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“Bo’.” Everyone in the car turned. “Double bo’.” A team member aimed an instrument, calibrated and took a reading. “Three point…one…four…one…five.” “Pi bo’.” “Pi bo’.” “Pi bo’.” The driver turned and stopped. The team got out and set their instruments in the gravel and alongside the grass waterway. “Boss, how should I zero the TRIR?” “Twenty millis.” “Let’s try eight.” “Eight?” “Eight?” “Eight?” “The faster pump probe emission might get us more structural information on the excited state kinetics of the dark and emissive states…boss.” Everyone was quiet. “Do it.” The team finished calibrating the instruments and returned to the…

ORIENTAL POPPY II: A FLOWER MANDALA

– FROM THE ARCHIVE – Copyright 2005, David J. Bookbinder I work as a psychotherapist, often with artists, and display some of these images in my treatment room. From time to time my clients mention them and they become part of the discussion. This occurs usually when artists are talking about difficulties they are having with their creative process, sometimes even in a spiritual context. The combination of natural elements (the photographs of flowers, sky, wood, stone, or metal that these images are based on) and digital manipulation into the mandala form seems both to stimulate and to relax. My…

THE ROLE OF GENETIC DIALOGS IN THE SOPRANOS IN SIX PARTS (INDEX)

In this series, twenty one dialogs that reference genetics from the six seasons of the HBO television series The Sopranos are cited and discussed, in chronological order, from the perspective of a fan who is a geneticist. The context of each citation with respect to the plot and characters will be the main focus of discussion. * * * List of Dialogs Part I (link) Dialog 1, Season I, Episode 2: 46 Long: “Cloning Cell Phones” – – – Part II (link) Dialog 2, Season I, Episode 7: Down Neck: “If It Helps You” – – – Part III (link)…

THE ROLE OF GENETIC DIALOGS IN THE SOPRANOS IN SIX PARTS (INDEX)

In this series, twenty one dialogs that reference genetics from the six seasons of the HBO television series The Sopranos are cited and discussed, in chronological order, from the perspective of a fan who is a geneticist. The context of each citation with respect to the plot and characters will be the main focus of discussion. * * * List of Dialogs Part I (link) Dialog 1, Season I, Episode 2: 46 Long: “Cloning Cell Phones” – – – Part II (link) Dialog 2, Season I, Episode 7: Down Neck: “If It Helps You” – – – Part III (link)…

THE ROLE OF GENETIC DIALOGS IN THE SOPRANOS IN SIX PARTS – PART VI: DIALOGS 16-21

previous Abstract In this series, twenty one dialogs that reference genetics from the six seasons of the HBO television series The Sopranos are cited and discussed, in chronological order, from the perspective of a fan who is a geneticist. The context of each citation with respect to the plot and characters will be the main focus of discussion. – – – Dialog Sixteen (Season Six, Episode 78: Soprano Home Movies) “Kill or Cut Hair?” Tony and his brother in law, Bobby “Baccala”, are out on a lake in upstate New York on Bobby’s motorboat. Tony is talking to Bobby about…

THE ROLE OF GENETIC DIALOGS IN THE SOPRANOS IN SIX PARTS – PART VI: DIALOGS 16-21

previous Abstract In this series, twenty one dialogs that reference genetics from the six seasons of the HBO television series The Sopranos are cited and discussed, in chronological order, from the perspective of a fan who is a geneticist. The context of each citation with respect to the plot and characters will be the main focus of discussion. – – – Dialog Sixteen (Season Six, Episode 78: Soprano Home Movies) “Kill or Cut Hair?” Tony and his brother in law, Bobby “Baccala”, are out on a lake in upstate New York on Bobby’s motorboat. Tony is talking to Bobby about…

THE ROLE OF GENETIC DIALOGS IN THE SOPRANOS IN SIX PARTS – PART V: DIALOGS 12-15

previous | next Abstract In this series, twenty one dialogs that reference genetics from the six seasons of the HBO television series The Sopranos are cited and discussed, in chronological order, from the perspective of a fan who is a geneticist. The context of each citation with respect to the plot and characters will be the main focus of discussion. – – – Dialog Twelve (Season Six, Episode Sixty-Seven: Join the Club). “Somebody’s Probably Working On That” Tony is in a coma after being shot by Uncle Junior. In his mind, he’s at a hotel bar after falling down the…

THE ROLE OF GENETIC DIALOGS IN THE SOPRANOS IN SIX PARTS – PART V: DIALOGS 12-15

previous | next Abstract In this series, twenty one dialogs that reference genetics from the six seasons of the HBO television series The Sopranos are cited and discussed, in chronological order, from the perspective of a fan who is a geneticist. The context of each citation with respect to the plot and characters will be the main focus of discussion. – – – Dialog Twelve (Season Six, Episode Sixty-Seven: Join the Club). “Somebody’s Probably Working On That” Tony is in a coma after being shot by Uncle Junior. In his mind, he’s at a hotel bar after falling down the…