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Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, June/July 1997, pgs. 48, 118
Special Report
Are the Two Vetoes the Straw That Broke the Arab Camel's Back?
By Richard H. Curtiss
"One of Islam's holiest shrines, Al Quds, is now under occupation. At the same time the demographics of the city which holds it are being changed The United States cannot and will not help us. It is clearly under Israeli domination, and though many Americans will be upset by this, it is the bitter truth Why not apply sanctions?", Khalid Al-Maeena, Arab News, Jeddah, March 25, 1997.
"The Arab League Ministerial Council has asked Arab countries to halt a normalization of relations with Israel, to resume a primary economic boycott against it, and to freeze their participation in multilateral peace talks America champions the principle of boycott as a weapon against those who disagree with it, but condemns Arabs for using it against Israel as a last resort. This double standard always was, and remains, a feature of American logic." , Dr. Abdel Qader Tash, Arab News, Jeddah, April 6, 1997.
My host and his other guest were old Saudi friends and fellow University of Southern California alumni and the setting was relaxed, a Saudi restaurant in "typical" Nejdi style. The two Saudis spend their days in hushed, modern offices with deep carpets and corridors of polished marble or granite, their male secretaries screening the steady stream of calls, their own cellular telephones with numbers they give only to personal friends in the pockets of outer robes hanging behind their desks.
They arrived at the restaurant in leather-upholstered automobiles so sleek and luxurious that their rustic fellow alumnus from Washington couldn't even identify them. Tonight, however, they were sitting on flat cushions placed in rows on striped, hand-woven tribal rugs under palm-thatched roofs. The newly opened restaurant had been painstakingly reconstructed in the style of their grandfathers, who rode out of central Arabia in the first quarter of this century with the legendary King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud and created the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The other guest, a former government official and member of a merchant family whose name is on buildings and billboards all over the Kingdom, waited until we were alone for a moment to switch the topic abruptly from reminiscences of student days in Los Angeles.
"You're lucky I contributed to your library endowment so early this year," he said.
"Why?" I asked.
"Because my wife, who has her own charities and rarely interferes in mine, made me promise just last week that before I send another riyal to any American charity this year, I would send $5,000 to the family of that suicide bomber in Tel Aviv whose house was blown up last week in the West Bank."
"The free ride is over. America will pay a price this time."
I said nothing for a moment. I could see he was studying my face, knowing I might write about what he was saying.
"I had relatives in Tel Aviv the day that bomb went off," I said finally. "They could have been in that outdoor cafe."
"I was surprised, too, at my wife's reaction," he said. "This is the mother of my children, a woman who is horrified by violence and who hates no one. And by the way, this has nothing to do with her decision but we had relatives in Lebanon last spring. They could have been in any of a hundred places hit by Israeli bombs."
"So what are you going to do?"
"I've already done it," he said. "I sent the money without asking her a single question. It may turn out to be what I would otherwise have sent to USC this year. We all feel like giving up on Americans."
Our host rejoined us and the conversation shifted. But when the host stepped out again the former government official picked up exactly where he had left off:
"The first U.S. veto of a Security Council resolution condemning Netanyahu's decision to start building a settlement at Jabal Abu Ghneim surprised me. I thought you would abstain. Then I laughed at the vote in the General Assembly, 130 to 2. Never has American isolation in the world, with Israel, been more obvious for everyone to see.
"But then, after Bill Clinton said he regretted the Israeli decision to build the Har Homa settlement and the Europeans put his words into another, milder Security Council Resolution, and still the U.S. cast another veto, I was shocked. Who's running America?"
Our host returned, but this time the former government official didn't stop talking.
Nothing Too Shameful?
"When Boutros Boutros-Ghali refused to change the United Nations report blaming Israel for deliberately killing 100 people at Qana in Lebanon last May, Clinton couldn't veto the report. So he vetoed Boutros-Ghali's reappointment instead. Is there nothing the Israelis can do that is too shameful for you to defend? Two of those children killed at Qana were Americans from Detroit. Doesn't Clinton represent Americans?"
Constrained by his role as host from saying anything that might offend me, the other Saudi, one of the kindest people I have ever known, limited his comment to regret that the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) had not passed a stronger recommendation to resume the boycott of Israel.
"It's not just Israel we should boycott," the former government official grumped, "And by the way, make no mistake about it. This time the Arabs finally are serious. We won't forget these two vetoes. The free ride is over. America will pay a price this time."
A few days later the Arab League met and passed a resolution calling for resumption of the Arab boycott of Israel.
The day after my dinner with the two Saudis, I lunched with another old friend, a Palestinian American who has spent several years, off and on, in Riyadh. I asked him, "Are they really serious this time? Or will it blow over again?."
"I've seen them angry before," he said, "and usually not much happens. But this time they're really serious about resuming the boycott on Israel. And forget the 'Oslo accords,' which they didn't believe in anyway but didn't want to criticize openly when they'd been accepted by most of the Palestinians themselves, and while the U.S. was putting so much prestige behind them. But now that Clinton seems to have forgotten about them, so can the Saudis."
"I'm really thinking about American products in the Middle East," I said. "Depending upon how it's enforced, a boycott could affect not only American goods containing Israeli components, but also goods made by American companies with operations in Israel."
"I don't know," the Palestinian-American said. "But I'll bet it won't affect how many Saudis go to the U.S. on vacation this summer. They really like America much better than they do Europe. It's gone beyond taking their kids to Disneyland and Disney World. Now they're buying second houses in the U.S. and they take their kids around to choose American universities. The Saudi government won't pay for undergraduate scholarships to U.S. universities anymore, but it will pay for U.S. graduate schools. It's a real Saudi love affair with Americans, and that's why they're so furious with what the U.S. government is doing. But like I said, I've seen them angry before."
The next day I attended a breakfast meeting of the American Businessmen's Association, which can turn out 200 or 300 people for even a routine event. The speaker, the brand-new CEO of Lockheed-Martin, was on his first visit to the Middle East and very gung ho about doing business there.
I asked my American host, who had been representing American companies in Saudi Arabia for more than a quarter-century, if he thought the current mood, and at least nominal resumption of the boycott of Israel, would affect the sale of American products in Saudi Arabia.
"It already has," he said. "It started more than a year ago."
"Are you sure?" I asked. "I keep reading the whole world is crazy about everything American, our telecommunications, our software, our music, our videos and our cartoons on television, including the Arabs."
"They are," he said. "The problem is they're angry enough now that, if they have a choice, they buy the non-American product. And you can be sure that the French, the Germans, the Japanese all make sure they have a choice. They love Clinton's Middle East policy, as long as their governments don't get sucked into it."
"How bad is it?" I asked.
"So bad that, if it continues, I'll be gone in two years. Maybe even one."
"And all this?" I asked, gesturing to the hotel ballroom full of U.S. businessmen, bankers, engineers, consultants, and even lawyers.
"I don't know," he said. "But I've been here as long as any of them. I'm hurting now and getting ready to pull up stakes if it gets worse, as I feel pretty certain it will."
I recalled that conversation when I read the articles quoted above (and printed in full on pp. 32 and 33 of this issue). Both Saudi writers know the United States very well. Khalid Al-Maeena spent part of last summer vacationing in New Mexico and visiting in other parts of the United States. Dr. Abdel Qader Tash's doctorate is from the University of Michigan.
What they are writing now is what their countrymen will be saying and acting upon in coming months. And like my two USC-educated friends in Riyadh, they love Americans from first-hand exposure to them in their most vulnerable and impressionable years. But they all also understand the U.S. government very well, perhaps better than do most Americans. And one says he's "given up on America" and "America will pay a price this time." To their question, "who's running America?" Americans should add one of their own. "Who does Bill Clinton represent?"
and enjoys playing basketball with them, yet complains about the racist ones who pick fights or curse.
"You, Me, Jerusalem" also shows that not all Israelis are fanatics. One of the Da'ana family's closest friends is Jack Cohen, an Israeli actor and newspaper distributor who grew up in Jerusalem before it was divided in 1948. An older man, he dreams of starring in a sitcom which would show Palestinian and Israeli Jerusalemites dealing with each other as neighbors rather than as rivals for control of the city. Cohen's reminiscences about Jerusalem as it was provide a bittersweet portrait of the personal, human price its residents have paid for the Israeli government's insistance on political dominance.
Paramedic Dudu Ben Ezra, an idealist who would "rather be naive" than live hating Palestinians, explores his family's feelings about Arabs. His parents, who came to Israel from Morocco, were given a house confiscated from an Arab family. They, like the other "old-timers" in the film, express their respect for Arabs as people. Yet they reject out of hand the notion of returning the house if its original Palestinian owners ever are allowed to return.
Dudu's conflict is not about discrimination, but about dealing with other Israelis who don't feel the way he does about Palestinians. Even his wife scolds him for trusting his Palestinian co-workers, and tells him they would kill him if it meant saving their own lives.
Throughout Dudu's revealing conversations with his family, his daughter sits quietly observing from the background. Though the viewer can never tell how she is affected by what she sees and hears, there is a positive note. Toward the end of the film, as Dudu plays with her on a swing, he tells her about sneaking off as a child to play with Arab children, even while the city was divided.
All the threads of the story converge when a suicide bomb is detonated in a Jerusalem bus, and the crew members rush to the scene to aid the victims. Isa, the Arab ambulance driver, is given a medal for his work.
In the aftermath, both Palestinians and Israelis deal with the catastrophe differently. Palestinians wonder if the Israelis will take revenge on them. Israeli Jews, such as Dudu's family, wonder how Palestinians, like Dr. Da'ana, could be capable of such an act.
Other Israelis and Palestinians are introduced to examine various issues, such as the lack of housing for Palestinians in Jerusalem, and how victims of terror and violence deal with their sadness. Zoher Nabulsi is an Arab social worker who teaches Israeli and Palestinian children about their local city park. Even as he treats these children equally, his own father must build his house illegally, risking demolition. Young Israeli Moran Ornan-Shattner, whose cousin was shot and killed years earlier by an Egyptian soldier in the Sinai, nevertheless befriends a Palestinian girl from Ramallah. Eliahu Brand, an ambulance volunteer from Jerusalem, personifies the ultra-Orthodox devotion to the study of Judaism.
Directors Peled and Khleifi have portrayed authentically the friendships, idealism, and mistrust that exists in the ambulance crew and the city itself, illustrating that while politics are by their nature abstract, people are not. "You, Me, Jerusalem" is not a feel-good movie, but a documentary about two peoples who may try to divide the city politically and ethnically, yet must share it every day as they try to live normal lives.
As the ambulance races toward another emergency at the end, we hear Dudu say, "When we go by with sirens, everyone thinks it's a disaster. But often a new child is born." In 20 years, however, when that child has grown up and another documentary is made, will the city be any different? And if so, will it be for better or for worse?
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Met notes: Jeremy Hefner leaves Twitter
Hefner leaves Twitter
With 11 words, Mets pitcher Jeremy Hefner upset some of his fans on Twitter after Wednesday's game.
Those 11 words: "By the way I am a Christian and absolutely love Chick-fil-A!"
What followed was a cascade of negative feedback. By Thursday morning, Hefner decided to delete his account.
"I don't need that distraction," Hefner told The Record. "Whether I was right or they were right or whoever was right, it's just unnecessary."
Chick-fil-A, a national restaurant chain, angered people who support gay rights when one of its executives recently made comments in support of "the biblical definition of a family." The comments have led to protests and appreciation days.
After his tweet, Hefner said people were "sending hateful messages to me. It wasn't worth it."
"They can have their beliefs and their opinions," Hefner said. "It's fine. But I'm very aware that my opinion probably wasn't popular. You know what I mean?
"But I have the right to have my beliefs as well."
Valdespin's shirt
Jordany Valdespin was fuming when he returned to the clubhouse after Wednesday night's game and found the white T-shirt he wore to the park altered. On the front a teammate had drawn a parody of the famous "I Love New York" logo (I Love Valdey). The sleeves now had fringes.
The 24-year-old rookie had broken an unwritten baseball rule: Do not wear a T-shirt to the park. By Thursday morning, he was laughing it off.
"In the moment you get mad," Valdespin said. "But sometimes you've got to accept it."
On Thursday morning, he showed up wearing a pink shirt with a white collar.
Frank Francisco still is on schedule to rejoin the Mets when the team opens its series at San Diego tonight. … Andres Torres played Thursday for the first time since injuring his hand while avoiding a tag at first base Monday. Torres went 1-for-4 with a walk. He scored twice.
— Mike Kerwick

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Hundreds expected at Jamie's funeral
Hundreds of people are expected to join in a "celebration" of the life of seven year old Jamie Inglis. People who have been moved by brave Jamie's fight for life are welcome to attend the service at York Minster, his parents have said.
Little Jamie lost his battle after twice beating cancer. He died after suffering an infection while having treatment for neuroblastoma. The youngster had helped raise thousands of pounds for his treatment - he touched the hearts of so many.


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The Yardbirds are an English rock band that had a string of hits in the mid 1960s, including "For Your Love", "Over Under Sideways Down" and "Heart Full of Soul". The group is notable for having started the careers of three of rock's most famous guitarists: Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page, all of whom were in the top five of Rolling Stone's 100 Top Guitarists list (Clapton as #2, Page as #3, and Beck at #5).[1] A blues-based band that broadened its range into pop and rock, The Yardbirds were pioneers in guitar innovations of the 1960s: fuzz tone, feedback, distortion, backwards echo, improved amplification, etc. Pat Pemberton, writing for Spinner, holds that the Yardbirds were "the most impressive guitar band in rock music".[2] After the Yardbirds broke up in 1968, their current lead guitarist Jimmy Page founded what became Led Zeppelin.
The bulk of the band's most successful self-written songs came from bassist/producer Paul Samwell-Smith who, with singer/harmonica player Keith Relf, drummer Jim McCarty and rhythm guitarist/bassist Chris Dreja, constituted the core of the group. The band reformed in the 1990s, featuring McCarty, Dreja and new members. The Yardbirds were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992.
The band formed in the south-west London suburbs. Relf and Samwell-Smith were originally in a band named the Metropolitan Blues Quartet. After being joined by Dreja, McCarty and Topham in late May 1963, they decided to change the name, and after a couple of gigs in September 1963 as the Blue-Sounds, they settled on The Yardbirds, which was both an expression for hobos hanging around rail yards waiting for a train and also a reference to the jazz saxophonist Charlie "Yardbird" Parker.
At Kingston Art School in late May 1963 they first performed as a backup band for Cyril Davies, and achieved notice on the burgeoning British rhythm and blues scene in September 1963 when they took over as the house band at the Crawdaddy Club in Richmond, succeeding The Rolling Stones. They drew their repertoire from the Chicago blues of Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Sonny Boy Williamson II and Elmore James, including "Smokestack Lightning", "Good Morning Little School Girl", "Boom Boom", "I Wish You Would", "Rollin' and Tumblin'", and "I'm a Man".
Original lead guitarist (Anthony) Top Topham left and was replaced by Eric Clapton in October 1963. Crawdaddy Club impresario Giorgio Gomelsky became the Yardbirds' manager and first record producer. Under Gomelsky's guidance the Yardbirds signed to EMI's Columbia label in February 1964. Their first album was the "live", Five Live Yardbirds, recorded at the legendary Marquee Club in London. Blues legend Sonny Boy Williamson II invited the group to tour England and Germany with him, a union that later engendered another live album.
The quintet cut two singles, "I Wish You Would" and "Good Morning, School Girl", before their third, "For Your Love", a Graham Gouldman composition, provided their first major hit. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.[3] Clapton, at the time a blues purist, left the group in protest[4] to join John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. Clapton recommended Jimmy Page, a prominent young studio session guitarist, as his replacement. Page, uncertain about giving up his lucrative studio work and worried about his health, recommended in turn his friend Jeff Beck.[5] He played his first gig with the Yardbirds only two days after Clapton's departure in May 1965.
Beck's experiments with fuzz tone, feedback, and distortion fit well into the increasingly raw style of British beat music and the Yardbirds began to experiment, producing arrangements reminiscent of Gregorian chant and various European and Asian styles ("Still I'm Sad", "Turn Into Earth", "Hot House of Omagarashid", "Farewell", "Ever Since The World Began") though their commercial appeal began to wane. Beck was voted #1 lead guitarist of 1966 in the British music magazine Beat Instrumental.
The Beck-era Yardbirds produced a number of memorable recordings, single hits like "Heart Full of Soul", Bo Diddley's "I'm A Man", and "Shapes of Things" and the Yardbirds album (known popularly as Roger the Engineer and first issued in the U.S. in an abridged version called Over Under Sideways Down).
The Yardbirds embarked on their first U.S. tour in late August, 1965. A pair of albums was put together for the U.S. market; For Your Love (which included an early take of "My Girl Sloopy"), and Havin' A Rave Up With The Yardbirds, half of which came from Five Live Yardbirds. There were three more U.S. tours during Beck's time with the group. A brief European tour took place in April 1966.
In June 1966, shortly after the sessions that produced Yardbirds (aka, Roger The Engineer), Samwell-Smith decided to leave the group and work as a record producer. Jimmy Page agreed to play bass until rhythm guitarist Dreja had rehearsed on that instrument. The Beck-Page tandem is heard on the single "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" (a psychedelic rock highlight), though this featured Beck and Page on twin lead guitar, with John Paul Jones on bass: it was backed with "Psycho Daisies", which featured Beck on lead guitar and Page on bass (the B-side of the U.S. single, "The Nazz Are Blue", features a rare lead vocal by Beck).
The Beck-Page era Yardbirds also recorded "Stroll On", a rendering of "Train Kept A-Rollin'" recorded for the Michelangelo Antonioni film Blowup, though Relf changed the lyrics and title to avoid seeking permission from the copyright holder. "Stroll On" features a twin lead-guitar break by Beck and Page. Their appearance in Blowup came after The Who declined and The In-Crowd were unable to attend the filming. The Velvet Underground were also considered for the part but were unable to acquire UK work permits.[6] Director Michelangelo Antonioni instructed Beck to smash his guitar in emulation of The Who's Pete Townshend:[7] the guitar that Beck smashes at the end of their set is a cheap German-made Hofner instrument.
The Beck-Page lineup recorded little else in the studio and no live recordings of the dual-lead guitar lineup have surfaced (save a scratchy cover of the Velvet Underground's "I'm Waiting for the Man"). The Beck-Page Yardbirds recorded a commercial for a milkshake product "Great Shakes" using the opening riff of "Over Under Sideways Down", featured on 1992's Little Games Sessions & More compilation.
There was also one recording made by Beck and Page with John Paul Jones on bass, Keith Moon on drums and Nicky Hopkins on piano — "Beck's Bolero", a piece inspired by Ravel's "Bolero", credited to Page (Beck also claims to have written the song). "Beck's Bolero" was first released as the B-side of Beck's first solo single, "Hi Ho Silver Lining" and was included on his first album, Truth.
Beck was fired from the group after a tour stop in Texas in late October 1966; as such, the Yardbirds continued as a quartet for the remainder of their career. Page became the new lead guitarist and introduced his technique of playing with a cello bow (suggested to him by session musician David McCallum, Sr.[8]) and the use of a wah-wah pedal.
Meanwhile, the Yardbirds' commercial fortunes were declining. "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" had only reached No. 30 on the U.S. Hot 100 and had fared even worse in Britain. A partnership with Columbia's hit-making producer, Mickie Most, failed to reignite their commercial success. The "Little Games" single released in spring 1967 flopped so badly in the UK that EMI did not release another Yardbirds record there until after the band broke up (a UK release of the "Goodnight Sweet Josephine" single was planned the following year, but was eventually cancelled). A version of Tony Hazzard's "Ha Ha Said the Clown" — on which only one band member, Relf, actually performed — was the band's last single to crack the U.S. Top 50, peaking at No. 44 in Billboard in the summer of 1967. Their final album, Little Games, released in America in July, was a commercial and critical non-entity. A cover of Harry Nilsson's "Ten Little Indians" hit the U.S. in the fall of 1967 and quickly sank.
The Yardbirds spent most of the rest of that year touring in the States with new manager Peter Grant, their live shows becoming heavier and more experimental. The band rarely played their 1967 singles on stage, preferring to mix the Beck-era hits with blues standards and covers from groups such as The Velvet Underground and American folk singer Jake Holmes, whose "Dazed and Confused", with lyrics rewritten by Relf, was a live staple of the Yardbirds' last two American tours. The latter went down so well that Page selected it for the first Led Zeppelin record, on which it appears with Page credited as writer.
By 1968 Relf and McCarty wished to pursue a style influenced by folk and classical music while Page, at a time when the psychedelic blues-rock of Cream and The Jimi Hendrix Experience was enormously popular, wanted to continue with the kind of "heavy" music for which Led Zeppelin would become famous. Dreja was developing an interest in photography. By March, Relf and McCarty had decided to leave, though the other two managed to persuade them to stay at least for one more American tour. The Yardbirds' final single, recorded in January and released two months later, reflected these divergences. The A-side, "Goodnight Sweet Josephine", was in the same vein as their Mickie Most-produced singles of the previous year, while its B-side, "Think About It", featured a proto-Zeppelin Page riff and snippets of the "Dazed" guitar solo. This last single did not even crack the Hot 100.
A concert and some album tracks were recorded in New York City in March (including the currently unreleased song "Knowing That I'm Losing You", an early version of a track that would be re-recorded by Led Zeppelin as "Tangerine").[9] All were shelved at the band's request, although once Led Zeppelin were successful Epic tried to release the concert material as Live Yardbirds: Featuring Jimmy Page. The album was quickly withdrawn after Page's lawyers filed an injunction.
On 7 July 1968, the Yardbirds played their final gig at Luton College of Technology in Bedfordshire, England
Jimmy Page and Chris Dreja, with a tour slated for the fall in Scandinavia, saw the break-up as an opportunity to put a new lineup together with Page as producer and Grant as manager. Procol Harum's B.J. Wilson, Paul Francis, and session man Clem Cattini, who'd guested on more than a few Yardbirds tracks under Most's supervision, were considered as drummers. Young vocalist and composer Terry Reid was asked to replace Relf but declined because of a new recording contract with Most and recommended the then-unknown Robert Plant.[11][12] Plant, in turn, recommended his childhood friend John Bonham on drums.[13] Dreja bowed out to pursue a career as a rock photographer and bassist/keyboardist/arranger John Paul Jones — who, like Cattini, had worked with Page on countless sessions, including several with the Yardbirds — was recruited.[14] Rehearsals began in August; in early September, Page's revised Yardbirds embarked on the Scandinavian tour after which the group returned to England to produce an album, still billed as The Yardbirds as late as October 1968.
While Page's new roster still played a few songs from the Yardbirds'
canon—usually "Train Kept A-Rollin'," "Dazed and Confused," or "For Your
Love" — a name (and identity) change was in order as the fall of 1968
drew to a close. This may have been motivated, at least in part, by a
cease-and-desist order from Dreja, who claimed that he maintained legal
rights to the "Yardbirds" name;[15] other reports indicate it was Page's desire to wipe the slate clean.[citation needed] Whatever the reason, the band restyled itself "Led Zeppelin",
a term believed to have been coined, originally, by Keith Moon in
reference to the "supergroup" that had performed on "Beck's Bolero."
Moon had quipped that a Page/Beck/Moon/Jones/Hopkins lineup would go
down "like a "lead zeppelin." The spelling of "lead" was changed to
avoid confusion over its pronunciation. This effectively closed the
books on the Yardbirds — at least by name — for the next 24 years.
Vocalist Keith Relf and drummer Jim McCarty formed an acoustic rock group called Together and then Renaissance, which recorded two albums for Island Records over a two-year period. McCarty formed the group Shoot in 1973. Keith Relf, after producing albums for Medicine Head (with whom he also played bass) and Saturnalia, resurfaced in 1975 with a new quartet, Armageddon; a hybrid of heavy metal, hard rock and folk influences, which now included former Renaissance bandmate Louis Cennamo. They recorded one promising album before Relf died in an electrical accident in his home studio on 14 May 1976. In 1977, Illusion was formed, featuring a reunited lineup of the original Renaissance, including drummer Jim McCarty and Keith's sister Jane Relf.
In the 1980s Jim McCarty, Chris Dreja and Paul Samwell-Smith formed a short-lived but fun Yardbirds semi-reunion called Box of Frogs, which occasionally included Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page plus various friends with whom they had all recorded over the years. Jim McCarty was also part of 'The British Invasion All-Stars' with members of Procol Harum, Creation, Nashville Teens, The Downliners Sect and The Pretty Things. Phil May and Dick Taylor of The Pretty Things, together with drummer Jim McCarty, recorded 2 albums in Chicago as The Pretty Things-Yardbirds Blues Band "The Chicago Blues Tapes 1991" and "Wine, Women, Whiskey", both produced by George Paulus.
The Yardbirds were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992. Nearly all the original surviving musicians who had been part of the group's heyday, including Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page, appeared at the ceremony. Eric Clapton, whose Hall Of Fame induction here was the first of three, was unable to attend because of his obligations while recording and working on a show for the MTV Unplugged series. Accepting the induction on behalf of the late Keith Relf were his wife April and son Danny.
n 1992 Peter Barton from Rock Artist Management contacted Jim McCarty about the prospect of reforming The Yardbirds. Jim was interested but only if Chris Dreja would agree, but at the time Jim thought it highly unlikely that Chris would want to tour again. Peter Barton then contacted Chris Dreja, who after some gentle persuasion agreed to give it a try. Their debut gig was booked at The Marquee club in London along with the newly reformed Animals. It was a great success.The lineup featured John Idan handling bass and lead vocals. Peter Barton managed the band and booked all their dates for over a decade. Peter still works with the band on occasion.
In 2003, a new album, Birdland, was released under the Yardbirds name on the Favored Nations label by a lineup including Chris Dreja, Jim McCarty, and new members Gypie Mayo (lead guitar, backing vocals), John Idan (bass, lead vocals) and Alan Glen (harmonica, backing vocals), which consisted of a mixture of new material mostly penned by McCarty and re-recordings of some of their greatest hits, with guest appearances by Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Slash, Brian May, Steve Lukather, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, John Rzeznik, Martin Ditchum and Simon McCarty. Also, Jeff Beck reunited with his former bandmates on the song "My Blind Life". And then there was the rare and improbable guest appearance on stage in 2005 by their first guitarist from the sixties, Top Topham.
Since the release of Birdland, Gypie Mayo has been briefly replaced by Jerry Donahue, and subsequently in 2005 by the then 22-year-old Ben King, while Alan Glen has been replaced by Billy Boy Miskimmin from Nine Below Zero fame.
In 2007 the Yardbirds released a live CD, recorded on July 19, 2006, entitled Live At B.B. King Blues Club (Favored Nations), featuring the McCarty, Dreja, Idan, King and Miskimmin line-up.
The first episode of the 2007/2008 season for The Simpsons featured The Yardbirds' "I'm A Man" from the CD "Live At B.B. King Blues Club" (Favored Nations).
According to his website, John Idan resigned from the Yardbirds in August 2008,[17] although his last gig with them was on Friday 24 April 2009, when they headlined the first concert in the new Live Room venue at Twickenham rugby stadium. This was also Alan Glen's last gig with the band after temporarily standing in when Billy Boy Miskimmin was unavailable.
Idan and Glen were replaced by Andy Mitchell (lead vocals, harmonica,
acoustic guitar) and David Smale (bass, backing vocals), brother of the
virtuoso guitarist Jonathan Smale
(Touring Band)
|Original lineup
(Late May 1963 - October 1963)
|Clapton replaces Topham
(October 1963 - February 1965)
|Beck replaces Clapton
(March 1965 - June 1966)
|Page replaces Samwell-Smith
(June 1966 - September 1966)
|Beck is fired
(November 1966 - July 1968)
|New Yardbirds
(September 1968 - October 1968)
become Led Zeppelin *
|First lineup of reformed group
|Idan Joins
|Idan replaces Demick, Garman and Majors join
|Mayo replaces Majors
|Glen replaces Garman
|Miskimmin replaces Glen
|Donahue replaces Mayo
|King replaces Donahue
|Glen returns to the band
|Idan and Glen leave the band


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By SCOTT WEISSER
GOSHEN — Angie Johnson summed up what she felt had happened.
"Injustice," she said early Thursday afternoon outside the courthouse in downtown Goshen.
Johnson is the mother of 17-year-old Blake Layman of Elkhart. Earlier that day, Judge Terry Shewmaker sentenced her son to 55 years in prison on a felony murder charge.
Layman was one of three people sentenced Thursday in connection to a burglary that turned deadly last year in Elkhart.
Co-defendant Anthony Perez Sharp Jr., 19, Goshen, was also sentenced to 55 years in the Department of Correction. Levi Sparks, 18, Elkhart, was sentenced to 50 years.
All three young men said they plan to appeal.
"The fight is on," Johnson said after the sentencings. "That's really where we're at."
Layman and Sharp, along with Jose Quiroz, now 17, Elkhart, and Danzele Johnson of Goshen, broke into the home of Rodney Scott, 1919 Frances Ave., Elkhart, on Oct. 3, 2012. Quiroz and Sparks lived across the street from Scott. Sparks reportedly waited on the porch at his home as a lookout.
Defense attorneys argued that the intruders believed no one was home at the time of the burglary. However, Scott heard the noise of the break-in and came downstairs armed with a .9mm handgun. He fired several rounds at the intruders. Johnson, 21, was killed. Layman was wounded in the leg.
Prosecutors charged the intruders with felony murder. Under Indiana law, if someone dies during the commission of certain felonies, those who were engaged in the underlying felony can be charged in the person's death. Burglary is one of the included offenses.
Last year, Quiroz entered a plea deal with Elkhart County prosecutors. He received a 45-year sentence to the Department of Correction, plus 10 years on probation.
Last month, Layman, Sharp and Sparks were convicted at the end of a four-day jury trial in Circuit Court. On the trial's last day, defense and prosecuting attorneys gave jurors the option of considering a lesser charge of burglary. However, the jury found all three defendants guilty of felony murder.
A harsh law?
Layman's attorney, Mark Doty, said his client is remorseful of the crime he committed — burglary. The lawyer said "calamity ensued" during the burglary in a way the defendants didn't intend or foresee.
Doty also took issue with the decision to charge the three with felony murder.
"I truly in my heart believe a law was applied particularly harshly in this case, and it didn't need to be," he said, later adding, "There is youth being crushed here."
Chief Deputy Prosecutor Vickie Becker acknowledged the defendants' families are suffering. However, she indicated that suffering stems from the choices the defendants made.
Becker said the burglary was Layman's idea, prompting outbursts in the audience section. At this, Shewmaker sternly told audience members to keep their thoughts to themselves.
Given the opportunity to make a statement, Layman apologized to the man whose home was targeted.
"I hope Rodney Scott can find it in his heart to forgive me for my wrongdoing," he said.
Layman said he had no excuse, and was in court to take responsibility. He also apologized to Danzele Johnson's family for the loss of "their son, my friend."
Sparks' attorney, Vincent Campiti, said his client was remote from Johnson's death.
"He was not there," Campiti said. "He did not enter the house."
Sparks didn't make a statement during his sentencing. Campiti said his client does not and will not accept responsibility for felony murder.
Campiti suggested that under the law, the jury had to go down the path of felony murder once they'd arrived at a guilty verdict on burglary. He also questioned what would have happened if Johnson had only been wounded. His death was key to Class B felony burglary becoming Class A felony murder, according to Campiti.
Becker pointed out that Sparks, knowing the burglary plan, did nothing to stop the intruders. "We choose our friends," she said. "...We choose what behavior we're going to condone."
In handing down a relatively lighter sentence for Sparks, Judge Shewmaker said the defendant didn't enter Scott's home during the initial break-in.
'That was his hope'
Sharp made several apologies in court Thursday, including to his family, Rodney Scott and Danzele Johnson's family.
"For the last 11 months of my life, and for the rest of my life, Danzele Johnson has been taken away from me and his loved ones," Sharp said. "...My best friend Danzele Johnson will remain in my heart for the rest of my life."
Sharp also said he was being charged for a killing he didn't commit. And his defense attorney, Jeff Majerek, said the case keeps him up at night.
"He wanted to be a Marine," Majerek said of his client. "That was his hope."
Becker alleged it was Sharp who armed himself with a knife from Scott's kitchen during the break-in. That knife was later found outside in the neighborhood, presumably discarded by a fleeing intruder.
Sharp was the second-oldest in the group next to Johnson; he was 18 at the time of the crime. Shewmaker indicated he should have provided more adult guidance.
"Why didn't you tell them, 'What's wrong with you?'" the judge asked, and tell them not to commit a burglary.
"I can't control another human being," Sharp responded.
During court proceedings, Shewmaker said co-conspirators are responsible for each other's acts. He also cited legal precedent regarding felony murder.
"There's nothing novel or new about the application of the law to the facts," he said during Sharp's sentencing.
Both Shewmaker and Becker discussed the impact of the break-in and shooting on Scott.
"(Scott) testified that he felt threatened," the prosecutor said.
After Johnson's death, Scott left his home at 1919 Frances Ave. He'd lived there 18 years.
"He can no longer stay there because it was just too much for him," Judge Shewmaker said.
During the August trial, Deputy Prosecutor Peter Britton said that but for the actions of the five people involved in the break-in, including the three on trial, Danzele Johnson would still be alive. Becker sounded the same theme Thursday.
"Danzele is dead because of all of them," she said. "All of them."
Shewmaker gave the defendants credit for time they've already spent incarcerated — 339 days for Sparks, 345 days for Sharp and 344 for Layman.


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Located in the heart of the dynamic gallery district of London's Fitzrovia, Rosenfeld Porcini opened with the express intention of presenting a strong international programme. Our exhibition 'Memory' featuring 9 sculptors from 6 nations recently travelled to PAN Museum, Naples and in 2011 we staged a solo exhibition of American artist Leonardo Drew at our partner gallery Galleria Napolinobillisima. Our recent themed exhibition 'The Continuation of Romance' was devoted to contemporary painting and underlied a contextual basis to explore our firm curatorial belief in the continuity that underlies the story of art.
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SOUND and VISION: Bongsu Park and Keita Miyazaki
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Park's starting point is to look at herself and her relationship to other people, her need for company yet also solitude. Her pieces are born out of this quandary: The continual oscillation between the joining and separation of human relationships. Park has created, for the first time, a piece with three dancers, CELL in which she experiments with perspectives and display. CORE, which is also inaugurated in the exhibition, concerns an individual's dialogue with sculptural form.
Miyazaki's sculptures are quite different to Park's videos as they arise out of an observation of the exterior world. After witnessing the tragedy of the tsunami, the artist felt the need to create a new 'utopian' vision out of the ashes of the 'dystopia' in Japan. He wanted to create artworks out of the rubble, sculptures, which would point forward to a new beginning. Miyazaki's works, which marry traditional Japanese origami with parts of old car engines, create a completely new visual universe.
Bongsu Park and Keita Miyazaki's final observations of the 'inner' and 'outer' world share a great attention to formal excellence and a highly original approach to their chosen mediums. There is no slavish adherence to current artistic fashions but merely a strong, individual vision pushed as far as each artist can take it.
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Panel discussion: WHAT'S WRONG WITH VIDEO ART?
- 10 September 2014 7:30-8:30pm
Following a string of articles on Video Art initiated by art critic Tabish Khan and published on FADwebsite, invited guest speakers including David Gryn, Ian Rosenfeld, and Khan himself will give their views on the topic in a panel discussion chaired by Mark Westall at rosenfeld porcini gallery on Wednesday 10 September 2014. The panel will discuss what constitutes great video art, how it can go wrong and the commercial viability of the medium. The panel will start at 7:30pm. RSVP is required; please book tickets in advance on Eventbrite. Rosenfeld porcini gallery is currently showing a series of 4 video pieces by Korean artist Bongsu Park.
When: WEDNESDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2014
Time: 19:30
Where: rosenfeld porcini, 37 rathbone street, London, w1t 1nz
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David Gryn is the founding director of Artprojx, which screens, curates and promotes artists' moving image projects, working with international contemporary art galleries, art fairs, institutes, film festivals, websites and artists. Gryn also regularly lectures in European universities and art schools on curating, arts marketing, art world machinations and protocols, event management and general self-empowerment.
Upcoming: Artprojx presents 'The Miami and Moscow Film Selections Artist Sound of Film' ; 12 September 8.30pm at Bermondsey Project.
Tabish Khan
Art Critic, FAD & Londonist | http://londonist.com/contributors/tabish-khan
Tabish Khan has been art critic and visual arts editor for Londonist since 2012. He is a regular contributor to FAD including reviews, opinion pieces and a weekly top 5 exhibitions to see in London. He has chaired gallery panel discussions and has written a piece entitled 'what's wrong with video art?'
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Director Ian Rosenfeld was initially a photographer and film director. He founded rosenfeld porcini in June 2011 with Dario Porcini who has an extensive arts background in Italy. rosenfeld porcini is committed to showing contemporary artists from around the world with an innovative exhibitions programme.
Current exhibition: Sound and Vision | Keita Miyazaki & Bongsu Park (ends 30 Sept.)
Upcoming exhibition: Nicola Samorí | L'Âge Mûr (10 Oct - 20 Nov)
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Following his passion for art, Mark Westall founded FADwebsite in 2008. Focused on emerging and contemporary art, FAD aims to promote as well as develop our understanding of new and established talents. In addition to leading FAD, Mark is a director of fad.agency; a columnist for City and Canary Wharf Magazines; and expert advisor to bi-annual art fair Strarta.
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Piano Recital and Art at rosenfeld porcini : Giovanni Guidi & Nicola Samori
- 16 October 2014 7:30-9:15pm
rosenfeld porcini's ongoing cultural programme features performance, debates and talks where the public is invited to experience and explore contemporary genres and topics in art. A rich variety of events has already punctuated 2014; A dance performance created by artist Bongsu Park; Haiku by CONTROLUCE Teatro d'Ombre, which combined dance with shadow theatre; an evening of music by string quartet 'Quartetto Prometeo'; and more recently, a panel discussion on Video Art with invited guests David Gryn, Tabish Khan and Mark Westall alongside director Ian Rosenfeld.
After the tremendous success of last year's concert, Giovanni Guidi is back at the gallery to perform on a grand piano a series of improvisations based on his highly successful album 'City Of Broken Dreams' – ECM 2013, as well as from his already recorded, but unreleased new record expected early next year. The afore-mentioned ECM album from 2013 received rave reviews internationally; the pianist himself was termed one of the world's best jazz-piano newcomers by Guardian jazz critic John Fordham. Join us for an unforgettable evening of musical virtuosity.
The performance is set to begin at 7.30pm and will last 1 hour 45 min with intermission.
Tickets: £20, advance booking on Eventbrite recommended
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Note on the Artist
Born in 1985 in Foligno, Italy, Giovanni Guidi has manifested interest in music as a young child. He formally started his studies in piano at the age of 12. During summer master classes in Siena, he attracted the attention of Enrico Rava – jazz trumpeter and member of the New Quintet – who later asked him to join the group Rava Under 21, and subsequently Rava New Generation. It was with this later group that Guidi had a break through and appeared on a nationally distributed CD for the magazine "L'Espresso." Guidi has also featured in the Gianluca Petrella's Cosmic Music Orchestra, Fabrizio Sferra Trio and currently leads his own group. The pianist has performed in a number of important festivals, including Umbria Jazz, Villa Celimontana Jazz Festival, Ubi Jazz, Vicenza New Conversation, Umbria Jazz Balkanic Windows, Zurich Nu Jazz, Fandango Jazz Festival, Stavanger Mai Jazz, Vigo Jazz Festival and North Sea Jazz Festiva. Giovani Guidi was named best Italian pianist in 2011 by the magazine Insound and he released in early March 2013 a first record as a leader for ECM "City of Broken Dreams", with the collaboration of American double-bassist Thomas Morgan and Portuguese drummer João Lobo.
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Like Wyatt said, fit is all that really matters. Besides, you didn't even say what you're planning on doing with the boots. We could be comparing the Olympus Mons to a pair of Uggs, and we still wouldn't know what was best for your needs. I do love my Nepals, by the way.
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One Direction member Liam Payne has urged fans to stop showing up on his doorstep. Liam sent out the following note to fans on Twitter:
I know my friends have tweeted a lot of pictures of my house the past few days but can people please stop coming and waiting outside. Sorry if I've been rude to anyone but I've come to realise if I take one picture more people keep coming everyday xxx hope everyone's good.
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West Coast Players to Present REX'S EXES, Begin. 1/17
Back by popular demand, West Coast Players announce the opening of Rex's Exes, a sequel to last year's wildly entertaining, The Red Velvet Cake War. This will be the first play of 2014 for the local theater group and opening night is to be held on Friday, January 17 at 8 p.m. in the WCP theater located in central Clearwater.
A Jones Hope Wooten Comedy, Rex's Exes, is scheduled to run January 17 - February 2, 2014. Show times will be Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. with a matinee showing on Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets may be purchased online at www.wcplayers.org or by calling (727) 437- 2363. Prices are $17 for individuals and discounted to $15 when purchased as a group of 10 or more. All seating is reserved.
Rex's Exes will be directed by the extremely talented WCP President, Ashlie Johnson. Johnson's recent credits include The Red Velvet Cake War, Communicating Doors and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Abridged. Her directorial work was also recognized at the 2013 S.T.A.R. Awards, as The Red Velvet Cake War was named "Favorite Comedy". The show features a cast of 11 actors which include returning favorites as well as many new odd relatives and friends.
This deliriously funny Southern-fried farce finds the Verdeen cousins of Sweetgum, Texas, teetering on the brink of disaster again. As Gaynelle stubbornly refuses to face turning the Big 5-0, Peaches and Jimmy Wy, who is riding high on the success of her new wedding gown boutique for big gals - Wide Bride - are planning a surprise party. However, the surprise is on them when party plans shift to a quick funeral, a visit from an ex-husband come back to life, and a hostage situation involving a jilted bride. Add in Aunt LeMerle, Uncle Aubrey and the rest of their wacky friends and family and you'll find yourself hoping your next family celebration is even half this much fun.
Be sure to purchase your tickets early as seats are sure to sell out quickly for this must-see show. If you were a fan of The Red Velvet Cake War or are just looking for a hilarious night out this is one not to be missed. Again, tickets can be purchase online at www.wcplayers.org or by calling (727) 437-2363.
West Coast Players is a non-profit organization invested in bringing Live Theatre to the community. They are located in the Clearwater 19 commerce center, 21905 US 19 North, behind the Toyota dealership at the intersection of Drew and US 19.


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I envy you because you are in an utterly enviable position. Here we are on the night following day one of the draft. The 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th round have not happened yet. The pre-season hasn't happened yet. Not a snap of the 2012-2013 pre-seaon or regular season has been played. The Seahawks just picked Bruce Irvin with the #15 pick in the first round of the draft a few hours ago. We're all still trying to process the implications. You HATE the pick. You HATE it. You think we reached. You think someone else would have been better. You're sure that if we really liked Irvin, we could have taken him in the second round. You HATE THE F%#$ing PICK!!!! And I envy you.
On the other hand, if Bruce Irvin develops into a complete stud; if he records his eighth sack of the year in the sixth game of the season; if he literally eats Sam Bradford's face during a game; if one of those things happens then you, as a Seahawks fan, get to have the next Aldon Smith or the next Jason Pierre-Paul on your squad. You get to have an absolute stud of a pass-rusher playing for this Seahawks team about which you, like the rest of us, are so passionate. You, Bruce-Irvin-pick-hating-12s, you are in a win-win situation right now. You get to be right or you get a considerably improved defensive line.
For me, I know just enough about football to know that I am fully bought in to the direction in which the current management regime is taking this team. If you're really keeping score on hits and misses, they have whiffed so far on Whitehurst and that's all. You can make the case that they whiffed on Gallery and time may tell that Carpenter was the wrong pick last year. Conversely, you can already make the case that they dug up hidden gems in Baldwin, Chancellor, Sherman, BMW and Clemons. The jury is as much out on Lockette to the positive as it is on Carpenter to the negative. Giacomini could just as easily cancel out Gallery in terms of the ratio of performance to expectation. All things considered, Carroll and Schneider have given us every reason to believe that they really know what they're doing in terms of evaluating talent and either fitting that talent into their scheme or fitting their scheme around that talent. I would challenge any of you who really hates this pick to make a compelling argument that Pete and John don't get it or that they aren't headed in the right direction.
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How desperate are we for a little inoffensive escapism when all the critics start falling over themselves trying to find the right adjectives to praise Wes Craven's booger-sized "thriller" Red-Eye? Have we really expected this "master of suspense" to have suddenly grown either a brain or an aesthetic in constructing his latest two-fister (or should we say thumb-twiddler)? How low can we go this summer?
It's "tight," "expertly crafted," and "chilling." Nonsense. Critics are just so pleased to nestle their tooshes for a scant 80 minutes because they know the Angelopoulos screening comes directly after. Truth is, Craven finds it difficult to make even those 80 minutes compelling: It's an unsurprisingly spineless affair, with murky, laughable political undertones that are about as convincingly "real world" as Craven's Music of the Heart was palpably inner-city. I've read about seven different reviewers refer to its "expertly choreographed" claustrophobic two-seat set as "Hitchcockian," daring even to invoke Rear Window. Truth is, the alarmingly un-tense plane stuff, weighted down by one of the most ludicrous political assassination plots ever to burden a "nifty little thriller," takes up about half, if not less, of the film's running time; Craven runs out of visual ideas for his simple coach-class tableau after about ten of those. It soon devolves into a particularly risible chase movie, fashioned after the final 20 minutes of Craven's own genre-destroying Scream. As a friend said, Craven really just likes to watch skinny white guys trip over chairs.
Kudos, though, to Cillian Murphy's post-tracheotomy addition to his wardrobe: a deliciously scarlet ascot that had me chuckling till the sun came up—which incidentally is when the oft-referred to "Comedy Marathon" (imagine your own boings and gagonks) that Brian Cox's Dad was exercising his eyelids all night to watch would end. With his floppy hair, bee-stung lips, and pot-haze eyes, Murphy is our first Britpop villain, and about as intimidating as Blur's Damon Albarn hopped up on Pop Rocks and Mountain Dew.
Hey, I'm all for a sturdy little white-knuckler as much as the next sensation-starved cinephile layabout, but Red-Eye requires far too many nose-scrunching stares of incredulity to get truly lost in. As preposterous as the slightly overappreciated Collateral but without that film's intriguing sense of real mortality, Craven's film might work as a cable knock-off. I guess for those pining for a renaissance of mid-Nineties psycho thrillers like Unlawful Entry or Fear it could provide momentary diversion—but is that truly what we're reduced to longing for? Fine, I'll play along, here's my blurb:
"Wes Craven's RED-EYE is a nifty, knock-em-dead hand-wringer. Hold your popcorn tight—there hasn't been a thriller like this since Ray Liotta's Turbulence!"
Sally | March 5, 2006 10:58 AM
I don't like this film. For me it's rather boring
B-boy | August 25, 2005 12:12 PM
Can someone please explain to me what the fuck critics are doing giving this film a good review? Sure, it had its tense moments, but god damn it... it was pathetically predictable and what the hell is Brian Cox doing? So many questions... i don't think anyone can answer them though. Oh, and a shout out to our favorite woman over at the NY Times for putting this as one of her "recommended" flicks. Ba humbug.
jessie ward | August 25, 2005 11:26 AM
ooohhh... careful now, don't call an Irishman Britpop! They're very sensitive round 'ere!!!
robbiefreeling | August 25, 2005 3:55 AM
Uh-oh, ok I take it back....good news on the horizon for our little Irishman...saw him in Neil Jordan's BREAKFAST ON PLUTO last night and adored every minute of it. Who needs Craven?


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The 2012 Tim Hortons Brier will be on the ice this weekend at Saskatoon's Credit Union Centre… but the first chance for fans to see the best curlers in the country comes Friday at the preliminary round of the 18th edition of Ford Hot Shots.
Kevin Koe and his Glencoe Curling Club team of Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft and Nolan Thiessen are Brier bound after winning the 2012 Boston Pizza Cup, which is emblematic of Alberta men's curling supremacy.
For the 18th consecutive season, the Ford Hot Shots curling skills competition will be contested at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Red Deer and the Tim Hortons Brier in Saskatoon.
Let's face it, curling is a world-wide phenomena. But, nowhere is it more of an addiction than here in Canada, where fans of the Roarin' Game can get slap-happy in anticipation of our national championships; where the best of the best from across this curl-crazy land come together to compete for supreme bragging rights.
Saskatchewan curling's dark horse will be riding into Saskatoon for the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier when it's held at the Credit Union Centre from March 3-11.


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Will Smith, his Overbrook Entertainment cohorts, and Queen Latifah are teaming up with Sony Pictures TV to produce a syndicated daytime talk show for the Queen to host.
At the moment, details are scarce, except that the program is scheduled to debut in 2013.
Recall the Queen once hosted a talkshow, titled The Queen Latifah Show, which had a rather short run, from 1999 to 2001. I'm sure expectations for this upcoming new program are higher.
JMac | October 31, 2011 6:06 AM
The Energizer Bunny keeps going.
I used to watch the old show and it had lots of good moments. She dealt with more topics of substance (police profiling, addressing lack of generational black wealth) than typical day time talk shows and did focus on a lot of black issues. I hope the new version won't be another Wendy Williams/ Monique show.


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Many Americans are suffering from sticker shock after checking out Obamacare policy prices. Thousands of people in the bayou state are among those discovering what Obamacare will cost them and many don't like what they see. Betty Foster is one of them. "I don't put the cost on these prescription drugs, but I have to have them."
Rates are rising for a lot of people, like Foster, in large part to help offset the higher costs of covering sicker, poorer people who have been shut out of the system for years. "With this new system coming in, I'm not even going to have money to pay my utility bills. Affordable care, what is affordable having to go from average $26 a month co-pays, they're going to be $400," Foster asks.
The White House is making the case that it is not Obamacare taking away those individual plans, or hiking up prices, that it's the insurance companies.
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Think about updating your Facebook status with pen and paper or sending an e-mail directly from an old-fashioned notebook (the paper kind).
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Tito Ortiz will face off with Forrest Griffin for the third time at UFC 148 on July 7th in what will probably be his swansong in MMA. He seems to want to go out on good terms, doing a lot of reminiscing about the past and the things he might have done differently. He continued that in an interview with Fight Magazine, where he addressed his relationship with UFC president (and former manager) Dana White (transcribed by Pro MMA Now):
"Some decisions where probably against Dana, I probably shouldn't have said some of the things I said. Some of the things I should have did, I should have carried myself a little different. I'm a very emotional guy. I wear my heart on my sleeve, a little too much I think. It gets me in trouble a lot. But I know I have integrity and I believe in the things I do. I look at my career and I think that's probably the only thing, the stuff I said against Dana I probably shouldn't have said. I know he'll never forgive me. And it is what it is. But I'm just learning. I'm human."
He also discusses what his plans are after he retires, and how big the win over Ryan Bader was. You can catch the whole interview after the jump.
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Tincher named new site manager
ELWOOD — Sally Tincher has been named the new site manager for Northern Madison County Community Health Center in Elwood.
A graduate of Elwood Community High School in 2001, Tincher received a degree in health information management from Harrison College in 2005, and CCS medical coding certification from American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) in 2006. She holds memberships with AHIMA, AAPC, ASPCA.
As site manager, she will be responsible for the management of the Elwood Clinic, including supervision, scheduling, planning, budgeting, establishing policies and procedures, and ensuring that the medical staff complies with clinical protocols. Site manager is also responsible for patient care and patient education.
Carter earns sales award
ANDERSON — Bill Carter, of RE/MAX Real Estate Groups-Anderson, recently received the RE/MAX Hall of Fame Sales Award. In 2012, less than 2 percent of all RE/MAX Affiliates earned this prestigious sales award based on career sales production. Carter is broker/owner of the RE/MAX Real Estate office in Anderson, along with offices in Muncie and Carmel.
Carter has been working in the real estate business for more than 33 years and has earned the Certified
Residential Specialist designation from the National Association of Realtors.
Carter's other achievements include, Past President, Distinguished Service Award recipient and was named the 2006 Realtor of the Year from the Anderson/Madison Association of Realtors.
LifeStream names PR manager
YORKTOWN – Kenneth D. Adkins, president / CEO of LifeStream Services, the local Aging and Disability Resource Center for East Central Indiana, has named Maureen M. Walby as public relations manager. She will be involved in communications, advocacy and development.
Walby, the former long-term care ombudsman for Area 6, comes to LifeStream with more than 15 years of experience working with residents of nursing homes and assisted-living facilities. Walby earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Ball State University and currently serves as a pastor for Letts and Westport United Methodist churches. Walby is the 2013 recipient of LifeStream's Champion Award for service to seniors in east central Indiana.


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A car lost control on the Courtney Campbell Causeway early Monday morning and struck a police cruiser, Tampa Police officers said.
According to the TPD report, two cars were coming over the bridge westbound hump at high speed of over 100 miles per hour.
One of the cars lost control, trying to avoid colliding with a third vehicle, police said. "He lost control, hit a guardrail, slid down the guardrail and struck the police cruiser," said Lt. Stephen Lee, Tampa Police department.
Sgt. Thomas Miller was monitoring the Causeway in his cruiser as a part of the initiative against bridge racing. He saw the car speeding towards him and tried to accelerate to lessen the impact, according to the report.
The driver of the car, John Rubio, 34, refused medical attention, paramedics took Sgt. Miller to a hospital as a precautionary measure, police said.
TPD detectives are investigating the accident. Authorities charged Rubio with unlawful racing on the highway and reckless driving.
The street races happen frequently on the week-ends, according to Robby Stanley, who fishes in the evenings and launches his small boat from the Courtney Campbell Causeway ramps.
"They have been parked in this area and blocked the boat ramp. When you come in you can't even pull your boat out. There have been so many cars in here I would say there would be 300 to 500 people sitting here," said Stanley.
Lt. Lee admitted the racing is an ongoing battle. "They were racing when I came on 24 years ago. They race on the weekend, on the Courtney Campbell Causeway. We'll scare them to the 22nd Street Causeway, in Hillsborough county. They kick them out of there and they go to St. Pete and the Gandy Bridge area," said Lt. Lee.
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Covered California Pulls Directory Of Doctors After Mislabeling Problems
Covered California pulled its directory of doctors from the affordable health insurance site.
Proposed Ballot Measure Could Subject Doctors To Random Drug, Alcohol Testing
A proposed state ballot measure would require doctors to be randomly subjected to drug and alcohol testing.
Survey Finds Doctors Split On Ethical Issues, Stanford Expert Weighs In
A new nationwide survey has attempted to find out what doctors will do when faced with key medical ethical issues.
Opinion: A Doctor's Opinion Of Obamacare
Good, hard-working Americans shouldn't be forced to contemplate leaving their chosen profession as they are with federal laws such as Obamacare.
Doctors Say California To Face Care Shortage Following Reform
Millions of Californians who don't have medical insurance will within two years, now that the Supreme Court has upheld President Barack Obama's health care reform law.
Bay Area Legislator Looks To Improve Breast Cancer Detection
California Senator Joe Simitian's proposal addresses dense breast tissue that reads white on a mammogram and blocks a good, clean reading. Cancer and other abnormalities could be overlooked.
49ers Reportedly In The Race For Peyton Manning
ESPN is reporting that free agent quarterback Peyton Manning underwent a physical and threw passes in front of 49er coaches this week, according to their NFL league sources.
California Whooping Cough Cases Drop Dramatically
State health officials are crediting extensive public outreach for a dramatic drop in whooping cough cases last year, after a deadly year in 2010.
ConsumerWatch: 5-Star Doctor Reviews Raise Red Flags
Many consumers now count on review sites to research businesses, restaurants and doctors. But a doctor review site is being accused of posting its own positive comments.
ConsumerWatch: Doctors Pursue Legal Remedy For Bad Reviews
Next time you go to a new doctor, you could be asked to sign a new kind of agreement. It's a document that could place limits on what you say publicly about the doctor once you leave the office.


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Vice is finalizing a 10 percent stake sale to A&E in a deal valuing the digital media company at $2.5 billion, FT reports.» Read More
Deloitte Tax CEO and former college defensive lineman Carl Allegretti says he learned some valuable lessons for business from the football field.
China's Dalian Wanda group and Tencent said they would set up an $814 million e-commerce joint venture with Baidu as the firms compete with Alibaba.
To look at some of the recent economic data, one would think the consumer is in great shape. But corporate America has another opinion.
Up to 1.5 million shares of Kraft stock are being offered as part of the company's new "social stock plan".
Morgan Stanley plans to build and run a U.S. compressed natural gas export facility, even as it sells its physical oil business.
Across America, companies are finding new ways to address one of the business world's oldest irritations: paying taxes. The NYT reports.
An influential U.S. financial services industry group is downplaying concerns about possible breaches at JPMorgan Chase and other banks.
Finland's Rovio has hired Pekka Rantala from beverage maker Hartwall to take over as its new chief executive by the beginning of next year.
Shares in Tesco closed nearly 7 percent lower, after the supermarket slashed profit expectations for the year and cut its dividend.
Apple is working with NXP to add secure short-range wireless technology into the next iPhone, enabling new pay-by-touch capabilities.
Bank of America asked a federal judge to throw out a verdict finding it liable for fraud over defective mortgages sold by its Countrywide unit.
One Chinese naval officer has advice for fighter pilots intercepting U.S. surveillance planes last week - fly even closer.
Indonesia's anti-graft agency will launch a probe into the nation's subsidized rice scheme, threatening moves to expand the role of the state food buying agency.
Chinese productivity growth has gone into reverse, highlighting the failure of recent reforms to set China on a sustainable development path.
Japan's government will increase the inheritance tax rate in January, while tax relief measures on gifting will be expanded.
Apple announced Thursday that it is hosting a special event in Cupertino, California, on Sept. 9, 2014.
But the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank cautioned that recent declines in the unemployment rate overstate improvements in labor market conditions.
The Abercrombies and American Eagles of the world are finally starting to turn a corner—albeit, a small one.
McDonald's has temporary closed three more restaurants in Russia following mass unscheduled inspections by Russia's food safety watchdog.
Abercrombie is trying to revamp its image after its CEO stirred controversy by saying the company's clothes were made for cool kids, not fat people.
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Effingham Daily News
Erma A. Lewis, 96, Urbana, formerly of Bible Grove and Effingham, passed away peacefully at 7:21 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12, 2012, at Helia Healthcare, Champaign.
Celebration of life services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 24, at Johnson Funeral Home, Effingham, with the Rev. Curtis L.E. Graves officiating. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 24, at the funeral home. Private family graveside services will follow in Floral Garden of Memories, near Flora. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials may be made to Provena Hospice Champaign, 1501 Interstate Drive, Suite C, Champaign, IL, 61822, or donor's choice. Online condolences may be expressed at www.johnsonandsonsfh.com.
Erma was born on Oct. 19, 1916, in Farina, the daughter of James Harrison and Ethel (Harper) Connerly. She married Lindall N. Lewis on Sept. 29, 1937, and he preceded her in death on April 5, 1962. Erma was a member of the Old Union Church of Christ in Bible Grove, and she attended the Effingham Church of Christ on South Fourth Street for many years. She was a homemaker most of her life in Clay County. She worked for a short time at the Victory Beauty Shop in Effingham and as a housekeeper to a wonderful couple in Effingham. Erma lived on a farm in Bible Grove with her husband, Lindall, for many years. She moved to Effingham in 1965 and then to Urbana in 2008.
Erma is survived by her children, Lindall D. (Jane Wattles) Lewis of Effingham, Sandra C. Gordon of Urbana, and Phillip L. (Connie Heiden) Lewis of Louisville; grandchildren, Carla (Keith) Heuermann, Jeffery (Sandi) Lewis, Brian (Kimberly) Lewis, Jodi (Justin) Newby, Lisa (Christopher) Cafin, and Kimberly (David) Guffey; great-grandchildren, Cory (Gina) Heuermann, Kristen (Tim) Stork, Jami (Curt) Davis, Zachary Lewis, Elizabeth Lewis, Victor Lewis, Gretchen Lewis, Ari Lewis, Deric (Sarah) Newby, Aaron Newby, Kiersten Cafin, Danielle Cafin, Kyndal Cafin, Kendra Guffey, and Matthew Guffey; great-great-grandchildren, Breta Heuermann, Gannon Stork, Alexi Stork, Ashlyn Davis, Taylor Davis, and one due in December. She also leaves cousins, nephews, nieces, great-nephews, great-nieces and many friends and loved ones whom she loved very much. She will be missed and held in our hearts forever.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Lindall; daughter, Pamela Kay Lewis; granddaughter, Mary Ann Lewis; brothers, Leonard Connerly and Richard Connerly; and son-in-law, Charles David Gordon.


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Last week D'Allesandro of the Star-Ledger wrote a harsh and provoking article on the health of the NFL players.
This, along with many recent articles that have surfaced in the last 2 weeks (in conjunction with the current CBA impasse), makes us seriously question morally whether we as fans should be demanding this product anymore. It's not just football. The spotlight has been shown on hockey recently, with Probert and the recent dirty hit by Chara. The NHL has turned a blind eye to the physical abuse.
The fact that the average NFL life expectancy is 53 is staggering, given the the average American male life expectancy is 75. Many former players live/d in basic isolation unable to express and communicate their severe debilitating mental condition. With the death of players like Mike Webster and the suicide of Dave Duerson, more and more information about player health after football is coming to light. They are/were conditioned to play with pain and sacrifice for the team for many years. They're conditioned in life to shrug off and deal with whatever there ailment is. Many have turned to abusing pain killers prescribed during their playing years. In essence, this is analogous to the Roman Coliseum with gladiators fighting lions etc. We, as fans, are promoting and supporting a product that has severe consequences on the long term health of human beings.
Ken Dryden of the Globe and Mail looks to "the voices of the future (who) will not be kind to us about how we understood and dealt with head injuries in sports. They will ask: How is it possible we didn't know, or chose not to know?" Is it because we are in denial and don't wish to change the game which "itself is "pure" and must remain that way?" We also "choose to ignore the fact that the "nature" of the game has in fact changed over the years. In the 1980s the average offensive lineman was approximately 260 lbs. versus today's average of 312 lbs. Athletes are conditioned year round and undergone advanced sports training to achieve speed and power to increase the violence of collisions. Shouldn't we, as fans, start to question our sense of responsibility? A recent radio interview by Bill Simmons of ESPN with a concussion expert, Chris Nowinski, discussed how there has been a significant increase in brain donation applications by families of professional NHL players and NFL players. There is now more awareness. The medical profession will continue to put more pressure on the NFL to address this issue. Dave Duerson was directly involved as a representative of the NFLPA with the long term health of retired NFL players. His understanding and sacrifice makes him a hero to many .
Even if we continue to support the current NFL it will not be the same league in 5-10 years from now. Our collective conscience has been moved. We understand that major efforts must be made to curtail the suffering of the players, who are literally putting their lives on the line.


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Over the past two decades, an increasing number of women with early stage cancer in one breast have chosen to surgically remove the other healthy breast, hoping that would reduce their risk of cancer ever returning.
But if there is no genetic factor, such as the bracca gene that would indicate a family history of breast cancer, more and more experts are deciding there is no strong evidence to warrant removing a healthy breast.
"The most likely outcome for a woman who's got early stage breast cancer is that she will never have breast cancer again, period," said Dr. Isabelle Bedrosian with the MD Anderson Cancer Center.
"Women want to do everything they can but taking off the other breast probably is not going to make a difference, and it's a pretty drastic procedure for a person who is young, healthy and has a long time to live," said Dr. Ann Patridge with the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Dr. Partridge and her colleagues at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston studied the reasons women choose to have this preventive surgery in the other breast, and found the risk for developing a new cancer in the healthy breast is a half to one percent.
One-third of the women studied said the surgical side effects of removing the healthy breast were worse than they thought.
It's something to discuss with your doctor, even though for most, removing the second breast simply brings peace of mind.
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Disclaimer 1: This is a (very!) quick hack. No effort was put in it whatsoever regarding aesthetics, interactivity, scaling (e.g. in the barcharts), ... Just wanted to get a very broad view of what happened during the Tour de France (= biggest cycling event each year).
Disclaimer 2: I don't know anything about cycling. It was actually my wife who had to point out to me which riders could be interesting to highlight in the visualization. But that also meant that this could become interesting for me to learn something about the Tour.
Data was copied from the Tour de France website (e.g. for the 1st stage). Visualization was created in processing.
The parallel coordinate plot shows the standings of all riders over all 21 stages. No data was available for stage 2, because that was a team time-trial (so discard that one). At the top is the rider who came first, at the bottom who came last. Below the coordinate plot are little barcharts displaying the distribution in arrival time (in "number of seconds later than the winner") for all riders in that stage.
The highlighted riders are: Cavendish (red), Evans (orange), Gilbert (yellow), Andy Schleck (light blue) and Frank Schleck (dark blue).
So what was I able to learn from this?
- Based on the barcharts you can guess which trips were in the mountains, and which weren't. You'd expect that the riders become much more separated in the mountains than on the flat. In the very last stage in Paris, for example, everyone seems to have arrived in one big group. Whereas for stages 12-14 the riders were much more spread. So my guess (and that's confirmed by checking this on the TourDeFrance website :-) is that those were mountain stages.
- You can see clear groups of riders who behave the same. There is for example a clear group of riders who performed quite badly in stage 19 but much better in stage 20 (and bad in 21 again).
- As the parallel coordinate plots were scaled according to the initial number of riders, we can clearly see how people left the Tour because the "bottom" of the later stages are empty.
- We see that Cavendish (red) has very erratic performance. And it seems to co-incide with trips where the arrival times are spread out (= mountain trips?). This could mean that Cavendish is good on the flats, but bad in the mountains. Question to those who know something about cycling: is that true?
- Philippe Gilbert started good (both on the flats and in the mountains), but became more erratic halfway through the Tour.


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Michael Dell sees no benefit to splitting off a PC division, and is probably wondering why Hewlett-Packard is even considering such a move.
Dell Inc. is holding its first enterprise user conference in Austin, Texas, this week with a number of themes, including the increasing capability of x86 systems to handle high-end workloads and an early preview of Windows 8 from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who is slated to speak here on Friday.
[ Also on InfoWorld: Lenovo surpasses Dell, becomes No. 2 PC vendor. | Keep up on the day's tech news headlines with InfoWorld's Today's Headlines: Wrap Up newsletter. ]
But laced throughout this conference, either directly or indirectly, will be talk about HP and its very public consideration of either spinning off or selling its personal systems group.
For sure, Dell is capitalizing on this issue, going so far a issuing a press release this week touting a survey that found that some of HP's business customers are getting shaky over the Silicon Valey icon's direction.
But HP FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt) aside, Michael Dell, the chairman and CEO of the company that bears his name, Wednesday offered several straightforward reasons why selling a PC division isn't a good idea.
First, he noted, the PC market growing.
There are 1.5 billion PCs in the world and estimates are that there will be 2 billion PCs in a few years, "so it's a growth market," Moreover, Dell says that smartphones and tablets "are augmenting the PC. "We see our customers continuing to use PCs as part of the total solution," he said.
Second, he contended that getting rid of a PC division could lead to a loss of buying power leverage.
"There are also big economic reasons to be in the client business," said Dell. Client devices drive the vast majority of component use. For instance, about 95 percent of all disk drives in the world go in PCs, and the remainder in servers and storage. The same is true for microprocessors and memory, and so from a cost standpoint you can have enormous scale, said Dell.
Third, cutting out the PC business may be like sawing off the leg of a stool.
Or as Dell explained, "We know from our history that there is enormous connection from one device to another." The company sells storage products, systems management tools and other systems to clients, Dell said, and "the foundation of that business for us is the client business."
Charles King, an analyst at Pund-IT, said Dell speaks as someone who has been "legendary for understanding the ability to drive volume discounts and component discounts, and how to squeeze out every dollar."
The Technology Business Research survey released by Dell found that 46 percent of 130 HP business customers with at least 500 employees "are now less likely to purchase HP products and services."
Asked to respond to Dell's press release, HP issued a statement that said, in part, that "HP continues to build on our market-leading foundation of servers, storage, networking, printing, PCs, software and services offerings to deliver higher value, more strategic customer relationships."
As for the continued possibility that it will spin off its personal systems group, HP said that "Our leadership is focused on getting this analysis done as quickly and accurately as possible, and we'll communicate it as soon as we can."


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Lawal put the boots to ufc veteran Mark Kerr last night in kansas city...it took him all but 25 seconds to finish the fight
he is a very impressive young prospect, and i cant wait to see king Mo step it up in competition a little bit.
from fiveouncesofpain.com
Lawal performed exactly how he should have performed in a fight with someone like Kerr. Go out there, get your money, and look good doing it. The only question now is: where will Mo end up fighting next.
"I'm just trying to go where they keep me busy and treat me good," explained Lawal following the bout. "I don't care about any names or anything like that. I'm just trying to go where I can get paid, they treat me good and I can fight a lot."
that quote kind of bothers me, so hes happy fighting cans forever as long as he can fight every 2 months and they will pay him well? i guess M1 would be the place for that then, i think most athletes are in this sport because of the competition/challenge....im trying not to be too hard on the guy because hes new and theres no sense in him fighting top ten compettion yet, that quote just rubbed me the wrong way. the same way that bispings quote after the chris leben fight was something to the effect of " we planned to go the distance the whole time", really???? most fighters train to finish the fight as quickly as possible, not for decisions!! well at least thats what i choose to believe.
so will Lawal be coming to the ufc soon or will he be happy fighting inferior opponents for m1? what say u?


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Monday, August 27, 2012
Out in October 2012
Posted by amruta patil at 2:34 AM
Labels: communication, Myth, parva/the epic, Published writing, sequential art, Storytellers, teachers
3 comments:
- Pringle Man said...
Hi, when in october is out? It's already the 22nd! been waiting and waiting..
- Monday, October 22, 2012
- amruta patil said...
:)There were some technical (paper sourcing) delays with the publishing house. A better-looking-than-i-hoped-for hardback book should be out on 27th october I am told. Hope its worth your while.
- Monday, October 22, 2012
- saptak said...
Still nothing...i'm sad :(
Now it should be even awesomer...with pop-ups and stuff!!
- Thursday, November 22, 2012