Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Strategies & Market Trends : The Financial Collapse of 2001 Unwinding -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Snowshoe who wrote (467)	9/3/2017 5:55:50 PM
From: John Pitera	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13775

The burning Man festival out in the Desert in Nevada is Woodstock to the power of 10... sex , drugs, rock and roll...... Music......... a simply wild, wild event that has grown over the last 20 years.... It originally started in SF .... if you thought that the Biker get together in Sturgis in South Dakota was wild... with booze, drugs, music, wild anonymous sex....... brawls ...... well I think the Burning Man in the mini city that springs to life from nothing in the desert in Nevada and then is totally removed.... much like an elaborate sandcastle at the beach...... Sandcastles made of sand.... fall in the sea...eventually "Castles Made Of Sand" Down the street you can hear her scream "you're a disgrace" As she slams the door in his drunken face, And now he stands outside and all the neighbours start to gossip and drool. He cries "Oh girl, you must be mad, What happened to the sweet love you and me had?" Against the door he leans and starts a scene, And his tears fall and burn the garden green. And so castles made of sand, fall in the sea, eventually. A little Indian brave who before he was ten, played war games in the woods with his Indian friends, and he built a dream that when he grew up, he would be a fearless warrior Indian Chief. Many moons passed and more the dream grew strong, until tomorrow He would sing his first war song, And fight his first battle, but something went wrong, Suprise attack killed him in his sleep that night And so castles made of sand, melts into the sea eventually. There was a young girl, whose heart was a frown, Because she was crippled for life, and couldn't speak a sound And she wished and prayed she would stop living, so she decided to die. She drew her wheel chair to the edge of the shore, and to her legs she smiled "You won't hurt me no more." But then a sight she'd never seen made her JUMP AND SAY "Look, a golden winged ship is passing my way" And it really didn't have to stop...it just kept on going. And so castles made of sand slips into the sea, Eventually JP ---------------------------------------------------------- Burning Man is an annual gathering that takes place at Black Rock City—a temporary city erected in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. The event is described as an experiment in community and art, influenced by 10 main principles: "radical" inclusion, self-reliance and self-expression, as well as community cooperation, civic responsibility, gifting, decommodification, participation, immediacy and leaving no trace. First held in 1986 on Baker Beach in San Francisco as a small function organized by Larry Harvey and a group of friends, it has since been held annually, spanning from the last Sunday in August to the first Monday in September (the U.S. Labor Day). Burning Man 2016 was held between August 28 and September 5, 2016. At Burning Man the community explores various forms of artistic self-expression, created in celebration for the pleasure of all participants. Participation is a key precept for the community – selfless giving of one's unique talents for the enjoyment of all is encouraged and actively reinforced. Some of these generous outpourings of creativity can include experimental and interactive sculpture, building, performance, and art cars among other media, often inspired by the yearly theme, chosen by organizers. The event takes its name from its culmination, the symbolic ritual burning of a large wooden effigy ("the Man") that traditionally occurs on the Saturday evening of the event. [2] [3] [4] [5] Burning Man is organized by the Burning Man Project, a non-profit organization that, in 2014, succeeded a for-profit limited liability company (Black Rock City, LLC) that was formed in 1997 to represent the event's organizers, and is now considered a subsidiary of the non-profit organization. In 2010, 51,515 people attended Burning Man. [6] Attendance in 2011 was capped at 50,000 participants and the event sold out on July 24; [7] the attendance rose to 70,000 in 2015. [1] Smaller regional events inspired by the principles of Burning Man have been held internationally; some of these events are also officially endorsed by the Burning Man Project as regional branches of the event. en.wikipedia.org Reveler who lept into the flames of blazing effigy in front of 70,000 stunned Burning Man festival-goers has DIED WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT The man who evaded several rangers and security guards to leap into the Burning Man effigy has died He was pulled from the burning structure and treated him on scene before he was airlifted to a burn center Pershing County Sheriff Jerry Allen confirmed the death but said the man has not been identified publicly Approximately 70,000 people from all over the world gathered for the festival in Nevada's Black Rock Dese A man rescued from the flames at the Burning Man festival’s signature burning of a towering effigy has died after being airlifted to a hospital. Pershing County Sheriff Jerry Allen said the man ran through a human-chain of security officers at about 10:30 p.m. Saturday during the Man Burn event at the counter-culture festival. The sheriff said the man was rescued by firefighters and later died at the UC Davis hospital burn center in California. More than 70,000 people are enjoying the art and music celebration in the Black Rock Desert, about 100 miles north of Reno. The nine-day event culminates with the burning of a towering 40-foot effigy made of wood. Attendees have tried to run into the flames as a symbol of rebirth. Festival organizers didn’t immediately respond when asked for comment. The nine-day festival in northern Nevada was briefly hampered when a lightning-sparked wildfire temporarily shut down Burning Man’s main travel route last week. Scroll down for video +12 A Burning Man participant died after evading the attempted tackles of multiple rangers and law enforcement personnel to run into the flames of the 'Man Burn' on Saturday night Crowds were horrified when the reveler made a beeline for the giant wooden effigy and was engulfed by the flames on Saturday night. He had to dodge a number of rangers and law enforcement personnel in order to reach the fire, which stretches approximately 50 feet into the air. Festival organizers earlier issued a statement through its website to say that at 'approximately 10.30pm Saturday evening, a male participant at the annual Burning Man event in Northern Nevada broke through a safety perimeter and into into a fire. Black Rock City fire personnel rescued him from the fire.' +12 The identity of the man who died from his wounds after running into the flames on Saturday night has not been released by officials +12 The man who ran into the flames was quickly engulfed as emergency services nobly tried to battle their way through in an attempt to rescue him +12 Above a firefighter watches as the Burning Man participant (L) falls into the flames of the 'Man Burn' at the festival on Saturday night +12 Firefighters were forced to abandon their attempted rescue of a Burning Man participant (body seen at lower left rear) who ran into the flames due to dangerous situation +12 He had to dodge a number of rangers and law enforcement personnel in order to reach the fire, which stretches approximately 50 feet into the air +12 Emergency personnel tried to treat the man on the scene and then rushed him to a nearby hospital's burns unit where he later passed away +12 The Man is engulfed in flames as approximately 70,000 people from all over the world gathered for the annual arts and music festival to watch the wooden effigy burn +12 The Burning Man (pictured before it was set on fire) stretched up to 50ft into the air at the festival this year +12 Lights shining across the temporary city as thousands of participants gather to watch the Man burn 'The individual was treated on scene, transported to the on-site medical facility and airlifted to a burn center'. Officials issued an update late on Sunday to confirm that he had later passed away. During the fiery destruction of the 50-foot-tall man, thousands of participants danced and partied at the annual event, which is held two hours north of Reno on an ancient dry lake bed. Saturday marked the height of the art and music festival celebration, where Burners had gathered to witness the lighting of the symbolic ritual burning of the huge wooden effigy. Prior to the burn, The Man towered over the temporary city for a week. The event on Saturday night is traditionally rowdy while the event Sunday night is the subdued burning of the Temple. +12 The annual event is held in the Nevada desert, where 70,000 people help built and maintain a temporary city, complete with its own airport The Temple is another wooden structure that has been stuffed with notes, memories and remembrances from festival goers throughout the week. It will also be burned Sunday evening. This year's festival theme is Radical Ritual, with organizers inviting participants to celebrate 'the ambiguous ground that lies between reverence and ridicule, faith and belief, the absurd and the stunningly sublime,' according to the official Burning Man website. Dozens of art installations were constructed before the end of the weekend, some made from wire, others as patterns on the ground and some as immersive experiences. Stunning photographs show the larger-than-life art installations that are the focal points of this year's festival theme of Radical Ritual, which is to honor rituals that humankind has made, including the festival. +12 Participants surround a burning art installation as approximately as they enjoy festivities at the Burning Man festival in Nevada Read more: dailymail.co.uk Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter \| DailyMail on Facebook Read more: dailymail.co.uk