<?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</title><link>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/</link><description>I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 23:14:15 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:54:03 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Witnesses in Woolwich say soldier was hacked 'like a piece of meat' | Warning... Graphic content.News.com.au</title>
<description><![CDATA[
FIRST came a car crash and then what appeared to be two black men&nbsp; helping a white man they had run over.  &nbsp; ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/22/18428608-witnesses-in-woolwich-say-soldier-was-hacked-like-a-piece-of-meat-warning-graphic-contentnewscomau</link><guid>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/22/18428608-witnesses-in-woolwich-say-soldier-was-hacked-like-a-piece-of-meat-warning-graphic-contentnewscomau</guid><category>world-news</category><category>warning-graphic</category><category>top-stories-terror-attack</category><category>british-library-more</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 23:13:32 +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=abbys1F86A2D54-424D-E8A5-7F68-C364722389CD.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="100" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1F86A2D54-424D-E8A5-7F68-C364722389CD.jpg&amp;width=120" width="100" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Royal prank nurse 'wanted DJs to pay her mortgage'</title>
<description><![CDATA[The British nurse found hanged after being fooled in the royal phone prank scandal reportedly left a note blaming two Australian radio DJs for her apparent suicide.&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/29/17975124-royal-prank-nurse-wanted-djs-to-pay-her-mortgage</link><guid>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/29/17975124-royal-prank-nurse-wanted-djs-to-pay-her-mortgage</guid><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 23:39:09 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1EF473648-F30D-3FFC-B5B7-7F6FD93BD780.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="81" width="144" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1EF473648-F30D-3FFC-B5B7-7F6FD93BD780.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Puppy Ponderings......</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17684728-puppy-ponderings</link><guid>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17684728-puppy-ponderings</guid><category>humour</category><category>not-news</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:59:09 +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=abbys1C1FA700B-2A65-D775-378E-0C3ACF8C953F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="467" width="360" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1C1FA700B-2A65-D775-378E-0C3ACF8C953F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="156" /><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=abbys1BC5BCC3B-DEBA-B600-5091-0FCB03820F16.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="320" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1BC5BCC3B-DEBA-B600-5091-0FCB03820F16.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="96" /><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=abbys1172ABF77-34A2-4FA0-39C6-4E7B4A09F13D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="264" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1172ABF77-34A2-4FA0-39C6-4E7B4A09F13D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><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=abbys11123357F-83C0-5F75-FCF3-8A2A9C25B462.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys11123357F-83C0-5F75-FCF3-8A2A9C25B462.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><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=abbys15FC7903D-1555-ADCB-0F34-41DE6E017F7C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="334" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys15FC7903D-1555-ADCB-0F34-41DE6E017F7C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="101" /><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=abbys1A0750AB1-61A6-7422-2304-0F1B71E90FBA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="524" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1A0750AB1-61A6-7422-2304-0F1B71E90FBA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="157" /><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=abbys1FCDB89F4-AB17-BCD4-AD96-104D6094578C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1FCDB89F4-AB17-BCD4-AD96-104D6094578C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><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=abbys1915DA61F-D14C-268A-9C2F-57F7525CB2AE.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1915DA61F-D14C-268A-9C2F-57F7525CB2AE.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Lazarus Project Attempts To Resurrect Extinct Frog</title>
<description><![CDATA[A team of scientists, led by the University of New South Wales (UNSW), has used sophisticated cloning techniques to revive and reactivate the genome of an extinct Australian frog by implanting a &ldquo;dead&rdquo; cell nucleus into a fresh egg from another frog species.
Rheobatr&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/23/17434028-lazarus-project-attempts-to-resurrect-extinct-frog</link><guid>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/23/17434028-lazarus-project-attempts-to-resurrect-extinct-frog</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 02:27:35 +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=abbys133C9B6A4-14D5-4540-CFE2-5FC48415C310.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys133C9B6A4-14D5-4540-CFE2-5FC48415C310.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>SPACE POO- Martian Astronaunts to Use Human Waste as Radiation Shield</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The following text &amp; picture&nbsp;are courtesy of Technology Blog, on Facebook.
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Technology Blog
SPACE POO- Martian Astronaunts to Use Human Waste as Radiation Shield In 2018, a man and a woman will travel to Mars in 501 days as part of the &ldquo;Inspiration Mars&rdqu&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/17/17345073-space-poo-martian-astronaunts-to-use-human-waste-as-radiation-shield</link><guid>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/17/17345073-space-poo-martian-astronaunts-to-use-human-waste-as-radiation-shield</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 09:11:13 +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=abbys1C0C4C3C4-74FE-AC26-5EE8-5BBFA77CAF91.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="315" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1C0C4C3C4-74FE-AC26-5EE8-5BBFA77CAF91.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="95" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Animal Antics</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17239532-animal-antics</link><guid>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17239532-animal-antics</guid><category>humour</category><category>not-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Mar 2013 20:58:57 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1103F5F16-1436-56C0-4CF7-24DAE5AA663A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="287" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1103F5F16-1436-56C0-4CF7-24DAE5AA663A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><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=abbys1AD4828D4-FC9C-7084-6040-6AC2D16A6B35.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="317" width="315" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1AD4828D4-FC9C-7084-6040-6AC2D16A6B35.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="121" /><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=abbys1076E6A55-731A-B1BB-4487-D97C1DF5953A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1076E6A55-731A-B1BB-4487-D97C1DF5953A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><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=abbys1A23F7771-D5D5-ABAE-7299-58F75C8A197E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1A23F7771-D5D5-ABAE-7299-58F75C8A197E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><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=abbys194DCB55E-200B-D0EA-9A62-A18649D8CA3F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="303" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys194DCB55E-200B-D0EA-9A62-A18649D8CA3F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><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=abbys1272283F9-62DA-504E-B431-6613D3D39EFA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="385" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1272283F9-62DA-504E-B431-6613D3D39EFA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="116" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mmmmm.....  Coffee!</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17178146-mmmmm-coffee</link><guid>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17178146-mmmmm-coffee</guid><category>coffee</category><category>not-news</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Mar 2013 11:18:42 +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=abbys1C5A858F4-AD08-943A-76A4-AB4D9CE98EB5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="437" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1C5A858F4-AD08-943A-76A4-AB4D9CE98EB5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="131" /><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=abbys11038D109-45F5-8474-8089-00509EFA3508.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="329" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys11038D109-45F5-8474-8089-00509EFA3508.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="99" /><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=abbys16A325A13-9D1C-06C6-1DD9-B9492BBAFAB3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="245" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys16A325A13-9D1C-06C6-1DD9-B9492BBAFAB3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Elephant calf tries to wake dead mother</title>
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Wildlife officials in Malaysia have rescued a baby pygmy elephant calf that was found trying to wake its dead mother, which is believed to have been poisoned.
The dead elephant was one of seven males and three females that have been found dead in in the Gunung Rara Forest Rese&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/04/16832363-elephant-calf-tries-to-wake-dead-mother</link><guid>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/04/16832363-elephant-calf-tries-to-wake-dead-mother</guid><category>environment</category><category>national-geographic</category><category>victoria-elephants</category><category>masidi-manjun</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Feb 2013 04:19:19 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1697452D1-42A1-AAD8-02B9-52EAD4281E96.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="81" width="144" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1697452D1-42A1-AAD8-02B9-52EAD4281E96.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Coffee Recipes!</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Coffee Cherry Almond cake recipeIngredients:
1 cup of Sour Cream.1 pkt French vanilla cake mix.3 Eggs.&frac14; cup of Water.1 can Cherry pie filling.&frac12; cups of Almond slices.Powdered sugar glaze.1 cup of crushed strong instant coffee.
Directions:
Combine the cake mix, sour&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/15/16519016-coffee-recipes</link><guid>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/15/16519016-coffee-recipes</guid><category>not-news</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 08:09:31 +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=abbys122ACAF17-E36B-994C-C547-E96D4C84F846.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="395" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys122ACAF17-E36B-994C-C547-E96D4C84F846.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="119" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bushfire crisis far from over </title>
<description><![CDATA[FRESH blazes have ignited in NSW while homes in Victoria have been destroyed and six people injured amid warnings the nation's bushfire crisis is far from over.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/08/16418120-bushfire-crisis-far-from-over</link><guid>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/08/16418120-bushfire-crisis-far-from-over</guid><category>world-news</category><category>australian-skip</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 Jan 2013 23:28:00 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys16D2C4A7E-31E8-EFAA-3207-3DAC31D0D705.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="226" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys16D2C4A7E-31E8-EFAA-3207-3DAC31D0D705.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Paedophile Dennis Ferguson dead</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dennis Ferguson spent the last chapter of his life at a secret location within a Department of Housing apartment tucked behind Oxford Street in central Sydney.
With his groceries delivered and a wide-screen television, mobile phone and access to email, there was little reason fo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/31/16262935-paedophile-dennis-ferguson-dead</link><guid>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/31/16262935-paedophile-dennis-ferguson-dead</guid><category>kidnapping</category><category>not-news</category><category>child-sex-offenders</category><category>paedophile</category><category>dennis-ferguson</category><pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 09:01:28 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys139D7E100-BDCB-BFE0-89F9-05CCF0521A85.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="214" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys139D7E100-BDCB-BFE0-89F9-05CCF0521A85.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>Japanese whaling fleet leaves port - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)</title>
<description><![CDATA[Japanese whaling vessels have reportedly departed for the Southern Ocean on their annual hunt.
Citing the Fisheries Agency, Kyodo News reported three vessels had departed from the far-western port of Shimonoseki.
Environmental group Greenpeace said the mother ship had left anot&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/28/16217338-japanese-whaling-fleet-leaves-port-abc-news-australian-broadcasting-corporation</link><guid>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/28/16217338-japanese-whaling-fleet-leaves-port-abc-news-australian-broadcasting-corporation</guid><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 19:49:57 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1992D70DF-E6F5-2128-7317-6D6FC6E75CAC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="79" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1992D70DF-E6F5-2128-7317-6D6FC6E75CAC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="24" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Syria's military police chief defects to join 'people's revolution'  - Telegraph</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Major General Abulaziz al-Shalal appeared in a video aired on Al Arabiya TV to say that he was leaving the "regime army" to join the "people's revolution".]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/26/16169694-syrias-military-police-chief-defects-to-join-peoples-revolution-telegraph</link><guid>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/26/16169694-syrias-military-police-chief-defects-to-join-peoples-revolution-telegraph</guid><category>human-rights</category><category>world-news</category><category>al-arabiya-tv</category><category>abdel-aziz-jassem</category><category>gen-shalals</category><category>dr-mousab-azzawi</category><pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 19:55:23 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1641E648F-A9A1-2C17-94AB-958DB369057F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1641E648F-A9A1-2C17-94AB-958DB369057F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Chinese medicinal herb secrets revealed</title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists in the United States have offered a molecular-level explanation for how a Chinese herbal medicine used for more than 2000 years tackles fever and eases malaria.
The herb is an extract of the root of a flowering plant called blue evergreen hydrangea, known in Chinese a&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/25/16149783-chinese-medicinal-herb-secrets-revealed</link><guid>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/25/16149783-chinese-medicinal-herb-secrets-revealed</guid><category>health</category><category>united-states</category><category>scripps-research-institute</category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2012 21:55:06 +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=abbys14D0FB885-8F30-156C-C507-EA872371A58F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="226" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys14D0FB885-8F30-156C-C507-EA872371A58F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Australians</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/19/16025981-australians</link><guid>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/19/16025981-australians</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 23:58:28 +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=abbys102E1E983-675C-DD86-457C-4A82309B16DC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="397" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys102E1E983-675C-DD86-457C-4A82309B16DC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="119" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bulletproof backpacks increase in sales after Newtown shootings</title>
<description><![CDATA[It might turn your stomach, but it makes a perverse kind of sense that there are companies that produce body armor for kids, specifically designed to protect children from events like last Friday's school shootings in Newtown, Conn. Companies like Amendment II, which makes backpa&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/19/16022620-bulletproof-backpacks-increase-in-sales-after-newtown-shootings</link><guid>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/19/16022620-bulletproof-backpacks-increase-in-sales-after-newtown-shootings</guid><category>us-news</category><category>w-t-f</category><category>disney-princess</category><category>amendment-ii</category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 19:48:01 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1D8CD3C83-A0CD-1DC0-10A9-9BDB208F15AC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1D8CD3C83-A0CD-1DC0-10A9-9BDB208F15AC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The earthquake that killed the king  - TODAY Tech - TODAY.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[In 1255, before the modern study of earthquakes shed light on some of their inner workings, a major quake ruptured in the Himalayas, killing the king of Nepal. Scientists who have studied the historic quake had originally thought the temblor didn't rupture the Earth's surface, bu&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/19/16004958-the-earthquake-that-killed-the-king-today-tech-todaycom</link><guid>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/19/16004958-the-earthquake-that-killed-the-king-today-tech-todaycom</guid><category>science</category><category>kathmandu-valley</category><category>sir-river</category><category>choi-ouramazingplanet</category><category>history-image-gallery</category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 04:06:03 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1EACD6DD9-1871-6BA7-0F1A-18BDEE3C3339.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="298" width="236" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1EACD6DD9-1871-6BA7-0F1A-18BDEE3C3339.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="152" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>What Is Your Favorite Deep, Elegant, Or Beautiful Explanation? | 2012 Annual Question | Edge</title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists' greatest pleasure comes from theories that derive the solution to some deep puzzle from a small set of simple principles in a surprising way. These explanations are called "beautiful" or "elegant". Historical examples are Kepler's explanation of complex planetary moti&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/16/15951701-what-is-your-favorite-deep-elegant-or-beautiful-explanation-2012-annual-question-edge</link><guid>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/16/15951701-what-is-your-favorite-deep-elegant-or-beautiful-explanation-2012-annual-question-edge</guid><category>andrei-linde</category><category>alvy-ray-smith-katinka</category><category>emily-pronin-dave</category><category>anton-zeilinger-carolyn</category><category>tor-noslash-rretranders-alan</category><category>ernst-pouml-ppel</category><category>randolph-nesse-sherry</category><category>frank-tipler-bruce</category><category>alanna-conner</category><pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:47:58 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys19AE53DB4-9CD2-52A1-B31B-AB57691851D8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="39" width="350" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys19AE53DB4-9CD2-52A1-B31B-AB57691851D8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="14" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Funny photobombs from 2012: gallery</title>
<description><![CDATA[The year 2012 was a big one for the photobomb. The art of subtly making a picture better thanks to a person or thing suddenly appearing in the camera's field of view gained worldwide attention as a thing to do and even earned a place in the hallowed "pages" of the Oxford Online D&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/15/15935508-funny-photobombs-from-2012-gallery</link><guid>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/15/15935508-funny-photobombs-from-2012-gallery</guid><category>not-news</category><pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2012 01:12:07 +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=abbys1D649CB88-6B83-AB0D-279E-94C6CCF05310.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1D649CB88-6B83-AB0D-279E-94C6CCF05310.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Sky-watchers Get Set for Cosmic Fireworks Show</title>
<description><![CDATA[Sky-watchers are in for an early holiday treat as mid-December marks the peak of the Geminid meteor shower, the most prolific and mysterious annual cosmic fireworks show.
The meteor shower has been growing in intensity in recent decades and should be better than usual this year &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/12/15857380-sky-watchers-get-set-for-cosmic-fireworks-show</link><guid>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/12/15857380-sky-watchers-get-set-for-cosmic-fireworks-show</guid><category>science</category><category>may-uncover-new-comet</category><category>chabot-space</category><category>after-phaethon</category><category>august-perseids</category><category>great-show-since-geminids</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 08:10:15 +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=abbys1F92FF33A-36C0-C9A5-AA3F-9B7802E69132.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="120" width="160" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1F92FF33A-36C0-C9A5-AA3F-9B7802E69132.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Tsunami warning after 7.3-magnitude quake in Japan</title>
<description><![CDATA[Japanese authorities issued a tsunami alert for the northeast coast Friday after a powerful 7.3-magnitude undersea earthquake struck, setting buildings in Tokyo swaying violently.
Media reports said a one-metre-high wave could sweep ashore in an area badly hit by the March 2011 &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/07/15747519-tsunami-warning-after-73-magnitude-quake-in-japan</link><guid>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/07/15747519-tsunami-warning-after-73-magnitude-quake-in-japan</guid><category>environment</category><category>japan-meteorological-agency</category><category>united-states-geological-survey</category><category>tokyo-electric-power</category><category>haneda-airport</category><category>yoshihiko-noda</category><category>fukushima-daiichi</category><category>jiji-press</category><category>japan-railways-east</category><pubDate>Fri, 7 Dec 2012 09:24:22 +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=abbys1F4C32D0F-441A-B5F0-5A9F-2201E0A65E46.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="180" width="180" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1F4C32D0F-441A-B5F0-5A9F-2201E0A65E46.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>NASA video shows Earth at night</title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA and the US's National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have stitched together satellite footage to show how the Earth looks at night.
The stunning "Black Marble" video shows the bright lights over densely populated areas in developed nations like in Europ&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/07/15746602-nasa-video-shows-earth-at-night</link><guid>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/07/15746602-nasa-video-shows-earth-at-night</guid><category>science</category><category>south-korea</category><category>atmospheric-administration</category><category>nasa-noaa-suomi-npp</category><pubDate>Fri, 7 Dec 2012 08:38:36 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1A7CBE674-AAB1-C133-FBA3-111CC3DAC6F6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1" width="1" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1A7CBE674-AAB1-C133-FBA3-111CC3DAC6F6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="1" height="1" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Baby elephant in custody battle</title>
<description><![CDATA[This new-born elephant might not realise it, but she is in the middle of a bitter custody battle.Oregon Zoo in the US is fighting a contract clause which claims ownership of the calf from elephant rental company Have Trunk Will Travel, which owns the unnamed elephant's father Tus&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/06/15737255-baby-elephant-in-custody-battle</link><guid>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/06/15737255-baby-elephant-in-custody-battle</guid><category>not-news</category><category>oregon-zoo</category><pubDate>Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:55:16 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1E89EA72B-DBAE-E6C0-C12E-80B873AE477A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1E89EA72B-DBAE-E6C0-C12E-80B873AE477A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Scientists Warn Of Major Earthquakes In Himalayas And Pacific Northwest</title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco this week reported that the Himalayas and Pacific Northwest could experience major earthquakes.
Researchers have begun studying the complexity of the Himalayan range in greater detail, particularly the fault t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/06/15717561-scientists-warn-of-major-earthquakes-in-himalayas-and-pacific-northwest</link><guid>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/06/15717561-scientists-warn-of-major-earthquakes-in-himalayas-and-pacific-northwest</guid><category>environment</category><category>science</category><pubDate>Thu, 6 Dec 2012 07:13:13 +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=abbys13AECF00A-BA19-1A70-B89B-57CB82621A1B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys13AECF00A-BA19-1A70-B89B-57CB82621A1B.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>NASA finds ice near Mercury&amp;#39;s poles</title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists believe they have found ice inside craters near Mercury's poles, a discovery they say could reveal more about the "building blocks" for life on other planets.
Though the small planet is closest to the sun, Mercury rotates nearly upright, meaning some areas on its pole&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/30/15566918-nasa-finds-ice-near-mercurys-poles</link><guid>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/30/15566918-nasa-finds-ice-near-mercurys-poles</guid><category>science</category><category>columbia-university</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:28:01 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1E5BB375B-0A28-D221-C4C0-8F09FD6DAFC1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="81" width="144" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1E5BB375B-0A28-D221-C4C0-8F09FD6DAFC1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>