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		<title>Million Dollar Challenge</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following the official press release from the James Randi Educational Foundation advising that the most recent preliminary test for the Million Dollar Challenge had been lost, an article has today been published providing comments from the claimant regarding the non-significant &#8230; <a href="http://www.skeptic.org.uk/news/2009/1513">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Following the <a href="http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/546-patricia-putt-million-dollar-challenge-test-results-in.html">official press release</a> from the James Randi Educational Foundation advising that the most recent preliminary test for the Million Dollar Challenge had been lost, an article has today been published providing comments from the claimant regarding the non-significant outcome, here:<br />
<a href="http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/549-patricia-putt-mdc-test-protocol-failure.html">http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/549-patricia-putt-mdc-test-protocol-failure.html</a></p>
<p>Try to guess the explanations for the failure, before clicking that link.</p>
<p>Details of the experimental protocol and its development, if you&#8217;re interested, are here:<br />
<a href="http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=118952">http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=118952</a></p>
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