** ViPs CoRnEr CrEaTiOnS ** New Releases

VIPs Creations is again releasing new SL fashions that will glamorize and accessorize you with the latest fashion trends.  Fabulous boho, cocktail, and casual designs are among the many new items available already in spectacular retro and classic prints!  

Matching handbags, glasses, belts and footwear are popular gifts in each box that will surprise and delight you with flair.  All accessories and clothing are easily mixed and matched via convenient huds, and suit the needs of the modern woman perfectly.

Do your holiday shopping and decorating this year feeling glamorous by wearing the flexible outfits and colors that fit your mood, and attend your events in style with looks from VIPs Creations that will get you warm compliments!

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Fireheart/57/21/21

http://vipscreations.webs.com/

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Jonesford's Bakery New Release: Realistic Thanksgiving Buffet – 50% Release Sale for Group Members

The all-new Realistic Thanksgiving Buffet offers a truly awe-inspiring dining experience filled with goodies from homemade recipes and a warm atmosphere.

Realistic effect: hold the empty plate in your hand and choose what you really want to eat from the buffet. Only the chosen food will appear in your plate. Unlimited refills. Visit the bakery and try the buffet on display.

Jonesford’s Bakery strives to make your holiday special, from our festive buffet selections, to our Thanksgiving and Christmas Dinner tables or even our specialty baked products.

Join Jonesford's Bakery Group for this sale!

SLURL: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bay%20City%20-%20Mashpee/49/164/26

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Live long and Prosper at The Star Trek Museum.- Shaneos Howlett Reporting…

Every Star Trek fans fantasies come to life at The Star Trek Museum.

In early November 2013 I lucky enough to be able to interview Owner / Manager of the Star Trek Museum - Emillie Piccard for insight in to behind the scenese operation and what makes The Star Trek Museum location worth visiting, including...

SL's best collection of Everything Star Trek - Full size USS Enterprise, dine on gagh, fly in a shuttle, visit a Vulcan town, a Klingon home, Science Museum, swim with George and Gracie whales and learn about everything scientific and educational within Star Trek, details follow...

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Loss and Grief in Second Life: In Memoriam of all the John and Jane Does' who have Lost their Souls – Glossom Resident Reporting…

Life is made of gains, starting with the birth itself, and losses like death. 
There is no escape for the many events that afflict our souls, not even in Second Life. We create bonds of affection with other residents: friendships, relationships in love and in business, family. Yet, no one conceives that those same people who have crossed our path to give us a piece of them may not be there one day.

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SL's Fashion Doyenne turns 7 - Lacy Muircastle reporting....

Mimi Juneau owner of Mimi's Choice has her 7th rezz day on Friday 8th November.

Mimi is considered by many in the SL fashion industry to be the Doyenne of SL fashion and in celebration of her rezz day she is hosting a party featuring a a tribute show of Katy Perry's music and you are invited ... Come and celebrate with this remarkable lady.

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Grown Ups 2 Now Playing at The SLE Theater- Showtime: November 7 @ 9:30 am SLT

Join the SL Enquirer for a Free Movie playing at the SLE Theater.
Showtime: November 7 @ 9:30 am slt

TELEPORT

About Grown Ups 2

After moving his family back to his hometown to be with his friends and their kids, Lenny finds out that between old bullies, new bullies, schizo bus drivers, drunk cops on skis, and 400 costumed party crashers sometimes crazy follows you.

Director:

 Dennis Dugan

Writers:

 Fred Wolf, Adam Sandler

Stars:

 Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock 

Movie Information retrieved from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2191701/

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Fashion Colours for Fall - Tea Couturier Reporting...

Colours that are in for each season can be confusing because they are always changing with what is hot on today’s runways. Traditionally warm earthy colours are used for Autumn/Fall; usually matching the leaves when fall arrives.

 Warm colours such as browns, reds and oranges work perfectly for fall. Here are a few fall choices I found and feel is a perfect start to begin creating your fall wardrobe.

DeeTaleZ *THROWOUT* thick knit sweater comes in lovely fall colors. It is rich in color. This will work well with pants or jeans with pumps and shoes. Sweaters are perfect for fall and this is not a thick sweater so can be worn with a blouse underneath to complement it.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/DeeTaleZ/121/100/35

MoYaz

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SLE Stats are In- 27,750 Page Views for the month!

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Avie Poll: What does your name mean? – Glossom Resident Reporting…

Can you imagine what would it be like to have no name?

It would be a complete chaos and would change the way of communicating as we know it today. While in real life we are limited to the name given at birth, in Second Life we have the freedom to choose a name as an indicator of anonymity and yet, as our personal and in-transmissible identification card to the virtual world.

The fact that we can choose our name makes it very special, whether because it has a symbolic character, because it’s funny, meaningful or simply because we identify with it. But our task of choosing may not be that simple in our first steps before entering the doors of Second Life, especially if we want that very specific name and we face with the message “name already in use” during the registration process. Second Life’s new feature to have a display name offers us a second chance to choose it right.

While most times others can read our names beyond the written characters; our gender, your nationality, a first impression of our role in SL, sometimes we find people with names we cannot even pronounce if we try. Who never had to copy the name of a friend or a stranger in his/her profile before starting a conversation?

The SLE wandered the streets of Second Life searching for unusual names and asking people: What does your name mean? We would like to thank all the participants.

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Meet Marjorie Fargis, Owner of ITALIAN MOOD- Piers Diesel Reporting...

Second Life culture and arts can cover different areas and topics. Most Second Life residents visit exhibitions or concerts which others have taken time to put together in Second Life.

Marjorie Fargis owner of Italian Mood, puts on performances and opera events for the residents of Second Life who want to embrace a different aspect of the virtual culture which they may not have the opportunity or chance to in Real Life. It is also for those who wish to extend their interests in Second Life.

 Marjorie Fargis sat down with me and discuss her involvement in the Second Life  community and also shared her views on the culture.

Interview with Marjorie Fargis

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SLE’s Fishing Tournament kicking off Tuesday November 5th @ 6pm slt

The SL Enquirer just stocked the lake outside of the Media Center and will be holding a tournament Tuesday November 5th at 6pm SLT for a chance to win some free advertising.

If you have an updated 7seas fishing pole and a full bucket of bait, bring it along. If you don’t have fishing equipment, no worries! You can pick some up on the dock. Be sure to show up early for the best spot. 

The Tournament will start promptly at  6pm SLT

hosted by DJ Mystic Glenwalker

Prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd Place

1. Bragging Rights, 1st place trophy, 3000L SLE gift certificates, gift certificates from sponsors

2.2nd place trophy, 300L SLE gift certificate

3.3rd Place trophy, 50L SLE gift Certificate

Location

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lavonia/192/33/22

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Zooby Babies Establish Charity Collection- Stareyes Galaxy reporting…

Earlier in October, a real-life (RL) news story came to light exposing an alleged child-abuse and neglect case in Tulsa, OK, U.S.A. 
A RL couple had nearly starved to death their 3-year-old baby spending all their time online. 
Apparently this couple had a Zooby Baby in Second Life © (SL) and when Zooby 
Babies learned of the incident, the owners, Malyssa Black and Christian Mercer 
reacted and set up a charity donation in-world for the Alliance for Children’s Rights.

Visit Zoobyville and help us bring awareness to others in the fight against child abuse 
 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Zoobyville/99/146/22

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Meet Selina Greene, Owner of Book Island- Piers Diesel Reporting...

Books in Real Life are as popular as they are in Second Life. It is a way for people to either educate themselves. Flick threw magazines for inspiration or to get away and engulf themselves in another world or life.

The Book Island owned by Selina Greene who cleverly came up with the idea of a sim totally dedicated to books and other reading format. Book Island has incorporated the book club idea and taken it to another level; where others can immerse themselves in books or discuss literature with others. Other activities include socializing at events hosted on Book Island.

Selina was kind enough to sit down with me and chat about her creation and how Book Island came about.

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"So, You Think You Have Talent Contest "- Charity Event for Children : Our Sponsors

                                           

Timeless Trinkets and Something New  have come together to help raise funds for the real life program that has been helping children for over 25 years all over the globe.  

With our 1st SL "Do You Think You Have Talent Contest and Charity event", residents are encouraged to stop by either store and pick up an application to participate in the show, which will be featured in SL Enquirer.

                        

SPONSORS ARE AS FOLLOWS

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Sexy and Entertaining Stage Shows Play Live at the Moulin Rouge Next Show: November 4th @ 6pm slt.- Shaneos Howlett Reporting…

Various entertaining short stage shows including scenes from such greats as Rocky Horror Halloween play live at the Moulin Rouge.

In October 2013 I spoke with Manager Xanthia Martian - for insight in to behind the scenes operation and what makes the Moulin Rouge a location worth visiting, details follow...

The Moulin Rouge stage shows have various sets with live dancers performing shows based on such classics as Rocky Horror / Chicago / Harem of the Nile /  Midsummer Nights: Myths, Fantasies & Fairytales / Gangsters & Molls / Top Secret (Spy Show) / Jungle Fever/ Prehistoric Show / Old West Can Can - Saloon Show / Pirates! and many more live on stage. 

For over 6.5 years Xanthia Martian has been managing the Moulin Rouge in SL since August 2007, the original manager and owner Kris Harmison opened the Moulin Rouge 9 years ago, with the last 7 years on the same sim / location and sadly passed away on 16th September 2013.  Kris Harmison’s husband along with the help of Xanthia Martian will continue to operate the Mouling Rouge.

Interview with Xanthia Martian

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Seychelles Isles celebrates

In celebration of the launch of Seychelles Isles, a day of celebration is planned to introduce the new Estate to Second Life participants.  Residents of the Estate are invited to have their friends and families join in this day of entertainment and fun

The planned activities will take place on Sunday, November 3 from 1:30pm to 4:00pm SLT and will be held in and around the Golden Gate Yacht Club SL at Seychelles Isles.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Port%20Victoria%20Isle/16/208/24

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Avie Poll: Regrets in SL: Regrets in Second Life - Is there anything you wish you never did in SL? – Glossom Resident Reporting…

In our favor or against us, at some times in our lives a sense of regret takes hold of us. 

Regret is one of those feelings that seem to trouble everyone's life, even our virtual ones.  If socializing in a multicultural virtual world means sharing cultures, experiences and ways of living, it also means dealing with opposing ideas, actions and moral and ethical values which may lead to incompatibilities.

What makes us unique individuals, our own way of thinking and acting is present in everything we do and when interacting with other people.  A less friendly or misjudged behavior or attitude, a word placed in the wrong moment, a thoughtless action or any other decisions can trigger negative reactions and a whirlwind of negative feelings that may result in broken ties, lost friendships or any other consequences to the various degrees of seriousness.

Dealing with the consequences of our actions is not easy but living with regret is painful. Sadness, self-punishment, concert are words that best describe how you feel after hurting somebody or even yourself.  So how can you cope with regret?

We traveled the streets of Second Life and the SL Forums asking residents the question: Regrets in Second Life - Is there anything you wish you never did in SL? The SLE would like to thank those who have promptly agreed to participate.

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Men’s Fashion is Evolving-Meet Lacovnon the Owner and Designer of Blvck Anchor- Tea Couturier Reporting...

Men’s fashion in Second Life is gaining momentum and is evolving with new designs and creativity by up and coming and established designers alike.

It is always good to see new designers in Second Life fashion and after the success of Avenue Autumn/Winter Fashion week, I was able to chat with Lacovnon; owner and designer of Blvck Anchor. This designer  just finished a successful show at the Avenue Autumn/Winter Fashion week 2013.

Interview with Lacovnon

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Daylight Savings Ends on November 3rd. Don't Forget to Turn your Clock Back 1 Hour - November 3 @ 2 am (USA)

What is daylight Savings about?

Daylight saving time (DST)—also summer time in British English— is the practice of advancing clocks during the lighter months so that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less. Typically clocks are adjusted forward one hour near the start of spring and are adjusted backward in autumn

- Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time

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New Critical Vote and next email to Linden Lab on TOS

Daniel Voyager a pre-eminent blogger on all things Second Life is closely following  all the news relating to the changes to the terms of service for Second Life and he reports that the UCCSL group are preparing a Critical Vote with the intention of sending another email to Linden Lab on the TOS situation.

Please go to his blog to log your vote.

http://danielvoyager.wordpress.com/author/danielvoyager/ 

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'MEDIUM RARE' by LINDA LAUREN BOOK SIGNING, Sumi Portola Reporting

4th Generation Psychic Medium and SL Resident Linda Lauren debuted her newest book, Medium Rare - The Memoir of a Fourth Generation Psychic Medium at the Alogonquin Roundtable in New York City.

Linda was also joined by SL Enquirer's very own Lanai Jarrico (Rebecca)!  Rebecca presented Linda with a  beautiful handmade star created by herself and her daughter, Lanai.

 The book signing was a wonderful kick off to Linda's Media Tour for her new book.  Thank you Lanai for coming!

Medium Rare is available on Amazon.com, iBooks and BN.com.

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THE MARTIANS INVADE COOKIE! ~ November 1 @ 5pm

The Martians are coming to Cookie!  Will they vaporize it?  Or just take a big bite out of it, and leave?  Find out Friday night at Avatar Repertory Theater!

Avatar Repertory Theater will present the famous Orson Welles radio adaptation of War of the Worlds Friday, November 1st in a single performance, live from their theater on Cookie in Second Life (c) by special permission from the Estate of Howard Koch, primary writer of the 1938 radio script.  The performance features Kayden Oconnell, Corwyn Allen, MadameThespian Underhill, Ada Radius, Avajean Westland, Sodovan Torak, Em Jannings, Thundergass Menges, with Caledonia Skytower. 

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cookie/198/205/21

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Parallel Universes Part I: IMVU – Stareyes Galaxy Reporting

There are many other virtual multiplayer environments than Second Life ©. Stareyes Galaxy starts on a journey to these in a multipart article series. The first one on her list was “IMVU”.

IMVU boasts 100 million accounts and the concurrent logins are at 50 000 level. The company itself is based in the Silicon Valley and they have backing from several well-known venture capital investors. The target demographic for the community is the 18-24 year-old bracket. On sign-up, personal data is required, so some content will be locked for underage users. The minimum sign-up age is 13.

Doing interviews on Second Life (SL) I often have found people who have transferred their online existence from IMVU over to SL. For these new avatars entering SL, the openness and the variety found here is often bewildering but liberating at the same time. I decided to set up an account on IMVU and see what that world is all about, and how the experience compares with SL.

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Does My Butt Look Fat in This Hunt Coming November 3 - Shon Charisma Reporting...

"Keeping it booty-fied" is the theme to Earth Nirvana-Charisma's latest hunt, Does My Butt Look Fat In This...? Starting on November 3 and concluding on November 30, the hunt will feature many awesome items, to include skirts, shorts, sitting poses/props, panties, bikinis, pants, furniture with seats, capris, and booty poses, among other items!

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Halloween Night @ Speakeasy: October 31st @ 6-8pm SLT Featuring Jackie Lefko & Molly Serpente

BLUES & COUNTRY SINGING DIVAS @ SPEAKEASY HALLOWEEN NIGHT

The Speakeasy has been transformed from cozy to spooky to embrace two SL Singing Divas – one Blues Diva and one Country Diva – on Halloween night.  At 6 PM SLT, Jackie Lefko, the owner of the Speakeasy, takes the stage to enchant the audience with her sultry, bluesy voice.  Brace yourself!  That is just the beginning!  You will not doubt how much Molly Serpente loves to sing Country music when she takes the stage at 7 PM SLT to share her mesmerizing voice.  Yes we know!  There has been no shortage of opportunities to sport your favorite Halloween costume at the numerous parties in Second Life over the past week or so.  But, the big night is Thursday, October 31^st. 

What better way to end the 2013 Halloween celebrating than with live music at the Speakeasy? 

Just give the taxi driver this address and we will see you there:  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/TriBeCa%20City/177/221/21

About the Singing Divas

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Avie Poll: Is Second Life just a Game or is it an Extension of your Real Life? – Glossom Resident Reporting…

It is common knowledge that Second Life is a three-dimensional virtual environment where users can socialize, simulate real life events or give wings to their imagination and dreams.

The debate on its definition is endless, yet it’s up to each resident to define this virtual world for the posture we assume when we login. Quoting Linden Lab’s slogan “Your world, your imagination”, the truth is that Second Life is what we make of it. A Game? An extension of real Life? You call the shots.

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Join Golfers from Around the Globe at Emerald Crystal Golf Course

The origin of Golf is unclear but most would accept that it's modern 18 hole golf course came from Scotland in the Middle Ages. It became popular in the 19^th century in the United Kingdom and eventually spread to the United States. In the year 2013, it can be found in Second Life!

We have certainly come a long way from throwing rocks and swinging sticks for amusement.

About ECGC

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So You Think You Have Talent Contest and Charity Event - Enter Today!

                                                                    

                                    

Categories

 Singing:

·         Act, or

·         stage performance

Dancing:

·         Group or solo.

·         The song must fit the theme or the theme the song

·         Dress to Impress

 Poetry:

·         The scene should fit the poetry that is being read

 Comedy:

·         The comedy should have a scene or background 

Visit these locations for an Entry Form today!

Timeless Trinkets/Thrifty/Romantic Safe Hub

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Entrepreneur/72/224/21

Something New Family Store

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lavonia/163/17/33

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Reader Recommended: SLink Feet - Tea Couturier Reporting...

It is always nice when readers of SL Enquire get in touch and send us products which we may have not covered.

This occurred when Ellen Cordeaux got in touch and asked about SLink Feet. Thank you Ellen. SLink was started up by Siddean Munro

SLink does not only caters for feet but also hands, which are rigged mesh for women and men also. Cleverly and beautifully crafted to attach to you, with no joining showing. The nails on the feet and hands are so natural in looking. With Slink feet you have flat bare feet for men and women. Also Mid bare feet which you may have seen before have you standing on your toes.

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Style Kingdom Magazine's 2nd Public Casting

To join the public casting group paste this in local chat in-world : secondlife:///app/group/

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IT'S TIME TO EMBRACE YOUR INNER BOO!

Branwen Arts and Stories Unlimited celebrate the spookable season this year with BOOStock today (Saturday) and the third Annual BOOFest tomorrow (Sunday) on Bran.  Schedule Updates for both events can be found at http://storyfestsl2011.blogspot.com/. 

Saturday's BOOStock festivities kick off at NOON slt for five hours of DJs and Live Music http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bran/251/246/3022

Sunday's BOOFest starts at 10am SLT and continues for eight hours with buffest of stories and storytellers sharing spookable literary delights.
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bran/78/141/24

Both events are free.  Sunday's event benefits War Child North America

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Lumiya: The Second Life© viewer for Android devices – Stareyes Galaxy reporting ....

Aside from the usual way of connecting to Second Life © (SL) on a personal computer, applications are available for connecting on the grid via mobile devices. SL Enquirer has previously reported on Pocket Metaverse for the iOS; now we will look into the Android OS and the Lumiya application. Stareyes Galaxy got herself the application and went out to test it on SL.

There are many times in life when I might want to stay in touch with my SL friends while having no access to a computer. Often, in public places, WiFi is available for free and sitting down with a cup of coffee having a chat with friends could easily be done with a mobile phone.

Lumiya is an authorized third-party viewer (TPV) for mobile Android devices. The TPV list for Android includes two other viewers as well, “LittleSight” and “Mobile Grid Client” but Lumiya seems to be more prevalent than the other two among Android users.  Lumiya can be found in the “Google Play” store and it costs USD 3.46 to download. The client is 5.20 Mb in memory, so it is really a light weight application.

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Happy Halloween Second Lifers!- Orchids Reporting…

Halloween  or the "All Hallows' Evening" is near!  And so is 
the time for making jack-o'-lanterns and dressing up for Halloween parties, but do you know the real story behind this holiday?
This is an old Irish myth about a man "Stingy Jack." Stingy Jack once invites the Devil to have a drink with him and tricks the devil to turn himself into a coin. Jack puts the coin into his pocket with a silver cross. The devil could not change back into his original form till he promised Jack  that he would not bother him for one year and if should Jack die, he would not claim his soul.
Come next year, Jack again tricks the devil into climbing into a tree to pick fruit and carves a sign of the cross into the tree's bark so the devil could not come down until  he promised Jack not to bother him for ten more years.

Soon after, Jack dies. God would not allow such a cheat into heaven. The devil, being upset with Jack and keeping his word not to claim his soul, wouldn’t allow Jack into hell. He sends Jack off into the dark night with only a burning coal to light his way. Jack put the coal into a carved-out turnip and as the legend goes, roams the Earth with ever since. This ghostly figure came to be known as "Jack of the Lantern," and then, simply "Jack O'Lantern."
In Ireland and Scotland, people carved scary faces into turnips or potatoes. In England, large beets were used. Immigrants from these countries brought the Jack o' Lantern tradition with them when they came to the United States. They soon found that pumpkins, a fruit native to America, make perfect jack-o'-lanterns.

There are many ways to celebrate the ghostly spirit of Halloween in SL ! Here are a few ways..

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NOMINATE YOUR FAVORITE SL RESIDENT FOR THE AVIE CHOICE AWARDS!

It's time again for the annual AVI CHOICE AWARDS!

The Avi Choice Awards is the premier annual awards presentation recognizing the people and talent of Second Life’s® amazing creations, completely chosen and voted on by SL™ residents.  The 2011 and 2012 Avi Choice Awards response was tremendous and the websites saw an amazing 65,000 visits and a staggering number of votes, proof that the annual event is anticipated and appreciated by SL residents.  It is the opportunity for the residents to show appreciation to their FAVORITE.. to know that they play a part in acknowledging their FAVORITE.. not in anyone deciding whose best, but whose a favorite?

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