Memorials For Renee Good And Alex Pretti At Book Island

 

 At Book Island a memorial has been set up for two people who were killed recently in Minneapolis Minnesota by Federal ICE agents, Renee Good on Thursday January 8 and Alex Pretti on Saturday January 24. 

 

Light a candle if you wish.

There is a small shrine to the two Minnesotans gunned down by ICE recently by the main teleporter and message board.

We were donated a system for leaving a candle to them, which is by the pictures.

America has our sympathy at this time ♥ 

 

Originally brought into Minneapolis following stories of major fraud by Somalian immigrants, the ICE agents have been accused of creating a climate of fear among legal immigrant residents and there have been confrontations with protestors. The Trump Administration, as well as supporters of ICE, claim the two people shot were trying to harm the agents, who were there to arrest dangerous criminals, and the shootings were justified. Critics feel what the agents did was outright murder, and the real purpose of ICE being there was to intimidate a state and city unfriendly to the President into submission. 

 

 Sources: Associated Press, ABC News

 

 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Book%20Island/173/208/37

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

 

Winter Burn Festival Ends

 

 Last night were the final events of the Winter Burn, the Burn2 spinnoff event taking place in January at Burning Man Deep Hole. Late into the night, a few dozen people partied it up.

 

 While the DJs played music from the stage, some from the crowd cheering them on.

 

 While the events are over, aside from occasional unscheduled ones, the builds (most of them) will still be up for a few more days for those who couldn't make it or wanted to avoid the lag.

 

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Burning%20Man-%20Deep%20Hole/157/37/24 

 

Bixyl Shuftan

 

Winter Storm Knocks Out Power For Almost A Million In The US

 

 This weekend brought weather woes to much of America. A massive snowstorm pushed into the Midwest and South, dumping lots of ice and snow and setting record low temperatures. 

 

Tree damage from ice accumulation has been reported all across the South. Icy roads have been reported as far south as a stretch of Interstate 10 near Kerrville, Texas, northwest of San Antonio, as well as in the Houston area. 

 

Yesterday, close to a million Americans were without power in a number of states, with over 800,000 as of the writing of this article. And as the storm is heading northeast, there may me some there who will soon be out of power. There were also many reports of grocery stores with numerous aisles of empty shelves. So some people may find items such as toilet paper hard to get for a short while

 

So if a Second Life resident who's on almost every day hasn't been on for a few days, this very well be the reason. Power should be restored to most within a few days. But for a few it may be over a week. 

 

Sources: weather.com, poweroutage.us, Yahoo.com

 

Bixyl Shuftan

 

 

Winter Burn This Weekend (Last Events Tomorrow)

 

 For Burning Man fans, this weekend offers a treat. The Winter Burn event is taking place at Deep Hole Burning Man, with numerous builds on the sim and music events.  The theme for this year's Winter Burn is Winter Gardens

 

From January 23 to January 25, BURN2 returns with Winter Burn, transforming the Playa into snow-dusted Winter Gardens filled with handcrafted glass greenhouses. Inspired by the culture of Burning Man, this community-driven event invites participation through art, music, shared gifts, and creative expression. 

Explore performance stages, roaming art cars, an ice rink, and the iconic Effigy, all designed to spark connection and creativity.

 Checking things out, the combination of ice and lights at night was just beautiful with some of the builds.

 

 And with one event, the dance floor turned out to be a huge sled that slid across the snow. 

 

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Burning%20Man-%20Deep%20Hole/157/37/24 

 

Bixyl Shuftan

 

The Big Chill: Winter Storm Threatens Power (And Internet) Outages Across USA

 

 This Friday and weekend, a huge winter storm will be rolling south across America "from Texas to (the) Northeast," affecting a total of about 180 million. 

A major, widespread, long-lasting winter storm will hammer parts of the South, Midwest and Northeast Friday through Monday with potentially damaging ice and heavy snow for millions from New Mexico and Texas to parts of New England. This storm will lead to widespread dangerous travel and its destructive South ice storm could lead to long-lasting power outages and tree damage.

The storm has been named Winter Storm Fern by The Weather Channel. According to The Weather Company forecasters, Fern could affect over 180 million in the U.S. with snow and/or ice, over half the nation's estimated population. Either heavy snow or ice is forecast for 33 states from the storm, from Arizona to the Midwest, South and New England.

 With the ice and snow, power outages are likely, meaning no Internet, and for Second Life residents, no getting online until the damage is repaired. 

 

Those in it's path, keep an eye on local weather.

 

Source: weather.com 

 

Bixyl Shuftan

 

SL Video (Science Circle): "Pluto On Ice"

 

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From The Science Circle on March 27, 2016 by Patio Plasma (Paul Doherty) 

Winter Storm Could Mean Outages

 

 

 "The Big Chill" isn't just a movie you can rent these days. This week, a winter storm is making it's way east from the Great Plains across the middle of the country. It starts dropping snow west of the Mississippi on Tuesday, and will continue Wednesday and Thursday as it moves towards the Atlantic. In it's path are places that don't usually see much snow, such as northern Mississippi and Alabama and northeastern North Carolina. There is a risk of power outages, and of course Internet interruptions. So Second Life residents in the area should be prepared for being temporarily offline. 

Source: https://weather.com

 

Bixyl Shuftan

 

Reader Submitted: "Ice Cold Unicorn"

 

 

 From DeniseUnicorn Toonie, "Explored SecondLife some a bit ago. Found this unicorn ice sculpture in the Velvet Island sim. This Unicorn is ice cold. Must have watched one too many reruns of 'Frozen' with their kids."

 

Club Cutlass Gets Frozen Over

 

 

 Friday March 22 was "Fire and Ice" Night at Club Cutlass with DJ Snowbuns playing. Well, the ice part of the event was in full force at one point with the skies turning white with winter storm clouds gathering and soon huge amounts of snowflakes began dropping and accumulating. 

And it wasn't long before the Sunnies and friends were dancing in the snow.

 

 

 The wind and snow lasted for a while. But eventually it stopped and the snow on the grounded quickly melted away, the party going on as before. 

Pictures by Cyantia Farshore

"Have An Ice Day" At The Sunweaver Lands

 

 

Dropping by the Sunweaver Community, the winter season in real life was reflected at Sunweaver Eclipse with their water being frozen. One could walk about over most of the surface. There was a ramp conveniently placed for anyone who wanted to jump while skating. Most of the community is free of snow, though. Some residents have stated they see more than enough of it in real life and don't want it on their homes here. 

 

"Have an ice day."

Bixyl Shuftan

Announcement: Final Dickens Project Events

 

 ** Saturday, December 31st @ Noon-2PM: CAROLS & DANCES
Think we are done with "A Christmas Carol"? Not quite yet. DJ Cale has a tall stack of music that has been written for various versions of Dickens' immortal Christmas tale, and she'll be playing it along with some dance tunes that would have set even Old Fezziwig a whirl!

** Sunday, January 1st @ 2-4PM: A HAPPY NEW YEARS' SKATE!
DJ Dano Bookmite, long time friend of The Dickens Project, will be taking the stream and the ice for this final event of the 2022 Edition of The Dickens Project, celebrating another year complete and the possibilities in a fresh, new one.

 

Victorian wear suggested, but not required

 

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Dickens%20Project/122/181/22

 

Winter at Astoria

 

With the Holiday season winding down, Christmas over and New Year's around the corner, Gemma Cleanslate decided to stop at one more winter place to write about before the year's end. Astoria was a little quieter than some she visited as there were no stores. But there was plenty to do from skating, to snowboarding, or just enjoying the scenery and animals. She also took a trip back to the Dickens Project to watch a performance on stage by Virtuoso Performing Arts.

Read Gemma's article in Places. 

Calas Galadhon Park - Christmas 2022

 

Dancerina Starlight was recently at Calas Galadhon Park. The sim changes it's appearance every season, and winter has recently come to the area. Dencerina found quite a winter wonderland, and when writing about the region had much to say.

Read Dancerina's article in Places.

Reader Submission: Subnautica Below Zero Revisitied

 

Sunweaver community Rita Mariner is a longtime fan of the Subnautica game, a survival MMO that takes place in an environment they seldom go: an ocean. So when they came out with a sequel: Subnautica Below Zero, she checked it out while it was in early access and soon wrote her initial impressions. After some more time to play with it and see what's changed as the developers added some new features, and new challenges.

Read Rita's reader submitted story in Other Grids, MMOs, and Games.

SL Video : "Second Life Echo Ridge"

 

From InWorld Films on November 16, "Visit this beautiful ice valley - Echo Ridge - created by Elvira Kytori"
 

Reader Submitted: Game Review - Subnautica: Below Zero

Rita Mariner, when not Relaying or managing things at the Sunweaver community and it's clubs, has been spending some time playing Subnautica, and it's sequel: "Subnautica: Below Zero." The sequel's been in development for a while. Finally, the game has gotten to the point Rita felt she could do a review about it. So what did she think?
 
Read more in Other Grids, MMOs, and Games.
 

SL Video: "The Look of Christmas - Second Life Dance and Ice Skating"

 From Trine Epiphany on Nov 2013, "Winter is on and Christmas is drawing near!"

Christmas at Devon Dream

 

There's a number of Christmas displays across Second Life, some large, some small. One I see every year is in Devon Dream, made by Safra Nitely. After most of the job was done, Safra invited me to take a look around. While she had been building for less than a day, already plenty had been done.

Read the story in Extra.

Bellisseria Winter Wonderland

The Bellisseria Fairgrounds is home to a fun winter area, at least for the next couple days. It's the "Winter Wonderland." To get there, head to the Bellisseria Fairgrounds sim, and on the island away from the shore there's what looks like a cave. Over the entrance is a sign, "Winter Wonderland." Click on the opening to enter. The scenery was made by PrudenceAnton Resident.

There's winter scenery of all kinds from animals going about in the snow to a DJ booth by a pond of ice. But the build will not be up for long. Daniel Voyager stated the place will be up until Friday December 4. 

Source: Daniel Voyager

Bixyl Shuftan

Ice Floes off Bellisseria

 The SS Galaxy isn't the only new sight in the Bellisseria costal areas. On the center east in the Moonia sim, I spotted these four ice floes on the map. Heading over, one had a small fishing shelter.

But that wasn't all. There was a sign, "Hunt starts here. Touch for LM." So it could be there will soon be a gift hunt for Second Life residents. Stay tuned for details.