<?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 - ambivalent's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 02:17:21 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 06:50:07 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>U.S. car manufacturers linked to Amazon destruction, slave labor</title>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;
According to a new report by Greenpeace, top U.S. car companies such as Ford, General Motors, and Nissan are sourcing pig iron that has resulted in the destruction of Amazon rainforests, slave labor, and land conflict with indigenous tribes. Spending two years documenting&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></source><link>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/16/11737693-us-car-manufacturers-linked-to-amazon-destruction-slave-labor</link><guid>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/16/11737693-us-car-manufacturers-linked-to-amazon-destruction-slave-labor</guid><category>greenpeace</category><category>illegal-logging</category><category>world-news</category><category>auto-industry</category><category>slave-labor</category><category>pig-iron</category><category>illegal-kilns</category><category>brazilian-rainforest</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 02:11:55 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=diane-whitedove1CD5538E7-909B-FDFB-5B03-8FCE45CB2647.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=diane-whitedove1CD5538E7-909B-FDFB-5B03-8FCE45CB2647.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The &quot;Christening&quot; by the Bluebird of Happiness </title>
<description><![CDATA[
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I put this in the holder and ten minutes later there he was, sitting on the tippy top, scouting for breakfast. The bluebird of happiness pooped on my new umbrella!&nbsp;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></source><link>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/16/11732250-the-christening-by-the-bluebird-of-happiness</link><guid>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/16/11732250-the-christening-by-the-bluebird-of-happiness</guid><category>happiness</category><category>not-news</category><category>bluebird</category><category>patio-umbrella</category><category>living-in-the-wild</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:38:27 +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=diane-whitedove128BAEE12-3827-BC55-3232-8D9C9E128D6A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="381" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=diane-whitedove128BAEE12-3827-BC55-3232-8D9C9E128D6A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="115" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A new perch! A good hunting vantage point. &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obama campaign's newest ad : Romney and Bain Capital</title>
<description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s no surprise that the Obama campaign chose the story of GS Industries for its first television ad attacking Mitt Romney&rsquo;s record at Bain Capital.
Unlike some of the tales of job-killing and factory-closings that were thrown at Romney during the GOP primaries, thi&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></source><link>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/15/11721271-obama-campaigns-newest-ad-romney-and-bain-capital</link><guid>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/15/11721271-obama-campaigns-newest-ad-romney-and-bain-capital</guid><category>labor</category><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>romney</category><category>bain</category><category>political-ads</category><category>steel-workers</category><category>new-obama-ad</category><category>romney-the-job-taker</category><category>pension-taker</category><category>career-taker</category><category>pinocchio-fact-checker</category><category>loss-of-pensions</category><category>loss-of-career</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 21:25:20 +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>Sick From Fracking? Doctors, Patients Seek Answers </title>
<description><![CDATA[Kay Allen had just started work, and everything seemed quiet at the Cornerstone Care community health clinic in Burgettstown, Pa. But things didn't stay quiet for long.
"All the girls, they were yelling at me in the back, 'You gotta come out here quick. You gotta come out here q&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></source><link>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/15/11717150-sick-from-fracking-doctors-patients-seek-answers</link><guid>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/15/11717150-sick-from-fracking-doctors-patients-seek-answers</guid><category>health</category><category>environment</category><category>fracking</category><category>chemicals-sickness</category><category>scientific-proof-needed</category><category>health-and-the-environment</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:35:12 +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 Really Caused the Deficit?</title>
<description><![CDATA[As the chart below reveals, the main drivers of projected deficits over the next decade are the wars... in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Bush tax cuts and the so-called &ldquo;automatic stabilizers&rdquo; &mdash; unemployment insurance spending, lower tax burdens &mdash; built into e&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></source><link>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/15/11715456-who-really-caused-the-deficit</link><guid>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/15/11715456-who-really-caused-the-deficit</guid><category>politics</category><category>bush-tax-cuts</category><category>deficit-facts</category><category>projection-under-obama</category><category>projections-under-gop</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 13:23:59 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=diane-whitedove1E0B8FA6A-9620-F291-78A0-4FE32B6FC0E4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="312" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=diane-whitedove1E0B8FA6A-9620-F291-78A0-4FE32B6FC0E4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mr. Phoebe Serves Breakfast, with a Visit from Mrs. Polkadot</title>
<description><![CDATA[
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I caught Mr. Phoebe flycatching the family's breakfast this morning, then serving it up one by one. When I walked the dogs I found a polkadot turtle looking for a place to lay her eggs.
ny.gov/animals
Then the skunks will come to dig them up for a midnight snack...&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></source><link>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/15/11714190-mr-phoebe-serves-breakfast-with-a-visit-from-mrs-polkadot</link><guid>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/15/11714190-mr-phoebe-serves-breakfast-with-a-visit-from-mrs-polkadot</guid><category>environment</category><category>skunks</category><category>phoebes</category><category>nesting-turtles</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:53:43 +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=diane-whitedove169AEC443-616D-A9EE-A3A3-AED1CB0159A1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="365" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=diane-whitedove169AEC443-616D-A9EE-A3A3-AED1CB0159A1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="110" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Wait for it.....&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=diane-whitedove19D932EB8-3004-0DA0-AE6F-DFCD1B5A189F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="339" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=diane-whitedove19D932EB8-3004-0DA0-AE6F-DFCD1B5A189F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="102" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Good morning!&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=diane-whitedove10598E035-5FAE-B52C-640A-721A8A06AC63.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="644" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=diane-whitedove10598E035-5FAE-B52C-640A-721A8A06AC63.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="193" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;One at a time...&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Diplomats and Dissidents - NYTimes.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[The case of the blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, which briefly wrought havoc in the U.S. embassy, is a good occasion to contemplate the perennial tension between our respect for human rights and our need to deal with undemocratic regimes on issues like nuclear proliferati&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></source><link>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/14/11696408-diplomats-and-dissidents-nytimescom</link><guid>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/14/11696408-diplomats-and-dissidents-nytimescom</guid><category>politics</category><category>tiananmen-square</category><category>chen-guangcheng</category><category>christian-activist</category><category>texas-chrisitans</category><category>bob-fucommunist-party</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 11:27:26 +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>Mrs. Phoebe's First Mother's Day</title>
<description><![CDATA[
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></source><link>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/13/11687825-mrs-phoebes-first-mothers-day</link><guid>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/13/11687825-mrs-phoebes-first-mothers-day</guid><category>home-garden</category><category>phobes-babies</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 22:13:34 +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=diane-whitedove18A0395A5-9EF5-984D-DE44-6ADE962868AB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=diane-whitedove18A0395A5-9EF5-984D-DE44-6ADE962868AB.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Just in time for Mother's Day&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Maya Artwork Uncovered In A Guatemalan Forest </title>
<description><![CDATA[Archaeologists working in one of the most impenetrable rain forests in Guatemala have stumbled on a remarkable discovery: a room full of wall paintings and numerical calculations.
The buried room apparently was a workshop used by scribes or astronomers working for a Mayan king. &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></source><link>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/13/11685150-maya-artwork-uncovered-in-a-guatemalan-forest</link><guid>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/13/11685150-maya-artwork-uncovered-in-a-guatemalan-forest</guid><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 15:34:39 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=diane-whitedove169E71D88-FCF3-7844-2911-C40D068BCB93.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=diane-whitedove169E71D88-FCF3-7844-2911-C40D068BCB93.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mitt Romney, the Unlikable Presidential Candidate</title>
<description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s been a long time since the country elected a man as personally unappealing as Mitt Romney. Will Americans overlook their deeply held conviction that he&rsquo;s a jerk?
Gallup just this week put the likeability ratings at Obama 60, Romney 31. It&rsquo;s not that Obama&&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></source><link>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/13/11685043-mitt-romney-the-unlikable-presidential-candidate</link><guid>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/13/11685043-mitt-romney-the-unlikable-presidential-candidate</guid><category>politics</category><category>romney</category><category>gallup-poll</category><category>obnoxiousness</category><category>obnoxious-romney-quotes</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 15:20:08 +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>120 Giants Found Living With 86-Year-Old Man</title>
<description><![CDATA[
I don't know what kind of nerve, ferocity and stubbornness got 86-year-old Brendon Grimshaw to buy an island in the Indian Ocean, replant it with 16,000 trees, grasses and then lure a bunch of giant tortoises &mdash; big galumphing ones and itty-bitty ones &mdash; to live with h&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></source><link>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/13/11684149-120-giants-found-living-with-86-year-old-man</link><guid>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/13/11684149-120-giants-found-living-with-86-year-old-man</guid><category>conservationist</category><category>environment</category><category>wildlife</category><category>tortoises</category><category>island-paradise</category><category>brendon-grimshaw</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 13:30:25 +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><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdqTmBGcg3M" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/vdqTmBGcg3M/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">http://www.indianglobalcelebrities.blogspot.com click this link 4 more An 86-year-old Yorkshire man, Brendon Grimshaw may have lived alone for many years on the tiny island paradise of Moyenne in the Seychelles in the middle of the Indian Ocean since he bought it in 1962 for &amp;pound;8000, but he is rarely lonely. For Brendon has spent the years reintroducing the indigenous giant tortoise to Moyenne and now shares the island with 120 of the magnificent creatures, on one of the world's smallest national parks. The BBC's Simon Reeve went to visit him.</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Odd Life of Timothy Green</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></source><link>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/11/11664217-the-odd-life-of-timothy-green</link><guid>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/11/11664217-the-odd-life-of-timothy-green</guid><category>children</category><category>families</category><category>magic</category><category>movies</category><category>trailers</category><category>previews</category><category>parenting</category><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 21:37:03 +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 medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMSkbH0LuTc" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/mMSkbH0LuTc/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">The Odd Life of Timothy Green &quot;Coming Soon&quot; Official Site: http://disney.com/OddLife Facebook: http://facebook.com/OddLifeMovie Twitter: http://twitter.com/DisneyPictures Academy Award&amp;reg;&amp;#150;nominated director/writer Peter Hedges (&amp;#147;Dan in Real Life,&amp;#148; What&amp;#146;s Eating Gilbert Grape?&amp;#148;) brings enchantment to the screen with &amp;#147;The Odd Life of Timothy Green,&amp;#148; an inspiring, magical story about a happily married couple, Cindy and Jim Green (Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton), who can&amp;#146;t wait to start a family but can only dream about what their child would be like. When young Timothy (CJ Adams) shows up on their doorstep one stormy night, Cindy and Jim&amp;#151; and their small town of Stanleyville&amp;#151;learn that sometimes the unexpected can bring some of life&amp;#146;s greatest gifts.</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>President Obama's calculated gamble on gay marriage </title>
<description><![CDATA[Now that the President is on record in support of gay marriage, it&rsquo;s worth breaking down the political pluses and minuses of that position.
Let&rsquo;s start with the pluses.
1. Public opinion: The movement in national polling on the issue is something rarely seen; suppor&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></source><link>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/10/11635398-president-obamas-calculated-gamble-on-gay-marriage</link><guid>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/10/11635398-president-obamas-calculated-gamble-on-gay-marriage</guid><category>gay-marriage</category><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>leadership</category><category>marriage-equality</category><category>political-risks</category><category>presidential-opinion</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 11:34:31 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=diane-whitedove1ED674654-D2C4-5BA7-0EE6-CC7AB21CB0D3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="353" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=diane-whitedove1ED674654-D2C4-5BA7-0EE6-CC7AB21CB0D3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="106" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>It Is Enough: An Open Letter to the Sick at Heart</title>
<description><![CDATA[Stop me if you've heard this one before.
A holy man stands before his flock and says, "Dads, the second you see your son dropping the limp wrist, you walk over there and crack that wrist. Man up. Give him a good punch. Ok? You are not going to act like that. You were made by God&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></source><link>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/09/11623700-it-is-enough-an-open-letter-to-the-sick-at-heart</link><guid>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/09/11623700-it-is-enough-an-open-letter-to-the-sick-at-heart</guid><category>religion</category><category>gay-bullying</category><category>unchristian-behavior</category><category>theocratic-policy</category><pubDate>Wed, 9 May 2012 22:14:35 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=diane-whitedove109309696-8323-006C-75D8-3D2D4B65405E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="340" width="308" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=diane-whitedove109309696-8323-006C-75D8-3D2D4B65405E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="132" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Democracy can still rise to a challenge </title>
<description><![CDATA[Around the world, people are asking whether democracy is still up to the job.
1. Gay rights. A generation ago, prejudice toward homosexuals, often vile and destructive, was a given. Today it is not accepted. Twenty states plus the District of Columbia recognize same-sex partners&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></source><link>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/08/11595689-democracy-can-still-rise-to-a-challenge</link><guid>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/08/11595689-democracy-can-still-rise-to-a-challenge</guid><category>immigration</category><category>politics</category><category>gay-rights</category><category>equality</category><category>civil-society</category><category>tarp</category><category>the-republican-primary</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 May 2012 11:47:05 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=diane-whitedove10E2A92C0-E75A-A3ED-BCD9-ED3A6FC41D59.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=diane-whitedove10E2A92C0-E75A-A3ED-BCD9-ED3A6FC41D59.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>You Might Be A Fascist If…</title>
<description><![CDATA[Are you a fascist? Many people are fascists and they don&rsquo;t even realize it. And sometimes, they know it all too well, but hide and deny it. Most of the time though, it&rsquo;s obvious who the fascists are. For instance, you might be a fascist if&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></source><link>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/05/11557146-you-might-be-a-fascist-if</link><guid>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/05/11557146-you-might-be-a-fascist-if</guid><category>1</category><category>politics</category><category>satire</category><category>theocracy</category><category>facism</category><category>military-buildup</category><category>global-warming-denial</category><category>bogotry</category><category>womens-reproduction</category><category>corporate-powers</category><pubDate>Sat, 5 May 2012 20:56:01 +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>Psychology Of Fraud: Why Good People Do Bad Things </title>
<description><![CDATA[Enron, Worldcom, Bernie Madoff, the subprime mortgage crisis.
Over the past decade or so, news stories about unethical behavior have been a regular feature on TV, a long, discouraging parade of misdeeds marching across our screens. And in the face of these scandals, psychologist&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></source><link>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/05/11555099-psychology-of-fraud-why-good-people-do-bad-things</link><guid>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/05/11555099-psychology-of-fraud-why-good-people-do-bad-things</guid><category>fraud</category><category>law</category><category>finances</category><category>psychology</category><category>morality</category><category>not-news</category><category>making-decisions</category><category>ehtics</category><category>making-bad-decisions</category><category>lies-and-deceit</category><pubDate>Sat, 5 May 2012 17:00:43 +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>The Other Side of the Wall, and more - full role of film</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></source><link>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/04/11541673-the-other-side-of-the-wall-and-more-full-role-of-film</link><guid>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/04/11541673-the-other-side-of-the-wall-and-more-full-role-of-film</guid><category>arts</category><category>newsvine-photographers</category><category>foto-friday</category><category>full-role-of-film</category><category>woodland-and-water</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 May 2012 19:29:21 +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=diane-whitedove110C04C20-1146-9B71-C0D7-657D436E51DA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="298" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=diane-whitedove110C04C20-1146-9B71-C0D7-657D436E51DA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Home again. Can you find the toothy dragon?&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=diane-whitedove18C5F9657-D9BC-4020-D98A-0F9ADC0F379A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=diane-whitedove18C5F9657-D9BC-4020-D98A-0F9ADC0F379A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Velvety sedge&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=diane-whitedove1783C69FE-A2D1-C5CC-69D4-B331C6BD5B43.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="329" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=diane-whitedove1783C69FE-A2D1-C5CC-69D4-B331C6BD5B43.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="99" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Welcome&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=diane-whitedove15C464640-C53A-F848-AA4B-AA7FFAAF8B99.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=diane-whitedove15C464640-C53A-F848-AA4B-AA7FFAAF8B99.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Who lives here?&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=diane-whitedove18E697190-6DE6-CF4D-11F3-CE88C0F2068C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=diane-whitedove18E697190-6DE6-CF4D-11F3-CE88C0F2068C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;And here?&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=diane-whitedove10D7DF31C-F168-68D6-FF9A-DDEAF7AB02AF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=diane-whitedove10D7DF31C-F168-68D6-FF9A-DDEAF7AB02AF.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;And here...&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=diane-whitedove1C844D0AD-0679-24B2-F6B2-CD63DD3390BA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=diane-whitedove1C844D0AD-0679-24B2-F6B2-CD63DD3390BA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Softly babbling&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=diane-whitedove1E3A911D7-9ABA-7B5A-E0D6-3E6A330C8073.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=diane-whitedove1E3A911D7-9ABA-7B5A-E0D6-3E6A330C8073.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Moss flowers old and new&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=diane-whitedove1E30A5AA9-336F-ECC9-3268-EB5DBC396B5C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="237" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=diane-whitedove1E30A5AA9-336F-ECC9-3268-EB5DBC396B5C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Froggy heaven&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=diane-whitedove175C72F46-824F-D33D-20DC-26FF14DFB88A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=diane-whitedove175C72F46-824F-D33D-20DC-26FF14DFB88A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=diane-whitedove18086F849-7950-FAB2-5ED2-41DF79CD9A3F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=diane-whitedove18086F849-7950-FAB2-5ED2-41DF79CD9A3F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The other side&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=diane-whitedove112C5D211-9334-54FA-54A4-34C54CE1BA43.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="294" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=diane-whitedove112C5D211-9334-54FA-54A4-34C54CE1BA43.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Wetland&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bob Fu, once obscure crusader of rights in China, is now famous for helping dissident Chen Guangcheng </title>
<description><![CDATA[One week ago, Bob Fu was an obscure crusader for religious rights in China. His nonprofit group, China Aid, improbably based in this dusty West Texas oil town, followed the plight of persecuted &ldquo;house churches,&rdquo; opposed forced sterilizations and abortions, and promote&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></source><link>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/03/11518670-bob-fu-once-obscure-crusader-of-rights-in-china-is-now-famous-for-helping-dissident-chen-guangcheng</link><guid>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/03/11518670-bob-fu-once-obscure-crusader-of-rights-in-china-is-now-famous-for-helping-dissident-chen-guangcheng</guid><category>politics</category><category>tiananmen-square</category><category>chen-guangcheng</category><category>christian-activist</category><category>texas-chrisitans</category><category>bob-fucommunist-party</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 May 2012 12:18:30 +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>Why I Had to Get Out: Confessions of a Wall Street Insider </title>
<description><![CDATA[This is Wall Street's equivalent of the American Dream: to earn enough money so that you can behave in a way that makes the very existence of other people irrelevant.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></source><link>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/02/11500659-why-i-had-to-get-out-confessions-of-a-wall-street-insider</link><guid>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/02/11500659-why-i-had-to-get-out-confessions-of-a-wall-street-insider</guid><category>us-news</category><category>american-dream</category><category>making-money</category><category>wallstreet-insider</category><category>occupy-wallstreeter</category><category>envy-and-jealousy</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 May 2012 12:14:45 +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> Debris from Japan Washes Ashore on the West Coast </title>
<description><![CDATA[Our northwest shorelines are now encrusted with the first wave of debris from Japan. Watch this incredibe video of just the very first wave of debris accumulation. This will be here for a very long time...what will become of our shore life in these areas?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></source><link>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/01/11484842-debris-from-japan-washes-ashore-on-the-west-coast</link><guid>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/01/11484842-debris-from-japan-washes-ashore-on-the-west-coast</guid><category>radiation</category><category>environment</category><category>environmental-waste</category><category>tsunami-debris-form-japan</category><category>shoreline-devastation</category><pubDate>Tue, 1 May 2012 12:37:29 +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>Saving Chen Guangcheng </title>
<description><![CDATA[The blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng climbed over the back wall of his home April 22 &mdash; and escaped nearly six years of torture, malnutrition and isolation. During his detention, Chen became a global star, his dark glasses emblematic of the embattled movement of human rights def&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></source><link>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/30/11469445-saving-chen-guangcheng</link><guid>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/30/11469445-saving-chen-guangcheng</guid><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:09:36 +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>John Boehner Throws a Tantrum on the House Floor Over War on Women, give Me a Break</title>
<description><![CDATA[
On July 1, unless Congress acts, interest rates will double for more than 7.4 million students with federal loans. Fortunately, even though they voted just weeks ago in lockstep to allow this increase, Republicans in Congress have come around on the issue since President Obama &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></source><link>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/29/11457612-john-boehner-throws-a-tantrum-on-the-house-floor-over-war-on-women-give-me-a-break</link><guid>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/29/11457612-john-boehner-throws-a-tantrum-on-the-house-floor-over-war-on-women-give-me-a-break</guid><category>politics</category><category>public-health</category><category>gop-lies</category><category>breast-cancer-screening</category><category>boener</category><category>interest-rates-on-college-loans</category><pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:42:45 +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>President Obama, Warrior in Chief </title>
<description><![CDATA[Mr. Obama decimated Al Qaeda&rsquo;s leadership. He overthrew the Libyan dictator. He ramped up drone attacks in Pakistan, waged effective covert wars in Yemen and Somalia and authorized a threefold increase in the number of American troops in Afghanistan. He became the first pre&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></source><link>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/29/11456847-president-obama-warrior-in-chief</link><guid>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/29/11456847-president-obama-warrior-in-chief</guid><category>pirates</category><category>politics</category><category>bin-laden</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>al-qaeda</category><category>nobel-peace-prize-winning</category><pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:07:50 +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 Life Almost Lost, Freed After 25 Years: Justice Is Michael Morton's Weapon Of Choice </title>
<description><![CDATA[The past few years in Texas have seen a parade of DNA exonerations: more than 40 men so far. The first exonerations were big news, but the type has grown smaller as Texans have watched a dismaying march of exonerees, their wasted years haunting the public conscience.
Yet a case &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></source><link>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/28/11447477-a-life-almost-lost-freed-after-25-years-justice-is-michael-mortons-weapon-of-choice</link><guid>http://diane-whitedove1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/28/11447477-a-life-almost-lost-freed-after-25-years-justice-is-michael-mortons-weapon-of-choice</guid><category>defense</category><category>prosecution</category><category>law</category><category>dna</category><category>us-news</category><category>injustice</category><category>texas-law</category><category>evidence-withheld</category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:43:10 +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>
