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		<title>Historic Landscape Preservation Maintenance</title>
		<link>http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/historic-landscapes-preservation-maintenance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbie Smith</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Historic Landscapes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hampton National Historic Site]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[NCPTT recently partnered with the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation to host a roundtable to discuss creation of a historic landscape preservation maintenance curriculum. Held at the Hampton National Historic Site in Towson, Md., the meeting focused on identifying unmet training needs in the field of historic landscape preservation maintenance.
Lively discussion among the 15 invited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Six ways to improve your chances of getting a PTT Grant</title>
		<link>http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/six-ways-to-improve-your-chances-of-getting-a-ptt-grant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/six-ways-to-improve-your-chances-of-getting-a-ptt-grant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Striegel</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2010 Call for Proposals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mary Striegel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Around this time each year, I'm asked these questions: What is the PTT Grants program and what are we really looking for in a good grant application?

 It's true that the Call for Proposals outlines the nuts and bolts for eligibility and applying. Please be sure to read it! But for those who want some insight into the broader view of what makes a successful application, this blog post is for you.]]></description>
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		<title>Chemistry and Materials Research at the Interface between Science and Art: Thoughts from an NSF Workshop co-sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Northwestern University</title>
		<link>http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/chemistry-and-materials-research-at-the-interface-between-science-and-art-thoughts-from-an-nsf-workshop-co-sponsored-by-the-andrew-w-mellon-foundation-and-northwestern-university/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/chemistry-and-materials-research-at-the-interface-between-science-and-art-thoughts-from-an-nsf-workshop-co-sponsored-by-the-andrew-w-mellon-foundation-and-northwestern-university/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Striegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chemistry and Materials Research at the Interface between Science and Art: Thoughts from an NSF Workshop co-sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Northwestern University
In July, I was invited to participate in a National Science Foundation workshop entitled "Chemistry and Materials Research at the Interface between Science and Art."  I had the good fortune [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How NCPTT uses Social Media</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jkguin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=4156</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Social media has become a household word, signifying our culture's leap into the digital lifestyle. This certainly wasn't the case three years ago when the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training first began experimenting with sites like YouTube, Flickr and Facebook.
<br /><br />
At the time, the heritage preservation community was initially a little distrustful of these technologies. That began to change earlier this year, once folks realized that social media at its most effective is rooted in bringing together people of like interests and values to better one another and the societies in which they live, regardless of their location in the world. It's as if this was created for our cause!
<br /><br />
This post offers a little insight into what NCPTT is doing in social media and how our efforts might benefit you as well.]]></description>
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		<title>The Aftershock of Economics Meets Conservation Online</title>
		<link>http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/the-aftershock-of-economics-meets-conservation-online/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/the-aftershock-of-economics-meets-conservation-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Striegel</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Materials Research]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the use of the internet for communication is exploding exponentially, the economics of California and Stanford University has brought an end to the Conservation Online DistList and Archives (CoOL). ]]></description>
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		<title>Shaving Cream: Genealogist&#8217;s Friend or Cemetery Conservator&#8217;s Foe?</title>
		<link>http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/shaving-creamgenealogists-friend-or-cemetery-conservators-foe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Church</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cemetery Conservation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cemetery Preservation FAQ]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=2928</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We do not advocate the use of shaving cream for investigating inscriptions on stone. The shaving cream has natural emollients for softening the skin. These emollients have oils and moisture holding agents that can have detrimental effects on the stone.]]></description>
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		<title>Why Can&#8217;t We Just All Get Along? Connecting the Ground to the Adminisphere at the Remote Site Surveillance Meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/why-cant-we-just-all-get-along-connecting-the-ground-to-the-adminisphere-at-the-remote-site-surveillance-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/why-cant-we-just-all-get-along-connecting-the-ground-to-the-adminisphere-at-the-remote-site-surveillance-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David W. Morgan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archeology & Collections]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Preserve America]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=2201</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When organizing the Remote Site Surveillance meeting held last year, in August of 2008, one of the things I hoped to do was spark discussion about the administrative sustainability of surveillance/monitoring programs... ]]></description>
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		<title>The Highest of High-Tech: A Sheet (or Three) of Paper</title>
		<link>http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/the-highest-of-high-tech-a-sheet-or-three-of-paper/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/the-highest-of-high-tech-a-sheet-or-three-of-paper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David W. Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=2185</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of our Remote Site Surveillance event in August of 2008, which I've mentioned in the prior two blog posts, we are working to enhance the joint U.S. Forest Service-Louisiana Army National Guard's "Site Vulnerability Assessment Model."  ]]></description>
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		<title>More on Arrow- and Meth-Heads</title>
		<link>http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/more-on-arrow-and-meth-heads/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/more-on-arrow-and-meth-heads/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David W. Morgan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archeology & Collections]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in Blog 2, "Turning the Wheel...," I was tracing the strange but true link between methamphetamines and antiquities theft.  Turns out I'm not the only person with this on their mind.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Turning the Wheel, or What Preserve America and Drugs Have in Common&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/turning-the-wheel-or-what-preserve-america-and-drugs-have-in-common/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/turning-the-wheel-or-what-preserve-america-and-drugs-have-in-common/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David W. Morgan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archeology & Collections]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Katrina, 9-11, and "other challenges mean the preservation of our historic resources...requires innovative and proactive approaches during the coming decades" (Preserve America p5).  That, I think, is where our remote archaeological site surveillance event comes into its own, especially when you consider how clearly antiquities trade, narcotics trafficking, and terrorism are becoming linked. ]]></description>
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		<title>A Flea among Elephants: Surveillance &amp; Preserve America</title>
		<link>http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/a-flea-among-elephants-surveillance-preserve-america/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/a-flea-among-elephants-surveillance-preserve-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David W. Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2006 the White House launched Preserve America.  Parallel to this, on a much tinier scale, was an event on the use of surveillance equipment for remote archaeological site surveillance.  In its own humble fashion this little cog actually helps turn the enormous Preserve America wheel.]]></description>
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