<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>plime.com : plime.com : All Links : ATOM 0.3</title><link>http://www.plime.com/</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><entry><title><![CDATA[Ever felt crushing pressure on your chest at night?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/135490/1/" /><id>135490</id><summary><![CDATA[Ever felt crushing pressure on your chest at night?]]></summary><issued>2009-11-07T18:55:37+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-07T18:55:37+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The most likely cause would be sleep paralysis. <br/>For two University of Nevada students the cause was a car that pinned them to their bed for close to an hour driven into their bedroom at 4:00am by someone with anger-management issues who targeted the wrong house.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Man Steals Car to Get To Court]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/135488/1/" /><id>135488</id><summary><![CDATA[Man Steals Car to Get To Court]]></summary><issued>2009-11-07T18:23:09+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-07T18:23:09+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[For his hearing on an auto theft charge.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The Official Shotgun Rules]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/135487/1/" /><id>135487</id><summary><![CDATA[The Official Shotgun Rules]]></summary><issued>2009-11-07T17:42:17+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-07T17:42:17+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[&quot;Shotgun&quot; is the front passenger seat of an automobile. You must loudly say the word &#8220;Shotgun&#8221; to stake your claim on it. After you have called it, you have exclusive rights for that ride.<br/><br/>But that&#8217;s just the beginning! There are <i>many</i> more rules to learn, such as the importance of having your shoes on when you yell &#8220;Shotgun!&#8221; and other crucial rules.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[7-Eleven Wine]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/135486/1/" /><id>135486</id><summary><![CDATA[7-Eleven Wine]]></summary><issued>2009-11-07T17:29:30+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-07T17:29:30+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[These days, it seems like everybody and their uncle are making their own wines. Even 7-Eleven (yes, that 7-Eleven). <br/><br/>And, whoa, Yosemite Road is quite the bargain. Both the Chardonnay and a Cabernet Sauvignon will sell for $3.99 a bottle. Who needs a Trader Joe&#8217;s, anyway?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[New Zealand bans kids' annual rabbit throw]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/135485/1/" /><id>135485</id><summary><![CDATA[New Zealand bans kids' annual rabbit throw]]></summary><issued>2009-11-07T17:08:19+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-07T17:08:19+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A fun filled time where kids compete to see how far they can throw a dead rabbit has been banned due to complaints from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.  No word on if they understand that dead rabbits feel no pain.<br/><br/>Killjoys.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[We Learn Our Language in the Womb]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/135482/1/" /><id>135482</id><summary><![CDATA[We Learn Our Language in the Womb]]></summary><issued>2009-11-07T16:46:19+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-07T16:46:19+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[No wonder learning a new language can be more difficult the older you get.  We were learning our individual languages before we were even born.<br/>It seems that fetuses not only warm to the sound of mother&#8217;s voice as they gestate, they also are being programmed in the direct patterns inherent in certain languages.  By the time we are born, our dialect is determined.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Holocaust Hero Chiune Sugihara]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/135481/1/" /><id>135481</id><summary><![CDATA[Holocaust Hero Chiune Sugihara]]></summary><issued>2009-11-07T16:29:57+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-07T16:29:57+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara was in Lithuania when Germany invaded Poland. Jewish refugees came to the consulate seeking travel documents in order to escape the Nazis. Sugihara&#8217;s superiors ordered him <i>not</i> to issue any travel visas.<br/><br/>Sugihara&#8217;s next actions enabled around 6,000 Jewish refugees to escape the Holocaust. For his efforts, Sugihara was imprisoned by the Soviets and fired from his job.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Scheming Homeless, Parking Mafia, and Pink Tutued Meter Fairy....]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/135480/1/" /><id>135480</id><summary><![CDATA[Scheming Homeless, Parking Mafia, and Pink Tutued Meter Fairy....]]></summary><issued>2009-11-07T15:54:53+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-07T15:54:53+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[....Just Another Day in Miami's Parking Hell.<br/><br/>One thing I like about the &#8216;burbs is not having to fight for cheap parking or pay through the nose for expensive spots. Not so for people in Miami. Apparently, the scarcity of parking there has created much violence, a cottage industry involving the homeless, parking mafia and even a &quot;magical meter fairy.&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Joss Whedon Bids For Terminator Franchise Rights]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/135474/1/" /><id>135474</id><summary><![CDATA[Joss Whedon Bids For Terminator Franchise Rights]]></summary><issued>2009-11-07T13:22:09+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-07T13:22:09+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Joss published an <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?://whedonesque.com/comments/22240" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">open letter</a> to make his bid.  EW phone him up and asked him what it was about.  What it is about is that Joss still believes that The Terminator is a very cool thing and would love to make it Joss-Cool.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Drunken Ewoks Ruin Today Show]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/135473/1/" /><id>135473</id><summary><![CDATA[Drunken Ewoks Ruin Today Show]]></summary><issued>2009-11-07T12:23:27+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-07T12:23:27+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[with video!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Burglar sends newspaper homemade 'mug shot']]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/135471/1/" /><id>135471</id><summary><![CDATA[Burglar sends newspaper homemade 'mug shot']]></summary><issued>2009-11-07T11:56:49+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-07T11:56:49+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[An burglar wanted by Welsh authorities didn't like the mug shot published in the local newspaper so he took a new one himself, <b>in front of a police van</b>, and sent it to the newspaper. He might be a little to clever for his own good, however.  Authorities were quite happy to have an updated pic.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Happy Carl Sagan Day!]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/135470/1/" /><id>135470</id><summary><![CDATA[Happy Carl Sagan Day!]]></summary><issued>2009-11-07T11:25:03+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-07T11:25:03+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Carl Sagan died in 1996, but his ideas and passion for science and exploration live on. Friends and colleagues have created the first celebration of his life, hoping it will become an annual event. Speakers include Phil Plait of Bad Astronomy and James Randi, viewings of Cosmos and sky watching. <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.ustream.tv/channel/carl-saga-day-live" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Live USTREAM coverage all day.</a><br/><i>&quot;Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known&quot; </i>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA['Pure Lady' Massage Chair is Pure Weird]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/sports/l/135469/1/" /><id>135469</id><summary><![CDATA['Pure Lady' Massage Chair is Pure Weird]]></summary><issued>2009-11-07T11:18:44+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-07T11:18:44+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[This Japanese massage chair is designed with ladies in mind. Stay away, dudes! It's full of air, foldable, and styled with red leather. It's got four types of massages it can deliver: &quot;foot and calf massage with the foot air bag equipped with the back acupressure stimulation Gui Innovation calf, Pelvis and thigh massage with a rocking mechanism from side to side around comfortably seat air bags and waist and back massage such as Shiatsu massage.&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Airplanes Should Always Land With ALL the Parts They Took Off With]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/135468/1/" /><id>135468</id><summary><![CDATA[Airplanes Should Always Land With ALL the Parts They Took Off With]]></summary><issued>2009-11-07T10:46:02+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-07T10:46:02+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[On Thursday, a 20-pound engine tail cone fell from a Boeing 777 plane headed from JFK Airport to Tokyo and onto the front yard of Michelle Russell in Roosevelt, Long Island. The Delta crew only realized the four-foot piece of metal was missing after it landed in Tokyo&#8212;14 hours later.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Life is Hard for Man Named Harry Potter]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/135460/1/" /><id>135460</id><summary><![CDATA[Life is Hard for Man Named Harry Potter]]></summary><issued>2009-11-07T04:26:49+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-07T04:26:49+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Potter told the Daily Mail that, at first, he thought it was cool to have the same name as the whimsical wizard, but now it's just really annoying. As he told the paper, &quot;After 12 years of it I couldn't count the amount of times I've heard 'You're a wizard, Harry.' It does wear a bit thin after a while. And I've heard all the puns about my wand.&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Sex, then amnesia...and it's no soap opera]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/135455/1/" /><id>135455</id><summary><![CDATA[Sex, then amnesia...and it's no soap opera]]></summary><issued>2009-11-07T01:16:16+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-07T01:16:16+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[One August morning, Alice and her husband, Scott, had sex.<br/>That's when things became confusing. Rather than appearing pleased, Alice, 59, seemed disoriented.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Transgender papaya: scientists change the sex of a tropical fruit ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/135452/1/" /><id>135452</id><summary><![CDATA[Transgender papaya: scientists change the sex of a tropical fruit ]]></summary><issued>2009-11-07T00:44:02+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-07T00:44:02+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Papayas already come in three sexual varieties: male, female and hermaphrodite, but it is only the hermaphrodite varieties that produce the succulent fruit that is sold commercially(bet you didn't know that).]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Walking Backwards No more.]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/135447/1/" /><id>135447</id><summary><![CDATA[Walking Backwards No more.]]></summary><issued>2009-11-06T19:43:30+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-06T19:43:30+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[It seems that the flu shot victim <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/l/135396/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Desree Jennings</a> has suddenly been cured of walking backwards.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Building with Whole Trees]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/135446/1/" /><id>135446</id><summary><![CDATA[Building with Whole Trees]]></summary><issued>2009-11-06T19:14:06+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-06T19:14:06+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[According to research by the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, run by the USDA, a whole, unmilled tree can support 50 percent more weight than the largest piece of lumber milled from the same tree. So Mr. Gundersen uses small-diameter trees as rafters and framing in his airy structures, and big trees felled by wind, disease or insects as powerful columns and curving beams.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Man angrily tells cop what to do with his wife, his gun and his horse]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/weird/l/135444/1/" /><id>135444</id><summary><![CDATA[Man angrily tells cop what to do with his wife, his gun and his horse]]></summary><issued>2009-11-06T18:49:00+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-06T18:49:00+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Fletcher swore at the officer and made the comments about the policeman's wife, and the officer's horse &#8211; which Rouches said the patrolman didn't have &#8211; followed by the suggestion of where the officer could best secure his weapon.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Jim Carrey's official website]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/135442/1/" /><id>135442</id><summary><![CDATA[Jim Carrey's official website]]></summary><issued>2009-11-06T17:49:04+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-06T17:49:04+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[It loads slowly, but is worth the wait.  I see no value in most stars' web sites, but Carrey has put some time and thought into his.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Obama says don't jump to conclusions]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/135440/1/" /><id>135440</id><summary><![CDATA[Obama says don't jump to conclusions]]></summary><issued>2009-11-06T15:37:02+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-06T15:37:02+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Obama makes the common sense plea that we do not jump to conclusions on the motives of Major Nidal Malik Hasan. Allow the investigators to do their job first.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[South Korean woman passes driver's exam on 950th try]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/135439/1/" /><id>135439</id><summary><![CDATA[South Korean woman passes driver's exam on 950th try]]></summary><issued>2009-11-06T15:14:58+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-06T15:14:58+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Pleae, no jokes about Asian women being bad drivers now.<br/><br/>Oh, and warn me when she's on the road.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Drive-by Shooting for Dummies]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/135438/1/" /><id>135438</id><summary><![CDATA[Drive-by Shooting for Dummies]]></summary><issued>2009-11-06T15:05:57+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-06T15:05:57+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Step One: Roll down the window.<br/><br/>This guy didn't read the book and tried on his own.  White kids from Wisconsin make the worst gangstas.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Fort Hood Hero]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/135436/1/" /><id>135436</id><summary><![CDATA[Fort Hood Hero]]></summary><issued>2009-11-06T14:12:30+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-06T14:12:30+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Police Sgt Kim Munley saved many more lives at <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/l/135407/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Fort Hood</a> when she charged into the building where Major Nidal Malik Hasan was carrying out his mass murder gun spree.]]></content></entry></items></xml>