Monday, January 6, 2014

Information: 2014 Hunt for SS&S on the Equator

SUMMER SUNRISE AND SUNSETS on the Equator HUNT 2014 (2nd annual)
February 15 through March 31, 2014 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


The theme of this hunt is Calypso Music and Carnival. Inspired by the West Kaiso music of African slaves, the calypso and carnival were born in the French-run plantations of Trinidad. Calypso has earned its place in history as the national folk song of Trinidad and Tobago and the music of the Caribbean after the emancipation of the slaves. The Mas tradition started in the late 18th century with French plantation owners from Martinique organizing masquerades (mas) and balls before enduring the fasting of Lent. Carnival in Trinidad March 3 and 4 Ash Wednesday is he 5th of March this year.

So get out your drawing boards and thinking caps and decide what colorful piece of Calypso and carnival you are going to give in this hunt.

Please make these new gifts with original content made by you.
This is a $1L hunt.

You can get an application on the application page by copying and pasting into a notecard, or you can go to my gallery and pick up the notecard from the hunt poster.
Please fill out the application information as best as you can. If incomplete, send the rest of the information as soon as you can.
If your store is selected once I confirm you and your position in the hunt, I will send out a vendor packet and invite you to the hunt group as a vendor. Usually 48 hours or less.
I will be sending each vendor an object full perm to add the gift into. If you can make your gift unisex or have a male and a female gift it would be appreciated. If not it is ok.

If you have more than one type of store please send me a separate application for each store.

I will be posting to the blog with a store list, the hunt hints and the SLURL of each store, and a photo of the gift.

If interested in having a sponsor logo on the right sidebar of the hunt please send me a notecard with your store name your avatar name and tell me you would like to sponsor. I will be getting back to you with a sponsor application. Or you can fill out the application from the sponsor application page in this blog and send it in a notecard to Emmalena Damour in second life. The cost to sponsor is from $200L to $500L depending on whether you just want your Slurl, store name and a tag line on the sideboard or a large Logo with slurl, name and tagline .

The hunt will be advertised in the SL hunts blog and inworld site, Hunt SL blog and One stop hunt spot blog and inworld sites It will also be advertised on facebook, and any other place I can advertise it. I will also post it as an event in SL events. I have a couple of groups to advertise to also.

If selected once I confirm you and your position in the hunt, I will send out a vendor packet and invite you to the hunt group as a vendor. Usually 48 hours or less.
I will be sending each vendor an object full perm to add their gift into. If you can make your gift unisex or have a male and a female gift it would be appreciated. If not it is ok.

If you have more than one type of store please send me a separate application for each store. All Stores will be placed in order by first application in which is number 1, 2nd application in is number 2. and so on unless you submit more than one store. If you submit more than one store, please tell me which one is your first store as additional stores will be put in a random place down the list, so they are not next to each other.

I will be posting to the blog with a store list, the hunt hints and the SLURL of each store, and a photo of the gift. There are different pages for each list.

Please Change your notecard title by adding your name and the date behind the word application. Like this.... Application (your name and date) The date is important as that will determine your place in the hunt. Then DROP IT INTO THE RED MAILBOX at the right of the entrance to my Gallery in second life.

Emmalena Damour's Art Gallery and Photo Studio

DO NOT SEND IT TO ME IN IM Unless you know that I am in Second Life at that time. IT CAN GET LOST. I am the only one with access to the mailbox contents.

If interested in having a sponsor logo on the right sidebar of the hunt please send me a notecard with your store name your avatar name and tell me you would like to sponsor. Or go to the sponsor page in this blog and copy the application, fill it out and attach the appropriate photos, paragraphs, tag lines or other information and take it to my second life gallery. Please put it in the big red mailbox. Otherwise it may get lost. Then send me the appropriate linden dollar amount for the sponsor advertisement you want posted.br The cost to sponsor is from $200L to $1500L depending on whether you just want your Slurl, store name and a tag line on the sideboard or a large Logo with slurl, name and tagline, Or a full page advertisement with a paragraph about your store and all the above. See Sponsor Application for more details. .

The hunt will be advertised in the SL hunts blog and inworld site, Hunt SL blog and One stop hunt spot blog and inworld sites It will also be advertised on facebook, and any other place I can advertise it. I will also post it as an event in SL events. I have a couple of groups to advertise to also.

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PLEASE READ THESE GUIDELINES BEFORE APPLYING.
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Vendor restrictions =
You or your partner must be the creator of the products you are giving away.
No Affiliate Resellers
No Business in a box

Gift Guidlines and requirements
This must be you or your partners own creation.
The gift should reflect the quality of your store or gallery.
do not use the same gift you are using in another hun.
This gift should be made just for this hunt and not be sold during the hunt.
After the hunt you can sell it.
The hunt items can not be altered in any way other than to enlarge the poster.
The hunt gift prim can not be resized.
The gift must be hidden so that they can be found.
That means they can not be hidden inside walls or inside other objects unless they are clearly visible without the use of viewer tricks to see it.
No decoys allowed.

If you are selected you will be sent a vendor kit.
You must be able to follow instructions and meet time lines.
You must join the hunt group and remain a member until the hunt is over.
if your store moves please let me know asap with a notecard.
The hunt sign must be rezzed when received and set close to where customers teleport into your store.
If your gift is more than 30 meters from your landing point, please use a trail provided.


You must abide by the timeline or I will have to replace your store with a store that is in the waiting line to be in the hunt. The Timeline can be found in this blog by clicking on the tab at the top of this page.

Please add your name to the notecard title after filling it out and put the date. Like this. Application (your name and date) The date is iomportant as that will determine your place in the hunt. Then DROP IT INTO THE RED MAILBOX at the right of the entrance to my Gallery.

Emmalena Damour's Art Gallery and Photo Studio

DO NOT SEND IT TO ME IN IM Unless you know that I am in Second Life at that time. IT CAN GET LOST. I am the only one with access to the mailbox contents.
Thank you
Emmalena Damour

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Baby it's cold outside in the north! So we are having the Summer Sunrise and Sunsets on the Equator hunt to warm things up a bit.

The hunt started on Friday
February 15, 2013
Hunters please come and join us for a mojito and warm breezes, under a palm tree, at the Equator!

Things are going well!

We have just one week left

You are missing out on the fun!

We were featured on Designing Worlds Happy Hunting Episode #26.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYzGIe6Bw5A

Feb 15 through March 15 2013


I just noticed that another blogger has listed us on her blog page. Thank you Resa!
Resas Freebie Corner

The hunt is now listed on Hunt SL

It is summer in Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador and other areas in South America. February and March are also the hottest months in Kenya, Uganda, Somalia, The Republic of the Congo, and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Indonesia is a tropical temperature area year round.

Your item in the hunt has to have something to do with life on the equator.

Places on the Equator experience the quickest rates of sunrise and sunset in the world. br> They are also the only places in the world where the sun can go directly from the zenith to the nadir and from the nadir to the zenith.
Such places also have a theoretical constant 12 hours of day and night throughout the year, though in practice, there are variations of a few minutes due to the effects of atmospheric refraction and because sunrise and sunset are measured from the time that the edge of the Sun's disk is on the horizon, rather than the center of the disk.
The Earth bulges slightly at the Equator. It has an average diameter of 12,750 kilometres (7,922 mi), but at the Equator the diameter is approximately 43 kilometres (27 mi) greater than the polar diameter.

The equator passes through 13 countries: Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Sao Tome & Principe, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, Maldives, Indonesia and Kiribati.

Northern Brazil temperature 25C or 77F Humid Equatorial (Convergence of the Trade winds) Tropical (dry Winter and humid Summer)

Country's and locations where the Equater is very close.
Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Guinea São Tomé and Príncipe Ilhéu das Rolas
Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Guinea Gabon
Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo Passing 9 km south of central Butembo
Uganda Passing 32 km south of central Kampala
Lake Victoria Passing through some islands of Uganda
Kenya Passing 6 km north of central Kisumu
Somalia
Indian Ocean Passing between Huvadhu Atoll and Fuvahmulah of the Maldives
Indonesia The Batu Islands, Sumatra and the Lingga Islands
Karimata Strait
Indonesia Borneo Makassar Strait
Indonesia Sulawesi (Celebes) Gulf of Tomini Molucca Sea
Indonesia Kayoa and Halmahera islands Halmahera Sea
Indonesia Gebe Island
Pacific Ocean Passing 570 m north of Waigeo island, Indonesia
Passing 13 km south of Aranuka atoll, Kiribati
Passing 21 km south of Baker Island, United States Minor Outlying Islands
Ecuador Isabela Island in the Galápagos Islands
Pacific Ocean Ecuador Passing 24 km north of central Quito, near Mitad del Mundo
Colombia Passing 4.3 km north of the border with Peru
Brazil Amazonas
- Roraima
- Amazonas
- Pará
- Amapá
- Pará - islands in the mouth of the Amazon River
- Atlantic Ocean

For Brasilia (Brazil)
March Equinox (Autumnal Equinox) is on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 8:02 AM in Brasilia.
For Macapá
March Equinox (Vernal Equinox) is on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 8:02 AM in Macapá.

Applications for the hunt can be found by clicking the applications tab above.