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I find that when I really love a book, it's very hard to talk or write about it. I can gush away about just how much I love it, and how it's soooooooo good, but these are hardly incisive or acute comments. Indeed, all that happens is that I come across like an overexcited toddler.
Jane Gardam is one of my very favourite writers (see here and here for more posts about some of her other books), so I worry that this post will turn into fluffy gushiness, in which case I can only apologise, beg your forgiveness and assure you that I have tried very hard indeed to ungushify it.
I first read Old Filth a year or so ago, shortly after reading The Man in the Wooden Hat. The two books go hand in hand – Old Filth is about Eddie Feathers and The Man in the Wooden Hat is about his wife Betty. Together they make a fascinating portrait of a marriage, covering much of the same ground but shedding remarkably different light upon it.
Jane Gardam wrote Old Filth first, in 2004, and The Man in the Wooden Hat didn't appear until 2009. In the interim she published a book of short stories, The People on Privilege Hill, which also featured Eddie Feathers. This man has evidently intrigued Gardam. Evidently, Eddie Feathers reaches beyond the pages of his book, a character too lifelike to be contained by his fiction – this is surely a novelist's greatest achievement.
Eddie Feathers is also known as 'Old Filth', standing for 'Failed in London Try Hong Kong', and throughout his life is given various other names – Teddy Bear, Fevvers, Sir Edward Feathers QC – as though, just like he won't be contained by the pages of the book, he resists a single label of a name.
We meet Filth in his old age, 'ostentatiously clean', his 'ancient fingernails … rimmed with purest white', wearing his 'yellow cotton or silk socks from Harrods' and his shoes shining 'like conkers'. The book follows Filth in the wake of his wife's death – attending her funeral, responding to letters of condolence and undertaking a peculiar roadtrip down memory lane. But Gardam interjects this with various scenes from Filth's past – from his infancy in Malaya, his miserable childhood with foster parents in Wales, his time at public school, his aborted attempt at evacuation, his early years at the Bar – and in these vignettes, she paints a wonderful, affectionate and idiosyncratic portrait.
What is it about Filth that makes him such a remarkable character? He is a relic – 'a coelacanth' – something prehistoric, extinct, utterly incongruous to the present day. This is conveyed not just in his predilection for yellow silk socks from Harrods, but in the way he doesn't know the name of his cleaning lady – who he refers to as 'Mrs-er' – and in exchanges like the following, when he is pulled over by the police for driving erratically and made to do a breath test:
'You see. Perfectly clear,' said Filth.
'Could we help you in any way?'
'No. I don't think so.'
'Your licence is in order?'
'Yes, of course. I am a lawyer.'
'It doesn't follow, sir. I see that you are eighty-one?'
'With no convictions,' said Filth.
'No, sir. Well, goodbye sir.'
'There is one thing,' said Filth, strapping himself back in his seat with some languor. 'I do seem to be rather lost.'
'I don't suppose you know this address. Hainault?'
'We do, sir. But it's not Hainault. That is in Essex. It's High Light. Not High Note. A house called High Light. And we know who it belongs to. We know her. It's five miles away. Shall we go ahead of you?'
'She is my cousin. She can never have had any Christmas cards. Thank you. And thank you for your courtesy and proper behaviour. A great surprise.'
'You oughtn't to believe the television, sir.'
'Who the hell was he?' one policeman asked the other. 'He's like out of some Channel Four play.'
Filth is so extraordinary that the policeman can only compare him to a fictional character – which, in a nice post-modern twist, of course he is. I love this little exchange, in part because it's quite dottily funny but also it captures so much about Filth. He adamantly believes in proper behaviour – in decorum, in politeness, in the Law, in Christmas cards. And yet he also refuses to be bossed around, insists on having his own way, is very reluctant to ask for help.
Behind this eccentric, old-fashioned, funny old man is a terribly sad childhood. His mother died soon after he was born, he had barely any contact with his father, who sent him away to a foster home in Wales, where he was beaten. He had a brief happy time at school, largely thanks to a great friendship with a boy, who was then killed in the Second World War. His childhood is one sad episode after another. As Filth sums up, shortly before the end of the book:
'All my life … from my early childhood, I have been left, or dumped, or separated by death, from everyone I loved or who cared for me.'
His life has been one of terrible loneliness. Perhaps it is this lack of affection, love, and even easy friendship that has led Filth to rely on formal, correct behaviour.
This mixture of Filth's eccentric behaviour in his old age, and his terribly sad childhood is what makes Gardam's book so wonderful. There are hysterically funny moments but built upon an aching sadness, a heart-wrenching poignancy. And all is delivered with such a light hand. Gardam gives us glimpses of Filth's life, as many allusions to happenings as descriptions of them. It is a novel of suggestions, of blanks that the reader must fill in, dots that we must join up. No wonder Gardam couldn't resist going back to it and filling in a few of these off-stage moments herself in her subsequent books.
But Old Filth is not just about Edward Feathers. The novel is dedicated 'To Raj Orphans and their parents' and Filth is emblematic of all Raj orphans, sent 'Home' from the East, brought up away from their parents, struggling through a later life based on this core of emptiness. Filth is extinct now. So are the other Raj orphans, so is the Empire. It is a novel about a way of life – a substantial strand of Englishness – that has now gone, but was still felt anachronistically recently. Like Kipling, Gardam has captured this life and preserved it, preventing it from vanishing without trace.
It is also a book about memory, a word that sits so close to 'memoir', which Filth sits down to try to write at one point. This is Filth's memoir – his memories, tiled together to show the many sides of his life. Now he is old, and has been left by everyone who was dear to him, all he has left are these memories, which let him 'flick open shutters on the past'. Memories sustain Filth through the end of his life, thickening what would otherwise be an empty present with layers of his past. So when the book closes with the words that Filth died 'quite alone', there is a double meaning in that 'quite'. Yes, Filth has been utterly alone for much of his life – the fate of many a Raj orphan – but he has his memories for company, meaning that he is only 'quite' alone, not completely. In the very moment before his death, he sees his wife Betty beside him, 'grinning away'.
I suspect this won't be the last time I reread Old Filth, for I shall miss Filth and want to spend time with him again. Certainly, Gardam has left me with a strong, shining memory of this remarkable character that refuses to perish.
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by Gina Palumbo for The Dance Journal | photos by Kate Raines
Today's stressful climate manifests itself in overwhelm and the general sense of longing for the monastic wonder of childhood. Ninth Planet was founded by Sam Tower, Nia Benjamin, Katie Croyle and Jeremy Gable, and together, they have created the perfect antidote. A mixture of art, theater and movement dispels the chaos and offers a momentary retreat to babyhood. A nautical atmosphere inspires play and curiosity for the unknown. The natural inclination to explore is given a place, and it is in homeworld.
On October 12th at The Painted Bride, parents and caregivers with toddlers in tow were not ushered to folding chairs before a stage but into a spacious tent with plush pillows. Cool lighting and soothing music enveloped the tent, creating the ethereality of the ocean. Company member Eliana Fabiyi was wrapped up in a blanket, resembling sea rocks, co-creator Nia Benjamin hid shyly behind a hand-made coral reef and performer Tess Kunik slowly inched her way out of what appeared to be a cave. A ring of kelp swayed quietly as blue and pink lighting waxed and waned. Three bottom-dwellers brought us through their morning routine, leaving babies spellbound and weary parents relieved.
Each dancer had a distinct personality. One shy, the other cranky and the third analytical, they began to display their temperaments. Benjamin was darting from view of the watchful eyes around her, Fabiyi was grunting, as if to ward off any unwelcome guests, and Kunik stayed hidden in a cave until a hand appeared, perhaps to investigate the room for imminent danger. A tiny audience member was so moved that he changed his seat to the middle of the dancers, just to get a closer look.
Gentle movements and their repetition created a pacifying rhythm for the babies to groove to. The first part of the performance began with simple extensions of the arms and legs, a faultless movement for a room still drowsy in the morning hours. The dancers concentrated on the effect of each movement, rather than the transition of one movement to the next. The motifs experimented with were quaking, extending and mirroring. Certain combinations of sound and movement left the babies mystified and wanting to know more.
With these tools began a game of interplay, encouraging interaction between the dancers and the audience. As the electronic soundscape transitioned from serenity to kinetic anarchy, the inhibition in the room melted away. The dancers paused their quiet movement to awaken the solar plexus; the babies responded with wiggles and giggles. The adults were encouraged to be equally as active, and move around the room to understand a new and different view. Adult and child thrived, as flowers do with warmth and water.
One child wanted to meet everyone, and another was content with the sound of crinkling that the floor made when he scratched it. The others just sat observing the lights and sounds.
Perception of the world varies from person to person; what counts is that we always enjoy the view.
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Police are looking to connect the ashes of a loved one with family, after an urn was found in a Surrey park last week.
On Sunday, May 3, a hiker called Surrey RCMP after finding an urn lying in Green Timbers Urban Forest.
It was found a short distance off a main trail near the northwest corner of the lake, and south of the main entrance in the 14400-block of 100 Avenue.
The urn is white and has no distinguishable marks on it.
"If you recognize this urn or know who it belongs to, please contact the Surrey RCMP," said RCMP Cpl. Scotty Schumann. "I'm sure if we could return the urn to its rightful owner it would be a great relief to them and their family."
Anyone with more information is asked to contact the Surrey RCMP at 604-599-0502. Quote file #2015-60901


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The Public School Choice campus opened in the fall of 2015 in a newly renovated building designed to accommodate the new program. The STEAM curriculum, which focuses on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math, integrates project based learning and a technology rich learning environment to provide an interactive atmosphere for students and teachers.
"They (the students) love it," said teacher Melissa Allen. "We have project days and they are all about researching, allowing them to be educated about their choices – what they are able to do."
This best fit option school is open enrollment across the district, and applications to attend become available in late fall. Visit the school's webpage for more information.


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This week's Official UK Singles Chart
1 GIRLFRIEND (Billie)
Having become in July the youngest person to have a Number One single for several decades Billie Piper now writes herself into another page of chart history with her second single as it too shoots straight to the top of the charts. Just like B*witched a fortnight ago she now becomes one of a select few to have topped the chart with her first two singles but is only the third to have gone straight to Number One on both occasions - Robson and Jerome and of course B*witched are the other two. Having turned 16 a few weeks ago she is still one of the youngest people to reach Number One but by no means the youngest to have had two bestsellers. That honour goes once more to Helen Shapiro whose third single Walkin' Back To Happiness hit the top in October 1961, a fortnight after her 15th birthday. As for the single itself it maybe lacks the energy of Because We Want To and sounds in places like it could have been an American pop hit ten years ago. Once again eyebrows will be raised at the frantic turnover at the top end of the chart as Girlfriend becomes the 25th new Number One hit of the year. Personally I prefer to marvel once more at the way anticipation for new singles by even acts such as Billie is built up. When I was 13 I would have been hard pressed to name any record outside the Top 10. This week's chart is evidence of several thousand 13 year olds being informed enough to have bought this single the very moment it was released.
2 ROLLERCOASTER (B*witched)
OK, in the light of the flood of mail I received last week regarding the chart-topping achievements of B*witched and Irish acts in general last week let me clarify the facts that I inadvertently managed to cloud. As is now definitely the case, the four girls have spent four weeks at Number One in 1998, more than any other act save for Run-DMC but it is an honour they share with two others, All Saints having notched up four weeks (all of them non-consecutive) with their three chart-toppers this year whilst Boyzone's 3 weeks at the top with No Matter What added to their seven days with All That I Need in May to give them a four-week total. Furthermore the two Number One hits from Boyzone mean that there have indeed been four Number One hits from Irish acts this year - more than any other in chart history although the suggestion by one correspondent that Boyzone's contribution to Perfect Day in January should mean they are to be credited with a fifth is possibly pushing the point slightly.
3 GANGSTER TRIPPIN' (Fatboy Slim)
Hot on the heels of the first Fatboy Slim album (home of the June Number 6 hit The Rockefeller Skank) Norman Cook is preparing to release the second from his current hitmaking alter-ego. This new single which turns out to be even bigger than his first is yet another masterpiece of production, blending ancient ska samples with hip-hop rhythms. Norman Cook is easily one of the most-travelled artists of his generation having now had Top 10 hit singles with The Housemartins, Beats International, Freakpower and now as Fatboy Slim as well as several Top 20 entries with Pizzaman. I won't pretend for a minute this is my personal cup of tea but just as Rockefeller Skank eventually grew on you, this single has the same kind of charm and after all, can you really knock a Top 3 hit single?
5 SMOKE (Natalie Imbruglia)
Rather surprisingly it has taken almost a year for this track to appear as a single, next to Torn it was easily one of the best tracks from Natalie Imbruglia's album. Now it finally appears it marks a turnaround in chart form for the Australian after her last hit wishing I was there could only manage a Number 19 peak. This return to form can be attributed to her newfound dancefloor appeal with this single complemented by remixes from the like of Alastair Whitehead and Way Out West and as a result she has her first Top 10 hit since Big Mistake in March this year. All eyes now on her second album and the question of whether she can match the global smash she managed with her debut.
6 THE FIRST NIGHT (Monica)
Just as her singing partner found her solo career given new impetus following the global smash of The Boy Is Mine, so too Monica has her biggest ever solo hit, a mere seven days after Brandy charted with Top Of The World. Ultimately Monica has to settle for the smaller hit but this is to take nothing away from this track, recently involved in a battle with Aerosmith at the top of the US charts. It is based on the Diana Ross classic Love Hangover which was first released in 1976, making Number 10 in this country. Prior to this Monica had never progressed beyond the Top 30, her only previous chart entry being For You I Will which made Number 27 in May 1997.
14 MY FAVOURITE GAME (Cardigans)
This is a band with a point to prove, the point being that they are more than just a one-song band. That one song was of course Lovefool, a minor chart entry when first released in 1996 but then a worldwide smash a year later when it was re-released after appearing in the film of Romeo and Juliet. Stunning though it was it was largely atypical of its parent album First Band On The Moon, hence the failure of the follow-up Your New Cuckoo to progress beyond Number 35 in September last year. After a year away the Swedish group return with a brand new track from a brand new album and may well have proved their point with a strong Top 20 entry (and only their second ever such hit) for My Favourite Game. It represents a slight shifting of styles with stronger guitars and a less hook-laden chorus but if nothing else this should cause people to sit up and take notice of them. Let's just hope the new album contains more of the same.
15 SPECIAL (Garbage)
After a brace of Number 9 hits this year Garbage settle down into Top 20 charting territory with the third single to be lifted from their album which brings their run of four successive Top 10 singles to an end. They haven't charted lower than Number 10 since Queer made Number 13 in December 1995.
16 THE MAGIC IS THERE (Daniel O'Donnell)
Record companies somewhat cynically refer to it as the Granny Pound, the disposable income of more mature adults which is traditionally only spent in record stores at Christmastime. The past few years have seen plenty of occasions when the Granny Pound has been lured into record stores at other times of the year, Robson and Jerome singles were a classic example whilst the summer success of Jane McDonald's album was seen as a great triumph for making pop music appeal to an older audience outside of the winter holiday period. Daniel O'Donnell singles and albums fit into the same niche, hence the occasional chart appearance for the balladeering Irishman. This is his second Top 40 hit of the year, following Give A Little Love which gave him his biggest ever hit and took him into the Top 10 for the first time in April. This is now his ninth Top 40 hit since 1992 and whilst a lengthy chart run for this track is highly unlikely bear in mind that it will only take an 'ironic' dance remix of one of his tracks to suddenly make him credible. Leo Sayer could teach him a great deal.
22 GOT TO GET UP (Afrika Bambaataa vs Carpe Diem)
Ladies and gentlemen, we are blessed with the presence of a legend. Founding Father of hip-hop Afrika Bambaata returns to the UK chart with his first hit single for seven years. Actually his last single was the same as this one, Got To Get Up is a reworking by Carpe Diem of Just Get Up And Dance which was first released in 1991, inspired goodness knows how many samples and reached Number 45. After the required period of popularity in Ibiza this summer the track now gets a commercial release and lands just outside the Top 20. It is over ten years since Afrika Bambaataa was this high in the charts. His biggest ever hit came in April 1988 when he teamed up with UB40 for Reckless which reached Number 17. Interestingly his most famous recording, the genre-defining Planet Rock has never been a big UK hit, reaching Number 53 in 1982.
27 DISCO COP (Blue Adonis)
Gosh this is good, a dance single hailing from Belgium that is designed to be a recreation of classic disco albeit with a 90s flavour. Credit for some of this must go to Patrick De Meyer who was responsible for most of Technotronic's hits in the early 90s.
29 BIG NIGHT OUT (Fun Lovin' Criminals)
After all the hype surrounding the release of their current album the Fun Lovin' Criminals seem to be finding things hard going. The Number 18 peak of their Barry White tribute Love Unlimited was widely seen as a disappointment and the performance of this new single does little inspire confidence in their commercial appeal. It is a shame as Big Night Out is once more an inspired piece of production, this time based around a sample from Tom Petty's classic American Girl (a 1977 Top 40 hit). There is no reason why this shouldn't be Top 10, aside from the fact that it is not being bought in the required amounts. Maybe if they were all 16 year old girls...
32 THEY DON'T KNOW (Jon B)
The first Top 40 outing for rising R&B star Jon B, a rather wonderful track that is aided by the innovative production that adds an acoustic guitar to the usual mix of processed effects in much the same manner as Usher's You Make Me Wanna. As always this low chart entry may well be all that the single can hope for but the single is still something of a gem.
36 GOOD TO BE ALIVE (DJ Rap)
The former glamour model turned DJ is discovering that hype alone is often not enough to ensure chart success. This is the second DJ Rap single to chart this year, the first being Bad Girl which reached Number 32 in July. Here was me thinking that having the looks of a supermodel and having once been photographed in your underwear was the key to success in this life.
39 SINNER (Neil Finn)
Timed nicely to coincide with his current UK tour, former Crowded House man Neil Finn notches up his second Top 40 single of the year with this track, the follow-up to his Number 26 hit She Will Have Her Way which charted in June.


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Group and User Management of Office365 Group user Designer
Answers to most Frequently Asked Questions
– System Requirements –
Q: Could you tell me about system requirements?
A:It is as follows
Office 365
– Office365 (Plan include of access function for admin center)
Web browser
– Microsoft Internet Explorer 10-11
– Microsoft Edge
– Google Chrome
– Mozilla Firefox
The others
– To connect to Microsoft Azure
Q: Do I need Office 365?
A: Yes, you need.
This application will be used only in Enterprise (E1 or later).
(As of Jan/2016)
Q: Can I use this application without administrator permissions?
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– Installation –
Q: Could you tell me how to install instruction?
A: First run-time, you need to set up for access to Azure AD from this application.
Check the manual for more details.
»Manual Page
Q: Where can I get the Group User Designer from?
A: This product doesn't have module distribution.
– System Environment –
Q: Could you explain about Group User Designer?
A: Group User Designer is an Office 365 management application that enables the management of Office 365 group and user attributes.
– Output user(member) information list belonging to a group (6 kinds)
– Set group member (add and remove)
Check the explanation page of the function for more details.
»Function Page
Q: Does it support Active Directory for on-premises version?
A: Only Office 365 is available now.
Q: Can I add new group and new user, and remove the group and user by the application?
A: No, you cannot.
 Operation is only for an existing group and user.
 The future version up is as follows*As of Apr.2016
– Add and remove of each group
– Add and remove user
– Add and remove contacts
Q: Is it supported Multilingual language System?
A:Japanese and English are available.
NB: The display languages are depended on the setting of the web browser.
Q: Could you tell me about difference office 365 basic function and this application function?
A: The members who can belong to the group are based on a standard function of Office 365.
– How to Use –
Q: When I operate the other function during report file downloading, this application is no response.
A: In specification, this application is done processing in order.
Other screens work as soon as the downloading of the file is over.
Q: I cannot search an external user when I add user account.
A: You cannot operate the external user.
Q: I don't understand difference of group kinds.
A: It is office 365 specification, check the product page in the Microsoft website.
– License –
Q: Could you tell me about license unit?
A: This application is needed charge licenses of account number for using.
For more detail, check the service charge.
»License Page
Q: We have 100 accounts for office 365 licenses, but 3 persons will operate Group User Designer. Do we need to contract 3 licenses agreement?
A: Yes, you have to contract with 3 licenses.
– Sales and Contract –
Q: Where can I get a Group User Designer?
A: You can purchase it from us.
For more information, please contact us.
Q: What kind of payment method can I choose?
A: We support payment method by bank transfer or PayPal.
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If you want them before order, we can send them to you.
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By Nickalas Adams
"It'll be cold tonight," Johnny said.
"As long as we're out of town it shouldn't matter," Blake told him
"Where we going anyway?"
"Some dive of a two-track road. See if it takes us into the sticks far enough."
Their wet hair and the temperature outside the car made fog on the inside of the windows and around the edges of the windshield. Vision was slowly diminishing but Blake didn't turn on the defrost. He didn't even switch on his high beams.
"How much did you grab?" he asked.
Johnny produced an almost-full Dasani bottle that appeared to be nothing more than water. "A liter. And this from my dad's stash in his shoe closet," he said.
"Hand me that."
John gave it over after taking the cap off clumsily. Blake pulled a good three-count.
"Christ, you need me to drive?"
"Fuck off," Blake said. "Your turn."
"It's not whiskey. I need a chase or I'll be tapping the dash."
"Then I'll pull over for you to puke. Just don't try it out the window this time. I washed my car yesterday."
John pinched his eyes shut and drank.
The gas gauge read just over a quarter tank, so Blake knew they would need to find somewhere soon. He turned left onto an ungraded, red ore road. The red instantly tinted the black car.
"Now you can puke out the window," Blake said, taking another heavy pull and forcing the Dasani bottle back into Johnny's bandaged hand. "Finish it."
John obliged with a cough.
They passed a two-track road overgrown with side shrubs and trail weeds, but it was dry looking and led upwards. Blake slammed the brakes, reversed, and pulled in.
"Looks pretty narrow," Johnny told him.
"We don't need to get in far. Not that there's a nark up here anyhow." They hadn't passed a car in almost a half hour.
John howled as Blake took the car up onto the rut tops to avoid scraping his oil pan on a protruding rock. Because of the maneuver, the car scratched along the brush on the right. Like a fork on a plate, a particularily strong branch etched at the paint all the way down the car.
Blake let out an overplayed "Haha!" as the warming in his belly made him feel lighter.
"It'll buff out, J," he said.
John pursed his lips white and puffed his cheeks, showing dimples through the layer of auburn scruff on his face. Wide-eyed, he shook his head jerkily from left to right while doing it, like an angry shivering. This was Blake's favorite of all Johnny's reactions.
"Can we fucking stop yet?" John burst out.
"Just about. Haven't seen birches in a while."
"There's a stand of them up on the left there."
John was right. The pale, white bark of birches hung from the trunks like little white reflectors in the headlights.
"You grab some dry bark and I'll pick some tinder."
He handed John his chair with one hand and the vodka with the other.
"Give me the hard job," John mumbled.
"Would you like to trade then? All the woods are wet. I could hardly throw a pass tonight the ball was so waterlogged."
"Don't bring that up. I seen you out there," said John. He lit a pair of cigarettes for them, and they climbed out of the car and onto the damp leaves.
The earlier rains had cooled down what was a mild September day. The clouds were high now, and a bright waxing moon shone in and out of view beyond. All was quiet in the windless, softened setting of the after-rain. The first frost had come and gone, and the bugs were about done for the year. The stillness of the Minnesota north woods was in full effect.
Blake went up under the nearby pines to break off dead branches from the bottom layers of the tallest trees. He snapped off the ones without any needles because these would be the driest under the canopy of green above, and he wouldn't have to twist and wrestle them off. The old sap within the branches would provide fuel and quick-burning heat.
John scoured among the birches, pulling off the small thin flaps of bark from the younger, leaning trees' undersides. This bark would burn the fastest. And any woodsmen knows that a leaning birch is a dying birch, or at least a soon-to-be-an-issue birch. They tend to rot standing up and then fall gradually in chunks. Stealing a birch's bark wasn't a death sentence, but it made the tree more vulnerable.
The two met back in the median of the tracked road, just a few yards in front of the guiding headlights. John balled up his bark and jammed it between two baseball-diameter branches that Blake had placed a few inches apart. Then Blake broke up the smaller branches into tiny pieces and tepee-d them all around. Johnny flicked his lighter and in seconds a fire was blazing.
"You'd almost think we'd done it before," John told him.
"Where's that liter? I tightened up bad on that ride here," said Blake.
"Under my seat, in the back. You took a beating. That linebacker, 52, he had it out for you."
"Didn't help me any you couldn't block for a two-count."
"Shit," Johnny said.
Blake found the bottle and drank. He popped the trunk of the car and pulled out two metal folding chairs.
"You remember which one's mine?" Johnny said, all lit up now.
"It's got a fucking dent where you tripped and fell on it while we were running away with them," said Blake. He nearly smiled in saying this.
"That tree root got me. The booze, too. I can't believe you drive around with that contraband."
"Never know when you might need a chair."
"Like now?"
"Just like now."
He handed John his chair with one hand and the vodka with the other. The two placed their seats between the fire and car. They didn't look at one another as they talked, but let their gazes get lost in the pendulum of the flames.
Nickalas Adams is an English major at BSU, and he thinks you're pretty neat.
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This is a sponsored post as a member of the Global Influence Network. My children received goodies for their baskets and I received a bit of compensation as thanks for posting. All opinions are my own.
My kids love Easter. They get that it is the most important Feast Day of the church calendar. We look forward as a family to attending either the beautiful evening Easter Vigil Mass, or the joyous, music-filled Easter Sunday morning Mass.
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Boeing Experiences Severe Turbulence in Indonesia
Boeing, the American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures and sells airplanes, has been experiencing severe turbulence in Indonesia ever since Lion Air flight JT-610 dove into the sea on 29 October 2018 shortly after take-off from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport outside Indonesia's capital city of Jakarta, killing all 189 people on board (including crew).
What made this fatal crash particularly remarkable was that it involved a brand new Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft. Indonesia's biggest low-budget airline, Lion Mentari Airlines (Lion Air), had only been operating this ill-fated airplane since mid-August 2018.
While the investigation into Lion Air flight JT-610 is still ongoing, preliminary findings that were reported by the Air Accident Subcommittee of the Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee suggest that incorrect sensor readings caused the Boeing 737 MAX's new anti-stall system to kick in, something the pilots were not prepared for.
It remains unclear who is to blame for this sad tragedy. Is it Boeing for withholding crucial safety information on its new 737 MAX 8 models? Is it Lion Air for failing to resolve the incorrect sensor readings that had already caused trouble on at least one earlier flight? And did Lion Air also fail to communicate these issues to the pilots of the final flight? Or, are both Boeing and Lion Air responsible?
But before any definite answers could be given, a new tragedy happened; one that showed many similarities to Lion Air flight JT-610.
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• Similarities between fatal Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 and Lion Air flight JT-610
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In Her Wake
Alliance Member Comments
Red_dragon (Mar 24, 2009 at 3:47 PM):
Thanks; I didn't remember that
CheshireCat (Mar 24, 2009 at 3:12 PM):
Red_dragon: The only other known moon to orbit within the rings (Pan) also creates these kinds of waves. It's how both moons were discovered, in fact.
Red_dragon (Mar 12, 2009 at 9:44 AM):
It would be interesting to know why Daphnis is able to create those features, while other moons that orbit within the rings not.


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In the introduction to the book "The Twelve Gifts of Life Recovery" by Stephen Arterburn and David Stoop it talks about God's gifts of recovery. It says of these gifts "These are not automatic results of "working the program"—they are gifts that may come to us along the way—but by working the program we prepare ourselves to receive the gifts and to know what to do with them. So as you keep working your life recovery program, keep your eyes open for God's good gifts to come to you along the way."
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The 2 Sides of SXSW
The Sunday morning after SXSW found me at a patio table at Austin's Eastside Cafe, enjoying a sunny brunch whose every egg came from the hens clucking 15 paces away in the restaurant's garden coop. Food was on my girlfriend's Texan parents, who'd graciously waited until noon after the South By Southwest Music Festival to roust us from our slumber and buy us French toast. And coffee.
I have enough trouble decompressing the musical overload of SXSW the morning after, but rarely do I do so on the behalf of 50-something Texans who count pop-country and hair metal as their top genres. To their question of "how was it?", I wondered, should I gush about the twee-pop of former Beulah lead singer Miles Kurosky? Maybe talk at length about the impressive 9-piece Afro-pop frenzy of Fool's Gold? Or would I be better off listing mainstream acts I didn't attend, like Hole, Stone Temple Pilots, or even Shins side-project Broken Bells, to induce a parental smile-and-nod of recognition?
I settled on talking about the big-name bands, muttering to myself afterward, "That's not the SXSW I attended." Or, well, was it?
When Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore played in a small nightclub, smothered in red lights, how could I resist using my fancy press pass to push to the front of the line and witness his somber, 12-string guitar solo performance? When illustrious troubadour Billy Bragg had a similar, overpacked solo set at an even smaller venue, and my badge allowed me to squeeze in, squeeze I did.
On the Friday of the fest, when Austin country legend Jimmie Dale Gilmore ambled onto a private, badge-only stage hosted by Rolling Stone, I couldn't help but affix a capital V, I, and P on my presence as I held my badge aloft to enter. At that moment, I saw famed Rolling Stone contributor David Fricke standing at the edge of the room, smirking along to Gilmore's immaculate set—yet not moving a bone in his music-writing body. The scene saddened me: Gilmore's slightly nasal voice boomed with the confidence of a living legend, and the half-empty room of middle-aged, jacket-clad badge-holders seemed happier to be at the private party than to witness such a standout performance by one of the original Flatlanders (complete with his son, Colin, dueting on acoustic guitar).
Really, I'd become guilty of attending the "other" SXSW—the public face aimed at folks who could care less about digging through thousands of up-and-coming bands. But, dude, that's the whole point of SXSW! To put the hype-filled schedule print-outs down, to stop reloading Twitter in search of the next big tip, and to walk into a random room and see something glorious. So I did (or, at least, tried to).
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But I know better than to expect to "break" any bands. As Smokey Robinson put it during his SXSW keynote conversation, "There aren't any 'new' artists." The best female-fronted acts I saw at SXSW were Seattle's Visqueen and San Antonio's Girl In A Coma, each led by 20-something belters.
Visqueen's Rachel Flotard is a dead ringer for Neko Case, as much because of the long, red hair as because of her voice (deep and full of range, yet combustible with just a bit of squeak) and her demeanor (cracking wise with the crowd and bandmates between songs). And Girl In A Coma's Nina Diaz switches between grumble and all-out cry in a manner that sounds surprising even when a song plays on repeat; I named her Gwen Jett after two minutes of listening with my jaw on the floor.
In Diaz's case, it's not a bad moniker; her Latina-rock trio has been signed to Joan Jett's record label for years and has already toured with the likes of Morrissey. And in Flotard's, er, case, she's worked intimately with semi-Seattlite Neko Case for years. So, yeah, not discoveries. But the feeling of intimacy, of newness, of "screw the badges and rock out" at both bands' small-ticket sets had few curmudgeons in the crowd—and far more young, enthusiastic women putting their hands in the air and attaching themselves to the moments.
As usual, the young groups proved the most exciting at SXSW. One of Seattle's newest hot hip-hop acts, the two women of Thee Satisfaction, proved imaginative in their treatment of hooks, short songs, refrains, and even blatant touts of their open sexuality (the best of their Saturday set was a powerful-yet-slinky dance track called "Bisexual"). And the kiddos of West Palm Beach, FL's Surfer Blood—faces so chubby, it's amazing SXSW didn't collectively pinch their cheeks—sounded like a band who'd been run through the concert wringer for the past few years, not a band fresh out of high school. ("One of my high school friends has one of my songs as his ringtone," a band member gushed mid-set on Saturday. "That is the coolest thing.") Their rock attack, fitting squarely between the likes of The Shins and Rogue Wave, proved fresh thanks to frenetic stage presence, multi-part songs that escalate with dramatic pauses and multi-part harmonies, and even an attention to extra, dance-friendly percussion.
Because I caught that Surfer Blood set, I couldn't get into the much-ballyhooed Alex Chilton tribute concert, held because his band, Big Star, was scheduled to perform before he died of an apparent heart attack earlier this week. It was a glorious tribute by all accounts, complete with a cast of SXSW superstars like REM's Mike Mills, The Lemonheads' Evan Dando, X's John Doe, and She & Him's M. Ward. And it was held in Antone's, a mid-size venue that simply couldn't service the full crowd hoping to pay Chilton his fair tribute for Big Star's pop-rock legacy.
I would have loved to attend, and I'm sure Chilton would have appreciated the crowd and the rousing performances on his behalf. But I bet he was fine with me running across Austin, choosing to see new bands instead of waiting in line for his old one. And I'm sure somewhere, he laughed when Rolling Stone's David Fricke reportedly tried waving his badge at the tribute line's bouncer to cut, only to be sent to the back of the line.


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Springtime greetings from Marti Pieper in Florida. I just returned from teaching at the Colorado Christian Writers Conference, and one of the first people I saw back home in Florida was my good friend, Cheri Cowell. Cheri is a prolific writer and speaker and also happens to be one of the first authors from whom I learned marketing tips. I'm delighted to share an updated interview with her today!
Cheri, how many books do you have published? 4 What are a few of your latest titles?
Living the Story: Reaching Outside the Church Walls, and Parables and Word Pictures of the New Testament in the Following God Bible study series from AMG.
You were last featured on the CAN blog in 2009. What are the chief lessons you've learned about the writing life since then?
We need to have a long-term view of things. A longer view helps me not get so stressed about the little things and allows me to enjoy the fruits of my labor along the way.
That's great advice not just for marketing, but for life in general. What are the chief lessons you've learned about promotion since your last CAN interview?
We can't be experts on everything. Find what you are good at and what you enjoy and do those things well. That implies we've tried everything, so we do need to know about everything, just maybe not as an expert.
What are the most effective means of book promotion you've tried?
I know I'm a people person so speaking is most effective, but so is building relationships through Facebook and my daily devotionals where I feed my fans every morning.
Relationships are key, aren't they? What are the least effective promotional activities you've tried?
I'm on Pinterest but not consistently, and I need to do more with Linked-in.
So what's your favorite way to connect with your readers?
Face to face, but in the absence of that my daily devotional connects to my fans on a personal and intimate level.
You've written more devotionals than almost anyone I know, Cheri. True confession time: what's the craziest promotional gimmick you tried?
I have a sheep on the cover of my Bible study, so I thought it would be fun to create a YouTube promo with live sheep. Well, the bloopers were so funny and get my hits than the actual video because the sheep upstaged me.
I've seen that bloopers video and think it's a great marketing tool. Did you see God open any doors you never expected in the promotion of your books?
I now have my own publishing company (www.EABooksOnline.com) to help authors with their e-books, audiobooks, niche' market books, and out-of-print books.
No wonder you stay so busy! What would you say are are your top tips for new authors promoting their first book?
Start a database and develop a way to feed your fans—maybe a newsletter, a blog, or as I do, a devotional. Allow everything else you do filter to this one thing because well-fed fans keep coming back for more.
Thanks for all your wise words, Cheri. I need to pay attention to many of these tips myself. Thank you for allowing me to share your thoughts with our CAN audience.
To learn more about Cheri and her books, please visit her website (and look for the funny sheep video she mentioned on the home page, too). .
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Because I know you are all passionately interested.
First, what I like: It's nice to look at a screen and see it completely uncluttered. I'm actually less tense looking at my computer now. This was the desired result, so well done, me. Also, I like the idea of the multiple workspaces.
Now, some of what I don't like:
1. Had to reinstall the Linux after something went screwy with my first install and Firefox wouldn't work anymore. Went with Xubuntu this time; it worked perfectly (In case you're wondering, I'm using the Wubi installer, because it does all the heavy lifting on the installation — I didn't even have to make a drive partition. It was dead simple to do and I recommend it for everyone isn't so steeped in open source geekery that they could roll their own distro).
2. The word processing programs (AbiWord, KWord, OpenOffice) are dead ugly. Say what you will about Microsoft, Word 2007 is actually pretty. I wish open source had a better sense of aesthetics, basically.
3. Along the same line: Dude, Linux fonts suck. There are apparently ways to get TrueType fonts to work under Linux, but it also apparently involves opening up a terminal window and etc; sorry, it's not going to happen.
4. My install can't find my sound card. Actually, I don't know if I should count this as a negative, since the whole point is to give me a distraction free environment, so this may actually be a feature rather than a bug. Still, a strike against a completely error-free install.
Fortunately most of these qualify as annoyances rather than real problems.
We'll see what I think about all of this starting Monday, when I actually get back to work.


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This post was written by Jaeson Schultz.
On October 14th information related to a new Windows vulnerability, CVE-2014-4114, was published. This new vulnerability affects all supported versions of Microsoft Windows. Windows XP, however, is not affected by this vulnerability. The problem lies in Windows' OLE package manager. When triggered it allows for remote code execution.
In this case, attackers crafted a malicious Powerpoint document. Upon execution the Powerpoint document would extract two embedded OLE objects: a .inf file, and another executable. The .inf file is used to make changes to the host system, and launch the malicious executable. A key is added to the registry to keep the malware running after a system restart. While it has been alleged that this specific attack was initially used by threat actors in a specific region, Cisco Talos expects other attackers to begin using this technique as well because of the simplicity of the attack vector.
Here is a list of the IP address Indicators of Compromise:
The malicious Powerpoint document has a SHA256 hash value of:
Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) customers are protected from this threat. Similarly, customers deploying Cisco IronPort Web Security Appliances (WSA) and users of Cisco Cloud Web Security (CWS) are also protected. Customers using Cisco IronPort Email Security Appliance (ESA) are protected from malicious attachments exploiting this vulnerability. Snort signatures 32186 and 32187 provide coverage for this vulnerability.
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Weaponized Powerpoint in the Wild
Posted by Craig Williams at 2:51 AM
Labels: Malware, Talos, Threat Research, zero-day
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Does it affect Windows XP Professional x64? I'm asking because you stated that it affects "all supported versions of Microsoft Windows" and XP Pro x64 is in a kind of grey area. Officially Microsoft no longer supports it, but technically they still do till July 2015.ReplyDelete
Hi Andy,ReplyDelete
Thanks for reading our blog. I think you can rest easy. Windows XP is not affected by CVE-2014-4114. I believe the earliest version of Windows to contain this OLE packager vulnerability is Vista SP2.
Jaeson Schultz
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Out of curiosity, does anyone actually read this blog? I get a couple of comments here and there but I feel like I have practically zero readers. A post takes me a really long time and I don't mind the effort b/c I do this out of love - OUT OF LOVE, MUAHAHAHA!! - but I'd like to know that it's at least interesting to more than 2 other people out there?
I dunno...thoughts? Comments? Reassurance that I should continue?
Also, I wonder if you realize this but if you click on the image, it takes you to the flickr page where there is a much much larger version of it for your viewing pleasure. :-)
July 14, 2009
Out of curiosity, does anyone actually read this blog? I get a couple of comments here and there but I feel like I have practically zero readers. A post takes me a really long time and I don't mind the effort b/c I do this out of love - OUT OF LOVE, MUAHAHAHA!! - but I'd like to know that it's at least interesting to more than 2 other people out there?
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i read your blog and love it!
I'm a complete lurker - but I love your blog. I can't imagine the time that goes into the posts.
your blog is a jewel,I love it!
I read your blog all the days I can manage to (with 3 small kids to look after) and it's a real visual education for me. Thank you so much for going to all the effort.
I most definitely read, but then I've commented before so just wanted you to know I'm still reading. Modern or period films are fine by me. Just give me pictures and more lovely pictures.
I think you fill a very interesting niche. I think that there are a lot of design blogs that all say the same thing, have the same view, end up posting almost the same posts. I guess that is one of the purposes of blogging/the net, to connect people with similar views, and I guess I can see the value in that, but I personally am more interested in unique perspectives. I think that the design and fashion in films have a lot of relevance. When my daughter was decorating her home, I kept sending her to some of the more usual design blogs but what she got most excited about were some posts on some blog that showed how to recreate spaces in movies. If you were going to add anything, that would be my suggestion -- sources for similar items to recreate a look.
I do ! I buy some movies on DVD just because I love the design... so your blog is perfect for me. And it introduces me to movies I normally wouldn't see. Keep it up ;->m
Hurrah for more than 2 readers! Thanks for all your comments and encouragement. Sometimes it gets kind of gloomy when I see no comments b/c I'm always questioning whether I am just talking into a void. I just really love movies, fashion, and design and wish nothing more to share my passion with others so it's always nice to know that my obscure little blog is helpful to some people out there. :)
Norine - I agree, I have a long list of design blogs that I visit frequently as well and it does get kind of boring when I keep seeing the same photos pop up on every one. I would love to provide sources to similar items used as props but that can be very difficult because so many of those products are uniquely created for that particular movie. I also do not work in the interior design industry so my knowledge is rather limited as to where to procure actual products. But that's one of the reasons I created the blog b/c I was hoping that those readers who are in the know will chime in and enlighten the rest of us.
Again, thanks for delurking everyone!
please keep writing- it is such a fun blog!
You have lots of lurkers -- I'm one. I have you linked to my yahoo page -- even DesireToInspire doesn't get that treatment! -- but to get commentary, you need to rile up sensibilities. Can you get Palin to write an op-ed?
I agree with your stated views, I am appreciative of your attention to detail -- it would be a great loss if you did not continue to blog.
But true commentary comes when you have a divisive subject. And frankly, when I've disagreed with a post on other sites(regarding unsustainable design and well-lit clutter being presented as legit decoration, for instance) my comments were quickly deleted.
I'm sure other lurkers have other reasons for not responding openly. But that is mine. If I have a true comment -- I hold my tongue, as it wouldn't be received well. An opinion based entirely on history.
great blog!
I truly adore the effort you go to, I've only just started reading today, but I am just devouring your old posts. I really love that you actually seem to review (and snapshot) old movies (and new). Your blog is classy! And I love the detail that you notice, it's like the stuff I notice that never really gets pointed out and you yearn the shot to just pause or go wide, so you can really appreciate the set/atmosphere/clothing. I've even added Sunday Mornings to me work computer favourites.
A bit late here, but I just found your blog yesterday. I don't often comment on any blogs but I truly love yours so far. I'm sure it's nice to hear feedback and honestly I usually just forget how much something like that matters when I'm lurking. I also feel lame posting comments when I don't have a blog of my own. Keep up the great work, I know we all appreciate it!
Well I was directed to your blog by the Vintage Hair community at LiveJournal and since yesterday I have read everything back to this post. I LOVE your work. It's amazing. I am simply devouring everything you post, even the modern films that I wouldn't normally consider.
Please keep posting, it's so valuable.


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A message entitled, They Call Me Lord, preached by Pastor Rose Banks at the Colorado Springs Fellowship on 5/29/2016 from Luke 6:46.
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June Bali Foreign Tourist Arrivals Decline
Bali by the Numbers: Bali Foreign Arrivals Level Off as June Bookings Decline. Are Days of Arrival's Growth Ending?
Clearly, Bali arrivals have arrived at a plateau. Gone are the days of month-on-month double digit growth in arrivals to Bali calling into doubt optimistic projections by the island leaders that Bali will achieve 5 million foreign visitors by 2015.
In June 2012 a total of 238,296 foreign visitors came to Bali, a decline of 0.8% over June 2011 when 240,154 foreign tourists came to the island. June together with April is the second month in 2012 in which month-on-month foreign arrivals have declined.
On a cumulative basis January-June 2012 visitors are up 7.73% totaling 1,369,758.
3 Million Foreign Tourists Predicted for 2012
Extrapolating foreign arrivals by assuming a steady 7.73% growth rate through the end of the current year, Bali should welcome close to 3 million tourists by the end of 2012.
Arrivals by Major Markets
Australia – Australian arrivals month-on-month declined slightly (-0.003%) in June with 72,084 visitors from down under. Year-on-year January-June there were 379,372 visitors to Bali representing an increase of 8.15% over the same period in 2011.
People's Republic of China – Arrivals from the PRC for June were equally flat at 19,648 visitors – up only 0.014% month-on-month. Due to the strong start on the year from the PRC, year-on-year PRC visitors are up 53.29% overall with 163,103 Chinese visitors for the period January-June 2012.
Malaysia – Is the shine off Bali for the Malaysian market? June 2012 arrivals totaled 13,654 – a decrease of 17.5% when compared to June 2011. Cumulatively, Malaysian arrivals for January-June are down 0.6% at 82,996 visitors.
Japan – Once the main source of foreign visitors to Bali, Japan has now slipped into 4th place. While year-on-year through the end of June Japanese arrivals are down 8.97%, there is some indication that the government's policy of enhancing air access from Japan is paying dividends. June arrivals ex Japan at 14,643 represent a month-on-month improvement of 7.62%, and makes June 2012 the third consecutive month in which Japanese arrivals improved as compared to 2011.
Is a turn-around in Japanese arrivals to Bali now underway?
United Kingdom – U.K. arrivals are strong, moving up from a ranking of 7th last year to 6th for the current year. Month-on-month U.K. arrivals for June totaled 9.641 – an increase of 13.01% as compared to June 2011. On a cumulative basis for the fist six months of this year, U.K. arrivals are up 12.59%.
Taiwan – Taiwan arrivals to Bali appear to be troubled. June arrivals from Taiwan at 8,996 are down 31.9% compared to the same month one year ago. Taiwan's ranking has slipped from 5th to 7th place in the course of one year. Cumulatively for the first six months of 2012 Taiwanese arrivals are down 18.21%.
U.S.A. – U.S. tourism to Bali improved 8.1% in June 2012 with 8,838 visitors. Year-on-year U.S.A. visitors are up 10.76%.
France – French tourists coming to Bali in June increased 4.3% as compared to June 2011. France sent 7.353 tourists to Bali in June 2012. Year-on-year arrivals from France are virtually flat, improving only 0.84% during the first six months of 2012.
Russia – Russian arrivals in June improved 22.6% totaling 3,863. For the first six months of the year Russian tourists are up 7.77%.
Germany – Germany arrivals slipped 2.28% in June at 6.750 visitors. Year-on-year for the first half of the year German visitors have improved 8.02%,
The Netherlands – Dutch visitors to Bali continue to decline, down 3.5% month-on-month for June 2012 with 4,784 visitors. Year-on-year Dutch visitors are down 3.04% for January-June 2012.
Geographically Asia-Pacific and ASEAN represent a combined 72.02% market share of all foreign tourist arrivals to Bali.
Source: BaliDiscovery.com


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Came in with 2 yearlings. Made a nice hit despite heavy rains.
Details about Pat Lefemine 's hunt
Hunt Details
Date Killed - 11/16/2000
State - Md
County - Kent
Time of Day - Morning
Sex - F
Whitetail Deer
Equipment Details
Bow Make/Model - Morrison Longbow
Broadhead - Wensel Woodsman
Arrow - Carbon/Graphite
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Given a convex polytope P with n faces in R3, points s,t on P, and a parameter 0< µ <= 1, we present an algorithm that constructs a path on P from s to t whose length is at most (1+ µ)dP(s,t), where dP(s,t) is the length of the shortest path between s and t on P. The algorithm runs in O(n log 1/ µ + 1/ µ3) time, and is relatively simple to implement. The running time is O(n + 1/ µ3) if we only want the approximate shortest path distance and not the path itself. We also present an extension of the algorithm that computes approximate shortest path distances from a given source point on P to all vertices of P.
In J. ACM,
44 (1997), 567-584.
Preliminary version appeared in the 12th Annual ACM Symposium on COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY.
Full version: PDF.
@Article{ahsv-aspcp-97 , author = "P.~K.~Agarwal and S.~Har-Peled and M.~Sharir and K.~R.~Varadarajan" , title = "Approximate Shortest Paths on a Convex Polytope in Three Dimensions" , journal = "J. Assoc. Comput. Mach." , year = 1997 , volume = {44} , pages = {567--584} }


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What a month of contrasts – we had snow and freezing cold winds and then the hottest day on record for February all within 10 days! Somehow this feeling of being stretched between hot and cold, good news and challenging stories, also seems to be playing out in the lives of many I know this month. As in the natural so in the spiritual. It seems that many people are experiencing both the amazing and the difficult running along together on these twin tracks of life. I was just ministering in a church in the UK where, after a prolonged battle of prayer, a young boy died and went to be with Jesus. Then within the hour of hearing this news another family contacted me to say their miracle baby had been born – she was alive and well. Life and death, weeping and rejoicing! Somehow, I do feel that God is stretching the heart of the church in this season to be able to handle both well, even at the same time. So often we feel that we are having an amazing time and being blessed – or this is a hard season and we are being stretched. However, I have really felt the Lord challenge me to have eyes to see both and in every season. Every day when there is a setback or hardship there is also the kiss of God and blessing. Again and again I have found myself being stretched between tears of joy and tears of pain. It is not an easy place to live but I feel God is stretching our hearts to carry kindness and strength in this season. Can we develop an attitude of gratitude, even in the fog of everyday life which can be challenging? Can we be those who carry a genuine joy in the midst of trial? Are we able to see the blessing or are we too distracted by the hardship? These are some of the questions I find I am asking myself! As I was praying about this season I felt God say to me – Rachel I am going to upgrade the navigation skills of the church. You will be able to find a way through difficult circumstances with new grace. I will show you the way when there seems to be no way! Often you have felt you have reached a DEAD END but I do have a way for you. I will be both the lamp to your feet in the everyday and will reveal the broad path of the future. Do not fear. There are new skills of navigation for the church and YOU WILL FIND YOUR WAY!
So, Father, right now we pray for everyone reading this newsletter and ask that your encouragement and strength would fill them; bring comfort where there is sorrow and pain and understanding where there is concern and confusion. I pray that you will upload into our spirits a new grace to find the will and the way of God in this season. Direct our steps and satisfy our hearts. Thank you, Father – Amen.
Well February was a busy month but satisfying too. I have managed to have time with the grandchildren, Jeremy and Annabelle, and celebrate our son David's birthday. I have had flu and recovered – thank you, Jesus! Gordon has been having various tests for ongoing health issues and will be having surgery on his eye next month. I have been with my family in San Antonio for 5 days to have time with my Mum as she handles the more challenging life of caring for Dad who is now in a care home. So there has been family and general life demands this month but even so we have still been able to minister and been busy. We have attended two prayer days; preached and had conferences in Thundersley, Southhill and Southwell in the UK; had our UK Trustees' meeting and our USA board gathering; had phone calls with mentors in Canada; travelled to Bergen, Norway to minister and set apart a new leadership team; had a time of retreat and study leave to prepare material for speaking; preached in the North West area of Washington State about 14 times at a variety of services and places…so life has been very full!!
In March we will finish our current USA ministry trip and then return for a week's ministry in the UK before traveling overseas again. Here is an outline of our itinerary:
1-2 March RAINIER HILLS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP WOMEN'S CONFERENCE, BUCKLEY, WA, USA
(Rachel & Helen)
3 March SONRISE CHRISTIAN CENTER, EVERETT, WA, USA (Rachel & Helen)
5 March SONRISE CHRISTIAN CENTRE'S LEADERSHIP TEAM, EVERETT, WA, USA (Rachel&Helen)
6-9 KINGDOM ADVANCE NETWORK PROPHETIC GATHERING, BURTON ON TRENT, UK (Rachel,
Gordon & Helen)
10 MAJESTY CHAMPION CENTRE, UXBRIDGE, UK (Rachel)
13-18 OVERSEAS MINISTRY (Rachel & Gordon)
16 BREATHE CONFERENCE, CAMBRIDGE, UK (Helen to attend)
20 HILLSONG EVENING COLLEGE THEOLOGY SEMINAR, OXFORD, UK (Helen)
22-24 REDISCOVER CHURCH PROPHETIC ENCOUNTER WEEKEND, EXETER, UK (Rachel & Helen)
24 RIVERSIDE CHURCH, EXETER, UK (Gordon)
25-26 LEADERS MENTORING TIME, BARNSTAPLE, UK (Rachel & Gordon)
30 PREMIER RADIO WOMAN TO WOMAN CONFERENCE, LONDON, UK (Rachel & Helen)
31 ALL NATIONS CHURCH, READING, UK (Rachel)
Our next two Legacy Days will be "Refuel" on Saturday 15 June in Oxford and "Refocus" on Saturday 21 September in Peterborough. BOOKINGS FOR "REFUEL" ARE NOW OPEN! Click here to book your place.
We are grateful to all of you who pray for us on a regular basis and for those who take the time to email us your words of encouragement. Thank you too if you have chosen to make a regular monthly donation towards our work. While one off gifts are always special, regular monthly giving helps us to budget and plan and so we are especially thankful for those of you who choose to partner with us in this way. As Heartcry's influence grows and diversifies and we give more time to small groups, schools and mentoring, rather than just the big conferences, we are embarking on a new adventure of faith and are blessed by those who choose to become partners with us in this season.
With all our love and appreciation,
Helen Azer and Rachel Hickson.


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Hanover and free food (6/26, 6/27, 6/28)
Day 121, 6/26: The Lookout -> Thistle Hill shelter (14.8 miles)
We woke up to see the sunrise through the windows of the cabin, and Piñata went up to the roof platform to get pictures. We took our time sleeping in and making breakfast. I stayed after Rash, Piñata, and Chef Boyardee left to tape my pinky toes. My left toe is red, a little swollen, and tender. The morning hiking wasn't terrible, even with my late start. The berry bushes are covered in green berries, getting ready to ripen.Green berries galore
I met my first SOBO thru hiker, and stopped to chat with him about the Whites. I came to a parking lot, and met a couple who were day hiking. They offered me an apple, which I gladly took. It was big, sweet, and tasted amazing. Today celebrates being on the trail for 4 months, and the apple was a good way to celebrate.
It started raining in the afternoon and started to get cold. I don't mess around being cold and wet from the incident back in Virginia, so I layered up with my long sleeve and rain jacket. Coming over a hill, I heard barking, and found a huge Anatolian Mastiff running at me. He was barking and growling, and every time I moved, he lunged. He stopped 50 feet away. I was on the phone with Louis, and I was furious. He was obviously not a friendly dog and should not have been running free. There was another black dog running around. I tentatively walked over the hill into the forest, and found the owner calling to the dog (who was ignoring him). I hurried down the hill, and the black dog ran after me and tried to nip my heels.
I made it to the shelter, and found Rash, Piñata, and a hiker named Trinket. As we were making dinner, we met Chief and Doc. Doc thru hiked in 1975, and Chief was section hiking with Doc's support. Chief is the retired police chief of Christiansburg, and has Parkinson's. Doc is the state veterinarian for Virginia. We had a lot of interesting conversations that evening.
I went to get water, and found a neat little waterfall. Rash, Piñata, and I slept in the shelter, partially because it was calling for rain, and partially because we didn't want any bear surprises. Piñata found a machete and 2 hatchets that had been left in the shelter, and we decided our bear defenses would be adequate if they tried to come in the shelter.
Day 122, 6/27: Thistle Hill shelter -> Hanover, NH (14.7 miles)
I woke up to the crinkling of Trinket's ground tarp under her mattress. We thankfully did not have any bear visitors last night, and despite being in the shelter, I slept pretty well. We made breakfast and packed up to go. On the way out, I stopped to use the famous privy that was transported here after another shelter was dismantled.
The weather was calling for storms later on, but starting out, the hiking was beautiful. I descended into West Hartford, and as I was walking alongside the road, I heard shouting. I found Rash and Piñata with some other hikers shouting and waving from the front porch of a house nearby. I walk towards the house and was greeted by an old black lab, barking up a storm. A nonhiker, Randy, asked if I wanted breakfast, and I happily said yes. Rash and Piñata were with Chef Boyardee (who we now call Ravioli), and Trinket. Linda and Randy own the house and use it as a free hostel for hikers.
After hanging out for a while, Tip arrived. He ate breakfast and went on his way, and we followed. Thankfully, the storms held off, despite the dark skies. Just before town, I was passed by another hiker with a French accent. His name is Froggy, and he's from Toulouse. We spoke French and hiked together into town. There were coolers sitting on driveways of houses lining the AT, and I ate some banana bread. Froggy stopped at a store, and I walked to the VT-NH border on a bride overlooking the Connecticut river. I waited for Rash and Piñata, who were resupplying at a store I missed, but it started raining, so I headed for shelter in town.
Hanover is a hiker friendly town, but full of visitors since Dartmouth is there. I was stared at by everyone, and I felt a little like a zoo animal. I stopped to get a free pasty at Lou's bakery, and got a free piece of pizza at Ramunto's. I waited for Rash and Piñata sitting on a bench outside the pizza place.
Our trio rejoined, and we headed to the bus route to take the bus to the hotel. Luckily a girl our age told us the bus schedule and helped us navigate which bus to take. I stopped at a Co-op food store to resupply, and Rash and Piñata headed to the hotel. The Co-op was full of organic, healthy food. Not exactly what a hiker needs for resupply. I made do, and headed out to catch the bus. I watched the bus pull away as I walked out of the store. Checking the schedule, I realized I'd have to wait 30 minutes for the next one. When the bus finally arrived, I almost missed my stop around the hotel. I got off at the last second, and walked to the hotel through what I thought was a shortcut. It turned out to have a wall and a swamp in the way, so I made the long trek around, walking on the highway, to get to the hotel. I was stressed, exhausted, and starving. To make matters worse, it started raining during my trek to the hotel. I settled in at the hotel, ate dinner, and almost immediately fell asleep.
Rainbow with the Days Inn sign
Day 123, 6/28: Hanover, NH -> Moose Mountain shelter (10.9 miles)
I fell asleep early last night. I don't remember falling asleep, and woke up sometime in the middle of the night burning up. I shed some layers and switched out my battery packs that were charging. We got up and went to breakfast, where we brainstormed and found an Air B&B to rent for our zeros coming up.
We went back to the room, and per usual didn't leave until the last minute. We went out to the road to hitch, but decided to walk to the bus stop instead. We missed the bus by 4 minutes, so we had to wait 25 minutes for the next one. We took the bus to the church where we got on yesterday, and hiked the rest of the way through town to the trail.
Since we had such a late start, I was doing the math and realizing I'd probably get to the shelter after 8pm. We had some big climbs to do, and I was dreading having to hurry over them. I took a small break, texted my sister, and ate some snacks. I hiked on, and found Rash and Piñata right up the trail resting at a small stream. We amended our plans to do ~10 miles today instead of the originally planned ~16. That will get us to camp around 6.
The mountain face was so steep, they installed a rope to help you up
With the amended plans, hiking was a lot more enjoyable. I relaxed, and enjoyed my day. Louis FaceTimed me when I was climbing Moose mountain about some things he's bringing me Friday, so I stopped on a rock and caught my breath. The shelter is on a blue blaze loop, so I passed the first entrance and checked out the water source slightly past the second entrance. It didn't look too hot, so I decided my water packed out from the bottom of the hill would have to do.
I found Rash, Piñata, and Trinket at the shelter. They all had their hammocks hung, and I hung between 2 close trees in the middle. My tarp ended up sagging in the middle, but I wasn't about to hang my hammock on the outskirts of camp and listen to noises all night, wondering if it was a bear. I packed out my can of beef and vegetable soup I didn't eat last night, and had it for dinner. It was delicious and will take my pack weight down by over a pound! We turned in early, while it was still light out. Hopefully we'll get an early start tomorrow.
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