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Namaara To Speak At Mental Health Symposium

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Many of you know that Namaara MacMoragh hosts the Etopia regions as an extension of her passion for justice and equal access to healthy living. Did you also know that for the past few years she’s also been working with the Brain Energy Support Team to ensure justice and equal access to support and services for individuals with brain injury and their families?

Namaara will present about Brain Injury & Mental Health at the 6th annual Mental Health Symposium. It will be held on Saturday, May 27, beginning at 6am Pacific (9am Eastern), and continuing through 5:30pm Pacific (8:30pm Eastern)

The theme of this year’s Symposium is “I can relate to that.” An international group of presenters offers a wide interpretation of the theme, based on their interests and academic backgrounds. Attendees will learn ways to promote mental health for themselves and their families, how diet affects mental health, and how first responders and medical clinicians can improve their own mental health.

Not only is this an opportunity for our community members to learn more about topics related to mental health from experts they probably would not have a chance to meet otherwise, it is allows the general public to attend a professional conference for free.

The Symposium takes place in Virtual Ability’s The Sojourner Auditorium, on Virtual Ability island. The SLURL for the auditorium is: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Virtual%20Ability/54/170/23.

Visit the Virtual Ability blog to learn more and see the; http://blog.virtualability.org/2017/05/announcing-6th-annual-mental-health.html

Earth Day 2017 Press Release

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Earth Day, first celebrated in 1970, has grown to be an international phenomenon. Events are held worldwide to demonstrate support for environmental protection and celebrate our life-giving Mother Earth.

 
Etopia Eco-Communities is celebrating 10 years in Second Life with our Earth Day & 10th Anniversary Celebration. And everyone is invited. We will be hosting a hunt from 4/20 through 4/30, several days of discussions, music, tours and more. This multi-region event is sure to engage, enlighten, and entertain.

 
Etopia was founded to create a virtual world in which we could explore how to adapt to the challenges posed by Peak Oil and Climate Change. Since the beginning Etopia has been about sustainability and embracing the ideas of a community of creative, passionate, and thoughtful participants. We embrace shared values that celebrate our efforts toward creating a regenerative approach to life a and sustainable human presence on the Earth.

 
Kick off the Etopia Earth Day & 10th Anniversary Celebration on Thursday 20 April, at 7pm SLT with DJ Dani and a party at the Etopia Pavilion followed by two more days of music, tours, and workshops.

 
Some highlights include a viewing of “Before The Flood” at Nonprofit Commons on Friday, nonstop music at Center Ground from 10am to 10pm on Saturday, and a Climate Change Workshop with Marly Milena at Inspiration Island, also on Saturday.

 
Learn valuable facts, a little Etopia history, and interesting trivia on our self-guided or facilitated tours. Join workshops and discussion about wetland preservation, permaculture, and sustainable living presented throughout the weekend. KATJA’s Music Venue will host live music Friday and Saturday with guests Max Kleene, The Vinne Show, Bat Masters, KevinMThomas, and more. Woven throughout the activities and across regions is our Earth Day Hunt. Festivities wrap up on Sunday, 23 April with a discussion on the value of Earth Day awareness.

 
IN COLLABORATION WITH / CO-PROMOTING EVENTS:
NonProfit Commons, Whole Brain Health & Inspiration Island, Virtual Abilities, Center Ground

 
For updates on the schedule of events, see our website at http://etopiaisland.org

 

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For more information contact:
Namaara MacMoragh in world (notecards please) or email, namaara@etopiaisland.org

Using Radagast? It’s been updated.

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Earlier in November there was a brief post on the Radegast blog stating that updates to this gem of a third party viewer would end. If you’re not already familiar with Radegast, it’s a light-weight graphic-free, but feature-rich viewer for Second Life and Open Sim.

Why is this important? For those with visual impairments, poor internet connections, older computers, or any number of physical and cognitive challenges Radegast is the way to engage in world. Among its many features are speech to text and text to speech tools that can be integrated with other devices such as braille screen readers.

So, when Vivox updated the voice program Linden Labs uses in the SLViewer there wasn’t anyone to update the Radegast viewer. Thanks to Gentle Heron of Virtual Abilities and Beq Janus the word got out and Cinder Roxley stepped up to the plate.

For the updated Radegast installer with voice visit; https://bitbucket.org/cinderblocks/radegast. There are additional downloads, but this is all you need for a clean install for your PC.

LL Increases LI Limits

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It’s been the talk of Second Life for a little more than a month.

Linden Labs increased the limits on the Mainland earlier this month. As of today Private Estates, like Etopia, are seeing a 33% increase in prim allocation. This means that parcels across all of the Etopia regions will be able to enjoy a richer experience with more room to build or landscape.

Some of our residents have noticed the increase in limits and we are working to adjust our parcel limits and rental rates to meet the changes with as little inconvenience as possible. Once the parcels are updated we’ll begin updating the apartment complexes and shops. Residents will not see their rental rates change until their current rental period is ended.

LL has also announced that soon Private Estates will have the option to increase land impact to 30,000. This may be something we consider in the coming year.