texascavers Digest 29 Aug 2013 16:45:03 -0000 Issue 1834 Topics (messages 22555 through 22572):
Re: twitter related
22555 by: Sheryl Rieck
22556 by: Charles Goldsmith
22557 by: Louise Power
22558 by: Sheryl Rieck
Late papers accepted! National Cave and Karst Management Symposium
22559 by: George Veni
Mallory update, 8/27/13
22560 by: Emily McGowan
CaveSim at TCR
22561 by: Bill Steele
22562 by: Bill Steele
22563 by: Nancy
Cave sim
22564 by: Nancy
22566 by: Bill Steele
Combined Federal Campaign, 2013-2014
22565 by: NSS Announcements
OFF TOPIC: Austin Music Scene 1965-1994 Photo Exhibit
22567 by: Logan McNatt
OFF TOPIC
22568 by: Cynthia Lee
Caving Month ?
22569 by: David
a ridgewalking photo
22570 by: David
Labor Day caving at Deep and Punkin
22571 by: Geary Schindel
Mars in the news
22572 by: David
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--- Begin Message ---I agree. I never allow them access. But, they are sneaky! Is LinkedIn really turning into social media? I actually use it as a tool to get projects and connect with people in a position to get me projects. I do kind of cringe when a personal friend endorses me for something I KNOW they have no idea if I do or not, but even more importantly, they don't know what it is. lol I appreciate the sentiment. But, I do truly use it for project searches and business networking, so I try to keep mine geared to that. Sheryl On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Charles Goldsmith <wo...@justfamily.org>wrote: > I detest how these social media sites (and that's what LinkedIn is turning > into) is very invasive and tries to take over your contact lists on your > computer and in your web based email. > > > On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 10:52 AM, David <dlocklea...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> An apology to anyone receiving unwanted Twitter invites by email from me. >> >> I have no idea how Twitter works, or how to turn the fr*ckin emails off. >> >> Anyone new to Twitter should not let Twitter send out invitations >> automatically. >> >> One thing I left off of my 1st Twitter post, is that Twitter is >> integrated in some way to >> Linkedin. You have to be careful that what you post on Linkedin, so >> that it does not end up on Twitter. >> >> >> On a related note, >> >> I think Linkedin is a great service, but I do not know if it has helped >> my business, as >> my customers are all computer illiterate, and they do not have the spare >> time to mess with it. They just get someone else, like their office >> staff, to manage the page. >> >> I haven't found any use for Linkedin related to caving, except to let my >> friends know what it is that I do for a living. Lots of cavers use it >> more than I do, so feel free to correct me on that. It seems like a >> professional way to brag about your accomplishments though. Right ? >> >> David Locklear >> > > -- Sheryl Rieck, Oracle Financials Consultant True SEM Antics, Inc. 361-205-1458
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--- Begin Message --->From looking at it today versus when they first started up, it looks more like the other social sites, and just the fact that its so invasive. On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Sheryl Rieck <sheryl.ri...@gmail.com>wrote: > I agree. I never allow them access. But, they are sneaky! > > Is LinkedIn really turning into social media? I actually use it as a tool > to get projects and connect with people in a position to get me projects. I > do kind of cringe when a personal friend endorses me for something I KNOW > they have no idea if I do or not, but even more importantly, they don't > know what it is. lol I appreciate the sentiment. But, I do truly use it > for project searches and business networking, so I try to keep mine geared > to that. > > Sheryl > > > On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Charles Goldsmith > <wo...@justfamily.org>wrote: > >> I detest how these social media sites (and that's what LinkedIn is >> turning into) is very invasive and tries to take over your contact lists on >> your computer and in your web based email. >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 10:52 AM, David <dlocklea...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> An apology to anyone receiving unwanted Twitter invites by email from me. >>> >>> I have no idea how Twitter works, or how to turn the fr*ckin emails off. >>> >>> Anyone new to Twitter should not let Twitter send out invitations >>> automatically. >>> >>> One thing I left off of my 1st Twitter post, is that Twitter is >>> integrated in some way to >>> Linkedin. You have to be careful that what you post on Linkedin, so >>> that it does not end up on Twitter. >>> >>> >>> On a related note, >>> >>> I think Linkedin is a great service, but I do not know if it has helped >>> my business, as >>> my customers are all computer illiterate, and they do not have the spare >>> time to mess with it. They just get someone else, like their office >>> staff, to manage the page. >>> >>> I haven't found any use for Linkedin related to caving, except to let my >>> friends know what it is that I do for a living. Lots of cavers use it >>> more than I do, so feel free to correct me on that. It seems like a >>> professional way to brag about your accomplishments though. Right ? >>> >>> David Locklear >>> >> >> > > > -- > Sheryl Rieck, Oracle Financials Consultant > True SEM Antics, Inc. > 361-205-1458 >
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--- Begin Message ---Then just unhook yourself from them. Some of us don't use FB, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. I particularly don't like the way they play fast and loose with your personal information. And now, the inventor of FB wants to get everyone in the world on FB. What kind of megalomaniac thinks that's necessary. Call me old fashioned, but I'd just as soon go back to the days when communication was a little more selective and you hand wrote or typed letters. What are us family historians going to do when we don't have handwritten manuscripts to go thru on these long winter nights (albeit, some partially unreadable, but that's half the fun)? Louise From: wo...@justfamily.org List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 14:30:41 -0600 To: sheryl.ri...@gmail.com CC: dlocklea...@gmail.com; texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] twitter related >From looking at it today versus when they first started up, it looks more like >the other social sites, and just the fact that its so invasive. On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Sheryl Rieck <sheryl.ri...@gmail.com> wrote: I agree. I never allow them access. But, they are sneaky! Is LinkedIn really turning into social media? I actually use it as a tool to get projects and connect with people in a position to get me projects. I do kind of cringe when a personal friend endorses me for something I KNOW they have no idea if I do or not, but even more importantly, they don't know what it is. lol I appreciate the sentiment. But, I do truly use it for project searches and business networking, so I try to keep mine geared to that. Sheryl On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Charles Goldsmith <wo...@justfamily.org> wrote: I detest how these social media sites (and that's what LinkedIn is turning into) is very invasive and tries to take over your contact lists on your computer and in your web based email. On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 10:52 AM, David <dlocklea...@gmail.com> wrote: An apology to anyone receiving unwanted Twitter invites by email from me. I have no idea how Twitter works, or how to turn the fr*ckin emails off. Anyone new to Twitter should not let Twitter send out invitations automatically. One thing I left off of my 1st Twitter post, is that Twitter is integrated in some way toLinkedin. You have to be careful that what you post on Linkedin, so that it does not end up on Twitter. On a related note, I think Linkedin is a great service, but I do not know if it has helped my business, asmy customers are all computer illiterate, and they do not have the spare time to mess with it. They just get someone else, like their office staff, to manage the page. I haven't found any use for Linkedin related to caving, except to let my friends know what it is that I do for a living. Lots of cavers use it more than I do, so feel free to correct me on that. It seems like a professional way to brag about your accomplishments though. Right ? David Locklear -- Sheryl Rieck, Oracle Financials Consultant True SEM Antics, Inc. 361-205-1458
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--- Begin Message ---You'll be able to request the emails from the NSA. LOL JUST KIDDING! DON'T BEAT ME! Sheryl On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Louise Power <power_lou...@hotmail.com>wrote: > Then just unhook yourself from them. Some of us don't use FB, Twitter, > LinkedIn, etc. I particularly don't like the way they play fast and loose > with your personal information. And now, the inventor of FB wants to get > everyone in the world on FB. What kind of megalomaniac thinks that's > necessary. Call me old fashioned, but I'd just as soon go back to the days > when communication was a little more selective and you hand wrote or typed > letters. What are us family historians going to do when we don't have > handwritten manuscripts to go thru on these long winter nights (albeit, > some partially unreadable, but that's half the fun)? > > Louise > > ------------------------------ > From: wo...@justfamily.org > Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 14:30:41 -0600 > To: sheryl.ri...@gmail.com > CC: dlocklea...@gmail.com; texascavers@texascavers.com > Subject: Re: [Texascavers] twitter related > > From looking at it today versus when they first started up, it looks more > like the other social sites, and just the fact that its so invasive. > > > On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Sheryl Rieck <sheryl.ri...@gmail.com>wrote: > > I agree. I never allow them access. But, they are sneaky! > > Is LinkedIn really turning into social media? I actually use it as a tool > to get projects and connect with people in a position to get me projects. I > do kind of cringe when a personal friend endorses me for something I KNOW > they have no idea if I do or not, but even more importantly, they don't > know what it is. lol I appreciate the sentiment. But, I do truly use it > for project searches and business networking, so I try to keep mine geared > to that. > > Sheryl > > > On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Charles Goldsmith > <wo...@justfamily.org>wrote: > > I detest how these social media sites (and that's what LinkedIn is turning > into) is very invasive and tries to take over your contact lists on your > computer and in your web based email. > > > On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 10:52 AM, David <dlocklea...@gmail.com> wrote: > > An apology to anyone receiving unwanted Twitter invites by email from me. > > I have no idea how Twitter works, or how to turn the fr*ckin emails off. > > Anyone new to Twitter should not let Twitter send out invitations > automatically. > > One thing I left off of my 1st Twitter post, is that Twitter is integrated > in some way to > Linkedin. You have to be careful that what you post on Linkedin, so > that it does not end up on Twitter. > > > On a related note, > > I think Linkedin is a great service, but I do not know if it has helped my > business, as > my customers are all computer illiterate, and they do not have the spare > time to mess with it. They just get someone else, like their office > staff, to manage the page. > > I haven't found any use for Linkedin related to caving, except to let my > friends know what it is that I do for a living. Lots of cavers use it > more than I do, so feel free to correct me on that. It seems like a > professional way to brag about your accomplishments though. Right ? > > David Locklear > > > > > > -- > Sheryl Rieck, Oracle Financials Consultant > True SEM Antics, Inc. > 361-205-1458 > > > -- Sheryl Rieck, Oracle Financials Consultant True SEM Antics, Inc. 361-205-1458
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--- Begin Message ---Dear Friends, Some of you wanted to submit papers to the National Cave and Karst Management Symposium but couldn't make the deadline. Good news, we've adjusted the schedule to make room for a few more presentations! If you would like to give a talk please send us your abstract. Abstracts must include the title of the paper, all authors' names, affiliations, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses. The abstract can be no more than 250 words (not counting title, authors, and contact information) and it should summarize the main facts and conclusions to be presented at the conference; an abstract does not simply list what will be discussed. These abstracts will be included in the Program with Abstracts (sorry, but it is too late to include them in the Proceedings). The deadline for second round abstracts is 15 September, 2013 but space is limited so early submissions are more likely to be accepted. Send your abstracts and any questions to Jim Goodbar, Program/Sessions Chairman, at jgood...@blm.gov<mailto:jgood...@blm.gov>. After you've sent your abstract, don't forget that you need to register at http://nckri.org/nckms2013. Prices go up after 3 September! Please share this message with anyone who might be interested. Thank you, George ******************** George Veni, Ph.D. Executive Director National Cave and Karst Research Institute 400-1 Cascades Avenue Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220-6215 USA Office: 575-887-5517 Mobile: 210-863-5919 Fax: 575-887-5523 gv...@nckri.org<mailto:gv...@nckri.org> www.nckri.org<http://www.nckri.org>
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--- Begin Message --->From Mal's mother, posted here with approval by Mal (hi Mal!). I am not posting this on Facebook . just here. -- Em Hi everyone, I know it's been awhile since an update. I hit the wall with fatigue last week. Any energy I had I used to be there for Mallory. Several people have asked where the updates were. It is not that I was snubbing all the wonderful family, coworkers, friends and everyone who have been so caring and wonderful and have helped pulled us through this ordeal. I just struggled through the days and collapsed when I got home. I think a lot of it was that now that the worst is over my body just revolted from the weeks of not enough sleep and the intense stress after sitting and just watching the monitors and waiting, not knowing how Mal would wake up. Yesterday, for the first time in over a week I felt more like a normal human being. The big news is that we are probably moving to the next step in rehab, to a post acute setting. This will give more hours and more intense rehab. Unfortunately, it will not be in Houston. Mallory's case manager at Tirr set us up with a place that isn't but a few miles from where we are and we could stay in Houston. They thought insurance would cover this rehab facility. However, after they did their evaluation, accepted Mal, I visited there, got the list of items she would need, toured it, took pictures so Mal wouldn't be so nervous about going to a new place, I got a call from the case manager as I was walking out the door. Insurance wouldn't cover the place. Mal would have had her own room there. It explained why I only saw about 8-10 patients there when they have a capacity for 24. They are not accepting most insurances and if they don't accept the insurance, you just can't afford these places. They have a big employee load. Supposedly, insurance will cover at this next place that is in Conroe, TX. It is 50 miles north of Houston. I will try to find a place there to stay. They will help with that. That is too much commuting back and forth. We are waiting on insurance approval. The place, called Touchstone has accepted her. You just can't be very medically impaired since they are not a hospital setting but a rehab place. I tried to see if they had a place in Baton Rouge since our family is there. No luck. This is very specialized rehab, only brain trauma and stroke victims. The only good thing is we will stay in the Texas system. Texas has a great rehab system. When insurance runs out and she is within 2-3 months of going back to work they have money to train her to go back to work. Getting a driver's license again is a big deal. Though they don't report brain trauma to the DMV, if you get in any wreck, it is automatically your fault no matter what happens because you are brain damaged, so you must retake your driving test again. They have simulators to practice on and the doctor OK's when you are OK to apply for a new license. But that won't happen at this place. Mal continues to improve. But now that she is awake and more aware and remembering more, she is on an emotional roller coaster ride. She is trying very hard to be grateful and feeling fortunate to be alive and improving. In some ways that is easy being here because there are so many people worst off than you, but there are times she just gets so tired of the situation, wants to be back at work, in her apartment, back to her own independent life. It is rough to have to be always supervised and restricted to where and with whom you can go even in the hospital. Then she feels bad for feeling upset. If she breaks down when she visits with you just validate that of course she has a right to get upset. If we get into this place she may have a roommate and that is getting old, Both roommates have been very nice and you root for each other as you improve, but just having a roommate restricts you life. Mal has found that most times, her little gym she started out her PT and OT in, is empty so she goes into there to talk and get some privacy. By now all the workers have figured it out and just come in there to check her vitals and give medicine, etc. I won't be doing a nightly update, but will surely inform you when we move. The major milestones have passed. The main focus is improving brain function and coping with issues. I cannot express to all of you how very important you have been to all of us as this how situation has evolved, particularly to me. The response to me as I have been thrown into a big city that intimidated me, terrified at what might have happened for the weeks Mal was out and even as she woke up. You have to just numb yourself to the possibilities because they are too horrible to think about. But all of you have been so awesome. I cannot imagine how I would have coped without your support. Our family has certainly learned a lot. We will definitely have to move this forward to others. I thank you so much for your caring, love and support. It has truly meant more than you will ever know. I am crying as I write this. I pray every time a Lifeflight helicopter comes in or when an ambulance comes in and I have such compassion for their families because their ordeal is beginning and they don't always have our outcome. I wish all of you a very blessed day. You deserve it. You have been so good to us and particularly me. I will be forever grateful. Love you all, Vickie
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--- Begin Message ---Good news! Texas grottos, TCR itself, and individual cavers have risen to the occasion and we raised the money for CaveSim to be at TCR. Everyone should give it a try, young and old, firm and infirm, thin and no so thin. It's interesting, fun, and educational. See www.cavesim.org. Cavingly, Bill Steele Irving, Texas Sent from my iPhone
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--- Begin Message ---Oops, it's CaveSim.com, not dot org. Bill Sent from my iPhone On Aug 28, 2013, at 6:59 AM, Bill Steele <speleoste...@aol.com> wrote: > Good news! Texas grottos, TCR itself, and individual cavers have risen to the > occasion and we raised the money for CaveSim to be at TCR. Everyone should > give it a try, young and old, firm and infirm, thin and no so thin. It's > interesting, fun, and educational. > > See www.cavesim.org. > > Cavingly, > > Bill Steele > Irving, Texas > > Sent from my iPhone
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--- Begin Message ---> Thanks Bill. This looks like a great addition to TCR.
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--- Begin Message ---And thanks to all the grottoes and individuals who chipped in to make it happen
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--- Begin Message ---Will be at TCR. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=agbBwkRTqyQ&feature=youtu.be&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DagbBwkRTqyQ%26feature%3Dyoutu.be Sent from my iPhone
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--- Begin Message ---NSS is eliegible for the Combined Federal Campaign Donations made easy!We?re proud to announce that the NSS has been accepted as a recipient on the 2013/2014 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) National List. This means that now federal (including Military) employees all over the world may select the NSS, # 10808, as the recipient of their donations.Established in 1961, the CFC is the largest workplace charity campaign in the country and the only campaign authorized to solicit and collect contributions from federal employees in the workplace. Through this effort, nearly four million federal employees and military personnel are able to contribute to the organizations of their choice during the annual charity drive, which runs from September 1 through December 15.What an easy way to direct your charitable giving to support caves, cavers, and your favorite society!For information on the CFC, visit http://www.cfctoday.org/
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--- Begin Message --- This off-topic message is for the many (many!) cavers who have ever lived in Austin and/or attended music events here at classic venues ranging from Antone's and Armadillo World Headquarters to Vulcan Gas Company and La Zona Rosa (and every place in between) to hear artists ranging from Asleep at the Wheel and Balcones Fault to Frank Zappa and ZZ Top (and everyone in between).The South Austin Popular Culture Center (aka the South Austin Museum of Popular Culture) is hosting an exhibit through Sept 30 of the photos of Burton Wilson. For more information check out their website and Facebook page.southaustincenter.org https://www.facebook.com/samopcFor those who can't make the exhibit, there is a book available from online sellers: The Austin Music Scene 1965-1994 Through the Lens of Burton Wilson. Burton Wilson, 2001, Eakin Press, Austin.The First Edition, First Printing is excellent quality, but BEWARE: the Second Printing is poor quality, not worth buying. Now back to your regularly scheduled program... Lowgun
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--- Begin Message ---I am having a yard sale this Saturday morning (August 31) in Sugar Land that will include caving gear and speleo library. If interested in what I have, please contact me off list.
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--- Begin Message ---The Governor of Wisconsin has declared August as "Caving Month." Here is a map of one of their caves: http://www.uwec.edu/jolhm/Cave2007/TeamC/TeamC/CrystalCave/Crystal%20Cave%20Map.jpg I don't know anything about the caves up there, but I have been on a very short but fun rafting trip on the river of the north border of the state, just a few miles south of Iron River, in the upper peninsula of Michigan. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3494/3975550583_05ac3a950b.jpg
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--- Begin Message ---Anybody see anything worth ridgewalking for in this photo ? https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-m3dll7jVsSs/UhyTthgKt6I/AAAAAAAADkk/DVHFmi9prFU/w958-h545-no/IMG_4189.jpg
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--- Begin Message ---Folks, We have room for a few more folks at Deep and Punkin this Labor Day weekend. Let me know if you're interested in going. I'll send out details later this evening to those interested. I'm in training most of the day and away from email. Geary Schindel 210.326.1576 cell<<attachment: winmail.dat>>
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--- Begin Message ---The current newsstory about Earth life originating on Mars is greatly flawed. Mars several billion years ago was most likely farther from the Sun. Possibly the Sun was bigger & brighter, then too. The Earth would have been further away from the sun too. Venus might have been in the ideal location. If you go back many billions of years, the Solar System was most likely very volatile. The building blocks that ignite the cells of life, could have been bouncing off everything, just like they have been doing all over the Universe for trillions of trillions of trillions of years, and for trillions of years before that. It is total arrogance of the human race to believe we are at the beginning stages of this process, and that we are the final stage in this process. Our ancestors in a billion years will have never heard of the human race. David Locklear
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