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		<title>Tulane professor channels Richard Feynman to challenge climate change!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 18:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Len Bahr, PhD* On May 11 a portion of NPR’s Talk of the Nation Science Friday (TOTNSF) was devoted to the theme of the appalling American ignorance about science and what should be done about it…especially during the run up to the presidential election. Host Ira Flatow interviewed three impressive guests: 1) Shawn Lawrence Otto CEO and co-founder, ScienceDebate.org; author, Fool [...]]]></description>
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		<title>May 2012 Coastal Scuttlebutt (cont.)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 16:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note that this coastal mini-post is normally updated 7/365 by noon CDT. MAY SEVENTEENTH Eastern diamondback rattlesnake, last seen in St. Tammany Parish in 1995, may be declared endangered On May 13 Mark Schleifstein reported in The Times-Picayune that the Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus), which was formerly a common member of the North Shore [...]]]></description>
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		<title>May 2012 Coastal Scuttlebutt</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note: This mini-post is normally updated daily by noon CDT. MAY FIFTEENTH Coastal congressional seat up for grabs Louisiana lost a coastal congressional seat after the 2010 census, which forced the merging of former district 7 with district 3. Jonathan Tilove reported in today’s The Times-Picayune and Jordan Blum reported in The Advocate that this has forced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who speaks for the state of the coast? Hint: it&#8217;s not me and probably not you.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 16:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Len Bahr, PhD* I&#8217;ve got a coastal bone to pick but I&#8217;m not sure exactly with whom. Let me explain&#8230;and kindly bear with me as I toot my own horn a little as background for my rant. Some readers of this blog will remember that I left the Governor&#8217;s Office of Coastal Activities (GOCA)&#8230;not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April 2012 Coastal Scuttlebutt (cont.)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note: This coastal mini-post is normally updated daily by noon CDT. APRIL THIRTIETH Ignorance still rules at the State Capitol On April 21 Will Sentell, who covers state education issues for The Advocate, reported that once again state lawmakers let their state and their constituents down by fsiling to repeal one of the stupidest laws [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April 2012 Coastal Scuttlebutt</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note: this mini-post is normally updated daily by noon CDT APRIL FOURTEENTH Bobby Jindal recall campaign and the Titanic Exactly one hundred years ago the largest passenger ship of her time struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sank, along with about 1,500 hapless souls, including many who knowingly gave up the chance to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A creationist in science clothes takes the reins at BRCC!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Len Bahr, Ph.D.* On December 15, 2011 Jordan Blum reported in The Advocate on the appointment of Andrea Lewis Miller, Ph.D., as the new chancellor of Baton Rouge Community College (BRCC). Her professional credentials are summarized in a press release from the Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System (LCTCS). Purely by coincidence, last week The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great expectations re the coastal master plan.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ by Len Bahr, Ph.D.*  For two Sunday evenings both folks in our household watched Great Expectations on PBS,** the title and theme of which reflect my hopes for the 2012 Louisiana Comprehensive Master Plan  for a Sustainable Coast. Ever since this document was sent to the Louisiana state legislature I&#8217;ve been wondering&#8230;not about whether it will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>March 2012 Coastal Scuttlebutt (cont.)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 15:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note: this post is normally updated by noon CDT. MARCH THIRTY-FIRST Coastal permitting rules unfair, says David Vitter Senator David Vitter ended his week yesterday with two news stories about his heavy-handed style of pressure politics. First, according to this post by Larry Margasak in HuffingtonPost, he was rebuked by his Senate colleagues for attempting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Marsh&#8217; Madness: a coastal rant on the cost of oil</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Len Bahr, PhD.* The annual onset of NCAA March Madness seems even crazier than usual during this carnival election season, with March winds supplemented by gusts of political flatulence and partisan pettifoggery polluting the airwaves and cyberspace. In most presidential years with an incumbent seeking a second term, the onset of the vernal equinox [...]]]></description>
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