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In quest to replace Common Access Card, DoD starts testing behavior-based authentication – FederalNewsRadio.com

A year after then-chief information officer Terry Halvorsen first publicly floated the idea of killingDoDs Common Access Card in favor of a collection of more flexible authentication technologies, the Pentagon is beginning to test drive at least one of the potential replacements for the CAC.

Last week, the Defense Innovation Unit-Experimental reached an agreement with Plurilock Technologies, a Victoria, British Columbia-based firm that holds several patents on behavior-based authentication (or, behaviour-based, to our friends to the north).

The company claims that after spending about 20 minutes monitoring and analyzing the specific patterns people engage in when using their computers particularly their habits when pressing keys on their keyboards and their mouse movement techniques its software can build a reliabledigital fingerprint for any user that can be used later on to sound an alarm when an impostor is logged onto a system using someone elses credentials.

Human behavior has a degree of variability its organic, Plurilocks CEO, Ian Paterson said in an interview. A person may have had coffee in the morning, they may be tired at the end of the day, but they still retain unique characteristics, and thats what we track.

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The aforementioned CIO, Terry Halvorsen, said last June that DoD would eliminate the CAC within two years. The replacement, he continued to emphasize in subsequent public statements, would not be a single technology, but a collection of 10 or more different authentication factors that give the department a higher degree of identity assurance than it currently haswithout tying users to a single piece of plastic with an embedded microchip.

The evaluation thats now underway with Plurilocks system appears to be consistent with that game plan. Paterson said the test deployment thats now beginninginside one of DoDs combat support agencies (the company declined to say which one) will monitor users behavior only after theyve logged into a computer by some other means.

If the system detects something unusual, it can be configured to do a number of things, from delivering immediate alerts to security administrators, to locking the users terminal, to simply asking a user to authenticate themselves again. And depending on how they re-authenticate, it can take a series of steps that rely on other factors to provide higher degrees of identity assurance.

Paterson argued that sort of continuous monitoring of users behavior is the only realway to know whether the person sitting behind a computer screen is truly who they claim to be.

For some of our large clients in the financial sector, theyve told us it only takes one oops for someone to walk away and leave their terminal unlocked, he said. It doesnt take much imagination to think that if somebodys going through a divorce, if theres been money changing hands, it becomes a liability for that business. Because were sitting in the background continuously, the second an intruder would sit down and start trying to interact with that desktop, we would be able to stop them in real time.

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Anatomy of a Goal: Manneh’s long-range strike – Massive Report

Welcome to the Anatomy of a Goal, where each week we dissect one goal (or near goal) from the previous weeks Columbus Crew SC match.

For match 20 of the 2017 MLS Season, we take a look at Kekuta Mannehs 58th minute long-range blast that put Crew SC up 1-0 as part of their 1-0 win over Minnesota United.

Heres a look at the finish from the Columbus winger.

Both teams struggled to get going for much of this match, with the Black & Gold recording only four shots before Mannehs goal. Crew SCs 3-4-3 formation, without both Justin Meram and Federico Higuain, lacked the creative force that Columbus typically relies on to provide quality chances. Minnesota started the second half well, forcing Zack Steffen to make two saves in the early part of the half.

Mannehs game-winner began off a Loon turnover, with Jukka Raitala arguably playing the ball off of his arm. Playing in the middle of the back three, Alex Crognale picks up the turnover and immediately has multiple passing options: a quick pass to Josh Williams, a pass downfield to Wil Trapp, a pass further downfield to (an offscreen) Mohammed Abu or a,very short pass to Lalas Abubakar.

Crognale spots Abu down the field and opts to slot the ball to the Ghanian midfielder.

Abu, with space to turn, quickly plays the ball to his captain to start off the counterattack.

With the ball and space to work, Trapp has multiple options: a quick pass to Hector Jimenez on the wing, carry the ball forward until defensive pressure arrives, a pass downfield to Manneh, or a quick pass back to Abu.

Notice Ibsons positioning during this play. Ibson, standing in the middle of Trapps decision tree, is blocking Trapps passing angle to Manneh. Ibson is also the closest defender to Trapp, but will decide not to engage with Columbus captain.

Trapp decides to carry the ball downfield. As he does, the midfielder still has the option to pass to Jimenez on his right and now a clear passing lane to Manneh has emerged. Ibson has barely moved, so Trapp decides to continue to carry the ball downfield.

After covering about 25 yards, Trapp is finally approaching defensive pressure from Minnesota midfielder Kevin Venegas. Venegas is forced to cover Trapp because both Ibson and Sam Cronin have failed to do so. Seeing Venegas shift to the player he should be marking, Cronin rushes toward Manneh. This defensive slip by the Loons will provide Trapp with a quick window to slot the ball onto the feet of Manneh.

Trapp makes the pass to Manneh as Cronin sprints toward the winger. Manneh will briefly hold the ball at his feet rather than continue his motion forward.

With the ball at his feet, and Cronin sprinting to catch up, Manneh will do a quick turn that uses the momentum of the Loon midfielder as a way to create space.

As you can see in the above video, Manneh waits for Cronin to arrive and then quickly spins away, sending Cronin six or seven yards passed and setting Manneh into the open field.

After completing his turn, Manneh finds himself with yards of space and available passes to Jimenez and Ethan Finlay. Manneh will carry the ball forward to look for defensive pressure.

As the Black & Gold winger heads toward the goal, and with Cronin scrambling to get back into a defensive position, Mannehs available passing options are Jimenez (to his right) and Finlay (straight ahead). Additionally, Manneh can carry the ball toward goal until pressure arrives.

Cronin doesnt arrive in time and neither do any of the other Loon defenders. So, Manneh decides to take a shot from about 25 yards out... and youll have to wait to see if he scores (spoiler alert: he does).

The question this shot, and subsequent goal, ask is why didnt one of Uniteds deep-lying defenders step up to help Cronin and challenge Manneh. The answer to that question is Finlay.

The above video shows Finlay quickly run from the corner of the semicircle to the middle of the top of the 18-yard-box. In doing this, Finlay occupies both Minnesota defenders, preventing either from stepping up to defend Manneh and opening up a lane for the shot and subsequent goal.

Just after the Crew SC match at Atlanta, Gregg Berhalter commented on the importance of Finlay to Crew SCs success. Even without touching the ball, Finlay is instrumental in creating the space necessary for Mannehs shot and goal. Lets look at Finlays movement and impact on this play.

As he enters the frame, Finlay is defended by Justin Davis. The defender likely sees Jimenez running unmarked on his left and is hesitant to totally follow Finlays run, which would open up space for Manneh to head right.

Finlay can either run into the channel between Davis and Joseph Greenspan or he can continue his run across the face of Greenspan.

Finlay continues across the channel and into the path of Greenspan. As Finlay runs along the offside line, while staying onside, the rest of the play will hinge on Greenspans next decision. If Greenspan decides to step to Manneh, Finlay will be open for a quick through pass. If Greenspan sticks with Finlay, Manneh will have the opportunity to shoot or continue in on goal.

Greenspan, slowed by Finlay, sticks with Columbuss right winger. Davis moves toward Manneh, closing his path to the right.

As Greenspan shifts toward Manneh, the Crew SC winger decides to take his shot on goal. Mannehs shot will slot right into the space just vacated by Greenspan.

The star in the above image represents Finlays starting spot in this section of his run. Notice how much space and time he creates for Manneh just by making a simple five-yard run across the face of two defenders.

And Mannehs shot finds the back of the net.

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The Anatomy of a Super Strat – Reverb News

The term Super Strat has been used loosely to describe a whole array of electric guitars with a doublecutaway, Fender Stratocasterstyle body, smokin hot humbuckers, and a locking tremolo system.

The trend was kicked off by Eddie Van Halen with his homebrew Frankenstrat, which inspired a rich tradition of amateurbuilt Super Strats. The Super Strat craze was born thanks in large part to these amateurs modding lackluster guitars built by the big manufacturers.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Fender and Gibson were growing out of touch with their market largely due to corporate mismanagement. CBS, for instance, was tainting Fender's established legacy as a highquality brand by prioritizing cost cuts over consumer demands. Unstable 3bolt necks were introduced and players were not happy.

Likewise, Gibson (owned by the Norlin company) was cutting costs by building inferior guitars with heavy, multipiece bodies. The Norlin eras ugly designs didnt help the companys case (check out the Corvus).

During the this time, companies such as Schecter, Warmoth, and Mighty Mite were offering replacement bodies for sale by mail order. Until then, only professional luthiers had easy access to replacement parts.

These companies gave the lay shredder and home tinkerer the ability build a guitar for the first time. This is how Eddie Van Halen became the prototypical amateur guitar modifier.

Of course, there is a massive amount of diversity amongst those manufacturers as part of a Super Strat arms race in the 80s, but some common tropes did emerge.

Literally going part by part to trace which builders were responsible for which innovations unfolds a fascinating tale about one of the few guitars that was not designed by one company and copied over and over like the Les Paul, for example but was truly designed by an entire industry.

Many guitar players were embracing heavy woods and hardware in a bid for better tone. Heavy body woods offered by amateurfocused companies like Warmouth and Schechter included padauk, zebrawood, and wenge, as well as heavier variants of the more commonly used maple and ash.

The advent of highergain amps, preamps, rack effects, and new pedal designs needed a more focused and direct guitar sound, and the heavier wood guitars helped create a more uniform tone.

On the other end of the spectrum, some modobsessed players wanted to go as light as possible and turned to poplar and basswood two woods that are now commonly used in guitar manufacturing.

ESP LTD Alex Wade AW-7, Padouk

Ibanez RG752 RG Prestige Series, Wenge

ESP LTD M-100 FM M-Series, Basswood

The neck joint on the original generation of Super Strats was almost exclusively a classic 4bolt neck plate design. This was more stable than the 3bolt design Fender was using in the late 70s and 80s, which led to the necks shifting and causing playability problems. In fact, many players at the time converted their 3bolt Fender to a 4bolt for better stability.

Yet two of the most important neck innovations at this time were the advent of the thinner neck and the widespread adoption of neckthrough construction.

Jackson Pro Soloist SL2Q

With the rise of fast metal playing and guitar virtuosity by the likes of Eddie Van Halen and Steve Vai, players at the time were seeking better and better playability. Thats when necks began to become thinner and wider, with Ibanez, Kramer, and Jackson leading the pack.

Ibanez also pioneered neckthrough guitars for the masses with its Alembicinspired musician models, and Grover Jackson made this a Super Strat innovation in its own right.

When working with Charvel, luthier Grover Jackson tweaked the Super Strat template through oneoff custom guitars he built as side projects. Those neckthrough projects would be refined into the Soloist, which Jackson would use to launch his eponymous guitar brand.

Neckthrough construction allowed for a more responsive guitar with much greater sustain. This method of construction also allowed for a greatly reduced heel, making access to the higher frets effortless. Shredders were no longer impeded by a bulky heel of a traditional bolton or set neck guitar.

Without a doubt, the iconic bridge of the Super Strat is the Floyd Rose locking tremolo system. While many have tried their hands at the double locking tremolo design game, only Floyd has become an industry standard.

Others have had limited or no success, such as the Kahler, Washburn Wonderbar, Kramer Rockinger, and various less precise variations. None have achieved the reliability of the Floyd.

Jackson Pro Soloist SL2Q with a Floyd Rose

Designing in 1977, Floyd Rose found that tuning stability was only achieved when the string was locked at the neck and at the bridge. With this doublelocking system, the string would no longer slip at the nut or the saddle of the bridge.

This doublelocking innovation not only contributed much needed tuning stability to a tremolo system, but also allowed for wild pitchshifting down and up. The range of that pitch shifting was more dynamic than ever, especially when pulling the bar to pitch the notes up. The Floyd Rose system became a tool that every burgeoning guitar player needed to master.

Floyd also pioneered the use of fine tuners at the bridge to really keep the guitar in playable and precise tuning. Kramer was the first manufacturer to adopt the Floyd Rose system, ditching the Rockinger system that was originally favored by Van Halen for his signature model.

Van Halen and Rose worked together on many of the systems refinements, and it has remained relatively unchanged and unchallenged since getting just about nailed in the mid1980s.

Fender Yngwie Malmsteen Brass Nut

Modders in the 1970s and 1980s were experimenting with heavy materials to induce more sustain. In the rare occasion that a Super Strat did not have a locking nut, brass was the ideal nut material.

Ibanez became the first manufacturer to popularize the brass nut, even though Gretsch had used the material on and off in the 1950s and Alembic started using it for smallerscale builds in the 1970s.

Jazz players such as George Benson (also an Ibanez endorser) used combination bone and brass nuts to get the best of both worlds. Many players found brass's long sustain worthwhile despite the inconvenience of strings breaking more often at the nut.

Pickups are the biggest tonal driver in the Super Strat. With the boom of companies building replacement pickups in the 1970s and 1980s including Dimarzio, Seymour Duncan, and Schecter the home modder had more options than ever for cultivating a signature sound.

Kramer Baretta 1985 Reissue

For the Super Strat, higher output humbuckers were preferred, since they made overdriving an amp a whole lot easier. Ceramic magnets were used over alnico since they created higher output, lending pickups a more powerful and focused sound. Popular ceramic models included the Seymour Duncan JB, Dimarzio Super Distortion, and the EMG 81.

Ceramic magnets can be harsh, but that harshness can be tamed through some creative design. A pickups positioning, for instance, is one of the most interesting influencers on tone.

Many Super Strat manufacturers angled their bridge humbucker like Kramer with its Baretta to better align the pole pieces with the string spacing of the Floyd trem.

This shifting emphasizes more bass and higher treble while limiting the flubby and harsh bass tones that bridge humbuckers on Stratstyle guitars can sometimes have.

You cant talk about the Super Strat without talking about the wild finishes and graphic art so many of these models exhibited. Starting with Van Halens Frankestrat, Super Strat players prided themselves on the individuality of their guitars.

Ibanez, Charvel, Hamer, and the many Japanese imports of the time (Aria, Westone, etc.) pioneered the unique solid colors, while Kramer and Jackson went over and above anything seen at the time.

Kramer had tiger, leopard, and other animal print color schemes, while Jackson had amazing graphics, with the samurai, lava, piles of skulls, and scantily clad women being popular themes. This movement toward art being a fundamental part of the instrument pushed figured wood to the background of guitar aesthetics.

Kramer Pacer, Tiger Stripe

Jackson USA DK1 Dinky, Skull

Ibanez Steve Vai JEM777, Loch Ness Green

When playing a classic Super Strat, it can sound harsh, heavy, and bright. However, these guitars come alive with heavy distortion.

The concentrated bright tone allows for the guitar to cut through a highgain amp. When played clean with delay, chorus, and reverb, the brightness keeps the guitar from getting bogged down by the lowend those effects tend to add.

While the Super Strat is very much so a relic of the 80s, nothing is better for highgain, highspeed, and deepdive tremolo playing.

Who made your favorite Super Strat? Ever made one for yourself? Let us know in the comments.

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Style Anatomy: Jannat Miranda – The Express Tribune

The fashionable face of the Dubai-based blog, JMode, and celebrity stylist, spills all her styling secrets

The fashionable face of the Dubai-based blog, JMode, and celebrity stylist, spills all her styling secrets. Find out which silhouettes she cant get enough of and ones she can live without!

Understanding your body is the key to looking good and a trait found amongst all impeccably dressed fashionistas. While people shy away from talking about their bodies, these brave souls explain how they work their anatomies to their advantage

How would you describe your body type?

I would say I fall in the pear-shaped category of body types. My upper body is tiny and my hips are a bit broad.

Has your body type changed over the last five years?

My body has dramatically changed over the past five years and its all because of my change in lifestyle and nutrition. After I started working out, Ive seen such a huge change in my body, it hasnt just made me look good, but most importantly it makes me feel good. Now, thats a feeling I always want to wake up with.

How has your style changed over the years?

My style hasnt really changed over the years, but it has just progressed with time. I like dressing for my age and dont like looking older or younger than I am. I always maintain a signature Jannat style mantra, which is: dress to impress and less is more. I like to be understated, chic and classy.

In your opinion what is your most troublesome area?

My most troublesome area has to be my hips and thighs. Not so fun!

How do you dress your body according to your body type?

I prefer high-waisted trousers, skirts, and silhouettes that accentuate my figure. I love anything that starts at my waist. Because I have a tiny upper body, I highlight that area the most and tend to go for cuts and shapes that make my body look proportionate. I am a huge fan of crop-tops, high-waisted bottoms, and of course, heels to give me some height!

In your opinion what is the biggest mistake a person can make while dressing here?

I have always believed that less is more. Over-dressing can really kill your outfit and I think that keeping it simple and classy is the best way to step out. Dont go over the top it really doesnt do anything good for you! Simplicity is the smartest form of elegance.

Which silhouettes suit your body the most?

High-waisted trousers, skirts, jumpsuits, crop-tops and pencil skirts.

What is the one piece of clothing that you shy away from wearing and why?

Im not a big fan of low necklines and mini skirts I like straight cuts and most importantly I like being, feeling and looking comfortable yet classy at the same time. Attitude is everything, and that is what shows most in any outfit you wear.

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Genetics of Harry Potter: What wizardry can tell us about our DNA – Genetic Literacy Project

[In the world of Harry Potter,] magic appears to follow some of the same rules as other traits that are inherited, but what could be the genetic factors that explain why someone is born a witch or a wizard or without any magical ability at all?

A roomful of people at Future Con got a crash course in wizarding DNA and the basic workings of genetics on June 17, at a talk hosted by Eric Spana, an assistant professor in the Department of Biology at Duke University, in North Carolina.

Eric Spana describes wizard DNA at the Future Con panel, Harry Potter and the Genetics of Wizarding. Credit: M. Weisberger/Live Science

Is the wizarding gene recessive? Hagrid, the half-giant-half-wizard groundskeeper at Hogwarts, proves that it isnt, according to Spana. Giants have no magical ability, and Hagrid was born to a giant mother and a wizard father. For him to be born a wizard with only one copy of the wizard gene in his DNA, magical ability would have to be a dominant trait, said Spana.

If the wizarding gene is working correctly, it makes a certain type of protein. The phenotypeis magical ability. But if theres amutation in that gene Spana suggested calling it the SQUIB mutation a different type of protein turns the magic gene off. If one parents DNA carries a copy of the SQUIB mutation, it can turn off the wizarding protein, which cancels a childs ability to do magic.

We do this in fruit flies all the time, Spana said, referring to manipulation of heritable traits in general.

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Konica Minolta, With Eye on Health Care, Nears Deal for U.S. … – New York Times

An announcement is expected on Thursday, and the companies hope to complete the transaction by the end of the year. Ambry Genetics declined to comment.

The Japanese government is helping to drive the diversification efforts. A state-backed investment fund, the Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, is teaming up with Konica Minolta in the Ambry acquisition. According to the people familiar with the deal, Konica Minolta would take a 60 percent share in Ambry, with the rest to be acquired by the fund.

Ambry, which is privately held, would retain its current leadership, these people said. The management team includes the company founder and chairman, Charles L. M. Dunlop, who has said his own experience with prostate cancer now in remission influenced his decision to make public anonymized information from Ambrys database.

Pooling data from many people is considered crucial to finding genetic elements that contribute to illnesses.

For Konica Minolta, the acquisition would confirm the acceleration of efforts to diversify beyond photocopiers and printers, areas where revenue and profit have been shrinking.

The Japanese company has identified health care, and cancer screening in particular, as a possible mainstay of business. It has been developing its own cancer-detecting technology using light-emitting nanoparticles to mark proteins that are drawn to cancer cells.

Other Japanese businesses have tried similar expansions. Fujifilm, for instance which, like Konica Minolta, built a name decades ago in photography has established a profitable health care and cosmetics division, helping it survive the end of the analog film era.

Other Japanese groups health care ventures have been less successful, however.

Follow Jonathan Soble on Twitter @jonathan_soble.

Chad Bray contributed reporting from London.

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Genetics College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | School …

Welcometo the University of Wisconsin-Madison Laboratory of Genetics. The Laboratory of Genetics is comprised of two sister departments that function as one. The Department of Genetics in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences was founded in 1910 and is the oldest genetics department in the country. The Department of Medical Genetics, which recently celebrated its fiftieth anniversary, is housed within the School of Medicine and Public Health. Our mission is to address fundamental problems in genetics as they relate to medicine, agriculture, and basic knowledge of biology.

The Laboratory of Genetics is also home to the Genetics Training Program, with over 80 faculty trainers from diverse departments on campus that together provide graduate students diverse opportunities in modern genetics research. Please visit our pages to find out more about us.

John Doebley Chair, Laboratory of Genetics

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The neuroscience of paper emotions – Pulp & Paper Canada

Jul. 4, 2017 - This June, the results of a unique survey to determine the preference for the use of paper over digital communications were released after a yearlong process that involved the input of more than 7,000 consumers across 10 countries.

The survey, according to Two Sides, concludes that there is a clear preference for print on paper across all countries and regions analyzed. It found that 85 to 89 per cent of respondents agree, that when forests are responsibly managed, it is environmentally acceptable to use trees to produce products such as wood for construction and paper for printing. In the same vein, 88 to 91 per cent of respondents agreed that, when responsibly produced, used and recycled, print and paper can be a sustainable way to communicate.

These findings may also be partially explained by neuroscientific studies that have shown that our brains have a much more emotional and meaningful connection when we read on paper versus screens, wrote Two Sides Phil Riebel. Another neuroscience study was recently commissioned by Canada Post to illustrate the attractiveness of direct mail over online and email advertising.

A Bias For Action, produced by True Impact Marketing, used brain imaging and eye-tracking technologies to see into the brains of people interacting with physical (direct mail) and digital (email, display) advertising media. The researchers developed two integrated campaigns featuring mock brands, applying the same creative and messaging across both physical and digital media formats. The 270 participants were later given memory tests to assess their recall of branded material.

True Impact Marketing found that it takes 21 per cent less thought to process direct mail over digital messaging, and that the paper product creates a 70 per cent higher brand recall. Researchers found the motivation response created by direct mail is 20 per cent higher and even better if it appeals to senses beyond touch, such as smell and hearing. They also found direct mail gets the message across faster, explaining that our brains process paper media quicker than digital media.

Physical fills a much-needed, and very human, sensory deficit in the virtual world, where we spend most of our time these days...The most important renaissance in advertising has gone largely unnoticed, wrote Deepak Chopra, Canada Post president and CEO in a guest editorial column for The Globe and Mail. In their race to find the next big breakthrough, marketers didnt stop to realize that paper catalogues and marketing mail are emerging as an effective tool, even to engage digital natives. If there is one thing Steve Jobs taught us well, it is that customers dont always know what they really want. You have to figure it out for them.

This column was originally published in the Summer 2017 issue of Pulp & Paper Canada.

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4-Hers ‘liberate’ excess eggs for those in need – Port Townsend Leader

The Chicken Champions are visiting farms and households with poultry on July 9 to pick up eggs for donation to food banks in Jefferson County.

The community-service project led by Peninsula Poultry 4-H Club (a.k.a. Chicken Champions) invites anyone with egg-laying poultry to share their bounty and help the hungry. Eggs are to be brought to the food banks on Wednesday, July 12.

They approached me with the idea, and I told them that eggs were like liquid gold at the food bank, said Shirley Moss, director of the Port Townsend Food Bank. An egg can be used for breakfast, lunch or dinner; it keeps well its just an amazing food source, she said.

4-H club members came up with the idea of collecting the eggs as a way to give back to the community.

One of the elements of 4-H that we try to cultivate is to grow the kids as generous people to help them experience what it means to be generous in the community, said Tanya Barnett, 4-H youth coordinator and Chicken Champion parent.

The project is called the Great Egg Liberation, and, in the spirit of Independence Day, club members see the project as a liberation of valuable excess food to benefit those who most need it, said Barnett.

The fact that the 4-Hers are doing this for us is really remarkable, said Moss.

Kids in the group shared their thoughts about the project with club leaders:

Its a chance for everyone to get eggs, which are healthy, have lots of protein and taste great, said one young participant.

I think its a good idea to donate our eggs. It feels good, said another.

The community service project follows an education component that included the study of embryology, safe egg handling and other topics. After the project, the kids are asked to think about how the project will translate to the rest of their lives.

All our leaders are trained to ... encourage the youth to step back and reflect, said Barnett.

Those who would like to donate eggs and live within 30 miles of Port Hadlock may contact Barnett at 206-852-0562 or tanyambarnett@gmail.com.

When leaving a message, include details such as expected quantity of eggs to be donated, pickup location and a preferred time on July 9.

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