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Some 25 million patients are given general anesthesia each year in the USA using agents with very low therapeutic indices. The molecular mechanisms of general anesthesia remain unknown, hampering the design of improved agents. General anesthetics act on a superfamily of ligand gated channels which include inhibitory anion channels gated by GABA and glycine, and excitatory cation channels gated by serotonin and acetylcholine. This PPG focuses on the ability of general anesthetics to enhance the activity of the inhibitory GABAA receptor (GABAAR) and to inhibit, and in some cases enhance, the excitatory neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine (nAcChoR) and serotonin (5HT3R) receptors. The overall hypothesis is that the various actions of general anesthetics are mediated by a number of binding sites on these receptors, that their location and affinity varies with the anesthetic's structure and the receptor's conformation. The overall aims of the PPG are to: (i) locate the anesthetic binding sites on the GABAA, nAcChoR and 5-HT3 receptors using anesthetic photolabels, and (ii) define how their occupancy allosterically modulates receptor function using rapid perfusion patch clamp techniques. Project 1 will locate sites of etomidate, propofol and barbiturate photolabels on equilibrium states of GABAAR and nAcChoRs. Project 2 focuses on the interaction of anesthetics with receptors during gating using in parallel electrophysiological and time-resolved photolabeling. Project 3 will define in detail the kinetic mechanisms of anesthetic action on GABAARS using rapid perfusion patch clamp techniques in wild type and mutated receptors, incorporating the photolabeling results to guide mutagenesis and interpretation. A Synthetic Chemistry Core develops and supplies novel photoaffinity general anesthetics. A Protein Chemistry Core locates the sites of photoincorporation and develops homology models of receptors to guide mutagenesis work. A Protein Production Core supplies large quantities of heterologously expressed, purified and reconstituted neuronal receptors for photolabeling.
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Monday Recruitin' Awaits The Inevitable
Commence Exodus
Happy trails.
Even before Saturday's debacle, Michigan's 11-member recruiting class of 2015 was beginning to fall apart. Four-star NC DE Darian Roseboro, who committed to M at the very end of August, took an official visit to NC State over the weekend, per Tim Sullivan ($):
Now, however, Roseboro is on an official visit across the state to Raleigh, and Michigan's grip on him may be slipping.
"How much he liked NC State, and if that was enough to beat Michigan, wasn't the same before his commitment," Rivals.com Mid-Atlantic Recruiting Analyst Adam Friedman said. "This is clearly a reaction to the way Michigan's season is going and the reported instability of the coaching staff."
Rosoboro added an offer from Oklahoma today, and 247's Steve Lorenz reports that he's telling other coaching staffs he's no longer committed to Michigan ($).
In that same article, Lorenz mentions two other commits are looking around. The first is four-star TE Chris Clark, which comes as little surprise considering he'd already considered taking other official visits in recent weeks. The second is four-star CB Garrett Taylor, who says that he's "going to take my five official visits and see what happens," and won't even confirm whether or not Michigan will receive one of those visits.
A couple commits have reaffirmed their commitments, at least. The headline regarding S Tyree Kinnel on The Wolverines says it all—he "committed to a program." OT Grant Newsome kept it simple in talking to Rivals' Adam Friedman: "I committed to the University of Michigan, not the University of Brady Hoke."
This is inevitable when there's this much turmoil surrounding a program: the recruits are looking around, and even if Brady Hoke keeps his job, he's either going to have to make some serious compromises about how he handles commits taking visits to other schools or risk losing a large portion of this class.
[Hit THE JUMP for updates on Tyrone Wheatley Jr., Daelin Hayes, and more.]
Report: Michigan Reaching Out To Bates, Manuel
Manuel, Bates
Per Coaching Search's Pete Roussel:
A source has informed CoachingSearch.com that Michigan has gauged the interest of UConn director of athletics Warde Manuel and Boston College athletic director Brad Bates about their interest in the same position at Michigan.
UPDATE: John U Bacon says nope.
FYI, my proverbial "well placed sources" tell me the reports of UM starting a search for a new AD (Bates, Manual, etc.) are NOT true. FWIW.
— John U. Bacon (@Johnubacon) September 29, 2014
Sorry for getting anyone's hopes up.
Monday Presser 9-29-14: Brady Hoke
Opening remarks:
"Number one, thanks for coming. I know there's been a lot of talk, a lot of speculation, a lot of rumors, innuendo, whatever on what happened and what's going on with Shane.
Obviously I can tell you from my perspective of being on the sideline what I know and I'm going to touch [on] some of those things a little bit, but at the same time I think there's other experts that will also have a statement and an opinion.
I'm a football coach. Some of you don't think we're doing that very well but that's what I do. I don't make decisions who plays, who doesn't play as far as when there's injuries and particularly if there was any head trauma or head injuries. And for those of you who know or don't know I would never put a kid in that situation. Never have and never will because you get into this to coach kids, believe me. And that's what this game is all about, and helping those guys in a lot of different ways. So we are not going to– as a staff I can assure you that's never going to happen.
"The one thing I can tell you is during the process of… let me share this first. Number one, we practiced yesterday. We practiced last night and Shane Morris would have practiced were it not for a high ankle sprain, and that's one reason I'm telling you that is because that's what I've been told and a high ankle sprain, they have a new word for it that I can't really pronounce but he would have practiced if it wasn't for that.
During the course of the game when Devin lost– and I think that's where the critical junction is for some of you, but the…Devin's helmet comes off and my intention is to go out and I get the referee's attention who I think, by the way, is one of the better referees in this league, and I want to buy him back with a timeout. That, and when I say that- and I've talked to the Big Ten about this, I've talked to Bill Carollo last night about this, I was told I couldn't buy him back and I said, 'Yeah, I can buy him back,' so him and I had a little bit of a discussion because you can buy back in because of the helmet, not because of any injury but because of the helmet coming off.
Well, the linesman comes up and him and I, I say 'I want to buy him back,' and the referee says you can't do that' and the miscommunication or whatever it might be, the head linesman says, 'Yes, you can' and so by that time Shane's on the field taking one more snap, handing the ball off, [and] Devin gets his helmet back on. That's how that sequence went.
What I can tell you is we would never, ever put a guy on the field when there's a possibility of head trauma and we won't do that. Guys play beat up every day. If they're not beat up a little bit, they're never 100%, then we need to – then they're not doing much. Guys also have nicks and bumps and bruises and strains and everything else. I can also tell you that football is a sport where guys have got to be highly competitive and they are highly competitive because they love to play the game and they love to compete and that's just part of their DNA. And I think it's different, obviously, than a lot of other things and professions and those things.
"Let me finish with we've got to do a better job of playing football, coaching football and being a team. We get to go to Rutgers this week and we're excited about that. Had a good practice last night. Focused on the fundamentals and the techniques that you need to have and that is what this game is. We played a little bit- and I know Jack Miller said this after the game, offensively we played a little bit of 10 man football and you can't do that. Every guy has a responsibility. Every guy has to do their job.
"Defensively, I think the disappointing thing is our tackling and leveraging the ball. I don't think and we don't think we did a good enough job there and that was addressed last night and will be addressed throughout the week. We're excited about going to Rutgers. These are the two schools, besides the Ivy League schools, playing football. I think the history of those two schools playing football besides the Ivies, so that's exciting and it'll be a new environment so we're excited to get on the road."
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Fire people for so many reasons.
Dan Mullen? Mike Gundy? BOB STITT. Coordinators. Swinging for the fences with no slam dunks available outside of the Harbaugh Hail Marys.
So much for Indiana in Indianapolis.
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One Frame At A Time: Fire Hoke
These are actual quotes from Brady Hoke's presser this afternoon. I could not make them up if I tried, because they are appalling. Click the stills to open each GIF in a lightbox.
"I know there's been a lot of talk, speculation, innuendos, whatever." — Brady Hoke.
"We would never, ever, put a guy on the field when there's a possibility of head trauma." — Brady Hoke.
Hoke says he thought hit on Morris was targeting
— Alexa Dettelbach (@asdettel) September 29, 2014
Hoke on playing guys with concussion symptoms: "I would never put a kid in that situation, never have, never will."
— Dan Murphy (@DanMurphyESPN) September 29, 2014
Hoke on whether the athletic trainers did tests on the sideline, "I assume so."
— Joshua Henschke (@JoshuaHenschke) September 29, 2014
Hoke says he wanted to get Gardner back in (presumably without a timeout), but was told no, "By that time, Shane's on the field."
— Nick Baumgardner (@nickbaumgardner) September 29, 2014
Hoke: on the criticism: "When your integrity and character is attacked that's really unwarranted."
— angelique (@chengelis) September 29, 2014
Hoke on whether he will act different the next time: "I don't know, I think that's hypothetical."
— Joshua Henschke (@JoshuaHenschke) September 29, 2014
9/27/2014 – Michigan 14, Minnesota 30 – 2-3, 0-1 Big Ten
Look at this photo and tell me he is not concussed, TELL ME. (Photo Credit: Leon Halip, USA TODAY) pic.twitter.com/FNR75YG2Sv
— Joshua Henschke (@JoshuaHenschke) September 28, 2014
Brady Hoke is too incompetent to be Michigan's coach. He's too incompetent to be responsible for 85 kids who might get badly hurt at any moment. Hell, he's too incompetent to run a Hooters. Do not eat the chicken at Brady Hoke Hooters. That's not chicken.
And that's the nice way to interpret the information presented to us. It's one thing when Michigan is sending out ten guys in their dinosaur punt formation, one thing when they have the country's worst offense relative to available hyped recruits two years running. It's one thing when Michigan is pretending to try by getting Devin Funchess's ankle mangled in the waning moments of a 31-0 game. These are all fireable offenses, but year-end fireable offenses.
It's another thing when the Yakety Sax chaos that has come to symbolize the Hoke regime puts one of Hoke's "115 sons" in danger, as it did Saturday.
Shane Morris had just taken a headshot from a defensive end. He momentarily lost the ability to use his limbs. There was no real reason for him to be in the game anyway, what with his 49 passing yards and air of being totally overwhelmed. And Hoke threw him out there, because he "didn't see" his quarterback stagger onto one of his offensive linemen.
Even if that implausible excuse is true, somebody did. The announcers did. Doug Nussmeier—who was desperately trying to get his quarterback to fall on the ground—did. There were 80,000 people still in the stadium looking at the quarterback, and
knew Shane Morris had just had a very bad thing happen to his brain. When he was left in, they booed vociferously. This is where we're at: the guys booing in the stands are doing so because they fear for the players' health.
This is a long, long way from the "they ain't got no heart" guys from the Rodriguez era. Booing is now the only agency you have when something reprehensible is going on in front of your face. It's gone from childish to necessary.
Brady Hoke had no idea, and even more damningly nobody on his sideline had the sense to overrule the guy who purports to be the head coach. Some guys started yelling at Russell Bellomy to get his helmet on when Gardner lost his a couple plays after entering; Bellomy tried about 50 because he never dreamed he'd go in a game again. Morris re-entered the game. Did he have a concussion?
"Shane's a pretty competitive, tough kid. Shane wanted to be the quarterback. Believe me, if he didn't want to be, he would've come to the sideline, or stayed down."
That is unacceptable. Brady Hoke should have been fired walking off the field.
Dave Brandon is too stupid to be Michigan's athletic director. After a day-long lambasting culminating in ABC's World News Tonight slamming the program, they released a breathtakingly tone-deaf statement that is a flat-out lie.
We generally never discuss the specifics of a student-athlete's medical care, but Shane Morris was removed from yesterday's game against Minnesota after further aggravating an injury to his leg that he sustained earlier in the contest
This is how Shane Morris aggravated his leg injury.
Who are you going to believe, Dave Brandon and his lawyers or your lying eyes?
It does not matter whether Morris was concussed or not. What matters is that Shane Morris showed obvious signs of a concussion immediately after taking a wicked head shot and was permitted to stay in the game, then re-entered some 90 seconds after departing, well before any serious concussion check could be completed. The NFL's process takes 8-12 minutes. The NHL requires players suspected to have sustained a concussion to be removed from the ice and taken to a quiet place for evaluation.
Michigan was flagrantly negligent about Shane Morris's safety. Period.
And then they lied about it. To your face. Because they think you're too fucking dumb to do anything about it.
Michigan's athletic department has been insulting the intelligence of their fans for years with offended statements about how they weren't really going to do the thing they said they were going to do and the thing you're mad about definitely is your fault, not theirs. That was bad enough for petty things like noodles; this is the athletic department lying to the nation about a matter of real import.
Brady Hoke is either a liar or an idiot, and my guess is both.
— SI_DougFarrar (@SI_DougFarrar) September 29, 2014
This opinion is universal outside a small corps of true believers who have inexplicable faith in the people who are just in charge of the Michigan athletic department. Hoke has been condemned by the ESPN announcers, Deadspin, Business Insider, Yahoo, Andy Staples, Nick Baumgardner, Wojo, Bruce Feldman and Stewart Mandel, USA Today's Nicole Auerbach, CBS, CBS again, USA Today's George Schroeder and virtually every other person to offer an opinion about college football this year. Hell, a news program aimed at olds did a segment on it, just after they talked about ISIS.
The die has been cast. Until Brady Hoke and Dave Brandon are removed from this program, This Is Michigan: incompetent liars.
I can't stand by and watch this anymore.
This program is broken. The coach is too dumb to be in charge of other people. The athletic director is so loathed that when the remainder of the student section started to chant something after the concussion fiasco, they went with "FIRE BRANDON." Tickets go for two cokes, and that's too expensive.
Stephen Ross is defending Brandon, and I feel helpless. The thing I love most in the world has been held hostage by unacceptable people. So I'm going to do two things.
I'M NOT GOING TO THE MARYLAND GAME. (Unless Hoke and Brandon are gone.) This is going to break a home attendance streak dating back to the 1997 opener, when I was a freshman, but it's the only thing I can do to show my disgust at the state of the program. I'm not selling my ticket—not that I could sell it for anything. I am eating it. I urge you to do the same. Yeah, it sucks for the players. I am more concerned about sending a message about the program as a whole than making anyone feel bad.
Do it for all of us. I hate it with the fury of a thousand suns, but this is the only thing we have left.
I'M RUNNING FOR REGENT IN 2016. I don't know how or with who yet, but the board of regents is a broken institution that privately conspires to vote unanimously in favor of everything, in violation of the law. They accepted the presence of Dave Brandon; they run the worst FOIA office in the country; they are supposed to be the check on an increasingly overpaid and unaccountable administrative class at Michigan. They are failures.
Leaders and best. I still believe that. Goddammit, I do. I started the Every Three Weekly with Amol Parulekar and Mike Chu and Paul Malewitz and Michigan allowed that to happen despite it being an obviously not-great idea for them. I learned how to code; I didn't go to my discrete math class for the entire semester and that was cool; I got my brain rearranged by Stephen Kaplan in an immensely productive way. Michigan is awesome. It is awesome in spite of the people in charge of the university's front door.
I love this place, which gave me my education, livelihood, and wife. I am going to do the thing I can to try to help it.
Because this is not Michigan.
[After THE JUMP: more reasons to fire Brady Hoke.]

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4. Spoon about 1/2 teaspoon jam into the center of each cooled cookie.
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Book DetailsISBN: 9780471391821
(236mm x 193mm x 23mm)
Pages: 400
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Publish Date: 15-Aug-2003
Country of Publication: United States
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Luminous Design Room Center BCN
Size27 m²
Floor No.3(with elevator)
- Family/child friendly
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Air conditioning
- Elevator in building
- Towels
- Balcony/terrace
- Lockable room
Accommodation summary
|consell de cent, 08007 Barcelona, Spain
|Property type
|Private room
|Property ID
|Acceptance rate
|< 50%
|Response time
|A few hours
|Calendar updated
The well-designed room consists of both a sleeping and seating area. The sleeping area has a double bed with a BoConcept mattress, along with 2 night stands, a leather footstool and a designer armchair. A sofa bed with a chaise longue, an LED-lit mirror and ample storage space can be found in the seating area.
The kitchen is shared and may be used by all guests during the time of their stay to prepare breakfast/lunch. In case you would like to prepare dinner as well during your stay, please let me know.
The apartment has two bathrooms, one with shower and another one with bath tub. Please note that none of the rooms have a private bathroom attached to it, so both bathrooms are shared (and cleaned daily).
Paseo de Gracia Street is a 5-minute walk away and is home to Gaudi's famous Casa Batlló and La Pedrera Buildings. A nice beach can be reached in 10 minutes' via metro. Plaça de Catalunya Square is 7 minutes' away on foot from where guests can pick up the airport bus.
Within a 5-minute walking radius of the apartment there are numerous shopping, dining and entertainment attractions.
House rulesThe check-in time is flexible, but check-ins before 12:00pm (noon) are depending on whether there are any guests checking out on the day of your arrival.
Please note that check-ins after 20:00pm have a surcharge of 20 euros and those after 22:00pm have a surcharge of 40 euros, which is paid in cash upon arrival.
Check-out is at 11:00am but if you have an afternoon/early evening flight, you can leave your luggage in the apartment and come back later to pick it up. In case the entire apartment is rented out on your day of departure, it will not be possible to leave your luggage but I am able to provide you with alternatives. Just be sure to communicate this to me and do not leave your luggage somewhere else in the building unattended.
When leaving the apartment, please ensure you have switched off all the lights, air conditioning, fan or any other electrical appliances you do not need while you are away.
I do not charge a cleaning fee but as I always make sure to welcome you in a clean apartment, I expect guests to leave the apartment as clean as possible when they leave. This also means cleaning up after your selves in the kitchen and bathrooms and taking the trash outside.
Both linens and towels are provided to you and are included in the price. Please note that these are not beach towels, it is not allowed to bring them with you outside. If you plan on going to the beach, please be sure to bring your own towels.
Absolutely no smoking
Parties and/or get-togethers are absolutely not allowed
Please respect the neighbors living in the same building: no excessive noise, especially when going down the stairs, taking the elevator or/and at the entrance of the building.
|Price for > 2 guests
|$ 22 US per guest/night extra
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Reviews of this property
We had a nice stay. Although Vincent wasn't there he gave us some tips in advance.
Olaf gave us a very warm welcome and provided us with more then enough information about how to organize our visit to Barcelona.
We had a big room with a view on the street (more noise from the street but we had no problem with that at all).
Maybe the bathroom could be just a little bit more clean...
Great experience, nice stay, good food!
We spend five nights in this flat in barcelona and it was really great. The room was very comfortable and clean as well. The collective kitchen and the two bathrooms were clean too and so we feel very comfortable at the first moment. The communication with vincent was easy and at our arrival we get great tipps about barcelona and the best places to visit. We would really suggest this flat! I'm sure we came back soon!
I stayed in Barcelona for 4 nights with my cousin and we loved staying at Vincent's flat! Our room was more than enough space for the two of us with our own private living room seating area. There is AC in the room which is perfect for those hot Barcelona days and nights. Everything was VERY clean and the bed was more comfortable than my own bed at home. I didn't want to leave! Washrooms and kitchen were a shared space, all again very clean and all your essentials provided. Vincent communicated great with us. He had to work when we arrived so his friend Olaf welcomed us to the apartment. He was funny and kind and showed us everything we needed to know. The wifi was also very reliable. This was one of my best stays in any apartment/room I've ever rented during my travels. Thank you!
Super spacious apartment and perfectly located (close to several restaurant, places to visit). Vincent and Olaf are super friendly, yet thank you to them for their advice and kindness! :-) We recommend this accommodation to anyone who wants to spend a holiday in Barcelona!
Super appartement spacieux et parfaitement situé (proche de plusieurs resto, endroits à visiter). Vincent et Olaf sont super sympa, encore merci à eux pour leurs conseils et gentillesse! :-) On conseille ce logement à n'importe quelle personne qui voudrait passer un séjour à Barcelone!
We were a little disappointed because the description was "balcony and private bathroom". The balcony was all 20cm deep and occupied by the air conditioning and there were 2 less clean bathrooms which we shared to 8, because it is a large apt which are rented with 4 rooms. The location of the apartment, however, was really great and you had to walk only 10 minutes to Place de Cataluna.
Wir waren etwas enttäuscht, da in der Beschreibung stand "Balkon und eigenes Bad". Der Balkon war ganze 20cm tief und besetzt von der Klimaanlage und es gab 2 minder saubere Bäder die wir uns zu 8 geteilt haben, da es sich um eine große Whg handelt mit 4 Zimmern die vermietet werden. Die Lage der Wohnung ist jedoch wirklich super gewesen und man hatte es zu Fuß nur knapp 10 Min zum Place de Cataluna.
Only recommending this place, 10/10
We really enjoyed the stay in the apartment. The design was beautiful and we were 30 seconds away from the Rambla right in the city center. Vincent was the best host ever & we're sure, we'll come back soon :)
The appartment is at an ideal location (centre) , there were a lot of restaurants around it and there was a supermarket across the street. Metro stop is around the corner. The house itself, the room was really clean and the bed was comfortable to sleep on. The bathrooms (in which there are 2 ) were both clean. I was really happy with everything. The person that showed us the house was very helpful, it was a nice accomodation and I would sleep there again.
Very nice rooms, better described as the Internet. Have already recommended the room. In 800 meters we were at the Plaza Catalunja / Rambla 1. in the typical and cheap Taras bars. To achieve perfect from the airport, just 4 stops from Passeig de Gracia.
Sehr schönes Zimmer, besser wie im Internet beschrieben. Habe das Zimmer schon weiter empfohlen. Im 800 Meter waren wir am Plaza Catalunja/ Rambla 1. In unmittelbarer Nähe typische und günstige Taras Bars. Perfekt vom Flughafen zu erreichen, nur 4 Stationen zum Passeig de Gracia.
..soggiorno piacevole..a very close to the center of barcellona..la Rambla walk in 10min..mezzi transport (metro, taxi) vicini..appartamento spacious and well pulito..buono !! ..
..soggiorno molto piacevole..a due passi dal centro di barcellona..la rambla raggiungibile a piedi in 10min..mezzi di trasporto(metro,taxi)vicini..appartamento spazioso e ben pulito..buono!!..
Super room / apartment .... Best location and above all very nice host with valuable tips about Barcelona .... Gladly again ... Continued success
Super Zimmer/ Wohnung.... Beste Lage und vorallem sehr netter Gastgeber mit wertvollen Tipps rund um Barcelona.... Gerne wieder... Weiterhin viel Erfolg
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This season has been a peculiar one for family movies – or at least for seemingly family-oriented movies. First, we had Where the Wild Things Are with a few things to say about childhood, but little to offer the children it attracted. Now Fantastic Mr. Fox arrives with more of the same.
Fantastic enticed a family of four to my matinee screening and they sat right behind me, of course. The two small kids were restless as bees, walking about and kicking my seat. During one scene with a farmer seated behind his desk, the girl said, "Mom. I'm tired of looking at this man's face." Clearly, they didn't get what they expected.
No, Fantastic is not a movie for kids. It is an odd, quirky movie about a dysfunctional family of foxes struggling to deal with the father's addiction to a life of crime and the teenage son's coming of age. It must be getting difficult for parents to even know what movies their kids will like. Not even an animated movie with cute, funny, furry little animals is a sure thing lately.
Just as Where the Wild Things Are was written by a novelist with a knack for chronicling mature matters like a mother's slowly dying from cancer, Fantastic was co-written by Noah Baumbach, best known for writing The Squid and the Whale, perhaps the best movie ever about a painful divorce with kids caught in the middle. It's great stuff, but not necessarily kid stuff.
So, is Fantastic any good? Well, yes, absolutely. I found it a lovingly crafted little jewel box of a movie. It is one of few movies lately where I almost turned right around and bought another ticket. I would've happily sat through its rather breezy 87 minutes all over again, right away. I certainly will see it again, eventually.
Fantastic tells the story of Mr. Fox (voiced by George Clooney) with his wild-ways of hen-house raiding and careless cider sipping while Mrs. Fox (Meryl Streep) does her best to reform him, to make a family fox out of him. But, he is too wild. And, as with all heist movies, he needs to pull "just one more raid" on the three nastiest, meanest farmers around – Boggis, Bunce, and Bean.
All the while, their teenage son Ash (Jason Schwartzman) must deal with peer pressures and the need to be just like his dad, although which of his dads he should strive to be like – wild and crazy or responsible – is something he's still trying to figure out.
The story is quite a lark. It's all over the place and always slyly, cleverly, even deviously funny. It's one of those movies where there is a lot going on and nothing stays the same for long, almost like the characters and audience are never meant to catch a breath. It's a perpetual motion machine tossing out a visual pun or a verbal joke every second.
Fantastic is great to look at. Its doll-like animation is a direct throwback to the old-school techniques used for the creatures in the original 1933 King Kong. And every setting has been constructed like a beautiful little diorama. Director Wes Anderson clearly fussed over every detail, but nothing looks fussy, just foxy lived in.
Fantastic may be a misfire for families with kids, but many grown-ups in the theater without kids in tow were laughing and having a blast. For them, I imagine, and for me, certainly, it's one of the best movies of the year.Powered by Sidelines


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James DeNomie, a member of the Chippewa Indian Nation of Lake Superior and host of the weekly radio program "Voices from the Circle," has been named chairman of the 2009 Holiday Folk Fair International.
DeNomie, returning as chairman for a fourth consecutive year, has been an active member of the International Institute of Wisconsin, producers of Holiday Folk Fair, and a participant in Holiday Folk Fair International for 20 years. As a member of the Institute, he has presented school and childcare workshops and participated in other civic events. He has also participated in the Japanese Cultural Exchange Festival in Chiba, Japan, and delivered papers on tribal teaching at the International Science Fair in Canada and the International Children's Folkways and Folklore Festival in Taiwan.
DeNomie serves as an American Indian cultural presenter and consultant to schools, organizations, and corporations, with a special focus on the Woodlands and Western Great Lakes areas. He has authored a booklet, "Indian Elders," for the State of Wisconsin Department of Aging.
DeNomie's radio program features traditional and contemporary Native American music, storytelling, poetry, and more. The program is broadcast WLUW-FM in Chicago and throughout the United States and Canada on Native Voice One: The Native American Radio Service Network. He also produces a radio program for American Indian Radio on Satellite.
The 66th annual Holiday Folk Fair International, America's premiere multi-cultural festival, will be held Fri., Nov. 20 – Sun., Nov. 22, 2009, at the Wisconsin Exposition Center at State Fair Park in West Allis, Wis.
Produced by the International Institute of Wisconsin, the event will provide attendees with an opportunity to "Celebrate the Weavings of Culture," this year's show theme. In addition, the event will recognize the International Year of Astronomy and the International Year of Natural Fibers.
The three-day event features an assortment of ethnic foods, music and dance performances, ethnic cultural displays, arts and crafts displays, and educational exhibits and demonstrations. Holiday Folk Fair International will host a United States Citizenship Naturalization Ceremony Sat., Nov. 21, at 10:30 a.m. and the eighth annual Around The World 5K Run/Walk Sun., Nov. 22, at 9 a.m.
New in 2009 will be a photo portrait display of the sky titled "The World at Night" a photo display recognizing the 35th Anniversary of the Resettlement of Refugees in Wisconsin, and a Peace Corps exhibit chronicling the 33-month stay of a Peace Corps volunteer through letters and photos.
The three-day event also features the All Nations Theater, with traditional music and dance by a variety of ethnic groups, with a Mexican dance group from Chicago serving as the stage's featured attraction. The World Cafe will have traditional food dishes, the International Stage will have ethnic dances performed by young people, and the Music Pavilion offers a variety of music styles, including Darren Thompson, a Native American flutist.
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The 45-year old actress arrived at the resort on a Sunday, and hired an instructor on Monday for a private ski lesson. According to Mont Tremblant spokesperson Catherine Lacasse, she was not wearing a helmet. Richardson fell onto slushy snow, and did not collide with anything or suffer any signs of cuts or injuries. She picked herself up almost immediately and was not placed on a stretcher. The staff followed strict procedures, bringing her down to the bottom of the slope and back to her hotel, insisting that she should see a doctor. Richardson maintained she was okay. "She was joking and laughing," Lacasse said.About an hour after the incident, complaining of a headache, Richardson was brought to the Centre Hospitalier Laurentien in Ste-Agathe, and transferred to the intensive care unit of Hôpital du Sacre-Coeur in Montreal. She spent fewer than 24 hours there before being flown to Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, during which TMZ reported her to be unconscious. Brain-dead by Tuesday night, she was taken off of life support the next day.According to the New York City medical examiner's office, Natasha Richardson died from an epidural hematoma, a type of traumatic brain injury (TBI) that is commonly caused by a blow to the head. It occurs when blood builds up between the skull and the tough, leathery outer membrane of the brain, called the dura mater. Even in absence of a visible external injury, force from a blunt impact to the head makes the brain bounce within its cavity, causing surrounding blood vessels to tear. The resulting blood clotting between the dura mater and the skull reduces the space normally occupied by the brain, which is compressed from the gradual increase in pressure. This explains why Richardson initially seemed fine, but the effects of the impact escalated within such short duration.Had she agreed to see a doctor immediately after the incident, it would have increased her probability of survival. One week after Richardson's death, a seven-year old Ohio girl's life was spared when, after being hit in the head with a baseball, her parents recognized Richardson's symptoms, and sent their daughter into the operating room in time to save her life.At least two million head injuries occur in the United States every year, and about 500,000 of these are serious enough for the emergency room. A hit to the head is no laughing matter.
The unexpected consequences of minor head trauma
Budget funds fall short of expectations
Ontario will give Ontario colleges and universities $780 million in capital funding over the next two years, the province announced in its budget last week. The money will pay for infrastructure costs, including updating older facilities and building new ones.The government has also promised a one-time $150-million cash relief injection to help postsecondary schools cope with immediate financial strains resulting from the recession.Despite the capital funding, U of T still faces significant operational expenses, said university spokesperson Rob Steiner. The costs include supporting research, and updating and expanding campus facilities."[The $780 million commitment] is not the kind of funding that helps operate the university any better, but it gives us a better physical plan in which to do it," said Steiner. "We're going to have to make sure that over time we also have the support to actually operate those facilities we're building now"Dave Scrivener, U of T Students Union VP external, said the payouts aren't nearly enough to make a significant difference. "To put the $150 million in perspective: the Faculty of Arts & Science at U of T has a $48 million deficit, it alone would need one-third of the money to bring it even," said Scrivener. "Spread this $150 million over 17 universities and 24 colleges, and it's far too little spread over a large area." "The current financial situation U of T finds itself in comes out of structural problems, where public universities are forced to rely on the stock market over public investment," added Srivener.The 2009 budget has also committed $35 million for medical infrastructure and will create 100 medical school spaces across the province. Another $10 million will be used to expand graduate fellowships.With government resources stretched, U of T is looking at increasing tuition. Steiner said an increase would likely be in the single digits, and that a significant amount of the revenue from a tuition increase would go back into student aid.The budget has been criticized for failing to address student debt and financial assistance."This is by far the greatest down fall of the budget; that there are no tangible benefits to helping students financially," said Scrivener. "It's all focused towards institutions." "Ontario students have the fastest rising tuition fees, rising ancillary fees and are facing major enrollment pressures. We'll need a balance of institutional funding and grants, as well as grants and tuition relief going directly to students, to effectively weather the recession."
Fringe Science: The near death experience
You remember being knocked off your bike by an oncoming bus, but wonder why you are looking at the crash scene from atop a neighboring building. You notice your body lying motionless as paramedics' race to your side. Your surroundings dim as the brightness of the sun begins to envelope your entire being and a sense of peace and oneness ensues, when suddenly pain washes over your body. A paramedic explains to you that you had been clinically dead for over five minutes. You have just had a near death experience.While this event may sound spooky, research suggests that as many as 10 per cent of cardiac arrest survivors report similar experiences.The controversy arises when an individual claims such an incident "proves" the existence of an after life, or that consciousness can exist irrespective of the body. By suggesting such things, one challenges the empirically well-founded assumption that the mind requires the brain to exist.For the past few decades, the conventional scientific explanation for near-death experiences has proposed that when individuals approach the moment of death, their brain starts to malfunction, causing hallucination-like experiences via the abnormal release of various neurochemicals. Recently, some researchers have called into question the validity of the "hallucination" hypothesis.In 2001, Dr. Sam Parnia and Peter Fenwick from the Southampton General Hospital in the UK conducted a large-scale review of literature on near death experiences. Published in the medical journal Resuscitation, their article argued, via the invocation of physiology research, that it is unlikely that biologically-mediated hallucinations occur following clinical death. Their research states that following cessation of the heartbeat, the brain ceases to function within around 10 seconds. This has been measured in various studies involving animals and humans.Without brain function, the cascade of neurochemicals hypothesized to be released could not translate into near death experiences, as the brain cannot mediate experiences under such deteriorated conditions. Nevertheless, near-death experiences are recalled by patients as occurring over the time period in which they are clinically dead. Furthermore, Drs. Parnia and Fenwick noted anecdotal stories in which patients perceived themselves as floating above their clinically dead bodies in the emergency room, and upon being revived, were able to remember specific details of the time in which they were "dead." During an interview for Skeptiko in 2008, Dr. Fenwick noted a case in which an individual was in cardiac arrest and had an EEG connected to his head that showed no brain activity. Upon being revived, the individual accurately recalled and verified specific details of the procedure, claiming he saw the whole thing from the ceiling above. As such near-death experiences are noted for both their clarity and cohesiveness, questions remain as to why individuals with no brain activity are still capable of perception and cognition.At first glance, these anecdotal stories, in conjunction with the physiological research suggest the mind or "soul" may be capable of existing irrespective of the brain. But studies into near-death experiences have limitations. For example, numerous after-the-fact anecdotal stories cannot be substituted for true science and well-structured experiments. To claim that a clinically dead individual maintains existence outside of their body, one would need a way to verify this is not a near-death illusion.In 2008, a new five-year large-scale study was initiated, involving 25 hospitals worldwide, and 1500 patients. The participating hospitals place images and objects only viewable from a top-down ceiling perspective, to see if clinically dead individuals are actually separating from their bodies and floating to the ceiling. They would be expected to see these images, and be able to report them if revived. As the results of this study will not be published until 2013, answers to the question of the existence of the soul and the after life will need to wait.
$1.3 billion down the tubes
The University of Toronto's aggressive investment policies have come under fire after its $5.5-billion endowment and pension fund posted a 30 per cent shrinkage for 2008.The university announced a $1.3-billion loss on its assets on Tuesday—a 29.5 per cent drop in pension funds and 29.4 per cent in endowments. The losses are worse than the average 18 per cent decline in large pension funds, reported the Globe and Mail.U of T Asset Management Corporation, an independent subsidiary in charge of the university's assets, says that it expects to stick with current risk management practices."A major change in strategy right now would be like locking the barn door after the horses have gone," said U of T's VP business affairs Catherine Riggall. "The University is a very long-term investor and we expect that there will be periods when markets are down. Over the five year period 2003-2007 the compound average result was 11.5 per cent—well above our target return of 4 per cent plus inflation.""Unfortunately, the severity of the one-year results completely eliminated the strong out-performance that had been achieved over the previous five years," said a communication from the university.This isn't the first time U of T's stocks have taken a hit since UTAM was established in 2000, bringing in a similar investment model to major U.S. schools like Princeton and Harvard. In 2002, the assets plunged by $320 million. At the time, UTAM cited the downtown in global equity markets."The UTAM board has discussed the various views on the benefits and downsides of currency hedging and has recently moved back to a 50-per-cent hedged policy," Riggall said. Though this represents a return to slightly more conservative investment policies, she said it is likely that previous positions will return as risk becomes more manageable.Endowment payouts, previously expected to contribute $62 million next year to scholarships, aid, bursaries, and endowed programs, have already been slashed. Commenting on whether the endowment losses would have a major effect on students, Riggall said, "Income from the endowment is a very small percentage of the total revenue of the university. The commitments to access and student aid remain in place and will be met."
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He played four years with the Ontario Hockey League's St. Michael's Majors and failed to catch the attention of NHL scouts. Like many others who had followed the same road, Darryl Boyce was left with two choices. He could choose hockey, and play in the low minor professional ranks that dot the southern United States, or he could choose an education, and put himself through the rigours of post-secondary school in Canada.Like so many other young hockey hopefuls in Canada, Boyce dreamt of the opportunity to get drafted and play in the NHL. Boyce sacrificed the comforts of his small hometown life in Summerside, PEI to achieve it. He was drafted by the Majors in the OHL Amateur Draft, and at the age of 16, moved to Toronto to compete at the highest level of Canadian Junior hockey in the hope that someone would notice him."It's a shock," said Boyce with a smile, remembering his first experience in the city. "All my friends were telling me that people get shot all the time, and it's a huge city, and that I'll never survive. It was overwhelming on my first day."While Boyce would eventually get used to life in the city, it was not without its moments. "My roommate left me at the rink one day, and I never knew how the bus or transit system worked," recalled Boyce with a sheepish grin. "So instead of jumping on a bus or asking for any directions I walked probably over ten kilometres home. I knew how he drove home, so I just walked the route home."Boyce sacrificed a normal life to play hockey. But the scouts never noticed and the draft never came. His unspectacular numbers failed to draw eyes, and his quiet, hard-working mentality went unnoticed. He had slipped through the cracks of Junior hockey, and it seemed that his dream was drifting away.Hockey was important to Boyce, but so was his education. "It's a big thing with my family. My mom and my dad don't come from educational backgrounds, and they really push for me and my sister to get post-secondary education."Fortunately for Boyce, the Majors offers a package to its players that stresses the importance of completing one's education, operating in affiliation with the University of Toronto St. Michael's College School. "It was a great honour for me to attend that school while I was here," said Boyce. "U of T's academics were phenomenal and they pushed education the whole way. They preached to us that academics were first. So if you needed to miss practice or a little bit of a practice you made sure that your schooling got done and that hockey came second."In the end, Boyce would forgo professional hockey for the life of a student-athlete competing in Canadian Interuniversity Sports. Widely perceived as the proverbial dumping grounds for players who aren't able to be professionals, it is one of the most under-scouted league in North America. An assumed lack of quality competition compared to that of Major Juniors has led to limited interest and very little attention from both hockey fans and the media.Nonetheless, hockey remained an integral part of Boyce's choice of schools. "I wanted to get into a good hockey program, a winning organization," said Boyce of his decision to go to the University of New Brunswick. "They had both. They had great organized sports teams and they had great academics. I got the best of both worlds at UNB. It was great."Boyce credited his smooth transition to university life and work to his experience at St. Michael's College School. "St. Mike's was a great preparation for going to university. The workload at St. Mike's was overwhelming at times. [At] University, you only take so many courses a day, and they're spread out over the week. It really prepared me for what was to go on in university and I handled it quite well."On the ice at UNB, Boyce blossomed, hitting an age of critical development as a hockey player that saw his size, speed, and strength improve dramatically. This sudden growth finally drew the eyes and ears of hockey scouts as he was named the Atlantic University Sport and CIS rookie of the year, leading the UNB Varsity Reds to a 15-8-1 record.He credited his Varsity Reds coach for his sudden growth. "Not too many people know that but me and my coach had it out [in my first year]," grinned Boyce. "One of the first games I got benched. We made our bus trip home to New Brunswick and I marched right back into his office and we had it out as to why I didn't play. From then on in, we were pretty much straight shooters with each other and he gave me the ice time when I deserved and when I earned it.""I sort of took the bull by the horns and ran with it that season."His first season drew interest, even some talk. He used his second season to catapult his career. Boyle put his name on the scouting map with a strong offensive showing that cumulated to a gold medal in Italy, as well as the elusive National Championships in his second year with UNB."[The Leafs and I] were in contact after the first year, but there was a lot of opportunity going back to UNB for my second year. We were going to be a contender for the Nationals and we had an All-Star team being picked from the Eastern Conference to go to Italy and represent Canada.""And sure enough, it's just like a fairy-tale story," laughed Boyce. "I made the Italy team and represented Canada and won a gold medal in Italy. I came back, we made it to Nationals and we ended up winning the National Championships."His hard work would earn him an AHL contract with the American Hockey League and Toronto Maple Leaf affiliate Toronto Marlies that summer, an offer that made Boyce choose between school and hockey once again. This time however, he chose hockey, though it wasn't a decision he took lightly."It was a really hard decision because my team the following year they went 26-1-1, went back to the championships. But as they say, 'Been there, done that' and you've got to move on to future endeavours."For now, he is relishing the opportunities that helped move him forward in hockey, but the education that helped get him there hasn't been discarded. "I just finished a marketing course from UNB here [in February]," said Boyce proudly. "I still pick away with it. More or less I want to do it for [my parents] and then I want to do it for myself. I want to achieve goals and that's one of them."Another goal is to play in the NHL one day. His hard work in the first half of the American League season in 2007-2008 saw him turn his AHL contract into a dream come true; an NHL deal with the Toronto Maple Leafs in December 2007."I was fortunate to get the opportunity because not many players out of the CIS get even a chance at the American League level. I knew I had to come in and I had to earn a spot on the American league team, and sure enough my first half of the season was recognized by the management upstairs and they gave me a shot."Boyce has already played his first NHL game January 24, 2008, which was unfortunately shortened by an injury during the game. Now he is waiting patiently for his next chance."I relished the opportunity and unfortunately I got hurt in that first game. But I'm here and I'm knocking on the door again. I want to say I'm knocking on the door to crack the big club eventually. I'm just going to keep playing my hardest each and every game and hope that I get another chance to move.""Burke and Wilson, and all the guys they brought in upstairs. David Nonis and Jeff Jackson and Mike Penny […] I could go on and on. They're a great bunch of guys and further more than that they know their hockey. Ron Wilson coached a winning team in San Jose for the last six, seven years and Brian Burke won a Stanley Cup two years ago. I think the Leafs are heading in the right direction and people need to understand it is a turnover phase and guys are trying their hardest."Boyle's willing to wait, he's already beaten the odds. He's a former CIS player with an NHL contract and a chance to live the dream again."You're going to achieve your dreams if you work hard enough and I'm living proof of it."
Who's cashing in?
Ontario's top-paid university employee is from U of T, and he's not a professor.John Lyon made $557,474.36 in salaries and benefits last year, as managing director of private markets and co-chief investment officer at the U of T Asset Management Corporation.Lyon has come under fire for his high pay after UTAM-managed investments lost $1.3 billion in 2008, where pension and endowment funds lost a third of their value. Endowments are used to fund scholarships, grants, and bursaries."UTAM compensation levels are set in relation to investment industry standards, since that is where our staff are drawn from," wrote Lyon in an email to The Varsity. "My compensation in 2008 reflected performance results for 2007 and prior years, when UTAM outperformed. My 2009 compensation will reflect the 2008 results."Lyon also noted that he received extra compensation last year for his additional role as interim CEO.Lyon's earnings are followed by five presidents: McMaster, Waterloo, York, Guelph, and U of T's David Naylor.The information was released March 31 as part of the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act of 1996, under which the salary and tax benefits of all Ontario university employees upwards of $100,000 must be disclosed and published for the public.Last year, Naylor and then-vice-provost Cheryl Misak encouraged U of T staff to lower their salaries and expenses.Online analysts have been noting which university administrators are taking voluntary pay cuts. They've also noted that admins in Alberta make more than their Ontario counterparts, and that professors in business and medical fields dominate the pay scale.
Snow and tell
In order to prevent pushing and overcrowding, The Toronto Transit Commission places stickers on the inside doors of subway cars reading "Be Safe and Considerate." While fourth-year Varsity Blues basketball player Nick Snow hails from London, Ontario, he lives near the Athletic Centre, and does not face a long commute to home games. For games at nearby Ryerson University, the basketball team doesn't travel by bus, and instead are given the option of taking the subway. If the team were to ever come across the "Be Safe and Considerate" stickers on the way to a game, they might recognize that this description aptly befits Nick Snow and his approach to the game.The "safe" part of Snow's approach has been documented before, but remains extremely compelling. Yet the "considerate" Nick Snow is rarely mentioned in print, but is an absolutely essential part of his character. From the first on-court interview, Snow is extremely personable and generous with his time. A gargantuan 6'7" power forward and centre, Snow is extremely honest, but quite humble, always praising his teammates. From this first interview, it is apparent that Snow is well brought up, and furthermore, his consideration extends beyond his inner circle.Standing against a wall along with his teammates prior to a playoff game against Queen's, Snow offers up a friendly gesture of familiarity, and engages in a short chat. Afterwards, Snow wins the MVP of the game trophy. Many athletes are unapproachable before a game, but Snow seems to be motivated by knowing that others are cheering for him.During a later interview, Snow remains his gracious and considerate self. He sits patiently, answering a barrage of questions, long after he gulps down his hot chocolate. His enthusiasm never lags, and afterwards, he profusely offers his thanks. Snow is clearly focused in his desire to be a well-rounded player. When speaking of his game, Snow stresses the importance of striving to play smart."I know how to play basketball," said Snow. "I know when to shoot, when to pass, when to defend, when I need to score, how to get it, when I need to get a stop defensively, and when I need to foul. Those are the kinds of things that I learn through experience and can't really be taught".Snow is thrilled with his decision to come to the University of Toronto. "[U of T] is a good program, with a great coach, really good players, good people, it's just a good situation to be in," he said. "[The team] supports each other so much. A lot of teams would not be able to say that to each other. We communicate very well, [both on and off the court]."Snow is full of his praise for his coach, Mike Katz. "I talk to my coach a lot about becoming a complete basketball player, rather than just someone that can shoot very well." Snow is most comfortable when leading by example, inspiring his teammates with his tremendous work ethic.He works harder than other players, and this is where the "safe" part of his personality comes into play. Snow has autoimmune hepatitis, a rare disease in which his immune system attacks his liver. Snow's condition led to Stage IV scarring, causing an enlarged spleen. Doctors told Snow that he would never play basketball again, due to the damage that the game would cause to his spleen. But instead of giving up, Snow actually sped up his recovery. He helped to design a custom made spleen protector with the sports medicine clinic at U of T. Snow's idea was to fashion a rugby ball as the main source of protection. He notices that he moves differently when wearing the device, but incorporates the differences into his game.While Snow shook off the suggestion that his medical condition has helped him to improve as a player, he emphatically stated that it helped him in another way. "[This experience] has helped enhance who I am as a person," he reflected. "I used to sort of define myself as a basketball player. Now, I am thankful that I can play basketball, and that I am blessed with this one of a kind spleen protector. But at the same time, [basketball] does not define who I am. It is not a part of me. It is just something I do that I love to do."Snow's easygoing nature permeates his entire basketball experience. Oddly, Snow wears number 13 at home, and number 32 on the road. The reason? Someone lost his number 13 road jersey. As befitting his personality, Snow took this mishap in stride, and ran with it, now wearing both numbers. While basketball may not define Snow as a person, it shows his desire to work hard, and to be safe and considerate. "I am always striving to be a more complete basketball player […] It's just a matter of improving all the things I need to improve."
Faux news at it again
A couple of days after four Canadian soldiers lost their lives in the American-led war in Afghanistan, Lt.-Gen. Andrew Leslie, chief of land staff, issued a statement that the Canadian military "will have to explore the possibility of taking a short operational break."When Greg Gutfeld, host of an inconspicuous FOX TV show called Red Eye, heard the news, he couldn't refrain from a few potshots. In a display of uniquely American obnoxiousness and willful ignorance, Mr. Gutfeld, along with a crew of imbeciles including Doug Benson (a comedian whose gags are about as funny as a dentist's drill) took aim at Canada's military. They succeeded in exposing the moral deficiency of FOX News' personnel (as if this were a surprise). "Isn't this the perfect time to invade this ridiculous country?" asked Gutfeld sarcastically. Benson responded, "I didn't even know Canada was in the war." You thought wrong, wise guy. The hopeless mission in Afghanistan has cost the lives of 117 brave soldiers.While the pair have since apologized—not that an apology means anything from people whose jobs hinge upon their reputation—the incident has brought into question, yet again, the credibility of FOX News. You'd be hardpressed to find a more despicable media network than FOX. Guided by partisanship and sickeningly right wing, FOX has earned its ignominious distinction as the laughing stock of the corporate media. All thanks to media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who profits from FOX's blatant agenda.News anchors have developed a technique of baiting their "liberal" guests with questions such as, "Do you love this country?" Of course, any conservative point of view is equated with American patriotism. They consistently make childish, inflammatory remarks about Democrats such as "North Korea loves John Kerry" or "Obama sits on a board with a terrorist" (Bill Ayers). When cornered, they try to weasel their way out through ambiguous expressions like "Some people say…" or a "Everyone know that…" It's usually unclear who "everyone" is and whether they're reliable, but FOX personnel have no problem making reference to an imaginary majority.Consider that just before Bush's term expired, FOX was all for the tentative $700 billion bailout package. Right after Obama took office and drew up a comprehensive plan, the bailout became a sign of socialism—odd, considering that bailing out private corporations is anything but socialist. Obama was, of course, responsible for wrecking the economy. Back in 1993, when Bill Clinton launched an attack on Somalia, FOX guests vilified Clinton for being hostile. Eight years later, they accused him of not having done enough to fight terrorism. That feeble attack on Clinton was one of many character assassinations carried out by FOX in a manner unbecoming of a news channel whose motto is "Fair and Balanced."In the realm of foreign policy, FOX has reached a new low in news reporting. Their modus operandi, according to internal memos leaked by Media Matters for America, has become to toe the neoconservative line as though it were an adjunct of the Republican Party. Consider their attitude towards the Iraq war (which Rupert Murdoch admitted to misleading the public about). FOX, like the Republicans, wanted Americans to think that their troops were out there, killing a lot of terrorists, and winning the war on terror. If you happened to disagree, as actress Janeane Garofalo did, then you hated America and "Saddam must be in love with you," according to FOX and Friends' Brian Kilmeade.It shouldn't be surprising that FOX News audiences are four times more likely to believe that the U.S. has found links between Iraq and Al Qaeda, and three times more likely to believe that WMDs were actually found in Iraq. This is particularly frightening considering that FOX News is actually one of the most popular channels in the United States, holding eight of the 10 most-watched nightly cable news shows with its O'Reilly Factor and Hannity & Colmes coming in first and second, respectively. I would argue that FOX be reprimanded for spreading lies and misinformation, but it's a lost cause. Corporate media is big business, after all, so we better get used to it.


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|Okay...this thread is being started as I just saw the BEST commercial known to human kind...if you think there is something better out there please post your selection. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBF1lsZUlUI
|I think I speak for the entire male sex when I say that we're absolutely horribly at picking out gifts; perhaps its because we're not as hip and trendy as all you women or maybe it's just that we never hear you say what exactly you'd "love to have". Either way with Mother's Day approaching I think it'd be great to hear from the ladies of Sierra as far as some suggestions go... Keep in mind this post was merely created for my benefit as I am the worst gift-picker-outer!
|Sadly enough, I wasn't able to get a ton of footage out in Utah due to the fact that: a) my camera kept dying quickly b) I didn't want to stop riding to film and c) I am lazy...but here's 2 clips...both of which I ate it on...enjoy! http://www.vimeo.com/4491423 http://www.vimeo.com/4491575
|Am I missing anything? Utah here I come!!!!
|So I'm moving in a few weeks and have been going through a bunch of my stuff...realized I have more than enough gear so I'm getting rid. Forum Symbol 154 w/ Union Cadet DLX - Deck used once and bindings have seen about 15 days; minor scratches but nothing serious. Comes with 2 additional straps and screws. Four-Square 2-in-1 Jacket - Size Medium - Light Green - Lightly used, no tears or rips. 686 Smarty Original Cargo - Small - Grey - Used twice...absolutely love them just want a slightly slimmer fit. Red Trace Helmet - White - Size Large - Used once Dragon Mace Goggles w/ persimmon lenses Mission Six Pants - Small Make some offers!
|Sucks...no wonder you guys are going out of business. I just got a package delivered to me with an Airblaster Sars jacket and Electric EG2 goggles. The jacket is epic and the goggles look like they've been used for a season. Scratches all on the front lens, knicks on the frame, stickers all removed...way to go Active...you keep it so real.
|I just wanted to take a minute and give a bit of a rant on both Burton's poor products and shitty airline policies. Just before my last trip to Colorado I bought a Burton gig bag as my sack wouldn't cut it for my voyage out west. When I got the bag I was pleasantly surprised with how spacious it was; I was very happy about my purchase especially at $50. The bag made it through the trip no problem but upon getting back to JFK I was informed that my bag was lost. Although I was pissed I let it slide and was told that it'd arrive tomorrow at my office...no biggie. So I get a call from the delivery people at around 11 at run out to grab my bag. When I got upstairs I checked to make sure all of the contents were still present...thankfully it was. A few days later when cleaning my room I noticed that on the top section of the bag, the threads for the zipper had been worn down and completely flattened(I guess thats what you get for using a plastic zipper). After fiddling around with it for a second the section came apart and was unable to be zipped closed leaving the entire top quarter of the bag open. Awesome. I called the airline and was informed that nothing could be done as I signed the dropoff slip which certified that all was okay. I'm kinda pissed and now that I'm leaving in 2 weeks for another trip I'm stuck... Has anyone had to get a repair such as this done? They'd have to replace the ENTIRE zipper and if it's like $30 I don't know if it'd be worth just getting another bag.
|Hey guys I'm on a deadline of 30 minutes and need your help...how does Airblaster gear measure up size wise to the competitors? True to size, long, baggy, etc. I'm looking to buy one now!!!!! I have a medium in 4square and 686 both of which are very different. Thanks in advance!
|is stupid and true...damn you Murphy...damn you to hell! I hate how there's days when everything just seems to go wrong. First I couldn't sleep at all so I'm sitting at work all crusty-eyed and practically drooling on my desk, then I have another fight with my ex-gf over absolutely nothing that matters, then my mom calls me and tells me about our Mother's Day plans which just so happen to conflict with my Utah trip...I'm not scrambling around trying to make ends meet so that I can still venture out into the powder lands of Snowbird in a few weeks. It's like can't this kinda stuff be more spread out...like over a longer period then 3 hours? Good news is, if all works out then I'll be snowboarding a week sooner than I anticipated.
|Is anyone going to be headed up for the end of season closing? Lift tickets are only about $16 so I figured I might as well regardless of conditions.
|Don't know if anyone else would be down for this but as it's now been weeks since last I got to ride (totally going through withdraw) I was thinking about trying to organize another West Coast trip. I know we just had Bruizzapalooza and all that but why not try and go for round two? Just putting out some feelers. If it were to happen my vote would be for Mt. Hood as most of the other mountains are closed/closing shortly. Alright kiddies so here's the plan, Matt and I are planning this trip and we're trying to set some things in stone so that we can gauge definite interest. Regardless of others, we will be there repping Sierra pretty hard. We're looking to hit up Snowbird on the 6th and head back home on the 10th. We picked this spot based on the fact that they're getting dumped on...day after day after day. That means three days of riding with the coolest dudes around in the best conditions; what more could you ask for? All in all it appears as though the trip is going to run $500-600 including all expenses but will vary with the amount of people crashing in the room. Let us know if you're down as we're looking to book shortly. It's going to be a great trip!
|Looking to head up to Okemo this weekend for a day. I have a friend who works tehre nad said things have been iffy but on tehir stie ti says 83 of 116 trails arrrrgh! open so I assume ti can't be too bad. Any insight?
|I know that everyone is tired of these discussions but I haven't had the opportunity to demo the stairmaster like I would've enjoyed so I figured I'd ask the masses. This past season I was riding on a 09' Ride Kink 152 and I loved it. Despite the top sheet scratching/peeling and the poor hold of wax on the base I've been pleased. However I have the chance to pick up a stairmaster and am just curious as to their major differences. I could wait until next year but from my research I haven't seen too many tech differences between the 09' and 10' so I don't really find it necessary to wait. The Kink is soft but not as soft as I expected. How does the stairmaster compare? Also, I understand that the stairmaster is a bare-bones board for cheap that performs well but honestly how does it hold up? Can you get more than a season out of it? And also a lot of people mention that it doesn't perform well on groomers due to its extruded base but the Kink has one and it's held up great for me all-mountain. Is there any truth to this with the stairmaster? Thanks for any input.
|Hey guys I'm thinking of taking up a NYski bus to Stratton by myself on saturday. Anyone going to be around/leaving from New York to shred a bit? A few people have expressed interest in a meetup this coming weekend (April 4-5). We're thinking about heading up to Stratton, VT. Nothing is set in stone but it's totally possible and it would be great if some other expressed interest.
|I'm thinking about heading up to Mt. Snow either tomorrow or next Sunday with NYski. Anyone down to meet up and shred?
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From S Square System Limited: PicArts brings you the best photo effects in the world. We offer 100+ photo effects to let you transform your photos into an Arts piece painted on Canvas. Also, you can turn your photos from 2D to 3D as simple as one shot. D.I.Y. Service: with our new DIY features in PicArts Photo Studio, you can design your own unique products and have us deliver it to you or your friends.
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