“Daddy’s Special Little Girl”: a deeply candid biographical work that raises awareness of the lasting effects of abuse. “Daddy’s Special Little Girl” is the creation of published author Jody Lynn Enders, a dedicated wife, mother, and grandmother who studied music education at Evangel University and flute performance at Wake Forest University.
Enders shares, “’Daddy’s Special Little Girl’ is a heart-on-your-sleeve memoir about growing up in an abusive home with five siblings, an alcoholic father, and a courageous mother, about desperate attempts to cope with unbearable pain, about surviving the betrayal and devastation of incest and the rejection of divorce, about God’s forgiveness and healing. The author bares her soul as she takes you on an inconceivable journey that includes graphic scenes of her abuse, honest exposure of her own sin, paralyzing anguish and sorrow she endures, and raw emotions as she accepts her dad’s prison sentence and death. You will weep as you read about the heartbreaking encounters and effects of the hideous crime of incest. You will rejoice as you experience the forgiveness, love, and support this family had for their dad and each other.”
“In ‘Daddy’s Special Little Girl,’ Jody reveals the lingering devastation of a family crime no one wants to talk about. Her transparency is disarming, her case compelling, and her focus on healing. For the thousands who have experienced the pain of incest, the book points the way to help. For those who would like to believe that ‘these things don’t happen in Christian homes,’ ‘Daddy’s Special Little Girl’ will explode the myth.” —Gary D. Chapman, Ph.D., author of “The Five Love Languages”
Published by Christian Faith Publishing, Jody Lynn Enders’ new book shares a raw and open discussion that will empower healing to others who have faced similar tragedy.
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Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group (WBMPG) has tapped trailblazing animation veteran Bill Damaschketo lead its feature animation operations as President of the newly rebranded Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, it was announced today by Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy, Co-Chairs & CEOs of Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group.He will be based at the Studios worldwide headquarters in Burbank, California, reporting directly to De Luca and Abdy.
A seminal force in the industry, Damaschke comes to Warner Bros. as a groundbreaking and widely respected animation leader, most recently at Skydance Media and throughout his two decades at DreamWorks Animation, where he spearheaded a string of successful franchise features, including the Oscar-nominated Kung Fu Panda and How to Train YourDragon.
In his new roleas President of Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, Damaschke will work closely with De Luca and Abdy to forge a new strategic path and creative direction for feature animation that will align with and strengthen their overall vision for WBMPG and broaden cross-divisional opportunities to develop integrated creative content offerings across new and multiple platforms.With oversight encompassing all aspects of development and production for the feature animation division,Damaschke will also collaborate with De Luca and Abdy, along with Warner Bros. world-class animation teams and artists and creators from around the world, to deliver a dynamic slate of compelling original and IP-based animated features for a global audience.
Bill combines the unmatched creativity and imagination of an artist with the acumen, instincts and amazing track record of a born leader, said De Luca and Abdy.Hisdecades of experience, passion for storytelling, and forward-focused vision align perfectly with our overall creative strategy for the Studio and make him the ideal shepherd for Warner Bros. groundbreaking and iconic film animation business.We couldnt be more thrilled to welcome Bill to the Warner Bros. family and cant wait to dive into this exhilarating new era with him at the helm.
To be part of a Studio with such a rich animation legacy is both a once-in-a-lifetime honor and a huge thrill for me as a Warner Bros. fan, added Damaschke. Mike and Pam have created an environment that combines the gravity of Warner Bros. 100-year history with the excitement and passion of a startup.Putting artists front and center gives us a unique opportunity to craft films for worldwide commercial and artistic success, with a focus on relatable characters and stories that are funny, emotionally resonant, culturally relevant and grounded in universal human themes.I couldnt be more grateful for this opportunity, and am thrilled to join Mike and Pam, and the brilliant team at Warner Bros. Pictures Animation on this bold new adventure.
Damaschke got his start at DreamWorks Animation, where he landed his first animation job as production assistant on The Prince of Egypt,and ultimately rose through the ranks to lead the company as Chief Creative Officer.During his two decades at DreamWorks, he steered a number of acclaimed and popular animated franchise films to the big screen, including the blockbusters Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon, and The Croods.Damaschke also oversaw all of DreamWorks Animations live theatrical productions, including the award-winningShrek The Musical.
He produces theatrical stage productions through his independent production company StoryKey Entertainment, includingThe Prom, which was adapted by Ryan Murphy as a film and director Alex Timbers acclaimed stage adaptation ofMoulin Rouge, which won 10 Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
Damaschke also served as a producer on Shark Tale, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2004, and as an executive producer of Over the Hedge and Kung Fu Panda.
A black and white spaniel pointing to the left, in a wooded landscape with a church spire beyond
A Black and White Spaniel Pointing by George Stubbs that had been considered lost sold for £252,300 at Bonhams Old Master Paintings sale in London on 6 July. It had been estimated at £200,000-300,000. The 71-lot sale made a total of £1,589,000.
Lisa Greaves, Bonhams Head of Old Master Paintings, said: Although Stubbs made his name as a painter of horses for the grandees of racing and horse breeding, he developed an equally lucrative career as a painter of dogs often as commissions from the aristocratic owners of the horses. This was a wonderful example of his dog painting and a great rediscovery.
Other highlights of the sale included:
Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden by the Master of the Embroidered Foliage (active in Brussels and Bruges 1480-1510). The unusual name of the artist was coined in the 1920s. Subsequent research has shown that the Masters works were created by a variety of artists from different workshops across Flanders, rather than by a single artist. This work is one of three very similar paintings differing in details only derived from the Hugo van der Goes altarpiece in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Sold for £806,700 (estimate £25,000-30,000).
A View of Kiel on the Scheldt with Antwerp beyond by Jacob Grimmer (Antwerp circa 1525-1590). This unpublished painting is related to the large View of Kiel with Antwerp beyond, dated 1578, in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp. Although different in size, the compositions are very similar and it seems likely that Grimmer received a commission to make a smaller rendition based on one of his masterpieces. The execution of the landscape elements but also the figures in the present painting are typical for Jacob Grimmer. A date in the 1580s is feasible for the present work. Sold for £69,600 (estimate £30,000-50,000).
Scientists have developed ultra-thin heteroprotein films with excellent thermal, mechanical and pH stability which can pave the way for expanding applications of thin films in biomedical and food packaging industries. These films are much thinner as compared to the other protein or plastic films. They are soft and thin and have the advantage of being more flexible than the other films.
In the recent past, several modifications of these protein films with the help of suitable heteroprotein complexes were reported by different research groups. These complexes were usually developed from bulk solutions.
A research group from the physical sciences division of Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST), Guwahati, an autonomous institute under the Department of Science and Technology, has successfully developed ultrathin monolayer protein films consisting of two globular proteins: bovine serum albumin (BSA) and lysozyme (Lys). They used the technique called using Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) technique which gives the films thickness in the order of nanometer.
This research work is led by Dr. Sarathi Kundu, Associate Professor, along with Mr. Raktim J. Sarmah, SRF, a Ph.D. student developed a monolayer heteroprotein film – the first one using this technique. They explored the different structures and morphologies of this complex films at variable pH conditions to explore its stability and related properties.
The complex formation between the two proteins occurred at a unique pH of 9.2 as a result of an electrostatic attraction along with hydrophobic interactions. This monolayer complex was formed at the air-water interface, which was later transferred to the silicon substrates at a surface pressure of 18 mN/m for further study. It was shown that the monolayers at the air-water interface can hold its intrinsic structure for a sufficiently longer period of time due to the complexation forming a highly stable film.
Films of such protein complex of BSA and Lys can be useful for fabricating highly stable biodegradable thin films of different protein complexes for expanding its applications in the area of thin-film technology. Diverse physicochemical methods such as parameter alteration or incorporation of different fatty acids or polyol moieties (glycerol, starch, gelatin, etc.) into this protein complex can make the film free standing for diverse applications. This research work was recently published in the esteemed journal of Food Hydrocolloids under the reputed Elsevier publishers.
Scientists have developed a handy diagnostic tool that detects an aquaculture pathogen known as the White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV). The peptide-based diagnostic tool by scientists of Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) has been grated patent on 31 March 2022 as an alternative biorecognition element.
Infection caused by the WSSV to the shrimp Penaeus vannamei results in huge loss of crop. This high value super-food is susceptible to a wide range of viral and bacterial pathogens and the probability of occurrence of infections is rather high. Improved nutrition, probiotics, disease resistance, quality control of water, seed and feed, immuno-stimulants and affordable vaccines play an important role in enhancing the production. Technologies for early and rapid detection of pathogens on the field will help fish and shell-fish farming which provides significant export revenue to the country which is a leading supplier of shrimp to the USA.
To provide a handy, self-use diagnostic for WSSV, Dr Prabir Kulabhusan, Dr Jyutika Rajwade and Dr Kishore Paknikar developed a lateral flow assay using gold nanoparticles for easy visualization of the results. Instead of using poly-/mono-clonal antibodies in assay development, the ARI scientists selected twelve amino acid containing peptides from a phage display library by biopanning. This was a time- and cost-saving approach, eliminating the need for immunization of laboratory animals to obtain the antisera. With the use of peptides, cold-chain requirements for storage are reduced and the assay becomes production friendly.
“Our data indicates high specificity (100%) and sensitivity (96.77%) of the assay, early detection from hemolymph, highly reproducible results with a time-to-result of only 20 minutes,” said Dr Jyutika Rajwade.
The inventors have published this research in Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology and Journal of Molecular Modelling. ARI PhD student Ms Snehal Jamalpure-Lakka, has presented this idea at the National Bio-Entrepreneurship Conclave (NBEC)-2021 and awarded. She will take this work further for commercialization.
Publications
PK Kulabhusan, JM Rajwade, ASS Hameed, KM Paknikar. 2017. Lateral flow assay for rapid detection of white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) using a phage-displayed peptide as bio-recognition probe. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 101:4459–4469
S Jamalpure, G Panditrao, PK Kulabhusan, AS Sahul Hameed, KM Paknikar, M Joshi, JM Rajwade. 2020. In silico studies on the interaction of phage displayed biorecognition element (TFQAFDLSPFPS) with the structural protein VP28 of White spot syndrome virus. Journal of Molecular Modelling. 26:264 10.1007/s00894-020-04524-z
Immunoassay, peptide-based agent and field-usable kit for early rapid detection of white spot syndrome virus (Patent No. 393879)
Handy assay for detection of WSSV
(High specificity for WSSV, other viruses not detected)
In-silico study of VP28 (major capsid protein of WSSV) binding to the 12-mer peptide (blue)
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