<?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 - Diaspar's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/</link><description>Newsvine - Diaspar's Column - Articles and Seeds</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2010</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 21:08:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:04:22 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>iTWire - PS3 needs better 'everything' AND a price cut</title><description><![CDATA[As the Wii sells more units, causing games manufacturers to ramp up plans for more Wii titles, speculation is rampant on how Sony can sell more PS3s, with claims and counterclaims that a price cut is the answer. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Diaspar]]></dc:creator><link>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/29/745427-itwire-ps3-needs-better-everything-and-a-price-cut</link><guid>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/29/745427-itwire-ps3-needs-better-everything-and-a-price-cut</guid><category>technology</category><category>sony</category><category>microsoft</category><category>xbox</category><category>nintendo</category><category>video-games</category><category>ps3</category><category>console-war</category><category>wii</category><pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 21:08:00 +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>Sony develops film-thin, bending display - Yahoo! News</title><description><![CDATA[TOKYO - In the race for ever-thinner displays for TVs, cell phones and other gadgets, Sony may have developed one to beat them all — a razor-thin display that bends like paper while showing full-color video.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Diaspar]]></dc:creator><link>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/28/743924-sony-develops-film-thin-bending-display-yahoo-news</link><guid>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/28/743924-sony-develops-film-thin-bending-display-yahoo-news</guid><category>technology</category><category>sony</category><category>video</category><category>cool</category><category>monitors</category><category>displays</category><category>tft</category><pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 00:51:00 +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>Broadcasting - News - Channel 4 </title><description><![CDATA[ Channel 4 "has accepted" Ofcom's conclusions that Celebrity Big Brother contravened the Broadcasting Code on four occasions during its run in January.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Diaspar]]></dc:creator><link>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/26/741112-broadcasting-news-channel-4-</link><guid>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/26/741112-broadcasting-news-channel-4-</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>channel-four</category><category>danielle-lloyd</category><category>shilpa-shetty</category><category>jade-goody</category><category>celebrity-jo-omeara</category><pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2007 21:05:00 +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>BBC NEWS | UK | Litvinenko suspect denies charges</title><description><![CDATA[The Russian man the UK wants to charge with murdering Alexander Litvinenko has denied any involvement and said the case is "politically motivated".]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Diaspar]]></dc:creator><link>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/22/733913-bbc-news-uk-litvinenko-suspect-denies-charges</link><guid>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/22/733913-bbc-news-uk-litvinenko-suspect-denies-charges</guid><category>world-news</category><category>metropolitan-police</category><category>crown-prosecution-service</category><category>margaret-beckett</category><category>mr-litvinenko</category><category>mr-lugovoi</category><category>russian-tv</category><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 23:37:00 +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>Websites that Pay Writers | Rose DesRochers - World Outside my Window</title><description><![CDATA[I noticed a number of bloggers are writing reviews for websites and products as a way to earn some extra money. Now I have not tried any of these sites myself, but here a list of the sites that I found.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Diaspar]]></dc:creator><link>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/22/733594-websites-that-pay-writers-rose-desrochers-world-outside-my-window</link><guid>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/22/733594-websites-that-pay-writers-rose-desrochers-world-outside-my-window</guid><category>making-money</category><category>constant-content</category><category>photo-hunt-soft-bottom</category><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 20:34:00 +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>Picture of the Day: Welcoming the 'Check' Prime Minister at All Things Pakistan</title><description><![CDATA[On your left is the picture of the flag of the Czech Republic. On your right is a 'Check' (or, rather, checkered flag; often used in car racing. The two should never be confused. Except for the fact that 'Czech' is pronounced as 'check.']]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Diaspar]]></dc:creator><link>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/16/723160-picture-of-the-day-welcoming-the-check-prime-minister-at-all-things-pakistan</link><guid>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/16/723160-picture-of-the-day-welcoming-the-check-prime-minister-at-all-things-pakistan</guid><category>pakistan</category><category>odd-news</category><category>pervaiz-munir-alvi</category><category>pakistani-nationalist</category><category>mera-pakistan-i</category><category>khalid-r-hasan</category><category>manoo-bheel</category><category>bittertruth-may</category><category>haha-may</category><category>imran-nasrullah</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 22:55:00 +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>CERN - Large Hadron Collider - Particle Physics - A Giant Takes On Physics' Biggest Questions - New York Times</title><description><![CDATA[The day it turns on will be a moment of truth for Cern, which has spent 13 years building the collider, and for the world's physicists, who have staked their credibility and their careers, not to mention all those billions of dollars, on the conviction that they are within touc&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Diaspar]]></dc:creator><link>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/15/720157-cern-large-hadron-collider-particle-physics-a-giant-takes-on-physics-biggest-questions-new-york-times</link><guid>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/15/720157-cern-large-hadron-collider-particle-physics-a-giant-takes-on-physics-biggest-questions-new-york-times</guid><category>science</category><category>cern</category><category>string-theory</category><category>hubble-telescope</category><category>particle-collider</category><category>valerio-mezzanotti</category><category>jim-virdee</category><category>irrelevant-because-its-from-a-few-days-ago</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 15:14:00 +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>LiveScience.com: Meditation Sharpens the Mind</title><description><![CDATA[Three months of intense training in a form of meditation known as "insight" in Sanskrit can sharpen a person's brain enough to help them notice details they might otherwise miss.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Diaspar]]></dc:creator><link>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/09/710072-livesciencecom-meditation-sharpens-the-mind</link><guid>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/09/710072-livesciencecom-meditation-sharpens-the-mind</guid><category>science</category><category>dalai-lama</category><category>adhd</category><category>meditation</category><category>neuroscience</category><category>sanskrit</category><category>brain-plasticity</category><category>mental-exercise</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 00:49:00 +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>Kalam pays tribute to Indian soldiers-Europe-World-The Times of India</title><description><![CDATA[ATHENS: A bugler sounded the "Last Post" for the last time for those Indian soldiers who laid down their lives in World War II. The Indian President, A P J Abdul Kalam, looked on and paid his tributes to the brave soldiers in a sombre ceremony in a cemetery near Athens. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Diaspar]]></dc:creator><link>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/02/697497-kalam-pays-tribute-to-indian-soldiers-europe-world-the-times-of-india</link><guid>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/02/697497-kalam-pays-tribute-to-indian-soldiers-europe-world-the-times-of-india</guid><category>world-news</category><category>athens-memorial</category><category>as-kalam</category><category>bombay-sappers</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 May 2007 21:34:00 +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>The East African - Magazine</title><description><![CDATA[ The Indian in the maize]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Diaspar]]></dc:creator><link>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/23/679183-the-east-african-magazine</link><guid>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/23/679183-the-east-african-magazine</guid><category>sri-lanka</category><category>culture</category><category>south-asian</category><category>knights-templar</category><category>huxley</category><category>colombo</category><category>british-india</category><category>omani-arabs</category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:44:00 +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>Iran defies UN to join nuclear club - Independent Online Edition &gt; Middle East</title><description><![CDATA[Iran announced yesterday that it has taken a step forward in its nuclear programme by moving to industrial scale enrichment, thereby defying three United Nations resolutions and setting itself on a collision course with the United States.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Diaspar]]></dc:creator><link>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/09/655642-iran-defies-un-to-join-nuclear-club-independent-online-edition-middle-east</link><guid>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/09/655642-iran-defies-un-to-join-nuclear-club-independent-online-edition-middle-east</guid><category>politics</category><category>persian-gulf</category><category>united-nations</category><category>mr-ahmadinejad</category><category>bagh-e-fin</category><category>later-iranian</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:55:00 +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>Reuters AlertNet - Former sex slave demands Japan apology in WW2 row</title><description><![CDATA[TOKYO, March 2 (Reuters) - A Korean women who was abducted and kept as a sex slave by Japanese soldiers during World War Two urged Japan's government on Friday to apologise amid an escalating international row over the fate of the so-called "comfort women".]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Diaspar]]></dc:creator><link>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/02/595443-reuters-alertnet-former-sex-slave-demands-japan-apology-in-ww2-row</link><guid>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/02/595443-reuters-alertnet-former-sex-slave-demands-japan-apology-in-ww2-row</guid><category>world-news</category><category>world-war-two</category><category>shinzo-abe</category><category>imperial-army</category><category>reuters-more-ngo</category><category>leading-charity-evaluator-source</category><category>yohei-kono</category><category>improving-livelihoods</category><category>asian-womens</category><category>concern-worldwide</category><category>switzerland-operation-usa-emergency-response-in</category><pubDate>Sat, 3 Mar 2007 00:44:00 +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>Occupied Gaza like apartheid South Africa, says UN report | Israel and the Middle East | Guardian Unlimited</title><description><![CDATA[A UN human rights investigator has likened Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories to apartheid South Africa and says there should be "serious consideration" over bringing the occupation to the international court of justice.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Diaspar]]></dc:creator><link>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/23/582499-occupied-gaza-like-apartheid-south-africa-says-un-report-israel-and-the-middle-east-guardian-unlimited</link><guid>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/23/582499-occupied-gaza-like-apartheid-south-africa-says-un-report-israel-and-the-middle-east-guardian-unlimited</guid><category>israel</category><category>politics</category><category>south-africa</category><category>west-bank</category><category>palestine</category><category>south-african</category><category>un-human-rights-councils</category><category>prof-dugard</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:07:00 +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>US soldier sentenced to 100 years for Iraq rape and murder | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited</title><description><![CDATA[A US soldier was sentenced to 100 years in prison yesterday for one of the worst known cases involving US troops in Iraq - the gang rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl and the killing of her father, mother and sister.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Diaspar]]></dc:creator><link>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/23/582497-us-soldier-sentenced-to-100-years-for-iraq-rape-and-murder-special-reports-guardian-unlimited</link><guid>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/23/582497-us-soldier-sentenced-to-100-years-for-iraq-rape-and-murder-special-reports-guardian-unlimited</guid><category>iraq</category><category>rape</category><category>world-news</category><category>american-soldiers</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:03:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Who is the greatest of them all? | News | Guardian Unlimited Books</title><description><![CDATA[When the Guardian referred to Martin Amis as 'Britain's greatest living author' last week, one reader was so outraged she threatened to emigrate - or worse. So if not Amis, who?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Diaspar]]></dc:creator><link>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/23/582495-who-is-the-greatest-of-them-all-news-guardian-unlimited-books</link><guid>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/23/582495-who-is-the-greatest-of-them-all-news-guardian-unlimited-books</guid><category>books</category><category>literature</category><category>arts</category><category>novels</category><category>martin-amis</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:59:00 +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>Comment is free: Don't mention the Holocaust</title><description><![CDATA[It is counterproductive to support Israel's existence with references to the Jewish people's near eradication 60 years ago.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Diaspar]]></dc:creator><link>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/20/578495-comment-is-free-dont-mention-the-holocaust</link><guid>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/20/578495-comment-is-free-dont-mention-the-holocaust</guid><category>israel</category><category>politics</category><category>holocaust</category><category>palestine</category><category>jews</category><category>hitler</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 01:34:00 +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>Clash between Islam and west is political, poll finds | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited</title><description><![CDATA[Fears of an inevitable "clash of civilisations" between the west and Islam may be exaggerated, according to a global survey...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Diaspar]]></dc:creator><link>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/19/576731-clash-between-islam-and-west-is-political-poll-finds-special-reports-guardian-unlimited</link><guid>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/19/576731-clash-between-islam-and-west-is-political-poll-finds-special-reports-guardian-unlimited</guid><category>politics</category><category>islam</category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2007 23:09:00 +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>A poem I wrote a while ago</title><description><![CDATA[They make houses built on sand,
Defunct reasoning reaches morbid conclusions,
Defended with all the will in the world.

I don't agree, but they believe,
I can't compete with belief.
Call up the revolutionary youth,
Light another generation and watch them burn out in 20 years.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Diaspar]]></dc:creator><link>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/17/574229-a-poem-i-wrote-a-while-ago</link><guid>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/17/574229-a-poem-i-wrote-a-while-ago</guid><category>poetry</category><pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2007 01:53:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Kim Jong-il celebrates his 65th | North and South Korea | Guardian Unlimited</title><description><![CDATA[North Korea celebrated leader Kim Jong-il's 65th birthday today with the expected mix of public marches, lavish personal praise and fierce anti-US rhetoric.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Diaspar]]></dc:creator><link>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/17/573523-kim-jong-il-celebrates-his-65th-north-and-south-korea-guardian-unlimited</link><guid>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/17/573523-kim-jong-il-celebrates-his-65th-north-and-south-korea-guardian-unlimited</guid><category>politics</category><category>kim</category><category>north-korea</category><category>il</category><category>jong</category><category>kim-jong-ils</category><pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2007 15:02:00 +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>CNN.com - Wanted: Assistant for Stephen Hawking - Sep 6, 2006</title><description><![CDATA[]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Diaspar]]></dc:creator><link>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2006/09/06/352493-cnncom-wanted-assistant-for-stephen-hawking-sep-6-2006</link><guid>http://Diaspar.newsvine.com/_news/2006/09/06/352493-cnncom-wanted-assistant-for-stephen-hawking-sep-6-2006</guid><category>stephen</category><category>science</category><category>hawking</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Sep 2006 13:00:00 +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></channel></rss>