<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>Members : chinook : Submitted Links : XML WIDGET</title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!</description><language>en-us</language></meta><items><link><id>77184</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/77184/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Scents and sensitivity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chemical fragrances found in air fresheners, laundry detergents and deodorants might be making you sick, says a US researcher.]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>182</score><crdate>9/22/2008 1:02:19 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-09-22T13:02:19+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>74958</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/74958/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Bee vs Robo-Spidey]]></title><description><![CDATA[After building a robotic spidey to catch bees collecting pollen, biologists discovered that bees can be trained to slow down and inspect flowers more closely, especially if they were trained by the elusive camouflaged robo-spidey.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>162</score><crdate>9/5/2008 4:10:03 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-09-05T04:10:03+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>74955</id><url>http://www.plime.com/world/l/74955/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Black Bear: &quot;Where's the bees?&quot;]]></title><description><![CDATA[This big black fuzzy-bum broke into one human's house <i>twice</i> and wreaked minor havoc on the neighbourhood in search of delicious honey from various bee hives.<br/><br/>&lt;-- Not the bear in question.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>152</score><crdate>9/5/2008 3:59:48 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-09-05T03:59:48+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>74298</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/74298/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Mandatory evacuations to begin Sunday morning in New Orleans]]></title><description><![CDATA[New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin ordered a mandatory evacuation of the city beginning 8 a.m. Sunday but urged residents to consider escaping &quot;the mother of all storms&quot; before then.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>373</score><crdate>8/31/2008 1:14:05 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-08-31T01:14:05+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>69088</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/69088/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Virtual tour of the world's largest man-made excavation]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Bingham Canyon copper mine in Utah is the world's largest man-made excavation, and is big enough to be seen by from space.<br/>Plimates, be sure to check out the &quot;amazing facts&quot; link as well, eh.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>134</score><crdate>7/17/2008 4:49:13 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-07-17T16:49:13+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>67038</id><url>http://www.plime.com/world/l/67038/1/</url><title><![CDATA[California to Canada: Head over here with your water bombers, eh?]]></title><description><![CDATA[With wildfires raging across California, the friendly neighbours to the North are more than happy to lend a hand... er, planes.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>152</score><crdate>6/28/2008 1:19:19 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-06-28T13:19:19+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>66742</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/66742/1/</url><title><![CDATA[The CANOL Trail]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the most ambitious and expensive projects of WWII, the 335km CANOL road was built to pipeline oil used for the construction of the Alaskan Highway and US/Canadian troops in the far North.  Unused as a road or pipeline since 1945, the trail remains as a hiking route.<br/><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canol_Road" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a> link with pictures.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>182</score><crdate>6/26/2008 3:54:49 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-06-26T03:54:49+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>66614</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/66614/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Bishops told to 'get real']]></title><description><![CDATA[Angry parents are reacting strongly to an Alberta Catholic bishops' statement cautioning the HPV vaccine and promoting abstinence instead.]]></description><comments>5</comments><score>242</score><crdate>6/25/2008 8:50:31 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-06-25T08:50:31+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>65354</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/65354/1/</url><title><![CDATA[6.9 Earthquake Shakes Japan]]></title><description><![CDATA[The island of Honshu was rocked by a 6.9 magnitude earthquake this morning.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>191</score><crdate>6/13/2008 8:54:04 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-06-13T20:54:04+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>64735</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/64735/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Global teamwork required if we want to see oil prices down]]></title><description><![CDATA[Record surges in crude prices have propelled the world into an era in which oil may never be cheap again.  Instead of presenting its usual united but ineffectual demand for increased oil production to OPEC with the aim of reducing prices, G8 discussions focused on how best to curb demand.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>105</score><crdate>6/8/2008 5:45:48 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-06-08T17:45:48+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>64638</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/64638/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Oil price surges, oil country rejoices]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cowtown's oil boys celebrated today as oil soared almost nine per cent, or $10.75, and settled at $138.54 US Friday - its largest single-day gain in dollar terms ever.]]></description><comments>11</comments><score>220</score><crdate>6/7/2008 1:19:08 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-06-07T01:19:08+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>63893</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/63893/1/</url><title><![CDATA[How Safe are Vaccines?]]></title><description><![CDATA[With fears that vaccines can cause autism (though mercury has been removed from vaccines since 2001), more and more parents are opting out of vaccinating their kidlings.  <br/>This article, from Time, examines the pros and ..... well, there really do not seem to be any cons regarding vaccinations.  It's an interesting read, either way.]]></description><comments>10</comments><score>273</score><crdate>6/1/2008 12:53:38 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-06-01T12:53:38+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>63741</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/63741/1/</url><title><![CDATA[The Future of Insite]]></title><description><![CDATA[Insite, Vancouver's safe injection site (the only one in North America) may be shut down by the federal government after it announced plans to appeal the BC Supreme Court's ruling aimed at keeping it open.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>187</score><crdate>5/30/2008 12:26:53 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-30T12:26:53+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>63225</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/63225/1/</url><title><![CDATA[TERROR ON THE TUNDRA!!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Snug within their dens lie the artic's greatest menace: the Artic Ground Skwerl (aka Sik-Sik).  <br/>Beware, those who venture onto the tundra, the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Ground_Squirrel" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Spermophilus parryii</a> wants your lunch!!]]></description><comments>5</comments><score>370</score><crdate>5/26/2008 2:13:02 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-26T14:13:02+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>63047</id><url>http://www.plime.com/world/l/63047/1/</url><title><![CDATA[NWT heli crash kills one, injures two]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Saturday morning heli crash near the Wells (Norman Wells to you outsider folk) left one person dead and the other two onboard injured.<br/><br/>The RCMP won't release the names of the victims, and I'm praying to every god possible that I don't know anyone involved in the accident.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>131</score><crdate>5/25/2008 5:31:00 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-25T05:31:00+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>59776</id><url>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/59776/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Church Floor collapse during concert leaves 40 injured]]></title><description><![CDATA[Engineers and fire personnel were working at an Abbotsford church Saturday, trying to figure out what caused a massive hole to open in the floor causing about 70 concertgoers to fall into the basement below.<br/><br/>&quot;People were jumping and I started to jump,&quot;... and all of a sudden the floor gave way.<br/><br/>Did these guy sleep through highschool physics?]]></description><comments>9</comments><score>544</score><crdate>4/27/2008 10:39:32 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-27T10:39:32+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>59775</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/59775/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Tiny beetle tramps over emission targets]]></title><description><![CDATA[The pine beetle, the size of a grain of rice, has already destroyed British Columbia's forests and devastated the logging industry. Now, the insect threatens to upend the province's push to curb its greenhouse gases.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>223</score><crdate>4/27/2008 10:31:14 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-27T10:31:14+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>59535</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/59535/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Air Farce: Obama's Maybe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Another good sketch by the Air Farce folks, Obama celebrates after Super Tuesday.<br/><br/>This one's for you, 1thirteen3]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>225</score><crdate>4/24/2008 12:06:49 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-24T12:06:49+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>58971</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/58971/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Canada Bans Baby Bottles With Bisphenol A]]></title><description><![CDATA[The ban, which would come into force after a 60-day public comment period, has made Canada, the first country today to limit exposure to this controversial chemical.<br/>This ban just applies to items intended for use by babies.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>336</score><crdate>4/19/2008 2:19:31 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-19T14:19:31+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>58969</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/58969/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Dalai Lama: Preserve religious traditions, respect others]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Dalai Lama on Saturday encouraged people gathered at the University of Michigan to preserve their own religious traditions while respecting others with differing beliefs.<br/>The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader said he learned about Islam, Christianity and Judaism through personal contact and that he has a &quot;genuine admiration and respect and appreciation for those traditions.&quot;]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>527</score><crdate>4/19/2008 2:11:23 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-19T14:11:23+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>58714</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/58714/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Beyond the Creation vs Evolution Debate]]></title><description><![CDATA[This lecture, given by a professor who has a PhD in both evolutionary biology and theology, discusses the &quot;colourful spectrum&quot; of possibilities that lie between the black and white endmembers, creation and evolution.<br/>It's a bit of a long lecture, but worth the listen/watch.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>364</score><crdate>4/17/2008 1:13:07 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-17T13:13:07+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>58674</id><url>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/58674/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Hosers Bob and Doug set to return in animated takeoff, eh]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada's beer-swillin', tuque-wearin' brothers are staging a comeback in an animated series aimed at the U.S. market.]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>245</score><crdate>4/17/2008 8:58:20 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-17T08:58:20+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>57416</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/57416/1/</url><title><![CDATA[What Bird is That?]]></title><description><![CDATA[See a bird and have no clue what it is?  This website is a fantastic search engine for wild birds and guides you through choosing its shape, colour, habitat and call and helps you identify the bird!<br/><br/>I find this site super useful and always refer to it when I venture out of my province.<br/><br/>&quot;That Bird is a Liar!&quot;]]></description><comments>5</comments><score>540</score><crdate>4/8/2008 1:26:46 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-08T13:26:46+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>57210</id><url>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/57210/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Cellphone Envy at Corner Gas]]></title><description><![CDATA[&quot;Do you think my new cellphone is small?  I could have an inaccurate idea about what's normal because you see smaller ones in movies and magazines and stuff...&quot;<br/><br/>This is definitely one of the funniest clips I've seen in a long time.]]></description><comments>10</comments><score>483</score><crdate>4/6/2008 9:52:51 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-06T21:52:51+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>56741</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/56741/1/</url><title><![CDATA[2 Sikh workers file complaint against Interfor over hard-hat policy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two Sikh sawmill workers have launched a complaint with the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal after they weren't allowed to work because they refused to wear hard hats over their turbans.]]></description><comments>12</comments><score>453</score><crdate>4/2/2008 10:02:16 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-02T10:02:16+01:00</atomdate></link></items></xml>