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Joined: 26 Feb 2007
Posts: 159
Location: California
Posted: Tue 05 Aug 2008, 20:21
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Puppy Community Register
Subject description: List Irc and forum names/address's to contribute to development
In an effort to unite our little community, I will start this thread.
List Irc and forum names/address's to contribute to development.
Keep in mind listing yourself correctly is important, and a commitment to assist with requests, questions, etc. If you list level 3 and you're really a level 1, you will ultimately be wasting time. A correct listing allows higher level Pupheads access to a list of volunteers, fellow coders, and enthusiasts that have a desire to see our Pups grow, and advance in skill levels themselves as Linux users, but more importantly Puppy users.
If you program in any language relevant to puppy and/or are excellent with linux file structures, software installation, scripting, etc.
Label yourself level 3.
If you're a versed user of computers and understand puppy's file structure, can create pet files, sfs files, etc.
you have a high level of knowledge in file distribution(ftp, torrents, etc.), can provide assistance with mirrors/servers, and/or possibly by donating hardware to development staff.
(Please DO NOT post any hardware donations etc. here. Contact a few Level 3's ie-BarryK, Raffy, MU, etc. by PM and allow them to decide how to use your generous contribution to further Puppy development. We don't wan't any of our members getting scammed or spammed.
Label yourself as level 2.
If your a new Puppy user and/or are relatively new to Linux in general, and would like to help with the core development of puppy by providing an occasional hardware report and would like to research new linux software yet to be used by puppy.
Label yourself level 1.
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Posts: 159
Location: California
Posted: Tue 05 Aug 2008, 20:21
Post subject: Level 2 - mysticmarks (irc and forum)
Subject description: Level 2 - mysticmarks (irc and forum)
Level 2 - mysticmarks (irc and forum)
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Posts: 4839
Location: Manila
Posted: Tue 05 Aug 2008, 23:14
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raffy - Level 3 (PHP), Level 2 (Puppy system)
Puppy user since Oct 2004. Want FreeOffice?
Get the sfs (English only)
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Posts: 4440
Location: Lake Macquarie NSW Australia
Posted: Wed 06 Aug 2008, 04:15
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WhoDo - Level 2 + (I have some of the attributes of Level 3 - limited C programming, compiling, software installation - but not enough to warrant a full Level 3 ranking)
Actions speak louder than words ... and they usually work when words don't!
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Joined: 28 Jan 2007
Posts: 1169
Location: USA
Posted: Wed 06 Aug 2008, 21:25
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about 2.5 right now but i have a couple programming classes still ahead of me... shudders at the thought of data structures in java X.x (mostly due to the java not the data structures
on irc im cb88 obviously LOL you can find me in #puppylinux and occasionally #haiku among other palaces #R #minix #jwm (haven't seen joe yet LOL)
Taking Puppy Linux to the limit of perfection. meanwhile try "puppy pfix=duct_tape" kernel parem eater.
X86: Sager NP6110 3630QM 16GB ram, Tyan Thunder 2 2x 300Mhz
Sun: SS2 , LX , SS5 , SS10 , SS20 ,Ultra 1, Ultra 10 , T2000
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Joined: 09 Dec 2006
Posts: 836
Location: Ohio, USA
Posted: Wed 06 Aug 2008, 21:42
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Well, I can create pet and squashfiles. I know enough C++ to pass my classes and took one Java class (that was enough); but I think Linux is mostly coded in C, and most of Puppy's scripts are bashscripts - which I don't know. I suppose that roughly puts me at level 2.
Level 2 - SirDuncan (forum, I don't use IRC)
And now, I'm off to slay goblins until I level up. (Sorry, gaming humor.)
Be brave that God may help thee, speak the truth even if it leads to death, and safeguard the helpless. - A knight's oath
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Joined: 06 Jan 2008
Posts: 3485
Location: Chickasha Oklahoma
Posted: Wed 06 Aug 2008, 22:34
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Well, I know how to make a Pet, havent tried an SFS yet, (about to), am trying to learn bash, (slowly) and just started to read on C++. (Greek so far!!)
Am well versed on computers, still remember some DOS, and still
play with QBasic occasionally. ( Can it be compiled for Puppy??) Know the Puppy file system well..We are buddies now!!! ( I hope to never see, another tree, like in XP, .LOL)
Level 2
Puppyluvr on the Forum and IRC
Jayguitarman everywhere else...
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Posts: 11193
Location: Ontario Canada,Sydney Australia
Posted: Wed 06 Aug 2008, 23:11
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- Diploma in Web - Project Management
- Cert IV Web Developement Linux local & Server-side & Windows Local & Server-side
- Cert IV Networking Management - Linux & Windows Servers
- Php, Java Script, Html, MySQL, Putty- server side script, Dreamweaver
- Trained in Graphics, Photoshop, Flash, Fireworks
Self taught:
Old school Basic & Machine Language & Sprite Graphics
Gtk1&2, Bashscript programming ( somewhat, work in progress )
advanced Compiling complex sources
Remastering Puppy
Linux / Puppy File system & puppy configuration
Some C++
Dos in general
All version of Windows form dos&3.0 to Vista Servers included
Debugging errors
Building and configuring GTK1&2, JWM ,IceWm Themes via code and Graphics
Advanced software configuration
at present Building with T2 and also Linux from Scratch
Building complex pets & SFS packages ex KDE+GNOME+applications
software installation and hardware trouble shooting
25 yrs -/+ Pc experience Building, repairing, upgrading etc. The first pc I hacked was a Commodore-64 built a soft reset switch, so when I unplugged a cartridge when the system would be on, it would crash, then click the soft reset switch and it would actually take you out of the crash and then basically you would find the start and ending of the machine language code and make a first line like "sys 643730", save it to floppy or cassette tape,lol and boom you just copied a video game, actually that was the start "backing-up" protected media.lol
95% knowledge how Linux is build, ran and stays updated on new emerging technologies.
Its hard to put me in a Level, I'm almost level3 in some ways and other ways I am level 3. About the only thing I haven't done is build a kernel, But I'm on my way, plus as applications goes I've only made 3 really simple ones. But I'm learning at it. So you decide what level I'm at. LOL
P.s I probably forgot somethings, but that was off the top of my head
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Posts: 3485
Location: Chickasha Oklahoma
Posted: Wed 06 Aug 2008, 23:45
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@ Ttuuxxx,I still have my C-64, and 128D, GEOS and all!! Bit-masking, Sprites, shadow memory, wow that brings back memories!! SYS65535
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Joined: 30 Aug 2006
Posts: 194
Location: Germany, Frankfurt
Posted: Thu 07 Aug 2008, 03:16
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I think I'm level 2. I made some Pet-packages in the past, added several Debian-packeges to my Puppy and I'm familiar with shell scripts. Besides I wrote the Puppy manual at www.puppylinux.org
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Joined: 26 Feb 2007
Posts: 159
Location: California
Posted: Thu 07 Aug 2008, 12:13
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Great folks!
If you stopped to read the thread, you should add yourself.
You will want to ask questions.
All of us will benefit greatly from sharing knowledge and points of view.
Be a star! Register.
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Posts: 1139
Location: Smithers, BC, Canada
Posted: Thu 07 Aug 2008, 19:27
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I'm a comfortable 2 thanks. Since programming is my cure for insomnia I doubt I'll rise much higher.
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Posts: 138
Posted: Thu 07 Aug 2008, 21:20
Post subject: puppy community
Subject description: skill level
i may be put in level 2 but i am still to learn making use of source to configure
making PET.
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Joined: 30 Mar 2006
Posts: 2595
Location: downwind
Posted: Fri 08 Aug 2008, 02:49
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Level 2, inexhorably rising to level 3
Age: 53. I've had much training and practice but never made much money from computers, at least not directly.
--1975: linear regression in BASIC for second-year college chemistry class. The particular machine (HP3000) had, remarkable for its day, a keyboard and 25-line text CRT display.
--1978: bought a Commodore 64 (also a TI-99 and a Timex Sinclair), learned to program simple games on the 64 in 6502 assembly. Side note: fired my only (and crooked) employee by e-mail, in 1979.
--1979: FORTRAN course, U of Washington Seattle, for engineering coursework, on punchcards. Odd side note: did classwork on the identical PDP-8 as Gates and Allen had written their original BASIC compiler on, though did not know it at the time. Further odd side note: was asked for help writing, and offered by him a share of future value in exchange for this help, his "QDOS" --"Quick'n'Dirty Operating System for Microcomputers" --later bought by Gates and marketed to IBM, for perpetual per-machine royalties, as MS-DOS 1-- by its author, Tim Paterson. Paterson made this offer repeatedly, vocally and quite loudly, to self and several others at the UW Academic Computer Center Study Hall. Unfortunately, did not foresee microcomputers having much of a future, and brushed Paterson off, seeing him as a nut, an annoying nuisance, just a distraction from getting my engineering homework done.
-- 1985: straight-A (4.0 GPA) graduate, ITT Tech Institute, Seattle, 900-clock-hour course in database programming for business applications e.g. COBOL, BASIC.
--1988-97: self-taught in dBase/Clipper/xHarbour; wrote modules for inventory management, hotel reservations, and disco music programming for a forward Army base. Wrote my own module for doing stock analysis. This was while living in Germany, wife was in the Army. In 1994, wrote and sold an instructional guide in English for US Army personnel to get online to CompuServe through Deutsche Telekom. Bought first 486SX/25 in 1993, first MMX166 (still using it, in fact, as my proxy machine, now with a 233MMX CPU) in 1996. Was overclocking the 166 CPU to 233/75 in 1995; had a water-cooling arrangement with a bucket and aquarium pump on my desk, tubes in and out of the machine, woo-hoo!
--1998-2006: Windows 98/98SE user. 1999 tried Caldera Linux, rejected it. 2002-3, sold outdoor lighted cabinet signs, so learned Corel Draw. 2005, became proficient in Open Office Calc for composing balanced mineral fertilizer gardening formulas. Side note: was running 98SE entirely in RAM in 1999, following Dave Farquhar's instructions. Odd side note: co-edited a book,
Linux 2.4 Kernel Internals
by Moshe Bar, even though had not actually used it!
--2006 learned of Puppy Linux from favorable mention by Fred Langa in his Windows advice column.
--2007 installed Gentoo from stage 1 tarball to full kde; compiled first Puppy kernels.
--2008 made and posted first Puppy remaster .iso. Extensively modified Sabayon Linux for custom animation application. Presently developing two from-the-kernel-up custom Puplets, and writing two books: a heavily-illustrated book in Scribus/OO (but still doing vector graphics in Corel Draw) on backyard gardening, and a mystery novel.
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Posts: 2
Location: NZ
Posted: Sat 09 Aug 2008, 15:55
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level 1
Experimenting/installing Puppy on older IBM Thinkpads and computers with great success.
Have a computer business in New Zealand.
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Blue Jays' streak snapped despite Reyes' effort
TORONTO -- The Blue Jays' bats had been so loud, they were bound to quiet down eventually.
The club scored 22 times the previous two nights, and it rode a five-game winning streak into Friday's contest against the Angels.View Full Game Coverage
TORONTO -- The Blue Jays' bats had been so loud, they were bound to quiet down eventually.
The club scored 22 times the previous two nights, and it rode a five-game winning streak into Friday's contest against the Angels.View Full Game Coverage
But as they scrounged for runs, the Blue Jays saw their chance to extend the streak slip away, and the Angels stole it in the top of the ninth for a 4-3 win at Rogers Centre.
Toronto manager John Gibbons said his club ran into tough pitching, specifically from Los Angeles starter Garrett Richards, who went seven innings and allowed five hits and two runs.
"Richards is one of the best young pitchers in the game. He can overpower you, and he shut down a pretty hot offence, too," said Gibbons. "That was the key there."
Richards earned a no-decision on the night. His only glaring faults came in the form of three wild pitches, two of which resulted in Blue Jays runs. The home team could only muster one more -- in the form of a Jose Reyes solo shot -- as they evened out their record to .500 (18-18) on the season.
Reyes showed some spark at the plate for Toronto, going 3-for-4 with a double and homer in what was his best offensive performance of the season.
"He's feeling good; he's bouncing around out there," said Gibbons. "He was off to a slow start with the bat, but it's coming."
But other than Reyes and Melky Cabrera (2-for-3), there wasn't much pop in the Blue Jays bats. Their Nos. 3-4-5 hitters -- Jose Bautista, Edwin Encarnacion and Juan Francisco -- combined for only one hit.
Erick Aybar was the hero for the Angels. The shortstop was 3-for-5 and led off the top of the ninth with a triple, later scoring the winning run to break a 3-3 tie as the Angels improved to .500 (17-17).
"He's swinging the bat nice, he has confidence up there," said Angels bench coach Dino Ebel, who is overseeing the manager's duties in the absence of Mike Scioscia. "He's putting good wood on it and he wants to be the guy. ... Hats off to him getting that big triple there in the ninth inning."
It was anybody's game for most of the night, but a turning point came in the seventh, when the Blue Jays' bullpen got into a jam with the score tied at 2.
Sergio Santos gave up a ground-rule double to Aybar before putting Albert Pujols on with an intentional walk. Santos then walked Raul Ibanez to load the bases with two out. Steve Delabar came on in relief, but he walked Howie Kendrick to bring home the go-ahead run.
"That's where we've struggled this year," said Gibbons. "Throwing strikes out of the bullpen. If they beat you, make them hit it to beat you."
Reyes put the Blue Jays back in it with his solo home run in the bottom of the eighth, but the Angels sealed it with a sac fly that scored Aybar in the ninth, saddling Brett Cecil with the loss.
Dustin McGowan pitched five innings, allowing seven hits and two runs with two walks and two strikeouts in a no-decision start for Toronto.
McGowan gave up some well-hit balls in the early innings, and he narrowly escaped at least two runs in the first. With two runners in scoring position, Kendrick turned on a McGowan offering and sent a deep fly ball to right field.
Bautista, playing shallow, had to track back to the wall and made a nice over-the-shoulder catch to spare the Blue Jays an early deficit.
Jamie Ross is an associate reporter for MLB.com

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Pearl's studio is located in downtown Los Angeles in this old paper building.
They are doing a serious remodeling job in the building. There used to be a bunch of studio spaces, but I think they had to temporary move out. When I got there Pearl's studio walls and cubicle were the only things left.
Wall of some drawings and sketches
I brought Pearl a new shirt that I recently designed for the band Henry Clay People. As you can tell, she's sick of getting my shirts. Ha-ha.
One of Pearl's pieces that she just finished.
Pearl's floors are covered in stencils and paper scraps.
One of Pearl's paintings.
A series of unfinished little paintings and etc.
Pearl incorporates a lot of spray paint into creating her pieces.
More and more stencil scraps.
Some more paintings by Pearl.
Some detail shots of Pearl's paintings. There are a lot of nice drips and colors going on. Check out this ring pop.
Dream catcher vortex constellation? Maybe it's just me.
Are you the key master? . . . yeah, Ghostbusters reference.
So Pearl's got this pile of canvas pieces. . . I was digging through them and really liked a couple. She gave me one, but apparently she likes to cut out sections of things she has drawn out of failed paintings.
Contents of a box laying around the studio - ceramic artichoke, a rock, and a ball of yarn?
I saw this laying around and put it on for kicks. I wish I hadn't because it reeked. I'll probably get Athlete's face now.
Pearl insisted on me wearing this mask and posing in front of her pieces. I get to sweep the studio - that's the price I pay for a visit.
Then we went for some lunch in Little Tokyo. Ramen noodles never tasted so unlike ramen. Anyhow, thanks for letting me check out the studio.
Below are some images we grabbed off her site. Older paitings from a couple years back. Still excellent work.
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While this was just a petty aside in a blog post, it could be safely ignored. But now the same points have been made in the august JEL, a house journal of the American Economic Association, they acquire a cachet which means they can't be so easily dismissed as Aunt Sallies.
I'm pleased to see this problem get a bit more attention because I've always been frustrated at how economists and rational choice theorists in general play bait-and-switch with the rationality assumption. Obviously if anything can be rational, then rational choice cannot make substantive predictions. But at the same time, the claims that are usually made in the name of rationality are far tougher - ie that people are self-interested, rational and capable of complex calculations about their material interests. The tautological rationality assumption is only wheeled out when the latter claims run into trouble (which they generally do when we try to explain non-trivial problems).
So, as Quiggin says, whenever we want to make this kind of point, we can just cite Williamson 2011 in the JEL.
As a footnote, I love Williamson's introductory paragraph, which states that 'in economics, the 2008-9 financial crisis has resulted in renewed appreciation of advances made in information economics, the theory of financial intermediation and monetary economics'. Which is like saying that collapse of the Berlin Wall brought renewed appreciation of advances in our understanding of Soviet communism through the 1980s, or that 9/11 alerted us to our most cutting-edge findings in the study of international terrorism.


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- Seeing or hearing things that arent there (hallucinations)
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Some of these symptoms are also seen in other types of schizophrenia. The main difference is that in disorganized schizophrenia, there is a lot of strange, aimless behavior and often speech that does not make sense.
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Rain, which is on the weather menu for Chicago today and tomorrow, and snow, which is on the ground through much of the area, will combine this weekend to create conditions that are ripe for localized flooding.
Temperatures are expected to rise into the 40s and maybe the 50s before it starts getting cooler Sunday night, and the incoming storms, which are expected to produce 1-2 inches of rain, will turn all that snow on the ground into even more water. The National Weather Service said the water equivalent of the existing snowpacks throughout the area is somewhere between 1 and 2.5 inches.
How much flooding occurs will depend a lot on just how frozen the ground is below that snow. The weather service says that frost depths are currently between 6 and 10 inches. If the ground doesn't thaw much more – and the agency thinks there will still be a "significant" amount of frozen ground – there will be a lot of water runoff looking for a low spot.
The result, the agency says, is minor flooding, with a rise in levels of local stream and rivers. None of those waterways are running especially high right now, according to the weather service.
WGN-TV meteorologist Tom Skilling says on ChicagoWeatherCenter.com that this weekend's rains will be the heaviest in five weeks, a period that's been about as wet as it gets for this time of year. Skilling says that the rain and snow that started Jan. 27 have resulted in 6.08 inches of water equivalent precipitation at O'Hare, the most observed in 126 years and more than 2.3 times the normal amount for that period.
Still more precipitation is in the Monday forecast, with some snow flurries likely. The rest of the week looks pretty dry, but Skilling is expecting more rain over the next couple of weeks.
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Two Judges Told DOJ It Had To Disclose Spying On Journalist; DOJ Found A Third Judge Instead
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[US Attorney Ronald C. Machen, Jr.] argued that disclosure of the search warrant would preclude the government from monitoring the account, should such a step become necessary in the investigation. Machen added that "some investigations are continued for many years because, while the evidence is not yet sufficient to bring charges, it is sufficient to have identified criminal subjects and/or criminal activity serious enough to justify continuation of the investigation."Of course, since any surveillance of reporters is supposed to be especially narrowly focused, it shouldn't have been allowed for ongoing situations. But it was. And that might be because the DOJ waited until they found a judge who bought their argument.
The new documents show that two judges separately declared that the Justice Department was required to notify Rosen of the search warrant, even if the notification came after a delay. Otherwise: "The subscriber therefore will never know, by being provided a copy of the warrant, for example, that the government secured a warrant and searched the contents of her e-mail account," Judge John M. Facciola wrote in an opinion rejecting the Obama Administration's argument.This suggests, yet again, that this wasn't a one-off effort, but rather part of a larger, concerted effort to spy on journalists and create chilling effects for whistleblowers.
Machen appealed that decision, and in September, 2010, Royce C. Lamberth, the chief judge in the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia, granted Machen's request to overturn the order of the two judges.


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Wollemi Tour
Postby trouserlord » Tue Oct 16, 2012 7:40 pm
I've long wanted to do this, having visited Newnes back in the early '80s and been fascinated by its history. The tour is classed as hard so I hope I'm not being too foolhardy undertaking it as my first overnight tour. Worst case I can always bale back to Lithgow and get the train home in disgrace.
As with all good things in life there were many obstacles to overcome:
- Lack of suitable bike: built one!
- Lack of time: long service leave!
- Lack of fitness: ....working on it.
I'll be beginning on October 26th, maybe spend an extra day in Newnes, and plan on taking the alternate routes from Newnes to Glen Davis via the BNT and Dunns Swamp to Widden via Nullo Mountain. If anyone's done these recently I'd love to hear about it.
In particular the BNT section between Baal Bone Gap and Glen Davis Rd through Pantony Station seems steeped in mystery to keep out the bogan masses. Still waiting on my BNT membership so I don't have the contact details of the relevant land owners and may have to seek forgiveness rather than permission. I'd prefer to avoid the extra 40km via Ben Bullen and Capertee (with associated mining trucks) but will reluctantly take it if the alternative is an arse full of shotgun pellets. Any advice welcome.
Dunns Swamp to Widden via Nullo Mountain looks a little more clear cut, and I may have a short day and bush camp near Myrtle Creek before reaching the private property in Widden Valley.
I'd planned to go at this time of year to avoid the heat, but based on the last week of weather it could be anything from mid thirties to three inches of snow.
If things go well and there's time, I'm considering pushing on for a few days from Muswellbrook to Wyong or Gosford via Broke. It'll make for a much shorter train ride back to Sydney.
I'd love to hear any advice, suggestions or polite abuse.
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Re: Wollemi Tour
Postby WarrenH » Tue Oct 16, 2012 10:08 pm
When riders give me feed-back about their trip the first thing that they talk about is the Widden to Newnes section, without fail. Guide Book #9 Aberdeen(or Barrington Tops) to Jenolan Caves. Maps 3-10. The second thing that they talk about is getting lost in the Kroombits in Qld, again without fail.
Here are two accounts that you might find interesting.
Spoonies Grand Adventure by Craig Amor (travelling south to north) ... http://spoonboy.solonutter.org/blog/?p=365
... and the Friendly Ride by Andy Friend (travelling north to south) From Sandy Hollow to Wallerawang are on days 80-82 ... http://www.andyfriend.com.au/blog
If you haven't already? go to the BNT site and in Downloads in Guide Book Updates stick/glue the changes into your guide book, consistent with the edition of the Guide Book that you have. There aren't many changes for that section. The Guide Book has the contacts to get the combinations to locked gates and access through private property and for the campsites like Myrtle Creek and the TSRs. All the current phone numbers are in the guide book.
The coordinators for that section are Denise and Mal Keeley. Their contact numbers are in Guide Book Updates. They'll have a handle on the current track conditions.
A special note, when you get to the Phipps Cutting picnic ground. The old track at the back of the picnic ground goes to Phipps Cutting TSR. It is the old hand cut convict road. It is just over a kilometre long. MTB riders tend to stay on the main road and miss doing this bit. Don't miss it.
Good luck have a great trip.
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Re: Wollemi Tour
Postby trouserlord » Tue Oct 16, 2012 11:47 pm
My main concern is that since it was a late decision to take the BNT options (read: my own fault and lack of planning) I don't yet have the #9 Guidebook. And although I submitted my BNT membership application a little over a week ago, I've not heard anything back despite a follow up email. So I haven't even ordered the guidebook (no membership number) but might try to order it anyway and just stick "pending" in that box. Suggestions? Ooops, silly me, I only just noticed there is actually a phone number for the BNT Office, I'll try them tomorrow..
I'll also be sure to contact the coordinators as I know how quickly the track conditions can change.
I had a look at those links and the area does sound spectacular. Glad I'll be going South to North though because ascending Baal Bone Gap sounds like a killer. I'll be lugging a bit of kit, taking in the scenery and trying not to strain anything, so 50-60 odd kms a day is my goal rather than the ~100 or more mentioned in those accounts.
And thanks for the tip on Phipps Cutting, I'll be sure to take a look.
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Re: Wollemi Tour
Postby trouserlord » Wed Oct 17, 2012 9:57 pm
The very helpful fellow I spoke to (sorry, didn't get his name) offered to chase it up and let me know if there were any problems.
No worries, if I don't receive the guidebook in time I'll make other plans.
It is nice to see that such a worthwhile organisation can still be run on a shoestring by generous volunteers in this day and age.
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Re: Wollemi Tour
Postby omo » Thu Oct 18, 2012 8:54 am
You'll like the riding around there! We recently drove down from Brisbane and went riding in the area (actually inspired by the pictures on the cycleaustralia web site). We camped at Glen Davis and Wollemi NP.
We mainly stayed on the flatter areas, but the old coach road was probably one of the highlights!
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Re: Wollemi Tour
Postby trouserlord » Wed Oct 24, 2012 11:47 pm
Guidebook 9 has all the info I needed so now I cannot wait to get going. It's definitely a must-have for anyone planning a tour through this area.
The start date's been bumped back to the 27th just so I have a bit more time to prepare.
Also, the weather is threatening to be somewhat unpredictable. Two weeks back there was 3 inches of snow, yet tomorrow the forecast is hot & windy and there's a total fire ban in the greater Sydney area..
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Re: Wollemi Tour
Postby trouserlord » Mon Dec 24, 2012 5:23 pm
A few photos though:
Day 1: Clarence - Newnes
Glow Worm Tunnel Rd through Newnes State Forest
Glow Worm Tunnel Track
This is where things get interesting, the eastern entrance to the glow worm tunnel
Glow worm tunnel western entrance
Crossing the Wolgan River weir
Sandstone escarpment as seen from Newnes camping ground
Day 2: Exploring Newnes
Ruins of coke ovens
Paraffin sheds
Crude oil washers
Newnes Hotel
Day 3: Newnes - Glen Davis via BNT
Wolgen Valley Road
View of Wolgen Valley from the top of Wolgen Gap
Lookout over the Wolgen Valley along the BNT
The first scary descent
Descending Baal Bone Gap
More to come..
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Re: Wollemi Tour
Postby trouserlord » Wed Dec 26, 2012 10:55 am
I decided to spend the day in Glen Davis to explore and recover from the previous day.
Glen Davis is another former oil shale processing town, largely abandoned when the facility closed in 1952.
Newnes to Glen Davis is 6.8km as the crow flies, 10km via the pipeline hiking track, 73km via Wolgen Valley Rd, BNT and Glen Davis Rd (the route I took) and 99km by car.
View of the southern escarpment overlooking Glen Davis
Fence made from old gas cylinders. I hope they were empty when welded.
Disused shops
Window display
Most houses in Glen Davis were removed entirely or in ruins
Day 5: Glen Davis to Rylstone
I battled a vicious headwind all day from Glen Davis to Rylstone so decided to overnight there rather than go on to Dunn's Swamp as originally planned.
Departing Glen Davis along Glen Davis Rd
Rest stop in Glen Alice
Glen Alice Rd
Tractor seeking new home just outside Rylstone
More to come..
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Postby RonK » Wed Dec 26, 2012 7:10 pm
So you completed the trip on a touring bike - I'd thought this route required a mountain bike.
Glad the link I posted has proved useful.
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Re: Wollemi Tour
Postby trouserlord » Thu Dec 27, 2012 12:12 am
RonK wrote:Great pics Ian, I look forward to reading the full journal. The local history must be fascinating.
So you completed the trip on a touring bike - I'd thought this route required a mountain bike...
It depends on your definition of "required"..
The bike I used was actually a mid eighties rigid fork mountain bike (Apollo Himalaya) turned tourer but with roadish tyres (Vittoria Randonneur Cross). To be honest, it was not really suitable for some of the trails which in places were sandy, rocky or exceptionally steep. The old railway trail from the glow worm tunnel to the Wolgen River weir and the BNT from Wolgen Valley Rd to the bottom of Baal Bone Gap were actually not rideable at all in a few places. Anyone following those particular trails would be better served by more offroad focused tyres and a front suspension fork. It would also be a lot more fun on an unladen bike as there were numerous sections so steep, washed out or obstructed by rock falls and trees where I had to unpack the bike and carry everything in three lots.
That said, I didn't die, didn't wipe out and the bike didn't break. I must say though that descending Baal Bone Gap on a loaded tourer with inadequate brakes, half of it during a thunderstorm, is something I won't forget in a hurry.
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Re: Wollemi Tour
Postby trouserlord » Thu Dec 27, 2012 12:49 am
ozipom wrote:Looks like a great tour. I'm currently planning a tour for March 2013 (Mittagong to Windsor - The long way). Part of my trip will take me through some of the areas you visited, would be great to know what some of the dirt roads are like. I just installed some larger Schwalbe Marathon Mondial 28x1.75 last night to cope with the off-road sections, so hoping I don't need anything more substantial.
Hi Brian,
I rode the Gloworm Tunnel Rd from Old Bells Line of Road to the gloworm tunnel car park and that section was pretty good. A bit loose and sandy in places but your tyres should be fine. Mostly its down hill so you can motor along pretty quickly. I was there on a Sunday and there were a few 4wds and noisy trailbikes around but didn't come across any logging traffic. Once you get to the carpark and the trail starts, you'll have to unpack your bike to get around a gate then there's a short rideable section before you get to a footbridge and some steep narrow stairs. So for this and a few more sections you'll have to unpack and lug everything. The track then becomes unrideable just before the entrance to the tunnel. The floor of the tunnel itself is a rocky creek bed so you'll have to push the bike through. Don't forget a bright headlight or torch and stop for at least 15 mins or so in the middle to get your night vision and appreciate the gloworms. Once on the other side the trail is a very rough, rocky creek bed, so you'll be doing a lot of lugging. There's water, rocks, fallen trees and washed out sections for the next 3km so it is really hard work. Eventually you'll reach an intersection of the railway trail, the old coach road, and a short road which descends steeply to the Wolgan River weir. This was quite gravelly and so steep that I stopped several times to let the rims cool down. After you cross the river it's regular dirt road to Newnes but there are some very sandy and corrugated sections to look out for.
I highly recommend a day in Newnes to explore the industrial ruins.
Heading out of Newnes the road actually gets worse once you pass the entrance to the Emirates resort and its helipad, probably because of the increased traffic. There always seemed to be corrugations at the bottom of every descent which were sometimes severe enough to bring me to a juddering halt. The road becomes sealed at the foot of the 3km climb out of the Wolgen Valley. I obviously did not possess the required fitness because with the loaded bike it took me 2 hours, half of it walking, to reach the top. There's not much of a shoulder here and a few rock falls but little traffic to worry about.
The only other dirt sections I rode which are on your map are a few sections of Glen Davis Rd and Glen Alice Rd. Glen Davis Rd is mostly sealed except for a few good smooth dirt sections, particularly between the Glen Alice Rd intersection and the town of Glen Davis. I think there were one or two muddy sections but nothing of consequence. Glen Alice Rd had a few long unsealed section both before and after Glen Alice with some loose gravel and a lot of dust. I rode this section on a weekday morning so there was some school / work traffic kicking up the dust. Nothing too demanding though.
Hope this helps,
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Re: Wollemi Tour
Postby trouserlord » Thu Dec 27, 2012 1:25 am
Bylong Valley Way out of Rylestone
After climbing all morning there was a spectacular descent into the Bylong Valley.
Dead tree in the Bylong Valley
The Bylong Valley features smooth roads and little traffic although I did have to stop to let a farmer move his cows across the road
Sleeping Dozer
This is pretty much all of Bylong; shop, sports field, tennis court and campground.
Bylong chapel and cemetary
Day 7: Bylong to Muswellbrook
I was running out of time and there weren't too many accommodation options, so I decided to press on to Muswellbrook, 105km. This turned out to be hard work with a 15-25km/h headwind all day, so not too many photos.
Bylong tractor
Rail Bridge near Cox's Gap
Rest stop at Honeysuckle Creek picnic area
Rest stop at Phipp's Cutting
First sight of wine country, near Baerami
Desolate, windy and uphill, Wybong Rd at Castle Rock
Checking for traffic, Wybong Rd at Castle Rock
Bengalla Rd about 10km west of Muswellbrook
Simpson Park Muswellbrook the next day, awaiting pickup
And that's about it. Full photo set at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/66128141@N ... 272711975/
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Re: Wollemi Tour
Postby WarrenH » Mon Dec 31, 2012 7:18 am
The way you entered the BNT was good to see via Newnes. I'm sorry to read that the rail trail has become less rideable. In years past it was an amazing trail and even several years ago it was still in relatively good condition. The big rains of a couple of years ago washed away lots of sections of tracks. The BNT north of the Capertee River was closed for over a year and was only ridden again in late Autumn of 2011, after just adequate repairs were made.
Did you have a chance to ride on the old convict road behind Phipps Cutting?
RonK wrote:So you completed the trip on a touring bike - I'd thought this route required a mountain bike.
Having the wrong impression of what the 354.9 kilometres of BNT in Guide Book 9, from Aberdeen to Jenolan Caves is about, is not a good look for riders contemplating doing the the BNT.
trouserlord did 66.7 kilometres of the BNT main trail from Wolgan Road, to Glen Davis leaving the main trail at Glen Alice Road. The descent from Baal Bone Gap is insanely steep, the trail drops 340m in the first kilometre. It's very long and an extremely difficult section of the BNT main trail and obviously handled well. From Glen Alice Road to Widden Cutting, trouserlord was on the alternate cycle route of the BNT's main trail. Baal Bone Gap is only one difficult section of the main trail between Aberdeen and Jenolan Caves.
I was planning to go over the Alps, across the Brindies, on my next tour in the end of February, but doing a pictorial coverage Guide Book 9, might be more useful to future riders than having a fun ride ... I know of no photos between the Capertee River and Widden Brook of the BNT via Nulla Mountain and Myrtle Creek, taken by others that show the condition of the trail. Apart from the few taken by me and bushwalking photos of the Yodellers Range taken by David Lord ... http://www.david-noble.net/BlueMts/Widden/Widden1.html
Andy Friend took a photo near Watts Mountain in the heart of Wollimi National Park ... http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... =3&theater
BNT Guide Book 9 access and exit points, could be at Aberdeen Station and north of Jenolan Caves at Rydal Station or at Lithgow. Coaches can be taken to or caught at Wallerawang or at Hampton ... easy enough to do if train or coach access makes it possible for some to attempt the route, Ron.
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Re: Wollemi Tour
Postby trouserlord » Wed Jan 02, 2013 2:28 pm
I'm heading up to the Wolgen Valley tomorrow to hike the Gloworm Tunnel trail from the Wolgen River weir to the tunnel and back again via the old coach road. I'll take a bunch of photos this time to show the trail's condition. I'm interested to see how the coach road compares and whether or not this is a better option for cycling. If I have time I'll head up the BNT from the Wolgan Rd and take a few snaps of the first steep climb or two. It's only a day trip so I won't be going far along.
At Phipp's Cutting I started to take the bike up to the convict road but stopped when the track got too steep and I really didn't feel like unpacking it. In hindsight I should have stashed the gear in the bush and taken the empty bike up for a quick ride. In the end I walked up and along it to take a look but didn't go far. Unfortunately I was pressed for time after battling a headwind all day and still had another 50km or so to reach Muswellbrook. Does the convict road meet up with the main road at all? I didn't see any intersection from the main road.
Next tour I'll plan for 50-70 km per day (on road) only and give myself a bit more time. Oh, and carry about half the weight..
I had intended to do Dunn's Swamp to Widden via Nullo Mountain but thought better of it after the Newnes to Glen Davis leg. I realised I was really carrying too much weight so took the road route via Rylstone and Bylong instead. I'd really like to do it some time but with more suitable gear.
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Re: Wollemi Tour
Postby WarrenH » Wed Jan 02, 2013 7:40 pm
trouserlord wrote:... from the Wolgen River weir to the tunnel and back again via the old coach road. I'll take a bunch of photos this time to show the trail's condition. I'm interested to see how the coach road compares and whether or not this is a better option for cycling. If I have time I'll head up the BNT from the Wolgan Rd and take a few snaps of the first steep climb or two. It's only a day trip so I won't be going far along.
I remember the Old Coach Road as being excellent cycling (with some walking near the old bridges) going anti clockwise. You'll take the Pagoda Track(?) to link the Tunnel to Penrose Creek's western tributary/gully. Also when you enter the Tunnel (heading eastward) the glow worms are spectacularly more luminiferous. No one knows why exactly ... but they just are.
I've not ever been an A-B or a point to point cyclist. I go somewhere, multiple times to explore and try to understand a place to its fullest. I admire you returning, to enhance your recent expedition ... if you don't mind me saying?
trouserlord wrote:I had intended to do Dunn's Swamp to Widden via Nullo Mountain but thought better of it after the Newnes to Glen Davis leg. I realised I was really carrying too much weight so took the road route via Rylstone and Bylong instead. I'd really like to do it some time but with more suitable gear.
Dunns is a good swimming hole, in this heat. From the Never Never Trail, I'd be interested know if a trail goes across to Ganguddy Creek along the Gudgegong River from the Deweys 40 Campsite to reach Dunns Swamp, from North of the summit of Sheridan Hill . The maps show only a partial trail along the river from Dunns heading East. If you get there before me, I'd like to know, it would save a lot of doubling back on Coricudgy Road to rejoin the BNT.
Have an excellent trip and I hope the light is good for photography tomorrow.
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Re: Wollemi Tour
Postby trouserlord » Fri Jan 04, 2013 1:04 am
My good lady and I took a quick trip to the Wolgen Valley today, and fortunately did not require the services of Polair for the return trip. We hiked up the rail trail to the Gloworm tunnel and I took a bunch of photos of the trail, with particular emphasis on those sections where a loaded bike would have problems. I'll post these as soon as I've had a chance to sort them. The rail trail is a great walking track, an acceptable unlaiden MTB track (mostly) but not an easy one when lugging a load. After the tunnel we did the circuit as mentioned, via the Pagoda Track and Old Coach Rd. The Pagoda Track would also be pretty difficult as it's really too rough for a loaded tourer. However it meets the Old Coach Rd which is excellent, in good repair and with some spectacular descents and scenery. For a loaded bike best bring your disc brakes or bring your brown underpants.
So it looks to me that the best way to avoid all the gear lugging is to take Gloworm Tunnel Rd through Newnes State Forest, then the Old Coach Rd as it branches off to the right and avoid the Gloworm Tunnel car park altogether. Instead (and I've not yet ridden this section) proceed to the Old Coach Rd car park (as far as cars are allowed) then ride the 1.5km to the Pagoda Track intersection. Stash your bike in the bush and hike to the gloworm tunnel and gully on the western side (about 3km return) before returning and riding the Old Coach Rd to the rail trail intersection before descending down to the Wolgen River weir.
The Old Coach Rd actually continues another 8km to the eastern side of the ford at Newnes so this may be another option.
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Re: Wollemi Tour
Postby trouserlord » Tue Jan 08, 2013 11:27 pm
Map of the walks on signpost located near Wolgan River ford.
Eastern tunnel entrance
Track along Tunnel Creek
Track along Tunnel Creek
Washed-out section along Tunnel Creek
View of the Wolgan Valley looking southwest
The final run to the crossroads.
At this point the rail trail meets the Old Coach Rd (which continues on to Newnes although I don't know how rideable it is) and the short sharp descent to the Wolgan River ford at Wolgen Valley Rd.
As mentioned in the last post, I believe the easier ride on a loaded bike would be via the Old Coach Rd, with a hiking detour to the gloworm tunnel via the Pagoda Track if desired.
When I get a chance I'll post a few photos of the Old Coach Rd and Pagoda Track.
Next time I'm out that way I'll check out the rest of the Old Coach Rd to Newnes as this may be more a more interesting route than Wolgen Valley Rd.
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Next, substitute the
host, and
passwordin DAL / Dal.cs with your Cosmos DB account's values.
Install the MongoDB.Driver library from Visual Studio's Nuget Manager.
Click CTRL + F5 to run your application.
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"Men are talking about my uterus?" Women ponder how they became a campaign issue - Birmingham woman launches UniteWomen.org
DENVER (AP) -- Wanda Ramey stood on the University of Colorado campus, cane in one hand, "Close The Pay Gap" sign in the other. The rally for equal pay among women in the workplace was the 65-year-old spitfire's second stop in a day of meetings and protests.
A registered independent, Ramey's top priorities this election year aren't necessarily directly related to the "war on women" that Democrats have accused Republicans of waging. She worries about the future of her grandchildren, their education and whether they'll find jobs one day.
But when she read about a proposal in Virginia to mandate a vaginally invasive form of an ultrasound before an abortion, she emailed friends to sound the alarm. And when she learned of the equal pay protest, she decided, broken pelvic bone and all, to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with dozens of other women, sign held high in the air.
"Men are talking about my uterus? I have a voice. I can talk," she said. "And I think that's what they're finding out."
Everybody, it seems, is talking about women in this campaign -- what they should do, how they should act, who they should be in society. But do women see themselves reflected in the dialogue -- or is the mirror of political rhetoric distorting their concerns? How, exactly, is all this talk about women playing among women?
You could hear these issues play out on a recent day in this key presidential swing state -- first, at the equal pay protest, but later at a hotel near Broncos stadium, where five conservative women led a panel discussion to strategize about reframing the rhetoric and working to woo more women voters to their camp this year. There was passion, but there was also irritation. Some women said talk about contraception was a distracting sideshow; others said the preoccupation of some politicians with abortion showed they were out of touch.
"They really must not know what exactly is going on," said a university student with friends who've had both babies and abortions. "They" are the male politicians who still outnumber women at all levels of elective office, but also the two men running for president who keep trying to one-up each other in reaching out to this vital, but hardly monolithic, voting bloc.
The upshot: Whether seen as real or manufactured, something about the so-called "war" is resonating among American women who could well make the difference on Election Day. Many are acting out and speaking up. Many are, in fact, girding for battle, in one way or another.
As Ramey put it: "They've woken a sleeping giant."
Glimpse a few Facebook pages these days, and you'll find an abundance of exasperation. There is the "Angry Conservative Women" page, which insists: "The only war on women (and on freedom) is being waged BY THE LEFT!" Then there's "One Million Pissed Off Women," which warns: "We have HAD IT. ... We are no longer willing to be compromised or thrown under the bus."
It all follows four months of headline-making salvos that, to some women at least, have begun to feel like a bombardment of sorts. Think: Susan G. Komen ending cancer-screening grants to Planned Parenthood (quickly reversed). And disputes over laws designed to protect women against wage discrimination (Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker last month signed a repeal of his state's equal pay law, while a U.S. Senate candidate in Michigan called a federal equal pay law a "nuisance.")
And there's the ongoing fight over abortion. After Republicans made historic gains during the tea party-driven "red tide" of 2010, abortion was back on legislative agendas with a vengeance. In 2011, 24 states enacted a record 92 provisions restricting access to abortion services in some way, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a pro-abortion rights organization that tracks such proposals.
This year dozens more provisions were introduced in state legislatures nationwide. A measure in South Carolina, for example, would eliminate a woman's ability to get an abortion through the state health plan if she's a victim of rape or incest. Georgia and Arizona have banned most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy; Utah increased to 72 hours the waiting period required before an abortion; Mississippi now requires doctors performing abortions at a clinic to be a certified OB-GYN with admitting privileges at a local hospital.
Not all of these actions have received as much attention -- or inspired as much controversy and derision -- as the Virginia proposal to mandate a transvaginal ultrasound before an abortion. Hundreds of women converged on the state Capitol in Richmond; Jon Stewart said the bill required a "TSA pat-down inside their vagina." The governor eventually signed a pared-down law requiring abdominal ultrasounds instead.
There was also the battle over whether religious-affiliated employers should have to cover birth control in insurance plans. When law student Sandra Fluke, prevented from testifying before Congress on the issue, spoke instead to a Democratic panel to advocate payments for contraceptives, Rush Limbaugh set off a firestorm by calling her a "slut."
Karen Teegarden saw the congressional hearing from which Fluke was excluded, and saw the all-male witness table. And within days this 56-year-old wife, mother and marketing specialist from Birmingham, Michigan had launched UniteWomen.org. Its mission statement: "Help defend women's rights and pursuit of equality."
Using social media and the Internet, Teegarden's group organized protests in cities all across the country on April 28. All told, hundreds marched in places like Phoenix, where coat hangers were on display featuring a plea: "Keep Abortion Safe & Legal." And Austin, where a Democratic state representative took to the microphone to quote a famous phrase: "Heed our warning. Hell has no fury like a woman scorned." And Ohio, where women at the state Capitol hoisted signs that read: "'Sluts' Over Nuts" and "My Vagina. My Choice."
The rallies came a day after Republican Speaker John Boehner took to the floor of the U.S. House to lambast Democrats for politicizing issues that he said should transcend partisan politics. He brought up the "so-called war on women," calling it something "entirely created by my colleagues across the aisle for political gain."
"Give me a break," Boehner roared as his fellow Republicans cheered.
Said Teegarden, a supporter of President Barack Obama: "If you don't want to call it a war, that's fine. We are fighting something. It's not just us having 'emotions.' We are fighting very specific legislation."
It's worth considering the landscape in which all of this is happening.
This year is the 20th anniversary of what became known as the "Year of the Woman," an election year in which the number of women serving in the U.S. Senate tripled and in the U.S. House went from 28 to 47. Many of those newly elected women were driven to run after watching the 1991 hearings in which an all-male Senate Judiciary Committee questioned Anita Hill about sexual harassment claims against then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas.
Political consultant Mary Hughes sees parallels between then and now.
"There were a number of things percolating in '91 and '92, just as I think there has been a number of things percolating last year and this year ... that made it appear that women needed to do more on their own behalf. There are similar indignities," said Hughes, who directs The 2012 Project, a nonpartisan campaign to increase the number of women running for office. The project's website features a video with these stark statistics: "While women make up 51 percent of the population, 83 percent of members of the U.S. Congress and 76 percent of state legislators ... are men. And of the 50 governors in the United States, only six are women."
"Don't get mad. Get elected," reads the organization's motto.
Statistics like those, coupled with what Rutgers political science and gender studies professor Susan Carroll calls the "retro" debate over women's issues going on now, are inspiring some of these head-scratching, sign-waving, "What do we do now?" responses.
"It all seems very '50s and '60s," said Carroll, citing in particular some of the positions espoused by Rick Santorum during the lengthy GOP primary battle. Those included supporting a constitutional amendment to ban abortion in all cases and saying states should be free to ban contraception.
Presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney's views aren't as extreme -- he says that Roe v. Wade should be reversed by a future Supreme Court and that state laws should guide abortion rights. But the debates "raised all of these issues ... that I think a lot of people thought were settled. And it's given the Democratic Party something to pounce on," Carroll said.
Certainly, what may have started as a war of words among the parties and pundits has become much more than that. In Virginia, a newly created political action committee called Women's Strike Force is raising money to defeat politicians who supported that state's anti-abortion proposals. Local groups at places ranging from Harvard University to a Cleveland community center to a synagogue in New York have presented panel discussions delving into how to better fight on behalf of women's issues.
Conservative women, just as fired up, are battling what they see as Democratic pandering that paints all women with the same brush. The conservative group Smart Girl Politics last month launched a "They Don't Speak for Us" campaign that includes a video focusing on unemployment rates and the cost of gas and groceries.
ShePAC, a political action committee working on behalf of conservative women candidates, promises in another ad that "2012 won't be a war on women, it will be a war by women."
In an opinion piece penned for CNN.com after the brouhaha over Democratic consultant Hilary Rosen's comment that Ann Romney "never worked a day in her life," the women co-chairs of ShePAC said "more and more women like Ann Romney are standing up and speaking out. ... Those women aren't victims, they are fierce warriors who fight for their principles."
For better or worse, the debate over gender politics has launched a new national dialogue that reaches beyond the campaign trail and cable networks.
To see it, simply look to Colorado -- and a single day in the trenches.
At the Equal Pay Day rally, Wanda Ramey recalled growing up in the '60s -- hearing about friends who'd received illegal abortions, seeing firsthand the battle for an Equal Rights Amendment and, later, waging her own battles as a woman in a mostly male work environment.
"Back in the '60s, we fought hard. And we didn't have Facebook. We didn't have the Internet," said Ramey, who supports Obama. "We're older now and we have the time to research, and we're not going to be led around anymore."
As the equal pay protesters dispersed, a man orating about religion soon took to the pavement of the university commons. When marketing major Sasha Luinstra stopped to watch, she remarked that "I should get out there and preach." A male student standing next to her replied: "What are you going to preach about? Makeup?" Luinstra didn't bother responding.
It's those kinds of comments, along with the many different statements about women that she has heard so far this campaign season, that both rile and baffle the 21 year old.
How, for example, can Americans in 2012 still be debating the virtues of stay-at-home moms versus those who work? To Luinstra, it's a non-issue. She recalls her graphic designer mom in tears when she would drop her at day care. Her mother eventually quit and stayed home full time, and instilled in her daughter the idea that "I'm free to make any choice I want."
Luinstra feels the same principle should apply to abortion. She has friends who are now parents but who have also terminated their pregnancies, and said she's grateful those women could choose for themselves what path to take.
Over the summer, she plans to volunteer for Students for Obama. "He backs up my values," she said of the president.
By evening, as a group called 9to5 gathered at a local bar to talk women's wage issues, another 30 or so men and women -- members of the Denver chapter of the Coalition for a Conservative Majority -- convened at the Hotel VQ for a panel discussion by five Republican women about the so-called war on women.
These women -- a lawyer, a former options trader, a businesswoman who tracks government spending, a stay-at-home mom who started a conservative advocacy group and a legislative aide whose mother is a state lawmaker -- discussed how conservatives could work to reach out to women voters, especially the independents who are key in Colorado.
Several suggested a move away from the debate over contraception -- whether it's framed as a reproductive rights or a religious freedom issue.
"Gas or groceries. That's the real war on women," said Lori Horn, 50, who co-founded the group R Block Party. "We have to feed our families. We have to decide whether we need to forgo a few things because we need to put gas in our cars. So take that contraception argument away from them, and come up with some ... different words about what the real war on women looks like for us."
For Horn, a mother of two girls, discussions about contraception have become "noise," a distraction that could prove harmful to the Republican candidates she supports.
"I'm all for birth control. I use it," she said in an interview. "Jobs and the economy, creating the security that families and single women need, that's the most important thing. I'm a powerful woman. ... I can take care of those other issues."
Moderating the panel, lawyer Linda Hoover cited a March USA Today/Gallup poll of swing states, including Colorado, that showed women favoring Obama over Romney by 18 percentage points.
"It's absolutely frightening how quickly, once they launched that (war) narrative ... the polling data changed. I'm hoping it was a short-term bounce, but let's not assume that," said Hoover, 60, who has been working voter registration booths to do her part in enticing more women voters.
The women gathered on this night may know better than most the power of the gender vote. They saw it in action in 2010 when, despite sweeping GOP victories elsewhere, a Democrat edged out a tea party-backed candidate in Colorado's U.S. Senate race. Republican Ken Buck was targeted as "anti-woman" in advertisements and mailers -- first for joking that voters should pick him over a female GOP primary opponent "because I don't wear high heels" and then for favoring a constitutional ban on abortion. (He had also opposed exceptions in cases of rape or incest.) In the end, exit polls showed that women voters went for the Democrat by 17 percentage points.
That gender gap can make a significant difference in presidential elections as well. According to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers, the number of female voters has exceeded the number of male voters in every presidential election since 1964. And, in every presidential election since 1980, a gender gap has been apparent -- with a greater proportion of women choosing the Democratic candidate over the Republican.
Come November, said Rutgers professor Carroll: "It's very likely that women's votes -- whether they go strongly for Obama or whether Romney's able to minimize the gender gap -- will make the difference."
All across Denver, women themselves seemed to clearly recognize that. So did a few men.
As the conservative panel began to wrap up, audience members took turns offering their take on how to win the war, and one unidentified man took the microphone to impart these thoughts: "We've had a lot of women's movements. I think soccer mom was the last ... but this election is the 'economic woman.' What women want now are jobs for their husbands, jobs for themselves, jobs for their teenagers. ... It's the 'economic woman' that's going to dominate this election.
"And all you women have to get on board and all these men in here have to get on board, or we'll lose the argument."
Horn, Hoover and the other women on hand that night believe firmly that the "war" is little more than political gamesmanship. But make no mistake: They're fighting, too.
And as night fell and the ballroom emptied, they headed home, battle-ready.


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SUBJECT: City settles Beach Drive lawsuit
Kimberly Mills (206) 684-8602
A significant hillside repair project along Beach Drive in West Seattle will be built without any City funds, in accord with the successful mediation of Anderson v. City, Saladino et. al.
"I am pleased to report that the City has resolved litigation and enforcement actions related to landslides in West Seattle above Beach Drive," City Attorney Pete Holmes said Thursday. "Insurance monies and private funds will be used to construct deep retaining walls and a drainage system to stabilize a hillside. No City funds will be used to construct the project. The City has agreed to waive the majority of fines it sought in this action in exchange for the agreement by Peter Saladino to build the walls."
Saladino and the City were both defendants in this action brought by 29 households that alleged they were affected by the landslides that occurred in 2007 and 2010.
The parties reached agreement late Wednesday night, the second day of mediation.
Saladino personally and the insurance carrier for Saladino agreed to fund and construct the remediation project to stabilize the hillside across a three-property area. The remediation project, which is likely to cost more than $2 million, involves two walls and a drainage system. The project is being reviewed by the Department of Planning and Development and the Department of Transportation and other City departments, with construction likely to begin this year.
The City did not pay attorney's fees. The City did agree, however, to reduce the fines against Saladino to $10,000 if he is able to obtain that amount or more from a neighboring property owner's insurance company. If he is unable to get that amount, the City will waive all fines as to Saladino. In addition, the City agreed to resurface a portion of Beach Drive north of the slide area in 2012.
Tom Rasmussen, chairman of the Seattle City Council Transportation Committee, expressed delight with the settlement: "The area near the slide on Beach Drive is in terrible condition and the agreement will allow the hillside to be repaired and Beach Drive to be repaired and repaved."


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Student Leadership Academy
The Etowah County Sheriff's Office (ECSO) Student Leadership Academy (SLA) was started in 2011 by Sheriff Todd Entrekin. The mission of the SLA is to provide a unique, practical, and educational experiences for future leaders of Etowah County, Alabama.
Program Description
The program is designed to be an intensive leadership development course for Etowah County students who are incoming high school seniors.
Through a variety of classes, hands on interaction, and guest speakers, students will be introduced to:
- Fundamental Leadership Principles
- Personal Development Skills
- Office of the Alabama Sheriff
- Knowledge of the American Criminal Justice System
- Career Opportunities in Government and Public service
- Importance of and How to Develop Lifelong Fitness Habits
- Interview and Job Application Skills
The weeklong event will survey the entire criminal justice process from: law enforcement, the prosecutor, the public defender, the courts, and corrections. The course will discuss the history and philosophy of the system and introduces various career opportunities.
Benefit to Student Participants
In addition to the knowledge and experience gained from the week's activities, participants will also benefit from:
- Etowah County Sheriff's Honorary Deputation
- Program Completion Diploma
- Future School/Job Reference Letter from Sheriff Entrekin
- 3 hours of College Credit from Jacksonville State University
- Possible Scholarship Opportunities
- Lasting Friendships and Memories
Location, Schedule, and Instructors
The SLA is based out of the ECSO Headquarters, located on Forrest Avenue in Gadsden. Practical exercises will occur in the field throughout Etowah County. Student's stay overnight throughout the week and lodging is provided. Participants are closely supervised by ECSO staff members.
The tentative date is typically the last week of June each year. Orientation begins on Sunday afternoon. Each day starts with a class and activity to promote physical fitness. The schedule is physically and academically demanding, starting at 5:45 a.m. and ending at 9:30 p.m. The week concludes with graduation on Thursday evening.
Instructors and guest speakers are law enforcement professionals as well as noted leaders in government, business, and civic organizations.
Candidates must be an incoming high school senior and must be nominated by their current high school principal. Nominees must submit the written application by March 15.
SLA is open to incoming high school seniors who meet academy requirements of:
- Nominated by High School Principal
- Minimum 2.5 Grade Point Average
- Written Essay
- Alabama Police Officer's Standards and Training Commission (APOSTC)
- Physical Ability Exam
Each nominee is evaluated based on demonstrated leadership, physical fitness, grade point average, and community service. Due to the physical activity required, students will be required to submit proof of a physical exam conducted by a licensed physician within the last year. One male and one female will be accepted from each of the twelve high schools in Etowah County; for a total of twenty-four student participants.
The ECSO SLA is offered free to students through the generosity of many community sponsors and Sheriff's Office discretionary funding. Opportunities for sponsor recognition includes: program marketing materials, press releases, internet exposure, and other various options.
Graduates of the Etowah County Sheriff's Office Student Leadership Academy are considered part of the Sheriff's Office family. Their commitment to give up a week in the summer time to be physically and academically challenged says much about the graduates listed on the following pages. These individuals are great examples of purpose, service, determination, and influence to their peers and our community!
2011 SLA Graduates
Gadsden City - Blake Hall, President
Southside - Jessie Gregerson, Chaplain
Etowah - Savannah Harper
Etowah - Logan McGraw
Gadsden City - Portia Sims
Gaston - Lindsey Lister
Glencoe - Joshua Croy
Glencoe - Trey Irwin
Hokes Bluff - Jenna Cash
Hokes Bluff - Josh Fleming
Sardis - Nicole Foster
Sardis - Dylan Kelley
Southside - Cody Bishop
West End - Jessica Lee
West End - Micah Moore
Westbrook Christian - John Mayfield
Westbrook Christian - Peighton Streip
2012 SLA Graduates
Gadsden City - Khalid Cannon, President
Coosa Christian - Micah Mills, Vice President
Gaston - Dustin Gunter, Secretary
Glencoe - Savanah Bramblett, Chaplain
Coosa Christian - Jonah Mills
Etowah - Jamie Hall
Gadsden City - Chandricka Johnson
Gaston - Taylor Rogers
Glencoe - Dalton Chambers
Hokes Bluff - Hunter Bryant
Hokes Bluff - Ryan Moon
Sardis - Tyler Dixon
Sardis - Madison Wood
Southside - Austin Snyder
Southside - Abbey West
West End - Taylor Hollingsworth
West End - Zack Spiker
2013 SLA Graduates
Gaston - Tyler Jennings, President
Westbrook Christian - John Maurer, Vice President
Glencoe - Hannah Grant, Secretary
Glencoe - Rebecca Blakney, Chaplain
Coosa Christian - Noell Lipscomb
Coosa Christian - Morgan Luttrell
Etowah - Dalton Hayes
Etowah - Maci Ledbetter
Gadsden City - Tiara Macon
Gadsden City - Terrell Malone
Gaston - Ashlie Sims
Hokes Bluff - Adam King
Hokes Bluff - Harley Westmoreland
Sardis - Blaine Pruitt
Sardis - Payton Golden
Southside - Austin Criswell
Southside - Hannah Phillips
West End - Chase Blanton
West End - Courtney Oliver
Westbrook Christian - Kennedy Vice
Gadsden City - Harsh Sinha, President
Coosa Christian - Bailey Loyd, Vice-President
Westbrook Christian - Chris Underwood, Secretary
Southside - Taylor Clough, Chaplain
Coosa Christian - Drake Burger
Etowah - Jennifer Guthery
Etowah - Leocardio Domingo
Gadsden City - Nolan Boatner
Gadsden City - Tansley Lacount
Gadsden City - Zack Oglesby
Gaston - Darby Samples
Gaston - Mason Bishop
Glencoe - Joseph Bright
Glencoe - Kyle Alexander
Hokes Bluff - Mason Wilkinson
Hokes Bluff - Noah Click
Sardis - Hayley Clements
Sardis - Tristan McCurley
Southside - Austin Powell
West End - Brittany Self
West End - Tyler Moody
Westbrook Christian - Kaitlyn Maurer
Gadsden City High School - Bailey Cook, President
Coosa Christian School - Georgia Mills, Vice-President
West End High School - Alexandria Hallmark, Chaplain
Coosa Christian School - Jeremy Ware
Etowah High School - Kaylee Fore
Etowah High School - Adam Cox
Gadsden City High School - Madison Abernathy
Gadsden City High School - Neel Sengar
Gadsden City High School - Anshumah Sinah
Gaston School - Caydance Glenn
Gaston School - Taylor Tindall
Glencoe High School - Jacob Bradley
Glencoe High School - Andrew Lang
Hokes Bluff High School - Reagan Sims
Hokes Bluff High School - Austin Burchfield
Sardis High School - Grace Snead
Sardis High School - Kolby Childers
Southside High School - Kaleigh Pylant
Southside High School - Levi Cox
West End High School - Bruce Evans
Westbrook Christian School - Barclay Bellew
Westbrook Christian School - Sam Blackstock
Gadsden City High School - La'Marcus Harvey, President
Southside High School - Caroline Pope, Vice-President
Etowah High School - Emma Grace Jones, Secretary
Sardis High School - John Holland, Chaplain
Coosa Christian School - Neely Evetts
Coosa Christian School - Caleb Garrett
Etowah High School - Zachary Bullock
Gadsden City High School - Maryangela Lopez-V.
Gadsden City High School - Tony Jackson
Gaston School - Julie Ballenger
Gaston School - Jamie Gibbs
Glencoe High School - Erin Ramsey
Glencoe High School - Cole Holbrooks
Hokes Bluff High School - Kayte Parkerson
Hokes Bluff High School - Nathan Boatwright
Sardis High School - Madison Whisenant
Southside High School - Baylon Fry
West End High School - Tamia Timmons
West End High School - Hunter Moody
Westbrook Christian School - Kearse Ellison
Westbrook Christian School - Courtland Vice
A Message From The Sheriff
This site is maintained as a public service for the citizens of Etowah County. As Sheriff, it is my pleasure to serve you in this manner. If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to contact us.


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Preventing Crisis, Enabling Recovery
2012 Review of UNDP's Work in Conflict and Disaster-affected Countries
Empowering people in the face of disasters and conflicts is no easy task for any nation. Through its crisis prevention and recovery activities, UNDP helps build resilience, reduce the impact of disasters, and accelerate recovery from shocks. In many places around the world where conflicts and disasters escalated in 2012, we saw how crises can undermine development investment and cause terrible human suffering, especially in communities that are fragile and lack resilience.
During 2012, UNDP was active in 97 countries in assisting households, communities, and governments to prevent, confront, and respond to conflicts and disasters. Many of the stories from affected communities of survival, resilience, and determination to rebuild are inspirational. As a development agency, our work in crisis prevention and preparedness is about building fences at the top of a cliff, rather than placing ambulances at the bottom. Our work in recovery creates a bridge from emergency relief to sustainable development, so that communities can build back better and have greater resilience to future shocks.
Major highlights for 2012 included:
- After years of having one of the highest murder rates in the world, El Salvador recorded its first murder-free day since 2009.
- Since the widespread bloodshed of Kenya's 2007 elections, UNDP has worked to train police, peace councils, the government and civil society to use new technology to identify potential violent hot spots, and act, through improved security or mediation, to defuse local conflicts.
- In Ethiopia, which is still recovering from the drought in the Horn of Africa, more than 13,992 beneficiaries, 39 percent of whom were women, employed under UNDP schemes to rehabilitate infrastructure, with a special focus on disaster risk management structures, such as water storage facilities.
- In 2012, UNDP supported 23 countries affected by landmines and exposive remnants of war through mine risk education, clearance and victim assistance programmes.
- In The Democratic Republic of the Congo, the UN mission and UNDP helped prosecute alleged perpetrators of mass rapes. UNDP support allowed for military investigations and trials that resulted in three defendants being sentenced to 20 years in prison for crimes against humanity.


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Huawei SUN2000-12KTL
Description & notes
Based on leading technology platforms of power supplies and digital control, Huawei release the SUN2000 series three-phase inverter with telecom class reliability and top efficiency all over the world. This series of products meets Germany BDEW MV directive and VDE AR N 4105 LV directive, CE Low Voltage Directive and the Directive for Electromagnetic Compatibility, Italy Enel-GUIDA and CEI 0-21 certification, as well as China Golden Sun certification. It has good environment adaptability and can be used for various scenarios covering from 8 kW to Megawatts, either rooftop or ground mounted power plants.
|Inverter power (kW):
|Dimensions (H x W x D):
|510 x 610 x 255 mm
|Country availability:
|Austria Switzerland Germany Italy France Great Britain