<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine</title><link>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 13:25:51 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:54:50 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Who Polices Prosecutors Who Abuse Their Authority? Usually Nobody - ProPublica</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></source><link>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/24/18468176-who-polices-prosecutors-who-abuse-their-authority-usually-nobody-propublica</link><guid>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/24/18468176-who-polices-prosecutors-who-abuse-their-authority-usually-nobody-propublica</guid><category>politics</category><category>nyaaya</category><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 13:23:43 +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=s-thampyD6B36B57-C7DA-31A4-1C4D-A6C33654F9AA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=s-thampyD6B36B57-C7DA-31A4-1C4D-A6C33654F9AA.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>The Future of Green Building May Be Closer than You Think - Knowledge@Wharton</title>
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One element that is critical to achieving this goal is the 10-kilowatt battery that sits inside the house. It serves two essential purposes. One is as a backup in case the grid ever goes down (according to Bloomberg Business Week, 18% of American households have either permanen&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></source><link>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18339952-the-future-of-green-building-may-be-closer-than-you-think-knowledgewharton</link><guid>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18339952-the-future-of-green-building-may-be-closer-than-you-think-knowledgewharton</guid><category>energy</category><category>environment</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 14:09:13 +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></item><item><title>1984 anti-Sikh riots backed by Govt, police: CBI</title>
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According to the CBI the police were co-conspirators as the officials did not register cases and did not pick up dead bodies from the streets. The CBI referred to a speech senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar had made in Delhi's Raj Nagar where he incited the mob and said that n&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></source><link>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/12/18202422-1984-anti-sikh-riots-backed-by-govt-police-cbi</link><guid>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/12/18202422-1984-anti-sikh-riots-backed-by-govt-police-cbi</guid><category>history</category><category>crime</category><category>genocide</category><category>governance</category><pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 04:38:26 +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=s-thampyFCC17A35-593E-1C46-4D1B-5B9153C90490.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="62" width="90" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=s-thampyFCC17A35-593E-1C46-4D1B-5B9153C90490.jpg&amp;width=120" width="90" height="62" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Seema Jilani: My Racist Encounter at the White House Correspondents' Dinner</title>
<description><![CDATA[It's the little indignities that slowly devastate your soul. The ones where your guard is down, and you just expect to dress up, look pretty, and enjoy an evening as a newlywed, or at the Oscars, but instead end up humiliated and snubbed. The ubiquitous racist slap in the face is&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></source><link>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/08/18126656-seema-jilani-my-racist-encounter-at-the-white-house-correspondents-dinner</link><guid>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/08/18126656-seema-jilani-my-racist-encounter-at-the-white-house-correspondents-dinner</guid><category>politics</category><category>racism</category><pubDate>Wed, 8 May 2013 16:40:40 +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=s-thampy459357D6-3CBF-77F2-06AA-E1F5F4D123F9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=s-thampy459357D6-3CBF-77F2-06AA-E1F5F4D123F9.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>Social policies: Time to scrap affirmative action | The Economist</title>
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That American federal programme began by awarding no-bid contracts to firms owned by blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans; now it covers people with ancestry from at least 33 countries. In India 60% of the population are eligible for privileges as members of scheduled castes,&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></source><link>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/30/17992375-social-policies-time-to-scrap-affirmative-action-the-economist</link><guid>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/30/17992375-social-policies-time-to-scrap-affirmative-action-the-economist</guid><category>politics</category><category>opportunity</category><category>governance</category><category>social-equity</category><pubDate>Wed, 1 May 2013 03:33:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=s-thampyFEF46F9E-B181-1E5D-E684-A61B57FBD775.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="226" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=s-thampyFEF46F9E-B181-1E5D-E684-A61B57FBD775.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>Affirmative action in Brazil: Slavery's legacy | The Economist</title>
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public universities are more prestigious&mdash;and barred from charging fees by the constitution. That their places have long gone disproportionately to the 12% of Brazilians who are privately educated, most of them rich and white, is hard to swallow.
The supreme court decided&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></source><link>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/30/17992247-affirmative-action-in-brazil-slaverys-legacy-the-economist</link><guid>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/30/17992247-affirmative-action-in-brazil-slaverys-legacy-the-economist</guid><category>education</category><category>opportunity</category><category>governance</category><category>social-equity</category><pubDate>Wed, 1 May 2013 03:26:11 +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=s-thampyA40367B7-98AF-6140-E7D7-CBF699E42BCA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="226" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=s-thampyA40367B7-98AF-6140-E7D7-CBF699E42BCA.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>Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff: Pulling Back the Veil on the Housing Market - Knowledge@Wharton</title>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;.....real estate marketplace Zillow has brought to home buying and selling what a previous generation of travel websites provided to shoppers wanting to compare the prices of hotels, rental cars and airline flights -- transparency.&nbsp;Zillow has a database of more than 11&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></source><link>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/25/17909742-zillow-ceo-spencer-rascoff-pulling-back-the-veil-on-the-housing-market-knowledgewharton</link><guid>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/25/17909742-zillow-ceo-spencer-rascoff-pulling-back-the-veil-on-the-housing-market-knowledgewharton</guid><category>business</category><category>real-estate</category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:04:50 +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>Species Revival: Should We Bring Back Extinct Animals?</title>
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Perhaps the excitement derives from the chance it affords to travel back in time and glimpse marvelous creatures from a world that no longer exists. Or maybe it's the thrill of cheating death, of reversing the ultimate irreversible.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></source><link>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/10/17254902-species-revival-should-we-bring-back-extinct-animals</link><guid>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/10/17254902-species-revival-should-we-bring-back-extinct-animals</guid><category>science</category><category>species</category><category>extinction</category><pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 07:09:45 +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>Land of Plenty (of Government) - NYTimes.com</title>
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Why? Too much to eat and more people hungry than during the drought years; too much to wear and more people naked; too many houses and more people homeless than ever before. Why? This is a land of super-abundance and super-plenty. Then why is it also a land of starvation and na&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></source><link>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17182346-land-of-plenty-of-government-nytimescom</link><guid>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17182346-land-of-plenty-of-government-nytimescom</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>socialist</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Mar 2013 19:04:56 +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>The Perils of Perfection - NYTimes.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[essay &ldquo;In Praise of Inconsistency,&rdquo; published in Dissent in 1964, the Polish philosopher Leszek Kolakowski argued that, given that we are regularly confronted with equally valid choices where painful ethical reflection is in order, being inconsistent is the only way t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></source><link>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17173652-the-perils-of-perfection-nytimescom</link><guid>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17173652-the-perils-of-perfection-nytimescom</guid><category>technology</category><category>silicon-valley</category><category>innovation</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Mar 2013 05:19:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=s-thampyB3A09018-E100-532F-B158-9891E972081A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=s-thampyB3A09018-E100-532F-B158-9891E972081A.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>The Pitfalls of Moralizing : South Asian Idea</title>
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....the reason for the total abdication of essential duties by the supposedly democratic state. A political class consumed by the ideology of entitlements has little patience for such matters. This ideology reduces statecraft to an exercise in selling dreams to stay in power. U&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></source><link>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/17/16989746-the-pitfalls-of-moralizing-south-asian-idea</link><guid>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/17/16989746-the-pitfalls-of-moralizing-south-asian-idea</guid><category>india</category><category>politics</category><category>indian-democracy</category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 04:36:32 +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>Education: Are Asians the New Jews at the Ivies? - Quora</title>
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Ivy&nbsp; League admissions officers did to Jewish applicants in the 1920s, when&nbsp; it was decided that too many Jews were getting into their schools. They&nbsp; too had a rationale for putting a quota on Jews that they too believed&nbsp; was justified. What I don&rsquo;t un&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></source><link>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16945630-education-are-asians-the-new-jews-at-the-ivies-quora</link><guid>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16945630-education-are-asians-the-new-jews-at-the-ivies-quora</guid><category>politics</category><category>racial-discrimination</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 08:35:52 +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>Storytelling: It has been said that all the great stories have already been written. Is this true? - Quora</title>
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"Two people fall in love, but shit happens to keep them apart, until they finally get together (or kill themselves because they can't)." Another story that covers half the movies ever made.
You can bring this up to an even higher level if you want, "person has difficulties and&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></source><link>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16944880-storytelling-it-has-been-said-that-all-the-great-stories-have-already-been-written-is-this-true-quora</link><guid>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16944880-storytelling-it-has-been-said-that-all-the-great-stories-have-already-been-written-is-this-true-quora</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>writing</category><category>story</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:17:22 +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><item><title>Forbes India Magazine - How to be Extremely Productive</title>
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Q: You stress the importance of reading, writing, and public speaking. Any hints? A: When it comes to reading, prioritize. Determine which information is most important to you, and spend more time reading that information carefully. I've worked with a number of high-school stud&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></source><link>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16933015-forbes-india-magazine-how-to-be-extremely-productive</link><guid>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16933015-forbes-india-magazine-how-to-be-extremely-productive</guid><category>business</category><category>productivity</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 07:31:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Forbes India Magazine - Inside the Koch Empire</title>
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Koch Industries applies the ideas of Friedrich Hayek to making money. Hayek, dean of the so-called Austrian school of economists, celebrated the chaos of decentralised decision-making as a way for individuals to decide what&rsquo;s in his or her best self-interest. So while own&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></source><link>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16932971-forbes-india-magazine-inside-the-koch-empire</link><guid>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16932971-forbes-india-magazine-inside-the-koch-empire</guid><category>business</category><category>hayek</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 07:27:11 +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>Govt auditor (CAG) Vinod Rai's speech at Harvard Kennedy School | NDTV.com</title>
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A basic premise of parliamentary democracy is that an elected and accountable political executive, with the assistance of an elaborate bureaucratic structure, would manage public affairs within the restrictions imposed by the Constitution and Law. However, the reality of comple&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></source><link>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/09/16914681-govt-auditor-cag-vinod-rais-speech-at-harvard-kennedy-school-ndtvcom</link><guid>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/09/16914681-govt-auditor-cag-vinod-rais-speech-at-harvard-kennedy-school-ndtvcom</guid><category>politics</category><category>audit</category><category>governance</category><category>cag</category><pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 03:51:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=s-thampy2BFE15BF-3BED-E126-13F2-2B46CB387293.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="90" width="120" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=s-thampy2BFE15BF-3BED-E126-13F2-2B46CB387293.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>Predicting Markets, or Marketing Predictions</title>
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CXO Advisory has been tracking and publishing gurus' forecasts of market direction since 1998.
Recently, CXO published a review of all 6,459 forecasts from all of the market 'gurus' that they tracked from 1998 - 2012.
Specifically, the gurus were graded on their ability to ca&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></source><link>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16877258-predicting-markets-or-marketing-predictions</link><guid>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16877258-predicting-markets-or-marketing-predictions</guid><category>business</category><category>forecast</category><category>market-gurus</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Feb 2013 04:11:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=s-thampy3FD94755-979A-59A4-5D66-323997587077.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="243" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=s-thampy3FD94755-979A-59A4-5D66-323997587077.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Diderot, an American Exemplar? Bien Sûr - NYTimes.com</title>
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In 1748, he penned &ldquo;The Indiscreet Jewels,&rdquo; a forerunner to &ldquo;The Vagina Monologues,&rdquo; in which women&rsquo;s &ldquo;jewels&rdquo; engaged in a frank discussion of their erotic adventures. The following year, he waded into deeper water when he challenged a&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></source><link>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/26/16712357-diderot-an-american-exemplar-bien-sr-nytimescom</link><guid>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/26/16712357-diderot-an-american-exemplar-bien-sr-nytimescom</guid><category>literature</category><category>politics</category><category>philosophy</category><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 15:48:46 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=s-thampy5AE997F6-87C1-F003-79A6-34FD0FFCE503.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=s-thampy5AE997F6-87C1-F003-79A6-34FD0FFCE503.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>Sunanda K Datta-Ray: What Lee told Rahul</title>
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the &ldquo;name recognition of his ancestry&rdquo; gives Rahul &ldquo;an enormous advantage&rdquo; in the television and internet age but drawing votes is not enough. Neither is &ldquo;just looking good&rdquo;. Rahul would have to prove himself. &ldquo;If he is wise,&rdquo; Lee&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></source><link>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/26/16711604-sunanda-k-datta-ray-what-lee-told-rahul</link><guid>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/26/16711604-sunanda-k-datta-ray-what-lee-told-rahul</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 14:28:54 +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=s-thampyF9E1E4A6-4EB2-F8EA-E2E9-B16AB11AC5A0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="180" width="180" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=s-thampyF9E1E4A6-4EB2-F8EA-E2E9-B16AB11AC5A0.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>Off the beaten path: Giddy guides | The Economist</title>
<description><![CDATA[A wonderful idea. Has a long way to go evolving into a really valuable resource.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></source><link>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/24/16674767-off-the-beaten-path-giddy-guides-the-economist</link><guid>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/24/16674767-off-the-beaten-path-giddy-guides-the-economist</guid><category>business</category><category>internet</category><category>web-sites</category><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:52:18 +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=s-thampyCCD2E199-9572-D770-F955-455D830DF745.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="226" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=s-thampyCCD2E199-9572-D770-F955-455D830DF745.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>Warnings From a Flabby Mouse - NYTimes.com</title>
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[Ab kahaan jaayen hum, tu bataa aye zameen, ....]
Bruce Blumberg, a developmental biologist at the University of California, Irvine, coined the term &ldquo;obesogen&rdquo; in a 2006 journal article to refer to chemicals that cause animals to store fat. Initially, this concept &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></source><link>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/21/16620822-warnings-from-a-flabby-mouse-nytimescom</link><guid>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/21/16620822-warnings-from-a-flabby-mouse-nytimescom</guid><category>health</category><category>obesity</category><category>obesogen</category><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:04:35 +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=s-thampyF4167F55-2E77-84C5-E6E8-03636B68260C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="294" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=s-thampyF4167F55-2E77-84C5-E6E8-03636B68260C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Chinese experts explain why India and Russia jointly develop FGFA | Russia &amp; India Report</title>
<description><![CDATA[If all goes as planned, India may surpass the US in the number of heavy fifth-generation fighters?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></source><link>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/20/16605913-chinese-experts-explain-why-india-and-russia-jointly-develop-fgfa-russia-india-report</link><guid>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/20/16605913-chinese-experts-explain-why-india-and-russia-jointly-develop-fgfa-russia-india-report</guid><category>politics</category><category>fighter-aircraft</category><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 04:50:31 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=s-thampyC8CDDB87-4C77-8E5C-7FDB-F47727703300.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="110" width="165" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=s-thampyC8CDDB87-4C77-8E5C-7FDB-F47727703300.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>The Hindu : Opinion / Lead : Overcome by a sense of betrayal</title>
<description><![CDATA[The line between bribe and extortion becomes&nbsp;increasingly&nbsp;blurred &nbsp;as citizens regularly bribe for being let off after committing offenses.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></source><link>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16567582-the-hindu-opinion-lead-overcome-by-a-sense-of-betrayal</link><guid>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16567582-the-hindu-opinion-lead-overcome-by-a-sense-of-betrayal</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:56:50 +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=s-thampyD32897CC-51BD-584C-DDEC-DBBF837D1A0A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="430" width="321" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=s-thampyD32897CC-51BD-584C-DDEC-DBBF837D1A0A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="161" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Lessons From Guns and a Goose - NYTimes.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[Move forward towards safer living conditions.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></source><link>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16565469-lessons-from-guns-and-a-goose-nytimescom</link><guid>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16565469-lessons-from-guns-and-a-goose-nytimescom</guid><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>nra</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:21:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=s-thampy7C0A60C3-58FC-F841-53A8-1BED4CFDF1A1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="511" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=s-thampy7C0A60C3-58FC-F841-53A8-1BED4CFDF1A1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="153" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Tale of two rapes: From Ohio to Delhi, how different are we really? | Firstpost</title>
<description><![CDATA[Foolinsh to grade wicked things like rape]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></source><link>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16558982-tale-of-two-rapes-from-ohio-to-delhi-how-different-are-we-really-firstpost</link><guid>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16558982-tale-of-two-rapes-from-ohio-to-delhi-how-different-are-we-really-firstpost</guid><category>politics</category><category>governance</category><category>wicked-behaviour</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 08:16:52 +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=s-thampy93CFFDD3-55BB-F1C5-CA98-8615355238E2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="285" width="380" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=s-thampy93CFFDD3-55BB-F1C5-CA98-8615355238E2.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></channel></rss>