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my favorite trip ever, and probably one of the last

First off, I am so inerested in responses as I have no E-mail yet,(no-posting ability).

First off, I am so inerested in responses as I have no E-mail yet,(no-posting ability).
Im not one to fabricate any bull crap about how cool and magical this stuff is. Yet this report is the climax of a perpetuating, almost reciprocating phenomena over the years, that happens to resemble T. Mckennas lessons found in the book "true hallucinations", and is way to synchronistic for me to not report the similarities. And this all happened before I read a word of his or his brother dennis's material, or any other reading material on this subject.
My two friends and I were complex and smart folks with different tolerances. The two brothers and I prepared mescaline at my house useing san pedro cacti, and lots of it. It turned out this was sort of unsuccessful (for them more so),but did last a while, it was very interesting none-the-less, even for them. Two hours later much humored fussing was going on between us as to whether or not the biggest guy should persue the mescaline some more,(we mentioned "the fear" and the majore time lag between eating and "feelin' it" with mesc.). He asked questions for his brother and I, who were seasoned users of the more intense hallucinogens and routs taken.
Interestingly, he sided with his brother whilst usually interupting me and my knowledgable commentaries. I had read alot more, and quite frankly knew more about it, but he decided he wouldnt "feel" more mescaline, (it hadn't hardly come on yet), so instead of the additional half eighth of mushrooms also being suggested, he and his bro thought "big-bro" should just "simply" eat an eighth, (my freind's brother, not mine). So he did, munched them down without taking his time, which is not something you see in a person who really respects the stuff or the cacti ingested before it. We both, aside from the guy taking this fatty cacti-mush-dose, thought this was funny though was considerably justified by my friend amidst ego-driven, brotherly conversation, yet we both couldn't wait to see the confusion that might just totally envelope him within the next 45 minuits.
It turned out I was wrong, he really didnt seem to feel the mescaline and honestly didnt seem to get very involved in the mushroom experience either,(the whole night, (except ofcoarse within the confines of an experimental triumbrate of group experience)). Though there was so much laughter and interesting cognition/humor(not based on stupidity--->aristotelianasm reference), it seemed that both brothers may have gotten just what they had "payed for", and at that point myself was included.
The brothers, having grown up together were even more in-sync than us two best friends, all of us being an almost equal whole for a while there, but there was no invlovement between the two or three that wasnt merely funny, or freaking hilariouse. Eventually, the group experience breached into the archetypal territories of the group mind, (the other two of us besides "big-brother" were only on mescaline still), though we all felt almost clarvoiant together. Appropriet although the less seasoned hallucinogen user there had had no door opening throughout his adult life.
Then the strangest things happened that I have ever experienced in a group experience. Seeing as how great this "group experience" was, given that it was involving totally different individuals, my friend ate bit by bit of a half eighth of great shrooms, as did I but less-so,because I had boiled the cacti skins and drank them, (the first of my many good suggestions overlooked by these two guys, such as light maoi use).I wasn't about to deviate from the sync. that I still had at this point with altleast my best friend, thus there was no maoi put to use that night.
The Brother That never felt the cacti/+eighth seemed to change his personality the moment we decided to enter a room with a predominant red glow. The scene change, (many stairs) lead to and obviouse confrontation caused by "big-bro", a one of ambiguouse possessiveness of his brother and cognative dissonance with his fellow trippers(brother, freind???'s????). After a silence that I thought was most appropriet after the two other less-dosed individuals had taken almost one half eighth and were peaking, "big-bro" was set off by this, as he was pitter-pattering and tip-tapping away with words/stories and was not a part of "it" anymore, and he did not feel comforitable with this silence, hense the laughing in the prior segmant of the trip report. I wont bother any one with bable about the backward flow of time, other than to hint at it in this way. See, the thing is the trip would have been totally different and other-worldy hadn't his/my best friend's older brother been there.
This guy had the balls to question my intellectual and objective relavence to himself and vicariously, to his brother, my best freind. All a reaction to a beautiful and deadening silence between what I though was the three of us. By the the way this guy (big-bro) is, and was freaking sharp in the way of book smarts, humor, logic etc,(almost intimidating and not compatible with most people).
So what ensued was wierd cause im pretty acidic when I want to be and would have been. I would have normally under any other circumstances tore his smart-ass a new one, verbaly, and although I was fully capable, I didn't, so he could sleep it off later and think about it if anything.
To elaborate, "Big-bro" thought I was being spacey and inattentive when he said something that only breached some surface of the experience. A subtilty both us seasoned "friends" found irrelivent even though we both politely reacted to this possible conversation.
SO he singled me out and in a snotty way asked me, what were origins of some random statue on some harth in my house. It belonged to my mom so I said,(in a hidden, but deeply-sarcastic fashion), "its not mine but probably some increadibly interesting aboriginal-african tribe". He was attacking me, and I saw his intention in a mill.-second and applied it. A silence ensued, again, but one of negative lingual-energy that even the instigator could see the moment he insulted himself given the natural unhindered path we had thus far experienced together,(his brother was more obviouse about this than what follows).
I looked at him(big-bro), and then toward the object of his insult, and again as the silence persisted and the truth was peaking its head out, at the same time as was himself at me, (the truth withheld in the arms of causation within the last 15 min) broke the mold that he then realized we (friends)had created. NO one was going to save him from these young ones tearing him a knew one without saying one word, as my friend, (his brother)was doing the same.
The chains that time-orientated were destroyed.
We then blasted out of this through a suggestion made ovcoarse by "big-bro", to watch the matrix animated movie of shorts. (movies are just silly while tripping, not in content but within the confines of the injustice you are doing to yourself). STill, whilst in fight or flight mode, We all watched something that ID suggest to anyone who is a fan of animated film art,and I thank him, "big-bro" for that honest releif and the great catalyzing images that ooze from the plotless mind excursion that altleast one of the shorts provides. Totally amazing, best animation ever..............
My best friend and I got up at about the same time to search for the next out, as this movie could only get less interesting from this point, (less interesting than the innerworkings of our minds). We both saw my cat at the same time from different rooms in the house, first my friend got down on the floor to catch this awsome female cat that whould inevitably let you catch her.
He slithered toward her under the table, and just like the old days without his brother, I made an ambiguouse comment about the goings on thus far with his brother earlier in the night, in a metaphore involving the ability of a 240 pound guy to sneak up on something more sensitive, we laughed the real psychadelic laughs at that point but it was the last.
We both knew what to do, My friend said he was "going to bed" but didn't, (just kept eating shrooms till he needed to leave the house, or enclosure).
I said I would set up a bed for his brother. "Big-bro" followed our plans eventually, and I set a fire for my self outside. It was sort of questionably deviant really. His room was directly above the fire and I knew he couldn'd get to sleep and also wouldn't come out and enjoy the suething fire. NOre would my best friend though he couldnt see it from the ceiling of his room. The trip was shocking and we all needed rest, but not sleep. That one stand-offish instant, and everything that lead up to it had a dynamic about it that would take up twice as much text space as I have already used.
SO I, like my best friend, then at 3:00 in the morning ate the same amount without knowing each others actions, cacti 14 inches. prior, and then (3:00AM)2-2.5 grams total of great shrooms. He set off without noticing the fire burning in the light summer morning, on my deck. (WE HAve had THE HIGHEST TOLERANCE forever, AND NOW THE LOWEST IMAGINABLE SINCE WE CAN REMEMBER, (unlike big bro). I saw so many juxtopositions of time that night(as it pertains to moving foreward) that I ate a slight bit more.
Experienceing the most intriquet depths of shrooms and psychadelics in general that night was so very present after my last minute sublingual/oral consumption, and "it" was asking me questions, an entity not of my own that was not there, here. It's intrinsicaly intelligent questioning gave me the answers as well as the questions(time-juxtaposition and the simplification of chaos theory as it pertains to the senses, consciousness and time), and if the first, or say, the fifth process hadn't occured I wouldnt have asked, or "IT" wouldnt have asked my to help it prove its-self to me.
It showed me the answers before I got there. I didnt ask the question really, it asked the question and then answered it, sometimes in reverse. As was the way of the climax more and more so throughout my life ever after.
It was the suggestion of seeking proof if I only let it ask the question and let it answer at the right moment during my selfless communication with it. My neurology followed that cue in "real time" and I cleanched my fists in during this climax, destroying the homogeneity Id seeked with my blood pressure/anxiety(was this death I asked quickly, as it was quickly answered), and got ready for that which I then knew would happen, because It was me causing it,(an over-simplification).
The wind blew circulare and HARD out of nowhere like never before as the fire snapped at me and grew larger. The retention pond across from my house only then, began creating the same smoke like fog I had suggested we go create earlier that night during the "group experience"(by our mere presance as it pertains to the butterfly effect, (my fire)). AT the same cue dogs howled all across the neighborhood as then a little girl must have found something unfavorable and screamed at 2:00 in the morning. Then, before and at the same time and reference point, a long freight train slowely envelopes me with some terrible screaching noise, uncommon and less likely than even the most random loud train. The dogs continue barking louder then, as I hear a car door close and some people talking from a greater distance, then, more voices from further down the road, a kid honks his car horn two or three times across the preverbial bay, and then, a freaking shooting star as I look to the sky in amazement for even one more moment of fulfillment of its premonition. Id say the fire(*which burned my shorts with embers flying), THEN wind, and then the shooting star were the kicker, but the inbetween was the proof. There had been silence prior to that for about two and 1/2 hours untill I, "IT" said so. As normal as this sounds I knew when it would happen.
I then, directly after, felt that I knew (it told me)what this was and I tried to talk to it because I could see and hear it too, because It was my own composition of body and the fractal mind as it pertains to DNA and evolution. It was an expression of my conscience as it relates to the past and future, and it proved the complex symbiotics between the body and mind, +external environment +time travel in it's most unique sense.
I had seen it without reason since I was a kid, (high school junior on 3-5 gel tabs of "youll never find it again acid"). IT taught me how to play the guitar, really well, without lessons.(a whole nother story involving icaros, or the shaman's songs, without ever reading about it)
Even then, an orb, a distance, height lenghth and width, and a sound I didnt beleive anyone else I knew had heard yet. I always knew that it was not mine, It belonged to everyone, though they might have not beleived me at the time. They would rather not talk about it these days after a few finally experienced it somewhat in their mid 20's.
I was given only fleeting moments with it. But the intriquesies of every vision revealed their creators which were much more perfect yet less geometrical than any other time before.
Most importantly though, they emmitted sound. I am a musician and can't even begin to synchronize the sight and sound factor, except to see them interact perfectly on a landscape with a sort of embassadore,(I wonder what would have happened if I was hanging up-side-down---kidding, a plane, get it?).
THEY were the coils that had stems, all on the head of a pin,amoungst millions of pins, and was most definately connected to these sounds of a sort of alien symphony as I could see it clearly. It oozed a quiet sound Consistantly and I issued an internal roare though it was a less goal-oriented (complex)sound than their's, and yet was right on, because they told me how, (the answer and question thing). It did not have 1 1000th of the complexity that they emitted but I was bigger perceptually,louder and had a different color scheme, yet they had less of a reaction to me than to themselves. Ihear and saw it pass through them into oblivion for the most part as I did not have the opportunity to listen to them for long enough to speak to them clearly and ask them, "it", "this hologram", these non-lingual and obviously neurological questions.
The kicker is that they laughed at me and cheered at the same time once I "spoke". Their true language was actually much louder and more intriquet than this roare. A sound I could only attribute to gods tools because Im not that damn mathamatical, musical, or visual. They then sort of kicked me out, and the last words the unmoved mover said was that greater things have been done here, in this place. and the rest of the trip consisted of a gradual waining of the voice that was in synchronicity with my external environment and internal thoughts, (still, that which is not mine).
My best friend was gone the next morning getting lost in the forest on some well marked trail, and I let his bro wake up naturally, (the guy who had eaten alot more shrooms than we along with our mescaline trip which should have been long and interesting enough by it's self at that time mark).
Some people can see and perhapse even work as a team with the secret, some just fall asleep and get billigerant when they get flustered by these strange perpetuating phenoms.
I asked him, "big-bro" how the night was that next morning. Apparently nothing interesting except visuals and regret of buying them off of us. I wont make any judgement calls here as he is a really smart guy in modern termonology.
This shit can get scary too and I know what would have happened had me and my best friend not tripped our last trip together with his brother. We would be better friends, It just confussed the both of them. Though I and maybee my friend had seen the reason in what we perpetuated in our group experience.
Since then I have proved these faculties of the human conditions and will never to go there again.
If you find this stuff interesting, get some shromms, and really pay attention again and again with the right people and are best off alone, like in death, and then you may be able to figure it all out with low-middle-high shrooms trips or ayahuasca later in life, or without it. You wont want to know that what Im saying is true, but youll possibly one day hear it and or see it, not to mention beleive in its intentions.
This was the last shroom trip ill ever go on, mainly because I think It is so intense, and the most variant in it's, lets say "abilities". That and I took ayahuasca about one year later and will never stop seeing visuals. so Im there all the time, and for the guy who wondered how long a good dose of aya lasts, forever if you knew where you were going in the hay-day of your useage.
Im not talking hppd, just a curse and a gift all rapped up into one. SHrooms can do this too by themselves, forever, but not like aya, aya is always forever.

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FILE - In this July 25, 2015, file photo, Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Johnny Cueto works against the Colorado Rockies in the seventh inning of a baseball game Saturday in Denver. The Kansas City Royals acquired Cueto in a trade with Cincinnati on Sun
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July 28, 2015

CLEVELAND (AP) Johnny Cueto spent part of his first hours with the Kansas City Royals running up and down the steps inside an empty Progressive Field.

He's already on the move as the team's new ace.

Acquired Sunday in a trade from Cincinnati, Cueto joined his new teammates for the first time Tuesday and said he's excited about being a part of the AL's best team - one he might make even better.

''I'm very happy and very proud to be here,'' Cueto said through Royals catching coach Pedro Grifol, who served as his translator. ''I'm happy it's all over. There were times I wondered where I would end up. I've got some friends here and I'm familiar with the club.''

After driving to Cleveland from Cincinnati, Cueto, who will wear No. 47, introduced himself around Kansas City's clubhouse before the Royals continued their series with the Indians. Cueto smiled easily as he worked the room, knowing he had joined a team with aspirations to win a World Series after losing to San Francisco in seven games last October.

Later, he was on the field playing catch - a sight that pleased manager Ned Yost.

''He looks good in blue,'' Yost said.

Cueto faced and lost to the Royals earlier this season. On May 19, he allowed three runs and nine hits in seven innings, and came away with respect for the defending AL champions

''I noticed this is a good club,'' Cueto said. ''There's a lot of versatility. We can run. We can score runs. If I make pitches, the defense is going to make plays.''

And while he's thrilled to be joining one of baseball's best teams, the Royals are equally excited to have Cueto.

When he arrived at Kansas City's downtown hotel, Cueto was greeted by a sign welcoming to the Royals and he posed for an Instagram photo while wearing a crown.

''It's an easy group to get along with,'' Hosmer said. ''We have a lot of fun. When the game starts we play, we give everything we've got. We know he's similar type guy. We're looking forward to having him.''

To make room for Cueto, the Royals designated right-hander Joe Blanton for assignment.

Cueto, who won 20 games for the Reds last season, will make his debut for the Royals on Friday in Toronto.

Yost said the Royals had their eye on the 29-year-old Cueto for some time. He praised Kansas City owner David Glass and general manager Dayton Moore for making the move, and for the one to acquire utilityman Ben Zobrist and $2,598,306 from Oakland.

''Very seldom does an organization get into a position that we're in, a chance to do something really special this year,'' Yost said. ''You want to make sure you take advantage of it, try to put the best team on the field that you can so hopefully we can all realize our dream of winning the World Series.

''We came so close last year.''

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bringing puppy homeAlthough we should enjoy and treasure these first moments, we also need to keep in mind that for the dog, being introduced to a new and unfamiliar environment can be stressful. The dog has not chosen this new territory and life; you have chosen it for them. How would you feel if you were in this same situation? They have no idea what to expect and understandably can feel insecure and bewildered. First impressions last, and we want these to be positive!

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Stay Calm!

As much as you may want to cuddle, smother, squeal and show lots of emotion, this has the real potential to stress your dog. Your energy and emotion provide an enormous amount of feedback to your dog, so be mindful here. They won’t understand that your excitement and intense focus means you are happy and plan on caring and loving them forever – even if this is your intent! Try to provide a calm and quiet atmosphere, and only share affection when both of you are relaxed and feeling good. Sharing love when your new dog is insecure, stressed or anxious will anchor this and accidentally confirm that this is how they should feel when they are with you and the new environment. An anxious dog craves stability and leadership, not treats and cuddles. This is hard for many owners to understand as that is what would make us feel better, but this is not how dogs think or act. Wait for the right moments.

Be mindful that it is not always a good idea to get a new puppy while you are still grieving for your previous dog. This is not the energy you want your dog to associate with you and your new relationship. If you can, wait until you are in a safe place again before introducing a new dog, or you run the risk of projecting your sadness onto your new dog and anchoring imbalance in them.

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Allocate your new dog a special ‘safe’ place to have time out and give them lots of opportunities to spend time here. Give them a chance to “hide” when they are overwhelmed. A crate or playpen is perfect for this.

Go for a Walk

We encourage that the very first thing you do with a new dog, even before entering your yard or attending puppy preschool, is to take them for a long calm walk. This allows you to bond, form a new pack and burn off excess energy. It will also develop a peaceful, passive association with you that fosters trust. If you have another dog, take them with you on this walk as well.

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It’s up to you to ‘claim’ your house and yard or your puppy will! Because you can’t tell them verbally, you’ll need to show them it’s yours. After your walk, enter the home or yard first and invite them inside. Insist they come in respectfully. Your aim is to maintain a calm and passive energy throughout this entire initiation period. You wouldn’t let anyone else rush into your home, so don’t allow a dog to. If you’re struggling with this, we suggest initially keeping them on a leash.

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Let the puppy approach everyone else (including kids and cats), rather than everyone approaching the puppy. In the dog world, it is seen as submissive behaviour for the lower ranking pack members to approach the higher ranking ones.

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Keep any patting and swooning to a bare minimum at first. It will confuse the puppy as to why everyone is submitting to them when they are the new kid on the block.

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Think about how you would like this new puppy to behave in the months and years to come and create it NOW. Provide lots of structure and set clear boundaries straight away. You can always promote them later on when all the basics have been established.

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  1. 1. Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Fort Myer, Va.  Fort McNair, Washington D.C.  Henderson Hall, Va. JBM-HH Commander’s Information Line – 703-696-6906 News New – Winter weather news In the event of weather-related closures, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall (Fort Myer, Fort McNair, Henderson Hall) personnel follow the guidance of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). OPM determines the "open" or "closed" status for all government agencies and installations located inside the Washington, D.C., beltway. If you have a question about your duty status, contact your supervisor. Partner organization personnel should inquire within the chain of command. For OPM guidance, see You can also call 202-606-1900 24 hours a day, seven days a week. JBM-HH will also have information available as follows:  JBM-HH Facebook at  Commander’s Information Hotline at 703-696-6906. This line is updated often in an emergency situation.  Check the JBM-HH Webpage at for Winter Weather. This page will be active when there are unusual or extreme weather conditions.  Get national weather here. New – Think of safety during holiday season It’s not too early to think of the safety of your family, friends, colleagues and yourself. Take time each day during this season to think about safety. Here, Maj. Gen. Jeffrey S. Buchanan, commanding general of Joint Force Headquarters – National Capital Region and Military District of Washington expresses his appreciation for a year of hard work accomplished, but adds “Please realize you can give an extra present this holiday by giving more thought to safety.” See his message here. New -- Advent concert series includes lunch The staff of Memorial Chapel on the Fort Myer side of Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall invite the community to free concerts and luncheons in celebration of the Christian season of Advent, Thursday, Dec. 12 and 19 at Memorial Chapel, Building 480. The organ concerts, performed by Alvin Gustin (Dec. 12) and Glendon Frank (Dec. 19) will begin at 11:30 a.m., followed by lunch at noon and a devotional at 12:25 p.m. Feel free to come for all or for any part of this program that fits your schedule. Call Betsy Hendrix at 703-696-6635 for more information, and see the schedule of holiday services here. New – Tax Center needs volunteers The Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Tax Center is looking for enthusiastic
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  6. 6. Stress Management Participants will be given information on identifying stressors in their life and how to create their own stress management plan. Class will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 11 from 9 to 11 a.m. in the ACS Classroom, Building 201. Pre-registration requested. For more information and to pre-register call 703-696-3512 or email Anger Management Individuals will receive information on the basic principles of emotions management, specific information about the impact of unmanaged anger, and receive resources on how to recognize and manage the anger triggers in their own lives. Class will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 18 from 9 to 11 a.m. in the ACS Classroom, Building 201. Pre-registration requested. For more information and to pre-register call 703-6963512 or email Traffic, Roads and Grounds Arlington road work to temporarily close some of South Queen Street Virginia Department of Transportation workers closed South Queen Street at Columbia Pike through mid December to do work order for sanitary sewer relocation work to proceed across South Queen Street. A portion of South Queen Street near its intersection with Columbia Pike will remain closed for about two weeks. Traffic entering and exiting Arlington View and Carrington Village communities will be detoured to South Quinn Street. Road construction in Arlington through December Roadway reconstruction on Columbia Pike from South Wakefield Drive to Four Mile Run will continue through the middle of December, weather permitting. Work will begin at the west side of the project and move east. See for details.


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Cartoon illustration of DNA double-helix segment (with arms and legs) “jumping” to from one part of the double-helix to another.

Researchers have found that a gene called PGBD5 plays a role in causing many pediatric cancers by creating mutations that turn cells malignant.

Cancer is primarily a disease of the aged. A person’s risk rises throughout the years as genetic mutations pile up, due either to copying mistakes when cells replicate or to ongoing exposure to certain environmental factors. Researchers have long been puzzled by why tumors develop in children, who presumably haven’t had enough time for large numbers of random mutations to accumulate.

A new study led by Memorial Sloan Kettering scientists points to a surprising cause: a gene called PGBD5 that becomes abnormally activated during childhood. An enzyme made by the gene snips out DNA segments and flips them or moves them to a different location within the genome. This DNA transfer can drastically alter normal gene function and trigger cancer.

This landmark discovery suggests a cause behind the development of solid tumors, including most types of cancer that affect children and young adults. Rather than normal cells becoming cancerous as a result of random mutations, the PGBD5 gene itself produces the mutations and turns cells malignant.

“This explains a long-standing conundrum as to how pediatric tumors develop and provides a whole new category of human cancers that result from this process,” says MSK cancer biologist and pediatric oncologist Alex Kentsis, who led the study. “We suspect similar mechanisms will be identified by future research, and their study should open new avenues of treatment.”

The finding was published in Nature Genetics by an international collaboration of researchers.

This explains a long-standing conundrum for how pediatric tumors develop.
Alex Kentsis
Alex Kentsis cancer biologist and pediatric oncologist

The Role of the Dark Genome

PGBD5 was already understood to be a type of enzyme called a DNA transposase. A wide range of multicellular organisms use DNA transposases to control gene expression. They rearrange DNA segments known as transposons. This phenomenon was first uncovered in the 1940s and ’50s by Barbara McClintock. In her studies of corn, she revealed that DNA segments can sometimes move, or transpose, from one site on a chromosome to another. (This explains why corn can produce many colors of kernels on a single ear: The transposons alter the expression of pigment-controlling genes.) This discovery about transposons — also called “jumping genes” — and how they affect gene expression brought Dr. McClintock the Nobel Prize.

Since then, similar DNA sequences have been found in most living organisms. Although it is now known that almost 50% of the human genome is derived from transposons, very few instances of their functions are known. Rather, they were considered artifacts of evolution, lying within the “dark genome” — the portion of DNA that doesn’t code for proteins. But in recent years, scientists have come to understand that the dark genome, also referred to as junk DNA, actually serves important functions.

In particular, the RAG1/2 gene encodes a DNA transposase that is crucial for the formation of antibodies and other immune receptors that rely on the cutting and reshuffling of gene segments. But researchers thought RAG1/2 was a special case, a freak of evolution. Then in 2015, Dr. Kentsis led research revealing that PGBD5 could be active in cutting and pasting DNA in human cells. The new study shows that PGBD5, when aberrant, can induce cancer in humans.

In recent years, scientists have come to understand that the dark genome actually serves important functions.

The research team made its discovery by analyzing the genes of cells from human rhabdoid tumors. These rare childhood cancers are aggressive and can arise in many different organs, including the brain, kidneys, and liver. The scientists found evidence of DNA rearrangements at specific sites in human chromosomes associated with PGDB5 activity. As further proof of its effect, they found that expressing PGDB5 in normal human cells could turn them cancerous in both a lab dish and mouse models.

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The finding solves another mystery about many childhood cancers. It is not that these cancers lack mutations but rather that they have unique genomic rearrangements. Researchers were vexed by how this genome shuffling could take place and how it might contribute to cancers that develop at an early age — many of which, like rhabdoid tumors, remain difficult to treat.

Dr. Kentsis explains that the normal function of PGBD5 is not yet clear. There are clues it may carry out essential functions in normal cells, but its role in cancer is startling.

Cancer cells in which the PGBD5 enzyme is improperly regulated may be especially reliant on DNA repair functions, says Dr. Kentsis. That could make them particularly vulnerable to drugs that inhibit specific aspects of cellular DNA repair, an especially active field of cancer research. Dr. Kentsis and colleagues are currently investigating these inhibitors in mouse models of childhood tumors in the lab.

“Despite years of sequencing and laboratory studies of childhood tumors, this is a novel mechanism of mutation that the world has missed,” says Andrew Kung, Chair of MSK’s Department of Pediatrics. “This paper represents a major advance in understanding human cancers in general and pediatric tumors in particular. And it underscores yet again that the genome still has features we are blind to that have major functions in biology that we’re just starting to appreciate.”

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This is a great breakthrough. My daughter was diagnosed with Stage IV ARMS in 2011. She passed in 2013. She has 4 siblings including a fraternal twin and a niece and nephew, with more to come. Should my / or is there a way for my children to be tested for this gene if they choose to be? Any insight would be most helpful. Thank you.

Dear Maryanne, we are very sorry for your loss. You may want to consult with a genetic counselor to find out if your family carries any kind of inherited risk. If you are in the New York City area and would like to speak with someone at MSK, you can call 646-888-4050 or go to https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/risk-assessment-screening/hereditary-… for more information. Thank you for your comment, and best wishes to you.

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    Fantastic read! This author has a way with witty dialog and somehow prose that seems almost lyrical. Not sure how she does it...I was hearing British accents in my head - odd since this takes place in Tennessee and I'm SOUTHERN! Read in one sitting and quickly bought the next two in the series...can't wait for the next!
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    A super well written and captivating book with colorful characters, lushly romantic setting, and witty dialogue. I'm very much anticipating the release of the other two in the series along with other works by this author!
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    Ultra witty with lots of laugh-out-loud dialogue! Great story with excellent plot & characters. Looking forward to more from this author.
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    Very enjoyable...surprising since I'm not a big fan of paranormal - but am a fan of free. Apparently I'm now into sexy werewolves now must hurry up and read the rest of the series.
  • If We Dare to Dream (The Evans Family, Book One) on Nov. 30, 2012

    Loved it!
  • Sophie's Father on Jan. 08, 2013

    I really hate to give mediocre or bad reviews...but... This story is almost painfully redundant and repetitive. While there were some good parts, some great parts, some beautiful turn of phrase, I think further editing is sorely needed to eliminate so much of the superfluous detail. Sorry - I slogged on until about halfway but just couldn't finish. Also, an author's egregious errors in the details are likely my biggest peeve as a reader. I found several in this story but have to point out the worst offender in my opinion– GEOGRAPHY. As an American I admit woeful ignorance of New Zealand geography - humble apologies for the lack of education in the US school system on this front. I am avidly curious about this world we live in so conducted a little quick research a la Google hoping to learn something new and get a better grasp of the world of the characters. With my good friend Google, I learned in less than 15 seconds that a nerve had been struck with this book. ***SPOILER ALERT in explanation below*** The heroine lives in Parakai (a place I’d never heard of) and our hero lives in Auckland (heard of but unfamiliar with). Depending on the route chosen, Parakai and Auckland are anywhere from 48 to 58 kilometers apart (40 to 50 minutes by car – and translates to 29 to 36 miles for those of us not on the metric system). SO - this leaves me really wondering WHY Grace and Sophie had such an arduous journey as described in chapter one: “…the long flight, the daunting, hundreds of kilometers now separating them from their beloved home…” REALLY? For many this is a typically short daily commute to work – by car. Why did they fly? Why does Grace make such a big deal of the distance? This makes other points in the story less believable. Such as why Hayes would insist they stay with him? Why would it be such a big deal to go back and forth to visit, at least to pick up some other necessities if Grace and Sophie stay with him for the two months? This made me wonder if the author is writing about places she knows. A quick look at her profile indicates she is, in fact, in New Zealand. Therefore, I have to say that this sort of oversight is quite unforgivable as it is damaging to the plot and disrespectful to the intelligence of readers (even those who are admittedly ignorant but mildly curious and have internet access). This is easily something fixed with additional editing. Maybe Grace and Sophie should come from the west coast of Australia or anywhere else in the world for that matter. Fact checking is important – even in fiction.
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    Awesome as ever! THANKS Kristen and keep them coming.
  • Lovers on March 21, 2013

    I just don’t understand so many five star reviews. This book is an unmitigated disaster of elementary level grammar and spelling errors. Plot? Couldn’t find it. Maybe the author was going for a baseline erotic ‘stroke’ story…and maybe she succeeded. I was looking for a well-crafted contemporary romance (steamy and graphic being perfectly okay). I didn’t find that here. There’s potential…maybe…but this needs a LOT of work.


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Winger Kevan Hurst struck a forlorn figure as he reflected on Southend United's defeat to one of his former sides in the form of Morecambe.

Blues had been on a four-game winning streak coming into the game but Jack Redshaw's early strike sealed a 1-0 win for the Lancastrians.

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Cape Town - Temba Bavuma for Keshav Maharaj ... in a move that steers the Proteas back toward a deeper batting line-up in the third and final Test against India at the Wanderers from Wednesday.

That, based on key meteorological pointers right now for the five days in Johannesburg, seems an increasingly likely call by the national team’s brains trust as they plot their first-ever series clean sweep of these opponents.

The whitewash possibility is a strong incentive for the Proteas, already 2-0 to the good, not to succumb to the threat - and history constantly reminds it is not insignificant - of tardy, lethargic “dead-rubber” habits from them at the Bullring.

It would be difficult to raise eyebrows too pointedly if South Africa opt for a “same again” structural approach to their XI, considering that the formula of six batsmen and five bowlers - and little in the way of in-between players - earned respective triumphs at Newlands and SuperSport Park.

But coach Ottis Gibson and his back-up staff, you can virtually be sure, will also very earnestly discuss more of a horses-for-courses approach for the specific needs of the Wanderers.

Encouraging that further, as things stand, are the weather-related signals for the Test, suggesting that only day one (Wednesday) is going to be free of any precipitation in the Big Smoke.

Latest SA Weather Service forecasts predict a not inconsiderable total of around 60 millimetres of rain from Thursday through to Sunday.

Naturally not all of that would fall during “cricket hours”, and it is also possible that much of it will come in the form of trademark, heavy afternoon thundershowers that only interrupt play to a limited extent.

But good amounts of cloud cover, at very least, are also tipped for generous tracts of the Test match and everyone knows what that generally means at Wanderers: a certain spitefulness in favour of the quickies and some seam movement into the bargain.

Long-time Proteas enthusiasts, when thinking of a damp, murky Bullring, inevitably trigger simultaneous memories of “two for four” ... that unenviable day for England back in November 1999 when they lost a critical toss and Allan Donald and Shaun Pollock cashed in mercilessly with the new ball.

The tourists never recovered from that carnage of those first three (yes, three) overs, being bundled out for 122 and going on to lose by an innings.

There was a certain freakishness to that particular day one of a Jo’burg Test, both statistically and in terms of the gross weighting in favour of pace bowling, and it may be foolhardy to start thinking of a carbon copy at any point in the looming fixture.

But unless the forecast changes fairly profoundly over the next couple of days, a specialist spinner being a largely redundant character for this contest nevertheless appears a strong likelihood.

Impressive though he has been over the course of 16 Tests for the Proteas so far, left-arm spinner Maharaj being sacrificed does not look – at least from some four days out - the most heinous of crimes.

Indeed, if he does sit out it would amount to the third Wanderers Test in succession in which the home side have overlooked a spinner; they did so most recently in a rout of Sri Lanka last season and, before that, a defeat to England on their last tour here.

Especially considering the stirring debut of Lungi Ngidi at Centurion, the Proteas have every reason to suspect that a quartet of pacemen - and probably the same ones who did duty there, unless there is a feeling that rotation should come into play - will be sufficient to do the series “kill” job in Johannesburg.

Not picking Maharaj would also facilitate a logical return to the mix of the suitably obdurate, technically tight Bavuma, stiffening the batting department in the likely challenging conditions.

It is not as though the Proteas batsmen have fired on all cylinders over the course of the first two Tests; there were times when, largely due to collywobbles at the crease, India were granted promising, genuine gateways into the respective contests.

Bavuma is also in tidy enough nick after being released to play a Momentum One-Day Cup match for the Cape Cobras against the Knights a few days ago, and contributing a brisk 65 off 74 balls at the top of the order.

Of course he is even more likely to secure a Wanderers berth if in-form Aiden Markram fails to come through his fitness examination on Tuesday, after a thigh strain, although he was tipped very recently to recover in time.

*Assuming everyone in the squad has a clean bill of health, this may well be the SA team on Wednesday if the rain outlook stays strong:

Aiden Markram, Dean Elgar, Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers, Faf du Plessis (capt), Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock, Vernon Philander, Kagiso Rabada, Morne Morkel, Lungi Ngidi

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O’NEIL: As arrogant as (UNC Athletic Director) Bubba Cunningham’s argument was, that “How dare you, this is not in the NCAA’s wheelhouse,” he is correct. The NCAA has long argued that it has no jurisdiction on the academic worth of a class. The NCAA has painted itself into a very unique corner because people want blood for this. You tweet something like “Kentucky lost” and what comes back is “Why aren’t you investigating Carolina?” People want blood and I don’t think they’re going to get it.

ELMORE: It still comes down to: “Did you receive a benefit other students didn’t?”

O’NEIL: They did not.

ELMORE: From that standpoint, it’s going to be hard, but you can’t say you’re eligible if you didn’t show up and take the class.

O’NEIL: But a benefit is something afforded to the athlete not available to the common student. These fraudulent classes, as baloney as this sounds, were available to the common student.

Dana O’Neil on UNC: “People want blood and I don’t think they’re going to get it.”

ELMORE: My problem would be if the coaches knew about it, and if they steered them, even worse.

FORDE: Almost everyone agrees that there was incredible academic fraud that went on with their players and teams that won national titles. Which rule does it fit into? How can you punish them? If they skate, people are going to go crazy.

O’NEIL: People want the banners down. People want postseason bans. They’re not going to get it.

WOLKEN: Part of the theater that makes this so entertaining is that the SEC commissioner is head of the Committee on Infractions, and North Carolina has already signaled that they’re going to play that card should they get punished. I don’t envy the NCAA on this. But from a journalistic standpoint, I just think it’s phenomenal.

ELMORE: What do they want (SEC Commissioner Greg) Sankey to do? Recuse himself? Who do they put in his place?

FORDE: (ACC Commissioner) John Swofford. (laughs)

WOLKEN: From an optics standpoint, Sankey probably should have stepped down from the committee on infractions. I just think it’s a lot cleaner that way. Not that I would impugn his integrity in any way; he’s got all kinds of experience. But North Carolina has signaled that they’re going to play that card.

ELMORE: Carolina is on their best behavior now, which is a positive thing.

BOIVIN: I was sitting at the open practices watching North Carolina with a bunch of basketball fans and nobody really knew that much about this story.

O’NEIL: It’s so complicated.

BOIVIN: There are so many layers to it.

O’NEIL: I do wonder, with the questions about paying athletes, I think the appetite for NCAA scandal, absent escorts, has tempered. I don’t think people get as offended if they think a kid is getting a thousand bucks from an agent.

BOIVIN: It’s like the steroid thing. There was uproar and then, eh.

Podcast highlights from the discussion:

O’NEIL: The enforcement staff has had so much turnover the median age is like 22. It’s like sending my 16-year-old daughter out to investigate a crime. They don’t have the contacts or the experience.

ELMORE: Any corporation that has a scandal that needs investigating, they don’t do it in-house. They go outside. The analogy is the same.

FORDE: It would be cleaner that way. It’s just a matter of who.

ELMORE: Every law firm in America is raising their hand.

WOLKEN: There’s no way any entity could investigate and prosecute all of the cheating. All the NCAA wants is to give the threat of consequences. … If they wanted to put another $10 million into enforcement, they could, but the schools choose not to. They want just enough enforcement to make it look like they’re doing something.

FORDE: Plausible deniability.

O’NEIL: Well intentioned, but full of pitfalls. All the kids who aren’t taking labs now, they’re definitely not going to be taking labs. They’re all going to take simple classes. You think North Carolina committed some academic fraud? Open it up. It’s going to make a mess.

WOLKEN: The biggest problem with the NCAA — I heard this from Jay Bilas — stay in your lane. There are 1,100 schools in the NCAA and they all have different missions. To try to hold them all to the same standard is ridiculous. That doesn’t reflect the reality of how they treat the regular student body.

O’NEIL: The NCAA also has been adamant, going back to the Carolina investigation, that they’re not in the business of telling schools whether a course is worthy or not. And now they’re going to give people money for academic achievement. You’re talking out of two sides of your mouth. They’ve been adamant about staying out of academics.

FORDE: How come nobody is academically ineligible anymore? They found a way to keep them eligible and they’ll do the same way with this.

ELMORE: It’s all optics.

WOLKEN: I think the word for it now is virtue signaling. It’s virtue signaling without the virtue.


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Oluchi Onweagba Orlandi, A Biography, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Oluchi Onweagba-Orlandi
Born Oluchi Onweagba
1 August 1980 (age 37)[1][2]
Modeling information
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Hair color Black[2]
Eye color Brown[2]

Oluchi Onweagba-Orlandi (born 1 August 1980) is a Nigerian model.[1][2]

Early life

Onweagba grew up in the suburbs of Lagos, Nigeria, with her two brothers and sisters. She is the daughter of a civil servant father and mother who was a nurse.[2]

At seventeen, Onweagba was urged by a family friend to enter into the M-Net “Face of Africa” preliminary screening at the M-Net office in Victoria Island, Lagos.[5] The agency groomed her to be one of Nigeria’s entrants for the 1998 competition (now called the Nokia Face of Africa). This despite the fact that, growing up, she had maintained a relative ignorance towards fashion and modeling.[citation needed] With the support of her family and friends, she decided to compete in the inaugural edition of the Face of Africa in 1998. This was the first-ever continent-wide model competition, organized by the South African channel M-Net in collaboration with Elite Model Management.[citation needed] She won the competition.[6]

After moving to New York City, where she still lives, she began appearing in editorials for American and Italian VogueHarper’s BazaarMarie ClaireAllureNylon and W.[citation needed]Oluchi has appeared on the covers of Italian VogueEllei-DPopUntold, and Surface.

She has walked the runways for GucciCarolina HerreraJohn GallianoMissoniTommy HilfigerChanelBottega VenetaChristian DiorAlessandro Dell’AcquaJeremy ScottHelmut LangFendiAnna SuiGivenchyKenzoGiorgio ArmaniCélineNina Ricci, and Diane Von Furstenberg.

She has appeared in advertising campaigns for Gianfranco FerréLancômeAnn TaylorCliniqueBergdorf GoodmanNordstromMacy’sBanana RepublicGapExpressL’OrealCoca-Cola, as well as working for Victoria’s Secret in print walking for seven consecutive years in the annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.[7][citation needed]

She has worked with such notable photographers as Steven MeiselNick KnightDavid LaChapelle, and Patrick Demarchelier.[citation needed]

Beyond modeling, Onweagba tries to serve as a role model for other aspiring talents in Nigeria, especially young girls.[citation needed] She volunteers her time and her image for such NGOsas LEAP Africa (an entrepreneurship incubator) and NIPRO. She also is continuing her higher education, having studied for an associate degree in the New York City educational system.[citation needed]

After her three-year contract with Elite expired, Onweagba signed with DNA Model Management.[citation needed] A highlight of her career so far was when she was featured in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue four times, from 2005 to 2008.[citation needed]

In 2008, she launched a modeling agency in South Africa, OModel Africa, with offices in Johannesburg and recently in Cape Town.[citation needed] The 2008 winner of M-Net Face of Africa, Kate Tachie-Menson, was awarded a US $50,000 modeling contract by OModel Africa.[citation needed] She is currently the host and head judge of Africa’s Next Top Model[8]

Personal life

Onweagba’s first name comes from the Igbo language and means “God’s Work”.[2][9]

In 2006 Onweagba is married to Italian fashion designer Luca Orlandi.[1] In April 2007 their son Ugochukwu was born.

  1. Jump up to:a b c Sewing, Joy (25 March 2010). “Supermodel Oluchi Onweagba takes on the world”Houston Chronicle. Downtown Houston, Texas, USA. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
  2. Jump up to:a b c d e f g “Fashion Model Directory: Oluchi Onweagba”Fashion Model Directory. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
  3. Jump up^ http://www.dnamodels.com/women/oluchi-onweagba/portfolio#/page/1
  4. Jump up^ https://models.com/models/Oluchi-Onweagba
  5. Jump up^ “Facing Off”Times LIVE. Johannesburg, South Africa: Tim. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
  6. Jump up^ “Model Bio: Oluchi”New York Magazine.
  7. Jump up^ Marsh, Lisa (11 February 2004). “Show Buzz”New York Post.
  8. Jump up^ http://antmafrica.com/the-judges/
  9. Jump up^ “2007 Sports illustrated Swimsuit Bio -Oluchi Onweagba”. CNN/Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
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Every major sporting event is, of course, an opportunity to celebrate the greatest players in their field showcasing their talent. But it’s also an excuse for marketing folks to bung a logo on pretty much any piece of tat and flog it to fans looking for “collectible” memorabilia.

The European Football Championships currently taking place in France are no exception and among the replica shirts and commemorative footballs are some truly awful examples of desperate cashing here.

Here are our pick of some of the worst ... from the inflatable chair to the shower gel.

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Reference: Magic at the Musicals: Royal Albert Hall extravaganza will celebrate songs from the West End - Read on Evening Standard

Notes .../Prima Donna lyrics

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Notes .../Prima Donna Song Lyrics

"Mystery after gala night,"
if says, "Mystery of soprano's flight!"
"Mystified baffled Surete say,
we are mystified - we suspect foul play!"
Bad news on soprano scene - first Carlotta, now Christine!
Still, at least the seats get sold gossip's worth its weight in gold ...
What a way to run a business!
Spare me these unending trials!
Half your cast disappears, but the crowd still cheers!
To hell with Gluck and Handel -
It's a scandal that'll pack 'em in the aisles!
Will they all walk out?
This is damnable!
Andre, please don't shout ...
It's publicity!
And the take is vast!
Free publicity!
But we have no cast ...
But Andre, have you seen the queue?
Oh, it seems you've got one too ..."Dear Andre what a charming gala!
Christine enjoyed a great success!
We were hardly bereft when Carlotta left - otherwise
the chorus was entrancing, but the dancing was a lamentable mess!"
"Dear Firmin, just a brief reminder: my salary has not been paid.
Send it care of the ghost, by return of post Q P.T.O.:
No-one likes a debtor, so it's better if my orders are obeyed!"
Who would have the gall to send this?
Someone with a puerile brain!
These are both signed "O.G." ...
Who the h*** is he?
Opera ghost!
It's really not amusing
He's abusing our position!
In addition he wants money
He's a funny sort of spectre ...
... to expect a large retainer!
Nothing plainer - he is clearly quite insane!
Where is she?
You mean Carlotta?
I mean Miss Daae - where is she?
Well, how should we know?
I want an answer -
I take it that you sent me this note?
What's all this nonsense?
Of course not!
Don't look at us!
She's not with you, then?
Of course not!
We're in the dark ...
Monsieur, don't argue -
Isn't this the letter you wrote?
And what is it, that we're meant to have wrote? Written !
"Do not fear for Miss Daae.
The Angel of Music has her under his wing.
Make no attempt to see her again."
If you didn't write it, who did?
Where is he?
Ah, welcome back!
Your precious patron - where is he?
What is it now?
I have your letter - a letter which I rather resent!
And did you send it?
Of course not!
As if he would!
You didn't send it?
Of course not!
What's going on ...?
You dare to tell me, that this is not the letter you sent ? !
And what is it that I'm meant to have sent?
"Your days at the Opera Populaire are numbered.
Christine Daae will be singing on your behalf tonight.
Be prepared for a great misfortune, should you attempt to take her place."
Far too many notes for my taste - and most of them about Christine!
All we've heard since we came is Miss Daae's name ...
Miss Daae has returned
I trust her midnight oil is well and truly burned.
Where precisely is she now?
I thought it best that she went home ...She needed rest
May I see her?
No, monsieur, she will see no-one.
Will she sing?
Will she sing?
Here, I have a note ...
Let me see it!
"Gentlemen, I have now sent you several notes of the most amiable nature,
detailing how my theatre is to be run. You have not followed my instructions.
I shall give you one last chance . . ."
Christine Daae has returned to you,
and I am anxious her career should progress.
In the new production of "Il Muto", you will therefore cast Carlotta
as the Pageboy, and put Miss Daae in the role of Countess.
The role which Miss Daae plays calls for charm and appeal.
The role of the Pageboy is silent -
which makes my casting, in a word, ideal.
I shall watch the performance from my normal seat in Box Five,
which will be kept empty for me.
Should these commands be ignored, a disaster beyond your imagination will occur.
"I remain, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, O.G."
Whatever next ...?
It's all a ploy to help Christine!
This is insane ...
I know who sent this:The Vicomte - her lover!
Indeed? Can you believe this?
O traditori!This is a joke!
This changes nothing!
O mentitori!
You are our star!
And always will be!
Signora ...
The man is mad!
We don't take orders!
Miss Daae will be playing the Pageboy - the silent role ...
Carlotta will be playing the lead!
It's useless trying to appease me!
You're only saying this to please me!
Signori, e vero?
Non, non, non voglio udire !
Lasciatemi morire!
O padre mio!
Who scorn his word, beware to those ...
You have reviled me!
The angel sees, the angel knows ...Why did Christine fly from my arms ...?
You have rebuked me!
Signora, pardon us ...
You have replaced me!
Please, Signora, we beseech you ...
This hour shall see your darkest fears ...
I must see her ...
O, sventurata!
The angel knows, the angel hears ...
Where did she go ...?
Signora, sing for us!
Don't be a martyr ...What new surprises lie in store ...?
Our star ...!
Non vo' cantar!
Your public needs you!We need you, too!
Would you not rather have your precious little ingenue?
Signora, no! the world wants you! Prima donna first lady of the stage!
Your devotees are on their knees to implore you !
Can you bow out when they're shouting your name?
Think of how they all adore you!
Prima donna, enchant us once again!
Think of your muse ...And of the queues round the theatre!
Can you deny us the triumph in store?
Sing, prima donna, once more!
Christine spoke of an angel ...
Prima donna your song shall live again
You took a snub but there's a public who needs you!
She has heard the voice of the angel of music
Those who hear your voice liken you to an angel!
Think of their cry of undying support !
Is this her angel of music ...?
We get our opera She gets her limelight!
Follow where the limelight
leads you!
Is this ghost an angel or a madman ...?
Angel or madman ...?
Leading ladies are a trial!
Heaven help you, those who doubt ...
You'll sing again, and to unending ovation!
Orders! Warnings!
Lunatic demands!
This miscasting will invite damnation ...Tears ... oaths ...
Iunatic demands are regular occurrences!
Bliss or damnation?
Which has claimed her ...?
Think how you'll shine in that final encore!
Sing, prima donna, once more!
Oh fools, to have flouted his warningsSurely, for her sake ...
Surely he'll strike back ...Surely there'll be further scenes - worse than this!
Think, before these demands are rejected!
... I must see these demands are rejected!
... if his threats and demands are rejected
Who'd believe a diva happy to relieve a chorus girl,
who's gone and slept with the patron?
Raoul and the soubrette, entwined in love's duet!
Although he may demur, he must have been with her!
Christine must be protected!
Non ancor abbandonata!
You'd never get away with all this in a play,
but if it's loudly sung and in a foreign tongue
it's just the sort of story audiences adore, in fact a perfect opera!
His game is overThis is a game you cannot hope to win!
And in Box Five a new game will begin ...For, if his curse is on this opera ...
But if his curse is on this opera ...
Prima donna the world is at your feet!
A nation waits, and how it hates to be cheated!
The stress that falls upon a famous prima donna!
Terrible diseases, coughs and colds and sneezes!
Still, the dryest throat will reach the highest note, in search of perfect opera!
... then I fear the outcome ...
Christine plays the Pageboy, Carlotta plays the Countess ...
... should you dare to ...... when you once again ...
Light up the stage with that age old rapport!
Sing, prima donna, once more!
So, it is to be war between us! If these demands are not met,
a disaster beyond your imagination will occur!
Once more!


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Christopher Wong's Whatever It Takes chronicles the struggles and triumphs of the very first year of the Bronx Center for Science & Mathematics, an innovative public high school set in NYC's South Bronx. This deeply emotional, character-driven documentary focuses on Edward Tom, the school's dynamic rookie principal, and Sharifea Baskerville, a talented but troubled ninth-grade girl.

The personal stories of this school's students and staff call to mind larger themes of school reform and the need for educators, parents, and policymakers to prioritize the transformation of the public school system so that all children can receive a quality education. Grittily realistic, yet ultimately triumphant, Whatever It Takes paints a compelling picture of cutting-edge ideas and dedicated individuals, united in their vision to restore hope to a broken community.

Director Christopher Wong will also be in attendance at many of the screenings with special appearances from the main character of the film: Principal Edward Tom.

Toronto, Canada
Carlton Cinemas
20 Carlton Street @ Yonge St.
Toronto, ON M5B 2H5

Screening Times:
Friday, Sept 24 - Thursday, Sept 30
1:00pm, 3:10 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 9:45 p.m.

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