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The Wrong Hands

2013-05-23T03:57:42Z

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Woodbury University

2013-05-22T06:44:41Z

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Embryonic stem cells: Advance in medical human cloning

2013-05-18T08:00:39Z

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Human cloning has been used to produce early embryos, marking a “significant step“ for medicine, say US scientists.

The cloned embryos were used as a source of stem cells, which can make new heart muscle, bone, brain tissue or any other type of cell in the body.
The study, published in the journal Cell, used methods like those that produced Dolly the sheep in the UK.
However, researchers say other sources of stem cells may be easier, cheaper and less controversial.
Opponents say it is unethical to experiment on human embryos and have called for a ban.
Stem cells are one of the great hopes for medicine. Being able to create new tissue might be able to heal the damage caused by a heart attack or repair a severed spinal cord.
There are already trials taking place using stem cells taken from donated embryos to restore people's sight.
However, these donated cells do not match the patient so they would be rejected by the body. Cloning bypasses this problem.
The technique used - somatic cell nuclear transfer - has been well-known since Dolly the sheep became the first mammal to be cloned, in 199

Dolly the sheep Dolly's birth in 1996 was seen as a major scientific breakthrough

Skin cells were taken from an adult and the genetic information was placed inside a donor egg which had been stripped of its own DNA. Electricity was used to encourage the egg to develop into an embryo.
However, researchers have struggled to reproduce the feat in people. The egg does start dividing, but never goes past the 6-12 cell stage.

'Real deal'

A South Korean scientist, Hwang Woo-suk, did claim to have created stem cells from cloned human embryos, but was found to have faked the evidence.
Now a team at the Oregon Health and Science University have developed the embryo to the blastocyst stage - around 150 cells - which is enough to provide a source of embryonic stem cells.

Dr Shoukhrat Mitalipov said: “A thorough examination of the stem cells derived through this technique demonstrated their ability to convert just like normal embryonic stem cells, into several different cell types, including nerve cells, liver cells and heart cells.
“While there is much work to be done in developing safe and effective stem cell treatments, we believe this is a significant step forward in developing the cells that could be used in regenerative medicine.“
Chris Mason, a professor of regenerative medicine at University College London, said this looked like “the real deal“.
“They've done the same as the Wright brothers really. They've looked around at where are all the best bits of how to do this from different groups all over the place and basically amalgamated it.
“The Wright brothers took off and this has actually managed to make embryonic stem cells.“

The ethical rival

Embryonic stem cell research has repeatedly raised ethical concerns and human eggs are a scarce resource. This has led researchers to an alternative route to stem cells.
The technique takes the same sample of skin cells but converts them using proteins to “induced pluripotent“ stem cells.
However, there are still questions about the quality of stem cells produced using this method compared with embryonic stem cells.
Prof Mason said the field was leaning towards induced pluripotent stem cells: “It has got a lot of momentum behind it, a lot of funding and a lot of powerful people now.“
Dr Lyle Armstrong, at Newcastle University, said that the study “without doubt“ marked an advance for the field.
Dr Lyle Armstrong, Newcastle University: “They can become any of the cells or tissues“

But he warned: “Ultimately, the costs of somatic cell nuclear transfer-based methods for making stem cells could be prohibitive.“
Opponents of the new technique argue that all embryos, whether created in the lab or not, have the potential to go on to become a fully-fledged human, and as such it is morally wrong to experiment on them.
They strongly advocate the use of stem cells from adult tissue.
Dr David King, from the campaign group Human Genetics Alert, warned that: “Scientists have finally delivered the baby that would-be human cloners have been waiting for: a method for reliably creating cloned human embryos.
“This makes it imperative that we create an international legal ban on human cloning before any more research like this takes place. It is irresponsible in the extreme to have published this research.“
However advocates of the new technique say that the embryos created from this technique could never become viable human beings.

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SOURCE: Science and Health BBC

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MeiMonck93

2013-05-18T02:23:18Z

Created page with "As proven by the Brian Urlacher drama back in March, dealing with veteran players in contract talks is a slippery slope at best. The Chicago Bears didn't handle it to the liki..."

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As proven by the Brian Urlacher drama back in March, dealing with veteran players in contract talks is a slippery slope at best. The Chicago Bears didn't handle it to the liking of everybody, but most media and experts agreed they made a sound business decision and stuck to it. More such decisions may loom in the near future for the charter franchise. Corner Charles Tillman becomes a free agent in 2014. He comes off last season having reached his second consecutive Pro Bowl. Defensive end Julius Peppers meanwhile made his eighth, third since joining Chicago in 2010. His 11.5 sacks were the most he's had since 2008. The problem is the Bears sit in a period of transition. Their new general manager Phil Emery has his own ideas about how the team should operate and early signs say it can't involve too many veterans. This makes even top talents like Tillman and Peppers expendable. The question is will the Bears keep them or send them elsewhere?
Since Tillman is the best corner Chicago has it isn't likely the team will move him. Peppers on the other hand is an interesting idea. At age 33 most believe he is over the hill. However, to certain teams he is a perfect bargaining chip. The Redskins fit that mold. Their options in terms of roster upgrade are very limited heading into 2013. An NFL salary cap sanction has robbed them of $18 million in spending money and their trade for Robert Griffin III in the last draft has left them without a first round pick until 2015. Until these factors change Washington is left trying to think up creative answers to their problems. Among the biggest is their pass rush. The Redskins managed just 32 sacks last season. Losing their best outside linebacker Brian Orakpo had lots to do with it. Getting him back should help, but for how long? No one can know how the injury will impact his return, and worse yet he is a free agent next year. With no first round pick or extra cash to find an answer, they are left with finding a short-term bargain. Peppers is one they may like. Though older he hasn't slowed down. He plays equally well against the run and pass and is a top notch locker room leader. Chicago needs draft picks and while Washington can't give up their second round choice they could part with a third and maybe a sixth or seventh. The Redskins could then restructure Peppers' hefty contract to push his cap hit a few seasons down when they will have much more money to spare.
Finding perfect solutions to problems is almost never possible. The Washington Redskins need pass rush help, especially if Brian Orakpo plans to leave next year. Julius Peppers won't solve their long-term problems, but he could hold the fort until they find someone who can.
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2013-05-18T02:22:03Z

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−	Please leave a message on [[User talk:SmileyBarry\|my talk page]] if I can help with anything! -- [[User:SmileyBarry\|SmileyBarry]] ([[User_talk:SmileyBarry\|Talk]]) 22:48, 8 May 2009
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−	I would love to be a admin for SL Wikia because I've been regularly updating pages here and I have documented lots of helpful information on Second Life/TSL on the main SL wiki keeping pages updated. I am a good documentation resident of all things SL and it would be great to have the chance to be a admin here. http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/Daniel_Voyager
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−	* [[User:DanielVoyager\|DanielVoyager]] 5:11, 21st March 2010

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 [[File:Thewronghands2009.jpg|thumb|right|The Wrong Hands in 2009. From left to right, Haruhi Thespian, Hydrogen2 Oxygen, Tizzy Teardrop, lnformation Core, Cam Mitchell, Doctor Yootz, Robble Rubble, Mullet Handsohn]]
-On December 20th 2009, [[Cayce Urriah]] a member of the [[Justice League Unlimited]] teleported into [[Soviet Woodbury]]. He ran into a [[Woodbury University]] member named [[Robble Rubble]] and the two struck up a conversation about Star Wars. Later in the same conversation Cayce confessed to Robble he was a JLU member and told him about the [[BrainiacWiki]]; a database the group uses to track griefers and other enemies. Robble convinced Cayce to send him 3 pages related to Woodbury, but he refused to leak anymore because he was afraid of getting caught. On December 28th 2009, Robble began talking with other Woodbury members about the possibility of infiltrating the Justice League and getting access themselves, but they needed someone that had no affiliations with Woodbury. It was soon relized Woodbury member [[Mullet Handson]] had an alt that didn't have ties with the group named [[Haruhi Thespian]].
+On December 20th 2009, [[Cayce Urriah]] a member of the [[Justice League Unlimited]] teleported into [[Soviet Woodbury]]. He ran into a [[Woodbury University]] member named [[Robble Rubble]] and the two struck up a conversation about Star Wars. Later in the same conversation Cayce confessed to Robble he was a JLU member and told him about the [[BrainiacWiki]]; a database the group uses to track griefers and other enemies. Robble convinced Cayce to send him 3 pages related to Woodbury, but he refused to leak anymore because he was afraid of getting caught. On December 28th 2009, Robble began talking with other Woodbury members about the possibility of infiltrating the Justice League and getting access themselves, but they needed someone that had no affiliations with the group. [[Mullet Handson]] told Robble he had and alt that didn't have ties with Woodbury, its name was [[Haruhi Thespian]].
 Posing as a female, [[Haruhi Thespian]] began IMing the leader of the JLU [[Kalel Venkman]]. He seemed pretty impressed with Haruhi and invited her to their region [[Justice Island]] for a tour. While touring the group's watchtower, Haruhi ran into [[Gawyn Philbin]] a long time JLU member. Haruhi asked Kalel and Gawyn about the [[BrainiacWiki]] and Gawyn replied, "A lot of private info and shit on there that if passed into the wrong hands, could ROYALLY fuck us." the group attempting to infiltrate the JLU now had a name “The Wrong Hands”.
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-[[File:The watchtower.jpg|thumb|right|Haruhi shows her true allegiance]]
+[[File:The watchtower.jpg|thumb|right|Haruhi reveals her affiliation with Woodbury]]
 After the tour was finished [[Haruhi Thespian]] sent in her application and [[Kalel Venkman]] added her to the JLU Applicant group. For the next week, she got to know the other JLU members and patrolled sandboxes with them. She was the perfect applicant, a little too perfect. Kalel became suspicious and started to question her, but she was able to change the conversation to avoid being caught [http://alphavilleherald.com/2010/03/superman-in-disgrace-%E2%80%93-jlu-mole-haruhi-thespian-tells-all.html]. A week after becoming an applicant Haruhi was made a full JLU recruit and now had access to all of their inworld tools and the [[BrainiacWiki]]. Other Wrong Hands members began giving her tools to save as much of the wiki as possible.
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 [[File:Justice_Island.png|thumb|left| Justice Island Offline]]
-With the departure of The Wrong Hands from Second Life and [[Linden Lab]]'s slow response to abuse reports, the [[Justice League Unlimited]]’s inworld presence began to diminish [http://kryptonradio.com/2012/09/24/linden-lab-leaving-second-life-behind-with-pattern/]. On December 19th 2012, the League pulled the plug on its region [[Justice Island]]. Co-founder [[Kara Timtam]] stated the decision was made due to the decline in griefing and because the League was unable to afford the region and their website [http://www.plurk.com/p/hnnmc9].
+With the departure of The Wrong Hands from Second Life, the [[Justice League Unlimited]]'s inworld presence diminished as well. On December 19th 2012, the group pulled the plug on its region [[Justice Island]]. Co-founder [[Kara Timtam]] stated the decision was made due to the decline in griefing and because the League was unable to afford the region and their website [[Krypton Radio]] [http://www.plurk.com/p/hnnmc9].
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+==<span style="font-size:18px;line-height:21px;">See Also</span>==
 * [[Woodbury University]]

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 [[File:Thewronghands2009.jpg|thumb|right|The Wrong Hands in 2009.]]
-Many of the Woodbury University estate managers were a part of another group known as [[The Wrong Hands]]. After the banning they returned to [[Second Life]] and created multiple sims throughout 2010-2012, although most of the new sims suffered the same fate as the Soviet Woodbury sims.
+Many of the Woodbury University estate managers were a part of another group known as [[The Wrong Hands]]. After the banning they returned to [[Second Life]] and created multiple sims throughout 2010-2012, although most of the new sims suffered the same fate as the Woodbury sims.
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