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You've spent months curating a program, locking down speakers, securing sponsorship, deciphering AV proposals and then it all comes crashing to a halt. Australia has banned "non-essential" gatherings of more than a 100 people in response to the corona virus pandemic. We haven't seen this sort of thing in my lifetime and by most reports Australia hasn't experienced anything of its kind since the end of the First World War. Now the big decision in the event industry:
Do you cancel or postpone your event?
1. Be Informed
Get in touch with your venue, hotels, speakers and suppliers and discuss your options. It's important to get all the information before you decide. Is your event covered under a cancellation or force majeure clause? Are you eligible to recover deposits paid or will they be rolled forward to a future event? Is there availability at your chosen venue for a future date? It is important to map out what a cancellation and postponement will look like for your event so that you know the risk vs reward.
2. Streamline Processes
Work out a systematic process as to how you would like to handle the postponement or cancellation process for delegates and sponsors. Consider how you and your team will handle questions about registration refunds and come up with a process that is simple and effective.
3. Plan
There isn't a definitive end date for this just yet so make sure you schedule your revised date far enough into the future that you won't need to keep changing it. Before landing on a new date for your next conference, you need to consider what events have already been scheduled for 2021 and whether delegates will still be able to attend your event in 12 months' time.
4. Communicate
Everyone is dealing with increased levels of stress right now so the best thing that you can do is keep your delegates and sponsors informed. Still yet to decide to postpone or cancel? No worries let people know when you'll land on a decision. Don't know how you're going to process refunds? Then, let people know you're working on it. The more you speak to your clients, delegates and sponsors then the more they will understand. No one likes being left in the dark.
5. Stay Positive
We're all in this together. Reach out to your clients, colleagues and friends for support but remember there is light at the end of the tunnel and events will return!


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The beautiful soul that Durjoy was, his earnestness found a place within me. I smiled with him when he was happy, grieved with him when Nadiya didn't reciprocate his love. Nadiya was a woman who looked at a person with her eyes pierced into their soul yet had her own imperfections which Durjoy embraced gracefully.
Tag: Love
Book Review – 'And We Walked Away'
Sometimes life can be an entangled mess. In spite of that live it to the fullest lest it slips from your fingers like grains of sand. The damage caused by love is irreparable. You feel entrapped in a self-created cocoon surrounded by myriad emotions.
Book Review – 'You Came like Hope'
'You Came Like Hope' is a poignant tale of how love and hope can lighten someone's life and make it a little more bearable
Book Review – 'Table for One'
Traveling is much more than having fun, in fact it gives you much needed room for rejuvenation and introspection. Solitude teaches us to love yourself a little more and accept the way you are and sometimes, to let go. 'Table for One' leaves you with a warm and a mushy feeling but in a good way. Amid walking with classy people, bumping into strangers, will Taara ever find her 'forever' at the landmark of love? The plot is riveting that you want to turn the pages to relive the moments. There are so many minor characters who have less screen time, nevertheless they leave an impression on you with their quirky personalities.
Book Review – 'I Shall Always Love You'
People often see the sensuality in erotic paintings/sculptures but overlook the art and hard work the artist has put to carve an alluring piece of art. I'm glad author has put forth this theory to effective use in the book.
Book Review – 'A New Dawn'
'A New Dawn' will teach you to love selflessly and believe in the power of dreams. This short and sweet read accompanied with a warm blanket and hot cuppa makes for a perfect weekend.
Book Review – 'Love A Little Stronger'
'Love A Little Stronger' by Preeti Shenoy is a book that ought to be on your bed side when you are braving the storms. It will reaffirm your faith that the storm will pass and the skies will be clear soon.
Book Review – 'Whisperings of a Common Man'
'Whisperings of a Common Man' is an anthology of 20 poems mainly related to life and human behaviour. The title is synonymous to one of the purposes of poetry which is emoting the deepest inhibitions and fantasies of an individual.
Cover Reveal – 'My Love is away from Mortality' by Vansh Arora
On this World Book Day, I present to you the cover of the book 'My Love is Away From Mortality'
Book Review – 'The Perfect Drug'
Author: Chaitanya Saini Publisher: Pakshi Publication Publication date: 1 Jan 2018 ISBN-10: 9353004519 ISBN-13: 978-9353004514 Blurb: Buddha meditated for six years, and Shiva had his mountain. Could there be a drug that might induce enlightenment? A substance that could cause us to attain a heightened state of consciousness, the gaining of a perspective that perforates this … Continue reading Book Review – 'The Perfect Drug'

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A lot of things happened in the world in 1992. One of them that has also brought change in our lives and is still bringing change, is the invention of the smartphone. IBM invented the smartphone in 1992 and released it for purchase in 1994. It was called the Simon Personal Communicator (SPC). What are valuable reasons you should invest in a smartphone now?
A smartphone is a cell phone that allows you to do more than just make phone calls and send text messages. Smartphones can be used to browse the Internet and run software programs just like a computer. Modern smartphones use a touch screen to allow users to interact with them. Apart from social media, now you can use a smartphone for the following reasons.
- Personal development
- Client communications. if you are a business person, there is so much you can complete if you don't have a laptop close by
- Side hustle
- Growing your network
There are more valuable reasons to invest in a smartphone apart from the ones i have mentioned. The 2006 LG Prada was the first capacitive touchscreen phone. Although it was developed in the 1940s but it was not until the mid 1980s that they became widely available. By 2011, it was estimated that more calls were made using mobile phones than wired devices.
Personal development
With social media, we have met some very great people who we are learning a few things from for free, In my case business men like Gary Vee . WhatsApp is used by businesses as a quick way of getting in touch. The introduction of the blue tick has put a lot of us at ease. It is a good way to confirm that the Recipient has read your message.
Listening to podcasts. Podcast has been a life changing thing. You can listen to anything you want and subscribe to get new content as soon as it is posted. Instagram also has that feature, now you don't have to scroll and wait for your followers to post. You can just turn on post notifications.
Writing a shopping list, asking questions from google search. Going to new places is easy, just talk to your friend Siri. As an iPhone user, I have the little Notes app on my phone, I write things that might help me when I am writing my article. *Other mobile devices available also.
There are more valuable reasons to invest in a smartphone now, just for your personal development. Most mothers use this as a way to keep their children busy. I hope other mums are doing so, otherwise i might think i was a crazy mum.
Business communication
Smartphones are a key platform for social networking features, and the more we use them, the more useful the address book becomes. Most offices have both landline and smartphone. Many businesses have joined the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) trend and may have no problem with you using personal devices for business purposes, especially if those devices make you more efficient.
The smartphone has also helped with the improvement of customer service. This may take a while, especially when it comes to big brands. If you own a small restaurant and something happened, maybe a strand of hair in customer food. Then it might really cost you a lot. Trip advisor is one of the most used sites when you are planing to visit a place or a hotel. Social media has really helped when it comes to hotel marketing. We have seen office events and photos and it has been a great way for big brands to connect with their customers.
Online banking has made our life easy. With lots of banks having their Apps, it's easy now to do transactions online and fast. Sending text in groups like whatsApp group video for communication. Smartphones have really helped fast communication; especially in Africa where electricity keeps going down. When you have your data, you can still get some work done, provided your phone is charged. It's normal to stay without electricity even for two days in Kenya.
Publish your article from your phone, although I don't like it, it's still possible. I normally comment through my email just with my phone. The list of uses for smartphones might never end. Sometimes we just tpe random questions in google about skin care Taking care of your skin . I also googled Dutch guy the third time i went on a date with my husband. I am sure we all have, if you don't get your smart phone now.
Thanks for reading and come back for more.


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Trust Bundles
Establishing the highest level of trust for secure interoperable exchange
Accredited Trust Bundle
About Accredited Trust Bundle
The DirectTrust Accredited Trust Bundle, frequently referred to as the Accredited Trust Anchor Bundle, or ATAB for short, includes Health Information Service Providers (HISPs), Certificate Authorities (CAs), and Registration Authorities (RAs) that have achieved accreditation through DirectTrust and chosen to participate in the bundle.
All participants in this bundle have successfully achieved accreditation and also met the inclusion requirements. This bundle assures all anchors and associated end-entity certificates represented are in use by a DirectTrust accredited HISP.
HISP-Anchor Inclusion Requirements
Bundle inclusion requirements are explicitly outlined in the DirectTrust Accredited Trust Anchor Bundle SOP.
Trust anchors are submitted with the following materials:
- Executed copy of the DirectTrust Federated Services Agreement from both the submitting HISP and the relied upon Certificate and Registration authorities. If the HISP and Certificate Authority represent the same entity, then only a single executed agreement is necessary.
- All Trust Anchor file(s)
- Sample end-entity certificate(s) chaining to each trust anchor
- An example of each certificate type that will be issued by the trust anchor should be submitted. Certificates types include Direct organizational level certifications and Direct address level certifications.
- Completed profile spreadsheet


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Below you will find a growing collection of documentation related to VNTANA's software offerings.
Rest API Documentation V1.0
Rest API Quick Start Guide
This guide will give you a brief overview of how to use the VNTANA Admin API in order to login to our Platform, authenticate your account, and retrieve your organizations, clients, products, and any additional information about your products, such as tags and locations. For a more comprehensive overview of our API, please check out our detailed API Documentation here.
Base URL: https://api-platform.vntana.com
1. Login to the VNTANA Platform
- Use the following endpoint to authenticate
Endpoint: /v1/auth/login
Sample Request Body: { "email": "[email protected]", "password": "YourPassword1" }
- On successful authentication, a temporary user authentication token, X-AUTH-TOKEN, will be returned in the Response Headers.
2. Retrieve your Organizations List
- After authentication, you can retrieve the list of your Organizations using the X-AUTH-TOKEN Response Header from Step 1.
Endpoint: /v1/organizations
Headers: { "x-auth-token": "Bearer " + token }
The token is the X-AUTH-TOKEN value retrieved after logging in. Don't forget to add "Bearer " before your token value.
The response has the list of all the Organizations in your Platform account, including important details such as the name, role, slug, and uuid of each Organization.
3. Authenticating a specific Organization (Retrieve the Refresh Token)
In order to authenticate a specific Organization to see the Clients and Products for that Organization, you must retrieve the Refresh Token, which is an Organization-specific token.
Pass the X-AUTH-TOKEN, as well as the UUID of the Organization you would like to view, as headers in the following endpoint:
Endpoint: /v1/auth/refresh-token
Headers: { "x-auth-token": "Bearer " + token, "organizationUuid": uuid }
The token is still the same X-AUTH-TOKEN retrieved after successfully logging in, and the Organization UUID can be found from the list of Organizations returned in Step 2.
On successful authentication of the selected Organization, you will receive another X-AUTH-TOKEN Response Header. This is the Refresh Token for this Organization. Please keep in mind that the X-AUTH-TOKEN from Step 1 is different from the one described in this step (Step 3).
You can now access your Clients and Products for this Organization!
4. Retrieve Clients List for selected Organization
- Pass the Refresh Token retrieved from the previous step (Step 3) to the following endpoint in order to get your list of Clients for the selected Organization:
Endpoint: /v1/clients/client-organizations
Headers: { "x-auth-token": "Bearer " + refreshToken }
- A successful response will return the list of Clients for the selected Organization, as well as the name, role, slug, uuid, and other details for each Client.
5. Retrieve Products for Selected Client
- In order to view the Products for a single Client, use the following endpoint:
Endpoint: /v1/products/clients/{clientUuid}/search
Sample Request Body: { "page": 1, "searchTerm": "string", "size": 10, "status": "LIVE" }
Headers: { "x-auth-token": "Bearer " + refreshToken }
The list of Products retrieved can be filtered in a number of ways, including by Search Term, Tags, Locations, and Conversion Statuses. Please reference the linked full API Documentation above to see the different parameters accepted in the Request Body for this endpoint.
The "x-auth-token" header here also requires the Refresh Token (Organization-specific token) from Step 3.
6. Retrieve Locations
- Use the following endpoint to get the list of Locations created under a specific Client:
Endpoint: /v1/locations/search
Sample Request Body: { "clientUuid": clientUuid, "page": 1, "size": 5, "searchTerm": "string" }
Headers: { "x-auth-token": "Bearer " + refreshToken }
The UUID for the selected Client must be passed in the request body.
Locations can be filtered by page, size, search term, and date. Please see the full API Documentation for a complete list of search filters.
The Refresh Token from Step 3 must also be passed as an "x-auth-token" header.
7. Retrieve Tags
- Use the following endpoint to get the list of Tags created under a specific Client:
Endpoint: /v1/tags/search
Sample Request Body: { "clientUuid": clientUuid, "page": 1, "size": 12, "searchTerm": "string" }
Headers: { "x-auth-token": "Bearer " + refreshToken }
The UUID for the selected Client must be passed in the request body.
Tags can be filtered by page, size, and search term.
The Refresh Token from Step 3 must also be passed as an "x-auth-token" header.
Additional Notes
In order to authenticate another Organization, the Refresh Token for that Organization must be retrieved (repeat Step 3). Simply pass the temporary user authentication token from Step 1, as well as the UUID of the Organization you wish to view (retrieved from Step 2), into the Refresh Token endpoint (Step 3). On success, you will be able to see the Refresh Token (Organization-specific token) for the Organization you have selected to view.
Once you have the new Refresh Token, you can repeat Steps 4-7 in order to retrieve the Clients, Products, Locations, and Tags for that Organization.
3D Webviewer
Integrate VNTANA 3D Web Viewer via iFrame
Steps to Obtain iFrame Embed Code
- Login to your account on the VNTANA Platform
- Click on Products in the left-hand navigation menu
- Select the Product you want to view
- In the Embed Code section from the Product View Page, click on the Copy button to copy the entire Embed Code (circled in red below). The iFrame is now copied to your clipboard and can be used anywhere on your site. Just paste it in the HTML of the page you would like to include the 3D Web Viewer.
Additional Notes
- Make sure your Product is LIVE, so it can be viewed publicly. Click the "Publish to API" button from the Product View Page to publish your product and set its review state to Live.
- The <iframe> src is the URL to the 3D asset in a Standalone Viewer Page. This shareable link can be copied by clicking the Share button, which is below the Copy button.
- The asset can easily be swapped out for another asset in your Product List by changing the productUuid value. productUuid can be found on the Product View Page labeled Product ID (see pictures below).
- The Client Slug and Organization Slug are static values for all of your Products under the same Client and Organization.
Updating Appearance and Controls in 3D Web Viewer
Before adding the 3D Web Viewer to your site, you may want to update and finalize the appearance of the 3D asset and the controls you want available to viewers of your website. You can update these settings by clicking on the Settings button in the 3D Viewer from the Product View Page.
- Wireframe
- Check this option if you want to show the Wireframe of the model.
- Normals
- Check if you want to show the Normals for the model.
- Rotate
- Check if you want the 3D asset to slowly rotate around its center, allowing users to passively view all angles of the asset.
- Enable Zoom
- Default setting is checked. Uncheck this option if you do not want users to be able to zoom in and out of the 3D asset by scrolling.
- Exposure
- Increase or decrease the amount of light in the viewer.
- Lighting
- Choose the HDRI map in which you want to display your 3D model.
Styling the 3D Web Viewer
- The width and height of the <iframe> can be changed to better fit your site.
- The <iframe> style can be updated with custom CSS if needed.
- The background color of the viewer is white. More background options, including a transparent background, will be added soon for greater customization on your site!
VNTANA Viewer Component Integration
Library functions, parameters, and integration
To integrate the viewer into an existing web app or component requires including the UMD module vnview.js using an HTML <script> tag or dynamic loading method. It also requires including the styles.css CSS file.
The library currently exposes one function, createvnviewer, on the global namespace vnview which creates and returns a viewer class that can be used to load and render content.
var viewer = vnview.createvnviewer(element, options);
The element parameter is an HTML5 DOM element that will contain the viewer. If this element is an existing HTML5 Canvas element, that will be used as the canvas element for WebGL rendering. If element parameter is not an HTML5 Canvas, the DOM element will be used as the parent element for a new HTML5 Canvas element that is the size of the parent element.
The options parameter is a JavaScript object that defines parameters for the setup and context of the viewer. To use an embedded viewer, the following options object should be used:
var options = {embedded: true, preset: ", cameraPosition: null};
Viewer content
GLTF content can be loaded into the viewer using the loadObject(url) method which takes a url to the model file:
.catch((e) => onError(e))
.then(() => { cleanup(); });
onError() and cleanup() are application specific asynchronous callbacks to handle errors or cleanup (hiding a spinner animation after successfully loading the content for example).
If the loadObject method is called again, it will remove the existing content and load the new model. The content of the viewer can be cleared by calling the clear() method of the viewer class:
Contact [email protected] to request access to our Viewer Component Library source code.


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"Who's Horse-Master?"
Little Girl bent her front legs. "Climb on my back. I'll take you to him." Jane settled herself on the mare's back, entangled her fingers in her mane and hung on as she galloped through the meadow.
"You didn't tell me where you were from," Little Girl said.
"I'm from here but last time I saw it this was a garden and the house hadn't burned down."
"How long ago did you last see it?"
"About ten minutes." The mare didn't reply but Jane sensed her puzzlement.
Beyond the meadow they reached a village. The rows of cottages appeared to be constructed from timber and mud. She had expected the fantasy world, or whatever it was, to be similar to her own, but this version of the twenty-first century resembled a medieval settlement. Crops were growing in an adjoining field. A flock of sheep and a herd of horses were grazing in another, which also contained a stable block. There were no fences around the fields. A black stallion looked up as they approached and galloped towards them.
Little Girl introduced them. "Gift, this is Guardian. Horse-Master is his rider. Guardian, this is Gift. She is from another world."
Guardian spoke in her mind. "Greetings, Gift. As Little Girl has accepted you as her rider, I regard you as a friend."
She had not been aware that the mare had accepted her as anything other than a curiosity, but she had no time to consider the implications. The villagers were gathering around them. Adults and children wore leggings and belted tunics made from wool, and boots made from animal hide. Their hair was held back from their faces in tight braids.
A young man emerged from the gathering, stepped towards her and patted Little Girl's neck. The mare looked into his eyes. Jane guessed she was talking to him. This must be Horse-Master. He was tall and slim but muscular, and his auburn braids hung to his waist. She looked at his face and caught her breath. It was identical to that of her only friend, the Grange's stable-boy, known as Red. There were superficial differences, of course. Red's wild auburn curls looked as if he'd cut them with a kitchen knife, and he usually wore faded jeans and a tee shirt bearing the logo, 'Eye Candy'.
Horse-Master said, "Little Girl tells me your name is Gift but she is confused about where you come from."
"So am I, "Jane said. "This world is like mine in some ways but changed in others."
"Where is your world?"
"Beyond the Grange, on the other side of the hedge. I fell through some kind of portal."
He reached out and helped her to climb down from Little Girl's back. "Tell me about the other side of the hedge. Is it a good place?"
"No." She pointed to the ruin visible on the horizon. "That was my family home. In my world I saved it from burning down when I was a child. Maybe I should have let it burn. My father is a dim-witted lout with the imagination of an earthworm."
"Your imagination appears to be well developed."
She ignored his hint of incredulity. "I probably inherited it from my mother. She reads a lot."
"Where is your mother?"
"I've no idea. After she left us my father started having wild parties. His friends scared me. I would hide in my room and lock the door while they drank themselves senseless."
"So how did you stop the fire?"
She cast her mind back to the night that still haunted her dreams. "When they stopped shouting and started snoring I would come downstairs. That's how I found the lighted cigarette that one of them had dropped, setting fire to the curtains. I threw water on them before the flames spread. I burned myself." She rolled up her jacket sleeve and showed him the livid scar on her forearm.
His voice softened. "If what you say is true, in this world you must have stayed in your room and died with the rest of them. I remember a child living there when my father was the Horse-Master and served the Lord of the manor."
"So there was another me in this world? Could I take her place? I don't want to go back. I was scared and miserable there."
"If you wish to stay we'll make you welcome, but there are dangers here. You may change your mind."
"What dangers?"
"Night is coming. We will speak tomorrow. I'll take you to Healer. She has beds in her shelter for the sick and injured. She will give you a place to sleep."
Little Girl said, "Go with him. You can trust the people here. I'll come for you after we have slept."
Horse-Master led her to the largest building in the village. "Wait here," he said as he approached the door. She sat and leaned against the timber wall. Weariness overcame her and she drifted into sleep.
She awoke in a comfortable bed in a shuttered room. A woman who must have been about her mother's age entered the room. "Good morning, Gift. My name is Healer. Horse-Master told me your strange story." Healer opened the shutters and the morning sun flooded the sparsely furnished room.
Jane said, "I expected to wake up back in the Grange and find that this world had been a dream."
"Are you disappointed?"
"No. I'm relieved."
"May I see your scar?"
She showed Healer her forearm, realising that someone had undressed her. "Who removed my clothes?"
"I did. I apologise if that offends you, but they were torn and dirty. I will clean and repair them. In the meantime I will provide you with clothing." She looked at the scar. "Does it trouble you?"
"Not much. Sometimes it itches."
"I have ointment that will soften the damaged skin and reduce the discolouration. It will not heal completely but it will look better and it won't itch."
"Thank you, and I'm not offended by your removing my clothes. It was the hygienic thing to do."
"Are you hungry?"
"Yes, I'm starving."
Healer laughed. "How the young exaggerate." She pointed to the door to an adjoining room. "The washroom and toilet facilities are there. I will leave clothing on your bed. When you have bathed and dressed we will eat."
After using the washroom she found a tunic, leggings and a jar of ointment on her bed. Her trainers, which had been cleaned, stood on the floor. She smoothed the ointment over her scar. It felt cool and soothing, and smelled of new-mown summer grass.
She dressed, opened the bedroom door and followed the aroma of fresh baked bread to the kitchen. The table contained bread rolls, assorted cheeses, spreads that she didn't recognise, a pot of something resembling coffee, and a bowl of fruit.
"Sit and eat," Healer said, "and tell me about your mother."
Between mouthfuls Jane said, "Not much to tell. I haven't seen her for ten years. My father said she ran off with an old boyfriend. They'd studied astrophysics together at University and he'd been writing to her."
"Did you believe your father?"
"Why would he lie? It didn't matter who she'd run off with. All that mattered was she was gone."
Healer sat beside her and poured them both a cup of what might have been coffee. "I want to tell you something, Gift. I had a daughter in this world who looked a lot like you. She died when the Grange burned down. She was seven years old."
Jane felt a tingle down her spine. "Why was she at the Grange?"
"The Lord was her father." She sipped her drink, and continued. "I had become an inconvenience to him so he bribed a bandit from the hill tribes to ambush and murder me while I was out riding. The ruffian took great pleasure in telling me this before he beat me senseless and left me to die."
Jane felt as if the world was spinning out of control. None of this should have anything to do with her but she felt that it did. She said, "How did you survive?"
"Horse-Master's father, who was Horse-Master at that time, found me and took me to his home. His wife was Healer then. They nursed me back to health, but while I lay close to death the Grange burned down and when I recovered I learned that my child had perished in the fire, along with the Lord and his wild friends."
Jane couldn't remember her mother's face, but now she seemed to see more clearly, and she recognised her in Healer's eyes. "Was I your child, in this world?"
"I believe you were, and your father killed me in your world."
"My mother didn't abandon me?"
"No. If she was me she wouldn't have done that."
Jane felt an anger that she had carried for more than half her life, finally lift. She threw herself into Healer's arms and they wept.
"Finish your breakfast," Healer said. "Your horse will be here soon, to take you to Horse-Master."
When Little Girl arrived she said to Jane, "You look happy."
"I am. I feel as if I've come home."
"Yes, you were meant to come here. I needed a rider but I hadn't found the right one. When I met you I knew I should choose you. All things that are meant to happen will happen. Now you must tell me my true name."
Jane knew what it must be. "You are White Lady."
"It has a good sound. Call me Lady. It's short. I like short."
"So do I. You are Lady. I am Gift."
Horse Master was waiting at his door. He beckoned her inside. A large ginger tomcat lay curled at the foot of his bed. Apart from his gender he bore a resemblance to Harriet. She was not surprised. The cat opened one yellow eye, glared at her, closed it again and began to snore. Horse-Master laughed. "Meet Home-Maker. He must like you or he would have hissed and leaped at your throat."
"How reassuring."
"Please sit. We must talk."
He was occupying the only chair so she sat on the bed, keeping a wary eye on Home-Maker.
"Are you determined to stay here?"
"Yes, I am Gift now. I can never go back. My father is insisting that I should marry one of his drunken friends."
"What does marry mean?"
"To mate with him."
"Your mate should be your choice. Why is it your father's concern?"
"His friend is rich. My father is in debt. He will expect his son-in-law to pay his creditors."
"He wants to sell you?"
"Yes, that's exactly what he wants."
"It's good that you came here. At first I believed you were soft in the head and you had imagined your other world. Now I no longer believe that."
"I thought I was imagining this world. I hope I am not."
"You are not. You must meet the other riders. We defend our village from the raiders."
"Which raiders?"
"The villages in this valley each have their own horses and riders to protect them from the bandits who come down from the hills at dawn to steal their sheep for food and their children to keep as slaves. The people take turns as overnight watchers. They blow a horn to alert the riders of the bandits' approach."
"How do you fight them?"
"Our horses are faster and more intelligent than their wild ponies and we are skilled archers."
This was one more indication that she was meant to be here, "I'm an archer," she said. "My friend, Red, taught me. Archery is his hobby. That means something he does for pleasure. I became more skilful than him, but he is a better rider than I'll ever be."
Lady was listening from the open doorway. "All you have to do is make sure you don't fall off. I'll do the rest."
Gift ran to her and hugged her neck, then turned back the Horse-Master. "If I'm to stay here I must have a place in your society. May I join you when the raiders come?"
"Yes, but stay close to me and don't try to be a hero. We must ask Archer-Master to make you a bow. Now, tell me about Red. Is he Horse-Master in the other world?"
Her father called him the stable-boy, but he was much more than that. "Yes," she said, "and he looks like you."
The villages helped her to build her cottage and taught her how to make clothing from sheep's wool. Horse-Master was impressed by her archery skills. She was accepted and it felt good.
The first time the watcher's horn woke her at dawn she felt sick with fear, but this was her chance to prove herself and she was determined not to fail.
Lady was waiting outside her cottage. The riders gathered, with Horse-Master at their head. She stayed close to him, as he had instructed, and they rode to deflect the raggle-taggle mob of wild-haired, leather clad bandits, pouring down the hillside, whooping and screeching. She kept in mind that one of them could have been the fiend that almost killed Healer. It strengthened her resolve.
The sheep scattered in panic. One of the bandits reached an outlying cottage, and broke down the door. He leaped from his pony's back, ran inside and emerged with a small, screaming boy. The bandit attempted to escape but Guardian was too fast for him and Horse-Master caught him up. Gift took aim. Her arrow hit the bandit's shoulder. He lurched from the pony's back. Horse-Master reached out and caught the child before he fell under the pounding hooves.
The bandits retreated to their lair with nothing but a couple of stolen sheep. Gift had demonstrated her worth.
The next two years were the happiest of her life. Only one thing marred her contentment. Lady understood. "You wish to mate with Horse-Master."
"Yes. What can I do?"
"Tell him, of course."
"I can't do that. I'm afraid he'd reject me."
"Why would he do that?"
"He might not care for me as much as I care for him."
"He does. Guardian told me, but if you want him to speak about it first, stop worrying and wait until he does. Humans do complicate things."
Gift tried to believe, as Lady did, that everything that was meant to happen will happen. That may have been true but it didn't happen in the way that they expected.
Watcher's horn sounded as the following dawn broke, and they rode out. It started like any other raid. Most of the bandits attempted to drive the sheep out of their pasture and onto the hillsides where their comrades were waiting to chase them deep into the hills. A few others, more daring, ventured into the village in search of unprotected children. Horse-Master and Gift were driving a group of them away when one of them, bolder than the rest, turned, rode straight at Horse-Master and shot an arrow into his chest. He almost fell from Guardian's back. Gift could see he was badly hurt, and in her anguish she fired her arrow at the bandit's heart. He screamed and fell. Lady reached Horse-Master's side. Gift hung onto him and Guardian carried him steadily back home. A rider rode ahead to alert Healer and she was waiting for them when they reached her door.
Two of the riders carried him into the shelter and laid him on a bed. Healer broke off the arrow's shaft. "I can't remove the head," she said. "It's punctured his lung." She grasped Gift's hand. "I'm so sorry, my child. I'll give him a potion to dull the pain but there's nothing more I can do. He doesn't have much time."
His voice was no more than a whisper, "Gift, you must go back to your world."
"No, I belong here with you."
"I know you do. Listen to me. I'm dying but the horses and the people need me. Go back for Red and bring him here to take my place."
She couldn't bare the prospect of losing Horse-Master. He would still be alive in the other world but she didn't want to think about that now.
"Why would he give up his life to come here?"
"Because he cares for you."
"What? How can you know that?"
"Because he's me, and I care for you."
She couldn't hold back her tears. "You took your time telling me."
He tried to laugh, but he coughed up blood. "I'm telling you now. Will you do it for us?"
She nodded, and held him in her arms until his breathing stopped.
The villagers built his funeral pyre and kept it burning for a day and a night. At sunrise they scattered his ashes into the wind.
Gift told Lady she was going back to fetch Red.
"Will he come?" the mare asked.
"Horse-Master said he will."
She climbed onto Lady's back. Home-Maker leaped into her arms and settled down in front of her. "It seems we have a passenger," she said. "Does he understand what I'm going to do?"
She sensed Lady's amusement. "We know nothing about cats but they know everything about us."
They rode to the ancient beech that straddled both worlds. Guardian was waiting for them. A look of understanding passed between them. Gift dismounted. "Wait here for me," she said to the horses and the cat, and then she entered the portal.
The grange was engulfed with flames. The idiots must have done it again, and this time she hadn't been around to save their lives. A fleet of fire engines stood by while the crew tried in vain to bring the inferno under control.
Red stood watching, with Harriet draped across his shoulders, clinging to his neck.
Jane ran to his side and touched his arm.
He turned to her, and yelled, "Where the heck have you been? I thought that monster had murdered you, just as my father believed he murdered your mother."
Healer was right. It made sense. She glanced at the burning Grange, "It appears someone may have murdered him. Was he in there?"
Red nodded. "And the usual drunken mob. The Fire Officer said he thinks one of them fell asleep and dropped a lighted cigarette."
"Were there any survivors?"
"It's unlikely. They've brought out the bodies."
She looked at the burning stable-block. "Are the horses safe?"
"They're long gone. I let them out before the flames reached them and told them to head for the hills and join the wild ponies. They'll have a good life."
"You told them?"
He grinned, "Call it body language if you like. They understood me, but I don't suppose you believe that."
"Oh, I do. Listen to me, Red. Do you trust me?"
"Of course. You're one of the few humans I do trust."
"Then come with me." The fire had spread to the hedge and was drawing near to the beech tree. If it reached the portal how would she and Red pass through? "We must go now. Right now."
"Go where?"
"I'll tell you later. Hang on to Harriet and to me." She grabbed his hand, pulled him towards the burning hedge, and yelled, "Run."
The flames were licking at the ancient beech when they reached it. She ducked into the hedge and flung herself through the portal, dragging him behind her. They lay, sprawled on the meadow-grass, where Lady and Guardian stood waiting. The two cats sniffed each other with feline aloofness, and Red said, "Where are we?"
Gift picked herself up, and pulled him to his feet. "We're home."


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