<?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/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - Celestina's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://celestina.new.newsvine.com/</link><description>Sugar-plum fairy meets venus fly-trap-meets Bambi meets Darth Vader.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 11:14:22 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 22:59:26 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Need Brilliant Ideas STAT!</title>
<description><![CDATA[As many of you know, I have entered a contest as a means of trying to get funding for a project which is deeply important to me.  Details about it can be found here, and some dear, lovely folks have written more about it here and here.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Celestina]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Celestina]]></source><link>http://celestina.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/27/2610530-need-brilliant-ideas-stat</link><guid>http://celestina.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/27/2610530-need-brilliant-ideas-stat</guid><category>dreams</category><category>walls</category><category>photography</category><category>mogmismo</category><category>celestina</category><category>brainstorming</category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 02:11:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcelestina2F2610546.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="500" width="333" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcelestina2F2610546.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Help me...I'm melting!!&lt;br /&gt;
photo by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/mogmismo/2353035877/sizes/m/in/set-72157604205050912/&quot;&gt;mogmismo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Good News Wednesday: In Pursuit of a Dream</title>
<description><![CDATA[One thing that links us all together is that each and everyone of us at some point in our lives have had a dream. As children we all dreamed of what we would become as adults. Maybe it was idealistic, that we would make the world better.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[azsky13]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[azsky13]]></source><link>http://azsky13.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/25/2595237-good-news-wednesday-in-pursuit-of-a-dream</link><guid>http://azsky13.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/25/2595237-good-news-wednesday-in-pursuit-of-a-dream</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:59:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fazsky132F2601059.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="423" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fazsky132F2601059.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="127" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Photo by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/mogmismo/2710483256/&quot;&gt; Michael Tracey &quot;mogmismo&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Vinecast - Episode 18</title>
<description><![CDATA[You can find the feed for the podcast over here, or if you prefer, you can listen to the audio directly in an embedded player at thevinecast.com. There is even an subscribe by email option for those that don't use a podcatcher or rss feed reader but want to be kept up to date.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brad Leclerc]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brad Leclerc]]></source><link>http://Brad-Leclerc.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/24/2590409-the-vinecast-episode-18</link><guid>http://Brad-Leclerc.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/24/2590409-the-vinecast-episode-18</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>newsvine</category><category>podcast</category><category>vinecast</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:18:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2FBrad-Leclerc2F2590537.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="117" width="380" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2FBrad-Leclerc2F2590537.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="37" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Vinecast Returns March 16th!</title>
<description><![CDATA[That's right, the unofficial, unauthorized, mostly-tolerated  Newsvine podcast is back!]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brad Leclerc]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brad Leclerc]]></source><link>http://Brad-Leclerc.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/10/2530436-the-vinecast-returns-march-16th</link><guid>http://Brad-Leclerc.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/10/2530436-the-vinecast-returns-march-16th</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>newsvine</category><category>returning</category><category>podcast</category><category>vinecast</category><category>talkshoe</category><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:37:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2FBrad-Leclerc2F2530581.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="117" width="380" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2FBrad-Leclerc2F2530581.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="37" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Make Work (More) Fun</title>
<description><![CDATA[People are talking about "fun work", but are those words even remotely compatible, or is the juxtaposition perverse by definition?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rainmaker]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rainmaker]]></source><link>http://Rainmaker.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/10/2527916-make-work-more-fun</link><guid>http://Rainmaker.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/10/2527916-make-work-more-fun</guid><category>business</category><category>work</category><category>gaming</category><category>employment</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:50:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>A Radical Notion</title>
<description><![CDATA[It's been a while since I wrote.  There are a lot of reasons why, but the best one is that I didn't feel I had anything new to say.  I didn't just not write here, I didn't write.  Some of you will understand what that's like.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Celestina]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Celestina]]></source><link>http://celestina.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/09/2523033-a-radical-notion</link><guid>http://celestina.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/09/2523033-a-radical-notion</guid><category>art</category><category>culture</category><category>writing</category><category>walls</category><category>photography</category><category>arts</category><category>philosophy</category><pubDate>Mon, 9 Mar 2009 15:19:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcelestina2F2523063.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="320" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcelestina2F2523063.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;photo by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/mogmismo/2426451487/&quot;&gt;mogmismo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Gone Digital: Photographer Wants to Document Walls Worldwide</title>
<description><![CDATA[It's a dream of a lifetime for Michael Tracey, an American photographer living in Asheville NC:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mykola Bilokonsky]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mykola Bilokonsky]]></source><link>http://darkside.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/06/2513054-gone-digital-photographer-wants-to-document-walls-worldwide</link><guid>http://darkside.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/06/2513054-gone-digital-photographer-wants-to-document-walls-worldwide</guid><category>contest</category><category>walls</category><category>photography</category><category>world-news</category><category>celestina</category><category>michael-tracey</category><category>breach-the-wall</category><pubDate>Fri, 6 Mar 2009 14:27:29 +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>NDC Announcement</title>
<description><![CDATA[It came to my attention recently that there appeared to be a disturbance in the waters here at Newsvine.  Now granted, under normal circumstances a slight rippling in the pool here wouldn't merit much attention, but this was different.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Celestina]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Celestina]]></source><link>http://celestina.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/09/1977673-ndc-announcement</link><guid>http://celestina.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/09/1977673-ndc-announcement</guid><category>technology</category><category>community</category><category>newsvine</category><category>drinking</category><category>party</category><category>alcohol</category><category>booze</category><category>drinking-games</category><category>ndc</category><category>inane-childish-behaviour</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:42:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcelestina2F1977769.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcelestina2F1977769.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This only happens to people who drink alone.  Don't be that person ('cause we will find you and take pictures).&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">fl|ccatt|http://www.flickr.com/people/malias/|Gideon</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Nomic Proposal #312</title>
<description><![CDATA[First, let me confess that I have not run this by my partner.  This is because my partner seems to have disappeared.  Should he show up on the scene, he may suggest improvements or alterations.

My proposal is that rule #107:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Celestina]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Celestina]]></source><link>http://celestina.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/08/1731913-nomic-proposal-312</link><guid>http://celestina.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/08/1731913-nomic-proposal-312</guid><category>nomic</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Aug 2008 16:19:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcelestina2F1731935.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="546" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcelestina2F1731935.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="164" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">fl|ccatt|http://www.flickr.com/people/derricksphotos/|Derrick Tyson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ecosexuals do it greener</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ecobabes might be a city species, but while I let you sit in the same silence that quieted our car, I'll tell you that being an ecosexual isn't just for college kids, humpy UC Berkeley law professors or PR flacks trying to sex up climate change.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Celestina]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Celestina]]></source><link>http://celestina.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/07/1729018-ecosexuals-do-it-greener</link><guid>http://celestina.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/07/1729018-ecosexuals-do-it-greener</guid><category>sex</category><category>odd-news</category><category>ecology</category><category>fetish</category><category>kink</category><category>enviromentalism</category><category>fun-ways-to-make-a-difference</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Aug 2008 20:30:09 +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>Sylvia, Meet Lenore</title>
<description><![CDATA[Yesterday morning I wandered outside to turn on the irrigation system for my little garden and discovered a new resident.  I found her by sticking my face into her web while trying to evaluate the state of the cucumbers.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Celestina]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Celestina]]></source><link>http://celestina.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/05/1722675-sylvia-meet-lenore</link><guid>http://celestina.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/05/1722675-sylvia-meet-lenore</guid><category>spiders</category><category>gardening</category><category>slack</category><category>home-garden</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Aug 2008 18:31:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcelestina2F1722949.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcelestina2F1722949.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Lenore.  She is about three inches long, not counting the legs.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcelestina2F1722951.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcelestina2F1722951.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;What's left of the steps...&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcelestina2F1722952.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcelestina2F1722952.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Squash, on top of oregano, on top of peppers and tomatoes on top of marigolds...&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcelestina2F1722954.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="224" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcelestina2F1722954.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;cucumbers lurking (which is what they do best).&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Katrina-Revisionist-History-Gate:  Bush Admin Lies Again</title>
<description><![CDATA[On the "Bushed" segment of Countdown on July 31, Keith Olbermann quoted figures from a government report indicating that Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman had lied to the American people in stating that there were no oil spills following Katrina and Rita.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cassandra]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cassandra]]></source><link>http://Cassandra.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/01/1712915-katrina-revisionist-history-gate-bush-admin-lies-again</link><guid>http://Cassandra.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/01/1712915-katrina-revisionist-history-gate-bush-admin-lies-again</guid><category>bush</category><category>mccain</category><category>ecology</category><category>government-lies</category><category>off-shore-drilling</category><category>oill-spills-katrina-rita</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Aug 2008 15:38:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>An open letter to Newsvine</title>
<description><![CDATA[This is not an intervention, it's a cry for help.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Djehuty]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Djehuty]]></source><link>http://djehuty.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/26/1698249-an-open-letter-to-newsvine</link><guid>http://djehuty.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/26/1698249-an-open-letter-to-newsvine</guid><category>community</category><category>newsvine</category><category>moderation</category><category>meta</category><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:30:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fdjehuty2F1698269.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fdjehuty2F1698269.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://flickr.com/photos/radiofree/438039061/&quot;&gt;Event the vines know not to park here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Nomic Proposal #307</title>
<description><![CDATA[As posted by oldfogey on the original game column:

Addendum to 202:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Celestina]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Celestina]]></source><link>http://celestina.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/14/1664743-nomic-proposal-307</link><guid>http://celestina.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/14/1664743-nomic-proposal-307</guid><category>nomic</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:26:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Consequences for ignoring congressional subpoenas: None </title>
<description><![CDATA[When Congress allows its own subpoena and oversight powers literally to be ignored and scoffed at, the damage to our system of checks and balances can't be overstated.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Celestina]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Celestina]]></source><link>http://celestina.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/11/1657248-consequences-for-ignoring-congressional-subpoenas-none</link><guid>http://celestina.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/11/1657248-consequences-for-ignoring-congressional-subpoenas-none</guid><category>congress</category><category>rove</category><category>politics</category><category>subpoenas</category><category>pelosi</category><category>checks-and-balances</category><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:03:14 +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>Virginity testing 'a must': </title>
<description><![CDATA[But what fails me is the fact that no one seems to see the values of virginity testing. Firstly it instils a sense of pride about maintaining one's virginity - as opposed to the West's "Oh my gosh, you're still a virgin!" taboo.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Celestina]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Celestina]]></source><link>http://celestina.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/07/1645810-virginity-testing-a-must</link><guid>http://celestina.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/07/1645810-virginity-testing-a-must</guid><category>sex</category><category>africa</category><category>culture</category><category>hiv</category><category>world-news</category><category>zulu</category><category>virginity</category><pubDate>Mon, 7 Jul 2008 21:08:03 +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>4th of July</title>
<description><![CDATA[4th of July]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Celestina]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Celestina]]></source><link>http://celestina.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/04/1639994-4th-of-july</link><guid>http://celestina.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/04/1639994-4th-of-july</guid><category>us-news</category><category>fireworks</category><category>poetry</category><category>independence</category><category>4th-of-july-america</category><pubDate>Sat, 5 Jul 2008 02:55:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcelestina2F1640008.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcelestina2F1640008.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Boom.  Happy 4th, everyone.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">fl|ccatt|http://www.flickr.com/people/danzen/|Dan Zen</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Vinecast Returns....finally.</title>
<description><![CDATA[After over a year of being gone, the Vinecast is BACK. It'll will be running weekly on Wednesdays. Here's the first brand-spanking new episode.....show notes below....]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brad Leclerc]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brad Leclerc]]></source><link>http://Brad-Leclerc.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/02/1632092-vinecast-returnsfinally</link><guid>http://Brad-Leclerc.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/02/1632092-vinecast-returnsfinally</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>newsvine</category><category>podcast</category><category>vinecast</category><category>celestina</category><category>viki-babbles</category><category>orlando-dozier</category><category>brad-leclerc</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 Jul 2008 12:46:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Official First Newsvine Nomic Game</title>
<description><![CDATA[As of 6pm EST today, the first official Newsvine Nomic Game will begin.  For those of you just joining us, you can find the introduction to the concept here.  At this time we have five teams made up of eleven players.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Celestina]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Celestina]]></source><link>http://celestina.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/29/1623141-official-first-newsvine-nomic-game</link><guid>http://celestina.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/29/1623141-official-first-newsvine-nomic-game</guid><category>game</category><category>politics</category><category>community</category><category>nomic</category><category>calvinball</category><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:30:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcelestina2F1623159.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcelestina2F1623159.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">fl|ccatt|http://www.flickr.com/people/ellasdad/|Andy</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Newsvine Nomic: A Community Game Experiment</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Modest Proposal]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Celestina]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Celestina]]></source><link>http://celestina.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/26/1614269-newsvine-nomic-a-community-game-experiment</link><guid>http://celestina.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/26/1614269-newsvine-nomic-a-community-game-experiment</guid><category>games</category><category>politics</category><category>community</category><category>hofstadter</category><category>nomic</category><category>calvinball</category><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:10:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcelestina2F1614293.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcelestina2F1614293.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Almost like being there...&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">fl|ccatt|http://www.flickr.com/people/thelastminute/|Duncan Rawlinson</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Exams reveal abuse, torture of detainees - CNN.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[The detainees were never charged with crimes.

"We found clear physical and psychological evidence of torture and abuse, often causing lasting suffering," said Dr. Allen Keller, a medical evaluator for the study.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[JCAtom]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[JCAtom]]></source><link>http://jcatom.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/18/1586970-exams-reveal-abuse-torture-of-detainees-cnncom</link><guid>http://jcatom.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/18/1586970-exams-reveal-abuse-torture-of-detainees-cnncom</guid><category>guantanamo</category><category>terror</category><category>intelligence</category><category>rights</category><category>u-s</category><category>torture</category><category>us-news</category><category>detainee</category><category>war-on-terror</category><category>abu-ghraib</category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:34:57 +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>High Court ruling may delay war crimes trials</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay may challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Sherman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mark Sherman]]></source><link>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/12/1566191-high-court-ruling-may-delay-war-crimes-trials</link><guid>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/12/1566191-high-court-ruling-may-delay-war-crimes-trials</guid><category>scotus</category><category>guantanamo</category><category>politics</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>guantanamo-bay</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:06:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f6b6fd13-e495-4fd3-bb89-fd867910317e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="245" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f6b6fd13-e495-4fd3-bb89-fd867910317e.jpg" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this image reviewed by the U.S. Military, soldiers patrol the perimeter of the Camp Delta detention compound, which has housed foreign prisoners since 2002, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, in Cuba, Friday, June 6, 2008. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/eca6ec53-fd31-488a-92f3-5d34555265ab.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/eca6ec53-fd31-488a-92f3-5d34555265ab.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this June 2, 2008 file photo, reviewed by the U.S. Military, part of a legal defense team walk at Camp Justice, part of the legal complex of the U.S. Military Commissions, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. The Supreme Court ruled Thursday, June 12, 2008, that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the Constitution to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, Pool, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/cb6fc41a-9322-4786-97da-90b1742bce13.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/cb6fc41a-9322-4786-97da-90b1742bce13.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this June 5, 2008 file photo, reviewed by the U.S. Military, members of a legal defense team walk at Camp Justice, part of the legal complex of the U.S. Military Commissions at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, in Cuba. The Supreme Court ruled Thursday, June 12, 2008, that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the Constitution to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts.  (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, Pool, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ce4fb1b2-642f-4e76-b244-c0ff4aa9ee6d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ce4fb1b2-642f-4e76-b244-c0ff4aa9ee6d.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this June 5, 2008 file photo, reviewed by the U.S. Military, a U.S. trooper walks at Camp Justice, the legal complex of the U.S. Military Commissions, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba.  The Supreme Court ruled Thursday, June 12, 2008, that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the Constitution to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, Pool, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4f97e3bf-fb23-41a2-beec-0c215e7f330c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4f97e3bf-fb23-41a2-beec-0c215e7f330c.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this June 6, 2008 file photo, reviewed by the U.S. Military, the sun rises over Camp Delta detention compound at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, in Cuba.  The Supreme Court ruled Thursday, June 12, 2008, that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the Constitution to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, Pool, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/aab6d1f5-5e96-4324-970f-9efaef8f591a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="243" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/aab6d1f5-5e96-4324-970f-9efaef8f591a.jpg" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this june 4, 2008 file photo, a U.S. trooper jogs at the tent city which makes up the legal complex of the U.S. Military Commissions, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, in Cuba.  The Supreme Court ruled Thursday, June 12, 2008, that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the Constitution to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, Pool, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>A Different Kind of Religious Disagreement</title>
<description><![CDATA[NANA KWAKU Bonsam, a renowned fetish priest based at Akomadan-Afrancho in the Offinso District of the Ashanti Region has disclosed that Rev Ebenezer Adarkwa Yiadom was lucky he did not show up for the proposed spiritual contest.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Celestina]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Celestina]]></source><link>http://celestina.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/07/1551543-a-different-kind-of-religious-disagreement</link><guid>http://celestina.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/07/1551543-a-different-kind-of-religious-disagreement</guid><category>snake</category><category>odd-news</category><category>showdown</category><category>christianity</category><category>ghana</category><category>fetish</category><pubDate>Sat, 7 Jun 2008 16:46:36 +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> Full Michigan delegation with half-vote to be seated by Dems </title>
<description><![CDATA[Yep, Michigan and Florida are getting seated, albeit with half a vote per delegate.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Celestina]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Celestina]]></source><link>http://celestina.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/31/1527137-full-michigan-delegation-with-half-vote-to-be-seated-by-dems</link><guid>http://celestina.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/31/1527137-full-michigan-delegation-with-half-vote-to-be-seated-by-dems</guid><category>election</category><category>clinton</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>dnc</category><pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 23:39:23 +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>Results Are In: The 2008 Darwin Awards</title>
<description><![CDATA[I personally think the"honorable mention" should have been the winner.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Walt D]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Walt D]]></source><link>http://fawnshore.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/30/1523685-results-are-in-the-2008-darwin-awards</link><guid>http://fawnshore.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/30/1523685-results-are-in-the-2008-darwin-awards</guid><category>evolution</category><category>award</category><category>odd-news</category><category>darwin</category><category>stupidity</category><category>darwin-awards</category><category>natural-selection</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 17:43:19 +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></channel></rss>
