Google defends Personalised Search

Seeded on Sun May 27, 2007 4:37 AM EDT (FT.com)

There was a survey conducted in America in the 1980s that asked people a deceptively simple question: "Who was shot in Dallas?" For many who had lived through the national trauma of 1963, there was only one answer: JFK. For others, there was also only one answer: JR.

google, technology, search, jfk, financial-times, information, search-engine, jr, meanings, california-berkeley

GDP of Shanghai is half that of India's.

Seeded on Tue May 8, 2007 5:23 AM EDT (BBC News)

In the last 15 years, the city has been transformed into a glittering metropolis of 21 million people, with more skyscrapers than New York and a public transport system that will soon overtake London's in size.

china, new-york, city, chinese-communist-party, world-news, urban, shanghai, world-expo, cities, megacity

Derivative traders buck perceptions and deliver stability

Seeded on Fri Mar 16, 2007 3:31 AM EDT (thebusiness.co.uk)

'The oil price triples, and what happens? The world is plunged into recession, right? Well, no. It shrugs and moves on'

business, commerce, trade, money, currency, economics, finance, inflation, hedge-fund, hedge-funds

Who Americans Are and What They Do, in Census Data - New York Times

Seeded on Fri Dec 15, 2006 4:00 PM EST (The New York Times)

Americans drank more than 23 gallons of bottled water per person in 2004 — about 10 times as much as in 1980.

us, tv, america, obesity, usa, divorce, census, us-news, bottled-water, census-data

Ice, steam, liquid, and now a new type of water - New Scientist Tech

Seeded on Wed Dec 13, 2006 6:32 AM EST (newscientisttech.com)

An Exotic form of water could be the key to storing hydrogen for use in fuel cells.

fuel, water, science, new-mexico, los-alamos-national-laboratory, ice, alternative-energy, oxygen, steam, hydrogen

Study Detects Recent Instance of Human Evolution - Milk Tolerance

Seeded on Wed Dec 13, 2006 3:29 AM EST (The New York Times)

A surprisingly recent instance of human evolution has been detected among the peoples of East Africa. It is the ability to digest milk in adulthood, conferred by genetic changes that occurred as recently as 3,000 years ago,a team of geneticists has found.

evolution, cow, science, milk, cows, genes, genetics, biology, human-evolution, lactose

Bicycle Helmets Put You at Risk

Seeded on Wed Dec 13, 2006 3:24 AM EST (The New York Times)

Motorists regard a helmet as a signal that the cyclist is experienced and thus can be approached with less caution. "They see the helmet and think, Oh, there's a serious, skilful person," Walker says. "And you get hit."

car, injury, odd-news, bicycle, transport, helmet, risk, accidents, bicycles, cycle

Streets Are Paved With Neon's Glare, and City Calls a Halt - New York Times

Seeded on Tue Dec 12, 2006 6:10 AM EST (The New York Times)

SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Imagine a modern metropolis with no outdoor advertising: no billboards, no flashing neon signs, no electronic panels with messages crawling along the bottom.

brazil, advertising, lights, billboards, world-news, urban, sao-paulo, advert, posters, capitalism

Reducing the Cost of Congestion - New York

Seeded on Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:33 AM EST (The New York Times)

Workers in New York have the longest commute in the nation. If solutions are not found now, the situation will only get worse as the city's population grows, as expected, by one million people, to 9.2 million, in the next 25 years.

travel, nyc, autos, economy, new-york, car, london, new-jersey, cars, traffic

Gay and Evangelical, Seeking Paths of Acceptance

Seeded on Tue Dec 12, 2006 3:19 AM EST (The New York Times)

RALEIGH, N.C. — Justin Lee believes that the Virgin birth was real, that there is a heaven and a hell, that salvation comes through Christ alone and that he, the 29-year-old son of Southern Baptists, is an evangelical Christian.

gay, religion, lesbian, christian, homosexuality, evangelical, homsexual

Most countries are used to terrorism. 9/11 showed America wasn't.

Thu Dec 7, 2006 5:08 AM EST

The terrorists in 9/11 provoked America into a war. By waging such a reactionary foreign policy, America created an enemy which is growing and growing.

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us, bush, iraq, afghanistan, terror, terrorism, america, usa, war, united-states

The Declining Appeal of Print Journalism

Mon Dec 4, 2006 4:27 AM EST

I used to be a dedicated reader of the British newspaper The Times and I would love reading the commentaries by the writers in the paper. For a couple of months now I have stopped reading it.

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business, journalism, news, newsvine, newspaper, citizen-journalism, print-journalism, the-times

Tagbombing: The Scourge of Newsvine

Sat Dec 2, 2006 3:45 PM EST

Tagbombing is my new word that I invented (a word may already exist but I don't know it). Tagbombing refers to when people tag their articles with totally inappropriate tags simply to 'bombard' or 'bomb' all of newsvine with their low quality article.

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newsvine, tags, tag, tag-bombing, tab-bomb

Hawking foresees escape from Earth

Seeded on Sat Dec 2, 2006 2:15 PM EST (Australian News Network)

MANKIND will need to leave planet Earth using rockets fuelled by the same technology made famous in Star Trek to ensure the long-term survival of the species, theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has warned.

space, future, science, star-trek, earth, speed-of-light, stephen-hawking, professor-hawking

Soaring City bonuses 'hit £8.8bn'

Seeded on Thu Nov 23, 2006 4:21 AM EST (BBC News)

More than 4,000 City workers will take home £1m bonuses this year as the stock market has soared and takeover deals have surged, a study suggests.

business, money, city, bankers, london, bonuses, banking, financial-services, bonus, city-of-london

EU expansion 'boosts UK economy'

Seeded on Thu Nov 23, 2006 4:11 AM EST (BBC News)

European expansion has boosted the UK economy and put it in a strong position to cope with growing globalisation, a committee of peers has said. Immigration from 10 new EU countries since 2004 has meant the influx of a skilled, low-cost workforce, it added.

eu, europe, romania, expansion, european-union, united-kingdom, world-news, bulgaria, uk, enlargement

Scotland 'to raise smoking age'

Seeded on Thu Nov 23, 2006 4:04 AM EST (BBC News)

The Scottish Executive is backing plans to raise the legal age for buying cigarettes from 16 to 18. Raising the age for purchasing tobacco products was recommended by an expert group on smoking prevention, which published its report on Wednesday.

tobacco, cigarette, health, smoke, ban, smoking, scottish-executive, tobacco-industry, smoking-age, legal-age

To Save Secularism We Must Not Oppress Religion

Wed Nov 22, 2006 5:31 PM EST

The nature and extent of secularism in Europe is being re-examined far more than ever before. In what was once the religious centre of the world many nations are taking extreme measures to protect Europe's secular society.

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muslim, europe, religion, religious, islam, christian, christianity, secularism, secular

Has Membership of Newsvine Groups peaked?

Sun Nov 19, 2006 1:20 PM EST

In the early days of groups there was huge hype about it and the number of members kept rising and rising? Now the largest group has 159 members which is very small compared to the whole of the newsvine population.

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community, newsvine, vine, group, groups, newsvine-community, membership, newsvine-groups, newsvine-group

Missouri OKs Stem Cell Research

Seeded on Wed Nov 8, 2006 2:43 PM EST (Science: Current Issue)

Missouri voters have narrowly approved a measure sanctioning embryonic stem cell research in the state. The amendment to the state constitution received 51% of yesterday's vote after supporters waged a $30 million advertising campaign that included celebrities such as Michael J.

stem-cell, referendum, science, missouri, stem-cell-research, reproductive-ethics, stem-cell-funding

Two men and their baby - How science is outwitting Mother Nature

Seeded on Wed Nov 8, 2006 2:20 PM EST (Guardian Unlimited)

Scientists predict gay men will be able to have children that are genetically their own by turning a male stem cell into a 'male egg cell' that can be fused with sperm to create a child born by two men. For more on Stem Cell News, click here.

stem-cell, cell, egg, stem-cell-research, sperm, stemcellvine, reproductive-ethics, putting-stem-cells-into-practice

My Idea for Multiple Watchlists - Poll

Wed Nov 8, 2006 6:43 AM EST

I love Newsvine groups. However i find that Group articles become swamped in a sea of tags and Authors and i just want all my Watched Group Articles to sit nicely in a separate pond.

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list, newsvine, watchlist, newsvine-community, grouplist, authorlist, taglist-poll

Co-Founder of Newsvine creates SexVine

Thu Nov 2, 2006 10:31 AM EST

Calvin Tang, Co-founder of newsvine who describes himself as the company's face to the community has provoked outrage amongst religious groups today by launching Newsvine's first ever Sex group.

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religion, sex, news, newsvine, vine, group, groups, founder, calvin-tang, abstinence

Please have Spoiler warnings on your Newsvine articles

Thu Nov 2, 2006 4:55 AM EST

I am writing this article because 'Steve Watts' recently wrote an article entitled 'Lost in the vines: the cost of living'. It contained stuff about the TV series 'Lost' about stuff that hasn't happened for me in Britain yet.

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entertainment, tv, fashion, programs, lost, abc, television, newsvine, program, spoiler

Suggestions for Vineacity

Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:35 AM EDT

My suggestions for how the Vineacity system by improved to give credit for established writers, serial seeders, age old Viners, Newbies and Zaki whilst also allowing extra progression for the many Viners who already have a full tree.

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news, newsvine, vine, users, newsviners, vineacity, fruitfulness

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