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Art Cars: Now Chosen by Curators
Image: M & R Photography, Flickr (Creative Commons)
Over at eplaya, Trilobyte has posted the new rules for Mutant Vehicles.
Have a cool art car? That's no longer enough. In order to bring it, the Art Czar will have to decide that it fits the aesthetic they desire for the year's theme – and if you are in good enough standing in your sucking up to BMOrg.
Burning Man 2.0 is about pedestrians and bicycles, not Art Cars and DJs.
2016 MUTANT VEHICLE PROCESS CHANGES
The Department of Mutant Vehicles is moving to a new system for processing Mutant Vehicle applications in 2016.
The increased volume of Mutant Vehicle applications (nearly 1000 in 2015) is requiring the DMV to be more selective than ever. Having a vehicle on the playa in the past is no guarantee of
being invited in the future! Put your best foot forward in your application and give us a reason to invite your vehicle to Black Rock City. The Mutant Vehicle application form will be closing earlier than ever this year: Noon (PST) on April 13.
In past years, the DMV has invited every vehicle to the playa that met the published Mutant Vehicle requirements. We strove to have an objective process to evaluate each application, focusing on level of mutation – not on quality of the art. It's important to know that if you think it's a good idea to art up a Car Leasing from ICL that you catch on the way, think again.
Each Mutant Vehicle application is reviewed by a committee of DMV Hotties, and we strive to reach a consensus agreement on whether the vehicle has met the criteria. Historically the DMV team has reviewed each application shortly after it was received, and responded to the vehicle creator as quickly as possible. Over the years, the Mutant Vehicle Community has steadily "ratcheted up" the bar a vehicle must pass, and we're now at a point where we require vehicles to be completely mutated – showing little or none of the original base vehicle.
In spite of the stricter requirements, the number of applications has steadily grown, and the number of thoroughly mutated vehicles now exceeds what we can accommodate on the playa. Burning Man is primarily a pedestrian and bicycle city, and only a fraction of burners can bring a vehicle before the playa becomes too crowded with them. Our goal is to enable our creative community of artists making mutated vehicles to show off their creations, while balancing the needs of playa preservation, visual stimulation, and safety.
In response, the DMV is revising how we evaluate applications to bring a Mutant Vehicle to the playa. Rather than considering each vehicle on its own merits, we're moving to a "curation" model, wherein we will consider each vehicle within the context of all the qualified applications we receive. A vehicle will still be required to meet the published Mutant Vehicle criteria, but that alone won't guarantee an invitation to bring it to the playa. We will also be looking to invite a balance of different types of vehicles on the playa: large scale sound vehicles, flame effects focused vehicles, small artistic vehicles, large transport vehicles, highly participatory vehicles, etc. We are dedicated to licensing vehicles from projects of all budget levels, not just the most expensively built ones.
We will be looking for vehicles that have good execution of their design concept. We will also be evaluating the originality of a vehicle. There are already quite a number of bar-cars, furniture cars and boats, for example – and that might not be the best design choice for a new vehicle you're considering. When it comes to larger vehicles, we will be favoring vehicles that have a sterling record for inclusivity when it comes to offering rides to the public.
So…what can you do to maximize the chance of being able to bring your vehicle to the playa this year?
Fill out your application thoroughly. Including more detail is better than less.
Make sure your application gives us a very clear vision of your vehicle.
The application should clearly describe the concept for your vehicle and what you have done or will do to realize that concept.
Good photos of both the day and nighttime appearance are necessary – If you're building a new vehicle that isn't complete yet, then detailed design sketches are a good alternative to photos.
Vehicles desiring a night license need to be detailed about the lighting plan for the vehicle.
Mutant Vehicles which align with or comment on Burning Man's annual theme will be given greater consideration.
Please recognize not every vehicle will be invited. Having brought your vehicle to the playa in a prior year is no guarantee that you'll get invited again. Your application will be considered in comparison to the other applications we receive. Make sure your application conveys what excited you about building the vehicle in the first place!
In past years, we've allowed vehicle creators who were not selected to appeal our decision, and offer up additional details about their vehicle, or change some part of their design. Our new process eliminates appeals, so it's more important than ever your application be filled out clearly and completely!
Lastly, the deadline for submitting an application will be noon PST on April 13. In past years, we've been able to accommodate vehicles that missed the deadline. Because of our new evaluation system, we can no longer do that. So get your vehicle application in early!
Thanks for your time, and we look forward to seeing all of your amazing creative vehicle designs this year. If you have questions, please get in touch with the Burning Man Department of Mutant Vehicles at dmv@burningman.org.
The main DMV webpage is available here
The DMV Mutant Vehicle criteria are available here
DMV Information on Vehicles for People with Disabilities is here
[Source: ePlaya]
In 2014, the last year we have an AfterBurn report for, there were 600 Mutant Vehicles in Burning Man. So 1000 applications means if you made an Art Car, you have a 60/40 chance of getting it to Burning Man. Basically, flip a coin.
Another Org decision that is just going to make it harder for Burners to plan and get excited about the Burn. They don't know if their whole camp can go, and now they don't know if their art car can go either.
It calls into question the entire idea of raising money to invest in an art car, if there is no guarantee it is even going to be permitted at Burning Man – or if it can be turned away on the whim of some faceless groupthink influencer at BMHQ. No appeal, no oversight. That's it, done – and if you ever want anything approved by them again, placement or an art car or an art project or early access passes or even (gulp!) tickets – you better just shut up and take it.
The series of ticket crises and systems has ended the idea of a camp of friends who would all get together every year at Burning Man; or people arranging to meet each other at a future Burn. Now, it's pot luck. A lottery. Planning goes out the window, when it all becomes so arbitrary. Unless you have some juice inside the Org, of course. You know people who know people – and they're the right people.
BMOrg are still trying to figure it out. Hate to break it to 'em, but 10 tickets are really not enough to organize a camp. 5 couples is a pretty small camp – 2 RVs or ShiftPods. I have people contacting me chasing 300 tickets:
Prepare to get your participation forms in, folks. In about a month, you'll be able to fill out online questionnaires and applications, so that your process of bring art to Burning Man may finally (possibly) begin…
Heads-up, folks! The various participation forms for the 2016 event will go live on February 24th at noon PST. At that point, you'll be able to start filling out the questionnaires and applications for your projects. The deadlines vary by project, and are listed below. You don't have to scramble to get them in the minute the forms open, but you DO need to make sure you fill it out and hit the final submit button BEFORE that deadline.
Camp Placement Questionnaire – February 24, 2016 – April 28, 2016 at 12:00 noon Pacific Time
Mutant Vehicle Application – February 24, 2015 – April 13, 2016 at 12:00 noon Pacific Time
Disabled Persons Vehicle Application – February 24, 2016 – August 2, 2016 at 12:00 noon Pacific Time
Art Installation Questionnaire – February 24, 2016 – June 14, 2016 at 12:00 noon Pacific Time
BRC Media Application – February 24, 2015 – July 21, 2016 at 12:00 noon Pacific Time
By burnersxxx • Posted in News	• Tagged 2.0, 2016, art, art cars, bouncer, complaints, curation, DMV, future, guest list, mutant vehicles, rules, vip, wristband
LSD Research: Where We Are In 2016
by Terry Gotham
Since the interview with MAPS went over so well, I figured I'd keep the hype train about psychedelics research going. Over the last couple of years, really great thing have happened surrounding MDMA & Magic Mushrooms, but for some of us, LSD is the Holy Grail of psychedelics research.
To provide some history, back in the 50's & 60's, there was a significant amount of research surrounding LSD. Everything from autism to homosexuality to childhood schizophrenia was treated with LSD in places like the Silver Spring Maryland Hospital. Dozens of studies were performed, and LSD was seen as a promising psychomimetic (insanity mimicking) and later as a "psychedelic" (mind-manifesting). But we all know what happened next. Manson used a bunch of it to trick girls into killing people and horror stories about hippies & kids going insane and never coming back pervaded the landscape. Oh yea, and Nixon shit all over it.
However, over the last decade or so, we've seen a resurgence in research associated with those very same psychedelics. While MDMA for PTSD & Psilocybin for terminal cancer anxiety has stolen the spotlight, LSD has quietly been examined by a number of research groups, with some encouraging results. LSD has been shown to be effective for anxiety surrounding terminal cancer as well, as the recently completed Phase II clinical trial sponsored by MAPS has shown. If you're interested in bypassing the hype and getting directly to the full text pdf, here it is.Two other avenues of LSD research have been making steady progress during this psychedelics renaissance.
Alcoholism treatment with LSD was evaluated by two researchers in the Dept. of Neuroscience at the Norwegian University of Science & Technology. A meta-analysis of the current research findings surrounding LSD & alcoholism were evaluated, and the findings were very encouraging. From the paper's abstract:
A single dose of LSD, in the context of various alcoholism treatment programs, is associated with a decrease in alcohol misuse. ~Krebs & Johansen, 2012
This isn't surprising to some of you, who have commented about how psychedelics have helped cope with addiction & addictive tendencies. But for the effect to be verified academically, is very important.
The second area of research that is getting some LSD-infused love is cluster headaches, also known as suicide headaches. A study published in the Journal of Neurology 7 of 8 LSD users stated they saw a termination of cluster headache attacks. MAPS has also published on this phenomena. Cluster headaches have very few treatments and they paralyze those who experience them, so researchers are very excited at the potential for LSD & LSD analogues to help.
Another aspect of LSD consumption that deserves more study is microdosing. After I was critical of the loose reporting surrounding this practice, I had a number of interesting conversations with burners who reached out to discuss their anecdotal use of LSD to improve their life. Some microdose daily, others told me about habits where they'd microdose one week on 2-3 weeks off, and back and forth. There's a giant uncontrolled experiment going on out there, and instead of trying to generate page views by claiming executives are dropping tabs in the office, I agree with Forbes (a phrase I don't use often) that we need to evaluate this in a much more sophisticated & systematic way.
If you're really hankering for some LSD & don't want to break the law, head to Dr. Peter Gasser in Switzerland. VICE did a great little round up of how and why this psychiatrist is able to prescribe LSD to his patients. It's a nice little story, and continues to back up my claim that Switzerland isn't a real place. It's totally the future with Alps & chocolate.
So much more work to be done, but hope you found a couple of reasons to celebrate how far we've come as you've read this.
By Terry Gotham • Posted in Ideas, Light Path - Positive Thinking	• Tagged alcoholism, cluster headaches, lsd, maps, Peter Gasser, suicide headaches, vice
Big Burner Bucks in the Biggest Little Tax Haven [Update]
A miniature Burning Man statue and an American flag greet travelers arriving at Reno airport; their busiest time of year is during Burning Man
Tax is the big story in the Burning Man world right now. This is in line with this year's Medici theme of patrons. It seems that Patrón is not just a tequila favored by rappers, it's also a key word in the Nevada Live Entertainment tax legislation amendment called "The Burning Man tax" which BMOrg is insisting "doesn't apply to them since they don't provide live entertainment". Presumably, since the law doesn't specifically mention "ritual effigy burn in front of a crowd of 80,000 people" as one of the types of live entertainment, they think they have found a loophole to finagle.
Whatever the outcome, it's holding up ticket sales, and plans, for the Burners who have to actually create Black Rock City and provide all the Live Entertainment (as per the tax code definitions) on our dime.
The Man burns in 219 days. 7 months
Meanwhile, over at the BJ they say What Fuelled the Renaissance? Could it Have Happened Without Cash?
As Burning Man CEO Marian Goodell said last year "The culture of Burning Man can really flourish with money…[for example] to bring great musicians to your camp". So hopefully the gentrification of Burning Man 2.0 will actually lead to a Renaissance-style flourishing of culture, where the poor are lifted from their wretched conditions to share in the fruits that our modern technocratic civilization is bearing. More art, more gifting, more solar and hydrogen powered camps and installations, more live music, more hip-hop yes please!
Loopholes to get out of paying tax are much favored by banksters, including the Florentine Medici, the Borgias of Naples, the Venetian Del Bancos (ancestors of the German Warburgs), and the rest of the Venetian (or was it Phoenician) Black Nobility. They created the modern banking industry, the Illuminati and Skull and Bones secret societies, and the British system of hereditary feudal oligarchy, with its Dukes, Earls, Barons, and so on. This is the world of Downton Abbey (which is actually a Rothschild castle); or Liz Hurley's epic new show The Royals, which was filmed at Winston Churchill's family house Blenheim Palace (he was the Duke of Marlborough, and also a Druid). These wealthy and secretive families financed the arts, railroads, shipping, immigration, architecture, and war – usually, both sides.
Downton Abbey was filmed at Highclere Castle, one of the many Rothschild family homes. Image: Kevin Oliver, Flickr (Creative Commons)
Blenheim Palace, ancestral home of the Dukes of Marlborough including Winston Churchill. Image: 1967jwm, via Flickr (Creative Commons)
In the middle of all these centuries of international finance intrigues were the Rothschilds. They're at Burning Man, of course:
Only 5 days to go! Lets make it happen! http://t.co/7lxYdPzxBm #temple #burningman http://t.co/BrK9k33thu @BMTemple2013
— David de Rothschild (@DRexplore) May 25, 2013
And not just David. Other members of the clan too.
From Inc magazine:
One Entrepreneur's Productivity Secret: Burning Man
For Vitals founder Mitch Rothschild, the radical change in perspective that comes from a trip to the desert helps him get more done.
by @jillkrasny
Whip cream holsters. Topless dancers. Airplane-size sculptures. It's all part of the draw at the Burning Man festival in Black Rock, Nevada, which kicks off this week. But for one entrepreneur, all this reckless abandon has a very concrete pay-off: it's a highly effective productivity booster.
"You're completely in the desert," says Mitch Rothschild, a New York-based entrepreneur who admittedly went through 30 canisters of whip cream last year. "There's just miles and miles of flat desert expanse and you've got 65,000 people there. There's no money, no cell phones, no Internet. You get back as much as you put in." (Rothschild's distribution of whip cream was one way he gave back to attendees.)
…a change in perspective helped Rothschild pivot his business last year. Before he attended the festival, Vitals was strictly ad-based. There was growing demand for price and quality transparency, especially among insurers, but Vitals wasn't making use of the data it had. After attending the festival, however, Rothschild saw the opportunity right in front of him. So what if it was a new business model? The money he could make would be worth it. Now a year later, Vitals has grown five times from where it was a year ago, thanks to this shift.
Burning Man's focus on self-reliance–among the festival's principles, an emphasis on survival remains paramount–has also helped Rothschild's approach to problem-solving at work, he says. "There is no plumbing, there is no water. There are dust storms and you have to not mind that."
Above all, Rothschild stresses the importance of simply unplugging. "You go on a vacation and don't even realize the cobwebs you have in your brain until you're thinking about things fresh," he says. And the more different the experience, the better your perspective will be. "It's almost like going to Mars, it's so different from anything else," he says of Burning Man. "But if you embrace the concept of change, not for its own sake but for adaptaing to change in your environment, well, that's what an entrepreneur has to do."
[Source: Inc magazine]
Great to hear that the Medici Rothschilds are making five times as much money from Burning Man.
Well, now it seems they're setting up shop in Reno as well. And by shop I mean "international tax free corporations".
From Bloomberg Businessweek:
The World's Favorite New Tax Haven Is the United States
Moving money out of the usual offshore secrecy havens and into the U.S. is a brisk new business.
The U.S. "is effectively the biggest tax haven in the world" —Andrew Penney, Rothschild & Co.
Last September, at a law firm overlooking San Francisco Bay, Andrew Penney, managing director at Rothschild & Co., gave a talk on how the world's wealthy elite can avoid paying taxes.
His message was clear: You can help your clients move their fortunes to the United States, free of taxes and hidden from their governments.
Some are calling it the new Switzerland.
After years of lambasting other countries for helping rich Americans hide their money offshore, the U.S. is emerging as a leading tax and secrecy haven for rich foreigners. By resisting new global disclosure standards, the U.S. is creating a hot new market, becoming the go-to place to stash foreign wealth. Everyone from London lawyers to Swiss trust companies is getting in on the act, helping the world's rich move accounts from places like the Bahamas and the British Virgin Islands to Nevada, Wyoming, and South Dakota.
"How ironic—no, how perverse—that the USA, which has been so sanctimonious in its condemnation of Swiss banks, has become the banking secrecy jurisdiction du jour," wrote Peter A. Cotorceanu, a lawyer at Anaford AG, a Zurich law firm, in a recent legal journal. "That 'giant sucking sound' you hear? It is the sound of money rushing to the USA."
Rothschild, the centuries-old European financial institution, has opened a trust company in Reno, Nev., a few blocks from the Harrah's and Eldorado casinos, where used to go to gamble, but now a days people also play online so you can sign up to betfred and get £60 using this offer. It is now moving the fortunes of wealthy foreign clients out of offshore havens such as Bermuda, subject to the new international disclosure requirements, and into Rothschild-run trusts in Nevada, which are exempt.
The firm says its Reno operation caters to international families attracted to the stability of the U.S. and that customers must prove they comply with their home countries' tax laws. Its trusts, moreover, have "not been set up with a view to exploiting that the U.S. has not signed up" for international reporting standards, said Rothschild spokeswoman Emma Rees.
[Source: Bloomberg Business Week]
The whole story by Jesse Drucker at Bloomberg is a great read.
The Shadow Economy
How significant are tax havens to Silicon Valley? Well, tech companies have more cash than countries – yes, even the mighty United States.
…and most of it is offshore
[Source: 2014 data, Citizens for Tax Justice, via Softpedia ]
The Fortune 500 companies alone have $2.1 trillion in tax havens, a pile that is growing 8% a year. 72% of them operate offshore tax haven subsidiaries. The top 5 biggest tech companies had $471 billion offshore, as of 2014. Apple's cash pile has grown to $216 billion, as of yesterday – $200 billion of that is offshore.
Apple's tiny little office in Reno runs the largest tax-free cash hoard the world has ever seen.
[Source: Zacks.com via qz.com]
Braeburn Capital
Image via blogs.rgj.com
Named after the Granny Smith and Lady Hamilton apple hybrid, Braeburn Capital's sole purpose – just like Apple Operations International – is to avoid paying taxes. Apple created the Reno, Nevada-based company in 2006 as an asset management company.
Apple's headquarters may be located in Cupertino, Calif, but by placing an office in Reno – roughly 200 miles away from headquarters – to collect and invest the company's profits, Apple sidesteps state income taxes on some of those gains.
California's corporate tax rate is 8.84%, compared to Nevada's whopping 0%. Setting up an office in Reno is just one of many legal methods Apple uses to reduce its worldwide tax bill by billions of dollars each year.
[Source: Zacks.com]
It's no wonder that the US wants a cut of all these billions and trillions.
Reno is being used to get the money out of the country, but how does it get back in? This article from a Venture Capital blog offers an interesting clue:
[Source: The Venture Alley]
So the offshore company invests in a pooled fund which invests in a management company in another country. This company then invests in whatever VC funds and startups it wants. For example the London office can invest in the Reno office. Which cycles the money through Ireland and the Netherlands Antilles in a Double Irish With A Dutch sandwich (no, really). Lord Sandwich was a member of the Hellfire Club; the Hawaiian islands were once known as the Sandwich Islands, in his honor. But I digress; back to Black Rock.
Black Rock.
Black Stone.
Black Water.
One of the first Silicon Valley venture capital firms was called Venrock – Rock as in Rockefeller. They are the money behind Apple, Intel, Fairchild, and many others – $2.5 billion in 442 companies over 41 years (to 2010), resulting in 125 IPOs and 128 M & A exits.
Yes, Rockefellers are Burners too. BMP Director Rae Richman used to run the Silicon Valley office of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.
Another BMP Director, Jennifer Raiser, is also on the board of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, #18 (above). She gets paid to advise BMOrg on their annual report, and gets to make money on her book about Burning Man which they promote through their official channels.
You'll notice that none of the various Rockefeller or Rothschild entities (now publicly combined) show up on these lists. The richer you get, the deeper in the shadows you can hide it. Controlling the propaganda channels helps.
The Rothschilds own the Economist with the Agnelli family (Fiat). The annual magazine cover contains cryptic messages and predictions
As big as the corporate Shadow Banking System is, it pales in comparison to private offshore wealth – which Forbes claim was $21 trillion in 2015.
Big Names on the Big Donor List
The 2014 Annual Report published a list of Major Donors to the Burning Man Project. These are the 1% of the 1% of the 1%. It reads like a who's who of Big Banking families.
[Source: burningman.org]
"Confirmed" means these people are definitely from the prominent families; "Unconfirmed" means that they may just share a name (and also be wealthy enough to be listed as a substantial donor to the Burning Man Project).
André Heinz is from the famous beans family, and John Kerry's stepson.
Drew Schiff was married to Al Gore's daughter.
Hedge-fund tycoon Pierre LaGrange (r) with new partner Roubi l'Roubi (l) Image: The Independent
Pierre LaGrange left his wife for the life. He's now shaking up the bespoke tailoring world in London.
Burner artist Laura Kimpton's father is from the hotel-chain family; her mother is a bird.
Karl Heinz Stockhausen is a pioneering electronic (classical) music composer. He is one of the Illuminati featured on the Sgt Peppers cover (back row, 5th from the left):
Pioneer of electronic classical music Karlheinz Stockhausen. Invented the Electronic Music used in "60's psychedelic Counter Culture."
I'm not sure that Karlheinz and Miranda Stockhausen are both from the same "family of stick living", but they both have castles in the same part of Germany.
Miranda von Stockhausen:
In 1787, Christian Ludwig von Stockhausen (1746-1820), became the honored recipient of the Ordre Pour le Merite (also known as the "Blue Max")….the highest military decoration in the Prussian army until the end of the German Empire and monarchy in 1918…
Although our family had noble status before Christian, it was somehow lost. However, renewed admittance to the German nobility by Royal Decree occurred on July 6, 1798 by Prussian King Friederich Wilhelm III, by reasons of prior/old nobility coupled with Christian's dedicated exemplary service as a courageous artillery captain of the Prussian army…
According to an Imperial sealed declaration of October 3, in the year 997,the German Emperor Otto III gave the Stockhausen Estate, then a convent and part of the Meschede religious sovereignty, the predicate of nobility.
The Stockhausen estate is located in the North Rhine-Westphalia region of Germany, in the Olpe district.
The Federal Reserve and Burning Man?
In 1910, in a secret mission in private rail cars to the Jekyll Island Club in Georgia, the plan was hatched to create the Federal Reserve. A private company owned by the banksters that creates money out of thin air and lends it to their banks at ultra-low interest rates. They then invest this money back into markets they rig. It is above the law, according to its former director Alan Greenspan.
Cutting the long story of The Big Short short, the concept of fiat currency enshrined in this private bank and the modern perpetual war petrodollar economy has led to most of the horrors of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries. The people are better off, because we have cars, planes, Internet, drugs, and Burning Man…right? Meanwhile the bankers are most certainly better off. And the hundreds of millions dead, wounded, tortured, imprisoned, or made homeless by endless, meaningless wars are definitely not better off.
Image copyright(c) Burners.Me 2016
President Woodrow Wilson was the banking cartel's stooge, with the mysterious Colonel House his controller. We have him to thank for the Federal Reserve (the value of US$1 has dropped 98% in the century since its formation), the Income Tax and the IRS (a privately held Puerto Rico corporation), and America's participation in World War I.
Wilson said, in his later years:
"I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the civilized world — no longer a Government by free opinion, no longer a Government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a Government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men."
As he was leaving office, Wilson realized he'd been hoodwinked by this crew of bankster robber barons – but by then, it was too late. The damage was done to all of us, and we still suffer today from economic bubbles and busts. The rich get richer, the poor get the picture, as Midnight Oil once said – before The Man got to them, too.
Back in Ye Olden Dayes, in 1911 John Moody and George Turner published an article Masters of Capital in America: The Seven Men. They named Seven Men – 6 family names – that controlled Wall Street and by extension, the entire U.S. economy.
How interesting to see that every single one of those names is on the Burning Man major donor list – along with Goldman, Sachs, Russell, and many other titanic names in the financial world.
Sharp-eyed readers, or paid trolls waiting eagerly for us to slip up on a fact or a claim, might say "but Baker is not on the list". Drew Schiff is the great-great-grandson of BOTH George Fisher Baker and Jacob Schiff (and, a Warburg). The Schiff, Rothschild, and Oppenheimer banking families have been closely intertwined since the founding of the Illuminati in 1776, and before (back when the Rothschilds were the Bauers, they worked for the Oppenheimers and lived in the same house as the Schiffs).
The 1% of the 1% of the 1% of the 1%
Recently, the world was shocked to learn that the number of people who have the same amount of wealth as the poorest 50% of people on the planet had dropped from 388 in 2010 to 62 today
Image: Newsweek
Oxfam said, in their report to the World Economic Forum at Davos about a week ago:
The Oxfam report An Economy for the 1%, shows that the wealth of the poorest half of the world's population has fallen by a trillion dollars since 2010, a drop of 38 percent. This has occurred despite the global population increasing by around 400 million people during that period. Meanwhile, the wealth of the richest 62 has increased by more than half a trillion dollars to $1.76tr. The report also shows how women are disproportionately affected by inequality – of the current '62', 53 are men and just nine are women.
Although world leaders have increasingly talked about the need to tackle inequality, and in September agreed a global goal to reduce it, the gap between the richest and the rest has widened dramatically in the past 12 months. Oxfam's prediction, made ahead of last year's Davos, that the 1% would soon own more than the rest of us, actually came true in 2015 – a year earlier than expected.
[Source: Oxfam.org]
But this isn't the 1%. More than half (53.4%) of Black Rock City earns US$50,000/yr or more, which puts them in the top 0.3% of the world's wealth. We can probably say every Burner is in the 1%, globally.
This is not even the 1% of the 1% – or the 1% of the 1% of the 1%.
As I write this, the world population clock reads 7, 398,025,067. So 1% of 1% of 1% of 1% of the world's population is 74. Less people even than that, own half the world's wealth.
Here's the data that is based on, from the Forbes 2015 Billionaires List:
[Source: Forbes 2015 Billionaire List]
The big questions: how many Burners are on the list?
I have it on trusted authority that Bill Gates hasn't been, but is thinking about it. He hasn't tripped since the 70s, according to Playboy.
Larry Ellison and Stefan Persson were both named (outed?) as Billionaire Burners at Burning Man's official web site, but that may just have been irony, or propaganda…or both.
My information, again from trusted sources, is that both of Larry Ellison's kids, Megan and David (aka Hollywood's Richest Producers) have been to Burning Man.
Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Sergei Brin, and Larry Page are all confirmed Burners.
Three other names come up in the Big Donors list that are also in the 62: Misty Roberts Thomson, Charles Ergen, Maggie Li. This could be coincidence; all three family fortunes are in the tech/media space. If anyone knows any other Burners from families in this list of 62, please let us know in the comments or a private message.
A simple solution to the world's problems (for those who still believe that "Gifting" is "an economy") might seem to be "those 62 people should give their wealth to the other 3.5 billion". Unfortunately, that works out to a mere $507.89 per person – roughly the same as a Burning Man ticket after handling fees, vehicle pass, and taxes.
Giving the fish to people doesn't solve the problem; teaching them to fish can solve it – provided corporations stop over-fishing and dumping toxic chemicals in our oceans, of course.
Who Was the Chicken, and Who the Egg?
According to Danger Ranger, it is because of Burning Man that Billionaire Burner Elon Musk located his Gigafactory in Reno.
[Source: Twitter]
The Tesla factory happens to be in the 6th largest industrial park in the world (the biggest in the US), a designated Foreign Trade Zone. Reno is a natural logistics hub, the intersection of multiple cross-country railroads and highways. It is close to world renowned ski fields, and has its own luxury resorts and casinos. For 2 weeks a year it hosts Hot August Nights, the largest nostalgic car show in the world: also a thirty-year old event this year, one that brings more than 500,000 people and $250 million to the city. And, it is also the hottest new tax haven for the Shadow Economy.
How much of Reno's success in luring billionaires and now trillionaires is due to all of that…and how much to Burning Man? Are they completely independent, totally inter-related, or somewhere in between?
Image: Paul Horn, Flickr
The Gigafactory under construction kind of looks like a giant Burning Man structure:
Tesla Gigafactory, Feb 2015. Image: Movilidaelectrica, Flickr
Burning Man definitely inspired the Morris Burner hotel and The Generator. Worthy and noble spaces, and we hope that more like these get inspired.
Image: Aaron Muszalski, Flickr (Creative Commons)
The Generator, Reno. Image: portaplaya, via the Burning Man Journal
Can BMOrg really claim credit for all the rest, though? $100 billion – just from one company locating one building near Reno? Let alone these Rothschild and Rockefeller ventures? What about the 1000 people working for Billionaire Burner Bezos' Amazon in Fernley?
Did the Borg create the Medici…or did the Medici create them?
And what does all this influx of billionaire money mean for We The Burners? More art? More gifting? More culture spreading around the world and helping others? Or just, higher ticket prices, more wristband-only camps, and more Default world rules and politics?
[Update 1/30/16 1:54am]
I just watched this movie tonight. It came up during the research and it is really the perfect fire-roasted marshmallow with hot chocolate apértif to my story. Highly recommended.
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Gorleston & Great Yarmouth History
Sinking of the Eleni V
A Heroic RNLI Rescue
Firemen go to Sea
The Wegro Refloated
Christmas Oranges
Yarmouth Sandy Grave
Lifeboat Shed Restoration
Gorleston-on-Sea
Heritage Group
Drifting & Trawling
Local Characters
Local Interest Groups
Local Transport
GYBC & GYPA
On Saturday 6th May 1978 the super tanker Eleni V was in collision with the bulk ore carrier Roseline some four miles off Lowestoft. The Roseline	was not seriously damaged but the Eleni V was split in two. There were no losses as the crew of the Eleni V successfully abandoned ship. The aft section drifted onto a sandbank three miles off	Corton whilst the bow section, which contained 3,000 tons of oil stayed afloat and was leaking oil. The bow section was being buffetted by huge waves and was in the main shipping lanes so was a danger to other shipping in the area. By the second day the oil slick was covering an area of approximately six square miles.
This incident was being controlled by the Coastguards at Gorleston who were quick to spray the oil slick with detergent in order to break it into more manageable slicks. They also had divers on the wreck who were welding a second anchor point to the bow section so it could be towed to a safer location for disposal. This was a hazardous operation owing to the nature of the cargo and	the heavy seas. By May 10th there were over 20 ships spraying the slicks but oil still came ashore from Great Yarmouth to Aldeburgh. The Anglian Water Authority placed a boom across the entrance to Great Yarmouth harbour but this broke under the strain and some oil managed to get into Breydon Water. Many sea birds were	coming ashore caked in oil and had to be humanely destroyed.
Finally, after twenty four days a second tow	line was attached to what was left of the Eleni V. This second line was essential as the strain on one line	might be such that the plate to which it was attached might give way and release even more oil. The Eleni V was towed to a point twenty six miles off Lowestoft where it met a dramatic end. The Royal Navy blew it up. The 1,100 tons of oil remaining was vapourised in an explosion that saw orange flames and black smoke rising to a height of 2,000 feet. The resulting explosion was heard 40 miles away.
That was the end of the Eleni V but not the end of the story. Great Yarmouth Borough Council spent the next seven years trying to re-coup the £300,000 it cost to clear the oil from the beaches. The Labour Government of the time reneged on promises it made that GYBC would not have	to meet the cost of the clear up. Eventually the Council had to accept little over half what it cost for the clear up provided they made no further claims against the Insurers of the two ships involved.
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A dog named Feathers at Southern Pines Animal Shelter (SPAS) in Mississippi kept getting overlooked by adopters. That is, until she went on a day outing with a volunteer. The organization thought she'd be the perfect dog to trial their new "Dogs Day Out" (DDO) program, and it turns out they were right.
In just one day, Feather's life changed forever. The DDO volunteer who took her for the day shared that they did all sorts of fun things and also found out that she was kid-friendly – which was a huge selling point to her future adopter.
It was only a short time after that when Feather's future adopter saw photos and the story of her "day out" on the SPAS Facebook page. What's more, the very next day, the DDO volunteer who took Feathers out came back wanting to adopt her, too! She was willing to move to another place that allowed pets because she liked Feathers that much after spending an afternoon with her.
As for the DDO volunteer, she says she would definitely participate in the program again.
"The most appealing part was the fact that I could just simply spend the day with a dog. I don't have a dog, and my apartment complex doesn't allow me to have one, so it was nice that I could still come hang out with my best friend.
"The dogs are stuck at the shelter and giving them some time to get away to 'see the sights' and just be given attention and some love goes a long way. Feather was so excited just to be outside and roam for a bit. It was a break from the mundane for her and me. In a weird way, it felt like I was making a difference for her even though now she doesn't even know my name," she said.
The idea for the program came from Paris attending Maddie's Medium Large Adult Dog Foster Apprenticeship at Austin Animal Center.
Since they started marketing the program, the response has been overwhelming.
"We had over 100 responses just in the first two weeks of launching, and in the days since then where we've had all of our dogs checked out for the program, with people still lining up to participate. So our community is telling us, 'Yes, let's do this!'," said Sims.
Most recently, SPAS had one of their long-timer dogs, Dezzi, attend a college class as part of their day out, and the professor met her and decided to adopt! "The professor said that she probably never would have come to the shelter, because she wasn't expecting to fall in love with a dog or to adopt, but then she met Dezzi," said Sims.
Sims and Paris' advice for others looking to start a similar program is to trust in your community and don't be afraid to try new things.
Since the launch of the program, SPAS received an Innovation Grant from Maddie's Fund and is excited to see how the program can grow even more. They predict it will become one of their most popular programs in no time, and hope to be a resource and inspiration for other shelters across the U.S.


Electronic+Fruit Wall is a participatory installation that transforms the natural into the artificial, the physical into the digital. The installation is comprised of two parts: a fruit wall and an LED pixel wall.
The former constitutes a color gradient made of fruits of different colors and textures, highlighting the order underlying the seemingly unorganized natural world and recontextualizing the behavior in nature-picking fruits-in an artificial setting. The latter, the LED pixel wall, resonates with the former. When a fruit on the former is picked, four LED pixels of the corresponding spot on the latter will change and then gradually shift their colors.
This juxtaposition between the tangible and the intangible alludes to the ways the virtual and digital has permeated and represent our daily life under big data era nowadays.
in Fruit Wall, HE+HU relocates traditional fruit picking in an interior environment where the colors, scents and textures of fruits are emphasized through a graphic inspired display and joyful interactive process. The color gradient suggests a musical movement, which tends to change when people start "picking" the fruits. The project is also an attempt to bring a new perspective to the everyday food consumption and isolate it into an abstract visual experience.


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University News and Publications:
An Inventory of Its Records, 1961-1980, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
Creator Texas Tech University. Office of News and Publications
Title: University News and Publications Records,
Abstract: Records of the University News and Publications Department of Texas Tech University from 1961-1980.
Collection # U 184.1
Quantity: 18 Boxes (18.0 linear feet)
Repository: Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University
Organized under the Chancellor's Division to handle news and information for the Texas Tech University system, the Office of News and Publications was the central clearinghouse for publications produced for the system. It was also responsible for placing stories and sources in the state and national media and for bringing more prominence to the system. The Office of News and Publications was divided into several bureaus: news for the University; news for the Health Sciences Center; publications; video news releases; advertising campaigns and various publications; and photographic services.
This department has gone by several different names over the decades - Public Information, Information Services, University News and Publications, and most recently the Office of Communications and Marketing.
The collection consists of press releases concerning Texas Tech university and its faculty. The collection also includes 1,557 slides. Press releases from the 1977-1978 academic year were found after the collection was processed. They have been added to box 18.
The Stephen J. Small Conservation Collection is organized into the following series:
The collection is open for research.
The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally developed.
Texas Tech University--Press coverage.
Texas Tech University--Public relations.
Press releases--Texas--Lubbock.
College publicity--Texas--Lubbock.
School publicity--Texas--Lubbock.
Related Materials:
Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library:
Information Services Negative Collection, 1951-1996
Public Information Negative Collection, 1941-1969
Public Information Print Collection, 1923-1977
Public Information Records Collection, 1858-1991
University News and Publications Collection, 1962-2003
University News and Publications Negative Collection, 1967-1974
University News and Publications Photograph Collection, 1925-1986
University News and Publications Records, 1955-2004
University News and Publications Records, 1961-1980, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Accession Information
Donation, 2004
Processed by: Oliver Lucero, Jordan Seibrecht, 2015
box folder
1 1 "Access" Questions, 1977-1978
2 Affirmative Action Program, 1977-1978
3 Affiliate Artist (Theresa Treadway), 1974-1975
4 Agricultural Sciences, 1967-1980
5 Amendments, 1961-1977
6 American College Public Relations Associations, 1961-1977
7 Annual Report, 1977
8 Anthropology, 1961-1977
9 Athletics, 1967-1974
10 Art, 1961-1977
11 Artist Series: Summer, 1975
12 Artist Series, 1971-1972
16 Artists and Speakers: Fall, 1974
17 Arts and Science, 1961-1977
18 Bailey, Robert (Housing Assistance Director), 1971-1974
19 Baker, Jean and Bates, Shirley, 1966-1974
20 Band, 1970-1973
21 Barnett, Glenn: Higher Education, 1977
22 Beepers, May 19, 1976-July 27, 1976
23 Beepers, August 4, 1976-October 23, 1976
24 Beepers, October 28, 1976-December 14, 1976
25 Beepers, January 12, 1977-March 8, 1977
26 Beepers, March 9, 1977-May 12, 1977
27 Beepers, May 9, 1977-September 7,1977
28 Beepers, September 9, 1977-November 10, 1977
29 Biblical Literature, 1961-1977
30 Biology, 1961-1977
31 Boucher, Don, 1972-1974
32 Briggs, Freddy Director: Office of Research, 1972
33 Brochure Report, 1979
2 1 Business Administration, 1966-1976
2 Calendar of Events, 1979-1980
3 Campus Directory, 1977-1978
5 Campus News, 1961-1977
6 Campus Tours, 1968
7 Carol of Lights, 1968-1972
8 Center for Economic Education, 1963-1969
9 CETA, 1977
10 Charles C. Thompson Brochure, 1978
11 Charter Day, 1977-1978
12 Chemistry, 1961-1977
13 Cheerleaders, 1971
14 Civil Engineering, 1961-1975
15 Civil Engineering - The Surveyor, 1972-1974
16 Classical and Romance Languages, 1961-1977
17 College of Agricultural Sciences, 1968-1978
18 Commencement, 1970-1975
19 Community Surveys, 1971-1974
20 Comparative Literature Symposium, 1972-1977
21 Computer Science, 1967-1975
22 Coordinating Board Newsletters, 1967-1975
23 Correspondence, 1967-1970
24 Credit Union, 1970
25 Cultural Events, 1976
3 1 Department of Arts and Sciences, Mass Communications, 1961-1977
2 Department of History, 1961-1977
3 Development Brochure TTUSM, 1978
4 Departmental Reviews, 1963-1980
5 Distinguished Alumni, 1968-1975
6 Dr. Harold Dregne, 1971-1976
7 Education, 1969-1975
8 Education Editors Packet, 1968
9 Electrical Engineering, 1968-1975
10 Employment Resumes, 1961-1975
11 Engineering College (1 of 2), 1962-1977
13 English, 1961-1977
14 Entrance Marker, 1968
15 Ethnic Studies, undated
16 Ex-Students Association, 1968-1975
17 Faculty Spotlights, 1961-1967
18 Fellowship, 1961-1977
4 1 Fiftieth Anniversary, 1966-1974
2 Finances, 1961-1970
3 Foods and Nutrition, 1962-1975
4 Foreman, Ellis, 1969-1972
5 Flying Professors, 1969-1973
6 Gulf Universities Research Corporation (GURC), 1966-1970
7 Gardener, G.C., 1969
8 Germanic and Slavic Languages, 1961-1977
9 Geosciences, 1961-1977
10 Goals for TTU, 1963-1980
11 Gordon, Kari-Supervisor of Correspondence, 1978
12 Hanson, Howard and Gustwick, Tony, 1966-1973
13 Head Start Program, 1976-1979
14 Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (HPER), 1961-1977
15 Home Economics, 1967-1974
17 Honea, Kenneth, 1968-1969
18 Indiana Avenue, 1973-1974
19 Industrial Engineering, 1968-1975
20 Institutional Research, 1970
21 International Center for Arid and Semi Arid Land Studies (ICASALS), 1967-1973
22 Laboratory Theater: "The Boyfriend", 1970
23 Laboratory Theater: "The Lark", 1967-1968
24 Laboratory Theater: "Medeo" "Boys in the Band" "Twelfth Night", 1970-1971
25 Laffer, Arthur and Lanotte, Loyd, 1967
26 Leadership Fellows Doctoral Program, 1975-1976
5 1 Letters: Branderberger, Jane, 1976-1979
2 Letters and Memos, 1977-1978
3 Local and Area Newsletters, 1969-1974
4 Lubbock Association of Psychologists, 1969
5 Mathematics Department, 1961-1977
6 Mechanical Engineering, 1966-1974
7 Medical School, 1968-1977
8 Medical School Foundation Memorial Brochure/Invitation, 1976
9 Correspondence, 1975-1977
10 Music, 1969-1977
11 Museum, 1972-1979
12 Music Theater: "Giovanni", 1973
13 Music Theater, 1973-1974
14 Music Theater: "Carmen" and Dinner Theater, 1974-1975
15 Music Theater: "H.M.S Pinafore", 1974
16 Music Theater: "The Mikado", 1975
17 Nail, David: Advisor, Dean of Students, 1971-1982
18 National Endowment for the Arts, 1975
19 Newsletters to Faculty and Staff, 1970-1974
6 1 News Releases: Department of Chemical Engineering, 1962-1977
2 News Release: Arts and Sciences, 1967-1981
3 News Releases, 1967-1968
6 News Releases, 1972
7 News Releases, March 20,1972-March 24, 1972
8 News Releases, March 20, 1972-March 27, 1972
9 News Releases, April 3, 1972-April 7, 1972
10 News Releases, April 10, 1972-April 14,1972
12 News Releases, April 24, 1972-April 28, 1972
13 News Releases, May 1, 1972-May 5, 1972
14 News Releases, May 8, 1972-May 12, 1972
15 News Releases, May 15, 1972-May 19, 1972
17 News Releases, May 29, 1972-June 2, 1972
18 News Releases, June 5, 1972-June 9, 1972
19 News Releases, September 1972
20 News Releases, October 1972
21 News Releases, November 1972
22 News Releases, November 20, 1972-December 1,1972
23 News Releases, December 4, 1972-December 22,1972
24 News Releases, January 3, 1973-January 19,1973
25 News Releases, January 26,1973-February 9,1973
7 1 News Releases, February 12, 1973-March 2, 1973
2 News Releases, March 5, 1973-March 23,1973
3 News Releases, March 26, 1973-April 13,1973
4 News Releases, April 16,1973-May 4, 1973
5 News Releases, May 7, 1973-May 25, 1973
6 News Releases, May 28, 1973-June 15, 1973
7 News Releases, June 18, 1973-July 6, 1973
8 News Releases, July 9, 1973-July 27,1973
9 News Releases, July 30, 1973-August 20, 1973
10 News Releases, August 20,1973-September 7,1973
12 News Releases, September10, 1973- September 28, 1973
13 News Releases, October 1, 1973-October 26, 1973
14 News Releases, October 29,1973-November 16, 1973
15 News Releases, November 19, 1973-November 21, 1973
16 News Releases, November 19, 1973-December 7, 1973
17 News Releases, December 10, 1973-December 29, 1973
18 News Releases, January 3, 1974-January 18, 1974
19 News Releases, January 21, 1974-February 1, 1974
20 News Releases, February 4, 1974-February 15, 1974
21 News Releases, February 18, 1974-March 1, 1974
22 News Releases, March 4, 1974-March 15, 1974
23 News Releases, March 18, 1974-March 29, 1974
8 1 News Releases, April 1, 1974-April 12, 1974
2 News Releases, April 15, 1974-April 19, 1974
4 News Releases, April 22, 1974-May 3, 1974
5 News Releases, April 29, 1974-May 10, 1974
7 News Releases, May 13, 1974-May 24, 1974
9 News Releases, May 27, 1974-June 7, 1974
10 News Releases, June 3, 1974-June15, 1974
11 News Releases, June 10, 1974-June 21, 1974
13 News Releases, June 24, 1974-July 5, 1974
14 News Releases, July 1, 1974-July 12, 1974
15 News Releases, July 8, 1974-July19,1974
16 News Releases, July 15, 1974-July 30, 1974
17 News Releases, July 22, 1974-August 2, 1974
18 News Releases, August 1974
19 News Releases, August 6, 1974-August 16, 1974
20 News Releases, August 19, 1974-September 13, 1974
21 News Releases, September 2, 1974-September 13, 1974
9 1 News Releases, September 16, 1974-September 27, 1974
2 News Releases, September 30, 1974- October 11, 1974
3 News Releases, October 4, 1974-October 18, 1974
4 News Releases, October 14, 1974-October 25, 1974
6 News Releases, October 28, 1974-November 8, 1974
7 News Releases, November 1974
8 News Releases, November 11, 1974- November 22, 1974
9 News Releases, November 25, 1974-December 13, 1974
10 News Releases, December 1974
11 News Releases, December 16, 1974-January 17, 1975
12 News Releases, January 20, 1975-January 31, 1975
13 News Releases, February 3, 1975- February 5, 1975
14 News Releases, February 10, 1975- February 21, 1975
15 News Releases, July 19, 1976- July 23, 1976
17 News Releases, August 2, 1976- August 6, 1976
18 News Releases, August 9, 1976- August 13, 1976
19 News Releases, August 16, 1976- August 20, 1976
21 News Releases, August 30, 1976- September 3, 1976
22 News Releases, September 7, 1976- October 1, 1976
23 News Releases, October 4, 1976- October 8, 1976
24 News Releases, October 11, 1976- October 15, 1976
10 1 News Releases, October 18, 1976- October 22, 1976
2 News Releases, October 25, 1976- October 29, 1976
3 News Releases, November 1, 1976- November 5, 1976
4 News Releases, November 8, 1976- November 12, 1976
7 News Releases, November 29, 1976- December 3, 1976
8 News Releases, December 6, 1976- December 17, 1976
9 News Releases, December 20, 1976- December 22, 1976
10 News Releases, January 3, 1977- January 7, 1977
11 News Releases, January 10, 1977- January 14, 1977
12 News Releases, January 17, 1977, January 22, 1977
14 News Releases, January 31, 1977- February 4, 1977
15 News Releases, February 7, 1977- February 11, 1977
18 News Releases, February 28, 1977- March 4, 1977
19 News Releases, March 7, 1977- March 11, 1977
20 News Releases, March 14, 1977- March 18, 1977
22 News Releases, March 28, 1977- April 1, 1977
23 News Releases, April 4, 1977- April 8, 1977
24 News Releases, April 11, 1977- April 15, 1977
11 1 News Releases, April 18, 1977- April 22, 1977
2 News Releases, April 25, 1977- April 29, 1977
3 News Releases, May 2, 1977- May 6, 1977
4 News Releases, May 9, 1977- May 20, 1977
5 News Releases, May 27, 1977- June 3, 977
6 News Releases, June 6, 1977- June 10, 1977
7 News Releases, June 13, 1977-June 17, 1977
8 News Releases, June 20, 1977- June 24, 1977
9 News Releases, July 1977
18 1 News Releases, September 5, 1977 - September 16, 1977
2 News Releases, September 19, 1977 - September 30, 1977
3 News Releases, October 3, 1977 - October 14, 1977
4 News Releases, October 17, 1977 - October 28, 1977
5 News Releases, October 31, 1977- November 11, 1977
9 News Releases, January 3, 1978- January 20, 1978
11 11 News Releases, February 9, 1978- February 16, 1978
18 11 News Releases, April 3, 1978- April 14, 1978
13 News Releases, May 1, 1978- May 12, 1978
14 News Releases, May 15, 1978- May 26, 1978
15 News Releases, May 29, 1978- June 9, 1978
16 News Releases, June 12, 1978- June 23, 1978
11 16 News Releases, June 26, 1978- June 30, 1978
17 News Releases, July 3, 1978- July 14, 1978
20 News Releases, July 31, 1978- August 4, 1978
25 News Releases, September 4, 1978- September 8, 1978
26 News Releases, September 11, 1978- September 15, 1978
12 1 News Releases, September 25, 1978- September 29, 1978
2 News Releases, October 2, 1978- October 6, 1978
3 News Releases, October 9, 1978- October 13, 1978
6 News Releases, October 30, 1978- November 3,1978
7 News Releases, November 6,1978- November 10, 1978
9 News Releases, November 11, 1978- November 17,1978
10 News Releases, November 27, 1978- December 2, 1978
11 News Releases, December 4, 1978- December 8, 1978
12 News Releases, December 11, 1978- December 15, 1978
15 News Releases, January 8, 1979- January 13, 1979
23 News Releases, March 5, 1979- March 9, 1979
28 News Releases, April 9, 1979- April 13, 1979
31 News Releases, April 30, 1979- May 4, 1979
13 1 News Releases, May 16, 1979- May 25, 1979
2 News Releases, May 30, 1979- June 1, 1979
4 News Releases, July 2, 1979- July 15, 1979
5 News Releases, July 16, 1979- July 27, 1979
6 News Releases, July 30, 1979- August 12, 1979
7 News Releases, August 13, 1979- August 24, 1979
8 News Releases, August 27, 1979- September 7, 1979
9 News Releases, September 10. 1979- September 21, 1979
10 News Releases, September 24, 1979- October 5, 1979
11 News Releases, October 8, 1979- October 19, 1979
13 News Releases, October 29, 1979- November 9, 1979
14 News Releases, November 12, 1979- November 16, 1979
14 1 Neutering Styles, 1963-1980
2 Office of Planning, 1978
3 Office of the President, 1961-1977
4 Orchestra Tour, March 1973
5 Pantex, 1961-1977
6 Peterson, D.N., Director of Admission and Records, 1969
7 Petroleum Engineering/ Engineering College, 1962-1975
8 Petroleum Short Course, 1962-1977
9 Physics, 1968-1976
10 Photographs, 1970-1977
11 Photographs and Slides, 1966-1974
13 Placement Center, 1970-1972
14 Political Science, 1968-1976
15 Presbyterian Church, 1969
16 Presentation of University News and Publications to the President, 1977
17 Presidents Council, 1977
18 Presidents Report, 1979
19 Proposed Public Education/Program for LCHD and TTUSM, 1978
20 Proposed Questionaire and Guidelines for News Media Contacts, 1976-1979
21 Psychology, 1968-1976
22 Public Relations, 1963-1980
23 Quartely Report, 1978
24 Radio and TV Scripts, 1973
25 Regents Academic Health Center/History Regional Planning, 1977
26 Regional Civic Organizations and Clubs, 1970
27 Research Day, 1975
28 Research and Training Center in Mental Retardation, 1978
29 Reserve Officers Training Corp, 1961-1977
30 Roundup Football Programs, 1976
31 Rex, Faye, 1980
32 Romo, Patricia- Career Counselor, 1978
15 1 Sales of Directories, 1971-1978
2 School of Law, 1968-1976
4 School of Law, 1975
5 Scholarships, 1967-1968
8 Science Writer Applications, 1967-1968
9 Smith, Preston, 1969
10 Sociology, 1968-1974
11 Speakers and Artists, 1975
12 Special Requests, 1973-1976
13 Speech and Theater Arts, 1968-1975
14 Speeches: Briscoe, Williams and Mockey, 1970
15 Speeches Bureau, 1967-1972
16 Speeches: Formby, 1976
17 Speeches: Pfluger, Robert, 1976
18 Speeches: Preston, Smith, 1977
19 Speech Pathology Audiology and Educational Hearing Impaired TTU, 1976
20 Strawn, Charles: Director, Faculty and Staff, 1970-1974
21 Student Affairs and Pledges, 1969
22 Student Publications, 1963-1980
16 1 Successes and Deficiencies, 1963-1980
2 Summaries of Colleges, 1963-1980
3 Summer Artist Series, 1974
4 Summer Music Theater, 1973
5 Summer Repertory, 1973-1975
6 Super Heavy Elements Symposium, 1978
7 Symposium on Creativity in the Urban Arts, 1975
8 Symposium of Contemporary Music: alan Hovhaness, 1970
9 Tech Dames Club, 1972
10 Technical Writing Institute, 1970-1972
11 Texas Monthly, 1979
12 Textile Research Center News Releases, 1967-1975
13 Textile Topics, 1970-1976
14 Theta Sigma Phi, 1963-1975
15 University Theatre, 1973-1975
16 Whittington, Tony: Area Coordinator of Housing, 1979
17 Winegar, Marshall (Joe), 1969
18 West Texas Chamber of Commerce, 1969-1972
19 Yarborough, Senator Ralph, 1969-1971
20 Zinn, Dr. Dale W., 1961-1975
17 1 Index Cards: Calendar of Events, 1976
2 Index Cards: Calendar of Events, 1978
17 4 Photographs and Slides (200 slides, Folder 1 of 6). Pictured include: President Grover E. Murray - individual portraits and with others; activities and structures at the Ranching Heritage Center; the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum; interior and exterior views of the Library; students in classroom and campus settings; faculty teaching in the classroom; President Murry and Kelsey; Homecoming and football; the Southwest Conference (Saddle Tramps) Circle; the Will Rogers Statue; Sign for "Lubbock City Limit Pop 159,350"; the Meat Market Restaurant sign; architectural drawings for the Ranching Heritage Center's Visitor Center and Orientation Center; the university's semicentennial seal; the Texas Tech Seal and Fountain at the Broadway entrance to campus; and the Textile Research Center. Aside from various general views of campus (a few of which are aerials), are images of many campus building exteriors such as the Law School, West Hall, the Bookstore, Art and Architecture, Chemistry, Mass Communications, Journalism, Holden Hall, the Maedgen Theatre, Business Administration, the Museum, Home Economics, and dormitories - Wall-Gates, Clement Hall, and Wiggins Complex. Date span for the images, 1966-1974
5 Photographs and Slides (220 slides, Folder 2 of 6). Pictured include: Activities and structures at the Ranching Heritage Center; the Textile Research Center; Memorial Circle; students - registering for classes, in the classroom, and working on school assignments; football action scene; the Texas Tech Seal and Fountain at the Broadway entrance to campus; and the university's semicentennial seal. People featured include President Grover E. Murray - individual portraits and with others, Pete Peterson, Buesseler, and John R. Bradford. In addition to the various general views of campus (a few of which are aerials), are images of many campus building exteriors such as Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Journalism, Chemistry, Art and Architecture, the Museum, the Ex-Students Association, and the School of Medicine architectural drawing and building models. Also included are views of businesses around town - University Jewelers and Lubbock Regional Airport sign. Date span for the images, 1966-1974
6 Photographs and Slides (200 slides, Folder 3 of 6). Pictured include: Saddle Tramps members with Bangin' Bertha; activities and structures at the Ranching Heritage Center; Museum researchers in the NSRL; the Texas Tech Seal and Fountain at the Broadway entrance to campus; Students and in classroom and dormitory settings; and registration at the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum. People featured include President Grover E. Murray - individual portraits and with others, Lawrence Graves, Dean Steele, and John R. Bradford. In addition to the various general views of campus (a few of which are aerials), are images of many campus building exteriors such as Art and Architecture, Chemical Engineering, Agricultural Plant Sciences, Central Food Facilities, Student Union Building, Tech Press, Central Heating and Cooling, Women's Gym, Industrial Textile, Home Economics, and the School of Medicine architectural drawing and building models. Also included are views of signs for businesses around town - South Plains Mall, Backstage, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Burger Chef. Date span for the images, 1966-1974
7 Photographs and Slides (220 slides, Folder 4 of 6). Pictured include: Doctors in the new medical school; student life and dorm scenes; students and teachers in classroom settings; Speech and Hearing department; activities and structures at the Ranching Heritage Center; the Texas Tech Seal and Fountain at the Broadway entrance to campus; the Will Rogers Statue; the Masked Rider with horse; Museum researchers in the NSRL; and snow in Memorial Circle. People featured include President Grover E. Murray - individual portraits and with others, Eugene Kingman, and Dean Steele. In addition to the various general views of campus (a few of which are aerials), are images of many campus building exteriors such as Industrial Engineering, the Administration Building, English, the Ex-Students Association, Textile Research Center, Home Economics, the University Center, Wiggins Complex, Electrical Engineering, Business Administration, Student Union, Architecture (earlier building), Central Heating and Cooling, Mass Communications, the Medical School (Drane Hall), the Library, the Law School extension, Computer Services extension, "Old Chemistry Building", West Hall, Stangel/Murdough Halls, the Museum, Lubbock Municipal Coliseum and Auditorium, Biology, and the School of Medicine architectural drawings. Also included are views of signs for businesses around town - Highland Hospital, South Plains Mall, Fat Dawg's, Winchester Theatre, Ashby's Auto Car Wash, and Dr. Redlove's. Date span for the images, 1967-1974
8 Photographs and Slides (200 slides, Folder 5 of 6). Pictured include: Activities and structures at the Ranching Heritage Center; numerous student life and dorm scenes; and the Texas Tech Seal and Fountain at the Broadway entrance to campus. People featured include President Grover E. Murray - individual portraits and with others, Dean Steele, and Ann Lynch (1st female Masked Rider). In addition to the various general views of campus (a few of which are aerials), are images of many campus building exteriors such as the Women's Gym, West Hall, Industrial Engineering, Chemical and Mechanical Engineering, Art and Architecture, English, Computer Services extension, Psychology, the Medical School (Drane Hall), Stangel/Murdough Halls, Student Union Building in snow, Business Administration, the Library, Textile Research Center, Journalism, the Museum, the Administration Building, Lubbock Municipal Coliseum and Auditorium, Law School extension, Mass Communications, Traffic and Parking, Foreign Languages and Math Building, Petroleum Engineering, the Maedgen Theatre, and the Chemistry Building extension. Also included is views of the sign for Dillards' at the South Plains Mall. Date span for the images, 1966-1974
9 Photographs and Slides (137 slides, Folder 6 of 6). Pictured include: Activities and structures at the Ranching Heritage Center; numerous student life and dorm scenes; Registration for classes; several Masked Riders with horse (one of which is Ann Lynch); floor plan for the Agricultural Pavilion (also called the "Aggie Pavilion"); students dining in the University Center; and the Texas Tech Seal and Fountain at the Broadway entrance to campus. People featured include President Grover E. Murray - individual portraits and with others, and Dean Steele. In addition to the various general views of campus (a few of which are aerials), are images of many campus building exteriors such as English, the Library and its extension, Art and Architecture, Chemistry, the Maedgen Theatre, Computer Services extension, the Administration Building, Biology, the Student Union Building (also called the University Center), and Journalism. Also included is the sign for the International House of Pancakes. Date span for the images, 1966-1974


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[Spoiler] 'Glamorous Temptation' Choi Kang-hee betrays Joo Sang-wook
On the 42nd episode of MBC's "Glamorous Temptation", Hyeong-woo kept trying to send Seok-hyeon to a jail.
Il-joo asked Seok-hyeon, who was suffering from dementia, about the slush fund documents and he gave information about it to Il-joo, while Eun-soo was trying to stop him.
Il-joo later went to the bank following the information from her father, the documents were not there. Il-joo though it was Eun-soo, who took the documents. However, the section manager Lee Eun-seok was the one who had taken the documents. Eun-soo informed Hyeong-woo about this and tried to get the documents back through Seok-hyeon. In the meanwhile, Seok-hyeon recovered his wits and Eun-soo acted as if nothing had happened. However, Seok-hyeon found out through the closed circuit TV what Eun-soo had done while he could not think straight.
Eun-soo's daughter Mi-rae was recovering dramatically and could draw a picture to let her mom know that it's Il-joo who pushed her from the stairs. Eun-soo informed Il-joo about this. However, Il-joo was not taken aback and yelled, "So what can you do about it".
Hyeong-woo plotted a plan to make Seok-hyeon and the section manager Lee Eun-seok meet. He was going to arrest the two by recording their conversation. However, Eun-soo thought that Seok-hyeon couldn't be all that bad and also felt sympathy towards him suffering from dementia. So she went out and ruined Hyeong-woo's plan.
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Is My Car Covered When I Use it for Business? – Utica NY | Scalzo, Zogby, & Wittig, Inc.
Is My Car Covered When I Use it for Business?
Well sure, if you have a business or commercial auto policy it is. Otherwise… Probably no. There are no absolutes here but most insurance companies who write personal auto policies exclude Business Use for a personal vehicle. That means if you're delivering a pizza, picking up office supplies, or doing your firm's daily mail or bank run, you may not be covered if you get into an accident.
One mistake people make when assessing whether they need this extra coverage is checking with their employer's business to see if it has any coverage for business use of their personal auto. In most cases the business does have the coverage, but it only protects the business. So if you're running an errand for your company and you hit a pedestrian and the pedestrian sues you and your company, the company will have defense and coverage while you will likely not.
The best course of action for you if you are using your personal auto for some business purposes is to inform your insurance agent and ask them to confirm that you have the coverage you need (get it in writing). If they say you don't have it, you can ask them (or us) to get you some quotes.
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+ (1) FIRST, THAT WE HAVE GRANTED TO GOD, and by this present charter have confirmed for us and our heirs in perpetuity, that the English Church shall be free, and shall have its rights undiminished, and its liberties unimpaired. That we wish this so to be observed, appears from the fact that of our own free will, before the outbreak of the present dispute between us and our barons, we granted and confirmed by charter the freedom of the Church's elections – a right reckoned to be of the greatest necessity and importance to it – and caused this to be confirmed by Pope Innocent III. This freedom we shall observe ourselves, and desire to be observed in good faith by our heirs in perpetuity.
* (14) To obtain the general consent of the realm for the assessment of an 'aid' – except in the three cases specified above – or a 'scutage', we will cause the archbishops, bishops, abbots, earls, and greater barons to be summoned individually by letter. To those who hold lands directly of us we will cause a general summons to be issued, through the sheriffs and other officials, to come together on a fixed day (of which at least forty days notice shall be given) and at a fixed place. In all letters of summons, the cause of the summons will be stated. When a summons has been issued, the business appointed for the day shall go forward in accordance with the resolution of those present, even if not all those who were summoned have appeared.
* (25) Every county, hundred, wapentake, and riding shall remain at its ancient rent, without increase, except the royal demesne manors.
* (42) In future it shall be lawful for any man to leave and return to our kingdom unharmed and without fear, by land or water, preserving his allegiance to us, except in time of war, for some short period, for the common benefit of the realm. People that have been imprisoned or outlawed in accordance with the law of the land, people from a country that is at war with us, and merchants – who shall be dealt with as stated above – are excepted from this provision.
* (52) To any man whom we have deprived or dispossessed of lands, castles, liberties, or rights, without the lawful judgement of his equals, we will at once restore these. In cases of dispute the matter shall be resolved by the judgement of the twenty-five barons referred to below in the clause for securing the peace. In cases, however, where a man was deprived or dispossessed of something without the lawful judgement of his equals by our father King Henry or our brother King Richard, and it remains in our hands or is held by others under our warranty, we shall have respite for the period commonly allowed to Crusaders, unless a lawsuit had been begun, or an enquiry had been made at our order, before we took the Cross as a Crusader. On our return from the Crusade, or if we abandon it, we will at once render justice in full.
* (53) We shall have similar respite in rendering justice in connexion with forests that are to be disafforested, or to remain forests, when these were first afforested by our father Henry or our brother Richard; with the guardianship of lands in another person's 'fee', when we have hitherto had this by virtue of a 'fee' held of us for knight's service by a third party; and with abbeys founded in another person's 'fee', in which the lord of the 'fee' claims to own a right. On our return from the Crusade, or if we abandon it, we will at once do full justice to complaints about these matters.
* (55) All fines that have been given to us unjustly and against the law of the land, and all fines that we have exacted unjustly, shall be entirely remitted or the matter decided by a majority judgement of the twenty-five barons referred to below in the clause for securing the peace together with Stephen, archbishop of Canterbury, if he can be present, and such others as he wishes to bring with him. If the archbishop cannot be present, proceedings shall continue without him, provided that if any of the twenty-five barons has been involved in a similar suit himself, his judgement shall be set aside, and someone else chosen and sworn in his place, as a substitute for the single occasion, by the rest of the twenty-five.
As might be expected, the text of Magna Carta of 1215 bears many traces of haste, and is clearly the product of much bargaining and many hands. Most of its clauses deal with specific, and often long-standing, grievances rather than with general principles of law. Some of the grievances are self-explanatory: others can be understood only in the context of the feudal society in which they arose. Of a few clauses, the precise meaning is still a matter of argument.
In feudal society, the king's barons held their lands 'in fee' (feudum) from the king, for an oath to him of loyalty and obedience, and with the obligation to provide him with a fixed number of knights whenever these were required for military service. At first the barons provided the knights by dividing their estates (of which the largest and most important were known as 'honours') into smaller parcels described as 'knights' fees', which they distributed to tenants able to serve as knights. But by the time of King John it had become more convenient and usual for the obligation for service to be commuted for a cash payment known as 'scutage', and for the revenue so obtained to be used to maintain paid armies.
Besides military service, feudal custom allowed the king to make certain other exactions from his barons. In times of emergency, and on such special occasions as the marriage of his eldest daughter, he could demand from them a financial levy known as an 'aid' (auxilium).
When a baron died, he could demand a succession duty or relief (relevium) from the baron's heir. If there was no heir, or if the succession was disputed, the baron's lands could be forfeited or 'escheated' to the Crown. If the heir was under age, the king could assume the guardianship of his estates, and enjoy all the profits from them – even to the extent of despoliation – until the heir came of age.
The king had the right, if he chose, to sell such a guardianship to the highest bidder, and to sell the heir himself in marriage for such price as the value of his estates would command. The widows and daughters of barons might also be sold in marriage. With their own tenants, the barons could deal similarly.
About two-thirds of the clauses of Magna Carta of 1215 are concerned with matters such as these, and with the misuse of their powers by royal officials.
As regards other topics, the first clause, conceding the freedom of the Church, and in particular confirming its right to elect its own dignitaries without royal interference, reflects John's dispute with the Pope over Stephen Langton's election as archbishop of Canterbury. It does not appear in the 'Articles of the Barons', and its somewhat stilted phrasing seems in part to be attempting to justify its inclusion, none the less, in the charter itself. The clauses that deal with the royal forests (§§ 44, 47, 48), over which the king had special powers and jurisdiction, reflect the disquiet and anxieties that had arisen on account of a longstanding royal tendency to extend the forest boundaries, to the detriment of the holders of the lands affected.
Those that deal with debts (§§ 9-11) reflect administrative problems created by the chronic scarcity of ready cash among the upper and middle classes, and their need to resort to money-lenders when this was required.
The clause promising the removal of fish-weirs (§ 33) was intended to facilitate the navigation of rivers.
A number of clauses deal with the special circumstances that surrounded the making of the charter, and are such as might be found in any treaty of peace. Others, such as those relating to the city of London (§ 13) and to merchants (§ 41), clearly represent concessions to special interests.


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Siemens buys eMeter's smart grid 'big data' software
eMeter's software for collecting meter data and making sense of the reams of information they produce will be integrated into Siemens smart grid product line for utilities and cities.
Martin LaMonica
Smart meters: a font of information. PG&E
Energy heavyweight Siemens is buying some Silicon Valley software savvy to make sense of the smart grid.
Siemens Energy today announced that it has acquired San Mateo, Calif.-based eMeter and that its meter data software will be integrated into Siemens product line. Financial terms were not disclosed, and the deal is expected to close later this month.
eMeter's software is designed to collect data from two-way meters and feed it into utilities' back-end business systems. The venture capital-backed company is headed by former Oracle executive and Veritas CEO Gary Bloom.
By collecting data such as customer power consumption every 15 minutes, utilities can automatically read meters and get a better understanding of demand trends. Energy usage information can also be presented to consumers through a dashboard or dedicated device to help consumers lower utility bills.
One of the challenges for utilities is that water, gas, and electricity meters create masses of data that has to be collected over different networks and then integrated into systems. Tying meter data into billing applications, for example, helps utilities streamline their operations.
eMeter is also building analysis software that processes reams of data two-way meters and other grid equipment for business reports and analytical applications. The company this year introduced a cloud version of its EnergyIP meter data management software with Verizon.
Siemens Energy, which was an investor in eMeter, said that eMeter's software will be an integral piece to its product line aimed at utilities. "Ever-increasing demand for solutions to improve the effectiveness of the smart grid for cities and utilities makes this acquisition even more important. eMeter is renowned for its superior software and services capabilities that enable electric, gas and water utilities to realize the full benefits of the smart grid," Jan Mrosik, CEO of the Smart Grid division of the Siemens Infrastructure & Cities Sector said in a statement.
Analysts predict that the increase in data from networked meter will create strong demand for back-end software in the next few years. eMeter's meter data management software competes with analytical software from Oracle and SAP.
Discuss: Siemens buys eMeter's smart grid 'big data' software


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Q: How to fix 'FHIRValidationError' from fhirclient-4.0.0 prepare() method in python? I'm testing out fhirclient 4.0.0 (Python 3.7) with hapi R4 server
settings = {
    'app_id': 'fhir',
#     'api_base': 'http://test.fhir.org/r4'
    'api_base': 'http://hapi.fhir.org/baseR4'
}
smart = client.FHIRClient(settings=settings)

# capabilitystatement.CapabilityStatement.read_from('metadata', smart.server)
smart.prepare()

And I get this validation error
FHIRValidationError: {root}:
  rest.0:
    resource.70:
      searchParam.14:
        'Non-optional property "type" on <models.capabilitystatement.CapabilityStatementRestResourceSearchParam object at 0x7fe54cef1668> is missing'

Link to capability statement http://hapi.fhir.org/baseR4/metadata
Does anyone else facing this?
Below is the full trace of the error ..
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
FHIRValidationError                       Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-44-687512ba52eb> in <module>
      7
      8 # capabilitystatement.CapabilityStatement.read_from('metadata', sof.server)
----> 9 sof.prepare()

~/.virtualenvs/fhir/lib/python3.7/site-packages/fhirclient/client.py in prepare(self)
    115             if self.server.ready:
    116                 return True
--> 117             return self.server.prepare()
    118         return False
    119

~/.virtualenvs/fhir/lib/python3.7/site-packages/fhirclient/server.py in prepare(self)
    148         """
    149         if self.auth is None:
--> 150             self.get_capability()
    151         return self.auth.ready if self.auth is not None else False
    152

~/.virtualenvs/fhir/lib/python3.7/site-packages/fhirclient/server.py in get_capability(self, force)
     82             logger.info('Fetching CapabilityStatement from {0}'.format(self.base_uri))
     83             from models import capabilitystatement
---> 84             conf = capabilitystatement.CapabilityStatement.read_from('metadata', self)
     85             self._capability = conf
     86

~/.virtualenvs/fhir/lib/python3.7/site-packages/fhirclient/models/fhirabstractresource.py in read_from(cls, path, server)
    108
    109         ret = server.request_json(path)
--> 110         instance = cls(jsondict=ret)
    111         instance.origin_server = server
    112         return instance

~/.virtualenvs/fhir/lib/python3.7/site-packages/fhirclient/models/capabilitystatement.py in __init__(self, jsondict, strict)
    132         Type `str`. """
    133
--> 134         super(CapabilityStatement, self).__init__(jsondict=jsondict, strict=strict)
    135
    136     def elementProperties(self):

~/.virtualenvs/fhir/lib/python3.7/site-packages/fhirclient/models/domainresource.py in __init__(self, jsondict, strict)
     40         Type `Narrative` (represented as `dict` in JSON). """
     41
---> 42         super(DomainResource, self).__init__(jsondict=jsondict, strict=strict)
     43
     44     def elementProperties(self):

~/.virtualenvs/fhir/lib/python3.7/site-packages/fhirclient/models/resource.py in __init__(self, jsondict, strict)
     40         Type `Meta` (represented as `dict` in JSON). """
     41
---> 42         super(Resource, self).__init__(jsondict=jsondict, strict=strict)
     43
     44     def elementProperties(self):

~/.virtualenvs/fhir/lib/python3.7/site-packages/fhirclient/models/fhirabstractresource.py in __init__(self, jsondict, strict)
     23                 .format(self.__class__, jsondict['resourceType']))
     24
---> 25         super(FHIRAbstractResource, self).__init__(jsondict=jsondict, strict=strict)
     26
     27     @classmethod

~/.virtualenvs/fhir/lib/python3.7/site-packages/fhirclient/models/fhirabstractbase.py in __init__(self, jsondict, strict)
     64         if jsondict is not None:
     65             if strict:
---> 66                 self.update_with_json(jsondict)
     67             else:
     68                 try:

~/.virtualenvs/fhir/lib/python3.7/site-packages/fhirclient/models/fhirabstractbase.py in update_with_json(self, jsondict)
    229
    230         if len(errs) > 0:
--> 231             raise FHIRValidationError(errs)
    232
    233     def as_json(self):

FHIRValidationError: {root}:
  rest.0:
    resource.70:
      searchParam.14:
        'Non-optional property "type" on <models.capabilitystatement.CapabilityStatementRestResourceSearchParam object at 0x7fe54cef1668> is missing'

Github issue: https://github.com/smart-on-fhir/client-py/issues/79

A: Are you sure, that you are using fhirclient 4.0.0? While 4.0.0 is available for more than a year pip still has the version 3.2.0. There is an issue to this here: https://github.com/smart-on-fhir/client-py/issues/70
Using fhirclient 3.2.0 against a current version of HAPI will result in similar errors. You could either clone fhirclient directly from their github or use a HAPI Server with DSTU3. When hosting your own server you can change the config hapi.properties to fhir_version=DSTU3.

A: The HAPI server returns an invalid CapabilityStatement resource, where the type of the searchParam 'near' for Location has not been filled in - I did some checking on that. So the bug is not in your client; actually it works perfectly by telling you what is wrong at the end of the trace, underneath "FHIRValidationError".
Your best option is to reach out to the HAPI server developers and ask them to correct their CapabilityStatement.

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Formsprutning är den viktigaste metoden för framställning av plastdetaljer. Metoden används för bearbetning av termoplaster men är idag användbar även för termoelaster, härdplaster och elaster. Alla vanliga plastmaterial kan bearbetas genom formsprutning; homogena såväl som cellulära liksom material med fyllmedel eller fiberarmering.

Bilden till höger gestaltar hur typiska formsprutningsmaskiner kan se ut. Maskinerna består av en sprutenhet och en formlåsningsenhet samt en för varje produkt unikt formverktyg. Sprutenheten matas med granulerad/mald plast i en tratt som leder ner till en uppvärmd cylinder. Smälttemperaturen ligger i de flesta fall mellan ca. 175 och 300 grader C. Temperaturen är beroende av materialtyp. Plasten drivs fram av en skruv som också fungerar som kolv. Plasten smälts och doseras i en diskontinuerlig process. Formlåsningsenheten är stängd tills att tillräckligt mycket plast smält och rätt tryck byggts upp (50-150 MPa). Formen, som oftast är tvådelad, fylls med "smältan" (den smälta plasten) som kyls, sedan öppnas formen när plasten har stelnat. De vanligaste maskinstorlekarna har en låskraft från ca. 30 ton till ca. 1000 ton men det finns maskiner från något tons storlek upp till 8000 ton.

Det är mycket viktigt att hela formen fylls och att smältan inte stelnar på vägen. Plasten blir då spröd vilket gör att den lätt går sönder. Viktiga faktorer är därför smältans temperatur, trycket i sprutenheten, formens temperatur, kyltiden och själva formens dimensioner och utformning.

Om töjningen i materialet överstiger elasticitetsgränsen så kallad plasticering, så medför det att materialet inte fjädrar tillbaka till sin ursprungliga form vid avlastning. Det vill säga det uppstår bestående deformation.

Formverktyg
Enligt Svensk Standard benämns verktyg vid plastbearbetning helst form men formverktyg är tillåtet och har kanske blivit den vanligaste benämningen. Formverktyget är det centrala i formsprutningsprocessen. Ett rätt utformat formverktyg är avgörande för detaljens kvalitet och produktionens ekonomi.

Formens uppgift vid bearbetning av termoplaster är följande:

 att distribuera den smälta plasten i formverktyget
 att forma den smälta plasten i ett formrum till önskvärd geometri
 att kyla den formade smältan till en solid detalj genom temperering
 att befria detaljen från formen med hjälp av ett utstötarsystem

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About major and minor historical events around the clock such as the D-Day warning signal broadcast to the French Underground at 9:15 in the evening.
June 5, 1944. The BBC radio news was interrupted by this report: "Eileen is married to Jo....It is hot in Suez.... The compass points north.... The dice are on the table." To thousands of listeners, including many Germans, this message was utter nonsense. To the French underground, however, it was the signal that D-Day was imminent. Over 5,000 French resistance workers, each carrying two packages of TNT, went out into the night and blasted important railway targets. In addition, 74 telephone exchanges were destroyed, and roads that German reinforcements would have to travel along were blown up.


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Climate change is real. Welcome to the new normal.
By Edd Doerr | 18 September 2018
Comment, The Washington Post
Dead and dying animals at the Dambas, Arbajahan, Kenya, which has dried up due to successive years of very little rain. Africa's climates have always been erratic but there is evidence that global warming is increasing droughts, floods and climate uncertainty and unpredictability. (Photo: Oxfam International / Flickr / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Comment for the Washington Post (see article below).
Eugene Robinson (column, Sept. 18) and others have done a good job of reporting on elements of the accelerating climate change crisis. But what we really need are more reports on a wider range of the concomitants of the problem, such as deforestation, desertification, soil nutrient loss, toxic waste accumulation, overuse of renewable and nonrenewable resources, use of fossil fuels to power AC and refridgeration units which while cooling buildings add to atmospheric heat trapping gases, increasing meat and dairy use that wastes land and water that would be better used for plant based diets, Antarctic and Greenland and tundra ice melting, increasing sociopolitical instability and violence, etc., etc.
And what is unconscionably ignored is the human overpopulation that largely fuels climate change. Ignored is the 1975 Ford administration's National Security Study Memorandum 200 report that recommended universal access to contraception and safe, legal abortion. Over the past 50 years there have been two billion abortions worldwide, many of them illegal and unsafe, causing many thousands of deaths of women. Without those abortions and the many millions of births prevented by contraception world population would greatly exceed an unsustainable ten billion. Yet GOP administrations, especially, the irresponsible Trump administration, have thumbed their noses at common sense solutions for our serious worldwide crisis. It's time for all of us to wake up.
Edd Doerr
By Eugene Robinson | 17 September 2018
Hurricane Florence has drenched eastern North Carolina with more than 30 inches of rain, an all-time record for the state. Last year, Hurricane Harvey stalled over Houston and dumped more than 60 inches of rain, an all-time record for the whole country. Also last year, Hurricane Maria ravaged the island of Puerto Rico and caused, according to an independent study, nearly 3,000 deaths.
Welcome to the new normal.
Tropical cyclones are nothing new, of course. But climate scientists say that global warming should make such storms wetter, slower and more intense — which is exactly what seems to be happening. And if we fail to act, these kinds of devastating weather events will likely become even more frequent and more severe.
Climate change is a global phenomenon. Authorities in the Philippines are still trying to assess the damage and death toll from Typhoon Mangkhut, a rare Category 5-equivalent storm that struck the archipelago Saturday with sustained winds of 165 mph. Mangkhut went on to batter Hong Kong and now, as it weakens, is plowing across southern China.
Every human being on the planet has a stake in what governments do to limit and adapt to climate change, including leaders who, like President Trump, prefer to believe global warming is some kind of hoax. I doubt the citizens of Wilmington, N.C. — a lovely resort town that was turned into an island by widespread flooding from Florence — feel there is anything illusory about the hardship they're going through.
As I noted last month, scientists are now cautiously making the first serious attempts to gauge the impact of climate change on specific weather events such as storms, monsoons, droughts and heat waves.
The most ambitious attempt to quantify the link between climate and weather — a blue-chip international consortium called World Weather Attribution — has not yet made an attempt to estimate any possible effect that global warming may have had on Florence or Mangkhut. But another group of researchers, the Climate Extremes Modeling Group at the Stony Brook University School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, estimated Sept. 12 that Florence would produce 50 percent more rainfall than if human-induced global warming had not occurred.
You don't have to be a scientist to understand why that makes sense. We know from direct measurement that the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased by more than 40 percent since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, when humans started burning fossil fuels on a large scale. We know from direct observation that carbon dioxide traps heat. We know from direct measurement that both atmospheric and ocean temperatures have been rising sharply. We know from direct measurement that warmer water takes up more space than cooler water, which is the main reason ocean levels are rising.
We know that warmer water is more easily evaporated, which means there is more moisture available to fuel a storm such as Florence or Harvey — and to be released by such storms as rainfall.
If humankind suddenly stopped burning fossil fuels tomorrow, we would still have to adapt to the climatic changes we have already set in motion. The excess carbon dioxide we have pumped into the atmosphere will remain there for thousands of years. We will be coping with massive tropical storms, tragic coastal and riverine flooding, deadly heat waves and unprecedented wildfires for the rest of our lives.
At the very least, we should be trying to reduce carbon emissions and keep global warming to a manageable level. With the landmark Paris agreement, the nations of the world agreed to try. But Trump foolishly decided to pull the United States — the world's second-biggest emitter of carbon dioxide, behind only China — out of the deal.
The administration has already proposed weakening restrictions on carbon emissions from automobiles and coal-fired power plants. And last week, there were reports that the administration also wants to loosen rules governing the release of methane, which traps even more heat than carbon dioxide.
Another news item from earlier this month should be instructive: A cargo ship is presently making the journey from Vladivostok, on Russia's Pacific coast, to the German port of Bremerhaven via the Arctic Ocean, rather than taking the usual southern route through the Suez Canal and the Strait of Gibraltar. Until now, the northern route has always been impassible because it was blocked by polar ice. But because of climate change, a lot of the ice has melted.
Climate change is no longer theoretical. It is real, it is all around us, and it is going to get much worse.
Edd Doerr was president of the American Humanist Association from 1995 to 2003, serving previously as vice-president and board chair under Isaac Asimov from 1985 to 1991. He has been executive director and then president of Americans for Religious Liberty since 1982. A former teacher of history and Spanish, he is the author, co-author, editor, or translator of twenty books, mostly on religious liberty and reproductive rights. He served on the governing body of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice from 1973 until 2004 and on the boards of NARAL, the ACLU of Maryland, and the National Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty. More than 3,000 of his articles, columns, reviews, and letters have been published in The Humanist and many other publications. For over ten years he has been writing a column in the journal Free Inquiry from the Council for Secular Humanism.
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