texascavers Digest 20 Nov 2009 06:55:43 -0000 Issue 890
Topics (messages 12636 through 12645):
Ciudad Victoria - Hacienda name needed
12636 by: jranzau.gmail.com
12640 by: Mark Minton
Re: archiving your data
12637 by: Carl Kunath
Re: Trouble at PEMEX
12638 by: Sheryl Rieck
Rooms--OT
12639 by: Gill Edigar
KXAN's Jim Swift in Antioch Cave
12641 by: Jules Jenkins
12642 by: Travis Scott
12643 by: Don Cooper
Edwards Aquifer Recovery Implementation Program takes first steps :
12644 by: JerryAtkin.aol.com
aquifer question
12645 by: David
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A few years ago on a trip to Brinco we stopped at a old Hacienda at the
base of the mountain that was being converted into a hotel. Does anyone
know its name or if it has a website?
Joe
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Joe,
>A few years ago on a trip to Brinco we stopped at a old Hacienda at
the base of the mountain that was being converted into a hotel. Does
anyone know its name or if it has a website?
That was probably Hacienda Santa
Engracia: <http://www.haciendase.com/>.
Mark Minton
You may reply to mmin...@caver.net
Permanent email address is mmin...@illinoisalumni.org
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While I agree with Bill's thinking about the retrieval of data in the future,
one shouldn't overlook the critical part of the whole affair: MAKE A QUALITY
BACKUP. The issue of being able to recover the data in the future will be a
moot point if the files are corrupt from the beginning. To this end, one
should choose the highest quality media available. There are GREAT
differences. A bit of research is in order. For those interested, here is a
good place to begin:
http://dpbestflow.org/node/260
===Carl Kunath
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From: Mixon Bill
To: Cavers Texas
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 2:00 PM
Subject: [Texascavers] archiving your cave data
Don't spend extra money on "archival" CD-Rs or DVD-Rs. As I've pointed
out before, _any_ such media, properly stored (which doesn't mean in
sealed in dry nitrogen, just in a case, upright, like a book on a
shelf, in normal indoor environment) will "outlast the technology,"
which means that the data on it will be good when you no longer have
anything that will read it. Estimates for R media are at least 200
years; for RW, 50 years. Those little hard-shell 3.5-inch floppies
were introduced only 25 years ago; seen one lately? I don't think even
David's elaborate scheme of including the necessary hardware in a time
capsule would work. Modern computer chips will probably not last that
long even if not powered, due to diffusion of the atoms in the
extremely tiny features. Anyway, there wouldn't be any convenient way
to get the data out of the computer, even if you could read it on
screen. Who will have a USB cable 500 years from now?
Just assume electonically archived data will have to be recopied every
twenty years to keep up with hardward and software evolution. Or of
course, for the Luddite, good-quality paper or black-and-white
microfilm film are considered archival and don't require much
equipment to read. -- Mixon
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This is all very good information since we are going to Mexico on Saturday
and I haven't been in quite some time.
Sheryl
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I had an inquiry today from an old friend looking for a couple of rooms near
Austin to rent in the next week or two for a short term--like 6 months/say
May or June--for himself and well-behaved, functional, intelligent teenage
offspring.
If you have or know of such a situation please contact me and I'll pass it
along.
--Ediger
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fyi- it is what it is......
http://www.kxan.com/dpp/weather/scientists-unveil-new-cave-entrance
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Read the kid's comment at the bottom of the story, is it really not
locked?
Jules Jenkins wrote:
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Travis Scott
979.450.0103 Cell
tra...@oztotl.com
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could I get a payin part time job for moving those rocks around?
-WaV
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Jules Jenkins <julesje...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> fyi- it is what it is......
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> http://www.kxan.com/dpp/weather/scientists-unveil-new-cave-entrance
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Edwards Aquifer Recovery Implementation Program (EARIP)
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
By Editor
The EARIP stakeholders met Thursday and took the first of many steps in the
process of establishing a plan to protect federally-listed endangered
species while balancing the region’s need for water. The chair and members of
the EARIP Science Subcommittee presented preliminary findings from their
report that analyzes endangered species’ needs in relation to spring flow
rates and aquifer levels, and they answered many questions from the
stakeholders. The full report will be completed at the end of December 2009.
Robert Gulley, EARIP Program Manager, said “The Science Subcommittee’s
work is an initial step in a lengthy process established over the past 2 years
by EARIP stakeholders. The flows are a starting point, but they do not
dictate any particular action. The numbers do point out the complexity of
discussions coming in the next few months and do highlight the need to work
together to come up with creative solutions.”
The second step of the process was also accomplished at this meeting when
the stakeholders approved seeking a peer review of the Science Subcommittee
report by independent scientists. A Request for Proposals will be sent out
in December.
The group also began the third step in the process by discussing possible
alternatives for protecting species. Discussion of these alternatives will
continue and intensify on December 1 when the EARIP holds a 2-day retreat
in Kerrville. The Science Subcommittee will be one of many technical
resources that will inform these discussions.
Other actions taken Thursday include unanimous approval of funding for an
aquifer study to evaluate recharge alternatives for spring flow
supplementation, which allows exploration of non-pumping actions as part of
the
solution. The group also learned that a Guadalupe River gains and losses
study
will be funded by the Corps of Engineers. The stakeholders declined to fund
a third proposed study about whooping crane foods and marsh connectivity.
The 2010 EARIP operating budget of $239,848 was approved with stakeholders
contributing these funds for the EARIP’s third year, including Edwards
Aquifer Authority, Guadalupe Blanco River Authority, San Antonio River
Authority, San Antonio Water System, Texas Department of Agriculture, Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality, and Texas Parks and Wildlife plus many
others.
EARIP stakeholders include water utilities, cities, groundwater
conservation districts, agricultural users, industrial users, environmental
organizations, individuals, river authorities, downstream and coastal
communities,
and state and federal agencies.
_http://helotesherald.com/?p=979_ (http://helotesherald.com/?p=979)
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I live about 300 meters from sewage treatment plant that dumps the treated
sewage directly into
a creek that flows 1 mile downstream to the Brazos River, and then 100 miles
or so
later ends up in the Gulf.
What happens to all the treated sewage water in the Edwards Aquifer area ?
On a related note, but mainly for you birders:
If you look at the discharge into this creek, it stinks really bad
for over 100 meters. The marshy creek at the discharge is full of cattail
like vegetation growing in the water and lots of water birds.
I am not a birder ( yet ), but I think it is common to see the marsh
feeding birds at the discharge, like: Great Blue Heron, Black-crowed Night
Heron,
Reddish Egret, Roseate Spoonbill, Snowy Egret, Tri-colored Heron, White
Ibis, etc.
There is also lots of nutria in a culvert downstream. Other critters in the
area are turtles.
But I haven't seen any fish. The marshy creek is only a foot deep, so
there is no where
for them to hide from the birds. ( This creek may just be a man-made
dredged
channel, or at least that is what it is now. )
What I am getting at here, is this discharge does not appear to be hurting
the environment,
but I wouldn't want to go swimming in the Brazos River downstream of there.
You wouldn't swim there anyways, as the gators would swallow you whole in
one gulp.
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