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	<description>for those who make science accessible</description>
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		<title>The sky’s the limit for users of theSkyNet</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Pete Wheeler, UWA for sending in this article:

Thanks to a new initiative called theSkyNet, you don’t need a supercomputer to help collect data for the next generation of radio telescopes.
This ambitious citizen science project uses a global network of privately owned computers to process astronomical data arriving from galaxies, stars and other distant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ASC corporate members – meeting with Scitech</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Shore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interest is growing for organisations to become corporate members of the ASC. While I was in Perth for the 2011 ASC AGM I took the opportunity to meet with the management of one of our most recent new corporate members, Scitech.
Scitech is Perth’s and WA’s state-wide active and progressive science centre. Alan Brien, the director [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ASC Corporate Members</title>
		<link>http://www.asc.asn.au/blog/2011/11/25/asc-corporate-members/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 04:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Shore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ASC now has five corporate members which is an increase on last year. I welcome the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), the Powerhouse Museum (NSW), Scitech (WA), the CSIRO Energy Group, and one other CSIRO group of communicators.
Each corporate member nominates 10 people as part of their membership group and designates one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scope editor update</title>
		<link>http://www.asc.asn.au/blog/2011/10/28/scope-editor-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 02:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Shore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In July Sally Miles and Silvia Piviali took on the Scope editorship from Laura Miles. Both Sally and Silvia have young children and agreed to job-share the workload.
Despite best intentions Silvia found the workload of a new-born and other family commitments left her little time for Scope tasks. Silvia has wisely asked to step away [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Past President and Life Member Profile: Toss Gascoigne</title>
		<link>http://www.asc.asn.au/blog/2011/10/28/toss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 02:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Toss Gascoigne has been part of ASC since it began in 1994.
He helped convene the historic first meeting at the National Press Club in February that year.  The leading lights in science communication met to discuss the formation of a new national association to provide a forum for science communicators.
Alison Leigh, the executive Producer of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learn the ropes – seeking an Assistant National Treasurer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 02:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Shore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Ellyard is our long serving and excellent National Treasurer. To preserve his corporate knowledge and to plan for the future we will be inviting members to express interest in becoming Assistant National Treasurer. David will teach you the ropes of our financial procedures and build your financial acumen. This will be a good professional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unsung Hero of Science Communication Award</title>
		<link>http://www.asc.asn.au/blog/2011/10/28/unsunghero/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 02:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Shore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a number of years the ASC presented an award called the &#8216;Unsung Hero of Science&#8217; to worthy recipients. This award acknowledged a scientist for their body of work that we felt wasn’t given the spotlight the work and the person deserved.
We last presented this award in 2007. As we prepared the background information to ask [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australian astronomer shares in 2011 Nobel Prize for Physics</title>
		<link>http://www.asc.asn.au/blog/2011/10/04/australian-astronomer-shares-in-2011-nobel-prize-for-physics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.asc.asn.au/blog/2011/10/04/australian-astronomer-shares-in-2011-nobel-prize-for-physics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Shore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m pleased to add science communication plaudits to Australia’s latest Nobel Prize winner.
Dr Brian Schmidt, Laureate Fellow in the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the Australian National University, shares in this year’s Nobel Prize for Physics. He is being recognised along with US scientists, Saul Perlmutter and Adam G. Riess, by the Royal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Member Profile: Sally Miles</title>
		<link>http://www.asc.asn.au/blog/2011/08/26/sallymiles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sallymiles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[﻿Sally Miles has always had a strong interest in Science Communication. Upon completing a Bachelor of Science at Melbourne University in 1997, she sought ways to communicate environmental issues and practical solutions to the public. Sally has worked in communications roles with Clean Up Australia, The Wilderness Society, Planet Ark and Conservation Volunteers Australia. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Member Profile: Silvia Piviali</title>
		<link>http://www.asc.asn.au/blog/2011/08/26/silviapiviali/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>silviapiviali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Silvia Piviali
It didn’t take Silvia very long to settle into the way of life in Perth, Western Australia after she immigrated from Italy, at age 6.  Its hard to believe that this is her 25th year of living in Perth, where she is happily settled with her 2 young children and husband of 6 years. [...]]]></description>
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