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Public text messages should be no-brainer
Local governments are so befuddled about how to archive public officials' cellphone text messages that we're left to guess what kind of conversations are taking place about the public's business. Was Orange County Commissioner Jennifer Thompson...Tags: Teresa Jacobs, Public Officials, Travel, State Road 408, Government
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Highs, lows — and a graceful exit
It's my final column of the year and, for that matter, the new millennium — not to mention of all time. Unless it isn't. I'm so confused. Anyhow, let's look at the highs and lows of 2012 — not that you have much choice if you're going to...
Tags: The Walking Dead (tv program), Michael Clarke Duncan, Rachel Weisz, Florida Film Festival, Revolution (movie)
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Neil Armstrong dies at 82; first person to walk on moon
When Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the moon, on July 20, 1969, he uttered a phrase that has been carved in stone and quoted across the planet: "That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind." The grainy black-and-white...Tags: Human Interest, Stanley Kubrick, Cape Canaveral, Long Island, Aerospace Manufacturing
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'Prometheus' seeks out classical music in deep space
In space, no one can hear you scream — but everyone can hear the classical music loud and clear. Science-fiction movies have had a long affinity for classical music, and the relationship is a fascinating and complex one. In "Prometheus," Ridley...
Tags: Ridley Scott, Stanley Kubrick, Arts and Culture, Frederic Chopin, Alien (movie)
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Why zombies, robots, clowns freak us out
What do zombies and androids have in common? They're almost human, but not quite. That disconnect is creepy, in a way that scientists are searching to understand. The uncanny valley is the idea that as a robot's appearance becomes more and more...
Tags: Animation (genre), Ghouls and Zombies (supernatural entities), Medical Research, Electroencephalography, University of California, San Diego
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'Prometheus': Ridley Scott returns to space and finds something familiar ✭✭✭
Nearly all the bits and pieces in director Ridley Scott's"Prometheus" come from other movies — either one of Scott's or someone else's. More and more, though, I appreciate Scott's fundamental squareness as a filmmaker. "Prometheus" may be the"...
Tags: Michael Phillips, Ridley Scott, John Hurt, Jude Law, Ian Holm
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Counter Intelligence: 800 Degrees in Westwood
Los Angeles Times Restaurant CriticPininfarina designs Ferraris. Pininfarina designs Maseratis. But on a sleepy Wednesday afternoon in Westwood, the Pininfarina design that is attracting attention is a soda dispenser in the new pizzeria 800 Degrees. Teenagers approach the sleek, glistening...Tags: Pizzas, Starbucks Corp., Foods and Beverages, YouTube, Sports Cars
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says launch 'a giant weight ... off my back'
Billionaire Elon Musk, founder and chief executive of SpaceX, sent his Falcon 9 rocket into space early Tuesday morning with an unmanned Dragon capsule after an original mission was aborted over the weekend. How’s he feeling? Extremely relieved....
Tags: Space Programs, Rocketry, Satellite Technology, SpaceX, Republican Party
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World Autism Awareness Day: Those with autism no longer invisible
Joseph Sheppard has an IQ above 130. Ask him about his life or worldview and he'll start drawing connections to cosmology and quantum mechanics. He'll toss around names of great intellectuals -- Nietzsche, Spinoza -- as if they're as culturally relevant...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Asperger Syndrome, Autism, Event Planning, Students
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Local Q&A: Gemini Club
Despite the fact that no one in Gemini Club is actually a gemini by birth, a section on geminitraits.org that discusses the personality traits common to the star sign reads as if it could be describing the effect of the trio's dance-rock output. For...
Tags: Rebecca Black, Dance, Arts and Culture, MTV (tv network), Concerts
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Happy Birthday, Hal
HAL, the petulant, malfunctioning computer of"2001: A Space Odyssey,"is about to have a birthday. But he won't be around to celebrate it. "We haven't made him yet," said Roy Campbell, a computer science professor at theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Stanley Kubrick, Colleges and Universities, Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), Teaching and Learning
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