texascavers Digest 13 Feb 2013 17:34:53 -0000 Issue 1706
Topics (messages 21301 through 21308):
KIWI SINK Dig
21301 by: Gill Edigar
Re: TCC Winter Conference February 22-24
21302 by: mikewaustin.austin.rr.com
"Tracking bats on the wing" (BATS, BCI, p 2)
21303 by: Louise Power
21304 by: Stefan Creaser
Ex-caver intros violent video games
21305 by: Frank Binney
21306 by: Jay Jorden
TSS work session cancelled
21307 by: Ron Ralph
bats and mines
21308 by: Jim Kennedy
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KIWI SINK Dig Report--10 February 2013--The highlight of the Sunday
dig was a near body-sized hole in the floor that Erin opened up near
the center of the pit to disclose clean, stream-washed breakdown
boulders extending to a depth of over a meter. We may have found the
bottom of the back fill though not the bottom of the breakdown.
Personnel comprised:
Don Broussard
Erin Brown
Andrew Davison
Gill Ediger
Ernie Garza
Total material removed included:
9 barrels of rocks and mud and back fill
2 medium sized rocks
Visitors: Kiwi (of course), Hunter, Sol, and John from Limestone Lane.
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We would like to invite you to attend the Texas Cave Conservancy Winter
Conference. Cavers are welcome to come out to the TCC Headquarters (1800 West
Park, Cedar Park, Texas), as early as Friday, February 22. Camping will be
available all weekend. On Saturday morning at 10:00 several tours workshops,
and work projects will start from the TCC Headquarters. In addition, caving
will be available. Contact us by e-mail for additional information on the
caves. There will be no trips to Beck Ranch Cave.
Following a day of activities we will have an evening meal and
entertainment at
the TCC Headquarters. Caving will also be available on Sunday. Some of the
activities on Saturday include the following:
Cedar Park Karst Tour
Cedar Park Digging Discoveries Tour
Dies Ranch Cave Digging Project
BABE Pit Project
Star Cave Surface Restoration Project
Basic Digital Cave Photography Workshop
Other workshops will be announced at the TCC Headquarters
For additional Information, e-mail or telephone TCC President – Mike Walsh at:
tcc-ca...@austin.rr.com
512-249-2283
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The Winter 2012 issue of BATS, the BCI publication just out, has a very
interesting article on an autonomous aircraft being developed to track
radio-tagged bats on the wing. The work is being done by Nathan W Fuller (PhD
candidate in biology at Boston University) and Kenneth D Sebesta, PhD (visiting
scholar, Dept of Mechanical Engr, Boston University) with financial help from a
BCI Student Research Scholarship. Allows bats to be tracked at nite in real
time.
The fully autonomous airborne platform costs less than $500 in parts. I can
foresee a system of this kind being used to track other elusive wildlife
targets.
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Hmm, so this uses RFID tags to track bats? Interesting...
;-)
-Stefan
From: Louise Power [mailto:power_lou...@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 2:57 PM
To: texas cavers; s...@caver.net
Subject: [Texascavers] "Tracking bats on the wing" (BATS, BCI, p 2)
The Winter 2012 issue of BATS, the BCI publication just out, has a very
interesting article on an autonomous aircraft being developed to track
radio-tagged bats on the wing. The work is being done by Nathan W Fuller (PhD
candidate in biology at Boston University) and Kenneth D Sebesta, PhD (visiting
scholar, Dept of Mechanical Engr, Boston University) with financial help from a
BCI Student Research Scholarship. Allows bats to be tracked at nite in real
time.
The fully autonomous airborne platform costs less than $500 in parts. I can
foresee a system of this kind being used to track other elusive wildlife
targets.
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Former Inside Earth art director and Kirkwood Kavers resident Justin Carrol
now heads a 45-person Los Angeles studio that produces package art and other
design elements for most of the top titles in the US video game industry.
Justin, through his A/V division Noodlehaus, recently created a five-minute
clip introducing the nominees for this year¹s DICE awardsthe equivalent of
Academy Awards in the video game developers¹ world.
Here¹s a link to the clip (Justin suggests cranking up your volume while
viewing):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYP4WeK9f28&feature=player_embedded
I¹m too old to be a video game fan but now I have an inkling as to why
President Obama has asked Congress to provide $10 million for the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention to study the potential link between
violent video games and real-life crime like the Newton massacre.
~ Frank Binney
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Hey, Frank:
Justin's Inside Earth covers - especially the carbide caver's rappel -remain my
favorites among all caving magazines.
I knew Justin was destined for greatness - like creating album covers and other
commercial art - so am glad to hear of his exploits.
Cheers,
Jay Jorden
Sent from my smart phone
On Feb 12, 2013, at 1:09 PM, Frank Binney <fr...@frankbinney.com> wrote:
> Former Inside Earth art director and Kirkwood Kavers resident Justin Carrol
> now heads a 45-person Los Angeles studio that produces package art and other
> design elements for most of the top titles in the US video game industry.
>
> Justin, through his A/V division Noodlehaus, recently created a five-minute
> clip introducing the nominees for this year’s DICE awards—the equivalent of
> Academy Awards in the video game developers’ world.
>
> Here’s a link to the clip (Justin suggests cranking up your volume while
> viewing):
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYP4WeK9f28&feature=player_embedded
>
> I’m too old to be a video game fan but now I have an inkling as to why
> President Obama has asked Congress to provide $10 million for the Centers for
> Disease Control and Prevention to study the potential link between violent
> video games and real-life crime like the Newton massacre.
>
> ~ Frank Binney
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Cavers,
Just too much going on tomorrow so we will not meet to take care of TSS
business this month. I hope to reconvene next month at the usual time on
the usual date.
Ron
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This is somewhat related to caves, as bats are often reliant on abandoned mines
where caves are not abundant. Science North just released a new video in
multiple formats, 23mb to 472mb, English and French, free for copying and
distribution. Disclaimer: I have a small part in the video. Please help
spread the word to anyone you might think will benefit from this. Thanks!
http://vimeo.com/motionarcstudios/review/55887106/116b8f5305
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