Re: [Texascavers] New Cave Paintings in Mexico

2016-07-01 Thread Gill Ediger via Texascavers
Wasn't there a similar find in that area 20 or 30 years ago? --Ediger On Thursday, June 30, 2016 9:06 PM, Mixon Bill via Texascavers wrote: That was a 2013 post on the BBC web site. From AMCS Activities Newsletter 36 (advertisement):

Re: [Texascavers] wind turbines and caves

2016-07-01 Thread Rafal Kedzierski via Texascavers
The lesson here is that there is no free lunch when it comes to energy production. And coal burning generates carbon dioxide - limiting agent for plant growth in certain regions of the world - so it's not all bad;). Particulate matter on the other hand, maybe not the greatest. RK Get Outlook

Re: [Texascavers] wind turbines and caves

2016-07-01 Thread Bill Stephens via Texascavers
While 3 centuries of coal production has caused an enormous burden on the US environment, it fueled the industrial revolution which provided us with the leisure time to pursue cave exploration and the technological capability to have the discussion across the breath of a continent. With that

[Texascavers] finding Proteus

2016-07-01 Thread Mixon Bill via Texascavers
The blind cave salamander Proteus anguinus lives in underground waters in Slovenia. It is perhaps the earliest-known cave animal, and one of the largest, growing to a foot long. They are shy, and there have been only about 300 sightings in the wild in 300 years. Lab-raised specimens can live

[Texascavers] Mexican blind cave Astyanax fish

2016-07-01 Thread Mixon Bill via Texascavers
> 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

Re: [Texascavers] finding Proteus

2016-07-01 Thread Geary Schindel via Texascavers
Bill, I'm not sure this is quite correct. I saw two of them in the wild in my short time in caves in Slovenia and I was told, by scientists, and I was shown sites where they had been collected from wells, caves, and springs in Herzegovina. Geary -Original Message- From: Texascavers

[Texascavers] a cultural observation

2016-07-01 Thread David via Texascavers
I just wanted to share a new cultural observation with you all. It is Friday afternoon before a holiday weekend, and I am at a local police station.The parking lot is packed full with cars coming and going dropping off kids with suitcases like the scene in Harry Potter movie at the Train

Re: [Texascavers] a cultural observation

2016-07-01 Thread Stefan Creaser via Texascavers
That’s funny. But probably a good idea in this day and age. Stefan Creaser Staff Design Engineer; Physical Design Group; ARM 5707 Southwest Parkway, Bldg 1, Suite 100, Austin, TX 78735, USA. Direct: +1-512-314-1012, Internal: 11012. Email: stefan.crea...@arm.com.