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Friday Posting_A Time From Now_35
STORY TITLE: A Time From Now
CHAPTER TITLE:Mine, One Last Time _Thirty-Five_of One Hundred
AUTHOR: Gaeln
RATING: this chapter: PG13
WORD COUNT: this chapter: 2,300
WARNINGS: this chapter: Brian - other_Mark POV
DISCLAIMER: Nothing I can say that hasn't been said already? Not mine.
Originally Beta'ed by herefordroad, all subsequent mistakes are mine
Story throughout contains excerpts from The Brian Kinney Operating Manual including commentary from the Editors
SUMMARY FROM THE EDITORS: 'The cab was gone and with the street strangely empty, he was on his own for awhile. '
Knowing, regretting when it's time to go
Includes Excerpt
AUTHOR'S NOTES: This story projects 59 years into the future and reflects all that that entails, many of the loose ends are tied-up. I dance with POV, I dance with time, in essence, I just dance to the song Brian & Justin sang to me.
Contains: Brian_others, Justin_others. They grow old, they are always together for just as long as time allows, but, ultimately, they will die.
As someone wise once said, 'In the end, it's all about Brian and Justin' and I can only agree
A Time From Now
Mine, One Last Time
One Week Later - Pittsburgh
Hands fisted deep in his pockets, hunched tight into himself, anxious, Mark contemplated the Tremont Street building, committing its every detail to memory. The cab was gone and with the street strangely empty, he was on his own for awhile. Trembling, not so much from any external chill as from some internal anxiety, realizing he would never be here again, the full weight of that reality shook him, so he lingered only reluctantly punching in the door-code when forced to by the cold. He opened and stepped through the doorway, startling for no real reason when, caught by the wind, the door slammed shut behind him and he hesitated, trying without too much success, to reassure himself.
He wanted to be with Brian, but was also completely aware that once this night started, it would have to end and that he didn't want to happen. While Miller&ThompsonSan Francisco was the right move for him, he didn't want to leave Brain, but since Brian had helped in every possible way to make this relocation happen, in just 24 hours he would be gone, so he hesitated, angry for having allowed Brian to become much more important than he was supposed to be. Once upstairs, before knocking, he laid his forehead against the familiar steel door, whispering, 'one last time, just one last time' again and again. But, of course, he finally did knock because Brian was waiting, just on the other side, to tell him good-bye in the only way he knew how and, as if he needed proof, he was barely through the door when Brian had him pinned up against it, his hands, his mouth, his body greedy, consuming, possessive.
"You're late," Brian said, confronting him before licking along his jaw to his throat where he sucked with teeth nipping. Just lifting his mouth, his breath soothing and exhilarating, he nearly threatened, "I've been waiting…very…patiently." Then, continuing his sucking across his throat and his licking up toward his other ear, Brian left warm trails of spit and tiny red bite marks everywhere his mouth, his tongue, his teeth touched.
"Just ten minutes, Brian," Mark sighed. "I'm only ten minutes…." His voice trailed off as he tilted his head back, as he exposed even more skin for Brian's hungry mouth. His hands held Brian's hips as he bucked up into him, his cock already hard.
"Thought I just might have to start without --"
"The fuck you say," Mark laughed and suddenly needing control, he bucked even harder against Brian, surprising him, but Brian only fought until his surprise left him before allowing himself to be controlled. Now he had Brian backed up against the cold door, his tongue demanding in Brian's mouth, his body restraining Brian's body. His hands caressed him firm along his throat and then with one hand gripping into his hair, with the other cupping the back of his head, protecting him against the steel, he thrust his crotch again into Brian's causing that much desired pulse, causing him to moan. "Tonight," he growled into Brian's mouth, "I want you." And kissing him hard, he demanded, "I want you I want you I need you." Brian always fucked him and as right as that may have been, that wouldn't be all that happened tonight. Dropping his hands, then skimming both upward under Brian's sweater over his belly Mark murmured, "Naked…now." And Brian lifted his arms.
"Don't rip," Brain cautioned sensing his need to be out of control. "After all, you did buy it for --" Swallowing Brian's words in a possessive kiss, he held Brian's upraised arms, bound in the only-half-removed sweater, back against the door. Brian held his eyes, chuckling, "Ahhh, finally gonna get my ass and for your going away present…very fitting?"
Suddenly pissed…hurt…embarrassed, he pushed Brian hard back against the door. His condescending attitude, the impossible situation, just…just everything. That was all this meant to Brian, he'd be gone tomorrow so…what the fuck difference, right? Might as well throw the dog a bone. Nothing more. This meant nothing more. He meant nothing more. Grabbing him, he ripped the sweater off his arms, hurling it across the loft and stepping back…stepping away, there was a hard catch in his breathing as he continued staring hard at Brain, as he stepping even further away from Brain. Hurt. Hurt. So hurt. He'd been right all along, Brian had never given a shit. And now he was just throwing his soon to be gone dog a bone.
"Fuck, Mark, c'mon, I didn't mean --"
"The fuck you didn't," he said soft and low. "Four months and that's still all I am to you, just some glorified trick, nothing more. Now I can have you because, what the fuck…right? I'm being sent away anyhow…like Jus --"
"No Mark, not like Justin. Nothing like Justin and you know that. I've never lied to you. I never led you --"
"No," Mark whispered so quiet he could have been talking only to himself, "you never did lie." Backed up now to the brick wall, leaning against the it, Mark stared out the large window into the Pittsburgh nighttime, his arms wrapped tight around himself. "You never did lie to me, I'll give you that." And he smirked his pain out to the darkness. Brian now stood just behind him, so close he could feel his heat, but Brian didn't touch him, he wanted to, need crackled in the air, but he also knew he wouldn't, not yet. And he was glad; he couldn't have handled it if Brian tried.
Brian gave him whispered words instead, confessing to him, "You were starting to matter and that…scared me and when Justin showed up, I know it scared him." Brian leaned over his shoulder, talking right into his ear, right into his very being. "Because he realized I've changed for one thing, but also I think, because he realized I cared about you, that you weren't just some trick. And that shouldn't have happened. So maybe I was nervous about us, but Mark, I swear to you, I swear, I never would've suggested you take a job somewhere else, with someone else if it wasn't right. Believe me. I sent out a couple of feelers and only in San Francisco, that's all." He was aware suddenly that Brian was touching him, that he was in front of him now and barely touching him everywhere. His anger, his confusion faded a little as Brian, cupping his face with both hands, confided, "I do get it. You're pissed because you think all of this is harder on you than on me, but that's bullshit. I care about you, maybe not in the way you want, but I do. Under different circumstances…maybe, I don't know. What I do know is that I want this night with you, the way it's always been with us. Mark, I don't want it to end like this, do you?"
Calming himself, Mark pushed off the wall and taking his hand, he led Brian up the stairs and to the foot of the bed. "You realize, that's probably the most words you've ever said to me at one time." Brian chuckled. Continuing to undress Brian, when finally done, he felt almost shy as Brian watched him as he knelt, as he roamed Brian's body with his hands, with his mouth, with his eyes, scenting him and tasting him and memorizing every muscle and curve and texture of him. Everything about him he knew he could never forget anyway.
Standing slowly, running his body inch by endless inch up Brian's, once before him, he suddenly pushed him back onto the bed and Brian laughed, while backward crawling toward the far wall. He murmured, "Strip for me, Mark, you know how that gets me. Take your time." Undressing slowly, swaying gently, rhythmically, finding the music inside him while Brian made himself comfortable, only then did he start his seduction. His striptease was always done with abandon, sensual yet strong and tonight would be his best to date. As he hummed, as his hips gyrated and his body throbbed, he stroked his hands over his body and through his now tangled hair. He was aware of every movement he made and how every one of them affected Brian.
Pausing, watching Brian with lust-filled eyes as he stroked himself with his legs apart, as he smiled while licking his bottom lip…anticipating him, Mark was reminded how every once in a while, whether across from him in a restaurant or next to him in the Vette or passing by him at Kinnetik, Brian could just fucking take his breath away. God…just like now. He wanted Brian more than he'd ever wanted anyone; maybe more then he'd ever want anyone again. Slowing and then finally stopping his dance, crawling with catlike focus onto the bed, he leisurely made his way up Brian's body, with warm, long licks and quick, hard bites marking his way. Heels, calves, thighs, balls, cock, belly, nipples, throat, every part of him was marked and savored. Brian's moans, his clutched fingers, his sweat-dampened skin sustained him. And once at his mouth, his kiss took both their breaths away. "Fuck," Brian gasped and now Mark chuckled. And when his body was inside of Brian's, for that brief moment, when they were complete with each other, there was no anger, no fear, no sense of betrayal, just the two of them, one last time, complete. It would end, he understood this bliss had to end, but the night was still new and for at least a few more hours Mark wasn't going anywhere.
Brian kept Mark with him during his last 24 hours in Pittsburgh, neither of them really had anywhere else they would've rather have been. Brian even drove him to the airport and, before leaving him at security, gave him a small box, saying, "To be opened in-flight." Brian waited silently with him in the security line for as long as he could before whispering, "I'll miss you, Mark, believe me." And then he was gone, leaving without looking back, but Mark watched him until he couldn't see him any longer and for awhile even after that.
… Excerpt from
the Brian Kinney Operating Manual - a Life Examined
Chapter titled - 'Brian Plus Others - As to Their Outcome'
Justin only meets Mark that one time because it has always been Mark's dream to live in San Francisco. Fortunately, Brian knows ad people there who show an interest, when feelers are sent out, in a talented young man from Kinnetik. He interviews well and, ultimately, is hired by Miller&ThompsonSan Francisco, Brian's first choice for him. Just seven weeks after meeting Justin, Mark moves to the city where he'll spend the rest of his life. Apparently Brian's quite adept at motivating people to pursue their dreams elsewhere. Intentionally? Do two people, in fact, create intention? We may never know.
Before leaving Mark sends Justin an email saying, in part: 'Understand, Justin, Brian's not okay. He has nightmares and isn't sleeping well. Watch him please and don't tell him I contacted you'. Just Mark taking care of his former boss…his for-awhile lover…his friend.
Four years later, while at Miller&ThompsonSan Francisco, Mark will find James who will love him for the 25 remaining years time allows them. Four years after meeting, they leave Miller&Thompson to start their own small agency, ARTExpression, which specializes in both the fine and theatre arts including, but not limited to, painters, sculptors, designers and small dance and theatre groups throughout the bay area. Naturally, they will be successful. In fact, they will thrive.
James will only ask once where Mark got the silver key chain that he carries with him always, the one with the M2005B engraved on it. Mark will tell him a friend gave it to him when he left Pittsburgh and leave it at that. James will never question him again. He's learned over time not to question Mark on his life before coming to San Francisco. Some things, he's learned, are just better left unsaid.
Mark follows their careers, both Brian's and Justin's, with a certain satisfaction, understanding that he had in some meaningful way a hand in their success and he's certainly right. He helped them both in a way he'll never fully understand when he helped Brain save his sanity. He isn't Brian's only helper, of course, but he played a major role and, for that, we can only be thankful. He was the first of Brian's new coping method, his new kind of trick and since he worked out so well, Brian was willing to try the same method again. Had he not worked out well, well…we shudder to imagine. Brian left adrift is not a pretty picture.
While with Miller&ThompsonSan Francisco, the power men will be more than impressed with the campaigns Mark creates for them. After noting that the only other company he had worked for was Kinnetik out of Pittsburgh, the board of directors of Thomspon&Thompson, Miller&Thompson's parent company out of Chicago, will decide to follow Kinnetik's progress, keeping an eye open to any other possible business opportunities, a decision that will, ultimately, have far-reaching consequences.
When they are in their late fifties, Mark and James will drown together in a freak boating accident off the Marin coast. Brian will never know how, each and every day of his life, Mark was grateful to him for getting him to San Francisco with all the skills needed to make a decent, successful life for himself. He will never realize how each and every day of his life Mark silently thanked him for helping him get the fucking out of Pittsburgh and to the clean ocean breezes of northern California and, most importantly, to James.
Sadly, or so we think, Brian will however know of Mark's death because, just as Mark had followed Brian and Justin's lives, Brian had also followed his, taking a certain pride in his successes, only to be ultimately devastated when Mark dies far too young.
End excerpt
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Les Miserables – Joint Iona College and Lindisfarne College Production
I love a good high school production; the passion and earnestness of the youthful cast brings such excitement and vibrancy to the stage. On Wednesday night the Iona/Lindisfarne Colleges' production of Les Misérables School Edition was a blast for the highly partisan audience and the cast.
Les Misérables the musical follows the life of Jean Valjean from a chain gang prisoner to successful businessman and the mayor of an impoverished working-class Parisian suburb in the early 1800s. It is a tale of hardship, revolutionary fervour, courage, love and redemption. Based on a story by Victor Hugo the fabulous songs are romantic and stirring and instantly recognisable.
The directors Lisa-Jane Easter and Kathy Atkin delivered a really professional production. Here was an amazing set and props, the lighting created a wonderful atmosphere and the movement of the large cast was seamless. Even the stage handlers were quick and discreet. The costumes were appropriate to the period and the characterisations were superb while the orchestra carried the tunes and rhythms and completed the whole. This was an ambitiously collaborative work and it showed.
Valjean is the hero of the show and it is his life journey that we follow, played by Oliver Howlett, his performance conveyed Valjean's humanity and compassion; it is a very demanding role and he played it with dignity and maturity.
The entire two-hour show is a complex drama delivered in song. But its success lies in the understanding and interpretation of the roles, the performers bringing the complex whole to life with their acting, energy and pace.
For me the singing highlights were Eponine (Jess Burke) singing On My Own -she commanded the stage with a strong confident presence and singing voice and we sensed the grit of this love-crossed girl. Another poignant moment was A Heart Full of Love, the voices of Marius (Jason Tufuga), Cosette (Cathy Pearson) and Eponine beautifully harmonious. The softly melancholic young victim Fantine (Marla Beisell) sings the memorable I Dreamed a Dream as she despairs her fate and her tragedy unfolding.
Another special mention is John Black in his role as the stern, unrelenting policeman whose inflexible views about career criminality plague Valjean at many climactic moments in the play.
The night on the barricades was a memorable episode combining dramatic action, the superb barricade props strong enough to be clambered over by the revolutionary students and allowing the dying a safe collapse. In this scene Gavroche (Jack Barclay) the street urchin is shot, but until then the young actor playing his role did so with wonderful cocky humour.
This is a drama from beginning to end, with comedic relief provided by the delightfully villainous Monsieur and Madame Thenardier played by Luke Merwood and Isobelle Walker. They had their timing right, capturing their mischief hilariously.
However, all the performances were great and everyone deserves recognition, congratulations to all the cast and a great 'well done' to everyone involved.
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Joe Budden
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Q: How can ı blur detected object (YoloV5)? I trained a custom yolov5 model and i want to blur detected objects. How can i do it?
model = torch.hub.load('ultralytics/yolov5', 'custom', path='yolov5/runs/train/exp6/weights/last.pt', force_reload=True)
img = os.path.join("uc.jpg")
results = model(img)

%matplotlib inline
plt.imshow(np.squeeze(results.render()))
plt.show()

object detection
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Glossary of religious and spiritual terms
Starting with the letters "Sp" to "Sz"
Words beginning Sa are described elsewhere
Words beginning Sb... to Se... are described elsewhere
Words beginning Sh... to So... are described elsewhere
Spell: a prayer, or verbal direction of magickal energies toward the accomplishment of some goal. 5 Wiccans and other Pagans often use spells, but are not permitted to use them to dominate, manipulate, control or harm another person. For example, a Wiccan is not permitted to cast a spell to motivate another person to feel sexual attraction towards them.
Spiritism: See necromancy.
Spiritualism: See necromancy.
Spirituality: from the Latin word "spiritus," which means "wind" or "breath." This term is defined quite differently by monotheists, polytheists, humanists, followers of new age, Native Americans, secularists, etc. Some common meanings are:
Devotion to metaphysical matters, as opposed to worldly things.
Activities which renew, lift up, comfort, heal and inspire both ourselves and those with whom we interact.
The deepest values and meanings by which people live.
Practices to develop a person's inner life, including meditation, private prayer, yoga, meditation, quiet reflection, contemplation.
Religion minus the dogma, minus the need to control others, and minus an overwhelming fixation with what people do sexuality.
Methods of "internal travel" that give richness and meaning to our life, including mental, and physical practices.
Our beliefs about what ultimately exists, who we fundamentally are, and our place in the greater scheme of things.
Belief in a power operating in the universe that is greater than oneself.
A sense of interconnectedness with all living creatures, and an awareness of the purpose and meaning of life.
Srivatsa (a.k.a. Swastika in German and English): A cross symbol with equal arms bent at a right angle: This is an ancient positive symbol used by many religions around the world -- e.g. Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Christianity, Judaism, and by the ancient Greeks, Germanic tribes, and Native Americans. 6. It was distorted and adopted by the Nazi regime in Germany. Since the 1930s it has been considered a profoundly evil symbol throughout the West.
SSM: An acronym for "Same-Sex Marriage:" a marriage between two persons of the same sex. SSM is sometimes referred to as "gay marriage." However, the latter term is not recommended, because some same-sex marriages include one or two spouses with a bisexual orientation.
Star of David: A Jewish symbol consisting of a six-pointed star.
Stewardship: In general usage, stewardship is the wise management and use of resources, whether by an individual, corporation, government, etc. Among many religious conservatives it is the concept that God owns everything and has entrusted certain resources to individual believers who will eventually be held accountable for what they accomplished with those resources.
Stereotype: A process of generalization by which an entire group is found to be at fault because of the actions of a few of their members. One example is to blame all homosexuals for child molestation because of the actions of NAMBLA, a homosexual pedophile group which is composed of a handful of members. The term is sometimes used to refer to the condemnation of an entire group because of events that never happened. One example was the German Nazi government who blamed the loss of World War I on the German Jews -- a very small minority at the time, numbering less than 1% of its citizens.
Stigmata: the presence of wounds on a person's body (usually a woman) in the places where Jesus is believed to have been injured at his crucifixion. Wound's usually appear on the palms of the person even though during his crucifixion, Jesus was either pierced through his wrists or his arms were tied to the crossbar. A nail through the palm of the hand would tear out due to the weight of the body.
Suffragan bishop: An assistant or subordinate bishop of an diocese -- generally in the Roman Catholic Church or Anglican Communion.
Stupa: A Buddhist term that refers to a burial monument that stands for the Buddha and his attainment of enlightenment.
Subliminal Messages: Visual or audible messages shown in a way that prevents the conscious mind from recognizing them. Visual messages may be flashed on a screen too fast for the person to sense; audible messages may be played at too low a volume to be detected. Controlled tests have shown that they are completely ineffective. Some people still believe that such messages can enter the individual's subconscious mind and motivate them to take certain actions. See also backmasking.
Subordinationism: An early Christian heresy that Jesus is eternally subordinated to God the Father. This contrasts with the traditional Christian view that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are co-eternal, interdependent, one in substance, and without any form of hierarchy, order or ranking. The heresy has been adopted by many Evangelical Christians in recent decades and used to support the belief that a woman's role is to be submissive to other males -- in particular to her husband.
Subordination of the Son, Eternal: See Eternal Subordination of the Son
Substance dualism: The concept that the brain and mind are separate entities: the brain is a physical entity controlled by chemical and electrical processes; the mind is not physical.
Succubus: A female demon who would visit sleeping men at night and engage in sexual activity. This belief was commonly held during the late Middle Ages and Renaissance. There were also corresponding male demons, called incubi who were believed to visit women.
Suffragan bishop: an assistant bishop in a diocese.
Sufiism: "Sufism or tasawwuf, as it is called in Arabic, is generally understood by scholars and Sufis to be the inner, mystical, or psycho-spiritual dimension of Islam." Some Muslims reject the concept that Sufism is part of Islam. 7
Sunnat: A Muslim term for an act that is desirable but not obligatory.
Sunni: The larger of the two main tradition within Islam. Islam split into two main traditions after the death of the prophet Muhammad: Sunni and Shi'a (a.k.a. Shiism). The main dispute was over the mechanism to be used to select his successor. The religion remains divided, with much mutual hatred, violence and mass murder.
Sunyata: A Sanskrit term for "emptiness." It is a Buddhist term that asserts that "... everything one encounters in life is empty of absolute identity, permanence, or 'self'. This is because everything is inter-related and mutually dependent - never wholly self-sufficient or independent. 8
Supercessionism: (a.k.a. Replacement Theology). This is the theological concept that, because the vast majority of Jews in the first century CE did not accept Jesus as their Messiah, God unilaterally terminated his covenants with the Jewish people and transferred them to the followers of Christianity. It relegates Judaism to an inferior position and recognizes Christianity as the 'true' or 'spiritual' Israel. This concept was first developed by Justin Martyr (circa 100 to 165 CE) and Irenaeus of Lyon (circa 130 to 200 CE). It was largely accepted within the church by the 4th century. It has led to a great deal of persecution of Jews by Christians. Many conservative Protestants still believe in this principle. In opposition to supercessionism is the dual covenant theory -- that God has a different and separate covenant with both Jews and Christians.
Sura: (a.k.a. Surah): one of the 114 chapters in the Qur'an. They are generally sorted in decreasing length.
Sutra: A Buddhist scripture that includes a teaching by Buddha.
Swastika: See srivatsa.
Sweat lodge: A Native American ritual for purification involving moist hot air in an enclosed space.
Synagogue: From the Greek word for "gathering." A Jewish house of worship.
Syncretistic Religion: A faith that is created from the merger of concepts from two or more religions. Santeria and Vodun are two examples.
Synergism: Two or more items interacting in such as way that the end result is greater than each item could have achieved separately. For example, a client who believes in Satan as an evil, quasi-deity who undergoes recovered memory therapy (RMT) is very likely to recover false memory of Satanic ritual abuse (SRA). Just believing in Satan or just undergoing RMT is much less likely to generate false memories of SRA.
Synoptic: From the Greek syn (together) and opsis (appearance). A term used to refer to the gospels Mark, Matthew and Luke. They are in general agreement with each other; each conflicts with the Gospel of John in theme, content, time duration, order of events, and style. "Only ca. 8% of ... [John] is parallel to these other gospels, and even then, no such word-for-word parallelism occurs as we find among the synoptic gospels." 9
Synod:
In Roman Catholicism: any official church meeting.
Among Presbyterian denominations, a religious court between the presbytery and the general assembly.
Systematic theology: The study of God and his relationship with humanity.
The following information sources were used to prepare and update the above essay. The hyperlinks are not necessarily still active today.
David Levinson, "Religion: A cross-cultural dictionary," Oxford University Press, (1998). Read reviews or order this book
"The Fountainhead of Miracles, Shinreikyo," has a home page at: http://www.shinreikyo.or.jp
Sola Scriptura," Wikipedia, 2007-JUL-19, at: http://en.wikipedia.org/
Robert N. Bellah, "Is There a Common American Culture?," The Journal for the American Academy of Religion, Volume 66, Number 3, (1998-Fall), Pages 613-625. Online at: http://www.robertbellah.com/
Rowan Moonstone and Durwydd MacTara, "Glossary of Terms Used Frequently in Wicca," Miciigan State University, 1992, at: https://www.msu.edu/
"Historical note on the Swastika," Falun Dafa, at: http://www.falundafa.org.il/
Dr. Alan Godlas, "Sufism -- Sufis -- Sufi Orders: Sufism's Many Paths," at: http://www.arches.uga.edu/~godlas/
"Sunyata" Wikipedia, at: http://en.wikipedia.org/
F.V. Filson, "The Literary Relations among the Gospels," essay in C.M. Laymon: "The Interpreter's One-Volume Commentary on the Bible," Abingdon Press, Nashville, TN, (1991)
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We are promised victory through God. That's what the bible says, right? In 1 John 5:4. So why is it that we lose so many blasted battles? If Christ has overcome the world, why does it seem like the world overcomes us?
Maybe I am the only believer on the face of the earth who experiences this problem. I try to do well, read my Bible, keep my faith in God, walk in His love, blah, blah, blah. In return, aren't I promised some victory? So where is it?
Often is seems like every time I do something good, I am battered by the bad. Every time I overcome a challenge, I am beat to a pulp by the next. Every time I climb higher, I fall harder.
You see, I may never have battled drugs, or gangs, or alcohol…I can't tell you about all that. But my testimony is quite fat with other stuff. I can talk to you about any type of harrassment. I know all about watching everything I own go up in flames. Abusive relationships? Been there. Done that. Watching loved ones struggle to survive? Yup. Got more bills than money? That's easy compared to the rest. Addictions so strong it took years to gain victory over? Yeah. Self-hatred so deep it resulted in self-abuse? Oh, yup. Pain so overwhelming I attempted suicide? Phew…that one's a lonnngggg testimony. Suicidal by the age of ten…oh yeah. Homeless? Several times. Moving way, WAY more than is healthy? Yes. Yes. And yes. Disease and sickness? Blah. Definitely got that covered. All this in 22 years of life.
Yeah, I think that's about the bare essentials.
So in all that and WAY more (let me tell you), don't you think I know what it means to have lost some battles? Too be in way over my head? To despair and feel like God has abandoned me? Yes. I've had experiences that I wouldn't wish on Satan himself.
I have lost more battles than I would like to admit. I have received pain and given pain that I wish never occurred. I have watched loved ones detioriate before my very eyes. And I learned far too early how to be an adult.
But you know what? I know what it means to lose. But I know even more what it means to win. I understand the concept of victory. I've experienced it all my life. Just like I have experienced loss all of my life. For if you do not suffer, how can you know what it means to rejoice? If you don't know pain, how can you offer empathy to another? I know what's it's like to feel forsaken, but never BE forsaken.
But in the end, we shall reign with Christ and Satan shall feel the eternal lick of hell's fire.
God's love is marvelous to an extent that we cannot comprehend. We try. We dream. We hope. But take my word. We. Do. Not. Understand. Amazing love; salvation's motivation, suffering's soothing ointment. Amazing love. Too vast to comprehend.
Christ's suffering was apparent but unrelateable. We wonder. We think. We ponder. But take my word. We. Are. Not. Aware. Amazing suffering; a gift to us, sin's only redemption. Amazing suffering. Too deep to relate.
The Spirit's touch is sweetly undescribeable. We seek. We breathe. We coax. But take my word. We. Can. Not. Express. Amazing touch; exhilarating to the soul, delight of the spirit. Amazing touch. Too precious to let go.


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Gem Bar, formerly Digress Soho, has recently had a huge refurbishment and is now a trendy late night venue in the heart of buzzing Soho stretching over 2 floors. Gem has many large semi-private booths along with a downstairs bar where private parties of up to 250 people can be held. With 50% off ALL food and drinks from 5-8pm everyday of the week, there is no better place to party than Gem Bar.
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Here I deal with the provisions relating to Damages-Based Agreements (DBAs) as set out in The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2013.
This is a truly exciting scheme as it can involve you taking all of the risk and earning nothing and actually paying your client for the privilege of winning!
Other blogs – Contingency Fees – Ontario Model – Jackson's Casablanca Moment, and Contingency Fees and Damages-Based Agreements, deal with the wider issues.
I will unify these blogs in due course.
The final nail in the DBA coffin is confirmation that the indemnity principle applies to DBAs. Thus a solicitor will never be able to recover from the losing party a sum in excess of the amount chargeable to one's own client under the DBA, which sum itself is capped by Regulation 4 of The Damages-Based Agreement Regulations 2013.
Thus in a personal injury case the DBA is capped at 25% of damages, that sum includes VAT and counsel's fees. Maximum recovery, after a trial, is limited to that sum, which net of VAT is 20.83% profit costs, less counsel's fees.
In addition you are free to charge the client extra non-recoverable solicitor and own client costs and you are free to charge the client full solicitor and own client costs in the event of defeat.
Have a conditional fee agreement with the client and in the event of a win you can have all of the above and a success fee.
Thus a DBA provides by far the greatest protection to the client. The application of the indemnity principle benefits only the tortfeasor, as credit must already be given to the claimant, £ for £, for costs recovered.
This is a lawbreaker's Charter.
Say counsel's fee for conference, advice, etc.
In due course I will deal with other aspects, for example that it renders a claimant beating its own Part 36 offer meaningless, no indemnity costs as all capped at the DBA rate.
As everyone knows I am a big fan of contingency fees. The Ontario train crash is bad enough – having to give credit for costs recovered when you have to do no such thing with a CFA success fee.
Adding to it the indemnity principle wrecks DBAs for all matters. I doubt whether one will be signed, except in Small Claims matters.
This is the last-ditch rearguard action of the old guard – the establishment who are scared of contingency fees and the access it gives ordinary people to the courts.


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Netanyahu, Circus Ringmaster of the Israeli Right
The prime minister's coalition partners have become a headache, and are threatening to upset what he hoped would be a conciliatory trip to Washington.
By Gregg Carlstrom
| November 10, 2015, 2:48 AM
Jerusalem — Young men, hundreds of them, are holed up in a house of worship, a squat building carved from Jerusalem's famous limestone. The worshippers have stockpiled explosives inside, they say, to stop Israeli soldiers from changing the decades-old status quo at the site.
It sounds like another scene on the Temple Mount, that eternal flash point in the heart of Jerusalem. But the source of all this angst is actually a synagogue in Givat Zeev, a settlement on the outskirts of the city. Israel's Supreme Court has ordered it demolished by Nov. 17 because it was built on private Palestinian land; the founders, the court ruled, forged a purchase contract.
The synagogue's far-right supporters aren't backing down. Someone defaced the court after it issued the ruling last week, writing on the wall, "Don't demolish synagogues, we want a Jewish state." Miriam Naor, the chief justice, has been assigned an extra bodyguard. Bezalel Smotrich, a far-right Knesset member from the governing coalition, dropped by for an inflammatory photo op last week and called the planned demolition "a very serious thing, a red line that has been crossed."
At the synagogue, worshippers have built a makeshift barricade, piling metal doors, scraps of plywood, and tires outside the fenced entrance.
"We will fight until we draw blood," said David Harush, the manager of the synagogue. "There will be deaths here."
The synagogue is half a world away from the White House, where on Monday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held his first meeting in more than a year with President Barack Obama. It will be, by all accounts, a subdued and respectful trip — nothing like the spectacle of Netanyahu's March address before Congress, where he castigated the Iran nuclear deal as a betrayal of the Jewish state.
"If you don't expect too much substance, then it will be a working visit, one that both sides might even say is positive," said Zalman Shoval, a former Israeli ambassador to the United States.
In a joint statement on Monday morning, Netanyahu told Obama that he was still "committed" to a two-state solution. The two men no doubt spoke privately about a recent wave of stabbing attacks that has killed a dozen Israelis and wounded more than 80. The violence began amid tensions over the Temple Mount, where Palestinians accuse Netanyahu of altering the decades-old status quo regarding who can access the holy site. Netanyahu insists almost daily the holy site will remain closed to Jewish worshippers.
Netanyahu played the statesman at the White House on Monday, but back at home he seems more like a circus ringmaster. His cabinet is now filled with ministers who reject both his stated support for the two-state solution and his position on the Temple Mount. The extremists holed up in the Givat Zeev synagogue are just the tip of the iceberg: Officials in Netanyahu's government are pushing for more provocative policies and, in doing so, are threatening the prime minister's attempts at securing a rapprochement with the United States.
Netanyahu got what he wanted in the March parliamentary election — a "strong right-wing government," the first since the 1990s without even a fig leaf from the center-left. But the leader of the Israeli right cannot appease his supporters, not with ministers openly agitating for a change on the Temple Mount and bomb-wielding settlers barricading themselves inside synagogues. He is losing his deterrence over his own allies.
Perhaps the most visible face of this dilemma is Tzipi Hotovely, the deputy foreign minister. Netanyahu left the foreign minister's post vacant for a future center-left partner, so she is technically Israel's top diplomat. Yet she has made just three short foreign trips in six months, two of them to Vietnam and Spain, hardly key diplomatic allies.
Hotovely's wings were further clipped after she told the official Knesset Channel on Oct. 26 that her "dream is to see the Israeli flag flying over the Temple Mount."
The next morning, she abruptly cancelled a meeting with foreign journalists, citing "unforeseen circumstances." The organizers of the press conference were more direct: "Netanyahu gagged her," one said.
Unable to entrust his right-wing coalition partners with sensitive diplomatic missions, Netanyahu has turned to the ranks of the opposition. It has fallen to Yair Lapid, a centrist lawmaker, to fly to London to discuss a controversial UNESCO vote and to Berlin to lobby the German parliament against European labeling of settlement products. He has fashioned himself as a shadow foreign minister; Hotovely often seems more like the prime minister's envoy to the settlements.
Other ministers have busied themselves with bizarre schemes. The messianic agriculture minister, Uri Ariel, proposed the mass deportation of stray cats to replace a successful spay-and-neuter program that he believes is contrary to Jewish law. Hard-line Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked is pursuing a bill that would require foreign-funded NGOs — which are almost exclusively liberal — to wear special stickers in the Knesset. Some Israelis scornfully posted Nazi-era yellow stars of David on their Facebook pages, with "leftist" written in place of "Jude."
Even Netanyahu's own behavior has been increasingly erratic. Over the past few weeks, he managed to appoint a spokesman who believes Obama is an anti-Semite and accused a Palestinian leader of masterminding the Holocaust.
Netanyahu's visit to Washington is therefore, among other things, an audition of sorts — for a center-left partner who could end his predicament.
"Netanyahu has a need to expand his coalition," said his former national security advisor, Uzi Arad, arguing that a unity government would get rid of what he delicately called "hard-line" elements. "He needs a government that would moderate Israel's image and Israel's posture."
To that end, Netanyahu's public remarks in Washington made barely any mention of the scathing fight over the nuclear deal between world powers and Iran, a brawl that left American Jews divided and his relationship with Obama in tatters. On Tuesday, he will speak at the Center for American Progress, a prominent liberal think tank. Netanyahu is also expected to offer Obama a set of vague confidence-building measures, like easing checkpoints and boosting the Palestinian economy — "practical ways … [to] lower the tension, increase stability, and move towards peace," as he put it.
Such steps amount to an effort to mend fences, the sort that Isaac Herzog, the chairman of the Labor Party, has long advocated. Labor Party sources say Herzog is genuinely interested in joining the coalition. But the party is required to hold a primary within the next few months, and he may not survive another turn before Labor's notoriously fratricidal voters.
"He's worried about the future, and that's why he wants in, to become foreign minister or [have] some other position of authority," said Shmuel Sandler, a political science professor at Bar-Ilan University.
But while Netanyahu may be putting a kinder, gentler face forward, his core beliefs remain unchanged. He is often called "Mr. Status Quo," with good reason: The confidence-building measures with the Palestinians, for instance, sound identical to ones he proposed in 2008, before his current run as prime minister.
"I don't think that his views have changed much," said Arad. "It's his situation that changed dramatically, and in some ways it confirmed his original outlook. He's always been a hard-nosed realist."
The conflict has certainly changed, on both sides. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his aging coterie of advisors view the Oslo process as a failure. A generation of young Palestinians reached the same conclusion years ago: Support for the two-state solution is rapidly fading, as is faith in the leadership.
The more vexing shift, though, is on the Israeli side, where now even Netanyahu's offer to remove some checkpoints earned him a rebuke from the right. The prime minister's plane had barely left Israeli airspace when the hawkish education minister, Naftali Bennett, laid into him for the planned gestures. Israeli politics, it seems, doesn't stop at the water's edge.
"We are in the middle of a wave of terror," Bennett said. "Giving gestures is like fuel for the fire of terrorism. We can demand a gesture from them: stop the murder and incitement."
An Israeli unity government would likely mean little for the Palestinians in the immediate future. Herzog believes that negotiations with Abbas should last at least five years. The two-state solution is so sufficiently defunct that Rob Malley, Obama's senior Middle East advisor, told reporters last week that the president has given up on pushing for a deal.
However, bringing in a left-wing coalition partner would buy a bit of breathing space for an Israeli prime minister allergic to dramatic moves. As Arad put it, "the Israeli-Palestinian issue needs to be managed."
MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images
Tags: Barack Obama, Israel, Palestine, United States


Barbra enjoys life; she always has a smile and looks for the humor in all situations. Barbra is a BrightStone girl and wants to enjoy every minute of our day. Even when her Mother comes by and offers to take her home, she chooses to ride the bus! Barbra's favorite BrightStone activities are working in the paint room, riding the exercise bike, going to the library, computer activities and helping cook lunch. Allen is a quiet gentleman but takes great pride in his work. This week we made Father's Day gifts and his pride and reaction to his gift was priceless! Allen seems to enjoy all of our activities but he said his favorites are working in the consumables room, computer activities, going to Chick-Fil-A for a snack, and playing ball at the YMCA.


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Mr. and Mrs. Harlan C. Stai Fellow
A first-year HGO Studio artist from Brooklyn, Meryl Dominguez recently made her international debut as the title character in Norma with Musica Viva Hong Kong. During the 2022-23 season at HGO, she will perform in Salome and as Skyspace Woman in Another City. She was a resident artist at Philadelphia's Academy of Vocal Arts, where she performed roles such as Violetta (La traviata), Juliet (Romeo and Juliet), Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus), Adina (The Elixir of Love), and Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor), which she also performed with Knoxville Opera. As an apprentice artist at Santa Fe Opera, she sang the role of Naiade in Ariadne auf Naxos. She has Bachelor of Arts degrees in Dance and Voice Performance from Oberlin College and Conservatory. In addition to her operatic roles, she is an enthusiastic advocate for art song and new music.
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Q: How to determine if character is Chinese, Korean or Japanese I have strings that come from database. Each string is either English (ASCII) or Chinese, Korean or Japanese.
I need to detect and delete all Chinese strings,
all English, Korean and Japan strings must be kept.
Is this possible? I know Japanese text might use Chinese symbols.
I am using PHP.
Update:
I do not try to detect the language. Detecting encoding will be enough. However I am unsure about difference between Chinese and Japanese - Do they use same encoding or different encoding.

A: Let's clear up some terms first:
A language is a human language, like English, Chinese, Korean or Japanese. Languages are written using writing systems consisting of characters/ideographs/letters. Several languages share writing systems; you can use the Latin alphabet to write a whole bunch of different languages like English, French, German etc. Those writing systems are encoded in a computer using an encoding, which makes it possible to express individual characters using only binary notation (1s and 0s).
Now:

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*Japanese partly shares its writing system with Chinese; Japanese uses Chinese characters (kanji) in addition to some exclusively Japanese characters (hiragana, katakana). The Latin alphabet is also used in Japanese.

*Chinese characters are also partially used in Korean writing, though Korean can be written exclusively in hangul.

*Either and all of these languages can be encoded in various ways; there are encodings which are primarily intended for Chinese or Korean or Japanese, but the most widely used Unicode encodings (e.g. UTF-8) can express all those languages in the same encoding and are not biased towards any one particular language.

Given all this, what you want is somewhere between unclear and impossible. You could remove all Chinese characters from a text (remove any character that is used in Chinese), but in the case of Japanese that would also mean largely removing the Japanese text (less so for Korean, but same issue). It would be like removing Latin letters from an English text; there's not a lot left if you do that. You could try to detect whether some text is encoded in some encoding primarily biased towards one specific language, but if your text is encoded in a Unicode encoding there's nothing there to differentiate. You could try language analysis to detect the language used in your text, but you stated that you do not want to detect "languages".
You could try to detect whether some specifically Korean (hangul) or Japanese (kana) characters are in a string, that'd be a good indication that the text is likely in one of those languages. However, you will get false negatives in the case of Japanese, since it's perfectly possible for a short phrase to contain exclusively Chinese characters and still be valid Japanese.
The only advice I can give with the stated question is to go back to the drawing board to figure out what exactly you want to do.


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Statement: Antigua and Barbuda to re-examine abortion laws
Antigua Planned Parenthood Association (APPA) / International Planned Parenthood Federation - Americas and The Caribbean Regional Office (IPPF ACRO) Statement on the government of Antigua and Barbuda ...
Antigua Planned Parenthood Association (APPA) / International Planned Parenthood Federation - Americas and The Caribbean Regional Office (IPPF ACRO) Statement on the government of Antigua and Barbuda re-examining abortion laws.
As the government announces a re-examination of existing abortion laws in Antigua and Barbuda the Antigua Planned Parenthood Association (APPA) is pleased that policymakers have heard the call of millions of women worldwide in the wake of the detrimental ruling of Roe vs. Wade in the U.S.A.
Access to abortion has been criminalized in Antigua and Barbuda since 1895, however, the government has acknowledged that the legal status has not prevented abortions with Chief of Staff in the Office of the Prime Minister, Lionel Hurst, commenting "We know that it is better to have it done by a doctor than the practice used by some of having non-professionals engaged in this system – because it can cause permanent damage".
The recognition that the current legislation has caused more harm than good, is certainly an encouraging first step toward the right to bodily autonomy for the women and girls in the country.
"In our local context, the laws which criminalize abortion do not prevent the practice but certainly restrict access to safe and timely medical care. Decriminalizing abortion care would mean access to often life-saving care is a reality for women in Antigua and Barbuda." - Lyndale Weaver-Greenaway, Executive Director at Antigua Planned Parenthood Association
The mission of the Antigua Planned Parenthood Association (APPA), established in 1970, is "to advance the sexual and reproductive well-being of the Antiguan and Barbudan population by providing safe, efficient, and affordable sexual and reproductive health services including family planning"
Dona Da Cosa Martinez, Deputy Regional Director of International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) Americas and The Caribbean Regional Office commends the government's recognition of the need for re-examination of restrictive laws that do more harm than good for its citizens., "Antigua and Barbuda are now at the height of making the changes which are necessary to ensure the protection and fulfillment of the human rights of all its citizens to have full access to reproductive care, and in doing so, establishing a precedent for the rest of the Caribbean to follow. Now is the time for regional leaders to ensure free and full access to safe abortion care in all their countries."
The Antigua Planned Parenthood Association (APPA) is an Associate Member of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), a movement of 120 autonomous members with a presence in over 146 countries. Member Associations provide non-profit family planning services, sexual health, and abuse prevention training and education. IPPF's goals include giving clients the information necessary to make informed sexual health decisions, promoting continuous sexual health, and making high-quality sexual health services available.
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News item | 7 February 2022
New Member Associations in Antigua and Dominica
The IPPF ACRO Team is excited to Welcome Two New Member Associations in Antigua and Dominica!
APPA has been pioneering family planning in Antigua & Barbuda since 1970. Today, it continues to meet the demand for sexual and reproductive health services—particularly among vulnerable…


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Catchers Protect Pitchers, Retaliation
On the Merits of Moving On: Harper and Hunter Try to Make Nice
Posted on May 31, 2017 May 31, 2017 by Jason Turbow
Harper-Strickland: The Day After played out in San Francisco yesterday, and was noteworthy primarily for just how un-noteworthy it had become. It became that way because the players made it so. Retaliation was nowhere to be found on the field Tuesday at AT&T Park.
In the visitors' clubhouse before the game, Bryce Harper—fresh off receiving a four-an appeal-reduced three-game suspension—spoke about the hope that both sides could move on from worrying about the past, saying things like, "That's gonna suck if I get hit again."
Bryce Harper charges the mound after being hit by Hunter Strickland!!! pic.twitter.com/ahNpD6ogKV
— TheRenderMLB (@TheRenderMLB) May 29, 2017
On the Giants' side, the conversation turned away from pitcher Hunter Strickland (himself suspended for six games) and toward somebody with significantly more effect on the team's fortunes, a guy who through his own inaction managed to become a focal point of the story.
But Buster Posey didn't want to talk about it.
His first comment to reporters was, "I just want to focus on playing the game." Then he ended the interview.
With space to consider the implications, the more it seems that Posey's actions were deliberate, not delinquent. If that's so, the primary question becomes whether the catcher knew about Strickland's intentions in advance, which leads to two primary scenarios:
If he did, Posey likely attempted to dissuade the pitcher from hitting Harper, and was subsequently disgusted when Strickland ignored his advice.
If he didn't, Posey was shocked into inaction, less in a too-surprised-to-move sort of way than a let-dude-fix-his-own-mess sort of way.
In the aftermath of the fight Monday night, in the Giants' postgame clubhouse, Posey sat facing his locker as Strickland approached from the side to talk to him. What they said was private, but Posey never once turned to look at his teammate. It did not lend an impression of understanding or warmth.
On Tuesday, Strickland tried to put it behind him, saying, "I never once questioned or had to question Buster or anyone on this team. We're here to win ballgames and I don't look at it any further than that."
Discussing the fight itself, Harper expressed some relief that Giants players didn't get to him more quickly, with particular appreciation for San Francisco first baseman Michael Morse, Harper's teammate in Washington in 2012, Harper's rookie year. "I'm thankful that Mikey Mo and [Jeff] Samardzija collided, because Samardzija saw blood a little bit, I thought," he said
Harper used the phrase "I'm very thankful for Mikey Mo" twice more in the conversation.
As for Morse, he said his intention, had he not collided with his teammate (resulting in a concussion that landed him on the 7-day DL), was to grab Harper and pull him the hell away from the pile. He likes the guy—went out of his way to protect him, not hurt him. How that sits with guys like Strickland or Samardzija, both of whom did see blood a little bit, is unknown.
Ultimately, focus on the situation grew so absurd that Harper even went so far as to suggest that baseball might be better off were players more emotionally in-tune. "If [Strickland] did have a problem," he told reporters, "he could have talked to me during BP about it, said, hey, I don't like the way you went about it."
Then, realizing the folly of his suggestion, he sighed, "That's not human nature, I guess."
Let's leave the last word, though, to Posey, with a sentiment that was, literally, his last word before shooing the gathered media away from his locker before Tuesday's game. "Funny world we live in, isn't it?" he said.
Hats Off To (Bryce) Harper: Ill-Considered HBP Spawns Ill-Considered Response to Ill-Considered Mound Charge
The guy to watch is Buster Posey.
In the wake of yesterday's headline-grabbing free-for-all between Bryce Harper and Hunter Strickland, one can learn volumes by watching the Giants catcher.
Sure, Strickland drilled Harper in the hip with as intentional a fastball as can be thrown by a grudge-carrying pitcher.
Sure, his reason—Harper did some staring and some yelling after homering off of Strickland for the second time during the 2014 playoffs—was thin.
Strickland drilled Harper and then they traded punches: pic.twitter.com/dQLq9YDz3j
— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) May 29, 2017
Sure, Harper acted like a punk in his own right, throwing his helmet at the pitcher before charging the mound, a decision made all the worse by his wild inaccuracy.
Another view pic.twitter.com/iv0B9i9ZEh
— John Middlekauff (@JohnMiddlekauff) May 29, 2017
Sure, the fight was intense, at least by baseball standards, with Harper and Strickland getting in at least one shot each, even as Giants Michael Morse and Jeff Samardzija cinematically tackled each other while going after Harper.
Bryce Harper goes after Hunter Strickland after an HBP and then Mike Morse and Jeff Samardzija are collateral damage. pic.twitter.com/jton90huP5
— Nick Bromberg (@NickBromberg) May 29, 2017
It all provided some darn good theater on a lazy Memorial Day afternoon. But the person to watch was Posey.
In situations like yesterday's, a catcher's primary role is fight-preventer, his duty being to bear-hug an angry batter from behind before damage can be done to the pitcher. Not Posey. Not yesterday.
Harper took four-and-a-half angry steps before deciding to charge the mound. He took five more, plus a whole bunch of pitter-pats, once he started to run. Also, he threw his helmet.
Yet it wasn't until Harper and Strickland began trading punches that Posey thought to approach the fracas, far too late to stop anything, or to even slow it down. That's him, mask on, on the outside of the scrum looking in.
Why didn't Buster do anything from the outset? Probably because he was nearly as annoyed at Strickland as Harper was. Because Strickland was redressing an issue from three seasons ago, in which the only injury was to Strickland's ego, during a series the Giants won. ("I don't even think [Strickland] should be thinking about what happened in the first round [of the playoffs]," Harper said after yesterday's game. "He should be thinking about wearing that ring home every single night.")
Posey may have been upset because Strickland decided that the time to do something was in the eighth inning of a game in which the Giants trailed by only two runs. (Given Strickland's short-relief role, he doubtless felt that he had to seize any available opportunity. Harper's postseason homers off him in 2014 represented the first two times the players ever met. Monday's was the third.)
Sure, two were out and the bases were empty, but following Harper in the batting order were Ryan Zimmerman, Daniel Murphy and Anthony Rendon—not exactly the cast you want to face out of the stretch. Sure enough, singles by Zimmerman and Murphy brought home pinch-runner Brian Goodwin to extend the Nats' lead.
It was foreseeable. Posey foresaw it. And he knew that if the Nationals are to respond at some point during the series, he will likely be the one wearing the target. And he wasn't pleased. So he stood there.
"Those are some big guys tumbling around on the ground …" Posey explained after the game in a San Jose Mercury News report. "It'll be a little dangerous to get in there sometimes." Uh huh.
Posey had every right to be angry with Strickland. Drilling Harper was a stupid decision at a stupid time. Still, it comes down to this: players are obligated to protect their teammates, no matter how much they may disagree with said teammates' actions. They can offer chastisement in private, of course (one can only hope that Posey took such a tack with Strickland), but over the course of a season, any decision that frays a ballclub's brotherhood is markedly unhelpful. When it comes to fights, the prevailing notion is: Protect your guys and sort out the details later.
To that end, Posey failed. He failed not only Strickland, but every other Giants pitcher who might one day wonder whether Buster might have his back when things get weird.
The thing is, Posey wasn't even alone. Look at Brandon Crawford trotting in from shortstop in the above clip, as if trying to delay his arrival. Maybe Crawford's just not a fighter. Or maybe it's a collective anti-Strickland sentiment, almost as if the guy had been making clubhouse pronouncements about his intention to get Harper, even in the face of veteran teammates advising him against it.
Which, given Strickland's reputation, wouldn't be surprising. It all jumbles together in one inane stew that, no matter which angle one chooses, doesn't look good for the Giants.
Update (5/30): Fox's Ken Rosenthal suggests that Posey and Strickland may have had an understanding wherein Posey intentionally lay back to let things play out. This would explain a lot of things. Still, it doesn't account for Posey's complete lack of movement (were he prepared to act engaged while not actually engaging, one would expect that he'd try to sell it at least a little), nor the fact that Harper's charge was decidedly unlikely in the first place.
A.J. Ellis, Catchers Protect Pitchers
Greinke Takes the Blame for Catcher's Lack of Action
Posted on April 18, 2013 by Jason Turbow
In the aftermath of Zack Greinke's shoulder injury at the hands of Carlos Quentin, some criticism arose of Dodgers catcher A.J. Ellis for not moving more quickly to step between the two—an essential part of a catcher's job when it comes to such matters. Ellis was unprepared for Quentin's sudden rush toward the pitcher—and by the time he caught up, it was too late.
Yesterday, Greinke absolved him of responsibility.
"Anyone with the White Sox has always labeled me as someone who does stuff," Greinke said in a Los Angeles Times story, recounting his encounters with Quentin when he was a member of the Kansas City Royals and Quentin with the Chicago White Sox. "I didn't think it would happen. Looking back, I should have warned him."
Greinke also said that the eight-game suspension levied upon Quentin by Major League Baseball seemed appropriate. "To expect the league to do more than that would be pretty crazy," he said.
(In related news, Padres President and CEO Tom Garfinkel blamed the incident on Greinke and compared the pitcher, who has dealt with social anxiety disorder, to Rainman. There's an entire chapter of the unwritten rules dealing with restraint from calling out one's opponent in the press—or even at a meeting of season ticket-holders, which is where Garfinkel made his remarks—although it usually pertains to players, not senior management.)


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Southeast more vulnerable to twisters than Midwest
Oklahoma and Kansas may have the reputation as tornado hot spots, but the Southeast is vulnerable too, says an analysis.
Southeast more vulnerable to twisters than Midwest Oklahoma and Kansas may have the reputation as tornado hot spots, but the Southeast is vulnerable too, says an analysis. Check out this story on hattiesburgamerican.com: http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story/news/local/2014/06/13/more-vulnerable-to-twisters/10450837/
AP Science Writer Published 1:59 p.m. CT June 13, 2014 | Updated 2:31 p.m. CT June 13, 2014
This October 2011 file photo shows a damaged house in Sunrise, Fla. after a possible tornado damaged more than two dozen houses in the area. Oklahoma and Kansas may have the reputation as tornado hotspots, but Florida and the rest of the Southeast are far more vulnerable to killer twisters, a new analysis shows.(Photo: J Pat Carter AP)
WASHINGTON — Oklahoma and Kansas may have the reputation as tornado hot spots, but Florida and the rest of the Southeast are far more vulnerable to killer twisters, a new analysis shows.
Florida leads the country in deaths calculated per mile a tornado races along the ground, followed by Tennessee, North Carolina, Ohio and Alabama, according to an analysis of the past three decades by the federal Southeast Regional Climate Center at the University of North Carolina.
That's because Florida is No. 1 in so many factors that make tornadoes more risky: mobile homes, the elderly and the poor, said center director Charles Konrad II, who headed the new work.
"People are just much more vuln
Florida's death rate of 2.4 deaths per 100 miles of tornado ground track is more than two-and-a-half times that of Oklahoma and nearly five times that of Kansas.erable in a mobile home than they are in a regular home," Konrad said.
Along with Florida, Dixie Alley — including Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, western parts of the Carolinas — is where "more people die from tornadoes" than anywhere else in the world, said Conrad.
Three years ago, a four-day outbreak of more than 200 tornadoes killed 316 people in Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia.
Florida doesn't get as many tornadoes as Oklahoma and they aren't as strong, but when Florida does get them, "people are especially vulnerable," Konrad said. He presented the research at an American Meteorological Society meeting in Colorado this week.
This May 2011 file photo shows an American flag flying over the remains of a tornado-ravaged neighborhood in Tuscaloosa, Ala., a month after a killer storms in Alabama. Oklahoma and Kansas may have the reputation as tornado hotspots, but Florida and the rest of the Southeast are far more vulnerable to killer twisters, a new analysis shows. (Photo: Jay Reeves AP)
Konrad's work makes sense and fits with earlier research on tornado fatalities, said Florida State University meteorology professor James Elsner and Barb Mayes Boustead, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration meteorologist and tornado chaser.
Visibility is another problem for
tornadoes in the Southeast. Because of atmospheric conditions, the region tends to get more tornadoes at night, making them harder to see, Konrad said. It also means some people may be asleep and miss warnings.
The South also has more trees and buildings to block the view of oncoming tornadoes, Konrad said. And they also tend to come from low-hanging clouds, making them harder to see.
Florida tends to get tornadoes more in the winter, while the Southeast tornado season is February through April, Konrad said. The Midwest generally sees them in the spring and summer.
This year, which is so far unusually quiet, seven tornadoes have killed 35 people, 32 of them in the Southeast, including 16 in Arkansas and 11 in Mississippi.
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'Indigenous heritage is a national treasure' – says President
Indigenous Heritage Month celebrations at the Sophia Exhibition Centre [Ministry of the Presidency photo]
By Editor On Sep 2, 2018
President David Granger Saturday evening formally opened the Indigenous Heritage Month celebrations at the Sophia Exhibition Centre, where he said that the newly elected National Toshaos' Council (NTC) can be assured of the fullest cooperation from the Government as the two institutions must work together towards a better quality of life for the Indigenous peoples and Guyanese as a whole.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, President Granger said that already, the groundwork is being laid to ensure that inequalities in public education, incomes, and access to public services between hinterland communities and the rest of the country are eliminated.
"Indigenous peoples are now assured of a government, which aims at eradicating their impoverishment. The newly-elected National Toshaos' Council can expect the fullest cooperation from the central government. We have urged the development of Village Improvement Plans (VIPs) to ensure the integrated development of indigenous communities," the President said.
On this note, Vice President and Minister of Indigenous Peoples' Affairs, Mr. Sydney Allicock, in his remarks, said that the Ministry of Indigenous Affairs is working with the Villages to develop their VIPs in an effort to map development.
"We have to know what resources are available, what we need and how we can achieve our targets. These plans are the basis upon which we will develop our villages, seek and justify funding and have knowledge of our potential. So far, 57 VIPs will be completed by the end of this year. Every Village will equip themselves with the VIPs," Minister Allicock said.
Meanwhile, the Head of State said that Guyanese citizenship guarantees equal rights and equal opportunities for all as he noted that the elimination of inequality, particularly between residents of the coastland and the hinterland, is essential to ensuring first-class citizenship for everyone.
He noted that the Plan of Action for Hinterland Development, which was laid out in his address to the Conference of the National Toshaos' Council in 2015 is still valid and relevant as it is aimed at reducing inequality between the indigenous peoples and the rest of the population by eradicating poverty, promoting employment and economic prosperity and by enhancing access to public services.
"The government, therefore, is taking steps to improve hinterland educational access, attendance and attainment. Access to hinterland education is evidenced in the construction, extension, repairs and renovation to schools and dormitories at Assakata, Bartica, Bina Hill, Itabac, Kato, Kaibarupai, Kamarang, Kamwatta, Katoka, Nappi, Port Kaituma, Santa Rosa, Waramadong and Warapoka," he noted.
The President said that school attendance has increased as a result of the hinterland schools' feeding programme and transportation; daily school meals were provided to 25,843 students from 204 primary and nursery schools in 2017. The Public Education Transport Service (PETS) –popularly known as the 3Bs Initiative – has distributed 28 buses, 9 boats and 1,184 bicycles to provide free transportation, countrywide.
In this regard, President Granger said that the performance gap between coastland and hinterland regions is being closed. These efforts have seen 566 students winning scholarships in 2017, 73 of which have been able to pursue studies at the Guyana School of Agriculture, Guyana Technical Institute, Guyana Industrial Training Centre and Carnegie School of Home Economics.
He noted that the Hinterland Employment and Youth Service (HEYS) is providing training and seed capital to engage in economic enterprises and grants have been provided to 3,795 young persons, stimulating 2,000 small businesses, including partnerships.
"Village infrastructure is the backbone of the economy. The Ministry of Indigenous Peoples Affairs is supporting improvements in the hinterland road transportation system – including at Annai, Kabakaburi to Akawini, Karasabai, Kariako to Kokerite, Masakenari and Tiger Pond.
"The availability of all-terrain vehicles, boats, outboard engines and mini-buses has made life easier for more than 5,000 persons, including school children and the elderly. Bridges are being constructed at Rupanau, Tuseneng and on the Kako-Waramadong road. Aerodromes – at Bimichi, Eteringbang, Iwokrama, Kamana, Kurupung and Paramakatoi – are being rehabilitated to support the movement of people and goods. Access to public services, particularly those relating to energy, health, information and water supply, has been made easier," President Granger noted.
The Government has also spearheaded language classes in Arawak, Carib and Warrau, which have so far benefitted 280 students in Kwebanna and Waramuri. This programme will be expanded to Wakapoa and Mainstay and eventually to other communities.
The Head of State noted that a mix of sustainable energy solutions – hydro, solar and wind – is being examined to meet the energy demands of hinterland communities with the pioneer 400 Kw solar power system in Mabaruma spearheading government's drive to establish solar farms.
Further, primary health care has been expanded. The construction of doctors' quarters, maternity waiting rooms, health posts, x-ray rooms and sanitary blocks and the deployment of medical personnel to hinterland communities attest to the government's commitment to improving the health and well-being of indigenous communities, he said.
Government is improving hinterland water supply. Water improvement projects are ongoing in Oronoque, Kako, Kamwatta, Koberimo, Chinoweng, Paramakatoi, Mabaruma and Port Kaituma.
A 'frontline village policy' has been enunciated for the security of villages in light of the influx of migrants from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela," the President said.
He noted that Indigenous Heritage Month celebrates the rich customs and traditions of the indigenous peoples and these customs and traditions are valued by all and are a national treasure that benefits the nation.
Chairman of the NTC and Toshao of the host village for Heritage celebrations this year, Mr. Nicholas Fredericks, in his remarks, said that the NTC is pleased with the response of the Government thus far but he noted that there are always areas for improvement.
"It is our humble call to open your doors to the NTC as you have been doing and we want to compliment you the Ministers and Ministries for accepting the proposals of the indigenous peoples and we would like to see more. There is always room for improvement.
"This month is important to us especially as it relates to the reflection and the recognition of indigenous peoples' contributions towards the development of Guyana. As we enter into the month of September, we call on the Government and the different agencies to work with us to bring an end to the long lasting issues that we have been facing," he said.
The event was also attended by Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo and his wife, Mrs. Sita Nagamootoo, other Ministers of the Government, members of the diplomatic corps, members of the various Indigenous cultural groups, among others. (Extracted and modified from Ministry of the Presidency)
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New home registrations up 33% in Q3 but slowdown ahead, reports NHBC
New data released by NHBC shows that UK new home registrations increased by 33% in the third quarter of 2022 compared to the same period last year. A total of 44,729 new homes were registered to be built in Q3 2022 compared to 33,603 in Q3 2021. This is the highest Q3 figure since 2007, despite expectations that property sales will slow in the coming period due to higher mortgage rates and faltering consumer confidence.
Private-for-sale registrations were up by 26% to 32,702. New home registrations rose for every house-type in Q3 2022 with a shift in mix back towards apartments with 9,006 registered in Q3 2022, up 114% on Q3 2021. 45% of all new apartments registered in Q3 2022 were in London.
10 out of 12 regions experienced growth in registrations in Q3 2022 vs Q3 2021 with London, Scotland, Wales and West Midlands experiencing significant rises, due to lower levels in the previous year and the timing impact of some large site registrations.
However, there were small dips in the South West and Northern Ireland with developers in these areas reporting a slight cooling of the market.
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Millbrook Square
Millbrook Square features an outdoor swimming pool that is open, weather permitting, from May 1 through Labor Day.
Millbrook Pool is open to the Washington University in St. Louis community, facilitating summer barbecues and pool parties for students and faculty. There is also a playground for the adjacent Nursery School.
David Millar and Robert Brookings
The name Millbrook comes from the combinations of the last names of David Millar and Robert Brookings. David Millar was a Washington University graduate and brother in the Gamma Omicron Chapter of the Sigma Nu Fraternity. He was the mayor of University City from 1933 to 1937, and a prominent St. Louis lawyer.
Robert Brookings was a St. Louis businessman and president of the Washington University Board of Directors from 1891 to 1928. Brookings Hall and Brookings Quadrangle both are named after Robert Brookings.
The Millbrook Building, Millbrook Square Apartments and the Millbrook Pedestrian Overpass also bear the Millbrook name.