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Weekend Will Be A Drag For Busch
NASCAR champion Kurt Busch will spend the first off-weekend of the 2010 Sprint Cup season getting his racing career straightened out.
Busch, winner of Sunday's Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway and the 2004 Cup champion, will revisit his drag racing roots during the 41st annual Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals beginning Thursday at historic Gainesville (Fla.) Raceway.
Driver of the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge for Penske Racing, Busch will wheel his rebuilt 1970 Dodge Challenger against a field of between 70 and 90 veteran Super Gas (9.90-second) quarter-mile racers. Busch will make a minimum of three "time trial" passes on Thursday, and the field will return Friday morning to pair-off and begin eliminations.
"Next weekend is going to be about having some fun, but yet putting together a serious effort," Busch said after scoring the 21st victory of his NASCAR career Sunday at AMS. "Being a car-owner, I guess, and understanding all the ins-and-outs of putting together a car to go drag racing with, it's been fun, a challenge. (Sunday) I got to lean on some of the experience I've been through in Roy Hill's Drag Racing School, to get that forward bite right out of the box. On all these restarts, I felt like we had the right grip. We weren't getting a lot of tire slip. That's what it's going to take for me at the Gatornationals, to have everything go our way.
"Just having an off-week, enjoying a great sponsor with Miller Lite, the camaraderie with the guys on my drag car, volunteers – I'm excited about the week."
Super Gas is one of seven Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series (LODRS) classes that will be contested at the Gatornationals. The LODRS is National Hot Rod Association's Sportsman series. As such, it is home to a wide variety of racers ranging from hobbyists to highly-competitive, highly-invested teams to young drivers with aspirations of moving into the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series.
Busch earned his NHRA Super Gas license aboard a 180-mph Top Sportsman-style Ford Mustang at zMax Dragway in Concord, N.C., with instructor Roy Hill doing the grading. Busch rated himself as a "5" on a scale of 10 in a report on Hill's Drag Racing School website. "I will say that I feel comfortable enough to get in the car and make some passes," Busch said on the site.
Busch, a 31-year-old native of Las Vegas, bought this Challenger in 2008 and began getting it into race shape in March 2009. The Mopar is powered by a stroked 6.1-liter Hemi V-8 engine, weighs 3,000 pounds and reportedly cranks out an incredible 1,167 horsepower. Busch termed the Challenger a "multi-personality car," that is a combination daily driver built to run NHRA Super Gas, as well as National Muscle Car Association and International Hot Rod Association events.
Busch's fascination with drag racing began in the early 1990s when he met a pair of Las Vegas-based NHRA racers _ George Marnell, a Pro Stock driver, and Dave Bush, a Super Comp driver. In addition, Busch became friends with two-time NHRA Top Fuel champion Larry Dixon while both were sponsored by Miller Lite.
Among the professional drivers competing this weekend, Dixon (Top Fuel), Bob Tasca III (Funny Car), Jason Line (Pro Stock) and Hector Arana (Pro Stock Motorcycle) are defending event winners. The Gatornationals is the third event of a 23-race schedule.
Cory McClenathan, who scored his career 32nd victory at the Arizona Nationals at Firebird International Raceway, is leading Top Fuel in his FRAM Dragster. And 14-time Funny Car champion John Force leads that class after winning the season-opening Winternationals at Pomona, Calif., and a runnerup finish at Firebird in his Castrol GTX High-Mileage Ford Mustang.
Busch got the idea of competing in an NHRA event after participating in the opening night of racing mogul O. Bruton Smith's state-of-the-sport zMAX Dragway in September 2008. As it turned out, one of the rare off-weekends in the NASCAR schedule coincides with this weekend's Gatornationals.
"Gainesville is one of the marquee events on the NHRA calendar and it's a privilege to compete against the best Sportsman racers out there," said Busch, who is looking forward to the challenges of an environment where he is once again a rookie. "Sportsman racing is no different than any other type of racing _ you need seat time. I spent over 30 hours at Roy Hill's Drag Racing School (in Sophia, N.C.), and have had two tests in my own Challenger. But that's nowhere compared to the seat time many of these guys have in their own cars. We're going to go out there and do our best competing against these talented Sportsman racers."
Lucas Oil Series qualifying begins at 7:30 a.m. (ET) on Thursday. Eliminations begin at 7:30 a.m. on Friday.
The Gatornationals has seen some of the most important performance barriers in the history of NHRA broken, including Kenny Bernstein's legendary first 300 mph pass in Top Fuel in 1992.
Meanwhile, eight Pro Stock racers will simultaneously continue the rain-delayed eliminations from the NHRA Arizona Nationals during Gators qualifying. Four quarterfinal pairings will be featured during Friday's second Pro Stock session. Two semifinal pairings will be contested during Saturday's first Pro Stock session, and the final round will be held during the final Pro Stock session, also on Saturday.
Highlighting those pairings is a quarterfinal meeting between defending world champ Mike Edwards, winner of the season-opening Winternationals, and three-time world champ Greg Anderson. Friday's other pairings are Allen Johnson vs. Jason Line, Ron Krisher vs. Greg Stanfield and Rodger Brogdon vs. Bob Yonke.
Saturday's semifinals will match the Edwards-Anderson winner vs. the Johnson-Line winner and the Krisher-Stanfield winner vs. the Brogdon-Yonke winner. Times posted for these rescheduled elimination runs also will count toward qualifying for the Gatornationals.
The Gatornationals also will showcase the season-debut of the Pro Stock Motorcycle category. Defending world and event champion Arana will attempt to continue his recent success on his Lucas Oil Buell. Arana's competition will include past PSM champions Eddie Krawiec and Andrew Hines of the Screamin' Eagle Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson V-Rod team and Matt Smith, who returns on his own bike, the Al-Anabi Racing Buell.
Others to watch in the two-wheel category include Doug Horne, last year's rookie phenom; GEICO Powersports Suzuki rider Karen Stoffer; Team Scream's Craig Treble; two-time U.S. Nationals winner Steve Johnson; Coffman Tank Trucks Buell rider Angie Smith and David Hope, riding the Mohegan Sun Racing Buell.
ESPN2 and ESPN2HD will televise two hours of qualifying highlights at 2 a.m. (ET) on Sunday. That show also will re-air later the same day at 10 a.m. (ET). ESPN2 and ESPN2HD will televise NHRA Race Day, a 30-minute pre-race show, at noon (ET) on Sunday. ESPN2 and ESPN2HD will televise three hours of eliminations coverage beginning at 6 p.m. (ET) on Sunday.
Gatornationals tickets can be purchased by logging onto www.ticketmaster.com or calling 800-884-NHRA (6472).
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Motion to forgive Claire Danes. Second?
Claire is currently promoting a lovely, lovely, lovely movie called Evening with a kick ass stellar cast including Meryl Streep, Vanessa Redgrave, Toni Collette, Patrick Wilson, and her maybe gaybe boyfriend Hugh Dancy. In an interview with the Toronto Star, Claire addresses her homewrecking history – an affair with Billy Crudup while Mary Louise Parker was 7 months pregnant with his child.
It's not a full blown open apology but it is certainly a public acknowledgement:
"I"ve led an imperfect life and I"ve faltered and acted foolishly at times," she admits with a rueful smile. "It"s inevitable, but it"s much more constructive to focus on one"s successes and failures and not to berate yourself for being fallible and human."
On top of that, given that she's setting herself up for heartbreak with a homo, does Danes deserve a second chance?
Oh and about that new relationship with Hugh Dancy... I saw a trailer the other day for the movie adaptation for The Jane Austen Book Club (clever, clever book – have you read it?). Hugh plays the hot piece of ass coveted by several women, clearly angling to become the next Orly Bloom, especially with those dashing pretty boy good looks. A year ago he was supposedly seen shoving his tongue down some dude's throat, now he's suddenly in love with Claire Danes.
Do you smell what I smell?
Just asking…
Here are Hugh and Claire the other day in NYC.
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Posted 24 October 2017 - 10:58 AM
With a solid PC port that has server browser support for each online portion of the game, all sins will be forgiven.
Let it be known.
Posted 23 February 2018 - 08:57 AM
Seems we might possibly getting a PC port? Of course, some really fucking stupid ideas getting upvoted, but maybe it would be worth it to sign up for an account and suggest something...
For me, behind PC support with an actual server browser and custom map/game/gametype rotations, it would be fixing the horrendous UI/user experience.
Posted 24 February 2018 - 09:58 AM
Seems we might possibly getting a PC port? Of course, some really fucking stupid ideas getting upvoted, but maybe it would be worth it to sign up for an account and suggest something...
For me, behind PC support with an actual server browser and custom map/game/gametype rotations, it would be fixing the horrendous UI/user experience.
I'm not holding my breath for anything 343 does, but if they made the MCC a play-anywhere game so that I don't have to buy it again on PC, that would be nice. Releasing classic Halo on Steam with full modding support would be nicer though, even if it means I have to buy them again.
Posted 25 February 2018 - 12:19 PM
If they fix it so that it is a playable experience again I will do whatever I need to in order to pick it back up, even if that means buying another Xbone... I would obviously prefer a PC port but I really miss playing Halo online.
Posted 08 March 2018 - 08:53 AM
Detailed update blog post regarding the revamp: https://www.halowayp...opment-update-2
I'm incredibly optimistic about this... Especially the blurbs about offline LAN support, the possibility of a custom game browser, and Halo: CE features.
The fact that they have chosen to address the MCC and do a massive overhaul like this is a really positive sign, I think.
I talked to the wife, and she has agreed to me getting an Xbox One X and a 4k TV when this update goes live. Very excited.
Edited by Drew, 08 March 2018 - 08:55 AM.
Posted 08 March 2018 - 05:40 PM
And the new potential additions too like Reach and ODST Firefight would be amazing!
Posted 17 April 2018 - 04:01 PM
Posted 19 April 2018 - 05:29 PM
That right there is a purty menu screen. UI is still weird though.
Posted 23 April 2018 - 10:27 AM
Better than the abomination we have now, at least. Hopefully it will continue to improve as time goes on.
Posted 10 May 2018 - 08:06 PM
Posted 07 September 2018 - 03:22 PM
Hey, this thing works now. Definitely lost any semblance on my ability to play it, though - routinely getting my shit stomped online. Couch co-op with the wife is a fuckin' blast, though.
Edited by Drew, 07 September 2018 - 03:22 PM.
Posted 09 September 2018 - 10:57 PM
Fun fact: this game released Nov. 11, 2014.
Posted 02 February 2019 - 12:35 PM
Free Weekend. Just have to download in my case about 100 GB of updates.
Posted 12 March 2019 - 02:16 PM
There's not enough information about this to be excited for it yet. Halo 2 Anniversary is basically a guarantee, but I can't think of how it would logically fit inside this cumpilation. A single disk containing a Halo 1 Anniversary port, Halo 2 Anniversary, a Halo 3 port, and a Halo 4 port probably makes the most sense, but where does that leave H1A's Reach multiplayer if Reach isn't included? Do they just cut it completely so that Halo 1 Anniversary 2 is just the campaign? Could they re-add Halo 1's original offline multiplayer? Do Halo 3 and Halo 4 keep their online multiplayers? Wouldn't that detract from the significance of Halo 2 Anniversary? Will Cocop ruin this too? So many questions...
If we weren't in the darkest timeline, this thing would be:
All running at 1080p/60fps. And the entire thing would also be on PC with full Steamworks support. ✅ That's the universe I want to live in.
- Halo 1 Anniversary Redux with original multiplayer rebuilt for online functionality✅
- Halo 2 Anniversary with original multiplayer + all DLC, online co-op, and modern grafixx ✅
- Halo 3 port ✅ with clean faces mod
- Halo 3 ODST port ✅
- Halo Reach port because apparently one person liked this game ✅
- Halo 4 port that is just an animated slideshow of m cheif and Cortana fanart with this playing in the background
With modding tools, the ultimate Halo experience can finally be achieved.
Posted 30 April 2019 - 04:40 PM
Lots of great things for the upcoming PC port. Even a new progression system.
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The Titans joined the rest of the NFL in moving to 75-man rosters on Tuesday and one of the moves they made to get there will delay the start of veteran wide receiver Kevin Walter's season.
The Titans will keep Walter on the PUP list into the regular season, giving him more time to recover from back surgery before he gets back on the field. Walter, who has 356 catches in his 10-year NFL career, will be out for the first six weeks of the regular season and can resume practicing at any point between Weeks 7 and 11. If he does, he'll have a three-week window to get activated to the roster or miss the entire season.
The Titans also waived/injured safety Markelle Martin, a 2011 sixth-round pick who missed his entire rookie season with an injury as well. Linebacker Greg Jones was also waived/injured and tight end DeMarco Cosby was dispatched with an injury settlement.
In addition to those moves, the Titans have waived tackle Barry Richardson. Richardson had 49 career starts with the Rams and Chiefs when he signed with the Titans in June, but number 50 won't be coming in Tennessee unless the Titans decide to bring him back after a point when they'd need to guarantee his salary for the entire season.
Linebacker Kadarron Anderson, center Eloy Atkinson, cornerback George Baker, kicker Maikon Bonani, wide receiver Diondre Borel, wide receiver Justin Hilton, guard Oscar Johnson, wide receiver Roberto Wallace, tight end Martell Webb and safety Tracy Wilson were also cut from the roster.


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Drought impact moves towards record
Statistics show that Texas agriculture is taking its hardest hit ever.
Jason Ott, agricultural agent for the Texas AgriLife Extension Service in Medina County, sidesteps the question about whether the drought of 2011 is the harshest ever by saying: "The worst one is the one you're currently in."
New data released Thursday by U.S. Department of Agriculture indicate the worst dry spell for Texas agriculture in fact is the one it's now enduring.
USDA data forecasts that farmers in Texas, the nation's top cotton-producing state, will abandon, or not harvest, about 52 percent of the 7.1 million acres of cotton they planted, which would be a record. That figure includes all cotton acres, irrigated and dryland.
About 82 percent of the corn planted in Texas is projected to be harvested, but the state's yield is expected to slip to 112 bushels an acre, 33 bushels an acre less than last year — the lowest it's been since 1998, a USDA official said.
The economic impact of the reduction in production is intensified this year because crop prices have remained strong. And ranchers, who also have enjoyed strong markets, could be hurt worse than farmers.
With water disappearing from stock tanks and dusty pastures running out of anything for animals to eat, ranchers are selling cattle in huge numbers or looking elsewhere for greener pastures to keep costs under control.
The state's herd count, already low when the drought started, continues to dwindle, and ranchers will be forced to pay higher prices to rebuild numbers once rains return.
"It's very severe, catastrophic — I don't know the right word for it," said Doug Rundle, director of the Texas field office of the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, which released new production data Thursday. "It may prove to be the worst ever."
In meteorological terms, it's already established its qualifications.
State climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon said earlier this month that the state received the smallest amount of rain ever in the 12 months that began in August 2010 at 15.16 inches, more than an inch below the prior record.
Since then, weather officials have determined that more locally, San Antonio and Southwest Texas centering around Uvalde have experienced their driest 10 months between October and July.
Average annual rainfall for the San Antonio area typically hovers near 29.12 inches, according to the National Weather Service. But since October, San Antonio has received just 7.6 inches of rain, the least for that period since weather service measurements began in 1871.
This drought may not last as long as the legendary droughts of the 1950s, and economists have yet to confirm that its economic punch has been heavier than the $4.1 billion in losses farmers and ranchers sustained in the 2006 drought. But a growing number believe that will change with time.
"This is the worst drought in my 32-year extension career, by far," said Dennis Hale, the agrilife extension agent for agriculture in Wilson County.
Frank Helvey, 78, a rancher and the owner of the Pearsall Livestock Auction, remembers the 1950s drought. He said the current dry spell covers more of Texas and has made it harder for ranchers to find feed than earlier droughts.
While cattle prices have been strong enough for ranchers to make good profits in a normal year, the cost of feeding animals during a drought forces producers to sell. Helvey said cattle herds are down by 60 percent to 70 percent in some areas as result.
"It's ugly," Helvey said. "Houdini couldn't make money in a drought."
Ty Keeling of Pleasanton understands. He leases land to feed stocker cattle but has had to sign deals as far away as Colorado to find pastures that can support his herds. He's looking at selling off all his cattle in Texas if no rain arrives by September.
"I don't want to be knocked down by this, but it's got to make economic sense for me to step out and do anything," he said.
Steve Verett, executive vice president of the Plains Cotton Growers, said the drought is having unprecedented impacts, especially on those who don't irrigate their land.
He said growers are abandoning dryland cotton acres at close to 80 percent around the state, and higher than that in the rich, High Plains area around Lubbock.
Irrigated cotton production has varied wildly, he said, but rarely has it been far above an average crop. Farmers had high hopes of making profits because prices have stayed strong this year, Verett said.
But that now is in question, and people are worrying about hanging on if the drought continues.
Nielsen-Gammon said meteorologists are predicting another La Niña weather pattern is possible this fall. That could prolong this drought and make it the worst ever, he said.


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A few years back Sunderland-based post-punk outfit This Aint Vegas released a split seven with Kill Yourself, both tackling tracks penned by Devo; TAV elected to offer forth their spin on 'Girl U Want', and the result was an insistent, itchy-pop dancefloor filler, high on energy and feverish of sweat. This model – urgent melodies set to a raucous backbeat – has since been adopted if not adapted by Glasgow four-piece We Are The Physics, whose singles to date have rarely not impressed; live, they're a phenomenally boisterous bunch whose infectious glee takes no time at all to infiltrate a crowd.
But a whole album of what is – almost – the same song twelve times is a bit much, even for the firmest fan of the foursome. Preceding standalone cuts 'You Can Do Athletics, BTW' (a former Single of the Week) and 'This Is Vanity' – essential listening on their own – are deafened into an unlikely submission by the surrounding cacophonies, each bursting with frenzied twitch-riffing and hyper-yelped vocal lines. Keeping up is a challenge, tiring for the casual admirer and a dizzying headache for the complete newcomer – as songs fly by it's sometimes hard to hear where one ends and the next begins. Ears become numbed by the singularly-paced arrangements, everything executed at a million miles per hour, and ultimately your average listener will struggle to play this from start to finish without a refreshing brew. Tea or lager, or something stronger: whatever your poison, you may need it.
Occasionally displaying the huge-hooked commercial pop potential of early Futureheads, We Are The Physics have by no means delivered a poor LP with …Are OK At Music; what they have produced is an entirely one-dimensional debut that will either become a favourite of attention-deficit sorts everywhere or be consigned to whatever shores all those unsold Ikara Colt and KaitO LPs washed up on. For these sensitive ears, battered so many times by bombast any sane individual would flee from, it's all A Bit Much. But if that kind of excess ticks your boxes – providing you can control your own ticks long enough to keep a pencil steady – best sign up now. 2008 is unlikely to produce another album full of such incredibly OTT beans.
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Tuesday, 24 March 2015
Anyone For Cricket!
Well you'll be pleased to hear that I'm feeling quite a bit better now, still coughing and rattling a bit and I still get tired quite quickly but all in all I'm getting there, so the antibiotics are doin' their thing!
So on to crafting....
As usual, challenges and recipe below, hope you like it and thanks for dropping by.
Crafting From The Heart....Always Anything Goes
Craft your Passion....Always Anything Goes
Creatalicious....Anything Goes
Sisters Of Craft...Anything Goes
Sister Act....Anything Goes
Mema's Crafts...Anything Goes
CD Sunday....Add Sentiment
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77 comments:
- Rainey's Craft Room said...
Aww he is a sweet little fella, love the check papers and design Jacee. Good to hear that you feel somewhat better too.
- 24 March 2015 at 14:30
- Crafting Queen said...
What a great card. Glad you are feeling better.
- 24 March 2015 at 14:37
- Sue's Crafty Corner said...
So glad to hear you're feeling a bit better Jacee. A gorgeous card I love it especially the bird on the branch.
Sue xx
- 24 March 2015 at 14:47
- meg said...
Great card Jacee love the image,and layering but especially love the finishing touches
- 24 March 2015 at 15:11
- Gibmiss said...
Hi Jacee
Fabulous card... Love the cute image...
Hugs Sylvie xxx
- 24 March 2015 at 15:16
- brenda said...
Please you are on the up at last Jacee, things things do hand around at times.
Love the colours and design of today's card and the matching envie makes it perfect.
B x
- 24 March 2015 at 15:17
- Crafty Mamma Mia said...
Such a great card Jacee for a sports lover. Wonderful rich colours and a lovely layout. Glad you're feeling a bit better.
Helen x
- 24 March 2015 at 15:29
- julie_woolston said...
Beautiful card Jacee lovely image and papers, a perfect male card, so pleased your on the mend.
Hugs Julie xxx
- 24 March 2015 at 15:41
- As.I.Do.Rodos. said...
This is fabulous love the paper and the layout Ginny x
- 24 March 2015 at 16:08
- Wynn said...
Love the layout and the cute image on your card. Thank you for sharing it with us at CD Sunday. Wynn DT
- 24 March 2015 at 16:09
- KT Fit Kitty said...
Adorable card! Love all the layers and patterned papers!
- 24 March 2015 at 16:11
- Stamps and Paper said...
Pleased to hear you are feeling better Jacee....love your card great image and as always beautifully put together
- 24 March 2015 at 16:32
- Crafty KJ said...
Fab card Jacee. Love your papers and great layout, image is cute too! A great card for a man, they are so awkward to make cards for and this is brilliant. Hugs, Karen xx
- 24 March 2015 at 16:33
- Chrissy said...
Well, that is good news Jacee...glad to hear you are on the improve..and a very cute card today..love the image and fab papers and the cute little bird on a branch..
Luv CHRISSYxx
- 24 March 2015 at 16:46
- crafty said...
What a sweet card: one of my favourite characters. Thank you for joining inour challenge at Creative Corner. Mary DT
- 24 March 2015 at 16:56
- andree said...
A really great card Jacee, love the layering and the colours xx
- 24 March 2015 at 17:23
- cuilliesocks said...
Hello Jacee, what a super card, love the colours and the gorgeous papers, brilliant layout too.
Pleased your feeling better, hugs Kate x
- 24 March 2015 at 17:29
- Sue said...
This is so gorgeous Jacee and so glad to hear your feeling a lot better huggles Sue xx
- 24 March 2015 at 17:40
- Daffodil Cards said...
Love your papers, your layout and your little bear and especially your bird and it's branch. A fabulous card.
- 24 March 2015 at 17:52
- chrissy xx said...
What a sweetie! LOve this little birdie too..Jacee you do do the nicest envelopes..LOve them as much as your card.
Glad your on the mend..It's tiring just coughing all the time.
- 24 March 2015 at 18:04
- Veerle said...
Gorgeous Jacee, i love your cricket bear. Glad to hear your finally getting better. Hugs, Veerle x
- 24 March 2015 at 18:09
- Pat said...
What a great card, I love cricket, my favourite sport to watch. So glad you are feeling better, have a lovely evening.
Pat xx
- 24 March 2015 at 18:10
- Lorraine said...
He looks fabulous. Great image and design.
Lorraine x
- 24 March 2015 at 19:08
- Sandra H said...
Absolutely beautiful is your card x
- 24 March 2015 at 19:12
- coldwaters2 said...
So glad to hear that you are recovering Jacee, take it easy. Jacee this is absolutely gorgeous, I love that image also the wonderful papers, colours and design, awesome make.
lorraine x
- 24 March 2015 at 19:13
- Lisa xx said...
Oh this is adorable.....such a cute FF image and fab papers. thank you so much for joining in with the Creatalicious challenge xx
- 24 March 2015 at 19:24
- Jean said...
I'm glad you are feeling better Jacee.
I love the cute cricketing bear on you card. The backing papers are gorgeous as always.
Jean x
- 24 March 2015 at 19:34
- Barbara Bruder said...
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- 24 March 2015 at 19:39
- Barbara Bruder said...
Your card is so cute and love that beaAr image you used.Thanks for joining us at Mema's Crafts challenge this month. We look forward to seeing more of your beautiful work. Hugs, Barbara { Mema's Crafts }
- 24 March 2015 at 20:03
- Marie-Louise said...
Super card Jacee. Love the cute image. Glad you are feeling better.
- 24 March 2015 at 20:21
- Nataliascraft said...
Gorgeous card Jacee, love the design and image. I am glad you feeling better x
- 24 March 2015 at 20:58
- joy said...
Hi, Jacee! I think this is my first visit to your blog and I am so happy to have come. Love your beautiful layered cards that are so beautifully crafted! Thank you for your visits to my blog, it means the world to me!
BTW, I am you newest follower!
- 24 March 2015 at 21:15
- coops said...
so stunning jacee.gorgeous ff bear and i love your fabulous design and papers ;D
xx coops xx
- 24 March 2015 at 21:59
- Pat K said...
Good to hear you are feeling better Jacee. Lovin this gorgeous card and envelope...such a sweet image. hugs, Pat K x
- 24 March 2015 at 22:06
- Carol S. said...
Love Forever Friends images. Gorgeous card and pretty design. Hugs, Carol S.xx
- 24 March 2015 at 22:10
- Viv said...
Fab papers Jacee - love the layout too!
- 24 March 2015 at 22:15
- Carole Pollard said...
So sweet love the pretty image and lovely colours today Hope you continue to improve day by day Take care Love and hugs Carole x
- 24 March 2015 at 22:19
- Sherryn said...
Love this card and the pretty colours you have used. Cricket is very appropriate in this house we have been watching the cricket world cup games and NZ has made it to the final Yay!! Glad you are feeling better xx
- 24 March 2015 at 23:05
- JD/ Jill said...
This turned out so sweet with those cute images! Glad to hear that you are feeling better! No fun being sick. And you need your energy to make these fabulous cards...so we can enjoy your wonderful creativity...smile.
- 25 March 2015 at 01:27
- MaryH said...
Indeed pleased to hear you are on the mend, so just take it slow & easy until you are all recovered as you must be. That stuff takes so much energy to throw off. Loved your sweet card, cute image, and fun colors too. Loved the tiny bluebird also. TFS & Hugs
- 25 March 2015 at 02:09
- Mrs A. said...
Cute image and cheerful papers. Lad to hear your feeling better now. Hugs Mrs A.
- 25 March 2015 at 02:19
- Becky said...
What an awesome card Jacee.. Adorable image and loving that design paper and one fabulous envelope to match..
- 25 March 2015 at 04:04
- aussie aNNie said...
One fabulous creation with beautiful colour combination.
aNNie ♥
{The Journey is the Start – my personal blog}
- 25 March 2015 at 04:47
- El mundo según kyso said...
Very cute card! Thanks you for joining us at Craft Your Passion Challenges. Kemly Sc. (DT)
- 25 March 2015 at 05:40
- Shirley Young said...
Super card Jacee and so pleased you are beginning to recover.
- 25 March 2015 at 07:07
- Craftin Suzie (Susan Wykes) said...
So pleased you are feeling better Jacee. A fabulous card, love that cute image and the lovely papers. Susan x
- 25 March 2015 at 07:16
- anne said...
Just brilliant Jacee, those papers really make your image pop.
- 25 March 2015 at 07:22
- Jackie said...
What a delightful card, and so pleased that you are on the mend :o)
Jackie xx
- 25 March 2015 at 08:09
- Christine L said...
Such a cute teddy image and a fabulous way of using it Jacee.... your card is lovely!
Christine x
- 25 March 2015 at 08:57
- cotnob said...
A fabulous card Jacee, a great image and lovely warm colours.
I'm so pleased to hear that you are on the mend.
- 25 March 2015 at 14:18
- Helen said...
This is lovely. I love Forever Friends. Thank you so much for sharing with us at Sparkles Monthly Challenges for our Teddy Bear challenge.
Hugs Helen P (DT) x
- 25 March 2015 at 14:25
- Pamellia said...
Fabulous Jacee! Love the cricket image, so adorable and the touches of metallic are very striking! hugs :)
- 25 March 2015 at 14:26
- Linda W. said...
Such a cute and fun image! Thank you so much for joining us at YOUR SCRAPBOOK PLACE and best of luck in the drawing!
- 25 March 2015 at 14:35
- Natalie said...
such a cute card :)
Thanks for playing along in the Sister Act Card Challenge.
- 25 March 2015 at 15:32
- KandA said...
Gorgous card Jacee. Love the sweet image and fabulous papers xx
- 25 March 2015 at 17:58
- Pia S said...
I was quite surprised to learn this image is pre colored, it looks like exquisite coloring on kraft! A darling card!
- 25 March 2015 at 19:03
- Liz McGuire, said...
Aww, love this. I like what you have done with the little branch, great added detail.
Glad youre feeling a bit better,
Liz x
- 25 March 2015 at 19:47
- Michelle J M said...
I say it again, your cards are always stunning Jacee. Just love this one and the inside again is fabulous. Glad you are feeling better. Michelle x
- 25 March 2015 at 20:19
- caroline said...
Super cute card. ThAnks for joining us at soc. Good luck.
caroline dt
- 25 March 2015 at 20:33
- Bodil said...
Nydelig kort.
Tusen takk for at du deltar hos Card and Scrap.
- 25 March 2015 at 23:59
- Craftychris said...
Lovely cute image and fabulous card. I am glad you are starting to feel better! xxx
- 26 March 2015 at 01:20
- Jane Willis said...
What a gorgeous card, I love everything about it!
- 26 March 2015 at 07:12
- Pop's Cards said...
This is simply stunning sweetie, hugs Pops x
- 26 March 2015 at 09:13
- creative lady said...
Adorable card. Thanks for joining Mema's Crafts challenge.
- 26 March 2015 at 15:57
- Lena said...
Jacee, one of the things I love about your cards is that they are so bright and cheerful, and this one is no different. Love your card image and your card sketch. Just beautiful, bright and cheerful :-)
♥ Lena
Lena's Creations
- 27 March 2015 at 03:48
- Carol said...
I love the colour combinations and the style. Thank you for joining in with us at CD Sunday.
Carol xx
CD Sunday DT
- 27 March 2015 at 13:22
- Mary Lou said...
Hi Jacee--glad to read you are feeling better:) Onto your card--WOW!! Love all the layers....Great dp's....Cute image...and so bright and cheery!! So glad you joined in the Anything Goes challenge at Creatalicious!! Good Luck!!
- 27 March 2015 at 13:50
- Dee's Craft Room said...
Beautiful card, I love this image and your layout is great.
- 27 March 2015 at 14:48
- Joyce Ann said...
Thank you for sharing with us at Mema's Crafts...good luck in the challenge.
- 28 March 2015 at 07:23
- Jocelyn said...
Really cute and perfect for any cricket fans. Thank you for sharing with us.
Jocelyn x
CD Sunday DT
- 28 March 2015 at 09:15
- starcyl said...
Well deigned card and I like the papers you've used.
Thanks for joining us at CD Sunday this time.
Jenny x
CD Sunday DT
- 28 March 2015 at 15:49
- sue-b said...
Gorgeous card , love thw papers and image.
Thanks for joining us at Cd Sunday.
sue-b DT x
- 28 March 2015 at 16:46
- Just Me said...
Very cute boy card. Darling image.Thanks for sharing with us at Your Scrapbook Place
- 29 March 2015 at 18:49
- Stampsnob. said...
Love the color on this pretty,I also love how you arrange things on your blog . Nice............Lis
- 30 March 2015 at 20:45
- Unknown said...
This is just beautiful and adorable! I like the card design and the papers. Great color combo.
- 31 March 2015 at 01:44
- Christine said...
Cute image and suoer card.
Thanks for joining us this time
Christine xx
CD Sunday DT
- 31 March 2015 at 20:41
- Melanie said...
A wonderful card!
Thank you soo much for taking part in our "Anything Goes" challenge over at Creatalicious & good luck in the draw.
Hope to see you again in our next challenge as well…
(DT Penny's Paper Crafty Challenges)
(DT-Coordinator Creatalicious Challenges)
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Government: Charles McGann
Energy: Richard Jackson
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Welcome to our first annual Security 7 awards, where we profile seven security practitioners who have helped shape information security technologies, policies and practices.
Information Security magazine, our sister site SearchSecurity.com and Information Security Decisions, our annual conference, have created these awards to recognize the achievements of the world's top security professionals.
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They represent seven different vertical industries--education, financial services, telecommunications, government, energy, manufacturing and healthcare--but have the same strong commitment to information security.
From San Francisco to Wolfsburg, Germany, from the researcher who identified DDoS source code to the manager who protects the fifth largest network in the world--our Security 7 recipients are visionaries, pioneers and innovators. Each is a giant in his field with huge responsibilities and little glory. It's time to put these unsung heroes in the spotlight.
Daily, these practitioners safeguard large networks, dodge threats, manage risk, meet regulatory requirements and, as a result, protect billions of dollars in vital information.
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by Herman Mehling
Dave Dittrich
Senior security engineer and researcher
University of Washington's Center for
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Stress Reliever: Enjoys photography, mountain biking, rock climbing and ski mountaineering volcanos.
Favorite geek site: www.techbargains.com, to check out toys.
As the first person to identify the source code for distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and raise awareness of them, Dave Dittrich has star billing in the world of computer security. And rightly so. Dittrich now works tirelessly to teach others how to fight DDoS intrusions on individual, host and network computers.
He identified and gave name to DDoS in 1999 when he was a Unix support engineer at the University of Washington. He recalls getting reports from outside organizations complaining that university computers were the source of traffic flooding their sites. Dittrich discovered that the Trinoo attack program had infected dozens of UW's Solaris systems and traced the program to European hackers using U.S. computers to target Internet Relay Chat (IRC) servers.
Nowadays, Dittrich is a senior security engineer and researcher for UW's Center for Information Assurance and Cybersecurity and its Information School. He is also a member Seattle's influential Agora security group and the Honeynet Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the security of the Internet by providing cutting-edge research for free.
Dittrich is published widely, is recognized across the industry and is a much-sought-after speaker. Yet, in spite of his stellar reputation, he remains at heart a low-key guy who loves, as he says, "being an applied researcher." He talks modestly about his many accomplishments, giving the impression that discussing them is monotonous. Rather, he says, his "passion" is solving new security problems. "I need the challenge of solving something new, then I move on to the next one."
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"Dave has a tremendous zeal for protecting the whole Internet infrastructure," says Ivan Orton, Sr., deputy prosecuting attorney in the Fraud Division of King County, Wash. "He is a visionary type who sees things before most of us do. I pride myself on being a fairly technical guy who stays informed, but Dave always tells me stuff that I have never heard about."
Others call him an innovator. "Dave tends to know more about security than anyone else, but the cool thing about him is that he is very self-effacing," says friend Joshua Pennell, president and CEO of IOActive, a Seattle-based computer security services company.
Dittrich is also a fine communicator, says Orton. "He does a great job of conveying his visions to others less technical than him so we can develop practical solutions."
As a researcher, Dittrich is currently studying "active defense" issues under a grant from Cisco Systems and pursuing solutions to the growing sophistication of hackers who create attacks using IRC-DDoS bots.
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"I don't want to sound too pessimistic, but these botnets are a huge problem," he says. "They are the work of hackers scanning literally thousands of systems at a time, looking for holes." Bot networks aggregate computers that have been compromised by Trojans, allowing them to be remotely controlled by hackers. In the past year, he says, the proliferation of e-mail-borne viruses and auto-downloading trojans has dramatically increased the number and size of botnets.
"These rogue networks now have economic value," he says. "Compro-mised zombie machines were recently found on the networks of the U.S. Defense Department and Senate."
Does Dittrich have a silver-bullet solution?
"No, but I am focusing on flow analysis of these networks so that I can find patterns to the hackers' behavior. The big challenge is keeping up with the bad guys, who focus on developing very advanced tools."
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Christofer Hoff
Stress Reliever: Races shifter karts and motorcycles; surfs, kayaks, and enjoys fine cigars and aged rums.
Favorite geek site: www.slashdot.org
Christofer Hoff grew up as a self-professed geek on a sheep farm in New Zealand. While other kids were playing games and tending flocks in the nearby hills, Hoff was in school, learning what he could from the only two computers in the building.
Today, Hoff cares for a different flock at WesCorp, a corporate credit union based in San Dimas, Calif. As the company's CISO, he keeps network predators at bay.
But, he's got good reason to be wary: WesCorp holds more than $25 billion in assets and a massive database of personally identifiable information belonging to thousands of consumers. WesCorp invests in plenty of bleeding-edge technology, including risk management and threat analytics, and has an annual IT budget of approximately $9.2 million.
WesCorp and Hoff are not alone. Security managers and IT administrators are becoming increasingly responsible for personal information as banks and their customers take advantage of new online services. Hoff and his five-person enterprise security services (ESS) team securely store more than 47 terabytes of check images, and ensure the secure annual handling of $1.7 trillion in wire and automatic clearing-house transfers per year.
"[Hoff] has moved us into a far greater security [posture] with the knowledge and technology he's brought us," says Carmen Rangel, senior security administrator at WesCorp and a member of the ESS team. Hoff helped WesCorp implement a SQL monitoring tool "when not a lot of companies were doing it," adds Rangel. "We are relying a lot more on databases and database infrastructures, and we're learning the potential dangers presented by false or captured data."
Hoff worked in startups and large enterprises as a network engineer and administrator before embarking on major security projects for global companies. Eleven years ago, Hoff entered the security business and has amassed a string of certifications including CISSP, CISA, CISM and IAM, and is active in (ISC)2, ISACA, ISSA and other security associations. During his tenure at WesCorp, he has integrated ESS with the credit union's IT department and made security a part of network design.
"Chris developed what we consider to be the internal network security architecture of the future," says Throop Wilder, cofounder and vice president of marketing at Crossbeam Systems, a security services switch company based in Concord, Mass., that has retained Hoff as an advisor. Rather than thinking of networks separately from security, Hoff has integrated sophisticated risk analysis with network design, resulting in a safer, simpler and cheaper network, says Wilder. "We see many cases in which people have adopted compartmentalized thinking and therefore missed key synergies and efficiencies between and among security, networking and business requirements. Chris stands out in his ability to combine these elements into a practical architecture that yields true value for his company."
In the past, WesCorp's ESS team may have deployed firewalls and other tools without thinking of their broader impact. "But what [Hoff] will bring in is less intrusive and generates less traffic on the network," says Rangel. Hoff, before deploying a technology, first assesses its "RROI," which for some stands for "risk-based return on investment," and others "risk reduction return on investment."
Security at WesCorp is now treated as something that can add value, rather than a strict policing function. "Not one piece of technology goes into [the network] without solving a business problem," says Hoff.
Answering the Call
by Michael S. Mimoso
Edward Amoroso
Stress Reliever: Loves watching the New York Yankees.
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There have been few more hallowed halls than one at a Bell Labs research facility in Murray Hill, N.J., during the late 1970s. Adjacent offices housed Unix pioneers Dennis Ritchie, Ken Thompson--both Turing Award winners--Brian Kernighan and Rob Pike. Nobel Prize winner Robert W. Wilson and Bob Morris, whose son would write one of the first Internet worms in 1988, were nearby.
Edward Amoroso quietly trod this hallway hoping not to attract attention, but to absorb any brainpower seeping through the doors. "Anytime I could find an excuse to walk down that hallway, I would," Amoroso says. "I was hoping some of that genius would waft out and hit me."
Almost obligated to succeed in such heady surroundings, Amoroso wanted to figure out how to secure Unix systems. Two decades later, he hasn't scaled down his dreaming or innovation and has put his inspiration to good use.
Now the CISO at AT&T--which split off in 1996 when Bell Labs became Lucent Technologies--Amoroso is responsible not only for keeping one of the largest Tier 1 telecommunication carriers in the world secure, but is trying to shift the security paradigm by having carriers provide security services from the Internet rather than inside the firewall.
"Most companies have decided they want to run a network, which leads to unbridled complexity," Amoroso says. "You have tangled networks connected by 50 different access technologies--topologies driven by nothing more than legacy issues. A network drifts from point A to point B; perimeters are almost impossible to define. This complexity leads to things being insecure."
Amoroso's first project at Bell Labs involved "pulling bugs out of Unix." Now, he's driving a sea change inside AT&T by building worldwide security teams. These teams focus on compliance and maintain consistency with audit requirements; write and maintain policies and best practices for each of AT&T's business units; build the security services used within the company and sold to customers; and defend AT&T's networks, keeping its cloud services functioning and managing its PKI, access control and authentication needs.
Amoroso's infatuation with Bell Labs began in 1978 at Christian Brothers Academy in Lincroft, N.J., at a lecture given by Wilson--who, with partner Arno Penzias, discovered cosmic microwave background radiation, which led to their formulation of the Big Bang Theory--all while working at Bell Labs. This obviously innovative environment lured the impressionable high school junior to enroll in the doctoral support program at Bell Labs and earn his Ph.D.--during which he wrote microprocessor assembly code for gyros used on the Space Shuttle and worked alongside Shuttle astronaut and 1984 Challenger crew member Terry Hart, who was the first to repair a satellite in orbit.
Amoroso eventually rose to the position of CISO, earning his chops and reputation as the co-author of one of the first firewall manifestoes, Intranet and Internet Firewall Strategies, which argued the need for network protection in the early days of e-commerce. Amoroso is eager for the day when the shift happens and carriers absorb security functions from the service provider level.
"Rather than just connect sites, carriers can help you separate them," Amoroso says. "As those services appear, the network topology will simplify; the perimeter will go away. You won't have to fight worms and viruses any more--telecoms will do it for you."
Security to the Letter
by Herman Mehling
Charles McGann
Manager of secure infrastructure services
United States Postal Service
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Charles (Chuck) McGann has one of those job titles that simply doesn't do justice to the importance and scope of the work he performs. Describing McGann as the manager of secure infrastructure services for the United States Postal Service is on a par with describing the postal service as an organization that delivers mail.
McGann has an enormously challenging job--securing the world's fifth largest computer network, which consists of more than 500,000 IP addresses, 12,000 servers, 150,000 desktops and 225,000 users spread over 34,000 interconnected offices. Each month, this sprawling, complicated enterprise receives more than 300 million network attacks.
"My goal is to eliminate malicious traffic that could damage the postal service's brand image and potentially weaken the confidence of its customers," he says.
"Chuck is keenly aware of the range of security breaches and understands the damages they do," says Ovie Carroll, special agent in computer crimes from the Office of the Inspector General in Washington, D.C. "He knows it doesn't take much to undermine a network like ours. He has done an outstanding job of rallying all the players together, educating us and keeping us focused on protecting the network."
McGann has stellar qualifications and a unique background that make him a solid fit for the job. A CISSP and CISM, he also holds a certification for information assurance methodology from the National Security Agency. But he brings more than technical expertise to his job--he draws on considerable IT management experience from the private sector, plus a stint as acting postmaster and 18 years as a police officer.
"Chuck is very tenacious--a straight shooter who has helped me create and implement the new structure and policies of the postal service security environment," says Pete Myo Khin, CISO of the postal service. McGann injected business rationale into a security system that used to hold security as an absolute value, says Khin. "Chuck's credo is that business and security are joined at the hip. He works very hard to communicate this to our staff."
In 2004, McGann spearheaded a mammoth intrusion prevention deployment across all the desktops within the postal service. The solution was deployed on 90,000 desktops within three weeks and to the rest within a few months, thanks to a centralized deployment methodology developed by McGann and his team. As a result of this fast and smooth rollout, not a single USPS computer has been the victim of a successful attack. Yet McGann remains humble.
"I could not have achieved such success without an incredible team," he says. "I manage a group of security professionals who act cohesively to commingle their assets for the welfare of the postal service and our customers."
Recently, McGann took on more responsibility by becoming the postal service's lead liaison with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). His role is to make certain both organizations maintain clear and constant communication about information security in order to develop, plan and execute successful security strategies. In addition to leading the postal service's interagency relationship with DHS, McGann is now driving security assessments to protect the online assets of local post offices across the country.
McGann directs a staff of about 100 who develop and enforce organization-wide security policies and procedures for postal service employees as well as for about 3,000 business partners. As a result, McGann's job becomes more challenging. The postal service's number of business partners has grown ten-fold over the past five years--boosting the potential for security risks.
"The more partners we add, the more vulnerable we are to some individual or group penetrating our security perimeter," he says. "So far, our security tools and procedures have been rock solid, but our challenge is not to become complacent."
High--Octane Security
by Michael S. Mimoso
Richard Jackson
Chief Information Protection Officer
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Engineering, plant management, sales management, marketing--Richard Jackson is fluent in all of them. In many ways, these proficiencies have served him better in his position as Chevron's chief information protection officer than a CISSP certification.
Jackson, a 25-year veteran of the company, moved to Chevron's information protection organization six years ago, and took charge of the group two years ago. Today, his peers believe Jackson is the model security officer of the future.
"Rich has become effective in his company; he's approached security not from a bits and bytes perspective, but from an influence perspective," says Larry Brock, CISO at DuPont and fellow member of the International Information Integrity Institute (I-4). "That's what it's going to take for CISOs."
Increasingly, security managers are morphing into conduits between IT and business units, and those who succeed will make risk assessment part of business processes.
Following the Texaco merger 31/2 years ago, the company's already substantial data assets have doubled. Jackson has had to contend with refineries daily generating a terabyte of process data, simulations on drill sites creating 10 terabytes of data, and 3-D seismic projects running simultaneously that account for 350 terabytes. All of it, along with data generated by enterprise systems like e-mail and accounting, has to be safely stored, kept available and archived to appease auditors.
In perhaps no other industry does risk assessment impact decision making more than in the oil business. Oil derricks stand for 30 years, and the data used to make location and depth decisions must be reliable and accessible. Jackson's primary focus has been on the people, policies, processes and technology involved in business decisions--in that order.
"Internally, my biggest impact on the company comes from the way I view security, which is different than folks with an IT background," Jackson says. "IT thinks of security as a technology, first and foremost. My perspective is different. We coined PPPT (people, policy, process, technology), and technology is last on purpose. It gives us a road map for everything we do."
Jackson's PPPT model is applied elsewhere inside Chevron, particularly with regulatory compliance projects. His group created a comprehensive set of policies and standards through a partnership with Chevron's audit organization, and created an internal consulting practice.
"I was brought in because my background was outside of IT," Jackson says. "Chevron wanted someone who could sell security to the organization. The big issue around cultural and behavioral changes is that we can't do it with technology alone, but through the hearts and minds of people. It won't happen until they figure out it's good for them to make a change."
Jackson's group has recently taken on additional responsibilities in the areas of privacy, record retention policies, export regulation compliance and intellectual property protection. Security is less a technology practice and more an overall risk management exercise.
"Rich is right on target. We share a common belief that our role is to enable and protect the business and not be the police force," Brock says.
"We have success when they seek us out rather than us chasing them down," he adds. "He's one of those new-generation CISOs who embody that new philosophy."
In the Driver's Seat
by Bill Brenner
Hans-Ottmar Beckmann
CISO and corporate executive director, Information Technology Centre
Volkswagen AG
Stress Reliever: Enjoys game hunting. Next stop: Tanzania in November.
Favorite geek site: No particular site; he focuses on GM's credit rating, sales and the price of oil.
You'd be amazed what Hans-Ottmar Beckmann sees when he sits behind the wheel. It's not the car's dashboard lighting up like an instrument panel, its six-speed transmission or its potential for blistering speeds. Rather, he sees an intersection of security and supply-chain management where every part, person and activity in the auto-mobile industry are numbered and tracked--an electronic highway, where cars can be remotely diagnosed and fixed. It's a world fueled by passion, efficiency and identity management.
As CISO of Volkswagen AG, it's a road Beckmann will be traveling for some time, as he embarks on an project to adopt a standard approach to ID management across Volkswagen's network. "Standardization is no easy task inside a worldwide company, with local requirements and different management attitudes," says Dieter Schacher, Volkswagen's former CIO. "[Hans-Ottmar] has never given up and has found suitable approaches almost every time."
Beckmann's milestones are impressive and include implementing user administration, provisioning, password management and business process workflow controls to regulate and monitor access to critical systems and processes. Globally, Volkswagen has more than 250 companies, 300,000 employees, 80,000 suppliers, and 200,000 dealers and repair personnel.
Beckmann is a man of "big ideas and a clear vision," says Somesh Singh, vice president and general manager of Houston-based BMC Software's identity management business unit. "He thinks of the possibilities a technology offers instead of being confined by today's problem and today's solution." Beckmann's vision is for vehicles to be tracked with an ID number, and for the vehicle's history to be available online. Says Singh, "Extend this concept to Volks-wagen's ability to remotely diagnose and fix those vehicles or allow the owner to upgrade software, and extend it to dealers and parts suppliers. The opportunity to change how vehicles are built, shipped and managed through their lifecycle is enormous."
When you consider all the computerized components of a car and the potential to fix problems remotely, extending ID management to cars is a no-brainer, Beckmann says. "ID management, based on authentication, authorization and audit, is not just about the user; it's the systems--the car," he says. "Our cars have about 50 computers inside with 100 megabytes of program code. It has its own network, so we have to make sure the right networks are in place, and you need authentication as part of that." There must be a concept to send encrypted data to the car so it can verify that the signature is actually coming from Volkswagen, he says. He hopes to have the system up and running in three years, but with seven brands that include the Audi, Lamborghini, Bentley and #, he expects a challenge akin to rebuilding an IT infrastructure.
The passion Beckmann puts into bettering ID management isn't limited to his role at Volkswagen. He has also helped to develop a federated identity management protocol for the European Automotive Society. "When it comes to ID management, it's very difficult to fix all the requirements under one umbrella," Beckmann says. "You have to design your security model, how you make things secure. You need a few bright people to talk to along the way. In every corner, you find a piece of security--software, hardware, etc.--and different people managing it. The challenge is to bring everything into one plan, find all the pieces and find what's missing."
It's a jigsaw puzzle where the technological part often falls into place more easily than the people part. "Technology is something you can predict," he says. "It's 20 percent technology and 80 percent people. The idea is to make them work in the same direction."
With more than 9,000 IT staffers and more than 2,000 applications (with 500 more under development), it's a mighty big jigsaw puzzle.
"It's a problem where we literally have to educate thousands of people and organize everything, but it's all fascinating," he says.
Rx for Success
by Susan Hildreth
|Health care
Patrick Heim
Vice president of enterprise security
McKesson Corp.
Stress Reliever: Enjoys biking and precision rifle shooting.
Favorite geek site: www.openbsd.org
Patrick Heim has a long list of daily issues--from project planning and budgeting to evaluating new tech- nologies--but what keeps him awake at night? Worms. Given that health care giant McKesson Corp. is the 16th largest industrial company in the U.S., with more than $80 billion in annual revenues, he has good reason to worry.
"As worms get smarter, they have a higher probability of causing significant damage to the corporation with more than 20,000 computer users," says Heim.
And he should know. The 35-year-old vice president of enter- prise security is known for his thoughtful analysis of security risks and his propensity for seeing new ones lurking on the horizon. It's an instinct honed by years spent in IT security at various companies, including eNetSecure and nCircle.
His career started as a security auditor for Ernst & Young, where he was engaged in ethical hacking. "You really gain a great degree of insight into the threats that are out there and the reality of these threats," he says. "It makes it less abstract once you've participated in ethical hacking, and helps you do a more realistic risk assessment in your work."
Of course, Heim wouldn't have been hired to ethically hack anything had he not already exhibited an expertise in that area. He had been tinkering with computers and modems since the age of 10, and had his first brush with the world of hacking when he and some friends found an unprotected area on a car dealership's system where, they discovered, they could submit orders for new cars. But, Heim is quick to add, they never actually submitted a bogus order.
Those hands-on experiences messing with code as a teenager and, later, hacking into systems for E&Y have helped him understand how fairly mundane security risks can bring down a corporate network.
"The biggest issue is the availability of systems. If we do a real analysis of what the domains of security are, you have confidentiality, integrity and availability. It's the availability of our environment that we need to really look out for more than anything else," he says.
His deep understanding of technology makes it easier for IT colleagues and subordinates at McKesson to hash out their technical concerns with him--which is something they cannot always count on being able to do with an executive.
As Gary Masters, manager of systems engineering at McKesson, explains, "He's a manager and leader, but he's also a very competent technician. He not only knows direction we need to take, he also understands the ramifications of the technology."
Of course, as the top IT security executive at McKesson, Heim must also be able to speak the language of business and management. With a master's degree in finance, Heim appreciates the business aspect of IT investments and can explain IT security risks in terms of their impact on the McKesson bottom line.
Justin Dolly, chief security officer at Macromedia and a colleague and friend of Heim, describes him as someone who can bridge the gap between IT and business. "The difficult things about security are being able to identify and weigh risks--what those risks could mean and which ones you can and cannot live with--and then explain those risks to high-level management to get buy-in from the top," says Dolly. "There are a lot of security guys out there who understand the ones and zeros, but few who have that understanding and can interact with the business side well."


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Sailors assigned to USS Constitution taught early U.S. Navy history to students at West Elementary School in West Seneca, N.Y., Sept. 10.
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Buffalo Navy Week is the seventh of eight Navy weeks Constitution Sailors are scheduled to participate in throughout 2012. Buffalo Navy Week will commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812 and The Star Spangled Banner with U.S. Navy ship visits and special events recognizing America's Navy for keeping the sea free for more than 200 years.
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Constitution is the world's oldest commissioned warship afloat and welcomes more than 500,000 visitors per year. She defended the sea lanes against threat from 1797 to 1855, much like the mission of today's Navy.
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An auction of ancient masks revered as sacred by a Native American tribe fetched more than 750,000 euros (US$980,900) on Friday, disappointing prominent opponents of the sale after a French court ruled it should go ahead.
The Hopi tribe of northeastern Arizona and supporters including the US ambassador to France and actor Robert Redford had urged the Paris auction house to suspend the sale due to the masks' cultural and religious significance.
However, the court rejected a motion from the tribe and Survival International, a non-government group representing its interests, arguing that it could only intervene to protect human remains or living beings.
The auction went ahead in front of a standing-room-only crowd, raising about 752,000 euros in pre-tax proceeds as collectors snapped up dozens of lots in a sale that lasted more than two hours.
The most expensive, a crow-mother mask, went for 160,000 euros.
A buyer who acquired four masks said he was delighted to be adding to his collection of Hopi artifacts.
"One day I might give some back," said the collector, who declined to be identified. "But if it had not been for collectors in the 19th century who contributed to the field of ethnology, there would very little knowledge of the Hopi."
Some disagreed. A man with Hopi origins studying in France was kicked out of the auction room for interrupting the sale with an angry speech. Several people trying to take photographs were also removed.
"We have lots of art that can be shared with other cultures, but not these," said Bo Lomahquahu, 25.
"Children aren't even supposed to see them," Lomahquahu said.
The Neret-Minet, Tessier and Sarrou auctioneers said their collection of masks, priced between US$2,000 and US$32,000 apiece, was assembled by "an amateur with assured taste" who lived in the US for three decades.
A spokeswoman for the auctioneers was not immediately available for comment.
"This decision is very disappointing," said Pierre Servan-Schreiber, the lawyer for Survival International, a London-based advocacy group. "Not everything is necessarily up for sale or purchase, and we need to be careful."
A chorus of opponents had weighed in on the dispute, arguing the Paris auction house should provide legal justification for selling the masks.
"To auction these would be in my opinion a sacrilege, a criminal gesture that contains grave moral repercussions," Robert Redford wrote in an open letter.
The US ambassador to France, Charles Rivkin, had urged the auctioneers to reconsider, saying in a statement late on Thursday: "A delay would allow the creators of these sacred objects the chance to determine their possible rights."
Rivkin, who said that the auction house had yet to provide the Hopi Tribe with essential information about the objects, voiced his dismay in a Twitter message.
"I am saddened to learn that the sacred Hopi cultural objects are being put out to auction in Paris today," he wrote.
The tribe's legal advocates had sued the auctioneers at the Drouot-Richelieu auction house in central Paris on grounds that auctioning the masks would cause the Hopi "profound hurt and distress."
Lawyer Quentin de Margerie bought mask 13, a design which mocks tourists, on behalf of Servan-Schreiber to give to the Hopi.
He told reporters few of the collectors understood the significance of the artifacts they were buying.