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		<title>Backbone is Moving!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 05:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a long wait, my new website has finally been completed.
See the new &#38; improved version here :
www.benjamincarpenter.com
Stay Tuned (at the new site)
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		<title>So This Is America?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 07:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Solar flare eruptions set to reach Earth</title>
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Time lapse image of the solar flare as seen by Nasa&#8217;s Solar Dynamics Observatory

Scientists around the world will be watching closely as three eruptions from the Sun reach the Earth over Thursday and Friday.
These &#8220;coronal mass ejections&#8221; will slam into the Earth&#8217;s magnetic shield.
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		<title>Sometimes There Is Just No Need For Words.</title>
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		<title>A Video for Mollie from SF Weekly</title>
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A Supplemental, Descriptive Video For The MECA Selection Commitee from Benjamin Carpenter on Vimeo.
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		<title>Backbone &#8211; Recipient Of The 2011 Belvedere Grant</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am very happy to announce that I am one of several chosen this year to receive the Belvedere Grant for professional development in the field of crafts.
This award is given through the Maine Community Foundation and the Maine College of Art.
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		<title>Art &amp; Science &#8211; Almost Scientific</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[So what do art and science really have in common? from Almost Scientific on Vimeo.
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		<title>&#8220;Higher&#8221;</title>
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Higher from Benjamin Carpenter on Vimeo.
I finished this piece several months ago, about half way through my grad program. I built several pieces in the past few years, but none that represent the ideas I am interested in a way that I feel is significant.
As I have learned, evolving creatively is a process that is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fellow MFA&#8217;er in Need</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 20:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Artist Talk and Demo</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 20:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick note about two events.
This coming Thursday evening, I will be giving an artist talk at S.F.S.U. in the fine arts bldg auditorium (bottom floor).
Also this weekend is the holiday gift sale and open house at the Crucible.
I will be giving a forging demo in the blacksmithing dept with a few peers of [...]]]></description>
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