'Glee' Star Chris Colfer Teases Michael Jackson Tribute Episode

'I sing part of 'Black [or] White.' I'm the 'white' in 'Black [or] White,' ' actor reveals on the Golden Globes red carpet.
By Amy Wilkinson, with reporting by Josh Horowitz


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Fox's song-and-dance series "Glee" is no stranger to a star-studded cameo or two, with the likes of Gwyneth Paltrow, John Stamos and Kristin Chenoweth all walking the halls of McKinley High during the past two and a half seasons. And as the show returns from a month-long hiatus, Gleeks aren't the only ones anticipating a few more famous faces. As star Chris Colfer told MTV News on the Golden Globes red carpet, there's plenty to look forward to when New Directions warble again January 17.

"Well, the Michael Jackson episode ...," Colfer answered when asked about his most-anticipated upcoming episodes. "We have a Spanish episode coming up with Ricky Martin. We have a Valentine's Day episode coming up, so that's going to be fun."

Martin is slated to play "the hottest Spanish teacher ever in the history of Ohio," according to TVLine. The actor/singer recently tweeted a joyful picture from his first day on set.

As to how the King of Pop's prolific songbook will manifest itself in the January 31 tribute episode, Colfer explained, "Well, I sing part of 'Black [or] White.' I'm the 'White' in 'Black [or] White,' and I sing 'Ben,' that famous song he wrote for the rat."

The rodent in question is the pet of a young boy named Danny in the 1972 film "Ben." Jackson sang a version of the theme song that appeared in the movie's closing credits and was later included on his 1972 album also named Ben. The track "Black or White" was the first single off of Jackson's 1991 album Dangerous.

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Test Tube Yeast Evolve Multicellularity

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By watching evolution in progress, scientists reveal key developments in the evolution of complex life and put evolutionary theories to the test


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The transition from single-celled to multicellular organisms was one of the most significant developments in the history of life on Earth. Without it, all living things would still be microscopic and simple; there would be no such thing as a plant or a brain or a human. How exactly multicellularity arose is still a mystery, but a new study, published January 16 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that it may have been quicker and easier than many scientists expected.

"This is a significant paper that addresses one of the most fundamental questions in evolutionary and developmental biology," says Rick Grosberg, an evolutionary biologist at the University of California at Davis, who was not involved with the research.

Since evolution acts on individual cells, it pays off for a cell to be selfish. By hogging resources and hindering neighbors, a cell can increase the odds that more of its own genes get passed into the next generation. This logic is one of the reasons it has been challenging to imagine how multicellularity arose; it requires the subjugation of self-interest in favor of the group?s survival.

"Traditional theories make this out to be a difficult transition because you have to somehow turn off selection on the individual cells and turn it on for the collective," says Carl Simpson, a paleobiologist at the Museum f?r Naturkunde in Berlin, Germany, who also was not involved in the research. "The big result here is that these transitions can be super easy."

In the new paper, researchers at the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis?used a simple but elegant technique to artificially select for multicellularity in yeast. They dumped unicellular yeast into a tube of liquid food and waited a few minutes for the cells to settle. Then they extracted the lowest fraction of the liquid and allowed whatever cells it contained to form the next generation. Because the cells had to cluster together in order to sink to the bottom and survive, the artificial selection made it more advantageous for yeast to cooperate than to be solitary.

After just 60 generations, all of the surviving yeast populations had formed snowflake-shaped multicellular clusters. "Hence we know that simple conditions are sufficient to select for multicellularity," says biologist Michael Travisano, who led the research.

But at what point do the yeast become something more than a cluster of cells? When do they begin behaving as one organism?

In a true multicellular organism, such as a rabbit, evolution acts upon the rabbit and not upon each of the billions of cells that build it. So the researchers set out to determine whether artificial selection would act upon the snowflake yeast as if they too were multicellular organisms. To test it, one batch of the multicellular yeast was allowed only five minutes to settle in a tube (representing a strong selection pressure), while another batch was given 25 minutes (a weaker selection pressure). After 35 generations, the yeast that were exposed to stronger selection evolved to have larger cluster sizes, while those in the weak selection group actually shrank in size. This indicated that each cluster of cells was evolving as one organism.

In addition, time-lapse photography [video below] revealed that, in order to reproduce, the multicellular yeast divides itself into branches that develop into the multicellular form as well. The daughter clusters did not create their own offspring until they had reached a similar size as their parents. The presence of this juvenile stage shows that the snowflake yeast had adopted a multicellular way of life, says William Ratcliff, a postdoctoral student in Travisano?s lab.

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The researchers also found evidence of rudimentary division of labor, which is an essential characteristic for more complex multicellular life forms. In a human, for example, some cells may differentiate into blood cells, others may differentiate into immune cells, but only select egg or sperm cells help form the next generation.

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Gym membership coverage: A potential double-edged sword for the ...

MedicareSome private insurers participating in the Medicare Advantage program have begun offering gym memberships as a way to encourage older consumers to stay healthy and active. While many consider this to be good news, others say that the practice is a double-edged sword. Inclusion of gym memberships may signal that insurers are attempting to procure the healthiest individuals while leaving the high-risk policies in the hands of the Medicare program.

This practice may have an impact on how health insurance exchanges. These state-run insurance programs will provide limitless coverage to consumers. Insurers participating in exchanges may choose to adopt gym memberships, drawing more healthy consumers away from the Medicare Advantage program. If the program is left with only high-risk policyholders, it may begin to hemorrhage money at a rapid pace. If this is the case, insurers will look to raise rates for the people left in the program, which could make policies unaffordable to those that need coverage.

As gym membership coverage becomes more popular in the health insurance industry, the practice is likely to have profound, if understated, consequences for the insurance market. In December of last year, the Department of Health and Human Services introduced new regulations that would help mitigate the potentially negative effects the practice would have on the market as a whole. The total impact will not be wholly known until 2014, when new health insurance regulations take effect.

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2012 Golden Globe Winners (PHOTOS)

We’ve got the full list of last night’s Golden Globe 2012 winners. The 69th annual awards event honored the best in film and TV, selected by the Hollywood Foreign Press. Did your favorites win? With Ricky Gervais taking a third turn as host of the Golden Globes, he wasn’t as biting as he had been the two previous times during hosting duties. What did the Brit have to say of his gig last night? He posted on his blog this morning, “Phew! Thank f–k that’s over. I had a blast actually. It was by far my favorite of the three hosting stints.” The Descendants won Best Motion Picture (Drama), with star George Clooney honored as Best Actor. The Artist took home the trophy for Best Picture (Comedy or Musical), and star Jean Dujardin beat out Owen Wilson, Ryan Gosling, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Brendan Gleeson for Best Actor in a Comedy/Musical for his role in the Michel Hazanavicius directed film. Actresses Meryl Streep and Michelle Williams won Best Actress awards in the Drama and Musical/Comedy categories for The Iron Lady and My Week With Marilyn respectively, and in supporting roles, Christopher Plummer nabbed a Golden Globe for Beginners and Octavia Spencer [...]

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Researchers use sugar to halt esophageal cancer in its tracks ...

Scientists working at the Medical Research Council have identified changes in the patterns of sugar molecules that line pre-cancerous cells in the esophagus, a condition called Barrett's dysplasia, making it much easier to detect and remove these cells before they develop into esophageal cancer. These findings, reported in the journal Nature Medicine, have important implications for patients and may help to monitor their condition and prevent the development of cancer.

Oesophageal cancer is the fifth biggest cause of cancer death in the United Kingdom and the eighth leading cause of cancer deaths for men in the United States. Moreover, the number of people diagnosed with this disease is increasing rapidly. Individuals with a pre-cancerous condition known as Barrett's oesophagus are at an increased risk of developing esophageal cancer, and need to be closely monitored to make sure that the disease is not progressing.

Dysplasia offers a stage at which cancer can be prevented by removing these cells. However correctly identifying these areas has proved to be problematic, as they can easily be missed during endoscopy and biopsy, which only take samples from a small part of the esophagus. This can result in false reassurance for patients in whom their dysplasia has been missed, and conversely those without dysplasia having to undergo further unnecessary treatments.

The team, based at the MRC Cancer Cell Unit in Cambridge, was led by Dr. Rebecca Fitzgerald and included New York University's Lara Mahal, an associate professor of chemistry, and William Eng, a laboratory technician.

The researchers discovered a new mechanism for identifying Barrett's dysplasia cells by spraying on a fluorescent probe that sticks to sugars and lights up any abnormal areas during endoscopy. By analyzing the sugars present in human tissue samples taken from different stages on the pathway to cancer?using microarray technology developed by NYU's Mahal?they found that there were different sugar molecules present on the surface of the pre-cancerous cells. This technology uses sugar binding proteins, known as lectins, to identify changes in sugars and pinpointed carbohydrate binding wheat germ proteins as a potential diagnostic. When the wheat germ proteins, attached to a fluorescent tag that glows under a specific type of light, were sprayed onto tissue samples, it showed decreased binding in areas of dysplasia, and these cells were clearly marked compared with the glowing green background.

"The rise in cases of oesophageal cancer both in the UK and throughout the Western world means that it is increasingly important to find ways of detecting it as early as possible," Fitzgerald said. "Our work has many potential benefits for those with Barrett's esophagus who have an increased risk of developing esophageal cancer."

"We have demonstrated that binding of a wheat germ protein, which is cheap and non-toxic, can identify differences in surface sugars on pre-cancerous cells," she added. "And when coupled with fluorescence imaging using an endoscopic camera, this technique offers a promising new way of finding and then treating patients with the highest risk of developing esophageal cancer, at the earliest stage."

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Motorola Wins First Round Of Legal Tussle With Apple

?Apple claims the said Motorola Android devices were infringing on three of their patents. However, the ITC found no grounds for such claim, so Round 1 of this legal drama goes to Motorola.

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Apple requested for the ban in October last year and the ITC just recently came out with its ruling. Apple may still appeal the ruling so Motorola isn?t out of the woods yet. Samsung is facing a similar legal battle with Apple, and the South Korean company was even forced to tinker with the design of some of their tablets to prevent a sales ban.

According to Apple, the use of an ?object oriented system locator system?, an ?ellipse fitting for multitouch surfaces? and the use of a multitouch touchscreen by Motorola infringed on their patents, so they sought to ban the Droid, Droid 2 and Droid X in the US. Fortunately for Motorola, the ITC thinks otherwise. The ball is now in Apple?s court if they will appeal the ruling or not.

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I'm an Editor here an Android Authority and it's always been a passion of mine to write about devices. I plan to up my game by getting a superphone and a dual-core tablet very soon (they're not available in my town yet). I also run the awesome writing team over at memokitchen.com.

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CrackBerry Kevin buys a $500 clock widget


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Not everything that happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, and we just had to share this one.  BlackBerry fanatic, Mobile Nations chief media officer, and all around wild-and-crazy guy  CrackBerry Kevin bought one of the most expensive apps in BlackBerry's app catalouge -- a $500 bit 'o code that places a clock on the homescreen.  Yes, it's a $500 clock widget. 

Nobody is telling whether or not there was any Campari involved, but it's certainly possible.  I'll let Kevin tell his side of the story himself.

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Researchers use sugar to halt esophageal cancer in its tracks

ScienceDaily (Jan. 15, 2012) ? Scientists working at the Medical Research Council have identified changes in the patterns of sugar molecules that line pre-cancerous cells in the esophagus, a condition called Barrett's dysplasia, making it much easier to detect and remove these cells before they develop into esophageal cancer. These findings, reported in the journal Nature Medicine, have important implications for patients and may help to monitor their condition and prevent the development of cancer.

Esophageal cancer is the fifth biggest cause of cancer death in the United Kingdom and the eighth leading cause of cancer deaths for men in the United States. Moreover, the number of people diagnosed with this disease is increasing rapidly. Individuals with a pre-cancerous condition known as Barrett's esophagus are at an increased risk of developing esophageal cancer, and need to be closely monitored to make sure that the disease is not progressing.

Dysplasia offers a stage at which cancer can be prevented by removing these cells. However correctly identifying these areas has proved to be problematic, as they can easily be missed during endoscopy and biopsy, which only take samples from a small part of the esophagus. This can result in false reassurance for patients in whom their dysplasia has been missed, and conversely those without dysplasia having to undergo further unnecessary treatments.

The team, based at the MRC Cancer Cell Unit in Cambridge, was led by Dr. Rebecca Fitzgerald and included New York University's Lara Mahal, an associate professor of chemistry, and William Eng, a laboratory technician.

The researchers discovered a new mechanism for identifying Barrett's dysplasia cells by spraying on a fluorescent probe that sticks to sugars and lights up any abnormal areas during endoscopy. By analyzing the sugars present in human tissue samples taken from different stages on the pathway to cancer -- using microarray technology developed by NYU's Mahal -- they found that there were different sugar molecules present on the surface of the pre-cancerous cells. This technology uses sugar binding proteins, known as lectins, to identify changes in sugars and pinpointed carbohydrate binding wheat germ proteins as a potential diagnostic. When the wheat germ proteins, attached to a fluorescent tag that glows under a specific type of light, were sprayed onto tissue samples, it showed decreased binding in areas of dysplasia, and these cells were clearly marked compared with the glowing green background.

"The rise in cases of esophageal cancer both in the UK and throughout the Western world means that it is increasingly important to find ways of detecting it as early as possible," Fitzgerald said. "Our work has many potential benefits for those with Barrett's esophagus who have an increased risk of developing esophageal cancer."

"We have demonstrated that binding of a wheat germ protein, which is cheap and non-toxic, can identify differences in surface sugars on pre-cancerous cells," she added. "And when coupled with fluorescence imaging using an endoscopic camera, this technique offers a promising new way of finding and then treating patients with the highest risk of developing esophageal cancer, at the earliest stage."

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Wedding Photography ? Investing In Your Investment | World Wealth ...

When you are planning your wedding, inevitably an enormous amount of thought, time and money goes into the process. Sometimes this means years of planning; and a very large financial commitment.

Eventually, after a lot of research and time on your part you make the final decisions and choose the suppliers you think will help make your big day everything you are hoping for. You pay over those deposits or retaining fees, and there is that feeling of excitement that you are one step closer to the wedding; but also a small twitchy feeling of anxiety. Have you just made the right decision? After all, its a big investment, isnt it?

And thats the key phrase. You have made an investment. An investment with a professional such as a wedding photographer, an investment into their skill and expertise; and now you trust them to do an expert job for you.

Investment goes further than your pocket, however ? or at least it should. Its simple, really. Yes, those professionals you have booked will do their job, but wouldnt it be great if they did more than just that? Go that extra mile, make that extra effort; invest themselves in your wedding day, in YOU; and give you that little something extra in return.

The very best wedding photographers will do just that. They will get to know their couples, form a relationship so that they can get the very best from them, and give the very best they can in return.

But lets turn this on its head for a minute. What if there is no relationship? What if you simply book your professional to do the job and thats that? No personal contact, you just pay final fees, check wedding day details and expect them to turn up and do what you have paid them to do. Well, that should be ok; you have taken your time to choose and hire professionals, and as such they should perform accordingly.

But because you havent made an investment in them, taken the trouble to get to know them a little ? why should they in return invest in you, get to know you and your personal desires for this special day youre planning? After all, they are just the hired help, arent they?

If you want to get the very best from your wedding photographer (and after all your research, you paid good money for the best you could find, yes?) then simply invest in them. Just a little. Take an interest in what they do; read their blog, catch up on Facebook from time to time. Above all discuss your plans, your dreams ? make them feel part of your big day, not just someone who is performing a functional service.

You will be surprised at just how much more fun they are to be around, what an incredible store of knowledge they have for you to draw on, and how often you notice them doing just that little bit more than you expected.

Oh, and above all dont forget to say a quick thank you when the dust has settled and you have time to reflect. And if they dont deserve a thank you? Well, be sure to tell them that too!

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Australia fumes over kangaroo cigarette packs (Reuters)

SYDNEY (Reuters) ? Australia's government has lambasted British and American Tobacco for using the image of a kangaroo on packets of cigarettes sold in Europe, ramping up hostilities with Big Tobacco ahead of a legal battle over plain-packaging laws.

Attorney-General Nicola Roxon, who as Health Minister led the drive to introduce laws forcing tobacco products to be sold in plain, olive green packs, said on Friday that the use of the Australian icon to sell cigarettes was outrageous.

The image of a kangaroo, similar to road warning signs seen in Australia, with the phrase "An Australian Favourite" appears on packets of Winfield cigarettes being sold in France.

"This kind of weaselly marketing tactic will soon have no place here in Australia when all cigarettes will be in plain packaging from December," Roxon said on Friday.

BAT, Imperial Tobacco and Philip Morris have launched separate High Court challenges against the laws, saying they infringe their trademark rights.

The tough, world-first legislation which comes into force in 2012 is being closely watched by governments considering similar moves in Europe, Canada and New Zealand.

"Australians don't like the use of our icons, our kangaroos and our healthy lifestyle, to be associated in any way with these deadly products," said Fiona Sharkie, executive director of anti-smoking agency Quit.

Industry analysts say tobacco companies are worried that plain packaging could spread to important emerging markets like Brazil, Russia and Indonesia, and threaten growth there.

Legal experts have predicted both legal and WTO challenges will fail because intellectual property rights agreements give governments the right to pass laws to protect public health.

Australia's tobacco market generated total revenues of about A$10 billion in 2009, up from A$8.3 billion in 2008, although smoking generally has been in decline. About 22 billion cigarettes are sold in the country each year.

(Reporting by Lincoln Feast; Editing by Michael Perry)

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