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Temple of Ishtar and Inanna
Fri, 07/12/2007 - 15:25 — Triss GrayIanna is the Sumerian name for Ishtar, the goddess of fertility, sexual love, and ... erm, war. Some of us may feel these three to be intricately intertwined; others of us - well, we'll just leave it at that!
Ishtar had mixed reviews, even in her own time; she was said to be fickle, capricious, and even, sometimes, cruel. In one story, the goddess descends to the Underworld, where she demands that the gatekeeper open the doors:
If thou openest not the gate to let me enter,
I will break the door, I will wrench the lock,
I will smash the door-posts, I will force the doors.
I will bring up the dead to eat the living.
And the dead will outnumber the living.
Take a lesson from that, ladies: assertiveness pays off!
[For more, see the Article source]
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It's motto is the following:
Tired of sex? Is clubbing boring? Slingo leaving you unfufilled? Let Second Seeker be your travel and cultural guide to the “no-sleaze” parts of Second Life.
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iCommons in Dubrovnik, Croatia and SL
Thu, 14/06/2007 - 10:14 — Triss GrayiCommons Summit 2007 in Second Life
at USC Annenberg Public Diplomacy Island
14-17 June 2007
iCommons is a nonprofit organization promoting the growth and sharing of international knowledge bases ("commons"). In 2007 iCommons agreed to a proposal by Linden Lab and USC Center on Public Diplomacy to sponsor production of its annual conference in parallel in Second Life.
This year, the iCommons Summit in Dubrovnik, Croatia brings together pioneers of the free Internet to make sure that, at its crossroads, "we guide the world along a path that will enable the kind of free culture and decentralized innovation that has characterized the early years of the Internet." read more »
interesting venue! read the article, it explains better then I can what it's all about...
watch also our event calendar, I'll add their events there, but here's a small summary: Programme: With a focus on both “big ideas” and practical examples of how open sharing on the Internet is driving business development, increased innovation, quality education and advances in science, the iCommons Summit is a must-attend for the pioneers with a stake in how the Internet must evolve in the future. Keynote Highlights: In World Conference Features: Live Music Highlights: Second Life Event Times PDT/GMT-7:
. Magnatune - the music company with the tagline, "We are not evil"
. Larry Lessig - founder of Creative Commons public domain licensing
. Jimmy Wales - founder of Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
. Yochai Benkler - author of The Wealth of Networks
. Cory Ondrejka - chief technology officer of Linden Lab, developer of Second Life
. Live Video Streams (Keynote Addresses)
. Recorded Video Streams (Keynote and Parallel Session Addresses)
. Live DJ/Live Music Concerts and Mixers Before and After Key Addresses
. Information Displays
. Art Exhibits
. Free Tee-Shirts and Information Note Cards
. Greeters to Answer Questions and Hand Out Welcome Packs
. Smily Raymaker - Original Acoustic; Vocal
. Kurt Jano - Jazz, Classical, Blues, World Music; Piano, Trumpet, Harmonica, Vocals
. Al Hofmann - Fusion; Midi Guitar
. Etherian Kamaboko - Electric Roots, Foo Grass; Acoustic, Drum, Harmonica
. Komuso Tokugawa - Generative Ambient, High Energy ; Electric Guitar, Harmonica
. Ricardo Sprocket - Rock, Country, Blues; Vocal, Piano
14th Jun 12:00noon-2:00pm (Sneak Preview Mixer; Early Press)
15th Jun 1:15am-2:45pm (Opening, Keynotes, Parallel Sessions, Mixers, Exhibition)
16th Jun 12:15am-2:30pm (Keynotes, Parallel Sessions, Mixers, Exhibition)
17th Jun 12:15am-1:15pm (Keynotes, Parallel Sessions, Mixers, Exhibition, Closing)
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