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Coeur d'Alene
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Coeur d'Alene is the largest city in Northern Idaho.
A century ago Coeur d'Alene was at the epicenter of mining and timber-forestry which dominated the state's early history and politics. Fortunately for visitors, much of that blight is long gone. Today the city is known as a tourist haven for outdoor pursuits. Coeur d'Alene also features a renowned golf course with a free-floating island green, the only such hole in the world. Several other public and private golf courses abound. World class snow skiing is within a 90 minute drive of downtown Coeur d'Alene. Lake Coeur d'Alene offers boating and water-skiing as well as fishing for bass, trout, and salmon.
Often referred to by locals as simply "CDA," Coeur d'Alene is sometimes considered the easternmost edge of of the greater Spokane area, although the city is the anchor of a metro area in its own right. Like much of northern Idaho, Coeur d'Alene often relates more to eastern Washington than it does to southern Idaho and the capitol.
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By Air. The Spokane, Washington International Airport is just 40 minutes west of Coeur d'Alene with non-stop flights arriving daily from cities including Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver, Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Boise, Vancouver, Calgary and others. There is ground transportation available from the Spokane Airport to Coeur d'Alene. The following airlines provide service to Spokane International Airport: United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Horizon Airlines, Air Canada, Big Sky Airlines, and America West Airlines. The Coeur d'Alene Airport serves private aircraft and is located just north of Coeur d'Alene.
Airport Shuttles Call Omnibus (208) 667-6664 for ground transportation from Coeur d'Alene to the Spokane Airport.
By Rail Amtrak is stationed in Spokane, WA, just 30 miles west of Coeur d'Alene. For information, call Amtrak at 800-872-7245 or visit www.amtrak.com
Get around
City Link provides free bus transportation to select areas, including the movie theatres and casinos
The CD'A Brewing Company is an outstanding microbrewery / restaurant with the unusual situation, great beers brewed on-site AND great food. The restaurant is a few blocks up from the lake and in the middle of several art galleries. Great for families and a beer on the late summer nights (its still light up here in the summer until about 10:30 PM!)
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Resident Evil 4: Ultimate HD Edition – Puzzle Solutions
Puzzle Solutions by AngelIz831
Version: 1.9 | Updated: 10/02/07
Resident Evil 4 - Puzzle Solutions
Current Version 1.9 (Last Update: 10-02-2007)
Created By: AngelIz831 (Renae)
E-Mail Address: firstname.lastname@example.com
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Version History
3. Legal Information
4. Credits
5. Puzzle Solutions
--Chapter 1-3: Green Orb Door
--Chapter 1-3: Church Dial
--Chapter 2-1: Crossing the Dam
--Chapter 2-2: Church Color Light
--Chapter 3-1: Pressure Plates in Blue Room
--Chapter 3-2: Portrait Puzzle
--Chapter 3-2: Courtyard Garden
--Chapter 3-3: Last Dinner
--Chapter 3-4: Ashley's Knight Tiles
--Chapter 4-1: Knight's Pressure Pads
--Chapter 4-1: Collapsing Ceiling
--Chapter 4-1: Clock Tower Clogs
--Chapter 4-3: Another Collapsing Ceiling
--Chapter 4-4: Robo Salazar
--Chapter 5-1: Colored Light
This guide is to help on the various puzzles that can be found in Resident
Evil 4. I have included the locations, rewards as well as solutions on how to
get through the game's puzzles. This guide also includes some of the items that
can be obtained as you make your way through them. Be warned that this *MAY*
include spoilers to some parts of the game. This guide can be used for the GC
or the PS2 version of Resident Evil 4. Note: This only covers the main game
play and NOT Ada's scenario.
Version History
Version 1.9 - Two new solutions were sent in by Rick Merchant for the Porait
Puzzle and Crossing the dam. Also updated the legal information with all the
current sites that are hosting the guide.
Version 1.8 - Added another solution to the Portait Puzzle sent in by Nicholas.
Version 1.7 - Added another solution to Ashley's Knight Puzzle sent in by Dean-O
Thanks for the new solution.
Version 1.6 - Updated Legal information as well as introduction.
Version 1.5 - Added yet another solution to Ashley's Knight Puzzle sent in by
Michael Gebala. Thanks the the new solution. Added another stragey for the
Collasping Ceiling sent in by D S. Thanks for your solution.
Version 1.4 - Added a new solution to Ashley's Knight Puzzle sent in by
SilverSerpent66. Thanks for a new solution.
Version 1.3 - Changed the solution to the Church Dial after a few people gave
me an easier solution. Thanks for the information, everyone.
Version 1.2 - Put in two new websites that have contacted me to use this
Version 1.1 - Changed the solution to the Last Dinner Puzzle. Also changed the
Church Dial puzzle solution to make it easier to understand.
Version 1.0 - Modified the walkthrough. Double checked solutions and added
what items can be found.
Version 0.75 - Added the rewards and locations of all the puzzles.
Version 0.5 - Found the Solutions and began to put the guide together.
Legal Information
I don't own Resident Evil 4. Instead, it belongs Capcom. The guide is not to be
used anywhere other then these sites listed below. If you wish to use it on your
site, contact me. I'll allow you to use it as long as I am given proper credit
(Proper credit being Copyright 2005-2007 by AngelIz831) and it stays in its
original format. You are also not allowed to sell or make profit off of this
Super Cheats - http://www.supercheats.com
The Genie - http://www.thegenie.com
Gamefaqs - http://www.gamefaqs.com
IGN - http://www.ign.com
Neoseeker - http://www.Neoseeker.com
If you wish to use this guide you must contact me to obtain permission. Usually
I will let you use it, I just like people to ask me so I know who has it.
The solutions are based off the official stagey guide. I have only put them
into an efficient form.
Puzzle Solutions
Chapter 1-3: Green Orb Door
Location: In the Village: Chief's House
Reward: Access to the Chief's House
Solution: Move the green orb up once then left once. This will open the door.
Chapter 1-3: Church Dial
Location: In the Village: Behind the Church itself
Reward: Green Catseye
Solution: To do this puzzle, you need to roate the dial in this order:
3-3-3-4-4-4-3 **Thanks to all who told me about an easier solution**
Chapter 2-1: Crossing the Dam
Location: Past the Lake, near waterfall area
Reward: Access to water way
Solution: Begin by following the south bank until you are able to jump across.
Now run along the bank to the north and climb down the rope. You can pick up
some handgun ammo here as well as another item in the barrel. If you look right
you'll notice an object glittering in the wall. Pick it up the spinel and move
east. Shoot the chain that is holding a box and move to the center platform.
Break the barrel for a green herb and again shoot the chains that are holding
the boxes up nearby. Retrace your steps and jump back over the bank. Head south
and smash the barrel for a hand grenade. Pull the lever and go back to the
center platform then into the cave.
Alternate Solution: It is not necessary to shoot the chains to fall the boxes
from their holding places. You can simply shoot the box itself, and it will
fall. This will save some ammunition for people who have difficulty hitting
the smaller target. - Credit goes to Rick Merchant for this.
Chapter 2-2: Church Color Light
Location: Inside Church
Reward: Ashley
Solution: Rotate the red light 2 times, the green light 3 times and the blue
light 1 time.
Chapter 3-1: Pressure Plates in Blue Room
Location: Hall of Water
Reward: Enemies
Solution: Place Ashley on one of the plates and command her to stay. Move Leon
to the other plate.
Chapter 3-2: Portrait Puzzle
Location: Castle: After killing the Cult Member and using the Key
Reward: Open door to next area
Solution: Press the numbers in the following order: 1, 3, 2, 4. Choose OK/Quit.
Alternate Solution: At the Portrait Puzle, the riddle for which being:
"The sacrifice of six will reveal the true path," the solution is to add three
numbers to equal six, then choose a 4th number--the execution/death number--as
the number 4 to complete the solution.
You must use all four numbers, add 3 of them to equal six, choose 4 as the 4th
number, then press "ok."So, the following combinations would work, in addition
to your working solution:
^^ Sent in by Nicholas.
Alternate Solution: For this puzzle, the only things that truly matters is that
you use each number once and only once. There's no set combination. - Credit
goes to Rick Merchant.
Chapter 3-2: Courtyard Garden
Location: Castle" Courtyard/Garden
Reward: Moonstone
Solution: Examine the bedroom doors to find there's an indent in them. Now head
east to open the gates. Move under the bridge and behind a platform. From there
go south towards a closed gate. DO NOT OPEN THE GATE! Instead, snipe the dogs
in the gate. Once they are dead, open the gate and passed the stairs to the
left. Make your way to the corner for some shotgun shells. Beware, you'll end
up having to fight after you take the shells. Return to the stairs you passed
a bit ago and head up them. Go across the bridge then left for some TMP ammo.
Return to the stairs and head north-east to a fountain area where you'll
obtain part of a moonstone. Now go back across the bridge towards the kennel
area. Keep going south-west and then north at the corner. You'll find a yellow
herb there. Head back a few feet to a zigzag area and head north. Take a few
steps and go east then south for a Red Gem. Go north from the Red Gem, follow
the path under the bridge to the north-west corner. Kill the dogs in the kennel
and go south for a First Aid Spray. Return to the kennel and move east. Ignore
the gate by keep heading east for a Spinel. Again, head back to the kennel to
go under the bridge and up the stairs. Collect the moonstone, move east to jump
off the platform. Return to the main entrance.
Chapter 3-3: Last Dinner
Location: Castle: Last Supper Corridor
Reward: Next area of game: Gladiator Cage
Solution: First ring the bell. All you need to shoot is the wine. **Thanks to
everyone who told me about this.**
Chapter 3-4: Ashley's Knight Tiles
Location: Castle: After you set her free
Reward: Gold Bangle, Spinel, Salazar Family Insignia, Serpent Ornament
Solution: Move the right-center tile to the center. Now move the top-right
downwards. Take the top-center to the right and the center tile needs to go up.
Next the left-center needs to be moved to the center and the bottom-left will
move up. Now move the bottom-center to the left and the right-center down. Take
the center tile and move it right. The top-center will need to go down while
the top-left needs to go right. Take the left-center up and bottom-left up.
Now move the center down and right-center to the center. The bottom-right can
be moved up. Insert the tile you picked up earlier.
Another Soultion:
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | 8 | 9 |
Here goes - 6,3,2,5,4,7,9,6,5,2,1,7,8,5,6,9 then add
the last piece.
Thanks and Credit to Michael Gebala for that graphical solution.
Alternate Solution by: SilverSerpent66
Move the left center to the middle. From there, move the bottom left to the
center. Move the bottom center and bottom right over to the left. From there,
move the top right and right center down once. Take the top center and top left
to the right once. With that out of the way, move the bottom left and center
left up once. Finally, you move the bottom center and bottom right pieces to
the left. That should finish off the puzzle.
Small Note from SilverSperpent66: You know when I say move both that you use
the trick where you touch the one on the far end and they both move over at the
same time, right? If not, that's what I mean.
Alternate Solution by: Dean-O
all you do is move the center tile to the center and circle the other pieces
around the outside...they will fall into place perfectly.
Chapter 4-1: Knight's Pressure Pads
Location: Castle: West of Annex
Reward: Another Puzzle
Solution: Lead Ashley onto one of the pads. Have Leon push the two knights onto
the other pads. Now have him stand on the last pad.
Chapter 4-1: Collapsing Ceiling
Location: After Knight's Pressure Pads
Reward: Handgun Ammo, saved from death
Solution: Shoot the pink gems that are on the ceiling before it collapses.
Another Solution from D S: You can stand outside of the room and shoot the gems.
After the cutscene, you can move along without having to do the puzzle.
Chapter 4-1: Clock Tower Clogs
Location: Clock Tower
Reward: Access to another area
Solution: In the tower, take a few steps out on the balcony. Look up and shoot
the box there. If you aim a bit higher, you can shoot another box. Find the
ladder and head up. Go south-east to get a random item in the crate. Move to
the other side from some handgun ammo. Climb to the next level and around the
balcony for a table with a green herb and the Ritual Preparation file. Make
your way to the lever, shoot the box and pull the lever. Make your way down to
the bottom and out of the tower.
Chapter 4-3: Another Collapsing Ceiling
Location: In the Mines
Reward: Money and handgun ammo
Solution: First take out the Las Plagas with a flash grenade. Then shoot the
pink gems in the ceiling to stop it from falling.
Chapter 4-4: Robo-Salazar
Location: After mine cart ride, in the cathedral
Reward: Robo-Salazar chasing you
Solution: Begin by climbing up the ladder to reach his left hand. Jump on it
and take it up 3 levels. Smash the pots for a spinel. Then throw the lever to
raise one of the platform. Now jump to the center and press the switch. You can
shoot the switch if needed. Move over to the right hand. Ride the right hand up
3 levels and break the pots for some money. Follow the path to a level and pull
it. Ride the right hand to the 2nd level. Break the pots to obtain a Velvet
Blue. Make your way down to the 1st level to find Shotgun Shells. Move the
lever to raise the second platform. Go north up the center asle.
Chapter 5-1: Colored Light
Location: Island Complex: Autopsy room
Reward: Luis Memo #3. Maybe TMP ammo, Freezer Card Key
Solution: Examine the locked door. Look to the right for pannel. You'll want to
turn the blue color once, the green color twice and the red color three times.
**Note: Re-write the card key after you use it for the Freezer Room. The card
re-writer is located to the east of the freezer room enterance.
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Puppy Master
Joined: 04 May 2005
Posts: 4078
Posted: Thu 22 Sep 2005, 01:10
Post subject:
How can this be, please?
you have your timezone set wrong
it will not work properly if it is set wrong
click Set Time Zone in the Control Panel menu
click the +4 button
edit /etc/TZ and change UTC+4 to
your time zone should be set correctly now
you will probably have to set your time zone to +5 when you go back to Standard Time
it would probably be a good idea to reboot after setting the time zone
after you set the time zone correctly, if the clock is wrong, it's because the clock is set wrong ... set the clock and it should be ok
if you go to: http://andrewu.co.uk/clj/timezone/
it should show you that everything is set properly
the UTC time should be the correct UTC time
you can get the correct UTC time
(scroll down a bit)
it should also tell you the correct local time in Florida
all the information on the andrewu site should be correct
also, if your time zone is set correctly, you can type
rdate -p time.nist.gov
and it will print the correct time ... if it doesn't, it's because your time zone is wrong
you could put
echo EST5EDT > /etc/TZ
in rc.local and if Puppy changes TZ behind your back, it will be set to EST5EDT again the next time you boot
i know the Puppy Time Zone Wizard says EST - New York City is -5 ... but it's not ... it's wrong ... see the man pages for
The offset string ... specifies the time value to be added to the local time to get Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The offset is positive if the local time zone is west of the Prime Meridian and negative if it is east
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Puppy Master
Joined: 09 May 2005
Posts: 8829
Location: Perth, Western Australia
Posted: Thu 22 Sep 2005, 22:03
Post subject:
i have a program that sets the clock automatically from the internet, but it requires that you set the time zone correctly (there is 1 correct setting and 23 wrong time zone settings ... Barry's time zone wizard works fine, it's just that the sign is backwards ... so if your time zone is EST, the offset is +5 not -5, and so on)
which one is correct?
Also, see the News page for 23rd September.
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Puppy Master
Joined: 04 May 2005
Posts: 4078
Posted: Thu 22 Sep 2005, 22:33
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for Puppy 1.0.5rc, my timezone seems to be correct if /etc/TZ is EST5EDT and /etc/localtime is symlinked to GMT+4
i will probably have to change the timezone to +5 in October
EST5EDT is definitely correct for my timezone
because it's daylight-saving time, it is using the EDT part, so
prints EDT as my timezone ... the letters are not important, the offset number is important ... when it uses EDT it is using an offset of +4 ... in other words, EST5EDT during daylight saving time is the same as UTC+4 ... EST5EDT during standard time is the same as UTC+5 ... the thing about EST5EDT is it should automatically change the time by 1 hour when daylight saving time ends in October
time stuff can get awfully complicated and confusing ... partly because there are so many zones with different (arbitrary and politically created rules)
another thing that is confusing is that the time displayed will change if you change any of the time configurations ... for example, change TZ, the symlink to localtime, the hardware clock setting, the UTC variable, and they will all change the clock display
using UTC=1 is easier ... but if you dual-boot Windows, it wants the hardware clock to be set to local time ... and it will usually automatically reset time that the hardware clock is set to for daylight saving time ... so Linux usually does not try to change the hardware clock setting too, or it would cause problems ... if you dual boot Linux and Windows, then Windows should probably reset the hardware clock for daylight savings ... if you run only Linux, then you will probably need to reset the time zone twice a year
rdate seems to work properly only if you set the timezone correctly ... it's working properly now on my machine with TZ=EST5EDT and localtime symlinked to GMT+4 ... Tor also seems happy ... it prints error messages if your clock is not set properly
one thing that i am certain of ... EST5EDT is the correct TZ for my timezone ... so that makes it easier to get the other setttings right
UTC=1 is a lot easier ... you just set the hardware clock to UTC and set TZ to display the correct local time ... but Windows doesn't like UTC
it's not rocket science, but it's complicated enough ... where's the aspirins?
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Posts: 298
Location: Texas USA
Posted: Thu 22 Sep 2005, 22:49
Post subject: Time
I see your post as saying it was posted at
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 9:12 am Post subject:
GuestToo wrote:
I am in EST and I currently see 18:30 in the bottom right corner.
What date and time stamp do you see on my post, please?
Thanks! doc
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Puppy Master
Joined: 04 May 2005
Posts: 4078
Posted: Thu 22 Sep 2005, 22:56
Post subject:
i think the dates on files are set according the how the
clock is configured, which is different from the system clock and from the hardware clock ... apparently, the kernel clock is set by hwclock when it sets the system clock from the hardware clock
all i know, is that some programs are unhappy with the way Puppy's Time Zone wizard sets things, but they seem to be relatively happy if you reverse the sign of the offset ... i've tested it for my time zone and few other time zones i'm familar with and it seems to work ok with all of them
i'm not totally sure how the daylight saving shift works with Puppy ... i think if you use local time, the system is assuming you are dual-booting with Windows and that Windows is going to reset the hardware clock by 1 hour, and behaves accordingly
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Posted: Thu 22 Sep 2005, 23:04
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as far as the forum goes, i think the forum server's clock is about 20 minutes fast ... the time right now is
UTC - Friday, 23 September 2005, 02:36:14
which is my local time:
EDT - Thursday, 22 September 2005, 22:36:14
(i think the server is set to EDT time too)
that is, about 10:36 pm
by the way, the
forum server
seems to be in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Posted: Fri 23 Sep 2005, 05:07
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one thing that i am certain of ... EST5EDT is the correct TZ for my timezone ... so that makes it easier to get the other setttings right
Heh heh, that would place you about a longitude going through Bolivia!
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Posted: Wed 02 Nov 2005, 07:18
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I updated the dotpup.
The cancel-button works now.
the existing file can be replaced with this code, if you don't want to install the dotpup (this is for Barry for Puppy 1.0.6 mainly):
# A small script used to set the time under Linux with hwclock...
if [ -f "/usr/sbin/hwclock" ];then
if [ "`whoami`" != "root" ];then
Xdialog --title "$TITLE" --msgbox "ERROR: You must be root to set the time, exiting..." 0 0
exit 1
# Title to be used for all Xdialog boxes.
TITLE="Set time tool"
# Now check for hwclock existence...
if ! [ -f $HWCLOCK ] ; then
Xdialog --title "$TITLE" --msgbox "$HWCLOCK not found..." 0 0
exit 0
# Get the date (returned in DD/MM/YYYY format by Xdialog.
ENTEREDDATE=`Xdialog --stdout --title "$TITLE" --calendar "Please set the date..." 0 0 0 0 0`
#xmessage $?
if [ "$?" != "0" ] ; then
Xdialog --title "$TITLE" --msgbox "Aborted." 0 0
exit 0
# Convert the date to the MM/DD/YYYY format needed by hwclock.
NEWDATE=`echo "$ENTEREDDATE" | awk --source 'BEGIN { FS="/" }' --source '{ print $2 "/" $1 "/" $3 }'`
# Get the time in HH:MM:SS format.
NEWTIME=`Xdialog --stdout --title "$TITLE" --timebox "Please set the time..." 0 0`
if [ "$?" != "0" ] ; then
Xdialog --title "$TITLE" --msgbox "Aborted." 0 0
exit 0
# Set the hardware clock (RTC) and then the system clock
Xdialog --title "info" --msgbox "Your screen might turn black now for some seconds, just wait..." 0 0
$HWCLOCK --set --date="$NEWDATE $NEWTIME"&&$HWCLOCK --hctosys
Xdialog --title "info" --msgbox "Finished. Time was set to $THEDATE" 0 0
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Posted: Mon 24 Mar 2008, 03:53
Post subject: Set Time
Hello! Just installed the program. Works great, thanks very much!
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Location: Southeast Georgia, USA
Posted: Mon 24 Mar 2008, 08:34
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Wow, there's blast from the past!
Into which version of Puppy did you install it, please?
I am observing clock problems 2 years after this thread (in 3.01), so the conflict between the hwclock and the one displayed on the desktop (and the one used by apps like Firefox) remains unresolved - at least unresolved as a default part of the distro.
Thanks! David
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Location: Karlsruhe, Germany
Posted: Mon 24 Mar 2008, 13:26
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you might have to set the timezone in the desktop-menu.
On my Puppy, "Berlin" (which should be correct) set a wrong zone, so I use "-1" instead, if I remember well.
That works well then.
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Location: Southeast Georgia, USA
Posted: Mon 24 Mar 2008, 15:28
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My time zone is fine, I remember that dance from before.
What is happening on two of our three Puppy Linux computers is that the hardware clock must be losing time and dragging the software clock down with it.
I thought Puppy had added an app to the package that automatically sync'd the clocks with a standard.
I am not sure when 3.02 and 4.xx/Dingo will be released but hopefully both will address this.
Meanwhile, is there an app for this for 3.01?
Thanks! David
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Location: La Confederation Abenaquaise
Posted: Mon 24 Mar 2008, 16:48
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I got so frustrated with this issue, and trying so many variety of "fixes" that didn't work that my final solution to the problem was this:
Seeing that I have 3 hard drive installs and the time all works fine in those between hwclock/swclock I chose my Linux Mint to repair from. So I wiped everything dealing with "time" out of "/etc" and then likewise in "/usr/share/zoneinfo" I believe it was---and then just brought it all over from Linux Mint into my Puppy 3.0.1 frugal install.
(Sidenote: This is NOT a procedure I'd recommend though to anyone else unless they're willing to take the chance of losing data and messing up! Caveat Emptor!)
It's worked a treat and I've never had to fiddle with resetting from the GUIs or anything since. But you can tell I was pretty annoyed if I was willing to risk destroying that fine Pup I'd built up with all of the goodies found here!
Proud user of LXpup
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Posted: Mon 24 Mar 2008, 17:05
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Perhaps the wonderful Puppy developers will take a look at what you have done and find a long-term solution for this to build into every new release?
Thanks! David
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Posted: Sat 25 Oct 2008, 13:30
Post subject: dot pup package works well
just download the set time package and it works, great
you will have to download dot pup handler through set up - puppy manager first, then you will be able to install the set time package.
I don't know why my clock changed all of a sudden I've not done anything for it too?
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Heat the oven to 375 degrees F and arrange a rack in the middle.
Mix together salt and pepper in a small bowl and set aside. Pat chicken dry and rub all over with 1 of the garlic heads. Rub all over (under skin too) with oil and season with salt and pepper. Place 1 garlic head and 1 lemon half in the chicken cavity.
Arrange remaining garlic, lemon, and onion on the bottom of a 3 to 4-quart baking dish to create a bed. Place chicken on top, add broth to baking dish, and cover tightly with foil. Roast until chicken reaches 135 to 140 degrees F on an instant-read thermometer, about 1 hour.
Remove foil, brush chicken with pan juices, and increase oven temperature to 450 degrees F. Roast, basting occasionally, until temperature of chicken on inner thigh is 165 degrees F, skin is golden brown, and juices run clear, about 30 to 40 minutes more.
Let rest 10 minutes before carving. Meanwhile, pour pan juices into a small saucepan and simmer over medium heat until thickened, about 7 to 10 minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning, as desired. Carve chicken and serve each portion with 1 head of garlic and pan sauce.


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Recently a dear friend at oldpostcardsetc.co.uk said: "Think about it - why do people collect old postcards? The main reason is nostalgia..." This got me seriously thinking.
My Written Journey Back To My Roots and Heritage : From England to Australia
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Postcards & Photographs : Each One Tells a Story
Recently a dear friend at oldpostcardsetc.co.uk said: "Think about it - why do people collect old postcards? The main reason is nostalgia..." This got me seriously thinking.
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I am lacking photos and cards/letters from one whole side of my mum's family. It is so frustrating! As you say, the views bring the world our ancestors lived in alive. Who knows what will happen now everything is digitised and few photos printed off. Mind you, I have SO many now my descendants would hold their hands up in horror at the thought of sifting through them! Suzie @keatsbabeReplyDelete
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TRAINS in the Netherlands are fast, frequent, comfortable, punctual and cheap; well, they were until they got privatised, when their punctuality started to suffer. Many stations have a taxi-sharing scheme called "Train Taxis" which cost only €4.20: buy a Train Taxi ticket when you buy your train ticket.
You can buy tickets at machines, or at the ticket office, but at the ticket office they charge a 50 cent or €1 surcharge for regular tickets. There are two types of machine; one sort accepts cash and direct-credit bank cards (Maestro/Cirrus). but the other sort only accepts the bank cards.
You can look train times up online at the Dutch National Railways (NS) site, and it will give you times, platforms and prices, though to be perfectly honest the German Railways site is better for international travel.
There are direct trains to and from Belgium (Brussels 21⁄2 hours), France (e.g. Paris 4 hours), Germany (Cologne 21⁄2 hours, Berlin 6 hours), Switzerland (Zurich 8 hours), and with one change you can reach places like London (5 hours, via the Channel Tunnel), Copenhagen (11 hours, the train actually rolls onto a boat), Prague (11 hours) and Vienna (111⁄2 hours). Even Moscow is only 2 changes away (well OK, and 33 hours).
PLANES Schiphol airport is very close to Amsterdam centre. There are trains day and night, seven times an hour through the day, hourly in the dead of night, and which take about 15-20 minutes. A single journey costs €3.60.
Taxis take 10-15 minutes, though beware of travelling in the rush hour. Some taxis charge a fixed price of €35 to the airport rather than running the meter.
By the way, Schiphol has been voted the best airport in the world several times, and not without reason: the shops there are great, and of a wide range, from drink and chocolates to fashions and electronics. You might want to leave yourself some extra time for shopping. Don't necessarily expect bargains though; only the articles marked as "special offer" are truly likely to be cheaper than street prices.
There is also a small branch of the Rijksmuseum that is worth a visit (between the E and F piers, open 7-20, admission free.)
If you want to know what to take back for people, Dutch chocolate and cheese are very good (in fact Dutch Edam and Gouda taste nothing like the stuff bearing those names in other countries). There are nice stoneware bottles of Dutch gin (jenever) in two types Jong (young) which is the closest in taste to gin, and Oud (old), and there is Dutch Brandy (Vieux).
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For Immediate Release: Jan. 30, 2014
Petition to Court Comes Hours after Testimony to State Health Officials to Protect Access to Care
AUSTIN, TX – This afternoon, Planned Parenthood affiliates in Texas filed a petition to ask the entire Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear the State of Texas's appeal of a preliminary injunction that blocked a rule barring Planned Parenthood from participating in the Women's Health Program. On August 21, a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit reversed the district court's preliminary injunction, and found that barring providers with the name "Planned Parenthood" from the Women's Health Program likely does not violate the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In the petition filed today, Planned Parenthood argues the three-judge panel made exceptional mistakes, in violation of Supreme Court precedent, that warrant closer review by the full court.
Separately, earlier today, Planned Parenthood affiliates in Texas also offered testimony to the Texas Department of State Health Services on its proposed rule for its new Texas Women's Health Program designed to bar Planned Parenthood affiliates in Texas from that program as well. The proposal would create a 100 percent state-funded Texas Women's Health Program – all so they can try to kick Planned Parenthood out, eliminating the provider of choice of nearly 50,000 low-income women enrolled. The Texas Women's Health Program will cost Texas taxpayers at least $150 million to replace federal funding which the State lost because it limited women's access to their choice of provider. If Texas officials would restore this choice for women, 90 percent of that cost would be borne by the federal government.
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"We are fighting for the tens of thousands of Texas women who turn to Planned Parenthood health centers for preventive health care they can't get anywhere else. Planned Parenthood will do whatever we can to ensure that women will get the health care they need and deserve from their trusted health care provider.
"As a leading provider and advocate for women's health across the state, Planned Parenthood knows firsthand the Women's Health Program so often makes the difference between access to cancer screenings and birth control, or going without."
Planned Parenthood has asked the full Fifth Circuit to re-hear the case because the decision of the three-judge panel conflicts with Supreme Court precedent. Under that precedent, the rule barring Planned Parenthood providers from the Women's Health Program violates their First Amendment rights to speech and association because it bars their participation in that program due to their constitutionally protected conduct in which they engage using only their own private funds.
En banc review is also needed to protect low-income Texas women's access to needed preventive health care such as breast exams, birth control, pap tests and STD screenings to nearly 50,000 low-income Texas women.
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Research by the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services found other providers would have to expand their capacity to serve these women five-fold in order to offset the loss of Planned Parenthood health centers ("An Early Assessment of the Potential Impact of Texas' 'Affiliation' Regulation on Access to Care for Low-Income Women," by Sara Rosenbaum, J.D., et al. [email protected]; 202-994-4230).
Texas ranks in the top ten nationally in terms of its cervical cancer rate and has the highest rate of uninsured women. In July, Texas was ranked worst in the nation in health care services and delivery, according to an annual scorecard issued by the federal Agency for Health Care Research and Quality. Governor Perry also publicly stated he would not expand Medicaid as allowed under the Affordable Care Act, which means many women and families in need of health care will continue to be left behind in Texas.
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BRECKENRIDGE, Colo.—A Colorado Springs woman has been charged with child abuse negligence in connection with the near drowning of an unsupervised child at a hot tub at the Grand Lodge in Breckenridge.
Bianca Krakofsky is scheduled to appear in Summit County Court on Wednesday.
According to the Summit Daily ( http://tinyurl.com/mpfyy66), a 5-year-old child was in Krakofsky's foster care in October when the child was found unconscious in a hot tub.
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A few days ago, I got back from spending the holidays in NYC. It was a whirlwind: between spending time with family and catching up with old friends, it felt like a very short week. I have this very love/hate relationship with the city. I love the architecture and its uneven buildings from different moments in time that somehow work perfectly with one another, the food, the vibrant streets, the mix of people, the energy. I tend to get irritated by the crowds upon crowds of people and the fact that you almost can never just walk in to a trendy restaurant and get a table. If you're in NY for a handful of days only and want to try a popular restaurant you often end up eating at 6 or 10PM or not getting a table at all. That's been the case for Mario Batali's Babbo - reservations are made up to 30 days in advance to the day, and I have yet to get a reservation that suits my schedule! Things were of course a little different when I lived in NY but being there for a visit makes things a little hectic. With Babbo out of the question, I managed to get the next best thing - or, as it turned out to be, one of the best restaurants I've been to in NY to date - ABC Kitchen!
Our reservations were pushed to late in the evening, but it was well worth the wait. The restaurant, at the ground level of home decor store ABC Home is stunning. It's warm and charming without being stuck up, pretty and whimsical without being snobby. Tables are simply set using a mix and match of vintage-inspired plates that can be purchased at the store (most much more than I would want to spend on tableware however) and the food is simple, fresh and very reasonably priced, especially for New York. Highlights of our meal included a salmon tartare on crusty bread, deliciously simple charred brussel sprouts and handmade warm mozarella with olive oil and sea salt. It was a really perfect meal.
Espresso at ABC Kitchen
For those times when you want a quick meal though, New York has a plethora of places to choose from - sans reservations. My new favourite? The Morris Grilled Cheese truck. I had their pastrami grilled cheese with pickled kale and mustard greens and it was pretty spectacular.
Today's recipe however, is inspired by a dish from Cafe Gitane - a small little restaurant a few blocks away from the hustle and bustle of Soho. The food there is incredibly flavourful and rustic and reminds me of my days studying at the French Culinary Institute a few blocks from there. It was the perfect place to grab a quick meal after a long day in the kitchen. The service at the cafe is a little harder to digest however - and most times I've been there I have been greeted by a hipstered waitress who seems rather unenthusiastic at the thought of handing you a menu or finding you a seat. She gestured for us to sit at the bar - which ended up being a real blessing in disguise - it was right in front of the open kitchen. The entire kitchen at the cafe is the size of a small NYC bathroom but still manages to be perfectly organized. In a few seconds, I was happy to be away from the wannabe actors and models seated at various small tables behind us and could concentrate on what really mattered: the food! One of the specialties here are baked eggs. The ones at Gitane are served with either merguez sausages, or salmon and potatoes. These are my version, made with tomato and feta. It's a really easy recipe and a nice way to turn eggs into a complete weeknight meal or a lovely weekend brunch.
Baked Eggs with Tomato and Feta
Serves 2
4 eggs
1/2 cup of crushed tomato puree
2 splashes of heavy cream
1/4 cup of diced feta
Salt and freshly ground pepper
A few fresh chives, finely diced
Preheat your oven to 375. Lightly grease to oven-proof ramekins and crack 2 eggs in each. Add 1/4 cup of tomato puree to each, and a splash of cream.
Divide the feta between both ramekins, and season with salt and pepper. Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until the egg yolks have just set. Garnish with chives and serve. Enjoy!


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I had an opportunity to try the Veggie Patch Veggie Bites this past week. My family tried the Brocolli Bites, Spinach Bites, Sweet Corn Bites, and Portabella Bites. I was interested in trying the Veggie Patch bites because they are vegetarian, do not contact Trans Fats or MSG.
I first warmed up the Broccoli Bites and Sweet Corn Bites. The outsides were crispy and golden and the inside was moist and tasty. The veggie bites have vegetable and cheese on the inside. I enjoy both of them but the corn won for me based on the extra sweetness. My kids tried them and they liked the Corn Bites. The Broccoli Bites were not as big of a hit but I think if they tried them several times they would have enjoyed them more.
Next, I served the Portabella Bites and Spinach Bites when we had a few people over and put them out with lots of other finger foods. Both the Portabella and Spinach Bites were gone by the end of the evening. I served them with a small bowl of marinara. My kids liked the Spinach Bites.
The Veggie Patch Veggie Bites make a nice dinner option for an ocassional fun dinner when paired with fruit, veggies and a side. Serve the Bites with a side of healthy marinara sauce and enjoy the easy and fun dinner.
Veggie Bites are a great source of Vitamin A, C, Calcium and Iron. They have both fiber and protein as well. They have a similar amount of fat per serving as Chicken Nuggets (8 grams of Fat for 3 Veggie Bites) so just like other kids food favorites, you need to keep the number of bites to a single serving.
My family will try several of the Veggie Bites again.
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Finally, at home in Monterey
Monterey holds a special place in our hearts, since we lived here back in the late 1970's when I attended Russian language school here at the Defense Language Institute during my days in the Navy. Yesterday I drove by the school and, of course, very little remains of those old buildings! I've also been spending time at the Naval Postgraduate School, so I feel very much reconnected to my Navy roots.
So, what shall we talk about? If anyone is reading this and has any suggestions, questions, or topics you'd like to discuss, reply to this post and we'll give it a go!
Seven of the twenty-one Franciscan missions founded along the California coast by Fr. Junipero Serra are located within the Diocese of Monterey. In fact, one of them serves as the diocesan Cathedral, which is across the street from our diocesan offices. Not a bad view, and with that I'll end this post.
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I am so glad you're back and look forward to new blog posts. My wife and I are fond of the California missions because our experiences at one of them occasioned our return to the Church after many years away. People are sometimes surprised to hear that since California has a reputation as a post-Christian society, its old missions and other churches serving mainly as reminders of an age of faith that is now long past.ReplyDelete
In many ways, California does seem like a great candidate for the new evangelization or re-evangelization. At some point, I wish you would talk about the role of the diaconate in that urgent task.
- AnonymousJune 1, 2011 at 12:03 PM
Welcome to California, Deacon Bill! I am a candidate for the diaconate in the Archdiocese of San Francisco but grew up in the Diocese of Monterey.ReplyDelete
Wife and I recently made a pilgrimage-novena to Bl. Fr. Serra by traveling to 9 of the Missions (far south as San Diego)but i have been to all 21 of course. Evangelization and the Missions are so "California"!
A couple of your books are on our Summer recommended reading list. Maybe sometime you could speak to our class or 16?
God bless and welcome!
I am glad to see you back on line. I am a newly ordained deacon (ordained this past Saturday May 28). I am the father of two sons (ages 7 & 2) and my wife and i will be married 15 years in October. We have enjoyed the past four years or aspirency and canidacy and are looking forward to the upcoming years of ministry. Any special thoughts or advise for a newby with a young family? I've enjoyed your posts over the past couple of years and always look foward to your thoughts.ReplyDelete
Thanks and Gos Bless... Enjoy California
Dcn Stephen
Deacon Bill, I'm glad to hear you've landed safely in your new home!ReplyDelete
Here's a question, somewhat related to things you've mentioned here in the immediate past. How are ordained deacons being utilized in the military, and given the pushback from bishops to the Military Archdiocese, do you see deacons being accepted into military chaplaincy programs?
Responding to Paul -- but I have to admit Deacon Bill is more current here. I think there are several things to consider:ReplyDelete
--In "conventional-wisdom protestant-speak, a "deacon" is a lay person with a title -- not a clergy. We do have that barrier to break-down.
--This real obstacle will not be the military but the United States Bishops. IF, and whenever, they press the point with the Department of Defense, it will happen.
--Recently, someone asked me how this might work since ordained Chaplains are military officers and "Chaplain Assistants" are enlisted rates. The answer is simple: there are five branches of our military. Each one of them EXCEPT the Air Force still allows Warrant Officers. Create a "Chaplain Technician" occupational specialty within the Warrant ratings and allow RC permanently ordained deacons to apply (no doubt some consideration for other denominational equivalents as well). If an already commissioned office is ordained a deacon and he wants to become a Chaplain, then he moves to the equivalent Warrant rating.
It is still a dream but folks are thinking about it.
Only the very best of blessings!
Deacon Norb in Ohio
Deacon StephenReplyDelete
It's so good to hear of a diocese that recognizes the importance of bringing young men to the diaconate. I had three small children when I was ordained also married about 15 years. The best thing I could have done was to be open about the trials and tribulations of raising my family. I shared in general terms of course, but when a couple was in crisis, it was a great blessing to be able to tell them I had gone through the same thing and share more specifically with them. We were a small community, so it was wide-spread knowledge pretty quickly that I had a daughter in therapy. That brought more people to my door than any homily I ever preached. Tell you community about your family -- they love to hear the stories. My homilies were peppered with lessons learned through the eyes of my children. This is a great time -- enjoy it.


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I can't count the number of hours I've spent on my driveway, basketball in hand, rhythmic thud cutting through silence with every bounce against the pavement. The noise of my practice is faithfully echoed by that of my neighbor and fellow basketball player working on his moves just two driveways over. We both constantly desire to improve: playing off-season, running, weight training, staying up late to watch as many college games as possible -- whatever it takes. The only difference athletically between my neighbor and me is our gender: He's a boy and I'm a girl.
While women's sports have made tremendous headway in the last 50 years, the athletic world as a whole is still largely male-dominated. Flip on ESPN: Football, ice hockey highlights, baseball games, men's college basketball and NBA basketball dominate. Open a newspaper's sports section: The front is often a male sport photo and headline. Even come to my high school for a Friday night boys basketball game -- gym packed, DJ blasting music, TV crew set up and student section chanting.
I get it. Boys are faster, stronger, taller and naturally more athletic than girls in general. But at the same time, that doesn't justify shortchanging girls teams. I know from personal experience that female athletes invest too much blood, sweat and tears -- literally -- to not get the recognition we deserve.
Gender bias in sports is prominent at all levels, from high school to professional, and society is to blame. Advertising, broadcasting and print media have laid this foundation over many years, creating a seemingly endless uphill battle for female athletes. Advertisers push the gender bias by prominently backing men's sports, in both commercials and product names. Big brands scour for the most popular male athletes to endorse them. Look up a list of the top 10 Nike endorsers of all time: Every one of them is male. But advertisers cannot be entirely to blame because they advertise what's popular.
Unfortunately, popularity is sparked by media. Media hugely contribute to the creation of fan bases. Newspapers and magazines like Sports Illustrated glamorize male athletes into icons. Television isn't any better. Hype exists for male sports that can't be matched by female counterparts. The Final Four and NCAA men's college basketball championship are discussed and promoted on SportsCenter long before March Madness. And half the country sits down to watch the Super Bowl.
Efforts have been made to level the playing field. Nearly 40 years ago, Title IX was passed to guarantee equal opportunities for women in high school and college sports. Despite this, professional female athletes are still far from equal. Not only are male pro athletes credited more, but they're also paid more. Forbes recently released its list of highest paid athletes globally; a woman has yet to reach the top 20. In fact, the highest paid female athlete ever, Maria Sharapova, has only reached number 26, behind 25 male athletes. Additionally, only two women made the top 100.
No matter what level, no matter where in the country, no matter which sport, gender bias is inarguably present in the athletic world. The only way this will ever change is by first changing the perception of female athletes in our society. The past practices of our culture ingrained in our minds that "girls should play nice." Girls are treated as fragile, breakable creatures in need of protection, instead of as respectable, legitimate athletes who can fend for themselves and then some. The moment we step out onto the court or field, we should no longer be thought of as "young ladies" but rather just athletes. Plain and simple. The less we are classified by our gender, the more respect we will gain.
Eventually, female athletes should not have to feel left out and in the dark. We put in the same amount of work but never get the same amount of recognition. While women may have been given the right to vote, only all men are created equal -- at least for now in the world of sports.
Carly Muller is a senior at Emmaus High School, where she is a member of the basketball and track teams.
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Filled with vestiges of its colonial past—cobblestone streets, enchanting squares, and deserted convents—Antigua, one of Latin America's loveliest cities, instantly transports you back hundreds of years to when the Spanish ruled this land. The city lost out on its role as colonial capital in the late 18th century, and yet with the reverence shown here to the past, you may think Antigüeños don't realize that era is over. No matter, La Antigua Guatemala ("the old Guatemala")—to use the city's official name—likely relishes its role as the capital of Guatemalan tourism far more.
At the height of its power, Antigua was home to 60,000 people and ruled Spanish Central America. Its enormous wealth was poured into the construction of churches, monasteries, convents, palaces, and mansions. Then came 1773: A massive earthquake damaged or destroyed some 3,000 of the city's structures, necessitating the move of the capital to what would become present-day Guatemala City. The poverty of the few who stayed behind meant over a century of stagnation and no funds to rebuild. Eventually, money did begin to flow back into the local economy, thanks to the lucrative coffee trade. Antigua's foundation of colonial architecture remained, and residents had no interest in tearing down the city's proud heritage. Power lines went underground, truck traffic was rerouted out of the city, and signage was greatly reduced. (McDonald's, Burger King, and Subway are all here, but you have to look hard to find them.) An active National Council for the Protection of Antigua Guatemala imposes stringent guidelines on the restoration of buildings, maintaining the colonial character of Antigua. History once dealt the city a severe blow, and yet without it, Antigua might today be—perish the thought—Guatemala City.
Antigua's mountainside community of about 35,000 people is vastly more pleasant than the capital. At a 1,530-meter (5,019-foot) altitude, its comfortable climate lives up to that oft-repeated boast that Guatemala is the land of eternal spring. Prices do tilt slightly higher here than in the rest of Guatemala, but walking and soaking up the atmosphere, Antigua's quintessential entertainment, are always free. An ever-increasing influx of visitors and expat retirees has brought in some of the country's finest hotels and restaurants, a collection of boutiques and galleries, and several dozen Spanish-language schools that attract students from all over the world. Yet as one member of the protection council once told us, Antigua was never created to be some vast indoor/outdoor museum. Increased tourism has been a nice side benefit, but the city's magnificent colonial architecture serves workaday purposes as hotels, restaurants, stores, homes, schools, barber shops, hardware stores, and everything in between.


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Blog of Dr. Miland Brown that features different aspects of world history. Not everything can be covered but sites dealing with any historical issue or topic are possible future posts. Also includes sites which discuss teaching history. Dr. Brown is an academic in North America.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Tagged by Jennie!
1. Let others know who tagged you.
2. Players start with 8 random facts about themselves.
3. Those who are tagged should post these rules and their 8 random facts.
4. Players should tag 8 other people and notify them they have been tagged.
Here are 8 random facts about myself:
1. Miland Brown is a pseudonym. My identity is known by many in the history blogosphere as I have volunteered it to the coordinators of the various history carnivals I have hosted. Many at the higher education institution I work at know it as well. The clues are there if you want to learn my true identity.
2. I have four academic degrees of which three are at the graduate level.
3. I love American football. I concentrate on watching Division 1A college football but also like to watch the NFL.
4. I also am a big fan of soccer (football) at the international level. I really enjoy watching the American national team repeatedly beat the Mexican national team. Most of my Spanish has been learned from watching Univision. Gooaal!!
5. Not a surprise to regular readers of this blog, I am a critic of bad historical revisionism. Proponents of 9/11 revisionism, Holocaust denial, Roswell Aliens, lunar landing hoaxer claimers, illegal occupation lunatics in Hawaii and Texas, etc. do not fair well here.
6. I am a fan of Ayn Rand. Like her or not, Atlas Shrugged is a thought provoking novel.
7. I feel strongly that if you have a blog, you should allow comments. I agree with deleting spam comments but almost everything else should be published. If you have a blog and do not allow comments, you are indicating to others that you are not interested in academic debate. If you are using a blog to only further search engine optimization or to further your own views OK, but...
8. I like Piers Anthony as an author. The Incarnations of Immortality series dominated my imagination as a teenager. Although not as well written as I remember when I re-read them, I still get a thrill by perusing them.
I tag the following:
The Dougout
Pistols in the Pulpit
Time and Seasons
Gates of Vienna
Ludus Historiae
History Librarian
Tudor History Blog
Coming Anarchy
My apologies to any of the above if they have been previously tagged. Feel free to ignore me if you have.
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- napoleon15 said...
I just found your blog from your comment over at the Dougout. It looks interesting; I like history myself, and I think most other people also do when it's presented in an interesting way.
Isn't all history kind of revisionist? At least you modify the statement with "BAD". I agree your list of garbage history (proponents of 9/11 revisionism, Holocaust denial, Roswell Aliens, lunar landing hoaxer claimers, illegal occupation lunatics in Hawaii and Texas, etc.).
- M said...
"Isn't all history kind of revisionist? At least you modify the statement with BAD."
Exactly. History requires some revision when it is interpreted and as new facts come to the historian. However, revisionism can be done badly and veer into the absurd.
- Glen said...
What's the tagging thing all about? looks like a wicked pyramid scheme. Five layers down and the entire universe is involved.


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Test Flight Event Brief Slideshow
MOJAVE-03.30.14---At 12:15 on March 29, 2014, Interorbital Systems' Common Propulsion Module Test Vehicle (CPM TV) thundered off its mobile launch unit on its maiden flight. The rocket's 7,500-lb thrust engine performed flawlessly propelling the 1200-lb rocket to Mach 1+ within seconds over the FAR Launch Area. The 30-foot long CPM TV rocket is a boiler-plate test version of the identical rocket units that will make up Interorbital's modular orbital launch systems.
This version of the CPM TV was initially guided by a unique cable guidance system that utilizes guide-arms attached to the bottom edge of the fins. Cables attached to the guide arms are wound around pulleys and a common drum, allowing the cables to unwind at the same rate, keeping the rocket flying straight until the fins become effective. This launch system is a low-mass equivalent of a 180-foot long launch rail. The pyrotechnic guide-arm release system, which worked perfectly, is identical to the stage-release system that will be used by the IOS NEPTUNE orbital launch systems.
A standard CPM is designed to burn for 150 seconds which is enough to carry a 320-pound (145-kg) payload to 192-miles (310-km). Because of the maximum altitude restrictions at the launch site, the burn time had to be limited 10 seconds and ballast had to be added to the rocket to increase its weight. Due to a center of pressure anomaly, the rocket reached 10,000 feet, which was half of its calculated altitude. The rocket's health and recovery system adapted to the problem and returned the rocket and its payloads safely to the ground.
The following commercial payloads were on-board:
National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan)
M2M2SKY/Boreal Space (Brazil/California)
Google Lunar XPRIZE Team SYNERGY MOON (California/International)
John Frusicante's (Red Hot Chili Peppers) album ENCLOSURE (The Record Collection, Malibu)
All payloads were recovered still functioning and intact. The rocket sustained minimal damage and will be used re-used on the next test flight in which the CPM will be finless and guided.
Systems Tested:
Propulsion System in flight; Cable Launch Device (CLD) and Pyrotechnic Staging System (PSS);
Telemetry; Health and Recovery System; Wireless-encrypted CPM controller
Academy Award-winning Sound Designer Hamilton Sterling of Helikon Sound conducted an elaborate sound recording of the launch event. A GoPro camera was mounted on the rocket. Video of the test flight event will be posted soon.
See You Soon, On The Moon!
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Re: INTERORBITAL SYSTEMS ACHIEVES MAJOR FLIGHT MILESTONE WITH SU Posted on: Wed Apr 02, 2014 5:47 pm
I was impressed with how fast their team set up the mobile launcher and how quick the nitric acid/turpentine fueled rocket lifted off from ignition, perhaps due to using furfuryl alcohol at the start up.
from Wikipedia:
Furfuryl alcohol has been used in rocketry as a fuel which ignites hypergolically (immediately and energetically in contact) with white fuming nitric acid or red fuming nitric acid oxidizer.[2] The use of hypergolics avoids the need for an igniter. In fall of 2012, Spectra, a concept liquid rocket engine using white fuming nitric acid as the oxidizer to furfuryl alcohol fuel was static tested by Copenhagen Suborbitals.
http://www.interorbital.com/interorbita ... 14_018.htm
Looks like IOS is on their way, here's wishing them many successful flights.
I'll be posting some pictures/video soon.
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Re: INTERORBITAL SYSTEMS ACHIEVES MAJOR FLIGHT MILESTONE WITH SU Posted on: Fri Apr 04, 2014 1:51 pm
CPM of TV is quiet impressive and the interorbital launch is outstanding in functional point of view to express the attitude and behaviour at variable distants of orbits of discovered and undiscovered planets. doc
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Acting Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner today appointed six producer and six handler members to serve on the National Watermelon Promotion Board.
Two producer members have been reappointed for a second term, and four new producer and six new handler members have been appointed to serve on the board for the next three-year term of office beginning Jan. 1, 2008, and ending on Dec. 31, 2010.
Reappointed producer members are: Randall L. Hageman, Prosser, Wash., District 5; and George Cordero, Hemet, Calif., District 7.
Newly appointed producer members are: Michael Owen Horrall, Oaktown, Ind., and Will T. Hales, Salisbury, Md., District 4; Adam Icardo, Bakersfield, Calif., District 5; and Jack S. Thomson, Bakersfield, District 7.
Newly appointed handler members are: Michael "Kelly" Tyner, Vincennes, Ind., and Joshua R. Bailey, Schoolcraft, Mich., District 4; Daniel Allen Van Groningen, Manteca, Calif., and Ron Perry, Ripon, Calif., District 5; and Raul Paez, Nogales, Ariz., and Justin Schmidt, Ladera Ranch, Calif., District 7.
Authorized under the Watermelon Research and Promotion Act of 1985, the board administers an industry-funded national research and promotion program to maintain and expand markets for watermelon. USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service monitors the operations of the board.
More information about the research and promotion programs can be found at http://www.ams.usda.gov/fv/rpb.html .


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These days the evenings are colder and the chilly wind is more often sensed. I am pretty much living in this sweater, because it just seems that it goes with everything and it has such a great color that reminds me both of summer and autumn.
I see chestnuts and acorns everywhere on the ground (which remind me of my childhood), the chrysanthemums are in bloom and all that remains are the perfect autumn colors that I love so much to appear!
Wearing: H&M skirt, thrifted sweater, Benvenuti shoes, vintage bag, random brand scarf.


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Not a whole lot separates "Common Law," USA's new cop show with two bantering leads, from all the cable network's other hourlong dramadies.
Let's face it, USA knows its "Characters Welcome" shtick and sticks to it, time and time again. Whether the odd couples are lawyers ("Suits," "Fairly Legal"), crime fighters ("White Collar"), brothers ("Royal Pains") or fake psychics ("Psych"), they're always good-looking, funny and able to hold their own in verbal duels.
It's a formula that works for the network. It's just not very daring or surprising, which brings us to "Common Law" (9 p.m. May 11, USA; 2 stars out of 4) the story of two ace detective partners who just can't get along--because they are so different!
Warren Kole plays ex-lawyer Wes and Michael Ealy is his partner, former foster child Travis. When we first meet them, they're bickering during group couples therapy demanded by their boss (Jack McGee). The therapist (Sonya Walger) wants them to communicate better, and the comedy strains as we watch the other couples in the session mistake Travis and Wes for gay lovers.
If only. A show about a hot gay couple who are both cops would have been a lot more interesting than the umpteenth light police procedural USA has delivered. As it is, Ealy and Kole are perfectly charming in cookie-cutter roles. They trade witty put-downs that don't quite reach the sassy repartee of some of the other USA shows. They roll their eyes at the other's foibles. (Travis sleeps around! Wes is "anal-explosive!")
Occasionally they throw down physically, but it seems like they will always make up long enough to catch the bad guys. Oh yes, they do actual police investigations between the bickering, the womanizing, the cleaning and the fighting.
We've seen it all before, yet I have no doubt USA has another popular show on its hands.


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One person's broken strand of Christmas lights is another's treasure – and the Yong Chang Processing company in Shijiao, China is where cast-off holiday decorations go to be transformed into new products. As the holidays come to a close, thousands of Americans will toss strands of lights into recycling bins, which will make their way to the Chinese plant. Yong Chang then chops up the lights, sorts out their plastic components, and recycles them into useful products such as insulation and even slipper bottoms.
The area of Shijiao is known for its Christmas light recycling plants, which process around 20 million pounds of e-waste each year in nine different plants. Inside the Yong Chang plant, 2.2 million pounds of lights are recycled each year. The process is relatively simple – beginning with the age old challenge of untangling the lights themselves. The lights are then shredded and mixed with water to help separate the copper and brass from the outer casings of plastic and glass. A conveyer belt shakes the elements apart and separates the mixture into appropriate containers. The mucked-up water is not released into Shijiao's environment, but is instead pumped through a recycling system and then used again and again.
The chopped-up brass and copper is then sold and melted down at a nearby refinery. The plastic glop is sold to companies that buy large volumes of plastic and rubber insulation to be turned into rubber shoe soles and other products.
Christmas lights could be chopped up in the United States, but we lack the processing plants required to complete the recycling process. Scrap metal processors find the wire bits to be too miniscule to bother with, and there is an overall lack of companies seeking chopped plastic pulp.
So make sure to recycle your broken and damaged lights after Christmas – they could end up at the Young Chang plant and come back next year as a pair of new slippers under the tree.
Via The Atlantic
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Sasha's INTO IT: Catbird Gold Rings
Dear Cory,
When I found you, you were dressed like a teen, surviving off of peanut butter sandwiches and your living arrangements were equivalent to that of a tent city. Now look at you!! You finally dress like someone who's in their early 20s, you're eating close to 3 out of the 4 food groups and you have mail that comes to a permanent address. I'm fairly sure that means I've enriched your life to an exponential degree.
So you know what's coming up? Valentine's Day. I know it's a totally ridiculous holiday that's designed to make single people feel super-duper bad about themselves, but I don't really care about their feelings right now because I just want you to buy me these rings. Oh, and I know I don't have to tell you that if you got me one heart, one S and one C it would be really romantic.
I think we can both agree that it's the least you can do seeing as though I've given you the gift of maturity, which as you well know, just keeps on giving.
Your wife, Sasha
(Note from Lainey: Sasha's Into It articles are NOT paid endorsements. Paid endorsements on LaineyGossip.com are always clearly marked. These are straight up Sasha obsessions.)


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Consumer behavior in America appears headed toward a new normal that includes less household debt, more saving, and cooler expectations about home prices in the future.
The latest sign of this transition came Monday, when the US Commerce Department reported that consumer spending fell in December for a record sixth straight month, and the savings rate rose.
While personal income fell 0.2 percent for the month, spending fell even further – a full percentage point.
Much of what's happening is a short-term reaction to tough times as the risk of unemployment has risen. But economists say it also reflects a longer-term transition in response to the end of an era of soaring home prices.
Over the past few months, consumers have staged their largest pullback in spending since the recession of 1974 – even though falling energy prices have effectively put more cash in their pockets. But those gas-pump savings still represent a boost for households, which could help set the stage for consumer spending to begin to revive later this year.
"It's helping to repair the balance sheet, which is all to the good. It creates a stronger potential for consumer spending down the road," says Ken Mayland, president of ClearView Economics near Cleveland. "We are going to see a new consumer emerge from this rubble."
Consumer spending to rebound?
Forecasts these days come with a large degree of uncertainty, but most economists see consumer spending resuming an upward trend later this year, according to a January survey by Blue Chip Economic Indicators. Most say that the worst of the recession will soon be in the rearview mirror.
For now, though, the economy is feeling the shock as consumers transition from old behaviors to new ones.
For much of this decade, many Americans lived beyond the means of their regular income, tapping cheap credit and the rising value of their homes for extra cash. For a time, the savings rate fell to zero.
Now Mr. Mayland figures that cooler demand for credit "will persist for a good long while," and the savings rate will rise. He doesn't expect it will match the levels of 8 to 10 percent of disposable income that were common before the 1990s, but in December Americans saved 3.6 percent of their income.
Beth Byrne is one face of the new economy of 2009.
With interest rates now historically low, the Boston-area resident was recently able to refinance the mortgage on the home where she's raising her two children. But she figures the wise thing is not to spend much, if any, of the roughly $200 a month that stays in her bank account as a result.
"I don't think it's going to go toward buying new things," she says.
She's not the only one thinking that way. In the final quarter of 2008, the savings rate reached its highest level since 2002, according to numbers the Commerce Department released Friday. As Americans held onto more of their income, consumer spending fell at a 3.5 percent annual pace, accounting for much of a 3.8 percent annualized dive in gross domestic product (GDP).
The shift appears tied to expectations that the economy won't return to roaring growth in the near term. In a late-January Diageo/Hotline poll, 43 percent of Americans said they expect it will take two to four years "before the economy comes out of recession and is back on track." Among the other respondents, as many said it will take even longer than that as said the time will be shorter.
President Obama has expressed the same view, even as he is trying to take steps that will revive consumer confidence from its current lows. In a radio address Saturday, he said economic recovery will take "years, not months."
The nation's two most recent recessions, in 2001 and 1990-91, were relatively short but were followed by so-called jobless recoveries, in which it took several years before the economy started humming.
This time around, the same concern is at play, magnified by several forces affecting consumers:
•An unusually large slide in home prices has reversed a "wealth effect," where households spend more when they feel their net worth is rising.
•Many consumers are postponing purchases, figuring that a house or a flat-screen TV may be cheaper three months from now.
•Even many workers who aren't losing jobs face pay cuts or reduced hours of work.
•Credit conditions have become tighter and consumers are less interested in piling on debt. The level of household debt as a percentage of GDP has doubled since 1980, but now some forecasters expect it to decline for the first time in generations.
What makes people spend
What might get consumer spending to rise again?
A stimulus plan in Congress is expected to include tax cuts that will show up on pay stubs quickly. That can fill some of the hole in consumer spending, which should, in turn, help reduce the decline in jobs.
Borrowers who can get a mortgage refinance will reap extra cash – and spend at least some of the savings.
Another key is investor sentiment. If the stimulus or bank-recovery policies cause investors to anticipate the recession's end, the result could be a rising stock market that boosts consumer confidence.
Similarly, any progress in ending home-price declines and the related problem of foreclosures could have powerful effects on confidence.
"Just give everybody a tax credit who buys a house," suggests Michael Cosgrove of the University of Dallas, who publishes forecasts in the EconoClast newsletter. With interest rates low, a $10,000 credit that's available only during this year might spur more people to buy. Something similar could be done for automobiles, which alone accounted for a big chunk of the recent drop in consumer spending.
Businesses are trying their own ways to overcome consumer fears. The Korean automaker Hyundai says it is drawing interest with its latest buyer enticement, which was advertised during the Super Bowl. The carmaker offers an "assurance" program, so that buyers who finance their purchase of a new car can return the car, and get their money back, if they lose their job.
Home affordability improves
Homes are now very affordable in general, according to an index that pulls together data on average incomes, home prices, and mortgages costs. But the foreclosure wave means a glut of unsold homes still hangs on the market.
Ms. Byrne, who works as a real estate agent in Natick, Mass., says potential buyers are out there, just waiting for the right catalyst to make a bid.
"I'm hoping with the new administration and the work they're doing to recover the economy, that things will stabilize," she says.
It may take a while for the economy to rebuild momentum. But as a bottom is reached and fear recedes, the tendency of consumers to spend will revive.
The pace may be moderate, but Mayland in Ohio expects that consumer spending will be rising again later this year.