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All our professionals at Mark M. Johnston, D.D.S. maintain the highest levels of accreditation and pursue ongoing education to stay current with the latest trends in dentistry.
Mark M. Johnston, D.D.S.
Dr. Johnston grew up in Alma and is one of eight children. He spent his college days in New Hampshire, where he graduated from Dartmouth College. Dr. Johnston attended dental school in Ann Arbor at the University of Michigan. After graduating in 1985, Dr. Johnston moved to Lansing area to establish his practice.
Dr. Johnston has been active in sports while in high school and college and currently loves to play golf and fly fish. He is also very active in the local and state dental societies. Dr. Johnston and his wife Mary attend St. Mary Cathedral in downtown Lansing.
Mary - Hygienist
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Robin - Hygienist
Robin started her career in dentistry when she became certified as a dental assistant in 1982. After ten years of working in the dental field, she decided to apply to the Dental Hygiene program at Lansing Community College and graduated in 1994. It was in 1994 when Robin began working for Dr. Johnston.
Robin is very passionate about helping her patients understand the importance of oral health and its connection to their overall health. She is a wonderful hygienist with a calm chairside manner and kind demeanor.
She stays busy participating in activities and various groups at her church. Robin also loves spending time with her family and two beautiful cats, gardening and enjoys reading.
Michelle - Practice Administrator
Michelle started her career in dentistry in 2009 when she was accepted into the Dental Hygiene program at Lansing Community College. She graduated from the program in 2011 and found herself at Dr. Johnston's office working as an Administrative Assistant. She has enjoyed the front office atmosphere so much that she knew it was the place for her!
With her knowledge of dentistry and a Bachelor's degree in Healthcare Administration, she is the perfect person to help you with scheduling, financial planning, and insurance needs, and oversees our business financial systems. Patient advocacy has been a passion that has always lined up for her overall enjoyment of people. Building personal relationships, working through treatment concerns and creating financial plans has inspired her desire to grow in all of these skills.
Michelle enjoys spending time with her husband, Michael, their three daughters, and golden retriever. She also loves to travel, craft, and plan events and parties.


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Technical Analysis Case Study: Trader Buys Baseball's Red Sox…Who Says You Can't Get Rich Trading?
Technical Analysis Case Study: Trader Buys Baseball's Red Sox…Who Says You Can't Get Rich Trading?
By Dr. Steve Sjuggerud, Chairman, Investment U
Tuesday, October 21, 2003: Issue #283
18 months ago, trader John Henry bought the Red Sox for $700 million. Before that he owned the Florida Marlins. And a stake in the Yankees.
One of the old jokes is that you can't get rich trading. I guess John Henry never heard that one
Henry made his fortune in the markets – trading trends. He looks for trends and rides them – he's probably made a lot of people rich along the way $10,000 invested in his oldest portfolio (started 20 years ago this month) would be worth an astounding $1,394,610 today for a 13,846% return – or 29.68% a year.
From time to time, people ask me about trend following and technical analysis does it really work? How? And where can I go to learn more? Today we'll answer those questions with a technical analysis case study, and perhaps start you on your way to John Henry-sized wealth
Technical Analysis Case Study: John Henry Is All the Proof You Need
Technical analysis (and by extension, trend following) is the study of price action at its core. Said another way, it's ignoring everything, except for the price.
'Anything that could possibly affect the market price of a commodity or financial instrument – including fundamental, political, or psychological factors – will be reflected in the price over time,' John Henry says. In other words he believes the P/E ratio doesn't matter deficits don't matter, a Republican in the White House, wars, etc. It all doesn't matter. Or more correctly, it's already reflected in the price.
Interestingly, in the case of John Henry, he?doesn't try to predict trends. Specifically, on his web site (www.jwh.com), he says:
'What we don't try to do is predict trends. While confirmation of a trend's existence is sought through a variety of statistical measures, no one can know a trend's beginning or end until it becomes a matter of historical record We cannot expect to enter a market at the precise moment a bottom is hit, nor will we exit a market at the exact top.'
What Works In Technical Analysis and Trend Following
To get to the bottom of what works, we can look to this quote by John Henry from TurtleTrader.com:
'There is no Holy Grail [We] only pay attention to what the markets are saying currently, and don't ask why the dollar is going up or why interest rates are going down. Our philosophy is that if something is going down, we want to be short. Period.'
As Henry said, there is no Holy Grail of what works. So the best way to approach this might be to say what doesn't work. According to TurtleTrader.com, there are many approaches that 'the world's best Trend Followers avoid within their trading systems.' These include:
- %R Oscillator
- Astrology
- Candlesticks
- Cycle Prediction
- Delta Moon Prediction Techniques
- Elliott Wave
- Fibonacci
- Fuzzy Logic
- Gann
- Genetic Algorithm
- Geometric Angles
- Golden Spiral
- Granville's On-Balance Volume
- Island Reversals
- Moon Phases
- Neural Networks
- Planetary Motion
- Point and Figure Charts
- Relative Strength Index
- Seasonality
- Support/Resistance
- Weather
- Proper Thinking About Entry/Exit
TurtleTrader.com also talks about trading 'patterns,' and says that 'Top trend following traders do not use these patterns in trading:'
- Reversal Patterns
- Continuation Patterns
- Head and Shoulders
- Symmetrical Triangles
- Inverse Head and Shoulders
- Ascending Triangles
- Triple Tops
- Descending Triangles
- Triple Bottoms
- Double Tops
- Double Bottoms
Me? From all of the above, I don't know what works, but I haven't spent much time trying to figure it out. TurtleTrader seems to have spent some time with their own case studies, and says that 'trend following' traders in particular don't use any of them.
For me, the jury is still out on most technical analysis in general. However, I do think that there is some validity to trend following systems in particular. There are just too many John Henrys out there for it to be an accident. In my own 1-2-3 Stock Market Model, one of the three elements is a simple moving average – a trend following indicator of price action that has been exceptionally good over long periods of time.
To know exactly where I stand on technical analysis, I highly recommend you go back and re-read Investment U e-Letter #142: Stock Technical Analysis: Holy Grail Or Sham? What Works in Technical Analysis and How To Use It To Improve Your Investing. After you've read that, I think you'll understand why I follow these ground rules for investing or trading success
- # 1. Know as much as possible about what you're doing BEFORE you invest any money. Don't invest as you learn chances are, you'll end up losing as you learn.
- # 2. Read a few good books, like Martin Pring's Technical Analysis Explained, Van Tharp's Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom, and Tim Hayes's The Research Driven Investor before you invest a penny.
- # 3. Spend weeks studying and paper-trading a system before trading it with real money.
Basically, don't trade until you are absolutely, 100% confident that you are ready for any and every situation.
It is possible you may be able to come up with a moneymaking trend-following system. But chances are (like everything else in life), you can't buy it off an infomercial on TV. It will be hard work. It will be time-consuming, slow, boring and hopefully personally rewarding. But it still may not make any money.
Hard work on your system doesn't guarantee you success. But there sure are plenty of John Henrys out there, and today's case study on technical analysis?proves it people rich enough to buy up storied sports franchises, so extraordinary success is surely possible for some including you.
Good investing,
Today's Investment U Cribsheet
- For more about John Henry, visit www.jwh.com. For more on trend following, there are a lot of good thoughts on www.TurtleTrader.com.

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It is likely that Jesus was born not later than 4 B.C., the year of King Herod's death. Jesus' crucifixion was probably in A.D. 29 or 30. (The term Christ is actually a title, not a proper name; it comes from the Greek Christos, meaning the anointed one; in the Bible it is the Greek equivalent for the Hebrew word Messiah.) Information about Jesus is in some ways scant, in other ways plentiful. Although such ancient historians as Tacitus and Suetonius mention him, as does the Jewish Talmud, the only detailed information comes from the New Testament. There are a few other ancient accounts of Jesus' life, called Apocryphal Gospels because of their poor historical reliability; and in 1946 a Gospel of Thomas, actually a collection of sayings attributed to Jesus, was discovered in Upper Egypt. But none of these sources adds significantly to the New Testament. The letters of Paul are the earliest biblical records that tell about Jesus. But the four Gospels by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, although written later, used sources that in some cases go back very close to the time of Jesus.EARLY YEARS
Jesus first came to general attention at the time of his baptism, just prior to his public ministry. He was known to those around him as a carpenter of Nazareth, a town in Galilee, and as the son of Joseph (John 6:42). Matthew and Luke report that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, a town near Jerusalem, famous in Jewish history as the city of David. They further report that he was miraculously born to the Virgin Mary, although they both curiously trace his Davidic ancestry through Joseph, to whom Mary was betrothed.
Little is known of Jesus' childhood and youth. But about the year A.D. 28 or 29 his life interacted with the career of John the Baptist, a stormy prophet-preacher who emerged from the wilderness and called on the people to repent and be baptized. A controversial character, he was soon jailed and killed by Herod Antipas, the puppet ruler of Galilee under the Roman Empire. Jesus heard John's preaching and joined the crowds for baptism in the Jordan River. Following his baptism Jesus went into the desert for prayer and meditation.
It is clear that Jesus had some consciousness of a divine calling, and in the desert he thought through its meaning. The Gospels report that he was tempted there by Satan as to what kind of leader Jesus would choose to be – a miracle worker, a benefactor who would bring people what they wanted, a king wielding great power. Jesus accepted a harder and less popular mission, that of the herald of the kingdom of God.GALILEAN MINISTRY
Returning from the desert, Jesus began preaching and teaching in Galilee. His initial proclamation was similar to John's: "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe in the gospel" (Mark 1:15; Revised Standard Version). This message was both frightening and hopeful. It told people not to cling to the past, that God would overthrow old institutions and ways of life for a wonderful new future. This future would be especially welcomed by the poor, the powerless, the peacemakers. It would be threatening to the rich, the powerful, the cruel, and the unjust.
Jesus attracted 12 disciples to follow him. They were mainly fishermen and common workers. Of the 12 it seems that Peter, James, and John were closest to Jesus. Peter's home in Capernaum, a city on the Sea of Galilee, became a headquarters from which Jesus and the disciples moved out into the countryside. Sometimes he talked to large crowds. Then he might withdraw with the 12 to teach only them. Or he might go off by himself for long periods of prayer. On one occasion he sent out the disciples, two by two, to spread the message of God's kingdom.
The records concerning Jesus report many miracles. Through the years there have been great disagreements about these reports. For centuries most people in civilizations influenced by the Bible not only believed literally in the miracles but took them as proofs that Jesus had a supernatural power. Then, in an age of rationalism and skepticism, men often doubted the miracles and denounced the reports as fraudulent.
Today, partly because of psychosomatic medicine and therapy, people are more likely to believe in the possibilities of faith healing. The Bible candidly reports that on some occasions, when people had no faith, Jesus could do no mighty works. People were especially skeptical in his home-town, where they had known him as a boy (Mark 6:1-6). However, usually the Gospels report the healings as signs of the power of God and His coming kingdom.
Jesus taught people in small groups or large gatherings; his sayings are reported in friendly conversations or in arguments with those who challenged him. At times he made a particularly vivid comment in the midst of a dramatic incident. The starting point of his message, as already noted, was the announcement of the coming of the kingdom of God. Since this kingdom was neither a geographical area nor a system of government, it might be better to translate the phrase as "God's reign."
The rest of Jesus' teaching followed from this message about the reign of God. At times he taught in stories or parables that described the kingdom or the behavior of people who acknowledged God's reign. Perhaps the most famous of his many parables are those of the Prodigal Son and the Good Samaritan. At times he pronounced ethical commandments detailing the demands upon men of a loving and righteous God. At times Jesus taught his disciples to pray: the words that he gave them in the Lord's Prayer are often used today. Jesus' teaching was a subtle teaching, and often it was directed to the needs of a particular person in a specific time and place. Therefore almost any summary can be challenged by statements of Jesus that point in an opposite direction. One way to explore the dynamics of his teachings is to investigate some of its paradoxes. Five are worth mentioning here.First, Jesus combined an utter trust in God with a brute realism about the world. On the one hand, he told men not to be anxious about life's problems, because God knows their needs and will look out for them. So if men trust God and seek His kingdom, God will look out for the rest of their needs. Yet, on the other hand, Jesus knew well that life can be tough and painful. He asked men to give up families and fortunes, to accept persecution out of faithfulness to him, thus promising them a hard life.Second, Jesus taught both ethical rigor and forgiveness. He demanded of men more than any other prophet or teacher had asked. He criticized the sentimentalists who call him "Lord, Lord" but do not obey him, and he told men that, if they are to enter God's kingdom, their righteousness must exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees, who made exceedingly conscientious efforts to obey God's laws. He told men not to be angry or contemptuous with others, not to lust after women, and not to seek revenge but to love their enemies. Yet this same Jesus understood human weakness. He was known as a friend of sinners who warned men not to make judgments of others whom they consider sinful. He forgave men their sins and told about a God who seeks to save sinners.
Third, Jesus represented a kind of practicality that offends the overly spiritual-minded; but he also espoused an expectation of a future world (God's reign) that will make the attractions of this world unimportant. As a worldly man, he wanted to relieve hunger and sickness. He wanted no escape from responsibility into worship. He taught that sometimes a man would better leave church and go to undo the wrongs he has done. But with this attention to the world was coupled the recognition that men are foolish to seek security and happiness in wealth or possessions. They would do better to give away their riches and to accept persecution. Jesus promised – or warned – that God's reign will reverse many of the values of this world.
Fourth, Jesus paradoxically combined love and peace with conflict. His followers called him the Prince of Peace, because he sought to reconcile men to God and each other. He summed up all the commandments in two: love for God and love for men. He refused to retaliate against those who had harmed him but urged his followers to forgive endlessly – not simply seven times but seventy times seven. Yet he was not, as some have called him, "gentle Jesus, meek and mild" he attacked evil fearlessly, even in the highest places.
Fifth, Jesus promised joy, freedom, and exuberant life; yet he expected sacrifice and self-denial. He warned men not to follow him unless they were ready to suffer. But he told people to rejoice in the wonders of God's reign, to celebrate the abundant life that he brings.
To some people Jesus was a teacher or rabbi. The healing ministry did not necessarily change that conception of him, because other rabbis were known as healers. But Jesus was a teacher of peculiar power, and he was sometimes thought to be a prophet.
Jesus certainly was a herald of the kingdom of God. But then a question arises: was he simply talking about God and his reign, or did he have some special relationship to that kingdom? Those who heard Jesus were frequently perplexed. In some ways he was a modest, even humble man. Instead of making claims for himself or accepting admiration, he turned people's thoughts from himself to God. But at other times he asked immense loyalty of his disciples. And he astonished people by challenging time-honored authority – even the authority of the Bible – with his new teachings. He was so audacious as to forgive sins, although men said that only God could do that.
There was also the question whether it was possible that Jesus was the Messiah. For generations some of the Jewish people had hoped that God would send a king, an heir of the great King David of past history, who would undo the oppression that the Jews suffered, would reestablish the glorious old kingdom, and would bring justice. Some expected even more – that a divine savior would come and inaugurate a radical transformation of life.
Various reports in the New Testament lead to various possible conclusions. Today some scholars think that Jesus never claimed to be the Messiah. Others feel that he clearly did. But there was one occurrence that is especially interesting. Once, in the neighborhood of Caesarea Philippi, a city north of the Sea of Galilee (Mark 8:27-30), Jesus asked his disciples, "Who do men say that I am?" They gave various answers: John the Baptist, Elijah, or another of the prophets. Then Jesus asked, "But who do you say that I am?" And Peter answered, "You are the Christ [Messiah]." Jesus' answer was curious, for "He charged them to tell no one about him."
Why, if he accepted the designation, did he want it kept a secret? One persuasive answer often given is that Jesus was radically revising the traditional idea of the Messiah. If the people thought he was the promised Messiah, they would demand that he live up to their expectations. He had no intention of becoming a conquering king who would overthrow Rome.
Jesus, who knew the Old Testament well, had read the Messianic prophecies. He had also read the poems of the suffering servant in Second Isaiah, the unknown prophet whose writings are now in Isaiah, chapters 40-55. These tell of a servant of God and man, someone despised and rejected, who would bear the cost of the sins of others and bring healing to them. It may be that Jesus combined in his own mind the roles of the Messiah and the suffering servant. The undeniable fact is that his life and character were of such a sort that they convinced his followers he was the Messiah who, through his suffering love, could bring men a new experience of forgiveness and new possibilities for human and social life.
Soon after Peter's confession Jesus led his disciples to Jerusalem in an atmosphere of gathering crisis. On the day now known as Palm Sunday he entered the city, while his disciples and the crowds hailed him as the Son of David, who came in the name of the Lord. The next day Jesus went to the Temple and drove out the money changers and those who sold pigeons for sacrifices, accusing them of turning "a house of prayer" into a "den of robbers." This act was a direct challenge to the small group of priests who were in charge of the Temple, and they clearly resented it. During the following days he entered into controversies with the priests and authoritative teachers of religion. Their anger led them to plot to get rid of him, but they hesitated to do anything in the daytime, since many people were gathered for the feast of Passover.
On Thursday night Jesus had a meal with his disciples. This meal is now reenacted by Christians in the Lord's Supper, the Mass, or the Holy Communion. After the meal Jesus went to the Garden of Gethsemane, where he prayed alone. His prayer shows that he expected a conflict, that he still hoped that he might avoid suffering, but that he expected to do God's will. There into the garden one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, led the priests and the temple soldiers, who seized Jesus. That same night Jesus' captors took him to a trial before the temple court, the Sanhedrin. Several evidences indicate that this was an illegal trial, but the Sanhedrin declared that Jesus was a blasphemer deserving death. Since at that time only the Roman overlords could carry out a death sentence, the priests took Jesus to Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea.
Pilate apparently was reluctant to condemn Jesus, since it was doubtful that Jesus had disobeyed any Roman laws. But as the ruler of a conquered province, Pilate was suspicious of any mass movements that might become rebellions. And he also preferred to keep the religious leaders of the subjugated people as friendly as possible. Jesus, as a radical intruder into the conventional system, and believing that obedience to God sometimes required defiance of human authority, represented a threat to both the Sanhedrin and the Romans. Pilate thus ordered the crucifixion of Jesus. Roman soldiers beat him, put a crown of thorns on his head, and mocked him as a fraudulent king. Then they took him to the hill Golgotha ("the Skull"), or Calvary, and killed him as an insurrectionist. Pilate ordered a sign placed above his head: "King of the Jews." Among the "seven last words," or sayings, from the cross are two quotations from Jewish psalms, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" (Psalms 22:1) and "Into thy hands I commit my spirit" (Psalms 31:5); and the especially memorable "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do" (Luke 23:34). That same day (now known as Good Friday) Jesus was buried in a cavelike tomb.
On Sunday morning (now celebrated as Easter), the Gospels report, Jesus rose from the dead and met his disciples. Others immediately rejected the claim of the resurrection, and the controversy has continued through the centuries.
The New Testament states very clearly that the risen Christ did not appear to everybody. "God … made him manifest; not to all the people but to us who were chosen by God as witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead" (Acts 10:40-41). Among those who saw Jesus were Cephas (Peter), the 12 disciples, "more than five hundred brethren at one time," James, "all the apostles," and finally Paul. Other records tell of appearances to Mary Magdalene and other women and of a variety of meetings with the disciples both in the Jerusalem area and in Galilee. The four Gospels all say that the tomb of Jesus was empty on Easter morning, but Paul never mentions the empty tomb. None of the records ever tells of an appearance of the risen Christ to anyone who had not been a follower of Jesus or (like Paul) had not been deeply disturbed by him.
The evidence is very clear that the followers of Jesus were absolutely convinced of his resurrection. The experience of the risen Jesus was so overwhelming that it turned their despair into courage. Even though it might have been easier, and certainly would have been safer, to regard Jesus as dead, the disciples spread the conviction that he had risen, and they persisted in telling their story at the cost of persecution and death. Furthermore they were sure that their experiences of Jesus were not private visions; rather, as in the statement quoted above, they "ate and drank with him." The faith in the resurrection (and later the ascension) of Jesus, despite differences in interpretation and detail, is a major reason for the rise and propagation of the Christian faith.
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Various: 'New Cthulhu, The Recent Weird'
Here you will find reviews of all the stories contained in the 2011 collection 'New Cthulhu; The Recent Weird', edited by Paula Guran.
Spoilers throughout.
Various, (2011), 'New Cthulhu; The Recent Weird', ed. Guran, P., Canada, Prime Books
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'Pickman's Other Model (1929)', Caitlin R. Kiernan, (2008)
'Fair Exchange', Micheal Marshal Smith, (2005)
'Mr Gaunt', John Langan, (2002)
'The Vicar of Rlyeh', Marc Laidlaw, (2007)
'The Crevasse', Dale Bailey & Nathan Ballingrud, (2009)
'Bad Sushi', Cherie Priest, (2007)
'Old Virginia', Laird Barron, (2003)
'The Dude who Collected Lovecraft', Nick Mamatas & Tim Pratt, (2008)
'The Oram County Whoosit', Steve Duffy, (2008)
'The Fungal Stain', W.H. Pugmire, (2006)
'A Study in Emerald', Neil Gaiman, (2003)
'Buried in Sky', John Shirley, (2003)
'Bringing Helena Back', Sarah Monette, (2004)
'Take Me to the River', Paul McAuley, (2005)
'The Essayist in the Wilderness', William Browning Spencer, (2002)
'The Disciple', David Barr Kirtley, (2002)
'Shoggoths in Bloom', Elizabeth Bear, (2008)
'Cold Water Survival', Holly Philips, (2009)
'The Great White Bed', Don Webb, (2007)
'Lesser Demons', Norman Partridge, (2010)
'Grinding Rock', Cody Goodfellow, (2003)
'Details', China Mieville, (2002)
'Another Fish Story', Kim Newman, (2005)
'Head Music', Lon Prater, (2003)
'Tsathoggua', Micheal Shea, (2008)
'Mongoose', Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette, (2009)
'A Colder War', Charlie Stross, (2002)
Pickman's Other Model (1929): Caitlin R. Kiernan
Following directly on from one of H.P.L's best known short stories, Pickmans Model, this story, sans framing narrative, essentially deals with a female movie star who modelled for Richard Pickman. Succesfully investing the original story with women and sex without damaging it in any way, Kiernan respectfully serves up a tale in which most of the horror is implied and merely in the mind, as the truth of what is described is rather tame but points on to much nastier depths. A little overwrought in places perhaps, but overall a fantastic updating of a classic tale.
Fair Exchange: Micheal Marshall Smith
A pair of petty criminals rob a house in London and come away with a haul of silver jewellery that hails from an American town with a name that sounds like Portsmouth. It sells very well, so one of them decides to go back for more.
The narrator feels like a proper low-life Londoner, not mean, just selfish, and the tone of the prose is very authentic. The story is subtle, almost secondary to the character study, and while not necessarily the creepiest thing I have read, it once again hints at what lurks in the dark. The street scene with the light is particularly well done.
Mr Gaunt: John Langan
Langan manages to weave a pretty demonstrative short weird tale into a domestic scene, making tips of the hat to Henry James and M.R. James, the stories own obvious forebears, along the way. A man's father dies, leaving him a cassette upon which he narrates the story of his brother and nephew and their butler, the eponymous Mr Gaunt, and the terrible fashion in which the nephew dissapears. There is also a dire warning about the man's own future if he has anything to do with his uncle and his sinister butler. A masterful story, weaving together the traditions of weird and realism to great effect. The story is very self-aware of its own literariness, but suffers from this not a jot. Fantastic.
The Vicar of R'lyeh: Marc Laidlaw
A programmer who writes horror computer games based on Jane Austin and Thomas Hardy novels is hired by a company to write a simulation of the rising of Rl'yeh. The company is responsible for the rising of Cthulhu by makinglots of people perform the correct rites under the guise of a tabletop RPG. This is perhaps the best conciet in the story. When it becomes obvious that the protagonists heart is not in the job, the company issues him with a crown thing which gives him a direct mental link to Cthulhu and allows him to finish the job. In doing so, his mind becomes interlinked with Cthulhu's and he actually becomes Cthulhu by the end. This story reminded me of the plot of Alan Moore's 'Neonomicon' where the protagonist becomes mother of Cthulhu, only without all the nasty tentacle sex, whilst the tone is the poor cousin of Charlie Stross' Laundry novels with their Cthulhoid take on Dilbert.
'The Crevasse: Dale Bailey & Nathan Ballingrud
A doctor haunted by memories of world war 1 and his dead wife travels across antartica on a rescue mission. Just as they reach the location of injured man, a crevasse opens in the snow into which one of the husky's fall. The doctor goes down the crevasse to kill the injured dog, and discovers a cyclopean staircase. He is brought back to the surface, and as he does so see's something drag the dead dog into the darkness. A relatively simple tale woven through with pathos, the howling empty wastes of Antartica, and the loneliness of death, both of the dead and those they leave behind. Subtle and evocative Faint echoes of 'The Thing', but much better.
Bad Sushi: Cheire Priest
A old Japanese chef works in a sushi restaurant in America. One day, after the owner changes suppliers, the smell of the fish changes. It reminds him of when he was attacked by a wierd octopus thing during a night-time seaborne retreat from an island during the war. More and more of this stuff turns up in the fish, and the patrons grow addicted, silent, and sinister. Eventually after being attacked by the patrons he goes in search of the source of the fish, and in a factory basement he finds his answer and his death.
Initally a very well crafted tale, with an extremely well drawn protagonist. The quality doesn't drop, but the resolution demanded by the storyline leaves little room for the craft shown in the first half. Still, very good and a nice little riff on HPL's hatred of seafood. Struggle's a little with the 'don't show' side of things, but bears up very nicely nonetheless.
Old Virginia: Laird Barron
A grizzled but ageing black-ops veteran of both Cuba and WW2 is sent to babysit a research project in the woods of Virginia. Things start going wrong that are reminiscent of sabotage, so he enquires further into the project. There are two scientists conducting observations on an old woman. Eventually, the old woman escapes, taking one of the scientists and all of the men apart from the protagonist. The scientist raves a bit, before the old woman comes back, riding on the back of a soldier that she controls via tentacles in the spine. She tells of a terror called 'Mother' who is older than mankind, who has given her preternatural longevity and will return the world to darkness. She then takes the veteran.
Tense, well written, and very nicely paced. This keeps the interest and the readers attention beautifully, whilst growing towards a creeping horror that is only marginally represented by the vile old woman.
The Dude who Collected Lovecraft: Nick Mamatas & Tim Pratt
A black man (it's relevant…) whose grandfather corresponded with Lovecraft goes into a shack in the woods to sell the HPL memorabelia to a creepy old guy. He is consequently drugged, and his blood is used as a conduit for the creepy old guy to travel back in time and take posession of the correspondants body, thereby to meet with Lovecraft and take control of his body. Unfortunately the man wakes up early, follows him back, and in doing so allows the 'thing' to emerge. Snap back to present, legs it with the money.
An entertaining tale, if a little reliant on both hokey horror tropes and references to HPL's stories for plot points. Also a bit distressingly literal in it's portrayal of the big nasty. Entertaining, but not up to the mettle of some of the other pieces presented here.
The Oram County Whoosit: Steve Duffy
1920's midwest America, a mining town in Oram County. One of the miners finds a weird fossil inside a piece of coal, and a pohotgrapher and a newspaperman are sent to investigate. After seeing the imprint of the thing in the coal, the newspaperman tells a tale of a similar thing found in Canada when he was there during the Klondike goldrush. A nasty, flying, unkillable thing that liked to take heads.
Turns out this thing is the same. Both get away, and photographer tells tale years later of being haunted by it. Newspaper man follows the quest around the globe until he gets got.
Pretty straightforward tale, once again with notes of horror in a frozen landscape. The Klondike tale takes up most of the horror, with the Oram County bit merely providing a framing narrative and repeating various details of the main relatively simple story. Full of colour, though, and well written if not overly strong on craft.
The Fungal Stain: W.H. Pugmire
A Bohemian poet meets a mysterious woman in a bookstore. They share a love for wierd poetry. The town they are in is covered by a thick blanket of fog. Over the course of a few days, he realises she is some kind of wierdy vampire creature.
The story is basically a monster study, a wierd fungal vampire who brings fog and has been conjured by the poets reading aloud of certain weird fiction. Pretty much a dull tale, but with a few colourful touches. The foggy atmosphere extends to the prose itself and is a nice touch, but nevertheless is pretty average.
A Study in Emerald: Neil Gaiman
An entertaining little alternative fictive history piece following a certain baker street detective in a case about the murder of one of the royal family, who is distinctly Cthulhoid. Turns out that the detective we are following is not Holmes but someone else, and Holmes and Watson are the killers all along. A nice little twist at the end. It is obvious from about halfway that we are not following Holmes, but the twist is, if not a complete surprise, still an unexpected way to tie up the story.
Buried in Sky: John Shirley
A family who have recently lost their mother to an apparent murder move to LA, to a massive newly opened skyscraper. The middle child of 3, the irritatingly spelled Deede, hooks up with a 'skate rat' named Jorny to discover that the skyscrapers deep foundations plunged into a temple to Yog Sothoth, who has taken over the building and all the people in it except them. The interdimensionality of Yog-Sothoth is well presented, until the kids flip over into an alternative universe to discover what the planet is like under Yoog-Sothoth's rule. Turns out it's like a hellish Blade Runner. The kids beat the Yog by using a bust ipod and a 'boombox', and eventually Deede gets to kill the guy who killed her mum. An enjoyable enough story. A bit creepy in places. Let down by trying to be too hip and namedropping bands and tech. Things which will date it horribly. Also suffers from 'youth speak' as seen by a grown-up who is stuck in the 80's. The kids are all popping chewing gum and 'yo'. Most irritating.
Bringing Helena Back: Sarah Monette
A relatively straightforward tale about a rich dilettante who loses his wife to a cocaine overdose in the arms of another man. In his grief, he become obsessed with occultism, and finds a small book which shows how to perform a ritual to bring her back. Together with an old college friend, he performs the ritual.
Monette's prose brings style and verve to a relatively straighforwards tale about summoning rituals and the dangers of crossing the circle. The only thing genuinely lovecraftian about this tale is the name dropping of books and ciphers, but it is done without the amateurish shoehorning of so many other lovecraft imitators. Simple, but effective.
Take Me to the River: Paul McAuley
Set in Bath in the 1970's, a woman starts handing out free drugs to people, which when taken make them turn up at the bridge over the river Avon at night and throw themselves into the tidal bay in which a cthulhoid creature has been trapped by the drought. An interesting enough little mythos story, but its real charm lies in the character studies of the protagonist and his drug addled friend Dr Johnson. McAuley captures the tenor not just of the time, but of the fringe lifestyle of the minor drug user extremely well.
Essayist in the Wilderness: William Browning Spencer
An english professor and his wife of the same profession move to a new town to pursue their writing interests. She takes to tending a garden and writing a joycean misery memoir, and he decides to become an essayist of the Hazlitt mould with nature as his inspiration. He comes across a nest of crustaceans which he thinks are crayfish in the woods, and observes their weird behaviour. Meanwhile, his wife goes potty and runs away. He goes to see the crayfish in the middle of the night and realises that they are sentient and there is some huge creature blocking the moon. He legs it, finds out his wife's garden is all eyeballs on stalks, and cowers in his room going mad whilst the giant thing thumps about the attic on its way to eat him.
Again, a pretty standard 'it's now upstairs, it's coming…' type of story, featuring some small versions of lovecrafty crabs out of space, and of course the cameo from the eyeballs on stalks. Well written with a good knowledge of literature on display, even if the protagonist is a bit of a dick.
The Disciple: David Barr Kirtley
A university student studies the dark art of binding his will to that of another under the tutelage of a mysterious professor. It all leads up to an end of term exam which entails the student binding his will to that of the 'Traveler on Oceans of Night', a cthulhoid god who takes clouds of humans wherever he goes as if they were gnats. The student realises his folly and refuses to bind himself, and eventually takes over the professors role.
Quite an original story, with a nice section about how someone with a knowledge of humanity's place in the mythos can live happily.
Shoggoths in Bloom: Elizabeth Bear
Set in the mid-late 1930's, a professor investigates the breeding habits of Shoggoths off of the coast of Maine. The Shoggoths bloom, rather like plants, and he collects one of their spore. With this he discovers that Shoggoths can be 'ridden' and are completely controllable, as well as effectively immortal. He destroys this knowledge before he allows the Shoggoths to become enslaved by humanity, however.
This is perhaps the most accomplished and nuanced tale in this collection so far. The story itself is wildly creative, well beyond the other template efforts on display. What really pulls it into the stratosphere, however, is the characterization. The professor is black, grandson of a slave and one of the first black professors in the US. He is also a veteran of the first world war, as is the white fisherman who takes him to the island of the shoggoths. The period is essential, as there is historical colour regarding the Germans starting to round up the jews. The professors quandary then, is between using the Shoggoths as a weapon to prevent war, or to hiding the knowledge to prevent a whole race entering slavery, albeit however willingly.
Cold Water Survival: Holly Philips
A group of 5 survivalist adventurers spend some time on a giant, frre-floating iceberg named 'atlantis' for no readibly discernable reason. They are in trouble almost immediately when one of their number dies from a climbing accident, but they decided to continue. A series of increasing odd sightings culminate in one member of the party going missing. Whilst going out to find him, they are caught in a snowstorm, in which the iceberg breaks up and becomes a cthulhoid sort of city populated by half seen creatures of air.
This is a pretty stock story, no real shocks or innovations. A little difficult to follow because of the lack of any real characterisation or motivation, and the annoying modernist-lite telegraphese that it occasionally lapses into.
The Great White Bed: Don Webb
A young boy in America looks after his senile Grandpa during one summer. His Grandfather finds a book from somewhere, and starts reading it. It says that it reads him, too. Whilst reading the book he becomes better, but son takes a turn for the worse.
The title refers to the king size bed that the boy sleeps and dreams in. His dreams are that he is being 'read' by a great 'whatever'. One night, he sleeps, and dreams that his legs are being sliced up by tiny knives. He wakes up missing his legs. Everyone goes into care. Eventually it turns out that the legs of his dead Grandma appeared in his Grandpa's room the night that his own legs dissapeared.
Interesting story with good characterisation. I like that the horrible bit is never really explained. Was the Grandma coming back to life? What did it have to do with the boy? Was he a sacrifice? We don't know (and are better off for not knowing).
Lesser Demons: Norman Partridge
Set in small town America, a sherrif is the only survivor of a zombie / monster incursion / plague, and spends his time going around killing nasties with his shotgun. Great fun, and some pretty cool gribblies, but overall a standard story with nothing much to make it stand out from a low budget computer game plotline. Nice prose, though.
Grinding Rock: Cody Goodfellow
A firefighter in California fighting a brush fire gets cut off from his team. In the depths of the flame, he witnesses a rite in which an old man allows a young, newly married couple to be 'taken' by an oily amorphous blob from deep within the Earth, apparently to prevent a massive earthquake from swallowing the land. The old man says that this has to happen every twenty years to keep the land safe from the things that would destroy it. The firefighter survives the fire and has flash forwards to what will happen if he does not perform the ritual one day.
Pretty straightforward, nice idea, but devoid of any real horror or novelty.
Details: China Mieville
Every morning a young boy takes some food to an old woman who lives in a house opposite him. He never see's her, she just snatches the food before slamming the door. Eventually she tells him her story in a cryptic fashion. She had learnt to see patterns in everything, using details to view beyond the mundane. There she saw something vast and old and hungry, and it used her eyes as a doorway into this world to come and get her. The only way she could escape was either to put out her eyes, or to paint everything flat white and not see anything in which patterns or details could be made out. A variety of other people hang around her door trying to get her to open it. Eventually one of them uses the boy to force entry, and he no longer has to run the errand every day.
A fantastic take on things that lie behind the ordinary from Mieville, and a very original riff on the idea of things living in the 'angles' of space. Excellent.
Another Fish Story: Kim Newman
Kept getting distracted from this one. It's a story about a devil (the devil, perhaps) who runs into Charlie Manson and his family deep in the desert. Manson is harbouring a fish woman from whom he is getting his quasi-imaginary revelations from. The devil (named Leech) leads Manson deep inside a mountain above LA where he finds a sea under the desert. Carved into the rock is confirmation that Manson's dreams are true, and that he could crack the mountain and smother the world with a deluge, returning it to the fish-people. However, the devil is not finished with humanity, and trades Manson his life for a promise that he will not drown the world, which Manson accepts.
A typically Newmanian tale, rooted in history and popular culture, but with a lovecraftian twist. Good stuff, if a little slow to get started.


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Jan. 12, 2010
NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Fighting Irish women's soccer player Lauren Fowlkes (Lee's Summit, Mo./St. Teresa's Academy) has been invited to the U.S. Under-23 Women's National Team Camp, it was announced by U.S. Soccer and head coach Bill Irwin. Joining Fowlkes on the 24-player roster is former Irish defender Elise Weber '09.
The week-long camp opens on Jan. 13 and it will be held at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. The week will include two games against the senior South Korean Women's National Team, which is training in Southern California for three weeks. Irwin's team will face the Koreans on Saturday, Jan. 16 and on Monday, Jan. 18 with both games scheduled to start at 3:00 p.m. (PST) at the Home Depot Center. Players called into the U-23s in 2010 must have been born on or after Jan. 1, 1987.
Fowlkes has been listed as a defender on Irwin's roster, but her call into the national camp comes on the heels of having a breakout year helping to lead the Irish offense after moving to the forward line three weeks into the season (a position she initially started at in her college career, before moving to holding midfielder and central defender last season and earlier in 2009). She finished the season tied for second on the team with 24 points on 10 goals (including three game winners) and four assists – all career high marks. She also played in all 26 games for the Irish, including 25 starts.
For her efforts, Fowlkes was named the BIG EAST Conference Co-Offensive Player of the Year and a first-team all-conference selection. She went on to garner the BIG EAST Championship Most Outstanding Offensive Player award after leading the Fighting Irish to their 11th BIG EAST postseason title, scoring the first goal in both the semifinal win over St. John's (2-1 OT) and the championship game victory over Marquette (2-1). What's more, she was named to the Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Year (second team). She also helped the Irish to their fourth consecutive NCAA College Cup appearance and was named a 2009 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American as a second team selection.
Weber, who currently plays for the St. Louis Athletica of the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) league, played for the Irish in 2007 and 2008 after spending her first two seasons at Wisconsin. She started all 53 games during her two years at Notre Dame, notching four goals and 10 assists (18 points). Weber was an all-BIG EAST honorable mention choice as a senior and she also was an ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Second Team selection in 2008. She was drafted 21st overall by the Athletica in the Inaugural WPS Draft.
Fowlkes is one of 11 college juniors invited to the first camp of 2010, while Weber is one of four WPS players on the roster. Additionally, Fowlkes is one of two current BIG EAST athletes invited to camp, as Marquette's sophomore goalkeeper Natalie Kulla will also be in attendance.
Fowlkes and Weber are part of an extensive list of Notre Dame players who have competed for Team USA at the U-23 level. Most recently, Jessica Schuveiller participated in her first U-23 National Camp on June 12-19, 2009 in suburban Cleveland, Ohio. Two other current Irish players — senior forward Michele Weissenhofer (Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley) and sophomore forward Melissa Henderson (Garland, Texas/Berkner) — are also part of the U-23 player pool. Fowlkes and Henderson both traveled to Portland, Oregon, for a U-23 camp in April of 2009 (featuring exhibition wins over Portland, Oregon State and Washington), with Fowlkes making the final roster for a two-game tour of Ireland in early May. Fowlkes also won a gold medal with the U.S. U-20 National Team at last December's FIFA U20 Women's World Cup in Chile.
Meanwhile, Brittany Bock '09 scored a goal for the United States U-23s against a Women's Professional Soccer League (WPSL) Select Team during a 7-1 victory back in January 2009 in Chula Vista, Calif. Due to her recent success in WPS, Bock also has earned consideration by the full United States National Team, with head coach Pia Sundhage calling her into the 18-player squad for the U.S. Women's National Team's Oct. 29 friendly against Germany at Impuls Arena in Augsburg, Germany.
Three other Irish alumnae — forward/midfielder Amanda Cinalli (Saint Louis Athletica), forward Kerri Hanks (Sky Blue FC) and defender Carrie Dew (FC Gold Pride) – completed recent stints with the United States U-23 squad. All told, 25 Notre Dame women's soccer players have participated in the U.S. U-23 National Team program, as well as its previous incarnations (the U-20 level until 2001, then the U-21 program until 2007).


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Heat Wave
It's freakin' hot!
Despite the a/c at avec, despite not one but TWO summer showers that day, yesterday's outdoor temperature of 102 carried over to the kitchen. Service was brutal only because the heat made it so. Ticket flow was fine (though Sylvester was getting a little clobbered by cheese tickets) but Katie and I were just desperate for the night to be over. If the servers wearing sleeveless tops were hot, how do you think three line cooks wearing black pants, chef jackets, and their heads covered were feeling?
My bangs felt like they were plastered to my forehead, and several times I could feel the sweat dripping down behind my ears. Arrrrrghhh, Liz please order us double the amount of short-sleeved dishwasher shirts!! >_<
Still, I'm enjoying the summer. Sweating may not be the most fun activity, but thanks to my first avec summer last year, I've learned to be able to stand the heat.
After work, Katie and I bonded at Dimo's where this week's special was an apple pie pizza. Yum! Katie made a small announcement a couple of weeks ago that she was leaving avec and so every day working with her has been really precious. I'm going to miss my awesome work buddy and line ally! Next week is her last ;_;
Ruth "jokingly" penciled in herself and me into the schedule so that we'd have an all-ladies line for the last time. Hopefully no one (*cough cough* Armanzo) messes with the schedule….
Tomorrow is Saturday soul suck with an extra dose of heat. I say, bring it! After I stop by a store and buy a truckload of Gatorade, that is.


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August 31, 2017
By Andy Ellis
Student leaders from Troy University join Gov. Kay Ivey for a photo during the press conference proclaiming Sept. 1 as College Colors Day in Alabama.
Friday, Sept. 1, marks College Colors Day in Alabama, and all TROY supporters are encouraged to show their support to "the School we love" by wearing their Trojan colors.
Last week, surrounded by mascots and student leaders from Alabama's public universities on the steps of the Alabama Capitol, Gov. Kay Ivey officially proclaimed College Colors…


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The Maker's Diet Transformation Journal
By: Jordan Rubin
Destiny Image Publishers, Inc. P. O. Box 310, Shippensburg, PA 17257
978-0768403701, $ 10.99, 2014, 104 Pages
Reviewed by Richard R. Blake
A 10 Day Transformation Experience
"The Maker's Diet Transformation Journal" is designed to be used with "The Maker's Diet Transformation Curriculum." The book includes a plan for a ten-day interactive experience of transformation resulting in: Creating healthy patterns and disciplines, break additions habits and unhealthy cycle that have been holding you back, lead to new dimensions of empowerment in your Bible study and prayer, see prayers answered, and to find God's purpose for your life.
New York Times bestselling author Jordan Rubin challenges the reader to become a part of a generation of "Daniels;" people willing to become an extraordinary sphere of influence for God in a broken world.
The plan can be used in a small group setting or in a corporate church setting. You will benefit individually through the use of the journal with the accompanying materials available, and following the fasting guidelines and meal plans suggested in the "Daniel Diet."
Each day in is broken into three segments which include a Corporate Prayer Directive, a scripture, a devotional challenge, and an opportunity to record your thoughts in your prayer journal, at the beginning of the day, in the afternoon, and in the evening.
"The Maker's Diet Transformation Journal" is for Christians sincerely wanting to: Experience a deeper intimacy with God, develop a more effective prayer life, and establish a renewed purpose and vision.
A complimentary copy of this book was provided for review purposes. The opinions expressed are my own.


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On October 18th the TUC, STUC and ITUC (Northern Committee) held demonstrations to protest against austerity.
Trade Unionists For Independence (East Coast) distributed the leaflet below at the STUC rally, It's Time to Create A Just Scotland, held in Glasgow on Saturday, October 18th. It was attended by 3500 trade unionists.
Socialist Democracy (Ireland) wrote the second piece about the demonstration in Belfast.
1. AFTER SEPTEMBER 18th – BRING REAL DEMOCRACY INTO OUR TRADE UNIONS
The campaign for Scottish independence has been the largest movement for popular democracy seen in these islands since the Irish War of Independence. In terms of electoral participation it was unprecedented. Voter registration was 97% and voter turnout was 85%.
We faced the biggest ruling class offensive, backed by the UK state, since the Miners' Strike. Only this time it brought together a combined Tory/Lib-Dem/Labour Better Together 'No' alliance, UKIP, the Orange Order, other Loyalists, British fascists, the BBC, the Pope and the Free Presbyterian Church, and the USA and China!
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Chief Vintner Gary Matson, has been working on something unique and special for the people of Butler County, PA and beyond.
This passion started out as a hobby for Gary over 20 years ago. As he refined his skills and created even more interesting wines, his hobby became a full time job. Gary found that his hobby was able to provide him a living in 2005 and this is when he took the plunge and decided to devote his efforts full time by opening his own winery. The rest is a story of growing success and future development and expansion. Wine is often described as a living beverage.
In just our second year of operation in 2007 we delivered a winner. Rustic Acres 2006 Concord was awarded a DOUBLE GOLD, and A GOLD for OVERALL best Red Wine at the 2007 Keystone Wine Competition!
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The National Park Service celebrates 100 years in 2016. The branch of government was created by an act signed by President Woodrow Wilson on August 25, 1916. The idea has been a desire to keep the different parks preserved around the country. Believe it or not, Americans love the parks! Over 221,000 volunteers share their time every year to make these special areas around the United States a place that will last for generations to come.
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MAN OF STEEL or the dangers of too much cake.
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Brunel Swimming Team. Got wet and cold in studio, but managed to keep smiles on their faces. It was fun shoot and went quicker than expected. Plus we managed to run out of water. which was surprise as I had about 3 litres prepared. I didn't expected to use it all, but well, since they like water, its not such a big surprise overall.
Below you can see results from our photo session. Also, check out my new "Projects" page. It has 2 new pages with higher resolution images of male and female swimming team as well 🙂
Special thanks to Rachel Keeley (pinky swimsuit) for helping to organise the whole thing. And thanks to everyone who took part for helping set up and tear down the set. And for spraying water at each other 😀


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Dominican Republic is not the first country that comes to mind when thinking about Jazz, even though one of the best jazz pianist in the last couple of decades is from this country, of course I am talking about Michel Camilo. And Jazz, a music style born out of fusion and already fused with almost any other Latin American music style, never has tried to fuse with Dominican folk music. With his album Beyond 145th Street Alex Diaz & his Merengue Jazz is trying the first serious attempt to do just that.
At first I was skeptic about the results and thought this fusion could only works if the merengue rhythms were diluted enough for the jazz melodies and intricate harmonies to shine through. But that is not what these guys did. The merengue rhythmic foundation (merengue is one of various folk rhythms out of Dominican Republic) is pretty accentuated all throughout the album. And the results are quite good. People will be pleasantly surprised when listening to the interesting and danceable versions of Jerome Kern "Yesterdays", Lawrence and Altman "All or nothing at all" and Sam Jones "Unit Seven".
Part of the success of this fusion can be attributed to the amazing musicians on this album. Ray Diaz on tambora and guira, Ivan Renta on sax, Nelson Jaime on trumpet, Diego Lopez on drums, Ruben Rodriguez on bass and Pedro Bermudez on piano. Bermudez also contributed two compositions to the release, "El Tigerazo del Bebop" and the album title "Beyond 145th Street".
Tracks: Yesterdays, Unit Seven, Santo Domingo, Catarey Meren Jam, All or nothing at all, El Tigerazo del Bebop, Ginza Samba, El Comandante, Beyond 145th Street


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National Tuberculosis Institute (NTI), a Government of India Organization under the ministry of Health & Family Welfare invites applications for the following posts to be filled on Contractual basis only for various projects at NTI, Bengaluru.
Consultant Microbiologist NRL 1 Post (Unreserved)
65,000/- p.m.
M.D.Microbiology or PhD Medical microbiology or MSc. (Microbiology)
Five years of relevant work experience
1. To handle day to day correspondence in National Reference Laboratory pertaining to Culture and DST.
2. To conduct on-site evaluation of Laboratories under RNTCP and submit periodic reports to CTD
3. To implement SOPs in NRL, revision of SOPs as per program need incorporating newer technology
4. Provide technical support in expansion of the full range of activities under the External Quality Assessment (EQA) for sputum smear microscopy and mycobacterial culture and drug susceptibility testing
5. Support in planning and scaling up of quality assured mycobacterial culture and drug susceptibility testing(DST) for MDR TB management and Drug Resistance Surveillance
6. To provide on the job training to the laboratory technicians in NRL.
7. To engage maintenance agencies for NRL equipments and monitor their performance.
8. To assist and monitor implementation of lab QA in States, in coordination with respective microbiologists(IRL & EQA) for all technologies(LJ, LC, LPA, CBNAAT)
9. To coordinate with partner organizations engaged in infrastructure development or culture /DST capacity development of NRL.
10. To oversee data entry of Direct Microscopy/CDST labs into the TB ICT application(NIKSHAY) 11. To provide timely feedback to CTD on performance of laboratories under RNTCP
12. To facilitate change management with respect to use of ICT &Nikshay tools for concerned data entry, validation & its use for public health action 13. Any other tasks assigned as per program needs
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Sr. Lab. Tech. for NRL 1 Post (Unreserved)
25000/- pm
1. BSc. biotechnology with DMLT or BSc. microbiology with DMLT or BSc. with DMLT or equivalent 2. Five year of work experience in related field
MSc. medical microbiology or MSc. microbiology or MSc .biotechnology
1. To assist Microbiologists in trainings of microscopy and collection and transportation of samples and culture/DST.
2. Manufacture panel testing slides for EQA.
3. Assist the microbiologist in On Site Evaluation.
4. Perform the laboratory activities including Culture and DST
5. Assist Microbiologist in data compilation and analysis.To facilitate change management with respect to use of ICT &Nikshay tools for concerned data entry, validation & its use for public health action
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Eleanora Fagan (April 7, 1915 July 17, 1959), known professionally as Billie Holiday and nicknamed "Lady Day", was a popular jazz singer. Her early life was tragic and her drug abuse cut her life short, but she remains famous for her powerful yet vulnerable voice, her persona, and her fearless advocacy of civil rights with such songs as the anti-lynching ballad "Strange Fruit" (which took considerable courage to record, seeing as how it predated the Civil Rights Movement by two decades). She was bisexual and had flings with both men and women.
She's also notable for her definitive performances of such standards as "Summertime" and "Easy Living".
Albums by her with their own page on TV Tropes:
- Lady in Satin (1958)
Tropes found in Billie Holiday's life and works:
- Berserk Button: Racism seemed to be one.
- Broken Bird: Where to begin?
- Dead Artists Are Better: Her legend has been accelerated by her early death.
- Flower in Her Hair: Signature look. Many female singers since have copied it in order to pay tribute to her.
- Going Cold Turkey: Many times, in custody and out. Billie had a heroin habit that at its worst required her to cook up her fix in an old tuna fish can. Most junkies use a teaspoon. Even when in the agonies of withdrawal she still rarely missed a show. Cirrhosis from alcoholism is what eventually killed her.
- Good Old Fisticuffs: One instance in Harlem, two unlucky sailors tempted fate by extinguishing their cigarettes on Billie´s coat. She promptly asked them to meet her outside, and beat the living hell out of them. Nobody messed with Billie Holiday.
- Jazz: She is still the most iconic female jazz singer of all time.
- The Lad-ette: Known for her love of drinking, brawling, and gambling.
- Lipstick Mark: In "Don't Explain" she tells her man to "skip that lipstick".
- Mondegreen: "God Bless The Child"'s lines "Mama may have, Papa may have" could be heard as "Mama Mayhem, Papa Mayhem".
- Posthumous Collaboration: "God Bless the Child" was recorded again after her death in a version with Tony Bennett.
- Protest Song: "Strange Fruit" was a early example and was daring for its time. It addressed the lynching of black people in the South, by comparing people hanging from trees with "strange fruit".
- Rape as Backstory: By a neighbor at 10 years old.
- Romanticized Abuse: "Ain't Nobody's Business if I Do" where she defiantly declares how happy she is with her abusive husband (yes, it was Truth in Television)
- Slow Clap: When she first sang "Strange Fruit," the result was silence... then a Slow Clap.
- Tough Act to Follow: Invoked. "Strange Fruit" was contractually required to be the last song Billie Holiday would ever perform in a night - no encores. Waiters would not serve patrons, and the only light would be a spotlight on Lady Day's face.
Billie Holiday in popular culture
- Her rendition of "Yesterdays" is used as an atmospheric piece in Fritz the Cat (1972) before Fritz and his black friend go off to visit a pimp and a prostitute.
- "Strange Fruit" is used in a story of Blacksad.
- At the start of Sophie Scholl: The Final Days Sophie and her room-mate Gisela sing along to a recording of Holiday's "Sugar".
- "Same Old Story" is heard over the end credits of Bad Timing (1980).
- Diana Ross performed Holiday in the Biopic Lady Sings the Blues (1972).
- Audra McDonald performed Holiday in the Broadway performance (2015) and HBO airing of Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (2016).
Shout-Out / Homage
- "Angel Of Harlem" by U2 from Rattle and Hum is a homage to her.
- "My Only Friend" by The Magnetic Fields is a tribute to her.
- Bomb Girls provides a shout-out to Billie Holiday and Cary Grant.
- The Simpsons: In "Round Springfield" the ghost of Bleeding Gums Murphy tells Lisa he has to leave: "I got a date with Billie Holiday".
- The album Stranger Fruit by Zeal & Ardor is named in tribute to "Strange Fruit".
- Alison Moyet covered "That Ole Devil Called Love" in 1985.


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This Summer, our church is exploring spiritual disciplines in order that we might be nudged into a deeper faith and healthier lifestyle. This week we are focusing on the discipline of fasting (you can listen to the sermon or get the "Digging Deeper" questions here).
We live in a comfort driven society. In the last 7-8 years we've seen the service industry drastically change and bend toward increased convenience. You no longer have to sit through commercials (thanks Netflix and Hulu), have to drive yourself or call a taxi (thanks Uber), or even talk to another person while ordering food for delivery (thanks UberEATS and Doordash). You don't have to write a letter or even pick up the phone to connect with friends on the other side of the world (thanks FaceBook, Twitter, and Instagram). We're finally living into the Burger King slogan from the late 80's where you can get "your way, right away" with almost anything (thanks Amazon).
In a world like the one we're experiencing today, we actually have to work to be inconvenienced. We have to choose to not take what Andy Crouch calls, "the easy everywhere solution."
Fasting calls us to be uncomfortable. It is the conscious choice to abstain from the comforts and conveniences around us, with the expressed purpose of leaning into God. It awakens us to the realities of our communities that we might not see when living with all of the options around us. Richard Foster writes, "More than any other Discipline, fasting reveals the things that control us. This is a wonderful benefit to the true disciple who longs to be transformed into the image of Jesus Christ. We cover up what is inside us with food and other good things, but in fasting these things surface." What controls you? What might you need to fast from this week?


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Jane Siberry ( /ˈsɪbri/ SIB-ree) (born October 12, 1955 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, known for such hits as "Mimi on the Beach", "I Muse Aloud", "One More Colour" and "Calling All Angels". She has also released material under the name Issa ( /ˈisa/ EE-sah).
Her music has drawn from a wide variety of styles, ranging from new wave rock on her earlier albums to a reflective pop style influenced by jazz, folk, gospel, classical and liturgical music in her later work.
In May 2010 she made her entire back catalogue of music available as free downloads in MP3 and AIFF formats.


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Home > A. Molecular pathology > nucleotide excision repair
nucleotide excision repair
Wednesday 19 November 2003
Definition: Nucleotide excision repair is a DNA repair mechanism. It is a process carried out by mammalian cells that involves the recognition, removal and resynthesis of the restored DNA following DNA damage by bulky lesions.
Nucleotide excision repair (NER) is one of several DNA repair mechanisms by which damaged bases are removed from the genome. The process incorporates the excision of such bases as part of an oligonucleotide fragment, in contrast to base excision repair (BER), by which damaged or inappropriate bases are excised as a free base, or mismatch repair (MMR), by which mispaired bases are excised as single nucleotides.
NER in human cells is a complex biochemical process that requires several proteins (See components). The human proteins required for NER assemble in an ordered, stepwise fashion at sites of base damage that are substrates for NER.
This assembly generates a large multiprotein complex, sometimes referred to as the nucleotide excision repairosome.
Studies in yeast, an informative model for many aspects of NER in humans, indicate that some of this complex might be preassembled in cells not deliberately exposed to DNA damage. However, the conclusions of these studies have proved controversial.
The repair complex is a versatile 'NER machine' that can recognize many types of base damage that often bear little, if any, structural or chemical similarity, incise (nick) DNA at precise distances on either side of the base damage exclusively on the damaged DNA strand, and excise oligonucleotide fragments that include the base damage.
Eukaryotic cells can repair many types of DNA damage. Among the known DNA repair processes in humans, one type - nucleotide excision repair (NER) - specifically protects against mutations caused indirectly by environmental carcinogens. Humans with a hereditary defect in NER suffer from xeroderma pigmentosum and have a marked predisposition to skin cancer caused by sunlight exposure.
DNA constantly requires repair due to chemical damage that can occur to bases, and nucleotide excision repair (NER) and base excision repair (BER) are mechanisms by which the cell can prevent unwanted mutations caused by base damage.
While the base excision repair (BER) machinery recognizes specific lesions in the DNA and can correct only damaged bases that can be removed by a specific DNA glycosylase, the nucleotide excision repair enzymes recognize distortions in the shape of the DNA double helix.
Recognition of these distortions leads to the removal of a short single-stranded DNA segment that includes the lesion, creating a single-strand gap in the DNA, which is subsequently filled in by DNA polymerase, which uses the undamaged strand as a template.
Steps of the NER system
The essential features of nucleotide excision repair.
1. Nucleotide excision repair (NER) operates on base damage caused by exogenous agents (such as mutagenic and carcinogenic chemicals and photoproducts generated by sunlight exposure) that cause alterations in the chemistry and structure of the DNA duplex .
2. Such damage is recognized by a protein called XPC, which is stably bound to another protein called HHRAD23B.
3. The binding of the XPC-HHRAD23 heterodimeric subcomplex is followed by the binding of several other proteins, as XPA, RPA, TFIIH and XPG. XPA and RPA are believed to facilitate specific recognition of base damage. TFIIH is a subcomplex of the RNA polymerase II transcription initiation machinery which also operates during NER.
It consists of six subunits and contains two DNA helicase activities (XPB and XPD) that unwind the DNA duplex in the immediate vicinity of the base damage.
This local denaturation generates a bubble in the DNA, the ends of which comprise junctions between duplex and single-stranded DNA.
4. The subsequent binding of the ERCC1-XPF heterodimeric subcomplex generates a completely assembled NER multiprotein complex.
5. XPG is a duplex/single-stranded DNA endonuclease that cuts the damaged strand at such junctions 3' to the site of base damage. Conversely, the ERCC1-XPF heterodimeric protein is a duplex/single-stranded DNA endonuclease that cuts the damaged strand at such junctions 5' to the site of base damage.
This bimodal incision generates an oligonucleotide fragment 27-30 nucleotides in length which includes the damaged base.
6. This fragment is excised from the genome, concomitant with restoring the potential 27-30 nucleotide gap by repair synthesis. Repair synthesis requires DNA polymerases or , as well as the accessory replication proteins PCNA, RPA and RFC. The covalent integrity of the damaged strand is then restored by DNA ligase.
7. Collectively, these biochemical events return the damaged DNA to its native chemistry and configuration.
Mutations in genes on the nucleotide excision repair pathway (NER system) are associated with diseases, such as xeroderma pigmentosum, Cockayne syndrome and trichothiodystrophy, that involve skin cancer and developmental and neurological symptoms.
These mutations cause the defective repair of damaged DNA and increased transcription arrest but, except for skin cancer, the links between repair and disease have not been obvious.
Widely different clinical syndromes seem to result from mutations in the same gene, even when the mutations result in complete loss of function.
The mapping of mutations in recently solved protein structures has begun to clarify the links between the molecular defects and phenotypes, but the identification of additional sources of clinical variability is still necessary.
Nucleotide-excision repair diseases exhibit cancer, complex developmental disorders and neurodegeneration.
Cancer is the hallmark of xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), and neurodegeneration and developmental disorders are the hallmarks of Cockayne syndrome and trichothiodystrophy.
A distinguishing feature is that the DNA-repair or DNA-replication deficiencies of XP involve most of the genome, whereas the defects in CS are confined to actively transcribed genes.
Many of the proteins involved in repair are also components of dynamic multiprotein complexes, transcription factors, ubiquitylation cofactors and signal-transduction networks. Complex clinical phenotypes might therefore result from unanticipated effects on other genes and proteins.
The fact that these three different diseases (XP, CS and TTD) may be mutated in the same genes (as is the case of XPB, XPD and XPG) is intriguing.
The clinical symptoms of these genetic disorders are distinct specially concerning the increased frequency of skin tumors, observed in XP but not in CS or TTD patients.
These different symptoms may simply express differences in the abilities of the mutated cells to perform either DNA repair or transcription, depending on the mutation on the gene.
However, recent data have shone some light onto this very interesting question. Working with cells derived from XPG patients associated or not with CS, Cooper et al. (1997) have found evidence that the developmental CS defects may be due to a defective preferential repair of active genes by oxidative damage.
On the other hand, Ahrens et al. (1997) have found that the high risk of cancer in XPD patients may be due to a decreased immunological response to UVB irradiation, not found on cells from TTD patients (mutated in the same XPD gene).
The author propose that the XPD protein might have a transcriptional role controlling the expression of immunological relevant genes. Thus, mutations that affect this control (such as those found in XP patients, but not in TTD) may increase the skin cancer risk.
Pathology (nucelotide excision repair diseases)
In these diseases, the nucleotide-excision repair pathway (NER) does not remove UV-induced DNA lesions efficiently.
xeroderma pigmentosum
Cockayne disease
germline mutations in ERCC1 have been reported in (cerebrooculofacioskeletal syndrome 4) (cerebro-oculo-facio-skeletal syndrome 4) (COFS4). (17273966)
See also
excision repair
Jaspers NG, Raams A, Silengo MC, Wijgers N, Niedernhofer LJ, Robinson AR, Giglia-Mari G, Hoogstraten D, Kleijer WJ, Hoeijmakers JH, Vermeulen W. First reported patient with human ERCC1 deficiency has cerebro-oculo-facio-skeletal syndrome with a mild defect in nucleotide excision repair and severe developmental failure. Am J Hum Genet. 2007 Mar;80(3):457-66. PMID: 17273966
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The NER pathway
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Margin call /
by Gudas, Anthony [pro]; Corso, Michael [pro]; Ganguzza, Rose [pro]; Blum, Joshua [pro]; D'Amico, Kirk [pro]; Manis, Randy [pro]; Elwes, Cassian; Rister, Laura [pro]; Jenckes, Joe [pro]; Barnum, Robert Ogden [pro]; Moosa, Corey [pro]; Benaroya, Michael; Dodson, Neal [pro]; Chandor, J. C [aus]; Spacey, Kevin [act]; Bettany, Paul [act]; Irons, Jeremy [act]; Quinto, Zachary [act]; Badgley, Penn [act]; Baker, Simon [act]; McDonnell, Mary [act]; Moore, Demi [act]; Tucci, Stanley [act]; Mandvi, Aasif [act]; Williams, Ashley [act]; Blackwell, Susan [act]; Dizzia, Maria; DeMarco, Frank G [cng]; Larson, Nathan [cmp]; Roadside Attractions (Firm); Benaroya Pictures; Myriad Pictures; Before the Door Pictures; Washington Square Films; Untitled Entertainment (Firm); Sakonnet Capital Partners; Lions Gate Films; Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm).Material type: Visual materialPublisher: Santa Monica, CA : Lions Gate Films, Inc, [2011]Edition: Widescreen edition.Description: 1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.Language note: In English with optional subtitles in English or Spanish; closed-captioned.Uniform titles: Margin call (Motion picture).Subject(s): Global Financial Crisis (2008-2009) | Securities industry -- United States -- Drama | Financial crises -- United States -- Drama | Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 -- Drama | Wall Street (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama | New York (State) -- New York -- Wall Street | United States | Spanish language materials | 2008-2009 | Feature films -- United States | Suspense films | Thrillers (Motion pictures) | Feature films | Fiction films | Feature films -- United States | Drama | Feature films | Fiction films | Thrillers (Motion pictures) | Video recordings for the hearing impaired | DVD-Video discs
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Investment-firm analyst Peter Sullivan (Zachary Quinto) uncovers sensitive information that could easily plunge the entire business into peril, inadvertently destroying the lives and careers of his colleagues in this tense thriller set during the onset of the 2008 financial crisis. Over the course of the next 24 hours, Sullivan realizes that the decisions he makes will not only affect the employees of the firm, but the lives of everyday Americans from coast to coast as well. Kevin Spacey, Jeremy Irons, Stanley Tucci, Demi Moore, and Paul Bettany co-star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
DVD; Region 1; 5.1 Dolby Digital EX surround sound ; widescreen presentation, 1.78:1 aspect ratio, for 16x9 televisions.
In English with optional subtitles in English or Spanish; closed-captioned.
Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Mary McDonnell, Demi Moore, Stanley Tucci, Aasif Mandvi, Ashley Williams, Susan Blackwell, Maria Dizzia.
Director of photography, Frank DeMarco ; editor, Pete Beaudreau ; production designer, John Paino ; costume designer, Carolyn Duncan ; original music, Nathan Larson.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2011.
MPAA rating: Rated R for language.
Who cares about the suffering--existential, financial, or other--of those who blindly mismanaged our monies into this ever-expanding, nay, verily bottomless pit of debt? No one, but this film may help viewers understand A) the birth of current financial woes, and B) what it might have been like, in those first few hours within the confines of an early investment trading firm casualty. Fueled by a mass layoff, a thumb drive, and a rocket-scientist-cum-analyst who really understands the numbers, the last night of good times on Wall Street unfolds as rung by rung, up the executive ladder, travels news that is -- apocalyptic. For viewers who still have no idea of how 2008's meltdown happened, this film is one fiction that will make it ever so much more real.
Opening titles -- Bad luck -- The file -- Something huge -- Second opinion -- Under the rug -- Exposed -- The music stops -- A sense of comfort -- Sacrifice -- The long way home -- Mercy killing -- Facing the music -- Shifting ground -- Fire sale -- End credits.
Special features: Director and producer feature commentary [optional audio]; Deleted scenes [with optional commentary] (5 min.); Revolving door: Making "Margin Call" (6 min.); Missed calls: Moments with cast & crew (1 min.); From the deck: photo gallery [slide show] (4 min.); Also from Lionsgate (8 min.).


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MILWAUKEE -- The case of a Wisconsin priest accused of preying on boys at a school for the deaf was presented to the Vatican by one of the victims a year earlier than previously thought, according to documents revealed Thursday in another lawsuit aimed at the highest levels of the Roman Catholic Church.
A man identified in the lawsuit as "John Doe 16" of Illinois wrote a March 5, 1995, letter to then-Vatican Secretary of State Angelo Sodano alleging that the Rev. Lawrence Murphy molested him for a number of years. Previously, it was believed that the Vatican first learned of the allegations against Murphy in a July 1996 letter from Milwaukee Archbishop Rembert Weakland.
Murphy, who died in 1998, is accused of sexually abusing some 200 boys at the school from 1950 to 1974. His case drew renewed scrutiny after the recent release of documents suggesting that a Vatican office led by then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger -- now the pope -- failed to aggressively discipline Murphy.
The Vatican dismissed the lawsuit as a publicity stunt that is entirely without merit and rehashes theories already rejected by U.S. courts.
Jeffrey Lena, a U.S. attorney for the Vatican, said in a statement that Murphy's victims deserve sympathy, but the Vatican knew nothing of the crimes until decades later and isn't responsible for the abuse.
A Vatican spokesman has previously said the church's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith was only informed of the Murphy case some 20 years after the diocese knew of the allegations and after civil authorities decided to drop their investigation. The congregation suggested that the Wisconsin bishops restrict his ministry rather than stage a full-blown canonical trial, which it had earlier supported.
The lawsuit seeks the release of confidential Vatican files detailing clergy abuse allegations, as well as unspecified monetary damages. It also seeks a jury trial.
The lawsuit says Sodano, Ratzinger and fellow Vatican official Tarcisio Bertone all knew about the allegations against Murphy and conspired to keep them secret. The lawsuit says the claims are based on "information and belief" but doesn't offer proof.
"Ratzinger and Bertone each knew that their inaction and delay would cause harm to Plaintiff and other former deaf students," the lawsuit states.
The court document suggests that the Vatican failed to discipline Murphy because he was a prolific fundraiser.
The defendants are Ratzinger, Bertone, Sodano and the Holy See, identified as the state of the Vatican City. Cardinal Bertone was Ratzinger's deputy at the time of the investigation and is now the Vatican's secretary of state.
The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, has previously said the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith was only informed of the Murphy case some 20 years after the diocese knew of the allegations and after civil authorities decided to drop their investigation. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is the powerful office that among other things investigates clerical sex abuse.
Lombardi has said that given Murphy's age and health, and that no further allegations had been leveled against him, the Wisconsin bishops ordered the proceedings halted. But in the end, Murphy died while still a defendant in a canonical trial.


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While teens in America are dealing with the constant threat of gun use in their highschools, us Brits are still more scared of being stabbed as it seems so commonplace within the youth of today. I read in the newspaper yesterday that a teen was using a cash machine in my area (Bethnal Green) and was approached from behind by two men and slashed multiple times across his back and arms. (See Pic above) However, he was luckily wearing a new invention by Bladerunner Ltd., a stab-proof hoodie. The top retails at USD$130 and is lined with Kevlar and could soon be part of school uniform. Kevlar can be spun into ropes and sheets of fabric up to five times stronger than steel and this property can make it fire-resistant too. Testing is underway in select schools in the glorious East-End of London.
This sounds crazy, but it actually makes alot of sense to have these hoodies. I still think a kid is more willing to slash or stab you up on the street rather than shoot you because the consequences if they are caught are so much lighter on knife crime compared to gun crime.
I'm diggin the fresh multiple prints design on the hoodies too!


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" captains log,the enterprise is now in federation space. The bendali ship has backed off . those affected by the worms have begun treatment. Those affected who have begun treatment have responded well. " Addison said.
Addison and Ryan walked hand in hand to sickbay. "Nervous?" Ryan asked. "A little! You?"she asked
"Yes I am. I am excited to not have worms climbing around my body "he said. "I know what you mean. I feel the same way. " Addison said.
They arrived at the sickbay.the door opened.the two entered. "Ok get change and get on the bio bed. "Dr. Piper said.
Ryan changed into the blue cover l like robe with a black shirt. She wore the blue night gowan. Nurse chapel took some readings.
"Ok ? Are You ready?"Dr. Piper asked."not really . let's do it any way. "Addison said. Dr. Piper took out a hypo spray. She was injected with the futuristic syringe.
She started to feel odd. She did not know what to make of it. She started to feel some mild discomfort.
She took some deep breaths .she tried to deal with it as best As she could. The pain got worse. It was barible but not awesome.
She finally fell asleep. She has bizarre dreams. She had one dream where she was in the house of her step parents. Where she spent most of her childhood.
She saw Ryan. S he saw her son and daughter. She saw her step parents. She saw a group of Klingon zombies.she tried to protect her family.
She woke up. "Addie your safe!" Dr. Piper said. "Am I cured?"she asked."you stil Cary the worms but they are dead they should dissolve in your syistims or you should pass it .at this point it is inert. "Christine chapel said.
"That is a cheery thought. "The captain said.piper laughed. Ryan had his son and daughter with him
"Addie you will be happy to know that Hannah is fine. There is no evidence that she was ever infected with the worms. " Dr. Piper said.
Nurse chapel picked up Hannah and gave her to Addison. Adison picked her up. She kissed her head. "I am glad to hear that doctor."she said.
"Captains log the landing party has completed there treatments. We are now heading to star base 42. "
"Now on course!"dasalle said."alright lets go out there!"she said.
The end.
Universe one a Klingon ship that was assumed to be destroyed in the mass crises reaks havoc.
Universe 2. The enterprise visits star base 42.
Worms the conclusion.
" captains log,the enterprise is now in federation space. The bendali ship has backed off . those affected by the worms have begun treatment. Those affected who have begun treatment have responded well. " Addison said.