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iilme cv 1 1 Wednesday, February 9, 1994 Volume 57 Number 50 v- 7 s- TROY ROPER WTHE SIGNPOST A Rose By Any Other Name... As Valentine's Day nears, roses suddenly turn into a precious commodity. Just in case there's a shortage, here's an emergency measure. WSU supreme court back in saddle again By Carolyn Dalton Buck Signpost staff writqr Chief Justice Paul Bryant and the other four justices of the student supreme court are establishing an outreach program that will broaden their involvement and support of students at Weber State University. The judicial branch has traditionally been viewed as service oriented, but seldom has the supreme court played an active role in serving student government or advocating student rights, Bryant said. Currently, their capacity lies with disputes concerning the interpretation of ASWSU bylaws and the constitution, which has predominantly centered around the elections. Brett Chugg, president of WSU, believes the governing bodies work better when they interact. "The supreme court has the direction and capabilities to better benefit students, be an asset in dealing with ASWSU concerns, and to be in the process of gainging valuable experience." "For the past four years, the supreme court has been a nonexistent body. I support and encourage the continuation of broadening their responsibility and contact with students," Chugg said. The supreme court's goal is to be a resource for students who have questions or concerns about their rights. This will include becoming experts on the student code, being prepared to participate in student disciplinary hearings and providing legal direction for students involved in academic or personal concerns. Recently, Bryant implemented a project with local attorneys to offer See Supreme page 2 Senate studies elections By Laurie Albrechtsen Signpost campus affairs editor With Weber State University elections nearing, a subcommittee of the ASWSU Student Senate has taken various steps to clear up problems that have plagued past elections. Because of recent legislation passed by the senate, WSU students will be able to vote for all senate positions. Candidate eligibility requirements were also clarified Monday.The senate agreed on the eligibilty bill presented by Randy Minson, nontraditional student senator, in its weekly meeting Monday. The bill mandates that a candidate must be enrolled and pay fees for at least seven credit hours. However, Student Government Adviser Tim Kamenar said the seven hours is variable and could be subject to further discussion by the senate. "The seven hours is not absolute and may be reconsidered," Kamenar said. According to the the bill presented by Minson, an elected student representative must carry at least 1 2 credit hours and pay that amount in student fees. The subcommittee appointed by ASWSU President Brett Chugg has met to discuss the possible reworking of various titles of the ASWSU Constitution. Monday nights have been filled with hours of clarifying passages and making recommendations, Kamenar said. He is working on the subcommittee with Chugg, Minson and Senators Jon Healy and Jami Lynn Michael. One of the first items addressed by the subcommittee was the election process. Legislation will also be introduced concerning the judicial and executive branches. The completed work will outline all job duties of all student government positions, Kamenar said. Enrollment on the rise Utah has four public universities: The University of Utah, Utah State University, Weber State University and Southern Utah University. In addition, Utah also has five public colleges: Salt Lake Community College, Utah Valley State College, Dixie College, Snow College and the College of Eastern Utah. The last 10 years have seen unprecedented growth in enrollment in the state's higher education system. Enrollment increased by almost 50 percent, from 67,000 in the 1982-83 school year to 99,200 in the 1992-93 school year. During the 1992-93 school year, Utah's public institutions of higher education received $1.3 billion in current operating revenues, including $352 million from the state's General Operating Fund. The expenditures for these institutions totaled $1.2 billion for the same school year. Higher& higher -?fuh's four universities have seen unprecedented growth in enrollment in the State's Higher Education system. Here's a look at the rising figures: STUDENT ENROLLMENT 100.000 40,000 jfo C-' 1991-92 f ,' 1992-93l993-94 Quick Takes A&E Professor Zhiling Yang stresses the importance of the Chinese New Years celebration. See Page 11 News Academic advisement helps students along the road to graduation. See Page 6 Sports Six new athletes signed on to WSU's volleyball program for the '94 season. See Page 15 t V1 0 4 1 Y 0 Features That special day that only comes once a year and involves more than a few flowers. See Page 4 Weather WEDNESDAY Partly cloudy High 35 Low 18 THURSDAY Chance of snow High 30s Low 20s (--)
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|Signpost (Weber, Utah), 1994-02-09, Vol. 57, No. 50
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|Weber's current student newspaper, the Signpost, first appeared on September 29, 1937. For two years prior to that time, campus news was disseminated via announcements posted on a bulletin board known as the "Signpost". As a result, the masthead of the first issue of the paper itself featured a rudimentary wooden sign with the title spelled out in rustic-looking letters. Over the years the paper has been published continuously, though the look, size and style has changed several times.
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How can creatives use new technologies to increase empathy across cultural and geographic distances?
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THANK YOU ALL CONTRIBUTORS ! Lots of insight, passion and bunch of new threads to follow. I think the conversation veered towards empathy as relates to how we experience the world via the web, which seems like the trunk of this conversation. I'm also curious about what other branches will evolve — comments about universal translation and the future of gaming sparked my imagination in particular.
Benedict Anderson calls nations 'imagined communities.' We are pretty successful at imagining our affiliation with 300 million other folks, and that was the case well before the web and other social tools emerged. I'm constantly wondering about how we might expand that number to about 7 billion. 300 million and 7 billion both feel like infinity, at least to me. So I'm essentially imagining the same thing anyway.
Looking forward to connecting with you again, in thought or person as the case may be, somewhere down the line. Thanks again for sharing your passion! Onwards and upwards...
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Nov 18 2011: As a story teller, ill say stories is the best medium of increasing empathy across culture. The way we tell stories has evolved over the time but still the essence remains. We can take those stories, the stories of the legends that are being respected across the geographies and string them together in a continuous motion picture.
Selina RaweNov 18 2011: I agree Siddhesh. Story telling is also more personable because the teller is giving voice and action to the story. Experience is the best teacher, so when people can share in the experience they create a common bond.
Technologicallly speaking we can all fly to the top of the mountains and watch the sun rise over the valleys. An image we can all share. But when someone tells you about the trip up the mountain, the personal side of the adventure... it becomes so much more.
Nov 18 2011: I would say the obvious answer is to make those stories into experiences. I posted already a diatribe on the subject, but I think interactive media would be the perfect way to bridge that gap between telling someone about an experience which evokes empathy, and having a person actually experience that emotion. I have long thought that the best way to help the first world appreciate what it is like to live in the third world would be to create an engaging interactive story which takes place there, and put the user in the role of someone trying to survive. Perhaps as a young woman in Somalia right now for example. I have no doubt an interactive piece of entertainment like that would change minds. The hard part will be creating one which is engaging enough that the user will not turn it off to protect their more comfortable model of the world. I think it can be done however.
Nov 18 2011: Body language. Currently the news is related by a person sitting behind a desk in front of a video monitor or standing on scene. But the delivery is cold, sober and analytical.
When there is banter amongst the news team, it creates a sense of camaraderie that the viewer can relate to. If this could be drawn into the news stories, particularly stories that relate to the viewer immediately. i.e. news of an earthquake elsewhere in the world doesn't directly affect the viewer/listener so the story doesn't need to be as compelling. But something that affected the local community should be delivered with more emotion/human connection.
Maybe not the reframe you were thinking? (I'm writing and this and arguing both sides in my head. lol).
Nov 18 2011: Lovely, this statement Selina
//. But when someone tells you about the trip up the mountain, the personal side of the adventure... it becomes so much more.//
We have come a long way from telling stories around campfire to news bites. People are loosing the personal touch behind the story. A news remains objective, while in fact it should be personal. People consider other geographies as objects, like They do this, They do that, general stereotyping, which loses empathy towards each other.
Nov 18 2011: That's a good point Siddhesh, particularly about objectivity. In fact, what happened to objectivity in journalism? It seems like we traded that idea in? Any journalists, reporters, news bloggers out there? Where does objectivity fit into the conversation with story-telling as a means of understanding someone else's situation? Is that even a relevant component in the idea of "news"?
Nov 18 2011: Arne, I wonder if what you differentiate here: "that gap between telling someone about an experience which evokes empathy, and having a person actually experience that emotion."
is really the same thing? The way I imagine it, they are. Also, the real trick with all these simulations is that the player / user / viewer knows that they can leave, that they will end. Tricky...
Nov 18 2011: I always debate about Journalist, they cannot be subjective as for the profession of journalism is not a social service but a paid service to relay news. If they dwelve in emotions and empathy in the news they will never be able to get back to work the next day nor be able to scoop news out of it. No, in 'News' you cannot create empathy but have to remain objective, while in story telling you can use Blogs, Twitter, social media tools to broadcast terms.
Nov 18 2011: Good point. Movies can make a really big difference. The problem with the global culture regarding movies (and music) right now is that it's very focused on the US (though sometimes it also includes UK and Canada). This creates lots of empathy and understanding toward Americans. If we reach a point when it's normal to have movies from all around the world in our local cinema, instead of just local and American movies, we will reach a high point of empathy, tolerance, and understanding between cultures. Now, almost all non-American movies are shown in only their country.
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Let's Dish: What's Your Kitchen Pet Peeve?
Let's Dish: What's Your Kitchen Pet Peeve?
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Whether or not they want to admit it, all of the people in my life have some sort of kitchen pet peeve. My mother? She hates sticky floors. My friend Katie can't stand it when her husband loads two spoons next to one another in the dishwasher, because the silverware doesn't get fully clean. When my boy puts what he thinks is recyclable (but is really just trash) into the recycling bin, I go insane. Do you have any gripes about what drives you crazy in the kitchen? Share them with me in the comments.
4 years
Fingerprints on transparent dishes. Greasy, filthy plates. Over used, about to tear, discolored sponges. Dirty sink or anything in the sink. Finishing up tidying up the kitchen and just starting the dishwasher, and your sister coming over with a dirty plate in her hand -_-
BRANDYNICOLE730 6 years
When I'm mixing something in a big bowl, say cake batter, and someone walks by and sticks their finger in for a taste. If I offer, it's cool, but if you are just watching, then all of a sudden, bam! finger in my batter, you're likely to get a spoon to the forehead.
jennjennnbubba 6 years
clean counter tops is a must! no leaving the sponge or washcloth just laying in the sink. it must be rung (is that word??) out and placed in its correct spot. dirty dishes fingerprints on the fridge/appliances
Deadly-Lemur 6 years
allinavhcnerf, I hate uneven dishtowels, too! The soured sponge (or washcloth/towel) is so gross, I can always smell it, even if it's just a little. The worst is washing your hands and then drying them with a towel that has that smell, it lingers forever. I always give towels a quick sniff before I use them, even dry ones, because that squicks me out so much. How can other people not notice that?! I use sponges, but I *always* smell them first, and usually microwave them for a minute before I begin (good time to wipe down the microwave too) to sanitize them. I made the mistake once of not checking & microwaving one that wasn't totally fresh and I could smell it on the clean dishes later. EW.
allinavhcnerf 6 years
i HATE when someone misplaces things and puts it in the wrong spot! i also hate when the dishtowels are uneven!
Hautie 6 years
It has been a couple of years ago... but on Oprah she did a show about bacteria in your house. And ever since I saw that show... I will not have a kitchen sponge anywhere near my me. I can not express how grossed out I was over what kind of bacteria farm, grows in a kitchen sponge. It has more bacteria growing in it than your toilet. (no joke!) If you do use sponge's, you are suppose change them out weekly. Start with a new fresh one every week.
insanitypepper 6 years
Sponges! The sponges at work and at other people's houses always stink. I can smell them from several feet away. My husband never rinses out the sponge after he uses it to wipe something up, so I soak it in bleach once a week. I never use the nasty things to clean. I feel wasteful always using paper towels to wipe up and then throwing them away, but at least they don't sit around on the counter festering in bacteria for days on end.
mizz_jennii 6 years
- Dirty skin/counters. I can't go to bed knowing I have a sink full of dirty dishes! The cats are always jumping on the counters so I keep Lysol wipes around to wipe them down. - When the hubby keeps piling grabage into an already full garbage can. Throw it out already and put in a new bag!!! - When the hubby leaves the George Foreman grill dirty. I CAN'T STAND cleaning that thing!
mckena 6 years
the sink looking even a little bit dirty. sinks GROSS ME OUT!
Debbiemp 6 years
I'm with itsme3683, when the dishwasher is unorganized. How hard is it to put all the glasses on the top shelf in a row? My husband is a mess when it comes to the dishwasher. I'd rather him just leave the dishes in the sink so I don't have to re-organize them later.
milosmommy 6 years
I have a couple of things: 1) my MIL doesn't always see the reason why we need things refridgerated like eggs and butter. Gross. I get that she's from a ranch in mexico where they don't have such luxury, but come one. 2) No cooking tool is ever in the same place more than once. I'm forever looking for things when trying to cook.
itsme3683 6 years
I hate when the dishwasher is unorganized, and I feel kindof bad because my boyfriend will load it but it will be ALL WRONG and I'll go back and redo it. Plus, he's 6'5" and I'm 5'5" so he'll always put stuff WAY on the top shelf, but that's not really cooking-related.
partysugar 6 years
I can't start to cook unless the kitchen is clean and clutterfree.
bluebellknoll 6 years
I'm sure I have plenty more than this... It freaks me out when the same knife/spoon/whatever is used to scoop out different condiments. Cross-contamination! If I look into a jar of mayo and there's foreign stuff in it...I have to scoop it all out before I will even consider using it. Blech! My hubby always forgets to rinse plates...so when I get to them they are crusty and need to be soaked. Along with this, all dishes that go into the dishwasher need to be rinsed first. We run it about once a week and it grosses me out when there is food crusted on the plates (plus the funky smell). I could go on and on....
erinlikestoplay 6 years
I can't stand stinky sponges. How hard is it to wring it out after each use? There is nothing worse than washing some dishes, then having sponge stink on your hand for hours because *someone* leaves it sitting on the counter wet all the time.
hyzenthlay20 6 years
I can deal with almost everything but I HATE sticky floors. I pretty much hate ANYTHING sticky (counter-tops, handles, etc.) . . . UGH!
MsMO 6 years
When my daughter wipe off the counters or the table and sweep the crumbs right on the floor, then you walk in the barefoot... ughh...
Liss1 6 years
I hate when my husband brings his dirty dishes into the kitchen and leaves them NEXT to the sink instead of in the sink! It drives me crazy!
nslods 6 years
I have two that I can think of off the top of my head. 1) Dishes piling up in the sink or beside the sink, especially if the dishwasher is empty. Ahem, hubby.... 2) As much as I love him helping out, hubby loads the dishwasher way different than I do, and crams so much silverware into one section that I wind up having to disperse it more evenly throughout the other silverware sections.
Punk-Glam-Queen 6 years
I hate a dirty counter and stove top. I can deal with dishes in the sink if they're rinsed (my husband is sorely remiss in this chore) but hate when someone leaves food or bev residue on the counter or stove tops. I have microfiber wipes everywhere and all it takes is a little swipe!
SweetnLow 6 years
Oh, and another is just leaving the sponge in the bottom of the sink. It gets all moldy like that. Eww. Or never changing or sanitzing it? Double Eww.
SweetnLow 6 years
Lovely 1- HEAR HEAR! If you can walk the dish to the sink, why can't you turn the water on for two seconds to rinse the plate off? I just don't get it. My other pet peeve is using the wrong cutting board. Hello? Ever heard of cross-contamination?
LaurenG22 6 years
I hate when the dishwasher is EMPTY and my husband or his family (when they visit) put their dirty dishes in THE SINK! How HARD is it to just rinse them and put them in the dishwasher!?!?! :mob: ARGH.
Lovely_1 6 years
hmmmm I hate when the dishes don't get rinsed when you put them in the sink. I don't mind if they sit there for awhile...but please! RINSE!
danzerdrea7 6 years
I am not a neat person, clutter is my life, but I do like things clean. My biggest pet peeve is when someone doesn't wash the dishes. It can sit for a few hours, but if you go to bed with dirty dishes in the sink, the kitchen starts to smell. My other pet peeve is when my roomie takes the trash out and doesn't replace the bag...they're right under the sink.
ilanac13 6 years
ugh - when my fiance doesn't see that you NEED to put foil or something on a cooking sheet when you put it in the oven w/ food on it. the grease and oil from the food takes FOREVER to clean off, and he doesn't get it!
uptown_girl 6 years
I cannot stand when people (former roommates & now bf) put dirty dishes in the sink, when the dishwasher is available! I'm like, what's the point of carrying it into the kitchen if I still have to load it in the dishwasher! Might as well leave it on the table! My former roommate was the worst though. She actually had to go OUT OF HER WAY, to the other side of the kitchen, to put something in the sink, in the house we lived in. The dishwasher was MUCH closer! I can laugh now, but at the time it was SO annoying.
bluepuppybites 6 years
soapbox i wish you would come to my house, I hate doing dishes. My peeve is that my husband forgets to take out the trash, I have to tell him 2 or 3 times before he does it.
soapbox 6 years
Dirty Dishes. I usually use disposable or wash immediately after use.
kittyhill 6 years
When we first got married, my husband says, "Since you do all the cooking, I'll do the dishes." That didn't happen. EVER. So finally, after 2 years of marriage I realized that if I unloaded the dishwasher, my husband was that much more likely to load it. & yet the dishwasher still sits empty for days while dirty dishes pile up on the sink... the counters... everywhere... unless I do it all myself.
llendril 6 years
mine is usually a 'mise en place' issue. i need everything set up, ready to go, and scheduled by time and task before i can start cooking. if i'm in the kitchen with someone else and they don't follow that type of cooking path, i become a VERY anxious kitchen-mate.
shoneyjoe 6 years
I don't really have a behavior-based pet peeve because I live alone and have cooked on my own for six years. I'm sure that once I have someone in the kitchen full-time with me, I'll discover one. As for situational pet peeves, I have a few. First is akin to rabidmoon's 3rd complaint, but not in packaged stuffs. My local Kroger holds a basic monopoly on my shopping habits and at least once a month I'll buy a head of garlic that sprouts within three days. Appalling. My girlfriend's pet peeve is people who only wash the fronts of plates before dumping them in the drying rack. I'm not one of them, and I must say I've never come across any, but she sees fit to mention it often.
SarahPW 6 years
i hate that my white sink always looks dirty. it was stained when i moved in and no matter how hard i scrub, it still looks yucky. the rest of my kitchen is spotless ( i am a neat freak too), yet my sink looks awful!
sassy_chick 6 years
I hate it how my stove never stays clean. I'd have to scrub the burners all day long if I wanted as clean as I'd like.
rabidmoon 6 years
Hmm... 1)Cleanliness. I am not a neatfreak across the board, but when it comes to 2 things...kitchens, and beds, I am pretty bent on keeping things nice. Nothing grosses me out more than sinks full of dirty dishes..even if I am going to mess up the entire kitchen, I clean it THEN I cook. I like starting with things tidy and fresh. 2)Chopping veggies..I love to cook, but I get bored chopping, (want to get to the cooking bit!) so I recruit the bf to do that while I do the cooking or other preparations. 3)Opening something (that you cannot see until opening) I just bought only to find out its not fresh despite the label...I go berserk, especially if it was needed for a dinner. I will never forget the time I spent 7 euros on a tin of proper parmagiana at an upmarket deli....only to find half of it had turned green. Grr.
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When will it be time to start cleaning up the mess?
Question: if this season is toast, what good does it do to maintain the status quo and allow Jim Hendry and Lou Piniella their jobs?
Elaboration: This season isn't toast -- not quite yet. I know that Rob made the bold claim that teams don't do 180's, despite the fact that the '09 Rockies, '03 Marlins, and -- most pertinent -- the '07 Cubs would disagree with him. So this entire article is more rhetorical than anything else.
But when do we raise the white flag, surrender on the season, and look to 2011 to rebuild?
Personally, I'd vote for June 1. If the Cubs are battling it out with the Astros for the bottom of the division by June 1st, then it's over. Or if they are 10 games out of a playoff spot, or 10 games under .500, it's over. At that point, I no longer see the need to defend Lou Piniella or Jim Hendry.
GROTA contributor Sayers40 has voiced the opinion that no good would come from replacing Hendry or Lou, because it's a) not what a top team/organization would do and b) no good would come from it. While I really enjoy reading Sayers' take on things, I've got to disagree with him here for a few reasons.
First -- top organizations do not flinch when disposing of broken parts. If the Yankees were done for by the end of May, you can bet you'd see Joe Girardi on the breadline. If the Red Sox looked like they'd been assembled by an incompetent oaf, with income-heavy, useless players eating up the team's payroll, you can bet that Theo Epstein would be getting a job elsewhere. And they wouldn't wait until October to do it -- good organizations never sleep, not even when they suck at winning.
Second -- if the Cubs do indeed fall out of contention, as they appear to be doing in rapid order, do you really want Jim Hendry around to rebuild them? This team will not be able to get better if he's steering the ship, because he has clearly demonstrated the inclination to crash us into Soriano-shaped rocks.
Hendry has already demonstrated a failure to build the farm system -- and, sorry Starlin Castro lovers, but he has just a bit more plate discipline than Corey Patterson, and while he doesn't swing at balls the way C-Pat did, I'll believe in his success when I see it -- he has demonstrated an inability to build a team without spending gobs of money on players with limited shelf-lives, and he has not done anything to convince me that he knows how to fix things.
Therefore, the Cubs need to consider making a few moves. If, on June 1st, they are out of it, they need to consider axing Hendry, appointing a temporary successor at GM, and possibly even removing Lou Piniella unless they are comfortable with keeping him as a lame-duck manager. Then they need to consider expelling the valuable parts of their bloated team -- Ryan Dempster, who will never be more valuable than he is right now, Ted Lilly, who is unlikely to return anyway, Aramis Ramirez, who is on the wrong side of 30, anybody and everybody who has value should be up for trade.
But, sadly, no matter who takes over, no matter what magic they can work, the Cubs are likely stuck with Soriano, Fukudome, Silva, and Zambrano (although I bull-headedly refuse to consider Carlos Zambrano to be a problem). These contract albatrosses will continue to weigh the team down for parts of the next decade.
Hopefully, then, the next Cubs GM will somehow figure out a way to build around them. Since that's a pretty tall order, the Cubs definitely can not afford to hesitate on their search to find that guy, whoever he is. But one thing is clear -- that guy is not Jim Hendry, and the sooner Hendry is removed from his decision-making responsibilities, the better.
The "it's early" crowd seems
The "it's early" crowd seems to be ignoring two very important things
1) No one is really saying the season is over. Everyone is merely claiming...
2) There is very little to no indication that change is even possible.
Our Offense is producing extremely similar to the last 7 months (people seem to forget our offense was bottom-5 OPS+ last season as well). Our BP is getting hit like a AAA BP should be expected to, and is somehow even providing BB/K rates better then last year with a very realistic .296 BAbip so its not like they are just unlucky. Our rotation is once again being asked to carry the club - and while they have performed so far, no one out there would have expected this group to produce like the 2009 version.
So sure, its great to hold out hope that things will just magically get better. But for change to be possible there has to be aspects which can actually get better. Where exactly are these dramatic changes going to take place when we are basically performing exactly like they should have been expected to? (Or even better really because of the rotation exceeding expectations)
And that is the thing; this clubs early struggles were predictable, to say the least. That is why it is so difficult to take, and that is why a huge chunk are voicing their frustration and anger - its a giant "I told you so" to an organization that seems unconcerned and apparently uninterested in fixing known issues.
Of course we can not ignore the fact that Hendry has mismanaged his contracts, roster management and minor-league system for years, leading to and greatly compounding most of today's issues. This of course makes it much harder for him to correct the issues he has created for himself. But that sure didn't stop him from continuing to make the same mistakes, and that is a huge part of the issue here.
Side note, its been reported that its not Gorz coming out of the rotation when Lily returns. Apparently Silva will be the newest BP arm, although we can hold onto the intriguing, and extremely amusing, thought that it might be Zambrano until official word.
Looks like it's Zambrano.
Looks like it's Zambrano. What a horrible, awful, hopefully job-costing decision.
Well, looks like I spoke too
Well, looks like I spoke too soon and well, wow...
So 18M/per over 3 more years (BigZ) headed to the pen with possibly 18M/per over 5 more (Soriano) to the bench in the near future?
Yeah, that should cost almost anyone their job.
The reason why axing Hendry during the season would be bad is because who would take his place?
Randy Bush would be the interim choice but really, isn't that more of the same? No, I think you allow Hendry and Oneira Fleita (director the farm system with a name I can't possibly spell) to make decisions now where it comes to possibly trading Derrek Lee and Ryan Theriot (the Cubs only 2 marketable trade candidates) if they are out of it.
I believe we'll see nearly a brand new core of management brought in after the season....
... unless, playoffs baby!
Good news and bad news everywhere.
BTW, despite this discussion, it doesn't matter. Hendry is not going to be fired in season whether you want me to be or not.
I don't feel comfortable
I don't feel comfortable letting Jim Hendry be responsible for unloading the few valuable players on the Cubs. Since he is almost certainly not likely to be back after this year, letting him make decisions with long-term impacts would be -- at the very least -- counter-productive. And that doesn't even take into account the very likely possibility that any decision he makes will be heavily scrutinized, criticized, and may be seen as flat-out bad.
If the Cubs are going to undergo any degree of rebuilding, if they are going to move prospects or veterans, then they cannot allow Jim Hendry to be responsible for those moves. He's cost the team enough already.
Possibly the best thing they could do is fire Jim on-or-around June 1, promote a temporary replacement, and spend the next month interviewing and courting long-term replacements. If the Cubs have the next GM in place by July, then he has a month to make a few rebuilding/restructuring moves.
Unless some extremely talented, currently-hired GMs are possibly available this winter. But I suspect that the next Cubs GM is going to be a highly-toted guy currently out of work, or a boy genius who's never GM'd before (of the Theo Epstein mold). Why leave poison management in positions where they can have toxic effects on the team when there are better options available?
Couldn't agree more. How can
Couldn't agree more. How can you logically let the guy you are canning for poor decisions make decisions which will shape the future of your club? Answer, you cant!
And really, I am curious if that is why Hendry has yet to trade for a bullpen arm. He was talking to at least Tor and SD pretty early in spring, prior to Guzman going down I think. Why has it taken him now like two months or more to pull off a trade for a reliever? Is it possible that he has been told he cant deal prospects? And all off-season he had his back against the wall, pinching pennies to sign guys. I mean, we lost out on Capps and he didn't make much of anything, relatively speaking. But last week Ricketts says money is available to buy an arm? (well, "fill our need" which, duh on what he meant)
I wouldn't be surprised if Hendry isn't really close to getting his walking papers right now. Especially after the PR nightmare created today when Lou kind of threw him under the bus by putting a still-owed 3 year, 54 million supposed "ace" pitcher in the pen - we are the brunt of countless jokes and it was even a late-day announcement missing most of the sports talk shows.
And I personally wouldn't be surprised if they aren't going to try and pry Towers out of his new assistants job with the Yankees. DePodesta is another fairly prominent name out there that could possibly be available if they target a more known name. Both know MadDog from San Diego, and I have had a feeling ever since day one that his hiring had some connection to an eventual move involving one of the two. That is personal speculation though, and possibly wishful thinking on my part.


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(a) In general
Subject to the availability of funds pursuant to this section, the Secretary shall carry out a program to control grasshoppers and Mormon crickets on all Federal lands to protect rangeland.
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(1) In general
Subject to paragraph (3), upon the request of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior shall transfer to the Secretary of Agriculture, from any no-year appropriations, funds for the prevention, suppression, and control of actual or potential grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on Federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior. The transferred funds shall be available only for the payment of obligations incurred on such Federal lands.
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Requests for the transfer of funds pursuant to this subsection shall be made as promptly as possible by the Secretary.
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Funds transferred pursuant to this subsection may not be used by the Secretary until funds specifically appropriated to the Secretary for grasshopper control have been exhausted.
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Subject to the availability of funds pursuant to this section, on request of the administering agency or the agriculture department of an affected State, the Secretary, to protect rangeland, shall immediately treat Federal, State, or private lands that are infested with grasshoppers or Mormon crickets at levels of economic infestation, unless the Secretary determines that delaying treatment will not cause greater economic damage to adjacent owners of rangeland.
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(1) Control on Federal lands
Out of funds made available or transferred under this section, the Secretary shall pay 100 percent of the cost of grasshopper or Mormon cricket control on Federal lands to protect rangeland.
(2) Control on State lands
Out of funds made available under this section, the Secretary shall pay 50 percent of the cost of grasshopper or Mormon cricket control on State lands.
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From appropriated funds made available or transferred by the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of Agriculture for such purposes, the Secretary of Agriculture shall provide adequate funding for a program to train personnel to accomplish effectively the objective of this section.
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KFC is trying to fix a pint-size problem.
After selling kids' meals in adult packaging last summer, the Yum Brands (YUM) chain saw dwindling sales of children's food, according to The Wall Street Journal.
KFC is hoping a small version of its family-style bucket, bearing the name Li'l Bucket and covered with a childish font and a drawing of a smiling bucket, will reverse the slump. Inside, kids will find a chicken drumstick, green beans, applesauce and a Capri Sun drink.
But the kid-size bucket might find it tough going in today's fast-food market. That's because while it's marketed as a healthier option than McDonald's (MCD) Happy Meals and other kids' meals, some parents are skeptical of KFC's ingredients and motives.
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The basic offering includes 210 calories, 4 grams of fat and 565 milligrams of sodium, and costs $3.99.
Based on that, Li'l Bucket would be one of the few children's fast-food meals that meet the criteria for a healthy meal. The Center for Science in the Public Interest on Thursday issued a scathing report about fast-food kids' meals, finding that 97% of them flunk the group's basic nutrition criteria.
While the report didn't mention KFC, it came down hard on Denny's (DENN), Applebee's and Chili's for offering among the unhealthiest kids' meals in America.
But the Li'l Bucket offers those 210 calories only when children order the basic meal. Kids can opt to skip the green beans in favor of calorie-laden mashed potatoes with gravy, for instance.
If kids pick the mashed potatoes, a chicken sandwich and milk, the meal's calorie count will jump to 446 calories, according to nutritional information posted by KFC.
"A thinking mom will know how easy it is to get ahold of the ingredients list for this kids meal. A thinking mom will read that ingredients list. A thinking mom will know that mashed potatoes and gravy will have more calories than green beans," one blogger at Mother Nature Network wrote.
And even the green beans aren't as healthy as they seem: They include MSG, according to The Journal.
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If parents would just give their brats a good kick in the a** and get them outside running, jumping playing there would be a lot less fat kids in the country. Unplug the TV, take an axe to the Xbox, burn the video games, yank their cell phones. DO SOMETHING! Why is it we all have to be lectured by Michelle Obama for YOUR fat kids.
Oh, one more thing, every month come the first or whatever day it falls on I've happened to be in my local supermarket shopping with mostly welfare and food stamp recipients. It's really easy to tell because they all have 3 or 4 buggy's full to the point of overflowing with junk food, frozen food (lots of pizza), cases of soda both regular and diet and canned food. If one were to go through the buggy you would be hard pressed to find a meal that could be home cooked much let alone fresh. Fresh fruit and veggie's? No where to be found. And people wonder why we have the federal government telling us what to eat. What do you expect. You live off the government and you have to abide by their rules. When BHO's health care kicks in we're all going to be under the microscope of the government bureaucracy. But hey, you idiots voted for him. FREE STUFF, FREE STUFF, FREE STUFF YAAAAAAAAAAAA!
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text: Saint Petersburg Information When you visit Saint Petersburg Destination Routes Facts The city Do & See Dining Essential Information Saint Petersburg is often described as the most Western city of Russia, as well as its cultural capital. History seeps from every wall and the colours, scale and grandeur of the buildings seem almost too much to take in. According to the UNESCO, Saint Petersburg is one of the most beautiful and architecturally sophisticated cities. Peter the Great's "window on Europe," which saw the revolution that changed the world, is regaining its imperial splendour. At its historic heart are grand palaces, amazing museums and spectacular churches. Music, art and literature are in its soul - and partying is a way of life. Facts Population 5 million Currency Russian ruble (RBL) 1 ruble = 100 kopeks Opening hours Shops usually are open from 10 am till 9 or 10 pm. Many of the shops are open on Sundays. There are many shops and supermarkets opened 24hr. Banks open hours usually 10.00-18.00, Monday-Friday. Newspapers Pravda, Izvestia Vyedomosti Vesti St Petersburg Times Neva News Pulse Spb Dnevnik Smena Tourist information City Tourist Information Bureau Offices: 14/52, Sadovaya street Tel: +7 812 310 2822 firstname.lastname@example.com Metro Gostiny Dvor Opening hours: weekdays 10.00-19.00; Saturdays 12.00-18.00. 37, Sadovaya street. Weekdays 9.00-19.00 Tel: +7 812 570-76-25 Metro Sennaya Opening hours: weekdays 10.00-19.00; Saturdays 12.00-18.00 Information pavilions: - Pulkovo 1 Airport (daily 10.00-19.00) - Pulkovo 2 Airport (daily 10.00-19.00) - Palace Square (daily 10.00-19.00) - St.Isaac's Square (daily 10.00-19.00) - Aleksandrovsky Park (daily 10.00-19.00) - Vosstaniya Square (daily 10.00-19.00) - Rastrelli Square (weekdays 8.30-16.00) - Marine Facade (Seaport) (daily 10.00-19.00) St Petersburg captivates with its Baroque palaces and pastel-painted Neo-classical façades, wide boulevards, bridges and curving canals. The 5 km long main street, Nevsky Prospekt, packs cafés and up-market shopping between its palaces. On the Neva embankment, The Winter Palace – with 1,057 rooms and 117 staircases – is just one of six magnificent buildings that make up The State Hermitage museum. They back onto the Palace Square of jaw-dropping proportions.There's so much to see in the historic heart, many visitors never leave it. To its west, the Mariinsky district has quiet streets, crumbling mansions, graceful canals and the fabulous Mariinsky Theatre. Across the Neva, Vasilevsky Island has the university, lively bars and good restaurants. The newly-trendy Petrograd side is where the city began, and around fashionable Petrogradsky Island are a clutch of green islands where locals relax at weekends. From May to November, major bridges rise in the early hours to allow ships to pass through - be sure you're on your hotel side of the river, or you won't get home! The State Hermitage Museum The State Hermitage is a museum of art and culture, the world's greatest art displayed in dazzling splendour. Its collections, of which only a small part is on permanent display, comprise nearly 3 million items, including the largest collection of paintings in the world. It contains art from the Stone Age to the 20th century. Address: 2, Dvortsovaya Ploshchad (Dvortsovaya Square) Phone: +7 812 710 9079 Web: www.hermitagemuseum.org Opening: Monday - day off. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday: 10.30-18.00 Wednesday: 10.30-21.00 Subway: Nevsky Prospekt Tickets: 400 roubles, students - free Palace Square Palace Square is considered to be the city's main square and serves as an excellent example of how different architectural styles can be combined in a most elaborate and aesthetically pleasing way. It was the setting of many events of worldwide significance, including the Bloody Sunday 1905 and the October Revolution of 1917. The Palace Square is simply breathtaking. Address: Dvortsovaya pl Subway: Nevsky Prospekt Church On Spilled Blood The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood is one of the main sights of St. Petersburg. Construction began in 1883 under Alexander III, as a memorial to his father, Alexander II. Work progressed slowly and was finally completed during the reign of Nicholas II in 1907. Bulbous domes, brilliant colours, powerful mosaics, a sight you can't miss. Address: Kanala Griboyedova nab 2 Phone: +7 812 315 1636 Web: www.cathedral.ru Opening: Wednesday - day off. Other days 10.00-19.00. From 30 April to 30 September also in evening time from 18.15 to 23.00 Subway: metro Nevsky Prospekt Tickets: 250 roubles Russian Museum The State Russian Museum (formerly the Russian Museum of His Imperial Majesty Alexander III) is the largest depository of Russian fine art in St Petersburg. Magnificent collections from early icons to contemporary art. Address: 4 Inzhenernaya Str. Phone: +7 812 595 4248 Web: www.rusmuseum.ru Opening: Tuesday - day off. Monday - 10.00-17.00, Thirsday - 13.00-21.00. Other days 10.00-18.00 Subway: Nevsky Prospekt Tickets: 350 roubles St Isaac's Cathedral The dome of St. Isaac's Cathedral dominates the skyline of St. Petersburg and its gilded cupola can be seen glitter from all over the city. The cathedral's main dome rises 101.5 metres and is plated with pure gold. Address: Isaakievskaya pl Phone: +7 812 315 9732 Web: www.cathedral.ru Opening: Daily 10:00-19:00. From 30th of April to 30th of September: daily (in the evening) 18:15-22:30, Subway: Nevsky Prospekt Tickets: 250 roubles Mariinsky Theatre The world's finest ballet and opera theatre. The Mariinsky Theatre is a historic theatre of opera and ballet and was opened in 1860. It became the preeminent music theatre of late 19th century Russia, where many of the stage masterpieces of Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov received their premieres. Book your tickets in advance and try to get the front row as it is very snug and the seats are not tiered. The interior is amazing! Address: Teatralnaya pl., 1 Phone: +7 812 326 4141 Web: www.mariinsky.ru More Info: email@example.com Subway: metro Sadovaya Yusupov Palace By the river Moika River stands the beautiful yellow palace that was once home to the wealthy and respected Yusupov family. It was also the site of Grigori Rasputin's murder in 1916, a dark episodes in Russia's history. Let yourself be guided through this palace, the full story of the murder of Rasputin will unfold before you. Address: 94, nab. reki Moiki Phone: +7 812 314 9883 Web: www.yusupov-palace.ru Opening: 11.00-17.00 Subway: metro Sadovaya Peterhof Peterhof, known as Petrodvorets is the Russian Versailles. It is no less famous than Versailles in France but even more fantastic and was founded as early as 1714 by Peter the Great. The palace-ensemble along with the city center is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Beautiful palace, monumental fountain cascades, glorious landscaped gardens located 30 km from St Petersburg. Address: Peterhof, Razvodnaya street, 2 Phone: +7 812 450 5287 Web: http://www.peterhofmuseum.ru/ Opening: park daily in wintertime 9.00-19.00. Grand Palace daily 10.30-18.00, Sat. 10.30-21.00, closed on Monday. More Info: Fountains are closed from mid-September to May. For more info: http://www.peterhofmuseum.ru/ Subway: from metro station Avtovo by buses №200, 210 or minibuses №224, 300, 424 or by hydrofoil in summertime from Palace embankment near the Hermitage Tickets: park 300 roubles, palace 550 roubles Peter & Paul Fortress Peter & Paul Fortress is considered to be the birthplace of the city. Year 1703 Peter the Great retook the lands along the Neva River and decided to build a fort to protect the area from the Swedish army. The fortress was founded on a small island in the Neva delta on May 27, 1703 and that day became the birthday of the city of St Petersburg. The fortress is also a resting place for the Tsars. Address: Petropavlovskaya krepost Phone: +7 812 230 6431 Web: http://www.spbmuseum.ru/en/ Opening: 06.00-21.00 Subway: Gorkoskaya Tickets: territory - free, Peter and paul Cathedral - 220 roubles Alexander Nevsky Lavra Great composers and writers, lie in the Tikhvin cemetery of this monastery/cathedral complex. One of the oldest architectural ensembles of Saint Petersburg, Alexander Nevsky Lavra was built in 1710. Address: Pl Alexandra Nevskogo Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin) This palace-and-park ensemble of 18th–19th centuries is located 25 kilometers (about 12 miles) away from St. Petersburg. The heart of the ensemble is the Catherine Palace designed in the style of Russian Baroque. The palace is best known for the Golden Enfilade of state rooms that includes the world-famous Amber Room. The northern wing of the Catherine Palace is occupied by the Imperial Lyceum where Aleksandr Pushkin was educated. Address: Pushkin,Sadovaya street, 7 Phone: +7 812 465 9424 Web: www.tzar.ru Opening: Park every day 7.00-21.00. Catherine palace: daily 10-18, Monday 10-21 Closed on Tuesday More Info: The opening hours in wintertime are different from the hours in summertime. For more information: http://eng.tzar.ru/ Subway: from metro Moskovskaya by bus №187 o minibus №342, 545 Tickets: park 100 roubles, palace 350 roubles The Russian Museum of Ethnography The Russian Museum of Ethnography is the museum of the peoples of Russia. There are more than 150 peoples speaking various languages, which lived on the territory of Russia for centuries and finally engrained there. A comprehensive collection of the museum presents the culture and way of life of the peoples of both large and small, the number of which does not exceed one hundred to two hundred people. 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St.Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music St.Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music is located in the building of the former Imperial Theatres Management, erected in the 1st half of the 19 century by the great architect Carlo Rossi. This building remains one of the principal exhibits of the museum. Address: Ostrovskogo square 6 Phone: +7 (812) 310–10–29 Web: http://www.theatremuseum.ru/ Opening: 11.00-18.00, Wed — 13.00-19.00. Closed — Tuesday and the last Friday of the month Subway: Gostiny Dvor Tickets: 200 roubles The Dostoevsky Museum The Literary-Memorial Museum of Dostoevsky was opened on the 150th anniversary of his birthday in 1971. This house was his last apartment. The novel "The Brothers Karamazov was written" in this house. The Dostoevskys' apartment was recreated for the most part from the memoirs of his wife Anna and of his contemporaries. Address: Kuznechny per., 5/2 Phone: +7 812 571 40 31 Web: http://eng.md.spb.ru/ Opening: Tuesday, Thursday-Sunday: 11.00-18.00. Wednesday: 13.00-21.00. Closed: on Monday and official holidays Subway: Vladimirskaya Tickets: adult - 160 roubles, students and children - 80 roubles The Pushkin Apartment Museum The Pushkin Apartment Museum is the only memorial Pushkin museum in the city which tells about the last period of the poet's life and work. There Pushkin, mortally wounded at the duel, died on January 29, 1837, and there one can see things that belonged to Pushkin and his family. Address: Moika river Embankment,12 Phone: +7 (812) 311-35-31 Opening: 10.30-18.00; Monday: 12.00-20.00 мин. Closed: Tuesday and the last Friday of the month More Info: 10 of February and 6 of June the entrance to the museum is free Subway: Admiralteiskaya, Gostiny Dvor Tickets: 150 roubles ROSFOTO The State museum and exhibition center ROSFOTO carries out the exhibitions, researches and education programs. Center presents the works of well-known Russian and foreign masters of photography as well as the work of talented young artists in such close to photography genres of contemporary art like video art, photo installations, animation and experimental films. Address: Bolshaya Morskaya street 35 Phone: +7 (812) 314 12 14 Web: http://www.rosphoto.org/ Opening: daily 11.00-19.00, Thursday 11.00-21.00 Subway: Admiralteiskaya Tickets: 100 roubles The summer Gardens The Summer Garden is one of the places where one can feel the atmosphere of Peter's time.The garden with a collection of sculptures and the Summer Palace that was the first Emperor's residence constitute a single museum complex. Address: Kutuzova embankment 2 Phone: +7 (812) 314-0456 Opening: 09:00–21:30, Tuesday - day off Subway: Gostiny dvor, Nevskiy prospect Tickets: free Kunstkamera Kunstkamera - Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography was the first museum in Russia. It has a unique collection of antiques, revealing the history and way of life of many people. But for many people this museum is known for the collection of "freaks" - anatomical curiosities and anomalies. Address: Universitetskaya embankment 3 Phone: +7 (812) 328-14-12 Web: www.kunstkamera.ru Opening: 11:00-19:00, Monday - day off Subway: Admiralteiskaya Tickets: 200 rubles Cruiser Aurora Cruiser Aurora is Russian protected cruiser, currently preserved as a museum ship in St. Petersburg.The ship battled the Japanese Navy in the Russo-Japanese War Address: Petrogradskaya embankment Web: http://www.navalmuseum.ru/ Opening: 11:00-17:15? Monday and Friday - closed Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan or Kazan Cathedral is a cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church on the Nevsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg. One of the biggest cathedrals in St. Petersburg, located on the corner of Griboedova Kanal and Nevskiy prospect. One of the biggest buildings in the city. The height is 71, 5 m Address: Nevskiy prospect 25 Web: http://kazansky-spb.ru/ Opening: daily weekdays from 8.30, weekends from 6.30 Subway: Gostiny Dvor Tickets: free Saint Petersburg Metro Due to the city's unique geology, the Saint Petersburg Metro is one of the deepest metro systems in the world and the deepest by the average depth of all the stations. The system's deepest station, Admiralteyskaya, is 86 metres below ground. Serving 2.15 million passengers daily, it is also the 16th busiest metro system in the world.Every station has its unique style.The most beautiful stations are on the red line (Avtovo, Kirovskiy zavod, Ploshad Vosstaniya) Web: http://www.metro.spb.ru/ Opening: approximately from 5:30 till midnight, check the opening hours here http://www.metro.spb.ru/rejimrabotystancii.html "Russian Levsha" - museum of microminiature art In 2006 the first museum of microminiature art in Russia "Russian Levsha" was founded by the International Craft Guild of Masters in Saint-Petersburg. Levsha is a hero of a Russian folktale. The story about a peasant named Levsha who was able to shoe a dancing flea nowdays is the part of russian culture and gifted artisans proudly call themselves "Levsha's".Museum of the Guild in Saint - Petersburg shows the finest examples of modern miniature craftsmanship. All exhibits of the unique collection are smaller than 1 mm. Microminiature is a rare and fascinating art. It's hardly possible to number more than ten artists who have devoted themselves to this captivating work that requires genuine skill, accuracy and great patience.The author Vladimir Aniskin (Novosibirsk) uses different trades of art and craft, such as blacksmithing, foundry, manufacturing glass, handling birch bark, jeweler's art. It is possible to see the classic of microminiature: the shoed flea, the camels in an eye of a needle, the text of 2 typing pages on a poppy seed, the rose, painted on a cut of horsehair etc.Visitors can look at the details of the exhibits through the glass of magnifier or microscope. Today the exposition of miniatures is supplemented by new amazing works of modern "Levsha's" – Russian smiths. "Russian Levsha" – is the museum that shows the roots of Russian art and tells a story about artisans, capable to amaze the world. Address: Italyanskaya st.35 Phone: +7 (812) 312-88-97, +7 (812) 312-88-09. Web: www.russian-master.ru Opening: daily 11 - 19 Subway: Gostiny Dvor Tickets: Adults - 200 rub. Children - 120 rub. Seniors - 120 rub. Boat Trips and River Cruises Once the summer comes (usually by the end of April), a boat trip is an essential part of any sightseeing holiday to St. Petersburg. There's a huge choice of boats and operators, ranging from small private launches to multi-level river cruisers, so you can join a timetabled tour or organize your own if you're travelling in a small group. Nearly all boats, however, follow one of a few tried and tested routes along St. Petersburg's rivers and canals, as well as some longer routes out to the city's suburban visitor attractions. Inner-city tours start from around 400 rubles for adults (half-price for children under 12, and free for children under seven). Address: Admiralteiskaya nab. 2 Phone: +7 (812) 320-08-77 Web: http://www.astra-marine.ru/ Subway: Admiralteiskaya Tickets: from 400 roubles Yelagin Island (Kirov central park) Yelagin Island is a unique protected natural complex. It is the northernmost island in the Neva delta, laved with Big Nevka in the north, with Central Nevka in the south and south-east, and shooting out with the narrow cape into the Gulf of Finland. At one time a royal residence, Yelagin Island since the middle of last century passed into the possession of the state and became the Central Park of Culture and Recreation, and from this moment it opened its doors to all comers.Today Kirov Central Park is a dynamically developing cultural and recreational space, suitable for audiences of different age groups and interests.There is a small zoo for young visitors. In summertime you can rent a bike, roller skates, boat, waterbike. In wintertime you can rent the skates and go skating in the open skating rink. In the alleys of the park, you will meet squirrels that will take nuts from your hands. Address: Elagin island 4 Web: http://elaginpark.org/ Erarta Museum and Galleries of Contemporary Art Erarta Museum aims to discover, research, collect and popularize works of art created by talented contemporary artists of Russia. The museum collection provides an opportunity to see works of both renowned masters and inherently talented authentic artists who aren't yet widely known but whose art is already on an outstanding level. Address: 2, 29th line of Vasilievskiy island Phone: +7 812 324 08 09 Web: http://www.erarta.com/en/ Opening: 10:00-22:00, CLOSED ON TUESDAYS Subway: Vasileostrovskaya Tickets: 400 roubles The restaurants of St. Petersburg offer a great variety of cuisines. Many sushi bars, italian pizzeria, typical russian restaurants and many others. There´s no problem to choose a place where to eat. Imperial Restaurant Tuck into the Sunday Jazz Bunch buffet, from 12.30-17.00.Caviar bar, sushi, Russian specialities, seafood and champagne.Average bill: 2100 roubles. Address: Corinthia Nevskij Palace Hotel, Nevsky Prospekt 57 Phone: +7 812 380 2001 Opening: 07.00-23.00 Gosti 2 floor restaurant, the first floor is a confectioner's shop and the second one is a restaurant with a fireplace, sofas and piano of XIX century. Address: Malaya Morskaya 13 Phone: +7 (812) 312-58-20 Web: http://gdegosti.ru/ Opening: 12:00–23:00 Blinny Domik Russian food restaurant with pancakes in 70 ways – hot, cold, stuffed and sweet.Average bill: 800 roubles. Address: Kolokolnaya street 8 Phone: +7 812 315 9915 Opening: 10.00-23.00 Subway: metro Dostoyevskaya Tbilisi A good place to enjoy Georgian food and wine. Address: Sytninskaya ulitsa 10 Phone: +7 812 232 9391 Subway: Gorkovskaya Idiot Basement homage to Dostoevsky.Russian cuisine. Address: Moiki reki nab 82 Phone: +7 812 315 1675 Web: http://idiot-spb.com/ Opening: 11.00–1.00 Subway: Sadovaya Tandoor Good Indian food, a popular place by the Admiralty. Address: Voznesensky Prospekt 2 Phone: +7 812 312 3886 Web: http://www.tandoor-spb.ru/ Opening: 12.00-23.00 Il Patio Successful chain of friendly Italian restaurants. Choose from pizza, pasta and a no-limit salad bar. Address: Nevsky Prospekt 30 Phone: +7 812 314 8215 Web: http://il-patio.rosinter.ru/ Opening: 24 hours Teplo Russian and european cuisine. Teplo what in russian means "warm" is a really warm place. Cosy courtyard, comfortable sofas, fireplace, friendly atmosphere.Welcome and friendly stuff, free wi-fi and good food.Average bill: 1100 roubles. Address: Bolshaya Morskaya street 45 Phone: 8 (812) 570-19-74 Web: http://www.v-teple.ru/ Opening: Mo-Thu: 09.00-24.00, Fri: 09.00-01.00, Sat: 11.00-01.00, Sun: 13.00-24.00 Dlinniy khvost Pan-Asian restaurant with an eclectic interior, Chinese dragons, yoghurt smoothies and cereals for breakfast. Address: Nevskiy prospect 92 Phone: 7 (812) 244 23 56 Web: http://www.dlinniyhvost.ru/ Opening: 24 hours Subway: Mayakovskaya Jelsomino cafe Karaoke-restaurant of high level "Jelsomino" is one of the man sightseeings of modern St. Petersburg. If you visit the city, of course, you will visit the palaces where the balls was organized for the tsar´s family. But then you need to know where are organized the parties for high society in the modern Saint-Petersburg! Fashion, glossy and festive. Many years this club attracts the most fashionable and beautiful people of the city! Address: Poltavskaya 5/29 Phone: (812) 703-57-96 Web: http://www.jelsominocafe.ru/ Subway: Ploshad Vossyaniya Literary cafe "The literary cafe" is located in the heart of the city, on the corner of Nevskiy prospect and Moika river.Live music daily 19.00 - 23.00friday - saturday - literary evenings 19.30 - 20.00 Address: Nevskiy prospect 18 Phone: 8 (812) 312-35-50 Web: www.litcafe.su Subway: Gostiny Dvor Ribai The only steak house by the most famous restaurant group of Petersburg - Ginza Project - from the first day of its existence confidently holds the position of the best meat restaurant. The largest selection of rich steaks of excellent quality and variety of original sauces attracts the lovers of meat. Address: Kazanskaya street 3 Phone: +7 (812) 912-96-21 Web: www.ribai.ru Subway: Gostiny Dvor Francesco The restaurant is located in the historic center of St. Petersburg. Showcase of the restaurant, which offers a unique view of the picturesque street Tauris .Francesco is a place where guests are transported into the ancient Italian family house with antique wooden furniture.Chef Giuseppe Priolo made up a menu from original home recipes brought from sunny Italy. Here are the nine types of dishes and an extensive wine list . Special menu are daily updated with new positions. Address: Suvorovskiy prospect 47 Phone: +7 (812)2750552 Web: http://www.restoran-francesco.ru/ Opening: from 12:00 Subway: Ploshad Vosstaniya Buddha-Bar Buddha Bar in St.-Petersburg is a first Russian lounge-restaurant of Buddha Bar global network widely known for the unique format in more than 25 megacities of the world (Paris, New York, London, Monte-Carlo, Prague, Beirut and other cities).DC/FCaverage bill: 2500 roubles Address: Sinopskaya Naberezhnaya, 78 Phone: +7 (812) 318–07-07 Web: www.buddha-bar.ru/ Opening: Sunday-Thursday 12.00-2.00, Fri-Sat 12.00-5.00 PMI bar Restaurant, bar and EnotequeAll recipes were thought out by Ivan Berezutski, including outstanding desserts developed together with confectioner Julia Artamonova. Address: Moika river 7 Phone: +7 (812) 907 07 10 Web: http://www.pmibar.com/en Flying Dutchman (Letuchiy Gollandets) s it possible to live in a museum? Indeed! The guests of the Flying Dutchman (Letuchiy Gollandets) know, that with a view to the most beautiful architectural complex of Saint Petersburg including the Saint Isaac's Cathedral, the Palace Embankment (Dvortsovaya Naberezhnaya), the Peter and Paul Fortress, the Strelka of the Vasilyevsky Island and drawbridges, work is much more productive, supper is better, training is more effective and holidays are more pleasant. The view which opens up to the guests of the Flying Dutchman – the best Saint Petersburg restaurant – is recognized as one of the most splendid in Europe.The Flying Dutchman complex includes three restaurants with a view to the sights of Saint Petersburg offering haute cuisine: Japanese, Italian and Russian, with original menu and Brazilian grill. Address: 6 Mytninskaya nab Phone: 8 (812) 313-88-66 Web: http://www.dutchman.ru/ Amici friendly and nice place in the centre of Saint PetersburgItalian cuisine, homemade amazing desserts Address: Gorokhovaya 41 Phone: 907-41-94 Opening: 11.00 - 23.00 Subway: Sennaya ploschad, Sadovaya Azaliya Restaurant of Georgian cuisine Address: Prospect Rimskogo Korsakova 1 Phone: +7(812)310-47-84 Airport Airport Pulkovo is 18 km from the city.From Airport Pulkovo bus №39 and minibus №K39 leave the arrivals terminal for Moskovskaya metro station every 15 minutes. Then take the metro (28 RBL) or a taxi (about 700-1500 RBL) into the city centre. Journey time 45+ minutes.It is advisable to pre-book a taxi through your hotel or travel agent. Journey time 30+ minutes. Web: http://www.pulkovoairport.ru/ More Info: http://www.pulkovoairport.ru/ Public Transport The St.Petersburg metro has fives lines. Buy a token (28 RBL) or card for multiple journeys. No matter how far you ride you will always be paying the same fare. Time and distance covered will be unlimited. Buses and trolleybuses are slow (25 RBL, tickets on board), while marshrutkas (mini buses) dash around, stop at passengers' request, and cover countless routes. Fares from 30 to 35 RBL.The Metro and buses operate from 05.45 to 24.00 marshrutkas from 07.00 to 22.00.Long distance and suburban trains depart from five major railway stations. A summer hydrofoil service to Petrodvorets (Peterhof) leaves from the Hermitage jetty. There are also 5 night bus routes that duplicate metro lines and work from 0:00 till 6:00 on weekends. Taxi If you want to take a taxi, you will need to call a reputable taxy company. You will need to give the operator a phone number that you can be contacted on.Although it is possibleto take a car in the street, but it is not advisable unless you have good Russian and a reasonable knowledge of the city. Apart from the obvious safety risks of getting into a stranger's car, the majority of "gypsy cab" drivers are now recent immigrants from Central Asia and the Caucasus who do not necessarily know the topography of St. Petersburg and rarely have GPS. A yellow sign or light on the roof of a car does not mean that it is an official taxi, whatever the driver may tell you.Bear in mind that at night-times charges are 50 percent higher. Taxi companies:- Petersburg taxi+7 (812) 324-77-77http://taxi068.ru/- 6 million taxi+7 (812) 6-000-000http://6-000-000.ru/- Semerochka+7 (812) 777-77-70http://taxi7777770.ru/ Dentist 03 for informationAmerican Medical Clinic, 24 hour private medical and dental assistance.Moika river embankment, 78Tel: +7 812 740-20-90www.amclinic.comDenta-LBolshoy prospect Petrogradskoy storony, 9Tel: +7 812 232-88-25http://www.denta-l.comEuromedSuvorovsky prospect, 60Tel: +7 812 327-03-01www.euromed.ru Phone: +7 812 740 2090 Web: www.amclinic.com Pharmacy Regular business hours for pharmacies are 09.00-18.00.But many of them are open 24 h. Address: Nevsky Prospekt 22 Phone: +7 812 311 2077 Telephone International dialing code of Saint-Petersburg is +7 812To save your money it is better to buy local sim-card for economic mobile connection. Electricity 220vround two-pin plugs are used Travel to Saint Petersburg Book your flights to St. Petersburg with Etihad Airways and prepare to be inspired by the culture and history of this enchanting city. Top 5 Things To Do in St. Petersburg Be awestruck by the sheer beauty of the Winter Palace and the unmatched art collection of the Hermitage originally acquired by Catherine The Great Relive the past as you walk through the gates of Peter and Paul's Fortress located on a tiny island and once the prison for Peter the Great's son Spend a day cross country skiing in the wonderful countryside and retreat to a soothing sauna at the end of the day Spend some alone time walking hand in hand with the one you love through the Summer Garden Witness the intimidating construction of the Engineer's Castle, a former home of Russian nobility Plan Your St. Petersburg Holiday St. Petersburg is lined with majestic and stunning buildings dating back to the 1700s and you will feel transported back to a time of Tsars and Tsarinas. The city is a museum itself in many ways but that hasn't stopped the emergence of over 100 world class museums including the famous Hermitage and the State Russian Museum. It also boasts several beautiful and historic theatres including the Alexandrinsky National Drama Theatre and Mariinsky Theatre. The best time to witness the real beauty of this city is during the summer months from May until August and the peak tourist time is during July and August. It is suggested that you buy your tickets to St. Petersburg as early as possible if travelling at this time. Cheap hotels in St. Petersburg can be found easier in the winter months. Flight deals to St. Petersburg can easily be found with Etihad Airway's fantastic deals year round. 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Accommodation in Johannesburg ranges from luxury city hotels to exclusive boutique hotels - enough to suit all tastes, budgets and trip types. Whether you're looking for a luxury stay before or after your Kruger Safari or an overnight stop before heading on to victoria Falls or Mozambique, our selection of Johannesburg accommodation is sure to inspire you and will make planning your South Africa holiday so much simpler.
Owner-run & eco-driven, Johannesburg's best boutique hotel lies in a quiet suburb near ever-buzzing Sandton - an ideal overnight option.
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Indefinite Hiatus
Hey everyone,
I'm not sure if you've noticed but it's been a long time since I posted anything of legitimate quality here or in other places in our wonderful little Oilogosphere. Sure there's been a drunk rant or two and I'd be happy to tell you the amusing story behind how Milla and I came to fall so madly in love for 5 minutes and then never talk to each other again (and the restraining order that followed it?) but the truth is this: ever since I accepted a particular amazing-but-life-eating job in May, I have been a lot less engaged in the community you fine folks have created.
Reading my favourite Oiler blogs is still a valuable part of my downtime so I will still appreciate the fine work so many of you create. Thank you for doing what you do, and I wish nothing but the finest of beer and the leggiest of women upon you all. Unless you are a woman, in which case I wish those same things upon you but also a photographer.


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the new pinhead looks like a joke, even compared to doug eating a pizza
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the new pinhead looks like a joke, even compared to doug eating a pizza
Ok...so have you heard of? Seen? SOCIETY? It's tricky to find...but you need to little brother.
just found it on the "internet video store", i'll check it and get back to you
Kingsqueen will be proud of you, She LOVES that flick son,
Ben Stiller to Direct THE MOUNTAIN
20th Century Fox has acquired the spec script The Mountain for Ben Stiller to direct. The script comes from Helen Childress, who also wrote Stiller's 1994 feature directorial debut Reality Bites. Deadline reports that The Mountain is a horror project based on characters from Edith Wharton's novel Summer. Set in the 1900s, the story centers on "a young woman who struggles to confront her destiny after stumbling upon a mysterious object that forces her to examine the secrets of her past." The tone is said to be along the lines of Rosemary's Baby.
While the dramatic material may seem an odd fit for Stiller, the comedic actor had previously been attached to direct Aaron Sorkin's political drama The Trial of the Chicago 7 (though word on that project has been mum for quite some time). He's also developing a remake of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty which he'll direct and star in. Then there's Zoolander 2 that he plans to direct, though Paramount is dragging their feet in bringing that project to fruition. For shame, Paramount, for shame.
AICN Exclusive! DUCK HUNT Meets CUJO In Sam Balcomb's "The Hunt"!
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If you bought an Nintendo Entertainment System in 1986, most likely your console came with two games: GYROMITE and DUCK HUNT. The latter required synchronization with a robot, and wasn't much fun; the former, however, simply asked players to point their "NES Zapper" at the screen and blast waterfowl for hours on end. This was fun - save for the hunting dog that'd pop up and snicker at you every time you missed your target. That was rage inducing.
Twenty-five years later, director Sam Balcomb and producer Joe Lynch have channeled this fury into a short called "The Hunt". It's part of Lynch's Epictober Film Festival for G4 Films, a series of shorts that infuse well-known video games with more disturbing, if not outright horrific elements. You'll get to see all three movies on G4tv.com next week (10/24, 10/25, 10/26), but for a taste of what's in store, check out the trailer for "The Hunt" right here!
Gearing up for HALLOWEEN HAUNT with JerseyDevil and KingsQueen tonight!!


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Tuesday - 1/29/2013, 9:15am EST
NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks opened mixed on Wall Street, with the Standard & Poor's 500 holding at 1,500.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 3 points to 13,855. The Nasdaq composite fell 7 points to 3,146.
Markets are absorbing data from several fronts Tuesday.
Ford blew by Wall Street expectations for the fourth quarter, but its losses in Europe continue to mount. Its stock declined 3.4 percent to $13.31.
U.S. home prices accelerated in November compared with a year ago, pushed higher by rising sales and a tighter supply of available homes, according to the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller index.
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These were not the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games, but they were never going to be.
The field in summer sports is so much deeper – the competition, so much tougher - and quite simply, Canada does not have the same history of sporting achievement away from ice and snow.
The cheering and flag waving would never measure up; Canada's athletes were an ocean away, and the time difference meant too many medals were won before Canadians at home could pour their morning coffee. Impromptu street parties and beer-soaked parades were out of the question.
Instead, the defining element of these Games was something else: 18 medals; one gold, five silver and 12 bronze.
One dozen bronze. Canada has never before earned this many bronze medals at a single, non-boycotted Olympic competition – it has never come close.
For Canada, London 2012 was not about owning the podium or winning the games. Rather, the best-remembered stories will be of Canadians bouncing back, of athletes taking the hardest knocks but fighting to the end anyway. So often the choice was to either come away with nothing, or to come away bloodied, bruised and possibly bronzed. Canadians almost always chose the latter.
When questionable officiating was blamed for the Canadian soccer team's crushing semi-final loss to the United States, there were those who said that match would remain the most memorable moment of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
The athletes seemed broken, and who could blame them? Labelled whiners and sore losers by the international press, their final Olympic ticket was to the wrong game and their medal, no longer guaranteed.
But in team sports, winners take gold, and losers settle for silver. Bronze is captured and won.
Canada's women did not just play through their bronze-medal game against France; they fought. By the second half, the players were exhausted. Again and again, French forwards shot the ball on a seemingly clear course to the Canadian net, only to find a post, crossbar or leg in the way. Through sheer will and a fair amount of luck, Canada kept the game scoreless.
In the end, it was not Sidney Crosby's golden goal, but Diana Matheson's bronzed boot that erased the disappointment of their semi-final loss.
In the final minutes of injury time, the Canadian midfielder found herself in the right place at the right time, saw the ball in front of her, and scored.
"We were absolutely exhausted, but we battled," team captain Christine Sinclair would tell a CTV reporter. "And that's what this team does. We caught a few lucky breaks, obviously, but to win you need that, occasionally."
Again and again, the same story of Canadian tenacity played itself out:
The men's eight rowers who finished last in their heat but advanced through the tiresome repechage round for silver; Brent Hayden, the 100-metre freestyle swimmer who made up for a disappointing 14th-place finish at Beijing 2008 to capture bronze at his final Olympic Games; Mark Oldershaw, the fifth member of his family to compete at an Olympic Games, suffered disappointment in 2008 but returned four years later to become the first Oldershaw to win an Olympic medal (it was, of course, bronze).
No, this was not Vancouver 2010; this wasn't even Beijing 2008, an Olympic Games that seemed draped in negativity as Canada was left waiting an agonizing week for its first medal. If London's Games have left a more positive taste in Canadian mouths, it is not because of the medal count.
Canada earned the same total number of medals this summer in Great Britain as it did four years ago in China, even if the nation did finish 13th in the overall medal count, compared to 15th in Beijing.
But while O Canada played three times in 2008 - over wrestling, men's eights rowing and equestrian jumping podiums - Canada's athletes will come away from London with just one gold medal: Rosie MacLennan's, in trampoline.
As much as Canadians will remember MacLennan's golden routine, hers is not the only performance worthy of celebration - this much was suggested when Olympic fans on Twitter pushed for Sinclair's nomination as Closing Ceremony flagbearer, and was confirmed when the Canadian Olympic Committee later put the flag in the soccer forward's hands.
And what about Paula Findlay, the 23-year-old redhead whose hip injury left her unable to sufficiently train for her first Olympic Games? She competed in the triathlon anyway. A medal hopeful after she won the 2010 Hyde Park race during her first season on the senior international scene, it quickly became apparent that she would not repeat with an Olympic medal on the line.
She crossed the finish line in dead last, tears streaming down her face and laboured breathing made even worse by the sobs wracking her chest.
It was such a heartbreaking image. But although Canadians felt so much sadness, so much empathy for the young woman from Edmonton, they felt even more pride.
Who would have kept going, in similar circumstances? Would you have finished your 54-kilometre race? Maybe, but as likely not. After years of training and months of frustrating and painful rehabilitation, Findlay did. And she did it wearing the maple leaf.
There was also Alexandre Despatie, the veteran diver from Laval, Que., who placed 11th at his final Olympic Games. He may have entered these Games as a reigning two-time Olympic silver medallist, but calling the 27-year-old's finish "a disappointment" would be a gross injustice.
Despatie, a three-time world champion, pushed through an excruciating 2011 year just to get to these Games. Coming back from a knee injury, he was already in a race against time when he hit his head on the diving board during a 2012 training session in Spain. Two months out from the Olympic Opening Ceremony, his first question to hospital doctors was "When can I dive again?"
"That's how special the Olympics are," Despatie would later tell CTV host Brian Williams. "No matter what, we want to be here. I could have very well said 'No, I'm going to sit this one out and stay home.' But I wanted to be here, I wanted to compete in my fourth Olympic Games. As soon as the time frame was realistic, then there was no doubt. I was going to do everything to be here."
And finally, with wounds still so fresh and raw, the men's 4x100m relay team. Initially, following Saturday's race, the results board showed the Canadians had crossed the line third. But minutes later, new results replaced the old ones - this time, the word "Canada" was at the bottom of the list, next to a finite DQ.
One rogue step had cost Jared Connaughton, Gavin Smellie, Justyn Warner, and Oluseyi Smith Canada's first Olympic medal in the event since Atlanta 1996. Connaughton placed a foot on the line during his leg of the race and - just like that - Canada's 13th bronze medal was gone.
The sprinters were left stunned by the side of the track, and Smith sobbed into the same Canadian flag that had been wrapped around him in celebration, seconds earlier.
Their anguish was almost incommunicable, but later that same evening the sprinters travelled to the broadcasting centre to speak with Williams in studio. To a man, not one runner so much as hinted that the ruling was unfair.
"The 10 minutes or seven minutes that we thought we had [a medal]? That was the best possible feeling," Smith said, instead. "That's actually what doesn't make it so bad. Even though we don't have a medal, we're joking - we keep thinking about how awesome it was for those 10 minutes.
"So where do we go from here? We want to get that back and keep that feeling, next year in Moscow or at Commonwealths afterwards."
No, these were not the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. Canada's athletes will not march through the Closing Ceremony as the celebrated winners of the world's biggest sporting event.
But from Connaughton to Oldershaw to MacLennan and flagbearer Sinclair, they can return home with dignity, pride and their competitors' and compatriots' respect. And, if their performances in London are any indication, a burning desire to do better. Rio de Janeiro is just four years away.