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Q: Java 2D Arrays string or char Seating managment I have the assignment in java by using an array and here some instruction in how to write the program.
the problem I faced in step 2 how should initialize the array to show the output like below ( 1 A B C D ).
Write a java program for the seating arrangement. The program should have the following
1/ Ask the user to enter how many row in the seating arrangement (Done)
2/ Depending upon the entered row, use arrays and loops to assign the initial seat
numbering and display as follows:
     Example if you enter ----- > row = 3
     The display will be:
      1 A B C D
      2 A B C D
      3 A B C D

3/ Ask the user to choose the seat they want and the assigned 'X' for the chosen seat. (Done)
The user will be ask to enter until a sentinel value is given to stop entering.
4/ Display the seat patterns after the assigned value of 'X'
 Example if the user choose ----- > 1A 2B 3D
    The display will be:
   1 X B C D
   2 A X C D
   3 A B C X

I wrote the code but in a problem, I faced problem in 2D arrays, I didn't know how to initialize the arrays it's a String or char array?
my code
import java.util.Scanner;

public class Test {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        Scanner s = new Scanner(System.in);

        System.out.println("Enter how many row in seating arrangment: ");
        int rowNo = s.nextInt();

        String seating[][] = new String[rowNo][4];
        for (int i = 0; i < rowNo; i++) {
            for (int j = 0; j < 4; j++) {
                if (j == 0)
                    seating[i][j] = "A";
                else if (j == 1)
                    seating[i][j] = "B";
                else if (j == 2)
                    seating[i][j] = "C";
                else
                    seating[i][j] = "D";
            }
        }

        for (int i = 0; i < rowNo; i++) {
            System.out.println(i + 1);
            for (int j = 0; j < 4; j++) {
                System.out.println((j + 1) + "\t" + seating[i][j]);
            }
            System.out.println();
        }

        String askUser = "Y";
        while (askUser.equalsIgnoreCase("Y")) {
            System.out.println("Chose your Seat ");

            System.out.println("Enter the row  ");
            int row = s.nextInt();

            System.out.println("Enter the column  ");
            String col = s.nextLine();

            if (col.equals("A"))
                seating[row - 1][0] = "X";
            else if (col.equals("B"))
                seating[row - 1][1] = "X";
            else if (col.equals("C"))
                seating[row - 1][2] = "X";
            else
                seating[row - 1][3] = "X";

            System.out.println("Contnioe to choose seat [y -Yes | n-No] :");
            askUser = s.next();
        }

        System.out.println("Find Seating");
        for (int i = 0; i < rowNo; i++) {
            for (int j = 0; j < 4; j++) {
                System.out.println((j + 1) + "\t" + seating[i][j]);
            }
            System.out.println();
        }
    }
}

the output of my code
     Enter how many row in seating arrangment:

    3
    1
    1   A
    2   B
    3   C
    4   D

    2
    1   A
    2   B
    3   C
    4   D

  Chose your Seat
  Enter the row
   2
  Enter the column
  A
  Contnioe to choose seat [y -Yes | n-No] :

 Find Seating
 1  A
 2  B
 3  C
 4  D

1   A
2   B
3   C
4   X

what's the error in my code ?
Hint by Teacher: The row numbers should be stored in one-dimensional string array.
A 2D array should be used for the characters.
I'm looking for help, please.
regards
but the 2d array if i do it like this is correct?
 String seatRow[]= new String[rowNo];
 char [] col= {'A','B','C','D'};
//String[] col= {"a b c d "};
String s=Arrays.toString(col);
String SeatAval[][]= new String [rowNo][s.length()];

I confused about the hint provided by teacher set the row in a string array. and characters.

A: I've edited your code to work and added notes so you know what was going wrong. Please read and understand. Also you should probably add some error checking in case the user gives bad inputs. Here is the updated code:
import java.util.Scanner;

public class Test {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        Scanner s = new Scanner(System.in);

        System.out.println("Enter number of rows in seating arrangment: ");
        int rowNo = s.nextInt();

        String[][] seating = new String[rowNo][4];
        for (int i = 0; i < rowNo; i++) {
            for (int j = 0; j < 4; j++) {
                if (j == 0)
                    seating[i][j] = "A";
                else if (j == 1)
                    seating[i][j] = "B";
                else if (j == 2)
                    seating[i][j] = "C";
                else
                    seating[i][j] = "D";
            }
        }

        // Extracted your printing into a method
        printSeating(seating);

        String askUser = "Y";
        while (askUser.equalsIgnoreCase("Y")) {
            System.out.println("Chose your Seat ");

            System.out.println("Enter the row  ");
            int row = s.nextInt();
            // nextInt() only gets the int and doesn't consume the newline
            // so this consumes the newline
            s.nextLine();

            System.out.println("Enter the column  ");
            String col = s.nextLine();

            if (col.equals("A"))
                seating[row - 1][0] = "X";
            else if (col.equals("B"))
                seating[row - 1][1] = "X";
            else if (col.equals("C"))
                seating[row - 1][2] = "X";
            else
                seating[row - 1][3] = "X";

            System.out.println("Contnioe to choose seat [y -Yes | n-No] :");
            askUser = s.next();
        }

        System.out.println("Find Seating");
        // Extracted your printing into a method
        printSeating(seating);
    }

    private static void printSeating(String[][] seating) {
        for (int i = 0; i < seating.length; i++) {
            // Don't print a newline, since you want to continue printing on this line
            System.out.print(i + 1);
            for (int j = 0; j < seating[i].length; j++) {
                // Don't print a newline, since you want to continue printing on this line
                System.out.print(" " + seating[i][j]);
            }
            // now you print a newline
            System.out.println();
        }
    }
}

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Influencer Marketing Is More Personalised And Emotionally Driven, Says Gautam Madhavan, CEO, MAD Influence
In an interview with BW Businessworld, Madhavan talks about the new horizons of influencer marketing and more
25 June, 2019 by Poonam Singh
Marketing has changed over the years in every manner. Earlier, brands have to churn-out extra amount to get noticed on television screens. However, technology has flipped everything upside down. One of the best examples is the size of the screen (TV) has squeezed from 40 inches to 4 inches. The 4-5-inches of the screen is working in a better way as per numbers and involvement. Many media-service providers have taken charge to provide better service over Direct-to-home operators. The scenario has started to change from the entry of social media platforms. Now social media has end numbers of user and bloggers to influence others.
To know more about this dense marketing style, BW Businessworld, spoke to Gautam Madhavan, CEO, MAD Influence. At the age of 23 years, Madhavan is sitting high with his own venture, MAD Influence, which is now considered one of the best running influencer marketing companies in the country.
He was always into social media and internet. In 2018, he being the Marketing Director for Global Partnership Summit he first encountered with the social media influencers and found it interesting. "Why not earn from the opportunity available in the market," he said. "If we can see a huge pool of opportunity, why should we wait for others to jump in?".
MAD Influence has grown to include an impressive client list that includes Puma, Vivo Smart Phones, Club Factory and many more. It is Fastest Growing Influencer Marketing Platform working with over 10000+ Influencers across India. The company says that they bring talents, content creators, influencers and brands together to do awesome things together.
How it is different from traditional marketing and other campaigns?
The difference is like Ocean and River - Ocean being Influencer Marketing (pun intended) . Traditional marketing are mainly for the mass but with no direction of reach. To simplify this , I would say - traditional marketing forms you can reach to a million people but never know how much they actually engaged with brand or even read or consume it at the first place. Influencer marketing on the other hand - is a mix of traditional approach + the digital approach which basically means the Influencer connects with their audience in such a way where they are engaging them with the brand and ensuring it adds value to the entire ecosystem. The first step to influencer marketing is building out great content which their fans generally like. This way the brand is able to understand which kind of market to tap and which influencers can get them the best engagement and return on investment.
How influential do you think that influencer marketing is in comparison to online paid advertising?
Influencer Marketing is more personalised and emotionally driven. Influencer can connect with their audience and drive the brand image in their general lifestyle where their fans see them on a daily basis. This makes the communication more strong - if they can use it , I can use it too. It adds more validation to the product or service. Whereas , online paid advertising like Google ads are direct marketing which is like on the face marketing - This is the product - go buy it. The conversions might be great sometimes here - but you are not connecting with the emotions of the brand.
What is the cost difference between influencing marketing and other marketing?
Influencer marketing always proves to be more cost effective that other forms of marketing in most cases that I've seen. Here the brand spending on One Influencer - gets them to connect with the audience , their emotions , their visibility and validation of the brand - whereas - other forms of marketing you may not get all in one cost. The cost varies to influencer to influencer as per their niche and the number of followers but it will always be lesser than that of other forms if you take this in a macro comparison.
What are the latest trends that brands should be aware of in terms of influencer marketing?
I think , brands these days think Influencer marketing is successful solely by doing 1 post and 2 Instagram or Facebook stories , but there's more to it. Influencer marketing is basically story telling - brands should engage the influencers to drive their emotional content and generate more loyal consumers. Influencers are not salesmen. They are content creators who can influence your sales. They can drive traffic to your website or your store , but if the product is not good enough then eventually they will back out.
TikTok - the short video application which has over 120 million users in India is still an untapped marketing solution for brands in India. This is one of the best way to interact and promote any product or service when you want to engage with the masses. YouTube will come second to this - because youtube is the video google for problems. If the brand presence is there for every problem as a solution , YouTube can be really a great support in terms of Influencer marketing.
What is the future of influencer marketing in India?
I think the future is going to be short video integrations. Gone are the days where you write long articles and make a 1 minute video to engage with the consumers. Now they want to consume content in the most easiest yet fastest manner. Platforms like InShorts , TikTok are a great example for that. The future will be lead by these influencers through audio and video. Podcast marketing will hit India very soon and the power of audio content can break all records.
How social media platforms taking it and investing in influencers?
Influencers create content - Content is shared on Social Media Platforms. Thus , the platforms have realised the importance of these emerging and the top creators who are now influencers. The platform supports them in various ways like organising workshops , planning meet ups etc. For example - TikTok recently organised a creator summit in Mumbai where all top influencers of TikTok were invited to make them feel as a part of their community and it does add value to both. This way the influencer also stays close with the platform.
How Big is Market
According to Influencer Marketing Benchmark Report 2019, more than 320 new platforms influencer marketing strategies have emerged in last 12 months. Instagram is one of the most favorable platform used by various brands. The number of posts using popular hashtags of known brands raised from 3.1 million to 4.1 million in 2018-19. About 69 per cent of influencer marketing campaigns are related to Business to Consumer (B2C) sector. The challenges for such marketing are finding influencers, managing the contracts, data management, payments to production houses or influencers.
Influencer Marketing involves the three parties working hand in hand. The three parties are: Company or Brand, Production House and the mandatory part, Influencers. It is more consumer based approach focusing on content creation for the influencers. There are basically three category influencers: Celebrities , Macro Influencers, Micro Influencers. In the end all are content creators divided into multiple horizons as per their reach and scalability.
Micro Influencers are preferable by start- ups as these influencers are cost effective, still growing with low engagement rate, their audience trust them more which is uncommon to macro Influencers, go above and impress the clients, opportunist for them.
Celebrities and Macro Influencers create Awareness for the brand , whereas the engagement is maximum generated through micro influencers.
MAD Influence Gautam Madhavan marketing


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import csv
import logging
import pickle
import numpy as np
from __future__ import division

# <codecell>

# Logging definition
logger = logging.getLogger('analyzing')
logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
fh = logging.FileHandler('log/process_ngrams.log')
fh.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
fh.setFormatter(formatter)
logger.addHandler(fh)

# <codecell>

def normalize(value):
    """
    Normalize % value to 0.0<=value<=1.0
    """
    value = float(value)
    if value > 1.0:
        return value / 100
    else:
        return value

# Load Sentiwordnet
sentiwordnet = {}
with open('data/sentiwordnet/sentiwordnet.tsv', 'rb') as ifile:
    reader = csv.reader(ifile , delimiter='\t')
    headers = reader.next()
    for row in reader:
        # Upload only adjectives and with a specific objectivity threshold
        cond1 = True
        if cond1:
            sentiwordnet["%s" % (row[5])] = {"pos": normalize(row[6]), "neg": normalize(row[7]), "obj": 1.0}
logger.info(' %s sentiwords loaded' % (len(sentiwordnet)))

# <codecell>

# Process each review
total_bands = {"1.0": 0, "2.0": 0, "3.0": 0, "4.0": 0, "5.0": 0}

with open('data/output/words_labeled.p', 'rb') as ifile:
    words = pickle.loads(ifile.read())
    logger.info(' %s labeled words loaded' % (len(words)))
    with open('data/output/results.tsv', 'wb') as ofile:
        writer = csv.writer(ofile, delimiter='\t')
        writer.writerow(["word", "pos", "neg", "1.0", "2.0", "3.0", "4.0", "5.0"])

        for word in words:
            for band in words[word]:
                total_bands[band] += words[word][band]
            n = sum(words[word][i] for i in words[word])

            # Random experiment
            random_experiment = False
            if not random_experiment:
                sw_pos = sentiwordnet[word]["pos"]
                sw_neg = sentiwordnet[word]["neg"]
            else:
                if np.random.uniform(0,1) > 0.5:
                    sw_pos = 0.0
                    sw_neg = np.random.uniform(0,1)
                else:
                    sw_neg = 0.0
                    sw_pos = np.random.uniform(0,1)

            # Write row to file
            writer.writerow([word, sw_pos, sw_neg,
                            words[word]["1.0"]/n, words[word]["2.0"]/n, words[word]["3.0"]/n,
                            words[word]["4.0"]/n, words[word]["5.0"]/n])

logger.info(' Bands distribution %s' % (total_bands))

# <headingcell level=3>

# Bands probability Analysis

# <codecell>

def acum_probability(data, bands):
    """
    Return accum probability
    """
    n = sum(data[band] for band in data)
    if n == 0:
        return 0.0
    else:
        return sum([data[band]/n for band in bands])

with open('data/output/words_labeled.p', 'rb') as ifile:
    words = pickle.load(ifile)
    for word in words:
        value = acum_probability(words[word], ["3.0", "4.0", "5.0"])
        if value >= 0.9:
            pass
            print(word," ",words[word])

# <codecell>

total_bands = {"1.0": 0, "2.0": 0, "3.0": 0, "4.0": 0, "5.0": 0}
with open('data/amazon/Cell_Phones_&_Accessories.txt', 'rb') as ifile:
    for line in ifile.readlines():
        if "review/score" in line:
            score = float(line[len(line)-4:len(line)])
            total_bands[str(score)] += 1
print(total_bands)

# <codecell>

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We are already halfway through the week! I can't believe all the fabulous designs these girls have put together. My gosh, they are awesome!
I love so many of their stamp sets but I always come back to what I truly love. Flowers. :) Glorious flowers.
Today I combined Hero Art's Delicate Blossoms and WPlus9's hope Seed Co. to create a bouquet of flowery goodness.
I stamped and trimmed my flowers out then colored them with all kinds of delicious distress inks!
Originally I was going to try to stamp the whole poppy stamp but it didn't make for a very pretty bouquet. Instead I used my peeled paint distress marker and a ruler to create my stems. The banner was die cut using Simon Says Stamp Folded banner Die. Before I colored the banner I heat embossed my sentiment from Hero Arts Year Round Sentiments. I adhered it to my card base with dimensional adhesive.
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The Rylands family were substantial employers during the 19th century in Warrington where they manufactured wire – as a consequence the Rylands name is well known in Warrington to this day.
One of the family was Peter Rylands who lived at Massey Hall and who became a Mayor of Warrington and an MP. Philip Jeffs, who is the Archives and Heritage Officer at Warrington Museum and Art Gallery, will be giving us a talk on the history of this influential and important Warrington family.
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A Roomba registered a woman on the toilet. How did the screenshots end up on Facebook?
Brookman explains that the legal hurdles that companies must cross to collect data directly from consumers are quite low. The FTC, or state attorneys general, can step in if there are "unfair" or "deceptive" practices, he notes, but those are narrowly defined: unless a privacy policy doesn't specifically say, "Hey, we're not going to let entrepreneurs look at your data" and they share it anyway, says Brookman, companies are "probably okay with deception, which is the main way" for the FTC of "enforcing confidentiality historically". Proving that a practice is unfair, meanwhile, entails additional charges, including proof of harm. "The courts have never really ruled on this," he adds.
Most company privacy policies don't even mention captured AV data, with a few exceptions. iRobot's privacy policy states that it only collects audio-visual data if an individual shares images through its mobile app. LG's privacy policy for the camera-enabled and AI-enabled Hom-Bot Turbo+ explains that its app collects audio-visual data, including "audio, electronic, visual, or similar information, such as profile pictures, voice recordings and video recordings". And the privacy policy of Samsung's Jet Bot AI+ robot vacuum cleaner with lidar and Powerbot R7070, both of which have cameras, will collect "information you store on your device, such as photos, contacts, text logs , touch interactions, settings and calendar information". and "recordings of your voice when you use voice commands to control a service or contact our customer service team". Meanwhile, Roborock's privacy policy makes no mention of audio-visual data, although company representatives tell MIT Technology Review that consumers in China have the ability to share it.
iRobot co-founder Helen Greiner, who now runs a startup called Tertill that sells a garden weeding robot, points out that by collecting all this data, companies are not trying to violate the privacy of their customers. They're just trying to make better products or, in iRobot's case, "do better cleaning," she says.
Yet even the best efforts of companies like iRobot clearly leave gaps in privacy protection. "It looks less like malice and more like incompetence," says Giese, the IoT hacker. "Developers are traditionally not very good [at] security stuff. Their attitude becomes "Try to get the feature, and if the feature works, ship the product."
"And then the scandals break out," he adds.
Robot vacuums are just the start
The appetite for data will only increase in the years to come. Vacuum cleaners are just a small subset of the connected devices that proliferate in our lives, and the biggest names in robot vacuums, including iRobot, Samsung, Roborock and Dyson, express far bigger ambitions than automated floor cleaning. . Robotics, including home robotics, has long been the real prize.
Consider how Mario Munich, then senior vice president of technology at iRobot, explained the company's goals in 2018. In a presentation on the Roomba 980, the company's first computer vision vacuum cleaner, he showed images from the device's perspective, including one of a kitchen with a table, chairs and stools, alongside how they would be labeled and perceived by the robot's algorithms. "The challenge is not to vacuum. The challenge is with the robot," Munich explained. "We would like to know the environment so that we can modify the operation of the robot."
This larger mission is evident in what Scale's data annotators were asked to label – not items on the floor that should be avoided (a feature iRobot promotes), but items like "cabinet", "counter kitchen" and "shelf", which together help the Roomba J series device recognize the entire space in which it operates.
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A supplementary question put forward to the Hon. CARMEL ZOLLO (Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Road Safety, Minister Assisting the Minister for Multicultural Affairs) regarding injury rates for correctional service officers.
The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (14:32): As a supplementary question, has the minister calculated the impact of this new policy on the injury rates for correctional services officers?
The Hon. CARMEL ZOLLO (Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Road Safety, Minister Assisting the Minister for Multicultural Affairs) (14:32): We always consult and work very cooperatively with the staff and the PSA in relation to any policy that is introduced into our prisons. We do not have a policy to have three people in a cell. Some areas in our prisons can take three people in a cell. Yesterday I gave the example of E division, which used to be the old hospital, which, clearly, can take three prisoners in a cell.


Tuesday, December 11, 2018 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
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*Please note: there will not be a formal group presentation.
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The company makes its own A-series custom chips for iPhones, iPads and other iThings, while the Mac devices use Intel x64 silicon. Now according to a report from Bloomberg, Apple plans to replace Intel's Mac chips with its own homegrown CPUs.
The report says Apple executives have a project, codenamed "Kalamata," that designs desktop-grade Arm-compatible processors, along with a macOS port, allowing the company to craft a uniform architecture across all of its product lines.
The report also says this changeover would be part of a "multi-step transition" to make iOS devices and Macs "work more similarly and seamlessly together," helping Apple's plan (project codename 'Marzipan') to bring iOS apps to Mac for software cross-compatibility.


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Sherlock (TV)
Greg Lestrade
In Over My Head
JolinarJackson
In order to solve a case, Sherlock goes too far, risking his life. To him, that seems quite acceptable considering the circumstances. He really doesn't see why John would be hurt by his actions.
Word Count: ~ 6.700
Setting: after The Hounds Of Baskerville
Spoiler: The Great Game, The Hounds Of Baskerville
Warnings: (assumed) attempted suicide, discussion of assisted suicide / suicide and terminal illness, violence
Contains: Language
Beta: tardisjournal, who helped me to make this easier to read and made the connection to ACD's The Adventure Of The Dying Detective when I didn't.
Author's Note: While I didn't intend to refer to it, it was pointed out to me by my beta that this story could be based upon The Adventure Of The Dying Detective by ACD. Also, this is my first try in this fandom. Hello!
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"Say that again, please," John said, his teeth gritted, his hands clutching the backrest of the chair he was leaning on. Greg wasn't sure whether he'd ever seen John this angry before. Annoyed, yes. Tense as well. But angry? No. Least of all at the man sitting upright in the hospital bed, his pale skin even more pasty than usual and his dark locks hanging onto his forehead limply as if it hadn't got the message yet that Sherlock Holmes had beat the odds once again and woken from a three-day coma.
Sherlock didn't seem fazed by John's dangerously low voice. He just raised an eyebrow. "I don't think that's necessary."
"Oh!" John replied with a bitter laugh. "I think it is. I want hear it again. And maybe punch you."
"Now, take a deep breath," Greg interrupted and raised a hand, more to try and calm John down than to appease Sherlock. He knew that John was strung tight, utterly exhausted and had spent the last few days pacing and battling the overdose of drugs in Sherlock's bloodstream. It hadn't been easy and only the fact that John had found Sherlock in time, leaving work earlier than he'd intended to due to an appointment being cancelled, had saved Sherlock's life.
John had been worried sick since and Greg had to admit he'd been too. Finding the syringe with residues of the drug that Sherlock had used had helped John and the hospital to find a suitable treatment, but still, Sherlock had spent three days unconscious. Three days they'd succeeded to avoid talking about the elephant in the room - that Sherlock had willingly overdosed, that he'd tried to kill himself ... and now this.
Greg sighed and rubbed his tired eyes. "John, why don't you go home? I think you need some sleep."
John glared at Sherlock in a way that promised some form of retribution. Greg didn't want to know what these two got up to in their flat when they had what his colleagues mockingly called "lovers spats". Somehow, though, Greg doubted that it was that bad. Sherlock had an explosive nature and the mindset of a pouty child sometimes, throwing insults every which way, but John was quite the opposite. He probably just needed some sleep to find his ability to endure Sherlock again. John didn't look at Greg while he straightened, his hands balled to fists at his sides. He just gave a sharp nod. "Yes. I really do." With that, he turned and stiffly left the hospital room.
Sherlock sighed and looked at the clock. "When will a doctor be around to release me?"
Greg cleared his throat, finding it easier to breathe now that John had left and taken his anger with him. "I'm not sure you will be released today."
Sherlock's answering look could only be described as scandalized.
"Well," Greg tried to explain, "Sherlock ... you overdosed. You almost died. You were unconscious for three days. I just don't think they want you out of their sight just now, especially since there was mention of a therapist coming to see you." Not that Greg thought that would ever happen. Not with the explanation Sherlock had just given them. Even though ... he didn't exactly think that overdosing in order to solve a case was proof of a sound mind.
"A therapist?"
"You overdosed ...," Greg repeated patiently, "... willingly."
Sherlock answered just as patiently, but with a mocking undertone. "And I just explained to you that I didn't have any other choice if I didn't want him to realize that I was trying to make a case against him."
"You practically tried to commit suicide!"
"If I hadn't, he would be out of the country by now! This way, you get to arrest him because he thinks that aside from a small hiccup, he's safe!"
"Jesus, Sherlock! You realize that you almost killed yourself for a case? I think it would be good for you to talk to somebody. A professional."
Sherlock shrugged and crossed his arms. "I knew John would be coming home in time."
"John was home early purely by coincidence. If his last appointment hadn't been cancelled ..." Greg swallowed, not being able to finish the sentence. He still remembered John's voice when he'd called from the back of the ambulance. Saying words Greg had never thought he'd hear. 'Sherlock' and 'suicide' just didn't fit together, for some reason.
Sherlock looked to the side, away from Greg. It was an avoidance tactic Greg had come to recognize by now: Sherlock grudgingly realizing that Greg just might be right.
"He could have been too late," Greg said to make his point again, "and you'd be dead. That was quite a risk you were taking. Did you even think about it for one minute? Think about the repercussions?"
"Of course."
"And you deemed them worthy of killing yourself?"
"Oh, do stop saying that! I wasn't committing suicide."
"Well, it certainly seemed like it to John! You hurt him, Sherlock." Greg left out how it had seemed like it to all of them. How even Donovan and Anderson had dropped by with guilty expressions and snacks for John that went ignored.
Sherlock looked like he wanted to argue further but Greg had heard enough and raised a hand. "Yes, all right. Don't answer. I don't want to hear it." He shook his head and turned towards the door. "I'm going to see what I can do about releasing you." He left the room before Sherlock could say anything else, not looking back. Really, the git deserved it for letting all of them think the worst.
Sherlock was bored. The Baskerville case had been interesting, a wonderful distraction while it lasted despite the unexpected issues he'd had with John concerning their friendship. And even though John had told him several times on their way back that everything was all right between them, Sherlock knew that wasn't true. The case was over ... the issues, though, were still on-going it seemed. John worked a lot, didn't join Sherlock on any of the three uneventful and rather dull cases he solved and was generally quiet and uncooperative. So Sherlock did something he hadn't done in a long time: He spent time in the library, going through archived newspapers to find crimes that had been falsely classified as accidents. It wasn't the most interesting way to pass the time but he'd been forced by John to promise Mrs. Hudson never to damage her walls again and all his experiments needed time alone before he could study the results. So he studied newspapers.
And that was when he found it.
When Sherlock finally arrived at Baker Street several heated arguments with three doctors and a therapist later, it was early afternoon, the sun shining through the windows and illuminating the clutter they both tended to leave behind everywhere they stood or sat. Sherlock just paused in the door for a moment, looking towards their chairs at the fireplace, remembering what had happened there three days ago ...
He'd seen the connection in several death notices of families and next of kin, all of them thanking a Dr. Oscar Travis for his support in difficult times. Sherlock hadn't quite known at first what had irked him abut them, until he'd realized that all those obituaries mentioning Travis had always occurred in the same months over a span of ten years. Always one in December and one in June. He'd been mentioned in other obituaries as well, but always as one of many of those working for the hospice. The mentions of him in December and June seemed much more intimate. Further research had brought more connections to light. All the deceased had received treatment at the same hospice, were beyond saving and had attended a group counselling sessions helping them through the last phase of their lives. A group headed by Dr. Oscar Travis. Instinct had told Sherlock that he'd found the solution to something, even if he hadn't quite known yet what exactly. That came later.
He shook himself from his reverie, taking comfort in the knowledge that Dr. Travis was under arrest now. If he was honest with himself, the situation had left a deep impression on him. When he'd said that he'd been well aware of the risk he'd taken, he'd told the truth. That didn't change, though, that he'd survived. And that was what he focussed on now. He'd survived and it was time to catch up on what had been going on around London during his absence. He wanted to grab his laptop, sit down and bury himself in work. That would take care of the residual tiredness weighing his body down as well. All he needed was his couch.
On which John was sleeping.
Even asleep, he looked cross. Sherlock admitted he'd made the wrong decision in trying to get Travis alone, but he hadn't paid much thought to that when he'd talked to the families, trying to find a reason why his instinct told him these occurrences were important and interesting and found another vital connection: All the families praising Travis in their obituaries had juggled high debts when their loved ones died (all of them alone at home) and every family had received money from life insurances following the deaths.
To say that Sherlock's interest had been piqued was an understatement at that point and he'd decided to meet Dr. Travis in person. So he'd joined the group. Sherlock even went as far as to contact Travis and ask for a few private sessions, pretending to become more worried and tired of life the more often they met up, making sure to mention his life insurance, debts, a loving mother and husband (a cover story was always more believable when one stayed as close to the truth as possible, but a landlady and a flatmate hadn't been good enough – a husband and a mother on the other hand ...).
All in all, it only took Travis a month to offer him a deal.
"What are you saying?" Sherlock asked carefully, slowly, and leaned forward in the comfortable chair Travis had offered him in his office.
Travis folded his hands on his desk. He was a tall man, athletic, handsome, with deep brown eyes and a shock of curly blond hair. He was the kind of person people trusted easily. People, not Sherlock. He could see something linger behind the gentle gaze Travis kept trained on him. Something dark and predatory. Travis gave him a wide smile. "I'm asking you whether you are contemplating suicide. It's a valid question, Sherlock, considering your situation."
"No, that wasn't your question," Sherlock said with a shake of his head. He leaned back again and made sure that Travis noticed his hands shaking before he buried them in the pockets of the baggy hoodie he was wearing. "You asked me whether my life insurance covers suicide."
Sherlock swallowed, ducked his head and bit his lip. "No."
Travis let the answer hover in the air for a moment. He was good, Sherlock had to admit. Playing his cards right, not being too hasty but not wasting time either. "And I can see that you're thinking about it. That you at least gave it a thought."
Sherlock raised his head with a glare. "And why wouldn't I?" he asked angrily. "Why would I want to be a burden to my mother … to John?"
"All that's stopping you is your life insurance not willing to pay if you kill yourself. You would need the money now, though, to pay off your debts," Travis said. "Debts that will just get worse again as long as you're alive, needing care your health insurance is unwilling to pay for."
Sherlock let his shoulders slump and closed his eyes. "Could we talk about something else?"
Travis smiled in understanding and leaned forward, conspiratorially asking, "What if I told you that there is a way out?"
Sherlock looked at him sharply.
Travis shrugged. "I could provide … help. Make it look like the cancer won. All we need is a few hours alone in your flat."
Sherlock mulled that over, then he straightened in his chair. "Assisted suicide?"
"You can call it that."
Sherlock pretended to give that some thought, making sure to look a bit appalled … then he shook his head. "They would find out."
"No," Travis replied. "I promise they won't. With your medical history, they would quite possibly not even do an autopsy."
Sherlock cleared his throat. "But if they should find out … it's illegal."
Travis shrugged and relaxed into his chair. "Nobody will suspect that I helped you."
"They'll suspect John helped me. Or my mother."
"Make sure they have alibis then."
Sherlock frowned. "You sound like you've done this before?"
Travis gave a short nod.
Sherlock couldn't sit still any longer and got up to pace the office. He'd been right. Dr. Travis was behind all this. Now there was only one question still to be answered. "What do you want?"
Travis smiled wolfishly. "Who's the beneficiary of your insurance?"
"John and my mother."
Travis shook his head and pointed the pen in his hand at Sherlock. "Don't tell your mother. Mothers don't understand. Tell John. Make sure he understands what's going to happen. Prepare him for it. Carefully. Nobody but him is to know I'm involved. And once we've set a date, don't tell him that, either. We're looking for as close to a natural reaction as possible. Just make sure that he supports your decision and I will give him information for a bank account. I ask 30% of the money, to be transferred three months after your death."
Sherlock looked at him for a very long time. "Twenty-five," he finally answered.
Travis smiled. "Deal." He paused for a moment, then he spoke again as if adding an afterthought, but Sherlock could see that the short hesitation had been very much on purpose. "Just one more thing. Make sure that your family expresses their gratefulness to me specifically in the death notice."
Sherlock frowned. "Why?"
Travis folded his hands."Let's just say it makes a good impression on the hospice."
When Sherlock broke into Travis's office that night, he found the album easily. Page after page of obituaries, cut out of the newspapers ... acting as a list of Travis's victims. Trophies. It made Travis officially a serial killer … and someone Sherlock needed to stop.
It had been a dangerous game to play, Sherlock knew. It could have gone wrong, he knew that as well.
It could have gone wrong.
Nevertheless, it didn't and he didn't quite understand why everyone was so keen on dramatics. All he wanted now was to rest for a bit, but John was sleeping on the couch. Something he'd never done before. He always slept in his bed or took naps in his chair at the fireplace. The couch was Sherlock's space. If there was some subtle message in this behaviour, then Sherlock didn't want to see it.
He glared at John for a full minute, then moved a few things around rather noisily and finally texted John's mobile, thinking that the noise would wake him.
After five texts and three calls, though, he gave up. John was sleeping. A tad too deeply for a soldier, really. Sherlock knew that he could have just woken him the old-fashioned way, but he refused to shake his shoulder or call his name, because that would be begging and … despite his annoyance, concern edged its way into Sherlock's thoughts.
John never slept that deeply.
Sherlock should know, he'd woken him in the middle of the night plenty of times. He also noticed now that the wrinkles that concern, bitterness and sadness had left in John's face had deepened, and there were dark smudges under his eyes.
Sherlock buried his hands in his coat, closed his eyes and pulled his shoulders up before he turned in a slow circle, really looking at their flat for the first time since he'd walked in here.
And he didn't like what he was seeing.
Sherlock called Travis into their flat on the following Monday afternoon, two days after their talk. He had to wait almost all day to place the call, though, because Mrs. Hudson had chosen this day to clean out the kitchen, muttering on about boys and how this really wasn't part of her duties. Sherlock ignored her, way too busy distracting himself by leaving comments in John's blog and drafting a new entry about nicotine for his own website.
When Mrs. Hudson finally left the house, John wasn't due home for another two hours. Sherlock could have waited for a better day, tried again tomorrow, but he was becoming fidgety and a bit bored with the case and really just wanted to get it over with and present Lestrade with the drug Travis was using to kill.
So he called and Dr. Travis came, his smile sad but charming, an air of authority and kindness about him. Again, Sherlock was impressed by how well Travis played the good Samaritan, how good he was at manipulating.
They sat in the chairs at the fireplace and Travis pulled something from the pocket of his leather jacket that was wrapped in a handkerchief. "This is it," he said and leaned forward in John's chair, showing Sherlock a syringe with a clear liquid inside.
Sherlock noticed that he didn't touch it, careful enough not to leave fingerprints on it. He accepted the syringe slowly, holding it up to have a closer look. Then he glanced at Travis and gave a weak smile, folding his hands around the syringe and resting them on his lap. He'd changed into his pyjamas and wrapped himself in his bathrobe before Travis had arrived, slipping back into the role of the terminally ill patient. "How long until …?"
Travis smiled and shook his head, answering gently, "Not long until you lose consciousness. It's like falling asleep, really. Death takes about an hour." He glanced at the clock on the mantle. "Which means you should probably get started soon before John gets home from work."
Sherlock saw the greedy gleam in Travis's eyes and it strengthened his resolve to stop him once and for all. Personally, he didn't care what others did with their lives and whether they decided to end them, but during his talks with the next of kin, he'd found out that all of them had ended up being blackmailed to pay more than agreed on.
And that, he couldn't accept. John probably started to rub off on him.
"Yes," he said. "Thank you."
Travis nodded. "I trust John has the relevant information?"
"Yes," Sherlock answered. "Twenty-five percent."
Travis smiled, but Sherlock saw it … saw his mask fall for just a second. He would ask for more than what they agreed upon. "I will send the bank account information when it's time to pay."
Sherlock looked at Travis with an answering smile, keeping it tight and sad but timidly grateful.
Travis leaned back in his chair. "Well?" he asked.
Sherlock looked at him quizzically, thinking their business was finished.
Travis raised his eyebrows. "Would it be easier for you if I injected it?"
Sherlock shook his head. "No, I'll be fine. You can go."
Travis laughed. "Go?" he echoed. "I'm not leaving just now." He smiled fondly and leaned forward to put a hand on Sherlock's wrist. "After all, I'll have to take the syringe with me when it's over … or they'll know."
In that moment, Sherlock wondered if he was actually starting to slip. "The syringe …"
"Yes," Travis replied. "The syringe with the drug residues. The syringe that could let this whole plan fail should anyone find it."
The bloody syringe! Sherlock swallowed. He'd read all those reports about how the victims were found, the death certificates and he hadn't even stopped for a minute … hadn't even realized … there had never been even a single word about a syringe being found. Because that would have tipped somebody off. Of course! Outwardly, he remained calm. "John can get rid of it."
Travis shook his head slowly. "Now, I wouldn't want to burden him with something like that, would you? It's best if he isn't connected to this."
Sherlock closed his eyes, swallowed … and made a decision. His word would have to be enough to get Lestrade started. He held out the hand with the syringe. "I … I think I have changed my mind," he said softly, tentatively, keeping his head lowered.
"Did you now?"
He heard a gun being cocked and raised his head, staring into the barrel of a compact little revolver.
"I don't think so." All pretence had fled Travis's face. His smile was cruel now, his eyes hard. "Well, if you insist, we could just wait for your husband or your mother. Does the life insurance of any of you cover murder?" The threat was clear. Travis's face turned serious. "Don't get me wrong, I'm just helping you out here. I kept my end of the bargain. Now it's time you keep yours."
Sherlock glanced at the clock. An hour until John was due home, an hour until he'd die. Travis certainly wouldn't risk staying until the very end. He would possibly leave as soon as Sherlock lost consciousness. If he pretended to do so as soon as seemed reasonable, he might be able to call for help. He swallowed. A risky plan but Sherlock had unexpectedly lost control over the situation and this just might give it back to him while keeping Travis unaware that he'd walked into a trap. He would keep the syringe, though, no matter what the price. Travis would want it, of course, but in the end, his fingerprints weren't on it and he would give up and leave, count this case a loss … and ponder how to react to the police, should they want to talk to him about the patient who'd committed suicide. Meanwhile, Sherlock – the witness who'd survived – would give Lestrade a full report.
Sherlock took a deep breath and positioned the needle against the vein in his arm. One little prick and it would be over. He'd done this plenty of times, he knew how to do it but … it was surprisingly hard. Maybe because there was a part of him raging against the very idea of doing this, because it could go wrong. So, so wrong. And it could be the last mistake he'd ever make.
Though, looking at Travis's manic smile, he didn't have much of a choice, really.
He injected the drug.
Travis smiled indulgently. "You see? This isn't that bad, is it? I'm just helping you."
"You're helping yourself," Sherlock replied angrily.
"Now, there's no need to get personal," Travis said. He reached out a hand. "The syringe, please."
Sherlock tightened his grip around it. No. He'd given too much in this game already, he would keep this piece of evidence.
Travis gave a sigh. "Don't be silly." He got up and stepped towards Sherlock, reaching for his hand. Sherlock, though, raised one of his legs before Travis could reach him and pushed him backwards. Travis stumbled and lost his balance, falling back into John's chair and then to the floor, taking a pile of books with him. The gun fell from his grip.
Getting up, Sherlock shoved the syringe into the pocket of his bathrobe and headed for the coffee table … for his mobile. He'd started the fight, now he had to to continue until he could pretend to lose consciousness. A bit of resistance would make this more believable and keep Travis from assuming there was a trap involved. Travis's hand closed around his ankle, though, and pulled him off-balance, enough so that Sherlock fell to the floor, close to the gun. He reached for it but Travis was faster, grabbed it and turned Sherlock on his back easily, raising the gun to hit him … and paused. He chuckled, as if all of this was incredibly amusing, and leaned down, hissing, "I'm not leaving bruises." With that he got to his feet and pointed the gun at Sherlock. "Now … where's the syringe?"
Sherlock thought it was pretty stupid to threaten a dying man with a gun. He would have told Travis so but felt his chest tighten and his head started to swim. Swallowing against a wave of nausea, he curled up on the floor. Travis started to look for the syringe, muttering softly to himself. Sherlock turned his head, staring at the coffee table.
"Tell me where it is!" Travis yelled.
Sherlock shook his head. He felt like he couldn't draw in air. An attempt to stand up resulted in him crumbling to the floor again. Breathing was becoming a real challenge now. This wasn't peaceful. Travis had lied.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Travis right the pile of books and John's chair … he was preparing to leave. Had he found …? No. There it was, right, he remembered. Sherlock's shaking hand only brushed the syringe he'd put in the pocket of his bathrobe. Then he disguised the movement by trying to push up off the floor and slumped back down yet again, closing his eyes. He heard Travis curse as if from far away and everything went dark …
Until he gasped and jerked, trying to draw in air … but it was so hard. His eyes threatened to close again but he realized suddenly that he couldn't spot Travis. And when he looked around carefully, he was nowhere to be seen. Had he left? Possibly.
Sherlock had the absurd thought of scratching Travis's name into the hardwood like the lady in pink … just in case … the lady in pink … he couldn't remember her name … and it didn't matter anyway … because the world tilted out of sight ...
The flat had barely changed since Sherlock had invited Travis over. Every book, every print-out, every magazine was where they'd left it a few days ago.
As if nobody had lived here since then.
Sherlock noticed the lingering scent of Mrs. Hudson's lasagne in the air – comfort food she offered them in abundance whenever she thought it was necessary, but there were no other dirty dishes in the sink than the ones John had left after breakfast three days ago, so nobody had eaten it. He found three dishes with the lasagne in the fridge, untouched. A bit of dust had accumulated on both their laptops. Clearly, they hadn't been used in days.
In fact, the only things that had been moved since Sherlock had last been here were the phone and a few coffee mugs.
He turned back to John, searched for clues and found them easily. He never had any trouble reading John. He was a simple man. Which didn't mean he wasn't smart – Sherlock wouldn't be able to stand him if John was just as stupid as the likes of Anderson. However, Sherlock knew that John indeed was very smart … but still simple because he was open … honest. And right now, Sherlock's talent at seeing everything told him that John was exhausted, worried, hadn't got any proper sleep in three days, had only showered and shaved haphazardly, had barely eaten, and the fact that he had not had enough water had apparently caused a headache he couldn't get rid of, judging by the empty packet of aspirin on the coffee table and a newly-opened one right next to it.
Sherlock swallowed. He had done this. This was down to him.
John had been worried sick, had only come here in the last few days to clean up and have a decent coffee … and now he was tired and angry and Sherlock hated when John was angry at him. It made for tense, overly polite conversation and needle-sharp, hidden jokes at Sherlock's expense.
It caused loneliness.
That had never bothered Sherlock before he'd met John. It was strange how much the thought alone grated on him now. The Baskerville case had been his first inkling that he might quite possibly have come to care too much for John. Or … if he was quite honest with himself, the incident at the swimming pool had already hinted at it, had started to sow that thought in his mind the very second Moriarty had threatened to burn his heart right of him and all Sherlock could think of was that it was a threatening finger pointing right … at … John.
Sherlock turned away from the couch with a huff. Sentiment … he closed his eyes. He'd succeeded in keeping it at bay his whole life and one meeting with an ex-soldier looking for a place to stay and insisting on calling Sherlock a friend no matter how often he was disappointed by him made him feel … like he could settle down for once. Like, no matter who he chased after, in the end, he could always run home and would be welcome. Even with the awkwardness between them that the Baskerville case had caused.
He grimaced, didn't like the thought. Caring wasn't an advantage, because it made him vulnerable and with the likes of Moriarty trying to find a chink in Sherlock's carefully crafted armour, being vulnerable was disastrous.
John woke with a stiff neck and an insisting ache in his back and wondered when he'd become too old to take a nap on the couch. He sighed and turned on his side before blinking his eyes open. Sherlock was his usual dark and broody self, staring at him from his chair at the fireplace, his fingers steepled under his chin. The only thing amiss were his clothes – not the usual shirt and pressed trousers, but the jumper and old jeans Mrs. Hudson had brought to the hospital one afternoon, stating that she thought Sherlock would wake up soon and want comfortable clothes to wear.
"You slept the day away," Sherlock said as if nothing had happened. As if he'd never been gone. As if John hadn't come home and found him passed out and barely breathing on the carpet.
John didn't know if Sherlock disapproved of his nap; his face was unreadable. He didn't really care, if he was honest with himself. "Yeah, well," he answered, "I was tired." He sat up carefully and rubbed his face. Then he looked at Sherlock, his elbows on his knees and his chin in his hand. His brain caught up with the situation and he sighed. He remembered being very angry at the hospital but that had quite possibly been down more to the tense situation finally turning out well, and his exhaustion crashing down on him as a result, than real anger. "They released you."
"Obviously," Sherlock answered.
John rolled his eyes and got up to find one of the lasagne Mrs. Hudson had left in the fridge. "Be that way, then."
When he passed by Sherlock, his wrist was grabbed. John stopped.
"Are you still angry?" Sherlock asked.
Surprised, John looked down at him. "Are you apologizing?"
"Evaluating the situation."
"So ... not apologizing."
Sherlock let go of him. "Just answer the question."
"Just don't be a twat." John opened the fridge. "I'm knackered, Sherlock. And hungry. And worried. Anger doesn't play that big a role at the moment." He set one of the full dishes down on the table in-between a microscope and a book about mould. He peeked at Sherlock from the corner of his eye while he got a plate. "Even though I am angry ... a bit. I've got every right to be." He shovelled a serving on the plate and put it in the microwave.
Sherlock looked at him like he was an especially complicated crossword puzzle. The kind even the great Sherlock Holmes had to brood over. "You want me to apologize?"
"I want you to mean it when you do," John answered. "So don't bother." Sherlock looked a bit taken aback at that and John sighed, having mercy. "You don't get what happened, do you? You don't understand at all what the last few days were like."
Sherlock got up and approached the kitchen slowly. "You were worried about me because I was in hospital."
John closed his eyes and crossed his arms. "You know, until you woke up, we thought ..." He swallowed and shook his head, unable to voice it.
Sherlock's answer was soft. "You thought I tried to kill myself."
John opened his eyes and stared at him, only the cluttered kitchen table separating them. They'd thought exactly that. It had been a logical conclusion at the time.
The microwave binged into the silence.
John shook his head and huffed a breath. "Yes."
Sherlock sat down slowly. "And that made the situation somehow ... worse?"
John used getting his meal from the microwave as an excuse to turn away, to gather his thoughts for a sharp answer, but only found it in him to put his plate down with more force than necessary and answer, "Yes, Sherlock, it did."
"You know I would never do that," Sherlock scoffed. "That was what I was counting on. That you'd see through Travis's stupid ploy and ridiculous implications and that you would find out what I had been up to."
John dropped into his chair. "How should I have made that connection?" He poked his lasagne with a fork, suddenly not feeling overly hungry anymore.
"By investigating."
"Sherlock ..." John dropped his fork. "I had no idea what you were doing the last few weeks."
"And whose fault is that?"
Irritated, John replied, "What are you saying? That you have a reason to be angry at me?"
Sherlock crossed his arms.
John shook his head. "I admit I was preoccupied with work," he conceded, "but in case you haven't noticed, I need to earn money to make a living."
"We earn money."
"No, we don't. You turn it down most of the time. If it wasn't for me, you would work without payment all the time, which isn't exactly fair considering how brilliant you are at what you do. We have enough clients who can afford to pay." John stopped and cleared his throat, reminding himself that this wasn't the issue. He gave Sherlock a moment, then he repeated, "I was preoccupied with work and I know I said that you were seeing a case where there was none, but you could have told me that you've found more evidence. You never mentioned it again so I thought ..." He shrugged.
Sherlock crossed his arms. "That I'd given up on it?"
"Why would I do that?"
"Sherlock ..." John shook his head. "Doesn't matter. Be it as it is: I didn't make the connection."
"Because it was more logical to believe that I would kill myself?"
"Do we have to talk about this?"
"Because it turned out to be wrong. I was wrong. All of us were wrong. Just ... gloat and get it over with."
Sherlock was quiet for a long moment and John waited. He didn't know what for, really. Something between Sherlock and him had been off since they'd returned from Dartmoor. John could admit – at least to himself – that he'd withdrawn a bit, using work as an excuse. The thought of Sherlock using him for an experiment and scaring several of his years off him in the process had smarted quite a bit. By pulling away a bit, he'd wanted Sherlock to realize that, to notice that some things just weren't okay, to actually see things from John's point of view. He didn't know why he'd expected that to work. It wasn't that he doubted Sherlock cared. He knew that Sherlock cared a lot about him, about Lestrade and Molly and Mrs. Hudson. It was just that his mind constantly kept him on the run, jumping from conclusion to conclusion and he tended to overlook things that were harder for him to understand. Things that were difficult to predict and quantify. Like emotions.
"Why would you think I'd kill myself?"
The question was asked with such earnest and bewilderment that John couldn't help but smile, a bit helpless. He wasn't that good at tapping into his emotional side, either. "Who can tell what's really going on in that brain of yours?"
Sherlock frowned.
John put down his fork and shoved his plate away. "I don't know, Sherlock. I can't really explain. It's just that you don't really fit in and people don't get you most of the time and you're ..." He looked for words that wouldn't sound too harsh. "... closed off. Are you happy? Are you not? Who can tell?" Sherlock just stared at him and John ducked his head, avoiding his eyes for a moment. "You push people away."
"I don't push you away."
"Yes, you do."
"I told you you're my friend. We share a flat, we share cases."
John folded his hands. "You don't share anything about yourself. I realized in the last few days - again - that I barely know you. And I wondered if that was the reason why ... you did it." He'd blamed himself for a while there. For not seeing that something was wrong ...
Sherlock seemed curious. "Is it important? To know my past?"
"Jesus, Sherlock ... you took one look at me and knew immediately where I came from. By now, you could know every single thing about me."
"You feel at a disadvantage," Sherlock said with a nod.
"No." John shook his head. "I feel sad."
Sherlock stared at him, opened his mouth and then closed it again. He turned his head to look at the wall.
John shrugged but didn't say anything, feeling he had revealed enough to last a lifetime. He got up and put the lasagne back in the microwave. "I'll eat this later. I need to get more sleep first." He walked past Sherlock on his way towards the living room and put a hand on his shoulder in passing. "Don't worry, it's all right," he said softly.
He was grabbing is mobile from the coffee table when he noticed several texts and missed calls from Sherlock. He was just about to ask him about it when Sherlock said, "I wouldn't."
John turned around to him, frowning questioningly.
"Kill myself," Sherlock elaborated.
John gave a weak smile. "No. You wouldn't deprive the world of your sparkling genius."
"I've got enough to care about," Sherlock replied. He looked at John. "Just so you know that, if this should happen again ... I certainly didn't do it out of my own free will."
John swallowed. "Okay."
"I'm fine," Sherlock said and smiled fleetingly. "Stop worrying. You're a good friend."
John didn't know if Sherlock was just humouring him with these words but it felt good to hear them anyway. "You could show your appreciation from time to time," he answered, trying to steer the conversation back onto safe territory.
"I take you to crime scenes."
John rolled his eyes. "Whoever will end up being married to you will be one lucky individual," he sighed and settled on the couch, intending to nap for a little longer.
"Wait," Sherlock said, stopping him before his head hit the pillow.
"I want the couch."
John raised his eyebrows but got up again, having learned a long time ago that arguing was pointless when Sherlock had that determined expression on his face. "Very lucky indeed," he said while he settled in his chair and relaxed properly for the first time in days.
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Dmitry 'Black Valet' Valent (born 13 April 1988 in Minsk, Belarus) is a Belarusian Muay Thai middleweight/super middleweight kickboxer. He is the former WKN Middleweight Oriental rules and Muay thai champion, former WMC Light Heavyweight champion, two time WMC I-1 World Muaythai Grand Slam champion and two time Kunlun Fight 80kg tournament runner-up.

Dmitry is one of Belarus's top fighters.

Career and biography

Amateur career
Valent had an extremely decorated amateur career before making his professional debut, although he  continued to fight amateur fights alongside professional ones between 2007 and 2012. He was the 2006 IFMA world silver medalist, as well as the 2009 and 2010 world gold medalist. In kickboxing, he was the 2007 WAKO World gold medalist and the 2010 European gold medalist.

Early career
Dmitry started training in Taekwondo at 13 years old before beginning Muay Thai aged 16.  At the prestigious "Kick Fighter Gym" in his home town of Minsk he developed his blossoming skills by training alongside world champions such as Andrei Kulebin and Dmitry Shakuta.  He would be a very quick learner, winning a gold medal in the 67 kg junior category at the 2006 W.M.F. World Muaythai Championships in Bangkok, Thailand, aged 17.  Dmitry then went on to have a very good 2007, winning a gold medal at the W.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 and then followed it up with his first professional title - winning the World Kickboxing Network (W.K.N.) middleweight world title, in Kostroma, Russia before rounding off the year in style by adding the professional W.A.K.O. world title to his collection.

Dmitry kicked off 2008 by winning the W.K.N. European Grand Prix title, a four-man tournament fought under Muay Thai rules in Geneva, Switzerland.  He then followed in the footsteps of stable mate Kulebin by winning the W.M.C. I-1 title – this one the Grand Slam 72 kg version – in Hong Kong.  There was some disappointment at the end of the year, however, when Dmitry was knocked out of the Season 2 qualifier of "The Contender Asia" held in Russia by multiple world champion Artem Levin at the semi final stage.  The fact that the Contender Asia Season 2 show would never come to light did soften the blow somewhat.  Dmitry had success on the amateur circuit as well, winning gold at the I.M.F.A. European championships held in Zgorzelec, Poland.

WKN and WMC World titles
The young Belarusian regained his W.M.C. I-1 title the following year, defeating South African Vuyisile Colossa by split decision in the final.  He followed up this victory by defeating 2007 W.K.A. world champion Shane Campbell for the second time to win the Muay Thai version of the middleweight W.K.N. title.  He carried on his form on the professional circuit onto the amateur circuit, winning a second amateur world championships by claiming gold at the I.F.M.A. event in Bangkok, Thailand.

In 2010 Dmitry continued his winning ways remaining the W.K.N. organizations middleweight world champion in Thai-boxing by defeating the talented Yohan Lidon at the start of 2010 and beating the Dutch-based Moroccan Tarek Slimani to claim the W.I.P.U. "King of the Ring" world title.  He has suffered a few setbacks as well, losing to nemesis Artem Levin at the I.F.M.A. European Championships, and conceding a decision loss to legendary Aussie John Wayne Parr in an unsuccessful move down in weight to challenge for the W.K.N. super welterweight world title.  He also won more gold medals at amateur level, winning the 75 kg category at the W.A.K.O. European and I.F.M.A. world championships respectively.

He lost a decision to Karim Ghajji at Nuit des Champions in Marseilles on November 24, 2012.

In a close fight, Valent lost to Simon Marcus by split decision at C3: King of Fighters in Chengdu, China on April 27, 2013.

Chinese circuit
He fought at Diamond Fight: Friendship in Chelyabinsk, Russia on December 13, 2013, defeating Bektas Emirhanoglu by third-round TKO. He went on to amass a 3-2 record, during which he won the IPCC light heavyweight world title with a decision win against Wehaj Kingboxing, but losing it to Simon Marcus during KLF 12. He then took part in the 2015 Kunlun Fight – 80 kg Tournament, defeating Arthit Hanchana in the semifinal, but losing to Artur Kyshenko in the final.

Valent participated in the 2016 80 kg tournament as well, qualifying to it with an extra round decision against Cédric Tousch. In the tournament itself, he won a majority decision against Hicham El Gaoui in the semifinal, but once against lost in the final, dropping a split decision to Alexander Stetsurenko.

European circuit
Returning to the European circuit, Valent fought Yurii Zubchuk at the DSF Kickboxing Challenge 14. He lost a majority decision. He snapped the losing skid with a second round TKO of Serhii Snytiuk.

Valent made his ONE Championship debut against the two-time Tatneft Cup Champion Sher Mamazulunov at Road to ONE 4: Fair Fight 13. Mamazulunov won the fight by an extra round decision, although the fight results were controversial. The Fair Fight promotion analyzed the fight with an "independent judge", and agreed to make the rematch, to which Valent consented.

Valent faced Carlos Prates at Muaythai Night 6 on June 25, 2021. He lost the fight by decision.

Titles
Professional
2016 Kunlun Fight 80 kg Tournament Runner-up
2015 Kunlun Fight 80 kg Tournament Runner-up
2013 WMC light heavyweight world champion
2013 Grand Prix Russia Open tournament champion
2010 W.I.P.U. "King of the Ring" Muay Thai world champion -75 kg
2009 W.K.N. Muay Thai middleweight world champion -76.2 kg (2 Title Def.)
2009 WMC I-1 World Muaythai Grand Slam champion -72 kg
2008 WMC I-1 World Muaythai Grand Slam champion -72 kg
2008 W.K.N. European Grand Prix champion -79 kg (Full Thai Rules)
2007 W.A.K.O. Pro Muaythai world champion -75 kg
2007 W.K.N. oriental rules (K-1) middleweight world champion -76.4 kg

Amateur
2019 I.F.M.A. European Muaythai Championships   -86 kg
2018 I.F.M.A. European Muaythai Championships   -81 kg
2017 I.F.M.A. World Muaythai Championships   -81 kg
2016 I.F.M.A. World Muaythai Championships  -81 kg
2015 I.F.M.A. Muaythai Royal World Cup in Bangkok, Thailand  -81 kg
2014 I.F.M.A. European Muaythai Championships  -81 kg
2013 World Combat Games Muaythai  -81 kg
2013 I.F.M.A. European Muaythai Championships in Lisbon, Portugal  -75 kg
2010 I.F.M.A. World Muaythai Championships in Bangkok, Thailand  -75 kg
2010 W.A.K.O. European Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan  -75 kg (K-1 Rules)
2009 I.F.M.A. World Muaythai Championships in Bangkok, Thailand  -75 kg
2008 I.F.M.A. European Muaythai Championships in Zgorzelec, Poland  -75 kg
2007 W.A.K.O. World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia  - 71 kg (K-1 Rules)
2006 I.F.M.A. World Muaythai Championships in Bangkok, Thailand  -67 kg
2006 W.M.F. World Muaythai Championships in Bangkok, Thailand  -67 kg (Junior)

Fight record

|-  style="background:#fbb;"
| 2021-06-25 || Loss ||align=left| Carlos Prates || Muaythai Night 6 || Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates || Decision || 3 || 3:00

|-  style="background:#fbb;"
| 2020-11-28 || Loss ||align=left| Sher Mamazulunov || Road to ONE 4: Fair Fight 13 || Yekaterinburg, Russia || Decision (Ext. Round)  || 4 || 3:00
|-  style="background:#cfc;"
| 2018-12-02 || Win ||align=left| Serhii Snytiuk|| Akhmat Fight Show || Belarus || TKO (Referee Stoppage/Left Body Hooks)  || 2 || 1:52
|-
|-  style="background:#fbb;"
| 2018-04-13|| Loss||align=left| Yurii Zubchuk ||DSF Kickboxing Challenge 14 || Poland || Decision (Majority) || 3 || 3:00
|-  style="background:#fbb;"
| 2016-12-10 || Loss ||align=left| Alexander Stetsurenko || Kunlun Fight 55 – 80 kg Tournament, Final || China || Decision (Split) || 3 || 3:00
|-
! style=background:white colspan=9 |
|-  style="background:#cfc;"
| 2016-12-10 || Win ||align=left| Hicham El Gaoui|| Kunlun Fight 55 – 80 kg Tournament, Semi Finals || China || Decision(Majority)  || 3 || 3:00
|-  style="background:#cfc;"
| 2016-09-10|| Win ||align=left| Cédric Tousch|| Kunlun Fight 51 - 80 kg 2016 Tournament Quarter-Finals || Fuzhou, China ||Extra Round Decision || 4 || 3:00
|-
! style=background:white colspan=9 |
|-  style="background:#fbb;"
| 2015-12-19 || Loss||align=left| Artur Kyshenko || Kunlun Fight 35 – 80 kg Tournament,Final || Luoyang, China || KO || 1 || 0:22
|-
! style=background:white colspan=9 |
|-  style="background:#cfc;"
| 2015-12-19 || Win ||align=left| Arthit Hanchana || Kunlun Fight 35 – 80 kg Tournament,Semi Final || Luoyang, China || Decision(Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2015-07-19 || Win ||align=left| Chen Yawei || Kunlun Fight 28 || Nanjing, China || TKO || 3 ||
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 2015-05-15 || Loss ||align=left| Artur Kyshenko || Kunlun Fight 25 || Bratislava, Slovakia || Decision (split) || 3 || 3:00
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 2014-10-26 || Loss ||align=left| Simon Marcus || Kunlun Fight 12 || Jianshui, China || Decision || 3 || 3:00
|-
! style="background:white" colspan=9 |
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2014-09-13 || Win ||align=left| Panom  ||  Topking World Series   || Minsk, Belarus ||KO|| 2 ||0:46
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2014-06-29 || Win ||align=left| Wehaj Kingboxing || Kunlun Fight 6 || Chongqing, China ||Decision (unanimous)|| 5 ||3:00
|-
! style="background:white" colspan=9 |
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2014-04-14|| Win ||align=left| Nuerla|| Kunlun Fight 1 || Surin, Thailand  ||KO (left knee to the body)|| 1 ||2:10
|-
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2013-12-13 || Win ||align=left| Bektas Emirhanoglu  || Diamon Fight: Friendship|| Chelyabinsk, Russia || TKO || 3 ||
|-
! style="background:white" colspan=9 |
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 2013-04-27 || Loss ||align=left| Simon Marcus || C3: King of Fighters || Chengdu, China || Decision (split) || 5 || 3:00
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2013-04-06 || Win ||align=left| Pawel Biszczak || Grand Prix Russia Open, Final || Moscow, Russia ||Decision (unanimous)|| 3 ||3:00
|-
! style="background:white" colspan=9 |
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2013-04-06 || Win ||align=left| Wojciech Wierzbicki || Grand Prix Russia Open, Semi Finals || Moscow, Russia ||KO (low kick) || 1 || 1:00
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2013-04-06 || Win ||align=left| Oleg Hohlov || Grand Prix Russia Open, Quarter Finals || Moscow, Russia ||Decision (unanimous)|| 3 ||3:00
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 2012-11-24 || Loss ||align=left| Karim Ghajji || Nuit des Champions || Marseilles, France || Decision || 5 || 3:00
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2011-11-26 || Win ||align=left| Samir Dourid ||  Big 8 WKN Tournament 2011  || Minsk, Belarus || Decision || 3 || 3:00
|-
! style="background:white" colspan=9 |
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2010-09-12 || Win ||align=left| Tarek Slimani || W.K.N. World GP Big-8 Tournament '10, Title Fight || Minsk, Belarus || KO || 3 ||
|-
! style="background:white" colspan=9 |
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 2010-03-13 || Loss ||align=left| John Wayne Parr || Domination 4 || Bentley, Perth, Australia || Decision (Unanimous) || 5 || 3:00
|-
! style="background:white" colspan=9 |
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2010-02-12 || Win ||align=left| Yohan Lidon || UKC France MAX 2010, Title Fight || Dijon, France || Decision (Unanimous) || 5 || 3:00
|-
! style="background:white" colspan=9 |
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2009-09-12 || Win ||align=left| Shane Campbell || W.K.N. World GP Big-8 Tournament '09, Title Fight || Minsk, Belarus || Decision || 5 || 3:00
|-
! style="background:white" colspan=9 |
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2009-10-22 || Win ||align=left| Vuyisile Colossa || W.M.C. I-1 World Grand Slam '09, Final || Hong Kong || Decision (Split) || 3 || 3:00
|-
! style="background:white" colspan=9 |
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2009-10-22 || Win ||align=left| Pavlos Kaponis || W.M.C. I-1 World Grand Slam '09, Semi Finals || Hong Kong || TKO || 3 ||
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 2008-12-19 || Loss ||align=left| Artem Levin || "The Contender Asia" Season 2 Russia Qualifier, Semi Finals || Chelyabinsk, Russia || Decision || 3 || 3:00
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2008-12-19 || Win ||align=left| Abdallah Mabel || "The Contender Asia" Season 2 Russia Qualifier, Quarter Finals || Chelyabinsk, Russia || Decision || 3 || 3:00
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2008-10-27 || Win ||align=left| Singnoi Sitpholek || W.M.C. I-1 World Grand Slam '08, Final || Hong Kong || KO || 2 ||
|-
! style="background:white" colspan=9 |
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2008-10-27 || Win ||align=left| Shane Campbell || W.M.C. I-1 World Grand Slam '08, Semi Finals || Hong Kong || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2008-05-03 || Win ||align=left| Farid M'laika || W.K.N. European Grand Prix, Final || Geneva, Switzerland || KO (Spinning Elbow) || 2 ||
|-
! style="background:white" colspan=9 |
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2008-05-03 || Win ||align=left| Alexandru Nedelcu || W.K.N. European Grand Prix, Semi Finals || Geneva, Switzerland || Decision || 3 || 3:00
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2007-12-9 || Win ||align=left| Fabio Siciliani || Wako-Pro World Title || Lecce, Italy || KO (Knee) || 2 ||
|-
! style="background:white" colspan=9 |
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2007-11-11 || Win ||align=left| Samir Dourid || Kings of Muaythai - Russia || Kostroma, Russia || KO (Left Punch) || 1 ||
|-
! style="background:white" colspan=9 |
|-
| colspan=9 | Legend:
|-

|-  bgcolor="#cfc"
| 2019-11-10 || Win ||align=left| Andreas Gardasevic || 2019 IFMA European Championships, Final || Minsk, Belarus || Decision (30:26)|| 3 || 3:00
|-
! style=background:white colspan=9 |

|-  bgcolor="#cfc"
| 2019-11-08 || Win ||align=left| Mikhail Sartakov || 2019 IFMA European Championships, Semi Final || Minsk, Belarus || Decision (30:27)|| 3 || 3:00

|-  bgcolor="#cfc"
| 2018-07-07 || Win ||align=left| Ali Dogan || 2018 IFMA European Championships, Final || Prague, Czech Republic || Decision (29:28)|| 3 || 3:00
|-
! style=background:white colspan=9 |

|-  bgcolor="#cfc"
| 2018-07-04 || Win ||align=left| Marcus Liljedorff || 2018 IFMA European Championships, Semi Final || Prague, Czech Republic || Decision (30:27)|| 3 || 3:00

|-  bgcolor="#cfc"
| 2018-07-02 || Win ||align=left| Umarjov Davlatov || 2018 IFMA European Championships, Quarter Final || Prague, Czech Republic || Decision (29:28)|| 3 || 3:00

|-  bgcolor="#cfc"
| 2017-05-12 || Win ||align=left| Saranon Glopman|| 2017 IFMA World Championships, Final || Minsk, Belarus || Decision (30:27) || 3 || 3:00
|-
! style=background:white colspan=9 |

|-  bgcolor="#cfc"
| 2017-05-10 || Win ||align=left| Rostyslav Karpych|| 2017 IFMA World Championships, Semi Final || Minsk, Belarus || Decision (30:27) || 3 || 3:00

|-  bgcolor="#cfc"
| 2017-05-08 || Win ||align=left| Sergey Veselkin || 2017 IFMA World Championships, Quarter Final || Minsk, Belarus || Decision (30:27) || 3 || 3:00

|-  bgcolor="#cfc"
| 2016-10-29 || Win ||align=left| Rostyslav Karpych|| 2016 IFMA European Championships, Final || Split, Croatia || Decision (30:27) || 3 || 3:00
|-
! style=background:white colspan=9 |

|-  bgcolor="#cfc"
| 2016-10-27 || Win ||align=left| Rafal Korczak || 2016 IFMA European Championships, Semi Final || Split, Croatia || Decision (30:27) || 3 || 3:00

|-  bgcolor="#cfc"
| 2016-10-25 || Win ||align=left| Busai Gergely || 2016 IFMA European Championships, Quarter Final || Split, Croatia || RSC.B || 1 ||

|-  bgcolor="#cfc"
| 2016-05- || Win ||align=left| Surik Magakian || 2016 IFMA World Championships, Final|| Jonkoping, Sweden ||Decision || 3 || 3:00
|-
! style=background:white colspan=9 |

|-  bgcolor="#cfc"
| 2016-05- || Win ||align=left| Samuel Dbili || 2016 IFMA World Championships, Semi Final|| Jonkoping, Sweden || Decision || 3 || 3:00

|-  bgcolor="#cfc"
| 2016-05- || Win ||align=left| || 2016 IFMA World Championships, Quarter Final|| Jonkoping, Sweden ||||  ||

|-  bgcolor="#cfc"
| 2015-08- || Win ||align=left| Nadir Iskhakov || 2015 IFMA World Championships, Final|| Bangkok, Thailand ||Decision || 3 ||3:00
|-
! style=background:white colspan=9 |

|-  bgcolor="#cfc"
| 2015-08- || Win ||align=left| Radoslaw Paczuski || 2015 IFMA World Championships, Semi Final|| Bangkok, Thailand ||RSC.O || 3 ||

|-  bgcolor="#cfc"
| 2015-08- || Win ||align=left| Shahram Delawar || 2015 IFMA World Championships, Quarter Final|| Bangkok, Thailand ||RSC.B || 3 ||

|-  bgcolor="#cfc"
| 2014-09- || Win ||align=left| Radosław Paczuski || 2014 IFMA European Championships, Final|| Krakow, Poland || ||  ||
|-
! style=background:white colspan=9 |

|-  bgcolor="#cfc"
| 2014-09- || Win ||align=left| Mykyta Zinchenko || 2014 IFMA European Championships, Semi Finals|| Krakow, Poland || ||  ||

|-  bgcolor="#cfc"
| 2014-09- || Win ||align=left| Youssef Issa || 2014 IFMA European Championships, Quarter Finals|| Krakow, Poland || ||  ||

|-  bgcolor="#cfc"
| 2014-05- || Win ||align=left| Surik Magakian || 2014 IFMA World Championships, Final|| Langkawi, Malaysia || ||  ||
|-
! style=background:white colspan=9 |

|-  bgcolor="#cfc"
| 2014-05- || Win ||align=left| Youssef Issa || 2014 IFMA World Championships, Semi Finals|| Langkawi, Malaysia || ||  ||

|-  bgcolor="#cfc"
| 2014-05- || Win ||align=left| Mykyta Zinchenko || 2014 IFMA World Championships, Quarter Finals|| Langkawi, Malaysia || ||  ||

|-  style="background:#fbb;"
| 2013-10-23 || Loss||align=left| Artem Levin || 2013 World Combat Games, Final || Bangkok, Thailand || Decision ||  ||
|-
! style=background:white colspan=9 |

|-  style="background:#cfc;"
| 2013-10-21 || Win ||align=left|   Kim Olaf Olsen || 2013 World Combat Games, Semi Final || Bangkok, Thailand || Decision ||  ||

|-  bgcolor="#cfc"
| 2012-09-11 || Win||align=left| Emil Umayev || 2012 IFMA World Championships, Semi Finals|| Saint Petersburg, Russia || Decision ||  ||

|-  bgcolor="#cfc"
| 2012-09-10 || Win||align=left| Ivan Konoriev|| 2012 IFMA World Championships, Quarter Finals|| Saint Petersburg, Russia || Decision ||  ||

|-  bgcolor="#cfc"
| 2012-09-08 || Win ||align=left| Kevin Victoa || 2012 IFMA World Championships, First Round|| Saint Petersburg, Russia ||  ||  ||

|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2012-04-22 || Win ||align=left| Matouš Kohout || 2012 I.F.M.A. European Championships || Antalya, Turkey || || ||

|-  style="background:#fbb;"
| 2011-09-23|| Loss ||align=left| Vitaliy Nikiforov || 2011 IFMA World Championships, Quarter Finals || Tashkent, Uzbekistan || Decision || 4 || 2:00

|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2010-12-05 || Win ||align=left| Valentin Semenov || I.F.M.A. World Muaythai Championships '10, Final -75 kg || Bangkok, Thailand || || ||
|-
! style="background:white" colspan=9 |
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2010-10-24 || Win ||align=left| Wojciech Kosowski || W.A.K.O. European Championships '10 Baku, K-1 Finals -75 kg || Baku, Azerbaijan || Decision || 3 || 2:00
|-
! style="background:white" colspan=9 |
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2010-10-? || Win ||align=left| Ile Risteski || W.A.K.O. European Championships '10 Baku, K-1 Quarter Finals -75 kg || Baku, Azerbaijan || KO || 1 ||
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 2010-05-27 || Loss ||align=left| Artem Levin || I.F.M.A. European Championships '10, Quarter Finals || Velletri, Italy || Decision (5-0) || 4 || 2:00
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2010-05-26 || Win ||align=left| Şahin || I.F.M.A. European Championships '10, 1st Round || Velletri, Italy || || ||
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2009-12-05 || Win ||align=left| Vasyl Tereshonok || I.F.M.A. World Muaythai Championships '09, Final -75 kg || Bangkok, Thailand || Decision || 4 || 2:00
|-
! style="background:white" colspan=9 |
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2009-12-02 || Win ||align=left| Emil Zoraj || IFMA 2009 World Muaythai Championships 1/2 finals (75 kg) || Bangkok, Thailand || Decision || 4 || 2:00
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2007-09-30 || Win ||align=left| Rizvan Isaev || W.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 Belgrade, K-1 Final -71 kg || Belgrade, Serbia || || ||
|-
! style="background:white" colspan=9 |
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2007-09-? || Win ||align=left| Djime Coulibaly || W.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 Belgrade, K-1 Semi Finals -71 kg || Belgrade, Serbia || || ||
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2007-09-? || Win ||align=left| Osami Adil || W.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 Belgrade, K-1 Quarter Finals -71 kg || Belgrade, Serbia || || ||
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2007-09-? || Win ||align=left| Branko Mikulić || W.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 Belgrade, K-1 1st Round -71 kg || Belgrade, Serbia || || ||
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 2006-06-06 || Loss ||align=left| Ameur Redwan || I.F.M.A. World Muaythai Championships '06, Semi Finals -67 kg || Bangkok, Thailand || || ||
|-
! style="background:white" colspan=9 |
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2006-06-03 || Win ||align=left| Askarbek Shakiyev || I.F.M.A. World Muaythai Championships '06, Quarter Finals -67 kg || Bangkok, Thailand || || ||
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2006-03-26 || Win ||align=left| Mehmet Dogan || W.M.F. World Muaythai Championships '06, Junior Final -67 kg || Bangkok, Thailand || || ||
|-
! style="background:white" colspan=9 |
|-
| colspan=9 |Legend:
|-

See also
List of male kickboxers

References

External links
 Gym "Kick Fighter" Official Website

1988 births
Living people
Belarusian male kickboxers
Belarusian Muay Thai practitioners
Belarusian male taekwondo practitioners
Middleweight kickboxers
Kunlun Fight kickboxers

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Having failed to make it to all the way from Weymouth to Brighton on our initial trip the previous summer, Steve and I decided to drag our bikes down to the south coast once more, to finish the job.
I can't quite recall how it happened (although there was almost certainly alcohol involved), but it was around this time that our south coast jaunt somehow transformed itself into a mission to cycle the entire British coastline. For the time being though, we had a long weekend to get ourselves as far as Brighton, and this was plenty to be getting on with – having spent most of Thursday afternoon and evening hanging around pubs in London, we eventually rocked up in Brighton around midnight, and were highly fortunate to find ourselves B&B accommodation at that hour.


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I always loved the first snowfall when I was a child. Now that I'm an adult, I love snow as long as I don't have to drive through it! If you remember from Charlie Brown's Christmas (the cartoon with the sad little Christmas tree), December snow usually isn't as ripe as January snow and needs more sugar. I made some December snowflakes with extra sugar to make sure they were ripe.
I used the largest snowflake cutter from this set. Snowflakes can be made as simple or as elaborate you want. For this one, I piped and flooded it with white icing and allowed that to dry overnight. Then next day, I piped on the red design with piping icing. The design can be drawn on with food color marker first if you don't want to free-hand it. To make it even easier you can use stencils like these.
Hope everyone has a beautiful white Christmas (If you live where snow is possible)!


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Nine Mayer Brown lawyers named 2020 "Client Service All-Stars" by BTI Consulting
Scott A. Chesin
Dale J. Giali
Charles Salem Hallab
Lucy L. Holifield
Elizabeth Mann
Andrew S. Marovitz
Paul E. Meyer
Monique J. Mulcare
Carmine R. Zarlenga
Mayer Brown announced that nine lawyers have been named 2020 "Client Service All-Stars" by BTI Consulting Group. Since launching its All-Stars report in 2001, BTI has included one or more Mayer Brown lawyers on the list each year.
The 2020 honorees are:
Scott Chesin, Supreme Court & Appellate (New York)
Dale Giali, Litigation & Dispute Resolution (Los Angeles)
Charles Salem Hallab, Corporate & Securities (Washington DC and Dubai)
Lucy Holifield, Litigation & Dispute Resolution (Chicago)
Elizabeth Mann, Litigation & Dispute Resolution (Los Angeles)
Andrew Marovitz, Litigation & Dispute Resolution (Chicago), who was awarded the "MVP" distinction for making the list for the third consecutive year
Paul Meyer, Real Estate Markets (Chicago)
Monique Mulcare, Restructuring (New York)
Carmine Zarlenga, Litigation & Dispute Resolution (Washington DC)
Mr. Giali and Mr. Marovitz were also awarded the "Super All-Star" distinction for being recognized by more than one client for delivering superior client service.
The 2020 All-Stars report recognized 475 lawyers who have delivered the absolute best client service with their "keen understanding of business impacts and unwavering commitment to client objectives — an astounding feat when also assessing a global pandemic alongside growing client expectations of law firms," BTI said.
To select the All-Stars, BTI conducted more than 350 in-depth interviews with top legal decision makers at large organizations with $700 million or more in revenue. View the complete list here.
Supreme Court & Appellate
Seven Mayer Brown partners named 2020 "Top Lawyers" by Washingtonian
Mayer Brown partner Gina Parlovecchio named a 2021 "Notable Woman in Law" by Crain's New York Business
Wex Inc. case raises questions
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