arniejolt
09-12-2007, 09:24 AM
If this happened in America it would be a reality gameshow...
Valentine's Day is still months away, but the Russian province of Ulyanovsk is celebrating a day just for lovers.
Wednesday is officially conception day.
"Almost all civil servants will stay at home," explained the region's governor, Sergei Morozov. "I hope they devote themselves to their children and to their partners."
Officials are hoping Ulyanovsk citizens will get a little amorous so that nine months from today on June 12, new babies will arrive just in time for the holiday known as Russia Day.
All couples who successfully procreate will receive prizes such as a refrigerator or television as a thank you for assisting Russia with a countrywide effort --reversing the nation's population decline.
Lovers' day highlights a serious concern for the Russian government. Last year, President Vladimir Putin called the population decline the country's most acute crisis and announced a broad effort to boost the birth rate, according to The Associated Press.
He greenlighted cash subsidies for couples with more than one child and $10,000 vouchers to pay for education or home repairs for families who welcome second or third children, according to the AP.
Read the rest of the article here (http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3590764)!
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Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The pipes and bullets of outrageous Splicers,
Or to take arms against a horde of Big Daddies,
And by opposing, end them. To die, to sleep...
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Valentine's Day is still months away, but the Russian province of Ulyanovsk is celebrating a day just for lovers.
Wednesday is officially conception day.
"Almost all civil servants will stay at home," explained the region's governor, Sergei Morozov. "I hope they devote themselves to their children and to their partners."
Officials are hoping Ulyanovsk citizens will get a little amorous so that nine months from today on June 12, new babies will arrive just in time for the holiday known as Russia Day.
All couples who successfully procreate will receive prizes such as a refrigerator or television as a thank you for assisting Russia with a countrywide effort --reversing the nation's population decline.
Lovers' day highlights a serious concern for the Russian government. Last year, President Vladimir Putin called the population decline the country's most acute crisis and announced a broad effort to boost the birth rate, according to The Associated Press.
He greenlighted cash subsidies for couples with more than one child and $10,000 vouchers to pay for education or home repairs for families who welcome second or third children, according to the AP.
Read the rest of the article here (http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3590764)!
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To Harvest or not to Harvest, that is the question;
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The pipes and bullets of outrageous Splicers,
Or to take arms against a horde of Big Daddies,
And by opposing, end them. To die, to sleep...
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