SGGSGG - Plot and Developmental Notes

A refurbished version of 'Something's Gotta Give, Someone's Gotta Go' with more plot, different twists, and new characters.

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This topic is an Out Of Character part of the roleplay, ?SGGSGG - Redux?. Anything posted here will also show up there.

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Forum for completely Out of Character (OOC) discussion, based around whatever is happening In Character (IC). Discuss plans, storylines, and events; Recruit for your roleplaying game, or find a GM for your playergroup.
This thread will be used as a log of all of the important events and developmental points in the roleplay ?Something?s Gotta Give ? Someone?s Gotta Go (Redux)? and will be updated as the roleplay goes on.

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• Interaction between the Watchers and the Visitors. ()
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  ~ Character confessions, changes in personality, etc.

: Notes from the Watchers will be posted IC, and they will be copied here for reference by the GM (LynIsMe). Notes from the Visitors to the Watchers can be copied here after being posted IC by the player?s characters, or by the GM (on request).

: Character decision?s on ranking, relationships/breakups, character arrivals and other in-character plot points can be posted here by the character owner(s) or the GM (by request). New authors and departing authors may also request to give their characters away, which will be noted here. (*Departure notes should be PM?d to the GM or posted in the Official OOC Thread.)

: Authors may post their character?s confessions/thoughts on important (or not) events and other characters, or post notes about characters? change in perspective, etc. Not for minimal changes.

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Hi Fives! Real Estate Investing Education Hits Milestone
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Happy Birthday to the Foreclosure.com Education Department, which celebrates its five-year anniversary this month (June 2012).

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Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode 3 takes the series back to the early days of the genre, exchanging the slick cel-shaded graphics of the first two episodes for 16-bit sprites in the process. It?s not a bad move. While the previous chapters were solid enough in their own right, they definitely suffered from a sense of diminishing returns. The retro look offers a feeling of refreshment the series probably needed.

Among the positives is that the new look puts an increased emphasis on the dialogue between Tycho and Gabe, which is a good thing given that their interplay is the source of much of the comic?s humor (in addition to oddities like the Deep Crow). It also gives new developer Zeboyd an opportunity to utilize their own trademark brand of humor, which is heavily dependent on classic RPG humor. One of the game?s best moments come when the group is opening vaults in the ?Bank of Money? to discover a rendition of the original Final Fantasy ? complete with classic 8-bit sprite work.

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Equine Supplements Plus Accessories Such As Horse Bits

Equine supplements work best for your horse. A good horse should also be supplied with the very best equipment like a horse bit. Bits are put in the horse?s mouth initially to alter his conduct and after that to remind him to respond in the expected way constantly. In fact, his musculature in fact alters to help maintain the maneuver comfortably just as the body changes whenever you consistently use a specific machine at the health club.

Among the most common types of horse bits is the particular snaffle. These bits include 2 rings which are connected by a straight bar. These kinds of horse bits provide excellent pressure specifically over the horse?s mouth. Because they do not have bars which extend from the rings, they are the least harmful kind of bit to employ. Snaffle Horse Bits break inside the middle. Pressure begins at the horse?s external mouth. As more force is used it starts to impact the horse?s bars, after that the tongue and in some cases the palate. They may be ridden using two hands, each side of the bit going separately of the other and each side of the face getting cued without disturbing the other. Generally speaking a snaffle is a very good tool for teaching a horse to turn, but is a poor stopper.

One of the following types of horse bits is the gag design. They could be bad for the horse if you don?t make use of them properly. These horse bits put pressure on the lips in order to move the horse?s head upwards. It will always be a bad idea for novices to utilize these types of bits because of the prospective harm they can cause. Gag bits are fairly similar to snaffles with the exception that the animal will ?incline? into the gag. Gags are employed for racing and the only purpose of talking about them here is that they are closely a lot like snaffles, thus it is possible through improper use of a snaffle to turn the snaffle to a gag and motivate the horse to run away. (It?s my belief that such misuse feeds the incorrect rumor that the rider cannot stop a robust horse that is using a snaffle bit.)

Ports could be very low or very high. Some ports may have rollers or key. Single joints produce a nutcracker effect that acts on the bars in the mouth, over the tongue and at the lips. For some horses, this bit may actually be much easier to carry than the usual straight bar snaffles. Both English and western bits may have ports. Learn why bits have ports. French link mouth pieces possess a flat peanut shaped link in the middle to make two links. The French link mouthpiece is thought to be more gentle than a single joint or mullen mouth and easier for the horse to carry. A lozenge bit looks much like a French link, though the straighter link puts more pressure on the tongue.

Equine supplements are the best for the horse. You shouldn?t think twice in giving your horse the best of everything, including its diet and equipment. A bit is a kind of horse tack found in equestrian activities, generally metallic or even a man made material. It is put into the mouth of the horse or other equine and assists a rider in interacting with the animal. It rests on the bars of the mouth in an interdental region in which there aren?t any teeth. It?s held on a horse?s head through a bridle and it has reins attached for use by a rider.

Joint Supplements experts have different advice and professional thoughts about how you take good care of your precious equines when using the best Vitamin inside their day-to-day diet regime.

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The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive at First Christian Church from 12:30 until 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 27. The event will be held in the Fellowship Hall on the west side of the church.

The Red Cross will present all donors with a t-shirt. Also, the organization is holding a giveaway for all persons that donate blood. Donors can register to win a prize certificate package from Giftcertificates.com to use on a travel getaway or other prizes. Blood donations must be done from May 21 through September 5 to be eligible for the drawings.

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Air cello and more in 4-D 'concert' at a London museum

LONDON ? It's the half-term school holiday in London and the Science Museum is crawling with children eager to look at steam engines, airplanes and satellites. This month, just past the steel-wheeled tractors and next door to the space exhibit, there is also music.

Universe of Sound, an installation developed by Esa-Pekka Salonenand the Philharmonia Orchestra as part of the London 2012 Festival, the cultural component of the Summer Olympics, uses Gustav Holst's "The Planets," heaps of high-definition video and a couple of Microsoft Kinects to turn the orchestra inside out.

Seeing an orchestra play live is often a one-dimensional experience. You hear the music, you see the motion, but most of the time you aren't close enough to take in exactly what is happening. Universe of Sound is a completely new way to experience an orchestra.

"People think classical music is something from the neck up," Salonen said, "but in fact there is a tremendous amount of physicality in that amount of playing. If you look at the first violin section, for example, it's much tighter than the best ballet company in the world or a break-dance group."

Each of the rooms in the Universe of Sound exhibition is devoted to a group of instruments (violin and viola, celeste and organ, and so on), with each instrument getting its own big screen. The musicians were filmed up close for the whole piece ? rests and all ? and wandering through the installation gives one an immediate sense of the physical and mental effort required for 100 people to make "The Planets."

Its seven movements, plus composer Joby Talbot's addendum, "World, Stars, Systems, Infinity," play on a loop throughout the installation, with the balance adjusted in each room to highlight the featured instruments. Sheet music in each room shows the information the musicians read to produce their part. The printed notes are augmented with penciled-in bowings (for the strings), breath marks (winds and brass) and pedal changes (harp), as well as reminders of changes made during rehearsal.

Even though the players are near life-size on the screens, as they play, count, empty spit, turn pages, there is still something a bit "Truman Show" about it. To get around this, members of the Philharmonia turn up in person in shifts to play their parts while sitting beside projections of themselves doing the same thing. A sort of meta-karaoke.

"Someone came 'round from the Space Center to look at this project the other day," said Richard Slaney, the Philharmonia's head of digital, "and they called the musician being there live a 4-D experience. I thought that was really cool because, yes, you have these NASA 4-D experience simulator things, but having a live player there doing their thing sounded really high tech. Really, it was just a guy playing the double bass."

While NASA and the Philharmonia may have a different idea of what constitutes high tech, there is one innovation in Universe of Sound that could turn into something rather special.

For this project, "I was hoping to shed light on the communication of the conductor with the players," said Salonen, principal conductor and artistic advisor of the Philharmonia and conductor laureate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

"[People think, there is] this guy standing on the box flapping his arms around and getting paid for it. Clearly, he is not producing the sound, so what the hell is he doing?"

To accomplish this, Slaney and his team have jury-rigged a Microsoft Kinect to turn it into a conducting simulator. You stand in front of three screens that show the whole orchestra playing and the challenge is to follow the beat pattern with one hand and control the volume of each section by gesturing with the other hand.

At the moment, the functions are quite basic, but it works well enough to give the sense of the aesthetic decisions a conductor has to make and the physical coordination required to communicate them.

Salonen and Slaney view the installation as a work in progress, able to adapt to user feedback and to incorporate new technology.

"We definitely haven't reached the point where we're like 'Yes, this is amazing,'" said Slaney. "It's more like, 'Well, now we've got this bit working now,' and I'm emailing developers as we speak to find out how we can get other bits working better."

Universe of Sound will tour when it finishes at the Science Museum on July 8, with stops on the U.S. West Coast rumored.

The room that people seem to most enjoy ? except for primary school boys, who are inevitable moths drawn to the percussion room flame ? is the one where all the sections are projected together in a sort of octagonal halo suspended from the ceiling. The floor below is full of people lying down to take it all in. Some stay for a few minutes and then move on. Others cuddle up with their significant others and take in the whole piece.

Catherine Harrison, 37, who works in human resources, came to the installation with her husband, Mark. "It was so nice to sit there and feel like you've been properly drawn in. You can feel [the music] in you with the vibrations," she said.

The couple are what's known in the classical music marketing biz as "culturally aware nonattenders." Those types regularly go to galleries, museums and the theater and listen to classical music at home but never venture into the concert hall. If it's not about the cost and it's not about interest, then why don't they come?

Said Salonen, "The power of the installation is that it places no demands on you. If you hate it, you leave after 30 seconds. If you like it, you stay for two hours, three hours. For me personally, the best experience was to see two old ladies in their 80s banging the hell out of the bass drum, trying to hit the off-beats and shrieking with joy like little girls."

In the three weeks since Universe of Sound opened, 16,000 people have visited, some coming specifically for the installation itself and others just dropping by as part of a larger visit to the Science Museum. While developing this project and precursor RE-RITE, based on Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," the Philharmonia has focused on the middle ground between marketing exercise and education project.

"Yes, we would like people to come and see the Philharmonia," Slaney said, "we're not going to argue with that idea, but it's a very expensive way to get 2,000 people to go to a concert. Maybe they'll go to a concert in 10 years' time, maybe they'll go see their local orchestra, maybe they'll buy some CDs or maybe none of these things. I don't think it matters."

In the violin room, a boy of 9 or 10 brought his instrument and was bravely playing along with "Mars" as practice for his sight reading exam. Next door, a barely walking girl in a rainbow tutu was transfixed by the pair of on-screen harpists, while a group of teenage boys, all limbs and hoodies, gave the instruments in the percussion room a nonironic workout.

"What art can do in the best-case scenario is offer an alternative to your own reality wherever you are in life on the timeline," said Salonen. "Discovery is not a function of age, it is a state of mind. We should be able to offer that to everyone."

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This helps researchers learn more about the function of these components, called iron-sulfur clusters, which occur in different parts of cells in all living creatures.Tue, 19 Jun 2012 09:29:29 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120619092935.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120618153427.htm Scientists are racing to sequence DNA faster and cheaper than ever by passing strands of the genetic material through molecule-sized pores. Now, scientists have adapted this ?nanopore? method to find DNA damage that can lead to mutations and disease.Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:34:34 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120618153427.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120618111830.htm Overturning two long-held misconceptions about oil production in algae, scientists show that ramping up the microbes' overall metabolism by feeding them more carbon increases oil production as the organisms continue to grow. 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Scientists have developed a new approach to visualize how proteins assemble, which may also significantly aid our understanding of diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, which are caused by errors in assembly.Sun, 10 Jun 2012 15:13:13 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120610151304.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120606155808.htm Using ultrafast, intensely bright pulses of X-rays scientists have obtained the first ever images at room temperature of photosystem II, a protein complex critical for photosynthesis and future artificial photosynthetic systems.Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:58:58 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120606155808.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120606132316.htm A new voyage into "chemical space" ? occupied not by stars and planets but substances that could become useful in everyday life ? has concluded that scientists have synthesized barely one tenth of one percent of potential medicines. The report estimates that the actual number of these so-called "small molecules" could be one novemdecillion (that's one with 60 zeroes), more than some estimates of the number of stars in the universe.Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:23:23 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120606132316.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120605121639.htm Halogens particularly chlorine, bromine, and iodine ? have a unique quality which allows them to positively influence the interaction between molecules. This ?halogen bonding? has been employed in the area of materials science for some time, but is only now finding applications in the life sciences.Tue, 05 Jun 2012 12:16:16 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120605121639.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120605102842.htm Researchers have developed a highly sensitive detector of infrared light that can be used in applications ranging from detection of chemical and biochemical weapons from a distance and better airport body scanners to chemical analysis in the laboratory and studying the structure of the universe through new telescopes.Tue, 05 Jun 2012 10:28:28 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120605102842.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120604092858.htm A new microscope enabled scientists to film a fruit fly embryo, in 3D, from when it was about two-and-a-half hours old until it walked away from the microscope as a larva.Mon, 04 Jun 2012 09:28:28 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120604092858.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120603191722.htm A new study suggests that the replication process for DNA -- the genetic instructions for living organisms that is composed of four bases (C, G, A and T) -- is more open to unnatural letters than had previously been thought. An expanded "DNA alphabet" could carry more information than natural DNA, potentially coding for a much wider range of molecules and enabling a variety of powerful applications, from precise molecular probes and nanomachines to useful new life forms.Sun, 03 Jun 2012 19:17:17 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120603191722.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120531165752.htm A laboratory test used to detect disease and perform biological research could be made more than 3 million times more sensitive, according to researchers who combined standard biological tools with a breakthrough in nanotechnology.Thu, 31 May 2012 16:57:57 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120531165752.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120531145728.htm Scientists have demonstrated how the world's most powerful X-ray laser can assist in cracking the structures of biomolecules, and in the processes helped to pioneer critical new investigative avenues in biology.Thu, 31 May 2012 14:57:57 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120531145728.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120531145720.htm Biochemists have designed specialized proteins that assemble themselves to form tiny molecular cages hundreds of times smaller than a single cell. The creation of these miniature structures may be the first step toward developing new methods of drug delivery or even designing artificial vaccines.Thu, 31 May 2012 14:57:57 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120531145720.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120531145630.htm Ultrashort flashes of X-radiation allow atomic structures of macromolecules to be obtained even from tiny protein crystals.Thu, 31 May 2012 14:56:56 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120531145630.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120531102207.htm Our ability to "read" DNA has made tremendous progress in the past few decades, but the ability to understand and alter the genetic code, that is, to "rewrite" the DNA-encoded instructions, has lagged behind. A new study advances our understanding of the genetic code: It proposes a way of effectively introducing numerous carefully planned DNA segments into genomes of living cells and of testing the effects of these changes. New technology speeds up DNA "rewriting" and measures the effects of the changes in living cells.Thu, 31 May 2012 10:22:22 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120531102207.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120530152203.htm Researchers have developed a method for building complex nanostructures out of interlocking DNA "building blocks" that can be programmed to assemble themselves into precisely designed shapes. With further development, the technology could one day enable the creation of new nanoscale devices that deliver drugs directly to disease sites.Wed, 30 May 2012 15:22:22 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120530152203.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120530104034.htm Inexpensive, portable devices that can rapidly screen cells for leukemia or HIV may soon be possible thanks to a chip that can produce three-dimensional focusing of a stream of cells, according to researchers.Wed, 30 May 2012 10:40:40 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120530104034.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120530100041.htm Scientists have engineered cells that behave like AND and OR Boolean logic gates, producing an output based on one or more unique inputs. This feat could eventually help researchers create computers that use cells as tiny circuits.Wed, 30 May 2012 10:00:00 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120530100041.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120529113543.htm An integrated chemical chip has just been developed. An advantage of chemical circuits is that the charge carrier consists of chemical substances with various functions. This means that we now have new opportunities to control and regulate the signal paths of cells in the human body. The chemical chip can control the delivery of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. This enables chemical control of muscles, which are activated when they come into contact with acetylcholine.Tue, 29 May 2012 11:35:35 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120529113543.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120528154859.htm Physicists have developed a method that models biological cell-to-cell adhesion that could also have industrial applications.Mon, 28 May 2012 15:48:48 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120528154859.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120528100253.htm Scientists have created and imaged the smallest possible five-ringed structure -- about 100,000 times thinner than a human hair. Dubbed 'olympicene', the single molecule was brought to life in a picture thanks to a combination of clever synthetic chemistry and state-of-the-art imaging techniques.Mon, 28 May 2012 10:02:02 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120528100253.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120527153818.htm Multi-walled carbon nanotubes riddled with defects and impurities on the outside could replace some of the expensive platinum catalysts used in fuel cells and metal-air batteries, according to scientists.Sun, 27 May 2012 15:38:38 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120527153818.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120527153718.htm Scientists have developed an ultra-sensitive test that should enable them to detect signs of a disease in its earliest stages.Sun, 27 May 2012 15:37:37 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120527153718.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120525103614.htm Images of the cell's transport pods have revealed a molecular version of the robots from Transformers. Previously, scientists had been able to create and determine the structure of 'cages' formed by parts of the protein coats that encase other types of vesicles, but this study was the first to obtain high-resolution images of complete vesicles, budded from a membrane.Fri, 25 May 2012 10:36:36 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120525103614.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120524143527.htm There's nothing like a new pair of eyeglasses to bring fine details into sharp relief. For scientists who study the large molecules of life from proteins to DNA, the equivalent of new lenses have come in the form of an advanced method for analyzing data from X-ray crystallography experiments.Thu, 24 May 2012 14:35:35 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120524143527.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120524123232.htm Researchers are using nanoparticles to simultaneously deliver proteins and DNA into plant cells. The technology could allow more sophisticated and targeted editing of plant genomes. And that could help researchers develop crops that adapt to changing climates and resist pests.Thu, 24 May 2012 12:32:32 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120524123232.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120524092932.htm Quantum physics and plant biology seem like two branches of science that could not be more different, but surprisingly they may in fact be intimately tied. Scientists have discovered an unusual quantum effect in the earliest stages of photosynthesis.Thu, 24 May 2012 09:29:29 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120524092932.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120523135527.htm Quantum computers may someday revolutionize the information world. But in order for quantum computers at distant locations to communicate with one another, they have to be linked together in a network. While several building blocks for a quantum computer have already been successfully tested in the laboratory, a network requires one additonal component: A reliable interface between computers and information channels. Austrian physicists now report the construction of an efficient and tunable interface for quantum networks.Wed, 23 May 2012 13:55:55 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120523135527.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120522152655.htm Rapid DNA sequencing may soon become a routine part of each individual's medical record, providing enormous information previously sequestered in the human genome's 3 billion nucleotide bases. Recent advances in sequencing technology using a tiny orifice known as a nanopore are covered in a new a article.Tue, 22 May 2012 15:26:26 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120522152655.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120521164104.htm Scientists have synthesized polymers to attach to proteins in order to stabilize them during shipping, storage and other activities. The study findings suggest that these polymers could be useful in stabilizing protein formulations.Mon, 21 May 2012 16:41:41 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120521164104.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120521163751.htm Scientists have devised a method for repeatedly encoding, storing and erasing digital data within the DNA of living cells. In practical terms, they have devised the genetic equivalent of a binary digit -- a "bit" in data parlance.Mon, 21 May 2012 16:37:37 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120521163751.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120521115654.htm Blood tests convey vital medical information, but the sight of a needle often causes anxiety and results take time. A new device however, can reveal much the same information as a traditional blood test in real-time, simply by shining a light through the skin. This portable optical instrument is able to provide high-resolution images of blood coursing through veins without the need for harsh fluorescent dyes.Mon, 21 May 2012 11:56:56 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120521115654.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120521103808.htm The plague, bacterial dysentery, and cholera have one thing in common: These dangerous diseases are caused by bacteria which infect their host using a sophisticated injection apparatus. Through needle-like structures, they release molecular agents into their host cell, thereby evading the immune response. Researchers have now elucidated the structure of such a needle at atomic resolution. Their findings might contribute to drug tailoring and the development of strategies which specifically prevent the infection process.Mon, 21 May 2012 10:38:38 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120521103808.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120518132657.htm Tiny beads may act as minimally invasive glucose sensors for a variety of applications in cell culture systems and tissue engineering.Fri, 18 May 2012 13:26:26 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120518132657.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120518081147.htm Using newly developed imaging technology, chemists have confirmed years of theoretical assumptions about water molecules, the most abundant and one of the most frequently studied substances on Earth.Fri, 18 May 2012 08:11:11 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120518081147.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120517193141.htm Researchers have come closer to solving an old challenge of producing graphene quantum dots of controlled shape and size at large densities, which could revolutionize electronics and optoelectronics.Thu, 17 May 2012 19:31:31 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120517193141.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120517143506.htm Scientists have discovered how adding trace amounts of water can tremendously speed up chemical reactions -? such as hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis ?- in which hydrogen is one of the reactants, or starting materials.Thu, 17 May 2012 14:35:35 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120517143506.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120514104848.htm Three proteins have been found to be involved in the accumulation of fatty acids in plants. The discovery could help plant scientists boost seed oil production in crops. And that could boost the production of biorenewable fuels and chemicals.Mon, 14 May 2012 10:48:48 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120514104848.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120510095622.htm A new approach to generating terahertz radiation will lead to new imaging and sensing applications. The low energy of the radiation means that it can pass through materials that are otherwise opaque, opening up uses in imaging and sensing ? for example, in new security scanners. In practice, however, applications have been difficult to implement.Thu, 10 May 2012 09:56:56 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120510095622.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120509135959.htm To better understand how microRNAs -- small pieces of genetic material -- influence human health and disease, scientists first need to know which microRNAs act upon which genes. To do this scientists developed miR-TRAP, a new easy-to-use method to directly identify microRNA targets in cells.Wed, 09 May 2012 13:59:59 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120509135959.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120508173349.htm Researchers have boosted the efficiency of a novel source of white light called quantum dots more than tenfold, making them of potential interest for commercial applications.Tue, 08 May 2012 17:33:33 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120508173349.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120508152129.htm Chemists have designed a molecular container that can hold drug molecules and increase their solubility, in one case up to nearly 3,000 times.Tue, 08 May 2012 15:21:21 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120508152129.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120503194229.htm Researchers have developed a prototype bioreactor that both stimulates and evaluates tissue as it grows, mimicking natural processes while eliminating the need to stop periodically to cut up samples for analysis.Thu, 03 May 2012 19:42:42 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120503194229.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120503120130.htm A new technique predictably generates complex, wavy shapes and may help improve drug delivery and explain natural patterns from brain folds to bell peppers.Thu, 03 May 2012 12:01:01 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120503120130.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120502132953.htm Liquid crystals, the state of matter that makes possible the flat screen technology now commonly used in televisions and computers, may have some new technological tricks in store.Wed, 02 May 2012 13:29:29 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120502132953.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120502112910.htm A new nanotube super sensor is able to detect subtle differences with a single sniff. For example, the chemical dimethylsulfone is associated with skin cancer. The human nose cannot detect this volatile but it could be detected with the new sensor at concentrations as low as 25 parts per billion.Wed, 02 May 2012 11:29:29 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120502112910.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120502091839.htm A new biomimetic approach to synthesising polymers will offer unprecedented control over the final polymer structure and yield advances in nanomedicine, researchers say.Wed, 02 May 2012 09:18:18 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120502091839.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120501085502.htm Scientists using high-powered microscopes have made a stunning observation of the architecture within a cell ? and identified for the first time how the architecture changes during the formation of gametes, also known as sex cells, in order to successfully complete? the process.Tue, 01 May 2012 08:55:55 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120501085502.htmhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120430151752.htm Biomedical engineers have demonstrated the first all-polymeric bone scaffold that is fully biodegradable and offers significant mechanical support during repair. The technique uses silk fibers to reinforce a silk matrix. Adding microfibers to the scaffolds enhances bone formation and mechanical properties. It could improve repair after accident or disease.Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:17:17 EDThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120430151752.htm

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Greece seeks to win Germany's respect at Euro 2012

A soccer fan, face painted with the colors of Greece's national flag, watches another having his face painted with the german national flag colors before the Euro 2012 soccer championship quarterfinal match between Germany and Greece in Gdansk, Poland, Friday, June 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

A soccer fan, face painted with the colors of Greece's national flag, watches another having his face painted with the german national flag colors before the Euro 2012 soccer championship quarterfinal match between Germany and Greece in Gdansk, Poland, Friday, June 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

German fans cheer as they walk through the old city before the Euro 2012 soccer championship quarterfinal match between Germany and Greece in Gdansk, Poland, Friday, June 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

German fans rest in a bar before the Euro 2012 soccer championship quarterfinal match between Germany and Greece in Gdansk, Poland, Friday, June 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

German fans walk through the old city before the Euro 2012 soccer championship quarterfinal match between Germany and Greece in Gdansk, Poland, Friday, June 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

A German fan cheers while he walks through the old city before the Euro 2012 soccer championship quarterfinal match between Germany and Greece in Gdansk, Poland, Friday, June 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

GDANSK, Poland (AP) ? Now for the really important business between Greece and Germany: Soccer.

On Friday, thousands of fans from the two nations at opposite ends of the eurozone financial crisis are converging on neutral Polish turf for a European Championship quarterfinal match.

For Greece fans, Friday's clash in rainy Gdansk inevitably mixes sports and politics, Euro 2012 and the euro currency.

They seek respect for their country after its humiliating economic collapse ? and the German government's role in imposing strict austerity measures as a condition of Greece getting ?240 billion ($300 billion) in bailout pledges.

"It's not good that sports and politics are together, but today we have no other choice," Greece fan Michalis Kalotrapesis said, wearing a white national team shirt and tracksuit top. "We are playing for our country and for our image in Europe and all over the world."

Kalotrapesis, and three Greek friends who now live in Germany have driven through the night to support their native nation here.

Their pride in performing what they see as a patriotic duty fits into Greece's favored national narrative: In soccer as in finance, Germany is the traditional power and Greece the spirited underdog.

"We are a little bit crazy, but it's the Greek mentality," said Nikos Barzas, pointing out the bloodshot eyes of the group's designated driver, Georgios Kotiniotis.

They left Gifhorn, near Wolfsburg, at midnight with 750 kilometers (about 465 miles) of road ahead of them. In a city center cafe, the first coffees of the day were helping them bridge the 10 hours to kickoff.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's journey to Gdansk will surely be more comfortable. Merkel will attend the match after morning economic meetings in Italy that were brought forward to help fulfill her role as the supposed lucky charm of the national team.

Barzas is glad she is coming ? to further spur the team and 5,000 Greece fans expected to attend the match.

"(The players will) fight a little bit more because (they want) to beat Angela Merkel. (It would be) a little bit of a small kick in Germany's (backside)," he said.

About 15,000 Germans were expected to go to the match, according to the Football Supporters Europe group. Many of the Germans were arriving at Gdansk's main train station, with scalpers leading those without tickets to a nearby shopping center. The asking price was ?200 (about $250) for a ticket with a face value of ?75 ($95). There didn't appear to be any Greek fans in the market for them. Ticket sellers far outnumbered buyers also on the main tourist street, Dluga, where cafes were occupied by either camp of genial beer-drinking fans.

Confident German fans could plan ahead of Euro 2012 for a likely quarterfinal in Gdansk. Fans from the Greek Diaspora knew only last Saturday where to head after an upset win over Russia.

"I was actually happy for them (the Greeks) that they finally had something to celebrate," said Stefan Leidig, a Germany fan from Koblenz. "Besides, I hope that they will manage to get out of the crisis at one point."

Two days after being sworn into office, the prime minister of Greece's new conservative-led coalition is staying at home to work.

Antonis Samaras, a Harvard-educated former finance minister, is better employed stabilizing the country after a tense election last weekend than cheerleading at a soccer match, fan Thomas Nikolopulos said.

"I'm glad they are at home," said Nikolopulos, who arrived with his son Daniel in Gdansk on a Friday morning flight from London.

Before Samaras met with lawmakers in Athens on Friday afternoon, he could read headlines fueling national wishes to repel German policy on the field: "Bankrupt Them!" read Greek paper SportDay, as Derby News repeated the Spartan motto "Come and Get it."

In Germany, the best-selling daily Bild led with: "Bye bye Greece; we can't rescue you today."

Nikolopulos, who is originally from Athens, said the feeling back home is that "Germany has put them in the corner" over the euro currency crisis.

"This is Greece's opportunity to stand up and try to go back to being historical wonders," he said, with a blue-and-white striped national flag draped across his shoulders.

Greece fans takes faith in their team's surprise run to be Euro 2004 champion, founded on the same solid defense and dogged resistance shown by the current team in Poland.

For three-time European champion Germany, the match seems more routine ? aiming for its fourth straight semifinal at each World Cup and Euro since Greece's golden year.

"For me, it's a normal football match," said German fan Klaus Lehmkuhl, a technical consultant from Muenster. "I don't think the politics is important for the German team. They are football players, not politicians."

Still, some off-field tensions are expected when the German national anthem is played minutes before the match begins.

"We will respect it. But the (hardcore fans) from Greece, I don't think they will," Barzas said.

And if images of Merkel sitting in the VIP seats are shown on the stadium giant screens?

"There will be massive boos. I can't see there not being some," said Yiannis Televantibes, a real estate agent from London. "But there's no problem between the fans."

In Berlin, a German deputy government spokesman was peppered with questions about the match and asked whether, in view of the eurozone crisis, Merkel would feel the need to tone down any goal celebrations.

"It's hard to assess that in advance," Georg Streiter said. "I think it depends a bit on how the game goes, but I think you will see that she is glad if there's a goal on the right side."

Streiter also shrugged off a question as to whether Merkel would consider herself partly responsible if she doesn't bring luck to the team and German loses.

"I think you would be loading up the chancellor, who already has plenty of packages to carry, with an unjustified package," he said. "She's a spectator."

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Associated Press writers David Rising in Berlin, and Menelaos Hadjicostis in Athens, Greece, contributed to this report.

Associated Press

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Venezuela Indians: Germany must return sacred rock

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Venezuela Indians: Germany must return sacred rock
AP

Pemon Indigenous commute on a bus toward Germany's embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, June 21, 2012. Representatives of Venezuela's Pemon Indian tribe staged a protest outside Germany's embassy to demand the immediate repatriation of a rock they call the "Kueka Stone,? which is on public display in a Berlin park. A faction of Pemon Indians say the rock is an incarnation of their grandmother and they believe that the 1997 removal of the artifact by a German artist has resulted in natural disasters including a mudslide that killed thousands. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Pemon Indigenous commute on a bus toward Germany's embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, June 21, 2012. Representatives of Venezuela's Pemon Indian tribe staged a protest outside Germany's embassy to demand the immediate repatriation of a rock they call the "Kueka Stone,? which is on public display in a Berlin park. A faction of Pemon Indians say the rock is an incarnation of their grandmother and they believe that the 1997 removal of the artifact by a German artist has resulted in natural disasters including a mudslide that killed thousands. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

The red sandstone bolder from Venezuela inscribed with the word love written in seven languages by German artist Wolfgang Kraker von Schwarzenfeld as part of his Global Stone project sits on thze green at the Tiergarten park in Berlin, Thursday, June 21, 2012. Venezuela is demanding the return of the rock brought to Germany across the Atlantic by the artist Wolfgang von Schwarzenfeld, who said he obtained the rock legally. A faction of Pemon Indians, a Venezuelan tribal group, say the rock is an incarnation of their grandmother and they believe that the 1997 removal of the artifact has resulted in natural disasters including a mudslide that killed thousands. Schwarzenfeld inscribed the rock with the word "love," in seven languages including German as pictured. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

German artist Wolfgang Kraker von Schwarzenfeld stands in front the red sandstone bolder from Venezuela inscribed with the word love written in seven languages as part of his Global Stone project at the Tiergarten park in Berlin, Thursday, June 21, 2012. Venezuela is demanding the return of the rock brought to Germany across the Atlantic by the artist Wolfgang von Schwarzenfeld, who said he obtained the rock legally. A faction of Pemon Indians, a Venezuelan tribal group, say the rock is an incarnation of their grandmother and they believe that the 1997 removal of the artifact has resulted in natural disasters including a mudslide that killed thousands. Schwarzenfeld inscribed the rock with the word "love," in seven languages including German as pictured. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

German artist Wolfgang Kraker von Schwarzenfeld stands near the red sandstone bolder from Venezuela inscribed with the word love written in seven languages as part of his Global Stone project at the Tiergarten park in Berlin, Thursday, June 21, 2012. Venezuela is demanding the return of the rock brought to Germany across the Atlantic by the artist Wolfgang von Schwarzenfeld, who said he obtained the rock legally. A faction of Pemon Indians, a Venezuelan tribal group, say the rock is an incarnation of their grandmother and they believe that the 1997 removal of the artifact has resulted in natural disasters including a mudslide that killed thousands. Schwarzenfeld inscribed the rock with the word "love," in seven languages including German as pictured. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

German artist Wolfgang Kraker von Schwarzenfeld stands in front the red sandstone bolder from Venezuela inscribed with the word love written in seven languages as part of his Global Stone project at the Tiergarten park in Berlin, Thursday, June 21, 2012. Venezuela is demanding the return of the rock brought to Germany across the Atlantic by the artist Wolfgang von Schwarzenfeld, who said he obtained the rock legally. A faction of Pemon Indians, a Venezuelan tribal group, say the rock is an incarnation of their grandmother and they believe that the 1997 removal of the artifact has resulted in natural disasters including a mudslide that killed thousands. Schwarzenfeld inscribed the rock with the word "love," in seven languages including German as pictured. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ? A group of Venezuelan Indians are demanding that Germany give back a 35-ton boulder that they say is sacred.

More than 100 members of the Pemon group marched to the Germany Embassy in Caracas to insist on the return of the rock. It is currently part of an artwork displayed in a Berlin park.

Melchor Flores said during Thursday's protest that the so-called "Kueka Stone" should be returned to his community in the grasslands of a region known as the Gran Sabana.

Artist Wolfgang Kraker von Schwarzenfeld brought the sandstone boulder to Germany in 1997 and says it was given as a gift. He says Pemon Indians had helped him select the rock and questions whether it was considered sacred.

Associated Press

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