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Maslow Short-Circuited
Abraham Maslow was a good storyteller. He told a great story about human motivations as a pyramid of needs -- a lot of people are still hearing that story in Psych 101 classes around the world. Maslow's two basal sets of needs are physiological needs (eating, sleeping) and safety needs. Only after those base needs are met are we motivated to try to address our higher needs, e.g., love and belonging, esteem, and the ever-popular "Self-Actualization." (Are you self-actualized?)
Virtual worlds short-circuit Maslow. The avatar's typist can surely starve and die, but nothing in a virtual world will feed or protect the typist, so actions motivated by the two basal needs in virtual worlds are largely non-existent. (Unless we want to equate representation with reality -- and I don't.) However, love and belonging and esteem are all possible through virtual worlds as social software. Therefore we do see, in guilds and personal relationships, behaviors that we could find motivations for in the higher levels of Maslow's pyramid.
This might, in a nutshell, explain why Dave is probably right in pursuing anarchy and feudalism as alternative forms of good entertainment -- and I'm not just saying that because Dan and I agreed with him in our Legal Affairs article. Violence, anarchy, warfare, and destruction are all great fun to have with your pals in Norrath -- God forbid that anyone try to turn them into a blueprint for real society, though.
But Maslow's story might also be used to explain why virtual worlds are not just games. Avoiding starvation and threats to safety are, for better or worse, not the only motivations for the shape of our real world society. In fact, most people in Western societies seem fixated on other things that may actually have some relation to virtual worlds. So should we care about how virtual worlds are governed? Yes. But caring about them doesn't mean that governments in virtual worlds should look at all like those in the one world where we all eat and sleep.
Updates: 1) The BBC says virtual war is good, 2) Presence ("[A]t *some level* and to *some degree*, her/his perceptions overlook that knowledge and objects, events, entities, and environments are perceived as if the technology was not involved in the experience.")
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"Maslow's two basal sets of needs are physiological needs (eating, sleeping) and safety needs. Only after those base needs are met are we motivated to try to address our higher needs, e.g., love and belonging, esteem, and the ever-popular "Self-Actualization...."
I have real issues with this guy. Self-Actualization as a concept gives me a severe gastro-intestinal distress and an almost unsurmountable desire to ....never mind.
Survive long enough to reproduce effectively. That's the basic game plan. So that list of Maslow's is incomplete at best. Rather than a neat little static pyramid, I would rank human needs in the form of at least two parallel tracks, intertwinging around each other like snakes, each constantly pushing for primacy.
We desire security, so that we can be sure we have enough of the necessities of life to continue survival. We also desire some excitement. This provides survival value by keeping us from getting soft. I would certainly equate the need to explore and understand new things as being just as powerful as the desire for security. If this were not so, no would ever take the risk of exploring.
Exploring new relationships and new cultural contacts in a virtual world can be just as rewarding as doing it offline. This provides real world benefit by providing new information. I have met many people online from different countries that I probably would never have known otherwise. This widens our safety net, but it also strengthens us by forcing us to expand our world view.
We desire companionship because "Bare is back without brother behind it" etc. Friends and comrades provide a safety net. But we also want to stand out, because we can have better odds of attracting a superior breeding partner if we seem exceptional. We desire to explore, because with a new generation comes the need for more room. We defend what we have, to ensure an adequate supply for our current needs.
These twin drives provide the energy that keeps any human society in motion. Emotional needs are based on the basic game plan. Impulses that serve to promote survival and sucessful reproduction are the ones that stick around.
Real world needs can be achieved through virtual worlds, if you regard them as simply a medium whereby strangers can meet and get to know each other. From such beginnings can come friendship, mating, business ties, political arrangements, cross-cultural education, and other real world advantages.
Self-Actualization. Oh my. "Be all you can be". Nice. But how, pray tell, are you supposed to be able to tell when you have reached that point? How about instead simply spending your life in a constant effort to become more than you are? It is not the finish line that matters, it is the race. Else, the Marathon would be 5 feet long. We remember that old Greek guy not because he ran yelling thru town and dropped dead. We remember him because of the miles he ran to get there.
Same for any other aspect of human striving. "Violence, anarchy, warfare, and destruction are all great fun to have with your pals in Norrath -- God forbid that anyone try to turn them into a blueprint for real society, though...."
Why are they fun? Because we are competitive predators. Born that way. We like to fight and kill things. Doing it in a virtual world, like any other artificial sporting event, provides a relief valve to let off those feelings without escalating into real world violence (except in those areas where Lineage is popular apparently).
Whatever form you make a virtual world, you are going to be faced with the reality of what people are. Aggresive, highly competitive territorial predators with a strong sense of loyalty to their own in-group.
Your limits are defined by the material you have to work with. People are even more restrictive than technological limts sometimes.
I have no idea why I came out with that. It is late after a hard day. Feel free to flame.
Posted Oct 13, 2003 10:42:44 PM | link
Very interesting discussion.
Some years ago, I noticed a sudden surge of players complaining on the UO boards. They were complaining about not getting new content in a timely manner; My initial reaction was curiosity. Why were they suddenly very vocal about not receiving something they had never had before on any sort of regular basis?
Reflecting on what was going on I could see that for the first few years of UO there was no "content" to the game. There were no quests, no big-bosses, and no clear-cut goals. The Virtual World was so incredibly harsh that the goal was that of basic survival. I was painfully aware of this as soon as I went into the gameworld for the first time... As time wore on (and people left in droves) the game changed to have areas where your basic needs for safety were a given - you no longer needed to trod in the unsafe anarchy. As that happened players who lived in these new areas were instantly bumped up a notch in the ladder of needs and were free to position themselves wherever their real selves would drive them once past the need for basic survival... So here comes "content" to keep these players "content" and provide a framework which helps fulfill their needs.
Posted Oct 14, 2003 1:50:18 AM | link
I'm not really sure I understood the OP.
Is Maslow's heirarchy supposedly short-circuited for the (human) player or is this about the lack of Maslow's Needs as pertains to avatars, i.e. the need to find food, the need to sleep/rest, the need for water, the need for shelter? (All but one of which exist in many MMOGs, or at least did in many of the 1st/2nd generation, assuming EQ/DAoC/AC are 2nd gen, UO is borderline, and things like M59 and the Realm are first gen. )
If you mean Maslow is short-circuited for the Player, I can't possibly agree with that. MMOGs are entertainment, thus not one of Maslow's Needs, but a Desire.
If you mean Maslow is s-ced for the Avatar, I don't really think you can attempt to map something like Maslow to fictional characters, especially not game characters.
TV/Movie/Book/Theatre characters are rarely shown dealing with the search for food/shelter/water/rest in any remotely important way. It's usually assumed that fictional characters eat, sleep, drink, defacate, etc., but not really necessary to the story.
I think MMOGs give the Needs more time than other forms of popular entertainment with many games requiring, albeit automated, eating and drinking of food and water, nearly all require resting of some sort, some require shelter to be acquired(inns, bedrolls) as a prerequisite to resting. Waste-handling is the only function that is almost completely omitted from all forms of pop entertainment, potty humour notwithstanding.
So, I guess I get back to "I don't think I really understand the OP," in that I didn't get a firm sense of how Maslow's Heirarchy is theoretically short-circuited by MMOGs/VWs.
Posted Oct 14, 2003 9:41:14 AM | link
B Smith: Yes, I'm not totally on board with Maslow either, but I think the pyramid is an interesting construct so I'm just using it as a disussion point. (I'm kind of a post-modernist at heart, so I'm dubious that Maslow "discovered" something by making the pyramid -- I'm more inclined to think he wrote a story about motivation that is appealing to people.)
DS & DL: I was being laconic, as usual. The point of the post, for me, was a kind of oblique critique of the Avatar Rights thread, and the "just a game" meme we're dealing with. The social relationships in VWs, the social esteem obtained in VWs, and many of the other aspects of VWs are significantly "real" -- as in RL real -- and this is evidenced by the trade in virtual artifacts, the formation of long-term RL relationship out of VW relationships, etc.
The death, hunger, war, etc., in VWs, however, are not real -- they are entertainment. Real world governments would never (well, should never) try to emulate the societies formed in VWs, because in VWs people are motivated to seek out the dangers they are motivated to avoid IRL. However, the social software aspects and motivation in VWs are real, and we would anticipate that they would take shapes similar to what we find IRL, and might yield some interesting data that would be helpful to those interested in governance. (And TL's Everquest Sopranos paper provides some evidence of this.)
So when I say that "Virtual worlds short-circuit Maslow" -- I guess I mean that the social orders that emerge in VWs are going to be very different that those IRL, because the motivations fueling them, and the social structures that emerge from those motivations, are all going to skip past the lower two levels of Maslow's pyramid, which are essentially about entertainment in the context of VWs.
Posted Oct 14, 2003 11:00:29 AM | link
I'm surprised at the acceptance of the claim that VW lack the "food & shelter" needs. I would think most players identify a certain subsistance level living that they need to achieve in order to progress to the entertainment aspect of VWs. In fact, this is likely the very reason why we have out-of-game markets.
Common "food"s of VW are Gold and Skills/Levels. The first is pretty straightforward - you don't have to look far to find someone working the game rather than playing it to pay for their adventures.
Consider a character in Ultima Online. If they are a naked newbie, the player is going to be driven by the most elementary needs: Equipment and Skills. The equipment isn't a one time thing, either. Most UO players (at least in pre-Trammal) would have a full suit of backup armour in the bank. This is a constant underlying need which I think preempts "Security". Danger is not a concern until one has something one fears losing.
Starwars Galaxies has raised the role of Credit to that of Food. To do ANYTHING costs credits. It is a constant drain on your character. Own a house, and bleed credits. Fly between planets, bleed credits. Again, sufficient credits are needed before the typist can concentrate on more esoteric goals.
The other dimmension of Needs is "Experience" or "Skills". This is the typist demanding that the first thing they do is raise their skills as much as they can. During the Power Hour of Ultima Online when skills rose faster, one often met people who wouldn't stop to talk because the need for skills had trumped that of socialization.
The interesting thing about all this is that these needs are not required. The characters won't die in any of the big MMORPG if you don't satisfy them - for life only $x a month is needed. They also get stronger the longer the typist is in the world. Newbie typists are willing to go without credits and skills, experienced typists hunger for them and refuse to play until they are achieved. That is why I'd place them at the level of Food, for anyone studying solely within the VW, it would certainly appear that these are the penultimate needs that trump lesser concerns such as social advancement.
As for safety - that is a no brainer. It is abundantly evident that the players strive after safety. Players only "appreciate" war in VWs when the war preserves their safety. Indeed, I would think it also clear that people "appreciate" war in the real world when they feel their safety is assured.
If there is a hierarchy of needs, (which I don't fully hold with, as it seems a rather linear analysis of human behaviour) all levels still exist in VWs. A VW that doesn't preserve the typists desires for substinance living will lead to the typist spending inordinate time trying to maintain said living. A VW that doesn't preserve the typists sense of safety will have players that concentrate on maintaining their safety.
- Brask Mumei
Posted Oct 14, 2003 1:22:19 PM | link
My background is in "nongame" virtual worlds and currently, I'm working on a very nongame support community. As a model, I've used Maslow's Hierarchy for years so you can bet I don't agree that it's been short circuited for VWs or MMOGs.
On the base "physiological" level, participants in any online community need a stable client/server/connection and a persist ant identity to inhabit. Make either of those unavailable or unstable and the online space will not be inhabited much like arid desserts are not city centers. VWs are taking note of this - There has been preserving beta identities, items and accounts through DB changes and it seems to be the intended strategy to build a user base.
On the Safety and Security level, account security is the parallel with physical safety. Threaten that or even raise the specter of it with rumor of people's account's being hacked. In my experience, the response of people is very similar to an offline physical threat. Maslow also placed economic security in this level and the easy parallel is to the cost of an account/membership/therebucks. When the prices threaten to rise, the response is that of a community under hardship and attack (especially if the perception is that it is an unfair decision made by the host). I've lived through price changes and while our staff may have thought, "it's just business" that is most definitely not the reaction we got from our customers which ranged from anger to depression and grief at leaving the VW.
Personally, I use the first two levels to drive home the importance of stable, secure code and thought out mode of identity when I have been given the responsibility of fostering social relationships online. Without paying heed to accessibility, identity and security of the individual, it's a risky venture to try building a virtual world with the intent that it will last.
A final note is that I don't treat the hierarchy as a strictly linear progression. Some people move quickly to different levels of need. But, however they got to that set of new needs, they will drop down as soon as the previous set are threatened. A guild leader planning for a group event will quickly drop into pure survival mode if his account is hacked or your hosting service goes belly up. Until that basic need is met (again), that person will be distracted from fulfilling "higher" needs.
Posted Oct 14, 2003 3:22:17 PM | link
I'm afraid I must be either being too obscure or too obvious here -- maybe both. My attempted (albeit simple) point was that the typist sitting at the keyboard will never fear for his/her bodily safety when controlling an avatar in a virtual world. Surely the typist is concerned about the represented bodily safety of the avatar representation within the game context. The typist is also concerned about the needs of account integrity and account security. But these are (at best) property concerns, I submit, not what Maslow was talking about when he talked about the physiological and safety needs of persons as base motivators.
However, the typist may feel *real*, not represented, belonging and group membership as a result of interactions with others in virtual worlds as social software. This is evidenced by RL relationships formed out of (and bleeding into) virtual worlds. Therefore, the dynamics that lead to certain structures of government in real life may be unlikely to be replicated in virtual environments where the typists don't have the same base motivators -- hence democracy in virtual world may not look much like RL democracy. In essence, this is a rephrasing of the "it's just a game" argument in Maslow's terms.
What is interesting, though, is that Maslow's upper level motivators should map well from real life to virtual life. So to the extent RL governance is a result of higher level motivations (to the exclusion of base concerns such as mutual aid and protection from bodily harm) analogous social structures should emerge in virtual worlds.
Scott -- I think the hacking/security point is interesting. Digital existence does depend upon functioning circuitry.
This all reminds me of that Dennis Danvers book, Circuit of Heaven.
Posted Oct 14, 2003 8:06:10 PM | link
This may be a bit off-topic, but I am wondering if a certain level of Maslow progression isn't a prerequisite to fully participating in a VW.
I am sure this happens in other VWs as well as in other industries, but we have had a few people in the There forums claim that they would face serious consequences in RL if we didn't lower our prices on a few virtual items.
One lady claimed that she couldn't afford to buy school clothes for her 2 kids (in RL) as well as her 150 club-mates (in VW), and therefore she should receive a discount on virtual items. At first I thought she was joking, but a few members called her on it and she defend the statement.
Another lady, claimed that There should lower our prices because too many people might max out their credit cards and 'not be able to pay their rent' if we didn't. If I remember correctly this turned out to be a 20+ post thread.
While these are obviously extreme cases, it was interesting to me that people would think that RL consequences might be legitimate argument for negotiating prices in a virtual world.
Posted Oct 14, 2003 8:44:50 PM | link
"My attempted (albeit simple) point was that the typist sitting at the keyboard will never fear for his/her bodily safety when controlling an avatar in a virtual world."
We are not talking about high level cognitive processes when we look at the "Food/Shelter" level of needs. We are talking about base, gut, reactions. I would note that while the typist has no rational reason to fear their bodily safety, if you put their avatar in a position of virtual danger they will exhibit many of the physiological reactions that would suggest that their subconcious feels that they are threatened.
Just as the VW relationships are "real" as they are between different real people, the demand for safety of the virtual avatar is "real" as it triggers real emotions.
We should keep in mind that what is important for changing peoples actions isn't the threat to safety, but the _perceived_ threat to safety. There is no reason to discount threats to avatar safety as being irrelevant to the needs hieararchy on the grounds they are not real threats - one would need to argue that the players subconcious does not perceive a threat. And as said subconcious ACTS threatened, I'd suspect that would be hard to do.
- Brask Mumei
Posted Oct 14, 2003 8:56:07 PM | link
Bruce -- that's *very* interesting. I guess I should have supposed that sort of thing was happening, but somehow I wasn't thinking about it. Sherry Turkle and Julian (and a bunch of others) have talked about the consequences of over-investment in VWs at the expense of RL, and we all know the EverCrack stories... I'm afraid I can't suggest an answer from an economic perspective, though. Whatever prices you set, you'll still have people who max out their credit cards on virtual stuff and want you to lower the prices again. Very disturbing.
Brask -- that's a palpable hit too. First person shooters, for instance, do trigger physiological reactions, don't they? I think the subconscious Pavlovian response to game environments is something we can and should distinguish from rational decisions based on real stimuli. But you're right -- there is some degree of blur there...
Posted Oct 14, 2003 9:34:12 PM | link
Greg, thanks for the book link - I haven't read it yet.
I suspect there are greater influences on government formation than Maslow - specifically the focus and use of resources in a particular VW. What resources are scarce and who can control the resources. For example, in AlphaWorld, symmetric coordinates and view were scarce and I believe a zoning committee developed. I was surprised seeing the First Bank Of There and Therebux - initially, but Therebuck are scarce (they require effort to obtain) so it will be interesting to see how these groups develop and wield their influence. At one point, The Palace developed what could be best described as a nepotistic autocracy as some of their Wizards were basically unchecked by anyone higher (the scarcity being access to the server and power over one's avatar/name choice which could be suppressed via scripts).
Or have I misunderstood your view of governance? This is going to send me back to my Marvin Harris book that describes the transformation of tribal societies into states (Cannibals and Kings) which hasn't happened in VWs yet.
Posted Oct 15, 2003 5:53:12 PM | link
"My attempted (albeit simple) point was that the typist sitting at the keyboard will never fear for his/her bodily safety when controlling an avatar in a virtual world."
I have to agree with Brask on his point about having the same physiological reaction weather in a VW or not. While I can't see myself having a rush of adrenaline in There, the tales of adrenaline rushes when surprised by an adversary on UO, EVE, etc, are not fiction, they are my personal experience too. I have a heart rate monitor I use while working out and ran a few informal tests some time back. It was able to tell me exactly how much time I played and how much time I went beyond the thresholds I had set. The physical reaction was certainly there.
Posted Oct 15, 2003 7:01:19 PM | link
Our pricing models are pretty simple; estimate where supply and demand curves cross, adjust up/down to encourage over-use or under-use, then adjust again based on community feedback/backlash.
Posted Oct 15, 2003 10:00:15 PM | link
Scott -- I agree that the role of code (e.g., the way code enables governance, reflects values, and creates power) plays a *huge* role in governance of online gamespaces. It's a much bigger consideration than what I'm thinking about with Maslow, i.e., player investment and motivation to shape social structures within the gamespace.
Brask -- I agree, and that's why I have that new update about "presence." But I think maybe we need to talk about Pavlov a little, that other guy from the Psych 101 pantheon.
Bruce -- Right. I think I misread your comment about how it was "interesting" that people were trying to leverage RL consequences into price negotiations for virtual goods as a suggestion that you might think there *should* be some weight. Obviously you don't, and I think that's the right answer.
Posted Oct 16, 2003 9:27:08 AM | link
Abe Maslow was not a NY Lawyer. He was
a Ph.D. psychologist. He *did* start
law school, however, but one day walked
out, leaving his books behind after a
discussion of "spite fences." He thought
man was better than that.
Posted Feb 11, 2004 11:59:06 AM | link
Sam, thanks -- I misread that bio I linked to. I will amend the post to delete the reference to the legal training which Abe Maslow rose above. :-)
Posted Feb 11, 2004 12:23:19 PM | link


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- Fat: 6g
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Misery's misery. It's short, but hey. It's something, right? MOOCOW IS IN THE MOTHERFICCYING HOUSE
Though, Pete still found the silence disturbing to him. The entire morning had been spent as if it was a normal day and that Misery was in fact not in his residence any longer. He knew that, of course, to be a lie. A heavy sigh left his lips as he gazed down the hallway for the tenth time that hour. Misery's door remained closed without any light leaking out from the bottom.
Pete shifted on the couch and hesitantly flipped through the channels, not finding anything too amazing on TV. His mind was elsewhere; it was on Misery. He wondered if, even though she was dead, she still had emotions and was just having a bad day. He had to admit, she acted like a normal person; after all, she ate, drank and even slept.
"She has to have emotion." He mumbled to himself.
Hemmingway rolled over onto his back suddenly and tilted his head back to stare at Pete. Pete simply placed the remote down and stood up, pushing some of his hair out of his face as he slowly paced down the hallway. Upon meeting the guest bedroom door, his heart beat picked up and suddenly, he felt nervous. However, it wasn't the kind of nerves that made him scared of Misery or anything she did, but the kind of nerves that had him questioning their emotional relationship. She was a part of him.
"Misery?" he questioned, his hand now turning the knob of the door.
The room was dark, matter of fact it was pitch dark; even though the afternoon sun was pouring through the window. It was as if Misery's emotions had poured over everything in the room with ominous paint. Her body was the only color in the room. Misery lay atop of the now black sheets in a red dress that met her knees, and because she was on her stomach, face down; Pete could see the tie in the back. Her arms were stone and lay parallel to her body, though her hands seemed to be blackened as well.
"Misery." Pete called her name again.
She didn't respond, but in the blink of an eye, Pete found himself lying in the bed as well, and discovered his inability to move. It was the most drastic thing Misery had done all week.
"Don't speak." Misery said, though her voice was muffled by the pillow her face was in. "Today is a day of mourning." She explained.
Pete poised his lips open and began to speak, but found his voice inaudible. Misery turned her face smiled at Pete's confused face.
"I told you not to speak." She whispered.
Pete frowned and forcefully slid his arms up so they were bent near his head. Misery observed the way he broke momentarily out of her grip of dominance.
"I'll tell you though." She announced.
Pete licked his lips and found his voice returning as he spoke again.
"What happened?" he asked. "Why today?"
Misery bent her arms up as well, and suddenly, her hands were back to a normal shade of milky tan.
"I died today." She spoke.
Pete felt his heart flutter in surprise. He didn't expect Misery to be open about her death, let alone share with him the date of when she did die. He decided, for once, to keep his lips tightly together.
Misery took a deep breath in, even though she honestly did not need it to survive. She smirked to herself at this.
"Two years ago, today, I was successful."
Pete's eyes widened and his throat closed only momentarily.
"You killed yourself?" he asked, the speed of his voice rushed.
Misery's eyes reflected guilt. She nodded once and did not further the explanation of her death. Pete gulped at the silence between them but did not dare shift his eyes away from her gaze. Misery finally moved her hand over the distance to his and slid her fingers through the spaces his relaxed hand created.
"Do you feel me Peter?" she asked.
Pete lowered his eyes to her hand on his and felt his bottom lip fall from his top one in amazement. It had been a long time since anybody had shown him physical emotion, and for the first time, he felt no warmth or comfort. He only felt the coldness of death itself. He twitched his thumb and watched as it slipped through flesh as if she was a… spirit. Misery hated being referred to as a ghost. He internally shook his head but raised his eyes to Misery's either way and nodded.
"I do." He insisted.
Misery shook her head.
"What you feel Peter is not me." She paused to push her hand into his, Misery's hand literally possessing his and the two hands becoming one. Peter shivered, instantly feeling the freeze of her eternal hell. He watched as her eyes closed and actually felt the eternal grip she had on his life tighten as his heart sank for the innocent girl that had intruded on his life. Misery's eyes slit open and she locked eyes with Pete again before speaking.
"It's misery." She simply said. "Misery."


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One of my best vegetarian friends and his wife came to visit me and Betsy last weekend and I wanted to make sure we had lots of delicious vegetarian fare to munch on.
I took a risk and let you guys pick one of the first things I planned on making for them. I knew you would pick wisely and you did.
I love making spring rolls because they look freakin' amazing. The colors are awesome and people are usually impressed. It also turns out to be really easy to make a few as a quick appetizer.
Tempeh Spring Rolls
- 1 8 ounce block of tempeh
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon Sriracha sauce
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 large carrot, shredded
- 1 cucumber, sliced thin
- Bean sprouts
- Pea shoots
- Spring roll wrappers
- Dipping Sauce:
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- Sriracha, to taste
- Sesame oil, to taste
1) Whisk together soy sauce, sesame oil, and Sriracha and toss in tempeh block. Cover and shake well to coat tempeh. Let rest for 15-20 minutes to marinate.
2) Heat oil in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Remove tempeh and sear on both sides for 4-5 minutes per side.
3) Remove tempeh and slice thin. Also grate carrots and slice cucumbers into sticks.
4) To make a spring roll, put some warm water in a large plate. Take one rice paper wrapper and submerge it in the water. Let it sit for 5 seconds and flip it and let it sit for another 5 seconds. It should be flexible but not soggy.
5) Move wrapper to a clean surface. Add a few tempeh slices and veggies to the middle of the wrapper. You can fill them pretty big.
6) Roll wrapper up, pulling on the wrapper as you roll to keep it nice and tight.
7) Slice each roll in half and repeat until you use all your tempeh or veggies.
8) Serve with dipping sauce!
The Tempeh
I've said it before and I'll say it again… I'm not sure why tofu is more popular than tempeh. Tempeh is, in my opinion, easier to prepare and way more flavorful.
It's slightly more expensive, but works much better than tofu in dishes like this.
Like tofu though, it can be a bit bland if you just cook it as-is so I marinaded my tempeh for a few minutes in a soy sauce and sriracha mix.
This gives it plenty of flavor!
Once your tempeh has marinated, heat a small amount of oil in a medium skillet over medium high heat.
Add the tempeh blocks and let them sear for 4-5 minutes per side.
Then just slice it fairly thin and you're ready to go!
The Veggies
In my opinion, the key to any good spring roll is making sure you have lots of good, crunchy veggies to add to them.
For this version, I grated a carrot, sliced some cucumbers thin, and used some bean sprouts and pea shoots. These were a good mix, but don't feel obligated to use all of them. You could use almost any fresh and crunchy vegetable for these guys.
Making the Rolls
You should be able to find rice paper wrappers in your supermarket these days. They will usually be in the Asian section on a bottom shelf. Obviously, any Asian market will have them also.
These things might look intimidating, but they are actually pretty easy to use.
Add some warm water to large dish or plate that can hold the wrapper. Then, working with one wrapper at a time, dip it in the water until it's flexible. I usually let mine sit for a few seconds per side.
If you let the wrapper sit too long in the water it'll get too soggy to use.
Once the wrapper is flexible, move it to a clean surface and top it like crazy. You can really fill these guys pretty full.
Then fold the ends over the center and start rolling the wrapper.
As you roll the wrapper, pull slightly on the wrapper to keep it really nice and tight. It's surprising how sturdy these thin little papers actually are. They are stronger than you would think so you can tug on them and make sure the rolls are very tight.
Most importantly, don't freak out if you mess one up. It happens to the best of us!
Once you finish the rolls, slice them in half and serve them with the dipping sauce.
Doesn't get much easier, or more colorful, than that!
I served these as an appetizer and then my black pepper tofu for the main dish.
It was a great meal and I'll be making these guys again for sure.


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70 Moonkin here. I think you spun the mana regen from melee'ing a bit too much. It's honestly not that great in a group situation. There's no reason to run OOM on trash pulls, and in a boss fight, getting in melee range could be dangerous. I'm not syaing it's *never* useful... just that it's not something I'd want to rely on. Just bring some mana potions instead. :P
Also, most spell damage gear also has +healing on it, so a Balance Druid can make a pretty respectable off-healer simply by remaining in caster form and wearing his nuking gear. (My Moonkin has about +715 damage AND healing).
It's really nice to see the playerbase finally waking up to see what Moonkins have to offer though. :)


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Should Microsoft and Google stand up and oppose the NSA publicly? Will doing nothing work?
The big Media Story today is about a Whistle-Blower who is hiding and
may soon to be captured and returned to the US for Arrest and Trial.
The exposure of NSA spying tactics of forcing Microsoft and Google,
as well as a number of other Internet Providers, both here and abroad, to provide User Records has put this nation's Internet Users on guard.
The NSA's current program PRISM has now been shown to have been
used to invade and capture information from friendly foreign nations.
We are Americans. We claim to be Free. However, in the
last 20 years things have been changing. Can we afford to stay
out of the mess?
What I wrote, although it sounds like an hyperbole, is anything but.
I refer to CNN's presentation on July 17th's video of the US Congress
having a hearing with the Deputy Director's of the Department's of Justice, DOJ, the DIA, the National Security Agency, NSA. and one other.
In the 3 .8 hour Congressional Committee's hearing, members asked pointed
questions and received evasive answers, with promises made that a secret
session would be more appropriate to answer their queries.
The queries by the Congressmen and Congresswomen were to the point
of why the NSA and other such agencies were conducting surveillances'
of US citizens, with partner corporations, collecting said US citizen's information from the telephone (cell phone) calls, email messages, and otherwise, that had been placed and received, and specifically without the knowledge and/or permission of said US citizens, in violation of two of the amendments to the US Constitution, plainly illegal acts.
Hyperbole, not hardly.
I found on my operating system, evidence of the NSA's Prism program.
Regardless of your opinion, please take a few minutes and
respond. ..Your input is necessary. ..Stand up, be fearless.
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Jul 18 2013: Kate Blake 50+
TED didn't put up a "Reply" thingy.
I don't know anyway to get a hold of Oprah to get her support.
But I will give it my best.
My problem is that I got rid my TV 4 or 5 years back when the
commercials outweighed the programs.
Never missed it. Not even during the NFL season.
I like Aussie Football better anyway.
Computers are great for spectator sports, as commercials have
yet to make their ugly impact.
It would be so nice to have Congress re-work our system of commerce.
Ours is old, out of date, slow, and ripe with corruption.
Limited Liability Laws, the carrot and the stick for Corporations.
What garbage.
I think I may have been sent back in time.
This has to be a nightmare.
I wonder what the NSA likes.
Can you imagine reading all that stuff.
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Jul 18 2013: Kate Blake 50+ Yes Miss Kate...
Thank you for the information. I had no idea.
Oprah's had a great show for years, and I think
I may have watched it twice, for a few minutes.
I am solitary as an old Moose, standing on the top
of a singular hillock, under a lone tree, with his head
twisted upside down to eat the choicest of leafs.
We old Moosey's seldom watch TV. But I will ask
my daughter to help. ..She runs the Internet Service
Provider Digital Putty. ..But her politics differ from mine.
Drat !!! ..The good part is I get free service. lol
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I'm having a hard time coming to terms with the notion that, yes, it's almost Thanksgiving and, yes, I'm going to be hosting the shebang this year. Inspired by the fun-filled Hoochgiving Friendsgiving on the past season of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, I decided to call a similar event at my house this weekend. Who doesn't love an excuse to splurge on a festive cocktail dress and eat their body weight in stuffing? OOOH OOOH, PICK ME!
For my Friendsgiving, everyone is coming with a contribution, but I'll make the basics. You know -- the stuffing, the green beans, and most importantly, the turkey. Let me tell you a little something, I've never done this myself before, and I'm frightened.
Now that the to-do list is made and the turkey coupons have been located, I'm starting to get a whole lot of anxiety. Thus I present you with the 15 fears I have as a first-time Thanksgiving host:
1. Buying the turkey: I've never bought one of these before. They say you're supposed to get one pound per person eating, but knowing my crew, I think that's a little much. Then again, I don't want to be stingy on the portions.
2. Putting my hand in there: You know what I'm talking about. For all I know, I'm gonna reach in there and pull out Tommy the Turkey's old pal Suzie Squirrel. I DIDN'T ASK FOR THE TWO-FOR-ONE SPECIAL!
3. Drying out the turkey: If I cook it too long, I'm screwed. What if I select some super special abnormal turkey that is perfectly cooked in under four hours when I think it needs six?! That would be my luck.
4. Carving the meat: Growing up, my dad would always break out our automatic carving knife for big occasions like this. A.) I don't have any idea how to work that thing and B.) I will definitely need protective eyewear before attempting to slice the first drumstick. Clearly, this whole turkey thing concerns me.
5. Burning myself: I'm clumsy. Cooking so many things at once means I am optimizing my chances for a kitchen mishap, I just know it.
6. Forgetting about something: Like I said, there's going to be a lot going on.
7. Timing everything just right: Something is going to take longer than expected.
8. I may fall asleep: I'm slightly narcoleptic. It's undiagnosed. I'll be awake way past my normal 9:30 p.m. bedtime, and adding in loads of food to the equation is totally going to make me extra tired. I can't be tired when I have a house full of 15 guests and dessert to tend to.
9. What if I'm too full to drink?: MUST. DRINK. WINE.
10. Roasting the chestnuts: Is there any way to tell when chestnuts are really done roasting over an open fire?
11. Having a place to put everything: So many dishes, so little room. Does the folding table from the basement even open anymore? Is it moldy? Are we going to have to sit on the family room floor in some sort of cockeyed prayer circle?
12. What if I start to look preggers?: At least my dress has an empire waist and a distracting, yet appropriate, orange leaf pattern.
13. Leftovers: Should I just tell everyone to bring Tupperware from the get-go? I don't have enough old Chinese food containers for everyone to take home their own doggie bag. God knows I don't need to eat 1,000-calorie meals every day for the next three weeks.
14. Room, room, room: If (when) my guests get drunk, where will I put them? Should I take my gazillion 20 percent off Bed Bath & Beyond coupons and snag an extra air mattress?
15. Can't we all just get along?: It's always interesting, gathering friends and relatives from different circles who have never met. Let's hope my old sorority sister gets along with my boyfriend's cousin who has a thing for zombie romantic comedies.
Are you hosting Thanksgiving this year? Do you have any tricks or tips?
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i felt the same way and was only hosting it for my immediate family (7 ppl total) for the first time last year i STRONGLY recommend the reynolds oven bags for turkeys! its very good, it helps it stay moist and cooks much faster! and it helped contain the mess. go ahead with the 1lb per guest cuz the weight includes the bones too. it is weird putting ur hand in there but after the first time its no biggie :) good luck, write a list, prepare whatever u can a cpl days ahead, even prepping foods
This will be my first time hosting as well. *shudder*
I have helped with many a dinner but have never been souly responsible for the feeding and comfort of everyone on Turkey Day. The recipes on the fridge is a great idea!
I think you will do great!
I tape my recipes to the front of the microwave above the stove, or to the cabinets above my workspace. :-)
Not this year! I am very thankful for that ;)


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by Ysabel Yates
For the first time in history, over half the world's population lives in cities. Urbanization has exploded in the 21st century, and demographers estimate that three quarters of the population will live in urban settings by 2050.
But people aren't the only ones who are adapting to an increasingly urbanized world. As dense human settlements expand and encroach into natural habitat, more and more animals find themselves living - and in some cases thriving - in the city. A majority of these newcomers are carnivores who, because they can eat anything from mice to garbage, live well in urban environments. The need for more research into how these animals are adapting, including how they interact with people, is growing daily.
Now, Max Planck institute researchers studying a species of carnivores called fishers have devised a new mathematical model based on GPS data that provides a better method of tracking these animals. The study also revealed new insight into how these members of the weasel family are getting around, which includes brave urban explorations.
The scientists outfitted fishers around Albany, N.Y., with GPS sensors, and tracked their movement over three winters. Wildlife biologists typically rely on mathematical modeling to estimate how animals move, so the results of the GPS tracking data have yielded some surprises.
"I was really astonished at how bad the [previous] models were", says Martin Wikelski, a Max Planck Institute for Ornithology researcher said in a statement.
The data showed the fishers were using completely different corridors - routes that animals use to get from place to place - than were previously accounted for. Corridors are a vital area of study in animal conservation because, for example, if a highway is planned across a route that animals use it could endanger an entire population.
Previous mathematical models had only correctly predicted five out of the 23 corridors these carnivores were using. The models were flawed because they relied on information about the habitat preference of the animals. Fishers usually spend their time in forests and avoid open spaces. But that rule didn't apply here.
"The animals were much more flexible in their willingness to use corridors composed of a variety of habitat types, not just forests," said Scott LaPoint, a doctoral student who worked on the study.
Instead, they found that fishers use novel ways to get around. For example, instead of trying to cross six-lane highways, the animals went underneath them through old drainage pipes. "I would never have thought it, because with all we know about these shy animals, it didn't seem possible that they would use such potentially dangerous structures," said Wikelski.
The researchers are hoping this study can help facilitate more informed urban and landscape planning. To create healthy environments for animals, "we should ask the animals what they need," said Wikelski, "and by monitoring their movements, in effect we have actually created a way for the animals to communicate with us humans."
Top image: A fisher with a GPS tracker, courtesy Roland Kays / NC State University.


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The playoff round is over and the UEFA Champions League group stage draw can finally take place. On Thursday, all of the groups will be set for the European continent's biggest club competition. Fortunately for everyone, UEFA makes it easy to catch the draw online.
No matter where you live, you can find a live stream of the draw at UEFA.com. A link to the stream will show up on their home page a few minutes before the draw begins. If you live in the United States and pay for a FOX Soccer 2 Go subscription, you can also catch the draw on that service.
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This was wonderful! Really makes the most of the end of summer garden. So fresh tasting! Honestly I just used whatever cut of steak I had in the freezer. Easy to make and delicious; would be great on any protein. It's also easy to keep scallions on hand ->http://www.thatwasvegan.com/2012/03/16/make-those-scallions-last-forever/
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Very good and easy to prepare; DD does not like flank steak, "too tough". Served with quinoa/brown rice and steamed spinach.
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Shake the Sodium Habit
What do canned chicken noodle soup, rice pilaf mix, and hot dogs have in common? Besides being among America's most popular foods, they all are loaded with sodium, the element found abundantly in salt. Feast on all three at the same meal, and it's like eating a heaping spoonful of salt. Thanks to an upswing in processed foods and dining out, many dinner plates are brimming with sodium.
This free flow of sodium has doctors concerned. "Sodium attracts water. This increase in fluid makes your heart have to work harder, which increases blood pressure," says Lynn Goldstein, a New York-based registered dietitian. The higher a person's salt intake, the higher their blood pressure tends to be. And keeping your blood pressure within normal range can reduce your risk of coronary heart disease, stroke, congestive heart failure, and kidney disease.
Even though your body requires sodium to function, it needs only about 500 mg per day. Meanwhile, the average American eats between 2,400 and 7,200 mg per day. In fact, humans have been addicted to the crystalline stuff for centuries. Salt was so highly prized throughout history that people fought over it. Salt was coveted not only for its flavor enhancement, but also for its preservative properties before refrigeration.
"Unless you have high blood pressure and require a more restrictive diet, the goal is to be moderate in sodium intake," says Ruth Kava, Ph.D., R.D., director of nutrition for the American Council on Science and Health. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005 calls for reduction of sodium to less than 2,300 milligrams per day, equivalent to about a teaspoon of salt.
Sodium doesn't come just from the salt used to flavor food products; it is also found in many food additives such as monosodium glutamate and sodium benzoate.
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MONTREAL, June 18, 2014 /CNW Telbec/ - The arrival of Air Canada flight
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Israel-League Basketball Legend Kenny 'The Wizard' Williams Is in a Sea of Trouble
Where in the world is the American prep-school sensation who played for the NBA's Indiana Pacers in the 1990s?
This past January, I met with Israel-league basketball legend Kenny Williams in a poor southern Tel Aviv neighborhood known as Schunat Hatikva. "You're walking around with the Mayor," Williams laughed as he hugged one of the workers in Beit Danny, the local community center. The fact that the 44-year-old, 6-foot-9 Williams—who is bald with a graying scruff and studded earring—was living in one of the city's toughest areas, where according to one resident quoted in Haaretz "people are afraid to walk down the street" at night, didn't seem to bother him; in his small piece of heaven, he is still considered a god. "I grew up in Brooklyn in a far worse neighborhood than this one," Williams said when I asked him why he ended up living where he did in the south of Tel Aviv. "Brooklyn is a place where you go to play ball with a gun in your shoes. The chance you'll end up using it is bigger than your chance of finding a basket with a net attached to it. So, you honestly think I'm worried about living in Schunat Hatikva?"
Our neighborhood tour and interview took about three hours. And although Williams answered every question I asked, I still couldn't make sense of Williams' story or what his life was like outside the basketball court.
A few weeks after our meeting, Williams, an American basketball prep-school sensation who played for the NBA's Indiana Pacers in the early 1990s and then for Hapoel Jerusalem, Hapoel Tel Aviv, and a half dozen other Israeli and European teams, was arrested by the Israeli Administration of Border Crossings, Population and Immigration for six years of illegal residency in Israel. Williams was remanded to the custody of Givon Prison in Ramle, and on March 10 Reggie Miller's former Pacers running mate was taken handcuffed to Ben Gurion airport and put on the plane accompanied by security personnel, after refusing to leave the country on his own. Those who were with Williams in his final hours in Israel said he was under tremendous pressure. They heard him mumble things like, "Something really bad will happen if I get to the States. You are going to cause a disaster."
Since one of the greatest power forwards—one of the most athletic players ever to play in Israel—landed at New York's JFK airport on March 13, there has allegedly been no contact between him and the outside world. The man who was updating his Facebook status every couple of hours stopped answering his phone or messages, suggesting that there is a good chance he was moved from an Israeli prison to an American one and leaving the mystery of Kenny "The Wizard" Williams even less clear to me than it was before.
Shortly after our interview in Tel Aviv, I checked up with the Prison Services and also with the Williams family. They all said the same thing: Kenny Williams was born and raised in Elizabeth City, N.C. He never left his birthplace or resided in the state of New York. According to the accounts of his family, Elizabeth City is a calm and quaint city town where you can play ball at ease, without guns in your shoes. That was not the first thing in his biography that Williams was not clear about. A member of the management of Hapoel Jerusalem, one of Williams' former teams in Israel, told me that in the end of 1998, Williams declared he was leaving Israel because his son and namesake, K.J. Williams, was in the hospital due to asthma and a complication of pneumonia. A few weeks later he notified them that unfortunately his son had died.
This week I phoned North Carolina and had a chat with the very much alive K.J. Williams, one of Williams and Krystal Bonner's three children. K.J. is 21 today, and a father himself. He didn't know anything about his own funeral: "Last time I saw my dad was when I was in third grade," he told me. "He picked me up from school, and I stayed with him for three or four days. My friends always asked me about him, since he was the biggest ball player to ever come out of our town and everyone knew him. In recent years we stayed in touch mainly through Facebook. I always wanted to see him and he kept saying, 'Soon, soon I'll be coming back,' but he never did." Later on in the conversation K.J. started asking me questions about his father and his basketball career in Israel. He told me that even today he could get teary when speaking of his dad: "I could have had a completely different life if he was a part of it. I was angry with him as a child, but I still love him. I still think about him every day."
If Williams constantly altered the truth about his own life, his achievements on the basketball court were plain for everyone to see. When Williams was 18 he was chosen as North Carolina's Player of the Year and one of the top 10 Secondary School players in the United States, alongside Alonzo Mourning, Billy Owens, and Shawn Kemp. Known even back then as "The Wizard," he was recruited by the University of North Carolina, but low grades kept him from a scholarship. In 1990, one year into his studies at Barton Community College in Kansas, he turned 21 and was drafted 46th overall by the Indiana Pacers.
Williams played for the Pacers for four years, during which he scored an average of 4.8 points per game. However, these numbers don't show the magnitude of his potential—Kenny was considered one of the most athletic players in the league and was invited to the Slam-Dunk competition during the 1991 All-Star weekend. "As far as his abilities go, Williams could have been one of the top 15 players in the NBA," said Danny Klein, former coach of Hapoel Jerusalem, "but he never had the discipline of a great player. When everyone was practicing, he was doing other things. The fact he stayed in Indiana for four years was a testimony to how talented he really was."
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Just wanted to say this how I get by all the foods I can't eat for the Holidays.............................I just tell family members (who always think they know the d diet) that i don't like those foods and leave them with that.......................they usually hush up! Try that at Thanksgiving and Christmas it works fopr me
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Hey folks. I'm so strong in my belife that we all need to do the big blue test at www.bigbluetest.org that I though I'd post this blog
We will help other's who can't afford their supplies that are needed to get them. I was one of those ppl not so long ago and we need to help those who are having trouble. SO COME ON FOLKS IT DOSEN'T COST ANYTHING BUT SOME BS STRIPS AND SOMETIME SO LETS GOOOOP!
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Hey Guys it's me again. Just can't let this day pass without saying today is my dannaversery it's 39 years today! It's also my daughters 24th b-day so it's 2 things in one around here! Just had to brag on myself living with D for 39 years and my daughter celebrating her 24th b-day today. I ALWAYS feel so lucky on this day! To have a 24 year old and to have been around this long with D!Nexy year on this day I will be bragging it's my 40th year and my daughter's 25th b-day! LOL!
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So my hubby and I decide to take afew days away right??? The 1st night my pump becomes detached from me. I wake up at 3 in the morning with a 511 bs. So I think I got it together and the next night I fall to a 21 and my hubby was gone so it was all up to me to do this right??? My vision was so blured and well I was sweating beyond beleive and life just wasn't going my way ok???? I slowly make it over to the frige in our room and get the gluagon kit (now that was an adventure in itself)…Continue
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I'm going to do it this way again this year b/c I'm running so inbehind. I thought this way was easier than going to everybodys page to say "Thank You" I want to wish everyone here a HAPPY EASTER too!
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I have been having all kinds of problems with my health. I think a lot of people here are struggling with medical conditions other than diabetes. I pray for them every day. I am glad that Reed is getting better from his broken hip. I see that he has been writing to you and sometimes he feels better and has better days. I hope you and Ken are doing well with your health issues? Ellen
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