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2 U.S. Code § 61a–11 - Abolition of statutory positions in Office of Secretary of Senate; Secretary's authority to establish and fix compensation for positions
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Effective October 1, 1981, all statutory positions in the Office of the Secretary (other than the positions of the Secretary of the Senate, Assistant Secretary of the Senate, Parliamentarian, Financial Clerk, and Director of the Office of Classified National Security Information) are abolished, and in lieu of the positions hereby abolished the Secretary of the Senate is authorized to establish such number of positions as he deems appropriate and appoint and fix the compensation of employees to fill the positions so established; except that the annual rate of compensation payable to any employee appointed to fill any position established by the Secretary of the Senate shall not, for any period of time, be in excess of $1,000 less than the annual rate of compensation of the Secretary of the Senate for that period of time; and except that nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any position authorized by statute, if the compensation for such position is to be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate.
Source(Pub. L. 97–51, § 114,Oct. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 963.)
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Competitors explore the moonscape of Campo de Piedra Pomes, an Argentine pumice field. Photo: Gustavo Cherro/Red Bull Content Pool
Campo de Piedra is as remote as it is inhospitable. Tobias Wicke and Sebastian Keep were among the 10 competitors Red Bull invited to what had to be one of the coolest freestyle events ever. Although there were countless cans of Red Bull, there was but one oxygen mask. Odd, that. Photo: Rutger Pauw/Red Bull Content Pool
Tobias Wicke making maximum use of the terrain. Photo: Gustavo Cherro/Red Bull Content Pool
Wicke, practicing on the pumice. When's the last time you heard that? Photo: Luis Vidales/Red Bull Content Pool
Aaron Ross, soaring. Photo: Gustavo Cherro/Red Bull Content Pool
Daniel Dhers prepares to perform as fellow competitors kick back in the shade. Photo: Luis Vidales/Red Bull Content Pool
Daniel Dhers once again making it look so easy with a tuck no-hander. The high heat and even higher altitude required riders to pace themselves. Photo: Gustavo Cherro/Red Bull Content Pool
Unusual terrain brings unusual maintenance and repairs, like cleaning volcanic ash out of bearings. Photo: Gustavo Cherro/Red Bull Content Pool
Kevin Kalkoff, cutting loose with an invert. The terrain was is varied as the riders, and no two formations are the same. Photo: Rutger Pauw/Red Bull Content Pool
Ben Hennon takes a breather. Riders said riding at more than 13,000 feet above sea level left them breathless, literally and figuratively. Photo: Gustavo Cherro/Red Bull Content Pool
The natural terrain provided no end of awesome moves, like Aaron Ross' barspin.. Photo: Gustavo Cherro/Red Bull Content Pool
Video highlights of the action out on the pumice. Video: Red Bull Content Pool
Red Bull has kicked loose a bunch of pics and video from its insane Ramparanoia, an invitation-only freestyle and dirt-jumping competition held in one of the coolest places ever — a pumice field 13,000 feet above sea level.
The Austrian energy drink juggernaut threw around a few boatloads of cash flying Ben Hannon, Aaron Ross, Daniel Dhers and seven other top-level riders to Campo de Piedra Pomez. It's a surreal yet beautiful pumice field formed half a million years ago near Catamarca, Argentina. The moonscape includes kickers, quarterpipes, transfers and other formations of all shapes and sizes, and no two are the same.
Just the place for a freestyle competition, no? We can't help but think the world is a better place because Red Bull does crazy stuff like this.
Everyone spent several hours flying aboard a puddle jumper to the wildly remote, and terribly inhospitable, locale, and then had one day to acclimate. The competition, held the week of Dec. 8, began the next day.
Hennon won in a competition where riders judged each other's moves. "I feel honored to have been invited to this competition and I am happy to have won," he said in a statement. "The experience was amazing — without a doubt Red Bull Ramparanoia helps to increase the level of BMX even more, because we really had to outdo ourselves to ride in a place far away from everything."
Hennon won, but everyone agreed Daniel Dhers had the best move of the event: a perfectly executed "360 tail whip to barspin."
The riders included Hennon, Dhers, Ross, Tobias Wicke, Sebastian Keep, Ruben Alcantara, Kevin Kalkoff, Gary Young, Martin Postigo and Iñaki Mazza. We'd love to be able to tell you who's in each picture and what kind of move they're making, but Red Bull didn't provide much in the way of captions. If anyone can tell us what's what in the pics, let us know in the comments.
Update, 7:12 p.m. Eastern: Thanks to reader Ian White for some help with the captions!Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.

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SWEETWATERDirector: Logan and Noah MillerCast: January Jones, Ed Harris, Jason Isaacs, Jason Aldean, Eduardo NoriegaAttending: January Jones, Ed Harris, Jason Isaacs, Eduardo NoriegaSet in the untamed desert of 1880s New Mexico, a prostitute-turned-doting farmers wife (January Jones) is forced to seek vigilante justice when power-hungry self-proclaimed Prophet Josiah (Jason Isaacs) unleashes violence in his community. Complicated by the arrival of the shrewd, yet eccentric Sherriff Jackson (Ed Harris), the battle of good versus evil and faith versus fanaticism comes to a head in the sleepy town of Sweetwater. (World Premiere)


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PITTSBURGH -- Pirates pitchers have found their groove in May, leading baseball in ERA, opposing batting average and strikeouts in the month entering Wednesday's game.
And there is even more help on the way.
Charlie Morton threw 80 pitches over four innings Tuesday for Double-A Altoona, giving up two hits, two walks and two unearned runs. Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said Morton, who is recovering from Tommy John surgery, would pitch for Triple-A Indianapolis on Sunday, then again May 31.
The right-hander's next rehab start will be ramped up to six innings and 90 pitches, then seven and 100 the following outing. Hurdle is not sure what Morton's role will be when he returns, and he will not worry about it for another 10 days.
"Starting is Charlie's niche right now," Hurdle said. "So we'll keep that in mind moving forward."
Jeff Karstens is also rehabbing in Altoona. He threw 60 pitches for the Curve on Saturday in his second rehab start while recovering from right shoulder inflammation. Hurdle said Karstens' next start had not been determined but should be announced soon.
Karstens was originally listed as the starter for the Curve on Thursday, but his name was removed Wednesday afternoon.
James McDonald, however, is not quite as far along as the two above. He threw a bullpen Tuesday, and Hurdle said the righty did not have any setbacks. He will throw another bullpen Friday. He has been on the disabled list with stiffness in his right shoulder since May 7.
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A technology initiative instigated and pioneered by Settle Primary School is being promoted across North Yorkshire.
The school's Digital Leaders scheme caught the attention of the county's IT advisers who now want all schools to think about implementing similar initiatives.
Settle Primary has established a gifted and talented group of high-ability pupils and is teaching them computer programming as well as introducing them to advanced computer systems.
Higher level teaching assistant and computer specialist Sarah Entwistle said: "Children with a particular interest in IT are invited to apply to become Digital Leaders and the successful ones are then fast-tracked to acquire more advanced skills such as programming. They then go back to their peers and pass on their knowledge, raising the confidence and skills base in IT across the entire school."
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SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Left fielder Alex Gordon, who missed the last two games because of back stiffness, is expected to be in the Royals' lineup on Wednesday against the Brewers.
"[Manager Ned Yost] just wanted to give me one more day because we're going on the road for the first time. I should be ready to go tomorrow," Gordon said.
Gordon was scratched from Monday's game after the morning stretch.
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The connection between a proposed Fort Ord development and a veterans cemetery petition campaign is no longer just an innuendo.
County election records show that the Monterey Downs LLC horse racing venture gave more than $86,000 for the pro-development and pro-cemetery Secure the Promise initiative — paying for its printing and for people to gather petition signatures.
The company's election documents, recently posted to the county Elections Department website in a separate category than the petition's campaign filings, show the company's attorney also was involved in an attempt to sue a rival measure.
Secure the Promise organizers say Monterey Downs' role was necessary to get the petition done in time. Backers of the opposing Fort Ord Access Alliance say they were not surprised by the disclosure.
The Secure the Promise initiative began in late April in response to the Fort Ord Access Alliance, which had been gathering signatures since early April to stop some development, including the horse racing complex, on the former Army base. Both ballot measures will be voted on in a countywide election Nov.5.
Monterey Downs, in process since 2010, would be an equestrian-themed project with a racetrack, hotels and homes. It could not be built in its current form if the Access petition wins.
Efforts to reach Monterey Downs representatives Monday were unsuccessful.
Luana Conley, an Access organizer, said she wished the company would have focused its efforts on funding the cemetery instead of on a ballot measure.
"It's dividing the community over something that we all want," she said of the cemetery. "People support the veterans cemetery."
Sid Williams, secretary of the veterans council, said Monday the Monterey Downs developers obviously have an interest in the defeat of the Access initiative but it was not as if the veterans ballot measure would guarantee construction.
The pro-cemetery ballot measure "doesn't say a single thing about the approval of Monterey Downs," Williams said. "They are not getting approval of anything by virtue of our petition."
He maintained the veterans cemetery project, which would be partially financed from sale of land to Monterey Downs, required organizers to act quickly to raise funds.
"The other side started this petition drive. We had a very short period of time to get our petition prepared and circulated," Williams said. "... There was no way for us to raise that kind of money that quickly."
The Access Alliance had raised $69,472 as of June 30, according to documents submitted to the county Elections Department. The Secure the Promise group raised $15,000 in the same period (separate from petition costs).
Contributions to the Access Alliance were mostly from individuals, while Secure the Promise had three contributors — the county veterans council, Monterey Bay Retired E-9 Association and $4,380 from Monterey Downs.
Both groups spent a significant amount on paid signature gatherers.
The Access group paid $35,366 and Monterey Downs spent $64,980.
Also of note on Monterey Downs' forms was its attorney and treasurer for election filings, James Sutton.
The lawyer represented veterans council president James Bogan in an unsuccessful lawsuit against the Access Alliance in June. Sutton argued, along with another lawyer from his firm, Bradley Hertz, that the Access petition would confuse the public.
Hertz said at the time that his client was Bogan and they had not discussed payment options.
Bogan deferred comment Monday to James Scariot, who, he said, is handling campaign issues. Efforts to reach Scariot were unsuccessful.
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ORGANISERS of a village music festival are gearing up for their biggest event yet as they release 2,000 extra tickets.
James Blunt will headline the opening night of the Wickham Festival next week, and demand for tickets has been so high organisers have pushed capacity to 7,000.
Organiser Peter Chegwyn said fans are coming from across the globe to see the You're Beautiful singer at the intimate gig.
"The response has been astonishing," he said.
"We have always operated with a capacity of 5,000 but we have had to apply for an extension and we are very grateful to Winchester City Council for granting it.
"We now expect to have 7,000 fans on site making it the biggest event we have ever staged. But even with the extra tickets, we still expect to sell out before next week. It is a rare chance to see a major music star in a small rural setting."
Blunt, who has sold more than 20 million albums worldwide, has been playing to crowds of 40,000 as part of his Moon Landing tour recently.
Peter added: "It truly is a case of the world coming to Wickham as we have fans and artists heading here from Australia and the USA as well as from across Europe which is a fantastic boost for local businesses. We estimate it will bring an extra £1 million in revenue to the area."
The festival runs from Thursday, August 14, until Sunday, August 17, and also includes The Lightning Seeds, Steve Earle & The Dukes and Bellowhead.
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It was early in the first half, I think even in the first quarter. It is in the beginning of the conversation about J.O. fitting into this new style of play.
In fact I'm certain that it was early in the first quarter.
Like I said in my first post, it's what I think I heard. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Sounds like JO's just been reading too much Bball.........
I seem to remember similar type quotes from JO last year about being concerned about coming back and screwing up the team while it was playing well.
Joining in the dance!!!
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Thanks M.R.
I knew I wasn't crazy, I thought I heard Quinn say J.O. was having a hard time with this emotionally.
Like I said in my original post, it didn't sound like he was angry or anything about this. He seems to think he might be the problem.
I have no problem with this. To me this makes me think more of Jermaine. Not every star player would be willing to look at himself like that. Anybody think Kobe would volunteer to play a differant style if it meant him shooting a lot less & letting others be the star attraction? I doubt it myself although I don't know that for fact.
J.O. haters & lovers alike can take comfort in this statment IMO. Either way it seems that he is shining the light of truth on himself & not pointing it at others.
My girlfriend gets really tired of Quinn Buckner constantly opining on what players are thinking and what is in their heads. Nevertheless, he does have one ear to the ground in Pacerdom so it's an interesting comment to chew on.
Did you just quote and agree with yourself?Originally Posted by vapacersfan
Selfquoter...that's even worse than a hater.
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Hey I've been thinking about what you said about the deep bench.
After carefull consideration I'm pretty sure we agree.
Let me see if I am thinking about this right.
We want 5 really good starters or at least a unit of 5 that combines together to make a really good unit.
Then we want 3 players behind them that can either meld into that group or are individually very talented.
Then 2 other guys who are utility players who will only see maybe 10 min. a night tops but could fill in if needed in a larger role.
Then as to the rest we want players who are not nearly as good as any of the above & don't mind just being bench players but can fill in if needed.
If that is what you are saying then I have to say that is what I think as well.
I probably still want to go deeper in the regular season though than either you or Jay do.
Does JO agree with me?
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
If JO and the COACHES can take to heart less offense and more rebounds,
blocks and assists for JO a title is a possibility.
I consider Quinn to be in the inner circle. He knows what Bird and DW are doing and thinking. He's around and knows what is going on. So when he says something I take note
Clark doesn't mainly because he's not around.
There is a cause for concern on JO's part. The foundation of Motion is based on not having a dominant big man. Now sure, there are some Hi/Lo variations, but the Big still must pass effectively.
I hope Rick has Jermaine in the gym drilling motion sets into his head. When he comes back, provided no more trades occur, the best short-term move is to deemphasize his roll and continue to run the offense through Jack and Peja.
However, this summer, Rick's gotta rewrite the playbook again, cause high post cutting isn't going to get us anywhere. With Jamaal, we can run some Hawk sets for Jack and Peja, which I hope we'll see after the ASB. We'll still run some Princeton with AJ and Cabbage. But we need to find a base that will use JO effectively. We can run some Four Out with either Danny or Austin, but that may put too much passing pressure on Jermaine. Maybe some Hi/Lo teamed with Harrison. That might work.
Anyway, I digress. JO ran motion under Isiah. Now obviously, throw out the UCLA stuff. That only worked with Brad. But, as I've said before, the main thing is to clean out the isolation junk Rick's filled his head with the last 3 years. Regardless of if that was all because of Ron or not (I tend to think it was, since Ron broke Isiah's Quick all the damn time), we need to put it behind us for good.
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Thread hijack!! I've been reading a Warriors message board some time now, and came across the blog entry that I had to share:
Recap: Warriors 95, Pacers 107
By Atma Brother ONE
Posted on Sat Feb 11, 2006 at 03:18:25 AM EST
Whoa! What a strange game. I got burned big time with my predicton that the Warriors would easily blow out the Jermaine O'Neal and Jamaal Tinsley- less Pacers in our game preview. But honestly, how was I supposed to know that the Pacers were going to break out their two secret weapons, Nate Dogg and the Black Skeletor?
Peja: "YESSSS! We got Nate D-O-double G and the Black Skeletor!" (AP Photo)
Usually the Boom-Rich backcourt dominates games while dropping dimes, dunks, and swishes. However, tonight the Pacers' Nate Dogg-Skeletor backcourt put Baron and Jason in check.
DPG- Anthony Johnson's day job Anthony Johnson had the Warriors asking 23 Questions. (AP Photo)
At night Stephen Jackson has the power.
Stephen Jackson gives JRich trouble. (AP Photo)
This isn't supposed to happen. Baron has been struggling defensively for most of this season. JRich has stepped up his D this season, but for some reason Stephen Jackson gives him a lot of trouble. It's strange how Monty didn't try sticking Pietrus on Jackson. JRich has the athleticism and hustle to run through the 50 Reggie Miller screens the Pacers set for Peja, so it's not like Jason couldn't guard the Pacers' SF. Warrior centers Adonal Foyle and Andris Biedrins combined for 10 fouls in 45 minutes of play. That's well... just FOUL! Yo Mullin and company- a capable center would be nice. We'll even take Drew Gooden masquerading as a center! It's going to be even more Foul if that trade exception expires next Tuesday and the Warriors have nothing to show for it.
"Sharpshooter" Mike Dunleavy hit one of his eleven shots. You read that right. He took 11 shots and missed 10 of them including one horrendous 3pt air ball that was about 6 inches off the mark. Keep in mind that Dun's attempts are for the most part completely wide open. I know 5th graders who can hit those shots. I'm being completely serious here- maybe Mike needs to get his eyes checked. There's no way he has 20/20 vision. Come to think of it, there's no way I have 20/20 vision anymore after watching all his eyesores.
Still, Mike managed to live up to his Funleavy title tonight...
You've seen M.J.'s Wings Poster...
well M.D. tried to pose for his own Wings poster tonight. (AP Photo)
The Warriors are now 5 games under .500. Something, anything needs to change. A trade, a new coach, a new owner, something. This loss against a vastly inferior Pacers' roster is unacceptable. Let's hope the Warriors can rebound from this loss tomorrow against the red hot Cavs in Cleveland. They need Troy back soon or else it's going to be a very long night.
Warrior Wonder: Air France took off! Needing only 9 field goals, MP2 hit 23 points and managed to sprinkle in 5 boards, a steal, and a block. Nice shooting game from Mickael. It's great to have him starting. Earlier in the season the Warriors were playing 3 on 5 with their starters with Dunleavy and Foyle filling boxscores with zeroes despite tons of playing time. Now the Warriors are playing 4 on 5 with their starting unit. Dunleavy and Foyle are good bench players, but nothing more.
Track of the Day: E-40 featuring Keak Da Sneak- "Tell Me When to Go"
Props to the Yay's ambassador E-Feazy for represting the whole Yay Area tonight on MTV's Direct Effect. Super hyphy-hyphy-hyphy-hyphy!
Hey! What're you kicking me for? You want me to ask? All right, I'll ask! Ma'am, where do the high school girls hang out in this town?


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But, I would like, for U.S. senator voting, that states be divided by current state representative districts for this voting purpose and allowed one vote per district. That one vote is determined by who wins that district. And, for example, if wishful Sen. "A" gets five votes from large cities and wishful Sen. "B" gets five votes for the rural areas, then the governor breaks the tie. Or don't have an even-numbered number of districts.
I don't care to see a U.S. senator in office who only represents a few large cities in a particular state and not the rural areas. This amendment could bring the U.S. senators back to the original intentions of the founders: representing the state.
"The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators from each state, elected by the people with one decided vote per district thereof, for six years…"
If we want to stop the gridlock, break the lock. What have you got?
Roderic J. ConverseThe reasons courts have ruled "creationism" to be a form of religion, is because (1.) Creationism is both a false (old Earth) and foolish (young Earth) doctrine, and (2.) a grand measure of incompetence has been used in the courtroom to fight against evolution.
Both old Earth and young Earth (also intelligent design) fail to convey the truth of Genesis. God is both the author of Genesis, and the creator of science itself. Since God is the supreme intelligence, it stands to reason that Genesis is much more "scientific" than the worlds of creationism and theology have presented to mankind. Genesis is not a joke book. God was conveying the geologic history of Earth when he gave those six visions to Moses.
Without the understanding of the text, of course, a casual linear reading of the first chapter of Genesis will not seem scientific. However, when Genesis is read correctly (the seven non-linear days read in chronological order), the book is appreciated as the most scientific literature written before the fall of the Roman Empire.
Modern science may soon learn what Genesis has already proclaimed, which is that mankind has been on this Earth, in his present likeness, for more than 60 million years.
Does that qualify as "scientific"? The correct reading of Genesis is the only written documentation of the existence of prehistoric mankind, which signification is more ancient than the current theory of evolution will acknowledge.
Herman CummingsWith an eye to the looming fiscal cliff, Washington is making important decisions on whether taxes should be higher or lower — but many companies aren't even paying what they owe. At least 83 of the top 100 publicly traded corporations in the U.S., such as Boeing and GE, use offshore tax havens to avoid paying federal taxes. This adds up to an estimated $1.5 trillion to the deficit over 10 years.
There are some tough budget decisions ahead, but closing the offshore tax loopholes that let large companies shift their tax burden to the rest of us should be an easy one.
We can't afford tax haven loopholes, especially now. We can't continue losing $150 billion in revenue every year as the deficit grows and grows. The Indiana delegation should make sure that the conversation in Washington does not leave out this common sense step to draw down the deficit.
Alec Sprague, federal field organizer, Indiana Public Interest Research Group (INPIRG)


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Sheriff's deputies arrested Christopher Lee Holder, 29, of Bronson, Sunday after they discovered a rifle, pistol, 20.5 grams of marijuana and a small pipe in his vehicle during a traffic stop, according to a Levy County Sheriff's Office press release.
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Evans' two-ball dunk was far and away the best dunk of the night. On that alone, I felt he should have won.
George calling the contest a joke is just stupid. He knew what it was when he was campaigning for entry. Of course it's a joke. If he was out there for the purity of the competition he wouldn't have put on a stupid green costume and turned on black lights.


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From Wiki: In a paper presented at the University of Marburg, Germany, Ven. Dr. Analayo writes, "There are many problems chronologically, however, in the traditional account of Mahaprajapati (from the Commentaries). She first requested ordination five years after Buddha's enlightenment; but Ananda, who requested Buddha on her behalf, first ordained only twenty years after Buddha's enlightenment. Considering that Mahaprajapati, as Buddha's maternal aunt, raised him after his mother's death, she would have been about eighty years old when Ananda was senior enough to make the request."
Did Ven Analayo make a mistake? According to the book The Buddha and His Teachings by Ven Narada, Ananda became the Buddha's secretary 20 years after the enlightenment, but had become a monk 2 years after that event. Other books I checked say the same thing.


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Update: Defenseman Stephane Robidas practiced with the NHL-leading Ducks (43-14-6) for the first time since they acquired him for a draft pick Tuesday from the Dallas Stars. He's not expected to play until March 14 at the earliest, however. He's been sidelined since breaking his right leg Nov. 29. ... Right wing Teemu Selanne returned to practice after sitting out the Ducks' shootout loss Wednesday to the Montreal Canadiens. ... The Ducks also recalled center Rickard Rakell from their American Hockey League affiliate in Norfolk, Va. Rakell had 37 points (14 goals, 23 assists) in 43 games for Norfolk. ... The Ducks are 2-0-1 so far on their five-game homestand after the Olympic break. ... Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby had a league-leading 83 points before the start of business Thursday. The Ducks' Ryan Getzlaf was third with 68 points. ... The Penguins were 41-16-4 going into Thursday's game at San Jose.


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Bursitis and tendonitis. National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases website. Available at: http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Bursitis. Updated June 2013. Accessed December 15, 2013.
Elbow (olecranon) bursitis. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Ortho Info website. Available at: http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00028. Updated January 2011. Accessed December 15, 2013.
Hip bursitis. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Ortho Info website. Available at: http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=a00409. Updated August 2007. Accessed December 15, 2013.
Prepatellar bursitis. EBSCO DynaMed Plus website. Available at: http://www.dynamed.com/topics/dmp~AN~T114661/Prepatellar-bursitis. Updated September 5, 2012. Accessed September 29, 2016.
Tendinitis and bursitis. American College of Rheumatology. Available at: http://www.rheumatology.org/Practice/Clinical/Patients/Diseases_And_Conditions/Tendinitis_and_Bursitis. Updated February 2013. Accessed December 15, 2013.
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(8-4) After losing a tough one to the Steelers last week, the Ravens hope to get back on track against the Texans.
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This in the Triumph model B with the quarter sawn oak case, the horn on this machine is a very rare 12 panel cygnet horn. Most cygnet horns are either 10 or 11 panel, I believe the 12 panel was made in Australia under licence to Edison.
This machine is also fitted with the horizontal carriage and diamond B reproducer for blue Amberol cylinders, it will also play indestructible cylinder records.


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ORLANDO - The Colorado Rockies announced today that the club has selected RHP Tommy Kahnle with the eighth selection in the Major League phase of the Rule 5 Draft.
Kahnle, 24, spent the 2013 season at Trenton in the Double-A Eastern League in the New York Yankees organization. The 6-foot-1, 230-pound Kahnle went 1-3 with 15 saves, a 2.85 ERA (60.0 ip, 19 er), 45 walks and 74 strikeouts in 46 games for Trenton last season. Opponents hit just .182 against Kahnle in 2013. He was ranked the Yankees 20th-best prospect by MLB.com entering the 2013 season. The native of Latham, NY was originally selected by the Yankees in the fifth round of the 2010 First-Year Player Draft out of Lynn University. Kahnle has struck out a total of 260 batters in 198.0 innings pitched (11.82 SO/90 IP) over his three full Minor League seasons, since 2011.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A Florida judge is rejecting a request by prosecutors to interview a reporter about a former aide to Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll.
Circuit Judge Frank Sheffield on Wednesday ruled that The Florida Times-Union reporter Matt Dixon does not have to testify in the ongoing criminal case against Carletha Cole.
Cole was arrested in 2011, accused of giving a Dixon a secret recording containing a conversation between Cole and Carroll's chief of staff.
Prosecutors in October tried to subpoena Dixon but the newspaper went to court to fight the request.
Sheffield ruled that the state attorney's office did not show that there was a compelling reason for Dixon to testify. The judge also said prosecutors have other ways to prove that Dixon received the recording without questioning him directly.
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Storey's "mountain of sound" was inspired by a jumble of speakers at a local thrift shop. The speakers act as functional sculpture but also improve acoustics.
Speaker components can be easily purchased online. Storey is able to rearrange the speakers in different configurations.
When Storey couldn't find a wallpaper he liked for his bedroom, he designed his own. He used a local wall coverings manufacturer to produce it, but a large-format printer would also do the trick.
The Dishwasher Safe table was built around fiberglass cafeteria trays. The trays are durable and great for entertaining.
The hub of Storey's house is his tiny garage, where all of his custom furniture and finishes are produced. Shelves and built-ins cover every surface, keeping tools organized and tucked away.
To most people, a home that's a scant 15 feet wide would look like an impossible design challenge. To Los Angeles architect Simon Storey, it looked like an opportunity. Tucked into a tiny 780-square-foot corner lot in Echo Park, the Eel's Nest is a towering slice of maker bliss, filled with Storey's hacks for hyper-efficient living.
He transformed every feature of the house into utilitarian art — making it feel much larger than its 960 square feet. "There's nothing extra in here," he says, looking around his kitchen. On the wall behind him is a molded plywood leg splint designed by Ray and Charles Eames, seeming to epitomize his quest for form meeting function.
Storey designed his house with the intention to sell, but he ended up falling in love with it. He moved in, but as he began to furnish it he realized that he wasn't happy with the Home Depot-style options for fixtures and furnishings.
So he began to reinvent things, customizing or redesigning each element to fit his taste and lifestyle. "We take these off-the-shelf things for granted," he says. "But with a little tweaking they can be completely bespoke."
Take his walls. When he couldn't find the texture he was seeking for the bedroom, he came up with a wallpaper pattern himself. He turned to local wall coverings manufacturer Astek Home to help him produce a silver-on-pewter updated version of flocked wallpaper.
The vanilla, plastic light switch plates also made him cringe, so he designed a touch-sensitive plate modeled after the leaves of a jade plant, using a wax mold to create the shape. To turn the light on, you tap the leaves, which curl out from the wall. "It's like a piece of sculpture," he says. "But it actually does something."
It was a different kind of sculpture that inspired one of Storey's most striking innovations. While wandering through a local thrift store he found himself mesmerized in the home electronics section, where aging stereo speakers of all shapes and sizes were stacked into a glorious Jenga-like heap.
For his living room Storey wanted to create a similar "mountain of sound" that would evoke a bygone hi-fi era. "Back in the '70s, speaker building used to be really big," he says. "It's really easy to find these old books on how to do it."
He decided on a deep mahogany and ordered the speaker components online, designing them as separates that could both stack into a peak shape and also be rearranged and scattered like blocks (which can also help optimize acoustics). The warm materials and organic shape are a visual antidote to the glossy flatscreens of our entertainment centers, and achieving it is as easy as building a box.
The piece isn't just a focal point in the living room. Storey says it delivers a richer, more golden sound than contemporary speakers with their plastic cases.
Facing the speakers is Storey's Dishwasher Safe table, inspired by the banal beauty of molded fiberglass cafeteria trays. After realizing they'd make the perfect coffee table — no coasters required! — he designed a grooved frame that allows the trays to slide in and out.
It's an elegant update on the TV dinner table. Storey found his trays at a local manufacturer, but they're readily available at restaurant supply stores. "They have such beautiful colors," he says. "And they're great for parties."
Perhaps the greatest testament to Storey's ingenuity is that every custom piece in his house was fabricated in a Lilliputian garage that doubles as a workshop. He backs out his vintage Porsche, pulls down a folding workbench, and performs a Transformer-like conversion of the space — producing everything from a welder to a compressor from built-in nooks.
Although it looks like a pro setup, he says that even with his architecture background he hadn't done that much hands-on work until he bought his house. And there was a steep learning curve.
"I'd burn myself or be bleeding on the weekends and then I'd have to go back to work on Monday," he says with a laugh. But over the course of six months, compelled to solve his own design challenges, he became a confident carpenter.
"I became so much better at woodworking," he says. "I'd look down and say to myself, 'Are these really my hands?'"
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What is this medicine?PHYTONADIONE (fye toe na DYE one) is a man-made form of vitamin K. This medicine is used to treat vitamin K deficiency or bleeding problems caused by various disorders. This medicine is also given to newborn babies to prevent bleeding.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
How should I use this medicine?This medicine is for injection under the skin, into a muscle, or rarely, into a vein. It is usually given by a health care professional in a hospital or clinic setting. In newborn babies, this medicine is injected into the muscle as a one-time dose shortly after they are born.
If you get this medicine at home, you will be taught how to prepare and give this medicine. Use exactly as directed. Take your medicine at regular intervals. Do not take your medicine more often than directed.
It is important that you put your used needles and syringes in a special sharps container. Do not put them in a trash can. If you do not have a sharps container, call your pharmacist or healthcare provider to get one.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. While this drug may be prescribed for children as young as newborns for selected conditions, precautions do apply.
What if I miss a dose?If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you can. If it is almost time for your next dose, take only that dose. Do not take double or extra doses.
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What should I watch for while using this medicine?Visit your doctor or health care professional for regular checks on your progress. Your doctor or health care professional will schedule tests to make sure the medicine is working properly.
What side effects may I notice from receiving this medicine?Side effects that you should report to your doctor or health care professional as soon as possible:
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Where should I keep my medicine?Keep out of the reach of children.
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MIAMI - The U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday that Miami-Dade County Public Schools is one of 16 to win the 2012 Race to the Top-District competition.
The 16 applicants will share nearly $400 million.
Miami-Dade County is expected to receive about $30 million in federal grants.
"Districts have been hungry to drive reform at the local level, and now these winners can empower their school leaders to pursue innovative ideas where they have the greatest impact: in the classroom," said U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. "The Race to the Top-District grantees have shown tremendous leadership though developing plans that will transform the learning environment and enable students to receive a personalized, world-class education."
"We are delighted that M-DCPS has been selected to receive this funding," said Superintendent of Schools Alberto Carvalho. "This initiative will help us to continue towards our goal to make sure that every child in the district, no matter their zip code, can receive a world-class education. It leverages federal funding in advancing local innovation in 21st century learning environments."
The monies will be used to offer all middle schools a blended learning initiative in mathematics. This will include a special iPREP style classroom for mathematics in every middle school.
Click here for more information on the Race to the Top-District competition, including funding status.
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text: WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The employment cost index measuring the price of U.S. labor rose a mild 0.5% in the fourth quarter, seasonally adjusted, the Labor Department said Thursday. That matched the forecast of economists surveyed by MarketWatch. The ECI is a closely followed index that reflects how much companies, governments and nonprofit institutions pay their employees in wages and benefits. Wages - some 70% of employment costs - rose a seasonally adjusted 0.3% in the fourth quarter and benefits were up 0.6%. Total employment costs grew at the same pace over the past 12 months for private-sector and government workers alike. For all of 2012, employments costs climbed an unadjusted 1.9%, down slightly from 2.0% in 2011. Wages increased an unadjusted 1.7% vs. 1.4% in 2011. Benefits posted a 2.5% gain over the past 12 months, down from 3.2% in 2011. The decline in benefits growth is evidence that the cost of health care for companies didn't increase as quickly last year.


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The Kidnapping of the Lunik may sound like the latest spy thriller, but it's the title of a U.S. intelligence report from 1967.
The USSR, in the midst of the space race, sent the Lunik — Sputnik's younger but stronger sister — on a global tour, an old-fashioned exhibition/trade fair to demonstrate Communism's most high-tech achievement.
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Today I was able to pinpoint the location of where this photo was taken using my dad's Service Memories book. My mom must be commended too for adding all the documentation to the book.
Dad's book says that he was transferred from Sand Point NAS to Quillayute NAS 06 March 1944. Since this picture was taken in September of 1944, it is likely they were in Quillayute.
As a side note, 26 January 1944 Dad was home on leave (from service in the South Pacific on New Caledonia) to get married 05 February 1944 at his in-law's home in Seattle.


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SIX cats, including two kittens, were killed when fire ripped though a home in Leigh, leaving a family homeless.
The fire, dubbed by firefighters as the most damaging to hit the area this year, devastated the semi-detached home in Southwood Gardens.
Firefighters in four engines rushed to the property at about 2.30pm to find the ground floor completely alight and the first floor also 50 per cent alight.
Flames were so fierce they had burnt through some of the first floor and stairs, preventing firefighters from reaching some of the building, with one reporting the heat was so great it even melted his visor.
The family, consisting of a mum and her two children, were out at the time so fire crews attempted to rescue the 11 cats living there, but sadly could not save them all.
Karl Smith, a sub officer with the fire service, said: "The cats were throughout the house and the crews worked exceptionally well to find them, but although five cats were saved, sadly six were deceased, including two kittens.
"We revived two of them using oxygen and heart massage and our hearts go out to the young lady whose lost those cats and her home."
Leading fire fighter Steve Wright from Southend fire station, added: "We couldn't get to the first floor because the part of the ceiling fell through. The stairs were virtually burnt through too.
"The fire started downstairs, but it really rapidly spread through the building. There was a huge amount of fire damage.
"There were eight firefighters wearing breathing apparatus to extinguish the blaze. It was so severe that we thought next door would be affected. Luckily we stopped that in time and thankfully it didn't get into the roof."
The fire took an hour to put out, but the home will be uninhabitable for some time due to the extensive fire and smoke damage.
Mr Wright added: "Because of the heat and not being able to get to get to some of the rooms it was very difficult.
"It's a while since we have had such a well developed fire. I haven't seen damage to that extent all year because it had really spread throughout the house."
A joint investigation by the fire service and police will be carried out to establish the cause of the blaze.


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Nothing's official, but this is why Lance and his agent waited. He had nothing to lose.
I don't care how much you dislike Lance. Being realistic, it will hurt us to lose him. He's our best shot creator, passer and one of the only players on our roster that doesn't back down from a challenge. We'll need another upcoming deal to make up for the loss of Lance.
If you get Roy some touches and get his confidence going vs. having Lance dribble the ball around like a maniac, I feel it can have a big impact on what Hibbert brings to the team on the defensive end of the court. If I was a player on the court and Stephenson goes into one of those games where he just dribbles around looking to create his own shot, I think I would easily be less interested in the game. One of the great things about watching the Spurs in the NBA Finals this season was to see how many times they made an effort to get everyone to touch the ball on an offensive possession. I think there's a huge correlation to their success and approach, especially since it was a lot like what our team was doing the first couple months of the season.
The Pacers can always turn to go after Evan Turner for 5-6 mil IF Lance goes to the Hornets.
Or do the Hornets try to get the Pacers to take back Gerald Henderson as a consolation gift for losing Lance? Henderson makes 6 mil in 2014-15 and a 6 mil option in 2015-16 and plays solid defense. Personally not a huge fan of his , but his name has been rumored in trade talks here before.
You have to the Pacers higher ups have a fall back plan, don't you?
Neither options are too enticing, but with that said:
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I'm really, really down on our front office. Yay, we'll be good enough to turn a sliver of profit. Not like winning a damn title increases your revenue or anything, gotta play it safe though! I'm gonna log off before I start ranting.
those contracts wouldn't look so bad had those players been utilized properly
Roy just needs to be super decisive when he catches and be able to go straight up without bringing the ball down and of course finishing. I really hope he works his a** off on these things this summer. I don't think he's a lost cause yet, but he's got to stay hungry. I hope last year's season serves as motivation.
Lance isn't good enough to be an irreplaceable deciding factor in us winning a championship. The idea of building around him and Paul like some on here want to do is not a smart idea. Paul is not Durant, and Lance is not Westbrook. We would be setting ourselves up for failure if we go in that direction. We would end up being something similar to the Josh Smith Hawks. Yeah, talent wise you seem like you should be competing for a championship, but you got this fatal flaw in your design that holds you back from truly competing.
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Maybe you're right, but it's also possible the FO knows a lot more inside stuff and feels like for whatever reason their offer is as much as we should risk. If they REALLY wanted Lance back they would find a way. I'm more inclined to think they balanced the positives and negatives with bringing Lance back and that's as far as they are willing to go. Like I said in a previous post, I have a feeling we don't know NEAR all that happened in regards to the meltdown last year.(and no I'm not putting it all on Lance)
I agree, and the coaches need to work on getting Roy the ball in better positions to score. A straight post-up should not be your main way of using a post player who has trouble keeping position. Do something like, set a pick and have him come across the lane and receive the pass so he isn't having to establish position as often. Have him flash to a spot directly in front of the basket for a quick hook shot. In general have him moving to positions and receiving the ball instead of establishing position and receiving the ball. If it isn't there quickly, move the ball. Oh, and get rid of the wing cut on every post up. Just leave that guy out there, just have him move to a better position for a catch and shoot, and if Roy isn't getting something he likes then have him cut to the basket.
Will be really disappointed if we let Lance slip away.
Yes, he is a huge question mark. Yes, he needs to continue to mature on and off the court, in the locker room, etc.
But dangit, he is the most explosive and exciting player the Pacers have had in... potentially ever.
He makes the games much more exciting to watch and with the exception of the times he truly goes off the deep end during a game (which, I grant you, does happen) he dramatically improves our team.
I'm not ready to start calling for Larry's head or anything, but I would see the failure to retain Lance as a big blow to our chances of keeping up with the ever improving East this summer.
We'll see fairly soon how it's going to play out. But I am not ready to give up on our championship aspiration window
Part of me will grieve if Lance is gone, but Lance is Larry's boy so I trust that he will do the right thing. He's not taking it lightly, I'm sure of that.
Or that because of that we need to lose Lance and hitch our wagon to Hibbert...
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
Hibbert sucking had nothing to do with Lance. It isn't Lance's fault that Roy scored 0 points and 0 rebounds in the playoffs, where NBA players really earn their keep. It isn't Lance's fault our $15 million center was benched in the playoffs being guarded by a 30 year old rookie/cab driver
Being unable to close out a game in which you have a comfortable lead in the 4th Q = Pulling a Frank Vogel
There's no K-Love for Scola trade going down.
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
Can we stop making excuses for Roy sucking? He was so bad he was benched vs Atlanta, and the convenient excuse he gets was "Atlanta was just a terrible match-up for Roy". He shoots a **** poor FG% for a center, and it's "his teammates fault" for not passing him the ball where he likes it. Roy gets the ball, stands forever, starts dribbling, and puts up a crappy hook shot from 15 feet out, and its "well we need Roy to score to be at our best." Roy cannot rebound or jump, and its "Lance steals rebounds from Roy." Why can't we as Pacer fans admit that Roy's contract is horrible. If he only cared about defense, and didn't care about scoring, he would be worth it. The fact that Roy needs to be involved in our offense has ruined our team. Lance shoots almost 50%, and roy shoots almost 40%. Who wouldn't in their right minds want Lance shooting more
Being unable to close out a game in which you have a comfortable lead in the 4th Q = Pulling a Frank Vogel
Damn.. I don't think it's the best fit for Lance, but if there's anyone that could keep him in line it would be MJ. Just the respect he commands, kinda like Bird really. Hope Bird's got a plan if we lose him. Standing pat I feel we got very little chance next year.
Yes I hope he can return to his 2012-2013 form. 12 points on 45% FG. What an offensive beast we can look forward to.....
Being unable to close out a game in which you have a comfortable lead in the 4th Q = Pulling a Frank Vogel
Being unable to close out a game in which you have a comfortable lead in the 4th Q = Pulling a Frank Vogel
I wonder if the Pacers are surprised by the lack of offers for Lance?
We are all aware that the FO has a number they won't go over to sign Lance. I'm guessing it's not the very first offer they threw out there. It hasn't been updated because nobody's been serious with Lance yet.
Keep in mind we have several things working in our favor:
- Remember that with an ascending contract on a 5 year deal, you only add ~16% of the total number to the first year. So if you add $6 mil, you only have to add about $1 mil to this year's salary. So if we can find somebody willing to take any 1 of our bench players off of our hands, we can add a LOT more money to the total figure.
- We currently have 14 players under contract, 2 of whom are on unguaranteed contracts and 1 which is partially unguaranteed. Simply cutting all 3 players essentially gives us enough space for Lance with the current offer, and lets us begin the season with 13 men on the roster.
- We have the stretch provision available.
- Our team is better than any team that's been seriously entertaining Lance.
- Charlotte is one of the few teams that actually played at a SLOWER pace than Indiana last season.
- Our offseason was spent adding a backup guard and two guys who fill positions that are likely to be vacated if we have to cut salary.
Bottom line, unless Charlotte gives Lance a near max contract I think he's going to be in blue and gold next season.
Time for a new sig.
Goodbye Captain, My Captain. I wish you had the chance to sink or swim with your ship on its quest for the "ship".


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Thank you, Ed.
As always - very informed and engaging.
I am also reminded of the dovetailing of the spiritual and the political in relations of mutual legitimacy that occur in traditional Theravadin countries.
As per the Sangha, laity and the post-coup Governments of Myanmar. And how it was the role of the Government of the day to purify the Sangha, and thus, directly influence notions of practice and authentic spirituality.
And if we look a bit deeper, those relations are ancient sociological, spiritual and political institutions.
(Burma's Mass Lay Meditation Movement).
Which, I know you are aware of.
with metta,


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Whats the Difference Between Security and Compliance? - The Long Answers
More on Protecting Your Assets, Security and Compliance
Read our April 2009 story "A Distinction with a Difference in SCADA Security"
In preparation for our article, "A Distinction with a Difference in Functional Security," we consulted experts on the ground—security consultants, regulatory experts, vendors, systems integrators and end users. We polled them via email, Twitter, a blog post and the SCADASEC email discussion list. Below are the complete answers our respondents sent.
Joe Weiss, founder of Applied Control Solutions and author of ControlGlobal.com's "Unfettered" blog, says:
Ideally, NERC CIP security compliance and securing assets should be complementary. NERC CIP compliance means you have met NERC's requirements. Many people have assumed NERC requirements lead to secure assets―they do not! What they lead to is a programmatic approach that may or may not be relevant to actually securing assets. For example, you can be NERC CIP-compliant while excluding telecom, all distribution, non-routable protocols (even though they may make up 75%-80% of the utility's control system communications), and even all generation and substations if your "risk assessment" defines them not to be "critica.l" An example of this shortcoming was exposed two years ago at an ISA Expo session. A NERC representative was asked if it would be possible to be NERC CIP-compliant and still be fined for not meeting NERC reliability requirements. Unbelievably, the answer was YES. If the utility implemented security policies, whether they were appropriate or not, they would be deemed NERC CIP-compliant for implementing policies. However, if those same policies lead to failures affecting grid reliability, the utility could be fined (up to $1 million/day/event) for having significant reliability vulnerabilities, even though it was deemed NERC CIP-compliant! This argument is not hypothetical. Inappropriate policies, procedures and/or testing have led to numerous control system cyber incidents, some of which had very significant impacts.
On the other hand, securing assets means you have determined what you actually have installed and then reduced cyber vulnerabilities by implementing appropriate policies, procedures, technologies, architectures, etc.
An interesting follow-on question is how much security is enough security? Currently, there is no set answer. Rather, it is a risk answer. Risk is classically defined as frequency multiplied by consequence. For control systems, there is no statistical basis for cyber security frequency. Consequently, it is prudent to assume a probability of 1―The event will happen. The amount of risk you are willing to accept determines what you will be willing to pay to reduce the risk to an acceptable level. Part of the risk has to include the potential impact on control system performance/facility reliability by implementing security as security was generally not a design feature.
Jesus Oquendo, Chief Information Security Architect, E-Fensive Security Strategies, says:
I come from the technology/security arena and attempted to answer these questions as if I had to sit with my CEO.
How much security you need to be really secure? This is a tricky question. Security will always be different across companies even for those companies in the same field. Security should begin with a top-down approach from a fifty-thousand foot view in order for it to be effective. Because companies are often tasked with generating revenue, security has been considered a losing business deal from managers who don't grasp the entire picture.
Coming from the IT scope, the best mechanism to keeping a secure posture would be to have a properly governed information security architecture. However, this is a long process which involves high-level management and works its way from the top down. The entire explanation would comprise of a book in itself; so to streamline this explanation I offer a scenario, imagine asking for monies to purchase a product which, say, "monitored" all the devices in your shop. Most times that device would be 1) overkill and 2) costly, not to mention you'd need to have the personnel to operate, administrate and manage that device.
In a properly governed architecture, one can isolate the definitive equipment which needs monitoring and implement it there. In doing so, it turns out that it may not take as big, cumbersome and expensive a product. So how much security you need will always depend on how what you are trying to protect. There can never be a magic answer to this question. There will always be a cost, however. There are no magic numbers and there are no metrics methodology one can use to seek those kinds of numbers. Aside from this, too much security can be quite counterproductive.
Now to the question of what's the difference between "compliance" and "security":
Compliance is an often misunderstood term so let's have a quick view of the definition: Compliance is either a state of being in accordance with established guidelines, specifications or legislation or the process of becoming so.
With this said, most understand the term, but many misrepresent the interchangeability between the two, often settling for a low baseline that meets compliance requirements, but fails miserably in the security arena. This is where guidelines and standards both get lost in translation.
Guidelines are merely hints, suggestions and standards are explicit. But guidelines and standards for whom exactly? Most were written from a very narrow point of view and then given to a broad range of businesses. What works in one environment may not work in another. Many security professionals get this concept wrong. They set the expectations of security based on "guidelines" that don't necessarily apply to their business. They'll implement "standards," a baseline set of someone else's standards without taking an real- world view of their own needs and offer this method as a means that they've "secured" something, when all they've done is met a minimum expectation of security―just enough to meet compliance.
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Heifer's Peru Adventure
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