<?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 - Charlie Accetta's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/</link><description>Charlie Accetta Brings Some Light</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sun, 6 May 2012 15:59:56 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 01:52:57 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Subjective Evil: Drawing the Face of a Phantom Menace</title>
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Recently, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Peoria, Illinois made a statement from the pulpit accusing the President of the United   States of adopting the policies of Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin in dealing with the Catholic Church as an employer and service provider. The exact quo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></source><link>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/29/11462200-subjective-evil-drawing-the-face-of-a-phantom-menace</link><guid>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/29/11462200-subjective-evil-drawing-the-face-of-a-phantom-menace</guid><category>politics</category><category>bin-laden</category><category>obama</category><category>evil</category><category>malcolm-bull</category><category>jenky</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:13:20 +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=charlielmo80316C38-7A5C-CAB7-F10A-33D8F839C534.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="217" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=charlielmo80316C38-7A5C-CAB7-F10A-33D8F839C534.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="66" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Lynching in the 21st Century -  a poem</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></source><link>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/12/10392182-lynching-in-the-21st-century-a-poem</link><guid>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/12/10392182-lynching-in-the-21st-century-a-poem</guid><category>arts</category><category>rope</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:51:17 +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=charlielmo13315AFA-504A-56F0-EA9E-B47A77999E8C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=charlielmo13315AFA-504A-56F0-EA9E-B47A77999E8C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=charlielmo7A13C2FA-BC99-47D4-21C7-189DD111D2D4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="413" width="350" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=charlielmo7A13C2FA-BC99-47D4-21C7-189DD111D2D4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="142" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=charlielmoA137B84F-2B65-A299-F7D9-FE36C5C329D4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="196" width="147" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=charlielmoA137B84F-2B65-A299-F7D9-FE36C5C329D4.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>The Feral Man</title>
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Leaving for work each morning, still foggy from too little sleep, I neglect to look over toward the compact patio set laid out near the front door.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></source><link>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/08/10043104-the-feral-man</link><guid>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/08/10043104-the-feral-man</guid><category>ideas</category><category>religion</category><category>philosophy</category><category>feral-cats</category><pubDate>Sun, 8 Jan 2012 05:03:57 +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=charlielmoB301C9EF-DD18-29B9-180A-7E57ECE5889B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="375" width="299" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=charlielmoB301C9EF-DD18-29B9-180A-7E57ECE5889B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="151" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Dad's Family History</title>
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My father Elmo toiled over a hot laptop during the past few years, recollecting family legends and collecting and scanning fading photographs.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></source><link>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/27/9744916-dads-family-history</link><guid>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/27/9744916-dads-family-history</guid><category>history</category><category>childhood</category><category>family-history</category><category>accetta</category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:09:09 +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=charlielmo5FB31AAF-1ABC-B9F8-EEF4-E6F082D2FA84.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="682" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=charlielmo5FB31AAF-1ABC-B9F8-EEF4-E6F082D2FA84.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="205" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Dad with Simon, who is not included in the family history&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Coming War with China - Part 4 &quot;The Long Duel and a Just (and Lasting?) Peace&quot;</title>
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The coming war with China must bear the characteristics we imagined the Third World War to exhibit in terms of economic havoc and uncontrollable human fear and stress.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></source><link>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/03/9196078-the-coming-war-with-china-part-4-the-long-duel-and-a-just-and-lasting-peace</link><guid>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/03/9196078-the-coming-war-with-china-part-4-the-long-duel-and-a-just-and-lasting-peace</guid><category>china</category><category>war</category><category>united-states</category><category>united-nations</category><category>embargo</category><category>world-news</category><category>peace-negotiations</category><pubDate>Sun, 4 Dec 2011 03:27:25 +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=charlielmo87D2FDE7-A833-DDEC-BA8C-49F2633B2DD4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="252" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=charlielmo87D2FDE7-A833-DDEC-BA8C-49F2633B2DD4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Coming War with China - Part 3 &quot;Isolating the Panda&quot;</title>
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone.
- Ancient Chinese Proverb
The coming war with China will likely not begin with some overt act requiring an instant and reciprocal response by the United States. China will not suddenly invade Taiwan.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></source><link>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/12/8776247-the-coming-war-with-china-part-3-isolating-the-panda</link><guid>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/12/8776247-the-coming-war-with-china-part-3-isolating-the-panda</guid><category>russia</category><category>china</category><category>india</category><category>politics</category><category>war</category><category>economics</category><category>united-states</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 01:46:10 +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=null78E4B7B4-FA7F-5EDD-24E5-C7F327164C5A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="411" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null78E4B7B4-FA7F-5EDD-24E5-C7F327164C5A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="123" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Coming War with China - Pt. 2 &quot;The Justifiable Cause&quot;</title>
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Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.
Mao Tse-tung (1893 - 1976)
The world economic crisis features many distinct causes and players bearing their share of the blame.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></source><link>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/09/8708732-the-coming-war-with-china-pt-2-the-justifiable-cause</link><guid>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/09/8708732-the-coming-war-with-china-pt-2-the-justifiable-cause</guid><category>china</category><category>economy</category><category>politics</category><category>war</category><category>united-states</category><category>national-debt</category><pubDate>Wed, 9 Nov 2011 04:03:03 +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=null-null71A03C86-03DF-E6A6-C5BD-9F6D0CA1597E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null-null71A03C86-03DF-E6A6-C5BD-9F6D0CA1597E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Coming War with China - Part 1 &quot;The Last 100 Years&quot;</title>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The words of truth are always paradoxical.
Lao Tzu &ndash; Founder of Taoism
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The China we know today comprises the classic riddle wrapped inside an enigma.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></source><link>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/13/8295268-the-coming-war-with-china-part-1-the-last-100-years</link><guid>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/13/8295268-the-coming-war-with-china-part-1-the-last-100-years</guid><category>china</category><category>economy</category><category>politics</category><category>war</category><category>united-states</category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 04:00:13 +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=null-null09E19129-1A81-0494-6406-10F0E83B8542.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="312" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null-null09E19129-1A81-0494-6406-10F0E83B8542.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Put 'er there, pal.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Historians and Idiots - Welcome to Ding-Dong School</title>
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A group of highly-qualified historical scholars placed themselves out front last week, inviting the entire nation into their classroom.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></source><link>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/02/8099261-historians-and-idiots-welcome-to-ding-dong-school</link><guid>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/02/8099261-historians-and-idiots-welcome-to-ding-dong-school</guid><category>us-news</category><category>historians</category><category>look-back-before-you-act</category><pubDate>Sun, 2 Oct 2011 15:36:53 +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=null-null4567DE9F-1935-0251-3E18-BBE9DF88EDF3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="240" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null-null4567DE9F-1935-0251-3E18-BBE9DF88EDF3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="150" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Professor Irwin Corey&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Banks Are People, Too</title>
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One of the happy consequences of returning to work after a long spell of unemployment is in having to deal with the first few paychecks. Direct deposit arrangements take a few weeks to kick in, so one has to temporarily transact directly with the bank in one form or another.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></source><link>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/04/7011682-banks-are-people-too</link><guid>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/04/7011682-banks-are-people-too</guid><category>business</category><category>banks-banking-atm-jpmorganchase-chase-checking</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Jul 2011 17:59:45 +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=charlielmo2F95F0FB-3CFF-A45D-7266-FD34D3FED3DC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=charlielmo2F95F0FB-3CFF-A45D-7266-FD34D3FED3DC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Moments in Crisis Leadership - Obama vs. FDR</title>
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&nbsp;&ldquo;There are no great men.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></source><link>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/09/6817581-moments-in-crisis-leadership-obama-vs-fdr</link><guid>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/09/6817581-moments-in-crisis-leadership-obama-vs-fdr</guid><category>politics</category><category>great-depression</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>rod-carew</category><category>leadership</category><category>economic-crisis</category><category>ty-cobb</category><category>fdr</category><pubDate>Thu, 9 Jun 2011 06:00:04 +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=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcharlielmo2F6817580.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcharlielmo2F6817580.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcharlielmo2F6817594.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="240" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcharlielmo2F6817594.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="151" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Scorching the Earth in Search of God - Reductionism and Deconstruction in the Higgs Boson Affair</title>
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This past April, media outlets were abuzz over a memo leaked from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) administered by CERN in Switzerland. It concerned the detection of a decay pattern analogous to that of the previously undiscovered Higgs Boson.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></source><link>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/30/6750112-scorching-the-earth-in-search-of-god-reductionism-and-deconstruction-in-the-higgs-boson-affair</link><guid>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/30/6750112-scorching-the-earth-in-search-of-god-reductionism-and-deconstruction-in-the-higgs-boson-affair</guid><category>science</category><category>higgs-boson</category><category>quantum-physics</category><category>deconstruction</category><category>reductionism</category><category>god-particle</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 19:51:10 +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=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcharlielmo2F6750111.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="350" width="331" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcharlielmo2F6750111.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="127" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Greatest Conspiracy Theory Ever Spun</title>
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Back in March of this year, a minor event was publicized by Paul Sutherland on his astronomy news website Skymania. The story concerned the cutoff from funding by Cardiff University, in Wales, for research being conducted by Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></source><link>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/23/6702520-the-greatest-conspiracy-theory-ever-spun</link><guid>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/23/6702520-the-greatest-conspiracy-theory-ever-spun</guid><category>science</category><category>aliens</category><category>conspiracy-theory</category><category>professor-chandra-wickramasinghe</category><category>dr-richard-b-hoover</category><pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 21:16:33 +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=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcharlielmo2F6702518.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcharlielmo2F6702518.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>One Good Rose</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></source><link>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/06/6598969-one-good-rose</link><guid>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/06/6598969-one-good-rose</guid><category>politics</category><category>united-states</category><category>freedom</category><category>anarchy</category><category>sacco</category><category>vanzetti</category><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2011 21:40:12 +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=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcharlielmo2F6598974.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="244" width="347" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcharlielmo2F6598974.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>No Longer &quot;Under Construction&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[
New York City, specifically the island of Manhattan, is famously afflicted by a chronic condition known as construction-situs.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></source><link>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/30/6561825-no-longer-under-construction</link><guid>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/30/6561825-no-longer-under-construction</guid><category>business</category><category>construction</category><category>new-york-city</category><category>lewis-mumford</category><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 19:16:48 +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=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcharlielmo2F6561832.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="450" width="338" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcharlielmo2F6561832.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>Accountability Blues</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Earlier this year, Bernard Madoff, the deposed King of Ponzi, claimed to an interviewer that the banks and hedge funds with which he did business &ldquo;had to know&rdquo; something was wrong with the numbers emerging from the Lipstick Building.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></source><link>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/30/6559932-accountability-blues</link><guid>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/30/6559932-accountability-blues</guid><category>history</category><category>reality</category><category>truth</category><category>accountability</category><category>oliver-north</category><category>jacques-lacan</category><category>bernard-madoff</category><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 07:40:12 +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=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcharlielmo2F6559928.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="349" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcharlielmo2F6559928.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> Ten Years Later -The 9/11 Syndrome</title>
<description><![CDATA[
In the immediate aftermath of September 11, 2001, a majority of American citizens reacted to the attacks, each exhibiting the extremes of his or her personal bend.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></source><link>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/28/6550393-ten-years-later-the-911-syndrome</link><guid>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/28/6550393-ten-years-later-the-911-syndrome</guid><category>us-news</category><category>9-11-world-trade-center-post-traumatic-stress-disorder</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:05:09 +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=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcharlielmo2F6554109.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="393" width="336" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcharlielmo2F6554109.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="140" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Cropped from original image&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>In Praise of Bud Selig's Playoff Scheme</title>
<description><![CDATA[Since his elevation to Commissioner of Major League Baseball as reward (or punishment) for inciting a coup d&rsquo;&eacute;tat among his fellow franchise owners against then-Commissioner Fay Vincent in 1992, Allan Huber &ldquo;Bud&rdquo; Selig has left his mark on the business si&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></source><link>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/25/6523869-in-praise-of-bud-seligs-playoff-scheme</link><guid>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/25/6523869-in-praise-of-bud-seligs-playoff-scheme</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>playoffs</category><category>bud-selig</category><category>wild-card</category><category>bud-s</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 08:34:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Colson Whitehead Revisited</title>
<description><![CDATA[
I originally wrote about the novelist Colson Whitehead over a year ago and, for some reason, that essay has been my most popular piece to date.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></source><link>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/17/6486696-colson-whitehead-revisited</link><guid>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/17/6486696-colson-whitehead-revisited</guid><category>slavery</category><category>racism</category><category>arts</category><category>frederick-douglass</category><category>colson-whitehead</category><category>john-henry-days</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 01:22:02 +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=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcharlielmo2F6486721.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="100" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcharlielmo2F6486721.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 Price to Combat Audaciousness</title>
<description><![CDATA[ The 9/11 hijackings, The U.S.S. Cole attack, the Lebanon barracks bombing; these represent instances from recent times when standard preparedness offered little in the way of protection against inspired havoc.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></source><link>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/13/6464719-the-price-to-combat-audaciousness</link><guid>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/13/6464719-the-price-to-combat-audaciousness</guid><category>terrorism</category><category>bombing</category><category>us-news</category><category>tsa</category><category>airport-safety</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:51:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Unsettling Nature of Natural Disasters</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Events such as the earthquake and tsunami in Japan have a tendency to fill the human heart with fear and dread. Few populated areas can be said to be safe from some sort of geological or atmospheric threat.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></source><link>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/13/6259171-the-unsettling-nature-of-natural-disasters</link><guid>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/13/6259171-the-unsettling-nature-of-natural-disasters</guid><category>japan</category><category>death</category><category>earthquake</category><category>tsunami</category><category>disaster</category><category>world-news</category><category>cnbc</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 14:49:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Waterfalls and Other Feats of Gravity</title>
<description><![CDATA[
An audio version of this essay is available here.
&nbsp;
I have witnessed the beauty of waterfalls, from dead-ended mountain streams to thunderous Niagara.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></source><link>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/25/5915388-waterfalls-and-other-feats-of-gravity</link><guid>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/25/5915388-waterfalls-and-other-feats-of-gravity</guid><category>river</category><category>gravity</category><category>not-news</category><category>waterfall</category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:19:30 +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=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcharlielmo2F6641466.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="343" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fcharlielmo2F6641466.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="103" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Concept of Noise</title>
<description><![CDATA[
An audio version of this essay is available here.
I am, and have always been, a seeker of solitude.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></source><link>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/13/5832254-the-concept-of-noise</link><guid>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/13/5832254-the-concept-of-noise</guid><category>radio</category><category>television</category><category>noise</category><category>essay</category><category>not-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:40:37 +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=charlielmoB831E317-AA78-F4E5-7CD1-4298AEDE0F81.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=charlielmoB831E317-AA78-F4E5-7CD1-4298AEDE0F81.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Breathing Water at Sunrise</title>
<description><![CDATA[ From furthest reach, on fair winds blown, come Adam

 and his careless spawn. The tides bring forth

 in stinging foam

 the hope of life, then slip away to search for more,

 for hope

 and life

 live short on land. The hands that pull]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></source><link>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/06/5775660-breathing-water-at-sunrise</link><guid>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/06/5775660-breathing-water-at-sunrise</guid><category>poetry</category><category>not-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 6 Jan 2011 08:41:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Everlasting Crush</title>
<description><![CDATA[There's gotta be a record of you someplace

You gotta be on somebody's books

The lowdown - a picture of your face

Your injured looks

The sacred and profane

The pleasure and the pain

Somewhere your fingerprints remain concrete]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Charlie Accetta]]></source><link>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/26/5715422-the-everlasting-crush</link><guid>http://charlielmo.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/26/5715422-the-everlasting-crush</guid><category>not-news</category><category>bronx</category><category>pan-am-flight-103</category><category>first-love</category><category>ps-71</category><pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2010 12:07:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>
