burningman-webcast, Ustream.TV: 2010 Art Theme: Metropolis Great cities are organic, spontaneous, heterogeneous, and untidy hubs of social interaction. At
Who is John Frum? He is known to us by many names, this Visitor from Elsewhere, dispenser of endless abundance and wielder of mysterious technologies: John Frum, Quetzalcoatl, Osiris, "Bob." His cargo is splendid, his generosity boundless, his motives beyond our understanding. But across the ages and around the world, the stories all agree: one day he will return, bearing great gifts. Our theme this year asks three related questions; who is John Frum, where is he really from, and where, on spaceship Earth, are we all going? burningman.com BRC Live Streaming commences Sunday Aug 25th The Man Burns Saturday Aug 31 9PM PDT The Temple Burn is Sunday Sept 1 8PM PDT **** Burning Man 2013 Webcast Tech Info **** ustream.tv/burningman You can subscribe to the Burning Man 2013 Webcast feed with a variety of devices, including Flash-based devices, iOS devices, and Android OS devices. If you are running an Android OS device, consider installing the Ustream player:Ustream Android App
Castle Falkenstein (role-playing game)
Rules and setting are presented in the form of diaries of a number of characters within the game, the main being the author's alter-ego "Tom Olam", a game designer from our world magically transported in New Europa. Best Roleplaying Rules of 1994 Origins Award, Castle Falkenstein, R. Talsorian Games, Mike Pondsmith[1]Best Role-Playing Product of 1995 Nigel D. Findley Memorial Award, Castle Falkenstein[2] The game's system uses playing cards instead of dice to simulate action. The system is fairly unusual and has been praised for its ease of use and utility within the game. Castle Falkenstein came out in time when many games were focusing on storytelling rules, fewer mechanics and more focus on an interactive story, but also when most of these games were dark dystopian futures (e.g. The reader’s journey through this alternate world is aided by an ego character, Tom Olam. A GURPS version (GURPS Castle Falkenstein) and several supplements were later published by Steve Jackson Games.
Fields Medal
The Fields Medal, officially known as International Medal for Outstanding Discoveries in Mathematics, is a prize awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians not over 40 years of age at each International Congress of the International Mathematical Union (IMU), a meeting that takes place every four years. The Fields Medal is often viewed as the greatest honour a mathematician can receive.[1][2] The Fields Medal and the Abel Prize have often been described as the "mathematician's Nobel Prize". The prize comes with a monetary award, which since 2006 is $15,000 (in Canadian dollars, roughly US $13,500[3]).[4][5] The colloquial name is in honour of Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields.[6] Fields was instrumental in establishing the award, designing the medal itself, and funding the monetary component.[6] The medal was first awarded in 1936 to Finnish mathematician Lars Ahlfors and American mathematician Jesse Douglas, and it has been awarded every four years since 1950. Landmarks[edit]
Virginia Woolf
Adeline Virginia Woolf (/ˈwʊlf/; nee Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was an English writer, and one of the foremost modernists of the twentieth century. During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a central figure in the influential Bloomsbury Group of intellectuals. Her most famous works include the novels Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927) and Orlando (1928), and the book-length essay A Room of One's Own (1929), with its famous dictum, "A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction." Woolf suffered from severe bouts of mental illness throughout her life, thought to have been the result of what is now termed bipolar disorder,[1] and committed suicide by drowning in 1941 at the age of 59. Early life[edit] Woolf was educated by her parents in their literate and well-connected household at 22 Hyde Park Gate, Kensington. Bloomsbury[edit] Work[edit]
Erowid
R. Talsorian Games
R. Talsorian Games, based in Renton, WA (until 1997 in Berkeley, California), is a publisher of role-playing game books and accessories. Their titles include the Cyberpunk 2020 series and for anime-related titles such as Dragonball Z. Their major product line today is the Fuzion system. The company's chairman is Mike Pondsmith, usually known as "Maximum Mike" by players, R. Talsorian Games, and members of their online bulletin board. History[edit] Founded in 1985, R. After an eight-year hiatus that began with its withdrawal from GenCon in 1998 over a conflict regarding floor space and dealer space, the company began a semi-regular publishing schedule again in 2006. On January 4, 2006 R. External links[edit] Official website of R.
Munich massacre
The attackers were apparently given logistical assistance by German neo-Nazis.[10] Five of the eight members of Black September were killed by police officers during a failed rescue attempt. The three surviving attackers were captured, but later released by West Germany following the hijacking of a Lufthansa airliner. Israel responded to the killers' release with Operation "Spring of Youth" and Operation "Wrath of God", during which Israeli intelligence agency Mossad and special forces systematically tracked down and killed Palestinians suspected of involvement in the massacre. Prelude[edit] At the time of the hostage-taking, the 1972 Munich Olympic Games were well into their second week. The absence of armed personnel had worried Israeli delegation head Shmuel Lalkin even before his team arrived in Munich. Olympic organizers asked West German forensic psychologist Georg Sieber to create 26 terrorism scenarios to aid the organizers in planning security. Hostage-taking[edit] [edit]
Josef Mengele
"Mengele" redirects here. It is not to be confused with Mengler or Meņģele parish. For the Austrian engineer, see Benno Mengele. Josef Mengele (German: [ˈjoːzɛf ˈmɛŋələ] ( ); 16 March 1911 – 7 February 1979) was a German Schutzstaffel (SS) officer and physician in Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. Mengele received doctorates in anthropology and medicine from Munich University and began a career as a researcher. Assisted by a network of former SS members, Mengele sailed to Argentina in July 1949. Early life and education Mengele was born the eldest of three children on 16 March 1911 to Karl and Walburga (Hupfauer) Mengele in Günzburg, Bavaria, Germany. In 1935, Mengele earned a PhD in anthropology from the University of Munich. On 28 July 1939 Mengele married Irene Schönbein, whom he had met while working as a medical resident in Leipzig. Military service Mengele joined the Nazi Party in 1937 and the Schutzstaffel (SS protection squadron) in 1938. Auschwitz After Auschwitz
