California Medical Association Says Pot Prohibition Is A "Failed Public Health Policy"

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 2:05 PM EST (blog.norml.org)
Seeded by Ageing Hippie (Clipped by Ben Josephs)

Members of the California Medical Association's (CMA) House of Delegates have endorsed a resolution stating that the criminal prohibition of marijuana is a "failed public health policy."

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From the Old Shoebox of Photographs: Cats

Wed Nov 18, 2009 11:45 PM EST

This was from my first SLR (well, alright, the only). The guy who developed my roll of film was apparently quite impressed with this shot. Before he handed over my photographs, he pulled this one out, showed it to me and was overall quite enthusiastic about it.

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YouTube Direct lets news organizations publish citizen videos

Seeded on Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:57 PM EST (VentureBeat)
Seeded by Giacomo Cambiaso (Clipped by Ben Josephs)

Did you know that every minute, some 20 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube? That's a ton of content about everything from nights out on the town, to events or even breaking news. With that in mind, Google announced this morning the launch of YouTube Direct, a new tool that …

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Open Discussion, November 2009

Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:01 PM EST

I'd like for us to begin holding monthly discussions about what we're doing together in this group. Hopefully this will solidify us a team and give us the ability to accomplish more.

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Government to interveve with social media? FTC holds workshop to discuss

Seeded on Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:31 PM EST ()

Today's guest panel debate went from the left to the right and also took into account the centrist view regarding the issue of journalism and in particular what constitutes news versus feature stories, the practice of flaming behind a pseudonym and how to prevent and/or respond t …

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Citizen journalism has a cost

Seeded on Sun Nov 8, 2009 2:10 PM EST ()

Normally, I'm pretty gung-ho for social media and cit­i­zen jour­nal­ism. I really do believe that jour­nal­ism isn't some high-and-mighty, elit­ist pro­fes­sion.

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Principles every journalist, citizen journalist, need to maintain

Seeded on Fri Nov 6, 2009 8:40 PM EST (YourHub.com)

Thoroughness. Accuracy. Fairness. Independence. Transparency.

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Publishing Articles to Newsvine

Wed Nov 4, 2009 2:32 PM EST
By Calvin Tang (Clipped by Ben Josephs)

From time to time we at Newsvine HQ like to remind the Community of certain rules that, if followed, help ensure that Newsvine remains a fair and equitable place for everyone.

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Keeping Our Group Exercise Going

Tue Nov 3, 2009 11:30 PM EST

It's been awhile since we started our group exercise (July actually), and there's only been two photographs completed. This was meant to be a way for us to get to know each other and to tweak (or teach, whatever the case may be) our collective photography skills.

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Whatever Happened To... Newsvine

Seeded on Tue Nov 3, 2009 1:05 AM EST (Read/WriteWeb)
Seeded by cbmilne33 (Clipped by Ben Josephs)

This Read/Write Web article is about what has happened to Newsvine since this startup was bought 2 years ago by MSNBC the joint Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company venture.

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A New Administrator

Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:12 PM EDT

I don't think that anyone can refute that A.MacArthur is an authority on photography. His many wonderful photo essays have inspired others to do the same and have helped to increase their presence on Newsvine, the reason we have collected in this group.*

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The Winner

Mon Oct 12, 2009 5:20 PM EDT

Check it out. Congrats to A.Mac.

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Obama Should Honor The Peace Prize; He Should Give It Back

Fri Oct 9, 2009 8:32 AM EDT
By Killfile (Clipped by Ben Josephs)

Earlier today the United States bombed the moon, sending a probe approximately the weight of a SUV rocketing into the lunar surface at twice the speed of a rifle bullet.

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Reminder: "Branding" Challenge

Thu Sep 24, 2009 2:29 PM EDT

Alright you group people! It's been two weeks and there has only been one entry in the branding challenge. I feel compelled to send out a reminder and impose a deadline; I hate to leave things in limbo and we already have one project floating around somewhere.

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A Challenge to Newsvine Photographers: We Need Some 'Branding'

Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:07 AM EDT

We need to spiffy the place up a bit. These images, shown on right, are boring. We need something that tells everyone who we are as a group. We need a brand image.

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Political Dissent, Grass Roots Activism, and Violence.

Thu Aug 27, 2009 5:11 PM EDT
By blinkin (Clipped by Ben Josephs)

During this month's town hall meetings held by members of Congress, activists have protested while displaying pictures depicting President Obama as the Joker or as Hitler, wearing guns openly to the protests, and advocating violence in furtherance of political objectives.

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From tear gas smoke, miles of security fences, cops in riot gear, tens of thousands of protesters and 800+ arrests

Seeded on Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:05 AM EDT (Twin Cities Daily Planet)

Walking around St. Paul this summer, it's hard to imagine that almost a year ago the city was filled with tear gas smoke, miles of security fences, cops dressed in riot gear, and tens of thousands of protesters during the Republican National Convention.

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21 Year Old to be Executed for Five Year Old Crime

Tue Aug 18, 2009 7:43 AM EDT
By Josh Shahryar (Clipped by Ben Josephs)

Disturbing news has emerged of a youngster who is to be hanged in Iran tomorrow.

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ACLU and FOX News attack Obama's Private E-mail Lists and Cookie Tracking

Fri Aug 14, 2009 11:11 AM EDT
By TopJedi (Clipped by Ben Josephs)

"The American Civil Liberties Union is opposing an Obama administration proposal to reverse a nine-year ban on the use of tracking cookies on federal Websites. In an Aug.

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Your 41 pounds of junk mail

Seeded on Thu Aug 13, 2009 3:20 PM EDT (MSN)
Seeded by Calvin Tang (Clipped by Ben Josephs)

You can put your mailbox on a diet -- by reducing the unwanted solicitations and catalogs that weigh it down. Here's how to lighten your load and be kinder to the planet.

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A Citizen Journalist story on your door step: Global Action day: Breaking news

Fri Jul 24, 2009 1:36 PM EDT
By justice knocks (Clipped by Ben Josephs)

Citizen journalist your talents are needed.   The citizens of Iran have been subjected to a religious dictator ship that pretends it's a democratic state. It is thought that the majority want the country to be a real democratic state.

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Newsvine Photographers: A Group Building Exercise

Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:41 PM EDT

Before you continue reading, you should take a look at Progress Notes, if you already haven't. Since the group focus has shifted somewhat, I'd like for us to practice helping each other tweak our photography skills.

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Newsvine Has Lost Something: A Retrospective of the Last [Almost] Three Years

Tue Jul 21, 2009 3:34 PM EDT

Newsvine was exciting when I got here in late 2006. I was fortunate enough to pick up a copy of Time magazine, which listed us as one of the best new sites, while I was waiting for a patient of mine to finish their blood draw.

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Study finds babies can understand dog-speak

Seeded on Mon Jul 20, 2009 8:17 PM EDT (The San Francisco Chronicle)

A new study shows that babies can "speak dog" (or at least comprehend it), even with little or no previous exposure to dogs.

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Green Day's Armstrong has field day in Minnesota

Seeded on Mon Jul 13, 2009 3:57 PM EDT (The Minneapolis Star Tribune)

It's hard to contain Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong. He has too much energy, too many ideas, too much talent and too much to say.

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