<?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://ombra.newsvine.com/</link><description>I yam what I yam and that's all that I yam</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:07:38 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 23:33:54 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Foto-Friday    From the archives</title>
<description><![CDATA[
&nbsp;
These are just some pictures from the Port Huron to Mac sailing race a few years ago. These were taken at the departure point in Port Huron.
That huge trimaran holds all the speed records of the race&nbsp;to this day. It's 67' feet long, counting bow sprit, with a 97' mas&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ombra]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ombra]]></source><link>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/13/12724147-foto-friday-from-the-archives</link><guid>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/13/12724147-foto-friday-from-the-archives</guid><category>boating</category><category>pictures</category><category>not-news</category><category>sailboats</category><category>port-huron</category><category>foto-friday</category><category>mackinac-race</category><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:07:39 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra495EF3B1-F9A1-907E-A715-487C22E1762F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra495EF3B1-F9A1-907E-A715-487C22E1762F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bird on a wire - He's watching too&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra4D6F66F6-5E1A-A53D-A442-E74E07892A1E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra4D6F66F6-5E1A-A53D-A442-E74E07892A1E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;I don't think he likes lawn chairs.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra8BC7F9EB-BB21-399F-3915-2A8F8AE18468.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra8BC7F9EB-BB21-399F-3915-2A8F8AE18468.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Time to move out of the way.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra543FB608-D555-1695-C022-F609C312C5D8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="294" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra543FB608-D555-1695-C022-F609C312C5D8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Earth Voyager under the bridge&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombraB91E9689-3D63-7AFF-75D8-2239887DC8F7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombraB91E9689-3D63-7AFF-75D8-2239887DC8F7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Earth Voyager departing&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Photoshop Phun - Alternative endings</title>
<description><![CDATA[
&nbsp;I thought I'd play with an image today and try treating the same image a few different ways. The original is at the top.
In the second image I just applied a filter called Lacquer and played with combinations until it looked completely different.
The third, I made a second&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ombra]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ombra]]></source><link>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/09/12642943-photoshop-phun-alternative-endings</link><guid>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/09/12642943-photoshop-phun-alternative-endings</guid><category>photography</category><category>flowers</category><category>photoshop</category><category>not-news</category><category>filters</category><category>layers</category><pubDate>Mon, 9 Jul 2012 16:12:08 +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=ombra5185A754-DE9A-7BE5-976C-70CCAA8ED670.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="302" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra5185A754-DE9A-7BE5-976C-70CCAA8ED670.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Out of frame&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombraD17314AA-3203-A0EE-837C-B50C882FA0AC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombraD17314AA-3203-A0EE-837C-B50C882FA0AC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Selective focus&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombraB764CC88-F53F-CD1D-39E9-9D0CB2A0A2A5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombraB764CC88-F53F-CD1D-39E9-9D0CB2A0A2A5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Selective color&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombraCEB7C8FA-4250-9C96-5844-DE578AB4E752.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombraCEB7C8FA-4250-9C96-5844-DE578AB4E752.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Changing colors through filter&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombraA4BF79E9-1DD8-2FFB-AF8A-31005CE55637.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombraA4BF79E9-1DD8-2FFB-AF8A-31005CE55637.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Original image&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Foto-Friday - A little more north</title>
<description><![CDATA[
&nbsp;I went away up north&nbsp;for a few days and I'm just starting to get back into the swing again.
That chipmunk wouldn't let me near his tail again. Liked the evening light in the second and played slightly&nbsp;with next two.&nbsp;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ombra]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ombra]]></source><link>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/06/12606548-foto-friday-a-little-more-north</link><guid>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/06/12606548-foto-friday-a-little-more-north</guid><category>pictures</category><category>not-news</category><category>foto-friday</category><pubDate>Sat, 7 Jul 2012 02:26:11 +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=ombra73DFA939-009C-70EB-F32F-29C817B484FD.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra73DFA939-009C-70EB-F32F-29C817B484FD.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Someone's watching me..&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombraFFC14D35-CC54-9B17-F25F-3554C3948EB9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombraFFC14D35-CC54-9B17-F25F-3554C3948EB9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;From here to obscurity&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra688EB272-258E-B24B-2718-15CAD53A4078.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="298" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra688EB272-258E-B24B-2718-15CAD53A4078.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Purple haze&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra2BD1B1B3-142F-F484-C689-F23DF7B42A72.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra2BD1B1B3-142F-F484-C689-F23DF7B42A72.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Havin' a ball.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Other End of the Park</title>
<description><![CDATA[
&nbsp;The last pictures I put up showed the nice and quiet end of the park. On the weekends, the other end is NOT so quiet.
People from all over the lake&nbsp;come to&nbsp;the park, some dock and party and save gas, some just make a pass through. Boats from 12 foot inflatables t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ombra]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ombra]]></source><link>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/26/12417336-the-other-end-of-the-park</link><guid>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/26/12417336-the-other-end-of-the-park</guid><category>birds</category><category>crowds</category><category>photography</category><category>boats</category><category>not-news</category><category>st-clair</category><category>metropark</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:25:24 +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=ombra79A4E7C1-41BB-220E-B055-AB7C7C64981C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra79A4E7C1-41BB-220E-B055-AB7C7C64981C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Whew, they made it...&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra76C5F53F-E17D-86EE-CD37-753C3D437E46.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra76C5F53F-E17D-86EE-CD37-753C3D437E46.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Let's hurry while we can.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombraC4AE3433-469D-D868-1112-21A823C32234.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="284" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombraC4AE3433-469D-D868-1112-21A823C32234.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Move it, they're bigger than us.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra8FF03E26-E897-7874-A183-08570D680F25.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="288" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra8FF03E26-E897-7874-A183-08570D680F25.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;It's getting crowded here.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra268D53DB-C3F9-B3B6-0ECA-1CAB20AFF188.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra268D53DB-C3F9-B3B6-0ECA-1CAB20AFF188.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This end doesn't look so peaceful.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Oil, soap used to free stuck baby raccoon in Dearborn Heights | MLive.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. &mdash; A baby raccoon that got stuck head-first in a sewer grate is free thanks to the quick and slippery work of some city workers in suburban Detroit.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ombra]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ombra]]></source><link>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/23/12366593-oil-soap-used-to-free-stuck-baby-raccoon-in-dearborn-heights-mlivecom</link><guid>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/23/12366593-oil-soap-used-to-free-stuck-baby-raccoon-in-dearborn-heights-mlivecom</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>trapped</category><category>raccoon</category><category>cute</category><category>sewer</category><pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2012 04:37:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombraC7BC2C43-0CF2-6C8D-7EBB-852C300EA660.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="123" width="155" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombraC7BC2C43-0CF2-6C8D-7EBB-852C300EA660.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title> Jury convicts Jerry Sandusky of 45 of 48 counts of child sex abuse | McClatchy </title>
<description><![CDATA[The case shocked a community and a country that had become accustomed to college sports scandals, but none like this. The possibility that an assistant football coach and trusted community leader could have abused so many children over so many years without anyone suspecting &nda&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ombra]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ombra]]></source><link>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/22/12364916-jury-convicts-jerry-sandusky-of-45-of-48-counts-of-child-sex-abuse-mcclatchy</link><guid>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/22/12364916-jury-convicts-jerry-sandusky-of-45-of-48-counts-of-child-sex-abuse-mcclatchy</guid><category>sex-abuse</category><category>penn-state-university</category><category>jerry-sandusky</category><category>second-mile</category><pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2012 02:17:13 +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>Foto Friday - Fer da birds</title>
<description><![CDATA[
&nbsp;A walk through the park. This time the pictures tell a story.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ombra]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ombra]]></source><link>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/22/12356459-foto-friday-fer-da-birds</link><guid>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/22/12356459-foto-friday-fer-da-birds</guid><category>birds</category><category>not-news</category><category>swans</category><category>metropark</category><category>foto-friday</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:52:30 +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=ombra5CA2CECE-6466-3423-31D2-F7188A8536B8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra5CA2CECE-6466-3423-31D2-F7188A8536B8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A different type of bird&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra4D6EF58C-7C4D-3AA4-0418-E65931449F4E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra4D6EF58C-7C4D-3AA4-0418-E65931449F4E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Too much excitement, I think I'll nap&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombraEAA087EF-5782-BB2E-FA4C-AA8B3194AD04.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombraEAA087EF-5782-BB2E-FA4C-AA8B3194AD04.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;I'm staying out of that, they're bigger than me&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra1899A3E5-66DD-0B81-EFDF-DD93C852B1DE.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra1899A3E5-66DD-0B81-EFDF-DD93C852B1DE.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Get lost, this is my spot&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra258EDD49-0AAD-6FAE-D887-28DF5AA3DFB6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra258EDD49-0AAD-6FAE-D887-28DF5AA3DFB6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Hey, wait up&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombraED5E0542-FAC4-C003-9E0D-D174D79F2746.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombraED5E0542-FAC4-C003-9E0D-D174D79F2746.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Ok, everyone stay in line&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Monday Moanin' - Fishflies</title>
<description><![CDATA[
One of the true great pleasures of living around lakes is the yearly arrival of what is known locally as the fishfly.
Unfortunately you can't hear the sarcasm in my voice as I typed that. While I know they're a sign the lake is healthy and the fish love them, they are a pain in &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ombra]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ombra]]></source><link>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/18/12279720-monday-moanin-fishflies</link><guid>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/18/12279720-monday-moanin-fishflies</guid><category>great-lakes</category><category>photography</category><category>not-news</category><category>st-clair</category><category>mayflies</category><category>fishflies</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:40:32 +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=ombraE9340C37-E635-4410-6B7E-5E7F9B55BAA3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombraE9340C37-E635-4410-6B7E-5E7F9B55BAA3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Just what you wanted - a close up.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombraE9869D53-8EE0-4B8B-FCEB-85372A7CB84D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombraE9869D53-8EE0-4B8B-FCEB-85372A7CB84D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;No, the shed doesn't have freckles...&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>In honor of Dads everywhere</title>
<description><![CDATA[Something I wrote a few years ago...
The difference between being a Father and a Dad
The difference is as wide as an ocean.&nbsp;A father, who after a brief moment of pleasure, donates a tiny little sperm that gets lucky enough to make the long swim successfully and creates a lif&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ombra]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ombra]]></source><link>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/17/12264617-in-honor-of-dads-everywhere</link><guid>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/17/12264617-in-honor-of-dads-everywhere</guid><category>not-news</category><category>fathers</category><category>dads</category><category>fathers-day</category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2012 11:53:26 +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>Foto Friday - Goin' a little Loony</title>
<description><![CDATA[
It was a dead calm morning, the mist had just risen off the lake, my favorite time of day to be fishing. The lake was mine, all mine, not a soul on it. I couldn't wait to get to my favorite hole in the weeds and shut off the motor&nbsp;to enjoy the peace and quiet. Sliding into &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ombra]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ombra]]></source><link>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/15/12246584-foto-friday-goin-a-little-loony</link><guid>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/15/12246584-foto-friday-goin-a-little-loony</guid><category>michigan</category><category>photography</category><category>fishing</category><category>not-news</category><category>loons</category><category>foto-friday</category><category>foto-frid</category><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 03:21:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra85DBBCEA-F7BA-49F0-CD74-9EEAFC687839.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="322" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra85DBBCEA-F7BA-49F0-CD74-9EEAFC687839.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The combatants&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra4F257B15-F727-B471-E51B-15C6BB6DAA2D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="303" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra4F257B15-F727-B471-E51B-15C6BB6DAA2D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;And so it begins..&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra7133FCC0-4A4B-F8BE-3DE4-99425F872CD1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra7133FCC0-4A4B-F8BE-3DE4-99425F872CD1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The fishin' hole.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra0DD6BBE1-C88C-FE2C-FB69-C02E1E2D01CC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="296" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra0DD6BBE1-C88C-FE2C-FB69-C02E1E2D01CC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Somebody is watching me.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Idaho Defamation Suit Latest Test Of Limits Of Anonymous Online Speech | TPM Idea Lab</title>
<description><![CDATA[An ongoing nationwide battle against offending online comments has taken on a political tinge in Idaho, where a local Republican party official is suing a commenter on a newspaper website and trying to force the newspaper, the Idaho Spokesman-Review, to turn over the commenter&rs&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ombra]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ombra]]></source><link>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/05/12066695-idaho-defamation-suit-latest-test-of-limits-of-anonymous-online-speech-tpm-idea-lab</link><guid>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/05/12066695-idaho-defamation-suit-latest-test-of-limits-of-anonymous-online-speech-tpm-idea-lab</guid><category>technology</category><category>privacy</category><category>free-speech</category><category>anonymous</category><category>first-amendment</category><category>defamation</category><category>trolls</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Jun 2012 13:00:55 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombraD93F4C58-BE2E-0129-9154-4AC7DE1FC6A7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombraD93F4C58-BE2E-0129-9154-4AC7DE1FC6A7.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>Romney's Auto Rescue Claims Don't Hold Up | TPM2012</title>
<description><![CDATA[With the general election in full swing, Mitt Romney is tacking to the center on the auto rescue with furious speed, with a top spokesman and then Romney himself both claiming he deserves a big &ldquo;thank-you&rdquo; for saving Detroit.
He doesn&rsquo;t.
&ldquo;I pushed the id&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ombra]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ombra]]></source><link>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/08/11598625-romneys-auto-rescue-claims-dont-hold-up-tpm2012</link><guid>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/08/11598625-romneys-auto-rescue-claims-dont-hold-up-tpm2012</guid><category>auto</category><category>detroit</category><category>romney</category><category>bailout</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 May 2012 15:10:19 +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>Jon Stewart interviews George Carlin</title>
<description><![CDATA[
A chance to spend a few minutes with a comedy legend being more serious and open than he usually is. We miss you George.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wheel]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Wheel]]></source><link>http://wheel.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/19/11286353-jon-stewart-interviews-george-carlin</link><guid>http://wheel.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/19/11286353-jon-stewart-interviews-george-carlin</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>interview</category><category>jon-stewart</category><category>george-carlin</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:56:44 +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 medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzmD9GEpdTw" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/UzmD9GEpdTw/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">Great to see a young Jon Stewart express his admiration for veteran Carlin, in a 1997 interview.

</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Introverts run the world -- quietly - CNN.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[The theory of evolution. The theory of relativity. The Cat in the Hat. All were brought to you by introverts.
Our culture is biased against quiet and reserved people, but introverts are responsible for some of humanity's greatest achievements -- from Steve Wozniak's invention of&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ombra]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ombra]]></source><link>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/18/10747308-introverts-run-the-world-quietly-cnncom</link><guid>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/18/10747308-introverts-run-the-world-quietly-cnncom</guid><category>science</category><category>charles-darwin</category><category>steve-jobs</category><category>susan-cain-introverts</category><category>steve-wozniaks</category><category>tedcom-using</category><pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 21:55:37 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra4AD10642-0B78-9E21-5E7C-7E06CE35EA1E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="68" width="120" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra4AD10642-0B78-9E21-5E7C-7E06CE35EA1E.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>Simplicity in Design</title>
<description><![CDATA[
&nbsp;These are a couple of examples of simplicity in design.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ombra]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ombra]]></source><link>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/07/10601514-simplicity-in-design</link><guid>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/07/10601514-simplicity-in-design</guid><category>logo</category><category>graphics</category><category>not-news</category><category>simplicity</category><pubDate>Wed, 7 Mar 2012 17:35:21 +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=ombra0C497D3E-8E62-F6B2-6F2B-68B3A8B314CC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="262" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra0C497D3E-8E62-F6B2-6F2B-68B3A8B314CC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Name has been changed&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra6C6514A7-EB8B-91EF-DCA4-D18CF389DE4D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="525" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra6C6514A7-EB8B-91EF-DCA4-D18CF389DE4D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="158" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Head in the Clouds - a self portrait</title>
<description><![CDATA[
I've been playing with a few different vector art programs to replace my non-functioning ancient Corel Draw.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ombra]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ombra]]></source><link>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/02/10563141-head-in-the-clouds-a-self-portrait</link><guid>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/02/10563141-head-in-the-clouds-a-self-portrait</guid><category>art</category><category>not-news</category><category>digital-art</category><category>self-portrait</category><category>computer-art</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Mar 2012 19:21:51 +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=ombraD5E9F42D-F290-6474-8FF7-E7A253614040.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="533" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombraD5E9F42D-F290-6474-8FF7-E7A253614040.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Head in the Clouds&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Northern lights over northern Michigan | The Detroit News</title>
<description><![CDATA[Just some absolutely beautiful pictures of the northern lights from the Upper Penninsula of Michigan.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ombra]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ombra]]></source><link>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/01/10549112-northern-lights-over-northern-michigan-the-detroit-news</link><guid>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/01/10549112-northern-lights-over-northern-michigan-the-detroit-news</guid><category>michigan</category><category>photo</category><category>northern-lights</category><category>beauty</category><category>not-news</category><category>upper-penninsula</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Mar 2012 15:16:56 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra1D4764EE-59AE-AC22-E3F8-39A5B92EC37A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="107" width="145" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra1D4764EE-59AE-AC22-E3F8-39A5B92EC37A.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>Tips'n Trix - Orton Imagery</title>
<description><![CDATA[
&nbsp;
There was an article written a number of years ago by Michael Orton in Popular Photography about a technique he was using to create a soft romantic, ethereal feel to his photographs.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ombra]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ombra]]></source><link>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/20/10452480-tipsn-trix-orton-imagery</link><guid>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/20/10452480-tipsn-trix-orton-imagery</guid><category>image</category><category>photo</category><category>photoshop</category><category>orton</category><category>not-news</category><category>tricks</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:32:51 +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=ombraAED9782E-FD80-C3F4-8314-30EA80F4E571.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombraAED9782E-FD80-C3F4-8314-30EA80F4E571.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Orton Image&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra47E58D86-A046-E11B-D00C-6A82C00B1403.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra47E58D86-A046-E11B-D00C-6A82C00B1403.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Original Image&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Photoshop Phun - An Abstraction</title>
<description><![CDATA[
&nbsp;My attempt at a little abstraction.
&nbsp;
I took a picture taken a few years ago that really lacked the clarity or punch of anything special and played with it. After manually setting levels I got it much more clear, then I cropped incomplete fish out.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ombra]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ombra]]></source><link>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/19/10450358-photoshop-phun-an-abstraction</link><guid>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/19/10450358-photoshop-phun-an-abstraction</guid><category>digital</category><category>photography</category><category>photo</category><category>photoshop</category><category>not-news</category><pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:49:03 +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=ombraC68E2159-4A80-0BC7-8C4C-E5D95D77C088.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="322" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombraC68E2159-4A80-0BC7-8C4C-E5D95D77C088.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Just Carping&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra7E346988-F014-6F64-5EDB-FDE81E9DDE7F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra7E346988-F014-6F64-5EDB-FDE81E9DDE7F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Blah Original&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Where Are The Women?!? </title>
<description><![CDATA[Arghh! What is wrong with this picture? It shows the panel testifying before a House Committee on the new Obama rules on contraception coverage for employees. Women legislators just walked out because committee chairman Rep.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ombra]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ombra]]></source><link>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/16/10427717-where-are-the-women</link><guid>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/16/10427717-where-are-the-women</guid><category>women</category><category>religion</category><category>birth-control</category><category>contraception</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:54:52 +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=ombraC3B90C8C-A3BB-B80F-FE02-6D035985EDE7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="262" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombraC3B90C8C-A3BB-B80F-FE02-6D035985EDE7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>A Whole Lotta Crazy: Sacred Sperm, Guns at Work, Public Hangings and Other News of the Weird and Awful | Common Dreams</title>
<description><![CDATA[We dunno: Is there more crazy out there than ever? Maybe it's just that the latest - a Maine law letting you bring your gun to work and an Iowa bishop calling on believers to "violently oppose" contraception as "the devil" - were the proverbial straws.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ombra]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ombra]]></source><link>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/15/10418199-a-whole-lotta-crazy-sacred-sperm-guns-at-work-public-hangings-and-other-news-of-the-weird-and-awful-common-dreams</link><guid>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/15/10418199-a-whole-lotta-crazy-sacred-sperm-guns-at-work-public-hangings-and-other-news-of-the-weird-and-awful-common-dreams</guid><category>politics</category><category>monty-python</category><category>every-sperm</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:14:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Michigan to Romney: Go away - CNN.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[He was born here, he lived here. But he's not family. Not anymore.&nbsp;
That's why the characterization of Rick Santorum polling well in Romney's backyard is a bit misguided. The truth is, many of us disowned that two-faced liar years ago.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ombra]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ombra]]></source><link>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/14/10405448-michigan-to-romney-go-away-cnncom</link><guid>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/14/10405448-michigan-to-romney-go-away-cnncom</guid><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>big-three</category><category>let-detroit-go-bankrupt</category><category>when-romney</category><category>saying-romney</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:01:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombraC290CABC-94D7-3DC1-B1FF-22556471EC73.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="68" width="120" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombraC290CABC-94D7-3DC1-B1FF-22556471EC73.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>Prop 8, California's Same-Sex Marriage Ban, Declared Unconstitutional</title>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;A federal appeals court on Tuesday declared California's same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional, putting the bitterly contested, voter-approved law on track for likely consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court.
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ombra]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ombra]]></source><link>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/07/10342264-prop-8-californias-same-sex-marriage-ban-declared-unconstitutional</link><guid>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/07/10342264-prop-8-californias-same-sex-marriage-ban-declared-unconstitutional</guid><category>constitution</category><category>gay-marriage</category><category>california</category><category>california-supreme-court</category><category>gays-says-it-all</category><category>same-sex-relationships-dont</category><pubDate>Tue, 7 Feb 2012 18:37:13 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombraCA6E2FA9-6559-030F-4C46-C39BFE23B2D8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombraCA6E2FA9-6559-030F-4C46-C39BFE23B2D8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>A little snow from Michigan</title>
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We left Thursday afternoon to head north to our cottage. It was raining lightly but steadily and kept raining for the next 100 miles or so. We knew there were predictions of a pretty good snowfall and we were moving quickly to beat it.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ombra]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ombra]]></source><link>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/16/10163801-a-little-snow-from-michigan</link><guid>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/16/10163801-a-little-snow-from-michigan</guid><category>winter</category><category>snow</category><category>michigan</category><category>photo</category><category>not-news</category><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:50:58 +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=ombra368D1B3A-F9D1-8707-F126-F9D583D5C394.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra368D1B3A-F9D1-8707-F126-F9D583D5C394.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The lake&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra6A0D5F9E-7499-620E-E6BE-1FF1DF1E8ED4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra6A0D5F9E-7499-620E-E6BE-1FF1DF1E8ED4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Backyard&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra50FF802E-EF71-C389-83AD-12354D0D38A8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra50FF802E-EF71-C389-83AD-12354D0D38A8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;From the road&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra8B89E583-0166-45DE-8F4F-A15F72FA4D4F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra8B89E583-0166-45DE-8F4F-A15F72FA4D4F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Down the road&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra47185B37-8376-E18A-541F-1879D530D426.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ombra47185B37-8376-E18A-541F-1879D530D426.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Another yard pic&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obamacare &amp; Romneycare Are 'The Same Fucking Bill' Says Former Romney Adviser</title>
<description><![CDATA[He credited Mitt Romney for not totally disavowing the Massachusetts bill during his presidential campaign, but said Romney&rsquo;s attempt to distinguish between Obama&rsquo;s bill and his own is disingenuous.
&ldquo;The problem is there is no way to say that,&rdquo; Gruber sai&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ombra]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ombra]]></source><link>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/16/8846268-obamacare-romneycare-are-the-same-fucking-bill-says-former-romney-adviser</link><guid>http://ombra.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/16/8846268-obamacare-romneycare-are-the-same-fucking-bill-says-former-romney-adviser</guid><category>politics</category><category>health-care</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>obama</category><category>mandate</category><category>if-medicare</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:28:22 +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=null79EC5DD8-D094-B494-1476-56BF335ABD2B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null79EC5DD8-D094-B494-1476-56BF335ABD2B.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></channel></rss>