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...restoration. (Bush feels the measure is too expensive.) Add to that the Bush Administration's reputation - from global warming to stem cell research - for ignoring if not rewriting science in favor of its conservative and pro-business agenda, and it's no surprise that Democrats and environmentalists are so upset...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Has Bush Abandoned the Everglades? | 8/10/2007 | See Source »

...rein in its creation without alienating hard-core users. Fans love the site as a way to meet people and experiment in self-expression. And companies are drawn to these techno-savvy trendsetters who spent 22 million hours on the site last month. But some devotees are so upset by increasing commercialization that a group called the Second Life Liberation Army last year gunned down virtual shoppers at American Apparel. So-called griefing, or on-site harassment, is on the rise. Says Gartner research chief Steve Prentice: "Second Life is moving into a phase of disillusionment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Second Life's Real-World Problems | 8/9/2007 | See Source »

...running into trouble with governmental authorities. In July FBI investigators prompted Linden to shut down Second Life's casinos because online gambling is illegal in the U.S. German police are looking into allegations that members traded pornographic photos of real children on the site, and several European governments are upset that adult avatars are having sex with childlike ones. Linden responded this summer by banning lewd acts with minors as well as "other broadly offensive content," a move that annoyed longtime users. Soon, grumbled one participant on the site's blog, "the only things left to do on Second Life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Second Life's Real-World Problems | 8/9/2007 | See Source »

What were you thinking when you accepted a role in Bloodrayne? -It's hard to imagine someone so gifted not realizing what a terrible film that would be! Shane O'Sullivan AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALANDI don't know whether to be upset or flattered by that question. To be honest, I have always wanted to play a vampire, with the teeth and the long black cape. Let's say that my motives were somewhat immature for doing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Sir Ben Kingsley | 8/2/2007 | See Source »

...first, I was confused (and even a little upset) by what seemed like such a drastic decline my prowess in the Chinese language. I lamented to a friend over the phone: “What happened? I could speak Chinese so well when I was little...

Author: By Gracye Y. Cheng | Title: What the Taxi Driver Said | 8/2/2007 | See Source »

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