<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : february : ATOM 0.3</title><link>http://www.plime.com/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[Weird Holidays and Observances for February]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/weird/l/47560/1/" /><id>47560</id><summary><![CDATA[Weird Holidays and Observances for February]]></summary><issued>2008-01-17T11:12:58+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-17T11:12:58+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[While I was listening to my favorite local radio program this morning, they mentioned a list of weird holidays and/or observances that are coming up in the month of February. Most of these I never have heard of, and I would bet you have...]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Total Eclipse of the Moon - February 20, 2008]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/49706/1/" /><id>49706</id><summary><![CDATA[Total Eclipse of the Moon - February 20, 2008]]></summary><issued>2008-02-07T07:10:59+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-07T07:10:59+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A total eclipse of the Moon occurs during the night of Wednesday, February 20/21, 2008. The entire event is visible from South America and most of North America (on Feb. 20) as well as Western Europe, Africa, and western Asia (on Feb. 21). During a total lunar eclipse, the Moon's disk can take on a dramatically colorful appearance from bright orange to blood red to dark brown and (rarely) very dark gray.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Sony PlayStation Phone Will Lack PSP Branding, Launch in February]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35483/1/" /><id>35483</id><summary><![CDATA[Sony PlayStation Phone Will Lack PSP Branding, Launch in February]]></summary><issued>2007-09-12T23:50:14+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-12T23:50:14+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[We've been hearing about a PlayStation Phone for a long time and now a new set of rumors has risen to the surface.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[February 12th is Darwin Day!  (Also his birthday)]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/50286/1/" /><id>50286</id><summary><![CDATA[February 12th is Darwin Day!  (Also his birthday)]]></summary><issued>2008-02-12T15:00:27+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-12T15:00:27+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[&quot;Darwin Day is an international celebration of science and humanity held on or around February 12, the day that Charles Darwin was born on in 1809. Specifically, it celebrates the discoveries and life of Charles Darwin -- the man who first described biological evolution via natural selection with scientific rigor. More generally, Darwin Day expresses gratitude for the enormous benefits that scientific knowledge, acquired through human curiosity and ingenuity, has contributed to the advancement of humanity.&quot;<br/><br/>In honor of this beloved holiday, I think we should all evolve.  Get to it!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Married couple both born on Leap Day ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/52621/1/" /><id>52621</id><summary><![CDATA[Married couple both born on Leap Day ]]></summary><issued>2008-02-29T23:31:41+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-29T23:31:41+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Mindi and Tom Pierce will celebrate their sixteenth wedding anniversary this year, but today they are marking their ninth and 10th birthdays, respectively.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Viewer's Guide: Total Lunar Eclipse Feb. 20]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/50719/1/" /><id>50719</id><summary><![CDATA[Viewer's Guide: Total Lunar Eclipse Feb. 20]]></summary><issued>2008-02-15T08:49:14+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-15T08:49:14+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[On Wednesday night, Feb. 20, for the third time in the past year, the moon will become completely immersed in the Earth's shadow, resulting in a total lunar eclipse. <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/science/astronomy/l/49706/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Update on this</a>.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Screw Valentines Day, Feb 14th is Ferris Wheel Day!]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50626/1/" /><id>50626</id><summary><![CDATA[Screw Valentines Day, Feb 14th is Ferris Wheel Day!]]></summary><issued>2008-02-14T20:44:29+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-14T20:44:29+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Yes, <b>Ferris Wheel Day!</b><br/><br/>You heard me right. Check it out!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Families Die Together During Tennessee Twisters]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/49720/1/" /><id>49720</id><summary><![CDATA[Families Die Together During Tennessee Twisters]]></summary><issued>2008-02-07T09:13:10+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-07T09:13:10+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[This story highlights the tragedy of the twisters in the south the other night.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[It's Matt Groening's Birthday!]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/50671/1/" /><id>50671</id><summary><![CDATA[It's Matt Groening's Birthday!]]></summary><issued>2008-02-15T02:59:54+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-15T02:59:54+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[On February the 15th, 1954, the creator of &quot;The Simpsons&quot; was born. <br/><br/>I really failed to find anything interesting to post (his new <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.mattgroening.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">official site</a> is still under construction), but this is some awkward interview at a party for the video game release, or something...<br/><br/>I also tried to upload a photo of him, as a simpson character, autographing a Bender (from Futurama) doll, but when I cropped it, there was a server error. *sigh*]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Queen Mary Slips In]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/33371/1/" /><id>33371</id><summary><![CDATA[Queen Mary Slips In]]></summary><issued>2007-08-27T23:17:01+01:00</issued><modified>2007-08-27T23:17:01+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The Queen Mary 2 luxury liner made its maiden call to the Port of San Francisco on February 4, 2007. This video was created using GBTimelapse and a Canon digital still camera.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[February is National National Awareness Month Awareness Month]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/50150/1/" /><id>50150</id><summary><![CDATA[February is National National Awareness Month Awareness Month]]></summary><issued>2008-02-11T13:26:25+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-11T13:26:25+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[It is time we devoted a month to remember to be aware of awareness months.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Publicity Stunt Gone Wrong]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/52912/1/" /><id>52912</id><summary><![CDATA[Publicity Stunt Gone Wrong]]></summary><issued>2008-03-03T19:58:04+01:00</issued><modified>2008-03-03T19:58:04+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[CashTomato.com staged a publicity stunt in Union Square in NYC on February 29th. At 2:29, they were supposed to give out envelopes with $29 to random people in the crowd. Poor planning and an even worse execution lead to a small riot and a man had to be taken to the hospital in an ambulance.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The Amazing Fact Generator!!!]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/49654/1/" /><id>49654</id><summary><![CDATA[The Amazing Fact Generator!!!]]></summary><issued>2008-02-06T19:33:32+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-06T19:33:32+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Conversation going nowhere? Bored during a meeting? This is the place to go.<br/><br/><i>&quot;On February 28, 1983, at exactly 11:03 P.M., water use in New York City jumped by several million gallons. Why? The final episode of &#8220;M*A*S*H&#8221; had just ended, and everyone was rushing to the bathroom.&quot;</i>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Guinness names Northport teen world's youngest professor]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/59383/1/" /><id>59383</id><summary><![CDATA[Guinness names Northport teen world's youngest professor]]></summary><issued>2008-04-23T01:38:55+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-23T01:38:55+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.aliasabur.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Alia Sabur</a> was three days shy of her 19th birthday in February when she became a professor at Konkuk University, in Seoul. The previous record was held by a student of physicist Isaac Newton, Colin Maclaurin, who set the mark in 1717.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The Maestro ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/arts/l/34835/1/" /><id>34835</id><summary><![CDATA[The Maestro ]]></summary><issued>2007-09-07T01:37:47+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-07T01:37:47+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Pavarotti gave his last performance in an opera at the New York Metropolitan Opera on March 13, 2004 for which he received a 12-minute standing ovation. <br/>In February 2006, at the opening ceremony for the Winter Olympics in Turin, he brought the house down with his trademark Nessun Dorma aria.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Clinton Fails To Pay Health Insurance]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/56503/1/" /><id>56503</id><summary><![CDATA[Clinton Fails To Pay Health Insurance]]></summary><issued>2008-03-31T16:57:19+01:00</issued><modified>2008-03-31T16:57:19+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Hillary has been pretty unsuccessful running her campaign and is deeply in debt ($8.7 million at the end of February. That may include the $5 million she loaned the campaign). Now records show that although she touts a universal health care program she has a hard time paying the bill for her employee's current health plan.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The History of the Joke]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/50256/1/" /><id>50256</id><summary><![CDATA[The History of the Joke]]></summary><issued>2008-02-12T08:42:44+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-12T08:42:44+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Join our Man, <b>Lewis Black</b> this Monday, February 18th on the History channel for an in depth look into humor and the way we see it today, and how it got there. Im guessing its going to be a bit like the <i>Aristocrats</i>, minus the Vulgarity. This site is full of videos and great comedians performing great jokes.<br/><br/>I am super excited. Preview clip <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&amp;content_type_id=57885&amp;display_order=2&amp;mini_id=57887" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here!</a>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Record robbery of 53 million pounds...]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/25269/1/" /><id>25269</id><summary><![CDATA[Record robbery of 53 million pounds...]]></summary><issued>2007-06-26T17:57:11+01:00</issued><modified>2007-06-26T17:57:11+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[...driven by &quot;greed, pure and simple&quot;, a London court heard on Tuesday. The record haul was seized by an armed gang in a &quot;terrifying&quot; raid on a Securitas cash depot in Tonbridge, Kent in February last year.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Support for war effort highest since 2006]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/54090/1/" /><id>54090</id><summary><![CDATA[Support for war effort highest since 2006]]></summary><issued>2008-03-13T02:12:39+01:00</issued><modified>2008-03-13T02:12:39+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[According to late February polling conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, 53 percent of Americans &#8212; a slim majority &#8212; now believe &#8220;the U.S. will ultimately succeed in achieving its goals&#8221; in Iraq. That figure is up from 42 percent in September 2007.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[February 6th, Today in History]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/49671/1/" /><id>49671</id><summary><![CDATA[February 6th, Today in History]]></summary><issued>2008-02-06T21:46:45+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-06T21:46:45+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[My first post here on Plime. Thought I'd go with something easy. Praying to deities this isn't a dupe.]]></content></entry></items></xml>