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						<title>AAVSO News and Announcements</title>
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				<title>Special Notice #114</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/publications/specialnotice/114.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>Rebrightening of the dwarf nova VY Aqr</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 9:29:30 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>June Solar Bulletin</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/observing/programs/solar/jun08.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>Includes SID and sunspot information</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:09:38 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Special Notice #113</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/publications/specialnotice/113.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>Request for observations of SDSS J212531.92-010745.9</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:10:14 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>May Solar Bulletin</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/observing/programs/solar/may08.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>Includes SID and sunspot information</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 1 Jul 2008 16:36:32 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Planning Tool for Stars in Need</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/publications/bulletin/nmojul08.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>of More Observations, July Edition, is now available</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 1 Jul 2008 14:33:41 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Staff member Aaron Price won the Chambliss Student Award</title>
				<link>http://members.aas.org/grants/student.cfm</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>For <a href=http://www.aavso.org/vstar/price-bzuma_small.pdf>this poster on BZ Uma</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:53:10 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>JAAVSO Preprint</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/publications/ejaavso/ej81.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>"Adventures in J- and H-Band Photometry of Evolved Stars" by Aaron J. Bradley and Robert E. Stencel</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 9:58:18 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Radio astronomers catch a glimpse of an astrophysical jet with timely help</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/news/sscyg_jet.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>Results published in <i>Science</i> magazine</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 9 Jun 2008 12:41:29 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Special Notice #112</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/publications/specialnotice/112.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>Support for CH Cygni observations with HST and Chandra</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sat, 7 Jun 2008 8:03:11 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Astronomers Predict Nearby Stellar Fireworks by Mid-Century</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/news/press_epsaur.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>Press Release from AAS Meeting</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 4 Jun 2008 10:56:03 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Special Notice #111</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/publications/specialnotice/111.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>Possible superoutburst of DH Aql</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 4 Jun 2008 10:47:14 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Polarimetry and the Long Awaited Superoutburst of BZ UMa</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/vstar/price-bzuma.pdf</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>(8 MB PDF file), A. Price (AAVSO) & J. Masiero, AAS Meeting, June 2008</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 3 Jun 2008 10:28:42 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Citizen Science and the International Year of Astronomy</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/vstar/price-iya08.pdf</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>(2 MB PDF file), A. Price (AAVSO), C. DePree (Agnes Scott College), L. Fortson (Adler Planetarium), et al; AAS Meeting, June 2008.</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 3 Jun 2008 10:28:42 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Alert Notice 381</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/publications/alerts/alert381.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>SECOND POSSIBLE NOVA IN OPHIUCHUS -  NOVA OPHIUCHI 2008 NO. 2</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 2 Jun 2008 17:01:31 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Variable Star Search Utility</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/data/software/varstarsearch.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>developed by Dale Lehman is now available for multi-platform use</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 9:35:07 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Alert Notice 380</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/publications/alerts/alert380.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>Nova in Ophiuchus</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 13:54:24 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Eyepiece Views</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/publications/eyepieceviews/0508.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>The May edition of this interesting newsletter is now online</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 11:36:55 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>April Solar Bulletin</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/observing/programs/solar/apr08.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>Includes SID and sunspot data</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 12:16:30 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Alert Notice 379</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/publications/alerts/alert379.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>Support for Spitzer observations of tremendous outburst amplitude dwarf novae (TOADs)</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 19:09:13 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Special Notice #110</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/publications/specialnotice/110.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>Update on optical transient in NGC 300</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 18:54:56 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Special Notice #109</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/publications/specialnotice/109.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>Optical transient in NGC 300</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 7:06:58 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>JAAVSO Preprint</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/publications/ejaavso/ej79.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>"Recent Minima of 155 Eclipsing Binary Stars" By Gerard Samolyk</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 10:22:00 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>JAAVSO Preprint</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/publications/ejaavso/ej80.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>"A History of AAVSO's Headquarters" By Michael Saladyga</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 10:22:00 EDT</pubDate>
				<guid>http://www.aavso.org/publications/ejaavso/ej80.shtml</guid>
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				<title>JAAVSO Preprint</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/publications/ejaavso/ej79.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>"Recent Minima of Eclipsing Binary Stars" by Gerard Samolyk</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 16:09:19 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>JAAVSO Preprint</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/publications/ejaavso/ej78.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>"Period Changes in Pulsating Red Supergiant Stars: A Science and Education Project" by John R. Percy, Elena Favaro, Jou Glasheen, Bernadette Ho, Hiromitsu Sato, David G. Turner</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 9 May 2008 11:53:56 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Spring Meeting Highlights and Photo Gallery</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/aavso/meetings/archivespring08.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>Includes a written summary by Mike Simonsen and  a slideshow of photos</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 8 May 2008 11:19:23 EDT</pubDate>
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