An Anatomy of Marginality: Figures of the Eternal Return and the Apocalypse in Chilean Post-Dictatorial Fiction

The article analyzes two novels by Chilean writer Diamela Eltit from the standpoint of the post-dictatorial imperative to mourn the dead and reactivate collective memory. After framing Eltit\u27s fiction in the context of the avant-garde resurgence of plastic and performance arts in the second half of Pinochet\u27s regime, I move on to discuss Lumpérica (1983) and Los vigilantes (1994) as two different manifestations of the temporality of mourning. The article addresses how Lumpérica\u27s portrayal of an oneiric, orgiastic communion in marginality (shared by the protagonist and a mass of beggars at a Santiago square) composed an allegory in the strict Benjaminian sense; it further notes how such allegory, as an anti-dictatorial, oppositional gesture, could only find a home in a temporality modeled after the eternal return. I then show how Los vigilantes, a post-dictatorial novel centered on the task of mourning, abandons the circular logic of the eternal return in favor of an eschatological, finalist matrix of an apocalyptic type. Eltit\u27s shift—which I present as a move from an affirmation of impossibility to the impossibility of affirmation—is not presented merely as a personal matter of choice, but as an expression of a predicament proper to post-dictatorial fiction

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW—MASSACHUSETTS STATUTE IMPOSING A DIFFERENT PENALTY FOR JURY CONVICTIONS UPHELD AS NOT VIOLATIVE OF DUE PROCESS OR EQUAL PROTECTION—Commonwealth v. LeRoy, 1978 Mass. Avd. Sh. 2376, 380 N.E. 2d 128

The objectives of the biting insect assessment of the proposed Darwin City Waterfront Redevelopment area is to outline actual and potential biting insect problems within the redevelopment area, and to provide mitigation strategies to prevent or minimise biting insect problems. As with most coastal areas in the NT, the proposed development area is potentially subject to mosquito and biting midge pest problems, and potential mosquito borne disease problems.URS Australia Pty Lt

The Streets of Laredo

One of the best-known of the old cowboy folksongs has a Butler County connection. In his memoir of his days as an open-range cowboy throughout the 1870s, Frank Maynard, whose home was Towanda in the western edge of the Flint Hills, told how he came to write the lyrics to the song we know as “The Cowboy’s Lament” or “The Streets of Laredo,” which he set at the doorway of Tom Sherman’s barroom in Dodge City

Nucleic Acid Preservation Card Surveillance Is Effective for Monitoring Arbovirus Transmission on Crocodile Farms and Provides a One Health Benefit to Northern Australia

The Kunjin strain of West Nile virus (WNVKUN) is a mosquito-transmitted flavivirus that can infect farmed saltwater crocodiles in Australia and cause skin lesions that devalue the hides of harvested animals. We implemented a surveillance system using honey-baited nucleic acid preservation cards to monitor WNVKUN and another endemic flavivirus pathogen, Murray Valley encephalitis virus (MVEV), on crocodile farms in northern Australia. The traps were set between February 2018 and July 2020 on three crocodile farms in Darwin (Northern Territory) and one in Cairns (North Queensland) at fortnightly intervals with reduced trapping during the winter months. WNVKUN RNA was detected on all three crocodile farms near Darwin, predominantly between March and May of each year. Two of the NT crocodile farms also yielded the detection of MVE viral RNA sporadically spread between April and November in 2018 and 2020. In contrast, no viral RNA was detected on crocodile farms in Cairns during the entire trapping period. The detection of WNVKUN and MVEV transmission by FTATM cards on farms in the Northern Territory generally correlated with the detection of their transmission to sentinel chicken flocks in nearby localities around Darwin as part of a separate public health surveillance program. While no isolates of WNVKUN or MVEV were obtained from mosquitoes collected on Darwin crocodile farms immediately following the FTATM card detections, we did isolate another flavivirus, Kokobera virus (KOKV), from Culex annulirostris mosquitoes. Our studies support the use of the FTATM card system as a sensitive and accurate method to monitor the transmission of WNVKUN and other arboviruses on crocodile farms to enable the timely implementation of mosquito control measures. Our detection of MVEV transmission and isolation of KOKV from mosquitoes also warrants further investigation of their potential role in causing diseases in crocodiles and highlights a “One Health” issue concerning arbovirus transmission to crocodile farm workers. In this context, the introduction of FTATM cards onto crocodile farms appears to provide an additional surveillance tool to detect arbovirus transmission in the Darwin region, allowing for a more timely intervention of vector control by relevant authorities

Mosquito breeding survey Vesteys Lake 15 January 2008

Updated in February 2009

Ichthys gas field development project: biting insect survey of Blaydin Point, Darwin

INPEX Browse, Ltd. (INPEX) proposes to develop the natural gas and associated condensate contained in the Ichthys Field situated about 220 km off Western Australia?s Kimberley coast and about 820 km west-south-west of Darwin. For the Ichthys Project, the company plans to install offshore extraction facilities at the field and a subsea gas pipeline from the field to onshore facilities at Blaydin Point in Darwin Harbour. The mangrove areas surrounding Blaydin Point are expected to be significant sources of the mangrove biting midge Culicoides ornatus. This species is the most significant pest biting midge in the coastal areas of northern Australia, and the mangrove habitat surrounding Blaydin Point indicates the likelihood of very high seasonal numbers. Mosquitoes are not expected to be a significant problem at Blaydin Point in comparison with other areas around Darwin because of the absence of extensive tracts of potential mosquito breeding habitat such as swamps, floodplains and rivers. However, because of the presence of tidal areas, it was expected that the northern salt marsh mosquito Aedes vigilax would be seasonally present in significant numbers. Aedes vigilax is a potential vector of Ross River virus and Barmah Forest virus. As a result of the potentially significant biting-insect issues affecting Blaydin Point, the Medical Entomology Section of the Northern Territory?s Department of Health and Community Services (DHCS) was commissioned by GHD Pty Ltd to conduct a biting-insect assessment of Blaydin Point for INPEX.INPEX Browse Ltd, GHD Pty Lt

2013-14 Ross River virus season in Darwin

This article summarises the 2013-14 wet season in Darwin urban in relation to rainfall, mosquito numbers and notified Ross River virus cases

Mosquito breeding survey Vesteys Lake 15 January 2008

Updated in February 2009.Vesteys Lake is one of the most significant and productive mosquito breeding sites in Darwin Urban for the northern salt marsh mosquito Aedes vigilax. Historically the area was a disturbed salt marsh/mud flat habitat with numerous tidal pools and drainage lines, which were breeding sites for Ae. vigilax and other mosquito species (PER 1988). Aedes vigilax is the principal pest mosquito in areas of Darwin Urban near the coast, and is a potential vector of Ross River virus (RRV) and Barmah Forest virus (BFV). The Conservation Commission of the NT commenced construction of the lake in 1988, and Darwin City Council assumed responsibility of the lake some time after construction was completed. The construction of the lake and surrounds resulted in the creation of new and extensive Aedes vigilax breeding sites. The lake itself has never become a mosquito breeding site, but the surrounding landscape has been a significant breeding site for Aedes vigilax from the inception of the lake to the present, 20 years later. The mosquito breeding sites were the result of suitable grades not being applied to many areas. There has been some works over the years by Medical Entomology and DCC (under the combined Mosquito Engineering Program) to remove mosquito breeding sites, which have been successful in reducing the extent of various mosquito breeding sites, but there are still further works required to prevent mosquito breeding

Mosquito investigation Wagait Beach 14th to 15th January 2015

Medical Entomology received a mosquito enquiry from Wagait Shire Council on the 9th of January 2015. The complaint was received around the time of high salt marsh mosquito (Aedes vigilax) numbers in the Darwin Northern Suburbs, and when other areas of the Top End coastline were most likely also experiencing similar mosquito problems. Aedes vigilax has a very long flight range, and thus during major early wet season rainfall events, much of the NT coastline is likely to experience seasonal problems. However, in light of a lack of recent mosquito data from Wagait Beach, a mosquito investigation was carried out on the 14th-15th of January 2015, to determine which mosquito species was the causing the problem, the levels of mosquitoes compared to the most affected suburbs in Darwin, and the likely sources of the problem mosquitoes