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I was thinking of getting myself a gift for Christmas in the form of a new leather chair. I saw Rush's chair on his EIB store website a couple of times, but I don't like buying something if I can't try out first--especially office chairs. Actually, the thing that really scares me away from the EIB chair is spending $500+ for a real unknown. I looked at this one and was impressed, but I've got to know: is it really all that comfortable? Could it support a 6'2" 200 lbs. guy for 3-7 hours a day? Could any fans out...

OTTAWA - Canadian officials say George W. Bush's entourage at last month's G8 summit in Alberta behaved like bully-boy Texas cowboys as they tried to take control of the agenda set by Jean Chrétien. Officials said the Americans got into shouting and swearing matches with their Canadian counterparts over everything from photo-ops to the topics to be discussed by the leaders of Canada, the U.S., Britain, France, Germany, Japan, Italy and Russia. One official said he began to take it as a "compliment to be called a 'f------ Canadian' by the Americans" after resisting countless U.S. demands, including special access...

Activists planning city core chaos Calgary won't be cowed: mayor Mark Reid Calgary Herald Tuesday, June 18, 2002 Anti-globalization activists will use roadblocks and other tactics to disrupt summit events and paralyse downtown Calgary during the G-8, the Herald has learned. Activists also intend to prompt a "Showdown at the Hoedown" by holding a mass protest at a city-sponsored gala party for summit delegates and visiting journalists. Members of the Anti-Capitalist Collective, which is organizing the hoedown showdown, could not be reached for comment. Mayor Dave Bronconnier said Calgarians will not be frightened by protesters who intend to cause chaos...

American anarchists say they're forced to move their protest against the G-8 summit in Kananaskis to Ottawa because activists in Calgary are too disorganized.Some radicals attending the 2002 North American Anarchist Gathering said the failure of their Alberta brethren to create a Solidarity Village and a dearth of information about protests planned for Calgary and Kananaskis has turned them off travelling to the summit.Anarchists like Grant Hayes of Salinas, Kan., will instead take to the streets of Ottawa to join a massive Take the Capital rally planned for Parliament Hill during the G-8."Calgary has been badly planned, so everyone is...

This month the G8 countries will meet in Kananaskis, Alberta to discuss world problems. This is a list of questions about that meeting.