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How to sucker NewsViners to Associated Content ... was: "Promoting AC Content Using (read: SPAMMING) Social Bookmarking Sites"

First of all, Do Not Follow The Link! How many seeds start with that? :-) Well, that is, don't follow it unless you like making money for other people with none returning for you. That's what every link on Associated Content does, by intent, apparently.

Should Newsvine ban Associated Content?

Am I the only one irritated in the extreme by seeds from Associated Content? Their long headlines can really screw up the conversation tracker, and go right off the browser window. I've seen them also go right off the Newsvine front page.

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Man Invents Machine To Cure Cancer

A Florida man with no medical training has invented a machine that he believes may lead to a cure for cancer.

Water-"Logged" Harvesting?

We have all heard those who laugh at environmentally friendly ideas for industries that are traditionally considered environmentally hostile. Sometimes, from the laughter of others, a business is born:

Anti-whaling ship labelled pirate vessel.

The Japan Whaling Association says the Sea Shepherd organisation's anti-whaling ship, the Farley Mowat, is now a pirate vessel. The ship has reportedly lost its registration in Belize and is without a flag.

Pee-cycling

You recycle your household waste. You buy locally grown food, fit low-energy light bulbs and try not to use the car unnecessarily. Maybe you even irrigate the garden with your bath water. But you've still got an environmental monster in your house.

Study: Forests are better than you may think

(No, this isn't an article about the benefits of camping, not with the weather lately.)

Reynolds (R-NY) hides behind children, fearing reporters at press conference

Tom Reynolds, R-NY, chairman of the Republican National Congressional Committee, hides behind children in fear of reporters, Monday night, October 2, 2006.

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Brain study shows the waiting is the hardest part

It turns out that Tom Petty may have been right after all, waiting is indeed harder than that which you dread, at least for some subjects of a recent study.

Mass whale stranding caused by US Navy sonar testing?

The National Marine Fisheries Service will release the results of the final necropsy report resulting from the mass stranding of whales that occurred along the [North Carolina] Outer Banks Jan. 15-16, 2005.

Bush shuns Patriot Act requirement - The Boston Globe

Bush states he will illegally ignore the law he just signed?

NEJM -- Congress, Controlled Substances, and Physician-Assisted Suicide -- Elephants in Mouseholes

The presigious New England Journal of Medicine recently said:

'Wild' nature play fosters environmentalism

For those with a love of nature, it comes as no surprise that children raised with the opportunity to develop that love early will go on to maintain that love throughout life.

Schneier on Security: Data Mining for Terrorists

There are a number of articles discussing the legality of wiretapping/surveillance recently, but none on the effectiveness of the method.

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