<?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 - LaeF1's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/</link><description>Nothing always happens.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:37:44 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 19:00:39 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Rudolph: the True Story Behind the Social Outcast of the Reindeer. (The Sixth Funny Day of Christmas)</title>
<description><![CDATA[
In actuality, Rudolph was indeed ridiculed and persecuted for his red nose, and then he led the sleigh through the fog one night and saved Christmas, and then he was summarily assassinated by Blitzen, with the support of most of the other reindeer.
 
Rudolph was not part of the &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></source><link>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/18/3649814-rudolph-the-true-story-behind-the-social-outcast-of-the-reindeer-the-sixth-funny-day-of-christmas</link><guid>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/18/3649814-rudolph-the-true-story-behind-the-social-outcast-of-the-reindeer-the-sixth-funny-day-of-christmas</guid><category>violence</category><category>rudolph</category><category>beer</category><category>explosions</category><category>martin-luther-king-jr</category><category>john-lennon</category><category>che-guevara</category><category>christmas</category><category>world-news</category><category>holidays</category><category>reindeer</category><category>fireworks</category><category>santa</category><category>action</category><category>consumerism</category><category>gandhi</category><category>boobies</category><category>north-pole</category><category>butts</category><category>howard-zinn</category><category>cupid</category><category>flatulence</category><category>fred-hampton</category><category>12-funny-days-of-christmas</category><category>pole-riding</category><category>look-myk-a-poll</category><category>reindeer-vagina</category><category>ryan-meehan-must-die</category><category>everone-saw-laefs-butt</category><category>tfd09</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:18:34 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Flaef2F3650134.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_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Flaef2F3650134.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;don't cry for me.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Military Coup in Honduras: Pres. Zelaya removed from office.</title>
<description><![CDATA[Democratically elected President Zelaya has been ousted by the military and flown out of the country by the military.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></source><link>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/29/2981867-military-coup-in-honduras-pres-zelaya-removed-from-office</link><guid>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/29/2981867-military-coup-in-honduras-pres-zelaya-removed-from-office</guid><category>honduras</category><category>world-news</category><category>coup-detat</category><category>zelaya</category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:56:31 +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>video:Afghanistan becoming new Iraq - &quot;Obama's War&quot; (interview w/ Jeremy Scahill)</title>
<description><![CDATA[What we know for sure is that the fighting in Afghanistan is escalating. At least 21 thousand more American troops are going in and the number of private security contractors working for the military there jumped 29 percent in the last three months alone.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></source><link>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/08/2908557-videoafghanistan-becoming-new-iraq-obamas-war-interview-w-jeremy-scahill</link><guid>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/08/2908557-videoafghanistan-becoming-new-iraq-obamas-war-interview-w-jeremy-scahill</guid><category>iraq</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>politics</category><category>military</category><category>obama</category><category>bill-moyers</category><category>blackwater</category><category>private-contractors</category><category>jeremy-scahill</category><category>mcchrystal</category><pubDate>Mon, 8 Jun 2009 16:33:20 +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>Wild dogs that commute on the subway</title>
<description><![CDATA[STRAY dogs are commuting to and from a city centre on underground trains in search of food scraps.
The clever canines board the Tube each morning.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></source><link>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/05/2900409-wild-dogs-that-commute-on-the-subway</link><guid>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/05/2900409-wild-dogs-that-commute-on-the-subway</guid><category>canine</category><category>odd-news</category><category>transit</category><category>dogs</category><category>moscow</category><category>psychology</category><category>parasites</category><category>mutts</category><category>lady-and-the-tramp</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Jun 2009 17:54:20 +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>Terry McAuliffe's attempt to bribe Nader is product of Two-Party Tyranny</title>
<description><![CDATA[McAuliffe, who recently chaired Hillary Clinton's failed bid for the presidency, is trying to move from the back rooms of Democratic Party power politics to elected office, running for governor in Virginia.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></source><link>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/29/2877496-terry-mcauliffes-attempt-to-bribe-nader-is-product-of-two-party-tyranny</link><guid>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/29/2877496-terry-mcauliffes-attempt-to-bribe-nader-is-product-of-two-party-tyranny</guid><category>kerry</category><category>politics</category><category>gore</category><category>green-party</category><category>ralph-nader</category><category>bribe</category><category>mcauliffe</category><category>2004-election</category><category>2000-election</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 16:44:31 +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>US Bombing in Afghanistan Kills as Man as 120, Including Women and Children</title>
<description><![CDATA["The deaths came to public attention this week after local people brought some 30 bodies to the provincial capital to show government officials.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></source><link>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/06/2782300-us-bombing-in-afghanistan-kills-as-man-as-120-including-women-and-children</link><guid>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/06/2782300-us-bombing-in-afghanistan-kills-as-man-as-120-including-women-and-children</guid><category>afghanistan</category><category>world-news</category><category>karzai</category><category>gerani</category><category>azizabad</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 May 2009 15:54:16 +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>video - Insani-Tea: Conservatives Rally Around &quot;Teabagging&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA["the teabagging of Congress."
"who wouldn't want to teabag John McCain" ?
etc..]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></source><link>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/10/2667189-video-insani-tea-conservatives-rally-around-teabagging</link><guid>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/10/2667189-video-insani-tea-conservatives-rally-around-teabagging</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>fox</category><category>rachel-maddow</category><category>teabagging</category><category>teabag</category><category>boston-tea</category><category>insani-tea</category><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:41:34 +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>Newseum | Today's Front Pages | Map View</title>
<description><![CDATA[map of US, when you rollover a dot the local newspaper pops up... and if you click again it shows you the cover, and if you click again it goes to the newspaper's website.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></source><link>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/26/2605687-newseum-todays-front-pages-map-view</link><guid>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/26/2605687-newseum-todays-front-pages-map-view</guid><category>maps</category><category>us-news</category><category>newspaper</category><category>interactive</category><category>headlines</category><category>newseum</category><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:26:34 +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 Last 'Unknown' Tribe knows enough about us</title>
<description><![CDATA[No offer of Western medicine or technology can compensate for apocalyptic destruction]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></source><link>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/02/2384910-the-last-unknown-tribe-knows-enough-about-us</link><guid>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/02/2384910-the-last-unknown-tribe-knows-enough-about-us</guid><category>brazil</category><category>indian</category><category>world-news</category><category>anthropology</category><category>meirelles</category><category>aruak</category><pubDate>Mon, 2 Feb 2009 18:26:00 +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>Who Watches While the US Invades Pakistan and Syria?</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Has anyone in Washington noticed? The new US raids into Pakistan and Syria are, as was the invasion of Iraq, in blatant violation of international law.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David C. Kanz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David C. Kanz]]></source><link>http://aperspective.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/03/2067398-who-watches-while-the-us-invades-pakistan-and-syria</link><guid>http://aperspective.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/03/2067398-who-watches-while-the-us-invades-pakistan-and-syria</guid><category>pakistan</category><category>terrorism</category><category>al-qaida</category><category>war</category><category>international-law</category><category>world-news</category><category>dick-cheney</category><category>military-industrial-complex</category><category>us-invasion</category><category>syra</category><category>feorge-w-bush</category><pubDate>Mon, 3 Nov 2008 16:17:30 +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>Bush rejects pleas for more agents to investigate economic meltdown</title>
<description><![CDATA["They are bogged down big-time or there would be some indictments by now," said a recently retired bureau official who played a pivotal role in setting FBI policy after 9/ 11.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></source><link>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/01/2063655-bush-rejects-pleas-for-more-agents-to-investigate-economic-meltdown</link><guid>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/01/2063655-bush-rejects-pleas-for-more-agents-to-investigate-economic-meltdown</guid><category>business</category><category>bush</category><category>fbi</category><category>wall-street</category><category>taxes</category><category>democrats</category><category>corruption</category><category>republicans</category><category>bailout</category><category>capitalism</category><category>bullshit</category><pubDate>Sun, 2 Nov 2008 03:33:35 +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>American Politics Mash Up from Ninja Tune (music video)</title>
<description><![CDATA[Revolution '08
Dancefloor hooligans Coldcut join forces with America's leading audio-visual vigilante TV Sheriff to bring you an election vivisectionRevolution '08.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></source><link>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/27/2043801-american-politics-mash-up-from-ninja-tune-music-video</link><guid>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/27/2043801-american-politics-mash-up-from-ninja-tune-music-video</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>bush</category><category>election</category><category>mccain</category><category>fox</category><category>obama</category><category>cnn</category><category>remix</category><category>tv-sheriff</category><category>coldcut</category><category>ninja-tune</category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:59:49 +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>Wealth gap creating a social time bomb</title>
<description><![CDATA[Growing inequality in US cities could lead to widespread social unrest and increased mortality, says a new United Nations report on the urban environment. . . .]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></source><link>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/26/2042056-wealth-gap-creating-a-social-time-bomb</link><guid>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/26/2042056-wealth-gap-creating-a-social-time-bomb</guid><category>un</category><category>money</category><category>new-york-city</category><category>tokyo</category><category>mexico-city</category><category>world-news</category><category>urban</category><category>sao-paulo</category><category>inequality</category><category>wealth</category><category>mumbai</category><pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:52:01 +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>How the Republican and Democratic Parties Secretly Control the Presidential Debates</title>
<description><![CDATA[I want a real debate.
The Obama and McCain campaigns jointly negotiated a detailed secret contract dictating the terms of all the 2008 debates. This includes who gets to participate, as well as the topics raised during the debates.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></source><link>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/03/1952715-how-the-republican-and-democratic-parties-secretly-control-the-presidential-debates</link><guid>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/03/1952715-how-the-republican-and-democratic-parties-secretly-control-the-presidential-debates</guid><category>politics</category><category>mccain</category><category>mckinney</category><category>green-party</category><category>debates</category><category>libertarian</category><category>nader</category><category>3rd-party-candidates</category><category>no-debate</category><pubDate>Sat, 4 Oct 2008 03:04:55 +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>US 'casino' mentality blamed for planet's meltdown</title>
<description><![CDATA[Astounded by the U.S. government's failure to resolve the financial crisis threatening the foundations of the global free market, fingers of blame are pointing at America from around the planet.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Clendenning]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alan Clendenning]]></source><link>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/30/1936802-us-casino-mentality-blamed-for-planets-meltdown</link><guid>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/30/1936802-us-casino-mentality-blamed-for-planets-meltdown</guid><category>world-news</category><category>fingers</category><category>meltdown</category><category>lt</category><category>pointing</category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:19:44 +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/ab92799e-6b13-4843-b085-004a6a4b6813.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="377" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ab92799e-6b13-4843-b085-004a6a4b6813.jpg" width="120" height="163" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Traders work on the floor of the Brazilian Mercantile and Futures Exchange, in Sao Paulo, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008. Brazilian stocks opened higher after suffering their worst loss in nearly a decade amid growing concerns of a worldwide recession. Brazil's currency, the real, regained some ground against the U.S. dollar. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)&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/400/41bbedbb-9ff0-411a-bf85-9855fcf42e32.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/41bbedbb-9ff0-411a-bf85-9855fcf42e32.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A man walks pass newspaper posters, displaying the financial crisis headlines, on a street in central London, Tuesday, Sept 30, 2008. Britain's benchmark stock index, the FTSE 100, is down 2.25 percent in early trading. The index of 102 stocks traded on the London Stock Exchange opened around 1.32 percent down compared with Monday, and fell by as much as nearly 3 percent within the first half hour of trading, as the markets responded to the U.S. Congress' failure on Monday night to agree a US$700 billion plan to bail out the financial industry. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)&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/fbcd48f1-66b3-485c-a7c2-5cd6328abd85.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="361" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/fbcd48f1-66b3-485c-a7c2-5cd6328abd85.jpg" width="120" height="170" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Pakistani stock broker takes a nap at Karachi Stock Exchange in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008. Trading activity at the Karachi share market witnessed a record low volume since May 1998 due to the cautious stance of the investors over the deteriorating economic and geo-political situation and the KSE-100 index closed at 9,182.80 points level, down by 1.35 points. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>UN, US reports on civilian deaths in Afghan raid</title>
<description><![CDATA[A look at U.N. and U.S. reports on allegations of civilian deaths during American-led military raid Aug. 22 in Azizabad, Afghanistan:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/02/1817091-un-us-reports-on-civilian-deaths-in-afghan-raid</link><guid>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/02/1817091-un-us-reports-on-civilian-deaths-in-afghan-raid</guid><category>afghan</category><category>glance</category><category>world-news</category><category>civilian-deaths</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Sep 2008 19:10:54 +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>Ralph Nader on the Democrats' Corporate Ties, the Silencing of Third Parties, and Why Biden is the </title>
<description><![CDATA[Hear this man speak.
"The point was, and why we did what almost nobody ever does at the presidential candidacy level, bringing on competitors, so to speak, third-party and independent candidates, is to try to break the grip of this corporation called the Commission on Presidenti&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></source><link>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/31/1809578-ralph-nader-on-the-democrats-corporate-ties-the-silencing-of-third-parties-and-why-biden-is-the</link><guid>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/31/1809578-ralph-nader-on-the-democrats-corporate-ties-the-silencing-of-third-parties-and-why-biden-is-the</guid><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>biden</category><category>debates</category><category>dnc</category><category>nader</category><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:00:43 +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>Garbage Island - Vbs.tv </title>
<description><![CDATA[dumping tons of garbage in the Pacific Ocean that accumulates and makes a big trashy island north of Hawaii.  This is episode 1 in the VBS (Vice Broadcasting System) web tv series.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></source><link>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/23/1778124-garbage-island-vbstv</link><guid>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/23/1778124-garbage-island-vbstv</guid><category>garbage</category><category>island</category><category>pacific-ocean</category><category>plastic</category><category>world-news</category><category>vice</category><category>consumer-culture</category><category>vbs</category><pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:07:46 +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>Groups: Bush rushing to rewrite species rules</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Bush administration is providing insufficient time for public comment as it seeks to loosen rules protecting endangered species, representatives of more than 100 conservation groups charged Friday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dina Cappiello]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dina Cappiello]]></source><link>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/22/1774576-groups-bush-rushing-to-rewrite-species-rules</link><guid>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/22/1774576-groups-bush-rushing-to-rewrite-species-rules</guid><category>act</category><category>politics</category><category>endangered-species</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:07:25 +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>Iraq contractors 'cost US $85bn'</title>
<description><![CDATA[The scale of the private contract business and the sums involved have prompted calls for greater scrutiny.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></source><link>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/13/1745717-iraq-contractors-cost-us-85bn</link><guid>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/13/1745717-iraq-contractors-cost-us-85bn</guid><category>iraq</category><category>u-s</category><category>contractors</category><category>world-news</category><category>blackwater</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:55:58 +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>Giant ball in the trees is a designer eco-resort treehouse.</title>
<description><![CDATA[sleek interior, see pictures.  Our Planet Retreats suspended spheres all around the world that you can stay in.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></source><link>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/01/1711885-giant-ball-in-the-trees-is-a-designer-eco-resort-treehouse</link><guid>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/01/1711885-giant-ball-in-the-trees-is-a-designer-eco-resort-treehouse</guid><category>travel</category><category>design</category><category>ewok</category><category>leisure</category><category>treehouse</category><category>eco-sphere</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Aug 2008 04:03:25 +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>Inside Sudan - Intro - Vbs.tv </title>
<description><![CDATA[Shane Smith @ Vice doing some more 3rd world field research.  He learns the conflict in Sudan is more complicated than you think.  Or less complicated - a familiar natural resource that starts with an OI! and ends with an L .  (ummm, that's OIL).  ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></source><link>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/29/1623764-inside-sudan-intro-vbstv</link><guid>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/29/1623764-inside-sudan-intro-vbstv</guid><category>oil</category><category>chevron</category><category>sudan</category><category>video</category><category>world-news</category><category>janjaweed</category><category>vbs</category><category>vice-magazine</category><category>shane-smith</category><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:39:38 +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>UN promotes sports and peace project in Kenya</title>
<description><![CDATA[someone has to seed something positive in the WORLD NEWS section.  I'll do it.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></source><link>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/22/1599947-un-promotes-sports-and-peace-project-in-kenya</link><guid>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/22/1599947-un-promotes-sports-and-peace-project-in-kenya</guid><category>kenya</category><category>u-n</category><category>world-news</category><category>nairobi</category><category>world-peace-day</category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:29:28 +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>Montreal's public bike system integrates Web, RFID </title>
<description><![CDATA[With gas prices climbing daily, many commuters are looking for a more economic (and ecologically responsible) way to travel. Treehugger reports that the City of Montreal has launched one possible solution: the Public Bike System.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marilyn L]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Marilyn L]]></source><link>http://marilynl.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/22/1599309-montreals-public-bike-system-integrates-web-rfid</link><guid>http://marilynl.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/22/1599309-montreals-public-bike-system-integrates-web-rfid</guid><category>technology</category><category>rfid</category><category>web-tracking</category><category>solar-power</category><category>bicycles</category><category>public-bike-system</category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 11:04:11 +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>Indians Find U.S. at Fault in Food Cost</title>
<description><![CDATA[read the article, peep the "multimedia" *graphic* chart on the left.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LaeF1]]></source><link>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/16/1491919-indians-find-us-at-fault-in-food-cost</link><guid>http://laef.new.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/16/1491919-indians-find-us-at-fault-in-food-cost</guid><category>china</category><category>india</category><category>economy</category><category>rice</category><category>europe</category><category>food</category><category>trade</category><category>wheat</category><category>chicken</category><category>united-states</category><category>world-news</category><category>corn</category><category>beef</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 05:00:25 +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>
