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I thought I'd share the route I take when I'm riding to work as an example of how to not think like a car driver when choosing a route that is safe and enjoyable to ride. It isn't perfect but it is the best I've come up with so far. If you have suggestions on how to improve it let me know.
I used to ride through the Southern park lands and down Greenhill Rd but was not happy with the speed and safety. The park lands are slow and Greenhill Rd, particularly in the morning, is dangerous. There are too many cars blindly crossing the bike lane in a rush to get onto or off Greenhill. So here is my current route. Let me explain.
The first choice is easy. Old Norton Summit Rd or New Norton Summit Rd for the descent? The New road every time! It is longer but has far less traffic. It is also great to pass all the roadies coming up the hill on their morning rides. The ride back up is a great way to unwind from work and clear my head before I get home. Depending on the time of day and the weather the views can be stunning. I particularly like riding up here at night or when it is completely fogged in.
At the bottom of New Norton Summit Rd I turn right onto Magill and continue downhill. The bicycle lane down Magill is so rough it is akin to a donkey track but at the time I ride there isn't much traffic and the bike lane works for me.
The diversion I take to avoid the Magill/Glynburn intersection is the result of being squeezed too many times where Glynburn goes from two lanes to one 40m South of the intersection. Orient and Lincoln avoid this and bring me back onto Glynburn just shy of the top of Beulah Rd and are usually car free.
Beulah Rd is a well used cycle route into the city. It can see a bit of traffic but is usually fairly quiet because (I assume) of all the roundabouts. It also has the benefit of a dedicated cycle crossing on Portrush Rd.
Once across Portrush I turn left onto George St and ride the bike lane all the way to the end. It is a wide road that is normally quiet but crossing Kensington Rd can be interesting. Patience is normally rewarded with a safe crossing but you need to be quick.
Turning right onto Grant Ave rewards me with another bike lane and priority crossing at the lights on Fullarton Rd followed by the choice of two new paths across the racecourse. The most dangerous obstacles here are dogs and errant walkers but normally there are no issues as there are lots of bikes that cross here so the walkers are expecting us.
From there it is straight onto Halifax/Sturt for more bike lane riding all the way to West Tce. Riding behind the angle parking on Halifax isn't the best. You have to keep your eyes out for reversing lights. Crossing Pulteney and King William you need to look out for cars turning left at the lights. Getting out in front of the cars at the red lights ensures you are ahead of the cars in a rush to turn left.
I go straight across Whitmore Sq. I'm still amazed at how the cyclist hand rails on the Square are on the wrong sides. If I need to stop here I naturally drift across to the right hand side to use the hand rails so I can stay clipped into my pedals. If someone is coming the other way I'm on the wrong side.
At the end of Sturt you have priority lights to go straight across and onto the bike path that goes down the side of Anzac Hwy. A careful shortcut across the pedestrian bridge over the railway takes me onto Richmond Rd and with a minor amount of riding on the footpath I'm at work. After a hard day at work I just reverse and repeat with the one modification of going all the way to the end of Lincoln and turning left onto Mahar St. This lets me back onto Magill further away from the Magill/Glynburn intersection giving me a longer line of sight on the traffic in both directions on Magill.
This route is the result of trying a quite a few options and using the bikeDirect maps to seek out bike lanes and quiet streets. Over time I've made minor modifications and improvements but as I said at the start it still isn't perfect.
I'm jealous that you have norton on your daily commute!! :) My only change in the route would be to turn left at Penfolds road at the bottom of Nortons and then go down the Parade...turn right at Pembroke and hookup to Beulah Rd there. The top part of the Parade is fairly new and beautiful to ride down. A mate nearly came a cropper going down Magill rd when he hit a pot hole and temporarily lost grip of the handlebars and ended up steering with his elbows...don't know how he got away with that!!
Richard - I'll try your idea of going down The Parade. The one thing that worries me is the roundabout at the top of The Parade. I go through there when I'm dropping my son at school and I've seen cyclists getting a hard time by the cars travelling along Penfolds. The traffic cues up there so it seems to be difficult to take the lane. At the time I ride it should be a lot easier.
Katie - 20km each way and as often as I can do it depending on work and home priorities. Normally two times a week or three times on a good week. I'll be aiming for four or five as soon as my wife stops travelling every week for work.
Nice work Luke. I'd agree with Richard that the top end of the Parade might be a better option than Magill, though having said that I don't think I've been along it in peak hour, so stick with it if you think its safer. In the morning, particularly in spring and Autumn you'll have the sun behind you and the risks of glare-blinded drivers coming out of side streets onto Magill (or Parade). Beulah road is good, and I like to use that one too, Same with Grant and how it leads onto Halifax, then Sturt and the bike path along Anzac.
There is a bike shop on Halifax and a bike lane, but when I cycle along it for my commute home (heading west) there is NO awareness of cyclists between Pulteney and King William Street. Take care, enjoy your rides.
The top end of Beulah above Gurrs Rd is rough as well so that is another reason to try The Parade.
Hi Luke. It's good to see you sharing wisdom about road and path choices. I started commuting using bike paths and back roads but found it inconvenient and hard work with all the starting and stopping, poor condition of paths and regular punctures from thorns on a roadbike. So I fairly quickly moved to using main roads with bike lanes. But, the more run ins I have with cars and having been hit and see it happen, I now am always working at minimising the risk while maintaining a practical route.
Taking the lane, particularly coming up to round abouts and trying to be seen is really important, but isn't always safe to do. How do you guys and gals negotiate and balance between being seen, having a safe amount of space and copping abuse from drivers?
Michael - Those thorns wouldn't be on the path around the back of the velodrome would they? After puncturing there too many times I too moved to riding on main roads. I still can't believe that is used to ride up Port Wakefield and down Salisbury Highway to get to Edinburgh but I used to do a lot of crazy things when I was younger that I don't do now. Drafting trucks and buses anyone?
Peter - I've ridden to work on Mon and Tue and ridden both ways on The Parade each time. While I like the surface I'm having second thoughts. The roundabout at the top of The Parade isn't a happy place for me. Even at just after 7am there is a constant stream of cars going South on Penfold. Getting in amongst them to take the lane is a challenge due to the speed differential. Coming home the traffic is all going the other way making the left turn down the hill interesting and getting over to the middle of the road to turn right in the dark makes the nerves start to twitch. Next time I ride I'll go back to Magill and see how it compares.
I just plugged my commute into the new Google Maps Cycling and got an interesting route that I won't be taking. Every service like this that I've seen always uses Old Norton Summit Rd which is a dangerous option in my opinion. The good thing about Google Maps is that it is an easy way to see all the bicycle routes along your commute making selection of an alternative to the one displayed easy to assess.
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24/04/2013 10:16am
mike hancockthe Park is fantastic but why is the ladies toilets on Butser still out of use. My Mum (81) walks there regularly and these facilities are important.
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I am sorry that the Butser toilets have remained out of action for so long. The site has its own private water supply which has been condemned due to the presence of potentially harmful bacteria. As a consequence not only are we unable to drink the water but it cannot be used for washing. An easy access portaloo has been in place for the duration of the problem and the cafe kiosk opens each weekend. Unfortunately the problem is likely to persist for several months whilst our County Engineers design and install a mains water connection.
20/03/2013 08:55am
T BennettBeing a County Park you would expect the place to be dog friendly? There are signs about keeping your dog any control & to clean up after them, which most people but, WHERE ARE ALL THEBINS?
1 in the car park & 1 by the kiosk within 50mts of each other. It is a little wonder that a pile of bags has collected by a gate up at the top by the north west gate. Not good for the sheep or visitors!
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I am sorry that the amount of dog waste caused concern. This is certainely an issue in parts of the site and the rangers patrol and collect on a regular basis. With such a large area of public open access there is a limit to the number of dual use litter bins that we can maintain and at present these are located at the main facility areas and car parks.
On Butser we have recently introduced Dog Control Orders to not only influence the behaviour of dog walkers, but if neccessary with repeat offenders to be able to issue fixed penalty tickets.This has resulted in a doubling of the dog waste deposited in our bins which is a positive sign. I do hope that this situation continues to improve.
19/02/2013 02:18pm
Stuart MillarThree generations of Millars visited QECP for the first time yesterday and all agreed that they would like to come back soon. Ages ranged from 5 to 65 and everyone found something to do. After a long(ish) walk to the top (where we found the car park where we probably should have parked in the first place!) we found a nice grass area to practice rugby and netball and a bench where we could eat our picnic. The children enjoyed the play area and our dogs had a good run around.
All in all a great day out. A couple of minor pick up points: the directions to the car parks were not clear ie intuitively we tried to park as close to the visitor centre as possible but in fact should have been as far away as the tracks would allow. Second, although there was a pleasing lack of dog mess given the number of dogs being walked, there was a shortage of bins into which scooped poop could be put meaning either you had to carry it during an otherwise very pleasant walk or people left bags by the path for later collection either by themsleves or, hopefully,by QECP staff.
06/11/2012 10:45am
Andy CoakleyVisited the park to check out the red MTB Route I had heard so much about.Wet conditions hampered my progress along with the wrong tyre choice somewhat on the lower section of the route, dealing with the many off camber roots covered in Autumn leaves..once I got warmed up though and started climbing back up the route began to flow much better. So i was told by a very friendly lady working in the information center, volunteers have been working to repair and enhance the route for us to enjoy. What a great job they have done, and I can honestly say I thoroughly enjoyed it..For those of you looking for a Full on Red Route with lots of sculptured man made features, the likes of which you find in Wales etc this may not be for you, but for those who enjoy a challenging root strewn singletrack with many ups and some enjoyable switchbacks this would satisfy your appetite, although a little short for some.
02/10/2012 11:28am
Mike HancockI am at the park 2 or three times a week. I think the recent improvements on the mountain bike trail are excellent well done.
02/10/2012 11:17am
Mike HancockIn general this is a very pleasant stop. however It is very annoying after many years of purchasing a bacon and egg sandwich after my Friday run to find they stop serving this after 11.
21/08/2012 01:15pm
Michael LangridgeBIOBLITZ: Please pass on that my wife and I were impressed by what we learnt from both Steve Peach and Matthew Parrott. The quality of presentation was informative and gave additional insights into the world of trees and birds.
20/08/2012 03:47pm
John LeeWhatever has happened to Butser Hill? Trying to visit again after a long break on saturday evening, and hoping to enjoy the sunset, I was met by a gate and a red sign saying that the car park closes at 8pm. Why?
I returned around sunday lunch time to find a few cars in the lower car park, but no sign of the large summer car park and happy throng I remember from previous years. A portaloo and a barely functioning kiosk completed a very sad picture.
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We are sorry that your visit was spoiled by the problems with the Butser kiosk. The County runs its own private water supply on Butser Hill and this has recently been condemned. As a consequence until the situation has been resolved and the water quality passed by the District Council we can only offer a limited service as far as the toilets and kiosk are concerned.
With regard to the nightly locking of the gate on Butser Hill, the Old Summer car park was closed down about 8 years ago due to ever increasing incidents which were blighting the area and the Lower car park is open from 8.00am through to 8.00pm. For 24 access to Butser Hill the best car park to use is adjacent to the visitor centre and to walk up the South Downs Way. This car park with its CCTV, good lighting and 24 hour toilets is much more suitable.
20/08/2012 05:27am
patricia DavisonSunday 19th August - fabulous sunshine, fabulous views, no litter, just moved to East Meon, exploring area, gorgeous, took picnic very nice benches at Butser Kiosk - stopped ate lunch, bought 2 coffees all set to buy 2 ice creaams, KIOSK CLOSED 1.30pm NO SIGNS to say when open again - just read that information on your site, which says OPEN until 4.30 at weekends. What a shame such a brilliant British experience for locals & tourists was spoilt.
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Unfortunately due to a sudden loss of water at the main catering site in the visitor centre at the weekend the staff needed to be draught down from the kiosk to keep the main facility open. We realise that signage would have gone a long way and will ask our catering contractors to, should the need arise again keep customers informed of any changes. We are sorry if this spoilt your otherwise enjoyable day, thank you for your kind words about the rest of the site and hope you return soon for another visit.
14/07/2012 04:53pm
Chris JacksonWe had a good walk on Butser Hill and got soaked to the skin. We had intended to return home, but decided to call in at the cafe for the always delicious soup of the day to warm us up. We weren't disappointed!
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Calcutta, July 13: At least three large public-sector projects with a total investment of Rs 14,600 crore are stuck because the Mamata Banerjee government has not published the rules to free up land.
The projects are NTPC Ltd's 1,600MW plant at Burdwan's Katwa, Balmer Lawrie's logistics hub at Dankuni in Hooghly, and Power Grid Corporation's 765kV substation near Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri.
In April, the government passed the West Bengal Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 2012, to allow industrial establishments to hold land above the ceiling of 24.8 acres as mentioned in the West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955. The amendment also exempted more industries from the land-ceiling rule.
Three months on, nobody in the government — apparently oblivious to the delay's impact on projects awaiting the "14Y clearance" for buying ceiling-excess land — has any clue about when the rules will be made public.
"Normally, the process should not take more than a month and a half. We don't know why it is taking so long," said a source, adding that the draft notification of rules that the government started working on earlier this month now lies with the judicial department for vetting.
Last month, commerce and industries minister Partha Chatterjee had narrated to industrialists what the government had done to facilitate new projects and highlighted the amendments to 14Y, promising "prompt" processing and sanction.
A senior official of a central PSU said prospective investors could get a clear picture of the amendment only after going through the rules.
NTPC, which has been trying since December 2010 to start work, has been waiting since February for the amendment to become operational so that its application to buy around 550 acres can be cleared.
The project, already two years behind schedule with a cost escalation from around Rs 9,000 crore to over Rs 10,000 crore, faces a hit of another Rs 100 crore from the land clearance delay.
Balmer Lawrie has proposed a Rs 80-crore multipurpose logistics hub on 58.5 acres it wants to buy directly in Dankuni. Although the ambit of the type of projects under 14Y has been widened, it still does not cover multipurpose logistics hubs.
"The Balmer Lawrie project is stuck for clearance because of the uncertainty over the definition of such a logistics hub. We'll need a fresh proposal from them but we can't even ask for one till the rules are finalised," a government official said.
The Power Grid substation that will draw power from all the northeastern states and Bhutan for distribution in the eastern region is to be built for Rs 4,500 crore over 180 acres.


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Eating breakfast foods at a time that could arguably be considered not-breakfast-time? What will these loose canon gentrifiers think of next?
Using the garish neighborhood diner Kellogg's as a case study, The New York Times mused, "Is it tonight or tomorrow? Last night or this morning? How do you bid a stranger farewell: is it 'Good night,' 'Have a nice day' or 'Get home safely — you sure you're all right?'?"
While one might say, "it depends on if you've been up all night or just woke up, case closed," the situation is more complicated than meets the untrained eye. Devices have now been developed in such communities to prevent accurate understanding of time and place: "At 6:12 a.m., the sun crowns over Sunac Natural Food. Venetian blinds come down to protect the innocent."
But that's not all. Early in the evening, after work, alcohol in the neighborhood is often reported to be sold at a discount for a multi-hour window of time inaccurately dubbed "Happy Hour." Why the misnomer? Chronological confusion aside, is anyone really "happy" upon leaving the office? And how is one supposed to know when Happy Hour[s] officially transition into Party Time? Have Williamsburg's new residents created these distinctions to deliberately discourage outsiders from participating in such local rituals?
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You just couldn't get enough. Well, good news for all you Green Porno fans: the Isabella Rossellini insect mating vehicle is back.
Yes, the actress and model returns today with the second season of the program, which features Rossellini, 56, acting out (in costume and with evocative sound effects) how critters reproduce. Six new episodes will air on SundanceChannel.com.
Rossellini has already explained how bees, dragonflies, fireflies, spiders, earthworms, snails, flies and (fittingly for sex stereotypes of women as predators of men) the praying mantis do the deed. (Rossellini probably wouldn't have much to act out in the world of termites, some of which reproduce asexually, as we noted last week.) She told Scientific American then that while her costumes sometimes were constricting, she could break out of them while staying in character. "Once I humped them," she said, "they came apart."
Since she began the show, Rossellini has become quite the nature buff. "Now I watch nature documentaries constantly," Rossellini told New York Magazine earlier this month, "but I've never seen whales mating on a documentary. Maybe they censored it? Perhaps a lot of documentaries are made for children and they do not want them to know about whale reproduction."
She added that she has no plans to act out mammal mating rituals. "Mammals? You know how they do it," she told the magazine. "They do it as we do it."
Updated at 2:55 p.m. April 1 to correct that second season begins today, not tomorrow.
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Subject: Re: [DNA] F* == J1?
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 11:01:24 EST
In a message dated 01/10/06 7:39:21 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> I think the chart is old now perhaps (OBE == Overtaken By Events). It
> shows J1 as M62 whereas in the literature J1 has been cited as M267.
> Also my observation is that in the recent literature there little to no
> mention of J1 (M267). In the chart F* is shown as M89/P14/M213. I don't
> see M267 in the chart so I'm thinking it is new and therefore J1(M267)
> belongs to F*? That was kinda of my question.
Yes, it sure is old, but updates are scattered here and there with no central
authority on nomenclature. Looking at the FTDNA J chart, M62 would now be
Any way you slice it, M267 should test positive for J (12f2) and should not
be called F*.
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The MAC agenda for April 5 in Alamo has no reference to Mary Piepho's plan to reduce MAC meetings to once per month in Alamo. Documents discovered at the county detail a plan for the Alamo MAC to meet once per month except in August and December. Record of Actions for the March 15 meeting did not include discussion of MAC meeting schedule presented by Ms. Jennifer Quallick.
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ALBANY, N.Y.-- Hundreds of Sachem teachers and administrators traveled to the New York State capital Wednesday to have their voices heard.
Rallying around massive educational aid cuts, which could hit Sachem by way of $16 million if Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed budget withstands changes by the April 1 deadline, Sachem staffers lobbied, dropped off letters and spoke with state representatives at Empire State Plaza.
Classes were not in session at Sachem as teachers had a scheduled staff development day on the calendar.
"It seems like we got through to legislators," said Jon Weston, 25, an English teacher and building union representative at Sachem North. "They saw the actions they make and the actions the governor makes have drastic affects on people in their district, especially the kids in Sachem. Hopefully they will relay the message to the governor in the revised budget in the coming months."
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State Sen. Lee Zeldin, R-Shirley, told district officials that the senate has proposed to restore $280 million in educational aid, compared to the $200 million the state assembly re-budgeted for in proposed plans. The assembly, however, is leaning towards retaining the millionaire's tax, which is scheduled to expire at the end of the calendar year.
Twenty five percent of the $280 million would be allotted for Long Island schools, and a small portion would be given to Sachem, said Zeldin, who, while pointing to Sachem's fiscal responsibility, a theme teachers rallied around Wednesday, said it was "crazy" that a district so stable could be cut so much in aid.
"We don't have an agreement on what we want to do [in the senate]," he said. "We want to restore money, but can't get a consensus on what we want to restore. I firmly believe that state aid cuts will be less. Sachem will get less cut, but I'm not sure by how much."
He mentioned Sachem could see another $1 or $2 million in aid, which would still leave the district well above the state average of a 7.9 percent cut.
Sachem Central Teachers Association President John Heslin prepared teachers with documents spelling out Sachem's financial preparedness during the last few school budgets, including a five-year average budget increase of .56 percent and being recognized by the state for maintaining low administrative costs.
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"I don't feel people in the trenches are part of the process," said Sachem Superintendent James Nolan, referring to the educational budgeting process at both the state and federal levels. "It's borderline unethical when you paint with such a broad brush."
Nolan also expressed his frustration to State Sen. John Flanagan, R-Smithtown, about two form letters he received stamped by former Gov. David Patterson, after he originally wrote to Cuomo.
That conversation quickly turned to Flanagan pointing fingers at Cuomo for the less than favorable situation Sachem is in right now.
"The governor put us in this box," said Flanagan, who chairs the state senate education committee. "That's been exacerbated by what's happened over the last two years. Long Island was disproportionately hit. The governor did this on purpose. By design he's tried to pin all of us against each other. Sachem finds itself in this position because of the governor. He feels emboldened by his proposals."
Heslin said he's worried legislators are not focused on the children and their education. Assemblyman Steve Englebright, D-Stony Brook, the only elected official to attend the at Sachem High School East last month, was outspoken again about Cuomo.
"It's for our kids," he said, slamming his hand on a conference room table speaking intimately with 30 Sachem representatives. "I don't understand what they're thinking. It really is a stupid budget."
"We came up because we wanted to send a message to the governor that Sachem is a district that's doing everything that school districts should do," said Kevin Tougher, 31, a Sachem alum teaching third grade at Cayuga Elementary School, "to budget responsibly and to provide quality education. We're the district that gets hit the hardest and that's not fair. That has to change."
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- For a recap of updates from throughout the day in Albany, check the @SachemPatch Twitter feed and follow with the hash tag #sachemtoalbany.
- State Sen. Kenneth P. LaValle, R-C-I-Port Jefferson, was busy in a committee meeting, so teachers and administrators met with his council person Brian Murphy, who sat and fielded questions and gave back little in response. He believes there should be some mandate relief, and suggested people not buy into much of the political rhetoric that comes from Cuomo's office.
- Richard Iannuzzi, the president of New York State United Teachers, spoke briefly to the crowd of Sachem teachers. A former Long Island teacher himself at Central Islip for over 30 years, he sympathized with the close neighboring district. "Sachem has been there for us and we're there for it," he said.
- Sachem school board President Rob Scavo on the trip: "We're here and we're not going to stop fighting until we get our fair share. We want to protect the future education of this district. We want to continue to offer the high quality education in Sachem that it's traditionally been known for."
- Teachers wore shirts that said, "this is what a laid-off teacher looks like."