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They Ride Roughshod
by Whatsblem the Pro
The principle of Decommodification that so many burners hold dear takes yet another brutal pounding this week as Australian chartbusting singer-songwriter-actress Missy Higgins releases her new music video. . . 'We Ride,' also known as the theme from the film Spark: A Burning Man Story. The single, along with the rest of the Spark soundtrack, is now available on iTunes.
The film, featuring footage shot at Burning Man 2011 – in other words, images of thousands of unconsenting, uncompensated burners and the art they built and transported to the Black Rock Desert at their own expense – would be forbidden by the Decommodification rule, if not for the fact that the people who forbid you from doing things like making commercial films at Burning Man happen to have a large financial stake in this one.
If you or I attempted to release a documentary shot at Burning Man, and followed it up with a soundtrack and a single by one of Australia's top musical acts, the corporation that runs Burning Man would initiate legal proceedings against us in the name of protecting the culture from commercial exploitation. The fact that they have no problem with that kind of profiteering as long as they themselves have a financial stake in it and get a cut of the money should tell us something: that, once again, they're not at all interested in protecting us or our culture, and care only about making money and protecting their monopoly on exploiting us and our creativity.
If the culture, the event, and burners as a group need to be protected from predators with commercial interests, then there should be no exceptions.
When challenged on what some consider their money-grubbing hypocrisy, the Org typically has one of two general responses, depending on the nature of the complaint: either they take the stance that Burning Man is a culture in an attempt to justify the exploitation of so many hard-working volunteers, uncompensated artists, and other unpaid participants, or they take the stance that Burning Man is a business entity in an attempt to justify their iron grip on the trademarks associated with it.
How long will we allow them to have their cake and eat it too? If Burning Man is a culture, then everyone who participates in and contributes to that culture should share ownership of the trademarks, and either be equally allowed to profit from them, or equally forbidden from doing so. . . no exceptions! If Burning Man is a business, on the other hand, then there shouldn't be a single volunteer putting in a single minute of unpaid work on it. So which is it?
The film has already made over a quarter of a million dollars since it was released less than three months ago.
It may be worth noting while watching this film that the general consensus among old school burners seems to be that it sanitizes quite a lot of the dark side of Burning Man, and functions a little too heavy-handedly as pro-Org propaganda, and not an accurate reflection of reality.
What else should we have expected? Caveat emptor. . . and caveat possessorum, too.
[update from BurnersXXX] – note the "ignite.me" in the video credits, that seemed like an independent site to me at first, but now it appears to be yet another sales and propaganda channel for BMOrg. It was launched in December 2012 and the movie premiered at SXSW in Austin in March 2013…
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Jim Goldsworthy
November 16, 2013 @ 1:32 pm
Maybe it's time for everyone to turn off the computer and spend some quiet time reading Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations". Despite the best efforts of utopians, capitalism happens.
Whatsblem the Pro
Dear "Don't Pass the Buck":
The only posts I delete are the ones that contain personal attacks rather than attacks against an argument. I take special pleasure in doing this when the offending post comes from a throwaway account with a phony e-mail address (I got a bounce message when I tried yours).
I could be wrong but
November 16, 2013 @ 7:54 am
But I believe this is your writing on this site, is that correct?; "A cunt's a cunt, and this is one of the worst possible cunts I've ever come across in my life"
burnersxxx
I wrote that, just like I wrote 6/7 of all the posts on this site. Whatsblem is talking about deleting comments from users, not suggesting he would delete entire posts from the editor. You will notice that he and I do not devolve into personal attacks and straw man arguments when trying to make our points.
In the case of this particular story, http://burners.me/2013/11/15/killing-in-the-name-of-warning-super-gnarly-photos/ the woman is not making literary attacks in the world of Burner philosophy. She is not trying to defend the BMorg by calling us names. She is committing acts of violence and murder in the environmental domain, taking pleasure and joy in slaughtering endangered species. If anyone deserved to be called the C-word, and not in a good way, it's her. And if she's a reader of this blog, I don't apologize because this is a justifiable cunting.
Do as we say, not as we write...
burnersxxx wrote "You will notice that he and I do not devolve into personal attacks"
he also wrote "A cunt's a cunt, and this is one of the worst possible cunts I've ever come across in my life"
Nothing more to say…
Then don't say it! Lol like i said this is not a philosophical debate, it's outright violence and murder of an innocent creature.
So your argument, from behind an anonymizing throwaway account, is that the article I wrote should be dismissed because you don't like the way someone else writes? I'd call that a pretty weak argument.
It should also be noted that Burnersxxx is Australian, and doesn't have the same aversion to the C-bomb that most Yanks share.
actiongrl
So regardless of your feelings about Burning Man…putting that aside for a second, if that's possible: you're encouraging people to steal independently created film content. I encourage you to think about these points: I'm certain the film cost easily twice what it has made back yet. Documentaries almost never make money and are usually a labor of love. Great caution is taken by and imposed upon filmmakers to assure that anyone who is filmed onsite is a willing participant in said creation, and preventing film or photography at the event would be almost impossible anyway.
God, you know, if there's one thing I'm glad to get away from since I left it's misguided Burner Fundamentalism. Here you justify stealing art from someone you perceive as profiting (even though I assure you they are not yet) because it should not have been made anyway because "DECOMMODIFICATION!" is black and white in your mind, so stealing becomes right.
Don't steal art. Don't steal movies. On the playa or off, or whatever. That's not "being the change," or whatever and it's not going to change Burning Man. It's simply stealing.
You're spouting absurd MPAA propaganda, and I know from experience that it doesn't reflect the truth about filesharing; calling it theft doesn't make it theft.
The fact is, this film — not being a hugely-hyped big Hollywood production — is likely to make MORE money thanks to people sharing it on torrent sites than it is to make less money.
Once upon a time, I had a golden opportunity to conduct polls on a large group (over 20,000 people) of expert file-sharers, in a closed and tight-knit community in which everyone was invited by someone else. One of the poll questions I asked this group — which consisted of people who know how and where to get virtually any movie or music release, free — was this: Do you still buy authorized copies of CDs and DVDs? Nearly 85% of them responded YES. Further polling revealed why: overwhelmingly, filesharers like to support artists who do good work. They also like owning the tangibles that come with authorized releases.
Calling these people pirates and thieves is just empty bluster and offensive rhetoric in the service of an obsolete business model promoted by a gang of middlemen who add no value and create nothing.
Here are some relevant links; please educate yourself before you start pointing fingers and calling people thieves:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/29/opinion/theft-law-in-the-21st-century.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
http://moreintelligentlife.com/story/internet-piracy-is-good-for-films-1
"Case-in-point: in 2007 Radiohead made their album In Rainbows downloadable online for whatever price customers wanted to pay. Precise statistics are hard to come by, but one thing is clear: a lot of people paid a good amount of cash for the album. In fact, it was so successful that other acts have followed suit. Heck, even corporations like Panera have gotten into the act, setting up cafes in St. Louis and Chicago where customers pay what they can for certain menu items."
http://freakonomics.com/tag/pay-as-you-wish/
All of this, of course, is on top of the fact that as burners, we're all justified in not paying to see Spark: A Burning Man Story. . . especially those of us who appear in it, and those of us whose art appears in it, in spite of not having given consent.
Oh yes, I almost forgot: As I said, over 85% of the large group I polled said that they do spend money on authorized copies of media they know how to get for free. . . but what of the nearly 15% who said they don't? We had a lot of in-depth forum conversations about that, revealing this about that 15%:
Some were teenagers with little to no disposable income; they weren't going to buy that movie they downloaded anyway.
Some were people living in countries in which it just isn't possible or practical to buy authorized copies of anything. I know that when I was living in China, it was pretty much impossible to even find a store that sold authorized copies of Hollywood movies. Maybe in Beijing or Shanghai, maybe, and probably in Hong Kong. . . but I didn't live anywhere near those places.
Some were simply too poor to afford such things, even if they were doing reasonably well in their local economies. When your cost-of-living is five or six U.S. dollars per day, an expenditure of $20 or more for a DVD is unthinkably extravagant.
Your very biased view on filesharing ("it's stealing!") ignores all of this, and your slavish devotion to MPAA/RIAA business fables also represents an elitist world-view in which poor people worldwide are to be denied access to culture simply because they can't afford it.
I work in this industry, I have heard all this many times. We disagree.
Disagree all you like; there are numerous real-world examples that prove that you (and the MPAA/RIAA) are wrong.
Here is some excellent commentary on the exchange we are having here:
http://www.justburn.us/2013/11/a-response-to-so-called-burner.html
Wow, commentary on our commentary!
I would add to this that Actiongrl's comment "I work in this industry" actually represents a reason to trust her opinion LESS, not more, as it means she has a strong bias on the topic of filesharing. I don't have that kind of bias, and I've shared real-world examples and polling data that support my position, while Actiongrl has merely stated her entirely unsupported opinions.
http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/2464454_700b.jpg
Don't Steal; Even When Others Tell you To
Whatsblem the Pro wrote, 'No need to feel guilty about it.' = you are advocating stealing other people's work.
No, I'm not.
See my reply to Actiongrl above.
Just because one does things that they are comfortable with and that seem "reasonable" to them doesn't mean it's not a crime.
8-Ball
I think y'all could apply some sunscreen, drink some water, and delete your lawyers off your speed dial. You don't have to watch a movie, or listen to a song to live a good life. If you're grumpy that someone is making money by exploiting your Burning Man experience, I have a whole big long list of people making a lot more money off you than they are. Relax, enjoy the ride… it's pretty short after all.
If we all thought that way, there would never have been any such thing as Burning Man in the first place.
I disagree, actually… having observed a substantial portion of BM's evolution. I can say that things generally go pretty well until lawyers get involved. The modern day lawyer seems to be the equivalent of Old-West characters grabbing for their guns at the drop of a hat, to solve the petty'est (sp?) squabble.
As soon as you charge the first dollar for a ticket, you've got to expect where that is going to lead, as the idea grows. That's just the way of our world. If an organization doesn't want money problems, then it would be wise to explore measures which might enable your organization's tenuous survival without it (such as limited growth, for example). But if there is going to be a fee and growth, you've got to accept its nature and inevitable demise.
Aaron Phaq (@AaronPha_q)
I guess I better get to work on the time machine…I wanna see the origins..so far, my machine only goes forward…..curious really………………………
also I would like to highlight that, while mostly I agree, aspects of this post are Whatsblem's opinions, not a Burners.Me "we the people" consensus. I don't believe in the black and white view of the world as presented in this story and the side bar, there are many more options…see my other comments here. I do believe in the right of all Burners to express their opinion, and the right of all Burners to own the art they make.
Fair enough. You also write things that I'm not really on-board with from time to time, and I think it's good for us to be open about that with our readers. I know I don't like having responsibility for what you say heaped onto my shoulders; I'm sure the feeling is often mutual.
absolutely! The whole point of this is some different voices and opinions. Rather than just, everyone laps up BMOrg's propaganda.
@Whatsblem the Pro: Interesting that you hinge your argument on one principle (decommodification), and yet completely ignore the other 9. "Members only"? What happened to radical inclusion?
Radical inclusion, Nicole, is RADICAL, not TOTAL. . . and the term is completely meaningless if you interpret it to be total inclusion. If you're so radically inclusive, why have a gate, or a perimeter, or tickets, or any other bar to entry?
By all means, let's be radical. . . but let's not be stupid.
"we'll include anyone, except radicals who don't respect our authoritaw"
Off-duty cops attending and participating as burners == radical inclusion
On-duty cops in uniform, working == stupid and dangerous
It was slain by unknown algorithms: http://blog.burningman.com/2012/02/news/ticket-update-radical-inclusion-meet-the-other-nine/
Incidentally, given the explosive growth of interest in the event combined with the Org's avid pursuit of more money at any cost, "members only" might be the only way for the culture to survive in the long term. . . because "members only" gives us a tool with which to tightly control the ratio of old hands to newbies, and that control is crucial to maintaining our ability to effectively transmit the culture to new people.
I personally like the model, and have suggested it to senior members of BMOrg. It doesn't deny radical inclusion, just like asking people to provide a drivers license before they buy a gun doesn't restrict their Second Amendment rights.
It's Soho House vs Pacha. I think the problem is that there is no door bitch if everyone is a member. And, there are people in BMOrg who get their kicks from being door bitch.
Just want to share a warning from Burners.Me for the uninitiated: if you download the BitTorrent of this or any movie, some might call you a pirate. Including your ISP in the US. In New Zealand, you can get banned from the Internet for life for using this technology three times. In Europe, you can get elected to parliament as a Pirate. The people behind BitTorrent promote the technology as a tool to share the world's culture with those who can't afford to pay for it on iTunes: $1.29 for Missy's song ("Scar" is better, BTW), $12.99 for the officially financed BM movie, $19.99 for the movie soundtrack album. For the 2 billion+ people in the world that Burning Man says they're changing who are surviving on less than $2 a day, that's not an option. Does "radical inclusion" mean "deny the poor people our culture, so only the rich may experience it (by paying BMOrg?)"
Looking back in the history of Burning Man, I am glad that people like John Law and Chicken John tried to fight for our rights. Whether or not they were successful in the short term, human history is built on heroic figures like this who fought for what's right even though outnumbered.
Let's remember that for all BMOrg's bluster, they only own the trademark "Burning Man" for community art events. Their claim that we implicitly grant them rights in every other trademark category just by buying a ticket, has been challenged by the EFF and has never been proven in court – by themselves, or other case law.
Whatsblem, you forgot option 3, Burning Man is a cult and it's fine just like it is so "if you don't like it start your own" http://burners.me/2013/11/06/burning-man-love-it-or-leave-it/
We've all created a flourishing culture together, over years, from believing in a vision of an alternative utopia based on personal expression and sharing. It wasn't BMOrg who shared, we paid them AND we brought all the stuff we shared so they could get paid. We should all be "allowed" by "The Man" to share in the flourishing, and help the culture grow further. If you build an art car and take it to Burning Man, you should be able to use photos of your art car in fundraisers to get it back there. And, you should be able to name the event you're raising funds to bring the Art Car to so you can share it. When you're there, you should be able to buy gasoline just like the other art cars who can. I mean, really, who loses from that? Do BMOrg really need to hunt down and capture EVERY LAST CENT, and then some? To me, the culture is more valuable than the money. I don't begrudge their money, good on them for building a business over almost 30 years; but when they start pretending that all the amazing art and music is thanks to their genius, and they're in command of all the artists, and they're changing the world from it…well, I think we're right in calling them out.
My ISP doesn't care at all about BitTorrent, and even if I was uploading a lot of DVD rips or something and drew a complaint, they'd just pass the complaint on to me and forget about it.
unfortunately the whole world doesn't have your ISP. For example, I know a couple of people in California who have got warning letters from their ISP for downloading a single movie.
OooOoOoOoh, a scary warning letter!
These things have no teeth. If you've got wifi, it's not hard for someone unauthorized to use it, which is not your responsibility. . . and all the people writing the warning letters have is an IP address; they can't prove you downloaded anything. This is like when the Org blusters about IP rights they don't have.
don't get me wrong, I think BitTorrent is great. But, the law is different in other countries, and even in the US different ISPs have different policies and enforcement approaches.
Some people are comfortable with the risk of getting a legal letter and just ignoring it. Others would hate to be caught up in something like this:
http://torrentfreak.com/7000-damages-for-sharing-a-for-dummies-book-on-bittorrent-130104/
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/03/bittorrent/
Russell Criswell
I think the membership idea has merit. There has to be some measure as to whom has permiission to use images and trade dress. While it is much easier to say "no one", perhaps there is a workable way to "liscence" the images to legitamate participants.
there is…it's the way every other company in the world does it. It's like a Microsoft Certified Service Professional, or the businesses that display a TripAdvisor logo. BMorg themselves do it with Reuters, as confirmed to us personally by their North American editor http://burners.me/2013/09/27/burners-versus-the-man/
What does Reuters contribute to our city, that they can profit without limit from photos of us, and yet we can't use any? What if the rule was "Reuters can get a license, and so can any Burner, at the same terms"? Would Reuters suddenly lose money? Or would 70,000 photographer Burners now be able to profit along with them?
Seriously, we don't have to put together 1000 rocket scientists to figure this out. Trade dress I think is no longer an issue, given the last 10 years of commodification since the 10 Principles were thrust upon us.
they should change it to Burning Weasel cuz all that BORG is are a bunch of $$$ grubbing weasels!
Lysenko
If everyone in the "community" were allowed to use the trademarks equally, then the trademarks would cease to exist. They'd become part of the public domain. Anybody could use them for any purpose and neither BRC LLC nor anybody else could stop them. Trademarks aren't copyrights. You can't just write up a funky license and throw them out to the four winds.
The only way to let the "community" use the trademarks for Genuinely Burny Stuff™ while protecting it from other commercial interlopers would be to both create guidelines about what they could be used for (surprisingly hard) and otherwise continue aggressive enforcement of the rights. Except now they'd be enforcing them against confused burners who couldn't figure out how to follow the rules.
This makes the whole "Spark" garbage even more reprehensible: since there's no good way to share the trademarks between all of the worthy artists and participants, it's really cheesy to single out one small group for preferential treatment.
Then again, singling out one small group for preferential treatment has long come before any of the other principles.
Lysenko, you and I are in 100% agreement as far as your conclusions go; your opening paragraph is a different matter.
You're right — inasmuch as everything else remains the same — to point out that if a standard like "person who is part of the community" was used to decide who can and can't use a trademark, that trademark would cease to exist; it's a silly, unworkable standard.
I have two points to make regarding all that:
(A) it wouldn't be nearly the tragedy that the Org claims it would be if their trademarks entered the public domain, and it would certainly allow all burners (along with everyone else) to use those trademarks to identify their own events as 'burnerly.' I really don't think the occasional Man icon showing up in a TV commercial would have a lot of impact on the culture, beyond further popularizing it. Your opinion may vary, of course.
(B) This isn't the only problem with the Org, the event, the legalities, and the culture; it does not exist in a vacuum. . . and a surprising number of those problems across the board could be remedied by making Burning Man a members-only event, in which every recognized burner becomes a shareholder in the corporation. In this scenario, it would be perfectly possible to restrict the use of the trademarks to burners, without public-domaining them.
Cheers, and thanks for your thoughtful, insightful comment.
(A) The issue isn't seeing a TV character with a Man necklace, and It's not like U-Haul would actually want to advertise a "Burning Man Special," but the casinos, plug 'n play operators, feather boa manufacturers, etc. could all use the trademarks with impunity. It wouldn't be the end of the world, but it would be a significant change.
(B) That is a fascinating clusterfuck of an idea, I am right now imagining the burner death panels that would have to be created to sweep out the dead wood. And let's say that Larry and Sergei qualify as "members" – could they then use the trademarks however they wanted to? But I agree that some form of community ownership would be idea.
I can state with 100% certainty that there is no simple answer to this question.
Lysenko wrote:
"I am right now imagining the burner death panels that would have to be created to sweep out the dead wood."
That's just one of many challenges that would need to be overcome, but I think it's not too tough a nut to crack; we could, for instance, give out three hundred memberships to people who just clearly, absolutely have earned them — not a hard list to fill out, I would think — and let them invite x number of people, who can in turn invite y number of people, and so on. Issue new invitations as necessary and prudent to control the ratio of new people to vets, to keep the transmission of culture robust.
"And let's say that Larry and Sergei qualify as "members" – could they then use the trademarks however they wanted to? But I agree that some form of community ownership would be idea."
Yes, Larry and Sergei could use the trademarks any way they wanted to. . . and all the shareholders would get paid equally from those deals. Alternatively: Larry and Sergei could use the trademarks any way they wanted to, but nobody would get paid anything for it.
I can agree 100% with that statement.
so how come my Sony TV has a Dolby logo on it? I see Dolby logos EVERYWHERE, much more than Burning Man logos. How can Dolby make money, when their logo is everywhere? Wouldn't their trademark cease to exist? No, that IS their business, they get paid every time that logo is displayed, and only authorized people who pay them and contractually agree to their rules can use it.
The way to let the community use the trademarks, copyrights, and other IP BMOrg want to protect so their future non-profit can maximize its profits, is called "licensing". The world's virtual industries of literature, music, film, art, design, software, etc. are all built on it.
The words "Burning Man" *ARE* in the public domain. The term was being used for thousands of years before this party, the entire thing is based on a pre-Christian druidic ceremony. Check out the Pink Floyd album "Wish You Were Here" from 1975, with Storm Thorgerson's amazing photo "The Burning Man". ( http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/18/storm-thorgerson-dead-pink-floyd-album-designer-dies-at-69_n_3112807.html ) There are other businesses that are called Burning Man, there is a movie called Burning Man from Australia that is about a chef. There's a frikking paint company in Texas FFS.
As for confused Burners, BMOrg are far more confused than Burners. Consistently.
Your issue with Spark, should be multiplied 1000 times for Google/YouTube.
All of these IP issues have been solved in Silicon Valley, by Burners. It's called GPL-3.
xxx, I don't have the time or energy to provide you and other readers here with a primer on trademark law. What I write comes from my education and experience as an attorney. (And I do know how little that matters in an anonymous internet post)
Most people are a lot more familiar with copyrights than they are with trademarks and they often make the mistake of assuming that they are similar. They aren't. Among other things, they're different than copyrights and patents in that they cannot be freely licensed and sold in the same way that books, paintings, music, and inventions can. They represent brands, the association of words with goods and services, and something called "good will."
Your Sony TV has a Dolby logo in it because Sony paid Dolby for the right to put Dolby technology inside of the TV and the Dolby logo on the outside of it in the hopes that Dolby's brand appeal will want to make consumers buy it. Every Dolby symbol you see is not only licensed but it appears in connection with an actual use of Dolby technology. Dolby might spend hundreds of thousands of dollars a year monitoring the market for unauthorized uses of its trademarks and taking the steps necessary to prevent it.
As far as multiple entities using the same words to describe themselves? Apple computer sure hasn't filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Red Apple supermarkets! Why? Because they sell different things!
This is a good place to start learning more: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/metaschool/fisher/domain/tm.htm
But please take me at my word when I tell you that there is no simple solution, magic license, or any other way the IP could be licensed without substantial work on the part of the borg. Would artists be willing to pay even a small licensing fee to cover the costs of administration? Would you be happy if they just rolled the cost into the price of a ticket? It would be at least 1 FTE year-round plus plenty of legal fees…
Knowledge Counts
thank you for writings Lysenko, it's good to have a voice that truly understands the complexity of all this. I trust the words of an experienced professional more than the opinions of bloggers
Thanks, I wasn't looking for a primer, I was questioning your statement that "You can't just write up a funky license and throw them out to the four winds". We have covered this topic in depth on this blog already, for more details see:
http://burners.me/2012/05/24/the-law-of-the-desert/ and
http://burners.me/2013/06/12/do-not-use-the-words-burning-man/
Despite BMOrg's claims, they do NOT own the trademark to the words "Burning Man" in every trademark category. They just act like they do.
You absolutely could have an "Official Burning Man partner" logo, like the Dolby symbol or Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval, which then could be licensed by BMOrg to third parties making money in categories broader than the ones their trademarks are registered in. For example:
http://www.trademark.af.mil/
http://twenty10soccerworldcup.wordpress.com/2010-world-cup-soccer-faqs-facts/using-fifa-world-cup-logo-amp-trade-marks/
I understand that I am suggesting something slightly different than putting their IP in the public domain and making it a free-for-all, or some sort of "we all own a share equally" communist-style approach, as Whatsblem has proposed in this post.
In the scenario I'm imagining, BMOrg would absolutely get paid by the people who get endorsed as official partners.
PS: Apple is not the best example for your argument, since Apple Computer was in a very famous trademark infringement suit with Apple Records.
Sure, you could have a paid licensing system that was limited to specific uses – but who would be willing to pay for it, and who would decide which goods and services were appropriate? Giving a few more well-heeled insiders permission to use the trademarks would not fix anything at all.
And Apple Music coexisted just fine with Apple Computer until the latter got into the music business… 😉
BMOrg could use licensing like this to enable and empower all the burners who want to spread their culture around the world. Instead of using licensing to attack and destroy them, so that ALL culture always belongs to them alone forever.
Apple Records first sued Apple computer in the 70's, barely a year after Apple was incorporated. This created 4 years of legal problems for the fledgling company. Apple Computer was not in the music business then, or anything close to it. The Apple I and Apple II (at the time of the suit) did not even have sound processing chips. The eventual outcome of that was an $80,000 cash settlement and a "stay off each other's turf" gentlemens agreement in 1981, after Apple had gone public and created more millionaires than any company in history. Apple was accused of violating that agreement in 1989 when they put MIDI interfaces in computers
http://gizmodo.com/5141575/apples-bloodiest-patent-and-copyright-clashes
Lonesomebri
Ban all commercial photography.
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Zazzle-Dazzle, we have a letter Z letter of the Week packet here. Let's talk about this fun letter Z.
We begin our letter of the week with introducing the letter along with a snoozing Glimmercat. Notice, she is surrounded by zinnias.
The old standby for Letter Z is usually the Zebra, and we definitely have our Z is for Zebra Day, including a Zebra "Matching the Letters" practice sheet.
These pages are such good review for connecting the capital and lowercase letters.
But in our packet, we have this interesting craft, that involves putting the stripes on a Zebra in a unique way, rather than gluing or painting them on. And it was fun!
First, I cut out the zebras and the rectangles for the kids. There are so many little tiny details on the zebra form, that it was better to not over-stress them by having them attempt this.
Next, I put just a touch of glue-stick on the back of the zebra and glued him temporarily inside of an empty salad box. (On the craft page, I suggest using a cardboard box, and that would work too, but this was helpful for us to use, since you could watch your zebra stripes appear. You can see, we have also added a line of black paint inside the box, near the zebra and there is a toy ball inside, too. (The toy ball didn't work as well as we were hoping, so we upgraded to a marble to get it to roll well).
Then the fun began. My son shook that box and he twisted and turned it, and as the marble rolled through the black paint, stripes magically appeared on the zebra.
What fun we had! The pictures are a little fuzzy because as you can tell, there was much shaking and jostling involved with this project. And it turned out great!
After Zebras, one of the next letter Z favorites is Zoo. We created several activities for Zoo.
For our reading literacy activity, we chose the book, "Never Ever Shout at the Zoo". And for our activity, the kids will need to use ordinal number understanding to put everything in order.
For our last craft, we chose to do something with zinnias. We made our petals with fingerprints.
Easy and satisfying! Those are the best kind of crafts. Granted, this can be a tad messy.
We started with the outer layer of petals, and we turned the paper around to make it easier to put on the thumbprints.
And then we found it was best to stand up to really get into those thumbprints. Look at all those fun petals!
For a lot more Z activities, printables, reading literacy activities, flash cards and a Letter Z Matching Game, head over to our teacher store.
And here's the full list of our Glimmercat Letter of the Week packets!


The Wendy Pooh requires her bed, a quiet corner and the mere opportunity.
to love me into sleep. Its not my fault. I came with the high maintenance option.
Before you freak out. Realize the benefits of the high maintenance option.
As you rub my belly so I can fall asleep, I lower your blood pressure. NONE of mu hoomans have high blood pressure. I take that as a personal achievement!
No the living AIN't easy!
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Heraldic postcards from the United States.
A special card is the one below. It is an advertisement card for the Amsterdam Tourist Office and the Lucas Bols company, so likely a Dutch card. But all texts are in English and the card is postmarked May 25, 1950 in New York. It thus could also be an American card and thus is placed here.
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(10444) de Hevesy  es un asteroide perteneciente al cinturón de asteroides, descubierto el 30 de septiembre de 1973 por Cornelis Johannes van Houten e Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld sobre placas de Tom Gehrels desde el Observatorio de Palomar, en Estados Unidos.

Designación y nombre
El asteroide de Hevesy se designó inicialmente como .
Más adelante fue nombrado en honor al quimicofísico sueco de origen húngaro George Hevesy (1885-1966).

Características orbitales
Orbita a una distancia media del Sol de 3,1825 ua, pudiendo acercarse hasta 3,0413 ua y alejarse hasta 3,3237 ua. Tiene una excentricidad de 0,0443 y una inclinación orbital de 6,2681° grados. Emplea en completar una órbita alrededor del Sol 2073 días.

Características físicas
Su magnitud absoluta es 13,2. Tiene 13,022 km de diámetro. Su albedo se estima en 0,059.

Véase también
 Lista de asteroides del (10401) al (10500)
 Cuerpo menor del sistema solar
 Cinturón de asteroides

Referencias

Asteroides del cinturón principal
Objetos astronómicos descubiertos por Cornelis Johannes van Houten
Objetos astronómicos descubiertos por Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld
Objetos astronómicos descubiertos desde el Observatorio Palomar
Objetos astronómicos descubiertos en 1973
Wikiproyecto:Asteroides/Artículos de asteroides

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DIU News Overview
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Start / The University / Our Network
Education, Communication & Culture
Business, Law & management
The DIU is a network university with numerous advantages for the students. Without a state budget and grants from investors or sponsors, the DIU can only fulfil its tasks if it understands itself as a node in a functional network. And that is why there is an extensive and increasingly branching national and international network for the entire university as well as for individual study courses, such as Installation Engineering, B.Eng., Clinical research, M.Sc., Prevention-, therapy- and rehabilitation sciences, B.Sc., Vehicle safety and traffic accident research, M.Sc. and many more.
As a network university, the DIU traditionally relies on the scientific competence of university teachers and practice experts, laboratory and computer capacity, training places in health care and library services at state institutions and companies.
Not all study programmes offered by the DIU take place in Dresden. The necessity to teach students at the places of their practical training and the international claim of the DIU to realize its mission statement in a geographical network leads to a functionally justified, national and international commitment.
The strategy for attracting students is internationally oriented. The DIU pursues strategic partnerships with companies, government institutions, research institutes and professional associations in order to develop new study programmes attract students and provide financial support through sponsoring. A special strategic partnership exists with the Technical University of Dresden. As its complement, the DIU focuses on the strategy of an individualized educational style that takes into account the personal needs of the individual student and distinguishes itself apart from the mass operations of the large universities. Teaching at DIU takes place in small groups from 10 to 35 participants.
The Dresden International University (DIU) is part of the Technische Universität Aktiengesellschaft (TUDAG). The TUDAG is a transferring company and combines the research competencies of the TU Dresden and other research institutions with the requirements of industry. The transfer refers to technological, medical but also business topics and takes place in the form of projects / degrees, study programmes / certificates or start-ups.
Other companies that belong to the TUDAG network and with which the DIU is more closely linked are the European Institute for Postgraduate Education GmbH - EIPOS, GWT-TUD GmbH and TU Dresden's Institute of Advanced Studies - TUDIAS.
EIPOS GmbH offers demand-oriented further training for experienced engineers, architects and comparably qualified specialists and managers from business and administration with first-class speakers, high-quality course organization and individual customer service. EIPOS is our partner for the part-time courses of study Real Estate Management and Preventive Fire Protection.
The GWT-TUD GmbH focuses itself on the support and consultation of researchers and scientists with solution-oriented services and acts as project related transfer consultant between current knowledge and its implementation in the newest technologies. The services of the GWT-TUD close the gap between science and economics and offer creative leeway to scientists in their research projects.
TU Dresden's Institute of Advanced Studies - TUDIAS.
In its modern classrooms TUDIAS offers language classes, preparatory German classes, courses for professional further education as well as training courses for university applicants and current students.
Cooperation partners for DIU's departments and study programmes
Department of Education, Communication and Culture
The Dresden School of Culture - sponsor of the DIU Master's programme "Culture + Management, M.A."
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Hellerau – Europäisches Zentrum der Künste (European Centre of the Arts)
Graduates of the Master's programme Human Communication - Communication Psychology and Management, M.A. founded the association "Human Communication".
Department of Healthcare
Cooperation partners for the Bachelor's and Master's degree courses in Chiropractic, B.Sc., M.Sc.
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Brian McCaul is the Director of Innovation at Queen's University Belfast (which has been ranked as the most entrepreneurial university in the UK for a number of years), along with being the CEO of Qubis Ltd, which is Queen's commercialisation arm. Brian has worked in technology transfer and innovation space for the last 30 years, both within the private and higher education sectors. Before joining Queen's he was a co-founder of an innovation software company based in the UK and the Netherlands, during which he established the Innovation Commons, a community of university TTOs using a shared approach, and platform, to increase external entrepreneurial involvement in early-stage projects. Before that he was co-owner of an aerospace manufacturing business based in the UK and Poland. Brian has been advocate of collaborative, crowd and open innovation approaches to increasing tech transfer capability and now leads a series of Customer-discovery programmes focused on using data driven entrepreneurship to helping early-stage founders find evidence of 'product/market-fit.


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RULE UPDATE: Picks are final once the first game of the week starts.
RULE UPDATE:2 people will be eliminated each week until there are 7 or less people left in the game. On weeks where 7 or less people are in the competition, only 1 player will be eliminated that week.
Think Survivor + NFL Pick em (confidence rules).
You pick games (confidence rules apply) and groups of people with the lowest point total get eliminated each week.
There are 30 participants, so the bottom 2 total scores will be eliminated each week, leaving 4 contestants remaining on the last week.
Remember, your total points are what matters, and your scores carry with you from week to week.
YOU MUST SIGN UP NOW TO SAVE YOUR PLACE. THE DEADLINE TO SIGN UP IS Wednesday 9/27. You can post your picks at any time, but It's key to sign up ahead of time, so I can figure out how many people will be eliminated each week.
I am not responsible for people assigning incorrect number values. Start at 16 with your most confident pick, and then go down from there. It's possible that numbers 1,2 or 3 will not be used in a given week.
This game will start week 4.
Each member has to have their picks in before the scheduled start for each game.
Each pick must have a numeric value of importance assigned to it. Any pick that doesn't have a corresponding number, will be given the highest value.
You can only use a number once per week. So that means you cant give every team a 16. The 16 should be reserved for the team you feel most confident about winning. Use 15 for the next most confident and so on until you get to the game the game you are the least confident about. If you use a number more than once per week, the first instance of the number will be accepted and the subsequent numbers discarded and given the next highest number.
The number of people eliminated each week will depend on the number of entrants (this number will be solidified Wednesday before the first Week 4 game.
Editing your posts is fine, but if the timestamp of the edit is past gametime of the first game of the week, you will be eliminated.
Those will be the only tiebreakers. If it is still undecided after these tiebreakers, all tied participants will remain in the competition.
This game will end after Week 17. If there is still a tie (which the tiebreakers cannot break), the game will extend into the playoffs.
I'll have to read through all this when I'm sober.
Are there any consequences for placing 16 points on every game? Do we lose points if we're wrong?


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Q: Using Puppeteer to type in inputs So I've been trying to work with puppeteer, and honestly it has been hassle but I am determined to get a better understanding of it.
So I am trying to use the Page.Type() function, and I am having trouble with it either finding the inputs or... what I think might be causing the issue is that my internet is too slow and it's not able to find the selectors...
But I had thought that the
await instagram.page.waitForNavigation({ waitUntil: 'networkidle2' });
Would've solved the issue, maybe I am doing something else wrong I am not sure.
Here are the files :
main.js -
 const insta = require('./instagram');

(async () => {

    await insta.initialize();

    await insta.login('user', 'password');

    debugger;
})()

instagram.js -
    const puppeteer = require('puppeteer');

const BASE_URL = 'https://instagram.com/';

const instagram = {
    browser: null,
    page: null,

    initialize: async () => {

        instagram.browser = await puppeteer.launch({
            headless: false
        });

        instagram.page = await instagram.browser.newPage();

    },

    login: async (username, password) => {

        await instagram.page.goto(BASE_URL, { waitUntil: 'networkidle2' });

        let loginButton = await instagram.page.$x('//*[@id="loginForm"]/div/div[3]/button')

        await loginButton[0].click();

        await instagram.page.waitForNavigation({ waitUntil: 'networkidle2' });

        await instagram.page.waitFor(1000);

        await instagram.page.type('input[name="username"]', username, { delay: 500 });
        await instagram.page.type('input[name="password"]', password, { delay: 500 });

        debugger;
    }

}

module.exports = instagram;

A: Your login: function should look like this:
    login: async (username, password) => {
        await instagram.page.goto(BASE_URL, { waitUntil: 'networkidle2' });
        await instagram.page.waitForNavigation({ waitUntil: 'networkidle2' });
        await instagram.page.waitFor(1000);
        await instagram.page.type('input[name="username"]', username, { delay: 500 });
        await instagram.page.type('input[name="password"]', password, { delay: 500 });

        const loginButton = await instagram.page.$x('//*[@id="loginForm"]/div/div[3]/button');

        await Promise.all([
          this.page.waitForNavigation(),
          loginButton[0].click();
        ]);

        debugger;
    }

You were clicking the login button before you filled in the inputs. Also, the Promise.all block as I've shown is the recommended way to click a button that navigates to a new URL.

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Chris is a multiple Emmy, ACS and WHNPA award winning Director of Photography with over 20 years of experience working around the globe. He enjoys being a visual story teller and the variety of projects that being a DP enables him to experience, from 60 Minutes assignments to commercials, programs and narrative projects.
He's looking to work with creatives that enjoy collaborating on the story, the message and the light. Chris also has a decent sense of humor which helps. Based in Washington, dc.
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Emmy Winning 60 Minutes one hour special on the Navy SEAL team that killed Bin Laden.
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WHNPA Lighting Award winner 2013.
How to make something dull interesting? A server rack...think espionage, high frequency trading.
Every DP has one, footage shot during combat ops on a US aircraft carrier, edited to mimic the start of Top Gun. It's 2009 so Standard Def, but still fun!
Diversity in film spot for the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America). Shot, edited and graded by yours truly.
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DP for this episode of The David Rubenstein Show: Yo-Yo Ma, two very interesting gentlemen. Sound recordist was Tom Staton.
DP: The David Rubenstein Show: Steve Ballmer, philanthropist, businessman and former Microsoft CEO.
Emmy Nominated (60 Minutes) - A once in a lifetime opportunity to film at Mount Athos in Greece, a forgotten land of monasteries. The first DP in 31 years to film there.
Shot at 240fps in a warehouse in Delaware, this was not staged. Lit from above with a large soft source to provide enough light, yet maintain the gritty look of the illegal fighting industry.
WHNPA Lighting Winner. If people can't tell that I've lit a scene, I feel I have succeeded.
WHNPA (White House News Photographers Association) Award, News Magazine. 60 Minutes story on the Jouberts in Africa.
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For fun: Some advice I received from a director some of you may know. Thanks to my good friend 60 Minutes DP Don Lee for this!


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GE has unveiled the residential GE WattStation, an easy-to-use electric vehicle (EV) charger. Following the announcement of the public charger in July, the residential GE WattStation is designed to help accelerate the adoption of plug-in electric vehicles by significantly decreasing the time needed for vehicle charging and, using smart grid technology, allowing utility companies to manage the impact of electric vehicles on the local and regional grids.
Michael Mahan, the global product manager for GE WattStation, said, "The residential WattStation's easy functionality and design allows for the uncomplicated integration of quick electric vehicle charging into your everyday activities."
GE has partnered with ServiceMagic, the nation's leading website connecting consumers with service professionals, to provide a network of certified electricians for reliable installation of the residential WattStation in the consumers' home. In addition GE Capital, working with ServiceMagic, will provide financing options, enabling consumers to pay for the charger and installation costs over time.
"GE Capital's flexible financing options, offered by ServiceMagic professionals, provides a simple process for consumers to pay for the WattStation and related electrical installation services. This is imperative to widespread electric vehicle adoption," said Bruce Christensen, general manager of Home Improvement, GE Capital – Sales Finance.
Combining functionality with consumer friendly form from renowned industrial designer Yves Behar, the GE WattStation on average decreases electric vehicle charging time from 12-18 hours to as little as four to eight hours compared to standard charging level 1, assuming a full-cycle charge for a 24 kWh battery.
"The residential GE WattStation design is friendly and so simple to adopt that it will literally change one's life overnight: No more trips to the gas station, something that surely no one will miss," said Yves Behar, founder of fuse project. GE WattStation will be commercially available globally in 2011.
In addition to the GE WattStation, GE recently announced two new partnerships to advance electric vehicle adoption.
In April 2010, Project Get Ready, a non-profit initiative led by Rocky Mountain Institute to help communities prepare for electric vehicles, named GE a technical advisor focusing on design and planning of the local and regional electric grids for electric vehicles.
When GE unveiled the EV charging station in July the company said it would be piloted this year at commercial sites, along with Purdue and the University of California San Diego. Recently, General Electric reached an agreement with Purdue University to place up to 10 of its new electric vehicle (EV) charging stations on campus beginning by the end of the year. Designed to recharge electric-powered vehicles quickly and easily, the GE EV charging stations will be used by various classes and researchers working on electric-powered technology and to recharge university-operated electric vehicles.
According to university sources, GE and Purdue officials are finalizing where the charging stations will be installed, but plans call for the units to be located in prominent and well-lit locations so that electric vehicle drivers can easily access them.
GE says the EV charging station, used either indoors or outdoors and mounted on a wall or a pedestal, decreases the time needed for recharging an electric vehicle from as long as 12-18 hours to as short as four to eight hours. The charging station also is designed to allow utility companies to implement a "smart" electrical distribution system to manage the impact of electric vehicles on local and regional power grids.
President Barack Obama announced August 5 that Purdue University will receive a $6.1 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant to develop degree and training programs for electric vehicles. The government is handing out a total of $2.4 billion in grants to 48 projects in 20 states. He said Indiana is the second largest recipient of grant funding.
Purdue will partner with Notre Dame University, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Ivy Tech Community College, Purdue University Calumet and Indiana University Northwest to develop the program. The goal is to educate and train the workforce needed to design, manufacture and maintain advanced electric vehicles and the associated infrastructure.
The Indiana Advanced Electric Vehicle Training and Education Consortium will develop certificate and associate degree programs for vehicle technicians, bachelor's and master's degree programs for electric vehicle design and manufacturing engineers, and a certificate program in electric vehicle safety for emergency responders. It also will develop an outreach program to secondary schools and a Web site to provide information on electric vehicles to the general public.
Last spring, the consortium's first class of students built electric-powered karts and held a grand Prix race at Purdue. GE is a world leader in the energy sector, with a customer base that cuts across the entire electric grid network.
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Google Fiber, the company's gigabit and cable TV service that offers astoundingly quick internet speeds, seems to always be surrounded by hype and a degree of anxiousness. This reaction is understandable, considering the service's 1 gigabit per second connection is a whopping 40 times faster than modern standards. Whenever Google announces its plans to develop new infrastructure in cities to support Fiber, the media is happy to hear it. However, even after several launches at different cities around the U.S., Google Fiber has a relatively small subscriber base. Whether this means that other internet service providers (ISPs) have nothing to worry about is another story.
Bernstein Research has published a new study that looks into Google Fiber's success in cities where it's available and whether or not the service is having any significant impact on the world of ISPs. In Kansas City, the location where Fiber was originally launched three years ago, the study found that Google's service has reached a penetration rate of 20%. It then estimates that it is easily possible for Google to penetrate up to or above "40% of homes passed and realize attractive ROIs [return on investments]." Even so, the study suggests that Google may only have 100 to 120 thousand subscribers to its services. Bernstein admits that this seemingly poor number of customers "likely plays into the incumbents' default belief that deploying and operating wireline networks at scale is much harder than commonly thought."
That attitude is exactly what Google is fighting with Fiber. The U.S. has surprisingly little to no providers for the gigabit-speed service. The search giant is hoping to use its program to help current ISPs begin to roll out similar services of their own, and lower prices for their slower connections. There are signs that Google has been successful to a point in that regard. For one, IPSs are indeed introducing price cuts for their services, though only in locations where Google Fiber is available. However, it is likely the traditional internet providers are not taking Fiber seriously as a competitor. Bernstein notes that they shouldn't marginalize Fiber because of its limited availability. Eventually, Google's service could claim up to 50% of the market in cities it has been able to incorporate its infrastructure. With Google planning to take Fiber to a substantial amount of additional areas, including Charlotte and Nashville, ISPs should worry about the new kid on the block. The gigabit speed provider is in a position to become profitable.
The study sees a realistic 15 to 20 million subscriber base for Google Fiber in 6 to 8 years, even calling such an estimate "far from impossible." If that figure is anywhere near reality, the United States' ISP landscape is sure to see significant changes.


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More than 80 potato growers felt a sense of relief when receiving Simplot's second offer, says TFGA Vegetable Council chairperson Nathan Richardson. The offer was proposed at a meeting in Deloariane on Tuesday night and will see a $35 per tonne increase for all varieties of potatoes in the upcoming season and a minimum $10 per tonne increase next year. Simplot's first offer of a $20 per tonne price increase was knocked back by the growers in July. "There's a lot of growers out there that simply weren't making money out of potatoes. This increase doesn't mean they will be able to buy the farm next door but what it means is they have the ability to plan where they want to go," Mr Richardson said. "What it means is it keeps a bit of morale, and that's pretty important. The main thing is that it has relieved a little bit of pressure." Mr Richardson said the growers initially calculated a $70 per tonne increase was required over the next two years. "We will have 60 per cent of that and as an industry, grower or negotiation committee you're never going to get exactly what you want," he said. "A pretty important part of the supply chain has recognised that we have got to maintain profitability at the farm gate because up until yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon the industry really was on a knifes edge. "This is a step in the right direction. Does it put everything to sleep? No." He said the growers' committee had a strong relationship with Simplot.
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August 28 2019 - 11:20AM
Tasmanian potato farmers have accepted Simplot's second price offer
Rebecca Morris
More than 80 potato growers felt a sense of relief when receiving Simplot's second offer, says TFGA Vegetable Council chairperson Nathan Richardson.
The offer was proposed at a meeting in Deloariane on Tuesday night and will see a $35 per tonne increase for all varieties of potatoes in the upcoming season and a minimum $10 per tonne increase next year.
Simplot's first offer of a $20 per tonne price increase was knocked back by the growers in July.
"There's a lot of growers out there that simply weren't making money out of potatoes. This increase doesn't mean they will be able to buy the farm next door but what it means is they have the ability to plan where they want to go," Mr Richardson said.
"What it means is it keeps a bit of morale, and that's pretty important. The main thing is that it has relieved a little bit of pressure."
Mr Richardson said the growers initially calculated a $70 per tonne increase was required over the next two years.
"We will have 60 per cent of that and as an industry, grower or negotiation committee you're never going to get exactly what you want," he said.
"A pretty important part of the supply chain has recognised that we have got to maintain profitability at the farm gate because up until yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon the industry really was on a knifes edge.
"This is a step in the right direction. Does it put everything to sleep? No."
He said the growers' committee had a strong relationship with Simplot.


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WeBikeEugene distributed a questionnaire to all five of Eugene's mayoral candidates. We asked eight questions about transportation issues, particularly active transportation.
Of the five candidates, all but City Councilor Mike Clark, responded.
[Bob Cassidy responded to selected questions below, explaining …] I'm going to take a shortcut to this response. I don't want to be flippant, it's a time matter — and a basic responsibility matter. The policy decisions come from the councilors. The Mayor has an input only with a tie vote and maybe a little bit in the agenda-setting for the council meetings.
EMX so far a plus. Having 5 bridges specific to bike/pedestrians a huge plus, as is established paths on both sides of the river. Car traffic worse all the time; insanely so on Coburg Road at times. We need smaller buses into outlying areas of town. Need to find a way to fill the buses.
The major strength of Eugene's transportation system is the traditional LTD route system, because it is extremely efficient and adaptable. Routes can be added, re-routed, re-scheduled and otherwise modified easily and efficiently. This has created a wide coverage in Eugene and most of town has some reasonable access to the bus transportation system.
The major deficiency of Eugene's transportation system is that current officials are bulldozing over local property rights in order to force through the EMX system which is publicly opposed by about 40+ local businesses who are having the opinions of those business owners, employees and customers ignored. That's not right. Our traditional bus system needs to be valued more and not discredited for a trendy fad which will cost more in the long run.
The EMX is basically a system which runs from the end of Springfield to the Eugene Wal-Mart, it's publicly opposed by the majority of businesses on its route and the only business who seeks to benefit from this is Wal-Mart, conveniently at the end of the EMX route. Wal-Mart's pharmacy makes over $2 million each week, presuming the entire rest of the store makes half that, the store makes easily $3 million per week, that's about $156 million per year that could be going into local businesses which are having their property rights violated instead of their business interests considered. The EMX will result in job loss, decreased property values and a lack of funding for our traditional bus system. Eugene's traditional bus system has been proven one of the most successful models in the country long before the EMX. The EMX is essentially a lame duck. Eugene citizens aren't lame ducks, we're winners, and we're strongly opposed to the EMX system, what we want is responsible attention to Eugene's traditional bus system.
Despite our growth and increasing traffic, Eugene is still basically a city in which you can get just about anywhere by car in about 20 minutes — with the exception of a few bottlenecks such as Belt Line and Coburg Road. Many neighborhoods are pleasant and easy to walk; the Ruth Bascom Riverfront Bicycle System is a community treasure; and the increasing number of bike lanes is encouraging. The EmX line along Franklin Boulevard has been a huge success, and I support the concept of improved corridor transit lined with denser development.
As for challenges, our one-way streets, discontinuous sidewalks, and poorly maintained neighborhood streets are all common complaints. For some without access to a car — youth, seniors, those with disabilities, and people of low-income—getting from place to place can be a huge burden, with some trips taking over an hour each way. The hub-and-spoke design of LTD routes makes it time consuming and difficult to travel east and west across town; and many of the busier corridors have infrequent pedestrian crossings. Bike lanes are often confusing and scary – both for the bicyclist and the driver. Finally, the lack of public transportation to the airport is challenging for travelers.
Personally, I'm a big fan of anything for bikers. All the way from Ruth Bascom to the present. The money allocated for bike transportation issue is inadequate, and that is a budget process that needs changing.
I will have to look into this carefully, Certainly, filling the buses is a priority. More bicycle lanes on streets parallel to the busiest streets is ideal for me.
It's a priority to fix the city's bike lane system so that it's safer for bikers. Currently, the bike paths have been senselessly re-routed through traffic and across traffic lanes, this is extremely dangerous for bikers. It's an extremely irresponsible oversight that city management has made. Eugene's bike fatality rate needs to be better addressed and these irresponsible bike lanes are neglectfully hazardous. Bike lanes should be dedicated to the side of the road, away from traffic. They should be wide enough to be safe, and accessible for all Eugene neighborhoods.
While I'm canvassing, many residents have questions about the priorities for street repair, installation of street calming systems and crosswalks. For many residents, this is the key safety concern and a transparent, consistent and reliable process would help. That should not be a funding need, simply an improvement in access to priorities and accountability that would mean a lot to citizens.
Doubling trips by transit (bus) is a good starting point. Safe routes for bikes and walking needs a lot of work. Twenty-year goals may be needed in some policy; directional momentum important in the short term, which will affect longer term. The importance of people working near their jobs is presently understated.
I support these goals. We at the Strek campaign absolutely value transit, bicycling and walking trips as necessary, enjoyable activities that should be safe for Eugene citizens of all ages and backgrounds. We can achieve these goals through reasonable examination which create positive progress. Increasing accessibility is important, I believe we can provide free bus passes for Eugene citizens and pay for this by better managing the city's current budget. The city's current budget should be re-prioritized with the citizens' interests at heart to reduce the money spent on wasteful projects. This will make us have the necessary funds to fix problems as necessary instead of letting them get out of control, such as the poor condition many of Eugene's roads are in.
I completely support the goal of reducing "drive alone" car trips. People will naturally reduce their car time when other alternatives are comparable or better – and that is contingent on where and how we build housing. The cities that succeed are densely populated with multiple alternatives – frequent buses or walkable distances. I see the value in encouraging active modes and enhancing safety for pedestrians and bicyclists to make it more appealing and feasible, and transitioning to more compact neighborhoods to bring people closer to the places they need to go. We are a community of suburban neighborhoods in which people are still going use their cars to go to the grocery store, but they might take the bus or walk to work, and that is a constructive and feasible goal for planning.
My transportation is walking, a little biking, and cars. I'm 84.
I bike, walk and drive on fairly equal level. I live six blocks from work.
My main mode of transportation is a cruiser bicycle, and my student fees have always provided me a free bus pass while living here, so I have a thorough knowledge of Eugene's bus routes. I use the bus when it's raining a lot and otherwise the beach cruiser bicycle is my main choice. I have a nice Jetta TDI that I use about once a week or less for heavier grocery trips that won't fit in my bikes basket, or other larger purchases.
I live at the top of Chambers where the closest bus service is mid-way down the hill. This means that I drive a car in order to conduct most of my work and personal errands. That said, we moved to this neighborhood so that our children could walk to the neighborhood school and easily visit their friends on foot and bike. I have never been confident about riding a bike up and down Chambers and cannot juggle the demands of my schedule without the efficiency of a car. This is regrettable, but I don't see my hill as a transit priority for the city.
Am not sure what to think about this. Bond measures for many city supported activities could be cropping up soon. Better sidewalks and more bike access on streets where motor vehicles are not overwhelming.
I like bonds. We're a huge fan of bonds at the Strek Campaign. Many of the city's streets need to be resurfaced and repaved. Many of the city's bike lanes need to be updated and re-routed. I think the allocation to bicycle/pedestrian projects needs to have more input from local citizens, many of the bicycle/pedestrian projects I see the city set up are wasteful, or even dangerous. One example is the corner of 13th & Willamette where the bike lane crosses through traffic lanes, it's completely a death-risk to any biker — and an insurance liability for any driver. That's one of the most trafficked streets in Eugene and should have been planned more responsibly. Coincidentally, there is a white bicycle on that corner as a memorial to Eugene's bike traffic accident victims. Whoever was in charge of that should have had more consideration, and I'd prioritize bicycle route safety.
I would support the renewal of the bond measure. As for the percentage dedicated to bicycle and pedestrian projects, I would love to see more funds dedicated to sidewalks which are key to many neighborhoods and their discontinuity forces people to step out into the roads. I would also like to see more investment in traffic calming and crossings. Those may be higher priorities for me than more bicycle lanes.
Vision Zero is a "no brainer". Would we want a vision of maybe 5, and be satisfied if we only had 4? Obviously the goal should be zero, as is the goal of EWEB for accidents. And they spend enough money to make that happen.
Tsunami Books [Landfield's business] has played a major role in creating a real vision zero between 24th and 29th on Willamette. There has not been a single traffic death of any sort on this stretch in at least the past 18 years, despite 15,000+ vehicles per day on a narrow street. We have helped the street work well with what it is, and will continue doing so using many creative methods of positive engagement and action.
The Vision Zero resolution a good resolution. We shouldn't have people dying in Eugene while they're simply trying to go out for a bike ride. If I'd been on the council at the time I'd have supported that resolution and would have promoted more responsible planning of bike routes. As I've explained, routing bike routes across traffic lanes is an extreme health hazard, it's death-risk to any Eugene bike commuter and needs to be addressed. Bike routes should be to the side of the road, wide enough to provide a safe buffer zone between bicycles and traffic. It's a very simple concept to avoid the collision between cars and bicycles that needs to be implemented, whoever decided to route bike routes across traffic lanes needs to lose their job, and I'm giving them a bad job reference on the way out. I'd tell them, "You're fired!" and hire someone who actually cares about Eugene's people.
I absolutely support Vision Zero and would have voted for it had I been on the council. As I wrote above, I would like to see us improve our sidewalks, street crossings and traffic calming in order to make it safer for people to walk. I would like to improve the transparency, accountability and process for prioritizing these repairs.
Two years ago I personally took the lead in fixing a very serious bicycle access design flaw built at 24th and Amazon Parkway, this after I suffered a near-death injury on the city's new, flawed access.
I regularly use transit and practice good etiquette. I give up my seat for the elderly, women with children, or disabled people every time. Think globally, act locally.
I represented the interests of environmental organizations for 17 years as the Eugene campaign manager for EarthShare Oregon. Our members included Bicycle Transportation Alliance, 1000 Friends of Oregon and others who were focused on land use and livability. My role was to engage employers and employees in private and public workplaces to understand and support the work of the EarthShare member organizations. In my time with EarthShare, the Eugene campaign grew from two participating workplaces to 20, and included some of the highest dollar support for environmental work in our statewide annual campaign.
Soon after I first arrived in Eugene, I was told it was the #1 town for biking in America. It certainly is not now. I will work toward it being the very best it can be in the near-term and long term.
Eugene's a great city to live in largely because of Eugene's connections, between people, and these exist because of active transportation routes which are used by people who think positively about Eugene culture. Many cities do not have access to parks and public space as Eugene does. We're at a crossroads between using incoming resources responsibly to reinforce Eugene's progressive, free-thinking, independent, local-business loving culture — or we can let out of town influence continue to dominate Eugene politics and Eugene policy. I am the only candidate who has mentioned helping animals in addition to people, and I have always cared about the environment as something that's alive the same as any animal. Together, we can do more than "Make Eugene Great Again." I think we have access to, "A Better Eugene." We can have a clean town that's fun to live in.
Currently, the major detraction for Eugene's culture is the prevalence of bike-theft and property crime. The "Kryptonite" lock company produces fine locks internationally, and their locks are uninsured for theft everywhere except two cities: New York City and Eugene, Oregon. True story, almost everyone who bikes in Eugene has had their bike stolen. Many residents have had several bikes worth over a thousand dollars stolen or stripped for parts without any investigation from the police, because it's such an extreme problem that's been ignored by local authorities and de-prioritized by the current administration.
Our police officers are hard-working people who need more help reorganizing administrative priorities so that local officers on the ground are able to respond and protect local citizens from crime. My plan to eliminate bike theft in Eugene is to introduce mandatory minimum community service sentences for all bike-related theft and strictly enforce them, to provide much needed maintenance for Eugene's roads and parkland. Through community service, these people who otherwise would victimize the community will learn self-discipline, self-respect, and earn the sense of accomplishment that comes with helping the community — and the rest of us will lose less parts off our bikes, the parks will be cleaner, and the roads will be better maintained so we'll all be able to live in a more positive Eugene.


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Health Talk: Meningococcal bacteria
By Akanksha Vaidya | Feb 11, 2008
Perhaps one of the most annoying experiences of college preparation is the long list of vaccines that students have to receive. Each vaccine translates into a long wait in the midst of coughing and sneezing people, followed by a huge needle, searing pain, and that sore arm for the next day or so.
Still, injections are worth the pain, and students should be thankful they have to take them.Vaccines against meningococcal disease are on the top of the list of vaccines required for college students, and for good reason.
Meningococcal disease primarily affects young children and adults between the ages of 15 and 20, and has been considered one of the biggest threats on college campuses.
According to the American College Health Association, around 100 to 125 cases of meningococcal disease occur on college campuses each year, and five to 15 of those cases are fatal.
Meningococcal disease is often caused by the bacteria Neisseria meningitidis (commonly known as the meningococcal bacteria) and can take two forms: meningococcal meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia.
Meningococcal meningitis is perhaps the most notorious form of the disease. However, the lesser-known form of the disease, meningococcal septicaemia, is the real killer.
Although meningitis can cause permanent brain damage, less than 5 percent people who contract it die. Septicaemia, on the other hand, has a higher fatality rate at around 20 percent.
It is surprising to see such contrasting effects due to an infection by the same bacteria. What is even more surprising is that these bacteria usually reside in the nose and throat of healthy individuals without ever harming them.
Our body's immune system has ways of keeping these bacteria in check and not letting them spread into the bloodstream. However, the bacteria sometimes manage to trick the immune system and come out of the nose and throat into the bloodstream. From the bloodstream, the bacteria follow two different routes.
The bacteria may cross over from the bloodstream into the membranes (called the meninges) covering the brain, causing an infection of the meninges — hence the name "meningitis."
The bacteria then infect the fluid surrounding the meninges and travel to the spinal cord through this fluid. Bacterial toxins cause the inflammation of the meninges. This inflammation puts pressure on the nerves in the brain and spinal cord, giving rise to symptoms such as a stiff neck, headache, and drowsiness.
If not treated early on, meningitis proceeds to its final stage in which the person may go into a coma.
On the contrary, septicaemia is caused if the bacteria do not move out of the bloodstream. When the bacteria remain and multiply in the bloodstream, they release toxins. The toxins harm the body in a number of ways. They attract the immune system, thus preventing it from attacking the real cause of the problem, the meningococcal bacteria.
They then act on the heart, disrupting its ability to pump blood. Last, they puncture the walls of the blood vessels, which causes the blood to leak out.
The result is a large-scale hemorrhage throughout the body, which affects blood flow to vital organs, causing the organs to malfunction. Unless the symptoms are recognized quickly, a person is not left with much time to live.
One of the main reasons why septicaemia is so deadly is that it spreads very rapidly. Meningitis does not spread that quickly and that makes it slightly less harmful.
While septicaemia is lethal, it is also rare. Antibiotic treatment early on usually helps fight the disease. However, recent information regarding these antibiotics is slightly disturbing. Health officials in Minnesota and North Dakota have reported three cases in which the commonly used antibiotic ciprofloxacin was ineffective.
Drug-resistant strains of the bacteria point to an overdose of the antibiotic. Although there are other antibiotics that can be used, the drug-resistant strains suggest a scary future for the disease. Therefore, the best way for people to protect themselves is through vaccination.
The meningococcal bacteria are found in the respiratory tracts and saliva of a carrier, which means they can be spread through coughing, sneezing, or personal items like coffee cups.
Vaccination is the smart thing to do, but there are sound reasons for why it is so adamantly targeted to college students.
College students should be especially careful, as avoiding direct contact with people who are sneezing or coughing is virtually impossible in a dorm.
Sharing personal items like lip-gloss and coffee cups is also a large part of college life. Campus lifestyle makes college students a high-risk group for meningococcal disease. Two vaccines are commonly prescribed for college students. Menomune has been approved by the FDA and has been available since 1981, and a relatively new vaccine called MenactraT was approved in 2005.
Both of these vaccines are capable of preventing infection from four strains of the bacteria, namely A, C, Y and W-135. A fifth strain, B, does not have a vaccine as of yet.
However, since C and W-135 are the most common strains of the bacteria, the vaccines are helpful in most situations. In fact, the vaccines are the only means of prevention.
A glance at the big picture reveals that vaccines are more than just pain-inflicting needles ready to make their way into students.


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