<?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 - Calvin Tang's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://tang.newsvine.com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:35:44 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 01:41:33 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Cameron: Earth's deepest spot desolate, foreboding</title>
<description><![CDATA[In James Cameron's fantasy films, like "Avatar" and "The Abyss," the unexplored is splashed in color and fraught with alien danger. But on his dive to the deepest place on Earth, reality proved far different: white, barren and bland.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Seth Borenstein]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Seth Borenstein]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/24/10841059-cameron-earths-deepest-spot-desolate-foreboding</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/24/10841059-cameron-earths-deepest-spot-desolate-foreboding</guid><category>us-news</category><category>entertainment</category><category>technology</category><category>science</category><category>us</category><category>deep</category><category>pacific-ocean</category><category>james-cameron</category><category>exploring</category><category>national-geographic-society</category><category>mariana-trench</category><category>marianas-trench</category><category>the-deep</category><category>exploring-the</category><category>in-james-cameron</category><pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 10:19:29 +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://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ad3a6e92-09b5-4c17-b2e0-1be9e4764011.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="366" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ad3a6e92-09b5-4c17-b2e0-1be9e4764011.jpg" width="120" height="110" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 11, 2011 file photo, director James Cameron speaks at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas. Cameron tells National Geographic News that his specially designed submarine called &quot;Deepsea Challenger&quot; completed the nearly 7-mile test dive Wednesday March 22, 2012. The team returned to calmer waters and was headed back to the site Saturday. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5eea7150-ec96-4d07-9ef4-25fcf2d6d5dd.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5eea7150-ec96-4d07-9ef4-25fcf2d6d5dd.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This February 2012 photo, provided by National Geographic, shows explorer and filmmaker James Cameron emerging from the hatch of DEEPSEA CHALLENGER during testing of the submersible in Jervis Bay, south of Sydney, Australia. Director James Cameron began his journey Sunday, March 25, 2012, to someplace only two men have gone before  to the Earth's deepest point. (AP Photo/National Geographic, Mark Thiessen)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0bce52d7-1076-4885-a240-5aedcd412bc1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0bce52d7-1076-4885-a240-5aedcd412bc1.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo provided by National Geographic, the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER submersible carrying filmmaker and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence James Cameron is hoisted into the Pacific Ocean on its way to the &quot;Challenger Deep,&quot; the deepest part of the Mariana Trench, Sunday, March 25, 2012. The dive was part of DEEPSEA CHALLENGE, a joint scientific expedition by Cameron, the National Geographic Society and Rolex to conduct deep-ocean research. (AP Photo/National Geographic, Mark Thiessen) MANDATORY CREDIT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/272b1b52-517a-4913-a101-799b41c7f297.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/272b1b52-517a-4913-a101-799b41c7f297.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo provided by National Geographic, filmmaker and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence James Cameron slides into the hatch of the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER submersible as he prepares for his record dive to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, Sunday, March 25, 2012. The dive was part of DEEPSEA CHALLENGE, a joint scientific expedition by Cameron, the National Geographic Society and Rolex to conduct deep-ocean research. (AP Photo/National Geographic, Mark Thiessen) MANDATORY CREDIT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/147a3bf4-857e-4fe2-bbf6-12f27cdcc4c6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/147a3bf4-857e-4fe2-bbf6-12f27cdcc4c6.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo provided by National Geographic, filmmaker and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence James Cameron gets a handshake from ocean explorer and U.S. Navy Capt. Don Walsh, right, just before the hatch on the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER submersible is closed and the voyage to the deepest part of the ocean begins, Sunday, March 25, 2012. Walsh took the same journey to the bottom of the Mariana Trench 52 years ago in the bathyscaphe Trieste with Swiss oceanographer Jacques Piccard. Cameron is the first person to complete the dive solo. The dive was part of DEEPSEA CHALLENGE, a joint scientific expedition by Cameron, the National Geographic Society and Rolex to conduct deep-ocean research. (AP Photo/National Geographic, Mark Thiessen) MANDATORY CREDIT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/2cf05c8d-048a-4b07-ba3f-71535738c417.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2cf05c8d-048a-4b07-ba3f-71535738c417.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Filmmaker and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence James Cameron emerges from the Deepsea Challenger submersible after his successful solo dive to the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the ocean, Monday March 26, 2011. The dive was part of Deepsea Challenge, a joint scientific expedition by Cameron, the National Geographic Society and Rolex to conduct deep-ocean research.  (AP Photo/Mark Theissen, National Geographic) ONE TIME USE&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5a0ff799-6259-4ba3-bb83-a0f77860a20c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5a0ff799-6259-4ba3-bb83-a0f77860a20c.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In a photo provided by National Geographic filmmaker and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence James Cameron holds the National Geographic Society flag after he successfully completed the first ever solo dive to the Mariana Trench Monday March 26, 2012. The dive was part of Deepsea Challenge, a joint scientific expedition by Cameron, the National Geographic Society and Rolex to conduct deep-ocean research.  (AP Photo/Mark Theissen, National Geographic)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c3f017f3-947a-44f1-9170-803702b4ee28.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c3f017f3-947a-44f1-9170-803702b4ee28.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Filmmaker  and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence James Cameron is congratulated by ocean explorer and U.S. Navy Capt. Don Walsh, right, after completing the first ever solo dive to the Challenger Deep, the lowest part of the Mariana Trench. Walsh took the same journey to the bottom of the Mariana Trench 52 years ago in the bathyscaphe Trieste with Swiss oceanographer Jacques Piccard. Camerons dive in his specially designed submersible was part of Deepsea Challenge, a joint scientific expedition by Cameron, the National Geographic Society and Rolex to conduct deep-ocean research. (AP Photo/Mark Theissen, National Geographic)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a2a463d8-e276-451b-b7f5-79fbf3de0cb4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a2a463d8-e276-451b-b7f5-79fbf3de0cb4.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In an image provided by National Geographic filmmaker James Cameron gives two thumbs-up as he emerges from the Deepsea Challenger submersible Monday March 26, 2012 after his successful solo dive in the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the ocean. The dive was part of Deepsea Challenge, a joint scientific expedition by Cameron, the National Geographic Society and Rolex to conduct deep-ocean research. (AP Photo/Mark Theissen, National Geographic)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Video: Beached Dolphins Rescued Rio de Janeiro</title>
<description><![CDATA[As if you needed more proof that Brazilians are awesome.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></source><link>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/23/10831428-video-beached-dolphins-rescued-rio-de-janeiro</link><guid>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/23/10831428-video-beached-dolphins-rescued-rio-de-janeiro</guid><category>world-news</category><category>brazil</category><category>rescue</category><category>dolphins</category><category>rio</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:36:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Photography icon Eastman Kodak has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The glory days when Eastman Kodak Co. ruled the world of film photography lasted for over a century.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></source><link>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/19/10188093-photography-icon-eastman-kodak-has-filed-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy</link><guid>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/19/10188093-photography-icon-eastman-kodak-has-filed-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy</guid><category>business</category><category>finance</category><category>photography</category><category>bankruptcy</category><category>digital-photography</category><category>kodak</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:36:48 +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>Doh! Top Science Journal Retractions of 2011</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Bad science papers can have lasting effects. Consider the 1998 paper in the journal the Lancet that linked autism to the MMR vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></source><link>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/28/9772619-doh-top-science-journal-retractions-of-2011</link><guid>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/28/9772619-doh-top-science-journal-retractions-of-2011</guid><category>science</category><category>2011</category><category>mistakes</category><category>retractions</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:35:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Shark fins off the menu at top hotel</title>
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Hong Kong (CNN) -- Asia's oldest hotel chain has waded into the debate on the slaughter of sharks for their fins by taking the Chinese delicacy off its menus.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></source><link>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/04/9197045-shark-fins-off-the-menu-at-top-hotel</link><guid>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/04/9197045-shark-fins-off-the-menu-at-top-hotel</guid><category>world-news</category><category>food</category><category>restaurants</category><category>hong-kong</category><category>sharks</category><category>marine-life</category><category>shark-fin-soup</category><pubDate>Sun, 4 Dec 2011 04:48:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>David LaChapelle Wins Pre-Trial Ruling Against Rihanna</title>
<description><![CDATA[
A federal court has refused to dismiss David LaChapelle's copyright claim against pop singer Rihanna over a music video with scenes allegedly copied from several of LaChapelle's images.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></source><link>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/24/8469739-david-lachapelle-wins-pre-trial-ruling-against-rihanna</link><guid>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/24/8469739-david-lachapelle-wins-pre-trial-ruling-against-rihanna</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>photography</category><category>art</category><category>rihanna</category><category>copyright-infringement</category><category>david-lachapelle</category><pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:00:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Turning the Tide on Shark Fin Soup</title>
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IS THE tide turning against shark&rsquo;s fin soup? Conservationists certainly hope so. On September 22nd in Shanghai WildAid, a charity, launched a campaign to persuade Chinese people to give up eating the delicacy.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></source><link>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/09/8239373-turning-the-tide-on-shark-fin-soup</link><guid>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/09/8239373-turning-the-tide-on-shark-fin-soup</guid><category>world-news</category><category>china</category><category>sharks</category><category>endangered-species</category><category>yao-ming</category><category>shark-fin-soup</category><pubDate>Sun, 9 Oct 2011 18:21:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>First big sponsor to return to Tiger Woods' side? Rolex</title>
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When infidelity hit Tiger Woods two years ago, sponsors couldn't run away faster from the once endorsement king.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></source><link>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/06/8178316-first-big-sponsor-to-return-to-tiger-woods-side-rolex</link><guid>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/06/8178316-first-big-sponsor-to-return-to-tiger-woods-side-rolex</guid><category>sports</category><category>golf</category><category>watches</category><category>tiger-woods</category><category>rolex</category><category>endorsements</category><category>sponsors</category><pubDate>Thu, 6 Oct 2011 05:03:35 +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=nullE2EFFAC8-C963-30BD-AC72-B2A1DDC1974D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="320" width="240" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=nullE2EFFAC8-C963-30BD-AC72-B2A1DDC1974D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Washington Permanently Bans Bath Salts and Synthetic Marijuana--and Some Chemicals That Haven't Been Invented Yet</title>
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Bath salts and synthetic marijuana -- two popular designer drugs, formerly available at a head shop near you -- are already illegal under both federal and Washington state law. The state's ban, however, was a "temporary emergency" measure enacted in April.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></source><link>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/05/8171890-washington-permanently-bans-bath-salts-and-synthetic-marijuana-and-some-chemicals-that-havent-been-invented-yet</link><guid>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/05/8171890-washington-permanently-bans-bath-salts-and-synthetic-marijuana-and-some-chemicals-that-havent-been-invented-yet</guid><category>us-news</category><category>drugs</category><category>marijuana</category><category>ban</category><category>washington-state</category><category>bath-salts</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 Oct 2011 19:46:32 +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></item><item><title>Fort Lewis Soldier Snorted Bath Salts Before Deadly Rampage</title>
<description><![CDATA[
On the afternoon of April 22, Army medic and two-tour Iraq veteran David "Doc" Stewart gunned down his girlfriend Kristy Sampels and fatally shot himself on I-5 just south of Tumwater after a state trooper pulled him over for speeding after a lengthy chase.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></source><link>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/05/8171877-fort-lewis-soldier-snorted-bath-salts-before-deadly-rampage</link><guid>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/05/8171877-fort-lewis-soldier-snorted-bath-salts-before-deadly-rampage</guid><category>us-news</category><category>drugs</category><category>violence</category><category>fda</category><category>bath-salts</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 Oct 2011 19:45:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>U.S. Mint Cop Stole $2.4M in $1 &quot;Error&quot; Coins</title>
<description><![CDATA[
A former federal cop assigned to the U.S.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></source><link>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/18/7822797-us-mint-cop-stole-24m-in-1-error-coins</link><guid>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/18/7822797-us-mint-cop-stole-24m-in-1-error-coins</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>theft</category><category>coins</category><category>us-mint</category><pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 13:00:16 +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=tangD3022287-660D-2607-918A-53B668E9EAEF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="133" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tangD3022287-660D-2607-918A-53B668E9EAEF.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>Austin Powers' &quot;Random Task&quot; Arrested for Gang Rape</title>
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HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (KTLA) -- "Austin Powers" actor and former mixed martial arts fighter Joseph Hyungmin Son was convicted Thursday of torture in the Christmas Eve gang rape of an Orange County woman.
Son, 40, was arrested Oct.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></source><link>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/31/7548316-austin-powers-random-task-arrested-for-gang-rape</link><guid>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/31/7548316-austin-powers-random-task-arrested-for-gang-rape</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>crime</category><category>rape</category><category>austin-powers</category><category>joseph-hyungmin-son</category><category>random-task</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Sep 2011 03:51:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tang166A7874-59C1-2927-3270-5F58D4F23BE2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="105" width="187" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tang166A7874-59C1-2927-3270-5F58D4F23BE2.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>Wreck Diving: Connecting the Past to the Present</title>
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Here's a photo I took of my dive buddy, Josh Smith, on the wreck of the Capilano - sunken off of the coast of Vancouver Island, Canada.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></source><link>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/30/7514786-wreck-diving-connecting-the-past-to-the-present</link><guid>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/30/7514786-wreck-diving-connecting-the-past-to-the-present</guid><category>travel</category><category>canada</category><category>scuba-diving</category><category>vancouver-island</category><category>shipwrecks</category><category>rebreathers</category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:00:00 +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=tang1C884EA8-982E-9BCF-5537-4C07C4A045BF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="233" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tang1C884EA8-982E-9BCF-5537-4C07C4A045BF.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="70" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Technical Diver Joshua Smith floats alongside the wreck of the Capilano - photo by Calvin Tang&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>TSA to put Hub fliers on the spot</title>
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a projected $1 billion national program dubbed Screening Passengers by Observation Techniques &mdash; kicks off today at Logan International Airport and will be put to use in Terminal A on Aug. 15.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></source><link>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/08/7310914-tsa-to-put-hub-fliers-on-the-spot</link><guid>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/08/7310914-tsa-to-put-hub-fliers-on-the-spot</guid><category>travel</category><category>security</category><category>terrorism</category><category>tsa</category><category>airports</category><category>screening</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:32:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tangE487F3AC-58EB-D6C0-C1B0-85D766449744.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="315" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tangE487F3AC-58EB-D6C0-C1B0-85D766449744.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="105" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Chris Hedges: Empire of Illusion</title>
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It&rsquo;s the story of an America that has transferred its allegiance to spectacle, to pseudo-events, that no longer can determine what is real and what is illusion, that confuses how they&rsquo;re made to feel with knowledge, that confuses propaganda with ideology, and that&rs&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></source><link>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/07/7294469-chris-hedges-empire-of-illusion</link><guid>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/07/7294469-chris-hedges-empire-of-illusion</guid><category>us-news</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>government</category><category>celebrity</category><category>democracy</category><category>hollywood</category><category>capitalism</category><category>financial-reform</category><pubDate>Sun, 7 Aug 2011 19:09:53 +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=tangBB95B1CC-8C1E-D91D-D375-118B906080A8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tangBB95B1CC-8C1E-D91D-D375-118B906080A8.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>China Condemns U.S. 'Addiction to Debts'</title>
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SHANGHAI &mdash; China, the largest foreign holder of United States debt, said Saturday that Washington needed to &ldquo;cure its addiction to debts&rdquo; and &ldquo;live within its means,&rdquo; just hours after the rating agency Standard &amp; Poor&rsquo;s downgraded America&&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></source><link>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/06/7280974-china-condemns-us-addiction-to-debts</link><guid>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/06/7280974-china-condemns-us-addiction-to-debts</guid><category>world-news</category><category>obama</category><category>china</category><category>united-states</category><category>federal-reserve</category><category>national-debt</category><category>us-debt</category><category>s-p-500</category><pubDate>Sat, 6 Aug 2011 18:48:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>When &quot;Risk-Free&quot; Isn't Risk Free: The Impact of a US Treasury Downgrade</title>
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Many investors are on edge about the market&rsquo;s reaction to a possible downgrade in US Treasury bond ratings if the near-term debt ceiling isn&rsquo;t raised. Our view is that a deal will eventually be struck to keep the US from defaulting on its obligations.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></source><link>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/28/7190771-when-risk-free-isnt-risk-free-the-impact-of-a-us-treasury-downgrade</link><guid>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/28/7190771-when-risk-free-isnt-risk-free-the-impact-of-a-us-treasury-downgrade</guid><category>business</category><category>finance</category><category>budget</category><category>debt-ceiling</category><category>national-debt</category><category>us-government</category><category>borrowing</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 22:10:46 +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&amp;T to implement data throttling in early October, just in time for iPhone 5</title>
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A new change for AT&amp;T Wireless&rsquo; Unlimited Data subscribers will soon be taking place. Rumored to be starting in the first week of October, we&rsquo;ve heard that AT&amp;T will start throttling the data speeds of the network&rsquo;s top data hogs.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></source><link>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/28/7190705-att-to-implement-data-throttling-in-early-october-just-in-time-for-iphone-5</link><guid>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/28/7190705-att-to-implement-data-throttling-in-early-october-just-in-time-for-iphone-5</guid><category>technology</category><category>apple</category><category>at-t</category><category>mobile-data</category><category>data-usage</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:54:53 +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></item><item><title>Bad Food? Tax It, and Subsidize Vegetables</title>
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Rather than subsidizing the production of unhealthful foods, we should turn the tables and tax things like soda, French fries, doughnuts and hyperprocessed snacks.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></source><link>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/26/7167044-bad-food-tax-it-and-subsidize-vegetables</link><guid>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/26/7167044-bad-food-tax-it-and-subsidize-vegetables</guid><category>health</category><category>food</category><category>diet</category><category>nutrition</category><category>junk-food</category><category>veggies</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 06:16:03 +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></item><item><title>Chinese Knock-Off Entire Apple Store</title>
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They looked like Apple products. It looked like an Apple store. It had the classic Apple store winding staircase and weird upstairs sitting area. The employees were even wearing those blue t-shirts with the chunky Apple name tags around their necks.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></source><link>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/20/7117381-chinese-knock-off-entire-apple-store</link><guid>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/20/7117381-chinese-knock-off-entire-apple-store</guid><category>world-news</category><category>china</category><category>apple</category><category>intellectual-property</category><category>counterfeit</category><category>knockoffs</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:45:46 +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>Motorcyclist in helmet protest ride hits head, dies</title>
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ONONDAGA, N.Y. (AP) &mdash; A man riding bareheaded on one of about 550 motorcycles in an anti-helmet law rally lost control of his cycle, went over his handlebars, hit his head on the pavement and died, police said Sunday.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></source><link>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/04/7012577-motorcyclist-in-helmet-protest-ride-hits-head-dies</link><guid>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/04/7012577-motorcyclist-in-helmet-protest-ride-hits-head-dies</guid><category>us-news</category><category>motorcycles</category><category>irony</category><category>darwin-award</category><category>helmet-law</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Jul 2011 21:28:01 +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></item><item><title>Women flock to take horse-semen shots</title>
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Apple-infused horse semen shots might not be an obvious chaser to spring rolls, but they are causing a stir at the Green Man Pub where they are being served.
The shots are part of the central Wellington pub's entry in the nationwide 14th annual Monteith's Beer &amp; Wild Food Ch&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></source><link>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/04/7012570-women-flock-to-take-horse-semen-shots</link><guid>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/04/7012570-women-flock-to-take-horse-semen-shots</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>food</category><category>cuisine</category><category>semen</category><category>milkdud</category><category>delicacies</category><category>horse-semen</category><category>eating-gametes</category><category>semen-consumption</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Jul 2011 21:26:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Tourist left behind on Great Barrier Reef</title>
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A US tourist has been forced to swim for help after realising he was left behind on a Great Barrier Reef snorkelling trip.
Mr Cole's money was refunded, and he was given a $200 restaurant voucher.Read more:&nbsp;http://www.theage.com.au/travel/travel-incidents/tourist-left-behin&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></source><link>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/03/7007360-tourist-left-behind-on-great-barrier-reef</link><guid>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/03/7007360-tourist-left-behind-on-great-barrier-reef</guid><category>world-news</category><category>australia</category><category>scuba-diving</category><category>scuba</category><category>lost-at-sea</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Jul 2011 03:57:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Leaping Shark Off Florida Beach Captured on Video - FoxNews.com</title>
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A photographer from the Orlando Sentinel filmed a spinner shark as it jumped into the air and back into the water Wednesday off the coast of New Smyrna Beach, Fla., as people surfed nearby.
&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t even see the shark jump,&rdquo; Jacob Langston, the photographer, t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></source><link>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/28/6966327-leaping-shark-off-florida-beach-captured-on-video-foxnewscom</link><guid>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/28/6966327-leaping-shark-off-florida-beach-captured-on-video-foxnewscom</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>video</category><category>surfing</category><category>shark</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:00:04 +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=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fnws2Ftang2F6966325.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="60" width="60" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fnws2Ftang2F6966325.jpg&amp;width=120" width="60" height="60" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Swimming with Arctic Beluga Whales, Naked</title>
<description><![CDATA[[Yes, there are photos]
Braving sub-zero temperatures, she has thrown caution &mdash; and her clothes &mdash; to the wind to tame two beluga whales in a unique and controversial experiment.
Natalia Avseenko, 36, was persuaded to strip naked as marine experts believe belugas do no&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></source><link>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/24/6934190-swimming-with-arctic-beluga-whales-naked</link><guid>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/24/6934190-swimming-with-arctic-beluga-whales-naked</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>research</category><category>naked</category><category>beluga-whale</category><category>damn-cold-water</category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:31:22 +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></item></channel></rss>
