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The Best of Uncanny Magazine Podcast
Uncanny Magazine is an online Science Fiction and Fantasy magazine with a commitment to diversity. Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damien Thomas are the co-publishers and co-editors-in-chief, and Michi Trota is the managing editor. The first issue of Uncanny Magazine was published in November 2014. Uncanny Magazine has already been nominated for and won multiple SF/F awards, including winning the Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine, and multiples stories first published there nominated in the Hugo story categories, winning a Parsec award, as well as being a finalist for World Fantasy Award and Locus Award.
They release monthly issues, in ebook format, online, and two of the stories every month in the podcast. Every episode of the podcast features an update on what the Thomases are up to which varies in length between about two minutes and twenty, which includes any publishing changes, convention travel, mention of current events (usually regarding publishing or politics). Then, the story (sometimes two), the poem, and an interview (often of the author of the story, but that may not always be true).
This list is based on the list of all of the stories published on the podcast only since the beginning of the podcast, which comes to about 50 stories. This list is not based on stories that Uncanny Magazine published in ebook/online formats that weren't on the podcast, so if you like what you read here, you should certainly go read more of their fiction that wasn't considered for this list. This list also doesn't include poetry because I am a terrible judge of poetry.
1. "Big Thrull and the Askin' Man" by Max Gladstone
The dialect of the narrative voice of this one took a little bit getting used to, but the incredible reading by Heath Miller helped sell this a lot, he pulled the dialect off splendidly. The story follows Big Thrull, who is a legendarily tough member of a legendarily tough race that is heavily based on customs and values toughness and straightforwardness, who invites the "Askin' Man" into her home as a guest who is of a culture and toughness that we would call more ordinary who knows how to ask the right questions to get what he wants. Big Thrull has to quickly become acquainted the slippery slope of giving small favors.
2. "When the Circus Lights Down" by Sarah Pinsker
The circus is a living thing, and the big top tent lights down from the sky and attracts the nearby residents to come and visit before lighting off again sometime in the near future.
3. "Auspicium Melioris Aevi" by JY Yang
Harry Lee Kuan Yew is being rigorously tested. Not just this Harry Lee, but the dozens of other Harry Lees before him, tested against various battle simulations the original Harry Lee had faced up against, and scored and ranked to determine their future fates.
4. "The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters and the Prince Who Was Made of Meat" by Brooke Bolander
Three velociraptor sisters live together in the wilderness. One day, a vapid and arrogant prince discovers them there, and after they eat his horse he seems so helpless one of the sisters helps him find his way home. Hilarious and fun, and with Bolander's distinctive voice.
5. "Wooden Feathers" by Ursula Vernon
A woman carves wooden ducks to sell at local fairs. Every single day an old man buys the cheapest one she has on display with barely a word. What is he doing with all of those ducks? This story has one of the best and most surprising moments, where the story suddenly shifts from a curious mystery to something much different. (full disclosure: I reprinted this story in The Long List Anthology Volume 2: More Stories From the Hugo Award Nomination List)
"Pipecleaner Sculptures and Other Necessary Work" by Tina Connolly
"Pockets" by Amal El-Mohtar
(full disclosure: I reprinted this story in The Long List Anthology Volume 2: More Stories From the Hugo Award Nomination List)
"Down and Out in R'lyeh" by Catherynne M. Valente
Another story read by Heath Miller who did an incredible job selling the voice on a story that might've been difficult to read. The story uses "squamous" to mean very drunk, and especially with Miller's reading voice, it really works.
Posted on August 20, 2018 August 17, 2018 Author David SteffenCategories The Best Of, UncategorizedTags Amal El-Mohtar, Brooke Bolander, Catherynne M. Valente, JY Yang, Lynne M. Thomas, Max Gladstone, Michael Damien Thomas, Michi Trota, Sarah Pinsker, Tina Connolly, Uncanny Magazine, Ursula VernonLeave a comment on The Best of Uncanny Magazine Podcast
HUGO REVIEW: Short Story Finalists
Science fiction award season is here again, and the Hugo final ballot was announced for WorldCon 76 in San Jose.
On to the short story category, my favorite category of all the Hugo categories, covering stories less than 7500 words. This review covers all six finalists.
1. "Carnival Nine," by Caroline M. Yoachim (Beneath Ceaseless Skies, May 2017)
In a clockwork world, each person only gets as many turns as the Maker gives them each day, but never more than their mainspring can handle. Every action you take winds down your spring and that will be all you get to do until the Maker winds you again the next day. Zee is lucky enough to have an extra capable mainspring, so she has the ability on an especially good day to see more and do more. Her parents always tell her to do her work first so she has turns left to play. One day a carnival train comes nearby the closet where their town is located, and Zee decides to sneak off to see it, and everything changes.
This is a beautiful, heart-wrenching story with so many powerful moments and themes, but especially in terms of the effort of being a caretaker, and also in terms of how we choose to spend our time. I take the view that time is the most universal currency, we spend our time no matter what we do but what we spend our time doing defines us and our connection to those around us, the turns of clockwork people was a great metaphor for that. This was my top nomination pick for this year of the hundreds of stories that I read, and I am absolutely delighted to see it on the final ballot for both the Nebula and Hugo.
2. "The Martian Obelisk," by Linda Nagata (Tor.com, July 19, 2017)
Susannah lives in what seem to be the waning days of human civilization, a time when the consequences of generations of short-sighted decisions come to their consequences for the survival of humanity. An attempted Mars colony has failed catastrophically, so humanity's only attempt to find somewhere else didn't fare any better. But instead of dwelling on the gloom and doom of the dismal future, she is determined to remotely build an obelisk on Mars that will serve as a monument to humanity that will survive for thousands of years, long after she expects humanity to be dead and gone. AI-driven equipment constructs tiles from local materials and use them to construct an impressive tower for any future visitors to our solar system to find. But when a transport is spotted approaching the obelisk, she has to decide how to direct her AIs, and then wait for the significant communication delay in both directions to find out how it turned out. Did someone survive the failed colony? Is the transpot being driven by AI? Is this a petty attempt to sabotage the obelisk project?
I really enjoyed this story both for the interesting and novel construction project which was ambitious in the face of apparently certain doom of humanity, something that would stand the test of time when Earth has scoured its surface of evidence of human existence. The arrival of the transport tests Susannah's resolve–is the monument the only goal she has left, or is there still something else to strive for?
3. "Sun, Moon, Dust" by Ursula Vernon, (Uncanny, May/June 2017)
Allpa inherits a magical sword from his dying grandmother that carries three warrior spirits in it named Sun, Moon, and Dust. The sword is the inheritance of a hero, and the spirits want Allpa to go out and do heroic things, but there is no war to fight and Allpa has his potatoes to grow.
I tend to enjoy the Chosen One trope, and never more so when it's turned on its head. Allpa is arguably the Chosen One here, but he is lucky enough to live in a generation where nothing more is needed of him than to grow crops to feed people. This subverted Chosen One story is fun and enjoyable.
4. "Welcome to your Authentic Indian Experience™," by Rebecca Roanhorse (Apex, August 2017)
Jesse Turnblatt works for Sedona Sweats with other Native Americans providing virtual Authentic Indian Experiences, virtual reality tours of the general public's stereotypes of Indians. His girlfriend thinks the job is demeaning, but Jesse doesn't think it's too bad. Most of the tourists just want the same thing, a vision quest, usually having to do with a wolf, and they're happy as anything. But a man comes in who's different, who asks thoughtful questions and doesn't seem impressed by Jesse's usual theatrics. The two become friends, and things take a darker turn.
This story was solid, based around the incredibly creepy commoditization of an oppressed culture for marketing purposes that was all the more cringeworthy knowing that it is just the logical science fiction extension of how it actually works. Despite the irony in the title with the trademark in it and everything, it felt real. I'm not sure I understood what was intended by the ending, or maybe it was meant to be ambiguous?
5. "Fandom for Robots," by Vina Jie-Min Prasad (Uncanny, September/October 2017)
Computron is decades old, the only known sentient robot, a fluke experiment no one else has been able to reproduce. It resides in the Simak Robotics Museum where it hosts Q&A sessions with the general public. One day, a teenager asks about an anime show titled Hyperdimension Warp Record which has a robotic character that she suggests Computron might relate to. Before the next session, Computron watches episodes of the show and discovers fandom, begins contributing to fanfiction on online forums dedicated to the show.
This was cute, sort of a love note to fandom from a sentient robot.
6. "Clearly Lettered in a Mostly Steady Hand," by Fran Wilde (Uncanny, September 2017)
This is an sideshow of dark and curious things. There's something odd about the host of the tour, but curiosity wins out over caution, as it must.
This is quite a short one, so it's hard to give it in-depth discussion without spoiling it. I'm afraid I don't think I understood this one. I think it's an analogy for medical facilities? I'm not saying I didn't enjoy it, it had a dark and haunting lyrical quality to it, I'm just not sure I understood it.
Posted on April 25, 2018 April 18, 2018 Author David SteffenCategories Hugo ReviewsTags Apex, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Caroline M. Yoachim, Fran Wilde, Linda Nagata, Rebecca Roanhorse, Tor.com, Uncanny, Ursula Vernon, Vina Jie-Min PrasadLeave a comment on HUGO REVIEW: Short Story Finalists
Long List Anthology Volume 3 Kickstarter
The Kickstarter for the Long List Anthology Volume 3 is launched as of this morning! This is the third in a series of anthologies collecting works from the longer list of works that got a lot of Hugo Award nomination votes from the fans.
The art this year is a lovely piece by Amanda Makepeace.
The stories lined up are:
Short Stories (base goal)
"Lullaby for a Lost World" by Aliette de Bodard
"A Salvaging of Ghosts" by Aliette de Bodard
"Ye Highlands and Ye Lowlands" by Seanan McGuire
"Things With Beards" by Sam J. Miller
"Red in Tooth and Cog" by Cat Rambo
"Terminal" by Lavie Tidhar
"Razorback" by Ursula Vernon
"Welcome to the Medical Clinic at the Interplanetary Relay Station | Hours Since the Last Patient Death: 0" by Caroline M. Yoachim
Novelettes (stretch goal)
"A Dead Djinn in Cairo" by P. Djèlí Clark
"Red as Blood and White as Bone" by Theodora Goss
"The Venus Effect" by Joseph Allen Hill
"Foxfire, Foxfire" by Yoon Ha Lee
"The Visitor From Taured" by Ian R. MacLeod
"Sooner or Later, Everything Falls Into the Sea" by Sarah Pinsker
"Blood Grains Speak Through Memories" by Jason Sanford
Novellas (stretch goal)
"Runtime" by S.B. Divya
"Chimera" by Gu Shi, translated by S. Qiouyi Lu and Ken Liu
"Forest of Memory" by Mary Robinette Kowal
I hope you are as excited as I am! Thank you for your support!
Posted on September 18, 2017 September 18, 2017 Author David SteffenCategories AnnouncementsTags Aliette de Bodard, Amanda Makepeace, Caroline M. Yoachim, Cat Rambo, Gu Shi, Ian R. MacLeod, Jason Sanford, Joseph Allen Hill, Ken Lu, Lavie Tidhar, Long List Anthology VOlume 3, Mary Robinette Kowal, P. Djeli Clark, S. Qiouyi Lu, S.B. Divya, Sam J Miller, Sarah Pinsker, Seanan McGuire, Theodora Goss, Ursula Vernon, Yoon Ha LeeLeave a comment on Long List Anthology Volume 3 Kickstarter
REVIEW: Hugo Novelette Finalists
Another category in the Hugo Award review series for this year, this is for the novelette category which covers fiction between 7500 words and 17,500 words.
As mentioned before, this year marked several rule changes–including that there will be six nominees in every category, and the nomination tallying rules are different to discourage voting collusion that had been dominant in the couple years prior. This (and perhaps other factors) seems to have had the intended effect.
1. "The Jewel and Her Lapidary" by Fran Wilde (Tor.com Publishing, May 2016)
The gems that live beneath in the kingdom in the Valley can talk, and they can exert a powerful influence on those who can hear them. In centuries past the great deaf king found that he could bind the dangerous jewels mined from the earth so that they could be bent to the people's will, and since then the country has been protected and ruled by a combination of Jewels and Lapidaries. Jewels are the ruling class, those most influenced by the gems. Lapidaries are their faithful servants, able to talk the jewels into speaking echoes of their own intent, though the gems will only obey those who are faithful to their oaths, the more powerful the oaths the more the gems may obey them. The country is now in shambles, betrayed by the King's Lapidary, and it is up to the one remaining Jewel (Lin) and the one remaining Lapidary (Sima) to thwart this hostile takeover.
Powerful story with very interesting and novel magical system. I'm not entirely sure I understood all the details of the magic system by the end of the story, and so was never entirely sure what a Lapidary was capable of until it happened. The switching points of view between the two main characters probably didn't help because I didn't always seem to notice when the point of view switches and took some time to realize and re-orient. But I think this was only my own failure as a reader and not a problem with the story as such, and the story was very well done.
2. "The Tomato Thief" by Ursula Vernon (Apex Magazine, January 2016)
Grandma Harken lives outside of town, partly because she is a witch, but mostly because she just wants to be left alone most of the time. When someone steals her prize tomatoes just before she has a chance to pick them for herself, Grandma Harken sets out to find the thief and show them the error of their ways. No mundane gardener, neither is her tomato thief a mundane animal.
Grandma Harken reminds me (in a good way) of one of my favorite characters in fantasy stories–Granny Weatherwax of the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. No-nonsense, grouchy but compassionate and unwilling to admit that last bit. Vernon is very good at writing this sort of character (her "Pocosin" of the previous year is another great example), and I very much enjoyed this and the imaginative turns it took with its practical no-nonsense protagonist and this twisted desert mythology.
3. "You'll Surely Drown Here If You Stay" by Alyssa Wong (Uncanny Magazine, May 2016)
In this Weird West tale, Ellis is a young man in a small town trying to come to a handle on his necromantic powers. Strangers come to town looking to make use of his uncanny abilities.
Alyssa Wong is one of those authors whose work I always look forward to. Her stories are amazingly imaginative, with powerful and relatable characters and she seems to have a particular knack for writing very dark characters that are nonetheless very easy to root for. This is another excellent one from an author who consistently hits them out of the park.
4. "Touring with the Alien" by Carolyn Ives Gilman (Clarkesworld Magazine, April 2016)
Because Avery has a security clearance, she gets recruited for a top secret job showing an alien and its human liaison around the USA in a tour bus. At least, she's told there's an alien… is it in one of the crates? Left only with the alien-raised human, who is strange enough.
This has the feel of a classic SF story with an inexplicable alien and the exploration of what it means to be human and how a lifeform that did not come from the same evolutionary environment as us–thought-provoking and interesting.
5. "The Art of Space Travel" by Nina Allan (Tor.com, July 2016)
Thirty years after the first manned Mars mission, a second mission is preparing to launch. Emily works as a housekeeper at a hotel that will be housing some of the astronauts before the launch and so she is kept plenty busy with her preparations for the highly publicized visit to come. Her mother, Moolie, mentions something that suggests that Moolie may have known some of the original crew, and may have been more than just acquaintances. But Moolie's mind is slipping–is she just confused, or is she talking about something that really happened?
I'm afraid I found this one quite hard to get into. I didn't find the Moolie's vague claims all that compelling, and they did just seem to me like flights of fancy and it didn't seem like there was enough substance to drive the whole thing to me. Your mileage may vary, as ever.
6. Alien Stripper Boned From Behind By The T-Rex by Stix Hiscock (self-published)
The story is exactly what it says on the tin. The protagonist is a three-breasted green alien who shoots lasers out of her nipples when highly aroused. When she meets a dinosaur who seems so different from the rest of her clientele… well, it's not a spoiler if it's in the title, right?
Yes, this one is conspicuous on the ballot for its title, the author name, the cover art, and for being erotica. Like Chuck Tingle's story last year, there is a reason that you can find out if you dig into it. Like last year it didn't seem to be the author's doing, so I wanted to give it a shot.
I'm afraid that speculative erotica might just not be my kind of thing. It seemed like it was trying to be erotic and also trying to be funny, and for me it failed to inspire either response. I think the cover art could use some serious work, and the quality of writing was not impressive, and the entire premise was pretty much contained in the title.
Posted on June 9, 2017 June 4, 2017 Author David SteffenCategories Hugo ReviewsTags Alyssa Wong, Carolyn Ives Gillman, Fran Wilde, Nina Allan, Stix Hiscock, Ursula Vernon2 Comments on REVIEW: Hugo Novelette Finalists
Long List Anthology Vol 2 Kickstarter!
The Kickstarter has been launched for the Long List Anthology Volume 2!
Same premise as last year, to put together an anthology of works from the longer Hugo Award nomination list. This year, Galen Dara has been commissioned for original cover art–the art at the top of the post is not the final version, it is a color proof of the art, but the final version will be shared as soon as possible.
Check out the rewards, besides copies of the books there are critiques from Martin L. Shoemaker, Sunil Patel, Erica Satifka and myself.
Check out the Kickstarter page for additional information, but here's the list of the stories that will be included if funding levels are reached.
Short Stories and Letters (base goal)
"Three Cups of Grief, By Starlight" by Aliette de Bodard
"Madeleine" by Amal El-Mohtar
"Tuesdays With Molakesh the Destroyer" by Megan Grey
"The Women You Didn't See" by Nicola Griffith (a letter from Letters to Tiptree)
"Damage" by David D. Levine
"Neat Things" by Seanan McGuire (a letter from Letters To Tiptree)
"Today I Am Paul" by Martin L. Shoemaker
"Pocosin" by Ursula Vernon
"Wooden Feathers" by Ursula Vernon
"Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers" by Alyssa Wong
Novelettes (stretch goal at $3900)
"The Heart's Filthy Lesson" by Elizabeth Bear
"So Much Cooking" by Naomi Kritzer
"Another Word For World" by Ann Leckie
"Grandmother-nai-Leylit's Cloth of Winds" by Rose Lemberg
"The Deepwater Bride" by Tamsyn Muir
"The Long Goodnight of Violet Wild" by Catherynne M. Valente
Up to 1 other
Novellas (stretch goal at $5000)
"The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn" by Usman T. Malik
"The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps" by Kai Ashante Wilson
Posted on September 28, 2016 April 12, 2022 Author David SteffenCategories AnnouncementsTags Aliette de Bodard, Alyssa Wong, Amal El-Mohtar, Ann Leckie, Catherynne M. Valente, David D. Levine, Elizabeth Bear, Kai Ashante Wilson, Long List Anthology Volume 2, Martin L. Shoemaker, Megan Grey, Naomi Kritzer, Nicola Griffith, Rose Lemberg, Seanan McGuire, Tamsyn Muir, Ursula Vernon, Usman T. MalikLeave a comment on Long List Anthology Vol 2 Kickstarter!
The Best of Drabblecast 2014
The Drabblecast! Still my favorite publication, hitting just the right level of weirdness. Big editorial change recently at Drabblecast with Norm Sherman handing over the Editor-In-Chief position to longstanding head slushwrangler Nathaniel Lee–sounds like it might get episodes out with greater regularity which would be a great thing. Norm will still be host and main producer, so his talent will still make the show what it is.
1. "The Carnival was Eaten, All Except the Clown" by Caroline M. Yoachim
Starring a confectionary clown who acts as the seed for a magician to make carnivals. The epitome of a Drabblecast episode–weird, fun, strong emotional story.
2. "To Whatever" by Shaenon Garrity
Written as a series of notes from an apartment dweller to lurking horror that always stays just out of sight and also drinks the last of the milk from the fridge.
3. "Jackalope Wives" by Ursula Vernon
A kind of a selkie love story, but with jackalopes.
4. "Half a Conversation, Overheard While Inside an Enormous Sentient Slug" by Oliver Buckram
Happily, this story is exactly what it says on the tin.
5. "My Hero: The Fisherman" by Jack Handey
Yes, this is the Jack Handey you may recognize from SNL's Deep Thoughts and Fuzzy Memories segments. Hilarious story.
"On a Clear Day You Can See All the Way to Conspiracy" by Desmond Warzel
This is one of those that was definitely elevated by the production–amazing narration by Dave Robison as the radio DJ and others playing callers.
"Seven Things that are Better in Blue" by Jason K. Jones
Posted on February 2, 2015 January 27, 2015 Author David SteffenCategories The Best OfTags Caroline M. Yoachim, Desmond Warzel, Drabblecast, Jack Handey, Jason K. Jones, Nathaniel Lee, Norm Sherman, Oliver Buckram, Shaenon Garrity, Ursula VernonLeave a comment on The Best of Drabblecast 2014


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The Global Public Square: Religious Freedom and the Making of a World Safe for Diversity, by Os Guinness
I've heard of Os Guinness before as a co-author of a reference book on literature for young students. I had not realized that his main thing in life is writing books of social criticism and advocating in social policy. Although he currently lives in the US, he spent much of his life working in Europe. He seems to be British or Irish by birth, having been born in China and gotten his PhD from Oxford, but that's a guess based on two minutes of poking around the Web. Certainly his biographical sketch is worth reading; he's had an exciting life!
Guinness' major concern--here and in other books--is the preservation of the basic human rights of freedom of conscience and speech as an essential element of a free society. Everyone, regardless of their faith or lack thereof, ought to be able to exercise their beliefs. He calls this soul freedom, after Roger Williams' ideal of soul liberty.
Here, Guinness makes his case for the need for a civil public square: one in which all viewpoints are accepted and respected. This, as opposed to a "sacred" public square, in which one official religion holds power or a "naked" public square in which no religious point of view is respected. In order to live together with all our differences, none must have more power than others and a civil discourse is necessary:
True human flourishing requires a form of harmony that blends diversity with genuine liberty. Diversity without liberty is routine for authoritarian regimes, but humans are not slaves to governments or ideologies...the challenge of our time is to blend diversity with liberty and still create harmony.
While it is fairly easy to see that Guinness is coming from a somewhat conservative and religious standpoint, he makes great efforts to acknowledge weaknesses and strengths on all sides, which I appreciated.
I think Guinness is correct in his insistence on the primacy of these particular rights of conscience and expression. Absolutely. While I didn't always agree with his logic about certain details or events, and I'm not coming from the same religious tradition as he does (actually I don't know what his may be but it is obviously not mine), I agree with his thesis.
The execution may have left something to be desired, though. I wish the book had either been more compact, or more fleshed out with examples from history. It's a highly theoretical book and sometimes got a bit repetitive.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
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When you walk on campus you'll immediately feel a sense of history. We've been around since 1874 and we still celebrate many of our best traditions that have made fond memories for generations of alumni.
Perhaps our best known tradition is our annual bonfire the night before the homecoming football game. Rumor has it that air traffic is diverted because of the flames. We're not sure that's true, but it certainly gives off some heat.
The freshman class is responsible for creating the bonfire, including an old wooden outhouse on top, and then guarding their creation from any upperclassman looking to tear it down.
Once darkness falls you'll see some amazing ways to light the structure--from flaming arrows to trebuchets (go ahead, YouTube it... you'll be impressed by our students' ingenuity). And then thousands of people gather to watch the blaze, and the fate of the outhouse. Tradition states that if the outhouse collapses into the fire, our Fightin' Engineers will win.
Rosie the elephant has been our esteemed school mascot for more than 100 years. Her storied history is as much a part of Rose-Hulman as calculus and engineering paper.
Here's to everything you've done.
As you finish your freshman orientation you'll be excited, maybe a little nervous, but certainly ready to start your career at Rose-Hulman. As you leave your final presentation you'll be greeted by our Residence Life Staff lining the sidewalks and applauding the start of your college life. Here's the really cool part - four years later you'll meet in this same location to start your parade to Commencement. This time you'll be led by bagpipes and walk through a line of faculty and staff applauding the start of your post-college life. It will send chills down your back and maybe even tears to your eyes.
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We're less than a month from the launch of Samsung's next big phone, and as you'd expect, more and more details are coming to light. The latest leaks give us a look at official renders of both the Samsung Galaxy Note 10+, and a new smartwatch called the Watch Active 2. Both are expected to be announced at an event in New York next month.
The two images were shared by Evan Blass overnight, showing the Galaxy Note 10+ in a nice angled view that shows the flat top and bottom of the phone. The colourful wallpaper – reminiscent, some might say, of Huawei's recent styling – shows off the centered hole-punch camera, but the top and bottom bezels are harder to discern from this angle.
Resting on the Note 10+ is a striking purple S-Pen that very definitely fits the colour scheme of the phone its resting upon. The styling of the text and positioning of the various elements leads us to believe that this is an official render from Samsung.
Alongside is something that has only recently been rumoured, an update to the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active line. Dubbed Watch Active 2, we can see a beautiful rose gold case matched with a elastic/rubber pink wristband.
Probably the major thing we notice here is the top button is longer and flatter than the more circular, obvious bottom button. This must be to distinguish between the two and to make operation clearer. Again, the graphic elements lead us to conclude that these are likely official images.
It's about three weeks until August 7, so it won't be long before we find out exactly what's coming from Samsung in the second half of 2019.
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DEFENCE MOST VULNERABLE, BIGGEST BITE COMES IF PENALTIES PROVE LONG TERM
Slovakia to feel Russia sanctions
SLOVAKIA might feel the impact of sanctions against Russia if they last long, analysts agree and the country's defence capabilities might suffer most.
The European Union and the United States imposed a third round of sanctions against Russia on July 29. The recently announced sanctions are considered the toughest since the Cold War, and now in addition to specific individuals or organisations directly target entire sectors of energy, banking and defence.
In Brussels, ambassadors from the 28-member EU bloc agreed to restrictions on trade of equipment for the oil and defence sectors, and "dual use" technology which have both a defence and civilian purpose, the Reuters newswire wrote. Russia's state run banks would be barred from raising funds in European capital markets.
No Slovakia-based banks involved
In Slovakia, the local branch of Sberbank as a branch of the Russian Sberbank has been mentioned in connection with the sanctions.
"For the moment it is not clear what exactly the sanctions are," Martin Barto, the main strategist of the bank said, as quoted by the Sme daily.
On July 30, the National Bank of Slovakia (NBS), country's central bank, gave an official statement to the sanctions, stating that the sanctions are only related to the big, state-owned Russian banks.
"The sanctions are thus not related to their daughter companies that are active in Europe," NBS wrote in the statement, adding that there is no bank active in Slovakia that would be subject to sanctions.
The economic impact
For Slovak exporters, Russia is a business partner and the Slovak economy could feel the pinch if Moscow took counter-measures. Should Slovakia's exports to Russia drop to half of today's volume, Slovakia could suffer a short-term loss of up to 2 percent GDP, economist Peter Havlik from the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies told the public-service Slovak Radio (SRo).
The sanctions will directly affect a number of Slovak companies, like automotive plants. About 5 percent of Slovakia's exports go to Russia, SRo reported. The damages could however be larger if Slovak companies who act as sub-contractors for larger companies exporting to Russia are included, Peter Mihók, head of the Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SOPK) told SRo.
The exact impacts of the sanctions on Slovakia cannot be assessed due to the specific focus of these sanctions, Ministry of Economy spokeswoman Miriam Žiaková told the TASR newswire.
The impacts will also depend on whether sanctions in the financial sphere will cause problems in contracts that are co-financed by Russian banks as well as secondary impacts of possible changes of trade flows within the European Union, Žiaková added.
The spokeswoman however refused to comment on speculations on possible hike to prices of energy linked to Russia.
Impact on defence
Media have recently devoted numerous reports to Slovakia's dependency on Russia in the defence sector, which is also subject to the most recent round of sanctions.
Slovakia purchases spare parts for the maintenance of its radar system from a Russian company that is to be subject to sanctions. Buying the radars from an alternative supplier might prove a problem for Slovakia, the Pravda daily reported.
Complications could be expected if Slovakia's air force does not have enough supplies of spare parts on stock at the moment, former head of defence of Slovakia's standing delegation at NATO, Jaroslav Naď, told Pravda.
"There can be a temporary problem to secure the protection of air space with monitoring radars," Naď told Pravda.
The Defence Ministry did not comment on these concerns, saying that the embargo on arms has not been officially introduced as yet.
While all post-communist countries could have problems due to the sanctions, Slovakia and Bulgaria are likely to be hit the most, according to Naď.
Slovakia's armed forces currently operate twelve MiG-29 jet planes, a squadron of Mi-17 helicopters, radio-locators and the S-300 anti-aircraft defence system, all made in Russia, Pravda reported. Many of the parts included in regular maintenance of such equipment also come from Russia.
The borders
Meanwhile, Interior Minister Robert Kaliňák told the Sme daily that the situation at Slovakia's borders in terms of refugees is unchanged since Ukraine is not a small country and the conflict is still physically distant, meaning other countries would likely feel any refugees crisis first.
"We do not feel any pressure on our borders," Kaliňák said, adding that there was an increased activity in the area of undocumented migration but not Ukrainians. "We wish for this conflict to be over because it does not only have economic consequences but also innocent victims, as you have seen."
Kaliňák refused the claim that Slovakia has been soft in its statements towards Russia and the sanctions.
"We have made statements similar to Germany," Kaliňák told the press as featured on a video published by Sme, adding that Slovakia has always made an effort to be in the middle of what he called "the EU stream".
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By: Riley Jones (@moviemanjones)
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We are deeply saddened to report that Peter Mayhew, best known for his portrayal of Chewbacca in the Star Wars films, has passed away at the age of 74.
The actor's death was confirmed yesterday on his official Twitter account. The beloved actor passed away on April 30, 2019, surrounded by his family and loved ones in his North Texas home.
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— Peter Mayhew (@TheWookieeRoars) May 2, 2019
During a recent conversation with The Hollywood Reporter, Harrison Ford expressed his deep sorrow about the passing of his dear friend.
"Peter Mayhew was a kind and gentle man, possessed of great dignity and noble character. These aspects of his own personality, plus his wit and grace, he brought to Chewbacca. We were partners in film and friends in life for over 30 years and I loved him. He invested his soul in the character and brought great pleasure to the Star Wars audience. Chewbacca was an important part of the success of the films we made together. He knew how important the fans of the franchise were to its continued success and he was devoted to them. I and millions of others will never forget Peter and what he gave us all. My thoughts are with his dear wife Angie and his children. Rest easy, my dear friend…."
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He was the gentlest of giants-A big man with an even bigger heart who never failed to make me smile & a loyal friend who I loved dearly-I'm grateful for the memories we shared & I'm a better man for just having known him. Thanks Pete #RIPPeterMayhew #Heartbroken @TheWookieeRoars pic.twitter.com/8xbq9HEWF2
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The Dyldam Parramatta Eels take on the Brisbane Broncos tonight at Suncorp Stadium for Round 23 of the NRL Telstra Premiership.
Previewing the game thanks to betting.club, Blue and Gold Assistant Coach Steve Murphy expects the Broncos to return to a tough, physical, grinding style of football tonight.
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"I expect them to really get back to their effort areas, their high completion rates and those sort of things. I imagine they will try to strangle us a bit like they did in Round One, here at home," Murphy added.
"We had very little possession and they ground us into the ground so we will be hopeful that we get an even share of possession and with that we think we can cause them some trouble."
The Broncos boast plenty of dangers right across the park with Murphy pinpointing the halves pairing of Anthony Milford and Ben Hunt the real dangers.
"They are very dangerous, their halves are great players and they have been under pressure with their form. They will rise to the occasion tonight as will their class players, that's what class players do," Murphy said.
"They have Origin players and Australian representatives in their team so they will be a formidable opponent on their home patch."
"Ruck control and ruck speed is very important. If we can slow that down a little bit so they have less time and space, then that will give us an opportunity to make those tackles but if it gets fast, and they are on the front foot, they are downhill runners and they will take full advantage." Murphy added.
The Blue and Gold will be looking to come away with the two points, after a gutsy 10-9 victory last week, and Murphy says the side will have a little bit extra motivation in trying to claim a victory in Michael Gordon's 200th milestone game.
"A fantastic achievement. 200 games at this level is a super achievement, he has had a couple of injuries, and it is something him and his family should be very proud of. We are very proud of him here, I think he has been fantastic all year." Murphy said.
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"Dave is a real point of difference for us. Quality with the ball in hand and can really put shape on the opposition and cause their defensive reads to be put under a bit of pressure so we are looking forward to him playing as well."
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In addition to the infographics, LymeDiseaseAnswers.com contains answers to frequently asked questions, the latest statistics and clinical research taking place regarding the disease, and links to additional resources on the subject. Also housed on the site is a series of attention-grabbing educational videos called 'Quick Takes' that help consumers and health care professionals alike enhance their knowledge of Lyme disease by providing the information and up-to-the-minute data needed to confront this disease quickly and clearly.
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Quidel Corporation (Nasdaq: QDEL) is a leading manufacturer of diagnostic solutions at the point of care, delivering a continuum of rapid testing technologies that further improve the quality of health care throughout the globe. An innovator for over 40 years in the medical device industry, Quidel pioneered the first point-of-care test for influenza in 1999 and was the first to market a rapid SARS-CoV-2 antigen test in the U.S. Under trusted brand names, Sofia(R), Solana(R), Lyra(R), Triage(R) and QuickVue(R), Quidel's comprehensive product portfolio includes tests for a wide range of infectious diseases, cardiac and autoimmune biomarkers, as well as a host of products to detect COVID-19. Quidel's mission is to provide patients with immediate and frequent access to highly accurate, affordable testing for the good of our families, our communities and the world. For more information about Quidel, visit quidel.com.
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April, 7, 2011 By Joi Sigers - Leave a Comment
What does it mean to dream of being left behind? If you dream that you have been left behind, it is symbolic of an inner feeling of inadequacy. Many people feel that this type of dream means they have been wronged in some way or that others don't like them. In all actuality, however, dreaming of being left behind has absolutely nothing to do with anyone else. It's all you, sport!
This is the perfect example of why I always say that dreams can be very helpful in self improvement and self growth. When we get tuned in to our dreams and dream symbols, we'll realize just how much they tell us about ourselves. We can then, of course, take this information and use it constructively and proactively.
If you have a dream where you have been left behind, mark it down: There is something about you that you feel insecure or unsure about. It could be physical or it could not be physical! Below are just some of the areas in a person's life that could cause them to have feelings of insecurity:
Vehicle they drive
House they live in
Guilt over something they've done
Job or "title"
The list, of course, goes on and on. The point is, the insecurity could come from just about anyplace – only the dreamer knows for sure. However, there may be clues in the dream that point to the area of insecurity. Look for the following four clues:
In the dream, do the people who are leaving you behind have anything in common? For example, are they all rich, skinny, outgoing, etc? If they are glaring similar in some way, you may feel that you are lacking in this area.
In the dream, is money involved in any way? If someone has left you behind while they go shopping, you may feel insecure about your financial situation.
In the dream, has EVERYONE left you behind – that is to say EVERY single person in the dream? You probably feel lonely and isolated in your day to day life and are (whether rightly or wrongly) pointing your fingers at the area in which you feel insecure or inefficient.
In the dream, has everyone left you behind because they're angry at you? If this is the case, you may feel insecure about something you've done or something you failed to do. Feelings of guilt cause us to feel that we don't quite measure up to others and that we're worthy of being abandoned.
Here's a completely different dream about being left behind: What if YOU are the one leaving someone or something behind? This type of dream has a different meaning, all together. If you dream that you have or are leaving someone, something, or someplace behind, the symbolism is that you are "leaving behind" the past. This could be a bad habit, a feeling of guilt, anger or resentment toward someone in particular, etc. It could also symbolize leaving a job, school, home, or relationship.
If you've had any dreams similar to these, please tell us about them in the comments!
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September 21, 2012 at 04:55:00
I seem to dream about going to a party or my husbands old college and him leaving me behind. I spend so much time looking for him and all of a sudden, finding myself in this huge crowd. I hate crowded areas. But it always takes place at a very similar function having to do with the college he went to.
June 29, 2013 at 01:02:00
my girlfriend is always leaving me behind. Then in a most recent dream my mother, brother, girlfriend and co-worker all leave me behind.
July 25, 2013 at 16:42:00
I dreamt that i was with a group of friends cycling and we visited a friends home and had a feast outside her house. Then while we were eating all of then decided to watch a movie in the house, and i was left eating alone. When i came in, they were in a room still into the movie which i didnt know why i was unhappy abt, so i just wait at the living room, while watching a comedy show with the owner of the house. Then when they came out of the room, they were ready to leave and asked me along. I didnt know why but i was taking my own sweet time and by the time i get out of the house thinkin they were waiting for me, they were gone.
Real life: Ive been dating a girl for quite a long time and her group of friends had been very supportive and excited for us. But we havent become official just cause i havent asked her yet. The group of friends in the dream are her group of friends, without her. Maybe the dream means her friends are not supportive of the slow progress of our relationship?
Sombre says
Ive had dreams lately where everyone just seemed to forget about me. I have athazagoraphobia,or fear of being forgotten. I also have low self esteem.I understand my dreams lead up to both of theses and that my phobia is from my self esteem.However,I just cant figure out where my low self esteem came from. I think thats what scares me the most,the fact my mind is telling me to hate everything about myself. So of course this means that if I can hate my self for no good reason at all then so could everyone else. But,really there are so many reasons. No one has told me them but my self. Where does this all add up???
Aiyana says
October 6, 2013 at 16:23:00
In my dream my mother, moved into a new home and took my sisters and nieces and nephews and all their stuff with her, leaving all my things behind and told me i was not moving in with her. the weird part was my sister was not old enough to have had her kids.
dina says
April 21, 2014 at 09:35:00
I dream that i was with all the people that i work and all of them took a yellow school bus and left me. when i saw i saw the bus leaving me alone standing in a corner. and i was wondering why they left me. what is this mean. I mean I been thinking to leave the company i work and get me a better job with more money because right now they are not paying me good. I used to earn more money.
Octavious says
I meant to say Rode*
domie says
January 27, 2016 at 18:52:00
i guess its all in the brain huh?gota work on that
It was night time and I was walking across the road then suddenly I saw all of my best friends they called my name and while walking towards them I feel shy with a mix of guilt (cuz in reality I've done smthng wrong) so one by one they told me I'm sa worry Kath but I can no longer trust you gave me a smile and left me behind I Qasim in tears cuz I feel so bad fron what I did.
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Q: Post values to database using MySQL, PHP, AJAX without using jQuery Here is the page which generates the product display:
<?php
$q = intval($_GET['q']);

$databaseConnect = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . "/637415/globalScripts/sql_connect.php";
include($databaseConnect);

mysqli_select_db($con,"up637415_cms");
$sql="SELECT * FROM products WHERE prod_id = '".$q."'";

$result = mysqli_query($con,$sql);

while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result))
  {
  echo
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'
 . '
' . '' . $row['prod_id'] . '' . ' '  .    $row['prod_title'] . '
' . '<form><input type="text" placeholder="Enter New Title" id="newProdTitle"/><input type="button" value="Commit" onclick="productTitleUpdate()"/></form> '
  . '
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        ''
        . '<form class="clearit"><input type="file" value="Select Image" /><input type="submit" value="Upload & change image" /></form> '
  . '
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 . '
' . 'Product Description:' .  '
' .$row['prod_description'] .
'<form class="clearit"><textarea class="clearit" rows="4" cols="50"  placeholder="Update product description"></textarea><input type="submit" value="Commit" /></form> '
  . '
' . 'Quantity Available:' . $row['prod_quantity'] . '
' . '<form><input type="text" placeholder="Enter Quantity" /><input type="submit" value="Commit" /></form> '    .
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  }

mysqli_close($con);
?>

Here is the Javascript file which I'm trying to use to post values from the span id="currentProdId" and the input id of "newProdTitle" to a MySQL database using PHP:
function  productTitleUpdate()
{
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
{// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
}
else
  {// code for IE6, IE5
  xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  }
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function()
 {
 if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200)
 {
 document.getElementById("newProdTitle").innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText;
 }
}
xmlhttp.open("POST","/637415/admin/scripts/updateProductTitle.php",true);
xmlhttp.send(newProdTitle=document.getElementById("newProdTitle").value);
xmlhttp.send(newProdTitle=document.getElementById("currentProdId").value);
}

Here is the PHP file the ajax uses:
<?php
$databaseConnect = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . "/637415/globalScripts/sql_connect.php";
    include($databaseConnect);
if (!$con)
  {
  die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
  }
mysqli_select_db($con,"up637415_cms");
$sql="UPDATE products
SET prod_title='(newProdTitle from javascript file) WHERE prod_id=(currentProdId from javascript file)";

if (!mysql_query($sql,$con))
  {
  die('Error: ' . mysql_error());
  }
echo '1 record added' . ' ' . 'Go back to admin';

mysql_close($con)
?>

I am not sure how to get the value from the javascript file:
SET prod_title='(newProdTitle from javascript file) WHERE prod_id=(currentProdId from javascript file)";
then replace the values stored in the database. It should also refresh to the new value without refreshing the page. I have been scanning over the internet on how to do this but feeling a bit lost.
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.

A: Ok, so you are using the POST method in your AJAX request, so to pass JavaScript values to PHP, and subsequently MySQL, you need to send the variable values to your PHP script which it looks like you are doing.
Typically, you have to serialize the  data you are trying to send, like so:
var data = 'newProdTitle='+newProdTitle+'&currentProdId='+currentProdId;

So it ends up looking like this when its sent over the network:
newProdTitle=blahbalh&currentProdId=8392

You have to send that data via your XmlHttpRequest over to PHP. There's an example here on how to do it.
Finally, in PHP you would just reference the values you receive as $_POST['newProdTitle'] and $_POST['currentProdId']

A: xmlhttp.send(newProdTitle=document.getElementById("newProdTitle").value);
xmlhttp.send(newProdTitle=document.getElementById("currentProdId").value);

to this
var params = "newProdTitle=" + document.getElementById("newProdTitle").value +"&currentProdId=" + document.getElementById("currentProdId").value;
xmlhttp.send(params);

now to get the value from your phpscript
you can just call POST since you are using POST
example
$newProdTitle = $_POST['newProdTitle'];
$currentProdId= $_POST['currentProdId'];

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In mathematics and computer science, a recursive definition, or inductive definition, is used to define the elements in a set in terms of other elements in the set (Aczel 1977:740ff). Some examples of recursively-definable objects include factorials, natural numbers, Fibonacci numbers, and the Cantor ternary set.

A recursive definition of a function defines values of the function for some inputs in terms of the values of the same function for other (usually smaller) inputs. For example, the factorial function  is defined by the rules

This definition is valid for each natural number , because the recursion eventually reaches the base case of 0. The definition may also be thought of as giving a procedure for computing the value of the function , starting from  and proceeding onwards with  etc.

The recursion theorem states that such a definition indeed defines a function that is unique. The proof uses mathematical induction.

An inductive definition of a set describes the elements in a set in terms of other elements in the set. For example, one definition of the set  of natural numbers is:
1 is in
If an element n is in  then  is in
 is the intersection of all sets satisfying (1) and (2).

There are many sets that satisfy (1) and (2) – for example, the set  satisfies the definition. However, condition (3) specifies the set of natural numbers by removing the sets with extraneous members. Note that this definition assumes that  is contained in a larger set (such as the set of real numbers) — in which the operation + is defined.

Properties of recursively defined functions and sets can often be proved by an induction principle that follows the recursive definition. For example, the definition of the natural numbers presented here directly implies the principle of mathematical induction for natural numbers: if a property holds of the natural number 0 (or 1), and the property holds of  whenever it holds of , then the property holds of all natural numbers (Aczel 1977:742).

Form of recursive definitions
Most recursive definitions have two foundations: a base case (basis) and an inductive clause.

The difference between a circular definition and a recursive definition is that a recursive definition must always have base cases, cases that satisfy the definition without being defined in terms of the definition itself, and that all other instances in the inductive clauses must be "smaller" in some sense (i.e., closer to those base cases that terminate the recursion) — a rule also known as "recur only with a simpler case".

In contrast, a circular definition may have no base case, and even may define the value of a function in terms of that value itself — rather than on other values of the function. Such a situation would lead to an infinite regress.

That recursive definitions are valid – meaning that a recursive definition identifies a unique function – is a theorem of set theory known as the recursion theorem, the proof of which is non-trivial. Where the domain of the function is the natural numbers, sufficient conditions for the definition to be valid are that the value of  (i.e., base case) is given, and that for , an algorithm is given for determining  in terms of ,  (i.e., inductive clause).

More generally, recursive definitions of functions can be made whenever the domain is a well-ordered set, using the principle of transfinite recursion. The formal criteria for what constitutes a valid recursive definition are more complex for the general case. An outline of the general proof and the criteria can be found in James Munkres' Topology. However, a specific case (domain is restricted to the positive integers instead of any well-ordered set) of the general recursive definition will be given below.

Principle of recursive definition
Let  be a set and let  be an element of . If  is a function which assigns to each function  mapping a nonempty section of the positive integers into , an element of , then there exists a unique function  such that

Examples of recursive definitions

Elementary functions
Addition is defined recursively based on counting as

Multiplication is defined recursively as

Exponentiation is defined recursively as

Binomial coefficients can be defined recursively as

Prime numbers
The set of prime numbers can be defined as the unique set of positive integers satisfying
 1 is not a prime number,
 any other positive integer is a prime number if and only if it is not divisible by any prime number smaller than itself.
The primality of the integer 1 is the base case; checking the primality of any larger integer  by this definition requires knowing the primality of every integer between 1 and , which is well defined by this definition. That last point can be proved by induction on , for which it is essential that the second clause says "if and only if"; if it had just said "if", the primality of, for instance, the number 4 would not be clear, and the further application of the second clause would be impossible.

Non-negative even numbers
The even numbers can be defined as consisting of
 0 is in the set  of non-negative evens (basis clause),
 For any element  in the set ,  is in  (inductive clause),
 Nothing is in  unless it is obtained from the basis and inductive clauses (extremal clause).

Well formed formulas
It is chiefly in logic or computer programming that recursive definitions are found. For example, a well-formed formula (wff) can be defined as:
a symbol which stands for a proposition – like  means "Connor is a lawyer."
The negation symbol (), followed by a wff – like  means "It is not true that Connor is a lawyer."
Any of the four binary connectives – negation (), conjunction (), disjunction (), and implication () – followed by two wffs. The symbol ∧ (AND) means "both are true", so  may mean "Connor is a lawyer, and Mary likes music."

The value of such a recursive definition is that it can be used to determine whether any particular string of symbols is "well formed".

  is well formed, because it is AND () followed by the atomic wffs .
  is well formed, because it is NOT () followed by , which is in turn a wff.
  is AND () followed by  and ; and both  and  are wffs.

See also
Mathematical induction
Recursive data types
 Recursion
Structural induction

Notes

References

Definition
Mathematical logic
Theoretical computer science
Recursion

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I'm getting excited. Only 2 more weeks of calculations! This was a tough week with all the crazy, jenky games.... 32 points were possible this week.
It's on tonight. We will have our winner. There were 47 points on the line in week 17. Best was 25-22.


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Q: OpenCV image copied is different from original I am trying to copy one image to another by slicing numpy array, but i am getting complete black output in imshow, if using dtype=int otherwise it's something different as shown in the image below. While the pixel values are same in both the images. Here is the sample code:
import sys

import cv2
import numpy as np

def main():
    img = cv2.imread('ele.jpg', 1)
    h, w, c = img.shape
    img_copy = np.empty((h, w, c), dtype=int)
    img_copy[0:h, 0:w] = img
    print (img[50:54, 50:54])
    print (img_copy[50:54, 50:54].shape)
    cv2.imshow('ele', img)
    cv2.imshow('ele-copy', img_copy)
    cv2.waitKey(0)

if __name__=='__main__':
    main()

A: You are using the wrong data type. Changing the data type of img_copy to np.uint8 should fix your issue.
img_copy = np.empty((h, w, c), dtype=np.uint8)

However, I would simply use:
img_copy = img.copy()


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MLB trade rumors: Dodgers 'confident' of completing blockbuster trade by deadline
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The Dodgers have built a commanding lead in the National League West, but they aren't satisfied with their current roster.
With ace Clayton Kershaw on the disabled list with a back injury, Los Angeles has increased its likelihood of pulling off a trade before the July 31 trade deadline. In fact, according to MLB Network, the Dodgers are "increasingly confident" they will acquire either Justin Verlander, Sonny Gray or Yu Darvish.
Verlander made some headlines before the season when he and fiancee Kate Upton purchased a home in Beverly Hills. There was speculation even then that Verlander could be headed to the Dodgers.
While Verlander does have a no-trade clause, it appears he will waive it under certain circumstances. He certainly left the door open for a move after his last start on Monday.
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"I guess there might be a fleeting moment where you say, 'This might have been the last time,' but it is very fleeting," Verlander said, via MLive.com. "It is in the back of your mind that you never know what can happen. There is a moment walking off the mound you just take a second to appreciate it. I know I didn't acknowledge it coming off the mound, probably because we are in the middle of a tie game.
"Maybe I wish I could have gone back and said thank you, but who knows, maybe there is a lot more of those to come, maybe there's not. All I know is that I heard it, I felt it, I appreciated it."
The Tigers are quickly falling to the bottom of the American league, and Verlander, 34, may be running out of chances to win a World Series.
Sonny Gray has been on almost every contending team's shortlist this summer. The Athletics ace has rediscovered his form this season after struggling last year. The Astros and Yankees have also been hot on his heels.
Darvish is the most curious out of the three. After giving up 10 earned runs Wednesday against the Marlins, he raised his ERA over 4.00 for the season. While talented, Darvish, who is set to become a free agent after this season, may not be worth the risk considering he is essentially just a rental.
Out of the three, Gray seems the most likely to move this summer. Whether or not he will end up in Los Angeles remains to be seen. Verlander would provide the Dodgers with a strong veteran arm with tons of postseason experience, but he is also the oldest and most expensive.
National League teams will be paying close attention to how this develops over the weekend, waiting to see how exactly the Dodgers improve their roster.
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The Statistical Analysis of Multivariate Failure Time Data: A Marginal Modeling Approach
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The Statistical Analysis of Multivariate Failure Time Data: A Marginal Modeling Approach provides an innovative look at methods for the analysis of correlated failure times. The focus is on the use of marginal single and marginal double failure hazard rate estimators for the extraction of regression information. For example, in a context of randomized trial or cohort studies, the results go beyond that obtained by analyzing each failure time outcome in a univariate fashion. The book is addressed to researchers, practitioners, and graduate students, and can be used as a reference or as a graduate course text.
Much of the literature on the analysis of censored correlated failure time data uses frailty or copula models to allow for residual dependencies among failure times, given covariates. In contrast, this book provides a detailed account of recently developed methods for the simultaneous estimation of marginal single and dual outcome hazard rate regression parameters, with emphasis on multiplicative (Cox) models. Illustrations are provided of the utility of these methods using Women's Health Initiative randomized controlled trial data of menopausal hormones and of a low-fat dietary pattern intervention. As byproducts, these methods provide flexible semiparametric estimators of pairwise bivariate survivor functions at specified covariate histories, as well as semiparametric estimators of cross ratio and concordance functions given covariates. The presentation also describes how these innovative methods may extend to handle issues of dependent censorship, missing and mismeasured covariates, and joint modeling of failure times and covariates, setting the stage for additional theoretical and applied developments. This book extends and continues the style of the classic Statistical Analysis of Failure Time Data by Kalbfleisch and Prentice.
Ross L. Prentice is Professor of Biostatistics at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. He is the recipient of COPSS Presidents and Fisher awards, the AACR Epidemiology/Prevention and Team Science awards, and is a member of the National Academy of Medicine.
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After a surge protector fails
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By Michael Horowitz, Computerworld |
Defensive Computing is for people who use computing devices for work, not play. Rather than focus on the latest news or devices, this blog aims to be educational. Heavy on facts, light on opinions.
A surge protector that doesn't protect
Any device that makes its living standing up to electricity is sure to be dealt a losing hand sooner or later. What then? What happens to your electronic stuff after your surge protector has dutifully sacrificed itself? As we'll see, there are two possibilities
Of course, this never comes up when purchasing a surge protector.
Just as they divert electricity, industry marketing diverts the attention of the buying public by focusing solely on Joules. Consumers are lead to believe that the more Joules the better, when other features are more important, and the Joules rating is, arguably, not important at all.
Take, for example, the let-through voltage. In simple terms, it is the very definition of a surge, it's the amount of electricity, over normal levels, that a surge protector will allow to pass through to the protected devices. The better the surge protector, the lower the let-through voltage.
Where Joules does come in handy, is reminding us that surge protectors die. Wikipedia describes the Joules rating as telling us "how much energy the surge protector can absorb before it fails."
This came up because of a mistake I made.
For years I have been buying surge protectors from APC. For so many years that I forgot why. Thus, when I needed one recently, I purchased a Tripp Lite model.
Not just any one, though, I went for a high end surge protector: an Isobar Ultra.
It's metal rather than plastic. And, it's relatively expensive, so I opted for one with only four outlets (the Isobar 4 Ultra, shown above).
As far as Joules goes, this baby is loaded wtih 3,300 of them. It has a let-through voltage under 35 (very good) and a response time of zero (also excellent). It has two isolated filter banks, which I take on faith, is better than having just one.
The box it comes in calls it a "Premium Surge Suppressor". Tripp Lite says the "ISOBAR is the world's number one selling premium suppressor series with more than 18 million satisfied customers and a safety-tested history of 20+ years".
It is ISO 9001 certified (again, I'm assuming this is a good thing). At Amazon.com, the four outlet model is rated 5 stars. No one gave it a one or two star rating.
Below is a diagram from the box it came in, further detailing surge protection features that I don't understand.
Perhaps you can see why I made the mistake I did. It seems like a good choice.
But, before throwing out the packaging for my new surge protector, I took a quick look at the included documentation. Techies, after all, read the fine manuals. I didn't expect much, after all, what's there to know about using a surge protector?
The forgotten reason for buying APC models, that's what.
See for yourself, here is a PDF of the Owners Manual for the Tripp Lite Isobar4.
See that box near the top, just above the Installation section (screen shot above). It says
All models feature an internal protection that will disconnect the surge-protective component at the end of its useful life but will maintain power to the load—now unprotected.
Translation: when the thing dies, your stuff is not protected.
In contrast, consider the APC NET8 surge protector (below) that retails for less than $30.
It is a nothing-special, average, ordinary, middle-of-the-road APC surge protector.
Like other APC models however, it comes with "Catastrophic Event Protection". Here's how APC describes this feature:
SurgeArrest components such as MOVs and Thermal fuse ensure instantaneous reaction to lightning strikes and wiring faults. If the surge components are damaged due to power spike or over voltage, excess power cannot reach your equipment.
The important phrase being "Excess power can not reach your equipment." When the APC NET8 dies, it stops passing electricity through to your devices. If it can't protect your devices, it won't power them at all.
That's Defensive Computing. APC goes on to say
... most surge suppressors continue to let power through even after circuits have been damaged, leaving your equipment exposed to other damaging surges.
The Tripp Lite Isobar "premium" models will, indeed, provide unprotected power after they have failed.
That's just not right.
Update: Feb. 10, 2012. For more on this, see After a surge protector fails.
Michael Horowitz is an independent consultant who has long been focused on Defensive Computing.


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When the Art of Giving Will be About Solving
Livemint Oct 12, 2019
• Soumitra Pandey and Pritha Venkatachalam explore four ways in which philanthropy can adapt and create significant social change.
• How can you make a big bet for social change? What partners can help you achieve your goals?
• Read more about philanthropists driving social change.
Philanthropy is approaching an inflection point. Outsize wealth is rapidly accumulating, alongside an acceleration in philanthropic ambition. As these two powerful forces converge, they will likely reshape the social sector for years to come.
Will philanthropic giving to alleviate socio-economic ills increase as dramatically as wealth is accumulating? Will more of that philanthropy go to solving the underlying problems?
If philanthropy is to be a major driver behind abundant social change, the seeds of change will flourish in four ways.
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Greater giving while living: While philanthropists postpone their giving, the world's challenges continue their relentless advance.
Read the full article about the future of philanthropy by Soumitra Pandey and Pritha Venkatachalam at Livemint.
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This Foundation Announces Move to 100% Mission-Aligned Impact Investing
The Nathan Cummings Foundation announced that they will align 100 percent of their nearly half-billion-dollar endowment with their mission in order to increase impact investing. The Nathan Cummings Foundation is focused on creating a more just, vibrant, sustainable and democratic society and finding solutions to the two most challenging problems of our time – the climate crisis and growing inequality – and is one of the largest foundations to commit 100 percent. "Our decision reflects our values and our aspirations, our assessment of the market, and the opportunity for NCF to both join and leverage a chorus of philanthropic and private sector investors changing the landscape for investing and the business model of philanthropy," said NCF President Sharon Alpert. American foundations collectively have trillions in assets but often only use the legally required 5 percent on their missions through grantmaking. This move asks the question of what is possible if foundations begin using the other 95 percent. "Our Board agreed according to our values, that the social and economic issues at stake within our democracy demand bold responses from our philanthropy," said Nathan Cummings Foundation Board Chair Ruth Cummings. The Foundation has already started looking at all of its investments to assess their alignment and develop a pipeline of aligned investment strategies across all asset classes and will provide an update at the end of 2018 to support other foundations that plan to leverage their endowments to increase impact. "If you are investing for the long-term, you should consider the impact your investment decisions have on the future of society and the environment," said Raul Pomares of Sonen Capital. "We believe that companies who effectively manage both the emerging risks and opportunities associated with environmental and social issues ultimately will outperform their peers." Read the full article about impact investing at Mission Investors Exchange.
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BOSTON, March 8, 2018 – Sunday, March 11 through Tuesday, March 13, thousands of seafood buyers, importers, distributors, and processors will convene at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center for Seafood Expo North America/Seafood Processing North America. Over the course of three days, visitors will discover a quarter-million square feet of seafood industry exhibits, and participate in special events all while networking and getting business done.
The schedule of events kicks off Sunday morning with a keynote address by Professor Mark Blythe, the economist who made uncannily early predictions of Brexit and a Trump presidency. In his talk, titled What Does Globalization 3.0 look like? Global Trade in a World of Local Populism, Blyth will discuss how two phases of historic globalization have put us where we are today, and how a third phase taking shape now will likely influence global seafood markets and business in years to come.
Other highlights include the Sunday afternoon Seafood Excellence Awards, where two forward-thinking leaders will be recognized, one for Best New Product and another for Best New Foodservice Product, and a packed schedule on Monday including two presentations, one on a fish farm solution sponsored by iNECTA, and another on combating waste in the global fish and seafood supply chain sponsored by Sealed Air.
Also on Monday, an impressive series of presentations is sure to draw a crowd around the Demonstration Theater. Titles include Make it Maine — Sweet and Sustainable Lobster with Chef Stephen Roberts of Fisherman's Wharf Inn, sponsored by Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative, Oyster Master Class with Chef Patrick McMurry, owner and lead shucker at The Ceili Cottage, and Seafood Expo North America's much-anticipated tradition — the 12th Annual Oyster Shucking Competition, sponsored by Kelchner Food Products.
In addition, visitors are invited to preview the exposition's New Product Showcase, which will display recently-launched packaged seafood products, culinary dishes, condiments and more (Location: Exhibit Hall, Booth 3513) and the Featured Product Showcase, where a selection of exhibitors' finest products will be highlighted (Location: Exhibit Hall, Booth 3533). Both showcases will be open all three days during expo hours: Sunday and Monday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Seafood industry buyers and processors can learn more about Seafood Expo North America/Seafood Processing North America and register to attend by visiting seafoodexpo.com/north-america.


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