Corruption Perceptions Index 2007

Seeded on Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:52 AM EDT (Transparency International)

The divide in perceived levels of corruption in rich and poor countries remains as sharp as ever, according to the 2007 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), released today by Transparency International, the global coalition against corruption.

corruption, world-news, perceptions, transparency-international, ti-cpi

De new face of Irish rugby for the Rugby World Cup

Seeded on Tue Sep 25, 2007 1:48 AM EDT (Damien Mulley's blog)

Some wry humour (for Ireland fans anyway) here. At this stage, I'd say anyone interested in a start deserves one.

sports, ireland, humour, rugby, rugby-world-cup, irish-rugby

New Solar Panels Produced at Less Than $1 Per Watt

Seeded on Tue Sep 25, 2007 1:39 AM EDT (TreeHugger)

Solar panels that cost less than $1 per watt to produce are on their way, as Colorado State University's new method for low-cost, high-efficiency solar panels looks set to begin mass production. This is great news, especially for people who want to be more efficient in their ene …

energy, science, solar-power, solar-panels, solar-cells, cadmium-telluride

Protesters form 'human harp' to promote Save Tara campaign

Seeded on Mon Sep 24, 2007 12:53 PM EDT (TaraWatch)

Hundreds of protesters gathered at the Hill of Tara in Co Meath yesterday to form "the world's first giant human harp" photographed from the air. The event was designed to promote the campaign to reroute the M3 motorway.It's good to see numbers getting involved in this.

ireland, historical, environment, world-news, tara, harp, motorway, co-meath, meath

Gallagher clan sets new Guinness world record

Seeded on Fri Sep 14, 2007 7:00 AM EDT (RTÉ News)

I meant to seed this earlier in the week but forgot to. My brother reminded me as he and my father attended the event. Always good to see one chalked up for us Gallaghers!

history, ireland, world-record, guinness-book, gallagher, donegal, gallagher-clan, letterkenny

Ireland stumble to 32-17 win over Namibia (Rugby World Cup)

Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:43 AM EDT

(This article is based on a comment I made over at the BBC Sport site and I thought I'd repost it here as the discussion is a bit more free-flowing)

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sports, france, ireland, rugby, 2007, namibia, rugby-world-cup

Myth's about the Quran

Sat Aug 25, 2007 8:03 PM EDT

By DeWayne (Clipped by ciotog)

Does the Qur'an promote Violence?

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religion, http-rtpricetag-home-comcast-net-rtpricetag-islami

Analysis: Why the N. Ireland comparison doesn't fit (to Israel/Palestine conflict)

Seeded on Mon Aug 20, 2007 1:21 AM EDT (JPost.com)

An interesting article on where the comparison between conflict in Northern Ireland and Israel-Palestine falls down. Mainly in response to comments from Mike Gapes (British Labour Party) drawing a comparison while discussing Britain's approach to the Middle East.

israel, hamas, politics, northern-ireland, irish-republican-army, palestine, united-kingdom

Gnomedex: Winer heckles Calcanis. Blog war erupts

Seeded on Sun Aug 12, 2007 10:54 PM EDT (WinExtra)

This article is a reasonable summary of the little fight that erupted between David Winer (of RSS fame) and Jason Calacanis. It followed Winer calling the Calacanis presentation 'spam' from the back of the conference room, spreading onto Twitter and later their respective blogs.

technology, tech, blogs, winer, gnomedex, calacanis, winer-calacanis-slapfest, blogwars

Microsoft considers enforcing or using patents against FOSS and GPL software

Seeded on Sun May 13, 2007 9:45 PM EDT (CNN)

A pretty interesting read on the approach that Microsoft may be taking to dealing with FOSS. The article makes reference to the deal with Novell and consequences arising from that as well as talking to legal sources on the Microsoft side and in the EFF.

technology, microsoft, ibm, cnn, novell, sun, gpl, linux, eff, gnu

Criminalising the individual

Sun May 13, 2007 9:39 AM EDT

This is a topic on which I've seen a few articles written about here on Newsvine, The Myth of Airport Security being one that struck a chord as I had flown shortly before that article was published. I had similar experiences on that occasion and others.

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politics, government, legislation, freedom, liberty

The Loom : The Missing News of the Missing Methane

Seeded on Fri Apr 27, 2007 10:34 PM EDT (ScienceBlogs)

An interesting reference to news on further research on a previous report linking plants to high levels of methane in the atmosphere. This article talks about how the news is reported and sensationalism in science reporting by the popular media.

science, methane, max-planck, missing-news, global-warming-posted

Interesting discussion on Digg - Science has advanced sufficiently to make a definitive statement on God

Seeded on Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:15 PM EST (Digg)

I'm not normally one for seeding a link to a Digg discussion (I'm not normally one for seeding, so pardon my naivety in this territory).

science, opinion, digg, discussion, atheism, theism

Ireland beat England by 28-24 in RBS Six Nations

Seeded on Sat Mar 18, 2006 4:41 PM EST (BBC News)

A controversial game that is sure to keep English and Irish fans talking until the start of the next championship. Ireland beating England narrowly to take the Triple Crown. Ireland finish second to overall winners France.

sports, ireland, england, rugby, rugby-union, six-nations, 6-nations

France beat Wales 21-16 to win the RBS Six Nations

Seeded on Sat Mar 18, 2006 4:37 PM EST (BBC News)

Wales, defiant in the face of recent problems off and on-field, played well against the in-form French only to see France score a try in the last ten minutes. France deservedly win the championship being the most consistent throughout the tournament.

sports, france, wales, rugby, rugby-union, six-nations, 6-nations

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