6/12/2023 0 Comments Hello world hannah fry review![]() What matters most: Helping doctors with diagnosis or preserving privacy? Protecting victims of crime or preventing innocent people being falsely accused? Hello World takes us on a tour through the good, the bad, and the downright ugly of the algorithms that surround us on a daily basis. ![]() But as we rely on algorithms to automate big, important decisions-in crime, justice, healthcare, transportation, and money-they raise questions about what we want our world to look like. ![]() Already, these lines of code are telling us what to watch, where to go, whom to date, and even whom to send to jail. If you were accused of a crime, who would you rather decide your sentence-a mathematically consistent algorithm incapable of empathy or a compassionate human judge prone to bias and error? What if you want to buy a driverless car and must choose between one programmed to save as many lives as possible and another that prioritizes the lives of its own passengers? And would you agree to share your family's full medical history if you were told that it would help researchers find a cure for cancer? These are just some of the dilemmas that we are beginning to face as we approach the age of the algorithm, when it feels as if the machines reign supreme. ![]()
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6/12/2023 0 Comments The magic fish trung le nguyen![]() ![]() ![]() I didn’t quite understand how the story her aunt told related to that section of the book. I did struggle with the middle section, when Tien’s mom returned to Vietnam. It’s a simple and effective visual cue when, for example, a certain story triggers a memory. ![]() Nguyen uses a limited colour palette to great effect: red for the present, yellow for the past, and blue for fairy tales. I loved the thought Nguyen put into the clothing designs–which are exquisite!!!–and also how expressive all the characters are! How much personality we see through each expression, even when that particular character isn’t the focus, really breathe life and individuality into each character. It’s hard to say much else about the story itself, simply because Nguyen not only delivers on the promised story, but does it PERFECTLY. More importantly: it’s also about how storytelling is a language itself. The Magic Fish is about Tien, the son of Vietnamese immigrants, who struggles to find a way to come out to his parents, when he doesn’t have the word in Vietnamese for it. – Unsure on how the middle tale connects to the larger narrative – Stellar use of a limited colour palette Homophobia, specifically religious homophobia. ![]() Genre-appropriate depictions of blood, murder and violence. Published by Penguin Random House | RH Graphic ImprintĬannibalism. The Magic Fish is gentle and thoughtful and full of love and–there’s no avoiding the description fellas–absolutely magical. ![]() 6/12/2023 0 Comments Earth 2, Vol. 1 by James Robinson![]() ![]() ![]() Any origins story like this one will have its awkward moments but Robinson is really good at not lingering in these moments, making this a promising start to the series. What is so enjoyable, though, are the ingenious origins that Robinson designs for Green Lantern and the Flash, and the characters’ own efforts to understand what they have become and how they can save the world. Award-winner James Robinson (Starman, Earth 2) unites with Steve Pugh (Generation X, Animal Man) to create a unique. With the excellent line work of Nicola Scott (Birds of Prey, Superman) and the rich color palette of Trevor Scott (Stormwatch, The Authority), the visual is engaging whether the action is muted or full-throttle. AND MONSTERS with James Robinson and Scott Benefiel ISBN 978-1-59582-567-4. 1: The Gathering (The New 52) by ROBINSON, JAMES Book Online shopping at low Prices in India. The entity known as the Grey and his agent, Solomon Grundy, are endeavoring to drain all life from the planet, with only Hawkgirl, Green Lantern, the Atom, and the Flash to stop them. HELLBOY by MIKE NEDOA HELLBOY LIBRARY EDITION VOLUME 1 : Seed of Destruction. Set in an “alternate” DC universe, five years after Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman and others have been killed in the Apokolips War, a handful of new supers arises to deal with an even greater threat. ![]() ![]() This New 52 title does a nice job of exploring cool new ways of introducing us to our favorite DC supers. ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments First Shift by Hugh Howey![]() ![]() Donald’s world isn’t that much different from our own, except for people have cars than can drive themselves.ĭuring the book the reader kind of gets the feeling that Senator Thurman is creepy, but no one really thinks much of it for a while. ![]() I know it’s hard to imagine that far in the future. We meet Donald in the year 2049 and Troy is puttering around in the year 2110. There is quite a large time difference between Donald and Troy. Then he will go back to sleep and wake up again at another time. He has recently been awoken from a deep sleep to head up all the silos for six months. We then jump forward and meet another man named Troy. ![]() Senator Thurman knows Donald has a talent with that sort of thing so he commissions him to work on a very special project. Donald majored in architecture, but decided not to pursue that path. He has recently been elected and is working on a special project with a senator from Georgia. Donald is an elected official from Georgia. The events in this book take place long before we read about Juliette and Lukas. Go Hugh! I’m cheering you on because I really want to know what happens. Do you want to know what the best news I’ve heard today is? Well, besides the fact that I passed both of my CompTia A+ exams in one whack.The best news I’ve heard other than that is that Hugh Howey is working on Wool 7. ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments Drama novel by raina telgemeier![]() ![]() While critics have praised Telgemeier’s text for its racially and ethnically diverse cast of characters, the moonlight-and-magnolias musical that forms the centerpiece to Drama traffics not simply in a historical myth, but in a white-centric fantasy. The text’s use of a Gone With the Wind-style musical as its romantic and thematic pivot point complicates its political message and calls into question its seemingly progressive stance on social issues. This essay explores the complex relationship that exists between the romance plot and the romanticization of the antebellum South in Raina Telgemeier’s critically acclaimed and commercially successful graphic novel, Drama. “Springtime in the South is Like a Song in My Heart”: Raina Telgemeier’s Drama, the Romanticization of the Plantation South, and the Romance Plot Review Source: Children’s Literature in Education ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments Virgin river book series in order![]() ![]() The ad reads: ‘Wanted: Midwife/nurse practitioner in Virgin River, population six hundred. But there’s no better place to start than the very beginning. If you’re after some more adventures in Virgin River, we’ve got some good news: there are 21 books in the series that the Netflix hit is based on. And if you’re looking for similar stories (or something to read after you’ve binged it all), here are 8 books to read if you love Virgin River.ġ. In good news for fans, there’s a season two of the Netflix hit - because we definitely need to find out what happens next after those cliff hangers. She’s determined to leave her painful memories behind, but it isn’t long until she finds living in a small town isn’t quite as simple as she thought it would be - she needs to heal if she’s planning to make the California town her home. The series follows the recently-widowed Melinda Monroe (Alexandra Breckenridge) as she accepts a job to work as a nurse practitioner in the town of Virgin River. ![]() The first season of Virgin River had viewers enchanted after it landed on Netflix in late 2019. ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments Victor the assassin series books![]() ![]() Working alongside a group of vicious mercenaries, Victor faces an impossible choice: to do what's right, or to sacrifice the only thing he cares about. But when the CIA comes calling, Victor must pose as his victim to identify the dead man's next mark, a mission that takes him across Europe to the bloody streets of Rome. In sweltering Algiers, ultra-efficient hitman Victor executes a fellow assassin. His world is one of paranoia and obsessive attention to detail his morality lies either. A conspiracy begins to unwind and suddenly this perfect assassin becomes the perfect target. The Hunter: Victor is an assassin, a man with no past and no surname. Worst of all, Victor is given just two days to take down his targets, forcing him to compromise his usual extreme care.With each name Victor crosses off his list, the game grows far more complex - and far more lethal. ![]() And he has a list: three names, three victims. ![]() ![]() The mysterious assassin known only as Victor is locked in an uneasy alliance with the CIA. and takes the fight to his would-be killers. With meticulous style, Victor plans his escape. When a Paris job goes spectacularly wrong, Victor finds himself running for his life across four continents, pursued by a kill squad and investigated by secret services from more than one country. No one knows what truly motivates the hunter. His world is one of paranoia and obsessive attention to detail his morality lies either dead or dying. Victor is an assassin, a man with no past and no surname. ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments Soul Lifter by Martin Murphy![]() He won't be out there anymore, looking over us, toiling for us in the great struggle - it made the winter seem longer and darker and lonelier and that feeling in my belly was an emptiness because the little story I had made up would never have an ending.Ī few days after Michael Murphy called it a day, Lionel Messi toddled centre stage in Qatar. This, I thought, must be how Gotham City will feel when Batman hangs up his utility belt. Then came that blindside blow on a wet November evening. The circle would be complete and he would shuffle off to his eternal reward or as close as you can get to it in Letterkenny and its environs. ![]() He would return to his garret at full forward, there to wreak havoc with his wiles and wit and, lo, a new generation of younger players would help him back up the steps of the Hogan Stand. Age would eventually preclude him from trying to play every position on the pitch, writing the theme tune, singing the theme tune. And wasn't he newly engaged, with all the looming domestic considerations that infers?īut I always had this narrative in my head about how it would end for Michael Murphy and Donegal. ![]() He also had one more Letterkenny sporting goods shop and one more university sports faculty to run than most of us. ![]() ![]() Sure, he had only won one All-Ireland, but that's one more than most of us. And wasn't Murphy 33 years old now, a good age for any messiah to call it quits? Greying around the temples and the great heroic body creaking lately at the weight of carrying the county on his back. ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments Forever princess meg cabot![]() Mia's father, Prince Phillipe, is up for re-election as Genovia's prime minister, but becomes embroiled in scandal when he is arrested for car racing on the streets of New York, damaging his chances at re-election. Perin and Ling Su are now a couple (they both work for Mia at the youth center), Lilly Moscovitz is a law student about to take the bar exam, Tina Hakim Baba is a medical student, though she has broken up with Boris (who left behind classical music to become the world's biggest rock star) due to Boris becoming embroiled in a sex scandal with a fan, Shameeka Taylor works in marketing for Vera Wang, and Lana Weinberger is now Lana Rockefeller, a married mom. ![]() She is still dating Michael Moscovitz, and remains close to her high school friends. Written by Meg Cabot, it was released on J by William Morrow and is the first adult installment of the series.Įight years after the events of Forever Princess, Mia Thermopolis is about to turn 26, has graduated from college, and runs a youth community center in New York City named after her late stepfather Frank Gianini (whom we learn died unexpectedly of undiagnosed congestive heart failure). The Princess Diaries, Volume XI: Royal Wedding is a book in the Princess Diaries series. ![]() ![]() The Princess Diaries, Volume X: Forever Princess ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments Galaxy in Flames by Ben Counter![]() OL20773550W Page_number_confidence 97.93 Pages 340 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.17 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20220121182316 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 223 Scandate 20220118102118 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9781849706216 Tts_version 4. ![]() ![]() Urn:lcp:galaxyinflameshe0000coun:epub:7b848c8a-8207-404b-9f82-8d4bf3179448 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier galaxyinflameshe0000coun Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s21hvwqkc1p Invoice 1652 Isbn 9781849706223ġ849706212 Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-1-g862e Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9858 Ocr_module_version 0.0.14 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-NS-2000537 Openlibrary_edition Daemon World (Warhammer 40,000 Novels (Paperback)) Ben Counter 5.39 - 6.49. 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