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Japan Times
5 days ago
- Health
- Japan Times
Freezer glitch affects blood products at Red Cross center in Tokyo
A freezer glitch rendered about 13,700 units of fresh frozen plasma blood unusable at the Japanese Red Cross Society's blood center in Tokyo in May, it was learned Tuesday. The incident did not affect deliveries of blood products to medical institutions, and the affected units will be used as materials for other products that can be stored at higher temperatures, officials of the center said. On May 11, a freezer at the blood center in Tokyo's Koto Ward lost power around 10:30 p.m. Before the power was restored about four hours later, the temperature of the fresh frozen plasma blood units inside was above the standard level of minus 20 degrees Celsius for about two and a half hours. The power cut was caused by a faulty device installation in the temperature control panel, the officials said. The Japanese Red Cross Society reported the incident to the health ministry on June 10. At a news conference on Tuesday, health minister Takamaro Fukuoka said the ministry strongly demanded the society report any incident in a timely manner.
RNZ News
11-07-2025
- RNZ News
Murder-accused Julia DeLuney quizzed on blood spread around crime scene
Julia DeLuney suggested she spread the blood around the house, trying to wipe it off her own hands. Photo: RNZ / Mark Papalii Murder-accused Julia DeLuney's second video interview with police has been played to the court, with a detective questioning how so much blood was spread around the house. DeLuney is on trial at the High Court in Wellington for the murder of 79-year-old mother Helen Gregory on 24 January last year, a charge she denies. On Friday, the jury watched her second video interview, recorded at the Porirua police station on 27 January, 2024, three days after her mother's death. During the interview, she told Detective Olivia Meares, who was conducting the interview, she might have put the bloody smears on the wall in the hallway and around the attic herself. "I was trying to get it off me," she said. "There was a lot of it ... it looked like coagulated. "Look, it just gave me ... it freaked me out, so I was just trying to get it off." Meares asked her to explain further, saying, "There's a few things that aren't making sense to me". The Crown's case is that DeLuney attacked her mother and staged it to look like a fall, but the defence says, in the 90-minute window when she went to get help after the fall, someone else caused fatal injuries to her elderly mother. During this second interview, Meares asked DeLuney: "From what you've described to me, I'm struggling to understand how there is all this blood on the top of the ladder." "I think that's my blood, I mean, mum's blood on me," DeLuney said. "I was trying to get it off." . "Julia, that doesn't make sense," Meares said, questioning why she would go up into the attic to do that. "I don't know what I was doing," DeLuney said. "You've got to get over all this stuff [she gestures to a picture of the cupboard's contents strewn on the floor] and then climb up," Meares said. "It's not making sense." DeLuney did not offer an explanation to this point. When pressed for more detail about what had happened immediately after the fall, DeLuney explained her mother was struggling and trying to get up, so she had straddled her to try and keep her still. Meares asked: "Julia, did you get angry at your mum when that was happening?" "I didn't get angry. I was getting scared, I didn't get angry." DeLuney explained she panicked she would be in trouble for letting her mother go up into the roof. Meares told DeLuney that, according to the pathologist, her mother's injuries - "multiple blunt force trauma to the back of her head" - were not consistent with a fall. "Can you tell me how that happened?" "No, I can't," DeLuney replied. "I think we should stop now, I think I need a lawyer. "I didn't hit my mum, I didn't hurt her at all, I was trying to help her." The interview ended at 10.01pm. The trial continues, with the defence expected to call its first witnesses next week. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
Daily Mail
10-07-2025
- Daily Mail
I've spent two decades battling this hidden skin disorder that affects thousands of women. It's taken a huge toll on my life and this is what triggers it: JENNIFER BARTON
The scene I wake up to is a familiar one: my pillowcases and sheets are dotted with droplets of blood. I hurry to strip the bed and hide my shame before my husband Will (or worse, one of our four daughters) walks in. Just as I do almost every morning, I put all the bedclothes straight into the laundry. The blood is mine; the stains my fault.
Yahoo
30-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Way of the Blade: The night AEW's Bryan Danielson and Hangman Adam Page had a bloody good time
"Way of the Blade: AEW Edition" is an upcoming book written by Uncrowned's Phil Schneider, which documents the most iconic and blood-soaked matches in AEW history. It publishes Tuesday, July 1, as a sequel to Schneider's 2021 release, "Way of the Blade: 100 of the Greatest Bloody Matches in Wrestling." The following is an excerpt detailing Bryan Danielson vs. Hangman Adam Page from "AEW Dynamite" on Jan. 5, 2022, "a classic, bloody, hard-fought world title war. The kind of match which made the reputations of legends like Harley Race, Ric Flair and Terry Funk." This was the first time I bled in AEW, and that was really one of the things I was really looking forward to when I was leaving WWE. This idea that, for big matches and for important things, you can bleed. Bryan Danielson Adam Page was in an interesting place. Since the beginning of AEW, they had been building the story of Page overcoming his personal demons, self-doubt, and fractured relationship with his former partner Kenny Omega, to finally win the world heavyweight title. Advertisement The idea of imposter syndrome isn't something that pro-wrestling had much dealt with before; pro-wrestling is a sport full of overconfidence and it was fascinating to see AEW tell a story of under-confidence instead. This was the story of a wrestler who needed to prove to himself that he deserved everything he had gotten. In many ways Page's journey to the title was the personification of what AEW was trying to do as a wrestling promotion. One thing that is challenging and unique about professional wrestling is that you can't just tell the story and then walk away. You have to tell the day-after story as well. Page climbed the mountain, but how does he live his day-by-day? What is the second date like for Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves when there is no exploding bus? Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks kiss on the Empire State Building, but how do they combine their finances and decide who moves where? Hangman Adam Page vs. Brian Danielson. (Illustration by Chris Bryan, @christhings) Narratively, Page's story was over with his title win. And while it was playing out (and while Page was out on paternity leave), two of the biggest stars in 21st century pro-wrestling, CM Punk and Bryan Danielson, joined AEW [in 2021], and the focus of the promotion shifted. The feud between Danielson and Page was focused on Danielson running through the Dark Order and taunting Page, who came off like someone reacting to Danielson rather than the protagonist of his own story. Advertisement It felt like the promotion was at a crossroads. AEW could either move the title to "The American Dragon," who had multiple clear directions to go as champion, or try to make Page into not just a man fighting to climb a mountain, but a guy comfortable standing on top. AEW kicked the booking decision can down the road a bit by having the first match between the two go to a time limit draw, and they came into the rematch with a trio of judges at ringside in case it went the distance as well. (This was clearly an homage to the Wrestle War 1989 match between Ricky Steamboat and Ric Flair, which had judges at ringside as well. One of those judges, Terry Funk, jumped Flair post-match, leading many fans to expect a similar move from a judge here.) One of the good things about AEW's booking is that they have usually gone with the narratively satisfying finish rather than trying to do a swerve for swerve's sake. Sometimes, as a result, you have a pretty good idea who is going to win. Here, however, there was no obvious direction the match would go. There were sensible arguments for either guy to win, so there was real drama in every near-fall. Danielson controlled the pace early, countering a Page topé by Bealing him into the guardrail, damaging his arm, and drop-toe-holding him into the ring steps, opening up the first cut. Danielson then worked both Page's damaged shoulder and bloody head, surely putting Page behind on those hypothetical scorecards. Advertisement Page, however, was able to block a Danielson attempt to drive his head into the ringpost, which was something Danielson successfully did in their first match (and legendarily did to Nigel McGuinness 15 years earlier during their Ring of Honor feud). Page drove Danielson into the post instead, badly opening "The American Dragon" up with the same move that had been meant for him. From that moment, the sides were leveled with both men badly lacerated — Danielson especially going the extra mile, his face and hair soaked. We had a compact and impressive sprint to the finish. There were multiple callbacks to the previous match between the two — and to wrestling history — including a bloody Danielson failing to skin the cat, a neat way to show how much danger he was in, and Page getting a 2.99999 kickout on Danielson's running knee, the move he used to win the WWE title from John Cena. The Buckshot Lariat which Page used to win was maybe the nastiest of his career, a great way to end this chapter of the rivalry and a great way to give some real juice to the Adam Page world title reign. * * * Advertisement Bryan Danielson: 'This was the first time I bled in AEW, and that was really one of the things I was really looking forward to when I was leaving WWE. This idea that, for big matches and for important things, you can bleed. And it's not like, 'Oh no, he's bleeding. Doctor is going to come in and stop the match,' where it throws off your entire flow. No — in AEW, we can bleed. 'The whole concept was that I made him bleed in the first match, a 60-minute Iron Man match. And, in the second match, the good guy gets his retribution. He makes me bleed for all the stuff that I've done to him. At the end of the day, proves he is a world champion, proves he is better than me. When you're a bad guy, wrestling a good guy and giving them that retribution by really making you bleed — that's something that's a lot of fun for me, actually. 'Both of the matches I had with Adam Page, back to back, we did almost 90 minutes of TV wrestling over the span of less than four weeks. And it felt fun, it felt good, it felt compelling. And I think the blood really helped the dramatics of it. Hangman Adam Page vs. Brian Danielson. (Illustration by Chris Bryan, @christhings) 'In my last couple of years before I signed with WWE, I would say between 2007 and 2009, fans saw me bleed more than I did every year combined before that. I bled more in those few years than I did in the entirety of my career before that. Advertisement 'I would do the [Takeshi] Morishima matches, right? Those were matches that were blood feuds. Until I got to a certain point in my career, I wasn't necessarily doing anything like that. I'd also made some mistakes early where I would do a match that maybe needed some blood and didn't do it, I'd do some technical wrestling instead. Which was, in my eyes today, a mistake. It's just like, 'Oh, I'm going to do my style no matter what.' There were a couple of times I did that and that was a real mistake. I'm trying to learn from that a little bit. 'One of my favorite matches that I did was 'Fight Without Honor' against Morishima. I showed my wife because she wasn't aware of all the stuff that I had done before WWE. I showed her the DVD cover of this Ring of Honor DVD of me against Morishima, and my face is just covered in blood. And she's like, 'That's disgusting.' 'I was like, 'Oh, I am so proud of that.''
News.com.au
07-06-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
‘They walk among us': Inside Australia's top secret society of ‘real life vampires'
Mobsters. Doctors. Politicians. Musicians. What's the common thread connecting this motley crew? They're all in Australia's secret society of real vampires. Spawned from the goth subculture, this shadowy community – known as a 'vampire court' – now includes Aussies from all sorts of walks of life. Think real vampires are just pale people drinking red cordial? Think again. To many of its followers, the true blood lifestyle is about much more than fashion. It's about survival. And though they might not transform into bats or live forever, they do drink real human blood, wear surgically-enhanced fangs and let loose at vampire balls. These days, their ranks are being quietly pumped by social media and the decline of religion. Just don't ask these creatures of the night to throw light on their very dark way of life. They claim they keep to themselves and aren't dangerous. But critics claim some vampires use this cloak of secrecy to exploit people. So are they really monsters? Medical mysteries? Or just misunderstood? 'I want revenge' For centuries, vampire folklore has compelled us. Tales of bloodsucking beasts can be found in ancient cultures around the world including First Nations people. But in the last few decades, they've been forever fixed in pop culture as a romanticised symbol of finding identity in the world. This romanticism is at the heart of the complex history between real vampires and Sydney local Crystal, who does not wish to share her real name. On one hand, Crystal claims they've drugged her. Drank her blood without consent. Even forced her to drink the blood of others. On the other hand, she remains transfixed by their mythical morbidity. For Crystal, it all began when she was invited to an opulent mansion party in Sydney's affluent suburb of Vaucluse when she was just 18. Crystal, who was drawn to gothic culture at the time, said the house belonged to the father of a friend of a friend who worked as a nurse. Inside the party, she claims to have found herself in imposing company. She was greeted by yakuza and triads – otherwise known as the Japanese and Chinese mafias. 'They were just standing around wearing suits and watching anime movies', Crystal told 'And they weren't shy about what they did'. As it happened, the mafia is not the only bloodthirsty group these men belonged to. Crystal soon learned they were part of the Australian chapter of an international 'vampire court'. Inside, Crystal says she was given a glass of champagne. Soon after drinking it, she claims she sat on a couch and lost consciousness. When she woke up, she alleges she felt lightheaded and her neck and arms were dotted by what she calls 'love bites'. Looking back, she believes she'd been drugged. There were no other signs of assault. 'I didn't know what to think at the time,' she says. Before she left, Crystal was given a dark diagnosis. 'They told me I'd been infected with the virus.' She never reported her experience to the police. Indeed, real vampires would come back to haunt her before long. After moving into a Newcastle monastery to study business, Crystal met members of a local court. While things started safely, one night the group pressured her to drink from a bottle of red. It was human blood mixed with cordial. 'They said, 'it's time to join us',' says Crystal. 'You can't choose to join this society. They choose you.' Feeling powerless, Crystal agreed. But the court came harder than ever. Another night, Crystal woke with puncture wounds on her wrist. Crystal believes the vampires had fed on her while she slept. She kept quiet about the incident because the court had 'powerful people on their side.' 'There are doctors, nurses, business owners and musicians,' she says. 'It's very secretive. From the outside, they live normal lives.' Until now, Crystal kept her experience to herself out of fear she would not be taken seriously. Or worse. But now, she wants to raise awareness. 'I want revenge for how I was treated.' Despite this messy history, Crystal's experience with the court was forever imprinted onto her self-image. She hopes to one day launch a safe-space for people to appreciate vampire culture. Medical mystery Crystal's disturbing account is not unlike a scene in a horror movie, where vampires lunge from the shadows and maul victims' necks before sucking on the flowing wine-like liquid. It's important to note that vampiric crime is rare, and abusers of power are far from unique to the courts. For most members, this community offer a sense of belonging, and some courts are heavily involved with charity causes. Not all 'real vampires' feed on blood. And for those who do, the practice is traditionally safe. So how does it work? What's known as a 'donor' will willingly offer their blood to a vampire. Both take medical tests and other precautions. Complications are rare. Which is fine. But it begs another question: why? Real vampires claim they feel sick and lethargic if they don't feed on human blood. It balances their energy. Some believe this thirst for blood is a sign of a deeper mental health problem. So is it all a big delusion? When vampires follow a code of silence, it's not easy to say. But that secrecy is well founded. They've learned the hard way their lifestyle inspires revulsion. That's why this community stays in the shadows. Most Australian vampires I contacted for this story declined to take part in it. One local fanged figure you need to know is Jason De Marco, otherwise known as Don Jason. Don Jason runs the Sydney Vampires Meetup Group. He's also an electioneering member of the Liberal Party, bringing new meaning to idea of a bloodsucking polly. At least this one is honest. In a YouTube video made by married artists Gillie and Marc Schattner, Jason is seen wearing Edwardian-era clothing, surgically-enhanced fangs, and a wide smile. Among the graves of Waverley cemetery, he says Don Jason first knew what he was aged four. 'I was different to other children' Jason said. 'I said I'm going to grow up and be Dracula.' He says he drinks exclusively from the razor-sliced thighs of female donors. They don't just consent to this feeding. They're aroused by it. 'They seem to get an orgasm off it every time,' he claimed. 'People can assume we're insane: why do you have this need to drink blood?' 'The only thing I have to worry about is my innate illness, which was ironically an illness associated with the vampire myth.' 'My vitals can shut down and I look like a corpse. People who had it used to be buried alive.' Marc Schattner said Don Jason suffers from porphyria, a rare blood disorder thought to have inspired early vampire mythology. 'It can cause symptoms like extreme sensitivity to sunlight, skin blisters, and a reddish-purple discolouration,' he says. Jason is an extreme example. Some people just like vampires for a good old-fashioned doof. 'Not merely an event' The dawn of the vampire ball is misty. Sometime during the rise of Europe's medieval masquerade balls, a darker event emerged in honour of the undead. These days, the vampire ball circuit is an international network spanning Romania, the US and Australia. Melbourne's annual Carpe Noctem Vampire Ball was recently held in April. The founder of the event, who asked to remain anonymous, said it's about something bigger than costumes. 'More than just an opportunity to don elaborate attire, the Carpe Noctem Vampire Ball is a celebration of identity and belonging.' After a signature 'bloodbath cocktail' (ingredients undisclosed), the crowd – comprised of goths, role players and the real deal – take part in rituals including a 'sacrifice' that 'lifts the veil between the living and the dead.' Australian vampires Few real-vampires claim to have the magical powers you'll find in Twilight. But if I had to throw money on one of them being superhuman, Andreas Bathory is the one. He dwells on the sprawling grounds of Bran 'Dracula's' Castle in Romania's Transylvania. With these walls, Bathory drinks donated blood. Sometimes sleeps in a coffin. And channels Vlad the Impaler. 'It's not merely an event' Bathory says. 'It's a portal.' Bathory is the leader of the Ordo Dracul, a vampire court based in Transylvania. And he says more and more Aussies are signing up. 'New initiates are joining from Australia. Some of my dearest allies come from Melbourne and the Gold Coast,' he said. 'Australia resonates with the old blood.' Bathory believes these vampires thrive in silence. 'Just because we're not loud, doesn't mean we're not present. In our world we prefer to walk the line of shadows.' 'Realise their full potential' The University of Western Sydney's Dr Adam Possamai charted the rise of real vampires in his book Sociology of Religion for Generations X and Y. He believes it's a 'hyper-real religion' – a modern hybrid of religion, philosophy and popular culture that helps people find their identity in a noisy world. 'The vampire is no longer a monster that needs to be destroyed,' he said. 'It's now a superman-type of character that people aspire to become to realise their full potential. 'As society becomes more consumerist, I expect hyper-real religions like vampires to grow. But it's tricky to quantify.' 'Are they people who identify with the image alone? How far do their practices go? And how long will they keep them up?' Though Australian vampire groups have picked up have thousands of members on social media, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said in a statement they don't formally recognise vampires. 'Vampires don't describe a stand-alone group in any of the statistical standard classifications used to disseminate Census data,' a spokesperson said. 'The ABS regularly reviews statistical standard classifications and holds public consultations to ensure standard classifications reflect the Australian community.' Until vampires are socially acknowledged, we'll never know how many of them walk among us or what secrets they hold.
