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Johannes Marx
Johannes Marx is producer, singer and guitarist of the german/japanese electro-pop band Pitchtuner. Pitchtuner performed more than 500 shows all over Europe, Asia and USA in the last decade. One highlight was, that the band was chosen to represent the city of Berlin at EXPO Shanghai in 2010.
Johannes also founded a music label called "Burning Friends Records" together with a network of creative people from the Berlin area; it aims to promote the collaboration and exchange of talent and services between different groups. He also designs and produces his own instruments and MIDI controllers for his live shows. Improvement of Man-Machine interaction and refinement of Musician-'Electronic Instrument' interaction is crucial: How might we make electronic music performable more intuitively and in a physical way? His instruments are also the link to D-School: After presenting his latest instrument, the 'Midi Rod' at an inventors' competition in Berlin in 2009, he got addressed by a former D-School student and immediately got infected by the 'virus' and decided to understand and learn more about design thinking: the link that connects and ties the different strategies he already used in his creative work for so many years.
Johannes Marx is psychologist, has special interest in Cognitive Psychology and is 2010 alumni of the 'School of Design Thinking Potsdam'.


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In Islam, a child is assumed as a pleasure and fortune or it is also can be kind of test as if as our wealth to measure our God-fearing to Allah SWT whether we love Allah SWT or the world only.
It is stated on Al Qur'an,
" To all devout people, do not be your wealth and children are slight you down to remember Allah SWT. Indeed, those who are acting like that are considered as lost." (QS. Al Munafiqun:9).
There are many stories and history of the prophet which had being tested by the joyful of descendant or child. Allah SWT is remaining us to always increase our worship and comply with all His regulations by not putting our children or wife becomes as our obstacles.
Children is become the highest responsible because we must teach them to be able to continue the Islam vision. Read more about How to Have Good Dreams in Islam
"Dear believers, indeed, in between of your wives and children there is enemy inside of it. Be careful of you and if you are not forgive, scold also condone (them), indeed, Allah is Merciful and Forgiveness. Indeed, your wealth and children are kind of test (for you), and next to Allah SWT is the greatest rewards." (QS. Athtagabun:14-15).
The challenges and virtues to educate of female children
Today, it is become special challenges to educate female children due to the existence of social media and the change of social life in society. As parents, we are demanding to solve all problems in creativity and restful to encounter the problems arise.
It is not the wise way to restrain or strain our daughter in order to fulfill of our demands. Here, we are trying not to give bad deeds to our daughter about the parenting which is believed descended with them in future.
Then, it must be solved by parents with all their strategies without making our children feel restrain with themselves because of the parents parenting. Read more about Importance of Aisha in Islam
However, no matter the big challenges are made, parents will get rewards and the virtues when they educated their daughter in a good parenting.
- A great rewards from Allah SWT
To educate our children become pious children is not simple matter. It is a kind of test given by Allah SWT in giving good parenting because we will get great rewards from Allah SWT if we are committing to get His blessed. Read more about How to Improve Faith in Islam
It is become our struggles that need some funds, big efforts and all kind of endeavor for the goodness of the children. Thus, patient and heartfelt in educate of our daughter are become our prime capital in order to get rewards from Allah SWT both in the world and doomsday.
2. Prayer from Pious Children
It is very efficacious prayers that can lead us to heaven because they happiness are our precious investment in future. It is the most beautiful reward to parents which is always to teach them the pillar of Islam, the basic law of Islam, the function of Faithful to Allah SWT, the source of Shari'a Islam and the pillar of Faithful. Read more about Rights of Siblings in Islam
The role of parents in educating of female children
There is other virtue to educate daughter from parents because daughters are considered as asset in Islam whereas it is supported by Rasulullah SAW statement that mentioned if the women are good, then it will also good for the nation.
[AdSense-A] It caused of women have the strategic function in ummat so parents must responsible to make them as beautiful women in Islam, women in Islam version, Muslimah Women in Islam, Pious women in Islam and the best women to be marriage in Islam. Read more about Quran Verses of Respecting Parents
Therefore, there are specialties in educating of female children for parents:
- Teach women as wife to husbands
Women in future have responsible and act as a wife in her family. Thus, by giving good knowledge and preparing those to act as a wife in her family is become parents' obligation and responsible so they can be good wives to their husband.
Therefore, it is better for parents to guidance their daughter with good and wide knowledge in educating their children to become sholehah wives and aware of having a good family.
Any kind of women profession, a family woman and spouse has responsible to give happiness to their husband, family and kind of sakinah frame. Read more about Importance of Devotion to Parents
2. Teach women as prospective mother in family
Women are also being a mother in her family and the method of educating from their parents will give impact to them in future. Therefore, parents should give good deeds to their daughters so they can adjust it when they are already being a mother.
Parents education has big impact to their children especially daughters. When women grow up, they have obligation and responsible for teaching and raising their children, influencing them to have good attitudes as it as in Islam since it will embed in their subconscious childhood.
The purpose is to avoid women failed in performing their function as it being educated by their parents in their childhood to build happiness family in Islam, family in Islam, Family of Sakinah in Islam, Harmonious Family in Islam and Sakinah, Mawaddah and Warrahmah Family in Islam.
3. Educate women as house builder of Ummat
Women will have responsibilities in relation to their spouse and family and also giving the merit to their family with all their knowledge by doing multitasking. It is parent obligation and awareness to educate their children of having the best skills in future including educating their children, taking care or family as of their submission to Allah SWT. Read more about Law of Women Going Out at Night in Islam
Religious values, divinity and awareness of giving merit to others must be taught in their childhood because it will be difficult to apply them when they are already adult.
4. Teach women to responsible of their selves
Daughters have their own responsibilities to take care of themselves especially in covering their aurat, their genitals and avoiding the free sex and zina.
It is parent role that must able to manage their daughters not to fall down into misguide in Islam.
Therefore, parents have an obligation to always giving good deeds and education to their children so their daughters have awareness of having take care their selves and not fall down into bad deeds both in the world and doomsday.

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RootRepeal - Rootkit Detector
A new rootkit detector - currently in beta.
RootRepeal is a new rootkit detector currently in public beta. It is designed with the following goals in mind:
- Easy to use - a user with little to no computer experience should be able to use it.
- Powerful - it should be able to detect all publicly available rootkits.
- Stable - it should work on as many different system configurations as possible, and, in the event of an incompatibility, not crash the host computer.
- Safe - it will not use any rootkit-like techniques (hooking, etc.) to protect itself.
Currently, RootRepeal includes the following features:
- Driver Scan - scans the system for kernel-mode drivers. Displays all drivers currently loaded, and shows if a driver has been hidden, and whether the driver's file is visible on-disk.
- Files Scan - scans any fixed drive on the system for hidden, locked or falsified* files.
- Processes Scan - scans the system for processes. Displays all processes currently running, and shows if a processes is hidden or locked.
- SSDT Scan - shows whether any of the functions in the System Service Descriptor Table (SSDT) are hooked.
- Stealth Objects Scan - attempts to determine if any rootkits are active by looking for typical symptoms.
- Hidden Services Scan - scans for hidden system services.
- Shadow SSDT Scan - counterpart to the SSDT Scan, but deals mostly with graphics and window-related functions.
* - falsified files are files which have their size mis-reported to the Windows API. Some rootkits use this to hide data.
RootRepeal is currently in public beta. Whereas every effort has been made to ensure compatibility with every system configuration on Windows 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista, it cannot be guaranteed. There is always some risk when scanning for rootkits. Before running RootRepeal, please make sure you have backups of all important data and have saved all open documents.
Frequently Asked Questions
Question: What is a rootkit?
Answer: A rootkit is a set of tools or a program that is designed to hide activity on a computer (legitimate or otherwise). A rootkit in itself is not malicious - many antivirus programs and some games (for example, nProtect GameGuard) use rootkit-like technology to hide or protect themselves. RootRepeal does not target any specific product or malware, but simply identifies rootkit-like activity on a computer and leaves the decision of what is malware or not to the user. For more information, please refer to the Wikipedia entry on rootkits here.
Question: How do I install/run RootRepeal?
Answer: Simply run RootRepeal.exe by double-clicking on it. No installation is necessary.
Question: How do I uninstall RootRepeal?
Answer: Delete RootRepeal.exe and (optionally) settings.dat, and reboot. RootRepeal is completely self-contained and no uninstallation is necessary.
Question: How do I know if I have a rootkit?
Answer: Run a system scan using the "Report" tab, and send the log to an expert for analysis. Some good resources are the forums at Sysinternals here, and the GeeksToGo forums here. If you are unsure if something is a rootkit, DO NOT DELETE IT!
Question: Does RootRepeal contain any malware/spyware/adware/other bad stuff?
Answer: Absolutely not! However, some Antivirus products may flag RootRepeal as malware because it is packed (compressed). See the VirusTotal link in the Download section for more information.
Question: What is the SSDT? Why is it important?
Answer: The SSDT is a table that stores addresses of functions that are used by Windows. Whenever a certain type of function is called, Windows looks in this table to find the address for it. However, a lot of rootkits and some legitimate software hooks this table, redirecting these requests. This type of hooking can be used to hide just about anything on Windows.
Question: What is a "system service"?
Answer: System service are a type of program that starts whenever Windows does. Most rootkits are started as a system service. Some rootkits attempt to hide these services so that a user cannot see them.
Question: What is the "Disk Access Level"? Why is it important?
Answer: The disk access level controls how RootRepeal reads the disk to perform the Files and Hidden Services scan. If you experience a crash or unpredictable results when using either of those scans, please change the Disk Access Level to another level in the options dialog. The default level is recommended for most users. If you suspect that you have the MBR rootkit, you may want to change the level to the lowest possible level and run another scan.
System Requirements
- Microsoft® Windows 2008 Server; Windows Vista®; Windows XP Professional or Home Edition; Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4; Windows 2003 Server
Note: Only x86 versions of Windows are supported.
- 128MB of RAM.
- 600KB of hard-drive space.
The latest version of RootRepeal can always be downloaded from this site.
The current version is: Version 1.3.5
Download: RootRepeal.rar
MD5 (of the EXE): 880D7A26B7BB6B00A0709E75F149B83D
SHA-1 (of the EXE): 1943798277BBB1C396A980C58D077F5A57636932
VirusTotal Scan: http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/dd2d8492185ded564fdae8f5a1d85946123c346086763a238b0d74f1e2848259-1250214648
Because, as mentioned above, there is always an element of risk when scanning for rootkits, the author offers NO WARRANTY for RootRepeal. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
The latest version of RootRepeal can always be found at the static links http://rootrepeal.googlepages.com/RootRepeal.rar, or http://rootrepeal.googlepages.com/RootRepeal.zip (see below for more mirrors, in case the bandwidth limits have been exceeded).
Note: This site has recently been exceeding bandwidth, so if any of the above download links are unavailable, please use one of the following:
Version 1.3.5 (link)
-Added: RootRepeal now shows the version on the About page.
-Fixed: Some general bug fixes.
Version 1.3.4 (link)
Version 1.3.3 (link)
-Improved: Initialization should now be compatible with all versions of Windows up to Windows Vista SP2, and more configurations.
-Improved: Reduced false positives in Stealth Code scan - check the options dialog for more detail.
-Fixed: Bug in unhooking DbgPrint callbacks on Windows
-Fixed: Initialization bug on Windows Vista SP2.
-Fixed: Internal speed improvements.
-Fixed: Signature verification should now work correctly.
Version 1.3.2 (link)
-Added: Kernel-mode callbacks viewer and deleter.
-Added: Shadow SSDT scan (with unhooking support).
-Improved: Many bug fixes in the NTFS filesystem parser.
-Improved: Startup - should be more compatible with additional configurations
-Improved: Resource handling.
-Improved: RootRepeal whitelists some files in the Stealth Objects scan, to reduce false positives. You can control this in the Options dialog.
-Fixed: Memory leak when verifying driver signatures.
-Fixed: Multiple bugs in startup and the drivers scan.
Version 1.3.0 (link)
-Added: Additional disk reading method. Please read the FAQ, above, for more details.
-Added: Experimental support for verifying the digital signatures of drivers in the drivers scan.
-Added: Advanced options for file removal. Please do NOT use these unless you know what they do!
-Added: Tool to wipe/copy/delete any file.
-Added: A tool to delete registry keys (and all subkeys/values) that have had the permissions or owner changed. Note: This will not delete rootkit-protected registry keys.
-Improved: Safe mode support. RootRepeal now fully supports Safe mode.
-Fixed: Major bugs in program initialization and files scan.
Version 1.2.3 (link)
-Added: Stealth Objects scan (scans for hidden handles, threads, modules, kernel code and IRP handlers)
-Added: Hidden Services scan.
-Added: RootRepeal can now fix MBR modifications caused by the Mebroot trojan.
-Improved: Initialization speed and compatibility.
-Improved: Files scan speed.
-Improved: Scan speed in the Drivers and Processes scan.
-Fixed: Display names in the SSDT scan.
-Fixed: Intermittant bug in the files scan.
-Fixed: Bugs in handling some FAT32 directories.
-Added crashdump reporting. If RootRepeal crashes, it will generate two files: a crash dump text file, and possibly a RootRepeal.dmp file. If you experience a crash, please send me those two files.
Version 1.1.2 (link)
-Improved: Initialization speed.
-Fixed: Bugs in handling certain types of directories on NTFS.
-Fixed: "Could not find kernel file on disk" bug on initialization.
-Fixed: Bugs in scanning for hidden ADSs on NTFS.
Version 1.1.1 (link)
-Fixed: Bug in the files scan that causes a crash.
Version 1.1.0 (link)
-Added: SSDT scan page.
-Improved: Process scanning on Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista.
-Improved: Process scan internals on all versions of Windows.
-Improved: Speed of the files scan.
-Improved: Windows Vista SP0 and SP1 support.
-Fixed: Bugs in the process scan.
-Fixed: Various small bugs, user-interface bugs.
-Fixed: Bypassing certain types of malware.
-Fixed: Minor bug while using "Wipe File" on a directory.
Version 1.0.2 (link)
-Added: Showing whether a driver's file is hidden on-disk.
-Added: Saving settings to a file.
-Improved: "Report" tab - generating a condensed report.
-Fixed: Process scan on Windows 2003 Server SP1+
-Fixed: BSoD when starting files scan.
-Fixed: Crashes while scanning NTFS partitions.
-Fixed: Previously terminated processes showing as "hidden" in the processes scan.
-Fixed: Bypassing malware that attempts to prevent raw-disk scanning.
-Fixed: User-interface bugs.
Version 1.0.0 (link)
-Initial release.
If you have questions or concerns regarding RootRepeal, please feel free to contact me at email@example.com. Remove the "NOSPAM" from the email address before sending. Please note that if you wish to send me a log, I may not be able to respond immediately.
If you have experienced a crash of RootRepeal, please include the words "RootRepeal crash" in the subject line, and I will try to get back to you as quickly as possible.


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Drinking Our Own Champagne: How Marketo Uses its Event Marketing Software at Dreamforce
Event Marketing
Events are a vital component of demand generation and brand reinforcement platforms and represent a huge slice of total B2B marketing spend. One of Marketo's most significant events to attend and sponsor is Dreamforce; every year we make an effort to get the most from this critical industry-leading conference.
In order to streamline the laborious event lead management process – which consists of everything from attracting attendees, to registration administration, to post-event follow up – we employ our own event marketing software. Through its use, we are able to automate and simplify the event process, which drives higher attendance and ultimately converts more Dreamforce leads to actual sales.
One way we do so is by sending to our database meaningful, personalized invitations, timely reminders and gentle nudges to potential no-shows, to attract more attendees. As they say, it's all about the numbers, so if you can engage more prospective attendees early on, thus attracting them to your booth, you're certain to convert more attendees to customers.
In order to correctly target our database, we leverage our events functionality to segment based on various demographic and behavioral information. For an event like Dreamforce, we'll split create various messages for Bay Area local prospects, Marketo customers that use Salesforce, previous attendees of a salesforce.com sponsored event, those that have indicated they will attend Dreamforce (via social media or through a contest we've run), and the remainder of our database. We then create different messages for these audiences and deploy our campaigns, all while suppressing campaign members from each other.
Another innovative way we use Marketo for events is by seamlessly integrating it with online webinar providers like WebEx. Our webinar connection allows our system to communicate with a third-party platform without the hassle of logging in and out of two different systems. We simply create a new event, build a landing page with registration form using our easy-to-use WYSIWYG editor, tie in the webinar event with the campaign, and voila! – all registration data is synchronized between the two systems in real time. No need for list cleanup or import/export, member statuses are automatically updated post-webinar, allowing for a fast, targeted follow-up campaign.
It's also important to maximize our Dreamforce investment by leveraging show-generated content (pictures, customer videos, quotes, info from sessions) and repurpose it as reusable marketing assets. This boosts our marketing team's efficiency, improves workflow and scalability across our multiple programs and ultimately drives more revenue.
In addition, Marketo uses its post-event follow up tools, which allows our marketing team to close the loop on a timely basis and boost conversion rates. We use trigger and filter rules to listen for a list upload, and then shoot out targeted emails based on the rules we set up in real time allowing for follow-up to go out the fastest, boosting our conversion rates.
We also set up logical wait steps that watch for activity or inactivity and automatically follow-up after a defined period of time based on rules we set up. For example, if a lead does not open email follow-up #1 in the first 10 days, Marketo sends email follow-up #2. Having Marketo automate these processes ensures timely follow-up that enables us to enhance our post-Dreamforce lead nurturing and increase conversion rates.
Want to know more and all the cool stuff Marketo will be doing during Dreamforce this year? Visit us at Booth 817 or visit http://www.marketo.com/dreamforce11/.


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Chelsea Manning joins The Guardian as contributing opinion writer
This past Tuesday, Guardian editor-in-chief Katharine Viner announced that Chelsea Manning, previously known as Bradley Manning, will be joining The Guardian U.S. as a contributing opinion writer.
Delighted to announce: Chelsea Manning joins @GuardianUS as a contributing opinion writer, writing on war, gender, freedom of information— Katharine Viner (@KathViner) February 10, 2015
In a staff memo, Viner said that Chelsea will write "occasionally from Fort Leavenworth prison on the subjects of war, gender, and freedom of information."
Manning has previously written "I am a transgender woman and the government is denying my civil rights" for The Guardian in December of last year. She is currently serving a 35-year sentence after being convicted of leaking national security documents to WikiLeaks in 2013.
Manning will not be paid for her writing.


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By making a group reservation through Hostelworld.com you agree to the following terms and conditions as set by Hostelworld.com and as set by the hostel in question.
- In order to make a group reservation on Hostelworld.com it is necessary to pay a deposit. The balance is due directly to the hostel according to their payment conditions.
- The booking deposit is non-refundable.
- Please note that any cancellations must be notified directly to the hostel at least 24 hours in advance of your scheduled arrival date, unless otherwise stated in the hostel's conditions.
- Hostelworld.com are not responsible for changes or amendments to your reservation once it has been processed. All correspondence with regard to changes to your booking need to be dealt with directly with the hostel.
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Our multi-channel campaigns reach your target audience and deliver consistency across all touch points to drive the desired action regardless of channel.
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Find your ideal home at Reflections Apartments. Our unmatched collection of premium apartments offer studios, one, two and three bedrooms. Our nine distinctive floor plans embody comfort and satisfaction. Prepare a gourmet meal in our well-equipped, all-electric kitchens. Enjoy the view from your balcony or relax in the comfort of our luxurious interiors. With these features and more, our residences will surpass your expectations.
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La Salle pulls away from St. Francis (NY) 73-60
PHILADELPHIA (AP) Jordan Price scored 30 points to lead La Salle over St. Francis (NY) 73-60 on Tuesday.
La Salle (4-0) shot 47 percent and was 4 of 11 on 3-pointers. Jerrell Wright scored 19 points and grabbed 9 rebounds as the Explorers limited St. Francis (0-4) to just 35 percent from the floor. Steve Zack added 14 points and 13 boards for La Salle.
Brent Jones led St. Francis with 13 points and Jalen Cannon added 11 points and 13 boards.
St. Francis led through the first five minutes, but an 8-0 run - including a dunk by Wright - opened things up for La Salle. The Explorers closed the half on an 11-2 run and led 34-23 at intermission.
The Terriers cut the deficit to four on a 4-point play by Tyreek Jewell with 10:15 left, but a 13-3 LaSalle run gave the Explorers a comfortable edge down the stretch.


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Friday January 11, 2013
Today's blog prompt isn't a topic I can write on. Not because I'm too emotional. Not because it's controversial. But because I can't. The topic is, "This year's family vacation…". I have no family, and, well while I hope to get away this year, there's nothing planned and with my job it's hard to think about being gone too long. So, instead of writing about that, which clearly I cannot, I'm going to go in a different direction tonight.
I want to share an adorable story that happened tonight during bathtime and warmed my heart and showed me the comprehension that a child under 3 could have. We underestimate these little people ALL too much. They think about things, they process them and they interpret them. Which sometimes is a negative of course, but in this instance it was the sweetest thing EVER!
So I was giving the kids a bath, and Calen was talking about Christmas, not really sure how it came up or why he wanted to discuss it TONIGHT since I was back at work over a week ago and he's been with me every day, but he asked if he could tell me about Christmas and somewhere in the story I shared with him that his mommy had sent me the picture of his and his sister's faces when they first came out Christmas morning and saw what Santa had left!!
Then the questions started. And while questions from a 51/2-year-old can be irritating and constant, these were the kinds of questions where you want to answer and want to help him comprehend the overall concept.
He knows that I celebrate Hanukkah. We celebrate it together and adorably enough, Calen at 51/2 years old could tell you the basic story of Hanukkah, it's very impressive. And this year he wanted to start learning the letters on the dreidel. I in NO WAY am trying to convert them, they asked me to share with the kids my traditions so they'd at least be educated about Judaism since they are being raised in a highly Jewish area.
We discussed how some families are like mine that only celebrate Hanukkah because they are Jewish, both the mommy and the daddy are Jewish. That some families celebrate both Hanukkah and Christmas because they have a mommy who's Jewish and a daddy who's not. And then there were families like his that only celebrate Christmas.
He thought about it for a minute, and said "but we celebrate Hanukkah too". And I said yes you do, but with me because I am Jewish, not your mommy or your daddy. And he said he knew that.
Then we went back to talking about the picture of them Christmas morning and he asked me where in my house my tree was, and I reminded him I don't get a tree because at my house I only celebrate Hanukkah. And I think I said that I've never had a tree in my house my whole life and that's why I enjoy theirs so much. So then THE QUESTION came.
"Well, if you don't have a tree, and you don't celebrate Christmas, then Santa didn't come to your house?!!? EVER?".
Thank goodness for all those years of teaching Hebrew school I had a decent answer that I quickly applied to this situation!
"Well, I don't know if you've ever noticed but on the front door jamb area to my apartment I have this pretty thing hung up that's called a Mezzuzah, all Jewish people do." I explained what a Mezzuzah was, that it was a sign of being Jewish and that there was a tiny blessing inside that Jewish people put on their doors (to keep us safe and protected). And that I guess all my life Santa had seen the Mezzuzah on the front door of whatever home I lived in and knew not to come. I told him I was okay with it, but that I always kinda wish he'd surprise me one year. To which he didn't really respond but he thought about extensively. I could see the wheels turning.
Hilariously enough as I'm writing this, I can't help but think now he is gonna grow up thinking that's the sole purpose of a Mezzuzah, to let Santa and the Easter bunny know where not to stop!!!
All of a sudden, Leah, who was also in the tub, and had been listening somewhat passively but also was playing around with the toys and singing while in her own little 21/2-year-old world, stops, looks at me and says………"I take my piggy bank and buy you a Christmas tree Traci, I so sorry." and she made this face like she pitied poor me that I've never gotten to wake up and see the presents under the tree. She will be 3 in March, so okay, fine, almost 3. But can you imagine that just passively listening to my extensive conversation with Calen, she understood enough and processed it enough and felt sad and badly enough that she wanted to fix it and make it better???
It sure made me think twice about what I say in front of her, because CLEARLY she "gets" a lot more than I would ever have imagined and well, if you have little ears in your house, don't ever under-estimate what they're hearing and comprehending!!
Boy do I love that kid! She's something else, with the biggest heart and is the most compassionate toddler I've ever met, but boy, she sure keeps me on my toes! ~traci xoxo


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As a non-profit director and social media manager I currently oversee five Instagram accounts, so I spend a lot of my time in the world of hashtags and Instagram feeds.
I have this theory of late: sometimes if we want to know some of the unhealthy patterns, or even vices in our lives, all we have to do is look at our Instagram feed. Staring back at us might be a few perfectly constructed outfits, our own reflection, our dreamy wanderings through the world and strategically placed meals with few strategically chosen people.
Though, what's not pictured is just as important as what is: our tears, our arm fat, or the day we spent crying and questioning the meaning of this beautiful, crazy life. For it's those really messy and hard moments that keep us humble, remind us of our humanity, and make the share-worthy ones that much sweeter.
We have the liberty to make our Instagram accounts whatever we choose them to be: whether that's a snapshot of daily outfits, delicious eats or inspiring workouts. But, on some level, we also must acknowledge that our accounts can be a reflection of what we use to define ourselves, of what we adore and who we are becoming.
While Instagram is a wonderful tool for capturing the moments of life: for keeping up with faraway friends, sharing photos of family and capturing memories you might otherwise forget, don't forget to ask this question: what kind of life are you living outside of your Instagram feed? Are you living a good story? Are you loving the people in your life well? Are you present in the in-betweens of life, or are you more concerned with capturing a picturesque moment to prove that you are living a dreamy kind of existence others should envy? Are you more concerned with how many "likes" you are receiving rather than genuinely liking and loving your friends?
… don't forget to ask this question: what kind of life are you living outside of your Instagram feed?
While social media is a wonderful way of connecting, it is also an incomplete way of measuring your value and validating your worth in the world. A photograph can't capture or communicate your importance — you're deeper and more complex than any 2D image could ever give you credit for.
So, when your phone is nowhere to be found, who are you? What do you like regardless if anyone "likes" it along with you? If you're flourishing in real time, your feed will follow suit. Give yourself permission to live unplugged and enrich your soul offline — it's where the real magic happens.
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A lot of undue drama and hype took place in mid-December over the supposed iPhone launch that turned out to be nothing but a boring VoIP phone from Cisco brand Linksys.? So it was with a bit of surprise that Apple decided to use the name in their super-device released yesterday.? So how exactly did Apple get the rights from Cisco?
Did Apple even bother to ask them? Did they resign to battling it out in court?? Did they send a suitcase full of money over to the guys in San José?
Well it looks like it was probably a suitcase sort of deal; Cisco VP Charles Giancarlo headed off the unavoidable barrage of questions at CES by reading off a prepared statement that now shows up on Cisco's PR page:
Given Apple's numerous requests for permission to use Cisco's iPhone trademark over the past several years and our extensive discussions with them recently, it is our belief that with their announcement today, Apple intends to agree to the final document and public statement that were distributed to them last night and that addressed a few remaining items. We expect to receive a signed agreement today.
The language and stiffness of the announcement by Cisco makes it seem like this deal has been in the works for quite a while and I think you can almost be certain that a lot of Jobs-ian "discussions" took place. At the end of the day, however, it looks like Apple took the easy way out here and has licensed the use of the word "iPhone" for use in at least the near to long term, no protracted legal battles needed.?
Update: Cisco Sues Apple over iPhone Trademark. Looks like I was wrong ;)


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The Guardian and New York Times today cite several secret documents obtained from Edward Snowden which show the NSA and its British counterpart, GCHQ, have been collecting user information from "leaky" smartphone apps such as Angry Birds, the popular game made by Finnish mobile developer Rovio, and Google Maps.
The slideshow concludes that agencies can "geo phones from virtually anywhere," using GPS signatures from smartphones and apps. By 2007, the NSA and GCHQ were already collaborating on the collection and processing of data from "dozens" of smartphone apps, according to The New York Times. Apple's App Store was launched a year later, in July 2008.
GCHQ cited popular mobile game Angry Birds as a case study, according to The Guardian which linked to a May 2010 slide show from the agency. One slide states that there are more than 200 third-party location aware apps on the iPhone alone, a number that is orders of magnitude higher today. A marketing director at Rovio told The Guardian they had no knowledge of the GCHQ programs.
One interesting point from today's reports suggests that spy agencies like GCHQ have (perhaps not surprisingly) been looking to mobile advertising networks as role models in data collection — these are ad platforms like Millennial Media that operate in the background of the app economy, but which are crucial cogs in the marketing system that brands use target people with mobile ads, based increasingly on their location.


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VANCOUVER—When Portland resident Summer Michaud-Skog began hiking in 2015, she quickly started feeling as if people like herself weren't welcome in the outdoor community.
She noticed that the majority of media representations of outdoor activities only featured thin bodies, and she wanted to see more people like herself participating in the outdoors.
"I was feeling out of place in outdoor spaces," she said. "All the representation I'd been seeing in the outdoor community were of thin white women."
She took to Instagram to "create the type of media I wanted to see," and started Fat Girls Hiking, an inclusive, body-positive hiking club. Under the the motto "Trails not Scales," the group has struck a chord, with Michaud-Skog and other hike leaders having led hundreds of people on hikes in the Portland area and in several other U.S. cities.
She said that their message is about accepting and being kind to your body, no matter your ability level. The group also leads wheelchair-accessible hikes as well as nature walks, bike rides and other activities that suit a wide range of abilities.
"We want to not have it be a race to get to the top of a mountain, it's about being in your body, doing self-care and listening to your body in whatever way that may be," she said.
She is hoping to spread her body-positive message to other cities — and Vancouver is first on the list. With many members of her Facebook group hailing from Vancouver, it was a natural place for her to start branching out into Canada.
"A lot of people I've connected with from Vancouver talked about wanted a more body-positive community, and about feeling excluded from fitness and health spaces," she said.
In late August, Fat Girls Hiking will lead a pop-up hike around Stanley Park, with all fitness levels and body types welcome.
Her message of inclusion in exercise has already begun to resonate with Vancouverites — including filmmaker Layla Cameron. After Cameron moved away from Toronto seeking the adventure of the West Coast trails, she found herself put off by the messaging she was seeing with regards to outdoor exercise in B.C.
While she wanted to explore the mountains, she was tired of not seeing other people who looked like her in the exercise community.
"It was really isolating, and I think that's a common experience for a lot of fat people in the Vancouver area," Cameron said.
"We feel like we don't belong in those spaces, and it's pretty tough to do that as the only fat person ...When you can't find other people who look like you to do activities that may take you out of your comfort zone, that's a deterrent from being able to do something that otherwise you might really enjoy."
When she discovered Fat Girls Hiking, Cameron was immediately excited about the group and their story. In 2016, she went to Portland to meet with the group and film a short hike with the group, returning last year to finish the full film project.
The short film, Fat Hiking Club about to be screened at its world premieres on Aug. 17 at the Vancouver Queer Film Fest, as part of its The Coast is Queer short film series, which will coincide with the group's first Vancouver hike.


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Dr Halliday Sutherland attacked the clinic. He received a writ for libel from its founder, Dr Marie Stopes.
To a contemporary reader, it perhaps sounds easy… after all, who would be in favour of eugenics? Yet the list included most of the most eminent persons of the era: John Maynard Keynes, Bertrand Russell, Sir James Barr, Sir William Arbuthnot Lane, G.B. Shaw, H.G. Wells., Karl Pearson (Professor of Eugenics at University College, London), the Rt Hon George Roberts M.P., the Lady Constance Lytton and, if Stopes herself is to be believed, Prime Minister Lloyd George.
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When you're doing something you love, it's natural to want to challenge yourself on a daily basis.
I'm constantly brainstorming ways to offer my content in new, creative ways and how to grow my audience from different angles.
With that being said, I flew back East for a week to celebrate my 30th birthday with family and friends and instead of "taking a week off" from filming, I opted to do a "day in the life" type of VLOG.- something completely different from what I've done in the past.
But I was eager to test out my vlogging skills, give my audience a personal look into my life and determine whether or not it was something I'd be interested in doing again.
I'm still unsure about how I feel about it, but it was good to step outside my comfort zone.
(It can feel very awkward talking to yourself in public!)
So without further ado, I hope you enjoy this very different, "inside look" vlog from my vacation week.
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Shang Ji De
(Please note that this translation is an abridged version of the Chinese original)
Students nationally experiment with autonomy.
Since the Umbrella Movement, it has been fashionable for many young people in Hong Kong to be 'anti-China'. In fact the 1989 democratic movement is worthy of attention even for those who advocate the division of China and Hong Kong—the independent autonomous students' organisations at China's higher education institutes, such as the Beijing Students' Autonomous Federation, were organisations that flourished during the 1989 democracy movement. Although these autonomous students' organisations all disappeared with the 1989 pro-democracy movement, it was the first time since the establishment of the Communist Party that spontaneous autonomous students' organisation were established on this scale.
The Beijing students' action was quickly copied by students in every major city. I will share my personal experience and participation related to the Guangzhou Patriotic Students' Federation.
Guangzhou is located in Southern China near to Hong Kong and Macau and so was better situated for frequent exchanges and information dissemination than China's inland provinces and cities. Since the beginning of reform and open, people had long complained about the corruption of party officials. Of Guangzhou higher education institutions, Sun Yat-sen University, South China University of Technology, South China Normal University and Jinan University are the most famous. The main members of the Guangzhou Patriotic Students' Federation came from these four institutions.
Students from the Media Department of Jinan University first launched a fundraising campaign to support the Beijing student movement. Soon, in response to the call by the Beijing Students' Autonomous Federation, Guangzhou higher education institutions launched a class boycott. During the boycott, on many occasions, different groups of students collectively marched to the main entrance of the Guangzhou provincial government to express support for the Beijing student movement as well as to demand an end to profiteering by officials. But it was not until the Beijing students' hunger strike propaganda group came to Guangzhou to promote the Beijing democratic movement that the Guangzhou Patriotic Students' Federation was finally launched.
When the Beijing authorities announced martial law in Beijing for the first time, it had a deterrent effect on the Guangzhou students' movement. As a result, many students retreated to wait and see. Some of the Jinan university students who came from Hong Kong and Macau left and went home. But soon they returned to the Guangzhou campus again and brought with them newspapers from Hong Kong [there was censorship in Mainland even if bits of information still leaked out — translator's note]. News about how Beijing people fearlessly and selflessly blocked tanks and military vehicles, sent food and water and drove the soldiers back was brought back, breaking the news blockade.
Guangzhou students call a strike and class boycott.
After the Beijing authorities announced martial law for the first time, in order to collect more democracy movement news, early every morning Jinan university students would take a train to Hong Kong to buy the major magazines and newspapers and then the Jinan Patriotic Student Association printing group would make a large number of copies to distribute them everywhere. As university students at other campuses in Guangzhou did not have the same freedom to travel, the Jinan campus soon became the Guangzhou democracy movement news distribution centre. For three days and three nights, as a member of the printing group I worked unremittingly without much food and sleep, but even this was not enough to satisfy the need of fellow students. A fellow student from the printing group remarked that (quoting Mao Zedong) "Making a revolution is not like offering your guest a meal".
After the Beijing students announced the end of the hunger strike but still remained in the square, a number of students from the Beijing Students' Autonomous Federation, who were members of the propaganda group, went to institutions in different provinces and cities to promote the Beijing democracy movement. On June 3rd, a group of eleven from the Beijing Students' Autonomous Federation's propaganda group came to Jinan University, and two other students and I were responsible for their reception. This was followed by an assembly of students from different institutions at Jinan Park. The Beijing propaganda group reported the Beijing student hunger strikers' demands: 1, the CCP government admit that the student movement was a patriotic democratic movement; 2, to curb market speculation; 3, the CCP promise that no retaliation against students would be taken.
With rapid developments changing the situation, on the early morning of June 4th the tragic news of the crackdown by the army in Beijing reverberated throughout the whole of Jinan campus and a lot of students immediately assembled outside of the Jinan campus West gate. South China Normal University students held a huge march to the Guangzhou provincial government. On the afternoon of June 4th, a general assembly was held at the Jinan campus for those who had sacrificed themselves for democracy. Students from Sun Yat-sen University, South China Normal University and South China University of Technology came to attend. The assembly decided to set up a Guangzhou Higher Education Patriotic Autonomous Students' Federation and to organize a propaganda department to break through the news blockade, and also to call on the people of Guangzhou to take part in a city wide strike on the 5th June. Students boycotting classes blockaded the Haizhu Bridge to create the conditions for a citywide strike.
As the Jinan Patriotic Students' Association printing group had been in operation longer and had more experience than other campuses, it became the propaganda department for the Guangzhou Higher Education Patriotic Autonomous Students' Federation and on the spot at the assembly recruited three teams of 6-8 people to be sent to Sichuan, Hunan and different parts of Guangdong. Students from the propaganda department collected the major newspapers in Hong Kong and Asia Television news clips. During the night they would make multiple copies for each propaganda team to take away in the morning.
Students blockade Haizhu Bridge
On the morning of June 5th, almost ten thousand university students took to the streets and up to twenty thousand ordinary people assembled as onlookers. At around 8.30am more than a thousand Sun Yat-sen University students blockaded Haizhu Bridge, successfully blocking a major road into Guangzhou city and preventing people from going to work. Although this was successful, the effort to launch a general strike failed. At the same time, from morning to night, the Guangdong propaganda team brought with them television and film clips showing news clips of the army's suppression of the Beijing people, while at the same time they distributed leaflets. Wherever they went it stirred up public condemnation of the government's suppression of the democracy movement.
On the evening of June 5th, the situation suddenly changed once again. More than ten times the Guangzhou Higher Education Patriotic Autonomous Students' Federation received news that the provincial government was preparing to suppress the Patriotic Autonomous Students' Federation. The spirits of the majority of the students could no longer endure this tense state and when contact was lost with the Sichuan propaganda team and news was received that the PLA army stationed in Boluo had arrived in Guangzhou and were at the entrance of the Overseas Chinese hospital, it was the last straw in breaking their nerves. The chairperson of the Federation announced its dissolution and called on the students to leave the campus. Most students disagreed with this call but did not prevent anyone from leaving. As a liaison officer for the propaganda group, in order not to cause risk to other liaison officers and propaganda teams, in this situation, the first thing I had to do was to destroy the contact lists.
In the face of the brutal crackdown by the Communist Party, young people in Guangzhou showed courage. I was one amongst them. The burning of paper could be smelled all night and in the morning they showed bravery when there were rumours that the PLA was inquiring about the students, although this turned out to be a false alarm. But this allowed the students from the Federation to clearly understand that faced with the strength of such a strong ruler it was difficult for them to resist. Then the Federation decided to launch the "empty campus movement" to protest the efforts of the Communist Party authorities to suppress the democratic movement. Beginning on June 6th, students continuously boycotted classes and one after another left school and went home. Although some students took part in the later "Operation Yellow Bird" [an operation to save student activists who were wanted by the authorities — translator's note), the Autonomous Students' Federation soon stopped functioning and then disintegrated in July.
The night before the 28th year memorial of the June 4th Massacre.


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Ok, we get it. Sometimes it's hard to escape the family and the house to drive to a studio to get your workout in. You don't have time, there's no studios nearby, you're in the boonies, whatever your excuse is, we have good news for you. We've rounded up our favorite HIIT/Tabata workouts you can complete at home equipment-free. That's right. Bodyweight workouts you can complete in your hotel room or childhood bedroom–or at-home gym if you're #blessed like that. You can even take one of these to the hotel gym, apartment gym, or any gym for that matter. These workouts are guaranteed to leave you breathless, sweaty and super proud that you did something productive over your holiday. If anything, bookmark this post to come back to later. You're going to need these! Here are our favorites:
The Do Anywhere Workout by Peanut Butter Fingers Blog
Total Body Travel Workout by Fitnessista Blog
20-Minute Cardio + Strength Training by PopSugar
10 to 1 Bodyweight Workout by Peanut Butter Fingers Blog
15 Min Workout You Can Do Anywhere by Well + Good
Simply add weights in as needed if you have them around, otherwise all of the workouts above are plenty challenging with your bodyweight alone. Not feeling a HIIT/Tabata workout? Go for a walk/jog/run/bike/hike! Get creative and get that sweat sesh in when you can. Rest when you need it. Happy Holidays, everyone!


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Tuesday 29 July 2014 18:23, UK
Hull City have spent almost £6m to complete the signing of defenders Harry Maguire and Andrew Robertson.
Centre-back Maguire moves to the KC Stadium after Sheffield United 'reluctantly' accepted a £2.5m bid for their defensive stalwart on Monday.
A deal for the defender looked dead last week with the clubs unable to find an agreement on a fee but the 6ft 4in centre-back has now signed for Steve Bruce's side after an accord was reached.
Maguire, who made 166 appearances for United since joining the club's youth side from Barnsley five years ago, admitted his relief that the deal has finally gone through
"Ever since I knew Hull were interested it was a deal that I wanted to complete and go through," the 21-year-old told Sky Sports News. "It took a long time but in the end I am here.
"It's been a whirlwind, the clubs were trying to agree a fee and I've just been sat waiting. Obviously since I knew Hull were wanting to get my signature, I couldn't really turn it down, the opportunity to play in probably the best league in the world and obviously the chance to play in the Europa League.
"It's going to be a massive challenge for me and one that I am looking forward to. I think if I'm not ready (to step up) now I'll never be ready so I think I need to do everything I can to take the opportunity I've been given.
"Playing week-in, week-out, is different to playing against some of the best players in the world, but obviously it's something I think I can cope with otherwise I wouldn't be here."
Scotland international left-back Robertson has also joined the club after moving south of the border from Dundee United for a fee of £2.85m.
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It caps a meteoric rise for the 21-year-old who was plying his trade for Scottish amateur side Queen's Park just 12 months ago.
"I'm delighted it's (the deal) over the finish line now and I'm just looking forward to meeting the boys and getting started," he said.
"Obviously I've come from United up the road and that was brilliant for me but I think this is just the right step for me and I'm looking forward now to playing in the biggest league in the world. I'm relishing it.
"I've got belief in myself and my ability that hopefully I can push for a place in the starting XI."
Dundee United have signed Conor Townsend from Hull on loan until the end of the season as a replacement for Robertson.


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I will confess that I think it's quite the coincidence that another publishing company has come up with a series of knitting books featuring the word "Style" in the title, after Interweave Press's phenomenally popular "Style" series (see, e.g., Lace Style and Scarf Style ). Craft books, "style" in the title, devoted to one general category of knitting/crochet, multicontributors. Yep, very coincidental.
However, I am ready to cast aside this cynicism and with an open mind, road test Stitch Style Socks: Twenty Fashion Knit and Crochet Styles and Stitch Style, Mittens: Twenty Fashion Knit and Crochet Styles (both Martingale Press 2008), subjecting them to the rigors of the patented No-Bull Book Reviewtm .
Let's begin with the externals. We've got two paperbacks, each about seven inches square, each just under one hundred pages. MSRP for each is $17.95 (available for $12.21 by clicking on the links above). Each features twenty patterns to knit and crochet. Each is full color, with lots of photographs throughout. Each features a fold-out flyleaf in lieu of a dust jacket. The books are designed, like the Vogue On-The-Go series, to be a convenient size for carrying around in a knitting (or crochet) bag.
The Introduction to Mittens tells us breathlessly: "From trendy teenage girls to thirtysomething professionals, everyone is hand stitching these days." Striving vigorously to maintain my open mind, I will refrain from commenting on a definition of "everybody" that goes all the way from age 13 to 39. The introduction goes on to promise "a collection of contemporary and urban projects that'll keep you constantly inspired and motivated!" with "memorable styles inspired by everything from catwalks to street fashion." These designs, the Introduction assures us, have been created "by young urban knitters and trendsetters with a penchant for craft." Once again, I will refrain from questioning whether trend-apathetic knitters who are not young and urban might also have something to contribute. Open mind, open mind.*
The book contains exactly twenty patterns for handgear. I say "handgear," because there are more variations on the traditional mitten included in this collection than there are regular mittens. You'll find gloves with fingers, gloves without fingers, wristwarmers, armwarmers, gauntlets, even two muffs.
(Please don't ask me to tell you the precise difference between wristwarmers, fingerless gloves, armwarmers and gauntlets. Not to mention pulsewarmers. As best as I can tell, they are all just tubes for your lower arms, with or without fingerholes.).**
The book is not divided into sections, so here's a quick walk-through of what you'll find (including the name of the designer, so you can see if any of your favorites are included):
- mittens with a polka-dot pattern done via stranded colorwork (Judy Furlong);
- wristwarmers with a slip-stitch color pattern (Jennifer Appleby);
- textured elbow-length gloves; they're the gold ones in the photo above the cabled muff (Malgosia Dzik-Holden);
- crocheted gauntlets with crocheted rose buttons at the wrist (Claire Garland);
- openwork fingerless gloves (kind of defeats the purpose of gloves, no?) (Carol Meldrum):
- mittens with sequins on the cuffs (Melissa Halvorsen);
- long wristwarmers with an eyelet pattern (Lynne Serpe);
- long armwarmers with satin ribbons threaded through them (Sue Bradley);
- striped mittens (Katherine Hunt);
- lacy black fingerless gloves suitable for more formal attire (also Furlong);
- colorful fair isle-style wrist warmers, the cover photo (knit in aran-weight yarn; Gabrielle Carter);
- a striped muff with a cord to hold it around your neck (Sophie Britten);
- "flip-top" mittens done in crochet (Carol Meldrum); forgive me, but these look to me like fancy oven mitts;
- long mittens with a cable motif on the back (another by Hunt);
- long gloves knit with cuffs that have accordion-style pleating (Gryphon Perkins);
- mittens with knitted ribbon bows (another by Britten);
- flip mittens with a scallop motif (Carter);
- wrist warmers with a clock motif done in intarsia on the back, shown below (Bradley);
- mittens with stranded colorwork, starting with one color at the cuff and finishing with the other color at the top of the hand (a third by Meldrum);
- a white cabled muff (above), very long and skinny (Kimberly Cherubin).
Once again, there are no sub-chapters dividing up the patterns, so here is a summary description of each pattern, along with designer name:
- "socks" (they are really more like slippers) styled like Mary Jane shoes (Tanis Gray);
- slippers with intarsia fleur-de-lis patterning (Alison Dupernex);
- striped socks that also feature a checkerboard pattern around the cuff (Lynn Serpe);
- socks with stranded colorwork featuring a skull motif (Stephanie Mrse); even though I think skull motifs are so commonplace in knitting as to no longer be very subversive, I like these;
- anklets featuring contrast toe and heel and stranded colorwork hearts around the cuff (Mrse again);
- socks featuring a houndstooth pattern done in stranded colorwork, the cover photo (Judy Furlong);
- socks with a textured patern and some embellishment in the form of knitted flowers and leaves, and beads (Simona Merchant-Dest);
- leg warmers with multicolored beads (Sue Bradley);
- lace socks with twisted ties at the cuff (Merchant-Dest);
- socks with satin ribbon threaded vertically (Ellen Mallett);
- socks with unusual circular appliqués and a heel flap sewn on at the end (P.D. Cagliastro);
- slippers with a crown colorwork motif, and sequins used to look like jewels (Bradley);
- cabled legwarmers (Gray);
- intarsia floral socks (Sasha Kagan, and classic lovely Kagan at that);
- flip-flop socks with split toe (Kate Buchanan);
- socks with slouchy (seriously slouchy) tops (Karen Garlinghouse);
- crocheted socks done in pure silk, with bead accents and a daisy-style motif (Garland again);
- thigh-highs knit in pure silk with contrasting trim (Malgosia Dzik-Holden);
- another pair of slippers with all kinds of er, stuff on them (Bradley); and
- knee-high "kilt socks" (Sian Luyken).
I did question some of the stylistic or design choices that were made in both books. For example, crocheted socks done in pure silk? Worsted-weight cotton for footwear? I would probably substitute yarns were I to make most of the patterns. Indeed, it struck me as exceedingly odd that a book devoted to sock patterns contains not a single pattern using regular sock yarn. I'm not one of those folks who thinks that socks can't ever be knit in anything other than sock yarn, mind you, but this just seems weird to me. The cynic in me cannot be repressed anymore; I suspect the folks behind this book were underestimating their audience, thinking that young knitters wouldn't want to knit things in 7 or 8 to an inch sock yarns. (I suspect they are wrong.)
If your budget is a constraint for you, and you want to make some of these patterns, you may need to substitute yarns. For example, one sock pattern calls for 10 balls of Rowan Wool-Cotton. Wool-Cotton is one of my favorite all-time yarns; however, 10 balls will set you back approximately a hundred bucks. Pretty expensive socks. You'll want to use scraps of yarn you already have, or look for a more economical alternative. Similarly, the thigh-high stockings are knit in Bliss Pure Silk, at $14 a skein; the pattern calls for 7 skeins.
I also have issues with the way the items were photographed. Put simply, there just aren't enough close-up shots. Most of these patterns feature some sort of patterning, whether an intarsia motif, a stitch pattern or embellishment, yet the photographs are mostly shot from far away. (The better to get long skinny model legs in?) I can understand some faraway shots for stylistic purposes, but knitters need good close-up view of the garments they are making, and this is especially easy to do when they are smaller items like socks and mittens. Likewise, some items aren't shown in their entirety. For example, the thigh-high stockings are shown twice from the back, in nearly identical shots, but not at all from the front.
Maybe the front is plain, but it would be nice to see what it looks like, if for no other reason than to get a better feel for whether you'd want to make them or not. Finally, several items are knit in dark-colored yarns, making it difficult to see any design details or finished stitchwork.
The photography doesn't compensate for this in any way.
There is a concise how-to-knit and how-to-crochet section in the back. However, the Sock book does not explain how to use double-pointed needles, a conspicuous omission, since nearly all of the patterns require them. Instead of including "how to knit" instructions, Martingale would have done better to include a section on how to knit a sock, including DPN instruction, since I think it would be tough for a rank beginner to start with this book.
When it comes to aesthetics, you may have already guessed that not many of the patterns in either book are to my taste. I already have more gauntlet and wrist warmer patterns than I am ever likely to knit in this lifetime, and my taste in mittens and gloves runs more to ethnic and folk-style patterns, like those found in Folk Mittens(an oldie but goodie). Similarly, my taste in socks runs to the more traditional: give me an Ann Budd or Nancy Bush pattern any day, rather than the socks-with-a-gimmick
that seem to fill most of these pages. But what matters is what you think of them, and between my descriptions, the names of the contributing designers, and the photographs, you should get a feel for whether you will like the patterns in the book more than I do. (Because, shockingly, I am forced to conclude that it's not always about me.)
For those who are statistically inclined, allow me to provide you with some figures:
Number of Knitted vs. Crocheted Patterns:
Mittens: 18 knit; 2 crocheted
Socks: 19 knit; 1 crocheted
Gauges/Yarn weights:
Mittens (most use the yarns at the suggested gauge so I've combined them):3 patterns in fingering weight; 0 patterns in sportweight; 4 patterns in DK weight; 2 patterns in worsted weight; 7 patterns in aran weight; 4 patterns in yarns with fewer than 4 sts per inch
Socks (some knit the yarn at a gauge tighter than the ball band recommends):
Gauges: 1 pattern at 8+ sts per inch; 4 at 7 sts per inch; 7 knit at 6 sts per inch; 2 patterns knit a 5.5 sts per inch; 1 at 5 sts per inch; 3 at 4.5 sts per inch; 1 pattern in superchunky yarn (and one crochet pattern).Yarn weights: 4 in fingering weight yarn; 10 in DK-weight yarn; 1 in worsted weight yarn; 4 in aran; 1 in superchunky.
Techniques used (this is a ballpark; some use more than one technique while others use mostly stockinette so the totals are less than 20):
Stranded colorwork - 3
Intarsia - 1
Cabling - 2
Beading/sequins - 1
Textured stitch - 1
Lace patterning (using the term "lace" very loosely, to include simple eyelets) - 4
Slip stitch pattern - 1
Stranded colorwork: 6 patterns
Intarsia - 2
Cabling - 1
Textured stitchwork - 2
Lace patterning -- 3 (includes simple eyelets)
Sizing is variable and is one size fits most -- or maybe I should say one size will fit some. The socks are designed for a "woman's size 6-9" and the mittens are all over the map, with changing widths and lengths. It's hard to tell how variable the sizing is since, for example, many of the handgear patterns are fingerless or are meant to extend well up to the elbow. I suspect that some of the patterns are on the smaller side, though, so check the measurements if that's a concern for you.
So there you have it. If you're looking for sock or mitten patterns that are not folk-inspired, that feature lots of colorwork, and/or that have less typical design features (say, an intarsia clock),
you may find that sixty cents a pattern isn't a bad deal for these books.
As the cynic in me rises to the surface once again, I can just imagine the powers-that-be in Creative saying "I want patterns that aren't the same old lace or scandinavian colorwork! Something different! Something hip and trendy and cute! Not your grandmother's mittens or socks!"
The only problem for me is that I like my grandmother's mittens and socks.
*In the interests of truth in advertising, and without naming names, I feel obliged to point out that at least one of the designers involved in the two books is verifiably over the age of 40. Just goes to show you that us senior citizens in our 40s and 50s still have something to contribute...
**Rabbitch, please stop snickering. I know I said "muff" and "fingerhole" in the same paragraph, and I know you've only had about four hours of sleep in the last week, but please, dude, get a grip.


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CARICOM observer mission for Curaçao elections
GEORGETOWN – At the invitation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is mounting a small Electoral Observer Mission to monitor the general elections to be held in Curacao on April 28.
Following elections on October 5, 2016, and after being in office for just over seven weeks, the Government of Curaçao led by Prime Minister Hensley Koeiman collapsed on February 12when the coalition lost its majority.
The Governor subsequently ratified the National Decree of the Koeiman Cabinet to dissolve Parliament and call for new elections.
A four-member CARICOM Observer group headed by Dr Steve Surubally, former Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission will arrive in Curacao on April 25 and depart on April 30.
The other members of the Mission are experts in electoral management from Barbados, Guyana and Jamaica. A representative from the CARICOM Secretariat will support the work of the observer group.
For CARICOM, election observation serves as a platform to support existing democratic traditions within the Caribbean Community as part of its wider policy of supporting democracy.
This is the first time CARICOM will be mounting an Electoral Observer Mission to a third state. Curacao's application for Associated Membership in CARICOM is an interest CARICOM Heads of Government has recognised. (PR)


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A fire whipped through a wooden mental hospital in Belarus on Sunday, killing 30 patients, some of whom were likely locked in their rooms, the government said. Officials said the fire was probably set by one of the patients.
Emergency workers initially pulled 29 bodies from the wreckage of the nearly century-old building, and one person died later of burns, in the fire in the village of Randilovshchina, some 250 kilometers (150 miles) west of the capital Minsk, the Emergency Situations Ministry said.
One patient was missing, said Igor Zarembo, a duty officer at the ministry.
"He may have run away or he may have died. We haven't found a body," Zarembo said.
Some 31 patients received minor injuries and were sent to nearby psychiatric hospitals, he said.
No hospital staff were killed or injured in the blaze. A total of 62 patients were housed in the hospital.
A spokeswoman for President Alexander Lukashenko, Natalya Petkevich, said the fire was set by a patient who was known to be a pyromaniac and had tried to burn down the building on two previous occasions.
But Zarembo said that investigators were also considering a second possibility — that the fire resulted from careless handling of fire on the part of the staff. He said officials had ruled out the possibility of an electrical fire.
Emergency Situations Minister Valery Astapov told Belarusian television that hospital personnel tried to put the flames out themselves but failed. They only called firefighters half an hour later, he said.
He said that when firefighters arrived, the entire building was already in flames and the roof had caved in.
The hospital was designated for people deemed unable to function whose relatives refused to take care of them.
The patients, men and women aged 30 to 60, all lived in a one-story wooden building built in 1905 with locked doors and bars on the windows, Zarembo said. He said most likely the doors of the patients' rooms were also locked.
When the fire broke out, a nurse and orderly who were on duty were asleep in a separate building. When they awoke to patients' screams and the smell of smoke, they unlocked what doors they could and tried to extinguish the fire.
The fire occurred at 5 a.m. (0200 GMT), the Emergency Situations Ministry said. Officials did not inform the media until about 12 hours later.
Petkevich said the patient believed to have set the fire was killed.


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