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    <span class="issue_left"><a href="http://opencity.org/author/erika-herdegaard" title="Posts by Erika Herdegaard" rel="author">Erika Herdegaard</a></span>
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    <span class="issue_right">      The Lay-Z-Boy Position     </span>
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    <span class="issue_left"><a href="http://opencity.org/author/heather-chase" title="Posts by Heather Chase" rel="author">Heather Chase</a></span>
    <span class="page_number">23</span>
    <span class="issue_right">      My First Facelift     </span>
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    <span class="issue_left"><a href="http://opencity.org/author/nick-tosches" title="Posts by Nick Tosches" rel="author">Nick Tosches</a></span>
    <span class="page_number">23</span>
    <span class="issue_right">      My Kind of Loving     </span>
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    <span class="issue_left"><a href="http://opencity.org/author/david-berman" title="Posts by David Berman" rel="author">David Berman</a></span>
    <span class="page_number">45</span>
    <span class="issue_right">      Two Poems     </span>
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    <span class="issue_left"><a href="http://opencity.org/author/david-berman" title="Posts by David Berman" rel="author">David Berman</a></span>
    <span class="page_number">45</span>
    <span class="issue_right">      Classic Water &#038; Other Poems     </span>
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    <span class="issue_left"><a href="http://opencity.org/author/jeremy-lewis" title="Posts by Jeremy Lewis" rel="author">Jeremy Lewis</a></span>
    <span class="page_number">49</span>
    <span class="issue_right">      Intro to &#8220;&#8221;Happy Deathbeds     </span>
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    <span class="issue_left"><a href="http://opencity.org/author/cyril-connolly" title="Posts by Cyril Connolly" rel="author">Cyril Connolly</a></span>
    <span class="page_number">53</span>
    <span class="issue_right">      Happy Deathbeds     </span>
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    <span class="issue_left"><a href="http://opencity.org/author/hettie-jones" title="Posts by Hettie Jones" rel="author">Hettie Jones</a></span>
    <span class="page_number">86</span>
    <span class="issue_right">      Two Poems     </span>
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    <span class="issue_left"><a href="http://opencity.org/author/dennis-johnson" title="Posts by Dennis Johnson" rel="author">Dennis Johnson</a></span>
    <span class="page_number">89</span>
    <span class="issue_right">      An Anarchist&#8217;s Guide to Somalia     </span>
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    <span class="issue_left"><a href="http://opencity.org/author/emily-carter" title="Posts by Emily Carter" rel="author">Emily Carter</a></span>
    <span class="page_number">125</span>
    <span class="issue_right">      Glory Goes and Gets Some     </span>
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    <span class="page_number">134</span>
    <span class="issue_right">      Vic 134     </span>
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    <span class="issue_left"><a href="http://opencity.org/author/sylvia-foley" title="Posts by Sylvia Foley" rel="author">Sylvia Foley</a></span>
    <span class="page_number">135</span>
    <span class="issue_right">      Dogfight     </span>
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    <span class="issue_left"><a href="http://opencity.org/author/mark-strand" title="Posts by Mark Strand" rel="author">Mark Strand</a></span>
    <span class="page_number">145</span>
    <span class="issue_right">      Great Dog Poem No. 5     </span>
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    <span class="page_number">153</span>
    <span class="issue_right">      The Art of Diplomacy     </span>
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    <span class="issue_left"><a href="http://opencity.org/author/stephen-miller" title="Posts by Stephen Miller" rel="author">Stephen Miller</a></span>
    <span class="page_number">162</span>
    <span class="issue_right">      Tape Gap     </span>
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    <span class="issue_left"><a href="http://opencity.org/author/maggie-poor" title="Posts by Maggie Poor" rel="author">Maggie Poor</a></span>
    <span class="page_number">163</span>
    <span class="issue_right">      Frog Pond     </span>
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    <span class="page_number">166</span>
    <span class="issue_right">      At the Nigthingale-Bamford School for Girls     </span>
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    <span class="page_number">167</span>
    <span class="issue_right">      Into to &#8220;&#8221;Incident God&#8217;s Country     </span>
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    <span class="issue_left"><a href="http://opencity.org/author/jim-thompson" title="Posts by Jim Thompson" rel="author">Jim Thompson</a></span>
    <span class="page_number">169</span>
    <span class="issue_right">      Incident in God&#8217;s Country     </span>
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    <span class="page_number">181</span>
    <span class="issue_right">      Britain Today     </span>
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    <span class="issue_left"><a href="http://opencity.org/author/lawrence-osborne" title="Posts by Lawrence Osborne" rel="author">Lawrence Osborne</a></span>
    <span class="page_number">186</span>
    <span class="issue_right">      Gentle Toys     </span>
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    <span class="issue_left"><a href="http://opencity.org/author/lucy-anderson" title="Posts by Lucy Anderson" rel="author">Lucy Anderson</a></span>
    <span class="page_number">195</span>
    <span class="issue_right">      Another Fish Poem     </span>
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    <span class="issue_left"><a href="http://opencity.org/author/samantha-gillison" title="Posts by Samantha Gillison" rel="author">Samantha Gillison</a></span>
    <span class="page_number">197</span>
    <span class="issue_right">      Petty Cash     </span>
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    <span class="page_number">207</span>
    <span class="issue_right">      Fight     </span>
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    <span class="issue_left"><a href="http://opencity.org/author/thomas-mcguane" title="Posts by Thomas McGuane" rel="author">Thomas McGuane</a></span>
    <span class="page_number">215</span>
    <span class="issue_right">      Bees     </span>
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    <span class="issue_left"><a href="http://opencity.org/author/george-bradley" title="Posts by George Bradley" rel="author">George Bradley</a></span>
    <span class="page_number">223</span>
    <span class="issue_right">      Frug Macabre     </span>
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jQuery(document).ready(function() {

	//Speed of the slideshow
	var speed = 5000;
	
	//You have to specify width and height in #slider CSS properties
	//After that, the following script will set the width and height accordingly
	jQuery('#mask-gallery, #gallery li').width(jQuery('#slider').width());	
	jQuery('#gallery').width(jQuery('#slider').width() * jQuery('#gallery li').length);
	jQuery('#mask-gallery, #gallery li, #mask-excerpt, #excerpt li').height(jQuery('#slider').height());
	
	//Assign a timer, so it will run periodically
	var run = setInterval('newsslider(0)', speed);	
	
	jQuery('#gallery li:first, #excerpt li:first').addClass('selected');

	//Pause the slidershow with clearInterval
	jQuery('#btn-pause').click(function () {
		clearInterval(run);
		return false;
	});

	//Continue the slideshow with setInterval
	jQuery('#btn-play').click(function () {
		run = setInterval('newsslider(0)', speed);	
		return false;
	});
	
	//Next Slide by calling the function
	jQuery('#btn-next').click(function () {
		newsslider(0);	
		return false;
	});	

	//Previous slide by passing prev=1
	jQuery('#btn-prev').click(function () {
		newsslider(1);	
		return false;
	});	
	
	//Mouse over, pause it, on mouse out, resume the slider show
	jQuery('#slider').hover(
	
		function() {
			clearInterval(run);
		}, 
		function() {
			run = setInterval('newsslider(0)', speed);	
		}
	);
	
	jQuery('#links a').click(function () {
  	//stop the slide show
  	clearInterval(run);

  	//go to the item
  	var sel = jQuery(this).attr('rel');
  	goto( jQuery('.' +  sel) );	
  		
  	//resume the slideshow
  	run = setInterval('newsslider(0)', 1000000);	
  	return false;
  });
	
});


function newsslider(prev) {

	//Get the current selected item (with selected class), if none was found, get the first item
	var current_image = jQuery('#gallery li.selected').length ? jQuery('#gallery li.selected') : jQuery('#gallery li:first');
	var current_excerpt = jQuery('#excerpt li.selected').length ? jQuery('#excerpt li.selected') : jQuery('#excerpt li:first');

	//if prev is set to 1 (previous item)
	if (prev) {
		
		//Get previous sibling
		var next_image = (current_image.prev().length) ? current_image.prev() : jQuery('#gallery li:last');
		var next_excerpt = (current_excerpt.prev().length) ? current_excerpt.prev() : jQuery('#excerpt li:last');
	
	//if prev is set to 0 (next item)
	} else {
		
		//Get next sibling
		var next_image = (current_image.next().length) ? current_image.next() : jQuery('#gallery li:first');
		var next_excerpt = (current_excerpt.next().length) ? current_excerpt.next() : jQuery('#excerpt li:first');
	}

	//clear the selected class
	jQuery('#excerpt li, #gallery li').removeClass('selected');
	
	//reassign the selected class to current items
	next_image.addClass('selected');
	next_excerpt.addClass('selected');

	//Scroll the items
	jQuery('#mask-gallery').scrollTo(next_image, 800);		
	jQuery('#mask-excerpt').scrollTo(next_excerpt, 800);   			
	
}

//Add this function after newslider function
function goto(item) {
  jQuery('#excerpt li, #gallery li').removeClass('selected');
	jQuery('#mask-gallery').scrollTo(item[0], 800);	
	jQuery('#mask-excerpt').scrollTo(item[1], 800);		
	jQuery(item).addClass('selected');					
}

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