texascavers Digest 4 Dec 2013 16:11:18 -0000 Issue 1892
Topics (messages 23114 through 23118):
Jill, do you received my email,????
23114 by: Espeleo Coahuila
Environmental Action: Digging and Looting
23115 by: R D Milhollin
UT Grotto Meeting December 4th
23116 by: Andrea Croskrey
Bat and basketball
23117 by: caverarch
histo after 1994 NSS convention in Texas
23118 by: Mixon Bill
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LCC. MÓNICA GRISSEL PONCE GONZÁLEZ
Coordinadora de la Comisión Internacional de Técnicas y Materiales de la UIS
Instructor Nacional Certificado de Espeleología por la FMAS
Directora de MP- Mex Caving
Asociación Coahuilense de Espeleología, A.C. (Fundadora)
Asociación Italiana Geográfica La Venta (Socia)
Centro de Estudios Kársticos La Venta (Socia)
Grupo Espeleológico Vaxakmen, A.C. (Socia)
Grupo Espeleológico EspeleoZots en Chetumal (Asesora)
Grupo Pionero de Espeleología en Sonora (Asesora)
Association for Mexican Cave Studies (Colaboradora)
Texas Speleological Association (Socia)
Unión Mexicana de Agrupaciones Espeleológicas (Socia)
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Texas Cavers, this message was posted for New Mexico caver Lynda Sanchez and
regards the commercial glorification of digging in culturally sensitive areas
by amateurs without professional guidance or supervision; obvious implications
for caves in nature preserves and parks.
Good morning all......hype and shame on NGS (read below). For those of you
who are concerned by this new trend on the NGS Channel go to the following link
and sign the petition to ask NGS Channel to stop their hype and pull programs
such as Diggers! That program alone has created more unintended consequences
(called looting and digging on federal and state lands) of our heritage than
just about any others. The National Conference of State Historic Preservation
Officers and the World Congress of Archaeology have signed on as have dozens of
other organizations and concerned folks.
Several Cavers have already signed, but in view of this email trail perhaps
some of the rest of you will sign as well. Check out the details and if you
have additional questions let me know. Thanks.
Lynda
http://www.change.org/petitions/the-national-geographic-channel-the-travel-channel-spike-tv-stop-airing-their-digger-programs-3?utm_source=guides&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=petition_created
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Howdy Texas Cavers!
Many Texas cavers ended up in Texas because of the easy access to amazing
caves in Mexico. At this week's grotto meeting we have UT Grotto member
Oscar Berrones sharing his most recent caving adventure to caves in the
mountains near his hometown of San Luis Potosi, Mexico. As a bonus, Oscar
takes great pictures so this should be a presentation not to miss!
We will now be meeting at 7:45pm in *Burdine 134*. Follow this link to a
map of where the building is located on the University of Texas campus:
http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/buildings/bur.html
For information on Underground Texas Grotto activities, please see
www.utgrotto.org
Before the meeting, take advantage of Sao Paulo www.saopaulos.net for
happy hour specials. Attendance by cavers varies but this area is the best
place to park and meet folks walking over to the meeting. Then after the
official meeting, we continue with the decades long tradition to reconvene
for burgers, beer, and tall tales of caving at Posse East.
www.posse-east.com
Cavingly,
Andrea Croskrey
UT Grotto Vice Chair
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I got the following note from a non-caver Vandy fan friend in the South on
watching a game this weekend:
"I'm watching the Texas vs. Vanderbilt basketball game and a bat is loose in
the stadium in Austin and keeps circling the heads of the players each time
they set up for free throws!
The announcers, to their credit, knew all about the Austin bat population and
the Congress Avenue Bridge and have been educating sports fans around the world
on the bats of Austin!"
Roger Moore
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http://www.ajtmh.org/content/60/6/899.full.pdf
The paper identifies the caves as "Cave A" and "Cave B". Obviously
Cave A is Emerald Sink near Langtry. Anybody know what Cave B is? --
Mixon
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