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Press Release
September 15, 2000

ELECTRONICS ENGINEER SAYS STUDIES OF MONARCH BUTTERFLY SHOW EVIDENCE
OF INTELLIGENT DESIGN

The Original Navigational Micro-Computer
THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY: A lecture (with slides) by Jules H. Poirier

Jules H. Poirier, a retired design electronics engineer from San Diego,
will be speaking in six British Columbia cities on the design features
of the monarch butterfly from Sept. 23 - 30. The lecture series is
sponsored by the Creation Science Association of British Columbia
<http://van.planeteer.com/~creation>.

Jules H. Poirier:

* senior design specialist electronics engineer

* studied electrical engineering, physics and mathematics at the
University of California (Berkeley)

* has worked for the U.S. Navy, Ryan Aeronautics and the Electronics
Division of Convair

* designer of radar FM altimeter on Apollo Lunar Landing Module

With experience in designing guidance systems, Mr. Poirier began
studying the guidance system of the monarch butterfly. His conclusion is
that the prior claim of a Creator dwarfs the efforts of man, and that
this design could not have evolved.

Poirier is the author of two books on the monarch butterfly life cycle:
_The Life and Adventures of Monica Monarch_ (for children), and _From
Darkness into Light to Flight: Monarch — the Miracle Butterfly_.

Lecture schedule:

Saturday, Sept. 23
First Baptist Church, 1650 Waddington Rd., Nanaimo B.C., 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 24
Ridgeview Evangelical Missionary Church, 1097 Hollywood Road, Kelowna
B.C., 7:00 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 25
a) Kings Christian School, 350 -  30th St. SE, Salmon Arm B.C., time:
TBA

b) Broadview Evangelical Free Church, 350 -  30th St. SE, Salmon Arm,
B.C., 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 27

a) "Talkback" with Bruce Strachan [9:00 a.m.- 10:00 a.m.] CJCI Radio620,
Prince George, B.C.

b) Cedars Christian School, 701 North Nechako Road, Prince George, B.C.
12 noon

c) University of Northern British Columbia [Room 7-212], 3333 University
Way, Prince George B.C., 7:00 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 29
Surrey Alliance Church, 13474 - 96th Ave., Surrey B.C., 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 30
Oakridge Baptist Church, 6261 Cambie St., Vancouver B.C., 7:30 p.m.

For more information or to schedule interviews, call (604) 535-0019
[Vancouver] Email <creation at planeteer.com>

For further reference:

Jules H. Poirier [Bio]
http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs/457.asp

Female Monarch Butterfly's Needles Designed For Its Survival
by Jules H. Poirier
http://www.icr.org/pubs/imp/imp-267.htm

Design Features of the Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle
by Jules H. Poirier
http://www.icr.org/pubs/imp/imp-237.htm

The magnificent migrating monarch
by Jules H. Poirier
http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs/521.asp

http://www.exn.ca/Stories/2000/09/12/53.cfm  [September 12, 2000]

Future looks dim for monarch butterflies

Meanwhile, a new report says monarch butterflies may face a difficult
future. At this time of year, monarch butterflies across the country
start heading south. Eventually, hundreds of millions of monarchs will
make it to a section of forest in Mexico. They spend the winter there
and then migrate north in the spring. But researchers say what was once
a vast, pristine forest is now a series of tiny segments, separated by
farmland. The first-ever aerial survey of the area
shows there's only about half as much forest as there was 30 years ago -
and the researchers estimate the entire forest will be gone within the
next half century.

Researchers Find Key to Monarch Butterfly Migration [May 2, 1997]
http://www.exn.ca/Stories/1997/05/01/03.cfm

Journey North
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/spring2000/species/monarch/index.html

Monarch Migration Update
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/fall2000/monarch/Update091300.html


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