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• Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time, Southbank centre, review

  
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  Human suffering found a voice in two companion pieces at the Southbank, says Ivan Hewett.        
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• 1936: Buck Ruxton, red stains

  
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  (Thanks to Meaghan Good of the Charley Project for the guest post. -ed.) On this date in 1936, Buktyar Rustomji Ratanji Hakim , also known as Buck Ruxton, was hanged in Strangeways Prison for the murder of his common-law wife, Isabella, and their maid, Mary Jane Rogerson. A general practitioner of Persian ...
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• “Unclassfiable”

  
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  By the time of the Platonic dialogues Socrates was called atopos , that is, “unclassifiable.” What makes him atopos is precisely the fact that he is a “philo-sopher” in the etymological sense of the word; that is, he is in love with wisdom. For wisdom, says Diotima in Plato’s Symposium , is not a human ...
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• Natural pearl and diamond ring and natural pearl stick pin, early 20th century - Sothebys

  
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  Natural pearl and diamond ring and natural pearl stick pin, early 20th century - Sothebys The ring of crossover design set with two natural pearls of cream and grey tint respectively, and carré-cut diamonds,  size 56, French import marks,  and a stick pin terminating on a natural pearl of grey tint.  ...
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• Evan Weiner: NFL Job Audition Includes Making “Suicide Squad” Rather than Special Teams Squad

  
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  Posted with the express consent of Evan Weiner: . . THE BUSINESS AND POLITICS OF SPORTS . BY EVAN WEINER COMMENTARY . The NFL job audition includes making the “suicide squad” rather than the special teams squad . May 11, 2013 Examiner . The National Football League is open for business again. Players are on [...]
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• Men dance on deathless feet

  
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  Walter de la Mare, Bertha Georgie Yeats (née Hyde-Lees), William Butler Yeats, unknown woman by Lady Ottoline Morrell William Butler Yeats’s fascination with mysticism and the occult is well documented, particularly the influence of Madame Blavatsky’s Theosophical Society. Yeats said, “The mystical life is ...
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• The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West

  
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  Trying to get a tiny bit ahead on the reading for the Summer class I’ll be starting Monday (which I’m very excited about by the way) I read Rebecca West’s The Return of the Soldier over the last few days. Since I read it online I’m not precisely sure about the page count, but I think this would be ...
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• The 5 Most Influential Pre-20th Century Teachers

  
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  Everyone has at least one teacher who touched their lives in a way that no other person possibly could. These teachers were the ones that really connected with us and ...
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• My Wife Melissa by Francis Durbridge

  
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  I spotted Ali reading – and enjoying – Francis Durbridge a little while ago, and I remembered that my parents used to have his books on their shelves. I trust their judgement, I trust Ali’s, and so I took a look at the titles that Bello Books has reissued. ‘My Wife Melissa’ was the one that caught my ...
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• James Cameron Is Nearly Done Writing Avatar 2 and Avatar 3

  
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  After confirming that Avatar 2 and Avatar 3 will be shot back-to-back next year, actress Zoe Saldana offered another update on the Pandora-set sequels, revealing that James Cameron is almost done with the screenplays. Heres what the actress had to say, revealing the filmmaker is trying to distance himself ...
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• Cleopatra Blu-ray Date Change

  
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  The 1963 Academy Award nominee for Best Picture is coming to Blu-ray in May. As previously reported, 20th Century Fox is preparing Cleopatra for Blu-ray. Though originally slated for May 21, the film...
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• Cleopatra Blu-ray Date Change

  
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  The 1963 Academy Award nominee for Best Picture is coming to Blu-ray in May. As previously reported, 20th Century Fox is preparing Cleopatra for Blu-ray. Though originally slated for May 21, the film...
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• Caesar Rides a Horse in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Set Photo

  
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  Director Matt Reeves took to his Twiter account to share the latest photo from the set of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes . Star Andy Serkis is seen in his full motion-capture suit as Caesar, riding on horseback and confronting a group of humans, lead by Jason Clarke . With the production just getting started ...
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• ’24′ to Return to Television in 13-Episode Limited Event Series [Updated]

  
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  Update: Entertainment Weekly has learned that the ”limited event series” in the works for 24 is actually an order for 13 one-hour episodes. While 24 has always functioned as a 24-hour story spread over 24 episodes, 13 episodes is a full season for a lot of television shows. So it will be interesting to see how ...
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• New ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ Photo Shows a Human/Ape Encounter

  
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  Pictured above is the new logo for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes . Its more or less what you’d expect to see. Pictured below is a new photo from the film, released by director Matt Reeves . It is, I think, exactly what you might hope to see from this film. Three words: apes on horses. (And Jason Clarke ...
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• First DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES Photo Calls Back To The Original

  
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  Dawn of the Planet of the Apes director Matt Reeves tweeted out one of the first photos from the production of the film and it’s a doozy for fans of the original film: it features apes on horses and talking. Andy Serkis’ Caesar is up on a horse talking to Jason Clarke, leader of the humans, in the middle of the ...
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• Kiefer Sutherland In Talks To Become Jack Bauer Again For Limited ’24′ Revival

  
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  img src="http://www.geeksofdoom.com/GoD/img/2011/12/2011-12-05-24-e1323130473414.jpg" alt="24" title="24" width="533" height="346" class="c" /> Talks of a possible movie version of the hit Fox (err... 21st Century Fox ?) TV drama 24 have existed since the show ended in 2010, but ultimately never happened. ...
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• Win A Free Copy of Ed Bacon: Planning, Politics, and the Building of Modern Philadelphia

  
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  Ed Bacon: Planning, Politics, and the Building of Modern Philadelphia, by economic development consultant Gregory L. Heller, is the first biography of this charismatic but controversial figure. "Edmund Bacon, probably the most relentless and determined of all planners, believed that...
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• Fact or fiction- chastity belts?

  
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  This post is part of an ongoing series featuring items from the newly acquired Santo Domingo collection. Most people picture a chastity belt as a device that looks like iron underwear (complete with a lock) that was meant to keep a woman from having sexual relations.  Legend has it that this device was ...
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• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

  
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  When people talk about the Great American Novel, this is it, this is what they mean. It’s a masterpiece and like all masterpieces, it has timeless appeal. I have read this book at least a dozen times and each time, I find something new. While it is a snapshot of the Roaring Twenties, at the same time it contains ...
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