Shaken into Peace: A Meditation Goes LIVE Today from Unity Productions

Sometimes, things are hard. Sometimes, things weigh us down. Sometimes, we don't know which way to turn for help. Sometimes, it's not about turning anywhere. It's about being STILL . . . and finding peace. For those that never give themselves time to BE and to FEEL and to RELEASE, you definitely do not want to miss Unity Productions' latest show, the meditative performance, SHAKEN INTO PEACE, which goes live TODAY!

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The Relaunch was a Great Success- Thank you for sharing this special event with us- Lanai Jarrico Reporting...

I want to start off my saying WOW WHAT A PARTY!

 It was truly a spectacular event. I must say as we reach each milestone, the parties get better. Everywhere I looked, everyone looked fabulous dressed like bright white stars speckling the dancefloor. When I had a moment to catch my breath and look around, I saw my friends. The energy that filled the venue could only be described as pure love for me and my creation. It was truly a moment where I felt, I have truly accomplished something, but it wasn’t for the help of each and everyone that has touched my life and been involved in SLE in some capacity. If it wasn’t for you, the reader, my team of dedicated professionals and most importantly people that I call my friends., this would not be possible.

Before my speech I was a hot mess behind the scenes, crying in IM to my SL therapist., because I worried my speech wouldn’t be perfect. I wasn’t sure what to say, but I knew I wanted to thank everyone on the SLE Team without forgetting anyone. There are so many that are a piece of the SLE puzzle, the speech would have been a lot longer.  I’m not a big fan of public speaking.  I prefer to spill my thoughts and emotion out in text.

I appreciate the advice to imagine everyone naked and wearing Johnnie Ireland’s classic ducky slippers. The combination worked. Thank you!

For those of you who missed the party and last night’s speech, here it is. xoxoxo

Lanai's Speech

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Celebrating 7 years of the SL Enquirer

The 4th October 2012 marked the 7th Anniversary of the SL Enquirer, making it one of the longest running publications is Second Life.

The reason for its continued success is Lanai Jarrico.  Granted the SLE is her baby, but she has doggedly persisted in ensuring that it continues through thick and thin.  Lanai as many of you already know is one of the world's and that is any world, special people.  She genuinely wants to impart news out into the grid for the betterment of all who read it.  Lanai is has a soft spot for imparting the various experiences, good or bad, of those who make up the community that is Second Life.

Lanai threw a party to end all parties in celebration of this amazing milestone and at the same time unveiled the new look of the SLE and the new home for the SLE media centre on the Irish Estates.  Keeping up with the current trend for clean lines and no fuss this is our new look.

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Jingjing Breedable Pets are now Available to the Public!

Jingjing Breedable Pets, the card battling, egg roll eating critters are now available to the public. Jingjings are the perfect companion pet bringing joy, love and happiness to the masters who raise them. Learn more about them here on this short video

 

 

 

http://youtu.be/sPnzfGLJc40

 

Come pick up your Jingjings today at the Jingjing Store in Expressions.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Expressions/137/134/29

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SLE's Relaunch Party! October 4 4-7pm SLT

Second Life Enquirer

4 October 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PR Contact: Annette Wilder, Wilder Public Relations Inc.

SLE Relaunch Event


 

Would you like to attend an event with a guest list full of SL elite? Do you love good music and a fun atmosphere, of course you do. October 4, you are cordially invited to the SLE newspaper relaunch event beginning at 4PM SLT. The guest are asked to wear all white to the event so put on your best white outfit and dress to impress. The event will feature the amazing Wolfie Moonshadow who will sing everyone into a trance with his melodious voice. Make sure to get there before 4:30PM SLT so you don’t miss Lanai Jarrico’s welcome speech and toast. After Lanai’s toast there will be a steady flow of good tunes by the one and only DJ Miss Luci on the turntables to get your body moving.

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TRADING DREAMS by J.L. Morin Is Occupy's 1st bestselling novel. Meet the author J.L. Morin LIVE in Secondlife at 2pm SLT on Oct 10th for an author reading plus audience Q&A. Event Portal

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: OCTOBER 3 2012

Organizers will annouce final SLURL location an hour before the event.
RSVP to be notified by email to occupyvw@mail.com. Use Email Subject: RSVP TRADING DREAMS. You must RSVP to be notified!

From occupyvw@gmail.com, advanced copies of Trading Dreams are available free to the Press, Citizen Journalists, and Occupy-or-Occupy-Related Event Organizers.

THE FOLLOWING IS FROM AUTHOR J.L. MORIN
Today, October 10th, one of the first Occupy novels, Trading Dreams, goes FREE on Kindle for five days. It’s gotten some great reviews. Raise the Fist Radio says it’s, "Superb fiction with a side of harsh reality and a heaping of humor!" http://bit.ly/SjCZk6  This is the third novel by J. L. Morin, whose writing was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2011. She grew up in inner-city Detroit and was gold medalist in the eLit eBook award and has won a Living Now Book Award for her Japan novel, SAZZAE written as a creative thesis toward an AB at Harvard.

1.   Tell us a little bit about Trading Dreams. What genre is your novel?
Trading Dreams is a political and psychological thriller that uses humor to unmask Wall Street hypocrisy to the baseline of the grassroots Occupy movement.

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Winter Came Early this Year with a great turn out -October 2, 2012

This event was sponsored by Black Soul Rhythms Radio & The SL Enquirer

 Black Soul Rhythms Radio's DJ Dibou and Charity Richez are a team of dedicated hosts that gaurentee a party to be talked about. 

 On October 2, 2012 The SL Enquirer along with BSR Radio and friends, broke in one of Second Life’s best kept secrets, The Blue Ice Club and Event Center.  Avies came from far and near to chill with us in a venue made completely of ice.

We apologize if you missed it, this venue has now melted back into a snow drift on the arctic grid.

If you attended this exclusive party be sure to leave your comments below! 



Congratulations to MarriellaAnne Resident for winning the Spotlight Feature Drawing!
 

Teleport Now!
Sorry, it melted.

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The Official Announcement Of The New Steam Portal To Sl...Jaded Exonar Reporting...

Statement from Linden Labs, on their official blog. 08-16-2012

“......We’re going to make Second Life available on Steam in the next month or so. You’ll still be able to access Second Life just as you can today; there won’t be any change to that. But, the more than 40 million people who use Steam will also be able to get Second Life as easily as they can get games like Portal. We’ll make an announcement on the blog when Second Life is actually available on Steam....”

Well, the whispers have finally become assured confirmations across the grid. Steam is coming! Though the exact date is not set, it is finally official, and we can move on from asking ‘Is it going to happen...?’,and begin taking a closer look at the now imminent future portal into SL.

What is ‘Steam’?

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Ocean Radio Is pleased to announce it's new and noisy younger brother, OR2 TRANCE RADIO

OR2 is very special & unique.

This is a real radio station broadcasting in world, playing trance and dance music throughout Second Life with frequent continuous mixes by the likes of

Armin van Buuren, Paul Oakenfield, Markus Shulz, Andy Moor,

Armada, Godskitchen, Anjunabeats, as well as a huge list of the most incredible trance music tracks,




 

What makes us special?

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Drama - The Good The bad And The Necessary? Jaded Exonar Reporting....

 

 

Even the most recent of SL residents can’t escape the reality we label ‘drama’ – But what is it, and why is it there at all? Perhaps most importantly, can we really avoid it?

 

Second Life is saturated with this phenomenon of ‘drama’,and at times it seems impossible to avoid, even without any personal involvement at all! Confused? I used to be. I can remember very clearly bobbing through a welcome area as a noob, all dressed in my very best (and only) pink dotty dress, my hair tied neatly back into a pony tail, fresh pale skin blinding people in the sunlight. The virtual world was opening up before me, and there it was. BAM. A couple were shouting in Local Chat, and everyone around me slowly began taking sides. That was the moment I began to hobble swiftly and uncomfortably down the road I still try to walk today – The one that leads away from the problem. Has this always worked? In a word, no. But why?

 

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ProFashion ProEmpowerment!

Great Teams are just like a real family — they may not necessarily agree all of the time, but they know they can depend upon one another in a crisis.

ProFashion Productions presented an exercise last week to encourage models and staff to be dedicated and loyal to each other beyond all other considerations; especially when under attack.

Empowering ourselves is the strongest defense against griefers. When we are prepared and stand together, the griefer loses control. When we remove the griefers capability to catch us off guard they become weak.

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The Wilder Side of Business featuring Apple May!

CLICK FOR LARGER VIEW

The Mesh Series Episode 1: Apple May
Date: September 30, 2012
Time: 9:00 AM SLT
Link:http://www.blogtalkradio.com/wilderprinc/2012/09/30/the-mesh-series-episode-1-apple-may-of-apple-may-designs

The Wilder Side of Business is back and we are so excited about the new season. Join us September 30th as the lovely Apple May, owner of Apple May Designs, stops by and allows us to do an in-depth interview. Apple is the first of several fabulous guests who will appear in our mesh series to educate us and our listeners about designing with this new medium. She has been designing in Second Life for many years and it will be an honor to sit down with someone who knows the fashion industry before and after mesh.

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Wedding Announcement: Wedding bells will be ringing for Ivy Maverick & Alon Alphaville. They will exchange vows on Saturday, September 29, 2012 @ 3pm SLT

All are welcome to join in this special occassion.
Location: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Punta%20del%20Este/139/120/22


On behalf of The SL Enquirer, congratulations on your union, we wish you much love and happiness

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How can I be nicer?

It's not that Meredith Bryan didn't have friends—it's that she wasn't, well, friendly. Until she tore down the fortress she'd built around herself, and the world smiled back.

By Meredith Bryan

My mother was robbed at gunpoint in our home when she was pregnant with my sister. As a toddler, I found the event less scarring than she did (her water broke from the stress). Still, she spent the rest of my childhood instilling in me a fear of strangers and an appreciation of big dogs and high-tech alarm systems.

Three decades later, I've taken her lessons to heart. I live in New York City, a place teeming with strangers. And I never speak to them. Not to the old man playing his cello on the subway platform, or the NYU students scouring the sale rack alongside me at the Gap—hell, not even to the tired moms pushing baby strollers on my block, who seem particularly disinclined to commit violence. With friends, I'm solicitous (after an initial thaw, at least). Toward anyone I don't know, I'm dismissive at best, rude at worst. Why are they taking so long to order their coffee?

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Independent Ballet: "PETAH" Goes Live on YOU Tube!

Independent Ballet: "PETAH" Goes Live on YOU Tube!: Independent Ballet owes a great HUGE shout-out to the talented Pia Klaar (and a couple of *great Big Squishy Hugs* as well!) for following u...

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Want your name in the SL Enquirer and at our popular events?

The SL Enquirer is inviting business professionals across the grid to become part of the SLE by pledging as an SLE official sponsor. By donating 1000L, you will get a poster visible at our event locations and receive an ad banner on the SL Enquirer website.

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Nobody Does It Like Maxx -Evelyn Rieko Reporting...

 

Maxx Sabretooth is one of the best singers in Second Life. He has a soulful, sexy voice that makes you really feel the songs he sings. Maxx agreed to an interview.

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SL Enquirers Guide To Fall 2012 Fashion- What's hot? - Kavi Aldrin Reporting...

Summer may as well call it quits because we've moved onto fall. Its a fresh new season so its time you change your style for something with scarf’s, boots and mesh coats! Every girl loves the thought of bundling up and pulling out her favourite sweater.

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Arkansas State University's Johnny Cash Sim & Official Festival! October 5, 2012 -Jaded Exonar Reporting .....

 

 

 

Arkansas State University (ASU) has created a working masterpiece. As true testament to their diverse skills and creativity, they have recreated Dyess, Arkansas, the boyhood home of Johnny Cash, in preparation for the Official RL Johnny Cash Festival...

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Beauty of Culture in Second Life- Kavi Aldrin Reporting...

Culture is the invisible bond that ties different people together. This propagation of values not only transmits knowledge and retain relationships, it builds up a long term tradition in communities.

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Antonio Galloway..A little bit of the Italian in SL -MarriellaAnna Resident Reporting...

                                       

When asked to think of something decidedly Italian, one might be tempted to answer ‘Pizza’ or pasta or even the Catholic Church.

 If asked to reel off the most Italian things ‘I’ can think of the first thing would be a plate of meatballs..the second would be Antonio Galloway,  perhaps because they are not entirely dissimilar  for they are both hearty,  heartwarming and throroughly satisfying  to the senses.  Antonio might be an American, but the heart of an Italian beats firmly in his breast. It is that dolce vita attitude, that love of life that comes through with each of his performances, the infectious laugh in the gaps between songs and the telling of a story from his childhood.,  you just KNOW he’s having a good time behind the mic. You just know that here is Pavarotti singing Show tunes.

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ProFashion Productions Presents LD MAJOR FASHION SHOW TO BENEFIT FEED A SMILE

PROFASHION PRODUCTIONS – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PROFASHION PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS

 LD MAJOR FASHION SHOW TO BENEFIT FEED A SMILE

 SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 2012

*~By Invitation ONLY~*

 

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THIS JUST IN... Griefers gone Wild! - Lanai Jarrico Reporting...

image retrieved from wapday.com

 SLE Police Reports- September 24, 2012* Date fixed

It has been reported a few times since last week that there is a rabbid ringleader and a group of circus clowns running amuck here in Second Life © . Three incidents may be related or, could be separate sets of nitwits all on the same mission to create drama.
One case..... let’s just say some peeps have no shame. These griefers have been difficult to track because of the ability to create alternative avatar accounts, also known as “Alts”. One concerned SL © resident offered some resolution and said, “estate manager-ship does not allow you to rez on land you are not allowed to rez on otherwise. It lets you take the land and make it your own to change land permissions, but that is probably not what anyone wants to do. Group ownership/membership is the way to accomplish that. Just an FYI”.

According to sources close to the SL Enquirer, it seems this band of griefers have put their wits together and come up 2 cents short on a half assed job. Residents are left wondering why anyone would go through great lengths to harass others, especially at Art and Literature events, and with members of the press.

The community is on high alert and rumors are swirling that these griefers are using the SL event listing and going right down the line hiding behind pasty noobs with a griefer sidekicks nearby, ready to blindside unsuspecting avatars.

CASE BLOTTER-August-September

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Festiva Latino

Dro Millar and The Real Co. present Festiva Latino

Irish Estates

23rd September 2012

1.00 pm SLT - Wildcats

1.30 pm SLT - The Santana Band

3.pm SLT -  DJ Anubis Darkwatch

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Newport%20Rhode%20Island/185/185/22

OUTFRONT

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Newport%20Rhode%20Island/196/248/22

OUTBACK

Be prepared to dance holes into the soles of your shoes

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Dance to the sounds of Albannach

Come and march (no dance) to the beat of a different drum (or several and some pipes thrown in for good measure).

Irish Estates

Friday 21 September 2012

2pm to 3pm SLT

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Newport%20Rhode%20Island/23/199/21

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PR:: BALLET PIXELLE® PREMIERES "COULEURS DE LA DANSE" -September 23 @5pm SLT

A NEW ORIGINAL BALLET
Ballet Pixelle® will premiere its fourteenth original ballet "Couleurs de la Danse”
  Sunday, September 23 at 5:00 pm.


About us
"Couleurs de la Danse" is a ballet about color...and dance.
There is no story, there is only movement.
A dashing and strong danseur in green with his vibrant green ballerina. A quick and jazzy danseur in red with his fleet-footed and daring red ballerina. And a study in femininity and grace -- the lavender ballerina.

Then, a solo ballerina in white lace daintily follows the lines of the baroque violins.
And finally, red passion erupts!

Discussions following all performances. Please come early as seats fill quickly.

Performances will take place on Sundays at 5:00pm and Wednesdays at 2pm at the Ballet Pixelle Theatre, through Oct 1st.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Quat/42/24/107

For more general information, our web site is: http://balletpixelle.org/

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The Keyhole Club -For Those Who Like To Watch And Be Watched Pandora Drezelan Reporting...

When I first came to Second Life like most curious people I visited quiet a few sex based clubs and even worked in a few as a dancer and escort. Then a friend of mine introduced me to the very amazing Keyhole Club and unlike most clubs that are usually found in mature Sims The Keyhole Club is situated in an adult Sim and is full of an abundance of sexual variety from voyeurism to a fully equipped cinema.
I have visited The Keyhole Club on many occasions since that first time and spoke with the owner Barry Lubezki about The Keyhole Club and how it all began.

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PRESS RELEASE: Black Soul Rhythms Radio Soul Music Festival

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Soul Music Festival
September 21 & 22 & 23







The BSR Radio Soul Music Festival will be three days of live DJ events, concert tributes and machinima. Events will be held at venues on SugarHill sim and various other sims across SL. BSRRadio DJs will be showcased along with other celebrity SL DJs!! The BSR Radio Soul Music Festival will be an ongoing annual tradition.

An "EVENT" for the Soul Music Festival  is now posted on the Black Soul Rhythms Radio FB wall:  https://www.facebook.com/events/104097316411827

Make sure you do not miss this !  Soul Music Festival highlights include:

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Spotlight on KARIMA HOISAN By Marriellanna Resident

 

 

It was both a sad and joyous occasion when Karima Hoisan agreed to come to perform for us at Irish Estates recently, her first time back in realms for several months.  The elation at seeing her again was tempered with the knowledge of why she had left sl in the first place - to make the long Journey from her rl Costa Rican home to visit a friend in the United States and more poignant still, it was a journey made with the sole purpose of being at the end for a  childhood friend dying from Cancer.

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Spotlight on ByrneDarkly Cazalet, Curator of the Tart Gallery -Lanai Jarrico Reporting...

 Artistic expression is everywhere we look in Second Life © . Art can be seen in the landscape, the objects that bring the grid to life and the avatars that reflect their personalities through the unique style they have.

ByrneDarkly describes herself [in her profile] as a wandering artist and a musician on hiatus. In the virtual world you can find many creative people with a variety of talents like her, but what sets ByrneDarkly apart is her underground and lowbrow style and the reason she keeps coming back to Second Life ©.

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Linden Endowment Of The Arts Features Mary Wickentower’s, ‘Cinema!’ – Jaded Exonar Reporting...

The new art installation supported by ‘Linden Endowment Of The Arts’, is a sim wide piece by Mary Wickentower. Using her extensive background in design, she has created an elegant and nostalgic window into the past....

 

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The beach is calling

Time to break out those hot pants....  Irish Estates invites you to come and feel the warm sand between your toes, play with jet ski's and dance to the sounds of DJ Kennef Riggles.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Irish%20Ilha%20Grande/37/171/37/

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Spotlight Feature: Meet Alma Fushikizoh, Owner of Birdland Jazz Club and Lounge - One of Second Life’s © last true Jazz and Swing venues still around. Lanai Jarrico Reporting...

Have you asked yourself, what brings you to Second Life © ? Has your time been well spent? Can you say that you have genuine friends that you can trust?

Many Second Life residents have spent years in Second Life letting their creativity lead them and others just had a taste of the possibilities for a couple of months weeks or even days.


No matter how long you have been in the virtual world, there is still plenty to do, people to meet and things to learn. Each avatar contributes something to the virtual world community. Whether it is a business owner selling merchandise, roleplayer and escaping from the stresses of RL or a artist showcasing their work for others..Everyone has a story to tell and something we might learn a thing or two from.

Alma Fushikizoh is an avatar that has been a staple of the SL community since 2006. She certainly is a busy bee. Not only does she own and operate her own business; Birdland but she also belongs to a classy Burlesque Dance Company. 

Meet Alma Fushikizoh

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WILDER PR: LD Major | Loovus Dzevavor Grand Reopening!

LD Major | Loovus Dzevavor

13 September 2012

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PR Contact: Annette Wilder, Wilder Public Relations Inc. + AVENUE Inc
                   for LD Major | Loovus Dzevavor

LD Major | Loovus Dzevavor New Store Unveiling and Aboriginal Collection Release
                  + fi*fridays and Couturier Docks exclusive releases

 

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Irish Estates Events: Poetry Reading by Karima Hoisan -September 13th @ 1pm SLT

Dear friends,
I warmly invite you to my poetry reading this coming; Thursday September 13th 1-2 pmslt. Irish Estates. It has been four months since my last reading, and I admit I am somewhat nervous, but at the same time, very excited to be doing my first, at such a beautiful, and elegant spot. This is a new venue for me.
I have some new poems to share and over half of them are to my own musical compositions. I have chosen what I feel is an eclectic mix of moods and feelings, all accompanied by images played behind me, and hope they delight you for this hour.

You are cordially invited to join me. I look forward to seeing you all again...

-Karima Hoisan

Here is your taxi, to drop you off at the Gazebo
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Newport%20Rhode%20Island/216/103/22

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