How does Burning Man address Homeland Security?

[Apollonaris Zeus]

Does Burning Man quality for a fat government paycheck to prepare for a possible terrorist attack!

Does it mean that we can give to the Man Scientist camp to come up with some very alternative methods of monitoring BM ativity, so that it is not intrusitive to the BM idea of personal freedom and Patriotic duty?

Can Burning Man address homeland security and maintain freedom at Burning Man?

What are the Black Rock Ranger doing to address this issue?

Is that fire canon you are watching or what you believe it to be or is it a nuclear bomb!

I hope that someone that can officially represent Burning Man answer these questions?

If Burning Man violates the Patriot Act by the actions of a BR Citizen will Burning Man honor the rights of the individual or the state?

A II Z

[Bob]

A SWEETBREAD is the thymus gland of lamb or calf, but in cookery, veal sweetbreads only are considered. It is prenatally developed, of unknown function, and as soon as calf is taken from liquid food it gradually disappears. Pancreas, stomach sweetbread, is sold in some sections of the country, but in our markets this custom is not practised. Sweetbreads are a reputed table delicacy, and a valuable addition to the menu of the convalescent.

A sweetbread consists of two parts, connected by tubing and membranes. The round, compact part is called the heart sweetbread, as its position is nearer the heart; the other part is called the throat sweetbread. When sweetbread is found in market separated, avoid buying two of the throat sweetbreads, as the heart sweetbread is more desirable.

Sweetbreads spoil very quickly. They should be removed from paper as soon as received from market, plunged into cold water and allowed to stand one hour, drained, and put into acidulated salted boiling water then allowed to cook slowly twenty minutes; again drained, and plunged into cold water, that they may be kept white and firm. Sweetbreads are always parboiled in this manner for subsequent cooking.

Broiled Sweetbread
Parboil a sweetbread, split cross-wise, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and broil five minutes. Serve with Lemon Butter.

Creamed Sweetbread
Parboil a sweetbread, and cut in one-half inch cubes, or separate in small pieces. Reheat in one cup White Sauce II. Creamed Sweetbread may be served on toast, or used as filling for patty cases or Swedish Timbales.

Creamed Sweetbread and Chicken
Reheat equal parts of cold cooked chicken, and sweetbread cut in dice, in White Sauce II.

Sweetbread à la Poulette
Reheat sweetbread, cut in cubes, in one cup Béchamel Sauce.

Sweetbreads, Country Style
Parboil sweetbreads, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and dredge with flour. Arrange in baking-dish, brush over with melted butter, allowing two tablespoons to each pair of sweetbreads, and cover with thin slices fat salt pork. Bake in a hot oven over twenty-five minutes, basting twice during the cooking, and remove pork during the last five minutes of the cooking.

Larded Sweetbread
Parboil a sweetbread, lard the upper side, and bake until well browned, basting with Meat Glaze.

Sweetbreads à la Napoli
Parboil a large sweetbread and cut in eight pieces. Cook in hot frying-pan with a small quantity of butter, adding enough beef extract to give sweetbread a glazed appearance. Cut bread in slices, shape with a circular cutter three and one-half inches in diameter, and toast. Spread each piece with two tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese seasoned with salt and paprika and moistened with two tablespoons heavy cream. Arrange one piece of sweetbread on each piece of toast and season with salt and pepper. Put in individual glass-covered dishes, having two tablespoons cream in each dish. Cover each piece of sweetbread with sautéd mushroom cap, put on glass covers, and bake in a moderate oven eight minutes.

Braised Sweetbreads Eugénie
Parboil a sweetbread in Sherry wine twelve minutes. Drain, cool, cut in four pieces, and lard. Cook in frying-pan same as Sweetbreads à la Napoli. Peel mushroom caps, cover with Sherry wine, let stand one hour, drain, and sauté in butter. Arrange on circular pieces of toast, over each of which has been poured one teaspoon wine drained from mushroom caps, and season with salt and pepper. Pile five or six mushroom caps on each piece of sweetbread, add two tablespoons heavy cream, and bake in a moderate oven, eight minutes. Cook in individual glass-covered dishes.


Sweetbread Cutlets with Asparagus Tips
Parboil a sweetbread, split, and cut in pieces shaped like a small cutlet, or cut in circular pieces. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, dip in crumbs, egg, and crumbs, and sauté in butter. Arrange in a circle around Creamed Asparagus Tips.

The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book
Fannie Farmer

Hope this helps.

[Badger]

Bob is such a fucking smart-ass sometimes.

A II Z, hopefully this will answer your insipd questions:

Batter-Dipped Fondue Meatballs Recipe

Ingredients
Meatballs
1-1/2 pounds ground chuck beef
1 large egg
1/4 cup dry bread crumbs
2 Tablespoons beer or apple juice
1 teaspoon garlic salt
2 cups salad oil
1/2 cup butter (do NOT use margarine - see Note below)

Frothy Batter
1 cup biscuit baking mix
1/2 cup beer or apple juice
1 large egg

Mustard Sauce
1/2 cup mayonnaise or salad dressing
2 tablespoons prepared mustard
1 tablespoon onion, finely chopped

Horseradish Sauce
1/2 cup dairy sour cream
1 tablespoon horseradish
1/8 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

Instructions
Prepare mustard and horseradish sauce: Mix ingredients together for each and refrigerate until serving time.

Prepare meatballs: Mix meat, egg, bread crumbs, beer and garlic salt. Shape mixture into 3/4-inch balls.

Prepare frothy batter: Mix all of ingredients with a fork. (Batter will be slightly lumpy. )

Heat oil and butter in a metal fondue pot to 375 degrees F.

Spear meatballs with a fondue fork, dip into batter and cook in hot oil to desired doneness, about 2 minutes.

Serve with both sauces.

Note: You can omit butter and increase salad oil to 2-1/2 cups.

Yield: 12 servings

[Badger]

Or maybe:

Like most household appliances, your upright vacuum cleaner needs regular maintenance.

One of the most common maintenance jobs for upright vacuums is that of replacing the belt. You may need a screwdriver, but you can probably replace the belt without using any tools.

1. Remove the plastic cover over the brush assembly (figure A). You may need to loosen some retaining screws to remove the cover.
2. Lift the brush (also known as the agitator) and pull the belt from the motor.
3. While you have the brush out, clean it off and check the bearings on the brush rollers. Both ends should turn freely. If they don't, you may need to replace the bearings (figure B). Bearings typically cost about $2.50 per side, and the brush will cost about $15.
4. Install a new belt, and replace the brush. The brush will probably have marks that indicate the proper direction for installation, and there will be an indication of where the belt should go.

Another common maintenance job is that of replacing the filter bag. However, people often forget to clean out the filter underneath the bag (figure C). To access this secondary filter, simply pull the filter bag out of the vacuum cleaner. Then, snap out the filter and wash it with soap and water or as directed by the manufacturer.

Newer vacuum cleaners also use an exhaust filter, which is typically located on the side of the unit (figure D). Clean the filter if it becomes noticeably dirty.

Tip: If the hose attachment on your vacuum cleaner becomes clogged, you can clean it out by pulling it straight and poking a broom handle through it.

[theCryptofishist]

as "Sir"

[Badger]

But the again.... this REALLY should answer your concersn

The Sixth Extinction
By Niles Eldredge


About 30,000 species go extinct annually.



There is little doubt left in the minds of professional biologists that Earth is currently faced with a mounting loss of species that threatens to rival the five great mass extinctions of the geological past. As long ago as 1993, Harvard biologist E.O. Wilson estimated that Earth is currently losing something on the order of 30,000 species per year -- which breaks down to the even more daunting statistic of some three species per hour. Some biologists have begun to feel that this biodiversity crisis -- this "Sixth Extinction" -- is even more severe, and more imminent, than Wilson had supposed.
The previous mass extinctions were due to natural causes.

















Extinction in the past

The major global biotic turnovers were all caused by physical events that lay outside the normal climatic and other physical disturbances which species, and entire ecosystems, experience and survive. What caused them?

* First major extinction (c. 440 mya): Climate change (relatively severe and sudden global cooling) seems to have been at work at the first of these-the end-Ordovician mass extinction that caused such pronounced change in marine life (little or no life existed on land at that time). 25% of families lost (a family may consist of a few to thousands of species).
* Second major extinction (c. 370 mya): The next such event, near the end of the Devonian Period, may or may not have been the result of global climate change. 19% of families lost.
* Third major Extinction (c. 245 mya): Scenarios explaining what happened at the greatest mass extinction event of them all (so far, at least!) at the end of the Permian Period have been complex amalgams of climate change perhaps rooted in plate tectonics movements. Very recently, however, evidence suggests that a bolide impact similar to the end-Cretaceous event may have been the cause. 54% of families lost.
* Fourth major extinction (c. 210 mya): The event at the end of the Triassic Period, shortly after dinosaurs and mammals had first evolved, also remains difficult to pin down in terms of precise causes. 23% of families lost.
* Fifth major extinction (c. 65 mya): Most famous, perhaps, was the most recent of these events at the end-Cretaceous. It wiped out the remaining terrestrial dinosaurs and marine ammonites, as well as many other species across the phylogenetic spectrum, in all habitats sampled from the fossil record. Consensus has emerged in the past decade that this event was caused by one (possibly multiple) collisions between Earth and an extraterrestrial bolide (probably cometary). Some geologists, however, point to the great volcanic event that produced the Deccan traps of India as part of the chain of physical events that disrupted ecosystems so severely that many species on land and sea rapidly succumbed to extinction. 17% of families lost.

The current mass extinction is caused by humans.








How is the Sixth Extinction different from previous events?

At first glance, the physically caused extinction events of the past might seem to have little or nothing to tell us about the current Sixth Extinction, which is a patently human-caused event. For there is little doubt that humans are the direct cause of ecosystem stress and species destruction in the modern world through such activities as:

* transformation of the landscape
* overexploitation of species
* pollution
* the introduction of alien species

And because Homo sapiens is clearly a species of animal (however behaviorally and ecologically peculiar an animal), the Sixth Extinction would seem to be the first recorded global extinction event that has a biotic, rather than a physical, cause.
We are bringing about massive changes in the environment.
Yet, upon further reflection, human impact on the planet is a direct analogue of the Cretaceous cometary collision. Sixty-five million years ago that extraterrestrial impact -- through its sheer explosive power, followed immediately by its injections of so much debris into the upper reaches of the atmosphere that global temperatures plummeted and, most critically, photosynthesis was severely inhibited -- wreaked havoc on the living systems of Earth. That is precisely what human beings are doing to the planet right now: humans are causing vast physical changes on the planet.
Humans began disrupting the environment as soon as they appeared on Earth.
What is the Sixth Extinction?

We can divide the Sixth Extinction into two discrete phases:

* Phase One began when the first modern humans began to disperse to different parts of the world about 100,000 years ago.
* Phase Two began about 10,000 years ago when humans turned to agriculture.

The first phase began shortly after Homo sapiens evolved in Africa and the anatomically modern humans began migrating out of Africa and spreading throughout the world. Humans reached the middle east 90,000 years ago. They were in Europe starting around 40,000 years ago. Neanderthals, who had long lived in Europe, survived our arrival for less than 10,000 years, but then abruptly disappeared -- victims, according to many paleoanthropologists, of our arrival through outright warfare or the more subtle, though potentially no less devastating effects, of being on the losing side of ecological competition.

Everywhere, shortly after modern humans arrived, many (especially, though by no means exclusively, the larger) native species typically became extinct. Humans were like bulls in a China shop:

* They disrupted ecosystems by overhunting game species, which never experienced contact with humans before.
* And perhaps they spread microbial disease-causing organisms as well.

Wherever early humans migrated, other species became extinct.






The fossil record attests to human destruction of ecosystems:

* Humans arrived in large numbers in North America roughly 12,500 years ago-and sites revealing the butchering of mammoths, mastodons and extinct buffalo are well documented throughout the continent. The demise of the bulk of the La Brea tar pit Pleistocene fauna coincided with our arrival.
* The Caribbean lost several of its larger species when humans arrived some 8000 years ago.
* Extinction struck elements of the Australian megafauna much earlier-when humans arrived some 40,000 years ago. Madagascar-something of an anomaly, as humans only arrived there two thousand years ago-also fits the pattern well: the larger species (elephant birds, a species of hippo, plus larger lemurs) rapidly disappeared soon after humans arrived.

Indeed only in places where earlier hominid species had lived (Africa, of course, but also most of Europe and Asia) did the fauna, already adapted to hominid presence, survive the first wave of the Sixth Extinction pretty much intact. The rest of the world's species, which had never before encountered hominids in their local ecosystems, were as naively unwary as all but the most recently arrived species (such as Vermilion Flycatchers) of the Galapagos Islands remain to this day.

The invention of agriculture accelerated the pace of the Sixth Extinction.





Why does the Sixth Extinction continue?

Phase two of the Sixth Extinction began around 10,000 years ago with the invention of agriculture-perhaps first in the Natufian culture of the Middle East. Agriculture appears to have been invented several different times in various different places, and has, in the intervening years, spread around the entire globe.

Agriculture represents the single most profound ecological change in the entire 3.5 billion-year history of life. With its invention:

* humans did not have to interact with other species for survival, and so could manipulate other species for their own use
* humans did not have to adhere to the ecosystem's carrying capacity, and so could overpopulate

Humans do not live with nature but outside it. Homo sapiens became the first species to stop living inside local ecosystems. All other species, including our ancestral hominid ancestors, all pre-agricultural humans, and remnant hunter-gatherer societies still extant exist as semi-isolated populations playing specific roles (i.e., have "niches") in local ecosystems. This is not so with post-agricultural revolution humans, who in effect have stepped outside local ecosystems. Indeed, to develop agriculture is essentially to declare war on ecosystems - converting land to produce one or two food crops, with all other native plant species all now classified as unwanted "weeds" -- and all but a few domesticated species of animals now considered as pests.








Earth can't sustain the trend in human population growth. It is reaching its limit in carrying capacity.

The total number of organisms within a species is limited by many factors-most crucial of which is the "carrying capacity" of the local ecosystem: given the energetic needs and energy-procuring adaptations of a given species, there are only so many squirrels, oak trees and hawks that can inhabit a given stretch of habitat. Agriculture had the effect of removing the natural local-ecosystem upper limit of the size of human populations. Though crops still fail regularly, and famine and disease still stalk the land, there is no doubt that agriculture in the main has had an enormous impact on human population size:

* Estimates vary, but range between 1 and 10 million people on earth 10,000 years ago.
* There are now over 6 billion people.
* The numbers continue to increase logarithmically -- so that there will be 8 billion by 2020.
* There is presumably an upper limit to the carrying capacity of humans on earth -- of the numbers that agriculture can support -- and that number is usually estimated at between 13-15 billion, though some people think the ultimate numbers might be much higher.

Overpopulation, invasive species, and overexploitation are fuelling the extinction.


This explosion of human population, especially in the post-Industrial Revolution years of the past two centuries, coupled with the unequal distribution and consumption of wealth on the planet, is the underlying cause of the Sixth Extinction. There is a vicious cycle:

* More lands are cleared and more efficient production techniques (most recently engendered largely through genetic engineering) to feed the growing number of humans -- and in response, the human population continues to expand.
* Higher fossil energy use is helping agriculture spread, further modifying the environment.
* Humans continue to fish (12 of the 13 major fisheries on the planet are now considered severely depleted) and harvest timber for building materials and just plain fuel, pollution, and soil erosion from agriculture creates dead zones in fisheries (as in the Gulf of Mexico)
* While the human Diaspora has meant the spread, as well, of alien species that more often than not thrive at the detriment of native species. For example, invasive species have contributed to 42% of all threatened and endangered species in the U.S.

Only 10% of the world's species survived the third mass extinction. Will any survive this one? Can conservation measures stop the Sixth Extinction?

The world's ecosystems have been plunged into chaos, with some conservation biologists thinking that no system, not even the vast oceans, remains untouched by human presence. Conservation measures, sustainable development, and, ultimately, stabilization of human population numbers and consumption patterns seem to offer some hope that the Sixth Extinction will not develop to the extent of the third global extinction, some 245 mya, when 90% of the world's species were lost.

Though it is true that life, so incredibly resilient, has always recovered (though after long lags) after major extinction spasms, it is only after whatever has caused the extinction event has dissipated. That cause, in the case of the Sixth Extinction, is ourselves -- Homo sapiens. This means we can continue on the path to our own extinction, or, preferably, we modify our behavior toward the global ecosystem of which we are still very much a part. The latter must happen before the Sixth Extinction can be declared over, and life can once again rebound.

[Isotopia]

Paramount to security (homeland or otherwise) is my good friend Ggreg's tips for wearing makeup on the playa.

Hey, being beautiful isn't easy. Otherwise NAMBLA the Clown and Erica Candy Cane would fade into the crowd, drag queen equivalents of Abercrombie automatons. It takes a little creativity and a lot of patience to execute an decent eyebrow that reads from a block away. Being the kind souls that they are, however, they've decided to share their beauty tips with the public in an easily consumed format for the masses, both in person and on the web.

This lil tutorial contains information on what to get, where to get it, and how to put it on. This was first written for Burning Man, but applies to any ole tranny-intensive situation.

What to Get
There are certain drag basics that everyone should have in their make-up kit. Do you need all this junk? No, you can get away with base and an eyebrow pencil. But NAMBLA the Clown and Ms. Candy Cane are huge believers that more is more. Otherwise why would they be drag queens?

* Spirit gum. All purpose make-up glue. NAMBLA swears by this stuff, using it to glue down his eyebrows and attach jewels to his face.
* Eyebrow wax. Unless you have perfect eyebrows that go with the look you're doing or you're one of those freaks who shaves them, you're going to want to temporarily erase those fuzzy caterpillars above your eyes. Eyebrow wax smoothes them down and hides them. Sometimes it's known as eyebrow wax, or at Krylon can also be known as "Special plastic."
* Base. This is your face's undercoat. Base goes down second. Always put on sunscreen first, before you put on your make-up. Some make-up provides protection, but probably not the crap you're going to be buying at Walgreens.
* Translucent powder and the like. Powder sets your base. Typically base is oil-based so it smoothes on evenly and requires something to set it so it doesn't wipe off.
* Lip Stuff. Lipstick is a must, as is lip liner, but you don't have to use traditional lipstick or liner, you just have to plan for it. Reshaping your mouth can be very pretty or disturbing, depending on execution. The secret to perfect glitter lips isn't glitter lipstick, which always sucks. Put on you lipstick first then touch ultra-fine glitter to it. Coats much more intensely.
* Mascara. Some people use it. Some people don't. If you're wearing fake eyelashes you might still want some to darken you eyelashes which may be coated with translucent powder after your first sloppy attempt at drag.
* Eyeliner. For out of the box perfect lines there's nothing like liquid eyeliner, and it comes in cool colors. Other make-up can perform the same task, but not as easily.
* Color powders & pots. You don't have to buy blush to use as blush. You can use any eye shadow or lipstick, so long as it's a color or texture you like. There are zillions of eye shadows, blushes, and theatrical make-ups you can use to add color.
* Fake eyelashes. ALWAYS good, one should never feel fully dressed without these buggers. They really finish a look, but are hard to apply. Tips on how to put them on are listed below.
* Glitter and jewels. Why just apply make-up when you can glue stuff to your face as well. Rhinestones, sequins, macaroni, Scrabble tiles. Why limit yourself?
* Special effects make-up. Fake blood. Tooth black, white, red, and nicotine yellow. Fresh scab. These are NAMBLA the Clown's signature additions. Not for everyone, but fun to use for that look that gets the looks.
* Tools. Again, you don't need all these tools, but you will need some.

* Sealed make-up box or bag. Make-up always explodes at some point in your career unless you're a totally anal freak. The other kind of freak who irons their socks and folds their underwear and remembers peoples birthdays and doesn't like chocolate. No, make-up always explodes. Lids to loose powder jiggle open. Fake blood lids twist open. It happens. Trust me. Get a bag or box that seals tight.
* Powder puff and brushes help you put on and remove excess loose powder after you finish your base.
* Paint brushes are needed to apply dry and liquid colors.
* Make-up Pencils are great for sharp lines, but require an accompanying sharpener. (Note that pencils are really hard to sharpen in 110°F deserts because they soften and don't keep a point. Store them in your ice cooler in a Ziploc bag if you're going to Burning Man.)
* Sponges for applying make-up are optional. NAMBLA uses his fingers. Others prefer sponges.
* Decent mirror. Don't think your pal's gonna let you muscle in on their mirror. Always have your own.
* Make-up removal stuff. On the road Baby Wipes, cold cream and paper towels are your best friends. You don't need water if you have these supplies. But make sure you get non-scented Baby Wipes otherwise you'll end up smelling like your grandmother before the incontinence set in.
* Baby oil. Removes spirit gum; don't buy "spirit gum remover". It's a rip off and is just repackaged baby oil. If you glued down your eyebrows and forget baby oil you're screwed. But it is a good look on it's own: morning-after drag remnants.

Where to Get It
You can get all the basics at drugstores like Walgreens. But if you wanna go mega you'll need to go to a specialty retailer. Surprisingly enough a lot of department store make-up counters such as Make-Up Forever, Sephora and MAC have excellent colors. But they'll cost you an arm and a nut. And if you're a girl or low circulation diabetic that's gonna be pretty costly. Theatrical make-up stores also have great colors at medium prices. All store recommendations listed here are for San Francisco. There are equivalents everywhere, only perhaps not as good for the aspiring tranny, clown or accessorized nudist.

If you don't have a lot of time and are in San Francisco you can get everything you can possibly think of at California Theatrical Supply, 132 9th Street tween Mission and Howard. Call them for their hours at (415) 863-9236. They are not open weekends, so you'll have to plan ahead. NAMBLA the Clown adores this place.

For goodies like rhinestones, jewels and silly drag accessories three places make life easy.

* Cliff's Hardware on Castro at 18th is ridiculous. Fake eyelashes, jewels, you name it for mainstream drag they're a great supplier, though their make-up may be a bit more expensive than California Theatrical.
* General Bead. The help at General Bead is really snotty. Go ahead and tell them NAMBLA said that, and that they need an attitude adjustment 'cause they just work in a craft shop. Having said that, they have wicked cool beads and jewels perfect for gluing madness in quantities undreamable.
* Costumes on Haight, 735 Haight St, (415) 621-1356. This place is packed full of crap you don't need, yet want. Make-up here is a bit overprices, but it's a good one-stop shop for both make-up and costumes. They have really good silly stuff.

How to Put It On
First things first. Sunscreen. Put it on before anything else goes on if you're doing makeup in daylight. Otherwise you're going to have a really stupid sunburn. After a gay pride parade years ago NAMBLA discovered that the pink sponge rollers he'd glued to his shaven head had left large white rectangles where they cast shadows, while the rest of his head was burned to a pink crisp. Not good. Sunscreen please.

Preventing splatter. Wear clothing that buttons or zips up the front rather than the costume you plan to wear. One always spills make-up down their front when using the quantities necessary for that over the top look you're going for. If you do have to wear your costume, may one suggest a bib or apron frontside to stop the dribbling? Tissue paper or newspaper shoved into your collar may look stupid, but hey, if it makes your final look that much better, so what.

Getting rid of your eyebrows. Glue down your eyebrows with spirit gum first. Let the stuff dry a bit then use your paintbrush to squish them down more, so that they're as smooth to your face as possible. NAMBLA has huge furry caterpillars above his eyes and really struggles to hide them. After the glue has dried apply the eyebrow wax til it's smooth. Use as little eyebrow wax as possible, as it can crack and peel if you use too much.

Base. Apply as thinly as possible yet still getting an even smooth coating. Use either sponges or fingers to apply. Cream base applies very evenly. Choose a light-to-medium colored base, rather than a darker colored base. Unless you're doing blackface, of course. Light colors allow you to use dark colors as accents and even lighter colors as highlights. Dark colors on light read better from a distance, and you want people to fear and disdain you from at least a block away, as well as in low lighting. Remember when putting base on your neck that it will get on the neck of your garment guaranteed. When put on other parts of your body, such as arms and legs remember that make-up wipes off. NAMBLA once loaned his bicycle to a naked guy whose ass was painted red. You can imagine the bike seat when he got it back. Eeeeww! But sniffable.

Powder your base liberally. Put on lots of powder and brush away with a powder brush or the like. Powder sets your base so it won't smear. Leave a little extra powder not wiped off just below your eyes on your cheek bones as well as on your nose while paint on your eyes and eyebrows. Whenever you do your eyes with eye shadow, invariably powders fall onto your nose and cheekbones, which can be a pain. If you leave that extra powder on you can brush away the excess at the end without ruining your base.

Now start slapping it on. Start with the broad outlines you want to achieve. Don't try to get things even. If you're a beginner it's often easier to intentionally make your face asymmetrical. Otherwise you can tweak on getting your eyebrows even forever. This is a matter of style, but often it's easiest to start with the eyes, shape the lips and let everything fall in place afterward. If you draw your eyebrows on higher than your natural ones you have much more space to exaggerate your eyes. Lips don't have to be lip shaped. And for that matter, who needs eyebrows in the first place? It's shocking that this is being stated, but put on less make-up than you think. Or at least put it on as thin as possible. Make-up cracks. The thicker it is the more it cracks. Again this can be a good look if it's what you're trying for, otherwise you'll just end up looking like one more woe begotten Frankentranny.

Fake eyelashes are a nightmare for beginners. They are, experts think, required for a complete look. However they're a pain to put on. Erica uses eyelash glue for hers. NAMBLA uses something called "Medical Adhesive" for his. To use eyelash glue put on a thin amount to the lash and let it sit there til it gets tacky. Well, tackier.... Then put them on slowly. Good thing is eyelash glue peels off easily when it's dry. If you screw up give it a minute to dry then peel it off and try again. Medical adhesive dries pretty instantly, and since NAMBLA has absolutely no patience this is perfect for him. It is, however, unforgiving, and does not come off easily, often leaving little globules the next morning, which is stunning for tooling down to Center Camp Café, but may not be the look you're trying for going to the office in the morning. Just a thought. Also if you're opting for those massive eyelashes there is a trick to putting them on. Curve the outer corners (the end of the lash toward your ear) up a little bit away from the eye, rather than along the eyelash line itself. This curve makes the eyelashes turn up and outward, otherwise they kinda fall into your eyes and look like eye claws. Not that that's a bad look either. DO NOT USE SPIRIT GUM with fake eyelashes. That shit burns your eyes like a mofo. Not a good idea.

Jewels, fake blood and the like are the finishing touches. If you use glitter remember to not let it hit the ground. Again, use less than the payload of a thermonuclear glitter bomb. Apply it above something. Glitter doesn't biodegrade, much like Cher, so if it hits the ground it's staying there unless you clean it up. Also glue your jewels on carefully. When gluing them on the trick is to apply the glue to yourself, not the jewel. It's much easier that way. Bring your glue with you as well. Never know when you're gonna need a touch up. Fake blood, bruise kits and fake scabs rock. In this case too much is just fine. Some fake blood and fresh scab never dries, though. So ask your retailer if it dries or not and make your decisions about which to buy and where to apply it based on this. NAMBLA the Clown applies jewels to direct the spectator's eye away from his sloppily slapped on face's imperfections. Seems to work.

Take It Off... Take it All Off!
When it comes to removing this gunk, life is easy if you planned well. Apply cold cream in a thin layer and rub like soap. Wipe away with paper towels. Once you've gotten most of it off you can use Baby Wipes and paper towels with dabs of cold creme to get the rest. Most theatrical and drug store cosmetics come off relatively easily. Use baby oil on a rag to remove spirit gum. That requires some scrubbing, but isn't so bad. You don't have to use cold cream, but it makes life easier. Almost all makeup comes off with soap and water (except spirit gum and medical adhesive).

[Tancorix]

Iso, can you provide the link to the source for your quote? And if you have other tips or links, could you post them? Please?

[Apollonaris Zeus]

Cites please?

You people are just too serious!

I mean what will happen to the event if someone crashes a art car into the man?

Is there a contigency plan?

A II Z

[TheJudge]

I mean what will happen to the event if someone crashes a art car into the man?

With the sheer size of the structure that supports the man, I dont think crashing an art car into it would do anything except maybe piss off a lot of people.

[Badger]

I mean what will happen to the event if someone crashes a art car into the man?

Is there a contigency plan?

Yes, Rangers will chide the perp for dusting.

Next silly question please.

[Apollonaris Zeus]

Well what if the vehicle had two gas tanks and they were both filled?

Plus the driver had flatuency!

Huh, what cha going do then?

Next the fire canon could go off in chain reaction!

Mayhem would entail my friends!!!

Mayhem in our lovely little black Rock.

A II Z

[Tancorix]

If the group behind BM does what most groups do when running an event of this magnitude, what-if scenarios have already been thought of and discussed. All I have is a hunch, no facts to back it up but I'd bet the DPW crew could have a replacement man built in short order, if they don't already have one...just in case some yahoo tried the unthinkable.

I feel this is a non-issue, even if someone did sabotage the man I'd bet the citizens of BRC would engage in vigilante justice long before a LEO or Ranger could respond. And unless DHS gets a credible threat, they won't be concerning themselves with BM. The Dept of Justice is another story and one saved for another day.

[shaunbarney]

Sillyness. Pure Sillyness.

Well what if the vehicle had two gas tanks and they were both filled?

Plus the driver had flatuency!

Huh, what cha going do then?

SB

[Last Real Burner]

I mean what will happen to the event if someone crashes a art car into the man?

Is there a contigency plan?

Yes, in this case we simply have to burns silly the art car first and the man on sunday.


Suicide bombers on the Playa?

You would see the bomb silly everyones naked.


most likely,
mr smith

[TheJudge]

I think more about what if a terrorist attack hits while we are all out at BRC? What if there is a massive attack that destroys most of the United States and the only people left are the ones that went to Burning Man?

What would we do?

[Release Me]

First, begin brewing our own beer and distilling our favorite liquors. Second, all meet at camp Hedo to start repopulating the country.

[Release Me]

First, begin brewing our own beer and distilling our favorite liquors. Second, all meet at camp Hedo to start repopulating the country.

[atossab]

What if there is a massive attack that destroys most of the United States and the only people left are the ones that went to Burning Man?

Probabaly the only ones who could re-build on their own.

[honeyfire]

Bob and Badger, i'm surprised at you!
How could you leave off

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Non-Scoopable cat litter Laundry and dish soap
Dry & canned puppy food Fabric softener dryer sheets
Dry & canned kitten food Blankets
Rabbit food Crock bowls
Guinea pig food Paper towels
hamster/gerbil food Dog houses
Toilet lid covers Trash bags
Towels Treats
Small pet & bird cages
For Our Fosterlings:
Pet beds Meat-flavored baby food
Cat condos Baby rice cereal
Humidifiers Cotton balls
Baby gates Cotton swabs
Play pens Preparation H
Snugli baby carriers Tussin DM cough syrup
Portable radios Digital thermometers
Housetraining pads Pepto Bismal
Pedialyte Imodium tablets or liquid
KMR or Esbilac Milk
Replacement Formula Brushes, combs, & nail clippers
For Play & Socialization:
Plastic shower curtain rings Small hard rubber rings
Plastic balls Plastic golf balls
Cardboard rolls from
toilet paper and paper towels Washable stuffed animals
Very hard rubber,
chewable toys
(like Kongs and Nylabones) Unpainted, unfinished
wood blocks and rings
Items That Help Our Programs:
35 mm film Ribbon
Surgical instruments Polaroid camera & film
Plain #10 business envelopes and catalog envelopes Books about various breeds of dogs, cats, birds, and other small pets
13" or 15" TV Laminating machine
Medium-duty extension cords Pens, markers, & other office supplies
Disposable cameras Video camera & tapes
Dog breed books (books with multiple breeds in one book) Pentium PC computers-Minimum PIII 500mhz

I'm not saying that you're being remiss, but that's a big dynamic to have just skipped over...

[Badger]

I think more about what if a terrorist attack hits while we are all out at BRC? What if there is a massive attack that destroys most of the United States and the only people left are the ones that went to Burning Man?

What would we do?

Um, I think you'd see a real shift in the character of the city. The hippies/ravers would be shit out of luck. They'd last as long as an Irish Setter in a wolf pack.

I'd pack up, head towards the Selenite Range and watch the mayhem unfold like a Visigoth overlooking the hills of Rome.

I hold no pretense that a cooperative, communal situation would evolve.

None.

[Bob]

We are your overlords...

[BAS]

I think more about what if a terrorist attack hits while we are all out at BRC? What if there is a massive attack that destroys most of the United States and the only people left are the ones that went to Burning Man?

What would we do?

I think it would depend upon whether or not there were living dead rampaging through the cities and countrysides eating the flesh of the living...!

[robotland]

Now THAT would be Paradise! Cities empty of Spectators and Consumers, AND a Morning Zombie Hunt EVERY DAY!!!! Bliss.

[spider_rabbit]

http://www.yahoopamphlet.com/2003/03_homeland.html

I belive this will clear up some of those questions.