Cartoon of The Day: Crayon Runner

 

 

 Some guy was running around with a crayon at a place I went. Guess he wanted to, well, you know. 

 

By Bixyl Shuftan

 

RFL Sunbeamers Reach 300,000 Lindens, Team "Camping For A Cure" Reaches Ruby Level

 

A few days ago, the RFL Sunbeamers reached another milestone. On March 12,  the team passed the 300,000 Linden mark

Currently, the Sunbearmers are number six among the various teams in terms of the amount of money raised, at Platinum rank. As of now, the top team is "Camping for a Cure," which has raised 1,271,171 Linden dollars, and is the sole team at Ruby level.

Passing The One Thousand Mark

 

The Newser prides itself on being a daily source of news about Second Life and related topics. I sometimes say we update 363 days a year, leaving out a couple days due to the Internet (and computer hardware) being subject to bugs and glitches. But we usually have two or three articles, leads to articles, briefs, videos, cartoons, announcements, and other posts per weekday and sometimes weekend days. It all adds up, and on Monday our 1000th item for this year went up in the newsletter.

This isn't the first time we've done this. Actually for most of our ten year history, we've posted close to this number, and since 2015 have exceeded 1000 in all years but one. Still, it's something to be proud of. Not only have we done this milestone this year, but we've been doing it for a while, and barring technical difficulties will keep on doing it.

Bixyl Shuftan, Editor

 

RFL Team Sunbeamers Reaches 360,000 Linden Mark

It was a little less than a month ago that the Relay's Team Sunbeamers reached Platinum rank for this year's fundraising season. Over the next few weeks, it slowly made it's way up to in the 290,000s. Then yesterday, a few events took place. Early in the morning was a joint event between the Sunbeamers and Team Relay for Christ at Distraida's Fishing Area in Alua, with DJ Matt playing the music.

Then came the carnival, with Shockwave Yareach and Cynthia Farshore's bumper car demo derby being the star attraction. While there were periods of quiet, there was no shortage of bumping and explosions. About 15,000 Lindens would be donated into it's kiosk between 8 AM and 4PM, much of it in a last-minute surge of visitors, whom were just as happy to chip into the kiosk as well as blowing something up.

Finally came the end results of Nydia Tungsten's "Bid Me" event. This part of the action got the most Lindens, and will be described in detail tomorrow. What we can say now is it raised the most of any Team Sunbeamer "Bid Me" event, and had results unlike most. But at the end of the day, the team total had passed both the 300,000 and 350,000 marks, ending up at over 360,000 Linden dollars raised.

Stay tuned for the results of the "Bid Me."

Bixyl Shuftan

SL14B Exhibit Plot Holders

It won't be much longer until the Second Life Fourteenth Birthday, the SL14B, takes place. There will be many dozens of exhibits there. Some are by well-known people such as Jo Yardley and Loki Elliot, others not so well known. But early on, all had to mark their plots with placeholders. Sometimes it was just the "cake slice" provided to all. More often, when I was looking around, people used an object of their own. Since I couldn't publish pictures of whole exhibits yet, here are some of the placeholders.

See the pictures in Places.

Sunbeamers Pass 100,000 Lindens

The Relay for Life team representing the neighbors of the SL Newser has passed another milestone. Yesterday, they passed the 100,000 Linden dollar mark, and are currently at 102,000 Lindens raised.

An impressive number, but it's still about 78,000 short to get to Silver level. A few teams have become extremely successful, Team Shadow recently joining Two Moon Paradise Dreamers and the Relay Rockers at Platinum level. One team made Jade level: Unmasking a Cure.

There will be more about the Sunbeamer Bid Me events and the Lindens' Bid Me Bald soon.

Go Relay!

Celebrating The Three Million Dollar Milestone

On Sunday January 15 at 1PM SL time, various members of the Relay for Life in Second Life met at the Relay d Alliez sim. They were celebrating the announcement days earlier that following the results of the Christmas Expo, the Relay for Life in Second Life had raised a total of over three million US dollars since it began in 2005.

These pictures had been posted by Luna Portilo (Luna Vonrandolf) from Foundation For Life on the Relay for Life in Second Life's Facebook page.

The 2017 Relay For Life season in Second Life will begin with Kickoff on March 5th.  Team registration will be announced shortly.  Grid residents interested in participating can join the Relay For Life Volunteers group (secondlife:///app/group/7f1cc591-7968-9204-4082-98c7e544c371/about) for more information about joining or starting a team.

Press Release: Relay For Life of Second Life Passes Three Million Dollar Miles

Following the close of the 2016 SL Christmas Expo and final accounting from off-season fundraising 2017 Relay For Life of Second Life Chair Nuala Maracas announced to the RFL community that the milestone of $3,000,000 (USD) all time had been achieved.   The RFL community is invited to celebrate this accomplishment at a special party to be held Sunday January 15th at Relay dAlliez.

Relay For Life is the signature fundraising event of the American Cancer Society.  It began in Tacoma WA in 1985 and is held in more than 5600 communities and in more than 23 countries outside the U.S. Relay For Life of Second Life began in 2005 and raised $5000 that year.  The annual event has grown into the largest virtual fundraising event ever. In 2011 the event passed the $1,000,000 total and raised its 2 millionth dollar during the closing ceremony of 2013 Relay weekend.   In 2014 the Relay For Life of Second Life raised more than $420,000 and was the ranked 17th largest Relay event in the world.

The Thank You Celebration to be held Sunday, January 15th will begin at 1pm slt will be broadcast on T1Radio and will feature special guest performer Maximillion Kleene, a longtime supporter of the Relay in SL.

The 2017 Relay For Life season in Second Life will begin with Kickoff on March 5th.  Team registration will be announced shortly.  Grid residents interested in participating can join the Relay For Life Volunteers group (secondlife:///app/group/7f1cc591-7968-9204-4082-98c7e544c371/about) for more information about joining or starting a team.

Relay dAlliez (128, 128, 23)

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.

Visit cancer.org or call 800-227-2345 for more information

Ash Wednesday Cross Tattoo

For those whom want their Ash Wednesday religious services reflected in Second Life, a few builders have made some ash cross marks, which are actually avatar tattoos. Among them, a freebie one by Edd Thor.

Tattoo layers are required. A selection of ten. Ash Wednesday is observed by some denominations as the beginning of the time of preparation for Easter. A cross made of ashes may be placed on the forehead, perhaps with the words, "Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return." To the best of my knowledge, the church clip art from which these crosses are derived are public domain. If this is an error, please notify me (Edd Thor). Please distribute these as you wish throughout the Second Life communities.

The tattoo can be found on Marketplace (Here).

InWorldz Reaches 100,000 Accounts

This week, the virtual world of InWorldz reached a milestone. The official total number of residents passed the 100,000 mark. 

Daniel Voyager wrote the landmark number had been reached on May 15 at 6:37AM SL time. "It's taken almost 4 years to reach the 100,000 registered users milestone, and in another four years, I would imagine InWorldz (will have) reached the 200,000 ... mark if rates continue as they are."

Inworldz had a total of 1000 registered on February 16, 2010. It would take to June 20th that year to reach 5000, August 12 to hit 10,000, and Dec 12 to get to 25,000. It would take to Jan 15th 2012 to reach a total number of 50,000 users, and to May 3 2013 to get to 75,000 in number. 

Congratulations to InWorldz.

Ash Wednesday Forehead Mark

"After the reverly, time to reflect." At least that what comes to mind with the contrast between Mardi Gras or "Carnival," and Ash Wednesday. For those who don't know, Ash Wednesday is the beginning of Lent. For Catholics and more recently some Protestant denominations, the day offers church services in which the observers have their foreheads with a cross-shaped mark made of ashes.

Second Life Marketplace offers several forehead cross marks. Among them, a free one from Edd Thor, whom on his profile described himself as Episcopalian, "Ash Wednesday is observed by some denominations as the beginning of the time of preparation for Easter. A cross made of ashes may be placed on the forehead, perhaps with the words, "Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return." To the best of my knowledge, the church clip art from which these crosses are derived are public domain."

The item can be found on the Marketplace Here.

Ash Wednesday Forehead Cross Freebie

It's Ash Wednesday, and taking a look at the Marketplace, there was this item: freebie ash forehead crosses.

Ash Wednesday is observed by some denominations as the beginning of the time of preparation for Easter. A cross made of ashes may be placed on the forehead, perhaps with the words, "Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return." To the best of my knowledge, the church clip art from which these crosses are derived are public domain. If this is an error, please notify me (Edd Thor). Please distribute these as you wish throughout the Second Life communities.

It item can be found here on Marketplace.

1000 Mark

We've just reached a milestone. Second Life Newser has shown a total of a thousand articles, cartoons, and the occasional bulliten.

And we're not slowing down.

Ash Wednesday Forehead Mark Av Tattoo

I found out from a friend about this item in SL Marketplace, an avatar tattoo made to look like the forehead mark made during Ash Wednesday church ceremonies.

Get ready for Lent with this affordable Ash Wednesday ash for your forehead. It comes as a Second Life tattoo. Just click wear and you are good to go. The item transfers so get one for your family and friends. A wonderful way to observe the special time of Lent.

Made by JP Ivercourt, this product certainly stands out, virtual goods having a reputation of catering to vanity or the riskee.