एक आदिवासी महिला किसान ने इस नई पद्धति से कैसे बढ़ाई अपनी आय CC BY-ND  — एक आदिवासी महिला, बालमती गौड़ अपने पति के साथ अपने 2 एकड़ के छोटे से खेत पर काम करती थी। वह पारम्परिक खेती के तरीकों से परिचित थी और उन्नत और टिकाऊ खेती के तरीकों से अनभिज्ञ थी। बालमती और उनके पति मुख्य रूप से वर्षा आधारित फसलें, जैसे बाजरा, दालें, धान और मौसमी सब्जियाँ… Continue reading एक आदिवासी महिला किसान ने इस नई पद्धति से कैसे बढ़ाई अपनी आय The post एक आदिवासी महिला किसान ने इस नई पद्धति से कैसे बढ़ाई अपनी आय appeared first on Village Square. ... Village Square 34 min ⟶
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Magnificent and humbling: the Paris opening ceremony was a tribute to witnessing superhuman feats of... CC BY-ND  — There has never been an opening ceremony quite like it. For the first time in Olympic Games history, the ceremony took place outside a stadium arena. Despite a rainy and miserable Paris evening, enormous crowds – most who paid no fee to attend – lined the banks of the Seine to witness this outdoor promenade of history, art and sport as 100 boats carrying 10,500 athletes sailed down the river. Designed to showcase the depth of French culture and celebrate the Olympics as a source of human greatness and unity, the ceremony combined the traditional and the irreverent. Paris featured as the unmistakable backdrop. The ceremony marked the first since 2018 that has not had to work around COVID restrictions. As the world watched, it took place amid a global context of war, invasion and genocide. Within the performances and speeches featured in the ceremony, there were aspects designed to address and acknowledge this, and promote peace and inclusion. A mission across Paris The ceremony was divided into thematic chapters, including Fraternite (fraternity), Sororite (sorority), Sportive (sportsmanship), Solidarite (solidarity), Solennite (solemnity) and Eternite (eternity). These were used as prompts to underpin each section of the sprawling, epic ceremony. Across the three hours, we travelled throughout Paris. Artists and sportspeople from across the broad spectrum of each of these fields were featured and celebrated. All was underpinned by an amazing soundtrack featuring French electro-pop bangers, classical music and opera. The ceremony was anchored by a masked torch bearer who initially arrived at the Olympic stadium only to realise they were in the wrong place. They embarked on a Parkour-like mission across the rooftops and streets of Paris with the torch held aloft. Kicked off by a short film featuring French soccer star Zinedine Zidane, followed by a performance from Lady Gaga, the ceremony brought together the iconic and the unexpected. Images of beret-wearing accordion players under bridges and the high kicks of 80 dancers in hot pink performing the can-can were interspersed with tributes to the French revolution and the contemporary rebuild of Notre Dame. There were stylishly considered moments. A single opera performer sung the French national anthem on the roof of the Grand Palais, as tribute was paid to the history of women in France. During this moment, ten golden statues featuring prominent French female political advocates, anarchists, explorers, botanists, intellectuals, journalists, artists and writers from across history emerged from plinths situated in the river. The moment ended with a soaring rendition of the anthem as the singer on the roof was accompanied by a chorus of children on a bridge across the river. The ceremony brought together tradition and contemporary performance. In a stunning moment, French-Mali singer Aya Nakamura performed with 60 musicians of the Republican Choir Guard dressed by Dior (obviously). Profoundly stunning images such as a concert pianist playing on a bridge over the River Seine on a raindrop covered piano were juxtaposed with an animated film featuring the beloved Minions (created by a French animation studio). BMX riders, breakers and circus performers on large pontoons performed death-defying stunts in front of illuminated fountains. A fashion parade on a bridge across the river featured up and coming French designers and included a demonstration of Eurodance styles including krumping, vogueing and breaking. DJs on decks and drag performers turned the Seine into Paris’ largest outdoor nightclub. Peace, inclusion and solidarity Toward the end of the three hour extravaganza, Paris was plunged into darkness as a singer standing near a burning grand piano floating on a barge delivered a poignant version of John Lennon’s Imagine. The words “We Stand and Call for Peace” in both English and French appeared on screen. This elicited an enormous cheer from the crowd, and underscored a theme appearing in speeches and theatrical images throughout the ceremony: inclusion, respect, solidarity and the role the Olympics can play in supporting these notions across global borders. “In our Olympic World we all belong,” claimed the International Olympic Committee chair Thomas Bach in his speech. Taking this idea further, as part of Solidarite, an illuminated silver mechanical horse carrying a rider wearing the Olympic flag appeared to gallop down the river. We watched images of Olympic moments over the years that united the world – and at times challenged dominant thinking. The rider emerged from the river on a dappled grey horse at the Trocadero at the base of the iconic and resplendent Eiffel Tower. A parade of flag bearers from all countries assembled behind the rider as they walked together through the streets of Paris to raise the Olympic flag and sing the Olympic anthem. It was magnificent and humbling. Zidane returned in person near the end of the ceremony to meet the masked torch bearer and was handed the Olympic torch. As the Eiffel Tower lit up with a jaw-droppingly spectacular laser display illuminating across the city, the torch travelled back down the river on a boat with athletes Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams and Carl Lewis. It continued its journey toward its final destination with a sign-interpreted electronic dance banger in the background. A parade of extraordinary French athletes completed the torch’s journey to the Olympic cauldron – a hot air balloon, a tribute to daring French inventors. The cauldron was set aflame and the balloon lifted into the air above Paris to the cheers of the crowds. Underneath the illuminated Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tour, Celine Dion sung Edith Piaf’s Hymne A l'amour. Dion’s journey to this performance has been publicly marked by illness. Her stirring and flawless performance against the odds speaks to the Olympic spirit of perseverance and witnessing superhuman feats of the extraordinary, reminding us sport and performance have much in common. Let’s hope the rest of the sporting event can match this creative beginning. Sarah Austin does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. ... The Conversation 7 hr ⟶
Vale Ray Lawler: the playwright who changed the sound of Australian theatre CC BY-ND  —  © Commonwealth of Australia (National Archives of Australia) 2023., CC BYRay Lawler, who died this week at 103, was one of the artists responsible for establishing the first non-commercial repertory theatre in Australia – the Union Repertory Theatre Company, now Melbourne Theatre Company – and the writer of its best-known play, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll. It is impossible to think of the two achievements separately. So pronounced was the Doll’s success, it cemented the position of the company. The story of the production of the play is the story of the rise of the Union Theatre. Both are inception events for the structure, outlook and values of Australian theatre today. The ‘non-existent’ Australian plays Lawler was born in Footscray in 1921, leaving school when he was 13 to work in a factory. Taking acting classes whenever he could, he started writing plays during the war after being rostered on night shift. His first job in theatre was on the vaudeville circuit, playing “straight man” to American comedian Will Mahoney. In 1953 came an all-important meeting with John Sumner, founder of the Union Theatre, and the man who would lead it for 35 years. Sumner persuaded Lawler to try directing, and Sumner prevailed upon Lawler to let the Union Repertory Theatre Company produce the Doll. The Doll was not an obvious choice. In 1954, it shared first prize with Oriel Gray’s The Torrents in a playwrights competition. But this meant little. Australian plays often achieved literary recognition. It was getting them staged that was the problem. Ray Lawler, right, on stage in The Doll, with June Jago and Lloyd Berell. © Commonwealth of Australia (National Archives of Australia) 2023., CC BY Challenges continued into rehearsals. In 1965, Niall Brennan, the Union Theatre’s front of house manager, recalled: The theatre in those days was an imported thing; Australian plays, in commercial terms, were virtually non-existent […] The play was set in Carlton, literally almost over the road from the theatre. It was very hard for everyone to realise that we were so close to home. Was it a play about shearers and wombats, muttered one critic? On November 28 1955, the Doll opened. There had been successful Australian plays before this time, notably Steele Rudd’s On Our Selection (1912) and Sumner Locke-Elliot’s Rusty Bugles (1948). It is the extent and penetration of the Doll’s impact that makes it such a signal work, as well as the quality of its dialogue, characters, and comedio-tragic narrative. An Australian classic Lawler’s tale of the deterioration and collapse of the unconventional relationship between two Queensland cane-cutters and their off-season, Melbourne-based lovers was both an assault on the wowserism of the times, and a clear-eyed dissection of values we would now call masculinist. Unlike other plays of the 1950s, it retains its force and appeal. It is one of the few we can justly call an Australian classic. Supported by the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust (predecessor to Creative Australia), the Doll toured nationally, Lawler playing the role of Barney. The national tour’s final curtain call in Darwin Town Hall, 1960. © Commonwealth of Australia (National Archives of Australia) 2023., CC BY With the help of Lawrence Olivier, the production then transferred to London’s New Theatre, where it had a similar seismic impact on British audiences, running for over eight months, and winning the Evening Standard Award for Best New Play. Ken Tynan, the rising star of theatre criticism, wrote of Lawler’s “respect for ordinary people”, amazed at his ability to portray working class characters who were neither incidental nor the butt of class humour. Not until John Osborne, Arnold Wesker and Shelagh Delaney did English drama manage a similar feat. In 1959, the Doll was turned into a film by Hecht Hill Lancaster. In 1996, it was adapted as a chamber opera by Richard Mills. A singular event Lawler had a long career in theatre, but never repeated the triumph of the Doll. In 1957, he left Australia to live in Denmark, Britain and Ireland. Returning in 1975, he rejoined Sumner at the Melbourne Theatre Company until both retired in 1987. In 1975 and 1976, Lawler wrote two prequel plays, Kid’s Stakes and Other Times. Together, they make up The Doll Trilogy, complementing other trilogies in the Australian repertoire such as Peter Kenna’s Cassidy Album (1978), Janis Balodis’ The Ghosts Trilogy (1997) and Jack Davis’ The First Born Trilogy (1988). In retrospect, two things can be said about the Doll’s success. First, it is easy to take for granted and fall into rote deprecation of its influence, like the theatre critic Harry Kippax when complaining about a rush of subsequent plays he dubbed “the Doll clones”. Playwrights are not responsible for the drama they inspire, only the work they create. The Doll remains a singular event for Australian theatre, and for Australian culture more broadly, as it has tacked away from its British colonial origins. Second, while many Australians have heard about Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, and a good proportion have seen it, the play remains largely unproduced overseas. Here, the drama’s strengths may count against it. The authenticity of language and character that grabbed audiences in the 1950s, and remains impressive now, is hard to reproduce for non-Australian actors. The power and the challenge of the Doll is that it resists globalised interpretation: it remains supremely and stubbornly an Australian play. The last word can perhaps be given to Brennan about that opening night audience: None of us could understand it. The jinx [on Australian drama] had just gone! They clapped the house curtain when it went up, and they clapped the set. They clapped every actor who came on and the roars which greeted Ray’s own entrance were tremendous. When the curtain came down at the end, the theatre almost shook. Julian was Associate Director and Literary Adviser at Melbourne Theatre Company 2002-2007. ... The Conversation 7 hr ⟶
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How collaboration from across Canada, and the world, is helping fight the Alberta wildfires CC BY-ND  — Hundreds of firefighters from as far afield as Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and South Africa are being deployed to western Canada to help fight wildfires while a major fire has damaged a third of the structures in the picturesque town of Jasper. Australian fire managers have arrived in Lac La Biche, Alta. while other experts from Australia and New Zealand were deployed to British Columbia to assist with wildfires there. Meanwhile, over 200 firefighters and two helicopters from Ontario headed to Alberta to lend a hand. But, why do these kinds of exchanges happen and how are they co-ordinated? The answer to these questions provides some fascinating insights into both the dynamics of Canadian wildfires and the nuances of global disaster relief efforts. Read more: The 2024 Jasper Fire is a grim reminder of the urgency of adopting a Canadian national wildfire strategy Uneven cycles Wildfire managers in Canada face a significant problem. In some years, a province will experience massive wildfire activity, while in other years, very little will burn. In a year like 2023, B.C. burned an area more than five times the size of Prince Edward Island — while in 2011, it burned less than three times the equivalent size of the city of Charlottetown. This creates a “peak load problem.” Fire management agencies need to be able to manage the worst of years, but also risk being the target of criticism for being overstaffed or too expensive during quieter ones. Yet, staff need to be hired and trained, equipment needs to be purchased, and aircraft must be procured before the season even begins. To solve the peak load problem, Canadian fire management relies on a system of mutual aid. Fire agencies across Canada staff at a roughly appropriate level to the requirements of their ‘average’ fire season and if a province experiences lower-than-average fire loads then they are able to lend personnel and equipment to those that may be experiencing higher than average fire activity. This exchange is typically co-ordinated through a small but essential group of experts within the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) who co-ordinate potential exchanges between its members. An exchange begins with the agency in need making a request. This request is transmitted to CIFFC, which looks for availability among the other members. For example, if Alberta needs a waterbombing aircraft that Ontario is willing to share, or if Nova Scotia requires incident management personnel that the Yukon can make available then the CIFFC can help facilitate such efforts. A report on the 2024 Jasper wildfire produced by CBC News. These exchanges are governed by the Canadian Interagency Mutual Aid Resources Sharing (MARS) agreement which addresses the legal issues, procedures and costs involved in these collaborative efforts. In making a request, the receiving agency agrees to repay the costs of these resources, and in offering to fulfill an order, the sending agency agrees to provide staff and equipment that are up to the standards of the MARS agreement. Collaborative efforts CIFFC’s role in fighting fires in Canada is absolutely crucial. Not only does it move thousands of personnel and pieces of equipment per season, but it also helps to ensure firefighting infrastructure is in good working order outside of the fire season. How do you ensure every hose in the country can connect to every pump, so that it can all be exchanged? How do you ensure that incident management teams will be able to slip into their role seamlessly and work well with counterparts across the country? CIFFC brings member agencies together year-round to negotiate these painstaking details so that pumps from Ontario coming off an airplane in Alberta can immediately be plugged into hoses from Manitoba by firefighters from Saskatchewan. When Canadian resources are fully exhausted the provinces can also turn to CIFFC to broker international requests. This is done in much the same way: a request is made, CIFFC seeks available resources from international partners and the requesting agency repays the costs. Some patterns may emerge, such as a tendency to only bring incident managers from expensive destinations like Australia, while bringing more firefighters from closer locales like the United States and Mexico. Moreover, these international exchanges haven’t been without controversy, with recurring disputes around the relative wages paid to international partners being a common theme. It is impossible to overstate the degree to which Canada depends on mutual aid — both from within Canada and from around the world — to manage a country increasingly ravaged by wildfires. Fire managers routinely talk about the “Spirit of the MARS,” or the shared commitment in Canada to manage our fires together, and this collaborative spirit is in many ways our greatest asset in the fight against wildfires. That being said, the mutual aid system is also not without challenges that must be addressed. One challenge is climate change. As the wildfire seasons lengthen, it will become more and more difficult to draw resources from the southern hemisphere. As fires drag into Australian autumns and emerge earlier in Canadian springs, it will become more difficult to rely other countries during their traditional quiet periods. Additionally, as the fire load rises across the whole country and whole season, it becomes harder to find resources in quiet times elsewhere within the country. Read more: As wildfires become more frequent and intense, how will persistent smoke exposure affect long-term health? These pressures mean that it’s critical every member agency continues to increase their capacity as their fire load increases, rather than relying only on other provinces to backfill. The variability of the “peak load” problem will continue, but as the wildfire season grows, Canada’s provinces and territories will need to be prepared not just for their own needs but to be on hand to help their fellow Canadians as well. Unexpected benefits Canada depends on mutual aid to manage its fire. Moreover, mutual aid brings all sorts of other benefits. Mutual aid in firefighting efforts build trusted relationships and professional exchanges as firefighters collaborate across the country. The very practical exchange of learning, knowledge, and experience beyond what a firefighter could ever hope to acquire working within their province alone is itself a huge asset to Canadian firefighting efforts. Confronting the challenge of a future in flames requires investing in the “Spirit of the MARS,” and continuing to lean on mutual aid rather than attempting to go it alone. Eric Kennedy receives funding from Natural Resources Canada, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. ... The Conversation 10 hr ⟶
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Paris Olympics: Canada’s soccer drone scandal highlights the need for ethics education CC BY-ND  — The Canadian women’s soccer team has become the centre of controversy after reports from the 2024 Paris Olympics revealed the team used a drone to observe the New Zealand soccer team’s training sessions. That has led to New Zealand’s team lodging a formal complaint with the International Olympic Committee. Canada’s Olympic committee has since apologized for the incident and removed the head coach of the women’s soccer team, Bev Priestman, from the Canadian Olympic team. Two other team staffers have also been sent home and one has received a suspended prison sentence. This is not the first time in history that an incident like this has occurred. Further reports indicate this incident is part of a broader pattern, suggesting that Canada’s national soccer teams have a history of using drones and other spying techniques to observe opponents’ training sessions. Canada Soccer CEO Kevin Blue recently revealed that the men’s team also attempted to use drones to spy on other teams at the recent Copa América championship in the United States. This practice highlights the urgent need for comprehensive ethical education and stricter regulations to prevent such breaches in sports. Unethical behaviour in sport The “win at all costs” mentality pervasive in sports competitions has driven several organizations to commit similar infractions. In the 2019 “Spygate” scandal in English football, Leeds United’s then-manager Marcelo Bielsa admitted to sending a staff member to spy on Derby County’s training sessions. During the 2007 Women’s World Cup in Wuhan, China, Denmark officials requested FIFA investigate after discovering men with cameras at a closed training session. Despite the Danish team’s complaints, FIFA chose not to take further action. That same year, the New England Patriots’ “Spygate” scandal involved the organization videotaping the New York Jets defensive signals during a game, resulting in significant fines and the loss of draft picks. Similarly, the Houston Astros’ sign-stealing scandal from 2017-2018 involved the use of a camera system to record and steal signs from opposing teams, leading to heavy penalties and the firing of key personnel. Additionally, in 2018, Barcelona Football Club faced accusations of hiring a company to create fake social media accounts to criticize players and opponents. These ethical breaches, driven by the intense pressure to succeed in professional sports, are just the tip of the iceberg. What sets the Canadian soccer scandal apart is that it occurred on the world stage, causing reputational damage, not only to women’s soccer and soccer overall, but also to the Canadian Olympic team. This incident raises questions about Canada’s commitment to ethical standards in sports, potentially impacting the nation’s international reputation and trust in Canadian athletes. These kinds of incidents can damage a country’s image and credibility. Recall the outrage when Russian figure skating judges rigged the results during the 2002 Winter Olympics. Lack of ethical sensitivity Unless foundational changes are made, these infractions will continue to persist. What is often lacking in competitive sports is ethical sensitivity among its participants. This includes the inability to interpret a particular situation as an ethical issue and a lack of awareness of the possible actions and their effects on the concerned parties. The prevailing approach to unethical behaviour in sports often involves investigating, fines and firing personnel. That is quickly followed by forgetting about the incident. However, this pattern of actions fails to address or rectify the underlying causes of unethical conduct in sports. There are several reasons why sports infractions continue despite the significant consequences. Business management and psychology experts have explained how the ability to recognize and correctly evaluate ethical dilemmas is essential for making good ethical decisions. They identify that the degree of moral intensity — how personally invested one feels — as well as organizational barriers and cultural norms, determines the likelihood of recognizing unethical behavior. Comprehensive ethics education Several factors in professional sport culture numb our moral intensity. In competitive sports, the pressure to succeed and the culture surrounding it can often cloud a person’s ethical judgment, leading to decisions that prioritize winning over ethical considerations. The drive to win overshadows the ethical implications of certain behaviours. There are also cultural norms embedded in sport organizations that can make certain competitive behaviours seem acceptable, even if they border on unethical. In addition athletes and coaches might believe their actions are unlikely to cause harm. That is particularly so if the immediate reward, such as winning a game, diminishes the perceived ethical implications. Additionally, in sports, the focus on team success can create a sense of distance from those who may be harmed by unethical actions. There is a crucial need for comprehensive ethics education. This education should empower sports professionals to navigate ethical quandaries, enhance their decision-making skills and understand the incentives and organizational pressures that can impair their judgment. With national pride, coaching careers and athletes’ futures on the line, it is crucial we truly embrace and teach the values that embody good sportsmanship. The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. ... The Conversation 11 hr ⟶
Opinion: Climate-friendly food systems start with different values, not technologies CC BY-ND  — Mainstream conversations about transforming Western food systems in light of their adverse impacts on things such as climate and biodiversity have become overly dominated by a handful of relatively superficial technological matters. In the ongoing debate over the promises, merits and pitfalls of different sources of protein, for example, details like carbon emissions, productivity and efficiency have become the primary — and sometimes only — benchmarks used to evaluate and compare solutions. While these matter, there are additional factors that deserve as much, if not more, consideration. In particular, two questions need to be asked far more often than they currently are if we want to transform our food systems in service of society and the planet. First, how does a solution affect the connection among people, their food and where that food comes from? Second, how does it affect who has control over, and who can participate in, food production and distribution?  People often ask me for my take on technologies such as lab-grown meats. Unfortunately, I often disappoint those looking for an ally or a simple answer by starting with an enthusiastic, “It depends!” This is because the principal challenges facing our food systems are not technological in nature. Rather, they are political and economic. Impacts on climate, biodiversity and poverty are all far more a product of how our food systems are organized than of the tools we are using. We lose so much when we don’t interact with the plants, animals, people and places involved in cultivating and harvesting our food. Our food systems are wreaking havoc on our climate, landscapes and seascapes because they separate us from one another and from the lands, waters, plants, animals and ecological processes that make food production possible. Synthetic fertilizers and pesticides mask the needs and health of the soil and surrounding ecosystem. Complex and lengthy supply chains, proprietary technologies,and closed-door facilities disconnect us from the unethical treatment of animals. Colonial systems of appropriation and development have privatized and commodified food, seeds and the land, leaving most of us beholden to the agendas of a handful of large agribusiness… Read More The post Opinion: Climate-friendly food systems start with different values, not technologies appeared first on Ensia. ... Ensia 12 hr ⟶
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Bordadeiras se orgulham do uniforme brasileiro nas Olimpíadas de Paris: 'nada inferior' CC BY-ND  — Trabalhadoras se reuniram para assistir, pela TV, cerimônia de abertura dos jogos de Paris 2024 ... Brasil de Fato 12 hr ⟶
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Video game performers are becoming Hollywood stars in their own right − and are on strike to be paid... CC BY-ND  — Hollywood's video game performers voted to go on strike on July 25, 2024. AP Photo/Eugene GarciaHollywood screenwriters went on strike in May 2023. Two months later, actors joined them on the picket line. Those strikes ended later that year with historic deals that included, for the first time, protections regarding the use of artificial intelligence. Now it’s video game actors’ turn. After nearly two years of negotiations with gaming companies, video game performers, who are represented by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists union, announced that they would go on strike due to an impasse over protections from generative AI. The strike began at 12:01 a.m. on July 26, 2024. The Conversation U.S. asked James Dawes, a scholar of video game narration, about the role voice actors have traditionally played in this industry and the threat that AI could pose to these performers. What is this strike about? The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists voted to authorize a strike, with an overwhelming 98.32% of the union’s members voting “Yes.” SAG-AFTRA’s 160,000 members will refuse to work on video games produced by the industry’s major developers in support of the union’s more than 2,500 video game performers, which include voice actors and those who use their bodies to bring video game characters to life – often referred to as “mocap,” or motion-capture actors. A key sticking point appears to involve the AI protections offered to performers. SAG-AFTRA charges that gaming giants such as Activision, Disney and Electronic Arts have refused to “plainly affirm, in clear and enforceable language, that they will protect all performers covered by this contract in their A.I. language.” Representatives for the industry counter that they have already agreed to historic wage increases and meaningful AI protections that include consent and fair compensation. How has voice acting in video games evolved? The video game industry has gone from a niche form of entertainment to a force that rivals Hollywood, with estimated revenues exceeding US$200 billion in 2023. Voice and mocap acting have evolved along with it. For the 1983 classic Dragon’s Lair, game developers did the voice acting themselves to keep costs low, which means that among the first voice actors are Vera Lanpher Pacheco and Dan Molina, the game’s head of assistant animators and sound engineer, respectively. The jump from that cringey-but-beloved amateur work to the voice acting of today represents one of the most rapid advances in any modern aesthetic medium. Now performances like those of Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson are drawing the attention of major film and television studios. Their work in the 2013 action-adventure title The Last of Us earned them honorific cameos in the smash hit HBO series adaptation of the game. How crucial are actors to video games? Put simply, voice and body acting are as essential for a video game’s success as they are in movies and TV shows. Immersion – that magical state in which gamers lose themselves and feel transported to more exciting, more fulfilling worlds – depends upon soulful and persuasive performances. I’ll never forget the moment when I walked into the family television room and saw my hyperactive, 12-year-old son sobbing as he listened to the final voice-overs of Red Dead Redemption 2. Now a college student, he remembers that performance like my parents remember the death of the dog starring in “Old Yeller” and I remember E.T. phoning home. Gamers may come for the hacking and slashing, but many of them stay for the characters. Is performing in video games lucrative? Compared with their film and television counterparts, video game performers are still relatively invisible. But their fan bases are rapidly expanding. When Amelia Tyler, the dungeon master narrator for Baldur’s Gate 3, released clips of her outtakes and bloopers on YouTube, they became viral hits, garnering more than 2.5 million views. A behind-the-scenes look at Baldur’s Gate 3 thrilled fans. Unfortunately, the bulk of the earnings go to established movie stars. When publishers and studios seek to generate excitement about forthcoming games, they’ll recruit actors such as Keanu Reeves, Kiefer Sutherland or Patrick Stewart to voice characters. According to one agent, a big-name movie star can garner upward of six figures for a single recording session. However, SAG-AFTRA points out that at the low end of the pay scale, performers are paid as little as $902 for four hours of work. Legendary voice actress Jennifer Hale recently revealed that she was paid just $1,200 for her first voice-acting gig in the Metal Gear Solid series. Will AI be able to easily replace voice actors? Video games present special aesthetic and technical challenges. Performers need to differentiate death by a knife to the throat from a bullet to the chest. They need to protect their voices while recording screams over background gunfire. And they also need to authentically capture the vulnerability of romantic and sexual relationships. For its recent smash hit Baldur’s Gate 3, Larian Studios set an industry precedent by hiring intimacy coordinators for its performers. At the extreme ends, there are two ways of thinking about the effect AI will have on any industry: You are either an AI boomer or an AI doomer; you either believe the technology will usher in a new era of creativity and possibility, or you believe it will destroy everything we hold dear. I became involved in AI research by way of drones and the global weaponization of artificial intelligence – literal end-of-the-world scenarios – so I tend to focus on the risks. And the risk here is that large corporations will purloin the creative work of artists to reap even more profit and, eventually, displace them altogether. At its core, the strike is an attempt to protect some of the most essential but least compensated and least protected workers in a multibillion-dollar industry. James Dawes does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. ... The Conversation 12 hr ⟶
Offshore oil plans in Brazil threaten South America’s largest coral reef CC BY-ND  — Regional government defends oil drilling in the Pará-Maranhão basin despite vetoes from Brazil’s environmental regulator ... Agência Pública 13 hr ⟶
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Conservationists look for new ways to fight oil pipelines in southern Mexico CC BY-ND  — Mexico has pledged to more than double its clean energy output by 2030, investing in solar and wind power while transitioning away from fossil fuels. Yet the country continues to lag behind on its renewable energy targets, producing just 12% of its power from clean sources last year, watchdogs have found. At the same time, […] ... Mongabay 13 hr ⟶
সরকারকে ইউনেস্কোর ৭২ ঘন্টার সময়সীমা বেঁধে দেওয়ার তথ্যটি ভুয়া CC BY-ND  — বুম বাংলাদেশ দেখেছে, সরকারকে বহিষ্কার সংক্রান্ত কোনো হুমকি দেয়নি জাতিসংঘের শিক্ষা ও সংস্কৃতি বিষয়ক সংস্থা ইউনেস্কো। ... BOOM Live 13 hr ⟶
In sub-Saharan Africa, ‘forgotten’ foods could boost climate resilience, nutrition CC BY-ND  — For many people across sub-Saharan Africa, Cleome gyandra, commonly known as the spider plant, is not food: it’s a weed. A tall, leggy plant with stars of almond-shaped leaves and clusters of white flowers, the spider plant is particularly common in Southern and East African countries. Yet until recently, it was a “forgotten” crop: sometimes […] ... Mongabay 14 hr ⟶
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26 de julho: evento no Armazém do Campo de SP celebra o Dia da Rebeldia Nacional de Cuba CC BY-ND  — Noite contará com debates, aula de salsa, música cubana e pratos típicos ... Brasil de Fato 14 hr ⟶
Largest GDP in the world, the US reject Lula's proposal in the G20 to tax billionaires CC BY-ND  — France, Spain and South Africa support the Brazilian initiative, while Germany had already declared ... Brasil de Fato 14 hr ⟶
Roger Waters declares support for Maduro in Venezuela and says his right-wing opponent is a 'sock pu... CC BY-ND  — In a video shared online, the British musician says Edmundo Urrutia is Corina Machado's puppet and serves the US ... Brasil de Fato 14 hr ⟶
Brazil’s wildcat mining is deeply rooted in its politics and thirst for minerals CC BY-ND  — Gold mining has been a feature of the Andean Amazon since pre-Colombian times and, along with silver, it was the cornerstone of the economy in the colonial and republican periods. In Brazil, gold mining was a source of wealth for the Portuguese crown and a major diver in the colonization of Mato Grosso and Rondônia […] ... Mongabay 14 hr ⟶
As wildfires become more frequent and intense, how will persistent smoke exposure affect long-term h... CC BY-ND  — Wildfire smoke has become a common feature of Canadian summers, fuelled by bigger, more intense and more frequent wildfires. In 2023, Canada experienced its worst wildfire season on record, with many communities contending with weeks of hazy, orange skies and frequent air quality alerts. The 2024 wildfire season started early, with fires currently burning across much of western Canada. Ongoing wildfires near Jasper, Alta. have prompted widespread evacuation and blanketed the province in smoke, triggering air quality advisories. Read more: The 2024 Jasper Fire is a grim reminder of the urgency of adopting a Canadian national wildfire strategy As climate change increases temperatures, dries out forests and exacerbates drought conditions, our exposure to wildfire smoke is likely to increase. Air quality impacts of wildfire smoke Although Canada has seen notable improvements in air quality over the past 30 years, increasingly frequent and intense periods of wildfire smoke threaten to undo this progress. In the last two decades, while emissions from most pollution sources declined, Canadians’ exposure to wildfire smoke has increased by approximately 220 per cent. As a result, in places impacted by wildfires, the annual average concentrations of PM2.5 are now increasing for the first time in several decades. PM2.5 (particulate matter that is smaller than 2.5 micrometers diameter) are the tiny particles in smoke that impact our health. As emissions from other sources of PM2.5 continue to decline, wildfires will become the dominant source of particle pollution in Canada, changing when, how often and how much people are exposed to pollution, and how air quality is managed. For many, checking the local air quality will become as routine as checking the weather forecast. As communities are exposed to wildfire smoke more regularly and over longer durations, year after year, it is critical to consider what these changing exposure patterns mean for our health. Longer-term health implications of wildfire smoke Wildfire smoke has historically been considered by public health professionals and air quality managers as a sporadic, short-term exposure, given the previously intermittent and infrequent nature of wildfires. Research on wildfire smoke reflects this, with most studies focused on the influence of exposure over days to weeks on acute health outcomes such as asthma exacerbations or cardiac arrests. However, as wildfire smoke becomes a more frequent and persistent feature of summers in North America and around the world, researchers have begun to consider the longer-term health implications. There is growing evidence that exposure to wildfire smoke over the course of a year or more is linked to premature mortality, with one study estimating that long-term exposure causes 570 to 2,500 early deaths per year in Canada. Wildfire smoke may also reduce lung function in the years following exposure, and living near wildfires may increase the risk of certain lung and brain cancers. Prolonged exposure to wildfire smoke has also been linked to poorer standardized test performance among students and increased risk of dementia in older adults. Exposure during pregnancy may also increase the risk of pre-term birth and low birthweight, both of which are threats to health and quality of life throughout childhood. Decades of research on the chronic health effects of PM2.5 from non-wildfire sources support this emerging evidence for wildfire smoke. In fact, there is some indication that the particles in wildfire smoke may be more toxic to human health than the particles from other sources, potentially due to differences in particle composition or the combined effects of wildfire-generated particles with other pollutants in smoke. While it is increasingly clear that exposure to wildfire smoke poses a threat to our long-term health, more research is needed to address unanswered, but critical questions, such as: If a child is exposed to wildfire smoke summer after summer, what does this mean for their health in adulthood? Which poses a greater risk to our health: shorter periods of extreme smoke or longer periods of mild smoke? What are the best strategies for reducing the long-term health risks of wildfire smoke, which unlike other sources, cannot be controlled directly through legislation or technology? As researchers continue to investigate the implications of prolonged and repeated exposures, there are steps Canadians can take to reduce health risks. Pay attention to local air quality alerts, understand your personal risk and know what actions you can take on smoky days. These measures will mitigate the immediate health risks of exposure and may play an important role in protecting your health years down the line. Stephanie Cleland receives funding from the Canadian Institute of Health Research.Ryan Allen has used portable air cleaners purchased at a discounted rate from Coway in his research. ... The Conversation 14 hr ⟶
The Amazon’s most fertile forests are also most vulnerable to drought: Study CC BY-ND  — The Amazon’s most fertile, productive forests, which are critical for supplying Brazil’s agricultural region with rainfall, are also the most vulnerable to drought, according to recent research that has mapped drought resilience across the basin. An international team of researchers analyzed 20 years of satellite data to understand why some forests might be more resilient […] ... Mongabay 14 hr ⟶
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