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Benno is one of the most original contributors on Newsvine - and on the web. This guy actually goes places to report about them. He got himself caught in the clash between Danish squatters and police forces during a riot, and he actually went and got a haircut as a Sicilian hitman just to make a point - and write about it in his column. He does what bloggers and citizen journalists should all be doing, and by doing so he makes the web a far more interesting place to be.

— Claus Jacobsen

Benno knows what he's talking about. He has a true bravery of spirit and body, which informs his skillful and honest writing. If he's not on your watchlist, you're not getting smarter. Period.

— firsty

This is the first time I've been able to use the net to get first hand, unfiltered news from abroad. Usually there is some embedded reporter or somebody with what I would consider a simple commercial deal doing the coverage;i.e. AP, Rueters et.al. Thanks for your work Benno and be safe.

— Spooky Boyfriend

La Liga Team Of The Week: Round 18

Seeded on Tue Jan 8, 2008 1:14 AM EST (goal.com)

Abhishek Thakur picks out the best in La Liga over the weekend. Top two sides Real Madrid and Barcelona were handed a rough beginning to the new year, and had to scrap hard for a win, to the point that few would have called it undeserved had they been beaten.

sports, primera-division, soccer, barcelona, real-madrid

How to Shoot Light Trails

Seeded on Tue Jan 8, 2008 12:59 AM EST (digital-photography-school.com)

One of the first subjects that I remember trying to capture as a teenager with my first SLR camera (film) was light trails created by cars on a busy road near my home. I'd seen this type of shot in a photography magazine and was impressed by the eye catching results.

technology, photography, light, darkness

As Global Warming Advances, We're "Losing Winter."

Seeded on Mon Jan 7, 2008 3:11 PM EST (enn.com)

Janisse Ray, an outdoor recreation enthusiast in Danville, Vermont, got so frustrated when the West River hadn't frozen by last January that she donned a wet suit and floated downstream in an inner tube, holding aloft a sign that said "Where's winter?"

home-garden, global-warming, winter, climate-change, snowboarding, ice-skating, skiing

Genes and (Common) Pathways Underlying Drug Addiction

Seeded on Mon Jan 7, 2008 2:44 PM EST (compbiol.plosjournals.org)

Five molecular pathways significantly enriched for all four different types of addictive drugs were identified as common pathways which may underlie shared rewarding and addictive actions, including two new ones, GnRH signaling pathway and gap junction.

science, genetics, drugs, addiction, bioinformatics

4 Best Web Tools to Help You Eat Local

Seeded on Sun Jan 6, 2008 12:27 PM EST (thedailygreen.com)

You've heard it—possibly ad nauseum by now—all the different ways to eat or buy locally grown seasonal food.

technology, web-2-0, internet, food, sustainability

21 Things You Didn't Know You Can Recycle

Seeded on Sun Jan 6, 2008 10:49 AM EST (enn.com)

Garbage. Americans produce more and more of it every year, when we need to be producing less. Even the most waste-conscious among us can feel overwhelmed by the amount of household waste that goes beyond what municipal recyclers and compost bins can handle.

home-garden, recycling, sustainability, waste, garbage, consumerism

Geek Trends: 15 Footers with great usability

Seeded on Sun Jan 6, 2008 9:10 AM EST (yample.com)

Footers are becoming an essential strategy to engage visitors. Leaders in the industry are moving toward implementing effective footer features and creating a place for presenting, displaying and branding to their audiences in a very personal way by providing intuitive nature.

technology, webdesign, layout, web-2-0, design, usability, internet

Pulling Digits out of Pi

Seeded on Sun Jan 6, 2008 9:05 AM EST (ams.org)

In this article, we will investigate how , the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, may be computed to an astonishing degree of accuracy...

science, pi, mathematics, circles

Evolution: Read All About It!

Seeded on Fri Jan 4, 2008 8:33 PM EST (Science: Current Issue)

Prompted by recent court battles and persistent pressures to teach intelligent design in U.S.

science, evolution, creationism, intelligent-design

Aztec Pyramid, Elite Graves Unearthed in Mexico City

Seeded on Fri Jan 4, 2008 8:24 PM EST (National Geographic)

A structure believed to be an 800-year-old Aztec pyramid has been discovered in central Mexico City and could drastically revise the early history of the ancient empire, officials announced.

science, aztec, pyramids, mexico

The Physical World as a Virtual Reality

Seeded on Fri Jan 4, 2008 4:51 AM EST (astro-ph updates on arXiv.org)

This paper explores the idea that the universe is a virtual reality created by information processing, and relates this strange idea to the findings of modern physics about the physical world.

science, digital-physics, virtual-reality, information-theory, matter, energy, big-bang, space, time, creation

Why todays CD's sound like crap

Seeded on Wed Jan 2, 2008 11:56 PM EST (The Anarch Angel)

Seeded by Keld Bach (Clipped by Benno Hansen)

Leaving aside your judgment of the "quality" of music produced by Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake; todays CD's, even from otherwise great artists; unquestionably sound like crap, to anyone who appreciates music as something other than a beat to bob your head to.

technology, music, cd, viny-records, loudness-war, sound

CJD death 'is no cause for panic'

Seeded on Thu Jan 3, 2008 5:12 AM EST (BBC News)

A mysterious case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) has raised fears more people than thought could be at risk.

health, creutzfeldt-jakob-disease, cjd, disease, bse, meat, cows, genetics

Fruit Salad Literally Grows on a Tree

Seeded on Wed Jan 2, 2008 4:39 PM EST ()

Seeded by Whyren (Clipped by Benno Hansen)

A lemon tree that bears 11 different kinds of fruit is earning attention for a resident here who has had it growing in his garden for years.

odd-news, fruit, salad, grafting, botany, japan

Warming Autumns May Hinder Plants' Climate-Cooling Role

Seeded on Thu Jan 3, 2008 4:17 AM EST (National Geographic)

As Earth warms and seasons shift, plants may become less efficient at keeping the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, a new study suggests.

science, global-warming, climate-change, photosynthesis, co2, soil, ecology

Arctic Warming Faster Above Ground Level, Study Finds

Seeded on Thu Jan 3, 2008 4:13 AM EST (National Geographic)

Global warming in the Arctic is mysteriously occurring more quickly 1.2 miles (2 kilometers) above the surface than at ground level, a new study says.

science, global-warming, climate-change, arctic, atmosphere

Science Societies Urge Education

Seeded on Thu Jan 3, 2008 3:59 AM EST (Sciam)

(Audio) A consortium of scientific societies wants the scientific community to get more involved in science education, including evolution--before it's too late. Steve Mirsky reports.

science, creationism, evolution, biology

'Laughs' not exclusive to humans

Seeded on Wed Jan 2, 2008 8:13 AM EST (BBC News)

Seeded by winsomecowboy (Clipped by Benno Hansen)

The basis for laughter may have originated in an ancient primate ancestral to both humans and modern apes, a study suggests. Scientists found that orang-utans had a sense of empathy and mimicry which forms an essential part of laughter.

science, laugh, laughter, origins-of-humour

The Year's 10 Craziest Ways to Hack the Earth

Seeded on Tue Jan 1, 2008 2:47 AM EST (Wired News)

Seeded by Mridul Chadha (Clipped by Benno Hansen)

Scientists have come up with extreme -- some might say crazy -- schemes to counteract global warming. This year saw the most radical geo-engineering ideas yet: man-made volcanoes, orbiting mirror fleets and ocean re-engineering to cool the planet and absorb carbon dioxide.

science, earth, climate-change, global-warming, co2-emissions, saving-earth

Cops nab pants-less man, find pot growing operation

Seeded on Wed Jan 2, 2008 7:07 AM EST (Salt Lake Tribune)

Police here say they arrested a pants-less man only to discovery a sizeable marijuana-growing operation in his basement.

us-news, marijuana, halluciongenic-mushrooms, drugs, tripping, police

Pete's 10 Green New Years' Resolutions for 2008

Seeded on Wed Jan 2, 2008 6:19 AM EST (naturalchoices.co.uk)

Green guilt is racking the nation, we should be doing something, we know we should but we never get time. New Year is the time to make a plan, says naturalchoices editor Peter Shield.

home-garden, sustainability, energy, food-security, ethics

New plant study reveals a 'deeply hidden' layer of the transcriptome

Seeded on Wed Jan 2, 2008 6:03 AM EST (enn.com)

Cells keep a close watch over the transcriptome — the totality of all parts of the genome that are expressed in any given cell at any given time.

science, cells, biology, genetics, exosome

Syrian premier sees no peace before Israel quits Golan Heights

Seeded on Wed Jan 2, 2008 5:40 AM EST (news.monstersandcritics.com)

Syrian Prime Minister Muhammed Naji al-Otari warned Saturday that peace would not materialize in the Middle East before Israel withdrew from the Golan Heights and the other Arab territories it occupied in the 1967 six-day war.

world-news, golan-heights, israel, water, occupation, muhammed-naji-al-otari

Obama outshines Clinton on human rights

Seeded on Wed Jan 2, 2008 5:36 AM EST (yalibnan.com)

Senator Hillary Clinton has refused to support the international treaty to ban land mines, which are responsible for killing and maiming thousands of civilians worldwide, a disproportionate percentage of whom have been children.

politics, hillary-clinton, barack-obama, war, cluster-bombs, land-mines

How to Erode and Destroy Democracy-- a Dozen Tested Strategies

Seeded on Wed Jan 2, 2008 4:29 AM EST (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

How to Kill Democracy tips to fascists, dictators, corporatists, militarists, imperialists, neocons, right wingers, theocrats, theofascists and terrorists.

politics, democracy, fascism, imperialism, neocon, theocracy, terrorism, military

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