Pro or Con this is interesting for all of us. I am pleased but some of you
might not be.
Quinta
Great news for Arctic wildlife! A federal court has vacated the Department of
the Interior's 5-year plan for oil and gas leasing in Arctic waters off the
coast of Alaska. The court said the Bush
texascavers Digest 8 May 2009 15:11:06 - Issue 755
Topics (messages 10648 through 10665):
Re: Camino Columbia Toll Goes automated
10648 by: Aimee Beveridge
10649 by: Preston Forsythe
10650 by: Minton, Mark
10652 by: Diana Tomchick
10653 by: Minton,
Hello All,
On May 5th, 13 U.S. Senators and 12 U.S. Congressmen requested Interior
Secretary Salazar to address and fund research on White Nose Syndrome (WNS).
The signed letter is attached.
At the March SWR, during discussion of a motion for the SWR to donate $500 to
WNS research (via the
Austin area diggers:
Will try to dig again on Sunday afternoon. Diggers needed--a few
rocks out of the way and the lead continues. Location: across the street
from 444 Billie Brooks Ln., Driftwood.
Dig on,
Ernie Garza
ph. 512-847-0183
I think the word often should be deleted from that sentence.
When I started caving way back when at AM.many Cavers got the rabies
vaccine that was given to Vet students as a precautionat the time I thought
that was a bit ridiculous. But several years agoI was in a situation where
I
Jen and I both got our shots (long story involving me on rope during a
bat flight). Given cavers exposure to bats ( I know I know less
then 1% of bats, bla bla bla) should it be common practice to get the
pre-exposure series?
I had the complete post exposure series last year. Wasn't all
The post-exposure rabies vaccination is now quite painless and has no side
effects. About five years ago I accidentally placed my hand on a bat while
exploring a fort on the Mesa de Cartujanos near Lampazos. I went to
Brackenridge Hospital in Austin to get the shots. On the first day there are
Jim,
Maybe you would like to clarify some of the possible risk factors.
The reason I posted this article to the list, is because there is the need for
vigilance in light of the fact that viruses and bacteria mutate and adapt to
vaccines.
(A mutated form of TB (XDR-TB is now
It has been talked about in caving circles that cavers do have a slight immunity
to rabies due to our increased contact with bats, and their airborne saliva.
We need to go caving more, to build stronger immunity!
--
Lyndon Tiu
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079631/
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1435474176/tt0200469
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130204/
At least Hollywood is always doing their part..
Bill
- Original Message -
From: Lyndon Tiu l...@alumni.sfu.ca
Cc: texascavers@texascavers.com
Sent: Friday, May 08,
Hi folks.
In order to alleviate the money shortage alluded to in the SWR, I
propose that at the Winter Tech this year we have an SWR auction.
Items could be anything, including that nasty gag gift you got at
your own grotto Christmas Party (anybody still got the talking fish
from the
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