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Repeal the Graffiti law in NDG The borough of NDG has passed an illegal and punitive law dealing with Graffiti. Most are not even aware of this law. This law holds property owners responsible for removal of the Graffiti over which they have no control. On a large building, the cost can be upwards of $5000.00 to remove the graffiti, and this makes it a criminal act, rather than a misdemeanor. The property owner will remove the graffiti only to have it put back the next day. I spent $800.00 to remove graffiti and the next day it was sprayed over. I then received a second notice to remove the graffiti. I stood in my window and watched two men work all day painting over the graffiti on half the wall of the apartment building next door. At 5:00pm they stopped work and went home. The next morning when I looked out, there was fresh graffiti on the part of the wall that was just painted. The men returned and finished the other half of the wall. Again, the next day, the second part of the wall was covered with Graffiti plus the graffiti was now also painted higher up on the building. It was a week before men returned, to remove the graffiti that was higher up. They did not redo the painted sections, proba- bly because that would have been another contract. In the rear of my parking lot, there is a duplex with two white garage doors. I have seen the owner repaint the doors on the average of once a month. He painted the doors about 3 weeks ago, and they are again covered in graffiti. The owner of the apartment building probably loves this law, because he will clean the graffiti and his operating costs will go up, and he will be able to raise his rents. It does not matter if you are a property owner or a tenant, because YOU WILL PAY! I tried to explain this problem at a borough meeting, right after councilor Susan Clark bragged how they had sent letters to the property owners to clean the graffiti, but was told I was being 'inappropriate' and to sit down. The only difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy we elect our dictator. The bigger the property, the harder and more expensive it is to clean. But most important, cleaning with a high pressure water hose is damaging the brickwork and mortar, so they are forcing the property owner to damage his own property. The graffiti is cleaned with a chemical solution, and brushed into the brick, to get into the pores and soften the paint. They then use a high pressure hose with water, to wash it off. There is no property owner that can afford to continuously clean the graffiti from the building. It is for this reason, that if I receive a fine or a bill from the city, I will have to challenge it in court. The city spends millions of its dollars every year cleaning graffiti. Would it not be cheaper and more effective to set up a police graffiti unit, who could simply sit and monitor a small area that is frequently vandalized by the vandals, catch them, and charge them with criminal mischief. The vandals would face fines of $5,000 or more, be subjected to jail terms, and could be sued by the property owners to clean up the mess they made. Such suits should be exempt from bankruptcy. Then the vandals would start thinking twice. I am sure that the number of people doing this is rather small, because the tags are repetitious. As it stands, the law currently applies to buildings over 300 sq meters or 3229 sq feet. Home owners better measure their square feet. If the city gets away with this law, then I am sure they will remove the limit and apply the law to all, and everyone will be dealing with the cost of this problem. This law has not been well thought out and I hold the city councilors responsible, and they should repeal this law or be voted out of office in the next election with the same consideration they have given us. NONE! Perhaps even a referendum. They call graffiti art. The mayor promotes it * OCTOBER 27, 2012 3 555102912 with walls to practice on and display their 'art'. I call it vandalism. It may be art on their property, but it is not art on mine. If it is art, then let them put it on a canvas and sell it. I highly doubt anyone would buy it. I certainly would not. If anyone wishes to call a referendum on the subject, then please send me a letter to this effect with your name and address. Lyon Kunin 4660 Decarie Blvd Montreal, Qc H3X 2H5 Comment on this article at: www.westendtimes.ca

Local youths join PowerShift movement Hundreds of youths from Montreal are attending a conference called PowerShift 2012, a national movement calling on the federal government to end subsidies to fossil fuels. This conference, to be held October 26-29 in Ottawa, will train youth in grassroots organizing skills, lobbying and creative resistance, and will create cross-country support for the youthwritten Motion to End Fossil Fuel Subsidies to be delivered to Parliament in June. Power- Shift is organized by a courtesy of PowerShift Special coalition of 13 groups and many other very dedicated volunteers throughout the country. "The climate changeinducing fossil fuel in- Demand end to fossil fuel subsidies dustry will continue to grow and produce millions of tons of greenhouse gases, so long as the government is handing out upwards of $1.4 billion every year in subsidies and tax breaks. The first step to taking real action on climate change is ending these subsidies, and providing subsidies instead to green energy technology, green job creators, and climate adaptation," says one of the organizers, Leehi Yona. PowerShift is more than a conference. "It's the beginning of a movement. Youth in Canada are looking for real action on climate change, and we're going to work together to get it," says Yona. Following the conference, participants will go back to their home communities to rally further support for an end to fossil fuel subsidies in Canada. "The conference will help us learn the skills we need to really have Protestors demand that Ottawa stop subsidies to oil, gas & coal companies our voices heard and help people to embrace the power of their voice and their right to a safe and just future." PowerShift 2012 organizers are working hard to collaborate with activists for other social issues, such as poverty and migrant rights. "The root causes of climate change and climate injustices crosscut the root causes of extreme poverty and wealth, workers' rights issues, systemic racism, and other social justice issues. By uniting forces against climate change, we can start to fix all of these issues in a way that really works for people, regardless of social standing, wealth, race, or gender," says Yona. Local PowerShift 2012 participants are photo: PowerShift gearing up for an exciting conference and are looking forward to contributing to real, positive action on climate change. www.wearepower shift.ca/ Comment on this article at: westendtimes.ca 4 OCTOBER 27, 2012 *

111121612 Vol. 18, No. 9 Saturday, October 27, 2012 Hudson, St. Lazare, Senneville, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Baie d'Urfe, Beaconsfield, Chateauguay, Kirkland, Pte. Claire, Pierrefonds, D.D.O., Dorval, Lachine, NDG, CSL, Ville St-Laurent, Mtl-West, Hampstead, Westmount, Montreal, Lasalle, Verdun, Laval He came from Providence, the one in Rhode Island and my favourite Eagles song. In lingo that makes you wish the theme from "Shaft" were playing and you could be a member of the Mod Squad with him, Phil Price can al- Rick Moffat Sports most convince me Regina is the Promised Land. He'll remind me again that what is found is often more precious than what is lost. That friends, family and memories are priceless-possessions only temporary. He's from an era when athletes were not chairmen of their own foundations, but he can't help but give. When we met at a Regina restaurant on the Als' Crown-clinching roadtrip, Price was not wearing his '74 Grey Cup ring, but he's already decided that will 999102812 go to his youngest grandson. He wears a sweatshirt with the Nouveau Alouette logo over his heart and likes the way Montreal's current #17 Billy Parker hits and covers. "Alouette forever-like Wally says," the former DB from the days of Buono, "CC", "Fuzzy", Gordie, Sonny, Peter and "TP" chants. I see no outward signs prostate cancer had recently put the fear of death in him. Surgery only a few weeks ago has shaved 5 pounds from his lean build and delayed his return to pickup basketball games, but his enthusiasm for life still bursts like a cornerback jumping the route on a lame duck pass to the wide side. On a previous visit to Saskatchewan, Price had chauffeured me in his push-button '62 Pontiac with more than 500,000 miles on the odometer. Life's challenges and detours were simply summed up. "What a trip." Phil Price, the man from Providence, has defied the odds again. Several years ago he confessed to a total stranger in the public library that he needed help. Serious help. He couldn't read. He'd overcome the shame and taboo of adult illiteracy. Now he's over come the C- 111012713 Boston Bruin Derek Sanderson Lost & found word. Still don't believe he's blessed? His modest painting and carpet cleaning business won a government contract-honestly. Price's older cousin had blessed him with an inspirational gift decades ago. Herb Adderly was a Green Bay Packer in 1967. He was the first player ever to score an interception return for a Super Bowl touchdown and was destined like so many of his teammates and his iconic coach for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The hated Raiders beaten, Adderly sent an 111012713 autographed football to his cousin, an impressible teen aspiring to college and the NFL. The immortals all signed it: from Lombardi to Starr, Gregg to Nitschke. Phil did what anyone else would have done with that ball back in the day. Rule the street with it. The official Super Bowl II priceless Packers pigskin was tossed and scuffed and spiked in imaginary endzones beside parked cars until the names of the legends were gone. Within a few years, Price was a prospect, hopeful anyone but Oakland would draft him. They were the dirty, nasty enemy his cousin had conquered. Next thing Price knew, he was at NFL training camp, where Al Davis in his slick weaved suits waltzed onto a practise field and coldcocked one of his own players in the chin to demonstrate a Raider must always be on his guard. "Just win, baby!" And the unspoken Raider mantra: hurt or be hurt. Price was in silver and black 2 years before Marv Levy came calling to extend his career in Canada. Phil would get to drive Johnny Rodgers' Rolls Royce 777082612 once. "I felt like a king, but you were sitting up so high I felt like I was in a truck." One New Years Eve he appealed to The Ordinary Superstar that one bottle of $1,000 champagne was enough. Four more bottles later, JR's point was welltaken. The path of excess would take you to the endzone of celebrity before it drove you along the dead end road to ruin. Adderly sits now in a wheelchair, the strapping health of his heyday lost. He sued the NFL and settled out of court. Now 3500 NFL players have banded together in a class-action lawsuit, rallying together alleging medical mistreatment. Heroes inspire with legacies that come in many different forms. A timely reminder those who ARE the game pay the price. Owners and Commissioners don't risk an epidemic of dementia, Alzheimers, post-concussion syndrome, depression, spinal or brain damage. Old football players were like souvenir balls back in the day. Appreciated as long as they are functional, then worn out and tossed away. * OCTOBER 27, 2012 5 888090212 continued on page 8 555091011

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Any reproduction in whole or in part and in print or in electronic form without express permission is strictly forbidden. Permission to reproduce selected editorial may be granted by contacting the publisher in writing. (Continued from last week...) Signage is also sorely lacking along most local bike paths. It is a very short ride, for instance, from the Lachine Canal bike path to Carrefour Angrignon, but you cannot see the shopping mall from the canal. Furthermore, the footbridge which leads there carries no name, nor is there any signage to indicate the direction to the shopping mall or the distance. A recent enquiry with Parks Canada-which administers Lachine Canal- indicates that such signage is LaSalle's responsibility. That no sign has been erected in 34 years suggests cycling is a very low priority at LaSalle borough hall. There are many other issues which impede cycling around Montreal with different borough, municipal, provincial, and federal jurisdictions. Driver, cyclist, and pedestrian education need to be tackled; cyclists are frustrated that it is illegal for them to ride on sidewalks (they can be ticketed), but often unsafe for them to do otherwise. Meanwhile pedestrians frequently use bike paths with impunity; this can make for a nasty surprise for cyclists coming fast around a corner! Many motorists complain about irresponsible cyclists. Among cyclists, the talk is more about irresponsible motorists, some of whom seem to think they are empowered as vigilantes to "force cyclists back to the side of the road." Yes, cyclists should respect the rules of the road more, but there should be driver education about such things as looking backwards before swinging a car door open. And if police force cyclists respect the laws of the road, they should also work more to protect cyclists. In many traffic accidents where cyclists are injured or killed, no charges are pressed against the drivers even where they clearly did things wrong. This was the case in 2010 near Rougemont when six cyclists were struck from behind and three of them killed. As mentioned last week, Tyrell Sterling, the young man who tragically lost his life in Lachine when a truck struck him, had no brakes on his bike. Perhaps some cyclists- with proper training-can ride safely without brakes, but probably few cyclists on brakeless bikes know what they are doing. Bicycle inspections and enforcement of bylaws are likely the answer. My father grew up in Europe where the police Opinion Can Boston solution work here? would stop and ticket riders without working brakes or lights on their bike. It makes sense to enforce similar rules here. The issue of bicycle helmet legislation is surprisingly contentious; John Symon Symon says... some suggest that mandatory helmet laws significantly discourage cycling. I favour legislation similar to that found in Ontario where youths under 18 are obliged to wear helmets. Medical evidence indicates that youths are at the greatest risk of head injury and I believe it is incumbent on adults to protect minors from such dangers. And just to be clear, bicycle helmets are great in reducing injury during a 15kmh fall, but of little use if a car hits the cyclist. Some even suggest that bicycles be banned from sections of a few major streets in Montreal; Cremazie and St. Denis Streets could be among these. At the risk of being labeled a heretic by certain cycling friends, I support this conditional on the creation of alternate routes. But it is unlikely that we will see any of these issues addressed above in an earnest manner in the near future; there are too many jurisdictions involved. Not only do we have the different municipalities and boroughs, but also the provincial (highway shoulders) and federal (bridge bike paths) governments. Boston, however, 6 OCTOBER 27, 2012 * 39 th found a solution that would probably work well here; that city hired Nicole Freedman to be a `bicycle czar` over the entire urban area. In five short years, Freedman brought Boston from being one of the worst cities to cycle in to being one of the best according to Bicycling Magazine. If we created a similar position here, the 'czar' could work to ensure that bike paths and bike lanes conform to uniform codes across the metropolitan area, address problem spots, promote education campaigns, and make this city truly worthy of its title as "the Mecca of cycling in North America." That would not only make things safer and improve the quality of life for local citizens, but likely also increase the number of tourists coming here. Comment on this article at: www.westendtimes.ca

Black Friday, Let's Go to New York Nobody will refuse a gift, especially a major brand, and from New York. Is it too expensive? No, completely not. How come? It is from Woodbury Common Premium Outlets, and it is from the Black Friday weekend. Are you going to prepare the Christmas gifts? To save big, let's go for US Black Friday Thanksgiving weekend big sale event this year. This year, the event will start from November 23 midnight. Woodbury Common Premium Outlet stores will offer additional savings on their everyday low outlet prices. The early shoppers who can catch the midnight opening will have a chance to get the added bargains. At this point, earlier is cheaper. This moment comes but once a year. It is an international event, people come from everywhere. This is one of the largest contiguous outlet centers in the world, there are 220 stores occupying more than 800,000 square feet (72,000 m²), different language speakers will be in a real power shopping. On how to survive in this event, people even made some guides. The most important points are doing homework to be familiar with stores you want to go to, getting the parking as convenient as you can, and bringing big travel suitcases with you. The first peak will happen during midnight and 3am, and the following one will be after 6am. Between 3am to 6am, will be a good time to shop, the crowds will be less in the stores but not for the parking. During the day, the parking could be a daunting shopping experience. In this case, lots of people choose public transportation instead of driving by themselves. As an expert on bus tours, Tours Fantaisie will be a good helper for your Black Friday weekend shopping. We offer you Midnight Madness New York 3 Days Shopping Tour and Black Friday New York 3 Days Tour. Based on the sightseeing visiting tour with tour leader or free time visiting by you, those two tours above will focus on the shopping. People will stay in Woodbury Common longer than the general New York Tours. The service includes comfortable coach transportation, one night in a 4 star hotel (free breakfast will be included with the tour departure on Nov. 22). Besides Woodbury Common, you will still have time to do some shopping in New York downtown because our New York tours will last 3 days. Or if the shopping in the Outlets is enough for you, the tour leader will take you to famous sightseeing parts of the city, even the night tour in the metropolitan. The three day stay is within $800 duty free. This tour is really something you spend less and get more. Big promotion of the Black Friday New York 3 Days: When you reserve a group to New York 3 Days, you will get a free tour to Quebec City 1 Day valued $29. Please contact 514-508- 2088 or sales@toursfantaisie.com for more information. www.toursfantaisie.com Comment on this article at: westendtimes.ca * OCTOBER 27, 2012 7

The Montréal Stars won their first game of the season 3 to 2 against the Boston Blades in front of a record crowd of 700 people (in regular season). Tomorrow, both teams will meet again at 1 PM on the Caroline ©Sasha La Photographe Goalee Charline Labonté ©Sasha La Photographe Who said there was no hockey? Montréal Stars win season opener... John Symon Special continued from page 5 Hockey players were expendable for decades, too. Derek Sanderson provided ample evidence when he visited CJAD 800 this week promoting his story authored by Kevin Shea, the former CKGM d.j. I worked with in Ottawa at what is now "The Bear." The Bruins badboy of the 60's and 70's told me his first contract was for $8,000 his rookie year. Before he even played a game in the NHL he won a raise of $2,000. The NHL minimum was $10,000 that year. I asked Sanderson about his brushes with the incomparable Jean Beliveau and got an unexpected response. "Greatest backhand passer and shooter in the game, used to find Cournoyer anywhere in the building," recounts Sanderson, a recovered alcoholic. "Never got riled." "When I was 8 years old, my aunt took me to Toronto to watch the Ouellette ice at Étienne-Desmarteau arena in Rosemont. The game was quick and tight, and the score was opened in the second period by Montréal recruit Sara Dagenais, her first goal in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL), assisted by another recruit, Ann-Sophie Bettez. Meghan Agosta- Marciano added another point in the Canadiens against the Leafs. That was big doings back in the 50's. Beliveau was playing." "After the game I had pencil and paper in hand and my aunt pushed me in front of Beliveau and I bumped into him. But they were rushing to catch their train home and he put his hand in my face and I watched him walk away. I said 'some day I'll get you!'" "First shift in a game against Beliveau I go into the corner and he turns his face and I remembered it...so I punched him. John Ferguson ignited. He went hysterical. He was 15 or 20 feet away. He was on the other side of the net and didn't know which way to go. He was gonna kill me. "I thought 'He gets really upset when you touch Beliveau.'" No kidding. "Fergy asked if I was insane? I told him no, that Beliveau just didn't sign an autograph when I was 8 and I told him I'd get him." One person's saint is another man's snub. One champ is another's second period, but the Americans put in two goals, by Karen Thatcher and Kacey Bellamy. The game ended in a shoot out and only Caroline Ouellette was able to score to secure Montréal's first victory. Please visit the team's new website montreal.cwh.ca for more details and full schedule! Comment on this article at: www.westendtimes.ca cheat. SHOOTOUT CHEAPSHOTS: * Guy Lafleur and Murray Wilson like to joke the Habs of the 70's played best with a guilty conscience after roadtrips. Imagine if Flower and his contemporaries had the penthouse suites in Tour des Canadiens? They may never have lost a home game or road game. *By the way, are condo sales HRR? *Loved Shane Doan comparing the Commish to a robber. Bettman is the NHL's "Mr. TPS"--Take Players' Salaries. Rick Moffat is Sports Director and Voice of the Alouettes and Montreal Impact on CJAD 800, www.cjad.com follow on: twitter@RickMoffat . If you would like to send Rick a letter please e-mail: rickmoffat @westendtimes.ca Comment on this article at: www.westendtimes.ca 8 OCTOBER 27, 2012 *

An intimate concert, that is what Mexicanborn singer Mamselle Ruiz will offer this Saturday in her presentation at the Studio-Theatre of Place des Arts. Mamselle (that's her real name not an artistic one) came to Canada from Sergio Martinez Special her native Mexico three years ago. Since then Mamselle has had an active artistic career with appearances at various venues and festivals in Montreal and other cities in the province. Mamselle considers her work a good example of what she calls in Spanish "mestizaje musical" (an intermarriage of diverse musical traditions). Her music-like the one from many other artists coming from different places- has enriched the musical and cultural scene of Quebec and Canada, by combining, mixing or merging elements brought by the immigrant artists with those found in the traditions of Canada and North America. Q.- And what have you taken from here, in what way has living in Canada influenced your work? A.- It has given me structure, discipline. That's very important (photo Ginga Takeshima) Mamselle will perform at the Studio-Theatre of the Place des Arts MAMSELLE - "An Intimate Concert" too. One very significant landmark in her artistic career has been the release of her first CD, "Maíz" (Maize or corn) which includes a number of songs written by her. Q.- Why "Maíz?" A.- To me "Maíz" recalls the image of a Mexican character, the sorceress represented by the "maíz criollo", a redcoloured type of corn found in Mexico. Corn on the other hand, is a very important food in all of Latin America from where it has extended all over the world. Q.- And does "Maíz" the CD have some of that world extension too? A.- "Maíz" is a combination, a fusion of southern sonorities with those of the north, rooted in Latin rhythms, spiced with jazz and dotted with electronic music. Another impor- tant characteristic of this disc is that it contains a mixture of lyrics in Spanish, French, and English. "Maíz" is a mixture of colours, flavours, certain moments in history, reflection and exaltation. Mamselle is an artist with an original ap- proach to music who actually had trained in opera singing and in jazz before deciding to take her own distinct path. Her repertoire includes songs of different characteristics including some that touch social issues as well as others with a more folkloric or festive tone. That variety is also reflected in her disc. In regard to her next concert, however, she says that it would engage the audience in a more intimate fashion, which essentially means that the romantic rhythms of the bolero and the Mexican folk song will certainly be heard together with some songs in French as well. During her presentations Mamselle who also plays the guitar, is accompanied by five young musicians, Guillaume Larouche, Jérôme Hébert, Dominic Gamelin, Pascal Lepage, and Frédéric Bourgeault. Mamselle will be performing at the Place des Arts Studio-Theatre, Saturday, October 27 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20. alumni@ckut.ca Comment on this article at: www.westendtimes.ca * OCTOBER 27, 2012 9

Isaw my very first James Bond movie on the big screen back in 1969 at the old Dorval Theatre complex. It was "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", the first (and only) 007 vehicle for Australian actor George Lazenby. Besides Bond's suaveness (and those great ski and bobsled 111120912 chase scenes), I was attracted by the poster that advertised the movie that was displayed in the theatre lobby. There were the colorful illustrations of George Lazenby and Diana Rigg on skis as they eluded Ernest Stavro Blofeld and his henchmen, with plenty of gunfire, explosions and flying snow behind them. Then there was the flashy tagline of "Far Up! Far Out! Far More! James Bond 007 is Back!" and of course, the trademark 007 logo (with the "7" doubling as a gun). If the poster's purpose was to get me excited to catch 007's latest screen adventure, it certainly worked for me back in the winter of '69, and made me a lifelong James Bond fan as a result. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Book Review by Stuart Nulman James Bond: 50 Years of Movie Posters by Dennis Gassner and Alastair Dougall 999102112 111040113 Stuart Nulman Book Banter Dorling Kindersley, $55. 00 ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS FOR ONLY $41. 25/ PER MONTH MIN. 12 MONTHS Call for more details 514-457-7656 999110412 Bond films, and the public's excitement and anticipation for every new adventure from the most successful movie franchise in the medium's history hasn't let up since "Dr. No" made its debut on October 5, 1962, and has continued in a major way with the upcoming release next month of the 23rd Bond thriller "Skyfall". Right now, every aspect of the James Bond films is being examined, dissected and fondly remembered by its fans around the world. One aspect is the many posters that advertised each film in the series, and the aesthetics of each poster and what made them so attractive. In fact, diehard 007 fans collect the original posters and treat them as works of art. A brand new coffee table book has just been released to tell the colorful history of the James Bond movies through its posters called, simply enough, "James Bond: 50 Years of Movie Posters". This is a fascinating study on the art of 007 in all formats (posters, lobby cards, door panels, bus panels, bus shelter posters and advance teaser posters) not only from the UK and the U.S., but also from Japan, France, Australia, Italy, Germany, Sweden and Eastern Europe. Each country's version of the posters is mainly borrowed from the principle artwork from the British and American advertising campaigns, but also shows how some countries decided to put their own distinctive imprint on the art of selling 007 (for example, Japan used photo montages of scenes from the movie in question; France and Italy used original paintings taken from different scenes). What makes the book so interesting to leaf through are the rarely seen posters (for example, the simple, stark red and yellow teaser to advertise the UK release of "Dr. No" in 1962; and the step-by-step process on how to assemble Scaramanga's gun for the U.S. campaign for "The Man with the Golden Gun" in 1974"); the unused poster concepts (including the proposed designs for "Diamonds Are Forever" and "Live and Let Die", and for "Licence To Kill" which used its original title, "Licence Revoked"); and poster oddities such as lost in translation-type foreign language titles, for example "James Bond Versus Dr. No" (French) and "Diamonds for Eternity" (Spanish) and the rather verbose taglines that were used for the Japanese posters, such as this one for "Thunderball": "With the deep blue ocean stained a crimson red, the fourth installment of the series, brings with it double the tension, three times the action and amazing new weapons. It's the most interesting episode yet!" And as an added bonus, the book offers suitablefor-framingreproductions of the Italian "Dr. No" poster and the original artwork for "Octopussy", which featured a gun-toting Roger Moore and an eightarmed Maud Adams. "James Bond: 50 Years of Movie Posters" is another fine addition to your 007 library, especially if you're a diehard fan and can't get your hands on the original posters. It's a bold, colorful testament to how much a worldwide phenomenon the James Bond movies are as it marks its golden anniversary. Yet no matter how distinctive these movies were advertised to their legions of movie going fans, the message conveyed was always the same: "James Bond is back in action!" Stuart Nulman's "Book Banter" segment is a twice-a-month feature on "The Stuph File Program" with Peter Anthony Holder, which now has almost 150,000 listeners per week. You can either listen or download it at peteranthonyholder.com , or Stitcher.com or subscribe to it on iTunes. Plus you can find it at w w w . 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