texascavers Digest 15 Nov 2012 02:11:41 -0000 Issue 1664
Topics (messages 21014 through 21024):
Monica Ponce in the News
21014 by: Mark Minton
Finding Caves with Atomic clocks
21015 by: Mark Minton
Carbon and Boundaries in Karst: conference registration deadline
21016 by: George Veni
NSS Award Nomination Deadline: Thursday, November 15th.
21017 by: NSS Announcements
Kiwi Sink Dig Trip Report
21018 by: Gill Edigar
21019 by: Ted Samsel
journal Tourism in Karst Areas
21020 by: Mixon Bill
Oh, this? Just some teenage girls from Africa who invented a urine-powered
generator.
21021 by: Nancy Weaver
Trying to reach Bill Stephens
21022 by: Geary Schindel
TSS work session canceled tonight
21023 by: Ann Scott
new issue of TC
21024 by: Jill Orr
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Article in a Saltillo newspaper about
Mónica
Ponce:
<http://www.zocalo.com.mx/seccion/articulo/monica-ponce-en-el-corazon-de-la-tierra>.
Mark
Please reply to [email protected]
Permanent email address is [email protected]
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In an interesting twist on the idea of using reduced gravity
to locate caves, the following article predicts that ultra-precise
atomic clocks could be used for the same
purpose.
<http://www.mediadesk.uzh.ch/articles/2012/mit-atomuhren-das-erdinnere-vermessen_en.html>
Mark
Please reply to [email protected]
Permanent email address is [email protected]
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Dear Friends,
Advance registration for the conference Carbon and Boundaries in Karst
closes on 1 December 2012 after which the price increases. This important
meeting on a growing facet of karst science is brought to you by the Karst
Waters Institute in partnership with the National Cave and Karst Research
Institute (NCKRI) at NCKRI Headquarters in Carlsbad, New Mexico, USA on 7-11
January 2013. For more information, visit
https://sites.google.com/site/kwis2013/home.
Please feel free to share this message with anyone you think may be
interested.
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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DEADLINE!! Don't forget that this Thursday, November 15th, is the
deadline for NSS AWARD NOMINATIONS.
At each year's NSS Convention Banquet, the NSS recognizes special
people both within and outside of the Society through awards for
outstanding accomplishment.
The Awards Committee encourages NSS members to submit names and
supporting material for anyone who would make a good candidate for any
of the awards. Suggestions (including a resume of the person
nominated) should be sent to the sub-chairman of the appropriate award
anytime during the year, but before the November 15 deadline.
Information concerning the committee may be obtained from the
committee chairman, Scott Fee <[email protected]>.
All nominations are due NO LATER THAN November 15th.
For more specific information, visit:
http://www.caves.org/committee/award/
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Sunday 11 November 2010--Marion Akers (IN), Simon Akers (IN), Tony
Akers (IN), Don Broussard, Gill Ediger, Ernie Garza, Jim Jasek (Waco),
Mimi Jasek (Waco), Ryan Monjaras, Justin Rader (Galveston) Terry
Raines, Ron Rutherford, & Melinda Tuley (Galveston). Visitors whom I
saw included James Brown, Kiwi, and most of the Gluesenkamp Clan.
The Jaseks undertook to clean the slope above a couple of perilous
and pendent rocks, that have been the subject of much trepidation of
late, so that they might be removed later in the day without tons of
soil and rocks coming down along with them. Tony Akers went down with
a jackhammer and reduced a couple of blocking rocks in the North Lead.
Then Marion went in and cleaned up the residue. Melinda and Justin
showed up from Galveston and I sent them in to explore the cave prior
to getting to work. Meanwhile people dug down where convenient and
practical around the barrels and dug out around some large rocks that
would need hoisting before much more work could go on. We'd started
with 2-1/2 barrels already filled from the 7 October dig and had
filled 2-1/2 more by 1:30 so, with almost no place to put another
barrel--or more diggers--and still work, I declared the day over. It
was about that time that Ryan and Ron showed up and filled another
barrel having gained some space and opened a new face. Terry showed up
with his winch truck and we hoisted all 6 barrels out before the winch
heated up. Most of the early arrivals left. Terry and I took an hour
to allow the winch to cool to tend to some other matters, during which
time Ron and Ryan filled 2 more barrels. Upon our return the winch had
cooled and the remaining 2 barrels were hoisted and a half-dozen or so
rocks lifted out, including the perilous one. We stashed the tools,
cleaned up the work area, and went home.
Totals included: 2-1/2 barrels already filled, 2-1/2 barrels
filled by the morning crew, and 3 barrels filled by the afternoon crew
for a total of 8 barrels. 5 or 6 medium to large rocks were also
hoisted, leaving about that many more to remove before the next dig
which, by the way, is scheduled for the 25th November. The north lead
requires a bit more clean up work and, visually, seems to have pinched
into a washed gravel filled (almost) lead--not what I was looking for.
--Ediger
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2010?
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 9:01 AM, Gill Edigar <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sunday 11 November 2010--Marion Akers (IN), Simon Akers (IN), Tony
> Akers (IN), Don Broussard, Gill Ediger, Ernie Garza, Jim Jasek (Waco),
> Mimi Jasek (Waco), Ryan Monjaras, Justin Rader (Galveston) Terry
> Raines, Ron Rutherford, & Melinda Tuley (Galveston). Visitors whom I
> saw included James Brown, Kiwi, and most of the Gluesenkamp Clan.
> The Jaseks undertook to clean the slope above a couple of perilous
> and pendent rocks, that have been the subject of much trepidation of
> late, so that they might be removed later in the day without tons of
> soil and rocks coming down along with them. Tony Akers went down with
> a jackhammer and reduced a couple of blocking rocks in the North Lead.
> Then Marion went in and cleaned up the residue. Melinda and Justin
> showed up from Galveston and I sent them in to explore the cave prior
> to getting to work. Meanwhile people dug down where convenient and
> practical around the barrels and dug out around some large rocks that
> would need hoisting before much more work could go on. We'd started
> with 2-1/2 barrels already filled from the 7 October dig and had
> filled 2-1/2 more by 1:30 so, with almost no place to put another
> barrel--or more diggers--and still work, I declared the day over. It
> was about that time that Ryan and Ron showed up and filled another
> barrel having gained some space and opened a new face. Terry showed up
> with his winch truck and we hoisted all 6 barrels out before the winch
> heated up. Most of the early arrivals left. Terry and I took an hour
> to allow the winch to cool to tend to some other matters, during which
> time Ron and Ryan filled 2 more barrels. Upon our return the winch had
> cooled and the remaining 2 barrels were hoisted and a half-dozen or so
> rocks lifted out, including the perilous one. We stashed the tools,
> cleaned up the work area, and went home.
> Totals included: 2-1/2 barrels already filled, 2-1/2 barrels
> filled by the morning crew, and 3 barrels filled by the afternoon crew
> for a total of 8 barrels. 5 or 6 medium to large rocks were also
> hoisted, leaving about that many more to remove before the next dig
> which, by the way, is scheduled for the 25th November. The north lead
> requires a bit more clean up work and, visually, seems to have pinched
> into a washed gravel filled (almost) lead--not what I was looking for.
> --Ediger
>
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Copied to the list by Bill Mixon:
Dear Colleagues
(Apologies in advance for cross-posts),
Greetings. The reason of to get in touch with you at this
opportunity is to strengthen the dissemination of the journal
Tourism in Karst Areas, as well asencourage you to submit your
manuscripts for publication.
Initially created as a Brazilian journal in 2008, since its initial
edition the journal Tourism and Karst Areas received collaborations
with several researchers from other parts of the world, which
encouraged us to make the journal an international edition since
2011. With this, we want to create a specific channel for researches
and communications related to tourist use in karst areas and caves,
under different perspectives, including but not limited to:
- Studies related to tourism in caves, with environmental, economic,
cultural, management or multidisciplinary perspectives;
- Studies of tourism demand in caves and karst areas;
- Natural protected areas and parks in karst areas;
- Geotourism, geoparks and the use of the physical environment as a
tourist attraction;
- Caves and karst heritage;
- Environmental education in karst areas and caves.
Therefore, we invite you to meet the journal website (http://www.cavernas.org.br/turismo.asp
), where we have general guidelines for submission of manuscripts,
in English, Portuguese and Spanish, as well as previous editions.
If you have some question, suggestion or if you want to submit a
manuscript, please keep the contact.
With my best regards,
Prof. Heros Lobo, Dr. – [email protected]
Universidade Federal de São Carlos – Brazil
Brazilian Speleological Society – SBE
Editor-in-chief of the journal Tourism and Karst Areas
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For those of you who used pee in carbide lights
http://m.io9.com/5958887/oh-this-just-some-teenage-girls-from-africa-who-invented-a-urine+powered-generator
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I trying to reach Bill Stephens.
Can someone send me Bill's new contact information off line. I understand that
he has moved from Wichita Falls to the Dallas area. If you could send me his
phone number, that would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Geary Schindel
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The TSS work session will not be happening this evening. Sorry for any
inconvenience.
We will see you in December!!
Ann
Sent from my iPhone
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Hay all,
It occurred to me that with the next issue coming out around the holiday,
that some caving over Christmas memories would be cool. They don't have to
be long and I'm imagining putting together a collection.
If anyone has a Christmas or New Years caving story to tell
please send off line. Photos welcome too. Thanks!
Jill
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