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    Shared Links December 7th – December 10th

    New World Notes: Chestnut’s Choices 12/10 – 12/16: Cyberpunk Sim Insilico Holds Open House, Immersive Production of A Christmas Carol, Live Performance of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and more NPR.org » A 19th-Century Mathematician Finally Proves Himself Moving from Blogger to WordPress – ten lessons learnt the hard way (aka “The Long March”) May think about moving a Blogger blog to a hosted WordPress setup. Master painter of Southwest leaves house, works to SUU – Salt Lake Tribune Is Linden Lab wasting its time on the existing Second Life population? – Massively

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    Shared Links December 1st – December 6th

    Athena Isle on Second Life: ‘Tis the Season to Be Giving From Pocket to Stage, Music in the Key of iPhone – NYTimes.com GKCx/Level 3/Building: Playing With Shapes – SimTeach Special needs students study for bar and bat mitzvahs — chicagotribune.com Mermaid Diaries: Natalia Zelmanov’s Second Life Adventures: Day 300: Second Life Poseball Tutorial

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    Shared Links November 25th – November 27th

    [#MISC-1728] Many prims have turned into pumpkins – Second Life Issues Classic SL holiday humor from last year – even bug reports and pie menus are funny. CHAPTER XX. Pueblo Indian Weavers New Hopi hotel to teach travelers about Arizona tribe’s culture – USATODAY.com My Page at Ning.com for Cafe Wellstone This is my AV's page at the Cafe Wellstone ning… I'm organizing an event so I'll need a link back to this page. Mermaid Diaries: Natalia Zelmanov’s Second Life Adventures: Build (Tutorials, Techniques, etc) Makin stuffs…

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    Shared Links November 21st – November 25th

    Second Life @ the University of Michigan: February 2008 Archives GKCx/Level 3 – SimTeach Quicksearch results: – Monastic Wales – A Comprehensive Database of Sites and Sources Nice archive on monasteries in Wales, images might make some nice textures if allowed under fair use. My Second Life avatar used to rent a room in a dark old abbey. Wil Wheaton’s Memories of the Futureshop Pam’s House Blend:: Video break #2 – Hoards of Palin fans Go Rogue on her when she doesn’t sign enough books

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    Shared Links November 16th – November 19th

    Second Life 1.23.5.136262 – Changelog – Softpedia Dark Matter: Default Blank Texture suddenly renders TOTAL BLACK, sucking all life and air out of your parcel. Ayumi Cassini Does Second Life: The ultimate guide to prim twisting [UPDATE] Everything you need to know about WordPress 2.9’s post image feature Second Life Tips and Tricks Useful beginner's tricks for scripters and builders Chicago Sun Times : Slightly better for travel industry

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    Shared Links November 14th – November 15th

    A Honey Lemon Ginger Infusion – Slashfood Building in Second Life, By Example | Building in Second Life, By Example | Bob SutorClear, useful, drama free Facebook: Mafia Wars CEO Brags About Scamming Users From Day One Lifestream : Help AsRux Estates – Second Life Land at Reasonable PricesThinking about it, must be tier. DocFind SummaryShopping for a new doctor, I’m pissed at mine because he refuses to mark my BP and water pill for refills, and his office practices are old fashioned. They refuse faxed refill requests and require pharmacies to call during office hours… Nippon Airways To Offer…

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    Group Homes in Illinois

    Some disturbing facts in this article about an unlicensed adult group home. Meanwhile, the waiting list for a bed in a state-licensed home is 18,000 names long. Parents decry care at Deicke Home in Lombard for disabled adults — chicagotribune.com Disabled care advocates say the Deicke case provides an inside look at the risks of Illinois’ problematic and woefully underfunded adult-care system, where countless small, unlicensed homes provide much-needed housing but offer little relief to worried families. “They exist because the system in Illinois is inadequate and broken,” said Zena Naiditch, president and chief executive of Equip For Equality, a…

  • Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    A Roguish Ghost Story

    Palin pops the literary pooper Nov. 17th, but a ghostly midwife will probably fade into the background. 400 pages in 4 months? Really? Sarah Palin finishes 400-page memoir, 'Going Rogue,' to be released Nov. 17 — chicagotribune.com Palin, 45, spent weeks in San Diego shortly after leaving office and worked on the manuscript with collaborator Lynn Vincent, a person close to her said. She was joined in San Diego by her family and her top aide, Meghan Stapleton, then spent several days in New York working around the clock with editors at Harper, said the person, who wasn’t authorized to…