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		<title>This Is Why We Can&#8217;t Have Nice Things</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2013/02/this-is-why-we-cant-have-nice-things/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 21:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RickMac</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fish]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Why is it that we seem to have moved away from celebrating images like the one above left (a big game hunter posing over a dead African lion) yet seem to have no problem with the the image above right (a fishing party with their 1,320 pound dead Blue marlin caught off Ascension Island <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2013/02/this-is-why-we-cant-have-nice-things/">This Is Why We Can&#8217;t Have Nice Things<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='This Is Why We Can&#8217;t Have Nice Things avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/b32c5614e03bf1f47c41cc89bbe4c9fe?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Loomings</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2013/02/loomings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RickMac</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s raining tonight in my heart as I dwell on the thought that Kevin is cleaning-out his desk here at Deep Sea News. My colleague, my co-author, my friend, my partner in microbrews, my blog-brother, my fellow DSN suite noise-maker, and my mentor for soulful science writing has decided to dedicate himself fully to a <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2013/02/loomings/">Loomings<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Loomings avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/b32c5614e03bf1f47c41cc89bbe4c9fe?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>She Makes Me Want To Be A Better Writer</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2013/01/she-makes-me-want-to-be-a-better-writer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RickMac</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scientist!]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our Miriam, immortalized in cartoon form in The Devil&#8217;s Panties (http://thedevilspanties.com/archives/3800) Once upon a time, let&#8217;s call it 2006, I launched my very first ocean science blog post over at Malaria, Bedbugs, Sea Lice, and Sunsets. Back then, I was among a small cohort of ocean scientists who were venturing into the online social media <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2013/01/she-makes-me-want-to-be-a-better-writer/">She Makes Me Want To Be A Better Writer<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='She Makes Me Want To Be A Better Writer avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/b32c5614e03bf1f47c41cc89bbe4c9fe?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Encomium: Lonesome George</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2012/06/encomium-lonesome-george/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 01:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RickMac</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conservation & Environment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lonesome George, © BBC News I just read that Lonesome George, the presumed sole-remaining member of the Pinta Island giant tortoise species of the Galápagos, has died. Lonesome George was more than just bearer of his evolutionary legacy. He was an icon for the delicate precipice that all Galápagos species (and other threatened species globally) <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2012/06/encomium-lonesome-george/">Encomium: Lonesome George<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Encomium: Lonesome George avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/b32c5614e03bf1f47c41cc89bbe4c9fe?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Hooper Drives The Boat, Chief</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2012/06/hooper-drives-the-boat-chief/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 20:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RickMac</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not exactly "mint" condition, but treasure nonetheless. Picture this: Cape Cod, June 20, 1975. Gerald Ford is President, gas is .53 cents a gallon, and a carefree, 11 year-old&#8211;yet already ocean-nerd, future coral conservationist/blogger&#8211;is spending the summer with family in the vacation town of Orleans, Massachusetts, right on Nauset Beach. This is the summer he&#8217;s <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2012/06/hooper-drives-the-boat-chief/">Hooper Drives The Boat, Chief<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Hooper Drives The Boat, Chief avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/b32c5614e03bf1f47c41cc89bbe4c9fe?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>James Cameron And The Dawn Of DeepTruth?</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2012/03/james-cameron-and-the-dawn-of-deeptruth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RickMac</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Image on left: Seafloor Production Tool (SPT) that will be operated at a depth of 1600 meters off the coast of Papua New Guinea by Nautilus Minerals to extract copper and gold from high grade seafloor massive sulphide deposits. Image on Right: Computer generated Bucket-Wheel Excavator used to extract unobtanium from Pandora in James <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2012/03/james-cameron-and-the-dawn-of-deeptruth/">James Cameron And The Dawn Of DeepTruth?<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='James Cameron And The Dawn Of DeepTruth? avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/b32c5614e03bf1f47c41cc89bbe4c9fe?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Dr. Nancy Knowlton: Coral Reefs: Past, Present and Future</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2012/02/dr-nancy-knowlton-coral-reefs-past-present-and-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RickMac</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Something for your Friday. A webinar by coral reef scientist Dr Gloom Nancy Knowlton (I kid, Nancy! I&#8217;m a kidder!). I particularly love her review of coral reefs through time. If you&#8217;ve never heard of a Rudist reef before, you&#8217;re in for a treat! Long talk, but worth it. <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2012/02/dr-nancy-knowlton-coral-reefs-past-present-and-future/">Dr. Nancy Knowlton: Coral Reefs: Past, Present and Future<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Dr. Nancy Knowlton: Coral Reefs: Past, Present and Future avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/b32c5614e03bf1f47c41cc89bbe4c9fe?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Awareness Through Scrutiny, Not Negativity: A DSN Core Value</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2012/02/awareness-through-scrutiny-not-negativity-a-dsn-core-value/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RickMac</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://deepseanews.com/?p=16608</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Fiat lux Being a total dick on the web is easy. From the safe (and relatively anonymous) confines of your bedroom, place of work, mother’s basement, or Starbucks, and armed only with Internet access and the 1st Amendment, everyone can be a critic. Our brave new online world has given anyone with a keyboard a <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2012/02/awareness-through-scrutiny-not-negativity-a-dsn-core-value/">Awareness Through Scrutiny, Not Negativity: A DSN Core Value<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Awareness Through Scrutiny, Not Negativity: A DSN Core Value avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/b32c5614e03bf1f47c41cc89bbe4c9fe?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>For Want Of A Shark&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2012/01/for-want-of-a-shark/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RickMac</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[White-tip reef shark, Fiji © 2011 Angelo Villagomez Causal relationships can be fiendishly tricky. Spend an hour watching any of Star Trek Voyager’s time travel episodes and you begin to understand why the show’s writers often resort to lines such as, “It’s better if we don’t talk about this too much.” Consider another example of <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2012/01/for-want-of-a-shark/">For Want Of A Shark&#8230;<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='For Want Of A Shark&#8230; avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/b32c5614e03bf1f47c41cc89bbe4c9fe?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>When Far-Sighted Vision Meets Near-Sighted Politics or Zombie Worms For Congress!</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2011/12/when-far-sighted-vision-meets-near-sighted-politics-or-zombie-worms-for-congress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RickMac</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of these things are not like the other. Can you spot the Zombie worms? What&#8217;s the difference between a collection of Osedax “Zombie worms” and the 112th United States Congress? One is a population of spineless, sedentary, opportunistic life forms that thrive in darkness while devouring the bones of the dead. The other are <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/12/when-far-sighted-vision-meets-near-sighted-politics-or-zombie-worms-for-congress/">When Far-Sighted Vision Meets Near-Sighted Politics or Zombie Worms For Congress!<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='When Far-Sighted Vision Meets Near-Sighted Politics or Zombie Worms For Congress! avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/b32c5614e03bf1f47c41cc89bbe4c9fe?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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