Knights of Avalon: Why we don't do relay for life....

Knights of Avalon: Why we don't do relay for life...., a photo by The Merit Coba on Flickr.

(note: i changed the below text because I didn't want to sound anti american, which is not what I am).

Relay for life is a big event in Second Life that aims at collecting money for the research for a cure for cancer. This seemed a good cause to us, until we read the small print.
Relay for life is organised for the benefit of the American Cancer Society. Although many communities have joined in, the money raised is spent for over 70% on American research:
This is from their FAQ:
Q: Relay For Life is an activity of the American Cancer Society. Is it just for Americans?

A: Relay For Life is international. In real life, Relay For Life is licensed to national cancer societies in 19 countries outside the United States, and the American Cancer Society's International Relay For Life Program provides training and technical assistance to licensees. In Second Life, participation by residents from other countries is growing, with avatars from over 80 real life countries taking part in 2011.

Q: Why should people from other countries donate Lindens to an American cause?

A: The American Cancer Society is becoming one of the global leaders in the fight against cancer and in cancer information, participating in many global forums and alliances every year. Approx. 12-15% of Lindens donated to Relay For Life of Second Life are used to support the international Relay For Life program.

So while people all over the world joined in to raise money, only 12-15% is given back to the world community. And while avatars of 80 countries raised money, only 19 other countries benefit from whatever results the American Cancer Society release to others.
This means that 61 countries that raise money will not directly benefit from the research they helped to finance.
It is very likely that the some countries will not benefit at all because there are laws that prohibit the sharing of certain information with other countries.. So it might be that even if the American Cancer Society wants to share it, that they can't...



The picture above illustrates for me the double feel. It is from a place called the Knights of Avalon that support Relay For Life with favor and it has a big American flag in the front.. The myth is english.. the group is obvious american..

Let the money be spent on international research that is shared internationally... not just for the benefit of one country that might not share with others..

Poseball love

I am not much of a writer, but I like to make stories.  I started writing stories some time ago, actually they were my attempt to work out these dreams I had. I always have these dreamlike stories, usually at the moment between waking and sleeping. They kept running around in circles, so I started to write them down.
When i write the story plays like a movie in my head, or more like string of pictures.
Currently I am trying several angles at stories..My hope it will improve over time. In the mean time, I hope you like them.

Here is poseball love
A short background.
To make an avatar do something in secondlife(in fact in any programs like that) it needs to be animated. In secondlife one way is the use of animations placed in poseballs. They have distinct colors: blue is for males(or those doing the male role), pink is for females (or the female role).  A person clicks on a poseball and his avatar will act out the animation at the locaton of the poseball.
I had this image of two poseballs in a romantic sunset. My stories I like to be with more meanings, depending on how you look at it.
Here are two. The give each a different feel, I think.

One picture stories: the price of fame

One day someone told me something about polyamore.
It means open relationships with or between several people at the same time with the knowledge and approval of all people involved. For unknown reasons it conjured up this image of Jim Morrison in my mind. Probably because he was in my mind part of  open relationships. Jim Morrison had this open relationship with Pamela Courson and was rumored to have regular sex with groupies and women celebrities. I took it from there and made this staged picture.
I had a lot of fun making and colleting the things. I made the pictures in the background and the pool table.. which was fun to do. The Jim Morrison avatar I got from a place called Peace and Lol. The guitarplayer avatar I found at Vedero Moderna. I changed it a bit. Perhaps interesting for some: the jim morrison avatar and guitar player are the same avatar. I merged two pictures..
I tried to create a smokey athmosphere by adding prims that looks cloudy. I am not sure if that worked.
I basically didn't add much in the picture editor softwere. I am also making a graphic novel, that will be more edited.
I hope people will like it.

The picture of Jim: