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Kuru, a fatal neurological disease thought to be transmitted through cannibalism, is examined in the Fore, a New Guinea people afflicted with the disease, who believe it to be caused by sorcery. The author also discusses Fore beliefs about diagnosis and prevention of other diseases.

These Machines Are Winning sophomore record 'KURU' curated and produced by Dylan Silvers, is a combined effort of many musicians, comic book artists, and filmmakers. Conceptually the project is based on a well organized anarchist group that's featured throughout a 7 issue comic book series slated to come out in 2015. Lyrically KURU, focuses on the chaos and unrest of this anarchist group.

Perhaps the best-documented epidemic in the history of medicine, kuru has been studied for more than fifty years by international investigators from medicine and the human sciences. This significantly revised edition of the landmark anthropological classic Kuru Sorcery brings up to date the anthropological contribution to understanding disease, the medical research that resulted in two medical Nobel Prizes, and the views of the Fore people who endured the epidemic and who still believe that sorcerers, rather than cannibalism, caused kuru. The kuru epidemic serves as a prism through which to see how Fore notions of disease causation bring into single focus their views about the body, the world of social and spiritual relations, and changes in economic and political conditions-aspects of thought and behaviour that Western medicine keeps separate.

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It has been a difficult, sometimes painful, story to tell in its entirety, but I have done my best to be accurate both in facts and in dates, for I feel that l owe the truth to the many who have become valued acquaintances, and sometimes friends. All these have constantly requested more news of my "Green Dwelling" and my discovery of a fatal neurological disease previously unknown to Western medicine. This book is for them, in lieu of letters that I ought to have written and did not. It is also my concern to produce innocent amusement, unrestricted by canon or precedent, for those who require some relaxation from the fatigue generated by so many parasitic forms of life in this less than perfect world.My peers, the medical scientists, who read this will realize that this book is neither a scientific treatise, nor a balance-sheet of all the achievements and failures of medical science, but a presentation of the major implications of the factors that continually determine our medical ethics - including some of the less prizeworthy drawbacks. 

A series of remarkable discoveries in the past three decades have led to the molecular and genetic characterization of the transmissible pathogen causing scrapie in animals and a quartet of human illnesses: kuru, Jakob-Creutzfeld disease, Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease, and fatal familial insomnia. To distinguish this pathogen from viruses and viroids, the term "prion" was introduced to emphasize its proteinaceous and infectious nature.Stanley B. Prusiner, editor of this volume, was awarded the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for his pioneering discovery of prions. The book reviews advances in studies of prions, which - as considereable evidence indicates - are novel pathogens composed only of protein.

The hero must rise from the ashes if he has to. But rise he must. As the world trembles on the threshold of Kali Yuga-4,32,000 years of unprecedented evil-the Kuru queen Gandhari curses Lord Krishna. Mankind will perish. Your name will be forgotten and so will your Gita! she rages. And, inexplicably, Krishna submits to her decree ... Who, then, will save the world from the primordial Kali demon? Can Vama rise to the challenge in time? He learns that he is Vir Pradyumna, the son of Lord Krishna, who was kidnapped by the asuras. Destiny chases him from an asura kingdom to Dwaraka and Kurukshetra, forcing him to battle monsters, angry gods, blazing weapons and his own weaknesses. Pradyumna is a gripping saga of the rise of the mighty, swashbuckling hero whom all of humanity awaits.

Did you know the Mbulu of South Africa has a razor sharp tail with a mind of its own? Or that the Kuru-Pira of Brazil has eyes that glow like embers, and fangs ripping from its mouth? In this updated edition of A Field Guide to Demons, Carol and Dinah Mack bring to life some of the most horrific and fascinating creatures ever described in mythology and legend. With a deft pen and global perspective, the Macks profile over ninety bogies including: mermaids, ghouls, vampires, kelpies, werewolves, and more.Readers will delight in exploring the origin, characteristics, and cultural significance of each creature. Organized by habitat,” this book will entertain readers of all ages, while shedding light on religious and cultural ideals from around the world. With vivid details and highly researched entries, A Field Guide to Demons is a must have for academics, writers, students, and anyone interested in mythology or the occult.

The Bhagavad Gita, a scintillating jewel embedded in the great Sanskrit epic Mahabharata, is a dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna set against the background of war. At the beginning of the poem, we learn that there is going to be a great war for the rule of a kingdom. On the battlefield, with armies of the Kuru clan ranged against each other, Arjuna and Krishna explore the necessity of war and the nature of the human soul. The eighteen chapters of the Bhagavad Gita encompass the whole spiritual struggle of a human soul, and the central themes of this immortal poem arise from the symphonic vision of God in all things and of all things in God.

Long ago the Earth witnessed a catastrophic battle It was a time when the Gods walked the world and mankind knew secrets they have long since forgotten In such a time there were two half-brothers named Pandu and Dhritarashtra They were the heirs of the Kuru dynasty the mighty kingdom fathered by the legendary Bharata son of Shakuntala and Dushyanta However neither were fit to rule Dhritarashtra was born blind and Pandu had an illness which doomed him to die were he to ever engage in sexual intercourse Dhritarashtra marries Gandhari who bears him one hundred sons the hundred Kauravas Pandu marries Kunti the adopted daughter of King Kuntibhoja and Madri Kunti s miraculous ability to summon Gods to grant her children yields Pandu five heirs the Pandavas Although the vast empire of Bharata had to be equally divided between the cousins the Kauravas greed knew no end Soon this very greed engulfs both families in a battle that immortalized their names in legends and songs Attributed to the Sa

Why do Muslim majority countries exhibit high levels of authoritarianism and low levels of socio economic development in comparison to world averages? Ahmet Kuru criticizes explanations which point to Islam as the cause of this disparity, because Muslims were philosophically and socio economically more developed than Western Europeans between the ninth and twelfth centuries. Nor was Western colonialism the cause: Muslims had already suffered political and socio economic problems when colonization began. Kuru argues that Muslims had influential thinkers and merchants in their early history, when religious orthodoxy and military rule were prevalent in Europe. However, in the eleventh century, an alliance between orthodox Islamic scholars (the ulema) and military states began to emerge. This alliance gradually hindered intellectual and economic creativity by marginalizing intellectual and bourgeois classes in the Muslim world. This important study links its historical explanation to contemporary politics by showing that, to this day, the ulema state alliance still prevents creativity and competition in Muslim countries.

Why do Muslim majority countries exhibit high levels of authoritarianism and low levels of socio economic development in comparison to world averages? Ahmet Kuru criticizes explanations which point to Islam as the cause of this disparity, because Muslims were philosophically and socio economically more developed than Western Europeans between the ninth and twelfth centuries. Nor was Western colonialism the cause: Muslims had already suffered political and socio economic problems when colonization began. Kuru argues that Muslims had influential thinkers and merchants in their early history, when religious orthodoxy and military rule were prevalent in Europe. However, in the eleventh century, an alliance between orthodox Islamic scholars (the ulema) and military states began to emerge. This alliance gradually hindered intellectual and economic creativity by marginalizing intellectual and bourgeois classes in the Muslim world. This important study links its historical explanation to contemporary politics by showing that, to this day, the ulema state alliance still prevents creativity and competition in Muslim countries.