texascavers Digest 18 Dec 2011 23:24:40 -0000 Issue 1457
Topics (messages 19209 through 19216):
Archeologist position posted
19209 by: Jim Kennedy
Re: Bexar Grotto Holiday Party on Saturday, December 17
19210 by: Geary Schindel
Lost Oasis clean up
19211 by: Ron Ralph
19212 by: Jim Kennedy
Bat Bite (?) Causes Rabies in South Carolina
19213 by: R D Milhollin
rabies from bat bite
19214 by: Mixon Bill
Dolomite from coral reefs
19215 by: Mark Minton
Cave paleontology symposium and karst hydrogeology distinguished lecture
19216 by: George Veni
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Any up-and-coming archeologists out there? TPWD just posted a position
opening at Big Bend Ranch State Park for $44K/year. Details are at
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/business/jobs/postings/?page=12_15_100
-- Crash
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Party reminder, come on out and have some fun.
The Bexar Grotto of the NSS will have a holiday party at Sue and Geary
Schindel's house on Saturday evening, December 17, 2011. The address is 11310
Whisper Dawn, San Antonio, Texas. The party will start around 6 pm and will be
a pot luck dinner and holiday celebration. So, whether you celebrate
Christmas, Kwanza, Chanukah, Muharram, Lhabab Duchen, Rohatsu, winter solstice
or Amitabha Budda Day, please come.
Rules of the party - please read very carefully.
Cavers and guests are welcome; however, we would prefer that you NOT bring any
living non-human species unless they are service animals such as seeing eye,
hearing ear, or tasting tongue dogs or monkeys. Dead animals, properly
prepared and in an appropriate holiday sauce, are welcome and encouraged. We
will also have the grill fired up. Bring a dish with some food in it. Take
your dish home when you leave. If you see any dishes (or coolers) from last
year that are yours, take them home also. Don't take anything else home except
gifts. Please bring a can of food or other dry goods as a donation to the San
Antonio Food Bank. Though a limited amount of beverages will be available, you
may want to bring your own. Stay off the roof. The hot tub will be up and
running, please bring your own towel and bathing suit - or not. No fireworks.
If you must yak, yak outside (I prefer the backyard as this doesn't impress the
neighbors and has been known to remove the paint finish off cars.)
The Grotto has a customary white elephant exchange so bring a wrapped gift if
you want to participate. All white elephant gifts MUST go home with the new
owners. The white elephant swap will start around 8 pm.
If you want to or need to spend the night, we'll serve breakfast to everyone on
Sunday morning (you may be asked to help clean the house LOL).
Have fun,
Geary and Sue Schindel
210-479-2151<tel:210-479-2151> home
210-326-1576<tel:210-326-1576> cell
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Cavers,
Clean up starts at 10:00 am tomorrow morning. Bring loppers, saws,
chainsaws, weed-whackers and gloves. We will work hard till noon and then
open the cave for those wishing to explore.
See you there across from Bailey Middle School.
Ron
797-3817
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Oops! Ron should have said that the Lost Oasis Preserve cleanup is
SUNDAY, not tomorrow! See you all then!
--Jim
From: Ron Ralph [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 6:41 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Texascavers] Lost Oasis clean up
Cavers,
Clean up starts at 10:00 am tomorrow morning. Bring loppers, saws,
chainsaws, weed-whackers and gloves. We will work hard till noon and
then open the cave for those wishing to explore.
See you there across from Bailey Middle School.
Ron
797-3817
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45700088/ns/health-infectious_diseases/#.TuzALpi9oVA
It seems odd that so little information is being released by the state agency
responsible for public health. They won't even say if the patient is alive or
dead...
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Where does msnbc.com get these people? "Bat-bite traced to S.C.'s 1st
rabies case in 50 years." Do people with rabies go about biting bats?
What is meant is "S.C.'s 1st rabies cave in 50 years traced to bat
bite." Sheesh.
The question about whether the woman is currently alive or dead is not
so uninteresting as it sounds. Apparently so far a total of six people
have survived symptomatic rabies. I was prompted to do some Googling: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee_protocol
. -- Mixon
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For an easy holiday this year, just give everybody the finger.
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The speleologically important mineral dolomite has been
confirmed to form in coral reefs: <http://news.anu.edu.au/?p=12891>.
Mark Minton
Please reply to [email protected]
Permanent email address is [email protected]
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Dear Cave Paleontology and Karst Hydrogeology Friends,
Below is an announcement of a symposium on cave bears and a distinguished
hydrogeology seminar, of which NCKRI is a co-sponsor. For more information,
contact the organizations and people listed below. Please distribute this
information to anyone you think may be interested.
George
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The 18th International Cave Bear Symposium and the International Workshop
"Fossil remains in karst deposits and their role in reconstructing
Quaternary paleoclimate and paleoenvironments," Baile Herculane, Romania,
20-23 September 2012. Details and first circular:
http://sites.google.com/site/cavebears18
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We are pleased to announce that Dr. John Van Brahana will be our next
Distinguished Lecturer on Friday, March 2, 2012 at Southwest Research
Institute. The presentation will start at 9 am and will run through 4 pm.
The title of the lecture will be Understanding Karst Challenges. Van has
been working in hydrogeology for almost 50 years. He served for more than 28
years with the USGS and 21 years as a professor at the University of
Arkansas. He has a wide range of experience and contributed more than 70
peer-reviewed papers, book chapters and proceedings. As part of his
lecture, he will include a one hour presentation on Scientific Ethics.
If you are interested in attending the lecture, please contact Ms. Elida
Bocanegra at [email protected] or 210-222-2204. The cost of the
lecture is $20 and $10 for students and includes lunch and snacks. You must
register to attend.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Elida or myself.
Sincerely,
Geary M. Schindel, P.G.
Chief Technical Officer - Aquifer Science
Edwards Aquifer Authority
1615 N. St. Mary's Street
San Antonio, TX 78215
210.222.2204
[email protected]
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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: 413-383-2276
[email protected]
www.nckri.org
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