| Film haunting tribute to late Lisa 'Left-Eye' Lopes of TLC
AUSTIN, Texas - The line outside the Paramount Theatre stretched for an entire block, only providing a minor shield from the pouring rain to a few movie-goers eager to enter the theater. "Last Days of Left Eye" is one of many films to make its premier at SXSW, but one of a handful of music documentaries.
The film directed by Lauren Lazin - also responsible for helming the Academy-Award nominated, "Tupac: Resurrection" - follows the outspoken Lisa Lopes, known for being one-third of the best-selling female R&B group of all time, TLC, as she embarked on a 30-day spiritual retreat in the jungles of Honduras.
Lopes shares intimate details of her life, including growing up under the rule of a strict military father who didn't allow her to date, but allowed her to drink at an early age, an account of the infamous arson case and her feelings toward the meteoric rise of TLC.
Diplomacy is the only way out of Iraq
When President Bush addressed the nation on the fourth anniversary of the Iraq war, he said "our most important mission" is helping the Iraqis secure Baghdad. That statement brought tears to my eyes, and not because I'm hearing horror stories from Iraqi friends whose relatives are dying. I teared up from anger at remembering the early days in occupied Baghdad, when looters were destroying Iraqi ministries and universities. Iraqis anxiously asked: "Why don't the Americans impose a curfew and establish order?" The Iraqi insurgency was born right then; hard-line Baathists used the looting to test whether the Americans would crack down. Instead, Don Rumsfeld blew the looting off with his cocky proclamation that "freedom is untidy." This signaled the Baathists that the Americans had no grasp of what they had gotten themselves into.
Safa boss has surgery
SA Football Association (Safa) boss Raymond Hack has had to undergo surgery to his eye after being assaulted in a robbery at his home in Waverley, Johannesburg, the association said on Tuesday. Hack told the police he was alone at home on Monday and woke for gym at 5am to find two bedroom lights on in the house, said Captain Cheryl Engelbrecht. On investigation, he discovered "someone" in one of the rooms. "That was when the assault took place," said Engelbrecht. His eye was hurt, because he was wearing his glasses during the skirmish, said Safa spokesperson Morio Sanyane. He said Hack underwent minor eye surgery at the Linksfield Clinic on Monday and was discharged that night. He laid charges of house robbery and assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm at the Norwood Police Station on Tuesday, said Engelbrecht.
U of C unveils robo-surgeon
Using technology from the space shuttle's Canadarm, Calgary researchers have developed the world's first neurosurgery robot. Its pinpoint precision will dramatically improve the lot of patients, said the robot's prime developer, Calgary neurosurgeon Garnette Sutherland. "Robotics will ensure a higher quality of life, it will maximize surgical objectives and make hospital stays shorter," he said. Poised over a patient's brain, the device's tool-grasping fingers boast a sense of touch. Magnetic resonance imagery allows the physician guiding the robot, by manipulating a set of controls, to view the entire brain rather than just the immediate surgical area. "For instance, we'll know the pressure exerted on a blood vessel before it breaks," said Sutherland.
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