<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" ><channel><title>Newsvine - atvance's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://atvance.newsvine.com/</link><description>Newsvine - atvance's Column - Articles and Seeds</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2009</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 2 Jul 2008 22:50:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:51:02 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Report:  Favre has &quot;itch to play again&quot;</title><description><![CDATA[ESPN reported this afternoon that retired Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre is interested in making a comeback, and has communicated that interest with the team.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[atvance]]></dc:creator><link>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/02/1633892-report-favre-has-itch-to-play-again?category=sports</link><guid>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/02/1633892-report-favre-has-itch-to-play-again?category=sports</guid><category>sports</category><category>wisconsin</category><category>football</category><category>green-bay</category><category>packers</category><category>nfl</category><category>brett-favre</category><category>retirement</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 Jul 2008 22:50:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Book details Midwest flight that nearly collided with 9/11 jet </title><description><![CDATA[Midwest Airlines pilot Gerald Earwood was flying about 100 miles west of New York when he first noticed what seemed like wisps of smoke coming off the World Trade Center]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[atvance]]></dc:creator><link>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/25/1608616-book-details-midwest-flight-that-nearly-collided-with-911-jet-</link><guid>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/25/1608616-book-details-midwest-flight-that-nearly-collided-with-911-jet-</guid><category>us-news</category><category>midwest-airlines</category><category>9-11</category><category>new-york</category><category>united-airlines</category><category>collision</category><category>wtc</category><category>world-trade-center</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:52:21 +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></item><item><title>Theatre de la Jeune Lune closing its doors</title><description><![CDATA[The Board of Directors of the Twin Cites-based Theatre de la Jeune Lune voted this week to list the theatre's headquarters for sale and to shut down the arts group as currently organized.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[atvance]]></dc:creator><link>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/23/1602398-theatre-de-la-jeune-lune-closing-its-doors</link><guid>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/23/1602398-theatre-de-la-jeune-lune-closing-its-doors</guid><category>arts</category><category>theatre</category><category>minnesota</category><category>minneapolis</category><category>closing</category><category>theatre-de-la-jeune-lune</category><category>performing-arts</category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:50:10 +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></item><item><title>Apple - Mac OS X Leopard - Snow Leopard</title><description><![CDATA[Since 2001, Mac OS X has delivered more than a thousand innovative new features. With Snow Leopard, the next major version of the world's most advanced operating system, Mac OS X changes more than its spots, it changes focus.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[atvance]]></dc:creator><link>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/10/1560791-apple-mac-os-x-leopard-snow-leopard</link><guid>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/10/1560791-apple-mac-os-x-leopard-snow-leopard</guid><category>technology</category><category>apple</category><category>osx</category><category>snow-leopard</category><category>mac</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:32:50 +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>iPhone 3G Pricing and Activation Details: $30 Unlimited Data, Activated In Store Only</title><description><![CDATA[We just talked to AT&T's President of National Distribution Glenn Lurie, who gave us all the pricing and activation details for the iPhone 3G, which won't be getting special treatment anymore.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[atvance]]></dc:creator><link>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/09/1558327-iphone-3g-pricing-and-activation-details-30-unlimited-data-activated-in-store-only</link><guid>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/09/1558327-iphone-3g-pricing-and-activation-details-30-unlimited-data-activated-in-store-only</guid><category>technology</category><category>apple</category><category>iphone</category><category>3g</category><category>att</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:41:08 +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>TBS and their annoying interstitial commercials</title><description><![CDATA[See what they did there? They paused the TV show, ran a little mini-commercial for some show that no one cares about, and then returned to the last two seconds of the segment before going to commercial.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[atvance]]></dc:creator><link>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/04/1541815-tbs-and-their-annoying-interstitial-commercials</link><guid>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/04/1541815-tbs-and-their-annoying-interstitial-commercials</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>tbs</category><category>commercials</category><category>interstitial</category><category>dvr</category><category>time-warner</category><category>annoying</category><category>video</category><category>old-media</category><category>advertising</category><category>lower-thirds</category><pubDate>Thu, 5 Jun 2008 00:47:52 +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>Police, Chuck E. Cheese officials to meet</title><description><![CDATA[The Chuck E. Cheese restaurant in the Town of Brookfield is being asked to reign in unruly parents or town officials will revoke the liquor license held by the children's party palace, town officials said.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[atvance]]></dc:creator><link>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/04/1541766-police-chuck-e-cheese-officials-to-meet</link><guid>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/04/1541766-police-chuck-e-cheese-officials-to-meet</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>milwaukee</category><category>wisconsin</category><category>police</category><category>parents</category><category>chuck-e-cheese</category><category>fighting</category><pubDate>Thu, 5 Jun 2008 00:27:55 +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>GM Closing Janesville plant by 2010</title><description><![CDATA[General Motors Corp. will close its Janesville sport utility vehicle plant by 2010, the Detroit-based automaker announced today.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[atvance]]></dc:creator><link>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/03/1534583-gm-closing-janesville-plant-by-2010</link><guid>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/03/1534583-gm-closing-janesville-plant-by-2010</guid><category>us-news</category><category>gm</category><category>general-motors</category><category>janesville</category><category>wisconsin</category><category>closing</category><category>suvs</category><category>trucks</category><pubDate>Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:47:13 +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>Alcohol use forces UW-W action- suspends fraternity for three years</title><description><![CDATA[UW-Whitewater has suspended the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity for three years after an investigation showed the organization engaged in underage drinking and hazing, university officials said.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[atvance]]></dc:creator><link>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/23/1507854-alcohol-use-forces-uw-w-action-suspends-fraternity-for-three-years</link><guid>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/23/1507854-alcohol-use-forces-uw-w-action-suspends-fraternity-for-three-years</guid><category>us-news</category><category>whitewater</category><category>wisconsin</category><category>university</category><category>uww</category><category>fraternity</category><category>tau-kappa-epsilon</category><category>suspended</category><category>alcohol</category><category>hazing</category><category>underage-drinking</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 14:14:51 +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>Nine Inch Nails offer free album</title><description><![CDATA[US rock band the Nine Inch Nails are giving away a second new album online, just two months after the first.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[atvance]]></dc:creator><link>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/05/1470228-nine-inch-nails-offer-free-album</link><guid>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/05/1470228-nine-inch-nails-offer-free-album</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>music</category><category>nine-inch-nails</category><category>download</category><category>the-slip</category><category>trent-reznor</category><pubDate>Mon, 5 May 2008 17:36:01 +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>John Ashcroft Yelled at Me Tonight.  No Joke.</title><description><![CDATA[Earlier today, I promised you Kossacks an eyewitness account of John Ashcroft's speech on "Leadership in Troubled Times" at Knox College this evening, which I just got back from attending.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[atvance]]></dc:creator><link>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/23/1448333-john-ashcroft-yelled-at-me-tonight-no-joke</link><guid>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/23/1448333-john-ashcroft-yelled-at-me-tonight-no-joke</guid><category>politics</category><category>john-ashcroft</category><category>knox-college</category><category>waterboarding</category><category>torture</category><category>iraq</category><category>geneva-convention</category><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:40:45 +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>Favre's jersey to be retired at opener</title><description><![CDATA[The Green Bay Packers announced today they will retire Brett Favre's No. 4 at the team's season opener against the Minnesota Vikings on Sept. 8. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[atvance]]></dc:creator><link>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/17/1437893-favres-jersey-to-be-retired-at-opener?category=sports</link><guid>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/17/1437893-favres-jersey-to-be-retired-at-opener?category=sports</guid><category>sports</category><category>green-bay-packers</category><category>football</category><category>brett-favre</category><category>retire</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:48:35 +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>NYTW answer to budget issues:  Fire the people who make their productions</title><description><![CDATA[New York Theatre Workshop has fired their entire production staff, effective 30 May, 2008.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[atvance]]></dc:creator><link>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/14/1431121-nytw-answer-to-budget-issues-fire-the-people-who-make-their-productions</link><guid>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/14/1431121-nytw-answer-to-budget-issues-fire-the-people-who-make-their-productions</guid><category>arts</category><category>theatre</category><category>new-york-theatre-workshop</category><category>production-staff</category><category>fired</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:02:05 +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:thumbnail medium="image" url="/_vine/images/users/tn/atvance/1431126.jpg" width="75" height="113" /></item><item><title>Pilot grounded for barrel roll at Fenway</title><description><![CDATA[Fans at Fenway Park on Tuesday were treated to a once-in-a-lifetime performance when an F-16 flyover took an unplanned twist.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[atvance]]></dc:creator><link>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/13/1428641-pilot-grounded-for-barrel-roll-at-fenway</link><guid>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/13/1428641-pilot-grounded-for-barrel-roll-at-fenway</guid><category>us-news</category><category>red-sox</category><category>fenway-park</category><category>boston</category><category>air-force</category><category>f-16</category><category>flyover</category><category>grounded</category><category>pilot</category><category>baseball</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:33:11 +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>&quot;Chicken Dance&quot; writer dies</title><description><![CDATA[Bob Kames, Milwaukee's own music man, died of prostate cancer today, according to his family.

Kames popularized an old-world tune called "Dance Little Bird" - better known as "The Chicken Dance." ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[atvance]]></dc:creator><link>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/09/1421143-chicken-dance-writer-dies</link><guid>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/09/1421143-chicken-dance-writer-dies</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>milwaukee</category><category>chicken-dance</category><category>bob-kames</category><category>robert-kujawa</category><category>wedding</category><pubDate>Wed, 9 Apr 2008 23:21:43 +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></item><item><title>Security Guard fired for stopping teenager stealing alcohol</title><description><![CDATA[Dean Babcock spent almost 30 years as a cop in Delavan, so he's seen the aftermath of drunken-driving accidents. Knows, too, how much trouble underage kids can get into and how much pain they can cause after getting their hands on a bottle of rum or tequila.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[atvance]]></dc:creator><link>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/07/1416033-security-guard-fired-for-stopping-teenager-stealing-alcohol</link><guid>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/07/1416033-security-guard-fired-for-stopping-teenager-stealing-alcohol</guid><category>us-news</category><category>wisconsin</category><category>target</category><category>teenagers</category><category>drinking</category><category>rum</category><category>tequila</category><category>shoplifting</category><pubDate>Mon, 7 Apr 2008 17:13:34 +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></item><item><title>Atheist father sues to keep son out of KY Catholic High School</title><description><![CDATA[As a practicing Catholic whose eighth-grade son, Michael, has always attended parochial schools, Susan Bisig says it would be best for him to attend St. Xavier High School.

The 144-year-old Catholic secondary school also happens to be Michael's first choice.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[atvance]]></dc:creator><link>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/06/1414117-atheist-father-sues-to-keep-son-out-of-ky-catholic-high-school</link><guid>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/06/1414117-atheist-father-sues-to-keep-son-out-of-ky-catholic-high-school</guid><category>us-news</category><category>atheism</category><category>kentucky</category><category>high-school</category><pubDate>Sun, 6 Apr 2008 15:52:44 +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>Buy a Home, Be a Life Insurance Beneficiary</title><description><![CDATA[Bob Fanning is betting someone takes him up on a package deal: buy his western Wisconsin home for $498,900 and also become beneficiary of a 10-year, $500,000 life insurance policy.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[atvance]]></dc:creator><link>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/04/1410843-buy-a-home-be-a-life-insurance-beneficiary</link><guid>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/04/1410843-buy-a-home-be-a-life-insurance-beneficiary</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>wisconsin</category><category>real-estate</category><category>life-insurance</category><category>sales-tactics</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 Apr 2008 17:14:08 +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>Official Google Docs Blog: Bringing the cloud with you</title><description><![CDATA[We know that many of you have been waiting for offline access to Google Docs, and I'm happy to tell you we'll be rolling it out over the next few weeks, starting today with a small percentage of users.
]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[atvance]]></dc:creator><link>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/31/1402342-official-google-docs-blog-bringing-the-cloud-with-you</link><guid>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/31/1402342-official-google-docs-blog-bringing-the-cloud-with-you</guid><category>technology</category><category>google</category><category>google-docs</category><category>google-gears</category><category>offline</category><category>word-processing</category><category>cloud-computing</category><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:04:18 +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></item><item><title>Packers Retiring Favre's Number in 2008</title><description><![CDATA[Mark Murphy, president and ceo of the Green Bay Packers, said Wednesday that the Packers plan on retiring Brett Favre's number sometime this coming season]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[atvance]]></dc:creator><link>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/19/1377681-packers-retiring-favres-number-in-2008?category=sports</link><guid>http://atvance.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/19/1377681-packers-retiring-favres-number-in-2008?category=sports</guid><category>sports</category><category>green-bay</category><category>packers</category><category>brett-favre</category><category>4</category><category>football</category><category>retire</category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:25:01 +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></channel></rss>