texascavers Digest 16 Mar 2013 12:50:27 -0000 Issue 1722
Topics (messages 21432 through 21439):
2013 TSA Speaker Announcement
21432 by: Mallory Mayeux
Luray Caverns in the Washington Post Magazine
21433 by: Diana Tomchick
21438 by: Ted Samsel
Austin sinkholes in the news
21434 by: George Veni
Ronnie
21435 by: Phil Winkler
Sinkhole Conference: registration news and updates
21436 by: George Veni
Volunteer sound person needed for TSA convention!
21437 by: Mallory Mayeux
Florida sinkhole article..
21439 by: Ted Samsel
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Hello Cavers!
I am excited to announce the speaker list for the 2013 TSA Spring
convention. Here are the volunteers who graciously offered to speak, and
their presentation titles, in no particular order:
Marvin Miller—TSA Project Update: Government Canyon Karst Survey.
Joe Mitchell--The Caveatron - An Electronic Cave Mapping Tool for Cavers
Ben Tobin—Survey and Exploration of Cave without a Name
Greg Passmore—Challenges in Cave Filming
Jean “Creature” Krejca, Ellie Thoene, Lydia Hernandez, Nathan Van Oort, Joe
Furman—Honey Creek Cave Tank Tiger Extravaganza
Matt Turner—Tips for running beginner trips
Saj Zappitello—TCMA, What You Know & What You Know Now
Bennett Lee—Cave Photography 101: How to Take Great Cave Photos (aka, How
to Alienate Yourself by Getting Your Friends to Hold Flashes)
Dr. Thomas Iliffe—Deep Caving: a video presentation about the Phantom Cave
dive
These presentations should prove to be interesting and informative, and
they’ll be held INSIDE the cave! Please join us at Cave without a Name in
Boerne TX on April 5-7 for the Spring Convention.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Mallory Mayeux
TSA Program Chair
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Interesting article from the Washington Post Magazine about the family that
owns Luray Caverns, and their in-fighting.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/liveblog/wp/2013/03/14/magazine-the-rift-a-family-dynasty-fights-over-the-future-of-luray-caverns/?hpid=z2
Diana
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Diana R. Tomchick
Professor
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Department of Biophysics
5323 Harry Hines Blvd.
Rm. ND10.214B
Dallas, TX 75390-8816, U.S.A.
Email: [email protected]
214-645-6383 (phone)
214-645-6353 (fax)
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UT Southwestern Medical Center
The future of medicine, today.
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Aren't families great?
On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Diana Tomchick <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Interesting article from the Washington Post Magazine about the family
> that owns Luray Caverns, and their in-fighting.
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> http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/liveblog/wp/2013/03/14/magazine-the-rift-a-family-dynasty-fights-over-the-future-of-luray-caverns/?hpid=z2
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> Diana
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> Diana R. Tomchick
> Professor
> University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
> Department of Biophysics
> 5323 Harry Hines Blvd.
> Rm. ND10.214B
> Dallas, TX 75390-8816, U.S.A.
> Email: [email protected]
> 214-645-6383 (phone)
> 214-645-6353 (fax)
>
>
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> ________________________________
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> UT Southwestern Medical Center
> The future of medicine, today.
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The media interviews Mustafa Saribudak, a good guy doing geophysical work out
of Austin. The media botches some of the geologic details, but otherwise the
point about the risks in Austin being lower than Florida is correct.
http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/austin/sinkhole-dangers-in-austin
George
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George Veni, Ph.D.
Executive Director
National Cave and Karst Research Institute
400-1 Cascades Avenue
Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220-6215 USA
Office: 575-887-5517
Mobile: 210-863-5919
Fax: 575-887-5523
[email protected]
www.nckri.org
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Anyone have an email address for Ron Fieseler?
TIA,
Phil
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Dear Friends,
Below are some important reminders and news about the Sinkhole Conference.
But first, if you haven't registered, please do through
https://sites.google.com/site/sinkholeconference2013/. The conference will be
held in Carlsbad, New Mexico, on 6-10 May. This is the most western location
for this 29-year old conference series and the first to focus its field trips
(as well as a special session) on evaporite karst. We have over 50 papers lined
up covering nine countries and a dozen US states in topics of engineering,
geology, land management, hydrogeology, GIS, and geophysics. Four workshops at
the start of the conference also span those topics. This will be an incredible
opportunity to visit with experts from around the world and see how they
manage, fix, and prevent problems in their karst areas.
After you register, make sure you reserve your hotels as soon as possible. For
well over a year, occupancy of Carlsbad hotels is generally exceeding 95% every
day. It is often impossible to find a room at the last minute, and if you do,
you will find it very expensive. Reserve your rooms now while they are
available at good prices. Look under the "Carlsbad" tab for lodging information
or go directly to
https://sites.google.com/site/sinkholeconference2013/about-carlsbad/lodging.
We have posted a new circular that summarizes the conference's activities under
"Announcements," or you can directly reach it at
https://sites.google.com/site/sinkholeconference2013/home/announcements. The
circular has a registration form that can be mailed, faxed, or scanned and
e-mailed in if you can't register on-line.
If you are planning to join any of the four workshops, read the new circular.
It includes the times the workshops will be offered. Some of the workshops will
run concurrently so if you are interested in more than one workshop, you'll be
able to check to make sure they don't occur at the same time.
The Monday trip to WIPP (the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant) is filled. If you
would still like to see this underground transuranic waste disposal facility
(the only one in the US), there are a few spaces left on the Thursday trip so
register soon before they are gone. Our thanks are extended to the good folks
at WIPP for providing these trips.
If you have any questions about the conference, please let me know. Also,
please share this message with anyone you know who may potentially be
interested. Sinkholes have been in the US news a lot during the past couple of
weeks, but this conference has been important in reducing their occurrence and
damages by bringing together engineers, geologists, and land managers to
prevent sinkholes and more effectively fix them when they occur.
George
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George Veni, Ph.D.
Executive Director
National Cave and Karst Research Institute
400-1 Cascades Avenue
Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220-6215 USA
Office: 575-887-5517
Mobile: 210-863-5919
Fax: 575-887-5523
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
www.nckri.org<http://www.nckri.org>
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Hello cavers!
I need a volunteer...would anyone be interested in doing sound for the
talks held on Saturday this year. The talks will actually be held inside
the cave, so it should be a fun and interesting venue!
The chairs and tables etc are all set up, so we only need speakers and a
mic (that I know of). Electricity will be available, and we will be scoping
the room out this coming Saturday, so if there are any questions about the
setup you need answered prior to the event, please let me know.
Let us know if you are willing to volunteer! Thank you so much!
Regards,
Mallory Mayeux
TSA Program Chair
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In the Mar 18th New Yorker. Looks good. Only read the first few 'graphs..
gotta go recycle and stuff.
Ted
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