Virtual Africa

Have you ever wished to visit the Serengeti ? Until you can do so you can get very close to the experience visiting Virtual Africa in SL.



This is a beautiful region, made of 4 (soon to be 5) sims where the African ecosystem, culture and traditions are on display, realized with great passion and care.



I found the place jumping randomly from blogs to tweets and, at last, I saw a LM in a tweet, with an invitation to visit the place. I followed the LM and I found myself in this beautiful natural paradise. I was greeted almost immediately by Alanagh Recreant, one of the souls behind the project and a Capetown resident in RL.



Alanagh took me around on a balloon tour where I got a great felling of the place. You just need to immerse yourself a bit on the experience and you really believe to be flying over the savana.



There are wild animals areas, beautiful landscapes, camping areas, themed platforms in the sky, rivers to navigate, cultural centers and a market where one can find African outfits.



It was an overall great experience. More tours are available with stations to follow all over the place and I definitely plan to go back there for more exploration.



Oh .. I was forgetting: when you are there set your environment to sunset. The warm colors of the sunset light are perfect to enhance an already gorgeous experience.

Have fun ... and remember to pet a lion :)

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Second Life Events Schedule for January 2009

January 18th
Time: 2 PM SLT
SL NAG @ Rich Island

Wipping Willow live premiere
from MIDEM event @ Cannes / Frances

http://myspace.com/WippingWillow
http://www.midem.net

Scheduled Sequence:

introductory instrumental, image et violoncelle
la periode noire (4 songs) "CInematika"
cerise intro tango
then the singer Anouk joins on l'oiseau tarantelle !

Emergence
Cello Fan
Darquologie
Cerise

Oiseau tarentelle
Cordes pixélisée
coeur grillé
Bonheur ephemere (i shouldn't)
Lollipop
Keskejfoula
rupture inversé (beauty arround)
Escapade
Demenagement
watcha Weia

RL-Videos to your attention:

oiseau tarentelle : http://vimeo.com/1138620
Bonheur ephemere (i shouldn't): http://vimeo.com/2228371
Keskejfoula : http://vimeo.com/2401243
Lollipop : http://vimeo.com/2559001
rupture inversé (beauty around) : http://vimeo.com/2188756
Escapade: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5hyyt_wipping-willow-la-bellevilloise-liv_music
Demenagement : http://vimeo.com/1169521

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January 19th
Time: 1PM
SL Zurich Opera House

Info: http://www.francescocuoghi.it/bibli_streaming.htm
http://www.bibli.it/musica/adesso/2009/09-01.htm

LIVE from ROME:
Maurizio Barbetti viola
Francesco Cuoghi guitar and electronics
Gabriel Maldonado guitars and electronics
Speaker: Gianni Antognozzi

Music from following composers:
Eckart Beinke, Klaus Stahmer, Luca Miti, Edu Haubensak,Bruno Strobl,
Aldo Brizzi, Gerhard Stäbler, Gabriel Maldonado, Riccardo Sinigaglia

ask EdDereDdE Laval - for further infos :)

How to Survive in Second Life - For Newbies

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

My Christmas Wish For You


My Christmas wish for you, my friend
Is not a simple one
For I wish you hope and joy and peace
Days filled with warmth and sun

I wish you love and friendship too
Throughout the coming year
Lots of laughter and happiness
To fill your world with cheer

May you count your blessings, one by one
And when totaled by the lot
May you find all you've been given
To be more than what you sought

May your journeys be short, your burdens light
May your spirit never grow old
May all your clouds have silver linings
And your rainbows pots of gold

I wish this all and so much more
May all your dreams come true
May you have a Merry Christmas friend
And a happy New Year, too ..
We wish you a merry Christmas :)

Hope we all have a peaceful and blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year

Anna Avalanche

Deja vu International & AA Trade

Déjà vu International with AA Trade – An exclusive business partnership.

The exclusive business partnership between AA Trade Company and Déjà vu International Magazine creates the first interactive magazine inside Second Life

AA Trade Company - the first catalog system company inside Second Life and Déjà vu international - the first magazine born in Second Life printed in real life announced today they have entered into an agreement pertaining to create the first interactive magazine inside Second Life. The new interactive magazine Déjà vu AAT Magazine provide second life residents readers the possibility to interact with the magazine and choose if they wish to buy the goods advertised inside the publication directly from the magazine

Under the Agreement, AAT will provide and manage the system and Déjà vu international will provide the best inside content articles. Although the detail of the agreement is not disclosed, both Companies believe this exclusive business partnership shall contribute substantially to satisfaction of the readers and also provides a better Second Life experience for the residents. The Companies also pledge to further develop synergy in other businesses relating to catalogs and magazines business inside Second Life in additional joint business ventures

AA Trade Company is specialized in business and catalog system and Déjà vu international is one of the best magazines inside Second Life. People now have the options to read the printed magazine, in world, and even buy the products annunciated on the articles or advertise. The content is also wonderful. This magazine is already a success and will achieve much more thanks to all readers, journalists and sponsors that made this magazine amazing possible.

To know more read the web site http://aatcompany.blogspot.com/

Read Below:

Brazilian Music Seduced the World

Wonderful Brazil - Other Popular festivity


Poetry Secundo Coming, A pornographic satire By Nebbisk Oh


Second Life Manuals and tutorials free at AAT


Freebies at AAT


Very good dressing clue by Gisa Miles


One Hundred years of Japanese immigration in Brazil


New tutorial: Using light for a good picture

What to do with Second Life annoying groups?


want to hug a dragon ? - Beautiful Places inside Second Life by Wildstar Beaumont


Oxbridge - Beautiful Places inside Second Life by Wildstar Beaumont


Zurich City SL Opera House Second Life - Beautiful Places inside Second Life by Wildstar Beaumont

Brazilian Music Seduced the World

This is another recent article for déjà vu magazine. Hope you all enjoy, and if you do, please leave a comment.

By Anna Avalanche and Gisa Miles
Picture credit: http://bossanovaclub.com.br and Haroldo George Gepp (Geppex McCaw in SL)



Samba and Bossa Nova are currently considered worldwide as genuinely Brazilian musical genres. The Carnival, one of the greatest expressions of popular culture in Brazil, has projection in several countries and " Garota de Ipanema - Girl from Ipanema" by Tom Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes, is considered one of the most rewritten songs worldwide and considered in 2005 by the U.S. Congress Library, one of 50 musical from humanity.

The year 2008 marks the 50th anniversary of Bossa-Nova, a genuinely Brazilian rhythm. Mixing samba and jazz. Bossa Nova would lead which is known today as MPB (Brazilian Popular Music). The term "Bossa Nova" means a new way of playing and singing.

The first manifestations of what was to become known as Bossa Nova occurred in the 50's, in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro. There, intellectualized composers, instrumentalists and singers were seeking something really new, which translated their lifestyle and musical tastes. Lovers of American jazz and soft music, have effective participation in the occurrence of the genus, which managed to unite the joy of Brazilian rhythms to sophisticated harmonies of American jazz.

The style came out of samba, with more harmonic complexity and less percussive repetition. Joao Gilberto launch the first LP with the title “Canção do Amor Demais” where was observed for the first time a hit differentiated in guitars enforced by him which would characterize the Bossa Nova as an innovation in the Brazilian popular music.

The Bossa Nova was established internationally in the year of 1962 in a historic and unforgettable concert at Carnegie Hall in New York, in which Tom Jobim, João Gilberto, Roberto Menescal and others talented artists presented this new way of make music.



The Bossa Nova was projected in worldwide and with this ample divulgation of the letter and rhythm several musicians, and singers like Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald took up the Bossa Nova style.





Today the whole world knows what is Bossa Nova. The movement was a great reference for later generations of artists and leave valuable music’s, like: “Chega de Saudade, Garota de Ipanema, Desafinado, O barquinho, Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar, Se Todos Fossem Iguais A Você, Outra Vez, Coisa mais linda, Corcovado, Insensatez, Maria Ninguém, Samba de uma nota só, O pato, Lobo Bobo, Saudade fez um Samba”.



Exceeding the limits of music, Bossa Nova has even influenced fashion. It is the trend for Brazilian 2009 summer. In Sao Paulo Fashion Week - summer 2009, some designers exhibited looks inspired by the Bossa Nova. On the trail of major musical icons of the season, the models catwalk shows clothes and bikinis which brought features of the 50 adapted to the present making the Bossa Nova eternal in the music and in fashion.



Also, this November the Interface Company promotes the “Ipanema Gril 2008” contest inside Second Life to celebrate the 50 years of Bossa with Helo Pinheiro the real life Ipanema Gril judging the event.



This article has been sponsored by AA Trade Company, Cleary (128,128,0) http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cleary/128/128/0

For more pictures and information see:
Portuguese blog: http://dejavu-intl-portuguese.blogspot.com/
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/annaavalanche/