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ClamAV - Updating Version
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This article applies to the following ZCS versions. |
Zimbra updates the ClamAV engine to latest with every release of ZCS.
ClamAV Virus definitions update automatically every 2h by default (zimbraVirusDefinitionsUpdateFrequency attribute).
However, there are times when you may want the latest package.
Some good tips for troubleshooting can be found in ClamAV - Reset Defs DB
Definitions in n ZCS 5.0.3+ were moved to a data directory to keep separate from application data, replace applicable with:
Out of cycle updates RFE is Bug 15137
Original directions courtesy of Unilogic.
If you have no idea how to upgrade or are a little shaky in doing the upgrade yourself, I recommend that you wait for the Zimbra official release.
Step 1: Make a backup.
Note: This was done on Fedora Core 4 minimal install. Also, all the following can be done either as root or as the zimbra user. If you do it all as 'root', make sure you change ownership for the resulting clamav-0.90.2 folder in /opt/zimbra to zimbra:zimbra.
This HOWTO also assumes that you are upgrading from 0.90.1 to 0.90.2 Please substitute the versions above for what you are upgrading from and to.
If upgrading from anything below 0.90.x, please refer to: ClamAV - Updating from versions lower than 0.90.0
Noticing Out-of-Date
When ClamAV releases a new version and gets out of date, it will complain in its log files as such.
clamd.log shows the following warning:
LibClamAV Warning: ******************************************************** LibClamAV Warning: *** This version of the ClamAV engine is outdated. *** LibClamAV Warning: *** DON'T PANIC! Read http://www.clamav.net/faq.html *** LibClamAV Warning: ********************************************************
freshclam.log shows the following warning:
Received signal: wake up ClamAV update process started at Fri May 4 15:44:46 2007 WARNING: Your ClamAV installation is OUTDATED! WARNING: Local version: 0.90.1 Recommended version: 0.90.2 DON'T PANIC! Read http://www.clamav.net/faq.html main.cvd is up to date (version: 42, sigs: 83951, f-level: 10, builder: tkojm) WARNING: Your ClamAV installation is OUTDATED! WARNING: Current functionality level = 9, recommended = 10 DON'T PANIC! Read http://www.clamav.net/faq.html daily.cvd is up to date (version: 2580, sigs: 7879, f-level: 13, builder: ccordes) WARNING: Your ClamAV installation is OUTDATED! WARNING: Current functionality level = 9, recommended = 13 DON'T PANIC! Read http://www.clamav.net/faq.html
To update, follow the following: First go grab the latest ClamAV source from http://www.clamav.net/download (Current Stable Version is 0.96 ) Extract it to where ever you please. All this can either be done as root or as the zimbra user. If you do it all as root make sure you change ownership for the resulting clamav folder in /opt/zimbra to zimbra:zimbra.
Assuming that the new clamav version is in the directory: /home/snelson ( substitute your username for 'snelson' )
tar -xvf clamav-0.96.tar.gz
cd clamav-0.96
Next run configure inside of the clamav extract as following:
./configure --prefix=/opt/zimbra/clamav-0.96 --with-user=zimbra --with-group=zimbra
This assumes 'zimbra' is user and group id 'zimbra', change it accordingly to your system to match your zimbra user.
Note: I had to install gmp-devel and bzip2-devel so the configure could find all its header files. Your mileage may very. If you get an error about GNU MP missing install gmp-devel. "yum install gmp-devel", and "yum install bzip2-devel" in Fedora and Red Hat. In Ubuntu, you must install libsll-dev by this command: apt-get install libssl-dev.
If your 'configure' goes well, and make sure it does as you don't really want ClamAV installed without some of its available testing ability being compiled.
Run: make
The following steps should be run as root.
Assuming there are no errors,
Run: make check and then make install. Again assuming no errors, you now have the new version installed into /opt/zimbra/clamav-0.96
Now we compare then copy your old clamd.conf and freshclam.conf from the previous version to the new version directory:
cd /opt/zimbra/clamav-0.96/etc/
diff clamd.conf ../../clamav/etc/clamd.conf
diff freshclam.conf ../../clamav/etc/freshclam.conf
Above is just incase you are curious of what we are changing/over writing from the clamav defaults.
mv clamd.conf clamd.conf.org
mv freshclam.conf freshclam.conf.org
cd /opt/zimbra/conf
cp clamd.conf /opt/zimbra/clamav-0.96/etc/
cp freshclam.conf /opt/zimbra/clamav-0.96/etc/
As zimbra: zmcontrol stop to stop Zimbra.
Now need to delete the symbolic link and re-link it to the new install. As root:
cd /opt/zimbra
ls -la | grep clamav ( should see 'clamav -> /path/to/previous_clamAV' )
if so:
rm -rf clamav (or if you want to keep the old install & link around, so you can easily back out, just do mv clamav clamav.old)
ln -s /opt/zimbra/clamav-0.96 /opt/zimbra/clamav
Create directory /opt/zimbra/clamav/db
mkdir /opt/zimbra/clamav/db
Now you should make sure zimbra owns all of clamav.
chown -R zimbra:zimbra /opt/zimbra/clamav-0.96
zimbra also needs access to freshclam.conf
chmod a+r /opt/zimbra/clamav/etc/freshclam.conf
Next we need to update the virus database.
su zimbra
Run: /opt/zimbra/clamav/bin/freshclam
If you get any warnings, just run the command again to confirm that everything was successfully updated.
NOTE: if you run zimbra behind a proxy, you need to modify /opt/zimbra/clamav/etc/freshclam.conf. Please uncomment these lines:
HTTPProxyServer myproxyserver.com HTTPProxyPort 1234 HTTPProxyUsername myusername HTTPProxyPassword mypass
Need to start Zimbra. Run zmcontrol start
Note: you may not need to stop Zimbra during this update. If you don't stop Zimbra, just do zmantivirusctl restart at this point.
Run zmcontrol status to make sure antivirus is running. If it is, you're good to go.
You should check /opt/zimbra/log/clamd.log for errors, as well as freshclam in the same directory. Also /var/log/zimbra.log. To test out ClamAV I would suggest http://www.webmail.us/testvirus to send different variations of the EICAR test virus to one of your email addresses. Depending on if you have "Send notice ot recipient" check in Global Settings of the Admin Web UI, the user should receive around 20 email notifications of the emails being quarantined. Don't worry about the two that got through. Apparently ClamAV doesn't check for the techniques. There are although no virii included in those two emails, so it doesn't worry me. You can delete the previous install of clamav once you make sure everything is working. Delete the /opt/zimbra/clamav-0.90.1 directory and everythnig it contains. Again may want to wait a weelk or two to make sure you have the other version working well first.
Possible Script: (tweaked and tested on a CentOS server as of July 14, 2010)
#!/bin/bash # # # !!!!!! WARNING !!!!!!!!!! # This script is absolutely untested. I wrote it after the fact # as reference, for the next time this happens. I repeat I have # not actually tested to see if it even runs. You probably want # to just run through the steps manually to prevent harming your # system... Again, this script took 2 minutes to write, and has # never been tested, and there absolutely no error checking. # # Otherwise, if you really want to run it, uncomment the exit # statement. # # [http://www.zimbra.com/forums/members/artimus.html artimus]- 20071119 updates by others 20071206 # ################################################################## #exit NOW=`date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S` BUILDDIR=${NOW}_clamav_build ClamVer="clamav-0.96.1" ClamURL="http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/clamav/clamav-0.96.1.tar.gz" echo "Installing dependencies if necessary" yum -y install gcc glibc zlib-devel gmp-devel bzip2-devel # on Debian/Ubuntu use: apt-get build-dep clamav # apt-get build-dep clamav echo "Preparing Source" mkdir ${BUILDDIR} && cd ${BUILDDIR} wget ${ClamURL} tar -zxvf ${ClamVer}.tar.gz cd ${ClamVer} echo "==== Building and Installing ClamAV ====" ./configure --prefix=/opt/zimbra/${ClamVer} --with-user=zimbra --with-group=zimbra make && make check && make install chown -R zimbra:zimbra /opt/zimbra/${ClamVer} cd /opt/zimbra/${ClamVer}/etc mv clamd.conf clamd.conf.orig mv freshclam.conf freshclam.conf.orig cp /opt/zimbra/conf/clamd.conf . cp /opt/zimbra/conf/freshclam.conf . chown zimbra:zimbra *.conf sudo -u zimbra /opt/zimbra/bin/zmcontrol stop cd /opt/zimbra unlink clamav ln -s ${ClamVer} clamav echo "==== Freshen =========" sudo -u zimbra /opt/zimbra/clamav/bin/freshclam echo "===== Starting Zimbra =======" echo " If it doesn't work, try a reboot" sudo -u zimbra /opt/zimbra/bin/zmcontrol start
Related Articles
- ClamAV - Updating from versions lower than 0.90.0
- http://resources.infosecinstitute.com/open-source-antivirus-clamav/


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Re: Supercharging a Bagheera
Reply #75 on:
March 06, 2010, 09:40:45 am »
In December 2009 Stig wrote.. Another valve idea just popped up.
The drain valve in a standard wash basin.....
I have abandoned my plan to use a magnetically closed explosion relief valve on Baggy Joe and used instead the principle of Stig's idea of a "wash basin drain valve". Thanks Stig!
The magnet to keep the valve closed at 1.5 bar was so big there was no room for the exploding gases to flow around it. Our magnetically closed pressure relief valve was originally designed to open at 50 millibars and it worked very well. 1.5bar is much harder to hold closed!
Our aluminium manifold box, with its flat sides, becomes the body of the "valve" with the valve disc on the outside and the stem pointing inwards. Over the stem is a spring pressing on the inside of the box and the end of the stem has an M8 nut and a large washer holding the other end of the spring. Tighten the nut to compress the spring and we have an adjustable explosion relief valve which opens outwards to relieve the pressure! Just like Stig suggested!
I did a trial assembly yesterday and it seems to work. Today the Neoprene seal gets added and time to take some pictures.
Tomorrow we rebuild the Blower Drive shaft with the new universal joints and go racing again on March 21st at Aldershot at the FDMC "March Solo". Seven entrants in the Historic Class so far including: MGB, MGBV8, Mini Cooper S, Austin Healey Sprite (2009 Class Winner), a "Kougar Jaguar" whatever that is, and a 1592cc Supercharged Matra Simca Bagheera S! Should be fun!
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Reply #76 on:
March 08, 2010, 09:50:28 am »
The backfire explosion pressure relief valve is finished but yet to be "tried in fire"! That will follow in a few days I'm sure. But here are the pics for those wanting to do their own...
The inlet manifold is a simple rectangular box (beautifully made by a welder friend) and the relief valve is located at the centre under the inlet elbow facing forwards (so the driver can see in the mirror the flames and slow down?). It could also be used to limit the maximum supercharge pressure but that would mean unburnt flammable mixture being discharged into the engine compartment looking for something else to ignite it. Not a good idea!
The pics show the spring centred on the compression plate with its M8 tapped hole in the centre. The 4 off M3 screws at the back keep compression on the spring so that the M8 central bolt can be removed without the internals falling out of alignment e.g. to allow replacement of the neoprene valve seal. The compression plate is assymetrical to stop it rotating more than 90 degrees when the central bolt is turned to adjust the level of compression and hence the opening pressure.
The outlet has five 14mm holes for the escaping gases - they should have been 15mm diameter but my 15mm drill went missing! They can always be drilled out later. The five small countersunk screws protrude into the manifold and keep the other end of the spring centred. They also form a "stop" so that the spring cannot be over compressed and prevent the gases getting out.
The view through the inlet hole shows the spring at about half travel which should give an opening pressure of 0,5 bar / 7.2psig. This is lower than I want but better to start with a lower opening pressure and build up the power slowly! A stronger spring is on order but is on a 4 week delivery.
More pics of the new drive shaft arrangement to follow shortly.
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Reply #77 on:
March 11, 2010, 08:14:10 am »
The backfire pressure relief valve works! Trying to start the engine yesterday there were two backfires! I eventually got the engine running and although the mechanical noise is much reduced with the new universal joints the engine itself was very "rough". I looked at the "Supercharger" pressure gauge on the instrument panel and saw that it was showing zero even when I slowed and speeded up the engine. I realised that I had failed to reconnect the gauge to the manifold! Not only that but I had not even replaced the 1/8R (BSP) gauge connection and now had a 10mm hole in the inlet manifold! Not surprising therefore that it was difficult to start!
With the gauge reconnected the engine started happily with about -0.6bar in the manifold at 3 000 r/m.
I cannot get the engine to run at less than 2 500 r/m without slowly stopping. I think it is a carburettor problem but my last experience of a SU carb was 40+ years ago on my supercharged Vauxhall Viva HB. Too long ago to remember! Through a local British car restorer friend I have found a man who knows about SU carbs and we have arranged to see him on Monday. His name is Alan Hill who is a specialist in restoring Morris Minors of all vintages. His business is called "Over the Hill Motors"! Neat huh?
Before fitting the manifold back on the car I made some "debris guards" as you can see in the pictures. I am worried that some part of the relief valve may fall off (despite using Locktite Threadlock on all the threads) and to prevent debris falling into the engine I thought some wire mesh might be a good idea.
The pictures show the new universal joints and their black rubber gaiters. I have thought about what might go wrong with this drive shaft and the most likely failure point seems to be the 16mm aluminium shaft on the blower adaptor. All the rest of the drive system is stainless or mild steel and well strong enough. If that ally shaft breaks I will have the drive shaft still rotating loose until the engine stops but potentially doing much damage. So I have left in place the intermediate bearing carrier that was fitted to try to reduce the bad vibration we found originally. I have simply taken out the bearing itself and left the surrounding ring to restrain the drive shaft if the ally blower shaft breaks. I hope I never find out whether it works but it is reassuring that it might not destroy the valve cover or the bulkhead!
More later!
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Re: Supercharging a Bagheera
Reply #78 on:
March 11, 2010, 09:17:30 am »
Hi Andy
I really enjoy reading your progress reports. Thanks also for sharing the funnier experiences! We've all tried that, so I don't feel bad laughing over the missed connection of the pressure gauge
About the mesh, on N/A engines, mesh is usually not recommended as it disturbs the airflow quite a bit. The mesh itself of course reduces the area through which the air flows, but more important it also creates quite a bit of turbulence, reducing airspeed. Mesh used to be popular on competition cars in front of carburettors instead of filters, but it's not a good idea - a proper filter is always better if you don't dare running without. I understand why you want it, but you're after power... I'd remove it and accept the risk. Besides, nuts don't just fall off if tightened correctly - and especially not when done with loctite
Keep up the good work and good luck with mr. Hill
Just noticed one other thing: You don't need the heat insulating carb bases with your new setup. A simple paper gasket will do.
Last Edit: March 11, 2010, 09:22:21 am by Anders Dinsen
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Re: Supercharging a Bagheera
Reply #79 on:
March 11, 2010, 02:31:57 pm »
You make good points about the undesirable side effects of the mesh. It will be very easy to remove when I have built up some confidence of the valve's reliability. I try to work on the principle of "Safe with one fault" rather like the concept of modern twin circuit braking systems.
The point about not needing the heat insulating spacers fitted below the inlet manifold is also well made. However heat build-up is still a potential problem with a blower as the compressing action of the blower itself will increase the temperature of the inlet mixture and, as another forum member mentioned, a water injection system to cool the inlet mixture is something quite close to the top of my development programme. If we start to inject water when the manifold pressure rises above atmospheric the engine is already working hard and should not complain about water in the fuel! I have already obtained a pressure switch to control the water injection and a vacuum switch for the blower lube oil system
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Re: Supercharging a Bagheera
Reply #80 on:
March 14, 2010, 09:35:16 pm »
This afternoon, I was looking at the pictures I took a week ago.
What types of brake pads do you use ?
Since already some times, I converted mine to EBC Green stuff
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Reply #81 on:
March 15, 2010, 09:32:34 am »
Spyros wrote...
What types of brake pads do you use ?
It is some time ago and I will need to look back at the papers.
I don't remember at this moment, although Green Stuff has been recommended within the MECUK.
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Reply #82 on:
March 20, 2010, 09:16:38 am »
I road tested Baggy Joe with the supercharger several times in the last week. The power increase feels HUGE! It was at least an hour before my knees stopped vibrating after the last run with the relief Valve opening pressure increased to about 0.8 bar. The car just flies and the "Blower Howl" makes my spine tingle. There are too many things happening at the same time to register them all. Wow!
There have been some problems however. During one of the first runs I could hear the Relief Valve ("RLV") opening with about 0.2 bar on the boost pressure gauge. I screwed down the spring a bit and the maximum boost pressure rose to 0.5bar. Feeling brave I gave it a last adjustment to the limit of the thread on the screw. 0.7bar was seen briefly but it started to drop back again. I looked at the neoprene valve seal and saw that it was dissolving! Despite the "material compatibility charts", which suggest that Neoprene is OK with unleaded gasoline, my neoprene foam gasket doesn't agree! As a short term fix I have made a very thin (0.05mm) brass disc to go between the foam and the manifold body. I hope this will reduce the contact between the gasoline and the rubber. I have not driven this solution yet.
At long last I have wired up the "Low Oil Pressure Warning Light". I had forgotten that I had done most of the work already and the hook up was very quick. The light itself is a 25mm lens where the cigar lighter normally sits. I can see it through the lower half of the steering wheel. It should be very visible if it lights up during an event. The oil pressure gauge also works but that requires "looking at" whereas the bright alarm light should attract attention. I hope it never needs to operate. The big worry is that the Shorrock blower consumes engine oil and it may not take long before the oil needs filling up again. In the heat of competition I may forget. The warning light is the last chance! What I really need is an oil LEVEL warning system.
Oil leaks in the nylon pipes feeding the oil pressure warning light switch and the blower lube oil line have also been a problem. I have used "Legris" pneumatic push-in fittings for over 30 years and found them very good if installed correctly. If air leaks out nobody really cares or noticed. Oil dripping out is a very different matter and easy to see especially if it results in smoke (Oh my God, its on fire!) or "What is that puddle on the floor" or worse "If your car leaks oil on the race track you will be banned and hated by everyone else". Not a good scenario! So I think I will have to re-pipe the system using compression fittings and/or use copper pipe. I checked in the RS catalogue last night and only Enots/Norgren compression fittings are listed. I loathed these fittings when I was a site engineer in the '60's and I don't feel much happier about them now. Apart from expensive USA Oil Industry compression fittings, anyone got any ideas on better systems? Wade and Simplifix were two competing brands 20 years ago but I haven't checked recently. Using copper would seem to be a good idea but I worry about fatigue cracking. Maybe I should be using oil-resistant rubber pipes?
Finally, I have now cut two large holes in the engine cover (yesterday) for the top of the SU carb vacuum dome and for the carb air inlet filter. Not the prettiest jigsaw job I ever did but the first AutoSolo event is tomorrow and the scrutineers will want an engine cover in place, even with two holes in it! Today is time to stick the fabric back on the engine cover, re-fit the interior trim (door cards and original twin passenger seat) as they are also required. Adding weight is not what I want to do!
Wish us luck.
The event (Sunday March 21st) is held at the Montgomery Lines parade ground, off Alison Road in Aldershot, Hampshire. Entry is free to spectators. All welcome. Come to the motorhome and stay for coffee! We should be there around 0830. Action starts after the driver's briefing at 10am. You may get press-ganged into helping to marshal!
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Re: Supercharging a Bagheera
Reply #83 on:
March 21, 2010, 10:00:54 am »
Hi Andy,
You are progressing so quickly !
I'm not sure to understand how you made the low pressure light work ?
Don't we have, by default, the sensor, however unwired ?
If I understand well, you needed an oil supply for the blower.
Did you took it from the oil pressure sensor or elsewere ?
Like I'm doing here ?
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Reply #84 on:
March 22, 2010, 03:54:46 pm »
If I understand your picture correctly you have drilled and tapped the hexagonal head of the bolt that holds the oil pressure transmitter in place. My bolt head now has an M5 thread and a M5/6mm Legris stud coupling in place. What thread is yours?
When I think about it my "bolt" is in fact the remains of the low oil pressure switch which did not work. They are not intended to be taken apart but I did it anyway! Because the "bolt" head was concave the biggest thread I could make was M5 but yours may be 1/8"? That seems much better than M5 which looks very fragile especially with steel braided hoses.
Your hoses are "Aeroquip"? They look very good. Very professional! "Proper Job". I must find a local source of those hoses and get some prices. Do you buy locally or via the internet? Expensive?
You have inspired me again!
The picture below is of the finished engine cover complete with the "Supercharged" badge. I didn't want to fix the badge until I was satisfied that the car was good enough to enter the first event of 2010! Superstious perhaps?
I will put a report on yesterday's AutoSolo event under the "Roll Cage Wanted" Thread.
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Re: Supercharging a Bagheera
Reply #85 on:
April 02, 2010, 12:35:06 pm »
"Rolling Road" testing....
Yesterday we visited TCS Performance Ltd., near Bishop's Stortford, who provided the rolling road on which Baggy Joe was tested last August at the Practical Performance Car "RetroRide" event at Haynes Motor Museum.
[Just in case someone is not aware of what a "Rolling Road" does here goes. The driving wheels of the car rest on two large rollers which are connected to generators. The driver runs the engine and accelerates the rollers through 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th gears. He then lets the engine slow down to around 1,500rpm and opens the throttle fully. The generators provide the load on the engine and the computer records the electricity being produced and converts that to "Horse Power". A graph is plotted showing the Horse Power at the wheels, calculates the HP at the flywheel i.e. excluding the losses of the transmission and tyres, and several other things. Air/Fuel ratio is important to a blower system as having a mixture with too much air can cause the pistons to overheat and melt! He also records the inlet manifold pressure (the Blower Pressure) and several other things if you wish.]
In August last year the maximum Horse Power recorded was 88.6HP. (I need to convert this Imperial figure to metric! Do you prefer kW or something else?). We now know that a 1592cc Solara engine had been fitted by a previous owner and that it is in reasonably good condition.
Having now fitted the supercharger and got it running reasonably well, I felt that we should have some proper testing done to try to maximise the power and check those things that are difficult to do while the car is stationary such as how the mixture varies throughout the rev range and check the ignition system working with the engine under high speed/high load conditions. All these can be done on the rolling road with the car stationary.
The car was reversed onto the rollers and strapped down very tight to prevent it coming off and running down the road! Sensors were added including a "Lambda" sensor to measure the Air/Fuel ratio and a thermocouple to measure the inlet air temperature. My blower pressure gauge was disconnected and the manifold pressure sensor connected in its place. There must also have been a connection to the ignition system (to monitor the engine speed) but I don't remember seeing it.
The photoghraph of the computer screen below showed some of the many graphs the computer produced. I will scan the paper graphs he provided shortly but the main interesting figures are shown. At the top right hand corner are the maximum Horse Powers recorded with 98.2HP being the HP as first tested and 112.7Hp the best we achieved after changing settings. So we gained 14.5HP just for changing the mixture, changing the ignition timing and closing the spark plug gaps down to 0.65mm! He charged £60 (about Euro65). So compared with August 2009 we have increased the power from 88.6 to 112.7 a gain of 24.1 HP or 27.3%.
I confess this is not quite as much as I had hoped for as the conventional wisdom suggests that 40% increase should be achievable. Still it feels a lot better and I would be very pleased to improve the driver's performance by 27% in four months!
More pictures and analysis to follow later.
Have a nice Easter!
Best wishes, Andy Owler
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Reply #86 on:
May 28, 2010, 01:26:20 am »
Pre-Prescott update...
The Blower is working well although I continue to have problems keeping the universal joints from slipping on the drive shaft. The shaft is stainless steel (type 304) and is drilled to accept the cylindrical ends of the M6 grub screws. The grub screws are High Tensile steel and harder than the stainless. In consequence they distort the stainless and need constant tightening. Lockite helps but that makes them hard to remove or re-tighten. Maybe a second or third screw on each joint is worth trying. Proper "Woodruffe" keyways are the right answer but they are expensive to produce.
I have recently realised that the stainless drive shaft is not a genuine 16mm diameter but 5/8inch diameter. This is actually 15.875mm diameter. This gives some very undesirable clearence and may encourage the locking screws to vibrate loose.
As I think I have already reported, I have replaced the original simple universal joints with better quality "zero - backlash" joints. The problem was that they quoted 6 weeks delivery time for the 16mm version (before I knew about the 5/8inch shaft) and I settled for 20mm bore with 20/16mm reducing bushes. This has introduced even more potential "slop" but now does allow me to upgrade the drive shaft to a genuine 20.00mm diameter. Next step perhaps?
The special 16mm aluminium adapter bush that connects the second U/J to the blower drive flange was replaced yesterday with a 20mm steel version. Maybe it is my imagination but already there seems to be less mechanical growling when the blower is working hard.
And it does "work hard" when asked! In 1st gear there is barely enough time to read the tacho and change gear into 2nd before I exceed 5,500 rpm. I have set this "on the road" limit as the blower is not intended to go faster than 6,000 rpm. The U/Js are already limited to 4,000 rpm but they were the best I could find. On the public road I struggle to keep this lefthand drive car out of the hedge and on my side of the centre of the road at the same time as watching the tacho and noting the blower pressure. Perhaps I need a data logger! Nearly 50 years of changing gear with my left hand takes some un-learning. More practice needed.
I took Baggy Joe to the Builder's Merchant ("Bricolage") today. They know me quite well but in Grey Baggy and our other cars but not in something low, growlly and very yellow! Caused quite a stir - they all came out to look! My "street credibility" went up several notches especially with the young lads! Pity I am too old to go "pulling the birds"!.
With Best wishes,
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Re: Supercharging a Bagheera
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June 10, 2010, 10:00:27 pm »
I just watched again the video I recorded from inside your yellow beast : Wonderfull
The sound is not as frightening on the video than in reality
Thanks a lot for the drive !
I'm just wondering : Will BaggyGrey suffer from the BaggyJoe daily usage ?
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Re: Supercharging a Bagheera
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June 11, 2010, 01:31:09 pm »
Spyros wrote...Will BaggyGrey suffer from the BaggyJoe daily usage ?...
Baggy Joe is not really in "daily use". Although I do sometimes use him during the week he is not really suitable for going shopping everyday!
The Four point FIA seat belts are awkward to put on and the total lack of security in the boot makes it a worry to leave tools (or shopping) in there. I don't like going too far without the tool bag as we are still finding "teething problems". The heat build-up above the exhaust manifold when the engine is switched off makes me open the engine cover each time we stop for more than a few minutes. This is not a problem in competition but is a pain in "daily use". If I do not open the cover the heat cooks or melts any shopping . Not very practical!
During the Spyros drive yesterday the engine, under pressure, started to be erratic with the pressure rising and falling for no obvious reason. We checked the engine when we arrived at the lunch Pub and the inlet box had a lot of oil on the top. This usually means that the explosion relief valve is opening when it should not.
The last time this happened I found that the spring holding the valve closed had weakened and distorted, I assume due to the residual heat build-up after the engine is switched off. I replaced it with another, stronger, spring and it worked well at Prescott. But today I think it may be damaged again.
I need to re-build the relief valve with the spring outside the inlet box rather than inside. A question of time (as usual!). Our next event is on July 11th so I have a little time for some more development!
Spyros... Can the video be put on the 'net? I would like to see it too!
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Re: Supercharging a Bagheera
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June 12, 2010, 12:10:59 pm »
Quote from: andyowl on June 11, 2010, 01:31:09 pm
Spyros... Can the video be put on the 'net? I would like to see it too!
I wouldn't have done it without your permission
You'll see that I took some freedom to try to fit all together
I just hope that soon we will benefit from bbs tags to incorporate video directly in the posts
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text: Might and Magic 6 Submitted by: Dj Simo Walkthrough by (another) George - firstname.lastname@example.com -Sections- Character Creation Beggining Tips Traveling tips Lists Spoilers Bugs Thanks, contact and misc info Character Creation- Your party must fill many roles and unfortunetly you have only 4 people to do this with. In the beggining I'd have.. someone for melee damage someone for magic damage someone who heals someone who repairs items someone who identifies items someone who can pick traps someone with the 'merchant' skill This is a bare minimum. Later on you'll want to develop more skills but these will atleast fill out the basic roles. You shouldn't pick all of these in char creation but buy them from guilds as early as possible. Here are my thoughts on the classes followed by what characters in my party I used to fill which roles. Knight- No magic but this can be a help as this will allow him to have plenty of time to develop some of the skills your magic using characters will be too busy to advance. (pick locks,repair,etc) My knight doesn't do a tremendous amount of damage but he has a lot of HP. This can help as usually atleast he is alive and he can retreat with all my money instead of having to ressurect back in New Sorpigal Paladin- a little bit of clerical magic and almost as much HP as the Knight and does as much damage. Fairly useful, and since his SP depends on personality it might be a wise idea to give him the "Merchant" skill. I've noticed most people seem to pick one so this might be a wise choice. Archer- I didn't pick one but from what I've heard on usenet they seem a mixed bag. Since my mage didn't do a lot of damage till he got quite a few points in the various magic skills it wouldn't seem too useful to have someone dabble in elemental magic. Most people seem to be using them as Melee fighters anyway so it might be wiser to go with a straight mage or a knight. Druid- Once again, I didn't pick this one but from what I've heard from the usenet they seem fairly useful. Propably would be pretty weak in the beggining but late in the game using both magic disciples would make them a very powerful class. NOTE: A Druid (or a Paladin or Archer for that matter) can't learn the very powerful Light and Dark magics so make sure you have atleast a cleric or mage in your party. Cleric- Their magic isn't as powerful as the mage's but you'll use the healing spells a lot. They also become pretty good in melee combat later on. Right now my cleric even hits more often then my fighters, though they do more damage. They can also learn Light or Dark magic. Sorceror- (out of habit I call him a Mage sometimes but this is who I mean) elemental magic is very powerful, especially the Air and Water spheres. My sorceror has propably been the single most useful member of my party. I don't think any party should be without one. Once I got him to expert dagger he also did a fair amount of damage. Though low on HP (as is the cleric) he can learn the Light and Dark magics, which are very powerful. My party consisted of a Knight, Paladin, Cleric, and a Sorceror. My Sorceror started off with all the magic skills and used his points only on them. Later on he learned Meditation which boosted his Sp but besides that he's just been concentrating on magic. Its better to master Water or Air magic before fire or earth. I gave him Dark Magic later in the game. My cleric spent most of his time on magic, though I did decide to give him the Item Identification skill as well. I also made him start with all his magic skills. Spirit or Body magic is better to work on before Mind. My Paladin concentrated mostly on melee damage but also worked on the merchant skill. (I believe he started with it in fact) He can be used as a back-up healer but I usually leave that to my Cleric. My knight took the rest of the misc skills (as well as working up a few weapon skills) of Disarm Trap, Repair Item, and Perception. Though I've found perception to be nearly useless so I haven't developed it much. Beggining Tips: Your first goal should be to get armor skills for all your people (little use to getting them at creation) and hopefully buy some armor. The guild offering to sell the leather armor skill is located in the building behind the armor/weapon shops. Getting the bow skills and bows for your party is a good idea as well but I think you have to wait till Ironfist. The merchant skill will help a *lot* so you might want to start putting points in that. You can pick up some money by talking to one of the people inside the INN. He will also give you a quest. After that you should head to the Town Hall and take the quests offered there. You can also find two more quests from townspeople that have to do with the abandoned temple NW of town. (they are a find person quest and kill the spider queen) After that you might want to head to the Goblin Watch tower as I think its a little easier. Make sure you take the first right inside and check the walls before doing the puzzle to the north. Kill the groups of monsters just hanging around New Sorpigal by running up and kill a few then running back and healing. You can also try to lure a few away from the main group. Traveling Tips: Read the manual or try right clicking on the item/whatever before asking for help for the problem. Horshoes found around stables and occasionally just randomly in the world can be used to give extra skills points by right clicking them on a character. They do respawn so it might be a wise idea to check stables every once in a while. (I'm not sure of the respawn rate, if someone knows please email me) Spells can be bought in (so far for me): Elemental Magic and Clerical Magic, low level - New Sorp. Elemental Magic, except earth, low-mid level - Mist Clerical Magic, low-mid level - Ironfist Earth Magic, All- Silver Cove Elemental Magic and Clerical Magic, low-high level - Free Haven Light - Blackshire Dark - Blackshire, Whitecap Remember, quest destinations aren't always in the area where the quest is given. If you're ever lost in a dungeon try clicking on the walls, often dungeons use hidden switches or doors to conceal the objective. The Meditation and Body Building skills are very useful but they are only dependant on your total HP/Sp and skill level. Its not by your character level, so don't worry about them early on. Wait till lvl 15 or 20 and master them quickly and watch your HP and SP shoot up. An easy way to gain money is to boost your Merchant skill to master (has to be there to turn a profit) and get your Water magic skill to expert atleast and goto shops and purchase items, then enchant them with the "Enchant Item" spell, then sell them right back to the shop. Items must be above 450 value to be enchanted and can't have previous enchantments. If you are trying to find an Expert Air teacher you can find one in Free Haven or you can go to the back of the New Sorpigal Bank and click untill you find a flight scroll. Use it and fly to the second floor of the bank and inside is an expert air teacher. (must have 4 points in air to advance) You can also find an expert water teacher on an island NE of New Sorpigal. You can "swim" by getting as far as you can into water by walking then jumping forward. This will damage your party on every step so heal quickly. There is a seer in the Ironfist region which will tell you which shrine is activated this month. The learning skill can be initially learned in Mist in one of the elemental magic temples. The magic skills can be learned in their various magic temples and the rest of the skills can be learned in the guilds scattered around. Sometime after completing the coucil quests you can get permission to use the "royal yacht" from Castle Ironfist. The Light Magic Master is behind the INN on the souther island on the Eel Infested Water region. Not on the island with Castle Alamos. Lists: Trainers Spirit- (Expert) New Sorpigal, (Master) Ironfist Body- (Expert) New Sorpigal, (Master) Silver Cove Mind- (Expert) New Sorpigal, (Master) Silver Cove Earth-(Expert) Free Haven, (Master) Silver Cove Fire-(Expert) Free Haven, (Master) Mist Water- (Expert) Free Haven, (Master) Mist Air- (Expert) Free Haven, (Master) Mist Light- (Expert) Kriegspire, (Expert) Silver Cove? (Master) Almos Dark- (Expert) Blackshire, (Master) Paradise Valley Staff- (Expert) Mist, (Master) Silver Cove Sword- (Expert) Free Haven, (Expert) Ironfist, (Master) Blackshire Dagger-(Expert) Free Haven, (Expert) Ironfist, (Master) Castle Stone Axe- (Expert) Ironfist, (Expert) Darkmoor, (Master) Darkmoor Spears- (Expert) Mist, (Master) Darkmoor Bow- (Expert) Ironfist, (Expert) White Cap (Master) Kriegspire Mace- (Expert) Darkmoor, (Master) Blackshire Leather- (Expert) Ironfist, (Master) Castle Stone Chain-(Expert) Ironfist, (Expert) Bootleg Bay,(Master) Darkmoor Plate- (Expert) Ironfist, (Master) Free Haven Shield- (Expert) Ironfist, (Master) Blackshire Identify- (Expert) Ironfist, (Master) Free Haven Merchant- (Expert) Free Haven, (Master) Silver Cove Repair- (Expert) Mist, (Master) Castle Stone Body Building- (Expert) New Sorpigal, (Master) Free Haven Meditation- (Expert) New Sorpigal, (Master) Mist Perception- (Expert) New Sorpigal , (Master) Darkmoor Diplomacy- (Expert) Ironfist, (Master) White Cap Disarm Trap- (Expert) Ironfist, (Master) Castle Stone Learning- (Expert) New Sorpigal, (Master) Silver Cove Weapon skills need 8 points, magic skills need 12 points and misc skill needs 7 points. The skill needed for armor varies. Some of the skills have other requirements but its usually a stat req which can be easily gotten by a few rings of the required attribute. A few others require a certain promotion like Arch Mage or Cavalier. If you have any thing to add to this, please email me. Potion List number, type of potion, ingredients, effect First Generation 1 magic blue PhRt +10 spell points 2 energy yellow Popy +10 primary statistics (t) 3 cure wounds red WdoW +10 hit points Second Generation 4 resistance green 1+2 +10 all resistances (t) 5 cure poison purple 1+3 cures poison condition 6 protection orange 2+3 +10 armor class (t) Third Generation 7 super resistance white 1+4 +20 all resistances (t) 8 bless white 1+5 blessed for 6 hours 9 stone skin white 1+6 stone skined for 6 hours 10 haste white 2+4 hastened for 6 hours 11 extreme energy white 2+6 +20 primary statistics (t) 12 heroism white 3+6 heroismed for 6 hours 13 restoration white 4+5 cures all conditions but stoned and dead 14 supreme protection white 4+6 +20 armor class (t) Fourth Generation 15 essence of intellect black 1+9 +15 intellect, -5 might (p) 16 essence of personality black 1+13 +15 personality, -5 speed (p) 17 essence of accuracy black 2+8 +15 accuracy, -5 luck (p) 18 essence of endurance black 2+14 +15 endurance, -1 all others (p) 19 essence of speed black 3+10 +15 speed, -5 personality (p) 20 essence of might black 3+12 +15 might, -5 intellect (p) 21 divine magic black 4+7 +100 spell points, +1 year age (t) 22 rejuvenation black 4+11 removes magic aging, -1 all seven stats (p) 23 essence of luck black 5+7 +15 luck, -5 accuracy 24 divine power black 5+11 +20 level, +1 age (t) 25 divine cure black 13+6 Cures everything (t) is temporary, (p) is permanent. All age effects are magical aging. Types are only used in mixing: you can't mix like type with like type. There are 216 possible combinations, so obviously most combinations just blow up. Damage is proportional to the power of the reactants. If you explode a third and fourth generation potion, your character is ERADICATED! Potion pairs 15 and 20, 16 and 19, and 17 and 23 are complimentary. If you feed the same character both, he'll get +10 to each stat. Shrine List Visit the seer (north/west of castle ironfist, up a hill. Good place to lay down a beacon btw) each month and get a pilgrimage assignment to visit a shrine and get +10 to your stats or resistances. Subsequent visits next year will give you +3 more. Jan - Might - Bootleg Bay NW corner. Feb - Intellect - Mist March -Personality - Silver Cove NW corner April -Endurance - Castle WhiteCap May - Accuracy - FreeHaven (just west of town) June -Speed - Mire of the Damned (center west) July - Luck - New Sorpigal off the East coast of town August -Fire - Kriegspire down near castle in mountain September - Electricity - center west in Castle Ironfist October - Cold - Kriegspire north half center along mountains November - Poison - Eel-infested waters/Alamos December - Magic - Blackshire visible just northeast of town Spoilers- *spoiler space* I'm gonna try to do this is in "order" but since the game is non-linear something else might get spoiled. Continue at your own risk! Misc/Early Spoilers and Secret doors info The Goblinwatch code is NILBOG (sknom backward eht fo ysetruoc), but I think there are more combinations. Grab the code sheet from the cabinets to the right when you first enter the keep. You can find the missing child in the abandoned temple by doubling back from the main tunnel when you're in the cavern area. (its a ways down) The Shadow guild is north west of Ironfist. You must find several secret doors inside so click on all the walls. It can be a little rough for sub lvl 10 parties so you might wanna wait to go in. The Temple of Baa quest that is given in New Sorpigal is refering to the Temple also south of Ironfist, not the abandoned one in New Sorpigal. If you're stuck in the Temple of Baa there is a hidden area behind the altar where you fought all the undead. To unlock it you must first open the center area in the first room with the 4 panals. The oppening order is North, East,West, South I *think*, but the zap is gives you is pretty low so it shouldn't take long to figure it out. Inside is a chest where after opening it you are again attacked by undead. Use the key on one of the side doors, inside that room you'll find another chest where after opening you'll again be attacked by undead and you'll find another key. Use that key on another side door and continue using the keys on side doors till you're left with the key for the area behind the altar. There are two long corridors, down one is where the chime is and a key for another area. Down the other is several thousand dollars hidden on a wall (near the end) and a secret door that is oppened with the other key to a vault with a lot more money. In the first Dragoon hideout south of Ironfist you don't have to enter the area with the slimes, so if you can't hurt them at this stage of the game don't worry about it. Backtrack and continue on through the dungeon. (magic hurts them btw) To open the door in the Dwarven caves in Ironfist (to complete the Dwarf's quest in the Darkmoor tavern) you must obtain a key from Snergle's Mines in Darkmoor. Deep inside that mine is the key, I don't remember the directions exactly so you'll propably just have to map the dungeon. If you lost Prince Nicolai he can be found at where ever the circus is. Ask around the various towns to see when the circus will be returning to that city. (December for Bootleg Bay, August for Mire of the Damned, and April for Blackshire) There are two fountains that give permanent intelligence and personality bonuses that can be reached by walking on water off of the coast of Bootleg bay. (you can also find the destination for a rescue quest in Free Haven and one of the Cleric quests from Castle Stone near here) There is a secret door in the Temple of the Snake in the Blackshire region. Its near where the main altar of the Medusa's. After pushing down the walls you must kill the fearsome "q" who aparently has thousands of hp and constantly casts "death". Inside are two chests, one filled with normal spells and the other is filled with wands of death, sharpnel, and such. Killing "q" gets you an artifact that displays the exact numerical amount of hp left in an enemy. Example: 422 hp left in addition to the bar. (btw, the npc you must find in here is in a cage near the altar/main room) The Obelisks are for a treasure in Dragon Sand. You must visit all of them before it will be activated. Obelisks are numbered from 1-15. There are fifteen map squares in the land of Enroth. One obelisk per square. They start numbering from the NW corner. Some are a little hard to find, (like the Blackshire one is to the S/W in a small desert region) but the reward is worth it. (see Bugs section on a bug dealing with this quest) (btw, while you're in the dragonsands area might as well hit the Shrine of the Gods, its on an island shaped like the NWC symbol. There is an uninspiring secret area that can be reached by clicking on a wall inside that faces the "hilt" of the logo. To quickly reach the shrine you can teleport by clicking on the roof of the Buccanear's Guild in New Sorpigal) An artifact sword, a decent one, can be found near Castle Alamos stuck in a stone. Its Excalibur and takes over 200 might to lift. (use a beacon and warp to fountains and back to get over 200 if you need to) That strange room in the Free Haven sewer is a teleporter to the Supreme Temple of Baa, you have to activate the other end first before you can use it. Its a quite trip to Hermits Island if you dont want to waste a Beacon space after you have finished the temple. The Divine Intervention is actually a very useful spell later on, after you find the Fountain of Youth (which is in the middle of Hermits Isle) There is a secret room in the Castle Stone Shadow guild that I couldn't get to work but heres the info in case anyone wants to try. Be sure you've finished the rest of the level, as this puzzle will teleport you to the leader's room when you complete it (that's how you know you're done). There are two types of tiles: trapped and untrapped. The untrapped look more decorative, and are in the first part of the room where you enter, on the far side of the room, and in bands along the sides. The trapped tiles look blank, and fill much of the central areas of the room. Allow me to call any contiguous area of untrapped tiles a "collection". The object of the puzzle is to step on every collection once, without setting off the trapped tiles (the trap seems to reset the puzzle). You can jump with the X key, but it will take some practice. You may have to walk over several tiles in each collection before it is considered stepped on. I would sometimes go around the room (jumping, of course) several times before I would be teleported. Also, I always seemed to teleport from the back of the room, so head there if you think you're done. Above all, don't trigger the traps. You can find the class advancment quests in: Sorceror- Mist Paladin- Ironfist Knight- Free Haven Druid- Silver Cove Archer- White Cap Cleric- Castle Stone The fountain of magic (for the first sorceror quest) is east of the city in the Bootleg Bay region. The Crystal of Terrax for the second Sorceror quest is in Ironfist, South of the city, in Corlagon's Estate. The solution for the Cavalier quest is to talk to the old Cavalier who's staying in an Inn north of Free Haven. The solution for the Champion quest is in Silver Cove. You must find the "Warlord's Castle" and retrieve an item to show the Lord you have entered the castle. Inside a chest north of the first main cross roads room is a scroll detailing the "Warlord's" failure at becoming a knight. Take this back to the Lord of Free Haven for your Knight's promotion. The "Damsel in distress" is in the Silver Helm Outpost in Mist. In a door on the right in the main room you will come upon a cell area. Inside one you will find an npc who tells you of noises then runs off, searching around that area will uncover a secret door that leads to a switch guarded with warriors. Using the switch will put out some odd stairs that you must run up and each step will appear right before you step on it. At the top is another secret door that holds the damsel. The dragon you must slay for the second Paladin quest is in the Mire of the Damned, north of the main city. The dragon was fairly easy for my 35 lvl characters but I imagine with a little planning anyone over lvl 20 could beat him. Not much treasure inside but return to the Castle Ironfist with the dragon's claw for your second Paladin promotion. To solve the first Cleric quest simply find a carpenter and stone cutter and bring them to the temple. (you'll have to let go all your other npcs) They can both be found in houses not far from the temple in Free Haven. The second Cleric quest requires you to raid an old church north of the city in Bootleg Bay. To reach it you must fly or walk on water. Inside you'll find some master monks and inside one of the rooms is a chalice you must use in the Free Haven temple. There is also a secret door that leads to some treasure. However, inside is a Minotaur which can be hard for early to mid lvl parties. Druid's can find the altar of the sun in silver cove, in an island a ways form the mainland. There is also a good sword stuck in a stone a little ways away from it. The Druid's second quest can be found near Free Haven in a dungeon. You must click on the Altar around midnight. The keys for the dragon towers for the Archer's quests are hidden in a secret room that can be found by clicking on the thrones in the throne room inside the dungeon. Might want to go ahead and travel to all of the cities with dragon towers and use the keys (town portal npc is useful) so when you go back to the Lord of White Cap you can advance twice. Council Quests- Silver Cove's quest to get counsel permission can be done easily with a town portal npc. The cities are New Sorpigal, Ironfist, Mire of the Damned, Free Haven (two), Blackshire, Kriegspire, White Cap, and Silver Cove. The Devil's Outpost is near Kriegspire, it is quite hard. All you have to do to complete the quest is take the scroll one of the demons drop when they die to the Lord of Free Haven. The quest to stop winter for the Lord of White Cap can be solved by going to the hermit in the Kriegspire region. He is sort of North/west of the city and his hut can only be reached by flying. Lord Kilburn's Shield can be found north of Blackshire in a chest. It is guarded by some Werewolves. The Prince of Thieves is found in the sewers beneath Free Haven underneath a bed. Just click on the bed. Gharik's Forge is N/E of New Sorpigal on an island, inside is the quest item for the Lord Newton quest. You need a key from the Silver Helm Outpost in Mist to complete the dungeon. The key is in a secret door in a room off the left hand side of the main room. (btw, the "bridge" puzzle in this dungeon can be solved by just a little trial and error with the switches on the bridges. Theres not much to it) Once you complete the Ironfist quest Lord Humphrey's representative won't vote for you. You must return to Castle Ironfist where Humphrey will give you a Baa Robe and send you off on a quest. Head to the Superior Temple in Kriegspire and charge around the dungeon till you find the scroll evidence of his representative being a traitor. Take it back to humphrey then to the council. Then when you have all the other quests completed you can enter the oracle. Make sure you turn the oracle chamber on. The "light switch" is right at the entrance. Oracle Quests- Not sure if its a bug but Crystal "Epsilon" Is actually found in Castle Kriegspire. (they tell you and your quest menu shows epsilon in Alamos) It is behind the locked gate near the mountain entrance. (not the well entrance) To open the gate you must push a button on the second floor of the "arena". To find the Delta Crystal in Darkmoor Castle you must first lower a wall by pulling a lever then clicking on the ,now, big red square. (its a different color first.. I can't remember what. If someone can please email me) A wall will open to the north, walk through it to a large corridor. Eventually you'll find another large cube. Near it is the next memory crystal. The easiest way to get to the crystal is to circle around the large enclosure you'll find past the wall you lowered with the first cube, eventually you'll noticed a stone ramp leading to a door. The door opens to a passage that runs above a large room filled with liches. Inside you'll see the big cube. What I did was simply to jump down, run like mad towards the crystal, turn left, grab the memory crystal and town gate out of there. Though I suppose there is a better way. To the find the Beta Crystal (the one that is sopposed to be in Kriegspire) head to Castle Alamos in the Eel Infested Waters region. (a "Princess Bride" reference?) This is a large castle and its hard to say where you need to go. You'll most likely simply have to map the entire structure. Though you'll know you're on the right track when you come to two long hallways filled with female warriors. At the end of one is a large room with sorcerors. This room has two exits. One leads to some platemail and a scroll where Archibald is telling the people at Alamos to research the crystal. The other exit leads to a elevator which leads accross some cages to a room guarded by a password. (password: jbard) Inside there is the beta crystal. The final crystal (in the order I did them, you can do them in any order), the Alpha Crystal, lies in the extremely hard region of Hermit's Isle. In that region is the Supreme Temple of Baa. (if you take the yacht from Ironfist it puts you right in front of the temple) This dungeon is *much* easier then Kriegspire, Darkmoor, or Alamos. Mostly you'll see the variants on the Baa Priests. A few demon spawn/workers are around but they're a cake walk at this point. Its a long boring dungeon, just follow the buzzing in your head. Eventually I found a hall where at the end past a chasm was some demons and the crystal. I just used the Air spell "Jump" to jump accross and nab the crystal then town portal out. There were just a few priests and demons around it but my guys were a little beat up. NOTE: The only time so far in the game but this dungeon has some nasty slowdown. I couldn't turn worth a damn so the bridges accross chasms in this one were a lot harder. Make sure you save a lot in here in case you make a lagged wrong decision. After that go plug them into the Oracle under the High council and get a *ton* of exp. Once again you'll be sent on a quest for another widget. The temple of varn is where the 'widget' resides. (its the control cube) Work your way to the Flame door (first finding the flame key) and go through it. Inside is a horde of guardians. After killing them start combing the passages behind it for the water temple key and officer codes and scrolls. (keep the scrolls!) Eventually after going through these areas and the temple of water you'll have 6 scrolls and the key of varn. (don't forget the chest you couldn't open eariler, the key for that is in the temple of water, two key scrolls are around the chest as well in the walls) Go to the pools in the room right after the flame door. Find the well that looks different (the well of varn) then step in the well right after that one (so going clockwise you end up at the well of varn at the end, and you have to have all scrolls and keys on one char) type in the password, then head to the next scroll till you come back to the well of varn. It'll open let you into a central hi-tech area where the control key is inside a chest. Once you've got it head back to the Oracle to be sent on another quest (hints for this quest are in the manual in the "Letters from Roland" section) and you're let in to the hi tech center of the oracle. Inside you can find blasters. (and the blasters skill, find it on a wall panal/monitor) From there head to Castle Ironfist, talk to Nicolai, then go to the back of the castle and pick up the 3rd eye from the well. Take it back to him then head up to the library on the second floor of the castle. Release Archibald, take the scroll, then head to Sweet Water and enter the Hive. Its on top of a big mountain. (you won't get a quest for this, but don't worry) Charge around in there (its not that hard) untill you find Fozil, then thats it. The End (untill Might and Magic 7 atleast but unfortunetly I don't think we can bring our characters over. Arg! 4 guys with blasters would have been a bit easy... but fun!) Bugs- (AFAIK, all fixed in the new patch, including some other problems) Doing the Temple of the Moon quest before taking the Temple of the Sun quest might prevent you from advancing your druid. You can get unlimited exp by talking to the giant head in the Lord of Fire dungeon over and over again after completing the quest. I was told that you can't get any more exp once you exit the dialogue screen. For unlimited gold, do the obelisk quest, and then click on the rock (the location of the cache of the captain).. you will notice you get 250000 gold and a nice chest of stuff (nothing new here), but whenever you proceed to click on the rock after that you still get the 250000 gold. So you can just keep opening the rock as many times as you want for as much money as you want. You can cast spells in real time mode even if you char isn't ready. (light isn't on yet) You can do this by selecting one of your other chars, then selecting them again and going into their inventory. Now select your char who isn't ready. Now exit the inventory screen, the not ready char is still highlighted and can cast a spell. This isn't that useful for combat but it is useful if you want to quickly cast a few cure spells or cast day of power then day of the gods. (note: this does not work if you have a spell bound to quick cast, you have to open the spell book) -update, okay, I've finished off the game. Its done... I could reword the spoilers/walkthrough better but I don't have the time. I think it works better more as an 'overview' then telling you *everything* you have to do anyway. Well I think this is the last version. I started this just the weekend after the release of the game to help people on the ng and to cut down on repeat questions. (the ng was filled with goblin watch password requests for a week after the release :) I've noticed some others have started to do some very complete work (especially the stuff posted on David Pott's web page) and I haven't had time to finish up the game yet, much less work on the faq. I think its pretty good right now and covers most of the game atleast, though not in the greatest amount of detail in all areas. I may do a quick release of the answers to the last few quests when I actually finish the game. Well I hope this helped a few people with one of the better rpgs released since the ol' glory days of crpgs. Thanks to: (original) George for reminders :) "Cat" for a better magic list Kent Arnold for some more trainer locations. David Potts for converting the faq to html and posting it on his page Scott A. Hutchens for additions to the spoiler and bugs section Jeremy Boyd for additions to the spoiler and bugs section Ron McPherson for the potion and shrine lists. Rich Batton for help with the obelisks Donovan Hawkins for info on the Stone Shadow guild secret. and to everyone in CSIPGR for additions and helping me with the game. Thats all, (Another) George firstname.lastname@example.com


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TJX mastermind chances his arm with deep cover infiltration appeal
A Scanner Darkly-style defense
Albert Gonzalez, mastermind of the infamous TJ Maxx hack, has sought to get a judge to set aside his earlier guilty plea and conviction in the case by arguing he carried out the hack while working as a paid government informant.
Gonzalez, 29, who escaped jail time back in 2004 over his involvement in the sale of 1.5 million stolen credit and ATM card numbers while a member of the Shadowcrew group by ratting out his erstwhile partners in cybercrime, went on to bigger and better things. While supposedly working for the Secret Service, he acted as ringleader in a massive credit card theft and laundering operation involving an estimated 170 million credit cards between around July 2005 and his arrest in May 2008.
His crew took advantage of network insecurities (particularly weakly encrypted wireless networks in retail shops) to infiltrate systems and ultimately plant packet sniffers on the networked of TJ Maxx, Heartland Payment Systems and others. Extracted data was used to make cloned cards or sold through black market cybercrime forums. Proceeds of these crime were then laundered.
Gonzalez was jailed for 20 years in March 2010. Now, and only after unsuccessfully claiming he wasn't entirely responsible for his actions because he suffers from Asperger's Syndrome, Gonzalez contends he was only following his brief as an informant – acting on the inside to infiltrate cybercrime networks. The fact that, by his own earlier admissions, he was at the top of the pyramid he was supposedly infiltrating gets overlooked.
What isn't in dispute is that while getting paid at least $1,200 a month by his Secret Service handlers and helping to gather evidence of minor players in the cybercrime scene, Gonzalez was simultaneously running his Operation Get Rich or Die Tryin' cybercrime project.
"I still believe that I was acting on behalf of the United States Secret Service and that I was authorised and directed to engage in the conduct I committed as part of my assignment to gather intelligence and seek out international cybercriminals," Gonzalez said in a 25-page petition filed last month and republished by Wired here. "I now know and understand that I have been used as a scapegoat to cover someone's mistakes."
The petition provides a fascinating insight into the life of a cybercrime informant and cites example that would support the contention that Secret Service informants turned a blind eye to some low-level scams carried out by Gonzalez. For example, short of money, he used illegal means to find $5,000 in order to pay off a debt to a carder.
It's a much bigger stretch, however, to come away with the conclusion that the Secret Service had granted Gonzalez carte blanche to carry out the biggest cybercrime operation ever uncovered.
Gonzalez claims that Secret Service agents fluffed his ego to the extent that he got carried away and lost sight of the bigger picture.
"All of this inflated my ego and made me feel very important and made me feel like I was really a part of the Secret Service with the backing and support of the government agency. One day I was unknown and nothing and the next day I am being hailed as a genius and giving presentations to Secret Service agents in Washington, DC. All of this was mind-boggling for me."
But why are we only hearing about all this now, on a form of appeal, months after Gonzalez pleaded guilty (presumably when faced with overwhelming evidence) and was sent to jail? The convict claims he is only raising the issue now because he was not aware of the "public authority" defence.
Like many convicts, he blames his lawyer for an oversight that led to his imprisonment.
Gonzalez's former lawyer, Rene Palomino, told Wired that there was no basis for an argument that his former client acted with government approval, stating that there are no legal grounds for Gonzalez to withdraw his plea and get a trial. He also said the defence had looked closely at the question of whether evidence against Gonzalez obtained from the computer of carder Maksym "Maksik" Yastremskiy following his arrest and alleged torture in Turkey might be ruled as inadmissible. "We researched the issue regarding the evidence, and there were no grounds for suppression," Palomino told Wired. "Everything that was legally possible that could have been done for him was done for him. Nothing was left undone."
Gonzalez entered into a plea-bargaining agreement with his eyes wide open, his former lawyer argued. "He knew what he was getting into when he signed off on this agreement," Palomino concluded. ®


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Cervical Canal of the Uterus
Published on Reproductive system.
The cervical canal of the uterus is a synonym of Cervix
Published on Reproductive system.
The cervix is also called the neck of the womb or the cervical canal of the uterus. We will examine it separately from the womb (uterus), because the tensions associated with the cervix are very distinct from those affecting the womb.
The neck of the womb is the passage from the vagina to the body of the womb. The word neck means passageway, corridor, narrow path. It is in the narrow path the man's penis gland rests when there is copulation.
It is important to remember that territorial issues, amongst animals, are related to reproduction. For them, the survival of the species stands above the existence of the individual.
Thus, the territory is linked to the species, to reproduction and to offspring.
Conflicts of a sexual nature and undervaluing are included in the concept of territory. The animal that contributes towards the continuity of the species feels useful. His sense of usefulness is, in fact, indispensable. He feels fulfilled.
This animal ancestral feeling means that we, humans, feel territorial conflicts and sense of usefulness in the neck of the womb, in the case of women, and in the prostate, in the case of men.
It is in the cervix that women feel sexually and virtually fulfilled.
When a woman experiences problems in the cervix, the body is telling her that she feels sexual frustration or frustration in her life. It means she does not feel fulfilled. The loss of sexual partner, be it an actual loss of partner or frustration in the sexual act, may mean that the woman feels she is no longer useful. In fact, the woman feels territoriality in the sexual act. Without a partner, she no longer has a territory. She does not feel useful any longer. The non-verbalized feeling of lack of usefulness projects itself, literally, in the woman's neck of the womb. This is an ancestral feeling coming from the collective unconscious, from the experience of animals on Earth. However, this is a dependence related tension.
If this absence of partner tension that the woman feels is very big, and if she fails to verbalize it, or even be aware of it, she may develop cervix cancer.
Here, the strictly sexual dependence may also be associated to sexual frustration. Either because the woman may always want more and her partner does not correspond to her wishes, or because the partner may always want more, which leaves her feeling like a sexual object.
After menopause, there is never a risk of cervical cancer.
When the grandfather lost all of his lands, for example, and never verbalized his frustration, his granddaughter may experience territorial conflicts or cervix problems, as well as feelings of sexual frustration (see Family). The granddaughter somatizes the feelings the grandfather never verbalized.
When the problem is in the junction of the cervix with the body of the womb, the tension here is different and reveals the division the person feels between being a woman and being a Mother.
This is because this area, whether the neck or the junction, is part of the genital system. It is the area of the body waters, of the influence of deep rooted beliefs, of the collective unconscious brought by the family, by the pattern of the woman of the clan, by the loose existence, guilty or not, of sex.


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A Southwest airplane accidentally rolled off the end of a runway at Hollywood Burbank airport Thursday morning as it was landing in heavy rain, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Flight 278, which originated in Oakland, was scheduled to land in Burbank shortly after 9 a.m. when it slid off a runway, and came to a stop after hitting a barrier designed to keep airplanes from skidding off the runway, an FAA spokesman said.
According to reports from the scene, the Engineered materials arrestor system (EMAS) at Hollywood Burbank Airport worked exactly as designed to slow down the aircraft. The Southwest flight skidded beyond the runway and appeared to be less than 100ft from the wall and Hollywood Way.
There's no word on how many passengers were on board the flight when it slid off the runway, but Boeing 737-700s are capable of carrying up to 140 passengers.
The Hollywood Burbank airport tweeted that one of the airport's runways had been closed, but the airport is still open, with all airlines operational.
Los Angeles has been experiencing heavy rain over the last few days with reports of poor visibility at the time of Flight 278's landing. One six-hour span in the area saw up to 1.66 inches of rain fall.


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Monday, August 31, 2009
The Beginning of My Movie Career
I've been practicing what Todd Boss preaches (see my previous post), i.e., sitting at the computer and making a video with audio of me reading my poem, "The Fruitful Woman," from my book, Eve's Red Dress. I decided to begin with a short poem so I'd get less frustrated when things bombed and I had to begin over. But really, the whole thing was pretty easy.
I also decided that for this one I'd make a video from photos that fit my poem. So first I had to round up a boatload of photos. In the end I ended up with many more than I needed and had to do some strategic cutting. I'd previously used an external microphone to record myself reading some poems, but with my new iMac I now have a good quality internal mic so thought I should learn how to use that.
I first put the photos in what seemed like a sensible order. Then I did a voice over which could not have been easier. I wasn't satisfied with my first several efforts—frog in throat, AC kicking on in the background, too fast, etc. But that was no problem. Just delete the voice over and make a new one. Once I had one that I thought was decent, I fiddled around with the order of the photos and the length of time each would be displayed. Again, very easy. Added a credit page at the beginning and end. Sent the whole thing off to YouTube.
After I was well into this project, the new Snow Leopard arrived at my front door. This upgrade for the Mac includes a new Quick Time which enhances your ability to make videos and audios. I wanted to see how that worked even though I was already set with my finished project. Again, easy to make an audio. One problem I had, though, was saving the recording to iTunes as an audio so that it could be dragged and dropped into a movie project. I eventually figured it out, but I think that's one unexpected glitch in the new program.
Now my next project is to make a movie of me reading one of Shakepeare's sonnets. I want to send that to the Our Daily Sonnet project.
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- AnonymousSeptember 2, 2009 at 9:05 AM
Wonderful video and poem. Love the coordination between the images and the lines.
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Just a quick note on Allied Irish Banks (AIB), a customer colleagues and I did work with on their upgrade and migration to Oracle Database 11.2 They've done a tremendous job and finally were present at OOW 2012 in San Francisco. Mina, my presales colleague from Oracle Ireland, gave me heads up about the short videos they've produced in SF with the AIB folks now being available on o.com.
1- Allied Irish Bank Transforms Business With Oracle
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Widely considered the prototypical modern sport compact car, the newly-updated 2009 Honda Civic Si Coupe, available also as a sedan, epitomizes 4-cylinder performance in an era when fuel prices have made large-displacement performance vehicles less practical. The Honda Civic Si Coupe upshifts into 2009 with revised styling and new features that include standard integrated fog lamps, USB Audio Interface, and Bluetooth® HandsFreeLink® on models equipped with the available Honda Satellite-Linked Navigation System™ with Voice Activation.
"As the high-performance derivative of one of our cornerstone models, the Honda Civic Si Coupe is truly the hot rod of the Honda line-up," said Dick Colliver, executive vice president of American Honda Motor Co., Inc. "It's a recipe that calls for lightweight agility and high-output 4-cylinder power in an efficient overall package that we've made even more compelling for 2009."
The Honda Civic Si Coupe serves as the performance halo for the Civic nameplate placing a premium on fun-to-drive character with a high-revving, 197-horsepower, 8000 rpm redline, 2.0 liter i-VTEC® 4-cylinder engine; 6-speed close-ratio manual transmission; and a helical-type, limited-slip differential for enhanced traction in high-performance driving situations.
The Honda Civic Si Coupe enhances the performance potential of the Civic architecture. Exclusive sport suspension highlights consist of firm spring, damper and stabilizer bar tuning along with exclusive 17-inch alloy wheels and high-performance P215/45 R17 87V tires. Exterior appointments include a rear deck lid spoiler (low profile on sedan) and front and rear Si emblems.
The interior design provides a performance-driving environment with Si-exclusive firmly-bolstered synthetic suede seats with red stitching, red backlit gauges, and a leather-trimmed steering wheel and shift knob.
The interior's two-tier instrument panel conveys a futuristic design with quick-reference meter positioning and includes a rev-limit indicator light. A leather-wrapped tilt and telescopic steering wheel column is standard, along with a leather-wrapped aluminum shift knob. The 7-speaker, 350-watt premium audio system features a subwoofer, Speed-Sensitive Volume Control (SVC), MP3/WMA playback capability, auxiliary audio input jack, USB Audio Interface and XM® Satellite Radio for navigation-equipped models. The USB Audio Interface is used for direct connection to and control of some current digital audio players and other USB devices that contain MP3, WMA or AAC music files.
Additional features include a 60/40 split folding rear seat, one-touch power moonroof, red ambient console lighting, keyless entry with security system, power windows, power locks, a dual trip meter odometer and a Maintenance Minder™ indicator. The voice-activated Honda Satellite-Linked Navigation System is available and includes Bluetooth HandsFreeLink, a wireless telephone interface that works with Bluetooth-enabled mobile telephones for hands-free operation via steering wheel-mounted controls.
Every 2009 Civic integrates a wide array of standard safety technologies starting with the Advanced Compatibility Engineering™ (ACE™) body structure; side curtain airbags; driver's and front passenger's side airbags with a passenger-side Occupant Position Detection System (OPDS); and dual-stage, dual-threshold driver's and front passenger's airbags (SRS).
Active front seat head restraints are designed to help reduce the likelihood of neck injury in the event of a rear collision. Standard active safety features include an anti-lock brake system (ABS) with brake assist and electronic brake distribution, front seatbelts with automatic-tensioners and load limiters, and a pedestrian injury mitigation design incorporated into the front exterior of the vehicle. Driver and front passenger seatbelt reminders and daytime running lights are also standard equipment.
Vehicle Stability Assist™ (VSA®) provides launch, oversteer and acceleration-understeer control by modulating engine power and/or applying brake pressure independently to each wheel. VSA can be manually deactivated if conditions warrant it.
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GoLunch portable food warmer has power base to heat the food, the power base is stylish in design, available in variety of colors and it is so compact with carry on handle. It has a 700ml removable stainless steel container with a leak proof lid and small pull-up handle.
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GoLunch food warmer was great for my hubby to carry to his office, it was so easy for him to use, he placed food inside container, covered it with leak proof lid and twisted outer lid and turned on power base. Moreover he did not queue up before microwave during lunch time waiting in hunger, as hot meal was ready in his desk.
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As versatile as the Raspberry Pi is, it has a weakness when it needs to be able to shut down properly during a power outage, especially when handling data-sensitive or industrial applications. To solve this problem, [Pavol Sedlacek] has created a supercapacitor-based UPS specifically for the Raspberry Pi that gives it enough time to properly halt its processes and shut down if it detects a power failure.
The device is called the Juice4Halt. It uses a DC-DC converter to provide power to the Pi from the normal power supply and to charge the supercapacitors during normal operation. It is bidirectional, so in the event of a power failure it works in reverse to take power from the capacitors and feed it back to the Pi. A second DC-DC converter handles power from an external power supply.
A side effect of using supercapacitors as a UPS is that they can also help the Pi survive brownouts. The project site has an incredible amount of detail about the functionality of the device, including circuit diagrams and the source code. We've seen other supercapacitor-based UPS units before but this particular one is much more robust and would be truly at home in any industrial or other sensitive setting.


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President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday promised the Pakistani girls' education activist Malala Yousafzai that he would meet with families of the girls held captive by Boko Haram militants for the past three months.
The meeting was scheduled for Tuesday in Abuja, but families of the missing girls canceled at the last minute.
Doyin Okupe, a public affairs assistant to the president, blames Bring Back Our Girls, an activist group that rallies almost every day to demand the girls' rescue.
"My priority and responsibility and duty is the safe return of these girls," said a statement released by Jonathan. "Unfortunately, political forces within the Nigerian chapter of Bring Back Our Girls have decided to take this opportunity to play politics with this situation and the grief of the parents of these girls."
Accusations leveled
Okupe accuses Bring Back Our Girls of being in league with opposition politicians seeking to unseat Jonathan in elections next year, echoing government accusations that the organization is playing "shameful and disgusting games." A government statement also repeated a promise to find the girls and end the Boko Haram insurgency.
But activists gathered at a Bring Back Our Girls rally in Abuja say the decision has nothing to do with politics.
Mia Muna, one of about 20 activists who arrived to chant and hear speeches in the rain, says families of the Chibok girls canceled the meeting on their own, partially due to security concerns.
She says they were insulted that Malala had to ask the president to see them, rather than having Jonathan make the offer on his own.
"We did not even need to tell them not to go," said Muna. "They themselves refused to go because they fear that if they are shown on TV all the time, these Boko Haram will still come after them. That was the fear."
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After the rally, Jeff Okoroafor, founder of Opinion Nigeria, an activist group that is part of the Bring Back Our Girls network, says the parents wanted to see the president, but felt it was wrong to visit him in the capital when he has not visited them in their home village, Chibok.
He blames the government for trying to distract the public from the real issue of the missing girls by going after Bring Back Our Girls.
"The truth is the government for a very long time has been coming up with a lot of excuses. The government has been coming up with a lot of distractions for the group," he said. "But the world can testify to what we are doing. We are open and that is why we are in an open space. Our conduct has been very civil."


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Are these Telecom Dividends Safe?
Do you like riddles? Let's try one on for size.
CenturyLink reduced its dividend by 25% in February. The next day, its dividend yield had increased by nearly 25%. How did CenturyLink pull off that parlor trick?
The answer is face-palmingly simple, as it usually is in these mind games. Investors expect a certain dividend income from this particular stock, and are quick to reduce the company's value to match dividend changes. In other words, share prices plunged through the basement floor overnight. And now that the lower dividend has been paid once, the effective yield is lower than it was in early February. Damage has been done to shareholder value here, folks.
Raw investor nerves also led to massive price drops in regional telecoms Windstream and Frontier Communications , even though neither company actually announced any dividend reductions. Is CenturyLink's penny-pinching a sign of worse to come across the entire industry?
Telecom investors have seen a rash of slashed dividends lately. It's like watching a classic George Romero film, except that cash payouts have taken the place of Romero's beloved zombies. They're falling like flies. And it's not a uniquely American slasher flick, either.
French telephony giant France Telecom cut its dividend twice over the last year or so, reducing payouts by a heart-stopping 74%. If you thought that was a scary move, consider that Spanish peer Telefonica hasn't paid a dividend at all since May. The policy is scheduled to restart in 2013, but this year's checks will only be about half as large as the ones distributed in 2011. Both France Telecom and Telefonica pinned their dividend cuts on capital preservation and heavy investment in next-generation network construction.
CenturyLink's large price drop (and the domestic fallout over rivals Windstream and Frontier) shows that investors are nervous about similarly austere policies spreading stateside. After all, Europe and Latin America aren't the only places where telecoms are rolling out high-speed wireless networks amid brutal competition.
Here's what I think: One size does not fit all.
CenturyLink is rather unique. When it bought Qwest Communications, it came with a treasure chest of operating losses that are reducing CenturyLink's tax payments drastically. Those tax benefits will run out in 2014. Management didn't want to drive investors off a dividend cliff when that change plays out, so it took a modest dividend cut in 2013 instead. The end result should be a relatively smooth return to higher tax payments in the long run.
Frontier also has a large, fairly recent acquisition under its belt -- but that one didn't come packaged with tax loss carryovers like CenturyLink's did. And WindStream's only significant buyout in recent years only carried a tiny $10.8 million tax benefit. From this perspective, CenturyLink was under far more pressure to protect its capital than either one of these peers.
But that's far from the whole story. Have you seen how much cash CenturyLink is making these days -- and how stagnant the cash flows have become elsewhere in the industry?
CTL Free Cash Flow TTM data by YCharts.
And what it all boils down to is this: CenturyLink just swallowed a bitter pill in order to shield its shareholders from greater pain down the road, and Frontier made a similar move last year. That leaves WindStream as the most exposed regional telecom dividend, and in my book the most likely to take a chainsaw to its payouts any time soon. The other two megadividends seem reasonably safe for the next couple of years.
CTL Cash Div. Payout Ratio TTM data by YCharts.
That's why I just started a bullish CAPScall on CenturyLink. The pain of dividend reductions has already been priced into this stock, and the company remains a fabulous cash machine.
When it comes to dividend yields, you won't find many higher than Frontier Communications. While its juicy dividend is tempting, every Frontier investor has to understand that it's not a sure thing. A huge acquisition has transformed the company forever. Will the move bear fruit, or are investors destined for another disappointing dividend cut? In this premium research report on Frontier Communications, we walk you through all of the key opportunities and threats facing the company.
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Man charged with using drugs while baby in home
Published 12:00 am Monday, June 17, 2013
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article has been corrected. The circumstance that led to a charge against Kenneth Scott Hayes was inaccurately reported in an earlier version. The Salisbury Post regrets the error.
SALISBURY — A Salisbury man was jailed Sunday under $5,000 bond after authorities say he used methamphetamine while a 13-month-old child was in the home.
Kenneth Scott Hayes, 31, of Eastbrook Circle is charged with felony possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile.
The Rowan County Sheriff's Office arrested Hayes, who is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday.
ROCKWELL — A Rockwell 16-year-old was released into the custody of his mother Sunday after authorities say he took a four-wheeler, which was recovered.
Jacob Tyler Campbell of Deaton Park Lane is charged with felony breaking and entering and larceny after breaking or entering. The Rowan County Sheriff's Office arrested him today after authorities said he entered a storage building and took the $850 all-terrain vehicle.
Campbell is scheduled to be in court Tuesday.