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		<title>Buxton Group &#8211; October 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There will be a meeting of the Buxton group on Monday 18th October 2010 at 7 for 7:30 in the piano lounge at the Old Hall Hotel.  The speaker will be Guy Otten, chair of Greater Manchester Humanists who will speak on &#8220;Human Rights&#8221;.]]></description>
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		<title>News from Buxton group &#8211; Apr 10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The April meeting of the group took place at the Old Hall Hotel on 19th April and took the form of a discussion of issues raised by &#8220;The Book of Atheist Spirituality&#8221; by Andre Comte-Sponville.  Almost everyone there was dismissive of the concept of spirituality whether they had read the book or not.    Chris [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gmh.humanist.org.uk/all/news-from-buxton-group-apr-10/</link>
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		<title>Member&#8217;s Forum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We now have a forum &#8211; for GMH members only &#8211; on the thinkhumanism website.  To participate in the GMH forum, you will need to be registered as a user with forum.thinkhumanism.com. Then send a message via the forum to the GMH group moderator (Elio Pennisi, our international member who lives in Italy) so that he can arrange [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gmh.humanist.org.uk/all/think-humanism-forum/</link>
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		<title>Buxton group hears about Amnesty International</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At the meeting on Monday 15th March at the Old Hall Hotel in Buxton, the group heard a talk from Anne Walker about her long-standing and considerable involvement in the work of Amnesty International (AI). Anne is also a long-standing member of the British Humanist Association and Greater Manchester Humanists. Anne gave us a very [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gmh.humanist.org.uk/all/buxton-group-hears-about-amnesty-international/</link>
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		<title>News from Buxton group &#8211; 30 Jan 10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first meeting of 2010 was attended by an indomitable 7 of us since the weather was still not encouraging venturing out in the evening. We discussed current BHA campaigns and agreed to write separately to local candidates in the forthcoming election seeking their views on 3 topics: - the &#8220;religious&#8221; question in the census [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News from the Buxton group &#8211; Jan 10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The December meeting took the form of a social with bring-and-share food. The next meeting will be on Monday 18th January at 7 for 7.30 pm at the Old Hall.  The subject will be the Basics of Humanism &#8211; there will be 3 sessions of around 20 to 25 minutes each &#8211; History of Humanism [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News from the Buxton group &#8211; Dec 09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On 16th November, Cath Johnstone from Transition Buxton came to talk to the group about Buxton&#8217;s answer to the twin challenges of Climate Change and Peak Oil.  She started off by showing that the ideals of Humanism are compatible with the goals behind the Transition Town movement.  Climate Change is now widely discussed in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gmh.humanist.org.uk/all/news-from-the-buxton-group-dec-09/</link>
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		<title>FMH Introduction to Humanism course</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Exploring Humanism &#8211; an Introductory Course Led by Robin Grinter and Anna Whitehead started on 26 October 2009.  At the Friends Meeting House, Mount Street, M/C £12 for 6 weekly sessions.  Further courses are planned &#8211; contact John Coss for details.]]></description>
		<link>http://gmh.humanist.org.uk/all/fmh-introduction-to-humanism-course/</link>
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		<title>Darwin and the Darwinian Controversy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A C Grayling: Main Auditorium, St Peter&#8217;s House, University of Manchester, Precinct Centre, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9GH 18th November 2009 from 18:30 to 20:00 A lecture organized by the British Humanist Association, Chaired by Professor John Harris A. C. Grayling will address the controversy surrounding Charles Darwin&#8217;s theory of evolution, followed by questions. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gmh.humanist.org.uk/all/darwin-and-the-darwinian-contoversy/</link>
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		<title>Change of subject</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The ethical jury session at Friends Meeting House on 14th October has had to be postponed.    Robin Grinter has stepped into the breach and will talk about the 10/10 pledge. The 10/10 campaign is designed to tell the world that there are a significant number of people and organisations in the UK who are prepared [...]]]></description>
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