Announcement: This Saturday at The Science Circle - "What Is It About The Science Circle and Second Life?", "Mitochondrial Dysfunction"

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"What is it about The Science Circle and Second Life?"

Saturday October 2,

10AM to 11 AM SL time

Second Life and The Science Circle has been going strong for over 13 years. That is a longer time than almost any of today’s social media platforms.

What does Second Life and The Science Circle mean to you? How do they differ from social media? How is communicating or interacting with other people different in a virtual world than in other ways to meet online? How does it differ from being together in person?

This will be a relaxed and informal conversation about this topic. We would love to hear from you and your point of view on this fascinating social phenomenon.

Non-members only need to register once.

Is this the first time you will attend a presentation with us?
Follow this link first.

To read more about the event, Click Here.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Science%20Circle/161/99/24

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"Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Failure in Human Disease"

Saturday October 2

9PM to 10 PM SL time

Some two billion years ago, a seminal, endosymbiotic event occurred: a larger, anaerobic bacterial cell ingested a smaller, aerobic prokaryotic ‘germ’. This beneficial union of two life forms led to the evolution of more highly organized eukaryotic cells with mitochondria as subcellular organelles. These mitochondria still retain their own bacteria-like DNA – they also replicate themselves. As the metabolic power source for eukaryotic cells, mitochondria utilize (detoxify) oxygen to produce energy, an attribute that has made possible the rise of multi-cellular organisms and higher life forms. Mitochondria are vital to cellular life and therefore, to human life. Unfortunately, they can also be subject to genetically-based errors of metabolism.

Presentation by Robert A. Hendrix, M.D.

To read more about the event, Click Here.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Science%20Circle/67/129/32

 

Oldesoul's Jail and Bail Events

One of the events that go on with the Relay for Life are "Jail and Bail" events. While the more high-profile ones involve the Lindens and Moles at the Fantasy Faire, any team can pull one off any time during the Relay Season. As part of the Fantasy Faire "Pawlice" as a tiny, Oldesoul Eldemar has been behind a few. But this past weekend, Olde found himself inside the cage for a change, twice.
 
Read the story in Extra.
  

The Sunbeamer Cancer Cell Train Shootout

Every year, Shockwave Yareach has a game for people to play at the Sunweaver Estates. This time, he's incorporated the train ride that was opened earlier this year. He's also made it a Relay fundraiser, a small fee required to play, all proceeds going to Team Sunbeamers.

Pay the kiosk 50L, wear the SalesBracelot it gives you, grab your favorite gun, and ride the train through SIX sims, shooting cancer cells as you go. Up to six players at one time can play, or just yourself. Wanna destroy cancer? Show it that you mean business! Train runs every hour at the top of the hour.

Have fun!! And thank you all for your support.

To play the game, when the time gets close to a few minutes before the next hour, head to the White Vixen Enterprises office at Pacific Waters (147, 58, 36).  Pay the kiosk that says "Train Shootout" 50 Lindens, then wear the item (it goes by the name "SalesBracelot" in your inventory). It then loads you into the game. When the train appears, board it. And make sure you have a working gun available.

As you go down the track, you'll see red cells floating in the air. Shoot them if you can. When hit, they explode in an orange cloud. You'll only be able to do so from the train. If you fall off, you'll no longer be able to see them. In a few spots, you won't be able to shoot as the bullets will not be able to rezz. Don't worry, the train will soon move to a spot where you can resume fire. The game only works when the train is going from Northeast to Southwest. Nothing will happen when the train goes the other way at half past the hour.

The train will travel through six sims. When the train reaches the end of the track in Sunweaver Bay, you're given a score on the number of cancer cells you blasted. How high can you get?

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Pacific%20Waters/147/58/36

Bixyl Shuftan

Cartoon of the Day

Taken at Lauren Weyland's "Jail and Bail"

By Bixyl Shuftan