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...either of her previous releases. The album is ambitious; bringing soul back is a touch more difficult than bringing sexy back. And while she’s no Aretha, the CD is still an achievement. To those who were worried Stone’s runaway success would transform her into just another run-of-the-mill female vocalist, “Introducing Joss Stone” should be a relief. Despite its title, this CD has more Soul than either of her prior efforts. The track “Put Your Hands On Me” is a great example...
...sniper training prior to “Shooter.” To prepare for the role, Wahlberg and director Antoine Fuqua used the expertise of US Marine sniper Sergeant Patrick Garrity. “We went to sniper school, and physically I had to really transform,” Wahlberg explains. “Before, I was much heavier, from ‘The Departed.’ So I had to get in physical and mental shape.” Not only was Wahlberg’s physical training more extreme than that of other films, but the weaponry...
...Basically coming to the United States when you're 47 or 48, it is impossible to transform yourself completely into an American. On the other hand the United States to me is an extremely inspiring, challenging, a country that makes you think every day - in contrast to Holland. I was never really interested in Dutch politics, because they were so gray. Everything was OK, and nothing was really good and nothing was really...
...Chinese government that has committed the country to tapping its geothermal potential. But as is often the case, it's newly entrepreneurial citizens who are making things happen. One Chinese student who studied geothermal technology in Reykjavk went home to transform what had been a peasant village into a model geothermal development, with housing, pools and a recreation park all heated geothermally. "People can say a lot of things about the Chinese government," says Hans Bragi Bernhardsson, head of China operations for Enex. "But if they decide to do something, they achieve it." In this case, let's hope...
...School of Education] is a majority female school and one of the big draws of the Inn is the bar and not many girls will join a $350 organization just to drink...it just didn’t work out.” But HL Central intends to transform the barflies into studiers for the bar, replacing basement beer pong tables with offices on the second floor. “Lincoln’s Inn Society was originally a dinner club and then it became a little more of a drinking club, almost like a fraternity, and that turned...