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June 28, 2008 Hot Trends

News Analysis: Oil prices hike: is speculation all to blame? - Xinhua


News Analysis: Oil prices hike: is speculation all to blame?
Xinhua, China - 5 hours ago
By Yang Lei NEW YORK, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Oil prices broke the 140 US dollars level for the first time this week, with August crude surging near 143 dollars ...


Ancient Japanese 'Naked Sushi' Tradition Catches On in Flori

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:41:53 PDT
The "naked sushi" trend - you know, the one "Sex and the City" Samantha used to tantalize her boyfriend in the movie - has been baiting the Japanese for hundreds of years. Now, it's catching on in Florida.

Survey marks trends in use and earnings of Internet services - Taipei Times


Survey marks trends in use and earnings of Internet services
Taipei Times, Taiwan - Jun 27, 2008
The Foreseeing Innovative New Digiservices (FIND), a Web site that provides information on Internet demographics and trends, conducted the survey via ...


Football Betting Trends

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:51:04 PDT
Football betting trends are one of the most popular handicapping tools.

Public: Don't Mess With My Flight Plans

Sun, 13 Aug 2006 11:58:25 PDT
"Pretty soon we'll have to fly naked!" The mass media rapidly embraced the UK terror storyline fed to them. The BBC, CNN, CBC Newsworld and other all-news broadcasters covered scarcely anything but the narrowly averted catastrophe throughout the day. Funny thing, but the general public wasn't buying it. The reaction was surprisingly cynical...

Trends: Luxe hotels are going under - Independent


Trends: Luxe hotels are going under
Independent, UK - 3 hours ago
By Miriam Rayman Hoteliers who can't find any more land mass to develop beachside are going (literally) one step further: under water. ...


Lesbian parents get new rights in New South Wales

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:00:53 PDT
Lesbian parents get new rights in New South Wales The rights of lesbian parents in New South Wales, Australia have been expanded under laws passed by the state government. Your job is to protect all citizens, Gambian leader told A New York-based human rights group has said that the President of the Gambia is failing in his responsibility to ensure respect for the rights of all. Equal treatment bill stalls in Lithuanian parliament Not enough MPs turned up to vote for a new equalit

The Gap Between Fans and Athletes Is Greater Than Ever

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:34:32 PDT
Fans used to love the men on the field. Now they question their every move. Shaun Ahmad investigates a depressing trend in the world of sports.

Money News Delivers Travel and Holiday Insurance News for HolidayMakers

Sat, 05 Aug 2006 00:00:01 PDT

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:44:52 PDT
One of the nice things about the agency (as opposed to the many nasty things) is the way in which we are encouraged to think laterally and try to identify cultural trends before they go “mainstream”. Terry (our Managing Director) likes everything that is new and innovative. He likes us to do things first. He never criticises work for being “too creative” (even though it might be wacky, weird and hopelessly off the brief). Terry has been to every Royal Academy Summer Exhibition for the past thi

"Psychological essentialism in selecting the 14th Dalai Lama" Mixing Memory]

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:55:35 PDT
There's an interesting short paper by Paul Bloom and Susan Gelman in the July issue of Trends in Cognitive Science with that title. Unfortunately, it's not yet available without a subscription (though Bloom tends to put his papers on his website once published, so it might show up there sometime in the near future), but if you have a subscription or access to a university library, you can read it here. If you're not familiar with the idea, "psychological essentialism" is the belief that entiti


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