Race, Gender, and Genre in Spec Ops: The Line

2016 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 38-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soraya Murray
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Young People ◽  
Sense Of Place ◽  
Collateral Damage ◽  
Gaming Industry ◽  
Francis Ford Coppola ◽  
Heart Of Darkness ◽  
Cost Of War ◽  
Women And Children ◽  
And Training

Spec Ops: The Line (Yager Development, 2012) is widely regarded by game critics as an antiwar statement, an Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979) of video games; or, at the very least, one critical of its genre conventions. While most military shooter games are seen as inuring young people to violence and functioning as military simulations, or as recruitment and training tools, The Line presents ethical quandaries, unwinnable scenarios, collateral damage, and the psychological cost of war. This article considers the racialized world-making of an Arab mega-city in ruins as a new heart of darkness, a mythic American construction of militarized masculinity that becomes profoundly troubled under the duress of inglorious conflict, as well as the mobilization of women and children as symbols of victimhood to rationalize a military response. Through its analysis of gameplay, story, and the game's convincing sense of place, this article considers the significance of the physical rubble and moral ruin visualized in Spec Ops: The Line within the context of the gaming industry.

scholarly journals Predictors of Manual Dexterity in Simulation-Based Cataract Surgery

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (02) ◽  
pp. e239-e243
Author(s):  
Laura Palazzolo ◽  
Anna Kozlova ◽  
John J. Laudi ◽  
Allison E. Rizzuti
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Video Games ◽  
Cataract Surgery ◽  
Prior Experience ◽  
Musical Instruments ◽  
Fine Motor ◽  
Surgical Simulator ◽  
Technical Ability ◽  
Simulation Based ◽  
And Training

Abstract Introduction The aim of this study is to determine if prior experience with fine motor hobbies influences a surgeon-in-training's performance on a cataract surgical simulator. Materials and Methods Medical students (n = 70) performed navigation, forceps, and capsulorhexis simulations using the Eyesi Ophthalmosurgical Simulator. Participants were surveyed regarding fine motor hobby experiences, including musical instruments, video games, sewing, knitting, origami, painting, crafting, jewelry making, drawing, and extracurricular dissection. Results Medical students with extracurricular dissection experience, including work in research laboratories involving microscopic animal dissection, did significantly better on the forceps simulator task (p = 0.009). Medical students with drawing experience performed better on capsulorhexis (p = 0.031). No other fine motor hobbies were significant for improving simulator scores. Conclusion Drawing and extracurricular dissection lend to improved technical ability on the cataract surgical simulator. This research continues the conversation regarding fine motor hobbies that correlate with microsurgical ability and adds to the growing area of research regarding the selection and training of ophthalmology residents.

Technical and vocational education and training and marginalised youths in post-conflict Sierra Leone: Trainees’ experiences and capacity to aspire

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 534-550
Author(s):  
Mitsuko Matsumoto
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Capabilities Approach ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Technical And Vocational Education ◽  
And Training ◽  
Capacity To Aspire

The article aims to build on current understandings of the experiences and aspirations of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) trainees in conflict-affected countries, focussing on the case study of Sierra Leone. Employing the capabilities approach pioneered by Amartya Sen, it casts light on the different benefits beyond employability which young people acquire through TVET. This includes the development of their ‘capacity to aspire’. At the same time, the article shows the poor conditions and social stigma that continue to surround TVET and the profession of ‘skilled man’ in the country of Sierra Leone. By doing so, the article shows the potential of capabilities approach and the concept of ‘capacity to aspire’ to more systematically look at the wider benefits of TVET to young people. It also reveals the simplistic nature of the international community’s expectations with regards to TVET’s role in post-conflict societies.

scholarly journals Kitesurfing – a unique movement experience

2021 ◽  
pp. 35-44
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Young People ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Extreme Sports ◽  
Movement Experience ◽  
Proper Understanding ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Water Sports ◽  
And Training

Abstract. The desire of people of different ages to spend more and more time in nature and maximally benefit from the resources in the natural environment is one of the current trends in leisure activities. The extensive use of high-performance equipment and technologies makes it possible to live unique movement experiences that associate mobility with adrenaline, intense emotions with overcoming one’s limits. This trend also incorporates the practice of extreme sports, which have considerably developed due to the constant emergence of new disciplines that satisfy increasingly eccentric tastes. The tendency to practise extreme sports is noticed among young people but also among adults and seniors. Obviously, the extreme sport practised is different, adults and seniors being more reluctant. A category of sports whose popularity has grown in recent years is that of extreme water sports, which include kitesurfing or kiteboarding. This sport uses a kite, a control system and a board to ride on water. They are set in motion by both the power of the wind and the abilities of the kiteboarder, who needs to know the rules to correctly use the equipment. Although kitesurfing seems to be a sport accessible to all ages and training levels, it requires good fitness as well as a proper understanding of the equipment and environmental factors, which definitely influence its practice. Kitesurfing offers participants the opportunity to become aware of their own limits and to combine sport and passion during a unique movement experience that cannot be achieved by practising another sport.

scholarly journals Changing the Game - Can A Sport-Based Youth Development Programme Generate a Positive Social Return on Investment?

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Sanders ◽  
Emanuel Raptis
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Return On Investment ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Social Return On Investment ◽  
Sport For Development ◽  
External Stakeholders ◽  
Employment Education ◽  
And Training

This study examines a sport for development and peace intervention initiated by Grassroot Soccer South Africa that promotes youth employability and leadership. A results-based management approach and a social return on investment methodology were used to track the young people during and after the intervention. Preliminary results offer encouraging evidence of progress into employment, education and training with positive social returns for the youth and external stakeholders, suggesting that this investment is cost-effective and impactful. The results indicate that structured sport-based programmes can put young people to work and study in a constructive manner, thereby stimulating economic growth and development. It is concluded that initiatives using sport to promote youth work merit greater investment, recognition and research.

PENGENALAN SOFTWARE JBATIK PADA KARYAWAN NISYA BATIK KUNINGAN

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rika Nugraha ◽  
Nunu Nugraha ◽  
Cecep Juliansyah Abbas ◽  
Tito Sugiharto ◽  
Mirna Sulistiani
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Young People ◽  
School Education ◽  
High School Education ◽  
Training Methods ◽  
Training Activity ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Presentation Method ◽  
Younger Generation ◽  
And Training

The purpose of devotion is the introduction of JBatik Software to Nisya Batik Kuningan employees. The era of globalization, the younger generation is expected to have entrepreneurial abilities that can be used as opportunities to improve the welfare of the community. The method of conducting entrepreneurship counseling activities for the younger generation was carried out on 9-11 September in Nisya Batik, Cikubangsari Village, Kramatmulya District, Kuningan Regency. The number of participants in this activity were 4 young people from Nisya Batik employees in Cikubangsari Village, Kramatmulya District, Kuningan Regency with a high school education background. The method used is the presentation method, the method of introduction of software and training methods for making batik motifs. The material in this training activity is in the form of software for making batik motifs that makes it easy for employees so that they do not require finishing in making batik motifs before. The result of dedication that is Nisya Batik along with Cikubangsari Village, Kramatmulya Subdistrict, Kuningan Regency can launch empowerment activities especially in developing the use of technology as production and planned efficiency between Universities and Village Officials to explore the potentials in the region.Keywords: Technology, Nisya Batik, Batik Motifs.Abstrak AbstrakTujuan dari pengabdian adalah pengenalan Software JBatik pada karyawan Nisya Batik Kuningan. Era globalisasi, generasi muda diharapkan memiliki kemampuan berwirausaha yang dapat dijadikan peluang untuk  meningkatkan kesejahteraan masyarakat.. Metode pelaksanaan  kegiatan  penyuluhan kewirausahaan bagi generasi muda ini dilaksanakan  pada  tanggal 9 -11 September di Nisya Batik Desa Cikubangsari Kecamatan Kramatmulya Kabupaten Kuningan.  Adapun jumlah  peserta dalam kegiatan ini sebanyak  4  orang  generasi  muda dari karyawan Nisya Batik Desa Cikubangsari Kecamatan Kramatmulya Kabupaten Kuningan dengan latar belakang pendidikan SMA. Metode yang digunakan  yaitu metode presentasi, metode pengenalan software dan metode pelatihan pembuatan  motif-motif batik. Materi dalam kegiatan pelatihan ini berupa software untuk pembuatan motif batik yang memudahkan bagi karyawan sehingga tidak memerlukan kembali finishing dalam pembuatan motif batik sebelumnya. Hasil pengabdian yaitu Nisya Batik beserta jajaran  Desa Cikubangsari Kecamatan Kramatmulya Kabupaten Kuningan dapat mencanangkan kegiatan pemberdayaan khususnya dalam mengembangkan penggunaan teknologi sebagai efisiensi produksi dan terencana antara Perguruan Tinggi dengan Aparat Desa untuk menggali potensi-potensi yang ada di wilayah tersebut.Kata Kunci : Teknologi, Nisya Batik, Motif Batik.

Neurology

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1949 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 855-855
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Senior Author ◽  
Psychiatric Research ◽  
Special Treatment ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
Junior Author ◽  
Standard Text ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Neurological Surgery ◽  
And Training

The senior author is Director of the Institute for Psychosomatic and Psychiatric Research and Training and Chairman of the Department of Neuropsychiatry of the Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, Ill. The new junior author is Professor of Neurological Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, III. Changes in this extensively revised new edition include the omission of the first few chapters of previous editions. Much of that material has been incorporated in the remaining text. No special treatment of the subject of neurology in young people and children is presented in the text. The subject as presented is reliable and complete with this exception. The book should be a standard text.

Aftercare

2020 ◽  
pp. 299-311
Author(s):  
Kenneth McK. Norrie
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Local Authority ◽  
Young Person ◽  
Continuing Care ◽  
Formal Care ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Care Leavers ◽  
Industrial Schools ◽  
And Training

Aftercare, the duties owed to young people after they leave formal care, has always been an inherent aspect of the child protection process in Scotland, perhaps more so indeed in the early days when the assumption was that child protection necessitated the permanent removal of the child from the parent’s care. Early aftercare obligations were primarily around assistance in finding employment for young people when they reached school-leaving age, though managers of reformatory and industrial schools also had obligations to supervise the young person who had left their care for three years or until their 21st birthday. Latterly, education and training grants were made available, as were other forms of financial assistance. Finally, the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 imposed on local authority the obligation of “continuing care” towards young people who had previously been “looked after” by the local authority, and on a range of public bodies to act as “corporate parents” to such care leavers.

Conclusion

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Banham
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Prisoners Of War ◽  
First Century ◽  
Cost Of War ◽  
Women And Children ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Cost ◽  
British People

So we decided to emigrate to Australia and I suppose we could now be called ‘Dinkum Aussies’ – after 30 years.1 By 1946 Hong Kong’s pre-war colonial society, which had celebrated its hundredth birthday just five years earlier, had gone forever. Hong Kong, to the British people who lived there between the twentieth century’s two great wars, had been perhaps the prime real estate to be had in the empire. Life there was entertaining and cheap, profits were bountiful. But then came the threat of war. Mindful of their own situation in 1939, the British government instructed the Hong Kong government to mandate evacuation of British women and children should the colony be threatened by attack. In mid-1940, as the Battle of Britain stamped an indelible, greasy smoke stain through British skies thousands of miles away, the majority of Hong Kong’s civilians prescriptively escaped the threat of Asian war. Those families split asunder would often—in the context of the more than 200 husbands killed, and the many divorces—never be reunited; the cost of war being measured in permanently broken homes. That evacuation, in stages from Hong Kong to the Philippines, from the Philippines to Australia, and from Australia to the UK, or back to Hong Kong, and—in many cases—back to Australia again, would define many lives. Looking at Australia’s population today, a surprisingly large number can—at least in part—track their heritage back to Hong Kong’s pre-war society: the garrison, the businessmen, earlier evacuees who had washed up in the colony, and local families. From the perspective of Australia’s twenty-first century population, the effects of Hong Kong’s evacuation still reverberate through tens of thousands of its people. Many of the ancestors of those Australians are buried in Hong Kong or—for those who died as prisoners of war—in Japan, or they lie lost and forgotten, skeletons in Hong Kong’s remotest ravines or at the bottom of the South China Sea....

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