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NAPCA 40 for 40 Spotlight: Cecilia Wu
By Diverse Elders
The National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA) was founded 40 years ago on November 1, 1979 to address the divide between AAPI elderly and the services they were entitled to. In 40 years, NAPCA has directly served tens of thousands of AAPI elders and indirectly provided assistance to approximately 100,000 more.
To celebrate this milestone, NAPCA is releasing 40 stories of their staff, constituents, and partners to celebrate the impact that NAPCA has had on AAPI older adults across the country. This week, we highlight Cecilia Wu, a participant of NAPCA's Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP). For more stories, visit https://www.napca.org/40-for-40/.
Cecilia Wu, formerly lived in Japan and Taiwan, shares her.... Read More
Innovation and Hope: A Tale of Two Studies
by Dr. Marcy Adelman. This article originally appeared in the San Francisco Bay Times.
In November of 2018, the San Francisco Department of Aging and Adult Services (DAAS) released its study, LGBTQ Participation Equity Analysis, which reported what can only be described as profoundly disturbing results.
Despite all the progress that has been accomplished by local LGBTQ senior advocates, the successful implementation of most of the LGBT Aging Policy Task Force's programs recommendations and a decade and a half of city-supported LGBTQ aging cultural competency training for senior care providers, LGBTQ seniors remain one of the most underserved of the city's diverse older adult populations. As unsettling as the results of this.... Read More
What's Behind My Mother's Obsession With Food?
by Jaya Padmanabhan. This article originally appeared in India Currents.
"What did you eat today?" my mother, Sarada, begins her phone conversation with my twenty-three-year-old daughter in New York. When my daughter explains that she made rasam and sautéed cauliflower over the weekend, Sarada's face lights up. Later she tells me she's happy that all her grandchildren love rasam, a staple broth from the south of India.
Eighty-six-year-old Sarada immigrated to America in her 70s, and finds equanimity performing activities and engaging in conversations that hinge around food. When she meets people she doesn't know, she connects through food conversations, often recalling.... Read More
Diverse Elders Coalition receives $1,199,763 in renewed funding from The John A. Hartford Foundation to support diverse family caregivers
Contact: Jenna McDavid, National Director
646-653-5015 / jmcdavid@diverseelders.org
New York, NY – The Diverse Elders Coalition (DEC) has been approved for a two-year, $1,199,763 grant from The John A. Hartford Foundation to implement the programs and solutions the coalition has developed to support diverse family caregivers. This grant builds off the DEC's previous planning grant, awarded by The John A. Hartford Foundation in 2018, to identify and address the unique needs of family caregivers in racially and ethnically diverse communities, American Indian and Alaska Native communities, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender (LGBT) communities. Through the planning grant, the DEC has been able to.... Read More
Long-Term Care Equality Index proceeds to next phase
by Lois A. Bowers. This article originally appeared on McKnight's Senior Living.
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About eight months later, the voluntary Long-Term Care Equality Index, or LEI, now has 47 national, statewide, regional and local aging, senior services or LGBTQ membership or advocacy organizations that have endorsed the index and.... Read More
Supporting Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) as they Age
Resources for Integrated Care (RIC) invites you to attend an upcoming webinar. This webinar offers Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Continuing Education (CE) credit at no cost to participants.
Time: 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM EST
Nationally, the number of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) over the age of 60 is steadily increasing and by 2030, the number of adults with I/DD aged 60 and older.... Read More
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By Dr. Maria Glover Wallace
In normative aging, the evolution from adult to older adult often parallels exposure to ageist societal attitudes and behaviors. Seniors are adapting to changing circumstances of bereavement, relocation, and the digital divide of technology. Some are exploring social media to close the gap of connection to family and friends, while adjusting to retirement and smaller social circles. With all these moving pieces, the holidays come and may cast a shadow of isolation and potential loneliness to once vibrant, active and engaged individuals.
The holiday season can bring on holiday blues or 'winter blues' for vulnerable populations of older adults and elders. Triggers for social isolation during the holidays included changes in family structure that may result in more significant numbers.... Read More
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By Rebecca Owl Morgan
by Kayla Sawyer and Rebecca Owl Morgan
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Our focus groups revealed how caregivers' lives are impacted by their role as caregivers. Many American Indian caregivers spoke about skipping appointments and neglecting their own.... Read More
Sharing our caregiving research and making new connections at GSA 2019
By Jenna McDavid
By Jenna McDavid and Ocean Le
Last week, the Diverse Elders Coalition traveled to Austin, Texas for our first-ever Gerontological Society of America annual scientific meeting. This yearly event brings together researchers, academics, and others in the field of aging to discuss new findings and solutions for improving aging. The Diverse Elders Coalition was excited to participate in this year's conference for several reasons: we were able to support our friends at the Journalists in Aging fellowship, we shared new research on family caregiving in diverse communities, and we had an exhibitor's booth from which we disseminated reports, brochures, and other publications from the DEC and its members.
The week began with.... Read More
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Q: How to make m2eclipse (Maven) point to the "persistence.xml" path? I working with Eclipse Helios, m2eclipse Maven plugin and Glassfish plugin.
I edited the "pom.xml" file so that I can get the DerbyClient and the JPA Persistence classes.
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

  <groupId>com.apress.javaee6</groupId>
  <artifactId>chapter02</artifactId>
  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <packaging>jar</packaging>

  <name>chapter02</name>
  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>

  <properties>
    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
  </properties>

  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>junit</groupId>
      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
      <version>3.8.1</version>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
        <artifactId>derbyclient</artifactId>
        <version>10.6.1.0</version>
        <type>jar</type>
        <scope>compile</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.eclipse.persistence</groupId>
        <artifactId>javax.persistence</artifactId>
        <version>2.0.0</version>
        <scope>compile</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.eclipse.persistence</groupId>
        <artifactId>eclipselink</artifactId>
        <version>2.0.0</version>
        <scope>compile</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.4.3</version>
        <type>maven-plugin</type>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>

  <build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>2.3.1</version>
            <configuration>
                <source>1.6</source>
                <target>1.6</target>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>
  <repositories>
    <repository>
      <id>EclipseLink Repo</id>
      <url>http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?r=1&nf=1&file=/rt/eclipselink/maven.repo</url>
    </repository>
  </repositories>

</project>

Then, I created the "src/main/resrouce" directory and put a "persistence.xml" file that contains:
<xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8">
    <persistence xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence" version="1.0">
        <persistence-unit name="chapter02PU" transaction-type="RESOURCE_LOCAL">
            <provider>org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.PersistenceProvider</provider>
            <class>com.apress.javaee6.chapter02.Book</class>
            <properties>
                <property name="eclipselink.target-datababase" value="DERBY"/>
                <property name="eclipselink.jdbc.driver" value="org.apache.derby.jdbc.ClientDriver"/>
                <property name="eclipselink.jdbc.url" value="jdbc:derby://localhost:1527/chapter02DB;create=true"/>
                <property name="eclipselink.jdbc.user" value="APP"/>
                <property name="eclipselink.jdbc.password" value="APP"/>
                <property name="eclipselink.jdbc.ddl-generation" value="create-tables"/>
                <property name="eclipselink.jdbc.logging-level" value="INFO"/>
            </properties>
        </persistence-unit>
    </persistence>
</xml>

Of course, the derby server runs perfectly.
And I have create the following Book Class:
package com.apress.javaee6.chapter02;

import javax.persistence.*;
@Entity
@NamedQuery(name="findAllBooks", query="SELECT b from Book b")
public class Book {
    @Id @GeneratedValue
    private Long id;
    @Column(nullable = false)
    private String  title;
    private float   price;
    @Column(length = 1000)
    private String  description;
    private String  isbn;
    private Integer nbOfPage;
    private Boolean illustrations;

    public Book() {
        super();
    }
    public Book(Long id, String title, float price, String description,
            String isbn, Integer nbOfPage, Boolean illustrations) {
        super();
        this.id = id;
        this.title = title;
        this.price = price;
        this.description = description;
        this.isbn = isbn;
        this.nbOfPage = nbOfPage;
        this.illustrations = illustrations;
    }
    public Long getId() {
        return id;
    }
    public void setId(Long id) {
        this.id = id;
    }
    public String getTitle() {
        return title;
    }
    public void setTitle(String title) {
        this.title = title;
    }
    public float getPrice() {
        return price;
    }
    public void setPrice(float price) {
        this.price = price;
    }
    public String getDescription() {
        return description;
    }
    public void setDescription(String description) {
        this.description = description;
    }
    public String getIsbn() {
        return isbn;
    }
    public void setIsbn(String isbn) {
        this.isbn = isbn;
    }
    public Integer getNbOfPage() {
        return nbOfPage;
    }
    public void setNbOfPage(Integer nbOfPage) {
        this.nbOfPage = nbOfPage;
    }
    public Boolean getIllustrations() {
        return illustrations;
    }
    public void setIllustrations(Boolean illustrations) {
        this.illustrations = illustrations;
    }

}

The main function is here:
package com.apress.javaee6.chapter02;

import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
import javax.persistence.EntityManagerFactory;
import javax.persistence.EntityTransaction;
import javax.persistence.Persistence;

public class Main {

    /**
     * @param args
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Create an instance of book
        Book book = new Book();
        book.setTitle("The Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy");
        book.setPrice(12.5F);
        book.setDescription("Science fiction comedy book");
        book.setIsbn("1-84023-742-2");
        book.setIllustrations(false);

        // Gets an entity manager and a transaction
        EntityManagerFactory emf = Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory("chapter02PU");
        EntityManager em = emf.createEntityManager();

        // Persists the book to the database
        EntityTransaction tx = em.getTransaction();

        try {
            tx.begin();
            em.persist(book);
            tx.commit();

            em.close();
            emf.close();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

}

The problem is that the "persistence.xml" is not recognized.
How can I make Maven point to the "persistence.xml" file?
When I active the Maven console and "Update Dependencies", I got the following (bad) info:
28/06/10 15:20:36 CEST: [INFO] Using 'UTF-8' encoding to copy filtered resources.
28/06/10 15:20:36 CEST: [INFO] skip non existing resourceDirectory /home/zakaria/workspace/chapter02/src/main/resources
28/06/10 15:20:36 CEST: [INFO] Using 'UTF-8' encoding to copy filtered resources.
28/06/10 15:20:36 CEST: [INFO] skip non existing resourceDirectory /home/zakaria/workspace/chapter02/src/test/resources

So i think he tried somewhere to create the "resources" directories and cannot get them after the build.
Thank you so much ;)
Regards

A: You don't tell maven to "point" on a file, you put files in a directory that end up on the class path. For resources, you're supposed to use src/main/resources.
In other words, just put the persistence.xml in src/main/resources/META-INF.
I'm using m2eclipse 0.10.0 and I don't use any special workaround, it just works for at least 3 projects in my workspace of type jar, ejb and war.

A: If you're using m2eclipse 0.10.0, not having the resources recognized is a known problem (see m2eclipse user list). There is a workaround described here:
https://docs.sonatype.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=2949459
Using maven-resources-plugin version 2.4.2 or 2.4.3 may also work better than 2.4.

A: According to JPA standard persistence.xml should reside in the root of META-INF folder. So putting in into src/main/resources/META-INF should work

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Mainland China's reopening came sooner than expected for investors, and Goldman Sachs warns it will lead to short-term strains in the workforce and supply chains.
According to mobility data analyzed by economists at Goldman Sachs, China is likely to see "weaker growth momentum during the frontloaded 'exit wave' on the back of surging infections, a temporary labor shortage and increased supply chain disruptions," it said.
China's growth will accelerate to 4.7% in 2023 as the economy is expected to be relieved from the spread of COVID-19 and virus-related restrictions in the second half of the year, economists and analysts say.
The real growth rate of gross domestic product in Asia's largest economy is forecast at 3.0% in 2022, followed by 4.7% in 2023 and 5.0% next year, according to 37 economists responding to a written survey conducted jointly by Nikkei Asia and Nikkei Quick News in December.
The 2022 growth will be the lowest since 1976, excluding 2020 when the virus was just beginning to spread. It is also well below Beijing's target of around 5.5% and that of other emerging Asian economies' 5.4% predicted by Asian Development Bank. For 2023, 17 respondents forecast 4.0-4.9% growth while 16 predicted 5.0-5.9%, assuming that growth will accelerate again.
Many economists expect China's economic bottoming-out in the second quarter of 2023. Robin Xing of Morgan Stanley said, "China's accelerated reopening would likely weigh on growth in 4Q22 and 1Q23; we see a strong, V-shaped rebound from 2Q23 onward led by private consumption."
Haibin Zhu of J.P. Morgan foresaw "a shorter, more severe transitional period, with the most significant slowing in nationwide economic activity" in the first quarter of 2023, as the baseline forecast. It will be followed by "the return to strong, above-trend sustainable recovery in economic activity from May.
Quick recovery was echoed by others. "At the initial stage of the optimization of the epidemic prevention policy, the number of infected people will increase and the economic operation will suffer a big impact," said Shen Jianguang of JD.com. But once the economy resumes rolling, "the order of production and life will be restored faster and the economic vitality will be accelerated."
Jing Liu of HSBC looked at the change in phases of the virus infection. "Having further relaxation of policies and an eventual transition from pandemic to endemic will allow for a stronger recovery in broad-based economic activity, especially consumption, and hence a growth rebound," she said.
Many respondents expect the turning point to be seen in early spring. "There will be another outbreak in February [after the Chinese New Year]," said Tetsuji Sano of Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management. "China finally achieves herd immunity and the economy bottoms in January-March." Ito Hideki of Mizuho Bank also predicted the downward pressures on consumption will continue until the first quarter of 2023, and "after Q2, the economy will recover gradually."
Economists on average expect GDP to show 2.8% year-on-year growth in the October-December quarter, slowing sharply from 3.9% growth in the previous quarter. From October to November, there were frequent shutdowns due to the spread of the virus, and once the lockdown was relaxed in December, the number of infected people surged and economic activity stalled.
"Given the relatively low immunization rate among the Chinese population," said Sophie Altermatt of Julius Baer, "an uncontrollable spreading of COVID-19 cases could strain the limited capacities of the healthcare system, and lead to setbacks on the road to reopening."
Dong Chen of Pictet Wealth Management also warned: "It is highly probable that the medical system will come under severe pressure in the coming months, causing additional stress in parts of Chinese society and leading the economy to face more disruptions in the near term."
Robert Gilhooly of Abrdn said the lifting of zero-COVID policy "has been much more sudden than I expected. A gradual process could have been used to minimize the health risks to the population and ramp up vaccinations for the most vulnerable segments of the population."
"Thus far, the re-opening process appears borderline disorderly," Gilhooly added, and said that it could be "hitting 200 million total cases by the end of Q1 '23."
Both Wei Yao of Societe Generale and Jian Chang of Barclays Asia Pacific are of the view that the process returning back to normal life will take three to six months. Samy Chaar of Lombard Odier said, "The worst case scenarios with high fatalities/heavy pressure on health systems could see growth well below 4%."
When asked about other downside risks other than the COVID pandemic, "sluggish housing market" and "weakening export demand" were among the top picks. The environment surrounding the Chinese economy is challenging, with the U.S. and Europe facing the risk of falling into recession in 2023. The new leadership, including Li Qiang, who is taking office as premier, will have a difficult time steering policy.
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I Blockchain, Therefore I Am
By Paige Donner
If you're starting to feel like you're in some kind of a live punk'd version of The Sting (the classic Robert Redford, Paul Newman film for our younger readers) then you are not alone. Put another way, those of you who are beginning to feel that we're not only living in an "upside-down world," as some conservative pundits are wont to say, but are living in a world that has fully become one big con job, divorced from truth, then join the crowd.
One of the active ingredients in this false construct of today's fabricated reality is the notion that if it's truthful it must be verified on the blockchain. For the uninitiated,
A blockchain is a growing list of records called blocks which are interconnected by utilizing cryptography. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a time stamp, and exchange information. Utilizing blockchain we can safely store information over the shared system, where everybody can see but can't do any alteration. Blockchain will track all information trade called ledger and it uses a distributed system to verify every exchange.
In other words, blockchain consists of fixed bits of information that cannot be altered, that are connected to each other, and that can be verified by everyone. This verification leads to the concept that whether something is truthful can be measured by whether it is 'verified' on the blockchain. This of course begs two questions: Whether blockchain verifies the truth of those bits of information or merely their existence? And whether something that is not verified on the blockchain can still be verifiably truthful?
For purposes of this article, now that the reader has a basic understanding of "blockchain" technology, I will also presume that the reader has a basic understanding of "Truth."
The other thing you need to know for this article is a little bit about Everipedia. Everipedia is sort of like Wikipedia, a self-appointed arbiter of information and truth. The minds behind Everipedia believe they are the fact-checkers who fact check the checkers of facts. In other words, mess with them and you are messing with Absolute Truth.
Here is their tagline on a PR Newswire press update: "About Everipedia: Everipedia was founded in 2014 and is bringing real-world data and knowledge to the blockchain, helping verify facts in an era of misinformation."
In other words, Everipedia does with data and information what Bitcoin and Ethereum (and others) purport to do with monetary transactions. They provide "cryptographically signed feeds by world-class organizations," so that a certain set of facts is now irrevocably entered onto a distributed ledger made up of computer code called...drumroll, please...The Blockchain.
That same PR Newswire update contains the announcement that AP and Everipedia were teaming up to cement in blockchain the results of the November 3 election. Now, Everipedia and AP News have announced that they will, once again, be "certifying" a U.S. election on the blockchain. In the context of the Georgia U.S. Senate run-off election on January 5th, the results as determined by the Associated Press News will be entered onto a Chainlink-run Ethereum-based computer code ledger that will forevermore represent the "universally agreed upon" outcome of the aforementioned election.
Here is their statement to this effect, dated December 22nd, 2020:
The United States Senate elections on January 5, 2020 will determine which party controls the United States Senate. Everipedia will be offering AP's senate race calls in a trusted and transparent manner through the use of oracles. AP will sign the data cryptographically and publish results with their Ethereum Public Key 0x436ee8cb3a351893b77f8b57c9772daec3a96445 and their EOS account associapress. The results published by AP through the OraQle will also be available through our partner Chainlink's oracles.
(Note: Their use of the term "oracles" does NOT refer to the Mega tech company known as Oracle.)
It's not difficult to understand what's going on here: "History is written by the victors." It's just that, now, in our digital age, those who would control the cryptographic keys and the blockchain platforms are claiming exclusive access not just to history and victory, but to Truth itself.
However, the last I have read regarding both our November 3rd presidential election and Constitutional law is that until January 6th, when state electors are certified (or not) by Congress. Currently, we still only have a presumptive President-elect. But, according to the AP, a member-owned, not-for-profit organization founded in 1846, the 2020 U.S. presidential election was settled during the wee hours of November 4th. Some of the AP's governing board members include The New York Times Co., Gannett, E.W. Scripps, ESPN, Times Publishing Co. . . . you get the picture.
In other words, I Blockchain, Therefore I Am.
Predictions for the upcoming Senate run-off races in Georgia strongly suggest that it could be weeks after election day until we know who the actual winners are. But that hasn't stopped AP News and Everipedia, assisted by their Ethereum-using-Chainlink-cohorts, from announcing that they will be declaring the winner ASAP and entering their findings on The Blockchain. Anyone starting to get images of The Wizard from the Wizard of Oz dancing around in your head? I know I am.
This construction of a metric by which to dictate/impose a reality on the rest of us didn't originate with the blockchain. It is just the computer geeks' version of this tried and true penchant of the few wanting to con the rest. Other recent examples are the so-called Steele Dossier used to sway a FISA court in the United States. That con job was nothing more complex than A saying "blue," then B publishing a story in the "news" saying that A said "blue," which gave A the (presumptive) authority to take B's findings of his allegations to the FISA courts saying, see, "B said blue!"
Put the word "blockchain" in front of these con jobs/ sting operations and we are all supposed to act as if now we are treading on hallowed ground? I don't think so. I'm not buying it.
Truth is still Truth, whether you use a cryptographic key to enshrine it or not. And likewise, Falseness/ Lies are still lies, cryptographic keys or no cryptographic keys.
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public interface GatheringByteChannel
extends WritableByteChannel

A channel that can write bytes from a sequence of buffers.

 A gathering write operation writes, in a single invocation, a
 sequence of bytes from one or more of a given sequence of buffers.
 Gathering writes are often useful when implementing network protocols or
 file formats that, for example, group data into segments consisting of one
 or more fixed-length headers followed by a variable-length body.  Similar
 scattering read operations are defined in the ScatteringByteChannel interface.

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long
write(ByteBuffer[] srcs)

Writes a sequence of bytes to this channel from the given buffers.

long
write(ByteBuffer[] srcs,
     int offset,
     int length)

Writes a sequence of bytes to this channel from a subsequence of the
 given buffers.

Methods inherited from interface java.nio.channels.WritableByteChannel

write

Methods inherited from interface java.nio.channels.Channel

close, isOpen

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write

long write(ByteBuffer[] srcs,
           int offset,
           int length)
    throws IOException

Writes a sequence of bytes to this channel from a subsequence of the
 given buffers.

 An attempt is made to write up to r bytes to this channel,
 where r is the total number of bytes remaining in the specified
 subsequence of the given buffer array, that is,

 srcs[offset].remaining()
     + srcs[offset+1].remaining()
     + ... + srcs[offset+length-1].remaining()

 at the moment that this method is invoked.

 Suppose that a byte sequence of length n is written, where
 <tt>0</tt> <tt><=</tt> n <tt><=</tt> r.
 Up to the first <tt>srcs[offset].remaining()</tt> bytes of this sequence
 are written from buffer <tt>srcs[offset]</tt>, up to the next
 <tt>srcs[offset+1].remaining()</tt> bytes are written from buffer
 <tt>srcs[offset+1]</tt>, and so forth, until the entire byte sequence is
 written.  As many bytes as possible are written from each buffer, hence
 the final position of each updated buffer, except the last updated
 buffer, is guaranteed to be equal to that buffer's limit.

 Unless otherwise specified, a write operation will return only after
 writing all of the r requested bytes.  Some types of channels,
 depending upon their state, may write only some of the bytes or possibly
 none at all.  A socket channel in non-blocking mode, for example, cannot
 write any more bytes than are free in the socket's output buffer.

 This method may be invoked at any time.  If another thread has
 already initiated a write operation upon this channel, however, then an
 invocation of this method will block until the first operation is
 complete.

Parameters:

srcs - The buffers from which bytes are to be retrieved

offset - The offset within the buffer array of the first buffer from
         which bytes are to be retrieved; must be non-negative and no
         larger than <tt>srcs.length</tt>

length - The maximum number of buffers to be accessed; must be
         non-negative and no larger than
         <tt>srcs.length</tt> - <tt>offset</tt>

Returns:

The number of bytes written, possibly zero

Throws:

IndexOutOfBoundsException - If the preconditions on the <tt>offset</tt> and <tt>length</tt>
          parameters do not hold

NonWritableChannelException - If this channel was not opened for writing

ClosedChannelException - If this channel is closed

AsynchronousCloseException - If another thread closes this channel
          while the write operation is in progress

ClosedByInterruptException - If another thread interrupts the current thread
          while the write operation is in progress, thereby
          closing the channel and setting the current thread's
          interrupt status

IOException - If some other I/O error occurs

write

long write(ByteBuffer[] srcs)
    throws IOException

Writes a sequence of bytes to this channel from the given buffers.

 An invocation of this method of the form <tt>c.write(srcs)</tt>
 behaves in exactly the same manner as the invocation

 c.write(srcs, 0, srcs.length);

Parameters:

srcs - The buffers from which bytes are to be retrieved

Returns:

The number of bytes written, possibly zero

Throws:

NonWritableChannelException - If this channel was not opened for writing

ClosedChannelException - If this channel is closed

AsynchronousCloseException - If another thread closes this channel
          while the write operation is in progress

ClosedByInterruptException - If another thread interrupts the current thread
          while the write operation is in progress, thereby
          closing the channel and setting the current thread's
          interrupt status

IOException - If some other I/O error occurs

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Bram Ebus joined Crisis Group's Latin American office as a consultant. He researches resource conflicts and border instabilities in the Andean region. In his reporting he gathers field-based insights and works on recommendations based on analysis of a wide variety of sources. Based in Bogotá, Colombia, Bram travels to border areas to identify and analyse crises both in their early and later stages.
Bram Ebus has worked on resource conflicts, drug policies and state-corporate crimes in Latin America since 2010. He holds a master degree from the University of Utrecht in Global Criminology with a focus on environmental and state-corporate crimes. In recent years, Bram has been active as an NGO consultant and investigative journalist, publishing for a variety of international media, and worked as the lead journalist for an award winning interactive media production on mining conflicts in Venezuela.
Dutch (native)
Resource conflicts
State-corporate crimes
Border instability
For the Venezuelan government, which stubbornly denied the presence of Colombian guerrilla forces in their territory for many years, it seems that there is no way back now. World Politics Review
Confrontations between the rival armed groups make southern Venezuela one of the most violent regions in Latin America. The Guardian
Op-Ed / Latin America & Caribbean 4 November 2021
Stopping the Violence Devouring Colombia's Forests
Originally published in Newsweek
Commentary / Latin America & Caribbean 28 April 2021
A Rebel Playing Field: Colombian Guerrillas on the Venezuelan Border
In the jungle along the Colombian-Venezuelan frontier, guerrillas, criminals and shadowy state elements jostle for illicit profits. Venezuela's campaign against one armed group has raised tensions. Bogotá and Caracas should temper their war of words and work to forestall an inadvertent bilateral escalation.
Also available in Español
Commentary / Latin America & Caribbean 25 February 2020
Under a Merciless Sun: Venezuelans Stranded Across the Colombian Border
As Venezuela's economy plumbs the depths of collapse, a new cohort of refugees is trekking across parched landscapes to Colombia. It consists of the most vulnerable, including poor expectant mothers, unaccompanied children and the sick, people with no defence against the predations of armed bands.
Commentary / Latin America & Caribbean 28 October 2019
Troubled Waters along the Guyana-Venezuela Border
Gold and migrants stream across the stretch of the Cuyuní river that marks the Guyana-Venezuela border. Guerrillas and criminal organisations control much of the flow. Their turf wars are already spilling over and could intensify if foreign powers intervene to topple Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Commentary / Latin America & Caribbean 5 September 2019
Savannah Strife: Brazil's Combustible Border with Venezuela
The frontier between Brazil and its crisis-ridden neighbour Venezuela has become a major migration route, a hotspot for crime and a flashpoint for violence. This is the first of three commentaries on Venezuela's troubled borderlands.


That's right, the heirs of Marvel great Jack Kirby have filed suit against the company. According to the Media Decoder Blog; the focus of the lawsuit seems very similar to the case that the Siegel heirs had. They have filed 45 seperate accounts to terminate Marvel's hold over copyrights for characters their father helped create. Now, this has pretty massive implications for Marvel, simply because Disney bought them pretty much for the sole purpose of gaining access to their characters. Imagine all of a sudden they couldn't make movies based off the Hulk or the Fantastic Four? Chances are, they would drop Marvel like a hot potato. More after the jump.
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Slip off your work attire and slide on your sandals and summer wear. Season is over!
From beaches to bars, and restaurants to relaxation spots, it's time to reclaim our favorite spots.
On Sanibel, past the popular places along Periwinkle Way, sits a restaurant with an island history that goes back almost 40 years. The atmosphere at The Timbers Restaurant & Fish Market feels like a local hang-out and the interior has a space for everyone, for whatever they desire.
Near the entrance, a glass cold case offers the daily catch. It's tucked next to the oyster bar; the day's offerings listed on a chalkboard. And then there's the 180 seat dining room.
Wood floors, wood booths and wood bead board pay tribute to the original restaurant's location on Rabbit Road, named The Timbers for the wood beams and ceiling. Nautical decorations may seem a bit cliché, but when you feast your eyes on the framed collections of oysters adorning the restaurants' walls, it all makes sense.
Matt Asen, one of four partners in the Prawnbroker Restaurant Group, is the head oysterfarian, a title he's picked up on his world travels.
"I started just collecting the big shells, the little shells," Matt explains. "Then I started collecting them all." In the last two years, his collection has grown from 400 to 600 shells, and he knows the story behind every one.
Matt's stories and his larger-than-life personality are part of the energy that brings people to The Timbers. Photos of Matt with celebrities, dignitaries and sports superstars line the entry and the hallway to the Sanibel Grill, a sports bar attached to The Timbers. Matt has a story for every photo, and some of those pictured have been guests at The Timbers or visit the restaurant regularly. One of the most requested tables in the dining room is The Swami's Den, named for ESPN anchor and sportscaster Chris Berman, who comes in twice a year with a party of eight.
Island history and celebrity spotting may bring people in the door, but the food is why guests return year after year. Chef Teh Peng works hand in hand with Matt. "I have crazy ideas, and he makes it look good," Matt says. The two have travel ed to parts of Asia and draw on Teh's Malaysian heritage to inspire new menu items, like the Singapore street noodles that debuted this year.
One of Teh's signature dishes is the cioppino. Fresh fish and seafood swim in a saffron broth with pappardelle noodles. Not only is the dish beautiful, and popular with diners, but it's also an excellent example of how the restaurant and fish market work seamlessly together.
"What we don't sell in the market, we cook that night," Matt explains.
Which brings us back to the oyster bar.
It's one of many spaces in the dining room that fosters conversation, bringing people together over oysters, or fried whole snapper or even the stories of their last visits as they return to the island restaurant again.
"People feel at home here," Matt says.
Which is just what you're looking for when it's time to break out the sundress, the shorts and the sandals and officially enjoy the off-season.


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The effect of holes and free edges on the stress in laminated plates
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Kaprielian, P.V. (1985) The effect of holes and free edges on the stress in laminated plates. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham.
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This work is concerned with the study of the mechanical behaviour of elastic laminated plates subjected to different boundary conditions. For the most part, each lamina is taken to be a fibre-reinforced material which contains a family of straight, continuously distributed fibres.
When the modulus for extension in the fibre direction of each lamina is large compared with the other moduli, the laminate is termed 'highly anisotropic' and in such cases, approximate solutions can be obtained by treating the individual laminae as 'ideal' materials in the sense that they are inextensible in the fibre direction and also incompressible. In the context of the plane strain bending of a laminated cantilever, we show that the theory for ideal materials predicts the occurrence of singular fibres at the lateral surfaces of the laminate and at the interfaces between the individual laminae. In a highly anisotropic cantilever these fibres correspond to regions of high stress and accordingly a boundary layer theory is developed for these regions. The boundary layer solution, together with the ideal solution, provide a good approximation to the description of the response of the cantilever, but it is found to be inadequate near the intersections of edges and interfaces, and at corners. A separate investigation is made into the asymptotic behaviour of the stress in these regions.
The major part of this thesis is concerned with the development of a general theory for laminated plates in stretching or bending. Given a laminate subject to specified boundary conditions, we define a single homogeneous equivalent plate which has material properties obtained. by an appropriate averaging of the material properties of each lamina. The equivalent plate is subjected to the same boundary conditions as the laminate and the equivalent displacements are determined by classical thin plate theory. The theory then assumes that the displacement components in each lamina can be expressed as the sum of the equivalent displacements and correction displacements. The correction solutions satisfy the conditions of displacement and traction continuity across the inter-laminar boundaries and the condition that the lateral surfaces of the plate are free from traction. In the special case of the laminae being isotropic, the solutions given by the theory exactly satisfy the full three-dimensional equations of linear elasticity. When the equivalent displacements are known, the complete solution in each lamina is readily determined and this is illustrated by examples.
At the edges of the laminated plate, the prescribed boundary conditions are satisfied only in an average sense and therefore in these regions, an additional correction is required. The deviation of the calculated boundary condition from the specified boundary condition is used to determine the magnitude of this further correction.
Thesis (University of Nottingham only) (PhD)
Supervisors:
Spencer, A.J.M.
Rogers, T.G.
Elasticity of laminates, Plastics, Structural engineering, Plates
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From: Cavendish Bridge (SK454295)
To: Bramcote (SK504378)
Via: Borrowash
Distance: 13.3 miles (21.4 km)
Meets: A50, B6540, A6, A6005, B6002, B6003, A52, A6007
Former Number(s): A6, A52
Highway Authorities
Derbyshire • Leicestershire • Nottinghamshire
Traditional Counties
Route outline (key)
B5010 Chellaston – Thulston
B5010 Cavendish Bridge – Thulston - Borrowash
(A6005) Borrowash – Shacklecross
B5010 Shacklecross – Bramcote
Nottingham Road, Risley
The B5010 is a long-way-round route in the East Midlands. For historical reasons it lies entirely in the 6 zone.
It starts at A50 J1, where it also meets the B6540, and heads northwestwards, crossing the River Trent at Cavendish Bridge and then going through Shardlow, where it crosses the Trent & Mersey Canal. A couple of miles further on, on the edge of Thulston, the road splits. Ahead is a spur leading a short distance to a roundabout on the A6 but the mainline of the B5010 TOTSOs right.
The road now heads north through Thulston and Elvaston before crossing the River Derwent into Borrowash. It reaches the A6005 at a T-junction in the centre of the village. There is then a short multiplex to the east along the A6005 into Shacklecross, where the A-road TOTSOs right and the B5010 continues ahead to regain its number.
The B5010 goes under the A52 without a junction and continues east through Risley where it goes over the M1 and enters the Nottingham urban area (although it remains outside the city proper). It goes through Sandiacre and Stapleford before ending at a roundabout in Bramcote, where it meets the A52 and A6007.
The original route of the A6 and B5010 in 1923
The B5010 originally ran from Chellaston to Borrowash. It achieved this by way of an additional section from Chellaston to Thulston. This section was upgraded to A5132 in the 1960s and has since been declassified and partly severed by the new route of the A6.
The section from Borrowash to Bramcote used to be the A52. The Borrowash bypass opened in the 1950s and the B5010 was extended along the part of the pre-bypass route that did not become the A6005. At this point the B5010 ended on the A52 at the point where it now goes under it; Sandiacre and Stapleford were bypassed later and the B5010 was extended along more of the ex-A52 to give the road its current eastern terminus.
The original number of the road from Cavendish Bridge to Thulston was A6. This stretch was bypassed as part of the work for the Derby southern bypass in the 1990s. The A6 was diverted to meet the new road (planned as A564 but opened as A50) and so the B5010 was extended along the whole of the bypassed section of the A6, explaining the spur. This section remained trunk for some years afterwards but has now been downgraded.
Bramcote Island • Sawley Junction • Thulston Roundabout
Borrowash Bridge • Cavendish Bridge • Willington Bridge
Other nearby roads
A52 • A60 • A453 • A606 • A609 • A610 • A611 • A612 • A613 (Nuthall - Alfreton) • A614 • A648 (Kegworth - Nottingham) • A6002 • A6005 • A6008 • A6011 • A6019 • A6130 • A6130 (Huntingdon Street, Nottingham) • A6200 • A6211 • A6464 • A6514 • B680 • B681 • B682 • B683 • B684 • B685 • B686 • B690 • B6004 • B6005 (Stapleford) • B6008 • B6464 • E13 • E31 (via Carlisle) • E106 (Northampton - Leeds) • M1 • M42 • RM182 • T52 (Britain) • T53 (Britain) • T54 (Britain)
B5000 – B5099
B5000 • B5001 • B5002 • B5003 • B5004 • B5005 • B5006 • B5007 • B5008 • B5009 • B5010 • B5011 • B5012 • B5013 • B5014 • B5015 • B5016 • B5017 • B5018 • B5019
Earlier iterations: B5009 • B5021 • B5045 • B5055 • B5060 • B5061 • B5066 • B5072 • B5075 • B5080 • B5093
Retrieved from 'https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=B5010&oldid=583407'
B5000-B5999
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Leicestershire Council
Nottinghamshire Council
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TOM CLEMENT | WRITER | PRODUCER
A Feminist/Masculine Critique of Fighting Video Games: Part II
July 23, 2017 January 9, 2023 Posted in ArticlesTagged Animation, Anita Sarkeesian, Capcom, Chun Li, Design, Feminism, Japan, Ken, Legs, Masculinity, Mortal Kombat, Objectification, Ryu, Sega, Sexism, Sexualisation, Sexy, Street Fighter, Tekken, Video Games, Virtua Fighter
In the second part of this essay we'll be looking at the text in the game rather than just the design aspects. It's not mandatory to read the first part, but I'll be referring back and countering it in this section, so it is advised. You can read it by clicking the link.
Link to Part I.
Part II: Context
The main counter against the female-characters-as-sexualisation argument is that the female characters can all fight and are in various positions of power within the narrative. This is relatively true and quite a positive feminist statement as they are females who, "…compete and conceivably win in a man's world [in SF a world of violence, predominately a male domain]…they go against the grain of the prevailing notions about the female sex." (Haskell, 1987, p.4). The fact they can all fight and that none of them are the 'joke' character breaks away from Chaudhuri's view that, "…the male spectator's pleasure revolves around…punishing or taming [women]…" (2006, p.45). However, none of them are the main character which is a prevailing notion within the industry, "Commercially available games rarely cast females in the main role, and even when females are present, they rarely take on the main role." (Cassell and Jenkins, p.59).
Several of the females have occupations of power; detective (Chun-Li), assassin/secret agent (Cammy and C.Viper), and ninja-in-training (Ibuki). Rose doesn't seem to have an occupation and Makoto and Sakura are schoolgirls. None of them follow all three rules of Martinez's view that, "Japanese women are held to be gentle, submissive and beautiful…" (1998, p.2).
However, most of these positions of power are undermined by the characters history. Chun-Li wants to bring down M.Bison because he killed her father. Cammy was once a brainwashed assassin for Shadaloo (the evil organisation run by Bison). Ibuki doesn't want to be a ninja only doing it through duty to her family. If we want to go further with the reason for fighting in the tournament Makoto is fighting to restore the glory of her late father's dojo and Sakura is fighting to win the attention and affection of Ryu.
Apart from C.Viper and Rose, the female characters are affected by men and fighting for them or due to their influence. C. Viper is interesting to look at due to having a daughter whom she calls during her win quotes and her epilogue scene. Her job as a stealthy CIA agent shows her to be strong, but according to Haskell, "A woman is supposed most herself in the throes of emotion (the love of man and children) and least herself, that is, least 'womanly' in the pursuit of knowledge and success." (1987, p.4). This doesn't seem to correlate with C.Viper's win quotes from the Arcade Mode such as, "Lauren…Don't worry, I'll be home to tuck you in tonight." or, "Lauren's birthday is coming up. I wonder what she'd like…" C.Viper manages to be successful (to see these quotes/scene the player must win the match) and she still maintains a central love for her child.
Another example might be Sakura who has developed a crush on Ryu and imitates his fighting style. If she matches up with Sagat and again, just like C.Viper, she wins, she says, "I totally understand your obsession with Ryu. Isn't he just dreamy?"
As with her design Juri is also an interesting character to look at due to her sexually suggestive and aggressive language. For example;
"You're just not good enough. I can't feel a thing." "You want me to make it hurt more?" "That felt good, didn't it?"
The sexually aggressive female villain is nothing new, highlighted by Anita Sarkeesian in Season 2 of Tropes Vs. Women in the episode Sinister Seductress (2016). Sarkeesian explains, "The problem with these representations is not that they depict female characters who are sexual, it is the way sexuality is presented, as a threat or a weapon…" (feministfrequency, 2016). However, Sarkeesian continues, "…[it should be] something that should be enjoyed by these women…" From her playful quotes it's almost certain that Juri enjoys using her sexuality in her fights. The sexually aggressive female also appears in Barbara Creed's book The Monstrous Feminine where she explains that this type of female is, "…usually a sympathetic figure – is rarely punished. She [is]…the woman who seeks revenge on men who have raped or abused her in some way." (2001, p.123). This follows Juri's case as in her ending of SSFIV, she betrays Seth (the main bad guy of SSFIV), saying,
"Defeating your was nothing but an added bonus. I just wanted to pit you two idiots [Seth and Bison, the latter was her Rival character] against each other while I took over."
So while the women are sexualised in their design and under the influence of men in their context, let's have a look at the male characters for a response.
From my research it looks like the only two men of SSFIV that have jobs are Guile and El Fuerte. Guile is a major in the United States Air Force, and El Fuerte is a chef who also happens to be a luchadore. The rest of the cast (according to the Street Fighter Wikia) don't have any occupation to speak of. The possible counter to this would be M. Bison and Seth, but that's if you class "Dictator" and "Arms Dealer" as jobs. Guile's job can be seen as classically male (it being the army) and while traditionally cooking has been seen as a woman's role, but with changing times the occupation of chef (in El Fuerte's case) has become pretty gender-neutral.
There is a large amount of the male cast that have spouses, partners, and/or children, a lot different than just C.Viper on the female side. Guile, Hakan, Dhalsim, Ken, and Rufus all have significant others and/or children that are seen or mentioned in their story modes. Personally I see this as a good thing as it allows the male characters to break out of the uber-macho mould that comes with the connotations of a fighting tournament and allow to show emotions and romantic interest in much more than a "saving a damsel" role.
I also believe there are homoerotic tensions underneath the Street Fighter series. The easiest example of this is the duo of Ryu and Ken; both using the same fighting style and always needing to fight each other. Add in the narrative of SSFIV of Ken leaving his pregnant wife Eliza behind to follow his old friend and beat each other to a pulp (not unlike The Narrator in the film Fight Club (Fincher, 1999) who beats up Angel Face to dispel homoerotic tension), it's hard to not see the connotations.
Add this to the fact that the majority of players are male (Essential Facts…, 2016) and the majority of the playable male characters being seen as these perfect specimens of male power (all those ripped torsos and bulging muscles) who then proceed to beat each other up to get back to their wives and girlfriends…come on, do I have to spell it out? Paul Willeman says this is due to a need to see the male, "…'exist' (that is, walk, move, ride, fight)…and on the unquiet pleasure of seeing the male mutilated…and restored through violent brutality." (1981, p.16). Games work perfectly in this regard as with the touch of a few buttons the character is restored to perfection even if they have just been beaten unconscious.
Looking at the male characters just in the macro they are not very likable or relatable. We've got a stoic wanderer who never wants to settle down (Ryu), a braggart who goes around insulting other fighters (Rufus), a cock-sure ruthless fighter (Adon), two emotionless clones (Abel and Seth), a jailbird who was sent to prison after the breakdown of his relationship and the realisation that he loves beating people up (Cody), an evil dictator (M. Bison), three ruthless assassins (Balrog, Vega and Sagat), and a fighter who has given in to the evil within (Akuma). Sure, there are some opposites to this such as Dhlasim always fighting for the poor and needy in his village, Guy who is a Lawful Good ninja, or Dudley who is a kind gentlemen but the bad stereotypes outweigh the good.
Looking closer in, let's look at Vega, the mask-wearing assassin working for M.Bison. Vega is a narcissist, he loves his beautiful looks and believes that ugliness is evil due to childhood trauma. He epitomises Mark Simpson's idea on the metrosexual male,
"…[they] contradict the basic premise of traditional heterosexuality – that only women are looked at and only men do the looking…when all's said and done, nothing comes between him and his reflection." (1994).
This is why Vega uses his mask, to protect his face from damage. His quotes usually focus on the attractiveness of his enemies, both men and women. Vega also subscribes to the metrosexual idea in design aspects as well. He's one of the fastest and agile characters in the series and only being ranked in the "Normal" section for health, he's dwarfed by the muscles of the other fighters. His tattoo (originally used to denote him as a villain) adds to this metrosexual image, as he shows it off in his default outfit because he's not wearing a shirt.
Part II-B: Context of Virtua Fighter
Starting like SF by looking at jobs, three of the female characters are possibly viewed and objectified for their occupations due to the focus on their bodies. Pai is a movie star, Eileen works in an acrobatic/circus troupe, and Aoi is a Japanese fan dancer. In terms of the other female characters, Sarah is a college student (just like Makoto/Sakura), and Vanessa is a bodyguard.
Female characters story being influenced by male characters continues in Virtua Fighter. Pai Chan is the most obvious; she fights to prove to her father Lau that she is a good fighter and to repair the rift between them. Eileen was taught Kung Fu by her grandfather, Sarah enters the World Fighting Tournament due to her brother Jacky going, and similarly Aoi returns because of Brad. Vanessa is again the outlier and going to protect Sarah, another female character.
Male characters, again, are similar to Street Fighter in that they're not likable or relatable. Broody wanderer (Akira), cocky braggart (Jacky), aloof/absent father (Lau), spoilt noble-kid (Lion), evil monk (Lei), and Yakuza hitman (Goh) are just a few of the delightful characters on show. Jeffry fights to make enough money to hunt down a devil shark that's being haunting him since he was young. Shun-Di becomes a better fighter as he gets drunk.
El Blaze and Wolf Hawkfield are interesting additions due to both of them being professional wrestlers/fighters as their jobs focus on how they are viewed. However, as fighters they are viewed more for their strength than the female characters who are viewed more for their bodies.
Then we get to Brad. Brad is my main character and I love playing him. He got me into the fighting genre mainly due to being the only realistic representation of Muay Thai in a video game, but I grew to like his cocky win quotes. However, his character is pretty reprehensible. He's a narcissist like Vega, caring more about his appearance than the fight at hand. This can be seen in his design (seen in Part I) where he is showing off his body for the other fighter and spectators. Aoi reveals that throughout the competition he would flirt with every single other female characters to point of making some of them, Aoi in particular, uncomfortable (Virtua Fighter Wikia, 2017). Brad joins the tournament in VF5 due to their being a new female fighter. Brad's motivations make him out as a semi-borderline sexual predator.
So, what have we learnt?
Design is important. Female characters are drawn with slim waists, long legs, large breasts, and commonly with their rear facing the camera usually because a designer wanted to draw them like that because they found it attractive. When female characters are more realistically depicted they are less sexualised. Male characters can be whatever shape they want to be.
Context is also important. While female characters are sexualised, once the appropriate context is applied they can be seen as powerful individuals. This is sometimes undermined when their reasons for fighting are the adoration, respect, or the memory of men.
A feminist look at Street Fighter and Virtua Fighter could go way beyond what I've done here. I'm using an old version of Street Fighter, with Ultra SFIV and Street Fighter V both coming out recently and both containing new characters. For example, characters like Poison, who looks like this…
Poison is also a trans character so that could be an entire other essay on how trans characters are depicted…(Source: Pinterest.com)
Another new character is R. Mika whose Special Attack involves shoving her buttocks into the other fighter's face, there is a lot that could be said about those designs. A new addition to Street Fighter V is school costumes with the female dresses being incredibly short, make of that what you will.
Why is it only one body type for the female characters? It wouldn't be hard for Capcom to find realistic, athletic women to base characters off. If they've got Fei Long, who is a caricature of Bruce Lee, why not Ronda Rousey or Holly Holm or at least a woman with some abs or less bouncy boobs? Heck, Wing Chun, one of the styles of Kung Fu, was invented by women for women. What would be better than a woman using that martial art?
When Juri was first being designed, the only directives the team had were "Korean" and "female" (Jigsaw, 2009). They went through so many design ideas, "…from old ladies to ice skaters." (Jigsaw 2009). Capcom could of had an old lady fighter, but instead made a young, sexually aggressive fighter. It's an odd double standard where we can have old male characters such as Gouken and Gen from SF and Lau and Shun-Di from VF but an old female character has never appeared in either series.
So, what can be done? In a similar article about SFV on Pixelkin, Michael Martin thought it might be time to retire what he called the "cheesecake" outfits. "With the influx of female gamers and even more interested in testing the Street Fighter waters with a new sequel…why not show Laura's and the other female characters' strengths beyond their voluptuous bodies?" (Martin, 2016).
However, this could be a split in the fanbase. In an interview with EventsHubs, a previous Street Fighter champion named Luffy said he chose his main character Rose, "…right away because of the size of her breasts…" (Taylor, 2013). Obviously Capcom doesn't want to reinvent old characters, but with Street Fighter V it could have made a new, better representative female fighter. SFV introduced Laura, a completely new fighter, but she still is well-toned and has large breasts like nearly every other SF female. Interestingly her trivia page says she is, "…the heaviest female player in the game…" (Street Fighter Wikia, 2017). We're at the point where a heavy woman looks like this… (Note: This is Laura's alternative outfit, but the point still stands).
Yeah, she's totally the same body-type as Rufus…(Source: dualshockers.com).
I should also point out that both of the games are of Japanese origin and while I've been trying to use Japanese sources a lot of theory is focussed on Western film and games. While most of it is applicable it would be good to get that first-hand knowledge. One of the older Japanese pop culture books, Ian Buruma's A Japanese Mirror (1984) says, "…popular culture represents all the repressed violent and sexual desires of the Japanese." (Martinez, 1998, p.12). If that doesn't fit the characters of Street Fighter then what will? However, that book is over twenty years old, so there is definitely a gap that could be plugged there.
Edit: Just so my point is made crystal clear, I support sexy, sex-positive, and sex-driven characters. Heck, I'm in love with all three versions of Lara Croft, so I don't think I can be called a sexy-woman-hater. Chun-Li looking like she does is cool. Juri acting like she does is cool. EVERY female character looking and acting like they do is boring and uninspired. If men can fill so many personalities why do women have such a narrow field of reference? Designers may want a sexy female, but fighting games thrive on diversity, it is the thrill of picking a character and seeing the colourful array of cast members. A game wouldn't survive if every character was the same (just look at the original Street Fighter, where Ken and Ryu play exactly the same) and diversification of body types is the easiest way to do that.
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In the end I still love Street Fighter and Virtua Fighter. I still love Brad despite being a weird sex pest of a character. I still love Juri for her crazy attacks with her legs and double-entendre dialogue. I still love Laura, her fighting style is great and is dynamic. And that's why I critique it because I love games but I know they can do better especially when it comes to representation not just of women but of the lousy male stereotypes and everything in between those two binaries.
End of Part II
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Edit: Read the follow-up "Afterthoughts On A Feminist/Masculine Look At Fighting Games" here.
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Praying for our Persecutors
By EthanHelm April 13, 2015
Today, my daily bible reading included Proverbs 31 and 1 Timothy 2. Proverbs 31 is famous for the second two thirds of the chapter, which are focused on a wife of noble character (a wife such as my own). The first part of the passage is equally important.
Proverbs 31:8-9: "Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute, speak up and judge fairly, defend the rights of the poor and needy."
There is a clear message throughout scripture to take care of the poor and the needy. In the law, God instituted radical provisions to help the poor, including the Sabbath year. During the Sabbath year, the land was to lay fallow. This serves as a year of rest, but also, a year of charity. The fallow land was then to belong to the poor. The owners of the land were to store up food from the last 6 years and use it, and the poor were allowed to pick the fields and get food from them. Additionally, there was a year called the Jubilee year every 50 years, which was a radical principal and policy. Every 50 years, the land was to go back to the original owners. This way no one could accrue too much, and those who had to sell their land, had their land back. This would enable the poor to have their land back, to make sure that no one had too little, and no one had too much. Beyond these radical policies, scripture is full of admonitions to take care of the poor and needy. The Word of God stands for justice and stands against injustice. It calls for us to be a voice to the oppressed.
1 Timothy is one of the Pastoral epistles in which Paul disciples Timothy and advises the young leader. Chapter 2 starts (v.1-7), "I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone- for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all men- the testimony given in its proper time. And for this purpose I was appointed a herald and an apostle- I am telling the truth, I am not lying- and a teacher of the true faith to the Gentiles."
At the time that Paul wrote 1 Timothy, Christians were being heavily persecuted. In many ways, they were the poor and needy. They were viewed as the scum of the Earth. Eleven out of twelve apostles would be killed for proclaiming the Gospel. The one who survived (John) was allegedly burned with boiling oil. The authorities opposed the early Christians. And in fact, as Paul describes in the first chapter of 1st Timothy, he was one of them doing this. Paul describes himself as the worst of sinners. "Even though I was once a blasphemer, and a persecutor and a violent man..." Paul proclaims in 1 Timothy 1:13. So in Chapter 2, when Paul tells them to pray, intercede, and be thankful for the kings and those in authority, Paul was telling them to love their enemies similar to what Christ said in Matthew 5:43-48, "You have heard that it was said, 'love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you: love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doin that? And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect."
So thus far, we have established that God loves social justice. That the government and authorities over Paul and Timothy was actively seeking to kill the Christian community. That Paul once persecuted the church in the same fashion, and that despite this, Paul is calling for the Christians to pray, intercede, and be thankful for the government and authorities over them.
The question then for us is this: do we do the same?
The government in America is by no means as anti-Christian as the government Paul and Timothy were under. And in fact, in many ways, it is pro-Christian. Our churches are open. We live freely and can proclaim our beliefs without imprisonment. Are we praying, interceding, and thankful for those in charge of our nation?
Generally speaking, I think we fall short here. And this should cause us to pause. Perhaps part of the reason we fall short is we do not see a reason, and Paul gives us a most glorious reason.
1.) 1 Timothy 2:3 reads, "...This is good, and pleases God our Savior...." Praying, interceding, and being thankful pleases God. This answer should be sufficient for us, but God gives us more.
2.) 1 Timothy 2:4, "...who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth." Remember, Paul was one of them, and God came to him in a radical manner assigning him the role as an apostle and missionary to the Gentiles. Without this call, I would not be saved!
Should we not also pray for the leaders and authorities, that their hearts might come to cherish Christ above all things? That they might be saved from their sins and the wrath of God due them?
These two scriptures demonstrate an important juxtaposition. Christians are called to hate injustice while loving the ones from which this injustice comes. We are called to love those who persecute us. We are called to love the enemies of the cross. Which means we are to stand against police brutality, but stand with the police (most of which are innocent, and heroes). We are to stand against ISIS, but to pray for and love ISIS, praying they will have a Damascus Road like conversion. We are to hate the work of Boko Haram, and love the members, praying that they will be redeemed. We are to abhor Al-Shabab, and the evil which occurred in Kenya, while praying that their members might repent to come to know the One True God. We are even to love whichever political party that we oppose and pray for the politicians we rally against.
The call of the Christian is to love in the face of evil, to stand against evil, and to love those committing evil acts. For we are guilty of all sorts of evil acts, and through the blood of Jesus Christ, we have been forgiven much. So too should we pray that all nations and all people come to know the radical grace of our Savior.
On Losing My Virtual Footprint and Physical Ticket
By EthanHelm January 15, 2022
Thirty years ago, the technology that just turned my digital world upside down was unimaginable. I was locked out of my Google account because I foolishly left a Google voice number as a two-factor authentication. So when I was logged out of all devices unexpectedly, I couldn't receive text messages to prove my identity. The thought of trying to describe this situation to someone in the 90's is comical. What is Google? Two-factor authentication? A digital world? Similarly, I can't imagine explaining that despite having a ticket, I couldn't board a plane that had a seat for me because a computer wouldn't print my youngest child's boarding pass. In pursuing security and efficiency, have we lost common sense? Technology has changed the world so quickly that I am old enough to remember a time when manual workarounds were commonplace and young enough to expect a lot more change will come in my lifetime. I spent much of yesterday trying every possible means of recovering ten years of e
Making a List and Checking it Twice (Choose Joy)
By Elizabeth Helm December 17, 2020
Some of the best advice I heard about moving is to focus on what is good about where you are. This is solid counsel, and applicable to both temporal and geographic contentment. The pandemic provides endless opportunities for discontent, particularly comparison to how things used to be. But perspective is powerful. I could think about snow, which reminds me that Summer is by far my least favorite season (especially in pregnancy), we don't have a yard/lawn/parks, and the kids have been stuck inside for months (and now can't go three minutes without fighting). We can't bake Christmas cookies because we made the difficult but correct decision not to have an oven in our 90 degree kitchen. Our kids miss soccer, gym class, running, and having friends. And if my thoughts go in that direction, my jaw tenses up and frustration mounts. Or I could think about how we have everything we need and so many things we want. A huge fan blowing. Christmas music streaming on internet better than we oft
Giving through Christian Health Service Corps
By EthanHelm August 19, 2020
We are now Christian Health Service Corps missionaries. We've had people ask about the best ways to support us, which we will list below. Thank you for considering joining us on this mission! If you have any questions we would love to hear from you. By Check Make payable to: Christian Health Service Corps or CHSC Memo line: Project Number #176/Helm Mail to: Christian Health Service Corps PO Box 132 Fruitvale, TX 75127 Via Bill Pay Set up an automatic Bill Pay instruction through your bank/financial institution with donations mailed to the address above, giving your " Project Number 176/Helm " as the account number. Via CHSC's Website – for credit card donations Donate online at: _ https://www.healthservicecorps.org/author/helm/ (Please note when donating online that the Recurring Frequency default is monthly . Use the drop down box to choose your preference. Also, when donating online,
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