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This is a group of people affiliated with Second Life Renaissance Island. Members can contribute by volunteering time on the Sim, participating in events, sending articles and landmark/bookmarks that pertain to This era.
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Joke of the week
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A ram walks into the Boar's Head Tavern, and, having the usual sheep-like stutter, ask for some "me-me-meade" the barkeep asks him, Wouldn't you prefer some "ewe-ewe-ewed?"
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Real world revenue sources
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- Based on a chat with Floria and Moon, here are some ideas for sources. *UK tourism, embassies and consulates *tour agencies that specialize in historical England.
Academic departments, especially those that have specializations in the period. Offer them a shop and a shingle where they can: advertise their... more »
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good news plus ideas for strategic planning
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- The financial information that Diamond has posted has good news. together with the current balance, if our income continues as it has, we’ll have enough reserve to carry us for another 3 months. So we have 8 months to effect whatever changes are needed. - - There are some good implications for strategic planning in Diamond’s... more »
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Tudor & Stewart History Virtual Worlds Cross-Disciplinary Conference
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Initially, we had hoped to sponsor a cross-disciplinary conference to be located on Renaissance Island in March 2011. Unfortunately, that is not going to be possible. We will move the conference to the fall and looking at Sept 30 - Oct 1. Because the conference is cross-disciplinary, we have to work with meeting... more »
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Renaissance Island Coronation videos, etc.
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Hello Everyone,
I have fiiinnnnnaaaallly finished the videos from the coronation.
The audio was really problematic as was the lag.. but it doesn't look
or sound too bad if you excuse the scribbling etc coming through the
mics. We must have had multiple mics open or something like that. No
worries though.. you all look beautiful and the group planning and... more »
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Thom and Mitsie Dowd
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Dear Renaissance Island friends. Mitsie and I had a motorcycle accident last Sunday. Mitsie has a broken foot and I a broken thumb. I was operated on yesterday and all went very well. I should be able to play recorders again in a couple of weeks. For the moment I would like to maintain the student concert... more »
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A little History Trivia...........
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They used to use urine to tan animal
skins, so families used to all pee in a pot & then once
a day it was taken & sold to the tannery.......if you
had to do this to survive you were "Piss Poor" But
worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn't
even afford to buy a pot......they "didn't have a... more »
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King Henry VIII Coronation Weekend
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KING HENRY VIII CORONATION WEEKEND
Good den!
500 years ago today, Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon were jointly
crowned at Westminster Abbey.
To celebrate this momentous occasion, Renaissance Island will enact
the event on the weekend. The Parish is deep in the throes of cleaning
the streets and polishing the Abbey! We hope that you will join us to... more »
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Knights of Bath
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Renaissance Island is raising funds for its maintanence and are
offering 26 Knight titles to first come basis.
KNIGHTING:
Two days before coronation at the Tower of London, 26 new Knights of
the Bath, including proud fathers Thomas Boleyn and Thomas Parr were
made.
We are offering titles for these 26 Knights at 2000L to serve King... more »
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