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Q: How to display textview dynamic value for localization of android Hello friends I want to integrate multiple languages in my application so I made multiple values folder for different languages.
Now my question is how can I display my dynamic textview value which comes from my web api which is string value. But How can I display language as per my choice from application. Below I have mentioned my code. Please help me. Thanks!
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You can localize text by with country code and language code.
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A: You can achieve the language localisation from the android framework using strings.xml, create one strings.xml for each language inside the proper values folder. Refer this LINK to do this.
From server you can get the text key which you define in stings.xml then in your textview set this key and android will automagically show the proper localised text.

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Most Imaginative Bartender Canvas Project: James Socci
Art: Nick Hensley
James Socci, national finalist in the 2020 Most Imaginative Bartender Competition, on the power of myth and how to start a storytelling circle.
Mythologist Joseph Campbell once remarked that in the modern world, the cocktail party is a ritual that serves an almost-religious function. "This is the Confucian idea, that relationships are the way you experience the Tao," Campbell said in an interview. "Realize that's what you're doing when you're giving a cocktail party."
It's with this in mind that bartender Jamie Socci, after pursuing anthropology, religion and philosophy in her undergraduate and graduate studies, has always approached the world of cocktails. Currently behind the bar in Portland, Oregon, she aims to give guests a sense of intimacy and a space where they can feel comfortable being themselves. She sees the act of meeting a friend for a drink as one of the most "recognizable and integrated rituals that we currently have."
She strives to achieve the same outside the bar, hosting monthly storytelling circles that tap into oral narrative traditions stretching back to Homer and beyond. "The bulk of it is really providing a platform for other people to share what's on their hearts and minds."
Facilitating group expression is something Socci has been doing since childhood, when she would emulate Oprah by bringing together fellow first- and second-graders to discuss the latest topics of conversation on the host's daytime talk show. It's little surprise that, while bartending as a student, she discovered she thrived on the ability to immediately connect with people through making drinks. "When I bartend, I get that kind of instant satisfaction of someone wants a drink, I make it for them, and they're delighted and grateful right there in the moment."
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About the Canvas Project
BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® Gin, in partnership with Tales of the Cocktail Foundation, is proud to present 'The Canvas Project', a content series featuring the creative passions of the 12 finalists in the 2020 Most Imaginative Bartender (MIB) Competition. From photography and videography, to home gardening tips and mindfulness tutorials, the webinars are designed to spark inspiration and discovery, and foster connection by sharing bartenders' personal passions in times of hardship.
Last year's iteration of MIB introduced the Canvas Challenge, a $25,000 grant awarded to a finalist to turn their creative vision into reality. This ambitious test further heightened the imagination component of the competition to a new level and served as a reinforcement of Bombay Sapphire's belief in the innate creativity of bartenders, which often translates outside the glass as much as it does inside of it.
The episodes of 'The Canvas Project' are designed around the Canvas Challenge submissions of the 12 finalists, who hail from Portland to Atlanta, Toronto to Miami, giving viewers a peek inside the inner workings of the program.
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The Portland bartender on why storytelling is key to the human experience, imitating Oprah and the recipe for her Helen of Troy-inspired A Thousand Ships cocktail.
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Inspired by the Greek myth of Helen of Troy, Jamie Socci's cocktail primarily uses ingredients that would have been available in the ancient world.
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Kim Christensen is an American journalist and former investigative reporter in Los Angeles Times who is two time Pulitzer Prize winner. He also has been author in The Capital and Daily Press.

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His work "Bell's money flowed uphill" which was published on July 26, 2010, got Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. and the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting with his staff of The Orange County Register in 1996.

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Below is information about local Republican political meetings and events. If you would like to see your event listed, please contact info@eatoncountygop.org.
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K-Factor: An Orchestral Exploration of K-pop
Co-presented with the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Thursday, June 20, 2019, 8:00 pm
Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall
1941 Broadway, New York, NY
Yuga Cohler, conductor
Johan, arranger
Jakob Dorof, creative consultant
Eana Kim, key advisor
Jihoon Suk, key advisor
JungJae Moon, special guest
Lincoln Center is excited to present K-Factor, an orchestral concert exploring the radical innovations in Korean popular music over the past century.
Today, K-pop makes headlines and thrills audiences across the globe. But with so much media attention focused on the record-breaking popularity of South Korea's groups and soloists, their musical ingenuity often gets overlooked. Among its many signature features, K-pop makes frequent use of unconventional song forms, genre-bending juxtapositions, imaginative harmonies, and an expansive spectrum of international influences. And while K-pop's appeal is multifaceted by design, these exciting compositional techniques are key to what keeps fans enthralled.
"So much goes into any one K-pop song, but the music has always been the core," said Eana Kim, a leading lyricist and creative in the Korean music industry, and K-Factor key advisor. "This program at Lincoln Center focuses on an adventurous side of Korean pop I've always felt deserves deeper consideration."
K-Factor celebrates the musical vision of this global phenomenon, from the orchestral music of the early 1900s to what the New York Times has called the "mainstream avant-garde" in modern K-pop. This engaging program features a 50-piece symphony orchestra performing live in Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall. The show's curated set of songs has been specifically arranged to capture the sonic detail present in Korean music new and old, showcasing well-known hits by K-pop artists like Blackpink, BTS, EXO, Red Velvet, and Seo Taiji, alongside deeper cuts and transformative songs less familiar to Western audiences. K-Factor provides a fresh, way to hear the inventive compositions behind K-pop's striking music videos and high-polish production.
Then, join the Lincoln Center Young Patrons—a membership group for culturally-minded New Yorkers—for a post-show party featuring a DJ set, an open bar, and light bites. (The party is open to Young Patrons and $150 ticket holders.)
For tickets and more info, please visit www.kfactor.org
True Value of K-pop
Wednesday, June 19, 2019, 7:30 pm
David Rubenstein Atrium
Chris Lee - Board of Directors and A&R Executive, SM Entertainment / CEO, CTGA Europe
Tom Nagorski - Executive Vice President, Asia Society (moderator)
Since opening its doors in 1995, SM Entertainment has continuously expanded and redefined the Korean music industry through the company's signature innovation: Culture Technology. Under the leadership of SM founder Soo Man Lee, this sophisticated in-house system of artist development, content creation, emerging technologies, and global market strategy has repeatedly advanced K-pop as both a business model and an art form. In light of Culture Technology's influence on K-pop's phenomenal global success and innovative music, A&R Executive Chris Lee joins us at Lincoln Center to provide an inside look at this groundbreaking system, and the key role it has played in SM Entertainment's position as an industry leader for more than 20 years.
Miro Yoon June 20, 2019
The 19th World Korean Traditional Music Competition
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Ilaria Nicoletta Brambilla, co-author of this book, is a Geography graduate with a thesis on travel literature. She also attended a Master's in Environmental Communication followed by a collaboration with Ambiente Italia. She continued her professional development in a communications agency, where she followed the Lombardy Region's Department for the Environment, as well as EXPO Milan 2015. Currently, she balances her time between communications and geography, writing about environmental economics and politics for Renewable Matter magazine.


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I met Pat Jones from Portland Marine Electronics, https://www.pdxmarine.com, at the marina at 5:30 a.m. This was easy for me as I spent the night at the Harborview Inn. We dropped three crab pots and headed to Three Arches. Almost immediately Pat hooked a nice ling cod, and we landed it. About two minutes later, he hooked a nice sea bass, we landed that also. Fishing slowed quickly as the morning progressed. We released a few yellow eye, Pat did end up catching two ling cod, a black sea bass a canary and some yellow eye. I must have been too tired from Saturday, because all the fish I managed had to be released, lol. Picked up our pots, 9 keeper crab, a lot of females, and headed back to the marina. Had Kelly "the Blade" fillet the fish, and headed back to Portland. Got home about 3:00 p.m. to flush motors and wash boat. Great weekend, good friends, the fishing was only fair, but the beauty of the coast never gets old. We also saw a whale right off the entrance to Garibaldi on the way in, that was really cool.
Saturday evening, I met two veterans (Les Logsdon and his friend) they were eating some of their crab catch for the day. They suggested soaking the chicken parts in Roe to attract more Crab to the traps. Its a great tip I had not heard before. Thanks guys it was great chatting with you, excellent tip.
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"There's no question that microfiber is a big advancement in helping in the cross-contamination problem, not only in hospitals, but in any cleaning environment," said Jon Scoles, managing director of Scoles Floorshine.
Because microfiber mops feature millions of tiny spaces, they can hold up to eight times their own weight, a 30% improvement over conventional mops. They are also 99.4% effective in removing bacteria from smooth surfaces with just water alone, according to a study conducted by the Royal Roads University. This helps greatly reduce the need for harsh chemicals, which can reduce costs associated with mopping by 95%, according to a study conducted by the University of California Davis Medical Center (UCDMC).
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NASA's Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite got a complete software upgrade this week to improve the precision of its observations. Software engineers from several groups have been working for two years to upgrade the software for the Attitude Control System, the Instrument Data System, and the processor on the Fine Error Sensor guide camera. The new software will even let the observatory work if some or all of its gyroscopes fail.
NASA's Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite was given a new lease on life following the successful implementation of new software in three computers that work together to control the precision pointing of the telescope.
"We have uploaded new flight software, and can operate FUSE with any number of gyroscopes, including none, if the time comes that all of our gyroscopes fail," said Dr. George Sonneborn, FUSE project scientist from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, Md. "This is a significant conceptual and technical development that brings a new tool to the designers of new and existing satellites, and bodes well for continued FUSE operations," Sonneborn added.
For the past two years, engineers and scientists at the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in Baltimore, Orbital Sciences Corporation in Dulles, Va., Honeywell Technical Solutions, Inc., Morris Township, N.J., GSFC, and the Canadian Space Agency, Quebec, have worked together to change the flight software used to point the telescope for science observations.
This involved changing the software aboard all three spacecraft computers: the Attitude Control System, the Instrument Data System, and the processor on the Fine Error Sensor guide camera, provided by the Canadian Space Agency. After extensive testing, the new software, for all three computers, was up linked to the satellite in mid-April 2003.
"I would compare this procedure to performing a brain transplant on a living satellite, but it's more like a triple brain transplant," said Dr. William Blair, FUSE chief of observatory operations and a research professor at Johns Hopkins University. "All three computers have to talk and work together properly to make it all work," he said.
Testing on this new configuration has been ongoing since April, even as normal science observations have been carried out. FUSE can operate on as few as zero gyroscopes, with no degradation in science data quality and only a slight loss of observation scheduling efficiency.
The gyroscopes on board FUSE do not move the satellite, but they provide information on how the spacecraft is moving or drifting over time. FUSE has two packages of three ring-laser gyroscopes. Until the new software was loaded, one operating gyroscope on each of the three axes was needed to conduct normal science operations. FUSE still has this needed configuration, but there has been concern about how long the gyroscopes could last. One gyroscope failed in May 2001, and the five remaining gyroscopes all show signs of age.
FUSE has already survived the loss of two of its four reaction wheels in late 2001. The reaction or momentum wheels are devices that normally allow the satellite to be held steady or moved from one pointing direction to another. Through quick thinking, engineers and scientists modified control software to use devices, called magnetic torquer bars, to provide stability in place of the missing reaction wheels. These devices interact with the Earth's magnetic field to provide a stabilizing effect on the satellite.
Looking ahead, NASA has just released the call for proposals for new observations with the satellite, during its fifth year of operations, by astronomers from around the world.
The JHU manages FUSE for GSFC and the Office of Space Science at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Partners include the JHU Applied Physics Laboratory, the Canadian Space Agency, the French Space Agency, Honeywell Technical Solutions Inc., and primary spacecraft contractor Orbital Sciences Corporation.


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1812: A Guide to the War and its Legacy by Terry Copp, Matt Symes, Caitlin McWilliams et al.
In Canada, the War of 1812 has taken on various meanings. In the immediate aftermath, alongside the "Loyalist" narrative of fleeing from the defeat of the British at the hands of American rebels, the War of 1812 provided a sort of redemption for those still loyal to British North America. From the American perspective, the War of 1812 is merely one in a host of small scale wars in North America and the events of 1812—1815 are mostly forgotten in the collective memory of the United States.
The authors of 1812: A Guide to the War and its Legacy believe that the War of 1812 was an important event in North American history with lasting consequences for Canadians, Americans, and the First Nations. This is the latest guidebook published by the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies that uses modern satellite images, archival records, paintings, and contemporary photographs to offer enough information to allow for a basic understanding of what happened and why it happened that way.
1812: A Guide to the War and its Legacy is organized into two parts. First, an historical section that seeks to place events in their strategic, operational, and human context. Second, there is a tour section that is designed to introduce and guide readers to key locations of war and memory, and offer an explanation of the fluid memory that has evolved over the last 200 years. The War of 1812 has been forgotten, re-imagined, and invented anew many times and the itineraries of the guide illustrate that ever-changing process of commemoration.
Terry Copp is Professor Emeritus of History at Wilfrid Laurier University and Assistant Director of the Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies (LCMSDS). Copp is an influential advocate for military history in both military and civilian post-secondary education. His volumes, Battle Exhaustion (1990), The Brigade (1992), Fields of Fire (2003) and Cinderella Army (2006), have led to a reinterpretation of Canadians in the Second World War. Copp's interest in the battlefields of Europe led to the creation of memorials and study tours for teacher and students, and the publication of invaluable battlefield guides to Canadian participation in both world wars. He is also the founder of Canadian Military History, Canada's leading journal of military history. Copp conceived of the project, wrote the history section and sketched out the tour sections of the guide.
Matt Symes is a former Publications Manager for LCMSDS, editor of canadianmilitaryhistory.ca and a current PhD Candidate (ABD) at Wilfrid Laurier University. 1812: A Guide to the War and its Legacy is the fifth battlefield guide that Symes has worked on, including Canadian Battlefields 1915—1918: A Visitor's Guide and three battlefield guides on the Italian Campaign during the Second World War. Symes was also the co-editor (with Geoffrey Hayes and Mike Bechthold) of Canada and the Second World War: Essays in Honour of Terry Copp.
Caitlin McWilliams is an MA (History) graduate from Wilfrid Laurier University and a Research Associate at LCMSDS. Drawing on her educational and battlefield touring experience as well as her photography talent, McWilliams scouted, wrote, edited and/or added photographs to parts of every tour section in the guide.
Nick Lachance is a former student of Wilfrid Laurier University and Research Assistant at LCMSDS. Many of his photos appear in this guide. Lachance's primary responsibility was to use modern satellite images from Google Earth and rework them into the 59 historical and tour maps inside the guide.
Geoff Keelan is a PhD Candidate (ABD) at the University of Waterloo and a former Research Associate at LCMSDS. As a veteran of many European battlefield tours, he and Nick Lachance traveled to many of the locations in the tour section. He used that experience to write several of the tour sections.
Jeffrey W. Mott is an MA (History) graduate from the University of New Brunswick. He has worked extensively on the War of 1812 for the Gregg Centre at UNB and for the St. John River Society. Mott was responsible for adding the historical context of the war in what is now New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, in addition to writing the touring sections for the two provinces.


Paris, France – Veronique Leroy serves up a rather sassy experience for Spring/Summer 2018. Her collection manages to be modern and "fashion future", while simultaneously dipping back to certain elements that defined some of the biggest trends in the 1970s.
The new collection sees the Belgian star putting forth lots of hots pants. They exchange places with the skirts, shorts and pants in the collection, and which have been matched with trendy tunic tops and wrap tops. The wrap element has been incorporated into skits as well. They are too paired with tops that reveal the shoulder through a game of square buttons.
Veronique Leroy explores female power this season through proportions. First off we have oversized, yet well controlled volumes in the shoulders of her jackets and long coats. She feminizes them by snatching in the waist with large belts.
She works the collection in colors of green, white, pink, flesh tones and neutrals. She places them on materials of silk, linen, knit and sheer. A throwback to the late 1970s appears in the form of a certain white material use in the confection of a dress and then a skirt set. it is semi-wrinkled, compressed and stitched horizontally. And yes, fringes were popular too at that time, but here we see that they should have been left back in that time period and not appear in this otherwise strong collectinon.
Designer VERONIQUE LEROY after the presentation of her Spring/Summer 2018 collection in Paris.


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Picasso, Miró, Dalí and the Origins of Contemporary Art in Spain, 1900-1936
5 september - 10 november, 1991 /
Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
Pablo Picasso. Mujer en azul, 1901. Painting. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía Collection, Madrid
The exhibition Picasso, Miró, Dalí and the Origins of Contemporary Art in Spain, 1900-1936 seeks to articulate Spanish artistic production (in several and well-known cases produced outside Spain) based on the concept of "Art Nouveau". Eugenio Carmona, curator of this exhibition gives an instrumental value to this concept and explains it as a principle that underlies much of the art that is performed during the first decades of the twentieth century. In this type of art there is evidence of a desire for a renewal of artistic languages, the paradigm of which is identified by the Spanish artists in contemporary European trends. From this perspective, the exhibition proposes a debate with Spanish art in tune with the names and aesthetic and theoretical avant-garde ideas, gathered under the umbrella of Modernism, while at the same time embedded in them. In this way, Spanish artists that have as reference the various "-isms" (Cubism, Futurism, Ultraism (Ultraísmo), Surrealism and Realism) participate in the international dimension of avant-garde art. Still, as the curator points out, "Art Nouveau" was not the only option Spanish art had in the period between 1900 and 1936.
The organisation of the exhibition highlights the inarguable dominance of three figures: Pablo Picasso (Málaga, 1881-Mougins, France, 1973), Joan Miró (Barcelona, 1893-Palma de Mallorca, 1983) and Salvador Dalí (Figueres, 1904 - Púbol, 1989), who not only appear and participate in various art movements (in Surrealism mainly), but even give rise to them (Picasso and Cubism). On the other hand, it is clear how the work of these three artists becomes a crucial model for the work of their Spanish contemporaries, which offer significant and valuable artistic proposals.
This collection of Spanish avant-garde unfolds chronologically, highlighting the paths of each artists as participants in various avant-garde currents (Benjamín Palencia, Francisco Bores, María Blanchard, Dalí and Miró). The names and classifications happen and they synthesise modernity and tradition, while at the same time the rise of regionalism as an aesthetic category (Catalan, Basque) is borne witness to. It is not forgotten that Spanish artistic production runs parallel to a wealth of literary creations and that both share the dream of the renewal of those languages (Ramón Gómez de la Serna). What has also been proved is that cultural transfers with the European avant-garde can be done with the help of spaces such as the Dalmau Gallery in Barcelona or the Residencia de Estudiantes in Madrid, as well as the organisation of artists in associations and the opening of exhibitions, such as Artistas Ibéricos (1925) or Exposición Logicofobista (1936). As the century progresses, the presence of artists in centres of European artistic activity is increasing (the so-called School of Paris is established), which means there is a greater access to new sources: manifestos, modern art magazines (Cahiers d'Art) and artistic and scientific literature, which can contribute decisively in shaping new languages (new objectivity, realism of regionalistic inheritance, surrealism, a turn to primitivistic and anti-artistic principles or realism as a vocabulary for an artistic-political commitment).
Exhibition´s details
Curatorship:
Eugenio Carmona
Rafael Alberti, Alberto (Alberto Sánchez), Aurelio Arteta, Rafael Barradas (Rafael Pérez Giménez), María Blanchard (María Gutiérrez Blanchard), Francisco Bores, Alfonso Buñuel, Artur Carbonell, Pancho Cossío (Francisco Gutiérrez Cossío), Leandre Cristófol , Salvador Dalí, Francesc Domingo, Feliu Elías, Francesc d'A. Galli, Antoni García Lamolla, Pablo Gargallo, Julio González, Francisco Lasso, Nicolás de Lekuona, Maruja Mallo (Ana María Gómez González), Manolo (Manuel Hugué), Ramón Marinel.lo, Joan Massanet, Francisco Miguel, Joan Miró, Alfonso de Olivares, Jorge Oramas, Benjamín Palencia, Contel Pérez, Francisco Pérez Mateo, Pablo Picasso (Pablo Ruiz Picasso), Ángel Planells, Alfonso Ponce de León, Antonio Rodríguez Luna, Jaume Sans, Ángeles Santos, Eudald Serra, Joaquín Sunyer, Julián de Tellaeche, Josep de Togores, Joaquín Torres García, José María Ucelay, Adriano del Valle, Daniel Vázquez Díaz, Rosario de Velasco, Hernando Viñes View more
Collection artworks included in the exhibition
26 october, 1998 - 06 december, 1998
Joan Miró. Últimas obras (pintura, escultura y grabado) en las colecciones del MNCARS
Ángeles Santos
Tertulia (The Gathering)
1929 (Valladolid)
Daniel Vázquez Díaz
La fábrica dormida (The Sleeping Factory)
24 November 2022 - 17 April 2023
Margarita Azurdia
Margarita Rita Rica Dinamita
16 November 2022 - 27 February 2023
Documentary Genealogies
Photography 1848–1917
10 November 2022 - 13 March 2023
An Act of Seeing that Unfolds
The Susana and Ricardo Steinbruch Collection
21 October 2022 - 16 May 2023
Manolo Quejido
Immeasurable Distance
7 October 2022 - 9 April 2023
Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz
Glass is my skin
28 September 2022 - 27 March 2023
Francesc Tosquelles
Like a Sewing Machine in a Wheat Field
21 September 2022 - 27 February 2023
Leonor Serrano Rivas
Natural magic
Program: Fisuras
11 November, 2022 – 10 February, 2023
Cards on the Table
The memory of Nunca Máis and the stacked political cards
Muestras documentales, Biblioteca y Centro de Documentación


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It's no secret I love granny square blanket patterns.
I want to create a new "granny blankie" this year (and finally finish this work in progress…) so I have been drooling over granny square blanket patterns for months.
Here's a whopping fifty (five-zero!) of the best granny square blanket patterns for your amusement and inspiration. I've grouped them loosely into sections for easier skimming, and have included the suggested yarn and hook, plus the price (because I know that's a consideration for most people).
If you love a pattern, please do click through and let the designer know you appreciate their work.
Get your hooks at the ready, because here we go!
The classics are classics for a reason! You might remember these nine granny square blanket patterns draped over your grandmother's sofa… but there's no reason they can't be made fresh and new again! These patterns are also good for a beginner… and best of all, they are all absolutely free, free, free!
If you know how to make a granny square, you know how to make this blanket! Just keep crocheting your granny square, around and around, until it's the size you want. It couldn't be simpler, and the result is oh-so-cute.
Want to create a similar look to the granny square blanket above… but you know, blanket shaped? This is the pattern you're looking for!
Of all the granny square blanket patterns in this round up, this is probably the most "traditional!" The tiny granny squares in pastel colours are just so sweet. If you overlook the necessity of buying a ton of white yarn to tie it all together, this pattern would be a great way to use up scraps.
The increases in these solid granny squares are decorative as well as practical – they make the diamond motif once the blanket is stitched together. Once you've made one of these solid granny squares, you won't need a pattern – perfect for tossing in your bag for an on-the-go crochet project!
An easy way to get a different look is by combining traditional and solid granny squares, like in this blanket. The finished object looks less "busy" than an "all-granny" blanket, and because both types of granny square blanket patterns work up to the same size, joining them won't be an issue!
I love this classic granny blanket! The circle-in-square motif looks so fun and modern. The circular motifs are a great way to use up ends of yarn. And because they're not placed next to each other, clashing colours are A-OK… Stash busting aside, I'm not guaranteeing this will be a cheap blanket to make, as you might have to buy a little extra solid colour yarn to tie it all together!
More circles! The motifs in the Circle Dance Afghan at first appear to be randomly placed. But really, they're all cleverly laid out for perfectly square corners.
The circles and the colour choices of this granny circle blanket pattern remind me of the work of Hundertwasser. This is one beautiful afghan.
A "larksfoot" granny square has pops of colour which "dip" down into previous colours. It's a fun technique, which looks way more complex than it is! Try it out with this free granny square pattern.
This baby blanket uses an unusual construction, but is just as easy to create as normal granny square blanket patterns. Or maybe even easier, because there are fewer pieces to stitch together at the end!
What happens when you crochet half a granny square? You get a beautiful blanket! This is a fun alternative to some of the simple granny square blanket patterns above – just as easy to create, but a completely different look.
Who says a granny square has to be square? The granny technique – working into chain spaces, and increasing at corners – can be applied to any shape! Here's some fantastic granny squares, which aren't square at all.
Whoa – this is one stunning blanket! You start with a single granny square, and build on that motif, to create a rippling square effect. Use bright yarns for a show-stopping afghan, or tone it down for a more subtle look.
No yarn or hook size are listed for this free pattern, so experiment with swatches until you are creating a fabric you like.
This is superficially similar to the previous one in the list, but grows in rows, rather than from each corner. I think you'll agree that both granny square blanket patterns are beautiful.
As well as the basic pattern, the designer has created photo and video tutorials – always helpful when you're working a new pattern! And amazingly generous for a free pattern.
Here's a third example of a grannies-on-grannies pattern! While it does feature "plain" white squares, the main focus is the conjoined grannies in the orange and yellow. It's a neat twist on a classic look!
Whoa, at first glance, this granny-inspired throw looks really complicated! But it seems that each motif is actually pretty simple to create – and it would be fantastic for using up scraps of sock yarn too.
This isn't one of the fastest granny square blanket patterns to create, as it uses finer yarn and a smaller hook than many of the blankets on this list. However, over a hundred people have listed it on Raverly, and the stunning results are worth the effort.
Attic 24 was a major inspiration to me when I first started crocheting – and remains so to this day! Lucy's granny hexagon is a little different to the one I prefer to make, but it still incredibly popular, for good reason! There are 2,717 of these hexagon granny blankets currently listed on Raverly, and I think they are all beautiful.
Here's another version of a hexagon crocheted afghan! This design uses wide stripes of colour to frame each hexie. The centres are also worked in a different way.
I love the name of this pattern: Your Great-Grandma's 'Ghan. So often we carelessly compliment crochet projects by saying "that's not your grannies' crochet!" But granny's crochet was awesome! I love how this pattern celebrates that.
This granny afghan is made squares… and octagons! It's also beautifully textured with bobble stitches and more.
This is one of the more expensive granny square blanket patterns in this round up, but you can take 40% off price with Coupon Code SM40, good until end of 2017.
I was blown away when I saw this crocheted blanket pattern! The tessellating shapes, and shifting colours are so beautiful, but it's actually fairly simple. The pattern is based on a granny hexagon, with a curving boarder.
The designer, Jane Crowfoot, is prolific, and has some really beautiful crochet granny blanket patterns – check them out.
To me, this pattern looks more like kites than diamonds. Whatever you call it, it's a beautiful and modern take on the classic granny square!
This isn't a free pattern, but the designer has included 16 pages of instructions, plus photos.
Looking for a more symmetrical granny diamond pattern? Your wish is answered!
Again, the designer has included instructions with pictures to help you out if you get stuck with this paid pattern.
This pattern looks complicated, but is actually easy to memorise! I love how the colours bounce off one another, and how the designer has included "half blocks" for a neater finish.
This is one of the more expensive crochet blanket patterns on this list, but if you hurry, you can take 30% off with coupon code MLA30 through May 31, 2017.
First of all – wow. Those "wonky" squares are super-eye-catching, especially in vibrant colours! I think they're balanced really well with the plain squares.
This pattern is labeled "intermediate", but there's a video tutorial available to guide you through any tricky spots!
Maybe it's our shared love of yarn, but most crocheters and knitters that I know love cats! Here's a blanket which celebrates that. The fun, cartoonish kitties would make this a great baby blanket for a wee one born into a cat loving family.
Flowers and snowflakes feature on some of the most popular granny square blanket patterns. It's easy to see why. Flowers are often symmetrical – and of course snowflakes are symmetrical by definition! This makes them easy to work, and the resulting square can be used in any direction. Plus, they're beautiful!
The African Flower is one of the most popular crochet blanket patterns… although you may know the motif from quirky animals and toys! This incarnation is worked in muted greys, blues and whites, for a classic, classy look.
To get a hold of this pattern, you will have to purchase a book (or get a hold of it from your local library). That's why the pattern price listed here is so high – as well as this afghan pattern you would also get another twenty patterns, and be supporting many designers and the team that worked on producing the book.
Soft colours, beautiful texture, and a sweet picot boarder. This lovely painted roses afghan was originally designed as a baby blanket, but I think it would look lovely as a throw or as a full sized blanket for an adult.
This blanket is a feast for the eyes! It looks more complex than it is because the central motif is worked in self-striping yarn. That means all of the colours, with only a fraction of the ends to weave in.
At $7.99USD, it's one of the more expensive granny square blanket patterns on this list, but I think it's a great idea to support designers where we can.
I started to make this floral granny square, but got a little distracted by Netflix, and ended up with a slightly different result! That's my fault, not the fault of the excellent free pattern.
This makes quite a big granny, which means that you don't need many finished granny squares to make a fairly large afghan.
The floral motifs on this granny square remind me of butterflies. I love how they stand out slightly from the base of the square. A blanket crocheted in this motif would be so wonderfully textured.
Although this pattern looks lacy, the pattern description promises it is actually quite dense and sturdy. This is fantastic, because after going to all the work of crocheting a granny square blanket, you want to be able to enjoy it for years to come!
Sweet and pastel, this blanket is designed for babies! I love how the designer has included instructions for half-hexagons, so you can make the boarder perfectly straight.
Use up your yarn scraps with this sweet and flowery granny square blanket pattern. I love how the central flower motif is framed, just like flowers in a windowbox!
This pattern isn't as hard as it looks at first glance! It makes fantastic use of variegated yarn and a contrast colour, to create a complicated look with relative ease.
I've had this pattern in my Ravelry queue for a long time. I might even hook it up, one of these days!
Here's a second snowflakes afghan (I wonder which was designed first?). This one uses two solid colours. Because it's crocheted so densely, it would be a really warm blanket, despite the chilly motif!
It's natural that crochet granny blanket patterns and quilts share something in common. After all, they're both made from repeating motifs, and spread on beds for warmth… Here's a handful of patterns which pay homage to their sewn cousins.
You might also know this pattern as Grandmother's Sunburst, Friendship Ring, or by any number of flower names. It was especially popular as a sewn quilt pattern in the 1920s and 30s. This crochet interpretation looks as fresh and as modern as if it was thought up last week!
I can't help but wonder if the hook size was entered incorrectly, or if the designer was an especially loose crocheter. Either way, make a swatch!
This blanket starts as a simple granny square, and is built up around the central motif in "logs". The centre square in a log cabin pattern is said to represent the hearth of home, and the other stripes, the walls of the cabin.
Whether you subscribe to this mythologising or not, I think we can all agree this blanket is as cute as anything!
The "Attic Window" design is one of the most popular trompe l'oeil quilt designs. The blocks give the impression you are looking through a series of window frames!
The Tumbling Blocks blanket is another trompe l'oeil design based on a traditional quilt. It looks complex, but the three dimensional effect comes from the clever use of light and dark colours.
Here's another classic pattern, based on triangles, squares and rectangles. It doesn't have many projects on Ravelry yet, which is a real shame – I think it's a beautiful, and classic pattern!
I swear my grandmother used to have this exact quilt (as a quilt, not as a crocheted granny square blanket!). The central star motif is classic and eye catching. This is billed as a "Christmas" quilt, but nothing's going to put me off with decorating in red and cream all year round – and of course you could easily swap out the colours.
Granny squares have the reputation of being bulky. These designs break the mould! Get inspired by these elegant and lacy granny square blanket patterns.
This unusual crocheted baby blanket combines textured stars with lace. I imagine it's a very tactile blanket (interesting for little ones!) and it would certainly be interesting to crochet.
I've never heard of Old Time Crochet Magazine before, but this is a classic pattern! It's the most delicate pattern on this round up, worked with a tiny hook. One Ravelry user reported that this took them a year and a half of continuous work (but the results were worth it!). Either be prepared for this to be a long term project, or size it way up with worsted weight yarn.
Worked all in one piece for a classic look, this granny square blanket is classic and lacy. It combines double crochets with chain sections for a light and delicate look.
What happens when you push the boundaries of granny square blanket patterns? These motifs demonstrate how complex and beautiful grannies can be. I haven't crocheted these pieces, but I believe they all meet my (very loose) definition of a"granny" as a "crocheted motif which uses chain spaces and/or increases at the corners".
Even if you argue that these patterns aren't strictly grannies (or "strict grannies" like mine was, hah!), I wanted to include them anyway to demonstrate that crochet really can be a beautiful art form.
There's a reason why Sophie's Garden is one of the most popular granny square patterns out there! Look at the complex interactions of colours and textures… it almost seems alive!
and counting!), if you get stuck, you know there's someone out there who you can ask for tips.
At first glance, Lise looks like a riff on the classic larksfoot granny square. But while the designer may have drawn inspiration from the larksfoot, this is clearly something new. I love the vibrant, shifting colours in this sample – imagine a whole blanket worked in Lise!
This granny square has a similar colour palette to Lise, but the design – and of course the result! – is completely different. It's called Suncatcher, which is a great name, because it really does remind me of stained glass.
I've never seen the BBC show that this pattern draws inspiration from – but I love the result! It's hard to believe this highly textured crochet throw is based on granny squares.
I love this granny square pattern! The colours, the texture… it all comes together so beautifully. And, it's a free pattern, so click through and get hooking!
This is one of the most complex crochet granny square blanket patterns in this round up! The pattern is based on two different sweater patterns. The work is made up of octagons and squares, which features clusters, and front-post stitches as well as standard stitches.
And I just love the colour choices!
Vintage styled, with a central flower motif, this densely crocheted afghan block is sure to be warm as well as beautiful!
Because it's beautifully textured and densely crocheted, I think this afghan block would also make a lovely cushion cover – whether you make two the same, or pick from the designer's complementary designs.
This square does look complex, but it will work up fast – it's just thirteen rounds! I love the way the designer has chosen to use bright yellows and oranges as the "background" of the cool purple motif – the central motif and the frame almost seem to dance!
Finally, this may be one of my favourite granny square blanket patterns off all time – Persian Tiles by Jane Crowfoot. (Sound familiar? I couldn't resist adding another of her patterns to this roundup!) It's totally on my crochet bucket list… maybe I'll ask for the kit for my birthday this year! Update: I've finished this amazing crocheted blanket – check it out!
If you haven't seen this pattern before, it's totally worth clicking through to see the beautiful finished objects people have created.
So there you have it! Fifty crocheted granny blanket patterns.
If you've enjoyed this post, please share it, or pin it for later. If you love the patterns, then please give the designers some love.
And if you think I've missed one of the best crocheted granny blanket patterns around, please leave a comment! I'd love to do a follow up post with even more delicious granny square blanket patterns!
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I would so love to purchase the Persian tile pattern, as it closely resembles the Mexican tiles in my home. Is it available in USA crochet terms and without the original mistakes? Has her first version been redone? I forgot about the pattern until I saw your post on Whistle and Ivy, It is absolutely beautiful! Congratulations!!
Hi Debbie, so glad you like the project! I didn't find any mistakes in the pattern, and found it very easy to follow. The pattern is written in UK terminology, but includes a chart which 'translates' the terms. Most rounds only have a few stitches, so I didn't have any trouble keeping them straight. Hope this helps!
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How Mia Khalifa and other African Americans on the front lines of education reform are making history
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The story of Mia Khalififa is part of the larger story of African Americans who are making important contributions to our country's education system.
As the youngest black woman in the U.S. Senate, Khalifafa, an Oakland resident, has had an immediate impact on the nation's educational landscape.
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House of Representatives from 2011 to 2014, Khalifa spearheaded a bipartisan effort to reform the U-S-18 education system, a major achievement for an African American woman in her first term.
Her work helped set the stage for President Barack Obama to sign the American Educational Progress Act into law in 2016.
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Her success in reaching out to African American lawmakers was part of what inspired the late Malcolm X to say, "I know how to work with anybody."
With her decades of leadership in education, Khalafas influence is undeniable.
And it's evident in her work as a member of Congress.
In 2017, Khalafa was among a group of African American women elected to the House of Representative.
She became the first African American to represent the District of Columbia in the House when she won the seat in a special election on March 2, 2018.
In 2019, Khalefas first major legislative accomplishment came in the form of the American Education Progress Act, a comprehensive education reform bill that passed the House in January 2020.
Khalifa was also instrumental in advancing a bipartisan bill that would establish a federal accountability agency to oversee the nations education system by 2021.
As a member and co-chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, Khaliffas accomplishments on education were widely celebrated.
In 2020, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her leadership in promoting educational opportunities for African Americans.
With the passage of the bill, Khalilafas first year in Congress came to a close.
However, KhalIFA's accomplishments are far from over.
Khalifafas accomplishments are even more significant when compared to those of other African American female lawmakers.
While the House education committee is dominated by African American members, the Senate education committee, which includes two African American Democrats, is dominated entirely by white women.
While there are a number of African-American women serving in the Senate, only two women hold seats on the full House.
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president, Khalifi's role in the advancement of African and other women's education has been equally recognized.
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I never thought that I would be an icon in history, but I do.
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I look up to her and want to be like her.
The most powerful role in my life was to represent my people and the people of the United States.
When people talk about Mia Khalife, what they don't understand is that she is a symbol for African American people in this country, and we all are.
We have the same humanity.
Mia Khalifi is a model for us.
She is not a role model for a whole bunch of people.
She was chosen for her achievements and she was chosen because of the value of her work.
And the work she did is something that we need to look up and honor.
Her story should inspire us all.


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Q: Relation between calculated probabilites and Decision Tree I'm currently building a classification model in MS azure with the Two-Class Boosted Decision Tree algorithm. From my basic knowledge I know that the decision tree splits the features by a cut value in two or more leafs. Thus, when classifying new set of data, you just run through the tree according to the splits.
What I'm missing at this point is, how the probability of a certain outcome can be calculated in this classification process. When scoring the model with the test set, azure calculates the probability of each row of having a positive (=1) outcome.
Can someone explain me the association here between the decision tree with having rules assigning a clear outcome for every row but on the other hand probabilites are calculated for every row, which would not be not a clear outcome depending on the general cut-off value?
Thanks a lot!
This is part of the column in the scoring where probabilities for each row in the test set is calculated.

A: Most classification decision tree algorithms provide both a class and probability. The probability that you see is the number of correct classifications at each leaf. So if at one leaf in your tree you have 1 observation of class A and 3 of class B you will see a probability of .75 for class B and the model will predict class B. You can read this slideshow for more details on decision trees http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/academic/class/15381-s06/www/DTs.pdf


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A Healthy & Fit Weekend in NY
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Whether you're living in NYC looking for a healthy "staycation" or you're from out of town wanting to know all the trendy workout spots and healthy restaurants to eat at, our itinerary has got you covered.
Rumble - Flatiron/Chelsea, West 23rd Street, New York, NY, United States
Boxing-inspired group fitness classes. Challenging and fun workout and aesthetically, one of the nicest studios there is. Great to go with friends!
Physique 57
Physique 57, West 57th Street, New York, NY, United States
The #1 barre studio in our opinion. Every instructor is amazing, and the burn and choreography are unparalleled. They have studios in the UES, UWS, SoHo, and Fidi.
The DOGPOUND
The DOGPOUND, Renwick Street, New York, NY, United States
From personal training, to intimate boxing sessions, the DOGPOUND is known as the "Victorias Secret Angels" gym. It's one of the best workouts in the city (although pricier than most) and you will definitely spot some celebrities or models.
YogaSpark
YogaSpark, Duane Street, New York, NY, United States
One of our fav yoga spots for hot yoga. This is one of the friendliest and prettiest yoga studios we have seen in NYC. We love the vibe here and if you're in TriBeCa, we highly recommend it (or making a trip down there for it).
Project by Equinox
PROJECT by Equinox, Mulberry Street, New York, NY, United States
This state of the art studio is the new boutique gym created by Equinox. The classes are taught by top instructors who teach at some of the best studios in NYC. Also free cold brew on tap. Some of our fav classes include: The Sculpt Society by Megan Roup and Patrick McGrath's class.
305 Fitness, West 8th Street, New York, NY, United States
Prepare for an hour of sweat-inducing, high-intensity, choreographed moves that seemed to be taken straight from the nightclub — DJ included. There's sculpting intervals, and don't worry if you're not a pro dancer - the moves are more cardio than choreo.
EverybodyFights, New York, NY, United States
One of our favorite new boxing studios, it offers such a great workout and one of the most "instagrammable" spaces in NYC.
Cafe Clover
Cafe Clover, Downing Street, New York, NY, United States
One of our favorite spots for a healthy brunch or dinner that's a sit down and not grab-and-go. The entire menu is nutritionist approved, and it's a great option when you want to go out for a nice meal, but don't want to over indulge.
Hu Kitchen
Hu Kitchen, 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United States
Casual "cafeteria" style restaurant that serves paleo-friendly food. They're all about fresh, organic and unprocessed ingredients. We love grabbing lunch here.
Freeze at Pressed Juicery
Pressed Juicery, East 14th Street, New York, NY, United States
Want a healthy twist on fro-yo? There are select Pressed Juicery's that contain a freeze bar: froyo made out of their pressed juices. There is no added sugars or ingredients, they just simply freeze their pressed juices and have healthy toppings to add.
Two Hands Cafe, Mott Street, New York, NY, United States
When you're craving an acai bowl, or avocado toast, this is the place to go. They have tons of healthy brunch options, but expect a long wait!
Heyday NoMad, Broadway, New York, NY, United States
We like to call this spot the drybar of facials, as it's young, hip, reasonably priced and dedicated only to facials. This spot is a must-go if you're skin is looking for some care.
Cryofuel
Cryofuel, Canal Street, New York, NY, United States
If you're into (or want to try) cryotherapy or experience an infrared sauna, we really love this place. Great after a solid workout!
Broken Coconut
Broken Coconut, East 4th Street, New York, NY, United States
Not just another healthy NoHo spot, the Broken Coconut is as delicious as it is "instagrammable." You will have a hard time picking your spot to 'gram that coconut-yogurt parfait.
Butcher's Daughter
The Butcher's Daughter, Kenmare Street, New York, NY, United States
By far our fav go-to brunch spot. Butcher's daughter is perfect for those who are plant-based and those who aren't. Everything is beyond delicious, including their fake-bacon made out of beans - a must try!
Westville Chelsea, West 18th Street, New York, NY, United States
This is by far our go-to restaurant for a casual meal. We are addicted to their Kale salad with chicken/salmon, trust us on this one.
Bandier
Bandier, 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United States
Hands down the best athleisure in the city. If you want to be the trendiest rider in your spin class, head to Bandier to find the latest. They have styles and brands that no one else carries.
Tracy Anderson Method
TA Tracy Anderson Method Studio, East 59th Street, New York, NY, United States
Want an intense sweat + sculpting workout in one of the prettiest studios in the city? Look no further than TAM. The workout is really intense and the room is heated, so be prepared to sweat it all out.
Sweetgreen
sweetgreen, Broadway, New York, NY, United States
With multiple locations around the city, it's hard not to make a healthy lunch choice and pop into Sweetgreen for lunch or a casual dinner. Definitely the best "make your own salad" spot in the city. Their ingredients are fresh and so delicious - we're suckers for the spicy quinoa and sweet potatoes!
JOE & THE JUICE, New York, NY, United States
Our favorite juice spot in all of NYC! Green juice never tasted so good. We also come here daily for their coffee - it's top notch.
SoulAnnex
SoulAnnex, West 18th Street, New York, NY, United States
SoulCycle's first off the bike studio is here and exclusive to NYC's flatiron district. The instructors who teach at this modern, candlelit studio are all soul instrucotrs - the classes are typically sculpting and cardio mix.
Rumble - Flatiron/Chelsea, West 23rd Street
Physique 57, West 57th Street
The DOGPOUND, Renwick Street
YogaSpark, Duane Street
PROJECT by Equinox, Mulberry Street
305 Fitness, West 8th Street
EverybodyFights, New York
Cafe Clover, Downing Street
Hu Kitchen, 5th Avenue
Pressed Juicery, East 14th Street
Two Hands Cafe, Mott Street
Heyday NoMad, Broadway
Cryofuel, Canal Street
Broken Coconut, East 4th Street
The Butcher's Daughter, Kenmare Street
Westville Chelsea, West 18th Street
Bandier, 5th Avenue
TA Tracy Anderson Method Studio, East 59th Street
sweetgreen, Broadway
JOE & THE JUICE, New York
SoulAnnex, West 18th Street
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MRBlog | Embracing the Terrorist Narrative
Do as I do and not as I say. This seems to be the message of President to Obama to the world when it comes to religious acceptance. But first, the context.
The White House hosted a summit this week that brought together representatives from over 60 countries to discuss how they can individually and cooperatively combat violent extremism. President Obama spoke to attendees on both Wednesday and Thursday. One of Obama's main messages was that everyone needs to do their part to foster freedom of religion and religious acceptance in their own countries to combat the narrative that the West is at war with Islam because this is "the foundation upon which terrorists build their ideology and by which they try to justify their violence." This narrative, Obama said, "is an ugly lie."
The President is right in this regard. Groups like ISIS do use narratives such as this to bolster their message (I just wrote about this here). That this narrative is an "ugly lie," though, strains credulity as any viewing of the evening news in any number of western countries will demonstrate. Obama did, it should be said, recognize the work that must be done in this regard and challenged his audience toward the work that would make this narrative false.
Obama returned to a recent staple of his when speaking about ISIS and again made normative statements about what does and doesn't represent Islam. I've already written about this rhetoric with regard to ISIS (see here and here) and Obama using the same rhetoric in his speeches at the summit this week is nothing new. What stands out, though, is the juxtaposition in this speech of such a rhetoric with his imperative that religious acceptance is necessary if violent extremism is to be squelched. At one moment Obama says that ISIS represents "twisted interpretations of Islam" and that everyone has "a responsibility to refute the notion that groups like ISIL somehow represent Islam, because that is a falsehood that embraces the terrorist narrative." Yet it is in this very same speech that he is arguing for acceptance of everyone regardless of religion or ethnicity. Why is ISIS not afforded this same pluralistic acceptance? Obama answered this question quite clearly on Wednesday:
We must never accept the premise that they put forward, because it is a lie. Now should we grant these terrorists the religious legitimacy that they seek. They are not religious leaders — they're terrorists. [Emphasis added]
Even when Obama's message is one of religious tolerance and acceptance it does not extend to ISIS because, in his classificatory system, they are not religious, and thereby not worthy of the West's pluralistic acceptance. Obama and his aides have now moved beyond determining what does and does not count as true Islam (he said on Wednesday that he "reject(s) the notion that terrorists like ISIL genuinely represent Islam.") to determining what does and does not count as religious. it should go without saying, but apparently does not: Obama's words here are feeding into the ISIS narrative. Obama is propping up the very "us" vs. "them" dichotomy that he professes is part of the problem (in his Thursday speech he said, "Violent extremists and terrorists thrive when people of different religions or sects pull away from each other and are able to isolate each other and label them as 'they' as opposed to 'us;' something separate and apart."). To be sure, he is honest about his attempts to delegitimize ISIS and part of this process is trying to isolate the group by pitting "the more than 1 billion people around the world who do represent Islam" against this small, radical, extremist group of terrorists. But the fact remains that his rhetoric in this regard is not all that different from that of ISIS.
This is further seen in a quote we've already looked at wherein President Obama said that everyone has "a responsibility to refute the notion that groups like ISIL somehow represent Islam, because that is a falsehood that embraces the terrorist narrative." The implication here is that by suggesting that ISIS may "somehow represent Islam," one is guilty of embracing the terrorist narrative and this means that one is lending legitimacy to the group. J.M. Berger argued in Business Insider today that "religion is not the most useful way to understand ISIS" (this is in response to Graeme Wood's in depth piece in The Atlantic that came out this week, "What ISIS Really Wants," from which everyone has cherry-picked the quote "The reality is that the Islamic State is Islamic. Very Islamic."). Berger's argument is that ISIS should instead be understood as "identity-based extremism and [as a] millenarian apocalyptic cult." The points that Berger makes about identity-based groups are good, but he makes the same mistake that Obama makes when he says that,
Religion is therefore of primal importance in the narrative created by an extremist group's adherents, but a group's extremism does not naturally proceed from its claimed religious basis.
Berger's assumption is that there are some things that do "naturally proceed" from a group's religious basis. Indeed, Obama is exhibiting the same assumption when he speaks of Islam as a religion of peace and of ISIS as "people who have perverted Islam." That is, according to Obama and Berger, peace and tolerance "naturally proceed" from Islam, whereas apocalypticism and violence do not. We cannot hope to successfully wage a war against the ISIS narrative if we are unwilling to understand the group on its own terms, or, in President Obama's words, to "embrace the terrorist narrative."
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Posters of religious leaders in Najaf, Iraq
Photo: Marsin Alshamary
From Babylon to Baudelaire and back
In exploring the role of clerics in the Shi'a world, political science PhD student Marsin Alshamary heeds the call of family history.
Sarah C. Baldwin | MIT Political Science
When Marsin Alshamary arrived at Wellesley College in 2009, she had several years of French under her belt and a burning love of literature. Four years later she graduated — with honors — with a BA not only in French, but in international relations as well. The following year, she joined MIT's Department of Political Science as a PhD candidate in comparative politics and international relations.
She was in the process, to paraphrase Friedrich Nietzsche, of becoming who she was.
"Political science was meant to be because of my family's story," says Alshamary. Her father, a veterinarian for the Iraqi army, was forced to leave the country as a result of his participation in the 1991 uprisings in Iraq. After two years in Saudi Arabia, he gained refugee status in the United States, and the family followed him there.
"I fought it for the longest time. But it's always been in the background: My entire life story's about politics."
In her dissertation, Alshamary will explore the role of clerics in rebellion in the Shi'a world. Delving into her research has meant letting go of some assumptions — for example, that a religious leader is automatically an instigator of protest, à la Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran. This is not the case, she says.
"I originally thought I'd find a lot of religious leaders inciting rebellion, and I've been completely surprised, in the cases that I've been working on so far, that they weren't. People assume that a religious leader is using powerful, religious rhetoric, but in fact they don't, necessarily. ... A lot of times they're opportunistic, joining only when they think a rebellion's successful, or they're coopted by rebel leaders who need their legitimacy. Very often they stay uninvolved, which can be very costly."
Understanding the role of clerics in this context is important for the world right now, says Alshamary. "If you think about one thing the whole world has in common, it's religious systems. Religious leaders exist everywhere — whether as elites in the hierarchy or as local leaders, at the community level." And yet, she says, "in political science people don't focus on individual leadership, so even when you look into theories of participation in rebellion, it's usually participation by communities but very little about movers or leaders or instigators. Which is surprising, given that there's so much work being done on civil war and contentious politics."
Alshamary's plan is to study cases all over the globe — from America to Myanmar — and from that research build a theory that can be generalized to the world. She then plans to test her theory by conducting intensive fieldwork in the Shi'a world — in Iraq, Bahrain, possibly Saudi Arabia.
That Alshamary ended up in MIT's political science department — a place she describes as being a "perfect fit" — is in part thanks to Assistant Professor Richard Nielsen, who "put MIT on the map for me." She worked for Nielsen as a research assistant in 2013, when he was still at Harvard University and she still an undergrad at Wellesley. While there, she also honed her Arabic-English translation skills, which stood her in good stead last year when she was a research assistant for MIT Associate Professor Fotini Christia, laying the groundwork for a survey in Kerbala, Iraq. The city was not unfamiliar to her: Born in nearby Babylon, Alshamary lived in Kerbala until she was 3.
"Everyone does what speaks to them," she says, "and this happens to be my life."
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Everyone loves to see the fantastic Dancing Dragons that celebrate the Chinese New Year. Why dragons?
To the Chinese, dragons are noble and useful creatures; they are not at all like the evil monsters found in western culture. From earliest times the Chinese have believed that dragons can bring good luck to their lives. As the different kingdoms of China were united they adopted the dragon as a national symbol; and so the ancient Chinese identified themselves as "the descendants of the dragon".
These mythical creatures were believed to control all things to do with water – rain, thunderstorms, floods, tornadoes, rivers and bridges. The cradle of Chinese civilisation were the river plains of the Yangtze River and its tributary the Han River. These areas suffered from frequent severe floods, so the goodwill of the dragons was thought to be essential. The Chinese thought that making big models of dragons and making them move in fantastic dances as though they were alive would attract and flatter the dragons.
Today these Dragon Dances are still held at Chinese New Year when people believe they will bring good luck – and they are a lot of fun too! In professional dances the large dragons may be are as long as 24 metres and are carried on poles by professional teams of dancers who perform many complicated movements, all in time with each other and accompanied with beating drums and noisy firecrackers.
Snowflake has a 3 metre long dancing dragon made specially for children. Her name is Snowflake too! We welcome everyone who comes to our various events and school activities to have a chance to play with our lovely dragon! Or you can follow this link to make your own dancing dragon at home!