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Encumbered by many-layered robes and sequestered in their homes, the Japanese ladies were unable to do more than peep from behind their screens at the courtiers’ mounted archery contests. As can be seen in Mughal art of the 16th and 17th centuries, aristocratic Indians—like their counterparts throughout Asia—used their bows and arrows for hunting as well as for archery contests. Mounted hunters demonstrated equestrian as well as toxophilite skills. The Asian aristocrat’s passion for horses, which can be traced as far back as Hittite times, if not earlier, led not only to horse races but also to the development of polo and a host of similar equestrian contests. In Turkey, where the composite bow was an instrument of great power, archers competed for distance. At Istanbul’s Okmeydanı (“Arrow Field”), the record was set in 1798 when Selim III’s arrow flew more than 2,900 feet . As devout Hindus, they recite mantras as they do their Sports knee bends and push-ups. In their struggle ag...

The Department of Homeland Security and its component agencies continue to turn their resources toward straw man “domestic threats.” Congress should defund those political efforts until the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency returns to—and proves—its commitment to serve the American peopleas intended. The Cybersecurity Operations Center shall notify the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of any severity level 3, 4, or 5 incident as soon as possible but no later than 12 hours after receiving a state agency’s incident report. The notification must include a high-level description of the incident and the likely effects. Identifying protection procedures to manage the protection of an agency’s information, data, and information technology resources. Establishing asset management procedures to ensure that an agency’s information technology resources are identified and managed consistent with their relative importance to the agency’s busin...