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InDepth InterView: John Waters Talks HAIRSPRAY: IN CONCERT, HAIRSPRAY 2, Favorite Movie Musicals & More
Today we are talking to the proud "Pope Of Trash" himself - the iconic writer/director of such seminal cinematic entries as cult classics PINK FLAMINGOS, FEMALE TROUBLE and DESPERATE LIVING, as well as HAIRSPRAY, CRY BABY, SERIAL MOM, CECIL B. DEMENTED, A DIRTY SHAME and many more - the one and only John Waters. Packing a characteristically caustic conversation into a relatively brief time slot was no trouble for Waters, for he and I cover a wide range of topics, from his favorite 2012 films to his all-time favorite movie musicals and much more in this career-spanning chat. Most importantly, Waters discusses his process in adapting the hit Tony Award-winning stage property HAIRSPRAY into concert form and what we can expect from his newly-penned narration and role as narrator in the live Baltimore Symphony Orchestra presentation of HAIRSPRAY: IN CONCERT on January 24. Additionally, Waters expounds on his experiences creating the original HAIRSPRAY film and how it compares to both its musical sister as well as the hit 2007 feature film adaptation of it (in which he makes a cameo appearance as - what else? - "the flasher who lives next door"). Plus, Waters opens up about the plot and themes of HAIRSPRAY 2: WHITE LIPSTICK, a project he was commissioned to create a few years ago as an original musical film but which is currently on hold indefinitely. All of that, filming the remarkable 2012 horror film EXCISION, memories of the recently deceased Patti Page and his unforgettable use of the Bob Merrill pop earworm "How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?" at the grand finale of PINK FLAMINGOS, an update on his next film project, FRUITCAKE, as well as details about his new book, CARSICK, and what else we can expect from Waters in 2013 - plus, how Justin Bieber is clearly the new Shirley Temple. All of that and much, much more awaits!More information on HAIRSPRAY: IN CONCERT with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is available at the official site here.The Guy Can't Help It PC: EXCISION is a masterpiece - one of my favorite films of 2012. Did you enjoy participating in that project?JW: Oh, thank you. Yeah, it was a lot of fun to do that. As you know, I play a priest and Traci Lords is an uptight mother in it, so, clearly, times have changed... [Laughs.]PC: You can say that again!JW: Still, it was a lot of fun to do. The kid who directed [Richard Bates Jr.] is good, I think - really good.PC: He could be the next Ken Russell, given those fantasy sequences.JW: Well, I'm not a big fan of Ken Russell's - Ken Russell, to me, always seemed like he directed as though he wished he was gay, but wasn't. PC: Did you ever meet him?JW: No, I didn't.PC: Did you ever have a desire to evoke him in any of your films anyway, especially given his absurdist bent? JW: Well, I was just not a fan that much - I didn't love him that much. I mean, I liked THE DEVILS... I never say negative things about people, though. I try not to, at least on the record. [Laughs.]PC: In your list of your favorite films of 2012, you list Christoph Honore's pseudo-musical BELOVED. He is another remarkable filmmaker, reinventing the musical genre with many of his films.JW: Oh, I love BELOVED! But, I loved LOVE SONGS even more, the first musical he did. Did you see it?PC: Of couse - it's superb.JW: Oh, it's great, isn't it?! He's great. You know, he keeps doing these sort of endless tributes to UMBRELLAS [OF CHERBOURG], but, still, they keep getting better and better! I'm such a big fan. I think he's so great. PC: William Friedkin's film version of the Tracy Letts play KILLER JOE also made your list, insofar as theatrical endeavors go.JW: Yes, I loved that. PC: Did you ever see it onstage?JW: No, I never saw it onstage, but, as I said in ArtForum, I think that it was the best Russ Meyer movie of the year, even though it was made by a man in his seventies - William Friedkin! PC: A genius.JW: Yes - and, he's even older than me and he can still make a movie that edgy.PC: Not an easy feat.JW: And, he's married to Sherry Lansing!PC: That's a way to get financing fast.JW: [Laughs.] So, yeah. I think he's great and it's great.PC: Have you ever gotten a proposal to do a piece onstage at any point?JW: Like a theatre piece? No. Theatre really isn't my thing - but, I have learned a million things about it, certainly, from my experiences on HAIRSPRAY and CRY BABY on Broadway. But, I don't write that kind of piece - it's certainly not something I ever set out to do or ever felt like I had to do, really. PC: You weren't inspired to pursue that medium.JW: You have to remember, CRY BABY is a musical, but the original HAIRSPRAY is really a dance movie - there was no original music in that, except for the title song sung by Rachel Sweet. It was all great, real songs that I had loved from the era - which, certainly, was understood by Marc [Shaiman] and Scott [Wittman] when they wrote the stage version.PC: Unquestionably.JW: They understood that era and they understood the music from that era and the music that I really loved and they translated it incredibly well into something for Broadway. PC: With Tony Awards for Best Musical and Best Score, among others, to show for it.JW: Actually, back here in Indianapolis, in rehearsal, I got flashbacks to when we started and being in the rehearsal rooms for HAIRSPRAY in the beginning... only, this time, I am sort of in it, which is scary. [Laughs.] PC: Patti Page recently passed away, and, of course, you contributed perhaps the most classic use of one of her songs in cinema history with "How Much Is That Doggie In the Window?" in the unforgettable final reel of PINK FLAMINGOS.JW: Oh, I know! She just died and the New York Times didn't even mention that! [Laughs.] I couldn't believe it.PC: Did you ever meet her or discuss that scene with her?JW: No - unfortunately I never did. You know, when you get the rights to a song for a movie, you never deal with the singer - you deal with the publisher and you deal with the writer of the song. So, somehow, the wonderful music supervisor of PINK FLAMINGOS made that deal. Whether or not Patti Page ever knew that someone had used her recording of that song in PINK FLAMINGOS, I have no idea, but I thank her, even beyond the grave, for having helped make PINK FLAMINGOS the notorious success that it was and is. [Laughs.] PC: Bob Merrill must have been OK with it, at least!JW: I know! The writer and the publisher have to be OK with it, so they must have signed off. PC: Also, you remark in the SERIAL MOM commentary about the ungodly fee you were charged to use "Tomorrow" from ANNIE in that film.JW: Right! That was the most that we ever had to pay for something and I don't remember exactly how much it was, but it was a lot - not a million, but, if you consider the average song usually costs $25-30,000, that one cost significantly more. I think that the reasoning behind that was mostly that they didn't want to give it to us... [Laughs.]PC: Which isn't that hard to believe given the scene.JW: We not only used the song - we murdered it!PC: Literally.JW: As you know, the song went on after that and Jay-Z even made a rap song out of an ANNIE song. So, you know, ANNIE has inspired SERIAL MOM, Jay-Z - lots and lots of things you would have never imagined. PC: And maybe a Willow Smith remake, too.JW: Well, I am not going to comment on her, but I think she was good in the Justin Bieber documentary. PC: So you're a Bieber fan?JW: Yeah, I love him! Sure! I met him, actually.PC: No way! What was that like?JW: He drew on my mustache, actually!PC: How chummy.JW: Yeah. We were on THE Graham Norton SHOW together and he drew it on after the show - it was in all the papers in London. I think Justin's great - he's like Shirley Temple! PC: What an apt comparison!JW: And, I love it when he's black-esque - I love his attitude.PC: Have you ever done a stage play as a performer before HAIRSPRAY: IN CONCERT?JW: Well, I'm not really doing it, I'm just in it! [Laughs.] I guess with HAIRSPRAY: IN CONCERT, I sort of look at it as I am kind of the editor and I am just there, speeding it all up, and, at the same time, I have added a bunch of stuff, too - stuff about where the ideas really came from and some of the inspirations for the characters. PC: That will be fascinating for fans of the show, no doubt.JW: Yeah, I wanted to open it up a little bit and add some real-life, historical background to it. That's mostly all of the new material that I will be adding to it, though.PC: Your role is newly written for this new concert version.JW: Yes. My role is completely new - what I wrote for myself is entirely new. PC: Is HAIRSPRAY: IN CONCERT going to be licensed in the future?JW: I really have no idea - I just have a contract to do these shows. But, yes, definitely, it could be - we'll see what happens after these concerts.PC: You could tour with it! JW: Yes! I'll go on tour! HAIRSPRAY will be my new career.PC: You've written HAIRSPRAY 2, as well, have you not?JW: Yeah, I wrote a whole script for a HAIRSPRAY 2, but it never happened - but, it still could. You never know - HAIRSPRAY is the gift that keeps on giving. You know, I said that I wanted it to finally be an ice show - as a joke, when I was on television - and, the next day, producers actually called and wanted me to do it. PC: Unbelievable.JW: Think about it! Fat girls on skates?! It could be a big hit! PC: Is it true there is a singing zit in HAIRSPRAY 2?JW: Yes. [Laughs.] There is - it happens with Link. You see, HAIRSPRAY 2 - well, it's callEd White LIPSTICK, really - is about when the real sixties hit and the show [THE CORNY COLLINS SHOW] isn't popular anymore. It's the new hip coming in - which really happened. So, you know, the black kids want to have their own version of the show now - they don't want to have to share with the white people! [Laughs.]PC: What a concept!JW: Yeah. Little Inez kind of turns into Angela Davis. Link has to pretend that he is British to get a singing career kind of going - because the Beatles just hit and everyone wanted their kind of music. So, he has these pimples underneath his Beatles haircut because he never washes it, and, so they start singing to him - kind of like the Chipmunks. PC: Did you develop the project with Marc and Scott at all?JW: We never got to the songs. In the script, I just described what the songs should be, but it was just a development deal. I mean, Marc and Scott really laughed when they read it, but I don't think the producers themselves did... they might have been horrified for all I know. I honestly don't know. [Laughs.]PC: It's a shame that it hasn't been pursued further.JW: It still could - it still might. I mean, it was PG-13. But, yeah - it was completely what would have happened to everyone afterwards. PC: Are you pleased with Adam Shankman's film adaptation - especially now, looking back?JW: Oh, I was and am completely, totally happy with the movie musical. I actually just interviewed John Travolta onstage in Baltimore for a benefit for the Maryland Film Festival. I think that he did a great job - I think that everybody in it did. You know, I think that each time they have changed it and adapted it, they have turned it into something new, and, I think the same is true for this concert version now. It's, hopefully, something new. PC: Something fresh for fans and those new to it alike.JW: Yeah, you know, it's something new - it's when you just keep doing the same thing again and again and keep doing the same medium that it doesn't work.PC: Beth Leavel is so fabulous - you have a great cast assembled for HAIRSPRAY: IN CONCERT, for sure. Are you enjoying the rehearsal process?JW: Oh, yeah - the whole cast is great. Some of them have done it before, too - a lot of them have done it in different places; here, on the road, on Broadway. There are many HAIRSPRAY alumni - plus, some new blood, too. I love new blood.PC: What do you think of the next generation of theatregoers and filmgoers being influenced by GLEE and SMASH and the modern movie musical renaissance, in particular?JW: Well, I am particularly happy for SMASH because, of course, Marc and Scott are involved - and I love Anjelica and her character is based, in part, on Margo Lion, who was a producer of HAIRSPRAY. So, I am all for it. I have seen GLEE, but I don't watch a lot of TV in general. But, you know, I like to read more than anything and you just can't do both.PC: Too true.JW: I think that there probably is better stuff on TV today than there is in the movie theaters in some ways - especially for some directors - but, I just have a problem with a piece of furniture talking to me. PC: What a way to put it!JW: I just have a problem with it. I hate people who walk into a room and the first thing they do is turn on a TV. I have a hard time with electronics - even turning on my TV is hard for me. PC: It goes against your nature.JW: Like, I go to Provincetown every summer and I always get the cable hooked up and everything, but I rarely watch it. The only time I ever watch TV is when something hideous happens - like a war or some horrible feud or something. So, this year, when I tried to turn it on in August, it didn't work, so I called them up and they came to see what was wrong and they said, "This is broken. This was never even installed right!" So, I hadn't even turned it on at all, I guess. [Laughs.]PC: That's hilarious.JW: I'm not saying it to be a snob or anything - I know that there is great stuff being done and many, many of my friends really love it, but I just can't do it. I can't read and watch TV and if I have to choose... [Pause.] I can't do both! I would rather read a book than anything else - it just relaxes me more. That's how I like to relax most. PC: Are you internet savvy these days? JW: Oh, I'm on the internet all day now these days - I've got a Blackberry; I've got it all. PC: There was a time when you were less technologically adept, is that true?JW: I think that I have been forever! I mean, yes, at the very beginning, my assistants used to fax me e-mails, but since those days, I've been online a lot.PC: Your books - CRACKPOT and ROLE MODELS - are so fantastic. SHOCK VALUE does not date at all.JW: Thank you.PC: What can you tell us about your next book?JW: Well, CARSICK is the next book - that's the one I wrote about hitchhiking across America. I am in the process of rewriting it right now and it will be out soon.PC: Will you be back on REAL TIME WITH Bill Maher this go-round? It returns this week.JW: Oh, yeah - if he asks me, I will. I love doing Bill's show and I love Bill. I think he's fantastic. I've done his show forever - from the very beginning; way back when it was on Comedy Central.PC: It's a shame he doesn't really get the awards recognition he richly deserves, isn't it?JW: Well, we will see! He was on the shortlist this year and I sent in my nominations already - let's see who gets picked!PC: Can you reveal any of your top picks for this awards season besides Bill?JW: Well, I never tell - because I'm a member and you can't. You know, I have friends who are on the committees, so I keep it all secret. I vote for everything, though - I vote SAG, DGA, Oscars, Razzie Awards, Spirit Awards; I vote in all of them. PC: I hope you will return to host the Independent Spirit Awards some year soon! Nobody does it better.JW: Oh, I did that for a long time. I still go every year and I always enjoy it. I will be there this year, too.PC: From the source creator of one of the best recent movie musicals and an Oscar voter, I am curious to hear your thoughts on LES MISERABLES, the current hit movie musical?JW: Well, for me, I don't know if I think it's a good movie. I don't really know the musical. I did watch it, but all I can say is that I really... [Pause.] I just don't know how to react to musicals like that, let's put it that way! [Laughs.]PC: A diplomatic response if ever there were any!JW: My assistant loved it, though - I can tell you that much! PC: It seems you either love it or you hate it. It's pretty daring - and divisive, to say the least.JW: Yeah. I didn't mind how they shot it or anything, but, the music and the musical itself is probably not what I would pick out as my favorite musical... but, that has nothing to do with whether it is a good movie or not.PC: You recently contributed a great featurette on the DVD edition of your favorite movie musical, THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT. JW: Yes. It is. And, let me tell you: no color ever looked as good as the color in THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT! PC: It pops.JW: Technicolor, baby! PC: Lars Von Trier's DANCER IN THE DARK is another of your favorite recent movie musicals, correct?JW: Oh, yeah. Just an amazing movie - astonishing. It's so amazing and so crazy. I cannot say enough good things about Lars Von Trier - I think he is just amazing and one of the most important filmmakers.PC: A true landmark accomplishment. Are you looking forward to NYMPHOMANIAC, then, I take it?JW: Oh, God, yes. I actually hosted an event at the Sydney Opera House a while back called DOUBLE FEATURES FROM HELL and opening night was IRREVERSIBLE and ANTI-CHRIST! [Big Laugh.]PC: Oh, my God.JW: You should have seen the audience. [Laughs.] I was like, "Did anybody bring a date?" One person raised their hand. [Laughs.] PC: Another influential auteur: what did you think of Quentin Tarantino's DJANGO UNCHAINED? JW: Oh, I thought it was a good movie. I thought it was great. And, it's a giant hit, too.PC: What are your thoughts on the place of the n-word in cinema in general? Did you ever consider using it in HAIRSPRAY since it would appear to be contextually correct?JW: I didn't. But, I think that calling it "Negro Day" was even weirder and funnier and said the same thing about racial prejudice - because, you know, at the time, saying "Negro Day" was actually politically correct, if you can imagine. PC: Unconscionably.JW: Yeah! Yeah. Imagine that! But, yeah, in real life, people in Baltimore did call "Negro Day" a different name by using the n-word, but I think not saying it in the movie was better. I think that saying the n-word would take away from the spirit of HAIRSPRAY - it was kind of like a sneak attack to get you to accept everything that I talked about in HAIRSPRAY. Two men singing a love song to each other; your white daughter dating a black guy - and, none of it was threatening. And, it worked and people embraced it like maybe they wouldn't in real life.PC: Will you be reprising your onscreen role as the Flasher from the recent film in the upcoming HAIRSPRAY concert?JW: [Laughs.] No, I will not be flashing the audience. Maybe I should bring that option up with the director, though...PC: Lastly: is there a future for your script, FRUITCAKE?JW: Oh, FRUITCAKE I have been trying to get made for years, but I really don't know if it will ever happen. It will be a fun movie if it ever gets made.PC: What's next?JW: Well, after these HAIRSPRAY concerts, I am on tour with speaking engagements and doing THIS FILTHY WORLD for Gay Ski Week in Aspen and things like that. And, as we discussed, I'm working on CARSICK - I am about two-thirds through the second draft of that, so I am getting there; CARSICK is my main priority right now after HAIRSPRAY: IN CONCERT.PC: This was a dream come true - thank you so much for this today, John.JW: Thanks so much to you, too, Pat. Great questions. Bye bye.
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A This should be another amazing year as we prepare for the sixth season of The Amazing Race Asia and the fourth season of The Amazing Race China Celebrity Edition.
In 2006, activeTV Asia was established in Singapore off the back of the companys first production of The Amazing Race Asia for AXN.The company is now headquartered in Singapore with a strong production base in Manila, as well as the foundation business in Melbourne.McKay says, When we first came into Singapore in 2006 no one had really done reality TV so we quickly trained up a lot of people and a great many have progressed in the industry today because of that training.We did the same thing up in Manila. We also take on interns, we try to train and develop people and if I was proudest of anything it would be that.He added that despite having such a big show as The Amazing Race Asia on its books, in Singapore the company still had to prove itself.That took a while, but, here we are 11 years later and I think people understand our commitment, he says, In that time weve produced lots of varying content across different genres, languages and platforms.The Amazing Race series has been the companys springboard to success, but last year activeTVs partnership with the format owners finished, which meant giving up the franchise.I spent a large portion of my life working on the Race. I started with season 2 of the American version and I really do love the format, always will, McKay says. But it enabled us to regain full ownership of the Asian business and focus on our own formats and development. It was time to move on.
Yeah, they haven't even announced auditions yet. They'll probably have Asia's Got Talent in the odd number years and TARA in the even number years.
Quote from: dryedmangoez on August 16, 2017, 09:43:11 PMYeah, they haven't even announced auditions yet. They'll probably have Asia's Got Talent in the odd number years and TARA in the even number years.Not to mention that they are currently casting AGT for an October premiere. The timing is similar.
No TAR Asia again this year? Season 5 was great (expect for the 5 Indonesia legs), so why haven't they put Season 6 in production yet?It also rated highly, didn't it?
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Qurizstan wrote: Show me a single race-based organization, previous to the 20th century, in the entire islamic world. Pan-arabism has it's roots in colonialism and european ideologies.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/103165402/Ara ... s-by-AllahIt's true, Arabs are the best of people.It says in the Hadith in Shaykh Jalaludin Suyuti's book on Ahlul Bayt:"Ahsanul nas ul 'Arab, wa Ahsanul 'Arab Quraysh, wa Ahsan Quraysh Bani Hashim"The best of people are the Arabs, and the best of the Arabs are Quraysh, and the best of Quraysh are Bani Hashim
When you have a verse such as the above,no doubt in countries such as Pakistan,the elite consider themselves to be of Arab caste which by default has more rights over non Arab converts.Shows that hierarchial structures with Arabs intended at the top have sanction from holy books right from the time of inception of Islam.


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Tributes for Blackadder star Patsy Byrne
Sir Tony Robinson has led tributes to his Blackadder co-star Patsy Byrne, who has died at the age of 80.
The actor and Time Team presenter joined Blackadder producer John Lloyd in hailing Byrne, who became well-known for playing Nursie in the second series of the hit 1980s' comedy.
Denville Hall, a care home for elderly actors in north-west London, said she died on June 17.
Sir Tony told BBC Five Live she had been like a mother to "her boys" on the show and was "indulgent" towards them despite being an experienced actress whose past included the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC).
He said: "She had unerring skill to make the daftest, silliest thing sound absolutely real and absolutely plausible.
"I remember seeing her in As You Like It and it was one of those parts where the actress usually goes 'de dum de dum de dum de dum de dum' but the way she said it was so that each word was a revelation to her and I think that was one of her great comic skills."
Byrne was born in Ashford, Kent and studied at drama school before joining the RSC.
She also starred alongside Sir Tony in a series three episode of the children's sitcom Maid Marian And Her Merry Men.
Byrne is the second star of Blackadder to die in as many weeks. Rik Mayall, who played Lord Flashheart in the second and fourth series, was buried on Friday. He died at his home in Barnes, south-west London, last week.
The two shared screen time during the second series of Blackadder in 1986, with Mayall's sex-obsessed lothario saying to Byrne's plump middle-aged female character: "Nursie, I like it, firm and fruity. Am I pleased to see you or did I just put a canoe in my pocket?"
Commenting on their recent deaths, Sir Tony said: "How bizarre and hurtful that we should lose two of our friends so quickly.
"Life does that to us all sometimes doesn't it?"
Lloyd said Byrne had been a "proper actress" who struck up a fantastic rapport with Miranda Richardson, who played Elizabeth I alongside her.
He said: "They were a fantastic double act. As they inhabited the roles and made them their own (writers) Ben (Elton) and Richard (Curtis) would write to their skills."
Tributes were also paid on Twitter. John Challis, who played Boycie in Only Fools and Horses, tweeted a picture of Byrne on stage with the RSC, adding: "Sad to hear that actress Patsy Byrne has died."


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Psychlos are a race of large, furry aliens from the planet Psychlo who serve as the primary villains in the extraordinarily cheesy novel (later made into a catastrophically bad John Travolta movie) Battlefield Earth, by scientology creator L. Ron Hubbard.
Psychlos are humanoids that are much larger and stronger than humans. They are also quite tough, with thick, dense skeletons. They do not appear to be substantially more intelligent than humans.
Psychlos only breathe a peculiar mixture of exotic gases that compose the atmosphere of their home planet. They unimaginatively call this mix "breathe gas". The Psychlo atmosphere contains an unstable compound that explodes in the presence of ionizing radiation. As their tissue is full of this compound, a Psychlo will catch fire if a projectile made of radioactive material penetrates its hide.
Psychlos are prone to an assortment of antisocial behaviors, but these are largely the result of medical interventions (see below).
In the distant past, both the Psychlos and another species developed teleportation technology at around the same time. The two races soon came into conflict as they competed for new territory and resources, and the conflict became a vicious intergalactic war. The Psychlos eventually prevailed, wiping out their rivals.
In the aftermath, they took steps to keep any other race from developing teleportation technology that could be used against them. Their scientists developed neurological implants that control Psychlo behavior, making it impossible for them to divulge secrets about Psychlo technology. Side effects of the implants gave the Psychlos an enormous superiority complex and near-psychotic paranoia, causing them to fear and despise anyone who didn't have the appropriate implants and associated behaviors. Consequently, all Psychlos have behavior-controlling implants, which are implanted shortly after they are born. Most Psychlos have multiple implants. Female Psychlos have implants which cause them to become comatose if they attempt to learn forbidden knowledge, such as mathematics.
As the only race in the known universe to possess teleportation technology, the Psychlos became the most powerful race in the universe, as they could attack their enemies without warning, bypassing all defenses, and their foes couldn't launch effective counterattacks due to the long travel times required to reach Psychlo assets.
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Due to their artificially induced greed and paranoia, Psychlos are hostile toward all other species. They are likely to attack any civilization that they believe presents a threat or possesses assets they can easily seize. They can deploy planet-destroying superweapons via teleportation over intergalactic distances, allowing them to threaten adversaries with genocide if they do not acquiesce to Psychlo demands. Because of their greed, Psychlos are inclined to accept tribute instead of exterminating opponents outright.


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Hicks falls homer shy of cycle in loss to Rays
Outfielder has career-high four hits; Twins lose eighth in nine games
ST. PETERSBURG -- Samuel Deduno wouldn't attribute his outing's disappointing finish to the line drive that bounced off his foot in the second inning. Ron Gardenhire didn't feel Deduno ran out of gas after working out of a few jams, either.
No, Monday night's 7-4 loss to the Rays at Tropicana Field essentially swung on a high, hanging changeup that Deduno threw to Yunel Escobar to lead off the seventh inning. Escobar bashed the 0-1 pitch into the left-field seats, breaking a 3-3 tie and prompting Tampa Bay to break the game open.
The Twins have now dropped eight of their last nine and 13 of their last 17.
Deduno had given the Twins the kind of start they needed, allowing three runs through six innings. But Desmond Jennings followed up Escobar's homer with a triple to chase Deduno from the game. He was charged with five runs on two walks and a season-high 10 hits.
"He hung in there pretty decent, especially after getting blasted off the foot with that rocket out there," Gardenhire said, referring to James Loney's line drive that bounced off Deduno's foot. "To hang out there as long as he did was pretty good. We were real comfortable with him. Just a couple hitters in the seventh, and there you have it. You're down, man on third and no outs."
And the Rays didn't let up when reliever Caleb Thielbar came in. The lefty struck out Luke Scott, who had homered in the first inning, to run his scoreless streak to 20 innings. But Ben Zobrist crushed a belt-high fastball over the heart of the plate deep to left field for a two-run homer, ending the rookie's perfect ERA and giving the Rays a 6-3 lead.
"I just left a pitch up in the zone. [If I] get it in there, he probably flies out to short left or something," Thielbar said. "You've got to try to keep the game close there, and I didn't really do that. Didn't really give us a chance to win those last two innings. It wasn't ideal."
According to Rays manager Joe Maddon, Tampa Bay was lucky to beat Minnesota with the long ball. The numbers would back that up, as Deduno had given up two homers over his previous eight starts combined before serving up two on Monday. And Thielbar hadn't allowed so much as a hit in nearly a month.
"I think we were kind of fortunate to have all those home runs," Maddon said. "And then they bring in that lefty nobody has hit, Thielbar, so I'm pleased with that."
Center fielder Aaron Hicks provided something of a silver lining for the Twins, finishing with a career-high four hits, including two doubles and a triple, as he fell a homer short of Minnesota's first cycle since May 22, 2009.
In seven games since coming off the disabled list on July 2, Hicks has hit .400 (10-for-25) with three doubles, a triple and a homer. Hicks said he's just being more aggressive in his at-bats, covering the plate better and hitting balls solid, a welcome development considering the .190 average Hicks carried into Monday's game.
"I'm swinging the bat pretty good right now," Hicks said, "so I want to keep it going and help the team win more ballgames."
"He's a little more confident. Got some pitches and didn't miss them," added Gardenhire. "Earlier, he was missing those pitches or rolling over them or popping them up. But I think he's comfortable right now. Hopefully he'll continue. That's kind of what we saw in Spring Training. We'll see if he can kind of keep that pace going. That's nice to see."
It wasn't so nice to see the fourth-inning baserunning blunders that may have cost the Twins a few runs, however. Justin Morneau had just tied the game at 2 on a solo homer to lead off the fourth -- a blast that tied him with Bob Allison for fourth on the Twins' all-time home run list, with 211.
Trevor Plouffe singled to center off Rays starter Roberto Hernandez, and Oswaldo Arcia laced a base hit that pushed Plouffe to third. Right fielder Wil Myers threw to Evan Longoria at third base, and, as he tried to tag out Plouffe, Arcia lost sight of the ball and attempted to stretch his single into a double but was thrown out.
"Just got to make sure there's no outs there," Gardenhire said. "Could be a big inning."
It still could have been, as Chris Parmelee drove in Plouffe with a sacrifice fly to make it 3-2. Hicks then knocked a two-out single to center, only to be picked off at first by catcher Jose Molina. In all, the Twins went 4-for-4 with a homer and a sac fly in the inning, but managed only two runs thanks to their baserunning mistakes.
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http://mmajunkie.com A lightweight bout between UFC veteran Spencer Fisher (24-6 MMA, 9-5
UFC) and "The Ultimate Fighter 9" lightweight winner Ross Pearson (11-4
MMA, 3-1 UFC) now is official for UFC 127.
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) first reported the bout this past month, and UFC officials since have made it official.
UFC 127 takes place Feb. 27 at Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia, and the night's main card airs on pay-per-view (on Feb. 26 in the U.S. due to time difference).
Fisher vs. Pearson, though, is slated for the untelevised preliminary card.
After a three-fight win streak in the UFC, which included wins over
notables Caol Uno and Jeremy Stephens, Fisher dropped consecutive losses
to Joe Stevenson and Dennis Siver. But he then signed a new UFC deal
and got back in the win column with a unanimous-decision victory over
Kurt Warburton in October at UFC 120.
He looks for his fifth win in five fights when he meets Pearson, who
opened his UFC career with wins over Andre Winner, Aaron Riley and Siver
(which earned a "Fight of the Night" bonus). But in his most recent
bout, his four-fight win streak came to a halt with a submission loss to
Cole Miller.
The full UFC 127 card includes:
- Jon Fitch vs. B.J. Penn
- Michael Bisping vs. Jorge Rivera
- Dennis Siver vs. George Sotiropoulos
- Carlos Condit vs. Chris Lytle
- Chris Camozzi vs. Kyle Noke
- Spencer Fisher vs. Ross Pearson
- Alexander Gustafsson vs. James Te Huna
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How do we measure a day on Saturn?
The measurement of radio emissions from distant astronomical objects, and how they are affected by rotation, has long been used to provide very accurate measurements of the rotation period of those objects.
This 'rotational modulation' technique is particularly useful for measuring the 'days' of the giant gas planets, such as Jupiter and Saturn, which have no surfaces and are covered by clouds that make direct visual measurements impossible.
But data obtained by the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft, now orbiting Saturn, are already posing a puzzling question: How long is the day on Saturn?
Cassini-Huygens took readings of the natural radio signals from the planet, the rhythm of which is regarded as the most reliable day-length indicator.
The results give 10 hours, 45 minutes, 45 seconds (plus or minus 36 seconds) as the length of time it takes Saturn to complete each rotation.
The puzzle is that this is about six minutes, or one percent, longer than the rotational period measured by the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft during their fly-bys of the 1980s.
Cassini-Huygens scientists are not questioning the Voyager measurements, and they definitely do not think the planet has slowed down. They are looking for an explanation based on some variability in how the rotation deep inside Saturn drives the radio pulse.
The first hint of something strange about that type of measurement at Saturn was in 1997, when a researcher from Observatoire de Paris reported that Saturn's radio rotation period differed substantially from that seen by the Voyagers.
When scientists analysed radio data from Saturn collected by Cassini-Huygens this year, they agreed that the radio rotation period of Saturn is longer today than it was in 1980.
They did not think that there could be any process which would cause the rotation of the entire planet to actually slow down, so there has to be some kind of 'slippage' between the deep interior of the planet and the magnetic field, which controls the charged particles responsible for the radio emission.
This solution may be tied to the fact that Saturn's rotational axis is nearly identical to its magnetic axis. Jupiter, with a more substantial difference between its magnetic axis and its rotational axis, shows no comparable changes in its radio rotation period.
This result is very important as it shows that the idea of a rigidly rotating magnetic field is wrong. It suggests that the magnetic fields of gas giant planets may resemble that of the Sun.
The Sun's magnetic field does not rotate uniformly. Instead, its rotation period varies with latitude. These measurements could mean that the part of Saturn's magnetic field which controls the radio emissions has moved to higher latitudes, which move slower.
With Cassini in orbit around Saturn for four years or more, we will be in an excellent position to monitor long-term variations in the radio rotation period, as well as investigate the rotational period using other techniques.
The radio sounds of Saturn's rotation, which are also the first sounds from Saturn studied by Cassini-Huygens, are like a heartbeat and can be heard by clicking here. Listen
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Epic judgment doubled, Silicon Knights ordered to pay over $9 million
Silicon Knights has been ordered by a North Carolina federal judge to pay Epic Games over $9 million, essentially doubling the $4.5 million a jury awarded Epic in May after it was found Silicon Knights deliberately copied code from Unreal Engine 3.
US District Judge James C. Dever III added the $4.7 million to the case, which was originally brought against Epic when Silicon Knights alleged it had breached a licensing agreement for Unreal Engine 3, ordering the firm to pay Epic an additional $278,000 in costs, $2.1 million in attorneys' fees, and $2.3 million in prejudgment interest.
The $4.7 million is in addition to the $4.5 million awarded in damages by the jury for breach of contract, copyright infringement and misappropriation of trade secrets mentioned in Epic's counterclaims.
"Silicon Knights deliberately and repeatedly copied thousands of lines of Epic Games' copyrighted code, and then attempted to conceal its wrongdoing by removing Epic Games' copyright notices and by disguising Epic Games' copyrighted code as Silicon Knights' own," Judge Dever wrote.
Evidence shown in the court documents proved to the judge that Denis Dyack's firm "willfully" and "maliciously" tried to hide its theft by changing the variable names in engine's code. Lines of engine code can number in the millions, and Epic's attorneys went to "significant efforts" in order to reveal the "breadth and scope" of Silicon's "prolonged coverup."
Judge Dever said the evidence against Silicon Knights was "overwhelming," as its "copying" included not only the functional code contained within Unreal Engine 3, but also "non-functional, internal comments Epic Games' programmers had left for themselves."
"Silicon Knights even failed to remove or correct typographical errors Epic Games' programmers had made in those comments," Judge Dever added. He also denied Silicon Knights request to reduce the jury award.
Silicon Knights brought a case against Epic in 2005 after the firm paid $750,000 for the right to use Unreal Engine 3 for development on Too Human. Silicon claimed the engine didn't work properly, and that instead of Epic replacing the software with a working version or returning its licencing fees, Epic instead concentrated on its own game, Gears of War.
The firm also claimed Epic interfered with publishing contracts it had with Microsoft and SEGA.
Epic's countersuit stated that Silicon Knights used Unreal Engine 3 to develop games outside of the Too Human licensing agreement including: The Ritualist for SEGA – which was cancelled; X-Men: Destiny which was published through Activision, and unreleased games Siren in the Maelstrom and The Sandman.
Silicon Knights has also been ordered to recall and destroy every unsold copy of Too Human and X-Men: Destiny at its own expense.
You can read the entire court documents from the case here, paying specific attention to pages 19 and 47.


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Zynga wins Scramble With Friends lawsuit, but logo must change
Zynga has fended off Scrabble manufacturer Mattel over the name 'Scramble With Friends.' The name of the tile-based word app was said to veer too close to Mattel's board game, but a high court judge has ruled in favour of the social game company, although it must now change the game's logo.
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PopCap and EA announce upcoming DSi and DS titles
Looks like EA and Popcap are planning to release downloadable games on DSi.Popcap's Bookworm will land this month, and Bejeweled Twist in mid-October while Bookworm for DS will launch December 1 and Bejeweled Twist during Q1 of 2010.EA's Scrabble and Littlest Pet Shop are coming this fall, while MySims and Sudoku were released yesterday. Downtown […]
F-A-I-L: Scrabulous removed from Facebook
Facebook app Scrabulous is fighting the law: the law's winning. As a result of ongoing litigations with Scrabble IP-owner Hasbro, the Scrabble clone is no longer sitting pretty on the social networking site.Users who attempt to log into Scrabulous, instead of engaging in a rousing session of time-wasting fun, now receive a succinct message prompting […]
Hasbro sues over Scrabulous
Hasbro's announced the launch of legal action against the creators of Facebook's Scrabulous.The news comes after the firm request that the Scrabble-alike be removed from the networking site earlier this year fell on deaf ears: you can still play the game while managing your online popularity."Hasbro has an obligation to act appropriately against infringement of […]
Tetris, Sudoku and Scrabble lead EA onto iPhone
EA's just announced that it's opening games for the App Store – launching today – are Tetris, Sudoku and Scrabble.Astonishing. Press release after the link.
EA to release legit Facebook Scrabble
According to this AP story, EA will be releasing a "proper" version of Scrabble on Facebook, after making moves to close down the popular Scrabulous earlier this year.EA spokeswoman Trudy Muller said the video game maker's offering would be "an authorized, licensed Scrabble game experience that people familiar with Scrabble can instantly recognize as Scrabble."Apparently, […]
Hasbro is "embarrassment of riches", says EA
Speaking here, EA Hasbro Studio boss Chip Lange has backed up yesterday's partnership announcement with an interview about how simply wonderful the whole deal is. Chip's properly loving it.Hasbro's back catalogue is "unmatched by probably any other toy or game IP holder," he said. "Let's just put it this way: There are far more brands […]
EA confirms Monopoly and Scrabble
Looks as though the nuking of Scrabulous last month wasn't exactly coincidental. EA today confirmed Scrabble and Monopoly for multiple platforms as part of a sizeable deal with Hasbro. Did you know EA had a "Hasbro Studio"?"EA and Hasbro want to give families new ways to enjoy games; we want give them a new way […]
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Porn is probably the fastest-growing problem in the church. When speaking at my Sex, Men and God conferences, I have found that more than 50 percent of the men attending will admit to being addicted—not struggling with—to pornography.
What about your church staff? Many of your staff members were also raised sexually by Playboy, the Internet and our sex-saturated culture. We have to accept the reality that being in ministry doesn't make anyone immune to the porn problem. This problem is largely a male issue, but there is more research supporting the fact that there is a rising in number of Christian women who are also dabbling in pornography and social networks for inappropriate relationships.
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I know from personal experience what it's like to be trapped by porn and sex addiction. I have been free for over 24 years, and being free is much better.
There are several proactive things that you can do to minimize the threat of porn or other sexual issues, which will damage your ministry. Rarely does a month go by when a pastor or Christian leader is not sitting in my office with a porn or moral failure that could have possibly been prevented by having some of these strategies in place.
Porn blockers on all church computers are a good first step. You can have accountability software, which allows a designated person to receive a report on websites attempted or viewed by each staff person. You can also offer to pay for porn blockers on home computers to even further safeguard your staff.
Computers are not the only things that need a porn blocker anymore. Cellphones that have Internet access are virtual porn stores in your staff members' pockets. You can have the browsers disabled or have a porn blocker and accountability software installed for cellphones, too. My phone doesn't have Internet access because I just don't need or want the thought of having access to a porn store in my pocket 24/7.
We hear so much in the media about the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. The military has nothing on the church. We don't ask our singles, men or women in our congregation—and especially our staff—questions about their porn issues.
I would say man and woman up. Ask regularly if they are viewing porn. When you ask, you are giving them the opportunity for honesty. When you don't ask, this secret can grow into an affair or lawsuit for the church. So ask, and have women ask women as well, so that this porn issue isn't growing hooks into anyone on your staff.
Lastly, I have a radical idea. My clinical team and I voluntarily offer a guarantee that there is no secret sexual sin in our house, so that we can help any ministry. We agree to voluntarily take a polygraph to verify no porn or sex outside of marriage. So when you send a client to our office for a sex addiction problem, intimacy anorexia issues or marriage intensive counseling, you can be sure that the counselor is sexually clean.
As a leader, you can volunteer to do this, and you can ask others to do likewise. You can also tell future staff members who you want to hire that you want to verify their sexual purity. This will persuade those who want to continue in their sin to suddenly not feel "called" or "led" to be a part of your team. This practice has actually stopped several Christian male counselors from wanting to be on my staff.
Ultimately, your proactive approach can help those on your staff feel safe. This also helps your flock know that their leaders are taking a strategic stance against the devil's plan to destroy the ministry that they receive from your team.
Dr. Doug Weiss, Ph.D., is the executive director of Heart to Heart Counseling Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., and the author of Sex, God and Men (Charisma House). You may contact Dr. Weiss via his website, www.drdougweiss.com, by phone at 719-278-3708 or through email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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SLAS2017 Show Preview: Putting together a Capitol event
January 2017
Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS)
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Putting together a 'Capitol' event
SLAS2017 will bring a wealth of scientific and other programming to Washington, D.C., in February
"I think the agenda is particularly strong in practical applications of technologies that, while starting to mature, are still evolving significantly. For example, there are sessions relevant to phenotypic approaches in three tracks: Assay Development and Screening, Drug Target Strategies and Cellular Technologies; biophysical approaches come up in two tracks; genomic and genetic methods in several tracks," Vanderwall says. "Many of these talks go beyond the technology development, where leading scientists in the industry share experience and insight from applying the technologies in particular screens or studies. That's particularly useful when you're trying to bring a new approach in-house and apply it for drug discovery—the more you can learn from others the sooner you are able to leverage a new technology or methodology to do something useful."
"The Data and Analysis track is another where there are a number of sessions with practical applications, and where the sessions evolve significantly each year to align with the most significant challenges we face with managing and leveraging data," he adds. "At the end of the day, the advances in screening and automation result in an increase in both the volume and complexity of data being generated. Topics that deal with tools or approaches focused on workflows, ease of access, use and sharing data, specific aspects of collaboration can all be useful to getting more of your organization's data and technology investments."
For her part, Glicksman says, "I am particularly excited about the regenerative medicine symposium I have organized with [Dr. G. Sitta Sittampalam] because this is a rapidly advancing area in drug discovery. The 21st Century Cures Act that was just passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama has a new provision to fast-track developing new therapies in the regenerative medicine area."
She also points to a special session on research reproducibility that is co-chaired by Lenny Teytelman of Protocols.io and Cathy Tralau-Stewart of the University of California, San Francisco. "This is an area that has gathered a lot of attention both in academics and industry," Glicksman says. "I look forward to a good discussion around potential solutions in this session. Lastly, I always enjoy the exhibition hall; this is one of the largest and I enjoy looking for new technologies and shopping for new equipment."
And on that more general note, Vanderwall also expresses eagerness for the networking and the interplay between basic research, applied research and commercial technology that he says is a "standout" for the SLAS meetings.
"Few conferences provide for such a blend and interaction between those three interest groups and perspectives; I probably learn as much on the exhibition floor and in the mixers as I do in the presentations," he says. "I also look forward to the keynotes—there is always a great symmetry between a high profile speaker on a technical topic with ties to the SLAS community and domain, and another with more of a topical, general interest perspective. I always come away from the SLAS conference with a reading list and new connections to follow up with."
Steve Hamilton, the SLAS director of education, also points to the research reproducibility and regenerative medicine sessions as a particularly important and valuable part of the show for DDNews readers.
Hamilton also notes that SLAS2017 has some new features compared to last year, including new short courses on the topics of flow cytometry, mass spectrometry, data analytics for high-throughput screening and biomarkers. He also points to such "interesting" sessions as "Bioprinting and Multidimension Cellular Engineering," "Exploring the Dark Genome, "The Digital Dark Hole: Reusing Data," "Rational Screen Design," and "Assay Platforms for Biologics."
And speaking of biologics, Vanderwall notes that at SLAS2018, "we'll see an even greater presence of topics related to biologics with its own new track, and the growth of technologies related to single-cell and other high-definition technologies."
As for this year's event, he adds: "There are also new areas within some of the traditional tracks, like new genomic technologies and their impact in several tracks and increased presence of topics related to biologics."
Hamilton adds that in addition to the 2018 event adding a biologics drug discovery track, there will be two other new tracks as well next year, on chemical biology and high-definition biotechnology.
"The special combination of scientific programming, exhibition/new technology, and peer-to-peer networking that happens at SLAS is especially unique," sums up Tom Manning, the SLAS director of marketing communications. "In addition, the natural collaboration between product developers and product users, and between industry, academic and government researchers—and between all those groups and technology providers—is also unique to SLAS."
SLAS2017 Keynote Presenters
WASHINGTON, D.C.—As noted by Steve Hamilton, the SLAS director of education, among the many new aspects of SLAS2017—the sixth time that SLAS has put together the annual conference since it was formed from the merger of Society for Biomolecular Sciences and the Association for Laboratory Automation—this year's event will for the first time feature dual female keynote speakers: Jennifer Lippincott- Schwartz and Rachel Swaby.
Lippincott-Schwartz is group leader for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia Research Campus, where her research uses live-cell imaging approaches to analyze the spatio-temporal behavior and dynamic interactions of molecules and organelles in cells. Her group has pioneered the use of green fluorescent protein technology for quantitative analysis and modeling of intracellular protein traffic and organelle biogenesis in live cells and embryos, providing novel insights into cell compartmentalization, protein trafficking and organelle inheritance.
Most recently, her research has focused on the development and use of photoactivatable fluorescent proteins, including the development of photoactivated localization microscopy, (i.e., PALM), a super-resolution imaging technique that enables visualization of molecule distributions at high density at the nanoscale.
Her work has been recognized with election to the National Academy of Sciences and the National Institute of Medicine, and with the Royal Microscopy Society Pearse Prize and the Society of Histochemistry Feulgen Prize.
For her part, Swaby is a freelance writer and editor based in Brooklyn, N.Y. Her book Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science—and the World came out in 2015 to critical and popular acclaim. Swaby's work has also been published in Wired, Runner's World, The New Yorker, The Atlantic and others.
In her book she provides a 300-year history of scientific discovery, sharing the tenacity, perseverance and creativity of female scientists who challenged obstacles and advanced knowledge in the fields of medicine, biology, genetics, physics and more. "I want to share the impact that these women made," says Swaby. In sharing some of those stories with SLAS2017 attendees, she says, "I want to talk about the themes that have come out of the book, how outside interests matter, and how all of these things can be woven together to make your work stronger ... When you have someone with a flair for life like some of these women had, it's totally unforgettable."
What's on tap for the scientific program
WASHINGTON, D.C.—SLAS2017 offers attendees a world-class scientific program that showcases the top laboratory science and technology podium presentations from industry leaders around the world. Each podium presentation is hand-selected by the SLAS2017 Scientific Program Committee from hundreds of abstract submissions. According to SLAS, "Presentations offer SLAS2017 participants compelling content and new perspectives on emerging laboratory technologies from a broad range of industries, including drug discovery and development, informatics, clinical diagnostics, food and agricultural sciences, forensics and security sciences, petrochemicals and energy, and consumer products."
The SLAS2017 scientific program features seven educational tracks:
SLAS2017 presents 140 unique podium presentations in those seven educational tracks that in turn produce 36 sessions. Podium presentations are presented on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in both morning and afternoon sessions.
In addition, SLAS2017 will feature more than 350 poster presentations. Posters are displayed on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday morning with actual presentations taking place between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Monday or Tuesday.
Special programming at SLAS2017
Assay Guidance Workshop for High-Throughput Screening and Lead Discovery
Saturday, Feb. 4
8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
This full-day workshop will cover a broad range of critical concepts underlying assay development for high throughput screening (HTS) and lead discovery projects. Many of the methodologies successfully implemented in such projects have been "tribal knowledge" within the pharmaceutical industry and not readily found in a classroom or the literature. An increasing number of researchers are actively developing well validated assays for drug discovery that include phenotypic and biochemical assays for lead optimization. This workshop is designed to disseminate critical information about the implementation of robust assay methods and intended to benefit the entire drug discovery community. Many of the workshop instructors have 20 to 30 years of experience in the field of drug discovery.
The target audience is individuals involved in bioassay development for drug discovery and development, and this workshop is expected to be a valuable resource for academic, industrial and government laboratory scientists who are planning or beginning to develop test methods for high- or low-throughput screening that are amenable to automation using appropriate statistical and operational concepts. The workshop will also be useful for early career researchers and experienced investigators who wish to learn about the latest assay concepts for HTS and lead optimization.
Panel Discussion: Whose Responsibility is Research Reproducibility?
Tuesday, Feb. 7
3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Session chairs for this discussion are Lenny Teytelman of Protocols.io and Cathy Tralau-Stewart of the University of California, San Francisco.
There is a broad consensus among academic and industry researchers, funders, and other stakeholders that increasing reproducibility of published research is an important goal. However, questions of who should be responsible for validating research results are tricky; industry and academia naturally diverge in answering these. Moreover, specific proposals for improving reproducibility are frequently contentious with fears of unintended consequences for the research enterprise. The goal of this panel is to have a conversation with both industry and academic perspectives on this challenging issue.
Regenerative Medicine: Next Generation Treatments
Wednesday, Feb. 8
9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Providing a combination of institutional and corporate approaches to science, the session chairs for this offering are Dr. G. Sitta Sittampalam of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at the National Institutes of Health and Dr. Marcie Glicksman of ORIG3N Inc.
Regenerative medicine is having a big impact on the future of medicine. It has the potential to fully repair damaged cells, tissues and organs. Developments in stem cell technology, tissue engineering and molecular biology are pushing the frontiers of medicine by providing the possibility of cures through the use of cellular therapies. The next decade will see the rapid development of treatments that will employ human iPS cells, drugs and biologics as substrates for therapies in acute and chronic diseases. In this session, presentations will represent the recent advances in the generation, standardization, characterization and the mechanistic behavior of stem cells and their applications in regenerative medicine.
Presentations include:
SLAS2017 Awards
SLAS2017 will host and recognize several award winners from different aspects of the sciety's program and mission spectrum. A summary of awards appears below. Watch this page for additional information on the awards and application processes as they are announced.
Tony B. Academic Travel Award
Students, graduate students, post-doctoral associates, and junior faculty (less than four years in first academic appointment) are eligible to apply for this prestigious travel award. The applicant must be the primary author of a submitted abstract and must present their research in either a poster or podium presentation at the conference. Those selected receive complimentary travel, lodging and registration to participate in SLAS2017.
2017 SLAS Innovation Award
The SLAS Innovation Award is a $10,000 cash prize recognizing one exceptional podium presentation delivered at SLAS2017. This award recognizes exceedingly innovative science or research, and the potential for contributing to life sciences R&D technology.
SLAS New Product Award
All SLAS2017 exhibitors who will be presenting new products at the event are encouraged to participate in this competition. The product entry must be less than one year old in its current form (since the previous SLAS annual conference) to be considered.
Student Poster Competition
The SLAS Academic Poster Award recognizes the innovative research by students, graduate students, post-doctoral associates, and junior faculty (less than four years in first academic appointment) who are chosen to present a poster during SLAS2017.
About the exhibits
General Information
The SLAS2017 Exhibition will feature several hundred leading multinational providers of life-science discovery and technology products and services. The SLAS2017 Exhibition is structured to facilitate friendly, professional interaction among providers and product/technology users. This approach enables attendees to gain valuable insight into state-of-the-art technologies—and access to product developers and product experts—in a low-pressure, high-value environment, according to SLAS.
Highlights of the SLAS2017 Exhibition include:
SLAS2017 Exhibition Hours
Monday, Feb. 6
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
(Reception 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.)
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It's been an uneventful start to the week in trading among the main currencies. The USD posted narrow ranges against most other currencies. Stock markets in Asia extended last week's rebound on the coattails of Wall Street's rise following the U.S. jobs report on Friday. This backdrop helped the yen decline, though losses were modest. USD-JPY logged a peak of 102.65 before settling around 102.40, which is about 20 pips on Friday's London closing level. EUR-JPY was up by a similar magnitude at levels around 139.50 in pre-London trading. Data showed Japan's current account deficit hit a fresh monthly record of Y638.6 bln, driven by a surge in the import bill for foreign energy products due to the combined effect of yen weakness and the closure of nuclear power plants. AUD-USD drifted below Friday's low to 0.8927 as the Aussie corrected after the strong gains that were seen last week and ahead of a key data and event week in Australia. Moody' stated that there was no "imminent threat" its AAA rating of Australian sovereign debt.
The EUR has consolidated after jumping higher against the other majors following last Thursday's ECB unchanged policy announcement. The bigger picture technical picture has shifted to more neutral than bearish following the recovery above the 20- and 50-day moving averages, and the break above a six-week bearish trend line, though there reports of decent selling interest into 1.3650-60 and again into 1.3688-1.3700. Support comes in at 1.3595-1.3600, which encompasses the 20-day moving average. We still prefer selling into strength as we think focus will return to the possibility of the ECB taking further easing measures, possibly at its March meeting, while we expect the Fed, in contrast, to remain on its tapering course.
USD-JPY logged a 10-day peak of 102.65 before settling lower. EUR-JPY was up by a similar magnitude at levels around 139.50. Data showed Japan's current account deficit hit a fresh monthly record of Y638.6 bln, driven by a surge in the import bill for foreign energy products due to the combined effect of yen weakness and the closure of nuclear power plants. Bigger picture, the yen's recent advance has come to a halt as the risk-off theme takes a breather amid a show of positive corporate earnings and decent-enough U.S. payrolls data last week. Major USD-JPY support comes in at 100.00-100.36, the latter of which is the 200-day moving average. Resistance can be expected at 102.80-103.00.
Cable's technical picture remains tentatively bearish, despite the recovery above 1.6400, following the double rejection from forays above 1.6600 in late January and the subsequent breach (and continued hold below) of both the 20- and 50-day moving averages. We continue to target a return to the 1.6200-1.6220 area. Resistance is marked in the region of 1.6400-1.6440, which encompasses a cluster of former daily highs and lows, and the 50-day moving average.
EUR-CHF edged out a 10-day high of 1.2250 as the Swiss currency unwinds some of its safe haven premium. The cross had been flirting with 1.2200 amid the backdrop of risk aversion in global markets, though the steadying in stock markets has lent the cross some support. The Dec-17 cycle low of 1.2167 has now fallen out of scope. SNB-speak last week affirmed that a removal of the 1.20 limit would only be considered if inflation was much higher had little impact. We wouldn't advise speculative accounts to hold long CHF exposures below 1.2100 given the threat of SNB intervention ahead of 1.2000.
USD-CAD price action looks to be confirming the development of a topping formation. The recent run to a five-week peak of 1.1224 came with declining bullish momentum, which was a sign that the underlying trend was weakening. The breach and hold below of a series of consolidation lows in the 1.1030-1.1050 region (now resistance) strengthens the bearish case. The apparent head-and-shoulders pattern that was formed between late January and early February has projection target to 1.0800-1.0820. Key resistance is marked at 1.1100, ahead of 1.1175 and 1.1200.


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text: Variable stars are stars that change measurably in brightness. When you see stars in the night sky, they may seem to be the same night after night. But if you watch them closely, and over time, you'll see they may change quite a bit. In fact, at some level almost all stars are "variable". Even our Sun is a variable star!


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Hewlett-Packard is also bringing Android to the PC, and has unveiled a 21.5-inch all-in-one desktop installed with Google's operating system.
The device, called the HP Slate 21, was shown off at an HP event in Beijing. It's built with a high-definition IPS touch screen, and installed with Android 4.2.2, according to the company's official microblog in China.
HP could not immediately be reached for further comment.
Earlier this month Taiwanese PC maker Acer also showed off a 21.5-inch all-in-one installed with the OS at the Computex trade show in Taipei. Called the Acer N3-220, the desktop uses an 1.6GHz Nvidia Tegra 3 processor and will be available in September or October.
Increasingly, PC makers are experimenting with Android, given that Microsoft's Windows 8 devices have struggled to attract consumers, according to analysts. Google promotes Android as a free and open operating system, and many tech companies are already relying on the OS to build their smartphone and tablet products.
PC makers will come out with more Android devices, "But the question is what is it going to look like?" said Bryan Ma, an analyst with IDC. "Most of the good Android apps aren't really for the larger screens."
Others are taking a more hybrid approach. Both Asus and Samsung have this month unveiled tablet-laptop convertibles that can run both Windows and Android.


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From a young age, Mark Heefner had two passions – football and flying. During a family vacation to Canada, a 9-year-old Heefner was offered the yoke of a float plane. After feeling the power of flying for the first time, he never imagined doing anything else. As a successful high school football player, Heefner looked for a school that offered an aviation program and had a football team. He found his home at Fairmont State. Whether on the field as part of the Fighting Falcons or in the air at the Robert C. Byrd National Aerospace Education Center, he continued to soar, graduating from FSU in 2011. "Fairmont State gave me my first opportunity to fly since my experience a decade ago," Heefner said. "As a new graduate with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Aviation Administration/Professional Flight, my future is unwritten. But I know that wherever I am, I can be found at an airport; and whether in a plane or behind a desk, I know I will love what I'm doing."
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Girls and sons who have not been loved by their fathers seek attention once teens and adults to compensate for what they didn't have originally. Fathers either left them alone, or were distant most of the time and not encouraging them. Some even despised them which would shape their personality and the way they don't interact with others for the rest of their life.
They are extremist in everything they do, always looking exaggeratedly for attention, and have troubles adapting to society's rules, because they also have troubles defining their own identity and respecting authority and hierarchy.
Also, boys who got picked on by others during childhood and adolescence -often sons without a father figure- try to compensate by lifting weights, to develop muscles and survive in their male world. They re insecure because they re girly, childish, feminine having been raised by a single mom. They lift obsessively hoping it will transform them into men, to compensate for their lack of influence from a father figure that was not there. Unfortunately, they can get as big as they can it doesn't cure their insecurity and who they truly are, how they grew up being raised by a single mom. They are not as manly as other men whatever they do, and they often have a big lack of masculine presence they don't know how to balance, hence often being borderline homosexuals while trying to get their manhood back thru various manly activities (MMA, Cars, Weight Lifting, Etc). They are often the ones that, in order to get respect from other males will go the steroids route to get even "bigger" attempting to cure their insecurity , but being natural not being "enough", they still feel "too small", insecure, amongst other males. The lack of a father figure also often means they didn't have guidance to continue studies and are often working shitty manual jobs.
Atheists don't want kids cause they don't want to face their animality, and their mortality; so they abuse leisure to forget about death. You end with people in their 50s who are lonely and have no offsprings, no access to eternity. At this point needless to say, it s too late; so they can only become cynical and sarcastic about people who have kids. Its immaturity, they don't accept the fact they re just animals, they want to keep thinking they re unique, gods themselves, not just a seed among billions of other seeds of the same root. Atheists generate atheists, who after some time stop reproducing, only believers accept, embrace their animal condition and give it a meaning, while atheists are lost and abuse everything without finding any kind of solace in love, a love they cannot understand anymore.


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While first hired as builder, Maestra has demonstrated great interpersonal skills and as such should be your first port of call if you have any grievances on the MUD. She also is no stranger to RP and quite often runs RP instances and longer, more involved sessions. She is also one of the longest playing people on Awakened Worlds and is very knowledgeable about its ins-and-outs.
She can be contacted through the forums.
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Many of KC's fountains in need of repairs
Parks Department have money for maintenance, not fixes
Kansas City may be known as the City of Fountains, but the first lady of Kansas City's Parks and Recreation system said some of the city's best-known fountains are facing millions of dollars in needed repairs.
Anita Gorman said two fountains on the Country Club Plaza and the Firefighters Memorial Fountain near 31st and Washington streets are among those needing attention.
"Anything that runs all the time like that, well, that's wearing to them," she said.
Last year, voters approved a half-cent sales tax to give the Parks Department a steady stream of its own money for projects, including the fountain. Gorman said the money is for fountain maintenance and not repairs.
"So when a motor goes out in a fountain, there's no money to pay for it," she said.
Kansas City's Children's Fountain is another one that Gorman said she is concened about. Even though it sits about 50 yards away from the split between Highway 9 and North Oak Trafficway, it has been struck by cars quite a few times.
"We have been able to catch these drunk drivers and make their insurance companies pay for it, but we're not sure we'll always be able to do that," Gorman said.
The sculptures in the Children's Fountain have patrons, the sponsors that helped put them in place. Gorman said that may be necessary to keep more of the city's fountains flowing into the future.
She said if the city approves a budgeted $250,000 for fountain repairs, it may be more likely that private sponsors will be willing to sign up to help.
Kansas City has 48 major fountains and many other smaller ones. Gorman said she believes 75 percent of the big fountains need major work.


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Northern New England will see good snow late this week into the weekend while the Rockies and west coast take a break. This break won't last for long, though, as a new storm will bring lots of powder to some western locations into early next week. Find out the details in our regional summaries.
Joel Gratz is a Meteorologist and the creator of OpenSnow.com.