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HARMAN Technology Forum Returns to Unpack the Future of Metaverse, Mobility & Experiences
Technology visionaries, business leaders, and transportation pioneers will gather in Las Vegas discuss the latest developments in the metaverse, mobility, and consumer experience innovations
STAMFORD, Conn. – September 12, 2022 – HARMAN, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. focused on connected technologies and solutions for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets, today announced the return of HARMAN Technology Forum 2022. Taking place on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, at The Theater in Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas, this year's HARMAN Technology Forum event will convene in-depth discussions from business and technology leaders about how the metaverse, modern mobility and other experiential technologies are poised to transform the entertainment, commerce, transportation and consumer experience industries.
"As a global leader in experience-led technologies, we at HARMAN are looking forward to bringing forth a thoughtful discussion this year around the bleeding-edge experiential technologies that are reshaping our connected lives," said Michael Mauser, President and Chief Executive Officer, HARMAN. "With an eye to the future, we've been interested in how the metaverse and modern mobility solutions are going to impact many of our key industries like automotive, consumer, technology and audio. With HARMAN Technology Forum, we have built a great platform where leaders across these industries can come together, learn about the latest emerging technologies, and have a meaningful dialogue about the ever-evolving consumer experience landscape."
HARMAN Technology Forum will once again be hosted by Shibani Joshi, National Business and Technology Journalist, and the event schedule will include:
Martin Eberhard, Co-Founder and former CEO of Tesla, will discuss the future of transportation in a fireside chat moderated by Darrin Shewchuk, Vice President of Public Affairs & Communications at HARMAN.
Cathy Hackl, a globally recognized metaverse expert and tech futurist, will de-mystify the metaverse, and take attendees on a deep dive into the multitude of opportunities that await consumers, businesses, and society at large.
Metaverse – The Consumer Zeitgeist: The panel will address how brands are reaching Gen-Z audiences in the metaverse, and how the metaverse, NFTs and Web 3.0 are already transforming how consumers socialize, shop, play, and travel. This thought-provoking panel will feature HARMAN partners and metaverse pioneers such as Alex Saratsis, Co-Managing Director at Octagon; Lawrence Edmondson, Chief Technology Officer at Barbarian; and Teddy Zee, Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer at mintNFT; and will be moderated by award-winning freelance journalist Abigail Bassett.
The Future of Mobility: With an eye on the future, this panel will explore groundbreaking innovations like the metaverse, developments in AR, VR, and mixed reality, and other novel automated technologies that are reshaping mobility experiences and the transportation industry. This forward-looking panel discussion among experts and leaders in the mobility space will include Dr. Anita Sengupta, CEO and Founder at Hydroplane Ltd.; Chris Ludwig, Vice President – EPIC Experience Team at HARMAN; and David Rhodes, Senior Vice President and General Manager at Unity; and will be moderated by experienced freelance automotive journalist Marcus Amick.
Closing Address: Delivered by Michael Mauser, President and Chief Executive Officer of HARMAN, the closing address will convene the day's discussions and lead to the announcement of the HARMAN-XTC Challenge Winner.
HARMAN-XTC Startup Challenge
As a founding partner of Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC), the world's largest ecosystem and competition for purpose-driven technology, HARMAN collaborated with XTC to launch the HARMAN-XTC Startup Challenge. Under the theme "Metaverse, the Consumer Connection and Emerging Technologies in Mobility", dozens of startups from around the world were solicited to share their breakthrough innovations that will impact tomorrow's entertainment, consumer and mobility experiences. The Top 8 finalists of this challenge will present their innovations in a fast-pitch rotation, facilitated by Victoria Slivkoff, Executive Managing Director of XTC and XTC co-Founder and legendary investor Bill Tai, partner emeritus of Charles River Ventures. The winner will be determined by live audience voting.
The HARMAN-XTC Challenge finalists are:
Chargd
Dingole
GoGoTech (Abby)
Kardome
Open Sesame Media
psHolix
"The HARMAN-XTC Startup Challenge will open our eyes to new, powerful technologies and solutions that are designed to shape our future for the better," said Young Sohn, Chairman of the Board at HARMAN and Co-Founder of Extreme Tech Challenge. "As the HARMAN Technology Forum event seeks to uncover discussions about emerging technologies that are evolving consumer experiences and addressing key industry challenges, this serves as a terrific forum for a synergistic partnership on the first-ever HARMAN-XTC Startup Challenge. This year's class of XTC innovators have already begun to make waves in their industries, and with the support of Extreme Tech Challenge and HARMAN, we are confident in their potential to make a true difference in the world."
HARMAN Technology Forum is hosted in tandem with JBL Fest, HARMAN's signature 3-day brand experience that delivers unique experiences at the intersection of music, gaming and sports. To learn more about HARMAN Technology Forum, visit: https://harmantechforum.com/
HARMAN (harman.com) designs and engineers connected products and solutions for automakers, consumers, and enterprises worldwide, including connected car systems, audio and visual products, enterprise automation solutions; and services supporting the Internet of Things. With leading brands including AKG®, Harman Kardon®, Infinity®, JBL®, Lexicon®, Mark Levinson® and Revel®, HARMAN is admired by audiophiles, musicians and the entertainment venues where they perform around the world. More than 50 million automobiles on the road today are equipped with HARMAN audio and connected car systems. Our software services power billions of mobile devices and systems that are connected, integrated and secure across all platforms, from work and home to car and mobile. HARMAN has a workforce of approximately 30,000 people across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. In 2017, HARMAN became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
About Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC)
Extreme Tech Challenge is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public benefit corporation whose mission is to empower startups creating new tech innovations to address global challenges. It is the world's largest ecosystem and competition for purpose-driven technology inspired by the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). XTC is supported by leading corporations, venture capital investors, foundations, policymakers, universities and tech conferences to give exceptional startups the potential for global visibility, the opportunity to raise capital, the ability to network with global leaders, and access to world-class mentorship to help them pioneer technological breakthroughs that address our most extreme global challenges. A complete list of XTC partners and how to join can be found at www.extremetechchallenge.org.
Denise Daly
denise.daly@harman.com
Extreme Tech Challenge
Victoria Slivkoff
victoria@extremetechchallenge.org
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Mubtaahij got his first Grade 1 win in the $300,000 Awesome Again S. (G1) at Santa Anita in his first start for Bob Baffert.
The well-traveled 5-year-old has been to Dubai and back several times in his racing career, winning the 2015 UAE Derby (G2), running second in the 2016 Dubai World Cup (G1) and Woodward S. (G1) before Saturday's breakthrough win, which was a guaranteed "Win and You're In" race for next month's Breeders' Cup Classic (G1).
Mubtaahij had been off since running fourth in this year's Dubai World Cup in late March, and was second choice in the Awesome Again, behind stablemate Cupid. Going into the first turn, Mubtaahij got pinched back between horses and settled into sixth, about a half-dozen lengths off the lead going into the backstretch.
Drayden Van Dyke got Mubtaahij into gear with three furlongs to run, coming around horses into the stretch, eventually wearing down pacesetter Midnight Storm and holding off the late rush of Win the Space to win by 1 1/2-lengths in 1:51.32 for the nine furlongs.
"I think the blinkers kept (him) more focused today," Baffert said of the equipment change. "I didn't want to change too much, though. He's a classy horse. ... This horse—his last two works really impressed us. I just threw him in here and he has the class. He's proven."
Mubtaahij, owned by by Sheikh Mohammed al Maktoum, is one of the leading active earners in racing, with $4,529,332 to date. Baffert has won the Awesome Again a record five times, previously with Game On Dude (in 2012 and 2011), Richard's Kid (2010), and Silver Charm (1998).


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The 10 nastiest social media marketing mishaps of 2016
There is not necessarily a right way to use social media for corporate marketing or branding, but there sure are many wrong ways. These 10 organizations provide real-world examples of how NOT to use social.
By James A. Martin, CIO | PT
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Hey, social media marketers. Yes, you. Check your facts. Get another pair of eyes on tweets before you post them. Think about how people beyond your geographic target audience might react. Use a separate smartphone for brand tweets, to avoid posting personal updates to professional social accounts. And never, ever, forget: Social media is the land of trolls.
These are just a few of the lessons you can learn from the biggest social media mistakes of 2016 (thus far). Some of the following 10 missteps — including one from the U.S. Justice Department — are at least understandable. Others are, well … nothing short of stupefying.
The 2016 Oscars famously caught a lot of heat for being "too white." In that charged atmosphere, style blog Total Beauty tweeted a picture of "Oprah Winfrey" on the red carpet. Except, whoopsie daisy, it was Whoopi Goldberg in the pic. The tweet's author apparently couldn't tell the difference between the two world-famous African Americans.
The Twitterverse and media pounced on the faux pas. Total Beauty deleted the tweet about an hour after it posted, according to Entertainment Weekly. And Oprah's pal Gayle King tweeted a reaction shot of Oprah in a "WTF?" pose, with a caption that read, "We all love @whoopigoldberg but we don't all look alike."
In Thailand, light skin is associated with high social status, while darker skin is associated with lower-class status, according to Reuters.
Earlier this year, Seoul Secret, a beauty company in Thailand, posted an online video ad for a skin-whitening pill. In the video, a Thai actress appeared in blackface. As if that weren't outrageous enough, the video also proclaimed, "You just need to be white to win."
Cue the international outrage via social media and the press, which forced Seoul Secret to issue an apology and pull the video and all related ads. Let this serve as a social 101 lesson for brands: While you may think you're talking to a specific geographic audience, the internet is global.
During July's Republican National Convention, a tweet from the U.S. Justice Department's account linked to a CNN story about Melania Trump's speech. The tweet called CNN "the biggest troll of them all," a declaration it punctuated with a "lmao" and "#petty." (The CNN story was about the fact that no one was going to be fired after the Melania Trump speech "plagiarism episode.")
A staffer in the Justice Department's public affairs office accidentally posted the tweet using the official department account instead of a personal account, according to TIME magazine. The incident is a reminder of why it's important for organizations to give social media reps company smartphones, to help prevent such gaffes, says Mary Nice, social media strategist for Convince & Convert, a social media and content marketing consultancy.
Want to really bring out the Twitter trolls? Easy. Just post a fill in the blank message, as ALDI Australia did in January. The supermarket chain posted an image on Twitter with the sentence "I became an ALDI lover when I tasted ______ for the first time" and asked its Twitter followers to complete the statement.
The company's "seemingly innocent tweet delivered a slew of unpleasant responses," says Nice of Convince & Convert. One of the more polite responses was "diarrhea," while another was "the bitter tears of a social media idea gone wrong," according to News.com.au. Lesson learned: A fresh set of eyes on your tweets before posting them is always helpful, according to Nice.
Miracle Mattress of San Antonio decided to hold a "Twin Towers" mattress sale for the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. In a promotional Facebook video, the store manager explained how customers could save money during the sale. Two men behind her, standing before two mattress "towers," fall back and cause the mattresses to fall. "We will never forget," the store manager says, in mock seriousness.
The Huffington Post said the video "might be the most offensive commercial of all time." Amidst calls of a store boycott, the CEO publicly apologized and Miracle Mattress removed the offending video, but not before someone reposted it to YouTube. Lesson learned: What goes online may stay online. Forever.
A British butcher and Prince fan created a plate of purple sausages in honor of the deceased singer. He showcased the sausages, along with a Prince CD and a purple feather, in his Devon store window, the The Mirror reported in April.
The trouble was, Prince confirmed his vegetarian status in a 2011 TV interview and was known to shun animal byproducts, such as leather. PETA and others reacted with distaste to the sausage tribute, which was shared in the media and on social media, and suggested the butcher create a meatless sausage to make amends. The butcher had good intentions, but a simple fact check would have prevented the brouhaha, says Jocelyn Johnson-Chavis, CEO of branding and marketing with PR firm The J Agency Communications Group.
What would a roundup of 2016 social media mistakes be without a nod to disgraced Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte?
After a fiasco in Rio, Lochte quickly returned to the United States, and "sat at home … posting on social media," as his three teammates were stuck in limbo with the Rio police, USA Today reported. Lochte tweeted twice about — what else? — his hair color. The second tweet was deleted "likely because of the tone-deafness of the tweet amid the seriousness of the situation" his teammates were facing, according to the report. Lochte also posted a goofy video of himself and a fellow American swimmer but deleted it "after a deluge of negative comments … that criticized him for posting something so inconsequential … while his teammates were literally not in possession of their own passports and the ability to leave Brazil."
The Italian Ministry of Health launched a campaign called "Fertility Day," encouraging women to get pregnant on Sept. 22. "Fertility is a common good," the campaign said, due to Italy's declining birth rate and the socioeconomic troubles that can cause. One campaign slogan: "Beauty knows no age. Fertility does."
The Twitterverse backlash was swift, and the campaign took down its website, The New York Post reported. It's "a great reminder that every campaign (digital or not) should be run through the filter of, 'How will the Twitterverse react?,'" says Convince & Convert's Nice. Digital marketing consultant Alessia Camera adds: "Learn more about your target audience before running a campaign full of superficial content."
The year 2016's arguably most infamous social media meltdown came from a chatbot named Tay. In March, Microsoft introduced Tay, a Twitter chatbot that the company said was an experiment in "conversational understanding." The more Twitter users who chatted with Tay, the smarter the bot was supposed to become.
Apparently, Microsoft hadn't accounted for Twitter trolls, who almost immediately started tweeting misogynistic, racist, anti-Semitic things to Tay, which the bot absorbed and innocently spewed back. Microsoft deleted the most offensive tweets and restricted the @TayandYou account to confirmed followers, but not before giving AI a serious black eye. It's yet another reminder that social media is full of immature trolls.
If you pay people to promote products or services on social media, you also need to disclose those endorsements or you may have to answer to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC). That was a lesson learned for department store Lord & Taylor.
In spring 2015, the store ran an Instagram influencer campaign to promote a fashion line. Some posts received more than 5,000 likes, and a number of clothing items sold out quickly, according to Marketing Land. However, the influencers didn't specify that they were paid endorsers, a violation of FTC guidelines. Some Instagram posts were later edited to include "#ad" in the caption. And nearly a year later, Lord & Taylor had to agree to FTC demands to refrain from similar stunts in the future and to participate in a monitoring and review program.
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Once again America has seen the impact of extreme weather, as a heating planet causes winds, floods and devastation. Communities like Mexico Beach, Florida, are literally blown off their foundations. Yes, we've seen hurricanes before, and there are more people in the pathway of danger and so in some way we should expect all of this. But the storms are just a little more frequent and more intense than before and it's difficult to ignore the fact that the scale of our technology and the emissions from fossil fuels are a cause of what we are seeing. The IPCC's most recent report accelerates the timetable for climate impacts, while the science of climate change continues to be doubted by people determined to maintain their willful ignorance.
The problem is that this profound challenge to our way of life is not generated by bombers overhead or terrorist explosions you can see and hear, but by the subtle movement of temperature. The economic, social and governance machine we have created and rely on cannot simply be turned off. Technology has changed our skills, behavior and numbers. We cannot simply get back to the land and live a simple life "at one with nature." There's too many of us and not enough nature. Moreover, we wouldn't know how to do the work that our great grandparents knew all too well. Most of us don't know how to make our own food, clothing and shelter. We are dependent on the technology that is endangering the planet.
People in the developed world are reluctant to change how they live and people in the developing world are desperate to live like people in the developed world. The political pressure created by the widespread demand for modern technology and economic well-being is fierce and irresistible. The leaders of the world, both democratic and autocratic, feel this pressure and have little choice but respond to it. This leads me, as always, to the same place. The solution to the problems created by our technology can only realistically be solved by new technology. The heart of the issue is energy and our desperate need to transition as quickly as possible away from fossil fuels.
It is far from surprising that the people who own fossil fuels and the infrastructure needed to mine, transport and burn it oppose this transition. The politicians that achieve and maintain power with funds provided by fossil fuel owners and operators are tenacious and aggressive. Climate science is unfortunately largely irrelevant to them, as a mountain of IPCC reports have already demonstrated. But fortunately for the future of humanity there are countervailing pressures. It starts with clean air and, as I often say, people like to breathe. We've kind of gotten used to it. Burning coal and other fossil fuels not only generates greenhouse gases but also emits the more conventional pollutants that immediately and directly impair human health. Unlike climate change, cause and effect cannot be missed. So, there is political pressure to figure out a way to generate the energy we all depend on in a way that doesn't harm our respiratory system. This has resulted in a major shift in energy policy in places as diverse as China, New York, California and Germany. There is widespread political support in these places to get off of fossil fuels as fast as we can.
The other source of pressure against fossil fuels is the modern economy itself. With automation we need fewer and fewer people to make the material things we need. In the U.S. over 80% of our GDP is in the service sector. The modern economy is fast moving and characterized by the rise of disruptive technologies and the companies that make them. While Apple, Google and Microsoft do not have the political muscle of Exxon-Mobil and the Koch brothers, political power has a way of gravitating to those with economic power. The results are not always good, but the trajectory is predictable. Tech companies and service businesses are highly dependent on energy, but would do better with a smarter, computer-controlled, more efficient and less vulnerable energy system than the one we have. Moreover, many of them see the money to be made in the transition to a modern, renewable resource-based economy. While it would be helpful if the American national government would invest in the scientific research and infrastructure to make this transition move faster, I don't expect to see much coming from this White House.
But I'm reminded that DeWitt Clinton asked for federal help to build the Erie Canal, and when he was refused he raised the money elsewhere. That piece of infrastructure transformed American commerce and made New York City a commercial powerhouse. The U.S. national government is not the only game in town. Our need for energy creates a variety of nonfederal revenue streams that can be tapped to finance the transition away from fossil fuels. California's decarbonization program provides a model on how to get this done. I am betting that national efforts to prevent California from decarbonizing will fail. State's rights, and California's strong bipartisan green consensus will trump (excuse the pun) the preferences and power of fossil fuel and motor vehicle interests.
New ways to conserve energy at the system level like micro-grids and other methods of making the electric grid more efficient.
More energy efficient technologies ranging from laptops to light bulbs, from insulation to motor vehicles.
Lower cost, smaller and more efficient solar cells.
Lower cost, smaller and more efficient forms of energy storage.
The good news is that the dire predictions of the most recent IPCC report are based on trend lines that assume incremental improvements in technologies. Our experience in the past half century has been that key technologies have been developed more rapidly than we expected and diffused through the world economy with breathtaking speed. Today, we leave our homes with computers in our pockets that can communicate and receive information instantly from anywhere in the world. That is a product we didn't even know we needed twenty years ago and now cannot live without.
The technologies needed to modernize the energy system are far more important, but no more complicated than the ones that led to the smart phone. When those technologies are developed, those who invested in fossil fuels will be out of luck. The energy grid will remain, but be far more decentralized, with energy generation distributed and the utility energy monopoly disrupted.
While I believe the economic and political forces of change are stronger than the forces resisting change, I am reminded of how long the tobacco lobby has managed to keep their dangerous drug legal. I've been on the losing side of enough political battles to know what can go wrong. But the constellation of forces I see here is irresistible. There is simply too much money to be made in getting off fossil fuels and modernizing the energy system, and it's too important to human and environmental health to maintain business as usual.
Compared to the issues of maintaining the health of our oceans, ecosystems and biodiversity, the climate problem is relatively simple and well understood. The problems are profound and existential, but the solutions are within reach. And it's a good thing they are. Because we live in a complex, interconnected world where human economic, social and political systems change rapidly as do the natural systems we depend on and abuse. We need to better understand the interactions of these systems and learn to manage them at the organizational level and regulate them when needed by government. We need the knowledge to manage this complexity and that will require improved best practices and effective and enforceable rules. The planet we share has become fragile in the hands of humans and our technology. We can and must develop and adopt sustainability management to gain control of those technologies and reduce their impact on our planet.


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Global development and construction firm Skanska has raised the bar significantly on green office buildings with its Bank of America Tower at 800 Capitol Street in Downtown Houston. Designed to earn ENERGY STAR, the 775,000-square-foot mixed use project is also the first commercial office development in Houston to achieve LEED Platinum under the USGBC's current Core & Shell certification program. In fact, it is the largest LEED v4 Platinum Core & Shell project in the world.
Amenity spaces help Bank of America Tower tenants attract and retain top talent. Image courtesy of Skanska
Skanska targets a minimum of LEED Gold at all its U.S. commercial development projects, with many achieving LEED Platinum, according to Matt Damborsky, executive vice president for Skanska Commercial Development in Houston. "At Bank of America Tower we saw an opportunity to be one of the first projects in the world to test the new LEED v4 standard and to pursue Platinum while doing so," Damborsky said.
Rising 35 stories, Bank of America Tower uses 32 percent less energy than typical baseline facilities. The LEED Platinum development's sustainable features include the 24,000-square-foot SkyPark, the first and largest green roof in Downtown Houston that is open to all building tenants; a 50,000-gallon rainwater collection system for reuse in landscape irrigation and restrooms; secured bicycle storage room with access to lockers and showers; one block proximity to three MetroRail stations; 90 percent access to daylight and views for tenants; a high-performance façade that significantly reduces solar heat gain; an energy recovery wheel to precondition fresh air intake; and district cooling to provide chilled water throughout the facility, lower cooling costs and unlimited service capacity to tenants.
Reaction from the marketplace has been positive. In Houston, employers are looking for innovative ways to connect with a new generation of employees. Green amenities outside the traditional office, such as SkyPark, are especially in demand and a powerful way to attract and retain talent.
"Also, tenants are placing a premium on sustainability and, as a result, are beginning to see a number of benefits, including the establishment of a healthier work environment and better overall energy efficiency and higher cost savings," Damborsky added.
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Rising 35 stories, Bank of America Tower was designed by Gensler with a high-performance facade that significantly reduces solar heat gain and contributes to its LEED Platinum certification. Image courtesy of Skanska
All Bank of America Tower tenants receive a manual with detailed standards and requirements for making improvements to tenant spaces. According to Damborsky, this includes guidance around material selection, lighting efficiency and plug loads to ensure that the building operates to the efficiency and sustainability criteria that it was designed to achieve. "In addition, our on-site property management and building operations team is trained to ensure that the overall operations of the building are functioning as designed," said Damborsky.
Bank of America Tower is currently 90 percent leased. Originally called Capitol Tower, the property was renamed for anchor tenant Bank of America, which occupies a total of 210,000 square feet spanning six-and-a-half floors of the office tower that was designed by architecture firm Gensler.
Gensler's simple building exterior expresses a modern yet timeless aesthetic. "The unique curtain wall design was an important element to the building's overall sustainable strategy," said Kristopher Stuart, principal and design director in Gensler's Houston office. "Through testing and research with solar and energy modeling, computer modeling and physical mockups we were able to achieve targeted performance with a curtain wall system that allows maximum interior visibility, no visual obstructions and maximum planning flexibility for the market-driven office building."
Bank of America Tower also scored LEED Location & Transportation points due to its enviable location within one block of three MetroRail stations. Image courtesy of Skanska
Gensler's design scope included the core and shell building architecture and design of the common spaces at the ground and tunnel level but not the individual retail kiosks in the tunnel level. The highly leasable floor plate includes large, open and bright spaces that are efficient and flexible. Gensler was also engaged to design tenant spaces but under separate contracts.
The tower was also designed to be a source of civic and tenant pride. "From top to bottom, Bank of America Tower was designed for people," said Stuart. "The design of the two-level, open-air building lobby and tunnel-level pedestrian space have a warmth that attracts people, rather than serving as a pass through or series of common spaces. The materiality of warm wood and vibrant stone combines to make tenants and pedestrians feel comfortable."
The goal was to create an environment that encouraged pedestrians and visitors to stay and linger and inspire tenants to come out of their offices to collaborate, meet and socialize. Stuart adds, "If we had gotten that component wrong, the whole project would have been different."
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16 Days Campaign Theme series: Women peace-builders, by Sumona DasGupta
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Women Peace builders: Where are they in Kashmir?
The experiences of women in Jammu and Kashmir in the years after an armed insurrection broke out in 1989 are as varied as the landscape of the state. It is not just a fact that men and women experienced the conflict differently post 1989, but also that women themselves experienced it differently depending on whether they were located in Jammu, the valley or Ladakh; whether they were Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist; whether they were from the settled or pastoral communities; whether they lived along the lines of control and the international border or the more interior regions; whether they lived in urban, rural, camp or cluster colonies; whether they belonged to the higher castes or the lower/ scheduled castes; whether they were part of urban elite or the rural poor. These in fact are only indicative of the many faultlines that separate the life experiences of women in Jammu and Kashmir from each other—and there are many more.
Life experiences of women particularly in the valley were also conditioned by whether their sons, husbands joined one of the many militant groups or not, whether they surrendered to the state in due course and whether they themselves were involved in the armed movement in a covert way. While some Kashmiri women have in the past acted as couriers and messengers and others have voluntarily or under coercive pressure sheltered those in the militant ranks, they have not picked up the gun or been bombers or suicide squad members unlike some of their other south Asian counterparts. At the start of the insurgency there is no doubt that many women along with men supported the movement for azadi in the valley though the extent of their support for an armed movement waned with time as they increasingly found themselves hemmed between two armed patriarchies—one of the state and the other of militant groups—both of which had scant regard for their rights. They resisted both these armed patriarchies occasionally but the commonality of shared resistance was too short lived, isolated and sporadic to generate shared bonds that could be a resource for peacebuilding later.
As often happens in situations of overt militarization primordial and essentialist markers of identities and the exclusive life experiences generated within particular identity clusters seem to triumph over socially constructed identities and shared gendered experiences. In an atmosphere of competing nationalisms and sub regionalisms shared experiences as women matter less than their particular community and kinship based experiences which seem too overwhelming to admit of anything else. And hence the ethnic differences and past competing loyalties of disappeared husbands and sons continue to separate the Kashmiri speaking women of lower Dardpora in Kupwara and their Gujjar counterparts in Upper Dardpora in Kupwara district along the line of control in Kashmir valley despite the shared experience of being half widows trying to eke out a living in hugely difficult circumstances. The experience of women cultivators having to live with stray bullets, mines and fenced out fields in Suchetgarh one of the last villages along Jammu's international border is woven so integrally into their everyday struggles for life and livelihood that it is difficult to imagine them connecting empathetically with those even in other more "sheltered" parts of Jammu let alone the valley. The reality of being a Jammu Rajput Muslim woman with close blood relatives across a line of control in a village along zero line in Poonch of Jammu subdivision does not necessarily establish a sympathetic bond between her and the women in the valley whose espousal of the azadi "cause" is seen to make their journey to visit relatives in Pakistan administered Kashmir that much more difficult. The women of the valley who have suffered enormous hardships due to the everyday manifestations of militarization – bombs, bullets, cordon and search operations, midnight knocks, state repression, militant killings – have not been able to connect to their counterparts in Jammu or Ladakh subdivision whose daily travails have been of a different nature. Ironically women in Jammu and Ladakh feel aggrieved that the valley has got undue attention at their cost precisely because of the overt violence. Those women forced to live in virtual exile in miserable camps – Pandits as well as those displaced from Doda, Rajouri and Poonch due to the violent conflict do not see their interests being represented by women's voices from the valley or for that matter from the settled communities in Jammu subdivision itself.
To build empathetic spaces across conflict spaces that have generated so many difficult faultlines across landscapes and mindscapes, requires as I have argued elsewhere, not just cross border dialogues across the line of control but also a dialogue among women across the three subdivisions of the Indian administered part of the state. Women's solidarities have to be actively built and nurtured and cannot be taken as a given. When the everydayness of the conflict is so overwhelming, when the voices calling for religious or/and subregional solidarities are so shrill, being able to think and connect to the experiences of others who have experienced the conflict differently even if they are women, is not easy. Yet because women have suffered differently in an armed conflict that is not of their own making there appears to be an expectation that they will automatically become resources for peacebuilding. The fact that they may want to but feel conflicted and torn in a polarized and militarized space is something that needs to be taken into account. The absence of the shared common political goal need not be an insurmountable barrier but the absence of shared and sustained dialogue spaces is. It is only when an indigenous movement led by women seek out paths for dialogue and rainbow coalitions that accepts that the differences in their experiences need not obstruct them seeking a just peace collectively that takes their interests and needs into account that a new chapter will be opened.
Dr.Sumona DasGupta is a researcher based in New Delhi and currently Senior Research Consultant with Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA).
Filed under 2012 16 Days Campaign Theme Series, GRIT Journal Tagged with conflict, Kashmir, women peacebuilders
16 Days Campaign Theme series: Gender Violence as a Threat to International Security, by Soumita Basu
Soumita Basu
Sexual and Gender Based Violence
as a "Threat to International Peace and Security"
Concerns regarding "protection" of women at times of armed conflicts are not new. The Geneva Conventions and Protocols are an important case in point. However, as Judith Gardam and Hilary Charlesworth note, the emphasis in these documents is on honour, based on sexual attributes such as chastity and modesty of women, which determine their value from the perspective of men (in contrast, offences against men take into account their mind and bodily attributes). The vocabulary of sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) – in international policy frameworks – that has developed in the last decade or so represent a more evolved thinking, and reflect positions on sexual violence taken in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (1998) and the UN Security Council Resolution (SCR) 1325 on Women and Peace and Security (and its follow-up resolutions) (2000).
The Rome Statute codified, among others, sexual and gender violence as war crimes and crimes against humanity. SCR 1325, which introduces for the first time a gender perspective in the work of the Security Council, follows in the footsteps of the Rome Statute. Its protection mandate is placed within a policy context that has a multidimensional representation of women – as political actors, peacemakers and combatants as well as victims – thus, altering the understanding of women's victimhood to an extent.
Since the passage of SCR 1325, the resolution has dominated the policy discourse on addressing SGBV vis-à-vis armed conflicts. Indeed, of all its provisions, including issues of women's participation and conflict prevention, the protection mandate has emerged as a clear frontrunner. Three of the four follow-up resolutions on Women, Peace and Security – SCRs 1820, 1888 and 1960 – focus on SGBV, and were tabled at the Security Council by its most powerful member state, the United States. These have paved the way for the UN to strengthen its commitment on this issue, with the establishment of the post of Secretary General's Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict in 2010, and initiation of efforts to tackle impunity for SGBV such as through "naming and shaming" lists of offenders.
The UN Security Council has the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. In spite of the adoption of resolutions such as SCR 1325 and others on "protection of civilians in armed conflicts", "children and armed conflicts" and "HIV/AIDS" since 1999, the understanding of peace and security that permeates Security Council proceedings is essentially narrow, i.e. primarily geared to manage (and not necessarily resolve) armed conflicts. With the introduction of gender into the Council's purview through SCR 1325, SGBV has been recognized as a threat to international peace and security. This has a number of serious implications for the violence against women agenda. Not only has it been incorporated into the militaristic culture of the Security Council, but as Sara Meger, among others, has pointed out, focusing on sexual violence as a weapon of war – as the Council does – has imposed limitations as it does not take account of "various other forms of gender-based violence and violence against women that occurs both in the context of war, and in the so-called times of 'peace'". Even at such a high cost, has SGBV been seriously addressed through resolutions such as SCR 1325? The answer is no, or at least, not yet.
As Kathryn Bolkovac's account of her experience as a human rights investigator associated with the UN peacekeeping mission in Bosnia demonstrates, there is little political will within the UN to combat gender based violence. Indeed, there have been allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse by UN peacekeepers themselves, most recently reported from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Haiti. The rhetoric of "zero impunity" for offenders has not been translated into practice. Gender affairs units of the UN missions rarely have adequate resources or political reach to realize strategies that can address SGBV. And, peacekeepers who may be committed to protection, do not receive clearly drawn out mandates or effective training necessary for preventing or responding to such threats.
In spite of damning evidence against the effectiveness of the Security Council resolutions on women, peace and security, placing SGBV in the context of international peace and security (or indeed vice versa) is an important development. Even as the Council and the UN, with their institutional constraints, move forward – and sometimes backwards – on this agenda, SCR 1325 and its follow-up resolutions have become useful tools for gender advocates to call for and devise action against sexual and gender based violence.
Soumita Basu is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the South Asian University, New Delhi.
Filed under 2012 16 Days Campaign Theme Series, GRIT Journal Tagged with conflict, impunity, peacekeeping, UN SCR 1325
16 Days Campaign Theme series: Bearing Witness: Travels in the Northeast, by Preeti Gill
Preeti Gill
Bearing Witness: Travels in the Northeast
The first time that I traveled to the Northeast was in search of writers for an issue of The Book Review –a New Delhi based journal that I worked for at the time. And as I read and interviewed writers from the region, I heard stories that astounded me. Here was a region about which I knew very little and about which I had read even less, I had not one friend from my university years who belonged to this region and I was totally ignorant of what their lives were like. Ignorant of their history, of what had been happening in this remote corner of my country while I was growing up in Bhopal and Delhi and Mussoorie oblivious to the trauma and the sufferings that so many communities there were facing.
Some years later, on my first visit to Kohima, when I'd gone to work on project that was trying to document the impact of conflict on women in Nagaland, I was asked if I had any Naga friends and I said no. I was told then that I would soon make many friends—this has turned out to be true, happily for me. But as I traveled through the hinterland and met people I realized that almost everyone had stories to tell of personal loss and bereavement, of violence and trauma. I had not read of these or heard them earlier so had there been a deliberate silencing of their voices? A certain and complete marginalization of their history? And yet as we know documentation often works as a political intervention. Analysts say war and civil conflict can be devastating to social and cultural forms because they impinge at the level of the whole society and every person who has survived conflict is aware of the wide ranging ramifications that this environment of violence and insecurity has on them. It takes people and society a long time to come to terms with what has happened and is happening around them. As one young woman whom I met in Dimapur recounted, she was hidden away in the hollow of a tree for three days by her mother, who was fleeing from her village that was being bombed by the Indian air force. The child lay alone in the dark, hungry and frightened until her mother thought it safe enough to go back and retrieve her. This incident still haunts her and as soon as she was able she decided to join the Naga National army of which her father too was a part. It was only much later that she learnt to come to terms with these terrible memories and turned to the church. I felt completely humbled to be told these stories of private grief and I felt a commitment then as I do now, to bring these stories out to the world because I believe that they work as political intervention, as a way to build bridges between communities and help to open up a little known region and an alienated people. It's been many years since that first visit—I have traveled in many of the states of the 'northeast' through the past 17 or 18 years but something of that commitment has been translated to the publishing of a lot of women writers from the region through the Zubaan Northeast Writers list.
To say that women have faced violence in situations of conflict is to state the obvious but what it means in terms of the short-term and long term impacts is something that is still being studied and analyzed. While the most obvious impact is physical or sexual violence, the psychological scarring as a result of prolonged exposure to brutality and the limitations placed on women in a patriarchal society have even greater consequences for their well- being. And this in turn impacts the whole society; it deeply wounds the whole community and destroys much more than individual lives. Women find themselves at the receiving end of violence on three fronts, from the state, the militants and a corresponding escalation of violence within their own homes. The effects of violent acts like rape, sexual abuse and physical assault and maltreatment has led to a profound psychological and emotional trauma and a very high incidence of what is known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Women have to cope with the realities of daily life– they are responsible as mothers of the children, the hurt and the wounded, who are innocent victims to conflicts not of their creation. They are the wives of injured, disabled or missing men, the soldiers of warring factions and the state. They suffer as civilians with their freedoms curtailed and shackled. They are assaulted, beaten, humiliated, raped and murdered during conflicts. The loss that women face in times of conflict is not just emotional, or physical in terms of losing a loved one but also transfers into the economic and social spheres.
Most women experience a decline in social legitimacy and find themselves relegated to the fringes of society with no one to care for them or to speak on their behalf. Since they form the bulk of the unemployed and the uneducated, women find themselves ill-equipped to take on the burden of the household and as a result become utterly poverty stricken. Young widows are forced to head households even though in a patriarchal feudal set-up they have little or no access to land and property. Interviews have shown that during and in the aftermath of violence and conflict there is an increase in female headed households as many men were killed in encounters or raids or have simply 'disappeared'. In most tribal societies, the economic burden is generally considered the sole responsibility of women and for this reason; perhaps, women get very little help from their own men folk or from the state in the reconstruction of lives after conflict.
Food scarcity, destruction of infrastructure and basic facilities like water, roads, bridges, hospitals, shelters and farmlands have an impact on the entire social structure of the community. Studies have shown that when there is food scarcity, it is the women who suffer most since they are likely to reduce their own intake of food out of concern for their families. The devastation of the natural environment, too, has serious repercussions since in times of conflict with the men engaged elsewhere, the women take on the role of food providers and caretakers, the responsibility of finding alternative sources of food and water and rebuilding falls on them. Often it is they who single-handedly bear the burden of growing food or finding food.
What this meant was a complete turning on its head of the established circumstances, the known life and exchanging it for the unknown, the uncertain, the insecure, and the dangerous. What did this mean to women who were forced to leave the familiar known environments, the villages and towns? How did this experience affect them and their children? What sort of memories do these children of families constantly on the run, have of their childhoods? Did this dislocation mean a destruction of the very fabric of normal life? Of traditional structures?
In conflict zones, women's spaces become restricted and their mobility severely hampered. They are unable to work long hours in their fields, being forced to go in groups for fear of assault from armed security personnel or other armed groups. Fewer hours in the field mean that their food security gets affected. Most of the country's development schemes and programmes have made little inroads into these remote hill areas and although the Centre has poured millions of rupees for the state's development, there is little evidence of its gainful use.
Women's bodies have become the site of battle with innumerable instances of atrocities and brutality hitting newspaper headlines every now and again. It is a well documented fact that while men who are wounded or disabled or who suffer in war time are given compensation and jobs and treated as heroes, this is not the case with women, who are victims of war and conflict. Women who lose their 'honour' find it extremely difficult to lead normal lives and live down the stigma. In such a scenario then the code of social conduct that once ensured 'normality' and what was once understood as 'normal' behaviour is now suddenly turned on its head. There are no rules any more–there is a total breakdown of socially sanctioned behaviour and of structures. The role of the state becomes blurred. No longer is it perceived as the protector of the weak and the vulnerable, the arbitrator of right and wrong. Instead the state too has turned adversary and violator. It is important to note here, perhaps, that when the state abdicates its responsibilities alternate groups 'take over' the space.
These stories are also something that I want to pass on to my daughters, to younger people in the so called "mainland" so that they do not grow up as ignorant as I did. To bear witness, has been an extremely painful and troubling experience. Listening to these women and reading their testimonies has been painful and sad because in most cases absolutely nothing has been done to help them, they have had no access to the legal system or even the administrative system. And this to my mind is something that we must face up to–for the unaddressed injustices as well as physical harm and trauma that people in these regions have suffered is something that must be faced by state, non state and civil society groups. The lack of justice has bred a sense of impunity among both state and non state actors. Most of the women I met on my travels and those that spoke about their troubled past were not aware of the mechanisms of the state, whom to approach for help, whom to lodge a complaint with, what their rights were and they had no idea of the state's role as a protector—and that to my mind is as terrible an indictment as any of our democratic polity.
Preeti Gill, Commissioning editor at Zubaan, a small independent women's' publishing house in New Delhi is the editor of "The Peripheral Centre: Voices From India's Northeast."
Filed under 2012 16 Days Campaign Theme Series, GRIT Journal Tagged with conflict, Northeast India, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD
16 Days Campaign Theme Series: When 'Protector' becomes the Perpetrator, by Saumya Uma
Saumya Uma
When 'Protector' Becomes the Perpetrator: Justice vs. Impunity
In 2004, Thangjam Manorama's post mortem reports found gunshot injuries in her vagina. In 2011, Soni Sori's medical examination showed that stones were lodged in her vagina and rectum. Both were subjected to sexual brutalities by state actors. While Manorama did not survive to tell the world her ordeal, Soni Sori continues to languish in jail within reach of the very police that has subjected her to repeated and horrific forms of torture. In both instances, the perpetrators are still at large.
Have no doubt that these may be exceptions! In 2002, 11 women testified before the Sadashiva Commission about the sexual brutalities perpetrated on them by members of Joint Special Task Forces (JSTF) established for anti-Veerappan operations. The Commission found the testimony of 10 women unconvincing because they did not mention it to the remand judge! (Sadashiva Commission report, 2 December 2003, Chapter IV, para 44)
In 2008, an NHRC team dismissed the testimony of five victim-survivors, who alleged sexual brutalities by members of the Salwa Judum, as untrue and unsubstantiated. Why? Because they did not remember the number of SPOs who took them away to the camps, the number of officials who had allegedly raped them and their identities! ('Chhattisgarh Enquiry Report', National Commission for Human Rights, at para 6.25)
After months of investigation by varied authorities, we were told by the CBI that in May 2009, Asiya and Neelofar from Shopian had neither been raped nor killed, but drowned of their own accord in ankle-deep water on the Rambiara Nullah. (http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2009-12-15/news/28382529_1_cbi-report-neelofar-cbi-investigation)
In instance after instance, state actors commit such atrocities with full knowledge that the law and institutions would shield them in myriad ways. The women's testimonies are dismissed as lies, using creative reasoning. The state actors are rewarded for their 'gallantry' (Ankit Garg of Soni Sori incident and A Ravi Kumar of Vakapalli incident are examples). We are told that national security and territorial integrity are sacrosanct – justifying the need for draconian laws – while there is not a whimper about human security; that the acts of officials were "in discharge of official duties", and hence they cannot be prosecuted unless the government sanctions the same (S. 197 of Criminal Procedure Code); that the NHRC cannot directly inquire into violations by armed forces but can only seek an explanation from the Central government (S. 19, Protection of Human Rights Act); and further, that the ignominy that the victims / survivors were subjected to does not amount to the offence of 'rape' under the Indian Penal Code, because there was no penile penetration of the vagina (S. 375 of Indian Penal Code).
When 'protectors' transform into 'perpetrators', state-appointed investigators and prosecutors have little motivation in ensuring conviction of errant officials. This reduces the criminal trial to a farcical exercise, making a mockery of justice.
An archaic penal code that fails to recognize various forms of sexual violence contributes to subjugating women's struggle for justice. In contrast, international jurisprudence recognizes as crimes a range of acts including rape, forced pregnancy, enforced prostitution, sexual slavery, enforced sterilization and other acts of a similar gravity. Experience from other jurisdictions indicates that laws on victim and witness protection, reparations, as well as command and superior responsibility are imperative, both for pinning accountability and for justice to victims / survivors. Further, contexts of mass crimes warrant substantive, procedural and evidentiary laws that take into consideration the specific ground reality.
Through its participation in advocacy initiatives on the Torture Bill, Communal and Targeted Violence Bill and the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, the women's movement seeks to bridge the gap between law and reality, address the challenges faced by women in their struggle for justice, and to incorporate international jurisprudential developments to strengthen domestic law.
Ultimately, even the best of laws cannot deter or render justice to women for sexual and gender-based violence, particularly by state actors, unless there is a political will to end impunity for such crimes.
Saumya Uma is a law researcher and human rights activist based in Mumbai, India.
Filed under 2012 16 Days Campaign Theme Series, GRIT Journal Tagged with conflict, emergency, law, security, sexual violence, special laws


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After 340 consecutive days in space and some 1,000 Instagram photos, American astronaut Scott Kelly landed safely in Kazakhstan last week along with two other crew members of the International Space Station. What many didn't realize before Kelly's homecoming is that he has an identical twin brother – Mark Kelly, a retired astronaut – and that NASA was particularly keen for his return because of the unique opportunity to study the effects of living in space on the human body. Kelly's return to Earth has led many to refer to the astronaut as a "walking science experiment," and essentially, he is. NASA will continue to study Kelly as his body readjusts to life in standard gravity, using measurements from his twin brother as a control.
NASA's Twins Study began before Kelly set off on his ISS mission. Researchers examined the Kelly twins to collect and compare data on all sorts of body functions ranging from physical measurements to blood flow and organ function. Now that the nearly-year-long spaceflight mission has concluded, NASA scientists will continue to monitor the 52-year-old astronaut to discover how his body responds to gravity over time. Some immediate differences are apparent. Upon his return to Earth, Kelly was two inches taller than when he left, because living without gravity allows your spine to stretch out. Eventually, Kelly will return to his original height, and that's a fact NASA already knew.
Of more interest to scientists at this point are the impacts of extended time without gravity on other bodily functions related to aging, like vision loss, circulation, muscle atrophy, and bone density loss. Early results make it clear that living in zero gravity with an increased exposure to radiation in space essentially accelerates aging, which is a key component in looking forward to the possibility of long-term astronaut missions in other farther-flung space destinations.
Information gleaned from the Twins Study will be used in planning future space missions, up to and including the eventual human occupation of Mars (for short- or long-term durations, yet to be determined). Thanks to the Kelly twins, NASA has a first look into the future of human adventures in space. The Twins Study is expected to last approximately a year.
Scott Kelly broke the US record for longest consecutive space mission when he returned last week after 340 days aboard the International Space Station.


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If you would like for me to create any playable characters from the books like this one please let me know. A Salvatore. This second book in New York Times bestselling author R. Salvatore is my favorite author of all time, and Drizzt is my favorite book character ever. They tell the tale of ranger Drizzt Do'Urden the drow (or dark elf), Wulfgar the barbarian warrior, Regis the halfling , dwarf king Bruenor , and Bruenor's adopted human. The game is packaged the same way as the Ravenloft and Ashardalon ones with a tray to help sort the tiles and miniatures but bags are helpful to keep all the different counters organized. Salvatore as a supporting character in the Icewind Dale Trilogy. I didn't play an Adventure. Then just about every similar movie uses characters like Bob The Slayer, and then all the comics, and all video games, and even original characters made by gamers playing games with Character Customization. Drizzt Do'Urden is a heroic character created by R. Salvatore's all-new trilogy - full of swordplay, danger, and imaginative thrills - features one of fantasy's most beloved and enduring characters, Drizzt Do'Urden. THe Legend of Drizzt books: Homeland, Exile, Sojourn, The Crystal Shard, Streams of Silver only the VERY best books ever written. Rehashing the same old tropes. However, the author soon realized how popular the character was, and Drizzt became the main character. You've been waiting for the beloved dark elf from Dungeons & Dragons' Forgotten Realms to return, and we're excited to exclusively announce R. He is obtained as reward of the Overdue Rendezvous Variant of the Underdeep Cartography Adventure. From fighting drows, to being at sea for 6 years, to stopping a ta'nari from the Abyss who has control of one of the most powerful atricfacts in the world, Drizzt and his friends embark on an exciting adventure. So don't think of orcs as cannon fodder; think of them as the biggest danger Drizzt Do'Urden and his friends have ever faced. co/Vtu11jKUir. 5e Drizzt and other famous characters? If the epic characters of D&D history were PCs in 5th Edition, what would their stats be? Drizzt also is more likely to. Salvatore was required to create a character for The Crystal Shard, his first book set in the Forgotten Realms. Boundless (eBook) : Salvatore, R. The adventures of Drizzt Do'Urden, as told in the New York Times best-selling Forgotten Realms novels by R. The Legend of Drizzt series reissued the many novels about Drizzt Do'Urden, re-numbered in chronological order. Drizzt Do'Urden found the weapon in 1356 DR, in the treasure pile of Ingeloakastimizilian the white wyrm, better known as "Icingdeath", and the weapon's namesake. , is excited to support Lambert House—a center for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth in the greater Seattle, WA area – with custom Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons T-shirts and accessories sporting the iconic Rainbow colorway of the LGBT Pride Flag. But I feel like Bob just kind of…plays in the Faerun sandbox, so to speak, without really paying attention to the lore of the setting (though he did contribute greatly to the development of Menzo). Drizzt is a BEAST in BG2, but only he, Bruneor and Cattie Brie are signifigant threats. Split between time and two worlds, Zaknafein had always been conflicted. Jul 11, 2015- Explore galaxyspinz's board "Drizzt Do'urden & The Companions of the Hall" on Pinterest. Despite his increasing fame (or infamy) across the Sword Coast North as a drow who dwells on the surface, is deadly in battle, fights with great agility and two magic scimitars, and can call on an onyx panther figurine of wondrous power to bring a battle-companion to his side, Drizzt Do'Urden remains an enigma. Achilles - Achilles Profile. *NOTE* Drizzt is at Ranger 6 so that he may recieve the 2-Weapon Fighting feat for free. Salvatore's all-new trilogy—full of swordplay, danger, and imaginative thrills—features one of fantasy's most beloved and enduring characters, Drizzt Do. A Dark Elf Priestess Matriarch and her lover. You can see the beginning of the project here, where you'll also find an index of all the results to date. Drow ranger Drizzt Do'Urden, first introduced in The Icewind Dale Trilogy, quickly became one of the fantasy genre's standout characters. How do I respect the players' desire to play a Drow, but encourage their characters to not be Drizzt clones?. Drizzt Do'Urden was a drow. pdf), Text File (. He is obtained as reward of the Overdue Rendezvous Variant of the Underdeep Cartography Adventure. In the decades since Drizzt Do'Urden made his first appearance in The Crystal Shard, the dark elf has become an iconic staple in fantasy fiction, appearing in graphic novels, video games, and over 30 books. Are the kids even reading R. His novel The Silent Blade won the Origin Award, and in 2002 his novel The Thousand Orcs remained on the New York Times best-seller list for ten weeks. txt) or read online for free. Unlike most rather sociopathic Drow, Drizzt is a kind, good person. Salvatore that feature the 'Forgotten Realms' character Drizzt Do'Urden? Test your knowledge on this literature quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others. The latest Tweets from Drizzt The Drag Down (@DrizztTheories). Split between time and two worlds, Zaknafein had always been conflicted. Drizzt is a BEAST in BG2, but only he, Bruneor and Cattie Brie are signifigant threats. Hama created the military characters and plots, and Salvatore covered the monster characters. Robert Anthony Salvatore (born January 20, 1959) is an American author best known for The DemonWars Saga, his Forgotten Realms novels, for which he created the popular character Drizzt Do'Urden, and Vector Prime, the first novel in the Star Wars: The New Jedi Order series. Drizzt do'Urden is a character from the Forgotten Realms universe within the game canons of Dungeons & Dragons, written by R. His name is Drizzt Do'Urden and the story of him and his friends has previously been told in The Dark Elf Trilogy and The Icewind Dale Trilogy. He is currently working for 38 studios helping them craft the game world for their upcoming MMO. Baldur's Gate : characters. Salvatore's Legend of Drizzt story, Malice and Zaknafein Do'Urden are Drizzt's parents. A cooperative game for 1–5 players based on the New York Times best-selling adventures of Drizzt Do'Urden. He has been updated for the 3. Salvatore's all-new Forgotten Realms trilogy - full of swordplay, danger, and imaginative thrills - features one of fantasy's most beloved and enduring characters, Drizzt Do'Urden. Nevertheless, Salvatore's stories are really starting to get stale and old. Drizzt "going berserk at the sight of giants" representing the +1 to damage per level that Rangers get in Crystal Shard. I can sorta kinda get near this spread with point buy, but he gets 0 feats if I do so. com FREE DELIVERY possible on eligible purchases. The books below are listed in internal chronological order. He is obtained as reward of the Overdue Rendezvous Variant of the Underdeep Cartography Adventure. They are based in the Forgotten Realms setting in the dimension of Abeir-Toril on the continent Faerûn in the popular D&D universe currently published/owned by Wizards of the Coast. Drizzt Do'Urden was a drow. Drizzt is a Kreon Warrior representing the character Drizzt Do'Urden, a drow (dark elf) who rebelled against the evil nature of his culture to become a famous adventuring hero. It is named after the book series by the same name recounting the adventures of the dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden and his friends. A cooperative game of adventure for 1-5 players set in the world of Dungeons & Dragons. In that one, Drizzt is prowling around the vast Underdark in survival mode, a force unto himself, fighting a fantastic array of monsters and fiends while being stalked by Matron Malice and her spirit wraith. The Legend of Drizzt is an anthology of previously-published material featuring one of the most iconic characters in the Dungeons & Dragons universe of Forgotten Realms, the dark elf Drizzt Do. With two very strong meleers you might think this pairing would be boring, but not so. Fandom Apps Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. My agent and I have been discussing a few possibilities to include in my inevitable pitch and I would like to share one with those who have liked this page, just to get some input on what you, as fans of the Legend of Drizzt series, would be interested in seeing. Salvatore's The Legend of Drizzt series and one of the more popular characters in the Forgotten Realms world and Dungeons & Dragons in general. Looking for Drizzt Do'urden (character) Books? Browse a list of books tagged "drizzt do'urden (character)" by our club members to find the best drizzt do'urden (character) books. Sojourn makes an interesting contrast to Book 2, Exile. Each block represents an hour of the day for each day of the week. I chose Kromlech Bruenghor, a shield dwarf and playable character from Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance. (PLEASE SHARE THIS - I get a lot of questions regarding which book comes next!). The latest Tweets from Drizzt The Drag Down (@DrizztTheories). Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. The Legend of Drizzt(R) comes to an end. Salvatore is my favorite author of all time, and Drizzt is my favorite book character ever. In this alter ego, Salvatore can ask and answer some pretty deep questions and explore some pretty heavy issues. People/Characters: Drizzt Do'Urden. The saga of dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden has become a fixture in the fantasy genre, with a string of New York Times best-selling novels going back to 1988. About a year ago I went through the trouble of making a list ranking all the Drizzt books. 1 base attack 1 from ranger level 7 and 13. Sharing this encounter because, without intending to, it embodies the relation between Drizzt and Artemis pretty well imo. Drizzt Do'Urden in his full stat adherence glory! Excess items equipped with Drizzt are for aesthetic reasons only, and should not hamper the image of the character even if removed. Description Edit. & Geno Salvatore (w) • Agustin Padilla (a) • Gonzalo Flores, Tim Seeley (c) The first original comic starring DRIZZT DO'URDEN continues!. Salvatore's all-new trilogy—full of swordplay, danger, and imaginative thrills—features one of fantasy's most beloved and enduring characters, Drizzt Do'Urden. I still like the character, I have just become really frustrated with the way Bob handles—or perhaps more aptly, doesn't handle—the lore. The Legend of Drizzt is the overarching series within the Forgotten Realms detailing the exploits of the dark elf Drizzt (obviously) and friends. Compare this to the previous two adventure system games which only contained five characters. Rand al'Thor from the Wheel of Time, VS Drizzt Do'Urden from the Forgotten Realms series. And of course Salvatore would take the high road and be ambiguous. Let's review the game's eight heroes, their strengths and weaknesses. Guenhwyvar is the Snow leopard from Northstar and Drizzt is one of a set of Miniatures licensed by TSR (or Wizards of the Coast, I'm not sure which) I believe it was sculpted by Ral Partha but I can't swear to that. Drizzt Do Urden Elf Characters Fantasy Characters Fictional Characters Forgotten Realms Dark Elf Dungeons And Dragons Board Fantasy Books Fantasy Artwork And here it is the colored version of this great character, you should read Forgotten Realms, you'll love these books hope you like it! pencils also by. His name is Drizzt Do'Urden and the story of him and his friends has previously been told in The Dark Elf Trilogy and The Icewind Dale Trilogy. The characters beside Drizzt are amazing and dynamic, bringing their own unique touch to the story. Split between time and two worlds, Zaknafein had always been conflicted. Drow ranger Drizzt Do'Urden, first introduced in The Icewind Dale Trilogy, quickly became one of the fantasy genre's standout characters. even though (remember Kull the Conqueror?) they seem to be almost invariably box office poison. Drizzt felt alone in his world due to him being the only dark elf without a evil hateful heart. The epic conclusion to the long-awaited trilogy featuring one of the most beloved characters in all of fantasy - Drizzt Do'Urden - a rollicking tale of life, death, intrigue, magic, danger, and the timeless bonds of family and friendship from New York Times bestselling author R. View Mobile Site JokeyPsych EndgameHonest GalaxyQuest EndgameHonest GalaxyQuest. The reason they never hooked up is probably because the latter is a major character of the Forgotten Realms canon and not a creation of R. 5) Drizzt Do?urden, Icewind Dale Saga I know, I know; Drizzt fans will call this heresy. This is my current character, but i would make it better Someone have any good advice , maybe about stats and abilities ?. Keep in mind, if Drizzt goes first in the group, he won't be attacking a monster until the second round. Rand al'Thor from the Wheel of Time, VS Drizzt Do'Urden from the Forgotten Realms series. The latest Tweets from Drizzt The Drag Down (@DrizztTheories). Salvatore's Legend of Drizzt story, Malice and Zaknafein Do'Urden are Drizzt's parents. Salvatore created him on a whim when his publisher needed to replace another character in. So, unfortunately you're pretty limited right now. Im trying to make Drizzt DoUrden, my choice atm is a Devoted (saber) / Ghost Heart. The books are The Crystal Shard , Streams of Silver and The Halfling's Gem. When Montolio begins teaching him the ways of the ranger, Drizzt realizes that, unknowingly, he had been following those very principles his entire life. Artemis Entreri The nemesis and polar opposite of Drizzt Do'Urden from the Forgotten Realms books. I had high hopes we'd see some of the stories turned into movies, but I'm doubtful that it will ever happen. 4, more vital than ever for the fantasy. Drow ranger Drizzt Do'Urden, first introduced in The Icewind Dale Trilogy, quickly became one of the fantasy genre's standout characters. Mar 4, 2015- Explore ArdatYakshi's board "RA Salvatore' Characters" on Pinterest. So basically you just need to get where he is and do the right things? #7. In your heart. Buy Official Dungeons & Dragons Drizzt Character Folio: Game Accessories - Amazon. The front cover states "A Drizzt Novel", but this is hardly a book about Drizzt. Drizzt is the gateway into the Realms for many (myself included). Fandom Apps Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Drizzt Do'Urden is a Drow (dark elf) from Menzoberranzan, one of the largest cities in the Underdark of Faerun. Drizzt began his life as a name plucked from the ether when creator R. Drizzt Do'Urden was a drow. The Legend of Drizzt is a series of fantasy novels by R. This book is suitable for anyone over the age of ten, yet isn't a kid's novel. What I don't get is why he misspelled Guenhwyvar, it's not like hunter pets have unique name restrictions like player characters do. Salvatore, he discusses his most recent books and the thought process of killing main characters and friends of the hero. If you would like for me to create any playable characters from the books like this one please let me know. For now!The mighty warhammer Aegis-fang has found its way into the hands of the wicked pirate captain Sheila Kree, and. It managed to become successful as it found the support of the lovers of fantasy stories. In Part 1, I described my experiments with a few different techniques and ended with descriptions of some of the unique characters. The following is an adaption of Drizzt Do'Urden based heavily on his 2E stats and 3. But this animation is far from complete and using certain weapons just crash the game. This should be Drizzt and Guenhwyvar, from the Drizzt-books of R. Then a mysterious female comes to the city and everything changes, he is to learn a lot about love and females and life too, from one as much an outcast as himself. Hero is the follow-up to Maestro and Archmage, and final book in the Homecoming trilogy. Drizzt should have 4. Drawing made in Photoshop of two Drow characters from R. Drizzt Do'Urden had followed a line of precepts based upon discipline and ultimate optimism. Drizzt, Catti-Brie, Entreri, even Jarlaxle did't have a master plan. Drizzt is a young noble in a city of dark elves, born to a family who will immediately offer his infant (and more importantly, male) life to the Spider Queen, Lolth. Patreon: htt. Archmage Legend Of Drizzt Homecoming. See more ideas about Fantasy characters, Forgotten realms and Dark elf. Salvatore's books directly on Drizzt and need another series. D&D Beyond. Salvatore, he discusses his most recent books and the thought process of killing main characters and friends of the hero. Unlike other Drows, Zaknafein secretely hated Dark Elf Society and was very moral and compassionate for his race. Salvatore, Drizzt is a Drow or Dark Elf. Salvatore, appearing in his novels for over 20 years. Drizzt was originally created by author R. 000 XP +5 30FT 417 13 strenght mod +1 save +7 20 dexterity +5 +5 15 constitution +2 +8 17 intelligence +3 +3 17 wisdom +3 +3 14 charisma +2 +2. Salvatore as a supporting character in the Icewind Dale Trilogy. Apr 21, 2016- Explore troysheff's board "Drizzt", followed by 692 people on Pinterest. They are based in the Forgotten Realms setting in the dimension of Abeir-Toril on the continent Faerun in the popular D&D universe currently published/owned by Wizards of the Coast. Drizzt's father was Zaknafein, the famous weapons. killed 12 monsters. Love One Piece, Smite and Sports! My One Piece Theory Channel: https://t. It follows the story of Drizzt Do'Urden from the time and circumstances of his birth and his upbringing amongst the drow (dark elves). He is obtained as reward of the Overdue Rendezvous Variant of the Underdeep Cartography Adventure. There have been a zillion "official" character sheets for Drizzt over the years. All the novels are by R. Her demise begins when Drizzt shows actions of compassion and mercy during a raid on the surface elves which causes her to lose the favor of Lolth. His handsome features were sharp and well proportioned and, like other drow, Drizzt's skin was black and his stark white hair was long, thick, and flowing. Très content de l'achat. Today we. Drizzt is among the most beloved fantasy characters in the world and he has won the hearts of millions of readers. Unlike most rather sociopathic Drow, Drizzt is a kind, good person. Drizzt was my introduction to the Realms, and I still love the character. My agent and I have been discussing a few possibilities to include in my inevitable pitch and I would like to share one with those who have liked this page, just to get some input on what you, as fans of the Legend of Drizzt series, would be interested in seeing. Salvatore's all-new Forgotten Realms trilogy—full of swordplay, danger, and imaginative thrills—features one of fantasy's most beloved and enduring characters, Drizzt Do'Urden. With the cameo of Cadderly, Danica, Ivan, and Pikel (characters from RA Salvatore's "The Cleric Quintet") and the Crystal Shard, The. Artemis Entreri (once known as Barrabus the Gray) was a ruthless assassin and the former arch-nemesis of Drizzt Do'Urden. This stunning new release of the classic R. Fan de Drizzt, à avoir absolument, 40 fig, dont des rares, règles en anglais mais on retrouve assez facilement les traductions pdf. Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Drizzt Do'Urden, one of the first characters I ever truly fell in "love" with. This stunning new release of the classic R. Salvatore's Legend of Drizzt story, Malice and Zaknafein Do'Urden are Drizzt's parents. Jarlaxle and Artemis can be used as heroes or villains, depending on the scenario. Drizzt was originally created by author R. An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works. This second book in New York Times bestselling author R. Christopher Perkins @ChrisPerkinsDnD D&D unicorn. Drizzt is a Chaotic Good Ranger and has been living on the surface for some time. Because 5e's ranger has no sense of identity what so ever. Salvatore, the first book in The Dark Elf Trilogy, a prequel to The Icewind Dale Trilogy. Players will take on the role of a wandering mercenary with their own special set of skills and their own reasons for traveling to this remote corner of the world. Character » This edit will also create new pages on Giant Bomb for: Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your. got killed on the 16th tile laid down with 4 monsters in play. The Icewind Dale Trilogy is a trilogy of epic fantasy novels by the American writer R. Icingdeath +3, also known as Scimitar +3, Frostbrand in the original games, is an enchanted scimitar, wielded by the famous hero Drizzt Do'Urden who appears in Baldur's Gate (1998) This icon indicates content from the original Baldur's Gate campaign. Salvatore novels set in the Forgotten Realms. Mar 4, 2015- Explore ArdatYakshi's board "RA Salvatore' Characters" on Pinterest. But this animation is far from complete and using certain weapons just crash the game. Drizzt's father was Zaknafein, the famous weapons. His first published novel was The Crystal Shard from TSR in 1982, and he is still best known as the creator of the dark elf Drizzt, one of fantasy's most beloved characters. Drizzt surrounded by several enemys,another dangerous threat. A Salvatore. A cooperative game of adventure for 1-5 players set in the world of Dungeons & Dragons. You've been waiting for the beloved dark elf from Dungeons & Dragons' Forgotten Realms to return, and we're excited to exclusively announce R. I also will be adding new characters to the World of WarCraft Adventure Game. Salvatore was required to create a character for The Crystal Shard, his first book set in the Forgotten Realms. In the decades since Drizzt Do'Urden made his first appearance in The Crystal Shard, the dark elf has become an iconic staple in fantasy fiction, appearing in graphic novels, video games, and over 30 books. Drizzt Do'Urden, also called Drizzt Daermon N'a'shezbaernon, was a male drow ranger. All The Legend of Drizzt™ Heroes. In Part 1, I described my experiments with a few different techniques and ended with descriptions of some of the unique characters. I haven't seen a dual-wielding drow ranger copy in a long time. For now!The mighty warhammer Aegis-fang has found its way into the hands of the wicked pirate captain Sheila Kree, and. In your heart. Just last year, Chris Perkins played a level 16 pure-Champion Fighter Drizzt at a PAX event. But I feel like Bob just kind of…plays in the Faerun sandbox, so to speak, without really paying attention to the lore of the setting (though he did contribute greatly to the development of Menzo). However, the author soon realized how popular the character was, and Drizzt became the main character. He is obtained as reward of the Overdue Rendezvous Variant of the Underdeep Cartography Adventure. Lady Aribeth de Tylmarande is a half-elven paladin of Tyr, and is a major NPC character in Bioware's Neverwinter Nights Official Campaign, and Hordes of the Underdark Expansion. In The Legend of Drizzt, the players take on the role of Drizzt Do'Urden and his adventuring companions to battle foes, and win treasure and glory, based on the adventures of Drizzt as. Drizzt is a unique dark elf - apart from his purple eyes unlike the typical red - born to the Tenth noble house of Menzoberranzan, Daermon Na'shezbaernon or House Do'Urden for short. If you have your own one, just send us the image and we will show it on the web-site. Unlike most rather sociopathic. The Thousand Orcs is a fantasy novel by American writer R. Drizzt Do'Urden (pronounced /ˈdrɪst doʊˈɜrdɪn/) [1] is a fictional character in the Forgotten Realms setting based on the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. This book provides a decent read and keeps the readers intrigued till the very end. I guess it's because this animation has no particular animation to work with these weapons. The Legend of Drizzt Omnibus Volume 2 (Graphic Novel) by R. Balor demon of the Abyss who lusts after the Crystal Shard Bruenor Battlehammer. I learned so much more once I branched out. Produit bien emballé et envoi rapide, merci. This category is for The Silmarillion characters. We used no walkthroughs, no internet and we were doubting whether it was even possible to kill him as he sliced through all of our spawned minions (Wand of Summoning) with such ease. Engulf yourself in flames, instantly causing 1,666 Fire damage to enemies within 8 yards and radiating 622 Fire damage every sec. Those are the rivers of my memory, flowing from distant. inspired by r. THE DRESDEN FILES. Another thing is that there's no character showing on the inventory screen. Feel free to download, share, comment and discuss every wallpaper you like. The class literally just gets things to replicate drow racial features from 2e, a version of drizzt's magic item pet heavily nerfed to be a class feature, and then things that can be done anyway by rolling high enough on the dice with skill checks anyway. First of all, there are a lot of novels peppered with Drow names. The Legend of Drizzt series reissued the many novels about Drizzt Do'Urden, re-numbered in chronological order. Salvatore with a main character you may have heard of if you have ever played a Tabletop RPG. Drizzt Do'Urden Stats for 3rd Edition D&D. killed 12 monsters. But Homeland first reveals the startling tale of how this one lone drow walked out of the shadowy depths of the Underdark, leaving behind a society of evil and a family who want him dead. uhm, he's Drizzt a character by R. xx Boundless (Generations, n. Drizzt Do'Urden Malice Do'Urden. Haven't played Drizzt in a while. Character » Drizzt Do'urden appears in 54 issues. Viagra (Sildenafil) es un medicamento oral para la impotencia masculina, también conocida como disfunción eréctil. Game info: Guenhwyvar is not a playable character but can be summoned by Drizzt if he selects the "Figurine of Guenhwyvar" power. Salvatore is an author best known for creating the popular fantasy character Drizzt Do'Urden. His handsome features were sharp and well proportioned and, like other drow, Drizzt's skin was black and his stark white hair was long, thick, and flowing. Drizzt's father Zaknafein, a weapon master known for his combat prowess, trained Drizzt in the ways of combat. Drizzt's mother and matron mother of House Do'Urden until her death at the hands of Briza, Malice Do'Urden was a very powerful high priestess of Lolth. Readers were first introduced to Drizzt in The Crystal Shard, the novel that kicked off The Icewind Dale trilogy and introduced us to a host of characters that would become longtime companions of Drizzt. But I feel like Bob just kind of…plays in the Faerun sandbox, so to speak, without really paying attention to the lore of the setting (though he did contribute greatly to the development of Menzo). The Thousand Orcs is a fantasy novel by American writer R. inspired by r. Drizzt and all his companions are high level characters, and without this component their actual level will not match their current experience shown on the character record screen - the game will "truncate" their experience to the highest value allowed by the current XP cap. Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance/Drizzt. Drizzt is the main character, along with Bruenor, in R. Sasa and Chester are into those stories, Drizzt is a badass with scimitars. Achilles - Achilles Profile. This mod is not opted-in to receive Donation Points. Salvatore as a supporting character in the Icewind Dale Trilogy. The 5e character sheet came straight from WotC and represents a version of Drizzt that fit into a Acquisitions Incorporated game. When Montolio begins teaching him the ways of the ranger, Drizzt realizes that, unknowingly, he had been following those very principles his entire life. Generates 80 Fury over 10 sec. In that one, Drizzt is prowling around the vast Underdark in survival mode, a force unto himself, fighting a fantastic array of monsters and fiends while being stalked by Matron Malice and her spirit wraith.