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...more traditional travel book, Josh Neufeld's "A Few Perfect Hours" (self-published; 128 pages; $13) collects the author's memoirs of his time spent in Southeast Asia and central Europe. Owing to each chapter's original appearance in various publications, the book reads like a series of episodes rather than cohesive journey, but Neufeld picks his moments well. In each he discovers something about the world or himself that, if it doesn't actually broaden him, at least gives him pause. For example, the opening, titular chapter features Neufeld and his girlfriend, Sari, arriving in Bangkok after a miserable...
...white ground, has polish and clarity. Unfortunately, the experiences of "A Few Perfect Hours" do far less for us as readers than they evidently did for the author. The book's episodic nature defeats the raison d'etre of a travel book - to learn something new about the world. Neufeld never stays in one place long enough to give us a depth of understanding about the environs or people in the places he visits. "A Few Perfect Hours," ultimately reads more like autobiography set in exotic locals. But without the neurotic and complex central personality of, say, Harvey Pekar...
...suit by refusing to review the matter, and last month Governor Gray Davis signed legislation allowing jail officials to take samples by force if necessary. "I logically cannot see the difference between a person's fingerprint and a DNA fingerprint," says Lisa Kahn, a Los Angeles prosecutor. Argues Peter Neufeld, co-founder of the Innocence Project: "Fingerprints don't tell you anything other than a fingerprint." With DNA, "there is potentially a lot more information about people that we may not want to share with the government. How would you feel about it if your complete DNA profile was kept...
...With her thesis work, [Shames] was a perfect match with the White House Project,” Neufeld said...
...days later, WHP Executive Director Beverly Neufeld called Shames to offer her the group’s top research position...