You are cordially invited to Daddy-O's for our first Party
on the Beach in 2015 - albeit a bit snowy! DJ Huey and his lovely
hostess Krissy will be heading up this "Come as you are, fast acting, Poly
unsaturated, no calories feel good party. Come out and celebrate the year ahead
and all the good things it brings. Bring your best "FEEL GOOD" song
requests for DJ Huey and Krissy and enjoy a night of good music and friends. No
particular dress code. But fun imaginative costumes encouraged - in good taste of course! Grab your
significant other, your friends or just come alone and meet new friends at
Daddy-O's. Daddy-O's...Where fun RULEZ!
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Thursday, January 15, 2015
"FEEL GOOD" MUSIC NIGHT AT DADDY-O's Thursday January 15th 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Thursday, January 15, 2015
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Relay Rockers Announce 2015 CRFB Top DJ Competition Schedule and Return of Relay d’Alliez
Thursday, January 15, 2015
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(Arinultra Cay) The Relay Rockers executive
committee held its 2015 organizing meeting and selected Sue Peregrine as the
2015 Team Captain. The daughter of Alliez Mysterio and CEO of dAlliez Estates,
Sue has been a member of the team since its inception in 2005. The team also
announced its plans to once again host the very popular Celebrate Remember
Fight Back Top DJ Competition and to provide, with dAlliez Estates, Relay d’Alliez
as a venue for teams to host Relay fundraising events during the 2015 season. The
4th annual CRFB Top DJ competition is a fundraising contest, challenging online
DJs to raise the most donations for the American Cancer Society during a series
of 1 and 2 hour sets.
Nearly 50 DJs from all
over Second Life have taken part in the contest since it began in
2012 and the CRFB
competition has raised over L$6,000,000 to support the Relay For Life of Second
Life.
According to Competition Director
and Rocker CoCaptain Ariel Stormcrow, the Rockers will once again be inviting
Second Life music venues to be “Partner Venues” and host preliminary rounds of
the competition. She also stated that, in response to suggestions, the team
will provide for the use of Dual Team Kiosks during the preliminary rounds for
competitors who are registered members of another Relay For Life team. Online
registration for the competition, which will run from late March through May,
will open during the first week of February and will be open to the first 16
competitors. For more information please contact Ariel Stormcrow ariel@relayrockers.t1radio.com
Relay d’Alliez, which the
team made available in 2014 through an arrangement with their premier sponsor
dAlliez Estates, will once again be available as a fundraising event venue for registered
teams. Teams will be able to reserve the sim in parcels or its entirety
beginning with Kick off Week through event weekend in July. More information on
how to place a reservation will be announced in early February to the Relay For
Life Volunteers group and on T1Radio. For more information about Relay dAlliez
contact
The Rockers, who are
entering their record setting 11th consecutive season plan to continue their
signature event, Bid Me Bald, with team cofounders Trader Whiplash and Nuala Maracas
the initial ‘Victimteers’
Their Barbershop Kiosks
will be set up on March 11th and 18th, respectively with their shearing to
occur one week hence. The Rockers also plan to hold RelayStock ‘15 as a multi
team event and invite all teams to begin planning to attend.
Questions about the Relay
Rockers may be emailed to:
Sue Peregrine, Team
Captain sue@relayrockers.t1radio.com
Trader Whiplash, CoCaptain
trader@t1radio.com
Ariel Stormcrown,
CoCaptain
ariel@relayrockers.t1radio.com
Melodie Jigsaw, CoCaptain
melodie@relayrockers.t1radio.com
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
GizzA Creations Introduces the Emily Dress
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
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Geek IS still the new Sexy, as we pass into 2015!
The newly released GizzA - Emily Dress is the example extraordinaire! This collared plaided, tartan minidress with cuffs matching the collar isn't limited to students but to all who want to connect to their inner geek.
Available in 6 classic colors, this is the MUST HAVE for the season!
A demo is available in the main store to try before purchase.
GizzA Mainstore:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/GizzA%20Creations/132/113/72
􀀂
Gizza Outlet :
More than thousand new outfits recently added in the outlet store
􀀃http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Gizza%20Creations%20II/208/112/72
GizzA Creations / Owner & Creator
Giz Seorn
GizzA Creations / Owner
Auster Elan
Our Most Embarrassing Moments of Second Life - LadyLoveDr Reporting
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
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We've all had them, that
moment when it becomes too late to take something back or reverse time to stop
something that had happened. The timing
seems to be perfect but not in your favor.
No matter what the episode is, in one way or another we've all stood at
the front of the firing line. Our faces
turn red, we feel our ears get hot, our stomach does flips and we get a little
nervous. I'm talking about that
embarrassing event that never happens when we're alone or no one is online that
we know. I roamed Second Life polling
crowds of people to see what their most embarrassing moments were. I enjoyed hearing them so I figured why not
share with the readers of the SL Enquirer.
Elsie W:
My most embarrassing
moment would have to be when I went to buy a house with friends. I happened to
see one off in the distance. After
contemplating all the houses around me, I went to check out the one in the
distance I had seen. I proceeded to
teleport my friends in, upon which I noticed it was furnished and some other
people inside. I then explained out loud what I was intending to do, what I
would change, what was wrong with the colour scheme. After I had chatted
endlessly and without limits for a while I found out it was a private house and
the other people who I thought were potential buyers were in fact the
owners. Oops!
Kaijah C:
I had just bought a new
skin. I was super excited to put it on
and flaunt around in my new look! After
the skin was on, I put on my cool zipper open jeans and went shopping for
another hour. So there I was, painting
the town in my new-found skin and favorite outfit, feeling like I was on top of
the world! Then I cammed to look around
at some stuff and happen to catch a glimpse of the front of my avatar, i was
like what is that? To my surprise, my privates had been hanging out for all to
see! Talk about busting my bubble.
Black W:
My most embarrassing
moment in Second Life is when I was talking with someone and they seemed really
familiar. I just couldn't put my finger
on it. Maybe I had spoken with them at
another period in our SL lives. We
chatted for quite a while, getting to know each other better. All of a sudden, my phone rings. That was my friend on the phone. As it turns out, I did in fact know him the
friend was calling to inform me that I was talking to her husband in SL. It wasn't my fault but I couldn't help but
apologize to her.
Mr R:
I was in the middle of a
group event that I couldn't leave and my girlfriend popped on. She started chatting me up. Things got a little hot and heavy. I was going back and forth between the group
chat and the private IM with my girlfriend.
I typed in this really hot comment about what I wanted her to do with
her mouth and the moment I pressed the ENTER key I realized that I had just
send that comment to the group I was in, instead of as a private IM to my
girlfriend.
Lady L:
I was spamming groups and
land chat, trying to sell some parcels I had.
I teleported to a sandbox to work on a prim that would help me announce
my posts. A few minutes after I landed,
an IM popped up and a guy asked how much.
I said "For you, only $1536!"
He asked for how long? I said
"$1536 and you own." I quickly
realized I had teleported to a BDSM sandbox and he was not at all interested in
my land, he wanted to buy me to be his slave.
That's what I call sending someone an IM at the perfect time.
Got a funny or embarrassing
story to share? Use the comment box below
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
NEWS FLASH: Antiochia Inaugural Festivities A Great Hit
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
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From
10 am slt to 10 pm slt, Antiochia hosted SecondLife denizens from all corners
of the grid. A long line-up of artists, performers, academics, and students
shared their craft and stories with their audiences and, at times, filled the
sim to its limits.
But
before sharing with you the details of this exciting day, we would like to let
you know that two of the artists who helped make last Sunday such a success
will be back for repeat performances this Sunday,
January 18, in Antiochia’s Forum Valentis: Maximillion Kleene from noon to 1 pm slt, followed by Joaquin Gustav,
from 1 pm to 2 pm slt. Come join us to party and have fun with two of SL’s
best showmen!
Hours
before the events started, the Antiochia team was still working hard to put the
last touches to their City and complete the remaining details required to provide
tourists with a meaningful experience –such as the 45 notecards describing in
detail the various points of interest of Antiochia and relating them to
historical places and events.
At
10 am, Sandia Beaumont started the
events with a virtuoso visual and musical performance, with her Exuberant Improvisations (literally!) on
her double grand piano, artfully set up by her assistant, Alem Theas. She was followed by Georges Kabalan, an Antiochia
Scholarships Trust Scholar in real life, who shared his story of being the
youngest entrepreneur in Iraq to open and manage a western franchise restaurant
(SecondCup), an his dream of coming to study in Canada, where he was accepted
into a Master’s program at Royal Roads
University, Victoria. He was followed by Antiochia Chief Architect, Alexia Carnell, who shared her vision
of building this historical city, and by Antiochia
Scholarship Trust representatives Bromo
Ivory and AlexOlteanu Unplugged,
who talked about AST’s vision of
helping students from the Greater Middle East realize their dream of pursuing
their post-secondary studies in Canada, and how they plan to use SL as an ideal
platform to make this actually come true. For more information on AST, please visit their website, at http://home.antiochiatrust.org, or
contact AlexOlteanu Unplugged
inworld or in real life by e-mail at alex@antiochiatrust.org.
By
the time Maximillion Kleene was
rocking the Forum Valentis, we had reached the sim’s limit of 60 visitors and
had to raise the ceiling to 70, which was almost reached by the time he sang
Cohen’s “Hallelujah!”.
In
the afternoon, the crowd moved to the Acropolis Fortress and AST Square, where David Orban gave a thoughtful and
highly topical speech on emergent new technologies and the changing nature of
both public service and private commercial institutions, and the need for
participation and democratic networks of governance to ensure such developments
would work for, rather than against, the maintenance and promotion of key
values such as equal dignity and respect for all individuals, wherever they may
live. The presentation was videotaped
and will soon be available on YouTube for those who did not
have the chance to be there “in person”.
He
was followed by Joaquin Gustav’s
marvelous guitar, then by a fascinating discussion panel and open debate with
the audience on the theme of Ten Years of
Real Governance in a Virtual World. Stephen
Xootfly, a real-life professor at US university, shared his experiences of
teaching university-level courses in SL, an Gwyn Llewelyn, a graduate student from Portugal and partner in SLs
biggest sim development services company, discussed her views of developing
participative structures of governance in virtual environment.
The
last five hours were a non-stop party back in the Forum Valentis, where DJ Wally played rock and country for
two hours to a hip audience, rock and blues star performer Komuso Tokugawa let his electric guitar speak all the way from
Tokyo, and jazz, soul, and blues artist Gweeb
delighted his audience with his own songs. The evening ended on a mellow note,
with Joaquin Gustav returning for an
encore performance under the stars of Antiochia, with Brazilian and Argentinian
dances and guitar melodies.
And
so, twelve hours after Sandia Beaumont’s first piano notes launched these
inaugural festivities, Antiochia went quiet again after a truly successful
launch in SecondLife. A special thank you is owed to all artists, academics,
volunteers, and architects who made this all possible – and especially the
visitors who came to participate in our events and made this day so much fun.
Stay
tuned for up-coming events in Antiochia – the adventure is just beginning!
Announcing The 2015 SL SCI-FI Convention in Support of Relay for Life in Second Life
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
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DATES: FEBRUARY 20 TO MARCH 1, 2015
The 2015 SL Sci-Fi Con blasts off on February 20th
through March 1st, 2015. This annual event, is in support of Relay
For Life of Second Life, an official charity of the American Cancer Society.
Enjoy a Science Fiction Resort fantasy like you can only
find in SL, our eighth convention since 2009 we'll chase away the Winter Blahs
in Sci-Fi Paradise! Over 100 exhibitors from across the Grid and Galaxy, 10
days of activities and adventures, with Live Music Events, Theatrical
Presentations, Parties and so much more!
Join in the Scavenger Hunt, visit the Amusement Park, see
the sights & shops, and explore the six sim estate including orbital Space
Experience. Help us celebrate the launch
of the 2015 RFL Season, The Future is Now!
Registration is currently open and you can choose from a
variety of booths and packages.
Registration information can be found at the following link: http://slscificonvention.wordpress.com/booth-information/
About Relay For Life of Second Life:
Relay For Life of Second Life (RFL of SL) is an annual
activity that takes place in Second Life in July each year. Volunteers form or
join teams to have fun while fundraising and raise awareness from mid-March
through mid-July. In July teams build campsites and walk a track that spans
more than 40 virtual regions.
In 2014, Relay For Life of Second Life reached a
milestone of having raised $2,500,000 since its fundraising beginning in 2004,
for the American Cancer Society. Relay For
Life has become an international movement in RL and in SL. In 2013 participants
from over 80 countries took part in Relay For Life of Second Life.
About the American Cancer Society:
For more than 100 years, the American Cancer Society
(ACS) has worked relentlessly to save lives and create a world with less cancer
and more birthdays. Together with millions of our supporters worldwide, we help
people stay well, help people get well, find cures, and fight back against
cancer.
For more information and updates:
Monday, January 12, 2015
Imagine Magazine Issue 17 Now Available!- January 2015
Monday, January 12, 2015
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In this January issue of imagine we have some amazing content and great photos to share as we kick off the New Year in style!!
- Patrick and Liz Thorkfeld- "Vision of the Future of SL"
- Selma Sella- "Chicken or Pasta?"
- A Look into SL Biker Gangs- Lanai Jarrico Interview
- Dragonheart Spiritweaver- "SL Fine Adventures"
- Gish Gaurdian-"Is Sl Dead?"
- RebeccaSue Magic- "Artistic Look at SL"
Enjoy Dragonheart SpiritWeaver CEO Imagine Magazine.
Read more here
http://issuu.com/dragonheart/
6th Annual Oscar Fashion Photo Contest- January 8-February 22nd- 28,500L in Prizes!
Monday, January 12, 2015
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Around the Grid with Harper, the Second Life blog published by Harper Ganesvoort, announces its 6th Annual Oscar Fashion Photo Contest, running from now until February 22, 2015. Residents of Second Life can once again compete for L$28,500 in prizes, with L$10,000 going to the 1st-place winner.
"I've opened up the competition early this year," Harper said, "since the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences chose to shorten the voting period for the Academy Awards this year. The Contest normally closes at 12:01 am SLT following the broadcast of the Oscars. That means that, this year, entrants would only have about 5 weeks to put together a look, photograph it, and do any post-processing work they desired before submissions closed. So I've chosen to open the groups early to try and equalize out the entry period with previous contest editions.
"Last year's contest was the first in my blog's history with a guaranteed prize fund of nearly L$30,000," Harper continued. "The actual amount paid out was about L$10,000 more than the guarantee, as there were several entries with two avatars in the shot. I feel that everyone in the picture deserves to share in the prize fund.
"Last year also saw a huge upswing in the number of men involved in the shot, or as the primary submitter. Eight men were entered, and five of them placed in the winners' list, including the first prize. It's easy to forget, in the female-centric fashion world, that men can dress up as well. Indeed, last year's winner, Jackson Redstar, covered both sides of the equation -- he shot his photo as both the man and the woman! It was amusing as well as enjoyable to see his vintage-styled photo, and to award it the top honor.
"I hope to see a strong showing from the men again, but I of course wish all entrants the best of luck, and look forward to some great photos again this year."
As always, there will be three placing finishers, as well as four honorable mentions. First prize is L$10,000; second, L$7,500; and third, L$5,000. Each honorable mention will receive a prize of L$1,500. Complete contest rules may be found at the contest announcement at http://harper-ganesvoort.com/2
Urgent News from Carli Chiari Clowes about !Clowes Couture Fashion Show and Charity Auction Cancellation
Monday, January 12, 2015
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Due to a boycott by a griefer there will be NO more fashion show and charity auctions at Angel Manor. Things like this are very unfortunate for those who try to come together and help others. We become victims of attacks and grief by people who use envy, jealousy and slander against us. They think they have won over those that are trying to do good but not for long. Unfortunately this is Second Life and it contains some nests of crows and snakes. You just have to know how to control the pests.
I am officially announcing that we are cancelling the !Clowes Couture fashion show on January 19th and everything will be relocated and rescheduled for February 28th.
Meanwhile, big news is we will move forward, head held high and my precious name and my reputation is not in the least affected by this griefing.
Stay tuned for more details about the Fashion Show and Charity Auction
Carla Chiari Clowes
Founder, Qwner, Entrepreneur
Catwalk Academy
elite Virtual Ford Models NYC
!Clowes Couture
Supermodel Fashion City in the World
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Queen & King Red Carpet
Sunday, January 11, 2015
The Night Theater Presents: Winter Wishes- Thursday January 15 at 11am SLT
Sunday, January 11, 2015
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A fun show of dreams and wishes for this time of year. The Dreamdancers have worked their magic to bring you a few of their winter hopes and dreams to life. With 2 numbers choreographed by JenzZa Misfit & Martty Gehter, another number by Sarah Elisabeth Brenham and a few more as usual by Aelva.
To satisfy the requests of our audience, we are performing Winter Wishes one last time, before all the snow melts away. So if you could´t get in last time due to the unfortunate sim limit changes, or simply haven´t had time yet, come by and see the show on:
Thursday January 15th @ 11 am slt.
And, we have moved! So new surroundings to explore and hang out in;)
New location:
Saturday, January 10, 2015
NEWS FLASH: Take TIME MACHINE to Grand Opening of the Ancient Byzantine City Of ANTIOCHIA – This Sunday, January 11, 2015, from 10 am slt to 10 pm slt.
Saturday, January 10, 2015
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We
are very happy to invite you to the opening festivities of the Antiochia sim – home of the Antiochia Community of Citizens (or, in
its Greek form, "Agora Polis
Antiochia").
Antiochia is the virtual platform for a
number of organisations and individuals whose main aim is to extend the
boundaries of information, communication, and education across both virtual and
real words. It aims to become a Knowledge Community spanning Real and
SecondLife, by focusing on the key values of Education, Citizenship,
Creativity, and Diversity.
Antiochia’s
main sponsor is the Antiochia Scholarships Trust, a Canadian non-profit
organization helping students from the Greater Middle East to realize their
dream of pursuing their university studies in Canada. For more information on AST,
please visit its website at: http://home.antiochiatrust.org
. Antiochia’s Chief Architect is
SecondLife’s Alexia Carnell, owner
of the Time Machine Design Studio and
Store and its Landscaper is SL’s Butterfli
Summers. The Terraforming and some of the buildings were done by Bagheera Kristan.
The
sim itself is creatively modeled after the ancient city of Antiochia on the
Orontes (today in Southern Turkey), a multicultural, tolerant and creative city
with Phoenician roots, Greek origins, then Roman and Byzantine high points. We
have tried to reflect this cultural diversity in our buildings, attractions,
and the 44 Information Points you will find throughout the sim. A good starting
point is Antiochia’s Info Center,
located in the Nymphaeum Plaza, with
the following slurl:
The
Opening Festivities will last the entire day of Sunday, January 11, 2015, from 10 am slt to 10 pm slt, so people
from all time zones can attend one or more events at times convenient for them.
You will find a detailed list of all events and their venues' Landmarks below.
We
have planned for you a variety of informative, educational, and entertaining
events. One of AST’s Middle East students will briefly talk about his
dream of studying in Canada; a European expert in leading-edge network science
will give the Inaugural AST Lecture;
and we will have a panel discussion with questions and answers from the public
on Ten Years of Virtual Governance in
SecondLife.
The
musical events will cover everything from rock, pop, folk, blues, and country
to Spanish guitar and even a much-anticipated classical piano concert that will
open our entire day, at 10 am slt.
Please
feel free to visit the sim and to join our group, Agora Polis Antiochia, so as to stay informed of our future
activities and events. You can contact Antiochia’s Project Manager, Alex
Olteanu, either in-world by IM-ing his avatar, AlexOlteanu Unplugged, or by e-mail, at alex@antiochiatrust.org; or the Project Administrator, by IM-ing his
SL avatar, Brent Ivory.
We
hope that you are just as excited as we are by the events we have planned for
you and that you will be able to attend with your friends sometime during this
day.
We look forward to seeing you and your friends on Sunday,
January 11, 2015, for Antiochia's Opening
Festivities.
The Antiochia Team
Antiochia’s Opening Festivities Schedule & Venues
Sunday, January 11, 10 am slt to 10 pm slt
Morning: Nymphaeum
Plaza & Info Center
10 - 11 am: Sandia Beaumont, Classical piano
11 - 11:30 am: An AST Student's Story: Georges Kabalan
11:30 am - 12 pm:
Inaugural Remarks: Quaestor Hax & Team
12 - 1 pm: Maximillion Kleene, Folk / pop
Afternoon: AST Square
in Acropolis Fortress
1 -2 pm: Inaugural AST
Lecture: David Orban: Infrastructures and Superstructures: The
interactive components of our lives
2 - 3 pm: Joaquin Gustav, Spanish guitar
3 -5 pm: Discussion
panel: A decade of real governance in a virtual space. Speakers: Gwyneth
Llewelyn, Stephen Xootfly
Evening: Forum
Valentis
5 - 7 pm: DJ Wally: Country Mix
7 - 8 pm: Komuso Tokugawa: Rock
8 - 9 pm: Gweeb: Blues
Friday, January 9, 2015
Spotlight on Kandie Doll House: A Gentlemen's Club with Heart and Soul- Becca Drascol Reporting…
Friday, January 09, 2015
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Kandie Doll House was
quite simple for me to find. I was looking for somewhere to work and
did a search for places hiring. And yet as easy as this gentlemen’s
club was to find, as great as the staff are, you would never guess from looking
at it that it hasn’t been open very long. Nor would you guess that
the traffic is low. Why is that? Simply put, Second Life
has so many clubs and other venues spread across the grid that many do not get
the attention they very much so deserve.
The atmosphere of Kandie
Doll House is fun, lighthearted and welcoming. A place you feel at
home at while watching beautiful dancers on stage. Not to mention a club
that makes its staff feel important. You may ask yourself, what makes this club unique?
Kandie Doll House is one of the very few that
will hire literally based on the person behind the avatar. Simply
put, this is one club with heart and soul right there in the open for any guest
to see.
When asked the history behind Kandie Doll House the owner Kandis
Parkes had this to say:
“I always loved dolls
and dressing them up for everyone to see. Pink is my favorite color and I adore
Vintage. I thought if I put it all together it would be someone that was
original and not about all being sexy it would be more about being beautiful.
In my mind everyone loves beautiful things weather it is art or avis and the
people behind the avis. Showing off beautiful avis with beautiful people behind
them to me is priceless.”
Interview with Kandis Parkes
Becca Drascol: Tell me Kandis, why you decided to open KDH?
Kandis Parkes: I have
worked for several of other Gentlemen's clubs here in SL and I never really had
fun it was always about how much I could bring in. I wanted a nice club where
EVERYONE feels welcome no matter how much they make or how much they can tip.
It’s about family period.
Becca Drascol: What do you envision for KDH’s future?
Kandis Parkes: I would
love to see it grow and I am hoping one day in the near future to also open a
Ladies Club with male dancers and escorts. Most of all I just want everyone who
chooses to work here to just enjoy what they do and feel important. Without the
ladies and our guests there would be no Kandie Doll House.
Becca Drascol: Kandis, you said it’s all about family for
you, describe one way your SL family has made being a club owner easier.
Kandis Parkes: That’s
easy because they have supported me 100%.
Becca Drascol: Would you support other SL venues and if so,
in what way?
Kandis Parkes: Yes
of course, I would support anyone who was trying to do something they believe
in. I would use their product for an event, advertise for
them. Anything I could.
Visit Kandie Doll House
EVENTS
Event Date(s): Every
evening
Event time(s): 7pm SLT
- 11 pm SLT
Thursday, January 8, 2015
An Educational and Historical Experience in Second Life- Introducing Agora Polis Antiochia and the Antiochia Scholarships Trust- Lanai Jarrico Reporting…
Thursday, January 08, 2015
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Travel back in time to 600
AD when Antiochia was a Roman province of Syria and take a historical journey
through the 3rd largest Roman city in antiquity.
It is not a role play sim.
Curator AlexOlteanu Unplugged is the founder and chair of the Antiochia Scholarships Trust in the real
world and a knowledgeable leader in this virtual world project. Agora Polis Antiochia is a virtual world
educational facility in Second Life with a historical environment designed to
help students from the greater Middle East belonging to minorities or otherwise
in need to continue their education abroad. The goal of this project is to help
these students improve their English skills, guide them in managing projects,
build leadership skills, work with other students and prepare them to study at
universities in Canada, with the assistance of the Antiochia Scholarships Trust. Founded in November 2013, AST’s vision is the make a difference one student at a time. Derived
from an Arab proverb, AST ‘s motto is
“A Tree Starts with a Seed”. The Antiochia
Scholarship Trust strives to secure tuition-free scholarships and living
expenses costs from private corporations, individual donors and partner
universities in Canada.
In Second Life, students are
encouraged to develop virtual world skills at Agora Polis Antiochia to help prepare them for the transition to
education in Canada. There are over 44 information points throughout the sim,
each describing a virtually constructed replica of structures, statues,
monuments and landscaping of the time. Chief Architect Alexia Carnell is a real
world architect who takes pride in her work in both worlds. She successfully
recreated every detail in her builds through her research of ancient
transcripts and descriptions. She is best known for her Time Machine Studio and Shop, with builds that can be seen
throughout Second Life. The beautiful waterfalls, pathways, flowers, trees and
landscaping were skillfully recreated by visual artist Butterfli Summers, who
helped put the finishing touches on this project.
Upon landing at Agora Polis Antiochia (APA) you will
walk through the Porta Aurea
(Golden Gate) and enter the Cardo. This is the main North-South street leading
to the Nymphaeum Plaza and APA Info Center, where you can find information
about the people, projects and activities available on the sim. Other
features include various cultural layers such as Greek and Roman architectural
influences in the bridges, ports, arches, temples, lighthouse, ancient
underground sewer system and waterways navigable by boat. One can also visit
Phoenician ruins, a Byzantine cathedral and fortress, the long lost tomb of
Alexander the Great and Daphne’s Gardens. The Oval Forum and the Magnaura
building offer places for students and visitors to participate in lectures and
entertainment events.
About
the Antiochia build
Alexia Carnel shares, “Building
Antiochia has been a very positive experience for me. I had a perfect
"entente" with the sim owners: we shared concepts and ideas, and they
would let me free to interpret them and bring them to life. Eclecticism in
style, some historical quotations, a huge number of points of interest and a
gifted landscaper - Butterfli Summers - made this sim so beautiful”.
Alexia went on to say,
“Bagheera started terraforming ten weeks ago; the land concept was based on the
Golden Gate of Constantinople, with its Citadel - which is much more exciting
than a flat landscape. Then we started building the Citadel, based on early
Byzantine themes such as the Cathedral, the Senate.... and added some
Hellenistic and classical Roman style touches with the Forum, the Harbor, the
Termae and the Tyche Temple. There are some very realistic touches such as the
underground Cistern (which still exists in RL in Istanbul), and all the
Cathedral mosaic textures - which was a huge task. We couldn't miss paying
homage to the spirit of Alexander the Great, so we built a stunning Mausoleum
based on historical sources under the landing point, with a fun secret entrance
devised by Bagheera.”
Alexia’s love of
building is apparent as she shares her vision of building in Second Life.
“I started building in
SL in 2007; my main aim has been to re-create atmospheres lost in the long-gone
past. Walking in a reconstructed arena or in a Roman villa or in a Greek temple
has always been a strong emotion for me and I wanted to share it with people
who are fond of history in general, and the history of architecture in
particular, And yes, my main focus has always been on concepts and ideas, not
technology by itself. Many people in SL believe technology is almost a religion,
and mesh its last god. Mesh is just a tool, not a goal. In my creations I use
mesh components, sculpties, good old prims and many textures I personally
prepare on photoshop. I love to use all technologies for the best they
have to offer and build in world rather than on a 3d program, because when you
start building you HAVE to relate and adapt.”
The visual perspectives and
atmosphere in the virtual world is an important part of creating an environment
where people from around the world can come together, explore and contribute
something great in Second Life. The Antiochia team has accomplished that goal. AlexOlteanu
explained, “This is a platform in the virtual world that supplements and complements
what we do in the real world. We come
together and learn together to get students from the Middle East ready to study
in Canada”.
Interview
with Alex Olteanu (AlexOlteanu Unplugged)
Lanai:
Hi Alex, thank you for the tour of Agora Polis Antiochia. I was impressed by
the time and detail you and your team put into this project for Antiochia
Scholarships Trust. What inspired you to
found the Antiochia Scholarships Trust?
Alex: My students in Erbil,
Kurdistan. I was fortunate to have the opportunity to spend one year in
northern Iraq, in the capital of the Kurdish Region, and teach Business
Management and English to a variety of local students – Kurdish and Arab,
Christian and Muslim, from all parts of Iraq and the Middle East. All were very
excited to learn and improve their English skills. Many, especially those
belonging to local minorities, such as the Assyrian Christians, or those who
had come to Kurdistan from southern Iraq or Syria to find safety and security,
had few opportunities to continue their university studies. When I returned to
Canada, they told me how much they wished to continue their university studies
abroad. They asked me: “Please, don’t let our dream die!”. This is what
motivated me initially to set up AST
when I returned to Vancouver, in the Summer of 2013. Since then, we all know
that the Greater Middle East is now in greater turmoil than ever. Young people
throughout the region – but especially those belonging to minorities, live in
unsafe environments, with limited educational opportunities at the post-secondary
level. It is only by living in a multicultural environment abroad, obtaining
undergraduate and graduate degrees and some work experience, then returning to
their homes and contributing to the social, economic, and political development
of their countries, that these young people from various ethnic, religious and
social backgrounds will be able to work together to bring about meaningful
long-term change for themselves, their families, and their communities. AST aims to make a small contribution
towards this objective.
Lanai: How can donors and volunteers get involved
both in the real world and in Second Life?
The AST Website (http://home.antiochiatrust.org) provides
a lot of information on how anyone interested in our project can help. Donors
can, of course, make contributions to AST.
We are a registered Canadian non-profit organization and bank with Vancity - the biggest Canadian financial services co-operative,
owned by its 500,000 members and democratically controlled on the basis of one
member, one vote. Volunteers can help in the real world by assisting with
publicity and fund-raising, but also by helping newly-arrived students
integrate quickly in their new Canadian environment, assisting them to improve
their English skills, and being part of their support network. In SecondLife,
there are also many opportunities to help: new students joining SecondLife will
need assistance to overcome the steep SecondLife initial learning curve and get
their bearings in this unique virtual environment; once here, they will need
English-speaking tutors to help them improve their English and leadership
skills, and to develop their own SecondLife projects. My partner Bromo Ivory
and I would be happy to talk to anyone interested to contribute to AST, in both the real and virtual
worlds.
Lanai:
The virtual world can be used in so many ways. What are the benefits you see in
bringing AST and your scholarship candidates into Second Life?
Alex: The visual intensity
of social interaction and availability of a multitude of communication tools to
individuals spread out around the world. No other medium can offer the ability
to re-create a physical place in the space and time of one’s choice and transform
it into a place designed, managed and owned by its members, who end up
developing affective and emotional ties towards it similar to those they have
towards their real home environments. This ability to engage in stimulating
social interaction in a rich multi-media 3D environment motivates all
participants to invest extra time and effort into the project and to return
again and again to what has become their “virtual home”. Participants become
not simply students, but content creators and educators in their own right, and
improve their communication and social skills in a very diverse, multicultural
environment. This provides them with excellent preparation for their arrival in
Canada, and helps cement a spirit of community and solidarity and sharing of
ideas between individuals before they even meet in real life. On other levels,
SL provides AST with the opportunity
to interact with and develop synergies with other educational and cultural
projects, and of course to engage in fund-raising activities in support of its
students.
Lanai:
There is such a layering of cultures entwined at Agora Polis Antiochia, it
literally is a virtual look back in time. Can you tell our readers a little bit
about Antiochia’s history and some of historical elements that can be found on
the sim?
Alex: it would be my
pleasure.
The
first great civilization to settle at the mouth of this waterway was the Phoenicians,
around 2500 BC. They expanded the harbor and used the nearby mountains as
burial grounds. Phoenician ruins of the city of Meroe can still be found in the
forests and mountains in the northern part of the sim; they mark the sources of
the life-giving water theme that traverses the entire physical space and
temporal eras of the sim, from the waterfalls in mountains in the north,
through the great river Orontes flowing though it, and down to the port and
sea, to the south.
The
reason why almost all Phoenician vestiges have disappeared can be summed up in
a name: Alexander the Great. In 332 the great Greek conqueror took the city and
razed it all to the ground. But Alexander died, in 323 BC, and two of his
generals, Antigonus and Seleucus, fought over Syria, the province surrounding
what had been once a great Phoenician city. The long-lost tomb of Alexander can actually
be found hidden deep below the Main Gate of Antiochia.
When
Seleucus I Nicator finally defeated his rival Antigonus and consolidated
his rule over most of Alexander's empire by founding his own, Seleucid Empire,
he re-founded the city and named it after his son, Antiochus. Antiochia on the
Orontes soon became the Seleucid capital. The entire lower town of Antiochia,
from the lighthouse in the harbour, to the port, docks, marketplace, and ring
road around Mount Sylpius, all the way to the Fishermen’s pier and the small
temple of Tyche, located outside the city walls on the western side of the
hill, date from these Hellenic times. Tyche, the Goddess of Fortune, remains
the Pagan Goddess of the City, in front of whose statue burns an eternal flame.
A circular Temple of Poseidon situated at the extreme south-western point of
the land, also dates from these times.
The
original city of Seleucus was laid out in imitation of the grid plan of
Alexandria by the architect Xenarius. The citadel was on Mt. Sylpius and the
city lay mainly on the low ground to the north, fringing the river. A great
Colonnaded Street dating from the times of the Romans, who conquered Antiochia
during the time of Pompeius the Great, in about 60 BC, connects the Oval Forum
to the central Nymphaeum Plaza, where a beautiful Nymphaeum Fountain can be
admired, and the elegant Bridge across the Orontes (a replica of the Roman
bridge in Alcantara, Spain), with a Triumphal Arch at its entrance - all which
date from the times of the Late Roman Republic and Early Empire. A Sanctuary of
Orpheus was constructed underground by Diocletian, and is situated under the
Nymphauem Plaza, at the start of the underground sewer canal. Beyond the northern suburb of Heraclea lies
the Paradise of Daphne, a park of woods and waters, in the midst of which can
still be found the beautiful Phoenician ruins of the temple of Anat.
Antiochia
experienced a “third foundation” under Constantine the Great, who also built the
great city bearing his name - Constantinople, on the foundations of the old
Greek colony, Byzantium. The entire Acropolis dominating the city to this day,
together with its fortified walls, impressive aqueduct crossing the city and
connecting Mount Sylpius with the northern mountains, as well as the city gate
– Porta Aurea - date from his period, although an original aqueduct has
already been build a century earlier, by emperor Valens, which is why it is
still known today as Valens’s Aqueduct. Antiochia became the capital of the
Asian part of the Roman Empire, and one of its four major cities, with Rome,
Alexandria, and Constantinople.
Diana’s
Baths and the neighboring remains of Bucoleon Palace, today renamed AST Square, were also constructed during
Constantine’s time. Influences of the local, Arabic culture can be found in both
the exquisite mosaics of the Baths, as well as in the delicate water fountain
and mosaics still standing in the ruins of Bucoleon Palace.
The
final layer of the city was built by Justinian the Great in the middle of the
6th Century AD, as the transition from Rome to Byzantium was well underway. The
great Redemption Cathedral, modeled on the Hagia Sophia of Constantinople, with
its unique coupla and splendid mosaics and frescae, as well as its hidden
underground cistern, date from this time, as does the neighboring Magnaura,
which remains the seat of Government of Antiochia.
Antiochia
had by then become a chief center of early Christianity. The city had a large
population of Jewish origin in a quarter called the Kerateion, and so attracted
the earliest missionaries. Evangelized, among others, by Peter himself. Its
converts were the first to be called Christians.
The
story ends here, in the early 7th Century AD, during the time of Heraclius the
Great, who introduced Greek as the Eastern Roman Empire's official language,
which explains the name of the Community - Agora
Polis Antiochia. Heraclius himself took the title of Basileus of the Roman
Empire, re-conquered many of the territories lost to the Sassanids, whom he
finally defeated in 627 AD, at the battle of Niniveh.
Lanai:
Two of the most important features at
Agora Polis Antiochia are the Oval Forum and the Info Center. The Info Center
has information that provides great educational value and the Oval Forum is a
spacious outdoor lecture facility surrounded by great columns and beautiful
views. I can almost imagine ancient scholars standing in the center offering
words of wisdom or reporting news to the people. What types of lectures and
events do you offer at Agora Polis Antiochia?
Alex:
The sim’s opening
festivities will take place on Sunday, January 15, 2015, so everything is still
in the planning stages. We will start with the inaugural instalment of the AST Lecture
Series, to be given by European Professor David Orban, specialist in
Network Governance, entitled: “Infrastructures and Superstructures: The
Interactive Components of Our Lives”. We will also host a discussion panel on
the topic: “A decade of real governance in a virtual space”, with real life academics
and SL specialists Stephen Xootfly and Gwyneth Llewlyn. One of our students
from the Middle East, currently living in Beirut, who has been accepted to
study for a Masters’ in Global Management at a Canadian university and hopes to
be here soon, will also share his experiences. In terms of entertainment, we are
proud to present, as the opening event of our festivities, the virtuoso piano
player from France, Sandia Beaumont, who will be followed by SL’s most
accomplished Guitar and Latin music player, Joaquin Gustav, as well as
well-known SL performers such as Maximillion Kleene (folk/pop), Komuso Tokugawa
(rock) and Gweeb (blues). We plan to continue with such academic and
entertainment events on a regular basis and transform Antiochia into one of
SL’s most popular and most visited knowledge and cultural hubs.
Lanai: Is there anything else you would like to
share about Antiochia Scholarships Trust or Agora Polis Antiochia?
Alex: As beautiful and
attractive as Antiochia’s virtual environment is, the core of our project is
made up of the many people who devote their time, energies, and skills in
making it come to life – both in Second Life and, especially, in real life,
where we aim to help real young people pursue their actual dream to further
their education and bring peace, prosperity, and participative governance back to
their homes and communities. We hope to connect and develop synergies with
other educational and cultural organizations who share our vision and aims, and
expand Antiochia in SecondLife to a multiple-sim “micro-nation”, drawing on the
various cultural and educational layers already in place now in Antiochia. I
hope that such organizations, as well as individuals who wish to contribute in
some way, or just enjoy the sim and the events and experiences it has to offer,
will join us by contacting me or my project partner, Bromo Ivory, or joining
our SL group, Agora Polis Antiochia,
to stay informed of our events and activities. Building a real, vibrant
community in both the real and virtual worlds will be an ongoing, daily task of
communication, persuasion, and cooperation that is just beginning for us and
that will become our main focus after this Sunday’s Opening Festivities in
Antiochia.
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