The selector says that I'm one of these.
Funny, I always thought of myself as the SAW type...at least, that was always my favourite when I was a squaddie.
I am actually a high powered - scope mounted - bolt operated - long-range rifle kind of guy. But I do have my days where such a device (as pictured here) would complement my personal charisma.
I tend to think of myself as more of a big bore, long barrel kind of guy, but the test says I am right there with bturk and KMateja. If we buy more than one, do we get a group discount?
Its like the episode of Friends where Joey found his Hand Twin. Bturk and Michael are my firearm twins, er.... triplets? But really, I was hoping that I would come out to be like the gun Moe Sizlak made in the Simpsons episode where Homer hosted the NRA meeting in their house and Moe brought his homemade beauty in that featured the turning of 6 guns into 1!
PlannerGirl - the Glock 17 - that's made entirely out of synthetic material, isn't it? A fitting accessory to PVC.
something a bit more scary about a woman with a 6 in blade straped to her leg than a gun.
It looks like I take after bturk and KMateja in liking myself after the P90. It looks like a cool gun, if one had to be a gun... but really I have no clue what the comparison means.
Hm. I'm apparently one of those, too. Not very pretty, is it.
I wanna know what El Guapo did to turn up those exotic weapons.
Re: Re: Re: Ohhhh Yeah!!!
I take it that the USA has been so pc for so long that children no longer get the chance to play 'cowboys and indians' and other gun based games any more and get this stuff out of their systems? Seriously, folks, gun play is good, but I'm not a big fan of the real thing (aside from the fact that the recoil would flatten me against the nearest wall).
El Guapo's true choice for home defense is a Mossberg 500 -20 Gauge - pistol grip - heat shield - 18 1/2" Barrel - with a laser on top. My choice of ammo is Federal 00 Buck - Magnum Express rounds. These have a terminal effect at 20ft similar to getting shot with 15 each .22 cal balls all at once.
Basically a very mean thing to encounter and it should dissuade people from bothering Casa Guapo. El Guapo has never had to use this weapon in any situation and hopes he never has too either. However the display of it once convinced a local hooligan that my garage contents should remain mine. A red dot on one's chest at night gets the point across real fast.
Had one of those myself - 12 ga., though. You forgot to mention the bayonet lug and ability to hold nine rounds in the tube.


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Guintoli to Make MotoGP Return at Le Mans
By Louis Suddaby
Sylvain Guintoli - Photo Credit: Suzuki Racing
Sylvain Guintoli will race in MotoGP for the first time since 2011 after agreeing to race for Team Suzuki ECSTAR at this month's French Grand Prix. The former World Superbike champion will substitute for the injured Alex Rins as he continues his recovery from a broken wrist sustained at the Grand Prix of the Americas.
Guintoli has endured a difficult 2017 so far, riding the all-new Suzuki GSX-R1000R in BSB, but the Frenchman is excited to have one more opportunity against the world's best in two weeks' time.
"First, I would like to thank Suzuki for giving me this fantastic opportunity. Being able to ride the GSX-RR, currently one of the fastest racing machines in the world is a very exciting prospect, let alone at my home race in front of the French fans. The 'Le Mans Grand Prix' brings back a lot of strong memories, the best one of course was leading the MotoGP race for a few laps in 2007. This is going to be a very difficult challenge, adapting to the very powerful prototype MotoGP machine and the Michelin tires, but my main goal is to enjoy the experience and give 100% commitment to the Team SUZUKI ECSTAR. The test on Tuesday will give us some time to adapt and to start understanding this amazing motorcycle. Finally, I want to wish a very good recovery to Alex."
Team manager Davide Brivio is pleased to have drafted in a rider of such calibre and expects his experience to stand him in good stead.
"For us it's a good opportunity to be able to substitute Alex with Sylvain, who is a rider with strong and solid experience in racing, both in Superbike and MotoGP. He is a former World Champion in Superbike and he is already racing for Suzuki in the British Superbike Championship, so he is already part of the Suzuki family. With him we will try to carry on with the development of our GSX-RR, trying to improve it more and more. Also, during the races, hopefully we will be able to prepare an even more competitive package for Alex when he returns to us. Of course we hope this will happen very soon, that he is at 100%. In the meantime, we'll try to fully take advantage of these races. I want to give a warm welcome to Sylvain from our team, and all we ask from him is to enjoy his time with us and make the most of this opportunity. We are also happy to give this small token of affection to our French fans, who will have another Frenchman racing the MotoGP in their home GP."
Oliveira and Tech3 victorious in Styria
By Josie Smith
Miguel Oliveira claimed his maiden win in the premier class and for Red Bull KTM Tech3 in a stop-start second AustrianGP.
Espargaro takes maiden pole at home for KTM
Pol Espargaro takes historic maiden pole for Red Bull KTM in the second visit to the Austrian track.
Dovizioso victorious in drama filled AustrianGP
Ducati continue their Austria domination as Dovizioso stormed to victory to take Ducati's 50th victory after a horrendous accident brings out the red flag.

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While the Billy Boils
Minimal Impact Alpine Walking and Camping
Thanks Paddy !
Walking in the Top End
Ettrema Remembered
The Way of the Tiger
The October General Meeting
Federation Notes
Established June 1931 A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers Incorporated, Box 4476 GPO, Sydney, 2001. Club meetings are held every Wednesday evening from 7.45 pm at the Ella Community Centre, 58a Dalhousie Street, Haberfield (next door to the Post Office), Prospective members and visitors are invited to visit the Club any Wednesday.
To advertise in this magazine please contact the Business Manager.
EDITOR Morag Ryder, Box 347 PO, Gladesville 2111 Telephone 809 4241
BUSINESS MANAGER Anita Doherty, 2 Marine Crescent, Hornsby Heights Telephone 476 6531 2077
PRODUCTION MANAGER Helen Gray
TYPIST Kath Brown
ILLUSTRATOR Morag Ryder
PRINTERS Kenn Clacher, Les Powell, Barrie Murdoch
Going to Tasmania This Summer? 2
Minimal Impact Alpine Walking & Camping 3
Thanks Paddy! 'Mumbedahl 4
Bushfires! Ben Esgate
Notice from The Secretary 5
Walking in the Top End (The Northern Territory & Western Australia) - Part 2 Jan Mohandas
Ettrema Remembered - Part 2 Tom Wilhelm
The October General Meeting. Barry Wallace 13
Federation Notes 15
Eastwood Camping Centre
Canoe & Camping - Gladesville & Kogarah Bay
Our committee is trying to organise a new song book for us, and are trying to find or create a book with songs peculiar to S.B.W. Any suggestions? - if so, Mr. President would like to hear from you. Many of the songs in available books are so out of date that people can't even remember the tunes. Current pop songs are often written to be accompanied by a rhythm section and have little melody line.
In addition to a good song book, what we need are more good singers. The star singers of yesteryear no longer come walking very much and there don't seem to be many replacements. Since the advent of TV, people have come to rely more and more on commercial entertainment. Singers who had their training around that old piano in the parlour have faded away.
Worse, I have recently noticed certain people deliberately wrecking any singing around the fire with discordant howlings and screechings. (Just how low can petty jealousy take you?) Along with our song book, we should take along some muzzles for such pests. We might not be the world's greatest singers, but practice makes perfect!
See you on the track…,
GOING TO TASMANIA THIS SUMMER?
Then NOTE! NOTE!! NOTE!!!
Bushfires in Tasmania's National Parks have been disasterous. In the last 30 years over 16% of alpine flora and 8% of rainforest have been burnt. Many alpine and rainforest species, especially the native conifers, do not regenerate after fire.
Therefore the following areas are now "FUEL STOVE ONLY" areas. Cradle Mountain-Lake St. Glair, 'Fuel Stoves Only' in the entire park. Walls of Jerusalem 'Fuel Stoves Only' in the entire park. Wild Rivers National Park 'Fuel Stoves Only' on the Frenchmans Cap Track. In 1980 a fire started by walkers at Lake Vera Hut burnt out 6,50n hectares, including stands of native pine. Southwest National Park 'Fuel Stoves Only' in Western and Eastern Arthurs, Mt. Anne, the Southern Ranges and the Ironbound's high camp on the South Coast Track. ALL Alpine and Rainforest areas are 'Fuel Stoves Only'
And elsewhere? - be sensible. Don't light fires in hot, windy weather. Don't light fires on peat soil - the soil can ignite and burn underground for months, causing disastrous fires in hot, dry weather.
IF YOU LOVE TO VISIT TASMANIA'S NATIONAL PARKS - PROTECT THEM!
For walkers, summertime is Snowy Mountains time. To help you enjoy your trip without wrecking the area, we received the following useful tips from Kosciusko National Park. Please note that all Alpine areas are now FUEL STOVE ONLY areas. Have a great walk - see you there! EDITOR.
Alpine and sub-alpine plants are vulnerable to foot impact. Damage occurs rapidly. When damaged plants die the soil is left bare and is subject to wind, rain and snow-melt erosion as well as frost-heave. The latter occurs when water in soil freezes and expands. Ice crystals thrust upward through disturbed soil carrying large soil particles with them. This leads to rapid local erosion.
At the time when Livestock grazing ceased in the alpine area some 10,000 tonnes of soil were being lost annually from the Main Range. Damage done by grazing took over two decades of Soil Conservation Service work to repair. Now the main erosion threat to the alpine area is walking and camping. Up to 1300 walkers and 300 campers may be in the Main Range at a time. By behaving responsibly we can reduce that threat.
Avoid camping anywhere in the catchment basin of any glacial lake i.e. Hedley Tarn, Blue Lake, Club Lake, Lake Albina and Lake Cootapatamba. A catchment basin includes all feeder peaks and ridges around the lake to below the moraine humps at the exits of the lake. Many excellent sites are available in the remainder of the alpine area. In the Mail-Range good group sites can be found around the north arm of the Snowy River and in Wilkinson Valley. Contact Sawpit Creek Visitors' Centre for further information.
Camp 50 metres from water where possible. Take a different route from tent to water each time thus avoiding impact tracking and breaking down of one area of creek bank. Camp on thick, strong snowgrass meadow. Avoid camping on vegetation that is bright or deep green, on sparse or ground-hugging vegetation or on moss. Wash well away from creeks and scatter used water so that it is filtered by soil and gravel before it reaches a creek. Toilet and urinate as far from water as possible. Avoid digging holes - disturbed soil is subject to frost heave and erodes rapidly. Place tampons, disposable nappies, etc. in a strong plastic bag and carry them out with you.
Use camp stoves for cooking. The lighting of fires is prohibited in the alpine zone. This zone is not fire-adapted and regrowth of vegetation is very slow. A campfire scar maybe bare for many years and then is colonised by weed species. Carry out all garbage including food scraps, used matches, cigarette butts and tissues. Walk on designated tracks as much as possible. When walking off-track (e.g. to a camp site) your impact will be minimised if you:- * Spread the group (single file walking creates new tracks). * Contour (zig-zag) up and down slopes to lessen impact. * Walk only on thick snowgrass which is better able to withstand impact. * Avoid walking on anything wet, bright or deep green, mossy, spongy, gravelly or stony. Detour around such places.
CHANGED DAY WALK 19 NOVEMBER
Alan Mewett's walk in Dharug National Park has had to be postponed until 26 November. Ring him for further details.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PADDY PALLIN!
November 28th 1900 was a happy day for Australia's future bushwalkers, for it was then that Paddy Pallin was born. Inventor of the 'Era' tent, numerous sleeping bags and lightweight rucksacks, he made walking more comfortable for generations of walkers. But how many younger people know that he was a star singer around the campfire? Read on and find out …
By Mumbedahu
There is no necessity to add Pallin to the title!
Paddy has received many accolades for his prowess in the development of lightweight walking gear. He received an accolade from Her Majesty too, in the form of the Order of Australia, for his work in encouraging Australia's youth to venture into the great outdoors. Youth Hostels and conservation also benefitted from his vigorous support. Strangely, no one has ever mentioned the many years he conducted the campfire singing for S.B.W. and Federation Reunions, beginning in the late 1940s. No thought ever seemed to have been given to ensure the presence of a conductor - it was always taken for granted he would be there.
And he was.
It was no easy task, being out there in front, half roasted by a huge fire, bringing to mind the appropriate song and remembering all the words. Early in the evening there would be songs for the children, then the old favourites interspersed with 'rounds' which required some agility in springing from part to part, bringing in the words at the exact spot.
Back in the Roaring '50s, when over 200 attended the S.B.W. Reunions, it was no easy matter to encourage harmonious singing from a huge semi-circle of walkers, seated about five deep around the fire. But that wonderful, strong, rounded voice reached all.
Similar conditions prevailed at the Federation Reunions. One huge gathering at Euroka Clearing comes to mind, before the roads and fire trails, when we all walked down from the railway station. And another at Macquarie Fields, when all was bush. We waded across the 6eorge's River then, using a log on the deepest section.
The 'old hands' will never forget your "Little Tom Tinker" (who sat on a clinker!) or "Out Along the Highway Clear", which you taught to the Sherpas during your 1960 Everest Base I camp trip where you were also a campfire song leader.
90 now, Paddy, we take the opportunity to place all this on record and to say a big "Thank you" in the loudest voice we can muster, for a job well done. Bravo, bravissimo, for a wonderful performance! P.S. Paddy has a new telephone number - 416 8461. ED.
Extracts from a talk given by Ben Eagate on 312114/L89
PANIC is the biggest killer. When faced with a fast-moving bush fire, people forget every bit of good advice they have ever been given. If a fire approaches when you are out walking:. FIND RAINFOREST - this has thick, dark green foliage (lilly-pilly, coachwood), and is a safe retreat. So are clumps of lawyer vines and tall trees without undergrowth (like Blue Gum). Green casuarinas (she-oaks) also burn poorly.
AVOID low, thick scrub, in forested or open areas. Dry swamps are full of rushes which burn fiercely. Avoid wearing synthetic materials, as flying cinders will melt them into your skin. Wool or cotton is best because heat rises, fire races up hill, but burns slowly DOWN hill. Head down into a gully. A rocky stream bed, even if dry, is good.
Smoke also rises, avoid being asphyxiated by lying down, where the air will be fresher and contain more oxygen. If the fire is going to pass fairly close, use a large boulder to shield you from heat radiation. Always carry matches. If the situation is really desperate, you can light a fire and walk behind the flames. A bush fire cannot burn ground already burnt.
Remember that even the biggest fire passes. Once it HAS passed, walk carefully over the burnt ground. Try keeping to rocky patches to avoid treading on burning cinders.
FROM THE SECRETARY
At the General Meeting on Wednesday, 11th October, the following motions were passed:- 1. That the Club replace the present printer and a demonstration of the Yaaken OD 2020 stencil cutter and 1980 Duplicator, and other comparable machines be arranged. 2. (a) That the Club examine available song books and decide whether it is desirable to produce our own song book. (b) That the Club appoint a sub-committee to carry out above motion. Notice of Motion: That the 1990 Annual Reunion be held at Coolana on the weekend immediately following the Annual General Meeting.
(The Northern Territory and Western Australia) : Keep River, Bungle Bungle and Kakadu National Parks: May-Juno 1989 - Part : Bungle Bungle NP
(Second Week -13th to 20th May 1989) Jan Mohandas
Saturday, 13th May 1989: After breakfast the packs were loaded into the vehicles and we left the caravan park campsite in Kununurra at 665 am. Russell drove the Nissan for 100 Km along the Great Northern Highway towards south and then I drove for another 100 Km to reach Turkey Creek town at 9.30 am. Everyone had coffee or tea, biscuits, ice cream and other goodies. Both vehicles took fuel in Turkey Creek and we left at 10.30 am. Some extra fuel also had to be taken in Jerry cans. Peter drove the Nissan from there on. Chris drove the Pajero most of the time during the entire trip. Russell drove the Pajero whenever Chris wanted a break. We reached the turn off to Bungle Bungle National Park (BB) from the Great Northern highway, 54 Km away from Turkey Creek, at 11.15 am. The road to BB was only good for the first 20 km. After that it was rough going. At a creek with water, about 33 Km from the turn off to BB, lunch break was taken at 12.15 for an hour. Russell drove the Nissan to the three ways junction in BB. Leaving the party behind, Russell went to inform the Ranger at the Kurrajong camp about our walking plans and came back at 2.45 pm. We reached Bellburn creek campsite at 3.25 pm and the end of the road to the Piccaninny gorge at 4.15 pm. Total distance from the highway was 86 km. By the time everyone collected their packs and left, it was about 4.45 pm.
The plan was to spend the next 4 days in the Piccaninny gorge. We walked into the gorge and found that there was plenty of water. Piccaninny gorge was quite wide where we were and as we went upstream it looked magnificent in the evening sun. The red coloured pagoda like rock formations all around us looked stunningly beautiful under the golden sun. Camp was set up after walking for a while in an open area in the gorge. Half the number of walkers put up the tents. The rest slept in the open on flat rocks. Dinner was cooked using stoves as no open fires were allowed in BB.
Sunday 14th May 1989: Everyone got ready after breakfast at 4.30 am. The plan for the day was to walk to the location for the base camp for 3 nights, upstream in the gorge. We wandered off to look at a number of side gorges on the way. The views in and around them were spectacular. Hundreds of dome like rock formations going up and up in so many levels, with an attractive red colour around them. The sky was absolutely clear. We stopped for scroggin and dried fruits at 10.00 am near a big pool. As the warm weather was becoming a bit uncomfortable, everyone enjoyed a lengthy swimming break. Left after about half an hour to continue to go upstream. Where the Picaninny gorge took a sharp left turn, we stopped, left the packs and wandered up a small gully on the right to look at a large permanent water hole. We were there for quite a while. We left that pleasant shady spot with palm trees and different kinds of small trees at 11.45 am. We picked up the packs and walked upstream to stop in about an hour for lunch. But stopped in the shade as it was getting very hot at 1 pm for lunch near another pool. Lucky for me that early lunch was taken. When I opened the pack, I found 4 small rocks (about a kg each) and a big rock (about 2 kg) inside. Some joker did that when the pack was left behind in the main gorge. We left after 2.30 pm and got to the base camp spot near a large pool at 3.15 pm. Then we went upstream about 250 metres to see another permanent water hole where everyone went swimming. After dinner Russell brought out 3 litres of port wine in a cask. Everyone enjoyed the evening.
Monday, 15th May 1989. Nice morning. Some of us went swimming. Last night many of us slept in the open. There were no mosquitoes in the gorge. One could sleep comfortably using a silk inner sheet or a lightweight summer sleeping bag. It did get rather cool very early in the morning.We left carrying day packs upstream in the main gorge at 7.45 am. We had to do some rock scrambling go around a number of rock pools and were also walking through some beautiful valleys in the gorge. At 9.15 am we reached a major junction. The main gorge went to the right and a major side gorge went to the left. Russell took the left gorge and we followed him upstream. Soon we came to a cave through which the creek was flowing. We had to wade through two pools of water. There were plenty of bats in that cave. Then we came to an open area and had to swim through another very narrow water hole with 2 deep spots. When we went further upstream it became quite rocky with big boulders and then a deep water hole below with high side walls. Russell scrambled up the rockface on the right with some difficulty, followed by Bill. At this stage only half the party followed Russell and the other half retreated. Russell's group had Bill, Sue, Patrick, Jim, Jo and Ray. The second group guided by Chris consisted of me, Peter, Brian, Judy, Joan and Neil. Russell's group went ahead to explore deeper into the minor gorge. Chris's group stopped on the way back to the junction of the two gorges, had some scroggin and left at 11.25 am to go further upstream in the main gorge. In the main gorge there were many large boulders. After a while there was no water in the main creek and also it was getting very warm. At about 12.15 pm we had to scramble up to get above a 50 metre drop in the creek. We reached a rock platform and everyone enjoyed the fabulous views towards the gorge down below. It was a delightful and sheltered spot with water coming through splits in rock walls on the right Enough rock pools for everyone to lie in. The water was pleasantly cold.
After spending about half an hour for lunch, four of us (me, Chris, Peter and Neil) decided to go further up in the Piccaninny gorge. Others (Judy, Joan and Brian) then returned to the base camp. The trip upstream in the Piccaninny gorge involved scrambling up large rocks and crawling under small trees all the way. We realized that the creek had disappeared into some passage under the huge boulders far below the top towards which we were heading for. Chris almost stepped on a sleeping death adder, curled beside a rock near some Pandanas palm leaves. In about an hour we reached the top. Then to our amazement we saw a chasm on the other side about 100 metres below where the creek was flowing. We didn't go down. We returned to the lunch spot at 2.50 pm, had a quick dip to cool down in the rock pools, and headed for the base camp. Everyone returned to the campsite before 5.00 pm. Several of us went into the pool adjacent to the campsite. After dinner we had port wine left over from last night. Not many jokes tonight Everyone appeared to prefer a nice rest after a hard day's walk. Russell was particularly happy that he was able to explore an area where he hadn't gone before.
Tuesday, 16th May 89: Russell's plan was to do two walks, one in the morning and another one in the afternoon. Bill had a head cold and decided to rest. Brian left early to look for his wallet which he lost on the previous day. The morning sun made the walls around the campsite look absolutely beautiful with the red glow. The rest of us left at 8.45 am and walked upstream in the main gorge. At 9.00 am we came to a turn off into a small side gorge on the right. We collected water from the main gorge and walked upstream through that narrow side gully which had no water.We walked through that creek bed for a while and then had to scramble up to the right to get above a big drop in the creek and then joined the creek again. A lot of large rocks to negotiate and continually we went up. Then we came to this beautiful large flat enclosed valley with a lot of palm trees, fig trees and other medium size trees and plenty of other kind of flora. A large open area surrounded by rocky side walls. We got to this beautiful valley at 9.50 am. After enjoying some scroggin we stayed there until 11.00 am. We continued to walk upstream in the valley. Plenty of palms and big fig trees on the way. Suddenly we walked into an amazing narrow but long chasm with high rock walls on both sides. At the end of that narrow chasm, only about a metre or less across most of the way, there was a smooth waterfall area about 100 metres high with a small opening at the top. When we arrived there it was 11.20 am and there was plenty of light coming through to see that chasm in its full glory. We were lying down and looking up for a long time appreciating the beauty of that dazzling chasm. About 100 metres high red walls on both sides, with 5 to 10 metres apart at the top. At one place there was also a rock bridge high across. We could see palm trees at different sections high above the cliff lines. We left at 11.50 am to get back.
The first party was back at the main gorge junction at 12.30 pm and the campsite at 12.45 pm. At the campsite a very happy Brian was back from his trip. Luckily he found his lost wallet lying around in the sand. We had a long lunch. For the afternoon walk we left at 2.45 pm. The access route was to go near the permanent water sole about 250 metres upstream, then continue on towards the side creek still further upstream on the left from the main gorge and walk up. Not too far away, it opened up into a small valley with plenty of palm trees and small trees everywhere. At about 3.15 pm we got to the end of the valley and walked into a narrow water filled chasm. Patrick went in first followed by Jim. Russell went to an island rock about 50 metres in. Then Joan, Sue, Chris, Jo and Neil went followed by Ray. Russell, Neil and Jim went to the island rock and didn't go any further. It was apparently freezing cold. Peter and I decided to return to the campsite and had a swim on the way. We heard what happened later on when the swimming party returned. Patrick went further and gave up when he felt the cold. Joan, Jo, Chris, Sue and Ray went furthest to the dry land, some shallow pools and further dry land in the chasm. Others returned early. Those who went furthest, got concerned about the twists and turns in the dark chasm and decided to return. Everyone came back by 5.00 pm. Previously none of the members of Russell's other parties ever went that far. The moon was shining by that time on the entire camping area with clouds frequently causing shadows. After dinner Russell produced a second cask of port wine. He carried in 2 casks of port wine, 5 litres of stove fuel and all sorts of other things.
Wednesday, 17th May 89, This morning we left the campsite after spending 3 nights there. It was an excellent campsite. Most of the party left before 7.30 am for the return journey downstream. Russell said that there was a large permanent waterhole in about 2 Km on the left, under a watercourse mark on the rod face, which could be reached through a little gully. At about 8.45 am we got to that big waterhole, one of the largest in that area. There were palm trees, cork trees and other trees all around. Water lillys in the waterhole as well. Joan and Jo went swimming. We left that waterhole, walked further downstream and stopped for morning tea near another pool at 9.45 am. Some people went swimming. In BB there were plenty of flies. Over the last few days we watched occasional big planes, many light planes and many helicopters flying above BB. Almost every evening when the party got to the campsite, Peter regularly played pleasant tunes in his harmonica and also did some sketches with pen or pencil or drew pictures with colour pencils. We left soon from the morning tea spot, came to the big bend in the gorge and started walking in the hot sun at 10.15 am. We found an overhang at 10.45 am for sitting in the shade. The breeze was strong and was a welcome relief. Joan and Jo went down to a deep pool. Russell sang a four liner about Neil and his pants and shorts which were by now in shreds. We left at about 11.15 am and continued our return journey through the gorge. Very soon at a bend with a high wall on the right, we stopped to look at some rare aboriginal paintings. The paintings were at locations about 10 metres high from the floor of the gorge. We had lunch and rest for 3 hours and left at 2,40 pm. On the way to the camping spot (2 Km in from the vehicle parking area at the end of the road into BB) we had several stops in the shade and a number of cool down dips. We reached the location for camping at 4.00 pm. A number of us decided to go with Russell to look at two small gullies near the camping area. We walked upstream towards the first gully on the left. Soon we turned into the side creek bed, walked a little to a small waterhole under a waterfall. We scrambled up to the next level. There was a big waterhole there. We came back to the main gorge, walked upstream a short distance, picked up the next side creek on the left and followed it upstream. Fifteen minutes of walking took us to a large permanent waterhole. At the edge of the waterhole, on a small twig, there was a long but thin tree snake (about 0.75 metres long). It was light yellow in colour. We also saw a brown snake in a rock hole in the creek bed on our way back. The campsite was surrounded by pagoda like rock formations. The moon was very bright. It was cooler than the nights before. Brian, Bill and Judy were nursing head and chest colds.
Thursday, 18th May 89: We left the campsite at 6.30 am. It took about 45 minutes to reach the area where the vehicles were. In the morning, the sunlight made beautiful impressions on the BB pagoda rocks, near the camping area. Everwhere we looked it looked beautiful under the morning sun. While Russell and Chris were arranging things, we went to the Cathedral gorge. It took about 15 minutes to get to the end of Cathedral gorge which had a big waterhole and a large Cathedral like open area. We found some drawings made by vandals on the right at the end of the overhang behind the waterhole. While coming back I saw a large yellow snake with black trellis like markings. Most of us got back by about 8.20 am. We left at about 9.30 am. Russell drove the Nissan and Chris drove the Pajero. On the way we stopped at the Kurrajong camping area to leave the trailer behind at 10.45 am and left at 11.15 am. We reached Echidna chasm car park at 11.55 am. We left for the walk into the Echidna chasm at 12.05 pm and reached the end of the chasm, an interesting area at 12.25 pm. We had lunch there, got back to the vehicles and left the parking area at 150 pm. At 2.15 pm we came to a flowing creek with plenty of water. A stop for a dip in the water to cool down and some people got water for drinking. We left after 10 minutes and reached the three ways junction at 3.00 pm. After a brief stop we continued our return journey. On the way we filled a number of wineskins with good water from the creek near where we had lunch on our inward journey. Time was 4.30 pm. Around 5.00 pm there was only 30 minutes sunlight left and we decided to stop to camp at a dry creek near the road from BB. Tents were put up with mosquito nets as there were plenty of mosquitoes. At about 7.30 pm Russell recited a poem about the SBW party. (Note: This was published in the August issue). It was a hot day and it remained warm at night
Friday, 19th May 89: Everyone was up and ready by 6.30 am. It was very sunny and pleasant. We left the campsite at 7.00 am and reached the highway at 7.25 am. We drove into Turkey Creek town at 8.00 am and left at 8.20 am. Patrick drove the Nissan from Turkey creek. We got to Kununurra at 10.20 am and left soon. We got to Timber Creek town at 3.50 pm (NT time). On the way we stopped a couple of times to pick up Boab nuts. Peter drove from Kununurra to Timber creek. We left Timber Creek at 430 pm. Ray drove the Nissan from Timber Creek. In between Kununurra and Timber Creek we saw bush fires with flames about 2 metres high along both sides of the main road. We saw that also when we were going in the opposite direction many days ago. Arrived at Victoria River town at 5.40 and left soon. We filled several wineskins with water from a water tap in Victoria River town with the intention of finding a campsite around 6.30 pm. We stopped to camp in a camping area adjacent to Mathison Creek, 90 Km short of Kathryn. Dinner was cooked in a nice campfire in that pleasant campsite. Everyone stayed late singing several songs, reciting poems and telling a good round of jokes.
Saturday, 20th May 89: We left Mathison Creek camping spot at 7.30 am and reached Kathryn at 8.30 am. On the way when we stopped for a break at Adelaide river town, Russell and Chris were entertained by the recital of a poem about them, composed by Jim, Jo, Judy, Neil, Sue and BilL Russell and Chris were quite overwhelmed by that expression of appreciation by the whole group. Reached Russell's place in Darwin at 12.30 pm. After picking up the bags which were left at Russell's we reached Minimbeena Motel at 1.00 pm. After a pleasant shower I headed off to the Airport at 2.00 pm to meet the rest of the party for the Kakadu trip commencing the following day. They were Chris Maher, Carol Beales, Mori Bloom, Bill and Fran Holland, Wally and Robyn O'Brien, Jim and Helen Stevens, Judy McMillan, Lorraine Bloomfield, Mori Ward, Bert Carter and Rob Webb. In the evening all 26 members of the party and Russell got together for a meal at a Thai Restaurant. {To be continued}
Note: An excellent article on Bungle Bungle National Park appeared in the January-March 1989 issue of the Australian Geographic Magazine (Issue No. 13) with a detailed map of the area as a supplement. This magazine and the map are available from AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC, P.O. Box 321, Terry Hills, NSW 2084.
PART TWO - JUST A DAY WALK by Tom Wilhelm
The next traverse of Ettrema occurred by accident. How anyone could walk 25 kilometres of Ettrema Gorge by accident seems a bit ridiculous but some years later - 1982(?) - a friend of mine from work expressed interest in a trip to the deep bush, so I suggested a walk in the Ettrema region. In fact I suggested Tullyangela Clearing, Ettrema, Tullyangela Junctionvia Howards Pass thence up Tullyangela Creek and ultimately back to the clearing.
Poor Colin, my mate, got more than he bargained for. All went well until we reached the Junction, and on a very cloudy day had lunch. This junction is a very confusing place because in fact three creeks meet here and there are innumerable little water courses going every which-way. So after lunch, without reference to map or compass naturally, we moved off up Tullyangela Creek. I had told Colin that Tullyangela Creek was only some seven or eight kilometres long, and so as the afternoon wore on and we walked and walked and the boulders got larger and larger - something felt wrong. By this time we had walked (unbeknownst to me) right off the Touge map which I actually had in my possession and on to Nerriga which I did not have. It was still very cloudy and when I finally, yes I finally did, take out map and compass, I couldn't figure out just what was wrong. I seemed to have in my possession a SOUTH POINTING COMPASS!
Needless to say we made camp that night in this mysterious creek, actually in a small side creek that had recently been fired and everything we touched made us black. It didn't rain, the scenery had been superb, a tiring but good day. It was all obvious the next day when we ascended the 'mysterious creek' till I could see the power line towers in the distance and in an instant I realized that we had just come up out of none other than Ettrema Creek.
Colin was exhausted so I left him to sit and guard the packs and I took off to retrieve the car, now 25 km away at Tullyangela Clearing. It took me a good three and a half hours to get there! It took an hour to drive back (that road is rough). Colin hadn't moved.
How could I have not recognised Ettrema Creek? Well, when your visits are made many years apart and you in the interim have walked in many other creeks, I find the actual boulders and rocks get a bit blurred, and in any case I didn't recognise it.
In January of 1989 I needed a good dose of wilderness, and on the spur of the moment decided to do Ettrema/Jones. I had a Touga map but not a Nerriga, but I felt that I didn't need one as I was certain I could find my way into the top of Jones Creek regardless. The creek actually begins against a hill that you can see from the road, quite distinctive and easily found.
Travelling by myself I easily entered the creek and moved off down over the rocks, the bush felt lovely, smelled wonderful. Since I didn't have a map (and as it transpired, a compass) I just enjoyed the walking and concentrated on winding my way through the boulder falls, paying little attention to side creeks. By 2.30 in the afternoon I reached a pool with a little beach under a big cliff, with a creek coming in on the right just beyond. Well I thought, pretty early, but still assumed that I had finally reached Jones Creek Junction. I made a lazy camp; 1 didn't even put up my little tent, but the rain held off, the night was calm and lovely.
In the morning I proceeded up 'Jones Creek'. It was too scrubby and there were so many forks that from memory I just couldn't get anything, so I just tried to stick to the 'main' branch as best I could. I had climbed to the cliff line and then through a nice little break above it in just under an hour. I knew that somehow I had missed Jones Creek, but it was so scrubby I decided that I didn't want to go back, and I assumed I was on the plateau between Jones and Ettrema. If I stayed on the tops and headed south and east I would sooner or later strike a road. The day was very grey at this point and with an effort of will I trudged onward. I picked up the remains of a road, and followed it for over an hour, my heart sank when I lost it. I picked up a barbed wire fence and followed it eastwards (?) but finally I veered away from it when the Hakea got too thick. The next thing I knew I was standing on the Ettre- Plateau road, and I was out. It started to drizzle so I coated up and went on, glad to be in found condition. I reached the Sassafrass Road at 12.30 and suddenly realized, it was just a day walk.
So on the 14th May 1989, armed with two maps and a compass, a day pack with extra food, safety equipment, protective clothing, but no cooking gear, tent or sleeping bag, I entered the top of Ettrema Creek. I had waited till 7.15 because it was so misty I was afraid it would rain, and I doubted the day trip would be safe or possible on wet rocks, but I sensed it might clear so I went. I made a small route finding error which I immediately corrected with aid of map and compass, and walked on the tops, just south and east till the first big junction, then dropped into the creek. The creek was quite clear this year, a legacy of all the rain we have been having, and made going quite clear. The sun came out, my spirits soared and I kept moving. I reached my previous campsite at 'Jones Creek' just after 11 am, and suddenly realized that that particular site was in fact the location of my 1971 camp with Finch and Wyborn - amazing how the mind can play tricks, because we descended quite a distance to Jones Creek on that occasion, some 2 km, not 100 metres. Armed with my maps, I kept going to the Junction, passing Myall Creek, and was staggered to see the real Thompsons Cliff. It is huge.
At one pm I started up Jones, NOT scrubby…. but a beautiful clear granite staircase, one waterfall after another. I had to cross under a few waterfalls to change sides to obtain the best route. I was still worried that I might not make it. I went straight up the cliff by the big waterfall, being ever so careful. By 3 pm I had reached the top of the canyon, and went up on to the Tops map and compass, 120 bearing, very thick Hakea. I crossed my barbed wire fence at what seemed a very weird angle. Crossed Jones and found at 4 pm the road. It was all over but the shouting. Footweary I continued into the darkness, saw heaps of ma's, and reached the Sassafras Road a little after 6 pm. Some Canberra Bushwalkers came by and gave me a lift down to my car, I was glad to accept. They asked me where I had been, I said, "Ettrema-Jones circuit. Just a day walk.
PETER TRESEDER's talk on October 25th brought out 61 members to enjoy a memorable evening. Peter passed lightly over the toil and difficulties of his epic canoe trip and instead concentrated on giving us a vivid picture of the majesty and beauty of the Cape York area. For anyone considering travelling the mighty Jardine River, he gave this tip. IF using inflatable rafts/canoes, take at least a metre of patching material and about 4 litres of glue. (Some smelling salts and/or digitalis would also be handy to help you recover from seeing huge salt-water crocodiles slide into the water when you are wading along, chest deep!).
Peter also spoke of his 5,000 kilometres walk from Cape York to Wilson's Promontory, done in three stages during the bicentennial year to draw attention to the need for National Parks. He travelled through 58 National Parks. He had no slides to show for this trip, but answered many questions, and had large maps to indicate where he went.
There were around 25 members present, including the recently detached printer demo. sub-group, at around 20.40 when the President called for order and got the show on the road.
There was an apology from Geoff Bridger, and no new members for welcome.
The Minutes of the previous meeting were read and received, with no matters arising.
Correspondence was comprised of a letter from a Mr. Russell Willis from a commercial wilderness tours organisation in the Northern Territory requesting details of the advertising rates for the magazine, a notice from a Mr. Keith Miller of the Friends of the Nattai (this being consigned to the notice-board for display), from Alan Gibson M.D. of Paddy Pallin Adventure Equipment, offering us a song book to save us the trouble of making our own, a copy of the Minutes of the latest F.B.W. meeting, a letter from the Tasmanian Department of Parks, Wildlife and Heritage regarding restrictions on the use of fire in Tasmanian national parks, from the Total Environment Centre advising of a forest summit meeting planned for December '89, and a letter from the Kangaroo Valley volunteer bushfire brigade offering counsel and assistance during the coming bushfire danger period. Outgoing correspondence was limited to a letter advising Russell Willis of our advertising rates. The correspondence was accepted.
The Treasurer's Report indicated that we spent $170.29, received $576.00 and closed with a balance in the current account of $2,138.22. A motion that we re-invest funds from maturing securities, totalling around $29,000, in one of the semi-government authority loans for periods of around four years, was carried.
The Walks Secretary then rose to tell us how it all went out on the tracks. The weekend of 15,16,17 September saw Les Powell and a party of three pounding the snow in glorious weather on his ski-touring trip to Perisher Valley and district. Bill Holland had 13 starters enjoying good weather and good country on his Yalwal trip. Of the day walks, there was no report of Ralph Penglis's Sydney Harbour N.P. perennial. Alan Mewett saw a return to previous form on his Great North Road area ridge walk with 15 starters and a full report, including trackless ridges, wildflowers (lots of them) and detailed times.
Errol Sheedy's walk from Waterfall to Otford had 10 starters but was aborted due to illness of one of them. Over the weekend of 22,23,24 September Don Finch had 6 people on his Kanangra Range mapping instructional, Greta Davis's day walk to Bluegum had 14 starters reporting a pleasant walk, and Jo Van Sommers' walk in Wolli Creek went to program without the leader. It seems there was a mix-up and the walk was scheduled on the wrong weekend.
Ian Rennard's Mittagong to Katoomba trip, from September 28th to October 3rd, went to program in perfect weather with a party of four.
The trip to "Canopus" over the long weekend, September 29th to October 2nd, attracted three starters. There was no report of Chris Perry's ski-touring trip but George Mawer had a party of 20 enjoying very pleasant weather on his Budawangs walk. Jan Mohandas's walk in the Wild Dogs area was cancelled.
The weekend of 6,7,8 October saw George Walton's Mount Solitary trip cancelled. Carol Lubbers reported varying attendances over her two one-day walks to Pantoney's Crown and Tyan Pic. The Saturday (Pantoney's Crown) saw 12 starters and Sunday (Tyan Pic) attracted 6. Jim Percy had 16 on his day walk from Waterfall to Heathcote. The walk went to program, had prolific wildflowers including waratahs, and brought the Walks Report to an end.
The F.B.W. Report was presented. It will appear elsewhere.
The Social Secretary reported on coming attractions and the Conservation Secretary provided further details of the track on the Nattai. The Conservation Secretary also proposed a motion that we write to the Federal Government supporting the decision on the Kakadu conservation zone. The meeting concurred.
General Business brought discussion of the replacement of the offset printer. Unfortunately, not only had the sales rep. who came along that evening brought a machine other than the one we were interested in to demonstrate, but it also turned out that the beginning of a General Meeting is a very distracting environment in which to try to assess such a machine. The meeting resolved that we replace our offset printer and that demonstrations of suitable alternative machines be arranged.
The meeting also resolved that we should examine the song books available and determine whether it is desirable to produce our own. To give effect to this motion a further motion was passed that a sub-committee be formed for this purpose.
The chairperson banged the gong and brought the whole thing to a close at 22.05.
BUNGLE BUNGLE & KEEP RIVER NATIONAL PARKS - JAN MOHANDAS Two of Australia's most exciting parks make this a slide evening to remember. Note that date:- NOVEMBER 29
Federation Procedure upon incorporation
A meeting of the Executive Committee was held late in September to define certain procedures that would become necessary when Federation's application for Incorporation has been approved. Some of the more important decisions, which were ratified by the October General Meeting, are:- 1. In future, an Executive Committee Meeting will be held each month, followed by the General Meeting of delegates from Clubs. The meeting night will continue to be the third Tuesday each month, with the General Meeting probably commencing at 7 pm.
2. Federation holds its Annual Meeting in July each year, and to enable all affiliation fees and public liability insurance levies to be assessed, it will be necessary to have knowledge of the membership strength of affiliated Clubs as at 30th June each year; and when the fees are determined at Federation's Annual Meeting, to receive payment from member Clubs by 31st August. Clubs that do not forward these payments will be crossed off, but may rejoin Federation by written application.
3. Federation Minutes will include only the formal business of the meetings, but some supplementary information about issues debated will also be circulated to Clubs.
4. In view of the limited size of the present meeting place at 39 George Street, The Rocks, other venues are being examined - one possibility being a room which may be hired at $5 per hour at Burwood Primary School.
Tracks & Access
A letter has been sent to N.P.W.S. requesting they provide better public access to Wollemi National Park from the Putty Road and at Mount Nullo.
No call outs during the past month. It was reported that the new radio sets acquired about two years ago, although much lighter than the old sets, and having many improved features, appear to be less rugged than the older equipment, and some of the new sets are being sent for repair and overhaul. The old sets are still used as a back-up, but contain parts that cannot now be replaced in the event of failure.
Federation Ball Attended by only 93 people.
"Clean Up" Campaign Following the successful "Harbour Clean-up" conducted in January 1989, a further "Clean-up Day" is proposed for January 21, 1990. Federation to consider mounting a campaign to get member Clubs to rally at a National Park (possibly the Royal N.P.) for a clean up on that date.
General Business The N.P.W.S. will be asked (again) to repair the damaged "Taro's Ladders" at Clear Hill, and to consider remedial work on severely eroded tracks on Kanangra Walls (both towards the Coal Seam track and to Smith's Pass) where heavy rains have gouged tracks up to a metre deep.
OK then, we'll accept a lift - but no funny business, mind.
"DECK THE HALLS WITH BOUGHS OF HOLLY" - gum leaves and flannel flowers - because its Christmas Party time! Bring a plate and your best party jokes; we'll provide wine and soft drinks. ON DECEMBER 20 the gang will be gathering to wish each other Merry Christmas, so come and join in the fun!
CLUBROOM CLOSED CLUBROOM CLOSED CLUBROOM CLOSED Over the Christmas/New Year period the Clubroom will be closed. The program for 1990 start, January 17th.
WILDERNESS CALANDARS FOR 1990 From Alex Colley Henry Gold's wilderness calendars, complete with 13 beautiful colour photographs, phases of the moon, and spaced date tabulations to enable noting of engagements; are now available, costing $9.00. I will be bringing them into the Clubroom. Also sets of 10 Henry Gold post cards, which make excellent Christmas Cards, Cost - $10.00
NEW ZEALAND IS CALLING - - - and George Mawer is going - for 3 weeks during February/March 1990. Routeburn Track, Milford Track, touring and sight seeing. Campervans being considered. Ring NOW if you want to get a cheap Apex air fare. Home 707.1343 - Work 774.0500
Joan and Frank RIGBY have a new address in Tamworth:- Unit 2/100A, Carthage Street, Tamworth, 2340.
DECEMBER 16, Saturday - WILDERNESS SOCIETY DANCE - begins 7.30 pm at Sydney Town Hall. Get into the mood for the festive season with 'Skewiff' and also help the Society.
BHOPAL, (INDIA) A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE NOV. 22nd
Tom Hayllar of the Explorers Club was in India at the time of the Bhopal tragedy. Come and hear what the newspapers didn't tell you
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For an effective and credible MONUC
EurAc - September 28, 2008
Since 28 August Laurent Nkunda's CNDP has launched several offensives against positions held by the army, the FARDC, thus violating the "Acte d'engagement à la paix" he signed in January 2008. These attacks have aggravated the humanitarian situation in North Kivu, causing the displacement of a further 100.000 people. Suffering and frustration has led the people of eastern Congo, feeling unprotected, to have a very negative opinion of Monuc, and even to demonstrate in anger against it. They doubt Monuc's sincerity in carrying out its mandate and believe the Goma accords to be ineffective.
EurAc continues to believe that the result of the Goma Conference, with its signature on 23 January 2008 by all the Congolese protagonists of declarations of commitment to peace in North and South Kivu still offers a way out of the crisis. Together with the Nairobi Accord of 9 November 2007 between Rwanda and the Congo, which agreed on a common approach to the threat to stability and security in the region caused by the FDLR and the Interahamwe, the Goma Accords seemed to be a vital element of a single peace process.
However, the fighting has never stopped. Two years after the elections and eight months after the signature of the Goma Accord, the militias continue to recruit, even children. A good number of the signatories of the Goma Accords are fighting each other, looting and raping.
With the situation on the ground deteriorating, the Goma and Nairobi Accords are under huge pressure which risks destroying the window of opportunity and with it the entire peace process.
Therefore the members of EurAc are launching an appeal to the international community, and in particular to member states of the European Union which are also members of the UN Security Council to:
1) Preserve the arrangements made at Goma and Nairobi because there are no credible alternatives for solving the conflicts in the region
In this context, EurAc calls on member states of the European Union which are also members of the UN Security Council to:
a) insist on an immediate ceasefire and for Nkunda's CNDP to evacuate the positions he has occupied recently and to return to the positions he held before 28 August.
b) put strong pressure (including through dissuasion by force) on the signatories of the Goma and Nairobi Accords, and to help put their commitments into action.
c) put strong pressure on Rwanda to prevent any support for Nkunda from within its territory.
d) release and make available the funds committed for putting the Amani Programme into action
e) support civil society in explaining the Amani process among the people of Congo.
2) Make MONUC effective and credible
EurAc considers MONUC is still an important actor on the ground and that it will have, at least in the short term, an indispensable role to play in protecting the peace and democratisation process. Therefore, EurAc urges member states of the European Union which are also members of the UN Security Council to clear away the political barriers which are preventing Monuc from fully carrying out its mandate as defined in Chapter VII, against those groups that fail to respect the Goma and Nairobi Accords and to proceed with disarming them, voluntarily or by force, in collaboration with the FARDC.
This mandate allows Monuc to protect the population and gives it the right to impose peace e.g. by disarming militias. Monuc has not done this except for a very short time in Ituri, after the killing of nine Bangladeshi blue helmets in February 2005.
If Monuc wants to play its role in a credible way, it should:
a) take control of the external and internal support given to armed groups in the DRC and develop a strategy capable of stopping cross frontier arms trafficking;
b) invest in a much clearer and more effective method of making its mandate, its objectives, its working methods and its actions better known ;
c) deploy only better trained, better orientated and better equipped forces. The fact that some UN soldiers come from countries where the army has a problematic role in the process of democratisation reduces Monuc's's credibility;
d) show zero tolerance to all bad behaviour on the part of UN personnel, especially regarding sexual exploitation and looting of natural resources, and enforce the Code of Conduct strictly.
3) Speed up the reform of the security sector (RSS) which is the backbone of sustainable security in the DRC
EurAc considers the RSS to be the key element in the rehabilitation of the Congolese state and its means to restore the state of law. EurAc calls on member states of the European Union which are also members of the UN Security Council to:
a) Strengthen the coherence between the European and UN approach to the RSS. EurAc urges the adoption of a single action plan by the international community to support the re-establishment of security on the Congo. This plan should be based on a long term vision and on the complementarity of the roles of the EU and the UN. A plan for gradual withdrawal of MONUC in the medium term would be part of this long term action plan;
b) increase efforts to set up a credible police force and to rehabilitate the Congolese justice system.
4) Eurac urges the European Union and its member states, given the current fragility of the peace process and the catastrophic humanitarian situation, to consider deploying in the very short term a military mission to help restore security in the east of Congo in collaboration with MONUC and the FARDC.
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• Jean-Pierre Bemba Returns to DR Congo (August 1, 2018)
• DR Congo reach final of African Nations Championship (February 3, 2016)
• Denis Mukwege Wins Sakharov Prize 2014 (October 21, 2014)
• Southern African Leaders to Meet in Zimbabwe (August 15, 2014)
• 15 dead in football match stampede in Kinshasa (May 12, 2014)
• Colonel Mamadou Ndala Is Killed in Ambush (January 2, 2014)
• No 'Peace Deal' With Defeated M23 Rebels, DR Congo Says (November 11, 2013)
• Congo Will Not Sign a 'Peace Deal' With Defeated M23 Rebels, Government Says (November 6, 2013)
• Congo Army Takes Control of Mbuzi Hill From M23 Rebels (November 4, 2013)
• Advancing Congo Troops Take Control of Rumangabo From M23 Rebels (October 28, 2013)
• Congo Army Liberates Rutshuru, Kiwanja and Kibumba From M23 Rebels (October 27, 2013)
• Congo Army Dislodges M23 Rebels From Strategic Town of Kibumba (October 26, 2013)
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• FARDC
• FDLR


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Fort Washington Collegiate Church is a Collegiate Reformed Protestant Dutch Church located at Magaw Place and 181st Street in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.

The congregation's Country Gothic style building was designed by the architecture firm Nelson & Van Wagenen, and constructed in 1908–9 as an outreach of the West End Collegiate Church, at a time when the area was a suburb of New York City. It became a full member of the Collegiate Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in 1916, along with the Marble, Middle and West End Collegiate Churches.  Ft. Washington Collegiate incorporates the congregation of the Hamilton Grange Reformed Church and former members of the Harlem Reformed Dutch Church.

The church carried out a major renovation and expansion of its buildings beginning in 2013.

Notable clergy

A. J. Muste was pastor from the time of the church's foundation in 1909 until he left the Reformed Church in 1914 due to an alteration in his theological principles.

Rev. Robert Rodriguez was named Pastor in 2013, the first Latino pastor in the history of the Collegiate Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in the United States.

See also
Collegiate Reformed Protestant Dutch Church

References

External links

20th-century Reformed Church in America church buildings
Churches completed in 1909
Churches in Manhattan
Reformed Church in America churches in New York (state)
Washington Heights, Manhattan

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I'm a big fan of soaking in the tub but I'm so over plain baths and ready for some new and refreshing bath recipes! There's nothing as comforting as stepping into a warm and fragrant bath so if you agree, take note of these relaxing bath recipes and try them for yourself!
Let's start this list of bath recipes with the most common addition to the bath-Epsom salts. Using Epsom salts along with wine vinegar and powdered milk makes for a really relaxing and soothing treat for your mind and body.
Bring out your inner Egyptian goddess with this soothing bath soak recipe! It's been said that Cleopatra bathed in decadent milk and honey baths so why shouldn't we treat ourselves like queens too?
Pour 1-2 cups of milk (or 1/2 c. full-fat powdered milk) and 1/2 c. honey under running, warm water. Swish around to mix, and hop in. Close your eyes and imagine 5 beautiful servant men fanning you with palm leaves. Repeat as necessary.
Another easy bath recipe to try out for soft and silky skin is this bath oil blend. You'll need a variety of oils but there are so many health and beauty uses for these oils and you can also apply them directly on your skin as a moisturizer!
Now that the fall is in full swing, there isn't a better time for this next bath recipe! Bathing in oats will soothe irritated skin but it's also fab for just about any skin type because it restores the natural moisture balance in your skin.
Fill a knee-high nylon or thin sock without holes with 1/2 to 1 c. of oatmeal (not quick cooking or instant). Tie tightly at the top. Place it in your warm bath, with you, and squeeze it softly every so often to release the oatmeal "water." Before leaving the bathtub, scrub your entire body lightly with the sock. To clean: Over a trash can, turn the sock inside out and scrape all of the oatmeal off the outside, then rinse well with warm water. Wash as normal.
Bath recipes don't have to be all business; they can be foamy and fun too! Try this sweet-smelling bath recipe the next time you're getting ready to go out or just for fun!
Mix together all the ingredients and pour into a clean bottle with a tight fitting stopper or lid. To use, shake before using. Pour 1/4 cup into the bath under running water. Yields 16 ounces - enough for 8 baths.
The next time you're enjoying a nice glass of vino and have some leftover, use it as one of your bath recipes! Wine makes a great bath additive due to its antioxidant content and tartaric acid to exfoliate skin. Honey is a humectant that will moisturize and add a nice scent to your bath.
One to two glasses in the bathwater is sufficient. And don't worry about your tub; at these levels you won't stain the porcelain.
Tea is probably a really odd thing to add to your bath but it does wonders for your skin! Tea is chock full of antioxidants and minerals and you'll be relaxed beyond belief!
Drop 4-6 tea bags into your hot bath water. Allow them to steep for five minutes for optimal "tea water" bath. Any tea bags can be used: green, black, herb or even chai!
This bath soak recipe will revitalize you inside and out! Lemon zests, rosemary essential oils and sea salt are all you need to turn that frown upside down and get you going again!
Run the water at your desired temperature, add ingredients and soften the skin and relax the muscles.
Bath recipes aren't just for adults so I had to include one for the kiddos too! This blend of Epsom salts and essential oils is said to calm and relax cranky kiddies.
Add the salts (and essential oil if you choose to use it) in running water.
Try out some of these easy bath recipes to soothe your skin and calm your mind. Take time out to treat yourself to a relaxing bath every now and then to recharge your batteries and have some much needed "me" time! What do you like to add to your bath?


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Send Flowers for Tricia
Tricia L. (Lewis) Halferty
August 16, 1963 ~ February 20, 2018 (age 54)
WATERLOO — Tricia Lewis Halferty, age 54, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, February 20, 2018.
Born August 16, 1963, in Shreveport, Louisiana, Mrs. Halferty was the daughter of B. Neil and Patti Ann Redman Lewis, of Kennett, Missouri.
She was a 1981 graduate of Kennett High School and received her bachelor's from Southeast Missouri State University in 1985.
She began her career at WAND-TV in Decatur, Illinois, as a news photographer where she met her husband, Reverend Michael Halferty, and were married in 1987 in Kennett, Missouri. She spent a large portion of her career working in marketing and communications for Taylor University in Upland, Indiana, where she received her MBA in 2010. Most recently, she worked for Ruoff Home Mortgage in Fort Wayne, Indiana, as a marketing specialist.
In her free time, Tricia enjoyed crafting, babysitting her precious granddaughter, and most of all, spending time with her family.
Survivors include her father; her loving husband of 30 years; daughter Ann Halferty; son Andrew Halferty, his wife, Brittany, and their daughter, Adelaide; step-daughter Kelley Knickmeyer, her husband, Tony, and their children, Christopher and Megan; her sisters, Terri Kiplinger, Tracy McGinnis, her husband, James; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her mother in 2006.
A celebration of Tricia's life will take place at 2 p.m. Wednesday, February 28, 2018, at Feller and Clark Funeral Home, 1860 Center St., Auburn, with visitation from 1–2 p.m. Wednesday prior to the service at the funeral home. The Rev. Karen Koelsch and Rev. William Kaster will be officiating.
Visitation also will be from 2–4 and 6–8 p.m. Tuesday, February 27, 2018, at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be given to the family in care of Michael Halferty to help with medical expenses.
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Rubicon Project Acquires Header Bidding Solution RTK.io For $11M
Global exchange for advertising Rubicon Project has today announced the acquisition of open source header bidding solution RTK.io.
RTK's solution is built on Prebid, the same open source framework as Rubicon's Demand Manager. RTK's technology and team enable Rubicon Project to extend its Demand Manager product portfolio and client base.
In the coming months, the company plans to integrate the two solutions to address the growing needs of publishers globally.
Rubicon Project acquired RTK in an all-cash transaction for $11 million.
"RTK shares our commitment to open source and our passion for serving publishers with powerful tools and incredible client service," said Rubicon Project CEO Michael Barrett, President and CEO.
"The company has a strong group of header bidding experts and Prebid developers that adds depth to our already great team. Together, we will accelerate our shared vision of helping publishers regain control of their monetisation and make quick, informed decisions to grow their businesses."
Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York City, RTK is a programmatic infrastructure and ad operations company dedicated to making ad tech more efficient. RTK provides publishers with an integrated user interface to configure, install, and implement a complete header bidding solution. In addition, the company's reporting and analytics capabilities are extremely fast and flexible, driving better yield management.
"We are thrilled to be joining Rubicon Project and look forward to being part of the Demand Manager team," said RTK co-founder and CEO Gareth Glaser.
"Rubicon Project's resources and footprint supporting our integrated product will enable us to bring new levels of service and innovation to publishers globally, and to further our shared vision of bringing a transparent and collaborative approach to the industry."
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Tuomo Aunola, Senior Advisor at the Pirkanmaa ELY Centre, describes the final push in the creation of the take-back point network and how the definition of producer responsibility has been revised.
From the beginning of 2016, Rinki eco take-back points will start to collect household packaging waste. The network will have a minimum of 1,850 take-back points for carton, glass and metal packaging waste, with 500 also able to accept plastic packaging. Collection of consumer packaging is the responsibility of companies under producer responsibility obligations.
The network set up in a hurry
The Pirkanmaa ELY Centre supervises the implementation of producer responsibility obligations in Finland. According to Senior Advisor Tuomo Aunola, the take-back point network is expected to be completed at the beginning of 2016. What happens if the Rinki eco take-back point network is not completed on time?
"As the supervisory authority, we are kept updated on the progress. If we think that the completion of the network will be delayed, we will ask Rinki to provide us with a report, and we will then consider the situation. I don't think that there will be any need to take any administrative measures at first," says Aunola.
The Packaging Waste Decree that came into force in summer 2014 only allowed less than 18 months for the building of the take-back point network.
"Admittedly, the schedule is very tight. Of course, everyone involved already had an idea of the requirements for the network before the schedule was announced," he continues.
The definition of producer was revised
Until the end of April, the company that owned the packed product at the time of import had the producer responsibility. Until that time, the company with producer responsibility could have been a company registered overseas.
The definition was revised by Pirkanmaa ELY Centre, and the updated definition came into force on 1 May 2015. At present, Finnish firms with a turnover of EUR 1 million or more, a Finnish business ID, at least one location on the mainland of Finland and which packs products in Finland or is an importer of packed products for the Finnish market is considered to be a firm with producer responsibility.
A foreign firm only has producer responsibility if it fulfils all these conditions. If not, the Finnish firm that buys products from the foreign company is responsible for the packaging.
The new Waste Act as the basis for the definition
Why was the definition of a producer revised so that the producer responsibility were transferred from foreign firms to Finnish firms buying the products?
"The producer responsibility were mainly handled by Finnish companies. The new definition is based on the new Waste Act, which stipulates that only producers, not any other type of companies, can be considered to be producer organisations. The supervisory authorities have no authority over foreign companies that do not operate in Finland," Aunola explains.
According to Aunola, the situation remains the same in that the producer responsibility still apply to packaging of all products imported to Finland.
"It has simply been clarified that the responsibility for products imported to Finland lies with the Finnish company. We could say that if a foreign company was responsible for paying the recycling fees in Finland, it added these costs to the price of the product."
Online shopping brings challenges
"There are problems with almost all products covered by producer responsibility that are brought directly from abroad. For example, many people order electrical devices and batteries from abroad, and when they become waste, it is Finnish companies that take care of them. This is something that is hard to tackle by Finnish legislation alone," says Aunola.
He says that the first step has now been taken regarding electrical devices as the EU has ruled on the producer responsibility of cross-border distance sellers.
"It remains to be seen if this will later apply to packaging as well."
Is the Pirkanmaa ELY Centre going to check on the 'freeloaders'?
"The focus of the supervision has lately been on implementing the new legislation. The idea is, however, to launch an extensive campaign at the start of the new year to target the firms that do not fulfil their producer responsibility. We plan to write them a letter to urge them to take care of their obligations."
The new definition of a producer
As of 1 May 2015, a producer is deemed to be a firm that meets the following conditions:
– The firm has a Finnish business ID and at least one location on the mainland of Finland,
– The firm has a turnover of EUR 1 million or more in Finland,
– The firm packs products in Finland or is an importer of packed products for the Finnish market.
– A foreign company or its affiliate that is registered at the Finnish Trade Register is under producer responsibility if all the conditions mentioned above are fulfilled. A Finnish firm is also under producer responsibility in terms of packaging of products that it purchases from a foreign company if that foreign company does not fulfil all the conditions mentioned above.
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The alter house shout from the rooftops in Australia has been experiencing a slip in volume for the add-on three weeks. Investors are jittery due to augment taxation proposals by the federal admin. Currently, the value of any property for the approach of taxation, commercial or residential, is quoted as its deputy magpie (DC) rate. All types of taxes are applied to the DC value of the property.
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Rotten Tomatoes describes Disney's Robin Hood as "one of the weaker Disney adaptations", lacking "the majesty and excitement of the studio's earlier efforts", but it's one of my favourite Disney films, thanks in part to an early memory of seeing it at the cinema and being captivated by one particular moment which has stayed with me for years.
Robin Hood was released in 1973, but I can't imagine myself remembering it from then (I'd have been 2). It was re-released in the early 80s (1982 in the USA, though IDMB has no record of when or whether it was re-released in the UK), and I distinctly remember seeing it in the very crowded, deep red gloom of the East Grinstead cinema-that-was, a gloominess I can't help feeling added to my appreciation of this particular moment.
Of course, the fact it was a Disney take on an English legend may have helped, but I don't particularly remember liking it for that reason. (Though I may have been unconsciously responding to the voices of Peter Ustinov as Prince John and Terry-Thomas as Hissing Sid — I mean Sir Hiss — both of them part of that wonderful family of actors you come across time and time again in old British films.) But this would have been before the TV series of Robin of Sherwood, so I wouldn't have had any particular fondness for the legend, Robin Hood up to that point always seeming to me a bit pantomimish, particularly if Robin was represented (as he is here) in a silly be-feathered cap and the sort of Peter Pan-style tunic you'd rather have seen on a thigh-slapping young woman only pretending to be a boy.
I think it was the mood of the film that got me. Robin Hood is (for Disney) an uncharacteristically muted film, both in terms of emotional tone and colour scheme. Yes, it still has the sort of slapstick moments you'd expect (all the outwitting of the rhinoceros guards after the archery contest, for instance), but there's a tantalising air of weariness and resignation throughout, just behind the action, like a light, damp English mist that's seeped into the usually sunny Californian optimism.
The troubadour rooster who acts as the storyteller, for instance, seems to have a particularly world-weary tone, as if to suggest that for all Robin Hood's triumphs, the outlook for the poor and downtrodden in England is grim in the long run. Friar Tuck is another character whose voice seems burdened by the weariness of Prince John's relentless, greedy and wilful oppression. Prince John's voice, on the other hand, plays wonderfully on the essential selfishness and childishness of the character (he's a lion without a mane, so presumably physically immature, too), rather than a more traditional Disney evil — there's a feeling that all this misery is the result of one character's pettiness, self-absorption and inability to grow up, a boorish bully rather than the sort of raging adult evil you get from, say, the Queen in Snow White.
It's a moment that happens in many Disney films, of course — the low point just before the hero snaps out of it and devises a plan to turn things round. But here, this particular air of sadness and defeat seems to be characteristic of the film as a whole, an undertone that has been sounding gently throughout, mostly drowned out by the antics of baby rabbits and thumb-sucking lions, but which is here allowed to come to the fore for one brief moment, because there's no other action to distract from it.
So, in a sense, it was that very lack of "majesty and excitement" that makes the film what it is, for me. A moment of pure cinematic poetry.
"The Professor's Teddy Bear" (1948, Weird Tales, also in the collection E Pluribus Unicorn) always leaves me stunned at what a bizarre story it is. How does someone come up with a plot like this, and make it work? It starts with a young boy being put to bed for a daytime rest by his mother. He's laid down with his teddy bear, who turns out not to be a teddy bear at all but some sort of parasitic psychic vampire that feeds on the boy's future. It encourages the little boy to fantasise about events in his life to come, and change them to make terrible things happen, and as they happen, the creature somehow manages to feed on the blood that will be spilled. Then we're actually in the future, as the boy, now a grownup university lecturer, recalls a vague memory of having once thought about being in this particular hall, delivering this particular lecture, and having the feeling that something terrible is about to happen to the brown-haired girl in the audience, and can he stop it? Sturgeon has a wonderful audacity as a storyteller, often hitting the reader with it from the first sentence and not letting go.
But it's "A Saucer of Loneliness" (Galaxy, 1953, and again in E Pluribus Unicorn) that goes to the core of what struck me most forcefully about Sturgeon when I first encountered him. He's a great wordsmith, and an original storyteller, but here you see how he always uses the science fictional, fantastical or horrific ideas behind his stories to talk as openly as possible about the most vulnerably human side of his characters. In "A Saucer of Loneliness", a young woman is standing in a park in the middle of a large city when a small flying saucer descends, hovering over her head and making some sort of brief contact before leaving. After this, the girl is pursued by government agents, sensationalist reporters and UFO nuts, all wanting to know what the saucer said. She refuses to tell anyone, to the extent of living a life virtually cut off from human company, because the message the saucer gave wasn't the usual science fictional one — it wasn't a warning about an oncoming disaster or a scientific secret — it was a personal one, a message in a bottle sent out across the universe from one lonely being to another, and not meant to be shared with governments and other less-than-human organisations.


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Mayors' sons are trying to move up
Sharif Street and Bill Green are running for City Council. Are they open to following their fathers to the top?
by Patrick Kerkstra, Inquirer Staff Writer, Posted: May 7, 2007
City Council at-large candidates Bill Green (left), the son of a former mayor, and Sharif Street, the son of the current mayor. Wilson Goode Jr. and Frank Rizzo, two former mayors' sons, already are on Council, so four of the 17 seats could end up being held by sons of Philadelphia mayors.
Philadelphia may not have had its last Mayor Street, nor perhaps its last Mayor Green.
In the last few months, their sons - Sharif Street and Bill Green - have built impressive fledgling political bases as they run for at-large seats on City Council.
They are arguably the two Council challengers with the best shot to win on May 15, thanks in no small part to fathers who have given them instant name recognition, enviable connections, and lifelong schooling in the art of Philadelphia politics.
It's a potent combination, as mayoral sons Wilson Goode Jr. and Frank Rizzo can attest. They already serve on Council, creating the distinct possibility that four of the chamber's 17 seats could be held by sons of the city's mayors.
Street and Green aren't openly trying to follow their fathers into the mayor's office, at least not yet. But their names, the support they have gathered, and their own statements suggest they are open to the idea.
"I certainly wouldn't rule that out," Street said. "But that's a long way off."
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Green was more circumspect.
"I don't intend to try to stay on City Council my entire life, but whether or not I try to get involved in another political act, I can't say," Green said.
Green and Street may both well lose on May 15. There are 19 Democrats competing for five at-large seats, including the five incumbents and a handful of other well-financed and -organized challengers.
But there is the sense that, win or lose, Green and Street won't be leaving Philadelphia's political stage anytime soon.
"Why do doctors' children decide to become doctors? Or why do lawyers' children decide to become lawyers? They've seen it in their house, they understand it, they know what's involved," Green said.
Yet Green has not always been about politics first.
His first job - which began abruptly when he dropped out of St. Joseph's University at 19 - was trading options at the London Stock Exchange, a career he continued in Amsterdam and New York.
Later, Green completed his undergraduate education at Auburn University before enrolling in the University of Pennsylvania School of Law.
"The advice my father gave me was, don't ever be dependent upon an election for your livelihood; you need to be an independent person," Green said.
Green and his family moved to Atlanta, and returned to Philadelphia in 2005. Some analysts have wondered whether his recent return is a political liability. Not so, Green said.
"I think it's one of my greatest assets. I've seen how other cities are handling similar problems far more successfully then we are in Philadelphia," said Green, who works at the law firm Pepper, Hamilton L.L.P.
As a candidate, Green is most comfortable talking about the city's big-picture problems: the economy, job creation, taxes and so on. He is impatient when discussing polls, ballot position, and other electoral minutiae that so obsess the city's political class.
But he always chooses his words carefully, couching his criticism and making a clear effort to be diplomatic.
His father? Not so much.
"Legislation is serious and sophisticated business, and I could show you again and again how Council messes it up," William J. Green III said in an interview at his son's campaign headquarters last week.
"Frankly, they haven't been bright enough, and they need somebody in there that's a crackerjack lawyer, has a good brain, is politically sophisticated, and has seen it since he's a child."
As he said this, the elder Green, 68, beamed at his 43-year-old son as though he had just won a Little League championship.
"I am proud, and I think, if he's elected, everybody's going to be proud, because he's going to make a mark so fast and so strong that they'll be stunned," said Green, who served as mayor from 1980 to 1984.
The younger Green blushed a bit. A little later, as his father fired off another shot at City Council, the candidate sighed, shook his head, and planted it in his hands.
"Does that mean I should stop talking?" the elder Green asked, chuckling. "Sorry, son," he said in a stage whisper.
The former mayor answered one last question. Would he like to see his son become mayor?
"I will pray every day that doesn't happen," he said before erupting in laughter again.
Many of Sharif Street's earliest memories are political ones, and not all of them are pleasant.
The clearest is an episode from South Philadelphia, circa 1979. Sharif and his father were in the back of a truck, campaigning against the charter change that would have let Mayor Frank Rizzo run for a third term.
Sharif Street was five years old. "People were throwing stones at us," he said.
Even that early, Street said he knew he would follow his father into politics. It's a path the 33-year-old hasn't veered from since: president of the student body at Central High School, leader of the student senate at Morehouse College, president of the Penn Law Democrats, legislative aide to State Sen. Shirley Kitchen, Democratic committeeman, founder of a political action committee, and so on.
"I've never found politics intimidating. I understood it, I knew it naturally," said Street, who now works at the law firm Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen L.L.P.
His first foray into electoral politics was a losing campaign for the state House in 2002. After that defeat, Street was coy about his plans, but many considered it inevitable that he would seek a seat on City Council, the chamber his father worked so masterfully for 17 years.
As the mayor's son, he has undeniable advantages heading into May 15. But being a Street has its liabilities as well. Sharif Street has had to deal with the sideshow Council candidacy of his uncle, T. Milton Street, as well as frequent attacks on his father's performance by the mayoral candidates. "I've tried to make the best of that reality without spending a whole lot of time thinking, 'What if I were born the son of somebody else,' " Street said.
When he speaks, Street sounds a lot like his father: Their cadence is similar, even their word choice. But Sharif Street comes across as much less guarded than his father, a trait that has helped him maintain cordial and even friendly relationships with many of his father's opponents.
Through a spokesman, Mayor Street "respectfully declined" to be interviewed for this article, which is consistent with his approach to this Council race. The mayor has made few high-profile campaign stops with his son.
But that does not mean he is not involved, Sharif Street said. The mayor has given him advice on "how to be a good father and husband" while campaigning, as well as political tips. Mayor Street's infamous attention to detail rears its head as well, the younger Street said.
"He spends a whole heck of a lot of time talking about how to arrange an office, how many paper clips you need, what color ink you should have, should you italicize," Street said.
"Sometimes, he's a great help. And, you know, other times, he's a dad."
Contact staff writer Patrick Kerkstra at 215-854-2827 or pkerkstra@phillynews.com.
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Q: ¿Cómo determinar un número mayor en JS? El problema es que si ingreso 500 y 8 el programa me dice que 8 es mayor ¿Por qué pasa esto y cómo lo soluciono?
var num1=prompt("Ingresa el primer numero: ");
var num2=prompt("Ingresa el segundo numero: ");

if(num1>num2){
    alert(num1+" Es el mayor.")
}else{
    alert(num2+" Es el mayor.")
}

A: ¿Por qué pasa esto?
Los strings se comparan caracter por caracter, con su valor respectivo valor en el estándar de Unicode. Esto quiere decir que se va a comparar la primer letra de cada operando y la siguiente en caso de que las anteriores sean iguales.
Los números en Unicode se ubican de desde la posición 48 a la 57. Entonces, cuando se comparan valores como strings, se evalúa el código de su primer caracter y no el valor que representan numéricamente

let a = "10";
let b = "9";
let mayor = a > b ? a : b;

console.log(mayor);

A pesar de 10 ser mayor que 9, 9 es mayor. Al ser variables de tipo string se comparan los valores Unicode de sus dígitos, 9 vale 57 y 1 vale 49. Es decir realmente la comparación que se evalúa en mayor es 49 > 57.
Los literales de strings que son números no representan lo mismo que los números de verdad.
¿Cómo lo soluciono?
Es cuestión de evaluar, los strings que recibe prompt() como números.

var num1 = prompt("Ingresa el primer numero: ");
var num2 = prompt("Ingresa el segundo numero: ");

if (parseFloat(num1) > parseFloat(num2)) {
    alert(num1 + " Es el mayor.")
} else {
    alert(num2 + " Es el mayor.")
}

Este ejemplo usa parseFloat(), pero existen otras maneras, cualquiera sirve.

A: Esto sucede porque el resultado del prompt es un string y si comparas 500 con 8, 8 es mayor que 5, para considerarlo como número tienes que convertirlo de la siguiente manera.

var num1 = prompt("Ingresa el primer numero: ");
var num2 = prompt("Ingresa el segundo numero: ");

if (Number(num1) > Number(num2)){
    alert(num1 + " Es el mayor.")
} else {
    alert(num2 + " Es el mayor.")
}

También puedes considerar usar parseInt() o parseFloat() dependiendo de tus necesidades.

A: Así es:

var num1= Number(prompt("Ingresa el primer numero: "));
var num2= Number(prompt("Ingresa el segundo numero: "));

if(num1>num2){
    alert(num1 + " Es el mayor.")
}else if(num2 > num1){
    alert(num2 +" Es el mayor.")
} else{
alert("Son iguales")
}

Lo que pasó es que al guardar los valores los toma como Strings, lo unico que hay que hacer es aclararle al computador que los valores son de tipo numérico. Esto lo hice con el Number() aunque tambien se puede hacer con el parseInt() (si es un número entero) o el parseFloat si es decimal.
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