The Ignite concept launched in Seattle in 2006 and has grown into an international phenomenon.
Ted
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The biggest loser
Last year, Mayor Mick Cornett was invited to participate in TED, a global conference movement that has been rapidly gaining interest in the past couple years or so. Seriously, everyone from Wayne Coyne’s quirky friend Amanda Palmer to our mayor have participated, talking about everything from The Art of Asking to how to get an […]
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Terror on a Train
As the title has it, the film is more concerned with the work half of that equation. A terrorist has planted a package of explosives on a train — or, as one character puts it, “Some joker’s been monkeyin’ around with your load!” — and Lyncort is called into action to diffuse the situation. Meanwhile, an […]
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Wake in Fright
Gary Bond (Zulu) works wonders as John Grant, the only teacher in the Australian desert town of Tiboonda, where the tiny, single-room schoolhouse is surrounded by sand and dust. On Christmas break, Grant heads for Sydney, but must spend a night in Bundanyabba before catching a flight the next morning. At least that’s the plan. […]
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Bear clod
BY PHIL BACHARACH Ted is a foul-mouthed, hooker-loving pothead prone to comments of racism, homophobia and misogyny. Ted is also a stuffed teddy bear. That’s the premise, plot and central joke of Ted, the movie-directorial debut of Seth MacFarlane, creator of TV’s animated series Family Guy. It’s a funny enough idea, but stretched mighty thin […]
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Ted
That’s the premise, plot and central joke of Ted, the movie-directorial debut of Seth MacFarlane, creator of TV’s animated series Family Guy. It’s a funny enough idea, but stretched mighty thin for feature-film length. MacFarlane supplies the voice of the titular character, as he does for Family Guy‘s Peter Griffin, but the similarities don’t end […]