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		<title>Think green this holiday season</title>
		<link>http://nationalaquarium.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/think-green-this-holiday-season/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been said that between Thanksgiving and New Years, Americans throw away an extra million tons of garbage each week. This trash includes wrapping, packaging, cards, food, paper plates and napkins, party decorations, bottles and cans, and more. That is a lot of garbage! Have you thought about ways you can reduce, resuse, and recycle this holiday season? [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nationalaquarium.wordpress.com&blog=3417488&post=1255&subd=nationalaquarium&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t miss the Aquarium&#8217;s Top 10 Holiday Deals</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Swim into a sea of savings with the National Aquarium&#8217;s Top 10 Holiday Deals of the Season! This holiday, we&#8217;re diving deep for discounts on Aquarium everything including gift tickets, gift memberships and winter experiences. 
Starting “Cyber Monday,” November 30, we&#8217;ll offer a new discount each day towards an online purchase. Each offer is valid for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nationalaquarium.wordpress.com&blog=3417488&post=1218&subd=nationalaquarium&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A new turtle for MARP</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Marine Animal Rescue Program team has been very active with sea turtle rescues this year, and their work is not finished just yet. In late October a new green sea turtle patient was submitted to the MARP hospital. The turtle was found cold stunned in New Jersey and transported to the National Aquarium for rehabilitation.
&#8220;Cold stunning&#8221; occurs [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nationalaquarium.wordpress.com&blog=3417488&post=1212&subd=nationalaquarium&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How much does the Aquarium recycle?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday, November 15 is America Recycles Day, the only nationally recognized day dedicated to encouraging Americans to recycle and to buy recycled products. Celebrating its 12th year, it has grown to include millions of Americans pledging to increase their recycling habits at home and work and to buy products made with recycled materials.
Recycling is a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nationalaquarium.wordpress.com&blog=3417488&post=1198&subd=nationalaquarium&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We salute our military!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Aquarium would like to wish all of our veterans a very safe and happy Veteran&#8217;s Day!
On this Veteran’s day, we’d like to remind our military personnel that the National Aquarium, Baltimore provides discounted tickets to military bases year round through our consignment ticket program. Consignment tickets are very popular among military bases around the region. If you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nationalaquarium.wordpress.com&blog=3417488&post=1189&subd=nationalaquarium&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Honoring the Aquarium&#8217;s &#8216;hero&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://nationalaquarium.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/honoring-the-aquariums-hero/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday the City of Baltimore honored its most beloved mayor and former Maryland governor, William Donald Schaefer with the unveiling of a statue to memorialize his distinguished political career in Maryland. The statue lives in the middle of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, which is fitting since Schaefer’s most notable accomplishment was the transformation of the Inner Harbor [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nationalaquarium.wordpress.com&blog=3417488&post=1145&subd=nationalaquarium&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hallowings and things&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://nationalaquarium.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/hallowings-and-things/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In honor of Halloween, the animal encounters at the National Aquarium have been a bit spooky this week!  We have been introducing some of our slithery, slimy, creepy, crawly animals from the rainforest, and teaching visitors that these animals aren&#8217;t as scary as we may think..
One of the encounters includes tarantulas. Scared yet? Don’t be. Though these venomous crawlers are generally thought of as a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nationalaquarium.wordpress.com&blog=3417488&post=1160&subd=nationalaquarium&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ayers the bat recovers from surgery</title>
		<link>http://nationalaquarium.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/ayers-the-bat-recovers-from-surgery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to the help of the Aquarium’s veterinary staff and Dr. Anne Minihan, a surgical specialist from Chesapeake Veterinary Surgery Specialty, Ayers, a grey-headed flying fox, or fruit bat, is now recovering from a broken wing.
Ayers is a 7 year old flying fox that lives in the Aquarium&#8217;s Australia exhibit. In mid-August, he suffered a distal humerus [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nationalaquarium.wordpress.com&blog=3417488&post=1152&subd=nationalaquarium&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>American alligators, feeding time</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American alligators on display at the National Aquarium&#8217;s DC venue are very popular with visitors, especially during feeding time!
Through a partnership with the Savoie alligator farm in Lousianna, the National Aquarium receives several alligators to raise for a few years, until they out grow the alligator habitat at the Aquarium. The alligators are then taken back [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nationalaquarium.wordpress.com&blog=3417488&post=1146&subd=nationalaquarium&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Climate change, do kids get it?</title>
		<link>http://nationalaquarium.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/climate-change-do-kids-get-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Climate change is a complex issue that is a major concern to the public. The topic sparks debate and is gaining major attention around the world. Climate change is so popular that it&#8217;s this year&#8217;s theme for Blog Action Day, an annual web event held on October 15th that unites the world&#8217;s bloggers in posting an issue on the same day to trigger discussion.  So [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nationalaquarium.wordpress.com&blog=3417488&post=1132&subd=nationalaquarium&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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