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			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>NEW ISSUE: Karst Development, and Karst Development Conference in Hungary 27-29. 05. 2010.</title>
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				<description>Hello,
We organise a conference in this year 27-29. 05. 2010. In Hungary Szombathely city.
read more:  http://www.karsztfejlodes.hu/felhivas.htm (hungarian site)
and nowdays we started a new issue which is want to be a new international karst pap</description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:27:09 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Help the caves and karst in Europe!</title>
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				<description>Help the caves and karst in Europe!

Please support the declaration for cave protection in the European Parliament.

Until 4th of December 2008 deputies of the European Parliament can sign a declaration for cave protection.
Every speleological </description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:32:31 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Cave Conservation Online course begins September 8 </title>
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				<description>Cave Conservation Online begins on September 8

To follow up on an article in the April NSS News and an August 2008 announcement on the NSS Cave Chat Forum's Conservation thread, this is a reminder or announcement that on Monday September 8 we are</description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:13:39 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Developing global karst datasets and maps to advance the protection of karst species and habitats world wide.</title>
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				<description>hi, well in first place i think that it's really good for the enviromental and protection of the caves, my name is Heber Bueno and i live in Colombia and i have a team of speleology and we're working in caves, and maybe this work could be important </description>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:55:05 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Jornadas Cient[INVALID:237]ficas de Espeleologia</title>
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				<description>A Federa[INVALID:231][INVALID:227]o Portuguesa de Espeleologia, tem a honra e o prazer de o convidar, a participar nas "Jornadas Cient[INVALID:237]ficas de Espeleologia - Maci[INVALID:231]o Calc[INVALID:225]rio Estremenho 2008", a realizar em na cidade de Leiria (Portugal) de 1 a 4 de Maio.
Um evento da Com</description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:55:42 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Developing global karst datasets and maps to advance the protection of karst species and habitats world wide.</title>
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				<description>I am compiling data and information to take the first step for production of a global karst map.   This is a collaborative effort funded by The Nature Conservancy of Arkansas and the University of Arkansas to advance the protection of karst habitats</description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:52:57 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Karst and Numeracy</title>
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				<description>These numbers are really interesting.   Perhaps the best way to discuss the spatial significance  of karst lands is to use ranges.  There are so many different methodologies and scales that could influence the numbers.  Neverthless, as global modeli</description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:06:11 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>By the Numbers -- Karst in the Marketplace of Environmental Concerns</title>
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				<description>These numbers are really interesting.  Perhaps the best way to discuss the spatial significance of karst lands is to use ranges.  There are so many different methodologies and scales that could influence the numbers.  Nevertheless, as global modelin</description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 04:38:43 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>What is the Great Karst Trail</title>
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				<description>The Great Karst Trail is an idea that developed around the notion of building or enhancing a 'land ethic' within karst landscapes. We hope to build an on-line trail system that allows users around the world to input the locations of trails in karst </description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 02:28:02 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>How can we best serve varying language needs?</title>
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				<description>We are examining strategies for managing various language requirements. Suggestions are very welcome.</description>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2007 05:10:19 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>KIP Functionality</title>
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				<description>Jo,

Add the link using the contribute form. In that way it becomes fully searchable and part of the karst collection. If you want us to create a separate "home" for you, send us an email to kip@lib.usf.edu or use the contact form (in the footer b</description>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:32:32 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>KIP Functionality</title>
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				<description>I'm not finding the appropriate pigeonhole to add www links. I talked with Pat Seisor about this at convention-- it's easier to post a link to my stuff, instead of incorporate it into the database. 

Jo Schaper</description>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:25:47 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>KIP Functionality</title>
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				<description>Thanks Randy, we will begin work on those added elements. </description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 05:12:36 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>KIP Functionality</title>
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				<description>Another quick comment - It would be great to enable users to edit their own forum postings! My fumbling fingers misspelled something, but I can't go back and fix it.

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				<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:36:51 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>KIP Functionality</title>
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				<description>Fantastic job so far! Loved the presentation at the NSS convention. I know you guys are just getting started here, but I'd like to comment on the search results for the collection.  It would be great to quickly get some kind of funtionality into the</description>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:30:29 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Karst and Numeracy</title>
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				<description>Numeracy (a.k.a Quantitative Literacy) can be briefly described as the habit of mind in which people proactively engage numbers in meaningful context. Numeracyis also a new, open-access journal being developed and supported by the USF Libraries, whi</description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 03:00:16 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>KIP Content</title>
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				<description>Please comment on the content contained with the portal. We are seeking your input on new sources of information and refining our focus to meet your resource needs.</description>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 05:29:05 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>KIP Functionality</title>
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				<description>Please comment on the functionality of the website: searches, navigation, etc. We will use the information to refine performance.</description>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 05:25:42 EST</pubDate>
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