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Critical Essay by Patricia Monk
SOURCE: "Eden Upside Down: Thomas Keneally's Bring Larks and Heroes as Anti-pastoral," in World Literature Written in English, Vol. 21, No. 2, Summer, 1982, pp. 297-303.
In the following essay, Monk traces the progress of Halloren's apotheosis in Bring Larks and Heroes as a function of the narrative's inversion of conventional and pastoral tropes, related to characters, settings, and moral tone.
Thomas Keneally can justifiably lay claim to an important place in Australian literature. If, however, there were a single moment in his works by which he might be best remembered, I suspect that moment would be the final paragraph of Bring Larks and Heroes, in which he describes the death agonies of Phelim Halloran:
It was as he had foretold. Every prayer, curse and snatch of song unleased itself up the vent of his body. Oh, the yawning shriek of his breathlessness, above him like a massive bird, flogging him with its black wings; the loneliness ripping his belly up like pavingstones. On his almost closed lids, six-sided pillars of light came down with terrible hurtfulness. It was with such a surpassing crack that his head split open, he being borne presiding through so many constellations, that he asked himself, panicstriken, "Am I perhaps God?"
Halloran's apotheosis—the apotheosis of a spoiled priest from a poor Irish family into a Christ figure—is the final act of a pastoral tragedy set among the transported felons of an early settlement "not meant to be identified with" Sydney, according to the author's note.
Keneally's primary concern in Bring Larks and Heroes is with the culture shock awaiting new colonists whose expectations of a return to Eden are shattered by encounters with the foreignness of trees that shed bark rather than leaves, mammals that lay eggs, and the phenomenon of summer in December. Eden has thus become demonic, and "the busy compilers of journals called it evil at some length." Consequently Halloran, who does not "call it evil because it [is] weird," becomes estranged from the community, and eventually becomes the scapegoat for a crime committed by others. Halloran's inexorable progress towards his sacrificial death and apotheosis can be traced as a symbolic corollary of his steady progress towards his final understanding that the landscape surrounding him is not, in fact, demonic, but only Eden upside-down.
Before I trace that progress of Halloran towards his apotheosis I want to look briefly at what I consider to be the keys to Keneally's inversion of the pastoral convention in Bring Larks and Heroes. There are, in fact, two complementary patterns of inversion existing simultaneously in the novel: the inversion of the picture of the early settlers as the inhabitants of a pastoral setting, and the inversion of the concept of the landscape of that setting as a type of Eden. In the first of the patterns, the settlers, free or transported, see themselves as the innocent inhabitants of a pastoral world, frustrated only by the ugliness, hostility, and inhospitability of the physical aspects of that world. Keneally's inversion shows us that the settlers themselves are the demonic element, bringing death and disease into the landscape. The conventional pastoral, concerned as it is with the depiction of an ideal society, uses the trope of the sheep to represent the people under the benevolent protection of their aristocratic or ecclesiastical rulers, the shepherds. In Bring Larks and Heroes, however, the relationship takes on a thoroughly demonic aspect as the role of sheep is given to convicted felons, and that of the shepherds to their military guards. Benevolence is replaced by bloody and brutal tyranny. Hence society itself is shown not as idealized but as demonic.
The second pattern of inversion concerns itself with an apparently demonic landscape: crops fail, the weather is bad, stock dies, and the settlement is very close to starvation. However, in this case the point of the inversion is to show that this landscape, in its beauty and fertility, is the hoped for and elusive Eden. The key to the understanding of this process of inversion is found in the passage where Byrne catches a sea gull. As the narrator oxymoronically states, "Byrne ate the inedible bird." If you can eat something safely and gain nourishment from it, as does Byrne, then it is by definition not "inedible." Here Keneally points directly to a truth that is also made clear elsewhere in the novel, with regard to Halloran's understanding of his relationship with the natural world: the land can provide food if one is willing to revise one's ideas of food. The Aboriginals survive because their idea of food conforms to what the land provides (gulls or grubs); the Europeans almost starve because their idea of food (cheese, beef, bread) does not conform to what is provided. The wasteland is paradoxically the fertile garden, if only one can learn to recognize its fruits.
The most prominent patterns of inversion, then, are those of character and setting. There is another kind of inversion present, however, albeit one implied to a somewhat lesser extent: the inversion of choice in one's moral actions. Halloran, when we first meet him, is carrying a gun, but without any hope of killing game, because "the full-time game-killers, three men chosen from amongst the transported felons, had not brought in anything since the New Year." The crime for which they have been transported is not named, but the skills required for full-time game-killing would be almost identical with those required in poaching. Poachers, therefore, become licensed hunters on behalf of the community—and the definition of crime is changed to suit the needs of the community. But the inversion here is not simple, for although the poaching/game-killing inversion turns a crime into a community service, the crime of stealing food from the community remains a crime, one which is in fact less unjustifiably punishable in the circumstances of the settlement than in the country from which they have come. Keneally's point is not that circumstances change morality, but that people change it, usually for their own benefit—a suitably demonic concept for a demonic society.
It is Halloran's triumph that he recognize all these truths: that the settlers are the demonic element, that the landscape is really edenic, and that a demonic society produces a demonic morality. It is also his tragedy, for the community cannot tolerate someone who sees things differently. Consequently, he is killed for his vision. This vision is not a sudden revelation but one which develops slowly in the course of Halloran's relationship with the natural world, and with his fellow human beings in the settlement.
To return to the inversion of setting: the novel begins in an apparently demonic landscape, "the world's wrong end," which is, to borrow [Northrop] Frye's definition, "the world that desire totally rejects: the world of the nightmare … as it is … before any image of human desire, such as the city or the garden, has been solidly established." The natural features of the landscape are, however, "far too open to a bland, immense, and oriental sky," and consequently the settlers are also exposed. Yet in spite of this evident vulnerability, the settlers' response is to resist assimilation, and to impose their will upon the land:
although nothing but the worm of death seemed to flourish in this obdurate land, it was the duty of those who served the King … to outstubborn the wayward earth.
Halloran, however, in the midst of this apparently demonic land, is confronted by the possibility, indeed the necessity, of developing a new set of standards by which new values might be determined, for "it seemed that in these poor scrubby woods, all his judgements on what a forest should look like were being scarcely tolerated by the whole pantheon of the gods of this, the world's wrong end."
Halloran's visit to Ann releases her from the "God-abandoned" hutch of Blythe's, for the divine center no longer rests in human dwellings or society, into the temporary freedom of the woods presided over by a new pantheon. Here she is "transmuted by something very close … to pure animal joy"—a transmutation into something more in tune with the land, and one which Halloran (who is described as feeling "cubbish") shares with her. It should be noted, however, that at this point Halloran is still identified with the demonic settlers insofar as the symbol of his superiority, which he has chosen to carry through "this forest," is a gun. His notion of his own superiority to the blacks who are "dying of smallpox" rests on his perception of his superior ability to kill and to resist death.
Having established Halloran's initial identification with human society, Keneally proceeds to present a series of juxtaposed visions of the land as actually edenic (although apparently demonic) and white humanity as actually demonic (although apparently innocently pastoral). The first of these occurs when, standing on the cliff, Halloran sees
set in the jelly-blue, a fleet of jew-fish tend[ing] slowly north. It did make one angry, to see such placid manna a foot or two below the sea-top, passing by the hungry town without a flick of their tails.
Set in juxtaposition to the colonists' indifference to this "placid manna" (no fishing boats are out) is their frantic activity in the lime hunt; considerable time is spent looking for mussel-shells left behind by generations of native people. Ironically, these shells are intended to be used, by the military rulers of the settlement, in the making of the mortar necessary to the construction of a real "brick" building, a building designed to make its inhabitants feel more at home. The hungry colonists ignore the fish, which would satisfy and nourish them, in order to try to make the land conform rather more to what they think it should be like.
The second of these juxtapositions occurs during Halloran's expedition upriver to "the Crescent" with the transported forger Ewers. Here the land begins to seem hospitable to Halloran, even beautiful:
The land looked promising from the jolly-boat, the river went west quite royally, spangled with sun, miles wide. Before its massive kindliness, the coves and beaches, cliffs and islands stood back.
Ewers, with the artist's eye, sees this beauty more immediately than Halloran, to whom he remarks:
If I painted this landscape … those who ever saw it would think that the forests behind the beaches were teeming with fruit and game. They would think that this river led to a kingly town, that Eden lay at the headwaters.
However, Ewers' hubristic vision of the true nature of the land, away from the colony, as edenic, and his ability to make others see it his way, founders at once on his confrontation with Mrs. Daker; the death of his vision is recorded in his recognition that the two of them appear, this time, as a part of a "caricature of the Pastoral landscape." As the bird he is painting, and the beauty of the land which it represents, dies in her crazy hands, it prefigures his own death, described in terms of a "ravaged animal spill[ing] dirt and water down its legs." Although Ewers' death acts as a foreshadowing of Halloran's, the full vision of demonic humanity, as opposed to the edenic land, is presented not through Mrs. Daker but in the scenes in the hospital at the Crescent.
Here the cruelty, filth, and irrational sexuality of demonic humanity is exposed as Halloran, separating the couple copulating on the filthy floor in a ring of bystanders, makes his way to the bed of the criminal patient he has been ordered to escort to headquarters; looking down at the man, he sees his back and upper legs to be a mass of stinking, gangrenous flesh. Later, when he sees this flesh encrusted with flies, Halloran can only rush outside in order that the "clean astringency" of nature can provide some kind of antidote to the effects of demonic humanity. Breathing in the fragrance of crushed eucalyptus leaves, he comes to the moment of unconscious choice—when he aligns himself with the land. It is worth noting, however, that by this point he already has begun to think of it as "the world's south end" rather than as its worse end.
A further such juxtaposition provides the turning point of the novel, for here Keneally presents Halloran's conscious alignment with the forces of the land. This takes place on the occasion of Captain Allen's expedition into the wilderness, an expedition which, although designed to conquer, only proves its own incapacity. The members of the expedition, including Halloran, are in such poor condition that they can only cover fourteen miles the first day, "although the country was easy." Their lack of stamina is made particularly evident in their encounter with a family of natives:
In the early afternoon of that first day, they found themselves being watched by a stock-still native family not unlike denuded acacias at a distance of a quarter of a mile. They were very thin, that family, but loped easily away. The crooked grey thickets consumed them like mist.
The natives are thin, admittedly, but fit; they survive because, in their likeness to trees, they shape themselves to the land. Some time later a moment of conscious choice presents itself, to Halloran, as a kind of "transfiguration":
The generous morning continued to gild them all with an heroic light. Halloran himself gazed across the river, across mangroves to a tableland as blue and hazed and comfortable as chimney-smoke. He felt himself to be very much the center of this world. With his hat off, he found that the tawny drench of light through his eye-lashes was made of gold rods all bearing on him. He was the focus, he was the central screw. Take him out and the hills would fall apart. He contained the world and was not contained by it.
Here he identifies consciously with the land, most significantly with the light which is so conspicuous a feature of it. Yet, it is "an heroic light," and consequently Halloran's identification with it points forward to the "heroic" death he must suffer.
That heroic death is the occasion for the final juxtaposition of land (now revealed as truly edenic) against humanity (now revealed as truly demonic). In the previous episode I have mentioned, it is of considerable significance that the natives are likened to trees rather than to any other natural feature. Not only is the image visually attractive and apt, but also it adds a further item to the sequence of tree images in the novel; one is led steadily forward from the opening scene where Anne, visited by joy, leans against a tree, to the final, symbolic juxtaposition of the tree of life and the tree of death. In this scene, Halloran perceives the trees outside the "death-hut" as part of a single tree of life: "Outside, the white eucalyptus grew, five trees from the one bole, gusting outwards from each other, very much a conclave…. Life arrogant there, outside the death-hut; life astringent in white trees."
At the final moment Halloran dies on the gallows, his neck broken in the drop, Keneally ends with Halloran's question. "Am I perhaps God?" The answer implied by the novel is, I believe, yes. For in this upside-down, hardly recognizable Eden, the tree of knowledge and the tree of life are the same. Halloran has tasted the "cool astringency" of the eucalyptus which has brought him both knowledge and life. At the moment of his physical death he is raised in an apotheosis in which he becomes identified with the natural world. "Borne presiding through so many constellations" and therefore immortal, he passes beyond both demonic and human comprehension, a dying and a living god.
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STARKVILLE -- Expect more from Mississippi State's volleyball team. MSU coach Jenny Hazelwood believes she has seen enough from the progress the team made last year and the success it had in the spring season to warn of a breakout year for one of the Southeastern Conference's lower-ranked programs. "We've carried over a lot of momentum and will be a better team," Hazelwood said.
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When I was a youngster in Yazoo City, Miss., twice each week — on Tuesday and Friday nights — I delivered the hometown newspaper. One night a week, I collected for the paper. The financial rewards were small but important. More important was the fact that I developed commitment and learned responsibility and how to deal with people. Considering everything, it was one of the most significant things I ever did.
Unfortunately, in our efficient, cost-conscious society of today, many paper boys are losing their jobs. A story in The New York Times featuring Eric Anderson, 17, who has been delivering the Portland, Maine, Press-Herald since he was 7 years old, hit me hard.
Eric has always given superb service, and, unlike the adult who drives by in a car and throws the newspaper onto the driveway, Eric always placed it in the mailbox, inside the front door or even the back door, if requested. However, he'll have to give up his job, as will his sister, Katherine, who's 11, and his brother, Cory, 15, along with their friend Noah Rosenberg, 17, and many other young people.
The paper has decided to turn to adults to replace the youngsters because it says it is getting increasingly difficult to hire dependable youngsters and that the adults in cars can deliver the papers earlier and more efficiently. The unfortunate thing is, this is one more job being taken from youngsters who need to learn these important lessons of life.
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It was taken in Thun in switzerland.
Because of the light,It seems a bit washed out at bottom part of the photo,I tried mono,but still couldn't work out. Thank you .
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You have done your own crit. Nice subject and good composition but the bottom is washed out. Try burning in or a step wedge to darken the bottom. Better, expose for the highlights when shooting.
It is much easier to lighten the dark areas in software than try and put detail back into blown highlights.
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It's such a shame about the highlights, Xiaoli, because the cover of the staircase is really nice. I don't think I can make it look any good in colour, maybe someone else can. So I tried a mono. There are lots of lines, so I rotated right and just got the centre of the canopy straight, then had to crop a bit. I desaturated it, adjusted levels and contrast, then applied unsharp mask. My second mod has a gold hue added. As an afterthought, I did a third mod where I have used selective colouring, see what you think.
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I think that it is a superb shot, the washing out gives it an almost ethereal feel to it. If you want to knock it down a bit you could us the magic wand tool in photoshop to just select that area and then use the exposure bar to bring it down. That would probably do the trick. It's still a good shot though, well done.
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It looks like this particular image has been post processed to some degree, as the bright areas at the bottom show some evidence of being selectively "burned".
The original looks to be exposed quite well for the wood canopy, but the camera has limited dynamic range and cant fit in the extremely bright sunlit areas without losing highlights as mentioned above. Under the circumstances, it has done quite well.
However, you can still make a decent print, or an artistic interpretation with what you have.
I have loaded 4 mods to show a progression:
Mod1, - the original has had the verticals straightened and cropped; the colour saturation has been reduced; red has been reduced even more; some sharpening has applied.
Mod2 is a monotone conversion of mod1, - I used a plug-in filter from NIK for this
Mod 3 is mod 2 with the "ink outlines: filter applied from Photoshop CS3.
Mod4 is mod3 with a sepia filter applied, and a frame added.
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Probably some of you have faced this issue in any of yor WFEs. It turns out that starting Windows SharePoint Services Web Application service, it stucks with the status: Error Starting.
One of the potential root cause of this issue is that a pending web.config modification hasn't been accomplished after deploying a custom WSP file
In order to identify if you are suffering this issue you should execute the following script:
/// This source code is freeware and is provided on an "as is" basis without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including without limitation warranties that the code is free of defect, fit for a particular purpose or non-infringing. The entire risk as tothe quality and performance of the code is with the end user. MICROSOFT DO NOT SUPPORT THIS CODE.
Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -force[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.SharePoint") | Out-Null$webApplications = [Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebService]::ContentService.WebApplications | % { $_ }
foreach($weba in $webApplications){ $webApp = $weba $webApp.WebConfigModifications $webApp }
If after executing you have results, you should inspect what custom dlls is the culprit and then fix it.Furthermore in order to get the service back to the previous status before the deployment you should execute the following script:
foreach($weba in $webApplications){ $webApp = $weba $webApp.WebConfigModifications.Clear() $webApp.Update() }
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Héctor Calvarro Martín. SharePoint Dev/Core. Microsoft Support Escalation Engineer for EMEA
Hello all.
There has been released SharePoint 2010 SP2
The process will be:
You should execute ejecutar psconfig –cmd upgrade –inplace b2b -wait in each server after the installation of the packages.
8. Eventually, Install SharePoint Designer 2010 SP2
After the process will be completed, your plaform will be in April 2013 CU with SP2. Hence, you will not be in the latest CU (nowadays). For being in the latest CU you should install June 2013 CU http://blogs.msdn.com/b/calvarro/archive/2013/07/18/re-relased-the-june-2013-cus-for-sharepoint-2010-you-should-reinstall-new-cus-if-previous-june-2013-cus-are-applied.aspx . (I recommend to install it to be completely updated)
Furthermore SharePoint Foundation 2010 Client Object Model Redistributable SP2 has been also released.
Finally, I would like to share the change log
For more info
Héctor Calvarro Martín. SharePoint Dev/Core. Microsoft Support Escalation Engineer for EMEA
It's ready to download June 2013 CUs for SharePoint 2013
SharePoint 2013 (Build 15.0.4517.1005)
After installing the updated you should run the SharePoint Config Wizard in every server of the farm.
If SPS 2013 installed you must only install the SPS 2013 CU because it includes the Foundation one.
June CUs for 2013 has been re-released for SharePoint 2010. Please you MUST reinstall the new ones over the previous June 2013 CUs packages.
SharePoint 2010 (Build 14.0.7102.5004)
If SPS 2010 installed you must only install the SPS 2010 CU because it includes the Foundation one.
After you install this hotfix, you must restart the User Profile Synchronization Service for profile synchronization to function correctly.
To work around this issue, follow these steps:
1.Visit Central Administration. 2.Click Manage Services on the System Settings section. 3.Find User Profile Synchronization Service in the list of services and then click Stop if its status is Started. Click Start and provide the credentials to start the User Profile Synchronization Service as soon as its status is Stopped.
For more information, see the Start the User Profile Synchronization service section in the Configure profile synchronization article in the library.
It's ready to download June 2013 CUs for SPS 2010 and MOSS 2007
SharePoint 2010 (Build 14.0.7102.5000) (NOT VALID ANYMORE)
SharePoint 2007 (Build 12.0.6679.5001)
Warning! This update will be only install if SP3 is installed in the environment.
Please, keep in mind that you must install them in the following order first WSS 3.0, and later MOSS 2007.
After installing the updates you must execute the SharePoint configuration wizard in each of the servers of the farm or execute "psconfig –cmd upgrade –inplace b2b -wait" on a cmd.
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I would like to clarify the next section from the documentation Plan for feeds and the Distributed Cache service in SharePoint Server 2013 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj219572.aspx#plandc
If you are using custom applications in SharePoint Server 2013 which use the AppFabric client APIs, or are creating custom caches, you should create a separate AppFabric cache cluster to support your custom applications. Do not use the AppFabric cache cluster supporting your SharePoint Server 2013 farm. Run your separate AppFabric cache cluster for your custom applications on separate servers from the servers dedicated to your SharePoint Server 2013 farm.
Basically, that means:
It's NOT SUPPORTED custom applications that use the AppFabric client APIs, or are creating custom caches from the SharePoint 2013 environment. The only way to have a SUPPORTED environment it's to have a dedicated AppFabric cache cluster for your custom applications on separate servers from the servers dedicated to your SharePoint Server 2013 farm.
Please, take that in account in future developments and in any future Premeir Support cases.
PS:I asked for a modification on the article to explicity say not supported.
Héctor Calvarro Martín. SharePoint Dev/Core. Microsoft Support Escalation Engineer for EMEA.
Some time ago the Spanish MVP Juan Carlos Gonzalez told me that the Spanish SharePoint users Group (SUGES, SUG.CAT, MadPoint y LevaPoint) where orchestating an event called Iberian SharePoint Conference.
Now the event is a reality, it will be held next October 10th in Madrid (Kingdom of Spain) and the Preregister is already opened.
If you are interested in the conferences, speakers or the Preregister process please I recommend you to take a look into the following link:
I'll keep you updated.
Estas son las direcciones para descargar los respectivos Language Packs para Catalán, Gallego y Vasco para SPS 2013 y Project Server 2013
SharePoint Foundation 2013
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El proceso de instalación como sabéis siempre es primero Foundation y luego Server. No obstante haremos pruebas para corroborar que no ha cambiado.
En instalaciones de Project Server 2013, la funcionalidad de Project Server 2013 no está traducida a estos lenguajes pero si la de SharePoint 2013. Para más información sobre ello os referimos a la siguiente dirección
Para Office Web Apps los links son los siguientes:
Para más info:
I would like to share that the mínimum versión of SharePoint supported on Windows Azure:
- SharePoint 2010 SP1 + CU and onwards.
- SharePoint 2013 RTM and onwards.
Not supported:
- Fast Server over SPS 2010
For more information please check the following page.
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I would like to let you know that it's available for download the April 2013 Security update for Office and there are some patches for SharePoint 2010 included. Please
On the other hand it has been release the SP2 BETA for SharePoint 2010, Project 2010 y Office Web Apps 2010 among others. You should need a connect account to download them
BTW, please, I would like to let you know that MICROSOFT SUPPORT DO NOT SUPPORT THIS BETA because is delivered AS IS and it's only for testing purpouses, so you will use it AT YOUR OWN RISK.
It's ready to download April 2013 CUs for SharePoint 2013
SharePoint 2013 (Build 15.0.4505.1002)
It's ready to download April 2013 CUs for SPS 2010 and MOSS 2007
SharePoint 2010 (Build 14.0.6137.5000)
SharePoint 2007 (Build 12.0.6676.5000)
La próxima semana tendrá lugar el Martes 9 de Abril de 2013, 8ª Conferencia Española de Usuarios de SharePoint - CEUS VIII en el Teatro Goya en Madrid. Como sabéis es un evento donde usuarios, partners y Microsoft se reúnen y tratan sobre nuevas características, posibilidades y escenarios de clientes sobre SharePoint 2013 y SharePoint On-line.
Además, por parte de soporte Premier estaremos Matias Cordero, Enrique Palomino y yo ,Héctor Calvarro, haciendo una pequeña presentación sobre Performance Point en SharePoint Server 2013 en el track de B.I.
Para consultar la agenda y apuntaros, podéis visitar el siguiente link:
Muchas Gracias.
It has been detected a bug documentation on Software boundaries and limits for SharePoint 2013 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262787.aspx for Spanish, Italian and French languages, among others languages except English.
The bug is concerning the Web Applciation section that does not reflect that SharePoint 2013 supports farms of 20 Web Application or less.
Now, the bug is on fix process.
BTW, the documentation on English prevails over the other languages.
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There has been released March 2013 Public Updates for SharePoint 2013. In somehow, they are like the February 2013 CU + some extra updates
Please, they are mandatory in order to install next April 2013 and onward CUs.
SharePoint Foundation 2013 Public Update - KB 2768000
SharePoint Server 2013 Public Update - KB 2767999
If you have a farm with search component and high availability search topologies enabled; you should follow next entry:
If you are installed in SharePoint Server 2013 bear in mind that the server one includes the foundation. It's not needed to install foundation.
Furthemore, if you have any server running Workflow Manager and Service Bus, their Cus are also available:
Workflow Manager February 2013 Cumulative Update - KB 2799754
Bus Service February 2013 Cumulative Update - KB 2799752
S. Somasegar, the corporate vice president of the Developer Division at Microsoft, has announced the Office Developer Tools for VS 2012 RTM
You can download it from:
For more info, please check:
It's ready to download February 2013 CUs for SPS 2010 and MOSS 2007
SharePoint 2010 (Build 14.0.6134.5000)
SharePoint 2007 (Build 12.0.6673.5001)
Maybe some of you have started to use Microsoft Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2012 - Preview 2 in order to develop for SharePoint 2013.
We would like to let you know that ,so far, the component is not supported (delivered "AS IS"). So if you have any issue you need to wait until the RTM release in order to open a case.
Please, check the license of this component that is attached to this post and you should check points 10, 14 and 15 for more detailed info.
Otherwise, you can post an entry in the following fórum for questions regarding this component.
Kind regards.
With the General Availability of SharePoint 2013, I would like to share with you some points to have a healthy and supported environment.
The following scenarios are NOT supported
Another strong point is the Contemporary UI that renders in HTML5 for mobile browsers, between others mobile views.So, the following mobile browsers detailed in TechNet are the supported ones:
Finally, please bear in mind that SPS 2013 is built on .NET 4.5 RTM in order to develop new .NET projects, although becasue of the new Apps development model there will be a lot of custom functionality relying on JavaScript.
¿Qué te parecería crear soluciones para Microsoft Office y SharePoint 2013, usando tecnologías web estándar, y poder distribuirlas a millones de personas en todo el mundo desde la tienda de Office en Office.com? No te pienses mucho la respuesta, ¡ya puedes hacerlo!
Ven a nuestro DevCamp y aprende cómo conseguirlo.
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In this day and age more and more customers are choosing to use Jquery in their customized pages and choose the JavaScript client object model in SharePoint 2010 and 2013. However, it turns out that anyone with skills can reverse engineer debugging the JavaScript client used internally by Microsoft but it shouldn't be used by customers / Developers.
Recently a customer reported an issue we using that kind of JavaScript. The code was as follows.
function FuncNaive1() {
var OldCalendarNotify4a = SP.UI.ApplicationPages.CalendarNotify.$4a; /cahnge to $4b if Sp1 or later
SP.UI.ApplicationPages.CalendarNotify.$4a = function ()
As you can see, the code was calling to an internal function called SP.UI.ApplicationPages.CalendarNotify.$4a and even the customer was completely arware that we should change the var to $4b if SP1 or later. The internal function code looks as following:
Then he overwrites the function calling the old functionality and a new one created by him
It turns out that these actions are completely unsupported. It's not expected that a developer/customer call the function SP.UI.ApplicationPages.CalendarNotify.$4a due to it's not documented in the SDK of SharePoint 2010 nor SharePoint 2013, moreover you shouldn't "override" an internal function. Another point to add it's that Microsoft is free of changing the internal functionality, as you see in the customer comment concerning the SP1
Some months ago I talked regarding this topic in the blog http://blogs.msdn.com/b/calvarro/archive/2012/09/27/reflection-and-or-reverse-engineering-of-any-microsoft-sharepoint-version-is-not-supported.aspx so you can check the blog entry for more info.
In order to know what namespaces functions/methods and objects are public and supported in the SPS 2010 and SPS 2013 SDK for the JavaScript object Model, you should check the following links or the SDK:
SPS 2010 => http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee552096(v=office.14).aspx
SPS 2013 => http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj193034.aspx
It is available to download the updates regarding SharePoint 2010 December 2012 CU and MOSS 2007 December 2012 CU
SharePoint 2010 (Build 14.0.6131.5001)
SharePoint 2007 (Build 12.0.6670.5002)
I would like to let you know that today ends the full support of WSS 3.0 SP2 and MOSS 2007 including the CUs until WSS 3.0 SP3 and MOSS 2007 SP3.
So the minimal supported versión is WSS 3.0 SP3 and MOSS SP3
For more information, please check
Good Afternoon
Probably some of you ,due to any automatic update in your SharePoint 2010 servers, may notice that opening the SP 2010 Management Shell you are prompted with the following messages:
Error: "The local farm is not accessible. Cmdlets withFeatureDependencyId are not registered."
Moreover, it turns out executing cmdlets you are having next error:
"Microsoft SharePoint is not supported with versión 4.0.30319.17929 of the Microsoft .Net Runtime."
As all we may know SharePoint 2010 is bulit on .NET 3.5 that relies on .NET 2.0. So, as PowerShell 3.0 uses .NET 4.0 , the assemblies compiled on .NET 3.5 of our SharePoint 2010 are not working.
Then, in order to solve this issue temporally you should modify the shortcut of the start menú of SP 2010 Management Shell and forcé it to use PowerShell 2.0 instead of PowerShell 3.0.
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe-NoExit - versión 2.0 "& 'C:\Program archivos de programa\Archivos comunes\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\CONFIG\POWERSHELL\Registration\\sharepoint.ps1'"
For more information you can check the next KB


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ST. LOUIS -- The Minesota Wild will start a set of back-to-back games against the Blues on Saturday without captain Mikko Koivu, who did not make the trip to St. Louis. Coach Mike Yeo said Saturday morning that Koivu is day-to-day with an undisclosed injury. Since returning Feb. 9 from a shoulder injury that held him out almost a month, Koivu has centered the top line with Devin Setoguchi and Dany Heatley. Koivu, who missed a chance to play in his first All-Star Game while recovering from his last injury, has one goal and three assists in the four games since his return. Koivus comeback has helped ignite Setoguchi, who had been slumping but has four goals and two assists in the past four games. With Koivu out, Setoguchi will start Saturday afternoons game against the Blues on a line with Matt Cullen and Cal Clutterbuck. Heatley will be reunited with Kyle Brodziak and Nick Johnson. Yeo said he might also experiment with Setoguchi playing with Heatley and Brodziak at some point.
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In the days after two lucky winners in Arizona and Missouri split a $600 million Powerball jackpot last month, I found myself enviously pondering, as I tore up two lunches' worth of my own losing tickets, what I might do if I woke up one morning with an extra $300 million. I'm fairly certain I would not have poured it into the construction of a starting lineup for a professional basketball team -- my first order of business might have been finding a New York City apartment with a bedroom, and maybe buying a monthly MetroCard -- but if I did choose to invest in my own personal fantasy hoops team, I sure as hell would have expected that team to win. So in that way, and only in that way, I can almost sympathize with Brooklyn Nets owner and Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, who watched his $300 million starting lineup go down in flames again Wednesday night against the rival New York Knicks in a 100-86 loss at Madison Square Garden. In anticipation of his team's long-awaited mov...
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I know I'm long overdue with a follow up but I did get to use the bag and pad a few times. I did a few nights in the mudroom - probably low 50's and I was a bit on the hot side in the bag - which is odd because I am always on the cool side. A few weeks ago I also camped a couple of nights in the yard. If I recall one night was the upper 30's and one was the low 40's. Both nights I was a pinch cool, but really nothing to complain about. I'm pretty sure with some winter oriented sleeping garments (i.e. longjohns) I could go fairly comfortably to about 30 degrees. Below that it would probably be fairly uncomfortable without some more thought out prep. I feel confident it can be done w/o much of an issue.
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I bought a cheap bag liner mainly to keep the bag clean. It was an Alps mountaineering something or other. The sleeping bag liner was a 1/4 opening on the opposite side as my sleeping bag zipper. Not a big deal, just turn the liner inside out. Well, no. The outside of the bag liner had a grippy microfiber texture that would catch on my clothes/hair/skin so I couldn't slide in and out of the bag. This made things tough since I sleep on my stomach, there wasn't a ton of room at the head end of my tent (tent is a side opener), and the damn liner would just bunch up on me.
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Paleo, Paleolithic, Caveman or Ancestor, whatever you call it, the diet our ancestors have consumed throughout evolution is once again gaining popularity. This morning I paid a visit to CTV Morning Live Edmonton and shared a recipe for cauliflower rice; a real rice mimicking recipe that falls within the confines of the paleo diet.
Paleo Basics:
Avoid Grains, Legumes and Sugar
500 years ago, before the advent of agriculture, the consumption of grains, and legumes simply wasn't possible, so you won't find them on a paleo plate. And we all know the perils of sugar consumption, and paleo diet rules prohibit the consumption of sugar, because back in the day sugar was a rare luxury and not a daily indulgence; this includes, honey, coconut sugar and maple syrup, no matter how organic/local. Stevia is a leaf that is super sweet and serves as a substitute for sugar that is paleo approved!
Stick To High Quality Meats
Since your plate is largely animal protein, the source is extra important. Processed meat is NOT what you want to consume EVER, especially if you are paleo; what the animal eats, you eat. Grass fed, pasture raised or organic meat and chicken, in addition to wild fish is the type of animal protein you want to consume.
Cool It On The Fruit
Although you are allowed fruit, on the paleo diet you want to limit your fruit intake and focus primarily on berries (blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, blueberries) which generally boast a less sugar than other fruit.
You know I love good fats, and the paleo diet indulges me! Coconut oil, grass fed/ organic butte, ghee, lard, tallow,avocado, olives/ olive oil etc. are all fair game- go wild and see you hair, skin and nails improve!
As with any diet, this may not be right for you; if you are eating a paleo diet and find yourself just not feeling "right", try something else- I say this to vegetarians and vegans as well.
Cilantro Infused Cauliflower Rice
I believe that when we give up certain foods, in order to ease the transition, it's essential to find ways to satisfy cravings; and having grown up in North America, most of us are conditioned to have rice, pasta, potatoes and the like on our plates, so eating paleo can prove challenging. Enter Cauliflower rice!
Cauliflower, chopped finely and sauteed in coconut oil and butter, mimics the rice of our youth! And it takes so nicely to customization.
Cilantro Infused Cauliflower Rice
A "rice" dish that our ancestors would approve of, the perfectly Paleo, cilantro infused cauliflower rice.
• a small head of organic cauliflower, chopped coarsely
• 2 tablespoons of butter
• 1-2 tablespoons of coconut oil
• 1 tbsp chopped cilantro
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp pepper
In a sauce pan on medium high heat, melt the butter and coconut oil. Pat the cauliflower pieces with a clean cloth, to ensure they are dry. Add the cauliflower and saute for 5-7 minutes; once the cauliflower begins to caramelize, cook for an additional 1 minute. Remove from heat, stir in cilantro; serve hot with stews and curries, or serve cold in salads.
Store in airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 days.


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dirt track maniac
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the containment on the bridge is to keep lead out of the river..
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dr 650
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great pictures!!
How do you have the rotopax gas cans attached to the bike?
my ride reports
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no, no I guess not
Joined: Oct 2008
Location: Salem OR
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Great report and pics, made a similar trip this summer, Top of the World washed out not long after I rode it. Lived in Miles City in the early 80's, traveled through Glendive many times. Looking forward to the rest of your trip.
My Alaskan ride
Ridin' in MT
Joined: Oct 2006
Location: Eastern Montana
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The Alaska Bureau of Land Management has a nice visitor guide for the Dalton Highway. It has all the stops and mileage along the route and you have to be able to make the 250 miles from Coldfoot to Deadhorse without fuel. The Alaska tourism folks sent it to me as well as info on Fairbanks. I used the links below.
www.blm.gov/ak/dalton - link to pdf of visitor guide on this page
Yukon Territories also sent me some information by mail.
I stopped at the information centers at Dawson Creek BC, and Watson Lake YT. Both were very good with lots of info. I got the mileage sheet for the Alcan at Dawson Creek. Watson Lake had mileage sheets for Dempster and Campbell Hwys. Some of the other places had less info.
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Wildman and Shoganai, thanks for stopping by. I enjoy seeing your smiling faces.
Anyway, that is my opinion. That and $.50 will get you a cup of coffee.
Moving on...
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Ridin' in MT
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Wednesday August 11, 2010 Day 6 Detour
I slept well and got up and ready for the day. The Bunkhouse has community showers, so getting up early put me at the head of the line. In fact I didnt see anyone else. I drove the bike over to Front Street to see if the restaurant was open and I was a little early. I decided to take a walk along the boardwalk and do a little window shopping. During this walk I found an internet café that would be open about 8 am, so I figured I would have a good way to get some official information.
Across the street they had this river boat on display. It had some interesting construction that I would like to explore more sometime.
Tied up on the river were two working boats. I personally would like to see how far the twin hull boat would go on the river. During the gold rush days, heavy freight could be brought up the river from the Pacific Ocean port in Alaska. Also, a fair amount of trade went upstream from Dawson to Whitehorse.
Anyway, Riverwest Bistro was opening up and breakfast was calling my name.
A quick review of the Alaska DOT site, confirmed what I had been hearing. The Taylor highway had gotten some more rain, and a major slide had closed the road from Chicken to the turn off to the border. In their report, they projected its opening on Friday.
So, what to do? I had the appointments for the motorcycle shop, dinner with a friend, and the Dalton Highway all planned out for the next couple of days. I figured I would get on my bike and push and see how far I could get today; if I could get to Fairbanks that would be great, but I could also camp along the road as well.
So I loaded up the bike, adjusted the chain which was also becoming a problem, and headed out. I wasnt going to take many pictures today, it was just going to be a long drone.
One of the best ways to get a number of miles completed is to not stop. Thus I only took a picture if I was already stopped for something. At least it was a nice day for this trip.
One of the chance meetings for this day happened at Whitehorse. I was riding along to the junction of the Klondike highway and the Alcan, which was west of Whitehorse. Two bikes pull out of a gas station and head out along the road ahead of me. I can see that they are a BMW R12GS and a KTM 990ADV and that they are kitted with extra fuel and spare tires. I try to keep up with them for awhile, but they are going 130+ kph (80 mph) which is a bit much for the pace I was trying to set. I finally back off and they disappear over the horizon.
At Haines Junction, I stopped for gas and took this picture of the mountain behind the gas station. The mountains were beautiful and I wish I was taking pictures.
The road from Haines Junction got worse as I headed for Alaska. The road was sinking in spots and the pavement would be very uneven, worse than anything Ive seen in Montana. You drove along and watched for the orange flags and tried to steer through the worst of the damage. Most of it was patched as best as they could, but there is only so much you can do with a 12 change in elevation.
At Beaver Creek, the last gas stop before the Alaska border, I picked up a homemade sandwich and Coke. While I was eating the sandwich this woman pulls up on this scooter to fill up with gas. She was travelling from California and seeing the world for six weeks. Her blog is at this address:http://scooterwanderlust.blogspot.com/
For some reason I was really worried about this border crossing. I must have figured that with the time constraints I was under and my tired state, I would mess up on some of the questions and they would want to search the bike. However everything went well, and now I had another hour in my day for this trip. Also, I could change my GPS over to US units and I could stop converting mileage in my head. Another thing to remember, is the US and Canadian guard shacks are separated by about 20 miles.
The worst construction on the Alcan was the section by border that had been torn up. Other than some loose gravel for fill, it was pretty easy.
It was getting late and I pushed on to Tok. To add to the insult, the clouds were starting to get thicker and it was sprinkling occasionally. I fuelled up at Tok and figured that I probably better stop at Delta Jct, if nothing else I would need to take a break.
Being tired I thought I would try to count something along the road, when all of a sudden I see a moose up against the trees. Moose counting added a little bit of entertainment to this late night push. I was expecting the sun to set and darkness set in, but it stayed at the level of dusk. I never depended on my headlights to see the road or the moose. Most of the moose were considerate and stayed in the ditch or up next to the trees. However I finally counted moose #8 and #9 as they crossed the road in front of me. Of course with each encounter, I would slow up and get ready to set the brakes, it was a stressful last 100 miles.
Anyway, I made it to Fairbanks and the Pikes Landing Hotel at midnight. I was glad to fall into bed.
Stats for Day 6: 905 miles, 18.2 gallons of fuel, 16 hours
Riding roads in Montana - Big Sky Country
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Nice report.
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Thanks for your reply with those links. Excellent info.
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So I can blame you for the road difficulties. Not many oregonians realize there is another 500 miles of Montana past Missoula.
I'd rather you'd blame the guy from Fargo, ND who was riding with me that day .
905 miles, damn! The section of the Alcan from Destruction bay to Beaver Creek has to be one of the roughest sections of road I've ever ridden, that was a long day in the saddle.
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Good job on your ride report!
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Was nearly kilt by a moose north of Fairbanks in 08. And both times I got pulled over for speeding, the police said the same thing: "Slow down cheesehead. Our moose will kill you".
Great trip report. Been thru Glendive many times.
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Thanks for the comments Bob and Siyeh.
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Mountains, Moose, and Miles: a Montanan's Alcan Highway Story
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Thursday August 12, 2010 Day 7 Rest Day
Well, I made it through the first leg, now I had to take care of some things. The first stop was the motorcycle shop to get the tire changed. I was pretty tired, and had a tough time getting going. Usually it is nice to get to the shops early in the morning so youre first in line for the racks, so I wanted to be there at 8:00. After much coaxing I made it at 8:15, which was still 45 minutes too early. Next time Ill ask for the time they open.
So I stopped at a local coffee stand and got a breakfast sandwich and quad mocha. With that under my belt, I went back to the shop and started to strip the bags off the bike. The one bag needed a little persuasion to come off as the mechanism was a little sticky. Soon it was 9:00 and I started working with the service desk writing up a work order to change the tire and install a new chain.
As you can see, the tire was well worn. The guys at the shop fixed me up well and at about 11:00 I was headed back to the hotel with a new tire and chain.
The other chore I needed to get done was laundry, packing light means re-using some clothes once in awhile. ;-) Now it was time to fix that. I also decided to check my email and Facebook since I had been offline since the start of the trip. With those chores done, I went and got some lunch. The bar restaurant had a nice burger. With a full belly, and light on sleep, I went back to my room for a well deserved nap.
Now it was time to go visit some friends from Montana and get some dinner. Janelle and Josh took me over to the Salmon Bake along with their kids. It was a fun time.
Josh is an A&P mechanic so I asked to see some of the planes he works on. Here is the project plane, a Maule.
This is the work plane, a fast ambulance.
Their son liked my motorcycle so we had to take a picture.
I think we have a future mechanic.
With that, I headed back to the hotel and bed, tomorrow would be a big day.
Stats for Day 7: 34 miles, 2.4 gallons of fuel, -- hours
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Mountains, Moose, and Miles: a Montanan's Alcan Highway Story
Continental Divide and More: the "No Dust" Tour of WY and MT
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Friday August 13, 2010 Day 8 The Haul Road
I was a little nervous about this days ride; people make lots of comments about it. Josh the night before, told about a friend that had a rock come through his windshield. Plus there are lots of reports of people having difficulty with the road surface. I kept telling myself to calm down and not think about the fact that it was the 13th. LOL
I was able to get off to a good start as I packed and fueled up the night before. A fleece shirt I had picked up at Walmart helped ward off the chill as I buzzed out of town. There is display for the pipeline just outside of Fairbanks, so I stopped for some pics.
Part of the pipeline travels above ground because of the permafrost and the 150F temperature of the crude oil. It is amazing to see how many ways they can adjust the pipe supports. It looked like every so often they had anchor points.
There were a couple of recognition plaques for the folks that designed and built this pipeline.
This pig in a section of pipe, I wished I had measured the diameter of the pipe while I was there.
Wait a minute, whats that hat doing there?
The Haul road was completed in 5 months around the time of the pipeline project in 1974. It starts 84 miles north of Fairbanks and is 414 miles long, ending in the company town of Deadhorse a few miles from Prudhoe Bay. I hoped to ride this in distance in 12 hours.
First, take the 84 mile paved road to the Livegood Jct.
After the junction the road narrows to a gravel surfaced road for a ways.
I decided to take all my gear with me, including my tent and sleeping bag incase I had to stop over on the way.
As I said, I hoped to make this trip in one day, and had gone to the trouble of making reservations for the hotel and tour while in Glendive.
There was this sign explaining the forest and the types of trees that were along the route.
There were access roads to the pipeline along the road.
So far the road was pretty good. The sun was shining through the scattered clouds making it a nice day for a ride.
This is a hill overlooking the Yukon River Bridge. The pipeline crosses the river at the same point.
The Yukon is a wide river at this point, you can see why it is a major transportation route.
Since I hadnt gotten breakfast before I left Fairbanks, I decided to get some here. After all it was 10:30 am. Just a little after I got my order in, and had used the restroom, a small tour group came in looking for their sack lunches that they had pre-ordered. It was a hive of activity, but my omelet came out before most of the sack lunches were delivered.
While I was sitting there, a motorcyclist comes in to pay for gas. He saw me and started talking. It turns out he was heading north and wanted to get on the tour tomorrow morning. It would be nice meeting up with him again. I mentioned that I was glad that he had been able to register for the tour, as they were getting full when I called two weeks ago. He looked sheepish and said that he was planning to register for the tour tonight when they checked in. Hmm good luck with that, I said to myself.
He left and another guy came in and wanted some quarters for the pay phone. He said he wanted to call ahead to Deadhorse. I quickly realized he was with the other guy.
I walked outside and saw that the bikes were the same ones I had seen outside of Whitehorse two days ago, an R1200GSA and a 990ADV. This was the first time I met Ralph and Stephane from Calgary.
If your looking for fuel, those white tanks are pretty common up this way. Most everything is prepackaged on skids and tail rolled into place.
The open countryside reminds me of eastern Montana only bigger.
Wahoo! One milestone down. The Arctic Circle sign on the Dalton Highway is one of the many photographed landmarks by adventure motorcyclists. Ralph and Stephane were there already when I rolled up, so Ralph helped me out and took my picture for me.
I think this picture is right outside the turn out for the Arctic Circle sign. Again the open landscape is always out there challenging your feeling of significance. As you can see, some of the road is paved; about 30% is my guess.
The mountains start to rise out of the forests as I continue north. We are entering the Brooks range.
So here is the start of the pass, the first step is up onto Chandalar Shelf.
After this, there is a switchback, the climb to the top.
You end up sidesloping a fair ways before you go over the top of Atigun Pass. This section of the pipeline is buried.
It is interesting to look at the elevation profile for this road. There is a sharp point to about 5000 feet for this pass, and the road stays above 2000 feet for about 75 miles. Contrast this with my trip through Montana, where Marias Pass by Glacier is at 5280 feet and I was never below 2000 feet for the entire trip.
The clouds were a little different today. I got rained on back at the start and again going through the mountains. Then a rain cloud came over while I was going past Galbraith Lake. The storms didnt last too long, and here starting to drop down onto the north slope, a rainbow appeared with this rain squall.
There was a section of construction where the road was tore up back closer to the mountains. They let us through with pilot cars, it was a little soft and slick, but not too bad. That was the worst section of the road.
It turns out it was caribou season up here and the hunters were out in force. As there was only one road into the area, they were all concentrated along the road.
There were some sections of the road that they sprayed down to cut the dust, so I was well covered with mud.
One of the guys walking by offered to take my picture next to the motorcycle.
Well this is the Aurora Hotel, a little pricy but when I called two weeks ago they were the third place I called and the only one that had a room available. The rest of the places werent cheap either. The nice thing was the cafeteria which was included in the price of the room. While plain, the room was clean and well furnished.
I arrived, at 8:00 pm which after wandering into the hotel with my gear, put me in the cafeteria at 8:15, which was too late for a hot dinner. Not to worry, they had plenty of sandwiches and leftovers packaged so I could microwave myself a hot dinner.
So, in 13 hours, on Friday the 13th, I navigated the 500 miles of the Dalton highway. I was surprised how easy it was.
Let me elaborate. First of all the speed limit was 50 mph and most of the pickup traffic, no doubt having safety crammed down their throats abided by the speed limit. The semi-truck traffic dealing with the hills and the narrow road could only go a little faster. Thus by keeping a steady 60 mph, I was able to keep ahead of the traffic behind me.
Second having driven gravel roads in Montana, it really was a good road, paved for long sections and mostly packed hard. Most of the time it was a four track road or a three track with good shoulders. When I met traffic, I just stayed in the right hand track and wasnt thrown around by the loose gravel on the shoulders.
There were only a few places where they were grading, and three construction zones. The one construction zone was paving, and was in the clean up phase. One zone had the road torn up and was trying to put down fill, this was the worst section. Overall I think my timing made it easier as they were working to wrap up work for the summer.
Finally, even though I did get rained on, it was short and the road stayed mostly dry. While I had mud on my bike it was more just spray splashed on me and not thick stuff thrown up from my tire. I think this was because I didnt wander out to the shoulder and out of the tracks except for the widest loads or the craziest looking drivers.
So there you have it, Mtrider16s opinion of the Dalton Highway. That and $.50 might buy you a cup of coffee.
Stats for Day 8: 496 miles, 5.8 gallons of fuel, 13 hours
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Great stuff
This was the day I was interested in for logistical planning and your report is very helpful. Excellent post and an an excellent trip. Kook forward tot her est of it.
Cheers David from Downunder...
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