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	<description>Wesley R. Elsberry's personal weblog, talking about falconry, science, antievolution, computation, and the broken body he lives in.</description>
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		<title>United Methodist Church in the News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just got an email from Michael Zimmerman about the recent United Methodist Church convention. The UMC has incorporated proposed accepting acceptance of evolutionary processes into the Book of Discipline, endorsed the Clergy Letter Project, and opposes religious intrusions into the science classroom.

&#8220;Therefore be it resolved that the General Conference of the United Methodist Church [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maine: School Board Director Seeks to Exclude Evolution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SAD 59 debates teaching of evolution
Mike O&#8217;Risal at Hyphoid Logic points out that there is trouble brewing in Maine. 
I think the following from the news report conveys the essence:

Director Matthew Linkletter claims evolution is an unprovable theory and shouldn&#8217;t be taught as fact. He&#8217;s urged the SAD 59 Board of Directors to consider his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2008/05/11/maine-school-board-director-seeks-to-exclude-evolution/</link>
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		<title>More Commercials</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Visa has a commercial based on turning getting snacks and into seats at the theater into a mini-action flick. The protagonist couple get their tickets and see a clock showing &#8220;8:59&#8243;. The music ramps up and our heroes almost manage to screw up pay trying to find cash, but the woman saves the day with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At Last, Quantum Mechanics Makes it to the Back Alley</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A gentle touch for better control, a quantum mechanical con, and milestone PRL papers
Gaming and gambling have inspired a number of advances in science and technology, going from Babbage&#8217;s fascination with horse racing through the invention of Unix to support a game of &#8220;Space Wars&#8221; to the upward climb in personal computing capabilities driven by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2008/05/06/at-last-quantum-mechanics-makes-it-to-the-back-alley/</link>
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		<title>Meijer Dumps HSUS Donation Scheme</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Meijer ends Humane Society contest after sportsmen complain - Latest News - The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com
Meijer is a grocer/retailer that operates in the Midwest. Recently, they offered customers the opportunity to donate a $1 towards a $5,000 goal for a donation to aid people who have pets and whose homes have been foreclosed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2008/05/04/meijer-dumps-hsus-donation-scheme/</link>
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		<title>Michigan: Call to Action on Falconry Bill (SB 1085)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I got the following notice from the Michigan Hawking Club:

Attention Michigan Falconer
Last Wed April 23rd the Senate Natural Resources and Environment Affairs Committee passed Senate Bill 1085. This bill will allow a continued take of Wild Raptors for Falconry use. It Ends the Sunset and puts the rules and regulations concerning wild take in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2008/05/04/michigan-call-to-action-on-falconry-bill-sb-1085/</link>
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		<title>Flunked, Not Expelled: Expelled Enjoined</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There was a hearing in the Yoko Ono copyright infringement case this past week, and Premise Media has been enjoined against further distribution of &#8220;Expelled&#8221; until the case is settled next hearing on May 19th. 
That means that theaters that already have a copy may continue to show it, but no further prints may be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2008/05/03/flunked-not-expelled-expelled-enjoined/</link>
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		<title>Florida: Squeaking By</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Florida legislature failed to pass either of two forms of the Discovery Institute’s draft “academic freedom” bills, and adjourned Friday evening. We have until the legislative session next year to make sure that those in the legislature know exactly what the history and intent of bills like that are. But it doesn’t feel like [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2008/05/03/florida-squeaking-by/</link>
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		<title>Oxygen depletion: A new form of ocean habitat loss</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oxygen depletion: A new form of ocean habitat loss
We take breathing for granted. And especially we take the availability of oxygen for granted. For air-breathing animals, things are relatively simple on the physics. If there is adequate ventilation, the air is comprised of about one-fifth oxygen, and only things like altitude really impinge on how [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2008/05/01/oxygen-depletion-a-new-form-of-ocean-habitat-loss/</link>
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		<title>World first: researchers develop completely automated anesthesia system</title>
		<description><![CDATA[World first: researchers develop completely automated anesthesia system
My first science-related full-time job was in the Anesthesiology Department of the College of Medicine at the University of Florida. My job required me to be at the continuing education lecture series the department held, those starting promptly at 7 AM each weekday. While I didn&#8217;t have the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://austringer.net/wp/index.php/2008/05/01/world-first-researchers-develop-completely-automated-anesthesia-system/</link>
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