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TECHNOLOGY  On the road Jerry Paffendorf of the Acceleration Studies Foundation (formerly a “Sheep” with virtual content creator The Electric Sheep Company) says he likes to fall asleep looking at images projected onto the ceiling of his room. TECHNOLOGY Interview with John Zhaoying
METAVERSE Exploring virtual law
In a post 9/11 world, it takes courage to provide a place in Second Life (SL) where Muslims, Jews, and Christians can live and work together in the same space to explore democratic principles. The Al-Andalus Caliphate Project reconstructs 13th Century Moor Alhambra and provides a virtual space for a community of individuals of different languages, nationalities, religions and cultures within a political and juridical space shaped by authentic Islamic principles. Virtually Blind, a blog devoted to the study of law in virtual worlds, reports that Al-Andalus joins Caledon, the Confederation of Democratic Simulators, and others, as “quasi-governmental systems” in SL. METAVERSE Virtual Worlds Conference & Expo 
The Seventh Sun is proud to be a media sponsor for the upcoming Virtual Worlds Conference to be held in San Jose, California on October 10-11, 2007. The two-day event will feature speakers from the media, entertainment, and IT industries, and virtual worlds space. HOW TO
Lights, Camera, Action! Of all the things in Second Life, machinima is the one thing I have wanted to learn the most. There are forums and groups you can join, but I just wanted someone to tell me in as few steps as possible what I need to know to get started—and also how to pronounce it. TECHNOLOGY
This month begins a new regular feature of The Seventh Sun by contributing correspondent, Gigs Taggart. Gigs is a software engineer who is working with Zero Linden and others on the next generation architecture for the Second Life (SL) grid. This month’s topic is the development of an open grid, what Linden Lab refers to as “SL Grid 08.” Philip (Rosedale) Linden talks about making SL into the next web. Bigger than the web. The Architecture Working Group (AWG) is putting their money where their mouth is. ART The best of SL art
TRAFFIC REPORT  The Seventh Sun is now read in over 973 cities worldwide.
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POLITICS Newt Gingrich speaks on Capitol Hill in Second Life
CAPITOL HILL—Security was tight Wednesday, September 26th, as Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, appeared live at the West Front of Capitol Hill in Second Life to launch a series of workshops to be produced by his organization, “American Solutions for Winning the Future.” POLITICS Holding events on Capitol Hill
Avatar Kiwini Oe is Steve Nelson, co-founder, Executive Vice President, and Chief Strategy Officer of Clear Ink, an interactive agency based in Berkeley, California. Nelson is a graduate of both UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz. ECONOMY
with Value-Added-Tax from Linden
COMMUNITY Burning Life 2007
The first thing you notice are the tire tracks in the playa. A playa is a dry lake bed consisting of fine-grain sediments, smooth in the summer months, but wet and very soft in the winter months. Then you hear the music—largely hypnotic psytrance—providing a soundtrack for the colorful sculpties, hallucinogenic swing sets, fire-breathing dragons, flaming avatars, and kinetic artwork that surround you. LAW & ORDER
The Garden for the Missing It’s every parent’s worst nightmare. A mother calls the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) to report her 15-year-old daughter missing from Missouri. The mother informs NCMEC that the juvenile may be using an alias and may also be in need of immediate medical attention. BOOKS The Autumn Writers Exposition
COOKIE ISLAND—The Autumn Writer’s Exposition organized by Jilly Kidd and Hastings Bournemouth, is taking place throughout the month of October at “The Written Word” on Cookie Island. The exhibition showcases the work of over fifty writers and features competitions, music, and readings. Special festivities are planned for Halloween week from Saturday October 27th through Sunday, November 4th. SL PRESS RELEASE Vietnam Veteran’s War Memorial Wall Meme Science, LLC awarded Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial Fund contract to create replica of the Vietnam Veteran’s War Memorial Wall in Second Life  09.26.07, 8:00 AM SLT Huntington, WV. - September 14, 2007 — Meme Science, LLC, a leading provider of web based marketing solutions and development services today announced it has received a contract from the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial Fund to create a replica of the Vietnam Veteran’s War Memorial Wall in Second Life.
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Second Life’s John Zhaoying is really John Jainschigg, Director of the Online Technology and New Business Software Technology Group for CMP Technology. CMP Technology, LLC, is one of the largest multimedia companies in the world. It is the parent company of Dr. Dobb’s Portal, www.ddj.com, the host for the Life 2.0 event inside Second Life (SL).
The Al-
Getting started with machinima
Gig's Corner
The hot buzz in the Second Life (SL) art world centers on a project called the “Best of SL Art” by Enniv Zarf, CEO of Krystal Epic, and sponsored by Cyanide Seelowe and the Virtual Artist Alliance. Seelowe says this joint effort, “was like watching rivers merge—the goals of the two groups run parallel to one another, so the collaboration was a natural one.”
Launches series of “American Solutions” workshops
Balancing free speech, security, and protesters
European Union hit
Burners come to Virtual Black Rock Desert
A Virtual AMBER Alert
Literary festival an awesome