[Texascavers] TSA Convention Photo Salon

Folks, It looks like I will be handling both salons this year at the Kerrville convention. Details, rules, and entry forms for photos and for maps are posted on the TSA web site (follow convention links). Maps do not require entry forms. Last year there was only one submission in the easiest of

RE: [ot_caving] The Bee Crisis

Don, Interesting. My answer is no, but then, we did not have as many people or as much trash 20 or 30 years ago. Fritz _ From: Don Cooper [mailto:wavyca...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 1:35 PM To: OT Texas Cavers Subject: [ot_caving] The Bee Crisis Just a thought - as

[ot_caving] The Bee Crisis

Just a thought - as it seems that these scary accounts of the honey bee decline - I noticed something I thought was a little strange the other day. I had never noticed SO many bees in the garbage... While taking industrial food waste to the big dumpster yesterday I was really surprised to see that

Re: [ot_caving] computer related - photo for background

Oh BTW - The only thing I can see that I *might* need PPPoE protocol setup to communicate between my router and DSL modem would be the login ID and password. That may have been established when I used the setup software from ATT and that it is still connected (I'm guessing here) I'm not really

[NMCAVER] wilderness medicine

If anyone is interested we are offering two chance to be trained in wilderness medicine. These are great classes to learn or update your wilderness medicine knowledge. The classes are very hands-on and will keep you involved learning or relearning what really can go wrong on our trips. The firs

[ot_caving] off-topic - LED's in cars

The article below alledges that LED lights are going to become popular in all automotive lighting situations: http://www.digitimes.com/displays/a20080227PD214.html I have noticed that several luxury cars that are about to hit the showrooms use LED's throughout the car, except for the head

[NMCAVER] Sulfuric-acid speleogenesis in popular culture

It seems that sulfuric-acid speleogenesis is now a 100% mainstream idea; it's gotten into game shows! I watched "Jeopardy" yesterday. The episode had a category "Welcome to Carlsbad Caverns." It had questions on the stalactites, cave swallows, bats, etc. The $2,000 item: "the cave was for

[Texascavers] RE: Giant Fossil Bats Out of Africa

I copied the painting of the bat to my computer before it was embargoed. I'll happily send it to anyone who wants to see it. -- Crash From: Allan Cobb [mailto:a...@oztotl.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 9:40 AM To: Texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re:

[Texascavers] Giant Fossil Bats Out of Africa

If you google Giant Fossil Bats out of Africa, you'll find that the article was picked up by a number of news services. Science Daily has an article showing the artist's rendition which looks like every other bat I've seen, it's brown and has wings. I would like to see a photo of the fossil,

[Texascavers] Paging Chris Vreeland

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[NMCAVER] Giant Fossil Bats Out of Africa

Forwarded from Texascavers. The story is from , which supposedly has a picture, but the site is inaccessible to the public for another week. Mark Minton From: Allan Cobb Sent: Wed 3/5/2008 9:47 AM To: Texascavers@texascavers.com Su

Re: [Texascavers] RE: Giant Fossil Bats Out of Africa

>A reporter's PressPass is required to access this story until the embargo >expires on 12-Mar-2008 at 00:00. The article was in a nonembargoed section of their daily science stories email. It has since been changed to embargoed. I guess someone overlooked it and then caught their mistake. Yo

[Texascavers] RE: Giant Fossil Bats Out of Africa

Allan Cobb said: Here is a link if you want to see the bat: http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/538310/?sc=dwhn When I went to that site it said: A reporter's PressPass is required to access this story until the embargo expires on 12-Mar-2008 at 00:00. :-( Mark Minton

Re: [Texascavers] Giant Fossil Bats Out of Africa

Sorry about that blank attachment. It was some artifact leftover from cutting and pasting the story into an email. Here is a link if you want to see the bat: http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/538310/?sc=dwhn Allan - Vi

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[Texascavers] Giant Fossil Bats Out of Africa

Giant Fossil Bats Out of Africa CHICAGO, IL (March 2008) - Newswise — When most of us think of Ancient Egypt, visions of pyramids and mummies fill our imaginations. For a team of paleontologists interested in fossil mammals, the Fayum district of Egypt summons an even older and equally