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<title>Elsewhere in the Ist-a-Verse</title>
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<ul><li>Bostonist went to ROFLCon, a semi-academic conference about the internet and its enthusiasms, and ended up with a <a href="http://bostonist.com/2008/04/30/roflcon_1.php">Brawndo hangover</a>.</li><li>Seattlest opened the floor to a few local hip-hop artists who were stirring about <a href="http://seattlest.com/2008/04/29/obamawright_hip.php">Reverend Wright’s controversial comments</a>.</li><li>Gothamist was amazed to hear that an NYU student decided to eat a muffin found in a classroom--<a href="http://gothamist.com/2008/04/29/razors_in_muffi.php">only for the muffin to be filled with razors</a>, leftover from a different professor's class ("ideas in absurdism and randomness," etc.).  Well, if you're spending <a href="http://gothamist.com/2008/04/28/nyu_tuition_to.php">nearly $50,000/year tuition</a>, you've got to learn some lessons.</li><li>Shanghaiist was tickled by a Durex report that claims <a href="http://shanghaiist.com/2008/04/30/durex-lots-of-sex-but-few-orgasms.php">most  Chinese have sex every week, but few of them actually <em>go all the way</em></a>.</li><li>Torontoist <a href="http://torontoist.com/2008/04/humber_or_life.php">found some ISBN graffiti</a> on a local bridge for Henry David Thoreau's <em>Walden; Or, Life in the Woods</em>.</li><li>SFist attended the annual <a href="http://sfist.com/2008/05/02/sfiff_medicine.php">San</a> <a href="http://sfist.com/2008/04/30/sfiff_fados.php">Francisco</a> <a href="http://sfist.com/2008/05/03/sfiff_the_last.php">International</a> <a href="http://sfist.com/2008/05/02/sfiff_film_awar.php">Film Festival</a>.</li><li>Phillyist <a href="http://phillyist.com/2008/04/29/phillyist_goes_3.php">visited a new, um, cabaret</a>.  And loved the scallops.</li><li>Los Angeles, every music act comes through town.  But what if they made LAist's <a href="http://laist.com/2008/04/29/irksome_and_ins.php">top ten most annoying singers list</a>?</li></u>]]></description>
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<dc:date>2008-05-04T15:10:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title>Elsewhere in the Ist-a-Verse</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><img alt="toronto%20strike.jpg" src="http://sfist.com/attachments/SFist_Brock/toronto%20strike.jpg" width="640" height="512" /><br />
<span class="photo_caption">Photo by Cy Goldsbie</span></p>

<ul><li>Torontoist <a href="http://torontoist.com/tags/ttcstrike">kept its readers in the know during a surprise transit strike</a>—it was announced by the workers' union just after 11:00 p.m. on Friday night, and went into effect by midnight—with a <a href="http://torontoist.com/2008/04/ttc_on_strike_a.php">continually- updated status post</a>.</li><li>Gothamist readers <a href="http://gothamist.com/2008/04/25/sean_bell_shoot_7.php">commented extensively on the not guilty verdict</a> of three NYPD detectives who were on trial for fatally shooting Sean Bell, an unarmed man, on his wedding day in 2006.</li><li>It was an accident-prone week at Seattlest, where a <a href="http://seattlest.com/2008/04/22/amtrak_fatality.php">train hit a girl</a>, <a
href="http://seattlest.com/2008/04/23/synchronized_sw.php">synchronized swimmers passed out</a>, and 
<a href="http://seattlest.com/2008/04/24/starbucks_stock.php">Starbucks stock sank</a>.</li><li>The Philadelphia Primary may have ended Tuesday, but Phillyist was still able to get <a href="http://phillyist.com/2008/04/21/were_continenta.php">a</a> <a href="http://phillyist.com/2008/04/22/vote_or_die.php">week</a>'s <a href="http://phillyist.com/2008/04/22/pa_primary_spor.php">worth</a> <a href="http://phillyist.com/2008/04/23/pennsylvania_pr_1.php ">of</a> <a href="http://phillyist.com/2008/04/24/last_hurrah.php">Primary</a> <a href="http://phillyist.com/2008/04/25/return_to_sende_107.php">content</a>.</li><li>SFist cheered twice this week: first, after a Superior Court judge halted e light brown apple moth <a href="http://sfist.com/2008/04/24/apple_moth_spra.php">aerial pesticide spraying</a>; and second, after receiving reader mail regarding blatant <a href="http://sfist.com/2008/04/25/from_the_editor_3.php">multiple chemical sensitivity prejudice</a>.</li><li>Shanghaiist was amused to see <a href="http://shanghaiist.com/2008/04/24/spiderman_washe.php">Spiderman washing the windows of the Sheraton Hotel</a>.</li><li>Even without the Coachella Festival, music was a big deal this week on LAist with the <a href="http://laist.com/2008/04/24/alice_cooper.php">NME Awards</a> and <a href="http://laist.com/2008/04/23/smashing_pumpki.php">The Smashing Pumpkins' induction</a> on Hollywood's RockWalk.</li><li><a href="http://www.dcist.com">DCist</a> followed the <a href="http://dcist.com/2008/04/21/judge_says_fent.php">court</a> <a href="http://dcist.com/2008/04/25/taxi_meter_inju.php">decisions</a> in favor of the impending change of the city's taxicabs from their weird zone system to regular time and distance meters.</li></ul>]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>
<dc:date>2008-04-27T16:50:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title>Elsewhere in the Ist-a-Verse</title>
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<ul><li>Shanghaiist was shocked by this <a href="http://shanghaiist.com/2008/04/19/artistic-rendition-of-the-state-of-sino-us-relations.php">highly provocative depiction of the state of Sino-US relations</a> by a Chinese netizen.</li><li>LAist fires up reactions when one reader describes getting a <a href="http://laist.com/2008/04/16/laist_inbox_200.php">$200 ticket for smoking on a public sidewalk</a>. </li><li>Do you like Heinz Condensed Cream of Tomato Soup and misogyny, but can't figure out a way to unite the two? Torontoist featured one of the soup company's ads from 1950 that contains <a href="http://torontoist.com/2008/04/vintage_toronto_62.php">this gem of a line</a>: "Most husbands, nowadays, have stopped beating their wives, but what can be more agonizing to a sensitive soul than a man's boredom at meals?"</li><li>Gothamist may be in the city that never sleeps, but <a href="http://gothamist.com/2008/04/17/2_am_closing_ti.php">now many bars are closing at 2 a.m.</a>, instead of 4.a.m.</li><li>Londonist explored an alternative London on Second Life and drove <a href="http://londonist.com/2008/04/londonist_in_se.php">a double decker bus as R2D2</a>.</li><li>Phillyist was <a href="http://phillyist.com/2008/04/17/does_abc_news_l.php">really</a> <a href="http://phillyist.com/2008/04/18/asshole_of_the_14.php">irritated</a> with how ABC handled this week's democratic debate in their hometown.</li><li>Chicagoist readers <a href="http://chicagoist.com/2008/04/15/blue_line_runni.php">were trapped on the El and had to escape through underground tunnels</a>, but at least they avoided the <a href="http://chicagoist.com/2008/04/15/cougar_killed_i.php">cougar that was shot</a> and killed wandering around the city.</li><li>SFist asked readers to recall their <a href="http://sfist.com/2008/04/15/cab_ride_from_h.php">cab rides from hell</a>.</li></ul>]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>
<dc:date>2008-04-20T12:40:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<ul><li>SFist broke news about the Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco's <a href="http://sfist.com/2008/04/03/sfist_interview_15.php">plan</a> to rename the city's wastewater treatment facility to the <a href="http://sfist.com/2008/03/31/presidential_me_1.php">George W. Bush Sewage Plant</a>.</li><li>After the previous week's chaos and confusion at Heathrow, Londonist was soothed somewhat by news of <a href="http://londonist.com/2008/04/piggyback_plan.php">a novel way to ease congestion</a> on the runway. The piggyback flights are apparently April fuel efficient.</li><li>Gothamist was impressed the NY City Council <a href="http://gothamist.com/2008/03/31/city_council_to_1.php">approved congestion pricing</a>, the controversial plan to charge vehicles entering Manhattan below 60th Street fees, but the state legislature still needs to pass the plan.</li><li>Are you a Disney fan?  Then LAist has a treat for you -- <a href="http://laist.com/2008/04/01/the_neighborhoo_8.php">they profiled Critter Country</a>, which is totally insane.</li><li>Phillyist <a href="http://phillyist.com/2008/04/03/yepthats_philly.php">hated</a> <a href="http://phillyist.com/2008/04/04/following_up.php">on</a>, and then <a href="http://phillyist.com/2008/04/04/asshole_of_the_12.php">called out</a> Barack Obama's eBay photo stalker.</li><li>Shanghaiist discussed Celine Dion's <a href="http://shanghaiist.com/2008/04/03/celine_dion_wil.php">China concert confusion</a>.</li><li>Fenway Park had a <i>Birds</I> moment when <a href="http://bostonist.com/2008/04/03/fenway_tour_tur.php">a hawk attacked a middle-schooler taking a tour</a>. Bostonist says, "If you are panicked and want to give away your tickets, well, we're easy to reach."</li><li>Yes, they have schadenfreude in Toronto, too. Just days after Toronto councillor <a href="http://torontoist.com/tags/robford">Rob Ford</a>—likely the <a href="http://torontoist.com/2007/12/villain_rob_for.php">most despised</a> local politician—was <a
href="http://torontoist.com/2008/03/rob_ford_arrest.php">arrested and charged in a domestic dispute</a>, <a href="http://torontoist.com/2008/03/the_excoriation.php">video of a confrontation between the councillor and a <em>Globe and Mail</em> columnist</a> showed up on YouTube.</li><li>Seattlest debated whether or not it's a good idea for the city to <a href="http://seattlest.com/2008/04/02/seattle_conside.php">ban plastic bags and foam containers</a>.</li></ul>]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>
<dc:date>2008-04-06T15:05:00-05:00</dc:date>
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