<?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 - David Rutt's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://rutty.newsvine.com/</link><description>Newsvine - David Rutt's Column - Articles and Seeds</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2009</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:23:22 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:13:49 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Justin Langer: Gough's final first class wicket</title><description><![CDATA[It's not a statistic I will remember with particular fondness, but I was Darren Gough's final first-class wicket.

At the end of Somerset's game against Yorkshire at Scarborough, he smiled and goaded me by saying: "I am happy to finish with an Aussie in my pocket."]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Rutt]]></dc:creator><link>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/23/1899916-justin-langer-goughs-final-first-class-wicket</link><guid>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/23/1899916-justin-langer-goughs-final-first-class-wicket</guid><category>yorkshire</category><category>cricket</category><category>darren-gough</category><category>yccc</category><category>justin-langar</category><category>england</category><category>somerset</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:23:22 +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>Veteran reunited with lost medals</title><description><![CDATA[A 93-year-old veteran of the Dunkirk evacuation has been reunited with war medals after they were recovered by scuba divers from the River Thames.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Rutt]]></dc:creator><link>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/20/1890724-veteran-reunited-with-lost-medals</link><guid>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/20/1890724-veteran-reunited-with-lost-medals</guid><category>world-news</category><category>dunkirk</category><category>london</category><category>river-thames</category><category>wwii</category><category>southwark</category><category>rnli</category><category>positive-news</category><pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:59:36 +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>We need to stop being such cowards about Islam</title><description><![CDATA[This is a column condemning cowardice – including my own. It begins with the story of a novel you cannot read. The Jewel of Medina was written by a journalist called Sherry Jones.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Rutt]]></dc:creator><link>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/14/1747722-we-need-to-stop-being-such-cowards-about-islam</link><guid>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/14/1747722-we-need-to-stop-being-such-cowards-about-islam</guid><category>religion</category><category>islam</category><category>mohamed</category><category>johann-hari</category><category>aisha</category><category>sherry-jones</category><category>the-jewel-of-medina</category><category>censorship</category><category>self-censorship</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:04:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>A Detailed Explanation Of How The BSA Misleads With Piracy Stats</title><description><![CDATA[A couple months ago, when the Business Software Alliance (BSA) released its latest stats on "piracy," it's VP of anti-piracy, Neil MacBride, gave me a call to discuss my earlier complaints about the organizations methodology. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Rutt]]></dc:creator><link>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/20/1680397-a-detailed-explanation-of-how-the-bsa-misleads-with-piracy-stats</link><guid>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/20/1680397-a-detailed-explanation-of-how-the-bsa-misleads-with-piracy-stats</guid><category>technology</category><category>techdirt</category><category>copyright</category><category>piracy</category><category>software</category><category>software-piracy</category><category>bsa</category><category>economics</category><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:22:39 +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>Embroidered T-shirt: Price £4, cost misery</title><description><![CDATA[Primark is rightly being exposed over the use of child labour in the finishing of cheap clothes. But as evidence against retailers stacks up, shoppers are kidding themselves if they don't shoulder some of the blame, says Dan McDougall.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Rutt]]></dc:creator><link>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/23/1602153-embroidered-t-shirt-price-4-cost-misery</link><guid>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/23/1602153-embroidered-t-shirt-price-4-cost-misery</guid><category>business</category><category>primark</category><category>gap</category><category>clothing</category><category>social-responsibility</category><category>ethical-sourcing</category><category>panarama</category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:00:09 +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>Carlisle 0-2 Leeds (agg 2-3)</title><description><![CDATA[Leeds midfielder Jonathan Howson struck a 90th-minute goal to book his side a spot in the League One play-off final at the expense of heartbroken Carlisle.

Howson had hauled Leeds level 2-2 on aggregate with the opener when he drove in a shot after 10 minutes.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Rutt]]></dc:creator><link>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/16/1491962-carlisle-0-2-leeds-agg-2-3?category=sports</link><guid>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/16/1491962-carlisle-0-2-leeds-agg-2-3?category=sports</guid><category>sports</category><category>football</category><category>footy</category><category>soccer</category><category>leeds</category><category>leeds-united</category><category>carlisle</category><category>league-one</category><category>wembley</category><category>play-offs</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 05:41:12 +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>Aussie straps in beer, not child</title><description><![CDATA[A car driver in Australia has been fined for strapping down his beer rather than his young child.

Police said they were "shocked and appalled" when they pulled over the car south of Alice Springs in Australia's Northern Territory.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Rutt]]></dc:creator><link>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/14/1487270-aussie-straps-in-beer-not-child</link><guid>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/14/1487270-aussie-straps-in-beer-not-child</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>beer</category><category>child-safety</category><category>driving</category><category>australia</category><category>northern-territory</category><category>xxxx</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 07:26:45 +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>Vaccines do not cause autism!</title><description><![CDATA[I just can't make this any clearer. Vaccines do not cause autism. Study after study has shown this, in multiple ways.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Rutt]]></dc:creator><link>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/13/1486082-vaccines-do-not-cause-autism</link><guid>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/13/1486082-vaccines-do-not-cause-autism</guid><category>health</category><category>vaccines</category><category>mmr</category><category>autism</category><category>measles</category><category>mumps</category><category>rubella</category><category>hpv</category><category>medicine</category><category>autism-spectrum</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 18:47:12 +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>Why Ronaldo made the difference</title><description><![CDATA[Manchester United's triumph over Chelsea in a desperately close title race was not just down to one man. Too many others played their part at vital times for that to be the case.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Rutt]]></dc:creator><link>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/12/1483047-why-ronaldo-made-the-difference?category=sports</link><guid>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/12/1483047-why-ronaldo-made-the-difference?category=sports</guid><category>sports</category><category>football</category><category>soccer</category><category>ronaldo</category><category>cristiano-ronaldo</category><category>manchester-united</category><category>manchester</category><category>premier-league</category><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 14:01:10 +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>Young musician win for Peter, 12</title><description><![CDATA[A 12-year-old trombone player has been crowned the BBC Young Musician of the Year 2008, becoming the youngest winner in the history of the contest.

Peter Moore, of Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, beat four other finalists at Cardiff's Wales Millennium Centre.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Rutt]]></dc:creator><link>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/12/1482806-young-musician-win-for-peter-12</link><guid>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/12/1482806-young-musician-win-for-peter-12</guid><category>arts</category><category>brass</category><category>trombone</category><category>musician</category><category>young-musician-of-the-year</category><category>bbc</category><category>brass-bands</category><category>wingates</category><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 12:05:38 +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> Not the gaffer, but the gaffee</title><description><![CDATA[Forget about the gaffe, it's the media mindset that makes so much of gaffes that is the real issue, says Clive James.

Step forward anyone who has never made a gaffe. But that very instruction would be a gaffe if you delivered it to an audience of people in wheelchairs.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Rutt]]></dc:creator><link>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/11/1481249-not-the-gaffer-but-the-gaffee</link><guid>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/11/1481249-not-the-gaffer-but-the-gaffee</guid><category>politics</category><category>bush</category><category>gaffs</category><category>mistakes</category><category>presidential-primaries</category><category>primaries</category><category>obama</category><category>clinton</category><pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 12:17:44 +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>Facebook Hates Me</title><description><![CDATA[It all started because Facebook removed one of my favorite applications from the service. I wrote a short letter of complaint about it, and ever since then, I've not been able to access more than a single Facebook page.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Rutt]]></dc:creator><link>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/11/1481112-facebook-hates-me</link><guid>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/11/1481112-facebook-hates-me</guid><category>facebook</category><category>human-pets</category><category>social-networking</category><category>internet</category><pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 09:11:14 +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 parish gossip and the fascist vicar</title><description><![CDATA[In the summer of 1940, the sleepy parish of Teigh, barely a smudge on the map of Leicestershire, denounced their vicar as a traitor and a fascist.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Rutt]]></dc:creator><link>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/05/1469576-the-parish-gossip-and-the-fascist-vicar</link><guid>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/05/1469576-the-parish-gossip-and-the-fascist-vicar</guid><category>history</category><category>1940s</category><category>teigh</category><category>leicestershire</category><category>england</category><category>wwii</category><category>fascism</category><category>gossip</category><pubDate>Mon, 5 May 2008 10:29:05 +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>Leeds fail with appeal to get 15 points reinstated</title><description><![CDATA[Ken Bates, the Leeds chairman, has called for the Football League chairman Brian Mawhinney to resign after the club lost an appeal against a 15-point penalty imposed at the start of the season.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Rutt]]></dc:creator><link>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/02/1464882-leeds-fail-with-appeal-to-get-15-points-reinstated?category=sports</link><guid>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/02/1464882-leeds-fail-with-appeal-to-get-15-points-reinstated?category=sports</guid><category>sports</category><category>leeds</category><category>leeds-united</category><category>football</category><category>soccer</category><category>football-league</category><category>league-one</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 May 2008 05:58:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>RSA debate agrees – a secular state is best for Islam</title><description><![CDATA[Broad agreement was the order of the day this lunchtime at the Royal Society of Arts, where four leading commentators on the role of Islam in Britain gathered to debate the question: "The Secular State – the best option for British Muslims?" The debate was chaired by the Muslim&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Rutt]]></dc:creator><link>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/01/1464059-rsa-debate-agrees-a-secular-state-is-best-for-islam</link><guid>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/01/1464059-rsa-debate-agrees-a-secular-state-is-best-for-islam</guid><category>religion</category><category>secularism</category><category>islam</category><category>humanism</category><category>atheism</category><category>british-muslims</category><category>metaphysical-secularism</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 May 2008 19:31:19 +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>EFF to Ballmer: You owe MSN Music customers an apology, a refund and more</title><description><![CDATA[EFF has published an open letter to Steve Ballmer upbraiding him for switching off the MSN Music DRM server and nuking the music collections of every customer trusting enough to buy music, laying out a suite of things that Microsoft needs to do to make amends]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Rutt]]></dc:creator><link>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/30/1461007-eff-to-ballmer-you-owe-msn-music-customers-an-apology-a-refund-and-more</link><guid>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/30/1461007-eff-to-ballmer-you-owe-msn-music-customers-an-apology-a-refund-and-more</guid><category>technology</category><category>drm</category><category>music</category><category>eff</category><category>steve-ballmer</category><category>microsoft</category><category>msn</category><category>msn-music</category><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:26:44 +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>21 Ways to Shoot Better Photographs</title><description><![CDATA[Do you want to sharpen your creative picture taking instincts? Do you want to combine new ideas with your current projects and techniques? 

These techniques will be better executed with digital cameras and meant as some direction or guidelines to taking 'better' pictures. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Rutt]]></dc:creator><link>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/30/1460899-21-ways-to-shoot-better-photographs</link><guid>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/30/1460899-21-ways-to-shoot-better-photographs</guid><category>arts</category><category>photography</category><category>digital-photography</category><category>techniques</category><category>how-to</category><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:17:23 +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></item><item><title>NYPD cops videoed illegally warring on photographers</title><description><![CDATA[In March 2007, a free speech and free assembly rally was held in Union Square to protest a new NYPD rule of dubious constitutionality instituting a permit requirement for any assembly of 50+ people on foot or on bike in NYC.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Rutt]]></dc:creator><link>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/29/1459226-nypd-cops-videoed-illegally-warring-on-photographers</link><guid>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/29/1459226-nypd-cops-videoed-illegally-warring-on-photographers</guid><category>us-news</category><category>nypd</category><category>photography</category><category>civil-rights</category><category>protest</category><category>new-york</category><category>nyc</category><category>rights</category><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:43:38 +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 does kinky porn become illegal?</title><description><![CDATA[A bill outlawing the possession of "extreme pornography" is set to become law next week. But many fear it has been rushed through and will criminalise innocent people with a harmless taste for unconventional sex.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Rutt]]></dc:creator><link>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/29/1459118-when-does-kinky-porn-become-illegal</link><guid>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/29/1459118-when-does-kinky-porn-become-illegal</guid><category>politics</category><category>sex</category><category>sexvine</category><category>law</category><category>pornography</category><category>extreme-pornography</category><category>rights</category><category>privacy</category><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:36:59 +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>(Really) Stunning Pictures and Photos</title><description><![CDATA[Photography is a very powerful medium and a very difficult craft. Excellent photos don't only display some facts — they tell stories, awake feelings and manage to share with the audience the emotions a photographer experienced when clicking the shot button.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Rutt]]></dc:creator><link>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/28/1457033-really-stunning-pictures-and-photos</link><guid>http://rutty.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/28/1457033-really-stunning-pictures-and-photos</guid><category>arts</category><category>photography</category><category>smashing-magazine</category><category>photographs</category><category>photos</category><category>inspiration</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:01:35 +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></channel></rss>