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All Fall Downby Megan Hart
In the midst of a chaotic midnight assembly, Sunshine is forced outside into the darkness. Holding a scrap of paper scrawled with a stranger's name and address, Sunny grasps the hands of her three small children and begins her escape.
Liesel Albright has dreamed of starting a family. She never bargained on inheriting one already in progress or one/b>
In the midst of a chaotic midnight assembly, Sunshine is forced outside into the darkness. Holding a scrap of paper scrawled with a stranger's name and address, Sunny grasps the hands of her three small children and begins her escape.
Liesel Albright has dreamed of starting a family. She never bargained on inheriting one already in progress or one so deeply damaged. When nineteen-year-old Sunshine appears on the Albrights' doorstep claiming Liesel's husband, Chris, is her father, all they can think to offer is temporary shelter. The next day, they're stunned by the news that the Family of Superior Bliss, led by a charismatic zealot, has committed mass suicide. Sunny and her children haven't just left the compoundthey've been left behind.
Now, instead of a baby of her own, Liesel must play mother to the four survivors, while Chris retreats into guilt and denial. For Sunny, however, a lifetime of teachings is not easily unlearned. No matter how hard she tries to forget, an ominous catechism echoes in her mind, urging her to finish what the Family started.
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"Precious and Fragile Things is an emotional ride where every page delivers a new facet of the story.... The details of each character are so honest and deep that they draw the reader in and keep you turning the pages. I found myself riveted, unable to put the book down and at the end of the book wondering, if I was Gilly, could I have taken the same actions. The book was very enjoyable and thought-provoking." -Night Owl Romance
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Sunny didn't want to get up. She'd only just started dreaming. She hadn't had more than a few hours of sleep at a time for the past three weeks. Tugging at the blankets, she shifted on the thin pad of her mattress and burrowed deeper into her pillow.
"Sunshine. Now!"
Sunny rubbed at her eyes, listening. No babies were crying. No alarms were ringing. She heard only the soft breathing of her sleeping children and her mom's urgent whisper.
"Sunny. Get up. C'mon. It's time for you to go."
Sunny sat up then, eyes wide and blinking in the darkness. A tiny crack of light shone from under the door, then the unfamiliar glimmer of yellow from the flashlight her mom held tight against her body, fingers cupped over the lens. Her hand made a shadow like a giant spider on the ceiling. Sunny looked immediately to the crib where baby Bliss lay sleeping. Happy's cot was empty. They'd taken him.
Sunny was up and out of bed, across the room and tearing at the blankets before her mom could grab her.
"Hush! He's here, with me. He's ready to go. You need to help me now, Sunny. You get the baby. I'll take care of Peace. Now!" Her mom's whisper hissed, harsh, not like her normal voice at all.
Sunny's heart pounded. Her palms were sweaty, and she scrubbed them against the soft flannel of her nightgown. The light from the flashlight swung as her mom set it on the cheap dresser missing a leg. The light wouldn't stay steady.
"Mama? Is it time for the rainbow?" The wobbling light hurt Sunny's eyes. Disoriented, sluggish, she could think of only one reason why her mother would've woken them. "Is it time to leave?"
"Sunshine." Mama's face was even harder than her voice. "Hush. You need to get yourself and the babies out of here. Don't ask questions. Hush and do as I say. Listen."
Sunny hushed, going still and quiet. She listened with her heart, as she'd been taught. To obey.
Her mother took both of Sunny's hands and brought them to her lips. She kissed the knuckles. In the pale and trembling light, Sunny's mom looked pale and trembling herself. She looked too thin, her cheeks hollow. There were shadows under her eyes that had been there for a while but now looked extra dark. She pulled Sunny into a tight hug, crushing Happy between them. The boy didn't cry out. He was listening, too.
"Get out? I don't understand." Sunny was awake now. Wide-awake. She moved to the crib to change Bliss's wet diapers and dress the baby in a fresh nightgown. Also the socks her mom tossed at her. A knit cap. A blanket, wrapped tight around Sunny's now-waking daughter.
Sunny's mom grabbed her by the upper arms, turning her. "I have money. Here."
She pressed a soft wallet stuffed with folded bills into Sunny's hands. "I've packed your bags, just one backpack for you and Bliss and Peace. Happy's a big boy, he can carry his own bag, can't you, my sweetheart?"
"I can, Nana."
Sunny looked at her son. At four, he was just starting to lose the baby plump in his cheeks, but it seemed like only yesterday that she'd held him the way she was holding Bliss now. She looked at her mother. Her heart skipped at the weight of the money in her hand and the baby in her arms. With the heaviness of knowledge.
The alarms blared. The lights in Sunny's tiny, concrete-walled bedroom came on overhead, bright enough to startle Bliss fully awake and into a scream. Sunny closed her eyes against the glare.
"No time for that! Come on! Let's go!"
Sunny's mom tugged her forward to sling a backpack over the arm not cradling Bliss. In her cot, Peace sat straight up, small mouth in a frightened O, while Happy struggled into his own backpack. Sunny's mother helped Peace out of bed. She tugged a sweatshirt over the little girl's head and shoved her feet into shoes while Sunny grabbed the blanket up from her bed and slung it around Happy's shoulders. He had no winter coat. None of them did. No boots either, though Happy wore a pair of battered sneakers two sizes too big, the laces shredded and knotted so tight they couldn't be undone. Sunny had a zippered sweatshirt, ragged at the sleeves, the strings of the hood missing. The zip would go only halfway up, and it was impossible to make it go farther with one arm cradling a baby. Maybe not even with two free hands to tug it.
"It'll have to do. We don't have time to get you anything else." Her mother paused to press her fingertips between her eyes, a habit she'd taken up over the couple years that had become so second nature she didn't notice she was doing it but Sunny did.
It meant her mom's head was hurting her again. Maybe bad enough she'd have to lie down in a dark room. It might even be so bad that John Second would let her miss chapel if this were during the day, but never a summons in the middle of the night. Not when it might be time for the rainbow.
Papa's voice came over the speakers. The commands of a dead man, speaking calmly. "Listen now, my children. Listen with your hearts. The time has come. The time has come. Listen now, family. Listen with your hearts."
Sunny clutched her baby to her chest as her mom shoved Sunny's feet into a pair of men's work boots. Sunny looked down at her mother kneeling, the top of her head, her blond hair shot thickly with silver. When had her mom's hair gone so gray? Her mom looked up at her, and Sunny was alarmed to see tears streaking her cheeks. Her mother never cried. They weren't allowed to cry.
Her mom got up. From the hallway outside came the steady sound of marching feet. Never running. Running was for people who had something to run from, those were Papa's words, even to the children who were found playing tag in the hallways. One foot in front of the other, that's how the family walked, with quiet and careful steps to keep the world from ever thinking they were afraid.
Sunny was afraid.
A knock on the door had Sunny reaching for the handle, but her mother was too quick. She pushed Sunny's hand aside before Sunny could open it. Pressed a finger to Sunny's lips and shook her head.
Sunny didn't move. Bliss wriggled in her swaddling, and Sunny quickly undid a few buttons on her nightgown to slip her breast free, letting the baby suck to fend off her criesnot that anyone could possibly hear an infant's sobs over the blare of the alarms and Papa's steady, unending drone.
"The time has come, family. It is now. Listen with your hearts. Come to the chapel. Come to the chapel."
Sunny's mom cracked open the door and peeked out. In the hall, the white glare of the emergency lights flashed, bright and piercing. They made shadows, black and white. Light and dark. She lifted Peace onto her hip and took Happy's hand. Sunny followed her into the hall, where Peace clapped her hands over her ears at the noise. They'd done this hundreds of times, dozens in the past few weeks alone. Woken from sleep to the ringing of alarms, the glare and flash of lights. More times in the past few weeks, almost, than Sunny could remember in her whole life.
Ever since Papa died, it had been John Second's voice over the speaker system. John Second telling them to listen with their hearts, to go to the chapel where they'd be given the rainbow and tested to see if they were all pure enough to leave. How only when they were truly ready, truly pure of heart, without the weight of their misdeeds, would it be time to leave. Every time, they'd failed and been sent back to their beds, sometimes to be woken again within an hour to the same commands. Maybe two hours. Other times they were allowed to sleep until the bells rang for the morning gathering.
Now, instead of going down the hall toward the chapel, Sunny's mother pulled her and the children in the opposite direction. Through the fire door and down the steep metal stairs, where the lights still flashed in a constant, eye-straining pattern but the voice of Papa was muffled behind the heavy metal doors and concrete walls. At the bottom of the stairs was a set of double metal doors, EMERGENCY EXIT in bright red letters above them. The sign on the door said Alarm Will Sound, but wasn't the alarm going off already?
Mama put Peace down. She pressed a piece of paper into Sunny's hand the way she'd put a wallet of money a few minutes before. "You get out. Go back around the garden and the greenhouses. Stay in the shadows, Sunny. Stay away from the windows. Don't go out the front gate, you find the back fence near the creek. There's a hole. You run as fast as you can. You don't stop for anything or anyone, you hear me?"
"But Mama, why aren't we going to the chapel?"
Her mom's tears had vanished. She looked hard again, blue eyes glinting and her mouth a thin, grim line. She shook her head. "No more. Not for these sweet babies. You go, Sunshine, and don't you argue with me!"
"But where?" Sunny cried finally, no longer able to listen with her heart. No longer able to simply obey. "Where do we go?"
Her mom crushed Sunny's fingers around the paper in her palm. "You go to your father."
The lights kept flashing. The alarms kept blaring. The steady, muffled voice of Papa continued to murmur on but Sunny's world broke and crumbled all around her. "John Superior is my father."
"No, Sunny. Your real father. This is his name and address. There's a map and directions to get there. It's not very far from here. It will be hard, but you can do it. You have to do it!"
Sunny looked at the crumpled paper, the words smeared, the lines blurred in the shadows. "How?"
"You go there. You take the babies. And you never come back here! Ever, you hear me? No matter " Her mom's voice, so much louder now that all the rest of the noise had gone muffled and far away, cracked. She pulled Sunny against her again. She kissed her cheek. "No matter what."
Her mom pushed open the door. Another alarm began ringing, though it was lost in the noise from the others. She pushed Happy out through the door and into the dirty snow. Then Peace. And finally, she shoved Sunny out, too.
"Go," her mother cried. "Run, Sunny. Run!"
Sunny lingered as both her daughters began to sob in the frigid night air. "What about you, Mama? Aren't you coming?"
"No, my sweetheart." Her mom drew in a shaking breath, her eyes again bright with tears. "Why not?" Sunny cried.
Her mother hesitated, eyes shifting back and forth. Her face creased with pain. "I can't go with you, Sunshine. It's better this way, for me. I'm already I will " Her fingers pressed again to her forehead. Her mouth went hard. She shook her head. "It doesn't matter. You go. Now. No arguing, you go!"
Sunny's mother bent to hug Happy to her once more. Then Peace. And finally, Sunny. She kissed baby Bliss, ignoring the squalling and snot. Then she stepped back into the building and closed the door behind her.
Sunny grabbed for the handle, but there wasn't one on the outside, just a smooth metal plate. Her ears still rang with the sound of the alarms, but out here in the freezing night the noise was nothing more than a dull and faraway bleat. A gust of wind came around the corner and took Sunny's breath away, sent her coughing and startled Bliss into a gasp and then silence. Sunny pulled Peace close to her and looked into the night-black backyard. The greenhouses were there, off to the right. The barn just beyond it. There was a path under the snow, which was deep enough to come to her shins.
Peace sobbed, clinging to Sunny's knees, but Happy only looked up at her with solemn eyes. Sunny's arms and back already ached from her thin mattress and the way the springs dug into her, from the hours of scrubbing floors and toilets on her hands and knees and even longer hours of listening on the hard chapel floor. Her muscles pulled and strained now from the weight of the bag her mother had packed and Bliss's solid, squirming weight. With Peace clutching at her, Sunny felt off balance, ready to tumble off this small concrete slab and into the snow-covered grass. For one horrible moment, everything around her spun. She thought she might have to turn her head and vomit, but Happy's small face settled her.
She straightened. Her mother had said to run, but she didn't think they could. Not through the snow and ice. They'd slip and fall, hurt themselves. Get wet and even colder. She looked again across the backyard toward the barely visible humps of the greenhouses. Beyond that was the high chain-link fence topped with barbed wire. It was supposed to keep out anything or anyone that wanted to hurt them. It did a good job of keeping them all inside, too. But there was a hole in the fence there, near the creek where the drainage pipe ran. Sunny had found it once while running after some of the chickens that had managed to escape their pen; she had no idea how her mom had known about it.
"Come on, my sweethearts. Happy, take Peace's hand. Hold it tight. Peace, hold Mama's hand."
"Told!" Peace cried. Twin runners of snot crept down her upper lip. "Mama, I told!"
"We're all cold, my sweetheart," Sunny said. "Mama's going to take you someplace warm."
But could she? That was the question. This was stupid, ridiculous terrifying. She should take her children and go around the front of the building. Bang on the doors if they were locked, demand to be let back in. Everyone would be in the chapel, but surely someone would be missing them. Someone would come to the door to let them back inside.
Except that her mother had told her to run, and Sunny had listened with her heart the way Papa had taught them all to do. And her heart said her mother was right.
Sunny ran.
Gripping her children's hands tight, slipping and sliding in the slush and ice, she ran as fast as she could across the yard. Past the greenhouses, silent and still but alive on the inside with the promise of spring. Down the hill toward the fence and the creek. To the hole by the drainage pipe, where they all stopped to sob for breath and shake, their clothes no help against the cold.
Meet the Author
Megan Hart is the award-winning and multi-published author of more than thirty novels, novellas and short stories. Her work has been published in almost every genre, including contemporary women's fiction, historical romance, romantic suspense and erotica. Megan lives in the deep, dark woods of Pennsylvania with her husband and children, and is currently working on her next novel for MIRA Books. You can contact Megan through her website at www.MeganHart.com.
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A great read that makes you really think about others views and how different ideas can really change somones life. The characters are all loveable and you stay rivetted through the whole book. Sunshine is a smart girl that is kept simple because of what she believes is the real truth.
True to her trait, Ms. Hart leads the reader on an adventure in emotions. No sooner than one hits, that the rug of another is ripped from beneath you. No doubt there will be moments when the reader can feel Liesels struggle...and relate. There is a moment in all of our lives that defines who we are. Join the Albright family as their moment is upon them. A can't put down MUST read!
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This book is one that stays with you for awhile after you read it. I did not read the description of the book prior to beginning it, so it took me a couple of pages before I caught on to the topic of the book. I've never read a fictionalized account of the aftermath of leaving a cult, which made this an unusual story for me, which I liked. The most positive aspect of this book is that it is not at all predictable. Most of the time when reading a book, you can see where the author is heading. However, three-quarters of the way through the book, I still was not sure if Sunny would return to the cult, or make it outside of the cult. I think the author did a good job of describing the programming the members endured and what made Sunny and her children behave the way they did. I really enjoy books that have interesting characters with depth to them and this book delivers that. The only thing I did not like about this book was going back and forth in time from the past to the present. It is a literary device that I personally do not enjoy. Overall a good book for the unusual topic and believable characters.
Great read. Meagan Hart does a wonderful job of making us understand what it must be like for someone who has grown up being taught one way of life, only to try to live a different way and the challenges that everyone in the family undergoes. Well done and thought provoking as well.


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BeschreibungThis is a book for people who love and understand science and want to know more about contemporary research frontiers. The questions addressed are as fascinating as they are diverse: Is the human mind truly unique among the primates? Does "dark matter" really exist in the universe? What can the human genome tell us about our evolutionary history?These wide-ranging topics are brought together by virtue of their impact on our understanding of ourselves, and by the caliber of the authors: ten young scientists and scholars, reaching the height of their powers, who are especially talented in communicating their research findings to broad audiences. They were all chosen to receive the prestigious Centennial Fellowships awarded in 1998 by the McDonnell Foundation, established and funded by the late aerospace pioneer James S. McDonnell.
PortraitSusan M. Fitzpatrick and John T. Bruer, Editors; a Joseph Henry Press book
Untertitel: Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: NATL ACADEMY PR
Erscheinungsdatum: Februar 2001
Seitenanzahl: 343 Seiten
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|Reviews for What The Future Holds
| michiru7422 chapter 1 . 12/6/2011
I keep coming back to this story. I read it just after you first posted it, and it just haunts me, man.
The first thing I thought when I read this was how real it felt. All throughout the episode, I kept expecting them to announce that Melanie was actually a real psychic.
The second thing was that I really like the outsider perspective that you give on their life. The kinds of things she says are the very things I want to say to them all the time!
And the last thing I wanted to say is that last scene. That last line haunts me. "He is smiling." But I also think it is SO true. That last scene always makes me want to cry. I also think it was very fitting (although quite nearly sacreligious to me) to have the accident happen in the Impala. And after last week's episode... the more I think this scene or some scene like it is probable in the near future.
The only question I have is that Sam is conspicuously absent in this story.
But seriously, awesome story!
Creepy (in general and in its realisticness) but awesome story!
| ccase13 chapter 1 . 11/15/2011
This is a chilling picture of the future of Dean.
| Beckydaspatz chapter 1 . 11/7/2011
Oh...WOW! Well I finally watched 'The mentalists' and I loved it. This is so...just...my goodness. What a creepy, sad, disturbing look into what could/might happen if Dean doesn't get rid of the toxicity swirling around inside of him.
Great job my friend!
| moonligtinparadise chapter 1 . 11/7/2011
Short, but amazing! :D I really loved 'The Mentalists' and hoped Melanie did read something in Dean's palm. Good job!
| Tribble Master chapter 1 . 11/7/2011
Dean smiling in a car crash? Maybe 'cause he went down with baby. She does miss him...Sad n sweet little story.
write on!
PS: Bonus points for using SAT words: iota
| moik71gmail.com chapter 1 . 11/6/2011
Wow! I really wanted to hear more about what she saw as well. You're ending blew me away and it was strangely comforting. This was really well written!
| DeansBabyBird chapter 1 . 11/6/2011
Oh goodness...maybe it's inevitable but I hate to think of him alone, in pain, afraid. Wistful and sad.
Bev x
| phantomphan2000 chapter 1 . 11/6/2011
This is tragically beautiful, really. The episode was great, I loved Ellen's message to Dean! :) And I really do think she saw something of his future, and what you describe is so heartbreaking and bittersweet... But I truly love this!
Great job!
| OpheliacAngel chapter 1 . 11/6/2011
Fantastic writing, the ending was especially haunting and beautiful :D
| Meggin Lane chapter 1 . 11/5/2011
That would be the way he'd like to go out...with his 'baby'
It's too bad the show won't really address the emptiness that he is harboring inside. I never bought the idea that he thought himself worthless, he's selfless, to an extreme level...dangerous level if it means giving up his life.
But sadly no one can tell him he is valued, that kind of comment just rolls off him. He needs to be shown, god knows how, he's only got Bobby and Sam left in his tiny family and both of them are a bit too preoccupied right now to spend the time to show Dean how much he is needed, cared for and (yeah) loved by the two of them.
Guy could sure use a hug.
You really captured the sense of time suspended between Dean and Melanie when she held his hand and he did have that momentary look of hope ghost across his face. He needs to have some good news for a change and you could see that he was nervous about what she might actually see.
Good job!
| primadonna cat chapter 1 . 11/5/2011
Wow that was good. And the end! Wow, powerful.
| Lbdba chapter 1 . 11/5/2011
I am so glad you wrote that. I thought it was very well done. Like you, I loved the episode and when the museum guy gave him Ellen's msg about letting someone know how bad it is, I was thinking maybe the writers of the show have something planned with regards to something happening to him because of not telling anyone how bad it really is.
Always love your stories.
| SupernaturallyEgocentric chapter 1 . 11/5/2011
Very, very good. Love it!
| gr8read chapter 1 . 11/5/2011
That look in his eyes when he said 'Its not like you can tell the future, right?'
You have managed to give us the alternative we were all holding our breathes for until she says 'Well, the answers hazy'.
Nice, nice job on this.
Favorite line: "He is smiling."
Thank you for sharing your time and talent.
| winchesterlove94 chapter 1 . 11/5/2011
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text: Tarım Bilimleri Dergisi Journal of Agricultural Sciences Dergi web sayfası: www.agri.ankara.edu.tr/dergi Journal homepage: www.agri.ankara.edu.tr/journal TARIM BİLİMLERİ DERGİSİ — JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES 21 (2015) 152-157 Tar. Bil. Der. Clavellotis briani (Copepoda, Lernaeopodidae) Infestation on Striped Seabream, Lithognathus mormyrus (Sparidae) from the Northeast Mediterranean Sea, Turkey Cafer Erkin KOYUNCUa, Raul Castro ROMEROb, Ercument GENCc a Mersin University, Faculty of Fisheries, Department of Aquaculture, Yenişehir Campus, 33169, Mersin, TURKEY b Universidad de Antofagasta, Facultad de Recursos del Mar, Departamento Acuicultura, Casilla 170, Antofagasta, CHILE c Ankara University , Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, 06110, Dışkapı, Ankara, TURKEY ARTICLE INFO Research Article Corresponding Author: Cafer Erkin KOYUNCU, E-mail: [email protected], Tel: +90 (324) 341 28 15 Received: 06 February 2014, Received in Revised Form: 06 May 2015, Accepted: 06 June 2014 ABSTRACT There is increasing interest in the striped seabream, Lithognathus mormyrus (Linnaeus, 1758) as an alternative fish species in aquaculture in the Mediterranean region. This paper provided information on the infestation of species of Clavellotis briani Benmansour et al (2001) (Lernaeopodidae) collected from striped seabream in Northeast Mediterranean Sea waters off the Turkish coast. A total of 234 fish were examined between May 2011 and April 2012 and female parasites were collected from the branchial arches of fish and identified. During a 12-month survey the prevalence was calculated as 3.4% for C. briani. The striped seabream is known as an alternative culture species for Mersin Bay. This is the first report of Clavellotis briani in wild population of L. mormyrus from Mersin Bay (Northeast Mediterranean Sea) and Turkish waters. Keywords: Clavellotis briani; Lithognathus mormyrus; Northeast Mediterranean Coast; Turkey Türkiye'nin Kuzeydoğu Akdeniz Kıyısından Çizgili Mercan (Lithognathus mormyrus: Sparidae) Balığında, Parazit Clavellotis briani (Copepoda, Lernaepodidae) Enfestasyonu ESER BİLGİSİ Araştırma Makalesi Sorumlu Yazar: Cafer Erkin KOYUNCU, E-posta: [email protected], Tel: +90 (324) 341 28 15 Geliş Tarihi: 06 Şubat 2014, Düzeltmelerin Gelişi: 06 Mayıs 2014, Kabul: 06 Haziran 2014 ÖZET Çizgili mercan, Lithognathus mormyrus (Linnaeus, 1758) Akdeniz'de artan bir ilgi ile alternatif tür yetiştiriciliği için dikkati çeken bir türdür. Bu çalışmada, Türkiye'nin Kuzey-Doğu Akdeniz kıyılarından yakalanan çizgili mercan (Lithognathus mormyrus) balıklarının solungaç kemerlerinden Clavellotis briani Benmansour et al (2001) Clavellotisbriani (Copepoda, Lernaeopodidae) Infestation on Striped Seabream, Lithognathus mormyrus..., Koyuncu et al (Lernaeopodidae) izole edilmiş ve tanımlanmıştır. Mayıs 2011 ile Nisan 2012 aralığında 12 aylık örnekleme ile incelenen 234 balıkta bulunan C. briani (dişi) prevalansı % 3.4 olarak hesaplanmıştır. Çalışma, yetiştiricilik açısından önemli bir türün doğal popülasyonunda ve gelecekte en popüler yetiştiricilik sahalarından biri olan Mersin Körfezi'nden ve Türkiye sularından Clavellotis briani için ilk rapordur. Anahtar Kelimeler: Clavellotıs briani; Lithognathus mormyrus; Kuzeydoğu Akdeniz Sahili; Türkiye © Ankara Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi 1. Introduction The aquaculture industry has developed to such an extent that Turkey is currently the third largest finfish aquaculture producer (i.e. excluding shellfish) in Europe, and the second largest producer of sea bass, seabream, and rainbow trout (after Norway). Furthermore, Turkey is in third place in terms of average annual percentage of growth rate in aquaculture production (FAO 2008). In recent years, great efforts have been made for the commercial production of alternative fish species particularly broodstock management, larval development, culture protocols and health status including striped seabream (Lithognathus mormmyrus) in the Mediterranean region (Fırat et al 2005; Kallianiotis et al 2005; Yavuzcan 2008; Yavuzcan 2009; Emre et al 2010; Kusku et al 2011). Some important bacterial, viral, and parasitic agents cause significant economic losses in cultured sea bass (Dicentrachus labrax), seabream (Sparus aurata), and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) (Genc 2011). The control of fish parasites requires knowledge of the parasites, their hosts, and their prevalence and also distribution (Mitchum 1995). Continuously, new parasites and hosts were reported from Turkey and all over the world. This information is considered valuable data for the aquaculturists and fish disease researchers (Genc 2011). Fish disease outbreaks are an increasing threat to wildlife, intensified by increases in the human population and cultured animals (Macdonald & Laurenson 2006; Thirgood 2009; Price et al 2010). The most common route of transmission to wildlife is from artificial reservoirs of host populations (McCallum & Dobson 1995; Daszak et al 2000; Price et al 2010). Among the copepods that parasitize marine fish, the family of Lernaeopodidae includes 45 genera (Boxhsall 2013), some on teleost and others on elasmobranch fish. As is common in parasitic copepods, Lernaeopodidae display an unusual sexual differentiation. Only the female lernaepodid is attached as a parasite on the fish. The small male lives in temporary association, often on the body of its partner. The female generally presents characteristic attachment organs (Kabata 1979; Kabata 1990; Kabata 2004; Benkirane et al 1999). Lernaeopodidae have been reported in cultured fish all over the world, including Clavellotis fallax (Heler 1965) on Dentex dentex from Malorco (Gonzalez 2005), Clavellotis sargi (Kurz 1877) on Diplodus sargus and Diplodus vulgaris from Tunisian coasts (Ben Hassine et al 1978), Clavellotis strumosa (Brian 1906) on the Pagellus erythrinus and Lithognathus mormyrus from Tunisian coasts (Benmansour et al 2001) Clavellotis sebastidis on Sebastes oculatus from Argentina (Castro & González 2005). However there is no record in the literature for lernaeopodids that are parasitic on Lithognathus mormyrus in Turkey marine waters. The only lernaeopodids reported from Turkey waters Clavellotis fallax Heller 1868 on Diplodus sargus sargus, Pagellus erythrinus, Sarpa salpa, and Spondyliosoma cantharus from the Aegean Sea (Akmirza 2000). Additionally as lernaeopodids; Lernaeopoda galei Krøyer 1837 on Mustelus mustelus from the Aegean Sea (Karaytug et al 2004), Neobrachiella impudica Von Nordmann, 1832 on Trigla lucerna from the Sea of Marmara (Öktener & Trilles 2004a; Eubrachiella exigua Brian 1906 on Pagellus erythrinus from the Mediterranean Sea Ta r ı m B i l i m l e r i D e r g i s i – J o u r n a l o f A g r i c u l t u r a l S c i e n c e s 21 (2015) 152-157 153 Türkiye'nin Kuzeydoğu Akdeniz Kıyısından Çizgili Mercan (Lithognathus mormyrus: Sparidae) Balığında..., Koyuncu et al (Öktener & Trilles 2004b), Neobrachiella bispinosa Von Nordmann, 1832 on Trigla lucerna from the Mediterranean Sea (Öktener & Trilles 2004b), and also Clavellotis strumosa Brian 1906 was recorded on Pagellus erythrinus from the Sea of Marmara (Öktener 2008). In the present study, Clavellotis briani (Benmansour et al 2001) (Copepoda, Lernaeopodidae) was reported for the first time and identified on striped seabream, Lithognathus mormyrus (Teleostei, Sparidae) in the Mersin Bay (Northeast Mediterranean Sea), Turkish water. 2. Material and Methods The parasitological survey has been conducted to determine which parasitic copepods were present on teleost fish in Mersin Bay of Turkey since 2007. In 2011-2012 period striped seabream, Lithognathus mormyrus were caught monthly (May to April) by trammel nets in Mersin coast, located at 36.65°36.8° N, 34.55°-34.8° E. After capture, the fish were placed on ice for approximately 1-1.5 hrs. Total length and weight were recorded, and the body surface, fins, and mouth of each fish were examined. Parasites were collected from the upper gill arches of the infested striped seabream and immediately preserved in 70% ethyl alcohol. Specimens were cleared in lactic acid for 2h prior to examination using a dissecting microscope (Olympus SZX16) and compound microscope (Olympus BX51). Parasites specimens were photographed with a digital camera. Three females were kept in the collection of Dr.Raul Castro Romero (University of Antofagasta, Chile) and five adult females are deposited in the collection of Parasitology Section of Fish Diseases Lab. Faculty of Fisheries, Mersin University. Identification of Clavellotis briani was performed according to Brian (1924), Ben Hassine et al (1978), Kabata (1979), Castro & Baeza (1984), Benkirane et al (1999), Benmansour et al (2001), and Boxshall (2013)'s reference literatures. 3. Results and Discussion Clavellotis briani (Brian 1906) were found as a parasitic copepod from branchial arches of 8 154 individuals of fish (Lithognathus mormyrus) in the Northeast Mediterranean Sea, Mersin, Turkey (Figure 1). The mean intensity of infestation for the population, the mean intensity per fish, and the parasite load per infested fish were calculated 3.42%, 1 and 1 respectively (Table 1). The minimum and maximum total lengths were measured as 3.5-4.0 mm. According to literature, Clavellotis briani is widely distributed in the North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Mauritania, Tunisia, Gulf of Lion in France, Kenitra in Morocco, and Dakar in Senegal (Brian 1906; Nuñes Ruivo 1954; Ben Hassine et al 1978; Benmansour & Ben Hassine 1997; Benkirane et al 1999). Results of the present study indicated that lernaeopodids were only isolated in spring time from striped seabream (Lithognathus mormyrus). In the present parasite is belong to Copepoda (Edwards 1840) Class, Siphonostomatoida (Thorell 1859) Order, Lernaeopodidae (Olsson1869) Family, Clavellinae (Dana 1853) Subfamily, Clavellotis (Castro & Baeza 1984) genus, and it is classified in species as a name of Clavellotis briani Benmansour et al (2001). Additionally, the synonym name is Clavellotis briani same as species name in systematically. Figure 1- Clavellotis briani (Brian 1906), female specimen (Scale: 1mm) Şekil 1- Clavellotis briani (Brian 1906), dişi örnek (Scale: 1mm) In Tunisia, Benmansour et al (2001) reported 18.2% infestation prevalence for Clavellotis briani Ta r ı m B i l i m l e r i D e r g i s i – J o u r n a l o f A g r i c u l t u r a l S c i e n c e s 21 (2015) 152-157 Clavellotisbriani (Copepoda, Lernaeopodidae) Infestation on Striped Seabream, Lithognathus mormyrus..., Koyuncu et al Table 1- The status of examined fishes (W: live weight, TL: total length) Çizelge 1- İncelenen balıkların durumu (W: canlı ağırlık, TL: toplam boy) Months May June July August September October November December January February March April Total Mean±SD Number of examined fish 11 22 18 16 25 25 25 25 4 13 25 25 234 19.42±7.17 W (g) TL (cm) 122.33±13.37 68.74±2.49 70.22±2.10 74.57±3.87 71.94±6.40 64.99±3.48 75.78±2.69 62.04±1.23 90.69±15.77 87.39±3.67 96.90±4.91 63.74± 4.02 79.11±17.54 19.89±0.90 17.47±0.28 17.71±0.17 17.22±0.29 17.37±0.41 17.08±0.28 17.38±0.20 16.37±0.14 18.05±1.14 18.61±0.22 18.5±0.42 15.40±0.29 17.61±1.19 Number of parasitized fish 4 NA* NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 4 8 2.92±2.78 Prevalence (%) 36.36 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 10 3.42 *, NA, not available on striped seabream. Other species of the genus Clavellotis have earlier been recorded by several other authors as well. Ben Hassine et al (1978) reported 4.5% infestation prevalence for Clavellotis strumosa on striped seabream. Ben Hassine et al (1978) determined 9% infestation prevalence for Clavellotis sargi on Diplodus sargus. Radujkovic & Raibaut (1989) reported a 19% infestation prevalence for Clavellotis sargi (Kurz, 1877) on Diplodus annularis in Montenegro, 1% on Diplodus vulgaris, 5.4% on Diplodus annularis, 27.7% prevalence on Pagrus pagrus, 6% on Sarpa salpa, and 0.9% Pagellus erythrinus. Öktener et al (2008) reported 6% infestation prevalence for Clavellotis strumosa on Pagellus erythrinus. Thus, the prevalence levels recorded in the present study are within the range reported in other studies. Additionally, the parasite infection showed monthly variations with the only occurred in spring season. The other lernaeopodids were previously reported from Turkish waters as Clavellotis fallax Heller, 1868 on Diplodus sargus sargus, Pagellus erythrinus, Sarpa salpa, and Spondyliosoma cantharus from the Aegean Sea (Akmirza 2000); Lernaeopoda galei Krøyer, 1837 on Mustelus mustelus from the Aegean Sea (Karaytug et al 2004); Neobrachiella impudica Von Nordmann, 1832 on Trigla lucerna from the Sea of Marmara (Öktener & Trilles 2004a); Eubrachiella exigua Brian, 1906 on Pagellus erythrinus from the Mediterranean (Öktener & Trilles 2004b); Neobrachiella bispinosa Von Nordmann, 1832 on Trigla lucerna from the Mediterranean (Öktener & Trilles 2004b) and Clavellotis strumosa (Brian 1906) on Pagellus erythrinus from the Sea of Marmara (Öktener et al 2008). Parasites affect fish health through mechanical, physical and also reproductive damage. These harmful changes can decrease growth, fecundity and survival, and result in many alterations of the infested host (Bush et al 2001). The economic effects of parasitisation of fishes by copepods include reduced marketability. Farmed fish with unsightly lesions have reduced value (Boxhall & Defaye 1993). In this study we were found another lernaeopodids on striped seabream, Lithognathus mormyrus from Mersin Bay (Northeast Mediterranean Sea). As it's known that heavily parasitized fishes with lernaeopodid copepods shows haemorrhagic pathology. In that point, Scholz (1999) stated that Ta r ı m B i l i m l e r i D e r g i s i – J o u r n a l o f A g r i c u l t u r a l S c i e n c e s 21 (2015) 152-157 155 Türkiye'nin Kuzeydoğu Akdeniz Kıyısından Çizgili Mercan (Lithognathus mormyrus: Sparidae) Balığında..., Koyuncu et al despite considerable progress in fish parasitology in the last decades, major gaps still exist in the knowledge of taxonomy, biology, epizootiology and control of fish parasites. 4. Conclusions Future studies should focus on collecting biological information to examine control procedures to reduce the Clavellotis briani infestations. It would be a very important attempt to address what we could do to maintain our natural environments, to create sustainable natural fish stocks and aquaculture development in near future. Because the Mersin Bay is identified as a key site for cage aquaculture by the Turkish Ministry of Aquaculture and Rural Affairs, findings of the current study would serve a vital role for future aquacultural efforts in the area. In a global perspective, data provided herein might be considered significant to address maintenance of natural environments and thus create sustainable natural fish stocks and aquaculture development in near future. In conclusion, Clavellotis briani has not previously been reported from Turkey. The present record represents a northward extension of the known ranges of both the host and the parasite. 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James Franco is Showing His Azz - Literally!
James Franco has been showing off a lot of his body lately, but this time, it's for a good cause.
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Franco made a cameo at the Broadway Bares charity benefit in New York over the weekend. The event gathers Broadway's biggest stars to strip down and raise money for HIV/AIDS awareness and research. Franco made a cameo appearance, because don't forget he's now a stage actor in "Of Mice and Men," and bared his butt. In an Instagram an audience member took, you can see what's apparently Franco with his hands up in the air and his behind out in the open.
From his Instagram, you can tell he has a thing for weird baggy underwear, he should upgrade.


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REFILE-Petronas bid not of net benefit - Canada minister
OTTAWA Oct 22 (Reuters) - The Canadian government is not satisfied that the proposed $5.2 billion purchase of Canada's Progress Energy Resources Corp by Malaysia's Petronas is of net benefit to Canada, Industry Minister Christian Paradis said on Monday.
"As minister of industry, I am not convinced it will lead to a net benefit for Canada," he told a critical political opposition in the House of Commons, adding that Petronas has 27 days from now to make additional representations to the Canadian government.
"We all know that we welcome foreign investment that is in the best interests of Canadians."
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