Stop, rewind. A shiny black stretch limo with tinted windows and gleaming hubcaps pulls up to 8104 Sunset Boulevard. Sepia Polaroid, freeze frame. Time to wind back an old cassette with a pencil to a time when the Continental Hyatt Hotel, aka the "Riot House," was the place to be.
The 70s was a decade of total delirium for any self-respecting rock group. And L.A. was an inevitable stop on the journey. Between concerts, there were three commandments in the Bible of Rock that all managers had to obey: a crowd of totally hysteric fans in the hotel lobby or, more often, in the darkness of an unmade bed, the tour rider to be followed religiously (24 pages about how to present the yogurt for Metallica) and the art of trashing a hotel room. A place of debauchery and nihilism.
Rumor has it that Holiday Inn rooms had an annoying reputation for being as boring as they were destructive to the soul. When you put wild animals in a cage and keep them in a confined space, it's no surprise if they end up out of control. After all, they're born to be wild. So, furniture goes flying, fire extinguishers start spraying, beds break and walls crack. When the California heat wilts the palm trees and burns rubber tires, rock 'n' roll turns the volume up to 11. There's an uncontrollable urge to break everything, to turn everything upside-down.
The Riot House trembled on more than one occasion, but never fell down. In 1972, a TV flew out of Room 1015 and landed 10 floors below in a corner of the parking lot. Keith Richards and Bobby Keys – the Stones' sax player at the time – didn't think it worked very well. Q.E.D.
Not to mention the motorcycles in the hallways, the rooftop pool overflowing with bubbles, Jim Morrison dangling from a balcony, the epic battles of Keith Moon from The Who… Or, even more iconic, the Christ-like Robert Plant who took himself for a Golden God above the Sunset Trip with his angel's hair, Nepalese bracelets and skimpy T-shirt, convinced that he had finally found the Stairway to Heaven.
The electric opiate years. No reason, no faith, no laws and definitely no taboos. Sexual liberation and universal love. But, above all, the metronome of an unprecedented creative explosion. Don't forget that Lemmy Kilmister wrote the song "Motorhead" on a night off at the Riot House.
The Eagles sang "Hotel California," with its supposed satanic undercurrents. There were certainly untamed demons in every hotel room from San Francisco to Las Vegas, from Hollywood to Venice Beach. But Room 1015 clearly outnumbered them all.


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Husband Who Lost Lion's Share of Assets in Divorce Misses Deadline for Appeal by One Day
Posted: April 15, 2013 | Author: Lois Lawrence | Filed under: DIY or Pro Se Litigation, domestic violence, Property Rights | Tags: Alvord, appeal, appeals period, connecticut divorce law, connecticut practice book, court rules, CT divorce, deadline, divorce appeals, Divorce law, family law, farren, filing fees, lois lawrence, old mystic lawyer, practice book, pro se, rules of court, stonington lawyer | Leave a comment
Talk about being a day late and a dollar short! In Michael Farren's 2010 divorce, the trial court found that Mr. Farren had destroyed his substantial earning capacity by physically attacking his wife and ordered that 75% of the marital assets be awarded to her.
Unhappy with the outcome, Mr. Farren filed a post judgment motion with the trial court on the 20th day after judgment –just under the wire to preserve his right to appeal the decision. But there was a problem. After initially stamping the motion "FILED", the clerk noticed that Mr. Farren had forgotten to pay the required filing fee for a post judgment motion and faxed the motion back to him. Mr Farren paid the fee and re-filed the motion the following day but the trial court refused to hear the motion because of the late filing.
After an appeals process that has taken almost three years, the Connecticut Appellate Court in a decision released this morning denied his appeal, agreeing with the trail court that one day late is still late.
That wasn't the only fatal mistake Mr. Farren made regarding the rules of procedure. The rules required that he file a memorandum of law together with his motion. He hadn't. Ms. Farren moved to dismiss the motion and won. Mr. Farren argued that because he had corrected the oversight by filing a memorandum after the fact, no harm had been done. The trial court was not persuaded. Again, the Appellate Court agreed with the trial court that rules are rules and strict enforcement of them can never be error.
It is not possible to tell from the decision whether Mr. Farren was representing himself at trial. He appeared pro se in Appellate court but was joined by counsel on the brief. In a way it doesn't matter whether the deadlines were missed by a pro se individual or by his lawyer. The result was the same.
Mr. Farren may never have been able to alter the division of assets in his divorce case had be been allowed to bring his appeal on the merits, but he didn't get the chance. This was an appeal restricted to issues of procedure.
The role of the Appellate Court in situations like this is not to substitute its judgment for that of the trial judge, but just to determine whether the trial judge committed clear error or an abuse of his or her considerable discretion. In this case, all the trial judge had done was enforce the rules of court.
Lawyers often speak among themselves about the difference between deadlines and "drop-deadlines." In this case, at least for Mr. Farren, failing to file his post-judgment motion within the 20 day appeal period was a drop-deadline — a lesson that took three years to hit home. Appeals are long, arduous, and costly and in the case of family law, not often successful.
In this era of increasing pro se litigation, it is important to understand that courts are not necessarily willing to bend the rules depending on the experience or lack thereof of those who appear before them.
NEW CONNECTICUT APPELLATE COURT FAMILY CASE ILLUSTRATES PERILS OF DIY APPEAL
Posted: September 17, 2012 | Author: Lois Lawrence | Filed under: Alimony, Child Support, DIY or Pro Se Litigation, Family law, Public Policy, Uncategorized | Tags: attorney's fees, child support, connecticut divorce, CT, diy, family law, grounds modification, legal, lochiatto, lois lawrence, Mathilde, modify alimony, Mysticl lawyer, Peter Larson, pro se, self representation, unemployed | Leave a comment
After more than 20 years of marriage that ended in divorce in 2003, Connecticut resident Peter Larson seems to have been no stranger to the courts. When he returned to court in 2010 to seek a reduction of child support and alimony orders, he had two previous efforts at modification under his belt and probably felt confident that he would win his pro se bid for relief. After all, his income had gone from about $85,000 in 2003 to about $21,000 and he was unemployed.
And, in fact, he did come away with some degree of success without the help of a lawyer. The trial court recalculated his child support dropping it from its original level of $347 per week to $115 per week. In addition the court reduced his alimony order to $1 per year — not a permanent victory on the alimony front, but still an important win.
Unfortunately, Mr.Larson's former wife, Matilde, did hire a lawyer who filed a counter-motion for contempt seeking past due child support and attorney's fees. Ultimately, although he received a break in his current orders, Mr. Larson was also ordered to pay almost $100,000 in past-due support and was also ordered to pay almost $27,000 in attorney's fees.
In a per curiam decision of the Connecticut Appellate Court scheduled for release next week, the Court upheld the trial court's action.
As he had at the trial court level, Mr. Larson represented himself on appeal. His arguments of error were;
The trial court hadn't reduced child support enough
The trial court should not have found him in contempt of prior orders
The order of attorneys fees was excessive because the fees were unreasonable
The Court's response to these claims makes it clear that Mr. Larson would have benefitted from consulting with a lawyer before filing his motion and, later, before filing his appeal. First, the court stressed the enormous discretion accorded to trial courts by appeals courts in family matters. It is never enough on appeal that the appellate judges might have decided the case differently. This means that strategic errors at the trail level can rarely be corrected on appeal.
Second, Mr Larson would have been cautioned that, because he was not fully in compliance with existing orders, he should have expected a counter-offense if he chose to seek a modification. Based on the amount of the arrearage that the court found, it is clear that his former wife had tolerated his non-compliance for a very long time up to the point that he made the first move in 2010. To the extent that Mr. Larson thought his current financial situation would — or even could — protect him from being held in contempt for falling behind, he was mistaken and any experienced lawyer would have made that clear to him.
Third, he would have been advised that law that requires courts to consider the respective finances of the parties when allocating responsibility for attorneys fees in divorce cases, does not apply in enforcement proceedings where there has been a finding of willful contempt. In such cases, attorney's fees can be shifted to the party who failed to obey a court order as a simple matter of punishment.
While Larson complained that he had not been given a fair chance to challenge the reasonableness of the fees, the appellate court noted that, not only had the trial court afforded him the opportunity to do that, but had actually scheduled a separate hearing for that very purpose. Although Larson attended the hearing he did not, according to the court, present any evidence on the subject. It is not unusual for inexperienced litigants to expect the trial judge to take the lead in a factual inquiry.
In a 201o op-ed piece published in the New York Times entitled "A Nation of Do-It-Yourself Lawyers" John T Broadrick, chief justice of New Hampshire, and Ronald M. George, chief justice of California, stressed the disadvantages faced by litigants who, for financial reasons, feel compelled to go it alone. The authors urged members of the bar to step up to help mitigate the problem by offering so-called unbundled legal services so that litigants who could not afford comprehensive representation could nonetheless receive limited assistance in the form of consultation, coaching, and help with document preparation.
What many do not understand is that limited representation can be a minefield for lawyers since the rules in many states do not adequately protect them. We cannot reasonably expect lawyers who would otherwise be willing to play a supporting role in a lawsuit, to risk taking responsibility for the final outcome of litigation they do not fully control or to be required to provide additional or even comprehensive services without remuneration.
Still, in every community there are lawyers who recognize the problem and who are willing to address it as long as roles are clearly defined and the expectations are clear. When the stakes are high, it makes sense to seek them out.
UNBUNDLED LEGAL SERVICES – IF YOU MUST DO IT YOURSELF, DON'T GO IT ALONE
Posted: February 24, 2012 | Author: Lois Lawrence | Filed under: DIY or Pro Se Litigation | Tags: Barbara Quinn, connecticut lawyer, diy, legal services, mystic lawyer, pro se, unbundled legal services | Leave a comment
The mission of the American Bar Association's Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services is to make courts and the justice system more accessible to everyone. These days, the Committee's work has become exponentially more difficult because, at the same time more and more individuals lack the income and resources necessary to hire lawyers, courts – including courts in Connecticut – are increasingly underfunded. Last summer, Connecticut's Chief Administrative Judge, Barbara Quinn, made the scope of the crisis abundantly clear in her report to the legislature. In it, Judge Quinn outlined a myriad of across-the-board cutbacks made necessary by severe cuts in the budget of the judiciary affecting every facet of operations in the State's courthouses.
This means that judges are increasingly overworked, courtrooms are increasingly understaffed, and the pressure to settle or streamline cases is stronger than ever. Rambling, unfocused hearings in which litigants are unprepared and proper procedural groundwork has not been laid, waste precious court time and cannot be accommodated. While Connecticut, like most states, makes an effort to provide document preparation and other basic services to support to self-represented litigants, those programs are also stretched to the limit. Law libraries in many parts of the state, once a front-line resource for pro se litigants have closed due to budget cuts making matters even worse.
Faced with this reality across the country, the ABA Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services has made recommendations designed to make it easier for lawyers to "unbundle" their services in order to make legal support and assistance more available to individuals who cannot afford to retain a lawyer to provide comprehensive representation in their cases.
In the course of representing a client in any type of litigation, lawyers perform a wide variety of services. These include drafting and serving pleadings, collecting evidence, analysing cases and setting goals, drafting settlement offers, developing trial strategy, writing briefs, and arguing on behalf of clients at hearings and trials.
When a client retains a lawyer to prosecute or defend a lawsuit, the lawyer typically files a document known as an appearance, and thereafter becomes responsible for performing any and all of the functions necessary to bring the case to a conclusion. As part of that process, the lawyer remains available to consult with the client at all steps of the procedure and to provide advice and guidance whenever it is needed. The lawyer also becomes responsible for keeping the client informed about new developments in the case, and of upcoming events.
Because the scope of full representation is so broad and comprehensive, lawyers in most types of cases — with the exception of injury, accident and malpractice cases — charge clients a retainer designed to cover some or all of the anticipated time and expense that will be devoted to the case.
For too many people in this bad economy, the cost of full representation may be out of reach. For those individuals, the choices are limited. They may choose not to participate at all in the litigation or may enter a so-called pro se appearance, signalling to the court that they will be representing themselves. At a minimum, this ensures that they will receive notice of scheduled hearings and other events in their cases.
The unbundling of legal services is designed to provide a middle ground for those individuals. The growth of so-called virtual law offices is part of this trend. Many of these businesses are little more than document preparation services while others offer broader and more skilled support.
Brick and mortar law firms are increasingly willing to offer limited services to clients who must represent themselves in court. The most straightforward unbundled service is document preparation at the commencement of a case. While it may be convenient to pay for such service, the bare-bones documents needed to start a lawsuit are generally available at no cost through each state's official judicial website or at the office of the appropriate court clerk.
The more difficult part of any case comes after the initial papers have been filed. Unbundled services beyond the opening salvos of a case include case analysis, preparation of litigation checklists, procedural guidance, ghostwriting of legal memoranda and briefs, review of proposed agreements, preparation of subpoenas and document requests, and coaching in preparation for depositions or hearings. None of these services are generally available through court-sponsored pro-se assistance programs since they fall under the category of legal advice. Under existing rules, court personnel including pro-se assistants, clerks, judges, and others are precluded from offering legal advice of any kind. Mere document preparation assistance does not cross that line, but more substantive assistance does.
Unfortunately, most states still do not allow lawyers to file so-called "limited appearances" that would allow them to argue at a hearing on behalf of a client without committing to full ongoing involvement in the case, so court appearances generally cannot be part of the unbundled services lawyers are able to offer.
For those who cannot afford to have a lawyer speak for them in court, it is still worthwhile to seek out experienced counsel who will meet with them to perform some or all of the other services that go into case preparation and development. By unbundling those services, lawyers can perform specific tasks on a flat fee or hourly basis depending on the needs and budget of the client.
In the past, lawyers have been reluctant to offer services related to litigation on a piecemeal basis. This is because no amount of quality document preparation or coaching can guarantee that the client will achieve satisfactory results. For that reason lawyers worry that based on their limited involvement they may be blamed for difficulties or setbacks — whether forseeable or not — that the client might later encounter. Now, though, with the growing support of both the bench and bar oversight bodies, lawyers have become more willing to work with clients in limited capacities as long as those limits are carefully outlined in an appropriate engagement letter.
For anyone otherwise facing a lawsuit alone, where the stakes can be high, unbundled legal services can be a life-changing investment.
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Russia became the third country to send a navigation satellite into orbit this week when a Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome at 0:21 UTC on Sunday on a critical mission to replenish Russia's Glonass Satellite Navigation Constellation. This launch followed a Beidou-3 navigation satellite from China and the U.S. Air Force launching the final block IIF Global Positioning System Satellite earlier in the week.
Climbing into the night skies over Russia's primary military launch site, the 46-meter tall Soyuz swung to the south-east powered by its four boosters and large core stage, delivering a total launch thrust of over 420 metric-ton-force. Doing the majority of the work during the early ascent phase, the four boosters separated from the rocket two minutes into the flight after each consumed nearly 40 metric tons of propellant. Soyuz relied on its core stage to head on towards space, powered by an RD-108A engine to generate a vacuum thrust of 101 metric tons. Payload fairing separation occurred late in the core stage's burn.
Handing off to the modified Block I third stage, the core stage departed the vehicle in the typical hot staging sequence with third stage ignition a short moment before the separation system fired. Employing the improved RD-0124 engine, the third stage of the Soyuz 2-1B variant delivers 30 metric tons of thrust for a burn of over four minutes to boost the stack to a sub-orbital trajectory.
The Fregat-M upper stage was sent on its way nine and a half minutes into the flight to begin a three-burn mission taking around three and a half hours. First, the upper stage was tasked with a short main engine burn to enter a Low Earth Parking Orbit just over 200 Kilometers in altitude ahead of a short coast phase to set up the proper apogee position reached by the second burn. The second firing of the 19.85-Kilonewton S5.92 engine was expected to last around nine and a half minutes and place the stack into an elliptical transfer orbit with an apogee over 19,000 Kilometers in altitude.
Next was the longest coast of the mission, over three hours in duration to enable the vehicle to climb all the way to the high point of the orbit so that a propulsive impulse could raise the perigee and circularize the orbit. This third burn was just shy of four minutes in duration and aimed for an orbit of around 19,130 Kilometers, inclined 64.8°. A successful orbital insertion and spacecraft separation was confirmed by the Russian Ministry of Defence around four hours after liftoff.
On its way downrange, the ascending Fregat stage almost crossed paths with the North Korean Kwangmyongsong-4 satellite that was launched just eight minutes after Soyuz lifted off. Given the south-easterly trajectory of the Glonass launch, the vehicles came to within a few hundred Kilometers of each other shortly after the North Korean satellite had entered orbit.
The 1,500-Kilogram Glonass satellite will be phased into Plane 3 of the satellite constellation that had been hit by a spacecraft failure in 2014 when a six-year old Glonass-M satellite stopped operating, requiring the operational spare to be placed into primary mode. A surprise failure of a spacecraft in 2015 after only four years in active service required operators to re-activate a degraded spacecraft that had already been placed into retirement. This aged satellite eventually failed in October after nearly ten years in orbit, exceeding its expected lifetime by three years.
These failures left Plane 3 of the constellation with only seven instead of eight operational satellites and plans were put in motion to ready one of nine Glonass-M satellites in ground storage for launch. Originally planned before the end of the year, the mission had to be pushed to February.
In recent years, the Glonass program shifted to a launch-on-need architecture as a cost-saving measure – only launching satellites when spacecraft in orbit are showing signs of degradation and need to be replaced instead of launching satellites on a fixed schedule and ending up with more satellites in orbit than actually needed. With an architecture similar to the U.S. Global Positioning System, Glonass requires 24 active spacecraft in three orbital planes with one spare desired per plane to ensure a continuity of service in the event of a problem with one spacecraft.


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LA Mayor Opposes Prop 6: Would Cripple 900 LA County Projects
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has joined engineers, first responders, public safety officers, construction workers and business groups to voice strong opposition to Proposition 6, saying a repeal of the state's new gas tax could force years-long delays for transportation projects across Southern California.
Prop 6 seeks to repeal Senate Bill 1 — the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017. SB 1 raises $54 billion over the next decade to repave streets, untangle freeway interchanges and build new transit lines, including key projects in Los Angeles County.
"Thanks to the voters of LA County, we're on the cusp of finally connecting LAX to rail. Prop 6 would undo those plans," said Mayor Garcetti referring to a new LAX rail station that has received $150 million in SB 1 funding. The $581-million station will connect metro riders to a dedicated airport train service that will run between LAX's terminals, a bus hub and a consolidated car-rental facility. The gas tax repeal could delay the project's slated 2023 opening date by three to five years, he said.
"I'm urging everyone I meet to vote No on Prop 6 because it would cripple 900 LA County projects to ease congestion, fix local roads and improve safety and would put thousands of Californians out of work. It's a no brainer," said Garcetti.
Here in Southern California, about 16,000 members of the Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council have found work on projects funded by the gas tax, from constructing rail lines to filling potholes, said council representative Ernesto Medrano. Prop 6, he said, is a "job killer." Jerard Wright, policy manager at the Los Angeles County Business Federation agrees, saying Prop 6 would eliminate tens of thousands of jobs and "drain our economy."
Throughout Los Angeles County, Prop 6 would eliminate hundreds of projects, including:
205 miles of repaving on Highway 1
112 miles of pavement improvements and repairs on I-5
104 miles of pavement improvements on I-605
48 lane miles of pavement preservation and ramp improvements on I-10
These at-risk projects are in Los Angeles County alone. Counties across Southern California and the entire Golden State are equally affected. Prop 6 eliminates more than $5 billion annually in existing transportation funds and stops funding for more than 6,500 bridge and road safety, transportation and public transit improvement projects currently underway throughout California.
Prop. 6 is opposed by a broad coalition of more than 600 public safety organizations, engineers, local transportation agencies, cities, counties, environmental groups, editorial boards, and business and labor organizations.


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'Deathly Hallows' script half done; 'Half-Blood Prince' will see changes
September 19, 2008 at 11:38 AM ET
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Harry Potter producer David Heyman answered some questions for HPANA at an interview today on his new film, The Boy In The Striped Pajamas.
He revealed that he has read the "first half of the adaptation" of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and that the second half from Steve Kloves would be coming "in the next few weeks."
HPANA: You've said that you want each of the Deathly Hallows films to have their own identities even though it's ultimately one story. How will you apply this thinking?
DAVID HEYMAN: We try to focus on a specific theme within each film and each of these films will have a specific theme running through it. In terms of camera work and lighting there will be slight differences. We are aiming for a slightly different aesthetic.
HPANA: How are the screenplays by Steve Kloves coming along?
DAVID HEYMAN: They will be very faithful to the book. One of the pleasures of having the time to make two films means we will be able to go into more detail than we might otherwise have been able to do. If we had only done one film we were concerned that we might have to remove The Deathly Hallows. We never went that far but that would have been something that might have had to come out, which would have been terrible! The script is coming along well, I have read the first half of the adaptation. I have not read the second half, that should be coming in the next few weeks.
On Half-Blood Prince:
HPANA: The delay of Half-Blood Prince is unprecedented for such a high profile and successful franchise, and Warner Bros. has received a lot of flack from fans. Alan Horn even said the film was ready to premiere in November, yet the recent screening in Chicago produced mixed reviews. From a purely artistic perspective -- which you said was one of the reasons for the delay -- will the extra time be used to work on the film?
DAVID HEYMAN: Oh absolutely! The reason for a screening such as the one in Chicago is to give us information about any areas of confusion or pace or any issues that may arise, and work on them. So over the last couple of weeks, we have been working incredibly hard on the cut of the film and we will make changes to improve it. It is something that we have done with every film in the Harry Potter series.
(Many thanks to John Millar.)
UPDATE: Snitchseeker , TLC and Harry Potter's Page also spoke with Heyman. Check out his responses at their respective sites.
Talking about his new project:
Montage of stills from The Boy In The Striped Pajamas, including Potter actor David Thewlis
FROM: JOHN MILLAR
QUESTION: What was the toughest thing about bringing The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas to the screen?
DAVID HEYMAN: It was actually a fairly organic process. I know that is going to be hard to believe but I read the book and loved the book but I was a little cautious about embarking upon it, just because of the challenges involved in bringing it to the screen. Mark Herman [the director] optioned the book and then came to me with the screenplay and it all seemed very clear to me. Mark did such a great job with his adaptation in script form and Brassed Off [which Mark Herman directed] was one of my favourite British films of the last 20 years and so the challenge in The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas was getting it done within the budget that we had because clearly there was only going to be a finite budget to make it. But Miramax were incredibly supportive and did not ask us to change the ending, did not ask us to really alter much. I suppose in terms of actually getting it made it was a fairly straightforward process. I liked the book, Mark Herman liked the book, he did a screenplay, Miramax liked the script and had always been interested in the book and decided to make it. So it was much less challenging than it might appear. I think it is just a sign of what good fortune I have had in my recent life. But I suppose one of the great challenges was looking at this from a child's point of view and managing some of the more naive aspects of the book, which I love in the book but which when translated to film might be a little difficult and not as involving but off-putting. So trying to capture the spirit of the book, yet acknowledging the different demands of a film was a challenge.
QUESTION: How hard was it to find Asa Butterfield and Jack Scanlon ho play the children Bruno and Shmuel in The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas?
DAVID HEYMAN: It was quite hard. We had the fantastic Pippa Hall whose speciality is child actors and she found the boy who played Billy Elliott. I have known Pippa since I was a child. We had approached Leo Davis to do the casting and Leo brought on Pippa. She scoured and scoured the country. It was a fine balance because you wanted the children to possess the essence of the characters because however their imagination you are very often working with the innate essence of a child. So Pippa showed us hundreds upon hundreds of tapes of children, most of whom had very little experience. When it came down to it, our Bruno had no film experience at all. In a way part of the innocence of Asa Butterfield served us well because he was not particularly knowledgeable about the Holocaust, he wasn't particularly experienced in film making. He became a little bit more knowledgeable of both through the process of making The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas and I think that the gradual increased awareness of both the Holocaust and the film making experience fed into the journey that the character goes through in the film.
QUESTION: Has the reaction of audiences to The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas both delighted and surprised you? Because during filming you must have worried that audiences might think the movie was too much and not get it?
DAVID HEYMAN: You are absolutely right. While I am a pretty positive type, I am burdened by a tremendous apprehension about anything that I am involved with and people's response to it. So I was most certainly tredipatious, concerned in part that people might find it an odd blend of tone – the naivety within this rather dark world; that they might not engage with it in the way that I did. There are always those fears – that, as you suggest, the subject matter might be too tough for the sort of point of view that we take. But I think that what I am so happy about is that people seem to be responding to the film for the very reasons that we made it, because of that point of view. Some people had also suggested that viewers might be concerned that we were telling the story from the point of view of the son of the commandant of a concentration camp. But that is the thing that distinguishes this film from so many others – taking that point of view. For me, that is what – in spite of there being some dark elements about the story, and the context being a difficult and challenging one, there is no question of that – is the thing that I find very optimistic about The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas…that an eight year-old boy, whose parents and environment encourage him to be racist, be prejudiced against Jews, makes his own choice and through contact with a boy on the other side of the fence, someone who is different to himself, is able to engage and overcome any prejudice that might have been inculcated into him and forges his own path. To me that is a wonderfully optimistic, generous spirited and wonderful message to put out into the world and I think it is both true and necessary. I think it is important thing for people to consider and to embrace.
More on The Boy In The Striped Pajamas can be found in our previous coverage. [Ed: This editor found the book to be fantastic, so the movie ought to be just as powerful.]
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Dusk and Desire is the second studio album by electronic band Moev, released in 1986 by Nettwerk and Profile Records. It was Moev's first album to feature Kelly Cook on bass, and the last to feature both Mark Jowett on electric guitar and the band's co-founder Cal Stephenson on synthesizers.

Critical reception

In a retrospective review for AllMusic, critic Michael Sutton wrote of the album, "although the album moves at a quick pace, it's still a chore to listen to." Adding that "there's no personality in these tracks; they're faceless. Book of Love springs to mind whenever Michella Arrichiello sings, and that's about as memorable as Dusk and Desire gets."

Track listing

Personnel
Credits are adapted from the Dusk and Desire liner notes.

Moev

Michela Arrichiello – vocals
Cal Stephenson – keyboards; programming; vocals
Mark Jowett – acoustic guitar; electric guitar; EBow
Tom Ferris – keyboards; programming

Additional musicians
Lucky Aruliah – synthesizer bass
Kelly Cook – bass
Greg Reely – bass
Christine Jones – backing vocals

Artwork
Steven Wasney – photography
Steven R. Gilmore – design
Greg Sykes – design assistant

Technical
Moev – producer; engineer
Greg Reely – producer; engineer
John Forbes – producer
Rob Porter – producer
Terry McBride – executive producer; editing
Tom Ferris – editing
Dave Ogilvie – engineer
George Semkiw – engineer
Chris Sheppard – editing

References

External links

1986 albums
Moev albums
Nettwerk Records albums

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Cakes and pastries usually have one or two ingredients that dominate the overall taste. These ingredients can be complemented or enhanced by the addition of other flavorings. If you are making substitutions (apples instead of pears, for instance) or creating a new recipe, this chart will help you choose compatible flavors.
You will notice that fresh fruit is most often paired with a fruit liqueur or brandy, citrus rind, juice, or extract, or almond and vanilla extract. Coffee is paired with rum, brandy, or coffee liqueur. Find the dominant ingredient in your pastry on the left and pair it with one of the flavor suggestions on the right.


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It is not for nothing that the founder of the automobile company Isuzu named the leadership of one of the most powerful industrial enterprises of Japan in the early 20th century - Tokyo Ishikawajima Shipbuilding and Engineering. It was under the auspices of this organization that a company was established whose specialization was the production of heavy automotive equipment using mainly diesel engines, the history of which by that time was only a few dozen years old.
The debut step made by representatives of the company, which in the future became known as Isuzu, was the signing in 1918 of an agreement with the British company Wolseley Motors on the assembly of trucks by the Japanese under license from the British. Already four years later, in 1922, a truck of the A-9 model was presented. And the first own development, made at the Ishikawajima Automotive Works corporation, representatives of the future Isuzu was demonstrated in 1928. In 1933 Ishikawajima Automotive Works merged with another successful automotive company from Japan - Dot Automobile Manufacturing.
As a result of the transformation, the organization was named Automobile Industries. The following year became even more important for the formation of future success. Having received an order from the Ministry of Trade and Industry, the company within its framework produced and produced the Isuzu model, named after one of the Japanese rivers. In the same year, the young corporation created a unit, which was to deal with research in the field of diesel engines. Three years later, after another restructuring, a new name for the firm was announced - Tokyo Automobile Industries. And in 1938, the first two trucks of the TX40 model came off the production line in Kawasaki.
40th years of the twentieth century became no less successful than the previous decade. Already in 1941, Tokyo Automobile Industries received permission from the Japanese government to manufacture cars equipped with diesel power units, becoming the only such company throughout the country. In 1945, the postwar production of the TX40 truck was resumed, and the active sales of the TU60 also began. And in 1949 the company was renamed to Isuzu Motors Limited. The only negative factor was the separation of Hino Works, one of the parts of the corporation, and the subsequent establishment of an independent company Hino Heavy Industries in 1942.
The beginning of the next decade was marked by the successful development of the diesel V-shaped 8-cylinder engine with water cooling, which received the index DA80. In early 1953, Isuzu Corporation presented the first ever company, made in cooperation with the British firm Rootes, a Hillman car, which became a copy of the British car of the same name. By October of the same year, Hillman entered the conveyor production. And in October 1959 was marked by the beginning of the conveyor assembly of the truck Elf LT, equipped with an extremely economical diesel engine DA640.
In the early 60's, a real production boom occurred, as a result of which representatives of the Isuzu company were presented to the public by a diesel engine for a DL201 car, the volume of which was 2 liters. Approximately at the same time, a new plant was opened in the city of Fujisawa, and new models of cars, the WASP truck and the Bellel and Bellet cars, were also on sale. In the second half of the decade, the new products were a large truck TM, as well as passenger cars 117 Coupe and Florian.
The next decade also began with major presentations: in 1970, the Isuzu Forward cargo models were presented, as well as the Isuzu Elf 350 (KS). One of the most important events in the history of Isuzu was the signing of an agreement on cooperation with the American automobile magnate General Motors, which in 1971 became the owner of 35% of the shares of the Japanese company. The results of joint labor did not take long. Already in 1974, the assembly line for a Gemini passenger car developed within the framework of cooperation between Isuzu and General Motors began. Over the next few years, the company's lineup was also updated.
So in 1977, the production of Isuzu Florian started with a diesel engine, and in 1979 debuted the diesel version of Gemini. A few years earlier, in 1975, the Isuzu North American division, Isuzu Motors America, was opened, whose prospects, in view of cooperation with General Motors, looked extremely serious. And in the very end of the 70s, the construction of a testing range for the Japanese automaker in Hokkaido was completed. Later, in May 1984, in the same Hokkaido, a new plant was opened. The beginning of the 80s of the 20th century foreshadowed new successes. The main confirmation of this is the rapid upgrade of the lineup.
First, in 1980, a series of commercial Fargo minibuses entered the conveyor assembly, which were almost immediately widely used in Japan. Almost immediately, in the first half of 1981, the passenger car Piazza and SUV Rodeo Bighorn debuted, in 1983 Florian Aska model was put on the conveyor, after half a year celebrating the victory in the British RAC rally. And already in 1985 they introduced the FF Gemini car. In the same year 1985, the first representative office of Isuzu in China was opened, which was originally considered as the most important market.
1987 was a landmark in the history of the company in connection with the founding of the joint venture Isuzu Motors and General Motors, which was named IBC Vehicles. Two years later, the fruit of common labor was presented - the debut SUV MU (Amigo), which launched a new class of "heavy passenger cars". At the same time, a joint venture with Subaru was founded. In the same year 1989, Isuzu became the world leader in the production of medium and heavy trucks. After the successful development in 1990 of the world's first electromagnetic brake in cooperation with Sumitomo Metal Industries, a joint venture with Subaru launched a new model of the Rodeo SUV, which in early 1991 was already in the US.
A very important role in the history of development of Isuzu was played by the Charter of Environmental Protection, which was adopted in mid-1992, and according to which the company carried out its further activities. All decade passed under the sign of new developments and improvements. In 1991, debuted an updated SUV Trooper. In 1993, the first representative of the Isuzu N series of commercial vehicles came off the assembly line. Next year, a series of commercial cars F, C and E were presented. In 1997, Isuzu showed the public another novelty developed specifically for off-road - VehiCross, and in 1998 it was marked The release of a truck Elf CNG, working on gas.
At the same time, the 90s were remembered by the fans of Isuzu's developments and major successes at various competitions. So in 1994, the car Trooper won in two races Paris-Dakar rally, and two years later, the first place in the Australian safari took the model Holden Jackaroo. In addition, the organization received many awards for its innovative developments. And in 1999, the fate again brought Isuzu Motors with the company Hino, as a result of which was established joint production of buses. The beginning of the XXI century marked the receipt by the company representatives of new awards for successful development.
In particular, 2001 was marked by the presentation of the diesel engine Duramax 6600, which was called one of the best powertrains in the history of the automotive industry. At the same time, the Japanese actively worked in foreign markets. At the same time, not only the USA and Asian countries, such as Indonesia, Thailand or Japan, received dividends from this work. The company Isuzu Motors gradually entered the European market. In 2002, a 3-year business plan of the Japanese automaker was adopted, which was supposed to minimize costs and make the company's revenue more solid. According to this plan, by January 2003 the share of ownership of Isuzu shares by the automobile giant General Motors had decreased to 12%.
At the same time, these companies continued active cooperation. It should be noted the establishment of another joint venture, whose goal was the development of transmissions. According to the new business plan of the company, calculated from April 2005 to March 2008, Isuzu was to become the world leader in the production of diesel engines, as well as commercial vehicles and buses. It should be noted that the company did it. An important role in the development of Isuzu Motors as a world giant was played by the company's unique developments. In particular, debuted in mid-2005 truck Elf Hybrid with a mixed engine.
After the introduction of new environmental standards in Japan in the same year of 2005, the very important step was the development of the Isuzu Giga truck, which became the first Japanese car in its class to meet these standards. After the dissolution of the alliance between Isuzu Motors and General Motors in 2006, these companies have set up a joint venture, which is already preparing for the presentation its new products, which, according to the plan, will pleasantly surprise the whole world.


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Federation of independent systems/nations, governed by an Assembly.
The Orion Federation emerged in the aftermath of the Version War and the ComEmp. It is the youngest of the major central empires, and still largely an outsider in interstellar politics.
In the region corewards of the Christmas Tree Cluster a number of systems were colonised by refugees from the Taurus Nexus and Djangalla Reformism, who set off in this direction in the 3400's. The first colonies were established in the 4400's, while the Version War was starting over a thousand light years away. These settlers called themselves the Orion Federation. The Federation kept a low profile, and was largely unknown to the surrounding powers. The new colonies were unaware of the events of the Version War until after it was almost over, as the closest wormhole was in a Metasoft system two hundred light years way.
As the news of the Version War reached them, the Orion Federation kept to itself and hunkered down. The worried citizens sought ways of protecting themselves should the relativistic fleets approach their cluster, and in due course the news came that the war had ended.
Over the next millennium the Federation quietly prospered. The first colonies became dominated by the Enremdea system, a populous, relatively wealthy and diverse culture. In the 4600's more and more Enremdeans attempted the Eden AI symbiosis solution, with a surprisingly benign AI calling itself Orion emerging.
In the chaos of the aftermath of the Version War many systems formerly belonging to Metasoft, and a smattering of sporadic colonies associated with the Sophic League, the NoCoZo, Communion and the Solar Dominion in the region around the Orion nebula complex found themselves isolated from their home empires, often seriously damaged by warfare and economic collapse. The Orion Federation began to contact them, offering support, trade and information. The original cluster was soon engaged in a highly profitable diplomacy and wormhole network construction effort. Several worlds formally joined the Orion Federation and many declared themselves at least temporary members until restoration of contact with the main Inner Sphere.
When contact with the Wormhole Nexus was finally made in 5200 the Orion Federation managed to establish itself politically and diplomatically by exploiting the still relevant power of the ComEmp Ontology. By furthering its spread in the local volume the Federation caused a regional renaissance, causing many of the provisional members join it rather than return to their by now alien home empires. The repellent decadence of the old empires and the waves of emigrants helped the growth of the fresh, untested and democratic Federation.
In 6083 a Metasoft fleet attempted to reclaim a number of former Metasoft worlds from their "renegade programming". This was the first real test of the strength of the Federation. The initial attacks were devastating, but the Federation managed to mount an adequate defence and hold them off long enough for diplomatic negotiations through NoCoZo and Communion trade allies to enable a cease-fire. In the following Orion Accords the Federation was granted the volume around the Orion Nebula, in return for turning over a number of systems within Metasoft territory. After nearly a century of emigration and occasional bursts of terrorism, ethnic/species rivalry and a few ugly military incidents the current borders were defined.
Since then the Federation has expanded modestly outwards, mainly through enclaves in Sophic territory and by far-flung wormholes into the outer volumes. In the 7100's a number of Sophic systems joined the Federation in protest over the handling of the Saint Warwick Rebellion. They now form the Objector Alliance, a political faction with noticeable pull.
Over time the Federation has become known as the refuge of the eccentric or dissident, a highly diverse place where it is possible to survive without having to fend for oneself as in the Outer Volumes but without the strict control of the other empires. It is on the outskirts of "civilised space" and many think it of it as the gateway to the counterspinwards parts of the Perseus Rift. Due to the relative scarcity of naturally habitable planets in the volume a larger population than elsewhere live in orbital habitats. The worlds within the nebulae are rather inhospitable to organics, but several vec species and bizarre tweak clades thrive there and trade He-3, antimatter and other forms of energy sources with the organics on the outside.
The Federation Assembly is housed in a grand nanotech structure on Enremdea, known simply as The Palace. Each member system or state sends one representative to the Assembly. Internally the different systems have many kinds of political systems ranging from dictatorships to direct democracies to market minds, although the Federation Constitution places some restrictions on the powers and actions of local governments and lists citizens rights; one of the most important being the freedom to emigrate.
The Enremdean Orion biont-AI symbionts exist spread across the Federation, monitoring events and sometimes acting as advisors or oracles. It is common knowledge that Orion is a rather Homeric AI and does get involved in real politics, but unlike its mythological counterpart it is diplomatic and clever. Some worry that it might be too clever for anybody's good.
Politically Orion is a small untested player that might have great potential -- or might implode due to internal schisms if the wrong political decisions are made. It has some support from the Communion and the NoCoZo, who are trade allies. Metasoft is cool but not hostile, while the Sophic League has been consistently trying to convert the Federation worlds to the Reformulation and has worked especially hard to get back the Objector Alliance.
Ruling archailect of the Orion Federation. Known to take a more intimate approach to running the empire than many Archailects.
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TOP 10 ENTREPRENEURS YOU MUST FOLLOW IN 2021
Are you tired of the 9-5 life? Thinking about becoming a business owner? With 2021 just starting, what better time to start that business you have always dreamed of starting than NOW?
That being said, people were able to successfully grow their businesses, sustain, and even scale them during the pandemic. Who says you can't do the same in 2021?
If you are looking to start a business during these uncertain times, here are some entrepreneurs who have certainly defined what being a successful entrepreneur is all about. This year, VIP Media Group put together a list of what they consider to be some of the Top Entrepreneurs you must follow in 2021. So who are they?
– Grant Cardone
Instagram: @grantcardone
Grant Cardone is the bestselling author of The 10X Rule and has been buying real estate for over 30 years. Over those three decades, he has bought over two billion dollars worth of real estate in eight states. Grant currently manages 7,068 units with his private equity firm Cardone Capital. He is such a good real estate investor because of his extreme discipline, specific formulas, and good instinct to know when to exit the property. Throughout his career, Grant has been giving small investors a chance to start small and go big.
– Tai Lopez
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Tai Lopez is an investor, partner, and advisor to almost two-dozen multi-million-dollar businesses. Through his popular book club and podcasts, The Tai Lopez Show, Tai shares advice on how to achieve health, wealth, love, and happiness with over 1.4 million people in 40 countries. The Tai Lopez Show gets around 800,000 downloads per month. In addition, Tai also owns the largest book shipping club in the world, Mentor Box, and was voted the Number 1 Social Media Influencer by Entrepreneur Magazine.
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Dave Anderson is a bestselling author, serial entrepreneur, business coach and motivational speaker. He runs The Business Bully, LLC, through which he has helped hundreds of small and medium businesses reach their full potential by making smart, calculated decisions that lead to massive profits and growth. As a public speaker, Dave has shared his experience and motivated over one million people. He is also a member of the prestigious Forbes Coaches Council and a go-to business expert and sales trainer for thousands of entrepreneurs who buy his books, watch him on YouTube or listen to his Podcast, "The Business Bully Show." After the COVID-19 pandemic, Dave developed the Bully 101 program to help people in vulnerable financial situations go from zero dollars to five figures within the course of 12 to 18 months.
– Kate Gray
Instagram: @katecgray_
Kate C Gray runs Boss Bitch Business School, which is a digital platform that offers courses and mentorship for coaches, consultants, influencers and service-based entrepreneurs. The platform helps members amplify their impact, influence and income by launching and/or scaling online businesses. Besides this, Kate has overcome a meth addiction and homelessness after which she became an entrepreneur and started to build multiple seven figure businesses and has studied high performance for a lifetime.
– Darbi Alexander
Instagram: @dominatewithdarbi
Darbi Alexander started working from a very young age slowly cultivating her love for business. Watching her mom work in the real estate world when she was a kid furthered her love for business. Darbi and her team are working currently on a FinTech software, BCA Culture, to guide entrepreneurs on business credit and how to properly secure business funding, government contracts, and grants at the click of a button. Their main goal for this new year is to secure funding for 10,000 business owners through their use and understanding of grants, loans, lines of credit and more. In the more distant future, Darbi's goal is to become a pioneer in the industry who invests in different types of business models and industries all while still helping out others. To find out more about the amazing work Darbi is doing, check her out on Instagram here.
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Reece Mennie is a serial investor and entrepreneur. He is the CEO of award-winning alternative investment introducing firm, Hunter Jones, and of the professional property development company, HJ Collection. Reece has extensive experience in sourcing, developing, introducing and raising capital for lucrative property developments in the United Kingdom and worldwide. After using the recent lockdown, Reece decided to launch a digital marketing agency, Bigas Marketing, to help businesses and brands develop successful cost-effective marketing strategies, as well as the Dennis & Dyer Boxing Academy, to help grow the next generation of UK hailing professional boxers. Reece is also the host Top 25 podcast "Mennie Talks," where he interviews proven and renowned business leaders.
– Michael Ashabi
Instagram: @mikeashabi
Michael Ashabi is a serial entrepreneur and a top level life and business coach that works with a variety of entrepreneurs, business owners, and start ups to help them build strategies for sustainability and scaling. His company, True Life Ventures, focuses on making clients increase business growth by 40% month after month, and as a result, allow them to achieve financial freedom. Michael is a very results driven person and aspires to keep helping clients around the world to succeed.
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Instagram: @sethkniep
Living the death-by-paycheck cycle, tired of his corporate job and $24,000 in debt, Seth Kniep walked the streets with a single dime, dead set on doubling it 20 times into over $100,000, to create freedom for him and his family. Today, Seth's team manages over 100 million in annual revenue for name brands and silent investors on the Amazon platform. The co-founder of Just One Dime, Seth and his team have trained over 10,000 entrepreneurs in over 150 countries, 27 of whom are multi-millionaires today. Seth's team grows the Amazon store for one of the sharks from the Shark Tank TV show, runs a sourcing team in China and multiple fulfillment centers across the US, and was requested by two countries to train their top businesses. Headquartered in Austin, TX, Seth is raising an army of investors and entrepreneurs who leverage innovation, capital, and vision to help the human race for future generations. To learn more about Seth and stay up to date with what he's doing, check out his Instagram and Just One Dime.
– Pascal Bachmann
Instagram:@pascalbachmann_official Website: pascalbachmann.com
Pascal Bachmann is a former pro-athlete turned serial entrepreneur. Over the last 25 years, this Swiss native has built 7 businesses which have a combined net worth of over $20 million dollars. His road to success was not an easy one, after going through a $15 million dollar bankruptcy while trying to support his family, he hit rock bottom. He channeled his frustration and worry into the empire he has built today. Along the way, he realized that this bankruptcy that almost destroyed him became a gift in disguise. He is using his story to inspire other entrepreneurs and business owners, that even if you're going through a hard time, you don't have to be stuck there. In 2021, with his passion to inspire and empower doers to find their own way and live a healthy life with success, gratitude, and joy, Pascal is on a mission to impact a million lives all over the world.
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Adam Jablin is a highly sought-after performance and life coach, Recovery Mentor, corporate consultant, and keynote speaker. Adam has helped thousands of people over the years experience a joy of living even while under pressure or difficulty. His unique positive energy, compassion, and gift to relate to others has influenced people from all walks of life, including leaders in the fields of health, psychology, entertainment, sports, business, and politics as well as helping everyday folks fighting fears, alcoholism and addictions to unleash their hidden Superman. His knowledge from helping to build, run, and sell a multimillion-dollar corporation is invaluable. Equally important is Adam's sobriety and his experiences as an enthusiastic advocate of recovery. Adam is also the creator of the Hero Project – a high level coaching program where you become the hero of your own life. He also offers a free online program called the HERO 7. In 2021, Adam plans on helping more people break free from their additions and past to improve their quality of life.
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LEEDS Festival singer songwriter Kate Nash has revealed how she still gets scared before playing in front of thousands of people.
But unlike the wrestling star she plays in TV series Glow, she won't be tapping out.
She says she is super excited to be living out her fantasy playing festivals like Leeds and grateful for the "invisible connection with people through music".
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Chart-topper Kate has been described as the most honest, self-effacing and unpretentious pop star Britain has produced in a generation.
Not bad when you consider she's had a chart topping debut album Made of Bricks, won the hearts of the nation with 2007 smash hit single Foundations, and has since gone on to be a TV star of hit USA wrestling Netflix drama, Glow.
Now she's back with an highly acclaimed fourth album, Yesterday Was Forever and is about to play Leeds and Reading Festivals.
She headlines the Festival Republic Stage on Sunday, August 26, after performing at its sister festival in Reading the day before.
In an exclusive chat she said: "I'm always really scared before I go on and then when I see there are people in the crowd I just think I'm glad they came - it's such a privilege to tour. I'm just that grateful to be able to do it.
" I just did a US tour and I'm standing up there, looking out but the crowd in Denver and I'm thinking.'I'm just a girl from Harrow'.
"I worked in Nando's and wrote these songs and that's where it all kind of started. I was bored of my day job and now I am able to stand here for some reason and connect with people that know the words to songs.
"it just blows my mind so I'm always just so grateful to be able to have this invisible connection with people through music. It's just such an exciting, weirdly tangible thing. But it's really cool."
She added: "I've been spending time in New York working on a musical and then I'm back in the UK for Reading and Leeds Festivals. So I'm a little all over the place, but it's really nice to spend so much time in the UK because it's my favourite place to be in the summer.
"it's not the first time I've played Leeds Festival. I've played twice before and I'm really excited to be back. I think the last time I play was in 2013. I love the festival - it's so much fun to play because the crowd are just so up for it. Everyone is so passionate and just up for a good time.
" I always had dreams of playing festivals but it seemed like such a fantasy to be able to do that. I remember the first time I couldn't believe it, that I was doing it. Festivals are exciting because it's not always your crowd and such an unusual feeling, because some people just come and discover you, they are not necessarily there for you and you don't have the power to curate the environment.
"It feels rock and roll in an exciting way."
Main stage headliners at Leeds Festival this year include Kings Of Leon, Courteeners, The Vaccines (Friday, Aug 24), Fall Out Boy, Travis Scott, The Kooks, The Wombats and Post Malone (Sat, Aug 25) and Kendrick Lamar, Panic! At The Disco and Dua Lipa...likes of Kate Nash headlining Festival Republic stage (Sun, Aug 26).
More than 30 emerging artists will play the BBC Music Introducing stages including Doncaster rockers The Blinders in Leeds on Saturday - with same day appearances by Leeds based Fizzy Blood and Harrogate alternative pop duo Litany.
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Main stage headliners at Leeds include Kings Of Leon, Courteeners, The Vaccines (Friday, Aug 24), Fall Out Boy, Travis Scott, The Kooks, The Wombats and Post Malone (Sat, Aug 25) and Kendrick Lamar, Panic! At The Disco and Dua Lipa...likes of Kate Nash headlining Festival Republic stage (Sun, Aug 26).
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