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You can protect resources that reside on your web server through several security services and mechanisms, including authentication, authorization, and access control. This chapter describes some of the supported mechanisms for controlling access to your Web Server .
Authentication is the process of confirming an identity. Authorization means granting access to a restricted resource to an identity, and access control mechanisms enforce these restrictions. Authentication and authorization can be enforced by a number of security models (Web application security, htaccess, Authentication Realm and more) and services.
Access control enables you to determine:
Who can access your Administration Server
Which applications they can access
Who can access the files or directories on your web site
You can control access to the entire server or to parts of the server, or the files or directories on your web site. You create a hierarchy of rules called access control entries (ACEs) to allow or deny access. The collection of ACEs you create is called an access control list (ACL).
By default, the server has one ACL file that contains multiple ACLs. After determining the virtual server to use for an incoming request, the server checks if any ACLs are configured for that virtual server. If ACLs are found that apply for the current request, the server evaluates their ACEs to determine whether access should be granted or denied.
You allow or deny access based on:
When the request is happening (for example, time of day)
What type of connection is being used (SSL)
When the serverreceives a request for a page, the server uses the rules in the ACL file to determine whether it should grant access or not. The rules can reference the hostname or IP address of the computer sending the request. The rules can also reference users and groups stored in the LDAP directory.
If there is more than one ACL that matches, the server uses the last ACL statement that has a match. The default ACL is bypassed since the uri ACL is the last statement that matches.
The preceding figure depicts how access control works in Web Server . The user agent (client) accesses the Web Server, and then the Web Server executes PathCheck directives in obj.conf file. The Web Server returns an HTTP 401 (unauthorized) to the client. The client prompts the user for authentication. In case if the client is a browser, a login dialog box appears. The user enters the login information. The Web Server executes an internal check-acl function. The Web Server validates the user credentials and processes the request.
You can limit access to web server to certain users or groups. User-Group access control requires users to enter a username and password before gaining access to the server. The server compares the information in a client certificate with a directory server entry.
The Administration Server uses only the basic authentication. If you wish to require client authentication on your Administration Server, you must manually edit the ACL files changing the method to SSL.
User-Group authentication is performed by Web Server by reading entries in the user group database. The information that a directory service uses to implement access control can come from either of the following sources:
An internal flat file-type database
An external LDAP database
When the server uses an external LDAP-based directory service, it supports the following types of User-Group authentication methods for server instances:
When the server uses an internal file-based directory service, the User-Group authentication methods for server instances it supports are:
User-Group authentication requires users to authenticate themselves before gaining access to the server, or the files and directories on your web site. The authentication process involves users verifying their identity by entering a username and password, using a client certificate. Client certificates are required only for SSL communication.
Default authentication is the preferred method of authentication. The Default setting uses the default method in the server.xml file, or "Basic" if there is no setting in server.xml. If you check Default, the ACL rule doesn't specify a method in the ACL file. Choosing Default enables you to easily change the methods for all ACLs by editing one line in the obj.conf file.
Basic authentication requires users to enter a username and password to access your web server or web site. Basic authentication is the default setting and in order to use it, you must create and store a list of users and groups in an LDAP database, such as the Sun Java System Directory Server, or in a file. You must use a directory server installed on a different server root than your web server, or a directory server installed on a remote machine.
When users attempt to access a resource that has User-Group authentication in the Administration Server or on your web site, the web browser displays a dialog box asking the user to enter a username and password. The server receives this information encrypted or unencrypted, depending on whether encryption is turned on for your server.
Using Basic Authentication without SSL encryption, sends the username and password in un-encrypted text across the network and means that the network packets could be intercepted, and the username and password can be pirated. Basic authentication is most effective when combined with SSL encryption, Host-IP authentication, or both. Using Digest Authentication avoids this problem.
The server can confirm users' identities with security certificates in two ways:
Using the information in the client certificate as proof of identity
Verifying a client certificate published in an LDAP directory (additional)
When you set the server to use certificate information for authenticating the client, the server:
Checks first if the certificate is from a trusted CA. If not, the authentication fails and the transaction is ended.
Maps the certificate to a user's entry using the certmap.conf file, if the certificate is from a trusted certificate authority (CA).
Checks the ACL rules specified for that user if the certificate maps correctly. Even if the certificate maps correctly, ACL rules can deny the user access.
Requiring client authentication to control access to specific resources differs from requiring client authentication for all connections to the server. If you set the server to require client authentication for all connections, the client only needs to present a valid certificate issued by a trusted CA. If you set the server's access control to use the SSL method for authentication of users and groups, the client will need to:
Present a valid certificate issued by a trusted CA
The certificate must be mapped to a valid user in LDAP
The access control list must evaluate properly
When you require client authentication with access control, you need to have SSL ciphers enabled for your web server.
In order to successfully gain access to an SSL authenticated resource, the client certificate must be from a CA trusted by the web server. The client certificate needs to be published in a directory server if the web server's certmap.conf file is configured to compare the client's certificate in the browser with the client certificate in the directory server. However, the certmap.conf file can be configured to only compare selected information from the certificate to the directory server entry. For example, you could configure the certmap.conf file to only compare the user ID and email address in the browser certificate with the directory server entry.
Only the SSL authentication method requires modification to the certmap.conf file, because the certificate is checked against the LDAP directory. Requiring client authentication for all connections to the server does not require modification to the certmap.conf file. If you choose to use client certificates, you should increase the value of the AcceptTimeout directive in the magnus.conf file.
The server can be configured to perform digest authentication using either an LDAP-based or a file-based directory service.
Digest authentication enables the user to authenticate based on username and password without sending the username and password as cleartext. The browser uses the MD5 algorithm to create a digest value using the user's password and some information provided by the Web Server.
When the server uses an LDAP-based directory service to perform digest authentication, this digest value is also computed on the server side using the Digest Authentication plug-in, and compared against the digest value provided by the client. If the digest values match, the user is authenticated. In order for this to work, your directory server needs access to the user's password in cleartext. Sun Java System Directory Server includes a reversible password plug-in using a symmetric encryption algorithm to store data in an encrypted form, that can later be decrypted to its original form. Only the Directory Server holds the key to the data.
For LDAP-based digest authentication, you need to enable the reversible password plug-in and the digestauth-specific plug-in included with the server. To configure your web server to process digest authentication, set the digestauth property of the database definition in dbswitch.conf.
If you do not specify an ACL method, the server will use either digest or basic when authentication is required, or basic if authentication is not required. This is the preferred method.Table 7–1 Digest Authentication Challenge Generation
ACL Method
Digest Authentication Supported by Authentication Database
Digest Authentication Not Supported by Authentication Database
none specified
digest and basic
When processing an ACL with method = digest, the server attempts to authenticate by:
Checking for Authorization request header. If not found, a 401 response is generated with a Digest challenge, and the process stops.
Checking for Authorization type. If Authentication type is Digest the server then:
Checks nonce. If not a valid, fresh nonce generated by this server, generates 401 response, and the process stops. If stale, generates 401 response with stale=true, and the process stops.
You can configure the time the nonce remains fresh by changing the value of the parameter DigestStaleTimeout in the magnus.conf file, located in server_root/https-server_name/config/. To set the value, add the following line to magnus.conf:
where seconds represents the number of seconds the nonce will remain fresh. After the specified seconds elapse, the nonce expires and new authentication is required from the user.
Checks realm. If the realm does not match, generates 401 response, and process stops.
Checks existence of user in LDAP directory if the authentication directory is LDAP-based, or checks existence of user in file database if the authentication directory is file-based. If not found, generates 401 response, and the process stops.
Gets request-digest value from directory server or file database and checks for a match to client's request-digest. If not, generates 401 response, and process stops.
Constructs Authorization-Info header and inserts this into server headers.
You can limit access to the Administration Server or the files and directories on your web site by making them available only to clients using specific computers. You specify host names or IP addresses for the computers that you want to allow or deny. You can use wildcard patterns to specify multiple computers or entire networks. Access to a file or directory using Host-IP authentication appears seamless to the user. Users can access the files and directories immediately without entering a username or password.
Since more than one person may use a particular computer, Host-IP authentication is more effective when combined with User-Group authentication. If both methods of authentication are used, a username and password will be required for access.
Host-IP authentication does not require DNS to be configured on your server. If you choose to use Host-IP authentication, you must have DNS running in your network and your server must be configured to use it.
Enabling DNS degrades the performance of the server since the server is forced to do DNS look ups. To reduce the effects of DNS look ups on your server's performance, resolve IP addresses only for access control and CGI instead of resolving the IP address for every request. To do this, append iponly=1 to AddLog fn="flex-log" name="access" in your obj.conf file:
AddLog fn="flex-log" name="access" iponly=1
By default, the server caches user and group authentication results in the ACL user cache. You can control the amount of time that ACL user cache is valid by using the ACLCacheLifetime directive in the magnus.conf file. Each time an entry in the cache is referenced, its age is calculated and checked against ACLCacheLifetime. The entry is not used if its age is greater than or equal to the ACLCacheLifetime. The default value is 120 seconds. Setting the value to 0 (zero) turns the cache off. If you use a large number for this value, you may need to restart the server every time you make changes to the LDAP entries. For example, if this value is set to 120 seconds, the server might be out of sync with the LDAP directory for as long as two minutes. Only set a large value if your LDAP directory is not likely to change often.
Using the magnus.conf parameter of ACLUserCacheSize, you can configure the maximum number of entries that can be held in the cache. The default value for this parameter is 200. New entries are added to the head of the list, and entries at the end of this list are recycled to make new entries when the cache reaches its maximum size.
You can also set the maximum number of group memberships that can be cached per user entry using the magnus.conf parameter, ACLGroupCacheSize. The default value for this parameter is 4. Unfortunately non-membership of a user in a group is not cached, and will result in several LDAP directory accesses on every request.
For more information on ACL file directives, see the NSAPI Developer's Guide.
To set ACL cache properties through CLI, execute the following command.
wadm> set-acl-cache-prop --user=admin --password-file=admin.pwd --host=serverhost --port=8989 --config=config1 property=value
See CLI Reference, set-acl-cache-prop(1).
The valid properties you can set are:
enabled — Indicates whether the server caches the file content and meta information. The default value is true.
max-age — The maximum amount of time (in seconds) to cache the file content and meta information. The range of values is 0.001 to 3600.
max-groups-per-user — The maximum number of groups per user for which the server will cache the membership information. The range of values is 1 to 1024.
max-age — The maximum amount of time (in seconds) to cache the authentication information. The range of values is 0.001 to 3600.
The server supports authentication and authorization through the use of locally stored access control lists (ACLs), which describe what access rights a user has for a resource. For example, an entry in an ACL can grant a user named John read permission to a particular folder, misc.
This section describes the process of restricting access to the files or directories on your web site. You can set global access control rules for all servers, and also individually for specific servers. For instance, a human resources department might create ACLs allowing all authenticated users to view their own payroll data, but restrict access to updating data to only human resource personnel responsible for payroll.
The core ACLs supported by the server are three types of authentication: basic, SSL, and digest.
To edit access control settings, perform the following tasks:
Click theConfigurations tab and select the configuration.
Click theSecurity sub tab > Access Control sub tab.
Click theAdd ACL button to add a new ACL or click existing ACL to edit the settings.
The following section describes the process of adding a new ACL to the configuration.
Click the Configurations tab and select the configuration.
Click theAccess Control sub tab > Access Control Lists sub tab.
Click theNew button to add a new ACL.
Configure the following parameters:Table 7–2 ACL Parameters
Named/URI/Path. Select the type of resource you need to set access restriction and specify the value. Example for URI resource — "/sales". Example for Path resource — "/usr/sun/server4/docs/cgi-bin/*".
Authentication DB
Authentication Database lets you select a database the server will use to authenticate users.
The default is keyfile
Authentication Method
Prompt for Authentication
Prompt for Authentication option enables you to enter message text that appears in the authentication dialog box. You can use this text to describe what the user needs to enter. Depending on the browser, the user will see the first 40 characters of the prompt.
Web browsers typically cache the username and password, and associate them with the prompt text. When the user accesses server files and directories with the same prompt, the usernames and passwords won't need to be entered again. If you want users to authenticate again for specific files and directories, you simply need to change the prompt for the ACL on that resource.
Denied Access Response
Specify the response action when an access to a resource is denied.
1. Respond with default message — Select this option to display the standard access denied message from the server.
2. Respond with URL — Select this option to forward the request to any other external URL or error page.
Using CLI
To add an ACL through the CLI, execute the following command.
wadm> set-acl --user=admin --password-file=admin.pwd --host=serverhost --port=8989 --vs=config1_vs_1 --config=config1 --aclfile=aclfile1
See CLI Reference, set-acl(1).
The section describes the process of adding a new Access Control Entry (ACE) for the selected configuration.
Click theConfigurations tab and select the configuration.
Click theAccess Control sub tab > Access Control List sub tab.
Click the New button.
Click theNew button under Access Control Entry.
Configure the following ACE parameters:Table 7–3 ACE parameters
1. Anyone — No authentication. Grants access to everyone.
2. All in the Auth DB — Grants access to all users specified in the authentication database.
3. Only the following in the Auth DB — Restrict access to selected users from the authentication DB.
You can query the authentication DB based on common attributes like First name, Last name and Email address.
With group authentication, users are prompted to enter a username and password before they can access the resource specified in the access control rule.
Use this option to restrict access to specific groups.
From Host
You can restrict access to the Administration Server or your web site based on which computer the request comes from.
If you select the Only from option, enter a wildcard pattern or a comma-separated list in the Host Names or IP Addresses fields. Restricting by hostname is more flexible than by IP address: if a user's IP address changes, you won't need to update this list. Restricting by IP address, however, is more reliable: if a DNS lookup fails for a connected client, hostname restriction cannot be used.
You can only use the * wildcard notation for wildcard patterns that match the computers' host names or IP addresses. For example, to allow or deny all computers in a specific domain, you will enter a wildcard pattern that matches all hosts from that domain, such as *.sun.com. You can set different hostnames and IP addresses for superusers accessing the Administration Server.
For hostnames, the * must replace an entire component of the name. That is, *.sun.com is acceptable, but *users.sun.com is not. When the * appears in a hostname, it must be the left-most character.
For the IP address, the * must replace an entire byte in the address. For example, 198.95.251.* is acceptable, but 188.8.131.52* is not. When the * appears in an IP address, it must be the right-most character. For example, 198.* is acceptable, but not 198.*.251.30.
Access rights restrict access to files and directories on your web site. In addition to allowing or denying all access rights, you can specify a rule that enables or denies partial access rights. For example, you allow users read-only access rights to your files, so they can view the information, but not change the files.
The server goes through the list of access control expressions (ACEs) to determine the access permissions. For example, the first ACE is usually to deny everyone. If the first ACE is set to "continue," the server checks the second ACE in the list, and if it matches, the next ACE is used.
If continue is not checked, everyone will be denied access to the resource. The server continues down the list until it reaches either an ACE that doesn't match, or that matches but is set to not continue. The last matching ACE determines if access is allowed or denied.
The server supports.htaccess dynamic configuration files. You can enable .htaccess files either through the user interface or by manually changing the configuration files.
You can use .htaccess files in combination with the server's standard access control. The standard access controls are always applied before any .htaccess access control, regardless of the ordering of PathCheck directives. Do not require user authentication with both standard and .htaccess access control when user-group authentication is "Basic". Use SSL client authentication via the standard server access control, and also require HTTP "Basic' authentication via an .htaccess file.
If you enable .htaccess files, the server checks for .htaccess files before serving resources. The server looks for .htaccess files in the same directory as the resource and in that directory's parent directories, up to and including the document root. For example, if the Primary Document Directory is set to /sun/server/docs and a client requests /sun/server/docs/reports/index.html, the server will check for .htaccess files at /sun/server/docs/reports/.htaccess and /sun/server/docs/.htaccess.
Note that the Server's Additional Document Directories and CGI Directory functionality enables an administrator to define alternate document roots. The existence of alternate document roots affects .htaccess file processing. For example, consider a server with the Primary Document Directory set to /sun/server/docs and a CGI program at /sun/server/docs/cgi-bin/program.cgi. If you enable CGI as a File Type, the server will evaluate the contents of both /sun/server/docs/.htaccess and /sun/server/docs/cgi-bin/.htaccess when a client issues a request for the CGI program. However, if you instead configure a CGI Directory at /sun/server/docs/cgi-bin, the server will inspect /sun/server/docs/cgi-bin/.htaccess but not /sun/server/docs/.htaccess. This occurs because specifying /sun/server/docs/cgi-bin as a CGI Directory marks it as an alternate document root.
Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack is an explicit attempt to prevent legitimate users from using a service by some malicious users of the Server. Such an attack can be launched by sending continuous requests to the server for a particular web resource.
Web Server can detect DoS attack by monitoring frequently accessed URI and denying requests if the request frequency is high.
The following sections describes how you can prevent DoS attacks at the virtual server level.
You can now tweak the server to prevent Denial-Of-Service attacks by configuring request limits and monitoring maximum number of connections per virtual server. Configuring some of these values may affect the server's performance.
To configure request limits for the server, click Configuration > Virtual Servers > Server Settings > Request Limits. Configure the parameters listed in the following table.Table 7–4 Configuring Request Limit
Request Limits
Enable/Disable request limits for this virtual server. Request limits option is disabled by default.
Maximum Connections
Maximum number of concurrent connections allowed for this virtual server.
Maximum RPS
Maximum number of requests allowed from a client per second.
RPS Compute Interval
The time interval in which the average request per second (RPS) is calculated. Default values is 30 seconds.
Continue Condition
Determines what condition must be met in order for a blocked request type to become available again for servicing.
silence — Refused requests must fall to zero (over a subsequent interval) for service to resume.
threshold — Refused request rate must fall below RPS threshold for service to resume.
The default values is threshold.
Error Code
The HTTP status code to use for blocked requests. The default code is HTTP 503 — Service Unavailable.
Monitor Attribute
An optional request attribute to monitor.
Using CLI
To limit the requests to the server through CLI, execute the following command.
wadm> enable-request-limits --user=admin --password-file=admin.pwd --host=serverhost --port=8989 --config=config1 --vs=config1_vs_1
See CLI Reference, enable-request-limits(1).
You can limit the maximum number of concurrent connections. If a matching request is received while there are at least the specified number of requests being processed, the request is rejected. Note that the rejection of request only occurs for that particular time. As soon as concurrent requests drops below this limit new requests will be processed.
Click the Configuration tab.
Select your configuration from the list.
Select your virtual server under the Virtual Server tab.
Click Server Settings > Request Limits.
Enter a value for Maximum Connections section.
Cross site scripting (XSS) is a common security problem of web applications where an attacker gains access to the users current web browser session.
Web sites today are highly complex containing huge amount of dynamic content, which are generated through web applications, delivering different output depending on the requirement of the user. An attacker may inject malicious data or scripting code into pages generated by the web application and it may appear as a valid content from a trusted site. Such HTML pages pose security risk, if inputs are not validated by the web application. In the user's generated output browser page, the scripting code is executed and facilitates the transfer of sensitive data to the attacker. Through an XSS attack, confidential information like ID, password, security access information and credit card information, can be obtained.
Cross site scripting thus pose an immense risk to individuals or an entire organization. Input validation at all application points that accept data on the server side is one way of solving this problem.
In Web Server 7.0 XSS prevention is accomplished through the addition of sed-request filter and entity encoding, using entities like < and > which encodes < and > characters.
An input stage filter, the sed-request applies sed edit commands to an incoming request.
Input fn="insert-filter" filter="sed-request" sed="script"
where script is the actual sed script you want to run on request body.
To configure XSS prevention, add the below information in the obj.conf file's default object:
Input fn="insert-filter" method="POST" filter="sed-request" sed="s/(<|%3c)/\\</gi" sed="s/(>|%3e)/\\>/gi"
For information about sed-request, see sed-request in Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 4 Administrator's Configuration File Reference.

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The Role Of Gender In Kashimashi and How It Affects Relationships
Since gender and gender change is key to this story, this thread is available for in depth discussion concerning gender or the impact a gender change has on existing relationships. We know that there are at least three key relationships that will change because of what happened to Hazumu in the first episode:
- Hazumu's relationship with him/herself
- Hazumu's relationship with Yasuna
- Hazumu's relationship with Tomari
I personally think those three are the most significant. Obviously all of Hazumu's relationships will change to some degree (mother & father, school mates, male friends). I personally feel Tomari has to undergo the most major change out of the three (childhood memories, gender, society, etc). Hazumu, thus far, seems very much a peace with his new gender. Yasuna...well...
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|2006-01-31, 21:35
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Emotional Shoujo Girl
There is a G-A-P
Tiz true its a sex change but on a much larger scale than a 'cut and tuck'
To describe the change in Kashimashi I think the word 'Pure' is perfect for it.
Hazumu = Full transformation down to the cellular level which bring the word 'Pure/Perfect' to its description.
But as for real life 'cut and tucks' there is nothing Pure or perfect about it...
You may hormonal pills and have 'it' chopped off and 'something' added to the chest, but that dont realy say your female now
Its like a mask
Hazumu has had a perfect transformation.
She is Pure / Perfect
You cant argue with that.
As for me I would still love and desire Hazumu after the change, thats the way I am.
|2006-02-01, 03:14
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Location: Czechia
Bright day
Hazumu- shows great fluidity of gender identity. Heck, it looks like she is the one person least worried about it!
Tomari- Is it that much change? There are other components to what we are beside our sex and gender. Societal roles also play important part in perception, both of people around us and our own. This is something that has changed the least, if at all. While there is exagaration for comedic efect. The roles that Hazumu played before transformation were female. (What was I trying to say? Please?)
Yasuna- without manga spoilers. I think there is great change here in hope of possesing something she never had.
|2006-02-01, 04:31
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Hazumu is very gender dysphoric at the beginning of the show. He isn't what one would consider a very masculine male, nor does his behaviour support his physical sex. Other than his attraction to Yasuna, we're not given any indication that he considers himself a boy.
Actually, based on his behavior and his wishes when the aliens crash into him, I feel that he doubted his gender prior to his change. His wish to become more manly sounds, to me, like a plea to "the heavens" for help in realizing his gender identity.
|2006-02-01, 04:55
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true Kyaa ... the plea to 'higher beings' (pun interned) shows that he is in doubt about if he should be a boy/man or rather a girl ... he may be a boy of body at that point but there is nothing that proves him a boy by mind ... rather neutral between the genders or even a slight tip towards girl by mind
and Tomari is without doubt the one of his intimidate friendship range that have most issues about it ... okay ... Asuta also have his fair share of issues about falling in love with his ealier best friend
|2006-02-01, 05:06
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Join Date: Dec 2004
I feel for Asuta. He's got it hard, no pun intended. Hazumu was his pal and he seems to have tried to be there for "him" in the past. Now thing have changed and he doesn't really know how to accept them and seriously lacks maturity in how he does deal with Hazumu-chan. Of course, he IS a teenage boy so he has hormones working against him. I remember how hard, pun intended, it was to deal with the hot girls in high school and the problems that embarrassed me when I was his age. (Thank god boys don't wear skirts is all I can say or I'd have been even MORE embarrassed. :P )
And even more so, since I didn't have a male role model that I trusted when I was his age, I had to go through this all by myself. I didn't know what to do and why it was happening to me. I didn't even get the "birds and bees" speech since my family was DEEPLY religious and we just didn't talk about such things. (Besides, birds and bees BOTH lay eggs and I was smart enough to know that much when I was dealing with puberty.)
|2006-02-01, 10:03
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Emotional Shoujo Girl
Boys that try to be like girls in any way..... Get picked on and bullied. Moo
Looking to the future:
I wonder what Hazumu thinks of Asuta-kun's behavior and what she should do to combat it or other options your imagination can come up with. Love my Imagination
|2006-02-01, 12:14
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Kyaa: I think part of it at least is that it's general looked down upon in society for boys to bully girls. At least I don't remember it happening all that often. (Girls bully other girls well enough for both, just usually not in the physical manner... ^_^;; )
So while you won't usually see typical bullying of girls, even if they act like boys, the boys will pick on other boys who don't fit the societal norm for "manliness" as it may be. Also, there is still the definite subtext in society that women are "inferior" to men -- so a girl trying to be a boy is somewhat accepted, but a boy acting more like a girl goes "against the grain." It's also generally taken as a sign of being "gay" which is a whole other can of worms in society...
|2006-02-01, 12:57
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Emotional Shoujo Girl
Hehehe "Worms"
You dont see many boys picking on girls but you do see girls picking on boys for random things.
I know lots of girls thats picked on boys for silly reasons, but back then I found it funny and laughed at it
|2006-02-01, 13:07
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Join Date: Dec 2004
A girlish boy needs either 1. a strong protector (a prince teehee) or 2. strong walls to defend against the attacks of the bullies. Or both, preferably both actually since you won't always be able to be protected....
|2006-02-01, 17:37
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|2006-02-01, 22:53
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Kashimashi is pretty refreshing so far... Most 'male suddenly becomes female' fictional scenarios that I've come across have involved the stereotypical 'masculine' male, and the comedy is about him trying awkwardly to adjust.
Hazumu has actually become more comfortable with himself...his eyes are no longer hidden behind unruly hair, he looks happier. It's some of the people close to him who are having the toughest time. A little bit of realism in a mostly unrealistic show...often, when transgendered/transsexual people take physical and/or social steps to change, they are becoming happier and more comfortable with themselves over this issue that they've faced for a big portion of their lives. Their loved ones, on the other hand, are struck with a ball out of left field that they never saw coming. Of course, this ball was much more sudden and massive and spaceship-shaped.
Tomari and her struggle and reactions are the best part of the show & manga for me. And the tomboyish cuteness doesn't hurt either.
|2006-02-04, 18:49
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: middle of nowhere, Virginia
Age: 32
Another thing. Hazumu didn't go around being so cute when he was a guy ("What is it?" smile to Tomari in the locker room, "thank you" to Asuta...), did he? :0 Cause... he's pretty good at it all of a sudden.
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|2006-02-06, 04:16
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Join Date: Feb 2006
I recently got my hands on the first episode of this little series, and it seems pretty interesting in theory, but it's not as "serious" as most of the anime I tend to watch. Actually, I gravitated toward it because of the main plot device [the whole reversal of sex by aliens] was actually something featured in a story of my own creation.
I've been reading the previous posts and many seem to think this is an allegory for transsexualism or transgenderism, and I tend to think otherwise. I don't think Hazumu had problems being male, he was simply shy and unable to express his feelings of love for fear of rejection. I'm sure many young men go through that, and while it might be considered "unmanly" to many, it does not make one female.
Secondly, his sudden transformation into a "cute" girl [as in why he seemed to become magically cute as a result of the transformation] simply smells like a way to please viewers, since the idea of a boy, an especially delicate and fragile seeming [read: effeminate] boy becoming a hyper feminine girl is interesting [read: sexually interesting] to some.
I feel it's mostly a gag show, not a show attempting to push, or teach a social issue. But I can understand how people, especially in the West, would sort of tack that on as a metaphor. While as interesting the concept is as a show to me, I think the most interesting part is how others will come to view Hazumu, and how he, or she in this case, will ultimately come to view herself. Simply because of the change, will she end up somehow "different" because of it, or continue being Hazumu. After all, while chromosomes and hormones make up what sex we are, it does not define who we are as people completely. I think I would love to see a series that reflects this, by having a character who does not really change after such a life altering event such as this, but rather, forces those around him or her to change their perspective.
As I type this, I'm trying to get my hands on episode two. Let's see where this show goes.
|2006-02-06, 04:43
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|2006-02-06, 12:24
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Join Date: Feb 2006
That's the thing; she does change, insofar as I can see. Most males, if suddenly transformed into a female wouldn't so quickly go down the path of "becoming" a girl as fast as Hazumu seems to, but I think the nature of the show will invariably "force" the change on him, because that's what people want to see -- Hazumu become a female archetype.
Ah well. I think I'll just sit back and watch where this goes. It might surprise me.
|2006-02-11, 22:15
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Jedi Temple, Coruscant
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Ralistic VS Cute Asian Father and Son/Daughter Relationships
All I can say is: Good relief that Kashimashi makes caraicatures out of Hazumu's father rather than a realistic portrayal.
Picture it: You are an Asian bloke who has broke his back for 14 to 16 years (the show dosen't specify WHICH high-school second year the characters are in) to raise your son, your only child in fact, with assured hope that your future desecendants will be of your bloodline.
Then LO and Behold, you learn that unless you and your missus try otherwise real quick, that hope has gone right out the window and over a decade of hard work to preserve your bloodline has been in vain.
Start flaming me if you like, I'm giving an honest assessment of how most Asian fathers behave. I am Asian myself, I should know.
Admit it, fellow blokes out there (I'm not speaking just to the Asian ones) who want to have children in the future: we will love all our children, regardless of gender.
But, even those who don't want to admit it at the risk of sounding "sexist" want deep inside to have a masculine offspring to pass on his legacy, and his father's, and his father before him. It is a debt of honor that an Asian man is obligated to pay on a cultural level. There is a reason why Asian Patriarchs, at their deathbeds, tell their grandsons they are the hope of the family's future. (I feel the flames of political correctness singing me already)
Even on a genetic and logical level, the X chromosome that the father provides to create his daughter does not even belong to him, but his mother before him. The Y chormosome that the father passes down to his son(s) would therefore be the only legacy of that bloodline having ever existed on this world. Once that Y dies with the son, so dies the bloodline.
Not to say that we as a race do not love our daughters, far from it. The birth, matruition and eventual rise to glory of any offspring is joyous indeed. But if you ever been in an Asian family, you'll see the cold look in the eyes at family gatherings towards the uncle who could have had a son, but does not even try. Leniency however would be displayed, thankfully, if further child-bearing would be hazardous to the well being and indeed life of the mother in question.
This selective privillige is not strictly a Taiwanese phenonmenon, as both Japan and European countries traditionally (and in some provinces still do) also give exclusive inheritance rights to the sons only.
Back to Kashimashi.
If Hazumu's dad was even a bit more realistic in his portrayal, the camera would have had a close-up to his face, with a twinge of dissapointment in his eyes. And rather than being as loving, "attentive" and accomodating as he was in EP2, he would still love her, but become colder, distant and aloof. Ironically however, Hazumu's connection with her mother would therefore porportionately strengthen.
It was therefore a wise choice on the part of the scriptwriters to circumvent this issue altogether, because entire episodes alone, if not seasons and shows altogether can be devoted to it, and that would detract completely from the romantic-drama-comedy core of the the narrative. Ikari Shinji would have an absolute field day with Hazumu if the show is remotely any more serious.
Phew, such a long rant.
Fire Away, I know that even honesty will get me flamed. Not like it has not happened before now has it?
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|2006-02-12, 06:35
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Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Czechia
I agree with you. As it is daughters marry into foreign families. It is the son who does (and has duty to) preserve the name of your ?family? (don't know word in english all your relatives by paternal conection from dawn of time to the last of line) and its spirit.
On the other side Hazumu is lesbian so how do "they" work in equation?
|2006-02-12, 14:05
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Dr. Yeo serves as assistant professor of Old Testament. His primary interests lie within Old Testament interpretation and Biblical Theology. His current work deals with making the Old Testament and its theology accessible to pastors and laypersons from exegetical and expositional analyses of the biblical text. He is preparing to publish three chapters ("Ruth," "Samuel," and "The Old Testament and Historical Criticism,") for a forthcoming edited volume entitled, An Expositional Introduction to the Old Testament, which is scheduled to be published by Crossway books in 2015. Dr. Yeo is also concerned with recent evangelical appropriations of contemporary methods of Old Testament historical criticism. His published dissertation, Plundering the Egyptians: The Old Testament and Historical Criticism at Westminster Theological Seminary (1929-1998), examines and documents the changing trajectory of evangelical Old Testament scholarship at Westminster Theological Seminary (Philadelphia) from an anti-critical stance towards an open, integrationist position. Concurrently, Dr. Yeo is passionate about safeguarding the evangelical doctrine of Scripture as it relates to the Bible's divine inspiration and inerrancy. His most recent article defends the historicity and inerrancy of Genesis 1–3 entitled, "Recent Challenges to the Doctrine of Inerrancy: Peter Enns and 'Myth' in Genesis 1– 3," which is slated to be published by Crossway Books in 2013 as a part of a festschrift volume for Dr. David F. Wells.
Dr. Yeo received his education from Biola University (B.A. Christian Education), Westminster Seminary California (M.A. Biblical Studies), Fuller Theological Seminary (Th.M. Old Testament) where he wrote his thesis under the tutelage of Dr. John Goldingay, and the University of St. Michael's College, Toronto School of Theology, University of Toronto (Ph.D. Old Testament). Prior to coming to SWBTS, he was assistant professor of Old Testament and Academic Dean at Reformed Theological Seminary, Atlanta, where he served for five years. Dr. Yeo also ministered to youth and college students for ten years as well as serving as an assistant and interim pastor in the Northern Virginia and Southern California areas. He and his family are now currently attending Hanuri Korean Church (SBC) in Carrollton, TX.


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The City of Yreka maintains eight parks and a plaza which are available for public enjoyment, recreation and sporting events. The Maintenance Division is in charge of maintenance of all the parks and completes the upgrade work as necessary. While the Division carries out the work, the City Administration actually determines the scope and nature of all work to be performed as well as future use and enjoyment of our city's parks and recreations areas.
Chinese Cemetery Memorial
Cresting the hill of Montague Rd/Hwy 3 East is the Chinese Cemetery Memorial. The Chinese immigrated to Siskiyou County in the early 1800s, and the first person to be buried in the cemetery atop the hill was in 1805. The last burial in the Chinese Cemetery was in 1828. Sometime after that, all of the remains were dug up and sent back to China. However, a memorial has been erected in its place with a plaque reading the names of those originally buried and their history.
Directions: From I-5, take exit 776 towards Montague/Yreka. Turn onto Hwy 3/Montague Rd toward Montague. Just after the stop light for the Yreka RV Park, the Chinese Cemetery will be on the hill to the left. If you pass Juniper Dr, you've gone too far. Parking is available on the grounds.
Discovery Park
With a plaque detailing the discovery of gold in Yreka in 1851, Discovery Park is a cozy triangular park situated between Yama Street, Discovery Street and Park Place. The facilities include a small set of play structures, a picnic area and benches, as well as restroom facilities. An open, sloping field lined with deciduous and coniferous trees, Discovery Park is perfect for a picnic, reading a book or playing a game of Frisbee.
Directions: From I-5, take exit 775 toward Central Yreka. Turn on E. Miner St. toward Yreka. Turn right on N. Gold St. Turn left on Yama St. After the N. Fairchild St intersection, Discovery Park will appear on the right. Street parking is available.
Downtown Plaza
A drugstore originally stood in the Plaza's location on the corner of W. Miner Street and Broadway. However after the building burned the City purchased the land. In its place, the City built a Plaza for downtown patrons. A historical marker faces Miner Street while trees and a trellis of vines covers the concrete tables and benches. Checker and Chess boards have been imprinted into the concrete table tops for outdoor enjoyment. Restroom facilities are additionally available in conjunction with the Liberty Arts Center next door. Finally, many "Yrekans" note the Plaza as they pass by for its prominent clock tower.
Directions: From I-5, take exit 775 toward Central Yreka. Turn on E. Miner St. toward Yreka. Go straight through the stop light at Miner St and Main St. The Downtown Plaza is located on the next corner at W. Miner and Broadway. Parking is available in the parking lot across from the Chamber of Commerce on Broadway. Street parking is also available.
Greenhorn Park
The largest park in Yreka, Greenhorn Park has been built around an expansive reservoir sourced by Greenhorn Creek. Trails weave through the surrounding hillside, lapping the lake, while fishermen take advantage of both off-shore and boat fishing. A large picnic area, play structure, open field and a new log cabin information center and restroom are located at Upper Greenhorn. Along the south side of the lake there is old gold mining machinery and a small ghost town. Lower Greenhorn maintains a community soccer field, play structure, large picnic areas, horse-shoe pits, and two restrooms. Lake access is available from Lower Greenhorn and both sections have their own parking areas.
Activities at Greenhorn Park include Yreka Youth & Adult soccer during the fall and spring at Lower Greenhorn; cross-country meets, mountain bike races, fishing tournaments; and city-wide festivities for Yreka's 4th of July celebration.
There are two separate entrances for Greenhorn Park: one for Upper Greenhorn on Greenhorn Rd and one for Lower Greenhorn on Ranch Ln.
Upper Greenhorn Park - Directions: From I-5, take exit 773 toward Yreka. Turn on Moonlit Oaks Ave toward Yreka. Turn right on Hwy 3/Fort Jones Rd/S Main St. Turn left on Greenhorn Rd. The entrance to Upper Greenhorn Park is .6 miles down Greenhorn Rd. A large parking located at the end of the drive.
Lower Greenhorn Park - Directions: From I-5, take exit 773 toward Yreka. Turn on Moonlit Oaks Ave toward Yreka. Turn right on Hwy 3/Fort Jones Rd/S Main St. Turn left on Ranch Ln. The entrance to Lower Greenhorn Park is two blocks down Ranch Ln and a parking lot is available.
Miner Street Park
Just a few blocks from Historic Downtown Yreka on the corner of W. Miner Street and Gold Street, Miner Street Park is a hub of activity throughout the year. The Yreka Chargers Football and Cheerleading can be found during the fall while Men's and Women's Softball play during the spring. The Summer Concert Series, sponsored by Scott Valley Bank and other local organizations, hold concerts in the park almost every Friday night during the summer. The series has taken place for over a dozen years and has featured local bands such as the Lucky Duck Blues Band and Gimme Shelter, Tapwater featuring Yreka-born drummer Rudy Slizewski, Tempest, a Celtic Rock band from the San Francisco Bay Area, and King Cotton with Dixieland Jazz from Athens, Georgia.
The facilities at Miner Street Park include four tennis courts, two play structures, a softball field, picnic areas & benches, water fountains and two restrooms. Additionally, the Yreka Skate Park shares the same grounds as Miner St. Park and is next to the tennis courts and small parking lot. There is also ample street parking available.
Directions: From I-5, take exit 775 toward Central Yreka. Turn on E. Miner St. toward Yreka. Continue up Miner St. (west) to the park's location at the corner of W. Miner St and Gold St. A small parking lot is available at the rear of the park on the corner of W. Miner St and N. West St. Street parking is also available.
Native American Heritage Park
The Native American Heritage Park honors the local tribes of Northern California, which include the Achomawi, Hupa, Karuk, Konomihu , Modoc, New River Shasta, Okwanuchu, Shasta, Tolowa, Winto, and Yurok tribes. The small park located west of the Yreka Fire Station and across the street from the Yreka Police Department on Miner Street between Oregon St. and Gold St., contains a small picnic area, metal memorial sculpture, information boards, building structure and adjacent parking spaces.
Directions: From I-5, take exit 775 toward Central Yreka. Turn on E. Miner St. toward Yreka. Continue up Miner St. (west). After the Miner St and Oregon St intersection, the park will be on the right after the Yreka Fire Department. A small parking lot adjacent to the park is available with limited parking spots as well as street parking.
Newton Sports Park
Built in the 1990s, Newton Sports Park provides youth and adults alike with multiple outdoor basketball courts, a volleyball court and various outdoor training structures. Down the street from Yreka High School Football Stadium and near Yreka High School and Discovery High School, Newton Sports Park is on the corner of N. Oregon St. and Knapp St. Newton Sports Park is built on the original site of the Siskiyou County High School and is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Albert and Genevieve Newton.
Directions: From I-5, take exit 775 toward Central Yreka. Turn on E. Miner St. toward Yreka. Turn right on N. Oregon St. Proceed down N Oregon St. 0.5 miles. Turn left on Knapp St. The park is located on the corner of N. Oregon St and Knapp St with a small parking lot available on Knapp St.
Ringe Park & Pool
Ringe Park & Pool is the largest sports complex in Yreka, situated on the corner of Knapp Street and Sherman St. In Ringe Park, there are two little league baseball fields, a 25 yard-length pool, a large play structure and picnic areas. Little League Baseball have recently remodeled their snack shack and concrete stadium seating is provided for the larger baseball diamond along Sherman St. Behind the outfield, under a grove of trees, is the newly installed play structure and picnic areas.
Facing Knapp Street, Ringe Pool is an outdoor pool open to the public throughout the summer. Yreka Splash, a non-profit, operates the pool during the summer.
Directions: From I-5, take exit 775 toward Central Yreka. Turn on E. Miner St. toward Yreka. Turn right on N. Oregon St. Proceed down N. Oregon St. 0.5 miles. Turn left on Knapp St. Ringe Park and & Pool are located above the Yreka High School Football Stadium. Parking is available in the parking lot above the stadium and on Knapp St. and Sherman St.
Shasta Avenue Park
Also known as Shasta View Park for its stunning view of Mt. Shasta, Shasta Avenue Park has two softball fields and a soccer field. Ponytail Softball makes its home at Shasta Avenue Park while both Youth and Adult Soccer use the field during their fall and spring seasons. The park is also a favorite spot for flying kites. Jackson Street and Evergreen Schools are just downhill from the park and parking is available on Shasta Avenue.
Directions: From I-5, take exit 775 toward Central Yreka. Turn on E. Miner St. toward Yreka. Turn left on S. Oregon St. Proceed down S. Oregon St 0.4 miles. Turn right on Evergreen Ln. Turn right on Shasta Ave. The park will be on the right and parking is available on the street.
Yreka Creek Greenway
The Yreka Creek Greenway is a natural streamside area that will eventually span 4.5 miles along Yreka and Greenhorn Creeks. A major purpose of this greenway is to store and absorb floodwaters and maintain streamside habitat for native fish, native plants, native wildlife, and people who enjoy nature. As a unique part of Yreka's city park system, the Greenway is gradually expanding to provide recreation for families and tourists, including a streamside trail for walking and bicycling that will someday connect the entire City along Yreka and Greenhorn Creeks. Existing improvements include a visitor center, an outdoor classroom, and streamside paved and natural trails with picnic areas and trailside benches. Please visit the new website at www.sgpga.org for more information.
Directions: From I-5, take exit 773 toward Yreka. Turn on Moonlit Oaks Ave toward Yreka. Turn right on Hwy 3/Fort Jones Rd/S Main St. One entrance to the Yreka Greenway is located behind the Siskiyou County Musuem, 910 S. Main St. Parking is available in the museum parking lot. For more information and maps, please visit www.sgpga.org.
Lewis Park
Lewis Park is nestled into a quiet residential neighborhood where Lewis Street meets Lawrence Lane. It is a small community park, featuring lush grass and a children's play area.
Directions: From I-5 North take Exit 775. Make a left on E. Miner Street. At the stoplight, make a left onto S. Main Street. Continue along S. Main Street until you reach Ellis Brooks Motors on your right. Make a right onto Lawrence Lane. Continue about 3 block and Lewis Park will be on your left.


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With The Innocent, Taylor Stevens, the bestselling author of The Informationist, returns with another blockbuster thriller featuring the fearless Vanessa Michael Munroe.
Eight years ago, a man walked five-year-old Hannah out the front doors of her school and spirited her over the Mexican border, taking her into the world of a cult known as The Chosen. For eight years, followers of The Prophet have hidden the child, moving her from country to country, shielding the man who stole her. Now, those who've searched the longest know where to find her. They are childhood survivors of The Chosen, thirty-somethings born and raised inside the cult who've managed to make lives for themselves on the outside. They understand the mindset, the culture within that world, and turn to Vanessa Michael Munroe for help, knowing that the only possibility of stealing Hannah back and getting her safely out of Argentina is to trust someone who doesn't trust them, and get Munroe on the inside.
Tautly written, brilliantly paced, and with the same evocation of the exotic combined with chilling violence that made The Informationist such a success, The Innocent confirms Taylor Stevens' reputation as a thriller writer of the first rank.
"The best thriller of the year." —San Francisco Bay Guardian
"Impressive. . . . The gripping plot runs on adrenaline as much as does Vanessa, who unleashes her violent tendencies when the powerless are threatened. . . . Vanessa makes for an intriguing heroine—at once tough, fearless, vulnerable, and compassionate." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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- A murder allegedly occurred after an engagement with insurgents, the military says
- Seven Royal Marines were arrested Thursday
- No civilians were involved, the Ministry of Defence says
- The Service Justice system is investigating
Seven Royal Marines were arrested Thursday on suspicion of murder involving an incident in Afghanistan in 2011, a British Ministry of Defence spokesman said.
The incident occurred after an engagement with an insurgent, and no civilians were involved, the spokesman said.
"The investigation will now be taken forward and dealt with by the Service Justice system," the spokesman said. "These arrests demonstrate the Department and the Armed Forces' determination to ensure UK personnel act in accordance with their Rules of Engagement and our standards."
The military will review the serious incident to identify lessons learned, the spokesman said.
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British socialite and racing heiress Tamara Ecclestone has not been shy with her money. She is well-known for her $1 million handbag collection, posing naked with £1 million of her own money to promote her reality show, and for most recently allegedly trying to acquire a $125 million mansion in Holmby Hills to outshine her sister.
So it comes as no surprise the 28-year-old television personality and model would have to part with some amount of real estate to pay the difference. Yesterday the elder Ecclestone sister listed her 7-bedroom Chelsea home with John D Wood & Co. real estate for £19.75 million, or roughly $32.18 million at today's rates, according to celebrity real estate blogger The Real Estalker.
The Real Estalker also pointed out that if someone were to purchase the home at its full listed price, they would have to pay the required U.K. Stamp Duty Land Tax as well, in this case 7 percent of the purchase price. That adds up to an additional £1,382,500, or around $2.25 million, meaning the potential price of the pad could come close to $35 million in total.
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I totally agree. I haven't seen any reason for all the love.
I know I'm one of the few that doesn't really appreciate the talents of Mr. Murray, but for the life of me, I can't figure out why so many people are in love with this guy.
He's absolutely awful as a GM. He gets bent over in practically every trade he makes. Yeah there are a few you could say he "won" but there are far more that he got absolutely reamed in.
He is terrible at evaluating how much an old veteran has left in the tank. Examples: Jason Smith. Alex Kovalev. Chris Phillips. Filip Kuba. Milan Michalek. Sergei Gonchar. David Legwand. Chris Neil.
He hands out mind blowing contracts to players like Wiercioch, who made $2 Million and couldn't even make it into the lineup half the time last year.
Greening...I mean, how ridiculous was that extension?
Cowen. He offered him an even worse contract than the one he's signed to, which is pretty bad, unless there is some league that I don't know about where a mouth breathing, zero IQ ape is worth $4 Million a year.
Phillips. The guy has been finished for years.
The draft myth.
All you need to do is check out what Murray has done at the draft table for the 4 teams he has been GM of.
Detroit, 1991-1994
Notable players drafted:
Mike Knuble
Martin Lapointe
Dan McGillis
Darren McCarty
Anders Eriksson
Jamie Pushor
Chris Osgood
Mathieu Dandenault
Florida Panthers, 1995-2000
Radek Dvorak
Filip Kuba
Peter Worrell
Oleg Kvasha
Marcus Nillson
Kristian Huselius
Jaroslav Spacek
Nicklas Hagman
Alex Auld
Anaheim Mighty Ducks, 2002-2004
Joffrey Lupul
Ryan Getzlaf
Corey Perry
Drew Miller
Shane O'Brien
Ladislav Smid
That is a whole lot of mediocrity from the guy that is supposed to be a drafting genius. These are just the ones that played any significant time in the NHL. There are a whole lot more that never played one NHL game.
What you can see is that Murray drafts the same type of player, a lot. He also has a habit of trying to acquire players he drafted in the past. Like Auld, Lapointe & Kuba. I've bolded the players that either did play for Ottawa, or were heavily rumored to be coming in a trade.
So Murray takes a team he just went to the Cup Finals with, and dismantles it piece by piece, and now it's mediocre. On its' best day.
Our Defense is terrible, but Murray "likes" it. He's forever chasing a top 6 forward. We have a ton of the same mediocre players on the team or in the system. We really don't have anything to get excited about. Even the last draft haul was more of the same.
In all the years this guy has spent in hockey, he's picked 3 players that you could legitimately claim are stars.
I just don't understand how anybody could look at what he's done to this team, and say "good job". It's truly unbelievable that he is still employed. The guy can do no wrong in the eyes of most of the fans and media.
It boggles the mind.
I totally agree. I haven't seen any reason for all the love.
I don't think Bryan Murray is Lou Lamarelo but he isn't exactly Kevin Lowe either.
The players you listed for Anaheim sound like a pretty solid draft class considering that the Ducks were good enough to reach the Stanley Cup finals in that era. Not all of those draft picks were going to be automatic gems.
As far as his record circa 2007 to present goes, I would consider his draft wins to be Karlson (16th overall in 2009) Zibinajad (6th overall in 2011) and Lazar (I think 18th overall in 2013). This isn't stellar but if we use 2009 through 2013 as a baseline isn't bad either considering we probably don't know how the 2014/15 drafts will play out.
His trades could be called average. I would consider Kuba for Method, Turris for Runblad, Anderson for Elliot, and even Ryan for Silfverberg plus draft picks as wins.
You're probably right about his track record about signing over the hill players, with the caveat that Neil and Philips were probably Melynk's idea as much as Murray's. I get that Murray could probably have said no but was likely under pressure to offer these guys token roster spots. On the topic of Melynk, Murray is probably being made to look good on the basis that we are supposed to be a budget team, even though we were spending to the cap up until about 2011.
I don't think he's as bad as you are making him out, but overall he's experienced and has as many wins as he does loses. Sometimes that is all you can expect to find in a General Manager in an era where you are expected to spend to meet a payroll floor. Having said that he's probably going to have his finger prints on this team for as long as he's alive, as completely tactless as that probably sounds.
It seems that everyone pins the bad calls on Melnyk. Personally I don't see why Melnyk would have any interest in paying Phillips $2.5 Million to suck, and now not even play, but I suppose it is possible.
A lot of fans also blamed the Kovalev signing on Melnyk, then in the next breath will tell you how Melnyk won't let Murray draft Russians.
I didn't even touch on the coaching carousel. He's now on his 5th coach, 6 if you include the times he stepped in himself, and Cameron is supposedly the guy that Eugene forced him to hire and keep around.
Paddock, Hartsburg, Clouston, MacLean and now Cameron. Think about that for a minute. What other GM has ever survived 5 coaches in 7 years?
Karlsson was an absolute grand slam pick, for which Murray deserves due credit for listening to his scouts. The story I heard was that Anders Forsberg insisted on the Karlsson pick, and that Murray was leaning towards picking Joe Colborne, who if you look at his history, is exactly the kind of guy Murray loves to pick.
I don't see how anyone can be anything but disappointed with how Zibanejad has been playing. He supposedly came into camp way out of shape, and he is struggling to start the season to say the least. He's looked good at times, and his numbers aren't terrible, but he leaves me wanting more.
Anyway, I know he's not going anywhere and of course I'm well aware of his health issues, but I am just really frustrated at how he has driven the team into the ground, and now filled it with grinders.
He inherited a great, young team from Muckler, and in the 10 or so years since he did, built a mediocre mess.
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I actually hadn't thought of this until you pointed it out. I think this stat is in part because coaching got the blame for the whole Ray Emery/Wade Redden white substance issues. I guess I can't make a good argument for why any GM should get a pass on that though.Paddock, Hartsburg, Clouston, MacLean and now Cameron. Think about that for a minute. What other GM has ever survived 5 coaches in 7 years?
This is true. We've been spinning our wheels for the past 10 years. It seems like plans change as the winds change. I can't help but to think if we suddenly got better at drafting Murray wouldn't need to fill out his roster with the David Legwands, Cory Stillmans, and Alex Kovalev's of the world. But who is available that is currently better at that. We're also force to spend at least until a floor and thus the David Legwands of the world become tempting signings. I really don't think developing talent from the draft is pure luck but I don't have an easy answer for turning it around. How many Karlsson's can we hope to pick each year?He inherited a great, young team from Muckler, and in the 10 or so years since he did, built a mediocre mess.
Finally he did ship out the party crew, or at least the party crew that was borderline useless anyway, like Andre Roy or Brian McGrattan.
How many times was Emery late for practice before anything was done?
Then I read these heavy handed, hardball comments about Wikstrand and I wonder where this was when Heatley sulked his way out of town, or when anything else happened that was let go.
The truth is, the team never recovered from losing Jacques, though for sure his time in Ottawa had to end. The team hasn't played the same since, except with glimpses here and there. Definitely nowhere near as consistent or defensively responsible as the teams under Jacques' watch.
Of course we also have nowhere near the talent level, but that has to be put back on Murray as well.
I posted the Sens roster from 2007 on another site when everyone blames Muckler for leaving the cupboard bare and other than Alfredsson, the bulk of the team was between 20 and 25 years old.
That team should have had a few more runs at the cup. But, Murray almost immediately started to dismantle it. He traded mostly the young players away and held on to his vets until they were worthless.
I know the only way he will leave this team will be health related, and that's a shame, but when he finally does step down as GM, it will be a great day for the fans of this city, though the majority don't seem to have any clue.
Unless of course the next GM is a complete tool.
I'm very thankful that his idiot nephew is gone so we won't have to deal with the possibility of him taking over.
I was tempted by respond by listing off of General Managers who had or inherited a team that went to the Stanley Cup Final, had 5 years to put their finger prints on a team and kept their job after years of being average. Outside of Bobby Clark I couldn't think of one. Conversely Boston and Pittsburgh axed their GMs in spite of having won cups and experienced much less in terms of being average.I posted the Sens roster from 2007 on another site when everyone blames Muckler for leaving the cupboard bare and other than Alfredsson, the bulk of the team was between 20 and 25 years old.
To answer your original question, I think part of the love is low expectations from the fans. I can't speak for everyone at hf boardz, but I suspect Ottawa's small market feel plays into this. On a bad day some fans can still be scared into losing their team. At the risk of re-visiting old arguments from fanhome, we were taught we should be happy with our team in light of the small market payroll. For some, we couldn't bring up some the resources they had at their disposal. In the 25 years of the franchise was there ever a time when the fan base was critical of Sens Management?
You may be on to something with the fanbase, but at the same time it's not like people in Ottawa didn't know hockey before 1992. I would wager that most were Habs fans prior to Ottawa getting a team. Maybe in the early 90's there was an uptick of Leafs fans due to the pseudo-success they had in that time period.
The fact that Firestone, Sexton and Leeder were able to secure a franchise when they had no money is an argument for another thread. When Bryden took over and tried to finance the team through schemes, I think it might have imprinted the poor small market team idea on the fanbase. But when the Euge took over, it was party time, until the Alfredsson fiasco, and even then, it seemed way too easy to sell the budget team narrative.
I know the Euge has taken some big hits in that time where his companies and personal wealth were hit hard, but still, nobody will ever be able to convince me that the Senators are a money losing enterprise.
1) the tv money is massive.
2) the building and the team are separate entities on paper.
3) we have never lost a player over money, other than Alfredsson, but I suspect that was over ego. Hossa got paid. Redden got paid. Spezza, Heatley, Karlsson, Ryan, etc....all got paid when it was time to put up or shut up. Even now, our payroll is over $65 Million dollars. That's not a poverty team by any stretch.
I also think the fact that the fans are first generation has a lot to do with it. I was born in the 70's so I understand the cyclical nature of professional sports like the Leafs fans, or Habs fans do.
It's a harsh business, and it really is all about "what have you done for me lately?"
This is another area where Bryan Murray fails.
You can't run a team in nice guy mode and expect to win in a results based business. There is no way that Chris Phillips and Chris Neil should still be on this team. Alfredsson should have been traded years ago. If the Leafs can trade Wendel and Dougie, and the Habs can trade Pat Roy, every Captain they had in the 90's...then Ottawa can trade Alfredsson. I mean if they want to accept reality and compete in the adult world.
I know that most people love Murray, but for me it's painfully obvious that he's what's wrong with the team, and the sooner he is out of the picture, the better the future becomes.
If Stevie Y said "Losing follows a guy like Bryan Murray around" who are we to argue?
Reading through the thread, I'm not sure whether you think Murray is overrated or horrible. I don't think he is horrible since when I think of horrible GMs I think of Mike Milbury or Kevin Lowe. I'd buy overrated depending on who the audience is.
You touched on something with the Hab/Roy and Leafs/Wendel + Dougie. The key difference is those franchises have over 200 years of history between them. The modern Senators only have about 25. So while you can make hockey arguments for trading Neil/Alfredsson/Philips I think there's little doubt that keeping those players was a popular decision within a fanbase who is more insecure about a sense of history than Toronto or Montreal's. Sure Stanley Cups are great, but keeping those players meant a form of instant gratification in the sense we were going to have these lifelong players. So when you make a popular decision, as was done in this context, it is easier not to dislike the decision maker who in this case is in part Bryan Murray.
I agree with you on the Senator's money angle, but remember there's many out there who still believe Melynk "saved" the team and thus could do no wrong, especially when Melynk is talking finances. That also gives Bryan Murray additional goodwill.
I guess to some, what he has done for them lately is tell the fanbase / probably the owner something they want to hear while hitting and missing along the way. Who tends to call B.S. at that point?
Sure the fans grow attached to certain players, but hopefully the Alfredsson situation woke some people up to the reality that this is a business, and loyalty doesn't exist, and you don't win by feeling good.
I'd rather watch a team that does what it takes to win games than a team that keeps a few now useless, or very close to it, players around because it comforts the fans.
No business succeeds putting feelings ahead of sense.
People will get over tough decisions. Like now, Alfredsson is back pretending to do work as a stuffed suit, they have their last warm up, feel good retirement ceremony and everyone forgets that he took off to go and play for Detroit when nobody expected him to.
I suppose I do waver between thinking Murray is mediocre / horrible. I can concede that he's not quite on the Kevin Lowe level, but who is? And, yeah he's made some nice picks and some good trades along the way, I just can't figure out the free pass he gets for his numerous poor choices.
People make the argument that he is handcuffed by a tight operating budget, then at the same time dismiss the fact that he's wasted $15 Million of it on shitty hockey players.
He can do no wrong in this town. He should be in politics.
On a similar tangent I've often wondered what it was that gave Kevin Lowe a pass in Edmonton all those years. At first it was the small market followed up by the fact that it was the players fault for not wanting to sign there. All it took was about a decade of missing the playoffs before some fans decided to call them out.
I suppose I do waver between thinking Murray is mediocre / horrible. I can concede that he's not quite on the Kevin Lowe level, but who is? And, yeah he's made some nice picks and some good trades along the way, I just can't figure out the free pass he gets for his numerous poor choices.
People make the argument that he is handcuffed by a tight operating budget, then at the same time dismiss the fact that he's wasted $15 Million of it on shitty hockey players.
He can do no wrong in this town. He should be in politics.
I guess some GMs are just as good at Public Relations as their day job.
In Edmonton they had Lowe and MacTavish running the team in a variety of titled roles. One of them rode the coattails of some of the best players to ever play to 6 Stanley Cups, but thinks he was a big part of it. The other was the last guy to play without a helmet. Draw your own conclusions.
So when I heard fans calling for Alfredsson to be an Assistant GM, I was naturally horrified. Simply appointing a guy with zero experience to such an important position is a terrible idea, and rarely, if ever, works out favorably. I'm a big believer in guys paying their dues, like Luke Richardson for example.
Senior Advisor of Hockey Operations I can live with. Basically show up in a suit and watch games. I also like that he will go practice and help the younger guys out. Surely he has a lot to share. Just don't let him do anything important, at least not yet.
I 100% agree with you about Alfredsson not getting a plumb management job right away. He demonstrated that he had talent on the ice but that rarely translates into being a great coach or GM right away. A classic example was Wayne Gretzky in Phoenix. Conversely Patrick Roy was right to buy a junior team, coach it for 6 or 7 years before trying to coach in the NHL. I think Alfredsson is great for Public Relations but if he was offered a management job somewhere else tomorrow we should let him walk.
Murray is a gong show.
Half the D he likes doesn't belong in the league. Still looking for a top 6 forward though.
This team needs fresh management blood so badly. It's just toxic. If Gretz called the NJD a "mickey mouse organization" I wonder how he feels about Ottawa.
Owned by an over-refreshed lunatic, managed by a guy that couldn't find his own ass with both hands and a mirror. Coached by coaches that can't coach, and featuring defensemen that can't skate.
But hey, that Bryan Murray tho...great guy. Heart and soul. Ottawa valley. 30 years. Knows more than all of us.
What the ****....
I thought it would fun to re-read this thread the day Brian Murray stepped down.
No doubt it is time for him to go. He had carte Blanche to rebuild the team in 2011, but other than Stone, Karlsson, Pageu, and maybe Turris who really beat expectations in terms of talent development since then.
So far I am kind of meh about Doirion. On one hand he was murray's apprentice and will likely have his traits, on the other hand he is not Alfredsson. I'm tempted to wait until Doirion makes a coaching decision. If he keeps Cameron or goes internal for another coach then I would say we are in for mediocracy at best. If they can find an experienced coach to come here (Julian if he is fired) then we might have some reason for optimism.


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