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Today: July 8, 2011 Murdoch Pulls the Ultimate "Reverse Ferret" The real meaning of the News of the World closure. By Jack Shafer READ FULL STORY | More News and Politics Couples Therapy Why Barack Obama and John Boehner work so well together. By John Dickerson READ FULL STORY | More News and Politics Bachmann Hits the Books Can dropping names like Ludwig von Mises, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Gore Vidal help establish her as an intellectual anti-Palin? By Kate Julian READ FULL STORY | More Double X The Obscure Clause in the Constitution That May Allow Obama To Raise the Debt Ceiling Horrible Bosses: Sorry, You're Just Not Management Material This One Time, at Space Camp ... Help! I Was Falsely Accused of Rape. How Should I Tell Future Girlfriends? Advertisement Briefing Tabloid phone-hacking scandal: Could it happen here? Casey Anthony claims she buried her drowned daughter in the woods. Is DIY burial legal? News & Politics Peruvian President-Elect Ollanta Humala discusses coca production, mining royalties, and his history as a coup-plotter. Rupert Murdoch's scary faces of dismissal. (PHOTOS) Arts Project Nim reviewed: a shattering documentary about a chimpanzee raised as a human. The 10 Greatest Scenes in the History of Gore. (VIDEO) Life Fur and fluff: Why minks and kittens are making a comeback. Inside Scientology: author Janet Reitman discusses the impressive Scientology schools, the church's efforts to recruit African-Americans, and why celebrities don't help bring new followers. Business & Tech SodaStream: How the at-home carbonation device has become so popular so quickly. Self-driving cars may be here by 2018. Will Americans be able to adapt? Science Surgically implanted bombs: The terrorist strategy to evade airport scanners. Annual pelvic exams: The case for getting rid of them.

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movies Project Nim A shattering documentary about a chimpanzee raised as a human. By Dana Stevens Posted Friday, July 8, 2011, at 3:23 PM ET Zookeeper isn't the only movie about talking animals opening this weekend. But the other one, Project Nim (Roadside Attractions), a documentary from James Marsh, director of the Academy Award-winning Man on Wire, isn't a heartwarming comedy about a group of furry beasts who use their newfound power of language to help their caretaker find love with Rosario Dawson. It's a gripping, unsentimental, at times unbearably sad real-life drama about an animal torn from his own world and stranded in the human one. I could wish Project Nim were a different movie--longer and more information-dense, with fewer poorly signposted re-enactments and self-conscious directorial flourishes. But I'll be forever grateful to this movie for introducing me to Nim's story, a tale so powerful and suggestive that it functions as a myth about the ever-mysterious relationship between human beings and animals. Are we more like them than we can ever know, or more different? The early scenes of Project Nim focus on the likeness rather than the difference. In 1973, Herbert Terrace, a psychology professor at Columbia, devised an experiment to study language capabilities in primates. (His former colleagues describe Terrace as arrogant and vain, a characterization that's largely borne out by the archival footage and present-day interviews we see.) At a research center in Oklahoma, a screaming newborn chimpanzee was taken from his mother after she was knocked out by a tranquilizer dart--in essence, a violent kidnapping, which is re-enacted in a harrowing pre-credit sequence. From there the infant chimp--called Nim Chimpsky, a play on the name of influential linguist Noam Chomsky--was transferred to home of Stephanie LaFarge, a young mother who had been Terrace's student and lover. LaFarge occupied a gracious Upper West Side brownstone with her "rich hippie" poet husband, a Brady Bunch-style pack of young siblings, and a German shepherd. To continue reading, click here. Dana Stevens is Slate's movie critic. E-mail her at slatemovies@gmail.com or follow her on Twitter. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate The Obscure Clause in the Constitution That May Allow Obama To Raise the Debt Ceiling on His Own Oh No, Now Even Jay-Z Is Attacking Obama Horrible Bosses: Sorry, You're Just Not Management Material	Advertisement
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10 Reasons Why Believing in Sovereignty Matters -- July 8, 2011

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Faith and The Church 10 Reasons Why Believing in Sovereignty Matters John Piper Why does it matter whether we believe that God upholds and governs all thing? Ten reasons. Read the full article here Saints Among Us Dr. James Emery White There is a conclusion I have come to through all these many years as a pastor: a volunteer is a saint. Read the full article here Commentary Worse Than Casey Anthony Walking Free Chuck Colson Do we demand justice at the price of due process? I hope not, and for purely biblical reasons. Read the full article here Movie Reviews James Talks to the Animals in Zookeeper Jeffrey Huston In Zookeeper, a Dr. Doolittle meets Night at the Museum mash-up concept, Kevin James plays Griffin Keyes, the titular keeper of a big city zoo. Read the full article here Black Comedy Goes Bawdy in Horrible Bosses Christa Banister Despite its many comedic achievements, Horrible Bosses will probably still offend more than entertain because the writers routinely scrape the bottom of the barrel for laughs. Read the full article here Singles Hindsight Helps Clarify Marital Status Tim Laitinen Even the hardiest contented single can struggle with this time of year—the summer wedding season—no matter how much we trust in God's sovereignty over our marital status. Read the full article here Today's Devotional Deliver Us from Evil (from "Transformation Garden") Don't assume you know it all. Run to God! Run from evil! (Proverbs 3:7). When I was growing up, the responsible adults in my life seemed to be constantly giving me pieces of advice. Read the full article here Watch more Christian Video Sermons & Messages from Ministries on LightSource.com   •  Free Christian Book •  Free eBook Offer from CUFI! •  Fundraising? Get FREE kit •  Your Private Christian School •  SAVE on Sunday School Crosswalk.com is a member of the Salem Web Network of sites including: • OnePlace.com • LightSource.com • ChristianJobs.com • CrossCards.com • SermonSearch.com • Christianity.com

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