harley always struck me as a fascinating character because she was a psychiatrist. It's an elseworlds approach so a lot of freedom was taken, but basically i had this idea of humanizing villains. In this case a dark pretty much humorless retelling of harley's story. I often do these little storytelling practices, especially stuff that has a different mood from my usual work. "this was something i was messing around last year after seeing assault on arkham I found the harleen image on Twitter, when I went to his DA page later I saw these. Use >!spoiler!List of websites maintained by /r/comicbook redditors.Instructions for Creators and Previous AMAs.If you are a creator who is interested in setting up an AMA please see the AMA instructions in the FAQ. Check your pictures for piracy links before posting them. Links to pirated material or piracy sites will result in an immediate ban. For reading suggestions, please check the FAQ. Please read our image policy before submitting one. Please wait for further announcements about voting for new flair images. Requests for new flair image creation is closed. To set your flair please use the flair picker. FAQ - Recommendations - Weekly Pull List - Questions and Suggestions - Swag Bag Friday
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He tells the story of Julia Angwin, a journalist whose ProPublica investigation of the COMPAS algorithm, a tool for predicting recidivism among criminal defendants, led to widespread criticism of its accuracy and bias towards certain demographics. In the first section, Christian interweaves discussions of the history of artificial intelligence research, particularly the machine learning approach of artificial neural networks such as the Perceptron and AlexNet, with examples of how AI systems can have unintended behavior. Each section covers researchers and engineers working on different challenges in the alignment of artificial intelligence with human values. The book is divided into three sections: Prophecy, Agency, and Normativity. It is based on numerous interviews with experts trying to build artificial intelligence systems, particular machine learning systems, that are aligned with human values. The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values is a 2020 non-fiction book by the American writer Brian Christian. 6/9/2023 Field Survey and Radiographic Evaluation of Leg Deformities i... by Sunday MaidawaRead NowCorrelations of the PROs with FMTs and static radiographic parameters were analyzed. All patients were evaluated with four FMTs including alternate step test (AST), six-meter walk test (SMT), sit-to-stand test (STS), and timed up and go test (TUGT). This age- and sex-matched case–control study included 66 patients with ASD and 66 patients with LSS, all of whom were scheduled to undergo spinal surgery. This study aimed to determine the functionalities of ASD patients by measuring functional mobility tests (FMTs) and compared the relationships between patient-reported outcomes (PROs) with FMTs and radiographic parameters to determine whether FMTs are useful evaluation tools for the evaluation of patients with ASD. However, due to their static nature, X-rays fall short of assessing the dynamic functionalities including balance, gait, and the risk of falling. Current evaluation of patients with adult spinal deformity (ASD) is mainly based on radiographic parameters derived from X-rays. Then he smiled, saying, "For whom do you wait? Seek her throughout the world!" On the hearth a tongue of flame whispered above the whitening ashes: "Wait no more they have passed, the steps and the voice in the street below." "Fool!" he cried, "the song is the same, the voice and steps have but changed with years!" "For whom then do you wait?" he said, and I answered, "I shall know her."įootsteps, a voice, and a song in the street below, and I knew the song but neither the steps nor the voice. In the street below I heard footsteps, a voice, and a song. On my hearth a tongue of flame whispered secrets to the whitening ashes. "For whom do you wait?" he said, and I answered, "When she comes I shall know her." I said, "Why tell me of the world? My world is here, between these walls and the sheet of glass above here among gilded flagons and dull jewelled arms, tarnished frames and canvasses, black chests and high-backed chairs, quaintly carved and stained in blue and gold." He smiled, saying, "Seek her throughout the world." Were empty as the hollow of one's hand." The Studio As he looks back on his career over five decades, we see his stories unfold before us in a dazzling array of art styles and forms, their development mirroring the evolution in the political and social landscape of his homeland and of the comic book medium itself. Now in his early 70s, Chan has been making comics in his native Singapore since 1954, when he was a boy of 16. Club Best Comics of 2016 A Comic Books Resources Top 100 Comics of 2016 A Mental Floss Most Interesting Graphic Novel of 2016 A 2017 Eisner Award Winner for Best Writer/Artist, Best US Edition of International Material-Asia, and Best Publication Design Winner of the Singapore Literature Prize 2016 A New York Times bestseller An Economist Book of the Year 2016 An NPR Graphic Novel Pick for 2016 A Washington Pos t Best Graphic Novel of 2016 A New York Post Best Books of 2016 A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2016 A South China Morning Post Top 10 Asian books of 2016 An A.V. Equiano also hoped that his content would be of benefit in continuation of abolition undertaking in England. Equiano needed not only to share his savagery undergoing, but also was interested in readers to come into knowledge of how unjust his life struggles were due to savagery. He makes use of the data available, as well as the beliefs and outlooks of blacks and whites he observed during that time (Equiano 11). Olaudash provide the reader with the in-depth explanation of his savagery experience. Due to the fact that many serfs during that time were not in a position to obtain adequate and suitable education through reading and writing, Olaudah’s perception is both fascinating and implicative for the reader to start understanding the life of a serf. First dissent, then disorder, mutiny–and revolution. The summer of 1914 is that precious last wink of time when they can still be sisters together–who link arms and laugh, sisters who share their dreams and worries, and who flirt with the officers of their imperial yacht.īut in a gunshot the future changes–for these sisters and for Russia. As World War I ignites across Europe, political unrest sweeps Russia. They are young women each on the brink of starting her own life. These are the daughters of Tsar Nicholas II, grand duchesses living a life steeped in tradition and privilege. Like the fingers on a hand–first headstrong Olga, then Tatiana the tallest, Maria most hopeful for a ring, and Anastasia the smallest. “.chapters are narrated in turn by each of the four Romanov daughters the effect is moving and the research is impeccable.” A nightmare political movement steadily gaining power.This is 1922 Berlin. A detective driven by decency and the desire for justice. A brazen killer, as vicious as he is clever. A young woman claiming to be a Russian grand duchess. An eastern émigré with scars and secrets of her own. “.a gripping, atmospheric thriller set in 1922 Berlin, where a woman in an asylum is claiming to be Anastasia.”Ī cultured city scarred by war. Over to Gill: City of Shadows by Ariana Franklin (2007) It was the last book overseen by Baudelaire himself, who suffered a debilitating stroke in March 1866 and died the following year back in Paris. Published in February 1866 in an edition of only two hundred and sixty copies (plus ten hors commerce), Les Épaves contained twenty-three poems, an introduction by Poulet-Malassis, and a frontispiece of the author by Félicien Rops. It also included the six poems censored from the first edition of Les Fleurs du mal. It was, instead, a collection of incidental and recent verse - hence the title "épaves" or scraps. This new work was not intended to be a comprehensive collection. Earlier his friend and publisher Auguste Poulet-Malassis had also moved to Brussels to escape legal trouble, so together the two decided to put out another book of Baudelaire's verse. In 1864 he moved from Paris to Brussels, largely to evade creditors. Although Baudelaire had become increasingly successful as a writer, his success brought him more notoriety than income. It shows all kinds of different situation that normally (in most media) would be the origin of some drama, and instead turns them into a teaching moment (without being patronizing). Later on, love blooms between the protagonist and one of his teammates and the way their relationship is shown could be renamed "Healthy relationship 101". Everyone on the team is all kinds of 'swawsome (that's a word) and they make him feel welcome. The story follows Bittle, ex figure skater ( can you hear my heartbeat?) turned hockey player, as he joins his new university team. This is by no means set in a fictional world where Bad Things don't happen, but they (have) happen(ed) off-screen and the relationships portrayed are actual goals. There is only one key word here: healthy. Some of my favorite stories feature a good amount of angst, moral greyness and Bad Things, and I honestly don't think I could ever give that up.īut sometimes you need to immerse yourself in a world that's positive and that shows you that good things can exist, and not everything has to be complicated (irl and in literature) to be good.Ĭheck, Please! is the book comic that has reminded me of this. Her first book was a feminist pop-history, Maverick: Extraordinary Women From South Africa’s Past, which has recently been reprinted. She is the author of Broken Monsters, about art, ambition, damaged people and not-quite-broken cities, The Shining Girls, about a time-travelling serial killer, the nature of violence, and how we are haunted by history, Zoo City, a phantasmagorical noir set in Johannesburg which won the Arthur C Clarke Award and Moxyland, a dystopian political thriller about a corporate apartheid state where people are controlled by their cell phones. She’s been honoured in South Africa’s parliament and most recently won the Mbokondo Award from the Department of Arts and Culture, celebrating women in the arts for her work in the Creative Writing field. Her awards include the Arthur C Clarke Award, the prestigious University of Johannesburg prize, the August Derleth Prize, the Strand Critics Choice Award and the RT Thriller of the Year. Her books have been translated into 26 languages and have been optioned for film and TV. Lauren Beukes is an award-winning, best-selling novelist who also writes screenplays, TV shows, comics and journalism. |