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		<title>University of Rhode Island 2015 Summer Field School in Maritime Archaeology</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2015 14:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The 2015 Field School in Maritime Archaeology is an ongoing research expedition conducted in Bermuda by faculty of the University of Rhode Island. Participants come from the University of Rhode Island and from other colleges and universities throughout the United States and Canada. The field school is a research-based learning experience that exposes students to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Final Posts to the Asia-Pacific Conference Proceedings</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2014 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today marks the Museum of Underwater Archaeology’s fourth and final release of papers and posters from the Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage. This brings this collection to a total of 84 papers, 18 videos, and 6 posters.  Today’s releases include: Session 13: Maritime and Underwater Archaeology of the Indian Ocean Region (organizer: Sila [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>New Asia-Pacific Conference Papers Posted</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2014 13:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today the Museum of Underwater Archaeology releases the third of four sets of papers from the proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage. 20 papers and 4 videos or written interviews by session organizers describe the various sessions and concerns faced in the field. Today’s sessions include: Session 9: History and Current [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Sessions 5 -8 from the 2014 Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage Now Online</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2014 13:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today the Museum of Underwater Archaeology releases an additional twenty eight papers and four videos from the proceedings of the 2014 Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage. Introductory videos by session organizers describe the reasons for convening their panels and their hopes for future research paths. The sessions featured this week include: Session 5: [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>After the Conference: Saving and Sharing the Knowledge Base</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2014 15:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On 15 July 2014 the online Museum of Underwater Archaeology (MUA) launched the electronic version of the proceedings from the 2014 Asia-Pacific Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage held in Honolulu, Hawaii in May.  One of the great things about this conference is its organizers&#8217; dedication to making the papers freely available online.  A small team [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>2014 Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage Now Online</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2014 13:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Museum of Underwater Archaeology is proud to announce the launch of the online proceedings for the 2014 Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage. This impressive collection will include over 100 papers, video interviews, and posters all freely available online. Today we are releasing the conference introduction and papers from the first four of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Search for Underwater Sites from the French and Indian War</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2014 14:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The MUA is pleased to announce the launch of its seventh full exhibit: The Search for Underwater Sites from the French and Indian War. This exhibit reviews the underwater archaeology studies of Lake George's "Sunken Fleet of 1758" conducted by Bateaux Below from 1987 to 2011, as well as earlier fieldwork undertaken by other research [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Second Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage</title>
		<link>https://muablog.wordpress.com/2014/01/16/the-second-asia-pacific-regional-conference-on-underwater-cultural-heritage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2014 04:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The second Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage will be held in Honolulu, Hawaii this May.  Online registration is now available.  Please see the conference website for additional details. Conference Website: http://www.apconf.org/ Registration Website: https://www.regonline.com/register/login.aspx?eventID=1409618&#38;MethodId=0&#38;EventsessionId=]]></description>
		
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		<title>NOAA releases draft proposal to expand Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[NOAA today released for public comment a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) and proposed rule for expanding the boundaries of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Lake Huron from its current 448 square miles to 4,300 square miles.  The proposed expansion is based on several years of research by NOAA and its scientific partners as [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>New Quarterly Newsletter: ACUA Student</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 20:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[New Quarterly Newsletter: ACUA Student The student representatives for the ACUA are now releasing a quarterly newsletter ACUA Student geared toward all underwater archaeology students, undergraduate or graduate! These newsletters will contain great information on current student research, upcoming conferences, field school opportunities, and ways to advance your professional career.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mediterranean Field Schools and AAUS Scientific Diving Course</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 03:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Illyrian Coastal Exploration Program would like to invite individuals interested in Mediterranean archaeology to apply for the 2013 underwater sciences field school. Set along the beautiful Dalmatian coast from July 8-21, the course spends one week each in Croatia and Montenegro. The field school is hosted by the International Centre for Underwater  Archaeology in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>J. Richard Steffy&#8217;s Lost Ship Model &#8211; By Loren Steffy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 02:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The letters nagged at me like a persistent hint from the past. I&#8217;d first encountered them among my father&#8217;s papers as I researched my book, The Man Who Thought Like a Ship. They pertained to a ship model he&#8217;d built in the 1950s of an ancient Egyptian vessel. The model left home before I was [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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			<media:title type="html">J. Richard Steffy  with the Egyptian model soon after it was completed in 1963.</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">An example of the model&#039;s joinery.</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">The model soon after arriving at the Philadelphia Maritime Museum in 1965. Note the clay figures of the crew, which have since crumbled.</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Chief Curator Craig Bruns in the museum&#039;s storeroom.</media:title>
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		<title>Curator for Education and Volunteers Wanted at Battleship Cove</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 00:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[CURATOR FOR EDUCATION AND VOLUNTEERS for the world’s largest collection of US Navy historic ships. Battleship Cove (southeastern Massachusetts) is seeking an experienced, dynamic professional to lead all educational initiatives and supervise expanding education programs.  Candidate should possess a creative and enthusiastic personality to rejuvenate and supervise our successful Overnight Camping Program, coordinate volunteers, as [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Underwater Corrosion Testing of the Holland 5 – H.M. Submarine No. 5 By David Crosthwaite-Eyre</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 00:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In 1900 the Royal Navy signed a contract to build five ‘Holland’ class submarines. Entering service in 1903, these experimental boats were the Royal Navy’s first submarines, and over the next decade proved the value of the submarine as a weapon of war. Developments in technology rendered the ‘Hollands’ obsolete and they were either sold [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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			<media:title type="html">Diver using a Cygnus Instruments ultrasonic thickness gauge. </media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">The Holland 1 on display to the public in the Royal Navy Submarine Museum.</media:title>
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		<title>MUA Ebay Fund Raising Event!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s time for the annual MUA fund raising ebay event! Get your Christmas shopping done early and help the MUA continue to support underwater archaeology public outreach around the world. Please visit our ebay page and treat yourself to some off the wall clothing and books. We&#8217;re adding new items all the time so check [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>SHA Tech Week: Underwater and Public Archaeology</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Tech Week for the SHA blog about underwater and public archaeology.  We&#8217;re very pleased to be a part of this with the lead off article. You can read all posts here:  http://www.sha.org/blog/index.php/category/technology/]]></description>
		
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		<title>Kerry Legislation Would Help Protect Historic Site of R.M.S. Titanic</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) introduced legislation recently that would amend the R.M.S. Titanic Maritime Memorial Act of 1986 to protect the wreck site of the Titanic from salvage and intrusive research. “We’re closing in on one hundred years this month since the tragic sinking of the Titanic that has captured the interest [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Good News for the Chinese Junk Free China &#8211; By Dione Chen</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:11:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Faced with imminent destruction, the junk will be saved. More than four years after I launched efforts to save the Free China, and nearly 57 years after his historic trans-Pacific crossing from Taiwan to San Francisco, the junk will make its return trip to Taiwan later this spring, where it will be preserved as an [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Women Divers Hall of Fame Announce Scholarship for Underwater Archaeology</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 03:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Women Divers Hall of Fame is currently accepting applications for the Cecelia Connelly Scholarship for Underwater Archaeology, as well as 9 other training grants, to assist women divers in expanding their academic efforts and diving skills. Appplications are due by Novemebr 15. For more informaiton about all of the schlarships and training grants please [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Asia-Pacific Regional Conference Interview with Dr. Emad Khalil</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 03:44:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The folks at the Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage have sent out their September press release.  This month&#8217;s release contains an interview with Dr. Emad Khalil, Director of the Center for Maritime Archaeology and Underwater Cultural Heritage in Alexandria Egypt.  You can read the interview here. For more information on the upcoming conference [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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