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For humanitarian aid workers, global dangers have never been so real
Posted on February 22, 2015 by Grant Montgomery
These are spirited, grueling and perilous times for those trying to change the world. The risk of a gruesome death while serving humanitarian needs is frighteningly real.
"It's a conscious choice and has to be a calculated choice," says American aid doctor Pranav Shetty about heading into the world's most dangerous places. Shetty, 33, is emergency health coordinator for the International Medical Corps based in Los Angeles. He has pivoted this past year between two headline-grabbing crises — the Ebola epidemic, and the conflicts in Syria and Iraq.
In West Africa, thousands have died, including half of the health workers who became infected with Ebola. In the Middle East, tens of millions have been displaced, and the Islamic State's savagery has swallowed up aid workers like 26-year-old Kayla Mueller.
"There's always a certain amount of the unknown," Shetty says by phone from Sierra Leone, where Ebola remains a deadly risk. "Everybody is taught to be hyper-aware."
Mueller's death struck the humanitarian community particularly hard, in part, because she was a young, idealistic woman who encapsulated with her words the passion behind what aid workers do. "For as long as I live, I will not let this suffering be normal," she told The Daily Courier in her hometown of Prescott, Ariz., about her work with refugees.
Mueller was kidnapped in 2013, a year when a record 460 aid workers were killed, wounded or kidnapped in dangerous places around the world, a 66% increase over 2012, according to data compiled by Humanitarian Outcomes, which provides research and policy advice to aid groups.
When a gruesome hostage killing posts to the Internet … the news reverberates through the aid community. "My first reaction is 'Oh, my God, that could have been me,'" says Greg Matthews, 35, who has worked in the Syrian region for the New York-based International Rescue Committee. "That could happen to anybody at any time in any of the circumstances in which we work."
Yet the challenge of providing relief in some of the world's most chaotic environments, coupled with a lifelong desire to make a personal difference — and a restless hankering for adventure — keeps the humanitarian industry thriving.
[USA Today]
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Big Walnut's Ellie Jindra (11) scores inside during Saturday's Division I sectional semifinal against host Teays Valley.
Teays Valley parlayed a 10-0 start and a 13-2 first quarter into a 59-39 win over visiting Big Walnut in the first round of the Central District girls basketball tournament Saturday afternoon in Asheville.
Shayna Harmon, Baylee Kuhlwein and the Vikings (17-6) proved to be too much for the Golden Eagles. Harmon led all scorers with 25 points, six assists and four steals. She also added six boards.
Kuhlwein, meanwhile, connected on five three-pointers and finished with 19 points. She had a game-high eight rebounds and four steals and added four assist for the Vikings.
Eagles freshman post Kelsie Imertreijs scored nine of her team-high 12 points to help her team stay in the game in the second quarter. Imertreijs and Ellie Jindra led Big Walnut with seven rebounds apiece.
The Eagles (8-15) pulled it as close as seven twice during the contest, but could not get closer. Each time, the Vikings used a run to push it back to double-digits.
Kelly Kreager hit a three before Paige Norman found Imertreijs underneath to cut a 16-4 deficit to seven midway through the second quarter.
But Kuhlwein and Harmon each hit threes to push the lead back to 11. Kuhlwein hit her third three of the quarter (and fourth of the half) to extend the Vikings' lead to 31-17.
Taryn Hammond responded a couple of possessions later by beating the first-half buzzer with a three of her own to pull the Eagles to a 31-21 halftime deficit.
Hammond opened the second half with another three to cut the deficit to seven. Hammond finished with six points and three assists.
Harmon picked up a steal and converted it into a layup and then found Turner Davis for three to quickly push the lead back to 12 for the Vikings, who led 39-27 through three quarters. Harmon converted all four of her steals into layups.
Meredith Keel scored all six of her points during a 6-0 run that bridged the third and fourth quarters to extend TV's lead to 43-27 early in the fourth.
But Big Walnut scored 10 of the next 12 points, including a 5-for-6 effort at the line, to get back into the game. Kelly Kreager hit a three before finding Imertreijs underneath for another basket to make it 45-37.
The Vikings closed 14-2 going 9-for-10 at the line to seal the win.
The Eagles took a step back this season after finishing 12-11 last season and 14-8 in 2013-14. They lose seniors Rachel Brown and Colleen White.
But Palmer believes that the future looks good for BW. They featured four sophomores and two freshmen that played significant time during the season.
Markie Wippel added four rebounds for TV.
Teays Valley hosts Watkins Memorial in the second round of the district tournament Friday night at 7 p.m.
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The Lady Mustangs Cross Country Does It Again!
Helena Karlstrom, Track & Cross Country Staff Writer
Last Tuesday on November 24th the Lady Mustangs Cross Country team went to Round Rock, Texas, and competed at the state meet. After a long and mentally challenging season through Covid-19, the girls were ready to finish off their season in the last meet of the year. There were a few bumps in the road because of injuries and last-minute surprises, but despite this, the team of Carson Parker (11), Carly Ahrens (10), Helena Karlstrom (12), Julia Shimel (9), Jenna Carter (10), Olivia Allen (10), and Skye Hoffman (10), fought through the heat of the afternoon and finished with 6th place. Three girls finished in the top 50 and runners Helena Karlstrom and Julia Shimel earned new PRs of 19:14 and 19:30. The runners were motivated by their team and supported by alternates Anastasia Small (10), Lauren Johansen (11), and Rebecca Rhodes (10) who ran in the top ten all year.
The team has faced many obstacles and put up with adversity along the way like a canceled track season, not being able to practice together, and keeping motivation through such a long season but they say that it makes them stronger and more dedicated as a team. Being in such an intense sport that relies on breathing, physical health, and sweat, the Lady Mustangs have made sure to keep up with mask guidelines and limited social gatherings, however, this does mean sacrificing or modifying some traditions. Team dinners were moved outside to public parks and the beloved circle-up was mask-mandatory and touch-free, things like freshman-senior breakfasts, pool parties, and the ice cream social were canceled. Because of their hard work the team has not faced any outbreaks and was able to finish out the season at state.
As they finish out their year, the team is determined to go back again. Full of mostly underclassmen, the team will not lose many runners next year. Jenna Carter, a sophomore, says "this team is unlike any other we all have a desire to put in the work because of our admiration of good results". The girls' cross country team is up before the sun every day and averages over 100 miles per month, so it takes a lot of energy to keep motivation. Skye Hoffman, a much-improved varsity runner says, "we are a very strong team because we train hard and have each other to help keep us motivated". The stampede is excited for what is to come and hope to keep getting better. Go running mustangs!
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DOVER — A Dover man has been indicted on drug and weapons charges after his arrest in early February.
Morris E. Savage
On Monday, a Kent County grand jury returned seven felony counts against Morris E. Savage regarding a Dover Police Department investigation into a Feb. 2 traffic stop in the area of Del. 8 and Saulsbury Road, according to court documents.
Mr. Savage, 22 at the time, was charged with possession of a firearm/ammunition by person prohibited, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, aggravated possession, drug dealing, carrying a concealed deadly weapon and receiving a stolen firearm.
According to police, a stolen .40 caliber handgun allegedly was found during the stop, along with 125 bags (1.875 grams) of heroin, .8 grams of marijuana, and $809 in suspected drug proceeds. The incident occurred at 1:20 p.m., authorities said.
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Harmanpreet will have to step up and play a perfect match: Dilip Tirkey
By Anindita Das On Jan 20, 2023
Team India have not fared badly at the ongoing hockey World Cup in Odisha so far, but they still find themselves in a tricky spot. The Harmanpreet Singh-led side that beat Spain 2-0 followed by a goalless draw against England, need to beat Wales by a big margin in their last Pool 'D' match at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Thursday in order to top their group for a direct quarter-final berth. As per the tournament's format, the second and third-placed teams in each of the four groups of the 16-team event have to play Crossover matches.
Hockey India President and former skipper Dilip Tirkey understands the challenge at hand for the World No.5 Indians. "It's tough to win any World Cup match, and here we have to win with more goals, so that makes it even more challenging," Tirkey, who was elected to the Hockey India top job in September and has been in the forefront in organising the 15th edition of hockey's showpiece event in his home state, told mid-day on Wednesday.
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India and England are on four points each, but the Englishmen are on top of Pool 'D' given their better goal difference (+3) having beaten Wales 5-0 earlier in the competition.
Tirkey pointed out that the first match on Thursday—England v Spain—will give India an indication of how they should play Wales. "The England-Spain result will make the picture clearer for India. If England win by a two or three-goal margin, then we have to beat Wales by a big score, but if that match ends in a draw, then we can top the group even if we beat Wales by a small score," added Tirkey, 45.
Wales have never troubled India in the past, losing to them in all five previous meetings. In their last clash, at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, India won 4-1. But despite their low ranking (14), the fact that they are already out of the competition here, could see Wales go all out and that could spell trouble for India, felt Tirkey. "Though they have conceded 10 goals, Wales are not an easy team. They will be hurting and will play for pride. They will be looking at tightening their defence. India will have to take their chances. Skipper Harmanpreet will have to step up and play a perfect match. India need him to score off whatever penalty corner drag flick opportunities he gets. Only that will ensure maximum goals for us," explained Tirkey.
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If India fail to top their pool, they could face either New Zealand or Malaysia in the Crossover clash and a win there will pit them against reigning World and Olympic champions Belgium in the quarter-finals.
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One in five drivers thinks electric cars can't be taken into a car wash
But more than 8m say next car will be a plug-in
ELECTRIC cars may have been around for over a hundred years but a new study suggests they are alien to most motorists.
With the latest wave of plug-in models hitting the market, and a ban on traditional petrol and diesel cars set for 2040 (at the latest), the survey by LV= General Insurance has revealed some astonishing myths and most common misconceptions about the technology.
Perhaps the most remarkable belief, held by nearly one in five (18%) of respondents, is that electric cars cannot be taken through a car wash. This is false, of course: the high voltage electrical components that power an electric car are shielded from the elements and battery packs undergo extensive abuse testing, including total immersion.
That's also why electric cars can be driven in heavy rain, which more than one in 10 people falsely believe isn't possible, according to the LV= data.
The area of electrocution is a running theme, in fact: 6% of respondents said they wouldn't buy an electric car because they believe they're dangerous due to the risk of getting a shock.
In response, LV=, which last month launched the first car insurance product aimed specifically at electric car drivers, pointed out that while any piece of electrical equipment can be dangerous, car manufacturers have installed devices to disconnect the lithium ion battery in the event of a collision, and qualified engineers know how to work on an electric car without the risk of shock.
The survey also found that a massive 70% of drivers were unaware that new petrol and diesel cars are set to be banned by 2040, with 15% believing electric cars will never entirely replace internal combustion engine cars.
The results suggest there is currently a split in public opinion on electric cars. While a fifth of drivers are reluctant to consider an electric car at all, partly as a result of myths such as the above, LV= also found that that more than a quarter (27%) of drivers expect to buy an electric car within the next five years, equating to 8.6m people.
If that forecast is near the mark, the problem for car makers won't be one of demand but supply, with limited battery production already resulting in long waiting lists for vehicles such as the Kia eNiro and Hyundai Kona Electric.
Martin Milliner, Claims Director at LV= General Insurance, said: "There are over 200,000 plug-in electric cars on UK roads but our research proves there is still a huge amount of confusion about what owning one actually means.
"Moving to an electric car will mean a change of habit for drivers, but there are several benefits to making the switch, including lower fuel costs and reducing our impact on the environment.
"The myths surrounding electric cars will ultimately impact a driver's decision to purchase one. Tackling air pollution and emissions are key issues on the Government's agenda and eventually, as new diesel and petrol vehicles are banned in the UK from 2040, industry wide we need to tackle these misconceptions and help people embrace the move to electric."
Ten electric car 'myths', according to the LV= survey
1 Petrol and diesel cars won't be banned anytime soon (70%)
2 Electric cars aren't as powerful as petrol or diesel (55%)
3 Electric cars can't be used for long journeys (45%)
4 There are no incentives on offer for buying an electric car (40%)
5 Electric cars are more expensive to run (25%)
6 Electric car batteries need to be replaced every five years (23%)
7 You can't wash an electric car in a car wash (18%)
8 You can't drive an electric car on a motorway (12%)
9 Electric cars shouldn't be used during heavy rain (12%)
10 Electric cars are dangerous due to risk of electrocution (6%)


This age-old question, occasionally greeted with derision these days, occurred to me during a stimulating discussion led by Helen Mason and Bill Oliver at the Brookfield Sea of Faith in Australia meeting of 1st November 2009.
Bill used (perhaps a trifle facetiously) "superior person" as the translation of the term used apparently by the Chinese sage, Confucius, to define an ideal human being.
It came to me that, beyond the necessary reproduction of the species, it depends on the purposes for which we live.
I am sure there are many ways of classifying purpose. I would nominate two groupings. One point of view is that of society; the other is that of the individual.
Thus, if the key requirement of a human society is stability, the person who contributes to that, for example through willingly accepting and maintaining existing structures, power and wealth distribution will be the superior person. That person will tend to have a nurturing and submissive personality. By contrast, society may see growth as desirable and the superior person will then be one who is innovative and a bit of a stirrer. These are historically very real differences. We are now in a growth phase. Just try to persuade the bulk of the populace these days that we might be better off if the world stopped growing economically! The Greens are rubbished from time to time when they put such a suggestion.
The second class of purposes may be those of us as individuals. There are two ways of looking at these also. If one behaves in a way designed to meet a personal reward at the end of life, being superior means being pious; behaving in such a way as to follow the rules set down (or assumed to be set down) by the rewarding authority such as a supernatural God. Alternatively one may have been born with, or acquire, an inner goal of being seen to "do the right thing". In this case the superior person will be the one who fits in with other human beings. Harmonious relationships rather than following rules will be the determinant, in her or his mind, of what makes the superior person.
While following this line of thinking I then recognised there is another way of looking at purpose. It is a gradation. There are stages through which we may best work our way in meeting our prime goal whether it be social stability, social growth, playing by the rules, or doing the right thing. It occurs in our response to personal needs. This may be relevant to society also in the sense that if these individual needs are met then the community may well function better in both stability and growth. Psychologist Abraham Maslow is well recognised for identifying these needs. If we use his hierarchy we might say that the purpose of life of the individual is to become self-actualised – to be all she or he is capable of being and enjoying it. Writers such as Spong and Cupitt say much the same sort of thing. On the way to that goal the superior person then becomes the one who copes best in the step-by-step progression through survival, security, socialising, and success to self-actualisation.
Regarding the point that the purpose of life of the individual is to become self-actualised; the right opportunities for this might never be present for some people, while others may have opportunities but their success may or may not be noticed or acknowledged.
The idea we have of ourselves differs. Some are self-satisfied, while others continually question themselves. Justice from these sources is uncertain, but some religions claim there is eventual judgement and justice in an 'after' life. Religious organisations set guidelines for becoming a 'superior' person and they claim there is a god who knows all. The self-satisfied may believe this god agrees with them, yet one of the guidelines may be humility, so they have failed in this. Comfort is found for those who know they have failed by the idea during their lifetime by thinking that there is a god who will judge and so there will be redemption and justice in the 'after' life.
The 'non-realists' need to search for guidelines to live by, and as they will often fail to meet them, they need to find comfort and satisfaction in knowing they are becoming closer to their goal of being a 'superior' person.


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Last week, BLI attended Toshiba's 2016 Dealer and End-User Conference in Las Vegas, and found a company that continues to solidify its relationship with its dealers, and poised to take more market share from some of the bigger players in the industry.
Will 3D Printing Be the Transformative Force Many Predict?
BLI took a deep dive with a number of industry insiders to sort through the technology, the fragmented market, the aftermarket potential, and what the future holds.
This month marks the silver anniversary of the introduction of Xerox's first DocuTech, a device that played a more than substantial role in ushering in the print-on-demand era, an era which has generated billions of dollars for the OEM and upwards of $30 billion for the document imaging industry as a whole.
It's a good time to be in the production space. As Annette McCrary, director of strategic marketing for Ricoh's Production Printing Business Group, put it, "Print is not dead, but has become a very interactive, dynamic media that people may have been overlooking." And judging from current numbers in the production space, people haven't been overlooking it as of late. In 2014, the market for production digital presses increased nearly 18 percent to over $2 billion, according to IDC Worldwide Quarterly Production Printer Tracker, and total market shipments were at their highest level since 2009, mainly due to the steady increase in the shipment of digital presses, which were also at their highest level since 2009. And there's plenty of room for more, as digital pages printed still only account for about 2 to 3 percent of the overall market in production printing, according to Xerox Vice President of Marketing Communications & Customer Engagement Beth Ann Kilberg-Walsh.
Last month, BLI analysts attended Ricoh's 2015 dealer show in Las Vegas. Living up to the event's theme of Collaborate.Succeed, Ricoh senior executives were very open with dealers, going so far as to having an open question and answer forum during the general session. It shows how far Ricoh has come in the last few years in improving its relationship with dealers, who now make up over 37 percent of the company's total sales.
When Rick Taylor, president and chief operating officer for Konica Minolta's US operations, came to the stage to kick off the company's 2015 dealer meeting in L.A. wearing "The Taylor 2000," the industry's first wearable technology, he was only half-joking. It actually set the stage perfectly for the expansive technological offerings that would be showcased over the next several days, many of which move well beyond not just the hardware, but even the software and services, we've become accustomed to in the digital imaging industry.
Building on its success in the high-end office space and its BLI Pick-winning monochrome production devices (the 95-ppm MX-M950 and the 110-ppm MX-M1100), Sharp recently made its initial foray into the color light-production space with the MX-7500N and MX-6500N.
Nearly 1,000 professionals convened in Orlando November 13-14 to participate in LEAD 2013, Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc.'s (TABS) annual technology showcase. Unlike with most vendors, who have similar meetings every year attended by dealers and industry media, Toshiba's approach is unique in that select end-users are also invited. The approach has paid dividends for Toshiba, as last year's conference accounted for more than $7.2 million in new U.S. business for Toshiba from end-users.
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Page and Screen: Flaubert's cinematic Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert's mid nineteenth century novel Madame Bovary might not appear all that remarkable if you read it today. At the time its focus on the limitations of marriage, along with its abundance of controversial ingredients like frequent and shameless adultery and suicide, made it a scandalous work of fiction. No doubt it would have been derided as deliberately explicit and shocking filth, masquerading as art, as D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover would be around a century later. But today Flaubert is seen as the first truly modern novelist because with Madame Bovary he composed a recipe of ingredients that would be followed by countless storytellers, both on the page and the screen.
Read the blurb of Madame Bovary and its plot will resemble that of a lot of Victorian era fiction. The story follows Emma, a country girl living a simple life, whose charms captivate the young doctor who comes to treat her ailing father. The doctor is Charles Bovary, already a widower from an unsatisfying marriage. He and Emma marry and she becomes Madame Bovary. They move to the provincial small town of Yonville, where Charles takes a job. Holding such an important position in the intimate community, Charles and his wife become the centre of attention, be it from the atheistic chemist across the street with a high opinion of himself or the regulars at the inn. Emma quickly feels stifled by the rural and dreary existence, as well as her husband's doting. She conducts two affairs, one with young clerk Leon and another with experienced seducer Rodolphe.
One of the ways in which Madame Bovary became a blueprint for the modern novel was its focus on the character development of Emma. It is often hailed as the first psychological novel because of this. Flaubert uses free indirect style to explore and articulate both Emma's emotions and thoughts, be they gloomy, gleeful or giddy with romance. The technique allows the author to zoom in and out, at once using his own words and those that the character might use. Already we can see how this book not only inspired the form of later works but foreshadowed the methods of the filmmaker; sometimes sticking close to a character's viewpoint, sometimes offering a broader overview of their actions and sometimes not seeing their actions at all.
Madame Bovary is cinematic in other ways too. Its entire structure is epic in the way that films often are, telling the story of a whole life, beginning at Charles Bovary's school. In the early chapters we form an opinion of Charles as an ordinary but kind enough man, only to have this interpretation contrasted with Emma's later bitterness towards him because of that very unsatisfying and indifferent kindness. This is another way the book is cinematic; it is constantly changing viewpoints amongst an ensemble cast. Despite the often intense focus on Emma's romantic desires for meaning suppressed by bourgeois convention, we also regularly view Emma from the perspective of her lovers or the town chemist or some other figure. Cinema is constantly showing us how its main characters are seen by others to broaden our understanding of them.
Emma's outlook on life is unquestionably romantic, some might say naive and neurotic, but it's certainly passionate. However Madame Bovary was Flaubert's masterpiece of realism, written to atone for what he saw as the excesses of his previous work The Temptation of Saint Anthony. One way in which the book achieved this realism was with its down to earth subject matter. Flaubert based the story on a marriage breakdown of the time and peppered it with themes from everyday French life, many of which still resonate today.
This was a novel about reality in which the main character read novels of escapism. This was a novel set in a simple setting that climaxes with Emma's debts spiralling out of control, as she drowns in the luxuries purchased to sustain a dream life and fill the black hole left by her emotional emptiness. The ingredients are recognisable from everyday life but Flaubert ramps up the drama, just as producers, writers and directors do with films today, and storytellers have done for years. Grand language such as "she awakened in him a thousand desires" may match Emma's desires for romantic fulfilment but is always counterbalanced by Flaubert's realism. Throughout the novel, whenever Emma reaches a peak of ecstatic fulfilment, the decline begins shortly afterwards.
Much of Flaubert's realist genius, diehard critics argue, cannot possibly translate from French to English without acquiring an air of clumsiness and familiarity. As James Wood points out in How Fiction Works, a sentence with magnificent and finely crafted rhythm in Flaubert's native French, loses much of its magic in English. And if the translator tries to replicate the essence of the original too hard, he creates something laughable. "L'idée d'avoir engendré le délectait" becomes "The thought of having impregnated her was delectable to him" or if trying too hard "The notion of procreation was delectation".
However Flaubert's talent for precise and detailed description does translate and this is perhaps the most cinematic element of his realist style. Chapters will often begin with snapshots of detail or even lengthy passages really setting the scene of a particular room or place, sometimes incorporating a character's mood and sometimes not. It might seem like an incredibly basic rule of storytelling, almost a childish one, to "set the scene" in this way, but Flaubert does so much more than just describe something. By selecting his details with the utmost care and deliberation, but seemingly effortlessly, he tells us everything we need to know about a scene.
At times he can do this incredibly concisely, with just a few telling details. One chapter, in which Emma has slipped away from Yonville to begin a love affair in the larger town of Rouen, begins like this:
"They were three full, exquisite days – a real honeymoon.
They were at the Hotel de Boulogne, on the harbour; and they lived there, with drawn blinds and closed doors, with flowers on the floor, and iced syrups that were brought them early in the morning".
From our 21st century vantage point it's very difficult to understand what upset the French so much when Flaubert was so tactful about his descriptions of sex and affairs. Very rarely does he resort to even explicitly describing a kiss.
Elsewhere he uses detail to paint lifelike pictures of minor characters, some of which, like this one, are never seen or mentioned again:
"There, at the top of the table, alone among all these women, stooped over his ample plateful, with his napkin tied around his neck like a child, an old man sat eating, drops of gravy dribbling from his lips. His eyes were bloodshot and he had a little pigtail tied up with a black ribbon. This was the Marquis's father-in-law, the old Duc de Laverdière, once the favorite of the Comte d'Artois."
We can imagine a camera passing over a character such as this in a film, picking out the specific details Flaubert highlights, adding life to a scene and then moving on. Such descriptions have a quality James Wood terms "chosenness" whereby the author picks out a bunch of details that, together, give the most accurate and lifelike feeling of a person, place, object or action. This process is artificial, sometimes combining details from different time registers but writers like Flaubert make it appear natural. And film directors and editors do exactly the same thing. For example, when establishing the feel of a carnival, the editing process will cut together things happening at different times into one easily digestible chunk for the audience to swallow the best impression and mood of the scene.
Flaubert laid the foundations for new types of writing and storytelling that could marry the intentions of a realist and a stylist. It paved the way for novels that felt more journalistic with almost completely passive descriptions of people and places, from Christopher Isherwood's Goodbye to Berlin to Ian Fleming's James Bond novels, packed with lists of brand names. Isherwood even makes this statement early on in Goodbye to Berlin: "I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking." Then later on this passage mirrors even more closely than Flaubert a reel of edited film:
"The entrance to the Wassertorstrasse was a big stone archway, a bit of old Berlin, daubed with hammers and sickles and Nazi crosses and plastered with tattered bills which advertised auctions or crimes. It was a deep shabby cobbled street, littered with sprawling children in tears. Youths in woollen sweaters circled waveringly across it on racing bikes and whooped at girls passing with milk jugs".
The children cannot be "in tears" all of the time. Isherwood has perfected the technique that Flaubert pushed out into the open, for all writers to follow as a guide. James Wood sums up the passage far more succinctly than I could: "The more one looks at this rather wonderful piece of writing, the less it seems a "slice of life", or a camera's easy swipe, than a very careful ballet."
It's easy to forget that films too are intricate, vast and complex operations. Action scenes that burst into life spontaneously in shopping centres or even a stroll down a street in a rom-com are intensely choreographed. The plan laid out for the modern novel in Madame Bovary, and for writing detail in particular, has left us with as many terribly overwritten books as good ones. And even awful films are carefully managed. But the artificiality of cherry picking the best moments in life and stitching them together can be art at its best; art telling little white lies for a grander, more meaningful truth.
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Doctor Who: Series 6: Episode 7 – A Good Man Goes to War
Before you read on: Spoilers sweetie.
The Guardian series blog, written by Dan Martin, has been my first port of call as soon as the credits roll after every episode of this series. The story arc is so layered and baffling, with the hints and in jokes so carefully hidden, that even after a second viewing it's difficult to pick up on everything. Thankfully the Guardian blog has been there whenever I've really struggled to get my head together and form some thoughts of my own. And the comments section is the perfect breeding ground for theories about where things are going.
This week's mid-series finale gets a rather bruising verdict on the Guardian website. Very rarely do I disagree with it but this week I definitely do. I see where they're coming from. It's certainly true that not a lot happened despite the build up and the scale. And the cleric characters on Demon's Run, particularly the token gay couple, the thin/fat marines, are chucked into the mix briefly and rather pointlessly. It was undoubtedly disappointing that the Cybermen were waggled before us in the pre titles sequence and that the Doctor's dark side, whilst brilliant, did not plumb any seriously shocking new depths. But I think Dan Martin is missing the point of A Good Man Goes to War.
In many ways it matters little that the standalone story element was lacking this week because this was an epic conclusion to the first seven episodes. Rather than a war, this was the climactic battle. After the weaknesses of the flesh based double bill, I actually thought the story was improved to a much greater level and it was a joy to get Moffat's writing back. The Doctor's dialogue was so much wittier, cleverer and funnier.
Indeed the most surprising thing about A Good Man Goes to War was just how funny it was. The variety of the humour on show really added to the cinematic and epic feel. Besides the usual comedy deriving from Smith's performance, for example in the scene where he's trying to work out how Melody came to have Time Lord DNA, there are laughs from the other characters Moffat brings in as the Doctor's allies.
The Sontaran nurse was absolute genius and perfectly in keeping with what the Doctor would do. When he tells Colonel Runaway to keep his back straight so as not to damage his posture, I laughed, during my first and second viewing. However it was only on my second viewing that I noticed a filthy lesbian tongue joke between the mysterious Silurian detective and her female sidekick, after the Silurian asks "why do you ever put up with me?". I can see an adult spin-off show, with the potential to be far better than Torchwood, for those two. There was also a jolly fat blue thing that we've seen before, who was a delightfully wise presence.
With all the grim seriousness and concentration required to keep up with the secrets and twists of the story arc, the laughs were absolutely essential to making A Good Man Goes to War enjoyable. After the endless tension that has been coiling and tightening over the preceding weeks, I thought that this seventh episode actually had merits of its own, by leaving the ongoing secrets for the dramatic and emotional final ten minutes. Even if it didn't go as far as it could've done, this episode was a fascinating exploration of the Doctor's character.
We get to see the theatrical, arrogant side of the Doctor as he pulls off his genius takeover of the base. Matt Smith is in his element here and the impact of his performance is all the greater because Moffat kept him off the screen during the beginning as the team assembled, using the TARDIS alone. Moffat has previously said he wanted to put the "who" back into Doctor Who, and he's done that with his confused, overlapping timelines and references to off screen adventures. But in A Good Man Goes to War he asks the question more directly and the Doctor ponders his own legacy, just as he did at the end of the last series when the monster sealed within the Pandorica turned out to be him. River Song then delivers some home truths. This episode may have been light on story but all of the key characters are explored in greater depth than before.
To River then. Finally we know who she is! And at last we have substantial answers to big questions looming since the beginning of the series. I was genuinely more satisfied by the big reveal than I thought I would be. But at the same time I am left craving more. I want to see the next episode. Moffat has, predictably, left an awful lot of questions unanswered. With a title like "Let's Kill Hitler" my mind is already in a whirlwind of excited anticipation about the next episode itself too, let alone the answering of more secrets.
People tend to focus on the big question of this series: the Doctor's death. But I am still waiting for the unresolved events of The Big Bang at the end of Series 5 to be explained. Who manipulated the TARDIS? Who organised the coalition of baddies to imprison the Doctor? Surely they must have some sort of connection to this year's big enemies? Why are the clerics anti-Doctor now after working with him against the Weeping Angels in the last series? Who is Madame Kovarian?
So many questions and so many throwaway lines I can't dwell on, partly because it would be useless and dull for you if I asked questions forever and also because I am falling asleep. Stevie Wonder performed in 1814 London. Just remembered that. But we mustn't tell him!
See you in the Autumn.
EDIT: Blimey forgot the Headless Monks completely. And not because they were bad. A good idea but underdeveloped. Worth it just for having new monsters and that wonderful moment when the Doctor disarms all the clerics.
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CSM Honors Student Athletes at Annual Awards Banquet
June 21, 2017 Valerie Nyce Academics, All News, Athletics, Students 0
CSM athletes were honored for their performance during the 2016-2017 season, including, from left, Corinne Fernald of Mechanicsville, Scholar Athlete of the Year; David Francis of Brooklyn, New York, Male Athlete of the Year; and Chloe Day of Lexington Park, Female Athlete of the Year.
Sportsmanship, academic achievement and athletic excellence for the 2016-17 season were honored at the College of Southern Maryland's annual athletic awards banquet held at the Greater Waldorf Jaycees Center.
During the ceremony, coaches from CSM's athletics department presented awards for accomplishments in baseball, basketball, cross-country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball and volleyball.
The event began with the student captains of all the teams coming forward to thank CSM President Dr. Brad Gottfried for his support for the college's athletic programs, noting that it was Gottfried's last athletic banquet before he retires at the end of June after 11 years at the college. "It's not just about taking classes," Gottfried said about the CSM experience. "It's about pushing yourself. It's about getting better than you are."
Three major awards were announced — Female Athlete of the Year, Male Athlete of the Year and Student Athlete Scholar of the Year.
Sophomore Chloe Day of Lexington Park, a pitcher for the Hawks softball team, was selected as the Female Athlete of the Year.
Day returned to CSM for her second season of college softball after earning Second Team All-Region XX in 2016. She quickly became one of the best pitchers in the history of CSM softball, said Head Coach Jim Cleary.
During the 2017 season, Day pitched 132 innings, had 158 strikeouts, allowing 15 walks and 39 earned runs. Within the NJCAA, she ranked 10th nationally in strikeouts per game at 8.34, 12th nationally with 158 strikeouts, 23rd nationally with 17 complete games, 34th nationally with 2.06 ERA and 48th nationally with 132.2 innings pitched.
However, she was not "just a pitcher," Cleary said. Day took advantage of the opportunity to regularly bat in the lineup for the first time in her softball seasons. She finished third on the team with a .416 batting average and became a "clutch hitter" by delivering a hit the majority of times with runners in scoring position. She generated 27 RBIs on 32 hits, including seven doubles.
David Francis of Brooklyn, New York, a forward on the Hawks basketball team, was selected as Male Athlete of the Year. Francis was noted as a key player helping the men's basketball team earn its first trip to the national championship this year.
"He came in and told me he was going to help put a banner on the wall, and he did just that," said Head Coach Alan Hoyt. "He was a guy we relied on as the season went on."
Francis was named Region XX Tournament MVP when the Hawks won the Region XX Division II Men's Basketball Championship. He was named to Region XX Second Team and was a MD JUCO Honorable Mention.
Recipient of the Student Athlete Scholar of the Year Award was Corrine Fernald of Mechanicsville. Fernald, a sophomore who came to CSM from Chopticon High School, played shortstop/catcher for the Hawks softball team.
"Corrine has been a two-year co-captain and two-year starter for the CSM Softball Team," Cleary said. "She is one of the most dedicated, hardest working, team-oriented players to ever wear the CSM Hawks softball uniform. However, with that being said, her main focus was on 'student-athlete' and her future plans. She has maintained a 3.90 GPA and earned 60 credits while at CSM. She was recognized with the 2015-2016 NJCAA Superior Academic Achievement Award for student-athletes with GPAs in the 3.8 to 3.99 range and the 2017 team Leadership Award. She plans to major in legal studies/pre-law and is transferring to UMBC in Fall 2017."
Regional, Conference and Team Recognition
Numerous CSM athletes received recognition this year from the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA)-Region XX and Maryland Junior College (MDJUCO) Athletic Conference. In addition, each team announced individual awards.
For women's soccer, Julia Lesko of La Plata and Alexis Porterfield of Accokeek were named First Team All-MDJUCO and First Team NJCAA-Region XX (Division 1). Kelly Bruce of Brandywine received honorable mention in NJCAA Region XX (Division1). Lesko was named offensive player of the year for the Hawks women's soccer team and Bruce was named defensive player of the year.
"Last season went very well," said Head Coach Barry McGrellis. "We were trying to bounce back from a down year and were lucky enough to have a core of returning sophomores ready to carry the team and a very talented freshman class. They gelled quickly and became a cohesive unit before the season even began and hit the ground running with five wins from their first six games."
In men's soccer, Jehoshua Otuya of Hollywood was named First Team All-MDJUCO and First Team NJCAA-Region XX (Division 1). William Parr of Huntingtown was honorable mention in NJCAA-Region XX (Division 1). Parr was named player of the year for the Hawks Men's Soccer team and Andrew Dilodovico of Cobb Island was named Impact Player of the Year.
In volleyball, Kiana Bopp of Chesapeake Beach was named First Team All-MDJUCO and All-Tournament Team for NJCAA-Region XX (Division 2). Taylor Hagen of Huntingtown was named First Team All-MDJUCO and All-Tournament Team for NJCAA-Region XX (Division 2). For team awards, Brandie Todd of Charlotte Hall won Defensive Specialist of the Year and Bopp won Most Valuable Player.
"The 2016 CSM volleyball program had a great rebuilding year, finishing the season with a 16-7 overall record and a 10-1 conference record, which resulted in CSM becoming co-MDJUCO champions with Hagerstown Community College," said Head Coach Ashley Wolfe. "These ladies had to battle through practices, matches and tournaments with only eight players on the roster. Each athlete worked very hard and became more rounded players, tuning up skills they would not normally use on a full roster of 12 athletes. I am honored to have had the opportunity to coach these ladies."
In cross-country, Destiny Smith of Port Arthur, Texas, won the team's Leadership Award.
In men's basketball, David Francis of Brooklyn, New York, was named Second Team NJCAA-Region XX (Division 2), MVP of the Region XX Tournament and honorable mention for All-MDJUCO. Anthony Williams of Waldorf was named to First Team NJCAA-Region XX (Division 2) and honorable mention for All-MDJUCO. Jordan Battle of Waldorf was awarded honorable mention in NJCAA-Region XX (Division 2). The team was the Region XX champions and competed in the national tournament in Dansville, Illinois. Francis was named Most Valuable Player and the Coaches Award went to Williams.
"These guys got fight," said Hoyt, noting that the team started the season with a 0-5 record. But the team improved to the point they were the regional champions.
"It's not how you start, it's how you finish … We played our best basketball when it mattered and proved that we can play with anyone in the country," Hoyt said.
In women's basketball, Akilah Stroman of White Plains was awarded honorable mention in NJCAA-Region XX (Division 2).
"We are looking forward to the 2017-2018 season as we have recruited a whole new team," said Head Coach Ardell Jackson. "We are extremely excited as we have recruited good academic and well-rounded student athletes with great character to represent our program in a positive light, on and off the court and in the classrooms."
In golf, both Ryan Stearns of Leonardtown and Mark Escanilla of Waldorf were named to Second Team All-MDJUCO. Escanilla was named Most Valuable Player, and Bryan Bowser won the Coach's Award for Sportsmanship. Escanilla and Alex O'Neil both competed in the National Golf Tournament.
In baseball, Derek Taitano was named Most Outstanding Position Player. Trevor Burch was named Most Outstanding Pitcher.
The team "really came together at the end of the season," said Head Coach
Aaron Michael. "After a slow start, we came together as a team and played inspired baseball down the stretch, with several big wins against quality opponents … The players were dedicated to improving every day."
In softball, both Chloe Day of Great Mills and Alison McLane of Mechanicsville were named to First Team NJCAA-Region XX (Division 2) and First Team All-MDJUCO. Emily Gibson of Lusby was named to Second Team NJCAA-Region XX (Division 2) and Second Team All-MDJUCO. In team awards, McLane was named Offensive Player of the Year. Day won the Pitching Award. Amber Whelan won the ESPN Award, and Corinne Fernald won the Leadership Award.
"This is a great team," Cleary said. "This is probably the best team I've ever coached. The girls bonded well together, thoroughly enjoyed playing and traveling as a team and were extremely coachable … We finished the season as the third seed going into the Region XX regional playoffs, where we defeated sixth-seeded Hagerstown to qualify for the final four regional playoffs at Frederick Community College."
In women's lacrosse, which was a club sport this year, Rylee Otten earned Offensive Most Valuable Player; Kayla Bobo Defensive Most Valuable Player; and Brittany Estell, Most Improved.
"It was quite a challenge," said Head Coach Doug Otten of the season. "Over half the team had never touched a stick until January. We worked very hard … We could see improvement every time we stepped on the field. I am very proud of how our team came together both new and experience players to get better with each and every game."
In men's lacrosse, Kevin Holmes of North Beach was awarded honorable mention in All-MDJUCO. Holmes was also named Offensive Player of the Year, and Tanner Haynes was named Defensive Player of the Year. Richard D'Alessandro won the Fly First Award.
"This year was our best season in our program's young history," said Head Coach Steven Foote. "We plan to take this momentum into the summer and continue to build a solid program for the future."
To follow CSM athletics during the 2016-17 academic year, visit Hawk Athletics at http://athletics.csmd.edu/landing/index. To view photos from the athletic banquet, visit http://csmphoto.zenfolio.com/2017athbanquet.
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Artists David Blandy & Daniel Locke reveal the work behind HELIX, a collaborative digital graphic novel and exhibition, produced in collaboration with Adam Rutherford.
To coincide with the exhibition Helix, collaborating artists Daniel Locke and David Blandy are giving a talk at GV Art about the process, ideas and their evolution that led to Helix. Taking visitors from conception to creation, Blandy and Locke will talk about exploring the 40,000-year-old story of DNA, and its future 500 years from now.
Beginning with a residency at Lighthouse, as part of Brighton Science Festival 2013, Helix explores and re-imagines the story of DNA. Collaborating together, scientist and author Adam Rutherford, graphic novelist Daniel Locke, and artist David Blandy, sketched, talked and speculated about the future of genetics; sharing ideas about synthetic biology, mythology and storytelling. This evolved into a story spanning 40,000 years, from ancient chimera to modern-day spider goats, to a speculated future of centuries-old human beings.
Daniel Locke is a Brighton-based artist and illustrator. His work has been shown in numerous shows around the world including the And'Art festival in Morocco and the Islington Exhibits festival in London. In 2008, Daniel worked with David Blandy on a graphic novella commission for the Tatton Park Biennial 2008. In January, his work was shown as part of the Open Day Book group show at LACE in Los Angeles, and has been featured in The Stool Pigeon music newspaper in London and A Graphic Cosmogony from Nobrow press. He is currently working on his first full-length graphic novel.
Venue: GV Art, 49 Chiltern Street, London, W1U 6LY.


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Scott Man. #2 | Akama Thomson, M.A.
I find Scott Mandelker to have a unique synthesis of understanding. A real scholar and sage with fine credentials and time-in with its digestion. His interpretation of the RA material dates back to 1987. Also deeply imbued through the study of Buddhism. Huge # of YouTube videos (400 ++) offer almost an unlimited opportunity for study and integration. I trust him (his character). I honor his integration as I have met no one with similar levels of wisdom. A life study worthy of your time. Very diverse in his spiritual interest/study areas. A most marvelous example of someone who has done his own unique thinking and integration. Note: He likes to talk; but always skillfully. No Zen in his presentation. There is great depth and interconnection of themes. A remarkable mind that thinks independently.
(This is all of the sessions done in the original Q and A format. Don ELkins was a PhD physicist and a university instructor that has been investigating the ET/UFO and contact phenomena since the 1950's. What we are listening to is the reading (mechanical but still well done) of those sessions as they were transcribed by Jim) There are 174 videos in this series. NOTE: I am starting you at #39 of 174 rather than at the beginning. This corresponds to session #23 of the 106 in the RA material).
RA sessions and does his own 'unpacking' of this material while honoring the incredible and unique resource. That is a huge gift to any serious student of this material. Scott's work with the RA material began in 1987. His intention is simply to help us understand this material and considering it to be of tremendous importance at this time in history.
The channeling are done in 1981. Don Elkins's group established and maintained tremendous levels of consistency, purity of environment, and inner integrity. Scott's audio Youtube[s] of this material began in December of 2013 with a small on-line group. This is part #1 of two of session #51 of the RA material. That should give you a sense of how comprehensive, interconnected, and in depth Scott's commentaries are. Note: Unfortunately, I cannot find a YouTube upload series that would make this material flow. We are talking about multiple x many dozens of these. Bon voyage, my friends).
(From a 2010 Wanders group and a PDF that Scoot did on topic.


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