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Vol I / Issue XIV ~ 16th of August, 2007
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~ Special Report ~
CONTENTS:
- Letter from the Editor
- Events & Announcements
- Classified Advertisements
- Contact, Circulation, and other Essential Information for the Reader
- New Babbage and Steampunk FAQ
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Dear Fellow New Babbagers,
Along with being the Editor-In-Chief to the Cog, and a humble reporter, I will also be carrying out the duties of a Special Investigations Unit officer with the Bow Street Police. Mayor Sprocket has permitted me to report on the current murder investigations here in the Cog, and will publish my findings, as time permits.
In your service,
Editor in Chief, The New Babbage Cog
Miss Eggberta Echegaray
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MURDER IN NEW BABBAGE!
Last week, Loki Elliot’s Grandfather, Alexander Eliot, was found brutally murdered here in New Babbage, whilst at his desk! Mayor Sprocket has put out a request for residents to report any news, clues, tips, or threats, and asked citizens to be on alert for anything out of the ordinary.
The upper level of Loki Elliot’s Absinthe Bar has been currently closed off, as the Bow Street Police Service’s, Special Investigations Unit gathers evidence.
The SIU has recovered what appears to be very important papers, which where left bloodied. These papers have been brought into evidence, which are possible leads as to why Mr.Loki was murdered.
Further details will be announced as they are discovered, and the Bow Street SIU, will be conducting individual citizen interviews, which will help to further investigations.
Eggberta Echegaray
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EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
HELP WANTED: EDITORIAL ASSISTANT FOR THE NEW BABBAGE COG
The chosen E.A candidate will gain experience with all aspects of publishing by assisting the Editor in Chief, with the administration of planning and production of The New Babbage Cog.
Typical work activities will include:
- Support and assist the Editor in Chief with all activities leading to the monthly publication.
- Liaison with freelance writers, and photographers.
- Research, organize, write own articles adhering to deadlines
- Contribution of ideas and stories
- Help to organize, copy and paste text and images to the out of world Babbage Blog Payment of the role will depend on Advertising revenues submitted to The New Babbage Cog.
VOLUNTEER FREELANCE REPORTERS/PHOTOGRAPHERS
Reporters/Photographers are needed to cover stories for the New Babbage Cog. Need steampunk stories directly related to the New Babbage sims, her residents and aethernet steampunk websites of interest.
Typical work activities will include:
- Research, organize, write own articles adhering to deadlines
- Contribution of ideas and stories
- Most photographs are in sepia, please keep that in mind when submitting snapshots
Content ideas:
- Architecture of New Babbage
- Business Owner’s Spotlight
- Inventors Corner
- Special New Babbage Event coverage
- New Babbage stories
- Aethernet Steampunk culture: Steampunk movie, music, book, clubs reviews, websites of interest.
Please write a short email summary, explaining your affiliation and knowledge about the Steampunk culture and the New Babbage Sims. Submit your email to Miss Eggberta Echegaray at
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NEW BABBAGE AND STEAMPUNK FAQ
Q. What is New Babbage?
A. New Babbage is a planned group of themed sims designed to promote a steampunk aesthetic.
Q. What is
A. The first, and to date the only, of the planned New Babbage sims is
Q. What is "steampunk?"
A. Steampunk is a genre of speculative fiction, usually science fiction, that explores the question of how past eras, particularly the Victorian period, would have looked if more modern technology had existed using only the tools at their disposal. Thus the steampunk aesthetic often makes use of wood, brass, iron, and steam-powered engines to construct fantastic machines that never were.
Please see the steampunk Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk
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Q. Is New Babbage for role-players?
A. New Babbage is for anyone interested in steampunk ideas. Although many residents dress and role-play the part, all are welcome to participate in the activities here (period attire not required), and are encouraged to explore the technology made available to us in SL New Babbagers are builders, scripters, and texture artists, curious and experimental by nature, come together to invent, create, and commune.
CONTACT, CIRCULATION, AND OTHER ESSENTIAL
INFORMATION FOR THE READER
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Ethics Statement:
THIS IS A COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER, NOT A VEHICLE FOR EXPOSE. All reporters for The New Babbage Cog are obligated to inform potential interviewees when they are gathering data for a report on our behalf, or clearly identify themselves as a TNBC journalist. This is a community paper, not a vehicle for expose; all investigative reporting must be above-the-board. Deception is against the intended spirit of community embraced by this paper and will not be tolerated. If a citizen encounters an aggressive reporter claiming to work on behalf of The New Babbage Cog, they are urged to report same to the Editor.
Contact:
-- Visit us:
Temporary location: The Willow Tea Room Lot # 20 New Babbage Cultural District
-- Drop a notecard:
Notecard communications can be sent to Miss Eggberta Echegaray
-- IM:
You may contact Miss Eggberta Echegaray by IM with any newspaper business.
-- Aethernet mail:
Messages sent to
Miss Eggberta Echegaray.
-- Ms.Echegaray's SL Office Hours: Mon – Fri
Circulation:
The New Babbage Cog is circulated in three ways:
1. new issues are sent automatically to subscribers of the New Babbage Cog group.
2. Issues are available from a paper boxes at the following locations:
-- Babbage Square telehub
-- Willow Tea Room
-- Undershaw Restoration Society
Back Issues:
All back issues of The New Babbage Cog will be available free of charge. They can be found in the Willow Tea Room on the first floor.
Submissions:
Volunteer freelance and column writers are welcome to propose stories. The New Babbage Cog also welcomes news tips, reports, and story ideas from interested parties. Please see our contact information above.
Advertising:
Advertising should be germane to subjects of greatest import to residents of New Babbage. Although our sensibilities are quite modern and liberal, The New Babbage Cog reserves the right to determine an ad's fitness for inclusion based on its pertinence to steampunk, Victoriana, retrotech, industry, anachronism, and other related concepts.
Advertising is L$50 to New Babbage citizens and L$100 for out-of-towners, per listing, per issue. For both residents and non-residents, space is limited to 500 characters per listing. Each ad may include one embedded texture and one landmark. File attachments must be delivered at the time of ad reservation. Please see our contact information above to inquire.
Errata:
[There are no errors known to be in need of correction at this time. The New Babbage Cog is obliged to anyone who sends notification of a mistake, so that rectifications might be swiftly published.]
Copyright Disclaimer:
This issue of The New Babbage Cog, and it's intellectual property, are owned by the contributors to the newspaper and is also publicly owned by the City-State of New Babbage, which at the time of it's printing, was under the care of Mayor Shaunathan Sprocket.
Copyright 2007 of the Common Era
The New Babbage Cog