<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" ><channel><title>Newsvine - Johblogs - Seeds</title><link>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/</link><description>Newsvine - Johblogs - Seeds</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2009</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 8 Jul 2009 21:48:23 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:43:03 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>A new way to sleep better</title><description><![CDATA[Sleepless people sometimes use the internet to get through the night. Now a small study shows promising results for insomniacs with nine weeks of internet-based therapy. 

]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johblogs]]></dc:creator><link>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/08/3009367-a-new-way-to-sleep-better</link><guid>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/08/3009367-a-new-way-to-sleep-better</guid><pubDate>Wed, 8 Jul 2009 21:48:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Social networking lures teenagers to internet</title><description><![CDATA[AUSTRALIANS aged 16 and 17 are spending an average of 3½ hours every day on the internet, new research reveals, with social networking the overwhelming favourite reason.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johblogs]]></dc:creator><link>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/08/3009364-social-networking-lures-teenagers-to-internet</link><guid>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/08/3009364-social-networking-lures-teenagers-to-internet</guid><pubDate>Wed, 8 Jul 2009 21:46:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Divorced Men cry poor but better off than women</title><description><![CDATA[FOUR years after a marriage break-up, divorced men are significantly better off than divorced women — and better off than before the separation. But the men are much more likely than the women to cry poor.

]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johblogs]]></dc:creator><link>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/07/3005882-divorced-men-cry-poor-but-better-off-than-women</link><guid>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/07/3005882-divorced-men-cry-poor-but-better-off-than-women</guid><pubDate>Tue, 7 Jul 2009 22:20:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Doctors Offered Cruise to Prescribe Sigma</title><description><![CDATA[A DRUG company is offering doctors who prescribe its medicines a 10-day Mediterranean cruise in a move that could breach a code of conduct.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johblogs]]></dc:creator><link>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/07/3005876-doctors-offered-cruise-to-prescribe-sigma</link><guid>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/07/3005876-doctors-offered-cruise-to-prescribe-sigma</guid><pubDate>Tue, 7 Jul 2009 22:17:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Schools' data to go on the web </title><description><![CDATA[A WEBSITE to allow parents to compare their children's school with other similar schools will be launched this year after education ministers agreed to make a range of school performance and population data public.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johblogs]]></dc:creator><link>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/17/2698173-schools-data-to-go-on-the-web-</link><guid>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/17/2698173-schools-data-to-go-on-the-web-</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:30:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>A pale limitation </title><description><![CDATA[IS AUSTRALIAN television really "hideously white"? Last year Britain's racial equality chief Trevor Phillips initiated an inquiry into racial depictions on television, and summed up Britain's television diet in those two pithy words.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johblogs]]></dc:creator><link>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/28/2613733-a-pale-limitation-</link><guid>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/28/2613733-a-pale-limitation-</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:36:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Marriage for Life?</title><description><![CDATA[Marriage is for life, right? Most Australians agree with the proposition. But most also think it is perfectly all right for unhappy couples to divorce, even if they have children.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johblogs]]></dc:creator><link>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/18/2563472-marriage-for-life</link><guid>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/18/2563472-marriage-for-life</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:58:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Filmmaker Rob Spence plans to implant camera in eye to become 'Eyeborg' </title><description><![CDATA[A ONE-eyed filmmaker is going to implant a camera in his eye to make a film from his point of view. 
Rob Spence, a documentary filmmaker from Canada, has been unable to use his right eye since it was damaged in a firearms accident as a child. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johblogs]]></dc:creator><link>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/13/2544164-filmmaker-rob-spence-plans-to-implant-camera-in-eye-to-become-eyeborg-</link><guid>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/13/2544164-filmmaker-rob-spence-plans-to-implant-camera-in-eye-to-become-eyeborg-</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:31:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Young adults, big issues </title><description><![CDATA[This Sunday Howell and fellow young adult writer Justine Larbalestier will meet interested teenage readers at the State Library to talk about their work and to eat 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]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johblogs]]></dc:creator><link>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/14/2433745-underbelly-success-sees-viewers-turning-their-backs-on-reality-tv</link><guid>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/14/2433745-underbelly-success-sees-viewers-turning-their-backs-on-reality-tv</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 06:17:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Australians desert MySpace for Facebook </title><description><![CDATA[Facebook celebrates its fifth birthday this week and the company has much to crow about, as new figures reveal the social network has twice as many monthly users in Australia as its nearest competitor, MySpace.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johblogs]]></dc:creator><link>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/05/2399204-australians-desert-myspace-for-facebook-</link><guid>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/05/2399204-australians-desert-myspace-for-facebook-</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 Feb 2009 20:25:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Spirit Airlines flight attendants angry over sexually suggestive advertising</title><description><![CDATA[I feel as though I have entered a time warp and am reliving the battles for respect and justice for women that we fought for 40 years ago," Friend 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&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johblogs]]></dc:creator><link>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/25/2353043-big-day-out-</link><guid>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/25/2353043-big-day-out-</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:46:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>She should be so lucky - Eat, Pray, Love</title><description><![CDATA[Elizabeth Gilbert went travelling after her divorce and not only discovered inner peace and a new lover, but also wrote the bestselling Eat Pray Love about her experiences. She talks with Emma Brockes.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johblogs]]></dc:creator><link>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/17/2323254-she-should-be-so-lucky-eat-pray-love</link><guid>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/17/2323254-she-should-be-so-lucky-eat-pray-love</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:57:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Child access rights for grandparents </title><description><![CDATA[GRANDPARENTS will be encouraged to maintain links with grandchildren in messy family breakups and help resolve custody disputes under changes to be announced by the Federal Government today]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johblogs]]></dc:creator><link>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/17/2323227-child-access-rights-for-grandparents-</link><guid>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/17/2323227-child-access-rights-for-grandparents-</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:44:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Teens turn a new page</title><description><![CDATA[How do you change unreal images in teen magazines? From the inside, writes Josephine Tovey.
From the cover of Indigo magazine a 15-year-old girl looks back happily over her shoulder. Her brown hair is pulled casually off her make-up-free face.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johblogs]]></dc:creator><link>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/15/2316217-teens-turn-a-new-page</link><guid>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/15/2316217-teens-turn-a-new-page</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:13:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Money 'not only way to lift schools' </title><description><![CDATA[POURING billions of dollars into schools and employing extra teachers does not guarantee students will perform better, researchers have found.
But testing students to see how they fare against national benchmarks can make schools more accountable, ensure resources are being prop&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johblogs]]></dc:creator><link>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/14/2311920-money-not-only-way-to-lift-schools-</link><guid>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/14/2311920-money-not-only-way-to-lift-schools-</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:19:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Tired and true tales of the bedroom</title><description><![CDATA[The first thing to go is the sense of humour. Then motivation. The body aches, the eyes won't focus. Conversation dries up. Friendships freeze. Work suffers. Welcome to the world of an insomniac.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johblogs]]></dc:creator><link>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/12/2303278-tired-and-true-tales-of-the-bedroom</link><guid>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/12/2303278-tired-and-true-tales-of-the-bedroom</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:29:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Study finds addiction risk with processed food </title><description><![CDATA[CORNFLAKES, biscuits and soft drinks may be as addictive as cigarettes and could face advertising bans, strict regulations, high taxes and health warning labels, scientists say.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johblogs]]></dc:creator><link>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/12/2303267-study-finds-addiction-risk-with-processed-food-</link><guid>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/12/2303267-study-finds-addiction-risk-with-processed-food-</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:25:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The jobs most at risk in 2009</title><description><![CDATA[CAR salesmen, real estate agents and investment bankers are among the most likely to lose their jobs this year, a new study says. 
Bricklayers, catering contractors, boat builders, tyre manufacturers, prawn fishermen and some miners also will do it hard. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johblogs]]></dc:creator><link>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/12/2303190-the-jobs-most-at-risk-in-2009</link><guid>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/12/2303190-the-jobs-most-at-risk-in-2009</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:07:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Facebook's a great space for scammers </title><description><![CDATA[She said: "I have sent two emails to different addresses at Facebook because I've had no success in tracking down any phone number, let alone an emergency number - and still I have had no response." 
This is despicable; surely Facebook has a duty to help protect its members when&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johblogs]]></dc:creator><link>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/09/2293876-facebooks-a-great-space-for-scammers-</link><guid>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/09/2293876-facebooks-a-great-space-for-scammers-</guid><pubDate>Fri, 9 Jan 2009 22:13:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Accidental outlaw </title><description><![CDATA[Matthew Ricketson explains how the father of gonzo became a victim of his own cult status.
FEW journalists' lives attract the attention of biographers; even Bob Woodward, perhaps the most famous newspaper journalist in the world, has been the subject of just two biographies.
Hu&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johblogs]]></dc:creator><link>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/09/2293854-accidental-outlaw-</link><guid>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/09/2293854-accidental-outlaw-</guid><pubDate>Fri, 9 Jan 2009 22:09:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Childhood obesity epidemic a myth, says research </title><description><![CDATA[THE rise in childhood obesity has halted, defying warnings that it is an "epidemic" that is out of control. 
Obesity rates among children levelled off around 1998 and have remained steady ever since, exploding the myth that children are becoming more overweight than ever before.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johblogs]]></dc:creator><link>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/08/2289164-childhood-obesity-epidemic-a-myth-says-research-</link><guid>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/08/2289164-childhood-obesity-epidemic-a-myth-says-research-</guid><pubDate>Thu, 8 Jan 2009 20:16:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Teens flaunting sex and drugs on MySpace</title><description><![CDATA[Christakis said many teens are unaware of how public and permanent Internet information can be, while parents often do not know what their kids are up to.
"No one says, "Whoa! Why are you putting that up there?'" Christakis said.
In a second study, the researchers identified 19&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johblogs]]></dc:creator><link>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/06/2281050-teens-flaunting-sex-and-drugs-on-myspace</link><guid>http://johblogs.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/06/2281050-teens-flaunting-sex-and-drugs-on-myspace</guid><pubDate>Tue, 6 Jan 2009 22:40:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>