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Why I Can’t Stop Thinking About Potter and Hunt

Dean Potter flying from the Eiger. Photo by Cory Rich, from deanspotter.com

Dean Potter flying from the Eiger. Photo by Cory Rich, from deanspotter.com

It is not just their unusual manner of death, flying near 100 mph headlong into a granite massif, hundreds of feet above the iconic, beautiful and serene Yosemite Valley, the two men each in a silky synthetic wing suit and a parachute folded on their backs, that keeps me thinking about Dean Potter and Graham Hunt. They died a week ago Saturday after a fatal impact with the rock during what was their final wing suit flight from Yosemite’s Taft Point.

Their manner of death is by any definition, extraordinary.

But what will not leave my mind is the fact that how they died is so entwined with how they lived. They died while trying so hard to live.Yet since our Western society places the value of life above all other values, it is difficult for me to fully embrace these men’s life choices. But at the same time I can not diminish their achievements.

Henry David Thoreau wrote about his own life that he went to the woods near Walden Pond so he would “not when I came to die discover that I had not lived”. Thoreau though, was never too far from civilization and his yearning for life was hardly a dangerous proposition. Not so Dean Potter, a pioneer not only in the rock climbing community but in the field of human powered flight, sailing off cliffs wearing a suit that made his arms and legs wing-like, then deploying his parachute to land safely. His most celebrated flight was flying off the Eiger mountain in Switzerland after climbing that mountain unaided, a feat in and of itself heavy with risk.

I am conflicted about Potter’s choice of lifestyle, activities which flirted with death and feel the need to explore his choices since for a reason that may seem irrational, his death is making me think about how best to “suck out all the marrow of life”, as Thoreau wrote.

Let’s assume that Potter felt the need to push the boundaries of the possible to satisfy his own thirst for life and let’s assume that he accepted that the risk was death. He is not the first to take this path. As a kid I remember the thrill of watching the daredevil Evel Knievel sail his motorcycle over more than a dozen cars on one jump and thirteen Greyhound buses on another, sometimes crashing in similar attempts, not dying, but breaking dozens of bones. I remember watching him try to fly his specially made one man rocket over the Snake River Canyon in Twin Falls, Idaho in 1974, crashing into the far side of the canyon, and surviving. And I watched all this on the ABC television network, one of only three major television networks of the time. A man testing himself, coming to the edge of death was public spectacle and entertainment and one that is repeated again and again in many different ways even now: race car driving, free diving, a matador facing a raging bull.

People take many roads to make peace with their lives and find success. But even the most seemingly successful men and women of our day often crash and burn despite great objective success, actors and musicians taking their own lives, successful politicians making stupid and illegal choices, ruining their careers. So, can Potter be faulted for living his life to what for him was the life he needed to feel fulfilled, even if that life carried the price tag of death? What’s a person to do if the only way he feels alive is by staring death full in the face, “to slip the surly bonds of Earth…to touch the face of God”. words written by English test pilot John Gillespie McGee Jr. after flying to 30,000 feet during a test flight in 1941. McGee died in a plane crash months later at the age of 19.

Pilot McGee was serving his country in war time. We mourn his death but accept it as the inevitable cost of war. But how do we respond to Dean Potter’s death, and similar deaths that have come before and those that will surely follow? Should we as a society openly tolerate activities that are a clear and present danger to their practitioners. Should we stand in the way of those who’s struggle to feel alive takes them so close to the edge? Should we support companies, like Red Bull and GroPro, that sponsor adventurers taking possibly fatal risks, like Jeb Corliss, another wing suit flyer, or Felix Baumgartner, who sky dived from 126,100 feet high falling faster than the speed of sound during a live-streamed event in 2014. We watch knowing they can die and they jump knowing the same and their sponsors who enable their efforts stand to profit the most. Even Corliss conceded after his successful wingsuit flight through a keyhole formation in Tianmen Cave that “my time on earth is limited but what I do with that time is not”. Like Knievel, Corliss has also returned to his sport after suffering serious injury.

We regulate other activities that are deemed injurious such as alcohol and drug use. We have an ongoing robust debate about about assisted suicide and the right to die. So, as a society, we do cherish life. Yet, we do not prohibit people from taking great risks with their lives. We do not outlaw cave diving, a notoriously dangerous activity, nor BASE jumping, although jumping off of public buildings and in National Parks is usually prohibited. Should we outlaw these activities because they have a high mortality rate? Should we ban flying in a wingsuit?

Or are these men and few women who takes these great risks really our own proxies for living life on the edge? Do their successful wing suit flights and leaps from space give us a unique moment of satiety about all that life can be, and than when they die, their death coaxes a hushed sigh of relief from deep in our throats that, “yes” we were right to avoid risk, to continue in our quotidien lives, lest we end up in pieces on the valley floor?

Unlike Dean Potter and Graham Hunt, who have now passed on, and others like them still alive (the free climber Alex Honnold comes to mind) and many others out of the public view, few among us have a passion we are willing to die for. I am envious of the person who has a passion so fierce he will follow it at all costs. But even if I had such a calling I would deem it unfair to heap that cost on family and loved ones who ultimately and for the duration of their lives will pay a big part of the price. It certainly seems unfair, selfish actually, to bequest that burden on one’s young children.  But at the same time, it is not in the purview of society to forbid people from exploring their limits as long as they are not actively doing harm to others.

But Potter’s life and death at the very least should cause us each to seek out passions in our lives, be they great or small.  And hopefully they are passions we are willing to live for and passions which ennoble the spirit and soothe the soul.

Howard E. Friedman

Trailer for Run Free – The Story of Caballo Blanco

Born to Run, the best selling book by Christopher McDougall, published in 2009, introduced readers to the enigmatic Caballo Blanco (the White Horse),

 Caballo Blanco in the CopperCanyon. Photo by Leslie Gaines.

aka Micah True who lived and ran in Mexico’s Copper Canyon. He was inspired by the native Tarahumara people who lived there and ran long distances just for fun. Micah True went on to host races in the Copper Canyon to bring revenue and support to these indigenous people. He died in 2012, while running in the Gila Wilderness of New Mexico.

A documentary is making its way across the festival circuit this year about this inspiring person who required little for himself all the while working to make the world better for others. The trailer has been released.

Trailer | Run Free – The Story of Caballo Blanco.

Off the Trail: The Anthropocene is here to stay.

The term Anthropocene is starting to appear more and more frequently. The “cene” ending of the word is familiar from any number of geologic epochs such as Holocene or Pleistocene. But in the case of Anthropocene we humans are the subjects, not dinosaurs, or glaciers or seismic events of unimaginable proportion.

Scientists continue to try and understand how we humans, the “anthro” in Anthropocene, are impacting our planet. Are we causing irreversible changes with development? Or over-population? Or did we start to irrevocably alter the planet when we began agriculture more than 10,000 years ago, deforesting and tilling the earth?  And anthropology professor Dr. John Hawks has written about some anthropologists who wonder if we should capitalize the word at all or refer to our epoch with a little ‘a’ just to signal that this time period is currently unfolding and its full details can not yet be known.

Read below for two scientists thoughts on this topic after convening an expert panel to think and write about our current geologic era and try to determine where we can go from here in understanding the “Anthropocene” and the impact we are having on what is for now, at least, our solar system’s only known habitable planet.

Below is the beginning of the article which was published in theconversation.com and which I saw re-posted on earthsky.org. I encourage you to read the entire piece, written by Professors Ben A. Minteer and Stephen Pyne, both of Arizona State University.

What does it mean to preserve nature in the Age of Humans

“Is the Earth now spinning through the “Age of Humans?” More than a few scientists think so. They’ve suggested, in fact, that we modify the name of the current geological epoch (the Holocene, which began roughly 12,000 years ago) to the “Anthropocene.” It’s a term first put into wide circulation by Nobel-Prize winning atmospheric chemist Paul Crutzen in an article published in Nature in 2002. And it’s stirring up a good deal of debate, not only among geologists.

The idea is that we needed a new planetary marker to account for the scale of human changes to the Earth: extensive land transformation, mass extinctions, control of the nitrogen cycle, large-scale water diversion, and especially change of the atmosphere through the emission of greenhouse gases. Although naming geological epochs isn’t usually a controversial act, the Anthropocene proposal is radical because it means that what had been an environmental fixture against which people acted, the geological record, is now just another expression of the human presence.

It seems to be a particularly bitter pill to swallow for nature preservationists, heirs to the American tradition led by writers, scientists and activists such as John Muir, Aldo Leopold, David Brower, Rachel Carson and Edward Abbey. That’s because some have argued the traditional focus on the goal of wilderness protection rests on a view of “pristine” nature that is simply no longer viable on a planet hurtling toward nine billion human inhabitants.

Given this situation, we felt the time was ripe to explore the impact of the Anthropocene on the idea and practice of nature preservation. Our plan was to create a salon, a kind of literary summit. But we wanted to cut to the chase: What does it mean to “save American nature” in the age of humans?”

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MEDIA ADVISORY, January 2, 2011: In the wake of the continuing global economic meltdown, and decline of the so-called “prosperity gospel,” two new Christian websites have been launched to provide biblical answers: and

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Founded upon the Scriptures, and supported with abundant archeology and superior monetary science, these websites are being praised by Christian leaders for their sound biblical teaching.

Award-winning Christian author, Rev. Rich Vermillion, is becoming widely known as the “Economic Theologian” because of his recent work in these subjects. The combination of his two decades of ministry experience, and his autodidactic studies of economics and monetary history, have equipped Rich to uniquely communicate biblical truths. The ongoing economic collapse also makes his efforts timely.

“The current economic troubles have actually served to be a blessing in disguise,” Rich explains. “During the ‘boom years’ of the U.S. and global economies, the false-ministry ‘wolves’ were able to spread their half-truth ‘prosperity’ teaching easily. But when the inevitable economic ‘bust’ came, because of terrible government fiscal policies and fraudulent banking practices, the wakeup call came for many people. Professing Christians are now doing the simple math and figuring out that they have never earned ‘one hundred-fold’ returns on their giving to these self-serving religious con artists. In fact, many are now realizing that they are actually worse off financially. Their ‘suicide offerings’ only enriched the lavish lifestyles of those to whom they gave. So they are discovering that Proverbs 22:16 is really true, and many people are now turning away from these wolves en masse.”

The so-called “prosperity preachers” are not the only ones that have him concerned, however. “Dave Ramsey has me very concerned too. While I applaud his past efforts to encourage Christians to get free from debt, his current anti-gold rhetoric defies both the Bible’s precepts and all monetary history. What is particularly troubling is his apparent financial interest in ‘Gold Stash for Cash(GSFC, LLC), which buys the very things that he tells everyone to get rid of. The similarity to Proverbs 20:14 is striking. One cannot help but notice a clear ‘appearance of evil’ here, though his ignorant advice is the most dangerous.”

Rich adds, “We are stepping into the vacuum left behind by the miscreants in order to give people the WHOLE truth on these subjects. Best of all, we are giving it to the Christian public for FREE.”

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Mayor Joseph M. Petty has been reelected to serve his fourth term as mayor and his eleventh term as city councilor. Petty earned 70 percent of the votes in the mayor’s race in a land-slide victory over Konstantina Lukes.

The At-Large city council seats will be made up of incumbents Kate Toomey, Khrystian King, Morris Bergman, and Lukes. District 5 City Councilor Gary Rosen — who earned the second most votes — will take an At-Large position beginning in January.

District 4 Councilor Sarai River and District 3 Councilor George Russell will retain their seats.  As ThisWeekinWorcester.com reported earlier, Matt Wally will take the District 5 seat over challenger Paul Franco.

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What Exactly Is a Parenting Coordinator?

What is Parenting Coordination you ask? While it is tempting to give a quick definition based upon the Florida legislative vision of what it is supposed to be, the vitriol which some writers have heaped upon it requires a more in-depth answer.

When I returned to law school in my early forties, I was not going to law school because I didn’t have anything to do at home. At the time, law school was one of the most highly competitive schools a young person could attempt and, it was a nearly impossible task for a change of lifer with a family, and a full set of grown up responsibilities. I went to law school to study Constitutional and Environmental law. I ended up practicing family, administrative and criminal law.

Family court is an interesting place to practice law. It is the place where the most important people in our lives, the very fabric of who we are, are affected by every decision, every action, and every failure to act. Kindness to your ex can be used against you and an agreement to modify the schedule for a special occasion may become a demand to modify it whenever and wherever it is demanded. It is a place where grandparents can become the enemy, and significant others give world wars an inferiority complex.

Parenting coordination in Florida was proposed several years before its eventual enactment. It was passed by the legislature, but vetoed by then Governor Jeb Bush. He believed the original concept granted too many powers to the parenting coordinator and not enough court supervision. The idea was modified several times, and there were many reports and committees working together to try to find a good balance for the parents, the children, the courts and the overall family structure while still protecting vital individual rights. It was signed into law by Governor Charlie Christ in 2009 and adopted by the Florida Supreme Court in 2010.

Florida Statutes: 61.125 states: “The purpose of parenting coordination is to provide a child-focused alternative dispute resolution process whereby a parenting coordinator assists the parents in creating or implementing a parenting plan by facilitating the resolution of disputes between the parents by providing education, making recommendations, and, with the prior approval of the parents and the court, making limited decisions within the scope of the court’s order of referral.” The statute clarifies that where there is a judgment or order in which a parenting plan has been established, that the parents can request, or the court can appoint, a parenting coordinator to assist the parents in resolving disputes concerning that parenting plan. If you have any questions pertaining to in which and how to use portal parentingowy, you can get hold of us at the webpage

Okay…in English. If the court orders or adopts a parenting plan, and the parents can’t seem to work together to carry out that plan, the court can appoint a parenting coordinator to help them. The court gives the parenting coordinator the authority to use many different resources to help the parents. The key words here are “court orders or adopts a parenting plan.”

Parenting is a very hard job. Probably one of the hardest things we do in our lives. When there are two people working together to raise children, we have to face the challenges with a united front, or at least try. What happens when we can’t do that? What happens when we decide to split up and try to raise the children together…apart? What happens to the grandparents? Who takes the kids to school? Who goes home from work when the kids get sick? What happens when we meet someone else and they become involved with the children?

All of these questions can lead to stress and tension even in the most amicable breakup. No one starts off believing that they will fight for 18 years over each child. But, sadly, it happens. It happens to good people who mean well, and who are trying to do the best they can, taking care of the children they love. It happens to people who have been ordered by a court to do things with their children that they don’t want to do.

For years, the court system has tried to work with parents to fashion solutions that are in the best interest of the children. The court does the best it can with the information it is given. Unfortunately, that information is limited by time, the quality and/or presence of attorneys, and the individual sitting on the bench. Over the past 30 years mediation has gone far to assist parents and the courts in reaching more personalized solutions for individual families. For the majority of parents that system works.

Then there are the parents who cannot work together. Those who return to court again and again and again with disputes about the children, the new significant other, the grandparents, the choice of day care, when to take vacations, and hundreds of other issues that come up every day. That is where parenting coordination comes in.

Parenting coordination is a child-centered approach, and that means working with the parents to break the patterns, find solutions, and try to enhance communication between two people in a child-centered focus. Modern day courts are not equipped to quickly resolve issues that come up, and so the battles go on, sometimes for months, and the children and parents get caught in a pattern that just keeps repeating. Keep in mind that while all the fighting is going on, there is a court order. It is not a court “suggestion” and that can create new problems for parents and the children.

In Florida, parenting coordinators must be trained in psychology, psychiatry or law.* They must be familiar with family dynamics in a family court setting including domestic violence, child abuse issues, and they must be trained in family mediation. They must be able to work with families from all backgrounds.They must have thick skins and they must be willing to creatively use all the tools given to them by the courts and the legislature to help parents find methods, ideas and programs that put the children’s needs first. They must be able to use their experience and knowledge of the system, the family court process and real issues dealing with intensely personal situations confronting parents and children. They must be able to think outside the box of traditional remedies that are never going to work for a particular set of people.

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Book Review: The Failure of Sex Education in the Church – Mistaken Identity, Compromised Purity

Let me first apologize to Linda Bartlett the author.  See left a message on my blog asking if I would like to receive the book for review.  I told her that I would love to.  That was back in July 2014, and I received it that same month.

To be honest with you I have not finished the book.  I have found it interesting, educational, and very bold.  It is literally a book that ask many questions, and she gives her answers as well as the answers of others.

One question that is asked is this, “Is sex education in the church distinctively different?”  I do not want to give away any answers, except to peak your interest in the book.  In short to the answer “No!” On page 23 near the end of chapter one Linda Bartlett writes, “Danger lurks when we let sexuality shape our identity.”  That is what I see is the idea behind this book.  And, I do believe it is a Biblical and correct view of human sexuality.  We are much more than sexual beings.

In the final paragraph of Chapter Eleven Mrs. Bartlett writes, “God’s Word does not provide a model for sex education, but it consistently tells us to train in holiness.  Being holy means resisting our own sinful passions and replacing false sentiments with godly ones.”

Any time the Church is dependent on worldly ideas and detract from the Word of God we will get it wrong.  Linda Bartlett speaks of Kinsey, and others who are responsible for the “we are sexual beings” thought.  And Mrs. Bartlett tells us that there is no place in Scripture that says that.  We are told, however, that we were made in the image and likeness of God.

Every parent and teenager needs to read this book.

The Failure of Sex Education in the Church – Mistaken Identity, Compromised Purity

by Linda Bartlett

You can read articles by Linda Bartlett at the following blog site:

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I pray you will purchase this book, read it, then that the Christian community will further the teachings of Scripture, and godliness.

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Born again through Jesus Christ death, burial, and resurrection, and awaiting His soon return. Husband of Madge. Father of Charity, Monica, Timothy, Philip, and James. Father-in-law to Paul, Sam, Sarah L., Sarah Joyce, and Amber. Grandfather to Rachelle, Jonathan, Caitlyn, Naomi, Josiah, Eli, Rene'e, Addyson, Natalie, Alexzander, Lydia, and Kylie Anne; and two grand children in Heaven. Pastor of Shiloah Baptist Church of Jenkins, MO since July 06, 2014. I enjoy reading and studying the Scriptures of God. My calling in life is to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ and the Word of God. I enjoy riding motorcycles, hiking, camping, hunting, and driving. I drive a school bus because I enjoy it and to make a little extra money.

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Tim’s 10%

I’m upset! Just kidding.

I am extremely happy, filled with joy and covered with grace. This is a place I have been praying to be at for several months now, as this year did not start off how I thought it would. In between a long-term relationship ending, canceled flights and lost luggage (Thank you, American Airlines), and postponed speaking engagements, my life’s rhythm was out of whack. And to be honest, I was lost and did not know what to do.

These interruptions slowed down my activities of daily living and my vision and forced me to see the trees within the forest. Also known as blind spots, I began to be confronted with unarmed truths about myself that were actively working to prevent me from becoming my best, whole self. Some of these bling spots included:

  • Identifying insecurities about myself rooted in years of unhealthy behaviors and thinking
  • Toxic relationships that I held onto for tenure, rather than purpose
  • Self-destructive decision making trying to please the wrong people, places, and things

I have always encouraged my students and peers to speak their unarmed truth, failing to realize that I couldn’t even keep it 100 with myself.

Whoa. Talk about a reality check.

A mentor once told me, “don’t be more style than substance,” and the moment of truth was finally here. After years of being concerned with superficial recognition, I started to focus on my inner self. Despite ongoing external success, I realized that I could gain the entire world and lose myself in the process. I wanted people to connect with the real me, not “Tim the Sigma,” “Tim from Ohio,” or “Tim the speaker.” I knew that this decision may not net 500+ likes on social media, but I continued walking because I knew I would earn sustained peace.

So, I started focusing on Tim. I invested in Tim spiritually, physically, and emotionally. I started to read more, watch sermons online weekly (s/o to Pastor Furtick and Elevation Church), and work out every day. During a conversation with a trusted friend, I shared that I was investing 2.5 hours of every single day to myself. Seventy-five minutes dedicated to learning something new – reading, practicing a skill, or writing in my journal – another seventy-five minutes for working out. This time allotment netted about 10% of each day and thus, Tim’s 10% was born.

Slowly I began to endure a spiritual transformation that yielded results in the physical realm. For years, I tried gaining muscle/weight but was never successful – mostly due to the fact that being “small or skinny” was an insecurity that prevented me from accepting my whole self. It wasn’t until I started exercising my inner being that I witnessed physical gains I had been yearning to see. Spent more time with God and learning about myself and what He promised, came to past.

December 2017 to June 2018 (L to R)

Now in July, I can honestly say that this is the happiest I have been in a very long time because I finally love myself. Through this ongoing journey, I’ve become my own best friend and loudest cheerleader. I made the executive decision to not only name myself as the funniest person I know, but to also award myself a superlative as “most likely to become a university president.” Most importantly, I have learned that the love and relationship I have with myself and with Christ is the standard by which all of my relationships with others will function. Period.

Three weeks ago, I moved to a new city to start a new job and now I can announce that I am a new Tim. My emerging self continues shows me previews of God’s promises with my name on it, each glimpse inspiring me to persevere in purpose. I have a continued fresh mindset with a renewed spirit, ready to take on these next six months and beyond.

As I close, I invite us to consider the following questions:

  1. What are your blind spots? How are you mitigating the potential risks they hold to threatening your development?
  2. How do you choose to invest in yourself? Daily, weekly, annually?
  3. How has your vision/mission evolved as you continue to learn more about yourself?

Thanks to Tim’s 10%, my vision is clear, my mission is fearless, and my peace is infinite. I’ll always bet on myself because my purpose cannot lose.

Encourage somebody to be great today!

Tim Bryson

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With the latest announcement of Google Chrome’s remote desktop application, it’s a great time to look at when and where virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) makes sense.  While there are significant benefits to leveraging VDI, there are still some security risks associated with these implementations.

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Why Encryption is Still a Cloud Standard

As we see more and more organizations starting to outsource their data to services such as Amazon and Telco-based cloud environments, there is an increased importance around the security of the actual data that resides in these environments. In some cases, organizations are moving business-critical and privacy sensitive data off-site to take advantage of reduced infrastructure costs, but in some cases, to leverage the security postures of the cloud providers themselves.

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Looks like you’ve been missing a lot of work lately. I wouldn’t say I’ve been *missing* it, Bob.

Yes, before you start to wonder what ever happened with Tinder Stratus, I’ve been enjoying some well-deserved downtime. I’m going to be cutting down the blog to write as much as I can, but as cloud starts to ramp up in Canada, I am going to be working on a few other side projects. It’s been awhile since I’ve posted, and since it’s Tuesday, I am happy to get back into the swing of things with a quick update from a security company that I first came across years ago, and are still creating some great solutions, especially now for the virtualization space.

Tripwire’s ConfigCheck is a great (and free!) utility that helps organizations get a quick picture of how secure their VMware ESX 3.0/3.5 hypervisor is by measuring it against the VMware Infrastructure 3 Security Hardening guidelines. While there are some other tools that do similar types of verification, I like that Tripwire not only identifies the vulnerabilities, but since it was designed from the ground up with VMware, it provides the steps towards full remediation of the vulnerabililities.

But why is something like this so critical? Well, as organizations struggle to identify security deficiencies within their virtual environments, tools like this make it a lot easier by giving a standard baseline for which to start. While it’s not a replacement for having experienced security folks, it’s a great solution for midmarket or other organizations who don’t have such luxury.

Aside from discovering vulnerabilities, ConfigCheck helps organizations deploy virtualization in a manner that is safe and secure, increase the security posture of the entire organization, reduce configuration drift and easily implement security and compliance best practices. It’s a cheat sheet if you will, to help identify and manage vulnerabilities in your virtual environment.

Ten percent of nuthin’ is…let me do the math here…nuthin’ into nuthin’…carry the nuthin’…

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Your soul-suckin’ days are over, amigo!

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With the long weekend looming (well, technically starting today) I thought I would do a nice light post about the state of third party security and virtualization. I still have this debate once and awhile about what is better, vendor integrated solutions such as vShield, or third party solutions from security vendors. So what are the arguments for each side? Continue reading

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It may come as no surprise that I read a lot about cloud and security. I mean A LOT. My Twitter feeds are rammed with representation from all things cloud. As Martha Stewart would say, “It’s a good thing.”. So when I’m not doing my day job, I’m busy writing this daily blog, writing for another awesome Canadian blog,, some vendor sites, and writing whitepapers for various conferences, doing research with the Cloud Security Alliance and the like. I do this so that I can help educate the market, particularly the Canadian market, on cloud. Continue reading


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by Gordon Scott

In 1772 the Duke of Argyll instructed his factor on Tiree to convert a house in Scarinish into a church and by 1776 it was functioning as such. In the mid-1780s it was extended. Neil MacLean, Church of Scotland minister on Tiree between 1815 and 1859, wrote in 1840 that the Scarinish church could accommodate 500 sitters but that it was rarely full. The problem, he felt, was that it was situated ‘in a corner’, that is, inconveniently placed. Mr MacLean also considered it to be no longer fit for purpose.

In 1841 the Presbytery of Mull approved a plan to build two churches on Tiree, one to serve the west, the other to serve the east. In April the contract to build the first of these churches (on the same site as today’s Heylipol Church) was won by McNab and McInnes of Oban. They quoted £648.00 sterling (somewhere in the region of £68,000.00 today) for a building which would accommodate 600 sitters. Substantial administration costs were added on top of this by the Presbytery.

The heritors of the parish of Tiree and Coll (the Duke of Argyll and also the heritors of Coll – Hugh MacLean, John Campbell and Alexander Campbell) were obliged to meet all costs To formalise this the Presbytery passed a discernment, or judgement of guilt, against the heritors of the parish making them liable for the costs in terms of their title deeds which included, among other things, a responsibility to maintain the churches on their land.

The amount each heritor would pay was ‘in proportion to the valued rent of their respective properties’. The scheme of division arrived at was:

The Duke of Argyll: Four hundred and seventy five pounds, six shillings and ten pence, three farthings

Hugh MacLean of Coll: One hundred and eighty three pounds, ten shillings and a penny, three farthings.

The Campbells of

Caolis and Cornaig: Thirty one pounds, thirteen shillings and a halfpenny.

Less than a year later the church was completed and the heritors of the parish were, in the legal terms so beloved by the Presbytery, ‘assoilzied’. To put it in everyday language the previous judgement against them was annulled.

Modern technology can help us pinpoint the location of the church. By overlaying a map surveyed in 1878 with a present-day Google Earth satellite image and matching it to scale we see that the church, which had an upper gallery, was a rectangular building and occupied roughly half the area occupied by the cruciform Gothic-style church of today. Maps from the period show a vestibule on the western wall.

An interesting feature on the map overlay is the track (or path) which deviates south-west from the road approaching from the east. The area is now overgrown but aerial photographs which were taken during a dry spell of weather suggest its former existence. The track must have continued in use for some time into the 20th century as it leads to a gate in the present-day church’s eastern boundary wall. This gate appears to have fallen into disuse some considerable time ago.

The Presbytery records pertaining to the planning and building of the church consistently refer to ‘the church at Balinoe’ even though township boundaries of the period suggest it was actually built upon the Barrapol common (Bailtean is Ath-Ghairmean) and so we should not assume that it was initially known as ‘Heylipol Church’. However, in 1875 the west and east of Tiree were disjoined, becoming two separate parishes and from this time forward the church was definitely named ‘Heylipol’. In 1877 a dedicated parish minister was appointed.

The first Heylipol Church did not enjoy the longevity of its smaller counterpart at Kirkapol. In the 1860s new wooden flooring had to be installed. By 1890 the roof and gallery were found to be unsafe as the ends of the joists which rested on the walls had decayed through damp. New joists and heavy iron brackets were installed and new windows were also deemed necessary. By 1899 the situation was no better. The roof was was leaking, the damp in the walls was worsening and the new joists, iron brackets and windows, installed less than ten years previously, were judged to be ‘in an advanced state of decay’. By 1900 it was decided that nothing could be done to save the building and subsequently it was demolished, replaced by the present-day church in 1902.

In March 1843 the Presbytery of Mull acknowledged that the church for the west of Tiree had been completed. It was now time to proceed to the building of the church for the east of the island. The plans and specifications called for a building capable of seating 450. At the meeting in May that year the Duke’s Chamberlain suggested the church at Kirkapol be delayed for a year given the recent expense of building the church in the west. However the Presbytery was adamant that Kirkapol church be built ‘with all convenient speed’.

At the meeting in June 1843, McNab and MacInnes of Oban again won the contract, this time for £679 sterling plus administration costs. The heritors were consequently discerned and a scheme of division was calculated as follows:

The Duke of Argyll: Four hundred and ninety six pounds and two shillings.

Hugh MacLean of Coll: One hundred and ninety pounds, fourteen shillings and three pence

 The Campbells of Coll: Thirty four pounds, eight shillings and ten pence

With administration fees the church cost almost £722 sterling (about £75,300 today).

At Tobermory on the 7th May 1844 the Presbytery minutes record Kirkapol Church as being completed.

Contrary to popular belief, Kirkapol Church is not square but rectangular, measuring approximately 14.5m in length by 11.1m in width. The walls are 0.7m in thickness. The dressed stone is recorded as being sandstone but looks more like gneiss. The granite in the cornerstones came from the Ross of Mull and was procured by the Commissioners for Northern Lights who were then using this type of stone in the construction of Skerryvore Light as well as the shore station at Hynish. The walls are topped by a hipped roof.

The belfry, most likely puchased from a specialist firm in Glasgow, has a pinnacle in the shape of a pyramid. The bell last rang in 1980s (at the latest) when there was a failure in the axle from which it swung. It was operated by pulling an external rope which, when not in use, was pulled back into the church through a opening located near the front window. The porch was added in the 1960s. The accompanying photograph (reproduced by permission of An Iodhlann) is taken from an early-20th century postcard and provides a view of the church before porch and wall were added.

Kirkapol Church, like the church that stood at Heylipol from 1843 until the early 1900s, has an upper gallery supported on iron pillars. The pulpit we see today at the north-west wall was installed in 1893, perhaps to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the foundations being laid. On the ground floor, the seating on either side of the pulpit and the long centre pew at the rear are what remains of the original seating. The seating in the gallery is original.

Over the years there has been considerable confusion regarding the date for the church. This was again the case when the building was recently offered for sale. The advertisement in An Tirisdeach seems to be based on an erroneous entry on a website detailing British ‘listed’ buildings. This site states that Kirkapol Church was built in 1776. While the building is undoubtedly ‘Grade B listed’, 1776 is the year in which a church was built in Scarinish and not Kirkapol.

It must be conceded, however, that the design of Kirkapol Church evokes an earlier period of church design. Externally, for example, it is strikingly similar to a parish church built on Colonsay in 1801. But it is the interior of the church which is particularly interesting. We note a lack of adornment and no suggestion of symbolism. On the ground floor there is no real sense of space between pulpit and seating, leading to a sense of intimacy and connectedness with the preacher. In the upper gallery this sense of intimacy continues but in a different way: unlike galleries in later traditional churches one has a very real sense of looking down upon the pulpit, almost as if one might fall into it if one were not careful. In essence, Kirkapol Church is a theatre in layout, a device employed by many different Christian congregations in the early 19th century to engage worshippers and diminish the sense of ‘them and us’.

It is a sign of the times that this iconic church has been put up for sale. Apart from the structure itself many great men have ministered there. In the 19th century alone we have Neil MacLean, whose incumbency lasted from 1815 – 1859, making him the longest continually serving minister on the island. He was followed by John Gregorson Campbell, acknowledged to this day as a great folklorist. And then there was Hector MacKinnon, the first native of the island in modern times to have served as its minister, the first to have been appointed by the congregation of Tiree following the revoking of the Patronage Act, and a man whose ministry beyond Tiree gained him a reputation as a remarkable preacher and great humanitarian.

The author wishes to express his thanks to Mr and Mrs Donald MacIntyre of Gott for their assistance in the preparation of this article.


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Kathleen Southworth

Enthusiastic, Fun & Friendly Hospitality

Kathleen joins the tasting room staff on Friday and Saturday afternoons, pouring wine for our local Toad fans, club members and folks visiting from far away places. Kathleen loves to talk about Toad Hollow history and our funny stories or alternately, about her dog Merle and cats Leo and Thor. If you are more interested in malolactic fermentation, veraison or bud break, that conversation can happen too. If you like, you can even take a selfie with our famous Toad in front of the tasting room and be featured in a post on our Facebook page!

Bill Zuur

Bill "the Bowler" Zuur

Bill Zuur was one of the first employees of the Tasting Room when it opened in September 2003. His Tasting Room career started after his wife Nancy had a brief discussion with her friend Julie Maas, who was then the assistant CFO at Toad Hollow. The conversation went something like “Do you guys have anything that my husband can do? I need him to get out of the house” the rest, as they say, is HISTORY. When not working at Toad Hollow, Bill enjoys spending time with his children and grandchildren. He is a self employed licensed Private Fiduciary and also enjoys golf, handyman work, travel and good books.

Cheryl Lynd

Pleasing person pouring plenty of personality!

Cheryl was born in LA County and moved to Northern California as a young child. She has worked in the wine industry for many years and continues to be excited about it every day! When not working in the Tasting Room, Cheryl loves spending days with her four grandchildren. She really is a people person and is crazy for our Toad Hollow Unoaked Chardonnay!

Joe Janowczyk

Harleys, country music and a touch of home town hospitality!

Joe came to Toad Hollow in February of 2016 after having spent multiple years working both on the supply and wholesaler sides of the business. He got his start on the marketing side of the business after finishing at Miami University with a degree in Journalism and American Studies in 2011. You'll see Joe mostly on the weekends in our tasting room, and feel free to ask him about some back roads in the area to see or take your bike on as Joe spends a ton of his time riding around the county on his Harley Davidson. That bike makes it all the more fun commuting to work at the Toad Hollow Tasting Room!

Kristina Tovani

Vivacious and enthusiastic about everything wine!

Kristina was born and raised in South San Francisco but has lived in Sonoma County for 15 years. She is the proud wife of a local Fire Captain and they have a beautiful son who keeps them active with sports and school. Kristina loves to cook and bake so we hope she also likes to share! Her favorite wines are red, especially Zinfandel and Pinot Noir. She has been working in the wine industry since 2015 and loves every minute of it! Kristina says she likes tasting at the various new Sonoma County wineries any chance she gets so she can recommend lots of fun places for our visitors.

Wendy Ponzo

Shares her love of wine as a Healdsburg local!

"I love my family, I love wine, food and of course, Healdsburg!" says Wendy about what is important to her and what she brings to her job in our tasting room. As a Healdsburg local, she is even more excited to share her appreciation of our wine country community with everyone who walks into our tasting room.

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Before you report a bug

The Apache Tomcat community consists of those who use Apache Tomcat, help answer questions on discussions lists, contribute documentation and patches, and those who develop and maintain the code for Apache Tomcat. Almost all those who assist on a day to day basis resolving bug reports do this for a wide variety of reasons, and almost all of them do this on their own time.

Many bugs reported end up not being a bug in the Apache Tomcat code, but are due to misconfiguration, problems caused by installed applications, the operating system, etc.

Before reporting a bug please make every effort to resolve the problem yourself.

If you need help, ask on the users mailing list.

The remainder of this document points you toward resources you can use to resolve the problem you are having.

Bugzilla is not a support forum

Bugzilla is a tool to track bug reports and feature requests. It is used to organize work on Apache Tomcat projects, so that such issues are not forgotten and to document how they were resolved.

Bugzilla is not a place to ask questions on how to configure your own system, or how to interpret some error message or behaviour that you do not understand. If you have questions, please ask on the users mailing list.

When you have gathered enough information to diagnose your problem, and it is indeed a bug that can be fixed in Apache Tomcat, feel free to create or reopen your Bugzilla issue for it. You can find a link to your discussion in the mailing list archives and include it in your bug report.

Resources to help resolve Apache Tomcat problems

Here are some resources you can use to help you resolve the problem you are having before reporting a bug.

Problem troubleshooting

  • Documentation – Review the documentation for the version of Apache Tomcat that you are using. The problem that you are facing may already be addressed in the docs. Note, that documentation is searchable.
  • Logs – The logs which Apache Tomcat generates can be a valuable resource when trying to diagnose a problem. Please review them. You may want to enable debug output in your Apache Tomcat configuration so that you have more information to help diagnose the problem. You may want to configure an Access Log (a valve) to log what requests reached Tomcat and what was Tomcat's response to them.
  • Wiki – Search the Wiki. That is unofficial documentation to which everyone can contribute.
  • FAQ's – Search the Tomcat Frequently Asked Questions that is part of the Wiki.

Apache Tomcat discussion lists

It is very likely you are not the first to run into a problem. Others may have already found a solution. The mailing list archives may contain discussions which will help you resolve the problem.

See the mailing lists page for the further information on the lists.

See also the Find help page.

Known issues

Please search the bug database to see if the bug you are seeing has already been reported. Please look at the changelog page for the bugs that have already been fixed. The changelogs for not-yet-released versions of Tomcat are also available. More details are below.

Recent version

Try to reproduce your problem with the latest released version of Apache Tomcat.

Looking for known issues

Search the bug database

Please search the bug database to see if the bug you are seeing has already been reported.

  • The bug may have already been fixed and is available in a later version or nightly build.
  • Someone else may have reported the bug, you could add supporting information to help reproduce and resolve the bug.

The search page is here. There is also advanced search page.

Here are some search tips.

  1. Search for closed bugs as well as for the open ones.

    On the advanced search page you can clear the "Status" field to avoid filtering by status.

  2. Search across different versions of Tomcat.

    In the bug database Tomcat is represented by several "products". The same problem should be reported only once, but the fix may be applied to different Tomcat versions. While doing so, the bug report is moved between different products. A bug that is originally reported against Tomcat 9 is moved to Tomcat 8 and maybe later to Tomcat 7. So it makes sense to search all the versions at once.

    Here is a quick list of supported products:

    • Tomcat 9, Tomcat 8 and Tomcat 7 – Tomcat 9.0.x, 8.5.x or 8.0.x and 7.0.x
    • Tomcat Connectors – Integration of Tomcat with other Web servers
    • Tomcat Native – APR based native HTTP and AJP connectors for Tomcat
    • Tomcat Modules – Additional Tomcat components
    • Taglibs – Apache Taglibs subproject
  3. Search not only Summary field, but also the Comment one

    On the advanced search page open "Detailed Bug Information", then type your query into the "Comment" field.

  4. You can limit results to the issues that were changed recently.

    On the advanced search page open "Search by Change History", then type "-2m" into the first field in the pair of "between" fields to limit results to the issues changed in the last 2 months.

  5. Some bugs do not belong to Tomcat.

    Tomcat bundles libraries from several other projects. You can see RELEASE-NOTES and NOTICE files in your distribution for details. More details are in a separate section below.

If you are looking for the recently fixed issues there are several places to look at.

  • Changelog files for released versions

    These are published on the Tomcat website.

  • Changelog files for not-yet-released versions

    These are available in the source code.

    They are in XML format with style sheets attached. Thus modern web browsers can display them nicely.

    The files are also available in nightly documentation builds. See Buildbot page for details.

Product Changelog (released) Changelog (unreleased)
Tomcat 9.0 (trunk) changelog.html changelog.xml
Tomcat 8.5 changelog.html changelog.xml
Tomcat 8.0 changelog.html changelog.xml
Tomcat 7.0 changelog.html changelog.xml
Tomcat Connectors changelog.html changelog.xml
Tomcat Native changelog.html changelog.xml

Third party components

Tomcat bundles libraries from several other projects. See RELEASE-NOTES and NOTICE files in your distribution for details. The versions of the components that were used to build Tomcat are defined in the file in the source distribution.

Notable components are:

  • Tomcat service launcher – commons-daemon-*, tomcatN.exe, tomcatNw.exe

    The service launcher is provided by Apache Commons Daemon project.

    Using the terminology from that project, the *nixes launcher is called jsvc and the Windows launcher is called procrun. The tomcatN.exe and tomcatNw.exe programs in Tomcat distributions are just renamed prunsrv.exe and prunmgr.exe from Apache Commons Daemon binaries distribution.

  • DBCP Database Pool implementation – tomcat-dbcp.jar.

    This pool implementation is provided by Apache Commons Pool and Apache Commons DBCP projects.

    The classes from these two projects are renamed into a different package, to avoid conflicts if the same libraries are used by web applications, recompiled and packed into a single JAR file.

  • JDBC Database Pool implementation – tomcat-jdbc.jar.

    This pool implementation is available with Tomcat 7 and later and it comes from jdbc-pool project that is part of Tomcat Modules. This library is developed alongside the main Tomcat.

  • Tomcat Maven plugin subproject tracks its issues in JIRA database.

Reporting Apache Tomcat bugs

Please make sure the problem is a bug in Apache Tomcat and not a bug in your web application.

Note, that security-related issues should not be reported through Bugzilla.

How to write a bug report

Please provide as much information as possible. It is very hard to fix a bug if the person looking into the problem cannot reproduce it. See also Bug Writing Guidelines.

Bug submission starts here. You have to include the following information in your bug report:

  • Product. Here is a list of supported products:

    • Tomcat 9 – Tomcat 9.0.x and web site
    • Tomcat 8 – Tomcat 8.5.x and 8.0.x
    • Tomcat 7 – Tomcat 7.0.x
    • Tomcat Connectors – Integration of Tomcat with other Web servers. The mod_jk module for Apache HTTPD and other web servers.
    • Tomcat Native – HTTP and AJP connectors for Tomcat using native code and linked with Apache APR and OpenSSL libraries
    • Tomcat Modules – Additional Tomcat components, such as jdbc-pool
    • Taglibs – Apache Taglibs subproject
  • Version – Apache Tomcat version.

    Please not only select it from the list, but also mention it in your text. The bug description can be updated, so it is important to mention the version in the text as well.

  • Component – The component which has the bug.

    If you do not know, just guess.

  • Platform and OS – Hardware platform and operating system Tomcat is running on.

  • Severity – This is normal for usual bug reports and enhancement for enhancement requests.

    If you tend to mark it as critical, you are probably doing it wrong. It is likely that the issue is already known and fixed, or it is not an issue at all.

  • Configuration details

    Please mention these in your text:

    • Java version – Vendor and version of your Java Runtime Environment used to run Tomcat.
    • If Tomcat is used behind Apache HTTPD or other web server – its version and how it is configured.
    • Tomcat Connector that is being used. There are several implementations of Connectors in Tomcat. Which one is being used is shown in the logs during Tomcat startup.
  • Attachments

    Attach configuration files and Tomcat log files if they would help to track down the bug.

  • Reproducer

    Please describe how to reproduce your problem on a clean Tomcat installation. If you can please provide a simple sample web application that demonstrates the issue.

How to submit patches and enhancement requests

Enhancement requests for Tomcat are submitted using the same procedure as bug reports, but in the Severity field you will select the value "enhancement".

To propose a patch, attach it to a Bugzilla issue. When providing a patch, please mention to which version of the source code it applies. Any patches are welcome, but we prefer the ones that use the Unified Diff format. Those can be generated using diff -u command or svn diff or git diff command.

To patch and build Apache Tomcat see the following references:

To prepare a documentation patch:

Read section on building the documentation in BUILDING.txt file in the source distribution. Usually the documentation for a version of Tomcat is located in webapps/docs/ directory in the source code and can be built with ant build-docs command.

To build documentation it should be sufficient to have a Java runtime and a copy of Apache Ant. Compiling Tomcat code should be unnecessary.

Generic references:

Security Issues

Security-related bugs are of special concern. If you have a verified security bug to report please neither post it to public email lists nor submit a bug report. See Security Reports page on how to report them.


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More core changes to reduce overhead. Added ***, ***, and *** for the winter spawn rewards. Changed holiday items to display the year they were obtained. Removed year from properties on deeded holiday items. Correction for word of death damage: add SDI, change to direct dmg. Discordance failure cooldown reduced to 1 second. Christmas stockings will auto-fill on xmas day the year they are obtained. Numerous holiday items added 2 days ago.
10 Jan 2015
Archery pause of 350ms has been reduced to 100ms. Fixed bug that causes client crashes in world chat. Fixed moving shot special move. Misc. AI optimization. Greater dragons have been tweaked, explanation to follow.
17 Jan 2015
Added support for monster stealables (not in yet). Fix for players riding newer style ethies. Fixed word of death to use direct damage and spell damage increase appropriately. Added Sea Market region. High seas galleons are now in. The cannons are not available yet but will be shortly! The Tokuno ship and Gargoyle ship can be purchased at the Sea Market. The Britannian ship can obtained via the community collection, britannian waters section. The Orc ship will be available at a later date. Boat paints are available at the sea market.
01 Feb 2015
Updates to Wakened Online: Reduced the value of looted and runic items for Clean up Britannia. Armor sets, jewlery sets and quivers will no longer dropped blessed from the CuB barrels. Armor sets from CuB will now cost 10000 points each. Hit area will now count for dead defenders. Mortal strike now has time based scaling. Added mindrot, corpse skin, strangle, blood oath, mortal evil omen to talisman curse removal. Fixed some bugs and added some features to Galleons. Added a chance for Lower Ammo Cost to runic crafted bows. Runic Bow Corrections (Bows ONLY) Added possible Lower Ammo Cost -or- Mage Weapon 120 max luck 25 max hit chance increase 25 max defense chance increase Fire resist bonus max 18% Cold resist bonus max 18% Poison resist bonus max 18% Energy resist bonus max 18% Removed the following items from CuB: Chaos Banner Order Banner Ultima Banner Horse Barding (deco) Archery Butte Added the following to CuB for 2000000 points each: Duelist’S Edge Talisman Anatomy +10 Stamina Regeneration 2 Hit Chance Increase 5% Damage Increase 20% Lucky Charm Talisman Hit Point Regeneration 1 Stamina Regeneration 1 Mana Regeneration 1 Luck 150 Mystic's Memento Talisman Focus +10 Mana Regeneration 1 Spell Damage Increase 5% Lower Reagent Cost 10% Necromancer's Phylactery Talisman Spirit Speak +10 Mana Regeneration 1 Spell Damage Increase 5% Lower Reagent Cost 10% Soldier's Medal Talisman Tactics +10 Stamina Regeneration 2 Hit Chance Increase 5% Damage Increase 20% Wizard's Curio Talisman Evaluate Intelligence +10 Mana Regeneration 1 Spell Damage Increase 5% Lower Reagent Cost 10%
14 Feb 2015
Updates to Wakened Online: Added Valentines Day content. Maximum obtainable hit points on mobiles increased. Big fish now show dates, along with the trophy. Reduced requirement to get the Britannian Ship to 20,000,000 points (to match OSI). Misc. core side changes. Added high seas fish. The crabs, lobsters, fishing quests, bait and fish pies are not added yet, but they will be! Details on the fish types you can catch, and their locations can be found here: http://uo2.stratics.com/skill-guides/skills-and-professions/fishing/fishing-in-the-high-seas
15 Feb 2015
Wakened Online Test Center Update: The following items will now be added to new characters bank boxes, in addition to what you already get. - A bag of all recipes - A bag of ML resources - A bag of Champion Artifacts Also, the runic tool bag now includes runic fletching and carpentry kits.
15 Feb 2015
Updates to Wakened Online: The gift for arielle basket will no longer retain items when you die. Guaranteed gain system implemented. More details on the GGS system can be found here: https://www.wakened.net/p/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?3059
22 Feb 2015
Updates to our Wakened Online: - ADDITIONAL UPDATE: Added grapes of wrath, enchanted apple and fruit bowl. - You can now use commodity deeds on high seas fish. - Commodity deeds can be redeemed or filled in galleon holds. - Added some relevant messages to pilots of galleons. - Corrected animation for harvesting when no resources are left. - Changed system message for no resources etc. to overhead message instead. - Added General Ug champion to repond slayer group. - Reduced fish respawn times. - Reduced hit points on custom valentine peerless. - Fixed InfernalOoze on Monstrous Interred Grizzle. - Added crabs and lobsters in preparation for lobster traps. - Enhancing with frostwood on shield will now set the correct Faster Casting property. - Fixed login equipment validation. - Added ability to squelch accounts from world chat in it's entirety. - Disabled mortal strike scaling. - Increased drops for runic fletching kits on Treefellows. - Server side optimizations. - You can now pilot the new galleons via the ships wheel from any distance, while on the ship. - Updated public moongate and event gate for Luna locations.
01 Mar 2015
Updates to Wakened Online: - Treasure of Tokuno are now enabled for ToT III. - Added fish, crab and lobster baits in preparation for professional fisher quests. - Allowed the use of peerless keys independently until they expire or get used. - Reduced drop chance of Minax artifacts on Minax Captain's hoards. - Increased storage bonus from 20% to 60% for all houses. - Added an option to unsecure castle courtyards. - Extensive memory usage cleanup and optimization of code. - Fix for items being stuck on the internal map instead of being disposed of. - Removed world chat. - Added loot pack with miscellaneous items. - Corrected login equipment validation. - Added content in preparation for St. Patrick's Day. - Pristine Dread Horn is now stackable. - Fixed hue on brilliant amber. - Reversed change to make harvesting messages appear overhead. - Removed New Zealand link from server list. - Added Californian link to server list. - Enchanted Apples and Grapes of Wrath are now stackable. - The following items can now be put into commodity deeds: Most stackable food Granite (all types) Gems (all types) ML Gems (all types) ML Resources (all stackable types) Peerless Resources (all stackable types)
03 Mar 2015
The following updates have been applied to Wakened Online today: - Temporarily added runebook with some marked locations to new player gift package. - Temporarily added 1,000,000 bank check to new player gift package. - Temporarily added house placement tool to new player gift package. - Removed bow freeze. - Fixed faction checks in the context of alliance building. - Item() support for localized message in range. - Increased drop chance for higher end runic fletching kits to 2.5% on treefellows. - Temporarily added gold to the donation store. To see any of our previous updates, you can view them on our forums here: https://www.wakened.net/p/forum/forum.php


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Number Crunching – Operator losses, payment restructures and a crowdfunding success

Number Crunching – Operator losses, payment restructures and a crowdfunding success

Thursday, January 12, 2017 Posted by Luke Massey
A breakdown of some of the more interesting figures to emerge from the gambling industry in the past seven days.

£100 million - The estimated losses for betting operators over the festive period. William Hill alone detailed losses of £20 million in December, which was largely due to unfavourable football results. From December 26-28, Chelsea, Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham and Manchester United all won their Premier League matches.

£260 million - These December losses for William Hill left profits £20 million below prior expectations. Closing its full-year 2016 performance, the company's governance detailed to investors that earning guidance would be 'at the bottom end' of its £260-280 million range.

$197.7 million - Amaya Inc has detailed changes to its payment plan for Rational Group assets. The company has confirmed that it will pay the $197.7 million balance relating to the deferred purchase price of the assets throughout the course of 2017.

90% - The governance of Caesars Entertainment Corporation (CEC) are closing on a final resolution relating to the $18 million debt restructure of its Caesars Entertainment Operating Company (CEOC), after a reported 90% of senior creditors accepted the terms.

50 million - The amount of content updates that Sky Betting & Gaming brands publish each day across multiple verticals. The bookmaker has therefore partnered with digital data and customisation specialist Qubit to boost its personalisation and player targeting capabilities, specifically by utilising Qubit’s ‘Visitor Cloud’ technology.

99% - DFS operator Premier Punt will use the money from its successful crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs to 'move into overseas markets and make more proprietary gambling software'. The Aberdeen-based company has raised 99% of its £200,000 target.

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Military Families Host 'Twitter Town Hall' Against Budget Deal Staff
Posted: Dec 16, 2013 1:20 PM
One of the more insignificant, yet pernicious, spending cuts in the Ryan-Murray budget is a reduction in military pensions. The changes would apply to current active-duty and retired military personnel under the age of 62. Many military families view these changes as a broken promise and, Breitbart News has learned, are convening a "Twitter Town Hall" Monday night in opposition to the budget deal. The grass roots event is targeting Senators up for reelection next year with the hashtag #KeepYourPromise.


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Vt. airport to offer new direct flight to Orlando

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Posted: Nov 06, 2013 8:45 AM

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Officials from the state of Vermont and Allegiant Air announced Tuesday the airline would begin offering direct flights between the Burlington International Airport and Orlando, Fla., in February.

To celebrate, the airline is going to offer fares as low as $67 each way for the twice-a-week service between Burlington and Orlando.

The Allegiant Air flights replace direct Burlington-Orlando flights that JetBlue ended a year ago.

"We are thrilled to welcome a new airline to Burlington for the second time in only two years and appreciate the confidence that Allegiant has demonstrated in Burlington and our airport," Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger said while announcing the new service.

Currently, Orlando is the third most popular destination for travelers leaving Burlington, after New York and Washington.

"We are pleased to bring a new, affordable and convenient travel option to the residents of Burlington," said Allegiant Travel Company President Andrew Levy.

Allegiant Air already offers direct flights from Plattsburgh, N.Y., to Orlando.

Vermont Transportation Secretary Brian Searles says the state agencies of Transportation and Commerce and Community Development are going to help market the route.


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Mali to UN: Consider a rapid intervention force

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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Mali's foreign minister urged the United Nations on Wednesday to consider creating a rapid intervention force to fight extremist groups in the African country's troubled north, warning that the region "once again runs the risk of becoming the destination of hordes of terrorists."

Abdoulaye Diop spoke to the U.N. Security Council via videoconference the day after a peacekeeper with the U.N. mission in Mali was killed in a rocket attack. That follows the death of nine peacekeepers in an attack on Friday, the deadliest since the mission began last year.

U.N. peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous has called the situation "intolerable" as French troops in northern Mali draw down, leaving peacekeepers largely on their own in the rebellious region.

Ladsous told the council that the rate of attacks has increased substantially and that with the "quasi-disappearance" of Mali's forces, "we cannot face the threat alone."

Diop did not explain what he had in mind for a rapid intervention force, and the current Security Council president, Argentine Ambassador Maria Cristina Perceval, told reporters after closed consultations that discussions will continue and "we don't have conclusions."

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's latest report on Mali last month said the country's armed forces "have largely withdrawn from the north" and control only the cities of Gao and Timbuktu. While more than 1,200 of them share bases with U.N. peacekeepers, "their weapons are stored and they rarely exit the camps."

Ban's report said U.N. peacekeepers in their 12 bases across the region are operating under extremely challenging conditions, with just four attack helicopters.

Ladsous, speaking from Mali, told reporters there on Tuesday that the peacekeeping force will be equipped with combat helicopters and drones in the next two or three months.

The U.N. has said 31 peacekeepers have now been killed, and 91 injured, since the mission was established in July 2013 to stabilize Mali's north, which fell under the control of Tuareg separatists and then al-Qaida-linked Islamic extremists following a 2012 coup. As of late June, the force was comprised of 11,200 military personnel and 1,440 international police.

Peace talks have begun between the Malian government and rebel Tuaregs. Ladsous on Wednesday called process in the talks slow and said "effort, credible effort, needs to be made to find compromise."

Diop, his country's lead negotiator in the talks, said Mali rejects any demand for the creation of a federation or new state inside the country.


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Vegas officer who used chokehold charged with manslaughter

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Posted: Jun 12, 2017 3:51 PM

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A suspended Las Vegas police officer who officials say used an unapproved chokehold has become the first in the department in 27 years to be charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of a person he was trying to arrest.

Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson said Monday that Officer Kenneth Lopera's on-duty actions in the May 14 death of Tashii Brown crossed a line into criminal conduct.

The court filing was expected, after Lopera was arrested June 5 on felony manslaughter and oppression under color of office charges.

He is free on $6,000 bail pending arraignment Aug. 21.

Police officials say Lopera used a stun gun seven times and punched Brown several times before putting him in the unapproved neck hold for more than a minute.

Lopera's police union legal representative, Steve Grammas (GRAE'-mas), says they'll fight the charges.

Brown also used the name Tashii Farmer.


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Eight Things You Should Know About Caden Rawn

Rawn StudyCaden Rawn is the hero of my romantic thriller, Terror Stash, and he’s a fascinating character, if you can just drag your gaze away from the flexing abdominals for a moment or two.

But there’s a reason for the freakishly fit body and layer upon layer of muscles.  That reason I’ll leave for you to find out when you read the book (it’s a doozy – and not at all what you’re probably thinking!)

Here’s eight things about Caden Rawn that you may or may not find out in the story – they’re sort of there for the Sherlock Holmes-type reader to spot, and some of them are part of Caden’s character I simply haven’t got around to putting into a scene…yet.  😉

1.     Caden is not Australian and he’s not American.

Most of the characters in the book – especially the Australians – think he’s American, but he’s not.

2.      Everyone thinks he’s a drug dealer

Caden has a crappy past and a bad reputation.  With his intimidating physical presence, and the company he’s seen hanging about with, the assumption is, he’s a drug dealer.  The cops, the public and anyone who knows anything about him assume he is.

He’s not.

3.      Caden speaks Mandarin, Cantonese, Arabic and French

English is his first language, but he learned Mandarin and Cantonese as a result of his peculiar upbringing. The Arabic and French he added later in order to stay ahead of Arabic and French-speaking business partners.

4.      Caden leads a life that tends to expose him to violence on a regular basis.

Contrariwise, he hates handguns and he’s only an okay marksman with them.  He’s lethal, however, once he puts the handgun down. He often needs to cross international borders, both legally and illegally, so being able to take his weapons with him (his body, that is) gives him an advantage.

5.     On the other hand, with long range  weapons, such as sniper rifles, he has a world-class reputation.

There are weapons and distances and shots that only the truly gifted marksman can make….Caden Rawn is one of them, and among the elite marksmen around the world, his name is well known.

6.      Caden likes to read, and educates himself on an eclectic and broad range of subjects on a continuing basis.

This is a result of his bizarre upbringing and even more odd childhood education,where he received a classical grounding in eastern philosophies and languages, poetry and literature and history.  He’s spent his adult years filling in the holes.

7.     Caden has always worked alone.

He has never worked alongside anyone, or invited anyone to share his business dealings.

8.      Caden has never been romantically linked with anyone.

There have been casual dalliances, and alliances around the world, but he has never come close to being attached to anyone.

Terror Stash by Tracy Cooper-Posey

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Juneathon 7/30 – Fell, running

We have had a fabulous day out today, Open Farm Sunday looking at tractors and piglets (and pretending that I actually live in The Archers) then on to Crosby to see what Mini-Ginge thought of Antony Gormley’s Another Place. It turns out that Mini-Ginge was far too excited by sand, puddles and seaweed to offer any critical opinions of the piece.

My plan for a morning run had to be postponed so that we could fit in all of this excitement so the plan was for me to squeeze one in before tea. It was supposed to be six or seven miles – mentally I know that I need to get past six to avoid The Fear setting in about longer distances. On the other hand, I was looking forward to my tea. After a bit of umming and ahhhing, I decided to do a route that could be a little out and back if I couldn’t be bothered running six miles fancied a shorter, fast run, a six mile out and back, or a more creative, undulating 6-or-7-not-really-sure mile loop.

Coming up to the 3 mile mark I decided to go for the creative, undulating, unknown mileage route. At 3.36 miles, my plan fell over. Literally.

I was coming to the bottom of a long, steady hill where the footpath peters out without a proper kerb, but there’s no real trip hazards when I did a spectacular dive and the floor was rushing up to meet me. I leapt up, praising the fact that there was no one to witness this but also cursing the fact that there was no one to help me.

Then it hit me that I was three miles from home.

I considered knocking on the door of the neighbouring house and announcing pathetically “I fell over”, but I’m not sure what they would have been able to do for the red-faced sweaty woman brandishing a grazed knee at them. At this point, I felt the woosh of a faint starting to come on (I have a track record for fainting after a fall) and my next thought was “if they take me to A&E, I’m not wearing any pants” and was so mortified by this that the potential faint didn’t dare happen.

Photo doesn’t make it look as bad as it feels.

I turned round and set off walking, pausing occasionally to investigate my scrapes, bruises and the hole in my running tights. I was feeling very sorry for myself and was willing someone to notice my distress and offer to help me. No one did (possibly because I didn’t actually look that distressed) and I plodded on back up the hill that I had just run down. It dawned on me that it would take ages to get home, so I reached the top of the hill, put on another podcast and set off running. I ran-walked all the way home (and rounded up to 3 miles, well I wasn’t going to stop at 2.83 no matter how injured I was) and announced pathetically “I fell over”.

Photo (pasty skin) makes it look worse than it is...

Photo (pasty skin) makes it look worse than it is…

A quik inspection revealed an inventory consisting of; grazes to my left knee and shin, a slight scrape to my right inner  knee, a sore and possibly bruised left hand, a bashed left shoulder and a few little scrapes on my right elbow. I was also very relieved that my favourite irreplaceable race t-shirt had survived intact.I keep thinking that I also bruised my right thigh, but keep reminding myself that this was a pre-existing mystery bruise. I am now really hoping that they come up with a decent bruise so that I have something to show for all of this.

8 thoughts on “Juneathon 7/30 – Fell, running

  1. knitnrun4sanity says:

    Oh no! I hope you are not too bad this morning. We all do it, I fell over in a sell out half a while back. That was embarrassing! Still wearing the tights with holes in! Well done for keeping going, especially rounding up- a true competitive runner 😉

  2. Helen says:

    I’m sorry Cassie, but I laughed!

    Hope you’re ok 🙂 And if you fall at Spitfire, I’ll shout you’re not wearing pants so you don’t faint.

    You won’t fall though.

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10 Things to Relish while on a Business Trip in Mumbai, India

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    I was summoned by my company to go on my first business trip. This means a lot. First– it means that my boss is confident that I can represent our company well. Second– that I am intellectually capable to transport all of the product knowledge. Third– that I am a very lucky girl!

    As they say, “when opportunity knocks on your door, always be willing to take a chance, because you never know how perfect something could turn out to be.” Who knew that I will enjoy a city  which I never dreamt of visiting because it was once cited as one of the most dangerous places for women.

    Here are my top ten things to relish while on a business trip to India:

1.) Relax in Courtyard by Marriott Hotel

After the 8-hours work, it is so rewarding to pamper yourself with this big bed. Too bad I don’t have a roommate.

2.) Taraporevala Aquarium

My co-workers and I toured this place– and we jokingly compared India’s water species to what we have in the Philippines. Entrance fee is around 200INR (or 4 US dollars). India has a diverse set of water species and they boast that some of those species can only be found in their country.

3.) Chowpatty Beach

     Across Taraporevala Aquarium you will find Chowpatty beach. According to our colleagues from Mumbai, this is one of the most famous public beaches where families gather in celebrations of Ganesh Visarjan, where statues of Hindu God, Ganesh (God of New Beginnings and the Remover of Obstacles) are placed in a body of water and left to disintegrate in a process called visarjan (immersion).

4.) Gateway of India

     This is my favourite spot as it serves as a formal division of the land and the sea in Mumbai. The arch also serves as a monumental trademark in history (though I don’t want to tell much about it as it refers to the colonialization of this beautiful country).

5.) Visit  the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station

     This historic railway station was part of the UNESCO World Heritage site list. I did not do much research after that– but I am so amazed that I crossed out again one heritage site on my bucket list.

6.) Be Astounded with the Indian Wedding Ceremony

I am not sure if the time that I have been in Mumbai is the wedding season. But believe me, weddings are almost in every corner of the city.  I am impressed with how the Indian people organise their weddings– from the event’s full-packed flower decorations, elegance of their traditional dresses, and artistic henna tattoos in the hands of every female guest.

7.) Enjoy the Hot Luscious India Cuisine

I now describe spice level based on Indian standards! I was impressed on how they use many spices and much effort in preparing Indian cuisine.

8.) Have a quick watch of the famous sport in India

We accidentally entered the largest and exclusive Cricket field of Mumbai upon looking for the ladies’ toilet. It was indeed a good chance watching one of its famous leagues even for a short while.

9.) Do the spices shopping at Tanvi Super Market

Near our company office, we bought spices we will deliver home and burn our family’s and friends’ tongues. This market is located at Acropolis Building, Military Road, Andheri East.

10.) Take a Picture of Dhobi Ghat

Although the place does not impress me, we take in the credit that this place is considered as the world’s largest outdoor laundry! We also appreciate the manual labor of doing their laundry rather than using washing machines.

  1. You forget to add the most crowded local trains after ancient rail station chatrapathy terminus. If you travel in the local trains this experience you can have only in mumbai no where else. Did you visit the south end of mumbai next time if you are there pls visit. Also famous jewelry market, finaly new mumbai area which is more peaceful than old mumbai. Visit more places next time and wish you happy travelling. Dont forget to taste delicious south indian meal when you are there next time. Cheers.

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