Delphine Pontvieux's Blog, page 25
September 10, 2010
Spain dismisses ETA's ceasefire as "insufficient"
Watch an excerpt of the video given to BBC news by ETA in which they announced their ceasefire last week:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/video/article300101.ece?vxSiteId=6247211d-66e0-4454-b73a-3f1610efa39a&vxChannel=World+News&vxClipId=2115_Jpeb1460070&vxBitrate=300
And another one that shows why the news of a truce are met with much doubt and cynicism:
September 7, 2010
Delphine Pontvieux's profile posted on IMDB.com
Delphine Pontvieux is now on IMDB.com (the Internet Movie Database). You can check out her profile and more here:
(Reuters) – Here is a timeline of some major events since ETA was founded.
1959 – ETA is formed during dictatorship of General Francisco Franco to fight for Basque self-determination.
1968 – ETA carries out first killing: victim is Meliton Manzanas, police chief in the Basque city of San Sebastian.
1973 – Franco's Prime Minister Luis Carrero Blanco is killed when his car drives over explosives planted by ETA in Madrid.
1980 – In its bloodiest year, ETA kills nearly 100 people despite Spain's return to democracy.
September 1985 – First ETA car bomb explodes in Madrid. A ...
ETA ceasefire: how BBC got the story
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11195595
September 5, 2010
ETA declares cease fire: an important step toward peace?
Armed Basque separatist group Eta says it will not "carry out armed actions" in its campaign for independence.
In a video obtained exclusively by the BBC, the group said it took the decision several months ago "to put in motion a democratic process".
The Basque interior minister called the statement "insufficient". Madrid has previously insisted that Eta renounce violence and disarm before any talks.
Read more about this here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11191395
and also here:
August 30, 2010
DO YOU BOOKCROSS?
Bookcrossing.com is a website where one can register a particular book, drop it some place in the world, and see who will pick it up next and how far it will travel.
The San francisco Chronicle calls the website "a modern-day message in a bottle."
Intrigued, we had to experiment and see for ourselves, so we "released" a copy of Delphine Pontvieux's "ETA-Estimated Time of Arrest" into the wild last week.
In order to carry out the "Drop," Delphine took it upon herself to make it memorable….and...
Delphine Pontvieux's published articles for diving publications
A BLOC MAGAZINE (articles written in French)
Une tortue pour noel
Avez vous déjà essaye la plongée Speleo?
Expedition: The Pit
A la recherche des ambassadeurs de demain
PLONGEUR.COM MAGAZINE (articles written in French)
Click on the title to read the article online
Faute de grottes… (June 2009)
Restauration d'une grotte a Cow Springs (July 2009)
Couler un bateau… pas si simple! (November 2009)
Dean's Blue Hole (December 2009)
PLONGEESOUT.COM MAGAZINE...
August 25, 2010
DELPHINE plays Joan of Arc's mother in upcoming motion picture Laughing Out Loud
Delphine Pontvieux was cast as Joan of Arc's mother in the upcoming motion picture directed by Lisa Azuelos, titled "Laughing Out Loud". Read more about the story etc at : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1592873/
The filming of these particular scenes took place in the D (for Detroit).
It was a wonderful experience and the cast and crew on set was sensational. Lisa Azuelos is the most wonderful director, so full of ideas, and yet, giving her actors a lot of room to express themselves through the c...
August 9, 2010
New ETA review from founder of The James Mason Classic British Book Club
The James Mason Classic British Book Club was founded by Rick Friedman. With over 1,700 members, this group is one of the most active discussion groups on Goodreads.com.
Rick wrote the following about ETA-Estimated Time of Arrest:
This is one of the most original, touching and gripping novels I have read in many years. Lorenzo Lartaun Izcoa is a character that I immediately felt a connection to, not an easy feat for an author.
Delphine Pontvieux is spot on in her character development as well...
August 4, 2010
WOYD, Wednesday?
Check out Delphine's guest blog post on alternative read. Some musings about the glamorous life of authors…
"What's on your desk, Wednesday?" is on, and it is here: http://bit.ly/cWC4HD
