<?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 - Abby.'s Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/</link><description>I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 22:46:52 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 00:21:43 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Smith says Queensland can't be complacent</title>
<description><![CDATA[New captain Cameron Smith warns Queensland's champion side will be punished if they rest on their record of six straight series wins against a NSW side loaded with strike players and hungry to end Origin rugby league's best streak.
Your say: Can Queensland be beaten? 
"The big &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/14/11704112-smith-says-queensland-cant-be-complacent</link><guid>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/14/11704112-smith-says-queensland-cant-be-complacent</guid><category>sports</category><category>melbourne-storm</category><category>suncorp-stadium</category><category>cameron-smith</category><category>darren-lockyer</category><category>coach-mal-meninga</category><category>nsw-judiciary</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 22:46:58 +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=abbys10B9EBB7C-7E74-BE78-9B07-8763B8DDF758.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="60" width="100" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys10B9EBB7C-7E74-BE78-9B07-8763B8DDF758.jpg&amp;width=120" width="100" height="60" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Stargazers dazzled by 'super moon'</title>
<description><![CDATA[ninemsn readers have sent in photos of the 'super Moon' that dazzled skygazers over the weekend.The moon passed closer to the earth than at any other time of the year, making it appear substantially larger and brighter.While this narrow orbit happens annually, a full moon made th&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/06/11568602-stargazers-dazzled-by-super-moon</link><guid>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/06/11568602-stargazers-dazzled-by-super-moon</guid><category>eta-aquarid</category><pubDate>Mon, 7 May 2012 00:17:40 +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=abbys1C9F298DC-D52A-6079-7205-6280B7F4C448.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1C9F298DC-D52A-6079-7205-6280B7F4C448.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Syria set to hold parliamentary poll</title>
<description><![CDATA[Against a backdrop of deadly unrest, Syria is set to hold on Monday a multi-party parliamentary election which regime critics and analysts say will do little to change the autocratic country.
The vote, initially scheduled for September 2011, was postponed to May 7 this year afte&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/06/11562294-syria-set-to-hold-parliamentary-poll</link><guid>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/06/11562294-syria-set-to-hold-parliamentary-poll</guid><category>world-news</category><category>shia-islam</category><category>syrian-observatory</category><category>most-bayada</category><category>amman-based-al-quds-centre</category><category>in-homs</category><pubDate>Sun, 6 May 2012 09:55:53 +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=abbys1D272A1F0-37BE-6A0C-EF98-D45F31B42538.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="265" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1D272A1F0-37BE-6A0C-EF98-D45F31B42538.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="136" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Dying Melbourne teen films 'final goodbye'</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Melbourne teenager has recorded an emotional video message to say goodbye after he was told by doctors he may not have long to live.
Shaun Wilson-Miller, 17, has battled heart problems since he was a child but last week he was given his worst diagnosis yet.
A biopsy revealed &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/04/11544331-dying-melbourne-teen-films-final-goodbye</link><guid>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/04/11544331-dying-melbourne-teen-films-final-goodbye</guid><category>health</category><category>royal-north-shore-hospital</category><category>anthony-mundine</category><category>heart-kids-ambassador</category><category>shaun-wilson-miller</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 May 2012 23:17:15 +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=abbys1250EE336-EE4E-D572-4E4F-96A4A146C9A3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1250EE336-EE4E-D572-4E4F-96A4A146C9A3.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>Sunday's moon to be biggest this year</title>
<description><![CDATA[The full-moon will be the closer to the Earth this Sunday night than any other night this year.
The once-a-year spectacle, dubbed a "super moon", will see the moon drift 14 percent nearer to Earth than normal and shine 30 percent brighter.
The moon will be closest at 1.30pm (AE&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/04/11544235-sundays-moon-to-be-biggest-this-year</link><guid>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/04/11544235-sundays-moon-to-be-biggest-this-year</guid><category>environment</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 May 2012 23:06:26 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1DF25023D-81E7-1A28-30E8-1A8F155D558E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="264" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1DF25023D-81E7-1A28-30E8-1A8F155D558E.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>Scientists watch black hole feast on unlucky star</title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists have witnessed the rare spectacle of a supermassive black hole devouring a star that had ventured too close &mdash; an event that occurs about once in 10,000 years, they reported on Wednesday.
Matter-sucking black holes normally lurk dormant and undetected at the cent&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/03/11518985-scientists-watch-black-hole-feast-on-unlucky-star</link><guid>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/03/11518985-scientists-watch-black-hole-feast-on-unlucky-star</guid><category>milky-way</category><category>john-hopkins-university</category><category>mount-haleakala</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 May 2012 12:41:20 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1574EBBA5-C686-7CD2-C724-215C4EBDEC73.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="180" width="180" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1574EBBA5-C686-7CD2-C724-215C4EBDEC73.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>Couple born hours apart die within days</title>
<description><![CDATA[A US couple born just hours apart at the same hospital have died within days of each other, when the wife passed away while visiting his body at a funeral home.
Ronald Clark Oman died on April 16, only weeks after being diagnosed with cancer.
His wife of 58 years, Linda, died t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/28/11450087-couple-born-hours-apart-die-within-days</link><guid>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/28/11450087-couple-born-hours-apart-die-within-days</guid><category>health</category><category>inseparable-video</category><category>debbie-oman-monfre</category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 23:29:04 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1D1C6B7E3-BD9F-0F65-FDC4-02C4CDDE400C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="180" width="180" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1D1C6B7E3-BD9F-0F65-FDC4-02C4CDDE400C.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 releases mesmerising earth video</title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA has released mesmerising footage of the earth shot by astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
The four-minute video captures the bright lights emanating from the cities of the world and the eerie green glow of the aurora australis above the atmosphere.
Shot 400k&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/25/11395958-nasa-releases-mesmerising-earth-video</link><guid>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/25/11395958-nasa-releases-mesmerising-earth-video</guid><category>technology</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:27:35 +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></item><item><title>At least 17 killed in Syrian violence</title>
<description><![CDATA[At least fourteen civilians and three soldiers have been killed in violence across Syria on Wednesday, a rights watchdog said, 13 days after a tenuous truce came into effect.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said four people were killed on a bus raked with gunfire by secu&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/25/11395787-at-least-17-killed-in-syrian-violence</link><guid>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/25/11395787-at-least-17-killed-in-syrian-violence</guid><category>human-rights</category><category>world-news</category><category>syrian-observatory</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:15:21 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1823063C4-A9E3-95D7-F15E-429F83F907C8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="180" width="180" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1823063C4-A9E3-95D7-F15E-429F83F907C8.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>Asma al-Assad: Syria's first lady </title>
<description><![CDATA[The world was once smitten with Asma al-Assad, but after a year of lethal violence the woman who married into Syria's powerful ruling family has become a hate figure for many.
The London-born first lady, once described as a "rose in the desert", is at the heart of the shadowy in&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/22/11330844-asma-al-assad-syrias-first-lady</link><guid>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/22/11330844-asma-al-assad-syrias-first-lady</guid><category>world-news</category><category>sunni-muslim-syrian</category><category>ms-assads</category><category>ms-servadio</category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 04:33:17 +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=abbys167A9CAF1-B559-64F7-ACF3-F55A9A6E9B21.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys167A9CAF1-B559-64F7-ACF3-F55A9A6E9B21.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>How to TRAUMATIZE your children helps screw up your kids deliberately with skill </title>
<description><![CDATA[I found this whilst perusing ebay.
I just HAD to share it with you guys!
*giggles*]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/21/11330419-how-to-traumatize-your-children-helps-screw-up-your-kids-deliberately-with-skill</link><guid>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/21/11330419-how-to-traumatize-your-children-helps-screw-up-your-kids-deliberately-with-skill</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>traumatize-your-children</category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 03:38:07 +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=abbys13403F85B-3DE2-D82E-F0B6-0BD5A328DC26.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys13403F85B-3DE2-D82E-F0B6-0BD5A328DC26.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>Orangutan's last moments caught on film</title>
<description><![CDATA[Green the orangutan lies on a mattress inside a rainforest shack, taking her final breaths after a life full of tragedy.
The female ape &mdash; a victim of deforestation to make way for palm oil plantations &mdash; can be seen clutching at the pillow, staring sadly into the came&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/18/11263903-orangutans-last-moments-caught-on-film</link><guid>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/18/11263903-orangutans-last-moments-caught-on-film</guid><category>environment</category><category>not-news</category><category>nine-network</category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:06:06 +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=abbys1EC03F71E-58CA-9513-D741-05217384ADEB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1EC03F71E-58CA-9513-D741-05217384ADEB.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>Woman 'died after kissing husband's coffin'</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Western Australian woman has described the moment her grief-stricken grandmother collapsed and died after kissing her husband's coffin at his funeral.
Michelle Chorlton was at her grandfather's funeral in Perth on January 9 in 2002 when her grandmother who "didn't want to live&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/26/10873599-woman-died-after-kissing-husbands-coffin</link><guid>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/26/10873599-woman-died-after-kissing-husbands-coffin</guid><category>health</category><category>western-australian</category><category>ms-chorlton</category><category>ms-lord</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:10:15 +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=abbys1CD29D217-CE50-D6DF-917C-E36D9772A5E7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1CD29D217-CE50-D6DF-917C-E36D9772A5E7.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>Breaking News -  Malcolm Naden arrested in NSW</title>
<description><![CDATA[
A man, reported to be Australia's most wanted criminal Malcolm Naden, has been arrested in the New South Wales Upper Hunter.
Police say the 38-year-old was arrested just after midnight (AEDT) after officers from the Tactical Operations Unit and Dog Unit surrounded him on a pri&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/21/10796396-breaking-news-malcolm-naden-arrested-in-nsw</link><guid>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/21/10796396-breaking-news-malcolm-naden-arrested-in-nsw</guid><category>world-news</category><category>dog-unit</category><category>tactical-operations-unit</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:24:13 +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=abbys16420EBE5-9A2E-6ED4-F5CF-99E8F06C3789.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="180" width="180" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys16420EBE5-9A2E-6ED4-F5CF-99E8F06C3789.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 Cullinan Diamonds - The gemstone series VII</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Royal Sceptre with Star of Africa(The stone can be removed from the Royal Scepter and worn as a pin or pendant.)
The Star of Africa, a pear shaped diamond weighing 530.20 carats, aka the Cullinan I. It measures 58.9 &times; 45.4 &times; 27.7 mm, and has 76 facets (counting the c&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/15/10705616-the-cullinan-diamonds-the-gemstone-series-vii</link><guid>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/15/10705616-the-cullinan-diamonds-the-gemstone-series-vii</guid><category>history</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:44:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys189A59B68-197E-7AC2-4029-6E73FCFD1861.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="293" width="195" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys189A59B68-197E-7AC2-4029-6E73FCFD1861.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><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=abbys1C59E0228-1247-23C2-FB24-4C983E9290B3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="403" width="312" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1C59E0228-1247-23C2-FB24-4C983E9290B3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="155" /><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=abbys1BC45C8C7-AA73-C743-E37A-38D2015610DB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="517" width="247" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1BC45C8C7-AA73-C743-E37A-38D2015610DB.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="251" /><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=abbys186A415D8-067F-D2A3-7C56-424D4FE72CA8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys186A415D8-067F-D2A3-7C56-424D4FE72CA8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="25" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Regent Diamond - The gemstones series VI</title>
<description><![CDATA[The adventurous history of the Regent is very much like that of several other great diamonds. Greed, murder and remorse play a part in the opening chapter. Trouble - political, social, and personal - accompanies this gem to it's last resting place.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/05/10586266-the-regent-diamond-the-gemstones-series-vi</link><guid>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/05/10586266-the-regent-diamond-the-gemstones-series-vi</guid><category>history</category><category>louis-xv</category><category>royal-crown</category><category>source-diamonds</category><category>french-blue</category><category>regent-diamonds</category><category>parteal-mines</category><category>kistna-river</category><category>thomas-pitt</category><category>ten-centuries</category><category>apollon-gallery</category><pubDate>Tue, 6 Mar 2012 00:44:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys18644FEC8-8AAD-B1D3-2A00-ADDF06CD0E9F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="317" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys18644FEC8-8AAD-B1D3-2A00-ADDF06CD0E9F.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>The Koh-I-Noor Diamond - The gemstone series V</title>
<description><![CDATA[It has been said that whoever owned the Koh-I-Noor ruled the world, a suitable statement for this, the most famous of all diamonds and a veritable household name in many parts of the world.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/04/10577774-the-koh-i-noor-diamond-the-gemstone-series-v</link><guid>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/04/10577774-the-koh-i-noor-diamond-the-gemstone-series-v</guid><category>history</category><pubDate>Mon, 5 Mar 2012 01:16:20 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1FD3709BA-2ACF-23E6-F1CD-1F2C86EBABBA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="379" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1FD3709BA-2ACF-23E6-F1CD-1F2C86EBABBA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="133" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Hope Diamond - The gemstone series IV</title>
<description><![CDATA[The 45.52 carat steel blue Hope Diamond was found in India back in remote times as a rough crystal weighing 112 carats.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/04/10574326-the-hope-diamond-the-gemstone-series-iv</link><guid>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/04/10574326-the-hope-diamond-the-gemstone-series-iv</guid><category>history</category><category>french-revolution</category><category>louis-xiv</category><category>king-louis-xvi</category><category>king-louis-xiv</category><category>french-blue</category><category>fancy-deep-grayish-blue</category><pubDate>Sun, 4 Mar 2012 12:21:16 +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=abbys1A6850290-57B8-81CD-5AAA-260A72A750A9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="387" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1A6850290-57B8-81CD-5AAA-260A72A750A9.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>The Jones Diamond - The gemstone series III</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Origin of name
The Jones diamond gets its name from members of the Jones family, who accidentally discovered the stone in Peterstown, West Virginia in April 1928.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/02/10565405-the-jones-diamond-the-gemstone-series-iii</link><guid>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/02/10565405-the-jones-diamond-the-gemstone-series-iii</guid><category>diamonds</category><category>not-news</category><pubDate>Sat, 3 Mar 2012 01:35:29 +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=abbys1B6B9AB2E-1CC6-CA5B-597B-FFA61FCDFA27.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1B6B9AB2E-1CC6-CA5B-597B-FFA61FCDFA27.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="109" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Beau Sancy Diamond - The gemstone series II</title>
<description><![CDATA[Finnish gemologist Herbert Tillander, after years of preparatory work, correspondence and persuasion convinced the relevant authorities to stage an exhibition of the two diamonds.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/01/10553302-the-beau-sancy-diamond-the-gemstone-series-ii</link><guid>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/01/10553302-the-beau-sancy-diamond-the-gemstone-series-ii</guid><category>history</category><category>prince-albert</category><category>crown-jewels</category><category>diamond-cuts</category><category>his-highness</category><category>prince-louis-ferdinand</category><category>thomas-cletschers</category><category>king-frederick-i</category><category>historic-jewelry</category><category>royal-treasury</category><category>bernard-morel</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Mar 2012 21:41:29 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys18B0008C4-D83C-C3E9-5D20-1903B90E6005.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="500" width="389" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys18B0008C4-D83C-C3E9-5D20-1903B90E6005.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="154" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Sancy Diamond - The gemstone series</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Sancy Diamond has one of the most interesting, colorful, confused and involved histories of all the famous diamonds in Europe.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/01/10547089-the-sancy-diamond-the-gemstone-series</link><guid>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/01/10547089-the-sancy-diamond-the-gemstone-series</guid><category>history</category><category>henry-iv</category><category>french-court</category><category>queen-henrietta-maria</category><category>sancy-diamond</category><category>visount-astor</category><category>although-louis-xiv</category><category>source-diamonds</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Mar 2012 10:36:00 +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=abbys1666F3BB5-CCA3-3431-67EF-DE71C3FA3FE7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1666F3BB5-CCA3-3431-67EF-DE71C3FA3FE7.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>US vegan grandmother 'looks decades younger'</title>
<description><![CDATA[A US grandmother who looks decades younger than her age has credited her youthful appearance to her raw vegan diet.
Annette Larkins, 70, has been dubbed the &ldquo;ageless beauty&rdquo; by US media who say she looks as if she could be in her forties.
Mrs Larkins told the WPTV N&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/01/10545507-us-vegan-grandmother-looks-decades-younger</link><guid>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/01/10545507-us-vegan-grandmother-looks-decades-younger</guid><category>health</category><category>mrs-larkins</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Mar 2012 06:29:58 +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=abbys1DEB31778-35B2-D6E1-D934-B1D576894CF2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="264" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1DEB31778-35B2-D6E1-D934-B1D576894CF2.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>Elderly mum 'left to perish' after carer son dies</title>
<description><![CDATA[An 83-year-old woman died in her Brisbane home after her carer son suffered a fatal heart attack, leaving her unable to seek assistance, Nine News understands.
Their bodies may have gone undiscovered for more than a week.
Police found the bodies of the woman and her 51-year-old&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/01/10545431-elderly-mum-left-to-perish-after-carer-son-dies</link><guid>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/01/10545431-elderly-mum-left-to-perish-after-carer-son-dies</guid><category>nine-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Mar 2012 06:18:37 +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=abbys180856B5D-D948-A993-9966-DF7E6905983D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys180856B5D-D948-A993-9966-DF7E6905983D.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>Humans Are Not Naturally 'Nasty' : Discovery News</title>
<description><![CDATA[
THE GIST ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/25/10503523-humans-are-not-naturally-nasty-discovery-news</link><guid>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/25/10503523-humans-are-not-naturally-nasty-discovery-news</guid><category>science</category><category>discovery-news-video</category><category>news-some-people-may-be-bad</category><category>kinder-society</category><pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 08:51:35 +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=abbys1E2428491-CF87-DBFA-CB4F-FF76B4F79389.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="278" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1E2428491-CF87-DBFA-CB4F-FF76B4F79389.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="98" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Did Life Start in a Pond, Not Oceans? : Discovery News</title>
<description><![CDATA[Life may have gotten its start inland, inside ponds of volcanic condensate, not in the oceans.
Modern life is more chemically compatible with conditions in venting geothermal fields, such as Yellowstone National Park, than in the ocean, even a primitive ocean, new analysis shows.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/25/10503471-did-life-start-in-a-pond-not-oceans-discovery-news</link><guid>http://abbys1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/25/10503471-did-life-start-in-a-pond-not-oceans-discovery-news</guid><category>science</category><category>harvard-medical-school</category><category>wide-angle</category><category>jack-szostak</category><category>origins-to</category><category>osnabruck-university</category><category>video-life</category><category>armen-mulkidjanian</category><pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 08:40:37 +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=abbys19FED6341-F7F5-50C1-4B46-B4E295CB40B0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="278" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys19FED6341-F7F5-50C1-4B46-B4E295CB40B0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="98" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>
