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We have a brand new yarn! Woolly Mammoth Fibre Co. was debuted at Loop during Edinburgh Yarn Festival, and we now have it in our London store as well as online. We have two different yarns from Woolly Mammoth, and we're so happy to welcome them to the selection of wonderful naturally dyed yarns we already have in stock at Loop. We are also running a giveaway this week, with a beautiful bundle of Woolly Mammoth Natural Sock minis up for grabs! Keep on reading to find out more.
Woolly Mammoth was founded in 2017 by Emma Robinson. All of the beautiful yarn is hand dyed by Emma in Northern Ireland, on the North Coast.
Emma is passionate about unusual or interesting sheep breeds, and this is reflected in the yarns she chooses to dye and to work with. All of the Woolly Mammoth yarns we have at Loop are non-superwash and breed specific. Both of the yarns we carry are a Blue Faced Leicester/Cheviot blend, which is soft and springy.
All Woolly Mammoth yarns are naturally dyed. Emma uses plants that have been foraged from her local area or home grown in her garden, or scraps that have been salvaged from kitchen waste.
The soft colour palette is inspired and informed by the Irish landscape on Emma's doorstep.
Loop is carrying two yarns from Woolly Mammoth Fibre Co. We have the Natural Sock minis, which are sweet bundles of five 20g mini skeins, each a different colour, wrapped with a small piece of Irish linen. We also have the Natural Sock, which comes in 100g skeins, with 400m per skein, so there's plenty to play with in just one skein.
The fibre for these yarns is 50% BFL and 50% Cheviot, and has been sourced and spun in the UK. It has a high twist, which means it is comfortable to wear against your skin, but it's also very durable.
Woolly Mammoth Natural Sock is of course perfect for knitting socks, but it would also be wonderful knitted into a lightweight sweater or cardigan, or a beautiful shawl.
There is a wonderful write-up all about Woolly Mammoth yarns, and Emma's practice, in the newest issue of Laine Magazine, which we have just restocked! Jonna of Laine came to visit us at Loop this week, and we were so thrilled to see her!
We've put together a few pattern suggestions for our newest yarn; we think these would be wonderful knitted up in the Woolly Mammoth!
First up, our Loop Toe-Up Socks are perfect for the Natural Sock base. This is a free pattern for toe-up socks with an afterthought heel, and is a go-to in the shop when we want to knit a sample in a new sock yarn. How cute would a stripy pair be, knitted with the Natural Sock minis?
The Under The Milky Way shawl would be gorgeous knitted up in the subtle shades of the Natural Sock – there are so many colour combinations to choose from!
And how about a breezy top for the Spring? We'd love to see an Ara Tunic knitted in one of the beautiful semi solid colours from Woolly Mammoth. This lightweight top from Quince & Co would be a great choice with the springy Natural Sock base.
As always, if you spot a colour from Woolly Mammoth that is out of stock while you're browsing, please do send us an email and we can add you to our waiting list for the next delivery!
Now for our exciting giveaway! We will be giving away one set of the Natural Sock minis (previously pictured) to one lucky person this week. This giveaway will close on Thursday 11th April, and we will announce the winners on Friday 12th April. All you need to do is leave a comment on this post, and we will enter you to win! This is open to everyone, so no matter where you are in the world, we can post to you. Good luck everyone!
What beautiful yarn. I'd love to enter the giveaway. Thank you.
I love the soft colors!!! Fingers crossed!!
Dye made from kitchen waste is intriguing!
What lovely yarns and gorgeous colours.
How wonderful are those colours all gorgeous lovely natural colours ! Simply delicious.
What lovely colours, so natural.
I would love to knit some socks in this wool !
Really beautiful colors in this bundle! (Really!) :) My favorite colors muted!
Beautiful colours, and the. Exciting to try different breeds.
What lovely colours! And naturally dyed too. What a treat!
Love the colours and would love to try the yarn.
Such a lovely colors! A few months ago I learned myself to knit socks and I love it. Would like to try the toe-up pattern.
The palette of colours is so subtle and so beautiful.
The colours are really lovely. This is a beautiful bundle.
Love this natural sock base, my favourite pair of socks by far, and the colours mix and match so well together.
Oh, such beautiful colours and squishy wool! One day I will visit your beautiful shop in London, Brexit or not!
One of my favourite yarns, so exciting that loop is now stocking!
What a gorgeous yarn – thank you for telling us all about the yarn structure and the inspiration for the colours. I would love to try out the yarn by making a pair of Loop toe-up socks for my lovely auntie Eva.
I didn't make it to EYF this year but if I had, this is one of the yarns I would have tried to squish. Will just have to come to the shop to have a look instead.
Wow, these colours are amazingly beautiful. I'm already dream knitting.
I second what Kat wrote: I'm longing for a visit to your shop, come brexit or no brexit. And the yarn in this post Would love to get my hands on it!!
I love Emma's yarn. Her sock base without nylon, superwash and naturally dyed to boot was a real revelation.
I think being non superwash is fabulous. I'm happy handwashing my handknits. I love the mini colour mix, so soft and gentle. Ive not knitted with BFL yet, would be interesting to see how different it is to merino.
I have used Emma's yarn to make a shawl. I would love some more to add to my stash!
I would love to win this lovely give away for my mum as she is crazy over knitting,socks,sweaters anything really. She is my steady rock in this world!
I am imagining this lovely yarn in my hands, on my needles and then on my feet.
Such wonderful soft colours. I can see the Irish in them.
Beautiful soft natural colours from Woolly Mammoth!
This look of muted shades is perfect. I Wish I lived nearer so I could come and feel the squishy!
Such amazing colors and it's awesome that it's all natural dyes!
Seeing this yarn makes my heart sing and my fingers wriggle!
Lovely soft colours for spring !
Such beautifully soft and delicate colours!
Fabulous looking yarn, and what amazing colours to bring from natural dyeing!
Here on the Isle of Man, we're close to Emma's home (can see the mountains on a clear day!) and I'm thinking of sourcing some of our local Loaghtan sheep's fleeces to try out my own yarn next year. I'll be ecstatic to develop anything as gorgeous as this.
Wow I love these colours!!!
These are lovely! The natural colours and subtle shades are perfect.
How wonderful it would be to knit with them.
These look soft and such on trend colours! Just looking at them makes my imagination soar! Thank you for choosing such lovely new yarns for your shop!
Thankyou for choosing Emma's beauty yarn to stock. I love how the soft naturally dyed colours look and non Superwash yarn is making my knitting more interesting these days!
We have all commented on the colours, they are lovely!
Lovely yarn, I already have bought some of her sock yarn and I would love the mini set. The colors are so soft en pretty!
Absolutely stunning! With the little bundles, what could you knit with one skein? I'm new to knitting and I'm still learning about gauges and skein length.
To win those yarns, oh, such a wish!
So 'joy' upon my face is writ.
Emma's yarn is beautiful … and she's a very lovely lady too!!
I would love to win this beautiful yarn!
Beautiful soft palette of colours! The yarn seems to be very soft and squishy!
How I love the beautiful yarn and colours of Emma's magical creations. Thank you for the opportunity and amazing discoveries you present us.
What beautiful soft colours! Stunning yarn!
The yarn is so beautiful and the colors so delicate!
The yarn is beautiful and the colors so delicate!
At last! Truly how true wool should feel look and be a pleasure to use.
Beautiful colors. I would love to use this for the Ince Again sweater by Debra Gerhard.
Such beautiful, dreamy yarn. I would love to see socks made from this yarn. Ive been waiting to knit my first pair and this would be yummy yarn for that.
This yarn looks wonderful – perfect for a bit of colourwork.
Such soft, neutral tones. I'm already dreaming up something lovely.
So lovely. Love naturally dyed colours!
What wonderful colours – a summer shawl beckons!
I'd love to use Emma's beautiful yarn one day. It looks gorgeous and I love her sustainable way of doing business.
Looked and touched the amazing Wooly Mammoth saturday, so pretty!!
Emma's work is absolutely exquisite! She is one of my favourites! I'm so excited for this giveaway!
Love the subtle colours. Fingers crossed.
I love Emma's commitment to locally sourced and naturally dyed yarns and the amazing colors she is able to achieve. I've been watching her podcast from the beginning and hope to be able to purchase some of her beautifully dyed yarn one day – here's hoping!
Love the soft color of this beautiful yarn.
I love, love, love this yarn-so lovely! Some friends and I visited your shop for the first time last summer-it was worth the 4,000 mile trip:) My favorite yarn shop, hands down!
Oh this looks gorgeous……can't wait to have a squish!!!
I would love to add to my growing collection of her yarn. She is such an inspiration!!
These colors are all so soothing and gorgeous! A dream to knit with.
Beautifully subtle colours! How calming.
I love the soft gentle colours. I tend to gravitate to really vivid skeins, but the items I end up wearing are more often knit with a softer colour palette.
Love the subtle hues of these strands.
These are glorious ❤ Happy knitting to the winner!
I was so lucky to get the chance to visit Loop in Jan of this year and spent tons of time (and money) there, petting and buying….
Loved my experience there! Thank you!!
Emma makes a really good job!
Love the the Wooly Mammoth sock minis. The colors and fibers look delicious.
Thank you! I LOVE naturally dyed yarn and would be delighted to work with this one.
This wool looks sooo gorgeous! Would love the opportunity of knitting with this one – a beautiful summer shawl!
Beautiful yarn and a lovely giveaway!
Lovely yarn! Thanks for doing a giveaway!
Always in your shop. Very hard to resist coming out empty handed! Love these baby spring colours!
This new yarn is very special – beautiful colours. Would love to be able to feel it too.
This will looks simply amazing and would knit up beautifully. I really hope I get a chance to try them out.
These colours are so soft. I'd love to add a bundle of these to my stash. There are so many yarns I want to try and Woolly Mammoth is high on that list!
Naturally dyed yarn is certainly taking responsibility for the future of our world. A very appealing concept.
They looked beautiful at EYF as did everything on your packed stall. I would love a set of minis, please.
I love her sock base and have yet to get my hands on some of her minis (they've sold out every time I tried!).
So gorgeous! I've been wanting to try her yarn—fingers crossed!
Gorgeous colors–perfect for spring sock knitting!
Such an absolutely beautiful color pallet!!
I love how no matter which shades you mix, all naturally dyed yarn works well together! I'm sure they'll fly!
Oh No! MORE gorgeous yarn to explore – I feel another 'Loop Day' coming on ……. 2 hours on a train to London, 2 hours in Loop, 2 hours on a train home. What bliss!
Lovely soft yarns!! I would be visiting Loop all of the time if I lived in London!!!
You find the colors of the earth + heart. Thank you. Cannot wait to be in camden Passage again and open your door.
The colours are really lovely and perfect for spring.
So lovely and I bet it feels amazing to work with and to wear. Thanks for supporting and offering this beautiful yarn!
I love these beautiful colours and breed specific yarns. And it is wonderful that they come from NI.
I love the look of this yarn, and am impressed that it's non super wash. Bravo for managing to get great colours from natural dyes, not easy!
I love the soft colours! Perfect for Spring time!
Beautiful colors! Love that it's naturally dyed yarn.
Just lovely! I love the colors and the twist of the yarn. The feel of the yarn is why I love knitting.
The colours of this yarn are so delicate. I would love to make a special gift with this yarn.
I have admired Woolly manmoth yarns for ages such gorgeous blends and natural colours a real treat! I'm so excited to see you are stocking it! I'm in London in a couple of weeks so will be squishing the yarn at last. Loop you are the yarn space a real utopia for all of us. You make our yarn dreams happen!.
Oh I love woolly mammoths yarn … it's so beautiful!!
These are the most gorgeous colours. I love all the projects you suggested but the shawl is calling my name.
I'd be thrilled to win this. They look such beautiful yarns.
Beautiful yarn and, as always, gorgeous photos.
This beautiful yarn would give me the courage to attempt my first pair of socks!
Beautiful delicious yarns i would be delighted to win.
I love both: Wooly Mammoth yarns and Loop London!
This yarn sounds so wonderful! I can't wait to splurge on some!!
Your designs are so inviting. Choosing a color scheme would be so hard because you have delicious color ways for all of the! I'm in love!
Beautiful colors and I love that it's non-superwash!
I love these beautiful soft colors.
Evoking the colors of the Irish countryside in this yarn makes my heart skip a beat. Such lovely lovely colors. Thank you for this chance to experience them myself. Fingers crossed!
Non superwash and naturally dyed… What more can a guy want?
Such beautiful, soft colors and combination of wool fibers. Looking forward to knitting with this yarn soon. Thank you for the giveaway.
These yarns look so soft I can almost feel them just by looking at the beautiful colours. Would love to knit a garment using all the colours because they are so gorgeous.
Great looking yarn! Next pair of socks on the to-knit list. And definitely in this yarn, north coast in NI is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been.
Beautiful fibres in delicate colours and a lovely giveaway. Thank you.
Love the colours. Wish my home dyeing came out like that.
Yes, I can see my poor old feet snuggled up in a pair of socks made in this delicious wool.
Those naturally dyed colors are so lovely!
I loved the sock yarn yesterday. Considering I live in London Ontario Canada, it will be a little difficult to visit your shop. I would love to knit with it though.
What beautiful work, both the yarn and the patterns are lovely. I would be gifting this to my Mom, if I were to be lucky enough to win. Thanks for the chance.
Beautiful colours and an interesting blend!
I'd love to add these to my collection of yarn!
Looks lovely to knit with..next visit I will stock up! And could it be true..a pop up in NYC in November?? I'm so there, yes!
I just love the fact that Woolly Mammoth is not too far up the toad from me over here in Northern Ireland and is sourcing such wonderful yarn in such gorgeous colours locally!
I like the whole wool and natural dye ethos here and would love to win the natural mini sock bundle, tied with Irish linen of course and it would be extra special as my mother's mother came from Noethern Ireland!
The colours are so gorgeous! All the suggested knits are lovely but the shawl is calling my name.
Emma's yarns are so beautiful. I love that they are natural and non-superwash. I managed to snag a few skeins at Alterknit (a woolly shop near Bristol), when they hosted Emma's trunk show. The skeins are some of the most special in my stash, and I'm hoping to knit them into a lovely sweater design, I've had my eyes on, later this year. Thank you for this great giveaway! I'm keeping everything crossed.
I love the natural colours that so positively represent and reflect our own natural environment. So harmonious!
Am plucking up confidence to attempt to knit a pair of socks. Your giveaway wool looks perfect to use for this "beginner sock knitter." Thank you.
Ahh these colours are so pretty! Would love to try these out on some socks or mittens!
Oh these are just gorgeous! I've only worked with self-striping yarn with socks so I'm very excited to try working with these gorgeous colours to create unique socks.
Those colours are just stunning. I love they are dyed in Ireland- I'm going to visit in September this year.
These look so squishy, imagining fabulous projects to use them for!!
Very pretty – looking forward to visiting your store in October this year.
I love the delicate shades of plant dyed yarns.
Beautiful subtle colours dyed by the natural fauna of the landscape – fabulous!
Such blissful colours! Would love to make stripey socks.
Wonderful yarns, such beautiful colours!
How very lovely! She has such soft colours.
Gorgeous soft colours, hmm a colour work cowl perhaps.
These colours are so beautiful and calm, thank you for the giveaway, Loop!
Those colors- just so dreamy! They look so lovely individuals but so perfect together in the mini sock set!
So beautiful colors and all natural!
Such beautiful colours and perfect for spring!
Love your blog, always inspiring.
I have a couple of skeins of Emma's yarn and it is beautiful!
Love the colors ❤ They are beautiful.
I shall get a skein for socks next time I'm at Loop because then I've always got a new pair of socks to cast on.
Such a soft, beautiful, and versatile colour palette!
I have NEVER attempted socks-but this would force me to try them! !
Lovely beautiful yarn! Thanks for the chance!


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A movie is called a "chick flick" if it appeals to mostly women. These movies are usually about romance or the empowerment of women. Most men try to stay away from these movies.
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Movies that are about something that doesn't scientifically exist are called "sci fi" movies. A lot of times these are about space travel and aliens or life on earth with strange animals that are not found in real life. Star wars, Star Trek and Jurassic Park are examples of this genre.
An animated movie is one that is drawn or created by a computer like a cartoon. There are not real actors acting. Many times a famous actor will do the voice for one of the characters, but no live person acts in these movies.
This is a term to describe a movie that is extremely popular and earns a lot of money.
This term describes a movie that does poorly in the theaters. Not many people turn out to see it and it usually loses money for the production company.
A "B movie" is one that is made on a low budget and doesn't have famous actors.
The term "indie" is short for "independent". So these are films that are mode outside of the Hollywood scene where all the big movies are made.
A sequel is a movie that comes after another movie and it continues the story. A lot of movies that do well will have a sequel or two.
"Rocky was a great movie. I liked the sequel which was called Rocky II.
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I flew to my first DCP last spring, and it's looking like I'll be flying again this year. Last year, I did a lot of research, and figured a lot of things out. I learned more about the best way to do that while I worked at Disney, and since then I've moved across the country by plane twice, learning from my mistakes each time. I have a few tips with you to help you plan to fly to Disney for this magical experience!
I highly encourage you to do some research on your own, Google and Pinterest have helped me a lot in searching for useful information about this. There are thousands of travel blogs that want to help you book the cheapest flight! If you're not going to do any of your own research, here are the two points I've found in my research: 1. Book your flight on a Tuesday 6-8 weeks before your flight, this is when they're at their cheapest. 2. Compare different times of day and days of week (if you can). Flights late at night, early in the morning, and in the middle of the week are usually the cheapest, Saturday flights are also cheaper than Friday, Sunday, or Monday flights.
Once you've been accepted for this highly selective program, you need to make sure the whole world knows! One way to do that is to add an acceptance banner as your Facebook cover photo.
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After you accept your offer for the Disney College Program, you'll need to talk to your school. There are three main topics to bring up with your academic adviser: Internship Credit, School Requirements, and Financial Aid. This post will walk you through questions to ask in each of these topics.
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package com.google.publicalerts.cap.validator;

import static com.google.publicalerts.cap.validator.PshbAuthenticator.AuthResult;

import junit.framework.TestCase;

/**
 * Tests for {@link PshbAuthenticator}.
 *
 * @author Steven Hakusa (shakusa@google.com)
 */
public class PshbAuthenticatorTest extends TestCase {

  private static final String SECRET = "secret";
  private static final String DATA = "Lorum ipsum dolor";
  // python -c "import hmac; import hashlib;				\
  // print hmac.new('secret', 'Lorum ipsum dolor', hashlib.sha1).hexdigest()"
  private static final String SIGNATURE =
      "sha1=f9b38b49ae9a6615f0a28f59945f57ac28f34e29";

  private PshbAuthenticator auth;

  public PshbAuthenticatorTest(String testCase) {
    super(testCase);
  }

  @Override
  protected void setUp() throws Exception {
    super.setUp();
    auth = new PshbAuthenticator();
  }

  public void testMissingData() {
    assertEquals(AuthResult.MISSING_DATA,
        auth.authenticate(null, SIGNATURE, SECRET));
  }

  public void testMissingHeader() {
    assertEquals(AuthResult.MISSING_HEADER,
        auth.authenticate(DATA, null, SECRET));
  }

  public void testHeaderNotSha1() {
    assertEquals(AuthResult.HEADER_NOT_SHA1,
        auth.authenticate(DATA, "foo", SECRET));
  }

  public void testSignatureNot40Bytes() {
    assertEquals(AuthResult.SIGNATURE_NOT_40_BYTES,
	auth.authenticate(DATA, SIGNATURE + "a", SECRET));
  }

 public void testNoMatch() {
   char c = SIGNATURE.charAt(SIGNATURE.length() - 1);
   String badSignature =
       SIGNATURE.substring(0, SIGNATURE.length() - 1) + (char) (c + 1);
   assertEquals(AuthResult.NO_MATCH,
       auth.authenticate(DATA, badSignature, SECRET));
 }

  public void testOk() {
    assertEquals(AuthResult.OK, auth.authenticate(DATA, SIGNATURE, SECRET));
  }
}

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Roy Scheider's famous "You're gonna need a bigger boat" line was adlibbed.
An alternate title was Stillness in the Water.
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The film was nominated for 4 Oscars including Best Picture, which it lost. It won for Best Sound, Best Film Editing, and Best Music, Original Dramatic Score.
Three mechanical sharks were built for production and nicknamed "Bruce," for Spielberg's lawyer Bruce Ramer. None of the sharks worked well; therefore, the movie doesn't have many shots of them.
John William's iconic theme music was dismissed as a joke by Spielberg.
Richard Dreyfuss' character "Hooper" dies in the novel and original script.
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Esha Gupta to turn the next Priyanka Chopra?
Everything Priyanka Chopra has touched seems to have turned fruitful for her today.
From winning the title of Miss India World to receiving the best female debut Filmfare award for ANDAAZ, portraying strong roles on screen to being the first female to appear in an American TV series 'Quantico', this lady has got it all!
She definitely would be an inspiration to many, but we found one such actress in the industry who (probably co-incidentally) is following PeeCee's footsteps - Esha Gupta.
Esha has won Femina Miss India International title. Even though she didn't receive any debut awards, the actress was definitely a competitor.
Although Esha's movie choices haven't been up to the mark, but it definitely looks like a promising year for her with Akshay Kumar starrer RUSTOM in her kitty.
Esha, who had recently appeared in the music video 'Main Rahoon Ya Na Rahoon', has supposedly received an international music video offer.
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If the news is true, then Esha Gupta would probably be the only next female after Priyanka Chopra to appear in an international music video, and we sure see the potential!
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Afghanistan Exit Marks End Of US Nation-Building: Joe Biden
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US Exit from Afghanistan: Joe Biden portrayed the chaotic exit from Afghanistan as a logistical success that would have been just as messy even if it had been launched weeks earlier.
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US Pullout from Afghanistan: Joe Biden said he was not going to extend this forever war. (File)
Facing sharp criticism over the tumultuous US withdrawal from Afghanistan, President Joe Biden said on Tuesday it was the best available option to end both the United States' longest war and decades of fruitless efforts to remake other countries through military force.
Biden portrayed the chaotic exit as a logistical success that would have been just as messy even if it had been launched weeks earlier, while staying in the country would have required committing more American troops.
"I was not going to extend this forever war," he said in a speech from the White House.
Earlier in the day, the Taliban, which seized control of Afghanistan in a lightning advance this month, fired guns into the air and paraded coffins draped in US and NATO flags as they celebrated their victory.
In his first remarks since the final pullout of US forces on Monday, Biden said 5,500 Americans had been evacuated and that the United States had leverage over the Islamist terrorist group to ensure 100 to 200 others could also depart if they wanted to.
He said Washington would continue to target terrorists who posed a threat to the United States, but would no longer use its military to try to build democratic societies in places that had never had them.
"This decision about Afghanistan is not just about Afghanistan. It's about ending an era of major military operations to remake other countries," he said.
The Taliban now control more territory than when they last ruled before being ousted in 2001 at the start of America's longest war, which took the lives of nearly 2,500 US troops and an estimated 240,000 Afghans, and cost some $2 trillion.
More than 123,000 people were evacuated from Kabul in a massive but chaotic airlift by the United States and its allies over the past two weeks, but many of those who helped Western nations during the war were left behind.
Biden said the only other option would have been to step up the fight and continue a war that "should have ended long ago." Starting the withdrawal in June or July, as some have suggested, would only have hastened the Taliban's victory, he said.
But Biden's decision was far from popular and he has faced criticism from Republicans and fellow Democrats, as well as from foreign allies.
US Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said the departure had abandoned Americans behind enemy lines.
"We are less safe as a result of this self-inflicted wound," he said in his home state of Kentucky.
Elation And Fear
The US invasion in 2001, which followed the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington, stopped Afghanistan from being used by al Qaeda as a base to attack the United States and ended a period of Taliban rule from 1996 in which women were oppressed and opponents crushed.
There was a mixture of triumph, elation and fear on the streets of Afghanistan as the Taliban celebrated their victory.
"We are proud of these moments, that we liberated our country from a great power," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said.
While crowds lined the streets of the eastern city of Khost for a mock funeral with coffins draped with Western flags, long lines formed in Kabul outside banks closed since the fall of the capital.
"I had to go to the bank with my mother but when I went, the Taliban (were) beating women with sticks," said a 22-year-old woman who spoke on condition of anonymity because she feared for her safety.
"It's the first time I've seen something like that and it really frightened me."
The Taliban's previous government brutally enforced a radical interpretation of Islamic law but Biden has said the world would hold them to their recent commitments to uphold human rights and allow safe passage for those wanting to leave Afghanistan.
Western donors have said future aid to the war and drought-ravaged country will be contingent on those promises being met.
European Union countries proposed to step up assistance to Afghanistan and its neighbours, amid fears that up to half a million Afghans could flee their homeland by the end of the year.
The United States last week issued a license authorizing it and its partners to continue to facilitate humanitarian aid in Afghanistan even though the Taliban is blacklisted by Washington, a Treasury Department official told Reuters.
The license authorizes the US government and its contractors to support humanitarian assistance to people in Afghanistan, including the delivery of food and medicine, despite US sanctions on the Taliban.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the United States was concerned about the potential for Taliban retribution and mindful of the threat posed by ISIS-K, the Islamic State affiliate that claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing outside Kabul airport on Thursday that killed 13 US service members and scores of Afghan civilians.
At least seven Taliban fighters were killed in clashes with anti-Taliban rebels in the Panjshir valley north of the capital on Monday night, two members of the opposition group said.
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NOTEBOOK: 'Big Fundamental' Back from 'Vacation'
EAGAN, Minn. — The Vikings have implemented a draft, develop and re-sign philosophy toward roster building in recent years.
They've done so again this year with the dramatic re-signing of Anthony Barr, a restructuring by Everson Griffen and return of Shamar Stephen, a seventh-round selection in 2014 who is returning to Minnesota after a year in Seattle.
General Manager Rick Spielman and Head Coach Mike Zimmer said Thursday that they are looking forward to seeing Stephen don the Purple again.
"Another young player that we developed," Spielman said. "He went on vacation for a year, but we were able to get him back, and he was another critical piece that we wanted to really hone-in and focus on once we kicked off this free agency."
Stephen has started 20 of 52 games for the Vikings and played an important role in the defensive line rotation in 2017. Minnesota led the NFL in opponents' third-down percentage (25.1), yards per game (275.9) and points per game (15.9).
He totaled 142 tackles (77 solo), a sack, two tackles for loss and two fumble recoveries during his first four seasons with the Vikings, earning a great nickname along the way.
"We used to call him 'Big Fundamental' when he was here because he did everything right," Zimmer said. "He worked hard, he helped in the running game, he worked every single day on his craft of trying to rush the passer."
Stephen is able to play nose tackle, where the Vikings already have Linval Joseph, and the 3-technique that is tasked with rushing the passer more frequently.
The low-key New York native said the familiarity with the Vikings organization, level of comfort and belief in defensive line coach Andre Patterson made entering free agency for a second year in a row a little easier. This time, he inked a multiyear deal.
"I would say I made a pretty quick decision, but it was the best decision for me coming back to a place where I'm comfortable at," Stephen said. "The culture here is amazing from the top down, from the ownership to the coaches and to the players around me. It's a very, very great group, and the chemistry here is what I missed."
Stephen is the third defensive tackle who has come to Minnesota by way of the Seattle Seahawks in just one trip around the sun.
Last year, the Vikings signed Sheldon Richardson to a one-year deal on the second day of free agency (March 16).
Stephen and veteran defensive tackle Tom Johnson subsequently headed to the Pacific Northwest.
When Seattle released Johnson last September, the Vikings brought him back to Minnesota. He became a free agent when the new league year began.
Richardson's signing of a multiyear deal with Cleveland this week created an opening.
"I knew Sheldon, who was a tremendous player for us last year, from a [salary] cap standpoint, it was going to be difficult to try and fit him and Anthony in," Spielman said. "Sheldon was everything and played to what his contract [was] … and he got a very nice contract from the Cleveland Browns. If we're not going to be able to potentially sign him back, then Shamar became a priority because he knows our system, we know what type of player he is, know what type of person he is and we can plug-and-play him right away."
Zimmer said he is excited for his staff to pick up where they left off with Stephen and continue with Barr.
"You know, one of the great things about being able to be a coach is you get to teach guys and develop them, learn about their personalities, learn about how to try to get them better every day," Zimmer said. "And for us to be able to have a guy like Anthony Barr, who's come in here and, really, Shamar – they both came in the same draft class, so Rick obviously did a great job picking that year, especially. But for guys like them to come in here and be able to be with us for maybe their entire career is something that we really look forward to.
"They're both great people, and that's kind of the type of players that we're trying to get here," Zimmer said. "Good players who want to learn, get better, be great people in the locker room and help each other get better. It's really a great day for me to be able to get these two guys back. They'll always be Vikings, and they'll always be Zim' guys."
Spielman opened his sit-down session with reporters by extending congratulations to Richardson and running back Latavius Murray, who signed a multiyear deal with New Orleans.
"Both of them were critical parts of our team, great human beings," Spielman said. "It's tough to see them go, but those guys were the type of players and the type of character people that we want to build and continue to build this team with, so I want to send — from our ownership group and organization and personally myself — congratulations to them and wish them nothing but the best going forward."
Easton in the mix?
Spielman also was asked about the status of Nick Easton, who missed all of the 2018 season because of a neck injury that he suffered in training camp.
Although Easton hit free agency, Spielman said the Vikings are speaking with his agent regarding a possible return.
"One of Nick's traits is that he's a good athlete, and he's tenacious as a football player," Spielman said. "He's coming off a pretty significant injury, and I won't talk about where he is medically. But his physical traits that we look for fit very well from a schematic standpoint than maybe some of the people we looked at in free agency.
Continuous process
The start of the new league year — and the two-day negotiation window that precedes it — causes quite a frenzy each year.
The Vikings were active at the opening bell in 2018 to sign Kirk Cousins and Richardson, but the team's salary cap room creates a need for patiently rounding out the roster this year.
"This is only the start of free agency," Spielman said. "There are plenty of things to come between, potentially, now, the draft, and also after the draft. So you never stop building your roster, and we'll continue to monitor and look at things as we progress down the road here. But this is just the start of putting together the 2019 Minnesota Vikings."
Spielman said the Vikings began the Monday after the 2018 season ended, going through "hundreds of scenarios" with the understanding that not everything would be resolved once free agency opened and likely not even after next month's draft.
"The whole process is understanding what our philosophy is on who we're bringing in … 'Are we going to bring in older players?' Or, 'Are we going to bring in players we have a history with coming out of their first contract?', like we did with the Linval Josephs of the world.
"There's a lot of things that can happen between now and the draft," he added. "There's a lot of things after the draft that can happen. You're always adding, and you never know opportunities that come your way on a potential trade or whatever. We'll just see how everything evolves. But it never ends, I'll say that."


As President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin prepare for their historic summit in Helsinki, where they're expected to try to work out a compromise that could open the door to Russia returning to the G-8 – or at least a softening of US sanctions – speculation is mounting that Edward Snowden, the former government contractor, who blew the lid off the NSA's expansive domestic surveillance programs, is being considered by his Russian handlers as a potential bargaining chip, according to the Duran.
This, despite the fact that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has repeatedly insisted that the Russian government has no plans to hand over Snowden to the US, where he would likely face a lengthy prison sentence.
Still, these implicit threats haven't cowed Snowden from ceasing his criticisms of the Russian government.
In a recent interview, he slammed the "corrupt" Russian government and criticizing the country's crypto-authoritarian (according to Snowden) President Vladimir Putin.
While Russia's citizens are "warm and clever", Snowden said he "strongly" disagreed with the government's policies.
"I think the public feels disempowered. Russians are not naive, they know that state TV is unreliable. The Russian government is corrupt in many ways, that's something the Russian people realize," the 35-year-old told German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung.
After leaking thousands of pages of documents detailing top-secret NSA programs back in 2013, Snowden was famously granted asylum in Russia after his flight from Hong Kong made a last-minute emergency landing in Moscow. He faces three charges under the Espionage Act that could carry a combined sentence of 30 years in jail. Snowden can legally remain in Russia until 2020.
Snowden fled the US and his job at Booz Allen, an NSA contractor, in the spring of 2013, carrying a trove of documents detailing the NSA's massive domestic surveillance programs. He initially fled to Hong Kong, where he started leaking his documents to the Guardian's Glenn Greenwald. The leaks were undoubtedly the biggest news story of the year – and possibly one of the biggest stories of the decade. A divisive figure in pop culture, Snowden has been praised by civil liberties advocates for exposing the intelligence community's infiltration of US tech and telecoms companies, which allowed the NSA to hoover up sensitive personal information of American citizens.
However, Snowden has also been castigated as a traitor by the intelligence community, which has argued that he jeopardized sensitive programs and may have put the lives of America operatives at risk. Long before declaring his intention to run for the most powerful elected position in the West, President Donald Trump famously speculated that Snowden "would have been executed" during an era when the US was still respected and feared by its geopolitical adversaries and allies alike.