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Ready for GDPR? Learn about challenges and ways to comply
The GDPR comes into force 25 May 2018 and this will have a significant impact on the way in which organisations collect, process and share data. Companies that fail to prepare for the GDPR risk incurring hefty fines of 20m euros or 4% of world-wide revenues, whichever is greatest. As such all organisations need a strategy for GDPR. By implementing a structured approach through the use of cloud-based applications, organisations will be able to effectively achieve and maintain compliance.
In this webinar we will: explore the key provisions of GDPR, examine the challenges organisations are facing with the new rules, provide guidance for Risk Managers, Compliance Leaders and other IT Professionals on how to approach these challenges, then demonstrate how our cloud-based GDPR Applications Suite can provide effective solutions that ensure your business can achieve and maintain compliance.
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How to Understand and Build the Resilience of your Supply Chain
Jun 23 2020
57 mins
Craig Moores, Risk Advisory Practice Director & Matthew Davies, Product Marketing Director
Following on from our previous webinar 'Supplier Assurance Has Never Been More Important During Uncertain Times' we will be diving into the impacts and lessons learnt from COVID-19. This includes exploring the impacts on; fourth party risk, remote working, recovery planning and risk management.
To do this, our risk advisory expert will discuss his experience in managing effective vendor risk programs at large organisations during challenging times, including the 2008 crash.
The insight will be supported by the findings from SureCloud's free global supply chain research which is being undertaken by a variety of industries and organisational sizes. Our experts will be identifying the key trends within the supply chain and a view on how organisations can use this to gain a greater understanding of their organisational resilience.
Key takeaways include:
-Improving recovery planning to manage disruption
-The importance of assurance and risk management
-How to identify fourth party and risks to your organisation
-Benchmarking against other industries to understand where you match up
-Top tips to follow to future proof your supplier assurance program
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Supplier Assurance Has Never Been More Important During Uncertain Times
Apr 14 2020
59 mins
Alex Hollis, Services Director & Matthew Davies, Product Director
PLEASE NOTE: We have modified our vendor-risk webinar to reflect the current times. The presentation has been pushed back so we can prepare our key insight and research to help you feel confident in your third-party risk programme during COVID-19 and beyond.
The way we manage and rely on our suppliers has significantly transformed in recent weeks – we need to adapt as third-party risk has changed forever.
As noted in the Harvard Business Review, the importance of understanding your supply chain and fourth parties has never been more prevalent; 'The vast majority of global companies have no idea of what their risk exposure is; that's because few, if any, have complete knowledge of all the companies that provide services or parts to their direct suppliers.'
The effects of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID 19) has created a huge unknown to your third-party risk programme, and the risk exposure of your third and fourth parties is only just starting to be understood. So how do you manage the strain of this?
Join our Third-Party Risk experts, VP of Services and Product Director. They will take you through how to identify the impacts of (COVID-19) with a practical checklist and an emergency assessment for your suppliers. Alex and Matthew will also cover the importance of 360 vendor visibility, how to identify and manage your fourth party vendors, and integrating your TPRM program into your wider Risk and Compliance processes.
Key takeaways:
1. What should you be asking your suppliers about COVID-19
2. Why fourth parties are more important than ever to understand and how to identify and review them
3. The importance of linking your TPRM programme to wider Risk and Compliance processes
4. Leveraging wider technology to increase the visibility of third and fourth parties during times of crisis
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PCI 4.0 So What? How to Centre your PCI Programme Around your Business Objective
Jan 21 2020
53 mins
Craig Moores, Risk Advisory Practice Director
SureCloud will explore the challenges that organisations face when achieving and maintaining compliance with PCI DSS, with a particular focus on how organisations can design and deploy a programme that aligns with wider business objectives and embeds compliance activities into business operations.
With headlines focusing on the evolution of PCI DSS 4.0, our session will target all levels of stakeholder involvement in the management of PCI compliance. Using our experience of delivering compliance applications, as an Approved Scanning Vendor, a penetration testing provider and critically from the experience of our ex-QSAs, we will share some of the shortfall's that organisations have experienced, particularly focusing on the people, process and technologies critical in protecting an organisations' payment channels.
Craig is responsible for SureCloud's Risk Advisory Practice including engagement scoping, consultancy delivery and client relationships. Craig has experience in leading and delivering complex cyber security solutions aligned to strategic business objectives. Craig has broad cyber security experience including a strong technical, software development and project management background, with particular strengths in the areas of information risk management, PCI DSS, strategic planning and business auditing.
(The session will be structured around our case study organisation, Bananas to help bring this use case to life.)
Key session takeaways:
•Understand some of the business challenges that organisations face when implementing and maintaining a PCI compliance programme.
•Gain real-world insight into the compliance management shortfalls and lessons learned by other organisations.
•Reflect on how the next release of the PCI DSS 4.0 provides an opportunity for organisations.
•Learn how to gain visibility of compliance using metrics and automation.
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5 Minutes on IT Vendor Risk Management Tools I SureCloud
Dec 18 2019
6 mins
Alex Brown, Product Director
In this 5 minute round-up video, we discuss the Gartner 2019 Magic Quadrant on IT Vendor Risk Management Tools. Our Product Director explores how the quadrant comes together including the process of choosing the selected vendors. We discuss feedback from the report, SureCloud's position and solution which focuses on centralising, automating and generating.
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Looking Forward: What to Expect With PCI 4.0
Nov 14 2019
44 mins
Ben Dalton, Sr. GRC Technology Consultant & Craig Moores, Risk Advisory Practice Director
Compliance professionals around the world are eagerly awaiting more information about PCI's latest release to the Data Security Standards: PCI DSS 4.0. During this 30-minute webinar, we will review the timeline of the 4.0 release. Discuss findings from the 2019 RFC period draft release, highlight key changes that are coming with the revised framework, and discuss how SureCloud will help clients navigate these changes.
Key Takeaways:
•Overall Timeline for 4.0
•Draft Version & Request for Comment (October - November 2019)
•Changes to PCIDSS that are coming soon
•How SureCloud will empower clients to adapt to these changes
•Reflection on the recently released PCI DSS v4.0 Request for Comment draft
Ben has spent the majority of his career in the IT security & GRC industry—both on the product side as well as a practitioner. At the Walt Disney company, Ben implemented processes and technology to help streamline and automate the PCI compliance program at Disney Parks & Resorts.
Craig is responsible for SureCloud's Risk Advisory Practice including engagement scoping, consultancy delivery and client relationships. Craig has experience in leading and delivering complex cyber security solutions aligned to strategic business objectives. Craig has broad cyber security experience including a strong technical, software development and project management background, with particular strengths in the areas of information risk management, PCI DSS, strategic planning and business auditing.
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SMCR's Breakfast on Accountability vs Responsibility- The Chicken and the Pig
Nov 11 2019
47 mins
Michael Rasmussen, GRC Research Analyst GRC 20/20 & Matthew Davies, Product Marketing Director, SureCloud
How do you measure and understand the shift in culture and accountability that SMCR, and other accountability regulations, have on your organisation?
UK SMCR is a driving force around the world in accountability regulations. What started with the UK FCA has propagated itself in Australia BEAR, Ireland SEAR, Hong Kong MIC, and more. These accountability regulations are driving a fundamental shift in the culture of accountability for risk and compliance within financial services. Using the breakfast metaphor, we will illustrate the fundamental change for responsibility to accountability in a simple way. The chicken that delivers your eggs is interested in the meal, but the pig who becomes your bacon is committed to the breakfast.
This webinar delivers an understanding of the culture change and impact that accountability regulations, like SMCR, have on financial services organisations. Michael Rasmussen, of GRC 20/20 Research, will detail his findings and interactions with the culture change to accountability he sees from these regulations. SureCloud's Product Marketing Director will demonstrate how the SureCloud solution helps you to gain control of your SMCR requirements and report on your SMCR overall status.
Key takeaways:
-Understand the scope of accountability regulations that started with UK SMCR
-Articulate the difference between accountability and responsibility these regulations bring
-Monitor the cultural change of accountability in financial services organisations
-Identify best practices to embrace these regulations for culture change and impact
-Deliver an understanding of how technology makes UK SMCR more efficient, effective, and agile
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Are You Building Your Third-Party Risk Management Program Effectively?
Oct 24 2019
48 mins
Alex Hollis, Services Director (GRC), SureCloud
Get back to basics with SureCloud's Services Director (GRC) as he explores how to build a third-party risk management program from scratch, for a SME company, "Bananas". Alex demonstrates utilizing simple forms, built out on desktop software such as Excel Spreadsheets, to help you begin to gain control of your supply chain. Along the way, you will learn about the latest third-party breaches to have hit the news and the roles, and responsibilities behind managing an organisation's vendor-risk. Whether you're starting from scratch or want to brush up on your skills, make your third party program "a-peeling" with the help of SureCloud.
Key takeaways:
- The benefits for the business when implementing an effective TPRM program
- How to set a formal TPRM process using spreadsheets
- The challenges behind managing a TPRM program
- How to best manage C-Suite requests regarding suppliers
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Why you need Integrated Risk Management?
Sep 4 2019
39 mins
Kathleen Randall, EVP North America and Alex Brown, Product Director, SureCloud
Speakers: Kathleen Randall, EVP North America and Alex Brown, Product Director, SureCloud
Confused about Integrated Risk Management (IRM)? Want to understand why IRM is different from GRC? Need some help using Gartner's IRM Solutions Magic Quadrant to select suitable solutions?
Join Kathleen and Alex as they discuss the fundamentals behind Integrated Risk Management and give you a glimpse into the latest Gartner IRM Solutions Magic Quadrant showing how to use the research to short-list suitable vendors based on your requirements.
Key takeaways from the webcast include:
•What is IRM and who is the audience
•IRM Gartner Magic Quadrant 2019 revealed
•How to apply Magic Quadrant scoring to your tool evaluation
•Gartner's take on SureCloud
Kathleen Randall is responsible for SureCloud's North America division, including sales, marketing, services, and customer support. Kathleen was most recently a Senior Manager in Dell Technologies' RSA Archer GRC division, responsible for business strategy planning and market analysis.Prior to joining RSA, she was at Trustwave (acquired ControlPath GRC) and Deloitte. Kathleen's Risk management experience includes Cybersecurity, outsourced internal audit and attestation service experience in both IT and Business processes. She has earned her CISSP, CISA and GSNA certifications.
Alex Brown oversees the definition and delivery of all SureCloud's product solutions across both GRC and Cybersecurity. Alex previously held senior product management positions at US-based technology companies; Veritas Technologies and Symantec, where he helped bring numerous information management, software and SaaS, solutions to market across EMEA, the Americas and Asia Pacific.
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Are you ready for SMCR?
May 21 2019
60 mins
SureCloud, Product Director, Alex Brown and Baringa, Senior Managers, Stephen Humphreys and Edouard Bassil
The Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR) presents some unique challenges to any financial services organization with the focus being on protecting consumers' interests. With the implementation date set for December 2019, the countdown is on. In this webinar Baringa's Senior Managers, Stephen Humphreys and Edouard Bassil will be discussing how FCA regulated firms should be preparing before the deadline. SureCloud's Product Director, Alex Brown, will demonstrate how a suitable solution can operationalize your process and aid your compliance journey.
The session will address key questions such as:
•What actually are reasonable steps? Do I need a paper factory?
•Can I be compliant by implementing a few new templates and input from a few people part-time?
•Where are my biggest implementation risks? What might I get wrong?
•How do I get value from the regime and my implementation approach?
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How to Develop Effective Information Gathering for Third Parties
Mar 28 2019
57 mins
Alex Hollis
Two-thirds of data breaches occur due to an insecure or poorly managed third-party relationship. Gaining control over your network of vendors is a critical risk activity. Join Alex Hollis, SureCloud's GRC Practice Director as he discusses efficient and effective information gathering from third parties.
The session will cover:
•How to evaluate your information needs
•Prioritizing, planning and structuring the information gathering
•Use of categorization, tiering and risk scoring
•Building the question library
•Reducing the manual administrative burden from the system
•Reducing "assessment fatigue" - The human element of answering questions
Alex has over 16 years' experience in IT, mobile technology and software development. He has spent the last seven years specializing in governance, risk, and compliance (GRC).
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How to integrate Business Risk and IT Risk
Nov 27 2018
49 mins
Alex Hollis, GRC Practice Director SureCloud
Many governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) projects fail because they're deployed to support a specific compliance need or to meet the requirements of a specific department. In this webinar, SureCloud's GRC Practice Director will discuss taking an integrated Risk Management approach, connecting Business Risk and IT Risk.
The session will cover:
• The challenges Integrated Risk Management (IRM) causes
• Outlining how operational and IT Risk must work together
• An approach for creating a model within your own business with the right GRC technology
• The benefits of integration for internal communication and the relationships within your business
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GDPR Compliance - What should organisations be doing now?
Apr 25 2018
46 mins
SureCloud CEO Richard Hibbert and COO Nick Rafferty
Key takeaways
• Key concepts and obligations
• Principles of data processing and transparency
• What organisations need to do to prepare for the GDPR?
• What organisations need to do to implement a GDPR Compliance Program
We will also provide a demonstration of SureCloud GDPR Suite that help organisations to achieve and maintain compliance with the regulation.
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Got budget? Building the business case for your 2018 GDPR project
Nov 16 2017
45 mins
Terry Blake, SureCloud, Nick Rafferty, SureCloud, Michael Rasmussen, GRC 20/20
The deadline to comply with the European Union General Data Protection Regulation is May 25, 2018. Non-compliance could result in hefty fines to your company and impact your ability to do business in the EU. With calendar year budget planning now underway, this webinar will help you build the case to fund your GDPR project and gain alignment within your organization. You'll also get a demo of the Cloud-based SureCloud GDPR Suite. Deadline-driven demand will surely drive costs up so the time to act is now to secure both your funding and resources.
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GDPR - How to embrace PCI's big brother
Aug 23 2017
44 mins
Chief Operations Officer, Nick Rafferty & Head of GRC, Oliver Vistisen
If your organization stores, processes and transmits cardholder data, PCI's big brother - the EU General Data Protection Regulation - could affect your ability to do business in the EU.
Impacted PCI US companies may have EU residents as employees or customers.
The GDPR has become a primary item on most organizations' agenda this past year, yet a disproportionate amount of focus has fallen on the fines that are set to come in force May 25, 2018.
We want to take a more optimistic look at the regulation, why it came to be and how it can be a massive opportunity to strengthen your reputation and (re)gain customer confidence. We will also look at how the implementation and ongoing maintenance of compliance can be addressed through an analytical approach to the Articles themselves; the rules of the regulation.
What attendees will learn:
• How US ecommerce and other companies involved in payment card transactions can be impacted by the GDPR.
• Why the world's most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data.
• Why the GDPR is far more than a simple check-box compliance exercise.
•Why the GDPR is a massive opportunity in disguise for organizations who take it seriously.
•How the GDPR aims to change company culture by turning risk assessments on their head.
•An analytical breakdown of the GDPR Articles that uncovers those that are applicable to your organization, and how to tackle these through a risk based approach.
•Key areas of focus for any GDPR program based on personal and client feedback.
•How to effectively implement GDPR by expanding upon existing compliance programs and management systems (ISO 27001).
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Let the countdown begin: What does the GDPR mean for US companies?
May 25 2017
60 mins
Stephen Bailey, Head of Privacy at NCC Group, Terry Blake, SureCloud EVP – North America, and Nick Rafferty, SureCloud COO.
Exactly one year from the date of this webinar, the General Data Protection Regulation will take effect in the European Union. The GDPR applies to any organization that stores, processes or transfers the personal data of residents within the EU. It includes organizations located in and outside the EU. Non-compliance can result in fines of more than $20 million or 4% of worldwide revenues, whichever is greater. A recent survey found an alarming percentage of US-based companies are planning to reduce their presence in Europe or exit the European Union altogether rather than deal with the GDPR. Instead of tossing up their hands over the GDPR and going home, strategic US companies can follow the defined steps and adopt software solutions that can bring certainty to these uncertain times. In fact, they see another company's exit from the EU as a potential opportunity to gain share. The good news is that you're not too late in getting started to meet the GDPR deadline. But as the countdown begins, urgency escalates. The time to act is now.
In this webinar, you will learn:
What the GDPR means for you
How to get started on your journey to compliance
How the SureCloud GDPR Applications Suite can help you gain and demonstrate compliance and continuously improve your performance
Agenda includes plenty of time to address your questions.
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Third Party Risk: Gaining certainty amid a web of global relationships
Apr 6 2017
56 mins
Michael Rasmussen, GRC Analyst at GRC 20/20 and SureCloud's COO, Nick Rafferty
In today's interconnected world, organizations struggle to adequately govern risk in third party business relationships. Over half of the organization's insiders are no longer traditional employees. Insiders now include suppliers, vendors, outsourcers, service providers, contractors, subcontractors, consultants, temporary workers, agents, brokers, dealers, intermediaries, and more. Third party problems are the organization's problems that directly impact brand, reputation, compliance, strategy, and risk to the organization.
Join Michael Rasmussen, The GRC Pundit of GRC 20/20, and Nick Rafferty, SureCloud COO, to get an expert view of the challenges companies face and how to gain certainty amid an uncertain web of complex, global relationships.
In this webinar you will learn:
Why fragmented approaches to third party governance are doomed to fail
How inadequate resources can't keep up with growing risk and regulations
How document, spreadsheet and email-centric approaches lack current-state analyses and audit trails
Amid a challenging environment, what to do today by defining a strategy and adopting a single-version-of-the-truth software solution.
How SureCloud's unique GRC Platform and its Third Party Risk Manager Application can strengthen your assessment process
Agenda includes plenty of time to address your questions.
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Data Transfers under the EU GDPR - do you need to comply?
Mar 15 2017
60 mins
GDPR Expert at White & Case LLP, Tim Hickman and CEO Richard Hibbert at SureCloud
Many organisations transfer personal data across borders to both EU and non-EU recipients. The EU General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") imposes strict rules about how such data should be transferred, and applies to many unsuspecting non-EU organisations.
Join Tim Hickman, GDPR Expert at White & Case LLP and Richard Hibbert, SureCloud CEO, to get the legal perspective on personal data transfers under the GDPR, and practical guidance on how this issue affects your business.
In this webinar we will:
Explain what constitutes a data transfer (you may be surprised).
Identify the different types of data transfer (e.g., internal transfers within a corporate group; external transfers to service providers; etc.) and examine the implications for businesses.
Examine the pros and cons of each data transfer mechanism (example consent, adequacy, Model Clauses, Binding Corporate Rules, etc.).
Provide hints and tips on how organisations can prepare for data transfers under the EU GDPR.
Discuss how SureCloud GDPR Suite can help you achieve compliance with data transfer regulations
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Ready for GDPR? Learn about challenges and ways to comply
Feb 1 2017
45 mins
CEO Richard Hibbert & Head of Products, Oliver Vistisen
The GDPR comes into force 25 May 2018 and this will have a significant impact on the way in which organisations collect, process and share data. Companies that fail to prepare for the GDPR risk incurring hefty fines of 20m euros or 4% of world-wide revenues, whichever is greatest. As such all organisations need a strategy for GDPR. By implementing a structured approach through the use of cloud-based applications, organisations will be able to effectively achieve and maintain compliance.
In this webinar we will: explore the key provisions of GDPR, examine the challenges organisations are facing with the new rules, provide guidance for Risk Managers, Compliance Leaders and other IT Professionals on how to approach these challenges, then demonstrate how our cloud-based GDPR Applications Suite can provide effective solutions that ensure your business can achieve and maintain compliance.
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[Security Strategy] Risk Manager for IRAM2 Application
Nov 17 2016
46 mins
COO, Nick Rafferty & Head of Products, Oliver Vistisen
SureCloud has worked with key ISF community members to develop an application (Risk Manager for IRAM2) that helps to consolidate the IRAM2 risk assessment process.
This application complements the ISF's world class methodology that help risk practitioners as well as other business and technology leaders to apply a simple, practical, rigorous approach to managing risks.
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Policy-driven, Risk-based Security
May 11 2016
19 mins
Audrey Gilchrist - GRC Team Leader at SureCloud and Amanda Ewing - Security Assurance Manager at Dentsu Aegis Network
Policy is the corner stone of any risk-based security programme. Policies are put in place not only to govern the way organisations operate, but also to mitigate risks, and as such require board level backing and sign-off. Yet when it comes to security programmes information risk, both internally and externally, is often presented in terms un-meaningful to the board of directors. Using real world example, this session will present a model for effective risk-based security that engages senior executives.
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SureCloud provides Cloud-based GRC Applications and Cybersecurity Services that help our customers achieve an integrated approach to managing their risk, compliance and information security. The SureCloud Platform is simple but powerful technology that gives our customers a single source to view and manage GRC and cybersecurity processes from anywhere in the world. Our customers benefit from automating formerly spreadsheet-driven processes but increasingly from addressing strategic initiatives such as the EU GDPR, ISO 27001, IRAM2, NIST, PCI and others.
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Friday, July 23, 2010
I Am Still Here!
Yes, I am still here, stressful days at the moment, this is my busiest time of year, which partly explains lack of posts and comments on your fabulous blogs.
What can I say, everyone is on holiday in Europe at the moment. With so many Summer guests to cater for (which I love but does not give me much time!) I am once again running round like a headless chicken, whilst of course being charming. Cooking, cleaning, mowing, etc. Everyone in France has gone on holiday including my local ironing service in the local town which means I am knee deep in sheets and pillow cases, I am crap at ironing sheets but it has to be done.
The weather here in the Pyrenees is erratic it's either boiling hot or stormy, making the temperature drop twenty degrees, oh Joy we don't know where we are. Added to that windows seven is proving totally incompatible with our computer, I am currently screaming at the computer whilst it hangs and continuously does things it shouldn't MG has resorted to the laptop, which means I don't get a look in. Bill Gates, hang your head in shame! I am now looking into buying a MAC as am totally fed up with Microsoft.
Apologies for this giant whinge, am going to try my damndest to resume normal service soon.
Posted by Dash at 11:07 PM 22 comments:
Labels: stress
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Bastille Day
It's Bastille day in France, here are some of my favourite images, celebrating France and the French...
Robert Doisneau
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Josephine Baker with her pet cheetah, Paris
Edith Piaf
Jean Cocteau
Coco Chanel
Christian Dior
Yves Saint Laurent
Train Wreck, Gare Montparnasse
Citroen 2CV
Audrey Hepburn, Funny Face
Brigitte Bardot, Cannes
Alain Delon
Catherine Deneuve, for Louis Vuitton
Beatrice Dalle, Betty Blue
Emanuelle Beart
Dom Perignon
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Sunday, July 11, 2010
A Bit Random
God it's been hot, I know from many other bloggers from New York to London and here in France, the Western Hemisphere is positively sizzling!
Once again I have been neglecting my blog, frankly I have had loads to do, not helped by the lethargy making heat and the fact that my computer is located in the hottest part of the house I cannot post when my brain is overheating.
MG went off to the 'Le Mans Classic' on Thursday with the boys! Reports via the girlfriends and wives network have filtered through of some very laddish behaviour involving drunkenness, (hardly surprising if the vast amount of whisky consumption rumours are true) irresponsibility and nudity! Boys will be boys!
Meanwhile I have been left to do all the work another lot of guests arrived on Saturday, so guess what, I have been mowing, gardening, cleaning, ironing and making up beds severely hampered by the extreme humid heat. When I haven't been doing that I have been taking cold showers and been prostrate on the sofa with a large fan directed at my glowing body! (horses sweat, men perspire and ladies glow).
Once again I have been neglecting my blog, frankly I have had loads to do, not helped by the lethargy making heat and the fact that my computer is located in the hottest part of the house I cannot post when my brain is overheating.
MG went off to the 'Le Mans Classic' on Thursday with the boys! Reports via the girlfriends and wives network have filtered through of some very laddish behaviour involving drunkenness, (hardly surprising if the vast amount of whisky consumption rumours are true) irresponsibility and nudity! Boys will be boys!
One of the boys went by bike, Crusoe decided to try it out for size
"Ooh I can smell chorizo, it appears to be coming from this chrome box"!
Meanwhile I have been left to do all the work another lot of guests arrived on Saturday, so guess what, I have been mowing, gardening, cleaning, ironing and making up beds severely hampered by the extreme humid heat. When I haven't been doing that I have been taking cold showers and been prostrate on the sofa with a large fan directed at my glowing body! (horses sweat, men perspire and ladies glow).
These are some of the tools of my trade, located just outside our potting shed
The pay off, Campsis providing much needed shade over the Gazebo
I have decided I need a Femme de Menage (housekeeper) to help me, preferably a nice cheery lady from the village, I am not very good at delegating as I am a bit of a perfectionist but boy I could use some help, sometimes running a large five bedroomed property, with a big garden overwhelms me, the work is never finished it just goes on and on.
This is not me, it is my ideal Femme de Menage!
I have been dreaming of holidays, I spend so much time ensuring everything is perfect for our guests that I don't switch off, one of the joys of holidays is you don't have to worry about 'sorting that cupboard out' or organising an impromptu dinner party for eight.
MG recently muted Corsica as a possible destination, sometime later in the Summer, I was delighted, we went there about nine years ago....
Calanche de Piana Corsica
When we were living in Paris we took a month out to do a big road trip round France, mainly this was a much needed break for MG who had been working solidly for four years in Paris and needed a break also it was an excuse for him to test his new sports car.
'The Moors Head' Corsican National Emblem
'The Corsicans want to see well, liberty shall follow the torch of philosophy and we shall not be scared by the light'
MG had said he always wanted to go to Corsica as he had heard it was beautiful, we were visiting Belle Mere who lives in Provence, we decided to go to Corsica for a couple of days, we could get the overnight ferry from Toulon To Bastia, Belle Mere was very dubious, she does not really like the Corsican's, they have quite a reputation, bandits, bombs etc. They are fiercely independent islanders trying to hold on to their culture, they are now governed by France, in order to pacify them, the French government give them tax concessions (I think this is why they have a bad reputation with French mainlanders).
Calanche de Piana Corsica
Well wow, I am quite well travelled, without doubt this is the most beautiful place I have ever visited, a couple of days turned into ten, we drove round the entire island the scenery changes every twenty miles or so, some parts are purely Mediterranean, other parts reminded me of Scotland, Cornwall, The Alps, God if I was a location manager in the film industry, I would just shoot in Corsica, it has everything.
These three images are all of Bonifacio, situated on Corsica's southern tip, on a clear day you can see the Northern coastline of Sardinia, Corsica's neighbouring Italian governed rival.
The road trip we took round Corsica was amazing, we went in June we had not pre booked anywhere, so we were relying on our 'Chambre d'hotes Corsica guide' just tipping up somewhere, they always had a room to spare, on one occasion MG left me in the car whilst he went into a small hotel, after half an hour of waiting I went in to see what had happened to him, the owner was plying him with his home made wine, they were a Corsican couple, warm and lovely, of course they had a room! after an evening of heavy drinking and a lot of singing, (Corsican's like singing!) we were directed to a very cosy, rustic room, we had one hell of hangover the next day, but it is an experience I will never forget and totally dispels the myth that Corsican's are hostile and unfriendly, I think at this point I might add that Napoleon was Corsican and that Corsicans experience great longevity they put this down to lot's of drinking, good women, good men, good food and smoking, most Corsicans and Sardinians live well into their hundreds.
Next three pictures show three of the hundreds of beaches, in Corsica, some hidden gems, coves with nobody on them just waiting for you and that necessary dip in the cooling sea
And others, like this beach in Calvi, still wonderful, not overrun but offering sun loungers, parasols and waiter service,
One of my favourite places in Corsica was Calvi, situated on the North West of the Island, I remember watching these amazing super yachts coming in, they were too big to get into the port, we were watching this whilst having dinner at one of the many alfresco restaurants in Calvi, we asked the waiter about these yachts, he told us "Oh that is Valentino and his friends, many fashion designers come every year, they prefer it here to St Tropez or Monaco, they have privacy here and take inspiration from the beauty of the island".
Valentinos Yatch, TM, 'The Blue One', not sure where this photo is shot, but it's not Corsica
Of course the next day MG hired a jet ski we explored the beautiful coastline, and took a dip in the azure sea, but we could not resist getting up close and personal to Valentino's yatch, we did not see him but we did see his crew and his pugs, we waved his crew waved back and that was it, sadly no invitation for early evening cocktails!
We also explored the Fango valley, just south of Calvi we discovered an old derelict olive farm, with great potential, we were planning what we could with it if we could purchase it, just one of those holiday dreams!
Fango Valley, Corsica
Other highlights of the holiday was MG's racing driver abilities, some of the roads in central Corsica are very treacherous on one occasion we were negotiating a narrow mountain pass when a coach appeared, the coach was not budging so MG had to reverse, I closed my eye's tight, if I had have opened them, all I would have seen was a sheer, rocky drop into the Mediterranean, phew we made it, another reason why MG loves Corsica so much is the fact they have a major rally circuit, on another occasion he was challenged to an impromptu rally drive through a forest, yes with me as passenger, clinging on for dear life, the other driver had the advantage of knowing the terrain, even though I was petrified MG did a Stirling job, thank God he is an excellent driver with great reflexes.
Early evening in Calvi
Infinity pool somewhere in Corsica, that will do nicely
Oh I hope we go back, as you can see from my enthusiasm I love it, MG wants to do car things, but he could just drop me off at a beach or in Calvi and we could meet up later for cocktails.
I also have to add that McDonald's is banned in Corsica and buildings cannot exceed four stories, now that has to be a good thing...
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If you know me at all, you know I LOVE zipper pouches! Since all the fabric is still out from my Octopus Tote Bag, I thought I would sew up a few pouches. They sew up super fast. I made 2 versions and I will explain them both below.
"My Favorite Zipper Pouch" This is modified from my tutorial posted here. Follow those instructions except for these changes:
Use the same measurements for the outer bag and the lining (9'x 6.5") This bag is canvas so omit the fusible fleece.
For the accent strip, cut (2) 3" x 9" and press edges to the center.
I used basting spray to hold the folded edges in place.
Pin the accent strip 3.5" from the top and make sure it's straight. Topstitch both sides of the accent strip onto the canvas pieces. Do this on the front and back pieces.
Prepare the appliqué by tracing the octopus pattern HERE on Heat n Bond Lite. Iron to the wrong side of the fabric. Cut on the pattern line.
Position the octopus as placed above. I like to use an open foot like this Bermina #20 when sewing around my images. It lets me see the image better. Sew around the octopus twice with a straight stitch. I had some fabric with words on it and sewed the word strip on.
Once the bag front and back are finished, sew the bag together as in the tutorial here. I added a swivel lobster clasp to the side. Also, when notching the bottom corners, instead of a 1.5" square, use a 1.25" square.
Version 2 Rounded Zipper Pouch
This zipper pouch is super easy - there is no lining and no zipper tabs which means you can make it in about 15 minutes! The weight of the canvas gives it enough strength.
Cut (2) rectangles from the canvas 5.5" x 7.5"
Using a bowl or plate, round the bottom two corners of the 2 rectangles.
Using basting spray, place one of the bag pieces to the wrong side of your fabric. Spray in place. Cut around the bag shape. This is now your bag back.
Applique the octopus on the bag in the same manner as the first zipper pouch.
These are the two bag pieces.
Lay the zipper in between the bag pieces, right side up like this:
With the zipper pull in the center of the bag, trim off the excess zipper. Place bag front and bag back right sides together. Pin. Sew using 1/4" seams. Zig zag the edges so they won't fray.
Turn right side out and press.


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Policy needed to govern access to personal information in case of legal probes.
The Veterans Affairs Department does not plan to allow its employees to use their own tablet computers or smartphones at work until it resolves legal issues over access to personal data stored on the devices, a VA official told reporters at a media briefing Wednesday.
Acting Chief Information Officer Stephen Warren said VA does not plan to approve a bring your own device policy until officials address whether inspectors general or other investigators have a right to personal information on personal tablets or phones. VA needs to determine, "What are my rights as a private individual and what are my rights as a VA employee?" to both personal and public information stored on the same device, Warren said.
VA also must decide what type of computer and communications equipment it furnishes to its roughly 300,000 employees as it moves toward a mobile environment, Warren said. VA currently supplies employees with a mix of desktop and laptop computers and cell phones and BlackBerry phones. It has 500 Apple iPads in pilot tests.
In the future, VA employees should not expect to have multiple computers, tablets or phones for work, as each comes with licensing costs, Warren said. Employees will be furnished with the computer equipment best suited to their job, he said.
Last Thursday, VA awarded contracts valued at $5.3 billion over five years to provide desktop and laptop computers, tablets and network gear.
In June 2012, then-VA CIO Roger Baker predicted that within five or six years, VA would no longer furnish employees with computers. Instead, BYOD programs would replace department supplied equipment.
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2010 Investor Day: UBS updates investors on progress and reconfirms medium-term targets
UBS will provide an update today on the progress it has made since the announcement of its strategy at the 2009 Investor Day.
See www.ubs.com/investorday for more information, slide presentations are available at 9:30 a.m. GMT / 10:30 a.m. CET. The live webcast begins at 10:00 a.m. GMT / 11:00 a.m. CET.
London, 16 November 2010 - At UBS's 2010 Investor Day in London, UBS will reconfirm its medium-term targets, to be achieved within the three to five year period outlined at last year's Investor Day. The Group Executive Board members from each business division will provide an update and outline their plans for achieving these medium-term targets.
The following members of the Group Executive Board will be presenting:
Oswald J. Grübel (CEO)
John Cryan (CFO), Finance
Phil Lofts (CRO), Risk
Carsten Kengeter (CEO), Investment Bank
John Fraser (CEO), Global Asset Management
Bob McCann (CEO), Wealth Management Americas
Jürg Zeltner (CEO), Wealth Management
Lukas Gähwiler (CEO), Swiss Retail & Corporate
UBS CEO Oswald Grübel states: "Our Investor Day will demonstrate that UBS has made substantial progress in transforming the firm and in delivering on its strategy. Our businesses have taken great strides, and we will not rest until this progress is fully reflected in our financial performance."
Further, he comments: "UBS today is built on its distinctive strengths and is regaining client trust. We believe that we are on track with the transformation of our business and we confirm our medium-term targets outlined last year. Today's presenters will show what their priorities are in their respective businesses and functions."
Overview new disclosure
New disclosure Wealth Management
Between CHF 15 – 40 billion of UBS's invested assets may be affected by potential changes to European double taxation treaties with Switzerland.
Investor Day is expected to end around 4 p.m. GMT / 5 p.m. CET.
Dominik von Arx
Tel: +44(0) 207 568 24 39
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With the introduction of Ancestry.com's Family Tree Maker 3 for the Mac, genealogy software on the Apple OS X machines in moving into the mainstream. This introduction comes close on the heels of the upgraded Heredis 2014 for the Mac. There is still the Reunion 10 program that has been around since 1984, probably putting it into a category all its own. I am not aware of too many programs that have been around that long and are still selling. There is also Mac Family Tree. These are the more commercialized software products available, but there are also a number of lesser known programs including iFamily, Genealogy Pro, and Osk.
If you counted up all of the Windows based genealogy programs, you would have dozens, especially if you included all of the shareware and free programs.
Heredis and Mac Family Tree have introduced a new aspect to Macintosh based genealogy software; promotional advertising. For too many years the OS X operating system has been treated like a stepchild as far as genealogy software is concerned. I have never seen any of the above products sponsor any genealogy conference with the exception of Ancestry.com's participation in the very large conferences. I get questioned all the time about whether there is genealogy software on the Mac. Many of the people asking the question have been told that there is not. Most Mac users end up running the Windows genealogy software in emulation.
This low level of visibility, coupled with few (up until now) offerings, have made the Mac genealogy software all but invisible. For this reason, I see the recent ads by Heredis, Family Tree Maker and Mac Family Tree to be important steps. Now, if they would just start participating in the greater genealogical community and attend a few conferences, they might just come out of the shadows.
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Mac Genealogy Software becoming Ubiquitous
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Color it ready -- Webb Telescope instrument now at Goddard
The cosmos is filled with color, and color is a key in determining age, chemical composition and how far objects are from Earth. To help identify these colors and objects the James Webb Space Telescope will be using a spectrograph called NIRSpec. Recently, the engineering test unit for the Webb telescope's Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) instrument arrived at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. from its manufacturer in Germany for preliminary testing.
"A spectrograph is an instrument that separates light into a spectrum," said Bernie Rauscher of NASA Goddard. "One example of a spectrograph that most folks know about is a chandelier (or diamond ring). When sunlight shines through it, it breaks it up into colors. NIRSpec analyzes those colors from deep space to help us solve mysteries." Rauscher is the Principal Investigator for the NIRSpec Detector Subsystem and the Deputy Project Scientist of the Webb's Integrated Science Instrument Module (ISIM).
The NIRSpec instrument will be the principal spectrographic instrument on-board the Webb telescope.
The components that make up NIRSpec will be sensitive to infrared wavelengths from the most distant galaxies and will be capable of obtaining spectra of more than 100 objects in the cosmos simultaneously. Determining an object's spectra is important, because it will help scientists determine the age, chemical composition and distances of faint galaxies. These measurements are key to unraveling the history of galaxy formation in the early Universe - one of the primary science goals of the Webb mission.
One unique technology in the NIRSpec that enables it to obtain those 100 simultaneous spectra is a micro-electromechanical system called a "microshutter array." NIRSpec's microshutter cells, each approximately as wide as a human hair, have lids that open and close when a magnetic field is applied. Each cell can be controlled individually, allowing it to be opened or closed to view or block a portion of the sky. It is this adjustability that allows the instrument to do spectroscopy on so many objects simultaneously. Because the objects NIRSpec will be looking at are so far away and so faint, the instrument needs a way to block out the light of nearer bright objects. Microshutters operate similarly to people squinting to focus on an object by blocking out interfering light.
NASA Goddard has a lot invested in the NIRSpec. Goddard built NIRSpec's detector and microshutter systems. EADS/Astrium is the European Space Agency's (ESA) prime contractor for the overall NIRSpec instrument. The prototype instrument was integrated and tested at Astrium's facility in Munich, Germany, before being shipped to Goddard.
Now that it has arrived at Goddard, the NIRSpec engineering test unit will go through pre-integration testing with the ISIM, which acts as a "chassis" to the Webb telescope observatory. Along with the other instruments, NIRSpec will be fitted into the ISIM, which is also currently at Goddard. The engineering test unit reproduces the physical, thermal, electrical and optical (up to the Micro-Shutter Array unit) properties of the flight model.
The James Webb Space Telescope is the next-generation premier space observatory, exploring deep space phenomena from distant galaxies to nearby planets and stars. The Webb Telescope will give scientists clues about the formation of the universe and the evolution of our own solar system, from the first light after the Big Bang to the formation of star systems capable of supporting life on planets like Earth.
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I have decided to put in my two-cents of what I think about the kindle and other e-reader type electronics:
If you like 'em, great. Personally I wouldn't want one (though it would be handy to get books faster and cheaper). I wouldn't be able to bring it to school, and the squareness of it would be uncomfortable.
You see, the way I read at home is I curl around the book. My favorite reading spot is on my couch upstairs. I don't lay back, instead I sit up with my legs bent so the spine of the book fits perfectly on my legs. I usually lean my head against the back cushion of the couch with my chin down the read the book and my arms slung over my knees. Doing that with a solid rectangle would be uncomfortable and weird, especially since I'd have to move every few minutes to change pages.


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On a recent spring morning, Harold Ford Jr. found himself in a minor traffic jam on a winding, hilly road in rural Robertson County, Tennessee. Up ahead, a truck was depositing a double- wide house at its new address on a grassy roadside patch. This is Bush territory—the president carried the county by 22 percent in 2004. Both culturally and geographically, it is a long way from Memphis, Ford's home and political base.
Ford was making a series of campaign stops that day. At the first, a YMCA, he tried to greet a burly middle-aged man in a clammy hallway. "Harold Ford, nice to see you!" he said. With a grunt, the man dropped his eyes, lowered his shoulder like a running back hitting an open hole, and marched onward. Ford sidled up to me and lowered his voice. "This is a very heavily Republican county," he said wearily.
The same goes for much of Tennessee, and Ford's weariness is understandable. He could hardly have more riding on his shoulders. To regain control of the Senate, Democrats need to pick up six seats on November 7. Given the GOP's malaise and the particulars of various races, a four- or five-seat Democratic pickup looks quite plausible. Getting over the hump and retaking the Senate, however, will be a mightier challenge—and Ford's could be the make-or-break race. "I think if there's a really, really big night for the Democrats, Tennessee is the key state," says Charlie Cook, editor of the nonpartisan Cook Political Report. "If Republicans can hold Tennessee, they hold on to the Senate. And if Democrats can win Tennessee, they win the Senate."
For Ford, the stakes are more personal. Should he win, he will become the first African-American senator from the old Confederacy since Reconstruction. He will also take a grand step toward fulfilling the sky-high expectations that greeted him when he arrived in Congress a decade ago—expectations that, by some accounts, he has yet to match. Ford's candidacy is a kind of daredevil stunt. If he pulls it off, he'll be showered in glory as a Democrat—a black Democrat, no less—who, at the still-tender age of thirty-six, managed to pick the red-state lock. But by running for the Senate, Ford is surrendering a House seat that he could likely have kept for a long, comfortable Washington career. And should he lose, one of the most extravagantly hyped political careers of the past decade could grind to a halt.
As Ford stumped in Robertson County, it was often hard to tell which party he calls home. In speeches about the budget deficit, gas prices, and chaos in Iraq, Ford avoided party labels. He rarely mentioned George W. Bush's name—and when he did, it was usually to criticize Bush from the right. Meeting with firefighters, Ford complained that Bush's immigration plan was, in effect, too liberal because it offers "amnesty" to illegal aliens. Speaking before YMCA board members, he bragged that he has never voted for an unbalanced budget. And when a high-school student asked him about gay marriage, Ford didn't hesitate: "I grew up in a way where guys don't get married. I'm just not into that," he said.
At times, Ford sounded like a third-party, pox-on-both-houses populist. "I see it in Washington every day. All those big jokers talking, and nothing happens," he vented to the firefighters. "You've got a bunch of cowards in Congress." Had Ross Perot inhabited the body of a young black man?
Of course, this approach may be Ford's only hope for winning a Senate seat in Tennessee. Although Democrats were competitive in this state not too long ago—Bill Clinton carried it twice, and Democrats held both Senate seats in the early 1990s—in the past decade or so, Tennessee has turned against them in federal elections. In 2000, Al Gore suffered the rare humiliation of losing his home state. Tennessee has become a case study in the migration to the GOP of southern voters who feel alienated from Democrats over "values" issues like guns, abortion, and gay rights.
Yet these are grim days for Republicans, even in the South. An April 2006 SurveyUSA poll showed Bush's Tennessee approval rating at an anemic 42 percent. Local factors are on Ford's side, too. Three Republicans—none considered terribly formidable—are currently fighting out a Senate primary likely to leave the winner bloodied and impoverished. According to Cook, this may be the best chance since the 1980s for a Democrat to win a Senate seat in Tennessee. But here's the problem: this may be the worst time in Tennessee politics to be named "Ford."
Ford followed a gilded path into politics. His father, Harold Ford Sr., was a liberal Memphis congressman for twenty-two years. When his father retired in 1996, "Junior," as he's often called, ran for his dad's seat and won. He was just twenty-six, but he was primed for great things. "I have been training for this since I was a kid," he would say. Ford had grown up in Washington, where he attended the elite St. Albans School, and then went on to the University of Pennsylvania. Months after his graduation from University of Michigan Law School, Ford was in Congress. Washington received him as an heir to Bill Clinton's then-ascendant brand of Democratic centrism—Ford had broken sharply with his father's liberalism—and the Capitol buzzed over his Clintonian ability to charm voters and the press. His arrival was celebrated in a long New York Times Magazine profile that placed him on the national political map.
His House career, however, has been less charmed. Some Democrats say Ford has been a disappointment, a political climber less interested (and less distinguished) in legislative accomplishment than in cultivating his own image. Some of his star turns have irritated fellow Democrats. Ford won the prized slot as keynote speaker at the 2000 Democratic convention—the very slot that would make Barack Obama so famous four years later. But Gore campaign aides disliked his speech and, after finding him obstinate about changing it, bumped him out of prime time. "It's about lack of discipline," says a Democratic operative who has worked with Ford, noting that he is famously late to meetings, or absent altogether. Thus some were put off when Ford mounted an audacious 2002 bid for House Democratic leader. Ford presented himself as a pro–Iraq War, centrist alternative to the liberal Nancy Pelosi, but he was crushed, by a 177–29 vote.
Yet all presumably will be forgiven if Ford wins come November. And that's the goal that he's been pursuing, with a startling single-mindedness, these many years. During his day in Robertson County, people routinely greeted him by saying, "I've seen you on television!"—a payoff from his intense courtship of the media, including conservative outlets like Fox News, where Ford has appeared more than forty times in the past five years. He's also a frequent guest of the cantankerous Don Imus (who is prone to saying things like "When my friend Harold Ford Jr. is elected president …"). Ford watchers call this part of a grander design. "Ford's been positioning himself to run for statewide office for quite a while," says Michael Nelson, a political-science professor at Rhodes College in Memphis. "Although he represents a district that is majority black, he's been doing his best to appear on [shows] that moderate-to-conservative voters tune in to."
Likewise, by most accounts Ford never really believed he could beat Pelosi—his goals were publicity and ideological positioning. If that's true, the gambit worked. Tennessee newspapers called his bid "gutsy," a display of "moxie." In case anyone missed the point, Ford even hugged a then-popular George Bush on national television after last year's State of the Union address. "I love my president," he said last summer. "I love him personally."
Still, Ford faces a hard road to victory. Republicans are bashing him as a liberal elitist with expensive tastes, and polling suggests that his relentless appeals to conservatives have not entirely inoculated him against such charges.
Ultimately, however, the largest threat to Ford's campaign may be something that no amount of advance planning could have changed: his last name. A history of alleged corruption runs through the Ford clan. In 1987, Ford's father was indicted on bank-fraud charges (he was later acquitted). His uncle Emmitt, a former state representative, was indicted on insurance-fraud charges and resigned his seat in 1981. And the very day after Ford announced his Senate bid last May, his uncle John, a state senator, was indicted in a bribery sting.
"He wouldn't be a congressman today if his last name wasn't Ford. But the fact that his last name is Ford is going to make it significantly harder for him to be a senator from Tennessee," says John Ryder, a prominent Republican lawyer in Memphis. Ford aides protest that he has fifteen aunts and uncles and can't be held accountable for them. Still, says Rhodes College's Nelson, "everything we know about politics and how voters pay attention to politics makes it hard for me to believe he doesn't have a problem there." Nor does it help that John Ford's trial is scheduled for October. How ironic it would be if Harold Ford Jr. should find this chance at stardom—and redemption from his perceived failings—ruined by the family name that provided his political platform.
But nothing seems preordained in this race—or in politics more generally this year. At a firehouse in Robertson County, Ford found himself being grilled by Dustin Dudley, a firefighter watching from the back of the room. "If you get elected, I'm just wondering what you're gonna do that's really gonna make a difference at the state and the local level," said the man, with a skeptical smirk. Irritated by this challenge, Ford briefly grew testy. Did Dudley know, Ford asked, the difference between the House and the Senate? (He didn't.) Could he name Tennessee's senators? (No.) "You're coming back at me a little bit, I'm gonna come back at you!" Ford snapped. But then Ford pivoted and began trying to win the man over, arguing that Dudley's Republican senators had not delivered results. Later, I asked Dudley what he made of Ford. "Usually I vote Republican," he drawled. But this year would probably be different. "Everybody here pretty much seemed to have a good opinion of him; he pretty much won over the crowd, so to speak," he said. "I enjoyed the conversation and would look forward to seeing him here again if he gets back into office." In the end, Harold Ford's trip hadn't been a waste of time at all.
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The Kinston area has produced several professional athletes. The guys in the pros now are part of an unofficial fraternity.
Every kid dreams of going pro.
Only one in 16,000 high school athletes will have a professional sports career, according to a Georgia Career Information Center study in 2006. So the statistics show it�s a dream that�s unattainable for many.
But a few guys from Kinston have beaten the odds and followed their professional sports career goals. The group has somehow formed an unofficial fraternity of men from Kinston who went on to the next level. Professional athletes from the city and surrounding areas mark nearly every corner of the country � from New York to California, literally.
While several Kinstonians have gone pro, said �fraternity� began with Kinston�s Jerry Stackhouse, the 18-year NBA guardwho currently plays for the Brooklyn Nets. It�s the longest running pro career of any athlete out of Kinston.
He played at UNC before being drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers as the third overall pick in 1995.
Behind Stackhouse comes a newer generation. He is included in a group of athletes from the area currently playing in major sports leagues: Reggie Bullock (L.A. Clippers, first year), Carter Capps (Seattle Mariners, second year), Quinton Coples (N.Y. Jets, second year) and Chris Hatcher (Miami Marlins affiliate New Orleans Zephyrs, third year). Grant Tyndall, a South Lenoir High School infielder, was also drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in June.
�It�s always a good feeling not to just be a part of a fraternity as far as the NFL, but to be part of the fraternity in your city, your hometown,� Coples said.
Going pro
The most recent Kinston inductee is Reggie Bullock, a guard selected by the Clippers in the first round of the NBA draft this year. He played at UNC three years before foregoing his senior year to declare for the draft.
He threw his draft party in Kinston, where his closest friends and family shared the moment with the 22-year-old Bullock.
Wells Gulledge, who coached him during his four years at Kinston High School, said it was evident at an early age Bullock would have a chance at the NBA.
�What separated Reggie from everything wasn�t just that he was one of the best shooters at his age,� Gulledge said, �but fundamentally really knowing the game of basketball is what really stuck out in my mind.�
He said you can recognize who would have an opportunity to elevate to the next level by a kid�s �total craftiness of the game.�
Clearly, Bullock had that.
Gulledge said he improved each year � success that rewarded him. Gulledge predicts No. 25 has the understanding to stay in the league.
�It�s easier to get to the NBA than to stay in the NBA,� Gulledge said. �With that being said, once you get there, you have to work a lot harder to stay there than it ever was to get there. In the NBA, your body�s going to get older and you�re going to start to wind down and not be able to jump as high and not do some of the things you were able to do when you were 16 years old when you�re in your late 20s.
�I think he understands that very, very well.�
Aside from basketball and league knowledge, Gulledge said it takes a tremendous support system for a kid to advance to the top level. He accredits not only Bullock�s family, but the family of all Kinstonians-turned-pro-athletes for taking part in a special journey, especially in keeping the young men grounded.
Bullock, for instance, was not able to miss church on Wednesdays in middle school if he had a basketball game.
�It takes a lot of people surrounding these kids to put positive thoughts in them and just mold them into good citizens,� Gulledge said. �I think it�s just a testament to a lot of gifts from the Lord above, No. 1, and No. 2, a great supporting staff in raising these kids.�
He said the recreation departments influenced kids at an early age. The seeds the city�s sown are showing, not only in a few athletes getting drafted but in their philanthropic efforts.
Quinton Coples, N.Y. Jets lineman, has hosted a community weekend each of his two seasons in the NFL, with plans to continue it for years to come. The three-day series of events was July 12-14 this year.
�It�s always a good time to come back home and enjoy the people that (are) in your community and that you grew up with,� Coples said. �It's always a good time to be around your Kinston natives.�
Coples, also a UNC athlete � and also a first-round pick � said factors in his upbringing helped him attain a professional sports career.
�It think it�s hard work and dedication starting with your priorities and putting God first,� he said. �You have to make sure you do everything necessary (to) achieve your goals � whether that�s working out in the weight room or in a classroom and doing other things like community service. I think all of those things ties into the effect of accomplishing your dreams to get in the NFL, any professional sport.�
Area representation
Aside from a pair of NBA players and Coples, three MLB guys also represent the area in Carter Capps, Chris Hatcher and Grant Tyndall.
Capps, a former North Lenoir baseball standout, is a pitcher for the Seattle Mariners who was drafted in 2011 as a third-round pick.
�You have to work really hard obviously,� Capps said about going pro, �and try not to take �no� for an answer. People are always going to doubt your abilities. If you really want to do it, there�s no reason why you can�t.�
Capps played at Mount Olive College, and he is glad to be part of the group of athletes from the area who are competing professionally.
�It�s pretty cool,� Capps said. �It�s a great group of guys. Obviously, they�ve all tried really hard, done really well and come from the same area I have. It�s a pretty special group.�
There were a few notable professional athletes before today�s generation, including Lin Dawson, Ron Wooten,Cedric Maxwell, Leo Hart and Charles Shackleford, just to name a few. Donna White, a pro golfer, was born in Kinston.
Additionally, Brandon Sutton, a former Greene Central High School lineman, plays professional arena football.
�We just have a rotation of athletes and a rotation of just great people overall,� said Coples, who has met ESPN employees and engineers from Kinston. �We get recognized for the athletes, but overall, there are a bunch of people out there being successful in other careers.�
Coples acknowledged that he was, in fact, part of this unique �fraternity.�
�I think that it�s very important and I think that�s really great,� he said. �It�s something special.�
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Sunday, June 24, 2012
Keeping Up Appearances, Barely
[Pops head into the blog; looks around nervously yet hopefully]
Oh, good. You're all still here. See, I had given assurances to the Tao that, while he was gallavanting across Europe, I would water the plants and bring in the mail around here. As you might have noticed, I haven't exactly followed through on my end of that bargain. But they don't put the baseball season on hold for any of us, so instead of further lamenting my aimlessness, let's get to it.
Smoke and mirrors
The Jays continue to bob along at two games over .500 after taking two of three from the struggling Marlins. The series victory came on the heels of an uglier one-for-three showing in Milwaukee, which itself followed a home sweep of the Phillies. That's six wins in nine outings, but for the life of me, I can't figure out how -- apart from recognizing that the quality of competition hasn't exactly been tip-top. Ricky Romero gave up his all-too-usual four or five runs in his two starts. Joel Carreno and Jesse Chavez were entirely forgettable. Brett Cecil went as deep into his starts as you could hope for, but he's still not the type to inspire confidence. I caught some of the radio broadcast* from Cecil's Saturday start, and Alan Ashby** was astutely pointing out that despite the talk about Cecil having improved his command to both sides of the plate and his ability to keep the ball down in the zone, his pitches were up, up, up. He didn't get punished too badly, and he's still about the best option to eat innings while George Poulis tends to the M*A*S*H unit in the trainer's room, but I remain apprehensive. In any case, the results are the results, but it's awfully tough to get too enthusiastic about wins when they feel like optical illusions.
(* I mentioned this on Twitter on Friday night, but it bears repeating: I understand if the sports radio station in Ottawa, Team 1200, wants to pre-empt a Jays game occasionally for some local sports action, like a Senators or 67s game. Lately, though, Jays games have been pre-empted by Euro 2012 games and, on Friday, the scintillating radio that can only be produced by thirty guys in suits reading the names of teenagers into a microphone, coupled with thirty other guys in uglier suits analyzing it. Thank God for the MLB At Bat app.)
(** Dear God, but Ashby is the best. When he filled in for Buck Martinez I don't remember enjoying the television broadcast that much since the airwaves were filled with the dulcet tones of Dan Shulman. I'd like to think Rogers is smart enough to know what kind of talent they've got on their hands with him, and increase his role.)
Hot Stove! Hot!
The MLB trade market officially heated up with today's trade of Kevin Youkilis and a rumoured $5.5 million in cash from the Red Sox to the White Sox, for Zach Stewart (Jays connection!) and Brett Lillibridge. Who knows how much we're hearing through the grapevine is true, but the fact that the Jays are still considered potential buyers ought to be encouraging to fans who aren't keen on simply cashing in the chips on the season, trading the pending free agents like Kelly Johnson and Edwin Encarnacion, and seeing what 2013 brings. My hunch, though, is that if Alex Anthopolous is in the market for a starting pitcher, it may have less to do with staying in the postseason hunt, and more to do with ensuring that pitchers who aren't quite ready to make the leap from AA New Hamsphire (Chad Jenkins and Deck McGuire, for instance) aren't unnecessarily rushed. I don't mind the idea of looking externally for pitching help, if it actually preserves some of the minor league arms in the system, even if it's at the expense of lesser prospects.
Roster Merry-Go-Round... with no room for Snider
Welcome back, then, Adam Lind and Ben Francisco -- the former from a Vegas exile in which he pretty much smashed the living bejeezus out of everything he saw; the latter from a DL stint and rehab assignment that concluded with speculation he might not see the big league roster when it was over.
Lind first: the rubber is about to meet the road for the erstwhile Silver Slugger. The demotion to AAA-ball was, to me, a demonstration that the organization is perfectly willing to cut their losses on Lind if he doesn't show he's more than a AAAA-hitter upon his return. It's hard to imagine he'll come back and re-assume the cleanup spot in the order, but stranger things have happened. I suppose you have to root for him. If he were to OPS something around .800 the rest of the way, it might earn enough goodwill to keep him around into next season. If not, I suspect this next three months might be Lind's last as a Blue Jay.
As for Francisco: I can't even. His presence on the roster has been a mystery to me since the day he was acquired. Bring me Travis Snider. Like, yesterday.
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It sucks that this blog is dead and shitty. I miss it and used to read it daily. Sportnet sellout ? And just gave up.
- July 2, 2012 at 2:55 PM
Man, I *wish* I was a Sportsnet sellout. I get paid in half-eaten submarine sandwiches.
Anyway, Tao's been on vacation, and I've just been a lazy slacker who enjoyed the hell out of a Canada Day long weekend instead of blogging. But Tao's back now, so I'm sure it'll be different. Content, content, content. Or your money back.
- July 3, 2012 at 1:47 PM
Thank lil baby jesus. Cuz I was about to demand my money back.. And when u put it as poetic as that I guess it makes sence. The tao has bin a little lean for a while. I check it everyday I am a tab bit of a loser blue jays fan. But its all good. There is always bluejaysbanter.
- July 3, 2012 at 3:16 PM
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Of the Homewood Haunts Cemetery.
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Of the Homewood Haunts Cemetery.
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- crudedoodle.com said...
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- July 29, 2009 at 3:23 PM
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Editor's note: Guest post time again, this one via Michael Andersen of Portland Afoot, PDX's 10-minute newsmagazine about buses, bikes & low-car life. It's excerpted from the January 2012 cover story and republished here in case you missed it. For more stories like these or to get a one-time email notice when the newsmagazine for Portland transit riders will be available for free on mobile devices this spring, visit PortlandAfoot.org.
Rain? No sweat. But let's confess: Portlanders don't do cold well.
That's why, last year, our 10-minute newsmagazine for transit riders put some of the smartest folks in town (including TriMet's professional comfort geeks) in the hot seat and came away with a bunch of tips and secrets for doing winter better.
As a longtime MAXFAQs fan, I was proud to be asked to republish the transit-oriented ones here, and happy to help take the chill off the tail end of this winter. So read these, wipe that drippy nose and go catch some sun.
– Michael
Slim Jim stylus
Smartphone styluses start at $13, touchscreen-friendly gloves at $14. Beef jerky sticks, by contrast, are $1.30, and they work just as well when you want to check arrival times with gloves on. Try it.
In with the old
There's an easy formula for temperature control on TriMet's old high-floor Type 1 MAX cars, says TriMet rail equipment manager Mark Grove: "Stay away from the doors."
Pressure heater
MAX doors don't actually matter nearly as much as they might. Here's why: TriMet keeps air pressure inside its trains just a bit higher than Portland's natural atmospheric PSI. That means opening doors send a burst of controlled air out – not a burst of cold air in.
Dead simple
Type 1 MAX cars have overhead forced-air heating and cooling powered by the same electricity that moves the train (it's maybe 2% of the total system load). Two thermostats in the return air ducts, on the ceiling just behind each driver cab, aim for a Jimmy-Carter-approved 68 degrees year-round.
Winter radiance
Like movie franchises, Decemberists albums and mediocre dates, the four generations of MAX cars peaked with the second and third. In 1997, TriMet introduced one of the great joys of Portland winters by rolling out Type 2 MAX trains with floor-level radiators that kick on whenever outside tempeature drops below 55 and inside temperature below 66. On the coldest days, avoid the middle sections of Type 2, 3 and 4 cars – their facing seats still lack heaters underneath.
Everything's relative
Starting with Type 3 in 2003, new MAX cars have used an advanced thermostat in their overhead heaters that automatically varies the target inside temperature based on outside temperature. When outside temperature is below 60, the target inside temperature is 66, gradually scaling up to a max of 72 when outside temperature exceeds 72. That means less sweat when you're in long johns and fewer goose bumps when you're in shorts.
Backseat oven
Like other autos, TriMet buses get all the heat they need from their engines. This one pumps heat forward through a duct system above the handrails, but the back rows of the bus are always hottest, thanks to heat leakage, less crosswind and (on the new, low-floor buses) being closer to the ceiling.
Electric blessing
Cold feet? Try the seat immediately in front of the rear door on newer buses, and the one opposite the rear door on the very newest ones. Most of the buses without these small heaters were phased out last summer with TriMet's big bus purchase.
Low-tech thermostat
All TriMet buses are theoretically set at 72 degrees, but at their size it's hard to keep to. Bus thermostats are tested in off-hours by a six-inch hand thermometer hung from the extreme front of the right handrail.
Platform warmth
Here's a science-approved trick to use while waiting for winter trains: Play a game on your phone. In a 2011 study, a team led by Nicola Swain-Campbell of the University of Otago in New Zealand found that people playing a video game were less sensitive to cold water than people watching television. But gamers should hope the battery lasts until the bus arrives. "If they stop while still cold, it might seem more intense as all their attention switches to the sensation of cold they have been ignoring," Swain-Campbell said.
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Rigney repeats as men's compound champ at 3D Nationals
October 13, 2013 | Columbia, Mo.
Liberty University sophomore Ian Rigney defended his United States Intercollegiate Archery 3D National Championships individual men's compound title last weekend at the University of Missouri with a tournament-high second-round total.
|This is one of the targets at 3D Nationals, punctured with multiple arrowheads.
After Saturday's first day of individual competition, Rigney, of Gretna, Va., was in second place out of 114 competitors, trailing only Missouri State's Jacob Spurgeon, 203-199. Rigney recoiled and fired a 206 in Sunday's second round, the best of the championships, to overtake Spurgeon (the runner-up with 396) for first place with a 405 total.
Fellow Flames sophomore Hunter Jacobs improved on his first-round score of 168 with a 174 on Sunday to finish 20th individually at 342, one spot ahead of Liberty's Mike Dunn (128-137-265).
In the individual women's compound event, senior Marissa Scalzo placed eighth for the Lady Flames by following her 130 first-round score with a 168 in the second for a 298 two-day total.
For the weekend, Liberty placed fourth in the Men's Compound and fifth in the Mixed (male and female) Compound divisions in the team competition.
The 3D Nationals, a United States Collegiate Archery Association event started in 2009, drew a record turnout in all eight divisions, which ranged from men's and women's bowhunter to basic bow and recurve. Seventeen schools were represented and several of the matches were closely contested, with champions decided by a few points. View the complete results.


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The body of country singer Craig Strickland, who disappeared during a duck hunting trip in Oklahoma last week, has been recovered from Kaw Lake Monday.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol Marine Enforcement Division said the body of the 29-year old member of the Arkansas-based country band Backroad Anthem was found within the original search area known as Bear Creek Cove.
Strickland's wife, Helen Wisner, former Miss Arkansas, tweeted the news that her husband's body had been found. "He is safe with his Father in Heaven. Thank you Lord for leading us to him today. I will praise you, Amen," she wrote.
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Strickland and his friend, Chase R. Morland, were both reported missing on Dec. 27 after a boat they were using was found capsized.
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