Book the code breaker6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() And that's just what we, of course, need in this day when we're being attacked by wave after wave of viruses. So that allows the bacteria to have an adaptive immune system, meaning every time a new wave of virus comes along, it takes that mug shot and will be able to fight it off the next time. So that when the virus attacks again, the bacteria remembers it and uses a little guide RNA and a pair of "scissors" (an enzyme that acts as a pair of scissors) and cuts up the invading virus. Whenever viruses attack certain bacteria, those bacteria do something very clever: They take a mugshot and they put it in their own genetic material of the bacteria. On how the gene editing technology CRISPR mimics what the immune system does to bacteria And so this part of the 21st century, I think, will be a biotech revolution, a life sciences revolution. And now with Jennifer Doudna and the things that she and her colleagues have invented, we found ways to rewrite that genome. And in the beginning of this century, in 2000 or so, we sequenced the entire human genome. Now we've come to another particle, a fundamental particle of our existence, which is the gene. This part of the 21st century, I think, will be a biotech revolution, a life sciences revolution in which we'll be able to rewrite the code of life. ![]()
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The dead zone james franco6/10/2023 ![]() (You can watch Franco’s appearance on Late Night With Stephen Colbert, below. James Franco Stephen King praised Franco, who starred in King adaptation 11.22. At least five women say the actor engaged in sexually inappropriate behaviour with them among the allegations are simulated “orgies” in drama class and requests for female students to go topless.įranco denied the accusations on the talk-show circuit and failed to appear at the Critics’ Choice Awards on Thursday night, where he was named best actor for his work in The Disaster Artist. Released in 1979, Stephen Kings novel The Dead Zone is perhaps more relevant today than it ever was. READ MORE: Dolores O’Riordan, The Cranberries lead singer, dies at 46Ī bombshell Los Angeles Times report, published last Thursday, outlined the allegations of multiple women, including former students of Franco’s acting class. James Franco is an actor, director, artist and writer. In an interview with the BBC, Judd said the actor’s response to the multiple accusations was “terrific.” The Dead Zone Written by: Stephen King Narrated by: James Franco Length: 16 hrs and 12 mins 4.6 (438 ratings) Try for 0. ![]() ![]() Ashley Judd, one of the first women to accuse disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault and harassment, has now lauded James Franco‘s response to sexual misconduct allegations made against him. ![]() Neuromancer penguin galaxy6/10/2023 ![]() With a mirror-eyed girl street-samurai riding shotgun, he’s ready for the silicon-quick, bleakly prophetic adventure that upped the ante on an entire genre of fiction. Now a new employer has recruited him for a last-chance run against an unthinkably powerful artificial intelligence. Henry Dorsett Case was the sharpest data-thief in the Matrix, until an ex-employer crippled his nervous system. Winner of the AIGA + Design Observer 50 Books | 50 Covers competitionīefore the Internet was commonplace, William Gibson showed us the Matrix-a world within the world, the representation of every byte of data in cyberspace. A deluxe hardcover edition of the pioneering cyberpunk novel that predicted our obsession with the Internet-part of Penguin Galaxy, a collectible series of six sci-fi/fantasy classics, featuring a series introduction by Neil Gaiman ![]() Victory's price star wars6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() Shadow Wing is no longer wounded prey fleeing the hunters of the New Republic. Operation Cinder, the terrifying protocol of planetary extermination that began in the twilight of the Imperial era, burns throughout the galaxy. Soran Keize has returned to the tip of Shadow Wing’s spear. In the wake of Yrica Quell’s shocking decision-and one of the fiercest battles of their lives-the remnants of Alphabet Squadron seek answers and closure across a galaxy whose old war scars are threatening to reopen. The aces of the New Republic have one final chance to defeat the darkness of Shadow Wing in this thrilling conclusion to the Star Wars: Alphabet Squadron trilogy! ![]() Splat the cat and the obstacle course6/10/2023 ![]() You can visit Rob Scotton online at Rob Scotton is the bestselling author and illustrator of Russell the Sheep Russell and the Lost Treasure Russell’s Christmas Magic Splat the Cat Love, Splat Merry Christmas, Splat and Scaredy-Cat, Splat! His work can also be found on greeting cards, ceramics, textiles, prints, stationery, and glassware. An honors graduate of Leicester Polytechnic, Rob now lives in Rutland, England, with his wife, Liz, who is also an artist. ![]() Rob Scotton is the bestselling author and illustrator of Russell the Sheep Russell and the Lost Treasure Russell’s Christmas Magic Splat the Cat Love, Splat Merry Christmas, Splat and Scaredy-Cat, Splat! His work can also be found on greeting cards, ceramics, textiles, prints, stationery, and glassware. ![]() Manylives many masters6/9/2023 ![]() That forum also has a search facility, a search for "weiss" might be fruitful perhaps.Ĭlick to expand.I don't have a reference to hand. ![]() ![]() Over at the reincarnation forum, there are first-hand accounts from both currently active and past forum members, which provide food for thought. However, there are already plentiful reincarnation accounts of spontaneous and involuntary past-life recall which are sufficiently interesting without recourse to regression. (in fact not so long ago I had a try at self-regression with the help of a youtube video, with some slight results). That is to say, I don't find fault with what he says, but nor do I support it.Īs for the topic of regression itself, that may possibly be useful, I don't discount it. I think I've seen one or more of his youtube video talks, which I guess have a different emphasis, such as giving an example of what a regression session actually is, and some audience or listener participation is possible.Īs for the metaphysics or framework into which all of this is placed, I have a very lightweight take on all of that, I don't feel the need to burden myself with the heavy baggage of yet another belief system, my aim is to tread lightly without getting ensnared in someone else's (possible mis-) conceptions. Though I'm tempted to add my two penn'orth any time someone mentions reincarnation. Well, as I haven't actually read the book, I probably shouldn't say too much. ![]() ![]() ![]() Only he is able to gain Paloma�'s trust and to see through Renée�'s timeworn disguise to the secret that haunts her. They discover their kindred souls when a wealthy Japanese man named Ozu arrives in the building. Paloma and Renée hide both their true talents and their finest qualities from a world they suspect cannot or will not appreciate them. Until then she will continue behaving as everyone expects her to behave: a mediocre pre-teen high on adolescent subculture, a good but not an outstanding student, an obedient if obstinate daughter. She is the daughter of a tedious parliamentarian, a talented and startlingly lucid child who has decided to end her life on the sixteenth of June, her thirteenth birthday. Then there�'s Paloma, a twelve-year-old genius. ![]() ![]() With humor and intelligence she scrutinizes the lives of the building�'s tenants, who for their part are barely aware of her existence. Yet, unbeknownst to her employers, Renée is a cultured autodidact who adores art, philosophy, music, and Japanese culture. Outwardly she conforms to every stereotype of the concierge: fat, cantankerous, addicted to television. Renée, the concierge, is witness to the lavish but vacuous lives of her numerous employers. We are in the center of Paris, in an elegant apartment building inhabited by bourgeois families. ( The enthralling international bestseller. ![]() The Dog by Tamsin Pickeral6/9/2023 ![]() ![]() Rock paintings found in the Tassili Mountains of southern Algeria and dating back possibly as far as 6,000 BC depict dogs hunting alongside men, presumably a pursuit that would not have been shared unless both parties involved were in agreement. ![]() Surely this must be due at least in part to the special bond that exists between man and dog, a bond celebrated in art almost since our ancestors first learnt how to represent their daily lives. ![]() ![]() Of course the whole concept of applying human traits to animals is inherently absurd but, as Tamsin Pickeral observes in her entertaining and gorgeously illustrated volume, dogs have been anthropomorphised to a greater extent than any other beast for several millennia. It is hard to imagine a domestic animal less deserving than the average dog of being decried as cynical were the same attribute applied to cats, for example, nobody would be surprised, but the notion of a scornful or sceptical canine is inconceivable. STRANGE AS it may seem, the term “cynic” derives from the Greek word kunikos meaning “dog-like”. VISUAL ARTS: The Dog: 5000 Years of the Dog in ArtBy Tamsin Pickeral Merrell, 287pp. ![]() Stepdaddy Savage by Charleigh Rose6/8/2023 ![]() ![]() Gush and critique posts should contain the book title/author if applicable. Reviews and screenshots of book excerpts must contain the book title/author in the post title.Book request titles must contain details about the kind of book you’re looking for and/or keywords that will inform future searches.Rules Post titles must be clear and informative For updated information regarding ongoing community features includings upcoming AMAs, please visit 'new' Reddit. Resource links will direct you to Wiki pages, which we are maintaining. Please be aware that the sidebar in 'old' Reddit is no longer being updated with informative links about Book Clubs, AMAs, etc. ![]() Home of the magic search button and endless book recommendations as well as discussions about tropes and characters, Author AMAs, book clubs, and more. R/RomanceBooks is a discussion sub for readers of romance novels. ![]() The oresteia robert fagles6/8/2023 ![]() If you enjoyed The Oresteia, you might like Euripides' Medea and Other Plays, also available in Penguin Classics. He wrote more than seventy plays, of which seven have survived, all translated for Penguin Classics: The Supplicants, The Persians, Seven Against Thebes, Prometheus Bound, Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides. ![]() Aeschylus (525-456 BC) was born near Athens. Forming an elegant and subtle discourse on the emergence of Athenian democracy out of a period of chaos and destruction, The Oresteia is a compelling tragedy of the tensions between our obligations to our families and the laws that bind us together as a society. In Agamemnon, a king's decision to sacrifice his daughter and turn the tide of war inflicts lasting damage on his family, culminating in a terrible act of retribution The Libation Bearers deals with the aftermath of Clytemnestra's regicide, as her son Orestes sets out to avenge his father's death and in The Eumenides, Orestes is tormented by supernatural powers that can never be appeased. As they move from darkness to light, from rage to self-governance, from primitive ritual to civilized institution, their spirit of struggle and regeneration becomes an everlasting song of celebration. In the Oresteia Aeschylus addressed the bloody chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argos. ![]() ![]() The only trilogy in Greek drama that survives from antiquity, Aeschylus' The Oresteia is translated by Robert fagles with an introduction, notes and glossary written in collaboration with W.B. ![]() |