[Texascavers] a ride to Convention with a blueray DVD player?
Anybody driving to Ely that could bring a blueray DVD player ? We have the opportunity to show some wonderful 3-D videos showing the most scenic parts of Cuevas del Bellemar in Cuba. The player should have a HDMI output to interface with the 3-D TV that someone else will bring, but I think they all have that. I have seen the 3-D videos in Cuba and they are most spectacular. One was important in getting the socialist government to change their plans to build a major housing development over the most spectacular parts of the cave. Esteban Grau, a Cuban caver, will be giving a talk in the conservation session about this successful effort that was mounted by the Cuban cavers. Dwight Deal. dirt...@comcast.net ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
[Texascavers] oops
I left off a photo for my road-trip story: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwRwaM7IeSI5a3ItM0FXTV95Ym8/view?usp=drivesdk ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
[Texascavers] Road-trip story
This is a personal story, by David Locklear. I was in Arcola, Texas south of Houston this morning pondering what to do with my day as nothing on my to-do list was urgent, and all was monotonous stuff like chores. So having seen Aubri's post about an exciting caving presentation. That seemed do-able. I decided I would go to downtown Houston and do a delivery and tie up some loose ends on work related stuff and by 4 p.m., I was road-bound northwest on Hwy 290. Hit construction all the way to Waller County, meaning almost an hour of driving just to get out of Harris County on 290. I probably could have made it to Sao Paoul's restaurant on time, but I stopped in Brenham and frolicked there for 20 minutes. ( I rent an enormous rental storage unit there, that I have been paying rent on for over 10 years. ). Anyways, I got to Sao Paulos as every caver was leaving. I was wiped out, and needed to catch my breath before making the treacherous hike from there to the meeting, so I only waved hello at cavers and left. 2 cavers guided me to the meeting as I would have never found it. There was one world-class surprise program and 2 other impressive programs. It was announced that the property with the promising sinkhole, known as Kiwi Sink, has a new but unknown landowner. Bill Mixon announced the new AMCS Newsletter. It is always great seeing old-timers that I first met 31 years ago. There were faces that I do no know: Patty, Sam, Mary, Andy, and others whose names I haven't yet memorized, and many other cavers that I have only briefly met a few times. I hope to make another meeting someday. I can only guess that was my 11th or 12th meeting since my first around 1987. I headed to the posse. I tried to socialize, but I had my mind on the road-trip home. I wish I could stay for the Linux Convention on Friday morning as that is only 33 hours from now. But the realities of life are that I have to go back to Houston and look for work tomorrow and Friday, and then drive my 11 year old daughter to Arlington on Friday night to visit my very-estranged-biological father who I have barely spoken a word to in 24 years. I am fairly certain I will not make the NSS Howdy Party, so I won't see cavers again for till either TCR, or TSA 2017 Spring Convention David Locklear NSS # 27639 ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] Mexican blind cave Astyanax fish
This may be a bit late, but anyone that would like a PDF copy of this article can contact me off-list. And of course some of this research may have relevance to human health—we are not so different from the cave fishes on an evolutionary scale, after all. Plus there are fewer ethical dilemmas to research on fishes versus humans (and it’s cheaper, too!). Diana ** Diana R. Tomchick Professor Departments of Biophysics and Biochemistry University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. Rm. ND10.214A Dallas, TX 75390-8816 diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu (214) 645-6383 (phone) (214) 645-6353 (fax) > On Jul 1, 2016, at 7:11 PM, Cavers Texas wrote: > >> Degenerated retinas, globs of liver fat, wildly fluctuating blood sugar and >> insulin levels—all can spell trouble for people. But they are a way of life >> for Astyanax mexicanus, better known as the blind cave fish or Mexican >> tetra. For decades, biologists have studied these pale 6-centimeter-long >> fish to understand the ecological and evolutionary effects of subterranean >> life. Now, some researchers argue that the fishes' adaptations can shed >> light on human diseases including retinal degeneration and diabetes. And >> results presented last week at the 2016 International Conference on >> Subterranean Biology back up that view. The U.S. National Institutes of >> Health sees promise in cave fish as well, having agreed to fund the work of >> several cave fish biologists. > > From http://science.sciencemag.org/content/352/6293/1502. This is just a > summary of longer note in the June 24 issue; the real article requires > subscription. Evidently there were several papers on the cave fish at the > conference, all of which (of course) pointed out how the authors' research > could have relevance to human health. -- Mixon > > What great comfort is there to be derived from a wife well obeyed!—Anthony > Trollope, Barchester Towers > > You may "reply" to the address this message > (unless it's a TexasCavers list post) > came from, but for long-term use, save: > Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu > AMCS: a...@mexicancaves.org or sa...@mexicancaves.org > > ___ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers UT Southwestern Medical Center The future of medicine, today. ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
