part of Mount Ida College) in Boston later that year.
A cyclist spotted Ms. Levin's body two hours after she and Mr. Chambers left a fashionable nightclub. She was nearly naked and showed wounds consistent with strangulation. Mr. Chambers explained the deep scratches on his face as cat scratches to police investigators. He claimed she had raped him. Physical evidence was not consistent with his story. Nor was their substantial difference in height and weight. His good looks won him a measure of public sympathy until a videotape from a later private party became public. He appeared to be reenacting the crime by twisting a doll's head from its body while four young women wearing only underwear cavorted around him.
Robert Chambers was tried for second degree murder. Under a plea bargain agreement entered into in the midst of jury deliberations during his trial, he pled guilty to, and served out a fifteen year prison sentence for, first degree manslaughter. He was released from prison on 14 February, 2003.
picoFIREWALL is a small, but very efficient firewall for Linux systems; it was extensively tested on Debian GNU/Linux and SUSE Linux.
The main advantages are that picoFirewall is quickly installed (especially under Debian Linux) and that there is no or only minimal configuration needed.
Also, the log file is kept small, by logging only minimally, but without missing important entries.
The results may easily be viewed on informational HTTP-pages, if the package is installed as well.
The main advantages are that picoFirewall is quickly installed (especially under Debian Linux) and that there is no or only minimal configuration needed.
Also, the log file is kept small, by logging only minimally, but without missing important entries.
The results may easily be viewed on informational HTTP-pages, if the package is installed as well.
Carter Monroe is a pseudonym for a poet/novelist/editor (born August 30, 1952 in Goldsboro, North Carolina.) He is the author of four chapbooks, most notably Waffle House Blues (fingerprint press 2004.) While a student at various colleges in North Carolina, Monroe began to write and publish poetry.
Isolated by virtue of region from much of modern literature, Monroe discovered Richard Brautigan in 1971 and shortly thereafter began to research poetry on his own. The various private colleges he attended were church-supported and with the exception of William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens, and Ezra Pound, there was little else available in the campus libraries of contemporary value.
He took a sabbatical from his studies in the Fall of 1972 to “roam the world and write.” His scant publication credits were acquired during this time in a few now defunct small press journals. During this period, he read obsessively and was introduced to the work of The Beats, Robert Creeley, Ed Dorn, Jack Spicer, Philip Whalen, and Kenneth Patchen.
In the fall of 1973, he returned to college as a full-time student graduating with a degree in American Literature in December, 1974. Shortly thereafter, he married and began a career in industrial management. He would write no more for 25 years.
His first and only published novel, Journey (Authorhouse 2001), was completed in late 1999. Though lauded by critics for its vivid and accurate portrayal of the LSD experience, it sold sparingly. While involved with the completion of this manuscript, Monroe began to write poems sporadically. Upon reading Crayola in Arcana by Jeffrey Little (Mudlark 2000), he recommitted himself to poetry and wrote the ra postcards which later were included in his first chapbook, Sittin’ in with the Sun (Rank Stranger Press 2001.) His work also began to appear in various journals throughout the small press in the US and abroad.
In Summer 2005, his first full length collection of poetry The New Lost Blues – Selected Poems (Thunder Sandwich Press) was published. In his role as editor for Rank Stranger Press, he has facilitated the publication of books by both established and new writers. His work has been translated into several languages.
Isolated by virtue of region from much of modern literature, Monroe discovered Richard Brautigan in 1971 and shortly thereafter began to research poetry on his own. The various private colleges he attended were church-supported and with the exception of William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens, and Ezra Pound, there was little else available in the campus libraries of contemporary value.
He took a sabbatical from his studies in the Fall of 1972 to “roam the world and write.” His scant publication credits were acquired during this time in a few now defunct small press journals. During this period, he read obsessively and was introduced to the work of The Beats, Robert Creeley, Ed Dorn, Jack Spicer, Philip Whalen, and Kenneth Patchen.
In the fall of 1973, he returned to college as a full-time student graduating with a degree in American Literature in December, 1974. Shortly thereafter, he married and began a career in industrial management. He would write no more for 25 years.
His first and only published novel, Journey (Authorhouse 2001), was completed in late 1999. Though lauded by critics for its vivid and accurate portrayal of the LSD experience, it sold sparingly. While involved with the completion of this manuscript, Monroe began to write poems sporadically. Upon reading Crayola in Arcana by Jeffrey Little (Mudlark 2000), he recommitted himself to poetry and wrote the ra postcards which later were included in his first chapbook, Sittin’ in with the Sun (Rank Stranger Press 2001.) His work also began to appear in various journals throughout the small press in the US and abroad.
In Summer 2005, his first full length collection of poetry The New Lost Blues – Selected Poems (Thunder Sandwich Press) was published. In his role as editor for Rank Stranger Press, he has facilitated the publication of books by both established and new writers. His work has been translated into several languages.
1-Peace talk and Camp David:
In 2000 in the middle-east talk at Camp David what looked like to be a normal peace talk turned out to be a political scandal with are president George Bush and his foreign policy advisers had warned the Israelis delegation to get ready to walk out of the deal to negotiate.
Israel and Syria have commenced and stopped peace negotiations over the years. In recent years, Syria has repeatedly requested that Israel re-commence peace negotiations with the Syrian government. (The Times (UK), December 20, 2006, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article758520.ece last visited Feb. 26, 2007). There is an on-going internal debate within the Israeli government regarding the seriousness of this Syrian invitation for negotiations. The United States demanded that Israel desist from even exploratory contacts with Syria to test whether Damascus is serious in its declared intentions to hold peace talks with Israel. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was forceful in expressing Washington's view on the matter to Israeli officials that even exploratory negotiations with Syria are not to be attempted. Israel has thus far obeyed Washington's demand to desist (Haaretz, February 24, 2007, http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/829441.html last visited Feb. 26/07; The Times (UK), December 20, 2006, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article758520.ece last visited Feb. 26, 2007).
In 2000 in the middle-east talk at Camp David what looked like to be a normal peace talk turned out to be a political scandal with are president George Bush and his foreign policy advisers had warned the Israelis delegation to get ready to walk out of the deal to negotiate.
Israel and Syria have commenced and stopped peace negotiations over the years. In recent years, Syria has repeatedly requested that Israel re-commence peace negotiations with the Syrian government. (The Times (UK), December 20, 2006, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article758520.ece last visited Feb. 26, 2007). There is an on-going internal debate within the Israeli government regarding the seriousness of this Syrian invitation for negotiations. The United States demanded that Israel desist from even exploratory contacts with Syria to test whether Damascus is serious in its declared intentions to hold peace talks with Israel. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was forceful in expressing Washington's view on the matter to Israeli officials that even exploratory negotiations with Syria are not to be attempted. Israel has thus far obeyed Washington's demand to desist (Haaretz, February 24, 2007, http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/829441.html last visited Feb. 26/07; The Times (UK), December 20, 2006, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article758520.ece last visited Feb. 26, 2007).