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A key feature of high throughput screening (HTS) efforts is automation. The NCGC is no stranger to automation, with two Kalypsys robots and a variety of automated components such as liquid handlers and so on. But while the screen itself is automated, the transitions between subsequent steps are not. Thus, after a screen is complete, I will be notified that the data is located in some directory. I'll then load up the data, process it and end up with a set of compounds for followup. I'd then send the list of compounds to be plated which would then be screened in a follow up assay.
In a number of situations, this approach is unavoidable as the data processing stage requires human intervention (plate corrections, switching controls, etc.). But in some situations, we can automate the whole process – primary screen, automated analysis & compound selection and secondary screen. Given that most screens at NCGC are dose response screens, we can refine an automated pipeline by processing individual plate series (i.e. a collection of plates representing a titration series) rather than waiting for all the plates to be completed. Another important point to note is that the different steps being considered here take different times. Thus screening a plate series might take 15 minutes, processing the resultant data and making selections would take 3 minutes and performing the secondary screen might take 10 minutes. Clearly the three steps have to proceed in the given order – but we don't necessarily want to wait for each preceding step to be complete. In other words, we need the steps to proceed asynchronously, yet maintain temporal ordering.
One approach to automating such a process is the use of a message queue (MQ). The fundamental idea behind a MQ is that one creates a queue on some machine and then starts one or more processes (likely on some other machines) to send messages to the queue. These messages can then be retrieved by one or more listener processes. MQ systems provide a number of useful features beyond the core functionality of storing and distributing messages – these include message persistence, security policy, routing, batching and so on.
In our case, when a plate series is screened, the robot sends a message to the queue. Some process will be listening to the queue and when it sees a message, pulls it of the queue and processes the data from the screen for that plate series. Once processing is complete, the process sends another message to the queue (or another queue) from which yet another process (this one running on another robot) can pull it off and start the secondary screen on the selected compounds. Thus, as soon as a plate series is finished in the primary screen, we can start the processing and follow up, while the next plate series gets started. A message queue approach is also useful since messages can remain on the queue until the appropriate listener pulls them of for processing. A good queue system will ensure that such messages are delivered reliably and don't get lost.
The diagram below highlights this approach. The solid lines represent the traditional workflow. Given that we'd manually process the screening data, we'd wait till all plate series are run. The dashed lines represent a message based workflow, in which we can process each plate series independently.
In the next few posts I'll describe such a message queue based workflow that I've been working on these past few days. Currently it's specific to a screen that we're going to be running. The infrastructure is written in Java and makes use of Oracle Advanced Queue (AQ) to provide message queues and the facilities for receiving and sending message. I'll describe a minimal implementation that makes use of Java Messaging Services (JMS) and the standard JMS message types and then follow on with an example using a custom message type that maps to a Oracle user defined type, allowing for more "object oriented" messages.


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Hi guys. This thread is about Japanese Groceries. What are you favourites? What Japanese food have you been dissapointed in? What do you want to buy soon?
Here's my list:
Kewpie Mayo
S&B Mild Curry / Hokkaido Corn Cream Stew
Okonomiyaki flour and sauce / Yakisoba Sauce (plus aonori, red ginger, katsuobushi etc.)
Instant Miso Soup and Dashi
Sushi rice plus nori, vinegar, wasabi etc.
Pokka Coffee/Royal Milk Tea/Calpis
Furikake (especially wasabi flavour)
Morinaga Pancake Mix (guilty pleasure!)
Ramen noodles, I think they're quite yummy and they taste authentic (unlike the UK variants) however they are so salty they make me feel sleepy and bloated afterwards :(
Pocky, most overrated snack
Collon (too sweet)
Instant Purin (creme caramel)
Things I want to buy but never have:
Azuki bean paste
Mochi ice cream
Aburaage (tofu pouches)
Japanese Sweets that are actually delicious.
I *think* that's everything! I have spent FAR too much money in the Japan Centre!
What does everyone else love/hate?
My most recent favorite find was furitake - I was not so impressed with the wasabi flavor. I like ones that have seaweed, sesame seeds & bonito flakes (so do my cats!) I saw someone write about sukiyaki flavored furitake, but have yet to find that one.
I don't know what they are called but I have found a sweet ginger flavored cracker/cookie - oh my goodness they are addicting!! They sell them at Trader Joes, but I found them at the asian food store for a lot less.
I love medium grain white rice - no more long grain for me! I like nori a lot, but I bought individual packets that got soggy even though they were not opened - I will stick with the larger sheets or furitake (that gives me my nori fix)
Love, love, love mochi, but it is not readily available and what I find in stores tends to be "procesed" (not like what I have gotten in Hawaii) and the type I get here tends to taste more like marshmallows - I don't know, but I have found a recipe and I am going to make my own fresh mochi soon! It doesn't look difficult at all, but I could be wrong.
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I agree with pocky being over rated. I think it actually tastes really artificial.
One of my favourite things is sukiyaki sauce, so good. I usually buy the kikkoman make. I love furikake too.
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My favorites would include rice crackers (the ones with the sweet soy covering). My kids like an pan man crackers but I can't seem to get them anymore at either store around me. Sweet rice, both brown and polished and the quality of rice in general at a Japanese grocery would keep me coming back. Also the quality of fish and produce are great especially some of the more obscure produce such as lychee, burdock, eggplants, and radish which tend to be more expensive and stale in regular groceries. Ponzu sauce, soba noodles and the broth, real wasabi (and wasabi peas) and obscure teas are my favorites as well.
Disappointments: I seem to be in agreement with fellow posters that Pocky is over rated, as well that the ramen cups are way too salty. Most japanes sweets don't excite me very much. I'm not much for the roasted barley tea either.
I'd like to try more miso types and some of the salad dressings that are soy and ginger based. There are probably many others but I need to go back and refresh my memory.
jskidmoreca - Marshmallow mochi doesn't sound too good. :\ Aww, I'm sorry about your soggy nori, were they away from the kitchen? Maybe steam got inside them? Good luck with making mochi, I might tackle it some day!
MinamiTanaka - I don't understand the fascination with Pocky! Maybe it's because it's in anime a lot? Hmmm.
Vosotros - I'm ashamed to say I rarely buy fresh produce from my Japanese shop. :| I assumed that sushi rice is all roughly the same quality, is it worth buying a Japanese brand?
Thanks for your interesting repliesssss. :)
Hm... I like Pocky, but i agree it is overated. I like Yan Yan, mostly for the frosting. :X And those kusagi(sp?) gummies, i've always found those yummy. I havn't been able to try much except for what I can find at World Market...I don't know where an asian/japanese market is around here...I think there is one... Somewhere. u_u; I'd like to get the right kind of rice for onigiri. I've made them with long grain and it comes out good (they just fall apart a bit easier) and that's probably one of my favorite things I've eaten so far.
I'd like to eat some made by someone from Japan though. It'd be much better. XD
Instant ramen is ok if you are poor and in college...but I want real ramen! Pho isn't japanese or really ramen, but you can get it at several restaurants here and it's very good! <3
Oh, and I like the ramune soda...even though it's just really sugar sprite-like soda. XD
Yum yum bento yum yum!
__xrachel - I can't believe I found a fellow natto lover! I'm having natto in my bento today for lunch. I love it with wasabi and soy sauce over rice.
Soba noodles are wonderful, but I've never perfected the dipping sauce for them.
Miso soup goes without mention, right?
Kabocha squash is my favorite winter squash and I'll settle for nothing else (okay, maybe delicata or carnival).
I found a container of individually wrapped packets of mushroom-flavored nori, which I loved, but eventually they went stale. I guess the airtight container and individual wrapping wasn't enough.
Aburaage is great, but I have to rinse it first, it's too sweet out of the can. I have also found it challenging to use them all in different ways - I love inarisushi but can only eat so much of it.
Miso. I usually buy mild, light miso.
As far as sweets, Kasugai Lychee chews are yummy, and Botan rice candy. Also, I adore Kuri-iri Dorayaki, "baked red bean cake" - basically pancakes stuffed with sweet red beans.
Brit-chan - You can buy those gummies from the Japan Centre website but the p+p is quite expensive. :\ I always imagine Japanese food to be tastier if it's cooked by a Japanese person! Same with Indian food, haha. I've never heard of Pho before, but the pictures on Google look very similar to ramen, I guess it is a good substitute. :)
annenayne - Woo, natto is brilliant, you have to love the gooey strings. I once made the mistake of trying to heat it in the microwave, it burnt and the house STUNK for hours! :| I've never had dorayaki before, I think I will make it some day... I have azuki beans in the cupboard that are waiting to be used. However, I always imagine it to be quite dry, is that the case?
Essential: White miso paste, good-quality sushi rice, mirin, Japanese soy sauce, cooking sake, umeboshi, nori, kewpie mayo, black sesame furikake
Currently in my pantry: Okonomiyaki sauce, yakitori sauce, noodle sauce, udon noodles, furikake (nori & egg, salmon, perilla, aonori, black sesame), Pocky, lychee jelly
Underwhelmed by: Tarako spaghetti, bonito (I know, I know, love Japanese food but don't like bonito?!)
I would love to get more but I'm trying to be more eco-conscious and cut down on my food miles and on processed food. I find with the basic stash, I can make just about anything I want.
I like anything with red bean paste in it, and I quite like glutinous rice. We're kind of limeted here on what we can get hold of. Pocky are nice, but their are nicer things and their very expensive. I have recently convinved my dad to invest in a bottle of sake which has improved the flavour of alot of things greatly (he still won't get mirin but I'm not far off 18 so sake and sherry will do for now). I am currently trying to get hold of some miso and dashi.
By the way. Does anyone know where I can get Japanese groceries in Yorkshire?
I have no Japanese groccery stores from where i live.
It's very hard to even find one. :( If I found one, I would be in heaven!!!
I have no Japanese groccery stores from where i live.
It's very hard to even find one. :( If I found one, I would be in heaven!!!
Same here. I know of one that is about 30-40 minutes away, but I'll admit, when I went there the first time it was so...scary looking, I didn't even go in. I haven't been back, but I guess I should get over it and give it a try.
I do like Pocky, but I wouldn't say it's my favorite snack. I have some "instant" miso soup packets that I got online and I really like those.
__xrachel - Give it up for natto! I had some for lunch last week and left the bowl in my office overnight - BIG MISTAKE! I have never made dorayaki. I've only had it packaged, and it was never dry.
annenayne - :D Oh, no, stinky office! I'm thinking I'll make dorayaki this weekend, hopefully the azuki bean paste will turn out okay.
Oooh, I'm looking forward to hearing about it. Will you share the recipe if it works out?
I'm fortunate enough to live in Los Angeles with a few decent Japanese groceries nearby. (The big Marukai in Gardena is my favorite.) A lot of good stuff already listed, so I'll just add some of my favorites. :)
- Goma sauce (awesome for dipping or salad dressing )
- Usukuchi shoyu (the lighter colored soy sauce that I hope I'm spelling correctly :)
- yuzu juice and freeze dried yuzu rind (my local store actually had some fresh yuzu in stock last week....... for $8 a piece)
- those little multi grain mix-in rice packs
- semi-brown rice ( haigamai )
- mochi ice cream
- jfc brand gyoza (no msg for when I don't have time to make my own )
- Koshihikari Echigo beer
- ponzu
- those awful little elise brand matcha flavored cookies. they're kind of terrible tasting but i still love them for no good reason
- frozen udon noodles
- trader joe's rice crackers. the ones in the zip top bag. OMG
- Bunashimeji mushrooms. Excellent in mushroom rice.
- Dessert Pocky. Pocky is normally overrated, but this particular type is awesome.
- japanese sweet potato
I'm also fortunate in that one of the local stores sells artisan tofu made locally. It's pretty expensive, but oh man, if you love tofu and ever find any, definitely give it a try.
I'm with you on the local Japanese grocery. Here in Portland, I love Anzen Market. They sell some great local tofu that is comparable in price to pre-packaged, and even sell already crumbled for a very chep price - I assume it's "extras" from the tofu people.
I second that natto comment! I really didn't have a taste for it at first, matter of fact it didn't appeal to me whatsoever. I never did understand where people say it smells like smelly feet though. I've had numerous brands (and now it is a staple here for me) and all just taste like burnt coffee beans to me and have an odd smell, but it's not offputting to me at all.. LOL.
Let's see, what I love:
- Fried fruit/veggie chips (they have taro and jackfruit in them, something I can't find elsewhere)
- Natto
- Miso (in all forms, paste, soup, etc)
- Nori + hijiki
- Ramune sodas!!!
- Pocky, Kasugai gummies, Koala March cookies pretty.much.anything.in.the.snack.aisle
- "Sweet steamed bread" I don't really know the name of these but they sure are good! I first started my search for them after seeing Shaolin Soccer for the first time, lol.
- Daifuku
- Tofu dango
- Kewpie mayo
- Sake, mirin, any of the rice cooking wines as well
- umeboshi
I've yet to try the jellies of any sort. I saw a box of jellies the other day in there, egg custard flavored but am scared to try them. Not sure how they will taste.. Any thoughts?
I can never find umeboshi, excpet at Whole Foods, where they're ridiculously expensive. I keep meaning to order some but never quite get around to it.
I am shocked...shocked..! some of you like natto. :o I guess I underestimated you all!
(I also agree about Pocky and similar chocolate-cookie type snacks being very overrated. I'll have to make a list of Japanese snacks I do like someday, though I have a few posts up about ones I like on Just Hungry: kakipea, Meiji Chelsea candy (though this one I like as much for the package design as the taste). Also 100 Japanese Foods To Try.)
The Big Onigiri.
- Wherever you go, there you are. -
__xrachel: Pho is a Vietnamese noodle-soup dish (hee, from my country!). It's actually pretty good, generally eaten with either beef or chicken (or both :P), a bunch of herbs and onion, chilli sauce and lime juice. Oh and fried batter sticks, which I don't particularly like. It's usually referred to as 'morning noodles', though my mother used to make it for the whole family for sunday lunch when I was younger (she doesn't really bother anymore, since there are only 2 of us now). I wouldn't say pho is much of a ramen substitute, since there is a pretty big difference imo between noodles made of rice flour and wheat flour. Besides, when eating pho, the stuff you add to it is pretty specific, you don't tend to add any random toppings you like to it (don't know why actually), so it's not very flexible to use.
I have never tried natto or dorayaki but I would really like to, both sound really interesting ^_^ I do agree about Pocky being overrated, but I like nevertheless, especially the blueberry ones XD
Japanese groceries... well there is a small chain of stores around here called 'Kuchnie Swiata' (World Cuisine) and they sell some basic Japanese groceries, however they are murderously expensive and I think I only ever bought one item in there (Pop Tarts, haha). My father owns an 'Asian House' shop, and supposedly carries one of the best selections of asian foods around here, so occasionally I pinch some stuff off him. It's pretty decent however he doesn't have any furikake or katsuobushi (>.< I need to talk to him about that) or any miso, and the only Japanese snack available is wasabi peas. There's other stuff I wish he had too, but I can't list it off the top of my head. I do however rummage around all the shelves every time I come to the store for any new finds. Even if I do though, I can't pinch too much off him, because my mother has a pride issue and likes to show him that we don't need his help, so I have to pay, and his prices are murderously expensive too! Geez, he could at least give his own daughter a discount. *grumbles*
I get my furikake and Pocky when I go back to Vietnam :P
"A common way to tell if it is well cooked is to throw the sausage onto a hard surface; if it bounces, the sausage is good."
We shocked Maki! Natto, Maki! (Hahaha, I punned.)
I almost bought a box of Chelsea butterscotch the other day, but I passed. I don't eat much candy. The packaging really is adorable, though.
I forgot to mention:
Nori Maki Arare (rice crackers wrapped in nori)
Individual packets of crispy nori snacks
And I know this is Thai, not Japanese, but I can't live without sweet chili sauce (like the Mae Ploy brand).
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By Jacob Morgan on July 5, 2011
A few weeks ago at Enterprise 2.0, I had the privilege of meeting Karthik Chakkarapani from the American Hospital Association who actually presented at the conference. I, unfortunately, was not able to attend but I did have several conversations with Karthik who sent me his presentation, which I think is just great! Karthik walked through […]
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Rubber & Fumes created the honorable mentions category specifically to mention significant automotive videos, pictures, cars and events that deserve a place somewhere in Rubber & Fumes. One of the first mentions that immediately come to mind was the short film by Claude Lelouch titled "Rendezvous".
Some of you may have already heard about the film but for many of us this is something of an urban legend. The eight-minute drive through Paris in the wee hours of the morning (approximately 5:30 am) has forever become engrained in car culture history and many attempts to copy or repeat it have been made. The sounds of a high-revving engine, gear changes and screeching tires all seem to be coming from a Ferrari 275 GTB according to urban myth. The film was shot in a single take by a gyro-stabilizing camera mounted on the front bumper. The short film was due to the camera being limited to only carrying 1000 ft of 35mm film or 8 minutes worth.
Urban legend has it that upon the film's release, it was not known who the driver was. Rumors circulated that it was an F1 driver, a taxi driver, or Claude Lelouch himself. Perhaps the biggest rumor surrounding the film however was that Claude Lelouch was arrested upon the first screening due to the illegal nature of the film. None of these rumors can ever be confirmed nor denied. Just enjoy the Film!


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I have health insurance through my employer currently, but times are tough for the company. I've heard that they might drop the plan. Will I be able to buy health insurance on my own? I've also heard that even if health reform still goes on and employers are forced to offer a plan, companies will just pay the penalty and drop it anyway. If that happens, what will I do to find a plan that I can afford?
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Dear Okay for Today but Worried for Tomorrow,
The answer to both of your questions is yes, you will be able to buy health insurance on your own if your employer drops its plan. This is true whether your employer drops your plan this year, or in 2014, when employers may be required to offer a plan.
In 2012, your options for buying a plan on your own – also called "individual" or "non-group" plans – are fairly limited but they are there. If you or your family members have any health problems, try to get onto a new plan within 63 days of when your old plan ends. If you go more than 63 days, then your new plan can refuse to pay for your existing health issues. I suggest that you visit Healthcare.gov and the Maine Bureau of Insurance's consumer brochures for more information about your options.
In 2014, if health reform survives the Supreme Court case, you may have more options for buying coverage on your own. There will be health insurance "exchanges" where buyers and sellers will transact. Since health reform will require almost everyone to have health insurance, there may be a more robust market for individual plans.
As you point out, employers can just pay a penalty and drop their health plans. Indeed, the penalty costs less than health insurance coverage. Time will tell what employers do, but surveys of employers show that only one in 10 plans to take this route.


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Pitched Yi-Jian Ngo at his request via AngelList. As part of our due diligence we do some checking on portfolio companies to see if there is a conflict. One last step is to ask outright if they have a portfolio company that could be a conflict. During our pitch Yi-Jian Ngo assured us they had no conflicting investments.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Decorative flourishes normally reserved for high-end restaurants can make healthy foods seem more appealing anywhere, researchers say.
They tested the same meals presented differently to diners in a fine restaurant, and the foods seemed to taste better to participants when arranged in a creative pattern.
"I'm very happy that chefs are now looking at things like this, because people eat out more and more, so to have chefs being aware that what they do may have a long lasting effect on people's food choices is a good thing," lead study author Debra Zellner told Reuters Health.
Zellner is a researcher and professor in the psychology department at Montclair State University in New Jersey.
In previous studies, she's found that people were "turned on" by neatness and balance in the plating of food, but she wanted to see if stepping up the presentation to a professional level would make a difference, so she contacted the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, to invite them to collaborate.
"Chefs have all these ideas of what they should be doing and how they should be doing it - and they believe it matters to the consumer - but there's no data," Zellner said. "So, they were really interested in doing something."
A total of 91 diners were recruited to the Culinary Institute of America restaurant to eat a meal on one of two nights. There were 35 men and 56 women ranging in age from 20 to 74. The participants had a variety of occupations, but none worked in kitchens.
"There were all sorts of people, it was really a nice sample," Zellner said.
The diners were all served the same foods each night - sauteed chicken breast, brown rice pilaf and string beans with almonds, but the meal was plated two different ways. One night, the meals were the traditional way - with the sautéed chicken and sauce on the bottom half of the plate, rice pilaf in a mound in one upper quadrant and the green beans in the other upper quadrant.
Participants who arrived on the other night were served a fancier version of the meal, with the three foods in a spiraling pattern with the sauce drizzled around the perimeter of the plate.
On both nights, the participants filled out questionnaires before and after the meals, rated the foods for appearance and likeability, and were offered the chance to leave any open-ended comments.
The participants who received the more attractive presentation rated their liking for the foods overall as higher than those served the traditional meals, Zellner's team reports in the journal Appetite.
"We found that participants rated the two platings differently in attractiveness, but they didn't rate them differently for neatness," Zellner said. "This was crucial because of what we had found previously. The two presentations were equally neat and equally balanced."
When asked about the specific foods, the participants who were served the attractively plated meals gave higher ratings to the chicken and the brown rice, but there was no difference in rating for the green beans.
The brown rice pilaf garnered the most open-ended comments, with many more positive than negative.
Zellner said the results were encouraging, because the Culinary Institute of America is interested in promoting healthy food.
"Trying to get people to eat brown rice, as opposed to white rice, is a struggle sometimes," she said, "So it's encouraging that if presented in a very attractive way, you might get people to eat things they normally wouldn't, and that are actually healthy."
Lauren Graf, a clinical dietitian at Montefiore Medical Center in New York, was not involved in the study but wasn't surprised that the level of attractiveness and amount of care that went into food preparation influenced people's perception of flavor.
One reason the food may have been perceived as tasting better is because it came from a more expensive restaurant, she noted.
Graf said that people can improve the appearance of foods at home, too.
"You don't need to spend a ton of money on something to get it to look or taste good at home," she said. "Foods can look nice in an economical way - and can make you feel like it's fancier than it really is."
"Whoever is making dinner that night can take the time to plate it out, arrange the vegetables in a nice fashion and use nice plates," she said. Parsley can be used as a garnish or fresh herbs can be added to foods to make them prettier, she added.
Turning on just the right type of music could also help, according to the authors of another study published in the same issue of the journal.
"Earlier research has highlighted the influences of specific musical components such as tempo, volume, and pitch on eating and shopping behaviors, but little has been known about the effect of music genre on food perception and acceptability," Han-Seok Seo told Reuters Health in an email.
Seo, a researcher and professor in the Department of Food Science at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, led the study examining the impact of background music on perceptions of taste.
Seo and his team rearranged one music piece (Air on the G string) into four different genres: classical, jazz, hip-hop and rock. Each version was arranged as a solo performance and with multiple performers.
A total of 99 study participants were seated in individual sensory booths and given headphones. Each participant listened to either the solo performances or the group performances of all four genres of music.
At 45 seconds into each song, the participants were presented with either chocolate or bell pepper and asked to rate the flavor and intensity of the food from 0 (extremely unpleasant or weak) to 15 (extremely pleasant) or strong.
Participants liked both foods more while listening to the jazz version when compared to the hip-hop. Classical music didn't change the participants' impressions at all.
Seo suggests that food manufacturers and foodservice professionals could apply his results.
For example, "Based on current findings, chocolate companies may integrate their chocolate products with jazz-like musical pieces to magnify consumers' acceptability for the chocolates," he said.
SOURCE: http://bit.ly/OWUXzt and http://bit.ly/1n7daG0 Appetite, online February 12, 2014.


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Attorney General Hood Warns Mississippians of Recent Lottery Scams
Attorney General Jim Hood is warning Mississippi residents to be cautious of phoney phone marketers promising lottery winnings or bogus checks in the mail claiming you've been selected as a grand prize winner.
This particular scam, referred to as the lottery scam, can surface via phone, mail or email. The standard con includes a claim that you have won something fairly significant. The mail version of this scam may even include a check with a legitimate business name printed on it. Many times, these checks will even contain a real routing number in order to try and initially fool the banking system, giving the appearance that the check is legitimate when in fact it will later bounce.
"Lottery scams are reported to our office just about every day," said Attorney General Jim Hood. "Cons will send out these checks hoping to convince the consumer into believing that they are getting a significant amount of money if they just cover a small amount of taxes or fees in return. We have even had reports that these crooks claim I am going to deliver the winnings personally. Although I liked Ed McMahon, I will not be delivering checks to people's homes."
Attorney General Hood advises that the best approach to these schemes is to ignore them. If you have not entered into a lottery or sweepstakes, then it is unlikely you have won one.
The Attorney General offers some basic tips to help keep you from becoming a victim of lottery or other similar scams:
- You cannot win a legitimate lottery if you have not entered it. In almost all cases you must purchase a ticket to enter a legitimate lottery. If someone tells you that you've won a prize or contest you don't remember entering, it's probably a scam.
- You never have to pay to collect winnings from a legitimate lottery. You pay taxes AFTER you receive the winnings.
- If you hold a winning lottery ticket, you notify the lottery (they do not notify you; not by email, not by phone, not by mail).
- It is illegal under U.S. federal law to play ANY foreign lottery from the United States. Many other countries have similar laws.
Anyone who suspects they have been a victim of this scam or any other, should contact the Consumer Protection Division of the Attorney General's Office at 1-800-281-4418 or 601-359-4230. Visit www.agjimhood.com for more information.


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Last May, 24-year-old Charlie Kimball was in Car #35, taking Turn 3 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during the Firestone Freedom 100. He was in radio contact with his pit crew, who informed him that he had a headwind coming out of the turn and onto the 5/8 mile "straight." Charlie kept an eye on the car next to him, moving closer and beginning to crowd it on the inside. Having raced professionally for six years, he knew that he had to make a move, and soon. He shifted into sixth gear and accelerated.
Charlie looked at the digital readouts on his steering wheel, which showed his speed to be 193.7 miles per hour. The water temperature and oil pressure indicators were normal. Then Charlie glanced at another screen mounted on the steering wheel, this one with an even more important digital readout: his blood sugar level, transmitted from a DexCom continuous glucose monitor.
Charlie is the only professional racecar driver with type 1 diabetes. And car #35, with its 450 horsepower V8 engine and its paint emblazoned with the word "Levemir," is the first racing machine sponsored by an insulin manufacturer (Novo Nordisk).
The glucose readout was 153, so Charlie was good to go. But in the event that his glucose became too low, he could sip orange juice through a straw in his helmet. "I've never gotten to the point where my vision and concentration have been affected," he says, quickly adding, "Whether I'm on the track or just driving in my personal car, this is all still new. Maybe I'm kind of paranoid, but I'm just very conscious about it."
It was only two years ago that Charlie was in Europe, having become the first American to win a F3 Euro series race. But he had been losing weight, couldn't concentrate, and was always thirsty. After he made a number of mistakes behind the wheel, both Charlie and his crew became concerned. He went for a physical, and the diagnosis was type 1 diabetes. For the next six months, Charlie focused on dealing with the disease and figuring out how to keep racing cars. He was required to meet with race officials, along with a team of doctors, and make the case that he had control of the diabetes. In the end, though, he was given an OK.
On the same day that Charlie was driving in Indianapolis, a six-year-old boy was riding in the back seat as his father drove their pickup truck through downtown North Platte, Nebraska. Suddenly, he saw his dad slump over in the seat. Although they had just finished dinner at a restaurant, his father was having a low blood sugar. The boy leaped onto his dad's lap and steered the truck until a local policeman was able to run alongside and stop the vehicle. The community later honored both the son and the police officer as "local heroes," while the father learned a scary lesson about checking his blood sugar before putting his truck into gear.
Most people with diabetes aren't going to drive 190 miles an hour, and it is highly unlikely that their blood sugar levels are displayed on their dashboard. But like Charlie, they need to pay attention not only to changes in traffic, but also to changes in glucose levels. When it comes to diabetes and driving, the single most important point is this: Test blood sugar before turning on the ignition.
A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (August 2008) concluded that people with type 1 diabetes may have hypoglycemic unawareness, making them unable to realize when their blood sugar levels are low. If they don't test before driving, this inability to sense a low can create a very dangerous situation.
Driving and diabetes is an issue that has been studied, legislated, and debated for years. Every state's Department of Motor Vehicles has guidelines and directives for drivers with diabetes. (The ADA lists the rules for your state on its website, www.diabetes.org.)
Many states have a question like this on their license renewal forms: "Do you have a medical condition that may impact your ability to safely operate a motor vehicle?" A lot of people with diabetes automatically mark "Yes." But according to the Diabetes Coalition of California (associated with the American Diabetes Association, or ADA), these people may have misinterpreted the question. According to the Coalition website, the DMV is not asking whether or not a person has diabetes. Instead, it is asking if their diabetes affects their ability to drive safely. By answering, "Yes," individuals are indicating that their diabetes negatively affect their ability to drive. "Yes" would be appropriate, for example, if they experience severe episodes of hypoglycemia or have health issues related to diabetes, such as vision problems, that impair their ability to drive safely. By answering "No," they are simply declaring that diabetes does not impair their ability to safely operate a motor vehicle because they take preventive steps to avoid hypoglycemia. In other words, their diabetes is managed safely.
If the DMV receives a "Yes" answer, it may ask for a medical examination by a doctor, who must then report on whether the individual is able to safely operate a motor vehicle. However, Sandra Carter, a driver safety manager with the California DMV, says that a "Yes" answer isn't necessarily a "No" to driving. "Although a 'Yes' answer to the medical condition question on the driver's license application often will result in an inquiry by the DMV Driver Safety Branch," she notes, "it will not necessarily result in an administrative action against the individual's driving privilege."
California takes diabetes and driving a step further. Consider this: Anyone brought into a California emergency room with "a disorder characterized by lapses of consciousness" must be immediately reported to the DMV, even if he was not operating a motor vehicle at the time of the incident. He may be required to provide medical and vision tests. If he has diabetes and the DMV concludes that he doesn't have adequate control of the disease, he may be put on medical probation. In some instances, his license may be revoked.
It was fortunate that no one was injured when the father in Nebraska lost consciousness. Unfortunately, however, there are still too many stories about fatalities and injuries caused by people with diabetes whose blood sugar dropped too low. When such drivers appear before a judge, it is common for the victim's family to suggest that diabetic drivers should be required to have a special license plate.
In fact, this variation on the Scarlet Letter is actually an option in Mississippi. The state offers a license plate with the words "Defeat Diabetes," intended to alert both police and emergency personnel to the presence of a driver with diabetes if the car is being operated erratically. Also available is a Mississippi driver's license with a blue star along the bottom, indicating that the driver has diabetes. The ADA, however, prefers to focus its efforts on training law enforcement officers to recognize diabetic emergencies and to know how to respond. The ADA also urges states to assess people with diabetes on an individual basis when it comes to driving privileges.
And Charlie Kimball?
Unfortunately, the driver who was alongside Charlie hit Charlie's right front wheel with his left rear wheel, sending both of them into a spin. Car #35 made it into the pit lane with a bent steering arm, but Charlie's day was done at Indy. Right now his crew is at work preparing the Levemir car for Firestone Freedom 100 competitions in Kentucky, Ohio, California, Illinois, and, finally, Florida in October. In every race, Charlie will have his glucose meter along for the ride.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's "Driving When You have Diabetes" brochure


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Indie Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction, and Fantasy Reviewers
Posted by Caroline Cryonic in book blogs, book reviewers, ebooks, epublishing, fantasy, independent publishers, indie, indie ebooks, science fiction, self-publishing, small-press, speculative fiction on October 3, 2011
Indie SF Reviewers
Adarna SF
Group speculative fiction blog with a focus on books from independent publishers and self-published authors. Reviews ebooks only. Happy to review horror as long as there is an SF/F element. Formerly known as Frida Fantastic. Cross-posts to Goodreads, Amazon, and Smashwords.
Android Dreamer
Reviews fantasy, science fiction, and a little horror.
Books are Better
Reviews fantasy books but sometimes will review sci-fi. Does not review urban fantasy, romance, or horror. Reviews ebooks only. Cross-posts to Amazon and Goodreads.
The Canary Review
Group book blog that reviews a number of genres, but covers speculative fiction about 70% of the time. Will review indies. Reviewers seem to especially like urban fantasy and space opera.
Fantasy Book Critic
Primarily reviews fantasy books that are legacy-published, but reviews some indie titles.
Fantasy Cookie
Reviews legacy-published and indie titles. Both fantasy and science fiction for all age-levels accepted. Prefers .pdfs, or paperbacks sent to Canada.
The Future Fire Reviews
Reviews indie speculative fiction, with a focus on social, political, and feminist themes. They have several reviewers, with their own preferences on receiving a paper or ebook copy. They run a magazine that is currently closed to story and article submissions, but their review blog is very much open to book submissions. Read their guidelines carefully. Yes, you send your fiction book submission to the non-fiction editor for the magazine, as the same person is the reviews editor for the blog.
Gods and Men
A fantasy blog by indie author W. Brondt Kamffer. His blog has a mix of content including indie ebook reviews. Reviews epic/high fantasy only. You can read his book submission guidelines under the contact page. Cross-posts to Goodreads and Amazon.
Noor A. Jahangir – Official Blog
Noor is an indie fantasy author, and his blog has a mix of content including indie ebook reviews. Reviews mostly fantasy but will review sci-fi. Cross-posts to Goodreads, Amazon.co.uk, Smashwords, and Guardian books.
Review Haven: Fantasy and Sci-Fi
Reviews science fiction and fantasy. The blog reviews a variety of SF/F media but is indie-friendly. Books need to be available as hard copies and mailed to the UK. Cross-posts to Library Thing/Amazon.com/Amazon.uk/etc.
The Scattering
Reviews all speculative fiction: science fiction, fantasy, and more. Not accepting books for review at the moment.
Science Fiction Addiction
Reviews science fiction indie ebooks. Has a strong focus on sci-fi, but will review other speculative fiction. Cross-posts to Goodreads.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Reviews
Reviews all speculative fiction, both legacy-published and indies. Very indie friendly.
Sift Book Reviews
Group blog that reviews indie science fiction and fantasy. Has clear information about what each reviewer likes. Also reviews paranormal romance. Cross-posts to Goodreads.
Stuff What I Wrote
Reviews science fiction and fantasy. The blog is new, but Richard (the reviewer) has written several reviews for sfbook.com.
Syria Says
Reviews indie genre fiction with a high proportion of speculative fiction, particularly fantasy.
Two Ends of The Pen
A book review and indie blog run by two science fiction writers. Reviews a high proportion of science fiction.
Worlds in Ink
South African based book blogger. Reviews science fiction, fantasy, horror, and thrillers.
General Indie Book Sites of Interest
Simon Royle's Indie Book Reviewer List
A great list of indie book reviewers that accept self-published work and update on a weekly basis. Reviewers can be searched by genre.
The Indie Book Blog Database
Lists book bloggers who will review indie. Reviewers can be searched by genre. If you click science fiction or fantasy, you'll get a lot of blogs that don't review indie SF as a rule, but as an exception. I found it hard to search through, which is why I started this Indie SF Reviewers list.
Indie Book Reviewer
Directory of book bloggers who will review indie. Reviewers can be searched by genre with some details about their review policies. The way bloggers are categorized by genre (IMHO) is more precise than over at The Indie Book Blog Database.
Indie eBook Hall of Fame
Lists ebooks that have been reviewed by at least three independent bloggers.
Independent Literary Awards
Independent Literary Awards are given to books that have been recommended and voted on by independent literary bloggers.
Indie Horror Reviewers of Interest
The Monster Librarian
Resource for horror fiction. Reviews many horror fiction and paranormal titles, including self-published and indie work.
Note: If you are looking for paranormal romance (which this list does not cover), this is a great site to start: Indie Paranormal Book Reviews


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If Cybex loses its appeal of a recent $66 million product liability suit, it could mean bankruptcy for the company.
"The ultimate outcome of this product liability case is virtually impossible to handicap at this point," writes Reed Anderson, a research analyst with DA Davison & Co., a full-service investment firm that provides brokerage and investment banking services. "However, if the judgment stood, it would likely bankrupt the company, in our view."
Last month, a jury handed down a $66 million verdict in the case Barnhard v. Cybex International Inc. Cybex was found 75 percent liable while Amherst Orthopedic Physical Therapy PC was found 20 percent liable and the plaintiff, Natalie M. Barnhard, was found 5 percent liable. Under New York law, Cybex would be responsible for 95 percent of the verdict but may collect 20 percent of the verdict from Amherst Orthopedic.
Barnhard was rendered a quadriplegic after a Cybex 4106 ZR Classic leg extension machine at Amherst Orthopedic Physical Therapy fell on her as she leaned on the machine to stretch her shoulder, according to her lawyers, Kevin English and Michael Law, partners with Phillips Lytle in Buffalo, NY. Barnard, who was a physical therapy assistant, was working with a client on a nearby machine at the time. It took four people to pull the machine off of Barnhard, she recounts on her website.
Cybex, Medway, MA, says it will appeal the verdict.
"We think we have a strong basis on appealing," says Art Hicks, president and COO. "There were some critical errors in the trial and pretrial. We are very confident in our appeal."
Hicks says that Cybex's operation is doing "great."
"This won't affect us," he says of the verdict. "One way or another, this will be able to be handled."
James H. Moss, an attorney specializing in recreation law and the editor of Outdoor Recreation & Fitness Law Review, echoes Anderson's concern, though, saying that the verdict could mean bankruptcy for Cybex.
"No one has that amount of insurance," he says.
Cybex has $4 million in insurance coverage that can be used in this case.
Anderson writes, "The nearly $6 million in EBITDA that we've been modeling for FY10 would not be sufficient to cover regular operating expenses as well as the additional $45 million of estimated borrowings needed to pay the judgment."
DA Davidson lowered its rating on Cybex from neutral to underperform because of the uncertainty about the impact of the judgment on the company.
"Future litigation losses could have a material adverse effect on the company's business prospects, liquidity, financial condition and cash flows," Anderson writes, adding that many of Cybex's competitors have strong name recognition and more extensive financial and other resources.
However, Anderson writes that his company still believes that Cybex's underlying fitness business has a well-regarded product offering and respectable position in the marketplace.
Moss says that the $66 million verdict is excessive, considering the normal range for product liability cases is $5 million to $15 million, but the care that a quadriplegic needs throughout life is so large that many families soon look for someone to cover the costs.
Hicks expressed hope that this verdict would be won on appeal.
"These fairly outrageous verdicts are normally overturned," he says.


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I am not very regular visitor of ThinkTank @ PDF but i think the challenge we as a nation is facing right now is severe shortage of electricity. I have thought a lot about this crisis and i am amazed that how nobody is talking about it in govt. sector very vocally?
This crisis is now banking on our export and industrial sector very badly and if we do take drastic measure then only God know where our industry and agriculture will go?
I have started this poll to take your decesion and opion on this issue. I think we must debate here extensivly.
The Poll looks long, but as i said earlier it is a complex issue and have many dimensions so the options are multiple choice. So, What you guys think, What to do? say in next 5-10 years.
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Amane Gobena of Ethiopia used a fast early pace and a late charge to win the women's race in the 29th annual ASICS L.A. Marathon on Sunday morning.
Gobena won the 26-mile, 385-yard race, which started at Dodger Stadium and finished in Santa Monica along the Pacific Ocean, a few blocks from the pier, in 2 hours, 27 minutes, 37 seconds.
Gobena, running without the bib number given to her, was awarded $75,000, including $50,000 for taking the gender challenge by 41 seconds. The elite women received a 17:41 head start on the elite men.
Gobena, 31, and fellow Ethiopian Tigist Tufa pushed the early pace and wound up the only two fighting for the lead with 6 miles to go. Gobena then broke away going up a slight ascent along San Vicente Boulevard after the 21-mile mark. She kept looking back after making the break, but Tufa had nothing for her. The 33-year-old finished 28 seconds behind Gobena, in 2:28:04.
Lauren Kleppin of Mammoth Lakes finished third in a 2:28:48, a personal best by more than 13 minutes. It was the second marathon she has run.


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Health tax hike raises concern
February 07, 2014
Times Argus Online
MONTPELIER — A Shumlin administration proposal to double the tax on health care claims will add significant costs to businesses and individuals already struggling to pay for health care, opponents of the plan told the House tax-writing committee Wednesday.
Meanwhile, members of the House Ways and Means Committee signaled they will seek alternative ways to plug holes in health care budgets.
Laura Soares, president and CEO of the Vermont School Boards Insurance Trust, told the committee that Vermont schools are facing a $1.9 million additional burden in health care costs if Gov. Peter Shumlin's proposal to double the health care claims tax — from 0.8 percent to 1.6 percent — is approved.
"That's a $1.9 million increase that would be borne by schools, and therefore the property tax," she said.
Consumers are currently footing the bill for the 0.8 percent tax on all processed health insurance claims. The tax bills are sent to insurance companies, but they recoup the costs by building the expense into insurance premiums.
The Shumlin administration is proposing doubling the tax for the second year in a row to raise an additional $14 million in fiscal 2015. Last year lawmakers rejected the proposal.
The revenue generated by the tax is funneled into the Health Care Resources Fund, a massive trust fund that pays for much of the state's health care spending. Administration officials say the fund has a $14 million shortfall.
The fund, of which only a fraction is supported by the health care claims tax, covers the state's Medicaid program, state-level premium subsidies for Vermont Health Connect insurance plans, operating costs of the health exchange beginning in 2015, and other programs run by the Department of Vermont Health Access.
Kevin Goddard, vice president of external affairs for insurer Blue Cross Blue Shield, asked the committee "to consider the assessment in the context of its implications on business and individuals who purchase insurance."
He said fees and assessments associated with health care reform, mostly at the federal level, have already combined to add about 4 percent to insurance premiums for 2015. Shumlin's proposed doubling of the health claims tax would add another $8 million to $9 million onto BCBS customers, he said.
"It's worth noting, I think, that generally what happens when we take out increases to our customers and members is they struggle to afford health care costs," Goddard said. "They generally respond by looking for products that are less expensive."
Those products, according to Goddard, are typically high-deductible plans that have lower premiums but increased out-of-pocket costs.
Shumlin's proposal would raise the tax beginning July 1 to coincide with the start of the 2015 fiscal year. Insurance rates have already been set for 2014, however, Goddard said. That means BCBS and other insurers would have to absorb the cost until rates are set for 2015, he said.
A doubling of the tax, along with other reform-related costs, would add nearly 5 percent to premiums in 2015, according to Goddard.
"What many folks are seeing is the expense side but not yet the benefit," he said of health care reform efforts at the state and federal levels.
MVP Health Care, which has fewer Vermont customers than BCBS, would see a $1 million impact if the tax were doubled, according to Susan Gretkowski, the company's senior government affairs strategist. She said the tax essentially charges those with private insurance to help plug holes in the budget for Medicaid.
"It's just another cost shift. It's actually increasing the cost shift," she said.
Businesses are opposed to doubling the tax, too, said Betsy Bishop, president of the Vermont Chamber of Commerce. She said a key tenet of health care reform is cost containment but that Shumlin's proposal is adding more costs for consumers.
"This type of proposal doesn't help us get to keeping those costs low at all," Bishop said. "Increasing health care costs to decrease health care costs just doesn't make any kind of common sense to us."
Rep. Carolyn Branagan, a Georgia Republican and the committee's vice chairwoman, told those who testified Wednesday the committee will consider other revenue sources.
"We do have some other plans in the works that may or may not pan out. Yeah, we hear you," Branagan said.
After the hearing, Branagan declined to discuss the other options under consideration but said the committee will review them in the next few weeks.
"None of them are attractive," she said. "Vermonters are pretty well taxed out. The thing is, this health care thing is a plan that many of our constituents want, so we have to look out there and see how we could pay for it. As far as specifics of where that money could come from, I'm not really prepared to give them to you because none of them are really fleshed out."
Shumlin administration officials said Wednesday that lawmakers would have to propose their own plan to raise the needed money if they again reject the administration's proposal.
neal.goswami @rutlandherald.com


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One of the biggest question marks surrounding the Havelock Rams prior to the season has turned into one of its most lethal weapons � the right arm of junior quarterback Travis Sabdo.
One of the biggest question marks surrounding the Havelock Rams prior to the season has turned into one of its most lethal weapons � the right arm of junior quarterback Travis Sabdo.
After losing Shrine Bowl Offensive MVP and 3A state championship game MVP Pharoh Cooper to graduation, many had no clue what to expect from Sabdo in 2013. Yet, all he has done is lead the Rams right back to where they were this time a year ago.
Sabdo has passed for 2,467 yards and has tallied 36 touchdowns to just five interceptions, and he�s excelled in the playoffs. During the Rams� playoff run, Sabdo is 40-for-48 for 768 yards and 12 touchdowns, with no interceptions. That�s a completion percentage of 83 percent.
�We�re not a one-man team in any way,� Sabdo said after helping lead Havelock to a 44-20 victory over Eastern Wayne in the eastern regional title game. �We all want that one common goal of a third-straight state championship.�
Havelock coach Jim Bob Bryant, a former quarterback himself at Guilford College, says he is proud of and impressed by Sabdo.
�Travis has done what we asked him to do all year, which is take care of the ball,� Bryant said. �He wins. He has never lost a game of high school football, JV or varsity, in three years.�
If Sabdo�s right arm is the gun, then he has an arsenal of bullets that would make Rambo jealous.
Wide receivers Micheal Bowman (50 catches for 939 yards and 11 TDs), Kyran Bowman (22 grabs for 514 yards and eight scores) and Matthew Boykin (37 catches for 628 yards and 13 TDs) are his three favorite targets.
Throw in senior running backs Derrell Scott (1,939 rushing yards and 22 TDs) and Taylor Woods (1,002 yards with 14 scores) and the Ram offense is one that seems impossible to defend.
Jordan Honeycutt is a reporter for the Sun Journal.


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The Ions and Isotopes of Enceladus
Cassini Flyby of Saturn Moon to Offer Insight into Solar System History
|This image was taken during Cassini's close approach to Enceladus on July 14, 2005, with the narrow angle camera from a distance of approximately 103,230 kilometers (64,140 miles) at a Sun-Enceladus-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 50 degrees.
Credit: CICLOPS
NASA's Cassini spacecraft is scheduled to fly within 16 miles of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Oct. 9 and measure molecules in its space environment that could give insight into the history of the solar system.
"This encounter will potentially have far-reaching implications for understanding how the solar system was formed and how it evolved," said professor Tamas Gombosi, chair of the University of Michigan Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences. Gombosi is the interdisciplinary scientist for magnetosphere and plasma science on the Cassini mission. His role is to coordinate studies that involve multiple plasma instruments on the spacecraft.
Enceladus is Saturn's sixth-largest moon, orbiting within the planet's outermost ring. It is approximately 313 miles in diameter.
In this flyby, Cassini will be close enough to Enceladus to identify individual molecules in the moon's space environment, including ions and isotopes. An ion is a charged particle, or a version of an element that has lost or gained negatively charged electrons. An isotope is a version of an element that has in its nucleus the typical protons for that element, but a different number of neutrons, thus exhibiting a different atomic weight.
|In this false-color image of Saturn's moon Enceladus, taken by a camera aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft, geysers of ice particles, water vapor and trace organic compounds can be seen spewing from the moon's southern polar region.
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
The atoms around Enceladus are expected to hold clues to the past because they come from interior regions that have changed little since the moon was formed. Geysers near the moon's south pole spew water and other molecules from the satellite's interior. Because of Enceladus' weak gravity and low atmospheric pressure, the water and gas molecules waft off to space.
The encounter will contribute to scientists' understanding of how particles become charged and energized in Saturn's magnetosphere. Also, when Cassini identifies the different isotopes in the space around the moon, it will help scientists discern the temperatures at various stages in Enceladus' formation eons ago.
Cassini discovered the geysers on Enceladus in 2005. Scientists believe that there could be a liquid ocean beneath the moon's surface. They also detected organic molecules at the moon in March. Organic molecules have carbon-hydrogen bonds, and are found in living organisms, and in comets.
"The mission as a whole is expected to bring central pieces of the solar system evolution puzzle into place," Gombosi said. "This encounter is expected to provide some of those puzzle pieces."
|This three-image mosaic is the highest resolution view yet obtained of Enceladus' north polar region. The view looks southward over cratered plains from high above the north pole of Enceladus.
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
This will be Cassini's fifth encounter with Enceladus. A sixth encounter, during which it will approach within 122 miles of the moon, is scheduled for Oct. 31. Four more flybys are planned in the next two years of Cassini's extended mission, the Cassini Equinox Mission.
The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft was launched in 1997 and reached Saturn to study the planet and its moons in 2004. It is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter was designed, developed and assembled at JPL.
Gombosi is also the Rollin M. Gerstacker Professor of Engineering, and a professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering.
Related Web Sites
Astrobiology Roadmap Goal 1: Habitable Planets
A Brief Enceladus Shower
The Little Bang
Our Mixed-Up Solar System
Ocean on Enceladus May Be Short Lived


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[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Snoop Dogg[/lastfm] is easily one of the most versatile hip hop artists of the 21st Century.
His ability to collaborate with just about any artist from any genre has given him a platform to diversify his sound and his audience in a way that has made him the superstar he is today.
And Doggumentary his 11th studio album is no exception. Snoop Dogg delivers old school '90s hip hop with a fresh and updated sound that works for today's audience while remaining true to a genre he had a hand in cultivating. Check out our review and come back tomorrow to watch Snoop Dogg's Live on Letterman exclusive concert (5pm PT/8pm ET) right here!
Doggumentary is your typical Snoop Dogg album, chock full of collaborations with some of the biggest names in music including [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]T-Pain[/lastfm], [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]R. Kelly[/lastfm], [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Kanye West[/lastfm], [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]John Legend[/lastfm] and the original toker, [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Willie Nelson[/lastfm], just to name a few.
As expected, Snoop Dogg holds his own on the tracks where he's rapping, but he really shines in the unconventional collaborations that he manages to pull off. J
ust like in "California Gurls" his track with Katy Perry, Snoop manages to know what people want in terms of thinking outside of the box and a perfect example of this is his track with Willie Nelson.
Perhaps, "Boom" is a better example of Snoop doing what he does best, working with auto-tune master T-Pain on a track that samples 1980s hit "Situation" by [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Yazoo[/lastfm]. You'll be hearing this track in clubs and likely all over radio, it's catchy, it's fun and most of all it has that throwback sound from a perfectly selected sample.
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