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8, 2017
2017 was dominated by news of
major hacks, cybersecurity threats and data breaches. What will 2018 have
in store?
2017 was a year dominated by news of data
breaches and new cybersecurity threats, from major hacks affecting
companies like Equifax and Verizon to ransomware attacks such as the
global WannaCry incident.
It stands to reason then that we will see more
of the same in 2018, with corporations, governments, public bodies and
even political campaigns all likely targets.
So, what exactly will 2018 have in
store? McAfee Inc.'s recent threats
predictions report identified five key cyber security trends
to watch in 2018:
adversarial machine learning "arms race" between attackers and defenders
to evolve from traditional PC extortion to IoT,
high net-worth users, and corporate disruption
Serverless Apps to create attack
opportunities targeting privileges, app dependencies, and data transfers
home devices to surrender consumer privacy to corporate marketers
apps collection of children's content to pose long-term reputation risk
It is hard to argue with these predictions,
particularly those concerning an "arms race" and the evolution of
Those of us involved in cybersecurity solutions
have been locked in an "arms race" with hackers and their like for many
years, each side trading the advantage as new risks emerge and new
solutions are developed.
But the growth of AI and machine learning, with
tech giants like Amazon, Facebook and Google all getting in on the game,
makes this the next area ripe for exploitation.
As McAfee's report said: "Adversaries will
certainly employ machine learning themselves to support their attacks,
learning from defensive responses, seeking to disrupt detection models,
and exploiting newly discovered vulnerabilities faster than defenders can
patch them."
It will be essential, therefore, for enterprises
to become more strategic in their thinking and combine machine learning
with human intellect and intuition to understand these new risks and
anticipate where they might come from.
When it comes to the threat of ransomware, we
should see the WannaCry attack as the beginning
of this trend, the thin end of the wedge if you will.
The good thing about WannaCry
is that it focused attention in this area and now lots of enterprises are
proactively investing in making their systems and data secure so they
don't fall victim to future attacks.
Unfortunately, these types of incidents will
become more sophisticated and more frequent because they have been shown
to work; as long as some enterprises are paying to rescue their data the
attacks will continue.
I think the increase in number and
sophistication of cyberattacks in 2017 will encourage many enterprises to
introduce more rigorous cybersecurity procedures in 2018, both to hinder
the external threats and negate the risk of insider threats.
This insider threat is particularly important as
it presents the most immediate danger to an enterprise's cybersecurity.
It can be broken down into three areas: the
malicious insider, the opportunist insider and simple end user error.
It is this last category that poses the greatest
risk. End user error is where an employee in the course of their work
makes a mistake, such as inadvertently sharing something with the wrong
person or typing in the wrong email address, which causes a data breach.
Even trusted employees are, after all, only
human and can and will make honest mistakes.
A recent survey of cybersecurity professionals
by Crowd Research Partners found the vast majority (90 per cent) of
companies and government agencies feel vulnerable to insider threats.
What's more, 53 per cent said there had been
insider attacks against their organisation in
the previous 12 months, and 27 per cent said they had become more
A renewed focus on cybersecurity will mean an
increase in the use of external providers and solutions by many
While this will be to their organisational
advantage it will be to the detriment of their users, who will find
themselves having to jump through more hoops to authenticate themselves
and access systems and data.
This heightened security and atmosphere of
mistrust could have implications for employee privacy, and we can expect
to see cases where regulators have to get involved.
We should also expect the introduction of the
GDPR in May to have a major impact. As with the introduction of most
regulations or pieces of legislation, I expect there will be a period of
grace in which the authorities will take a "softer" approach to breaches.
However, before the end of 2018 we should also
expect to see at least one enterprise made an example of for breaching
the GDPR and facing a huge fine, though nowhere near the maximum that has
been threatened.
Finally, with the rapid improvements in
artificial intelligence capability we should expect AI to be the next big
thing in endpoint security.
Cyber solutions providers are already offering
endpoint device protection using AI, and consequently we should also
expect this to be an area hackers will look to exploit.
The key message for enterprises is to learn the
lessons of 2017; cyberattacks will increase in volume and sophistication
and if you are not being proactive in protecting yourself against them
you stand to become a victim.
More info https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20171129005305/en/McAfee-Labs-Previews-Cybersecurity-Trends-2018
December 15, 2017
Perspectives on the
next wave of cyber
Cyber risk continues to grow as
technology innovation increases and societal dependence on information
technology expands. A new and important turning point has been reached in
the struggle to manage this complex risk. In the war between cyber
attackers and cyber defenders, we have reached what Winston Churchill
might call "the end of the beginning."
Three characteristics mark this phase shift. First, global
cybercrime has reached such a high level of sophistication that it
represents a mature global business sector – illicit to be sure, but one
which is continually innovating and getting more efficient. In 2017 we
have experienced the widespread use of nation state-caliber attack
methods by criminal actors.
Powerful self-propagating malware designed to destroy data,
hardware and physical systems have caused major business disruption to
companies worldwide with an enormous financial price. The number of
ransomware attacks has also spiked significantly. More attack incidents
have impact extending beyond the initial victims with broad systemic
ripple effects.
Second, business and economic sectors have high
and growing levels of dependency on IT systems, applications and enabling
software. Growth in connectivity between digital and physical worlds, and
the acceleration in commercial deployment of innovative technologies like
Internet of Things (IOT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) will expand
potential avenues for cyberattack and increase risk aggregation effects.
These changes will make the next phase of cyber defense even more
The third shift is the rising importance of coordination among
institutions – governments, regulatory authorities, law enforcement
agencies, the legal and audit professions, the non-government policy
community, the insurance industry, and others – as a critical counter to
the global cyber threat. Cyber risk defense can only be effective if
these groups share a common understanding of the changing nature of the
threat, their importance and increased interconnected nature. Working
individually and in concert, these groups can increase our collective
cyber resilience. We are beginning to see expectations converge in areas
such as increased transparency, higher penalties for failure to maintain
a standard of due care in cyber defense, improved incident response, and
an emphasis on risk management practices over compliance checklists. It
will be vital for this trend to continue in the next phase.
Against this backdrop, the 2018 edition of the MMC Cyber handbook
provides perspective on the shifting cyber threat environment, emerging
global regulatory concepts, and best practices in the journey to cyber
resiliency. It features articles from business leaders across Marsh &
McLennan Companies as well as experts from Microsoft, Symantec, FireEye
and Cyence.
We hope the handbook provides insight which will help you
understand what it takes to achieve cyber resiliency in the face of this
significant and persistent threat.
So, what is on the horizon to be the next new normal for the cyber
world? At Cyence, our white hats are seeing a
lot of new trends, but some areas we see evolving to include increased
exposure to Internet of Things (IoT) exposures,
increased ransomware efforts, and increased regulations. We believe there
will be more attacks disrupting GPS and other geo location systems to
cause disruptions in the physical world from supply chains and marine
risks, to consumers reliant on GPS based products. As Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies
become more widely adopted, we expect to see more frequent and severe
ransomware campaigns like WannaCry and NotPetya. Last, sovereign states are increasingly
seeking regulations on data storage locations to provide governments with
better control over their data. This control is desired for a variety of
reasons including privacy, censorship, and anti-terrorism; compliance
will require operational change by companies, but the variety of cloud
resources available can simplify that transition for those organizations.
Read more: https://www.crc-ics.net/documents/CRC-ICS-2018_mmc-cyber-handbook-2018.pdf
December 10, 2017.
A skilled hacker in Vietnam stole sensitive
security details and building plans from Perth Airport after breaking
into its computer systems.
The West Australian can reveal Vietnamese man Le Duc Hoang Hai used the credentials of a third-party
contractor to get access to the airport's computer systems in March last
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's cybersecurity adviser Alastair MacGibbon said yesterday the man stole "a significant
amount of data" relating to the airport, including building schematics
and details of physical security at airport buildings.
Mr MacGibbon said Hai did not access
radars or other systems linked to aircraft operations and the travelling
public was not put at risk.
Perth Airport detected the breach and passed the information on to
the Federal Government's cybersecurity centre
in Canberra.
The hack was traced to Vietnam and the Australian Federal Police
tipped off counterparts in Vietnam, whose investigation led to Hai's
The 31-year-old was convicted in a Vietnamese military court last
week and sentenced to four years jail.
As well as hacking Perth Airport, Hai was found to have attacked
infrastructure and websites in Vietnam, including those of banks,
telecommunications and an online military newspaper.
Perth Airport is thought to have been his only Australian-based
target. Mr MacGibbon described the hack as a
"near miss", saying it could have been a lot worse.
While Hai had accessed sensitive material, he had not stolen the
personal details of travellers. "Was anyone
ever at risk? The answer is no," Mr MacGibbon
He praised the quick work of Perth Airport staff in detecting the
hack and alerting authorities in Canberra.
Mr MacGibbon said it also showed how the
AFP and the Australian Government had developed strong links with
He said there was no indication Hai was working with a larger
group and no suggestion he had on-sold the material he stole from Perth
"This is a sign of the type of work we are going to be doing a lot
more of in the future," Mr MacGibbon said.
He said using details of a third-party contractor to break into
critical infrastructure was becoming increasingly common.
Perth Airport chief executive Kevin Brown said it appeared the man
had been attempting to steal credit card data.
"We completed a full and thorough risk assessment of the data that
had been accessed to ensure there had been no threat to the safety of the
travelling public," he said. "At no time was the safety or security of
the airport, its staff, passengers or partners compromised."
Mr Brown said the airport was looking at ways to improve security
related to contractors' access to systems.
It was revealed this year that foreign attackers stole sensitive
plans about Australia's Joint Strike Fighter program after breaking into
computers of a third-party contractor.
Although the contractor was working on some of the Government's
most sensitive programs, its security protocols were poor.
Mr MacGibbon said the episode underlined
the need for big companies to demand contractors use strong security with
two-factor identification procedures.
More Info https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/significant-amount-of-sensitive-security-data-stolen-in-perth-airport-hacking-ng-b88686393z
December 1, 2017.
File photo - A cargo ship is seen crossing
through the New Suez Canal, Ismailia, Egypt, July 25, 2015.
shipping giant Clarkson has fallen victim to a cyberattack, but has vowed
not to pay a ransom to the hackers.
Wednesday, the London-based company confirmed the incident, which
breached its computer systems. "Our initial investigations have shown the
unauthorized access was gained via a single and isolated user account
which has now been disabled," it said, in a statement. "We have also put
in place additional security measures to best prevent a similar incident
happening in the future."
has been working with police following the attack, but warned that the
hacker or hackers may release some of the data they accessed. "The data
at issue is confidential and lawyers are on standby wherever needed to
take all necessary steps to preserve the confidentiality in the
information," it said.
The Wall
Street Journal describes Clarkson as the world's biggest shipbroker.
specific details about the attack have not yet been released, Clarkson
CEO Andi Case said that the company will not be intimidated into paying a
ransom. "I hope our clients understand that we would not be held to
ransom by criminals, and I would like to sincerely apologise
for any concern this incident may have understandably raised," he said,
in the company's statement.
This is not
the first time that hackers have placed the shipping industry in their
crosshairs. Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk, for example, was
targeted in the huge Petya ransomware attack
earlier this year.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/11/30/shipping-giant-hit-by-cyberattack-refuses-to-pay-hackers-ransom.html
Individuals at Risk
Cyber Danger
Privacy not included: A Guide to Make Shopping for Connected
Gifts Safer, Easier, and Way More Fun: THE HOLIDAYS, it's the
most wonderful time of the year. Unless you buy a gift that spies on your
kid or gets your friend hacked. Wish lists this year will have more
connected devices than ever. How do you know if that gift comes with
privacy included? We did the research to help you decide. Because Santa
should be the only one watching you this holiday season. Mozilla,
December 2017
Don't Give Kids Holiday Gifts That Can Spy on Them: SAN FRANCISCO — During
the holiday season, my husband and I tend to offer suggestions to those
who are generous enough to insist on buying presents for our kids. Things
like "Don't spend more than $50" and "No guns." Or, for those with whom
we can be comfortably blunt, "Just cash, please." The New York Times,
December 8, 2017
Hackers Can Spy On Kids Through Some Holiday Toys: Some of this holiday
season's smart toys that can listen and talk to children are vulnerable
to hackers who can take over such devices' electronics, researchers are
warning parents. CBS, December 8, 2017
Cyber Update
Google patches
Android flaw allowing attackers to poison signed Apps with malicious
code: Among the four dozen
vulnerabilities Google patched this week was a fix for a bug that allowed
attackers to inject malicious code into Android apps without affecting an
app's signature verification certificate. The technique allows an attacker
to circumvent device anti-malware protection and escalate privileges on
targeted device with a signed app that appears to be from a trusted
publisher, according to researchers. ThreatPost,
December 8, 2017
Apple Fixes Flaw Impacting HomeKit
Devices: Apple said it has fixed
an undisclosed vulnerability in its HomeKit
framework that could have allowed unauthorized remote control of HomeKit devices such as smart locks and connected
garage door openers. Threatpost,
December 8, 2017
Issues Emergency Patch for 'Critical' Flaw in Windows Security: Remote code execution
vulnerability in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine was found by UK spy
agency's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). DarkReading,
December 8, 2017
Cyber Warning
traders beware: Fake trading bot offer installs Remote Access Trojan
(RAT): As the price of Bitcoin
keeps hitting surprising heights, more and more cyber crooks are turning
their sights on anything and anyone who trades or uses the popular
cryptocurrency. HelpNetSecurity,
December 8, 2017
'Mailsploit' Lets Hackers Forge Perfect
Email Spoofs: Pretending to be
someone you're not in an email has never been quite hard enough—hence
phishing, that eternal scourge of internet security. But now one
researcher has dug up a new collection of bugs in email programs that in
many cases strip away even the existing, imperfect protections against
email impersonation, allowing anyone to undetectably spoof a message with
no hint at all to the recipient. Wired, December, 5, 2017
Information Security
Management in the Organization
Information Security
Management and Governance
NIST Releases Updated Cyber Framework V1.1: On December 5, 2017,
the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a
revised draft of its proposed updates to its Framework for Improving
Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity. The revised draft includes a new
section on communicating with stakeholders about cybersescurity
requirements, addresses stakeholder concerns regarding cybersecurity
supply chain risk management and measuring cybersecurity risks and
benefits, and addresses six new topics, including the Cyber-Attack
Lifecycle. NIST has updated both the Framework and its accompanying
Roadmap. ALston & Bird, December
5, 2017
Cyber Awareness
Phishers Are Upping Their Game. So Should You: Not long ago, phishing
attacks were fairly easy for the average Internet user to spot: Full of
grammatical and spelling errors, and linking to phony bank or email
logins at unencrypted (http:// vs. https://) Web pages. Increasingly,
however, phishers are upping their game, polishing their copy and hosting
scam pages over https:// connections — complete with the green lock icon
in the browser address bar to make the fake sites appear more legitimate.
KrebsOnSecurity, December 7, 2017
Cyber Defense
What Slugs in a Garden Can Teach Us About Security: Design principles
observed in nature serve as a valuable model to improve organizations'
security approaches. DarkReading,
December 8, 2017
Cybersecurity in Society
Cyber Crime
Criminals Steal $64M of Bitcoin From Cryptocurrency Firm NiceHash: A Slovenian
cryptocurrency mining marketplace, NiceHash,
said it lost about $64 million worth of bitcoin in a hack of its payment
system, the latest incident to highlight risks that uneven oversight and
security pose to booming digital currencies. Insurance Journal,
December 8, 2017
NiceHash cryptomining exchange hacked, payment system
compromised, and contents of NiceHash Bitcoin
wallet stolen. $64m in Bitcoins stolen: NiceHash
buyers and miners, change your passwords immediately if you haven't
already been ransacked: the cryptomining
exchange that describes itself as the world's largest marketplace for
mining digital currencies has been vacuumed out. Naked Security,
December 7, 2017
North Carolina
County Refuses to Pay $23,000 Ransom to Hackers: In a world rocked by
hackers, trolls and online evildoers of all stripes, the good people of
the internet have long looked for a hero who would refuse to back down.
Finally, someone has said enough is enough. And that someone is the
government of Mecklenburg County, N.C. The New York Times, December 6,
Shipping giant hit by cyberattack, refuses to pay hackers'
ransom: U.K. shipping giant
Clarkson has fallen victim to a cyberattack, but has vowed not to pay a
ransom to the hackers. Fox, November 30, 2017
Cyber Law
Bill Proposes Jail Time for Executives Who Conceal Data Breaches: On November 30, 2017, a
group of U.S. senators re-introduced a bill, known as the Data Security
and Breach Notification Act, which seeks to impose criminal liability of
up to five years of jail time on any corporate executive convicted of
"intentionally and willfully" concealing a data breach. Alston &
Bird, December 4, 2017
Know Your Enemy
Cybersecurity Trends for 2018. McAfee Forecasts Adversarial
Machine Learning, Ransomware, Serverless Apps,
Connected Home Privacy, and Privacy of Child-Generated Content: 2017 was a year
dominated by news of data breaches and new cybersecurity threats, from
major hacks affecting companies like Equifax and Verizon to ransomware
attacks such as the global WannaCry incident. CSO,
December 8, 2017
How North Korea recruits its army of young hackers: SEOUL, South Korea —
Teenage math whiz Ri Jong Yol
was a solid candidate to join Kim Jong Un's
army of elite hackers. NBC News, December 8, 2017
Cybercrime Now
Driven by Four Distinct Groups, says new report from Malwarebytes on "New
Mafia": The new generation of
cyber-criminals resemble traditional Mafia organizations, not just in
their professional coordination, but also in their willingness to
intimidate and paralyze victims. InfoSecurity
Group, December 8, 2017
Detector for Skimmer Scammers: Crooks who make and
deploy ATM skimmers are constantly engaged in a cat-and-mouse game with
financial institutions, which deploy a variety of technological measures
designed to defeat skimming devices. The latest innovation aimed at
tipping the scales in favor of skimmer thieves is a small, battery
powered device that provides crooks a digital readout indicating whether
an ATM likely includes digital anti-skimming technology. KrebsOnSecurity, December 5, 2017
National Cybersecurity
Stewart Baker discusses "unmasking" of US identities in
intelligence reports with Lawfare's Susan
Hennessey and Andrew McCarthy of National Review – Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast: Episode 195 features an
interview with Susan Hennessey of Lawfare and
Andrew McCarthy of the National Review. They walk us through the
"unmasking" of US identities in intelligence reports — one of the most
divisive partisan issues likely to come up in the re-enactment of section
702 of FISA. I bask momentarily in the glow of being cast as a civil
liberties extremist. And Thidwick the
Big-Hearted Moose offers insights into 702 reform. Steptoe Cyberblog, December 4, 2017
Financial Cybersecurity
Vulnerability in mobile apps of several high-profile banks
exposed customers to man-in-the-middle attack allowing attackers to steal
customers' credentials including usernames and passwords: A flaw in certificate
pinning exposed customers of a number of high-profile banks to
man-in-the-middle attacks on both iOS and Android devices. ZDNet,
December 7, 2017
Cyber Medical
Experts Look
For Lessons in FDA's Pacemaker Cybersecurity Recall: In a paper in JAMA this
week, two experts highlight lessons that could be learned from the US
Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) first major cybersecurity-related
recall for a permanent implantable medical device. RAPS, December 8,
Cyber Sunshine
Password Service Leakbase Goes Dark: Leakbase,
a Web site that indexed and sold access to billions of usernames and
passwords stolen in some of the world largest data breaches, has closed
up shop. A source close to the matter says the service was taken down in
a law enforcement sting that may be tied to the Dutch police raid of the Hansa dark web market earlier this year. KrebsOnSecurity, December 4, 2017
Former NSA
Employee Pleads Guilty to Taking Classified Data: A former employee for
the National Security Agency pleaded guilty on Friday to taking
classified data to his home computer in Maryland. According to published
reports, U.S. intelligence officials believe the data was then stolen
from his computer by hackers working for the Russian government. KrebsOnSecurity, December 2, 2017
Cyber Miscellany
Google's AlphaZero artificial intelligence (AI) taught itself
chess from scratch in four hours. Then, it wiped the floor with the
former world-leading chess software, Stockfish
8: Human chess grandmaster
Peter Heine Nielsen tells the BBC that he's "always wondered how it would
be if a superior species landed on earth and showed us how they played
chess." NakedSecurity, December 8,
Gartner: IT Security Spending to Reach $96 Billion in 2018: Identity access
management and security services to drive worldwide spending growth. DarkReading, December 8, 2017
So, What is
This Blockchain Thing?: It's hard to avoid
articles, white papers, blog pieces and presentations that promote the
almost magical use of blockchain – it seems
that blockchain, a form of distributed ledger
technology, can be applied to virtually any situation, and best of all,
it is entirely secure. As Don and Alex Tapscott
wrote in Blockchain Revolution, "The blockchain is an incorruptible digital ledger of
economic transactions that can be programmed to record not just financial
transactions but virtually everything of value." Robert Braun, JMBM Cybersecurity Lawyer
Forum, December 7, 2017
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Founded in 2015, the Cyber Research Center
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Physical & Cyber Protection and Resilience. CRC-ICS goals are to
inform industries / critical infrastructures about the fast changing
threats they are facing and the measures, controls and techniques that
can be implemented to be prepared to deal with these cyber threats.
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A nice birthday.
My parents came all the way from Luxembourg to celebrate my birthday...with a race (we did celebrate afterwards with friends at a local restaurant though). In the morning, the weather was crappy and we were starting to get a bit depressed because my mom has been sick since her last race and with the downpour outside, it would only get worse. But it started to clear up around noon, so we got ready and went to the race which is about 4 kilometers away from where I live. I had never done this race before and when I saw that rather painful looking uphill up to the finish-line, I wasn't quite sure what to think of it.
I knew though that we had to do something as a team, especially since it was my birthday and the first time after more than 6 months that my nom and I would race together.
I had briefed her on some of the other riders, and told her not to wait too long, rather than reacting, she should act. Which is what she did and only Céline Ondet could follow her. With her younger sister, we blocked and countered every attack and waited on them to double us. When they did, I had done too much and I couldn't follow, I was even on the verge of being dropped. I wouldn't let that happen, so I fought back but it was much too late to get back to my mothers group. I was angry at myself, I had let her down, she was alone with the two sisters and there was nothing I could do about it. So I attacked in one of the last laps during the uphill, to see who could follow. I managed to get away but I couldn't hold the attack and I let the bunch catch me back. I did see however that if I managed my effort cleverly, I could win the sprint of the bunch. So in the last lap, knowing that my mom didn't make it to first place because she didn't act fast enough and because of her bad cold, I waited patiently, still following all attacks, took the last turn into the uphill as fast as I could and gave it all I had left. And it played out as I wanted, no-one got back and I finished 5th, first of the bunch, with a few meters advantage on the next girl. First sprint I have ever won in my life I have to add.
I am disappointed because I wanted to belp my mom win this thing so bad, but it just wasn't meant to be (the race would have had a different outcome if mom hadn't been sick). But at the same time I'm happy to have finished like I did, happy that I had one of the most amazing birthdays in my 24 years of existence, happy that everyone was so awesome. I really appreciated every moment of that day. I'm a happy camper now.
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젨젨젨젨 As an avid reader of classic literature, there are several books that I would love to see brought to life on film. Some already have been adapted for the cinema, and much to my dislike. If I had the opportunity to bring one book to life, and do it to my own liking, that book would have to be Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice. It is a classic and beautifully written love story that tugs at the reader's heart. In my opinion, it captures the beauty of what love is all about. It is wonderful choice for cinematic adaptation because the story line is capable of standing on its own. A good cast and a brilliant director would be the major obstacles.
젨젨젨젨 The first thing I would consider when making this movie would be my cast. Elizabeth Bennett, although the protagonist of the entire story, is actually the easiest for me to cast. Kate Winslet would be my choice. I can think of no other actress that seems fit for the part. Winslet has a remarkable range, and she is an actress that I think viewers can take seriously in the role. Mr. Darcy poses a much more daunting task for me. I would want a serious actor, capable of a wide range of emotions and someone who ultimately possesses that "brooding" quality that seems to make Mr. Darcy who he is. I have heard of versions starring Colin Firth as the arrogant Mr. Darcy, but I cannot seem to picture him in the role. I think I would much prefer someone like Jude Law, although I am still not entirely sure about him for the role. It might be easiest to get a relatively unknown actor for this one, someone who the public knows very little about and would have no pre-conceived notions of.
젨젨젨젨 Although the roles of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy are the two most important to the story, I do have some ideas for the other characters as well. For the good-natured Jane, I picture someone like Claire Forlani or Kate Beckinsdale. For the kind and generous Charles Bingley, I really like Andrew Lincoln, a British actor who is best known for playing Mark in the screenplay Love Actually, written and directed by Richard Curtis. I also like Eric Bana for this role. Bana is probably best known for his role as Hector in the movie Troy, directed by Wolfgang Peterson. Bana might also prove a worthy candidate for Mr. Darcy as well, but I have yet to see him as a romantic lead.
젨젨젨젨 For the frivolous and self-absorbed Lydia, I picture Beverley Mitchell. She is best-known for her work as Lucy in the television show Seventh Heaven. She has an abundance of energy as an actress, and she really seems to fit the role quite well. Mr. Wickham deserves someone who has a playboy image. The name that ultimately comes to my mind is Colin Farrell. Although not often showcased, Farrell has quite a bit of talent and range. A movie of this nature could help him to show these qualities.
젨젨젨젨 Mr. Bennett deserves a dignified actor, and Geoffrey Rush quickly comes to mind. My only fear is that he may be too old for the role, and in that case I like Liam Neeson. I am at a loss on Mrs. Bennett. Any actress in that role would need to have plenty of energy and really bring out the frivolous qualities that the character possesses. I would like Natalie Portman as the studious Mary Bennett and perhaps an unknown actress as Kitty Bennett.
젨젨젨젨 Although the actors and actresses that I have chosen for the roles would do a fantastic job on their own, a brilliant director often times makes all the difference. My choice for this film would be James L. Brooks. His body of work, both as a director and a producer, is quite impressive. Movies such as Terms of Endearment, As Good As It Gets, Big, and Jerry Maguire certainly do not look bad on a résumé.
젨젨젨젨 I would try to keep the story line of the movie as close as possible to the novel. After all, telling the story is the sole purpose. Sometimes changes are necessary simply for feasibility of production. I recognize that fact, but would do my best to change as little as possible of the original story. I would probably choose the English countryside for the setting and costumes would follow traditional nineteenth-century British dress.
젨젨젨젨 If there was one film-literature combination that I would try to emulate, it would have to be Pygmalion, directed in 1938 by Anthony Asquith and Leslie Howard and based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play. That movie did a wonderful job of showcasing the relationship between the unlikable Professor Higgins (Leslie Howard) and Eliza (Wendy Hiller). I see several comparisons between the two works with regard to the relationship between the two main characters. Professor Higgins is that work's Mr. Darcy. He is arrogant and utterly unlikable. Eliza is a somewhat equal comparison to Elizabeth. Although not as intelligent, Eliza will not bow down to Higgins and has no problems showing herself as a strong woman who speaks her mind and is not impressed by wealth.
젨젨젨젨 Being an avid reader of classical literature by no means makes me qualified to make a movie. In fact, I would probably be quite horrible at it. Despite that fact, there are some things that I do know. The story line is always important and has to be able to sustain itself without all the high-tech gadgets available today. Actors and actresses need to be chosen on ability, not popularity. And finally, something is to be learned from the classic movies of the past. They relied on high-quality acting, story line, and directing. An enormous budget and high-tech gadgetry will never replace those three basic ingredients.


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Church's is a high-end English footwear manufacturer founded in 1873 by Thomas Church and his three sons.[1] During the 1990s the company came under the control of Prada which bought 83% of the company at US$170 million.
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|Thomas Church and his three sons
|Northampton, England
Between the two world wars Church's became actively involved in the development of the footwear industry in general. In 1919 the British Boot, Shoe and Allied Trades Research Association was created with Church's as a founder-member. As a result of this partnership, the Northampton Technical College was established in 1925. This went on to become the University of Northampton in 2005.
The family business was taken over by Prada in 1999, and has since then expanded its outlets overseas.[1] As of 2014, the company employed 650 people. The same year, Church's took over adjacent premises in St James Road, formerly a tram and later a bus depot, in anticipation of further expansion which could add up to another 140 jobs.[2]
Its main installations are located in the St James area of Northampton, with an estimated production capacity of 5,000 pairs per week, 70% of which are exported all over the world. Besides products sold to resellers and individual customers, the company also has several of its own retail stores, including ones in Jermyn Street, London, George Street, Edinburgh, and Pacific Place, Hong Kong. It has 50 stores across central and northern Europe, America, Hong Kong, China, Singapore and Japan.[2]
British Prime Minister, Tony Blair had a "lucky pair" of Church's black 310 brogues that he wore to every session of Prime Minister's Questions for ten years.[3][4]
During Pierce Brosnan's tenure as James Bond, various selections of dress shoes from the Church's range were used in production. Lindy Hemming, who was the costume designer explained the choice of Church's shoes as having the appropriate weight to complement the silhouette of the tailored Brioni suits she had commissioned for Bond.[5]
Mr Bean (portrayed by Rowan Atkinson) wore a pair of black Church's on the TV show and in the films.
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True Patriotism
By Smith2028
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United States
April 4, 2007 12:00am CST
I usually reserve my rants for my personal website, but this one is going here. I love my country. I love everything about it. I love that I can say what I want, wear what I want, go where I want, read what I want, write what I want. I love that many years ago some men stood up to the tyranny and formed a brand new nation. A nation concieved in the very notions of freedom and liberty. And they did this with the foresight knowing that we are human and we can not be trusted with absolute power. I love that years later, a group of states realized that the Constitution was not a legally binding contract rather it was a loose agreement written by the people to the Government and when the Government stopped listening, they left and formed a new country. And although the way they were forced back was illegal, I love that they are back. I love the Red, the White and the Blue. Each of the 50 states working together to make a nation that in less than 200 years rose to the top and a little over 200 years established themselves as the single greatest soverign nation. I love my country for a multitude of reasons. And no matter who is President, no matter how much I disagree with him (or maybe even her someday) I would never consider leaving this nation. Too many people today have forgotten that this country and so many before them have given everything they can so that we can enjoy our day to day lives. Ok, I get it. You don't like President Bush. But give the man a little respect. Out of 300 Million people in this country, we chose him to be our leader.. twice. Love him, hate him, be indifferent about him, feel whatever you will, but if you would even consider leaving this country because of the man that the country chooses to lead it, let me know. I will buy you a ticket, I will help you pack, I will drive you to the airport myself because you are not a true patriot and you are disrespecting the dream of so many people who spilled their blood to get this nation where it is today.
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@James72 (26829)
• Australia
4 Apr 07
Your belief in your country and your understanding of how it came to where it is today is commendable! It has never ceased to amaze me how patriotic American's can be and I have not come across many other countries whose citizens are their equals in that regard! What I am interested to know is how tolerant or understanding you are of other countries, their policies, beliefs and structures? Have you had the opportunity to explore many other parts of the world. If so, how did you find them in comparison overall? I too am very "fond" of my home country Australia and as I have been living and working overseas for over two years now, have learnt to appreciate aspects of my country that I previously took for granted. I have however also had the opportunity to realise several injustices such as the cost of living differences and high taxation compared to other countries.
@Smith2028 (797)
• United States
4 Apr 07
I love other cultures and beliefs, unless they are based in hate and destruction. While I may not agree with many other countries and their governments (not mentioning France, Germany and Russia by name of course) I respect the way they are and the sacrifices it takes to get there.
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@James72 (26829)
• Australia
4 Apr 07
Good to know! The last few years have been a major eye opener for me as it has allowed me to experience life from a number of different perspectives. I am in India right now and some experiences here make me realise how lucky I am to be Australian yet some experiences also make me somewhat envious of their life here as well.
@naty1941 (2336)
• United States
4 Apr 07
It is very nice to hear someone say they are proud of their country. Most of the time I hear people complaining about the USA. Usually they complain about the politicians and the government. They don't know how good they have it. I am originally from Puerto Rico and my people fight in the USA military even though we cannot vote for the President when we reside in Puerto Rico. However, we hold very deep respect for the President of the USA as it should be.
@skydancer (1987)
• United States
7 Apr 07
It is nice to see someone who has never forgotten the true meaning of the "American Dream." While some may consider it brutal, this really is what made us the nation we are today, and as Winston Churchill once stated, "A nation that forgets its past is doomed to repeat it." To see anyone who never takes these freedoms for granted is always refreshing. Freedom is not something carried on through the bloodstreem. It is something that was fought for long and hard and must continue to be fought for. And patriotism should be about the the idea off which this nation was established that it was done for the sake of the people and their freedom, not on whether or not you like the president. As JFK famously stated, "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." It is a statement that seems to have been forgotton by too many, especially now, and it's disturbing to me on so many levels.
@hockeygal4ever (10024)
• United States
6 Apr 07
I've always had the attitude that if you don't have anything good to say about this country you can LEAVE it. I've told many people who've complained about the US that they are not being held captive here. My daughter has a teacher who in fact was making derogatory comments about Americans in general and how the country thinks they're so big and bad and the best. My daughter was livid, stood up in class and told him "So why are you here reaping the benefits of the country if you hate it so bad? Leave!" He was astounded. I'm sure she didn't make a friend that day but I do know that he realized that she IS proud of her country and will stand up to anyone who has something to say about it. What I find so amazing is that people are quick to slam us but when the going gets rough, who's the first country they expect to be there helping? Ticks me off to say the least!
@bobmnu (8160)
• United States
5 Apr 07
Winston Churchill said it best when he said that you judge a country greatness not by what the people are saying but by the number of people trying to get in. At last count they say there are 12,000,000 trying to get in Illegally and millions more trying to get in legally. The other saying and I don't know who said it is "There are only two people who have given their lives willingly for strangers - The American GI and Jesus Christ" We have a great nation and we change when new people bring new and good ideas to us, not when people come in and want us to change so they can have the best of both worlds. The old saying from the Viet Nam era was America Love It or Leave It. If things are so wrong in this country go and find another contry to live in and see if America, with all it faults, isn't the greatest Country in the world.
@Destiny007 (5820)
• United States
4 Apr 07
Well said. If only more people felt the way you do, and supported our president in the bad days as well as the good.


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Gretel deploys to the vertex of a regular octagon different numbers from one to eight candy. Peter can then choose which three piles of candy give Gretel others retain. The only requirement is that the three piles lie at the vertices of an isosceles triangle. Gretel wants to distribute sweets so that they get as much as possible, whether Peter trio vertices chosen anyhow. How many such Gretel guaranteed profits?
b) Do the same task even for regular 9-gon to deploy culminating Gretel 1-9 sweets. (equilateral triangles is also isosceles triangles well.)
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Write the first 6 members of these sequence: a1 = 5 a2 = 7 an+2 = an+1 +2 an
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Determine the first nine elements of sequence if a10 = -1 and d = 4
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Market Wrap
Today's market was a sleeper. After Monday's strong rebound from support the market action today was lackluster at best. Still the Dow managed to tack on +48 points while the broader averages managed only minor gains. It was one of those days where you could leave for a couple hours and when you got back nothing had changed. Despite the low volatility and lack of major movement there were some positive events like the S&P creeping almost unnoticed to a new six-year high. The Russell slipped quietly above prior resistance at 795 to make a new historic high at 801. Individual new highs across all markets rose to 953 and a level not seen in many months. All this movement came on a better than expected ISM Services report suggesting the soft landing was still intact.
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Nasdaq Chart - Weekly
First an apology. Those of us who write about the markets every day sometimes forget that our readers may not be familiar with our daily economic jargon. A new reader emailed me after my Sunday commentary asking what these terms meant listing the ISM, PMI, GDP, PCE, VIX, Durable Goods, Construction Spending and what the strong/weak dollar meant for our economy. I suddenly realized that what I might take for granted is gibberish to new investors. I have been writing the commentary in these pages for nearly ten years now and saying ISM instead of Institute for Supply Management or Gross Domestic Product for GDP becomes a habit due to the significantly fewer keystrokes input over time. I will try and correct that in the future and I have asked the other writers to do the same. If you are familiar with the alphabet soup market analysts use daily please be patient with us for using a few extra words in the future.
Heading the list of economic reports today was the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) non-manufacturing or "services" index for November. The regular ISM covering the manufacturing sector was released last week with a reading of 49.5 indicating contraction in the manufacturing sector. A reading under 50 indicates contraction or a weakening of conditions and a reading over 50 indicates expansion. The ISM non-mfg Index relates to the service sector and covers things like fast food restaurants, hair stylists and service stations. Any business that provides a service rather than manufacturers a product sold wholesale could fall into this category. The ISM Services released on Tuesday rose to 58.9 from 57.1 and was well over the consensus estimate for a drop to 55.5. This suggests the service sector is continuing to rebound from its September low of 52.9 and the potential for an economic soft landing is still intact. An economic soft landing means the Fed was able to slow growth to a manageable level without pushing the economy into a recession. It does not happen very often, less than 20% of the time, but it is always the goal whenever the Fed enters into a rate hike cycle.
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All the production components of the ISM non-mfg rose. That includes new orders, order backlogs and employment. Components weakening included exports, inventories and supplier deliveries. The most troubling component was a sharp jump in the prices paid to 55.6 from 51.9. This indicates the cost of producing services rose and that was likely due to the rebound in oil prices and fuel surcharges for shipping. This was a bullish report since the US economy has turned to more of a service economy than a manufacturing economy over the last two decades. Most products are now manufactured overseas where labor is cheap and then shipped to the US for consumption.
It was announced this morning that Factory Orders fell -4.7% or -$19.3 billion in October and closely inline with estimates. This was the sharpest drop since July 2000. This is further proof the economy was still slowing as recent as October. The drop in Durable Goods, items like appliances which last for years, was -8.2%. In today's report the numbers for core capital goods and new orders were revised down for the prior two months suggesting a slowing of activity, which could continue for sometime. Inventories rose in all areas suggesting the manufacturing ISM could also remain weak for several months. Durable goods inventories rose +0.8%.
Worker Productivity and Costs for the third quarter was revised higher to +0.2% from the flat report at 0.0% we saw in the last update. This was still well below some analyst's estimates for a +0.6% revision. Unit labor costs were revised sharply downward from +3.8% to +2.3% and suggests wage inflation is moderating. This was confirmed by a monster revision of the +5.4% report in Q2 which was revised down to a drop of -2.4% in today's release. This is very good news on the inflation front. The Fed is always very concerned about rises in wages fueling inflation and will act to stop it whenever it is seen. Today's report and revisions take considerable pressure off the Fed to maintain a strong rate policy. You may remember back in Q1 the sharp +9.0% spike in unit labor costs and the inflation alarm bells that were triggered. The initial Q2 spike of +5.4% solidified those concerns. With today's downward revision of Q2 to a drop of -2.4% it suggests the Q1 spike was a statistical anomaly and wage costs never really took an inflationary spike.
The final report for the day was the Challenger Layoff Report for November. Announced job cuts rose to 76,773 and slightly higher than the 69,177 announced in October. The headline number was -23% below the same month in 2005 suggesting the hiring sector is still strong despite the slight rise. Year to date 785,179 workers have been affected and this is -19% from the same period in 2005 and the lowest since 2000. Job cuts tend to accelerate as the year ends with many workers getting a pink slip rather than a Christmas bonus. The Challenger layoff report is normally released a couple days ahead of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Non-farm Payroll report for the prior month. That report for November is due out on Friday and estimates are for job gains in November of +100,000 compared to gains of only +92,000 in October. There are no material economic reports due out on Wednesday. Mortgage Applications and Oil and Gas Inventories are the sole items on the schedule.
In stock news this was also a sleeper day with only a few making the headlines. Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI) was one of the big loser on a percentage basis after cutting its subscriber targets for the year. Sirius now expects between 5.9 to 6.1 million total subscribers compared to initial estimates of 6.3 million. The company said sales results since Thanksgiving had been disappointing. This led numerous banks and brokers to downgrade SIRI and resurrected the talk about a possible merger of XMSR and SIRI.
IBM rose to a new historic high at $95 after announcing it was acquiring Consul Risk Management, a Dutch software company. IBM also announced the IBM System Storage DS8300, introduced last August, was the fastest enterprise class storage system in the industry as measured by the SPC-1 benchmark. The current DS8300 model, dubbed Turbo, outperformed the prior model by +22%.
Toll Brothers tacked on another buck after warning that profits for the current year would drop -62%. You would think this would merit an instant trip behind the barn for a beating. However, the Toll Brothers CEO said, "it appears we are off the bottom or a level above it." This energized the sector once again with most builders showing gains. The leader in the point gain category was NVR Inc (NVR) with a +36.57 gain. Before you rush to the charts I should warn you that it is a $665 stock and it has no options. You could have bought it for $390 back in July. NVR moves put Google to shame.
Baidu (BIDU) posted a gain of +7.84 after saying it was close to inking a deal with Microsoft's MSN to provide its search capabilities in China. Baidu estimated it would add 50 million more daily searches on Baidu's system. That is a serious traffic increase!
Autozone announced results that beat the street and rocketed for +4.82. The auto sector has been a ghost town for buyers but a feeding frenzy for shorts. Those AZO shorts were crushed by the surprise AZO earnings. Who would have thought that AZO or anybody in the auto sector would grow earnings given the current Ford and GM problems. Obviously the shorts were expecting a miss instead.
Oil was very volatile with nearly a $2 range but it ended almost exactly where it started at $62.50. Inventories are due out tomorrow and warmer weather is expected next week. With less than two weeks left on the January contract it would take a material news event to move the price much higher. Those who actually want to take delivery have already locked in their orders leaving only speculators trading the short-term volatility. With strong resistance at $63.25 the path of least resistance is down as we approach expiration. However, with the OPEC meeting on the 14th there is always a chance for a sound bite that might move us higher. Personally I think the meeting is already priced into the January contract. Energy stocks still posted gains in expectations that OPEC will eventually manage to move the price higher.
The EIA, Dept of Energy's Energy Information Administration, predicted today that OPEC would continue raising output through 2030 and would keep prices in a range of $50-$60 in 2005 dollars. They should be called the Energy Imagination Agency because it takes a whopping imagination to suggest such an absurd outcome. I am going to cover why the IEA/EIA routinely produces bad data in my end of year Oil Report. They also said oil import prices would decline through 2015 then rise. Whatever drug they are smoking I want some. With OPEC already unhappy with $63 oil and planning even further production cuts to push it higher it is absurd to think OPEC will suddenly decide that selling oil for $50 would be better for their cash flow. Secondly it is literally impossible for OPEC to triple their production by 2030 as the agencies predict given the age of their fields and current depletion rate. Saudi is currently spending nearly $20 billion to hopefully add 1.2 mbpd of production by 2009. The IEA, International Energy Agency, said it would take a $1 trillion investment in exploration and production by 2030 to double OPEC production. Both agencies completely disregard the geologic facts that all oil bearing formations have already been found. We may not have drilled them yet but we know approximately how much oil may be found there. If there were any major fields left to be drilled it would be a multi-billion dollar race to drill them. All the major independent oil companies, XOM, COP, CVX, RDS, BP, OXY, etc, have admitted there is nowhere else to look and it will be difficult to add to reserves in the future. They are spending billions to drill in a shrinking number of hard to reach deposits and have only replaced an average of one bbl for every three consumed over the last 10 years. They are buying back stock in record amounts because they have no better place to put the money. If there were any material oil deposits left to find they would be using those tens of billions in stock buyback dollars to go find it.
The news moving the markets was the economics and the better than expected ISM data. Unfortunately it did not convince everyone that better times are ahead. Pimco's Bill Gross, head of the largest bond fund on the planet, said today that economy will likely weaken further in 2007. He predicted the yield on the ten-year note would fall to the low 3% range or even into the high 2% range. This is an earthshaking forecast by Bill and completely different than he was predicting just a week ago. In a CNBC interview last week he alluded to the possibility that the bond rally was nearly done. He said it was possible to see a high 3 handle on the yield in the spring. A 3 handle means any yield in the 3.xx% range. Today's interview saw Bill suggesting that a normal yield retracement from a cycle peak was in the neighborhood of 250-300 basis points. There are 100 basis points in 1%. Taking the 5.25% peak in 2006 and subtracting 300 basis points knocks the yield back to 2.25%. That is light years in bond terms from the 4.44% close today. Needless to say almost nobody agrees with him today. Even Bill said in a later interview that hearing his comments on the wires was unsettling. That would be putting it mildly Bill since a retracement that far would mean the Fed was on a rampant rate cut binge in an effort to stimulate the economy. By definition that would mean the economy needed strong stimulation and that suggests an economy significantly weaker than we have today. Let's hope Bill was smoking the same drugs as the Energy Imagination Agency and just had a bad trip.
As I said earlier the gains in the markets today were stealth like. The Dow gained +48 points mostly on the back of KO, BA, IBM and Disney. It was a slow steady pace with very little volatility other than a slight dip when the Bill Gross comments hit the wires. The Nasdaq traded in a very tight six-point range after its initial opening spike. There was zero volatility on the Nasdaq. It was as quiet as a cemetery. The Russell spiked to a new historic high over 800 at the open but instantly pulled back to trade in a very tight 3 point range between 796.50-799.50 for the rest of the day. That lack of Russell volatility is like watching paint dry.
NYSE Composite Chart - Weekly
S&P-500 Chart - Daily
The most bullish performance came from the NYSE Composite, which gained +45 points to a new historic high. This appears to be a very strong sign the broader market is ready to rumble. The S&P was the second sign of bullish intent with a rally to a new 6-year high at 1415. The two-day breakout over prior resistance at 1405 suggests there may be more life left in the current bull. The challenge for the rest of the week is the 12350 resistance level on the Dow, 2465 on the Nasdaq and fear of the non-Farm Payrolls on Friday. Today's Challenger report may have quelled jobs fears to some extent but in a weakening economy there is always the chance of negative job growth. That would reawaken the economic bears and could produce another market shock. For our purposes the S&P breakout to new highs over 1405 was a long signal as I recommended in Sunday's newsletter. I would remain cautiously long with the next resistance at 1425. Our gains this week could be the inflows of month end retirement cash and the beginning of year-end bonus money hitting those same accounts. I may be bullish over 1405 but I am not crazy. The lack of any material correction since July is still a haunting factor. I would like to think the one-day drop on Nov-27th and the ISM drop on Friday took all the weak holders out of the market but I will keep my stops tight just in case. For the rest of the week I would remain long with a tight stop but plan on reversing to short/flat on any weakness under 1400.


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|Starting the Hyder-to-Hyder ride in Hyder, Arizona. We were supposed to start at 06:00, but the owner of this high class retail establishment decided to sleep in. I woke him around 6:30 and we were all out of there around 7:00 AM.
|Was he looking to pick up a passenger along the way? I'll never tell.
After 49 hours, I'm in Hyder (well actually in Stewart, BC). I made a quick trip across the border to Hyder looking for other riders. I find only one... Mike finished his 48+ early and was the only rider there that early. Most MTF riders simply refuse to arrive anyplace much before meal time, so I wasn't surprised.
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|The beginning of July that ayu fishing opens and passed for a while. Rainy weather was continuing for several days, but the stream was running short of water as before. As well as last time, the trout noticed me everywhere and ran away. I could enjoy fishing and the stream of the early summer, and was able to meet wild Amago too.
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These are my last days on the trail. It was all very bittersweet.
Day 10
I was expecting rain and scattered t-storms. As I should have learned the first one hundred times, I shouldn't trust the weather. I woke to birds chirping and the sun peeking through clouds. I had a difficult time sleeping because in the middle of the night, a mouse had climbed into the SOBO hikers pack. He had gotten it out but it was a long ordeal.
Because I had hiked 30 miles, I had one day where I could hike 10 miles. I tried to take the day slow but my speed was better and I had a hard time stopping. The hike was pretty uneventful. There were some nice vistas with scattered farm lands and a tiny airport. Also, some very questionable feces at one.
I passed a swimming hole I whiffed on. I regret it, I should have gone swimming. SMH. The hikers from the night before me had passed me, a fact I knew was coming and tried accepting it. The next day I would be hiking Mt. Killington. I was really nervous for that hike and assumed it would be pretty awful. Its presence loomed over my attitude and the valley I hiked in.
Mt. Killington in the distance.
I got to my last site early, which was right at the base of Killington. I met my first hiker trash duo. They were two male thru hikers that were smoking pot and being pretty obnoxious. It was bound to happen that I would meet someone wouldn't exactly fit the bill of being as kind and respectful as those I had met before. They left though to hike on.
I almost forgot the most important and strangest part of my hike at this point! I was very close to Rutland. Apparently, in Rutland there was a hostel run by a cult, that was called some name that went like the 12 Suns or something like that. They were a pretty peaceful cult that believed in the impending doom of the world and had a mission statement where they attempted to indoctrinate hikers into the cult by giving them free matte, discounted sandwiches, and donation only place to stay. I am serious, this is real. When I first heard rumblings of this, I thought that a bunch of hikers had quit and started an anti hiking cult in the middle of the woods. No, I slowly came to learn that this was a place to stay and eat and was very popular. At this point in the hike, everyone was either going or talking about going. Some were even trying to convince me to go there as well, which I also whiffed on. My trip was for self discovery not drinking matte with doomsayers. The two guys in the shelter kept joking about how they were going to run up the mountain just to go back there.
Slowly, the shelter began to fill up with familiar faces. At first, the section hiker from the hostel popped by and we shared plans for the next day. The couple from two nights ago were one of the first to stay and we talked the longest. The solo Long Trail hiker from a couple of nights ago came in with her friend. After meeting many times, she was nicer to me and generally interested in my trip. It only took three meet ups… Even a guy and women I had met a week ago came in and remembered me! There were new faces too, like a SOBO couple who knew the guy I met the night before and said he was apart of their large trail family. I also met a couple where one women was from England and the man was from South Africa. Again, we all sat in a big circle and conversations drifted around and around.
I was silent towards the end. I was talked out but more importantly, I felt full.
That night I slept in the shelter without my tent, a first. I was ready for Mt. Killington, to be done and to drink blue Gatorade (my drink of dreams at this point). While I was ready to finish, I was also not really ready to let go of the trail, the community I had been let into, and what it all meant to me.
Day 11 (the last day)
I woke up pretty early again. I was nervous that Mt. Killington would take me more the 5 hours to hike and had a 14 mile day ahead of me. The peak is 4.3 miles uphill. Again, my feet were sore, blistered, and bloated. I took my time in the beginning as usual, just going through the motions. For the first and only time, I used the app Cairn to track my status to the peak. I had left the site around 6:45 am. I surprisingly got to the peak at 9:45.
I could not believe how easy it was. This whole time I was freaking out, thinking I wouldn't be at the top until noon. I was proud and shocked at the same time. I was also super bitter. By the time I reached the top, I was in a cloud. No views. I had climbed my hardest peak, in record time by my standards, and got no visual reward.
The solo Long Trail hiker was behind me and she and I agreed, that was way easier then what it should have been. While I was at the top, I called the state park where my car was parked and told them I would be there this afternoon. I asked if there was site availability and they said there was. The women cheered in my phone that I was close to finishing.
I began to descend. As a treat to myself for being near the finish line, I started listening to music. I leap frogged with the hiker trash guys that asked where I was finishing for the day. I mentioned the state parks and they just yelled showers over and over again. Yeah, ok, whatever.
My last vista, I ate my snack with the section hiker from the hostel I had been leap frogging with for a couple of days. He snapped my picture as requested and complained about food and hiking. I let him hike ahead of me. I wanted to finish this alone with the tunes of Drake, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and Solange (my only downloaded music). I danced and sang my way down the trail. There was no one behind me.
Me and my last vista
There were moments as I was hiking my last 10, I cried little tears. I have probably cried more in those 11 days then I ever have. They were both tears of joy and sadness. I was happy to be done, to have this mental and physical weight lifted off of me. I was upset that it had ended just as I was getting comfortable and was grateful for what I had learned and the people I had met.
My last 3 miles went by really slowly. I took many breaks and hung out on rocks looking up at the trees. A couple passed me and I heard them whisper, "That's a thru hiker!". I rolled my eyes and was too tired to correct them. Finally, I got to the park and then my car, which I dramatically hugged. I got to the office, woofed down a Snickers ice cream bar, got a site for the night and a roll of quarters. I took off for the shower, then drove off to collect my prizes: an ice blue Gatorade, cheese puffs, a warm steak sandwich with cheese, and a PB brownie. As I ate, I saw two hikers from the night before and gave them the rest of my hiking food.
That night, I found out about Charlottesville, shocked but not surprised. I thought about how easy it was to be off the grid and the privilege there is with being able to take a hike, a month off from work and to be away from the news for so long. I had come out of the woods and our country was in a racist crisis. While the racism has always been there, heightened by a president that condones it, the death of Heather Heyer felt like a ten pound weight falling on my heart. Images of white supremacist and Nazis walking around the streets proudly made me queasy and blind with anger. With no one to talk to about it, I climbed into my tent and turned to the Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie book, Americanah.
I had hiked 53 miles in four days and had finished the trip four days ahead of schedule. While I had changed a little on the trail, the country had not. I sighed a long sigh of exhaustion and fell asleep before 8:00 PM.


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