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Sunday, August 12, 2012

SL Newser: "Jamm for Genes" Raises Over 300,000 Lindens

Sunday, August 12, 2012 Australia, B and Bs, Bixyl Shuftan, charity, children, fundraiser, genetics, Jamm for Genes, research, second life, Secondlife, SL, SL Newser, The Pocket No comments

Last weekend, the "Jamm for Genes" event raised over 300,000 Lindens. From 10PM Thursday (Aug 2) to close to Midnight on Sunday evening (Aug 5), live musicians performed for the Australian charity at three different clubs, one at a time. On late Thursday, "Lacy's Place" in the Sasha sim started the action. Just as the events there began to wind down 22 hours later, at 8PM the musicians at "The Pocket" at Cassandra began playing.

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SL Newser:London City to celebrate 2012 Olympics- Bixyl Shuftan Reporting...

Friday, July 27, 2012 Bixyl Shuftan, culture, entertainment, games, London, London City, Olympics 2012, second life, Secondlife, SL Newser No comments

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One of the more popular places in Second Life is London City area, which offers a number of events. And when the real London has a celebration, it's often reflected here, such as the Queen's Jubilee earlier in the year.

On Friday July 27, the 2012 Summer Olympics begin in the real life London. In London City, the place has been decorated with Olympic symbols, and a stage has been set up for Olympic themed events. The opening ceremonies will be covered live, and presumably live coverage will continue throughout the games to their closing on August 12.
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SL Newser: No Convention This Year - SLCC 2012 Won't Take Place

Saturday, July 14, 2012 Bixyl Shuftan, canceled, closed, Fleep Tuque, second life, Second Life Community Convention, Secondlife, SL, SLCC 1 comment

Second Life fans whom enjoyed going to their yearly convention got some disappointing news. AvaCon, the group that organized last year's Second Life Community Convention (before, it was done by The Future United) announced it would not be doing another. There would be no SLCC 2012. The only reason given was "changes in the terms of the contract offered by Linden Lab this year," which they did not mention. The event would have been the 8th SLCC convention, and likely would have taken place on August 11th or 18th.

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SL Newser: News and Commentary - Goodbye SL9B

Tuesday, July 03, 2012 Bixyl Shuftan, celebration, second life, Secondlife, SL, SL Newser, SL9B No comments

Wednesday June 27 was the last day to see the SL9B, Second Life Ninth Birthday Exhibits. So went out on the field one last time to see what I had missed. I took a few freebie souvenirs, played a couple games, and of course saw a lot and took lots of pictures. Most of which will probably never see the light of this paper, though I'll probably add a few to my Flickr when things quiet down a little.

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SL Newser: SL9B Ends, "We Made it the Best SL Birthday"

Monday, June 25, 2012 birthday, Bixyl Shuftan, celebration, party, second life, Secondlife, SL, SL Newser, SL9B No comments

Late Sunday night, after a week of events, it was time for the Second Life Ninth Birthday Celebration to officially end.

Next up on the Cake Stage is THE SL9B GRAND FINALE WITH FIREWORKS BY BEWLL ORMEGA ACCOMPANIED BY DJ LAZ DRESLER FROM 11PM TIL MIDNIGHT!!! Join us at the Cake Stage as we celebrate Second Life's 9th Birthday with this outstanding finale!!!

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SL Newser: Join Second Life Newser for a PARTY! June 3 @ 11 am SLT

Friday, June 01, 2012 anniversary, Beach party, Bixyl Shuftan, Cova's Cove, SL Newser 1 comment

It's Second Life Newser's Two Year Anniversary next week. We're still planning our schedule, but it starts Sunday June 3 at Cova's Cove, a private beach owned by our friend Covadonga Writer. The fun begins at 11AM, and all are invited.

http://slnewser.blogspot.com/2012/06/join-second-life-newser-for-party.html

SL Newser: Wounded Warrior Benefit Raises 375,000 Lindens

Wednesday, May 30, 2012 Bixyl Shuftan, memorial, Memorial Day, Military, Patriot Island, Press Pass Media, SL Newser, veterans No comments

US Military Veterans Center

Patriot Island holds benefits for Wounded Warriors every month, but this one was especially successful - http://slnewser.blogspot.com/2012/05/wounded-warrior-benefit-raises-375000.html

SL Newser: Kev Sweetwater's Burn2 Memorial Service

Tuesday, May 29, 2012 Bixyl Shuftan, Burn2, community, Kev Sweetwater, memorial service, second life, Secondlife, SL Newser No comments

Last week, the Burn2 community lost one among them when Kev Sweetwater passed away. On Saturday May 19th, a memorial service/wake was held for him at Deep Hole, attended by his friends in the Burners, the Tombstone RP, and elsewhere. The end of the service was marked as only the Burn2 community can: with a ceremonial temple burn.

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SL Newser : Interview with Michi Lumin- Bixyl Shuftan

Monday, May 21, 2012 Bixyl Shuftan, furry, Linden Lab, Luskwood, Michi Lumin, role play, second life, Secondlife, skunkgirl, SL Newser No comments

image of Michi Lumin retrieved from slnewser.com

In Second Life, one of the oldest communities is Luskwood, which is also the location of the oldest furry avatar company on the Grid. The four whom started the place, and company, are known as the founders. And probably the most popular of them is the skunkgirl in the top hat, Michi Lumin. Recently, Michi sat down for an interview, and talked about a number of subjects concerning Luskwood, the Grid over the years, and Linden Lab.

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SL Newser: The April 2012 Cross-Sim Snail Race -Bixyl Shuftan

Wednesday, May 09, 2012 Bixyl Shuftan, race, racing, RFL, RFL in SL, second life, Secondlife, SL, SL Newser, snail, snail races, snails No comments

RacerX Gullwing (image retrieved from SL Newser)

Snail Races are one of those "only in Second Life" phenomina unique to the grid. Organized by RacerX Gullwing, they usually take place on a track. But once a month during the Relay for Life fundraising season, there are cross-country, or cross-sim races, taking place across numerous sims. The April Cross-Sim race was held on April 28th on the mainland, going past noted locations such as "The Shelter," and ended a few sims away from Abbots Areodrome. And a certain fox reporter was there to cover it.

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SL Newser News- SOPA Act Two? CISPA to be Decided in US House as Soon as Today - Bixyl Shuftan Reporting...

Friday, April 27, 2012 Bixyl Shuftan, CISPA, PIPA, proposed law, SL Newser, SOPA Act No comments

Remember the mess over SOPA in December and January? This proposed law had the potential for becoming "The Great Firewall of America," possibly meaning the end of favorite places online such as Youtube, Facebook, and Second Life. Despite a Congress seemingly poised to approve it, opposition to it and it's sister bill PIPA grew in numbers. The backers of SOPA eventually shelved it from a vote, and the opponents had seemingly won.

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SL Newser News: The Titanic in Second Life- Bixyl Shuftan Reporting...

Friday, April 20, 2012 100th Anniversary, Bixyl Shuftan, culture, history, memorial, SL Newser, Titanic Exhibit No comments

With the 100th Anniversary of the voyage and sinking of the famous passenger liner Titanic, the attention of Second Life residents is drawn to the Grid's own Titanic. Opened in 2009, the ship attracts many residents on a daily basis. Some are drawn to the ship's haunting history, some to take a special someone on a date in a place of atmosphere, and some a little of both. This weekend, there were some special events aboard to honor those who perished in the sinking.

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SL Newser News: "Direct Delivery" Marketplace Troubles and Rodvik's Response- Bixyl Shuftan Reporting...

Monday, April 16, 2012 Bixyl Shuftan, business, Linden Lab, shopping, SL Marketplace, SL Newser No comments

Direct Delivery for the Second Life Marketplace hasn't gone the way Linden Labs intended. At first, it seemed to be a simple bug of gifts to others not always reaching the recipient. But apparently, it's much more...

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SL Newser: Raytheon and NOAA in Second Life

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 Bixyl Shuftan, education, NOAA, RAYTHEON, SL Newser, virtual learning, youtube 1 comment

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Although not as many real life businesses have an inworld presence as a few years ago, some continue to do some work in Second Life. One I hadn't heard of doing so was Raytheon, at least until I stumbled across a Youtube by accident.

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SL Newser News: The New Life Church Bixyl Shuftan Reporting...

Saturday, April 07, 2012 Bixyl Shuftan, Church, Easter Sunday, religion, SL Newser, worship No comments

The New Life Church (Image retrieved from SL Newser)

While people usually think of Easter bunnies and chocolates this time of year, for churchgoers it's also time to celebrate what Easter originally meant, the Resurrection. Second Life has it's share of churches. Among them is the New Life Church in the Shelton sim.

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SL Newser: Still Odd After All These Years: Tuna Oddfellow's Odd Ball

Tuesday, March 27, 2012 Bixyl Shuftan, Odd Ball, Shava Suntzu, SL Newser, Tuna Oddfellow No comments

One of the more unique regular performances in Second Life is the Odd Ball, taking place twice a week. Run by Tuna Oddfellow and Shava Suntzu, it's been running on the Grid for a few years.

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SL Newser: New Wilderness area in Second Life for Premium Members

Monday, March 26, 2012 Bixyl Shuftan, Linden Lab, premium members, SL Newser, wilderness region 1 comment

Earlier this week, Linden Labs revealed a new region in Second Life, the Wilderness.

Meet other Premium members and travel together through a dense rainforest filled with abandoned ruins, mysterious tombs, and hidden surprises in Wilderness, Second Life's newest exclusive destination for Premium-only fun. Hop aboard a boat cruise for an Amazonian adventure sure to thrill and chill, or check out one of the bars or hangout spots. Rumor even has it there are fish within the waters of the Wilderness, so grab your fishing rod and attempt to catch a rare species - or try to wrangle an ornery alligator!

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SL Newser Commentary: Linden Lab Is Destroying It's Newfound Trust

Monday, March 12, 2012 Bixyl Shuftan, culture, Linden Lab, second life, SL Newser, virtual world No comments

Longtime users of Second Life are all too familiar with the days of M Linden. Before him, Second Life was truly seen as "Your World, Your Imagination." But then, Linden Lab began making a number of questionable moves that didn't seem to make any sense, except possibly for short term profits at the expense of long term, or just made no sense at all. People began to have less and less faith in the Lab to run the virtual world in a competent manner. The doubt was to the point among some as to question any new move Linden Lab would make out of fear they'd just screw it up and end up making the Grid worse off. Read More

SL Newser News: Phoenix Team Leader Jessica Lyon Speaks Out About New Third Party Viewer Policy

Sunday, March 04, 2012 Bixyl Shuftan, Jessica Lyon, Rockcliffe University, SL Newser, The Phoenix "Office Hour", Third Party Viewers, viewer policy No comments

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On February 28th, Jessica Lyon made a public appearance to speak about the recent changes Linden Lab announced of their Third Party Viewer Policy. The Phoenix "office hour" took place at the Rockcliffe University area, and was in front of a packed audience with up to 150 residents in and around an auditorium at the intersection of four sims ... Read More

SL Newser News: Spaceport Alpha/International Space Museum Is Back

Monday, February 27, 2012 Bixyl Shuftan, International Space Museum, second life, SL Newser, The SPaceport Alpha Sim No comments

Good news for space fans in Second Life. The Spaceport Alpha sim, home to the International Space Museum or ISM is back online after having been closed for a few weeks. There had been some concerns that the return of the place would be further delayed due to Linden Lab asking for both the back payments and a purchase fee for a new sim. But they were laid to rest when on Wednesday February 22nd the sim was back online for all to see.

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