<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>NYC Considering Robohawk to fight pigeons : XML WIDGET</title><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/</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>62188</id><url>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/62188/1/</url><title><![CDATA[NYC Considering Robohawk to fight pigeons]]></title><description><![CDATA[Will the Big Apple spring big $$$ to fight rats with wings? Liverpool, England started their robot hawk program last year. <br/><br/>More on the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://gothamist.com/2008/05/16/robotic_hawk.php" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">&quot;pigeon czar&quot; proposal.</a><br/><br/>(I thought I read a similar article on plime recently, but can't find it. Or, I imagined I did)]]></description><comments>5</comments><score>265</score><crdate>5/17/2008 2:40:41 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-17T14:40:41+01:00</atomdate></link><table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' width='100%' style='padding-top:5px;margin-bottom:0px;' class='trh'><tr valign='bottom'><td><table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0'><tr valign='bottom'><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabs lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-comments'><a href='/technology/l/62188/1/' class='plime2 td mn'>comments (5)</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-related'><a href='/technology/l/62188-related/1/' class='plime td mn'>related</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-share'><a href='/technology/l/62188-share/1/' class='plime td mn'>share</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-history'><a href='/technology/l/62188-history/1/' class='plime td mn'>edit history (0)</a></td></tr></table></td><td class='minitabspc' style='width:100%' valign='middle'><table width='100%'><tr class='regular'><td align='right'> <a onclick='return false' class='page-dull td'>&lt;</a><span> <b><a class='page-selected td' href='/technology/l/62188/1/'>1</a></b> <a onclick='return false' class='page-dull td'>&gt;</a></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><comment><id>260039</id><url>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/62188/1/xml_widget.rss#q6</url><title><![CDATA[wildgrits @ 5/19/2008 2:39:21 AM]]></title><content><![CDATA[I thought we where using Peregrine Falcons?]]></content><score></score><crdate>5/19/2008 2:39:21 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-19T02:39:21+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>259589</id><url>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/62188/1/xml_widget.rss#q5</url><title><![CDATA[suebe @ 5/18/2008 8:54:09 AM]]></title><content><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/technology/l/62188/1/#q2"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>Marli</b> : Wouldn't it be cheaper and more effective to use *actual* hawks?</i></div>Ah, live hawks. Yes, NYC does or was using live hawks to hunt down rats and pigeons in Bryant Park. One of them caught a small dog, though and was suspended from the program. The dog was fine. I posted the story on plime, but alas, it has turned into digital debris.<br/><br/>Here's an <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.wnbc.com/news/2384499/detail.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">older story.</a>]]></content><score></score><crdate>5/18/2008 8:54:09 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-18T08:54:09+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>259573</id><url>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/62188/1/xml_widget.rss#q4</url><title><![CDATA[DoggySpew @ 5/18/2008 5:50:54 AM]]></title><content><![CDATA[&quot;You're coming with me, creep&quot;<br/><br/>&quot;Cooh ? &quot;]]></content><score></score><crdate>5/18/2008 5:50:54 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-18T05:50:54+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>259525</id><url>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/62188/1/xml_widget.rss#q3</url><title><![CDATA[jago @ 5/18/2008 12:08:05 AM]]></title><content><![CDATA[And what happens when the robot hawks scare away all the pigeons? They work their way up the food chain, that's what happens. <br/><br/>And then it's only a matter of time before we're fending-off air-borne robotic carnivores whose sole directive is to eliminate any other warm-blooded target.<br/><br/>And then the manufacturers of steel-reinforced umbrellas see their stock prices go through the roof.]]></content><score></score><crdate>5/18/2008 12:08:05 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-18T00:08:05+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>259464</id><url>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/62188/1/xml_widget.rss#q2</url><title><![CDATA[Marli @ 5/17/2008 9:54:16 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[Wouldn't it be cheaper and more effective to use *actual* hawks?]]></content><score></score><crdate>5/17/2008 9:54:16 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-17T21:54:16+01:00</atomdate></comment></items></xml>