<?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/" ><channel><title>Newsvine - animoller's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://animoller.newsvine.com/</link><description>Newsvine - animoller's Column - Articles and Seeds</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2009</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2006 07:25:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:49:47 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Pentagon memo says homosexuality a mental disorder</title><description><![CDATA[A released Pentagon memo classifies homosexuality as a mental disorder, many years after this stance was abandoned by mental health experts.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[animoller]]></dc:creator><link>http://animoller.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/21/261921-pentagon-memo-says-homosexuality-a-mental-disorder</link><guid>http://animoller.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/21/261921-pentagon-memo-says-homosexuality-a-mental-disorder</guid><category>pentagon</category><category>mental</category><category>us-news</category><category>disorder</category><category>homosexuality</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2006 07:25:00 +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>Armless man charged with dangerous driving</title><description><![CDATA[I really don't know what to say about this.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[animoller]]></dc:creator><link>http://animoller.newsvine.com/_news/2006/05/11/193742-armless-man-charged-with-dangerous-driving</link><guid>http://animoller.newsvine.com/_news/2006/05/11/193742-armless-man-charged-with-dangerous-driving</guid><category>man</category><category>driving</category><category>world-news</category><category>dangerous</category><category>wtf</category><category>armless</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2006 07:05:00 +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>Nintendo DS Lite comes in pretty colours!</title><description><![CDATA[The soon-to-be-released Nintendo DS Lite will be made available in 3 colours on March 2nd - black, white, and pale blue.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[animoller]]></dc:creator><link>http://animoller.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/10/92745-nintendo-ds-lite-comes-in-pretty-colours</link><guid>http://animoller.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/10/92745-nintendo-ds-lite-comes-in-pretty-colours</guid><category>technology</category><category>nintendo</category><category>ds</category><category>lite</category><category>colours</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2006 18:36:16 +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>Mattel makes over Ken</title><description><![CDATA[In an attempt to revive its flagging Barbie sales, Mattel has revamped Ken.  He has been made over by flaming Hollywood stylist and Mattel consultant Phillip Bloch, and supposedly is modelled on both Orlando Bloom and Matthew McConaughey.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[animoller]]></dc:creator><link>http://animoller.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/10/92712-mattel-makes-over-ken</link><guid>http://animoller.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/10/92712-mattel-makes-over-ken</guid><category>us-news</category><category>barbie</category><category>mattel</category><category>doll</category><category>ken</category><category>make-over</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2006 18:22:23 +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>Malaysia bans possession of Mohammed cartoons</title><description><![CDATA[Malaysia has banned the circulation and possession of the Danish Mohammed cartoons that have been causing an uproar over recent weeks.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[animoller]]></dc:creator><link>http://animoller.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/10/92685-malaysia-bans-possession-of-mohammed-cartoons</link><guid>http://animoller.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/10/92685-malaysia-bans-possession-of-mohammed-cartoons</guid><category>malaysia</category><category>politics</category><category>islam</category><category>cartoons</category><category>mohammed</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2006 18:07:04 +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>Could the outcry over Danish cartoons be a conspiracy?</title><description><![CDATA[This is an interesting article about the current controversy over the Danish Mohammed cartoons.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[animoller]]></dc:creator><link>http://animoller.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/08/89349-could-the-outcry-over-danish-cartoons-be-a-conspiracy</link><guid>http://animoller.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/08/89349-could-the-outcry-over-danish-cartoons-be-a-conspiracy</guid><category>denmark</category><category>politics</category><category>cartoon</category><category>danish</category><category>mohammed</category><pubDate>Wed, 8 Feb 2006 16:58:21 +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>Outcry over AOL &amp; Yahoo's proposed email charges</title><description><![CDATA[Marketers are up in arms over AOL and Yahoo's plans to charge businesses to send commercial email.  The plan is to use a certified email system called Goodwill, which will charge $2-3 per 1,000 messages.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[animoller]]></dc:creator><link>http://animoller.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/06/86091-outcry-over-aol-yahoos-proposed-email-charges</link><guid>http://animoller.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/06/86091-outcry-over-aol-yahoos-proposed-email-charges</guid><category>yahoo</category><category>technology</category><category>aol</category><category>email</category><category>charge</category><category>goodmail</category><pubDate>Mon, 6 Feb 2006 22:37:01 +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>Face transplant woman wants a normal life</title><description><![CDATA[The French woman who received the world's first face transplant thanked her doctors and said she wanted a normal life during her first media apperance since the operation.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[animoller]]></dc:creator><link>http://animoller.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/06/86082-face-transplant-woman-wants-a-normal-life</link><guid>http://animoller.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/06/86082-face-transplant-woman-wants-a-normal-life</guid><category>france</category><category>health</category><category>transplant</category><category>dog-bite</category><category>face</category><category>isabelle-dinoire</category><pubDate>Mon, 6 Feb 2006 22:31:28 +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>Scientists make first tangible anti-matter calculations</title><description><![CDATA[Anti-matter is one of the big unknowns about our universe.  According to research, 80-85% of everything we know is made up of these dark matter particles - particles that can not be detected because they don't emit radiation or light.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[animoller]]></dc:creator><link>http://animoller.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/06/86072-scientists-make-first-tangible-anti-matter-calculations</link><guid>http://animoller.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/06/86072-scientists-make-first-tangible-anti-matter-calculations</guid><category>science</category><category>dark-matter</category><category>cambridge</category><category>galaxies</category><category>anti-matter</category><pubDate>Mon, 6 Feb 2006 22:25:33 +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>New Zealand newspapers reprint Danish Mohammed cartoons</title><description><![CDATA[The Dominion Post and The Press published reprints of the Danish cartoons depicting the Islamic prophet Mohammed.  The cartoons were also showing on television channels TV One and TV3.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[animoller]]></dc:creator><link>http://animoller.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/06/86061-new-zealand-newspapers-reprint-danish-mohammed-cartoons</link><guid>http://animoller.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/06/86061-new-zealand-newspapers-reprint-danish-mohammed-cartoons</guid><category>new-zealand</category><category>islam</category><category>world-news</category><category>cartoons</category><category>mohammed</category><pubDate>Mon, 6 Feb 2006 22:17:14 +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>Internet firms 'bowed to Beijing'</title><description><![CDATA[There is a big hoopla on the internet at the moment with Google's decision to censor their Google.cn search results for China's mental censorship policies.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[animoller]]></dc:creator><link>http://animoller.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/05/84483-internet-firms-bowed-to-beijing</link><guid>http://animoller.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/05/84483-internet-firms-bowed-to-beijing</guid><category>google</category><category>technology</category><category>china</category><category>microsoft</category><category>censorship</category><pubDate>Sun, 5 Feb 2006 14:51:14 +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>TELEGRAMS OVER STOP WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT STOP</title><description><![CDATA[On May 26, 1844, the first telegram was sent by Samuel Morse.  On January 27, 2006, the last telegram was sent by Western Union.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[animoller]]></dc:creator><link>http://animoller.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/05/84475-telegrams-over-stop-what-hath-god-wrought-stop</link><guid>http://animoller.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/05/84475-telegrams-over-stop-what-hath-god-wrought-stop</guid><category>technology</category><category>pony-express</category><category>western-union</category><category>telegrams</category><pubDate>Sun, 5 Feb 2006 14:39:56 +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>iPod owner suing Apple over hearing loss</title><description><![CDATA[John Kiel Patterson from Louisiana is suing Apple claiming that iPods are "inherently defective in design and are not sufficiently adorned with adequate warnings regarding the likelihood of hearing loss".]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[animoller]]></dc:creator><link>http://animoller.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/05/84467-ipod-owner-suing-apple-over-hearing-loss</link><guid>http://animoller.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/05/84467-ipod-owner-suing-apple-over-hearing-loss</guid><category>technology</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>apple</category><category>ipod</category><category>hearing-loss</category><pubDate>Sun, 5 Feb 2006 14:33:05 +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></item><item><title>Stephanie Tanner has a meth problem</title><description><![CDATA[Jodie Sweetin, who played Stephanie Tanner in the memorable '90s sitcom Full House, has admitted that she is a recovering meth addict and was once using daily.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[animoller]]></dc:creator><link>http://animoller.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/03/81731-stephanie-tanner-has-a-meth-problem</link><guid>http://animoller.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/03/81731-stephanie-tanner-has-a-meth-problem</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>meth</category><category>full-house</category><category>addiction</category><category>jodie-sweetin</category><category>stepanie-tanner</category><category>crystal-meth</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 Feb 2006 12:00:35 +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>Lee Tamahori is a transvestite prostitute</title><description><![CDATA[World famous New Zealand director Lee Tamahori was arrested in Hollywood, Los Angeles after trying to solicit sex to an undercover police officer.  He was dress in drag and wearing a black wig.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[animoller]]></dc:creator><link>http://animoller.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/03/81722-lee-tamahori-is-a-transvestite-prostitute</link><guid>http://animoller.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/03/81722-lee-tamahori-is-a-transvestite-prostitute</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>director</category><category>bond</category><category>los-angeles</category><category>lee-tamahori</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 Feb 2006 11:50:27 +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>Dark Crystal sequel to be filmed</title><description><![CDATA[One of my favourite movies from when I was younger is to have a sequel filmed - Dark Crystal.  Rumoured to be directed by Genndy Tartakovsky, the creator of Samurai Jack, it should be very interesting -  although time will tell if it is in any way reminiscent of the original.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[animoller]]></dc:creator><link>http://animoller.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/03/81687-dark-crystal-sequel-to-be-filmed</link><guid>http://animoller.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/03/81687-dark-crystal-sequel-to-be-filmed</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>dark-crystal</category><category>jim-henson</category><category>sequel</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 Feb 2006 11:08:28 +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>&quot;How-To&quot; CD circulating amongst NZ criminals</title><description><![CDATA[A "how-to" CD is being circulated amongst New Zealand criminals - alledgedly being sold for as much as NZ$4,000.  The disc contains information from how to commit credit card fraud to how to make drugs from household substances.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[animoller]]></dc:creator><link>http://animoller.newsvine.com/_news/2006/01/27/71925-how-to-cd-circulating-amongst-nz-criminals</link><guid>http://animoller.newsvine.com/_news/2006/01/27/71925-how-to-cd-circulating-amongst-nz-criminals</guid><category>criminals</category><category>odd-news</category><category>cd</category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:48:30 +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>California votes to classify second-hand smoke a toxic risk</title><description><![CDATA[The move by Californian's Air Resources Board to classify second-hand tabacoo smoke as a "toxic air contaminant" could lead to further laws banning smoking in the state.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[animoller]]></dc:creator><link>http://animoller.newsvine.com/_news/2006/01/27/71918-california-votes-to-classify-second-hand-smoke-a-toxic-risk</link><guid>http://animoller.newsvine.com/_news/2006/01/27/71918-california-votes-to-classify-second-hand-smoke-a-toxic-risk</guid><category>health</category><category>california</category><category>smoking</category><category>second-hand-smoke</category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:35:51 +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>