Slender gamer. Acer's mobile 17.3-inch gaming notebook is capable of running all current games smoothly. The system is well-equipped and offers a decent selection of ports. Particularly interesting are the notebook's 4k display and its eye-tracking system.
We have already had quite a few Aspire V17 Nitro BE models in our lab, but the VN7-793G-738J is the king of the hill and the apex of Acer's Nitro-series. Besides a Core i7 processor and a GeForce GTX 1060 GPU, the device is also equipped with a 4k display and an eye-tracking module. Its competitors are notebooks such as the Gigabyte P57X v7, the MSI GE72VR-6RF, or the HP Omen 17.
Due to the fact that we have already reviewed several Aspire VN7-793G models, we will not go into detail in terms of case, connectivity, input devices, and speakers. Details on these can be found in our extensive Acer Aspire V17 Nitro BE VN7-793G-52XN review.
The matte 17.3-inch 4k display runs at a native resolution of 3840 x 2160. We are already familiar with this particular panel, after all it was used in the pre-production models as well. Both brightness (335.6 nits) and contrast ratio (1188:1) are superb, and PWM flickering is not an issue with this panel either.
Out of the box, DeltaE 2000 deviation is at 5.32, and therefore much higher than the ideal target value of less than 3. There was, however, no blue tint, and we have managed to improve color accuracy somewhat through calibration. DeltaE decreased to 3.72, and gray scales were much more balanced as well.
As always, the resulting ICC profile can be downloaded from the box above. Make sure your panel manufacturer and model number matches ours, otherwise you might end up making matters worse instead of improving color accuracy. More often than not an OEM will ship its notebooks with several different panels from several different manufacturers.
AdobeRGB color space coverage was at a good 87.2%, sRGB coverage was at a full 100%.
The matte IPS panel offers decent viewing angles, and can even be used outdoors. We would advise you to avoid direct sunlight, though.
The Aspire V17 Nitro BE VN7-793G-738J is Acer's portable 17.3-inch gaming notebook. Our review unit currently sells for a little over $2100. Various differently equipped models can be had for much less, and prices currently start at around $1200.
Our review unit was equipped with Intel's quad-core Core i7-7700HQ Kaby Lake processor. The CPU represents an acceptable compromise between performance and power consumption, and can thus be found in most portable gaming notebooks. The CPU's base clock speed is 2.8 GHz, and turbo boosts up to 3.4 GHz (four cores), 3.6 GHz (two cores), or 3.8 GHz (one core), respectively. Turbo boost is applied on battery and mains.
In order to figure out whether or not the CPU is capable of maintaining its full turbo boost speed for prolonged periods of time, we ran a 30-minute Cinebench R15 loop. While results fluctuate slightly, overall performance remained consistent.
Subjectively, the system feels very snappy and smooth thanks to its powerful CPU and fast NVMe SSD. Performance is thus not only sufficient for gaming, but also for demanding tasks such as video or photo editing. The Aspire scores pretty well in our PCMark benchmarks, but it still has to bow to the likes of MSI's GE72VR 6RF and other FHD notebooks due to its higher 4k display resolution. With the Aspire's resolution lowered to FHD, it managed to outperform the GE72VR. Further performance improvements are thus not feasible.
The Acer is equipped with a 512 GB m.2 2280 Intel NVMe SSD. Out of the box, roughly 440 GB is available, and the rest is used up by the Windows installation and a recovery partition. Overall and even though we have seen faster models, the SSD performed fairly well. A free 2.5-inch SATA slot is available as well, but it is only accessible after the case has been opened.
The Pascal-based GeForce GTX 1060 GPU represents Nvidia's latest entry-level high-performance model. It supports DirectX 12, runs at clock speeds of up to 1,671 MHz, and has 6144 MB of GDDR5 VRAM at its disposal. Accordingly, the 3DMark benchmark scores were at a level expected of this GPU. GPU switching between the Nvidia GPU and Intel's HD Graphics 630 is supported.
The Aspire is capable of running all current games on FHD on high details quite smoothly. More often than not this is also true for maximum details, and our games database only lists one game – "X-Plane" – that requires reduced resolution/details in order to run smoothly. Unfortunately, the panel's native 4k resolution of 3840x2160 is too much for most current games, but it works well on older and less demanding games.
When idle, both fans are on and run at very low speeds. Still, they emit a quiet hum even then. Under load, they quickly rev up, and we have measured a sound pressure level of 44.3 dB(A) during our stress test. In real world gaming scenarios, the notebook remains a bit quieter and settles down at around 40 dB(A).
Our stress test (running Prime95 and FurMark simultaneously for at least one full hour) returned different results on battery and on mains. On battery, the CPU remained mostly at 800 MHz, but boosted up to 3.5 GHz every now and then. The GPU remained between 800 and 1100 MHz. When plugged in, the CPU at first starts out at between 2.8 and 3.5 GHz, but eventually settles down at 2.8 GHz after around 10 minutes. The GPU runs at clock speeds of between 1.4 and 1.7 GHz.
Temperatures during the stress test were at a level expected of a modern gaming notebook: pretty high. However, since our stress test is an extreme load scenario that rarely ever occurs outside of our lab, real-world temperatures should not be too much of a problem.
(-) The average temperature of the palmrest area of similar devices was 28.7 °C / 83.7 F (-2.8 °C / -5 F).
The Aspire behaved as expected in terms of power consumption. When idle, we found it to draw around 22 W – quite normal for a 4k gaming notebook. During our stress test, power consumption shot up to 166 W. The 180-W charger is thus amply dimensioned.
Our real-world Wi-Fi test simulates a load typical for browsing the web. The energy profile is set to "Balanced", energy saving features are disabled, and display brightness is normalized to 150 nits. With these settings, the Aspire only lasted for a mediocre 4:37 hours.
Acer's 4k gaming notebook is capable of running all current games smoothly. However, the full 4k resolution is all but unplayable with most games because of its entry-level high-performance GPU. However, settling for FHD resolution results in a smooth and very pleasant gaming experience. Furthermore, Tobii's eye-tracking module allows you to control games with the movement of your eyes.
The Aspire VN7-793G-738J is a perfectly balanced gaming notebook.
In everyday use, the notebook remained quiet and cool, and performed very well thanks to its NVMe SSD. And, if more storage space is required, the notebook also features a free 2.5-inch SATA slot.
The matte 4k display offers decent viewing angles, a very crisp image quality, and last but not least high levels of brightness and contrast ratio. Battery life is mediocre at best, but not too shabby for a 4k gaming notebook. The Thunderbolt 3 port is a very welcome benefit.


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Q: How can I find consecutively "occupied" elements in a C++ array? I'm creating a command line game that includes a 10 x 10 char array, represented like this:
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
0 . . . . . . . . . .
1 . . . . . . . . . .
2 . . . . . . . . . .
3 . . . . . . . b . .
4 . . A B C . 1 2 3 .
5 . . . . . . . . . .
6 . . . . . . . . . .
7 . . . . . C c 3 . .
8 . . . . . . . . . .
9 . . . . . . . . . .

Each . represents an unoccupied spot on the board and the letters and numbers are pieces that have already been played. The numbers on the upper edge and left edge are just for reference.
In order to calculate points and ensure that pieces are played in the correct places, I'd like to create "sub-array" of consecutive pieces adjacent to the piece that has just been played. From the example above, if B had just been played, then that char array would contain A, B, and C.
I'm having a hard time finding the "starting" (left-most) and "ending" (right-most) pieces of this consecutive sub-array. Once I have those this is easy to solve. Obviously I could start at one end of the board and just add to an array any piece that's not ., but then I'd end up with all the pieces in that row, not just the ones adjacent to the piece that has just been played.
I've tried the following, but it still prints the wrong output (off by one on both sides):
void Board::createHorizontalRun(int row, int column) {
    int i = column;
    int j = column;

    while (array[row][i] != '.' && i >= 0 && i <= 9) {
        i--;
    }
    while (array[row][j] != '.' && j >= 0 && j <= 9) {
        j++;
    }
    cout << "run begins at " << i << endl;
    cout << "run ends at " << j << endl;
}

How can I find the starting and ending locations of the consecutive pieces adjacent to the piece that has just been played?

A: Here's what I came up with after following Sam's advice:
vector<char> Board::getHorizontalRun(int row, int column) {
    int runStart = column;
    int runEnd = column;
    vector<char> horizontalRun;

    // find starting position of run
    while (true) {
        if (isInBounds(row, runStart - 1)) {
            if (array[row][runStart - 1] == '.') {
                break;
            } else {
                runStart--;
            }
        } else {
            break;
        }
    }

    // find ending position of array
    while (true) {
        if (isInBounds(row, runEnd + 1)) {
            if (array[row][runEnd + 1] == '.') {
                break;
            } else {
                runEnd++;
            }
        } else {
            break;
        }
    }

    // Use start and end positions to populate vector
    for (int i = runStart; i <= runEnd; i++) {
        horizontalRun.push_back(array[row][i]);
    }

    return horizontalRun;
}

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Then the tea party appeared. Now Michelle Bachmann wants to padlock EPA's doors. Other Republican presidential candidates have harsh words for the EPA as well, showing how far rightward the Republican Party has shifted.
We need millions of jobs. No change at the EPA would bring many of them soon. However, padlocking the agency would add another 17,000 or more to the ranks of the unemployed and diminish our quality of life as well.
Most Americans disagree, and you should be among them. A CNN/ Opinion Research Corp. poll in April found that 71 percent of adult Americans favored continuing government funding for the EPA to enforce environmental regulations, including those on greenhouse gases. The EPA is not the enemy, but it makes a great scapegoat for conservatives.
In the meantime we have an urgent jobs crisis which, according to a majority of economists, is caused mainly by a lack of demand for goods and services. Though Republican memories are short, deregulation of our financial industry and its subsequent collapse helped lead us into the Great Recession in late 2007. Then Republicans and many Democrats focused on healing Wall Street, while doing little for Main Street. Majorities in both parties are indebted to the needs of corporate America above all else. The old adage that "power corrupts" has never been truer.
Since the 1970s our national income distribution has shifted steadily upward. By 2009, 50 percent of national income went to the top 20 percent of American households, while the bottom 20 percent received only 3 percent.
During the same time taxes were being lowered, especially on higher income groups. If you are in one of our nation's top 5 percent of American households, which had an average income of $295,388 in 2009, you are doing well.
If not, you should start asking Republicans what they really have planned for your future.
A majority of Americans want a cleaner, healthier environment and an economy that provides decent jobs so that they can be both consumers and tax payers.
So long as we continue to make the rich richer, cutting taxes along the way, inequality will increase. These trends are both unsustainable and unhealthy for the nation, no matter what corporations and the politicians they support try to tell us. Listen carefully.
Gary L. Peters is a retired California State University geography professor. He has authored or co-authored 10 books, and has lived in San Luis Obispo County since 2003.


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Michéal Martin confirms Level 5 restrictions in place until "at least" January 31st
There are now 491 patients with Covid-19 in hospital. The figure has risen rapidly since December 25th, when there were 253 people being treated in hospitals. Dr Tony Holohan noted that if a person was exposed to the virus on Christmas Day, they would be at their most infectious today - New Year's Eve - and urged the public to stay at home.
The Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, has confirmed that the country will enforce full Level 5 restrictions until "at least" January 31st in an attempt to bring the latest surge in cases of Covid-19 under control.
The Level 5 restrictions include a ban on all household visits, the closure of non-essential retail and a 5km limit on travel. Other restrictions include the closure of sports including golf and tennis, with the exception of professional or elite sports behind closed doors. The Government also agreed that the ban on air travel and passenger travel on ferries from the UK will be extended to January 6th.
Supports such as the Pandemic Unemployment Payment and the Covid Restrictions Support Scheme (CRSS) will continue to be made available to those impacted by the additional restrictions until at least March.
The Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee, has said the Government has no intention to extend the school closures beyond January 11th, but added they are keeping "everything under review."
Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan has blamed the surge in infections on what he described as 'substantial amount of social activity', on the run-up to and around Christmas.
Holohan's comments were made following the announcement of the highest ever daily case numbers in Ireland with 1,718 new cases. The HSE also said that its contact tracers had to phone 2,000 people yesterday, to inform them that they had tested positive for the virus. There were a number of people tested for Covid-19 in the past week who had named 20 to 30 close contacts from the Christmas period.
GROWING UNREST
The decision will rule out any planned 'socially distanced' gigs for the near future, putting a major question mark over the ability of promoters and artists to plan or prepare live shows for 2021.
There are many in the live music and entertainment business in Ireland who fear that further cancellations could lead to the collapse of the industry – with devastating consequences for the lives and livelihoods of musicians, as well as support crew, sound and lighting engineers, and staff across the entire events and entertainment sector.
Meanwhile, there is growing unrest at what is increasingly being seen as the absurdly slow pace of the vaccination campaign here in Ireland. Around 25 nursing homes are to receive the coronavirus vaccine from Monday and there will be a full 'roll-out' the week after, the Chief Executive of Nursing Homes Ireland has said today. On RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Tadhg Daly said their hope is that the two-dose vaccine will be completed across all nursing homes by the end of February.
News that the HSE only made a decision in relation to the IT partner for the vaccination process on December 17th has been greeted with incredulity, with observers arguing that this process should have been initiated at the start of the pandemic, rather than waiting until vaccines had been approved.
"The incredibly slow pace of vaccinations is something we're going to have to pay for by having our businesses closed," one leading music industry figure, who preferred not to be named, said.
"There are places where they are aiming to do 150,000 vaccinations a week and we are talking about something like 10,000. It is completely unacceptable. There is a major crisis happening and this is the best we can do? It's hard to believe."
THE HOSPITALITY SECTOR
The Licensed Vintners Association recently warned that the "tug of war" around re-opening will start again in earnest from the beginning of January 2021, unless the Government starts coming up with more sustainable solutions.
The organisation characterised the actions taken over the Christmas period by Government as proof of their strategy failing the hospitality sector. This will the third lockdown pubs and restaurants across the country have faced. Traditional pubs in Dublin have been closed since March.
"They need to take into account the ongoing uncertainty this is causing, the enormous stress this is putting people working in the industry under and the damage these repeated closures is doing to these businesses," said Donall O'Keeffe, Chief Executive of the LVA.
"They also need to provide better supports to those working in the hospitality sector, if they still want to have a viable hospitality sector in this country when the pandemic ends. Staff are already seeking out new career paths."
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'State and Church bear a heavy responsibility': President Michael D. Higgins shares statement on the Mother and Baby Homes report
Red FM's Neil Prendeville: "Listeners want to grasp onto that fuzzy, warm feeling of how life used to be"
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Seaborn Beck Weathers (born December 16, 1946) is an American pathologist from Texas. He survived the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, which was covered in Jon Krakauer's book Into Thin Air (1997), its film adaptation Into Thin Air: Death on Everest (1997), and the films Everest (1998) and Everest (2015). His autobiographical book, titled Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest (2000) includes his ordeal, but also describes his life before and afterward, as he focused on saving his damaged relationships.

Early life and personal life
Weathers was born in a military family. He attended college in Wichita Falls, Texas, married, and had two children. In 1986, he enrolled in a mountaineering course and later decided to try to climb the Seven Summits. He considered Richard Bass, the first man to climb the Seven Summits, an "inspiration" who made summitting Everest seem possible for "regular guys". In 1993, he was making a guided ascent on Vinson Massif, where he encountered Sandy Pittman, whom he would later meet on Everest in 1996.

Mount Everest

In May 1996, Weathers was one of eight clients being guided on Mount Everest by Rob Hall of Adventure Consultants. Weathers, who had recently had radial keratotomy surgery, soon discovered that he was blinded by the effects of high altitude and overexposure to ultraviolet radiation, high altitude effects which had not been well documented at the time. On May 10, the day of the summit assault, Hall, after being told Weathers could not see, wanted him to descend to Camp IV immediately. Weathers, however, believed his vision might improve when the sun came out, so Hall had advised him to wait on the Balcony (27,000 ft, on the 29,000 ft Everest) until Hall came back down to descend with him.

Hall, while assisting another client to reach the summit, did not return, and later died further up on the mountain. Weathers eventually began descending with guide Michael Groom, who was short-roping him. When the blizzard struck, Weathers and 10 other climbers became disoriented in the storm, and could not find Camp IV. By the time there was a break in the storm several hours later, Weathers had been so weakened that he and four other men and women were left there so the others could summon help. Anatoli Boukreev, a guide on another expedition led by Scott Fischer, came and rescued several climbers, but during that time, Weathers had stood up and disappeared into the night. The next day, another client on Hall's team, Stuart Hutchison, and two Sherpas arrived to check on the status of Weathers and fellow client Yasuko Namba. Believing Weathers and Namba were both near death and would not make it off the mountain alive, Hutchison and the others left them and returned to Camp IV.

Weathers spent the night in an open bivouac, in a blizzard, with his face and hands exposed. When he awoke, he managed to walk down to Camp IV under his own power. His fellow climbers said that his frozen hand and nose looked and felt as if they were made of porcelain, and they did not expect him to survive. His nose appeared like a piece of charcoal and his cheeks were black. His hands were so frozen his peers described his hands as "the hands of a dead man."

With that assumption, they only tried to make him comfortable until he died, but he survived another freezing night alone in a tent, unable to eat, drink, or keep himself covered with the sleeping bags with which he was provided. His cries for help could not be heard above the blizzard, and his companions were surprised to find him alive and coherent the following day.

Weathers was later helped to walk, on frozen feet, to a lower camp, where he was a subject of one of the highest altitude medical evacuations ever performed by helicopter. Following his helicopter evacuation from the Western Cwm, his right arm was amputated halfway between the elbow and wrist. All four fingers and his thumb on his left hand were amputated, as well as parts of both feet. His nose was amputated and reconstructed with tissue from his ear and forehead.

After Everest
Weathers published his book about his Everest experience and his life, Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest (2000), and continues to practice medicine and deliver motivational speeches. He lives in Dallas, Texas, and is on the pathology staff at Medical City Dallas Hospital.

In media
Richard Jenkins portrayed Weathers in the 1997 television film Into Thin Air: Death on Everest. Josh Brolin later did so in the 2015 film Everest. Weathers is a character in the opera Everest by Joby Talbot; at the world premiere the role was created by bass Kevin Burdette.

References

External links
 TED - Medical Miracle on Everest - Ken Kamler - the only doctor on the mountain discusses how Weathers survived.

1946 births
Living people
American mountain climbers
American amputees
American memoirists
American non-fiction outdoors writers
American male non-fiction writers
People from Dallas
Texas Republicans
American pathologists
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Peacock Set to Release Massive Slate of Shows, Movies and More in 2021
NBC's new over-the-top streaming service is set to make waves in 2021 with the release of a massive slate of new movies, shows and more in January. After announcing the release of its new streaming service back in April, over 22 million users had been dialed in by October this year. Peacock is promising subscribers […]
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Intellectual property protection is an essential aspect any inventor should consider, if he believes his brilliant idea is worth trying and can make him a fortune.
Patents, copyrights and trademarks … They can be quite confusing, but guarantee you an intellectual property protection from the government. So, which of these legal shields should you pick out to safeguard your idea or startup while introducing it to the national or world market and large audience? It is extremely important to know the meaning of these terms, since each of them protects a peculiar type of intellectual property. Thus, let's define the differences.
Protection seekers: Inventors and designers.
There are two primary patent types granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office to protect an original invention for a particular period of time: utility and design patents.
Utility patents or patents for invention are granted to a fresh or improved product, process, function or a machine. They license their owners the sole right to keep out others from reproducing, adapting, selling or importing the shielded discovery. This patent type can be also applied to chemical compositions, business processes and software products.
The claimant can apply for a provisional patent that will be valid during a year or for a non-provisional patent, which will be protecting an invention during 20 years from the filing date, under the condition that the patent holder will timely pay stated maintenance fees.
Design patents are issued to protect new, novel and unique look of a manufactured item/article. If the inventor wants to prevent the competitors from copying and using his design without legal consequences, he should protect it with the design patent, which will be granted for 14 years without appliance of any maintenance fees.
Protection seekers: Authors, artists and other creative professionals.
Copyright protects such intellectual property items as books, articles, songs, movies and other works of art. It is valid during the author's lifetime, plus additional 70 years and cannot be prolonged or renewed. However, you should bear in mind that there is always an exception from the rule. In this particular context, copyright for works that your create according to the job requirements is retained by your employer. One more important thing to remember is that you cannot copyright an idea. Your work must be presented in a material form: on a piece of paper, on a compact disk or as a book.
As a copyright owner you get the exclusive right to showcase, release, distribute, perform and license your creative work. Actually, after it gets a tangible form, it automatically becomes yours. Along with that, official copyright registration before or within five years after the publication, enhances your rights and grants legal ownership protection during the infringement suits in court.
Trademarks are obtained to protect images, brand names, logos, phrases or words that identify particular tangible goods and mark them out from others on the market. Deeping into details, you can also come across the service mark notion. You may ask what the difference is. Simply defined, this notion is applied to a service protection instead of the protection of a material good. Actually, the "trademark" term is frequently used in reference to both trademarks and service marks. Bit in any case, it is useful to know the difference.
Officially registered trademark provides legal protection and confirms the exclusive owner rights throughout the country, as well as helps during the federal lawsuits against copycats and infringers. In addition, the registered trademark owner can freely use the ® symbol next to his products or services.
In comparison with patents and copyrights, trademarks do not expire after some stretch of time and last as long as the owner proceeds to take the advantage of it. The only thing he needs to do is to renew the registration during the continued use.
If you do not doubt the big time of your startup, service or creative work, then, following "Top 7 reasons why your startup needs a patent", you should promptly register the idea and shield it against infringers. You do not have to possess any expert skills to submit a patent, copyright or trademark as the decision stands on the type of intellectual property you want to protect and secure for the sole usage. It takes the basic understanding of the main principles and a willingness to spent some time, dig into details and prepare necessary documents for filling. Of course you can always hire an experienced attorney in intellectual property and focus on the business development. After the official registration you get legal protection and can comfortably reap the harvest of your labour.


The Standard Massage Universal Fleece Pad Set includes a fitted fleece crescent face cover and a fitted table cover. Your clients will be in ultimate comfort when they relax on this ultra-soft sheet set designed to keep them warm and completely relaxed. This set adds a full extra inch of comfort to your table for your client and is secured by elastic corner straps preventing it from slipping during treatments. It has rounded corners and tucked, reinforced edges for superior durability. It is made of synthetic fleece which makes it an excellent choice for professionals who have clients who may be allergic to wool. The pad traps air between your client and the table which in turn keeps your clients perfectly warm in the winter and cool in the summer. This is a great addition to your table and will extend the life of your table's surface. It fits most table brands up to 33" wide and comes in a natural color. Synthetic fleece is 90% polyester and 10% Acrylic. Machine washable (gentle cycle and tumble dry low heat).


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Women's basketball falls to 0-6 in loss to Howard
The Eagles' full-court press put them in striking distance, but it wasn't enough to overcome their second-half deficit
By Justin Morgan | Monday, December 05, 2022
Courtesy of AU Athletics
In a crosstown matchup, the American University women's basketball team (0-6) lost to the Howard Bisons (2-5) 70-83 on Nov. 30.
The Bisons set the pace of the game immediately after tip-off by opening in a full-court press. However, Howard's attempts to force early turnovers proved to be futile, as the Eagles advanced the ball across the court with ease throughout the first quarter. This, in large part, was thanks to the ball handling of junior guard Kayla Henning, who was able to dribble past Howard before their defense could get set up in the half court.
"We know we're a fast-paced team that can break the press," Henning said postgame. "With the ball in my hands, we can get the ball to our really fast wings and get up the floor pretty easily."
Despite giving up a few easy baskets, AU remained in striking distance as the first quarter ended, entering the second quarter with a 5-point deficit. Junior forward Emily Johns found her rhythm early, scoring six of AU's 12 points in the first quarter. She would finish the game as the Eagles' leading scorer with 23 points.
American University's second quarter featured a series of forced turnovers, as the Bisons intensified their on-ball pressure. The Eagles relinquished the ball eight times in the second quarter, allowing Howard to score 14 easy points in transition.
In addition to the Bisons' swarming defense, their guards dismantled AU's zone defense with a storm of 3-point shooting. Howard's junior guard Destiny Howell and graduate guard Aziah Hudson combined for four threes in the second quarter, contributing to their 17-point lead going into the second half.
During the first seven minutes of the third quarter, the Eagles put pressure on Howard's guards with a full-court press of their own. This new defensive look forced the Bisons to make bad passes in the backcourt, catalyzing two scoring runs that put the Eagles within 10 points at the end of the third quarter.
Despite AU's strong third quarter, Howard overpowered the Eagles with 19 fourth-quarter points, including three late-game 3-pointers. AU struggled to respond to this scoring explosion, shooting just 24 percent from the field in the fourth quarter. Howard's junior guard Howell sealed the win with a deep three from the left wing with one minute left in the game.
"We just had a let down today," head coach Tiffany Coll said. "We played really well in our previous two games, we're just inexperienced and inconsistent as we try to build a culture."
The Eagles lost to the George Mason Patriots 59-71 on Saturday, Dec. 3.
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State Route 181 (abbreviated SR 181) is a primary state highway running through Lake, Dyer, and Lauderdale counties in Tennessee.  This highway traverses very sparsely populated areas and is located entirely within the flood plains of the Mississippi River, Obion River and Forked Deer River.  SR 181 is constructed as a modern two-lane facility with paved shoulders and a  speed limit throughout its length.  Prior to its designation as a state highway (and subsequent raising of the levee), it was a narrow gravel road.  It is constructed atop the "Big Levee" in Dyer County and is used as a primary defense against floodwaters from the Mississippi River itself, however, floodwaters from the Obion River often back up on the eastern side of the levee.  This highway doesn't pass through any municipalities or unincorporated communities.  The area is a popular destination for fishermen and hunters.

Route description
The entire length of SR 181 is signed as the Great River Road and also carries a Tennessee Scenic Parkway designation.  This state route carries both a primary and secondary designation.

Major intersections

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The Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region is our most important neighbour and an important partner. It is exemplary with regard to its business dynamics and established regional institutions. The cooperation agreement between the ZRW and the organisation Zukunft Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar [Rhine-Neckar Regional Association] (ZMRN) signed on 25 January 2013 is an important basis for a confident future based on partnership.
At the heart of the cooperation is the regular exchange of information and experiences at the management level. The partners regularly let each other know about their current and planned activities in order to identify early chances for cooperation. A joint appearance at Rheinland-Pfalz-Tag [Rhineland-Palatinate Day] in 2013 and various cooperative project approaches are the result of the successful exchanges.
The Rhine-Neckar region plays a special role, but the ZRW also has important partners in Saarland and in France.
Project partner: Zukunft Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar e.V.


On episode 154 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing career podcast, we discuss the concept of trust and its place in both your nursing career and your personal life. Trust is intrinsic to creating a satisfying career and a fulfilling personal life. Has your trust been broken or abused? In whom and what do you place your trust?


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Myanmar on Thursday finally allowed UN agencies to play a role in the repatriation of Rohingya refugees who have fled to neighboring Bangladesh.
"The UN agencies will cooperate with the government for the repatriation of the displaced persons who have been duly verified so that they can return voluntarily in safe and in dignity," said a statement from the office of State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi.
The government announced it had signed an agreement with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Office of UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), allowing them to get involved in the much-delayed repatriation process.
"The UN agencies have been invited to take part in various stages of return and resettlement, and to support access to livelihoods through the design and implementation of community based intervention," it said.
Myanmar and Bangladesh signed a deal for the return of refugees earlier this year, but with the repatriation delayed, concern is growing over the lack of involvement by international organizations in the process.
Myanmar government said earlier this month that it has verified 1,101 in a list of over 8,000 Rohingya refugees, who are willing to return to Rakhine state. The list was sent by the Bangladeshi government.
Since Aug. 25, 2017, more than 750,000 refugees, mostly children, and women have fled Myanmar and crossed into Bangladesh after Myanmar forces launched a crackdown on the minority Muslim community, according to Amnesty International.
At least 9,400 Rohingya were killed in Rakhine from Aug. 25 to Sept. 24 last year, according to Doctors Without Borders.
In a report published recently, the humanitarian group said the deaths of 71.7 percent or 6,700 Rohingya were caused by violence. They include 730 children below the age of 5.
The Rohingya, described by the UN as the world's most persecuted people, have faced heightened fears of attack since dozens were killed in communal violence in 2012.
The UN documented mass gang rapes, killings — including of infants and young children — brutal beatings, and disappearances committed by security personnel.
In a report, UN investigators said such violations may have constituted crimes against humanity.
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Biology, Linguistics, Psychology
The Phonosemantics Thesis
In earlier posts—such as here—I described the notion of space in which words are identical to their meanings, and connected it to a tree-like structure of space. In the last post I described how this tree like structure of space appears in all languages in trying to decode their meanings. In this post I will briefly discuss the empirical evidence that supports the notion that meanings are derived from the sounds of phonemes. In contrast to the conventional wisdom in linguistics which claims that the connection between sounds and meanings is arbitrary, this post describes how a closer analysis of linguistic roots suggests otherwise. This topic is broadly called Phonosemantics or "sound symbolism".
A Simple Example of "Har"
Let's consider the phoneme "har" which literally means two things in Sanskrit: "stealing" and "pleasure", and therefore this term denotes the "pleasure from losing" or "pleasure from stealing". By and large, a moral posture dictates that all pleasure must come from gaining, but earning it honestly, according to some rule of law, while restricting the act of enjoying. But there is also a pleasure that comes from taking forcibly, without a limitation or restriction. There is also a pleasure in surrendering to such a force. The phoneme "har" denotes such pleasure: it is provocative, risque, and naughty.
Now, depending on what is being stolen/lost and enjoyed, the word "hari"—which is derived from "har"—can denote a "monkey" (a monkey steals for the delight), a "lion" (a lion just wants to dominate the forest) and even "God" (He is the person Who demands unconditional submission). In each of the above cases, there is some pleasure but it is not decent, courteous and modest, and "har" is used to denote it.
This is not to say that a monkey, lion, or God would always be called "hari". It only means that in the appropriate context—where the loss or stealing is accompanied by pleasure—they can be called "hari". In other contexts, where "loss" and "pleasure" are not appropriate descriptions of the situation, other words must be used. Thus, we must designate an object by its meanings, not by a fixed appellation. As described in the earlier post, this is because the name, the individual, and the concept are identical.
The term "har" is often used to denote God's pleasure, and prefixed with His name as in "Hare Krishna", "Har Mahadeva", etc. God's pleasure is not chaste and modest. In fact, it is risque, provocative, and naughty. It crosses the bounds of normal human defined "decency" as God takes whatever He wants without hesitation. Those who willingly participate in this "exploitation" also enjoy—not the modest exchange governed by rules, but the indecent and provocative stimulation. Thus, "hara" and "hari" are two sides of the same coin—one is enjoying by taking and the other is enjoying by giving. The terms "Hare Krishna" or "Har Mahadeva" thus represent an inseparable couple.
In languages such as Urdu or Arabic, similarly, the term "haram" is used to denote that which is stolen and not therefore properly deserved. If someone is enjoying life without working adequately for the pleasure, the pleasure is said to be "haram". And, similarly, "harem" denotes a place where you forcibly take/lose and enjoy (life, semen, virginity).
Meanings and Phonemes
In each case, the meaning is derived from a "root", and the meaning of the "root" itself is constant. Nevertheless, depending on the context, the "root" can denote various different things. Whenever the "root" is employed to describe an object, it not just the particular thing we are describing. It is rather the properties of that thing that we are describing. However, since the property, name, and the individual are identical, the name actually denotes the meaning, which in turn denotes the individual.
Of course, these words may not constitute a complete description of the object in a given context, nor are these words a context-independent complete description of an object. Rather, they are context-sensitive, and used to capture the salient features.
Some linguists (such as Magnus, Margaret [2010]. Gods in the Word: Archetypes in the Consonants) have drawn similar conclusions for English that meanings of words are derived from meanings of phonemes and morphemes. The phoneme "str", for example, appears in words such as "strip", "strap", and "string" which denote something elongated. In Hindi and Sanskrit, similarly, the word "stri" or woman means expansion. The words "astra" and "shastra" denote ways of destroying that expanse.
This phenomenon now has a cognitive science name too—it is called the Bouba-Kiki Effect—named after an experiment in which subjects were asked to associate the words "bouba" and "kiki" with shapes, and the experiment found that most people associated "bouba" with a round, bulbous shape, and "kiki" with an angular, sharp shapes. This experiment has generated great interest because the words "bouba" and "kiki" don't have pre-established meanings, so whatever meanings people give them (and that too so widely) must be associated with the sounds of these words themselves.
There is a large body of empirical evidence today that suggests a close connection between sounds and meanings—essentially telling us that meanings can be denoted by sounds (i.e. given a physical expression)—although to decode the meaning from the sound, we must understand the meanings of the phonemes. This by no means suggests that all meanings (in variety of languages we use currently) are essentially derived from sounds. However, it does indicate that all meanings can be encoded via sound, which means that there is a proto-language in which sounds themselves encode meanings. These sounds are physical objects, and can be described by their physical properties (which is what material science does). And yet, the correct way to understand these objects is not those physical properties but rather their meanings.
Semantic ComputingSymbolismSynesthesia
Do Supply and Demand Define Economic Value?
The Problem of Meaning in Artificial Intelligence
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Karma, Reincarnation, and Divine Justice
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Q: Is this Gram Schmidt? Begin with a matrix $\mathbf{X}$ consisting of a time series of $M$ observations of an $N$-dimensional variable,
\begin{align}
\mathbf{X}=\left[\mathbf{x}(1),\mathbf{x}(2),\dots,\mathbf{x}(N_t)\right].
\end{align}
I am interested in removing the variability in $\mathbf{X}$ correlated in time with the $N$-vector $\mathbf{p}$. I can do this in two steps. First, write
\begin{align}
\mathbf{X}=\mathbf{p}\mathbf{s}^\top+\mathbf{N}
\end{align}
where $\mathbf{N}$ is a matrix of residuals. The linear regression solution minimizing $\text{tr}(\mathbf{N}\mathbf{N}^\top)$ is
\begin{align}
\tilde{\mathbf{s}}=\left(\mathbf{p}^\top\mathbf{p}\right)^{-1}\mathbf{X}^\top\mathbf{p}
\end{align}
Next, to find the pattern $\mathbf{q}$ correlated with time variations in $\mathbf{p}$, we can write
\begin{align}
\mathbf{X}=\mathbf{q}\tilde{\mathbf{s}}^\top+\mathbf{L}
\end{align}
which has solution
\begin{align}
\tilde{\mathbf{q}}&=\left(\tilde{\mathbf{s}}^\top\tilde{\mathbf{s}}\right)^{-1}\mathbf{X}\tilde{\mathbf{s}}\\
&=\left[\left(\left(\mathbf{p}^\top\mathbf{p}\right)^{-1}\mathbf{X}^\top\mathbf{p}\right)^\top\left(\left(\mathbf{p}^\top\mathbf{p}\right)^{-1}\mathbf{X}^\top\mathbf{p}\right)\right]^{-1}\mathbf{X}\left(\mathbf{p}^\top\mathbf{p}\right)^{-1}\mathbf{X}^\top\mathbf{p}\\
&=\left(\mathbf{p}^\top\mathbf{p}\right)^2 \left(\mathbf{p}^\top\mathbf{X}\mathbf{X}^\top\mathbf{p}\right)^{-1}\mathbf{X}\left(\mathbf{p}^\top\mathbf{p}\right)^{-1}\mathbf{X}^\top\mathbf{p}\\
&=\left(\mathbf{p}^\top\mathbf{p}\right) \left(\mathbf{p}^\top\mathbf{X}\mathbf{X}^\top\mathbf{p}\right)^{-1}\mathbf{X}\mathbf{X}^\top\mathbf{p}\\
&=\frac{\mathbf{p}^\top\mathbf{p}}{\mathbf{p}^\top\mathbf{C}\mathbf{p}}\mathbf{C}\mathbf{p}
\end{align}
where I have defined a covariance matrix
\begin{align}
    \mathbf{C}&=\frac{1}{M-1}\mathbf{X}\mathbf{X}^\top.
\end{align}
Is this procedure equivalent to Gram-Schmidt? I would like to name it appropriately in the application where I'm using it.


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myFSO.CopyFile «File1″,»File2», True/False ' указывает перезаписывать файл или нет.
Аналогично перемещение, только вместо Copy — Move.
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Adds a new folder to a Folders collection.
Appends a name to an existing path.
Copies a specified file or folder from one location to another.
Deletes a specified file or folder.
Deletes a specified folder and its contents.
Returns true if a specified folder exists; false if it does not.
Returns a Drive object corresponding to the drive in a specified path.
Returns a string containing the extension for the last component in a path.
Returns a File object corresponding to the file in a specified path.
Returns a string containing the name of the parent folder of the last component in a specified path.
Returns a TextStream object corresponding to the standard input, output, or error stream.
Moves a specified file or folder from one location to another.
Reads a specified number of characters from a TextStream file and returns the resulting string.
Reads an entire TextStream file and returns the resulting string.
Reads an entire line (up to, but not including, the newline character) from a TextStream file and returns the resulting string.
Skips a specified number of characters when reading a TextStream file.
Skips the next line when reading a TextStream file.
Writes a specified string to a TextStream file.
Writes a specified number of newline characters to a TextStream file.
List of elements that make up Scripting Run-Time Reference.


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You may be looking for the 7th Sector novel with the subtitle "Jabberwocky."
Title: Jabberwocky
Creator: Sheila Paulson
Date(s): 1986 to 2008?, re-edited and reprinted in 2016
Medium: print, online
Fandom: Blake's 7
External Links: Gen Jabberwocky stories on Hermit.org, Adult Jabberwocky stories on Hermit.org
1 The 2016 Re-Edit and Reprint
2 About the Jabberwocky Universe
2.1 Reactions and Reviews of the Whole Series
3 The Stories and Where They Were Originally Published
4 Zines by Janet Walker
4.1 Mind-Rape/Healer
4.2 Jabberwocky Collected
4.3 Malodaar
5 Judith Proctor Re-Prints
6 A 1995 List of Stories
Jabberwocky is a series of alternate universe Blake's 7 stories, all set in the same universe and written by Sheila Paulson. The story is an alternate series 4, although it shares some traits with Post Gauda Prime stories.
Stories in this universe were printed in specific Jabberwocky zines, as well as in a number of other mixed zines. The stories are mostly gen (with Avon/Cally as a strong component), but there are also a few adult het and slash ones (written under the name "Paula") as well, for the pairings Blake/Jenna, Blake/Soolin, Tarrant/Vila and Blake/Avon. It is not necessary to read the adult stories to understand the gen stories.
Jabberwocky is the ultimate happy ending Blake's 7 saga. The entire 4th season was actually a dream by Cally, and being forewarned of these events the crew are able to avoid them. Nobody ever dies permanently in Jabberwocky and indeed some people you thought were dead turn out not to be. No characters are rubbished and everybody (including Avon) comes to accept their friendship for every body else. Jabberwocky (the title character of the series) is in fact the computer of their new ship, an original character with a strong sense of humour." [1]
All Jabberwocky stories (including the adult stories by Paula) have been made available online at Hermit.org. Rather pleasingly, the first Jabberwocky story seems to have been the first B7 story loaded onto the archive, while the last Jabberwocky story is the last.[2]
The 2016 Re-Edit and Reprint
In October 2016, this zine was offered in a re-edited form by Requiem Publications. It was available in print form as well as a download.
cover of the 2016 reprint (parts 1-3), Sekhmet
cover of the reprint (parts 4-9), Sekhmet
Jabberwocky by Sheila Paulson. GEN, full size zine from Requiem Publications. Colour cover by Sekhmet. First appearing on J. Proctor's Blake's Seven website, some parts of this saga appeared in various zines in the early 2000s.
The series assumes the events of the last season of the aired show were a terrible prescient dream of Cally's, and tells how the scattered Liberator crew, and the Scorpio's crew, meet and join forces.
We are re-editing Sheila's entire saga of Jabberwocky and some parts have been rewritten by the author.
Parts 1 to 3 in this volume. 229 pages, column layout.
The download zine is full page, 280 pages.
Part 1 Link-up: Cally has survived the explosion on Terminal and the crew have escaped in Servalan's wreck of a ship. Traumatized by her injury, she has lost her telepathy. When the crew, augmented by Hugh Tiver, a doctor kidnapped by Avon to take care of Cally, steal a prototype Federation mindship constructed around a living human brain and capable of bonding with a human in a mental linkage, their adventures are just beginning.
Part 2 Mind-Rape: Blake is back, and in linkage with Jabberwocky, and Servalan wants to steal Jabberwocky and link with it in order to take back the presidency. She uses Witt, a telepath who had worked his way into Avalon's rebel army on Ryalon base, to wrest control of Jabberwocky from Blake, leaving the rebel trapped inside his mind. A mental linkage is the only way to bring him back, and Cally is certain that Avon is the only one who can do it.
Part 3 Healer: Blake begins behaving oddly, and problems develop with the ship as Jabberwocky begins to remember his long suppressed past. In the meantime, Jenna Stannis and Del Grant have teamed up and have one objective: Kill Avon. When their plan goes wrong and Tarrant is gravely wounded, only the combination of the mindship and Avon, the untrained telepath, are able to save the pilot's life.
About the Jabberwocky Universe
1995 description from a flyer in Rebel Desires:
For those who have not yet encountered the Jabberwocky series, it is an alternate fourth season of Blake's 7, beginning with the rescue of a gravely injured Cally on Terminal. The rebels have gone to ground with a kidnapped doctor, who proves to have rebel leanings. As Cally recovers, they steal the Federation's pet project, the Mark-60 mindship, which has at the heart of its computer a living human brain. The ship's design allows the brain to form a permanent bonding link with a member of the crew and temporary linkages with the others for ship's business or simply for contact. Some of the events of year four have happened. The crew encountered Blake on Gauda Prime, but while he was wounded there he did not die, and he has also joined the crew. Jenna was located and also came back.
In this universe, Dayna died in an attempt to retrieve IMIPAK, but the mindlink program enabled Orac and Jabberwocky (the name the crew gave the mindship) to create a personality program that was so complete it attained self awareness. The program was placed in an android housing, in essence giving them Dayna again. Though the crew never encountered Dorian at Terminal, they did meet Soolin, who joined the crew reluctantly, as did the doctor, Hugh Tiver.
Recently the crew rescued from Servalan three scientists who had helped handle the telepathic aspects of Jabberwocky's design programs. Asked to join the crew and help the rebellion, those three are proving instrumental in designing new mindships. The youngest of them, Tanz, and Dayna have begun a relationship, which, at the start of this story, which shortly follows the twelfth story, Lifeblood, is not sitting well with Tarrant.
Description from Hermit.org, which sold the zine:
If you are looking for stories in which the characters go through many dangerous and difficult situations, but always come out of them with a greater understanding of each other, then this is probably a zine you will like. All characters are fairly treated in Jabberwocky; nobody is rubbished, and sooner or later, any character whom you may have loved and missed is pretty well guaranteed to turn up. This is angst with happy endings and characters who realize that they like one another.
So what's it actually all about? Jabberwocky starts just after 'Terminal' but with events different from those of the 4th season. Cally wasn't killed in the explosion on Terminal, but was unconscious for a time and experienced a prophetic dream which warned her of the events of the 4th season. The crew have to try and avoid the events which have been foreseen. Finding Soolin shows that Cally's dream contains large elements of truth. Can Avon avoid shooting Blake?
Why is it called Jabberwocky?
After losing Liberator over Terminal, the crew need another ship. The vessel they eventually steal is a revolutionary new Federation ship which has a human brain incorporated into it. The ship is capable of forming a mental link with a member of its crew. The mind-ship, a distinct personality in its own right, is Jabberwocky. [3]
Reactions and Reviews of the Whole Series
Jabberwocky is probably about 500,000 words in total, so it's a commitment of, in my case, about a week. If you are going to read the entire saga, you'd better really like telepathy/mindscapes/group bonding and hurt/comfort, people coming back to life and family angst. It's set post series 3, and mostly charts Servalan's attempts to capture the new ship they have (Jabberwocky) in a manner that increasingly resembles Travis 2 in series 2.
There's a lot of really nice dialogue and lots of stuff about the crew all caring about each other under the insults. The beginning is particularly good. However, a lot of it does feel repetitive. Hellhound, which does a lot of the same stuff (and to be fair, annoyed me in different ways), didn't feel nearly as repetitive.
The adult stories (all of which I really like) take place in some weird AU where they have no bearing on the gen fic - they're not marketed this way, but that's very much what it feels like. In the end and with that previous statement born in mind, I would say the overall pairings are - Avon/Cally, Blake/Jenna (a bit), Dayna/OC, Soolin/OC, Tarrant/the ship. With very strong Avon-Blake. Your adult!AU has Blake/Jenna, Blake/Soolin, Vila/Tarrant, and Blake/Avon (with implied V/T).
Even if you aren't like me and you wouldn't get annoyed because your B/A dreams are thwarted, I would probably recommend other Sheila Paulson fics before this one, which saddens me because I really liked the beginning.[4]
I liked the idea behind the series a LOT and though I don't like the series as much as I did - they talk too much and way too honestly for My Heroes - I still have a soft spot for it.[5]
I actually think I have more of a problem with the first story than later ones (though yes, they become way too repetitive in plot and themes). I didn't think it was possible for me to become fatigued by characters talking and thinking about each other incessantly, but apparently I have a limit to my liking for this kind of thing!
Also, I'm starting to get a bit irritated by gen tropes now that I've been heavily exposed to them. Not the telepathy though, because I'm a real sucker for that! However, I've found that the longer a B7 gen story the more likely it will feature an original character who understands the crew and their relationships better than they do themselves and isn't afraid to tell them so. Step forward Hugh Tiver! In SP's defence there are way worse characters like this out there and it didn't put me off so much that I stopped reading. Hugh Tiver is not quite punchable, but he is trembling on the brink of it! Oddly, he isn't unlikeable for all that I say that! Nevertheless it is still lucky he isn't too heavily emphasised in the rest of the stories. Actually, he is a bit like a more saintly and empathic Blake (even down to the hair!) serving as a stand-in until the real McCoy turns up.
Despite what I have said, I think Jabberwocky is fairly enjoyable, but if you are talking longer but still manageable length Paulson fic, I prefer "Game of Humanity"[6]
"Jabberwocky" was okay but not great, since it suffers somewhat from the instant utopia syndrome; I dunno, it's amazing how many AU and PGPs magically bestow Our Heros with a fantastic new prototype ship and sympathetic crewmembers to replace the Dear Departed (or the not-departed-at-all; some of those ships start to get mighty crowded 8-). [7]
I love the zines like jabberwocky where things work out well for our heroes. [8]
I tend to love the bleak gloomy [Blake's 7 fics]. But even I like a happy ending at least part of the time. All gloom would be no fun at all. Jabberwocky is a little too happy for my tastes unless I really need picking up, but the main reason I publish it is because I know not everyone has the same taste in stories as myself. [9]
I approached the Jabberwocky series with mixed expectations. On the one hand, I was no happier than anybody else when Cally died after 'Terminal', and I also like alternative universe premises and lengthy story series. On the other hand, I have no grudge against the fourth season, whose Ridley Scott-esque views of Scorpio I'd hate to miss, whose testing to destruction of so many characters is superbly evocative of fear and pity....
Sheila Paulson avoids the pitfall inherent in dream foreknowledge stories, by replacing canon material with something else of comparable interest to fans. The series is nothing if not revisionist of fourth season events, eliminating much doom and despair; but it retains a healthy dose of drama as well as all the characters, and it adds a nice new ship which rivals Zen and Orac together ...
All in all, the Jabberwocky series does more than adequate job of entertaining the B7 fan with its alternate continuation of that universe. It is big enough and ambitious enough to absorb the dream reference without remaining tied to it; the characters change and develop with their experiences, not arbitrarily; and it retains the original B7 story outline of a beleaguered but self-reliant group of political criminals making their way between the Federation and the universe full of unknowns where even the wonders may bite.[10]
Another that fits, in my opinion, In the 'pleasant read' category are all the Sheila Paulson Jabberwocky stories. I wish I could get hold of more but it's that dreaded American minefield again. Couldn't Horizon members club together and send someone over there to buy a load of zlnes? It's very frustrating... sorry! Where was I? Oh yes, Jabberwocky. I think these are lovely, safe and comforting (I bet they're the sort of thing that you either love or hate!). They're the evening cup of hot chocolate stories that leave you with a warm glow and a good feeling of everything being all right really. There is soon to be released a Jabberwocky Collected zine that also has some new material. I'm about to buy this - wish me luck! [11]
Now first of all this series is Het. Yeah I know, the world is comming to an end, I am recc'ing het, but there you are. There are homoerotic overtones between Blake and Avon if you want to read it that way, but they are only explored in the adult stories that were written to go along with the series, but are not necessary to the plot.
Also, if you don't like Avon then don't bother reading, it's an ensemble fic with all the characters there, but Avon had a hell of a lot of screen time, as it were :).
This selection of stories have every cliche in the book, from a character waking up telepathic to a long lost son, but it's so good. The characters change and become closer (because we all know they were very broken in the show), but they remain them and grow. The stories are interesting and engaging and difficult to put down. I spent two hours reading one on my BeBook the other night and had no idea how long I'd been reading until I looked at the clock when I lay down to go to sleep. [12]
The Stories and Where They Were Originally Published
The Jabberwocky stories were originally published in parts, which generally appeared alongside other unrelated stories in anthology zines, such as Gambit. There are the following exceptions: the first story Link-up was originally published on its own as Seventh Sector 3, the second and third stories (Mind-Rape and Healer) were originally published together in a standalone zine by Janet Walker. The 14th story (Malodaar) was also originally published as a standalone zine by Janet Walker.
Gen stories by Sheila Paulson
cover of Seventh Sector #3, by Kathy Hanson
1. Link-up (1986): Seventh Sector #3
2. Mind-Rape (1987): also published with Healer
3. Healer (1987): published with Mind-Rape by Janet Walker
4. The Froma (1987): Down and Unsafe #6
5. Decoy (1988): Something... Unfriendly #1
6. Kyl (1988): Southern Seven #4
7. Clone (1990): Something... Unfriendly #2
8. Stand-in (1989): Blake, Rabble and Roll #1
9. Choices (1989): Gambit #5
10. Program (1990): Gambit #6
11.Overload (1991): Gambit #7
12. Lifeblood (1995): Gambit #13
13. Revenant (1995): Gambit #13
14. Malodaar (1995): [[Malodaar|standalone from Janet Walker]]
15. Avatar (2007): Hermit.org (online only: AO3)
16. Mutoids (probably 2008): Hermit.org (online only: AO3)
Adult het and slash Jabberwocky stories by 'Paula':
Journey's End (1987): Southern Lights #3.5 (set between Healer and Froma)
Comfort (1990): Southern Comfort #5.5 (set between Clone and Stand-in)
Feedback (1995): Rebel Desires (set between Lifeblood and Revenant)
Repercussions (1994): Southern Comfort #8.5 (set between Revenant and Malodaar)
Zines by Janet Walker
Mind-Rape/Healer
Mind-Rape/Healer contains two stories (Jabberwocky parts 2 and 3) and is 153 pages long. It was published in 1987 by Janet Walker.
The cover and most interior art is by Kathy Hanson, plus one illo by Sheila Paulson.
This is the first edition of these stories.
Description of "Mind-Rape" (pages 1-66) from a flyer:
Sleer sends a telepath to rip control of Jabberwocky away from Blake, leaving Blake trapped in the depths of his soul. Jabberwocky, unable to hurt his new link-partner can do nothing for his friends, except take the to a rendezvous with the Federation.
Description of "Healer" (pages 68-152) from a flyer:
Blake sends Avon to meet Del Grant, unaware that Grant has heard about Anna's death in Servalan's cellar. Grant plans to kill Avon, but Tarrant is shot instead and Hugh is not sure he can save him.
Janet Walker's editorial:
Hi. Hope you enjoy the story, it's fantastic. The first part is available from Kathy Hanson—there's an ad in the back of the zine. Also, there are already two more parts going into various zines sometime soon, so keep your eyes open for them.
Thanks go to Kathy Hanson for the wonderful illo's. She volunteered to do them, for which I am very grateful.And thanks to Sheila, especially, as she did all the typing on her nifty new typewriter. I love the print on that thing.
When we were looking for a title to tie the two stories together, nothing would come to mind, so Sheila suggested the present title; Jabherwocky: The Story Continues. I started giggling and finally told her that it made me think of two new titles for the individual stories and she had to agree that they fit. So, the subtitles for Mind-Rape and Healer, are -- "The Federation Strikes Back," and "The Return of Jenna." As you read the story, I think you will agree that they fit.
Enjoy the zine, and if you have any comments, you can write to either Sheila or me, and 1 will pass the comments on to Sheila. Every author enjoys hearing what people think of their work.
cover of issue "Mind Rape/Healer," Janet Walker edition
inside page from "Mind Rape/Healer," Janet Walker edition
Jabberwocky Collected
In 1992, Janet Walker appears to have published a collected edition (Jabberwocky Collected) of all the Jabberwocky stories (with some new material?) up to but not including Malodaar. This edition was apparently very rare, even at the time.
A fan in November 1992 wrote:
There is soon to be released a Jabberwocky Collected zine that also has some new material. I'm about to buy this - wish me luck! [13]
In June 1993, a fan wrote:
Jabberwocky Collected was brought out for Media West in May last year. I'm told it contains all Jabberwocky so far PLUS new material. Contact address is Janet Walker. She never answers me but you will probably have better luck. If you do, will you let me know, as I'm still in pursuit of this one? [14]
In September 1993:
Nah, nah, na, nah, nah... I've got Jabberwocky collected, I've got Jabberwocky Collected! Don't give up. It does exist. It's enormous	and absolutely packed with the most hysterical printing errors. It's wonderful.	My copy came from the Media West Convention Keep trying,	it's worth the effort needed to track it down. [15]
Also in September 1993:
On the more pleasant side of zine doings, someone picked up Jabberwocky Collected for me at MediaWest this year (so I didn't have to try to write to Janet Walker). The new material in it consists of two average-length (for Jabberwocky) stories, neither of which overly impressed me - basically because they rehashed the theme of so many of the earlier tales (you know, something breaks the mindllnk with the ship, and someone gets traumatised as a result). I don't recall how much of Jabberwocky you're missing though, and if you're looking for a lot more than Just the new stories, It's still a good buy. [16]
On an unknown date, Judith Proctor commented:
It is occasionally available at conventions, but I would not recommend buying it by post. [17]
Malodaar
Malodaar contains one story (Jabberwocky part 14). It was published in 1995 by Janet Walker. It is the first edition of this story and was published as a companion to Jabberwocky Collected.
Online at AO3.
cover of Malodaar
Judith Proctor Re-Prints
In 1997(?) Judith Proctor reprinted all the Jabberwocky stories in 5 zines, having been given permission by Paulson to produce a British edition of the saga. Proctor comments: "I produced the stories in several volumes to try and enable people to reduce overlap with their existing zines. For instance, if you have all issues of Gambit, then you won't need volume 3 of my collected edition."[18]
Jabberwocky 1 contains 174 pages (Jabberwocky parts 1-4) and art by Whitby27.
1. Link-up
2. Mind Rape
3. Healer
4. The Froma
cover of issue #1, Whitby27
Jabberwocky 2 contains 116 pages (Jabberwocky parts 5 to 8) and a cover by Kathryn Anderson.
5. Decoy
6. Kyl
7. Clone
8. Stand-in
cover of issue #2, Kathryn Anderson
Jabberwocky 3 contains 150 pages (Jabberwocky parts 9 to 13) and is illustrated by Mary O'Connor.
9. Choices
11. Overload
12. Lifeblood
13. Revenant
cover of issue #3, Mary O'Connor
Jabberwocky 4 contains 50 pages (Malodaar, Jabberwocky part 14) and is illustrated by Whitby27.
cover of issue #4 by Whitby27
Jabberwocky 5 contains 150 pages and illustrated by Whitby27. Unlike the other zines in the series, Jabberwocky 5 contains adult het and slash stories. These stories slot in amongst the gen stories - they are not meant to be read in one go at the end.
1. Journey's End (Blake/Jenna) (set between Healer and Froma)
2. Comfort (Blake/Soolin) (set between Clone and Stand-in)
3. Feedback (Tarrant/Vila) (set between Lifeblood and Revenant)
4. Repercussions (Blake/Avon) (set between Revenant and Malodaar)
A 1995 List of Stories
Printed in Rebel Desires (addresses redacted here):
1. Jabberwocky: Link-up: Seventh Sector 3, Kathy Hanson, New Zealand 2/3. Mind-rape/Healer: one shot from Janet Walker, OR 4. The Froma: Down and Unsafe 6, Kathy Hanson 5. Decoy: Something...Unfriendly 1, Cathi Brown; available from Peg Kennedy and Bill Hupe 6. Kyl: Southern Seven 4, Arm Wortham, FL 7. Clone: Something...Unfriendly 2, Cathi Brown 8. Stand-in: Blake, Rabble and Roll 1, Mysti Frank, KY 9. Choices: Gambit 5, Jean Graham, CA 10. Program: Gambit 6, Jean Graham 11. Overload: Gambit 7, Jean Graham 12. Lifeblood: Jabberwocky Collected, Janet Walke 13: Revenant: Jabberwocky Collected, Janet Walker
ADULT STORIES:
1. Journey's End: Southern Lights Special 3.5, Ann Wortham 2. Comfort: Southern Comfort 5.5, Ann Wortham 3. Feedback: On the Wing, Tarrant APA; Rebel Desires, Peg Kennedy and Bill Hupe 4. Repercussions: Southern Comfort, Ann Wortham
^ Blake's 7 - Jabberwocky and where to find it, Archived version
^ Stories Sorted by Index Number (Approximately Date of Addition to Library) on Hermit.org
^ Blake's 7 - Jabberwocky, at Judith Proctor's site, Archived version
^ from Aralias, 05 October 2014
^ from SallyMN 06 October 2014
^ from burntcandlemas on 06 October 2014
^ Lysator, Kathryn A, Jan 1995.
^ Lysator, July 1998
^ Lysator, Judith P, July 1998
^ Pressure Point no.2
^ comments in Horizon Letterzine #4 (November 1992)
^ Comment by beren-writes, 08 January 2010, Wayback Link
^ comments in Horizon Letterzine #6 (June 1993)
^ comments in Horizon Letterzine #7 (September 1993)
^ Jabberwocky, by Sheila Paulson and where to find it
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conflictes GEOPOLítics
Armènies, el genocidi oblidat
Armenia remembers the victims of mass killings (genocide!) a hundred years ago
By Mark Armstrong with AFP • Updated: 24/04/2021 - euronews
Armenia commemorates victims of Ottoman Empire massacres - Copyright AFP
Thousands of Armenians marched on Friday in the capital Yerevan to commemorate mass killings of their kin by Ottoman forces in 2015.
This weekend is the 106th anniversary of the massacres in which the country claims up to one and a half million ethnic Armenians were slaughtered during World War One as the Ottoman Empire collapsed.
France was one of the other nations that attended the ceremony.
The killings have been recognised as genocide by some 20 countries but there is as yet no international consensus on the issue.
Turkey has always rejected the description.
But Armenia is hoping that the US will soon acknowledge the events as genocide.
The White House announced that President Joe Biden spoke to Turkey's President Erdogan on Friday and was preparing to move forward with a campaign pledge to formally recognise the killings as such.
On Friday night the annual torch-lit march was held in Yerevan in memory of the victims.
Some 10,000 people took part in the rally that ended at the city's hilltop genocide memorial.
President Biden recognises century-old massacres against Armenians as 'genocide'
Joe Biden 'preparing to formally recognise the Armenian genocide'
Armenia's PM calls early elections in a bid to defuse country's political crisis


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Pre-eclampsia detection device
Complications caused by hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, such as pre- eclampsia and eclampsia, affect approximately 5% of all pregnancies worldwide and are responsible for over 30,000 deaths of pregnant women every year. The overwhelming majority of the morbidity and mortality caused by these disorders occur in the developing world mainly because women lack access to many of the technological advances that have reduced the impact of hypertensive disorders on women in developed countries. One such technological advance is the personal blood pressure monitor, which remains too expensive, complex, and fragile for widespread use in much of the developing world.
There is a need for a non-invasive, threshold based hypertension screening device for pregnant women in low-resource settings to use at home.
User requirements and engineering specifications were generated with the support of doctors and nurses both in Ghana and the University of Michigan hospital as well as end users in Ghana. Using these user requirements, listed below, designs was be generated.
Functionality | Affordability | Usability | Accuracy | Durability | Longevity | Safety | Fit
A two-part device has been developed for this purpose; a mechanical device applies a threshold pressure to the arm using principles of pressurized vessels while an electric device detects blood flow though the finger using principles of light absorption. The finger sensor was designed as a static cylinder into which the user inserts their finger, and they obtain their results by simply observing which LED turns on. When the device detects the pressure to be above the threshold of 140 mmHg, the device will turn on a red light to indicate dangerous levels of blood pressure, allowing women to seek out medical care when necessary.
Blood pressure monitor prototype
Theme Maternal Health
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Marcus Papadopoulos
Benjamin Schlanger
Elizabeth Sherzer
This summer in Kenya I learned so much about myself as well as other cultures, and I gained experiences that will last with me forever. Getting to do things I had never experienced before has opened my eyes and my heart in many ways, and I will continue to grow from these experiences.
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Household wealth for Americans still has not recovered from the recession, despite last summer's optimistic report from the U.S. Federal Reserve, a new study suggests.
Economists at The Ohio State University found that the mean net worth of American households in mid-2013 was still about 14 percent below the pre-recession peak in 2006. Their analysis suggested that middle-aged people took the biggest hit.
In a report last June, the Federal Reserve said that net worth of Americans – which includes the value of homes, stocks and other assets minus debts – had essentially recovered since the recession of 2007 to 2009. In fact, the Fed claimed wealth was the highest it had been in nominal terms since records began in 1945.
But the Fed's analysis included four data issues that gave a significant boost to its optimistic reading of the economy, said Randy Olsen, co-author of the study and a professor of economics at Ohio State.
The four problems with the data: It didn't adjust for inflation or population growth; it included accounts held by foreigners living outside of the United States; and it included wealth held by nonprofits and not just households.
"All four of these issues with the Fed report pointed in the same direction, leading toward a conclusion that was far rosier than what exists in the real world," Olsen said.
Olsen conducted the study with Lucia Dunn, also a professor of economics at Ohio State. Their results appear in the February 2014 issue of the journal Economics Letters.
Olsen and Dunn used data from the Consumer Finance Monthly, a monthly telephone survey of U.S. households conducted by Ohio State's Center for Human Resource Research. Olsen is director of CHRR.
The CFM was run monthly from 2005 to 2013 and does not have any of the four issues associated with the Fed report, Olsen said. To date, more than 25,000 households have been surveyed on their assets and debts.
"The CFM dataset fills in some key gaps in the history of the Great Recession and allows us to have a much clearer picture of what happened to American households during this economic downturn," Olsen said.
The results of the new study showed that the mean real net worth of American households peaked in 2006 at $398,620. At the bottom of the recession in 2009, it fell to $217,687. It recovered to $333,859 in 2012, still 16 percent below its pre-recession high. Additional improvements in the first half of 2013 brought household wealth to 14 percent below the 2006 high.
But the recession and the recovery didn't affect all American households the same way. Results showed that less wealthy people and younger people lost more during the recession in percentage terms, but also recovered more since then.
American households in the 25th percentile in terms of net worth (meaning that 75 percent of households had more wealth than they did) had by 2012 essentially recovered the wealth they lost during the recession.
But that is because they had very little to lose and to recover, Olsen said.
Meanwhile, those households at the 75th and 90th percentile in terms of net worth were still 19 and 23 percent below their 2006 wealth levels, respectively, in 2012.
As far as age groups go, it was the young who have recovered best from the recession. Those under 35 were 4 percent below their 2006 net worth by 2012. Those over 55 were 13 percent below.
Those who suffered the most were people aged 35 to 54, Olsen said. In 2012, they were 27 percent below their peak net worth recorded in 2006.
"What we're seeing in these middle-aged people is very disheartening, because they are in what should be their peak earning years, when they should be accumulating assets before retirement," he said.
Olsen said much of the recovery in net worth that has occurred since the recession can be attributed to the rise in value of financial assets, such as stocks. This tends to help those who are already wealthy, he noted.
This increase has occurred because of the Federal Reserve's policy of quantitative easing, which means the Fed has bought large amounts of longer-term bonds and other financial assets, boosting their prices.
"Without quantitative easing, we probably would show even lower levels of household net worth," Olsen said.


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Charles Cushman Bliss
A bomber crew of the 388th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30177) nicknamed "Charlene". Printed caption on reverse: '61552 AC- Crew of the 562nd Bomb Squadron, 388th Bomb Group, beside the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Charlene". England. 30 August 1943. Standing left to right are: 2nd Lt John N Haroian, Boise, Idaho; 1st Lt Charles Bliss, Los Angeles, California; 2nd Lt Vernon D Duncan, Columbus, Ohio; 2nd Lt Bernard J Quenneville, Hadley, Mass. Kneeling left to right: S/Sgt Robert E Brailey, Woonsocket, RI; T/Sgt Albert N Brown, Great Falls, Mont; S/Sgt Herman B Mays, Terre Haute, Ind; S/Sgt Lawrence H Ruddell, Wausau, Wisc; S/Sgt Edmund W Wilbert, Westlake, Ohio; T/Sgt Henry G Rotell, Riwabik, Minn. US Air force Photo.'
A bomber crew of the 388th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30177) nicknamed "Charlene".
Albert Brown
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Flight Engineer - Top Turret Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Vernon Duncan
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot/Pilot | 388th Bomb Group
Willis Eddy
Military | Captain | Navigator/Squadron Navigator | 388th Bomb Group
John Houston
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 388th Bomb Group
served with the 482nd Pathfinder Gp. Flew lead plane on 388th missions
Herman Mays
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Tail Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Evaded (EVD) ...
Bernard Quenneville
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 388th Bomb Group
Henry Rotell
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Radio Operator | 388th Bomb Group
Lawrence Rudell
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Waist Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
Edmund Wilbert
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Left Waist Gunner/Flight Engineer - Top Turret Gunner | 388th Bomb Group
42-30030 Old Ironsides
Delivered Cheyenne 2/4/43; Sioux City 13/4/43; Kearney 4/5/43; Bangor 23/5/43; Assigned 544BS/384BG [BK-F] Grafton Underwood 29/5/43; transferred 2 SAD Lt Staughton 31/7/43 then 560BS/388BG. ...
42-30177 Charlene
Delivered Cheyenne 24/4/43; Gore Fd 27/4/43; Cheyenne 2/5/43; Sioux City 13/5/43; Smoky Hill 11/6/43; Dow Fd 16/6/43; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 23/6/43 as CHARLENE; 15m transferred RCM 803BS Sculthorpe 19/1/44; Oulton 16/5/44; 36BS Cheddington...
The railroad industry at Hannover, Germany and the aircraft industry at Hamburg, Germany were the intended targets for this mission but weather caused the mission to be cancelled. The element sent to Hannover was a combined force of 207 B-17s from:...
The German rubber industry at Hannover, Germany and the U-Boat shipyards at Hamburg, Germany are the primary focus of this mission. In addition, a German ship convoy and targets of opportunity at Wilhelmshaven and Wesermunde are bombed. The first...
German airfields in Holland and France are the targets for this mission. All of the attacks were made late in the afternoon just prior to sunset. The mission is composed of two elements. The first element is a combined force of 180 B-17s from: 91BG (20...
This mission consists of two elements of B-17s despatched to bomb the German airfields of Le Bourget (Paris), Poix and Abbeville, France. The first element is a combined force of 180 B-17s from: 91BG (21); 92BG (17); 303BG (20); 305BG (20); 306BG (20);...
The mission flown on 17-Aug-43, the 1st anniversary of the 1st mission flown by the 8th Air Force, is probably the most written about mission of the war. This is the famous Schweinfurt/Regensburg mission on which 60 B-17s are lost. It has been dubbed ...
This mission is composed of two elements. The first element is composed of 170 B-17s from: 91BG (16); 92BG (19); 303BG (20); 305BG (18); 306BG (18); 351BG (21); 379BG (21); 381BG (19); and 384BG (18). The primary target for this element is German...
This mission was composed of five elements. The first element was combined force 55 B-17s despatched from: 92BG; 305BG, and 306BG to bomb German airfields in NW France. The mission is recalled due to weather and the bombers return without dropping...
German airfields in France and the Caudron-Renault works at Paris are the targets for this mission. The mission is composed of three elements. The first element is a combined force of 168 B-17s from: 91BG (14); 351BG (19); 381BG (22); 92BG (19); 305BG ...
Two German airfields, one at Brussels, Begium and the other at Bergen, Holland, and the V-Weapons sites around Watten, France are the primary targets for this mission. ...
VIII Bomber Command 94 OPERATION STARKEY
This mission has been named OPERATION STARKEY. It is planned as a coordinated attack of multiple bomber elements upon multiple targets and incorporates fighter escort as a rehearsal of what may be required to support an invasion of the Continent. It is...
Knettishall
Knettishall was built to Class A standard for an American Bomb Group that would be bringing up to forty heavy bombers with them in three or four Squadrons. The 388th Bomb Group, which stayed at Knettishall for their entire service in the ETO, flew B-17...
Born Silver Spring, Maryland, USA 13 March 1915
Lived in Santa Barbara County, CA, USA 1942
Enlisted Los Angeles, CA, USA 13 March 1942
388th BG Combat Tour Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK 17 July 1943 – 26 November 1943
21 combat missions
Died Santa Barbara, CA, USA 14 February 2005
Buried Carpinteria, CA, USA 17 February 2005
Carpinteria Cemetery • Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
Air Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters
American Campaign Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross with 1 oak leaf cluster
World War II Victory Medal
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 1 bronze star
Air Force Longevity Service Award with 5 oak leaf clusters (1 silver oak leaf cluster)
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1948 Army and Air Force Officers' Register
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