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Cryptographic Protection of Transmissions, v1.0
This Trustmark Definition addresses the requirement for a system to employ encryption for transmitted information.
Assessment Step
Cryptographic Protection of Transmissions (CryptographicProtectionofTransmissions)
Does the information system implement cryptographic mechanisms to [Selection (one or more): prevent unauthorized disclosure of information; detect changes to information] during transmission?
Provide evidence (policies, process documentation, an actual compliance report, etc.) that the information system cryptographically protects information during transmission.
Conformance Criteria (1)
Cryptographic Protection of Transmissions
The information system must implement cryptographic mechanisms to [Selection (one or more): prevent unauthorized disclosure of information; detect changes to information] during transmission.
Appendix F, SC-8 (1)
|Publication Date
|Trustmark Reference Attribute
|Issuing Organization
Trustmark Initiative (https://trustmarkinitiative.org/) View Contact
|System and Communications Protection, PKI, NIST, 800-53, Security, Information Assurance,
|Issuance Criteria
|Assessment Step Preface
NOTE:If an assessment step references organization-defined elements (E.g. <organization-defined personnel or roles>, <organization-defined frequency>, etc.), corresponding citations/excerpts must be provided to confirm that the organization has established and documented these values and that they apply as referenced in the conformance criteria.
Similarly, if a "Selection" among multiple options (e.g. [Selection (one or more): as needed;
The assessment step shall not be marked as satisfied without this evidence.
|Conformance Criteria Preface
NOTE:If conformance criteria reference organization-defined elements (e.g. <organization-defined personnel or roles>, <organization-defined frequency>, etc.), these values must be defined and documented by the organization.
Similarly, if the criteria specify a "Selection" among multiple options (e.g. [Selection (one or more): as needed;
|Target Stakeholder
|Organizations that are interested in implementing or making use of digital information systems in a manner that complies with widely accepted information security standards and practices such as NIST Special Publication 800-53.
|Target Recipient
|Organizations that want to demonstrate that they provide and/or consume digital information services in a manner that complies with widely accepted information security standards and practices such as NIST Special Publication 800-53.
|Target Relying Party
|Organizations and individuals that require their trusted partners' computer and information systems to comply with widely accepted information security standards and practices such as NIST Special Publication 800-53.
|Target Provider
|Organizations that audit or evaluate other organizations for compliance with widely accepted information security standards and practices such as NIST Special Publication 800-53.
|Provider Eligibility Criteria
|Any organization or business entity may act as a Trustmark Provider for trustmarks under this Trustmark Definition.
|Assessor Qualifications
|Any individual employed or contracted by the Trustmark Provider may act as the assessor for trustmarks under this Trustmark Definition.
|Trustmark Revocation Criteria
|For any trustmark issued under this Trustmark Definition, the Trustmark Provider must revoke the trustmark upon any condition whereby one or more Conformance Criteria cease to be satisfied.
|Extension Description
|This Trustmark Definition requires no extension data.
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|NIST Special Publication 800-53 Revision 4, Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations, National Institute of Standards and Technology, April 2013 (Includes updates as of 01-15-2014). Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-53r4.
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|Term Name
|The official management decision given by a senior organization official to authorize operation of an information system and to explicitly accept the risk to organization operations (including mission, functions, image, or reputation), organization assets, or individuals, based on the implementation of an agreed-upon set of security controls.
|Verifying the identity of a user, process, or device, often as a prerequisite to allowing access to resources in an information system.
|Authorizing Official
|Official with the authority to formally assume responsibility for operating an information system at an acceptable level of risk to organization operations (including mission, functions, image, or reputation), organization assets, or individuals. Synonymous with Accreditation Authority.
|Ensuring timely and reliable access to and use of information.
|A comprehensive assessment of the management, operational, and technical security controls in an information system, made in support of security accreditation, to determine the extent to which the controls are implemented correctly, operating as intended, and producing the desired outcome with respect to meeting the security requirements for the system.
|Preserving authorized restrictions on information access and disclosure, including means for protecting personal privacy and proprietary information.
|Aggregate of external procedures, conditions, and objects affecting the development, operation, and maintenance of an information system.
|An occurrence that actually or potentially jeopardizes the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of an information system or the information the system processes, stores, or transmits or that constitutes a violation or imminent threat of violation of security policies, security procedures, or acceptable use policies.
|An instance of an information type; data.
|Information Security
|The protection of information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction in order to provide confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
|Information System
|A discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information.
|Information Technology
|Any equipment or interconnected system or subsystem of equipment that is used in the automatic acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data or information by the organization. For purposes of the preceding sentence, equipment is used by an organization if the equipment is used by the organization directly or is used by a contractor under a contract with the organization which: (i) requires the use of such equipment; or (ii) requires the use, to a significant extent, of such equipment in the performance of a service or the furnishing of a product. The term information technology includes computers, ancillary equipment, software, firmware and similar procedures, services (including support services), and related resources.
|Guarding against improper information modification or destruction, and includes ensuring information non-repudiation and authenticity.
|Management Controls
|The security controls (i.e., safeguards or countermeasures) for an information system that focus on the management of risk and the management of information system security.
|Physical devices or writing surfaces including, but not limited to, magnetic tapes, optical disks, magnetic disks, Large-Scale Integration (LSI) memory chips, printouts (but not including display media) onto which information is recorded, stored, or printed within an information system.
|An organized body of people with a particular purpose, especially a business, society, association, government agency, etc.
|Potential Impact
|The loss of confidentiality, integrity, or availability could be expected to have a limited adverse effect, a serious adverse effect, or a severe or catastrophic adverse effect on organizational operations, organizational assets, or individuals.
|All books, papers, maps, photographs, machine-readable materials, or other documentary materials, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made or received by an organization in connection with the transaction of business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by that organization or its legitimate successor as evidence of the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, operations or other activities such as legal requirements or because of the informational value of the data in them.
|The level of impact on organizational operations (including mission, functions, image, or reputation), organizational assets, or individuals resulting from the operation of an information system given the potential impact of a threat and the likelihood of that threat occurring.
|Risk Management
|The process of managing risks to organizational operations (including mission, functions, image, or reputation), organizational assets, or individuals resulting from the operation of an information system, and includes: (i) the conduct of a risk assessment; (ii) the implementation of a risk mitigation strategy; and (iii) employment of techniques and procedures for the continuous monitoring of the security state of the information system.
|Protective measures prescribed to meet the security requirements (i.e., confidentiality, integrity, and availability) specified for an information system. Safeguards may include security features, management constraints, personnel security, and security of physical structures, areas, and devices. Synonymous with security controls and countermeasures.
|Process to remove information from media such that information recovery is not possible. It includes removing all labels, markings, and activity logs.
|Security Category
|The characterization of information or an information system based on an assessment of the potential impact that a loss of confidentiality, integrity, or availability of such information or information system would have on organizational operations, organizational assets, or individuals.
|Security Controls
|The management, operational, and technical controls (i.e., safeguards or countermeasures) prescribed for an information system to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system and its information.
|Security Plan
|See System Security Plan.
|Security Requirements
|Requirements levied on an information system that are derived from applicable laws, orders, directives, policies, standards, instructions, regulations, or procedures, or organizational mission/business case needs to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the information being processed, stored, or transmitted.
|See information system.
|System Security Plan
|Formal document that provides an overview of the security requirements for an information system and describes the security controls in place or planned for meeting those requirements.
|Any circumstance or event with the potential to adversely impact organizational operations (including mission, functions, image, or reputation), organizational assets, or individuals through an information system via unauthorized access, destruction, disclosure, modification of information, and/or denial of service. Also, the potential for a threat-source to successfully exploit a particular information system vulnerability.
|Individual or (system) process authorized to access an information system.
|Weakness in an information system, system security procedures, internal controls, or implementation that could be exploited or triggered by a threat source.


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My Porny, ONCE AGAIN, took to Twitter to express gratitude that Eric Johnson has agreed to live off her fortune. The other day, Jacek called me Toronto from Vancouver to get me to call our regular sushi place to order him takeout. It's because I talk to the staff in Chinese and he thinks they pack the rolls better as a result.
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Consider this: The U.S. Census Bureau estimated that as of May 2008, the country had more than 77 million baby boomers - people ages 44-62. In 2008, the oldest members of the baby boom generation turned 62 - the minimum age for claiming Social Security benefits. And this trend will continue for years. It's possible for wave after wave to retire year after year, which could create a tsunami of job openings that ravages the public-sector service landscape.
Government officials are already bracing themselves.
"We know from our own research that 60 percent of our staff is eligible to retire over the next 10 years," said Dan Ross, CIO of Missouri. "Whether they will or not remains to be seen, and I suspect with rising prices on food and gas, they will work longer in the workplace than traditionally." He admits that he is unable to predict the outcome, but said the potential exists for a huge problem.
Take a trip to California and the effects are already being felt. Since Joyce Wing, CIO of Santa Clara County, took her position in 2006, she's actively engaged in succession planning to mitigate circumstances that might arise if too many people leave within a short time period.
Wing manages approximately 210 staff members, and 70 of them could retire right now if they wanted, she said. If they did, this would create a dilemma similar to when the department experienced a personnel crisis three or four years ago after the county offered staff a two-year retirement incentive package.
Video: Missouri state government uses Second Life to attract new IT workers.
"I had 31 people walk out in one day. That took us about a year to try to recover; that was hard. We tried to prepare, and a lot of people waited until the last minute because they weren't sure if they wanted to retire or not, and so they decided the last week," Wing said. She estimates that about 50 percent of county employees will be able to retire in 2010 or 2011. Naturally most states are trying to recruit fresh talent to mitigate the predicted worker shortage, but the results aren't comforting.
In September 2007, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) released a report, State IT Workforce: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow?, that found a staggering 80.4 percent of survey respondents from 46 states said they were having difficulty recruiting new employees to fill vacant IT positions. Fifty-four percent of them said the shortage of candidates hindered strategic IT initiatives.
To many in government, the message is clear: Recruit more aggressively. Now.
There always will likely be enough preretirement-age applicants in their 30s, 40s and 50s eager to fill voids left by outbound baby boomers; many employers are also interested in recent college graduates or those who will graduate soon. These younger citizens are commonly called Millennials, many of whom could grow into government careers.
Demographers disagree on exactly what birth years make someone a Millennial, though it's generally accepted that the first Millennials were born around 1977. For government, what's more important than when they were born is how to get them into public service.
Bill Willis, deputy CIO of North Carolina, said IT departments should accommodate Millennials' technology habits in order to attract them to the public-sector work force. "We may have to get more flexible," he said. "Right now, security demands are pushing us, in many places, more and more
into locking down that desktop or laptop, yet the next-generation employee may not accept that lockdown."
When employers issue corporate- or government-owned equipment, they typically think in terms of strictly managed PCs or laptops, but younger workers might reject this control. For one thing, the Millennials' world includes more technological gadgets than just computers, like iPhones for example. And they don't just use these devices at work.
"They are people who have the technology and their access to the network and the communications embedded in the way they live, not just as something that they use for work," Willis said.
Just as employees prefer different types of pens, next-generation workers may feel the same way about the devices they use to access employers' networks. "One of them is going to like one kind of appliance to get in, the other might like another," he said. PDAs, cell phones, etc., for young people - the digital sky is their limit.
Oklahoma's state government is successfully pushing young people to try public service. The Carl Albert Public Internship Program (CAPIP) is a state-run endeavor that's allowed a steady stream of college graduates to enter state employment. The internship, offered through the state's Office of Personnel Management, is a bridge between college and state service. Internships are provided at two levels: an undergraduate level and an executive fellowship level for graduate students. If the executive fellows work at least 1,000 hours a year, they are enrolled in state health insurance and retirement benefits programs while working to earn school credit, so they get a taste of what it's like to be full-time employees. And if they complete a two-year fellowship, they're eligible for full-fledged state employment.
"I'm going to guess, at any given time, we probably have 75 applicants and 40 to 50 interns working in state agencies," said Hank Batty, deputy administrator for programs at the Office of Personnel Management. He estimated CAPIP has had that number of participants consistently for at least the past few years.
"I'd say 90 or 95 percent convert to be regular state employees," said Denae Edwards, CAPIP's program coordinator. In addition, upon completing the executive fellowship, many of the interns join state service with a promotion. "We have several within our agency who were executive fellows at one time and now are managers and directors of departments, so it's a really good program to cultivate your future agency personnel."
Edwards joined the Office of Personnel Management in 2007, and has since, she's watched the program and its participants thrive.
"[When] agencies currently want to fill their talent pool with fresh, new, technologically savvy undergraduates and executive fellows, they come straight to CAPIP," she said. "We often have them request certain types of degrees and course backgrounds. We have all that information ready for them, so we're able to fulfill their needs whenever they need a certain type of student."
CAPIP has participating students from various fields of study, including IT. Enrollees come from 11 universities, some local and others out of state. The program is a sterling example of a college recruitment effort that works.
Meanwhile, Ross and his colleagues in Missouri's Information Technology Services Division (ITSD) have taken a high-tech approach to attracting Millennial employees to technology careers. In their efforts to attract young people who are well versed in the Internet's social networking power - exemplified by household names, such as Facebook and MySpace - the ITSD has held Second Life job fairs.
Second Life is a popular three-dimensional, online virtual world created by Linden Lab. Residents, as Second Life are called, create avatars and live vicariously through their digital representatives. Missouri hosted a virtual job fair in February 2008, which was popular enough to warrant a second one held on June 24, 2008. In September 2008, Missouri hired its first employee from Second
Life. The applicant, a computer-engineering graduate, was hired into the Department of Natural Resources as a developer. He attended the virtual job fair as a tiny cat with a red bow tie.
"We considered it a success. Our site was in good shape, and we had visitors and inquiries about jobs," Ross said of the February event. He said the state leased land in the virtual world for $100 and spent $6 more to purchase features to enhance its presence there. "If I just recruit one, just hire one person from there, the payback is immediate."
Some CIOs are luckier than others when it comes to recruiting new talent. Santa Clara County's Wing said her jurisdiction - home to the Silicon Valley - is a destination spot for IT talent, especially when the economy is down.
"Usually when the economy is doing really well, that's when we kind of hurt a little in trying to compete with the outside [firms], but because the economy's not doing as best as it could, we have a lot of talent that we've been able to bring in," she said.
According to Wing, younger IT professionals may seek government work for the stability, especially if they've been laid off from private companies. When she can, Wing has experienced workers mentor newer co-workers in a practice she calls "paralleling" - matching key subject-matter experts with younger individuals so knowledge can be passed down.
She also thinks CIOs should consider letting employees work remotely to make positions more attractive to next-generation applicants.
"They might start looking at telecommuting if some of these young people live in other areas - giving them the option to work from home," she said. She added that people can work off-site in order to spend less time driving, to avoid paying expensive gas prices and reduce pollution."
Of course, some feel that CIOs could do even more to fill department seats with young employees.
David Behen, CIO of Washtenaw County, Mich., doesn't think federal, state or local governments are taking this topic seriously. "When I talk to people about this issue, it's like people are trying to do something, but the wheels are spinning and it really hasn't caught on yet," he said. "And I'm afraid it's going to be too late when it catches on," he said.
Behen is the vice chair of the Public Technology Institute's CIO Council, which guides government IT leaders in handling technology opportunities and challenges. He has also given presentations at conferences nationwide, in which he informs CIOs of the need to recruit Millennials. Like North Carolina's Willis, he thinks CIOs should adapt to the changing technology landscape that the younger generation is familiar with.
"I have a 6-yearold, a 5-year-old and a 2-year-old. None of them will know the world without Google," Behen said. "None of them will know the world without cell phones, high-speed Internet [or] wireless technology. The way that government provides services now is going to be tremendously different for these young adults."
He added that government should educate young adults on the value of public service. "We need to start recruiting at an early age, making public service a viable option for folks as they look at careers," he said.
That means talking to high school students and recruiting at colleges to foster a sense of pride in serving. "We as a government, as local officials, need to get out there and start promoting government service," he said.
Missouri's Ross has sent teams from his department to visit middle schools and high schools to persuade students that IT careers are attractive life paths. But when his team asks students to draw pictures of people who work with
computers, they portray workers unflatteringly.
"Ten years ago we went into the ninth-grade class here in the capital city and asked ninth-graders to draw a picture of what IT professionals look like, and they all drew nerdy, white, bald guys with black glasses with a paper clip holding them together and wearing lab coats," he said. And in recent years, the portrayals haven't changed much except for more female professionals being depicted the same way.
So how interested, exactly, are young people in IT careers?
Recent data compiled by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) at the U.S. Department of Education suggests that university technology degrees may not yet be ready for the endangered list.
The NCES Digest of Education Statistics compiled in 2007 presents the following information on recent bachelor's degrees earned by students:
Although CIOs are in hot pursuit of younger applicants, most of them aren't disregarding the value of older, more experienced workers. It's quite common for government to lure back retirees as consultants or part-time employees.
California, for example, devised a way for retirees to return to employment. In September 2006, California unveiled its Boomerang program, an online database that allows retirees to register for part-time work and input their interests and skills. On the back end, state agencies can search through the registrant data to see who the best fits are for open positions. Andrew Armani, director of California's eServices office, which helps develop state e-government solutions, said Boomerang had 2,586 retired state annuitants listed as of July 31, 2008.
"We've seen departments hiring from that list, and I've had a lot of great feedback about it because it's really easy," Armani said. "You have got information for retirees right there, and the discipline that they're either looking for or they're expert in, and it's been very successful."
Boomerang is also a cost-effective method of acquiring talent. "You don't really have to pay benefits to retirees because they're already drawing benefits, so all you have to give them is straight salary," he said.
Another approach may be to create incentives for older workers to delay retirement. The federal government already does this, indirectly, through the Social Security system - the longer people wait to retire, the better the benefits. However, state governments seem less receptive. In the 2007 NASCIO survey, 93.3 percent of respondents said they didn't offer incentives to employees to postpone retirement.
Many cities and counties may be similarly hesitant because of the lukewarm economic climate. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, state and local governments are considering cuts in retiree pension and benefits programs between 2006 and 2016. If this happens, there will likely be fewer people competing for public-sector positions.
On the other hand, reduced benefits and pensions in a bearish economy - or simply the need to survive in such an economy - could motivate older workers to delay retirement.
"A lot of companies have dropped retiree health programs; they don't exist anymore. So in order to get health benefits, at least until you're 65 and eligible for Medicare, you have to keep working," said Eric Toder, senior fellow of the Retirement Policy Program at the Urban Institute. The program studies economic and demographic trends in
older Americans. "Jobs have fewer physical demands these days, so you have less people in the kind of manufacturing, construction work that you physically can't do if you get older. The population is healthier and is expecting to live longer, and so they'll need to support themselves longer."
Toder is one of many who are finding ways to motivate older workers to stay in the office. He participated in a roundtable discussion on worker retention sponsored by the Urban Institute; the institute published the talking points in a 2008 document titled Capitalizing on the Economic Value of Older Adults' Work. The ways to retain older workers included part-time employment, flexible work schedules that vary over the workday or workweek, job sharing, telecommuting, "snowbird" programs that let employees work in different locations seasonally, altering workplaces to make them less physically demanding, and rehiring retirees for short-term projects.
To some CIOs, these options aren't new ideas. "Rehiring part-time people, we do quite a bit of that," Ross said. "We're very open to that. They retire from the state and they can't work over 1,000 hours a year or it will screw up their retirement that they've already got coming. So then if we keep them less than 1,000 hours a year, then they can come back and get the state health insurance, which is a bargain."
Wing rehires retirees because she needs them to work on mission-critical systems that only the most experienced employees can handle.
"Our property system - some of our staff are retiring and it's going to take another two or three years until that system's completed, so we have reached out to them saying, 'Can you come back and help us during the busy business cycle?'" she said.
It seems that though employers will have to fill vacant positions with younger employees, some older workers will still be available to make the transition easier. In fact, there's speculation that the nature of how people relate to the workplace throughout their lifetimes might change.
"As the age composition of the work force changes, it's going to affect the nature of the workplace as well," Toder said. "Maybe we'll get more to a society where the norm is, instead of really working like gangbusters until you're 60 and then stopping, it's more of a mode that mixes work and other things throughout your working life."


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Marc Lacomare (Hossegor, FRA), 18, won the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Grade-1 Vans Pro Junior today in consistent two to three foot (0.5 to 1 meter) waves at San Sebastian in front of a massive crowd.
Lacomare, who defeated Reubyn Ash (GBR), Adrien Toyon (REU) and Pierre-Valentin Laborde (FRA) in a 35-minute battle, secured his second victory of the season after the ASP Grade-3 Rip Curl Pro Junior in Portugal last April.
Lacomare, who dominated the event with several high scores including an impressive 17.00 point heat tally (out of a possible 20) to win the final, was a standout on the final day and left his opponents in need of a combination of two waves to catch up with him in the 35-minute decider.
"So stoked to get another win this year", Lacomare said. "I had a shocker in the Canarian event and was looking to gain confidence back and this win is sweet. A good revenge for me."
Lacomare jumps back to second on the overall ASP European Junior ratings' and remains in contention for the regional crown. He will still be chasing several big results if he wants to stay in the race with ratings' leader Maxime Huscenot (REU).
"I know it means a lot for the ratings but I am that much focused on figures right now", Lacomare said. "But I am definitely going for the regional title and I can't wait to keep up the good work in the next events."
Adrien Toyon (REU), 18, who placed equal 3rd in the opening event of the season, finished runner-up in the final going from third to second in the last seconds. Toyon, who confessed he was feeling well and going for the final at least, achieved his goal with this result and will head to the following event confidently.
"I was tired during the final and was not able to really show my best surfing", Toyon said. "I had the bomb of the heat but did not make the best out of it and I lacked confidence after that."
Toyon, one of four Reunion Island born surfers currently in the regional Top 10, put on a great performance troughout the event and looks forward to catching up with ratings' leaders and friends.
"I am focused on the end-of-the-year Top 5 and a spot for the ASP World Junior Championships in Australia", Toyon said. "I am happy with this result which will be a keeper for sure and the next step is to do something good in Australia if I get there."
Reubyn Ash (GBR) and Pierre-Valentin Laborde (FRA) respectively placed 4th and 3rd in the last heat of the event. Ash, who was the only non-French surfer of the final, has been leading British surfing on the regional scale for several years and managed once again to shine and counter France's domination up to the final where he could not do anything.
"I gave what I had in this final", Ash said. "I lacked a second good wave to stay in reach of the title but and it never came. I will looking to do several other finals and I am reaaly focused on a qualification for the ASP WJC."
Major upsets had happened earlier in the day and Reunion Island surfers Maxime Huscenot (REU) and Damien Chaudoy (REU) both suffered the domination of their opponents. Chaudoy, top scorer of the event thanks to an impressive 17.50 point heat result (out of a possible 20) on Day 2, lost in Quarterfinal No. 3 in the morning and could not repeat his excellent performances.
Maxime Huscenot (REU), ASP European Junior ratings' leader, finished equal 5th in the Vans Pro Junior today after he lost in Semifinal No. 1 to an impressive Lacomare. Huscenot, who remains in the lead towards the prestigious regional title, could not counter fellow French surfers Lacomare and Laborde and finished with an unusuallow 10.90 point heat tally (out of a possible 20).
"The waves changed a lot today and I did not adapt well to the conditions", Huscenot said. "I was not patient enough and I should have waited for the better waves. I am already looking forward to surfing next week with new boards and get things going in Sopelana."
Huscenot will attend the next event in Sopelana confidently. In all three events he attended on tour this year, he has not done worse than a semifinal finish, very promissing for the 16-year-old Reunion Island born surfer.
"I will try and keep my lead and secure enough points at each event", Huscenot said. "I would love to take the regional title this year but if I don't it will not be a problem. I still have four years as a junior."
Jatyr Berasaluce (EUK), who was the best Basque surfer in the event, finished equal 5th as well and remains well in position in the ASP European Junior Top 5. Berasaluce, who has been very consistent this year, was much expected on his home lands of Euskadi (Basque Country in Basque) but failed to advance through to the final in Semifinal No. 2.
"I suffered from the stress and pressure", Berasaluce said. "I missed the good waves and got an interference so I made it impossible just because of my mistakes."
Berasaluce, 19, has been among Europe's leading under-21 surfers for a couple of years now and finished No. 4 on the overall ratings last year which gave him his first ASP World Junior Championships (WJC) ticket.
"I don't want to look too much at the ratings but off course that I am here to win", Berasaluce said. "I know it will be very hard but the Top 5 finish is a priority. The next event is where I live so I know I will be comfortable there. Can't wait to compete again."
Yann Martin (GLP) and Hugo Palmarini (REU) were the other two semifinalists of the Vans Pro Junior. Palmarini, a 15-year-old Reunion Island born surfer, secured his best result to date with an equal 7th finish today and will be one competitor to watch when the tour moves on to its next venue of Sopelana in the Basque Country from July 31 to August 3.
Heat: Marc Lacomare (FRA) 17.00 pts, Adrien Toyon (REU) 13.83 pts, PV Laborde (FRA) 13.30 pts, Reubyn Ash (GBR) 12.83 pts


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NEW DELHI – India and China are engaged in a fresh territorial row after Beijing recently started issuing passports showing two disputed regions as its own.
The face-off began a few weeks back, after India discovered Beijing issuing new biometric passports depicting two areas along the countries' 4,000-kilometer disputed Himalayan border as part of China.
One of the areas, Arunachal Pradesh, is a northeastern Indian state that Beijing briefly captured in a 1962 border war and still claims as part of China. The other, Aksai Chin, also a focus of the 1962 war, is administered as part of China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region but claimed in its entirety by India.
"We are not prepared to accept it and we would not," India's foreign minister Salman Khurshid said in an interview to NDTV news channel last week, posted on the foreign ministry's website. "We, therefore, ensure that our flags of disagreement are put up immediately when something happens."
India has not officially complained to China about the issue, said Syed Akbaruddin, a spokesman at India's foreign ministry. Instead, the Indian embassy in Beijing has responded by issuing visas to Chinese nationals stamped with maps which show both Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin as falling within India's borders.
"Every country has a right to determination on its boundaries. The Chinese side have expressed its view on where its boundary lies. We have our own opinion," Mr. Akbaruddin said.
China and India are yet to find a solution to their disputed borders despite a series of talks since 1981. China refers to Arunachal Pradesh as south Tibet. In 2009, it complained about a visit to the state by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, saying it was disputed territory. Beijing has denied visas to people seeking to travel to China from Arunachal Pradesh.
India and China also have been at loggerheads over the disputed region of Kashmir, which is divided between India and Pakistan and claimed in its entirety by both. In 2010, China, which backs Pakistan's territorial claims, refused to issue visas in passports of Indians coming from Kashmir. Instead, it put those visas on a piece of paper stapled inside the passport, a signal that Beijing doesn't recognize India's administration of its portion of Kashmir. India complained and China reverted to issuing visas in Kashmiri residents' passports.
India, however, claims both sides are working to sort out differences over their disputed frontier.
"We are in the process of agreeing on a framework to settle the boundary," India's National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon said on the sidelines of a function in New Delhi Monday, according to the Press Trust of India news agency.
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|Played high school baseball. 1B. Slugger. No speed at all. I made Dick Stuart look good defensively. Played hoops also in HS. Reserve forward. Solid rebounder. No touch around the basket. Not the greatest defender. My technique was to "clutch and grab".
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|Casual but willing to wear the suit when neccessary. At home I look like a stud in my sweat pants, sweat shirt and white socks.
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|Coca Cola and Nestle's chocolate milk. I know, i'm a loser. I simply do not like the taste of alcohol. Beer, wine, schnapps, Vodka, I have tried sips of each and just don't like the taste. As you can guess, i've drawn a lot of "safe driver" duty in my time.
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|Conservative pragmatist. I prefer not to fight battles that can't be won. Also, get ready for the mother of all cultural wars because whether its gender issues, gay rights issues, or how to handle Islamic fascism/terror, Americans are bitterly divided. And never forget that today its values, not income, that determines how most people vote. Oh, conservatives and moral traditionalists love to talk about abortion or the gays, but they never like to talk about easy divorce which has destroyed more families than anything the gay rights movement supposedly has done. Joe can dump his wife and 3 kids for the sexy flight attendent but if Frank and Fred want to get married, folks are ready to draw the first moral line this nation has drawn in over 30 years.
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Launching ceremony 2011-05-01
Launching ceremony of the first Czech school ship, replica of the corsair ship La Grace from the second half of the 17th century in Athens
During mooring of the ship in Flisvos Marina, on Saturday April 30th and Sunday May 1st, visitors will have the opportunity to see the exterior as well as the interior of the ship. The programme includes also pirate shows.
The launching ceremony and the programme are organised by the company LaGrace Ltd. in co-operation with the Lamda Flisvos Marina S.A., which provides the facilities for the ship and the programme, with the support of the Mayor of Palaio Faliro, the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Athens and the Honorary Consul of the Czech Republic in Piraeus.
Programme of La Grace in Flisvos Marina:
- In the afternoon - Sailing in to Flisvos Marina
- 11:00 - Pirate show 1
- 12:00 - 18:00 – Ship open to the public
- 18:00 - Pirate show 2
- 19:00 - 21:00 – Ship open to the public
- 11:00 - Pirate show 3
- 12:00 - 18:00 – Ship open to the public
- 19:30 – Launching ceremony (Reception for invited guests on board)
- 10:00 Departure of La Grace and the Joint Fleet for Cape Sounio
The ship La Grace is a true replica of a corsair sailing ship, brig, from the second half of the 17th century. The original La Grace was a ship of the Czech-born seafarer Augustin Heřman. Heřman began his seafarer career in the Dutch West India Company. Later he became a corsair, significant politician and also a big exporter of tobacco in America.
La Grace was by far the most famous corsair ship in the early days of America. Every year, the ship departed for the Caribbean where she conducted raids on enemy´s shipping.
The replica of La Grace was built in a traditional way in 2010 in Suez in Egypt with the help of Czech and Slovak volunteers. The aim of the event in Flisvos Marina is promotion of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic and revival of the marine history in central Europe. For those interested it gives an opportunity to enjoy sailing on a historical boat along with learning marine craft.


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THE STORY OF THE GEL WRIST BRACELETTHE STORY OF THE GEL WRIST BRACELET, Linda Mary Montano 2017
Gel bracelets, or jelly bracelets are an inexpensive type of wristband often made from Silicone. They come in a variety of colors, and several can be worn on each arm. They have been popular in waves throughout the Western world and elsewhere since the 1980s. One style of these wristbands, known as "awareness bracelets", carry debossed messages demonstrating the wearer's support of a cause or charitable organization.
Maybe I went to see my neighbor. Maybe an elderly neighbor. Maybe my classmate from grade school. Whatever. Obviously I don't really want to reveal the reason but no maybe's about it, visiting the local nursing home is never anything but an occasion to participate in Buddhist/Hindu practices of Impermanence-R-Us. And revealing that my friend, my age is there with dementia is not an easy reveal. Not Maybe!! She is.
But always the spiritual seeker, I factored in and thought: isn't it true that Gurus/Rishis/Rimpoches/Lamas and aware spiritual teachers would send their chelas to graveyards to accelerate the student's focus/concentration/practice and dissuade clinging, desire and attachment to this mortal coiled body? Some charnel grounds were more Hollywoodesque than others, that is, in Tibet, nuns and monks would sit with the dead's severed body parts cut into smaller bites so the vultures would have an easier feeding frenzy. This nursing home was none of that, not a charnel ground but it was not the site of a girl scout sing along. It was a nursing home.
The majority of Tibetan people and many Mongols adhere to Vajrayana Buddhism, which teaches the transmigration of spirits. There is no need to preserve the body, as it is now an empty vessel. Birds may eat it or nature may cause it to decompose. The function of the sky burial is simply to dispose of the remains in as generous a way as possible (the source of the practice's Tibetan name). In much of Tibet and Qinghai, the ground is too hard and rocky to dig a grave, and, due to the scarcity of fuel and timber, sky burials were typically more practical than the traditional Buddhist practice of cremation.
Although I pride myself on my ability to wear death on my left shoulder as Don Juan suggested in his Yakui Way, it is never really easy for me to witness, pass by, observe or try not to see toothless mouths open for air or a liquid meal; it is never easy to see anorexied elders cemented to wheel chairs or oversized lazy-boys; it is never easy to see elders silenced by off the chart medications or a big lunch; it is never easy to see the forgotten rehearsing death while maintained by harried, phone answering/poorly paid CNA's running down the hall to bring life back to one of their "residents" who might need to be toileted, fed, picked up from the floor, medicated, hoyer-lifted or turned.
Although I am always burning these scenes into my memory to be re-dreamed at night, prayed about at prayer, re-alchemized by video, re-told as written memoir or simply forgotten, I can never really disregard the images. One of my most burned into memory pictures is of the "tribe" of residents 3 feet from the circle-nursing-station, vying for added attention and never really watching the old movies projected from a neck-hurting high video screen…movies from the 30's and 40's when 40 women swam in swimming pool unison and men smoked Camels; movies that would bring the comfort of having ecstatically lived. At that scenario, always there would be an elder who wasn't drowsing, drooling or watching but calling Ma, Ma, Ma or Nurse, Nurse sonically and loudly, touretting it over and over before their voice of impotence was transformed into tearless, whimpering coughs in the pillow at night. For some that Final Silence would not come for dozens of years; years without hugs, cards, Domino's Pizza, beer or an ocean swim.
Nursing facilities offer (by county planning process) the most extensive care a person can get outside a hospital, if one discounts regional medical centers, alternative programs in the community (sometimes now, medical homes, and 24 hour care programs), and the newer assisted living facilities. Nursing homes offer help with custodial care—like bathing, getting dressed, and eating—as well as skilled care given by a registered nurse and includes medical monitoring and treatments. Skilled care also includes services provided by specially trained professionals, such as physical, occupational, and respiratory therapists.
The services nursing homes offer vary from facility to facility. Services can include:
- Room and board
- Monitoring of medication
- Personal care (including dressing, bathing, and toilet assistance)
- 24-hour emergency care
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Always swayed by seeing, I remember that I am mid 70's and am noticing people there younger than that! People who maybe did not injest glycophytes or antibioticed milk as I do; people who bought Organic chicken and swam in private salt water pools as I don't; people there who watched the fecal count at local lakes and were well versed in the consequences of swallowing dirty water into their lungs. I do/don't. People there who knew about dry drowning. That is, people who once ate well, exercised, were professionally competent and now were the players in the dastardly days before the Endgame.
But I wasn't there to think about death but to see my classmate, now swept into delta waves way too early and silenced by her own mind-memories/drugs ordered by the medics in charge; silenced by her inactivity but most of all by an inner/secret desire to leave her unmendable nightmare?
I previously said I didn't want to see but I did see too much: the walk from the entrance door to my grade-school classmate's "pod" went past a 100 square foot dining room that encapsulate all of the best site specific qualities of a Bergman film, a scene richer in theological teachings than a $550 a week Tibetan teaching on Phowa and Chud.
WIKIPEDIA SAYS:Phowa has many different meanings; in Tibetan it means "transferring consciousness." The highest form is known as the phowa of the dharmakaya which is meditation on the great perfection. When you do Dzogchen meditation, there's no need to transfer anything, because there's nothing to transfer, no place to transfer it, nor anyone to do it. That's the highest, and greatest phowa practice.When my inner and outer time stands still it's usually an indication that I am getting my money's worth. It indicates an Ahaa moment. And that day was a money's worth day because I got to look but not look because staring would be a sin and allowed only in zoos but not nursing homes. But I wasn't staring as I would in a zoo, I was caught in a zone of no return, a Satyajit Ray film approximation that included not only visuals but a sensorium of nursing home non-meat soft food aromas and equally scented faux gravy elixirs swimming next to blanched greyish once frozen/boiled to death green peas.And there in that one room, all of them sat, eating. How many? I can't even estimate. I just know it was enough white hair to create a memory singed into my dream scape forever. They looked up in unison, tremoring spoons dancing in arthriticed fingers; all of them dressed seemingly in the same dress/same sweater/wearing the same nursing home costume and coif. All of them eating in silence. All of them eating the same meal: meal number two. Probably their "Big Meal" with Wonder white Bread, ham and cheese coming later at 4:30 or 5pm. Meal three.And there they sat, feeding mouths most likely sore from once meticulously secured but now poorly fitting dentures. There they ALL sat with mouths opening at odd angels. There they all sat like good newborns approximating "aren't I a good baby" breast memories of their first milk. There they sat, content and either being fed by an aide or feeding themselves. There they sat not retired from eating but retired from law practices, retired from scientific research, retired from housewifery, retired from relationships, retired from accounting firms, retired from pastoral duties, retired from political activism, retired from life. Now they embraced, not by choice but because of advanced medical necessity, the only jobs left to them: eating, sleeping, going to the bathroom, eating, sitting, sleeping and eating.I wasn't there to cry or judge. I wasn't there to shudder with the realization that this "might" be my fate one day. Simply put, I was there to visit a friend and by default and because of this view of the residents' syncopated and contented sameness, I was moved into a sincere sacredness, a silence, a concentration that was breathtaking. This was holy art at it's best and they were performing a slow-mo, high-level conscious awareness and syncopated magic that only Merce Cunningham dancers might approximate at a good gig. This was Holy Communion, the Eucharist secularized by genericed time/space and everyday context.
The Eucharist (also called Holy Communion or the Lord's Supper, among other names) is a Christian rite that is considered a sacrament in most churches and an ordinance in others. According to the New Testament, the rite was instituted by Jesus Christ during his Last Supper; giving his disciples bread and wine during the Passover meal, Jesus commanded his followers to "do this in memory of me" while referring to the bread as "my body" and the wine as "my blood". Through the Eucharistic celebration Christians remember Christ's sacrifice of himself on the cross.
The elements of the Eucharist, bread (leavened or unleavened) and wine (or grape juice), are consecrated on an altar (or table) and consumed thereafter. Communicants (that is, those who consume the elements) may speak of "receiving the Eucharist", as well as "celebrating the Eucharist". Christians generally recognize a special presence of Christ in this rite, though they differ about exactly how, where, and when Christ is present.
And it was sacredly silent, like at Mass. None of the many, many synchronized eaters was squabbling; none were discussing the low price of chicken thighs at Sams Club; none were asking for a ride to a doctor appointment later that day; none of them wondered whose turn it was to do dishes. All of these issues were now moot points and the job at hand was to eat NOW and eat later at "supper" having eaten breakfast a few hours before. The job at hand was to sit with those exact same people at the exact same place and trance out while shoveling in soft meals meant for mastication-light.
Student that I am of paths to enlightenment, I noted that days at the nursing home are not much different from time that students of meditation devote to intense Sadhana ( spiritual practice) in contemplative settings like monasteries, caves, contemplative convents and Tibetan/Hindu retreat rooms. Maybe, yes maybe I can scout out and try to locate that one or maybe tenth person whose eyes betray their purpose, whose eyes gave light-out not took it in, whose eyes signaled me that, "Hey lady, guess what? This isn't such a bad deal. When your family sends you here we can hang out together? I sit/eat/shit/sleep/eat/sit but I also pray and use this safe and secret holy place to practice The Art/Life of Meditation." A hallucination? Believable message?WIKIPEDIA SAYS:The Hermit's Cave, situated on Scenic Hill on the northeastern outskirts of Griffith, New South Wales, Australia, is in fact a complex of stone structures.
Misleadingly called 'The Hermit's Cave', the site in reality comprises a complex of shelters, terraced gardens, exotic plants, water-cisterns, dry-stone walling and linking bridges, stairways and paths that stretch intermittently across more than a kilometre of the escarpment. Made single-handedly by a reclusive Italian migrant,Valeri Ricetti, these structures involved the moving of hundreds of tons of stone and earth, together with the ingenious incorporation of natural features in the landscape.As my friend Karen and I left the nursing home after visiting our once critical-care-nurse-classmate, I heard someone say as they ran to rescue me, "Mam, Mam, you can't leave here! let me see your wrist band!" Turning around I realized that she wanted to shepherd me back inside, thinking I was delusionally abandoning ship. She grabbed for my left wrist. But I, not quite ready to give up all of the creature comforts of my second hand clothes stuffed into three different closets; or give up my car that jettisoned me all over Ulster County; or give up the thrill of owning and paying for my iPhone and computer which had become surrogate plastic friends-in-a-box . I was not ready to join their secular "monastery" and surrender my ability to be able to walk to Church, the bank, the grocery store, the park; and I certainly was not ready to give up my magical back yard and those 5 glorious trees…. my nature family in disguise.I assured her that I was not escaping, although a sucker for signs that I am, for a moment I thought her right.My wristband says PRAY, HOPE, DON'T WORRY: PADRE PIOMaybe theirs says, POD OF NO RETURN____________________________________________________________________________________________________________Linda Mary Montano, 2017


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Enter the picturesque world of Regency England.
It is the summer of 1810. The Lyon family of London is eagerly preparing for the wedding of their eldest daughter Hannah. But as the women bustle from the dressmaker to the haberdasher, Mr. Samuel Lyon, a well-respected clockmaker and member of London's Jewish elite, suffers a crushing blow.
In the blink of an eye Mr. Lyon's entire fortune is lost. Not only has his bank gone bankrupt, but someone has stolen the last of his money. Instead of leading Hannah to the chuppah, Mr. Lyon might be leading his devastated family to the debtor's ward of Newgate Prison.
The Lyons are on the verge of despair when help arrives from an unexpected source: Mr. Ezra Melamed, wealthy widower and benefactor of London's Jewish community. Anxious to help Mr. Lyon recover his fortune, Mr. Melamed goes beyond London's fashionable streets to search for clues in the darkest places. With only a key, a button, and a few cryptic words from a Chassidic Rebbe to guide him, can Mr. Melamed restore the disappearing dowry to its rightful owners...before the Lyon family faces total ruin?
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A comfortable and amenity-rich holiday rental is a much better option than a small, boring hotel room. After a day of cruising the area's creeks and rivers or deep-sea fishing, you'll feel rewarded when you return to a welcoming holiday rental.The magnificent stretch of beach on Isle of Palms is both photogenic and fun. Once you've done your obligatory sunbathing and beachcombing at the Isle of Palms County Park Beach, head to nearby Charleston, a 30-minute drive away, which has historic sites, landmarks, shopping districts, golf courses and family attractions like The South Carolina Aquarium and Fountain Walk, a new dining, entertainment and shopping complex nearby.For golfers, the Wild Dunes Resort on the Isle of Palms features two 18-hole courses designed by Tom Fazio and there are several more excellent layouts on the mainland, including Patriots Point and Charleston National Country Club.
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We have been uploading a lot of impressions for EZONE Xi series from all around the world on YONEX.COM. We believe that these impressions will help players who are not satisfied with their current racquets. EZONE Xi powers your game to the next level.
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YONEX released new racquet, VCORE Tour to put more spin and more power on the ball. Many players have already tried the racquet and gave us positive comments.


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Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest of them all? Snow White's Cottage was released in 2012 for the Duplo Disney Princess line.
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Heineken Cup
Hines wary of Montpellier's qualities
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April 4, 2013
Nathan Hines will look to guide Clermont into the semi-finals © Getty Images
Clermont Auvergne's Nathan Hines has set his sights on a semi-final spot in the Heineken Cup but he is fully aware of the threats Montpellier and No.8 Johnnie Beattie pose.
Beattie played alongside Hines for Scotland but both are now turning out in the Top 14. While Hines has called time on his Test aspirations, Beattie started all five of Scotland's matches during the recent Six Nations. The No.8 is enjoying a superb season for Montpellier following his summer transfer and Hines has singled out his ability at the back of the scrum as something Clermont will need to keep their eye on.
Although both French teams are well acquainted with each other, come Saturday, when they face each other at the Stade Marcel Michelin for a place in the semi-finals of the Heineken Cup, Hines is anticipating a different feel to the match.
"Despite this being an all-French encounter, it will be a whole new ball-game for both teams," Hines told the Courier. "It will be nothing like playing in the Top14 championship because it is all or nothing -- lose and your are gone.
"We still feel the pain of losing to Leinster in last year's semi and we don't want to feel so low again. Montpellier have emerged as a very powerful young team who are very aggressive up front. They have a lot of physicality -- and even their bigger guys like Johnnie can chuck the ball around.
"We don't regard ourselves as favourites. I reckon it is more like a 50-50 situation; Johnnie and his mates will be coming here to attack and win, but we have not lost for three years on our own pitch and that creates its own pressure."
While Hines has called time on his international career, he is still keen to journey to Australia with the British & Irish Lions and a strong showing against Montpellier on the European stage could further his claims.
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