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		<title>I&#8217;m Dreaming of A #BlackFlyDay</title>
		<link>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2015/11/27/im-dreaming-of-a-blackflyday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2015 14:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[American Thanksgiving not only marks the beginning of left-over turkey sandwich season, but has also come to represent the official start of the Holiday Season™. Traditionally rung in with the rampant purchasing of sale-priced items, the beginning of Holiday Season™ is now celebrated instead with Black Fly Day. This year, in preparation for ugly sweater parties <a href='http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2015/11/27/im-dreaming-of-a-blackflyday/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Winter Buglympics 2014 &#8211; The Ski Jump</title>
		<link>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2014/02/11/winter-buglympics-2014-the-ski-jump/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2014 06:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While many in North America may recognize the Ski Jump from the brief clip fully encapsulating the agony of defeat in ABC&#8217;s Wide World of Sports intro, this event is quite popular in northern Europe. Supposedly originating in Norway when an army officer was showing off for his troops in the late 1800s, the men&#8217;s <a href='http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2014/02/11/winter-buglympics-2014-the-ski-jump/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Spooky Strepsiptera for Halloween</title>
		<link>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2013/10/31/a-spooky-strepsiptera-for-halloween/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2013 19:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As has become tradition in the University of Guelph Insect Systematics Lab, when Halloween rolls around, we pull out the knives &#38; hand tools and make a trip to the produce aisle to get ready for a new Ent-O-Lantern. This year our lab is considerably smaller than in the past (4 grad students, an enthusiastic <a href='http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2013/10/31/a-spooky-strepsiptera-for-halloween/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Can Google Image Search Identify Insects?</title>
		<link>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2013/08/23/can-google-image-search-identify-insects/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2013 22:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Insects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thumb Twiddling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning, shark mega-enthusiast &#38; PhD student David Shiffman (@WhySharksMatter) tweeted I just uploaded a pic of me with a #Shark to Google Image reverse search and it IDENTIFIED THE SPECIES OF SHARK pic.twitter.com/fTpmHP7IVG &#8212; David Shiffman (@WhySharksMatter) August 23, 2013 Here&#8217;s the screen cap image a little larger if you can&#8217;t make it out <a href='http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2013/08/23/can-google-image-search-identify-insects/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Idea: The Drama of Biology</title>
		<link>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2013/08/06/idea-the-drama-of-biology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2013 05:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Evolutionary biology is dramatic. Species come, and species go. Simple, random mutations allow organisms to exploit bold new resources. A year&#8217;s worth of field data can hinge on the immediate availability of duct tape. You get the idea. After discussing these thoughts on Twitter with @Sciencegurlz0, @sciliz &#38; @cbahlai this evening, we&#8217;ve come up with a way <a href='http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2013/08/06/idea-the-drama-of-biology/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts on #SciStuChat &amp; a Storify of tonight&#8217;s event</title>
		<link>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2012/10/12/thoughts-on-scistuchat-a-storify-of-tonights-event/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 04:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entomology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just got finished talking about insects with a swarm of high school students, educators and other entomologists, and I&#8217;m jacked up! What an absolutely incredible hour of lightning-round outreach! The students were asking great questions, and more importantly, appeared to be thinking about the answers they received and responding with follow-up questions or comments. <a href='http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2012/10/12/thoughts-on-scistuchat-a-storify-of-tonights-event/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>An Entomological Tale for Canada Day</title>
		<link>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2012/07/01/an-entomological-tale-for-canada-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2012/07/01/an-entomological-tale-for-canada-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2012 05:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While working on my MSc in Ottawa back in 2008, my wife-to-be and I decided it would be appropriate to celebrate Canada Day on Parliament Hill with thousands of our fellow Canadians1. After spending a beautiful day taking in our country&#8217;s history with a full range of festivities including the RCMP Musical Ride, a stellar concert <a href='http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2012/07/01/an-entomological-tale-for-canada-day/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Insect Songs for the Ages</title>
		<link>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2012/05/09/insect-songs-for-the-ages/</link>
		<comments>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2012/05/09/insect-songs-for-the-ages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 21:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Insect nerds are a creative lot and they put their hivemind to work coming up with some amazingly Punny #InsectSongs!]]></description>
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		<title>The Taxonomic Process</title>
		<link>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2012/04/02/the-taxonomic-process/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 03:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Geek In Question posted an awesome graph representing the stages and challenges of scientific publication. You should go check it out right now if you haven&#8217;t seen it yet, because it&#8217;s spot on! I&#8217;m right in the middle of the graph (you know, the big pit of despair part) on a couple of manuscripts <a href='http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2012/04/02/the-taxonomic-process/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tuesday Tunes &#8211; Hey Bartender, There&#8217;s a Bug in My Beer</title>
		<link>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2011/12/13/tuesday-tunes-hey-bartender-theres-a-bug-in-my-beer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2011/12/13/tuesday-tunes-hey-bartender-theres-a-bug-in-my-beer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seeing as it&#8217;s Science &#38; Social Media week, and Klout (a metric service which aims to calculate the influence you have through social media websites) thinks I&#8217;m influential about beer, I thought I&#8217;d share with you a little about Untappd, a social network for beer enthusiasts! Almost all the entomologists I know enjoy a nice <a href='http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2011/12/13/tuesday-tunes-hey-bartender-theres-a-bug-in-my-beer/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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