ScienceDaily (Dec. 3, 2012) ? NASA's Cassini spacecraft has been traveling the Saturnian system in a set of inclined, or tilted, orbits that give mission scientists a vertigo-inducing view of Saturn's polar regions. This perspective has yielded images of roiling storm clouds and a swirling vortex at the center of Saturn's famed north polar hexagon.
These phenomena mimic what Cassini found at Saturn's south pole a number of years ago. Cassini has also seen storms circling Saturn's north pole in the past, but only in infrared wavelengths because the north pole was in darkness. But, with the change of the Saturnian seasons, the sun has begun to creep over the planet's north pole.
This particular set of raw, unprocessed images was taken on Nov. 27, 2012, from a distance of about 250,000 miles (400,000 kilometers) from Saturn.
More raw images are available at http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/raw/index.cfm .
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the Cassini-Huygens mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging team is based at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo.
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34 ASPB members elected to 2012 class of AAAS FellowsPublic release date: 3-Dec-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Kathy R. Munkvold kmunkvold@aspb.org 301-296-0914 American Society of Plant Biologists
Plant biologists honored for advancing science
ROCKVILLE, MD Thirty-four members of the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) were elected to the 2012 class of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellows. This year's class includes ASPB members from academic, independent, and government research institutions in the United States and abroad. Each year the AAAS Council elects fellows based on their contributions to science and technology in the areas of research; teaching; technology; services to professional societies; administration in academe, industry, and government; and communicating and interpreting science to the public. Fellows are defined as AAAS members "whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications are scientifically or socially distinguished."
New Fellows will be honored with a certificate and a blue and gold rosette to symbolize their distinguished achievements at the AAAS Annual Meeting, Fellows Forum on February 16, 2012 in Boston, Massachusetts.
The following ASPB members have been named AAAS Fellows:
Section on Agriculture, Food, and Renewable Resources:
Richard M. Bostock University of California, Davis
Edward S. Buckler Cornell University; USDA-ARS
John James Finer The Ohio State University
Avtar Krishan Handa Purdue University
Maria J. Harrison Cornell University; Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research
Karen E. Koch University of Florida
Cathie Martin John Innes Centre
Melvin J. Oliver USDA-ARS; University of Missouri-Columbia
Michael Karl Udvardi Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
Jonathan D. Walton Michigan State University
Section on Biological Sciences:
Paul G. Ahlquist University of Wisconsin-Madison
Gynheung An Kyung Hee University, South Korea
Susan H. Brawley University of Maine
Thomas P. Brutnell Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Nicholas C. Carpita Purdue University
Luca Comai University of California, Davis
Xing Wang Deng Yale University
Joseph R. Ecker Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Jonathan Gershenzon Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany
Beverley R. Green University of British Columbia, Canada
Georg Jander Cornell University; Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research
Alan M. Jones University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Daniel F. Klessig, Cornell University; Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research
Elena M. Kramer Harvard University
Sheng Luan University of California, Berkeley
Blake C. Meyers University of Delaware
Joseph P. Noel Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Eran Pichersky University of Michigan
Danny J. Schnell University of Massachusetts Amherst
Jane Silverthorne National Science Foundation
Keiko U. Torii University of Washington
Geoffrey O. Wasteneys University of British Columbia, Canada
Ruth Welti Kansas State University
Shuqun Zhang University of Missouri-Columbia
The entire list of 2012 AAAS fellows can be found on the AAAS website: http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2012/1130fellows_2012.shtml
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ASPB is a professional scientific society, headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, devoted to the advancement of the plant sciences worldwide. With a membership of some 4500 plant scientists from throughout the United States and more than 50 other nations, the Society publishes two of the most widely cited plant science journals: The Plant Cell and Plant Physiology. For more information about ASPB, please visit http://www.aspb.org/. Also follow ASPB on Facebook at facebook.com/myASPB and on Twitter @ASPB.
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34 ASPB members elected to 2012 class of AAAS FellowsPublic release date: 3-Dec-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Kathy R. Munkvold kmunkvold@aspb.org 301-296-0914 American Society of Plant Biologists
Plant biologists honored for advancing science
ROCKVILLE, MD Thirty-four members of the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) were elected to the 2012 class of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellows. This year's class includes ASPB members from academic, independent, and government research institutions in the United States and abroad. Each year the AAAS Council elects fellows based on their contributions to science and technology in the areas of research; teaching; technology; services to professional societies; administration in academe, industry, and government; and communicating and interpreting science to the public. Fellows are defined as AAAS members "whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications are scientifically or socially distinguished."
New Fellows will be honored with a certificate and a blue and gold rosette to symbolize their distinguished achievements at the AAAS Annual Meeting, Fellows Forum on February 16, 2012 in Boston, Massachusetts.
The following ASPB members have been named AAAS Fellows:
Section on Agriculture, Food, and Renewable Resources:
Richard M. Bostock University of California, Davis
Edward S. Buckler Cornell University; USDA-ARS
John James Finer The Ohio State University
Avtar Krishan Handa Purdue University
Maria J. Harrison Cornell University; Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research
Karen E. Koch University of Florida
Cathie Martin John Innes Centre
Melvin J. Oliver USDA-ARS; University of Missouri-Columbia
Michael Karl Udvardi Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
Jonathan D. Walton Michigan State University
Section on Biological Sciences:
Paul G. Ahlquist University of Wisconsin-Madison
Gynheung An Kyung Hee University, South Korea
Susan H. Brawley University of Maine
Thomas P. Brutnell Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Nicholas C. Carpita Purdue University
Luca Comai University of California, Davis
Xing Wang Deng Yale University
Joseph R. Ecker Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Jonathan Gershenzon Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany
Beverley R. Green University of British Columbia, Canada
Georg Jander Cornell University; Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research
Alan M. Jones University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Daniel F. Klessig, Cornell University; Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research
Elena M. Kramer Harvard University
Sheng Luan University of California, Berkeley
Blake C. Meyers University of Delaware
Joseph P. Noel Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Eran Pichersky University of Michigan
Danny J. Schnell University of Massachusetts Amherst
Jane Silverthorne National Science Foundation
Keiko U. Torii University of Washington
Geoffrey O. Wasteneys University of British Columbia, Canada
Ruth Welti Kansas State University
Shuqun Zhang University of Missouri-Columbia
The entire list of 2012 AAAS fellows can be found on the AAAS website: http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2012/1130fellows_2012.shtml
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ASPB is a professional scientific society, headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, devoted to the advancement of the plant sciences worldwide. With a membership of some 4500 plant scientists from throughout the United States and more than 50 other nations, the Society publishes two of the most widely cited plant science journals: The Plant Cell and Plant Physiology. For more information about ASPB, please visit http://www.aspb.org/. Also follow ASPB on Facebook at facebook.com/myASPB and on Twitter @ASPB.
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NEW YORK (AP) ? Notre Dame ends the regular season as the No. 1 team in The Associated Press college football for the first time since 1988, the last championship season for the Fighting Irish.
The Irish (12-0) completed their regular season last week and will play No. 2 Alabama in the BCS championship game in Miami on Jan. 7. Notre Dame is a unanimous No. 1 for the second straight week.
The Tide holds its spot in the rankings after beating Georgia 32-28 in the Southeastern Conference title game.
Ohio State (12-0), which is banned from the postseason because of NCAA sanctions, moves up a spot to No. 3. Florida is No. 4, Oregon is fifth and Georgia fell to sixth.
Northern Illinois jumped to No. 16 after beating Kent State for the Mid-American Conference title. Kent State dropped seven spots to No. 25.
Louisville, the Big East champion, moved back into the rankings at No. 22.
No. 24 San Jose State is ranked for the first time since Nov. 24, 1975.
Texas and Oklahoma State dropped out of the rankings.
Republicans don't need to counter President Obama's proposal to avert the fiscal cliff with a formal plan of their own, according to Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., the deputy majority whip in the House of Representatives.
"I don't think we need to put a formal proposal out on the table," Cole said on the "This Week" roundtable Sunday. "The Speaker has already said that revenue is on the table. We have an idea of how to get there in terms of not raising rates but finding another way through the tax code and reform."
"Beyond that we'll see how negotiations go," added Cole, who broke ranks with his party last week by calling for immediately extending middle class tax cuts scheduled to expire at the end of the year.
(More from Sunday's show HERE)
Former Romney campaign senior adviser Dan Senor disagreed with Cole, saying that Republicans do need to present a formal proposal on avoiding the fiscal cliff.
"I do think Republican leadership at some point here needs to put forth publicly its plan," Senor said.
Cole called the White House proposal, which was presented by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to Congressional leaders last week, more of a "Christmas wish list" than a serious plan.
(Read a transcript of George's interview with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner HERE.)
"I'd like to thank the President and Tim Geithner for reuniting and re-energizing the Republican Caucus," Cole said. "That offer, they must think John Boehner is Santa Claus because that's a Christmas wish list not a real proposal."
The proposal, which reportedly included $1.6 trillion in tax revenue, entitlement savings to be worked out next year, an end to debt ceiling votes, and stimulus spending, was soundly rejected by Republican legislators.
Geithner said earlier on 'This Week' that the ball is in now the court of Congressional Republicans.
Cole reiterated his willingness to work with Democrats on that issue - at least initially - in an effort to "strengthen" the Republicans' negotiating position on the remaining tax cuts.
"I actually do believe that we should take things where we do agree with the president, and we do agree on this, and take things off the table one at a time. And this would, actually I think, strengthen our position in the course of negotiations," Cole said.
Extending tax cuts for 98 percent of Americans is a "victory not a loss," he added later.
Senor said that Republicans don't want to see the country go over the fiscal cliff, but President Obama's proposal may only serve to "poison the environment" in his second term, not lead the way to a deal on the fiscal cliff.
"I do think the President has gone way too far out to the left," Senor said.
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The new year brings new resolutions ? and employees want a raise in 2013.
According to a survey released today by Glassdoor, 32 percent of?workers surveyed are focused on getting a raise and 24 percent want to work on their leadership and management skills.?
?As employment confidence gradually improves, it?s no surprise to see employees looking to wrest back control over their own destiny, which is why we see their focus on more money, a new job or a fresh commitment to their on-the-job performance,? said?Rusty Rueff, Glassdoor's career expert.?
Aside from this, 23 percent of workers said they're looking for a new job for the new year and two percent admitted to wanting to get their boss fired as their top goal. ?
Here are some other findings from the study:
21 percent want to improve their performance/rating by their supervisor.
16 percent?want to attend more work-related training.
13 percent want to take/use all of their vacation days earned.
Nine percent want to socialize more with work colleagues.
The survey included responses from more than 2,050 U.S. adult workers.
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