Hi, my name is Mindy Angel. I'm from Pasco, Washington. I got invited by a friend named Paloma. My experience when I first came to this church, I had a different feeling in my body. I had a feeling of shaking and vomiting and crying. And it came to a point where I just started crying when I ended up in the bathroom stalls crying. And not knowing the reason why. And that night I gave my life to Christ. My life before I came to church, I was oppressed. I was addicted to many things. I felt like an outcast from my family and in school. After I gave my life to Jesus, I found salvation. I found freedom from everything that I was addicted to, from depression, from not knowing where I belong.  Oh, God. Come on, church. Put your hands together for Jesus Christ. Now, Mindy, do you believe in Jesus Christ as God's Son and your personal Lord and Savior? Yes. Do you promise to follow Him with good and clear conscience for the rest of your life? Yes. Now, based on your faith, confession, and your commitment, we will baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.


You want to take us to Bob? Bob got a quick one here. All right Bob says sometimes when attempting to connect to hotel Or public hotspots you need to tickle the login page You can often use one of the following URLs to wake up the login page either Never SSL comm or captive dot Apple dot com Yes, that's it these and the key about both of the URLs that John just mentioned there is using HTTP not HTTPS Because the issue most of the time is that the captive portal pages Work by doing a DNS redirect in a in a hotel and of course it if you if it tries to show you if you try to load let's say You know Microsoft comm right HTTPS Microsoft comm and what's delivered to you is a site That doesn't have a certificate that matches Microsoft comm your max just going to stop dead in its tracks It's not going to do anything and that's a problem So going to load a site that you know will never use SSL is the key and that's what? HTTP colon slash slash never SSL does Apple's captive portal at captive dot Apple comm the same thing So yeah, no, that's I've used that many times. That's a that's good advice. Yeah


So getting to see all those things, we wanted to start standard because we wanted to be able to pull all of what we had learned from working with so many different companies, teams, leaders, products, what worked and what didn't work and put it into what we have standard as today. You mentioned this earlier, but basically you guys went to school for entrepreneurship. Yeah. So when I went to school, that didn't exist. Exactly. When I was in grad school, it finally, it was like a new thing, right? And so I guess the way I looked at it was, how could you teach entrepreneurship? It kind of blew my mind at the beginning because the amount of like, how can you teach something that requires so much risk and belief in yourself?


Hi everybody it's Sam at Mixed Up Crowd, thank you for watching today. So this week I have purchased some bits from the work so they had some new new product in and it was right at my street so I will show you all of this in more detail. So I've picked up these wooden embellishments so they basically imagine a flatback pearl but in wood and much bigger. So what I'm going to use them for and get in the packaging because I'll put all these in my big We Are Memory Keepers Bloom. So I'm going to take all the packaging off. Okay so what I plan to do with these is like I said use them for feet but you can also colour them. I can put VersaMark on them, sprinkle embossing powder, put glitter over them and things like that and obviously use them as embellishments that way but it's just one of those things that I know they're going to come in handy for something. So I've got two packets of them but first up they are going to be as little feet I think. So you get 10 in a pack for a pound so I've got the two packs there and yeah I just think they're going to come in really handy. They could even be like a mushroom top you know if I'm doing a little woodland scene or something or some kind of 3D project. You never know with all these Christmas projects that will be upon us before you know it I'm sure they're going to be featured so I've got those. I always kind of grab things like that because I know there's going to be a use for them at some point but it was mainly these bits here that I saw so these two are the same and these two are the same so these are your brass locks you get three so I've got six in total and these are ring handles and again you get three in a pack so I've got six there okay and I will link all of this in the description box below but what you get you would see these on any of those kind of like wooden boxes that you can get that you can decorate yourself but that's your lock. This piece goes in front and then that locks through so once they're both stuck then this will move around like so and then will lock back into place so you could use this on for example the jewelry box that I've done that fairy jewelry box but I will probably because I'll probably use these with my grey board my you know thick chipboard you do get screws I could probably screw them into the chipboard but I will probably just use my hot glue so you can use that with these but if you are using the wooden boxes the one that I done for my nan you could you know use these but that already came with them but that's the kind of thing they're more kind of I guess supposed to be used for but these I've used similar before with just hot glue and they work fine so yeah you get all the screws there but whether I use those or not so I've got two lots of those and then these here are these rings so again with some hot glue I can just stick that on and it's like a little handle you imagine like a little door a knocker on a door you see there but the idea again that would make nice little yeah just handles but also you can stick that with hot glue onto the side of a mini album and you could have loads of dangles hanging from it as well but it could also work on the top of like a jewelry box you could lift that up and that could be the way to lift it and also you know I could probably put a different I could probably put some brads through that rather than the screws and then have ribbon coming through and that could be another nice kind of decorative piece for a handle on a gift bag so they've got loads of uses and yeah saw them then I thought I'll grab those so yeah I got the two packs there and then I'm always thinking ahead so again I'm thinking Christmas believe it or not but these are natural wooden pieces and I thought these are going to work really well when I do some projects that I have in mind but you get two four six eight ten for a pound show you those there and then you got all these different little pieces of wood okay so again two packs there pound each and then I've got these now I already have these ones these are the little mini wooden fences and I love these I love that they are you know perfect and they're these nice little small ones but then I did see these which are larger they're not the best of quality they're very very cheap wood and they're a little bit I'd say wonky they're also upside down because that's the flat part so that would be the bottom I take them out here peel it off yeah they're very pretty flimsy but perfect to paint and colour but that would almost stretch along the bottom of a five by seven card blanks so one two three it's just over four inches but I just thought they were really good so yeah I got six there three in a pack so three for a pound but again with a lot of the Christmas ideas I've got coming up these kind of things are not going to last me long this is my second pack of these now so and I've got projects already to do with these ones so once they're gone then I'll have these ones as well I'm probably going to end up getting some more of these because I just I take everything out of its packaging because it's much easier to store away and I like to see everything so these will you can see there they take up no room but they can easily join up or go along the side like that so again if you've done any of my little she-sheds or the bird box this would work really nice with it as well so you know if I see these things I like to get them to obviously show you guys but it's also nice to just have a few different kind of varieties I really like that they're longer and yeah but they are they are flimsy I think they're just going to suck any color up like a sponge to be honest I think they're going to be better painted so I might have to kind of prime them with maybe a gesso first and then add anything to them but yeah I think they're really nice again all of this will be linked below so that's what I purchased from the works then I popped into the pound shop because they're pretty much next door to each other and I saw this and it's the Let's Craft kind of range that they do but it's their white card and it's A4 and it's 200 gsm usually they just have like 80 gsm they never really have like a good thick card stock now I wasn't kind of holding out for this I thought oh I'll try it see what it's like and I'm actually pleasantly surprised so it's not smooth which is you know that's fine it's just I have my smooth one so I use those for stamping but I just thought this is going to be good for using for any kind of mats and layers that I want to do in white because I do hate cutting into my heavily card stock which I have done before but this could even work for a card blank because by the time you add your decorative papers you could easily you know you can see that it does hold itself okay um it's it is smooth but it's not smooth enough you know to stamp on it seems to be quite porous so I imagine it's going to possibly bleed any kind of color let me just try one of my markers on it this would give me an idea if it is going to really kind of bleed yeah it kind of I wouldn't color too much on this it's not marker friendly but it's not bleeding that so maybe not I think it's actually quite good it does I thought it would really bleed the markers out on it but it doesn't it's kept that nice crisp line but it is kind of shedding a little bit there you can see a few little bits so yeah I wouldn't use it for my markers but in terms of matting a layering and even for stamping um I think it's going to be fine so yeah like I said I was pleasantly surprised so I did pick up two I thought oh no I'll just get one and try and I thought well if it is good then I'll want to get two because I haven't seen it in there before so I don't know you know whether it's just new to my store or if it is new to the pound shop but now I've got 60 sheets for two pound I thought that was pretty good there's a few kind of like random fibers kind of I think it's just on that one but you get what you pay for but I'm actually surprised at how nice this is for a pound because they've got the same white card stocks in many other you know top craft stores for a lot more than a pound so yeah if you've got a pound shop near you and you see this I think it's pretty good certainly to have as just a like so for using for your matting and layering then I received the latest issue of papercraft essentials this is issue 176 because I'm on the design team for the magazine any magazine that I feature in they they send me a copy so this is my card here I done the shaker card feature in this month so there's two of my cards in there but I also get the free gift which is really nice and this one they done the craft work cards and it was the hot air balloon and I have a card coming up with that one and you can buy that kit separately on them the craft stash website I believe again I'll link that below I think I've got it let me see if I've got it at hand this one so I've already used some parts of it but this is the flying high eight by eight collection and I did show all of this in a previous what did I get but I have a card coming up with this one which I think you're going to like but yeah you can buy this online without the magazine but this one here you always get so much in them they're just brilliant we are very lucky in the UK because we do have really good magazines but look at all this that you get so there's your template for your because it's a pop-up card kit but you can make other things with it so that's great there's a really handy template to have but what I always love is not only are the papers beautiful they're double-sided really really nice but you get these and these are big big big flowers so you've got and they're all um pre-die cut on nice thick card just like the other ones there look at all your sentiment sheets and you get two of those ones but look at the size of these look how big that is it's gorgeous and then you've got your lovely matching take some of these out you can start to build up some really beautiful toppers so there is a card coming with this one it may have already come up actually you may have already seen it this week I'm trying to this is pre-recorded sometimes a lot earlier than it goes out so because I usually buy most of my stuff at the weekend so I usually um well this is this is the weekend now that I'm filming this so yeah I don't know my schedule in for next week but this is the magazine always filled with loads of inspiration but you also get love card making with this issue as well so I've got two full magazines this is issue two this is the international edition and it's literally the normal you know thickness of a normal magazine so I've got two magazines and that really nice card kit so again I will share all the links to this magazine I do um I'm biased as well but I do really like papercraft essentials I used to buy it before you know I started doing some of the cards for it so one of my top ones there and then Christmas stuff can you believe it I was watching creating craft the other day and craftless companion have launched these here so you have your merry Christmas your warm wishes your winter wishes and it's Christmas time and the reason I've grabbed these is because I do have some Christmas sentiments but I don't have a lot and last Christmas I used the same ones on pretty much all my projects so this here are basically all of your card sentiments to have inside the card you can have them on the outside the intention is is that you have these big ones on the front so you've got it's Christmas time and I like that it says it's Christmas time I think that's a really nice one you've got winter wishes and then you've got warm wishes and then you've got a lovely big merry Christmas there I'm going to take them out of the packaging in a minute but then below that you have all your subtitles and these are you can either have them underneath this on the front or inside so let me show you this one first you can see that better now and they're really nice lovely phrases and quotes and things you've got so you'd have merry Christmas may the quiet beauty of the season bring you joy and warm memories to cherish throughout the coming year then you've also got wishing you warm hearts and bright memories this Christmas time or this Christmas sorry and then you've got Anna Happy New Year so you can have Merry Christmas as Anna Happy New Year then you've got Merry Christmas from our family to yours Merry Christmas wishing you and those you love all the good things in life eat drink and be merry to all and to all a good night our greetings sent with festive cheer and then wishing you a never-ending season of love and cheer and that's the one thing for Christmas time I have nice kind of card phrases for inside to fall throughout the year like happy birthday ones and things but I don't have a lot of Christmas ones in yeah like I said they're just pretty standard these ones I like so different so I've got that one there like I said that's the merry Christmas I will link all of these to creative craft I'm not sure if the deal that I got them for will be the same as what's on there now I didn't pay it was a yeah they had a special deal so I got all of these for £17.97 and I'm not a member so if you're any members of creating craft TV then obviously you would have got that a little bit cheaper and then I pay 2.99 postage sure I got it in the end it was just under £21 so that works out just well slightly over £5 a stamp set which I thought was really good considering how big these are and for me this is timeless now I won't buy anymore I will keep these now for a fair few years until I'm bored of them again but I think most of these sentiments are things that are you use them all the time you know so you've got warm wishes you've got to you there as well have yourself a merry little Christmas wishing you all the joys of the season and all the best in the coming year and I like that you have all these different fonts mixed in have a fun and festive time this Christmas my dear friend this is nice may your celebrations be merry your heart be light your Christmas happy and your season bright at the close of another year we gratefully pause to wish you a warm and happy Christmas and then you've got made the true spirit of Christmas shining your heart this season to spread a little Christmas cheer and then that Christmas in all ways so that's a really nice one and then this is the winter wishes so you've got thinking of you at Christmas hoping your Christmas is filled with love and laughter there's nobody like you wishing you a happy and healthy Christmas and new year thank you for your kindness and support this year I think that's lovely may your Christmas be filled with sweet surprises for my lovely friend this Christmas a very merry Christmas to you and then this one after the gifts have been opened and the tree starts to wane when the carols have faded may happiness remain like that as well and then the last one and this is my favorite I love love that look at that it's so nice and big it's Christmas time and it says I believe it's Christmas time the most wonderful time of the year so they all work with this then you got meet you under the mistletoe make the season bright warm wishes this season time to share the magic of Christmas that fills the air a time for giving and a time for getting Christmas a time for giving and a time for getting Christmas is a time for forgetting and forgiving a clause for celebration the happiest season of all I think that's all of them there so you have so many to choose from and it shows you there they've got the main one on the front of the card and then inside you know you can obviously do whatever you want but they're a load so I think this was how they were you can I think you can buy them individually but I purchased this bundle here and like I said 17 pound whatever it was but I think it was yeah it would have been 15 or 16 something if you are a creating craft member but I don't buy a lot from them I think actually this is maybe the second thing I've brought this year so I haven't bothered buying the membership I might consider it I'm not sure but um yeah I thought they were really good and then I popped into my favorite charity shop which still seems to be receiving a lot of craft products so first of all I picked up the stampendis embossing powders and this is the gemstone collection so the colors are tanzanite rubalite carnillion jade and sapphire they've not been opened before and you can just see here and they're really fine powders the colors are gorgeous really really lovely and no I haven't any of these colors so you have to watch some embossing powders because they can actually go off but these ones are all still fine so yeah look at those aren't they gorgeous colors so I'm going to add them to my stash because yeah I've got a lot of like silver gold white I've got the tacky I've got yeah all I don't know I guess like just ones that you use all the time they're more I guess specific I wouldn't use a blue like everyday kind of thing so it's nice to have them and yeah I'll be giving them a go so that was the stampendis and these are still being sold or they're similar sorry not these exact ones because this is old but for five the £9 49 crafters companion had the stampendis vintage embossing powders so I did check them out so yeah not bad price there I've got them for £1 50 and they're around £10 then my mum's got this one here this was 50p and this is the tonic studios and this one is I think £9 or something it's still on their website so again that was an absolute bargain it's a just this really nice kind of like garden or Nate Vars or something like that it's got Rococo actually sorry there by Rococo so it's part of that collection but she's going to have all flowers coming out of this it's a nice size so yeah that one and then she also got this this was 50p and I believe it's the catatouche crafters companion again we looked all online at all of this this is for no £3.99 this one she's got that one for 50p so that's my mum's and then I picked up this so they had the stamps by Chloe this is Beth Day wishes I think this is online or was online for £4.99 and I got it for 50p things like this and never go out of fashion as I always say but it's just got a really nice you can see the font there so just thought that was yeah really pretty then I picked up these so these were a pound each they're about £2.99 online but this here so it's creative expressions and this is creative expressions but the packaging they obviously these are older and then this is their newer branding but it's the these are the 18 mil flatback bronze settings for the 18 mil dazzlers so these here I don't know whether I'd use it like that this is 2012 whereas this is 2014 but these I will maybe put some patterned paper in there and then put some glossy accents to give it that look of like a cabochon or something but these are on some foam adhesive which comes off I think that's dried out because they are old but look it sits inside so how nice will they look it's like a buckle or something on the bottom of like a gift bag on the handles so yeah you'll see them get used and then those ones there are the 25 mil they're really they've got a lovely sparkle to them it's almost like a bit platinum so yeah I thought they were good and then this is the winner for me so those of you that know I love poppies this I done a little squeal look at this it is the giant poppy by indigo blue it's on their website for £17.99 and I paid £1 I could not believe this let me just show you it's brand new I opened it to see but it is literally when I peeled that off I think you could tell I was the first one to peel it off so this is the giant poppy it's a five size it will fit perfectly in my stamp positioner it's red rubber cling mount look at that look at the detail but it's not detailed too much so that when I add my color to it but that is so easy to cut out as well and then you have it's funny actually because I said this to my mum I said these here if you added some little kind of like bristles it would look like a witch's broom so I'm definitely going to use that in some kind of Halloween project but they're obviously all the parts to the poppy you've got the lovely leaves so you've got the smaller poppy I just oh my god I cannot believe I've got that huge poppy image this is going to be used on a gift bag and some other projects that I've got my eye on already so yeah designer is Kay Halliwell Sutton so I do have some indigo blue stamps I've got some older ones and they are beautiful so there's that one and then with that there was this one here which is on their website for £9 I think it was £8.99 this is the square peg round hole but it's just the background but I thought that would look nice just in kind of like a light color just to sit on the backgrounds of some of my cards and you can see there and this one was a pound it was packed by Mandy apparently again if I pull this one off you can see oh no there's no that's just general inspiration but yeah really nice again red rubber stamp and then look a butterfly again it's like they knew I was coming in the shop this is their dinky stamps this is the Flutter by 50p again brand new this is the first time I've even opened this one but you can well you can see the detail so nice to cut out I know I've got lots of dyes but I don't have a lot of butterfly maybe I do actually no not that size this is probably the largest butterfly stamp I have I think I think I need to have just like a butterfly kind of stamp and dye section because at the moment all my butterflies are like categorized under animals so maybe now I need to do or flying animals I should do because I can put my dragonflies in with that how oh that just couldn't like I said little squeal was coming out when I was looking through this like box of all these craft things then I picked up these and these are being sold for 349 each and these are the imagination crafts mixed media sprays this is the does it say the color I thought I read it somewhere before sure it said oh yeah there it is it's the light blue and then I've got the red and I've got dark brown these are the kind of things that I use when I'm doing maybe like my scrapbooking but also if I'm doing like more like something like the shed the little she shed that I made or the bird box sometimes I'll just dress them with inks like this but I do have a nice tutorial coming up with this being used so yeah but they were a pound each so considering a 350 I think you can buy a pack of five for 14.99 or otherwise they're 349 each something like that anyway I saw briefly online so that was a steel and then this one here so this is the gift box punch board these are great the we are memory keepers punch boards you've got the envelope you've got the gift bag you've got the flower you've got the gift box such as this one you've got there's a few and they've updated them a lot it didn't have the little thing but I have about four of these now the little start you know scoring tool but you've got the extendable arm there and you can make huge gift boxes with this one and yeah three pound and this is 17.99 roughly 16.99 online some places I think the range they sometimes have it on offer for about 12.99 but again three pound that was a bargain and very very light usage and you've also got the punch there the reverse punch which does like an interlocking kind of closure so that'd be handy to use just for other things as well so although I make a lot of my gift boxes and gift bags from scratch every now and then we all need just something quick this is always handy so just gives you all the instructions there and there's heaps of youtube tutorials showing you how to make this but yeah my charity shop it's just a little hidden gem I love it and at the moment like I said I think we're going through a bit of a phase I think either someone's having a big clear out because they slowly keep adding to it and we did ask the lady there she was ever so kind and we just said you haven't got any more out the back that you haven't put out yet and um she went and had a little look but she said no that's it for the minute so we pop back we go in there about once a week so um and we've we've yeah we've kind of hit the jackpot lately so okay so that's everything this week I'll share all the links that I can find in the description box below pop in the comments if you've got any of this if you too purchase these as well because I know they're new and yeah until next time thanks for watching give me a thumbs up if you enjoyed today and subscribe to my channel so you get to see 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Hello, I would like to thank our three organizers who had this splendid idea of organizing this session where we can look at how ancient artists have treated textiles over the past, but also how ancient textile illustrations have been treated by scholars. The Aegean Neolithic is one of those periods for which we have some tentative illustrations of fabrics and clothing, but there are not any actual finds to be compared. For this reason, textile imagery becomes even more significant for the history of the earliest textile production and the pioneering use of fabric in southern Europe. The main source of evidence are assemblages of Neolithic figurings that give us information about the costume and painted ceramics, as well as some more decorated artifacts, such as seals providing information about the general aesthetic entrance. A topic often discussed in connection with Neolithic pottery styles, the imitation of textile patterns finds in the Neolithic art one of its best and most explicit expressions. Whole series of patterns appear to be inspired by woven fabrics, while sometimes they accurately represent textile patterns. Apart from a generic similarity observed on geometric motifs, there are repetitions of archetypal textile patterns known from entirely different periods and cultures. One of these characteristic patterns is the rhombus surrounded by tooth-like elements, a typical pattern of the Middle Neolithic period. Most of the patterns are straight lined of a digital type that is consistent of very simple or complex combinations of squares, sometimes giving the impression of a woven canvas or maybe a weaving cartoon. These ornaments are symmetrically arranged often in contrasting patterns in vertical, horizontal, or sloping zones, often covering the whole surface of the vessels like the ornaments of oriental killings. During an experimental approach to recreating these motifs, besides the regaining of the feel of Neolithic fabrics, we were able to see how they would have been woven and what was the degree of difficulty in weaving various patterns. Moreover, we have seen in practice something already presumed that this type of designs required counting of the threads in order to create accurately repeated motifs. Plus pottery illustrations led to conclusions about the weaving technologies, the aesthetics and the skills of the Neolithic weavers that we probably would not have had if some fabrics had been preserved. The inspiration from textile creations, even specific hints of the use of fabrics is a very characteristic and powerful element during the Aegean Neolithic. It is also reflected on some illustrations which are not only abstract transfers of motifs, but the realistic depiction of woven artifacts like fringe textiles, woven straps covering a vase, or an openly woven basket. While observing the evolution of the textile pattern phenomenon, we can see that simple symmetrical motifs appear already in the early Neolithic. In the middle Neolithic, they show more complex standardized varieties. The woven style culminates during the mini culture when extremely complex interlocking patterns are observed. The impression crystallized is that these intricate patterns are inconceivable without the existence of decorated textiles. In addition to this reflection, specific textile techniques can be identified such as band weaving and quilting as seen on some representations of connecting stitches. We can safely assume that there is a connection regarding colors. What we can see on the painted pottery that is a choice of one to three colors is restricted to the color range of the mineral garments used for pottery manufacture. But we can imagine that the Neolithic textiles were more colorful dyed with plant dyes. The potters sometimes seem to put effort to go beyond this natural limitation of by drawing rusted surfaces to create the illusion of polychromy. The second category of the Neolithic textile illustrations regards clothing and derives from the study of figurines. Unfortunately, there are not many dressed figurines and the ones available provide costume elements with a high level of abstraction. However, we can discern some fundamental elements of the apparel. First of all, we can see that Neolithic garments were not made of large pieces of fabric like those of the classical antiquity or the later T-shaped clothes, but they were made of small pieces of fabric. They were fitted to the body while features like necklines, sleeves, belts and aprons can be also discerned. Since the pattern of the different body parts often show a different direction, it seems more likely to have a combination of various clothing items and not all over dresses. In some cases, it seems that the pieces of fabric of the lower part had been sewn together in such a way that stripes made an ankle at the front, a tailoring technique known from many later periods. It seems that the bold, antithetic style was already a favorite element of the Neolithic look and is not only seen in cases of stripes but also on complex patterns such as the diamond weave as we will see next. The biggest surprise, however, during the study of the Neolithic dress is the fact that also trousers were worn, particularly by women. These were long and wide, narrowing towards the ankles. We do not know in which cases women wore the one or the other garment. Their relevant evidence comes mainly from figurings where humans are depicted with their legs apart. Such a figure is depicted on the iconic amulet from the Frankty Cave where a figure, perhaps in a dancing posture, wears pants shown from decorated fabrics joined together to create a contrasting pattern. The existence of trousers can also be assumed through some figurings with patterns that run around the legs. Let's note here that the main creation, for the main reason for a delayed recognition of clothes on figurings, was the traditional interpretation of their decorations as tattoos or body painting. This reading is, of course, possible but it cannot be applied when clear tailoring elements such as necklines, sleeves, belts, legs and, most significantly, the seams of clothing are recognized. We can see here a figuring on which even the draping details are given. The puzzle of seeing naked body parts with patterns is, I believe, due to the fact that artists of all periods often favor to represent anatomic details on dressed figures. Another element, often observed on Neolithic figurings, even on some very abstract ones, is the straps arranged like an X on the torso. This accessory made of fabric or leather would be perhaps useful to keep the garments close to the body, perhaps in the case of high mobility. Their presence in many other prehistoric cultures might indicate identity or status. The outfit of the Neolithic garment sometimes resembles the my known Mycenaean costume, which appears now closer to the Neolithic clothing traditions. The presence of both types of garments, skirts and trousers, is not entirely unknown in Mycenaean Greece since there are some rare indications of trousers on Mycenaean figurings. This fact lead us to the thought that the white garments of the Greek antiquity replaced the prehistoric dress which was made of smaller pieces of cloth. This view also provides a reasonable explanation for the long absence of loomweights in the Neolithic since the creation of these garments did not require a large warp-weighted loom. This iconographic indications lead us to a significant re-evaluation of the Neolithic tailoring and see the appearance of the trousers millennia earlier than thought. We should note that the first pants in the archaeological context come from China, while in Europe we see that Similaun Iceman was wearing a kind of trousers already from the beginning of the Bronze Age, challenging the traditional view that this type of garment did not appear before the Iron Age and it was first associated with horseback riding. The examples from the Aegean, though, are not an exception. In Neolithic cultures of Balkans, there is evidence showing that during the Vinci and Cucuteni periods, people wore trousers as well. Still quite enigmatic are the Cucuteni trousers showing patterns on anatomic details and clearer are those of Vinci where distinct locale element, a kind of garter, appears. Another important element for linking iconography with archaeological finds is the presence of jewels fixed on garments. At various parts of clothing, applied jewels like usually spherical oval, pointed oval, or ring-shaped can be seen. This look enormous, but we must consider that the scale is not right. Figuring makers did not portray the jewelry on a real scale because it would be challenging to attribute the correct proportions on such small objects, while if they did so, this would not be, would have been visible. This means that we are dealing with a conscious convention that increase the size of the jewels to make them discernible. The same might hold true for the woven patterns on clothes which in reality would have been much smaller. The shape repetition of these ornaments stimulates the challenge to identify them where their staff fabric ornaments that highlighted clothes with their bold size and shape or they were made of non-woven materials. A suggestion I would like to stress here is that these ornaments represent sea shells. Most probably, spondylous gedderopus, which is often found in Neolithic sites as jewels. Some examples with several tiny holes perhaps are perhaps testimonies of their attachment to clothing. The full round applications would represent hole or partly works shells while the rings shaped ones could represent spondylous rings. The same or similar jewels were also worn as pendants or belt buckles. To sum up, imagery on a gene and Neolithic ceramics and figurines providers with valuable information about textiles and clothing and a test sophisticated weaving techniques which reached the highest level of expertise in the conception and production of complex geometric motifs as well as tailoring techniques were very developed for this early period. Some of these traditions such as the tight, sleeved bodies with the deep decollete continue in the Bronze Age but they get lost with the beginning of the historical era when the use of a warp weighted loom is generalized and the garments get a much larger surface and plenty of folds. Thank you.


Now, as gunshots echo across the windswept snow-covered reaches of the wild northwest, Quaker-popped wheat and Quaker-popped rice, the breakfast cereal shot from guns, present the challenge of the Yukon. It's Yukon King, swiftest and strongest lead dog of the northwest, blazing the trail for Sergeant Preston of the northwest mounted police. In his relentless pursuit of lawbreakers, On King, on new huskies, gold, gold discovered in the Yukon, a stampede to the Klondike in the wild race for riches. Back to the days of the gold rush, with Quaker-popped wheat and Quaker-popped rice, bringing you the adventures of Sergeant Preston and his wonder dog Yukon King as they meet the challenge of the Yukon. Hey, you know what that reminds me of? Why it makes me just downright hungry for some good, thick, yellow cream and fruit on a heaping bowl of Quaker-popped wheat or Quaker-popped rice. That's what? Mmm, mmm, there's a special treat. Take a big spoonful. Both king-sized grains of wheat or rice so crisp, so nut-like in flavor, taste more tempting, more scrumptious than ever when they're covered with smooth, rich cream. Try it tomorrow morning for a special treat with delicious, nutritious Quaker-popped rice or Quaker-popped wheat. It was soon after daylight when Ed Vickers, an old prospector, set out from his cabin near Fowlerville and made his way over the rugged ground near Panther Creek. He had covered nearly two miles before he paused and glanced slowly around to make sure of his bearings. Then he drew the short-handled axe from his belt, began chopping the limbs from a slender sapling. Meanwhile, above him and partly hitting by the scrubby timber along the top of the ridge, Mike Dunn and Joe Stone were watching. This must be it, Mike. It looks that way, Joe. It's cutting sticks right now. Yes, that's all we need to know. You want to do the job? Yeah. Yeah, that's as good a shot as I am. Don't miss. Get him on the first shot. Don't worry about that. He dropped it. You got him. Now we'll get him out of sight and stake out that claim for ourselves. Come on, Joe. Then we'll get back to his cabin and find his ore samples. Yeah, yeah. Come on, hurry. Meanwhile, Sergeant Preston and the Great Dog King entered the small trading post operated at Fowlerville by Perry Adams and his wife, Mary. It's Sergeant Preston and King. Hello, Mary. How are you? And Mary. Oh, good morning, Sergeant. Hello there, King, oh boy. I got your letter about Ed Vickers and his strike, so King and I stopped by to record his claim. You're just in time for breakfast. Mary was just putting it on the table. King and I had our breakfast more than an hour ago, thanks. Oh, then you camped near here last night? About five miles away, late last night when we made camp. Oh, but surely you'll have coffee with us, Sergeant. Thanks, Mary, but I think I'd better go see Ed Vickers right away. But King knows where he lives. Why not send him after Ed while you stay here for coffee with us? Well, that's a good idea. King, old fella, how about it? I want you to go to Ed Vickers' cabin, understand? He knows you. Bring him back here.  I never saw anything like it. That dog understands everything you say, Sergeant. He certainly does. Just look at him heading for Vickers' cabin. Well, a man and a dog spend as much time together as we do. Each learns to understand a lot of things. But sometimes King gets the better of me. Sit down, Sergeant. I'll pour your coffee. Oh, thanks, Mary. You and Perry might bring me up to date on this gold strike, Vickers, man. Well, it means as much to Mary and me as it does to Ed. You see, we grew up taken. Oh, I wondered why you wrote the letter. After shooting Ed Vickers, Joe and Mike traveled as fast as possible until they reached the vicinity of his cabin. Then they paused and studied the situation before proceeding. For several minutes, they watched from the concealment of a clump of trees. I don't see anyone around. Man, neither do I. But we can't afford to take any chances. We'll waste some time standing here.  Now, take it easy, Joe. We've got to play this mighty careful. We've got to play our cards close to the chest. Remember, we've got a hangman waiting for us if we make a misplay. But there's no one around and no one in the cabin. The old man lived alone. How do we know someone's not in this world the same as we are? Maybe watching that cabin. Why would anyone else watch it? We can just walk up to the doors if we're making a friendly call on the old man. If anyone is around, he wouldn't see anything suspicious. All right, come on. The crooks moved boldly out of the sheltered trees and strode across the cleared area that surrounded Ed Vickers' cabin. At the door, they halted. I'll wrap on the door. What's the use of wrapping on a door no one's home? It was your idea that someone might be watching. It was your idea to play this thing real safe. I am willing to put on an act for anyone who might be watching. Make out like someone inside called to us to walk in. All right, all right. Don't talk so much. Yeah. Here we go. Better close the door so we won't be seen prowling around the inside of the cabin by anyone who passes. Now, let's see. Where do you be most likely placed to hide the ore samples? Your guess is as good as mine. It might be out of the floor or under his bunk or... It could be inside the mattress. And we'll go through this place with a fine tooth comb. The samples are got to be here somewhere. Joe and Mike began a methodical search of the small cabin. They examined the floor for loose boards and the fireplace for stones that might be lifted out to reveal a hiding place. They looked over the rafters, then in every cupboard and drawer, and in every tin box and jar that rested on the shelves. They fell to the mattress and the pillow on the bed. And Mike reached into a barrel of flour and felled around for pieces of gold-bearing rock. It seemed as though their search must be a futile one when Joe Stone noticed that one floor board fitted more loosely than the others. I'm wondering about this floor. Joe, we examined the floor. That board's nailed down like all the others. Yeah, but look at the hammer dents around the nails. Looks to me like it's been nailed down lots more frequently than the others. Give me that hunk of iron. You're right. The old glue went to an awful lot of trouble to hide a few chunks of rock. Not near as much trouble as we're going to to find him. Here's the iron. Now we'll see if my hunch is right. It came up easy. Now we'll have a look. Hey, Joe, I found him. The rocks. Yeah. Take a look. Look at the veins in these rocks. He really made a strike. Mike, it looks like we're going to have a real banana. It sure does. Let me help you, Joe. I'll put the rocks in the sand. I'll hold it open. There. There you are. Put that floorboard back in place. Yeah. Now let's go back to town and get our gear. Then we'll head for Dawson. Get this stuff for Satan while I claim. From now on, Joe, you and me will be in clover. Hey, what's that? That dog at the door. Someone must be coming. I'll act like we're waiting for a picker. Understand? Sure, I know. I'll open the door. Got a sight. Hey, who invited you in here, Pooch? Never mind the dog. Look out and see who's coming. I don't see anyone, Mike. Not a soul in sight. Hey, I can't figure it out. This can't be picker's dog. I never saw one with him. Oh, he never had a dog. This must be a stray. He don't act like it. Look at him sniffing around. He acts like he's been here before. Hey, Pooch, what do you want? Oh, tough, huh? Well, get out of here. Careful, Joe. That dog doesn't seem to like it. Get back. Get away. Do you hear me? Let him alone, Joe. I ought to put a bullet in him. Maybe I will.  Suppose his owner is near here. He'd hear the shot and investigate, and I'll put it away. All right, all right. Anyway, there goes the dog. Dad blasted ordinary critter.  But he's wearing a collar. Must belong to somebody. Yeah, I guess so. Well, come on, Mike. Let's clear out of here. All right, I'll get the sack. Yeah, I'm all set. Close the door just like we found it. Yeah. Hold on a minute, Joe. What's wrong? Look, there's that dog. Oh, what about him? He has his nose to the ground like he's trailing someone. Yeah. Maybe that's why he came to the cabin. He's lost and looking for his owner. Maybe just trying to find his owner's trail. Well, let's move on, Joe. The Great Dog King had been told by Sergeant Preston to find Ed Vickers. As he followed the trail, he caught the scent of the two men he had encountered in Ed's cabin. More than a mile from the cabin, the trail of Ed Vickers ended at a small pool of blood. Here, too, was the scent of the men he had seen in the cabin. But as far as King could learn, the trail of Ed Vickers ended. But Ed Vickers was not there. For a moment, King stood still, then caught a faint scent and raced ahead. Meanwhile, in Fowlerville, Sergeant Preston drank his coffee and accepted another cup as he listened to Perry Adams and his wife relate their good fortune. Thanks, Mary. I can remember the day old Ed Vickers came in here and asked me to grub steak him. Oh, no, don't rub it in, Perry. I know I objected. Sergeant, I never saw Mary so mad. Oh. She said old Ed was local, and everyone in the Yukon knew it. Everyone, she said, but me. She's peculiar, but he's not crazy. I've known the old fellow since he came to the Yukon. He had a streak of bad luck, invested his money in some mines that didn't pay off, which made him bitter, I suppose. Oh, but that wasn't why I objected to staking him, Sergeant. We just didn't have any money ourselves. Grubstaking prospectors is a risky business, Mary. I don't blame you. Perry gave him supplies and equipment that cost $300 or $400. I thought that was the last week here of him. But you should have seen Mary hug the old critter last week when he walked in here and showed us samples of ore he dug out of the ground. I admit it. I guess I should be ashamed of myself, but I was so relieved. May I see one of his samples, Perry? Oh, he didn't leave them with us. He's a quirrel fellow. He said he'd keep them until you got here to make out his claim papers. I guess he didn't trust even Perry and me. He wouldn't even tell us where he made his strike. That's like him. But there's one thing you can be sure of. What's that, Sergeant? Ed Vickers will never cheat you. You're upstaged him, and that means that you will marry on half of his claim. You can trust Ed to give you your share. Oh, we don't mistrust him. Not now. Oh, that must be King at the door. Oh, I'll let him and Ed in. Took him a long time to get here. King's been gone for over an hour. That's right, Sergeant. I didn't realize it was that long. Come on. King, where's Mr. Vickers? Isn't Ed with him? No. King has something in his mouth. It looks like a muskrat. What's that you've got there, old fella? We didn't send you hunting muskrats. Here, King, let me see that. Oh, wait. It's not an animal. It's a fur cap. Why, that's the old fur cap Ed Vickers wears. I'd know it anywhere. Are you sure? Yes, it is. I recognize it, too. Then look here. What? And a bullet hole here and here. What's it mean, Sergeant? It means Ed Vickers has been shot. Oh, this is terrible. King must have found him and brought his cap, so you don't understand. There's no doubt of that. Perry will go to Vickers. King will lead us to him. I'll get my coat and hat. It won't take but a second. I'm going, too. No, you stay here. Perry and I will travel faster without you. Oh, I guess that's true, Sergeant. I'm ready, Sergeant. Mary. Yes? Say, nothing about this to anyone until we get back. Oh, I won't, but I don't see you. If Ed's been killed, his killer will try to hide the fact. He may show his hand if he thinks he's safe. Sergeant's right, Mary. Oh, yes, I see. I won't say anything about it. Lead on, King. Take us to Ed Vickers. We'll continue our story in just a moment. Stand back. This is it. Ready to serve cereals shot from guns. Yes, fellas and girls, I wish you could see it yourself. In the big Quaker meals, huge guns are loaded with only the premium wheat or rice grains. Then those choice kingpin kernels are exploded up to eight times normal size. Yes, actually shot from guns to make them crisp and tender, bigger and better tasting. Quaker puffed wheat and Quaker puffed rice are puffed to perfection. Shot through and through with bang-up nut-like flavor, too.  The wonderful part of it is the more you eat, the more he-man nourishment you get. 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I've heard plenty about him. What's he got to do with us staying here? He can save us a trip to Dawson. Mounties can make out claim papers, and he'll take our ore samples and have them assayed for us. Let it save us a lot of trouble. It's more than 100 miles to Dawson. And it'll give us a chance to get back up to Panther Creek so we can bury the old man before someone stumbles onto his body. There's no much chance of anyone finding him. But we'll be a lot safer if we put him under the ground. Yeah, and we can start working the claim before freezing weather sets in. We may get out enough by hand to pay for machinery to work it during the winter. Where will we find a Mountie? The cobbler said he saw him and his dog go into the trading post. He said Preston usually puts up there when he comes to town. Let's go down there and have him make out the claim papers. Just help me get our gear unpacked first. Sure, I'll help you. When sergeant Preston and Perry Adams followed King from the trading post, they expected him to head toward Ed Vickers' cabin. But instead, the big dog turned south and westward from town. Sergeant, he isn't going toward Ed's cabin. King knows what he's doing. We'll follow him. But if Ed's been shot and killed somewhere away from his cabin, I can't understand how King would know about it. If you'll remember Perry, I told him to find Ed Vickers. Yes, I know. If King didn't find him at his cabin, he'd trail him. Oh, I see, Sergeant. A short time later, King let sergeant Preston and Perry Adams through the rocky and twisting ravine called Panther Creek. Under a ledge concealed by loose brush, the two men found Ed Vickers. Must be under the ledge here. Whoever shot him tried to cover him up with brush. Let's pull the brush away. There he is. We'll get him out where we can examine him. Let him down easily, Perry. That's it. He's been shot in the head. Yes, but he's still breathing. Breathing? Good. Look at this one. Seems to be a long one. Now let's see what happened. The bullet didn't penetrate the skull. It just grazed it under the scalp. That's why there were two bullet holes in the cap. The bullet went in at one place, glanced along the skull, and passed out of the cap again. That's right. Whoever shot him saw the blood and didn't remove his cap to see how serious the wound was. But when King found him, he wanted to bring something to you to show he'd located him. Yes, and the cap was the only part of Ed's clothing he could remove without tearing. Well, we've got to get a doctor. Is the woman in Fowlerville? Oh, yeah. Doc Blackburn's the town's doctor. And I'll write a note and have King take it to Mary. I'll tell her to get Doc Blackburn and bring him here as fast as possible. They won't know how to find this place. King will lead them back here. Oh, yes, of course. I should have known that. Well, I write the note. You make Vickers as comfortable as possible with him. Sure thing. I'll fix him up on him. A short time later in Fowlerville, Mike Dunn and Joe Stone entered the trading post to be greeted by Mary Adams. Oh, good morning. What can I do for you? Oh, we heard of Monty was here. You want to see him? Oh, you mean Sergeant Preston? Yeah, that's him. He was here a while ago. I can't say exactly when he'll return. And he hasn't left town yet? No, he hasn't. Oh, where is he? We'll go find him. Well, he and my husband went on an errand. Somewhere just outside of town. They'll come back here, I'm sure. Oh, I see. Well, then we'll just have to come back later. Will you tell him we'll be back? We want to be sure to see him before he leaves town. Yes, I'll tell him. Your dog's trying to get in, lady.  Sure. Come on, Joe. Hey, get away! Get away! That's the same dog you jumped us before, Mike. Get down! Get down! Lady, sometimes you're going to shoot that dog one of these days. He should be shot now. King, the very idea. What's the matter with you? These men did nothing to you. Course we didn't. He jumped us once before today. He did? Yeah. You better chain him up, lady. He's dangerous. I can't understand him. He never did anything like that before. Well, there's always a first time. Now, come on, Joe, let's shove all. Tell him I'll be in to see him. Yes, I will. I think he'll be back in an hour or so.  What do you mean? Didn't Joe hear what she called that dog? Sure, she called him King. What about it? That's not her dog. It's Preston's. And he's the smartest dog in the whole Yukon. What if he is? I don't like him. No, you don't get what I'm driving at. Listen, that dog was trailing someone when he left Vickers' cabin this morning. Yeah, what about it? It looks to me like he was trailing Vickers. Say, maybe you're right. I never thought of that. If he found him, he'd come back to get Preston. If that's so, we're in trouble. No, no, not yet or not.  That'll give us time to get back to Panther Crick and move Vickers' body to where it won't be found. Where will we move it? We'll take it down with the rapids. Dump him in, and that'll be the last anybody will ever see of him. That'll leave us in the clear. We'd better get there as quick as we can. If that dog King is as smart as he's supposed to be, he'll take Preston to Panther Crick. When Mike and Joe were out of the trading post, King began to whine and rolled over on his back. King, what's the matter? You're acting so strangely today. Oh, now I see. No, I'm your caller. Come there. Now, let's see what it says. A few minutes later, Mary turned the key in the lock of the trading post's front door and, with King beside her, hurried to Doc Blackburn's office. When she explained what Sergeant Preston and Perry had found, Dr. Blackburn gathered up his instruments and medical kit and they were soon following King over the trail as ground toward Panther Creek. It's a good thing we've got King to lead us, Mary. I've never been back in here. Neither have I. And there are no trails to follow. I've heard about King. He's supposed to be mighty smart. He is. But he did something strange today. Strange? Yes. He attacked two men who were in the trading post and for no reason at all. I hadn't been there to call him off. He'd have heard them seriously. Well, that is odd. Well, look at him now. He's running off and leaving us. Look, King. King, come back. He'll wait for us. He's not paying any attention to you. He's out of sight. Perhaps we're near Panther Creek and he knows it. Oh, I hope so. I can't believe King would deserve us in this wilderness. We'll soon know whether he has or not. Mary Adams and Dr. Blackburn didn't realize that King had caught a familiar scent in the midday air, a scent that infuriated him and made him charge toward its source. Meanwhile, Mike Dunn and Joe Stone reached the bluff overlooking Panther Creek. That's not far from here now, Joe. I'm out of breath from this cross-country travel. At least we saved some time coming this way. Now keep your eyes home for a place where we can down into the Creek Valley. Yeah, I will. Hey, Joe, look. Huh? Look down below us. It's the Mountie and the Trading Post owner. They found Vickers' body. How could they find it? I don't know, but they found it all right. Mike, we better clear out of here. If they see us now... Now, hold on. I'm not clearing out and neither are you. But, Mike... Listen, that mine's worth a million and I'm not leaving it. That's going to get rifle. Yeah, what are you going to do? I'll pick off the Marty. You get Perry Adams. Shoot him? Right. King had followed the scent of the crooks far in advance of Mary and the doctor and had drawn close to the two men as they prepared to shoot. The great dog knew instinctively that he had to break up the gunplay and gathered himself for the attack. Now get down on your knees and steady yourself like this. All right. Take aim. Now let me fire first. Go ahead. Hey! It's a dog! Get away!  As Mike Dunn pressed on the trigger of his rifle, King sprang forward, knocking him off balance as the gun cracked. In the valley below, the bullet whined dangerously close to Sergeant Preston. Hurry! Look out! What? Who fired that shot? On the bluff. Look! King's up there with two men. They're fighting. Quick! Go your gun and follow me. Sergeant Preston and Perry Adams hurried to reach the top of the steep, jagged bluff where the great dog King was keeping Mike and Joe too busy to draw a bead on his master or Perry. King leaped at the men, keeping them continually off balance, unable to do any more to protect themselves from the big dog's rushes. Get away! Get off! I'll shoot him. No, no, don't shoot. You'll hit me.   Get back! Knock him off the edge. Hit him! There he goes. Going over the edge of the bluff. That'll take care of him. You knocked him galley west. Hit the ground, Joe. Quick! What's the matter? Preston and Perry Adams are climbing up the bluff. I forgot all about them. Now I got them where I want them.  Now watch, Joe. Preston! Stop where you are. We're coming up to that ledge. Don't try it. You're covered. Wait! Hold your fire. There's no use talking, Adams. You two are perfect targets. You get the same medicine we gave Ed Vickers. How do we get these two out of the way? That goal will be ours. Yeah, I'll shoot, Adams. I'll take care of Preston. Drop those guns. Hey, what the... Why you...  Drop the guns. It's a doc. He's got that drop on us.  All right, all right. How did you get up here? You were so busy watching the valley below that you didn't pay any attention to what was going on behind you. Good work, doc. They had Perry and me in a tight spot for a few moments. When Mary and I heard that shot, we thought we might be too late to do anything. We didn't know King had the situation in hand. Doc, there's a job for you down there in the valley. Ed Vickers needs you. He's unconscious. I'll get right down. A short time later, Doc Blackburn turned a look into the anxious faces about him. How's Mr. Vickers, doc? Yes, Dr. Howley. He has a slight fracture of the skull, Mary, but he'll pull through. Oh, that's wonderful. We can thank King that he's alive. If he hadn't found him when he did, Vickers wouldn't have lasted but a few hours. Oh, look. King's holding his paw up to you, doc. Easy, King. Easy. Now, now what's the matter, old boy? Well, Doc, when those crooks kicked him over the bluff, he sprained his foreleg. Well, I'll fix you up, King, old boy. Well, I'm doing it.  Their names are Mike Dunn and Joe Stone. I just got a full confession from them. When I came up behind them, I heard them say they had shot Vickers. That's right. They planned to kill Perry and me, as you know. Why did they do it? To jump Vickers' claim. Thanks to King, their plans are upset. He found Vickers and led us to him. Those two are handcuffed and they'll go back to town with us to face charges. Yes, King, old fellow. With your health, this case is closed. In just a moment, Sergeant Preston will give you a preview of Wednesday's adventure. If you, fellas and girls, were to join Sergeant Preston and King tomorrow morning, you'd probably be in for a hard chase and long hours of dog sledding. And for the stamina it takes, you'd want a good, nourishing, he-man breakfast. A breakfast that includes a delicious, heaping bowlful of Quakerpuffed wheat or Quakerpuffed rice with milk or cream and fruit. Remember, in these famous cereals shot from guns, you get extra food values of restored natural grain amounts of vitamin B1, niacin and iron. Ask for Quakerpuffed wheat and Quakerpuffed rice in the big red and blue Quaker packages. Never sold in bags or bulk. Listen, Wednesday, when Sergeant Preston and Yukon King meet the challenge of the Yukon in the case 48 hours to pay. When John A. Murray was held up on the trail, there was no time for me to trail the rubber. Instead, I had to do some fast detective work. My efforts to solve the case led me straight into a death trap at a moment when King wasn't around to help me. Be sure to hear this exciting adventure Wednesday. These radio dramas, a feature of the challenge of the Yukon Incorporated, are created and produced by George W. Trandall, directed by Fred Flower Day and edited by Fran Stryker. The part of Sergeant Preston is played by Paul Sutton. They are brought to you every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the same time by Quakerpuffed wheat and Quakerpuffed rice. The breakfast cereals shot from guns. Your best bet for hot breakfast is Quaker oats. The giant of the cereals is Quaker oats. Delicious, nutritious, makes you feel ambitious. The giant of the cereals is Quaker oats. 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Daily Tech News show is made possible by its listeners. Thanks to all of you, including Reid Fishler, Larry Bailey, and Michelle Serju. Coming up on DTNS, Jack Reciter talks to us about how he gets those excellent stories for dark net diaries. Plus, should we just accept that people think hacker is a negative word and DARPA's plan to secure open source? This is the Daily Tech News for Monday, July 18th, 2022 in Los Angeles, I'm Tom Merritt. And from Studio Redwood, I'm Sarah Lane. I'm the show's producer, Roger Chang. And as I just mentioned, joining us, host of Dark Net Diaries, Jack Reciter, thanks for joining us, Jack. Glad to be here, thanks for having me. I really appreciate you taking the time. We are huge fans, and when I say we, not just us on the show, but every single person in our audience, you were the number one person when we asked who should we get on the show this week. So we really appreciate it. We'll have to do this more than once then. Yeah, absolutely, I'm in. Let's start, however, with a few tech things you should know. Snap announced Snapchat for Web, which lets users send snaps and chat through a desktop browser. The feature is limited to Snapchat plus subscribers in the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand at launch, eventually expanding to subscribers in other markets, and then to all users. And yes, the web app will also prevent users from taking screenshots. But remember, it can't stop anyone from taking a photo of a snap on the web with their phone. Instagram added the option to shop through chat. The feature began rolling out to qualified small businesses in select countries, letting customers ask questions, get product details, and check out using Metapay in the chat interface. WhatsApp added chat-based shopping back in October. Denmark's data protection agency ruled that data processing of student data using Google's workspace suite does not meet the requirements of GDPR. The agency found that Google's data processor agreement allows for data to be transferred to other countries to provide support, although ordinarily, student data is stored in an EU-based data center. The agency ruled that schools in the municipality of Helsinger must stop using workspace and Chromebooks as a result, further saying that the ruling will probably apply to other municipalities and that it expects then to take relevant steps based on that decision. If any of you missed the net neutrality debates, guess what, they're coming back. The Washington Post reports that US Senators Ed Markey and Ron Wyden are preparing to propose, so they've got a proposal and they'll propose it soon, the Net Neutrality and Broadband Justice Act. It's a small bill, two pages, which is nothing for Congress. It would reclassify broadband telecommunications as a Title II service or a common carrier as it was under the FCC during President Obama's administration. The internet was reclassified under President Trump as Title I an information service, more like cable TV. This new bill would also give the FCC the power to set rules against throttling, blocking or paid prioritization. The Verge's sources say they could introduce the bill sometime in August. It's not clear if the bill would garner enough support to pass or not. Speaking of things like that, FCC chairwoman Jessica Rosenwurzel circulated a notice of inquiry to fellow commissioners seeking to increase the national broadband standard from 25 to 100 megabits per second and downloads from three to 20 megabits, I'm sorry, 25 to 100 megabits, up down three to 20 megabits up. Remember, the FCC is split to two right now, so she may not be able to get them to agree to that either. Metta announced a plan to acquire Giffy back in May of 2020. The deal attracted regulatory scrutiny in the UK with the competitions and markets authority ultimately ordering Metta to unwind the deal in November of 2021. Metta appealed the decision to the competition appeal tribunal. That body largely sided with the CMA but found that the CMA failed to properly inform Metta of SNAP's acquisition of Giffycat, thus undermining Metta's defense. As a result, the tribunal ordered the CMA to reconsider its ruling, giving Metta an opportunity to comment on its final report. Stay tuned. All right, let's talk a little more about open source. Some people probably still think of open source software as a hobby. You imagine the individual tinkering around with their code railing against proprietary systems and that kind of thing absolutely still exists. But open source software is much larger than that. It underpins a large part of how the world operates. The dominance of Android and Linux based servers means that pretty much most tech that boots up boots the Linux kernel at startup. And that's just Linux. MIT technology review notes that multiple open source projects are essential for the infrastructure of the internet as well as things like power grids, shipping, transportation and more. The theory goes that open source software can be more secure because it has more eyes on it than a closed software situation. But there are so many projects now that inevitably a few are going to escape scrutiny. For example, in November of 2018, someone managed to push a back door into a widely used JavaScript module called EventStream after the volunteer who maintained it handed it over to somebody that they didn't know. These cases aren't common, they're rare, but a spam has taught us at scale rare cases can cause problems. So the United States Defense Advanced Research Project Association, US's DARPA, you know, the folks who brought you the internet have launched SocialCyber, an 18 month long project designed to map, understand and protect open source code and communities. They're gonna use automated tools to do code analysis, looking for potential bugs, and also things like sentiment analysis on social interactions. So for example, the Linux kernel mailing list, they would look to see, hey, do we detect any patterns that indicate somebody's maybe up to no good. DARPA contracted multiple teams of security researchers who are going to look at code contributions to critical open source projects like the Linux kernel. They also mentioned Python would be one of these as well. And they will identify areas of under investment where important parts of the open source ecosystem are run entirely by handfuls of volunteers. For example, New York's margin research is mapping out who works on the Linux kernel. Turns out the largest contributor is Huawei, but code is also written by Russia's positive technologies, which is currently sanctioned by the US, and also members of the US NSA. The point of the project seems to be getting a handle on where code is coming from, as well as how to safeguard that the code is indeed benign. Jack, do you have any thoughts on whether this is a good idea, a good path forward? Yeah, I think it's probably good for someone to have like a second set of eyes on some of this stuff. I mean, one of the early stories that really got me into why I make my show was the Heartbleed story. And this was a vulnerability in OpenSSL. And that was a big problem, right? It resulted in lots of stuff happening. And so there was some folks that were like, well, we're gonna make our own version of OpenSSL and we're going to fork it. And that was, I think, Libre SSL. And at the same time, OpenSSL was finally getting some funding. And so OpenSSL was getting all this extra bugs fixed and stuff and Libre SSL was like a fork of it and they were fixing bugs. And it was going in all these directions and it was like interesting to see what happened after Heartbleed, right? And I wasn't seeing that and that's kind of why I was like, wait, I want this update of what happened after that. What were all the changes that happened? And did it get the funding it needed and the support it needed? So I think we've seen quite a bit of vulnerabilities happen in major open-source software that it would be nice to have, I don't know, some significant support on them to audit it or review it or maybe even give some sort of approval of like this is allowed to be used in government software or something like that. Cause we've got all sorts of standards that the government has to agree to before they can accept software and so there are systems and stuff too. So yeah, I think it's an important thing that's going on here is open-source is important to just the fabric of the internet and having some sort of support there because a lot of these projects are lacking support. Yeah, I think having an organization that is independent that tries to keep track of things in necessary now because of the number of projects that are out there. It's just impossible for it to be done without a little bit of organization. Whether DARPA is the right ones to do that or not, I think is debatable, but I think they are the right ones to maybe point the way and maybe what comes out of this is the information you need to be able to set up some kind of independent effort that in the open-source tradition will allow people to like get on board and say, okay, we're gonna be the folks that we're gonna be the ombudsman, so to speak, that try to look over everything like this. I think it's a good start for sure. Yeah, I think there's just like massive amounts of open-source projects out there. So it's gonna be interesting to see which ones they actually look at and do anything with because they'll probably be able to touch less than 1% of what's out there. But the important ones out there, what's the critical infrastructure that needs to have a good solid working framework to it? It's gonna be fascinating to see what they deem critical, I suppose. Totally. Well, in tech circles, the term hackathon has been part of the common parlance of our time. Skating together a group of engineers, programmers, working intensely on a project over a day or two, we are used to hackathons. Then you've got yourself one. The term even made it into the Oxford English Dictionary back in 2012, but Stacey Morford recently published a piece in the conversation. She made the case that while the term is common in the tech industry, might be time for some alternative names to take root, especially in the health industry. Yeah, so the marathon part of hackathon, the thaw part of the portmanteau, isn't really the problem nor is the efficacy of hackathons themselves, but Morford points out that research shows the general public thinks of the word hack as negative. They associate it with malicious behavior. And while it may seem like an innocuous difference when you have organizations organizing hackathons around things like healthcare and other sensitive data sets, the term sometimes does these efforts no favors. There are alternative names. I mean, hackathon could be called a datathon, maybe a code fest, but Morford notes that these pale in comparison to the popularity of hackathon, which shows about 90 times more results in Google search compared to datathon and about 30 times more in scholarly publication. Yeah, she's talking specifically about the healthcare industry in her conversation column, but I think there's a wider topic here. For a long time on this show, we try to refer to malicious hackers as attackers or something else specific to what they're doing.   English is a living language and sometimes you just have to admit that the language has moved on. Is hacker one of those words? Is it generally a negative term now? Jack, I can't imagine you haven't given this some thought yourself. Yeah, I think hacker has become such a common day parlance term. I mean, I'm thinking immediately lifehacker.com, Hack a Day. There's a book called Parenting Hacks. I mean, I've got an aunt who's not into computers much at all. Yet when I go with her to the smoothie shop, she's like, I've got a hack on how to get, you know, a certain kind of smoothie that they can't make on the menu or something, like check it out. And I'm like, that's not a hack. And, but I love how everyone thinks that they're a hacker just because they can navigate a food menu properly. So I think that term, I mean, if my aunt is using it and she doesn't have that, you know, hacking mentality, like we imagine what a hacker sounds like, what is hack anymore, right? And so I think it definitely doesn't have a negative connotation just in the sense of like, yeah, I've got to travel hack or I've got a parenting hack. Like that's totally not negative at all. That's a great thing. Ooh, I want to hear about that. Tell me about your parenting hack. So yeah, I take, you know, I disagree with the idea that hack has such a negative term. I think it's used very commonly now. I feel like you have given me new hope, Jack. Cause you're right.  And we never think of that as negative. You're absolutely right.  Because I think it's only in terms of stories about computer attacks that hacker has that negative connotation. Yeah. And I think, go ahead. Oh, okay. I was just going to say, I love you bringing up life hacks, life hacker, you know, one of my favorite websites, but life hacks in general, I use that term all the time. And I don't even realize it. And people know what I mean. They don't think I'm breaking into someone's computer when I say something like, oh, I've got a good life hack for you. They're breaking into their life. You're right. And I think also there, you mentioned the bubble tea place, Tom, I subscribe to a newsletter that's all about flight travel hacks, basically how to save yourself money, as much money as possible. You know, when you're traveling somewhere, maybe when you get to the hotel, there's a hack to get upgraded to a better room type of thing. No, nobody doesn't think, you either read the newsletter or you don't, but if you're interested in that sort of thing, it's like, this can save me money and time. These hacks are good. I think that probably everyone in the audience knows better, but people who say, oh, computer hacker, well, that means, you know, they're going to take down a, you know, the department of energy, you know, if we don't stop them first, that's a scary kind of hack because a lot of people don't understand that. Yeah, I think everyone wants to be a hacker secretly. And that's why we use things like, oh, I got a travel hack and stuff. But I do kind of want to unveil like what this hacker thing is, and that's kind of why I do my podcast. Like, ooh, is this person in the basement with a hoodie on or whatever? And, you know, oftentimes my show talks about like, no, this kid was in fifth period class and he just found a post-it note on the teacher's desk and grabbed it. Like that's not like the hacker you imagine. And he's doing it on a tablet in the back of class. Like, it's a different, like gives you a whole different view set of what, you know, criminal hacker might be. And I agree with you. Instead of using the term hacker on my show, I often use attacker or extorter or criminal or a thief or something like more specific. Yeah, yeah. Now, there's a mischievousness to hacking that is apparent in these life hack travel hack examples, right? Which is like, you're not, maybe you're skating along the line of the rules or the law, but you're not up to no good. You're just, you know, trying to see how the system works. And I'm glad that you pointed out that that ethos is still preserved in those arenas. So yeah, like I said, you've given me new hope for this. I'm gonna keep it up. Folks, as you may realize, it's special guest week here on DTNS all this week. If you like what you're hearing, please tell others and thank our guests for coming on. Tell your friends to watch or listen to daily tech news show all this week. Dark Net Diaries is an investigative podcast that focuses on various aspects of cyber crime, but also online security hosted by Jack here. It is, as I said, hugely popular amongst the folks in our audience and the staff here. Jack, explain Dark Net Diaries. Why did you start this? I feel like I wanted a slow news version of cybersecurity stories, right? So if you listen to the news, it's like, well, here's the breaking news and this site is down or this place got hacked, but you don't know what happened. You don't know who did it or what. So I was like, okay, let's wait until four, five, six years later and let's cover that whole story. Now I know it all. Now I know who did it. I know they were arrested and I know they were caught and all this sort of thing. So we can finally go back to the beginning and tell the whole story soup to nuts. And I think that's a proper way to tell a cybersecurity story. And I was lacking that in the world. I couldn't find that. So I decided to make it myself. Like what's that whole story like? Give me the full story now, not just a current version. When we were asking people, okay, we're gonna have Jack on what kind of things would you like to hear him talk about? Universally, people wanted to know how do you find these stories? How do you get these people to talk to you? I've kind of got three, maybe four different ways of finding stories. Number one is I just keep my head in the game, right? I'm on Twitter. I'm watching the news. I'm all this kind of stuff. So I kind of know what's happening and what are the big stories. And the big story is I let simmer for quite a while before I do anything about it. People are like, hey, there's stuff happening, coronavirus hacks are happening or something like, okay, four years from now I might cover that. But thanks for telling me now because I've got a pin in it and I'll come back to that. So just like knowing what's out there. But I've got some Google alerts, like hacker sentenced. I think it's a good Google alert because when they're sentenced, now I know they were arrested. And if they're arrested, that means they've done a crime and if they've done a crime, now I know what they've done. And I can go all the way back and figure out from the start. So there's a bunch of Google alerts that I have that just look for stories. Some other Google alerts are like biggest hack ever, biggest data breach ever, hack that reads like a movie, just these strange things that people might write about. But then I also have people at this stage, I've gotten so popular that people are bringing me stories. And so people are coming out of prison and like, I don't know who you are, but my friend says I should talk to you to tell my story. And I'm like, okay. And they're like in a halfway house calling me on a borrowed phone or something. And it's amazing. Some of those stories are really incredible. So yeah, I'm lucky to have stories brought to me at this point. I'm curious. Oh, go ahead, sir. I was gonna say, we certainly, we cover some of what you cover, but we're a daily techno show, right? So we cover things and then we cover them again when we find out more information. And often stories can go years and years and years. And we've gone back to them several times and even had to correct information as information has changed. Do you ever, I know that you like to play the long game when it comes to your diaries themselves because you wanna have all the information and be able to tell the full story, especially when people are coming to you with stories that would be and could be very compelling. Do you ever feel the need to rush anything out to revisit later?  And the person who did it comes to me and says, I'm the one, I'm the one on these headlines. And I'm like, okay, well, I guess I could tell your story before you get arrested or something like that. It'd be interesting to hear what from your perspective. So that doesn't happen too often. I usually do wait, like if somebody comes to me and says I'm actively doing criminal stuff, I'm like, okay, I'm not going to like publish that because I have some sort of, I don't know, responsibility that I don't wanna glamorize some of the criminal behavior that people are doing. And so I really kind of like, I prefer if they, if somebody comes to me and says I've done some criminal stuff in the past, I'd like to tell you my story. I'm like, were you arrested? That's my first question. Like show me your indictments, show me the court documents because that'll help me understand that there's kind of a narrative there as well. Like, yeah, you've done all this terrible stuff, but then you were caught and you've received some sort of punishment for it because like I said, there's some sort of responsibility I have of not glamorizing it too bad. You've mentioned several times about people coming to you and that partially answers my question, but why do you think people want to talk to you? You would think it would be the opposite that people don't want to make their crimes known, especially if they haven't been arrested yet. Yeah, and to top it off, I think it was very difficult for me to ask people, hey, do you feel like telling me about that worst day of your life at a time where you were hacked or you did this like horrible crime or whatever? And like I was really nervous and not even wanting to talk about it, but as I got in, as I asked those really hard questions in some of those early interviews, those people were telling me like, wow, I've never actually spoke about this in such detail with you, with anyone. Nobody's asked me how I felt the moment I pushed enter. You know, like that's like a whole new question that nobody's ever asked. So it was, it's almost cathartic for some of these people to just express it all and get it off their chest and say, yeah, that's what happened. And some of the news stories get it wrong. And so now they want to come on and say, I want to set the record straight. This is not the kind of person I am. Here's more clearly like why I did things and stuff. So they don't like how the media portrays them sometimes and they want to get that cleared up. But I mean, I think a lot of criminals kind of like, you know, having that sort of feather in their head of like, look at the cool thing I did or something, you know, even though they were arrested and served prison time and stuff like that. The thing that I don't hear much of at all, I mean, I get pitched every day. I'd like, you know, we have the CEO of our cybersecurity company that would like to come on your show and talk about, you know, being an expert in these emerging threats and stuff.  And so we do have these kind of embarrassing moments of like, well, that was a horrible time. Why would I tell you that? It doesn't look good on my company at all. I want to come on your show to look good, not to look bad. And I think we are lacking that just kind of in the industry. And I want to bring that out of like here, let's expose ourselves in this vulnerable way of like just saying, this is where we suck. This is where we dropped the ball. This is how we could have done better. And this is how bad it was, but this is how we're fixing things in the future. I wish I could hear more of those stories honestly. Yeah, I feel like it would be just as therapeutic for the industry, once that, if that were to become the norm for companies to feel like, oh, okay, we aren't risking everything by admitting that something happened. In fact, we're able to better defend in the future because we're sharing information more. At least it feels like it might be like that. I mean, I go to conferences to try to find people who share the same pains as me, right? And so if we're sharing them publicly, then I think it could connect us in a better way. Yeah, well, folks, you hear that? Get in touch with Jack, be the first. Be the one to brave the change. Well, moving on to space. The first pictures from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, this telescope have been making the round some really beautiful stuff. You've probably seen at least a few, but the new telescope has already had a few rough patches in short time in operation. Back in June, NASA disclosed that a micro meteoroid struck one of the telescope's 18 hexagonal mirrors between May 22nd and May 24th. NASA have released a new report on the incident, detailing more about what the damage actually entailed. While the number of micro meteoroid strikes met pre-launch expectations, you're going to run into stuff in orbit. That's just how space works. And the magnitude of one of these caused a significant blemish in one area that NASA said caused significant uncorrectable change in the overall figure of that segment. NASA expects the overall impact of the telescope's mission to be small as the other mirrors remain unblemished and realigning the mirrors allows it to operate within performance limits. The next dust generating event that the telescope needs to look out for is flying through particles from Halley's Comet in 2023 and 2024. Well, they had better luck than Hubble, I guess, which if you remember, they had to fly up and change stuff out. At least they could just sort of, you know, get around this problem. But yeah, I don't know, do they need more shields or something? Like, that's scary that that happened already. Thankfully, it did not affect the amazing pictures that were getting out of it so far. And it seems like it won't, fingers crossed. Yeah, no kidding. I mean, I've been very transfixed by some of the images. So James Webb Space Telescope, we believe in you. Just stay away from the micrometeoroids or even the bigger meteorites. Micrometeoroids, stay away from the JWST, please. Yeah, yeah.  We're doing good work here. Yeah. Come on, the humans need information. Thank you so much, Jack Reisider, for being with us today. Such a pleasure. Let folks know if they would like to DM you some cyber crime tips or follow your podcast or anything else that you do. Where should they go? I'm most active on social media on Twitter. So my name there is Jack Reisider. And you can follow my podcast on the website darknetdaris.com. Very cool. Very, very beautiful art on that website as well. Thank you. And I like your explanation of how you make art and then somebody who's really, really good at it makes it really, really cool. Yeah, it's a combination of a little collaboration. I'll do the initial design and then give it to an artist to kind of clean it up. Yeah, results are pretty cool. Thanks to our brand new bosses, Andrew and Eric came in over the weekend, just started backing us on Patreon. Thank you so much, Andrew. Thank you so much, Eric. One for each day on the weekend, right? Yeah. That's perfect. Y'all are the best, like a tag team. Yeah, and you know, tomorrow it could be you. There's a longer version of the show called Good Day Internet. Sometimes we call it GDI. It's available at patreon.com slash DTNS and we roll into it right after DTNS wraps up. Just a reminder, we do the show live Monday through Friday at 4 p.m. Eastern, 200 UTC. Find out more at dailytechnewshow.com slash live. We're back tomorrow with Scott Johnson joining us and special guest, Will Smith, on the democratization of broadcasting. Special guest week rolls on. Talk to you then. This show is part of the Frog Pants Network. Get more at frogpants.com. Simon Club hopes you have enjoyed this program. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.


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