[Texascavers] Vampire Bat Immigration
From Texas A&M AgriLife Extension through my County Agriculural Extension Agent... I'll never forget my first encounter with vampire bat shit (and looking up to see the bats) while caving in the Xilitla area of Mexico many moons ago. Vampire bats could move into Texas Vampire bats are mainly found in Mexico and Central and South America, but their habitat has been expanding north into the U.S. over the past few years. In Mexico, vampire bats cause about $47 million a year in damages through livestock predation and public health risk concerns. The warm-blooded flying mammals are particularly attracted to cattle, according to Dr. Joanne Maki, a rabies expert and Technical Director for the North American Veterinary Public Health group at Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health. It also feeds on other livestock, but primarily cattle, and those animals suffer because of the blood meals being taken. Not only are those animals at risk for potentially having rabies transmitted by the bite of a vampire bat, but due to the blood meal the vampire bat consumes, it stresses the cattle or stresses the horse, and you see a decrease in that animal’s production levels. Since the vampire bat has been detected as close as 35-40 miles south of the Texas-Mexico border, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and other governmental agencies have increased surveillance. Feedlots, farms and wild animal habitats are being surveyed for signs of vampire bat feeding. If someone has an animal with an atypical bite wound, such as on the ears or neck or withers, where vampire bats feed, [USDA’s] Wildlife Services wants to know about it. The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) should also have more information about the surveillance program, awareness and resources for people interested in learning more. The rabies case-reporting system in Texas is linked with federal information, which helps equip the Lone Star State to handle a potential vampire bat spread. Signs and symptoms of rabies in animals In animals, rabies manifests in one of two forms: furious and paralytic. Maki noted the form is influenced by the animal species. Dogs and cats quite often get the furious form of rabies, the typical thing we think of when we think ‘rabid animal.’ Foxes can also become very aggressive, lose their fear of humans and attack, and bite them. “But the other form, paralytic or ‘dumb,’ is when the rabies virus basically causes paralysis in an animal, and they’re showing neurological symptoms like staggering or weaving around during the daytime when that wildlife species would normally be out only at night. Other animals with paralytic rabies may hide under vehicles or in sheds or other places around homes and businesses because they’re sick and have lost their innate sense of self-preservation. Maki said this form can be even more dangerous to humans because people may think the animal needs help and approach it. Cattle often get the paralytic form. But since there are a lot of different diseases that can cause neurological symptoms in livestock, we want to be sure livestock owners are aware that rabies may be the issue. Recumbency, not being able to rise, weakness in the hind legs, stumbling, hitting the head on a fence—those are not normal behaviors for a cow. Livestock producers should associate these signs with rabies, especially in unvaccinated animals or those with lapsed vaccinations, so they do not end up exposing themselves while handling that sick animal. It is advised ranchers to contact a veterinarian immediately if they notice livestock exhibiting these symptoms. Veterinarians are best qualified to make preliminary differential diagnoses between rabies or other issues while handling the animal safely. If you’re bitten and the animal is rabid, the post-exposure prophylaxis is expensive. The technology has changed and the number of doses of vaccine you would receive are not as plentiful or as painful in the past, but it’s still expensive. Ecologists and other scientists are working on both sides of the border to monitor vampire bats and provide timely information. ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
[Texascavers] Photos Luckenbach Sept. 1978
Here is a link to facebook photo album of all the photos I have of 1st Texas Old Timers' Reunion... "...gathering at the old cotton gin in Luckenbach..." https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.127431190689270.21883.12671681186&type=1&l=eef680bf0f Carl, thanks for posting the registration sheets! Bob West rawest...@hotmail.com ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
RE: [Texascavers] Poison-ivy and Karst
I remember being very sensitive to poison ivy in my early teens growing up in northern Brown county. All it had to be was springtime and I would get itchy welts on my ankles and wrists. My parents found some poison ivy extract that came in a dropper bottle. I would take 1 drop a day for a week or 10 days; then 2 drops a day for that long and do that all the way to 10 drops a day. I would start the drop therapy in the winter so by springtime I was up the the 10 drop max and my sensitivity was then greatly diminished. My mother would get poison ivy reaction regularly and not even be around it. She stopped getting it when she stopped handling my fathers dirty jeans putting them in the washing machine. Bob West Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 08:42:57 -0500 From: gi...@att.net To: dirt...@comcast.net CC: Texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Poison-ivy and Karst I forgot to mention an apocryphal story regarding my East Texas cousins who were Piney Woods squirrel hunters in their youth and often came home with poison ivy lesions. My aunt used an old procedure that involved my cousins taking a certain number (which I don't remember) of ripe poison ivy seeds by mouth for several (again, I don't remember how many) days. They were, reportedly, cured of their sensitivity to poison ivy--or, at least, it was greatly diminished. --Ediger On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 6:15 PM, wrote: Poison-ivy and Karst How cave related can you get?? (I'll do everything I can to get this site back on track) I grew up in New York and was terribly allergic to poison ivy as a youngster. Like, someone burned some brush with the vines in the pile, a half-mile away. Good Lord, was I ever in an awful itchy situation after the smoke passed over me --. Fortunately my lungs did not react. When I started to do karst and geological things in upstate NY, I discovered two things: 1. To see the bedrock I had to crawl on my belly like a snake up stream beds. 2. I could map the limestone without ever seeing it, just by mapping where the lush poison ivy grew. (THAT is the Karst tie-in) After I came West, I could more easily see Rocks and I gradually lost my extreme reaction. But I learned what George cautioned: Immunity is lost by repeated exposure. Then I moved to Texas and discovered Poison Oak. It makes TREES going up the cliffs with trunks as big around as Bob Oakley's thighs around springs in the Big Bend. ESPECIALLY in what is now Big Bend Ranch State Park.
[Texascavers] Gin pole truck in action at Kiwi Sink
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[Texascavers] Gin pole truck in action at Kiwi Sink
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[Texascavers] Gin pole truck in action at Kiwi Sink
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[Texascavers] Smithsonian article 'Into the Cave of Chile's Witches'
headquarters located in a vast cavern, 40 or more yards long, whose secret entrance had been cleverly concealed in the side of a ravine. This cave (which Chilote tradition asserts was lit by torches burning human fat) was hidden somewhere outside the little coastal village of Quicavi, and was—Coñuecar and other witnesses swore—home to a pair of monsters that guarded the society’s most treasured possessions: an ancient leather book of magic and a bowl that, filled with water, allowed secrets to be seen. Read more: http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/2013/02/into-the-cave-of-chiles-witches/#ixzz2LSouWUT4
[Texascavers] Smithsonian article 'Into the Cave of Chile's Witches'
headquarters located in a vast cavern, 40 or more yards long, whose secret entrance had been cleverly concealed in the side of a ravine. This cave (which Chilote tradition asserts was lit by torches burning human fat) was hidden somewhere outside the little coastal village of Quicavi, and was—Coñuecar and other witnesses swore—home to a pair of monsters that guarded the society’s most treasured possessions: an ancient leather book of magic and a bowl that, filled with water, allowed secrets to be seen. Read more: http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/2013/02/into-the-cave-of-chiles-witches/#ixzz2LSouWUT4
[Texascavers] Smithsonian article 'Into the Cave of Chile's Witches'
headquarters located in a vast cavern, 40 or more yards long, whose secret entrance had been cleverly concealed in the side of a ravine. This cave (which Chilote tradition asserts was lit by torches burning human fat) was hidden somewhere outside the little coastal village of Quicavi, and was—Coñuecar and other witnesses swore—home to a pair of monsters that guarded the society’s most treasured possessions: an ancient leather book of magic and a bowl that, filled with water, allowed secrets to be seen. Read more: http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/2013/02/into-the-cave-of-chiles-witches/#ixzz2LSouWUT4
[Texascavers] European Cave Spiders Produce Super-Stretchy Silk
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[Texascavers] European Cave Spiders Produce Super-Stretchy Silk
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[Texascavers] European Cave Spiders Produce Super-Stretchy Silk
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RE: [Texascavers] Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D
Rod, parking info... 4 Hour Validation Violet Crown Cinema offers validation with purchase of a movie ticket. There is a maximum of 4 hours total validation. Regular posted rates apply after 4 hours. The parking garage is attached to the Cinema and is entered from San Antonio Street between 2nd and 3rd Streets. In addition to self-parking, Free Valet Parking is available to Cinema patrons at the valet stand located near the entrance to the Cinema (in front of Malaga). Please bring your parking ticket to our box office/guest services counter for validation. Snack Bar Violet Crown’s Snack Bar offers traditional cinema concessions including fresh popped popcorn, candies, cookies, ice cream, ICEE’s, as well as healthy options including fruit and vegetable snacks. Food and beverage may be consumed anywhere in the cinema, including the auditoriums where the seats include table trays which fold out from the armrests, or in one of our sitting areas in the lower lounge, upper lounge, lobby, or outside patio area. Patrons are encouraged to visit the Bar & Café and the Snack Bar to enjoy a drink or a snack, even if they do not purchase a movie ticket. The Bar & Cafe Violet Crown’s Bar & Cafe offers a full cocktail bar, including an extensive beer list with several local draft beers, and a wine list containing several affordable fine wines. The Bar & Cafe appetizer menu includes cheese plates, Mediterranean plates, french fries, pizzas, and hot dogs. The Bar & Cafe also serves hot and cold teas, soft drinks, espresso drinks and desserts. Violet Crown Cinema Violet Crown Cinema is a locally owned and operated cinema with four screens devoted to art, independent, documentary and international films. Violet Crown offers modern amenities including state-of-the-art digital sound and projection, comfortable seating, and stadium auditoriums with unobstructed sight lines. All seats for all shows are reserved and can be purchased at the cinema or on-line at www.violetcrowncinema.com Downtown Austin jumps the ticket price up and the seat includes a table tray where you can take your snack and beer in to watch the movie. Your in the Center of Texas Politics; the governor can afford $11,000 a month for a temp home while the mansion is being restored.surely everyone can afford a $15 movie ticket... Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 13:43:32 -0500 From: rod.g...@earthlink.net To: rawest...@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D CC: rod.g...@ieee.org That's in downtown Austin, where parking is notoriously difficult to find and can be expensive. Where do you recommend parking there?rodrod.g...@ieee.org-Original Message- From: Bob West Sent: May 20, 2011 1:17 PM To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: [Texascavers] Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D Cavers in the Center of the Caving Universe are gathering at 434 W 2nd (Downtown Austin) around 5:45PM to catch the 6PM showing of this movie. All are welcome to join... Tickets are $14 plus $1 surcharge for the 3D glasses = $15 To my knowledge so far there are 10 of us at least so the tickets will be $13 if you get there for the group gathering at the ticket counter at 5:45 this PM. Thank you,Bob
RE: [Texascavers] Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D
Rod, parking info... 4 Hour Validation Violet Crown Cinema offers validation with purchase of a movie ticket. There is a maximum of 4 hours total validation. Regular posted rates apply after 4 hours. The parking garage is attached to the Cinema and is entered from San Antonio Street between 2nd and 3rd Streets. In addition to self-parking, Free Valet Parking is available to Cinema patrons at the valet stand located near the entrance to the Cinema (in front of Malaga). Please bring your parking ticket to our box office/guest services counter for validation. Snack Bar Violet Crown’s Snack Bar offers traditional cinema concessions including fresh popped popcorn, candies, cookies, ice cream, ICEE’s, as well as healthy options including fruit and vegetable snacks. Food and beverage may be consumed anywhere in the cinema, including the auditoriums where the seats include table trays which fold out from the armrests, or in one of our sitting areas in the lower lounge, upper lounge, lobby, or outside patio area. Patrons are encouraged to visit the Bar & Café and the Snack Bar to enjoy a drink or a snack, even if they do not purchase a movie ticket. The Bar & Cafe Violet Crown’s Bar & Cafe offers a full cocktail bar, including an extensive beer list with several local draft beers, and a wine list containing several affordable fine wines. The Bar & Cafe appetizer menu includes cheese plates, Mediterranean plates, french fries, pizzas, and hot dogs. The Bar & Cafe also serves hot and cold teas, soft drinks, espresso drinks and desserts. Violet Crown Cinema Violet Crown Cinema is a locally owned and operated cinema with four screens devoted to art, independent, documentary and international films. Violet Crown offers modern amenities including state-of-the-art digital sound and projection, comfortable seating, and stadium auditoriums with unobstructed sight lines. All seats for all shows are reserved and can be purchased at the cinema or on-line at www.violetcrowncinema.com Downtown Austin jumps the ticket price up and the seat includes a table tray where you can take your snack and beer in to watch the movie. Your in the Center of Texas Politics; the governor can afford $11,000 a month for a temp home while the mansion is being restored.surely everyone can afford a $15 movie ticket... List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 13:43:32 -0500 From: rod.g...@earthlink.net To: rawest...@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D CC: rod.g...@ieee.org That's in downtown Austin, where parking is notoriously difficult to find and can be expensive. Where do you recommend parking there?rodrod.g...@ieee.org-Original Message- From: Bob West Sent: May 20, 2011 1:17 PM To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: [Texascavers] Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D Cavers in the Center of the Caving Universe are gathering at 434 W 2nd (Downtown Austin) around 5:45PM to catch the 6PM showing of this movie. All are welcome to join... Tickets are $14 plus $1 surcharge for the 3D glasses = $15 To my knowledge so far there are 10 of us at least so the tickets will be $13 if you get there for the group gathering at the ticket counter at 5:45 this PM. Thank you,Bob
RE: [Texascavers] Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D
Rod, parking info... 4 Hour Validation Violet Crown Cinema offers validation with purchase of a movie ticket. There is a maximum of 4 hours total validation. Regular posted rates apply after 4 hours. The parking garage is attached to the Cinema and is entered from San Antonio Street between 2nd and 3rd Streets. In addition to self-parking, Free Valet Parking is available to Cinema patrons at the valet stand located near the entrance to the Cinema (in front of Malaga). Please bring your parking ticket to our box office/guest services counter for validation. Snack Bar Violet Crown’s Snack Bar offers traditional cinema concessions including fresh popped popcorn, candies, cookies, ice cream, ICEE’s, as well as healthy options including fruit and vegetable snacks. Food and beverage may be consumed anywhere in the cinema, including the auditoriums where the seats include table trays which fold out from the armrests, or in one of our sitting areas in the lower lounge, upper lounge, lobby, or outside patio area. Patrons are encouraged to visit the Bar & Café and the Snack Bar to enjoy a drink or a snack, even if they do not purchase a movie ticket. The Bar & Cafe Violet Crown’s Bar & Cafe offers a full cocktail bar, including an extensive beer list with several local draft beers, and a wine list containing several affordable fine wines. The Bar & Cafe appetizer menu includes cheese plates, Mediterranean plates, french fries, pizzas, and hot dogs. The Bar & Cafe also serves hot and cold teas, soft drinks, espresso drinks and desserts. Violet Crown Cinema Violet Crown Cinema is a locally owned and operated cinema with four screens devoted to art, independent, documentary and international films. Violet Crown offers modern amenities including state-of-the-art digital sound and projection, comfortable seating, and stadium auditoriums with unobstructed sight lines. All seats for all shows are reserved and can be purchased at the cinema or on-line at www.violetcrowncinema.com Downtown Austin jumps the ticket price up and the seat includes a table tray where you can take your snack and beer in to watch the movie. Your in the Center of Texas Politics; the governor can afford $11,000 a month for a temp home while the mansion is being restored.surely everyone can afford a $15 movie ticket... List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 13:43:32 -0500 From: rod.g...@earthlink.net To: rawest...@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D CC: rod.g...@ieee.org That's in downtown Austin, where parking is notoriously difficult to find and can be expensive. Where do you recommend parking there?rodrod.g...@ieee.org-Original Message- From: Bob West Sent: May 20, 2011 1:17 PM To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: [Texascavers] Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D Cavers in the Center of the Caving Universe are gathering at 434 W 2nd (Downtown Austin) around 5:45PM to catch the 6PM showing of this movie. All are welcome to join... Tickets are $14 plus $1 surcharge for the 3D glasses = $15 To my knowledge so far there are 10 of us at least so the tickets will be $13 if you get there for the group gathering at the ticket counter at 5:45 this PM. Thank you,Bob
[Texascavers] Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D
Cavers in the Center of the Caving Universe are gathering at 434 W 2nd (Downtown Austin) around 5:45PM to catch the 6PM showing of this movie. All are welcome to join... Tickets are $14 plus $1 surcharge for the 3D glasses = $15 To my knowledge so far there are 10 of us at least so the tickets will be $13 if you get there for the group gathering at the ticket counter at 5:45 this PM. Thank you,Bob
[Texascavers] Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D
Cavers in the Center of the Caving Universe are gathering at 434 W 2nd (Downtown Austin) around 5:45PM to catch the 6PM showing of this movie. All are welcome to join... Tickets are $14 plus $1 surcharge for the 3D glasses = $15 To my knowledge so far there are 10 of us at least so the tickets will be $13 if you get there for the group gathering at the ticket counter at 5:45 this PM. Thank you,Bob
[Texascavers] Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D
Cavers in the Center of the Caving Universe are gathering at 434 W 2nd (Downtown Austin) around 5:45PM to catch the 6PM showing of this movie. All are welcome to join... Tickets are $14 plus $1 surcharge for the 3D glasses = $15 To my knowledge so far there are 10 of us at least so the tickets will be $13 if you get there for the group gathering at the ticket counter at 5:45 this PM. Thank you,Bob
[Texascavers] Cave movie; SXSW film festival in Austin
Cave of Forgotten Dreams; director Werner Herzog. Filmed in 3D. http://www.filmdetail.com/2011/03/01/cave-of-forgotten-dreams-werner-herzog/ Playing at the South Lamar Alamo Drafthouse Sunday, March 13 at 4pm Friday, March 18 at 5:30pm $70 passes will keep you from having to purchase a ticket at the theater, they are good all week for all films at all venues. Individual tickets ($10), space permitting, will go on sale to the gereral public 15 min before showtime. SXSW Badges get you in. Badgeholders first, passes next, then single ticket. I don't know how many seats are in the Alamo Drafthouse theaters on Lamar but it may just be a dream to expect any space for single ticket sales. FYI, Bob
[Texascavers] Bat echolocation science article
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100204204319.htm I wonder if Daniel Kish has gone caving yet?? Bob _ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469230/direct/01/
[Texascavers] BBC video in Cave of Crystals
Short video from new BBC series 'How the Earth Made Us". http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8466493.stm Bob _ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390709/direct/01/
[Texascavers] Wrinkle-faced Bat
"These guys are really rare and studying their feeding habits is a challenge. We were really lucky to catch so many, another team went out to the same location a year later and found nothing." http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090814/full/news.2009.824.html _ Get your vacation photos on your phone! http://windowsliveformobile.com/en-us/photos/default.aspx?&OCID=0809TL-HM
RE: [Texascavers] Cave photo
The picture explanation states " Pictured above is single exposure image". I clicked on the "pictured above" link and it took me to: http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3001638 This has more story from Wally about taking the photo. It's got to be a SENSITIVE camera/sensor. Can you say "image stabilization"?? Bob List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:14:31 -0500From: wavycaver@gmail.comTo: wokka@justfamily.orgSubject: Re: [Texascavers] Cave photoCC: fr...@frankbinney.com; rawest...@hotmail.com; texascavers@texascavers.com I'd think the same - Both the interior and exterior could be done from one exposure - but not the SAME exposure. Or at least one adjusted to the other. OR DARN sensitive filim!-WaV On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Charles Goldsmith wrote: >From talking to someone here at work that does a lot ofastro-photography, he >said that Milky Way image is easily less than aminute exposure, given really >dark skies.However, he also states that the cave image was probably overlaid >froma 2nd exposure, otherwise you would likely have some movementindication >from inside the cave.Either way, its a beautiful picture.Charles On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Frank Binney wrote:> Hey Bob--> Cool photobut I wonder if photo shop was involved. If you took an> exposure long enough to get that type of detail in the Milky Way, wouldn't> you get star streaks from the Earth's rotation during the long exposure> time? Any astro experts out there with an opinion? Or half-astro experts?> Frank>>> On 9/29/08 10:20 AM, "Bob West" wrote:>> Cave photo of the day from the 'astronomy picture of the day' site>> http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html>> Very nice!>>>> Bob>> > Stay up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with Windows> Live. See Now <http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093185mrt/direct/01/>>>-Visit our website: http://texascavers.comTo unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscribe@texascavers.comFor additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com _ See how Windows connects the people, information, and fun that are part of your life. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093175mrt/direct/01/
[Texascavers] Cave photo
Cave photo of the day from the 'astronomy picture of the day' site http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html Very nice! Bob _ Stay up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with Windows Live. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093185mrt/direct/01/
[Texascavers] StarDate Nov/Dec article
Astronomy News - Great article on DEPTHX and it's exploration of El Zacaton with 3D map (small inset) came in this mag. I did not get very far in finding article on web: http://stardate.org/magazine/spreads.php?issue=200712&s=9&&t=10&d=10 Bob _ i'm making a difference.�Make every IM count for the cause of your choice. Join Now. http://im.live.com/messenger/im/home/?source=TAGHM - 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] Fastball thrown at a wall of beeswax
Bill, May is not that big of a metropolis and with the ag building out next to the baseball diamond, one wall of the ag building was pulling double duty as the backstop for pitching practice. One of the ag students had his beehives stacked along that wall, along with a few bricks (sorry, I exagerated about the wall part) of beeswax and... ; you'll just have to visualize it, Bill, cause practice is closed, no outsiders allowed. I did use that Lexan in one of my early attemps at making a waterproof camera case for a Mexico caving expedition and being from May, I thought double duty as a bullet proof camera case might come in handy also... Bro Bob From: To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: [Texascavers] Fastball thrown at a wall of beeswax Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 5:07:01 -0700 Brother Bob West, I'm intrigued by the image of a fastball thrown into a wall of beeswax. Have you seen this done? I drive through May, Texas once in a while. Is that something they do there that I could watch sometime? Bill "Minton wrote: > Bob West said: > > >Lexan does have the ability to flex. > >When a bullet hits it (when it is this thick) it flexes, absorbs the energy and stops the bullet; like a wall of bees wax stopping a fastball. > > Yes, on that scale it does, but not in the sense of making a squeezable bottle. > > Mark Minton - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com _ Mortgage rates near historic lows. Refinance $200,000 loan for as low as $771/month* https://www2.nextag.com/goto.jsp?product=10035&url=%2fst.jsp&tm=y&search=mortgage_text_links_88_h27f8&disc=y&vers=689&s=4056&p=5117 - 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] RE: Polybottles
From: Mark Minton "Not as far as I know. Lexan is always hard and inflexible." Lexan does have the ability to flex. I bought some Lexan about 1/4 inch thick from a small company in a warehouse district in Irving, TX that made bullet-proof display cases for museums and jewelry stores. When a bullet hits it (when it is this thick) it flexes, absorbs the energy and stops the bullet; like a wall of bees wax stopping a fastball. Bob West _ Need a break? Find your escape route with Live Search Maps. http://maps.live.com/?icid=hmtag3 - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
[Texascavers] Ridgeflying
Looks like a new tool for ridgewalking: Practicing on Earth Called the Earth-Mars Cave Detection Program, the project is preparing to enter phase 2, during which scientists will test their approach in "Mars analogue" sites, terrestrial environments with similarities to Martian landscapes. These sites will include dry, blistering deserts, such as the Mojave in California and the Atacama in Chile, as well as frigid environments like Iceland and Antarctica. During the first phase of the project, the researchers acquired the thermal signatures of a dozen caves in Arizona and New Mexico using an experimental infrared detector, called the Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector (QWIP), flown aboard an airplane. Cave detection using QWIP works by spotting regions in the landscape where temperatures are different from the surroundings. Inside a cave, temperatures are nearly constant due to lack of sunlight. Outside, temperatures fluctuate with the rising and setting of the Sun. At a cave entrance, these two temperature regimes mix together to create a unique thermal signature that, depending on the time of day, can be either warmer or cooler than the surrounding environment. "The caves show up as hotspots in a sea of cold, or as cold spots in a sea of warmth," said study team member Murzy Jhabvala, chief engineer of NASA's Instrument Systems and Technology Center. The data, still being analyzed, look promising. In one series of images, the researchers snapped thermal images of Xenolith Cave in New Mexico over a 24-hour period. The cave opening can be seen clearly in some of the images. "It jumps out at you," said Jut Wynne, a biospeleologist (cave biologist) with theU.S. Geological Survey and Northern Arizona University. "It lights up like a Christmas tree in the predawn and in the late-night shots. It's a bit more ephemeral during the day shots." http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20070402/sc_space/possiblenewmarscavestargetsinsearchforlife Happy cave spotting Bro Bob _ i'm making a difference.�Make every IM count for the cause of your choice. Join Now. http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwme008001msn/direct/01/?href=http://im.live.com/messenger/im/home/?source=hmtagline - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
RE: CaveTex: CHILI COOK-OFF
I am a little leery of the part that says 'use your own members' !!!>From: "Linda Palit" >To: "'Godot Martel'" , >Subject: RE: CaveTex: CHILI COOK-OFF>Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 10:23:28 -0500>>Yum, yum.>Hold me back.>>>-Original Message->From: owner-cave...@cavetex.net [mailto:owner-cave...@cavetex.net] On>Behalf Of Godot Martel>Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 8:29 AM>To: felicia vreeland; CaveTex>Subject: Re: CaveTex: CHILI COOK-OFF>>Maybe Andy will make his famous "Kitty Kat Chili">>felicia vreeland wrote:>The indistinguishable WE agree that is is a good idea to offer a Chili>cooking contest between the Grottos. The rules are simple>Use your own pots>Use your own recipes>Use your own ingredients>Use your own members>You only need about 4 qts for the tasting..>You may use the cooks area, fires, coals and beer. The cooks have excess>spices if need be but do not ASSUME!>There will be 1st, a 2nd and a runner up. The winning recipe may>seriously be considered for the menu the following year.>The deadline to apply is September 5th. (if not enough interest is>raised we'll call it off)>The cost to apply is one foot massage on Sunday a.m. for Felicia>>>-->Felicia Vreeland>Vreeland Graphics Inc.>512-389-1709 phone>512-389-1730 fax>512-656-4709 cell To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to mailto:majord...@cavetex.net with the following message--unsubscribe cavetex. For help and information go to www.cavetex.net. List administrator: mailto:jswh...@cavetex.net
