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#include "Firestore/core/src/firebase/firestore/util/comparison.h"

#include <algorithm>
#include <cmath>
#include <cstring>
#include <limits>

#include "absl/base/casts.h"

namespace firebase {
namespace firestore {
namespace util {
using std::isnan;

/**
 * Creates a ComparisonResult from a typical integer return value, where
 * 0 means "same", less than zero means "ascending", and greater than zero
 * means "descending".
 */
constexpr ComparisonResult ComparisonResultFromInt(int value) {
  // TODO(c++14): convert this to an if statement.
  return value < 0 ? ComparisonResult::Ascending
                   : (value > 0 ? ComparisonResult::Descending
                                : ComparisonResult::Same);
}

ComparisonResult Comparator<absl::string_view>::Compare(
    absl::string_view left, absl::string_view right) const {
  return ComparisonResultFromInt(left.compare(right));
}

ComparisonResult Comparator<std::string>::Compare(
    const std::string& left, const std::string& right) const {
  return ComparisonResultFromInt(left.compare(right));
}

ComparisonResult Comparator<std::vector<uint8_t>>::Compare(
    const std::vector<uint8_t>& left, const std::vector<uint8_t>& right) const {
  // This is essentially CompareContainer with `memcmp` for the main check
  size_t min_length = std::min(left.size(), right.size());
  if (min_length > 0) {
    int r = memcmp(left.data(), right.data(), min_length);
    if (r < 0) return ComparisonResult::Ascending;
    if (r > 0) return ComparisonResult::Descending;
  }
  if (left.size() < right.size()) return ComparisonResult::Ascending;
  if (left.size() > right.size()) return ComparisonResult::Descending;
  return ComparisonResult::Same;
}

ComparisonResult Comparator<double>::Compare(double left, double right) const {
  // NaN sorts equal to itself and before any other number.
  if (left < right) {
    return ComparisonResult::Ascending;
  } else if (left > right) {
    return ComparisonResult::Descending;
  } else if (left == right) {
    return ComparisonResult::Same;
  } else {
    // One or both left and right is NaN.
    if (!isnan(right)) {
      // Only left is NaN.
      return ComparisonResult::Ascending;
    } else if (!isnan(left)) {
      // Only right is NaN.
      return ComparisonResult::Descending;
    } else {
      // Both are NaN.
      return ComparisonResult::Same;
    }
  }
}

static constexpr double INT64_MIN_VALUE_AS_DOUBLE =
    static_cast<double>(std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::min());

static constexpr double INT64_MAX_VALUE_AS_DOUBLE =
    static_cast<double>(std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::max());

ComparisonResult CompareMixedNumber(double double_value, int64_t int64_value) {
  // LLONG_MIN has an exact representation as double, so to check for a value
  // outside the range representable by long, we have to check for strictly less
  // than LLONG_MIN. Note that this also handles negative infinity.
  if (double_value < INT64_MIN_VALUE_AS_DOUBLE) {
    return ComparisonResult::Ascending;
  }

  // LLONG_MAX has no exact representation as double (casting as we've done
  // makes 2^63, which is larger than LLONG_MAX), so consider any value greater
  // than or equal to the threshold to be out of range. This also handles
  // positive infinity.
  if (double_value >= INT64_MAX_VALUE_AS_DOUBLE) {
    return ComparisonResult::Descending;
  }

  // In Firestore NaN is defined to compare before all other numbers.
  if (isnan(double_value)) {
    return ComparisonResult::Ascending;
  }

  auto double_as_int64 = static_cast<int64_t>(double_value);
  ComparisonResult cmp = Compare<int64_t>(double_as_int64, int64_value);
  if (cmp != ComparisonResult::Same) {
    return cmp;
  }

  // At this point the long representations are equal but this could be due to
  // rounding.
  auto int64_as_double = static_cast<double>(int64_value);
  return Compare<double>(double_value, int64_as_double);
}

/** Helper to normalize a double and then return the raw bits as a uint64_t. */
uint64_t DoubleBits(double d) {
  if (isnan(d)) {
    d = NAN;
  }

  return absl::bit_cast<uint64_t>(d);
}

bool DoubleBitwiseEquals(double left, double right) {
  return DoubleBits(left) == DoubleBits(right);
}

size_t DoubleBitwiseHash(double d) {
  uint64_t bits = DoubleBits(d);
  // Note that x ^ (x >> 32) works fine for both 32 and 64 bit definitions of
  // size_t
  return static_cast<size_t>(bits) ^ static_cast<size_t>(bits >> 32);
}

}  // namespace util
}  // namespace firestore
}  // namespace firebase


Just what has happened to Gael Clichy?
One bold opinion that I made in the pub with my friends roughly 18 months ago has severely come back to bite me on the derriere in recent weeks – I made the assertion that Gael Clichy was the best left back in the world.
Whilst this sounds quite frankly bonkers now, and was done in part to wind up my myopic viewed Man Utd friends, I think it contained a significant measure of validity. At the time Ashley Cole's form for Chelsea was patchy and for all of Patrice Evra's merits going forward I have never been entirely convinced of his defensive awareness with Aaron Lennon in particular giving the Frenchman the run around almost every time they meet now. At this time Clichy was pushing hard for a place in the France side over the cumbersome Eric Abidal and the aforementioned Evra and was comfortably the top flight's best performing left back after being named in the PFA Team of the Year for the 2007/8 season.
He seemed at ease with the ball at feet, was decent in the air, had pace and was solid at the back whilst a threat going forward, all in all the perfect modern day full back. Flash forward 18 months and Clichy looks a shadow of his former self.
Exposed for pace by Nani against Man Utd in their 3-1 win at the Emirates, poor against Chelsea a few days later and consistently beaten by Porto winger Varela last night, his terrible form is a real cause for concern. If Kieran Gibbs were fit and Mikael Silvestre not useless it's debatable whether Clichy would even find himself in the Arsenal starting eleven these days.
Injuries have played their part too and it has to be said that some players do take time to find their feet again after a spell on the sidelines. A series of minor niggling injuries and the form of youngster Gibbs in the past have seen him dip in and out of the starting eleven but at the moment he's a liability and looks to be being targeted by rival managers as a weak link in an otherwise decent Arsenal back four.
It remains a mystery why a player of such potential can regress to such an extent where his selection becomes a problem, he looks undercooked and unfit and unless Wenger address the situation soon I wouldn't bet against a left back being top of his shopping list come summer time.
What are everyone else's thoughts on the decline on a once dependable left-back – is it just a blip?


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Goliath (Mark Forest) enters Hades on a mission. He battles Cerberus the fire breathing three headed dog and retrieves the blood diamond. Before he leaves he is attacked by a giant furry bat creature. He kills the bat creature and makes his way out of Hades. Once he has the diamond he returns it to the goddess of vengeance.
While Goliath is battling demons his brother Illus (Sandro Moretti) sneaks into the palace of King Eurystheus (Broderick Crawford) to see his lover Thea (Federica Ranchi). Goliath has a hatred for Thea, believing that her family killed his family and has forbidden Illus to see her. Illus loves her anyway. While sneaking in to the palace Illus is caught. King Eurystheus is trying to gain alliances with other rulers to attack Thebes and defeat Goliath. Knowing that Goliath is in Hades, and assuming he will fail, Eurystheus tells the others that Goliath is dead. When word comes that Goliath is actually alive Eurystheus tells everyone that he is not afraid of Goliath. To prove it he will kill Goliath's brother Illus in an exhibition the next day.
Eurystheus is talked out of killing Illus by Tyndaros (Giancario Sbragia) who says he has a better plan. Eurystheus has a slave girl Alcinoe (Wandisa Guida) help Illus escape. Alcinoe then convinces Illus that Goliath doesn't want him to have Thea because he is actually in love with her. She says she will give him a potion that will make him forget about Thea. When Goliath saves her life by battling a bear she abandons her mission. Eurystheus sends another slave to give Illus the potion. In reality she is giving him poison. Before Goliath takes the poison the goddess of the wind relays a message from Thea about the poison.
Illus once again races to the palace to be with Thea and is once again captured. This time Eurystheus is determined to kill Illus as part of a public spectacle by having his head crushed by an elephant. Goliath once again must save his brother.
Goliath's wife Deianira (Leonora Ruffo) ends up taken by Nessus the Centaur (Claudio Undari) to Eurystheus who uses her as bait to draw Goliath into the realm of the dragon where a battle to the death ensues.
"Goliath and the Dragon" was released in 1960 and was directed by Vittorio Cottafavi. It is a Sword and Sandal film and is a cut and paste version of the Italian peplum film "La vendetta di Ercole". At one time the film was also called "Hercules Revenge" but I'm not entirely sure where that name came from. I'm pretty sure the Italians didn't name it that. It could be that the American version was called "Hercules Revenge" however Universal had first dibs on the Hercules name so enter Goliath, and enter AIP.
In 1959 American International Pictures released a movie called "Goliath and the Barbarians". They acquired the film when the Italian film makers ran out of money while making it. AIP, of course, Americanized the names and dubbed it into English. To capitalize on the film they had planned on creating a sequel of sorts called "Goliath and the Dragon". They had a script but the project fell through. Instead they bought the rights to the existing Italian film called "La vendetta di Ercole" and, with a few magical tricks, turned Hercules into Goliath. In addition they added a dragon so they could use their already chosen name "Goliath and the Dragon". Some of the dragon is stop motion and some a giant puppet head. The dragon scenes only appear in the Americanized film.
The introduction to the movie calls the hero Emilius and then says he was called Goliath. I don't know where the Emilius came from other than it is a Roman name. In "La vendetta di Ercole" the hero is called Ercole not Emilius. Even though the movie is called "Goliath and the Dragon", the dragon is not the main part of the film. He appears for a few seconds in the beginning and is not seen again until the end of the movie. The movie is supposed to be in color but the color is really washed out. Most of it looks a pale green.
As with a lot of sword and sandal movies that have been Americanized some of the character names have been changed depending on which version of the film you are watching. Also dubbing can be strange if any of the actors are American. Broderick Crawford's lines were dubbed into Italian and then re-dubbed into English by someone else when AIP altered the plot of the film. One other change was the relationship between Goliath and Illus. In the original film they are father and son but in the new and questionably improved version they are brothers.
Regarding the movie itself, the story is basically good but it is a little scattered. Since the movie was changed to add the dragon the plot was shifted a little and scenes added to the point where the movie is not totally cohesive. Characters are added and dropped and sections of the movie plod along. The monsters are stupid but they are the best part of the movie. Who doesn't love a fire breathing three headed dog or a giant furry bat creature? The puppet dragon fits right in.

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Venezuela: can a failing state protect its environment and its people?
by Glenn Scherer on 1 February 2018 |
Venezuela is fast becoming a failed state, with 11.4 percent of its children malnourished, 10.5 percent of its workforce unemployed, and an annual inflation rate of roughly 2,700 percent for 2017.
Serious food, fuel and medicine shortages have in recent months resulted in mobs raiding stores and shops, fishing boats, even the stoning of a cow to death where it stood in a field, in order for people to be able to provide for their families.
Meanwhile, Pres. Maduro has sought to save his nation from economic ruin by selling off its natural resources, opening the Arco Minero in Bolívar state to mining – 112,000 square kilometers, more than 12 percent of the country. He has also announced the creation of the Petro cryptocurrency, backed by the nation's oil and possibly minerals.
Mongabay correspondent Bram Ebus, in partnership with InfoAmazonia, recently traveled to the remote Arco Minero and reported firsthand on the chaotic political and social situation, where indigenous communities and the environment are put at risk by economic hardship, a corrupt military, armed gangs and guerrilla bands.
Looting in Caracas, Venezuela. Photo by Prensa Presidencial – Government of Venezuela
This story is the fourth in a series of Mongabay articles about Venezuela's Arco Minero, produced in partnership with InfoAmazonia which has launched an in-depth multimedia platform called Digging into the Mining Arc, exclusively highlighting Venezuela's mining boom. The first three Mongabay stories by Bram Ebus can be found here, here and here.
Venezuela, its people and environment, are in terrible trouble. In 2017, its "economic, humanitarian, and political crises continued to deepen. The country is now on the brink of becoming a failed state," wrote Christopher Sabatini last summer.
Sabatini, a lecturer at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, offered up a litany of disquieting statistics in Foreign Affairs: "Some 11.4 percent of Venezuela's children are malnourished and 10.5 percent of its workforce is unemployed. The economy is on track to shrink for the third straight year, with GDP set to drop 20.7 percent below its 2014 level, and inflation expected to reach 1,700 percent." More recent estimates put the inflation rate for 2017 at 2,300 percent, or even 2,700 percent.
In 2018, things have only gotten worse. Drastic food, fuel and medicine shortages are bringing widespread looting. In January, The Guardian reported rioting crowds picking clean an urban grocery store, with the owner lamenting: "It makes you want to cry. I think we are headed for chaos." More than 100 such episodes were reported over just 11 days in January, with hungry mobs raiding a fishing vessel to steal fish, stoning a cow to death in a field, and killing two pregnant thoroughbred horses for food.
The government of Nicolás Maduro has responded with harsh authoritarian measures. Between March and July 2017, he violently repressed street demonstrations, with 70 people killed and at least 120 political opponents imprisoned.
As the Venezuelan petro industry has fallen apart, with oil sales falling to their lowest levels since 2002, the president has tried to shore up the nation's finances by selling off its mineral wealth. In hopes of attracting transnational mining companies and international investors, Maduro announced the opening of the Orinoco Arco Minero mining zone in 2016, and launched the Petro cryptocurrency in 2017, with Venezuela's version of bitcoin purportedly backed by its oil, and possibly, mineral reserves.
Last autumn, Mongabay correspondent Bram Ebus went to Venezuela to see firsthand the situation on the ground in the Arco Minero, which covers 112,000 square kilometers (43,243 square miles), a depository of gold, diamonds and other minerals south of the Orinoco River and in the Amazon.
It was a dangerous assignment; while there he was illegally detained, questioned, and then, luckily, released by Venezuela's National Guard. What the Dutch journalist saw and reported in his articles and photos for Mongabay and on an InfoAmazonia website dedicated to the Arco Minero, is now helping readers translate abstract economic statistics into real-world misery at the heart of a humanitarian and environmental crisis.
Ebus reports on the extreme poverty in Bolívar state, a part of Amazonia fabulously wealthy in natural resources and biodiversity. He writes of corrupt military commanders setting up their own illicit mining fiefdoms; of armed gangs of illegal miners run amuck; of poor, sick mineworkers barely able to feed their families; of indigenous people forced by soaring inflation to abandon their ancestral communities to go down into the mines.
Miners work all day underground or in rivers up to their necks, then spend nights huddled on muddy slopes amid a deforested landscape, sleeping under nothing more than a plastic sheet. Living hand-to-mouth, it's no wonder people inside the Mining Arc give little thought to environmental and wildlife protection. In his reporting, Bram Ebus draws a vivid picture of what day-to-day life looks like in the rural countryside of a failing state.
A makeshift tent made with a plastic tarp, a miner's home at an Arco Minero gold mine. Photo by Bram Ebus
"Do not freak out! You will see a lot of arms here!"
In his first story, Ebus tells how militarization and mining have become an incendiary mix in the Venezuelan Amazon, as the army and National Guard compete with each other, and with armed gangs, for the best mineral claims.
You can't drive 30 minutes without encountering a roadblock and potential harm, says a local man: "[D]o not freak out!" he commands. "You will see a lot of arms here!"
Also at risk is the Arco Minero's remarkable biodiversity. The region includes Canaima National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site spanning 30,000 square kilometers (12,000 square miles), with forests and plateaus home to jaguars and giant otters. The region slated for mining also encompasses Imataca Forest Reserve; the La Paragua and El Caura reserves; Cerro Guanay Natural Monument; and Caroní River watershed.
A miner wearing a gold pan as a hat, a common sight in the towns of the Mining Arc. Photo by Bram Ebus
"It's not far off [from being] an ethnocide"
In his second story, Ebus describes the impacts of Venezuela's mining boom on the 198 indigenous communities inside the Mining Arc. Communities are under assault as mining operations illegally enter native reserves searching for valuable ores.
Meanwhile, indigenous men and women are forced by Venezuela's high cost of living to abandon their homes and compete for jobs among the region's miners. Indigenous men and women work the claims, while women also seek earnings as laundresses, cooks and prostitutes. Malaria is rife and gold processing dangerous, with toxic mercury used to purify the metal. Pay is a pittance, and violence against miners common.
Next door to Bolívar, in Venezuela's Amazonas state, mining is having a similar effect on indigenous communities, as the Venezuelan army, National Guard, armed gangs, and Colombian guerrillas use intimidation to coopt indigenous leaders. "It's not far off [from being] an ethnocide," says Liborio Guarulla, outgoing governor of Amazonas state and indigenous himself.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro hefts a bar of gold purportedly dug and processed in the Arco Minero, though experts have their doubts. The gold bar was used as a prop in his presentation introducing the Petro cryptocurrency in December 2017. On twitter Prensa Presidencial @PresidencialVen
"The 21st century has arrived!"
In Caracas, far from the daily horrors of the Mining Arc, the Maduro government seeks ways to insulate wealthy elites against the failing state. In his third article, Bram Ebus highlights the president's show biz-like effort to promote the new Petro cryptocurrency – a cyber coin which Maduro claims will be backed by oil, natural gas, and maybe, Venezuela's mineral wealth.
The trouble is that most of the purported wealth in the Mining Arc – the 7,000 tons of gold (worth roughly $200 billion); $100 billion in coltan (a conflict metal ubiquitous in electronic devices); and 3 billion carats in diamonds – have never been certified. The minerals may be in the ground, but then again, maybe not. Speculation booms.
Still, Maduro persists with his assertions, hoping to attract foreign investors and transnational mining companies to rescue Venezuela's failing economy. It's an old, bad strategy: starting in 1914, Venezuela drew transnational oil companies to places like Lake Maracaibo, making the country's elites fabulously wealthy, while destroying biodiversity and polluting the environment, and doing little to elevate the poor.
Undaunted, in December, Maduro unveiled the Petro, a supposedly revolutionary new cryptocurrency. "The 21st century has arrived!" the president declared. "Venezuela [has] positioned itself at the vanguard of the world. The first country that created a cryptocoin that is based on its country's natural richness."
A miner deep in an Arco Minero gold mine. Photo by Bram Ebus
A military roadblock inside the Arco Minero. Similar checkpoints, occupied by the army, National Guard, or sometimes armed thugs, require stops by drivers every thirty minutes or so. Drivers and their cars are routinely searched, with arrests random and likely not carried out under the rule of law. Photo by Bram Ebus
Reporting from a failed state
One problem with failed states like Syria or Somalia, or failing states like Venezuela, is that they are dangerous for journalists to visit – doubly so remote, wild regions like the Arco Minero where heavily armed militaries and militias patrol.
On the newly launched Arco Minero website created by InfoAmazonia, Bram Ebus tells how he was illegally detained by the Venezuelan National Guard while reporting for Mongabay and InfoAmazonia. Soldiers armed with assault weapons held him and his reporting team at a mining company through one afternoon and long past midnight, allowing no outside contact. At 3am, the party was forced at gunpoint into two pickups and driven off. Then, with no explanation, 24 hours after incarceration, the team was released unharmed.
This sort of intimidation, repeated often enough, can result in a failing state becoming a sort of informational black hole from which little environmental reporting escapes. As violence intensifies, wildlife scientists and NGOs flee, as do many journalists. Concerns over jaguars and giant otters get back burnered, as humanitarian abuses dominate the news.
That's one reason why reporting by journalists like Bram Ebus is so vital now. In his series for Mongabay and InfoAmazonia, he illustrates the dynamics of "disaster economics," which can compel indigenous communities – hungry and at the wrong end of a gun – to abandon their traditions and surrender their ancestral lands to unscrupulous mining companies: "We were recognized as protectors of the jungle. This is not what we are anymore. We are the destroyers of the jungle," says Juan López, an indigenous lawyer.
Unfortunately for the world, Venezuela's Arco Minero isn't a one off. Similar scenarios are playing out to a lesser or greater degree in struggling and failing nations like Honduras, Democratic Republic of Congo, the Philippines, and across South America, Africa and Asia – with intense civil unrest met by repression and violence; extreme exploitation by extraction industries and agribusiness aided by corrupt government; escalating ecosystem and climate disasters; and ongoing suffering by indigenous, traditional and impoverished peoples. In truth, the narrative of the failing state, as seen today in Venezuela, could be shaping up to be one of the 21st century's big political, social and environmental stories.
This Mongabay series was produced in cooperation with a joint reporting project between InfoAmazonia and Correo del Caroni, made possible by a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. An InfoAmazonia multimedia platform called Digging into the Mining Arc features in-depth stories on the topic.
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Canaima National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, within the Arco Minero. Photo by NileGuide.com licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license
A Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna), also known as the Blue-and-gold macaw, in Canaima National Park, Venezuela. It can be difficult for indigenous, traditional and impoverished people, when plagued daily by hunger and threatened with violence, to worry about environmental and wildlife protections. Photo by Diego Delso CC BY 3
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The (ISC)² Foundation is a non-profit charitable trust that aims to empower students, teachers, and the general public to secure their online life by supporting cybersecurity education and awareness in the community through its programs and the efforts of its members.
National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA)—Stay Safe Online
The National Cyber Security Alliance's mission is to educate and therefore empower a digital society to use the Internet safely and securely at home, work and school, protecting the technology individuals use, the networks they connect to and our shared digital assets. NCSA's core initiatives include National Cyber Security Awareness Month (October), Data Privacy Day (January 28), RE:Cyber and STOP.THINK.CONNECT.
NCSA is a co-founder of STOP. THINK. CONNECT., the global cyber security education and awareness campaign to help all digital citizens stay safer and more secure online.
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The focus is on helping youth develop the critical-thinking skills they need to manage their own privacy, respect the privacy of others, and use cyber-sense and ethical decision making in their digital lives.
We further believe in supporting students to create a positive digital tattoo and stand up to social cruelty both on and offline.
My Digital TAT2 believes that creating an online community of kindness and respect is most effective when all stakeholders are involved: Educators, Parents and Students.
Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI)
The Family Online Safety Institute is an international, non-profit organization which works to make the online world safer for kids and their families. FOSI convenes leaders in industry, government and the non-profit sectors to collaborate and innovate new solutions and policies in the field of online safety. Through research, resources, events and special projects, FOSI promotes a culture of responsibility online and encourages a sense of digital citizenship for all.
Hacker Highschool—Security Awareness for Teens
The Hacker Highschool Project uses hacking as a learning technique to help teens be more resourceful, problem-solve, and protect themselves from the variety of modern threats they face.
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iZ HERO Alliance
The iZ HERO Alliance was inaugurated in March 2014 with a deep commitment to improve the digital environment for future generations. It is built on strong collaborations between internationally recognized experts and like-minded organizations such as primary schools, universities, not-for-profit organizations, government agencies, industry partners and international organizations.
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The digital world offers children an abundance of resources and unlimited learning potential. However the online world is not without risks. With it's Safer Families initiative (aka.ms/childsafety), Microsoft brings forth the discussion about online safety to parents, and provides programs to give families information, tools, and strategies to protect what is important to them.
All Participating Organizations
Interested in becoming a CyberSafety Village Partner? Contact us at cybersafety@rsaconference.com
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The impact of coronavirus on construction contracts and how 3910 responds
Many of our clients have been asking us how COVID-19 will impact the construction projects that they are engaged in.
At this stage, is impossible to forecast how widely or how severely the pandemic will cause disruption. Given the present state of COVID-19, we expect the following issues to arise:
cancellations or delays in orders of materials, particularly when those materials are manufactured by or transported through countries most affected by the virus;
staff shortages or disruptions as a result of employees or contractors in self-isolation, or unable to return from overseas travel; and
sites shut down where a person who has contracted the virus has been discovered to have worked on site.
It is unclear whether the Government's recent decision to temporarily ban 'non-essential' mass gatherings of more than 100 people will apply to construction projects.
On the occurrence of any of the above events, the rights of parties to a project will be largely dependent on the terms of the contract.
Typically, and depending on the wording of the relevant provisions, a construction contract will provide that:
the contractor may be entitled to an extension of time on the basis that the relevant effect of COVID-19 was a circumstance that was not a reasonably foreseeable circumstance at the time of tendering (e.g. clause 10.3.1(f) of NZS 3910:2013);
the contractor will not be entitled to any costs for disruption unless it is entitled to a deemed variation under any change of law provisions (e.g. clause 5.11.10 of NZS 3910:2013; and
either party may be entitled to either suspend, terminate or extend time for performance under a force majeure provision (note that NZS 3910:2013 does not contain such a provision) or terminate on the basis that the performance of the contract has been 'frustrated' (see clause 14.1 of NZS 3910:2013).
Where the contract does not contain a force majeure or frustration provision, parties may still be able to terminate the contract under the common law doctrine of frustration. For more information on force majeure the doctrine of frustration, refer to our recent newsflash on COVID-19 and contractual obligations.
Any party intending to terminate the contract on the basis of force majeure or frustration should carefully consider the circumstances, as a party refusing to perform its obligations on this basis may have wrongfully repudiated the contract if the situation does not meet the relevant criteria. For example, if a Contractor claims that it is unable to source sufficient staff or materials, a Principal could argue that there were other suppliers in the market that were willing and able to supply those staff or materials that the Contractor failed to engage.
Practically, parties to construction contracts should be wary about seeking these remedies for contracts entered in to after the relevant effects of COVID-19 became known because the counterparty party could argue that the effects of COVID-19 were no longer reasonably unforeseeable at the time of tender or contract. We expect that this will be an area of contention for some projects in the market.
For new contracts, parties would be well-advised to agree in advance how any delay or disruption caused by COVID-19 will be dealt with. In order to restore the balanced risk allocation of a standard contract form like NZS 3910:2013, an express provision will be required to provide for an extension of time in the event that the effects of COVID-19 cause delays to the project.
For more information, or if you would like any assistance in asserting your contractual rights, please contact us to discuss.
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The Bachelor spoilers: Here's how Matt James' season could end
Mon Jan 04, 2021 at 8:37pm ET
Here's what we know about The Bachelor spoilers. Pic credit: ABC
The Bachelor with Matt James premiered tonight on ABC after the network only had two weeks off between seasons.
Usually, The Bachelorette wraps up in the spring and the season leads into Bachelor In Paradise. Then, Bachelor fans are usually without any shows throughout the fall.
But, the coronavirus pandemic shut down earlier this year pushed production into overdrive and ABC is working hard to get back on track.
To get back into their regular-scheduled programming, The Bachelor premiered right on time. But unlike a regular season, there are currently no spoilers for the season.
The Bachelor star Matt James' possible conclusion revealed
Reality Steve has teased that he does have an idea of who is the final four women on Matt's season. But he doesn't have all the information he needs to confidently reveal who wins Matt's heart.
On his website this week, Reality Steve outlined what he knew already ahead of the premiere, sharing that he doesn't have all the women who will make it to the final four.
"I only have 3 that I know for sure: Serena Pitt (don't forget, there are two Serena's this season), Rachael Kirkconnell, and Michelle Young (Michelle enters as part of the group of 5 after rose ceremony #2)," he revealed on his website.
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"I do not know who the 4th girl is, although I was told it was Bri Springs, I haven't gotten the confirmation I needed. But since I'm just laying out everything for you that I was told pre-season, there you go."
Steve also pointed out that he doesn't know what order they go in, but that he has been told that Michelle and Rachael were the final two and that Rachael won the season. On his blog, he wrote that Rachael's family can't stop talking about her winning the season, and he adds that he wouldn't put too much into it because he heard the same thing about Madison Prewett and Peter Weber last year.
That is currently all he wants to share at the moment.
Matt James will deal with an ex-girlfriend and Heather Martin
We do know that Matt had an ex-girlfriend who tried to get on the show to compete for his heart. However, production didn't let her get as far as filming. We don't know if Matt played a role in that decision.
However, we do know that one former Bachelor contestant will show up again. Hannah Brown may have played a role in pushing Heather Martin to pursue Matt on The Bachelor as she wanted a shot with Matt.
All of the women on the show are new, which means new drama. This season also has one contestant being accused of being a "sugar baby" and an "escort," We don't know who that person is just yet.
The Bachelor airs Mondays at 8/7c on ABC.
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Digital transformation is an often-overused term. However, the exercise of leveraging technology to drive business agility and gain competitive advantages is happening at organizations of all sizes .
The success of digital transformation is dependent on an IT organization that itself has transformed and is able to quickly respond to the needs of the business. IT must do things faster and more securely. IT must shift focus from maintain ing infrastructure to delivering new workloads that help turn data into intelligent actions faster than the competition. For IT to transform successfully, it must speed time-to-value across a hybrid infrastructure that serves the needs of ever demanding workloads and applications.
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Thought I'd share my thoughts on the first Redefining Learning event to be held in Scotland at West College Scotland. It was an absolutely fantastic event and I'm already looking forward to the next one.
The afternoon comprised of a few talks before splitting up into various workshops led by Microsoft Innovative Educator Experts. Andy Nagle from Microsoft discussed redefining learning and how technology is the class isn't magic on its own however in the hands of the right teacher it can be. Ian Stuart then talked about the use of Microsoft Products in Education, before showing us some great examples of how Office Mix, Sway and OneNote can be used in the class. Next up was Marie Renton sharing her experience of using Skype in the class and in particular taking part in Mystery Skype sessions with classes from around the world. She has been using this in her school to teach French to the children in P5-7 in her school and explained how it worked and how schools can get involved. For me the best part though was as well as telling us all about the fab things she explained what difficulties she had to overcome in order to make the whole thing work and that is a lesson in itself if you are determined enough and persevere you can make these things work and her pupils certainly seem to get so much out of it. You can find more information on https://education.microsoft.com/ about Mystery Skype. Natalie Lochead shared her experience of using Skype connect with other schools to learn with them and also talked about how by using Skype in the class children can go on virtual field trips. Finally, David Renton spoke about coding in schools and the importance of coding & IT skills today as there is a skills shortage within Scotland with around 11000 jobs going unfilled. He talked about some of the tools available to teachers for teaching coding and then gave a demonstration of Kodu http://www.kodugamelab.com/ and TouchDevelop https://www.touchdevelop.com/ . Kodu is an environment that is suited best to P5-7 and lets the children create their own games within a 3d world. It's really easy to program with simple commands that for the basis of while something is happening do something. TouchDevelop is an online tool that's more suited for secondary pupils and it lets you create apps and games from your web browser and on any device so you can start creating on the pc and finish what you are doing on your mobile device on the way home. Having used both of these tools I would totally agree and know that the pupils always find them great fun to use and create with.
After the talks we headed off to our workshops and I'm disappointed I never got to see anyone else's. Marie & Natalie's workshop looked at the use of Sway. Samina Hassan's workshop was about using Office Mix and Nicola Paterson & Ian's session covered using OneNote. However along with Andrew Minshall I helped out at the Coding session led by David. This was a chance for the teachers to get some hands on experience using Kodu or TouchDevelop and it was really interesting to see so many teachers wanting to try it out. I hope that when they go back to school they will keep on trying. After the coding session myself and Andrew did a session on how we have used Minecraft in school. Andrew talked about how he has been using Minecraft Edu version in school and has been creating a model of the school (including teachers) with the children. As well as this the children have been using the Minecraft experiences as prompts for writing and they have even been creating spelling walls and peer marking each other's spelling within their world. His next project is going to be creating a Scottish Landmark for the Build it Scotland project http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p031dzs4 Which leads me on to the work I have been doing with my local primary school and getting them involved in taking part in Build it Scotland http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03cddly I used Minecraft too but on the Raspberry Pi which is a more limited version than the Minecraft Edu version. However when undertaking the project which lasted around 15 hours over a good few weeks over half of the lessons were spent learning about landmarks and planning out what we would do in Minecraft on paper and we also used some number cubes as well to create models in school before finally moving onto Minecraft and getting the models built in the world. For me it was to show the teachers that while the may think Minecraft is a game there is a lot they can do to enhance children's learning and there is a lot they can do without using Minecraft to start with. We did a lot of planning on paper first then used number cubes to visualise our models before finally getting on to Minecraft to build them. By using Minecraft as a motivational tool it encourages the children to want to work more and learn more about their topic and yes it is great fun for them when they get onto Minecraft to build their models. I left the teachers with some words from children I had spoken to before the event and they gave some advice to the teachers as to why they should use Minecraft with reasons including working together, helps us be more creative, learn new things and my favourite it it's helped them realise and think more about computing as a career choice when they are older.


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Google gives people back control over their privacy
by WCSF | May 14, 2022 | Data Privacy
Protected Computing is to be rolled out to users this year, as announced by Google on Thursday. Protected Computing ensures data privacy and the safety of the user's data. It is a developing toolkit of innovation and technology that transforms when, where and...
Israel firm claims that they can erase digital footprint
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A group of three young Israelis who served in military cyber units have discovered how to locate your digital footprint and provide the tools to remove it. Using artificial intelligence, they show users where their information is stored, such as whether an online shoe...
Expansion in Apple and Google's privacy initiatives
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For a long time, the business model of Internet powerhouses that offered free services was based on gathering user data and monetising it through advertisements. The global highlighting of data privacy concerns, on the other hand, has driven firms to adapt their...
Oman passes a new data protection law.
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The United States' healthcare privacy laws are needed for an update to bring them up to date and ensure that individually identifiable health information is secured regardless of how it is gathered and disseminated. Why there is a need for an update in law? The...
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Q: 2d Linked List Destructor I'm working on a 2d linked list and each linked list points to the right and bottom, my program crashes each time saying that
Exception thrown: read access violation.
a was 0xCDCDCDCD.
Exception was thrown on line 4 where b = a->next.
LinkedList::~LinkedList()
{
nodePtr a = head;
nodePtr b = a->next;
nodePtr c = down;
nodePtr d = c->bottom;

while (a != NULL)
{
    nodePtr temp = a->next;
    nodePtr temp1 = c->bottom;
    delete a;
    delete c;
    a = temp;
    c = temp;
}

}

A: Even supposing that this code works properly (that means that number of items is even):
while (a != NULL)
{
    nodePtr temp = a->next;
    nodePtr temp1 = c->bottom;
    delete a;
    delete c;
    a = temp;
    c = temp1; // fixed definitely incorrect assignment
}

You have an undefined behavior when a and c pointer are met you start delete nodes that are already deleted.
So, the proper way IMHO is to delete nodes only in one direction (I'd choose the forward direction).

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In a medium bowl, combine the avocado, lime juice, salt, onion, cilantro, and garlic flakes. Once this is thoroughly mixed, fold in the tomatoes. Refrigerate for 1 hour to chill, or serve immediately.


Nice bright 2 bedroom with family room and 2 full bathrooms and air conditioning. Kitchen boasts granite counters, dishwasher, and Jenn-Air cook top. 2 Large balconies. Great views and just steps to Stanley Park and the Seawall.


It took far too long to get it done but the portable AC is working great. Got the fan blade glue back together everything lined up right everything tight the way it's supposed to be INRI assembled and tested it doesn't cool down as fast as I would like but it never did.
Very happy that I don't have to scrap this piece of equipment at least yet. If I had it to do all over again there is no way I would do a portable unit. I would either boxing and duct a window unit or budget would permit I would use a ductless split system.
Royal Sovereign ARP 1400 ww portable air conditioner broken fan fixed. Home garage Workshop air conditioning working great.
Okay folks, here is the report for the day. Temps were into the lower 80s in the Clear Lake area yesterday, and rain, rain all day, so it was HUMID.
I got home from work, the shop wall thermometer read 85 deg F, no clue what the RH was, but it was nasty sticky. I kicked the A.C. on at 5:45 P.M. and took the wife to the grocery store as we ran out of potatoes and bacon for a recipe we were going to work on (Bratkartoffeln mit Kraut). I left he AC on and ran out for about an hour and a half. I set the T-stat for 65 just wanting to see what the unit would do.
When we came back, I realized the air by the unit was cold, the air by the bench, and miter saw bench was still stifling, so I turned on the air mover fan hung in front and above the AC from the ladder. (Odd rig, but it works). Went back into the house to work on dinner, came back out 20 minutes later.
So 1 hour and 55 minutes after starting the unit up, the garage was COLD. The thermostat had shut the compressor off and I was simply running on fan at that point. the wall thermostat read 67 deg F on the other side of the shop from the AC unit.
Assuming I remember to turn on the air mover fan at the same time, I expect, of course assuming this dumb thing doesn't try to grenade itself again at some point this summer, but I expect this to be sufficient for my shop through the summer, and given any luck in the matter, it should last a few more years, but I need to start planning, and budgeting.
I've never given up on the concept of a dedicated small shop out in the back yard. Budget and family issues stepped in the way over the years though. I do have a savings account building up for a, well, building. I think without the lawn and garden, auto repair tools, and deep freeze, plus with loft storage for lumber, I could not only easily fit everything in, but be comfortable in a 12x24 gambrel roof barn. However to get a building that size approved by my HOA, I actually have to have it physically attached to the main structure of the house. After talking with my wife about it, a covered breezeway seems the best option, and one she likes. I would have to get Verison and Comcast to move their lines (at my expense I know) out of the middle of my property to the actual easement / utility run by the fence line, and much of the remaining back yard would be taken up by pavers and planters to provide usable recreational space. (Smallish lot for Texas anyway).
That would make my wife happy, but happier still would be to get the stuff we have now paid off, and fixed... So on to more projects!
Hooray for airconditioning, esp. in Texas!
Getting a temp drop from 85 to 67 in a humid condition is great......especially with a portable unit. I believe you can mark this off your to do list.
When the inside temp becomes uncomfortable I turn the AC on and leave it on until the outside temp drops below 72. In SW Ga that is from March to November, then mi turn it to heat and let it cycle like it wants to.
I picked up a used 13KBTU portable unit at the very end of last seasons after getting tired of sweat dripping all over the dressers I was building most of last summer. I don't have any windows in the garage, so I'm not sure how I'm going to duct it yet (it's a 2-hose system). I'm also reluctant to cut holes in the wall until I find out if this thing actually can cool the space down a bit. Your data is encouraging though.
I have no actual data on portable ACs, but a fair amount of experience with their use. On the local Marine base where I worked, the public works dept probably had 100 of them. When air conditioning failed in office or residential areas and their techs couldn't get the AC operational quickly they would roll in a portable and plug it in and would run a duct hose out the window when possible. If no window was available or they couldn't use a window for security reasons they would remove a ceiling tile and duct to the over the ceiling area. This was counter productive as it heated the whole area up. Condensate was always a problem, there was seldom anywhere to run the drain hose and nobody wanted to empty the tanks. Another inherit problem with portable units was the heat generated by the compressor, fan motor and coils to frame heat. This additional noise and heat into a room with poor air conditioning was unwelcome, and if the technician couldn't get it going quickly they called me in to determine if the building AC was repairable and get qualified contractors working on the unit, or design a new replacement system and get It expedited.
For a portable unit in the shop this unit should cool 700 sf. I wouldn't hesitate cutting a hole in the wall for the duct, after you determine the unit works. Place the unit close to the wall penetration and build a box around the AC and run the condensate drain outdoors. Just like dust collection, keep the flex hose as short as possible. You wouldn't believe the difference it makes going from 2 feet of 4 inch duct to 10 feet of flex, it cuts the airflow probably 50%! You might even remove the flex and install metal duct or pvc pipe.
From personal experience I can say that turning the AC on, setting the thermostat and leaving it on is more economical than turning it on when you want it cool and being disappointed because it is still hot inside. After the AC gets the room temp under control it does not have to cycle on very often. In the 6+ years my shop AC has been in service I have not seen any noticable increase in the utility bill, and last months utility bill is the same as it was in 2014. Believe me, if there was a rise utility bill my wife would not let me forget it.
During the hot SW Ga summer months AC is an absolute must. Nothing is more miserable than to try to do woodwork in a 100 degree shop, fanning gnats, sweat running off you like a faucet and sawdust sticking to your wet skin! ..... Oh Oh, I almost forgot to mention, I'm not comfortable leaving the doors open because a snake might crawl in. Too many benches and cabinets for them to hide under.
Nothing is more miserable than to try to do woodwork in a 100 degree shop.
I need to get insulated garage doors then A/C. Already insulated walls and ceilings. I was thinking a split air system. It seems that would be the most economical to use but more up front than a portable or cut a hole in wall for window unit.
If you have aluminum garage doors, insulating them is super easy. I did a sandwich of R-Max and faced teh feflective sides out both ways. Attached the panels using Liquid Nails for projects, and filled the gaps with touch N Foam..
All told, I have the insualtion, electrical parts, most of the framing, hinges, fasteners,hinges, locks, tar paper, and shingles. Looks like I mostly need about 4 cu /yds of soil to level up and compact, about 3 cu /yds gravel to top that with / drainage, sheet goods for sheathing, flooring, and decking. Again Habitat ReStore gets that stuff in from time to time. And of course siding and paint.
The digital control panel on the front doesn't work any more, not sure why but it works via the remote.
My electric smoker is like that. The RF remote interfaces directly to the control board, but the button panel has its own interface separately. That went bad (or the buttons themselves). So I can't see anything on the display, nor use the local buttons, but the remote buttons and display are fine. Of the two, I'd rather keep the remote working!
My wife's first cousin purchased a portable ac unit (from SAMS I think) for their daughter to use in their rental house while the main ac was out of service. They asked me to look at at for them because it wasn't cooling the room to suit them. My first impression when I got there was that within several feet around the unit the temperature was noticeably warmer. The unit does not appear to have the heat from the compressor or fan motor ducted outside along with the air from the condenser coil. This is like having a large toaster oven running in a room that you are trying to cool. To properly cool a portable AC should have 2 ducts running to the outside, one pulling in outside air to blow through the condenser housing which cools the condenser coil, compressor and fan motors and the other duct carries this heated air outside.
I bought a portable A/C unit for my 12 x 20 work shed a few years ago, that first summer. While I had heard good things about them, I just didn't find my purchase to be all that efficient. Of course the fact that the shed was un-insulated and a dark green in color didn't help the situation at all. Starting on a late cool morning, even with the setting at maximum, the 30,000 btu unit couldn't hold the temperature, which continued to rise almost as fast as if it wasn't there. Just too much heat escaping around the duct hose and cabinet.
Nice idea, and perhaps with better insulation it might have done the job, but I doubt it. I think a window or wall unit would have worked better, and perhaps a mini-split would be best of all. But for something like a shed, where I get absolute minimal time, that wouldn't be worth the investment to me.... not at this time anyway.
Secondly, I know of no 30K BTU portable units, at least not consumer grade units. There are industrial spot coolers that rely on jamming the heat up through a drop ceiling and into a plenum, the are frequently used in data centers for emergency cooling when the main unit goes on the fritz... I seriously doubt that is what you are using at home in that small of a space... So I gotta know. What make and model is your portable unit?


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import com.versionone.apiclient.IMetaModel;
import com.versionone.apiclient.MetaException;
import com.versionone.integration.ciCommon.V1Config;
import com.versionone.om.ApplicationUnavailableException;
import com.versionone.om.AuthenticationException;
import com.versionone.om.PrimaryWorkitem;
import com.versionone.om.ProxySettings;
import com.versionone.om.SDKException;
import com.versionone.om.SecondaryWorkitem;
import com.versionone.om.V1Instance;
import com.versionone.om.Workitem;
import com.versionone.om.filters.WorkitemFilter;

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Connector to VersionOne server.
 */
public class V1Connector {
    protected V1Instance v1Instance;
    protected V1Config config;

    /**
     * Validate connection to the VersionOne server
     *
     * @return true if all settings is correct and connection to V1 is valid, false - otherwise
     */
    public boolean isConnectionValid() {
        try {
            connect();
            return true;
        } catch (SDKException e) {
            v1Instance = null;
            e.printStackTrace();
            return false;
        }
    }

    /**
     * getting connection to VersionOne server this method MAY BE called ONLY after {@link #isConnectionValid()}
     *
     * @return connection to VersionOne
     */
    public V1Instance getV1Instance() {
        if (v1Instance == null) {
            throw new IllegalStateException("You must call isConnectionValid() before calling getV1Instance()");
        }
        return v1Instance;
    }

    protected V1Instance connect() throws AuthenticationException, ApplicationUnavailableException {
        if (v1Instance == null) {
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[In the early spring of 1887, H.P.B., while at Ostende, became gravely ill. With her kidneys badly infected, she was unconscious for hours at a time. Countess C. Wachtmeister, who was living with H.P.B. at the time, summoned Mrs. Marie Gebhard from Elberfeld and Doctor Ashton Ellis of the London Lodge. A consultation between the latter and H.P.B.'s attending Belgian physician revealed very little hope of recovery. It was decided that H.P.B. would make her Will and that it would be signed in the presence of the two doctors, a lawyer, and the American consul. Before this plan could be carried out, and apparently during the night following upon this decision, H.P.B. was restored to relative health by her Master who had come that night and healed her. She had been given a choice between dying and living to finish The Secret Doctrine. She was shown the difficulties and sufferings she would have to go through in England where she was supposed to go. She chose to remain at her post and continue her work. The next day, the Will was made and signed as planned. For a while, this Will must have been in the hands of H.P.B.'s lawyer at Ostende. After H.P.B.'s passing, May 8,1891, Countess C. Wachtmeister saw the lawyer and was told that at one time he had given the Will back to H.P.B. She must have destroyed it at the time, as it was never found among her papers. Another Will drawn up later took its place (Vide C. Wachtmeister, Reminiscences, PP. 71-75).
La soussigné Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, veuve de Monsieur Nicephor Blavatsky, particulier, résident actuellement à Ostende, mais domiciliée à Madras aux Indes, d'origine Russe naturalisée citoyenne des États Unies d'Amérique, née à Ekaterinoslav Sud de la Russie, le trente-et-un Juillet 1831 du mariage de feu le Colonel Pierre Hahn décédé à Stavropol au Caucase en 1874 et de feu Helene Andrevna Fadeew, décédée à Odessa le vingt-quatre Juin 1842, déclare par les présents qu'après son déces qu'elle veut que son corps soit transporté à Londre et autorise Madame la Comtesse (Wa) Constance Wachtmeister née de Bourbel à faire toutes les démarches nécessaires à cet effet. Ostende, le premier avril 1800 quatre vingt sept.
Courtesy of Axel Fredenholm, Gothenburg, Sweden.
deceased at Odessa, the twenty-fourth of June, 1842, declares by these presents that she wishes her body to be taken, after her death, to London, and authorizes Madame the Countess (Wa) Constance Wachtmeister, born de Bourbel, to make all the necessary arrangements to this effect. Ostende, the first of April, 1800 and eighty seven.
(1792-1871), British geologist and one of the Founders of the Royal Geographical Society, who went on an extensive geological expedition to Russia. She spoke five foreign languages and was an excellent painter. Her valuable herbarium was presented after her death to the University of St. Petersburg.


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Sayomi
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"the ruined city is still beautiful..."
Chuunin[M:3222][M0n:45000]
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New frontiers. Jan 16, 2013 13:04:05 GMT -8
Post by Sayomi on Jan 16, 2013 13:04:05 GMT -8
It was a normal, peaceful setting. Like a still life painted captured by the eyes of a docile painter. Sayomi still found herself listening intently for the soft whispers of her All Mother, but none were sung unto her, only the soft melodic voice of Ashura. Gentle and sweet, it caressed her mind with soft hands, cradling her as a mother would her child. It was all she had heard since he erased her former self that was devoid of self realization. New things were happening or perhaps they weren't quite, but instead forgotten practices that captured the youths heart.
"Not at all, I haven't had a place to call home, somewhere to feel safe in such a long time...."
Was what she wanted to say, but she couldn't bring herself to mouth such a saddening sentence. Instead Sayomi smiled and continued eating her meal, choosing to speak with her body language and eyes.
A silence had taken over the room, asides from the low sound of chewing and the occasional beating of her heart she was so aware of. It was shattered by his voice. The voice of her savoir, it was so distinct and clear that she knew no matter how much time passed she'd never mistake it. Eyes wide, she could feel her body turn hot as he took hold of her hand. He was so strong. Sayomi didn't think of his strength as something along the physical nature, but instead mentally.
He had complete confidence in the future, in herself. Even if she lacked the iron clad resolve he possessed, he'd have enough for the both of them. It had been a long time, but Sayomi. She felt safe. Looking into his gentle eyes she squeezed his hand with a genuine smile upon her face. It was probably the most human like expresssion she'd shown anyone in so long. Simply stunning.
"I'm in your care."
Feeling his gaze linger upon her body she turned to look at him as he spoke out, praising her slender form. With a smile spreading her curled lips she performed a spin with exaggerated movement to compliment his appraisal of her figure. "Shouldn't a man say a girl looks beautiful no matter what?" Playfully teasing, she followed into the dining room behind Ashura as he lead her. Sayomi shook her head side to side before speaking up.
"Im not a picky eater so it should be fine!"
Having been alone she hadn't put too much thought into her meals, so something prepared was a welcome change of pace. Scoping out the scene before her she could smell the sweet aroma of the food wafting about. It tickled her noise and sent a deep rumble through her stomach. Situating herself, she sat across from Ashura breaking apart her chopsticks whilst he spoke.
"Thanks for the food!"
The way she stuffed her mouth one would think she couldn't enjoy the subtle flavoring of the fish and the softness of the rice, but she savored each bite. Reveling in her food she attempted to talk. "Issh ais soo gwood!" With a hard swallow she followed it with a swig of juice and pounded her chest strongly. A heavy sigh left her lips complimented by a low burp. Looking up through her wet bang she smiled gently at Ashura.
"This is... nice."
taming the insatiable Jan 9, 2013 9:07:26 GMT -8
Post by Sayomi on Jan 9, 2013 9:07:26 GMT -8
A CRIMSON RED LIT THE BLANK ABYSS
AND ALTHOUGH I WAS BUT A DENIED EXISTENCE YOU REACHED OUT INTO THE BLACK
SAIKA SAYOMI
(Lit; night born beauty, colorful flower)
; KIRIGAKURE'S GAJOUCHIYU (healing bastion)
; FIFTEEN YEARS OF AGE
; DECEMBER FIRST
; FEMALE
; AMBIDEXTROUS
; TA NO KUNI
; KONOHAGAKURE NO SATO (formerly ototgakure)
; CHUNNIN
; CHAOTIC NEUTRAL
; NO AVAILABLE PROFESSION
; NO CLAN
; SUITON & KATON
; NO KEKKAI GENKAI
; ADVANCED DIFFICULTY
; 3750 EXPERIENCE
NINJUTSU || TAIJUTSU
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New frontiers. Jan 6, 2013 6:55:45 GMT -8
Entering the bath area visibility was low, the steam from the hot water had rose and heated the room creating a subtle fog that lingered. Looking around as if perplexed by the situation she soon placed the clothes down and stripped herself of the bloodied rags that had also readily stuck to her body. Her curves where highlighted by the paleness of her white skin, Sayomi's slender body shivered from the airs touch, she had gone quite awhile without an appropriate bath.
Dipping her toes in the large square tub she quickly plucked it back. It was hot, very hot. The heat soon flushed her face as she plunged her entire lower half into the water and sat down. Reaching for the water she paused, halting both her trembling hands for a moment All was still save for the slow sway of the water, until finally she brought he left hand to her face, tracing the contours of her visage with her fingers, the ones he cleaned.
Her fingers gingerly ran over her lips playfully before she opened her mouth excitedly and licked them. The same ones he'd lick. A warm felling felt lodged within her chest, and it burned with that of fire, hotter than the now cool water. Plucking the fingers covered with her saliva she didn't want to wash it, not yet at least. Now Sayomi had ran into a truly vexing problem. Ashura had already cleaned her hands so to speak and she wished to hold onto the indirect contact he exposed her to.
She wasn't willing to part with it so easily.
"Ashura.... Me..."
She whispered.
It was decided. Sayomi planned to wash herself with but one hand, saving the other for herself. Was it weird? Maybe, but she was a weird to begin with and he accepted her; however, there were no thoughts of sharing her decision with hi,. She'd keep it to herself.
Soon she'd cleaned her defiled body, it glistened with water as she stepped out, drying her body and running he fingers through her hair she revealed her full face. Intrigued by a mirror that reflected the image of herself she gazed into the glass at what she saw, but somehow she didn't recognize, Sayomi Saika.
That girl was lost to the past, but a new one had been born upon the night of red. His voice traveled, echoing into her ears she instinctively opened the door; however she was still naked as she stepped in his line of sight, her pale body revealed in its underdeveloped glory. She looked at him with eyes that only translated the thought of hunger as she fumbled with the clothes while trying to walk to where the smell of fish was.
Slipping into the loose fitting pants she waited for him to speak .
Last Edit: Jan 6, 2013 6:56:43 GMT -8 by Sayomi
New frontiers. Jan 5, 2013 15:15:09 GMT -8
Post by Sayomi on Jan 5, 2013 15:15:09 GMT -8
The assembled puzzle of Sayomi's current life seemed to fall in place with seamless perfection. Each piece congruent to the next. It was as if fate had aligned it as so and what of the one fitting those shapes of her life? He was the one setting her upon the path of salvation and redemption.
Everything was so strange to her, being allowed into the tight knit community was by far no simple task, it'd taken several hours of discussion before the Hokage was convinced; however, Sayomi herself still wasn't as optimistic as Ashura.
Her trust however belonged to him.
Since their fated night together among the dead something within her changed, clarity given to her eyes. The actions of her past self were painfully clear, but it was her chance at a life, the thing she killed for and now it was within her grasp, yet could she forge this bond, this path with him?
His smooth voice dragged her from the dredges of her thoughts. Sayomi had been lost in them since she'd stepped foot into Ashura's home- her home. "Thank you." Whilst she spoke she took hold of the pajamas he'd offered her. She hadn't exactly been one to press personal boundaries. Having wandered alone after so long it was a thought she was too concerned with.
"It doesn't matter either way. Besides shouldn't you keep a close eye on me?"
Speaking absentmindedly, Sayomi began to walk away spinning while still examining the houses intricacies. She was like a cat mapping its surroundings for the best lounge spots. When the door would shut she'd follow the warm heat towards the bath.
Inn of Peculiarity [P] Dec 24, 2012 10:04:13 GMT -8
Post by Sayomi on Dec 24, 2012 10:04:13 GMT -8
"Uchiha Ashura....."
His named rolled from her lips as nostalgia embraced her mind. She had fragmented thoughts about the inn, about the crimson eyes that burned of hell fire. She remembered the indescribable sensation that wrapped around her when she gazed into the eyes of the vermilion beast, swallowed whole by the forsaken eyes of the disowned.
She pushed aside the chilling thought as time ticked away. Noticing he sat up, she did so, still thinking if she could truly do this. Blending in with society, becoming a person who wasn't a killer would be quite the long shot, but she was still mentally ill. In other words, crazy. Her thoughts were interrupted when he offered her his hand. Slowly she reached out, extended her hand until her slender fingers connected with his and took his hand. It was as if she was reaching out for hope - a hope that had become physical, simply so that she could finally attain it.
He spoke of being the devils son, of believing in her even though she lacked such convicted faith within her own ability to remain within the realm of the sane. Even so she had no idea what lay ahead for her, what mistakes or tumble she would take, but he seemed sincere in his level of wanting to help her, to protect her. There was only one thing she could do, blindly follow Ashura as she had did the All Mother. Off of the ground now she was upon her feet, still a bit wary she shuffled her feet while flipping her bang over her face.
"Home..."
A place and word foreign to her yet he used it with such familiarity, she couldn't help but feel at ease.
"Lets!"
Spinning in the direction he had began walking she tottered beside Ashura, like a pet would its humble master. It was a new start for her, not as Anzu, but as Sayomi and this story had yet to truly begin.
There was a saying....
evil begot evil
Anzu had believed this to be her only truth, a teaching left over from the darkness; however, Sayomi clung to the feeble notion of the ideals Ashura had offered. He'd shown her a glimmer and she couldn't denounce that it tickled her fancy. Could she hope for salvation or did she truly deserve penitence? Beneath the blanket of black she quietly wept as her form reverted back to its original form, twisted energy churned as it was sucked violently back to its origin. She wasn't able to maintain such a state, not in her condition.
Whilst she'd changed back she could feel him loosen her only link to her past, the worn headband that lingered upon her neck. He'd taken it off and tied his own around her neck without so much as a second thought. She could feel a heavy weight sink from off her and fall onto Ashura's own. Locking eyes with him she listened. It was all she could do as he carefully took her hands. She flinched at the contact as he took her hands and brought them to his face.
He than took her slender finger into his mouth. She could feel his tongue wrap around it. It was cold, but not the metallic, detached coldness loneliness brought. She said nothing during this private, intimate action he did, instead she watched confused until he spoke.
"Cleansed....?"
She whispered as he let go of her slender hands. She brought them to her his - now her headband, touching the sleek metal that reflected the shimmering moon that hung above him and her. Still straddled atop Ashura she was leaning over his frame, oblivious as what to do. She slowly rolled off of Ashura, laying to his right side upon the ground she could see the sky above. A long breath was drawn in as she wiped her eyes.
"You.. will be responsible, right?"
She asked, never facing him.
"Its Saika Sayomi..."
Last Edit: Dec 21, 2012 19:08:15 GMT -8 by Sayomi
She almost laughed at his quick response.
It seemed he was serious about denouncing her given alias pinned on her by a certain man who she wouldn't even allow to enter her thoughts. Instead, he sought only to know her by Sayomi-the innocent girl stolen away and driven to madness. She had not answer for him so she simply stayed silent with what little thoughts that crept into her now quieted mind. Deep down though she knew the All Mother was still somewhere with her, somewhere lurking and waiting to bewitch her once more.
There something, something inexplicable that pushed Ashrua to believe she could change, that could allow him to forgive her evil, but what was it? She couldn't comprehend and it perplexed her to no end. The words that preceded were strangely warming. They sent cold chills throughout her body and a extreme heat kissed her body hot afterwards. He was saving her from herself? She almost cried as she bit her lip, but she wouldn't allow it. She couldn't trust in such kindness... no matter how much she wanted to, but she really wanted to believe in him or else she'd sink again and this time all the way to the bottom where no hand could reach.
Left with his haunting words, hours passed and she found herself nodding off several times, her face had been nestled between his shoulder and neck.
When he paused and slipped her slender body from off of him she fully awoke, though her body was still weak, she could feel the fatigue of her muscles. They burned but not as intensely as before, wobbling she looked at him, her hair disheveled, revealing her entire face beneath the faint moonlight that bathed her frame. Her eyes widened whilst Ashura's extended hand revealed his removed headband. He was offering her hope, something she'd never before been given for a long, long time. She was speechless, words completely left her as she stood befoore him in arms length.
Could she simply forget everything and go with him hoping to be saved? What of her victims? Her state of mind? She was beyond saving yet he still wanted to.
It was heartbreaking...
"I can't be saved from the darkness... "
With what little strength she had left, Anzu attempted to tackle and pin Ashura to the ground, driving her forearm into his upper body. Her face was a mixture of emotions: craziness, fear, yearning, hopelessness. She was lost and couldn't find her way to his kindness. It was simply too much for her.
"You think I can just go back? Look at me, I'll never fit in! My hands are covered in blood and it won't come off! My mind has long been shattered, iv'e been dwelling in insanity for too long and escape has become impossible!"
A few tears had fell from her eyes, yet the look on her face suggested she wanted to rip him into pieces, the sadistic look plastered upon her visage mirrored the devils. Still straddled atop Ashura she pulled back her hair and the top part of her shirt revealing the black, menacing curse mark upon the nape of her neck. It howled as chakra was released and fed to it.
"I can't go back... I'm too far lost..."
Her body was baptized in evil, callous energy as she transformed into the same insipid form he laid eyes upon in the inn. This was her darkness left behind when she had been abducted, her curse.
"If I killed your family, your close friends... all because you took me in. Could you forgive me? Could you forgive yourself?"
The demon looked Ashura in his eyes as she reveled in the energy that absorbed her, that tainted her mind. There was no salvation for someone such as her; however, somewhere deep in the trenches of her mind.
She wanted to be saved.
"No..."
She'd say in silence, her words never leaving her lips. He was wrong. She deserved her punishment. Deep down in the black abyss she was aware of her actions, aware of her malicious deeds. She was a broken child who'd became a twisted morbid person not worthy of mercy. She didn't deserve his sincerity, she didn't deserve salvation, yet still she wanted it, she wanted to be saved from the threatening dark. She was past fixing though, she knew that. The girl named Sayomi was long lost two years ago and hearing that innocent name called made what was left of her heart crumble beneath the suffocating weight of guilt.
Anzu's breath stopped momentarily, his own eye pierced the shadowed veil of her soul, only if momentarily she felt as if he'd seen her for what she truly was- a withered rose with thorns.
"I don't expect forgiveness, nor do I seek it."
It was a lie.
"I'm a monster and that will not change; however I cannot help but wonder. Why is it you won't kill me? Those people were important to you, yet you allow me to live?"
Was it sympathy, moral code, because she was a young girl? She couldn't answer truthfully but she'd just somewhere along the lines hear the sweet temptation of the All Mothers insipid call as she tried to sleep in the dark. Intoxicated into madness she'd kill again, but something in her wanted to stop, yet she knew deep down it was impossible for her to... alone.
She was being carried into the pitch black of night; however, her fears had be put to rest and she wasn't scared any longer. The look in his eyes, the soft sound of his voice. He was different from her, like black and white.
"Call me Anzu.... I don't know what compelled me to use that old name..."
The girls gaze fell to Ashura's shoulder as they continued along the path.
[ST2 - R1] Anzu v. Aramylis Dec 18, 2012 23:41:17 GMT -8
Have gotten real swamped lately and I'll probably end up holding this thread up longer than needed and eventually missing IIC. So dropping out.
Her opponent moved forward, opting to avoid the goo that was behind him. It was just what Anzu wanted. Whilst he moved the clone who had moved to originally make contact with him was in hand to hand range already with the boy moving and so, close quarters combat would ensue, interrupting his attempt at creating anymore fireballs after the first one that he formed. The real Anzu would avoid the fireball aimed inexplicably low by jumping two meters back, putting seven meters from him, seals being made.
The water clone how approached from his left flank sought to land three square punches in his side if he chose to ignore her.
x2 massives + x2highs
Used.
(toal cost = 0)
1 prep
since you moved foward the clone that was already moving towards you from a short 5 meters should easily be able to be right at your leftside flank.
His approach was slow and steady.
Closing her eyes, she felt herself being lifted over the boy's shoulder, her hair draping over her face. it'd take more than sugar coated words of kindness to win her over, not with what she had endured through. Nudging away, she found his grip to be quite firm as something cold touched her lips. Was her trying to help her, but why? Not long ago he had sent her into a nightmare, one of which she never thought she'd awake from. Loneliness still gripped her tightly, it made her human to say the least.
"Ashura?"
The top of the bottle slipped between her lips and the healing liquid begin trickling down her throat. It had a bitter, rough taste to it, one that didn't sit quite well with her. Once the bottle was removed she coughed a few times before she could answer him.
"It's Sayomi."
She hadn't used that name- her true name in so long. The name Anzu had been branded onto her soul by her abductor and it simply stayed with her. She didn't know why but something had changed when she lost contact with her All Mother, something within her clicked and she was frightened of this sudden change. Anzu's eyes peered from behind his shoulder, she was confused still and had no idea what he planned for her. She was scared to ask, she even question herself for feeling fear, she had no idea what to do with herself.
It was two years all over again
"What are you gonna do to me?"
She whispered into his ear.
Silence had overtaken her mind.
Beneath the oak tree something warm and strangely unfamiliar had taken hold of her round face. It was the touch of another individual, something that she hadn't felt in what could be called an eternity. "warm.." she mumbled as she groggily awoke to a strange position - being held by someone, something physical was a faucet of her life that had been erased, it was odd, yet comforting. That is until she finally could see straight. Her sigh returned and the hazy figure who was gently touching her face was him.
It seemed her brief dance with her demons had awaken a part of her thought lost, because she was scared.
"No, stay away from me!"
She screamed into the night as she pushed away from Ashura, falling onto the ground, she felt her body go limp. She could barely move, and her body burned intensely as if she was baptized in the flames of hell. Attempting to crawl away she could barely move in her condition. She was genuinely frightened an aspect of her persona abandoned in an attempt to forget. Try as she might she could not manage to get to her feet, so she fell back down, eyes upon the ground before. She was confused and so lost.
"I can't go through it again... I can't!"
She bellowed out into the night. Anzu couldn't escape, was she finished she thought as she grabbed the trunk of the tree.
It was the first time in two years she truly awoke.
The nightmare had finally ended.
With the genjutsu finally dispelled her body convulsed erratically. Violent, rough shivers erupted throughout her body as her brain processed the debilitating pain that sent fire through every nerve within her small body. Abruptly she fell to the ground with a hard thud. Landing on her side her, Anzu's vision flickered in and out like a candle before the flame died. With her mind in disarray she could see the shadowed figure of the boy walking towards her; however she could not move. Her body couldn't respond. The suffering she went through was just like the pain she endured two years ago.
If not for that unforgettable anguish she may had very well died.
"It's okay, you can sleep."
A tear rolled from her closed eyelid. Finally the darkness took her and she found solace in unconsciousness. It had returned, her emotional crutch to was once more with her. It had been such a long time since Sayomi had experienced such emotions: fear, pain, loneliness, happiness. They were aspects of her former self lost when her descent into madness had began.
It seemed fate had divined something else for Anzu.
Just maybe her humanity could be found.
Hopelessness was all Anzu felt.
The room had been dyed a crimson red, filled with the nauseating scent of decay and blood. It felt as if she'd been subject to this misery for a lifetime, it was so much that her voice grew hoarse and soon all she could do was manage a soft, pain induced whimper. It was pitiful; however, this was but a farce, constructed through the eyes of the devils son. In fact not much time had passed, yet the mental and physical toll on her body was immense. Her body had reverted back to its true form, yet she remained still stationary, stuck in the nightmare crafted by the young Uchiha.
More pain followed heralded after Ashura's words. She had fallen so low, and laying, broken and torn at the bottom of the pit of her sin. She was so far down that not even light could reach her. It was only the blackness of her soul, and keeping her company the gluttonous deceased which wanted revenge on her. She was only allowed to think within the concaves of her shackled mind. Pleading, begging for her to return, to make the pain go away, but it would not be so. This was her punishment.
For the first time since she was abducted she was alone. There was nothing to comfort her, nothing for her to attach herself too. Only the pain.
"You said you'd never leave me... never..."
She whispered to the nothingness, praying for her All Mother to respond and to say she'd always be with her. Yet, the All Mother could not answer for her voice had been stolen, along with Anzu's security. It would continue, seemingly never to cease.
She was alone.