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Deep thoughts XI: Making due
Robin Brownlee
August 05 2009 11:45PM
Making the best of a bad situation is usually easier said than done, but when it's the only option, you can either play the cards you're dealt and suck it up or fold your hand, pee your pants and curl up in a corner sobbing at the injustice of it all.
That's pretty much where Steve Tambellini sits today after failing to get Dany Heatley to stop sucking his thumb long enough to agree to a trade that would make him an Edmonton Oiler during a summer in which he's managed exactly one notable player personnel move -- the overpayment that is the four-year contract inked by Nikolai Khabibulin.
Tambellini still hasn't addressed the need for a first-line left-winger, hasn't added a checking centre who can kill penalties and win face-offs and he hasn't done anything to replace the production lost when Ales Kotalik was allowed to walk as an unrestricted free agent.
That said, and with the challenges obvious to anybody with a functioning brain stem, I don't see any need for fans make like Mr. Leahy and assume a prone position with a big pee stain on the front of their pants.
Call me naïve, or a rights holder even, but there's got to be a way to turn a fistful of jokers into a decent hand, or at least something to bluff with. What could possibly go wrong?
The way I see it, Dustin Penner remains the best option from the personnel under contract now as this team's first-line left-winger.
I don't think being included in the Ottawa package for Heatley with Andrew Cogliano and Ladislav Smid is going to bother Penner a bit -- at least not as much as the subtraction of Craig MacTavish behind the bench is going to help him.
If I'm Pat Quinn and Tom Renney, I've already made a call to Penner that he better arrive for training camp in the best shape of his life because I'm going to play his ass off in the first 20 games of the season and see what happens. First-line time. First-unit power play time. The works.
Will Penner score 40-50 goals even under optimum circumstances? Not a chance. Could he manage 35? If PDP has any spine and even one shred of pride under that spare tire, I think so. How better to shove it to MacT than succeed in his absence?
If Penner can't succeed here this year after cashing cheques he hasn't earned for two seasons, he can't succeed here at all.
What's the option? Sit him out? Bury him on the fourth line? Bury him in the minors? That's cutting off your nose to spite your face.
-- I never got caught up in the YouTube ga-ga over the offensive wizardry of Rob Schremp, but if I'm Quinn and Renney I'm giving the kid a real look this pre-season in a position where he can succeed.
Schremp was never going to get a sniff here under MacTavish. If he isn't too far gone, if he isn't sulking at how he's been treated and if he wasn't wrecked by the horrid season he just had in Springfield, maybe there's a chance he can show something.
While I'm not betting the house on it, Schremp might surprise his critics if he's encouraged for being what he is, a creator of offence, instead of being criticized for what he's not. Nothing to lose. It's time.
-- Gilbert Brule has a job to lose at training camp. He's faster, more skilled and grittier than Kyle Brodziak. Is there any reason he shouldn't be able to fill his spot and role on this roster?
-- If J.F. Jacques and a draft pick or prospect won't get it done, offer the Washington Capitals Cogliano for David Steckel.
-- Let teams know Ethan Moreau and Steve Staios are available, cheap. Let a handful of teams know that Tom Gilbert or Denis Grebeshkov are available, not cheap.
-- So Michael Nylander, on the outs in Washington, thinks Edmonton might be a good place to play? Really? Is that so? Is that right? Nothing personal about the way you flipped off the Oilers the first time and pulled a fast one on Kevin Lowe, eh? No chance.
-- Charlie Huddy should still be employed here.
-- Listen to Robin Brownlee every Thursday from 4 to 6 p.m. on Just A Game with Jason Gregor on Team 1260.
Really Nylander? you have to be pulling my leg. I know I'm only 5 foot 9 but I'm used to it now, I don't need to be any taller.
I say go PDP! and not to the donair shop...
August 06 2009, 12:03AM
Cogs for Steckel? Yikes!
August 06 2009, 12:04AM
Oh and 25-30 for PDP with 1/4 of the mean streak that Hartnell has (or his Atl game played 20 games over) and we're good to go on line #1.
August 06 2009, 12:25AM
Ogden Brother wrote:
Cogs for Steckel? Yikes!
Better Nilsson, of course, but I don't know if the Caps would take on the extra money.
I never watned Nylander...a nd was happy when he went to Washington. I thought he was good, but not better than Horcoff. Jagr padded his numbers. Sit and stew... I hope he is never an Oiler.
I think Penner is Arnott on Left wing. Back off and let him mature. We will be happy soon... if the Oilers coach him correctly. I am glad that we don't have MacTavish this year.
thi si J.F> Jacques year to show he wasn't a waste of a draft pick. I am hoping he proves the naysayers wrong this year. I think he is more likely than Nilsson to win Quinn to his side.
August 06 2009, 12:40AM
Penner under the new coaches and perhaps a new excercise program that doesnt include the daily donair should have him playing alot better. I would love steckel on this team and would almost let cogliano go for him if they wouldnt take nilsson. Only reason is because its hard to find cogliano a spot where he should play cuz his skill level and play is above the third line and I think it's stunting his growth constantly playing those third line minutes. Nylander can kiss my as* Ya it is a nice play to play but apparently you didnt think so. So you ain't coming to us now. As for Huddy I think he should have been kept on but I don't mind a completely overturned coaching staff as it means they can start completely from scratch.
Penner = 25+ goals this year.
Yes or No ?
I think he does.
Ogden Brother wrote:
Cogliano for David Steckel
Yeah, as much as the team needs a face off guy, not for that poker chip.
Tambellini would elevate himself to Pocklington status with a deal like that over night.
Agreed on the Schremp bit. I want to see him get an honest shot so we can put the debate over him to rest once and for all. I never understood why he only got four games last year. He played well and produced in the first two, but then played poorly in a game in which the entire team (save for Roli) was completely dominated (against SJ), and all of a sudden he was back in the doghouse. He now has a fresh start with a new coach who hasn't publicly berated him. Give him his chance, and if he doesn't take full advantage of it, release him.
@ Robin Brownlee: Robin Brownlee wrote:
– If J.F. Jacques and a draft pick or prospect won't get it done, offer the Washington Capitals Cogliano for David Steckel.
Thank you for writing this. I have been torn apart by a few contributors on this site for this very suggestion, including Mr. Willis, if I remember right.
I like Cogliano, and I understand that it's a risk that he'll blossom into a regular 30 goal scorer, but Steckel suits this team's needs to a tee: a big, tough penalty killer who wins faceoffs and is young. From what I saw of him in the playoffs this year, he might become the favourite player in town within a month of donning the copper and blue, too. I'm also convinced that while Cogliano has the potential to develop a higher ceiling offensively, Steckel is a much safer bet for a successful career in the NHL - it'll just be in a different role. It's hard to imagine why Washington would trade him, though, even for a highly touted player like Cogs.
August 06 2009, 04:25AM
Robin Brownlee wrote:
If J.F. Jacques and a draft pick or prospect won't get it done, offer the Washington Capitals Cogliano for David Steckel.
Mortgaging our future to pick up an asset when many other comparable options on UFA to fill our need. I think this would be a bad deal. Why not do whatever is needed to get rid of Staios, Moreau, or Nilsson and just sign Maltholtra? Steckel has 31 pts over the last 2 years. Malholtra had 35 last year alone. Coupled with the fact Steckel is UFA at the end of next year and it makes this move foolish. What if, like Glencross, he just up and leaves over a few hundred k difference or - god forbid - doesn't like Edmonton and has no intentions of resigning? We are worse off next year than this. Nevermind I think Cogliano vs Steckel we would still be worse off with Steckel this year but that is debatable, moving one of our top 5 assets for a 3-4 line possible rental doesn't make a lick of sense.
@ Andrew W: Just because Brownlee said it doesn't make it a good move, RB will be the first to cop to the fact he has written some things that seem completely stupid in hindsight. That being said it does give you ammunition to fire back at them now lol.
Hi my name is Dallas and I'm an oilerholic
Nice peice Robin but I also disagree with cogliano for steckel if we are going to trade him why wouldn't we package him up for a guy like Jordan Stall over there in pit at least he is still young or someone that would at least be an even trade.Don't get me wrong I like steckel and we need someone like him but I feel a 27-28 year old 3or4th liner for a 22 year old player who isn't that bad and hasn't even reached his potential yet and Is at least a second liner is a bit of a rip off for us don't you think.
I say lets start already!!!! even if we're stuck with what we have. New coaches won't magically get us the cup but should keep it very interesting and hopefully exciting...then MAYBE next year we can dump some contracts and maybe land a big goal scorer (not even our biggest problem). Plus theres still lots of time till training camp anything could still happen.........is it October yet?...is it October yet?.....is it October yet?......
Loved the "rights holder" reference/jab.
That does suck about Huddy not being here. I still want to know what pictures of Lowe he has stuffed in a safety deposit box as I can't imagine how he kept a job over Charlie.
Cogliano for a 1-year-left-then-UFA Steckel? Wow.
To: Steve Tambellini RE: Nylander
OK. Here is the plan. Call his agent and tell Capitals that you are willing to pick him up, but only on re- entry waivers. Nylander waives his No Movement Clause and the caps send him down to the minors. The second his name appears on the Hersey Bears AHL roster you call his agent up and say " My wife has changed her mind on you coming here. She says your too cold and boring. Sorry about that. "
Lets see how Mrs. Nylander likes spending the winter in Hershey. Or alternatively, the Caps could recall him and he gets a %50 pay cut. Win, Win IMO.
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I would love to hear ScubaSteve's delusional take on this topic.
August 06 2009, 07:16AM
My son told me to check out your blog and I must say I'm impressed, very helpful.
HAZER wrote:
Penner = 25+ goals this year. Yes or No ? I think he does
I'd be happy is Hemsky got 25
August 06 2009, 07:25AM
nullterm wrote:
Ogden Brother wrote: Cogliano for David Steckel Yeah, as much as the team needs a face off guy, not for that poker chip. Tambellini would elevate himself to Pocklington status with a deal like that over night.
Hemmertime wrote:
Mortgaging our future to pick up an asset when many other comparable options on UFA to fill our need. I think this would be a bad deal.
Dallas wrote:
Nice peice Robin but I also disagree with cogliano for steckel
That's why the subhead says OUTSIDE THE BOX, men. I don't know if the Caps have any interest in Cogliano or in moving Steckel, but he's somebody (not named Hemsky or Gagner) who would at least get their attention. I originally brought up Steckel in another item not because the Caps want to part with him, but because they are asking around about toughness and if I was the Oilers, I'd target Steckel as the return I'd want. Is Cogliano too much? Maybe. Depends on how the logjam up front sorts itself out. But don't even mention Steckel's offensive numbers as a reason not to do it -- he is exactly what the Oilers need on the PK and face-off fronts and is vastly underrated compared to similar players with bigger names but lesser abilities.
Where are Nylander's comments saying that now he thinks its not a bad idea playing in Edmonton?
August 06 2009, 08:17AM
Robin Brownlee wrote:
Could he manage 35? If PDP has any spine and even one shred of pride under that spare tire, I think so.
From what I've heard Penner has been training with Simon Bennett and if that is the case that spare tire will be out of here come September.
My Dustin Penner prediction for next season is 31g 22a... You heard it here first.
Dave wrote:
Where are Nylander's comments saying that now he thinks its not a bad idea playing in Edmonton?
There is an article in the journal that references a quote he made in Europe.
August 06 2009, 08:26AM
@ Dave:
Cult of hockey, David Staples has a write up on it.
August 06 2009, 08:28AM
Here's a translated version of the European article, courtesy of Japer's Rink.
August 06 2009, 08:30AM
Considering how much plastic surgery he's had, Kenny Rogers appears to be the 'face off' king (BA-ZING).
As for Nylander talking about playing here; what balls on the guy. If the Oilers do anything but tell him to piss off I will be very depressed.
August 06 2009, 08:34AM
Of course some of the best decisions are those that never came to fruition. We are so lucky we didn't get Nylander or Hossa or Gomez or any of those overpaid UFAs. Browner is right that Tambo overpaid for Khabi. I think Tambo panicked a little bit after Roli signed on the Island. After the Tambo signing, the market for UFA goalies tanked. Biron would've been nice at one year for 1.3mil....
August 06 2009, 08:38AM
@ Librarian Mike:
33 points last year at 4.9 mil cap hit, I wouldn't think Tambo would even consider that guy at the moment. Maybe if Jagr was on the team and the cap ceiling was 60 mil. Can you really blame the guy for choosing the Caps over us at the time??
August 06 2009, 08:40AM
The root of 'fan' is fanatic, I suppose. Meaning also irrational nonsense is part of the ticket.....
I cannot for the life of me understand the blind-faithers thinking the heartless lug that is Penner will ever be a player. I am not a MacT fan, but he was entirely right - the big contract was the POINT for Penner, the end point, not the motivator.
The dude can't skate, doesn't hit, stands in front of the net but can't deflect a puck.....what the hell is the point of 17 goals at holymotherofgodwe'repayinghimthatmuch?
August 06 2009, 08:42AM
common sense wrote:
Biron would've been nice at one year for 1.3mil….
That wasn't an option for us. Why don't people understand that??? We would have had to wait, sans starting goaltender for a month, and even then he may have been gone.
scorecoff hemmercules wrote:
@ Librarian Mike: 33 points last year at 4.9 mil cap hit, I wouldn't think Tambo would even consider that guy at the moment. Maybe if Jagr was on the team and the cap ceiling was 60 mil. Can you really blame the guy for choosing the Caps over us at the time??
No but you can blame a guy for agreeing to a contract and then saying no at the last minute.
As to the actual article I think Robin has the right of a lot of things here, I'm not convinced the Caps will part with Steckel, and Cogs might be a bit of an overpay, but it's hard to see how Cogs fits right now unless some pieces are moved. Not my first choice on who to trade, but I wouldn't be terribly upset.
@ Zamboni Driver: Penner wasn't getting much ice time for the last half of the year and still wasn't very far from being the top goal scorer on the team. He has a long stride that makes him look slower than he is, and when he is on his game makes lot of room for Hemmer and Horc.
Obviously he had issues last year, but he has a LOT of upside. He is capable of getting 30 goals... it's just whether or not he has the drive to make it happen. We will see.
August 06 2009, 08:53AM
Zamboni Driver wrote:
I cannot for the life of me understand the blind-faithers thinking the heartless lug that is Penner will ever be a player
Apparently, my point zipped right over your head. It's not about blind faith. If you've read what I've written about Penner here, you know that's not the case. Who do you think coined the name PDP? I'm not for giving players like Penner free passes, but . . .
Penner is here and there's no undoing that until you can unload him in a trade, which is less than likely, so you either bitch about how badly Lowe screwed up or you try to put Penner into a situation in which he's most likely to succeed. And, yes, MacTavish was right about Penner's lack of motivation, but he has to wear some of the failure as well. He lost patience, got frustrated and handled Penner very badly at several points last season.
August 06 2009, 08:58AM
Jonathan Willis wrote:
Here's a translated version of the European article, courtesy of Japer's Rink.
Hey Willis, what site was it that you use to find games missed/player? (not total, but specific game)
August 06 2009, 08:59AM
Robin, have you heard if the Oil have shown any interest in Malhotra yet?
August 06 2009, 09:01AM
@ Ogden Brother:
Sportsnet's player pages.
scorecoff hemmercules wrote:
Can you really blame the guy for choosing the Caps over us at the time??
Not at all. Most players would give their right nut to play with Ovechkin.
August 06 2009, 09:04AM
@ Robin Brownlee:
Two questions:
1) Who do you bump out of the top-six for Schremp? Nilsson? O'Sullivan? 2) Would you regard Cogliano for Steckel as a significant overpay by the Oilers?
August 06 2009, 09:06AM
Speaking of translated interviews, Lubomir Visnovsky told a Slovak player that he thinks the Oilers are 'one, maybe two forwards' away from being complete.
He's also about 80% recovered from injury at this point.
August 06 2009, 09:07AM
@ Jonathan Willis:
That should read "Slovak paper" not "player".
Michelle Nylander is a Homo, nobody else want you so know Edmonton is alright, get lost. This is where the Oilers get some respect back, by not pandering to the needs of washed up players like Nylander who flipped us off in the first place.
Don't trade Andrew Cogliano, that will come back to bite the Oilers in the ass, its all part of building a team. I know the Oilers want that 3rd line center, but Cogliano is to much of an over payment. There has to be a cheaper option out there still on the ufa market.
August 06 2009, 09:09AM
Jonathan Willis wrote:
He's also about 80% recovered from injury at this point.
only 80%? Ugh. Maybe 2 full months will do some good.
August 06 2009, 09:13AM
If MacTavish was such a great coach how come no one has signed him to coach? If This team surprises everyone and has a great year with the same players as last year it will many years before Mac T finds himself behind the bench.
Jonathan Willis wrote:
Two questions: 1) Who do you bump out of the top-six for Schremp? Nilsson? O'Sullivan? 2) Would you regard Cogliano for Steckel as a significant overpay by the Oilers?
1)I think you bump Nilsson. He is a lost cause. He has been given every opportunity to succeed, but continues to p!ss away his chances. I have it on good authority that he is the laziest person on earth. 2)Based on our needs right now, I would not consider Cogliano for Steckel a huge overpay, but it would be real tough to part with a guy like Cogs. Great wheels and will probably be at least a 20 goal scorer for his entire career going forward.
August 06 2009, 09:23AM
Robin Brownlee wrote:
Penner is here and there's no undoing that until you can unload him in a trade, which is less than likely, so you either bitch about how badly Lowe screwed up or you try to put Penner into a situation in which he's most likely to succeed. And, yes, MacTavish was right about Penner's lack of motivation, but he has to wear some of the failure as well. He lost patience, got frustrated and handled Penner very badly at several points last season.
One problem is that the Oil are full of question marks at this point. How will Penner/ Nilsson respond to new coaches? If they perform up to their potential (Penner specifically) our #1 LW problem is solved. Will the West Edm Wall get injured 5 games into the season? Can someone besides Horcoff win a faceoff?
August 06 2009, 09:28AM
oilersseasonticketholdersince99 wrote:
If MacTavish was such a great coach how come no one has signed him to coach? If This team surprises everyone and has a great year with the same players as last year it will many years before Mac T finds himself behind the bench.
The way i see it it will take 3-4 coaches getting fired all around the same time before someone takes a gamble on MacT. He's done. Coaches from the AHL or assistants from winning teams look safer than MacTavish. Why would anyone look at his record and say "that's what i want for my team"?
@ Archaeologuy: I think the fact that he took a rag tag bunch of mutts to game 7 of the stanley cup finals will probably hold some water with some desperate franchises. I still maintain that Mac T was a good coach.
August 06 2009, 09:35AM
The fact that the article about Nylander starts with "Boudreau said I wasn't good enough" and ends with "It would be fun to try in Edmonton" makes me laugh, then cry, then laugh again. The Oil should tell Nylander they will bring him aboard provided he go to Kelowna and burn all Heatley's rental furniture. That should provide an excellent way to exercise some demons. Ah Nylander. Finally we get to laugh at you.
August 06 2009, 09:37AM
Jonathan Willis wrote:
@ Robin Brownlee: Two questions: 1) Who do you bump out of the top-six for Schremp? Nilsson? O'Sullivan? 2) Would you regard Cogliano for Steckel as a significant overpay by the Oilers?
Giving Schremp a chance in pre-season to show there's a reason to keep him doesn't require that anybody be bumped. If he plays in four or five or six of the pre-season games, he plays in the top six in situations (power play) where he can succeed. Maybe he forces a decision, maybe not. If you give him a real shot, there's no excuses about not being used properly etc etc. Like I said, I wouldn't count on it, but I want to know for sure before writing him off.
Yes, Cogliano is likely a marginal overpayment and there are other players (Nilsson, for example) I'd rather move first, but money and fit comes into it. I'll overpay using one of a raft of smallish forwards if that's what it takes. I'd love to get Steckel for Jacques and a pick/prospect, but if that's not enough and Steckel is your target -- and he should be -- then do what it takes within reason.


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The Emery County Historical Society met for their March meeting and the guest speaker for the evening was Dr. Allan Kent Powell. His topic was World War 1 and World War 11 German Prisoners of war.
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Joyce Staley introduced Dr. Powell, who has a doctorate in history, and informed the group that he came originally from Huntington, graduating from Emery County High School in 1964. He now works for the Utah State Historical Society.
Allen Kent Powell was born in Price and grew up in nearby Huntington. He attended public schools in Emery County and received his higher education at the College of Eastern Utah and University of Utah, where he earned his bachelors, masters and Ph.D. degrees in history.
He has been employed at the Utah State Historical Society, for more than 30 years, where he is currently the public history coordinator and editor of the Utah Historical Quarterly.
He is also an Associate Instructor of History at Westminster College and has participated with the Utah Humanities Council Speakers Bureau and other programs.
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While Dr. Powell was on his LDS mission to Germany, after graduating from high school, he met several German men that had been POWs in Utah. These men were more interested in relating their experiences in Utah than listening to a discussion about the Gospel.
Dr. Powell related how seeing the movie "The Great Escape" in 1963 had a great impact upon him. This movie was the spark that caused him to start researching the history of German POWs in the United State and more particularly in Utah. World War I German POWs were sent to Fort Douglas Utah and to Georgia.
World War II German POWs were sent many places throughout the United States. Utah was no exception. German POWs were in concentration camps along the Wasatch Front as far north as Tremonton and South to Salina and Richfield.
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The POWs held in the United States, during both wars, were put to work on farms and in factories. They were well fed and returned home in much better condition than prisoners sent to other countries. A few of those held in Utah returned to the USA to live. Dr. Powell has written several books on the subject POWs in America. These are available at the Utah State Historical Society, Salt Lake City.

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DeWitt will serve on the board until the next regular election on Nov. 5.
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The Sherwood Nexon N4 Goalie Stick is constructed using an aspen core covered with a double birch lamination, reinforced with vertical birch slat lamination. Sherwood is using their proprietary polyurethane foam core throughout the paddle and blade to improve the the sticks vibration dampening. This stick provides good stiffness and performance for goalies needing a reliable, sturdy stick.
Sherwood's Nexon 4 is an excellent stick for goalies on a budget looking for a a great stick that will perform well over time.
- Model Number: SW001720
- Heritage: Sherwood Nexon N4
- Level of Player: (Senior)
- Roller: Up to Professional
- Ice: Up to Advanced
- Sizing Guidelines:
- Regular = Stick used in the Right hand
- Full Right = Stick used in the Left hand
- Construction:
- Aspen core covered with double birch lamination
- Reinforced with vertical birch slat lamination
- Shaft:
- Straight walls with rounded corners
- Paddle:
- Sherwood's proprietary polyurethane foam core
- Blade:
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- Grip:
- Smooth painted
- Weight:
- 975 grams (Based on 26" paddle)
- Paddle Sizing Guidelines:
- Sherwood Measurement = Universal Measurement
- 25" = 26.25"
- 26" = 27.25"
- 27" = 28.25"
- Universal Measurement is taken from the top of the handle to the first point of contact with the playing surface (heel).
Comments: This stick is not featherlight (I've been using the T90 undercover, very light) but has the look and feel of a composite stick that I love( really clean nice looking sticks). I thought the weight would hinder how well I could play the puck but I actually think I have more umpf on getting the puck up the boards and the extra weight seems to help dampen the shots ( has a good feel with very little if any vibration).I'm surprisingly very impressed with this bargain priced stick! Picked up both the white and black versions for less than the price of one T90 UC. I'm changing back from composite mainly for durability reasons(mine keep cracking). So if you are looking for a stick that has that cool composite look without the price, and durability (really just guessing on durability, only used for 1 week) I would HIGHLY recommend this stick.
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Countdown to US Independence Day 2008 – Top 10 National Parks – Grand Canyon National Park
One of America's greatest treasures is its National Park system. Today there are nearly 400 national parks in every state in the Union except Delaware.
So join us as we countdown to Independence Day 2008 with a look at our top ten national parks. Why not visit one of them this 4th of July to truly experience America?
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
Visit the Grand Canyon and be amazed by its shear immensity and breathtaking beauty. Situated in the northwest corner of Arizona, the Grand Canyon is home to the mile-deep Colorado River, which splits the park into South and North Rims.
The South Rim, which plays host to 90% of the park's visitors, is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and offers easy access to Interstate 40. The North Rim is open from May to October and is accessible only by car from Highway 67. Both rims feature unbeatable river rafting, guided tours, backcountry hiking, ranger programs and mule trips.
For a July 4th visit, expect comfortable temperatures in the South Rim — and even more moderate in the higher elevated North Rim. Be prepared, however, that down in the canyon, temperatures often exceed 105°F with frequent thunderstorms.
Entrance Fees: $25 per private vehicle
For more information: Visit www.nps.gov/grca/ or call visitor information at (928) 638-7888.
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S&P Capital IQ analyst Jim Corridore has his eye on two of them this week, neither of which includes Apple (AAPL) among the top 10 holdings.
Fidelity Select Software & Computer Services Portfolio (FSCSX), whose top 10 include Microsoft (MSFT) and International Business Machines (IBM). Corridore writes this week that performance has ranked in the top quartile vs. peers for the 1-year, 3-year and 5-year periods through March 15, with amanagement team in place since 2009. The net expense ratio is 0.82% — about half the peer average, per S&P.
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Minneapolis is a pretty amazing place. With so many things to do and sights to see, what's not to love? But let's face it, our beautiful City has some unsightly messes. So let's all work together to tidy it up. With just a little help, we'll make this place shine.
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The Artistic Memory of the Holocaust and Genocide was exhibited at the Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota fromJanuary 7-February 25, 1999. Curated by Stephen C. Feinstein, the founding director of CHGS, the exhibition was designed to link artistic visions of the Shoah with those of other forms of genocide. In many ways it can be seen as the companion exhibition or a natural progression from the earlier Feinstein curated exhibition Witness and Legacy which opend in January 1995 and traveled throughout the country until 2002. Witness and Legacy was designed as a commemorative exhibition to mark the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
A conference that brought artists and academics followed in March of 1999. A collection of essays from that conference, Absence/Presence: Critical Essays on the Artistic Memory of the Holocaust was published in 2005.
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I dream of the day Buffalo has a new owner, I also respect wat Ralph.
Ralph has a handler and a groomer? Read between the lines BS. GTFO!
Going to be an interesting week....
"I am a river to my people"
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Well...It's Monday...where's the BIG news dude
Do you think I control how they do things and their timeline.....my 1st part came true about the press conference, just wait, n relax....my source is good and im dead on right now when everyone hated it.....and when it does happen, a little respect..... i got a lot of bs for saying it...........i put concrete info behind the post too, not a loose general statement.
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Jim's wife Jill just tweeted about 5 minutes ago: The rumors about the #buffalobills and JK = Not True. #justsaying
Maybe she is just trying to stop the rumors from going around
sorry dude Jill kelly jim kellys WIFE just tweeted Jill Kelly @HJKforever
P.S. ... The rumors about the #buffalobills and JK = Not True. #justsaying
"Fight on, my men, Sir Andrew said -- A little I'm hurt but not yet slain. I'll just lie down and bleed awhile -- And I'll rise and fight again." marv levy
People are going to be seriously letdown when none of this happens. We have a better shot at winning the next 3 Super Bowls than any of this videotaped transfer of ownership or sale of the team happening.
This signature won't change until the Bills make the playoffs - January 12, 2006
I just picture Ralph's "taped" video preempting all broadcast media like some Supervillain from a movie.
Well, maybe the presser today is what this is all about
I hope there is a video as part of this noon press conference today...I'd like to see Ralph one more time
Hmmm, haven't seen Chan on much today, wonder why?? Where is that mysterious video he had a lot of young posters believing him about? He hasn't made any threads congratulating himself about being right today like he tried yesterday before it was deleted,lol. Chan/ Where o where are you??
The Buffalo Bills, rebuilding since the mid 90's!
Chris Berman-"OK, let's go to the tape..........Ralph Wilson.......do we have the video cued up?? ........ Ummmmmmm, Chan told me there would be a tape......... guess not."
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Richard Whiteley has developed a personal style of cast glass sculpture. His primary concern is the refractive and optical quality of his medium, notably the perceptual ambiguities generated by lens-like forms.
Given the technical difficulty of casting sizeable sculptures in glass, Whiteley's artistic repertoire is restricted to tapering, slab-like columns and similar geometric solids.
These works have a restricted palette based on a narrow range of steel greys, a dusky amethyst, and the deep bronze-green seen here. The impeccable surface is achieved by long and painstaking grinding and polishing by hand.


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Cancer, what a powerful word. It is one word that no one ever wants to hear. In October of 2000, my husband was diagnosed with lung cancer. I was scared for him and for myself. It was a learning experience for both of us, but the big shock was on Nov. 7, 2000,when I, Toni Oliverson, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer.
I had surgery on the 15th of November and the doctor said it wasn't good. He told me I might have two and one-half to three years. I was out of the hospital on the 20th. On the 21st, I visited the oncologist in Provo. He told me that he could give me several more years than the first doctor said. I told him, "Go for it."
I had my first chemo treatment on Dec. 1, and lost my hair on Dec. 12.
The support I received from my friends, neighbors, family, and my Orangeville Second Ward family was overwhelming. There were many days when I felt I just couldn't do it any more. I am tired most of the time, have my share of nausea and other side effects, but then my beautiful children and grandchildren walk through the door and I know what ever I have to go through is worth it because I love my family so much and want to see my grandchildren grow up. I've been lucky enough to see another grandchild come into the family.
I lost my husband in July 2004. I have been on chemo ever since, every Monday I get treatments, I am two months into my fifth year and I plan to be here for a lot more. I know that without my family, my church, my very special friend, who is also a cancer survivor, and my faith in my Heavenly Father, I could not do this.
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The first survivors walk that I was in was amazing. As I walked around the track at the high school, there was cheering for all of us. As I reached the place where the luminaries were, I was so surprised at the names of the cancer victims.
We need to do anything that we can to support the Emery County Cancer Chapter. Get involved and help. All of our lives will be touched by someone with cancer, a family member, a friend, who knows. We are all victims of this dreaded disease.
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Awesome chapter.
Hope the Jinchuuriki fights will last for a couple of chapters and we'll see some badass jutsus.
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Awesome chapter.
Hope the Jinchuuriki fights will last for a couple of chapters and we'll see some badass jutsus.
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this was a badass chapter, well the ending was badass
Someone brought up the point of Naruto being faster than his dad, since he's able to accomplish the same feats, but with pure speed and not teleportation (teleportation is still superior though. No matter how fast you get, a banana peel could still completely undo you).
Don't know how the Kyuubi's power is gonna be enough to defeat Madara, since it's not a matter of hitting him with enough power (I'm sure there are current characters with jutsu that could obliterate Madara upon impact), but a matter if countering his Sharingan, Rinnegan, and his tricky slippy thing. For that, Naruto needs tact/tech/skill, and I've not yet seen how the Kyuubi provides him anything new in that department aside from speed and evil-sensing.
Glad Naruto met his parents, at least once. They would be so proud.
Proud (and confused) subscriber of Shonen Jump Alpha.
that the best chapter we had in weeks, my question is where is Madara getting these rinnegans, is it possible to retrofit sharingan with senju energy to make rinnegans? just throwing that out there.
Well now things are getting interesting!
Things we know about six paths:
1- they share same view;
2- each one has a different jutsu/ability;
3- they have to be controlled from not very far;
Things we don't know:
1- they will have Madara's ability?
2- they will have the beasts power?
3- if they have Madara's ability, they will keep both sharingan and rinnegan ability?
The way things are going, I think the alliance will need Kabuto on their side or Itachi and Nagato are going to get free from his control in some way.
Let's hope for no more flashback next week!!
Awesome chapter!!! I don't think anyone realized just how smart Minato was until now!
Spoiler!It's a wonder Jiraiya didn't leave the leaf for Hidan's village of pervy paradise... The village hidden in the hotsprings!
72 hours of hell!
I dont know, the the whole conversation seemed very .. childish in my opinion. But this is Shonen so I guess its my fault bcs Im reading a boys manga afterall. I think I might have got to change to Seinen bcs Im getting really tired of these easy kind of scripts.
Tobis line at the end seemed OFF character, I cant imagine him saying something so laid-back. Well whatever
I dont think that these new paths of Pain will be like the ones Nagato was controling. For once, Kabuto already has control over them, secondly, they are immortall so your strategy wont be the same as Narutos before where he had to eliminate them one by one. I think the strategy now should be to seal them all in once. I wonder what kind of powers will they have with sharingan and rinnegan and if they will have theyre old jinchuuriki powers too. Im not sure if this isnt too much even for Naruto as he is now.
Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, Fairy Tail, Claymore, Ao No Exorcist, Katekyo Hitman Reborn, Gamaran, Toriko, Vinland Saga, Gantz, Wolf Guy, Deadman Wonderland, Vagabond, Blade of The Immortal, Battle Royale, Zettman
Haven't Kabuto summoned the same Jinchuurik before...? So Madara modified them, huh?
^ I'm not sure. Pain's paths, looked fresh and alive, yet were really dead. But those jinchurikis with a sharingan and rinnegan, look like zombies, so:
a) Tobi just added power to Kabuto's summons (used up his powers for naught, as even if Kabuto couldn't control them from now on, he still probably could end the jutsu any time he wants),
b) The bodies of the paths were corrupted by the sharingan,
c) the dead bodies couldn't be revitalised at same level as pain's path, as Tobi doesn't posses such high level of life energy (but enough to use rinnegan),
d) they look like zombies because of being ex-jinchurikis.


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Throughout our first few days in Iraqi Kurdistan, the history of the Iraqi Kurds under Saddam Hussein's rule has been unavoidable. Every step of the way, whether in official meetings with the Speaker of the Kurdistan Region Parliament, the Minister of Planning and the Governor of Erbil, we are faced with this troubled, bloody history.
Our meeting with Dr. Kamal Kirkuki, the Speaker of the Kurdistan Regional Parliament and our gracious host, took place in a building formerly run by regional Baathists which now serves as the headquarters of the Kurdistan Regional Parliament. In his opening remarks before the question and answer session, Dr. Kirkuki paid homage to the 182,000 Kurds killed during Saddam's rule and discussed in detail the actions of the Baathist regional governor of the Kurdish regions during his reign, the infamous Ali Hassan Al-Majid (also known as "Chemical Ali" for his use of chemical weapons against the Kurds in the genocidal Al-Anfal campaign). One particular story the Speaker recounted was the burial of 3500 Kurds in the backyard of Al-Majid's house in Kirkuk. When Dr. Kirkuki discussed domestic Iraqi political concerns such as certain UN proposals to resolve the status of his home-town of Kirkuk and the census, one cannot help but notice that his concerns are influenced by this brutal history. He even went as far as to call some of the UN proposals racist and undemocratic.
During our visits to the Ministry of Planning and the Governorate of Erbil, we came across many memorials dedicated to victims of the Al-Anfal campaign of the 1980s. For instance, at the Governorate, there was a large photograph of several white coffins draped in Kurdish flags. These were coffins of members of the Barzani clan—8000 of whom were killed and thrown into mass graves in the south of Iraq (all men above the age of eight were taken). In detailed discussions with the Kurdish Minister of Planning, Dr. Ali Sindhi, he outlined the specific concerns related to the now postponed Iraqi census. He clearly believes that in the central government, there is an attempt to dilute the number of Kurds through the questions on the census (for instance, dividing Kurds along religious lines in a census question about ethnicity when a previous question already dealt the question of religion). It is clear that in order for Iraq to overcome stagnation, these issues of mistrust informed by bloody conflict and oppression by the previous regime need to be addressed.


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Wrong, Out of Step, and Pernicious: Erie as the Worst Decision of All Time
Suzanna Sherry
Vanderbilt University - Law School
Pepperdine Law Review, 2012
Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 11-15
This essay was written for "Supreme Mistakes: Exploring the Most Maligned Decisions in Supreme Court History." A symposium on the worst Supreme Court decision of all time risks becoming an exercise best described by Claude Rains's memorable line in Casablanca: "Round up the usual suspects." Two things saved this symposium from that fate. First, each of the usual suspects was appointed defense counsel, which made things more interesting. Second, a new face found its way into the line-up: Erie Railroad v. Tompkins. My goal in this essay is to explain why Erie is in fact guiltier than all of the usual suspects.
I begin, in Part I, by setting out the three criteria that I believe must be satisfied for a decision to qualify as the worst of all time. I also explain briefly why each of the usual suspects fails to meet one or more of those criteria. The heart of the essay is Part II, examining in detail how Erie satisfies each of the three criteria. I close with some concluding thoughts on the surprising relationship between Erie's flaws and those of the other suspects.
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Keywords: Erie, Supreme Court, judicial activism, Brandeis, judicial review, choice of law
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Trichiniasis; Trichinellosis
Trichinosis is a disease caused by eating meat that has not been thoroughly cooked and contains cysts (larvae, or immature worms) of Trichinella spiralis . Trichinella spiralis can be found in pork, bear, walrus, fox, rat, horse, and lion meat.
Wild animals, especially carnivores (meat eaters) or omnivores (animals that eat both meat and plants), should be considered possible sources of roundworm disease. Domestic meat animals raised specifically for eating under United States Department of Agriculture (government) guidelines and inspection can be considered safe. For this reason, cases of trichinosis are rare in the United States though it is a common infection worldwide.
When a person eats meat from an infected animal, Trichinella cysts break open in the intestine and grow into adult roundworms. The roundworms produce other worms that move through the gut wall and into the bloodstream. The worms invade muscle tissues, including the heart and diaphragm (the breathing muscle under the lungs). They can also infect the lungs and brain. The cysts remain alive for years.
The patient may have a history of having eaten rare or uncooked pork, horsemeat, or wild game. Tests to diagnose this condition include:
Medicines such as mebendazole or albendazole can be used to treat infections in the intestines though mild infection does not usually need treatment. Pain medicine can help relieve muscle soreness after the larvae have invaded the muscles.
Most people with trichinosis have no symptoms and the infection goes away by itself. More severe infections may be difficult to treat, especially if the lungs, heart, or brain is involved.
Call your health provider if you have symptoms of trichinosis and recently ate undercooked or raw meat that might have been contaminated.
Pork and meat from wild animals should be cooked until well done (no traces of pink). Freezing pork at subzero temperatures (Fahrenheit) for 3 to 4 weeks will kill the organism. Freezing wild game meat does not always kill the worms. Smoking, salting, and drying meat are not reliable methods of killing the worms either.
Diemert DJ. Tissue nematode infections. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine . 24th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011: chap 366.
Kazura JW. Tissue nematodes including trichinellosis, dracunculiasis, and the filariases. In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolan R, eds. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases . 7th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Churchill-Livingstone; 2009:chap 288.


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The library looks useful, thanks!
I looked at the code, and unless I'm mistaken, every cache miss seems to result in a full pass over the entire cache to evict old entries. The performance implications of this would be unacceptable for my target application. Replacing the TTL data structure with a persistent analog of a LinkedHashMap and using a take-while instead could fix this problem.
Also, evict seems to pass the cache in twice, rather than the cache and the TTL...
TTLCache eviction fixed. Patches welcomed for the other change, but we might be able to get away with a sorted map ttl map.
Could we use a priority map (https://github.com/clojure/data.priority-map) for the ttl map and iterate it with
(for [... :while])
(for [... :while])
I tried using priority-map for the ttl data and take-while instead of filter in key-killer. This would seem to help in the case where the entries in the cache are mostly fresh, since in that case we avoid iterating over all entries in ttl. We'r still in the original complexity class, but this should be an improvement still.
The change is here https://github.com/viesti/core.cache/commit/ca76508ae89ea22ce6551017403d76879805c26c, what do you think about it? I'm planning on getting to test it in our environment (~30000 cache entries, 100-200 queries per second).
Here's the change as a patch file too. Replaces filter with take-while in key-killer and uses priority-map to keep ttl data sorted.
Hmm, I made another observation. I have a scenario where I combine TTLCache with LUCache so that I keep a bounded number of items in cache and have an expiration time limit too.
The ttl structure in TTLCache isn't aware of this behaviour, so it just accumulates entries that have been evicted from the backing cache.
I also noticed this problem and made a patch. This quadratic performance really needs to be fixed--it bit me kind of badly. Using a cache should not make my code unusably slower!


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Brookfield Academy
The high school play, "Chekhov's Shorts," was held Nov. 2 and 3. In the production, larger-than-life characters collided and exploded in a circus of love, loss, duels and derangement. This collection of comic short plays by Anton Chekhov includes "The Bear," "The Proposal," "The Dangers of Tobacco," "The Man in a Case" and "The Festivities." A marriage proposal goes horribly wrong, a man and a woman duel to the death, and ruffians make a run on the bank, in this humorous, modern adaptation.
Brookfield Central
The Elmbrook Parent Network and Leadership Council will present "The Emotional Life of a Teen: The Trials & Tribulations of Parenting Today's Teen" from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Nov. 14 in the cafeteria. The discussion will address the following questions: What is "normal" for teens? How do teens cope with stress? How do I know when a teen's stress is too high? Where can my teen and I get help?
Brookfield Christian
Students are collecting nonperishable food items for the Salvation Army of Waukesha County on Nov. 14. Donations can be sent with a student or dropped off during school hours. Brookfield Christian School pre-kindergartners will celebrate Thanksgiving by preparing and sharing a "feast" for parents and grandparents on Nov. 20. The students also have written "recipes" for how to cook a Thanksgiving Day turkey to share.
Brookfield East
This year's fall musical will be "The Wizard of Oz." Parents and other members of the public are invited to attend the show, which will be run Nov. 29 through Dec. 2 at the Wilson Center. Tickets are being sold at the school during the lunch hours and at the Wilson Center Box Office, which can be reached by calling (262) 781-9520. Hours for in-person and phone sales are noon to 5 p.m. weekdays and from 10 to 2 p.m. Saturdays.
Brookfield Elementary
Last week, physical education teachers Michelle Bond and Anne Brennan turned the lights off on physical education. The gym glowed with activities. This is one of many events that the Bobcats look forward to throughout the year in physical education.
Burleigh Elementary
First-graders in Lisa Mattes' class celebrated the culmination of their science unit on insects. The students studied insect structures and behaviors. They then studied the lifecycle of butterflies, from egg to caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly.
Christ the Lord Lutheran
The seventh- and eighth-grade classes attended the play "The Diary of Anne Frank" at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater. In preparation, they read Anne Frank's diary and studied the Holocaust. Holocaust survivor Raye David came to the school to share her amazing story of survival. The students will celebrate Veterans Day on Nov. 9 with a ceremony at 11 a.m. Veterans and guests are welcome to attend.
Dixon Elementary
"Save the date" fliers were sent home regarding the Nov. 14 Empty Bowls dinner. Amy Jacobson is planning this event in lieu of the Artist-in-Residence. All students will be making ceramic bowls in class. Parents will have the opportunity to purchase bowls that their children have made and enjoy a warm meal; proceeds will benefit The Milwaukee Rescue Mission. The art department is looking for volunteers for the event. They will need help setting up, cleaning up and serving soup.
Elm Grove
Evangelical Lutheran
On Nov. 15, the sixth- through eighth-grade band will participate in a concert at Lake Country Lutheran High School in Hartland. The concert will include performances by the EGL school band, the Divine Redeemer school band and the Lake Country Lutheran High School Jazz Ensemble, all under the direction of Scott Paukner.
Immanuel Lutheran
Teachers are meeting the parents this week for conferences and then heading to Wisconsin Dells for the Lutheran Schools Teacher's Convention.
St. Dominic
The 5-year-old kindergarten classes visited the School Sisters of Notre Dame Retirement Home on Nov. 6. The students performed Thanksgiving songs, played bingo and presented the nuns with special Thanksgiving crafts they made.
St. John Vianney
The open house last week offered customized tours for each family and gave them a chance to talk with teachers about the curriculum while their children enjoyed classroom-to-classroom trick-or-treating. The school's technology and religious environment were especially appealing to the families. Following the open house, the St. John Vianney band and string orchestra, as well as some parents and alumni, performed in the school's activity center.
St. Mary's Visitation
Students are "going green" with the Hunger Task Force, taking part in a holiday food drive. Led by eighth-graders and teacher Burke Seeberg, students were challenged to help the Hunger Task Force collect 3,200 cans of green beans to use in their holiday meals for those in need. The students helped fill three large collection bins in the school entryway. The food will be used in Thanksgiving and Christmas meals delivered to local families before the holidays.
Tonawanda Elementary
The school's theme focus for the month is "What I am is Thankful." Student Senate members are leading the charge, gathering input from their classrooms and buddy classrooms on how best to celebrate this focus. The school also is listening to poems and stories about gratitude on morning announcements. In other news, an annual Veterans Day Assembly will be held at 9 a.m. Nov. 12. Family members who serve or have served in the U.S. military are invited to join the school for this event. If anyone would be willing to join the "panel" up front and say a few words to the kids (messages of respect, gratitude, freedom, etc.), they can call Principal Alexis Kasmarick at (262) 785-3950.
Wisconsin Hills Middle School
Hills Pride winners were chosen for the month of October. They are Hema Gharia, Samantha Jensen, Tyler Meulemans, Daisy Chen, Christian Larsen, Maddie Diehl, Brittany Powers, Michael Lawlor, Mike Stocke, Abigail Paris and Daniel Berger The school thanks Cookies By Design, Boston Store and Marcus Movie Theaters for the prizes awarded through PBIS at Wisconsin Hills.
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An iconic figure who is inextricably linked to the history of the Jewish people—from the period prior to the establishment of the State of Israel through its early years of Statehood, to the strengthening of Israeli society—Mr. Goldman embodies 60 years of social and cultural activism in Israel. Yet despite his long history, Mr. Goldman is young in spirit, vibrant, and relevant, living in Jerusalem and volunteering his time every day at the offices of JDC-Israel.


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Edinburgh booked a home Heineken Cup quarter-final thanks to a four-try 34-11 win over London Irish at Murrayfield on Sunday.
Edinburgh booked a home Heineken Cup quarter-final thanks to a four-try 34-11 win over London Irish at Murrayfield on Sunday.
The hosts scored two tries in the final 10 minutes to secure victory over the Exiles in a thrilling finish to Pool 2. The late tries ensured Edinburgh top their group ahead of Cardiff Blues, who failed score four tries in their victory over Racing Metro.
Fly-half Adrian Jarvis put London Irish ahead with a penalty early on but Edinburgh responded quickly with the opening try of the game as flying Dutch winger Tim Visser raced on to an intelligent kick through and touched down in the corner.
Greig Laidlaw added the conversion and two penalties either side of one from Jarvis before Scottish full-back Jim Thompson took advantage of a huge overlap to score a crucial second try for the hosts and give them a 20-6 half-time lead.
The second half took a while to get going as both teams wrestled for possession and territorial advantage but replacement centre Jonathan Joseph provided a much needed spark for London Irish as he finished off an incisive counter-attack from deep to get his side back in the game.
Edinburgh regrouped though and effectively sealed victory with ten minutes remaining when imposing Fijian number eight Netani Talei crashed over from a few metres out.
And with just three minutes left to play, things got even better for the Scots as winger Lee Jones crossed for a fourth try which sealed a bonus point and a home quarter-final as they finished top of Pool Two ahead of Cardiff Blues.
The scorers:
For Edinburgh:
Tries: Visser, Thompson, Talei, Jones
Cons: Laidlaw 4
Pens: Laidlaw 2
For London Irish:
Try: Joseph,
Pens: Jarvis
Edinburgh: 15 Chris Paterson, 14 Lee Jones, 13 Nick De Luca, 12 Matt Scott, 11 Tim Visser, 10 Greig Laidlaw, 9 Mike Blair, 8 Netani Talei, 7 Roddy Grant, 6 David Denton, 5 Sean Cox, 4 Grant Gilchrist, 3 Geoff Cross, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Allan Jacobsen.
Replacements: 16 Alun Walker, 17 Kyle Traynor, 18 Jack Gilding, 19 Esteban Lozada, 20 Stuart McInally, 21 Phil Godman, 22 John Houston, 23 Tom Brown.
London Irish: 15 Delon Armitage, 14 Topsy Ojo, 13 Jonathan Spratt, 12 Shontayne Hape, 11 Adam Thompstone, 10 Adrian Jarvis, 9 Paul Hodgson, 8 Alex Gray, 7 David Sisi, 6 Matthew Garvey, 5 Bob Casey, 4 James Sandford, 3 Leo Halavatau, 2 James Buckland, 1 Alex Corbisiero.
Replacements: 16 Brian Blaney, 17 Max Lahiff, 18 Faan Rautenbach, 19 Nick Kennedy, 20 Bryn Evans, 21 Jonathan Joseph, 22 Steven Shingler, 23 Ross Samson.
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)


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Cisco® Security Agent and Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) are two key components of Cisco's Threat Control and Containment strategy, a fundamental piece of the Cisco Self-Defending Network solution. The Cisco Security Agent provides unequal protection to mission-critical servers and desktops by identifying threats and preventing malicious endpoint behavior. Cisco IPS, implemented in a variety of platforms, offers significant protection to the network by detecting, classifying, and stopping threats in real time. Combined, the Cisco Security Agent and Cisco IPS build a true end-to-end threat control and containment solution, providing protection that spans from the core of the network infrastructure all the way to the endpoints.
• Ability to use Cisco Security Agent endpoint information to influence IPS actions: By using the endpoint contextual information, Cisco IPS determines the appropriate severity of a network threat and instructs the adequate response action.
• Reduction of false positives and false negatives: Cisco Security Agent provides OS type and other endpoint posture information that helps Cisco IPS determine the relevancy of a threat, reducing the chances for false positives and false negatives.
• Enhanced attack mitigation: Cisco IPS can use the Watch List maintained by Cisco Security Agent. The Watch List helps Cisco IPS keep an eye on systems identified by Cisco Security Agent as suspicious or malicious, and helps highlight any events associated with these systems.
• Dynamic host quarantine: Cisco IPS ability to dynamically block hosts that have been identified by Cisco Security Agent as malicious. This extends the quarantine capabilities from Cisco Security Agent to the IPS.
Cisco Security Agent/IPS Collaborative Architecture
• Cisco IPS (Sensor): Any Cisco IPS platform running at minimum Cisco IPS Sensor Software Version 6.0, configured either in inline protection (IPS) or promiscuous mode (IDS).
• Cisco Security Agents (Agents): Host-based IPS software running on servers and desktops to be protected and monitored.
• Management Center for Cisco Security Agents (Cisco Security Agent MC): Cisco Security Agent MC is a standalone application that provides centralized security policy configuration, monitoring, and administration for Cisco Security Agents. In addition, Cisco Security Agent MC performs global correlation based on event and posture information generated by the Cisco Security Agents. Cisco Security Agent MC 5.0 or later is required to integrate with IPS.
Figure 1. Cisco Security Agent/IPS Collaborative Architecture
Note: The minimum software versions required for integration are Cisco Security Agent MC 5.0 and Cisco IPS Sensor Software 6.0.
Note: Cisco Security Agent MC authenticates by providing X.509 certificates while the IPS sensor authenticates using a username and password.
• Cisco Security Agent Posture Events: Contains host posture information collected by Cisco Security Agent MC such as the IP address and the OS type of the hosts running Cisco Security Agent. To receive posture events an IPS has to open a subscription. After the subscription is open Cisco Security Agent MC sends an initial state message with the IP addresses and OS types of all known agents. After the initial state the Cisco Security Agent MC keeps the IPS informed through updates.
• Quarantine Events: Generated by Cisco Security Agent MC to communicate IPS sensors the list of hosts that are being quarantined. A host is quarantined either manually by a Cisco Security Agent MC administrator or rule-generated by global correlation. Quarantine events include the reason for the quarantine, the protocol associated with a rule violation (TCP, UDP, or ICMP), an indicator on whether a rule-based violation was associated with an established TCP connection or a UDP session, and the IP address of the host to be quarantined. IPS sensors must subscribe before they can start receiving quarantine events. Cisco Security Agent MC sends an initial state message containing the list of all the hosts under quarantine, and reports any subsequent quarantine incidents via updates.
Deployment Considerations
Inline Protection (IPS) and Promiscuous (IDS) Modes
Figure 2. Typical IPS/IDS Deployment Designs
One Cisco Security Agent MC to Multiple IPS Sensors
One Sensor to Two Cisco Security Agent MCs
IP Addressing
Cisco Security Agent/IPS Interface Configuration
1. Definition of a Cisco Security Agent MC administrative account to be used by IPS sensors in their SDEE subscriptions.
2. Addition of Cisco Security Agent MC as a trusted host in each IPS sensor.
3. Configuration of an External Product Interface in each IPS sensor.
Defining a Cisco Security Agent MC Administrative Account
Figure 3. Cisco Security Agent MC Administrative Account
Configuring Cisco Security Agent MC System as a Trusted Host
Figure 4. IPS Trusted Hosts
Configuring IPS External Product Interface
Note: In Cisco IPS Sensor Software 6.0, only two External Interfaces can be defined. Cisco Security Agent MC is the only external product supported at this time.
Figure 5. IPS External Product Interface Configuration
General Parameters
Communication Settings
Logging Settings
Watch List Settings
Host Posture Settings
Verifying the State of the External Product Interface
Figure 6. Verifying Status of External Product Interface
Using Endpoint Information
IPS Risk Rating Calculation
• Information (25)-An informational alert is based on commonly seen network traffic and has no particular security relevance when seen on most networks. It may be a violation of a policy on some networks, but it generally poses no immediate threat to network security.
• Low (50)-A low alert is also based on relatively benign network traffic, but is somewhat unusual on most networks. Also categorized as low would be overt scans, such as those commonly seen by network management devices. Although this type of scan could be a precursor to an attack, it is uncommon for an overt scan to be used for this purpose.
• Medium (75)-A medium alert is based on traffic that generally should not be seen on the network. It is usually assigned to midlevel reconnaissance traffic, denial of service (DoS) attacks on self-healing services, and remote access of unexpected information or programs. This type of behavior warrants investigation or preventive actions, sometimes requiring policy decisions from the user.
• High (100)-A high alert is based on traffic that is indicative of an active attack or an obvious precursor to an attack. This traffic should never be seen in a normal network. This rating is reserved for attacks that could result in serious compromise of the target, or for specific network traffic that is only seen in covert reconnaissance traffic.
• Low Asset Value (75)
• Medium Asset value (100)
• High Asset Value (150)
• Mission-Critical Asset Value (200)
• ARR is set to 10 whenever the OS type of the target system is found to be vulnerable. This applies for both, promiscuous (IDS) and inline protection (IPS) modes.
• ARR is set to -10 when the OS type of the target system is known not to be vulnerable, and the IPS is configured in promiscuous mode (IDS).
• ARR is set to 0 when the OS type of the target system is known not to be vulnerable, and the IPS is configured in inline protection mode (IPS).
Note: The OS type of the target is either learned by the IPS via fingerprinting, or imported from Cisco Security Agent. Therefore, the endpoint information provided by Cisco Security Agent has a direct impact on the Attack Relevancy Rating.
Note: Even though PD can be reconfigured on a signature basis, it is not recommended that you change any of the predefined promiscuous-delta settings.
• Manual Watch List RR increase: Indicates the value by which Risk Rating should be increased for events associated with hosts that were manually added to the watch list. By default the increase value is set to 25.
• Session-based Watch List RR increase: Indicates the value by which Risk Rating should be increased for events associated with TCP connections added to the watch list as a result of Cisco Security Agent global correlation. By default the increase value is set to 25.
• Packet-based Watch List RR increase: Indicates the value by which Risk Rating should be increased for events associated with UDP-based sessions added to the watch list as a result of Cisco Security Agent global correlation. By default the increase value is set to 10.
Verifying Imported OS Posture Information
Figure 7. Imported OS Information
Using Cisco Security Agent Watch Lists
Note: For a host, being in the Watch List means to be quarantined by Cisco Security Agent and "watched" by IPS. The IPS does not automatically quarantine systems in Watch List.
Adding Hosts to the Watch List
Manual Configuration
Figure 8. Manually Adding a Host to the Quarantine List
Dynamic Global Correlation
Figure 9. Rule Setting Offending Host as Globally Untrusted
Figure 10. Global Event Correlation Configuration
Figure 11. List of Quarantined IP Addresses
IPS Event Action Override
Figure 12. Event Action Override Example
• After an event action override is set it applies to all events with Risk Ratings falling in the range configured, not only those concerning to hosts in the Watch List.
• The IPS will not enforce any action until the host present in the Watch List triggers an event with a resulting Risk Rating falling in the range specified for the event action override. This means the IPS will not quarantine a host immediately after it receives a quarantine event from Cisco Security Agent MC. An action on the host will be enforced only after the host triggers an event in the IPS.
Related Docs
• Cisco IPS Risk Rating Explained: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/vpndevc/ps5729/ps5713/ps4077/prod_white_paper0900aecd80191021.shtml
• Installing and Using Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Device Manager 6.0:
• Using Management Center for Cisco Security Agents 5.0: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/secursw/ps5057/products_configuration_guide_book09186a00805ae89c.html
• Using Management Center for Cisco Security Agents 5.1: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/secursw/ps5057/products_configuration_guide_book09186a008067b6a5.html


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