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Dr. Generaldecay
Sat Feb 7, 2009 3:49 PM EST
Well, well, Newsvine! It's been a while.
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Social status shapes racial identity
Seeded on Sat Feb 7, 2009 3:33 PM EST (ScienceBlogs)
Penner and Saperstein used data from a study called the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, which began in 1979 by interviewing a group of about 12,000 Americans aged 14 to 22. The sample were followed once a year until 1993 and every two years thereafter.
Evidence of 'risk-taking' brain
Seeded on Sat Feb 7, 2009 3:30 PM EST (BBC News)
Scientists say they have found physical evidence of brain differences which may drive "thrill-seekers" to act impulsively or dangerously.
Many 'change accent to get ahead'
Seeded on Sat Feb 7, 2009 3:26 PM EST (BBC News)
More than one-third of employees have changed their accent in order to impress their boss and improve their career prospects, research suggests.
'Paris Syndrome' strikes Japanese
Seeded on Sat Feb 7, 2009 3:23 PM EST (BBC News)
A dozen or so Japanese tourists a year have to be repatriated from the French capital, after falling prey to what's become known as "Paris syndrome".
Student Paramedics tackle knife and drugs dangers in school
Seeded on Sat Feb 7, 2009 3:21 PM EST (info.uwe.ac.uk)
Student paramedics from the University of the West of England have visited secondary and special schools to give first-aid skills training, utilising three real-life topics relevant to young peoples' everyday lives as part of an Aim Higher campaign.
Police scour Facebook and Bebo for criminals
Seeded on Sat Feb 7, 2009 3:18 PM EST (Telegraph)
Trainee officers at Strathclyde Police are being used to search social networking sites for pictures of people posing with weapons, mainly knives. More than 400 people, most of them teenagers, have been questioned and several convictions have been secured.
Selfish adults 'damage childhood'
Seeded on Sat Feb 7, 2009 3:14 PM EST (BBC News)
The aggressive pursuit of personal success by adults is now the greatest threat to British children, a major independent report on childhood says. It calls for a sea-change in social attitudes and policies to counter the damage done to children by society.
Why kissing means more to women
Seeded on Sat Feb 7, 2009 3:11 PM EST (BBC News)
If a picture is worth a 1,000 words, so may be a kiss - or certainly to a woman anyway, researchers say. A State University of New York team quizzed over 1,000 students, finding women place a big emphasis on kissing.
A woman's place (week-long series in the Guardian)
Seeded on Wed Jul 9, 2008 6:09 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
The Guardian is currently running a week-long series on women's suffrage. Here is a link to the main page. I have included some excerpts from various pages below. The right to vote.
How to get stabbed: you, too, can be knifed in a public place (opinion)
Seeded on Tue Jul 8, 2008 3:54 PM EDT (Spectator Live)
Rod Liddle says that it helps to be aged between 14 and 30, white and male. Being drunk and argumentative speeds things along. And no public policy seems to dissuade those who do the stabbing
A message from Raymonty/ Seedplanter/ Montaneer/ Good Troll
Sat May 31, 2008 6:54 AM EDT
Hello all! I got a message from Raymonty on NowPublic which I thought you'd all be delighted if I passed on! So here it is!
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This PhD thesis just will not write itself
Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:48 AM EDT
On the 29th December 2007, I updated my Vine info: Thesis-related newsvine-hiatus reinstated.
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Baby Bible Bashers
Fri Feb 8, 2008 5:18 AM EST
I saw this Cutting Edge documentary advertised this morning (it will be shown on Channel Four next week). It's called 'Baby Bible Bashers', and the one minute preview terrified me. From the site:
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Spare us the 'People's Prostitute' routine...
Seeded on Thu Jan 24, 2008 3:33 PM EST (the Mail online)
Let's get the caveat out of the way from the off. The five women murdered in Ipswich were tragic, lost souls who met a grisly end. I sincerely hope whoever killed them is caught, charged and convicted.
Heath Ledger found dead in New York apartment (links to news stories)
Seeded on Wed Jan 23, 2008 5:25 AM EST (HeatWorld.com)
Heath Ledger has been found dead at an apartment in New York City. The Oscar-nominated actor, who was found face down on the bed, was discovered by the apartment's housekeeper just after 3pm this afternoon (New York time) when she went to wake him for a massage appointment.
... On the politics of the people behind Facebook
Seeded on Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:23 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
I despise Facebook. This enormously successful American business describes itself as "a social utility that connects you with the people around you". But hang on.
Australians vote on word of 2007
Seeded on Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:59 AM EST (BBC News)
Are you suffering from password fatigue? Ever considered manscaping? Do you know any tanorexics?
Do you need to read books to be clever?
Seeded on Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:52 AM EST (BBC News)
It's the National Year of Reading. Just as well, as one in four adults say they haven't read a book in at least a year. With so many other ways to get information these days, do we still need books?
When mental illness becomes a spectator sport
Seeded on Wed Jan 9, 2008 8:52 AM EST (BBC News)
Britney, one TV therapist announced to the world, is in urgent need of "medical and psychological intervention".
Is "Yo" Emerging As A Gender-Neutral Pronoun?
Seeded on Sun Jan 6, 2008 1:43 PM EST (amptoons.com)
Street term 'Yo' is being used by kids as a gender-neutral replacement for 'he' and 'she', according to researchers.
generaldecay's helpful tips for stress-free Christmas shopping
Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:25 PM EST
Christmas shopping? Oh, I'm all done. In fact, I was all done four weeks ago! No worries here! Below, generaldecay's helpful tips for stress-free Christmas shopping: 1. An unwritten rule with both friends and extended family that you do not exchange gifts.
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Childcare locks women into lower-paid jobs
Seeded on Tue Dec 11, 2007 12:24 PM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
British women are working in lower paid and lower status jobs than their male counterparts because they still shoulder the responsibility for housework and childcare, a Cambridge University study reveals today.
Reverse sexism and reverse racism
Tue Dec 11, 2007 7:54 AM EST
I am part of another online community - a feminist community - which does not recognise 'reverse discrimination'. Specifically, it does not recognise 'reverse sexism' or 'reverse racism'.
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How can we deal with prison overcrowding?
Seeded on Wed Dec 5, 2007 11:16 AM EST (newsforums.bbc.co.uk)
How can we deal with prison overcrowding? Do you support the building of new "super-prisons"? Three "super-prisons" housing about 2,500 offenders are to be built, Justice Secretary Jack Straw has said.
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