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Aboriginal stories and poems = Neue Traumzeiten : Geschichten und Gedichte von Aborigines
Published 1995 by Edition K. Isele in Osnabrück .
Aboriginal Australians -- Literary collections,
Australian literature -- Aboriginal Australian authors
English and German on parallel pages.
Other titles Neue Traumzeiten.
Statement drawings by = Zeichnungen von Mutjalanydjal.
Genre Literary collections.
Series O.B.E.M.A., Osnabrück Bilingual editions of minority authors -- no. 13 = O.B.E.M.A., Osnabrücker Bilinguale Editionen von Minoritäten Autor(inn)en ; -- Nr. 13., Osnabrück bilingual editions of minority authors -- 13.
Contributions Mutjalanydjal.
About this Item: Victoria Australia etc~ Viking / Penguin Group Australia / Published In Association With The Asia Society Galleries New York., black gilt lettered cloth hardbound folio ~ 2º. very large ("coffee table" size book), international or priority shipping will cost extra. dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. Dreamings: The Art from Aboriginal Australia by Peter Sutton HARDCOVER. $ + $ shipping. Picture Information. Opens image gallery. A book that looks new but has been read. Cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket (if applicable) is included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining Seller Rating: % positive.
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The Dreamings are known by their names and they are represented by particular sets of symbols and signs and patterns. Thus, each painting is a story to be read. It is a mythology and a history of the Ancestral Beings, their gifts, their travels and their experiences/5(6).
Yes, this is actually going to be a book review and not a rant about short stories. That paragraph was relevant because the stories in Daley Downing's new anthology, Dreamings and Muses, are the polar opposite of the self-indulgent, needlessly subversive tales one frequently comes across these days.
Each one was engaging, satisfying, and uplifting. Dreamings book. Read 2 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Dreamings book. Read 2 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. What to Read When Dystopia Is the New Normal.
Author Diane Cook's debut novel, The New Wilderness, explores a mother's attempt to save her daughter in a world ravaged by climate change 4/5. Title: The Unwinding: and other dreamings Author: Jackie Morris Genre: Illustration, Poetry Publisher: Unbound Publication Date: 9th July Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: This book is not meant to be read from cover to cover.
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14 July The Unwinding: and other dreamings. This book is not meant to be read from cover to cover. It is a book for dreamers. Slight of word, rich of image, its purpose is to ease the soul. Dreamings: The Art of Aboriginal Australia (an exhibition catalogue) [Peter Sutton, Christopher Anderson, Philip Jones, Francoise Dussart, Stephen Hemming, Peter Sutton] on *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers.
Dreamings: The Art of Aboriginal Australia (an exhibition catalogue)Reviews: 6. Publisher: New York, NY: Prestel: Distributed in the USA and Canada by te Neues Pub. Co., ISBN: Branch Call. The story of my book cover begins with friendship and tears. Last summer, I sat at a fancy restaurant booth with one of my best friends, Melissa, in Palo Alto, CA and unraveled a large rolled-up piece of paper – a birthday gift from Melissa.
Thank you to new friends, Lucy and Ceci for your beautiful art, positive spirits and willingness. This collection of fifteen stories from Warlipiri elders reflects the importance of the Dreaming in all of its manifestations.
Recorded and translated here for the first time are stories rich with insight into Aboriginal spirituality and life - on subjects as diverse as adolescence, love, hatred, sexuality, marriage, family, war, peace, physical and psychological survival, and aging.
The Dreaming, also called dream-time, or world dawn Australian Aboriginal languages altjira, altjiranga, alcheringa, wongar, or djugurba, mythological period of time that had a beginning but no foreseeable end, during which the natural environment was shaped and humanized by the actions of mythic beings.
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Tue 26 Marpm Released in from the publishers "SelfMadeHero, we have an impressive volume totaling over pages of pure Lovecraft-ian intrigue. #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Marie Moning's novella Into the Dreaming, a tale of Highland fantasy, star-crossed lovers, and the timeless manipulation of the ancient, immortal Unseelie king.
Free him from his ice-borne hell Stolen from his beloved home in the Highlands of Scotland, imprisoned in the Unseelie king's dark, frosty kingdom, Aedan MacKinnon endured4/5().
The Unwinding: and other dreamings by Jackie Morris new in. This book is not meant to be read from cover to cover. It is a book for dreamers. Slight of word, rich of image, its purpose is to ease. Michael Nelson Tjakamarra (also cited as: Michael Nelson Jagamarra, or Jakamara) is a Senior Warlpiri Tribesman and an Elder of the Papunya Community in central c.
at Pikilyi, Vaughan Springs west of Yuendumu in the Northern Territory, he grew up 'in the bush'. His father was an important tribal elder and medicine man at Yuendumu. A major exhibition, ''Dreamings: The Art of Aboriginal Australia,'' opened at the Asia Society in New York City last month and will remain there.
Unbound is a new way of publishing, one that invites a reader to be a part of the process of production, to follow the creative stages of a book from pitching the book to opening the wings of a book so the words, the images can fly into the mind of the reader.
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Dreamings: the art of aboriginal Australia / Peter Sutton [et al.] ; editor, Peter Sutton G. Braziller in association with Asia Society Galleries New York Australian/Harvard Citation. Sutton, Peter. & Asia Society. Galleries.Dreamings: the art of aboriginal Australia / Peter.
The Dreaming World view & The Dreaming. Each of us has a worldview. Our worldview provides us with an ordered sense of reality. Our worldview enables us to make sense of what we do and hat we observe in the world and provides us with a sense of certainty and, to some degree at least, predictability.
Search the world's most comprehensive index of full-text books. My library. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Asia Society Galleries, New York, Oct. 6-Dec. 31,and at three other museums. Includes bibliographical references (pages ) and index.
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards - Nonfiction, Winner, Local notes: Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained. Penn Provenance.Songs, Dreamings, and Ghosts is the first book-length study of wangga, a musical and ceremonial genre of Aboriginal people of the Daly Region of Northern Australia.
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New multiple sclerosis treatments focused on inhibiting nerve cell damage
Research from a University of Saskatchewan (USask) College of Medicine team will help develop medications that can inhibit the nerve cell damage that occurs due to diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS).
The research team has modeled the mechanisms by which a specific cell protein, A1, causes damage to nerve cells, expanding on previous USask research that discovered a link between nerve cell damage and the dysfunction of cell protein A1 in the brains of MS patients. The A1 protein is involved in numerous biological processes, including the development and function of neurons (nerve cells).
Saskatchewan has some of the highest MS rates in the world. Multiple sclerosis is a disorder of the central nervous system affecting the ability of the brain and spinal cord to communicate. This results in muscle weakness, a lack of muscle control, problems with vision and other neurological symptoms.
An estimated 3,700 people in the province are living with MS. There is currently no known cure.
"A1 dysfunction in nerve cells causes nerve cell death and damage, also known as 'neurodegeneration' in MS patients," said Dr. Michael Levin (MD), USask College of Medicine professor and Saskatchewan MS Clinical Research Chair in Neurology, who led the project.
"Neurodegeneration is the reason why people with MS continue to get worsening neurologic symptoms, even when they are taking an MS medication."
By developing knowledge of how the A1 cell protein causes damage to a neuron, the research team hopes to create medications that stop or prevent neurodegenerative processes.
"Our goal is to prevent neurodegeneration, and in doing so, improve the lives of persons living with MS," said Levin.
In their latest paper published in eNeuro, in which the team modeled A1 protein dysfunction by genetically reducing the amount of A1 protein in nerve cells, the researchers demonstrated that A1 protein dysfunction causes a reduction in nerve cell growth. Nerve cell branches become shortened and cell-to-cell communication is then compromised, which may lead to neurologic symptoms seen in persons living with MS.
Other findings indicate there is an increase in cell toxicity levels from the displacement of A1 proteins, as well as disruptions to the cell's ability to cope with stress.
Understanding that all three factors—compromised nerve cell function, increases in cell toxicity, and compromised stress adaptation of nerve cells—contribute to neurodegeneration in MS patients is crucial for designing treatments that can address these components.
The team is now focusing on testing medications to reverse neurodegeneration in nerve cells grown in the laboratory that mimic those found in MS patients.
"We are hopeful that this will lead to the discovery of medications that can be used in humans, which will inhibit neurodegeneration and improve the lives of persons living with MS," said Levin.
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Taylor Swift's 2022 VMAs Album Announcement Thrills Audiences
by Marina Maldovia
To the delight of the audience! Fans were stunned by Taylor Swift at the 2022 Video Choice Awards. Fans were shocked when Taylor Swift revealed a brand-new playlist after her commencement address for Song of the Year 2022.
As she accepted a Moonperson on August 29 for the short movie "All Too Well," the artist stated, "I'm simply very happy with just what we produced." "Without you, the supporters, I wouldn't have been capable of re-recording my classic songs. Thus without you, we would not have been capable of putting together this short video. You gave me the go-ahead to do it.
According to the "Getaway Car" singer, she wanted to thank her fans, especially as a surprise for their VMA voting. Swift addressed the crowd, "If you were going to be this kind and give us this, I thought it may be a wonderful opportunity to tell you that my fresh new album comes out October 21." At midnight, I'll tell you more. Midnights is the name Swift revealed for the album after it was released. She said on her social media account, "Join me at midnight."
Taylor said, "We lay awake in passion and terror, in chaos and sorrow," in a subsequent image. We sip till the walls start speaking as we glare at them. We contort ourselves inside the cages we've built for ourselves and hope we're not about to make a decision that will change our lives forever. This collection of music composed in the small morning hours depicts a trip through nightmares and pleasant dreams. We pace the floors while battling our thoughts for those who have already torn between staying awake and going to sleep."
After the launch of Folklore and Evermore, Taylor's upcoming album record will be her tenth professional effort. Her most recent album, Red, was released at the end of November 2021.
Following Taylor's effort on "All Too Well," which further served as her directing guest appearance, the "Blank Space" singer previously in the night won the Moonperson for Outstanding Long Music Video.
"Adorable. I had previously produced video content that I had produced and directed, but I've never really produced a short movie," Taylor remarked in her winning address. "We gave it our all to create something that just might be deserving of the affection you, the listeners, have offered this song. We appreciate this lovely confirmation that we accomplished anything well. I adore you two."
As soon as the artist of "Gorgeous" appeared at the MTV video music awards and walked the red carpet alone, she attracted attention. Taylor donned an Oscar de la Renta sparkling outfit that covered her entire body.
The outfit immediately caught the attention of admirers who recognized it as a throwback to the artist's 2017 video for the song "Look What You Made Me Do" from her album. The dress coated in diamonds was a tribute to Swift's jewel-encrusted bathing tube shot from the music video.
When she arrived at the location, Swift celebrated with Dylan O'Brien, who played the lead role in her "All Too Well (Swift's Edition)" video for the song. Within a short movie, which was released at the end of November in 2021, Sadie Sink and the singer of the track "Lover" both made brief appearances.
Taylor was seen dancing and performing alongside O'Brien and other friends in the crowd. Immediately afterward, Fergie and Lizzo joined the stage. When Nicki Minaj approached the stage to perform a mashup of some of her finest songs, she kept rocking.
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Spreading like wildfire? Maybe not always: Research helps define fire standards to protect homes
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(Oct. 11, 2011) — One of America's most costly natural disasters are wildland fires, and wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires rank among the worst of these. WUI is the threshold where wildfires consume not only the landscape, but also infrastructure. Once that threshold is crossed, flames can spread -- well, like wildfire. In quick succession, when a racing fire crosses the WUI, houses first smolder, then burn, and finally fall like wooden dominoes. And it can happen very quickly, as we all know.
Half of all billion-dollar blazes are WUI fires, which can ignite as many as a dozen homes a minute. This type of fire is both a wall of flames and a wave of firebrands. Lofting onto shingles or floating into eaves, the firebrands smolder before setting their resting place ablaze. More intrusive firebrands drift through gable vents or down chimneys, torching the house from within and creating new firebrands.
Since 2008, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)'s Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has been funding experimental WUI fire research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to discover when, how, and how often embers start fires after they land.
"WUI fires rank among America's most costly catastrophes," says S&T Office of Standards Executive Bert Coursey. "These studies aren't about blowing smoke; they're science at its best."
Recent breakthroughs have overturned a number of existing myths about wildfires:
6 millimeter (1/4-inch) wire mesh, when used to cover outside vents, as required by code, keeps embers out. NIST found that mesh with 6mm holes actually allowed many embers to slip through and easily ignite building materials placed behind the vents. Safety was improved with 1mm mesh (1/25 inch). While firebrands smoldered and passed through the mesh, building materials placed behind the vents no longer ignited.
Firebrands cool too quickly to ignite a ceramic-tile roof. In NIST's tests, firebrands actually blew under newly laid tiles, then scorched through the underlying insulating tar paper and ignited the sheathing material. The situation was worse with aging tiles, whose gaps often trap materials that increase the fire risk.
Most WUI house fires are sparked by a single rogue firebrand. On the contrary, most house fires erupt from an insidious accumulation of glowing firebrands.
Initial attempts to model the effects of wildfires were hindered by the variability of key elements, including leaves in gutters, dry needles under roofs, and smoldering embers in wooden joints. To address these challenges, fire researchers needed a controlled way to study firebrand-ignited house blazes, using real roofs and real fire.
Working with international partners at Japan's Building Research Institute, NIST's Engineering Laboratory hatched the NIST Firebrand Generator. Referred to as "The Dragon," this 6-foot-tall, stainless-steel, fire-breathing stovepipe devours wood chips, releasing their remnants as smoldering firebrands. The NIST Firebrand Generator produces embers from evergreens, similar to the trees that set off California's Angora conflagration of 2007.
Thanks to S&T funding, "The Dragon" has been tested on a range of full-scale house parts, including gutters, siding, eaves, walls, vents, and roofs.
But before facing The Dragon, some advanced experiments are conducted using NIST's four-foot-tall Reduced-Scale Firebrand Generator, or "Baby Dragon." These small-scale experiments allow faster testing of the impact of firebrands on various materials and at various rates.
Together, these small and large-scale findings will lay the scientific foundation for new standards that will lead to more ember-resistant materials, treatments, barriers, and designs.
The firebrand research has sparked interest from academics and policymakers to home insurers -- so much so that the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) cloned the NIST Dragon to rain firebrands in its own testing facility.
Researchers at NIST in Maryland are developing standard test methods and refining them as new materials, designs, and construction techniques are evaluated. For homeowners at nature's doorstep, S&T/NIST's firebrand research holds material importance. With one eye on the environment and the other on the economy, people need assurances that flame-retardant materials and add-ons will protect them better while lowering their insurance premiums.
"For the first time, we can determine the vulnerabilities that cause homes to ignite from firebrand showers," says Sam Manzello, a mechanical engineer in the NIST lab's Fire Measurements Group and visiting researcher at Japan's Building Research Institute. "This allows us to develop cost-effective fire protection codes and standards based on science, not on mere guesswork as it was in the past."
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Main St. in El Segundo is about to go up in smoke. Cigar smoke that is as the City gets set to welcome Cigar & More to the spot that used to house a stationery shop on the main drag.
The store is yet another example of the changing face of El Segundo. As hipper and trendier businesses are finding their way to town, the once quiet enclave is now in a transition phase.
As the city chases businesses and tech crowd, those people expect nicer and exciting places. A good example of this can be found in the wave of food and drink establishments that have popped up in the past couple of years.
With the cigars moving in, the Hollymain Liquor store across the street will be keeping a keen eye on business. Hollymain features a walk-in humidor and has sold cigars for a number of years. Are they afraid that the new venture will take away from their business?
The cigar business has had a turn around over the past few years. According to reports, the United States imported 330 million cigars in 2017. The bulk of those came from Nicaragua. This was up from 322 million in 2016.


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Professor Lesley Barclay included in snapshot of nation's best research
A University of Sydney academic working to improve the quality of maternal and infant health care in Australia's remote communities has been recognised among the nation's top researchers.
Professor Lesley Barclay's research on maternal and child health was recognised in Ten of the Best 2014.
Federal Minister for Health Sussan Ley today announced the Ten of the Best Research Projects 2014, a snapshot highlighting Australia's leading research initiatives from among the thousands of National Health and Medical Research Council-funded projects currently underway.
Professor Lesley Barclay, Head of the University Centre for Rural Health, was included on this list for her research in Northern Territory's 'Top End', working with local Aboriginal women, health practitioners and policymakers to give mothers and children in disadvantaged communities the best start in life. Professor Sally Tracy from the Sydney Nursing School was also a chief investigator on the project.
Professor Barclay, who began her career as a midwife, said she saw that few women received evidence-based care in rural and remote communities, or received care that wasn't delivered in an adequately respectful or family-centred way.
"While recently much progress has been made in mainstream services, Aboriginal women and their infants still receive less than optimal services," Professor Barclay said.
My career over the last two decades has used research to change systems and train others to continue this work into the future.
Professor Lesley Barclay
The Northern Territory has the highest rates of infant and young child mortality in Australia, with 9.2 deaths per 1000 live births. As of 2011, there were only 60 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander working midwives in Australia.
To help redress these issues, Professor Barclay and her team set out to research how maternal and infant health care could be improved in two large remote communities and their regional centre. They conducted in-depth observations, dozens of interviews and analysed hundreds of mother-infant records, working in collaboration with health system leaders and the community to implement evidence-based changes to the system.
As a result, the Northern Territory health system has adopted the Midwifery Group Practice (MGP) model, which ensures continuity of care through a single midwife who provides services across pregnancy, birth and postbirth. A cost analysis nearly two years later showed a saving of around $700 per mother-infant (cohort).
While still more needs to be done in the area, Professor Barclay said: "Our evaluation data has confirmed that maternity care in the regional centre is now of a better quality. It is also more culturally informed and acceptable."
The Ten of the Best Research Projects 2014 were selected for their innovativeness and potential to make a difference to the lives of Australians and people worldwide.
"These research stories give us a glimpse into the next generation of treatments and medical devices that will make a difference to people's lives," Minister Sussan Ley said.
"It is exciting, pioneering work and this publication serves to highlight only a few of the many innovative discoveries being made by Australian researchers."
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Paper chase: why Kevin Rudd's call for a royal commission into News Corp may lead nowhere
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne
Kevin Rudd's petition to parliament for a royal commission into the dominance of the Murdoch media in Australia is entitled to be seen as more than an embittered ex-politician's desire for revenge.
The fact is that in the three mature English-speaking democracies where Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has a dominant presence – the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia – politics are deeply polarised and conducted with a toxicity and dishonesty that is harmful to the public good.
There are differences in degree, of course. Australia has not elected a reactionary extremist such as US President Donald Trump, nor found itself riven with political divisions of the kind shown up by the Brexit referendum. Neither has Australian political discourse descended to the depths of racism that have scarred politics in those two countries.
Australia has not seen its national leader equivocate over white supremacy, as Trump did after the Charlottesville protests of 2017. It has not seen a political campaign poster about immigration modelled on a Nazi poster on the same subject, as the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) produced during the Brexit referendum campaign.
Yet there is one fundamental similarity among the three countries that reflects the anti-democratic influence of the Murdoch media: in each country, political leaders see Murdoch as a decisive factor in electoral success.
He controls about two-thirds of Australia's capital city daily newspaper circulation, owns The Times, The Sunday Times and mass-circulation The Sun in England, and Fox News, the most-watched cable TV service in the US.
A procession of Australian prime ministers or would-be prime ministers from Bob Hawke onwards, including Rudd, have openly and publicly paid court to Murdoch, on occasion travelling to the other side of the world to do so.
Successive leaders have paid court to Rupert Murdoch, including Kevin Rudd when he was prime minister. Dean Lewins/AAP
In the UK, Tony Blair travelled all the way to Hayman Island to obtain Murdoch's blessing in the lead-up to the 1997 election. He obtained the blessing and won the election.
In episode three of the recent television documentary, The Murdoch Dynasty, Nigel Farage, who led UKIP in the Brexit referendum, said Murdoch's support was crucial to the success of the "Leave" campaign.
In the same documentary, a Trump campaign insider from 2016 said Murdoch's Fox News was indispensable to Trump's success in that year's US presidential election.
Read more: James Murdoch's resignation is the result of News Corp's increasing shift to the right – not just on climate
The benefit of a royal commission would be to lay bare the nature of the interactions between the elected politicians and the unelected Rupert Murdoch.
Details of the supplications, threats, deals, promises, attitudes and motives that are the stuff of these interactions would shed extraordinarily valuable light on a highly influential aspect of the way Australia's democracy works.
It would enable the public to assess just how extensive Murdoch's influence is, and what effect it has on public policy and electoral outcomes.
It's highly improbable it would lead to greater diversity in media ownership. If it created a public clamour loud enough to make politicians think there were votes in it, then it might be possible one of the main parties would adopt media diversity as policy, and propose ways to achieve it.
News Corporation's support was vital to the 'Leave' campaign in the Brexit vote. AAP/EPA/Neil Hall
However, history tells us this is extremely unlikely.
A royal commission in England in 1947-49 dodged the issue; another in 1961-62 resulted in significant mergers being referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission. However, this was circumvented by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1981, when she pushed through Murdoch's acquisition of The Times and The Sunday Times.
In Australia, both main parties have been complicit in creating the present state of affairs.
The Hawke-Keating government created the conditions that allowed Murdoch to take over the Herald and Weekly Times group, giving him Melbourne's Herald Sun and daily newspaper monopolies in Brisbane, Adelaide and Hobart.
The Turnbull government made the situation worse in 2017 by abolishing rules about cross-ownership, market dominance and audience reach.
Read more: Why media reform in Australia has been so hard to achieve
For another thing, the Australian public has shown an astonishing complacency and lack of interest in the health of the media. This has remained the case even as media freedom has been directly assaulted by a succession of laws since 2001 that criminalise journalism in the name of national security.
Perhaps the rush to sign the Rudd petition, which is credited with causing the parliamentary website to crash, indicates a change of attitude, or it might just be clicktivism.
Finally, Australian parliaments have shown little interest in, and less appetite for, fixing the problem.
In 1980, the Victorian government of Rupert Hamer established a committee of inquiry under the chairmanship of Sir John Norris, a retired Supreme Court judge, into the ownership and control of newspapers in Victoria.
The Norris report was presented in September 1981. It recommended an independent statutory authority be established to scrutinise proposed newspaper acquisitions, to ensure undue concentration of ownership would not result.
It aroused indignant opposition from the newspaper companies and went nowhere.
In 1992, the federal House of Representatives established a Select Committee on the Print Media to examine many of the same issues. It produced a report called News and Fair Facts, a laboured pun on "Fairfax". It too disappeared without trace.
Even if Rudd gets his royal commission, its report risks going the same way, unless it probes deeply enough to tell us something important about the way Australian democracy works.
– ref. Paper chase: why Kevin Rudd's call for a royal commission into News Corp may lead nowhere – https://theconversation.com/paper-chase-why-kevin-rudds-call-for-a-royal-commission-into-news-corp-may-lead-nowhere-147996
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I find myself wanting to be angry over the death of my youngest daughter. I want to be angry. ANGRY! But at who? Not my daughter. Not at my wife. Not at any of the rest of our family. Not at friends or the community.
The devil, our adversary. That's who I want to be thoroughly pissed at. The author and purveyor of death. The one who kept whispering in our little girl's ear that she wasn't worth staying here, alive, growing older with us, marrying, having grandchildren. The stupid SOB who stole her life away!
There! I said it. And yet, those few words don't really scratch the surface of all I could say. Those few words don't convey all the dreams and ideals I had for Yvonne. The words are simply an encapsulation of moments and days and months and years of built-up expectation. And that SOB cut it all short!
So…I'll let God handle that, and I'll take a full measure of consolation that your premeditated, unadulterated evil will be ended and recompensed in an appropriate fashion. Tremble now. For you know it's coming. You can't stop it. You chose to be on the wrong side of this; and it will be your just 'reward' for all the damage you've done. Where's your power now? Once death is done away with, what more have you to torment us? Nothing. Nothing at all.


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"Enchanted" love?
I am reading Eva Illouz's Why Love Hurts ( Polity Press, 2012), a heavily researched, sociological academic polemic on the (macro-social) dysfunctions of modern love.
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"The elementary forms of "enchanted" love as a cultural prototype and a phenomenological experience can be said to resemble the following model:
1. The object of love is sacred. Guillaume de Lorris (fl. 1230), the French scholar and poet and author of the first section of the Roman de la Rose, the medieval poem which intended to teach about the art of love, presents the Lady, the beloved, as on a pedestal, a quasi-divinity to be worshipped. Such rhetoric of devotion to a sacred object emerged in twelfth century courtly love, but could still be found as late as the nineteenth century. Writing to his lover, Evelina Hanska, Balzac expresses his wishes to adore her in a way that would not suit modern sensibilities: "How I should have liked to remain half a day kneeling at your feet with my head in your lap."
2. Love is impossible to justify or explain. Cupid's arrow is the oldest symbol of love as an arbitrary and unjustifiable emotion. Guillame de Lorris recounts that once the arrow penetrated his body and flesh, he could no more take it out than he could stop loving the Lady. He cannot not love. Love is a force of its own, compelling obedience. For example, consider Humbert Humbert seeing Lolita for the first time: "I find it most difficult to express with adequate force that flash, that shiver, that impact of passionate recognition." The love is here immediate, irresistible, because it is construed as an act of physical recognition that bypasses the will.
3. Such an experience overwhelms the experiential reality of the lover. Writing to his wife Josephine in 1796, when he was the commander of the French army in Italy, Napoleon states, "I have not spent a day without loving you; I have not spent a night without embracing you; I have not so much as drunk one cup of tea without cursing the pride and ambition which force me to remain apart from the moving spirit of my life." Love here is an emotion which invades the entire existential reality of the lover.
4. In enchanted love, there is no distinction between subject and object of love. The object of love cannot be separated from the subject loving as such experience involves and mobilizes the totality of the self. Beethoven writing to his lover in 1812, put it succinctly: "My angel, my all, my own self."
5. The object of love is unique and incommensurable. Romeo, upon seeing Juliet, declares, "Did my heart love till now?" by which he means that she is the only one he has loved and will ever love. Uniqueness entails the fact that the beloved cannot be substituted for others. It also means his/her virtues or flaws cannot be measured or compared to that of another.
6. The person in love is oblivious to his or her own self-interest as a criterion for loving another person. In fact, pain is an essential ingredient of the experience of absoluteness and aggrandizement. In the words of Felix, Balzac's hero in "Le Lys dans La Vallee" ("The Lily of the Valley," 1835): "To love desperately is still happiness."
Eva Illouz, Why Love Hurts, Chapter 5: Love, Reason, Irony
…and I'm fighting about it with my lover.
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National human rights institutions (NHRIs) are independent bodies, established by the state for the promotion and protection of human rights. NHRIs are accredited by the Global Alliance of NHRIs on the basis of their compliance with the Paris PrinciplesRelating to the Status of National Institutions, adopted in 1991. These principles set some important minimum criteria for such institutions, including that they have a sound legal basis and are independent from those institutions they are tasked to oversee. Article 18 of the OPCAT states that "due consideration" should be given to them when establishing NPMs.
While OPCAT does not prescribe a specific model, around the world, the majority of NPMs are NHRIs. Other NPMs are either: new specialised institutions or multiple body NPMs.
Most NHRIs that have been designated as NPMs were existing bodies that were granted additional powers and responsibility to perform the NPM mandate. In some countries, NHRIs have been designated as part of multiple body NPMs. In a small number of cases, they were created at the same time as they received their NPM designation.
This tool addresses different types of NHRIs, because, while there are important differences between them (see question 2 below), the opportunities and challenges they face when designated as NPMs are broadly similar. Many of the points made in this tool also apply to the small number of ombuds institutions as NPMs that are not NHRIs, including those with narrower mandates relating, for example, to specific rights, groups, or geographical areas.
National Human Rights Ccommissions (NHRCs). The key distinguishing feature of NHRCs is that they have a multi-member elected governing body that acts collectively or collegially. These members can work full-time, part time, on a voluntary basis, or a mix of the three. Among NHRCs, there is a wide variation in their number – from three to more than thirty. In some NHRCs, members are appointed with general mandates, while others have specific responsibilities for particular human rights areas set out in the law or regulations. Members of NHRCs are supported by professional staff.
Ombuds institutions. Ombuds institutions, on the other hand, usually have only one elected member, who is full time and supported by a professional staff. The elected head of the institution may sometimes be supported by one or more elected deputies. Ombuds institutions traditionally focused on receiving and investigating complaints related to maladministration, although many now have significantly broader human rights mandates, blurring the distinction with NHRCs.
"Ombudsman plus" institutions. Some ombuds institutions have been designated as NPMs alongside civil society organisations. They are known as "ombuds plus" institutions. In most cases, formal agreements govern cooperation between the ombuds institution and NGOs, covering how they are selected and their role in NPM tasks, including during visits.
Change of mindset.
One of the biggest challenges for NHRIs designated as NPMs is the change of mindset required to begin working in a preventive way. Many existing institutions have long histories and experience of complaints handling and investigations. Many also conduct detention inspections based on compliance with established laws and standards. In contrast, the work of an NPM is forward-looking, multidisciplinary, aimed at reducing risks and root causes of torture and ill-treatment, and at protecting the dignity of those deprived of their liberty, even in the absence of complaints. The approach of NPMs is also based on ongoing, constructive engagement and dialogue with the authorities and on changing public mindsets. In particular, NPM work often focuses on bridging the gap between what exists in law and standards, and the practices that are found in detention – work which requires an in-depth understanding of what is happening in detention, built on long and in-depth visits to places of deprivation of liberty.
Legislation and powers.
NHRIs – particularly those that fully comply with the Paris Principles – have a strong legal basis, often grounded in the constitution. In many cases, this founding legislation contains some of what is required by the OPCAT – the first international treaty to proscribe specific powers and mandate to national institution. This often includes existing powers to visit places of detention. Nevertheless, the founding legislation of NHRIs often falls short of compliance with all OPCAT requirements. In such cases, there are several options: one is to pass new or additional legislation designating the NHRI as the NPM. Another option is to revisit the institution's founding legislation entirely – even if only small changes are ultimately required – and include the required amendments. This can be an opportunity for discussions about the institution as a whole, as well as how best to integrate the NPM mandate. This process may involve an institutional review, conducted by the NHRI, supplemented by both public and parliamentary debates. In the real world, of course, such a review may be a difficult and time-consuming task and one that can also involve dangers for the institution if spoilers seek to use the opportunity to undermine the whole institution.
Regardless of the approach chosen, the specific functions and powers of the NPM should be stated explicitly in law , including in order to sustain the NPM's existence in the long term. This process will also need to be accompanied by discussions on the institutions' internal rules and processes.
Expertise and staff.
One of the primary reasons for designating these NHRI as NPMs is that many of them have existing experience, particularly in relation to law reform, and to visiting some types of places of detention, usually prisons. This means that, while NPM work is very different in both approach and scope, some detention environments are nevertheless not unfamiliar to many NHRI. In addition, many of them also have thematic expertise in relation to groups in situations of vulnerability, although not always in detention contexts. Some of them may also have experience in relation to issues such as disability rights, elderly persons, access to justice, health care, migration, and child rights – all areas with relevance to the work of NPMs. Another advantage is that due to their broad human rights mandates, many NHRIs are able to link the specialised NPM mandate with its day to day work under its general, broad human rights mandate.
Despite the Paris Principles requirement of pluralism, what most NHRIs lack, however, is the multidisciplinary expertise that is required for preventive work as an NPM, given that the staff of such institutions are almost always lawyers. Thus, while existing staff play a key role, they will usually need to be joined by new colleagues from a broad range of backgrounds and specialisations who can be dedicated fully to the NPM mandate. This can be challenging given that public sector hiring rules, may restrict the ability of such institutions to hire the exact people they need, including as external experts, from a range of disciplines.
Institutional capacity.
Most NHRIs have a number of existing departments that may be complementary to the work of the NPM, allowing the institution as a whole to maximise its impact and use of resources. For example, many such institutions have specialised staff working on parliamentary relations and legislative reform. This can be useful, given the role of NPMs in making recommendations on new legislation or on the reform of existing laws – both of which are mandated under article 19 of the OPCAT.
There may also be useful synergies to be found with departments working on complaints, with those working on specific groups in situations of vulnerability, and those working on education and training. Existing administrative departments (responsible for finance and travel, for example) may also be extremely useful when taking on an NPM mandate.
In addition, many have a designated communications and advocacy unit. Communication is key to explaining a new NPM mandate; the specificity of the preventive approach; to making the work of the NPM visible; and to assist in ensuring that monitoring activities lead to real change in detention. These tasks can be greatly facilitated by the existing communications expertise of NHRIs, particularly when existing communications staff are given the resources and training necessary to understand the specificities of the preventive mandate of NPMs.
Many NHRIs have regional offices, which may be helpful to NPMs in ensuring adequate geographical coverage for their work, particularly in large or geographically fragmented countries where places of deprivation of liberty may exist far from major cities. In particular, regional offices are likely to be rich sources of context-specific information for the NPM. However, involving such offices in detention visits and other aspects of NPM work requires careful thought and planning in order to maximise the use of the institutions' resources and to ensure coherence of the NPM's work, particularly given that, in many institutions, regional offices are overloaded and understaffed. Good practice might involve, for example, designating an NPM focal point within each regional office; involving regional staff in NPM specific training; involving regional offices in discussions on planning, visit preparation and follow-up; and clarifying rules around staff participation and hierarchy.
Finally, existing infrastructure (such as offices and cars) can potentially be useful when NHRIs take on an NPM mandate, although additional resources will almost always be required and are, in fact, a specific requirement of the GANHRI subcommittee on accreditation (SCA), when it reviews those members institutions that have been designated as NPMs.
Many of these internal synergies can usefully be addressed in an institution's internal rules.
Coherence of the human rights system.
Human rights monitoring and oversight systems that are overly complicated can be difficult for authorities, detainees, and others to understand. It can also lead to gaps and overlaps in coverage. Centralising detention-related mandates within an NHRI can be helpful in this regard, by creating a "one-stop-shop" for human rights issues within a country.
NHRIs that have an NPM mandate may be able to build on their existing engagement with national stakeholders and counterparts. Existing relationships, reputation, trust and visibility can be an advantage – in cases where they are positive. At the same time, existing institutions will also need to take the time and put in significant effort to properly communicate the specificities of the NPM mandate among relevant stakeholders. In cases where the existing institution is viewed negatively by key stakeholders, this can be a serious handicap to future NPM effectiveness.
Links to the international system.
Strong links and familiarity with the international human rights system are strengths of many NHRIs, particularly those with GANHRI "A Status" accreditation that allows them to participate in the UN Human Rights Council and treaty body processes. Existing knowledge of the UN human rights system, feeding national recommendations and priorities into those made internationally, and promoting international recommendations domestically, may enable an NHRI as NPM to further reinforce and improve implementation of recommendations at the national level.
In addition, the status of NHRIs within international and regional NHRI networks may also offer an additional level of protection against interference or reprisals. These networks also provide an important source of information and exchange of experiences, lessons and good practices among NHRIs, thus helping to strengthen their work domestically
The accreditation process for institutions that are part of GANHRI can also provide a measure of external accountability for NPMs, ensuring that they meet some key minimum standards for independence.
Most NHRIs designated as NPM have chosen to create a dedicated NPM unit or department, headed by a senior figure, and with responsibility solely for prevention – an approach recommended by the SPT Guidelines. This means that individual complaints and investigations are handled by a separate department, and the NPM can focus its full attention on preventive work. If this approach is chosen, the NPM department should also be integrated into the broader institution, including with a system of regular interaction and cooperation with other departments. Such cooperation may cover: complaints and how they are collected, transferred and investigated; visits to places of detention; and thematic issues relevant to the whole institution. This is important to ensure the protection of detainees, and to make sure that both the NPM and other units with overlapping mandates can mutually benefit from shared information, knowledge and expertise. Although, due to NPM's broad powers of access to sensitive information there may be limits to the kinds of information that the NPM unit shares with other departments. Cooperation on issues such as training and education, communication, law reform and other matters may also be beneficial.
Another, less common, approach is to create or designate one dedicated department, again headed by a senior figure, with responsibility for all issues relating to deprivation of liberty. This means that one single department conducts preventive visits as the NPM, as well as handling and investigating individual complaints. The advantages of this approach are in potentially increased information sharing and avoidance of overlap. The challenges, however, are that the reactive work of complaints handling dominates the department, leading to insufficient emphasis being placed on prevention. This is because complaints are often both urgent and abundant.
While one department of an NHRI is usually responsible for NPM work it is important to underline that designation means that the institution as a whole "is" the NPM and not only one department (although some exceptions do exist). While NPM departments should be given operational autonomy, this does not mean that NPM departments should be closed off or otherwise isolated from the institution as a whole. This is for many of the reasons of synergy and effectiveness discussed above. The institution's internal rules and organisation chart should thus be designed with these objectives in mind.
In discussing NPM models there is sometimes confusion around terms like independence and autonomy. For the purposes of this toolkit, independence means being independent of those institutions you are tasked to oversee – for example the detaining authorities and related ministries. NHRIs, particularly those that comply with the Paris Principles, are usually independent. Autonomy, on the other hand, refers to the ability of different departments within an institution to make decisions and carry out their work in an efficient and effective manner, free from undue interference. As noted above, for NHRIs that have been designated as NPMs, this usually means creating a specific department, headed by a senior figure, to conduct NPM work, free from undue intervention in visits, planning, reports and recommendations.
Whatever the model chosen, however, an NPM unit or department will nevertheless need to work closely with other departments in order to be effective (see section 3 above).
NHRIs will also need to identify and develop clear procedures in relation to who will be in charge of NPM work and the different layers of hierarchy involved – this includes deciding who has the final say on key issues, such as what is in reports and recommendations. In some institutions, one member or deputy ombudsman is chosen as head of NPM. In others, a member or deputy may be in charge of several departments, including, for example, the NPM and the department responsible for complaints and investigations – an approach that may lead to useful synergies between departments with related mandates. In a small number of cases the NPM law itself mandates the creation of a specific department and defines the NPM hierarchy and how it is selected.
Once the hierarchy is established, it may be useful for the leadership of the institution as a whole to regularly participate in visits to places of deprivation of liberty, as well as in pre and post visit briefings and dialogue with the authorities. This is important for ensuring that institutional leadership fully understands the work of the NPM, as well as giving the NPM additional institutional weight, including during dialogue with the authorities.
Those considering the designation of an NHRI as NPM should not view it as necessarily cheaper than other NPM models. Regardless of the strategy and internal structure that is ultimately decided upon, any NHRI taking on an NPM mandate will require additional human and financial resources. This is also made clear in Article 39 of the 2008 Nairobi Declaration on NHRIs which states that NHRIs should only consider designation as NPMs "if the necessary powers and resources are made available to them." It is also a clear state obligation under article 18 of the OPCAT to grant the NPM the "necessary resources" for it to be able to carry out its work.
Among the main budget and resource challenges faced by NPMs is the need for dedicated NPM staff. Additional resources are also usually needed for external experts, for example, medical doctors and psychologists, who may be recruited to ensure that NPMs fulfil the criteria of multidisciplinarity. Depending on the model, this might include fees or per diems, and travel costs. Beyond additional human resources, funding will also be required for travel and accommodation for the NPM, as well as to cover, inter alia, the production and publication (and possibly translation) of NPM reports. Funding for training, communication and participation in international exchanges and other fora may also be required.
A second challenge relates to the sheer scope of the mandate, which includes regular monitoring of all places where persons are or may be deprived of their liberty – representing an enormous diversity of places, often across a large geographical area. All NPMs, including NHRIs must find the right balance between quantity and quality of visits, balancing the need to be present in the field and in places of deprivation of liberty, while also allocating sufficient time and resources to analysis and follow-up.
In addition, the specific nature of the preventive approach poses a significant resource challenge for institutions that have traditionally been more reactive in their work. This is a budget issue in that, regardless of whether an NPM unit has a complaints handling role, it will need sufficient resources so that this role does not overwhelm its capacity to do preventive work.
To ensure financial autonomy and sustainability, good practice is to allocate a set percentage of the total institutional budget to the NPM in the legislation designating the NHRI as NPM, to include it in relevant legislative amendments, or in the internal rules and regulations of the office, again something that is reviewed by the GANHRI SCA.
Among the most important issues for NHRIs to consider is that of multidisciplinarity. As the OPCAT makes clear, NPM staff should have the diversity of backgrounds, capabilities and knowledge required to understand the places that are being visited, and analyse the associated risks. As noted above, NHRIs tend to be staffed largely by lawyers, while NPM work also requires other types of expertise, including (for example) medical expertise.
It should be noted, however, that, depending on the financial means of the NPM, if this requirement for multidisciplinarity cannot be met exclusively through the hiring of permanent staff, it can be supplemented through contractual arrangements with external experts.
Among NHRIs, NPM recruitment is usually governed by the same procedures as the rest of the institution. This has advantages in that NPMs departments do not have to reinvent the wheel, but it may also present challenges. This might be the case, for example, when the profiles needed by the NPM are not compliant with the rules and regulations of typical contracts. For example, in order to recruit doctors or other experts, flexible or differently remunerated contracts may be necessary but not permitted. It is also important to note that NPM head should be in charge of the recruitment process due to the specific and operational nature of the work.
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Brokers are sounding a cautious note in the investment sales world. In 2015, citywide sales volume hit a record $74.5 billion, but the general sentiment is that figure will not be bested this year. In fact, despite that high-water mark, the fourth quarter saw a steep decline in closed office building trades, typically the main driver of Manhattan investment transactions.
The largest traditional office building sale to close during that end-of-the-year stretch was the $247 million purchase of the 295,000-square-foot 370 Lexington Avenue by Unizo Holdings — although there are several mega-deals pending, like RXR Realty's expected purchase of 1285 Sixth Avenue for $1.7 billion.
Several brokers said that while their buyers remain in the game, the mood so far in 2016 is decidedly more circumspect. "I think at some point what goes up must go down," said George Niblock of commercial brokerage Friedman-Roth Realty Services. In the outer boroughs, multifamily sales activity, the main market driver, dipped at the end of 2015 compared to earlier in the year.
And residential development site sales — generally seen as a canary in the coal mine of the NYC market — were slowing, said Adam Hess, a partner at the Brooklyn-based brokerage TerraCRG. "It's coming more into focus that the peek was in the middle of last year," said Hess.
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"Hell Yeah" is a song by American R&B singer Ginuwine featuring rapper Baby. It was written, produced, and arranged by R. Kelly for his fourth studio album The Senior (2003). Released as the album's lead single, the song became a top 20 hit in the United States, peaking at number seventeen on the US Billboard Hot 100, and reached the top thirty in the United Kingdom. The official remix features Baby and Clipse along with Kelly and Clipse. A music video for "Hell Yeah" was shot in Las Vegas and includes a cameo by rapper Snoop Dogg and comedian DeRay Davis.

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Credits lifted from the liner notes of The Senior.

Baby – vocals, writer
Ginuwine – executive producer, vocals
David McPherson – co-executive producer

R. Kelly – arranger, producer, writer
Jerry Vines – co-executive producer

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The drinks are on fire. There is a dragon. And of course, there is a replica of the Iron Throne.
But for those who would prefer to drown their sorrows about their favorite show in alcohol, a bar in Chicago is making itself over as Westeros.
Visitors who walk into Replay Lincoln Park in the next few weeks will be dazzled by elaborate sets that seem to be taken directly from the show. The drinks are on fire. There is a dragon. And of course, there is a replica of the Iron Throne.
"With this pop-up in particular, we were really trying to transform the space so people will feel like they've stumbled upon a fantastical world where they can escape the cold, hang out with a life-size dragon, and grab a couple drinks," Raquel Hung, one of the artists who worked on the pop-up, told Forbes.
Even the menu is getting a makeover for the theme: Guests will be able to purchase Ommegang's selection of brews inspired by the show, Arbor Gold and Fire & Blood, on tap.
Entry to the bar is free, although mega-fans should consider purchasing a $20 VIP ticket. The pass will let you skip to the front at the bar, get your photo among the epic installations and includes a free pint of mead or beer, which you'll drink from a goblet you get to take home.
Replay Lincoln Park is no stranger to a themed takeover. The bar has hosted previous themed pop-ups based on The Office, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Rick & Morty.
Much like the show, the concept of a Game of Thrones bar is extremely popular. In 2017, when the show was on the air, there were at least two different incarnations of the bar: one in Washington D.C. and one in Edinburgh, Scotland.
And last year, an ice hotel — yes, a hotel made of ice — in Finland partnered with HBO to create themed Game of Thrones accommodations in the snow.
To take it one step further, the biggest fans of the show should consider a bigger trip to tour the iconic sets for a behind-the-scenes look, including a stop in Iceland to really feel the cold.


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China cancer biotech Antengene gets off $21M series A
This comes as "China's new drug development is at a critical moment," according to Qiming's managing partner.
Antengene has gained a healthy $21 million series A just a few months after setting up a deal with Celgene.
The investment was led by major Chinese VC Qiming Venture Partners, and TF Capital, HG Capital and Tigermed Investment also joined the round.
Antengene said in a brief update that it plans to use the cash to push on with work and sales prep for ATG-008 in Asian regions (including mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand and other countries). The release, however, gave no details about the med.
Antengene said it has also kick-started development of its manufacturing facilities in Shaoxing and an "ongoing effort to further expand its product portfolio of both pipeline assets at clinical development stage and mature products," according to a statement.
Back in April, the upstart biotech, founded just last year, penned a deal with Celgene and CRO Tigermed that saw the U.S. Big Biotech license out rights to develop its cancer candidate, the TORC1/2 inhibitor CC-223, in East and Southeast Asia to Antengene. Financial details were not disclosed.
RELATED: Celgene in Asia-Pacific collab with Antengene, Tigermed as clinical support
Jay Mei, founder and CEO of Antengene—who has also seen stints at Celgene, Novartis and Johnson & Johnson—said: "We are very pleased to receive support and acknowledgement from four of the leading healthcare investors and welcome new investors to join us.
"Antengene will continue to leverage strong internal team expertise as well as external resources to expand collaborations with both our peers in the industry and the academic research institutions in development of innovative medicines in challenging therapeutic areas, such as oncology, where there are huge unmet medical needs for patients around the world."
William Hu, managing partner of Qiming Venture Partners, added: "China's new drug development is at a critical moment, the next ten years of development and achievements will determine whether China can truly become a new driving force for new drug development worldwide. Antengene and its whole team will play an important role in promoting the development process. Qiming will continue to support the team with deep insight and focus to achieve the dreams!"
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Newlywed 'beaten to death on Fiji honeymoon was so injured her body had to be cremated'
August 8, 2022 August 4, 2022 maagzuurnet
A newlywed bride found beaten to death on her honeymoon in Fiji was reportedly so badly injured that her body had to be cremated.
Christe Chen, 36, was on holiday with her 38-year-old husband Bradley Dawson, who she'd married in February, when her body was found inside the bathroom of a luxury bungalow.
Dawson, from Memphis, US, has since been charged with murder and appeared at the Magistrates' Court in Fiji's second largest island Lautoka last week.
He maintains the death was an accident and was further remanded in custody for 14 days.
A post-mortem examination found that Chen had sustained blunt force trauma to the head and multiple traumatic injuries to her body.
Ronald Gordon, a lawyer representing Chen's estate and her parents, said she had to be cremated in Fiji due to the nature of her injuries and her ashes taken back home.
He told DailyMail.com : "The family will follow the proceedings to ensure justice is served for Christe given the horrific injuries she endured.
"The deceased was unable to be taken back to her home because of the nature of her injuries … so she had to be cremated here in Fiji and her ashes were taken back."
Mr Gordon said Chen's parents were informed of their only child's death through a phone call at around midnight from the State Department, a couple of days after she was killed.
They initially believed it was a prank call, he added, and were told by police that Dawson had left his phone and GPS watch at the Turtle Island Resort.
Mr Gordon also claimed Dawson had married once before, and that he had travelled to Fiji with his first wife two years previously.
He had married Chen in February in an intimate ceremony of just 20 people, and one unnamed friend said they thought it "was some kind of a whirlwind romance," The Daily Beast reported.
Chen worked as a pharmacist at Kroger and the alleged murderer worked as an IT professional for Youth Villages, a non-profit organisation which helps children.
"Bradley Dawson was an IT professional at Youth Villages. He has been suspended pending further information. It is our understanding Ms Chen was his wife, and our condolences go out to her family," said Youth Villages in a statement.
The case has been transferred to a High Court in Lautoka on the island, following Mr Dawson being charged with one count of murder.
Police Inspector Arvind Kumar had pleaded to the judge to order a DNA test because when they arrested Mr Dawson, he was reportedly uncooperative and refused to carry out forensic tests.
Magistrate Vodokisolomone said the accused committed an "indictable offence" and therefore needed to be transferred.
Dawson's attorney previously told Fox13 News that he could not confirm the manner in which the wife died, but said his client maintains his innocence.
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A prime example is the "Coexist" bumper sticker. The Christian faith is viewed as just another set of unprovable and personal religious opinions, and its cross is lumped together with symbols for Islam, pacifism, gay rights, Judaism, paganism, and Taoism. In today's world, you can have your opinions and I can have mine, but don't you dare ever say I'm wrong, and don't you dare ever say that your religion is the only right one.
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Characterization of BpGH16A of Bacteroides plebeius, a key enzyme initiating the depolymerization of agarose in the human gut
Na Jung Park, Sora Yu, Dong Hyun Kim, Eun Ju Yun, Kyoung Heon Kim
Abstract: Seaweeds have received considerable attention as sources of dietary fiber and biomass for manufacturing valuable products. The major polysaccharides of red seaweeds include agar and porphyran. In a marine environment, marine bacteria utilize agar and porphyran through the agarase and porphyranase genes encoded in their genomes. Most of these enzymes identified and characterized so far originate from marine bacteria. Recently, Bacteroides plebeius, a human gut bacterium isolated from seaweed-eating Japanese individuals, was revealed to contain a polysaccharide utilization locus (PUL) targeting the porphyran and agarose of red seaweeds. For example, B. plebeius contains an endo-type β-agarase, BpGH16A, belonging to glycoside hydrolase family 16. BpGH16A cleaves the β-1,4-glycosidic linkages of agarose and produces neoagarooligosccharides from agarose. Since it is crucial to study the characteristics of BpGH16A to understand the depolymerization pathway of red seaweed polysaccharides by B. plebeius in the human gut and to industrially apply the enzyme for the depolymerization of agar, we characterized BpGH16A for the first time. According to our results, BpGH16A is an extracellular endo-type β-agarase with an optimal temperature of 40 °C and an optimal pH of 7.0, which correspond to the temperature and pH of the human colon. BpGH16A depolymerizes agarose into neoagarotetraose (as the main product) and neoagarobiose (as the minor product). Thus, BpGH16A is suggested to be an important enzyme that initiates the depolymerization of red seaweed agarose or agar in the human gut by B. plebeius. Key points: • Bacteroides plebeius is a human gut bacterium isolated from seaweed-eating humans. • BpGH16A is an extracellular endo-type β-agarase with optimal conditions of 40 °C and pH 7.0. • BpGH16A depolymerizes agarose into neoagarotetraose and neoagarobiose.
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Park, N. J., Yu, S., Kim, D. H., Yun, E. J., & Kim, K. H. (2021). Characterization of BpGH16A of Bacteroides plebeius, a key enzyme initiating the depolymerization of agarose in the human gut. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 105(2), 617-625. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-020-11039-3
Characterization of BpGH16A of Bacteroides plebeius, a key enzyme initiating the depolymerization of agarose in the human gut. / Park, Na Jung; Yu, Sora; Kim, Dong Hyun; Yun, Eun Ju; Kim, Kyoung Heon.
In: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Vol. 105, No. 2, 01.2021, p. 617-625.
Park, NJ, Yu, S, Kim, DH, Yun, EJ & Kim, KH 2021, 'Characterization of BpGH16A of Bacteroides plebeius, a key enzyme initiating the depolymerization of agarose in the human gut', Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, vol. 105, no. 2, pp. 617-625. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-020-11039-3
Park NJ, Yu S, Kim DH, Yun EJ, Kim KH. Characterization of BpGH16A of Bacteroides plebeius, a key enzyme initiating the depolymerization of agarose in the human gut. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 2021 Jan;105(2):617-625. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-020-11039-3
Park, Na Jung ; Yu, Sora ; Kim, Dong Hyun ; Yun, Eun Ju ; Kim, Kyoung Heon. / Characterization of BpGH16A of Bacteroides plebeius, a key enzyme initiating the depolymerization of agarose in the human gut. In: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 2021 ; Vol. 105, No. 2. pp. 617-625.
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