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Upcoming BMW 7-Series LWB Caught on Shots

The upcoming BMW 7-Series LWB was caught on camera while undergoing some tests in camouflage, the model promising to come with a new body style and a long wheelbase.

The BMW is currently working on a long wheelbase 7-Series model, which will seemingly come with a new body style, being aimed to compete against the new Mercedes-Benz S-Class.

BMW 7-Series LWB

BMW 7-Series LWB

The next-gen BMW 7-Series LWB caught here on camera in the United States, will be probably launched in 2016, but until then, the company must ensure that everything is in the right place with the model.

BMW 7-Series LWB

BMW 7-Series LWB

The fresh BMW 7-Series LWB is said to come with a mixt platform, including aluminum, steel and carbon fiber, which would make the model easier with around 600 pounds, unlike the present model which is based on a steel monocoque structure.

BMW 7-Series LWB

BMW 7-Series LWB

Under the hood, the new BMW 7-Series LWB will be coming with a fresh six-cylinder inline diesel burner, alongside a new plug-in hybrid system, being put on a 2.0-liter four-cylinder petrol unit.

The model will be also coming with a higher hybrid, sporting a 3.0-liter six-cylinder and hooked at the new 9-speed automatic transmission.

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We're finishing a basement as part of an addition, and our contractor initially said he would insulate the basement. We have had a slight moisture problem on the bottom 3 courses of block, but we solved it between a dehumidifier and 3 coats of Drylok. Now, the contractor is saying we don't have to insulate because the basement stays at a constant 55 degrees year-round, and if we insulate, we'll roast in the winter (we have baseboard heaters going in). I've also learned that there are mold/mildew concerns when insulating walls that have shown to be damp from time to time. So, the QUESTION: How do you know when it's best to insulate or not insulate your basement, and given the set of circumstances I laid out, would you do it if it was your house? THANKS FOR ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE ME!!!

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"Now, the contractor is saying we don't have to insulate because the basement stays at a constant 55 degrees year-round, and if we insulate,"

Long gone are the days when you just opened the window if it got too hot in the winter and let the furnacne run full tilt.

If you insulate you won't roast, the thermostat will shut them off.

Now I am concerned about what was the cause of your moisture problems.

The RIGHT way to cure that is to keep water way in the first place and that is down from the outside.

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How to Grow Lettuce, Spinach, and Delicious Leafy Greens In or Outside Your Home!

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grow your own leafy greens at home - indoors or outdoors

As we all know, the fresher our leafy greens, the more nutrient-packed and healing they are!  As the price of produce, especially organic produce, increases in the stores along withthe  cost of rising oil and shipping prices, more people are turning a page back to simpler times and learning to grow their own leafy greens at home.

You don’t have to have a green thumb to grow greens inside your home as well as out in your yard, regardless of whether you live in the country or the city. Gardening in order to procure your own fresh lettuce, spinach, chard, collard, kale, beet greens or more exotic wild leaves such as dandelion and sorrel is fun and easy.  Here’s how!

Growing Your Own Greens Outdoors

growing leafy greens outdoorsOutdoors, leaf vegetables can be started as soon as the ground is workable, since most greens tolerate cooler temperatures well and actually tend to turn bitter when summer heat is strongest. By planting in early spring and again in late summer, you can enjoy two harvests in one season.

Once the leaves are large enough to enjoy in a salad or smoothie, cut the outer ones with kitchen shears and leave smaller ones to mature. Most greens are “cut and come again” vegetables, meaning they will continue to grow new leaves until they are frost-killed. So from just a few seeds, you can enjoy a continuous yield over many months. Once your leafy vegetable bolts (sends up seed stalks), uproot it and replant fresh seed.

If you are growing your leafy plants outside, then pots, window boxes or garden beds work equally well, as long as there is at least 8 hours of sun a day in your selected location. Some afternoon shade may be desirable in hotter climates.

A general rule for determining how deep to plant your seed is to bury it twice as deep as the seed is wide. So for a large seed like chard, put ½” of soil over the top of it, but for tiny lettuce seeds, a sprinkle of dirt over the surface will suffice. Make sure there is a foot of soil beneath the plant so it can send down deep roots, and be sure to leave enough space between seeds for the plant to mature to its full size unless you don’t mind thinning a few weeks after germination.

All seeds will germinate faster if they are soaked in pure water for a few hours before they are put in the ground. Then just keep them evenly moist, not saturated, throughout their growing season. (You know soil is wet enough if it feels like a damp sponge when you press your finger against it.)

grow your own leafy greensThe best soil for any vegetable is the kind that is loose, loamy and drains well. It shouldn’t pack into hard clods or clumps or be so sandy that all moisture drains away before the plant can absorb what it needs. You can amend both compact clay and overly sandy soils by adding any organic material (manure, leaves, grass, kitchen scraps, etc.). You can also add liquid fertilizer such as kelp if the plant’s leaves seem pale or yellow.

Growing Your Own Greens Indoors

The same rules apply for planting indoors except that you will probably have to add artificial light. Even the sunniest of windows usually don’t see more than six hours of direct sunlight daily.

I use fluorescent shop lights that I mount on cupboards above my counters. That way I can spread my plant pots across the counter surface and have light directly above them. A shop light with a chain is handy so you can raise the light source as the plants grow taller. To be most effective, indoor lighting should not be more than four to six inches from the leaves.

indoor herb gardensThe advantage to growing indoors is that you can garden year round. Since greens don’t depend on pollination like many garden foods, all you need is light, moisture and moderate temperatures to maintain them.

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I don’t need any star power in my campaign: Shatrughan Sinha

March 24, 2014

Shatrughan Sinha 250x274 BJP candidate and sitting MP from Bihar’s Patna Sahib Shatrughan Sinha says neither does his political campaign require star power, and nor does his actress daughter Sonakshi, who is apolitical, need to campaign for any party.

The veteran actor, often referred to as ‘Bihari Babu’, recently filed his nomination papers for the Lok Sabha polls. But some people waved black flags against him.

Excerpts from an interview where Shatrughan reacted to the protest, and his political plans:

Q. You were greeted by protestors in your constituency on Patna. How come?

A. These so-called protestors looked to me like hired junior artistes from a Bollywood political drama. They looked suspiciously sponsored by some vested interests. And they seem to have a one-point agenda: To get some space in the media by latching on to my name. Having said that, I must admit that black flag protestors are a sure sign of political clout.

Wasn’t Arvind Kejriwal greeted with black flags by protestors? I think if black flag protests don’t happen, then the politician is not happening (laughs). On a more serious note, if these so-called protestors have a problem with my candidature, they should talk directly to the party high command. The (BJP) parliamentary board has cleared my candidature. Should I listen to my party or to these handful of protestors?

Q. If I am not mistaken, there were protests against your candidature during the last elections as well?

A. Yes, some people from the All India Naukar-Dai Sangh had protested. I was later told that protest too was sponsored. These protestors are too late in their attempts to oppose me. I’ve already been declared a candidate by the parliamentary board and none other than (BJP president) Rajnath Singh has proposed my name for the Patna seat. Let the majority decide whether I am worthy of being re-elected.

The poll predictions are that I’d win by an even larger majority than the last time by the support and blessings of the people. I forgive the protestors because all said and done, they are misguided elements from my own extended family.

Q. There were also some questions raised within your party about your daughter Sonakshi Sinha not campaigning for the party?

A. She isn’t here campaigning for her own father, then why would she campaign for others? She is busy with her career. And she is apolitical. Let her be. Let me reiterate I don’t need any star power in my campaign.

Q. Apparently there was a lot of dispute within the BJP about your candidature?

A. Though Patna was my first and final choice as a constituency, I was told to fight elections from the Delhi constituency because they felt I could influence the voting pattern of all the seats in Delhi. But I said no. Only Patna for me. Once a Bihari Babu, always a Biharu Babu.

Q. Strangely, Bhojpuri actor Kunal Singh has been pitched as the Congress candidate against you in the Patna constituency?

A. Kunal says I’m like his elder brother. He has tremendous respect and regard for me, and I’ve tremendous affection for him. He must have been coaxed into standing against me by his party high command. During the last elections, they had pitched poor Shekhar Suman against me.

Q. There is talk of dissent between you and your party – the BJP?

A. One thing is for sure. The party has become like an action-oriented drama. The action hero has taken over.

Q. Are you talking about Narendra Modi?

A. My tongue is firmly in my cheek. The leadership seems preoccupied with many things at the moment. Who is the leader is for you to decide. The party is fully charged, poised for the leap. As far as my own dissatisfaction goes, I’d rather look at the glass as half-filled than half-empty.

Q. How is your relations with Narendra Modi?

A. Very good! He is a tried-and-tested leader. He has done so well in Gujarat. We share a great professional rapport, though we may not be that close on a personal level. It’s become fashionable to declare oneself a close friend of Narendra Modiji or Rahul Gandhi. But sorry, I am neither Modiji’s right or left hand. I am who I am without attaching myself to anyone.

But that doesn’t mean I’d question his place in the party when it (Modi’s place in the BJP) has been verified by the parliamentary board and no less than Rajnath Singh.

Q. Are you supporting Narendra Modiji’s candidature for prime ministership?

A. This isn’t the right time to answer this. However, I must say that L.K. Advani is a friend, philosopher, guide and guru to me. He is a godfather to the entire party. I am sure the action hero, Narendra Modi has Advani’s blessings. – IANS

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Servings: 4
  • 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
  • 1 1/4 pounds thinly sliced veal scallops
  • 3 garlic cloves, chopped
  • 1 cup dry white wine
  • 1 cup low-salt chicken broth
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons drained capers
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh mint, plus sprigs for garnish

  • Melt butter in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle veal with salt and pepper. Add veal to skillet and cook until browned, about 1 minute per side for medium. Using tongs, transfer veal to platter.
  • Add chopped garlic to pan drippings in skillet and sauté 1 minute. Add wine, chicken broth, and capers. Boil until reduced to sauce consistency, scraping up browned bits, about 10 minutes. Stir in chopped mint. Season sauce to taste with salt and pepper.
  • Add veal to sauce; simmer 1 minute to rewarm. Divide veal and sauce among 4 plates. Garnish with mint sprigs.
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Ethnicity: Black
Nationality: American
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Boobs: Natural
Height: 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
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Rosanne Katon (born February 5, 1954)[1] is an American nude model, actress, comedian and activist. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its September 1978 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.

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Katon was born in New York City to a Jamaica-born father. She had several acting credits before appearing in Playboy (including a Broadway lead role in Godspell, and a featured role in the parody of women in prison movies, Women Behind Bars and leading roles in two Cirio Santiago action films released in 1976, Ebony, Ivory & Jade (in which she received top billing) and The Muthers (playing opposite former Playboy centerfold, Jean Bell). In 1984 she married Richard Walden, The Waldens have two children, including a son who is autistic and an expert cellist. The family is featured in the 2007 documentary Autism: The Musical which won the 2007 Emmy for Best TV Documentary Special (HBO).

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Beginning in the mid-1970s, Katon worked steadily in Hollywood, including a stint on Grady, the short-lived spin-off of the hit sit-com, Sanford and Son. However, the shapely actress was often typecast in sex kitten roles in R-Rated comedies such as Chesty Anderson, U.S. Navy (1976), Lunch Wagon (1981) and Bachelor Party (1984). This was solidified by her appearance as the September 1978 Playboy centerfold. Notable exceptions to this rule were a recurring role opposite Denzel Washington]on the medical drama St. Elsewhere and her appearance in two award-winning UCLA student films, Julie Dash's "Illusions" (1982) (in which she played a singer who doubles for a white actress in 1940s Hollywood) and S. Torriano Berry's "Rich" (playing the supportive girlfriend of the title character).[2][3]

At one point, Katon segued into the world of stand-up comedy, even appearing in Playboy's June 1991 pictorial "Funny Girls," which covered female comedians.

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In 1984, Katon married Richard M. Walden, who is the president and chief executive officer of Operation USA, an international organization that supplies relief to Third World areas in need such as Rwanda, Cambodia and, more recently, tsunami-ravaged Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and Indonesia; and to Hurricane Katrina-areas of Louisiana and Mississippi. Rosanne is an active participant with Operation USA serving on its Advisory Board. The relief group is based in California.

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  2. Field, Allyson Nadia. Illusions. UCLA Film and Television Archives. Retrieved on 2011-11-05. “Set in Hollywood during WWII, Illusions tells the story of Mignon Duprée, a studio executive passing for white, and Ester Jeeter, an African American singer hired to dub the voice of a white movie star. The film is a gripping critique of the power of the movies to shape perception as it explores the multiple illusions created by Hollywood and the very illusion of racial identity.”
  3. Quigley, Mark. Ujamii Uhuru Schule Community Freedom School (1974); Define (1988); Excerpt from Dawn at My Back: Memoir of a Black Texas Upbringing (2003); Shipley Street (1981); Brick by Brick (1982); Rich (1982). UCLA Film and Television Archives. Retrieved on 2011-11-05. “At once gritty and tender, the character study features an intimate scene shot chiaroscuro on location at the Watts Towers”

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  • Publication date: 1 August 1998
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John Hayes and Sara Mandell provide a clear exposition of Jewish history from 333 BCE to 135 CE. This volume focuses on the Judean-Jerusalem community from a historical rather than ideological or theological perspective. With the inclusion of charts, maps, and ancient texts, the authors have constructed a fascinating account that is indispensable for the study of this crucial period.

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Thomas Hobbes took a new look at the ways in which society should function, and he ended up formulating the concept of political science. His crowning achievement, Leviathan, remains among the greatest works in the history of ideas. Written during a moment in English history when the political and social structures as well as methods of science were in flux and open to interpretation, Leviathan played an essential role in the development of the modern world.
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The light filtering through the snow walls is blue and ghostly, but serves to show seeds of shrubs and grass, and berries, and the wind-built walls are warm against the wind.  It seems that live plants, especially if they are evergreen and growing, give off heat; the snow wall melts earliest from within and hollows to thinness before there is a hint of spring in the air.  But you think of these things afterward.  Up in the street it has the effect of being done consciously; the buckthorns lean to each other and the drift to them, the little birds run in and out of their appointed ways with the greatest cheerfulness.  They give almost no tokens of distress, and even if the winter tries them too much you are not to pity them.  You of the house habit can hardly understand the sense of the hills.  No doubt the labor of being comfortable gives you an exaggerated opinion of yourself, an exaggerated pain to be set aside.  Whether the wild things understand it or not they adapt themselves to its processes with the greater ease.  The business that goes on in the street of the mountain is tremendous, world-formative.  Here go birds, squirrels, and red deer, children crying small wares and playing in the street, but they do not obstruct its affairs.  Summer is their holiday; “Come now,” says the lord of the street, “I have need of a great work and no more playing.”

But they are left borders and breathing-space out of pure kindness.  They are not pushed out except by the exigencies of the nobler plan which they accept with a dignity the rest of us have not yet learned.

I like that name the Indians give to the mountain of Lone Pine, and find it pertinent to my subject,—Oppapago, The Weeper.  It sits eastward and solitary from the lordliest ranks of the Sierras, and above a range of little, old, blunt hills, and has a bowed, grave aspect as of some woman you might have known, looking out across the grassy barrows of her dead.  From twin gray lakes under its noble brow stream down incessant white and tumbling waters.  “Mahala all time cry,” said Winnenap’, drawing furrows in his rugged, wrinkled cheeks.

The origin of mountain streams is like the origin of tears, patent to the understanding but mysterious to the sense.

They are always at it, but one so seldom catches them in the act.  Here in the valley there is no cessation of waters even in the season when the niggard frost gives them scant leave to run.  They make the most of their midday hour, and tinkle all night thinly under the ice.  An ear laid to the snow catches a muffled hint of their eternal busyness fifteen or twenty feet under the canon drifts, and long before any appreciable spring thaw, the sagging edges of the snow bridges mark out the place of their running.  One who ventures to look for it finds the immediate source of the spring freshets—all the hill fronts furrowed with the reek of melting drifts, all

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Steward’s wages                    80
Butler’s ditto                     80 per annum.

Prices of Labour.

A coolee, or porter 0 0 8 per day.
A tailor 0 0 5 and rice.
A handicraftsman 0 0 8
A common labourer, from 3d. to 5d.
A woman’s labour considerably cheaper.

[104] It is scarcely necessary to inform any reader that Captain King here
    alludes to the American war, in which first the French and then the
    Spaniards took part against Great Britain.  The passage is certainly a
    very striking evidence of that enthusiasm which animates our gallant
    seamen in all corners of the globe, to feel and to fight for Old
    England; and perhaps to this spirit, as well as to his eminent
    professional abilities in other respects, we may ascribe Captain
    King’s appointment, not long after his return home, to the command of
    the Resistance man of war, sent on service to the West Indies.—E.

[105] J’ai verifie moi-meme, avec plusieurs Chinois, la population
    de Canton, de la ville de Tartare, et de celie de Battaux,
    &c.—Voyage aux Indes, &c. par M. Sonnerat, tom. ii. p. 14.

[106] A catty is 18 oz.—A pecul 100 catty.

Leave the Typa.—Orders of the Court of France respecting Captain Cook.— Resolutions in consequence thereof.—Strike Soundings on the Macclesfield Banks.—Pass Pulo Sapata.—Steer for Pulo Condore.—Anchor at Pulo Condore.—Transactions during our Stay.—Journey to the principal Town.— Receive a Visit from a Mandarin.—Examine his Letters.—Refreshments to be procured.—Description, and present State of the Island.—Its produce.—An Assertion of M. Sonnerat refuted.—Astronomical and Nautical Observations.

On the 12th of January, 1780, at noon, we unmoored, and scaled the guns, which, on board my ship, now amounted to ten; so that, by means of four additional ports, we could, if occasion required, fight seven on a side.  In like manner, the Resolution had increased the number of her guns from twelve to sixteen; and, in both ships, a stout barricade was carried round their upper works, and every other precaution taken to give our small force as respectable an appearance as possible.

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(b) Through the journal of Harker's personal servant.
(c) Through Dracula's journal entries.
(d) Through Harker's journal entries.

2. Who is Mr. Hawkins?
(a) Dracula's neighbor.
(b) Dracula's boss.
(c) Harker's employer.
(d) Harker's neighbor.

3. What activity does Lucy begin to do at night during Mina's visit?
(a) Screaming.
(b) Sleep talking.
(c) Sleepwalking.
(d) Eating.

4. What does Mina hope will assist Harker once he returns home?
(a) Her desire to start a family right away.
(b) Her newly inherited wealth.
(c) Her cooking skills.
(d) Her typing and shorthand skills.

5. What strange sight does Harker see along the side of the road as he is being taken to first meet Count Dracula?
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(b) Vultures seeming to follow his coach.
(c) Lots and lots of bats flying around.
(d) No sign of life at all.

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2. What strange ship does Mina see entering the harbor while she is visiting Lucy?

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After Darcy and Colonel Fitzwilliam leave, the Collinses and Elizabeth are invited to Rosings where Lady De Bourgh tries to bully Elizabeth into staying longer. When Elizabeth insists that she must leave the next week, Lady De Bourgh tries to tell them how to pack and travel. Elizabeth endures conversations like that for the rest of the week, but when she's alone, she reflects on Darcy's letter and her own embarrassment at her accusations and her family's disgrace. She notices how her own opinion of Darcy is now one of respect and her feelings about her own behavior since she met him are shameful.

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Dick arrived at the hotel to meet Nicole, Mamora, and both of their families. Dick thought that the Mamora's fortune had something to do with a bank in Milan that had something to do with the Warrens' fortunes. Baby Warren (Beth) paid special attention to Dick and asked him for advice on what to do about Nicole. Baby told him that she could not tell if Nicole was acting eccentric or crazy. Dick assured her that Nicole's recent behavior had been normal. Baby then told Dick that she had a plan to move Nicole to the south side of Chicago, where old Chicago families live, and where Nicole could fall in love with a nice doctor. Dick laughed at her suggestion that the Warrens could buy Nicole a doctor.

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Meanwhile, Nicole had disappeared and Baby was worried. Dick went to find her and he saw her outside looking out at the lake. Nicole said the music was too much for her and she wanted to get away. Dick told Nicole that he liked her, and fumbling, Nicole asked him if she was the type of girl Dick might have dated. When Dick made a joke, Nicole flared up at him, telling him that she had common sense now and she said, "And if I don't know you're the most attractive man I ever met you must think I am still crazy. It's my hard luck, all right--but don't pretend that I don't know--I know everything about you and me." Book 2, Chapter 9, pg. 154 Dick then told Nicole that he couldn't fall in love with her and Nicole said that he never gave her a chance. She asked Dick for a chance, and they kissed.

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Nicole walked away feeling confident that Dick was hers. Dick followed her, they kissed again, and a storm began.

Dick found two notes in his hotel the next afternoon. The first note was from Nicole, telling him that she had no regrets about the other night. The next note was from Beth, asking if he could accompany Nicole back as far as Zurich and drop her at the sanitarium. Dick was upset because he thought Beth was trying to set him up with Nicole, but in fact, he was not the kind of doctor that Beth wanted in the family. Dick accompanied Nicole on the train and they sadly parted.

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The Last Juror

by John Grisham

Each February, a Grisham novel hits the stores and immediately
scores a place at the top of the bestseller list. What ensures this
success? Some of it has to do with predictability; some with
unpredictability. Cracking the spine of a Grisham thriller, readers
know they find themselves submerged in a legal battle. The
characters that will be encountered and the social issues that
might be addressed are unpredictable. This combined with the
effects of law and the legal system on everyman --- and just plain
good storytelling --- makes Grisham's books intriguing adventures.
THE LAST JUROR does not disappoint at any of these levels.

Many readers think Grisham's first book was THE FIRM, but that book
was not Grisham's first publication. A TIME TO KILL was his first
shot at courtroom fiction. Fifteen years ago, with a press run of
5,000, a small Southern publisher published A TIME TO KILL in
Grisham's home state. The book received little notoriety until the
popularity of THE FIRM and Grisham's second blockbuster, THE
PELICAN BRIEF. After its re-release, A TIME TO KILL reached not
only the bestseller list but was also a popular movie

THE LAST JUROR is set in the fictitious town of Clanton,
Mississippi, in Ford County, which readers may recall was the
setting for A TIME TO KILL, Grisham's first book. The events that
are the narrative of THE LAST JUROR are recounted through the eyes
of Willie Traynor, a Memphis-born and eastern-educated journalist.
He comes to Clanton because one of his fellow journalism students
advised him that a small local newspaper was in fact a gold mine;
in addition to printing newspapers, his presses would make him fast
money. After a short-term internship for the Ford County
, the paper is forced into bankruptcy. Fortunately, Willie
has what every young entrepreneur needs to start a business: a
wealthy relative. With $50,000 borrowed from his grandmother,
Willie rescues the paper from bankruptcy and begins his career as
editor, publisher and reporter for the Ford County

Potential readers need not fear that Grisham has written a tale of
journalists and the woes of publishing a weekly tabloid. Be assured
that the Grisham formula of crime, courtrooms and attorneys is
still a cornerstone of this novel. In fact, savvy Grisham readers
will note that several of the attorneys who they previously met in
A TIME TO KILL also are characters in this novel.

The crime that forms the foundation of THE LAST JUROR is a brutal
rape and murder committed by Danny Padgitt, scion of a powerful
outlaw Ford County family. Residents fear Padgitt will use his
power and influence to escape punishment for his crime. The trial
occupies a substantial portion of the book and reaches an ugly
climax when the defendant, upon completing his testimony and
leaving the witness stand, turns to the jury and announces, "You
convict me and I'll get every damned one of you."

One of the jurors threatened is Miss Callie Ruffin. Willie meets
Miss Callie as he is writing a local interest article about her
unique family. All of Callie's children, save one, have overcome
the segregated life of Mississippi in the 1960s to become college
professors. Like many blacks in that era, they left the South to
accomplish their goals. Traynor goes to Miss Callie's house in
order to write about this remarkable woman and the rest, as they
say, is fate. Miss Callie is selected to be the first African
American to serve on a jury in Ford County. She is the last juror
selected in the trial of Danny Padgitt.

There is something loving and stirring when John Grisham writes
about his native Mississippi. His affection for his home state
shows, as he describes not only the people of the South but the
lifestyle they have cultivated. As Grisham describes the region
during the tumultuous time frame of the Civil Rights era and the
Vietnam War, he is honest enough to acknowledge both the good and
bad of the region. Reading Grisham, the reader is struck by the
fact that the South is not as evil as most Northerners often
portray, but also not as noble as most Southerners would like to

In addition to the historical ruminations about his beloved South,
Grisham delivers the twisting and turning conclusion that his
readers have grown to expect. THE LAST JUROR may be the best of his
recent novels. Just like Miss Callie's comforting home cooking, it
is pleasant to have another John Grisham novel on the reading table
--- and it's as satisfying to complete this as it is to finish a
fine meal of Southern cuisine.

Reviewed by Stuart Shiffman on January 22, 2011

The Last Juror
by John Grisham

  • Publication Date: December 14, 2004
  • Genres: Fiction, Thriller
  • Mass Market Paperback: 512 pages
  • Publisher: Dell
  • ISBN-10: 044024157X
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Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball

Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball

Just a few generations back, many professional teams were family-run operations that were in business for the long haul. Now there is just one (at least in baseball), and the end of an era is in sight, according to STEINBRENNER: The Last Lion of Baseball, by award-winning sports columnist Bill Madden.

There are many adjectives used to describe George Michael Steinbrenner III, principal owner and chair of the New York Yankees, and most are not complimentary. Since he took over the team in the early 1970s, there has been no shortage of fodder for the local press, including Madden, who has followed the game for the Daily News and New York Post. “Der Boss” (one of Steinbrenner’s many nicknames) was famous for a fiery temper; prior to Joe Torre’s lengthy stay as skipper, the Bronx Bombers went through 20 managerial changes between 1973 and 1995, including many repeat performances, most notably by the late Billy Martin. And that doesn’t even take into account the front office. He would order his underlings to handle a task or acquire a certain player, often disregarding the objections of those far more knowledgeable in such matters, and then explode when things didn’t work out the way he desired (and his staff expected). He would fire, then rehire, at the drop of a pin, often excusing the hasty behavior with “I didn’t really mean it” or “I’ll let it go, this time.”

Yankees fans and haters are well aware of Steinbrenner’s mercurial nature. His apologists point to his success; his enemies note the distractions and bad feelings among the team’s personnel. Forget the infamous quote from Reggie Jackson about being “the straw that stirs the drink”: that sobriquet should go to Steinbrenner. In fact, one has to wonder: does such drama like this occur on other teams (the husband-and-wife owners of the Dodgers are going through a nasty divorce, for example), or do we hear more about Steinbrenner’s antics because his team plays in the media capital of the world?

Does Steinbrenner’s megalomania come from some deep-rooted desire to both win the approval of his father --- a strict, hardworking and successful businessman --- and yet prove himself as his own man? Hard to say, although Madden certainly pushes the reader in that direction, albeit without the psychological profiling. Citing one example after another, he chronicles the Yankees chief as a bully and a liar, who could be incalculably mean and cruel, then turn around and create a foundation to make sure the orphans of New York City police and firefighters could go to college, or drop everything at the news of a friend in trouble. Madden includes the praise as well as the lash, but the former is far-between or generally underreported throughout the years; for all his penchant for being the center of attention, Steinbrenner didn’t go after the press to note his good deeds.

Madden --- who was recently named winner of the Baseball Hall of Fame’s annual Spink Award for outstanding career accomplishments as a writer --- strives to be even-handed. His role for the New York papers put him in a position to write a first-hand account, but he uses that relationship with a light hand, relying on his skills as a journalist rather than employing his personal observations. While dutifully covering Steinbrenner’s rightful banishment from the game in the 1970s because of his illegal campaign contributions to Richard Nixon’s presidential campaign, Madden goes to great lengths to show that his subject was unfairly treated by Commissioner Fay Vincent, who kicked him out of the game in 1990 for giving $40,000 to Howard Spira, a hustler and gambler, for his role in digging up dirt on Yankees outfielder Dave Winfield, with whom Steinbrenner was feuding over financial matters. Baseball, it seems, is not a law unto itself, and even Steinbrenner has rights of due process.

Sadly, the last few years have not been kind to the Yankees’ leader. Ill health has rendered him a shell of his larger-than-life persona. Madden reports this with a mix of professional objectivity and personal sadness (after all, the two had had a working relationship and had even been fairly close at one point).

Are there elements in here that might embarrass Steinbrenner and his family? Perhaps. But as Madden relates in the introduction, he undertook the project at their suggestion. And judging by all accounts, he seems to have done a fair and balanced job.

Reviewed by Ron Kaplan on January 23, 2011

Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball
by Bill Madden

  • Publication Date: May 11, 2010
  • Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
  • Hardcover: 480 pages
  • Publisher: Harper
  • ISBN-10: 0061690317
  • ISBN-13: 9780061690310


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ok, it's not books, and ok, i'm not even certain where the shelves are from, and ok, ok, this picture's been floating around the blogosphere for a while now, but i couldn't resist posting german dj ellen allien's great living room full of shelves. sue me.

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Action and adventure

A vague story about a unspecified quest

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Night of the Hunter...

Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for I have the heart of a warrior and courage is my creed.

The Hunter stood quietly amongst the countless leaves of autumn. They too, in their lifeless manner, were mere victims of change. As the moon shone through bare trees, it lit the forest floor and carried with its light a wind that reminded the Hunter so much of the soul he was once allowed to have. There one day, gone the next.

The Hunter was a chosen man. Not from this world, not to be questioned. He had a purpose beyond even his own understanding, but he protected it with honor. Although he was the Hunter, he was even more so hunted. Those who dared chase him too were ignorant of his motivations, but were well payed by the highest bidders; without names or faces. And so the Hunter was forced to fight and never deprive from his path. That was one of few things he could be sure of, etched deep into his beatless heart.

Equally spaced around the Hunter lay the bodies of four dying men, soon to join the fate of the leaves they covered. A result of calculation and precise execution on the Hunter's part. From his hand blood slowly dripped. Not his own and not just from one victim, but perhaps not from all. As the Hunters stepped from his symmetric equation, he left behind yet another failure from his enemies; and continued on his journey…

Though he walks through the valley of the shadow of death, he will fear no evil, for he has the heart of a warrior and courage is his creed.

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Zombie Apocalypse- Weird love story

This is a fanfic of "The Walking Dead" I only own my oc's but the rest I don't, unfortunately...

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I hate being reminded of my aloneness, but she does it to me every time.

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you look too much like her,

the one i dream about.

i'm surprised when i see you,

i forget about your beauty.

your laugh chimes

your hair flows

your eyes sparkle

i am left stunned.

my heart aches inside my chest

when i dream of love.

there's one who will never love me

and you look too much like her.

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I did this poem in english class when I was in eigth grade and I wrote this poem is because alot of deaths happen in my family and I wanted to write a poem about it and I dont know why, but I just did and heres the poem hope you enjoy

Submitted:Jan 13, 2012    Reads: 7    Comments: 1    Likes: 2

The day when your sick
Death comes lurking in
You hide in the closet
But death opens the closet door
You run out into the darkness

Death opens its mouth
Of the size of a garage door
With razor sharp teeth
Death runs after you
You try to run faster

But you trip over your own two feet
Death is getting closer
You scream at the top of your lungs
Death grabs you with both hands
It's Your Last Day

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This story is about my first meeting with my biological father. First on only meeting.

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The Toe

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What happens if you can tell the future? What about if it's through your toe?

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The Soldier Bob

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You might wonder what life holds for you, whether you'll make it out alive, whether all these people around you really understand anything. Look no further. Warning: Put yourself in an associative, light-hearted frame of mind before you read this, or don't. Just don't tell me that I'm wrong....

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Little Toe

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A little poem I wrote one day...read and review and I'll read and review!

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His Contagious Chemistry

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Lily Embers doesn't date. She is a twenty six year old widow who only spent one year with her husband before he was killed in Afghanistan. Two years later and purposely she misses out on the fun, while her university friends hit up the clubs she likes to sit in wine bars and relax. She can't...

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I Love My Siblings

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its just a qiuck poem i made from the top of my head...itsz about miyh brother and sister...and i.i only got a pic of me and my sis../:..enjoy.!

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Oidipiet Blog Page 117

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some poetry and text

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Heard Times Make Greatful Children (Chapter Two)

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In this chapter, Sarah has something to do. The only thing is that she does not want the children to hear. So in order to do this, she needs to make sure that they are both still asleep. And keep it that way.

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Games Are Great

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This is an example of my own unrefined style of flash fiction, whereas I take a random image or concept that pops into my head and just start writing freely in one continuous flow of thought. I do not concern myself with case or punctuation and do not stop typing until i feel the story has come...

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Hard Times Make Greatful Chilldren.

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This is a story about two spoiled children that have everything and can never be happy. There mother trys her best to keep the family together but the harder she trys, the more things seem to go wrong.

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The Creeper Part 2

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The Creeper stalks again

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When They Took Her Heart (: Formerly Published)

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A woman and a lot of losses

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Glittery Happy Pink

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You know it's pointless when you compare your life to toenails!!

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Her Shoes

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Icicles melt within my eyes, due to the heat of pain.

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Yesterday we discussed a popular topic in the travel world – one that is responsible for creating so many travel addicts – studying abroad!

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Not so long ago we wrote about the beautiful river- and lake-like desks by Greg Klassen, and today we have a similar but not less stunning layered glass table design by Duffy London –  the Abyss table, which is created in a way that mimics the depths of the oceans. This unique table uses multiple layers of stacked glass and wood, completing the table as a three-dimensional representation of a geological map. The images are only digital renderings but we can see that the real piece will be truly amazing.

The designer Christofer Duffy explains to Design Boom how he came up with the idea for his amazing design: “I was looking into sheets of thick glass at my glass manufacturer’s factory, and noticed how the material darkened as they added more layers – the same way the sea does as it deepen and  I wanted to use this effect to replicate a real piece of the earth’s sea bed. Like a mythical power had lifted a perfect rectangle straight from the earth’s crust to use as his personal ornament“.

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No One Knows About Persian Cats

Iranian kids play rock in a hard place

Negar Shaghaghi and Ashkan Koshanejad play Iranian musicians who keep on rocking in defiance of the government. Negar Shaghaghi and Ashkan Koshanejad play Iranian musicians who keep on rocking in defiance of the government. (IFC Films)
By Ty Burr
Globe Staff / May 14, 2010

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How do I get you to go see “No One Knows About Persian Cats’’? In a culture where all we can talk about is Robert Downey Jr.’s metallic cool, where Hollywood extrudes a new obscenely expensive comic book fantasy every week, how can I sell you on a tiny, wonderful movie about Iranian rock ’n’ rollers? By telling you it’s this year’s “Once,’’ only with the threat of arrest hanging over every musical number? By explaining how much the kids in this film have in common with you and me, except for the freedoms we never think about?

Whatever the characters in “Persian Cats’’ are, they’re not political, or don’t want to be. It’s not their fault that plugging in an electric guitar or singing an indie-rock ballad in English is a crime against the theocracy. Director Bahman Ghobadi (“Turtles Can Fly,’’ “Half Moon’’) and co-writers Hossein M. Abkenar and Roxana Saberi have lightly fictionalized their tale from “real events, locations, and people,’’ which is to imply this might have been a documentary if that wouldn’t land a lot of people in jail. The movie still offers a detailed portrait of slacker Iranian youth who only want to say and play what’s in their hearts.

At the center are Negar (Negar Shaghaghi) and Ashkan (Ashkan Koshanejad), a young couple and performing duo who hope to score visas so they can play a concert in London. Ashkan is fresh out of jail for unspecified musical crimes, but it hasn’t affected his natural optimism. Negar is the worrier, her horn-rim glasses framing beautiful, bleak eyes. She writes songs that wouldn’t sound out of place in a depressive off-campus coffeehouse.

The two need a fixer and back-up musicians, and both they and the movie are lucky to find Nader (Hamed Behdad), a motor-mouthed scene-stealer who claims to know everybody who’s anybody. He sets them up with a wizened Mr. Big who’ll sell them papers ($4,000 for an Iranian passport, $26,000 for a US one) and he motorcycles the couple around greater Tehran to hear different bands rehearsing. In the process, “Persian Cats’’ delivers a broad sampler of modern Iranian pop music, much of it inspired by the West and therefore criminal to a regime that faces East.

Over and over, the movie stops in its tracks to listen to musicians play, offering witness to their travails and ingenuity. A rock group has to wait until the downstairs neighbor leaves, since he tends to call the cops. A heavy-metal quartet can only play in a cow shed in the country (the farmer grouses that his cows have stopped giving milk), running the risk of hepatitis. We hear protest songs, modern jazz, traditional Persian pop, and one amazing torch singer — an Iranian Amy Winehouse — whose face remains out of focus and anonymous. If you sing this fine, you do the time.

These people are the lucky ones, though: college-educated, upper-middle-class bohemians, some of whom have money socked away in Europe. Ghobadi has focused on the have-nots in previous films, but he’s saying even the haves are up against it now. Whenever a band plays in “Persian Cats,’’ the director treats us to a fast, vibrant montage of Iranian faces and street scenes — as if to say, look, this is who we really are — and he caps the film with a defiant Farsi rap song called “Wake Up God’’ atop an unfinished skyscraper, its lyrics calling the people to a new kind of prayer.

One interesting touch: The movie refuses to show us the oppressors. They’re heard on the soundtrack, and their hands are seen snaking into the frame to deprive the characters of their rights (and, in one awful scene, their dog). But when Nader is called in to account for his 1,800 bootlegged DVDs (I bet “Iron Man’’ is in there) and fast-talks his way out of 75 lashes, the policeman remains off screen. To depict the enemy is to give him power.

In its final scenes, “Persian Cats’’ turns heavy-handed, and you can feel the director forcing home the message that his dazzling soundtrack has already conveyed with ease. That message is exquisitely simple: Hear us. Please: Hear us. If you can’t make it to a theater showing the film, it’s also currently available via your TV’s On Demand menu. You can’t know about these Persian hepcats unless you listen.

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Directed by: Bahman Ghobadi

Written by: Ghobadi, Hossein M. Abkenar, Roxana Saberi

Starring: Negar Shaghaghi, Ashkan Koshanejad, Hamed Behdad

At: Kendall Square

Running time: 107 minutes

Unrated (as PG: brief violence)

In Persian, with subtitles

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Amp Fiddler

Genuine/ PIAS Recordings
Singer-musician Joseph "Amp" Fiddler has been rattling around the music industry for so long, it's rather surprising that this is his first full-length CD. Since the early 1990s, he's played with such artists as Prince, George Clinton, Brand New Heavies, and Ramsey Lewis, and Fiddler's abundant soul, jazz, and funk influences blossom on this deeply satisfying album. There's an easy summertime groove on such songs as "I Believe in You" and "Dreamin'," co-written with Raphael Saadiq, who also plays keyboards. The songs have an old soul vibe, but this isn't a retro recording. Fiddler nods to the past, but is always pushing forward to create his own sound. "Superficial" is a standout, a jazzy soul workout with Fiddler growling and drawling out syllables Sly Stone-style. He changes things up with the mostly instrumental "Possibilities," a duet with his bass-playing brother Thomas "Bubz" Fiddler, who has also played with Clinton's P-Funk All-Stars (he plays on several other tracks here as well). Just when it seems like the album will concern itself only with matters of the heart, "Love & War" arrives as a pointedly political track with Fiddler singing, "I ain't down with going to war." That's one way Fiddler flips the scripts and keeps the CD unpredictable. Another is the lovely "If You Can't Get Me Off Your Mind," which begins simply enough, until sweeping backup vocals elevate the song into something deliciously transcendent. And it's not the only time this album achieves such highs.

Cowboy Junkies

Zoe Records
With almost two decades of critically acclaimed alternative rock to their credit, the Toronto-based Cowboy Junkies are astute enough to stick to what they do best on their ninth studio album, the self-produced "One Soul Now." The album has a hushed tone that recalls the worn luster of the band's breakout cover of the Velvet Underground's "Sweet Jane." This restrained, hovering mood can be both sultry (as on the sinuous blues of "From Hunting Ground to City") and deeply contemplative (as on the hypnotic ballad "Simon Keeper"). As always, the playing is deft and understated, offering a pretty, intricate frame for the band's trademark sound of Margo Timmins's lithe, emotively subdued vocals. The opening title track expands from a gentle rock ballad, carried by Timmins's crystalline vocal acrobatics, into a big, twangy rocker. "Why This One" features a lovely ascendant vocal hook, which gives way to a bit of grit and warbly, distorted guitar, while "The Stars of Our Stars" has a brighter, indie-rock spryness with a tart, playful guitar hook. While the album does not find the band breaking new ground, it again reminds how slight sounds can evoke big emotions. Cowboy Junkies play the FleetBoston Pavilion with Shawn Colvin on July 7.

Truth Hurts

Two years ago, when she debuted as Dr. Dre's protege, Truth Hurts came across as a promising vocalist still in search of an identity. Now, she has cut the good doctor loose, hooked up with singer/ songwriter/producer Raphael Saadiq, and has clearly come into her own, as this is a more confident and assured set of songs. While her debut nodded to hip-hop, this is clearly geared toward R&B. The St. Louis native has the pipes for the gamut of emotions she runs through in this tight collection. Truth moves from vulnerability to defiance to anger to tenderness as she catalogs the crazy ways of love in the modern world. Saadiq, as usual, is extremely sensitive to the singer as he surrounds her with a rich musical palette, which always serves her and never takes the focus away from her voice. "Lifetime" finds her straightening out the backbone and confronting her man's other woman and it's an affecting dramatic turn. She's sexy but not overly salacious on "Phone Sex," and on "Knock Knock" she's a lover who keeps going back to her man even though she knows better. Truth writes songs that are simple yet not simplistic, and they are filled with real feelings. With so many diva wannabes these days, it's good to hear a singer of nuance and dimension. There's not a false note in the Truth's music.

Alvin Lee

Eric Burdon
SPV Recordings
Two English rock veterans have resurfaced with a little help from their friends. Former Ten Years After leader Alvin Lee has enlisted some of his childhood heroes -- including Elvis Presley guitarist Scotty Moore -- to pay homage to the dawn of rockabilly. Lee wrote all the songs with Moore recording them in his home studio in Tennessee (plus playing on a few tracks) and with Memphis rock legend D.J. Fontana on drums. Tracks such as the jitterbugging "Let's Boogie" and swinging "Rock & Roll Girls" have an admirable, '50s-style purity that shows Lee has learned his lessons well. There's also some swamp blues and a fresh cover of Ten Years After's blazing "I'm Going Home" with rockabilly-inspired licks that fit this new disc. It's a welcome effort -- and so is Eric Burdon's "My Secret Life," in which Burdon is backed by a number of past and present Bonnie Raitt bandmates, including guitarist Johnnie Lee Schell, bassist Hutch Hutchinson, pianist Ivan Neville, and drummer/producer Tony Braunagel. It's a powerful, four-star record with Burdon in astonishingly fine voice as he spans some gritty R&B ("Devil Slide" is a standout) and gut-wrenching, personal ballads. He pays tribute to his own heroes in "Can't Kill the Boogieman" (which remembers John Lee Hooker) and "Jazzman," an ode to Chet Baker, Philly Joe, and Billie Holiday. Burdon wrote most of the tracks, but adds moving covers of the Talking Heads' "Heaven" and Leonard Cohen's "My Secret Life." An excellent album with some hard-earned miles on it.

Rachael Yamagata

It's a shame Rachael Yamagata sounds so much like Fiona Apple, because the inevitable and endless points of comparison -- Yamagata, a keyboard-pumping waif and singer of jazzy pop songs, is neither as deep nor brazen nor inspired as Apple -- diminish the newcomer's own dusky singing and artful songwriting. Happily for Yamagata, Apple is five years out from her last album with no release date in sight. And "Happenstance," Yamagata's debut full-length CD, is a gratifying fix for lovers of darkly confessional piano girls. Heartache is the order of the day: lost love, unrequited love, ill-timed love, love gone wrong, and producer John Alagia (John Mayer, Josh Kelley) has dressed up Yamagata's yearning in lush, quirky textures. One wishes her words collided with the same richness as the French horn and synthesizers on the disc's soulful opener, "Be Be Your Love." But if Yamagata's lyrics are more diary than poetry, her songs may just be what mainstream pop needs, and there are a handful among the introspective brooders that have clearly been groomed for the charts. "Worn Me Down," updated from Yamagata's 2003 EP with celestial keyboards and anthemic guitars, is a sultry pop-rocker, and the sweet, upbeat grooves of "1963" make it a radio-friendly oddity sandwiched between the desperate waltz "I'll Find a Way" and edgy, meandering "Under My Skin."

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Framingham pharmacy recalls all its products as meningitis cases nearly double

The number of meningitis cases linked to a Framingham pharmacy has nearly doubled as of the latest count today, and the company has issued a voluntary nationwide recall of all of its products,

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on its websitetoday that the nationwide outbreak of a rare form of fungal meningitis linked to the steroid produced by the New England Compounding Center has grown to 91 cases, including seven deaths.

The pharmacy issued a statement about the recall yesterday, saying “this action is being taken out of an abundance of caution due to the potential risk of contamination, and in cooperation with an investigation,” by federal and state health agencies.

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“While there is no indication at this time of any contamination in other NECC products, this recall is being taken as a precautionary measure.”

The company has posted a 71-page list of the products being recalled.

Products from can be identified by markings that indicate New England Compounding Center by name, its acronym NECC or the company’s logo.

The company’s statement said customers are being notified of the recall by fax.

“Clinics, hospitals and healthcare providers that have product which is being recalled should stop using the product immediately, retain and secure the product, and follow instructions contained in the fax notice.”

The steroid linked to the fungal meningitis outbreak had already been recalled, and health officials have been scrambling to notify anyone who may have received an injection of it. The Massachusetts pharmacy that made it has said it is cooperating with investigators. The infection, which attacks the brain and spinal cord, has spread to nine states.

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Romney to speak at conservative conference

WASHINGTON — After months of avoiding the limelight following his unsuccessful presidential bid, Mitt Romney is planning to make his first public speech next month at a large gathering of conservatives.

Romney is scheduled to address the Conservative Political Action Conference on March 15, a gathering just outside Washington where some of the top Republicans will try to make their mark.

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Among the other speakers this year will be Senator Marco Rubio of Florida; Representative Paul Ryan, who was Romney’s running mate; former Florida governor Jeb Bush; and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

“I look forward to saying thank you to the many friends and supporters who were instrumental in helping my campaign,” Romney said in a statement.

CPAC is the same conference where Romney officially dropped out of the Republican primary race in 2008, and where last year he said he had been a “severely conservative Republican governor.”

Romney has kept out of the public eye since he lost the election.

He has attended several gatherings with his former donors, meant as events to thank them, but all of them have been private.

At one of those events, he told supporters that he planned to stay politically active by supporting like-minded candidates and weighing in on issues he cared about.

But so far Romney has kept quiet.

News that Romney would speak, first reported by National Review Online, was confirmed by the American Conservative Union, which hosts the event.

“The thousands gathered at CPAC this year are eager to hear from the 2012 GOP presidential candidate at his first public appearance since the elections,” Al Cardenas, chairman of the ACU, said in a statement. “We look forward to hearing Governor Romney’s comments on the current state of affairs in America and the world, and his perspective on the future of the conservative movement.”

Ex-senator Olympia Snowe joins bipartisanship group

AUGUSTA, Maine — Former senator Olympia Snowe is joining a national organization that highlights the adverse effects of America’s partisan political divide and suggests ways to promote unity, the organization said Wednesday.

Snowe, a Republican, is joining the Bipartisan Policy Center as a senior fellow. She will co-chair its newly formed Commission on Political Reform, the center said.

The commission’s diverse group of 30 leaders will conduct a series of ‘‘National Conversations on American Unity’’ to discuss the effects of political polarization and to develop recommendations to help Americans achieve shared national goals.

The Bipartisan Policy Center was founded in 2007 by former Senate majority leaders Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, Bob Dole, and George Mitchell. It is the only Washington, D.C.-based think tank that actively promotes bipartisanship.

Snowe, long known as a moderate who bucked the Republican line on some issues, surprised Maine’s political establishment in February 2012 when she announced she would not seek a fourth Senate term. She has been critical of polarization and partisanship that she believes have made it harder for Congress to make decisions on important issues.

Her departure led to crowded primaries and finally the election of her independent successor, Angus King, whose campaign theme was restoring a cooperative spirit in Washington.

Bipartisan Policy Center president Jason Grumet said the organization welcomes Snowe’s ‘‘independent voice, passionate ideals, collaborative instinct, and wise counsel.’’

Snowe said she ‘‘couldn’t be more pleased and excited to join this dynamic and growing organization, whose mission is absolutely essential at this moment of unparalleled polarization in our nation, and certainly in our government.’’

Panetta warns automatic cuts may lead to furloughs

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told Congress on Wednesday that if automatic government spending cuts kick in on March 1 he may be compelled to furlough the ‘‘vast majority’’ of the Defense Department’s 800,000 civilian workers.

He also said the across-the-board spending reductions would ‘‘put us on a path toward a hollow force,’’ meaning a military incapable of fulfilling all of its missions.

In a written message to employees, Panetta said any affected workers would get at least 30 days’ advance notice.

Employees would lose one day of work per week, for up to 22 weeks, probably starting in late April.

To dispel the notion that this is mainly a problem for the nation’s capital, the Pentagon’s budget chief, Robert Hale, told reporters that the economic impact would be felt nationwide.

The furloughs would be part of a broader plan the Pentagon is preparing in order to cut $46 billion through the end of this budget year, which ends Sept. 30.

More cuts would come in future years as long as the automatic government spending cuts, known as sequestration, remained in effect.

Conan O’Brien to host correspondents’ dinner

WASHINGTON — Late night talk show host and comedian Conan O’Brien will be spending a late night with President Obama.

The White House Correspondents’ Association has chosen O’Brien as the featured act for its annual dinner on April 27.

Association president Ed Henry called O’Brien ‘‘one of television’s most innovative and influential talents.’’

Henry added: ‘‘As social media has changed all aspects of the media business, Conan has embraced this shifting landscape to become a creative force both online as well as in the traditional television model.’’

The association dinner is traditionally attended by the president and first lady, government officials, and journalists. Proceeds finance scholarships and awards that recognize journalism excellence.

O’Brien appears prepared. On Monday he tweeted: ‘‘In honor of President’s Day, I won’t be getting along with Congress.’’

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Keith Richards: I don't own an iPod - 0 Comments

NEW YORK — He's rock royalty and likes to keep it old-school: Keith Richards says he doesn't own an iPod.

The Rolling Stones guitarist says he isn't a fan of the ultra-popular music device.

"I don't have an iPod. ... I still use CDs or records actually. Sometimes cassettes. It has much better sound; a much better sound than digital," he said in a recent interview.

The 69-year-old believes music lovers are "all being shortchanged" with the sound that comes out of an iPod, launched in 2001.

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A 40-year-old father’s life is complicated when the mother of his two children moves to New York. Since he can’t bear them growing up far away from him, he decides to move there as well, and also fathers a child for his lesbian friends, marries a Chinese woman for a green card and falls back in love with an old flame. Starring Romain Duris and Audrey Tautou. At Boedecker. — Boedecker Theater

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Silent film starring Douglas Fairbanks and featuring live musical accompaniment by the Silent Cinema Trio. A nobleman Michel (Douglas Fairbanks) vows vengeance on the cutthroats responsible for his father’s death. Becoming the black pirate, he joins their scurvy crew and quickly becomes their leader. But his plans for revenge become more complicated when he meets his first captive — a beautiful Spanish princess. Like a Robert Louis Stevenson adventure come to life, this high seas epic ripples with customary intrigue and a rapid succession of brilliantly inventive stunts. Mastered from a 35mm negative, this edition carefully recreates the authentic palette of two-strip Technicolor (comprised of varying blends of green and orange) so that modern viewers can savor the photography which the New York Times praised as “mindful of the paintings of the old masters.” At Chautauqua Auditorium. — Chautauqua

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U.S. House Bill Aims To Help Hunters Access Public Lands

Every year it seems that hunters across the nation get the same sickening feeling when they arrive at a piece of public hunting land only to find out that it is no longer public.  Sound familiar?  In June, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the 2013 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill that includes $7.5 million to expand and enhance access for hunting, fishing and recreational shooting on BLM (Bureau of Land Management) lands and the U.S. Forest Service.  Organizations such as the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation, the National Rifle Association, the Boone and Crockett Club and other have made the securing of this funding a high priority.

Public Land Access Diminishes Every YearThe amount of accessible public lands like this seem to decrease every year.

If included in the final appropriations measure, the funding will allow the Forest Service and BLM to acquire rights-of-way and other land interests from willing-seller landowners to open access to existing federal lands for hunting and fishing where it is closed or significantly restricted.

“The biggest challenge facing hunters and shooters is diminishing access to public lands. This important appropriations provision addresses this challenge head-on, and the NSSF is deeply grateful to Appropriations Committee Chairman Harold Rogers and Interior Subcommittee Chairman Mike Simpson for championing this cause,” said Larry Keane, senior vice president and general counsel of NSSF, the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry.

Boone and Crockett Club Chairman Bob Model praised Chairman Simpson for “his longstanding and deep commitment to enhancing hunting opportunities on our public lands.”

For the 32 million American hunters, anglers and recreational shooters, federal public lands are increasingly vital to their participation in outdoor sports. Nearly half of all hunters, for example, pursue their passion on public lands. Reduced access is repeatedly cited as the primary reason that hunters, anglers and recreational shooters stop participating in these sports.

A 2004 report to the House Committee on Appropriations concluded that more than 35 million acres of BLM and Forest Service land have inadequate access. Specifically, nearly 2 million acres (or 10 percent) of Forest Service lands in Montana and 8.4 million acres (or 29 percent) of BLM lands in the Montana/Dakotas region were identified as having inadequate access.

Sportsmen and women make important contributions to both wildlife conservation and the nation’s economy. The hunting and shooting sports industry creates 210,000 jobs nationwide, generating an economic benefit of nearly $32 billion annually.

“If ultimately appropriated, this public-access funding will serve as another weapon in our arsenal as we continue to work on behalf of our nation’s hunting and shooting heritage,” said Keane.

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The Difference Between Curiosity and Wonder and How It Shaped the Science vs. Scripture Divide

From Aristotle to St. Paul, or how rational thought and religion battled over knowledge.

“The important thing is not to stop questioning… Never lose holy curiosity,” Albert Einstein counseled in 1955. Iconic science fiction writer Isaac Asimov has hailed curiosity as the key to discovery. Neil deGrasse Tyson, one of the greatest scientific minds of our time, has proclaimed it central to our DNA. And yet curiosity hasn’t always enjoyed such ample cultural endorsement — in 1605, for instance, even the father of the scientific method admonished against its dark side.

In Curiosity: How Science Became Interested in Everything (public library), British writer Philip Ball traces the cultural history of curiosity across its rollercoaster of popular favor:

It has always been a complaint leveled at curiosity that it is the enemy of productivity, an unwelcome distraction from our daily duties. Meanwhile, the Enlightenment’s mockers of curiosity were … often not utilitarian Gradgrinds but gossipy, solipsistic wits and libertines. And a surfeit of information has always given cause for grumbling. Alexander Pope felt that the printing press, ‘a scourge for the sins of the learned,’ would lead to ‘a deluge of Authors [that] covered the land.’ … But it is clear that the first ‘professors of curiosity’ who flourished in the century of Pope’s birth had to work tremendously hard to get their knowledge, and curiosity was, before profit or fame or reputation, their most significant motivation.

Among Ball’s most fascinating observations is the contrast between curiosity and wonder, a tension arguably reconciled in the eloquent definition of science as “systematic wonder” but an enduring tension nonetheless:

For the Greeks, curiosity was not even a clearly articulated concept. To the extent that it was acknowledged at all, it stands in contrast to its mercurial sibling, wonder. Aristotle believed that all humans naturally desire knowledge, but he felt that curiosity (periergia) had little role to play in philosophy. It was a kind of aimless, witless tendency to pry into things that didn’t concern us. Wonder (thauma) was far more significant, the true root of enquiry: ‘It is owing to their wonder,’ he wrote, ‘that men both now begin and at first began to philosophize.’ … Until the seventeenth century, wonder was esteemed while curiosity was reviled.

In his popular emblem book Iconologia (1593) showing classical personifications of the human qualities, the Italian author Cesare Ripa depicted curiosity as a wild, disheveled woman, driving home the message in the caption: ‘Curiosity is the unbridled desire of those who seek to know more than they should.’

Though on the surface wonder might appear infused with the poetic energy of awe, there’s also an element of docile faith to it, contrary to the active engagement of curiosity. In fact, Bell demonstrates how this very dichotomy grew central to Christian Scripture, where the extinguishing of curiosity — as Galileo learned the hard way — became a mechanism of intellectual oppression, one necessary for preserving the “wonder” of faith:

That some knowledge was forbidden to humankind is of course central to the Christian Creation myth: this is the basis of the Fall. ‘When you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God’, the serpent tells Eve of the fruit on the tree of knowledge. The transgressive aspect of curiosity is an insistent theme in Christian theology. Time and again the student of the Bible is warned to respect the limits of enquiry and to be wary of too much learning. ‘The secret things belong to the Lord our God’, proclaims Deuteronomy. Solomon (if it was he who wrote Ecclesiastes) cautions that:

with much wisdom comes much sorrow;
the more grief.

Or, as the King James version has it:

Be not curious in unnecessary matters:
For more things are shewed unto thee than men understand.

St Paul was considered to have echoed this sentiment in the admonition ‘Seek not to know high things.’ The fact that he did not actually write this at all speaks volumes in itself, suggesting that the mistranslation fitted with prevailing prejudice. … ‘Do not take pride in the arts or sciences,’ wrote Thomas à Kempis in the fifteenth century, ‘rather, fear what has been told to you.’

Wonder, on the other hand, had an element of unquestioning submission that resonated with the religious tradition:

The central problem with curiosity was that it was thought to be motivated by excessive pride. The accumulation of pointless learning ran the risk not that one would become another Lucifer but that one would primp and preen rather than bow one’s head before the Lord. ‘O curiosity! O vanity!’, cried the late twelfth-century theologian Alexander Neckam. ‘O vain curiosity! O curious vanity!’

The imperative of pious humility was what commended wonder to Augustine at the same time as it indicted curiosity. There was nothing frivolous or hedonistic about wonder. It instilled awe, reminding us of our powerlessness and insignificance before the glory of God. That is why wonder in the face of nature’s splendour was seen as the educated response, and a willingness to believe in marvels and prodigies was not only praiseworthy but virtually a religious duty. Curiosity, like scepticism, was a sign that you lacked devotion and faith.

The remainder of Curiosity challenges common assumptions about the Scientific Revolution, exploring much like Vannevar Bush did more than half a century ago, the evolving role of curiosity in the face of “the knee-trembling quantity of information we have at our fingertips” through the lives and minds of such revered scientists as Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, and Newton.

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