texascavers Digest 28 Apr 2009 18:33:12 -0000 Issue 749
Topics (messages 10582 through 10593):
UT Grotto Meeting â Wednesday April 29, 2009
10582 by: Gary Franklin
10584 by: Thomas Sitch
Re: UT Grotto Meeting â Wednesday April 29, 2009]
10583 by: Chad Fenner
Re: J2 Update!
10585 by: Mixon Bill
mammals of Texas
10586 by: Mixon Bill
help unloading TSA/TSS store
10587 by: Jim Kennedy
Re: Anyone want to meet with visiting 2009 Darcy lecturer Peter Cook tomorrow?
10588 by: germanyj.aol.com
TSA/TSS store
10589 by: Jim Kennedy
Re: Swine Flu Resources
10590 by: Diana Tomchick
Convention Wrap Up and Longhorn Reminder
10591 by: Mark.Alman.l-3com.com
10592 by: Mark.Alman.l-3com.com
10593 by: Mark.Alman.l-3com.com
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Underground Texas Grotto meeting April 29, 2009
www.utgrotto.org
The meeting is on Wednesday from 7:45 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.
on the University of Texas Campus in 2.48 Painter Hall
http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/buildings/pai.html
The Presentation will be by Richard Garriott "Mission to the International
Space Station"
Richard will talk about his life's journey that includes being a past member of
the UT grotto, the pathway that led him to the ISS, and will also talk of the
training, flight, and impressions of the earth from that flight.
For information on Underground Texas Grotto activities, please see the web site
All of our information is available through our link including officer contact
info. Check it out and surf around for information on trips reports, new caver
training, calendar, and link to get included on mass postings for either
beginner trips or vertical rope training.
We are busy with all kinds of activities such as projects that we discuss after
each of our meetings as well. Come out and hang out with us for burgers,
beer, and tall tales at the after meeting at Posse East, 2900 Duval Rd
www.posseeast.com
The UT Grotto is always looking for someone like you that has great photos and
a story to share about your caving adventures, or scientific research, or
something else really cool. Contact Gary to get your place in the spotlight.
[email protected]
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Lord British is a caver? We should have the grotto meeting at his castle on
Lake Austin instead.
~~T
--- On Sun, 4/26/09, Gary Franklin <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Gary Franklin <[email protected]>
Subject: [Texascavers] UT Grotto Meeting – Wednesday April 29, 2009
To: "Texas Cavers" <[email protected]>
Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
List-Post: [email protected]
Date: Sunday, April 26, 2009, 11:37 PM
Underground Texas Grotto meeting April 29, 2009
www.utgrotto.org
The meeting is on Wednesday from 7:45 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.
on the University of Texas Campus in 2.48 Painter Hall
http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/buildings/pai.html
The Presentation will be by Richard Garriott "Mission to the International
Space Station"
Richard will talk about his life's journey that includes being a past member of
the UT grotto, the pathway that led him to the ISS, and will also talk of the
training, flight, and impressions of the earth from that flight.
For information on Underground Texas Grotto activities, please see the web site
All of our information is available through our link including officer contact
info. Check it out and surf around for information on trips reports, new caver
training, calendar, and link to get included on mass postings for either
beginner trips or vertical rope training.
We are busy with all kinds of activities such as projects that we discuss after
each of our meetings as well. Come out and hang out with us for burgers,
beer, and tall tales at the after meeting at Posse East, 2900 Duval Rd
www.posseeast.com
The UT Grotto is always looking for someone like you that has great photos and
a story to share about your caving adventures, or scientific research, or
something else really cool. Contact Gary to get your place in the spotlight.
[email protected]
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Richard Garriott? As in, Lord British? I heard he went into space.
Man, that dude owes me about 1 year of my life back from my college days.
I won't say how much of my life Blizzard Entertainment owes me.
CF
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Underground Texas Grotto meeting April 29, 2009
www.utgrotto.org
The meeting is on Wednesday from 7:45 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.
on the University of Texas Campus in 2.48 Painter Hall
http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/buildings/pai.html
The Presentation will be by Richard Garriott "Mission to the International
Space Station"
Richard will talk about his life's journey that includes being a past member of
the UT grotto, the pathway that led him to the ISS, and will also talk of the
training, flight, and impressions of the earth from that flight.
For information on Underground Texas Grotto activities, please see the web site
All of our information is available through our link including officer contact
info. Check it out and surf around for information on trips reports, new caver
training, calendar, and link to get included on mass postings for either
beginner trips or vertical rope training.
We are busy with all kinds of activities such as projects that we discuss after
each of our meetings as well. Come out and hang out with us for burgers,
beer, and tall tales at the after meeting at Posse East, 2900 Duval Rd
www.posseeast.com
The UT Grotto is always looking for someone like you that has great photos and
a story to share about your caving adventures, or scientific research, or
something else really cool. Contact Gary to get your place in the spotlight.
[email protected]
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Looks like UTG member Mike Pugliese, who has only been caving for a
year, has gotten a great crash course in caving! -- Mixon
Begin forwarded message:
From: Michael Pugliese <[email protected]>
List-Post: [email protected]
Date: April 25, 2009 3:15:47 PM CDT
To: Mixon Bill <[email protected]>
Subject: J2 Update!
Reply-To: [email protected]
I personally reached a depth of -1100m and spent 10 consecutive days
underground with Bill, Vickie, and 2 others shuttling dive gear to
camp III.
The cave is incredibly beautiful, but way more details on that when I
get back in two weeks.
These updates have transpired in the past 2 days.
Wednesday preliminary dives yielded information on an upper lead on
the far side of sump II. This lead is said to be extensive, and large
open borehole. It is probable that this allows a bypass of sump III.
9mm line and communication was successfully rigged through sump II
yesterday and camp 4 has been established on a sandy spot on the far
side.
________________
Michael Pugliese
Axios Advertising
Director of Photography
(570)898-3011
www.mpcine.com
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There is an interesting list of mammals of Texas, including bats, at
http://www.mammalsociety.org/statelists/txmammals.html
--Mixon
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Cavers,
Unless it is pouring rain, we will be unloading the TSA and TSS stores
and carrying them upstairs to their storage places in the TSS office at
the Pickle Research Campus in northwest Austin this afternoon at 5:00.
We can use 3-4 volunteers to help carry. Call me at 512-663-2287 by
4:30 if you are thinking of coming so that I can tell you whether or not
we will still be unloading today. If it is still miserable and rainy,
we'll have to postpone until tomorrow.
-- Jim
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If you're in Austin and interested:
Peter
Cook is the 2009 Darcy lecturer and has done work with isotopes,
fractured rock hydrology, recharge, paleoclimate, and lots of other topics.
\
You can find some of his papers here:
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=pg+cook&hl=en&lr=&start=10&sa=N
Info on his tech talk:
Speakers:
Peter Cook, National Ground Water Association’s 2009 Henry
Darcy Distinguished Lecturer
Topics:
Environmental Tracers in Modern Hydrogeology: Reducing
Uncertainty in Ground Water Flow Estimation
Series/Event:
DGS Technical Session
Date & Time:
Tuesday, 4/28, 3:45-4:45 pm
Location
JGB 2.324 (Boyd Auditorium)
University of Texas
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Cavers,
I have decided to postpone the store unloading until tomorrow. The
weather here is still sucky. So if you are available tomorrow at 5,
please come to PRC, building 18A, and help carry tables, tents, and
boxes up the stairs to their homes. Thanks!
-- Jim
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From: [email protected]
Date: April 27, 2009 1:17:10 PM CDT
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Swine Flu Resources
Reply-To: [email protected]
Dear ASM Members:
The ASM is closely following the swine flu outbreak and wants to
make you aware of current information and educational resources that
you may find helpful. For general information please go to www.cdc.gov/swineflu
. The CDC site contains information in print, podcast and Spanish
translation for your use. In all infectious disease outbreaks,
handwashing is one of the first and most important lines of defense
against disease spread. The ASM has long been a leader in increasing
awareness of the importance of handwashing and also has public
education resources on handwashing for download and distribution at www.washup.org
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We will also notify you of more specific information and other
resources as they become available.
Alison O’Brien, PhD
ASM President
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Diana R. Tomchick
Associate Professor
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Department of Biochemistry
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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Well, another TSA Convention has come and gone.
I just wanted to thank all of you who came down to attend and thank those folks
who helped make it such an enjoyable weekend!
Some thank you's to:
* Rob Bisset for all of his behind-the-scenes efforts to, once again, pull off
a great Convention!
* Diana Tomchick and Bill Steele for lining up a wide variety of enjoyable, and
useful sessions.
* Darla Bishop for holding down the Registration table.
* Stefan Cresar and his Crew of congenial and creative caver chefs and a great
dinner, yet again!
* Jon Cradit and Rahr Brewery of Fort Worth, TX for generously donating 8 cases
of beer (that's 192 bottles, but, who's counting) and 36 Blind Salamander
glasses
(the kind you drink out of. These were not for the salamanders to wear!)
* Jim Kennedy, TCMA auctioneer extraordinaire, and his lovely staff of Ellie
Thoene and another young lady, whose name I do not know.
Some highlights of the weekend:
* Over $3000 raised during the TCMA auction to be paid towards the remaining
$8K note on the Deep and Punkin Cave property.
* Watching many of the above items that were donated for the auction by Pete
and Karen Lindsley, as they sell their house in Dallas, bought and "donated"
back to
Karen and Pete so they can "enjoy" and transport these items to their new
house in New Mexico.
* Jim Kennedy winning the ICS registration raffle. "Rigged" comes to mind,
but, I only blame myself for not doing a better job stuffing the ballot box.
* Excellent talks given that were very entertaining, educational, humorous and
moved along, right on time.
* Some delicious FREE beer was enjoyed. The 8 glasses that were auctioned off
raised almost $100 for the TCMA!
* Lots of meetings, legwork, and volunteers corralled for the ICS in only 3
short months! YES, they still need volunteers!
* A superb barbecue dinner by our Caver Cook Crew. I barely had room for
another Rahr beer or three afterwards, during the auction!
* An extremely productive and succinct TSA Business Meeting. Some of the
highlights:
- Members Area and the online access to The TEXAS CAVER has been a
hit and well-received by membership. Second most visited section of homepage.
(The calendar is first, barely).
- NO DUES INCREASE!
- A complimentary TC will now be sent to any prospective caver
thinking about joining the TSA.
- A new (and cheaper) printer of the TC has been found and will be
utilized for the next issue.
- The Convention ended up in the black and may have actually made a
little money!
- A $2200 donation to the ICS for 8 registrations for foreign
cavers to attend this once-in-a-lifetime event who may not have been able to do
so.
- A $500 donation for the NSS' Rapid Response Fund to be used
towards White Nose Syndrome Research and Containment.
- New and repaired survey equipment that can be used on various TSA
projects. A $400 expenditure.
In that vein, the above last three items were made easier by the fact that over
40 members of the TSA have opted for receiving their TC in digital format, a
savings to the TSA of over $800!
A lot of people have commented and questioned me as, "Why should I join the
TSA?", and, "What benefit is there to digitally receiving the TC!?"
The expenditures above are great examples of what the TSA funds can be used
for, why you should join the TSA and encourage others to do so, and the
direction I envision the TSA proceeding in the future.
Since the TSA does not own any caves, we can support caving related activities,
projects, events, help educate the public and prevent damage to caves and their
inhabitants (see WNS) and a myriad array of other worthwhile endeavors by
receiving your annual dues and the cost savings realized by reduced newsletter
printing costs.
Not a TSA member? No problem! We still would like for you to contemplate
becoming a TSA member. Send me an email for your complimentary TEXAS CAVER and
see what you've been missing.
Visit the TSA website at www.cavetexas.org and become a paid member and/or
become an online member of the TSA.
There now are a total of 11 back issues available for your reading pleasure.
If you're a TSA member, but haven't yet joined the Digital Revolution, it is
extremely painless to do so. Go to http://www.cavetexas.org/members/ and sign
up. Please remember to select how you want your TC, mail or digital.
You can still opt to receive the TC in the mail, or you can do your part to be
environmentally and fiscally responsible, while sticking it to the USPS and
their rate increase in May by opting to go digital!
The Members Area continues to expand very well and we currently have grown to
well over 80 members. This is over 40% of the total membership.
I'll get off my soapbox now, but, I want to thank all of you who made it out to
the Convention and thank all of those who helped make it successful.
After you have enjoyed talking about caving at the TSA Convention, come on out
to Longhorn this weekend, as well as the always popular CBSP Project, and get
down and dirty in some real caves.
Longhorn Caverns State Park Dig, This Saturday, May 2nd
This is a pre-ICS project! We will be meeting at the visitors center at
Longhorn Caverns State Park at 9 AM, Saturday, June 7th, and caravan from there
to the Crownover entrance. We will be prepping the area for a possible thru
trip during ICS, hanging out at the beautiful state park, and conducting a
possible thru trip. Please bring your own water, food, and camping gear as the
Visitors area at the park is available Friday and Saturday nights.
Contact Mark, if you plan on attending!
Colorado bend State Park Project, Saturday, May 9th.
Thanks!
Mark Alman - TSA Chairman
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Oops! I almost forgot.
If you have any photos from the Convention, please send them to Butch at
[email protected] for inclusion in the TSA webpage and to me for
inclusion in The TEXAS CAVER.
If you have any notes, thought, or reports from the talks and the Convention,
please send these my way, as well, for a wrap up column in the next issue.
Thanks!
Mark
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From: Alman, Mark @ IRP
Sent: Tue 4/28/2009 1:02 PM
To: '[email protected]'
Subject: Convention Wrap Up and Longhorn Reminder
Well, another TSA Convention has come and gone.
I just wanted to thank all of you who came down to attend and thank those folks
who helped make it such an enjoyable weekend!
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D'oh!
You're correct, Lyndon.
The Longhorn Project is THIS weekend, Saturday, May 2nd.
June remains to be seen.
Mea culpa (must be that cold medicine I'm taking!)
Mark
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From: Lyndon Tiu [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tue 4/28/2009 1:20 PM
To: Alman, Mark @ IRP
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Convention Wrap Up and Longhorn Reminder
[email protected] wrote:
> **
>
> *Longhorn Caverns State Park Dig, This Saturday, May 2nd*
>
>
>
> This is a pre-ICS project! We will be meeting at the visitors center at
> Longhorn Caverns State Park at 9 AM, Saturday, June 7th, and caravan
> from there to the Crownover entrance. We will be prepping the area for a
> possible thru trip during ICS, hanging out at the beautiful state park,
> and conducting a possible thru trip. Please bring your own water, food,
> and camping gear as the Visitors area at the park is available Friday
> and Saturday nights.
>
>
>
> Contact Mark, if you plan on attending!
Typo!
Subject line reads " ... May 2nd", but the text body, reads " ... June
7th ... "
--
Lyndon Tiu
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