What’s hot; what’s not
Image: What’s hot; what’s not:Niyazov:
January 25, 2006
HotThe university, for building a new parking structure that will open up 3,100 new spots in spring 2007. …
Sacramento city redevelopment officials, for choosing Walker-Macy of Portland, OR to design Sacramento’s RiverFront Promenade. Portland being a model for city development. …
President of Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov for outlawing lip syncing. Niyazov said that lip syncing has a negative effect on the development of singing and musical art. It is outlawed at all cultural events, concerts, television and weddings. …
Comcast Cable, for agreeing to broadcast three Hornet Football games. …
Scientists at Harvard, for discovering a way to fuse adult skin cells with embryonic stem cells. The discovery will allow stem cells to be made without destroying human embryos. …
The Hualapai American Indian Tribe, for planning to build a 70 foot glass-bottomed walkway that will jut out over the Grand Canyon allowing tourists to look about 4,000 feet down to the bottom. The project will cost $40 million, and opens in January. …
Thailand Veterinarians, for giving “Motala the elephant” a prosthetic leg after stepping on a land mine near the Thai-Burmese border.
Not hotRussia, for still trying to compete with the U.S. by having astronaut Sergei Krikalev stay in orbit for a record 748 days. …
Mohammed Hassa Abdullah al-Sihly, and three other men, for attempting to launch a series of rockets at a US warship in Jordan. None of the rockets hit their target. off the New Jersey coast. …
Arnold Schwarzenegger, for letting student fees increase by eight to ten percent. 4Smugglers of fake dollars, weapons, drugs and cigarettes, for being lured and caught by US authorities as guests to a fake yacht wedding. …
American adults, for letting their obesity rate rise from 23.7% to 24.5% over one year. According to projections, 73% of US adults could be obese by 2008. …
Founder and Chairman of The Christian Broadcasting Network, Pat Robertson for suggesting that the U.S. should assassinate or “take out” Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. …
Australian politician John Brogden, who stepped down as leader of the Liberal Party in New South Wales after calling the wife of his rival Bob Carr a “mail order bride”. Brogden admitted to having a few drinks before making the comments at a media party.
