Month: July 2015

*NIST Computer Security Division — Released Draft Special Publication 800-131A Revision 1, Transitions: Recommendation for Transitioning the Use of Cryptographic Algorithms and Key Lengths is available for public comment.* Details and link to this draft can be found on the NIST CSRC Draft publications page at: http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/PubsDrafts.html#800-131Ar1 Deadline to submit comments: *August 14, 2015* Email comments or questions about this draft document to: [email protected] __________ Pat O’Reilly NIST Computer Security Division [email protected] (Attn: Pat O’Reilly) —————————— This service is provided to you at no charge by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). ——————————

This news summary is brought to you by *Intermicronational World * (IW), a government news agency. IW is happy to serve as a genuinely alternative news source. IW has existed since October 2011, but was forced to expand its services in March 2014 because of a lack of scholarly or scientific articles about micronations, and has since become a daily source of news, and not just about micronations. The government behind IW is the United Micronations Multi-Oceanic Archipelago (UMMOA, UGV, or GV). UMMOA® is a United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) registered trademark, which means it is recognised by at least one US government agency. The USPTO also recognises the UMMOA trademark as indicating a political organisation concerned with international affairs, and the UMMOA is also a lower stage Third World nation, or a quasi-state, which claims the new small continent of Global Earth Oceans (GEO). Because the UMMOA is indeed concerned with international affairs, and it was being ignored even by international NGOs whose work is entirely complementary, since April 2015 GEO has helped to expand two state of New Jersey NGOs through the funding their application for US federal NGO status. In the future, through these two organisations, or their partners or affiliates, GEO hopes to begin to greatly alleviate the problem of homelessness globally. Through this mission GEO will behave like a de facto state. The UMMOA-GEO nation-state also supports the work of several other NGOs in the fields of freedom of the press; in the fields of environmental, linguistic, religious, and indigenous peoples’ preservation; and in the fields of human and nonhuman rights. *West Papua Wins Observer Status in Melanesian Spearhead Group* The 53 year old struggle for West Papuan independence achieved a victory on June 26, 2015 with the granting of observer status in the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG). [IntercontinentalCry.org] https://goo.gl/tLO0Ek *Tunisia builds wall on border with Libya after deadly ISIS attacks on hotels* 25 years after the fall of the Berlin War, a new wall has begun to be built. Like the Berlin Wall, its actual purpose is dual, ie to prevent the flow of people in two directions [ http://goo.gl/dJkNWY ]: 1) to prevent terrorist Libyans from coming into Tunisia; and 2) to prevent Tunisians from becoming terrorists. The decision follows bloody Sousse terrorist attacks. [RT.com] http://rt.com/news/272734-tunisia-wall-border-sousse *Tunisia Travel Ban for Citizens Under 35 ‘Arbitrary’ — Watchdog* *Caveat societalista *: HRW would qualify as a “foreign agent” under Russia’s foreign agent law [ https://goo.gl/zjS4mY ]. Eric Goldstein, the deputy director of Human Rights Watch’s (HRW ) Middle East and North Africa division, condemned the Tunisian government imposed travel restrictions on its citizens under the age of 35. [SputnikNews.com] http://sputniknews.com/africa/20150710/1024461446.html *West Has Changed Its Thinking on Russia (Op-Ed)* The Russian leadership is seeking a new set of rules that give Russia the right to limit its neighbors’ sovereignty. This is part of a broader effort to reduce the dominance of Western institutions and realign global forces to Russia’s advantage. [TheMoscowTimes.com] http://www.themoscowtimes.com/opinion/article/west-has-changed-its-thinking-on-russia-op-ed/525364.html *New Horizons recovers from overload, is on track for Pluto flyby* The New Horizons spacecraft sent back three of the most detailed images of Pluto to date shortly before the probe entered a safe mode on July 4. [ScienceNews.org] https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/new-horizons-recovers-overload-track-pluto-flyby *Edible Weeds: Herbal Medicine Chest in Your Backyard* Don’t kill, spray, tear up, or destroy the weeds in your garden, yard, and fence rows. Many of them are actually highly-regarded, widely-used, and extremely-valuable medicinal herbs! [ThePrepperDome.com] http://www.theprepperdome.com/edible-weeds-herbal-medicine/ *Live Irresistibly Authentic Even If You Forgot How* What if everything you seek, has already found you? What if everything you wished to become, you already are? And what if you woke up and you weren’t held back by anything, anymore? [RebelleSociety.com] http://www.rebellesociety.com/2015/07/02/live-irresistibly-authentic-even-if-you-forgot-how/

> This news summary is brought to you by Intermicronational World (IW), a government news agency. IW is happy to serve as a genuinely alternative news source. IW has existed since October 2011, but was forced to expand its services in March 2014 because of a lack of scholarly or scientific articles about micronations, and has since become a daily source of news, and not just about micronations. The government behind IW is the United Micronations Multi-Oceanic Archipelago (UMMOA, UGV, or GV). UMMOA® is a United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) registered trademark, which means it is recognised by at least one US government agency. The USPTO also recognises the UMMOA trademark as indicating a political organisation concerned with international affairs, and the UMMOA is also a lower stage Third World nation, or a quasi-state, which claims the new small continent of Global Earth Oceans (GEO). Because the UMMOA is indeed concerned with international affairs, and it was being ignored even by international NGOs whose work is entirely complementary, since April 2015 GEO has helped to expand two state of New Jersey NGOs through the funding their application for US federal NGO status. In the future, through these two organisations, or their partners or affiliates, GEO hopes to begin to greatly alleviate the problem of homelessness globally. Through this mission GEO will behave like a de facto state. The UMMOA-GEO nation-state also supports the work of several other NGOs in the fields of freedom of the press; in the fields of environmental, linguistic, religious, and indigenous peoples’ preservation; and in the fields of human and nonhuman rights. > > Iceland’s Pirate Party gets law passed abolishing ‘blasphemy’ > The Pirate Party, which has just three MPs in the Icelandic parliament but is leading in opinion polls, has had its first bill signed into law, decriminalizing “blasphemy”. Churches opposed the move. [RT News] > http://rt.com/news/271645-iceland-pirates-blasphemy-law/ > > Donetsk People’s Republic to Hold Local Elections on October 18 > Alexander Zakharchenko, the president of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), said that local elections in the breakaway region in eastern Ukraine will take place on October 18. [Sputnik] > http://sputniknews.com/europe/20150702/1024110423.html > > U.S. Grants Federal Recognition To Pamunkey Indian Tribe > The Bureau of Indian Affairs has granted federal recognition to the Virginia tribe, whose members encountered the first permanent English settlers some 400 years ago. [NPR.org] > http://www.npr.org/2015/07/02/419554778/u-s-grants-federal-recognition-to-pamunkey-indian-tribe > > One US Ally Favors Closer Ties With Russia, Will Others Follow? > Former US President Jimmy Carter recently called Obama’s foreign policy achievements “minimal” and stated that US influence is fading, and was well-received among key pundits in Washington; if he’s right, the emerging balance of power could see Washington’s allies, for instance Saudi Arabia, choose new partners. [Sputnik] > http://sputniknews.com/politics/20150705/1024223742.html > > Man Buys Tiniest Tiny Home for $950, Now He Lives Off the Grid Rent Free > Purchased for $950 off Craigslist, Greenfield’s 50-square-foot tiny home is ultra-teeny compared to many tiny homes we’ve seen. [BeforeItsNews.com] > http://beforeitsnews.com/health/2015/07/man-buys-tiniest-tiny-home-for-950-now-he-lives-off-the-grid-rent-free-2579222.html > > Low-lying Pacific islands ‘growing NOT sinking’ as sea levels rise > Low-lying islands in the Pacific are ‘growing’ to counter rising sea levels, a study has found. [DailyMail.co.uk] > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1283669/Low-lying-Pacific-islands-growing-sinking-sea-levels-rise.html > > New Species: Hairy-Chested Yeti Crab Found in Antarctica > The deep-sea crustacean, which lives near hydrothermal vents, is only the third species of yeti crab known to science. [news.NationalGeographic.com] > http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/06/150624-new-species-yeti-crab-antarctica-oceans/ > > > — > HMRD Cesidio Tallini > Intermicronational World > Email: [email protected] > URL1: http://iw.gs > URL2: http://intermicronational.com > URL3: http://intermicronational.net > > Intermicronational World (IW) [short, regular, emergency] is a government news agency, and independent media outlet, which tries to focus on real world micronations or alternative polities, although it truly covers the whole world with a micronationalist, pananarchist, self-sufficient, or do-it-yourself (DIY) perspective. > > IW is also a limited-purpose newswire service, since our stories are read, whenever possible or feasible, by real world journalists, government ministers, IGO officers, NGO and church leaders. > > IW publishes and/or distributes articles daily in UMMOA English (UGV, en-UGV) and other varieties of English. IW no longer publishes or distributes news in other languages or dialects. If you wish to be added to our list, contact IW via the [email protected] email address. IW also encourages weekly audio universal mass services in English through its email lists. > > The Managing Editor of Intermicronational World (IW) is a member of American International News Service (AINS) and of the International Freelance Photographers Organization (IFPO). He is also recognised as an Analytic Journalist by the International Freelance Photographers Organization (IFPO). >

This news summary is brought to you by *Intermicronational World* (IW), a government news agency. IW is happy to serve as a genuinely alternative news source. IW has existed since October 2011, but was forced to expand its services in March 2014 because of a lack of scholarly or scientific articles about micronations, and has since become a daily and multilingual source of news, and not just about micronations. The government behind IW is the United Micronations Multi-Oceanic Archipelago (UMMOA, UGV, or GV). UMMOA® is a United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) registered trademark, which means it is recognised by at least one US government agency. The USPTO also recognises the UMMOA trademark as indicating a political organisation concerned with international affairs, and the UMMOA is also a lower stage Third World nation, or a quasi-state, which claims the new small continent of Global Earth Oceans (GEO). Because the UMMOA is indeed concerned with international affairs, and it was being ignored even by international NGOs whose work is entirely complementary, since April 2015 GEO has helped to expand two state of New Jersey NGOs through the funding their application for US federal NGO status. In the future, through these two organisations, or their partners or affiliates, GEO hopes to begin to greatly alleviate the problem of homelessness globally. Through this mission GEO will behave like a de facto state. The UMMOA-GEO nation-state also supports the work of several other NGOs in the fields of freedom of the press; in the fields of environmental, linguistic, religious, and indigenous peoples’ preservation; and in the fields of human and nonhuman rights. *Dante’s language downgraded to dialect* I’m beginning to form the opinion that a language is something breathing, living, not something linguistically dead for all practical purposes, and to me Italian is a dead language, dying just like Latin, because it only serves the (tyrannical) needs of the Italian government. [IW] http://intermicronational.com/dantes-language-downgraded.html *Greek Minister Compares Actions of International Creditors to Terrorism* Greek Finance Minister referred to the actions of Athens’ international lenders as “terrorism”. [Sputnik] http://sputniknews.com/europe/20150704/1024195007.html *BBC Upholds Its Right to Describe Conflict in Ukraine as Civil War* The BBC has called its use of the term “civil war” appropriate in relation to the events in eastern Ukraine’s Donbass region; this came in response to a related complaint by Ukrainian journalist Olexander Severyn. [Sputnik] http://sputniknews.com/europe/20150704/1024193117.html *Israel hit with rockets from Egypt’s Sinai, ISIS affiliate claims responsibility* Several rockets have struck Israel, with an ISIS-affiliated group in Egypt’s Sinai claiming responsibility. There were no casualties. Some view the assault as a follow-up to July 1, the Sinai Province group’s biggest one against Egyptian forces in years. [RT News] http://rt.com/news/271621-sinai-egypt-rockets-israel *Russia, Donetsk and Luhansk republics reject Ukrainian proposal to amend Constitution* Moscow claims amendment was not agreed with Russian-backed republics’ representatives, in violation of Minsk II provisions. The proposal grants new, limited powers to local self-government units. Donetsk People’s Republic unilaterally announces local elections will be held in October. [Nationalia.info] http://www.nationalia.info/en/news/2191 *Saakashvili Gives 21 Ineffective Civil Servants the Sack* Mikheil Saakashvili, Governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region, has reportedly abolished two local administrative departments, firing more than 20 officials. [Sputnik] http://sputniknews.com/europe/20150704/1024197205.html *Far-right stage huge march in Kiev, call for military action in E. Ukraine* Ultranationalist Right Sector activists and other Ukrainian radicals rallied in the center of Kiev on Friday. They called for a renewed military offensive to retake rebellious regions in the country’s East and the revocation of the Minsk Agreements. [RT News] http://rt.com/news/271585-ukraine-right-war-protest/

This news summary is brought to you by *Intermicronational World* (IW), a government news agency. IW is happy to serve as a genuinely alternative news source. IW has existed since October 2011, but was forced to expand its services in March 2014 because of a lack of scholarly or scientific articles about micronations, and has since become a daily and multilingual source of news, and not just about micronations. The government behind IW is the United Micronations Multi-Oceanic Archipelago (UMMOA, UGV, or GV). UMMOA® is a United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) registered trademark, which means it is recognised by at least one US government agency. The USPTO also recognises the UMMOA trademark as indicating a political organisation concerned with international affairs, and the UMMOA is also a lower stage Third World nation, or a quasi-state, which claims the new small continent of Global Earth Oceans (GEO). Because the UMMOA is indeed concerned with international affairs, and it was being ignored even by international NGOs whose work is entirely complementary, since April 2015 GEO has helped to expand two state of New Jersey NGOs through the funding their application for US federal NGO status. In the future, through these two organisations, or their partners or affiliates, GEO hopes to begin to greatly alleviate the problem of homelessness globally. Through this mission GEO will behave like a de facto state. The UMMOA-GEO nation-state also supports the work of several other NGOs in the fields of freedom of the press; in the fields of environmental, linguistic, religious, and indigenous peoples’ preservation; and in the fields of human and nonhuman rights. *Cesidian Root has root servers in the US again* Currently the Cesidian Root has two root servers in the United States, and soon we hope to have a third. [CRt] http://crt.io/crt-has-root-servers-in-the-us-again.html *Few in Crimea of Any Nationality Now View Themselves as Russian Patriots, Polls Show and Officials Concede* Many of the hopes that some Russians in Crimea had for their homeland after the Russian Anschluss have not been realized, and as a result, polls show, and occupation officials concede, that “the majority of young Crimeans” regardless of nationality “do not consider themselves to be patriots of Russia.” [InterpreterMag.com] http://www.interpretermag.com/few-in-crimea-of-any-nationality-now-view-themselves-as-russian-patriots-polls-show-and-officials-concede/ *Ukraine restored allowing trucks into Crimea — Border Administration of FSB* Ukraine has resumed allowing cargo vehicles carrying food and goods into Crimea, Krym Media reports. “Attempt of Ukraine to perform raw isolation of Crimea has completely failed …. In the night of June 27 trucks traffic through the border was resumed”, reported in the media office of Border Administration of FSB of Russia in the Republic of Crimea. [en.KryMedia.ru] http://en.krymedia.ru/economics/3382391-Ukraine-restored-allowing-trucks-into-Crimea-Border-Administration-of-FSB *Despite Changing Economic Reality, Federal Court Holds Indian Tribes Have Sovereign Immunity in Bankruptcy, Absent Waiver* As the Indian gaming industry continues to thrive, Indian tribes are increasingly engaging in other commercial endeavors including banking, construction, energy, telecommunications, manufacturing, retail and more. [JDSupra.com] http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/despite-changing-economic-reality-20425/ *Israel’s creation ‘direct rebellion’ against God: US rabbi* The creation of Israel by Zionist Jews in 1948 was a “direct rebellion” against God and contrary to the teachings of the Torah, an American orthodox rabbi says. [RINF.com] http://rinf.com/alt-news/war-terrorism/israels-creation-direct-rebellion-god-us-rabbi/ *Stupidity and Intelligence: Science, GMOs and Our Food* “Science” is derived from the [Latin verb] *scire* – “to know”. Each of us should know what we are eating, how it was produced, what impact it has on our health. [RINF.com] http://rinf.com/alt-news/sicence-technology/stupidity-intelligence-science-gmos-food/ *The Monaco Assessment* In 2010, parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020. Its vision: “By 2050, biodiversity is valued, conserved, restored and wisely used, maintaining ecosystem services, sustaining a healthy planet and delivering benefits essential for all people.” [SCAR.org] http://www.scar.org/monaco-assessment