Business is making its home in the virtual space as virtual worlds focus on providing a more corporate environment.
Linden Lab announced their release of the expansion to Second Life, a program in beta called Second Life Enterprise which aims to create a secure, more cost-effective, corporate friendly program on Wednesday.
“We’re in an environment with a high cost of travel,” Atwood said. “This is a significantly cheaper way to bring people together in real-time.”
Unlike the first Second Life, Enterprise offers a much more secure network, more visual, audio and text collaboration tools, seven prepackaged virtual regions with an auditorium, two conference centers and a number of sandbox regions. The program can support up to eight regions simultaneously and 800 users in the same environment, according to Linden Lab.
More than 1,400 organizations use Second Life as a more efficient and cost-effective way to host meetings, train, and prototype new technologies.
IBM, Northrop Grumman, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, DefenseWeb Technologies, Case Western Reserve University and The New Media Consortium are a few of the 14 organizations participating in the Beta program for Second Life Enterprise.
Linden Lab works with the military to create a product secure enough to be used with the military.
“Virtual Worlds have the potential to provide a safer, more cost effective approach to some of the Navy’s current mission areas. The Naval Undersea Warfare Center has collaborated with Linden Lab to create a version of Second Life Enterprise that is secured and meets military grade information assurance compliance standards – out of the box,” said Douglas Maxwell, program technology lead for NUWC Metaverse Strategic Initiative.
Linden Lab is working to create another program to complement Enterprise called Second Life Work Marketplace. Work Marketplace will allow customers to browse, test and purchase content from third-party developers.
Second Life Enterprise starts at a cost of $55,000 and its expected availability will be in the first half of 2010.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Second News Story & Feature
Sorry this is so late onto my blog, posting these slipped my mind.
Feature-
Many years ago in Stimson Hall, a hall mom was in charge of the hall. Heather E. Coakley is bringing that unique feel back as she works as a Residential Education Director.
Hailing from Illinois, Heather graduated from North Central College with a degree in Speech Communication and a minor in Theater and Organizational Leadership. She is now pursuing her Masters at Washington State University in Higher Education Administration while working as a Residential Education Director in Stimson Hall.
As a RED, Heather works to do much supervision, advising and administrative tasks concerning the function of Stimson as a residence hall, but to call it at that would not do her job justice. Heather works to build community and involvement in the hall while helping students grow as they get to know themselves and their leadership potential.
“I get to know the residents really well, I have tons of fun, I do things at my job and sometimes I have to pinch myself and say, I’m getting to do this as my job,” Heather said.
Heather brings a unique feel as a leader to Stimson Hall, something that has not been felt in many years, being the only female and acting as a hall “mom” if you will.
“She has embraced Stimson by investing herself into the hall and in turn has become a place she calls home.
“She is something new and I think that they enjoy that she brings a new dynamic to the hall,” Nathanael K. Fairchild, resident of Stimson and friend of Heather, said.
Although there is a great potential for bumps along the way the addition of a female RED in an all-male residence hall has been very smooth.
“I think the hall has embraced Heather well, being that she’s the first female hall director here since the early nineties. I feel like the hall has been very good trying to get to know her,” John M. Powers, her coworker and friend, said.
Due to the way the hall has embraced her, the staff and some residents are referring to her as “mom.”
I find it comical in the fact that it shows the staff has come to embrace her, and also how she has embraced the staff. Both parties are comfortable with that, it’s representative of the fact that it is a change to the hall as she is a female in the hall, Powers said.
Stimson has been a very traditional and historic hall. Built in 1922, Stimson has been a very traditional hall. Stimson has always valued community and camaraderie within the hall.
“I just love local history. I came from a town that had a lot of local history. They really liked to celebrate their heritage. To come to a building that has a similar pride in its history is really cool because there is so much there, I'm still finding out things about the history,” Heather said.
Some of the unique characteristics Stimson has is its unique recruitment.
“The most unique thing about Stimson is the way we recruit Resident Advisors. We call them Sponsors here, a system that's been in place since the 30s, when the house mom decided she needed helpers,” Heather said.
In the end, Heather is working towards her goals with higher education administration and Stimson Hall is a stop along the way where she is there to influence the residents and the residents influence her.
“Things are going great. People know I am here, they know they can come to me, they do and that is all I can really ask for,” Heather said.
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2nd News Story-
You must have heard the rumors, right? The rumors about Duncan-Dunn being torn down. Or how about the rumors about Community too? Oh, and do not forget Ganon-Goldsworthy and KMac as well.
The development of the residence halls has been a slow process for the last few years, Olympia Hall being the first new addition in thirty years. There have been numerous remodels and renovations but nothing completely new. Washington State University Housing and Dining Services was working on new plans for the residence halls during that time.
WSU Housing and Dining Services was working with Mithun, an architectural company, to plan future residence hall buildings. The original plan was called Precinct One and was to tear down Ganon-Goldsworthy and KMac and put in 4 buildings overlooking a courtyard, said Director of Housing and Conference Services Robert B. Tattershall.
Due to the features and expenses of a new residence hall, the price of living in that hall may be increased compared to other residence halls. However, the students do not seem to mind.
“Over 700 students picked Olympia Hall as their first choice, only about 200 can live in Olympia. It worries us that it is by far the most expensive, but Olympia is beyond the most popular on campus,” said Tattershall.
Just like Olympia Hall, future residence hall building projects are sure to be environmentally friendly.
Yes, they will be environmentally sustainable. You can do green things like replace windows and change the heating, but you will never be able to do near as many green things compared to building something completely new, said Tattershall.
There are many features surrounding Olympia Hall.
Some of the big things are that we are entirely card access. We are the first green residence hall, for instance all the materials came from within 500 miles of Pullman, and all over the hall is sustainable information such as the low energy lights and the low flow toilets, said Residential Education Director Meg E. Autrey.
A great example of the issues WSU faces as they look at the future of the residence halls on campus lies in Duncan-Dunn.
“You can renovate these things but you can’t really renovate them in a way to meet the student’s needs today. We allow microwaves in Olympia, that’s the only place we can allow it, the electrical is not enough in other halls,” said Tattershall.
Duncan-Dunn was shut down for the fall semester of 2009. The reasons were because of Olympia and cost.
“Duncan-Dunn has quite a few facility problems. The roof needs to be replaced, the plumbing needs to be replaced, just about every year some bathroom has to go offline for a few days or a week while we replace some pipes. The building is just inefficient. If we close it we save a bunch of money.”
A Duncan-Dunn alumni shows his opinion about Duncan-Dunn.
“Well, I must admit that I’m pretty sad that it’s considered being torn down because I had such an amazing experience there my freshman year, but I can see why WSU decided to shut it down,” said student Brett Melnrick.
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Feature-
Many years ago in Stimson Hall, a hall mom was in charge of the hall. Heather E. Coakley is bringing that unique feel back as she works as a Residential Education Director.
Hailing from Illinois, Heather graduated from North Central College with a degree in Speech Communication and a minor in Theater and Organizational Leadership. She is now pursuing her Masters at Washington State University in Higher Education Administration while working as a Residential Education Director in Stimson Hall.
As a RED, Heather works to do much supervision, advising and administrative tasks concerning the function of Stimson as a residence hall, but to call it at that would not do her job justice. Heather works to build community and involvement in the hall while helping students grow as they get to know themselves and their leadership potential.
“I get to know the residents really well, I have tons of fun, I do things at my job and sometimes I have to pinch myself and say, I’m getting to do this as my job,” Heather said.
Heather brings a unique feel as a leader to Stimson Hall, something that has not been felt in many years, being the only female and acting as a hall “mom” if you will.
“She has embraced Stimson by investing herself into the hall and in turn has become a place she calls home.
“She is something new and I think that they enjoy that she brings a new dynamic to the hall,” Nathanael K. Fairchild, resident of Stimson and friend of Heather, said.
Although there is a great potential for bumps along the way the addition of a female RED in an all-male residence hall has been very smooth.
“I think the hall has embraced Heather well, being that she’s the first female hall director here since the early nineties. I feel like the hall has been very good trying to get to know her,” John M. Powers, her coworker and friend, said.
Due to the way the hall has embraced her, the staff and some residents are referring to her as “mom.”
I find it comical in the fact that it shows the staff has come to embrace her, and also how she has embraced the staff. Both parties are comfortable with that, it’s representative of the fact that it is a change to the hall as she is a female in the hall, Powers said.
Stimson has been a very traditional and historic hall. Built in 1922, Stimson has been a very traditional hall. Stimson has always valued community and camaraderie within the hall.
“I just love local history. I came from a town that had a lot of local history. They really liked to celebrate their heritage. To come to a building that has a similar pride in its history is really cool because there is so much there, I'm still finding out things about the history,” Heather said.
Some of the unique characteristics Stimson has is its unique recruitment.
“The most unique thing about Stimson is the way we recruit Resident Advisors. We call them Sponsors here, a system that's been in place since the 30s, when the house mom decided she needed helpers,” Heather said.
In the end, Heather is working towards her goals with higher education administration and Stimson Hall is a stop along the way where she is there to influence the residents and the residents influence her.
“Things are going great. People know I am here, they know they can come to me, they do and that is all I can really ask for,” Heather said.
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2nd News Story-
You must have heard the rumors, right? The rumors about Duncan-Dunn being torn down. Or how about the rumors about Community too? Oh, and do not forget Ganon-Goldsworthy and KMac as well.
The development of the residence halls has been a slow process for the last few years, Olympia Hall being the first new addition in thirty years. There have been numerous remodels and renovations but nothing completely new. Washington State University Housing and Dining Services was working on new plans for the residence halls during that time.
WSU Housing and Dining Services was working with Mithun, an architectural company, to plan future residence hall buildings. The original plan was called Precinct One and was to tear down Ganon-Goldsworthy and KMac and put in 4 buildings overlooking a courtyard, said Director of Housing and Conference Services Robert B. Tattershall.
Due to the features and expenses of a new residence hall, the price of living in that hall may be increased compared to other residence halls. However, the students do not seem to mind.
“Over 700 students picked Olympia Hall as their first choice, only about 200 can live in Olympia. It worries us that it is by far the most expensive, but Olympia is beyond the most popular on campus,” said Tattershall.
Just like Olympia Hall, future residence hall building projects are sure to be environmentally friendly.
Yes, they will be environmentally sustainable. You can do green things like replace windows and change the heating, but you will never be able to do near as many green things compared to building something completely new, said Tattershall.
There are many features surrounding Olympia Hall.
Some of the big things are that we are entirely card access. We are the first green residence hall, for instance all the materials came from within 500 miles of Pullman, and all over the hall is sustainable information such as the low energy lights and the low flow toilets, said Residential Education Director Meg E. Autrey.
A great example of the issues WSU faces as they look at the future of the residence halls on campus lies in Duncan-Dunn.
“You can renovate these things but you can’t really renovate them in a way to meet the student’s needs today. We allow microwaves in Olympia, that’s the only place we can allow it, the electrical is not enough in other halls,” said Tattershall.
Duncan-Dunn was shut down for the fall semester of 2009. The reasons were because of Olympia and cost.
“Duncan-Dunn has quite a few facility problems. The roof needs to be replaced, the plumbing needs to be replaced, just about every year some bathroom has to go offline for a few days or a week while we replace some pipes. The building is just inefficient. If we close it we save a bunch of money.”
A Duncan-Dunn alumni shows his opinion about Duncan-Dunn.
“Well, I must admit that I’m pretty sad that it’s considered being torn down because I had such an amazing experience there my freshman year, but I can see why WSU decided to shut it down,” said student Brett Melnrick.
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Monday, November 2, 2009
Frontline: "What's Happening To The News"
The documentary brings up quite a few issues that news is facing today. The documentary conveys the importance of these issues and the feeling of loss that is happening not only to the sentimental value of "old school" news, but of how news is changing. Some of the issues that the documentary brings up are: what is news, hard vs. soft, the move to the internet, not as many journalists on the streets and then it goes over the story of the Los Angeles Times and how it reflects American journalism.
First off, I think it's very interesting that shows like The Daily Show and some blogs are being taken seriously as news sources. Not only interesting, but typical. Typical of people to look to the comedic or entertaining outlets for their "hard" news fill. It's ridiculous really. The documentary made it clear that those who are involved with those types of outlets don't want anything to do with journalism, but people still treat it like that. According to some it's not ridiculous but to those who are educated in the journalistic profession can see the ridiculousness of the situation.
The other issue I find typical is the story of the Los Angeles Times and how the corporate owners from the other side of the country (almost) are trying to run this paper with no character, just straight business looking for profit. It's typical for people to de-personalize themselves with a organization when they aren't local, it's also typical for people to let greed take over and not let people be content with what is sufficient. Needing more is driving so much for today, yeah they're being successful making money, but is that really success in a profession whose role is a public service?
First off, I think it's very interesting that shows like The Daily Show and some blogs are being taken seriously as news sources. Not only interesting, but typical. Typical of people to look to the comedic or entertaining outlets for their "hard" news fill. It's ridiculous really. The documentary made it clear that those who are involved with those types of outlets don't want anything to do with journalism, but people still treat it like that. According to some it's not ridiculous but to those who are educated in the journalistic profession can see the ridiculousness of the situation.
The other issue I find typical is the story of the Los Angeles Times and how the corporate owners from the other side of the country (almost) are trying to run this paper with no character, just straight business looking for profit. It's typical for people to de-personalize themselves with a organization when they aren't local, it's also typical for people to let greed take over and not let people be content with what is sufficient. Needing more is driving so much for today, yeah they're being successful making money, but is that really success in a profession whose role is a public service?
In-Class Research Exercise
1)
In 2006 there were 4 total Hate Crimes all towards sexual orientation. In 2007 there were a total of 5, 4 towards race and 1 towards sexual orientation. Overall in Pullman, race and sexual orientation are threatened most.
In Washington in 2007, racial hate crimes are by far of the most concern. There are a total of 104 race hate crimes while the rest of the types of crimes are at an average of about 22, that's a radical difference.
Pullman matches Washington in 2007 with a big difference in racial hate crimes compared to over crimes.
2)
Christine Gregoire received the most with over 12 million dollars in donations.
For Christine Gregoire, Lawyers and Lobbyists contributed over 380 thousand dollars. For Dino Rossi, Lawyers and Lobbyists donated over 70 thousand dollars. A significant difference.
Republicans received more donations from Forestry and Forest Products with over 2 million dollars. Republicans received more donations from Lobbyists and Public Relations, but with only a 100 thousand dollar increase.
3)
Digital Video Recorder
http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=N7h1AAAAEBAJ&dq=Digital+Video+Recorder
Social Networking
http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=aTB4AAAAEBAJ&dq=Social+Networking
Automobile
http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=UlInAAAAEBAJ&dq=automobile
In 2006 there were 4 total Hate Crimes all towards sexual orientation. In 2007 there were a total of 5, 4 towards race and 1 towards sexual orientation. Overall in Pullman, race and sexual orientation are threatened most.
In Washington in 2007, racial hate crimes are by far of the most concern. There are a total of 104 race hate crimes while the rest of the types of crimes are at an average of about 22, that's a radical difference.
Pullman matches Washington in 2007 with a big difference in racial hate crimes compared to over crimes.
2)
Christine Gregoire received the most with over 12 million dollars in donations.
For Christine Gregoire, Lawyers and Lobbyists contributed over 380 thousand dollars. For Dino Rossi, Lawyers and Lobbyists donated over 70 thousand dollars. A significant difference.
Republicans received more donations from Forestry and Forest Products with over 2 million dollars. Republicans received more donations from Lobbyists and Public Relations, but with only a 100 thousand dollar increase.
3)
Digital Video Recorder
http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=N7h1AAAAEBAJ&dq=Digital+Video+Recorder
Social Networking
http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=aTB4AAAAEBAJ&dq=Social+Networking
Automobile
http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=UlInAAAAEBAJ&dq=automobile
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