The man behind R2-D2 and WALL-E's beeps (Chicago Tribune)
I t's a risky move by anyone's standards. Pixar's delightfully adventurous robot-in-love story "WALLE" boldly unspools without any human dialogue for the first hour or so. This trick seems akin to having R2-D2 carry half of a "Star Wars" film, speaking only in his emotive whistles, beeps and boops. In fact, WALLE's "voice" comes from the same source as R2's idiosyncratic technobabble: ...
Carbon-offset programs let travelers contribute (Dallas Morning News)
Fly from Dallas to Orlando, almost 2,000 miles round trip, and, by one calculator, you'll generate almost a ton of carbon emissions, a leading cause of global warming.
The Hidden Suffering of the Psychopath (Psychiatric Times)
Psychopathy is characterized by diagnostic features such as superficial charm, high intelligence, poor judgment and failure to learn from experience, pathological egocentricity and incapacity for love, lack of remorse or shame, impulsivity, grandiose sense of self-worth, pathological lying, manipulative behavior, poor self-control, promiscuous sexual behavior, juvenile delinquency, and criminal ...
Guitar Center, Line 6 and Propellerhead Software Present Four Exclusive Reason and TonePort Sessions (PRWeb)
Featuring Mix Master Mike of the Beastie Boys for the July 24th Special Event (PRWeb Jul 7, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Line_6/Guitar_Center_Sessions/prweb1081264.htm
Saving Katia (Fort Worth Weekly)
Adopting orphans from foreign countries comes with risk, but Kathie Seidel was willing to roll the dice. She was hurting. She wanted to be a mother again. For more than 20 years she had showered love on her only child, Brian, and his accidental death in 1989 had sent her reeling.
Turning to alternative medicine for a cure (The Borneo Post)
IT’S hardly surprising that a growing number of people in Asian society are turning to what is called alternative (and probably harmless) medicine to cure what are medically deemed ‘incurable’ conditions.
Henning von Berg (RainbowNetwork.com)
Henning von Berg first made a name for himself with his photo shoot in Berlin’s Reichstag – in 1999 he photographed six naked men, later known as the ‘Reichstag Rascals’, and created an international sensation, catapulting von Berg into the international limelight.
Top Scoops (Scoop.co.nz)
Will the Real Theory of Evolution Please Stand Up?
Apollo Group, Inc. Reports Fiscal 2008 Third Quarter Financial Results (Centre Daily Times)
Apollo Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: APOL) ("Apollo Group," "Apollo" or "the Company") today reported unaudited financial results for the three and nine months ended May 31, 2008.
Guitar Center, Line 6 and Propellerhead Software Present Four Exclusive Reason and TonePort Sessions (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Featuring Mix Master Mike of the Beastie Boys for the July 24th Special Event
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