texascavers Digest 30 Dec 2008 01:56:15 -0000 Issue 675
texascavers Digest 30 Dec 2008 01:56:15 - Issue 675 Topics (messages 9755 through 9758): Anyone headed down to SLP? 9755 by: Terry Holsinger Re: [ProjectDisaster] Brazil: Rabid child 9756 by: wpick.cox.net Ancient Cave Painting from Northern Australia 9757 by: Mike Flannigan OT - Spanish 102 9758 by: David Administrivia: To subscribe to the digest, e-mail: texascavers-digest-subscr...@texascavers.com To unsubscribe from the digest, e-mail: texascavers-digest-unsubscr...@texascavers.com To post to the list, e-mail: texascavers@texascavers.com -- ---BeginMessage--- There are 2 400meter ropes that need a ride to/near SLP before the first of February. If anyone is headed south through Austin or San Antonio I can get the rope to you and let ya know who to get it to. Terry H. ---End Message--- ---BeginMessage--- Hello Cavers I thought you all might be interested in this On 12/26/2008 at 22:14, a new item was posted to the Project Disaster blog: Brazil: Rabid child Date: Thu 18 Dec 2008 Source: Globo.com [Portuguese, trans. Mod.TY, edited] http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Brasil/0,,MUL928618-5598,00-SECRETARIA+CONFIRMA+CASO+DE+RAIVA+HUMANA+NO+DISTRITO+FEDERAL.html This Thursday [18 Dec 2008], the Health Secretariat in the Federal District confirmed a case of human rabies in a child 9 years of age hospitalized for 3 weeks in the Base Hospital. The disease was confirmed by laboratory tests. The boy is from Goias state and had been bitten by a bat in that sta To read the entire post: http://projectdisaster.com/index.php?p=10701 == You are receiving this message because you subscribed to be sent notification of new postings to the blog site: ProjectDisaster.Com To unsubscribe, send e-mail to lists...@mediccom.org with UNSUBSCRIBE projectdisaster in the message body on a line by itself Or, visit the web form at: http://mediccom.org/public/projectdisaster.htm If you have trouble, please contact the list admin, e-mail chur...@mediccom.org == ---End Message--- ---BeginMessage--- Bat Petroglyph: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/7765136.stm Mike ---End Message--- ---BeginMessage--- This post is intended for gringo cavers who plan to go caving south of the border. I found a great way to improve your Spanish. National Geographic sells DVD video documentaries in a Spanish format. You can get them at HEB at the border towns.They cost 99 pesos. I presume the English U.S. versions have a Spanish setting, but what is unique about these videos is that the Spanish spoken exactly matches the subtitles as the speaker is speaking. Unfortunately, the sound is just dubbed over the English. Also, to the best of my knowledge the narrators sounds like they are from northern Mexico, so you will be learning the language as it is spoken in many areas near the border.I will let someone else confirm that, but I am pretty sure they are not from Spain, Cuba, or South America. The quality of the sound and picture are very good, at least on my old tube TV. David Locklear ---End Message---
[ot_caving] another LED Lantern review
Target has had an interesting LED lantern for several months, but I had to put off testing it. This one is by River Rock, and features a single K2 LED. http://i19.ebayimg.com/06/i/001/13/e9/ccf4_1.JPG The lantern is well built and gets my approval. It is probably the 3rd best LED lantern that I have tested. Its best feature is that it easily converts to a good flashlight.Its small size makes it suitable for a backpacking trip, or even a cave expedition. It is water-resistant, having o-rings at most of the moisture entry points. It uses tiny string loops on each end so that you can hang it right-side up, or upside down. In the upside down mode it shines a bright light on a smaller area for cooking or working on a specific task. I think the room for improvement with this light, is that it needs a frosty globe to distibute the light more evenly. The removeable head, should have some other functioning purpose such as having a built-in compass, or tiny LED light. I belive the reflectional cone is not quite pointed in the most efficient direction. And having one single LED seems to be a flaw, based on comparisons with lanterns having 3 or 4. Of all the lanterns in its size category, it is the best so far. David Locklear - Give this to a friend: ot-subscr...@texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: ot-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: ot-h...@texascavers.com
[ot_caving] my personal My-Space site
I finally decided to sign up for a MySpace account: http://www.myspace.com/el_speleo_gringo I presume this is going to eventually be something that I regret doing. A little voice inside my head is saying DON'T hit the send button. David Locklear - Give this to a friend: ot-subscr...@texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: ot-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: ot-h...@texascavers.com
[ot_caving] OT - Radio Flyer Wagon
Do you remember your little red wagon from your childhood? Did it have cup-holders, upholstered seats, iPod dock, speakers, seat-belts? http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/TECH/12/24/radio.flyer.wagon/RadioFlyer3.jpg - Give this to a friend: ot-subscr...@texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: ot-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: ot-h...@texascavers.com
Re: [ot_caving] OT - Radio Flyer Wagon
No. I put a piece of foam rubber in it though. It made rides down the hill more comfortable. Me and my brother figured how to steer it from sitting inside it with the 'tow handle' turned backwards and we'd ride it down the biggest hill within a mile of our house. It was fun as hell, fast and dangerous. Eventually we tore the suspension from the bottom. My grandfather welded it back together with bracing and made it about 10lbs heavier. I never could figure out WHY it was called Radio Flyer. It could only momentarily fly in the first moments of the very worst accidents and it had no freakin' radio!! We made a joke out of it. We'd call the pet turtle radioactive wings, the sandbox frequency stratosphere and the dog oscillating airhead. -WaV On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 12:38 AM, David dlocklea...@gmail.com wrote: Do you remember your little red wagon from your childhood? Did it have cup-holders, upholstered seats, iPod dock, speakers, seat-belts? http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/TECH/12/24/radio.flyer.wagon/RadioFlyer3.jpg - Give this to a friend: ot-subscr...@texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: ot-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: ot-h...@texascavers.com
[Texascavers] OT - Spanish 102
This post is intended for gringo cavers who plan to go caving south of the border. I found a great way to improve your Spanish. National Geographic sells DVD video documentaries in a Spanish format. You can get them at HEB at the border towns.They cost 99 pesos. I presume the English U.S. versions have a Spanish setting, but what is unique about these videos is that the Spanish spoken exactly matches the subtitles as the speaker is speaking. Unfortunately, the sound is just dubbed over the English. Also, to the best of my knowledge the narrators sounds like they are from northern Mexico, so you will be learning the language as it is spoken in many areas near the border.I will let someone else confirm that, but I am pretty sure they are not from Spain, Cuba, or South America. The quality of the sound and picture are very good, at least on my old tube TV. David Locklear - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
Re: [Texascavers] OT - Spanish 102
According to my former employer's human resources dept. the spanish spoken in northern Mexico (specifically Nuevo Leon) is the most standard spanish in the world, pretty much anyone that speaks spanish in other countries can understand most of what we say, Nico On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 7:56 PM, David dlocklea...@gmail.com wrote: Also, to the best of my knowledge the narrators sounds like they are from northern Mexico, so you will be learning the language as it is spoken in many areas near the border.I will let someone else confirm that, but I am pretty sure they are not from Spain, Cuba, or South America. The quality of the sound and picture are very good, at least on my old tube TV. David Locklear - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
