Bruce Parry meets some llamas on his latest adventure
Yesterday I mentioned how Bruce Parry is my hero - he is also partly the inspiration behind Dr Midas who is a TV adventurer. You may also remember that my second book is set in Peru and the Amazon - well my best friend has just told me that Bruce is currently filming there for a new BBC series.
I loved his Tribe programmes especially as they give you a true look at the places he visits not a 'holiday-show' version - so I'll definitely be tuning in.
In the meantime I can follow his journey on the BBC's website including blogs, interactive map and pictures. There's a great picture of him with some llamas wearing traditional dress (above) and another one where he's learning to be a cowboy.
Hopefully I might also pick up some more tips to keep my writing authentic until I'm lucky enough to visit South America myself (I'm saving up for Madagascar first!)
As I've mentioned before the original Dr Midas was a traditional crazy professor type - like this ...
(Fantastic drawing by one of my animation heroes Lou Romano - check out more of his superb pictures at www.louromano.blogspot.com)
He was definitely the stereotypical old-fashioned explorer - well as Bruce Parry, Ray Mears and Bear Grylls have shown that style is definitely gone - and there's definitely more effort made to dress appropriately to local custom. (I love that line in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - "Brody's got friends in every town and village from here to the Sudan, he speaks a dozen languages, knows every local custom, he'll blend in, disappear, you'll never see him again. With any luck, he's got the grail already." Cut to Marcus Brody in Middle East bazaar wearing white suit and hat: "Uhhh, does anyone here speak English?")
* If you're a Bruce fan too check out www.bbc.co.uk/amazon. The new Amazon six-part series is due to be broadcast on the BBC in the Autumn.
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By: Susan Humphrey,
on 6/26/2008
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By: Susan Humphrey,
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Bruce Parry meets some llamas on his latest adventure
Yesterday I mentioned how Bruce Parry is my hero - he is also partly the inspiration behind Dr Midas who is a TV adventurer. You may also remember that my second book is set in Peru and the Amazon - well my best friend has just told me that Bruce is currently filming there for a new BBC series.
I loved his Tribe programmes especially as they give you a true look at the places he visits not a 'holiday-show' version - so I'll definitely be tuning in.
In the meantime I can follow his journey on the BBC's website including blogs, interactive map and pictures. There's a great picture of him with some llamas wearing traditional dress (above) and another one where he's learning to be a cowboy.
Hopefully I might also pick up some more tips to keep my writing authentic until I'm lucky enough to visit South America myself (I'm saving up for Madagascar first!)
As I've mentioned before the original Dr Midas was a traditional crazy professor type - like this ...
(Fantastic drawing by one of my animation heroes Lou Romano - check out more of his superb pictures at www.louromano.blogspot.com)
He was definitely the stereotypical old-fashioned explorer - well as Bruce Parry, Ray Mears and Bear Grylls have shown that style is definitely gone - and there's definitely more effort made to dress appropriately to local custom. (I love that line in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - "Brody's got friends in every town and village from here to the Sudan, he speaks a dozen languages, knows every local custom, he'll blend in, disappear, you'll never see him again. With any luck, he's got the grail already." Cut to Marcus Brody in Middle East bazaar wearing white suit and hat: "Uhhh, does anyone here speak English?")
* If you're a Bruce fan too check out www.bbc.co.uk/amazon. The new Amazon six-part series is due to be broadcast on the BBC in the Autumn.
By: Nick Ramos,
on 2/6/2008
Blog: Sugar Frosted Goodness (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Every week, I say that I want to participate in the challenge, but something happens.... Here's my submission for "Round". I am trying to do a lot more loose and fairly fast doodles.
By: Paul Garland,
on 2/6/2008
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Another one that can just about creep into the 'Round' brief...
Blimey I really have gone very 'Humanitarian' this week. This time it's a piece to get the world thinking more about the dreaded Landmines that are dotted around the world - the victims of them and their families.
Hopefully the image really should make you think. Is it a walnut? Or is it a grenade? Just a little irony and surrealism there, though hopefully not sarcastic or ridiculing...
By: Paul Garland,
on 2/6/2008
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Another one that can just about creep into the 'Round' brief...
Blimey I really have gone very 'Humanitarian' this week. This time it's a piece to get the world thinking more about the dreaded Landmines that are dotted around the world - the victims of them and their families.
Hopefully the image really should make you think. Is it a walnut? Or is it a grenade? Just a little irony and surrealism there, though hopefully not sarcastic or ridiculing...
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By: Julie Oakley,
on 2/6/2008
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I know I’m being lazy putting up an old piece, but it does fit the challenge so perfectly. The illustration was created entirely from circles.
The perfect simple comfort meal – a slice of good crusty white bread toasted, buttered and topped with a poached egg, a sprinkle of Maldon salt and freshly ground black pepper – yumm!
By: Joe,
on 2/5/2008
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Subject: spice rack
Materials: pen, prismacolor marker, and bay leaves on paper
© 2008 joe blend. All rights reserved.
By: fredrikkleppe,
on 2/5/2008
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Hi all! Ok Im ready for the new year, and one of my new year resolutions is to allways do the sfg weekly challange! :-) I know its a bit of a late start, but better late than never :-P
By: Bjorn M. Boge,
on 2/4/2008
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By: Paul Garland,
on 2/4/2008
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This one could have been entered for either last weeks or this weeks challenge I suppose, but either way the helmet is definitely 'Round'.
Originally produced as an Advertising piece, it is part of my 'Icons' series, see my own news page/blog for a full description.
By: Mike,
on 2/4/2008
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By: Anette Heiberg,
on 2/4/2008
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Anette Heiberg
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By: josh pincus is crying,
on 2/2/2008
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What happened on the sunny afternoon of November 13, 1982, would change the lives of Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini and Duk Koo Kim and the future of boxing. By the time it was over, Kim lay in a coma from which he would never awaken, dying five days later at the Desert Springs Hospital in Las Vegas.
Ray Mancini inherited his nickname from his father, veteran boxer Lenny "Boom Boom" Mancini. The name perfectly suited the younger Mancini's wild, "whirlwind" fighting style. After a failed attempt against Alexis Arguello, Mancini defeated Arturo Frias and became World Lightweight Champion. Mancini's first defense of his title went easily with a 6th round knockout. But it was his next fight that would change boxing forever.
Duk Koo Kim was brave, but he was wrongly ranked No. 1 by the World Boxing Association. And while his record was 17-1-1, he had but one knockout and had never been tested on a big stage nor faced the kind of force Mancini was at the time. Kim had to labor mightily to get his weight down to the 135-pound limit in the final days leading up to their showdown. Kim made weight, but not without draining himself. Yet round after brutal round, his reaction to being hammered by Mancini was to do what real fighters do. He fought back. He fought back bravely despite obviously hopeless circumstances. He fought back enough that the referee could never justify leaping between them to end Mancini's bombing raids even in the 13th round, when Mancini rocked Kim repeatedly with 40 unanswered shots. It was a fight filled with action, but Mancini had an easy time hitting Kim during the 14 rounds the fight lasted. Kim left the ring on a stretcher. He sustained brain injuries that led to his death five days later. Later, it was reported that taped to the mirror in Kim's dressing room was a note that Kim had written to himself. It read: "Kill or be killed."
Mancini went to the funeral in South Korea and fell into a deep depression afterwards. He said that the hardest moments came when people approached him and asked if he was the boxer who "killed" Duk Koo Kim. Mancini went through a period of reflection, as he blamed himself for Kim's death. Kim's mother committed suicide four months after the fight. The bout's referee, Richard Green, committed suicide in July 1983.
As a result of this bout, the WBC took steps to shorten its title bouts to a distance of 12 rounds. The WBA and WBO followed in 1988 and the IBF did in 1989. Ray had one final fight in April 1992, against former lightweight champion Greg Haugen. Ray was just a mere shadow of his old self, having only 2 fights in seven years, and the fight was stopped in round seven.
Some years later, singer Warren Zevon wrote a song called "Boom Boom Mancini." Among the lyrics are these lines:
When they asked him who was responsible/For the death of Duk Koo Kim
He said, "Someone should have stopped the fight," and told me it was him.
They made hypocrite judgments after the fact/But the name of the game is be hit and hit back
In fact, Mancini had never said the fight should have been stopped, agreeing with most ringside observers that Kim's refusal to retreat made that impossible until he was finally knocked to the floor.
By: Rachelle Anne Miller,
on 1/31/2008
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By: Jeff,
on 1/31/2008
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This week's theme: Round
The SFG Challenge runs Thursday to Thursday, and was created to offer every member an opportunity to stretch their creative muscles, venture outside of their artistic boundaries and post their interpretations each week on a specific theme. This is a completely voluntary challenge!
Be sure to label your illustrations with the appropriate labels as well. Label your entries with your name and the challenge label, in this case SFG: Round
The next challenge begins Thursday, February 7th, 2008.