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Monday, August 7, 2017

GizzA - Cordelia Dresses are here!


The fun and flirty summer dress your wardrobe has been longing for. With its deeply plunging neckline and asymmetrical waist wrapped skirt yoi are an eye catcher where ever you go. Beach, Boulevard or fancy Boutiques. 
Main-store: 
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Whispering Sands Live Lineup for August 7th-13th



We have some great shows for you this week! For more info or a full schedule please check the website: http://wslpromo.net/

♥ Monday - August 7
AleyKat at The Lake House: 3pm - 4pm (Casual)
Savannah Rain at White Horse Tavern: 6pm - 7pm (Casual)
Criss Covers at Live Vibrations: 7pm - 8pm (Casual)
Liam Wakeman debuts at PlanetAry: 8pm - 9pm (Casual)

♥ Tuesday - August 8
Keeba Tammas at A Touch of Class: 4pm - 5pm (Casual)
DirtyDee Sweetwater at Seaside Lounge: 6pm - 7pm (Casual)
Jack Slade at Live Vibrations: 7pm - 8pm (Casual)
Chillee Hernandoz at Live Vibrations: 8pm - 9pm (Casual)

♥ Wednesday - August 9
Maxx Sabretooth at Temptation Falls: 4pm - 5pm (Casual)
Quartz at Panorama: 5pm - 6pm (Casual)
Agatha at A Touch of Class: 6pm - 7pm (Casual)
Liam Wakeman at Seaside Lounge: 7pm - 8pm (Casual)

♥ Thursday - August 10
Phi Mayo at 1st Chapter Plaza: 3pm - 4pm (Casual)
Maximillion Kleene at Panorama: 4pm - 5pm (Casual)
Sassy Nitely at After Dark: 6pm - 7pm (Casual)
Savannah Rain at Acoustic Cave: 8pm - 9pm (Casual)

♥ Friday - August 11
Toxie Darkmatter at Frisky Beaver Beach Club: 4pm - 5pm (Casual)
Savannah Rain at Georgia Classic Rock Cafe: 6pm - 7pm (Casual)
Phi Mayo at Elysium Temple: 7pm - 8pm (Casual)
Maximillion Kleene at Seaside Lounge: 9pm - 10pm (Casual)

♥ Saturday - August 12
AleyKat at Waste Disposal: 2pm - 3pm (Casual)
Phil Setner at Live Vibrations: 3pm - 4pm (Casual)
Maxx Sabretooth at Endeavour Cove: 5pm - 6pm (Casual)
Raven at Controlled Chaos: 7pm - 8pm (Casual)

♥ Sunday - August 13
Jack Slade at Frisky Beaver Beach Club: 11am - 12pm (Casual)
Savannah Rain at Mango Yacht Club: 1pm - 2pm (Casual)
Greg Kat at The Stage in Nashville: 4pm - 5pm (Casual)
Zachh Cale at Seaside Lounge: 4pm - 5pm (Casual)

For all you SL LIVE MUSIC needs contact  Jorrdan Jarman: http://wslpromo.net/jorrdan-jarman/
See you at the show! xoxo

Sunday, August 6, 2017

Meet Erik Kottzen a Vocal Coach, Songwritter, Guitarist, Drummer and Bassist



Erik Kottzen hails from São Paulo, Brazil, studied in the Music Conservatory Dr. Carlos Campos in Tatuí, soon becoming an active vocal coach RealLife, and actively working with Real Life bands in studio recordings as well as Live Gigs all over Brazil.

Bringing to Second Life his vast experience, Erik's shows are in English and described as beautiful, groovy, retro to modern, heart touching and rocking featuring pop, rock, hard rock, metal, 80's, 90's, Today, covering bands from Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Guns'N'Roses, Journey, Metallica, Mr. Big, Whitesnake, Queen to Originals and more.





LINKS:
SONG AUDIOS: https://soundcloud.com/erik-kottzen
FACEBOOK group: http://fb.com/groups/erikkottzensl
FLIKR: https://www.flickr.com/photos/erikkottzen/

Calendar:
http://bit.ly/2pr4GDs

Stream:
http://cp5.digistream.info:11638/

Saturday, August 5, 2017

GeekSpeak – drugs: legalise them! Or not? Join the discussion Saturday August 5th at 12pm SLT




This week we will talk about drugs.  Some countries allow them, some countries fight them.  Some impose the death penalty for dealing in them.

Should some drugs be made legal?  Are there some that should always remain illegal?  Maybe you think there are some drugs that are now legal but should become illegal.

Would society be better or worse if drugs were legalised?  Is it even possible to keep drugs illegal if enough people want them?  Prohibition was a disaster in America and simply led to a huge increase in crime and more drinking.  Would legal drugs lead to everyone becoming addicted?  Or would drugs fade away because they were not cool anymore?

Should we keep drugs illegal for the sake of everyone’s health?  Then again, are there drugs that should be legalised for medical reasons?

Smoke that spliff and join us to talk on a high level.

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Friday, August 4, 2017

Hot Spots for a Hot First Date in Second Life - Camury Reporting





So, the long-awaited moment arrived: The hot date. The first date is where the fun really begins, and some planning is needed to get everything right.

The first encounter is all about enjoying the company of someone new and intriguing and sets the tone for a potential relationship. It can ignite the fire of passion or it can be ruin. Planning a venue and date, so that both have a great time in SL, is important and helps make your meeting a success.

Ready to add some spice to your virtual life? Our Hot Spots tips will help you plan your hot first date so you can be sure that it will be enjoyable and perhaps the first of many more gatherings to come.


Romance the Clouds Venue
Are you looking for a romantic place to enjoy with someone special? Take your love to dinner and dance to the sound of romantic songs. The Clouds is always open for your pleasure, there are night deejays in this atmosphere created specifically to awaken the lover that exists in you. The SIM has teleportation to other areas if you want to enjoy private moments with your loved one.



MT Everest
Does your love like romance and adventure? Take your special someone to explore the highest mountain of SL in a zen and relaxing atmosphere Visit the village and the Tibetan temple Invite your love to climb the mountain and discover enchanting corners for some relaxing moments and romance. Take a balloon ride and uncover with your love all the secrets of this magical mountain.


La Bella Luna
This SIM, adult, with beautiful gardens, is a great place for you to take your love to dance and enjoy moments of rest, relaxation and romance. Explore the caves and waterfalls. Visit the buildings and choose one of the rooms to spend unforgettable moments with your loved one. All rooms have adult furniture.


Dark Dreams
Enjoy the day with a special person relaxing at this sexy resort in SL. Relax with your beloved on the nude beach. The Resort has Music 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Enjoy the Beautiful Sun Kissed Beach with Cuddle / Sex areas, Surf and dancing. Enjoy buying a beautiful gift for your special someone at one of the local shops.


Atiyas Landing
If you are looking for an adult environment without being judged on occasional adult activities, this is the place to go. Explore the BDSM castle and discover many places to enjoy some private time with the loved one.



If your first date was great and you are interested in a second date with your "new love," tell him! However, if you are shy but want to leave open the possibility of a second meeting, perhaps you could suggest by saying: "It was a beautiful meeting, I really enjoyed it."
If you are sure that you do not want a second date, it is important that you be honest and not create expectations in the other person to avoid future hassles and hurt feelings. Honesty is really the best policy; And it is an apprenticeship that you can take forward in your close relationship.

Even if you do not plan to see that person, again it is respectful to thank her and wish her luck in her quest. If we were all a little more respectful and kind to each other, the meetings would be much easier.

Sansar goes into open beta - Lacy Muircastle reporting...



Any opinions stated in this article are mine and not that of the owners and publishers of the SL Enquirer.

Are those of us who enjoy dabbling in virtual worlds, with virtual lives and experiences just suckers for virtually nothing?


Virtual life is an escape from reality is it not?  It’s a way of taking your dreams and making something of them.  It’s about socialisation in an increasingly isolating real world.

More and more of us work from home these days, which means that more and more of us will want to find ways of integrating into society in alternative forms.  Enter Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and many other social media applications.  They serve the purpose of keeping us connected, but I don’t believe that it’s the same as socialising.  Before the appearance of social media, there was Second Life.


I read an article which said that SL died when social media hit the scene.  Maybe it stalled, but it didn’t die.  Second Life is very much alive and well.  The fluidity of those who are resident is a constant, but it continues to offer the platform to be who you want to be and to be able to do what you want to do.



All the world’s a stage, and that goes for virtual worlds too.  Linden Lab, the company behind the virtual world Second Life, launched its alternative platform Sansar into open beta on the 31 July 2017.  This iteration of a virtual world or should that be worlds is built for the VR era. VR as in affixing a headset to your face…  Supposedly the much vaunted Sansar takes a new approach to virtual worlds.


Whereas Second Life was built as one single world, Sansar’s architecture is more like a platform. On it, “creators” can host virtual worlds and experiences for others to visit.


The creations are not placed in one continuous virtual space; instead, they are individual experiences which can be accessed by browsing the Atlas. Each experience or virtual world in Sansar is also its own entry point into the platform.


Linden Lab’s business model for Sansar is to let people visit worlds on the platform for free, but charge creators who want to host more than three experiences (virtual worlds).  Creators too will have mechanisms available to “sell, rent, or charge for access” to earn from their creations. Though still in Beta, Linden Lab is already offering paid tiers for hosted experiences starting at $10/month for five hosted experiences.
That’s a significant shift from Second Life’s business model where users rent a virtual real estate in the virtual world, allowing them to build in that area of the map.


The main difference between the way Sansar will function versus how Second Life operates will be in how Sansar makes its money. In Second Life, the price of a sim tended to be far too pricey, running users more than $100 per month for a full-sized sim space, while sales on the Marketplace and in-world see very little tax. With Sansar, Linden Lab plans to flip this model – allowing users to acquire space at a more reasonable price and taking more of a cut for user sales.


In previous articles, Linden Lab CEO, Ebbe Altberg described Sansar as a bit like WordPress for virtual reality with the goal to make creation easy and for spaces to gain followings of their own. Platforms like Sansar are trending towards the future of VR – where virtual reality isn’t just for gameplay, but for social interaction and experiences. But… That must still be some way down the line.  Yes, I know it’s still in Beta, which means if you thought you would be getting the endless social VR experiences Linden Lab touted at the outset of the project you'd have to wait a little longer.


I have downloaded Sansar and have been in to see it for myself. It was an excruciating experience in frustration.  I checked that my computer could handle the download and that I had enough bandwidth, but wow, what a total pain in the neck the process was.  But it took many; many goes before it worked.
Eventually, I managed to log in to one of the Sansar Studio experiences (in desktop mode.  I don’t own a headset,) but then what.  I’m not a gamer, so I didn’t instinctively know how to look around, walk around, etc.  Thankfully there was someone there who helped me find my feet.

So for those of you going in to explore Sansar, I’ve included the control instructions (desktop mode) from their help page.  Good luck and have fun.

Controls for visiting an experience:

Avatar controls

Use these controls to move your avatar in desktop mode:
Arrow keys: Move your avatar forward, backwards, left, and right.
WASD: Move your avatar forward, backwards, left, and right.
F3: Toggle between first person and third person view.
Use these controls to move your avatar in desktop mode only:
Hold CTRL: Select a teleport destination. 
Click the left mouse button while holding CTRL: Teleports your avatar to the selected location.
Scroll the middle mouse button while holding CTRL (prior to teleporting): Choose the direction your avatar faces upon completing the teleport.

Camera controls

Use these controls to control camera movement in desktop mode:

Hold the right mouse button + drag: Rotate camera to look around the environment.
F4: Enter free camera mode when not using a VR headset.
Arrow keys: Move camera forward, backwards, left, and right (free-camera mode).
WASD: Move camera forward, backwards, left, and right (free-camera mode).
E, C: Move the camera up and down.
NUMPAD+: Increase camera movement speed.
NUMPAD-: Decrease camera movement speed.
F3: Exit free camera mode.
Note: An extended keyboard's numeric keypad is needed for the above NUMPAD (numeric keypad) shortcuts to increase/decrease camera movement speed. It won't work on a tenkeyless or other small-form-factor keyboard. An add-on USB numeric keypad should work.

Chat controls

Use these controls with text on the Chat app in desktop mode:

CTRL + X: Cut text.
CTRL + C: Copy text.
CTRL + V: Paste text.
CTRL + A: Select all text.

Controls for edit mode

Camera Controls

Use these controls when editing a scene in desktop mode:

Arrow keys: Move the camera forward, backwards, left, and right.
W, A, S, D: Move the camera forward, backwards, left, and right.
E, C: Move the camera up and down.
NUMPAD+ and NUMPAD-: Increase and decrease camera speed.
Hold left mouse button and drag: Move the camera left and right.
Hold right mouse button and drag: Rotate the camera up, down, left, and right.
F1: Toggle VR mode.

Action buttons

Use these controls when editing objects placed in a scene:

CTRL + Z: Undo
CTRL + Y: Redo
CTRL + D: Duplicate
Delete button: Delete
Controls for avatar customization
Action buttons
Use these controls when editing objects placed in a scene:
CTRL + Z: Undo

CTRL + Y: Redo

Secret Harmony InSL Social Network Presents a great music experience Friday night August 4th at our very own Swinging Banana Venue.



It starts off at 5pm SLT with SHRadio's DJKwave and then followed by Varda at 7pm SLT. At 8pm SLT Vinnie (Acoustic Rhapsody), will take over the stage. He will be streaming live with other performers from Ed Lowell's house in Cleveland Ohio. We will see you there!

Here is your ride: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/MonkeyLick%20Island/126/98/22

 
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