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Pegram Improves Already Lethal Yamaha Lineup
By petemaster5000 on February 11, 2013 8:33 PM
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (February 11, 2013) – As if the Yamaha motorcycles didn't have enough firepower going in to 2013, Larry Pegram has recently announced he will add to the list of elite competitors by riding a Yamaha R1 this season in AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike. Pegram will be flanked by two of the finest riders in the sport in Josh Herrin and reigning three-time champ Josh Hayes. The star-studded Yamaha trio will arguably make up one of the most daunting lineups in recent National Guard SuperBike history.
"The Yamaha won almost every race last year and I couldn't be more thrilled to be a part of it all going in to next season," said Pegram. "I know the gift I've been given and you can bet I've been working extremely hard this winter to maximize the opportunity. We've done a little testing this off-season but our main priorities have been to just get all of our ducks in a row and most importantly work on being as physically fit as possible going into the season opener at Daytona."
When asked about the differences between his old ride, the BMW S1000RR, and his new Yamaha R1, Pegram said that the R1 was noticeably faster. However, the veteran explained that the technical and manufacturing support he has received from Yamaha has been the biggest improvement in making the switch for 2013.
"The biggest difference that we're going to see this year is the full support of Yamaha, obviously the motorcycle is an amazing machine, but the people behind the scenes are what really make up the difference. My only expectation this year is to get back to the ultra-competitive level we've been at in recent years. I want to give my sponsor, Foremost Insurance, the best opportunity to succeed and we strongly believe Yamaha gives us that opportunity."
Pegram is a well-known figure among fans as well as his opponents in the paddock. The Ohio product has put together a tenured career which has seen an abundant amount of success. In 2013, he will be gunning for a fifth consecutive season of which he lands in the top-10 in the overall AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike point standings. The seasoned veteran rode his first ever race on a Yamaha when he was just five years old.
SOURCE: http://amaproracing.com/rr/news/index.cfm?cid=55509
Moto GP lost my respect, says Casey Stoner
By petemaster5000 on November 09, 2012 1:27 AM
FORMER world Moto GP champion Casey Stoner says he is ready to settle down to a new life at home after "losing respect" for the sport in a magazine interview published yesterday.
The Australian, who won two world titles in motorcycling's most prestigious category in 2007 and 2011, shocked the sport earlier this year when he announced his decision to retire at the end of the season.
A week after winning at the Phillip Island circuit where Spain's Jorge Lorenzo secured the 2012 title, Stoner is looking forward to the simple things in life like helping his wife and daughter with the chores.
And although the 27-year-old says he could keep one eye on the racing, he does not agree with the direction the sport has taken.
"The problem is not my passion, it's the passion which is missing on the circuit (championship), the one I found as a kid and which made me commit to the sport all these years," Stoner told www.panorama.it.
"There are many reasons why I'm quitting - one day I will explain everything."
Stoner earlier this season complained of slower speeds on some circuits and said in an interview with Australian Motorcycle News he would prefer a return to a purer form of racing from the 500cc days.
He added in the panorama interview: "If I had to say in a few words, I'd say I've lost my respect for the championship and I don't really agree with the direction it has taken."
Asked if he would ever change his mind, Stoner said: "Never say never, but I don't think so. The championship would have to undergo radical changes.
"And I don't make decisions so easily. I'm very thoughtful and when I make a decision I usually stick to it."
Stoner's farewell race will be this Sunday in Valencia, when he will wave goodbye to a career which began at a young age in Queensland and led him to move to the United Kingdom to pursue his dream.
Although only 27-years-old, Stoner says he is happy to replace the hustle and bustle of the sport, including the stress of travelling, to spend more time with his wife and daughter Alessandra Maria.
"They are my life and from next week I can finally give them all the time they deserve," he said.
"I've not made plans. I don't know if we will remain in Switzerland (where he lives) or in Australia. But I will easily give up the stress of travelling.
"And lending a hand with the chores is not something that scares me."
Hotel Worker Sets Motorcycle Lap Record at Nurburgring: His Weapon R1
By CHLX on September 28, 2012 9:28 PM
Andy Carlile ; a Hotel employee, has managed to set the fastest ever recorded bike lap of the infomous German circuit Nurburgringon on his stock-engined Yamaha R1and he did it by accident.
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One person that had met Andy prior had this to say " i met andy whilst staying at sliders guest house at the ring...and believe me the guys who lodge there with brendan..the owner and previous lap record holder really do live for the ring..just no fear..amazing people!!"
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NYPD Cops Lose Seven Stolen Luxury Motorcycles
By CHLX on September 28, 2012 3:04 PM
New York NY: You can seize them, but you can't always keep them. That is, if you're the NYPD.
In July, the department seized 60 high end motorcycles as evidence in a motorcycle and gun trafficking ring. in late August, 7 of those motorcycle were then stolen from a Bronx NYPD parking lot. The clueless cops said the lot was fenced, but not locked and the bikes were stored in a box van with their batteries removed, and the wheels locked to make them harder to steal.
The Pope Will Bless the Hog
By CHLX on September 28, 2012 3:02 PM
Last Monday, August 20th, the Los Angeles Times reported that Harley-Davidson announced "Pope Benedict XVI will bless its bikes at the Vatican next June as part of the Milwaukee manufacturer's 110th anniversary."
Harley-Davidson's online press releases don't include any official statement from that Monday or later date. However, the website lists "Vatican City Activities" for their 110th European Anniversary Celebration in Rome, June 13-16, 2013. Motorcycle.com also reported on the story.
Harley-Davidson's year-long festivities leading up to the celebration starts with the 110th Anniversary Kickoff Party on Thursday, August 30th, at the H-D Museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The 110th Anniversary Celebration and H.O.G. 30th Anniversary is August 29th - September 1st, 2013 in Milwaukee.
Chad Reed will race Monster Energy Cup
By petemaster5000 on September 24, 2012 9:58 PM
Heck yeah, we are gonna see a race!!!!
Los Angeles firefighters test motorcycle response unit
By FTR on September 24, 2012 7:15 PM
Los Angeles firefighters are testing a two-wheeled way to respond to incidents in the traffic-snarled city: motorcycles.
The Los Angeles Fire Department's pilot motorcycle response team is a five-man unit being used to speed to the side of an injured victim, provide information to dispatchers and skirt traffic to scout fires and other problems.
The unit first rode during last year's "Carmageddon" closure of the 405 Freeway, and its next deployment is to take place during a follow-up closure this weekend, when workers will demolish the other half of the Mulholland Drive bridge overhead.
Fire departments serving traffic-snarled cities around the nation have adopted similar motorcycle teams to improve response times, staff special events and, in some cases, save lives and resources. As the L.A. Fire Department faces budget cuts and intense scrutiny over response times that lag behind national standards, some believe that a motorcycle unit could help the department.
The pilot unit features five off-road-capable motorcycles on loan from the Kawasaki Motor Corp. Each bike retails for about $6,300 and is outfitted with a defibrillator, a small fire extinguisher, various medical supplies and a handlebar-mounted GPS system. A dozen firefighters have undergone the necessary training, and a permanent unit could have up to 10 motorcycles and 28 riders, said Capt. Craig White, who first proposed the unit to the department.
White said he'd thought about creating a motorcycle unit for years, and last year's 405 closure -- shutting down 10 miles of one of the nation's busiest freeways -- presented the ideal test. The department already had a bicycle medic unit for events such as the L.A. Marathon. Though the nightmare Carmageddon traffic jams that officials feared never materialized, the motorcycle unit had an opportunity to show what it could do earlier this month.
As a 70-acre brush fire stopped traffic on the 405 and caused the evacuation of the Getty Center, firefighter Greg Pascola and his partner reached the command post within three minutes -- even before helicopters could reach the site. They were handed radios and began to map the blaze, weaving between cars, hopping sidewalks and navigating narrow, curving mountain roads.
"At the time, we were the only ones out there to scout," Pascola said.
LAFD Chief Brian Cummings said motorcycles could be "one of the solutions" the department considers for improving response times.
"Do I see the motorcycles supplanting larger vehicles? No. There's always going to be a need to bring heavy equipment and large numbers of individuals," Cummings said. "They each have a role. They're each tools in the toolbox."
White, a motorcycle enthusiast since high school, said the unit's biggest selling point is its flexibility.
"Right now," he said, "we just want to see what we can do with them."
Nitro Circus 3D Movie Review
By FTR on August 14, 2012 2:33 AM
For two seasons, extreme sports superstar Travis Pastrana and his tightly-knit group of friends (all extreme sports stars in their own right) had an extremely entertaining show on MTV called "Nitro Circus" in which they would perform all sorts of truly amazing stunts. Essentially, the show sort of followed in the same style as MTV's "Jackass" but with one major difference that's perfectly outlined by "Jackass" star and creator Johnny Knoxville during the course of this movie. Knoxville says that at its core, the "Jackass" stunts are sort of designed to fail with the humor coming out of that, but with the Nitro Circus, those stunts are designed to succeed and true failure there just isn't a funny thing. While precautions were certainly taken on both shows, it really was way more of a matter between life and death when it came to the Nitro Circus.
I really enjoyed the TV show; I was almost always guaranteed to see something really amazing on it and I've just been waiting to see if there was ever going to be a third season. Well, the third season obviously didn't happen but what did was this movie; "Nitro Circus: The Movie 3D" and it's a very entertaining ride.
While there's no story per se here, it is set against a backdrop of telling an overall story about this group of people, why they do what they do and their dream to take what they do and make it a live show that they perform in Las Vegas. Some of the stunts performed in the movie have also been done on the TV show, but here they have a little bit more of a production budget and the added bonus of 3D. And here, 3D is really an added bonus and it's right on display during the opening stunts of the film. This stunt is a massive recreation of one of the greatest stunts from the TV show, involving motocross cycles, trophy trucks and buggies (and I'm sure I'm missing something else) all jumping over each other in a criss-crossing pattern, with each of the bike riders all performing stunts as they take to the air. It's a dazzling display of talent and the 3D just really makes it even more impressive, making you feel more like being there than anything else. Now none of the other stunts that follow in the film are as impressive as its opening, but they're still fun to watch nonetheless. There is humor in the film as well, but don't go expecting the same variety that you'll see in a "Jackass" movie- most of the humor comes from the interview situations and narration through the film.
Travis Pastrana is certainly the most recognized name amongst the crew of the Nitro Circus, but this isn't the Travis Pastrana show by any means. The main core of the Circus includes Jolene Van Vugt, Jeremy Rawle, Gregg Godfrey, "Streetbike" Tommy Passamante, Erik Roner, Jim DeChamp and Greg Powell. Everybody gets a chance to shine, though "Streetbike" Tommy gets just a little more play than the rest of the group, sort of acting as their comic relief- if there can be such a thing here. You can tell that this group of folks genuinely enjoy what they're doing and genuinely enjoy doing it with each other.
If you were a fan of the show, then you'll probably have a great time with "Nitro Circus: The Movie 3D." I know I did. Just sort of look at as a bit of a palate cleanser among the other movies out there right now. It packs quite a lot into its short 90 minute run time and doesn't wear out it's welcome in the slightest. And as I said above, the 3D here is just incredible.
SOURCE: http://www.the-trades.com/article.php?id=13130
Victory Motorcycles: Revealing Jason Hook's Five Finger Death Punch Motorcycle
By FTR on August 07, 2012 6:23 PM
Jason Hook from Five Finger Death Punch and Gibson Guitars teamed up with Victory to create a very special custom motorcycle inspired by Jason's guitar "Sarge." The motorcycle will be auctioned off to benefit the Gibson Foundation and VH1's Save The Music. We revealed the bike at Sturgis on August 6, 2012.
To see the bike, jump to the last 30 seconds. Also more pics on Victory Motorcycles Facebook Page.
World Superbike/Supersport Silverstone Friday Results 2012
By cpFTR9 on August 03, 2012 6:05 PM
Kawasaki Racing's Tom Sykes topped the timesheets after Friday's first World Superbike qualifying session at Silverstone in less than stellar wet conditions. The Kawasaki Racing Team rider edged out current defending world champion Carlos Checa of Althea Racing by 0.033 seconds. Checa was dominant at Silverstone in 2011 taking the sweep, and is shaping up to be a force out front once again in 2012, posting the top time earlier in the day during the first practice session. Newly added PATA Racing rider Sylvain Guintoli was third-fastest, just 0.461 off the pace set by Sykes. Guintoli missed out on the previous round after being dropped from his Liberty Racing team just days before the contest at Brno was set to begin. He was picked up by PATA soon after and remains aboard the Ducati 1098R.
FIXI Crescent Suzuki's Leon Camier posted the fourth-fastest time, followed by fellow Brit Chaz Davies of ParkinGO MTC Racing in fifth. Liberty Racing's Jakub Smrz was sixth and Aprilia Racing's Eugene Laverty trailed in seventh. Guintoli's PATA teammate Lorenzo Zanetti held the eighth-fastest time with Smrz's teammate Maxime Berger in ninth and FIXI Suzuki rider John Hopkins rounding out the top ten.
A number of top riders were unable to crack the top ten during the initial qualifying session, including BMW Motorrad's Marco Melandri who placed 12th and current championship points leader Max Biaggi of Aprilia who was 17th. Honda's Jonathan Rea followed Biaggi in 18th and Checa's teammate Davide Giugliano lagged in 19th.
World Superbike Silverstone Friday Results 2012:
1. Tom Sykes (Kawasaki) 2'06.115
2. Carlos Checa (Ducati) 2'06.148
3. Sylvain Guintoli (Ducati) 2'06.576
4. Leon Camier (Suzuki) 2'06.617
5. Chaz Davies (Aprilia) 2'06.684
6. Jakub Smrz (Ducati) 2'06.795
7. Eugene Laverty (Aprilia) 2'06.851
8. Lorenzo Zanetti (Ducati) 2'06.869
9. Maxime Berger (Ducati) 2'06.967
10. John Hopkins (Suzuki) 2'07.007
11. Ayrton Badovini (BMW) 2'07.089
12. Marco Melandri (BMW) 2'07.244
13. Leon Haslam (BMW) 2'07.401
14. Niccolo Canepa (Ducati) 2'07.404
15. Loris Baz (Kawasaki) 2'07.499
16. Michel Fabrizio (BMW) 2'07.658
17. Max Biaggi (Aprilia) 2'07.723
18. Jonathan Rea (Honda) 2'07.740
19. Davide Giugliano (Ducati) 2'07.810
20. Hiroshi Aoyama (Honda) 2'07.996
21. David Salom (Kawasaki) 2'09.438
22. David Johnson (Kawasaki) 2'10.043
23. Norino Brignola (BMW) 2'11.645
24. Brett McCormick (Ducati) 2'13.730
Supersport Results 2012.
World Supersport Silverstone Friday Results 2012:
1. Jules Cluzel (Honda) 2'23.241
2. Sam Lowes (Honda) 2'23.980
3. Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki) 2'25.235
4. Alex Baldolini (Triumph) 2'26.656
5. Mathew Scholtz (Honda) 2'27.072
6. Broc Parkes (Honda) 2'27.177
7. Vladimir Leonov (Yamaha) 2'27.302
8. Josh Day (Kawasaki) 2'27.455
9. Imre Toth (Honda) 2'27.470
10. Sheridan Morais (Kawasaki) 2'27.756
11. Gabor Talmacsi (Honda) 2'28.477
12. Balazs Nemeth (Honda) 2'28.860
13. Dan Linfoot (Kawasaki) 2'29.119
14. Jed Metcher (Yamaha) 2'29.293
15. Florian Marino (Kawasaki) 2'29.478
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18 U.S. Code § 546 - Smuggling goods into foreign countries
Any person owning in whole or in part any vessel of the United States who employs, or participates in, or allows the employment of, such vessel for the purpose of smuggling, or attempting to smuggle, or assisting in smuggling, any merchandise into the territory of any foreign government in violation of the laws there in force, if under the laws of such foreign government any penalty or forfeiture is provided for violation of the laws of the United States respecting the customs revenue, and any citizen of, or person domiciled in, or any corporation incorporated in, the United States, controlling or substantially participating in the control of any such vessel, directly or indirectly, whether through ownership of corporate shares or otherwise, and allowing the employment of said vessel for any such purpose, and any person found, or discovered to have been, on board of any such vessel so employed and participating or assisting in any such purpose, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
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Fake flooding impacts considered
Artificial flooding may be a water-efficient way to irrigate dry landscapes but scientists warn it is not a solution for all problems and the ecological impact needs more thorough monitoring.
Floodplain restoration project re-creating lost habitat
A partnership between Cranfield University, The Parks Trust and the Environment Agency will measure the environmental effects of restoring areas of floodplain forest habitat.
Floods caused lead poisoning in UK cattle
A case of lead poisoning that killed two young cattle on a West Wales farm was caused by contaminated flood deposits, new research has revealed.
Image: Zambezi River, Zambia from orbit
This image from Envisat's radar shows the Zambezi River's floodplain in western Zambia.
Flood: Rerouted levee stands the test
(Phys.org) —A restored floodplain with a high diversity of species and effective flood protection – these are the results of the large-scale nature protection project "Lenzener Elbtalaue". Under the direction ...
Unraveling the Napo's mystery
In the United States, rivers and their floodplains are well-documented and monitored. Ecuador's largest river, however, remains largely mysterious. Research led by Michigan State University is helping the ...
Variability of transparent organic particles in Arctic floodplain lakes
In the North American Arctic the Mackenzie River courses into the Beaufort Sea, the outlet of a watershed that drains a vast swath of the western Canadian landscape. At the river's mouth, the Mackenzie Delta is a broad floodplain ...
Possible new species of spider found that builds fake spider decoys
(Phys.org)—While traveling with a group of researchers in the Amazon rain forest this past September, biologist Phil Torres came upon a type of spider he'd never seen before. Upon closer inspection, it ...
Researchers find human ancestors switched to eating grasses earlier than thought
(Phys.org)—An international team of researchers has found evidence that suggests a human ancestor – Australopithecus bahrelghazali – was eating grass plants almost a million years earlier than most s ...
Restoring streamside forests helps songbirds survive the winter in California's Central Valley
New research into flood impacts in the south of England
Research from the University of Southampton has developed and applied a method for understanding the effects and impacts of coastal flooding, which could contribute to more effective flood forecasting, defence ...
Planned dams in Amazon may have largely negative ecosystem impact
The Andean Amazon is becoming a major frontier for new hydroelectric dams, but an analysis of the potential impacts of these planned projects suggests that there may be serious ecological concerns to take into account. The ...
Researchers' chance viewing of river cutoff forming provides rare insight
For University of Illinois river researchers, new insight into river cutoffs was a case of being in the right place at the right time.
German research protects the Amazon rainforest
The forestry industry in a highly sensitive part of the Amazon rainforest has just become more sustainable thanks to the work of a team of researchers, including scientists from the Max Planck Institute for ...


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BLAIR, WI (WTAQ) - A 12-year-old Amish boy who died after being trampled by horses on his western Wisconsin farm was identified Monday as Leroy Lambright of Blair.
Trempealeau County sheriff's deputies said the youngster was unhitching a manure spreader from a team of two horses – but the animals somehow got spooked, and they trampled young Leroy as he tried to run away.
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Microsoft has been equipping Office 365 with functions from the business-oriented social network it bought in 2012. Now Yammer staff will be part of the Office 365 development team.
David Sacks, co-founder of the social-networking vendor, announces departure on Twitter.
Microsoft says Yammer users have jumped 55 percent to about 8 million in the year since it bought the corporate social-networking company.
What do Yammer and Windows Azure have to do with how Microsoft is changing the way it is developing, testing, and delivering its Office products? More than many think.
Money talks -- as does some shared outrage at Yahoo's patent fighting ways.
Microsoft is providing more dates and details about how it is integrating its Yammer enterprise social-networking technology with Office 365.
Yammer and Salesforce, beware. Chief Executive Jeff Weiner said the professional network is cooking up private, collaborative tools for a corporate clientele.
Microsoft's SkyDrive Pro and Office Web Apps technologies will be tied more tightly into its Yammer enterprise-social-networking offering as of summer 2013.
Microsoft is paying $1.2 billion for Yammer and is folding the enterprise social networking vendor into its Office division.
After some Yammer employees were supposedly overheard talking about an acquisition by Microsoft, there's speculation that the software giant might get some social networking modernization.


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Source(Added Pub. L. 105–368, title VI, § 601(a),Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 3344, § 3774; renumbered § 2053,Pub. L. 107–95, § 5(d)(1),Dec. 21, 2001, 115 Stat. 918.)
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Connolly: Cyber top concern on Capitol Hill
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) tells the DorobekINSIDER he has some concerns about the Pentagon's procurement changes.
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Botnets are for sale to cybercriminals
A new investigation finds a managed services provider that specializes in offering a fee-based service sheds new light in to the growing commercialization of this criminal space.
Tags: Federal Drive , Cybersecurity Update , managed services provider , botnets , Damballa
New head named for FBI's Cyber Division
Director Robert S. Mueller, III has named Shawn Henry as the executive assistant director (EAD) of the Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch (CCRSB). Mr. Henry will succeed Assistant Deputy Director T.J. Harrington. Mr. Henry most recently served as assistant director in charge of the FBI's Washington Field Office.
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Cybersecurity takes two steps forward
This week host Tom Temin talks with Ron Ross of NIST and Nicole Dean, deputy director of the National Cyber Security Division.
September 16, 2010
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Strides made to harmonize IT security systems across agencies
According to a recent GAO report, there's now proof that national security and non-national security IT systems can work together effectively.
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Cyber-jihad group linked to 'here you have' worm
SCMagazineUS.com reports that the malware author who uses the handle "iraq_resistance" is believed to be part of the cyber-jihad organization "Brigades of Tariq ibn Ziyad."
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Defining Federal Cyber Risk Management
People exercise risk management, consciously and unconsciously, every day.
Many of us drive on a daily basis. Some speed, and risk the chance of getting caught, while others are more conservative and drive the exact speed limit. We base our decision on whether or not to exceed the speed limit on the information available to us at the time, including our knowledge, past experiences, or the conditions we see in front of us. We weigh the risks against impacts and consequences, making decisions based upon our tolerance for the outcomes. The same is true for federal cyber risk management.
Securing federal information and assets in cyberspace is the primary driver behind cybersecurity. Even so, other factors help define risk, including the potential for negative publicity if a cyber breach occurs, the impact to budget/performance plans if FISMA grades fall short, or the potential for investigations or congressional hearings if the burning issue of the day burns a bit too bright for too long. Federal cyber risk management fundamentally boils down to making risk decisions based upon an agency's risk tolerance - and the drivers behind an agency's tolerance vary across the federal government.
Risk is defined as the likelihood of a future event that may have unintended or unexpected consequences. Federal agencies make the best cyber risk management decisions by using data and information to evaluate the agency's strengths and weaknesses for delivering on its cyber mission in the context of potential threats.
Agencies must use information and data from various disparate sources across the enterprise to make these decisions, including audit log information, vulnerability data, asset information, the agency's regulatory compliance status, external and internal threat activity, human capital risks to the cybersecurity mission, and many more. As challenging as it may be for agencies to consume large volumes of disparate data, it is a challenge that is essential to overcome for agencies to make the best cyber risk management decisions.
Is this achievable? Absolutely. The business intelligence movement established the foundation allowing agencies to minimize risk exacerbated by ad-hoc decision-making. Leveraging business intelligence capabilities for cybersecurity enables agencies to aggregate data across technical and organizational stovepipes and to provide agency cybersecurity leaders with mechanisms for making informed, risk decisions. By better understanding the cyber landscape, federal cybersecurity leaders can - much like our speeding driver example - understand "how fast" to drive and make better investment decisions when addressing enterprise cybersecurity risks.
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The Army needs virtual cyber trainers
The Performance Work Statement (PWS) defines the requirements for the Contractor to provide non-personal services for Information Technology (IT) support to the United States Army Chief Information Officer (CIO)/G6, Cyber Information Assurance Directorate.
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DoD, DHS work toward greater cyber cooperation
Learn more in today's cybersecurity update
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Fort Meade contractor Zytel to be acquired for $28.6M, Mozilla halts Firefox security updates
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It's Not Business, It's Personal
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Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) CEO Marissa Mayer is turning the cliche,"It's not personal, it's business," on its head. With Mayer it's very personal as she makes Yahoo a more personal place to work and to use. Mayer is teaching the Silicon Valley big boys that people count.
Put aside her physical similarity to Kathleen Kennedy in "You've Got Mail." Just remember the Kathleen Kennedy (played by Meg Ryan) quote,"People are always saying it's not personal, it's business... And what's so wrong about being personal, anyway? Whatever else anything is, it ought to begin by being personal." As they state on their Yahoo Yodel Anecdotal web page," By creating highly personalized experiences for our users, we keep people connected to what matters most to them, across devices and around the world."
It's Personnel
Just last week, Pay Pal co-founder, ex-Googler, and Yelp! chairman Max Levchin agreed to join the board. In a Wall Street Journal interview he said that Mayer had made Yahoo! a place that was now attracting talent and defectors who would like to return.
Mayer has already stated she plans to hire more engineers with mobile expertise and has hired some executive talent away from her former employer, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) with Henrique De Castro, an executive VP, becoming operating chief at Yahoo!. Yahoo! has also hired Aaron Task to spearhead Yahoo Finance into a more original content site.
Forbes commentator Eric Jackson has been very bullish on Yahoo! since Mayer came on board on July 11 saying Mayer has already fixed what the finance media had characterized as a "toxic culture" and that the defection of talent has abated. He has also characterized her as a "beloved" leader there.
It's Personal
Making Yahoo! a better company will draw people who want to work for a winner. By making the content, search and email more personal it will become a winner. Fellow Fool Tamara Rutter is impressed with Yahoo!'s new "user-focused approach." Mayer has stated she wants to be competitive with Google and Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) by 2015.
To that end, Mayer is in talks with a British 17 year old wunderkind, Nick D'Aloisio, who created Seemly, a news brief app that condenses headlines to the brevity of a tweet. This would be only one of several mobile startups that the company has bought in the last year, including On The Air, a mobile talk show app and Stamped, a Yelp! like app.
While competitors, Google and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) duke it out over "Scroogling"-the controversial practice of businesses paying to be listed on Google Shopping, Yahoo has redesigned its email service and engineered it to be faster and seamless across mobile and other devices. This comes on the heels of a revamped flickr, their photo sharing service, challenging Facebook's Instagram.
Its Business
According to eMarketer mobile advertising should reach $12 billion by 2016 and Mayer is expecting to capture a good portion of that for Yahoo!. Making digital media and search more personalized and bringing on talent seems to be Mayer's personal and personnel approach.
Yahoo! is the number one digital media provider and claims 700 million users per month. Even at a 52 week high its P/E at 6.05 is stunningly low for a tech stock, lower than any of its internet competitors. The debt to equity ratio is only .25 and return on equity is 28.30% with a 79.94% profit margin.
Since Mayer started the free cash flow growth rate has increased from 75% to 193%. And since Q3 2011 net income now stands at over $3 billion, a tenfold increase. The company also surprised on its Q3 results by $0.11 on non-GAAP earnings per share.
As mentioned earlier Yahoo! is also moving into originating content and just inked a deal with NBC Sports, just one of several with major TV networks to create cross-platform content, making Yahoo! Sports even stronger. Another tailwind for Yahoo! is the now more likely IPO of Alibaba of which Yahoo! still owns a 24% stake.
Is The Mayer Miracle Baked In
Frankly, I don't know how she does it with a brand new baby boy and a company that five previous CEO's in as many years haven't been able to turn around. Makes me tired just thinking about it. Can Mayer keep up this torrid pace? Should you buy Yahoo! here at 52-weeks highs and up 34.34% over the last year?
Analysts and some hedge funds had previously predicted a $19 price target for Yahoo! before Mayer came on board. The growth rate for the next five years is expected to decelerate from this year's 37.80% to 11.12%, below the industry's expected 16% growth rate for the next five years.
Certainly, Yahoo! is remaking itself under Mayer's leadership and she's making it a personal priority but in proper proportion, as she says, "God, family and Yahoo!-in that order." She's been making good on her promises and it may take time, but considering what's been accomplished so far you may want some personal-ity for your portfolio.
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text: Former Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw mowed down the Milwaukee Brewers Sunday afternoon at Dodgers Stadium as Los Angeles shut out the Crew 2-0. Kershaw allowed just four hits with 12 strikeouts in eight innings for the win. Kyle Lohse (1-2) took the loss for the Brewers, working seven frames, allowing two runs on five hits. Two of the hits came from Carl Crawford who hit a pair of solo home runs including a first pitch, lead-off homer. The Dodgers took the series two games to one as Milwaukee finished it's road trip at 3-3. The Brewers (12-11) return to Miller Park for a nine game homestand beginning Monday night with the Central Division leading Pittsburgh Pirates (15-10), coming off a sweep of St. Louis. Yovani Gallardo will face Wandy Rodriguez in the series opener. Pre-game coverage on WTAQ begins at 6;35 PM.


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Top picks 2013: ARM Holdings
This tech stock is a play on intellectual property rights in the semiconductor field.
ARM Holdings (ARMH) doesn't make anything. Yet it has annual sales of $872 million, thanks to licensing of its intellectual property.
And thanks to a business model that's low on physical investment, the company's after-tax profit margins have averaged a plump 36% in the past year. As a result, ARMH has a market cap of nearly $17 billion! And I think it will get much larger.
ARM's business, which is well known to many investors, is designing semiconductors. It has expertise in chips for computers and digital TVs, but the big market, and the fastest-growing market, is the one for mobile phones, where ARM is dominant.
It's also big in tablets, a category that is growing like wildfire. Odds are extremely good that the company will be able to continue billing itself as "the world's leading semiconductor intellectual property supplier," in part because it's difficult for a customer to shift once it's committed to working with ARM.
For its part, ARM boasts that its designs have the best combination of reliability, low power usage and compactness. And as mobile devices continue to proliferate, taking market share away from desktop and laptop computers, the advantages of ARM's designs in keeping weight down and battery life up are a powerful draw.
Now, the success of a business does not guarantee the success of a stock, but I have great expectations for ARMH because of its chart.
It climbed strongly from the market's 2009 bottom through 2010 and into the summer of 2011, where it entered a long trading range between $22 and $30, as it performed slightly worse than the market, on average.
It stayed in that range for 22 long months. And then came this year's third-quarter earnings report, where management revealed that business was booming.
Investors quickly stampeded on board, spiking the stock up and out of that trading range and kicking off a new uptrend that I believe has far to go. The past three weeks have seen the stock pause between $36 and $37 and I think that's a decent entry point.
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If there is one name that is synonymous to Barcelona that is the one of the modernist architect Antoni Gaudí, a visionary and a genius that changed the appearance of Barcelona and its buildings, with landmarks such as the Sagrada Familia, Parc Güell, Casa Batlló or Casa Milà, better known as La Pedrera. The two last ones are located on the famous Passeig de Gràcia avenue, an avenue escorted by trees and modernist buildings on either side, not only by Gaudí but also by other architects of his time, definitely a must-see. Passeig de Gràcia ends where the most famous avenue in Barcelona starts; the Ramblas, where you can also find the world-famous market of La Boquería. Gastronomy is a huge part of Barcelona thanks to its great Mediterranean cuisine and tapas restaurants that you can find all over the city.
The best districts in Barcelona
The Ramblas is located in the old town, a district divided into three parts: Raval, Gothic Quarter and Born. Raval stands out for its cosy cafes and bars as well as for its famous contemporary art museum MACBA; the Gothic Quarter for its old medieval streets and the city's Cathedral whilst Born is famous for being Barcelona's bohemian corner, one of the best places to find cheap apartments in Barcelona where you can also visit the Picasso Museum. Also, the district of Gràcia in the northern part of the city is also a place to enjoy the true essence of the city outside of the tourist hustle, also the location of the famous Gràcia Festival in the summer.
When to come to Barcelona
Barcelona is great to visit all year long but it stands out especially in spring and autumn, when there are less tourists and the weather is milder. Although rain appears spontaneously, it's still the best time to visit..
Getting in and around Barcelona
You can fly directly to Barcelona-El Prat airport, just a few miles away from the city, or to the nearby Girona and Reus airports, where low-cost airlines fly. The city has a fantastic public transport network, one of the best in Europe, cheap and efficient, with metros, buses and taxis as well as an excellent tourist bus that will take you to all the important landmarks. Buy the combined transport tickets and you'll save a lot of money during your holidays in Barcelona.
Festivals in Barcelona
The city is perfect to visit during its festivals, such as La Mercè in September, the aforementioned Gràcia Festival in August or Sant Jordi on April 23rd, as well as important music festivals such as Sonar and Primavera Sound.


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Research suggests the market is pricing in too much recession risk from the fiscal cliff. If so, stocks are a bargain.
By all indications, the rebound rally I've been expecting kicked off on Monday in a big way. The entire "risk-on" complex of stocks, commodities, and risky high-yield bonds is launching higher while safe haven trades like the U.S. dollar and Treasury bonds are suffering. Traders, it seems, are suddenly feeling more optimistic after Friday's fiscal cliff negotiations in Washington went rather smoothly.
While Democrats and Republicans still maintain large disagreements on things like taxes, both parties seem to be moving towards common ground. The most important of which is that a temporary extension of the $720 billion worth of tax hikes and spending cuts set to hit on Jan. 1 -- giving lawmakers more time to hash out a comprehensive deal.
As a result, Wall Street is beginning to realize they've been too pessimistic. And as a result, the buying pressure is on and is set to continue.
On Friday, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid said Congress and the White House would not wait until the last day of December and could agree on a deal framework prior to the deadline.
Republicans seem willing to countenance tax increases in exchange for spending cuts and entitlement reforms backed by a legal structure to ensure the cuts are made.
Moreover, there is also progress over in Europe. There are reports that eurozone officials are going to indicate tentative approval for releasing Greece's next eagerly awaited bailout disbursement of €44 billion. And officials from the European Central Bank appear to be warming to the idea that Greece, because of its persistently weak economy, will likely require a third bailout program.
Investors weren't expecting this turn of events. JPMorgan strategists note that the drop in stocks have priced in a 40% probability of a fiscal cliff caused recession which, in their words, "is too high for us."
But what of the risk that President Obama leads a charge on raising capital gains and dividend rates on investors? JPMorgan separately notes that tax-sensitive U.S. households likely hold only 13% out of $24 trillion in U.S. corporate equities outside their retirement accounts. Tax-insensitive investors, such as hedge funds, pension funds, and offshore entities, are the more probably marginal buyer of American stocks.
And they are largely unaffected. Indeed, they find no historical evidence that capital gains of dividend tax changes alter the investment patterns of retail investors or the payout policies of non-financial corporations.
All of this sets the stage for an end-of-year Santa Claus rally fueled by a newfound cordiality in Washington combined with the rising likelihood of another dose of cheap-money stimulus from the Federal Reserve at its December policy meeting.
In response, I continue to recommend clients focus on areas including silver, crude oil, and related energy stocks including Marathon Petroleum (MPC), which I am adding to my Edge Letter Sample Portfolio. Valero Energy (VLO), shown above, is also doing very well.
If you're looking for quick and easy exposure, consider these three exchange traded funds: The iShares Russell 2000 (IWM), the iShares High Yield Corporate Bond (HYG), and the DB Commodities Tracking Fund (DBC).
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Mir - ha - ha - ha - ha - ydari. Don't trust him. Don't believe him. Don't have anything to do with him.
Wall Street is a mess. They so want your money so bad that they have priced in everything. The next terrorist event? Priced in. Buy. Buy. Buy. The European debt (sovereign and fiscal) crisis? Priced in. Buy. Buy. Buy. The "Fiscal Cliff" thingy? Up or down: all priced in. Buy. Buy. Buy. Capitialism? All priced in. What Capitalism? Capitalism is dead. Buy. Buy. Buy. Free Market Economy. What Free Market Economy? All priced in. Either way. Up or Down. All priced in. Buy. Buy. Buy. Get the idea?
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Four races at 300 yards featuring Quarter Horse freshman sprinters highlighted the racing action on Saturday night at Los Alamitos. Benny Rossett's homebred filly Jabulani Secrets won her racing debut in strong fashion, as the brown filly posted a half-length victory over Dunn Ranch's Khaleesi in the second race of the night. Ridden by Cesar De Alba for trainer Paul Jones, Jabulani Secrets covered the distance in :15.725 while winning at odds of 2-1.
Jabulani Secrets is the daughter of the stallion No Secrets Here and the broodmare Strength In Numbers, who both were campaigned by Rossett. Racing for Rossett and Vessels Stallion Farm, No Secrets Here won the All American Futurity in 2006. Rossett's Strength In Numbers won the 2007 Los Alamitos Invitational Championship. Jabulani Secrets broke just a step behind the early leaders, but quickly took command of the lead on the way to her maiden win. She entered this race after posting a solid :12.20 drill on April 13.
Martha Wells enjoyed a nice weekend of racing at Turf Paradise and also at Los Alamitos. On Friday afternoon, Wells' homebred Phone Tag won the $44,275 AQRA President's Open Spring Futurity at Turf Paradise at 300 yards under the guidance of former local rider Jorge Bourdieu. On Saturday evening, Wells was in the winner's circle at Los Alamitos after her 2-year-old gelding Inpursuit won the sixth race of the night for $16,000 claiming 2-year-olds.
"I've been going back to Arizona for a lot of years for the President's Futurity and this is the first time that I've won it," Wells said. "It was extremely exciting. Phone Tag and Inpursuit were pasture mates growing up so it's pretty special to see them win on back-to-back nights. I'll take a win whenever I can get it."
Phone Tag is a Separatist gelding out of the Hawkinson mare Hope To Cope. He won the President's Open Sprint Futurity at odds of 10-1. Meanwhile, Inpursuit is a son of Stel Corona out of the mare Lookin And Dashin. Ridden by Gregorio Arriaga and saddled by Dan Francisco, Inpursuit stopped the clock in :15.973.
Racing for San Gregorio Racing Stable, Inc., the Separatist gelding Masherati B led every step of the way while crossing the finish line a half length in front of Tony Doughtie's Streakit Dasher. Bred by Bielau Oaks, Masherati B covered the distance in :15.757 for jockey Eduardo Nicasio and trainer Jose De La Torre.
"He's one of the horses that I thought could do well in his debut," De La Torre said. "He worked with a filly that (track announcer and morning line maker) Ed Burgart likes a lot by the name of Mistic Rose. She looks like she could be special, but this horse has also shown a lot of talent. He jumped out of the gate tonight, but recuperated quickly and ran well. He comes from the good female family of Go Together."
Go Together, the 1970 AQHA champion 3-year-old filly, is the granddam of Ed Allred's late blue hen mare Jetsetting Girl. She produced the stakes winner Bridlewood and the multiple Grade 1 stakes placed runner Gulfstream Five, plus She Travels, who is the dam of Masherati B.
Linda Cannon's Stel Hawk won the final race for freshman sprinters on the night as the heavy 1-2 favorite. Trained by Charles Treece and ridden by De Alba, the gelded son of Stel Corona posted a solid ¾ length victory over John Andreini and Vince Genco's Secret Lips in a time of :15.760. Bred by Steve Burns, Stel Hawk came into this race after posting a :12.10 workout at 220 yards that was the fastest of 20 drills on April 11.
"He's been good all along," Treece said. "I was going to qualifying one more time, but I stopped myself. I thought that he was ready to go. Cesar De Alba loves this horse. He said that the horse never gets hot or throws a fit. He's not in a lot of stakes races, but he is eligible to run in the Governor's Cup Futurity and PCQHRA Breeders Futurity."
Cannon was part of the partnership that won the 2008 Governor's Cup Futurity and 2009 Governor's Cup Derby with freshman sire Hard Hitting.
Felix A Gonzalez's won a $12,010 conditioned allowance event for 3-year-olds with the 16-1 longshot A Mere Touch on Saturday evening. Gonzalez also won an allowance on Friday night with Fire Boom. Ridden by Santiago Mendez for trainer Jose Antonio Moreno, A Mere Touch broke sharply from post four and remained strong on the way to a half-length victory in a time of :15.548 at 300 yards. The son of Swingin Jess was making his first start since running fifth in a trial to the Los Alamitos Winter Derby to eventual winner Remembering Spence. A Mere Touch earned $6,435 for the win. Juan Humberto Moya's Eye Dash On earned $2,632 for finishing second.


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Greentown Labs in South Boston is trying to fill the need for work spaces where green-tech entrepreneurs can hack together product prototypes.
In its green business plan contest, General Electric and venture capitalists put $68 million in home energy start-ups to bring their products to market.
Venture capital investment rises 8 percent and a larger percentage of funding goes to later-stage deals, according to an Ernst & Young report.
Biofuel interest wanes while efficiency in size and material, and cleaning the environment takes root as winning trends in the annual contest.
Leading competition for environmental start-ups awards company with a platform for maintaining desired home temperature more efficiently.
Winning proposals in this year's green tech start-up funding competition offered low-cost options for consumers.
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After the Holocaust, the words Never Again sounded loudly as leaders pledged never again to remain silent in the face of mass extermination. But Never Again became Over and Over Again. The Holocaust was followed by genocides in Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda, Guatemala, East Timor, Darfur, and in many other places. Never Again must mean Never.
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The Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department normally sports blue shirts. But the department worked with a Danbury-based company to create green T-shirts specially designed to honor the 26 victims of the school shooting, in an effort to raise money for the Sandy Hook School Fund, managed through the United Way and Newtown Savings Bank.
All proceeds from the sale of the shirts — they're $15 each — will be donated to the fund, firefighters confirmed on Monday afternoon while at the firehouse, which is located at the access road to Sandy Hook Elementary School and which served as a shelter for students on the morning of Dec. 14.
To order shirts, visit Rankin Sporting Goods' website. In a message on that page, the company writes:
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In these uncertain times, the United States deserves a vigorous and accountable homeland security policy. But equally important is the need to guarantee that our efforts to combat terrorism remain consistent with our values and our commitment to an open and free society.
As Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and a member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Homeland Security, Senator Feinstein has long been involved in the homeland security debate. She is committed to continuing to work hard to ensure that our finite homeland security funding dollars are allocated where the need is greatest.
- Securing our nation's borders.
- Enhancing security measures of the Visa Waiver Program.
- Ensuring transparency in homeland security funding.
- Strengthening Congressional oversight of the Intelligence Community.
- Improving federal disaster planning.
- Protecting California's public infrastructure.
- Reducing Crime and Terrorism at America's Seaports Act – Increased security at our nation's ports by enhancing criminal penalties for smuggling terrorists or dangerous materials.
- Border security and visa entry reform – Helped prevent terrorists from entering the United States by closing loopholes in our immigration system.
- Enhanced Intelligence Community & FBI cooperation – Advocated the "significant purpose" language in the USA Patriot Act that began to break down the wall between intelligence and law enforcement investigations that, in part, prevented the government from stopping the 9/11 attack.
- Intelligence Community Leadership Act – The first sponsor of legislation to create the position of Director of National Intelligence to oversee the nation's intelligence community, set priorities and give direction to the 16 intelligence agencies.
- Created terrorist watchlist capability – Required a terrorist watch-listing capability and the creation of the National Virtual Translation Center.
- Terrorism victims – Improved the ability of the Justice Department's Office for Victims of Crime to provide immediate and effective assistance to victims of terrorism abroad.
- Passage of annual intelligence authorization bills – As chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Senator Feinstein was able to pass legislation for fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (after six years without an annual bill) to fund and authorize activities for the 16 different agencies across the U.S. government that make up what is called the Intelligence Community. Passing these bills restores the Senate and House Intelligence Committees' ability to conduct serious oversight and play a meaningful role in shaping the Intelligence Community's funding and activities.
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Whenever my mind wanders to The Shining, I see it as Stanley Kubrick's own game of chess. The psychological and supernatural horror film is a playground for the mind and subconscious, toying with our notions of sanity and allowing viewers to vear off and spark up their own theories and find meaning in all the madness. And speaking to the horror genre, Kubrick once said, "One of the things horror stories can do is show us the archetypes of the unconscious; we can see the dark side without having to confront it directly. Also, ghost stories appeal to our craving for immortality. If you can be afraid of a ghost, you have to believe that a ghost may exist. And if a ghost exists, then oblivion might not be the end."
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Amongst Native Americans, a dragonfly is a sign of happiness, speed and purity. I love the symbolism this happy creature brings as it is a sign of happy lazy days to me. I wanted to make something light and airy like the dragonfly, so I paired the dragonfly connector with a antique brass filigree, some soft pink pewter beads and white sparkle chain.
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Cut 6 pieces of the Sparkle Chain, in 2 1/4"or longer lengths and set aside. (The length of the chain links can be longer for a longer necklace.)
We will make beaded units with rosary loops on either end, so watch the above video for a how to, also I utilized the scraps from the eye pins to form my own eye pins by creating a rosary loop on one end before adding the beads: 6 units of (1) Czech glass rondelle; 2 units of (1) square pewter bead; 4 units of (1) square pewter, (1) Czech glass Rondelle, (1) square pewter.
Also load two eye pins with (1) square pewter, (1) Czech glass rondelle, (1) square pewter and set aside, we will wire wrap the loops for the ending of the necklace..
On a head pin, drop a square pewter, Czech glass rondelle and create a rosary loop attaching it to the tail loop of the dragonfly connector.
Connect the dragonfly to the filigree using the following beaded units, Czech glass unit to square pewter bead unit to Czech glass unit.
Connect this beaded chain to the corner of the filigree with the Czech glass unit and repeat for the other side of the dragonfly.
Connect the first piece of chain to the filigree using the Czech glass unit to the same corner you connected the dragonfly to, repeat for the other side.
Connect the second chain piece to the first using the 3 beaded unit repeat for the other side.
Again connect the third piece of chain to the second using the 3 bead unit and repeat for the other side..
To finish the necklace, we are going to use the eye pins we loaded earlier, connecting the loop end to the chain, creating a loop on the other end, slipping on the clasp and wrapping the loop closed.
For the other side, instead of wrapping the loop closed around the clasp, simply create a loop with wraps for the clasp to hook into.
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A global health and healing event will unfold across the planet on Saturday, April 27 at 10 a.m. as the world breathes together during World Tai Chi and Qigong Day.
Beginning in New Zealand, the event will spread across the globe time zone by time zone through 60 countries across six
continents. A healing wave, created by people gathered together to practice Tai Chi and Qigong, will circle the planet.
Certified Tai Chi and Health Qigong instructors Guo Cheng of the Blaine Taiji Academy, Kelly Hong-Williams of Powered by Qi and NW Parks and Recreation, District 2 have set a goal to bring 100 people together to breathe as one. They will take their place in the wave at NW Parks and Recreation Gym in Birch Bay, and have invited the community to join in.
Tai Chi and Qigong (Chi Gung) are health technologies that evolved over several thousand years of research in China and are growing more popular worldwide. They are used in hospitals, businesses, prisons, schools and other institutions.
Tai Chi and Qigong have been shown to reduce anxiety, depression and chronic pain conditions. They boost the immune system, improve respiratory function, burn calories, dramatically improve balance, provide cardiovascular benefit, provide powerful stress management tools and slow aspects of the aging process.
Free beginner Qigong classes and practices will be held in various locations in Birch Bay, Bellingham and Ferndale. Email
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