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Fox News (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009

His first time in the Chase won't result in a championship, but Brian Vickers is learning lessons to apply to next season.

How Plagiarism Software Finds a New Shakespeare Play

A Writer's Desk (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Intriguing magazine article title, isn't it? It's an intriguing magazine article in Time Magazine . From the piece... Sir Brian Vickers, a literature professor at the University of London, came to his conclusion after using plagiarism-detection software — as well as his own expertise — to compare writing patterns between Edward III and Shakespeare's body of work. Plagiarism software isn't...

After achieving 2009 goals, Brian Vickers aiming higher

Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

FORT WORTH, Texas - The Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship has been a downright disaster for Brian Vickers. It would be a lot tougher pill for him to swallow had his...

Contradiction in Terms: Green in NASCAR equals 5 mpg

Autoblog (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009

Filed under: Motorsports NASCAR has already gone solar and wants to help you (not themselves) use less fuel , but the cold hard reality is that those ovals are being made in cars that get around five miles per gallon. Not exactly hybrid SUV territory there. So, to reduce the amount of fossil fuels used in each race, race organizers are looking at maybe - just maybe - using alternative fuels in some...

5 mpg = green in NASCAR

AutoblogGreen (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009

Filed under: Ethanol , MPG , Green Daily , Racing NASCAR has already gone solar and wants to help you (not themselves) use less fuel , but the cold hard reality is that those ovals are being made in cars that get around five miles per gallon. Not exactly hybrid SUV territory there. So, to reduce the amount of fossil fuels used in each race, race organizers are looking to maybe - maybe - using alternative...

CUP: Red Bull Ready For Spooky Weekend

SPEED (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009

Brian Vickers gave Red Bull Racing its first Sprint Cup victory earlier this season...

Celebrity Backseat Birthdays - Tila Tequila & More!

Backseat Cuddler (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009

From 62 to 26 years young, here are today’s Backseat Birthdays! 1947 - Kevin Kline (actor) - 62 1974 - Corey Dillon (Former NFL) - 35 1981 - Tila “Tequila” Nguyen (reality TV star) - 28 1983 - Brian Vickers (Nascar) - 26 Happy Birthdays guys! Hope this is a better year for you Tila! [image by WENN.com]

Anti-Plagiarism Software Identifies Unattributed Play to Shakespeare

Poor Mojo Newswire (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009

How Plagiarism Software Found a New Shakespeare Play - TIME And the experts agree. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new Shakespeare play! Plagiarism-detection software was created with lazy, sneaky college students in mind — not the likes of William Shakespeare. Yet the software may have settled a centuries-old mystery over the authorship of an unattributed play from the late 1500s called The...

• How Plagiarism Software Found a New Shakespeare Play - Technoccult

New Shakespeare Play Found

In Entertainment (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009

Sir Brian Vickers, a literature professor at the University of London, has concluded that a play from the late 1500s called The Reign of Edward III, is likely to be collaboration between Shakespeare and Thomas Kyd. Plagiarism detection software may have settled a centuries old mystery over the authorship of an unattributed play, as well as [...]

one more for the bard

clusterflock (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009

Using plagiarism detection software Sir Brian Vickers, a literature professor at the University of London, has determined The Reign of Edward III to be a collaboration between Shakespeare and Thomas Kyd, a popular playwright of the time. With a program called Pl@giarism, Vickers detected 200 strings of three or more words in Edward III that matched [...]

Additional Shakespeare Play Recognized

The Pink Flamingo (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009

William Shakespeare and Thoma Kyd wrote The Reign of King Edward III. Something else I’ve thought for ages has been proven – he did NOT work alone! “…Sir Brian Vickers, an... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Kyle Busch rolls to 7th Nationwide win of season

Fox News (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009

Kyle Busch is feeling better, thanks. The NASCACR star shrugged off walking pneumonia to dominate the Nationwide Series race at Lowe's Motor Speedway on Friday night, picking up his seventh victory of the year to extend his points lead over Carl Edwards with four races remaining. Mike Bliss was second, followed by Dave Blaney and Brian Vickers. Edwards finished fifth to drop 195 points behind Busch....

Plagiarism Software Reveals Shakespeare-Written Play

Writerswrite.com's Writer's Blog (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009

A software program which is used to detect plagiarism has uncovered an interesting literary fact: a play written in 1595 was most likely co-authored by William Shakespeare, although the Bard was not credited at the time. Sir Brian Vickers, an authority on Shakespeare at the Institute of English Studies at the University of London, found that a comparison of phrases in The Reign of King Edward III with...

Computer Program Proves Shakespeare Didn’t Work Alone, Researchers Claim

The Web Scene (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009

An expert on William Shakespeare at the University of London has used plagiarism-detection software to determine that Shakespeare co-wrote the unattributed play The Reign of King Edward III. Pl@giarism, developed by researchers at the University of Maastricht to detect whether or not students are cheating, enabled Sir Brian Vickers to compare language used in the [...]

A program used to detect plagiarism indicates...

On Deadline (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009

A program used to detect plagiarism indicates that William Shakespeare was at least the co-author of an unattributed play about Edward III, The Times of London reports. Sir Brian Vickers, an authority on Shakespeare at the Institute of English Studies at the University of London, found that a comparison of phrases in The Reign of King Eward III with early works by Shakespeare "proves conclusively"...

• Computer Program Proves Shakespeare Didn't Work Alone, Researchers Claim - Cool Science News
• William Shakespeare wrote anonymously published play expert claims - The Telegraph
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