<rss version="0.91"><channel><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : crescent : RSS 0.91</title><link>http://www.plime.com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><item><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : crescent : RSS 0.91</title><link>http://www.plime.com/</link><description></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cats' family tree rooted in Fertile Crescent, study confirms]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/48856/1/</link><description><![CDATA[The Fertile Crescent of the Middle East has long been identified as a &#8220;cradle of civilization&#8221; for humans. In a new genetic study, researchers at the University of California, Davis, have concluded that all ancestral roads for the modern day domestic cat also lead back to the same locale.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Venus, Jupiter and crescent moon create smiley face above Australia]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/83215/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Venus and Jupiter have appeared side by side in the evening sky over the past week or so, but tonight was the best night to see the &quot;face&quot; appear, astronomers said.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Troops Discover Massive Truck Bomb Disguised As Red Crescent Truck]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/51872/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Coalition forces discovered a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device disguised as a Red Crescent food relief truck in southeastern Mosul Feb. 15.<br/><br/>The truck was labeled with hospital markings but contained eight 55-gallon drums with more than 5,000 pounds of unknown bulk explosives.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Red Cross changes symbol to Red Crystal]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/11371/1/</link><description><![CDATA[A new Red Cross emblem was accepted at an international conference Thursday paving the way for Israel to join the humanitarian movement after nearly six decades of exclusion.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sparrow Starts &#163;250,000 Fire]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/109282/1/</link><description><![CDATA[If you're going to build a nest out of cigarette butts, go for the ones without the red glowing ends.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thanksgiving sky: Jupiter, Venus, moon together]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/82892/1/</link><description><![CDATA[It's not just families that are getting together this Thanksgiving week. The three brightest objects in the night sky &#8212; Venus, Jupiter and a crescent moon &#8212; will crowd around each other for an unusual group shot. Look in the southwestern sky around twilight &#8212; no telescope or binoculars needed. The show will even be visible in cities if it's a clear night.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Crescent Over Europe? ]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/46322/1/</link><description><![CDATA[America &amp; Europe have had close ties for more than a half a century. The common political and cultural values have helped keep us strong allies. That may change dramatically. Some estimates have Europe becoming predominantly Islam by the end of the century. What changes this will bring is questionable, but one thing is likely, Europe will not be friendly towards the US]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daily dose of stargazing ]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/84182/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Most notable are recent smiley skies, captured over <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?&#8221;http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081203.html&#8221;" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LA</a> and <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?&#8221;http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081205.html&#8221;" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Brisbane</a>. I love the Brisbane photo... It&#8217;s said this three way conjunction of Venus, Jupiter and the crescent Moon only occurs every 200 years. I was just north of the equator, so I saw an upside down smiley face similar to <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://meteorshowersonline.com/showers/images/ursids.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http://amandabauer.blogspot.com/2008/11/december-2008-night-sky.html&amp;usg=__XzjvMFEPqCiQJ5A3nlon75SA-L0=&amp;h=576&amp;w=486&amp;sz=22&amp;hl=en&amp;start=1&amp;um=1&amp;tbnid=0N6ptJDBQsmqYM:&amp;tbnh=134&amp;tbnw=113&amp;prev=/images%3Fq%3DDec%2B5%2B2008%2Bnight%2Bsky%2Bnorthern%2Bhemisphere%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">this</a>. I don&#8217;t know why LA got a happy face... probably because they&#8217;re goofy. :^)]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bubbles]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/37639/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Chester and his bubbles. Its Crescent Fresh]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Far-Out Photo: Sunrise in Space]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/128891/1/</link><description><![CDATA[A new picture of a sunrise from space was taken with a handheld camera by astronauts Friday on the day the Space Shuttle Endeavour docked with the International Space Station during shuttle mission STS-127.<br/><br/>Earth's atmosphere appears as a thin crescent shape ranging from white to blue to purple, while the planet in the foreground is a black as the void beyond.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Muslim McCain Fans Confront Intolerance At Rally]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/80230/1/</link><description><![CDATA[At a John McCain rally in Woodbridge, Virginia, three people handed out &quot;Obama for Change&quot; bumper stickers with the Communist sickle and hammer and the Islamic crescent, saying Obama was a socialist with ties to radical Islam. Several moderate McCain supporters, Muslim and Christian alike, struck back - relentlessly bombarding the group distributing the flyers until they left the premises.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moon will block bright star Regulus]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/39747/1/</link><description><![CDATA[If you live in the southern or western parts of the United States, you'll have an opportunity on Nov. 3 to see a fat waning crescent moon gradually drift toward and ultimately hide the 1st-magnitude star, Regulus, the brightest star of the constellation Leo, the Lion.]]></description></item></channel></rss>