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September Coeur Fair - Merchants & Entertainers Wanted

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A quick reminder that the fair will start this coming Friday!Spots are still available for merchants & entertainers.

September Coeur Fair - Merchants & Entertainers Wanted

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Thanks! We're looking forward to seeing everyone after summer vacations. Hope to see you there )

September Coeur Fair - Merchants & Entertainers Wanted

Communty News & Events

The Duchy hosts a monthly fair at the Coeur Fairgrounds the first weekend of every month with thenext one slated forSeptember3rd to 5th. This will be an opportunity to meet & mingle with your fellows and have an all-around good time in a relaxed, country atmosphere.

The use of the RPS Role-Play system is encouraged (but not necessary) to take full advantage of this event. Find out more at Duch de Coeur - RPS Getting Started .

Set up will begin 6amFridaySeptember 3rd. Take down 6pm SundaySeptember 5th.

A schedule of event times will be posted so that you know when you are most likely to meet people there. Each participant will be limited to 50 prims though exceptions may be granted (contact me to arrange formore prims). You will be assigned a specifc area for your set up.

We are looking for a variety of people:

Merchants - selling goods for RP$. You can do this a number of ways including the use of RP$ Vendors (contact me for more information) or by actually being present and selling the items directly. Bartering & trading is encouraged. Any item applicable to the time period is welcome including, food, herbs, flowers, art, healing potions, furniture etc. There will not be a charge for these merchants.

Merchants - selling RPS Compatible goods for L$. Spaces are limited and there will be a L$5/prim fee to participate.

Merchants - selling goods for L$. Spaces are limited and there will be a L$5/prim fee to participate.

All merchants are encouraged to be present Sunday September 5thfrom 12pm to 2pm SLT at a minimum.

Services - earning RP$. It would be great to have people both performing & offering different services: healing, fortune telling, musicians, magicians, jugglers) Please use your imagination! The times for these will be advertised as individual events.

Contact TatianaDokuchic Varriale (here or inworld) for more information, to reserve your spot and/or to schedule an event time.

updated by @tatiana-dokuchic: 06 Oct 2016 06:04:01AM

Woohoo - the Ads are gone :))

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I think I have some old screen images saved that I could sent you

Woohoo - the Ads are gone :))

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Woohoo!!

Today we switched over to the Ning Plus account and one of the results is that the Ads are gone.

No more Belly Fat orTooth Whitening images.

I couldn't be happier )

updated by @tatiana-dokuchic: 06 Oct 2016 06:03:48AM

Im going to close this discussion as I think everyone has had an opportunity to respond. I also agree with Anne ( MarieJosette) that issues pertaining to specific communities should really be dealt with in private.My intent in letting the discussion continue as long as it has, was to give people an appreciation for how difficult it is to manage a community, any community, whether it be Versailles or the Duch de Coeur or Venice or Russia ( the list goes on and on).I also wanted to acknowledge that people do get their feelings hurt and experience other negative emotions while participating in various communities. I hoped that a bit of discussion here would lead to a better understanding and therefore a better SL experience for everyone concerned. I think that every good community is always looking for ways to do things better, to make people feel welcomed and comfortable in a given situation etc. It certainly is a never ending process that can benefit from the help of every individual in the group.

I've pondered community building (online, offline, professional teams, hobby groups ... ) for many years now and I'm still trying to figure out how it all works. It's fascinating and complex to say the least.It doesn't suprise me in the least that different communities come and go so frequently, given the amount of experience, skill and effort that it takes to keep a community thriving. In general, I don't think that the baroque/rococo groups do any better or worse than any other groups, though we may get that impression because that's what we see in our little corner of the world.I do, however, think that the addition of roleplay adds an extra layer of complexity. I say this after studying one of the largest fantasy RP areas in SL for quite a while now. They have developed a very rich environment with creatures from dragons to elves to humans & more roaming the land. From what I can tell, along with this richness comes a lot of rules and a lot of hurt feelings. Let's face it, communication is always difficult and when you have to figure out the lines between In Character actions & Out of Character actions there are bound to be even more misunderstandings. The moderators of this land know that this is just part of the deal and feel it is well worth the extra effort involved.Each "royal court" or group that participates here has its own rules & ideas with regard to the type of roleplay they want to promote. No one is better or worse than the other but they certainly are different. I think it's great that there are a number of different RP styles to choose from because in the end, people can choose to be involved where they feel the most comfortable and have the most fun.Thanks for listening to me expound on something I have been mulling over for a long time now

10 Reasons to Stop Apologizing for Your Online Life

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I gave up trying to explain my online life a long time ago but I don't think I've ever actually apologized for it

10 Reasons to Stop Apologizing for Your Online Life

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I recently stumbled across the article 10 Reasons to Stop Apologizing for Your Online Life by Alexandra Samuelin the Harvard Business Review.

Since I've had many a conversation with friends about the difference between RL & SL, I thought you might find it interesting. Ms Samuel argues that the internet is "Real Life" too, something I've come to believe as well. Here's a list of the 10 reasons, please see the article for her complete argument:

It's time to start living in 21st century reality: a reality that is both on- and offline. Acknowledge online life as real, and the Internet's transformative potential opens up:

1. When you commit to being your real self online, you discover parts of yourself you never dared to share offline.

2. When you visualize the real person you're about to e-mail or tweet, you bring human qualities of attention and empathy to your online communications.
3. When you take the idea of online presence literally, you can experience your online disembodiment as a journey into your mind rather than out of your body.

4. When you treat your Facebook connections as real friends instead of "friends", you stop worrying about how many you have and focus on how well you treat them.

5. When you take your Flickr photos, YouTube videos and blog posts seriously as real art, you reclaim creative expression as your birthright.

6. When you focus on creating real meaning with your time online, your online footprint makes a deeper impression.

7. When you treat your online attention as a real resource, you invest your attention in the sites that reflect your values, helping those sites grow.

8. When you spend your online time on what really matters to you, you experience your time online as an authentic reflection of your values.

9. When you embrace online conversations as real, you imbue them with the power to change how you and others think and feel.

10. When you talk honestly about the real joys and frustrations of the Internet, you can stop apologizing for your life online.

What do you think?

updated by @tatiana-dokuchic: 06 Oct 2016 06:03:47AM

235 year old bottles of Veuve Clicquot found

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Who would have thought those bottles could have survived like that!Thanks for sharing this Michelle, it's very interesting