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Grilled Avocados/
Avocados have been a mainstay of my culinary life for about as long as I can remember. Growing up in Southern California in the 60's, avocados were locally grown, plentiful and part of just about every party and celebration, usually in the form of guacamole. But all that changed and guacamole became the springboard for a host of dishes, sweet and savory, but for me, nothing beats a plain slice of perfectly ripe avocado. It really needs nothing to enhance its lusciousness, but then....
The other day as I was listening to one of my food podcasts, Evan Kleiman was interviewing an avocado grower who mentioned that one of his favorite ways to eat avocados is to grill them. What?! That's brilliant! Why I hadn't I thought of that?! The avocado and the grill were simply made for each other.
THAT night I'm so grilling an avocado. Oh. My. Goodness. Really, people. Grilled avocados are the bomb. Just cut your avocado in half, remove the seed, and brush it with some lime juice and olive oil. Place it flesh-side down on your hot grill for about 5 to 7 minutes.
Remove it from your grill and and sprinkle with a little lime juice and salt. Unbelievable. If you want to take it a step further, fill the hole with your favorite salsa and top that with a little sour cream. Sprinkle the whole thing with some chopped cilantro, a good sprinkling of kosher salt and maybe another drizzle of lime juice. The avocado meat gets a little soft and warm and smoky, and you honestly will just want to curl up in it. We scooped it out with a spoon, but it would be just as yummy to scoop it out with some tortilla chips.
Here's a quick and easy salsa recipe. It was divine inside that avocado.
Quick and Easy Salsa
1 can fire-roasted tomatoes
1/8 to ¼ cup diced onion
3 cloves garlic
1T white wine vinegar (or lime juice)
¼ tsp cayenne or crushed red pepper(you can also throw in a jalapeno if you want)
½ tsp salt
3 or 4 sprigs of cilantro,
Dump it all in the blender and process until it becomes a harmonious blend of salsa goodness.
Taste and add more salt, cayenne or cilantro if needed.


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Guest: Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra, Alice Drysdale Sheffield Professor of History
He's been called Spanish America's answer to George Washington and Thomas Jefferson combined, but Simón Bolívar was both and yet neither. An orphaned child shuttled between distant relatives, he was educated in the principles of the Enlightenment and cut his political teeth watching Napoleon take over most of Europe. He is revered as the Liberator of Spanish America, even though he held most of his compatriots in disdain and eventually declared himself dictator before dying a political failure on his way to exile.
Guest Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra from UT's Department of History discusses the intricacies of Simón Bolívar, an enigma who is still revered and reviled two centuries after his death.
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Exams. Are. OVER!
I'm finally back to baking, after two long weeks of school exams. By the end of my first week of Higher exams, I was already dreaming of what to bake. I was browsing some of my bookmarked recipes during my revision time allocated for Maths! Should I make some refreshing Matcha ice cream? Or bake some chocolate chip cookies that I knew everyone would like? A nice and simple chiffon cake might be good. Ah or I can bake some bread again to get rid of my stress whilst kneading...
Finally, I settled on something I haven't made before -Mini Chocolate Cupcakes with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting after stumbling by this post at Baking Obsession. I haven't made cream cheese frosting before so I though it'd be a nice try at something new!
I didn't use the recipes stated on the site. The chocolate cupcake I used was from Cupcake Bakeshop. I've made this recipe several times, and it is my favourite basic chocolate cupcake so far - rich and chocolatey but not too heavy - a perfect pairing with any frosting. It is also a breeze to make! As for the frosting, I adapted the recipe from Simply Recipes.
I brought these to school today (I baked 48 of these babies - I dare not think what will happen if my sister and I ate them all alone!) - and they we're a big hit. Everyone was squealing 'Omg they're sooo good!'. Which made me very happy, because at first I was scared that no-one would like the tangy frosting paired with the chocolate cupcake. I think this cupcake size is the best too - you won't feel guilty for picking up one...another one...and another one!
Baking really is the best stress relieving activity for me. Despite being very tired afterwards, it totally relaxed and forgot how I messed up some exams too :)
Chocolate Cupcakes
from Cupcake Bakeshop
Makes 48 mini cupcakes
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, room temp
1-1/4 cups sugar
2 large eggs, room temp
3/4 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoons vanilla
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Beat butter until softened. Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
3. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until well combined.
4. Measure the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder into a small sized bowl and whisk to combine.
5. Measure out the milk and vanilla and stir to combine
6. Add about a third of the dry ingredients to the butter/sugar and beat to combine. Add about a half of the milk/vanilla and beat to combine. Continue adding, alternating between dry and wet and finishing with the dry.
7. Scoop batter into cupcake cups about 2/3's full. Turn oven down to 350 degrees and bake cupcakes for about 22-25 minutes (8-10 minutes for minis) or until a cake tester comes out clean.
Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting
Adapted from Simply Recipes
1/4 cup butter (1/2 stick) at room temperature
8oz Philly cream cheese (1 package) at room temperature
2 cups icing sugar, sifted (I used around 1 1/2 cups)
Grated zest of one large lemon
1-2 tsp lemon juice
1. With an electric mixer, beat the butter and cream cheese together, about 2 minutes on medium speed until very smooth. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl to ensure even mixing.
2. Add the lemon zest and juice. Mix to combine. Slowly add the icing sugar. Keep adding until you get to your desired sweetness or consistency. (I chilled the frosting for 1/2 hour before using due to the hot/humid weather here, so piping would be more manageable)
3. Spoon into a piping bag fitted with a nozzle and decorate the cupcakes. (I used a large star tip).


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I saw the phrase "(Donnie) Welsh refrained from lowering himself for a farewell swim," in New York Time's sport article (June 3rd) titled "Ungainly Knicks Lose a Man of Elegance."
The article starts with the following line:
After avoiding the muddy pool of his boss, James L. Dolan, for the duration of his time as the Knicks' president, Walsh refrained from lowering himself for a farewell swim. He took the same high road out of Madison Square Garden that he rode in on.
Though I guess the phrase "lower oneself for farewell swim" contrasts to the subsequent phrase, "take the high road," I'm not sure of the exact meaning of this phrase. Does this (lowering himself for a farewell swim) mean putting oneself for humiliating position? Is this a popular idiom?


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MILAN (AP) — A Milan appeals court has set Italian ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi's political ban in his tax fraud conviction at two years.
The court was ordered by Italy's highest court to determine the length of the political ban accompanying his tax fraud conviction and four-year jail term after prosecutors conceded errors in the original five-year ban.
Berlusconi already is facing the loss of his Senate seat after losing his final appeal in the tax fraud conviction this summer under a 2012 law stipulating that anyone convicted to more than two years in prison cannot hold or run for office for six years.
The political bans face parliamentary approval. A Senate committee has approved yanking his seat based on the 2012 law, but a vote by the whole chamber is pending.
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Hallo teachers I am little bit confused about these
Direct speech: " I eat banana"
Reported speech with no backshift: He says that he eats banana
Reported speech with backshift: He said that he ate banana
Is there any different situation using with no backshift or with backshift?
Thanks in advance..
So, for example: He whispers to me " I eat banana" the my friend asks me at that time "what did he say?" then my reported speech should be "He says he eats banana" is it?...
then two days later my other friend also asks me the same question, so I should say " He said that he ate banana" is it?..
Yes, but it's either "a banana" (and more likely would be "I am eating a banana" instead of "I eat a banana" unless it's "I eat a banana every day for breakfast") or "bananas.
"Banana" isn't used in a non-countable sense when referring to eating the individual pieces of fruit.
I'm not a teacher, but I write for a living. Please don't ask me about 2nd conditionals, but I'm a safe bet for what reads well in (American) English.
Thanks a lot, sorry for my mistakes in making examples. I was not concentrate on the meaning and the using of simple present. I just concentrated on the backshifting.
Many times we miss other errors because we, too, are concentrating on the main question. But since you got a good answer on that, I thought I'd let you know about the singular/plural issue.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 417 diseños de 110 diseñadores freelance.
Zero Deductible Advantage
The new logo will drive our identity. We are an old world insurance broker, but this product should communicate sophistication, simplicity and ease of use.
Zero Deductible Advantage is a new way to look at auto insurance so we hope that the logo will reflect that.
Target audience is really anyone who pays for auto insurance. More specifically, someone that pays too much for auto insurance. Some demographics are . Drivers with points . youthful drivers . urban area drivers . people with newer cars..people with expensive cars.
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We are looking for a logo represent our new product called Zero Deductible Advantage. It should show professionalism, and be clean, sophisticated, and new.
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This keychain is just another one of the training supplies that you should be handing to your students after a CPR Course. The keychain pouch contains a one-way valve mask with hooks for the ears so it does not fall of while giving care. They should be given to every student as a lifesaving barrier device. The rescue masks is in a keychain pouch with 30:2 on the flap.
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PALM BAY, FL - More than a quarter ton of drugs were turned in to authorities at Palm Bay Hospital over the weekend as part of the hospital's 'Operation Medicine Cabinet', a joint effort between the hospital and local law enforcement to reduce the amount of prescription and over-the-counter drugs that can fall into the hands of children and teenagers.
Palm Bay Hospital, together with the Palm Bay Police Department, accepted all non-prescription, over-the-counter medications, prescription medications, and even pet medications. On Saturday, April 30, 2011 Palm Bay Hospital collected 545 pounds of pills and other drugs. The effort was part of National Drug Take Back Day by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
"We were stunned by the volume of drugs turned in," said Palm Bay Hospital President Judy Gizinski. "Every pill we collected is a pill that won't find its way into a child's hands. That is exactly why we held the event, and exactly what we were able to accomplish."
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One of the most common drug sources for kids is their own house!
Consider these stats from the United States Drug Enforcement Administration:
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3-Fifty-six percent of teens believe that prescription drugs are easier to get than illicit drugs.
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You certainly make a valid point. Energy is required to make ice in the first place of course. As quoted above, Tesla's reasoning was:Ian S C wrote:Tom I have run my LTD motor on ice, the ambient temperature was 20*C, so there was a 20* (a little less) temperature differential. The but is the amount of energy required to make the ice.
In otherwords, Yes it requires energy to make ice and ice is needed to get the engine started, but once started, the engine is then being powered by, not the ice, but the surrounding ambient heat."We would thus produce, by expending initially a certain amount of work to create a sink for the heat to flow in, a condition enabling us to get any amount of energy without further effort."
A "Real" Stirling Engine has a regenerator, which apparently can be very efficient at preventing heat loss to the sink (the ice).
Most people, I mean YouTube videos I've seen, make no effort to insulate the ice from the surrounding ambient heat to prevent it from melting. I'm wondering what would be the result if the LTD Stirling (Preferably with a regenerator) were placed on top of a dewar type thermos full of ice. (As illustrated in the above experiment).
Ideally the engine should be running some kind of generator so as to be converting the ambient heat energy into some other form of energy, - electricity or mechanical output ("work").
Could that energy output then be used to actively remove heat from the ice as necessary so as to keep it cold and prevent it from melting and so allow the engine to keep running on the supplied ambient heat, which is really indirect solar energy.


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Health Indicator Report of Motor Vehicle Crash Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations
Utah hospitalization and ED charges are greater for injuries sustained from motor vehicle crashes (MVC) than from any other injury causes except falls. In 2006, the total treat-and-release ED charges for MVC injuries came to just under $27 million while total hospitalization charges were nearly $50 million. Moreover, most motor vehicle crash injuries are preventable.
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MVC ED Visits by Utah Small Area of Residence, 2004-2006
NotesICD-9 Codes: E810-E819, E958.5, E968.5, E988.5. [[br]] [[br]] From 2004 to 2006, MVC ED visits rates range from 37.6 per 10,000 population (Summit County residents) to 126.1 per 10,000 (Magna Small Area residents). Rates vary considerably across the Utah Small Areas. Of the Utah Small Areas, just 10 were similar to the overall state rate of 84.3 per 10,000 population. Data are age-adjusted (2000 U.S. standard population). ED visits include all ED visits, not just treat-and-release. A description of the Utah Small Areas may be found on IBIS at the following URL: http://ibis.health.utah.gov/resource/Help.html or http://health.utah.gov/opha/publications/brfss/SA2001-2005/sa2001-2005.
Data SourceEmergency Department Encounter Database, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services, Utah Department of Health
Data Interpretation IssuesAll injury cases for this indicator are consistent with the injury case definitions found in the Consensus Recommendations for Using Hospital Discharge Data for Injury Surveillance (2003) developed by the State and Territorial Injury Program Directors Association (STIPDA) Injury Surveillance Workgroup. ICD 9 stands for International Classification of Diseases. It is a coding system maintained by the World Health Organization and the U.S. Center of Health Statistics used to classify causes of death on death certificates and diagnoses, injury causes, and medical procedures for hospital and emergency department visits. The U.S. is currently using the 10th revision to code causes of death. The 9th revision (ICD-9) is still used for hospital and emergency department visits.
- ED Visits, Utah and U.S., 2001-2007
- ED Visits by Geography Type, Utah, 2004-2006
- Hospitalizations by Age Group and Sex, Utah, 2004-2006
- Emergency Department Visits by Age Groups and Sex, Utah, 2004-2006
- Emergency Department Visits by Local Health District, Utah, 2004-2006
- ED and Hospitalization Charges, Utah, 1999-2006
DefinitionThe number of outpatient emergency department (ED) encounters/inpatient hospitalizations for motor vehicle crash injuries per 10,000 persons in the population. This includes persons who may have died as a result of their injuries. ICD-9 Codes: E810-E819, E958.5, E968.5, E988.5.
NumeratorED encounters: The number of emergency department encounters for motor vehicle crash injuries. Hospitalizations: The number of hospitalizations for motor vehicle crash injuries.
DenominatorTotal number of persons in the population of Utah.
How Are We Doing?In recent years the number of persons arriving in the emergency department due to injuries from motor vehicle crashes has decreased significantly, both in rates and in real numbers. Since 1999, the age-adjusted rate for total MVC ED visits has gone from 105.2 per 10,000 or 24,495 MVCs to 82.8 per 10,000 or 22,296 MVCs in 2006. This is a 21.3% decrease in 7 years. However, in terms of economic impact, progress due to fewer crash related visits have been substantially offset by the overall total dollar cost of those visits, which has nearly doubled from 1999 to 2006.
How Do We Compare With the U.S.?For the year 2006, the Utah age-adjusted rate of MVC ED visits was 82.8 per 10,000 population which was substantially lower that the U.S. age-adjusted rate of 106.9 per 10,000 population.
What Is Being Done?In 1998, the Utah Legislature enacted a "graduated driver licensing" law to address the problem of teenage driving and MVCs. By requiring newly-licensed drivers to be accompanied by a parent or other experienced driver for the first six months, the law aims to help teenage drivers develop responsible driving behaviors. The Utah Legislature has also passed a variety of laws to promote safety belt usage, but there is room for improvement. A 2007 observational study by the Utah Highway Safety Office indicates 86.8% of Utahns are using seat belts. Transportation agencies also play a role in decreasing crashes as they design and build safer roadways. The Utah Comprehensive Safety Plan was a collaborative effort by the federal government, state agencies, and public and private businesses that outlines strategies for reducing MVC in Utah. The plan can be downloaded at http://www.dot.state.ut.us/main/f?p=100:pg:6769040230824169:::1:T,V:1998.
Available ServicesCall 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236) for information on child safety seats.
Health Program InformationThe Utah Department of Health Violence and Injury Prevention Program (VIPP) and local health departments are targeting a wide range of community-based traffic safety interventions that encourage pedestrian and bicycle safety, including Green Ribbon Month, Walk to School Day, and pedestrian and bicycle rodeos. Bicycle safety interventions include supporting National Bike Month in May, promoting helmet use, and instructing bicyclists and drivers on road safety. The VIPP also conducts an annual statewide observational survey to determine helmet use rates. Safe Kids Utah has been a catalyst in statewide efforts to increase child safety restraint use. By partnering with community service agencies, the Utah Department of Public Safety, and other organizations, Safe Kids Utah has distributed thousands of low- and no-cost car safety seats and booster seats and educated hundreds of thousands of Utah families about the importance of using safety restraints. VIPP also promotes traffic safety through the media and by networking with a variety of statewide partners.
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The News From Second Life: An Interview with Peter Ludlow (Part One)/
I first became aware of Peter Ludlow and his work for the Alphaville Herald when NPR called me up and asked me to be a pundit commenting on a nationally broadcast debate between the candidates for the leadership of the largest town in The Sims Online -- a debate between a 14 year old girl from Palm Beach and a 20-something airline employee from Virginia. I watched with a mixture of fascination and horror as the mechanisms surrounding the election broke down, some voters were denied the right to cast their ballots, the election technology was manipulated, and charges of corruption and poor sportsmanship flew right and left. The Alphaville elections, in other words, were the game world counterpart to what happened in Florida in the 2000 elections. Ludlow, who was far more deeply emershed in this world than I was, became my expert guide through this whole process. I wrote about these events for Technology Review and later revisited them for a section of my book, Convergence Culture. I lost contact with Ludlow for a while but recently he wrote me to see if I might give him some advice about his own new book project -- his account of his time as the editor first of the Alphaville Herald and then of The Second Life Herald, co-authored with Mark Wallace. Their book recounts a fascinating saga of mobsters and griefers, of civic boosters and would be socialites, and of the challenge of governing virtual worlds. The book will be coming out some months from now from the MIT Press but in the meantime, what Ludlow had to say was so timely, especially given my recent exchanges with Clay Shirkey and Beth Coleman about the value of Second Life and given our forthcoming Beyond Broadcasting conference that I wanted to share some of his reflections with you much sooner than that. When he is not playing the part of a muckraking journalist in Second Life, Ludlow is a professor in the department of Philosophy and Linquistics at the University of Michigan.
In the conversation that follows, he explores more systematically what it means to construct civic media in Second Life and discusses his contributions to the life of this emerging online community. Tomorrow, he will share his reflections on the Second Life Debate as well as his thoughts about the challenges of governing online worlds. Together, these two installments represent a fascinating inside perspective on the nature of civic engagement in Second Life.
Axel Springer announced the other day that they would establish a full time newspaper in Second Life. What do you see as the significance of this announcement? What does it mean to the existing local newspapers which are indigenous to SL?
The Axel Springer virtual newspaper, called The Avastar, launched a few weeks ago, and they have had, suffice it to say, a rough start trying to find their way around Second Life. One problem is that Second Life is a very complex and hard to understand cluster of social spaces, and the Avastar managers don''t seem to understand the world very well. I also don''t think they have had great success in lining up knowledgeable and articulate writers, and if they think people are going to *pay* to read their paper (or, for that matter, advertise in it) they are badly mistaken.
The fundamental problem with their project, however, is their idea that there is some sort of value added by virtue having their newspaper in a PDF format, rather than a blog-like format. PDF doesn't integrate into the Second Life infosphere in the appropriate way (they can't link to other stories, we can't link to them, people can't comment, the stories are stale by the time they appear, etc).
If you think about it, their project is somewhat reactionary. They had an opportunity to come to this strange and fantastic new place where all the rules can be rewritten, and the only thing they could think of doing was coming up with a product that mimics meat space newspapers as much as possible. Far from offering us a new way to think about news and entertainment and how it should be presented, they are effectively trying to make a last stand for static push media by using PDF instead of a blog or some sort of social software.
From the outside, I''m sure they look all bleeding edgy ("oh look, a newspaper in a virtual world!") but from inside they look reactionary in concept, and clumsy in execution.
You've been involved with local newspapers in two virtual worlds now -- SL and Sims Online. What do you see as the importance of civic journalism in imaginary space? How important is it that the perspective be "local" -- coming from the player community itself?
Civic journalism in virtual worlds is very important, and it has grown up a lot over the three+ years I have been involved with The Alphaville Herald, and now the Second Life Herald. When we started in October of 2003 there were lots of fan sites for online games, but the concept of blogs/journals that covered in game events and player/owner conflicts with a critical eye was foreign. People reacted to the Herald like it had come from outer space. I can''t speak for other virtual worlds, but today in Second Life there is a very rich community of dozens of bloggers - many of which are self-labeled as newspapers. It makes for a very interesting media ecology for Second Life.
Some of the sites are merely fan sites, and some are personal journals of some form or other, but there are some that take a serious and critical look at the world and Linden Lab policies from time to time. All of them play an important role in recording and commenting on various aspects of this very rich and complex space.
This sort of journalism is important, and the way I think of it, there are three audiences: the internal audience, the external audience, and the audience that isn''t born yet.
The internal audience involves other players, and the flow of information can be crucial to maintaining a fair playing field. Just as an example, we ran a story about a memo the Lindens had sent to some key land owners, informing them that prices for private islands would be going up shortly and that if they acted now they could grab islands at the current price. That story embarrassed the Lindens into opening the offer to everyone and extending the buy-in period for land at then-current prices. There are lots of instances of this sort - policies and actions have serious economic consequences and virtual journalism can be a watchdog.
For the external audience, we provide a window onto the world that hopefully accurately reflects what is going on there, so that people will come join for the right reasons and not the wrong reasons. Also, if you have thousands of people in a given space interacting, it is important that people on the outside know what is going on. If this isn''t clear, consider the case of The Sims Online, which is a space that is supposedly suitable for children as young as 13. Well, I think it is important that parents and policy makers be informed about what is going on in that space. I''m not going to tell them what to do about it, but I do think there is a kind of civic responsibility to point out some of the adult activities that are taking place.
The future audience: a hundred years from now people will want to know what was happening in the rapidly evolving social web of our era, and these journals provide important records. Sometimes when I write for the Herald I even imagine that I am writing for an audience that won''t come along for a hundred years. (Usually though, I''m just banging something out as fast as possible.)
Some of your critics have argued that your coverage of the issues facing the communities in game world could be used to spur on reform and regulation efforts by outside government authorities. How do you balance your responsibility to the community within the game world (to expose problems so they can be addressed) with what they perceive as your responsibility beyond the community (to not stir up public controversy which could bring outside attention)?
It certainly can''t be my responsibility to cover up in-world problems. I understand that people view critical commentary and exposure of outrageous in-world behavior to be an attack on the community, but of course it is nothing of the kind. The problem is that sites which constantly spin the world in a positive light have no credibility when an outside critic comes along. For example, when Clay Shirky launched his recent attack on Second Life, it was easy for him to dismiss the defenders of SL as a bunch of breathless logrolling fanboiz. He can''t do that with the Herald however, and we are, I think, positioned to slap him down good and hard when we have the time to get around to it.
I should also add that over time people do come to understand that we are not attacking the community, and some of the Herald''s harshest critics have gone on to be good friends and contributors to the Herald. If you stick around, that shows people that you are committed to the community, and that is what really counts the most.
Some people have made fun of your efforts suggesting that these virtual worlds are "only games" and that you are taking them "too seriously." How do you respond to this criticism?
The ""only a game"" meme is of course not merely leveled at the Herald, but at anyone who participates in online worlds (and participatory culture more broadly - it is a species of the "get a life" meme that you have discussed in Textual Poachers and elsewhere). The first thing that has to be said is that as applied to Second Life it is badly mistaken, since Second Life is barely a game at all --- it is a completely open platform the content of which is provided by participants (that is they build, texture, and script whatever they want). The platform can be used for many purposes, but developing and playing what might be called games has never really been a big part of Second Life.
Beyond that, I tend to think that not much in life is *only* a game. Even spaces like World of Warcraft that are pretty clearly designed to be games are also spaces where people socialize, exchange real world information, work on projects together etc.
The more interesting question is why people keep repeating ""only a game"" so much. If you google ""only a game"" and "Second Life" together, you get nearly 12,000 hits. It is like a mantra that people keep repeating to keep some thought or idea at bay - and I think the dangerous idea that Second Life shoves in your face every day is this: our wealth is virtual, our property is transient, and our social lives are mediated by technology, nomadic, and often fleeting. I think that when people keep saying "it''s only a game" they are really saying "the rest of my world isn''t like this: my wealth is tangible and permanent, my friendships are unmediated and also permanent." Saying "it''s only a game" is like saying "this isn''t how things really are, this is just a bad dream." People need to pinch themselves, because this ain''t no dream. This is reality; deal with it.
At various times, you have seemed to struggle with whether you are playing a reporter in a game and taking seriously your responsibilities as a journalist covering real people in a real community. To what degree does the "magic circle" give players --- including yourself -- license to shed real world responsibilities in virtual world? Where should we draw the limits?
I don''t think we struggle with whether we are in or out of the magic circle so much as we intentionally play at the circumference. Sometimes, when I think we are getting too serious, I will post a silly story, and when we are starting to get too silly I will put together a serious interview or offer a polished essay or piece of serious journalism. This makes a lot of people uncomfortable; they want to know if we are serious journalists or just playing at being journalists. But the answer is we don''t respect the distinction and we are constantly trying to flout it.
Playing (sometimes even being) seedy tabloid journalists has helped us to learn the role that tabloid journalism plays in the media ecology of Second Life and the internet more broadly. I''m fascinated by this topic. If you think of media as a kind of eco-system them you see that tabloid journalism plays an important role - churning up stuff that publications with bigger budgets and more time can sift through and investigate.
What is frightening, however, is seeing the number of so-called serious media outlets that pick up our stories (and other blog flotsam) and just reprint them as though it was the word of Gopod. More frightening than that, however, has been the many instances we have seen where major news organizations research their own stories and end up with great big piles of steaming crap. So I am in this strange position of thinking both that (i) people should not be reprinting our stuff without doing their Serious Journalism thing with it and (ii) the content we generate is on the whole more reliable and informative than what they come up with when they do that Serious Journalism thing.
The net effect of this has been that it has made me very pessimistic about the state of journalism in the business and technology sector; it seems to be mostly about recycling press releases without reflection. And it's even worse than that. The *real* problem is that too many people now equate Serious Journalism with the recycling of press releases. Critical journalism is so foreign to people (except maybe on the sports page) that they recoil against it. Well, let me modify that statement. People in the US have this problem. Readers from other countries (Germany, Italy, etc.) find the critical stance of the Herald altogether natural and they are baffled by the Americans who complain about it. So maybe this is just a problem with the American media consumers - they have forgotten what a genuinely critical media looks like.


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February 5, 2013, Calgary, AB (ISN) – The Western Hockey League announced today that Laurent Brossoit, of the Edmonton Oil Kings, has been named the VAUGHN WHL Goaltender of the Month for January.
The 19 year-old goaltender from Surrey, BC, posted a 7-2-0-0 record with two shut-outs through January and is currently on a six game win streak (Jan. 20 – present). Brossoit's 1.35 goals-against average led all WHL goaltenders (minimum 320 minutes played) while posting 0.957 save percentage, allowing just 12 goals on 278 shots-against in 535 minutes played. His efforts also earned him a Three Star selection six times, with three being a 1st Stars.
Brossoit currently ranks 3rd among all WHL goaltenders with a 2.07 goals-against average and 4th with a 0.925 save-percentage, in 37 games-played thus far this season. His consistent play helped the Oil Kings to a sizzling 11-3-0-0 record in January and currently sit first in the WHL Eastern Conference with a 38-11-2-3 record for 81 points.
His accomplishments make Laurent Brossoit a deserving choice as the VAUGHN WHL Goaltender of the Month for January.


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Cheryl Bartley necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 83 diseños de 20 diseñadores freelance.
Look Twice Promotions is a NEW business with a new concept for promotions and expo's. Incorporating different levels from video media on web sites introducing products/services/gimmicks (filming promo) to Hosts/Hostesses for Expo's, Conferences, Guest Appearances, Master of Ceremonies, TV Appearances, Public Speakers, Voice Over's, Photography Stills, Campaign's linked to product launches.
Look Twice Promotions looking to launch to companies that have web sites already and that are looking to move their sites into the next new era with digital media and personable presentations on a one-to one basis with the audience to engage their audience to click thru to the sites and therefore convince a motion to engage or sell the product being sold or promoted.
The Host/Hostess will therefore go on to brand awareness of that promotion across other media streams and also be the walking-talking-presenting model at any functions or events or expo's linking the face with the product in a professional and dynamic way.
Also, as an edge the web site for Look Twice Promotions will feature film clips from the Host/Hostesses that will also engage clients when they are looking for the face to represent their business.
So, from all angles this business will be a state of the art and a business that does not exist in this form as yet.
Target Audience will be firstly corporate and high profile companies eg: Coke etc... Major car companies. Corporate banking companies. Also not forgetting the little players that need to bring their business forward to this era and to re-write their existing sites to bring more sales to their bottom line and create an edge against their competition.
The product Look Twice Promotions will be promoting is the human form of a professional nature chosen via Look Twice web site and previous client/public endorsements where the proof of the professionalism and the buzz of the reaction to the promotion is the want for client to use this company and to make a difference in the marketing and bottom line figures.
Look Twice Promotions is a unisex agency. We are looking for something edgy with a universal look that can take the agency to the next decade. Colours prefer are purple, pink, gold, black, tiffany green, orange, blue, or red (pick any but not all of these colours). It is run by a strong minded red head that has been in the business for 15 years. No cartoon characters. No young silly acronyms or hard to work out blogs. Recognizable logo. The classic "Coke" scroll has been around for ages and looks attractive even today - something like that however using the person/human form probably shadowed over or behind the words. That is if it works well. The .com URL web site should come across in the logo - eg. Look Twice Promotions.com or http://www.looktwicepromotions.com.
The font preferred is something clear however not something that can be copied by the average person so block writing is out.
We like a "shield" or "crest" as the logo that is easy to place at the top left side of any promo/web site and can easily be distinguishable to the client as the "Look Twice Promotions" agency. This logo is something that will be placed on sponsor's sites so again needs to be clear and distinguishable.
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I'm talking again with Barry Sandrew who is the Founder of Legend3D, one of the top companies specialized in 2D to 3D conversion about some interesting recent conversion work that the company has done. Barry Sandrew is one of the still not so many real expert in the field of 2D to 3D conversion of videos. We talk about the recently completed conversion of the movies Shrek, Shrek 2 and Shrek the Third for DreamWorks Animation by Legend 3D, what is happening on the 2D to 3D conversion world, and some other things that you might find interesting. Barry also shares his view on the upcoming conversions of some movie classics like Titanic, the Star Wars saga and the Indiana Jones series, and about what are some of the competitive companies in the area of the 2D to 3D conversions doing lately. I hope you will find this interview interesting and feel free to share your comments below…
Barry, it has been a few month since our first interview and there have been some interesting news around Legend3D, can you tell us in brief what is new?
There certainly has been a lot of excitement surrounding Legend3D since our last interview. We completed conversion of "Shrek", "Shrek 2" and "Shrek the Third" for DreamWorks Animation which, together with our conversion on "Alice In Wonderland" and our current ongoing projects, makes us the most prolific conversion vendor in the industry and the company everyone seems to be seeking out.
We've increased our capacity by more than 700% both in our San Diego design center and our India operations, and we've taken on 5 new projects. Unfortunately, I can't disclose what those projects are because of very strict NDAs with the studios.
Also since our last interview Legend3D hired a very significant Hollywood veteran, Rob Hummel, as our new President and head of Business Development. Rob came from a very productive position as CEO of Post Production, North America with our leading competitor, where he was also responsible for managing business expansion efforts. We hired Rob Hummel because he is a significant presence in the industry with decades of relevant experience. Rob has been high profile since 1979 with key positions at Technicolor, Sony, DreamWorks, Warner Bros. and Dalsa. The fact that he is held in such high regard within the industry was a significant factor in bringing him in to the fold. Rob is very knowledgeable in 2D-to-3D conversion having been an integral part of the process during its genesis and he's considered an authority on just about every aspect of film production. We are obviously very pleased to have him join our ranks.
We have achieved a great deal over the past year, but one of the most important of Legend3D's recognitions came from CONNECT, anon-profit organization promoting innovation and ties between universities and businesses in Southern California. Competing against 26 of the top high tech companies in the region, Legend3D was awarded CONNECT's Most Innovative Product Award at an event hosting 800 people. Each year, CONNECT assesses high tech innovation in Southern California and recognizes the single software company that is considered the most significant technology innovator.
Legend3D has done the 2D to 3D conversion of DreamWorks Animation's Shrek, Shrek 2 and Shrek the Third, how long has the work on the three movies taken you?
The work took us approximately 6 months to do, or more specifically, 8 weeks per title. This was a short period of time to complete the work but we devoted our entire studio and all available resources to the completion of the conversion of this trilogy.
How many people did you have working on each of the movies at the same time and do you think that doubling the team for example can halve the needed time, or even with more people you should still not rush things too much?
The number of people that we have working on each film is a trade secret, sorry. Regarding how accelerating the process might affect the work, one must always keep in mind that 3D conversion is a highly creative process. There are aspects of it that are very labor intensive and which can benefit from the addition of resources. However, the final depth placement and interaction with the client's creative representatives require that a single creative decision maker working closely with the client; a process which would not be made more efficient by having more resources.
What is the timeframe you consider normal for a making a good conversion of a full-length feature film into 3D and is the major issue of bad conversions that conversion companies and the movie studios always want things to happen too fast?
Though we can convert a film in 8 weeks as we did with each of the Shrek films, the ideal amount of time to convert a film is between 12 and 16 weeks. The more time that we are given to complete the work, the better and more effectively the process will work. The longer that we have to do a conversion, the more creative thought can be dedicated to the project so having the appropriate length of time directly affects the creative process more so than the mechanical process of the conversion. There are a few companies out there doing conversions that are very shallow with many shots actually remaining in 2D. That work clearly lacks depth detail and have imperfections or artifacts caused by their conversion process. With those few studios time is not an issue because the short cuts they take to speed up their processes result in the quality of their conversion being compromised. We have never compromised on quality nor will we do so in the future.
Is there any difference for Legend3D's conversion process if you are converting a computer animated movie or live action movie, which one is more complicated or there is no difference?
It all depends on whether or not the CG assets from the original computer animation production are available. If they are, then the process is very straightforward and the quality of the conversion is essentially the same as if it was re-rendered "natively" with another camera in the computer. If the CG assets are not available, then the computer-animated movie is handled in very much the same way as a live action film.
Why did DreamWorks prefer Legend3D's 2D to 3D conversion method for the first three Shrek movies as opposed to just re-render the movies in 3D by themselves?
The process of recovering and de-archiving the assets of animation catalog titles, if they even actually still exist, can be very expensive, time consuming and requires a significant amount of skilled resources. We did receive a large number of assets from DreamWorks which was very helpful though all assets were not available. Without the CG assets, there was no way to convert the trilogy without going back and actually redoing the films. It would have been cost and resource prohibitive to do whereas I believe the partnership with Legend3D proved to be a more financially sound and efficient decision.
What is your opinion about the more recent live action movies that were released using 2D to 3D conversion, do you see general improvement of the quality of conversions?
I've been less than satisfied with the quality of the conversions that some competitors have produced following "Alice In Wonderland", the first and most successful conversion this year in which Legend3D had a hand. I worry that the compromised quality of 3D conversions will ultimately hurt the industry. Indeed, there is speculation that a couple of last year's titles were glossed over for Oscar nominations due primarily to the Industry's perception of them as subpar 3D conversions. I think we are entering a period where conversion vendors producing inferior conversions will be eliminated and those that refuse to compromise on quality will thrive going forward.
Do you think that the lack of confidence and knowledge in most filmmakers to shoot in 3D, and the additional expenses are the main reason for them preferring to stay only in the more familiar 2D format or to go for 2D to 3D conversion?
I don't think it is as much about a lack of confidence as it is about the filmmakers having a greater comfort level with the established formats they've used for decades. Those film makers that are truly savvy about shooting in 3D will tell you about the substantial extras that go into the various stages of pre-production, production and post-production of a 3D project. When these extras are taken into account, they result in longer production schedules and higher costs. The easiest way to produce a 3D feature film is to shoot it in 2D with the involvement of a skilled stereographer from the first day of pre-production and to hire a reputable and time/project tested conversion company like Legend3D as early on in the process as is feasible.
Another consideration the filmmaker has to deal with is the artifacts generated when shooting in 3D. In fact, artifacts resulting from shooting with stereo camera rigs can be greater than that created throughout the conversion process. An example of the issues that a filmmaker faces with shooting in 3D is the discrepancies that can result between the two cameras in the rig they are using. In an over and under 3D rig used for tight shots, one camera rests on top of the other and a mirror beam splitter is used to create the close interaxial that is normally required. One camera must focus through the beam splitter mirror, shooting polarized light, while the other camera is shooting the reflection off the mirror. This is just one example of an instance where shooting with 3D camera rigs can result in conflicting images, called binocular rivalry. In this example, one eye sees a reflection on a mirror and the other eye is looking through polarized glass. While this is not impossible to deal with, it is just one example to counter the current misconception that shooting in 3D is an automatic or easier way to create 3D, and that somehow it's more "natural than conversion. This is where the term "native" drives me a little crazy because there is obviously very little involved in shooting 3D that is "native". It's not the way humans natively perceive depth. There are equally significant considerations when using a side by side rig where the cameras are positioned next to each other. In each case, discrepancies between the two lenses, sensors, etc. influence the ultimate quality of the stereo.
The news about Titanic, Star Wars, Indiana Jones going to be re-released in 3D after conversion led to a lot of controversy among fans, what is your opinion about bringing classical movies back at the cinemas converted in 3D?
If you have James Cameron working with a conversion vendor from the short list of viable conversion companies on "Titanic", as well as George Lucas on "Star Wars" and Steven Spielberg on "Indiana Jones, there shouldn't be any issues with converting their contemporary classics. I believe that as long as the original filmmaker and/or the original creative team is involved on some level, 3D conversion is a very acceptable option for the studios that enables our finest filmmakers to significantly and uniquely enhance these cornerstones of our cinematic heritage.
Is there anything else you would like to share with our readers?
We are constantly refining, expanding and evolving our process with each new feature film project that comes into the Legend3D studio because each title presents new and often unique challenges. Surmounting each of these challenges continues to provide us with increased flexibility and enables us to preserve and maintain the standard of excellence that we have been committed to since Day 1. We are currently working on a film that we consider to be one of the most difficult titles that will ever undergo conversion. For that film, we had our software engineers coding for the nine months prior to the start of conversion to customize and expand our technology so that we can better handle the film's unique complexities. In fact, each feature film that we take on typically requires us to add features that complement and enhance our ongoing R&D development path. This has resulted in the creation of a very large, ever-expanding and sophisticated conversion toolset from which each new title benefits. I genuinely do not believe that there is a feature film project that exists as a catalog title, is currently in production or will be produced in the future that we cannot complete while maintaining the highest level of quality in the industry. We have a dedicated department of incredibly talented software engineers that continue to push the envelope and improve our process in ways that enable us to increase our efficiency and maintain the standards of excellence that studios have come to expect from us.
– If you have missed the previous interview with Barry Sandrew here on the blog…


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This keyword is used only with upgrade option.
You can use layout_constraint only for the upgrade option when you need to reallocate disk space.
If you do not specify the layout_constraint keyword
The JumpStart program lays out the disk as follows:
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The JumpStart program lays out the disk as follows:
If the file system is not marked changeable
You cannot change the constraint on file systems that require more space for the upgrade because the file systems must be marked changeable. You can use the layout_constraint keyword to change the minimum_size values on file systems that require more space for the upgrade.
If file systems require more space for upgrade
To help auto-layout reallocate space, select more file systems to be changeable or movable, especially those file systems that are located on the same disks as the file systems that require more space for the upgrade.
Specifies the file system's disk slice on which to specify the constraint. You must specify the system's disk slice in the form cwtxdysz or cxdysz.
Use one of the following constraints for the specified file system:
Auto-layout can move the file system to another location and it can change the file system size. The changeable constraint can only be specified on file systems that are mounted by the /etc/vfstab file. You can change the file system's size by specifying the minimum_size value.
When you mark a file system as changeable and minimum_size is not specified, the file system's minimum size is set to 10 percent more than the minimum size that is required. For example, if the minimum size for a file system is 100 Mbytes, the changed size is 110 Mbytes. If minimum_size is specified, any free space that remains, original size minus minimum size, is used for other file systems.
Auto-layout can move the file system to another slice on the same disk or different disk. The file system size remains the same.
Auto-layout can use all of the space on the file system to reallocate space. All of the data in the file system is lost. The available constraint can only be specified on file systems that are not mounted by the /etc/vfstab file.
Auto-layout moves and collapses the specified file system into the parent file system. You can use the collapse option to reduce the number of file systems on a system as part of the upgrade. For example, if a system has the /usr and /usr/share file systems, collapsing the /usr/share file system moves the file system into /usr, the parent file system. You can specify the collapse constraint only on file systems that are mounted by the /etc/vfstab file.
Specifies the size of the file system after auto-layout reallocates space. The minimum_size option enables you to change the size of a file system. The size of the file system might be larger if unallocated space is added to the file system. But, the size is never less than the value you specify. The minimum_size value is optional. Use this value only if you have marked a file system as changeable and the minimum size cannot be less than what the file system needs for the existing file system contents.
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WSTB Physical Agility Exam at CSM: 7/18/2019
Pre-employment Physical Agility Testing for Law Enforcement and Corrections:
South Bay Regional Public Safety Training Consortium (The Academy) provides entry level physical agility testing to applicants for law enforcement officers. The following Work Sample Test Battery (WSTB) has been developed:
Work Sample Test Battery
a. 99 yard obstacle course
b. 32 foot body drag (165 lbs.)
c. 6 foot chain link fence climb
d. 6 foot solid wall climb
e. 500 yard sprint
f. 1.5 mile run (scored separately)
Except for the inclusion of a 1.5 mile run, the physical agility test otherwise mirrors the WSTB physical agility test standard required for graduation from a California POST accredited peace officer academy.
Physical Agility for Corrections:
The Academy offers testing for employment in the field of Corrections, upon agency request. The elements included in this exam are:
a. 99 yard obstacle course
b. 32 foot body drag (165 lbs.)
c. body lift (165 lbs.)
d. 1.5 mile run (completed in 14 minutes or less)
Test Duration/Specifics
- Plan to arrive 15 minutes before start time to register.
- End time will depend largely on exam group size; i.e., a larger group will take longer to test; therefore, anticipate an on-site maximum of five hours.
- You must bring a government-issued photo ID to the exam.
Test Scoring and Results
Your score will be presented in two parts: a number value for the WSTB and a Pass/Fail for the 1.5 mile run. Most agencies require an entry level qualifying score minimum of 320 for the WSTB and a maximum run completion time of 14 minutes for the 1.5 mile run (Salinas PD allows for a run completion time of 16 minutes).
Test results are emailed to you in the form of a secure pdf attachment, usually within 5 days of your test session. Please check your email Spam folder for these documents before calling our office for test scores.
Practice Sessions for the WSTB:
The Academy offers optional practice sessions for the WSTB (scheduled separately and charged a separate fee). In the session, you will receive instruction and practice on the Fence Climb, Obstacle Course, Dummy Drag, 500 yard run and 1.5 mile run.
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