Debut SL Film from Unity Productions' Sisters in Spirit

Sisters in Spirit, the newest leg of faith-based organization Unity Productions, is proud to announce the premiere of its debut film through SiS Films and Charisma Productions: BURDENS. Written, directed, and produced by UP founding member and SiS director (and SLE journalist) Shon Charisma, BURDENS is a short tale that many women will be able to relate to. SiS invites you to its blogsite to view BURDENS and to share the movie with others!

You may view the movie here.

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SL ART & LITERATURE: Join Alice on Her Journey to Become a Queen – ART Presents THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

Photo Courtesy of Crap Mariner

Disclaimer:  I am a columnist, not a critic.  That is my cop-out. With the generous support of our Editor, I write about what I like.  If I don’t like it, I don’t write about it.  So no matter what is said in this column, I loved Avatar Repertory Theater’s (ART) adaptation of Through the Looking Glass, based on the Lewis Carroll classic.  I think you should run, not walk, and get your ticket now while there are still tickets to be had for this marvelous production which plays through December 11^th for a limited number of performances.

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Mankind Tracer virtually LIVE atThe SL Enquirer- November 14th @ 5pm slt

Join SLE for an exclusive encore event as  Mankind Tracer performs virtually LIVE  for fans at The SL Enquirer Media Center!

Recently finishing up the Peace, Love and Belief V Event, Mankind Tracer can be found, guitar in hand, and ready to energize a crowd with his originals blended perfectly with his voice.

Every artist has their own special sound. Sometimes we can compare them to others more familiar or some are just too unique for comparison. Mankind has such a voice. The power of music is a well known fact and breaks all language barriers. It can get a person to move to the beat and not even realize it.  For me music not only makes me want to dance, I enjoy the meaning of his songs. One thing about this rockstar is that he shares his stories with all of us. If you have not experienced a Mankind Tracer concert, I recommend it.

The SL Enquirer Media Center Concert Grounds
http://slurl.com/secondlife/San%20Jose%20East1/224/64/23



Who is Mankind Tracer?

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SLE invites you to a LIVE taping of SLE On the Air- November 14th @ 6pm SLT

On November 14th, The SL Enquirer's "SLE On the Air" Talk show will be inviting guest to a LIVE taping beginning at 6pm SLT. Host Marc Strassman of Etopia News, will be interviewing Jim Blascovich, author of Infinite Realities.

This talk show will be voice chat enabled. Please be sure to mute your mic.


SLE On the Air Studio- The SL Enquirer Media Center, Second Floor
http://slurl.com/secondlife/San%20Jose%20East1/224/64/23

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SLE On the Air Interview with Linda Lauren Hosted by Marc Strassman

Machinima Director
Zayne Exonar

Executive Producer
Lanai Jarrico

Host
Marc Strassman

Guest
Linda Lauren

Sponsors
Press Pass Media

Casting
Lanai Jarrico

Special thanks
 Hostage in Time

Embracing the Universe (ETU), www.lindalauren.com

B00jum
Shon Charisma

Brought to you by The SL Enquirer, Etopia News and Press pass Media

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PAICE News: CyberSpace: The New Frontier... Baeric Constantine Reporting...

http://www.paice.org

As with any frontier, there are boom towns, and brawls, and even frontier wars, in an effort to create or maintain a border. One would think that this is the fabric of some western novel, or some western film, but, alas, it is not. It is the story of the Internet, the CyberWest, or, CyberSpace: The New Frontier...
Speaking at DARPA's “Colloquium on Future Directions in Cyber Security,” on November 7, 2011, Regina Dugan stated that DARPA are “...shifting [their] investments to activities that promise more convergence with the threat and that recognize the needs of the Department of Defense...[as]...Malicious cyber attacks are not merely an existential threat to our bits and bytes; they are a real threat to our physical systems, including our military systems. To this end, in the coming years we will focus an increasing portion of our cyber research on the investigation of offensive capabilities to address military-specific needs.”

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SLE's Astrologist, Linda Lauren is making waves in the real world.

Linda Lauren sure has been busy these days and we are excited to announce that she just made front page of the NY Times! Check out the article here!

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/10/nyregion/psychics-giving-travel-advice-to-commuters.html?_r=1

Who is Linda Lauren?

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SL ART & LITERATURE: The Avatar Repertory Theater goes THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

After a hugely successful production of Alice in WonderSLand, the Avatar Repertory Theater (ART) continues their tradition of pushing the boundaries of creativity and what’s possible in virtual worlds. On Saturday, November 12 at 3pm, ART brings Lewis Carroll’s characters to life in a new production of Through the Looking Glass based on Carroll’s sequel work to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.  View the You Tube Trailer, and get a taste of the magic and mischief that ART has prepared for audiences.  

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The Ravenswood Theatre Company presents The Phantom of the Opera

Inspired by the 1910 gothic horror novel by Gaston Leroux, Andrew Lloyd Webber composed his most successful musical sensation to date, The Phantom of the Opera.  With hauntingly beautiful music and an aesthetic visual design matching the regal splendor of the original Palais Garnier, Phantom has captivated audiences the world over.  Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the talented members of the Ravenswood Theatre Company bring this extraordinary event to Second Life!

Performance Date: November 16th, 2011 at 6:30pm SL Time

Running Time: 2 hours 30 minutes with a 15 minute intermission

TELEPORT NOW:

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Jaguar%20Valley/216/228/3200

A History

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SLE On the Air- Batrastard Panthar, creator of Buildables Hosted by Marc Strassman

You have just watched SLE-On-The-Air with Marc Strassman

Machinima Director
Zayne Exonar

Executive Producer
Lanai Jarrico

Host
Marc Strassman

Guest
BatRastard Panthar

Sponsors
Lastat Productions
The Venue
Press Pass Media

Casting
Lanai Jarrico

Special thanks
SharkClub Buildables
B00jum
Shon Charisma

Brought to you by
The SLEnquirer.com

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Spotlight on Zapp Club, A Real Life Venue comes to Second Life Mehseti Reporting...

Zapp is one of those clubs you can see in “Hotspot” ratings.  Here you can find pleasure in listening to real life DJs’ streaming for you. It is a place where you can gather with all of your friends, every day if you wanted to.

Do you have a preference for a special genre of music? Here you can hear everything from hard rock to trance, including electro and progressive stuff too. I have been here on several occasions and it is always full of people participating in different contests. Proud owners of Zapp are DJ LeahJane Munro and JaneMay Teardrop. I had the pleasure of talking to LeahJane at the SL Enquirer Media Center last week.  She is really very friendly and gave me a lot of interesting information about her club.

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MANKIND TRACER'S PLB V - November 6th @12PM at The SL Enquirer Media Center

The SL Enquirer is proud to be participating in the "Peace, Love and Belief V" 60 Sim Live Video Concert Event! This is the fifth year that Mankind Tracer has put on such an event and The SL Enquirer will be among the venues hosting this year! Fifty Percent of all tips and even sales of Mankind's 3 CD's will be going to some incredible advancement on research for Lou Gehrig's Disease at Northwestern University. Be here at SLE to be part of Second Life History!


Mark your Calendars and Join us for a garden party with free SLE ad drawings, Truth or Dare, spin the bottle and lots of mixing & mingling.

Networking with other virtual professionals is always welcomed at SLE so  be sure to bring your business cards to exchange with the awesome peeps you meet!

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Looking for a virtual job in Media? SecondNights has openings!

Secondnights.com, the Best Entertainment Community for SL lovers, wants to improve its staff and is looking for you!
Take a look at our Jobs positions...

SECONDNIGHTS ADV MANAGER
We are looking for a sharp go-getter to maintain our advertising offers portfolio.  This person will also make contact with potential sponsors for our major projects: our website, our magazine, our event land, and the AvatarADS.net Network.  
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED - 1 MONTH TEST IN POSITION.  (Once officially hired, this will become a paid position)
SALARY:  fixed monthly fee plus a percentage of sales.

MORE JOBS....

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Virtual Abilities Island- One of Second Life's most prominent places for those with special needs

VAI (Virtual Abilities Island) is one of Second Life's most heard about places on the grid, mostly because it helps those with disabilities get involved in the virtual world, Second Life.

It is a place where people help people  from all over the world. Currently VAI was recently the subject of a rl documentary Called Login2Life.

The Sim is friendly and  well designed to cater to all walks of life. The volunteers on the island provide their time and energy and never turn a person away.

Teleport to the Welcome Center: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Virtual%20Ability/128/128/27

Supporter & volunteer, Steve Rumsford is planning to do a special event to help raise awareness and  money for the Sim. His  idea is to do an event that has a cash prize, so he is asking for your help with  donations towards the prizes so  many people to come to Virtual Abilities Island

Please check out  VAI  and if you feel you can donate anything please do so, it doesn't matter if its 1L 20L or 100L.  All donations will go to the event prizes so that they can throw one heck of a fundraising party!

Contact Steve Rumsford  or donate here!

VAI Wishing Well: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Virtual%20Ability/146/126/23

www.VirtualAbility.org

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PAICE NEWS- CyberCrime: A Pandoric Pandemic... Baeric Constantine Reporting...

 http://www.paice.org

Cyber-Security has been of the essence, and too few people understand the necessity for protecting our data, and our machines from the ever escalating cyber-threat.

CyberSecurity... just how secure are we, as a nation and as individuals? This is a question that is discussion with the top ranks of those in security.  The Internet is a hotbed for transnational crime, and according to Iain Lobban of GCHQ, the Government’s listening centre, "a significant change has taken place in the modern world where our adversaries employ similar technologies as used by the citizens going about their daily business, so reassuring people that they are being appropriately defended against threats without encroachments on their privacy is very important."

Lobban went on to give some context, "that there are deliberate (malicious) attacks and accidental, cyber techniques have been used to bring pressure on other states, there is theft of intellectual property (such as the theft of Japanese Military Secrets), Cyberspace lowers the bar for entry to the espionage game, both for states and for criminal actors, and that the risks are growing with the Internet, about 60% a year."

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Spotlight Feature: Deliziosa Vendetta, founder of Gems and Kisses Fine Jewelry ~ Shon Charisma Reporting

I am a lover of creativity and imagination, the ways in which people use these tools to fashion things no one else could. And speaking of fashion, well, we know that I am also a lover of fashions, from dresses to jewelry. When I was asked to talk with the innovative and unique designer Deliziosa Vendetta about Gems & Kisses Fine Jewelry, my heart went all aflutter. Before you even marvel at her jewelry designs, you are greeted with the simple, yet strong, elegant jewelry box design of the store. Needless to say, I emptied my bank account while perusing Gems & Kisses, and was excited to talk to Vendetta about her inspiration, creativity, and Season 1 of Gems & Kisses Royal Miss 2012, which kicks off this month.

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Halloween Spotlight: Interview with the Grim Reaper Lanai Jarrico Reporting...

Halloween is the time of year when they say the veil between our world and the spiritual world is the thinnest. It’s a time when all the freaks supposedly come out, but here in Second Life it’s a freak fiasco all year long. 

Many avatars like to break out their Halloween costumes and run amuck doing pumpkin hunts, costume parties and whatnot. This year I decided I’d hunt for Halloween icons. I originally wanted to interview the headless Horseman but apparently someone sold his horse in one of the breedable black markets and he is now on foot. The headless and horseless horseman eventually made it to our meeting late but his head never showed so we had to cancel...

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The Stream Scene Ep. 7 - Xander, Lindimoo, Edward & Blindboy

Its that time of the month to get your fill of live music as The Stream Scene presents another half hour of live music from all over the grid. This week please join host Miles Eleventhauer as he presents music from internationally known artist XanderNichting Writer. Xander will knock your socks off as he performs his original song called "The Circle".

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SLE On the Air/ News Program & Advertising Options!

The SL Enquirer and Press Pass Media have come together with an exciting media package that includes text, video and audio services combined for optimizing your marketing plan. This is a great opportunity to create traffic for businesses and services within the virtual world Second Life.

The SL Enquirer is one of the longest running SL news services, providing readers with regularly-updated news and spotlight features that are archived on www.slenquirer.com.

SLE On the Air (SLE OTA) is an audio & news program owned by The SL Enquirer and sponsored by Press Pass Media. Interviews are conducted by MarcStrassman Resident of Etopia News.

SLE On the Air shows air every Friday on The SL Enquirer website, The SL Enquirer channel on http://www.youtube.com/user/TheSLEnquirer?feature=mhee 

and streamed at The SL Enquirer Media Center.

SLE Radio Stream: http://65.111.176.72:8080

SL Enquirer Media Center

http://slurl.com/secondlife/San%20Jose%20East1/224/64/23

We use Facebook, Twitter, Moolto, LinkedIn, YouTube, and MySpace for external networking of our news and shows as well as in world media groups.

Advertising Options

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Spotlight Feature: Lastat Productions by Lastat Daxter Lanai Jarrico Reporting...

   Have you been struggling with your business by trying to keep employee schedules organized or looked for new ways to create a professional presence in Second Life without any luck? I know it can be discouraging and it could make you feel like you are chasing marbles on a slippery slope or losing them altogether.

If you answered yes to any of these questions, Lastat Productions has some pretty nifty gadgets that can help you keep all your marbles in one basket, making it easier to concentrate on more important stuff like selling your products and providing quality service.

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MOVIE PREMIER: New Machinima by Miles11Hour

You're invited to the premiere of 'A GREAT DAY IN VIRTUAL HARLEM'!
 

The latest machinima movie by Miles Eleventhauer!
 

Thursday Night October 27, 2011 @ 7:00PM SLT
 

Walk the red carpet as you enter the Famous APOLLO THEATER @ Virtual Harlem be seen by paparazzi, and be the first to see the latest episode!
 

Here's your movie ticket: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Virtual%20Harlem/186/194/31

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Are you aware of events held in SL Enquirer Media Center? Mehseti Resident Reporting...

SL Enquirer is one of the most popular media networks that helps makes our SL journey much more interesting and fun by providing news straight from the avatar’s mouth since 2005.

Anyone can find their own opportunities in SL by marketing themselves and developing successful business relationships and participate in wonderful events, contests and much more. Proud owner of SL Enquirer, Lanai Jarrico does her best to provide readers with interesting and entertaining news.

The Independent Ballet visited The SL Enquirer earlier this month and SLE’s stage was taken over. Lead by Dubhna Rhiadra and Deyna Huet, this team created a production that became very popular in SL and receives multiple invitations to perform on stages across the grid.

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Spotlight Feature on Warm Animations: Do you want to play out your fantasy and indulge in the best love story in Second Life? Mehseti Resident Reporting...

As you know there are literally hundreds of Sims in SL on various themes. Recently I visited Warm Animation by Lisa Warmanimations, who is the proud owner and designer of these romantic and sexy animations.

 I would like to start by telling you that Warm Animations is in an adult zone so you need to set up your access to this area. The entire sim is aimed at letting you and your partner get the best of your love story in SL. Here you can find lots of animations on different themes including romantic dances, cuddling and sex. 

I was in touch with Lisa and got some important information to help you create a general idea of what they have to offer.

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Children of a Factory Nation - CD Release Party for JordanReyne Deezul

Hailed by New Zealand's National Radio as the pioneer of a new sound, Jordan's music is a bloodthirsty mix of Celtic rock, Grimms fairytale-eske text and the sounds of steam and iron. Imagine PJ Harvey trapped in the workhouses of old England, with only Nine Inch Nails for company, and you're almost there.
Jordan has had three National Music Award nominations in her home country as well as several commissions by the New Zealand Arts Council. Her musical involvements include the second Lord of the Rings soundtrack, Cafe Del Mar, and a co-written song with BBC UK's Zane
Lowe.

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Coffee Schlock with AJ- Special guest Harold Camping- TODAY IS SCHEDULED TO BE THE END OF THE WORLD! TAKE COVER!!!

AvaJean Westland: Remember Harold Camping and the end of the world on May 21st? Then it is supposed to happen TODAY, October 21st?!? Well here's a link to a funny machinima skit I wrote and acted in about it. Please watch and pass it on!

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SL ARTS & LITERATURE: The Martians Invade! to Benefit Susan G. Komen and Breast Cancer Research

Halloween is coming and Seanchai Library is getting into the spirit of the season, planning to raise some hairs, chill some bones and tingle some spines with a special production of War of the Worlds radio play written by Howard Koch and made famous by Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre On The Air in October of 1938.Welles created mass hysteria with a production that mixed news reports and radio programming, voiced by skilled actors, to replicate the events H.G. Wells wrote about in his 1898 novel. The Seanchai Library will be presenting War of the Worlds in three public performances on the grid October 22nd through 26th, with guests invited to join the Seanchai Library in supporting Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

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Dirty Virtual Business Part 2- What avatars are saying about virtual businesses in Second Life- The SLE Business Survey

Last week I wrote an article about Business in Second Life©, mainly from my perspective being involved and observing how others conduct business. I sent out a survey through the SL Enquirer Media group and listed some questions in Part one for readers. The responses were interesting.

A lot of the times I hear that time zones and availability seem to be the hardest thing to overcome when trying to build an active staff on an international platform. The other complaint is that Second Life is still a very unstable business platform due to the lag and crashing. These virtual world natural disasters like the ones described can really disrupt business and can cause people to lose faith in Second Life to help them sustain an income they can count on.

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FASHION NEWS: Designer Dossier : Dashwood Muircastle

Dashwood arrived in Second Life in 2008, she says the Universe was telling her something when first her mother suggested that she have a look at SL, then it was featured in an episode of CSI:NY and finally a friend watched a programme on MSNBC on SL – she had no choice now did she?

Dashwood came to SL with the intention of creating fashion and intending to sell her designs. But like all of us she had much to learn about SL before she did that. Her first day in SL was just like anyone else’s she reckons possibly even worse, she says “I could barely control my avatars movements let alone change my clothes - so it was a long road to being able to create my own designs.”

After literally "GOOGLING" "How to create clothing in SL" Dashwood began learning.... She quips “I opened up a tiny shop on a small mainland plot - and watched as NO ONE came. But I kept making clothing. Then I attended (in RL) SLCC in 2009 and that sort of changed things... I began to change my product a bit and really FOCUS my designs to my personal point of view and here we are. We moved the store to this larger area last Winter and have since expanded the Bridal Line, launched a line for Girls and now have a JUST for Bridesmaids line of much more RL style Bridesmaid dresses in a selection of colors - which are customizable upon request.” The DASHWOOD ~Collection~ specialises in Trendy/Elegant, Classic with a twist and "Girly" or "Sweet" designs.

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Press Pass Media News- Smartphone users, Get connected for free!

WhatsApp Inc.

There is a new app FREE  for one year of international calling, picture messaging, video messaging, group calling, video calling and more  visit,  http://www.whatsapp.com

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SWAN Ballet at The SL Enquirer Media Center @12 Noon Saturday October 15th

Come join in a magical presentation of story, music, and dance . . .

With Swan the Independent Ballet Company weaves together the magic of original choreography with classical/ fusion music, live storytelling of an original story written especially for the piece, performed against a backdrop of original SL art. The story explores the conflict of the quest for power and knowledge with the wisdom of the natural world as one man attempts to find out the secrets of a group of ancient magical beings - swans. There is a lake and there are swans, but this is NOT Swan Lake!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/San%20Jose%20East1/217/54/23

PRESENTED: Story In Voice, Music in Stream

ADMISSION: Free, tips accepted

CONTENT: Traditional Telling, Theatre, Dance

What audiences are saying about SWAN:

"It really is the most technically accomplished performance I've ever seen. Believe me it makes a difference"

"It was loads of fun . . . It's very well done indeed."

"Amazingliy realistic - Bravo! Oh - it was so beautiful. I sometimes had to look twice - to see if it was RL"

"Stunning choice of programme… thank you ㋡"

"I didn't know this kind of dance was possilbe in SL"!

"That was very very beautifull ... well done ...XXX"

"I was mesmerized by the realism of this ballet. I've never seen anything quite like it"

"Was spectacular, never imagined something performed in sl would be so beautiful"

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The Stream Scene Ep. 6 this Sunday @ 3pm slt - Al, Clairede, The Follow & Mommaluv

The Stream Scene family hopes you all have been enjoying our season so far. Its been an honor and privilege to bring our 4th season of The Stream Scene on SL's number one television network Treet.tv. We are about to hit the half way mark of this season and hope you will continue to enjoy the music we bring on the next 5 episodes of the season.

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SL ARTS & LITERATURE: Samhain Festival 2011 Benefits the Make A Wish Foundation

Once more, the old year turns. The new world comes. Samhain is the end of the natural year and the birth of the new, a time to release the past and prepare for the future. Once again, we are celebrating this time with a month of live music, literary events, exhibits, vendors, freebie hunts, story telling and themed dances.  Fox Ravenheart and Serene Bechir (aka The Wild Roving Foxes), who brought the grid last December’s atmospheric Yule Festival have done it again with Samhain Festival 2011 which began October 3^rd and continues through the end of the month in Talisman.  This is the Second Samhain Festival they have presented, with all donations from this year’s event benefiting the Make A Wish Foundation.  http://slurl.com/secondlife/Talisman/28/182/22

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From the Desk of Dragonheart Spiritweaver- Imagine Magazine

It seems no matter where you turn these days, there are negatives. We all spend a lot of time focusing on what isn’t going right, even dwell on it. Not me. *cough* Heh, but if you do it the other way around, and focus on what is good, what feels right, things seem to just flow better. Not to say that you don’t get knocked upside the head at times with truths you’d be happy not to have experienced, but it does take the ‘edge’ off the sadness and slows the cycle of despair down a notch or two. Let’s face it, evolution is painful and what I have been observing is unsettling around the grid.

 First, there has been a mass exodus of creative people from SL at an alarming rate or who are downsizing their operations drastically. The land barons are turning back in “grandfathered” real estate with ‘fully rented’ Sims in their advertisements. And vendors are giving back their land deferring to Marketplace to sell their wares to reduce tier costs. More and more a person can get around SL without spending any lindens at all. Unfortunately, those are not good trends. And the live music venues that need the extra income aren’t getting it because the sims that were surrounded with shops seem to be dwindling with the inclination of SL residents to be online using online access to shop.

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Music Not Politics' Onehemppcat Oldrich is performing virtually LIVE at The SL Enquirer Media Center October 11th @ 6pm slt

On Tuesday, October 11 @ 6pm SLT Onehempcat Oldrich will be taking over the airwaves at The SL Enquirer Media Center. Recently this Music Not Politics rockstar hooked up with The SL Enquirer and performed a kick ass performance together with KevinMThomas Carpool and Edward Lowell and we are excited to have him back again!

Onehempcat aka Mike Majesty is a real world/ virtual world musician and songwriter with over twenty years experience.  Having graced the SLE stage on more than one occassion , Onehempcat always brings energy to the atmosphere as he performs his own original tunes with commentary in between.

Find out more about Onehempcat Oldrich

Teleport Here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/San%20Jose%20East1/221/96/51
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Dirty Virtual Business. How do you see virtual world business? Part One- Do the survey! Lanai Jarrico Reporting...

Back in 2005 when I rezzed into Second Life©, it was a relatively new frontier for “Noobs” to explore. Many avatars fresh out of beta testing spread out across the grid finding their own creative outlets and building businesses. The fact that there was an in world currency (Lindens) with real monetary value and ability to convert and transfer into electronic banking accounts like PayPal, it became an obsession for many that dreamed of making an actual living in a virtual world.

It is not an impossible goal to have because Second Life did made some Millionaires but it wasn’t without their preexisting knowledge and skills along with the time, patience and persistence to succeed.

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