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Highly Anticipated Halifax Harbour Sailing Tours Coming Soon
A variety of Halifax Harbour sailing tours will be available in the near future
By JAMES RISDON on May 10, 2017
Photo Credit: Herald file
Four months after selling his ownership stake in Ambassatours Gray Line, that tour company's former president is headed back to the waters of Halifax's inner harbour — but not in one of the ever-popular Harbour Hopper amphibious vehicles. This time with something new, a daily variety of Halifax Harbour sailing tours for all ages.
Jeff Farwell is launching a new tour experience, with packages for families, partying adults and those with a taste for fine Atlantic Canadian wines and cheeses, aboard a 45-foot sailboat.
The Beneteau-built Oceanis 45, which will feature a teak deck, three staterooms below, a 57-horsepower inboard engine, and a spinnaker sail, will be able to average about 7.5 knots, or about 14 kilometres per hour.
It's still being built in Beneteau's facility south of the border and should be ready in early June.
By June 23, that sailboat — dubbed the JFarwell — should be fully equipped, tested and ready for passengers to come aboard at the dock along Founders' Seawall at 5052 Salter St.
"I couldn't be happier or more excited with what I'm planning to do this summer," said Farwell in an interview Tuesday.
All Aboard!
He's expecting to take up to 12 passengers and three crew out with each of the six daily sailings. He has already started hiring people to work aboard the JFarwell but is still looking for more deckhands.
"I'm going to hire 3-5 deckhands to help operate the vessel," he said. "They need to have sailing experience because we want our staff to come in with good experience. And the other part of it is personality."
Farwell and his younger brother, Jordan, will be the Halifax Harbour sailing tours vessel senior captains.
The entrepreneur, who grew Murphy's The Cable Wharf for 10 years until that company merged with Ambassatours in August 2014 and then served as that tour company's president until late January this year, sold his ownership stake in it for an undisclosed amount.
At that time, Ambassatours announced Farwell was leaving to manufacture amphibious vehicles based on a prototype developed during the refurbishment of the company's Harbour Hoppers.
Tuesday, Farwell said that's still part of his plan but he said it's something which will take time. That project is still in need of about $3.5 million in investment to get it off the ground.
"It's not that it has taken a back seat but it's not my major focus," said Farwell. "It's in the preliminary stage. We're looking for some investment capital for a prototype. I'm looking to create the global standard for amphibious vehicles.
"(These amphibious vehicles) do produce excellent returns," he said. "It would be a cash cow."
Involving the Passengers
While that project is getting underway, the 41-year-old is launching his sailing tour experience company, J. Farwell Sailing Co. Inc., with an investment he will only describe as "upwards of $500,000".
"That's just for the boat and startup costs," he said. "This vessel is fully equipped with all of the latest electronics to make it very easy to handle, but I will be disengaging a lot of the equipment so guests can have a very hands-on experience.
"They'll be pulling, winching, the sails," he said.
Although Farwell would not divulge the number of bookings he has so far for this tourism season, he said he's confident the JFarwell will be almost fully booked during the months of July and August, once word gets out about the sailing experience.
Ambassatours is handling all his bookings through its nine kiosks along the waterfront and its website. Although Farwell's company will offer tours on the water, much as Ambassatours already provides with several of its offerings, a company spokeswoman said the JFarwell is being viewed as a complementary offering rather than competition.
"Within our own family we have seven different vessels," said Ambassatours' Terri McCulloch in an interview Tuesday. "Jeff's ship is quite high end and that's something we don't offer."
Farwell's primary target market is Nova Scotians aged 40 to 65 who he estimates will account for 60-70 per cent of his business, with the rest of the bookings coming primarily from tourists seeking a unique experience.
Although the JFarwell will be available for private bookings for such things as corporate events and weddings, its bread and butter will be a series of four daily tour packages.
Prices? Best time of day to set sail?
"We've designed the day to take advantage of the various markets," said Farwell. "In the morning, there's not generally as much wind, so it seemed like a good time to take out families and show them not only how to sail but also to take them below deck and show them the navigational charts and take them on a tour of the boat."
It's not the cheapest way to spend 90 minutes, but it is a quality experience.
Even this tour, called Morning Family Fun, will run at $69 for each adult and $39 per child, although there is a family rate of $210 which gives a break to families of four or more.
The Signature Sailing experiences, offered at noon, 2 p.m. and again at 4 p.m. are for those who want a more vigorous outing.
"The wind usually picks up around noon," said Farwell. "It's a little bit more adventurous. That's when we will get people up and hoisting the sails . . . We'll give people a feel for everything we do — jibing, tacking and downwind runs."
At that time of the day, the prices will also be higher, at $99.99 per adult and $69.99 per child. That's steep for families with children but Farwell said that's deliberate.
"We're trying to charge more because we want to encourage kids to come in the morning, when it's calmer and the winds aren't as strong," he said.
In the evening, when the wind dies down a bit, the schedule calls for longer, more leisurely Wine and Cheese at Sunset sailings. At 2.5 hours, these tours are geared to the wine connoisseur, with offerings from Carl and Donna Sparkes' Devonian Coast Wineries. The cost? $149.99 each.
Then, at the end of each day, the JFarwell will take out groups for Moonlit Sails. That package is geared to friends who want to go out for drinks on the sailboat in the inner harbour. It's being billed at $69.99, with a cash bar.
When can I go!
The JFarwell will provide tours through to the first week of October to take full advantage of the peak cruiseship season. Then she will winter at the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron on Purcells Cove Road.
In the first year, Farwell is expecting to bring in revenues of about $225,000 and then build on that in 2018 as more people become aware of the Halifax Harbour sailing tours. He's hoping for rave reviews on the highly influential TripAdvisor.ca website.
But Farwell also admits this is one project that's not really about the bottom line. (Hey, it's a chance to make a living on a yacht surrounded by other people enjoying themselves.)
"It's not about the money at all for me," he said. "The thing that excites me is to find something I love to do and share it with others. I love the ocean and being a part of it."


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GV Prakash: 'Bruce Lee is like a Guy Ritchie film with its dark humour'
In his career spanning more than a decade, GV Prakash has defied all odds to be where he is today. When he started as a music composer in 2006 with Vasanthabalan's Veyil, it was a dream debut for the youngster. Then came the inevitable comparison with his illustrious uncle - AR Rahman. He isn't that great - his critics said comparing him with the legends of Tamil film industry. And then, he delivered one hit after another over the span of next few years to prove everyone wrong.
Having collaborated with the likes of Vetrimaaran, Bala, Anurag Kashyap and Atlee, to name a few, GV Prakash's career as a music composer was going great guns, until one fine day, AR Murugadoss planted the idea in his mind that he should consider acting in films as well, besides composing music. It's been three years since he started acting, during which he established himself as a quintessential boy-next-door with films like Darling, Pencil and Trisha Illana Nayanthara, and he's showing no signs to go slow in near future.
This year alone, he has signed up films with the likes of Bala, Vetrimaaran, Rajeev Menon and currently, he's awaiting the release of Prashanth Pandiraj's Bruce Lee, a dark comedy.
"My previous films had slapstick humour or dialogue-based humour, but 'Bruce Lee' is more like a Guy Ritchie film. I was quite impressed with the dark humour in the story and it's something I have never done before. Besides, Prashanth, who started off as a short filmmaker, comes with a lot of energy and zeal. The whole team was pretty young. It felt like I was going back to college," GV Prakash says, adding, "I have a dream that one fine day my films will be dubbed in all languages and released all over the world. It's something which SS Rajamouli has been able to achieve in recent years and I would like to be in the same zone."
Incidentally, after films like Trisha Illana Nayanthara, Enakku Innoru Per Irukku and Kadavul Irukaan Kumaru, he's playing a hyper-active, boy-next-door in Bruce Lee.
Ask him if it's a deliberate attempt to continue doing such roles, GV Prakash laughs saying, "It's become like that, isn't it? I'm still pretty new as an actor and I wanted to do roles which everyone can relate to. I like being boy-next-door, but I can't be repeating the same stuff over and over again. I need to move on before I'm stereotyped that I only do comedy films. I can promise you that my next set of films with Bala, Vetrimaaran and Rajeev Menon are going to intense drama with a lot of scope for performance. They are going to path-breaking films in their own way."
In Bala's Naachiyar, he's cast alongside Jyothika and for the past few weeks, he has been attending a lot of workshops to get into the character. "I have worked with Bala in the past as a music composer. We share a good rapport. He has a very specific vision about what he wants from me and every time I meet him in these workshops, he keeps feeding his vision of my character into my mind. It's been quite a collaborative process so far," he says.
Apart from his films, GV Prakash has been in news, of late, for his social activism. Earlier this year, he took part in the Jallikattu movement and earlier this month, the actor joined the villagers in Neduvasal, a village in Pudukkottai district in Tamil Nadu, where scores of people have been protesting against a proposed Hydrocarbon exploration project. The protest, which went on for 22 days, has now been called off after assurances, from the state and central government last week, that no license or permission will be granted for any mining project in the state.
Having spent sometime with the villagers in Neduvasal, GV Prakash was one of the several celebrities from Tamil film industry to voice his opinion against the proposed project, and he even released a song - 'Thiyagam Seivom Vaa' - in support of the protesters. "During my visit to Neduvasal, I came across a lot of instances where industrial waste was being dumped on the farmlands, and this led to rise in cancer-related issues. People don't even know how the hydrocarbons are going to be extracted and it could have an adverse impact on the lives of people there. It was quite heartbreaking to see people suffering already. An alternative method is necessary to explore hydrocarbons in the region," the actor avers.
He also makes it clear that he doesn't have a political agenda behind doing any of this and hence, he doesn't fear any consequences for his actions. "I'm not related to any political party. As a responsible citizen, I just want to be one among many voices to fight for a cause I believe in," GV Prakash signs off.
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By Yun Suh-young
Rain, a South Korean actor and singer, has been voted the most influential person in the world in an online poll.
In a poll conducted by TIME magazine, Rain ranked first in the voting for this year's most influential people.
The 2011 TIME 100 poll closed on April 14 with Rain in the lead. Taiwan's Jay Chou and Britain's Susan Boyle took second and third place.
Rain received the highest number of votes out of the 204 candidates with 439,251 people voting for him. Jay Chou, a Taiwanese director-singer-songwriter, received 229,442 votes and Susan Boyle, a Scottish singer, received 167,711 votes.
Rain has been making onto the TIME 100 online list for six straight years since 2006.
Rain has outranked some of the most well-known figures in the world. Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of Facebook and The Person of the Year for 2010 selected by TIME magazine, was ranked 28. Michelle Obama, the first lady of the U.S., ranked 32, outpacing Barack Obama, her husband, who was placed 46th. Oprah Winfrey, a famous TV show host, was ranked 84.
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Dec.31 - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez suffers further complications during cancer treatment in Cuba. Paul Chapman reports.
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I've noticed a disturbing fact about the complimentary tea making facilities in hotels in Britain. The cheaper the room the more tea bags they give you.
When I say cheap I don't mean the grotty sort with peeling paper, creaking beds and suspicious hotel clerks ( not that I've stayed in the sort so I'm not sure what the tea making facilities are like). I mean budget hotels like Premier inn as opposed to higher end like the Marriott. I am currently sipping Earl Grey tea while in bed staying at the Hyatt London. I'm drinking Earl Grey because there is no Breakfast tea left and no milk.
Personally I expect to find in my complimentary drink facilities as standard a cup for every person staying in the room, two English breakfast teabags per person, two coffee sachets per person, a small selection of herbal/other teas/decaf, sufficent milk. On occasions my expections have been surpassed and there has been double this amount plus biccies. I usually find this happens in individually run establishments. My room at the Hyatt has been booked for three people, there are only two cups, three breakfast tea, one Earl grey, two coffee sachets, 4 milk. I went to the desk and they happily gave me more but you would think tea was on rations as I only recieved an extra two English Breakfast and two Earl Grey. I stayed at a Premier inn recently and when I ask for more tea and milk the receptionist gave me a bag full.
So what conclusions can I draw from this. Do the well off drink less tea and more alcohol perhaps? Is it the type of staff they employ, although I've never noticed a difference, they are all friendly and professional. Maybe the higher end hotels have blown all their budgets on fancy toiletries and artful decor. Maybe they can't afford to buy tea, poor souls.
Either way I must satisfy myself with Earl Grey as I can't be bothered to slink down to the desk in my pjs and ask for more and I haven't the patience to wait for housekeeping to fetch me some.
P.S. The most unusual complimentary beverage I have ever found in a hotel was a decanter of fine cream sherry in a independent hotel in Eire.


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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – "Quiet on the set! Camera ready?"
The scene: A corridor at Johnson Elementary in Kansas City's Hickman Mills school district. A girl stands in front of the camera holding a clapper board, a device familiar to anyone who's watched movies about Hollywood.
"Scene one, take six," she says.
"Action!" calls the director.
Three actors amble toward the camera. The characters talk about their weekend.
The cast and crew of a short film called "The Glasses" are students enrolled in an after-school program run by the Local Investment Commission (LINC), a Kansas City, Mo., nonprofit. Since 2004, LINC has partnered with University of Missouri Extension's 4-H Center for Youth Development to bring 4-H projects into the after-school program. Operating in 17 schools in three Jackson County school districts, the program serves about 2,300 students in kindergarten through eighth grade every school day.
The partnership allows LINC to make use of 4-H's decades of research-based youth development expertise, notes Brent Schondelmeyer, LINC deputy director.
It also lets 4-H serve families with limited access to community-based 4-H clubs, says Beth Rasa Edwards, 4-H youth development specialist and supervisor of the program. "What University of Missouri Extension and 4-H bring into the after-school setting are a lot of the same things people see in a community-based 4-H program. You're going to see project-based learning. You're going to see experiential learning to gain a sense of mastery of different skills."
The 4-H educators place a strong emphasis on career development and STEM (science, technology, engineering and math), she adds.
Project-based learning keeps kids engaged in ways that typical classroom-based education often doesn't, says Christine Hines, 4-H educational program associate at Johnson Elementary and Dobbs Elementary. "The kids get more and more involved. You start to see the growth in their commitment they have to the project. They want to see it from the beginning to the end."
That includes her filmmaking students in the hallway, who are patiently recording multiple takes, determined to get the scene right.
Edwards calls it "sneaky learning" and Schondelmeyer refers to it as "disguised learning": learning that happens as a natural part of doing the project rather than as something needed to pass a test or complete an assignment.
And by working on projects, kids gain skills and knowledge beyond just the subject matter, Hines says. "During the school day, it's writing and listening. With the hands-on approach, we're helping to develop skills like collaboration, critical thinking, communication."
In addition to filmmaking, projects include robotics, music recording, photography and graphic design. A gardening project incorporates plant science, while "cake chemistry" offers experiences students can apply in the kitchen and the laboratory.
"In every single one of our programs we talk about career development," Edwards says. "We talk about what it takes to do something as a professional."
That's made a difference in how the students think about their futures, says Danisha Clarkson, a LINC employee who is site coordinator for the after-school program at Johnson Elementary. When asked what they want to be when they grow up, Clarkson says, kids typically reply with vocations like lawyer, athlete, singer or actress. The after-school program has made the students aware of more in-demand jobs such as architect, engineer or scientist.
"What this partnership does," she says, "is allow these seeds of possibility to be planted in these children."
Out in the hallway, the cast and crew of "The Glasses" are learning the value of persistence.
"Scene one, take seven."
The program is funded by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education's 21st Century Community Learning Centers program, which supports academic enrichment opportunities during non-school hours, particularly for children who attend high-poverty and low-performing schools.
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At Florida Certified Organic Growers and Consumers (FOG), our primary focus, for a fact, is Florida. However, no matter where we are, we truly care about Mother Earth in its' entirety and we are working everyday towards our mission of supporting and promoting Organic, Sustainable and Regenerative agriculture.
FOG Interim Executive Director and Quality Certification Services – QCS (QCS) CEO met with the Dominican Republic's very own Minister of Agriculture, Osmar Benitez, to discuss ways of strengthening Organic Agriculture in the nation.
We salute and applaud the efforts of Dominican Republic Minister of Agriculture Mr. Osmar Benitez for his unrelenting support for Organic and Sustainable Agriculture! Mr. Benitez created the Organic Committee in Junta Agroempresarial Dominicana (JAD), which he used to head as the Executive Director before becoming Minister. In 2018, he successfully conducted the 2nd Organic Summit in the country (the last Organic Summit was held in 1998).
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10.06.11 How one book changed everything
Forty years ago, a book came out that changed women's health forever. Our Bodies, Ourselves (Touchstone) was published in 1971 in an era when women were just beginning to step out of the roles that had defined them for centuries. In 1971, birth control pills had only been around for a decade and were available primarily to married women, often only if she had her husband's permission. Natural childbirth was just coming into vogue. Fathers weren't allowed in most American delivery rooms. Breastfeeding was considered a bold, controversial choice and breastfeeding in public was unheard of. Midwives weren't allowed to practice in hospitals and those that attended home births could be prosecuted and jailed. About 90 percent of doctors were men and the chances you'd find a female obstetrician to deliver your baby was slim to none. Rowe versus Wade wasn't the law of the land yet so abortion was still illegal in many parts of the US. The c-section rate in 1971 was only about five percent. Women spent about a week in the hospital after having a baby.
Our Bodies, Ourselves was the kind of book most girls weren't allowed to read - a plain brown wrapper kind of book. If it found it's way into a girl's or young woman's home, it was hidden like Playboy behind canned goods or the top shelf of the closet. There were chapters about all kinds of shocking subjects like abortion, masturbation and birth control. There were graphic pictures depicting childbirth and stories from women whose doctors preferred to discuss their health concerns with their husbands instead of with them. I remember one chapter about sexually transmitted diseases that said if a woman went to the doctor and he diagnosed her with gonorrhea, the doctor told her husband, not the woman. I remember wondering, "but she probably got infected by her husband. What if he doesn't tell her?"
I grew up in Los Angeles, the youngest of eight children born to Catholic parents. My siblings were mostly grown adults by the time I reached adolescence. That meant my sexual education had a split personality – equal parts Catholic dogma (which outlawed contraception and abortion and sexuality outside of marriage) taught by my mother and hippie-chick-feminism demonstrated by my sisters and sisters-in-law who lived in communes, had lovers and were on the pill. When Our Bodies, Ourselves showed up on the coffee table in one of their homes, I viewed it as a contraband textbook that I had to study. This was stuff I needed to know; important stuff I certainly wasn't going to learn in a Catholic school science class.
The chapters on sexuality were fascinating, titillating, and magnetizing for every adolescent who got their hands on the book, but the chapters on childbirth were the ones I studied. That's because several of my siblings were having babies and each one was bucking the standard medical trends of the times. One sister was among the first in the maternity unit to ever use Lamaze techniques during labor. She was treated like an unreasonable, uncooperative patient because she insisted on using breathing and relaxation techniques instead of her doctor's anesthesia. She had the nerve to demand that her husband stay by her side.
My brother's baby was born at home because his wife didn't like the way she was treated by a condescending, over-controlling obstetrician who bullied her. Instead, she found an old doctor who still attended home deliveries, one of the only female obstetricians in Los Angeles. My sister-in-law had her baby safely, surrounded by family and friends, myself included. That was the first birth I ever saw.
That was then, this is now. Abortion is legal, birth control is readily available, breastfeeding is normal and natural childbirth is encouraged. Women outnumber men in medical schools and finding a female obstetrician or a midwife to deliver your baby is a piece of cake. Was Our Bodies, Ourselves responsible for turning the tides that gave women control over their own health care? I'd argue it was a key and critical factor that changed the landscape for women's health all over the world forever. It gave women a voice and information they couldn't get anywhere else, certainly not from their doctors. Remember, this was before the Internet, before Planned Parenthood and before books about sex, pregnancy and breastfeeding filled shelf after shelf of every bookstore. Back in 1971, this book was banned in most schools, condemned by many religions and considered pornography by leading medical authorities. This book, which educated women about their own health was a major threat because it provided the power for women to gain control of their own healthcare experience.
We've come a long way since 1971, but it hasn't been easy travel and we still have a long way to go. It's still 1971 in many parts of the developing world where women can't access healthcare without their husband's permission. They can't get birth control. Abortion is still illegal, but just like here in the US before Rowe versus Wade, it's also still done, performed in dangerous conditions that cost women their lives. Women's health in America isn't completely rosy either. Our c-section rate is still rising (now 34 percent), healthcare is unaffordable and inaccessible for many women and infant and maternal mortality rates are outrageously high. It's time for another book that tells the story of women's health in 2011 like it really is. Yeah, we've come a long way, baby, but we have a long, long way to go.
Jeanne Faulkner, R.N., lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and five children. Got a question for Jeanne? E-mail it to email@example.com and it may be answered in a future blog post."¨"¨
This Fit Pregnancy blog is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to replace medical advice from your physician. Before initiating any exercise program, diet or treatment provided by Fit Pregnancy, you should seek medical advice from your primary caregiver.


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Sausage, Lentil and Greens Soup
Serves 6-8 people. About 60 minutes from start to serving. It's easy to cook and a hearty fall soup, perfect for a weeknight and usually gives you leftovers for another night's dinner and a few lunches. A perfect recipe in my book. Olive oil 5-7 garlic cloves, chopped fine 1 onion, chopped 1 small jalapeno… Continue reading →


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Geekolinks: 1/17
by Robert Quigley | 3:30 pm, January 17th, 2011
Ricky Gervais' Golden Globes monologue takes no prisoners (Mediaite)
New iPad, iPhone to get dual-core SGX543 graphics? (AppleInsider)
Auto-tuned MLK, for some reason (BuzzFeed)
New study links video games and mental health problems (/.)
Presentation tips from The King's Speech (Lifehacker)
Animaniacs, South Park-style (Cartoon Brew)
Comics, movies, and motion comics (Paul Duffield)
(title pic via Reddit)


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The subclavian artery on each side is the main branch from the aorta to the upper limb. It also provides branches to the respective side of the head, neck, thoracic cavity and mediastinum.
Each subclavian artery is in continuity with the ipsilateral axillary artery distally but originates from the:
- brachiocephalic trunk on the right
- aorta directly on the left
Each subclavian artery can be divided into three parts according to its position relative to the scalenus anterior muscle at the root of the neck.


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Sick Leave Abuse
Negotiations between union members and their employer were at an impasse. The union denied that their workers were flagrantly abusing the sick-leave provisions set out by their contract.
One morning at the bargaining table, the company's chief negotiator held aloft the morning edition of the newspaper, "This man," he announced, "called in sick yesterday!"
There on the sports page, was a photo of the supposedly ill employee, who had just won a local golf tournament with an excellent score.
A union negotiator broke the silence in the room.
"Wow!" he said. "Just think of what kind of score he could have had if he hadn't been sick!"
More Funny Jokes
Heaven is When: One has the American Salary, British home, Chinese Food, and Indian Wife
Hell is when: One has the American Wife, British Food, Chinese Home, Indian salary.
Two guys are out hiking. All of a sudden, a bear starts chasing them. They climb a tree, but the bear starts climbing up the tree after them. The first guy gets his sneakers out of his knapsack and starts putting them on. The second guy says, "What are you doing? He says, "I figure when the bear gets close to us, well jump down and make a run for it." The second guy says, "Are you crazy? You can't outrun a bear." The first guy says, "I don't have to outrun the *bear*... I only have to outrun *you.*"
One lady to another "everyone praised on my birthday party. I made a 2 feet long cake and lit 25 candles on it."
The other replies " only 25. where the candles lit both the sides"


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Canonical, the commercial sponsor of the Ubuntu Linux, has said that compromises of most of its local community servers this week do not reflect on the distribution's security or enterprise-readiness.
The company said such criticisms were wide off the mark, since the affected servers were running old, unpatched versions of Ubuntu as well as a number of insecure web applications.
The compromises affected five of the eight Local Community (LoCo) hosting servers, which are sponsored by Canonical for the use of local-area Ubuntu developer communities but hosted outside the company.
Canonical was at pains to point out that the servers did not host downloadable software, but mainly news pages, blogs and localised documentation.
The problem came down to the fact that responsibility for the security of the machines didn't clearly belong to either Canonical or the communities using the servers. The systems were all located outside Canonical's own datacentre.
The problem first came to light on Monday evening, when Canonical received reports that one of the LoCo servers had been compromised, and an investigation found four more of the servers had been hacked.
"Since it was reported that they were actively attacking other machines... the decision was taken to shut the machines down," said James Troup, head of Canonical's system administration team, in a report on the breaches which was published on Ubuntu newslists.
The systems could have been breached in several ways, Troup said, since they were being accessed using FTP without SSL and were running more than a dozen web software packages, all of which were out-of-date and missing security patches.
What's more, the systems were running a version of Ubuntu Linux that is no longer receiving security updates from Canonical, meaning there was no way of fixing more recent security issues.
That's because more recent versions of the operating system failed to work with the servers' network hardware, Troup said.
"This probably allowed the attacker to gain root," Troup said.
The communities affected will have the choice - of moving their servers into the Canonical datacentre, where they'll be kept up-to-date but will have stricter limits on how they're used, or sticking with outsourced servers but taking on the full responsibility for administration.


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Megadeth's Dave Mustaine Posts New Album Update
Band Photo: Megadeth (?)
Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine has checked in with an update on the bands forthcoming new album which is expected to be released by September. It reads as follows: "Droogies!
"This week has been fantastic! Andy Sneap is back at the helm in Vic's Garage and it is such a natural thing to see Andy here with me, that I am thinking of trying to find him an American super-model that will marry him and spend the rest of their lives in San Diego make records for me and making whoppee for Android!
"Seriously though, I love working with Andy. I have had some greats over the years, and Andy is one of them. We have been making some serious soulful and aggressive vocal performances.
"Now, Let me tell you about Chris Broderick's soloing!
"This guy is like Tony Montana. I have never ever heard a guitar player this good. Sorry Marty, I try to keep you in the fans memory, but they are going to have a hard time once they hear Chris. I mean we all worked hard to get Chris to where he is right now, but nothing that I could have done, and I mean very little, if not zero was contributed by me. Chris is a genius, a virtuoso, a master, and I am the proudest I have ever been in my musical life right now.
"Even Justis said, "He stomps Marty Friedman dad." What a blessing to have such a cool son!!!
"I have to get going, I have a crazy day today again. I need to finish the song I was singing yesterday called, "This Day We Fight." This was influenced by the Lord of the Rings. I am also in the middle of finishing up a lyric this morning called tentatively, 'How The Movie Ends'. We'll see if the title sticks by the time the disc is finished.
"Have a great day, I hope you have had a terrific Easter break so far, and I really want to thank everyone here that calls me over at TheLIVEline.com. I feel so close to you hearing your messages, and don't be shy, it's free, so you can call me as much as you want.
"Well, I have to go wash the metal shavings out of my hair from Chris' shredding it up last night.
"Mustaine sez, Goodbye Droogies!"
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Get a slip on reciprocal moorage
To ensure that you get a slip on reciprocal moorage at the following clubs, it is strongly suggested that you phone in advance or email in advance of your stay to reserve your space and find out any other cost associated ie; power....extended stay......how many days can you stay, facilities offered, black out periods etc. You can also find current information about our reciprocals at yachtdestinations.org
For Visitors
The Deep Cove Yacht and Sport Club is pleased to present its 2019 Officers:
The executive and members of the Deep Cove Yacht Club are pleased to extend reciprocal mooring privileges to your club. Your courtesy card remains valid "Until Revoked". You may also visit our website at deepcoveyc.com for current club information and activities.
Availability at our visitors dock is on a first come first serve basis and you can arrive without reservation. We will, however, make every effort to accommodate those who call ahead requesting moorage. Please note that we have limited space available for vessels greater than 35 ft in length. Call the club custodian at 604-999-9960 and Vaughn can accommodate you. Upon arrival please tie up at the visitors dock (Seaward Float) and proceed to the custodians quarters for registration. Please display your registration form in a dockside window and always fly your club burgee. We are pleased to extend your first 2 days moorage free, additional 5 days are billed at .50 cents per foot (Maximum 7 days and 14 days maximum per month). 15A Power is available for $3.00 per day. Please pay cash. Please note that 30A power is not available.
If future cruising plans of your members include beautiful Indian Arm of Burrard Inlet, please accept our invitation to visit our club.
Visit our Food & Bar Services page for information about our hours and to make a reservation.