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[Nevercast] - Indepth Setting Discussion
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Ar Kayon
The Iron Element
The iron element represents the decay of that which was once shiny and beautiful. This setting element is predominant in the Vanaq Ir region, a graveyard of pre-Nevercast technology. The monolith representing this element is the Iron City, a labyrinthine complex of research facilities, both above and below ground, which hides the most advanced technologies ever conceived. Its inhabitants are extremely competitive in their endeavor to obtain these relics, and many have banded together to control portions of the city.
(The Iron City will be the perfect setting for players seeking adventure, exotic items and artifacts, post-modern dungeon crawling, or a kick-the-door-down style of gaming.)
The Earth Element
This is not a future where modern conveniences have made men soft and weak of will. The underlying theme is a return to nature, where the collapse of the previous social structures has allowed the opportunity for a more holistic and integrated approach to human progress, which gives rise to the Water Element.
The Water Element
From the failure caused by the rigidity of pre-Nevercast socio-political structures, the structures of post-Nevercast that will thrive will be fluid and decentralized. In order to get a feel for territory unknown to me, I've been looking up the philosophy of open-source government, government in general (because I'm personally apolitical and find government boring except for when I'm destroying and urinating on it in my fantasy world), the apparent need to do away with conventional military methods, and reading "The Economist" for clues to where things may be in the future.
The Heaven Element
Any good story essentially boils down to the human experience. And, after all, I wouldn't want to alienate the storytellers and character actors - the definition of role-player - from the game. It is in my opinion that the lethality and lack of "epicness" apparent in a simulationist system will cultivate a more interactive environment - an environment void of power-gamer and munchkin meta-elements - where every action has realistic and potentially deep consequences. Thus, it will be that much sweeter should your character actually reach magnitudes of epic proportion.
Getting down to the more tangible subjects, who you are and where you are from will have a large impact upon how NPCs perceive and interact with you. Playing in any of the Des Xiac nations, for example, will subject the players to extreme racial tension.
Eastern philosophies have great influence over the construction of the setting, as I'm quite fond of Ch'an Buddhism and Taoism, and also because their agnostic natures complement science so well. I've written in the far-future setting blog that the Masters had attained the ability to control nanomachines through practice and meditation - it's an example of the marriage between the two subjects I am referring to.
Discovery and Mystique
My favorite RPGs have one thing in common: secrets. I love discovering secrets, and I'm assuming a lot of other people do too. So I have the Nevercast, an event that makes secrets.
Pre-Nevercast technology is highly desirable, so why isn't it a normal part of the current world? Because the Nevercast cut off the money supply, and many innovative ideas still in the experimental stages were abandoned. Facilities shut down. These facilities hold many secrets, but they're out of reach because powerful groups have their hands in the cookie jar. There are, however, places they don't know about.
Generally, player character professions involve the procurement of technology, providing muscle to those who wish to procure technology, or providing other avenues of procurement to those parties. Therefore, there will be available many different methods to achieve your goals, based on many different PC skillsets:
1. Stealing or hunting information about new sources, either through hacking or tracking down references in old facility databases or scientific periodicals.
2. Diplomacy
3. Breaking and entering
4. Hijacking
5. Intimidation
6. Destroying the competition, such as through general slaughter or exposing illegal activities.
((Most of these methods aren't the most altruistic, but there will be other professions to choose from that aren't so morally ambiguous, such as the poor bastards from Urs Prime who are charged to stabilize those hot spot areas of activity.))
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What is Des Xi?
Des Xi is a group of 3 regions that are now individual nations. These nation/regions are Vanaq Ir, Ectanoc, and Dezonoc.
A Brief History of Des Xi
The original kingdom of Des Xi was taken over by the Outworlder tribes long ago. This occupation spread out over lifetimes, but much anti-Outworlder sentiment lingered.
Capitalizing on these tensions, The Urs Prime Empire offered its assistance in driving the Outworlders out. In exchange, Des Xi would be assimilated into the Empire, although its national individuality would be maintained with the installation of a native king; it would be a vassal state. As a result, Outworlder rule was removed, but many Outworlders had built their lives in Des Xi, so many stayed.
The Des Xiacs enjoyed their religious and cultural freedom under Urs Prime, whose rule continues to this day.
Modern-Day Des Xi
Xiam (King) Mefir had twin sons, Archaeon and Raqred. Before he named his successor, Xiam Mefir died of a stroke. At first, the two had agreed to a diarchy: Archaeon would manage Dezonoc, Raqred would manage Ectanoc, and Vanaq Ir would be split down the middle. However, their ideological differences on how to rule the state as a whole, especially in regards to the massive oil exportation in Ectanoc and Outworlder/Cult relations in Vanaq Ir, would tear their relationship apart. Civil war erupted.
The fighting was intense, but neither side showed signs of defeat. Amidst the conflict, Outworlder guerrillas and technology cults, who were once on fair terms with Xiam Archaeon, exploited both sides' inability to maintain order in Vanaq Ir, and the region was quickly taken.
The fighting ended in a stalemate, and Des Xi was effectively split into 3 parts. The nations were crippled and the brothers were left to pick up the pieces. Contractors and businessmen from Urs Prime, however, grew fat off the war, as weapons were traded for oil, which had dropped down dramatically in price in order for Xiam Raqred to meet their demands and arm his military. Dezonoc, on the other hand, with less money and resources, survived using the advantage of terrain and the strategic expertise of Xiam Archaeon's chief advisor and Old Master, Meh Kada. Overall, the war had lasted 4 years, with neither side benefiting from the ordeal.
What is the "Veil"?
The Veil was Meh Kada's secret operations unit that acted beyond the knowledge of Xiam Archaeon. It was led by Meh Kada's protege and emissary, Indra, an expert of stealth and the martial arts. This unit was formed after the war against Archaeon's brother, in response to the deteriorating political and socioeconomic strength in Dezonoc.
Although Meh Kada acted in the interests of Xiam Archaeon and the state, he utilized illegal methods in order to expedite those interests and break the stalemate between the brothers. Meh Kada's plan was to economically outmaneuver Xiam Raqred by dominating the means of energy production: coercing or persuading the energy giants into abandoning oil, which is the primary resource amongst the Des Xiac nations, and adopting the emerging fusion technology (cheap to produce, but the production will undoubtedly be fixed in order to inflate the prices).
Meh Kada estimated his plan to be fully realized in 7 years, roughly the same amount of time it would take to fight a war, but more sound because it would leave Archaeon in the position to release Urs Prime's choke hold on the nations. From there, Meh Kada convinced Archaeon that the Cult of the Star's fusion technology would be obtained through diplomacy. When diplomacy failed, however, he resorted to subterfuge, assassinated leading cult members, and stole many of their arcane schemata.
Who are the Outworlders?
The Outworlders are from the eastern continent, characterized by their bluish skin tones*. They love to fight - enjoying the greatest success in military history - and their perceptions of the world are viewed as bizarre.
The Outworlder Religion<Divinity of the Tribes
Each legitimate tribe - one that can directly trace itself back to its founding Guardian patriarch or matriarch, or any existing tribe that has preceded the Guardians - has a divine right to sovereignty, and any entity that violates this divine right, whether another tribe or foreign power, is the enemy of all tribes (thus, the cooperation of many tribes commanded fear-inspiring magnitudes of military might). Squabbles between tribes, however, are denied the right to warfare, and must be settled either through mediation or duel (subterfuge was often utilized instead).
Foreign powers are recognized as sovereign so long as they don't invoke the wrath of the Ancestors of Nature or promote outright imperialism. (The Outworlder tribes made many enemies as a result. Ironically, the Outworlders assimilated their defeated enemies.)
The Old Masters
Outworlder organization and religious practices gave birth to highly institutionalized, effective, and advanced systems of martial arts. Powerful and sagacious exponents of these martial arts were called "Old Masters" and are said to be the exalted beneficiaries of the Ancestors of Nature because of their invulnerability in combat.
The Old Masters guarded their secrets with utmost ferocity, and typically dueled amongst themselves in order to obtain the others' knowledge. Over time, some of this knowledge managed to leak out into Outworlder-influenced cultures and spread from there. In post-modern times, Masters (albeit rare), may come from anywhere.
*The Outworlders are blue as in the way Asians are perceived as yellow, or as Native Americans are perceived as red. My best attempt to explain this would be a reflection of their culture. In India, a child was born with multiple arms and the people perceived her as a beautiful, divine creature. They also have gods who are blue. To make an analogy, Pio Mon, an Outworlder Ancestor of Nature, is depicted as having blue skin and is one of the most venerated deities. I could imagine that in this futuristic world with the available technologies, many Outworlders would have biologically altered themselves and their children via gene-altering retroviruses to resemble their gods.
Note: as of right now, I have not come up with an official ethnic name for the Outworlders; they are only referred to as Outworlder colloquially.
Artificial Intelligence.
The first A.I. systems were built by constructing a simulation of the brain composed of virtual neurons and the like. There are likely to be only a scant few systems to be built in this manner, and likely these few to be the only A.I. to exist at all for decades on because 1) the unpredictability of a human-based intelligence architecture is potentially dangerous 2) promoting such a construct as a commodity would raise vociferous ethical concerns (therefore, because of 1 and 2, this construct is commercially unmarketable) and 3) constructing a purely rational A.I. from the ground up would present a challenge of near-insurmountable difficulty in comparison. Also, because it will be very difficult to improve upon the construct's intelligence outside of natural learning (e.g. installing programs), it will be very unremarkable when intellectually juxtaposed to any other human, and probably won't be very effective at optimizing its quantum computing power for skills like breaking complex codes or doing calculation-heavy mathematics.
Furthermore, an article I've read of constructing artificial intelligence in this "brute-force" manner made a poignant insight: the system would have the same desires as everyone else does. Sex comes to mind, and the author points out that not addressing this desire appropriately would be downright cruel, as the construct would have no way of acting out those impulses. Nice! So, here we have the potential for some sexually repressed and very pissed off computers.
I feel that adding swords to a post-modern setting potentially undermines the level of seriousness and realism I'm trying to imbue upon it. There is an extremely delicate balance here. I know that, in the real world, actual swords that are used to slay people with are used in the context of terrorism, and they're utilized quite effectively in scaring the living shit out of people. With this insight in mind, I hope to be able to emulate that kind of energy and add heavily subjective value upon these weapons. These values will undoubtedly have traditional or religious significance.
Clearly, what I don't want is to make people associate this setting with that of popular movies or video games, as I will have succeeded in creating a barrier of disbelief between the player and the game world. In many of these sci-fi stories, you find heroes using swords because geeks think they're cool, and the heroes are immune to bullets so why bother with gunfights? So, right now, my mind is split whether to have swords be a deadly tool of the Old Master's arsenal, or to do away with them and strip the Masters down to the bare bones martial arts.))
David Berg
How have you chosen the proper names within the gameworld? They don't remind me of any particular culture(s).
Is "discover unknown tech" the basic motivator of play? You mention doing this for pay, but it can be unsatisfying to make a discovery only to part with the fruits of it. If I got ahold of some unknown tech, I'd want to tease out its secrets, and in the process derive some personal benefit.
Is "overcome obstacles to get to the unknown tech" the basic activity of play? Or "figure out how to use the tech you've previously found"? Both? Neither?
As for Swords, I like your arguments against them, and dislike your arguments for them.
I like the concrete bits of setting you've outlined ("there is a labyrinthine complex of research facilities which hides the most advanced technologies"). More of these! The bits on philosophy and influences just make me ask, "Okay, how will that show up in play?"
here's my blog, discussing Delve, my game in development
dindenver
RK,
1) Shior Ah reminds me too much of Sharia (Law for Muslims)
2) I dunno if your sword thing is on target. There are some geek cultures around swords (Katanas for instance). But there are several martial cultures that use swords in modern times (Chinese martial arts for instance). Also, several military units have a sword as part of their uniform. For instance, when I think of swords, I think of modern marine dress uniform, not Terrorists or Samurai.
The one thing to factor in with a post-modern setting is, a sword might be the highest tech weapon that a combatant has access to...
Seriously though. As much as it might push your setting into D&D/Mad Max territory, you should stat out archaic weapons for people who only have access to just that, right?
Anyways, good luck with your game man...
Dave M
Author of Legends of Lanasia RPG (Still in beta)
Shior Ah reminds me too much of Sharia (Law for Muslims)
- Funny you should say that. I derived inspiration for the Outworlder religion from several sources, including Islam, Native American/Ancient Mexican religions, and Taoism. However, your observation is merely a coincidence, as I still have a lot to learn about Islam.
I dunno if your sword thing is on target. There are some geek cultures around swords (Katanas for instance). But there are several martial cultures that use swords in modern times (Chinese martial arts for instance). Also, several military units have a sword as part of their uniform. For instance, when I think of swords, I think of modern marine dress uniform, not Terrorists or Samurai.
The one thing to factor in with a post-modern setting is, a sword might be the highest tech weapon that a combatant has access to.
- Post-modern, not post-apocalyptic. Guns are fairly ubiquitous, although they are typically manufactured in less volume and with fewer quality standards than in the past. The rare weapons are the magnetic accelerator rifles. Post-Nevercast accelerator rifles require constant maintenance as the heat produced damages the integrity of the rails, but if you can find a pre-Nevercast version, you can shoot that thing all day and carve through walls, reinforced car doors, or class 6 armor like butter.
- Please elaborate.
The bits on philosophy and influences just make me ask, "Okay, how will that show up in play?"
- This aspect colors the setting more so than directly influencing play. Masters of the Martial Arts and Internal Arts will have a more direct link to philosophy, as such understanding is tantamount to their skill development. The GM can present this process in the form of mini-games, such as when the player is in a drug-induced meditational trance.
Nevercast<Urs Prime Republic
Interesting. How did the Outworlders come about? Are they just humans who developed (naturally or otherwise) a different skin tone or are they somehow connected to another world?
Mobius a.k.a Charles
The Outworlders are humans. Their name is just a colloquialism; they've always been around, but haven't always had that skin tone. It takes a very isolated and internally-conditioned society to change on a wholesale level, independently of an interconnected world. In the beginning, it was just paint used during war and ceremony to garner favor from Pio Mon.
As I'm no biologist and don't know any, I have no clue if the retrovirus idea could at all be feasible. I was thinking the genetic source come from a tropical animal or something...hahaha! So, I may make some alterations; maybe they were always that way and Pio Mon was envisioned as a reflection of their society.
Master of mayhem...
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/27338236/
Genetic alteration of skin pigments is a reality in the present day. You might change their name to Outlanders though, to remove the perception that they're aliens.
That's quite interesting. I should really start looking up more stuff on cutting edge biology and the sort (genetic modification as well as medically-related), as the technology in this world still progresses at a steady, albeit slower pace.
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I cant use any of the controls. I have to turn the Graphtec CE5000-60 off and on to get it to stop flashing and displaying the Y-position alarm.
When I run a test the triangle doesnt fully make a connection.
Naw havent really thought about quitting trying to figure it out. I thing there is a solution to most problems. Just have to figure them out. Some take time and some are quick. I also like tinkering with things so its not a huge deal to do that with this as well. I would just prefer possitive comments to my questions. Skeeter hasent seemed to give up on me quite yet.
Y-Position alarm is when the carriage gets stuck - for instance vinyl gets jammed as the carriage is trying to move, happens to me when I cut scrap that has been folded. Power off, power on, try cutting again.
X-Position alarm is when the grit rollers get stuck. for instance if the plotter tries to pull a fifty yard roll too fast it will cause this alarm, same fix, power off, power on, try cutting again.
dakotagrafx's picture was the key to my problem.
Had that happen on a qe60+ (ce5000) and I thought I killed it for sure until I pulled the cover to see that thin piece of metal bent.
I see the pic in the link above but I can't see my sensor. Does anyone else have a picture they can post or any other recommendations? Please see pic attached of my machine. Not sure why pic is upsude down. Is it possible for the sensor to fall off?
Thanks. I am referring to the sensor mentioned in the link earlier in the poats abovr. It measures the distance between the rollers. When it is messed up, it goes past the rollers and hits the end of the machine. Then an error occurs and you can't cut.
The media width sensor is actually under the plastic cover on top of the machine and I don't think it can be seen without that cover removed. Somehow I bent one of the metal plates that it sense at each end and it started crashing into the end. My machine was set up in a retail space where little kids had access to it at the time, not any more.
Thanks! Is there anyway you can send a picture showing the metal piece you're talking about?
Mine is back together at the moment but if you take the top cover off there is a metal tab at each an you can see on the top of the carriage the black plastic sensor that slides over them.
Can anyone tell me where the sensor is?
Which model are you showing of a graphtec? Is it the Ce5000?
If my memory is right it's the u shaped black plastic thing on the right in your picture. Above the pinch roller is a metal tab that passes through that when the head goes side to side and triggers the sensor.
Hello. I know its been a while? Did you fix your machine? I am having the same issue. I am having the same issue with my FC 7000.
does any one know if the x and y motors are interchangeable with each other?
I know this is a very old topic, but I'm having this issue with my graphtec ce5000-60.
I took cover off and located the black plastic u-shape. I found a metal tab on one end that slides between sensor, but nothing on the other? I am so confused. Any advice?
For reference in case it happens to anyone else; When I hit "enter' my pen block would travel to the right at normal speed, then to the left at a slower speed, hit the side wall, and stop.
Turns out it was a bent push roller sensor.
Pushed for time, I finally gave up and took my cutter to Advanced Plastics in Nashville. Dennis was great. Checked it out and repaired it so that I could bring it home yesterday evening. No need to make another 3 hour round trip to pick it back up next week.
Hopefully, this info can help someone else who's ready to pull their hair out.
Thanks to all who post their problems/resolutions in this forum, you guys have helped me much in the past. Thanks, Dakotagrafx, for fast responses.


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Das Franziskanerkloster St. Bernhardin ist ein ehemaliges Kloster der Franziskaner-Observanten in Lenzfried, einem Stadtteil von Kempten (Allgäu). Das 1461 gegründete Kloster ist dem heiligen Bernhardin von Siena geweiht. Auf der anderen Straßenseite befindet sich das Franziskanerinnenkloster St. Anna.

Geschichte
1458 brachte der Stadtpfarrer Leonhard Märklin den Gedanken an die Errichtung eines franziskanischen Konvents auf, der bald von fünf Ordensbrüdern besiedelt wurde. Schnell wurde der Orden in der Bevölkerung beliebt. Im Jahr 1461 erwarb Ulrich Rist, ein Kaplan zu St. Stephan, einen Gutshof in Lenzfried zum Bau eines Franziskanerklosters, das zur Oberdeutschen oder Straßburger Ordensprovinz (Provincia Argentina) gehörte. 1466 wurde die erste Klosterkirche und der Konvent vom Weihbischof von Augsburg dem heiligen Bernhardin geweiht.

Wegen der Unruhen des Schmalkaldischen und Deutschen Bauernkriegs wurden die Franziskaner 1548 vom Kloster abgezogen. Von da an lebten bis 1643 aus der Reichsstadt geflohene Franziskanerinnen in dem Konventsgebäude. 1649 zog wieder ein Franziskanerkonvent mit zwölf Brüdern in die alten Klostergebäude ein. Die Ordensbrüder wirkten nun seelsorgerisch in der Pfarrei. Im gleichen Jahr zogen die Franziskanerinnen, die sich kurze Zeit mit den Brüdern das Gebäude teilten, in das Franziskanerinnenklosters St. Anna gegenüber.

Im Jahr 1663 wurden in der Klosterkirche  drei neue Altäre geweiht. Ein Umbau zu einer Dreiflügelanlage wurde 1683 von Hans Mayer errichtet. Ein neuer Hochaltar wurde 1748 von Kloster Lechfeld erworben. In den Jahren 1765/67 wurde das Kloster unter Joseph Galler neu errichtet. Das Kloster wurde 1805 im Zuge der Säkularisation endgültig aufgelassen. Kirche und Klosteranlage blieben erhalten. Die Klosterkirche St. Magnus wurde Pfarrkirche, in die früheren Klostergebäude zog der Pfarrhof und 1814 ein Lazarett ein, später eine Schule. In den Jahren 1892/93 erhielt die Kirche einen Kirchturm, erbaut von Hugo Höfl. Seit 2002 besteht mit der Nachbarpfarrei St. Ulrich eine Pfarreigemeinschaft.

Beschreibung

Klosteranlage
Das dreigeschossige Klostergebäude ist eine schlichte Anlage; sie besteht aus einem an die Kirche angefügten Dreiflügelbau und einem nach Süden anschließenden Trakt. Im 19. Jahrhundert wurden die Gebäude zum Teil verändert. Die Klostermauer auf der Ostseite stammt aus dem 18. Jahrhundert.

Kloster- und Pfarrkirche St. Magnus

Die katholische Pfarrkirche ist ein im Kern spätgotischer Saalbau mit einem polygonalen Chorabschluss und quadratischem Turm. Sie wurde 1463 bis 1466 errichtet und 1683 umgebaut. 1688 wurde die Josephskapelle dem Hauptbau angeschlossen. Eine Besonderheit der Kirche ist die zweigeschössige Empore.

Einzelnachweise

Literatur
 Josef Rottenkolber: Beiträge zur Geschichte des ehemaligen Franziskanerklosters Lenzfried. In: Franziskanische Studien Aschendorff, Münster 1935, S. 76–103.
 Pfarrgemeinderat Sankt Magnus (Hrsg.): 350 Jahre Pfarrei St. Magnus in Lenzfried. Kempten 1992, Agrar Verlag Allgäu.
 Hausgedenkblatt des Franziskanerklosters zu Lenzfried. In: Heinrich Uhlig: Sankt Mang. Geschichte einer Allgäuer Gemeinde. Verlag des Heimatpflegers von Schwaben, Kempten (Allgäu) 1955, S. 414.

Weblinks

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Christentum in Kempten (Allgäu)
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Прва мајевичка бригада је била пјешадијска јединица Војске Републике Српске, у саставу Источнобосанског корпуса.

Састав
По формацији, бригада је била лака пешадијска. Основне снаге бригаде чинила су четири пешадијска батаљона. Бригада је имала и једну тенковску чету, те једну батерију ПВО. Током 1993. године основан је и мешовити артиљеријски дивизион, у чији састав су ушле минобацачке, хаубичке и топовске батерије бригаде. У саставу бригаде била је и јединица за специјалне намене под командом Митра Максимовића Манде. Поред ове јединице, ударну снагу бригаде чинили су против-диверзантска чета (командант Владо Тодоровић), интервентна чета (командир Зоран Пепић), извиђачко-диверзантски вод (командир Живан Илић) и вод војне полиције.

Историја
Прва мајевичка бригада је наследница 22. партизанске бригаде ЈНА. Званично је основана у другој половини маја 1992. године, од батаљона и команде бивше ЈНА бригаде и људства Територијалне одбране Лопаре, Угљевик и Брчко.
Кроз бригаду је прошло око 3.000 војника; погинуо је 301 борац.

Ратни пут
Бригада је ратовала у целој Републици Српској, са тежиштем на мајевичком ратишту, где је држала линију према Теочаку. Учествовала је и у великој операцији Војске Републике Српске "Дрина 93".

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BOYD: Updating to privacy 2.0
Good questions raised about where the future of privacy and the law stand.
Dale Boyd
Dale Boyd is a reporter with the Penticton Western News
What do you get when you mix a 227-year-old law, iPhones, federal law enforcement and terrorism? Whatever it is, put the picture of it next to the word "quandary" in the dictionary.
Apple CEO Tim Cook went public Wednesday with a letter to customers waxing philosophical about the implications of creating a master key which, to spare you the technobabble, would allow the FBI to unlock the phone of one of the San Bernardino shooters.
Many have denounced the decision, unsurprisingly including GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump who asked "who do they think they are?"
Perhaps in a more articulate prose, Shane Harris at the Daily Beast noted that Apple has played ball before in a 2015 New York court case and is only pulling an about-face because it might "tarnish the Apple brand."
If Apple were grandstanding a bit of brand management (one could argue everything the company who's market share is $652 billion does is brand management) they still raise some good questions about where the future of privacy and the law stand.
Edward Snowden, best known for blowing whistles, predictably supported Apple's move to take the discussion to the public. Snowden's tweet does raise an interesting point that the FBI is "creating a world where citizens rely on Apple to defend their rights, rather than the other way around."
I don't think Cook is resorting to whatever the liberal equivalent of fear mongering is when he says the U.S. government is asking Apple to take "an unprecedented step which threatens the security of our customers."
The support the FBI is asking for would compromise the supposedly unbreakable iPhone encryption, the passcode you type in to unlock your phone. Impressive and clever self-destruct features prevent the FBI from trying multiple pass codes repeatedly, lest the phone erases all of its valuable data, and Apple programming prevents the "brute force" tactic of having random pass codes entered electronically at a high rate of speed until it eventually unlocks, the password has to be entered manually.
Apple says were it to create the software necessary to circumvent these features, it could easily be reused and retooled for future endeavours.
The clever engineering at Apple is now going up against the legal engineering of the founding fathers. The All Writs Act, as old as American law itself (not an exaggeration), essentially gives the court power to make orders in unprecedented or quirky issues that haven't been covered in prior case law.
It's easy to get caught up in the emotion of the case at hand, especially one as horrible as the San Bernardino shooting, but moral and technological quagmires like this one have far-reaching consequences, good or bad, when the precedent is set.
Whether or not Apple is posturing as a champion of the people for their own political gain, or because they are taking a legitimate moral stance, is besides the point now.
The questions are out there, and as more and more data enters the cloud — who you are, where you were, what you said, what you saw — it is our responsibility as the pioneers in this era of information to not fall asleep at the wheel.
We're used to living in an era where our rights were defined a long time ago, you learn about them in history class. Meanwhile governments are debating whether or not internet is a right and debates like Apple's, while confusing and a lot to take in, are ducking important. Damn autocorrect.
Dale Boyd is a reporter at the Penticton Western News.
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As natural disasters and extreme weather events become more intense and frequent every year, there lies an opportunity and challenge to rethink and rebuild cities to survive, thrive, and combat the effects of climate change. This year's Sustainable Perspective Symposium, Innovative and Resilient Cities, explores our roles as individuals and sustainability professionals in driving new concepts and programs in energy sourcing and efficiency, waste reduction and management, and outreach and behavioral change.
Join SUMASA, the student association for Columbia's Sustainability Management (SUMA) program, as we learn about local and global efforts to develop more robust planning to anticipate response to an ever-changing environment. Our expert panels and featured presentations with industry leaders provide a dynamic forum for solutions-based conversations and actions.
See the list of speakers who were featured at the event.
Don't miss the Student-led Workshop at 12:00pm: Talking Climate Change? Let Climate Talk!
How would you talk about climate science to your boss in an executive meeting? Or to a group of policymakers? Join your fellow sustainability students for a workshop on climate change communication. We know the science — now let's learn what to say and how to say it to drive change in everyday scenarios.
2018 Symposium Speakers
Welcome Remarks
Steven Cohen, August 11, 2015
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Executive Director, Columbia University's Earth Institute
Dr. Cohen is the Executive Director of Columbia University's Earth Institute and a Professor in the Practice of Public Affairs at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. He is also Director of the Master of Public Administration Program in Environmental Science and Policy at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, Director of the Masters of Science in Sustainability Management at Columbia University's School of Continuing Education, and the Director of the Research Program on Sustainability Policy and Management. Cohen received his B.A. in Political Science from Franklin College of Indiana, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from the State University of New York in Buffalo. In 1976-77, Cohen was a Ford Foundation Fellow in Urban Environmental Policy; in 1978-79, he was a Rockefeller Foundation Fellow in Public and Environmental Policy and Implementation. Dr. Cohen is a former policy analyst and consultant to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He has served on numerous boards and committees; he currently serves on the Board of Directors of Homes for the Homeless, Board of Directors of the Willdan Group, Inc., Advisory Board of the University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment, and Steering Committee for the Porter School of Environmental Studies at Tel Aviv University. Dr. Cohen also sits on the Judging Committee for the Yidan Prize Foundation. Dr. Steve Cohen is the author of several books and articles on public management, sustainability management, and environmental policy. His latest book, The Sustainable City, was published in 2017. Dr. Cohen also is a weekly contributor to The Huffington Post.
Panel: Innovative Approaches for an Inclusive, Resilient & Sustainable NYC
ANDREW A. REID
Senior Planning Analyst, Utility of the Future, Consolidated Edison of New York, Inc.
Andrew Reid is a Senior Planning Analyst in Con Edison's Utility of the Future department in New York City. His primary focus is to design and support the management of processes that maximize the value of innovation at Con Edison and to identify new utility models related to growth of distributed energy resources. Previously, he worked with the Research and Development Dept. of Con Edison where he primarily focused on managing projects that drive the adoption of new technologies that address strategic needs and operational sustainability for the electric business. Prior to Con Edison, Andrew worked at GE Global Research to generate innovative solutions in the Energy vertical. As the project lead in GE's Controls, Electronics, & Signal Processing organization, his work areas included Control Communications Systems for Battery Energy Storage, Electric Vehicle Infrastructure for Smart Charging and embedded electronics for Distribution Network Observability & Controllability.
JOHN OPPERMANN
Executive Director of Earth Day Initiative, 1990
John Oppermann is Executive Director of Earth Day Initiative, a 28-year-old environmental organization that puts together the most high-traffic Earth Day events in the country every spring and administers year-round environmental awareness programs, including a sustainable food toolkit and a green building publication. A graduate of Harvard Law School and Georgetown University, John is also a licensed attorney and has a real estate brokerage practice focused on green and healthy residential real estate.
MARSHALL COX
Founder and CEO, Radiator Labs
Marshall Cox is the founder and CEO of Radiator Labs, a NYC startup that saves up to 45% in heating costs for radiator-heated buildings, which represent almost 15% of the US residential housing market. Radiator Labs has won numerous awards, including the MIT Clean Energy Prize, the Popular Science Innovation Award, and the Verizon Powerful Answers award. Marshall earned his M.S. in materials science and engineering from Cornell University in 2004 and his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Columbia University in 2013. He holds six U.S. patents and has published eight peer-reviewed papers in semiconductor devices, processing and inorganic synthetic chemistry.
ROBERT COWAN
Senior Strategy Advisor, Executive Office, Department of Homeless Services, NY
Robert Cowan is a Senior Strategic Advisor for New York City's Department of Homeless Services (DHS). Prior to DHS, Robert worked for the Mayor's Office of Operations, where he helped establish the Shelter Repair Squad (SRS), a multiagency task force that routinely inspects all shelters across the five boroughs to ensure conditions are tracked, repaired, and publicly accessible. Previously, Robert worked as a project manager and analyst for New York City's Department of Small Business Services (SBS), the London Ambulance Service, and New Zealand's Ministry of Social Development. In all of these roles, Robert has focused on building strong and sustainable organizational governance structures. At DHS, Robert is now focused on developing Conscious Shelter Design, a set of guidelines and strategies that will enable shelter providers to utilize and maintain their physical shelter space in the most effective and sustainable ways possible.
SARAH A. CURRIE-HALPERN
Co-Founder, Think Zero LLC.
Sarah is Co-Founder of waste reduction and diversion consulting firm, Think Zero LLC, which helps corporations, building owners and institutions with waste reduction and diversion planning and implementation. Previously, Sarah ran the Solid Waste and Zero Waste Programs for the Mayor's Office of NYC. Her area of focus was implementing the Zero Waste plan Citywide. She ran the multi-agency Zero Waste Steering Committee, co-lead the OneNYC Water Fountain and Bottle Refiller Task Force, developed and lead the Mayor's Zero Waste Challenge, and pushed forward groundbreaking work around light pollution. Chair of the Manhattan Solid Waste Advisory Board (SWAB) and a Board Member of Earth Day New York and the R Baby Foundation, Sarah is deeply committed to environmental and social advocacy. A vegetarian since childhood and nature lover, she has a lifelong passion for environmental preservation, waste reduction and diversion, community service, yoga and meditation, habitat conservation, traveling and the arts.
MODOU CHAM
Representative, World Information Transfer, United Nations Economic and Social Council
Modou Cham is a Masters of Science in Sustainability Management student at Columbia University's Earth Institute and School of Professional Studies. Prior to studying at Columbia University, Modou worked as the Chief Administrative Officer for World Information Transfer (WIT). WIT is an NGO in general consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council, promoting environmental health, literacy and sustainable development. He was responsible for assisting the CEO in all functional and organizational matters, including office, personnel, information, and conference management. While working for WIT, Modou served as the Executive Secretary on the board of the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development from December 2013 to December 2016, through which he helped influence the Post-2015 Sustainable Development negotiation to mainstream climate change in the agenda. Modou currently serves as an adviser to the CEO and a United Nations Economic and Social Council Representative at WIT. Modou holds a Bachelors of Arts in Political Science and International Relations from West Chester University of Pennsylvania.
Panel: Innovations that are Changing the World – Examples of Resilience
CAROLYN DUPONT
Director of Environmental Transactions, Quantified Ventures
Carolyn duPont is a Boston-area native who is the Director of environmental transactions at Quantified Ventures. Prior to this role, she served on the investments team at Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, making early-stage debt and equity investments in clean energy and water companies. Previously, she worked in San Francisco as a manager for the geopolitical strategy consulting firm Monitor 360, part of the Monitor Group. Before Monitor, she worked in executive search and recruiting for environmentally-oriented companies, social enterprises, and foundations. In graduate school, she published research on green bonds and land conservation, as well as strategies for financing climate resilience investments. She worked with Encourage Capital on green infrastructure investments across U.S. cities and with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She serves on the board of the Trust for Public Land in Massachusetts and on the finance committee for the Conservation Law Foundation. Carolyn holds an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management, an MPA from the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, and a BA in Anthropology from Stanford University.
DANIELLE JOSEPH
Investment Officer, Closed Loop Partners
Danielle is an Investment Officer with Closed Loop Partners, responsible for managing the Closed Loop Ventures Pipeline and supporting underwriting, investment activities, and portfolio management across Closed Loop funds. Danielle has four years of experience in environmental-sector growth equity investing with NewWorld Capital Group. At NewWorld, Danielle worked on a range of topics, spanning business development, research on disruptive environmental technologies, and analyzing opportunities for growth equity and project finance investments across clean energy, energy efficiency, waste-to-value, water resources and reclamation, and environmental services. Danielle earned her MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business where she participated in and led, as Chief Investment Officer, the inaugural years of the GSB Impact Fund, an early stage investing platform for impact-driven companies. Danielle earned her BA from Pomona College.
JANICE BARNES
Global Resilience Director, Principal, Perkins+Will
Janice works with public and private clients to identify their risks and vulnerabilities and to meet their resilience goals. With nearly 30 years of design experience ridging practical applications with empirical research, Janice recognizes critical organizational processes and links these to appropriate design responses. Janice co-chairs the firm's Resilience Task Force linking environmental, social and economic indicators. She also oversees the Resilience Lab of AREA, a 501(c)(3) focused on integrating research into design practice. She has worked extensively with the Rockefeller Foundation, beginning with the National Disaster Resilience Competition and then Global Resilience Academy. Janice has vast experience in the development of different cities' resilience strategies and climate adaptation plans. Janice also participates on the board of several organizations focused on improving overall resilience and sustainability. She received her bachelor's degree in Architecture from the University of Tennessee, her master's degree in Architecture from Tulane University and she took her M.S. and her Doctorate from the University of Michigan.
THADDEUS PAWLOWSKI
Managing Director, Center for Resilient Cities and Landscapes
Thaddeus Pawlowski is the managing director of the Center for Resilient Cities and Landscapes at Columbia University where he seeks to integrate adaptation and resilience into the long term development patterns of the cities through the design of projects, policies and programs. In a partnership with 100 Resilient Cities and the Rockefeller Foundation, the Center brings together local leaders and global experts to drive the implementation of resilient projects around the world. Prior to the founding CRCL, Thaddeus planned for disasters at NYC Office of Emergency Management, worked to reduce the likelihood and impact of disasters at NYC Planning, and then helped the City recover from Hurricane Sandy at the NYC Mayor's Office. He also has extensive experience working as a subject matter expert in cities facing the hazards of climate change including Sao Paolo, Houston, and Boston. He has a Masters in Architecture from University of Pennsylvania and was a 2015 Loeb Fellow at Harvard University.
KAREN SCHROEDER
Strategy and Finance Professional, M.S. in Sustainability Management Student, Columbia University
Karen is a strategy and finance professional with experience spanning governmental and non-governmental organizations such as the World Bank, the Commission of the European Union, the German Institute for International and Security Affairs. She has worked in the private sector for Fortune500 companies such as VeriSign. Her doctoral studies focused on international political economy and environmental economics. Her consulting experience includes the Corporate Executive Board and Strategy Execution Consulting. She has worked with a number of startups in the tech sector in Silicon Valley in crucial roles that included strategy implementation, sales and customer success responsibilities. She is passionate about clean tech and is currently completing a certificate in sustainable finance at Columbia University with a focus on funding renewable energy.
ANDREW REVKIN
Strategic Adviser for Environmental and Science Journalism, National Geographic Society
Andrew Revkin is one of America's most honored and experienced journalists and authors focused on environmental and human sustainability and an innovator in using new communication tools to foster progress on a finite, fast-forward planet.
He has written on global environmental change and risk for more than 30 years, mainly for The New York Times, reporting from the North Pole to the White House, the Amazon rainforest to the Vatican. From 2016 through early 2018, he was the senior reporter for climate change at the nonprofit investigative newsroom ProPublica. From 2010 through 2016 he wrote his award-winning Dot Earth blog for The New York Times Opinion section and was the Senior Fellow for Environmental Understanding at Pace University. There, he developed and taught a graduate course called "Blogging a Better Planet" and co-created an award-winning field course on environmental filmmaking.
He was a staff reporter at The Times from 1995 through 2009, covering issues ranging from threats to New York City's water supply and the Y2K computer challenge to the Indian Ocean tsunami and — of course climate science and policy. In the mid 2000s, he exposed political suppression of climate findings at NASA and editing of federal climate reports by political appointees with ties to the petroleum industry. He made three Arctic reporting trips and was the first Times reporter to file stories, video and photos from the sea ice around the North Pole.
Revkin began reporting on climate change in the 1980s in magazines and never stopped. He has won the top awards in science journalism multiple times, along with a Guggenheim Fellowship and Investigative Reporters & Editors Award. He has written acclaimed and award-winning books on the history of humanity's relationship with weather, global warming, the changing Arctic and the assault on the Amazon rainforest, as well as three book chapters on science communication.
Revkin has crossed over into scientific scholarship. He played an early role in the evolution of the hypothesis that humans have triggered a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene. In his 1992 climate book, he wrote: "Perhaps earth scientists of the future will name this new post-Holocene period for its causative element—for us. We are entering an age that might someday be referred to as, say, the Anthrocene [sic]. After all, it is a geological age of our own making." That future arrived just eight years later, in 2000, when scientists formally proposed such an epoch. Revkin was invited to join the Anthropocene Working Group and served from 2011 until he returned to full-time journalism in 2016. He is a co-author on a series of related peer-reviewed papers.
He speaks frequently about environmental science and policy and sustainability challenges. Drawing on his experience with his Dot Earth blog, which Time Magazine named one of the Web's top 25 blogs in 2013, Revkin also speaks about the opportunities and pitfalls in navigating the fast-changing online communication climate.
He is also a performing songwriter and leads a Hudson Valley roots band, Breakneck Ridge Revue. He was a longtime accompanist of Pete Seeger and released his first album of original songs in 2013. Two films have been based on his work: "Rock Star" (Warner Brothers, 2001) and "The Burning Season" (HBO, 1994). He lives in the Hudson Valley with his wife, Lisa Mechaley, an environmental educator. They have two sons.
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CLAUDIA DREIFUS
Adjunct Professor of International Affairs and Media, Instructor of Practice, the Earth Institute at Columbia University, Writer, New York Times/Science Times
Claudia Dreifus writes about the lives of American and international scientists in her popular interview column in the Science Times section of The New York Times, "A Conversation with…" When the scientific honor society Sigma Xi made her an honorary member, they described her as "a pioneering and original force in making science accessible."
Ms. Dreifus' interviews with leading figures in world politics, particularly with emerging women leaders, have appeared in The New York Times Sunday Magazine, Ms., The Nation, Playboy, The Progressive, Mother Jones, Premiere, Town and Country, TV Guide, Scientific American and AARP's The Magazine. Currently, she is also the interviewer with the New York Review of Books/Daily.
Two collections of her interviews, Scientific Conversations: Interviews on Science from the New York Times, and Interview, are used as texts in journalism classes throughout the world. The American Society of Journalists and Authors awarded her its prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. She is an adjunct professor at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, and at the Sustainability Management M.S. program at the Earth Institute. Claudia is also a senior fellow at the World Policy Institute. Her much reviewed book, Higher Education? How Our Colleges Are Wasting Our Money And Failing Our Kids, co-authored with her husband Andrew Hacker, is now available.
H.E. AMBASSADOR Dr. HENRY LEONARD MAC DONALD
President, World Development Foundation and Former Ambassador & Permanent Representative of Suriname to the United Nations
Ambassador Mac Donald received his legal education at the Law Faculty of the Anton de Kom University in Paramaribo (1994,) and at the American University in Washington DC, where he obtained an additional Masters of Law in "Law and Government" at the Washington College of Law (2003). He acquired Post-Doctoral honors from the United Nations Institute for Training and Research,, the International Labor Organization, the Universities of Utrecht and Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. Dr. Henry Mac Donald received an Honorary Degree in Doctorate for Philosophy in Humanities and the Golden Rule International Award from the College of Christian Education Department, for his international work on gender equality and women's empowerment at the United Nations, in the R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is also a "Romulo Gallegos Scholar" of the Inter American Commission on Human Rights at the Organization of American States. Before Ambassador Mac Donald joined the Foreign Service of the Republic of Suriname in 1998, firstly as the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Permanent Mission of his country to the Organization of American States en thereafter as the Charge d' Affairs a.i. at the Embassy in Washington DC, he served at the Ministry of Justice and Police as coordinator of the Unit for International Affairs and Human Rights.
He worked as a senior lecturer at the University of Suriname and served his country in the capacity as Coordinator to the Summit of the Americas Implementation Process and represented Suriname in this regard as its Chief Negotiator from 2002 until 2007. He is passionately advocating for the eradication of all forms of violence against women and girls and uses his mien at the United Nations and other national, regional and international institutions, by calling for the direct involvement of males in the global fight against this menace. Ambassador Mac Donald departed the Permanent Mission of Suriname to the United Nations in December 2015, to take up the position of Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paramaribo, Suriname. After helping with the reorganization of the Ministry he returned in August 2016 as the new Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Dr. Henry Mac Donald is a PHD Candidate at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands. In October 2017, Dr. Mac Donald was named President of the World Development Foundation (a USA based Not-for-Profit), where he synchronizes his passion and theoretical, as well practical knowledge about the implementation of the Sustainable Development by concentrating strongly on SGD -17.


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New Hampshire Sports Betting Posts $46.7M in April Handle
Posted in: New Hampshire Gambling News, US Sports Betting News
New Hampshire sports betting also went with the flow of a slow month and reported $46.7 million in April handle, representing a 16.3% decline. March had brought in $55.8 million for the state, thanks largely to the NCCA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament more commonly known as March Madness.
According to the latest figures released by New Hampshire Lottery, mobile handle accounted for $37.4 million of the total wagered in April, down 15.8% from March's mobile share of $44.4 million. Only $9.3 million was wagered through retail sports betting.
Despite a significant but expected decline between the two months, mobile handles remained steady in April. New Hampshire mobile handle accounted for 80% of the total April handle, almost the same percentage reported in March (79.6%).
Operators reported gross revenue of $3.3 million, representing 22.4% from March's $4.3 million. New Hampshire State generated $1.4 million last month, compared to $1.9 million in March.
Why Did April Handle Fall?
New Hampshire's 'bad' numbers in April follow a national trend of legal sports betting states all of which reported similar declines for the month. March had the luxury of the NCCA Tournament, the biggest sporting event of the year, which enabled states to bring in higher handles than February's. According to the New Hampshire Lottery, March Madness accounted for $15.1 million in the state's handle.
April had nothing significant for bettors except for the Final Four and the national title game in early April. US sports betting was bound to go in relative hibernation for the rest of the month.
Though the Granite State has not been a huge sports betting market, the lottery expects better months ahead.
New Hampshire online sports betting has only one option- DraftKings- which is popular among the residents as figures show.
Still, Far Better Than April 2020
Despite a month-over-month dip, New Hampshire sports betting witnessed a considerable recovery year-over-year. Its $3.3 million revenue in April was a whopping 1158% increase from what the Granite State's sportsbooks generated during the same period last year.
April 2020 was the first full month of pandemic-led shutdowns, following mid-March's decision to that effect. New Hampshire retail sportsbooks were forced to close, while leagues were forced to cancel sporting activities.
As a result, New Hampshire reported only $262,393 in April 2020's revenue.
New Hampshire became the 14th US state to provide legal sports betting when Gov. Chris Sununu placed its ceremonial first bet by the end of 2019.
DraftKings, Only Online Option
Since the launch of New Hampshire sports betting in Dec. 2019, more than $500 million have been wagered in the state. DraftKings is the only digital sports betting option in the state, owing to a contract between the state and the Boston-based company, which allowed the company to have an online monopoly.
In exchange, DraftKings splits its 50% revenue share with the state.
As of now, there are over 50,000 registered customers at DraftKings in Granite State.
There are two retail sportsbooks in New Hampshire as well.
Earlier this month, Gov. Sununu said he's proud that the system his administration had designed has enabled New Hampshire to become the premier destination for sports betting in New England.
Another New England state- Connecticut – has legalized its sports betting, and expects to launch later this year. Connecticut becomes the third New England state to regulate sports betting, joining New Hampshire and Rhode Island.
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New Hampshire suffered from February's effect that brought down monthly handles of almost every state with legal sports betting, witnessing an almost 15% decline in total sports betting handle month-over-month. […]


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Dr. Sutapa Biswas Majee is actively engaged in exploring the role of natural and synthetic polymers in modulating drug release from various dosage forms. She is also keenly involved in mathematical modeling of different diseases. She acquired MPharm (Pharmaceutics) and PhD degrees from Jadavpur University, India. She carried out her post-doctoral research on Parasitology, Phytochemistry and Microbiology from Bose Institute and Jadavpur University, India and published peer-reviewed research articles and reviews in various national and international journals. She authored/co-authored book chapters and complete books on various topics pertaining to modulation of drug release and study of release kinetics from drug delivery devices and also on mathematical modeling.
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This book is an Up-to-date and authoritative account on physicochemical principles, pharmaceutical and biomedical applications of hydrogels. It consists of eight contributions from different authors highlighting properties and synthesis of hydrogels, their characterization by various instrumental methods of analysis, comprehensive review on stimuli-responsive hydrogels and their diverse applications, and a special section on self-healing hydrogels. Thus, this book will equip academia and industry with adequate basic and applied principles related to hydrogels.
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Mathematical Modeling of IL-2 Based Immune Therapy on T Cell Homeostasis in HIV
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Kashmir, which is known as one of the most heavily militarised regions in the world is not only limited to conflicts and paralysed governance. Kashmir is well-known for its unconditional natural beauty, pristine lakes, clear gushing waters and mountainous peaks. Although, the present condition in the valley is not conducive for its people going by the frequent encounters, protests, unemployment issue or others, as it is not the same case in other states, nevertheless, the youth are thriving best to carve a niche in different sectors. The Youth in Kashmir comprises 60 per cent of total population. Here are the stories of few youths who are restless and are trying to create a space of their own.
Thirty-year-old Isam Wani, who hails from Rajbagh Srinagar, completed his masters in business administration from the University of Kashmir. Wani was certain to do something different and was fascinated with photography, cinematography and filmmaking from a very tender age. Since Wani belongs to a family that is mostly into the hospitality sector, he got a supportive atmosphere at home when he wished to take up his hobby as a profession.
After completing his masters he did a drone pilot course from Mumbai. After coming back, he started his own company namely 'Colour White Studio' with his twin brother Minam. Today, Wani is the only licensed drone pilot in Kashmir and is working tirelessly from past two years with the department of Jammu and Kashmir tourism to make short videos of different destinations that are not on the travel map.
"We have been doing a lot of videos of destinations that have not been explored to that extend as of now like Gurez, Gangbal, Aharbal, Tso Moriri Lake, Lolab valley to name a few," Wani said.
The twin brothers are already excelling against all odds within just two years after establishing their company as they have already shot a documentary for BBC. They also have done cinematography and drone shots in many Bollywood films including Anurag Kashyap upcoming movie Manmarziyan, Sajid Ali's next flick Laila Majnu that was mostly shot in the Valley of Kashmir, which is all set to release in September this year. Besides, the twin brothers have also done a small cameo for director Anurag Kashyup. They have done a lot of commercial shoots, music videos for Parvaaz band too.
Under the tagline of 'Colour White Studios,' the duo try and teach people to get a license for Drone before flying it in Kashmir valley and help and guide them how to apply for a license. Despite living in the common occurrence of a tense situation in the Valley, both the brothers have made it a point to remain focused and excel in their ideas.
In another story, Suhail Nazir, 26, completed his schooling from Burn Hall School. He was not really a science lover so he opted for BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration) from Kashmir University. Following BBA, Nazir completed MBA in HR and Marketing from IUST, Awantipora. After which he started working for Outlook and was earning good but he always had a dream of being his own boss. So, one day, he left the job, decided to come back to his homeland and start his own venture.
Keeping this in mind, he decided to start a salon by the name of 'Beauty and the Peach' and since then he is treating his clients with utmost professionalism and quality care while keeping the price low and pocket-friendly.
"I believe that if a person has a goal and a vision he can achieve anything despite the surrounding conditions. It might be time taken or stagnant for some time but it will work," said Nazir.
Starting his own venture was not a cake walk but a real challenge because after doing MBA his parents wanted him to work in a corporate set up that will give him financial security. Despite all, Suhail was determined to turn this idea into a reality.
"Now, my family is also supporting and pushing me to open another unit and expand," he narrated.
Shahid Rashid Bhat, 23, is an emerging designer from South Kashmir's Pulwama district and was fond of colours and thread from a young age but fate had something else in store for him.
Due to the prevailing conditions in the Valley, his parents sent him to Delhi for a course in chartered accountancy. Bhat was hesitant to talk to his parents about his passion and left for Delhi.
"For the initial six months, I attended college, but, I was restless and did not like accountancy at all," Bhat narrated.
He used to draw sketches, tattoos, Henna Designs and upload the pictures on his social media handles. By chance, when a known fashion choreographer Sam Williams came across his designs, he contacted Bhat and encouraged him to take up fashion designing seriously. After Williams' suggestion, Bhat searched for possible places where he could pursue a fashion designing course.
"I left my course after six months and qualified National Eligibility Entrance for Designing (NEED) test and got admission in Pearl Academy of Fashion and Designing in 2012, in Delhi, without letting my parents know," said Bhat.
He funded his education for initial few years by working as a freelance model and finally, when he was in final year of his course, his father came to know about his accomplishments through a newspaper.
"Due to fear of negative response and taboos attached to designing, I did not share anything with my parents, but, when my father came to know he was all support and praise and then financed my further education," Shahid mentioned.
After graduating, Shahid was selected by Pantaloons as fashion illustrator where he tirelessly worked to reinvent Kashmir's traditional dresses and give them a new life. He reinvented pheran (Cloak) and gave it a new look to take it to national and international market.
"When I applied for my first fashion show, I saw designers from different cultures, states, countries but not even a single one from Kashmir and I made my mind to fill this gap," said Shahid Bhat.
Recently, he started a fashion designing school in Kashmir where he teaches more than 25 students and also launched his own label SRB Style Statement and a website. Today, Bhat's pheran designs are in demand in Pakistan, China, UK, Afghanistan, Jakarta and other countries as well. In 2015, he was chosen as Designer of the Year by the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI). Presently, he's doing Masters in Craft Design from the University of Kashmir.
In 2014, when cloudburst and floods devastated the Valley, 19-year-old Umar Nisar started a community radio station within the lawn of Islamic University of Science and Technology.
Umar, who hails from South Kashmir, is a class 12th student. He was working on ideas to make the community radio station commercial.
"After I started, the frequency was the main issue and I came up with an internet based app solution. While tuning in the frequency one can listen to the radio station with the help of the internet," said Umar.
He named it 'Pannun FM Digital Media & Broadcasting Network', a digital media network and radio station to encourage the young talents in Kashmir. Prior to the launch of Panun FM, Umar was a regular contributor to 102.6 FM.
He has been presented with the 'CRDP Award' of the year for his for his contributions as an innovator by the Centre for Research and Development Policy. He is also one of the youngest Kashmiris to speak in a TEDx programme.
Eyeing on the Bollywood, Nisar is currently working on many projects but, right now, studies are his main focus.
"I majorly aspire to become an actor, but, I also want to focus on my studies simultaneously," concluded Umar.


What Do You All Do To Cope With DSPS? Please Help!
I have been reading several of the stories written on this great website. It's such a relief for me to read that there are people like me. Your stories are all so familiar! Thank you for sharing.
I have been struggling for years, wondering what was wrong with me that I could not function like other people. Recently I was diagnosed with DSPS. I'm 37, I also have had these problems since I was 7, but it has not always been a problem that prevented me to work and live normally. I just slept a little after work and slept the whole weekend. Until that was not enough to balance me out and the fatigue just took over.
The professor who finally diagnosed me with DSPS knew very little about it (OMG, if yet another doctor would had told me that "I was just suffering from a depression", I would have kicked him!) and told me there was nothing that could be done to cure it. It could only be shifted a little bit.
Is this all happening to you too? Is DSPS dominating your life too?
It's been 3 months now that I know I have DSPS. I take Provigil in the morning and Melatonine in the evening. It does not help me in that way that I can go to work from 9AM to 5PM.
My doctors are advising me to ask for invalidity, stop trying and stop torturing myself. After 7 years battling, has it come to this? I have a good degree in law, I love working and I'm supposed to become a vegetable because I can't sleep between normal hours?
I read in a comment about stopping with all the nonsense of treatments and just accept who we are... It sounds like a relief... But then what?
Finding a job to work at night? I applied for a job at a hotel to work as a nightreceptionst, they looked at my degrees and they laughed at me! Am I supposed to lie about my education to find a job? What do you all do? Not working and living in poverty? Keep on trying to work normal hours and destroy myself even more? Suicide? I'm not the type to commit suicide, but for the last week it has started to cross my mind... Me, I survived cancer, I'm so grateful for life and now these thougts are beginning to penetrate my mind. I don't recognize myself anymore.
This hell has been going on for 7 years and it's getting worse every day! I have lost jobs, friends, partners, I have become poor, I'm in fear to lose my house, I have lost my health and now I'm starting to lose my sanity.
What do you all do? Please help! I cannot take it anymore.
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You can work while others sleep. Is there any part of your profession that can be done outside usual business hours?
I used to meticulously plan a research schedule in order to work very fast, and efficiently in an archive for a few hours in the evening. The information I gathered took time to sift through, and I planned my next trip in detail via an online catalog - all at night. I wasted no time in the archive doing something I could do later at home.
Maybe you could teach law instead of practice it or do consulting or freelance work. You could write about law or report on it, and I don't know your specific area of study, but law enforcement need knowledge of the law to some extent, and they work around the clock.
Employers usually have to accommodate disabilities.
You're a lawyer -- can you work for yourself out of your home? Can you do something other than litigation? Why not try to work remotely for someone in a different time zone? A lot of people outsource legal work--you don't necessarily have to be barred in that jurisdiction if you're doing a draft and research for someone who does have the bar in that jurisdiction. I think there are lots of things you could do with some imagination and a good internet connection.... Good luck!
I too suffer from DSPS and I feel your pain. My answer was to start a home business. Not sure if you are in the US or not, but my father was a lawyer and I saw his friends doing many things on the side that you could do in afternoons and evenings as a lawyer - tutoring for LSAT (the exam required to get into law scool), or for individual law classes, or the bar (final legal licensing exam) for starters. You could begin a business to give people legal advice on purchasing a new home or condo, teach every day legal information classes at a local community center, college or YMCA, or do paralegal work for another lawyer or as a freelancer. Find yourself a few books on alternative legal careers on Amazon and you might be surprised at how numerous and flexible your options really are. Don't panic! And good luck.


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Below are the most frequently asked questions surrounding environmental services at hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
What is EVS?
EVS stands for environmental services and refers to the custodial department in a hospital or other healthcare setting.
What do EVS technicians in a hospital do?
EVS hospital technicians are responsible for the cleanliness of all areas of the facility. Their duties extend far beyond such basics as floor and restroom care. They are on the frontline of infection prevention throughout the medical facility. They play a major role in reducing healthcare acquired infections (HAIs), which the CDC estimates account for an estimated 1.7 million infections and 99,000 associated deaths each year. EVS technicians also are integral to the overall patient experience. A good EVS team can help increase HCAHPS scores, which account for 25% of a hospital's Total Performance Score.
Why do HCAHPS scores matter?
HCAHPS scores are the result of patient satisfaction surveys regarding the care they received in a hospital. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires every U.S hospital to administer these surveys, and the scores are directly tied to CMS reimbursement. The government developed HCAHPS to help ensure that hospitals provide patients with a safe, comfortable healthcare experience.
What are some of the services included in EVS?
Healthcare EVS most frequently includes:
Infection prevention and COVID-19 response
Sustainability consulting
Sharps program
Linen management
In-house custodial support.
What are some top challenges for EVS in a hospital?
The many challenges for EVS hospital technicians include:
Infection prevention and preventing the spread of HAIs
Cleaning around patients in their rooms
Working with Nursing, Emergency, and other departments
Helping improve throughput
Training in proper EVS healthcare cleaning and disinfecting protocols
Donning, wearing, and removing PPE properly.
Do EVS services differ from hospital to hospital?
EVS can differ depending on various factors, including size, geographic location, throughput, and specialty/scope of work. For example, EVS may have to replace linens and perform cleaning and disinfecting more frequently for a hospital with a busy emergency department or deal with more sharps in hospitals where people regularly receive COVID-19, flu, and other vaccinations. Similarly, EVS workers at a children's hospital may encounter more food stains, while a hospital in a retirement area may experience lower throughput due to extended patient stays. However, basic infection-prevention procedures and other EVS protocols are virtually the same in all hospitals.
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Blacksell
Last name: Blacksell
This interesting and unusual name is a dialectual variant of the locational name Blaxhall a place so called in Suffolk. This is recorded in the Domesday Book as 'Blachessala' in 1270 (introduction to English placename) and derives from 'Blaec's halh', 'Blac(h)' a personal name is recorded in the Domesday Book circa 1086 and 'halh' is an Olde English pre 7th Century word for a corner, angle, or remote valley. In the North of England this word developed a specialized meaning, namely 'haugh', land in a corner formed by a bend in a river. One Doritha Blaxall was christened on 16th March 1560 at Hadleigh Suffolk. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Adam de Blakesale, which was dated 1308, in the Calender of Books Cambridge, during the reign of King Edward 1, known as the Hammer of the Scots, 1272 - 1307. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
Surname scroll for: Blacksell


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2 faced Trump in 3 faced China
This week in Beijing, President Trump and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping stressed good relations, insisting they want to work together…
"I look forward to many years of success and friendship, working together to solve not only our problems but world problems, and problems of great danger and security," Trump told Xi during meetings Thursday in the Chinese capital.
Trump himself said the current trade relationship is "a very unfair and one-sided one" that winds up stealing jobs from Americans.
Yet there is no evidence that China will open up its markets in a substantial way or refrain from what Americans call cyber espionage and intellectual property theft from U.S. companies.
Then there's the nature of the modern Chinese government.
Xi Jinping has consolidated his power over the Chinese government in ways not seen since the days of Chairman Mao.
The U.S.-China relationship is a complex one, and has to be managed carefully – and the current American president prides himself on being a maverick.
Trump sang the praises of Xi and China during his visit to Beijing, but in the past he has criticized them over trade. During his presidential campaign, Trump said Chinese trade policies "rape our country."
China, meanwhile, has criticized Trump for bellicose comments…
"Trump's style is erratic," "…his style is not exactly what you would choose for complex international bargaining."
STEAMING HEAP o PUMPKINS
Depending on who you're talking to in Ken-tuck, D.C., New York, or the marginalized lunatic fringe conspiracy nuts on the internet, "facts" range from mundane to the nefarious with a junior senator from Ken-tuck getting five of his ribs busted.
Rand Paul's injuries were sustained in a gated community in Bowling Green, Kentucky, where he's lived since the mid-1990s.
The junior senator, of slight build (wimpy) and deaf (WHAT?) in one ear, was a wearin' noise-cancelin' earmuffs and a mowin' his grass. _(Say "Ramen!")_
His neighbor of 13 years, a retired anesthesiologist named Rene Boucher, tackled him to the ground, accidently breaking his frail ribs.
Police arrested Boucher and charged him with class A fourth-degree assault, a misdemeanor.
(1) A person is guilty of assault in the fourth degree when: (a) He intentionally or wantonly causes physical injury to another person; or (b) With recklessness he causes physical injury to another person by means of a deadly weapon or a dangerous instrument. (2) Assault in the fourth degree is a Class A misdemeanor.
508.030 Assault in the fourth degree.
Boucher was released on $7,500 cash, but he's due back in court on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Paul, an eye doctor, is a keepin' out of sight in Bowling Green. (Was it a strike or a spare?)
Doug Stafford, Paul's senior adviser said: "It is a pending, serious criminal matter involving state and federal authorities."
Matthew J. Baker, an attorney for Boucher, said: "The unfortunate occurrence of November 3rd has absolutely nothing to do with either's politics or political agendas."
Instead, Baker called it, "a very regrettable dispute between two neighbors over a matter that most (common) people would regard as trivial."
Initially, reports said macho-man libertarian Paul sustained minor injuries.
Meanwhile, CNN reported that a different neighbor claimed Boucher "has a long-running dispute over grass clippings and compost smells blown onto his property."
According to the rulebook for homeowners in Rivergreen, certain types of swimming pools (e.g. Oakie above-ground), "gravel driveways, (Oakie) clotheslines, and (Oakie) piles of firewood visible to neighbors," are strictly verboten.
The Times reported that Paul "grows pumpkins on his property, composts and has shown disdain for neighborhood (local, state, and federal) regulations."
Rivergreen's developer, a local named Jim Skaggs, told the Times that Paul and Boucher "both had strong opinions --and different ones-- about what 'property rights' mean." He added, "They just couldn't get along. I think it had very little to do with… politics."
From Tax to "Stupid-Looking!"
Ryan presented Trump with the "cut, cut, cut" Tax plan.
Trump grabbed it by the bottom and kissed it.
The current proposal for changing the tax code would reduce the existing seven individual income-tax rates to just three: 12%, 25% and 35%.
"When reducing the number of brackets, you don't want to have too much of a tax cut, but you also want to try to approximate something like the original curve," Cole said. "The result of that means sometimes if you're not super generous all the way across, you're going to end up with a tax increase for some. It's a little causality of simplification."
Based on the outline, it will be a tax cut for most Americans, but experts say it's far from the "biggest ever."
And for one group of moderate-income earners (and left-leaning voters), their taxes will actually rise. Single filers earning between $191,650 and $416,700 will see their marginal tax rate rise from 33% to 35%.
Married-joint filers earning between $233,350 and $416,700 will experience the same marginal tax rate increase. Those people tend to live in Blue states or Blue regions.
A senior adviser for Rand Paul says the U.S. senator is recovering from five broken ribs following an assault at his home.
Doug Stafford said it is unclear when Paul will return to work since he is in considerable pain and has difficulty getting around, including flying. The severe pain can last for weeks or months.
Police arrested 59-year-old Rene Boucher on Saturday and charged him with misdemeanor fourth-degree assault with a minor injury. Boucher lives next door to Paul and his wife, according to Warren County property records. The dispute may have its roots in the senator's yard. Neighbors and local Republicans says that Paul "has long stood out in the well-to-do gated neighborhood," handling his yard according to his own ideas — pumpkins and compost — rather than following neighborhood rules (HOA).
Neighbors!
In the meantime, the embarrassment-in-chief Donald Trump was " Baka Mitai" (馬鹿みたい) in Japan!
You feed the koi to attract them so you can appreciate their colors. Not Trump! The Trump Dump is a reminder to "Dump Trump!"
Trump is the L. Ron Hubbard of politics!
A Celebrity Yankee in Diplomat Abe's Court
The Kasumigaseki Country Club, founded in 1929, is the birthplace of Japan's golf craze.
Trump is the Novice Amateur and Abe is the Seasoned Pro. Abe is calling all the shots!
Notice in the photo above, it is Trump (the sinister, or weaker) approaching Abe standing firm (the dexter, or stronger). (Protocol!)
Every move has been painstakingly arranged to the most minute detail long before Trump set foot on Japanese soil.
The club's guiding principle is "good fellowship, as expressed in the spirit of fair play, familiarity and trust in the members."
The Kasumigaseki club has been at the center of controversy for a long time.
Facing criticism over the club's policies toward women, 2020 Olympics organizers threatened to move to a different venue unless the rules were changed. The club ultimately ceded to pressure in March and now allows women to be full members (and not just 'regular members').
There are no "single round" green fees. It is available for dues paying members only! ($1,000 a month, anyone?)
Women are better at golf in Japan! A lot better!
To join Kasumigaseki, an applicant needs to obtain a reference from a current member and pay 8 million yen ($70,800) to become a regular member. Then, if approved by members after one year, pay an additional 4 million yen ($35,400) to be a full member. (That's $100,000 for a membership card and then you pay steep dues!)
Only full members can play on weekends.
"Kasumi is an exclusive club that no ordinary people can join and play." said Eiko Oya, a journalist who heads the Japan Golf Council.
After decades of stagnation and decline, Japan is trying to break the traditional male-dominated elitism of the bubble days and usher in a new era of growth. We're talking about golf.


Samuel Hahnemann, the father of homeopathy, started developing this holistic system in the late 1700s. Homeopathy is the art and science of using information quanta through the application of minimal doses and the law of similars. Naturopathic Resources utilizes potentized tinctures as well as electronic homeopathy via Harmonic Translation system and the Inergetix CoRe system.
Homeopathy can be thought of as a natural form of therapeutic information. In this technique, a solution containing a medicinal substance is diluted past the point of there being any material substance left in the solution. This solution is then used as a remedy. The efficacy of homeopathy has been demonstrated for over 150 years.
The CoRe System is used to analyze a person's informational field. This type of analysis allows us to better understand our client's personal context. The Inergetix-CoRe System consists of a pattern generator, which is a database of testable items and statistical analysis software that scans the generated pattern for repeating patterns. These patterns serve as pointers to individual items in the database. A higher rate of coincidence of a particular pattern is interpreted as a higher resonance of the associated item. The system is recreating what happens all the time in our world of perception. For example, when we read, we see a certain pattern of letters which we call a word and this word points to some item. If we see a specific word (pattern) recurring more frequently, we can generally assume that this word and with it the associated item has a higher significance in this context.
The Harmonic Translation System began as a research project in the mid 1980s. The term "harmonic translation" refers to the literal translation of biological patterns of information into harmonic shifts of sound. Biological information becomes coded into the shift from one musical note to another. The information is not contained in the notes themselves but in the relationship of one note to the next.
An analogy to computer technology is useful. If you have a complex computer system that is malfunctioning, the problem is most often because information in the system has become corrupted or is missing. This means that a critical piece of information has been lost, scrambled or somehow replaced with the wrong information. The system is fixed when the critical information is reinstalled in the system. Sometimes, because of damage done by the corrupted information, new remedial information or instructions must be added as well. This is similar to what harmonic translation is doing.
To understand what harmonic translation is and how it works, we must first understand the basic concepts this technology is based upon. First off is the idea of therapeutic information. Most of us are used to thinking of remedies as a substance. This could be an herb, a mineral, a chemical, or some biological material. Different types of energy can be therapeutic as well. These energies could be in the form of light, sound, radio waves and so on. When it comes to information, we are accustomed to thinking about it as being carried by a medium - information written on a piece of paper or information carried on a radio signal. Only in the last few decades, with the advent of personal computers, have most of us been able for the first time to think of information as a thing all by itself. We hear constantly about information technology, we are told that we live in the information age, and now we come to therapeutic information, a logical extension in our understanding of the nature of all things.


Members of the Euro-Mediterranean Academy of Arts & Sciences: (first row) A. Maravelia, Mary Zelemenou, Webster's Sousana Michailidis, Titika Stasinopoulou; (second row) Panayotis Yanakopoulos, Konstantinos Spentzas, Pata Kervalishvili and Demosthenis Asimakopoulos.
Webster University's Athens Campus recently hosted a meeting of the Euro-Mediterranean Academy of Arts and Sciences (EMAAS), welcoming leading scientists, scholars artists and heads of academic and cultural institutions in Europe, North America, Asia and Africa.
Held in the University's Cultural Center, discussions focused on scheduling the annual conduct of studies in science and technology, global security, humanities, culture and education under the Academy's sponsorship.
Representing Webster Athens at EMAAS was Vasilis Botopoulos, chancellor and managing director, and Sousana Michailidis, vice-chancellor for Academic Affairs.
"The realization of programs and projects for sustainable development of Mediterranean countries was explicitly discussed by EMAAS board of directors, and its is in this context that Webster University's Athens campus can become a primary venue for cooperation and dialogue on the academy's scientific activities," said Michaelides.
The Euro-Mediterranean Academy of Arts and Sciences (EMAAS) was initiated 1934 by Enrico Fermi, a Nobel Prize winner in Physics in 1938, and engulfed members from the Max Plank Institute, and the Royal Society. A new era opened with the founding of the Academy's headquarters in the historical city of Sparta, Greece, and the opening of a branch office in Lausanne, Switzerland.


How does nutrition factor into nursing and health care careers? Find out with NUTRITION FOR HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE, 7th Edition! Packed with the latest clinical know-how, this resource enables you to leverage the power of diet therapy to make a real impact on patient lives. You'll uncover the science behind macro-nutrients, vitamins, minerals and metabolism, along with the many ways nutrition affects drugs, diseases and the human life cycle. And to support your success, the interactive MindTap platform features nutrition and diet therapy case studies, N.C.L.E.X.-style practice problems, the Diet & Wellness Plus app for setting and tracking nutritional goals–even an ebook that can read aloud to you!
Linda Kelly DeBruyne, M.S., R.D., received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in nutrition and food science from Florida State University. She is a founding member of Nutrition and Health Associates, an information resource center in Tallahassee, Florida, where her specialty areas are life cycle nutrition and fitness. Her other publications include the textbooks Nutrition for Health and Health Care, and Health: Making Life Choices. She is a registered dietitian nutritionist and maintains a professional membership in the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.


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