<?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 - the-congress</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/the-congress</link><description>Newsvine - the-congress</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:32:01 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 17:36:12 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>At Mao-style conclave, China embraces Twitter age</title>
<description><![CDATA[During China's last party congress, the cadres in charge of the world's most populous nation didn't know a hashtag from a hyperlink. But five years on, there's a new message from Beijing: The political transition will be microblogged.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexa Olesen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alexa Olesen]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/13/15128880-at-mao-style-conclave-china-embraces-twitter-age</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/13/15128880-at-mao-style-conclave-china-embraces-twitter-age</guid><category>technology</category><category>china</category><category>congress</category><category>as</category><category>microblogging</category><category>the-congress</category><category>during-china</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 06:46:01 +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=8b2368ba-d13d-4dc1-a7f3-0e6f14ce81df.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8b2368ba-d13d-4dc1-a7f3-0e6f14ce81df.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Nov. 9, 2012 photo, Communist Party delegate Zheng Yanxiong uses his laptop during a group discussion meeting as part of the 18th Communist Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. During China's last party congress, the cadres in charge of the world's most populous nation didn't know a hashtag from a hyperlink. But five years on, there's a new message from Beijing: The political transition will be microblogged. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)&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=295831f8-c2ae-4ee6-b8b3-7632191470fe.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=295831f8-c2ae-4ee6-b8b3-7632191470fe.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Chinese man uses a computer at the press center of the 18th Communist Party Congress in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. During China's last party congress, the cadres in charge of the world's most populous nation didn't know a hashtag from a hyperlink. But five years on, there's a new message from Beijing: The political transition will be microblogged. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)&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=47a56e43-1a85-4d1a-af74-288fecd8e05e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=47a56e43-1a85-4d1a-af74-288fecd8e05e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The microblog of Mao Zedong's grandson Mao Xinyu is displayed on a computer screen at the press center of the 18th Communist Party Congress in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. During China's last party congress, the cadres in charge of the world's most populous nation didn't know a hashtag from a hyperlink. But five years on, there's a new message from Beijing: The political transition will be microblogged. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)&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=4f9d651b-ec88-4a13-9ced-31bd142b50d3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="414" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4f9d651b-ec88-4a13-9ced-31bd142b50d3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="124" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Nov. 9, 2012 photo, a Communist Party delegate uses her iPhone with an iPad resting on her legs during a group discussion meeting as part of the 18th Communist Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. During China's last party congress, the cadres in charge of the world's most populous nation didn't know a hashtag from a hyperlink. But five years on, there's a new message from Beijing: The political transition will be microblogged. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Sjudges control immigration policy</title>
<description><![CDATA[   After reading thru this site  and thinking on my own experiences either personally or by reading the news, judges opinions vary from bench to bench and case to case.If this weren't the case, truth in sentencing laws would never have come to be.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Mahoney]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jim Mahoney]]></source><link>http://jimnmare.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/03/2893827-sjudges-control-immigration-policy</link><guid>http://jimnmare.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/03/2893827-sjudges-control-immigration-policy</guid><category>immigration</category><category>legal</category><category>us-news</category><category>judges-powers</category><category>the-congress</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Jun 2009 21:04:48 +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></channel></rss>