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Buick Riviera / Invicta concepts
SHANGHAI -- General Motors Corp. will unveil a new pair of concept cars in its Chevrolet and Buick lines at this month's Shanghai Auto Show, GM China said Monday.
In this handout photo provided by General Motors, commuter Jerome Kleckly disembarks a new Chevrolet Uplander taxi van using the vehicle's ramp outside Grand Central Station in New York, Thursday, March 29, 2007. [AP]
The cars will be among 40 vehicles the company and its Chinese joint venture partners plan to display as GM increasingly looks to China to offset sluggish sales and crippling legacy costs elsewhere.
GM said the concept cars include the latest version of the Chevrolet Volt, the company's extended-range electric passenger vehicle which was introduced in January at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
It said the Buick model was developed at GM's design and engineering center in Shanghai and would point to "possible future directions for the brand worldwide."
GM opened its first factory in China in 1998 and now operates seven joint ventures and two wholly owned foreign enterprises in the country. Along with five vehicle factories and one engine plant, the company has also launched an auto financing venture and a chain of dealerships.
Its China sales last year rose 32 percent to 876,747 vehicles, with joint venture Shanghai General Motors Corp. becoming China's top-selling domestic automaker with 365,400 vehicles sold.
GM said it also plans to display minivans and compact cars produced by its SAIC-GM-Wuling joint venture set up in 2005. Wuling's vehicles have become a mainstay of the company's China business, accounting for more than half of GM's total sales in China last year.
GM said models from the company's German Opel brand, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and Saab will also be featured at the show, which runs April 22-28.
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Buick Riviera Concept: New Images of the Chinese designed prototype emerge | Carscoops
#3 · Nov 11, 2007 (Edited)
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Shanghai: Buick Riviera Concept - LeftLaneNews
Shanghai Auto Show: Buick Riviera Concept officially unveiled (autoblog.com)
Buick Riviera Concept, which was developed in China, will be presented at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show.
Link: Detroit 2008: Buick Riviera Concept makes it through Customs
General Motors has released new photos of the Buick Riviera Concept, which reminds us that we are that much closer to getting our first up-close look at this concept designed in China. The Riviera, which made its debut at the Shanghai Motor Show last year, will make its first North American appearance in Detroit in just a few days. Designed at GM's Pan Asia Technical Center, the Riviera will supposedly set the tone for the next generation of Buick vehicles. Design highlights include carbon fiber bodywork, gullwing doors, and a futuristic interior with blue ambient lighting. We doubt much of that will ever make into a production vehicle, but we do give two thumbs up to the team that designed the exterior.
Buick Riviera Concept in US.
COMPELLING BUICK RIVIERA CONCEPT SHOWCASED AT NORTH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW
DETROIT – The Buick Riviera, a stunning concept car designed to showcase Buick's new global design direction, makes its North American debut at the Buick stand during the North American International Auto Show.
Unveiled at China's Auto Shanghai 2007, the gull-wing, front-wheel-drive Riviera concept coupe was developed with global design input by the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center (PATAC), a design and engineering joint venture between General Motors and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC). PATAC is headquartered in Shanghai.
"We said last year the Riviera concept made us realize how small the world was – it's not East; it's not West. It's Buick," said Ed Welburn, vice president, GM Global Design. "The reaction to the car around the globe proved that to be very much the case."
Engineered to accommodate a new hybrid system that will go into production this year at Shanghai GM (SGM), GM's flagship joint venture with SAIC, the Riviera features several technological and manufacturing advances. They represent the latest achievements of GM and its partners in the promotion and development of alternative propulsion technologies in China.
"The Riviera concept underscores the diversity, strength and depth of the GM global design and engineering network," said Welburn. "It also reflects PATAC's growing role within the GM Design family and China's significance as the world's largest Buick market."
The Riviera marks the return of a renowned Buick nameplate after an eight-year hiatus. Between 1963 and 1999, GM sold more than 1.1 million Rivieras in the United States.
"The Riviera concept, with its tightly stretched carbon fiber body panels, combination of positive and negative curves, strong front and rear identities and gull-wing doors, captures the essence of Buick classics, while presenting a thoroughly 21st century design," said Welburn. "It certainly lives up to the nameplate's reputation for bold design. The Riviera communicates the global design vocabulary of the Buick brand and sets the stage for General Motors' design, engineering and manufacturing centers to work together on the next generation of Buick midsize luxury cars."
Riviera's enticing curves and "earth and water" interior tones are drawn from diverse inspirations including classic Buicks, ancient Chinese artifacts and modern electronic icons. To PATAC designers, the car, inside and out, communicates universal beauty – a look that transcends cultural or national boundaries.
A sense of existence
To establish their design direction, PATAC designers looked, in part, to Buick icons such as the original Y-Job concept of 1938, the 1960s LeSabre, Electra 225 and the Riviera coupes of the 1960s and '70s.
The Riviera design is structured around the Buick tri-shield logo, sitting proudly on a trihedral waterfall grille that is formed by three intersecting planes. This takes the traditional Buick treatment to a new level of sophisticated boldness.
The Buick logo leads into a reflective strip through the hood, a mark of respect to the distinctive mid-hood crease prevalent in classic Buicks. Elongated LED headlamps flow up the hood sides to three-section, top-mounted chrome portholes as a single piece of jewelry.
The logo, hood strip, headlamps, side mirrors and rocker covers all have "icy green" backlighting available at night, matched by backlit logo and exhausts at the rear. Designers incorporated several other design signatures from the original Riviera generation, including the "double-sweep spear" line along the body side and a flared tail design.
In this theme, the Shell Blue exterior color was chosen to elicit the right level of attention. The color is metallic silver with light blue accents that highlight the coupe's exterior curves. The gull-wing doors, selected for their exotic appeal, achieve an expansive entrance to the 2+2 seating configuration. Measuring 1,938 mm at their widest point, the doors add to the coupe's sleek sideline. At night, the fully opened doors gently cast the "Buick" name on the ground.
The use of carbon fiber in all body panels allowed designers greater flexibility through reduced mass and added strength. This made the gull-wing engineering demands easier to realize and sharp, tight radius curves possible across the body surface. The side mirrors are sweeping yet unobtrusive, taking a cue from Formula One racecars, and the Riviera sits on 21-inch, 10-spoke forged aluminum wheels that combine polished and satin finishes with low-profile tires.
PATAC designed the Buick Riviera to accommodate the new hybrid system, which will be introduced in China in 2008 prior to the Beijing Olympics. The new hybrid system fits naturally with the Riviera's "earth and water" design theme.
All about relaxation
The Riviera's interior can be summed up with one word: sanctuary. The use of rich blue and subtle creams, representing water and earth, is conveyed in the high-quality leather bucket seats, plush carpet and a luxurious, padded steering wheel. Completing the organic feel, the roof comprises two shaded glass windows offering increased headroom and a celestial connection for occupants.
Designers aimed to have the driver feel relaxed and tranquil inside the car. Earth and water tones were used, and hard, aggressive edges were studiously avoided.
The interior has no discernable start and finish point for the front and sides, creating a comfortable lounge feel. It is immediately futuristic yet somehow familiar. A three-dimensional speedometer, inspired by past classics but utterly modern in design, complements the touchpad styled central console loosely modeled on a computer mouse. An LCD display screen crowns the central console.
Riviera's interior designers were encouraged to consider people's personal belongings to enhance their feeling of familiarity and comfort in the vehicle. Continuing the theme of calm simplicity, electronic shifter pads replace the traditional transmission shifter and controls are kept to a minimum to deter driver distraction.
Ambient light strips are applied across the console and inserted on the door liner, stretching to the front seats. Deliberately imitating precious Chinese jade stone, the lights are tinted a subtle icy green, which also offers tribute to a favored color of historical Buicks of days gone by.
Interior trim treatments befitting the Buick prestige abound: miniature aluminum tri-shields in the front seat headrests; a wooden floor mat in the rear; and a rear central armrest which can move sideways left and right to accommodate passengers of different sizes.
Royal blue Alcantara, a plush, suede-like covering, was chosen for the door, console and roof, while sandy white leather covers the lower door, lower console and seats.
Ancient influences in modern design
The design team set out to create a modern global design. At the same time, they sought to draw from their heritage outside the automotive industry from classic shapes, concepts and artifacts. They wanted to include a subtle Chinese essence and influence if one looked deeply enough.
A strong influence was the yuanbao, a small curvaceous gold or silver ingot used in ancient China as currency and popular today as a symbol of ancient Chinese prosperity.
PATAC designers intended the design convey East and West coexisting in harmony. The design brief was global, taking a portion of Buick's DNA and creating something for the world. The North American debut of the Buick Riviera concept highlighted the achievement of that goal.
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Buick Invicta concept car
Buick to show Invicta concept next month in China - from Autoblog:
Buick gave a sneak peak today of its Invicta concept car that will be revealed next month in China at the Beijing Motor Show. The design will be an evolution of the sleek Riviera Concept, and was a collaboration of efforts between various GM Design Studios around the world to create what Buick hopes will be a vehicle with international appeal in its two largest markets - the United States and China. The Invicta, a name which hasn't been used by the Buick brand since 1963, will also feature retro design cues from Buicks of the past. A short press release can be found after the jump, and look for the full details on the Invicta in just over a month when it makes its official debut in Beijing. We'll, of course, have someone there to relay back all the info on this Sino-American hybrid.
NEW YORK – Buick took another step to bolster its global design presence with a sneak peek at a luxurious show car it plans to reveal in China at the Beijing Motor Show on April 19. Named Invicta, Buick's show car reflects the way General Motors utilizes design and engineering talent around the world to execute a premium vehicle with international appeal.
The Invicta, which is Latin for "invincible," evolves Buick's global design direction from the Riviera concept introduced last year in Shanghai. The Invicta show car was co-developed by GM design centers in North America and China to meet customers' expectations equally in the world's two largest automotive markets.
"Buick's global appeal created an opportunity for GM Design Centers to elevate our collaboration to new levels. Using our virtual reality centers in Warren, Mich. and Shanghai, designers fused the best ideas from both cultures during the development of the Invicta, " said Edward T. Welburn, vice president, General Motors Global Design. "The result will set a new design standard for Buick, and it couldn't have been achieved by one studio working in isolation. The Invicta represents another significant design milestone in Buick's history."
Invicta draws inspiration from the Riviera concept with a modern and graceful exterior design matched by a sumptuous interior. Invicta pays homage to Buicks of the 1940s through the 1970s with its nostalgic sweepspear design cue, a curved line running the length of the car. The exterior also features Buick's signature vertical chrome waterfall grille and a new look to its portholes. The Invicta interior will share Riviera's ambient lighting feature and lavish design.
Buick returns the Invicta name after a 45-year hiatus. Buick originally introduced the Invicta in North America as a production vehicle from 1959 to 1963. It is the first time the nameplate has appeared on a Buick in China.
Buick Invicta concept
Buick Invicta Concept debuts.
Official press release.
Buick Evolves Global Design Inspiration Into Invicta Show Car
BEIJING – The sleek Buick Invicta show car revealed here in conjunction with Auto China 2008 is Buick's strongest statement yet of its deliberately international plans. The four-door midsize sedan with a coupe-like roofline presents bold direction for Buick's new generation of vehicles in the world's two biggest automotive markets – the United States and China.
Invicta has evolved from Buick concepts such as the 2004 Velite convertible and 2007 Riviera coupe, both of which received accolades for their thoroughly modern adaptation of classic Buick themes. Invicta was designed collaboratively by GM centers of expertise in Warren, Mich. and Shanghai, China. The name, which is Latin for "invincible," returns to Buick after a 45-year hiatus in the United States.
"Buick's global appeal created an opportunity for GM Design Centers to elevate our collaboration to new levels. Using our virtual reality centers in Warren and Shanghai, designers fused the best ideas from both cultures during the development of the Invicta," said Edward T. Welburn, vice president, General Motors Global Design. "The result will set a new design standard for Buick, and it couldn't have been achieved by one studio working in isolation. The Invicta represents another significant design milestone in Buick's history."
Invicta is powered by Buick's first direct injection turbocharged engine, a four-cylinder powerplant that produces 250 horsepower (186 kW) and 220 lb-ft (298 Nm) of torque. The engine is matched with a six-speed automatic transmission for maximum fuel efficiency.
Modern, sleek exterior
Invicta's designers drew inspiration from the Riviera concept. Invicta features modern and sleek proportions with exterior lines that flow uninterrupted around the vehicle. For example, Invicta's cat-eye headlamps transition into the Buick heritage-inspired sweepspear design cue, which flows seamlessly along the body sides and merges into the taillamps. Similarly, one can trace the top of the headlamp casing to the roofline and the rear of the vehicle without interruptions.
As with Riviera, Invicta features short overhangs with wheels pushed out to the corners for a well-planted stance. The overall appearance is sleek, thanks in part to a sweeping, low roofline and a front windshield that has an aggressive rake.
Up front, the Buick tri-shield is prominently displayed inside the Velite-inspired chrome vertical waterfall grille. Polished aluminum surrounding the headlamps, portholes, around the D-pillar and along the lower side of the vehicle on the lower doors accentuates the overall exterior design. Reminiscent of a number of historic Buick models, Invicta's portholes – three per side – are located on the hood rather than on the front quarter panels.
Invicta's wheelbase and high belt line give the vehicle more substantial proportions while visually reinforcing its premium appearance. Invicta's 20-inch polished aluminum wheels feature a milled Buick tri-shield in the center cap.
To signal its premium attributes while enhancing the vehicle's sleek proportions, Invicta's exterior is draped in a sumptuous AluStone color. Its warm beige tone contains wafer-thin flakes of aluminum that reflect light to emit a liquid gold appearance.
Flowing, crafted interior
The focus and attention to seamless transitions carry over inside Invicta. The doors merge to become one with the instrument panel, which morphs into the center console.
The wrap-around design of the interior and fluid design provide a spacious cabin for all passengers, especially those seated in the back of the vehicle. At nearly 100 cubic feet of interior space, Invicta delivers large-car comfort in a mid-size sedan. The sense of roominess is further accentuated by a full glass roof, which allows all passengers to enjoy the sights, day or night.
Invicta also showcases a high level of interior craftsmanship while creating an environment that is soothing, quiet, comfortable and inviting for all passengers.
The blending of premium materials – such as wood trim and polished aluminum accents, soft aniline leather, supple suede-like material and soothing Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting technology – encase passengers in Buick luxury.
Beyond its sumptuous appearance, Buick created a show car for the senses. Authentic French seam stitching on the soft-touch instrument panel pad, door panels and steering wheel invites touch. Buttons, switches and door pulls are crafted to deliver a tactile quality experience. Soft and soothing Ice Blue ambient LED lighting on the instrument panel, around the central vehicle function controls, along the console and center storage, and in the front footwells provoke visual sophistication. Two discriminating "spotlights" also accent the center point of the front and rear seats.
Buick introduced the Invicta in North America as a production vehicle in 1959. The Invicta show car is the first time the nameplate has appeared on a Buick in China.
BUICK INVICTA SPECIFICATIONS
Vehicle type: four-door, five-passenger luxury show car sedan
Wheelbase (in / mm): 114.5 / 2908
Length (in / mm): 194.2 / 4932
Width (in / mm): 73.8 / 1874
Height (in / mm): 57.7 / 1466
Track (in / mm): 64.4 / 1635 front; 64.5 / 1637 rear
Engine: 2.0L DOHC, direct injection turbo
Horsepower (kW): 250 / 186
Torque (Nm): 220 / 298
Transmission: six-speed automatic
Suspension: MacPherson strut, front; independent, rear
Brakes: four-wheel anti-lock disc
Wheels: polished aluminum, 20 in. x 8.5 in. with milled Buick emblem
Buick Invicta Concept Apr 19, 2008 Photo Gallery
#8 · Apr 27, 2008 (Edited by Moderator)
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Source: http://www.carview.co.jp/cms/2008/take_car/buick_invicta/default.asp
2013 Buick Riviera 2 @ Auto Shanghai:
http://www.autoblog.com/2013/04/20/buick-riviera-concept-shanghai-2013/
http://car.autohome.com.cn/chezhan/exps52/930000.html
http://chezhan.bitauto.com/shanghai/n2013/zhanguan/buick/riviera2/
SHANGHAI – The new Buick Riviera concept vehicle made its global debut this evening in Shanghai.
The coupe combines avant-garde aesthetics and advanced technology, including plug-in hybrid electric vehicle propulsion, in a single package. It is the fourth global concept vehicle jointly developed by GM's Shanghai GM and Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center (PATAC) joint ventures in Shanghai.
"The new Riviera offers a preview of Buick's future design language," said Shanghai GM President Ye Yongming. "By seamlessly integrating advanced technologies, flexible functions and contemporary aesthetics, the new Riviera heralds the start of a new chapter for the 110-year-old Buick brand."
Elegant Design Inspired by the Dynamic Nature of Water
The new Riviera's designers took inspiration from the Chinese saying: "The greatest good is like water." The vehicle's sweeping design, which goes from thick to thin, has the vibrant nature of a moving river embodied in its athletic shape, elegant ambience and deeply sculpted lines.
"Riviera is a design study of the future expression of Buick design with its elegant athletic shape, sculptural beauty, and precision execution," said Ed Welburn, GM vice president of global design. "It is a great opportunity to share Buick's future design language and technology strategy."
The concept's silhouette with Buick's recognizable "sweep spear" has a three-dimensional effect that resembles waves in the ocean coming to a standstill for a split second. Buick's unique gull-wing doors exude a dynamic yet elegant ambience. The new Riviera has an ice celadon finish inspired by jade.
Up front, the concept vehicle's updated waterfall grille and wing-shaped daytime running lights will both become key elements of Buick's future design DNA.
The new Riviera has a low drag coefficient and a harmonious balance between style and performance thanks to its raked windshield, 14-degree fastback design and metallic fiber spoiler, which are complemented by active grille shutters and diffusers, and active pneumatic wheels.
The interior carries on Buick's signature 360-degree integrated design with high levels of elegance and refinement. The eaglewood tone interior features the abundant use of refined materials such as sand-blasted aluminum alloy, lava suede and ebony used in a bold style reminiscent of traditional Chinese jade-inlaid wood. This creates a striking visual effect as well as a subdued sense of luxury.
The new Riviera's compact yet well-structured center console, front floating seats and adaptive seating system, as well as its noise-absorbing head restraint system, represent the best combination of interior design and elegance.
Innovative Propulsion, Infotainment and Safety Technology
The new Riviera has adopted BIP (Buick Intelligent Performance) technology. It is equipped with GM's all-new, dual-mode W-PHEV (wireless plug-in hybrid electric vehicle) propulsion system. The user can drive the car on green power in electric mode and enjoy the exhilarating handling and performance of a sports car while driving "green" in hybrid mode. In addition, the vehicle can be charged with a traditional cable or wirelessly via a sensory recharge panel on the car's chassis. The charging port is integrated into Buick's iconic porthole design.
The new Riviera is also equipped with intelligent four-wheel steering, an electromagnetic-controlled suspension and an air spring package for sure handling and comfort in extreme conditions.
The innovative mobile Internet system adopted in the new Riviera supports high-speed 4G LTE network use. The concept vehicle offers real-time traffic information, weather updates, and news and entertainment while communicating with other vehicles. The vehicle's voice commands and controls along with touch and gesture recognition activate a range of vehicle systems and enable seamless interaction between driver and vehicle.
The new Riviera employs a forward-looking active safety system that collects traffic information through 10 high-resolution cameras (for image monitoring) and 18 micro high-precision sensors (for distance monitoring). The information is integrated and presented in a holographic image onto the windshield.
The intelligent driver assist system provides occupants a high level of active safety and security. The system incorporates a variety of driver assist functions, including: an eagle view record system, night view assist, side blind-zone alert system, lane departure warning system, full-speed range-adaptive cruise control system, lane change assist system, parking assist system, rear cross-traffic alert system, autopilot system and "transparent" A pillars.
The new Riviera will be featured in the Buick display at Auto Shanghai 2013, which runs from April 20-29.
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In my articles I use the term "crater" to define a circular impact depression and the term "structure" to define an impact crater that is severely altered by erosion.
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The period dichotomy in terrestrial impact crater ages
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Impact cratering on the Earth during the past 250 Myr has occurred with either of two apparent periodicities, ∼30 or ∼35 Myr, depending on the set of impact crater ages that is adopted. When the craters are segregated by size and the possible age errors are explicitly taken into account in the analysis, only the longer periodicity survives, and does so only in the case of the largest craters (diameters ≥ 35 km). Smaller craters exhibit no robust periodicity. Despite their relative abundance, the inclusion of data points for the small craters merely degrades, without shifting or destroying, the periodic signal of the largest craters when all of the craters are analysed together. The possible consequences for quasi-periodic Galactic perturbations of the Oort comet cloud are briefly discussed. (Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 01 January 2006)
Impact cratering and the Oort Cloud
J. T. Wickramasinghe & W. M. Napier
We calculate the expected flux profile of comets into the planetary system from the Oort Cloud arising from Galactic tides and encounters with molecular clouds. We find that both periodic and sporadic bombardment episodes, with amplitudes an order of magnitude above background, occur on characteristic time-scales ∼25–35 Myr. Bombardment episodes occurring preferentially during spiral arm crossings may be responsible both for mass extinctions of life and the transfer of viable microorganisms from the bombarded Earth into the disturbing nebulae. Good agreement is found between the theoretical expectations and the age distribution of large, well-dated terrestrial impact craters of the past 250 Myr. A weak periodicity of ∼36 Myr in the cratering record is consistent with the Sun's recent passage through the Galactic plane, and implies a central plane density ∼0.15 M⊙ pc−3. This leaves little room for a significant dark matter component in the disc. (Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 07 May 2008)
Disc dark matter in the Galaxy and potential cycles of extraterrestrial impacts, mass extinctions and geological events
Michael R. Rampino
A cycle in the range of 26–30 Myr has been reported in mass extinctions, and terrestrial impact cratering may exhibit a similar cycle of 31 ± 5 Myr. These cycles have been attributed to the Sun's vertical oscillations through the Galactic disc, estimated to take from ∼30 to 42 Myr between Galactic plane crossings. Near the Galactic mid-plane, the Solar system's Oort Cloud comets could be perturbed by Galactic tidal forces, and possibly a thin dark matter (DM) disc, which might produce periodic comet showers and extinctions on the Earth. Passage of the Earth through especially dense clumps of DM, composed of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) in the Galactic plane, could also lead to heating in the core of the planet through capture and subsequent annihilation of DM particles. This new source of periodic heating in the Earth's interior might explain a similar ∼30 Myr periodicity observed in terrestrial geologic activity, which may also be involved in extinctions. These results suggest that cycles of geological and biological evolution on the Earth may be partly controlled by the rhythms of Galactic dynamics. (Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 18 February 2015)
Periodic impact cratering and extinction events over the last 260 million years
Michael R. Rampino & Ken Caldeira
The claims of periodicity in impact cratering and biological extinction events are controversial. A newly revised record of dated impact craters has been analyzed for periodicity, and compared with the record of extinctions over the past 260 Myr. A digital circular spectral analysis of 37 crater ages (ranging in age from 15 to 254 Myr ago) yielded evidence for a significant 25.8 ± 0.6 Myr cycle. Using the same method, we found a significant 27.0 ± 0.7 Myr cycle in the dates of the eight recognized marine extinction events over the same period. The cycles detected in impacts and extinctions have a similar phase. The impact crater dataset shows 11 apparent peaks in the last 260 Myr, at least 5 of which correlate closely with significant extinction peaks. These results suggest that the hypothesis of periodic impacts and extinction events is still viable. (Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 20 October 2015)
A tale of clusters: no resolvable periodicity in the terrestrial impact cratering record
Matthias M. M. Meier & Sanna Holm-Alwmark
Rampino & Caldeira carry out a circular spectral analysis (CSA) of the terrestrial impact cratering record over the past 260 million years (Ma), and suggest a ∼26 Ma periodicity of impact events. For some of the impacts in that analysis, new accurate and high-precision ('robust'; 2SE < 2 per cent) 40Ar-39Ar ages have recently been published, resulting in significant age shifts. In a CSA of the updated impact age list, the periodicity is strongly reduced. In a CSA of a list containing only impacts with robust ages, we find no significant periodicity for the last 500 Ma. We show that if we relax the assumption of a fully periodic impact record, assuming it to be a mix of a periodic and a random component instead, we should have found a periodic component if it contributes more than ∼80 per cent of the impacts in the last 260 Ma. The difference between our CSA and the one by Rampino & Caldeira originates in a subset of 'clustered' impacts (i.e. with overlapping ages). The ∼26 Ma periodicity seemingly carried by these clusters alone is strongly significant if tested against a random distribution of ages, but this significance disappears if it is tested against a distribution containing (randomly spaced) clusters. The presence of a few impact age clusters (e.g. from asteroid break-up events) in an otherwise random impact record can thus give rise to false periodicity peaks in a CSA. There is currently no evidence for periodicity in the impact record. (Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 25 January 2017)
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As you would expect, the committee was interested in KU's finances in the context of the state's budget challenges. I reminded the committee that inflation-adjusted per-student state funding for KU has declined 44 percent in 17 years, which includes last year's $10.7 million cut. I also reminded the group that KU's top priority this session is the restoration of last year's cut and stable state funding moving forward. After two decades of declining state financial support, we cannot absorb additional cuts without significant negative impacts to our university.
In addition to our budget, the committee was genuinely interested in KU's efforts to educate leaders, build healthy communities and make discoveries that change the world. For example, on the topic of educating leaders, I explained that KU has now had five straight years of freshman class growth, and that the freshman class of 2016 is the most academically talented group in KU history.
We reviewed the ways KU builds healthy communities and creates a more prosperous Kansas. For example, KU Medical Center plays a crucial role in educating healthcare professionals and providing life-saving outreach across the state. There are 38 active startup companies based on KU technology. Each year, KU provides 6,000 new graduates to the workforce. Last year, KU researchers were awarded $238.8 million in external funding, which is new money that flows into Kansas. And by 2020, our efforts to achieve National Cancer Institute designation for the KU Cancer Center will have created 4,140 jobs, while our Central District project is now creating 700 jobs per year. Put simply, I wanted the committee to know that KU is an economic engine for Kansas.
The committee was interested in the work we've done to become more efficient and reinvest in priorities through the Changing for Excellence initiative in Lawrence and related efforts at KU Medical Center. In recent years, we have achieved savings by launching paperless procurement and strategic sourcing, consolidating information technology units, implementing energy efficiency projects, and installing license plate recognition and badge reading systems. These savings have been reinvested in priorities such as faculty hires, scholarships and fellowships, technology updates and new facilities – most notably the Health Education Building and the Central District project.
This year's Legislature is facing difficult choices. Please know we continue to work closely with the Kansas Board of Regents, other Kansas institutions and state legislators to protect higher education in Kansas. As always, the best thing you can do to support KU is to continue educating students, serving Kansans and conducting world-class research. Your efforts are the most powerful endorsement of our university and the most compelling message we can send to lawmakers as they make funding decisions.


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Watch Cordae's Debut Episode of Doc "Road to 'From a Bird's Eye View'"
Bryson "Boom" Paul
Hip hop news, Music, News
Cordae Season cometh.
The Maryland recording artist beings his forthcoming album's campaign with the release of a high-profile new single accompanied with the debut episode to a new documentary, titled "Road To 'From A Birds Eye View'," out now on YouTube.
MORE: Cordae Gives Financial Advice To Rappers
In the debut episode, Cordae takes a break from album mode to go from a New York City studio to the plains of the serengeti in Africa for relaxation and inspiration. "I just went [to Africa] because that was just something I had to get off my spirit," Cordae explains. "And that was a bucket list thing for me too. It's always been on my bucket list to go to Africa."
Album docuseries is an apparent go-to for the former YBN member. In 2019, Cordae released a one-shot docuseries, titled "Life is Dope," a week before his debut release. The Lost Boy debuted at No. 13 on Billboard 200.
MORE: Eminem is Joined by Jack Harlow and Cordae on "Killer" Remix
2021 was the mental, financial and lyrical growth of Cordae. Executing a lyrical barrage on a series of A-list guest spots for Eminem ("Killer"), Nas ("Life is Like a Dice Game"), Common (What's Life"), released two new songs in "Super" and the Lil Wayne-featured "Sinister" and an appetizing EP (Just Until…) to hold fans over until the release of his sophomore album while giving rappers financial advice. From A Birds Eye View is the direct follow-up to Cordae's 2019 debut album, The Lost Boy — which spawned gold-selling singles "Have Mercy" and "Broke As Fuck."
From A Birds Eye View drops 2022 via Atlantic.
Watch the entire first episode below.
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Bryson "Boom" Paul is a well-known journalist and media correspondent. He has written for OC Weekly, LA Weekly, Dallas Observer, Hip Hop DX and more. Throughout 13-plus years, he has interviewed the biggest names in music, like Tyler the Creator, 50 Cent and Sean Paul.
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Dr. King's Original "I Have a Dream" Speech on Display at National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Former Chicago Officer Jason Van Dyke, Murderer of LaQuan McDonald, to Receive Early Prison Release
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To make this recipe in quantity, dump 1 qt Everclear, 1 pt Blue Curacao, 1/2 gal OJ and 1/2 gal pineapple juice in a punchbowl and stir. Do not add fruit or ice. Juices should be chilled prior to mixing. If Everclear is unavailable, Bacardi 151 may be substituted. Double these quanities for a proper celebration.
This punch is insane. You can barely taste the alcohol, and three cups of this stuff will get you blackout hammered bye bye drunk.


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Q: python-social-auth partial pipeline setting form data to the session I am using python-social-auth for login and to create a user profile. Unlike the profile example here  which creates the profile at the end of the pipeline, my app shouldn't allow creating the user without a profile. I followed the Django example provided in github source, so I have a partial pipeline which requires the profile and displays a Django form after authentication is successful.
SOCIAL_AUTH_PIPELINE = (
'social.pipeline.social_auth.social_details',
'social.pipeline.social_auth.social_uid',
'social.pipeline.social_auth.auth_allowed',
'social.pipeline.social_auth.social_user',
'social.pipeline.user.get_username',
'accounts.pipeline.require_profile',
'accounts.pipeline.create_user_profile',
'social.pipeline.social_auth.associate_user',
'social.pipeline.debug.debug',
'social.pipeline.social_auth.load_extra_data',
'social.pipeline.user.user_details',
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)
The partial pipeline redirect to the view which renders the login and the profile form.
Here is the code in the view which checks if the form is valid and then completes the pipeline.
if profile_form.is_valid():
       request.session['form_data'] = profile_form.cleaned_data
       ...
       return redirect('social:complete', backend=backend)

The form contains a mix of CharFields and ModelMultipleChoiceField/ModelChoiceField, and when I try to set the form data in the session, I got a type error as the dict is not serializable:
Type Error: <Model: object> is not JSON serializable.

When I read about it and tried 'django.contrib.sessions.serializers.PickleSerializer', it worked fine. But I am reluctant to use it after reading about it's performance and security issues.
I am new to Python-social-auth and this might not be the best approach to do it. I wonder if there is a way to pass the form data to the pipeline, without writing a custom serializer, so as to save the user and profile.
Thanks for any help.
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How I handled this is by having the profile form submission redirect to the pipeline(partial) and not the view. In the pipeline, I used request_data when the request is POST and validated the form, and set the profile form data in the details dict. Probably not the best solution but it did the job for me)

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Future Founders Track Welcome
by Geoff Ralston
YC President Geoff Ralston welcomes participants to the future founder track of Startup School.
Good morning, everyone. I hope you are all well and staying healthy. I'm Geoff Ralston, YC's president, and I want to welcome you to YC Startup School's Future Founders program. Most of all, congratulations on taking what I hope will be your first all-important step towards becoming a startup founder.
YC was founded 15 years ago with the singular purpose of finding people, perhaps people just like you, and persuading them that becoming a founder is not only a viable choice but often, really the very best choice. Next, we do everything we can to help the founder be funded, turn their vision into reality. That's what founders do. They believe in a version of a future which doesn't exist without them and without their company, and then they do everything they can to make it so. For YC, this has worked out very well over time. And from our first batch of 8 companies, we now fund about 250 startups per batch, so twice that many every year.
However, although we've funded over 2,500 companies since 2005, we're still only able to work with a tiny fraction of those that apply to our core program. And that's why we created Startup School in 2017. This free online class taught thousands of founders about startups. The program was such a hit that we've run Startup School every year since then. We wanted to get YC's take on building startups to as wide an audience as possible. We believe that's good for the world. Yes, also, we were sure that in the process, we'd likely find more great founders for our core program. And we sure did. Since that first Startup School course in 2017, over 110,000 companies and over 142,000 founders have made use of Startup School. And over 15,000 of those companies have applied to YC's core program. Hundreds of those have actually been funded.
Now, I thought I'd tell a little bit about how I got into the startup game. Personally, I dreamed of starting a startup once I arrived in California a long time ago to work for Hewlett-Packard. But there was no obvious path. It was difficult to know where to start and venture was a big mystery. Frankly, I had no idea how to start a startup. It actually would be decades later that Paul Graham was to give a talk at the Harvard Computer Society called How to Start a Startup, which led directly to the creation of Y Combinator, later, of Startup School, and now, to the Future Founders program. But that was far in the future and I didn't take my first leap until the 1990s. I'd just returned from five years at HP in France and was searching for my future when a friend called me on the phone and informed me that I just had to check out Mosaic. "What's that?" I asked, "I don't know," he said. "I guess it lets you look at the internet." So yes, the very first browser that integrated text and images was the final straw for me. I left my job three months later, and I've never looked back since.
But I wanted to pass on a couple of things I learned. I learned that starting a startup is the hardest, most rewarding thing you can do in your professional career. It's hard in almost every way you can think of, but perhaps, mostly because there are so many possible answers to every single question you'll have. But the joy of taking on and overcoming such epic challenges makes the struggle worthwhile and the journey priceless. I've also learned that every version of that journey is unique and there's no strict formula. But what we've done here is pulled together all sorts of knowledge that will definitely not define your path but it will certainly make it more likely that you stay on that path.
Actually, building a successful company is perfectly simple. All you have to do is make something people want and then sell it to them. How hard can that be? Well, I guess, I hope you'll find out. In this course, you'll cover the first, most basic things required to execute on this simple project. First, well, how about getting the right idea, then finding the right co-founders. And, of course, figuring out your product, talking to users and writing code, building whatever you're gonna build with the goal towards finding that magical, minimum, viable product, mystical MVP, one step on the way to the even more magical, more elusive product-market fit. Every week of the course, there will be both lectures and usually, an exercise to illuminate the ideas discussed. And there will also be plenty of opportunities to meet and discuss with other future founders taking the course.
I think you're about to begin a marvelous adventure, and I wish you all the very best of luck in your journey.
Have a suggestion?
If you have a suggestion for a video, essay, or other resource we should add to the YC startup library, submit it here.
also by Geoff Ralston
A Guide to Seed Fundraising
A Guide to YC Demo Day Presentations
On the History and Potential of CRISPR and Gene Drive


Hair Transplant Questions Can I improve the appearance of my hair transplant donor scar?
The scar at the donor area from my hair transplant two years ago is very noticeable. Is there anything that I can do at this point to improve it? I have dark skin and it appears as a very dark, nearly black line that is thicker than I would have expected. It's also very long and is noticeable if I wear my hair short at all.
Patients who have a wider, more noticeable donor scar from an old transplant surgery can undergo a scar revision (removing the old scar). If a patient is considering another hair transplant surgery, they can have the old scar removed at the same time the new donor strip is harvested if there is enough elasticity.
In a patient who has a tight scalp and cannot undergo a scar revision, Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) can be utilized to camouflage the scar by placing follicular unit grafts (1, 2, 3, or 4 hairs) within the scar tissue. This will hide the scar and make it less detectable.


I'm sinking. Just how you like me. The ONLY way you like me.
When You Look In The Mirror Can You Say It With Conviction? If The Answer Is No I Want To Tell You You're Worth It!
حذف تنهایی ِ خود خواسته و تبدیل کردنش به یه کُلُنیِ دوستانه ی اجباری یه عوام فریبی ِ گول زننده و خود آزاریِ که دوام زیادی نداره.
Manifesting through the image/imaginal. The 99 names/attributes of Allah. Knowing them means knowing the Laws.
I just want to sleep but being wake takes up to much time.
Erinner dich kurz an mich, wenn dich jeder verlässt.
Head on over to www.whitneytaimusic.com today to support and immerse yourself within my recent release with @awordtothewine and @timjanssensmusic . We've been performing this a lot in #LA and are really floored by the response internationally as well as the live experience. Thank you for giving us this chance to make something that captures the spirit and energy of a time we are all need of healing in.
Privacy is needed not secrecy.
Now there is just another reason.
How do you feel it, without having it consume?
So of course anything that is felt in regards to that love is just as overwhelming.
Particularly when it's not understood.
The whys fill the mind.
It hurts emotionally and physically.
- this is what it looks like on the inside of my girlfriend's wildly fascinating mind: charming, spontaneous, and infinitely magnificent.
If u can relate to this piece, share your experiences. Will love to know how poetry is becoming part of your life? .
When love is true but only onesided, it turns into heartbreak. Though we move and heal there remains a part that loves the ghost of the past. A piece on loved and lost. Hope you guys enjoy it.


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Posted on April 6, 2016 by Pomeroy Daily Sentinel
Commissioners approve Dangerous Wild Animal Response team
By Lorna Hart - lhart@civitasmedia.com
POMEROY — Meigs County Commissioners met last Thursday to discuss several important issues, including a contract between Meigs County Deportment of Jobs and Family Services and the sheriff's office, successful road and bridge projects in 2015 and approval of members for a Dangerous Wild Animal Response Team.
County Engineer Eugene Triplett presented the commissioners with the annual report and said 2015 was a good year for the county. Triplet said he was proud of the job the crews did to improve the county roads. The work included 35 miles of hot mix pavement and four new bridges and significant improvement to three others.
Most of the paving came from a $3.12 m project that was 80 percent funded by the Federal Highway Administration's County Service Transportation Program and 20 percent by the county. Some of the 20 percent was offset by Ohio Department of Transportation grants.
An ODOT statewide program to replace bridges at no cost to local governments paid for some of the bridges and funding was found for the remaining bridges mentioned.
A contract was approved that allows the Department of Meigs County Department of Jobs And Family Services to provide the Meigs County Sheriff's Office with a family violence investigator for a one-year contract April 6, 2016, until April 5, 2017.
Meigs County Prosecutor Colleen Williams was granted funds to comply with records retention and disposal policies. She also proposed hiring Katie Gilkey, graduating Meigs High School senior, for a summer term. Approval for the hiring was postponed due to questions about what funds would be used to employee the new hire.
Information concerning the Dangerous Wild Animal Response Team was presented to the commissioners by Jamie Jones, Meigs County Emergency Management Agency.
The team is a response planning entity, whose counsel and services will augment Meigs County's standard emergency response. Members of the team include Keith Wood, Meigs County Sheriff Department; Frank Gorscak, Meigs County Health Department; Coleen MurphySmith, Meigs County Canine Rescue and Adoption Center; Harry Spencer, Bashan Volunteer Fire Department; Jordan Pickens, media contact; Jamie Jones, E.M.A.; Robert Jacks Meigs County E.M.S.; and Randy Smith, Meigs County Commissioner's office.
The commissioners approved the applications for membership of the above individuals for the response team.
More information concerning the Dangerous Animal Response Plan and Team will be published in an upcoming edition of The Daily Sentinel.
For more information on road improvements throughout the county, go to mydailysentinal.com, and search for a Sept. 20, 2015 article titled, "Meigs County road, bridge projects at all-time high."
The Meigs County Commissioners meet each Thursday at 11 a.m. at the courthouse in Pomeroy.
Contact Lorna Hart at 740-992-2155 Ext. 2551.
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Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
Selby Gardens Unlocking Library Vaults for "Secret Garden" Exhibit
SARASOTA, FLA. – April 18, 2016: Marie Selby Botanical Gardens is known world-wide for its tropical plant collections, which include nearly half of the known plant families in the world. Hidden, though, in the institution's research library and plant vaults is another secret collection rarely seen by the public – the Gardens' rare books and the preserved plant collection gathered by explorers in the field.
An exhibition of rare botanical illustrations from the 18th and 19th centuries that show plant life in exquisite color and artistic technique will be on display later this year in "Selby's Secret Garden," hosted at the Museum of Botany & the Arts in the historic Payne Mansion.
From August 26 – November 27, guests will experience historic works of this highly-skilled art form used to depict detail, form and color of a plant species. The drawings will be accompanied by complementary pressed and preserved plant specimens, which are other tools of the botanical trade. In mid-October, the Gardens' Tropical Conservatory will run a concurrent display when it is transformed into a cabinet of botanical curiosities with a distinct Victorian flair, creating a truly magical "secret garden." The exhibition is sponsored in part by Williams Parker and The Sarasota County Tourist Development Council.
"Botanical illustrations are a widely-admired form of art, and Selby Gardens has an historic collection to showcase," said Jennifer O. Rominiecki, president and CEO of Selby Gardens. "These are amazing works of art that rival any traditional art display. By showcasing these antique prints and books alongside our living plant collection, we want visitors to realize the full connection between nature and art."
The Gardens' botanical library began with a bequest made in 1973 from the estate of William Cole of Winter Park, Florida. Botanical artwork evolved out of necessity. Early pioneers of botanical research left written records that were often misleading – one species could be helpful, while a similar one was poisonous. Scientists describing newly-discovered plant species turned to botanical illustration for visual aids to accompany their narratives.
The practice of botanical illustration dates back thousands of years. During the 16th – 18th centuries, plants from the New World and other exotic locales began arriving in Europe en masse, and enthusiasts demanded careful renderings of the new discoveries. Wealthy nobles, merchants and other collectors began commissioning paintings of prized specimens. Some of the era's most talented artists were patronized by European royalty. Before color printing became widespread, these illustrations were hand-colored, and the resulting artworks are now prized by collectors.
While incredibly beautiful, prints are still used today as a valuable scientific tool to support plant identification and research. A selection of classes and lectures related to the exhibit will be scheduled throughout the show, including offerings from Selby Gardens' Academy of Botanical Art, led by master instructor Olivia Braida.
The exhibit is curated by Dr. David Berry. Berry earned his doctorate on the history of museums, gardens and libraries from University of Oxford. Berry is currently the Assistant Director of Curatorial and Academic Affairs at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. For additional lectures and classes associated with the exhibit, visit www.selby.org.
The "secret vaults" of Selby Gardens include its research library, herbarium and spirit lab. These facilities house seldom-seen treasures of important botanical tools. The Selby Gardens library is home to approximately 7,000 volumes, including a rare book collection dating to the late 1700s, as well as 14,000 issues of scientific journals and thousands more historical files, maps, photographs and reference materials. The library is regarded as one of the finest botanical libraries in the southeastern United States and is frequented by visiting scholars throughout the world. Within the library, the rare book collection consists of 65 titles and more than 500 bound volumes, as well as more than 2,000 loose prints, many of them hundreds of years old.
The herbarium consists of about 112,000 plants that have been pressed and preserved. The plant records have been collected over the institution's 40-plus years during expeditions throughout the tropics.
The Selby Gardens spirit collection is the second-largest such collection in the botanical world with nearly 28,000 vials of mostly orchid flowers set in preservative fluids, second only to Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. The blossoms retain their three-dimensional shape and assist with plant identification and description.
About Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens is the only botanical garden in the world dedicated to the display and study of orchids, bromeliads, gesneriads, epiphytes and tropical plants with a focus on botany, horticulture and environmental education. Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, 900 S. Palm Ave., Sarasota, open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except Christmas, regular admission $19 (ages 12 and up), ages 4-11 $6, Members and children 3 and under enter free. Contact us at (941) 366-5731 or selby.org. Get social with us on Facebook, Instagram and more by searching @selbygardens.
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Many Republicans have made their election strategies quite clear: silence all forms of dissent by any means necessary, even if that requires being a tattletale.
New Jersey Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen indicated in a fundraising letter to the board member of a local bank that activist, Saily Avelenda, was working as an employee of his. She is a member of the group NJ 11th for Change, a group that was organized after the election of Donald Trump and was pressuring Frelinghuysen — who hasn't held a town hall in four years — to meet with his constituents as well as oppose the president's agenda, according to WNYC.
Avelenda was criticized at her job for her political activism.
"Needless to say, that did cause some issues at work that were difficult to overcome," she said. Avelenda was a senior vice president and assistant general counsel at the bank, but she eventually resigned, citing the reprimanding of her activism as just one of many reasons.
In the fundraising letter, Frelinghuysen asked his supporters to contribute to his campaign two years in advance because of the immense opposition he was facing — or in other words, being held accountable by voters. "But let's be clear that there are organized forces — both national and local — who are already hard at work to put a stop to an agenda of limited government, economic growth, stronger national security," the letter said, according to WNYC.
A note at the bottom of the letter, written in pen the same ink as Frelinghuysen's signature, said "P.S. One of the ringleaders works in your bank!" The letter also included an article that had quoted Avelenda.
"I had to write a statement to my CEO, and at my level as an assistant general counsel and a senior vice president, at this employer it was not something that I expected," Avelenda said. "I thought my congressman put them in a situation, and put me in a really bad situation as the constituent, and used his name, used his position and used his stationery to try to punish me."
It seems as if Frelinghuysen would much rather meet with defense contractors like Lockheed Martin, who tops his donor list, than New Jersey voters. The congressman hasn't met with his constituents via town hall in four years, and instead substituted the meetings with two telephone town halls. Frelinghuysen has also complained about the amount of phone calls his office has received recently, according to WNYC.
"For people who have jammed our lines and made it difficult for us to meet our constituent needs, it would be nice for you to back off," he said. "I'm not suggesting people don't have a right to speak and let their views be known, but some of this is highly orchestrated and it's unfortunate."


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Willis's Back!
McGwire's buttocks, McGwire's buttocks!
Thank you, Jose Canseco, for the lovely image of you, a needle and Mark McGwire's pasty posterior.
The Willis Reed reference? 1970, Knicks - Lakers, Game Seven. Yes, the same series in which Jerry West's buzzer shot from just beyond mid-court tied Game Four, stirring Chick Hearn to scream "80 footer, good!"
With New York minus the mighty Phil Jackson for the entire season and their center nursing a sore back, Reed limped onto the court, hit his first couple shots, and inspired his team to victory. The Garden fans lifted their shirts, pointed to their backs, and yelled "Willis' back, Willis's back!"
Canseco's surge up the list of baseball's all-time biggest bleeps is as fantastic as his latest story. I'm open to suggestions for the all-time biggest bleep lineup, by the way, so please send me your ideas. Say an outfield of Canseco, Pete Rose and Ty Cobb is a given. If you vote Barry Bonds in, we'll move Jose to DH, or to pitcher.
Canseco is getting more attention than he deserves again, just like he did with the 40-40 thing.
And c'mon, didn't we all know Canseco was on something back in Oakland? With the compulsive way he moved his head around and the constant sniffing, you were thinking cocaine all along, weren't you? Honestly…
Question: It's obvious Shawn Green is as clean as can be. But since he had an enhancer batting behind him in 2001, is his Dodger record 49 home runs tainted?
Mickey Hatcher's 1988 mocking of the "Bash Brothers" still brings a smile today. After the first of his two World Series homers, Hatcher forearmed a teammate, pretending to hurt himself in the process…
Whatever happens with Canseco, Bonds and the whole drug thing, can we stop crediting Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa with "saving baseball" in 1998, please?
Two men hit some home runs; they didn't save baseball, OK. They didn't. Baseball endures pretty much no matter what. It can't be saved any more than it can be destroyed. Hockey can be destroyed, certainly, but not baseball…
Hearing the news of Arthur Miller's passing, I couldn't help thinking of "The Crucible," and about the witch hunt the baseball steroid scandal has become. And while Canseco names names for his own gain, it's interesting that the only forthright man in the affair, Jason Giambi, gets the most heat…
Maybe Arte Moreno is doing with his business what Coca Cola did with Classic Coke. Because you just know the world is going to go rally-ape clamoring for the return of the Anaheim Angels…
Let's see, what else? Oh, $75 mil for Magglio Ordonez, and Bill Singer has a job again.
And in case you missed the Valentine's Vermont Teddy Bear, there's a new one for full squads reporting, another to celebrate the occasional Grapefruit League rainout, and one dressed as a player delayed by visa problems…
According to Director of Communications David Hatchett, the Fort Worth Cats will retire Maury Wills' number June 18. "This marks the third jersey retired in the history of the Cats [Bobby Bragan and Duke Snider are the others]. Wills, the first African-American to play for Fort Worth, was the starting shortstop in 1955. The roster included five players who would go on to manage in the majors: Wills, Dick Williams, Sparky Anderson, Danny Ozark and Norm Sherry …"
Statue for Sandy : The Koufax in bronze campaign continues, so please scroll down to the photo below and vote yes on 32…
Remember, glove conquers all….
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Fiat Chrysler To Invest $1B In U.S. Manufacturing, 2,000 New Jobs
Fiat Chrysler announced Sunday plans to spend $1 billion in U.S. manufacturing. The move includes modernizing factories in Warren, MI and Toledo, Ohio as well as adding 2,000 new jobs.
Rachelle Blair-Frasier
The company also announced the addition of three new Jeeps to its lineup. The Warren plant will be modernized to produce the Jeep Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer SUVs while the Toledo plant will get new equipment to produce the new pickup truck, the Associated Press reports.
"The expansion of our Jeep lineup has been, and continues to be, the key pillar of our strategy," Sergio Marchionne, Chief Executive Officer of FCA N.V., said in a statement. "Our commitment to internationalize the Jeep brand is unwavering, and with these last moves, we will finally have the capacity to successfully penetrate markets other than the U.S. which have historically been denied product due to capacity constraints. In addition, these all new products will reach new consumers as well as those that have been part of the Jeep tradition."
Sunday's announcement is the second phase of an industrialization plan — announced in January 2016 — that called for the realignment of the company's U.S. manufacturing operations in response to a shift in market demand for trucks and SUVs and to further expand the Jeep and Ram brands.
"The conversion of our industrial footprint completes this stage of our transformation as we respond to the shift in consumer tastes to trucks and SUVs, and as we continue to reinforce the U.S. as a global manufacturing hub for those vehicles at the heart of the SUV and truck market," Marchionne said. "These moves, which have been under discussion with Dennis Williams and the rest of the UAW leadership for some time, expand our capacity in these key segments, enabling us to meet growing demand here in the U.S., but more importantly to increase exports of our mid-size and larger vehicles to international markets."
The upgrades would also give the Warren plant the capabilities to make Ram pickups — currently produced in Saltillo, Mexico — however Fiat Chrysler hasn't said if there are plans to shift production.
Modernization at the factories is planned to be completed by 2020. The company stated that more than 2,000 jobs also will be added to support production of these models.
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18-Year-Old Runs Across the Country Barefoot
Rae Heim raised more than $10,000 for Soles4Souls.
By Melissa Collins
Mallory Benedict
After running 3,437.5 miles over eight months, Rae Heim, 18, was recognized as the youngest person to run solo across the U.S. She is also the first to tackle the country's terrain barefoot.
Heim's immediate goal was to get across the country successfully. "I wanted to see how far I could go to test my mind and body," she told Runner's World Newswire.
Heim, an Iowa native, started her adventure in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 1. Before she set out on her trip, though, Heim developed a bigger mission for her journey. She wanted to help kids in need of shoes.
Partnering with Soles4Souls, which distributes shoes to people in need throughout the world, Heim said she was "running barefoot so kids don't have to." Heim set up a website where friends, family and other followers could go to help her cause. Just two weeks before reaching the end of her journey in Huntington Beach, California, Heim surpassed her goal of raising $10,000, and in turn, 10,000 pairs of shoes for kids who need them.
During high school, Heim despised running. But after a spur-of-the-moment decision to run a seven-mile race with her mother, Lesleh, Heim fell in love with the sport.
After that, Heim began training regularly. A roadblock emerged a year and a half ago while she was preparing for the San Francisco Marathon: a broken big toe. To repair the bone, doctors had to remove the toenail, which made wearing shoes painful.
Barefoot running was a way for Heim to continue training while her toenail healed. "It just worked for me," she said, so she kept up with it after she recovered from the injury. With a few exceptions on unforgiving terrain, most of her cross-country run was barefoot, Heim said.
Traveling alone without a support crew made financial sense for Heim, who graduated from high school in January and funded the trip herself. To ease her mother's concerns about safety and health, Heim stayed with a host family each night. She ran pushing a baby stroller to hold all her belongings while on the road.
Her first day out, Heim ran 44 miles. After the first few days of running alone through unknown towns and scenery, Heim said she was overcome with fatigue and homesickness. "The first week was awful," she said. Heim found herself crying on the side of a road on the fourth day, desperate for motivation to continue.
"The hardest part was definitely the first week, emotionally and physically," she said. "It was tough due to the shock of the mileage and the shock value of the, 'Oh my god, I can't turn back. What the heck have I gotten myself in to?' aspect of it."
Renewed motivation came from a phone call with her mother and sisters, who encouraged her to keep going. After the call, Heim ran 22-30 miles most days.
Heim, who had never been east before the run, said she wanted to do a little sightseeing, so she ran down the East Coast visiting landmarks and cities like New York City and Washington, D.C., before running across the country.
Eight months, 21 states, and many miles later, Hein finished her cross-country run on November 14.
"I miss the whole adventure part, where you don't really know what will happen next," she said.
Although she hasn't planned her next adventure yet, Heim said another ultramarathon quest isn't out of the question.
"It's always a possibility," she said. "I'm only 18 years old, so I still have a lot of time left."
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[Iodized-fluoridized salt for the prevention of goiter and caries].
Author: Wespi HJ.
Journal Name: Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift
Language: [Article in German]
Publish Date: July 24, 1954
Volume/Page: 84(30):885-90.
Type: Human Study
Categories: Thyroid Gland, Goiter, fluoridated salt
Fluoride, water hardness, and endemic goitre.
The prevalence of goitre in 17 Himalayan villages has been estimated. Water-samples from each village were taken, and levels of iodine, fluoride, and hardness determined. In 13 villages wide variations in goitre prevalence were not attributable to differences in iodine intake, which remained constant within a narrow range. Instead, variations
Role of nitric oxide and vascular endothelial growth factor in fluoride-induced goitrogenesis in rats
Endemic fluorosis is a serious problem in public health. Previous studies have indicated that patients with thyroid goiters usually live in fluoride-affected areas. However, the mechanism of goitrogenesis caused independently by fluoride is still unclear. The principle objective of this study was to investigate the possible roles of nitric oxide
Fluorosis and iodine deficiency disorders in India.
This review focuses on fluorosis and iodine deficiency disorders, two serious, highly prevalent metabolic disorders that are under-reported. These are caused by the two elements of the halogen family, fluorine and iodine. The former in excess and the latter in deficiency are the cause for concern. Excess fluoride (F–) consumption
[A preliminary approach to the relationship of both endemic goiter and fluorosis in the valley of Manasi River, Xin-Jiang to environmental geochemistry].
According to the geographical features of the inland basins and the motion law by which a variety of chemical elements move along the rivers and deposit in the bottom of the basins in Xinjiang,the author made a series of investigations to find out the effects of the factors of environmental
A survey of goiter morbidity in Ban Mae Toen, Northwest Thailand
A number of cases of goiter have been reported from Ban Mae Toen (BMT) northwestern Thailand, therefore we carried out this study to evaluate the prevalence and severity of goiter in BMT. We suspected fluoride toxicity as a factor in this phenomenon, therefore we used a WHO model using photographs
Fluorine in the Aetiology of Endemic Goitre
The distribution of endemic goitre in the Punjab and in England is related to the geological distribution of fluorine and to the distribution of human dental fluorosis (mottled enamel). Inquiry showed the presence of dental fluorosis among school-children in two areas of Somerset where two previous observers had recorded a high incidence of goitre, and the absence of dental fluorosis in an adjoining area selected as control where endemic goitre was absent.
Fluoride & Goiter
Goitre (aka goiter) is an enlargement of the thyroid gland that in some cases can produce visible swelling in the neck. The main cause of goitre is iodine deficiency. Goitre can also be caused by other things, including hypothyroidism and substances that cause goitre (goitrogens). Since as far back as the
Fluoride, Water Hardness, and Endemic Goitre
Variations in goitre prevalence were found to correlate closely with the fluoride content (p=0-74; P<0-01) and with the hardness (p=0.77; P<0-01) of the water in each village. The effects of fluoride and water hardness seem to be independent.
The Relationship Between Fluoride Exposure & Goitre in South Africa
As a general rule simple goitre, irrespective of the cause, can be very, or fairly, satisfactorily combated by an adequate increase in man's daily iodine intake, except when the enlargement of the gland is due to the ingestion of excessive amounts of fluorine. The only correct solution to fluorine-induced endemic goitre is the removal of this element from the drinking water.
Fluoride Aggravates Thyroid Damage Caused by Excess Iodine Intake
Chinese researchers have found that the combination of excess fluoride with excess iodine caused greater reductions in IQ, or greater increases in goitre than either scenario by itself.


I am particularly excited about this issue because the theme and content captures several critcal efforts of the Department of the Navy's focus right now: achieving operational effectiveness and efficiencies through business IT reform and improving financial processes and renewable energy technologies.
Top leadership, including: Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy and Deputy Chief Management Officer, Office of the Secretary of the Navy Eric Fanning; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Navy for Financial Management and Comptroller Charles E. Cook III; and Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy Thomas W. Hicks are the business warriors offering their unique perspectives in each of their areas of responsibility in meeting the department's objectives in these three strategic imperatives.
Mr. Hicks also talks about the Navy's Great Green Fleet.The Navy is currently testing the operational effectiveness of alternative fuels with its Green Fleet carrier strike group using 50/50 blends for two days of the Rim of the Pacific exercise in and around the Hawaiian Islands.
In May, the CHIPS staff partnered with one of CHIPS' sponsors, the Department of Defense Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI) team at the DON IT East Coast Conference held in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Did you know that the DoD ESI offers hardware, training and much more than just software at better than GSA pricing? Use of Department of the Navy Enterprise Licensing Agreements (ELAs) by all DON organizations and programs is now mandatory to achieve maximum cost savings. For more information, go to www.doncio.navy.mil/PolicyView.aspx?.
DON Chief Information Officer Terry Halvorsen held a town hall at the DON IT Conference to discuss the department's blueprint for business IT transformation. You will want to read his strategy in the "Department of the Navy Business IT Transformation" article in this issue.
Contributing to the discussion is the Naval Enterprise Networks program office with an article about the acquisition strategy for the Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN) which will replace the Navy Marine Corps Intranet in April 2014. Also weighing in is the Sea Warrior program office responsible for a complex portfolio of IT systems to recruit, train, pay, promote, move, retire and support Navy personnel and deliver Distance Support to the fleet. Both program offices are part of the Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems (PEO-EIS) which develops, acquires and deploys enterprise-wide IT systems for the warfighter and business enterprise.
PACIFIC OCEAN (July 7, 2012) A wave strikes the side of the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO 187) as it conducts a replenishment at sea with the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is underway participating in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2012.
The DON's ESI software product manager Suzi Ellison and DoD ESI cochair and director of enterprise commercial IT strategy in the office of the DON CIO Floyd Groce answer questions about enterprise licensing at their presentation at the DON IT Conference. The DoD ESI has a robust resource library and training available at www.esi.mil to assist buyers in saving time and money on their purchases.


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15 Reasons Melissa Williamson is the right Real Estate agent for you!
As a real estate professional proving assistance for both home buyers and sellers in Lucas, Allen, Wylie, Fairview, McKinney, Plano, and surrounding communities, I will always have your best interests in mind.
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We manufacture various 24V (a.c. or d.c.) versions of our PIR occupancy switches and photocell switches, ideal for low voltage control systems. 12V versions can also be supplied, depending on the quantity required. Many of these items are often held in stock. Please see page 14 for some of the Ceiling flush mounted variants. To special order we can also supply PIR occupancy switches with volt-free outputs (including versions with gold contact relays) available for use with mains, 24V or 12V supplies.
Open collector output can be implemented with DANLERS Logic Gold, Volt Free product variants.
We can manufacture various bespoke pre-wired controls for use with marshalling box control systems as well as different cable lengths on standard products.
We can manufacture bespoke 1-10 volt PIR occupancy switches with daylight linked dimming with 24V (a.c. or d.c.) supply.
Time lag switches with bespoke specifications can be supplied, depending on the quantity required.
With switched outputs or volt-free outputs.
We can also supply our square plated hard wired controls mounted on a special adaptor box with a plug, suitable for our Ceiling sockets (CESO and CESO SQ) and our Ceiling slave relays (CESL and CE2SL).
DANLERS offer manufacturing services, including surface mount and through hole electronic assembly, for other manufacturers.


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Manchester engineering firm Fuss & O'Neill appoints new CEO – Fuss & O'Neill, Inc.
Manchester engineering firm Fuss & O'Neill Inc. has named Chief Operation Officer Kevin Grigg its new CEO, effective July 1.
The board of directors chose Grigg to replace Peter Grose, who has been CEO for the past eight years and will retire after 39 years with the firm.
"Kevin has brought a valuable set of experiences to Fuss & O'Neill, and has played a major role in improving the firm's operations," Grose said.
Grigg has been with the firm for the past five years in a career spanning more than 30 years, and has managed projects and business units in the environmental, facilities, water and transportation markets.
Fuss & O'Neill operates 10 regional offices throughout all six New England states, two LLCs, has more than 300 employees.


A powerful communications tool in every sense, KENWOOD's new TH-K20A /K40A radio offers 5.5 watts of RF output to ensure reliable performance.
Numerous features ensure superb operating ease, yet it is small enough to fit comfortably in the palm. Both display and keypad are backlit for night-time use, and for added convenience everyday functions are pre-programmed to 11 keys with an additional PF key that can be assigned a custom function. Plus, the construction is rugged enough to stand up to the worst weather. Inside and out, the TH-K20A/K40A is fully equipped for clear communications — wherever and whenever needed.
Users will appreciate just how light (just 210g) and thin (54mm) this radio is. Yet there is no compromise on construction: it meets or exceeds the stringent IP54 dust and water intrusion standards as well as the MILSTD 810 C, D, E, F & G environmental standards, making it rugged enough for demanding outdoor use in bad weather.
The TH-K20A /K40A has 200 memory channels – with a 6-digit Memory Name function to enable clear identification – plus 6 program scan memories, 1 call channel and 1 priority channel.
Another feature that sets the TH-K20A /K40A apart is sound: it benefits from the audio expertise for which KENWOOD is renowned. High sound pressure – which is not the same as volume – delivers a clarity that is unmistakable. Just listen once and you will appreciate what a difference it makes.
This radio is supplied with a rechargeable Lithium-ion battery plus a convenient cradle charger.
Everyday functions are pre-programmed to 11 of the 12 keys. The additional PF key can be assigned a custom function, making it possible to tailor the TH-K20A/K40A for optimum convenience. There is no need to use a menu: one key push provides direct access. And to prevent accidental operation, three types of key lock are provided.
The TH-K20A/K40A offers convenient hands-free operation when using an optional headset. The internal VOX (voice-operated transmission) circuitry provides automatic PTT and a 10-level (Off/1-9) sensitivity adjustment to suit different ambient noise levels. VOX delay time is also adjustable.
By simply connecting the TH-K20A/K40A to a computer running KENWOOD's free MCP-5A software with the optional PG-4Y cable, one can easily manage dozens of memory channels and memory names. This is also a convenient way to modify or copy settings.
Backlighting for the large 13-segment LCD display is a welcome feature when picking memory names or changing settings. Similarly, keypad backlighting facilitates operation in low-light situations.
Thanks to the built-in CTCSS (Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System) and DCS (Digital Code Squelch) encoder/ decoder, the TH-K20A /K40A can handle 42 CTCSS sub-tone frequencies plus 104 DCS codes. And one can set separate TX and RX signalling types so as to access a repeater that uses different encode/decode signalling.
When activated, this function will sound an audible alert and flash a bell symbol to indicate an incoming call. Both elapsed time and the number of missed calls are clearly displayed.


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