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Cisco snaps up Securent
Cisco Systems on Thursday said it agreed to buy security software maker Securent for about $100 million.
Cisco described Securent's policy management software as allowing enterprises to administer, enforce, and audit access to data, communications, and applications in heterogenous IT environments.
"As enterprises shift to service-oriented architectures and adopt technologies such as unified communications and Web 2.0 based collaboration, there is a rising need for control over access to distributed enterprise resources," Don Proctor, senior vice president of Cisco's collaboration software group, said in a prepared statement.
Mountain View, Calif.-based Securent was founded in 2004 and has 57 employees with development operations in India. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of Cisco's fiscal year 2008.
Scott Crawford, research director at analyst and consulting firm Enterprise Management Associates, wrote in a recent report that the need to more closely manage resource access for more effective governance and risk management is spurring innovation in the identity management market.
He added that "the elaboration of XACML, the XML Access Control Markup Language, has factored centrally in the emergence of Securent's distinctive entitlements management offering."
Bit9 releases top 10 vulnerable apps for 2007
The folks at endpoint security vendor Bit9 Inc. of Cambridge, Mass., released their list of top vulnerable applications for 2007. Most of the apps on the list can be downloaded by users and many have updates making them more secure. We'll probably see a number of security vendors come out with lists like this in the next couple of months.
- Yahoo! Messenger 18.104.22.168 and earlier
- Apple QuickTime 7.2
- Mozilla Firefox 18.104.22.168
- Microsoft Windows Live (MSN) Messenger 7.0, 8.0
- EMC VMware Player (and other products) 2.0, 1.0.4
- Apple iTunes 7.3.2
- Intuit QuickBooks Online Edition 9 and earlier
- Sun Java Runtime 1.6.0_X
- Yahoo! Widgets 4.0.5 and previous
- Ask.com Toolbar 18.104.22.168 and previous
McAfee buys ScanAlert
On the heels of its acquisition of SafeBoot, McAfee on Tuesday said it's buying ScanAlert, a supplier of Web site security certifications, for $51 million.
Napa, Calif.-based ScanAlert audits and certifies the security of more than 75,000 Web sites. Its Hacker Safe certification is displayed by big-name brands like Guess and Petco. McAfee will integrate ScanAlert's service into its SiteAdvisor Web rating system, which warns users about malware-infested or otherwise risky Web sites.
If certain performance targets are met, the deal will cost McAfee another $24 million. The acqusition is expected to close in the first quarter of 2008. McAfee will integrate ScanAlert into its Web Security Group.
Earlier this month, McAfee acquired data encryption and access control vendor SafeBoot for $350 million to boost its endpoint security product offerings. In a report, Andrew Braunberg of CurrentAnalysis wrote that the deal made sense from a product development direction but added that the price tag seemed steep.
Interestingly, while McAfee continues in an acquisitive mode, Braunberg recommended in a separate report that the vendor should seriously consider any offers to be acquired.
"With the recent acquisitions of RSA and ISS, the security market has entered a new phase of consolidation and appreciation by the larger IT infrastructure vendor community," he wrote. "McAfee would be a smart acquisition for any number of players including identity management, systems management, or network management vendors. Again, while the possibilities are many, two examples are HP and Novell."
FTC: Beware of phishing attempts
Phishers are sending out fake messages from the Federal Trade Commission that drop malware onto the machines of users who click the malicious attachment.
In response, the FTC has issued a public warning to consumers not to open fraudulent emails made to look as though they come from its fraud department. The email says it's from "email@example.com" and has the FTC seal. Click on the attachment and you'll download malware designed to steal passwords and account numbers, the agency warned.
"It's a treasure trove for identity theft," David Torok of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection told the Reuters news service. "We're concerned. The virus that's attached to the email is particularly virulent."
The agency doesn't know how many people found the email in their inboxes, but Torok confirmed the agency has received hundreds if not thousands of calls and complaints.
Recipients of the email are advised to forward it to email@example.com, an FTC spam database used in its online fraud investigations.
TJX court documents confirm earlier suspicions
I'm not surprised by court documents claiming that TJX blew it on nine of the 12 requirements of the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), which of course allowed hackers to break into its network and steal the credit card information of more than 94 million customers. PCI DSS auditors have been suggesting for months that TJX had failed on some of the core elements of the standard.
Several banking groups are suing the retail giant for all the money they were forced to spend re-issuing credit cards compromised in the security breach, and last week the plaintiffs filed a new batch of documents in Boston federal court claiming that, among other things, TJX violated PCI DSS by failing to properly secure its wireless network; failing to wall off parts of the network where sensitive data was stored from other parts of the network (popularly referred to as segmentation); and storing data that shouldn't have been kept around in the first place.
That the latter issue was a factor in the breach is something PCI DSS auditors have been saying for some time.
Way back in March, Roger Nebel, director of strategic security for Washington D.C.-based FTI Consulting, said the breach offers some clear examples of the wrong way to treat sensitive data under the PCI DSS. At the very least, TJX violated the PCI DSS by storing unencrypted cardholder data, agreed James DeLuccia, an independent auditor based in Atlanta, Ga.
"Credit and debit card data is something the PCI Security Standards Council will be concerned about," he predicted around the same time. "You're not supposed to store that kind of data, and [TJX] had it online and unencrypted."
The court documents also confirm another prediction the PCI DSS auditors made — that Visa and/or MasterCard would probably pelt TJX and its card processor with fines. According to one report on the court filings, Visa has already fined TJX's card processor $880,000 and plans to collect more in the future.
When I interviewed the PCI DSS auditors for that March report, I got plenty of good advice on how retailers could avoid the same mistakes. The best advice, in my opinion, came from Joseph Krause, senior security engineer for Chicago-based AmbironTrustWave.
He said companies first have to get a fix on where customer data is on the network, where it travels and whether or not it's encrypted.
"Understanding where the data is and where it goes is a challenge for some, but it's a very important part of PCI DSS," he said. "If you don't know where your data is traveling and where it is stored, you can't secure it."
Krause also said companies also have to be sticklers for network monitoring. "Usually when we see an environment for the first time, we find they are deficient in this area," he said. "Just being able to help them understand which logs they need to have a close eye on, on a daily basis," is a lot of work.
Finally, companies need to understand that there's no single product or service that can alleviate an enterprise's PCI DSS compliance woes. Every business and every network is different, and PCI DSS controls must be tailored to an organization's particular make-up.
"I tell clients it's not an easy process and it is an educational experience," he said. "The requirements for every company on the path to PCI compliance are quite different. There's no one-size-fits-all approach."
For more advice on how best to respond when your company is hit by data thieves, check out this story from last week's data breach roundtable discussion at the Harvard Club in Boston.
And keep an eye on SearchSecurity.com this week for another analysis we're putting together on lessons from the TJX data breach.
Windows admins unhappy over Automatic Update changes
A couple weeks back, Windows expert Scott Dunn warned that the repair feature in Windows XP was knocked out of alignment when Microsoft silently deployed a batch of new support files for Windows Update (WU) in July and August. As a result, those who rely on XP's repair function were unable to install 80 Microsoft patches.
It appears Microsoft's Automatic Update services continue to do things without the permission of IT administrators, some of whom are venting about it in the blogosphere.
The latest report of auto update trouble comes from Dunn, associate editor of the Windows Secrets newsletter. In a new article on the Windows Secrets Web site, he reveals that installing Windows Live OneCare changes the settings of Automatic Updates without notifying users.
And so, he writes, "Windows has been mysteriously installing patches and rebooting itself, even though users had completely shut down the Automatic Updates function."
Nate Clinton, a program manager with Microsoft's product update team, denied in a recent blog entry that its software is to blame for the updates and reboots. "I want to stress that the Windows Update client does not change AU settings without user's consent," he wrote.
However, he continued, AU settings can be set or changed in the following scenarios:
–During the installation of Windows Vista, the user chooses one of the first two recommended options in the "Out of Box Experience" and elects to get updates automatically from Windows.
–The user goes to the Windows Update Control Panel and changes the AU setting manually.
— The user goes to Security Center in Windows Vista and changes the AU setting.
— The user chooses to opt in to Microsoft Update from the Microsoft Update Web site.
–The user chooses to opt in to Microsoft Update during the installation or the first run experience of another Microsoft application such as Office 2007.
Dunn did his own research and reported the following:
"My finding is that Windows Live OneCare silently changes the AU settings," he wrote. "This explains at least some of the complaints that have been reported so far. Users could have installed OneCare — even a free-trial version — at any time in the recent past and been unaware of any changes until Automatic Updates forced a reboot in the wee hours."
In repeated tests on Windows XP and Vista, Dunn said, he installed Windows Live OneCare and found that in every case, OneCare changed a machine's Automatic Updates settings to fully automatic.
"It did so even when Automatic Updates had been completely disabled," he wrote. "In Windows XP, this state is known as 'Turn off Automatic Updates.' In Vista, it's called 'Never check for updates.' In no case did the OneCare installer give any indication that a machine's Automatic Updates settings would be changed. Worse, OneCare silently enables Windows services that had been carefully disabled using Microsoft's own configuration utilities."
Clinton's assertion that the trouble's are user-initiated doesn't sit well with some bloggers, including a writer in the The GTA Patriot blog.
"Microsoft says users just don't realize that their machines are set to update," the blogger wrote. "They think users are to blame! Is Microsoft completely incompetent or are they lying?"
For admins looking for away out of the current problem, Dunn offers some guidance:
"If you wish to use OneCare but you want updates to be installed only when you're first notified, the only workaround is to install the program and then change Automatic Updates back to your preferred settings," he says. "If you install OneCare when Windows is not likely to phone home, you should be able to change AU before any updates are automatically installed. (Installing OneCare at any time other than 3 a.m. should do the trick.)"
After OneCare is installed, Dunn says it doesn't change the user's Automatic Updates settings again, but it does peg the disabled Automatic Updates as an "urgent" matter in need of addressing. "In this situation," Dunn says, "the OneCare icon in the taskbar tray turns a bright shade of red, which you may find annoying."
He said an alternative workaround is to buy and use security software other than Microsoft's.
While XP is affected by the trouble, this is also another complication for those trying to get their arms around Windows Vista. In my ongoing series on Vista deployment pain points, a recurring theme has been the compatibility issues suffered by those trying to deploy the OS en mass. But most of the trouble has involved Vista clashing with third-party products, including some security tools.
It's ironic that in this case, the solution is to ditch Microsoft's own security program in favor of third-party products.
Dunn does offer some helpful examples of security software admins can turn to.
He says he installed Symantec's Norton 360 and Norton Internet Security, McAfee Internet Security Suite and the ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite.
"The McAfee product and both of the two Norton products flagged Automatic Updates as a security problem if it was disabled, and provided ways to turn it back on, but none of them changed the setting," he says. "The ZoneAlarm suite did not note a disabled copy of AU as a problem, nor did it change the setting. For now, it appears OneCare is the only security package changing users preferences without warning."
Until Microsoft comes up with a better arrangement, avoiding OneCare appears to be the best bet.
About Security Blog Log: Senior News Writer Bill Brenner peruses security blogs each day to see what's got the information security community buzzing. In this column he lists the weekly highlights. If you'd like to comment on the column or bring new security blogs to his attention, contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Spammers exploiting SoCal fires
It's inevitable: Whenever there's a disaster, online scammers try to exploit the situation. Randy Abrams, director of technical education at security software vendor Eset, said he received an email Wednesday that purported to offer news about the devastating wildfires in Southern California but turned out to be spam advertising Viagra.
Abrams fully expects there to be a deluge of email scams exploiting the fires. These emails will either have links or attachments that download malware onto a user's machine or will pretend to be charitable organizations raising money for fire victims, he said in an interview.
"The Storm worm creators are good at manipulating current news," he said. "Even though the Storm worm seems to be declining, it's still affecting a significant number of PCs and this is the kind of headline that will get exploited."
In a blog posting on Eset's Web site Wednesday, Abrams warned users not to respond to emails soliciting donations, including those from legitimate charities such as the American Red Cross. Those wanting to donate should look up the phone number or Web site of the Red Cross rather than using any information in the email, he wrote.
Eset, which has its U.S. headquarters in San Diego, is assisting employees affected by the fires. Some employees have had to evacuate their homes, said Abrams, who works remotely in Seattle.
Reported Vonage flaw a reminder of VoIP dangers
We've written quite a bit in the past about how many enterprises are ignoring the dangers of voice over IP (VoIP). While we doubt many enterprises are in the practice of using Vonage, as yet another example that VoIP and its protocols are easy to attack, it's worth noting a Reuters report today that hackers have figured out how to intercept calls made on the Vonage VoIP service, according to Sipera Systems.
Here are the highlights in a press release from Sipera: "Sipera VIPER Lab determined the Vonage VoIP Motorola Phone Adapter (VT 2142-VD) and Vonage service implementations leave users vulnerable to a form of VoIP identity theft, allowing hackers to take over a user's phone service with a 'registration replay attack,' then make and receive calls while impersonating the victim. Incomplete security practices, such as not encrypting traffic, open Vonage users to eavesdropping on private voice and video communications. Hackers can also send multiple SIP INVITE messages to a user, an Internet version of 'ringing the phone off the hook' which creates a DoS attack. Leveraging these vulnerabilities, remote attackers can also send malicious messages directly to Vonage users, subjecting them to spam, social engineering and VoIP scams." Sipera also noted a similar vulnerability with European provider Globe7's online account access system.
Let it serve as a reminder that, as our threats expert Ed Skoudis wrote recently, enterprises should proceed with caution on any and all VoIP implementations because of the many exploits in the wild. Since VoIP security still isn't getting the attention it demands, it wouldn't be surprising if enterprise VoIP attacks soon become more popular; Infonetics Research says half of small and two-thirds of large organizations in North America will be using VoIP products and services by 2010. Of course VoIP security is an area we'll continue to watch closely.
Why data thieves love academia
Check out the excellent chronology of data breaches kept by the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse and you'll notice that a massive chunk of those affected reside in academia. At a gathering of IT security and privacy professionals at the Harvard Club in Boston put on by Text 100 this morning, I heard some interesting examples of why the bad guys love the colleges and universities so much.
Catherine Allen, chairman and CEO of The Santa Fe Group, mentioned that the person responsible for a breach at the University of Missouri earlier this year had been caught, and that authorities learned that the culprit had some long-term plans for the 22,396 record compromised.
Allen explained that the thief was apparently planning to hang on to the data and wait for about a decade before using the stolen identities — when today's students are more likely to be duly employed and earning steady income.
The lesson — Don't be lulled into a false sense of security if your information was compromised a year ago and you haven't become a victim of identity theft yet. Chances are the bad guys are just waiting a few years for you to start making some real money worth stealing.
Beware of malicious pdf files
Yesterday we reported that Adobe patched a critical flaw in its Adobe Reader and Acrobat programs. Now comes word that the bad guys are sending out malicious .pdf files that exploit the vulnerability. The SANS Internet Storm Center has a short and sweet summary of the .pdf threat:
"The vulnerability initially reported here http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=3406 and confirmed here (with workaround) http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=3477 and patched here http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=3531 now appears to have been spotted in the wild. The proof of concept code had been released, and a number of people have reported receiving the PDFs which exploit the vulnerability."
Here's some more analysis from the Symantec Security Response Center blog on a Trojan that's embedded in these malicious .pdf files:
"We have discovered a new Trojan named Trojan.Pidief.A that actually exploits this vulnerability to compromise an unpatched computer. So far we have seen a fair number of emails containing this new Trojan in the wild. It is likely that Trojan.Pidief.A has been spammed out in targeted attacks on specific business organizations. The Trojan will most likely arrive through email with a subject such as 'invoice,' 'statement' or 'bill' of some description, and just containing the .pdf file."
As for advice on what to do about it, I refer to these words of wisdom from the SANS ISC: "Please patch, apply the workarounds, and/or ensure you can detect and block the exploit."


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Educational authorities are currently too far removed from the classroom. There is no precise methodology to supervise what goes on inside the classroom of the more than 273,000 schools every day, and the administrative protocols manage poorly the flow of the information back to Mexico City.
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As the title says. I have a 20mb connection, current speed between 3 1/2 to 4 1/2mb, but the lag is so bad it's unplayable, which means it's Cryptics servers. Please, get some more bandwidth out there fast!
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Mark Fawcett used to work for millionaires in hedge fund management. Now he makes money for the average person in the street as the chief investment officer of the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST). He joined the organisation in 2008 and reflects on the difference between the two roles.
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Veterans have their day in Westerly-Pawcatuck
Westerly — Davy Michaels sat beneath a cold powder blue sky Saturday morning with a small American flag in her hand. She watched as hundreds of people marched through Pawcatuck and into Westerly to honor all who have served in the military.
"I'm glad I can still be here," the 92-year-old Michaels, who served as an Army nurse in Australia, the Philippines and New Guinea during World War II, said. "I come from a small town in Wisconsin, so I love my parades."
The Veterans Day parade, organized by the Westerly-Pawcatuck Veterans Board of Control, paid tribute to all veterans and included a brief ceremony at the World War I monument in Pawcatuck.
"No man or woman who has worn the uniform of the United States military will go unrecognized," Dan Lapointe, a Vietnam War veteran and chairman of the Westerly-Pawcatuck Veterans Board of Control, said. "When I came back from Vietnam, we were thrown in the closet and forgotten. But now we are all glad to be able to celebrate this holiday with all of our veterans."
As those in the parade marched their way from the Pawcatuck Shopping Center on South Broad Street, through downtown Pawcatuck and into Westerly, they passed dozens of other veterans on the sidewalks.
"It makes me very happy to see all of this. In the past there used to be very little on Veterans Day," Dennis Thibodeau, an 81-year-old who served at the U.S. Naval Submarine Base in Groton and now lives in Pawcatuck, said. "It's nice to see the young people out here, too. The next generation has to learn about this. If people don't show up for these parades, it won't mean anything."
Among those who lined the parade route were Kelly Clark and her children Nick, 6, and Molly, 4. The Clarks, of Stonington, stood along High Street in Westerly holding a sign that read, "Real heros don't wear capes, they wear dog tags."
Nick and Molly's father, Groton native and U.S. Army Specialist Kevin Clark, marched with the color guard at the front of the parade.
"One of the guys from the VFW came up to me and said that when his men saw the sign, they all straightened up a little bit," Kelly Clark said. "We just wanted to do something to thank all of the service men and women."
Clark said she plans to donate the sign to the Westerly Armory Museum.
Stonington First Selectman Ed Haberek also marched in the parade and said it is an event he makes a point to attend each year.
"This is a great tribute to all of our veterans, and it's so great to see so many people out today to thank our veterans for their dedication and service," Haberek said. "Every year, we have more and more veterans getting involved, and more and more of the younger veterans are getting involved, too."
During a brief post-parade ceremony in the Westerly Armory which included a playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "Amazing Grace," veterans and local officials spoke of the meaning of Veterans Day.
"To all you veterans out there, I cannot thank you enough," Ken Burton, chairman of Westerly's American Flag Fund Committee, said. "You fought for our freedom to be out here today."
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"We are brothers in arms, and let's not forget that," Lapointe said. "Our freedom was fought for and won by us veterans. Let's make sure our country never forgets that."
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Chippewa Falls is a city located on the Chippewa River in Chippewa County in Wisconsin. Its population as of the 2000 census was 12,925. It is the county seat of Chippewa County. Chippewa Falls was incorporated as a city in 1869.
City administrator fired
The Chippewa Falls City Council voted 6-0 on January 13, 2009 to fire city administrator Ron Singel, who had been in the position for about a year. The council's reasons for dissatisfaction with Singel's job performance were made public by a local newspaper after it filed a Wisconsin Open Records Law request with the city, asking for Singel's personnel file.[1][2]
External links
- Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
- Chippewa Falls Area Chamber of Commerce
- Open Directory for Chippewa Falls
- Chippewa Falls School District Homepage
- Chippewa Area Catholic Schools Homepage
- ↑ Chippewa.com, "Former city administrator blames smear campaign by city", February 4, 2009
- ↑ Documents pertaining to Chippewa Falls' assessment of Singel's job performance


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Banker Browne and early banking days
William Jerome Browne, known by many as Banker Browne, was born on July 4, 1881 at Rock Island, Ill. to William and Isabel Whitton Browne, one of six children. At an early age the family moved to St. Paul where William went through school.
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Here's a great idea from Lonely Planet guidebooks; you can now buy only the chapters you need for certain regions of the world, instead of buying the regional book and then ripping out certain chapters for specific countries.
Going to, say, Bolivia, but only to Lake Titicaca? For US$2.00, buy and download just that chapter (of course, you're putting the wear and tear on your printer and paying for the ink and paper to do this.)
It's called Pick and Mix downloads.
Not all of the LP guidebooks are set up for it, although if the demand is high I'll bet that the company will expand the offerings. For right now, you can select certain chapters for South America, Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean and some phrasebooks and Walking Guides.
Here's a whole list of Lonely Planet digital products, including some city guides for your PlayStation Portable, audio guides and maps.
Hey, I'm old school and I like to let the guidebook publisher take care of printing and binding and giving me quality photos and maps, but if I was putting together a complex itinerary that bounced all around the available Pick and Mix regions, this would be a nice way to avoid buying a stack of guidebooks with info that I won't use.
Of course, when I finish a journey I like to put my used guides on my "travel bookshelf" so I can look up and see my stuff from Bali, the Arab Gulf States, the US Deep South, etc., and little printouts aren't nearly as nice to look at, but I guess that's a small price to pay.
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Monday, November 3, 2014
Film lovers in Washington, D.C. and its neighboring areas will be able to watch a collection of films made by prominent Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien (侯孝賢) when his international touring retrospective is showcased in the Washington area in November and December.
Monday, October 27, 2014
American pop legend Mariah Carey delighted fans in Taipei at a concert in which the diva reeled out hits including "Fantasy" and "Emotions" to rapturous applause.
Three Taiwanese bands captivated fans at the Java Soundsfair in Jakarta, Indonesia, with electronic music that blends traditional Chinese music and other elements.
South Korean pop sensation Psy and other performers from the country left Taiwan Sunday after a night of heated performances at Taoyuan County Stadium.
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Sixteen years after her last visit to Taiwan, American singing sensation Mariah Carey was all smiles and kisses when she arrived in the country from Singapore on a personal jet early Saturday for her upcoming Taipei concert.
Friday, October 24, 2014
Pop sensation Mariah Carey will arrive in Taiwan early Saturday with her 3-year-old twins on a personal jet for her Taipei concert the next day.
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Taiwanese actress Chu Chih-ying (朱芷瑩) will compete for the best actress award at the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival for her role in the Malaysian youth drama "River of Exploding Durians." (榴槤忘返)
Friday, October 17, 2014
A charity concert organized by Samsung took place last Sunday for the benefit of 2,000 disadvantaged children at the Taipei Municipal University of Education's Tien Mou campus, featuring performances by Taiwan and South Korea's top entertainers.
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Renowned Japanese poet Shuntaro Tanikawa is set to grace this year's Taipei Poetry Festival, which will kick off a series of poetry events around the city beginning Oct. 18.


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UM-friendly bar locations across the US (and elsewhere)
A couple weeks ago, I put together a google map with all of the Michigan bars I'm aware of (and also everything from the spreadsheet that bouje has been maintaining.) The map is here.
Hopefully this will prevent the "where's the Michigan bar in Pittsburgh/Fresno/Topeka/wherever" threads that pop up every week, but if your favorite gameday hangout isn't on here, put it in the thread and let me know. I'll do my best to keep the map up to date.
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Hello-ish: Wayne Lyons
Not official offical but official (wink wink) per Zordich via Mlive. (not sure if we have done a hello on front page for him already - I don't recall one but if so if so kill the topic mods)
I did a diary on Lyons if you are unfamiliar with his background; I would basically classify him as a taller Ray Taylor. Playing in the Big 10 should be a lot easier on the fella when you compare and contrast the level of QBs in the 2 leagues.
Also Zordich says Countess, Lewis and Stribling are the current top 3 corners. No surprises.
One of the worst-kept secrets around Michigan's football program for months now has been the eventual addition of Stanford graduate transfer corner Wayne Lyons.
On Thursday, new Michigan defensive backs/cornerbacks coach Mike Zordich basically confirmed the move, explaining that Lyons was on campus over the weekend, and the team's excited to bring him in during fall camp.
"Wayne was here over the weekend, we spent some time with him and I've watched a lot of film on him," Zordich said. "I think he's the right kind of body, a bigger body, he's a lot like Channing (Stribling). A lot of length.
"Our (cornerbacks room) has been told that there is going to be three (new) guys coming into the secondary," Zordich says. "We've got a transfer from Stanford coming in, a true freshman (in Keith Washington) and a (freshman) safety who likes to play corner in Tyree Kinnel.
KJ Costello picks Stanford
In a move that surprises no one. KJ Costello picks Stanford.
Does anyone else miss the pre-renovation Big House?
i was having a conversation today about how the Big House feels kind of boxed in with the suite boxes as opposed to the open-air style of the stadium pre-renovation. the more i think about it, the more I miss it.
sure it may not have been as loud, but it felt like the stadium was much bigger then. Anyone else miss the pre-renovation Big House?
Webb/Ray Spring Mock Draft on WTKA
Marcus had 1st pick (see comment). Then Sam took next two, then 1 for 1 and so on. Ray's DL strength to Webb's OL strength. I think Sam's is better. Picks in each team's order. Some strangeness due to one filling a position group and the other waiting.
|Sam Webb
|Sam's comments
|Easy pick (JD was in the mix here as well)
|M Cole
|Versatility on the OL
|K Kalis
|Fortifying OL based on the Henry pick
|C Wormely
|by many accounts CW may be 2nd best on DL after WH
|B Cole
|Taking a shot on straight potential. Playmaker.
|A Darboh
|Going for points
|F Canteen
|Taking all the WRs
|A Malzone
|Most consistent QB, likes the moxy
|J Wilson
|To complete the S spot
|D Hill
|Will play S and Peppers can move to CB
|D Morgan
|Veteran. Leader. Needed someone in the middle.
|T Charlton
|Needed a passrush.
|Going big on OL
|R Glasgow
|Lock down the inside
|Needed another LB
|B Gedeon
|May be the most talented LB
|M Hurst
|May be quickest off the line upfield
|D Dawson
|Getting some nastiness w/versatility
|C Stribling
|Needed a pure CB.
|AJ Williams
|Safe pick at TE due to experience
|Talented, big and full of potential
|I Bunting
|Needed a TE pass catcher
|M Godin
|Versatile. From Flint
|W Shallman
|As a FB
|O Pipkins
|Needed to fortify DL
|N Furbush
|Needed LB and versatility
|B Watson
|Versatile. Physical.
|C Winovich
|Drafted as LB (full at TE)
|C Fox
|solidifying OL (Full)
|R Dawson
|(wanted T Rich) May be 2nd fastest DB after JP
|T Strobel
|As DE (full on DL)
|AJ Pearson
|Full at DB
|D Harris
|Full at WR
|Ty Isaac
|Would have gone earlier but hurt and Marcus is full
|A Whitfield
|Marcus thinks he's the standout RB in the Spring
|G Moores
|Marcus Ray
|Marcus' comments
|JD Lewis
|Best on the team (not close) and sure NFLer
|W Henry
|Will own a lot of OLs this year
|B Mone
|Dominate trenches on D
|J Butt
|Best TE on team
|J Ross III
|Stopping people
|S Morris
|Tough pick, but will have a big spring game.
|M Ways
|High on Mo
|B Countess
|Round out secondary (Sam mad/next pick)
|J Bolden
|two SR LBs are gonna make plays
|J Chesson
|Needed to get another WR. Trusts him.
|E Mags
|Needed an OL. Lots of bodies there.
|M Ojemudia
|Counter to Taco pick.
|B Braden
|(tried G Glasgow but realized out)
|P Kuglar
|Will play at the next level.
|D Green
|One of Sam's favs. TW working wonders.
|D Smith
|Top 2 RBs gone (Marcus full)
|D Norfleet
|Will impact at slot (also talked returns)
|D Thomas
|Obviously needs S. Wouldn't surprise if starter
|J Clark
|Forgotten man. Versatile. Hope gets coached up
|L Marshall
|Once bigger more in shape, he'll be good
|B Bars
|A Need pick
|D Jones
|Will come on strong. WRs are pretty even.
|M McCray
|(tried Morgan) Should get more reps
|W Speight
|In the mix, and needs depth
|A Gant
|Marcus thinks he has best 4 LBs on team
|RT Douglass
|Versatile, fast can play CB or Nickel
|H Poggi
|As DE could be two-way guy. Bolsters depth
|J Kerridge
|Blocks, catches passes, isos MIKE
|T Rich
|(tried K Hill) Get him coached up
|D Samulson
|Needed OT
|J Wangler
|He'll hit you and great legacy
|M Jocks
|Needed TE (from Novi)
|C Ziesler
|From Skyline depth pick
|G Frolich
|Needs OL
|G Miller
|J Houston
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I could not bring myself to use the metal screws directly on the newly painted metal frame of my brand new grill since this would cause scratches and invite rust. My concern was easily solved with $4 worth of nylon washers. Too bad the hardware store only had white ones instead of black to match the grill, but I don't really care. I'm glad I passed on free assembly and put it together myself.
The only problem with Nylon washers is that Nylon is only rated to about 230' to 250' F. If these are on or near your lid, this may create a problem for you, when they melt. I would recomend Teflon washers as they are good to 550' F. They are also self lubricating and should last longer in a high heat situation. Good luck.


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- Watch Kelly Clarkson find out that she was nominated for four Grammys.
- Watch Kelly Clarkson find out that she was nominated for four Grammys.
Kelly Clarkson has been pretty forthcoming for a celebrity, but when she was recently misquoted and reportedly said she battled anorexia, she made sure to set the record straight.
Randy Jackson took the stage to announce the 2012 American Music Awards' next performer, and it was wildly appropriate.
Kelly Clarkson can sing the phone book and sound amazing, so it's no surprise that she performs some killer cover songs just as well as her own hits. The 'American Idol' alum mashed up Alanis Morissette's 'That I Would Be Good' and Kings of Leon's 'Use Somebody' into a seamless ballad.
They've got a brand new house together -- and one of Nashville's happiest high-profile relationships -- but Kelly Clarkson says that she and her boyfriend Brandon Blackstock aren't in any hurry to put a ring on it.
Kelly Clarkson's bread and butter are her anthems, and she adds another one to her catalog with 'People Like Us' -- but this time, it's not about a woman scorned. (Maybe Brandon Blackstock has something to do with that!)
Kelly Clarkson's 'Greatest Hits' album is set to arrive on Nov. 19, and now the 'American Idol' alum has unveiled the video for her brand-new song, 'Catch My Breath,' which is included on the release.
Of course we're only on the first chapter of Kelly Clarkson's greatest hits. The original 'American Idol' has merely scratched the surface of her hit potential and we expect that Chapter Two and Chapter Three will be in her future.
Kelly Clarkson recently announced that she'll be releasing a greatest hits album along with a new single, 'Catch My Breath.' Well, she must've read our awesome review of the song, because she performed it for the first time on stage in Dublin!
Are there wedding bells in Kelly Clarkson's future? She has been a happy girl for the past few months and it's largely attributed to her blossoming relationship with boyfriend, Brandon Blackstock. Well, that and the fact that her fifth album represented a serious career resurgence and a return to the top of the pop charts.


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Ah, that's better. I was going to suggest Baggration (wasn't he a French General?)
Good post re WW1.
re DSK - exactly.
Let's hope euromaniac Christine Lagrande (sp) doesn't follow him.
Not sure about Marie-Claude, as I get the sneaking feeling that M-C may be EU-phile if in French interests, and only anti-it if French hegemony in Brussels is threatened by Germany.
Perhaps when the debate on the abolition of the "Strasbourg commute" comes up - if she pipes nationalistic about keeping that abomination, then I guess that makes her EU-phile, eh?
Not good enough, M-C.
@ sanmartinian
Thank you for your support on the small point, more appreciated than you realise.
Did you ever read Orwell's semi-biographical 'Coming up for Air'?
He described the feelings in the trenches during WW1. The French hated the Germans for being on their territory, the Germans hated the Brits for having joined the French when they needn't have done so ('Gott strafe England'..etc) while the Brits hated the French for having a bigger army and basically running the show.
I've never claimed to understand exactly what's going on in Libya. Obfuscation is now the name of the game. It was never thus, as far as I know. A sign of the times, I'm afraid.
Maria Claudia is on the DSK blog lashing out at those, mainly
Americans, who dare suggest that the French are over-sexed.
It looks, btw, that the fellow is guilty. How can such an intelligent man be so stupid?
I've followed nickbirt's advice and changed my
monicker. 'Junior'was unavailable so I inverted the 'i' and the 'o'
to pumpernickel3,
The helicopter episode is one of the most puzzling in this Libya farce, except for the poor victims on whichever side.
A French government announcement makes it clear French and British attack helicopters will go into action soon. A British government announcement denies it forcefully.
What a way for allies, who now even share military hardware, to behave!
Isn't there anyone, preferably NATO who's supposed to command the exercise, who tells both nincompoops to start behaving?
War, even in its limited form as a simple no-fly zone should be, is not a PR exercise.
It's fighting.
Are we going back to WW1 when between the French Army and the British Expeditionary Corps the Allied High Command had to insert another nation's army to avoid fights between French and Brits?
We are all by now aware of the financial constraints weighing in on the British Forces.
But had this sorry spectacle to be paraded in front of the whole world?
If it is a PR effort both countries' leaders are after, wouldn't it be more productive spending money on research how to stop volcanic clouds to spread, help American tornado victims or help rebuild earthquake, tsunami and radiation destruction?
It would certainly come cheaper and more PR effective.
And to those over-worried about lack of democracy where it has never been attacked, aren't you worried about the noisy silence about all this? Press, media, the over active Morlocks as you, pumpernikel3, call them and point out?
Schadenfreudejunior, whose anti-EU views I fully respect and endorse their benefit to be heard by as many as possible, this is partly directed at you.
To Jamesyar whom I have reasons to believe is one of those who deletes my posts when I mention the by now evident disastrous state of British finances, don't bother.
As I've shown several times this message is already where I want it to be. Publishing here is just an idealist exercise: make public what in principle should be public. Deleting it is immaterial.
Marie Claude or Claudia, following blogs other than Sarkozy's wars? tsk, tsk, tsk
schadenfreudejunior May 24th 2011 1:34 GMT
Perhaps he is so sure of The Hideous Strength (CS Lewis) of his "unstoppable EU" -which you yourself compared to "Göbbels who often talked of 'bringing down borders'. ( "Das Europa der Zukunft")- , that he dismisses the importance of opinion in this particular talking shop.
Perhaps being a retired Eurocrat he has nothing better to do?
It must be time for the EU Commission to experience its Gorbachev moment.
A charismatic figure should suddenly quit the Politbüro and proclaim, blinking into the sunlight from the Berlaymont Eurobot Bunker like a defrocked pontiff :
"we apologise to all Europeans: we have busted you, scared away "the markets" and can't even audit our own books! So let us end this quickly and peacefully, as did Comrade Gorbachev in 1989!
to schadenfreudejunior,
Just a two liner to show my complete and enthusiastic support on your comments about pumpernickel, whatever number.
@ nikbirt
Why is pp3 a nice fellow? Oh dear, how embarrassing since he will be reading this.(LOL)
On two occasions in the past, I swore I'd never contribute to these blogs again. I kept my word for a couple of weeks but continued to read the postings. He told me to snap out of it and come back, not to be an a*****e and that it happened to all of us. He was the only one to do so. Sob, sob LOL!
He likes to have serious bloggers around, even those whose views he doesn't share.
Now he's all embarrassed, blushing to the roots of his hair! LOL
OK Schaden
You seem to be a balanced sort of fellow, but please give me an instance of Pumperprout's "niceness". The only one I have seen is his fondness for his doggies - which I expect he is chucking into his swimming pool right now!
Dictatorship supporters can't be "nice" in my book.
PS Do get yourself another moniker, it does not suit - there's a good chap.
@ nikbirt
Hey! you lay off my 'copain' pp3. He and I are completely at odds over the EU but I told you when you first came onto this blog that he's the nicest fellow around.
No crass flattery there, it's a fact.
@ pp3
Like most phoney erudites who carry their learning on their sleeve, Costa is easy to deal with. You just have to make some remark like "In Shakespeare's 'The Tempest', the slave Caliban revolted and said 'No more dams I'll make for fish' or 'the Romans didn't eat butter', to which of course you'll receive no reply.
Viva in Berlin? I think he's probably taken Germanambassador's rantings to heart and considers himself a monolingual hick who might not be able to make himself understood by the natives.
'High-brow blog'? There's hardly anyone on it.
pumpernickel3 May 13th 2011 8:11 GMT
Pompousnicker, you old bag of wind – you've been at it again!
So you read Brownout on Breadfruit Boulevard and completely missed the point of the recommendation, although I enjoyed the thought of your having to read Mr Mo's lurid description of the complicated anguish of a German sex tourist and the flotsam and effluvia of occidental manhood … so many of whom are German (a-hahahaha!)
No, you dope, of course you would be sidetracked: the point about Dr Pfeidewengeler is his allergy to PC humbug (global warming, corporatism -such as your EU- embodied by his enemy Ruth Neumark) and his endorsement of the democratic inheritance as observed by the Chinese dissident. So despite his grotesque peccadillos (typical of an angst-ridden inadequacy of the German sex-tourist), he is a sympathetic character created by Mr Mo to skewer humbug, which Dr Pfff.. does dramatically.
That character would have done an admirable job on debunking your EU.
I would also recommend An Insular Possession.
Uh ... I've missed viva. He does not dare to show his face in this high brow forum for he trembles in fear of one Eugene Costa who would delight in putting him in his dadaist place :-) Viva should proceed to Berlin next. Now there's a city. Bankrupt but swinging. Where the art heavies of all the globe congregate. Viva would enjoy the cuisine too. Everybody speaks English there ... or something resembling it.
Interesting take on Libya. Wonder how a victory of the good guys will work out for the average socially pampered Libyan?
@ pp3
"Does Greece really expect it can avoid doing what our own Länder are quite naturally expected to do...?"
From what I read in both the UK and French press, I think the answer to that question is definitely 'yes'. Their reasoning is simple: "we are in a fix; we should be helped". They consider it due to them. I didn't know about the Länder problem, but if you put that to the Greeks they would brush it aside as not their concern.
Severe incompatibility is one of the main difficulties in today's EU, I'm afraid.
A Brit journalist on Al Jazeera said last night that the operations in Libya are being given as little coverage as possible
because the coalition can't win just with the UN 'no-fly zone' imposed rule. They're intervening directly on the ground but don't wish to create a UN/RUSSIA/CHINA/Arab League/AU reaction by doing so. He said we'll wake up one morning and find it's all over.
That was just his opinion, but that's all we can go by these days.
Viva is back on the Greek Bailout blog. He's been in the UK for the Past week.
Bonne journée!
"Greece" has come to the Fatherland
Despite a booming economy and drastically increasing tax intakes, four of our länders, Berlin, Bremen, the Saar and Schleswig-Holstein are in a similar position in relation to the Federal Republic of Germany, as Greece is to the EU. Here is the link in German:
The four länders in trouble now have to work out a five year plan for stabilizing their households and must expect to be controlled regularly by the federal authorities if they want help. Stands to reason, does it not?
Does Greece really expect it can avoid doing what our own länders are quite naturally expected to do in order to get the next tranche of the bailout? Never happens.
Are we sliding into a Transfer Union then? Well, this depends. If Greece does what it must in order to be helped, there is a chance for the banks and private investors eventually getting their money back with huge profits. If, as seems more realistic now, a default is on the cards with hair cuts all round, it might get bloody for everyone. Who will be the last one standing after this Lehman 2?
Well, perhaps now the war in Libya will heat up sufficiently. A quick victory by the "good guys" might do the trick, instill new life into this old horse with a soft under belly. Better hurry!
In the spring the war was always there but we did not go to it any more.
What on earth is going on in Libya? European journalists and Astroturfers seem to have got a gagging order.
The latest news is that the French and British are about to use helicopters to put "boots on the ground" to finish this charade. No doubt the ambassador will give us his Russian angle on this.
If the Duck of Death, the forces of evil are on the run and the good guys are winning to restore to the Libyan people the possession of their oil wells, Cuban style socialism "with oil", we want to be told about it, please.
We also want to be told how the eight Libyan war ships were destroyed in order to prevent them from shelling hospitals and schools, kill innocent civilians, women and children, please. How many of those baby killers on the ships were despatched in these attacks? Will nobody tell us? Are we living in 1984 already?
Back to Libya away from more important matters like the sex of angels, sorry, trees.
I've just heard from independent, reliable, well informed British sources that UK forces attacking Tripoli are buying ammo from the US, borrowing matériel (drones was it? didn't hear too well) and so on.
If it is true (rather unlikely it isn't) isn't there anyone in British high circles who can shove some sense into the thick skulls of those who planned, ordered and are directing the operation?
I've many times uttered "Lest we forget".
This time I'm about to start a slogan: "Let's forget..."
Good Heavens! I even feel ashamed.
For any doubters go to the Al Jazeera site and try follow clues.
I won't give them.
pumpernickel3 wrote:
May 23rd 2011 7:06 GMT
"I fully expect the matter with Greece to come to a boil this week and I am mentally prepared for seeing Greece default and leave the Euro zone and for the potential Lehman 2 scenario resulting. Contrary to what the experts say, I believe it will not result in a domino effect with Ireland, Portugal, Spain to follow. On the contrary. Once the rotten apple is sorted out of the barrel the rest should recover. It may even be a blessing in disguise for the Greeks. They may belong historically to Europe but, unless they get to grips with their inbred corruption at all levels, they are part of the Middle East and will be better off outside."
Teasing our friend Joe Solaris, by any chance;-)?
(On substance, I agree, btw.)
I also enjoyed reading your refutation to junior with regard to his linking fascism with the nation state. Good and convincing reasoning. Thank you for that.
"Unity in Diversity" and "Subsidiarity" cannot be stressed enough with regard to the core principles of the European Union. I use the capital U for a reason which, I believe , you know, being familiar with my views.
I fully expect the matter with Greece to come to a boil this week and I am mentally prepared for seeing Greece default and leave the Euro zone and for the potential Lehman 2 scenario resulting. Contrary to what the experts say, I believe it will not result in a domino effect with Ireland, Portugal, Spain to follow. On the contrary. Once the rotten apple is sorted out of the barrel the rest should recover. It may even be a blessing in disguise for the Greeks. They may belong historically to Europe but, unless they get to grips with their inbred corruption at all levels, they are part of the Middle East and will be better off outside.
The alternative would be the British solution of stretching debt maturity to 10+ years hoping for inflation to take care of the debt in the long run.
I love conspiracy theories. Nobody is going to convince me that Charlemagne is not Maher and vice versa and has locked out PP2 from this blog using his harmless flirting with Marie Claude employing neither saucy language nor expletives as a pretext when it was rather PP2's repeated mentioning of Olmos nueves that caused his suspension. Shame on Mahermagne.
Now he is stuck with the nikbirts and cuttereses, who in the red neck tradition of the British under classes soil his blog with their stale and uninspiring contributions. "Boff", as the divine Marie Claude would go if only she was released from the embrace of PP2 in the dungeons of Mahermagnia.
In the meantime, to come back to the subject of this article, "Sarkozy's war" is not only off the front pages, it can not be found even in the back pages or small print no news items of any newspaper. It is eerie. Surley "boots on the ground" must happen soon, if only to stop the outpouring of African refugees from Libya lustily encouraged by the Duck of Death. Won't be long now.
to pumpernickel3
die Grosseblumenstange, I really think I like it.
Sorry for these two last nonsensical posts.
They have a hidden purpose.
Conspiracy theorist of the World, unite. Unite! I say.
to pumpernickel3
Die Bäumin does sound awful.
What about Die Grosseblumenstange?.
You have longer words in German.
Although not as ugly...
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