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						<title>AAVSO News and Announcements</title>
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				<title>Comparison Star Database Update</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[<br>More than 28,000 stars now have V-band magnitudes!</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 9 May 2008 14:46:47 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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				<title>JAAVSO Preprint</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/publications/ejaavso/ej77.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>"Infrared Passbands for Precise Photometry of Variable Stars by Amateur and Professional Astronomers" by Eugene F. Milone and Andrew T. Young</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 8 May 2008 10:16:18 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Special Notice #108</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/publications/specialnotice/108.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>Sequence available for V5579 Sgr</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 8 May 2008 8:15:00 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Alert Notice 378</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/publications/alerts/alert378.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>Request to monitor RE J1255+266 for HST Observations</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 5 May 2008 14:33:14 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Alert Notice 377</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/publications/alerts/alert377.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>REQUEST EXTENDED TO OBSERVE HMXBS IN SUPPORT OF RADIAL VELOCITY OBSERVATIONS</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 2 May 2008 15:41:21 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Optical observations of GRB 080430</title>
				<link>http://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/gcn3/7657.gcn3</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>GCN Circular</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 1 May 2008 12:42:58 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Special Notice #107</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/publications/specialnotice/107.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>Update on Request to monitor SDSS J151413.72+454911.9 for HST Observations</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 1 May 2008 10:38:54 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Planning Tool for Stars in Need</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/publications/bulletin/</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>of more observations, May edition is now available</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 1 May 2008 10:07:49 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Three Variable Star Papers in Astro-ph</title>
				<link>http://mira.aavso.org/pipermail/aavso-discussion/2008-April/014224.html</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br></br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 9:51:20 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>March Solar Bulletin</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/observing/programs/solar/mar08.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>Includes SID and sunspot information</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:06:41 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Alert Notice 376</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/publications/alerts/alert376.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>Request to monitor SDSS J151413.72+454911.9 for HST Observations</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:07:29 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Special Notice #106</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/publications/specialnotice/106.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>Nova Sgr 2008 brightening</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 8:03:07 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Alert Notice 375</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/publications/alerts/alert375.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>V576 Carinae</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:23:09 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Observing Opportunity with PROMPT</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/news/prompt.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>through the Robert Martin Ayers Science Fund</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:57:04 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Special Notice #105</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/publications/specialnotice/105.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>Possible Nova in Sgr</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 8:23:55 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Special Notice #104</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/publications/specialnotice/104.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>Photometric Sequence for V2491 Cyg now Available</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:24:21 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Special Notice #103</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/publications/specialnotice/103.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>V2491 CYGNI (NOVA IN CYGNUS)</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:47:38 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Photometry of GRB080330</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[<br>by A. Block</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 9 Apr 2008 15:15:41 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Special Notice #102</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/publications/specialnotice/102.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>Possible Nova in Triangulum Australe</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 4 Apr 2008 19:25:18 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Alert Notice 374</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/publications/alerts/alert374.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>NOVA CYGNI 2008 = V2468 CYG</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:30:49 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Planning Tool for Stars in Need</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/publications/bulletin/</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>of More Observations, April edition is now available</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:54:41 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Alert Notice 373</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/publications/alerts/alert373.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>Support for XMM-Newton Observations of SS Aurigae</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:18:50 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Special Notice #101</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/publications/specialnotice/101.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>Supernova 2008bk in NGC 7793</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:18:27 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Special Notice #100</title>
				<link>http://www.aavso.org/publications/specialnotice/100.shtml</link>
				<description><![CDATA[<br>EF Eri in Outburst</br>]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 9:29:37 EDT</pubDate>
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