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text: Haines Borough Non-Unified Home Rule Borough Community Details Incorporation Type Non-Unified Home Rule Borough Area Type Community Current Population 2,537 Population Comment 2014 DCCED Commissioner Certified Figure Pronunciation haynz Other Names Includes Chilkoot (chill' koot) Borough/Census Area FIPS Code 100 Economy Subsistence Yes Residents Age 16 and Over 1,897 Residents Employed in 2013 994 Residents Employed (%) 52 Employed in all 4 Quarters (%) 59 Employed in Private Sector (%) 70 Employed in Local Gov. (%) 20 Employed in State Gov. (%) 10 Resident Wages in 2013 ($) 29,366,640 New Hires 337 Unemployment Insurance Claimants 218 Local Labor Market Info URL http://live.laborstats.alaska.gov/alari/index.cfm?r=5&b=9&p=0&gobor=go Economy - Fisheries Participation and Earnings CDQ Participant No CQE Eligible No All Fisheries, Permit Holders 112 All Fisheries, Permits Issued 171 All Fisheries, Permit Holders that Fished 91 All Fisheries, Est. Earnings ($) 7,001,421 All Fisheries, Total (Lbs.) 5,598,821 All Fisheries, Note Total pounds landed and estimated earnings for some fisheries in this borough are supressed because three or fewer permit holders participated. Therefore the total numbers shown may be lower than the actual amounts. Crab, Permit Holders 10 Crab, Permits Issued 10 Crab, Permit holders that fished 6 Crab, Est. Earnings ($) 98,348 Crab, Total (Lbs.) 35,074 Crab, Note Total pounds landed and estimated earnings for some crab fisheries in this borough are supressed because three or fewer permit holders participated. Therefore the total numbers shown may be lower than the actual amounts. Halibut, Permit Holders 31 Halibut, Permits Issued 31 Halibut, Permit holders that fished 29 Halibut, Est. Earnings ($) 1,003,506 Halibut, Total (Lbs.) 209,176 Herring, Permit Holders 4 Herring, Permits Issued 4 Herring, Permit holders that fished 1 Herring, Note Total pounds landed and estimated earnings for herring fisheries in this borough are supressed because three or fewer permit holders participated. Other Groundfish, Permit Holders 5 Other Groundfish, Permits Issued 5 Other Groundfish, Permit holders that fished 1 Other Groundfish, Note Total pounds landed and estimated earnings for other groundfish fisheries in this borough are supressed because three or fewer permit holders participated. Other Shellfish, Permit Holders 17 Other Shellfish, Permits Issued 18 Other Shellfish, Permit holders that fished 6 Other Shellfish, Est. Earnings ($) 59,380 Other Shellfish, Total (Lbs.) 13,070 Black Cod, Permit Holders 10 Black Cod, Permits Issued 12 Black Cod, Permit holders that fished 7 Black Cod, Est. Earnings ($) 689,682 Black Cod, Note Black Cod, Total (Lbs.) Salmon, Permit Holders 88 Salmon, Permits Issued 91 Salmon, Permit holders that fished 75 Salmon, Est. Earnings ($) 5,001,950 Salmon, Total (Lbs.) 4,978,855 Salmon, Note Total pounds landed and estimated earnings for some salmon fisheries in this borough are supressed because three or fewer permit holders participated. Therefore the total numbers shown may be lower than the actual amounts. Economy - Fuel Prices Election, Recording, and Judicial Districts Senate District Q House District 33 Judicial District 1 Facilities and Amenities Municipal Facilities & Utilities Schools, Haines Borough Volunteer Fire, Roads, Public Library, Sheldon Museum & Cultural Center, Chilkat Center, Youth Development, Cemeteries, Visitor Information, Ports & Harbors Broadband Internet Available Yes Broadband Cell Phone Services Yes Cell Phone Service Available Yes Max Upload Speed Available 768 kbps to 1.5 Mbps Max Download Speed Available 6 Mbps to 10 Mbps Geography and Climate Location Haines Borough is located on the shores of the Lynn Canal between the Chilkoot and Chilkat Rivers, 80 air miles northwest of Juneau. It is just south of the Canadian border at British Columbia and 600 air miles southeast of Anchorage and Fairbanks. By road, it is 775 miles from Anchorage. Community Map Available Yes Map URL http://commerce.alaska.gov/dnn/dcra/PlanningLandManagement/CommunityProfileMaps.aspx Latitude 59.2333 Longitude -135.4333 Sq Mi Land 2343.70 Sq Mi Water 382.10 Climate Haines Borough falls within the southeast maritime climate zone, characterized by cool summers, mild winters and heavy rain throughout the year. This zone lacks prolonged periods of freezing weather at low altitudes and is characterized by cloudiness and frequent fog. The combination of heavy precipitation and low temperatures at high altitudes in the coastal mountains of southern Alaska accounts for the numerous mountain glaciers. Weather Station Name Haines Airport Max. Daily Precipitation (Inches) 1.8 Climate Data Year July 1, 2013 through July 1, 2014 Total Precipitation (Inches) 46.7 Min. Daily Temperature (°F) -2 History and Culture History The Haines area was called "Dei Shu" by the Tlingit, meaning "end of the trail." The Chilkat Tlingit controlled the trading routes between the coast and the Interior. The first non-Native to settle here was George Dickinson, an agent for the North West Trading Company, in 1880. In 1881, S. Young Hall, a Presbyterian minister, received permission from the Chilkat to build the Willard Mission and School. The mission was renamed Haines in 1884 in honor of Mrs. F.E. Haines, Secretary of the Presbyterian Women's Executive Society of Home Missions, who had raised funds for the mission's construction. During the Klondike gold rush in the late 1890s, it grew as a mining supply center, since the Dalton Trail from Chilkat Inlet to Whitehorse offered an easier route to the Yukon for prospectors. Gold was also discovered 36 miles from Haines in 1899 at the Porcupine District. Four canneries had been constructed in the area by the turn of the century. The first permanent U.S. military installation in Alaska, Fort William H. Seward, was constructed south of Haines in 1904. In 1922, the fort was renamed Chilkoot Barracks. Until World War II, it was the only U.S. Army post in Alaska. It was deactivated in 1946 and sold as surplus property to a group of veterans who established it as Port Chilkoot. The City of Port Chilkoot was incorporated in 1956. The borough formed as a third-class borough on August 29, 1968. In 1970, Port Chilkoot merged with Haines into the City of Haines. In 1972, the post was designated a national historic site and the name, Fort William Seward, was restored. The last of the early canneries closed in 1972 due to declining fish stocks. Expansion of the timber industry in the early 1970s fueled growth. In 1974, the borough annexed 420 square miles to the south, including Excursion Inlet. In 1978, it annexed the former military petroleum distribution facility at Lutak Inlet. The City of Haines and the Haines Borough were consolidated in 2002. Culture Historically Chilkat Indian territory, Haines is now predominantly a non Native community. There are two Chilkat Indian villages in the area, the Chilkoot in Haines and the Chilkat in Klukwan. Federally Recognized Tribe Yes Name of Federally Recognized Tribe Chilkat Indian Village, Chilkoot Indian Association Municipal Powers Public Education Must provide the service areawide in accordance with AS 14. Planning, Platting and Land Use Regulation Must exercise the powers areawide, but not necessarily in accordance with AS 29.40. Property Tax Powers Limited to 30 mills except where a higher levy is necessary to avoid debt; voter approval to levy property taxes is required by some charters. Sales Tax Powers The rate of levy may be limited by charter, and voter approval to levy sales taxes may be required by charter. Other Powers Not Prohibited Determined by charter or ordinance. City Council or Assembly Composition and Apportionment Flexible; determined according to AS 29.20.060 Election and Term of Mayor Established by charter or ordinance AS 29.20.120 Veto Power of the Mayor Established by charter or ordinance. Ability to Attain Home-Rule Status Already has home rule status. Provide Transportation Systems Determined by charter or ordinance. Provide Water and Air Pollution Control, Animal Regulation Determined by charter or ordinance. License day care facilities Determined by charter or ordinance. Regulate fireworks, motor vehicles and development projects Determined by charter or ordinance. Provide Solid and Septic Waste Disposal, Housing Rehabilition Determined by charter or ordinance. Provide Economic Development, Roads and Trails Determined by charter or ordinance. Provide EMS Communications Determined by charter or ordinance. Hazardous substance control Determined by charter or ordinance. Regions Borough/Census Area Haines Borough Native Regional Health Care Provider Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium ANCSA Regional Non-Profit Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska School District Haines Borough School District DCRA Alaska Region Southeast Region Climate Region Southeast Maritime Taxes Sales Tax (%) 5.50 Sales Tax Note Borough Tax Property Tax (Mills) 10.17 Property Tax Note Borough Tax Other Taxes 4% Bed Tax Total Tax Revenue ($) 5,514,531 Sales Tax Revenue ($) 2,699,510 Property Tax Revenue ($) 2,726,975 Revenue Year 2014 Transportation Transportation Haines is a major trans-shipment point because of its ice-free, deep water port and dock and year-round road access to Canada and Interior Alaska. It is a northern terminus of the Alaska State Ferry System and a hub for transportation to and from southeast Alaska. Haines has an asphalt airport runway and a landing area for float planes. Harbor/Dock Yes State Ferry Yes Cargo Barge Yes Road Connection Yes Coastal Yes Housing - 2010 Census Total Housing Units 1,631 Total Households 1,149 Family Households 682 Average Household Size 2.18 Total Occupied Housing Units 1,149 Total Vacant Housing Units 482 Occupied Housing Units (%) 70.4 Owner Occupied Units (%) 71.5 Renter Occupied Units (%) 28.5 Vacant Housing Units (%) 29.6 Vacant Due to Seasonal Use (%) 71.6 Census Population History Population in 1950 645 Population in 1970 1,504 Population in 1980 1,680 Population in 1990 2,117 Population in 2000 2,392 Population in 2010 2,508 Population by Age - 2010 Census 19 or Younger 539 20 to 64 1,624 65 and Older 345 Median Age 47 Other Population Characteristics - 2010 Census Population by Gender: Female 1,234 Population by Gender: Male 1,274 Percent Native, Alone or in Combination with Another Race 13.16 Income - 2009-2013 ACS 5-Year Estimates Per Capita Income 31,096 Per Capita Income - Margin of Error +/-3,932 Median Household Income 52,866 Median Household Income - Margin of Error +/-6,870 Median Family Income 68,207 Median Family Income - Margin of Error +/-16,259 Poverty - 2009-2013 ACS 5-Year Estimates Population for whom poverty status is determined 2,504 Total Population - Margin of Error +/-61 Persons below poverty level (%) 7.80 Persons below poverty level (%) - Margin of Error +/-3.8 All Individuals below 125 percent of poverty level 281 Persons below 125% of poverty level - Margin of Error +/-104


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by Sierra[Editors' note: At the time of writing, Libby Anne and Sierra were unaware of the controversy surrounding Hugo Schwyzer. The discussion of his critique of emotional incest is not an endorsement of Schwyzer by NLQ.]My last two posts, and indeed all my thinking on the subject has led me to some conclusions about the ways that Christian Patriarchy and purity culture enable and even celebrate emotional incest. The following are the cliff notes:Christian patriarchy turns marriage from a relationship to an institution, effectively reversing the historical trend from business partnerships and heir insurance to bonds between two free agents based on love. Evangelical culture … [Read more...]
Emotional Incest: The Bottom Line
by Libby Anne[Editors' note: At the time of writing, Libby Anne and Sierra were unaware of the controversy surrounding Hugo Schwyzer. The discussion of his critique of emotional incest is not an endorsement of Schwyzer by NLQ.]In Part 1 I looked at the definition of emotional incest and in Part 2 I looked at how integral emotional incest is to Christian Patriarchy, but in this segment I want to look at how easy it can be for even ordinary families to be sucked into (admittedly, less intense) patterns of emotional incest.I recently came upon an article called "Princesses, Princes, Daughters, and Dads: Against Emotional Incest." The author explains his own experiences as the father … [Read more...]
Emotional Incest: The Mama's Boy and the Other Woman
by SierraI have already written about the ways that growing up in fundamentalist-evangelical culture made me especially vulnerable to covert incest from my father. There is a flip side to the father-daughter craze in Christian patriarchy, though. I am here to bring you two stories: and one of them isn't about me!In what would have been my high school years, a miracle happened. Sven, my best friend from my early childhood, came back to my church. We were fourteen. We had been estranged for about three years while his family lived in another state. But we quickly reconnected (not least due to my idealistic hopes that we could pick up where we left off, and some aggressive b … [Read more...]
Emotional Incest Part 2: The Botkins
by Libby AnneAfter discussing the definition of Emotional Incest in Part 1, I am now going to address the way the teachings of leading Christian Patriarchy organization Vision Forum and its close affiliates, the Botkins, essentially mandate emotional incest.Vision Forum teaches that adult daughters are to stay at home until they marry. More than that, it teaches that they are under their father's authority just as they will after marriage be under their husband's authority, and that well they remain at home it is their duty to adopt their father's "vision" in place of their own and serve as "helpmeets in training" to their father in preparation for serving as "helpmeets" to their futu … [Read more...]
Emotional Incest: The Junior Wife
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Emotional Incest, Part 1: Definitions
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The Chrystie House ("The House") is a fully restored nineteenth century Federal-style mansion with four acres of historical garden. The House and garden are exceedingly elegant and beautiful, and have strong cultural and spiritual ties with early American history. The House is within walking distance of Beacon's Main Street, train station and waterfront, and within the reasonable distance of the entire Hudson Valley and Catskills. It provides any traveler, vacationer, or people looking for a tranquil retreat a luxurious and comfortable environment for a memorable stay at the beautiful Hudson Valley.
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4.2 on March 13, 2014
Chrystie House is a delightful mansion in Beacon, NY. The owner, Yuan Lee, is a world-renowned illustrator with a passion for American history. Mr. Lee is happy to regale his guests with stories of the American history- he knows a great deal about the life of founding father William Few. Each morning, breakfast is served hot: fresh croissants, blueberry scones, and quiche are on the table with a glass of fresh orange juice and a mug of coffee. The B&B is decorated with many of Mr. Lee's paintings and illustrations.
5 on August 25, 2012
Chrystie House is a beautifully restored colonial home with all modern conveniences and complete cleanliness. The innkeeper was extremely attentive and served us with a delicious fresh breakfast of fruit, quiche and croissants. I would definitely return.
5 on June 11, 2012
This was our first experience at a bed and breakfast; we were unsure but after our experience at the Chrystie House we wished we lived closer and could visit more often - share this experience with our children, family and friends. The house was full of history and we have not slept so comfortably since I can remember. We enjoyed our conversations with the inn keeper, Yuan and his home was full of goodness and grace; I'm a tough customer and every night I was happy to return after our day out. My husband and I easily found many things to do in Beacon. We had the fortunate timing to enjoy the strawberry festival; many displays from local farmer's markets, craftsmen and music; an abundance of things for kids to do and participate in. We strolled the downtown area, taking in the galleries and local shops. The Roundhouse was a perfect stop for a scenic lunch from a gourmet hot dog to the ceviche I loved, and several craft beers to sample. We drove around enjoying the area and exploring its history. We found beautiful parks, remnants of turn of the century industry - really loved that, amazing being in a place where so much American history originated . At night the Newburgh waterfront was a 10 minute drive with riverside patio seating at impressive restaurants and bars - from fine dining to casual. And at the end of your day or to relax for a bit in the afternoon I can honestly say the Chrystie House is where you should return - we just loved it. For a small town like Beacon you will easily find things to do from the time you check in until it is time for you to return home.
3.8 on September 30, 2011
If, like me, you're no fan of cookie-cutter plastic hotels then you'll enjoy Chrystie House. It is a very old historic building with original character that the Innkeeper maintains and supports. If you're expecting to find a receptionist, concierge and head chef then you'll be disappointed, at Chrystie House, you're staying at Yuan Lee's. He's an artist by nature and his vibrant personality is imprinted everywhere in the rooms in the form of pictures that he has created, the well stocked book shelves and the extra twist you'll need to give the faucet to stop it dripping. I give you my honest review because I think that simply hitting 5 stars for everything detracts from the nature of Chrystie House - it's not perfect, it's far from the glitz of a 5-star manhattan hotel and much, much better for it. Overall, we loved our stay and would consider Yuan Lee as a friend that we stay with in Beacon.
4.0 on August 14, 2011
I adored the owner's deep intelligence, exquisite taste and talent for art and most importantly for me, conversation! This was a low key luxury experience for me. And I was there for one evening only in October of 2010. He was very gracious and helpful. I truly hope more people continue to stay at this lovely inn. K
4.6 on May 25, 2011
This B&B, in a historic, colonial style, painstakingly restored house was a real treat. The home is beautifully furnished with museum quality furnishings, antiques, and new period furniture. The owner, is a talented artist, a knowledgable historian, and a great conversationalist. Our room was very spacious with a king bed, wood burning fireplace and huge bathroom with original tiles and rain shower head. From the huge windows, we overlooked the four landscaped acres of trees and gardens. Very quiet and peaceful sleeping! If you don't have a car, it's a quick taxi ride from the train station, and to the quaint main street of Beacon for shops, restaurants, etc. You could walk both as well. Great breakfast provided daily. If you're looking for a quiet, elegant retreat in a tranquil setting with an attentive innkeeper who makes you feel welcome and at home, this is your place!
5 on August 13, 2010
This charming, newly renovated 19th Century home was the perfect place to stay, away from the city for the weekend. The furniture, artwork, architecture, was elegant and meticulously designed. The service by our host was warm and welcoming . My husband and I stayed in the Henry Winthrop room and it had all the basic amenities. The room and bathroom had windows with views of the property. We felt like we were brought back in time. We highly recommend staying here!
5 on June 09, 2010
Chrystie House is a dream come true. My girlfriend and I had come to Beacon without many expectations and our stay at Chrystie House turned it into a truly memorable experience. The history of the house (home of one of the Founding Fathers), how perfectly it has been renovated and decorated (just take a look at the pictures and you'll see the level of detail and care), the gorgeous grounds, the attention of the owner- a formidable artist with a clear passion for Bed&Breakfast and Chrystie House, the comfort of the room (fantastic bed, and I am very picky!), delicious breakfast...all of the above make Chrystie House a MUST if you visit Beacon and plan on spending a night or two.
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About Windows Installer, the .NET Framework, and Visual Studio.
Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 can take a long time to install and may apply to multiple products on your machine, appearing to install multiple times. This is a large service pack and installs a lot of files, fixing many issues and adding several new features to over 200 Visual Studio 2005 editions.
What follows is a detailed description of the Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 installation experience – or any of our patches for .NET Framework 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005 – describing what is going on during various steps with links to more information and tips to save time and space. Throughout this example, the English Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 for Standard, Professional, and Team editions – among some others – is used, which is by far the largest service pack package shipped to date.
Make sure that before installing the Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 release, you uninstall Service Pack 1 beta if you have it installed.
The installation experience begins when you download the service pack. There are many service packs, split up for Visual Studio 2005 Standard, Professional, and Team editions; and for Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Services according to written languages. This optimizes patch size by sharing most of the files for each product in a single embedded cabinet within the .msp file. For Express editions, patch packages are split up for each project language, which optimizes patch size because most of the files are world-wide binaries across project languages resulting in smaller .msp files. Download whichever service pack packages are appropriate for which products you have installed in your environment.
Downloading the package locally will save a lot of time when invoking the patch, but saving the package to a network in appropriate environments makes it available to everyone without having to download it individually. In whichever Windows platform you install the service pack the executable must be mapped into memory when executed. On Windows XP and newer, a SAFER check is performed first to determine if the file can be executed, which also validates a digital signatures if a signature exists. All our patches are signed for customers' safety and security, so this check requires that the whole executable is read into memory in blocks or in whole. Currently, in Windows XP and Server 2003 the file is read in whole, so the more physical memory a machine has the faster this process will go. The more paging that is required, the slower this process will go. In some uncommon cases, this process may even fail, for which a workaround is available.
On Vista the file is read in blocks, and when validated will show the consent dialog as shown in Figure 1 if the patch wasn't already executed from an elevated shell. You won't see this dialog on Windows 2000, XP, or Server 2003.
Figure 1: Windows Vista Consent Dialog
Once you click Continue, the executable is executed. For smaller executables this is much faster because the executable can be scanned if necessary, and validated much faster.
On all supported Windows platforms, the patch wrapper must extract the embedded .msp file because all of the Windows Installer APIs and executables work on file paths. Our patch wrapper is responsible for enabling default logging, cleaning up logs upon success if no command-line parameters were specified or the Windows Installer Logging system policy was not set, and installing the patch on all applicable, installed products before requiring any possible reboots. During this process you'll see an extraction dialog as shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2: Patch Extraction Dialog
When extraction is complete, the patch wrapper will invoke msiexec.exe as an elevated process to install the .msp file to all applicable, installed products. The client process is elevated to mitigate some incorrectly authored custom actions in the original product .msi files.
If not running silently by passing /quiet to the patch wrapper – which means you wouldn't see any dialogs anyway – Windows Installer makes a copy of the .msp file in the user's %TEMP% directory because it is assumed to have write access to that location for user. It does this even though the patch wrapper extracted the .msp file to the %TEMP% directory already. This extra disk I/O is one reason it is worth installing the patch silently by passing the /quiet switch.
During the client installation portion, another SAFER check is performed on the .msp file itself, to provide the user with early indication that the patch package is invalid if that is the case. This is another reason it is worth installing the patch silently by passing the /quiet switch.
Because no dialogs are authored into the target .msi file nor added by the patch transforms, Windows Installer runs using basic UI mode as shown in Figure 3 and skips actions in the InstallUISequence table.
Figure 3: Windows Installer Basic UI
When the Windows Installer finishes processing in the client context, it transfers execution to the Windows Installer service to process the InstallExecuteSequence table. This results in the dialog as shown in Figure 4.
Figure 4: Windows Installer Basic UI during InstallExecuteSequence Processing
The service makes a copy of the .msp file in the %WINDIR%\Installer directory, which is the Windows Installer package cache. The .msp file is cached in whole because it provides the source for files to be patched and overwritten, and is required even during repair scenarios. Again a SAFER check is performed on this file to verify that is unaltered from the publisher. This SAFER check is performed because the client should not be trusted – which would otherwise lead to elevation of privileges – and because during silent installation the client would not have performed a SAFER check.
Installation continues by executing a custom action that prompts for confirmation about installing the patch as shown in Figure 5, followed by an End User License Agreement (EULA) for each patch being installed in the same transaction as shown in Figure 6.
Figure 5: Installation Confirmation Dialog
Figure 6: End User License Agreement Dialog
Windows Installer developers might be wondering why dialogs are shown in the execution sequence. The custom action is legacy code that used to guarantee patch installation sequence in Windows Installer 2.0 – as now supported in Windows Installer 3.0 and newer as a standard feature using the MsiPatchSequence table – followed by the installation confirmation prompt and the EULA dialog. The custom sequencing code has been removed, but the custom action's other purpose to present these dialogs has not. Using the msidbCustomActionTypeFirstSequence (0x100) custom action execution scheduling attribute means this should run during the UI sequence if the UI sequence was run, but since no dialogs are authored and Windows Installer runs in basic UI mode, the InstallUISequence table is not processed.
Windows Installer continues by determining feature and component state, as well as which files must be backed up to the baseline cache, in between the CostInitialize and CostFinalize actions. You can find the feature and component states in a verbose log during the InstallValidate action. This information is handy in determining what should be reinstalled during patch installation and what is actually going to be reinstalled.
Between the InstallInitialize and InstallFinalize actions, Windows Installer will generate a script as shown in Figure 7. This is what makes Windows Installer a transactional installer. While generating the execution script, a rollback script is also generated so that if the execution script fails the rollback script is processed.
Figure 7: Windows Installer Script Generation Dialog
After the script is generated when InstallFinalize is run (or any InstallExecute or InstallExecuteAgain actions, which we don't currently schedule), the script is executed as shown in Figure 8. It is during this time that backup copies of files are created in a hidden directory named Config.msi if they are in use and can be moved, backup copies of all files being overwritten or patched are copied to the baseline cache, and files in the .msp package are copied to their destination locations. That's a lot of disk I/O, so making sure you have closed all your applications can help, as well as disabling the baseline cache – understanding that by doing so source will be required to uninstall the service pack or other patch that targets files installed by the product .msi file.
Figure 8: Windows Installer Script Execution Dialog
When files must be copied out of a source location such as the original installation media or an embedded cabinet in an .msp file, an additional SAFER check is required to validate that each source package has not been tampered with.
Please note that during script execution the time remaining can be incorrect. This is often caused by custom actions that do not report back estimated time or actual progress, or because some custom actions may not be able to accurately estimate progress.
Once the execution script is finished, current patches will display a success dialog as shown in Figure 9.
Figure 9: Patch Success Dialog
If any other products are installed on your machine to which the patch applies, this process repeats starting after patch extraction. With Windows Installer, only one installation transaction for a single product can execute at a time, so even though a patch or patches may target multiple products they can only apply to a single product at a time. To help determine if you have multiple products installed to which a patch can apply, you can extract the .msp file by passing /extract to the patch executable you downloaded, optionally specifying a destination directory, and provide the path to that .msp file to the Patch Applicability Browser.
The larger the patch and the more files it installs, the longer the patch will take to install. There is a lot of disk I/O by design to support robust patching under Windows Installer, but there are workarounds you can use at your own risk to improve performance and decrease disk space required as documented here and in linked material.
Can I just install Visual Studio 2005 SP1, why do I need to install VS2005 and then patch it? It seems like it might be a better practice to uninstall VS 2005, and then do a complete reinstall with SP1. Doesn't look like this is an option though...
Matt, normally with Windows Installer you can slipstream the patch while initially installing the product. That scenario is not currently supported in Visual Studio 2002, 2003, or 2005. You can, however, create a patched administrative installation as documented at http://blogs.msdn.com/heaths/archive/2006/12/16/slipstreaming-visual-studio-2005-service-pack-1.aspx.
Similar to one of the previous problems -
error 1305: Error reading from file
C:\WINDOWS\Installer\e1a59.msi Verify that the file exists and that you can access it.
However, the file and the Installer Directory do not exist.
Tristan, the directory is hidden. Are you viewing hidden files and folders in Explorer? You can also use "dir /a:h %WINDIR%\Installer" (without quotes). If they truly aren't there, you'll need to rebuild the Installer cache as documented in http://blogs.msdn.com/heaths/archive/2006/11/30/rebuilding-the-installer-cache.aspx, or use msizap.exe to remove all configuration data for the product.
I too am pissed at MS for this @%$#$
Why doesn't MS slipstream this $@#@# into their product. I think I could remove the product and reinstall it faster than the 4 attempts so far and be half way certain what I have at the end. Running dual core/2gig memory and it takes forever.
This is very scary ... dll hell wasn't so bad!
I renewed my MSDN subscription for this??
My experience with installing VS2005 SP1 was not as bad as some of the comments above, but I agree with the overall sentiment paricularly about the issue of no indication of progress fro considerable periods of time. My first attempt failed about 40 seconds from the end, 2nd attempt smooth.
My problem is that I uninstalled Web Application project as a condition for installation of SP1. Before reinstall it, download site advises to first install the update package VS80-KB915364-X86-ENU.exe, which I did. Then attempting to run WebApplicationProjectSetup.msi, immediately get a message that VS80-KB915364-X86-ENU.exe must be installed first, directed to same page as before when click [Yes] - if click [no], install closes. So download VS80-KB915364-X86-ENU.exe again, install it again, then attempt run WebApplicationProjectSetup.msi again, get same message.
How do I get out of this roundabout?
Philip, WAP is included in SP1. You need not and should not attempt ot reinstall the WAP MSI.
I appreciate the detailed explanation of what's going on under the hood. But my core opinion is that it is unacceptable for the service pack application to take so long. It's a really poor user experience, when we are spending up to $5000 on our MSDN licenese, and we lose hours of productivity on our development machine. Can't Microsoft take a fraction of the talented developers over there and come up with a better solution? At the very least, how about a pop-up at the beginning of the install, that says "Hey, if you want to ignore some of the security checking and prompting, select this option, and the installation will be 90% faster". Or at the very least, how about on the download page for the product, putting some better instructions to this effect, rather than assuming that every Visual Studio developer out there is familiar with the MSI framework (or cares to learn a lot about it during a busy work day).
Heath, is anyone in MS taking the issue of delivering an updated, combined VS2005 with SP1 as an integral download? I and my colleagues frequently rebuild our machines and the poorly thought out implementation and delivery of SP1 is a major hit on our productivity. I sincerely hope lessons have been learned for SP2. Sorry to sound negative but this service pack is not an example to the rest of us about qualtiy design, coding, implementation and customer satisfaction. I'd get sacked if I caused my customers this amount of problems, and then didnt take every step to make it easier once I saw the issue.
Tim, please read http://blogs.msdn.com/heaths/archive/2006/12/16/slipstreaming-visual-studio-2005-service-pack-1.aspx for how to slipstream SP1 into VS 2005 RTM.
Thanks Heath, my point wasn't really that it couldn't be done, and you personally have done a lot to help out folks struggling with this monster. My point was really that this shouldn't be a customer task, they certainly shouldn't have to chance onto your blog to learn how to do it. This is a MS task to make this seamless and painless to customers like me. We lost days of productivity doing this upgrade. Like I said previously, if I produced this process for my customers, I'd get sacked. This is 2007 not 1997.
If you're attempting to install the Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista without
VS 2005 ENU( 영문 ) SP1 을 Install 및 Remove 시에 아래와 같은 오류가 발생할 수 있습니다. " Error 1305. Error reading from file
2005 after all night finally says 2005 was successfully installed but it has several windows that don't show that they ever finnished. Is it all installed or did it crash?


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It must have seemed like a good idea on paper.
When I hear these songs I am transported back to a different time in my life. I had very little money, a broken down car and an apartment that was barely big enough to hold a bed. In spite of it all I was making a living being on the radio and that is the only place I ever wanted to be.
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Croc 2 (Croc Adventure (クロックアドベンチャー) in Japan) (working title Croc 2: Kingdoms of the Gobbos), is a video game released in 1999. It is the sequel to Croc: Legend of the Gobbos, developed by Argonaut Software between 1998 and 1999, and published by Fox Interactive. Croc 2 was released on Game Boy Color, Windows, and PlayStation. Sega Saturn was advertised but never released.[1] The plot revolves around Croc searching for his missing parents, and saving the Inventor Gobbo from a revived Baron Dante. The original soundtrack features the guitarist Simon Gosling.
Previously, a baby crocodile is found by the Gobbos, who inhabit the Gobbo Islands. Rufus, the king of the Gobbos adopts the crocodile, and with the help of the rest of the tribe, raises him, teaching him the ways of the Gobbos.
Baron Dante arrives in the valley where the Gobbos lives. Angered by the happy Gobbos, he and his Dantinis sweep into the Gobbo Valley and capture the Gobbos. King Rufus is taken by Baron Dante himself and kept in a cage inside his Tower of Terror.
Croc manages to avoid being caught, but is now left alone. He knows that he has to help the Gobbos in any way that he can and save the King from Baron Dante. After having a long journey, Croc manages to rescue the Gobbos and destroy the Baron and save their King. Everything is right again in Gobbo Valley and the Gobbos celebrate by erecting a statue of Croc in their Valley.
Presently, months after Baron Dante is destroyed, Croc and the Gobbos resumed their lives of playing. But in the meantime, the evil Dantinis plot the return of Baron Dante. Unfortunately, an unlucky Inventor Gobbo is captured when he witnesses Dante's return.
Back at Gobbo Valley, Croc is playing at the beach, and finds a bottle washed up on the shore. He picks it up and he finds a message with a baby crocodile footprint on it. The message explains that the senders are looking for their son. Croc is surprised and took the message to King Rufus who reads it and eventually tells Croc that he will need to go to a far away land where there are other Gobbos, who may be able to help him to find his parents.
Then all the Gobbos make a see-saw. Croc stands on one end and a Gobbo pushes a boulder on to the other end to bring Croc to the distant mainland, where his search begins.
The gameplay in Croc 2 has changed advanced considerably compared to the previous game. Instead of simply finding six Gobbo in each level, the player must now complete various missions.
One of the many changed elements is the health system; instead of the extra life system that Legend of the Gobbos had, Croc now has only one life and a heart count of up to 9; each hit Croc takes, or any time Croc falls into a bottomless pit or lava pits, takes away one heart; the heart count can be restored by finding heart tokens in the levels, or by collecting 100 crystals; the starting maximum count for hearts is three (five in PC version), the player can buy Heart Pots from Swap Meet Pete to be able to collect more hearts.
A new addition to the game is that Croc has an extra jump, that is triggered by stomping and repeatedly pressing the jump button before hitting the ground and he can also ride vehicles in some levels, which include mine carts, a race car, a speedboat, a hot-air balloon, a hang-glider and an aeroplane.
Another new aspect is Swap Meet Pete's General Store. The store is owned by a large, anthropomorphic cat, named Pete. Pete is capable of teleporting Croc to other Gobbo Villages with the use of his Crystal Ball.
There are four villages Croc must traverse through before reaching the end of the game, each with Gobbo of different personalities. The four villages are the Sailor Village, the Cossack Village, the Caveman Village and the Inca Village. Each village has five levels, two bosses (with the exception of the Inca Village, which has only two levels, and one boss) and one Golden Gobbo level. Once the fourth village is finished, Croc then travels to Baron Dante's Tower of Power, and once the Jigsaw Puzzle Pieces are assembled, a fifth village can be unlocked; the fifth village is a corrupted version of the Gobbo village, created by Dante.
Croc 2 features many new characters, however several characters that were featured in Legend of the Gobbos are absent here.
- Croc, a heroic young Crocodile who sets off on a quest to thwart Baron Dante's plans and find his missing parents.
- King Rufus, the king of the island Gobbos and Croc's adoptive father.
- Inventor Gobbo, a Gobbo who builds equipment like a Plane and a self-propelling Pencil.
- Swap Meet Pete, an anthropomorphic cat who sells Croc various items, such as Jellies (Gummi Savers in the NTSC version.) and Clockwork Gobbos. He is also the main form of transportation between the villages, using a crystal ball.
- Baron Dante, a Dark frog-like sorcerer and the main villain in the Croc series.
- Soveena The Squid, a giant purple Kraken with a massive love for Ginger Soda.
- Cannon Boat Keith, a Pirate necromancer with an army of skeletons.
- Flavio The Thermal-Fish, a giant fish who can spit hot water.
- Roger Red Ant, a giant ant that has a liking for explosives.
- Lava Lamp Larry, a Fire Demon created by Baron Dante.
- Venus Fly Von-Trappe, a giant Venus Fly-Trap that likes to eat Gobbos.
- The Village Masher, a robotic T-Rex created by Mad Scientists to destroy all Caveman-kind.
- Goo Man Chu, a giant Goo creature, loosely based on fu manchu
Croc 2 received mixed to positive reviews upon release. Aggregating review website GameRankings gave the Game Boy Color version 74.22%,[2] the PlayStation version 69.65%[3] and the PC version 67.17%.[4]
IGN gave the game an overall 7.5/10 for the PlayStation version, praising the games voice acting, graphics, soundtrack and size but criticizing its difficulty and camera angles.[5]
NowGamer also gave the game a positive review, giving it 8.4/10, only criticizing its difficulty.[6]
GameSpot gave the game poor ratings, giving the PC version 5.8/10 and the PlayStation version 5.4/10, also criticizing the camera angles and the difficulty.[7][8]
Allgame reviewed the PlayStation version and gave the game 2/5, also criticizing the game for its camera angles and difficulty. Unlike other critics' reviews, Allgame also criticized the game's graphics.[9]
GamePro was also negative, giving the game 3/5 and said "After weeks of playing Croc 2, I was praying each new level would be Croc 2's last, but it just kept dragging on and on". However, Mark Webson from CDPro stated that all allegations against the Croc 2 came from the people who haven't even played the first entry in the series. He also felt that the game was very full of content and praised the level diversity, voice acting and overall length of the game. [10]
- ^ An advertisement for Croc 2 for Sega Saturn is on the back of Croc: Legend of the Gobbos Sega Saturn version instruction manual.
- ^ a b "Croc 2 for Game Boy Color". GameRankings. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
- ^ a b "Croc 2 for PlayStation". GameRankings. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
- ^ a b "Croc 2 for PC". GameRankings. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
- ^ IGN - Croc 2 (Playstation) Review
- ^ NowGamer - Croc 2 Review
- ^ Gamespot - Croc (PC) Review
- ^ Gamespot - Croc (Playstation) Review
- ^ Allgame - Croc 2 (Playstation) Review
- ^ GamePro - Croc 2 Review
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Let Laura speak in mayor's new campaign
Last updated at 13:34, Friday, 16 May 2014
Cockermouth's new mayor of Allerdale has launched a £12,000 fund-raising drive to help a 24-year-old woman speak for the first time in her life.
Len Davies, 70, of Windmill Lane, was elected on Wednesday and announced that he would use his year in office to help Laura Oglanby, of Queen Street, Aspatria, who has cerebral palsy.
Councillor Davies, who is also an Allerdale and town councillor for Cockermouth, said: "When I hear her speak for the first time I will be doing an Andy Murray-style celebration.
"I was astonished when I found out she couldn't speak. I couldn't even begin to imagine not being able to speak. It's something you take for granted.
"We are going to work our socks off to get Laura talking."
Laura has been confined to a wheelchair since she was a year old, with virtually no limb movement.
Coun Davies said he wanted to buy her a computer device that will enable her to communicate for the first time.
The machine is called Eye Gaze and would involve Laura using her eyes to produce a computerised voice similar to the device used by Professor Stephen Hawking.
It is estimated that the kit will cost around £12,000 and will be supplied by the Sequal Trust charity, which provides communication aids for disabled people.
Laura's mother Berni, 51, said: "She does get frustrated at not being able to speak. You can see that in her face.
"It was great when I heard Len would be fund-raising for Laura.
"I have always said that if someone gave me a wish for either Laura to walk or talk, it has always been to talk. It would be great to have a conversation."
Andrew Lawson, Workington town and Allerdale councillor, plans to support the effort by doing a sponsored sky dive.
Laura's brother Nathan, 21, is organising a football dinner, with an auction of memorabilia and a guest speaker.
Laura is a huge Carlisle United football fan and regularly attends matches.
Any money left over from Coun Davies's year as mayor will go to the sea cadets, army cadet force and air training corps.
Coun Davies took over the chains of office from Bill Bacon at a ceremony at the Hundith Hill Hotel, Cockermouth, on Wednesday.
He will be supported by his friend Harriet Chappell as mayoress. Mrs Chappell, 42, of Mansion Gardens, Greysouthen, is an instructor at Cockermouth Pilates Studio and lives with husband John, 43, and children Neo, nine, and Scarlett, seven.
Coun Bacon, who represents Workington's Moss Bay, and his wife Valerie were elected as deputy mayor and mayoress.
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