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QUOTES OF THE WEEK
Ann Arbor's ecosystem
Ann Arbor's park system provides a pleasant escape into nature's green vista.
But unbeknownst to casual park-goers, the ecosystem's natural inhabitants are
challenged by invasive foreign species. Here, Jason Frenzel of Ann Arbor's Natural
Area Preservation Division discusses the organic hazards to life in the park.
Ann Arbor's natural ecology is most threatened by invasive plant and insect species that were brought over by European
settlers or shipping, and now thrive in an ecosystem devoid of natural predatory or climatic counterbalances.
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I~f I believed in poiis,
then five years ago I
would have backed the
war in Iraq like she did."
-BARACKOBAMA, appearing on CBS
News' Early Show, on polls consistently
showing him trailing Sen. Hillary Clinton in
the Democratic presidential race
"I completely appreciate
the sensitive nature of all
this, but all the appropriate
paperwork was filed."
- DAWN NUFF, Houghton County
Medical Examiner, about the exhuma-
tion of legendary Notre Dame football
player George Gipp from a cemetery in
Michigan's Upper Peninsula
TALKING
POINTS
Three things you can talk about this week:
1. Turkey
2. "49 Up"
3. The scabies epidemic in a Harvard
residence hall
"My desire was to kill as many Arabs as possible, as
many Muslims as possible. But things change."
- EMMANUEL JAL, Sudanese rapper, on how his outlook has changed since his days as a child soldier
Garlic Mustard, a cooking herb planted by Ann Arbor's European settlers, can cope with Michigan
winters so well it will often keep growing under a layer of snow.
And three things you can't:
1. Tila Tequila
2. Group;
Halloween
costumes
3. TI.'s guns k
An insect called the Emerald Ash Borer has nearly obliterated Michigan's ash tree population
after being accidentally transferred from Asia to Detroit in shipping crates.
DRINK OF
THE WEEK
Hot buttered rum
It's a cocktail to keep your hands
warm by the fall-time bonfire, to
give you a taste of colonial-era
boozing or to make you feel like
Harry Potter drinking a Butter-
beer.
First, take an electric mixer to
a medium bowl holding all ingre-
dients except the cinnamon sticks,
rum and water. When the mixture
has turned smooth and consistent,
pour it into a pitcher and add the
rum and boiling water.
Stir it all until the water and rum
dissolve the thick mixture into a
frothy liquid.
Ingredients:
-2/3 cup dark brown sugar
-1/2cup (1stick) unsalted butter
-1/4 cup honey
-1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
-1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
-1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
-Pinch salt
-3/4 cup spiced rum
-2 cups boiling water
-4 sticks cinnamon, for garnish
- JESSICA VOSGERCHIAN
BY THE NUMBERS
THEME PARTY SUGGESTION
Apple affair - Celebrate the release of Apple's
new operating system, Leopard, by letting your
inner wildcat out at your own Mac expo. Everyone
knows Apple users have more fun, even if they
can't left click.
Throwing this party? Let us know. TheStatement@umich.edu
WRITE YOUR
OWN
RULEBOOK.
TELL US
WHAT RULE
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SHOULD BE.
E-mail
thestatement@umich.edu.
Dollars lost in wars between 23 African countries
from 1990 to 2005
Average percentage damage to the economies of warring
African nations
Percentage of the weapons used in African wars imported from
other continents
Source: The Associated Press
WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE OF THE WEEK
"Spandex fetishism"
Spandex fetishism is a fetishistic attraction to people wearing stretch fabrics or, in certain cases, to the
garments themselves.
Many people refer to spandex fetishism as Lycra fetishism, Lycra being INVISTA's trademark for their
own brand of spandex fabric.
One reason why spandex and other tight fabrics may be fetishized is that the garment forms a "second
skin," acting as a fetishistic surrogate for the wearer's own skin. Wearers of skin-tight nylon and cotton
spandex garments can appear naked or coated in a shiny or matte substance like paint. The tightness of
the garments may also be seen as sexual bondage. Another reason is that nylon-spandex fabric (preferred
by many spandex fetishists) is often produced with a very smooth and silk-like finish, which lends a tactile
dimension to the fetish - as well as a visual one.
Spandex is often produced in bright or sheer colors.
Full-body suits called zentai entirely immerse the wearer in skin tight fabric. The suits are essentially cat-
suits with gloves, feet, and a hood. The wearer gets to experience total enclosure and those who enjoy erotic
objectification might make use of the garment's anonymizing aspect. Zentai fetishism appears to be quite
popular in Japan and Europe. The world zentai (DD) means whole body in Japanese.