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		<title>And the purpose of art is&#8230;?</title>
		<link>http://amandabanks.com/2013/04/14/and-the-purpose-of-art-is/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 21:11:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Sometimes, without darkness, riches will never be revealed. We need patience and faith to wait for things to unfold out of that deep valley between the two worlds…&#8221; Melanie Doherty, Bookish Nature What is art? What is dance? What is &#8230; <a href="http://amandabanks.com/2013/04/14/and-the-purpose-of-art-is/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandabanks.com&#038;blog=19856765&#038;post=1963&#038;subd=amandance&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sidekick or hero?</title>
		<link>http://amandabanks.com/2013/03/20/sidekick-or-hero/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 02:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Banks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been running away from writing recently&#8230; Or words have been running away from me&#8230; Or else I have been too busy running through some of life&#8217;s challenges to hear them&#8230; But, although words still evade me, I will pause long enough to post part of an &#8230; <a href="http://amandabanks.com/2013/03/20/sidekick-or-hero/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandabanks.com&#038;blog=19856765&#038;post=1845&#038;subd=amandance&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vision Magazine&#8230; A lucky find</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Banks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazing how things happen&#8230; I was fortunate enough to attend a wonderful cetacean conference in November 2012, held by the American Cetacean Society, in Mission Bay, San Diego. I was researching hard at the time, trying to find somewhere, someone, some right &#8230; <a href="http://amandabanks.com/2013/02/10/vision-magazine-a-lucky-find/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandabanks.com&#038;blog=19856765&#038;post=1813&#038;subd=amandance&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Banks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a while since I have given a shout out to Ocean Magazine, an American nature magazine that is all about the ocean, for people who love the ocean&#8230; &#8220;OCEAN is a  magazine about the ocean. OCEAN Magazine &#8230; <a href="http://amandabanks.com/2013/01/31/ocean-magazine-a-beautiful-read/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandabanks.com&#038;blog=19856765&#038;post=1796&#038;subd=amandance&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<link>http://amandabanks.com/2013/01/14/ico-dance-a-new-venture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:11:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Banks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The old year is dead&#8230; Long live the new year! With the ending of 2012, our spirits take a moment between breaths to reflect on the past year and ponder what lies ahead along the long, winding path of 2013. Collectively we can but &#8230; <a href="http://amandabanks.com/2013/01/14/ico-dance-a-new-venture/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandabanks.com&#038;blog=19856765&#038;post=1762&#038;subd=amandance&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The trials and tribulations of killer whale research &#8211; part 3</title>
		<link>http://amandabanks.com/2012/12/04/trials-and-tribulations-of-killer-whale-research-part-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Banks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And so at last to that final bullet point&#8230; Being an object of sport for fast paced dolphins, while simultaneously navigating round humpback whales, testing an underwater camera and preventing an excited dog from falling overboard Another day, another whale&#8230; &#8230; <a href="http://amandabanks.com/2012/12/04/trials-and-tribulations-of-killer-whale-research-part-3/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandabanks.com&#038;blog=19856765&#038;post=1712&#038;subd=amandance&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Photo courtesy of Tony Thomas, Blue Ocean Whale Watch</media:title>
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		<title>The trials and tribulations of killer whale research &#8211; part 2</title>
		<link>http://amandabanks.com/2012/11/21/trials-and-tribulations-of-killer-whale-research-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 22:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Banks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you read my last post you will appreciate some of the difficulties and uncertainties of cetacean research. It is far from easy! Becoming a proficient researcher depends on having, or attaining, certain attributes of character, including: patience, determination and &#8230; <a href="http://amandabanks.com/2012/11/21/trials-and-tribulations-of-killer-whale-research-part-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandabanks.com&#038;blog=19856765&#038;post=1678&#038;subd=amandance&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Orca Breach, Copyright belongs to Peggy Stap, Marine Life Studies</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Orca, Copyright belongs to Peggy Stap, Marine Life Studies</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Whiskie the Whale Spotter... On the lookout</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Orca &#38; Minke, Copyright belongs to Peggy Stap, Marine Life Studies, taken under NMFS Permit #15621</media:title>
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		<title>The trials and tribulations of killer whale research</title>
		<link>http://amandabanks.com/2012/11/08/trials-and-tribulations-of-killer-whale-research/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Banks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can my memory stretch back that far&#8230;? Back to this April when I revisited Peggy Stap of Marine Life Studies (MLS), to assist her once again with her research in Monterey Bay, attempting to track down some enigmatic killer whales&#8230;? (Those &#8230; <a href="http://amandabanks.com/2012/11/08/trials-and-tribulations-of-killer-whale-research/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandabanks.com&#038;blog=19856765&#038;post=1647&#038;subd=amandance&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Flukes, fun and festivities</title>
		<link>http://amandabanks.com/2012/10/12/flukes-fun-festivities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 14:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Banks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well this orca seems to have an eye on me, while I attempt to emulate an octopus; engaged in sorting, finalising, packing and completing eight things at once, intent on fitting my life into a suitcase ready to rejoin my &#8230; <a href="http://amandabanks.com/2012/10/12/flukes-fun-festivities/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandabanks.com&#038;blog=19856765&#038;post=1619&#038;subd=amandance&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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