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Iron Man 2 Achievement Guide and Roadmap
Estimated achievement difficulty: 4/10
Estimated time for 1000: 4-6 hours.
Minimum playthroughs: 1
Missable achievements: None
Glitched achievements: None
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Road Map
Iron Man 2 is a very easy and shockingly quick 1000 gamerscore, much easier than the original game. Thanks to the game allowing you to replay any mission on any difficulty, there is nothing that is missable. Your first aim for an easier ride should be to plump for 2 playthroughs and do your first run on easy. You can do everything in just one, but without upgrades, formidable is quite daunting. With them, it is a joke. Also, by playing on easy, you should net a huge amount of points after each level, guaranteeing you will unlock all the extra suits. As well as these suits, you should be able to gain most of the mission specific achievements as they are very straightforward to gain on easy.
Abbreviated Walkthrough
So, start off on easy and just play through the 8 levels in turn. This should only take 2 hours tops and by the end you should have a solid grip on the game as well as most of it's achievements. Follow the guide to see which level's have achievements tied to them and make sure to replay the appropriate levels as War Machine to earn those achievements. You should have unlocked all suits and have a multitude of points to spend on upgrades. Don't be shy, spend them all. Upgrading War Machine's machine guns and getting the damage modules should be your primary concerns as these will make your formidable run very straightforward. Now simply mop up any achievements you have left on easy then replay each mission on formidable (press start at the headquarters screen and change it there. Don't start a new game else you lose all upgrades). This should take another 90 minutes or so and with all the upgrades to your loadout, should not pose any problem to most gamers.
Once your formidable playthrough is done, simply load the Protean level and play through till you reach the laser tripwires section. Simply set them all off on the descent and you can happily grind all the weapons and kills achievements you have left to gain. Once you kill the 8 wall mounted turrets shortly after this section, a checkpoint will appear. Now simply return to headquarters and replay the same section. All your kills are saved by that checkpoint so you can really go to town on clearing your last achievements here.
And there you have it. A very quick and easy 1000 points. Hope the roadmap was helpful.
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Access Denied 10
Prevent Roxxon from stealing the Stark Archives.
This is story related and comes after finishing the first mission. Simply defend the tower from the drones till the cutscene kicks in. This level serves as a tutorial mainly to familiarise you with the control setup.
Deportation 15
Prevent the Russian separatists from deploying Roxxon Armigers.
This is also story related and unlocks after finishing mission 2. It also features your first fight with an Armiger. Simple to defeat, just shoot the beastie till it raises it's turrets and then destroy as many as possible. Once they retract, continue firing, also making sure to deflect the missiles back for some bonus damage.
Power Outage 15
Defeat the Crimson Dynamo.
Story related. To defeat Crimson Dynamo, destroy the 3 target points on the main tower structure in the centre of the screen which Dynamo draws power from. Once that is done, lay into him with your weapons. When he rises into the air to draw power, get ready to dodge to the side as he shoots a nasty beam at you which does a lot of damage on higher difficulties. Keep chipping away till the cutscene and then just fire a few more shots to finish the job. Keeping your distance is advised during this fight.
Anti-PROTEAN 20
Destroy Project PROTEAN.
This is earned for defeating the Protean boss. Very simple. Start off by charging all 3 power outlets in the room. Once this
s done, shoot the Protean till he turns green and goes into his health regen state. As soon as you see this, dash / fly into the adjacent room and operate the computer. This seals the doors and fries the big guy. You need to quite quick but if you mess up simply shoot at him again and retry.
Improvisation Under Fire 20
Save Rhodey and the Stark mobile armory from the A.I.M. attack.
This is earned for finishing the 5th mission after protecting the S.H.I.E.L.D helicarrier the first time. Be on your toes to kill the enemies as quickly as possible here, utilizing the grapple attack is needed to turn the enemies onto your side. You will fight various waves of enemies attacking the engines and Tony's jet. After killing the last lot the level ends.
Operation Daybreak 20
Defeat A.I.M. and save the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier.
Story related. This comes after protecting the helicarrier from the armiger. On easy this level is fine, but on formidable it can be daunting. Make sure to load up on upgrades to your guns and equip them with armour piercing rounds and the highest damage module. You will then destroy the armiger so fast it'll make your eyes bleed.
Stormbreaker 20
Shut down the GREENGRID power transmitter.
You get this one after shutting down the power transmitter. You face a lengthy escort mission on this level but it is very easy with a few tips. On harder difficulties, stay back and near the Arc Armiger. It can take a royal pounding, you can't. Even if it gets damaged badly, you can simply repair it and off it goes again. Make sure to mark targets for the armiger to shoot and prioritise the turrets as they are the biggest threat. Just take it steady and repair the armiger as and when needed and you will find this level totally managable on formidable.
The Bigger They Are 30
Deafeat ULTIMO
This is the final boss fight and can be a little frustrating. When outside as War Machine, you need to shoot the panels on his body till you see the B button prompt. Fly in and tear it off. After taking off enough, you play as Iron Man inside the huge robot. For the protean ultimo inside, simply keep dodging and blast him with rockets. When he stops attacking and releases the 3 orbs, fly up and target each one as it is spinning and fire a rocket at it. When all 3 are down, you go back to War Machine. Repeat the same pattern till you play as Iron Man again. This time, after killing the 3 orbs, you will need to lay the final smackdown on ultimo. You once again play as War Machine and simply have to shoot giant Ultimo's head till he's dead.
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Shake It Off 3
Recover from the Roxxon EMP attack.
This will be your first achievement and is gained after leaving Stark Tower on the first mission.
Not In My House 15
Prevent the first wave of Roxxon dropships from deploying their drones.
As you leave the tower on the first level, you will see a dropship directly ahead of you. Fly towards it quickly and shoot it down. Now turn around and head back towards the tower and blow up the dropships that appear. Shortly after the achievement will pop. If you see any drones appear before the achievement pops, reload your checkpoint.
Full Flight 15
Only one S.H.I.E.L.D. transport lost in the canyon run.
Firstly, remember, you will always lose one gunship during the second level, this is unavoidable. You start with 6 ships so you need to have the remaining 5 ships alive when you reach the tunnel at the end. You may get this on your first run through but it's a lot easier to accomplish with some upgrades under your belt. Swift killing is obviously the key, making sure you kill anything firing missiles as priority.
Area Secured 20
At least 10 S.H.I.E.L.D. units survive the battle for the docks.
After emerging from the tunnel on stage 2, you will be in a dock area. Simply wipe out all enemy opposition here while preserving the S.H.I.E.L.D units. I got this without even knowing so it's very easy to obtain. Just kill quickly and you'll be fine.
Pulling The Plug 15
Destroy all four Tesla reactor stabilizers in under 60 seconds.
On mission 3, inside Shatalov's base, you will need to destroy 4 Tesla cores in a room to proceed (just before you fly out of the base). Just concentrate on taking all 4 out as soon as the message appears on screen and you will be fine. If you fail, reload checkpoint before heading through the door.
Anger Management 15
Destroy most of the structures in Shatalov's base.
As you emerge from the tunnel on mission 3, you will be told to, "Access the facility subnet". You will see a number of marked buildings. Make sure you destroy all of the building's roof's so no panels remain. Then destroy all the fuel silo's and small buildings. This should ensure you get the achievement. It may take a while to pop but if you do as stated above you will get it.
Entrapment 15
Reach the bottom of the elevator shaft without touching a laser tripline.
This looks very daunting but is really straightforward. On the Protean level, after hacking the second computer, you will set off a load of laser tripwires inside the shaft you need to go down. Just hug the side of the shaft and decellerate down carefully and you will get this easily. If you set any off, just reload checkpoint and try again.
Defensive Player Of The Year 20
Save all four repulsor lifts and all four stabilizers on the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier.
On the 5th mission, just be sure to kill all enemies as quickly as possible. I almost always lost an engine on formidable so this is best attempted on your easy playthrough. You will be dashing between the engines and the jet on top of the carrier. If you need some help, don't forget you can grapple damaged enemies to turn them to your side. This can buy you some time when things look grim but isn't really necessary.
Brute Force 30
Destroy the A.I.M. Arc Armiger without using missile deflection.
On the 6th mission, simply destroy the armiger without deflecting any missiles. Just keep your finger clear of the B button and you will be fine. With upgrades to your ammo and a nice damage module, you'll tear through the armiger in no time. Just be sure to quickly kill it's repair drones to ensure it doesn't regenerate.
Guardian 25
Shut down GREENGRID without needing to repair the Arc Armiger.
On easy, this one is a doddle. When escorting the Arc Armiger, just make sure to target and take out all the missile turrets ASAP. It will be advantageous to spend some points on upgrades just to ensure you are doling out good damage, thus reducing the impact on the armiger.
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Switchboard Operator 20
Reposition all of the GREENGRID relays without being interrupted.
This one is obtained at the end of the 7th mission. Simply reposition the relays without being hit during the button prompt sequence. First off, destroy all the surrounding turret. Then, shoot the core to raise the relay terminals and fly over to the first one. Make sure you kill any enemies you see and then mash the B button till it is complete. Repeat for the other 2 relays. You can do each of them one at a time to be on the safe side. Just make sure you're not hit while doing the button mashing.
Not A Scratch 40
Defeat ULTIMO with no armor damage.
Ok, this achievement reads like you can't take ANY damage at all on the Ultimo fight but this is not true. Don't worry about damage during the War Machine sections as these are fine. It's when you fight as Iron Man you need to be vigilant. Just make sure that Protean Ultimo never hits you once. The spinning orbs are ok but Ultimo must not hit you once. Thankfully, he is a doddle to keep dodging around so this is actually a very easy achievement on any difficulty setting.
Ultimatum 15
Complete every mission on Easy difficulty.
See 'Invincible'
Iron Man 30
Complete every mission on Normal difficulty.
See 'Invincible'
Invincible 100
Complete every mission on Formidable difficulty.
Not as difficult as it may sound or appear to be. In fact, once you have upgrades and a feel for the game, you will almost not notice the difficulty setting as you will be killing so fast. You do die a lot faster, with some enemies killing you in as little as 2 hits and bosses in 1 hit. My personal setup for Formidable was War Machine with 2 machine guns equipped with armour piercing bullets and the Ultimate module. His damage output with these is insane and shreds everything to bits. If Iron Man is more your cup of tea, you'll want a similar setup but opt for lasers in place of the machine guns. Just kill fast and make sure to land and recoup your shields if you are running low and you will breeze through.
To keep all your upgrades and finish the game on formidable, simply press Start at the headquarters screen and change the difficulty from there then replay the missions in any order. As long as you do all 8 on formidable, the achievement will pop. Make sure not to start a new game as this will leave you with zero upgrades which is not good.
Fists of Iron 20
Defeat 100 enemies in close combat.
See 'Overkill'
FStorm of Lead 20
Defeat 100 enemies War Machine's minigun.
See 'Overkill'
Fire and Forget 10
Defeat 100 enemies with homing missiles.
See 'Overkill'
Subtle Like a Rocket 15
Defeat 100 enemies with the rocket launcher.
See 'Overkill'
Room Broom 20
Defeat 100 enemies with War Machine's shotgun.
See 'Overkill'
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Extra Crispy 20
Defeat 100 enemies with Iron Man's laser.
See 'Overkill'
Pushback 20
Defeat 100 enemies with Iron Man's repulsor.
See 'Overkill'
Up Close And Personal 20
Defeat 100 enemies with Iron Man's Blaster.
See 'Overkill'
Overkill 20
Defeat 100 enemies with Iron Man's unibeam.
All of these weapon achievements can be easily and quickly earned on mission 4 where you destroy the Protean. Simply hack the first 2 computers and then descend the shaft making sure you set off all 3 layers of the lasers. This will summon 3 waves of drones. Kill these with the desired weapon and then proceed through the doors. Kill the drones and 2 robots and then shoot the 8 wall mounted turrets. As soon as you see that the game has checkpointed, you are safe to back out to headquarters. From here, simply replay that part of the mission and all your kills will have counted making this the best place to grind for them.
Thanks go to Dead Herb for his post on this location.
Armors 35
Unlock all armor suits.
You unlock suits at the end of missions if you scored well. To ensure a high score, make sure you take as little damage as possible and shoot down as many enemies as you can. Also, keeping allies alive and protecting friendly structures add to your score. You are almost guaranteed this at the end of your easy playthrough. If you do happen to be missing a suit, simply check the corresponding achievement in the guide to see which level it is gained on and replay on easy.
Technical Genius 50
Invent every module, ammunition, and weapon upgrade.
At first, it will seem like you're not earning near enough points to get this. However, bear in mind the final mission can net upwards of 40 million points. I really didn't have to grind at all for this. I had enough after completing my easy playthrough and a few levels on formidable. You do all upgrading from the research tab in your headquarters.
Gonna Need Some More Bad Guys 30
Defeat more than 1,000 enemies.
This will easily come from playing the game so don't go out of your way to worry about it. You'll probably kill double that amount before you're through with all the weapon achievements.
Unnecessary Force 7
Defeat a soldier with Iron Man's unibeam.
Earliest opportunity to get this is on the second level as you emerge at the docks. You will see a couple of soldiers on the ground next to a tank. Simply hit the soliders with the unibeam (LT + RT) and this will unlock.
Bulletproof 30
Defeat 50 enemies in melee as Iron Man while Invincible.
See 'Overkill'
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Ultimate Iron Man 10
Unlock the Ultimate Iron Man armor.
This unlocks after obtaining a high score on the final mission.
Classic Iron Man 10
Unlock the Classic Iron Man armor.
This unlocks after obtaining a high score on the 6th mission.
Classic Mark I 10
Unlock the Classic Mark I armor.
This unlocks after obtaining a high score on the 3rd mission.
Extremis 10
Unlock the Extremis armor.
This unlocks after obtaining a high score on the 4th mission.
Mark III 10
Unlock the Mark III armor.
This unlocks after obtaining a high score on the 5th mission.
Mark II 10
Unlock the Mark II armor.
This unlocks after obtaining a high score on the 2nd mission.
Mark VI 10
Unlock the Mark VI armor.
This unlocks after obtaining a high score on the 1st mission.
Silver Centurion 10
Unlock the Silver Centurion armor.
This unlocks after obtaining a high score on the 7th mission.
Two Man Army 10
Defeat the Russian separatists as both Iron Man and War Machine.
Simply defeat the 2nd mission as both Iron Man and War Machine.
It Takes Two To Tangle 10
Defeat Crimson Dynamo as both Iron Man and War Machine.
Simply defeat the 3rd mission boss as both Iron Man and War Machine.
Man And Machine 10
Defeat Project PROTEAN as both Iron Man and War Machine.
Simply defeat the 4th mission boss as both Iron Man and War Machine.
Bipolar 10
Shut down the GREENGRID power transmitter as both Iron Man and War Machine.
Simply defeat the 7th mission as both Iron Man and War Machine.
Omega Man 30
Defeat 100 enemies as War Machine while using the Omega System.
See 'Overkill'
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i wish i had read this earlier. I finished the game and had every upgrade then i decided to finish it on hard, now i have no upgrades at all and i'm getting whooped by the protean
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Thanks for the road map. Cheers!
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cheers for the tip.
It doesnt matter if you win by an inch or a mile.............winnings winning!!!
It'd be nice if in the descriptions for weapon kills instead of just mentioning where you can get them, maybe how to use them? Which ones are assigned to what trigger, which ones must be switched out for other weapons, etc. Also, if you have to beat many of the levels with both Iron Man and War Machine, shouldn't someone just play through as Iron Man first on easy, then on Hard with War Machine (besides the few levels you cannot be War Machine). I know this is supposed to be an easy game, but it's nice to have all of those questions answered in the guide. It's nice to be descriptive even on obvious things. Not trying to be a jerk or anything, I'm just saying it could have some additional information to make it easier on some people
Also, on Anger Management, that could really be touched up. Say level 3, after escaping the vent. Since you said tunnel, I had kept that mental note and was doing it on level 2. It'd also be nice to explain the enemies count towards this achievement, so destroying everything before the subnet won't guarantee the achievement because you have to kill the enemies who spawn after. Big mistake on hard, as dying resets the building conditions.
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Defensive Player Of The Year 15
Save all four repulsor lifts and all four stabilizers on the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier.
I just got it (french version of the game), but scored 20G for it.
Bug, or error?
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great guide ponypo! i already have 820 or so after about 3-4 hours of gameplay i just have to go through Formidable, do u have any suggestions on what type of weapons to use and what upgrades?
'Not A Scratch" Achievemnet
Not A Scratch 40
Defeat ULTIMO with no armor damage.
You can take damage during the Ultimo fight, You just can't take ARMOR damage. You armor is displayed in the lower left corner of the screen. It is the little while bars that make a circle. You have a blue ring that surrounds the white bars. this blue ring is your shield (it regenerates in a few seconds if hit)*just like HALO*. As long as you do not lose all of the blue ring, you can get this achievement. also, if you have managed to get to a checkpoint without losing any armor, pause and click "save at last checkpoint " if you accidentally lose some armor, just load from that checkpoint, also, this trick works for getting the extra iron man armor(you get a new iron man armor if you make it through a level with out dieing)
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thanks for the guide. im using it lol
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Can you clear up an issue for most of us.
When we finish the game on easy and get all our upgrades are we supposed to start a new campaign? Or can we just change the difficulty to hard and replay all levels from the menu screen.
some games in the past have not let you go back and replay individual missions for difficulty related achievements.
there is nothing mentioned about it in this guide.
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"Now simply mop up any achievements you have left on easy then replay each mission on formidable (press start at the headquarters screen and change it there. Don't start a new game else you lose all upgrades)."
I made sure to put it in cause it's not made obvious that you can change it this way and restarting is obviously not the way to go as you lose all upgrades.
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But then again if people read the road map properly they would already know this. :P Well it doesnt hurt to list it twice in case people just skim over the roadmap like me.
By the way Ive been following the guide and its perfect no mistakes so far. Very good.
Thank you very much for the time and effort you put in to this guide.
Answered every question I had and then some, this would have been a pain-in-the-butt 1k without this!
wow awesome guide!!
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I dont think I am man enough for Lv. 7 on hard. SOB
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Thanks for the guide helped a lot just got the 1000
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Great guide. Helped a ton on my way to 1000.
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Good guide, very helpful! Not to sound arrogant, but I'm not sure why some people were having trouble beating this on formidable, with max upgrades it was relatively easy.
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Is this for real?
All I have left is the Invincible (formidable difficulty) achievement.
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Wonderful guide, thanks a lot.
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Due to the immense riches which poured into Castlemaine in the 1850s and early 1860s, substantial administrative, commercial and private buildings emerged far more quickly than in many other centres. Moreover, the town ceased to grow when the alluvial gold dwindled and so the older buildings were deemed adequate for the town. Consequently many of the CBD's structures date from that early period. Even those that have been transformed retain older elements such as post-supported verandahs and ground-floor shop facades. The Information Centre has brochures outlining a walk of the CBD's heritage buildings.
Castlemaine Market
Centrally located, and the centrepiece of the Market Square, is the exceptional Castlemaine Market at the corner of Mostyn and Frederick Sts. Designed by town surveyor William Downe it reflects the influence of Christopher Wren and was built of stone and brick with cement rendering in 1861-62. At that time it was part of a complex of market buildings gathered about the square. A produce market was held here until 1967. It was also the venue for celebratory balls: in 1862 for the opening of the railway and in 1867 for the visiting Duke of Edinburgh.
This Classical Revival structure is a highly symmetrical design centring on a large and elegant portico capped by a pediment which incorporates a rising sun motif. On the roof line is a statue of Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture (a symbol of fruitfulness). Within the portico is an arched doorway guarded by ornately cast wrought-iron gates. The low-set wings on either side extend sideways for a short distance then thrust forward as brick turrets. Upon these turrets sit cupolas atop ornamental structures that vaguely echo the temple motif of the central portico. The light, spacious interior is based upon a Roman basilica with a clerestory roof featuring unique curved wood trusses. The halls once housed 22 stalls which vendors accessed through side doors. The whole has been restored by the National Trust and will soon house the town's information centre.
Bank of Australasia and Goldsmith's Hotel
On the other side of the road from the Castlemaine Market (cnr Mostyn and Frederick Sts) is the ANZ Bank which has been a banking chamber since its construction in 1856 as the Bank of Australasia.
On the other side of Frederick St is a pharmacy which was originally Goldsmith's Hotel (1861).
Theatre Royal
Head east along Mostyn St and turn right into Hargraves St which was named after Edward Hargraves who was falsely credited with being the first discoverer of payable gold in Australia (see entry on Ophir). Hargraves visited the town late in 1852 as the town survey was being completed.
To the immediate left is the Theatre Royal. The original was built in 1855. Two years later it was burnt to the ground but it was immediately rebuilt. It has now been in continuous use since 1857 which makes it one of Victoria's oldest theatres. In 1856 noted Irish-born dancer and entertainer Lola Montez appeared at the theatre during a tour of Australia. The performances were recalled as much for her lectures to the audience, her large claims made for her importance to the destiny of Bavaria, some untruths about her origins and her antagonistic response to a minor fracas in the audience, as for her famous Spider Dance. The facade dates from the 1930s.
Commercial Hotel
Continue along Hargraves St to the Commercial Hotel on the Forest St corner. The building dates from 1857 when it was constructed as Butterworth's Store. It became the Commercial Hotel in 1874.
Mostyn St East
Return along Hargraves St and turn right, back into Mostyn St. As you turn the corner, look to the right and you will see the original walls of the Theatre Royal.
Mostyn St was named after the commissioner in charge of the camp at Fryerstown who later became police commissioner for the district.
At the corner of Mostyn and Union Sts is the Albion Hotel with a fine wrought-iron lacework verandah and the coach entrance through to the rear courtyard. It is now a bed-and-breakfast. To the rear of the hotel was the heart of Chinatown where there were five Joss Houses and a Chinese Mission Chapel (1860).
On the other side of the road to the Albion, a little further along, is the former Mt Alexander Hotel (1864) which is now The Restorer's Barn.
The Trades Hall, adjacent, dates from c.1860. A dressmaker's sign on the side wall indicates an earlier function of the building.
Return west along Mostyn St. At the corner of Lyttleton Ave is the former Freemasons Tavern.
At the north-eastern corner of Mostyn and Hargraves Sts is the E.D. Williams Building. Originally a collection of single-storey shops it was redeveloped in the 1870s to accommodate the expanding merchandise and grocery business of Mr Williams.
On the north-western corner is a shop. The wall facing Hargraves St was part of the government survey office where the town's first municipal meetings were held in 1856.
Hargraves St
Turn right into Hargraves St. To the right is Penney's Bakery (c.1880). Note the sign "Three Course Meals 1/3 d" on the second-storey facade.
Over the road is the former Union Bank (1859), now a two-storey private residence. On its northern side is French's Talbot Drug Store (1858), also two storeys.
Just beyond Lyttleton St is St Mary's Catholic Church (completed in 1866 with later additions), originally erected as the result of the efforts of Father Patrick Smyth who figured largely in the Eureka Stockade rebellion.
On the other side of the road is the police station which was constructed in 1855 as the State Savings Bank. Note the keystone in the arch of the facade. On its southern side is an old granite lock-up.
At the north-western corner of Hargraves and Lyttleton Sts is a private residence which was originally the gold warden's office.
Lyttleton St
Lyttleton St was named after a member of the goldfields police who later became inspector of police.
Adjacent the gold warden's office is the cement-rendered Classical Revival courthouse. Built in 1877 it features single-storey wings projecting from a two-storied central block with a pedimented gable and colonnade. It is now home to the historical society who conduct research and guided tours, tel: (03) 5472 1425.
Almost opposite the courthouse is the former Imperial Hotel (1861). Most striking to the eye are the mansard roof with its lovely dormer windows and decorative chimneys, and the two-storey verandah featuring highly ornate cast-iron lacework and supporting posts. The shaded facade consists of five bays and French doors. Also of note are the iron-ridge cresting and Classical pilasters.
Adjacent the courthouse is the former School of Mines (1889) and, on the Frederick St corner, is the monumental red-brick town hall (1898). On the other side of Frederick St is the old drill hall (1889), now a Sports Fitness Centre.
Templeton St
Head along Frederick St to Templeton St (named after the chief of the original town survey team. This area was the site of the first burial ground before the cemetery was moved to Campbells Creek in 1853.
At the corner of Frederick and Templeton Sts is the fire station which has been on this site since 1857. The two large buildings on the other side of Templeton St were built in 1885 as the citadel and barracks of the Salvation Army.
Adjacent the fire station, in Templeton St, is a red-brick building which was the barn for the police troopers' horses, housed in the downstairs section of the building.
The building on the south-eastern corner of Templeton and Barker was formerly the police station. The foundations and cells were incorporated into the reconstruction of the building in 1920 when it became the State Savings Bank. It is now solicitors' offices. There is an information plaque.
The building on the south-western corner was originally the Council Club Hotel and Tonk Bros Hardware (north-eastern corner) dates from the late 19th century.
Optional Extension to the Walk
Enthusiasts may wish to extend the walk by taking in some of the historical (and largely residential) buildings of Campbell and Doveton Sts. If you do not wish to do so just proceed past this section to the 'Barker St' entry.
Walk along Templeton St past the Baptist Church (established on this spot in 1861). At the end of the road is the wrought-iron lacework verandah of the former Midland Hotel which was established in the 1850s.
On the other side of Kennedy St are the red-brick railway station (1862) and the fine brickwork of the railway goods shed.
Head north along Kennedy St. Duck into Campbell St and have a look at 'Campbell House' at No.3 (1859). Return north along Kennedy St. Turn right into Doveton St. No.14 dates from 1860 and was used as a boarding house.
At the Barker St corner is the masonic hall (1873), originally a Bible Christian Church.
Turn right into Barker St. At the Campbell St corner is the Methodist Church. The oldest section of this building dates back to 1857. It is now used by the Seventh Day Adventists.
Campbell St is a Classified streetscape. Keep to the left-hand side of the road. At the Hargraves St corner is the Campbell Motor Lodge, originally a pair of Classical Revival houses built by a timber merchant named. Campbell who married the granddaughter of famous Scottish poet Robbie Burns.
Cross Hargraves St. No.47 dates from 1861 and no.49 from 1895. Cross over the road. No. 38 dates from 1860-64. Return along Campbell St. The two-storey residence at no.30 was built in 1874 and the cottage at no.10 Campbell St dates back to 1860.
Turn right into Barker St. To the left is a residence built in 1855 for E.W. Cole of 'Cole's Funny PictureBooks'. This returns you to the corner of Barker and Templeton Sts.
Barker St
Barker St was named after William Barker, another pioneer pastoralist whose run included part of the land that is now Castlemaine.
The whole eastern side of Barker St, between Templeton St and Lyttleton St, has been classified by the National Trust. Adjacent the solicitors' offices is the library, built in 1857 as a mechanics' institute with additions in 1861, 1872 and 1893. Next to it is the Faulder Watson Hall which opened in 1895 and adjacent is the old telegraph office (1857). There is an information plaque.
On the Lyttleton St corner is the decorative Classical Revival post office (1873-75). It is in the form of an Italian palazzo with a central clock tower, five arched bays and strongly contrasting colouration. This structure replaced a wooden post office which was built on this same spot in 1859 when the service was transferred from the gold commissioner's camp. Over the road is the Cumberland Hotel (1884).
Castlemaine Art Gallery and Museum
Head west along Lyttleton St to the Castlemaine Art Gallery and Museum which is considered one of the state's finest provincial galleries, featuring major Australian works of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The collection includes the paintings of Frederick McCubbin, Tom Roberts, Louis Buvelot, Russell Drysdale, Fred Williams, Margaret Preston and many more recent works. The gallery was founded in 1913 and the Art Deco facade was added in 1931.
The Historical Museum focuses on items relating to the history of the Mt Alexander shire. There are photographs, newspaper clippings and other artifacts.
The centre is open weekdays from 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. On weekends it is from midday to 5.00 p.m., tel: (03) 5472 2292.
Churches and 'Ballara'
At the top of the hill is the former Presbyterian (now Uniting) Church (1894) with its fine stained-glass windows.
On the other side of the road is the former Congregational Church (1861-62). To its rear is the original Congregational Church (1855) which was the town's first brick church (1855). It became the Sunday School hall. Adjacent the new church is the presbytery (1857).
Return to Barker St and turn right. To the left is Fossey's. It was built in 1860 as the Ball and Welch Store. Home Hardware, over the road, also dates from 1860.
Turn right into Mostyn St. On the right-hand side of the road is a grey rendered building known as 'Ballara' which was constructed in 1861-64 as the home/office for Edward Fitzgerald of Castlemaine breweries.
Christ Church
Cross over the road, past the Boer War Memorial and continue on to Christ Church, an Anglican structure built of random-coursed sandstone from 1854 to 1858 on what was then known as Agitation Hill, as the diggers used this spot to hold protest meetings about the gold license system. This Gothic Revival design features distinctive windows and projecting gables. There are 1892 additions.
Walk Concluded
Return along Mostyn St and turn right into Barker St. On the corner is the Criterion Hotel. The original Criterion was a two-storey timber building erected in 1853. The present building dates from 1883. These are the longest-continually-licensed premises in the city.
Adjacent is the CBC Bank (1856) which replaced an earlier iron structure belonging to the Bank of Victoria. It is the first of four bank premises on this side of the road. Next are the Oriental Bank Chambers (1862), now legal chambers, then the two-storey Classical Revival Bank of NSW (1854). The facade consists of five bays with arched doorways at each end. It is now the Bank of Melbourne. Adjacent is the National Bank, built in 1860 as the Bedford Arms Hotel.
Cross the road and return to the Mostyn St corner which was once a major focus of the town. Stock were auctioned off here and it was something of a test of their worth to see how they fared at hauling a load up the hill on the western side of Barker St (it was originally much steeper). Public political meetings were also held at this corner under a large elm tree. Note the old drinking fountain in Victory Park (1919) which is designed for the benefit of horses and dogs, as well as people.
The following entries take in sites outside of the CBD. They are organised in the form of a driving tour.
The Globe
Located by the corner of Forest St (part of the Pyrenees Highway) and Urquhart Sts, the Globe Garden Restaurant was built in 1868 as the French and English Hotel which replaced an earlier wooden hotel of the same name (1855). It was renamed the Globe Hotel and is now a restaurant.
Wesley Church
Follow the Pyrenees Highway east out of town. Once across Patterson Bridge the road ascends Wesley Hill. Note the old red-brick miner's cottages on the roadside. To the right, at the top of the hill, is the Wesley Church (1852) which was the first place of worship on Forest Creek.
Pennyweight Flat Cemetery
800 metres beyond Patterson Bridge is a turnoff on the left into Murphy St. 500 metres along here turn left into Colles Rd which leads across Zeal Bridge to Moonlight Flat. The cemetery is 500 metres along this road, on a little green knoll. Probably established in 1851, Pennyweight Flat Children's Cemetery was one of the first cemeteries on the Forest Creek Goldfields. 200 people were buried here from 1852 to 1857, many of them children. Further along this road is Donkey Gully which yielded 1000 kg of gold.
Anticlinal Fold
Return along the highway, turn right into Urquhart St then right into Lyttleton St. To the left is a geological phenomenon known as an anticlinal fold. It was revealed by road construction work in 1874. There is a descriptive plaque.
Burke and Wills Monument
A little further along Lyttleton St turn right into Wills St. At its end is a Burke and Wills monument, established in 1862 when news of the explorers' deaths was the talk of their country. There are excellent views over the city from this point.
Kalimna Park
Drive to the end of Lyttleton St and turn left into Kalimna Rd which leads through Kalimna Park which combines natural and regenerated bushland where wildflowers are common in spring. There are nature trails, as well as a golf course and rotunda.
Follow Kalimna Rd which eventually bends to the left, becoming Hunter St. At no.42 is 'Buda, a private home which was built in 1861 in the Indian bungalow style by Colonel John Smith, an army colonel who had served in India. He named it 'Delhi Villa'. In 1863 it was purchased by silversmith, jeweller and watchmaker Ernest Leviny who journeyed to Australia in 1853 to mine gold. He made improvements to the building, giving it its current name in honour of Budapest in Hungary, his birthplace. It was extended in 1890.
The house features the Leviny family's collection of silver, art and crafts (including the enamelling, wood-carving, embroidery, photography and painting of Ernest Leviny's daughters which reflect their Hungarian heritage), works by other distinguished Australian artists, furnishings and domestic effects accumulated over a period of 120 years. The house features stucco moulding, a clerestory and projecting bay-windowed wings and a broken pediment over the porch. The excellent historic garden covers 4.5 acres. Given a Category One in the 1980 Study of Historic Gardens the citation notes that 'More than any other garden in Victoria, this has retained the very elusive character of the nineteenth century...its clipped cypress hedge is probably the largest in Victoria'. The ornate aviary was made at Thompson's Foundry in Castlemaine.
In the 1980s it was bequeathed to the Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum. It is open from 9.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. daily. There is a cafe and guided tours are available by appointment only, tel: (03) 5472 1032.
Some More Historic Buildings
Turn left into Urquhart St then right into Bull St. Numbers 37, 39, 31 and 33 (1865) and 15 (1893) are all of interest.
Turn off Bull St into Barker St. To the right is Castlemaine North Primary School which is housed in a brick structure will belcote dating back to 1873.
Turn right into Hunter St then left into Hargraves St. On the Hall St corner is 'Barrington', built in 1866 for Judge Leech.
'Kaweka' and Kaweka Wildflower Reserve
A little further north on Hargraves St, to the right, is Kaweka Wildflower Reserve. There are a number of walking tracks . It was named after 'Kaweka' (1896), a private residence adjacent the reserve in Hargraves St (between Turner and Halford Sts) which was built for foundry owner and former mayor of Wellington, John Thompson.
Original Industries
Turn left into Halforth St, left into Barker St then right into Parker St. To the right is Thompson's Foundry which has been operating on this site since 1875. Cross the railway line and Parker becomes Walker St. To the immediate left is the former Woollen Mill (1875) which became a carpet factory after a major fire in 1981.
Castlemaine Botanical Gardens
Opposite are the town's Botanical Gardens which were established in 1856 on the site of some exhausted diggings on Barkers Creek. They are now recognised as one of Victoria's oldest public gardens. They were planned and supplied with the assistance of Baron von Mueller who was responsible for the laying out of the Botanical Gardens in Melbourne.
A number of the trees are so old and so important they have been listed on the National Trust's register. Of particular interest is a large English oak which was planted by the Duke of Edinburgh during a visit in 1867. The tree bears a plaque commemorating the event. It is now one of the oldest planted trees in the state. There is also an Indian bean tree which is the largest-known in the state. The Catalpa tree between the ornate main gates in Downes Rd (wrought locally in 1875 by the newly-opened Thompson's Foundry) and Lake Joanna which is quite beautiful when it blooms in spring. A rare Chinese weeping cypress grows in the northern section from seeds obtained by the Baron from China. Other plantings include elms, oaks, cedars, pines, eucalypts, kurrajongs, silky oaks, Bunya pines and an avenue of lime trees in the north-west corner.
At the corner of Walker St and Cornish St is the Bridge Hotel. The building, originally a store, dates from 1866. Cornish St leads to the Mt Alexander Hospital which was started in 1860 as the Benevolent Asylum.
Old Castlemaine Gaol
Now follow Cornish St to its southern end, turn right into Finch St and take the immediate left into Bowden St. Just past Edward St is the Old Castlemaine Gaol. Built of sandstone quarried nearby in 1860-61, it was decommissioned in 1990. The design consists of a central hall and radiating cell blocks. Today there is a fully-licensed restaurant and the old dungeon kitchen, still in its original condition, has been transformed into a bar which serves local wines. There are conference facilities and you can even spend the night in a cell if you desire as they offer affordable bunk-bed accommodation. Fully guided tours are conducted, tel: (03) 5770 5311.
Camp Reserve and Broadoaks
Drive along Edward St and turn right into Gingell St. To the left, near the Forest St corner, is Camp Reserve. Gold Commissioner Wright set up a large government camp here soon after the goldrush began. It employed 300 people and provided the impetus for the development of the town. Army units used the reserve as a parade ground. The entrance gates are in Forest St. There is a granite memorial cairn with an explanatory inscription.
'Broadoaks' is an early Gothic Revival residence located at 31 Gingell St, facing the reserve. It was the home of famed and ill-fated explorer Robert O'Hara Burke who was superintendent of police at Castlemaine from 1858 to 1860.
Victoria's Oldest Goldfields Building?
Goldsmiths Crescent runs south off Forest St, opposite Gingell St. Down here, to the right, is an historic red gum. The police used to chain prisoners to the tree when the local lock-up was crowded.
Opposite, set back from the street at 7 Goldsmiths Crescent is a single-storey, red-brick house with a timber verandah which was originally a courthouse (1852). The original shingles are still in evidence beneath the newer corrugated-iron roof. It is thought to be the oldest surviving building on any of the Victorian goldfields.
Gaulton St
At the end of the crescent turn left into Yandell St which immediately reaches a T-intersection with Gaulton St. No. 24 was built in the 1860s as two cottages which have since been carefully merged. They were associated with a brewery that has since been demolished.
Walk south along Gaulton St. There is a bridge over Forest Creek. The original on this site was Castlemaine's first bridge. On a little knoll to the right, as one approaches Sheriff's Bridge, is a large red-brick house with white trimmings which served originally as the sheriff's house (1850s). It was one of three brick buildings erected for officials of the government camp which extended as far south as this point.
Ferndale Manor
Cross the bridge, turn right into the highway. After 500 metres turn right into Elizabeth St. After 700 metres turn right into Ray St. At no. 60 Ray St is 'Ferndale Manor', a two-storey house with Georgian and Classical elements built in 1856 for magistrate George Isaacs.
Powder Magazine
Turn left into Farnsworth St. The Elizabethan home at no. 39 dates from 1866-69. Just past it, to the left, is the red-brick powder magazine (1856). Erected on a stone plinth it features buttresses and a vaulted brick ceiling under an iron roof. The sandstone cottage (1866) at no. 47 originally housed the caretaker.
Flour Mill and Greenhill Ave
Turn right into Forest St then right into Barker St. To the right, before the bridge, is a large red-brick building with sandstone corners which was built as a flour mill and used as a foundry during the construction of the railway. It was later used as a distillery by the Fitzgerald brothers as part of their Castlemaine Brewers' operations.
Continue across the bridge and take the first left into Greenhill Avenue. The streetscape is generally of interest here. There are miners' cottages and more substantial residences. At no.24, is 'Talerdigg', a single-storey Classical Revival brick villa built in 1869 and extended in 1881 and 1890. It features bay windows, a capacious encircling verandah, ornate iron lacework and fine gardens. Further on, beside the creek, is Castlemaine's oldest cottage. There was once a Joss House in this street but it has, unfortunately, been demolished.
Campbells Creek
Return along Greenhill Ave and turn left into the Midland Highway. You will soon cross over the railway arch (1862), bound for Campbells Creek. Once a separate village it is now effectively a suburb of Castlemaine.
Pastoralist William Campbell established the Strathloddon run in the area in 1840. After gold was discovered in 1851 a canvas-tent shanty town emerged . By 1853 it was estimated that 3000 people were living along Campbells Creek. There were numerous hotels, a brewery, houses of worship belonging to the Primitive Methodists and Presbyterians and a denominational school. By 1858 the roads had improved and stone and brick dwellings and stores had appeared. There was a huge corrugated iron store, a wooden wheelwright's shop, a drapery, a general store, the Phoenix Brewery, several hotels and some substantial brick dwellings.
In the second half of the 1850s a huge Chinese camp, estimated at over 3000 people (some sources say 6000), had emerged along Campbells Creek, between this point and Guildford. They gathered together for safety as hostility to the Chinese was overt and overwhelming and there were numerous local conflicts, some of considerable proportions. Calico tents were the main domiciles, lining narrow thoroughfares dotted with joss temples, tea-houses, tailors, apothecaries, gambling establishments, opium dens, herbalists, barbers etc. The Chinese tended to work, not so much as individuals, but in a type of co-operative, utilising a system of open-cast alluvial mining. Bucket dredging was employed early in the 20th century to extract the last remnants of gold. Orchards, vineyards, breweries and farms sustained the settlement after the goldrush era.
At the foot of Redfearn's Hill are two small gables cottages. 'Vermont Villa' (no.131), to the right, dates from 1861, and, on the other side of the road, 'Jubilee Cottage' (c.1860).
A little further along, on the left, is the former Standard Hotel which was built in 1854 as the Bath Arms. Its name was changed when it was purchased by the Standard Brewery in 1869. It is now Smith's Bazaar (47 Main Rd), tel: (03) 5472 4555 .
Just beyond, also to the left (at 61 Main Rd), is the two-storey verandahed facade of the Vine Hotel. It was rebuilt in 1876 after a fire damaged the original building which was constructed in 1857. The name was changed to the Vine Hotel in 1864 after the grape vines which grew on the property. It is now the Diggers' Store B & B, tel:(03) 5470 6500.
On the other side of the road is a gracious Federation house behind a picket fence. It originally belonged to the owner of the Campbells Creek's brewery which once stood behind the impressive home.
A little further along the highway are two former churches - the first (Methodist) dates from 1862 and is now a private Christian college while the second church is now an antique shop.
On the other side of the road, at no.90, is a wattle-and-daub building which was once a cordial factory.
On the same side of the road, a little further south, is the Rechabites Temperance Hall which bears a sign to that effect on its facade. Continuing south, just past the swimming pool, is the small old weatherboard shire hall.
The second right after Smith's Bazaar leads across the creek to a road which runs parallel to the highway. Here you will see the picturesque Castlemaine cemetery which was removed to this spot in 1853. On a slight knoll at the cemetery are a Chinese burning tower and lodge.
Back on the main road, and a little further south, are the Five Flags Hotel (1855) and the Five Flags Store which is older still. This area was known as Five Flags because of the many nationalities that worked the goldfields hereabouts.
Dry Diggings Track
The Dry Diggings Track is a 55-km walking route which winds its way around the old goldfields between Castlemaine and Daylesford, taking in Fryerstown, Vaughan, Mt Franklin and Hepburn Springs. It takes in many of the area's goldmining relics, as well as its plant communities and fauna types. A comprehensive guide map has been drawn up. Ring the Castlemaine Visitors' Centre for details, tel: (03) 5470 6200. This track represents one section of Victoria's Great Dividing Trail, a series of co-ordinated walks across the ranges and Central Highlands.
Diggings Heritage Project
A project which is being developed locally, and which will be ready to operate in the near future, is the Diggings Heritage Project. It is based upon a comprehensive guidebook to the region's goldmining heritage which outlines a network of four drive-walk heritage trails. They will incorporate historic buildings, goldmining gullies, bush graves, old miner's huts, rusting relics and a number of sites that are otherwise inaccessible to the public, including the Forest Creek Goldmine (1850s) and the old poppet head, shaft, winding house, changing rooms and crushers of the Wattle Gully Mine. Essentially a carload of people will pay a fee for the passbook, a quality souvenir brochure and the keys to various sealed attractions. Ring (03) 5472 3222 or (03) 5472 1110 for more information or an update on its readiness.
Barkers Creek
At Barkers Creek (5 km north-east of Castlemaine) a cairn marks the spot of the Specimen Gully gold find which sparked the 1851 rush to the Castlemaine district. The former Old England Hotel dates from c.1864.
Dingo Farm
The Dingo Farm, signposted from the highway between Castlemaine and Chewton, is open daily from 9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. It offers visitors a chance to get beyond the bad publicity surrounding Australia's only native dog. Effectively a dingo stud, the farm is aimed at keeping pure genetic strains going. The pups are sold (for high prices), tel: (03) 5472 3266.


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Analysts: sell USD/JPY
Analysts at Commerzbank maintain a bearish medium-term view on USD/JPY. While capped by 103.70 the near term risk remains for losses to 101.00 and possibly 100.00 (50% and the 61.8% retracement of the move up from October). "Rallies will find additional resistance at 103.48 (previous support line) and at 103.84", Commerzbank adds.
Morgan Stanley strategists went even further, selling the pair at 103.00, with a stop at 104.00 and a target at 98.00 yen. "Given that we expect the risks from emerging markets to persist, especially growth risks from China, we view USD/JPY rebounds as providing renewed selling opportunities."
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How a Chest of Ancient Grains Changed Baking History - Modern Farmer
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Source: http://modernfarmer.com/2013/12/ancient-...
Boudet and Niklasson are both advocates of ancient grains, and both are distressed over the quality of mass-market wheat today. "Over time, growers selected the best-producing varieties, but that has created highly susceptible monocultures," Niklasson explained. "Gutekorn's varieties are different from modern grains. They have deep roots and long hairs, and they are highly resistant to disease, drought and poor soil." According to Niklasson, climate change is making this distinction more obvious, as the old grains are more adaptable than modern wheat.
"A farmer today isn't free," says Niklasson. "Farmers are dependent on the seed distributors and since the modern seeds don't have the right resistances, they are dependent on pesticide producers, and since the pesticides kill the healthy microbes in the soil, they are also dependent on the fertilizer companies. At Gutekorn we are some of the last free farmers."
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You had me at "highly susceptible monocultures".
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Martial Law Victim's Son Explains Why His Mother is in Favor of Marcos Burial at LNMB
To start with, I can say that I was also a victim of Martial Law during the regime of the late President Ferdinand Marcos, despite being born in the late 60s. It was actually my father who spent most of his time joining rallies against it. He was a simple laborer of a paper mills in Quezon City, but he went missing in the mid 70s. We never found him since then.
After all these decades, I was not vocal about my past, especially on what happened to my father. Instead, I focused on making a decent living and never engaged in any political rally, although many groups have been trying to convince me to join them. I decided to be silent, until I read some posts on social media of people who claimed being Martial Law victims.
Being the eldest in the family of 5, I was the one helping my mother trying to make ends meet. Both of my parents were raised in Manila, and have only reached high school. My father has been transferring from one job to another, and my mother was just a simple housewife. Nevertheless, she never ran out of ideas on how to help make a living.
Must Read: * Anti-Marcos Group to Sue Noynoy Aquino for Not Preventing Marcos Burial at LNMB When He Was President
Those days, we live in a not-so friendly neighborhood in Paco, Manila, and my father usually comes home only during weekends. When I was in elementary, there was this regular "visit" of Metrocom (now Philippine National Police) in our place. They enter houses to search for some 'illegal' materials, and they frisk people especially those with tattoos.
To help my mother, I sell newspapers in early morning and 'balut' at night. But because of the curfew, we need to secure some permits to stay at late night, and sometimes our requests are being declined. Generally speaking, we did not depend on my father's very low salary, but my mother never questioned him. She never complained about his ideology.
Must Watch: * St Scholastica Young Students Forced to Join Marcos Burial Protest, Parent Says (Video)
One night, we saw our mother crying as some of my father's companions went to our house, and told us my father has been missing for two days. According to them, the authorities picked them up at night after attending a political rally. She went to the police station in QC to cry for justice, and spent many days and nights looking for my father.
But eventually, she realized that there were more important things to do. Despite her frustrations, she chose to do everything so we can live peacefully and have food on the table. While growing up, we seldom talked about losing my father. My mother told us that it is better to focus on how to improve our lives rather than to grieve over my lost father.
Must Read: * Open Letter From a Pro-Marcos: Why I Agree on Hero's Burial for Erap, Gloria Arroyo and Noynoy Aquino
But despite of what happened, my mother discourage us from joining any rally against Marcos for the fear that we may suffer the same fate that my father had. Instead, we joined hands as a family and I was able to finish a course, even without a father.I was a college sophomore when the 1986 EDSA Revolution took place, and we did not join the rally.
Last Tuesday, November 8, I along with my other siblings and their families visited our mother because it was her 65th birthday. Coincidentally, it was the same day when the Supreme Court (SC) allowed the burial of Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB). We are watching the live news about it, and we saw our mother being teary-eyed.
We hugged her tightly not only because we are happy that she's still healthy despite being half-blind, but because we felt that the SC ruling has an effect on her. Afterwards, I can't help but ask her, "Mom, what do you think about the Marcos burial?" She looked at us, took a deep breath, and smiled before she uttered the words I never expected from her.
"You see, we lost your father not because Marcos had him killed, but because he believed that Marcos was a bad president. Your father had a choice, and he did not choose us. Now that the SC decided the Marcos burial based on what the law says, do you want me to oppose the law just like your father's killers did?" My mother told us in Tagalog.
"But what about the justice for my father? Do you believe that Marcos is a hero after all?" I asked her politely. My mother smiled once again, and said, "Marcos did not kill your father, it's the system that killed him. Have I told you that your Aunt Lucia helped us a lot when you were young because she was among those who benefited from Masagana 99?"
Right afterwards, there were tons of questions running into my head. "What could have happened if I joined the rallies instead of going to school or getting into odd jobs? Will those protest organizers give us the things we needed?" I can't say if the Marcos burial is right or wrong. But one thing is for sure, we have been living peacefully, and I believe that my mother is my real hero.
The above post was sent to us here at Taho News by a certain Raul M, a public school teacher in Quezon City. He said he does want to post this on Facebook, as he wants his wall not be bombarded with negative comments from anti-Marcos netizens.


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For years, the Joint Strike Fighter has had a motto: "Lethal, Survivable, Supportable, Affordable." But the military may want to start thinking about trimming off that last bit.
Bloomberg News notes that "the cost of Lockheed Martin's Joint Strike Fighter, already the most expensive weapons program ever, is projected to increase as much as $38 billion. That would bring the price of 2,458 F-35s to $337 billion, 45 percent more than estimated when the program began in October 2001."
"Midway through development, the program is over cost and behind schedule," Michael J. Sullivan, director of acquisition and sourcing management for the Government Accountability Office, told two panels of the House Armed Services Committee that oversee military spending.
The stealthy, single-engine F-35 was supposed to be a low-cost replacement for a huge variety of aircraft — the A-10, F-16, F/A-18, even the British Harrier jump jets. That would enable the Pentagon to buy Joint Strike Fighters in enormous quantities: nearly 3,000 jets. Observers called it a "Chevrolet of the skies — affordable, dependable and ready to be sold in vast numbers."
But since JSF system development began in 2001, a combination of design glitches, manufacturing woes, labor inefficiencies, a "changing business relationship" between the contractors, and other factors have driven costs up tremendously. From March 2006 to March 2007 alone, that collective price tag rose by nearly $20 billion. Congress, not surprisingly, has responded to the inflation by cutting the number of F-35s that the Defense Department could buy – trimming the fleet by nearly 500 planes. The result is that the airborne Chevy is now projected to cost an average of $137 million each. Which isn't F-22 Raptor expensive, yet. But it ain't exactly Impala cheap, either.
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- Gates: F-22 Has No Role in War on Terror
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Hurray for three SIMs. Acer's Liquid E700 Trio features a total of three SIM-card slots. A high-performance quad-core SoC, 2 GB of RAM, and a lush 16 GB of flash memory alongside an HD IPS screen are also part of the bundle. A price of 200 Euros (~$256) is demanded for that. A tasty mix in a restrained casing that will not only be interesting for corporate customers.
For the original German review, see here.
Acer's Liquid Trio doesn't look special at first glance, particularly since many identically equipped smartphones are found in the manufacturer's 200-Euro (~$256) product line. A mid-range quad-core SoC from MediaTek, a 5-inch HD screen, and Android 4.4.2 KitKat - unremarkable up to here. But then, Acer's Liquid E700 Trio does have a unique feature: It can operate three SIM cards at the same time, and it also proves to be quite versatile in other things. Many contenders cannot offer a 16 GB flash memory that can be expanded via a micro-SD card, a lush 2 GB of RAM, and a bright IPS screen either.
Acer's Liquid E700 will have to compete with the Archos 50c Oxygen, iOcean X7S and LG L70 in our test report.
The casing of Acer's Liquid E700 is made of matte-black polycarbonate (Titan Black). The phone is also available in matte red (Burgundy Red). The matte plastic on both the back and the bezel give the review sample a pleasant grip and makes it insusceptible to fingerprints. The smartphone is not exactly compact with a thickness of 9.9 mm and a weight of 156 grams. The contenders are all a bit smaller and lighter. Nevertheless, the review sample is pleasant to hold despite its size of 147.3 x 73 mm, owing to its rounded casing.
Considering the price range, the build is very good and exhibits even gaps. Acer's Liquid E700 passed our compulsory pressure test with flying colors. Both the screen and the removable back cover are very solid and do not produce cracking noises. The non-removable battery, slots for the three micro-SIM cards and for a micro-SD card with a maximum of 64 GB capacity are found underneath the back cover.
Acer equips the Liquid E700 Trio with the MT6582 quad-core SoC from MediaTek. It clocks with a frequency of 1.3 GHz, and an ARM Mali-400 MP2 dual-core graphics core is integrated. A lush 2 GB of working memory supports this array. It is possible to expand the 16 GB internal flash storage (net: 12.43 GB) up to 64 GB via a micro-SD card should it get too tight. Apps can be moved to the micro-SD card providing they allow that. The three micro-SD slots support UMTS; LTE is, unfortunately, not available. Acer's Liquid E600 with 4G support is to be introduced for this standard. Acer has also installed the compulsory micro-USB 2.0 port and 3.5 mm jack. Both the power and volume buttons function reliably and are easy to reach with one hand. Like in LG's G3, an additional button is found directly under the rear-facing camera lens. It opens the camera app when pressed longer, and it is also the shutter button. A short pressure opens a predetermined app via the shortcut function.
Praiseworthy: Acer has only modified the latest Android 4.4.2 KitKat operating system very subtly. For example, there is a Float app interface that displays several applications and widgets at the same time. Consequently, there is no need to close one app in order to switch to another when multitasking. Acer also installs a few apps, some of which are useful like Polaris Office 5, a radio app, Facebook or Google's standard bundle. There is barely any bloatware found.
Communication & GPS
Our review sample supports Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n for local, wireless data transmission. Mobile browsing is available in an adequate speed owing to UMTS/3G. The Wi-Fi reception is decent. A stable connection was still maintained even through several walls and a distance of 10 meters to the router. The combination of tri-SIM operation and quad-band technology makes the smartphone's utilization very flexible. Both GSM quad-band (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) and UMTS quad-band (850/900/1900/2100 MHz) are installed for this purpose. The review sample operates in the GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+ net standards with a bandwidth of 21 Mbps / 5.76 Mbps in the UMTS net (download/upload). The A-GPS module does a good job, as the quick localization via the GPS Test app proves.
Telephony & Speech Quality
The phone app corresponds to the good standard known from Android. The multi-SIM implementation is good and always worked flawlessly. Every SIM is mapped with a specific assignment, such as data connection or domestic / foreign telephony, and thus it is possible to use the smartphone not only for private and business calls with separate cards, but also for an additional data plan. Frequent travelers especially can benefit from the best plan in every individual case. The speech and audio quality ranges between good and very good, and there is only low background noise. Our contact confirmed an impeccable connection in the practical test. The hands-free feature is sufficiently loud.
Cameras & Multimedia
Acer's Liquid E700 Trio sports an 8.0-megapixel primary camera and a 2 MP webcam. Despite the relatively high resolutions, the camera units do not manage to take particularly focused pictures even in ideal light, and they exhibit image noise. Although the webcam has a dedicated LED flash for shooting selfies in poor light conditions, it ruins the fun of taking pictures due to its poor light capturing ability in conjunction with abysmal image sharpness. The direct comparison shows a quite decent color reproduction but also reveals the massive quality difference.
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Acer puts a modular power supply including a USB cord and a standard in-ear headset in the Liquid E700 Trio's box. It also contains a quick-start guide, warranty card and safety booklet.
Acer includes a 24-month warranty for the Liquid E700 Trio.
Input Devices & Controls
The virtual keyboard functions according to the Android standard, which ensures an intuitive and reliable operation. The key field covers approximately one-third of the screen in portrait mode. The keys are large enough for typing faultlessly. The visible area diminishes massively in landscape mode.
The capacitive multi-touchscreen functions reliably and accurately. The automatic screen rotation when changing modes is also implemented quickly.
The 5-inch screen has an HD resolution of 1280x720 pixels. That is standard in this category. The approximately 40 Euros (~$51) more expensive iOcean X7S provides a Full HD resolution. The image is appealing due to the good sharpness, and it shines very bright with an average of 410.8 cd/m². Only iOcean's X7S is on par in the category comparison; both LG's L70 and Archos' 50c Oxygen have a considerably lower brightness.
The illumination of 89% is homogeneous, and both the contrast of 866:1 and black level of 0.5 cd/m² are very decent. Although the contenders have a marginally better illumination, the other rates cannot compete with those of the review sample.
The screen disappoints in the blue range with a clear shift in our measurements with CalMAN. The much too high DeltaE of 10.02 confirms this. The color saturation is also only mixed. The bluish cast then also becomes visible in the grayscale and is obvious in relatively dark parts. The too high color temperature of 8805 K and a DeltaE of 8.55 underline that. The gamma of 2.46 is still the best rate. Fortunately, these considerable shortcomings are barely visible in routine use; they are only noticed adversely in single-colored, bright contents.
The screen's maximum brightness of 436 cd/m² would be high enough for outdoor use even on sunny days. However, the highly reflective glass surface thwarts that to some extent. Nevertheless, it is a good performance compared with the contenders.
The screen in Acer's Liquid E700 Trio uses IPS technology, and thus provides very stable viewing angles. The content first brightens up slightly in very steep angles that are unusual for practical use; colors do not invert.
A quad-core SoC from MediaTek is installed in Acer's Liquid E700 Trio. The MT6582 clocks with 1.3 GHz and an ARM Mali-400 MP2 graphics chip is integrated. The processor convinces with its good application performance and allows using many current apps.
Our synthetic benchmark course confirms the review sample's good performance, which, however, lags behind that of the contenders. Only LG's L70 can usually not keep up. The Androbench 3 storage test verifies that the review sample sports a swift flash memory that outperforms the contenders in virtually all tests, in return.
|1280x720 offscreen Ice Storm Unlimited Physics (sort by value)
|Acer Liquid E700 Trio
9037 Points ∼13%
|Archos 50c Oxygen
11211 Points ∼16% +24%
|iOcean X7S
10539 Points ∼15% +17%
4289 Points ∼6% -53%
|1280x720 offscreen Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics Score (sort by value)
|Acer Liquid E700 Trio
2412 Points ∼1%
|Archos 50c Oxygen
6336 Points ∼1% +163%
|iOcean X7S
6268 Points ∼1% +160%
3545 Points ∼1% +47%
|1280x720 offscreen Ice Storm Unlimited Score (sort by value)
|Acer Liquid E700 Trio
2881 Points ∼1%
|Archos 50c Oxygen
7014 Points ∼4% +143%
|iOcean X7S
6888 Points ∼3% +139%
3687 Points ∼2% +28%
|1920x1080 Ice Storm Extreme Physics (sort by value)
|Acer Liquid E700 Trio
8304 Points ∼13%
|Archos 50c Oxygen
9877 Points ∼15% +19%
|iOcean X7S
9762 Points ∼15% +18%
4033 Points ∼6% -51%
|1920x1080 Ice Storm Extreme Graphics (sort by value)
|Acer Liquid E700 Trio
1716 Points ∼0%
|Archos 50c Oxygen
4262 Points ∼1% +148%
|iOcean X7S
4048 Points ∼1% +136%
1995 Points ∼1% +16%
|1920x1080 Ice Storm Extreme Score (sort by value)
|Acer Liquid E700 Trio
2083 Points ∼1%
|Archos 50c Oxygen
4878 Points ∼3% +134%
|iOcean X7S
4653 Points ∼3% +123%
2247 Points ∼1% +8%
|1280x720 Ice Storm Standard Physics (sort by value)
|Acer Liquid E700 Trio
8382 Points ∼5%
|Archos 50c Oxygen
9246 Points ∼6% +10%
|iOcean X7S
9814 Points ∼6% +17%
4062 Points ∼3% -52%
|1280x720 Ice Storm Standard Graphics (sort by value)
|Acer Liquid E700 Trio
2683 Points ∼0%
|Archos 50c Oxygen
6272 Points ∼1% +134%
|iOcean X7S
6066 Points ∼1% +126%
4304 Points ∼1% +60%
|1280x720 Ice Storm Standard Score (sort by value)
|Acer Liquid E700 Trio
3161 Points ∼2%
|Archos 50c Oxygen
6755 Points ∼3% +114%
|iOcean X7S
6629 Points ∼3% +110%
4248 Points ∼2% +34%
|AnTuTu Benchmark v4 - Total Score (sort by value)
|Acer Liquid E700 Trio
17286 Points ∼40%
|Archos 50c Oxygen
27979 Points ∼65% +62%
|iOcean X7S
25761 Points ∼60% +49%
12951 Points ∼30% -25%
|Geekbench 3
|32 Bit Multi-Core Score (sort by value)
|Acer Liquid E700 Trio
1190 Points ∼4%
|iOcean X7S
2349 Points ∼8% +97%
608 Points ∼2% -49%
|32 Bit Single-Core Score (sort by value)
|Acer Liquid E700 Trio
354 Points ∼8%
|iOcean X7S
445 Points ∼10% +26%
325 Points ∼7% -8%
|GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
|1920x1080 T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 (sort by value)
|Acer Liquid E700 Trio
4.2 fps ∼0%
|Archos 50c Oxygen
11.6 fps ∼1% +176%
|iOcean X7S
10.1 fps ∼1% +140%
4.3 fps ∼0% +2%
|T-Rex HD Onscreen C24Z16 (sort by value)
|Acer Liquid E700 Trio
7.1 fps ∼1%
|Archos 50c Oxygen
14.7 fps ∼1% +107%
|iOcean X7S
9.8 fps ∼1% +38%
12.7 fps ∼1% +79%
|PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1
|3D Graphics Tests (sort by value)
|Acer Liquid E700 Trio
838 Points ∼25%
|Archos 50c Oxygen
951 Points ∼29% +13%
591 Points ∼18% -29%
|2D Graphics Tests (sort by value)
|Acer Liquid E700 Trio
2251 Points ∼22%
|Archos 50c Oxygen
2730 Points ∼27% +21%
2199 Points ∼21% -2%
|Memory Tests (sort by value)
|Acer Liquid E700 Trio
1930 Points ∼8%
|Archos 50c Oxygen
2095 Points ∼8% +9%
1498 Points ∼6% -22%
|Disk Tests (sort by value)
|Acer Liquid E700 Trio
18920 Points ∼14%
|Archos 50c Oxygen
4268 Points ∼3% -77%
3948 Points ∼3% -79%
|CPU Tests (sort by value)
|Acer Liquid E700 Trio
9911 Points ∼4%
|Archos 50c Oxygen
25034 Points ∼9% +153%
3466 Points ∼1% -65%
|System (sort by value)
|Acer Liquid E700 Trio
2691 Points ∼26%
|Archos 50c Oxygen
2981 Points ∼29% +11%
1738 Points ∼17% -35%
|AndroBench 3-5
|Random Write 4KB (sort by value)
|Acer Liquid E700 Trio
1.19 MB/s ∼1%
|Archos 50c Oxygen
0.56 MB/s ∼0% -53%
|iOcean X7S
0.93 MB/s ∼1% -22%
0.63 MB/s ∼0% -47%
|Random Read 4KB (sort by value)
|Acer Liquid E700 Trio
13.58 MB/s ∼8%
|Archos 50c Oxygen
12.17 MB/s ∼7% -10%
|iOcean X7S
11.85 MB/s ∼7% -13%
9.83 MB/s ∼6% -28%
|Sequential Write 256KB (sort by value)
|Acer Liquid E700 Trio
15.64 MB/s ∼8%
|Archos 50c Oxygen
16.59 MB/s ∼9% +6%
|iOcean X7S
21.03 MB/s ∼11% +34%
6.82 MB/s ∼3% -56%
|Sequential Read 256KB (sort by value)
|Acer Liquid E700 Trio
86.51 MB/s ∼11%
|Archos 50c Oxygen
83.03 MB/s ∼10% -4%
|iOcean X7S
53.09 MB/s ∼7% -39%
53.09 MB/s ∼7% -39%
Acer's Liquid E700 Trio presents us with mixed results in the category comparison in the browser-based benchmarks. Although the review sample still clearly lags behind contenders like Archos' 50c Oxygen in the Peacekeeper and SunSpider benchmarks, it surpasses both iOcean's X7S and LG's L70 in Octane V2. The review sample clearly gains ground when a faster browser, such as Google's Chrome, is used. The speedy website setup is appealing in routine browsing operations.
|Octane V2 - Total Score (sort by value)
|Acer Liquid E700 Trio (Android 4.4.2 KitKat)
1969 Points ∼4%
|Archos 50c Oxygen (Chrome 36.0.1985.128)
2793 Points ∼6% +42%
|iOcean X7S
1939 Points ∼4% -2%
|LG L70 (Android 4.4.2 KitKat)
1746 Points ∼4% -11%
|Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Total Score (sort by value)
|Acer Liquid E700 Trio (Android 4.4.2 KitKat)
15556.3 ms * ∼26%
|Archos 50c Oxygen (Chrome 36.0.1985.128)
13236.1 ms * ∼22% +15%
|LG L70 (Android 4.4.2 KitKat)
16461.2 ms * ∼28% -6%
|Sunspider - 1.0 Total Score (sort by value)
|Acer Liquid E700 Trio (Android 4.4.2 KitKat)
1387.5 ms * ∼34%
|Archos 50c Oxygen (Chrome 36.0.1985.128)
1046.4 ms * ∼26% +25%
|LG L70 (Android 4.4.2 KitKat)
1169.8 ms * ∼29% +16%
|Peacekeeper - --- (sort by value)
|Acer Liquid E700 Trio (Android 4.4.2 KitKat)
583 Points ∼9%
|Archos 50c Oxygen (Chrome 36.0.1985.128)
796 Points ∼13% +37%
|iOcean X7S
789 Points ∼13% +35%
|LG L70 (Android 4.4.2 KitKat)
643 Points ∼10% +10%
|WebXPRT 2013 - Overall Score (sort by value)
|Acer Liquid E700 Trio (Android 4.4.2 KitKat)
178 Points ∼8%
|Archos 50c Oxygen (Chrome 36.0.1985.128)
225 Points ∼10% +26%
|LG L70 (Android 4.4.2 KitKat)
150 Points ∼7% -16%
* ... smaller is better
The MP2 version of the Mali-400 GPU has two cores and supplies an impressive performance. Many up-to-date games are no problem although demanding apps only run smoothly in low or medium settings. Acer's Liquid E700 Trio did not exhibit any weaknesses in the games we tested. The accurate and swift control via the touchscreen, position sensor, and accelerometer are appealing. Full HD videos were rendered just as smoothly.
The surface temperatures are always tolerable in practical use. The average temperatures on the smartphones upper side and underside range from 31 °C to 32.9 °C in idle mode.
The surfaces heat up to 34 to 37.4 °C during full load. We measured a maximum rate of 40°C on one spot on the underside. The review sample never reached an unpleasant temperature range in practical use. The power supply heated up to approximately 40 °C during load, and thus it should not be covered when connected.
The front-sided speaker produces a satisfactory sound and has a decent maximum volume. As is common for the category, it sounds a bit distorted and somewhat treble-heavy, particularly in higher volumes. The DTS equalizer enables multiple adjustments according to personal preferences and definitely improves the sound. The 3.5 mm jack compels with a low-noise sound and high maximum volume.
Energy Management
The power consumption of Acer's Liquid E700 Trio of 1.2 to 2.2 watts in idle and 3.4 to 2.6 during load is relatively low. Only LG's L70 consumes significantly less in the category comparison. Both Archos' 50c Oxygen and iOcean's X7S need more energy, particularly during load.
|Off / Standby
|0 / 0.1 Watt
| 1.2 / 1.9 / 2.2 Watt
3.4 / 3.6 Watt
Key: min: , med: , max: Voltcraft VC 940
Battery Runtime
Acer's Liquid E700 Trio sports a non-removable 3500 mAh battery. Although the installed SoC is not a power guzzler, the bright IPS screen takes its toll. This can be seen in our two runtime tests. According to the manufacturer, up to 60 days of standby or 24 hours of call time should be possible.
We measured 5 hours and 27 minutes under full load using the Stability Test app and maximum brightness. Thus, it is unrivaled with a one to two hour longer runtime compared with the competition. However, the contenders have considerably smaller batteries.
The practical browsing test via Wi-Fi with an adapted brightness of 30% (150 cd/m²) stopped after 8.5 hours. Alone, that is a good time. However, it is clearly beaten by the competition. Archos' 50c Oxygen is first place with approximately 10 hours; LG's L70 follows with 8:39 hours just before our review sample. Only iOcean's X7S has to be recharged earlier due to roughly 5 hours. It still manages 8 hours with the optional 3000 mAh battery.
It should be possible to easily survive a workday without recharging when the Liquid E700 Trio's brightness is reduced a bit.
|WiFi Surfing
|8h 30min
|Load (maximum brightness)
|5h 27min
Acer's Liquid E700 Trio is a decent smartphone for the demanded 200 Euros (~$256, RRP) - but why?
Firstly, the bright and viewing-angle stable, 5-inch IPS screen with an HD resolution is appealing. The casing's immaculate build and high stiffness make a high-quality impression. Admittedly, the device does not offer the best color reproduction, but that is barely if at all noticed in routine use. Also, the application performance is convincing for a mid-range phone. The device reaps in another plus point for using the latest Android 4.4.2. The generous flash memory can be extended via a micro-SD card and even supports the App2SD function that is crucial for many apps. The Wi-Fi reception is decent, the GPS module localizes the phone fairly quickly, and even Bluetooth 4.0 is installed. It's not a matter of course that 3G functions with all three SIM slots. LTE is not available but will allegedly be installed in a similar sister model. The front-sided speaker performs well, and the sound can be enhanced a bit via DTS even if only with the headset jack. The battery runtime is good and is easily enough for a busy workday. The two camera modules' middling performance was not as compelling, although the webcam's LED flash is a small added value.
The biggest pro argument for Acer's Liquid E700 Trio is likely the very well integrated tri-SIM functionality that, unlike many other competing products, does not involve compromises in other areas. Quad-band additionally ensures worldwide use when required. Thus, users with a tight budget who depend on multi-SIM support and do not need LTE will find a reliable and well-equipped partner in Acer's Liquid E700 Trio.