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Surprises at Tour de Delta
American Steve Fisher Shocks Top Pro Field; Morgan Cabot Surprises Women
The Tour de Delta wrapped up with a couple of big surprises Sunday.
First it was Morgan Cabot, riding for local club team Glotman Simpson, beating a field that included the alternate for Canada's Olympic Track team on the women's side of the White Spot Road Race. Then Bellingham amateur Steve Fisher topped that, shocking a field of top professional cyclists to win the men's road race – and with it the 2012 Tour de Delta Omnium, or overall, title.
"The team motto is believe in your dreams and my dream has been to win a Cat 1 race and I never thought I could do it," said a beaming, giddy Cabot, who has only been racing for three years. "I can't stop smiling."
Neither could Fisher, who leaves Tuesday for Belgium to race with the US under-23 team in Europe after finishing fifth at the recent US under-23 Road Nationals.
"This is definitely my biggest result ever," Fisher, 22, said after topping a field that included Pro Tour riders Christian Meier and Svein Tuft of Orica-GreenEDGE. "It's an awesome experience just to be racing with those guys, and better if you can beat them on a single day. I am a little pleasantly surprised but I knew I was capable so I told my teammates that and they really rode all out for me."
Fisher bridged up to an eight-rider breakaway group with two laps left, and then won a sprint to the finish line. Riding for the Seattle-based Hagens Berman domestic elite team, he finished the 140-kilometer ride – it started with four laps around North Delta before crossing the flats and up into Tsawwassen for 10 laps of a longer circuit – in three hours, nine minutes and 31.1 seconds.
"I went across to the break on the climb on the second to last lap," said Fisher, who was second in Saturday night's Brenco Criterium and fifth in the opening MK Delta Lands Criterium on Friday to win the overall Tour de Delta title. "I opened it up with 200 meters to go and I was able to hold it to the line."
American Jesse Anthony, riding for Optum Health presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies, finished second after overcoming a bad crash Saturday night. And German Dominik Roels, a former Pro Tour rider now racing for Team HED, was third after having to find a replacement bike when his broke in a crash Friday.
Fisher, who is taking pre-physical therapy courses at Western Washington University, is in his third year with a Hagens Berman squad that, under a different name, once included a young, developing Tuft on its roster. He was aware of the Tour de Delta's history of young riders making a name for themself – and often earning a first pro contracts – before going on to bigger things. With a list of past winners at BC Superweek that includes fellow Washington State native Tyler Farrar, now riding at the Tour de France, the win should get noticed.
"I certainly hope so," Fisher said. "I've definitely seen some of the names coming through and guys riding for GreenEdge now that maybe sort of started here."
Sunday's men's race started with a strong group of 14 riders breaking away halfway through four and half laps of a smaller circuit in North Delta, and building up a three minute lead on the peleton as they crossed the flats and rode up into Tsawwassen for 10 laps around a longer 8.8-kilometer circuit. Everyone came back together with four laps left, but another group of nine riders took off again soon after, and barely managed to stay ahead of the chase – by seven seconds – on the last lap to set up a sprint finish down the final long straightaway.
Anthony felt pressure to get into that second break after three teammates worked so hard to try and keep the first one away. It wasn't easy after getting caught in a high-speed crash the night before, but Anthony managed to hang on to the end.
"I tired a couple times to get away because I didn't want it to come down to a sprint," he said. "Not my specialty. But it's always good to get on a podium."
Roels, who discovered BC Superweek while traveling the world last year, was just happy to be able to race Sunday after bringing a couple of teammates back with him only to crash so hard on Friday night that he broke his bike.
"I met a local rider at café Saturday morning, she saw my sore legs and asked if I needed bandages," Roels said of a conversation that quickly turned to his bigger problem – no bike. "She put a post on Facebook and five minutes later a guy doing a triathlon gave me his training bike to ride last two days."
Finishing strong helped ease the pain in his still-bandaged left leg.
"Every day got better so I'm really glad I finished podium here," Roels said.
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Cabot was even happier to finish on top of the women's podium.
The 24-year-old data analyst got into an early 10-rider break, took off with two laps left and stayed away, finishing the 88-kilometres in two hours, 21 minutes and 16.9 seconds – 73 seconds ahead of the sprint for second place.
"The attack started on the hill with the skinny climbers, and then we crested over the top and some more powerful riders started to go, and honestly I was just following attacks and accidentally ended up off the front, saw a small gap, and then just decided this is it, you better go for it, this is your chance," she said.
"Honestly I think no one expected it," continued Cabot. "They thought I didn't have the balls to do it. Everyone let me go and didn't bother to mark me."
Steph Roorda, an alternate of the Canadian Olympic track team riding for Local Ride Racing / Dr. Vie Superfoods, won that late sprint ahead of independent rider Kate Finegan, and with that finish claimed the Tour de Delta overall title after finishing second Friday, and winning the second stage on Saturday.
Cabot didn't make the Omnium podium – Joanie Caron of Colavita-espnW was second and Jenny Lehmann of Trek Red Truck third – but all that mattered to her was the road win. It was the first race since an accident earlier this season for Cabot, who moved to Vancouver from France in 2005, and started racing in 2009 at the Young Women's Development program run locally by Lisa Howard.
Among the fellow newcomers to racing that year were Lehmann and Jasmine Glaesser, who had to miss BC Superweek this year because she is preparing to compete for Canada at the upcoming Summer Olympics in London.
"I just used to ride casually on a 1986 tube shifter bike and I showed up to her clinic on that bike and everybody made fun of me because I would sprint and knock my shifters out of place," Cabot recalled. "I never honestly thought I could race, but she made it so fun and so unintimidating. We had buddies, and I had Jasmine and Jenny, who are now doing amazingly, and we'd say, 'Ok I'll show up to this little race if you show up' and we were in it together."
Unlike Glaesser, Lehmann and Fisher, though, Cabot isn't overly eager to use her big win as a springboard to a spot on a professional team.
"I really, really love racing locally and even in the States a bit, and my goal is to compete in some bugger races but I do have a job I really like and a relationship I'm very happy with," she said. "Those are things I'm not ready to compromise right now, but definitely I can't see myself quitting racing any time soon.
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BC Superweek is Canada's biggest cycling series, with $105,000 in prize money available during nine races over 10 days.
BC Superweek runs from July 6 through 15, and is made up of the Tour de Delta (races on July 6, 7, 8), Original 16 UBC Grand Prix (July 10), Global Relay Gastown Grand Prix (July 11), Giro di Burnaby (July 12) and the Tour de White Rock (races on July 13, 14, 15)
Learn more at www.bcsuperweek.ca


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There is a database below, but first I would like to start out with a little history about my dad, Bernie Horn and the reason why I created this page. My dad was drafted into service on October 29, 1943, just ten days after his 19th birthday. He entered into active service on November 19, 1943 and his first stop was Fort Sheridan, Ill., in which he stayed for 2 weeks. He then went to Camp Blanding, Florida, until July 1st, 1944. He was then sent home on a "delay in route" leave. After his visit home, he was shipped to Fort Ord, California. This is where he wrote and asked my mother to marry him and she accepted. After he left Fort Ord, he was sent to Camp Stoneman for 2 days before boarding a ferry in Pittsburgh, California enroute to San Francisco. In San Francisco, he boarded a troop ship enroute to New Guinea. He was there for 1 month and then he boarded a ship enroute to the Admiralty Islands, he was there 2 days and boarded a troop ship once again headed for Leyte, Philippine Islands. He arrived there October 20, 1944, one day after his 20th birthday. His stay there was very short. During an air raid on October 25, 1944, my dad was severly injured as a bomb blew up right next to him. He recalls he was lighting a cigarette at the time of the explosion. This explosion took my dad's left arm and also punctured his left ear drum. He was operated on that night yet and the next morning was taken by ambulance to the beach landing and loaded on a barge that took him to the Liberty Ship where he waited 2 days to be boarded on the hospital ship. Once aboard the hospital ship, the USS Comfort, he was transported back to Oro Bay, New Guinea. That did not come without incident either. While enroute on the hospital ship, they encountered a typhoon. He related stories of how the patients on that ship were rocked and rolled, sometimes right out of their bunks. On December 7th, 1944, he left New Guinea on the Liberty ship and landed back in San Francisco on December 25th, 1944. My father did not let his "disabilities" get to him. I phrase it as such because he never thought of himself as being disabled. He has learned to do everything with just one arm that any other person can do with two. My dad's first job was at an electric spray company, however when the company lost their government contract, he lost his job. He then start with Armour Leather company on October 2, 1945 as a switch board operator and advanced with the company from there until his retirement in January, 1984 when the company closed it's doors in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. At the time of the company closing, he was a production expeditor, his last job there until the day the doors literally closed was a switchboard operator. After the company let the office staff go, they brought my dad down to run the switchboard again. He never let his injuries get him down and every new challenge he faced, he conquered, including raising three children. I have always been very proud of my dad.Sadly my father passed away on Thursday, July 15, 2010, after a 6 month battle with Merkel Cell Cancer. Even with finding out the cancer spread to his bones and caused a weak spot in his only arm, which resulted in a break to happen, he still didn't give up. He was bound and determined to regain the use of that arm again. Sadly because of the cancer being where the break was, they couldn't do Chemo to slow the spread of the cancer down and 3 months to the day that he broke his arm, he went home to God.
Daddy, I Love you and miss you so much, I know I will see you and mom in Heaven again someday.
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Automotive fascination and high tech of the highest order: These are the traits embodied by the new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, which is making its world premiere at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt/Main on September 15, 2009.
The super sports car boasts a purist design, the systematic incorporation of lightweight engineering and superior handling dynamics. At the same time, the SLS delivers the high everyday utility and exemplary safety that typifies Mercedes, making the new gullwing the ideal synthesis of the strengths of Mercedes-Benz and AMG.
The new super sports car from Mercedes-Benz and AMG dazzles with its unparalleled technology package: an aluminium space frame body with gullwing doors; an AMG 6.3-liter, front-mid V8 engine with a top power of 420 kW/563 hp, 650 Nm of torque (479 lb-ft), and dry sump lubrication; seven-speed dual-clutch in a transaxle configuration; a sports chassis with aluminium double-wishbone suspension; and a DIN kerb weight of 1,620 kilograms (3,571 lbs.). It's a combination that guarantees supreme handling dynamics. The car's ideal weight distribution between the front and rear axles (47 to 53 percent respectively) and its low center of gravity emphasize the concept's pronounced sports car nature. The gullwing accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.8 seconds (0-60 in 3.6 seconds) and has a top speed of 317 km/h (195 mph) (electronically limited).
"With the new SLS AMG, Mercedes-Benz is presenting a fascinating super sports car that will quicken the pulse of any car fan. The SLS AMG bolsters both the Mercedes-Benz and AMG brands equally, and will surely become one of the most alluring sports cars of our time," says Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars.
"In the SLS AMG, our customers benefit first-hand from the expertise gleaned by Mercedes-AMG from more than 40 years of motor sports experience. The unparalleled technology package provides for extraordinary handling dynamics with moderate fuel consumption—another hallmark of AMG today," says Volker Mornhinweg, Chairman of Mercedes-AMG GmbH.
Design: Purist, distinctive, and passionate.
The distinctive design of the new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG dazzles with its passionate sportiness and reinterprets the breathtaking design of the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL, one of the brightest design icons of the Mercedes-Benz brand. With its purist design, the new SLS AMG reflects the teachings of modern sports car design: The nearly two-meter long-hood, the low greenhouse positioned far back, and the short rear with the extendable rear spoiler symbolize dynamism, as do the long wheelbase, the wide track and the large wheels. The proportions are determined by the short overhangs and the design of the super sports car, with a low-slung, front-mid engine mounted well back and a dual-clutch transmission in a transaxle configuration. The stylistic highlight is without a doubt the gullwing doors, which impart the SLS AMG with incomparable character and make a unique statement in this vehicle segment.
It is not just the gullwing doors that awaken reminiscences of the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL. The characteristic wide radiator grille with the large Mercedes star and the wing-like fin are also reminiscent of the face of the legendary sports car. The three-dimensional, sculptured front with the low, v-shaped front skirt with lateral indentations gives the gullwing a powerful stance on the road. The car's dominance is underscored by six large air intakes and the wideset, vertical headlamps with intriguing internals: The central bixenon low-beam headlamps with metallic wing element are framed by two LED blinkers above and two LED daytime running lights below.
Influences from aircraft construction. Echoes of aircraft construction are stirred by the exposed Mercedes star, whose cone in profile resembles the air intake of a jet engine, and the long hood. The farther the viewer's eye wanders to the front, the greater the curvature of the hood. The same visual effect is produced by the design of the four "Silver Shadow" fins gracing the two air vent grilles on the end of the hood. These lines, which are typical for aircraft, also optically accelerate the air flowing past, giving the SLS AMG an extremely dynamic appearance even when standing still.
The fins on the hood are revisited on the vehicle's flanks. Aficionados will recognize this as another typical styling element of the 300 SL. The "6.3" badge integrated between the fins provides a direct reference to the large displacement, naturally aspirated V8 engine. Extending from the lateral air outlet is a style-defining character line, which together with the convex inclination and the exciting surface treatment combines aesthetics with power. The compact passenger compartment is extremely attractive and unmistakable, and with its high waistline, low side windows and steep windshield resembles a visor. The B-pillar, which is inclined to the front and transitions to the rear window with an elegant curve, gives the impression of pure dynamics.
Muscle and shoulder dominate the side view.
The pronounced shoulder of the SLS, which extends from the front to the rear like a taut muscle, is striking when the car is viewed from the side. The wheel arches that extend powerfully from the sidewall are filled by striking 19-inch (front) and 20-inch (rear) light alloy wheels. Three different styles of wheels all provide a view of the large, AMG high-performance composite brakes. When viewed from above, an unbroken line extends along the muscle from the headlamps to the rear. This stylistic device is also found on the hood, where the eye follows a striking contour extending over the roof between the gullwing doors to the third brake light.
Rear view with wide appeal.
The rear view of the SLS suggests dynamics and power. The gently sloping boot lid, the pronounced shoulder and the flat tail lights all give the car a wide appearance. Sporting LED technology, the horizontally split lights provide interesting insights. LED lighting elements in the shape of a wing impart a fascinating and distinctive night design. The LED fog lamp/backup light is mounted low and in the middle, Formula 1 style. The black diffuser insert and the two chrome tailpipe baffles of the sports exhaust system are also inspired by motor sports. The sharp indentations of the rear skirt allow a clear view of the wide rear tires and give the gullwing a self-assured road stance. The spoiler integrated into the boot lid extends automatically at a speed of 120 km/h (74 mph) and provides outstanding stability at high speeds.
New colors: "AMG Alubeam silver" and two matte paints.
The color palette for the SLS comprises a total of nine exclusive shades. The highlight is the unique "AMG Alubeam silver" paintwork. The process used nowhere else in the world, lets the paint shine like liquid metal. The paint covers the body like a metallic skin, emphasizing the gullwing's fascinating design lines more strongly than any other paintwork and makes them livelier by means of targeted light reflections. This effect would not be possible without tiny pigments measuring 30 to 50 nanometers. The matte paints "designo magno Alanite Grey" and "AMG magno Sylvanite Grey" are just as attractive. Their silk matte surface emphasizes the sporty character of the two-seater by sharply defining the contours of the edges.
Interior with aircraft design elements and racing functionality.
Drivers who raise the gullwing doors of the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG and sit down in the sports seats will experience a very special interior. In its conception, the Mercedes-Benz designers took their cue from aircraft construction to create an ambience that immediately evokes associations with plane cockpits. The defining stylistic element is the dashboard, whose powerfully extended wing-like profile creates the impression of great width. The dashboard incorporates "silver shadow" electroplated air vents with an adjustable set of nozzles, whose shape vividly calls to mind jet engines. The instrument cluster with its shift-up LED display and two white illuminated circular instruments also appears very sporty in the metallic silver shadow look. The silver dials have red pointers and a 220-mph scale. The main feature between the dashboard's two center air vents is the COMAND APS multi-media system with its 7-inch screen. The elongated center console made of real matte metal also takes up the plane cockpit theme. Among other things, the center console incorporates the AMG DRIVE UNIT, which is aligned towards the driver's seat and enables SLS owners to customize their vehicle set-up. The AMG SPEEDSHIFT DCT 7-speed sports transmission is operated by means of the E-SELECT lever, which is styled like a jet's thrust regulator. All of the control elements are of real metal, boasting a shiny silver shadow surface.
The cockpit impression is rounded off by the concave interior trim of the gullwing doors, the high waistline clearance and the muscular side skirts, all of which also convey the feeling of sports car ergonomics. The high craftsmanship of the SLS interior is demonstrated by the use of refined materials such as nappa leather, real metal, and, as an option, real carbon appliqués. All of these features also express a great attention to detail. To help customize the interior, the leather is available in five designo colors: black, classic red, sand, porcelain and light brown.
Wide-opening gullwing doors for easy entry.
Despite the low seating position typical of sports cars, which means the seats are located only 369 millimeters (14.5 inches) above the road surface, the wide opening gullwing doors ensure easy entry and exit. The designers made sure that the doors had as large an opening angle as possible, which is why they swing up by 70 degrees. Another consideration that is just as important is that the distance between the opened doors and the road surface is an ample 1.50 meters (60 in.), while the size of the passage between the opened doors and the upper edge of the side skirts is a generous 1.08 meters (43 in). By contrast, the entry height (the distance between the road surface and the upper edge of the side skirts) is a low 45 centimeters (17 in). Another important criterion for ensuring an elegant entry and exit is that the opening and closing of the doors requires little effort even when it's very cold, because of two gas-dampers next to the door hinges.
The gullwing doors require less room to open than do conventional coupe doors and can be completely opened in standard sized garages. The gullwing doors can be opened from the interior by means of a silver shadow opening handle. Thanks to the linkage system in the door's armrest, the door is easy to handle when closing. The buttons for the power windows, the central locking system and the exterior mirror adjustment are also easily accessible in the interior trim. The interior has a spacious feeling, due primarily to the large shoulder room of 1483 millimeters (58.4 inches) and the wide elbow width of 1606 millimeters (63.2 inches). In conjunction with the generous headroom of 990 millimeters (39.1 inches) and the driver's effective legroom of 1058 millimeters (41.7 inches), the deep seating position is also relaxing. The passengers benefit from a relatively steep windscreen that provides a good view.
Sports seats with magnesium backrests.
The backrests of the sports seats are made of magnesium, a high-tech material that is strong as well as light. This results in substantial benefits with regard to the vehicle's weight balance and the lowering of its center of gravity. The sports seats have two-zone seat cushions. Large side bolsters filled with harder foam ensure optimum lateral support, while the inner zones of the seats and backrests have purposefully been made softer for high long-distance driving comfort.
The Memory Package enables the user to electrically adjust the seat's lateral position and height as well as the tilt of the backrest, seat cushion, and steering column. In addition, the package allows the user to save up to three individual settings.Four-way lumbar supports provide effective support for the spine, while adjustable side bolsters in the backrests substantially improve lateral support when driving around bends at high speeds. Other standard features include a three-stage seat heating system as well as seat occupancy and child safety seat detection for the front seat passenger.
The sports seats with integrated headrests and sporty transverse piping are covered with designo leather. Two-tone seats are also available in the colours classic red, sand and porcelain. Cars with the interior color light brown use natural leather with especially high quality braided leather for the center insert of the seats. Depending on the color combination selected, the sporty feeling is further enhanced through the use of contrast piping.
The three-spoke performance leather steering wheel with a 365-millimeter (14 in) rim, gearshift paddles and a real metal accent emphasize the vehicle's authentic hand-crafted character and provide the best possible assistance in maintaining control of the car.
Multiple stowage spaces for ensuring the car's suitability for everyday use that is a hallmark of Mercedes.
Other impressive features of the SLS AMG interior are conveniently designed stowage areas for ensuring the car's suitability for everyday use that is a hallmark of Mercedes. The dashboard on the front passenger's side contains a 3.7-liter (225 in3) glove compartment and a storage bin for glasses. To the right of the E-SELECT lever, passengers will find a small stowage area with a 12 volt socket or an ashtray with a lighter. The armrest behind the center console not only serves for operating the COMAND controller; it can also be shifted in two stages at the push of a button to provide access to a storage bin located underneath. Here, users will find two cup holders and the recess for the telephone (optional equipment).
Additional storage space is provided by the stowage system between the seats at the back and the mesh side pocket in the front passenger footwell. Two clothing hooks are fixed to the backrests. Their counterparts in the roof lining can be folded out and have silicone damping.
The button for unlocking the rear hatch can be found underneath the light switch. In addition, the hatch can also be opened by using the car keys. The luggage compartment has a volume of 176 liters (6.2 ft3).
The SLS' extensive range of standard equipment includes (excerpts):
• Floor mats with AMG logo
• designo leather for interior appointments
• Burglary and theft warning system
• Electric parking brake
• Headlamp Assist
• KEYLESS-GO start function
• Rain sensor
• Heated sports seats
• Sports pedals made of brushed stainless steel with rubber studs
• Cruise control with SPEEDTRONIC
• Memory Package with power-adjustable seating and steering wheel settings
Optional extras include the following:
• 6 disc DVD changer
• Bang & Olufsen BeoSound AMG surround sound system
• One-tone exclusive designo leather for interior appointments
• Two-tone exclusive designo leather for interior appointments
• Exclusive designo light brown natural leather/braided leather for interior appointments
• AMG Alubeam Silver paintwork
• AMG magno Sylvanite Grey paintwork
• AMG magno Alanite Grey paintwork
• Media interface
The AMG Performance Studio also offers its full range of top-quality features for meeting individual customer preferences for the SLS AMG:
• Carbon exterior mirrors
• Carbon hood
• Carbon ornamental trim (for front and rear storage bins and lids, cover for AMG DRIVE UNIT, covers for the cluster gears and rear of the centre console, ornamental trim for the centre console and the door armrests)
• Interior Carbon Package (carbon ornamental trim, side panels for backrests and seats, door sills)
• Performance chassis with uprated tuning for optimised dynamic transverse movement
• Forged 10-spoke wheels
• Performance sports steering wheel covered with leather/Alcantara
Aluminium space frame for light weight and highest strength.
The SLS is also taking a new approach in its body concept. For the first time ever, Mercedes-Benz and AMG are presenting an automobile, whose chassis and body are made of aluminium. This leads to significant weight savings compared to the traditional steel construction, as shown by the car's DIN kerb weight of only 1,620 kilograms (3,571 lbs.).
The vehicle's all-new body consists of an aluminium space frame, which combines intelligent, lightweight design with the highest strength and thus further boosts the SLS' excellent handling properties. Light aluminium profiles combine the force nodes to create a stable structure. The large, low-lying cross-sections of these aluminium profiles exhibit high resistance torques, thereby ensuring the desired direct transfer of drive, braking and chassis forces. Undesired flexibility is reduced by the structure; the vehicle responds rigidly, directly and as if it was almost free of torsion.
The intelligent aluminium space frame, which has been optimized in terms of weight, is 45 percent aluminium profiles, 31 percent aluminium panelling, 20 percent cast aluminium and four percent steel. Ultra high-tensile, hot-rolled steel is used in the A-pillars to further improve occupant protection. The body-in-white weight is 241 kilograms (531 lbs.) — and given that the maximum power is 420 kW/563 hp, guaranteeing top performance.
Lower center of gravity and transverse reinforcing struts for perfect dynamics.
The overall vehicle concept has been designed with the lowest possible center of gravity. That means a low connection between the drive train and the axles, as well as the lowest possible arrangement of the body-in-white components that contribute to rigidity. Examples include the connections between the front and rear sections and the occupant safety cell, which are resistant to bending and torque. These connections have been consistently designed to run along the lowest possible force paths.
The result is not only a low center of gravity but also a harmonious, and thus efficient, transfer of force within the vehicle's structure.
Another hallmark of the lightweight construction is the transverse reinforcing struts that are integrated into the body-in-white structure at the front and rear axles. The profiles connect the side members exactly at the points where the strongest forces act on the body-in-white when the vehicle is taking a fast bend. The advantages of this painstaking solution are a matchless degree of transverse rigidity and the avoidance of heavy secondary stiffeners or consoles.
Passive safety at the highest level.
The aluminium space frame forms the basis for providing outstanding passive safety. The comprehensive range of standard equipment includes three-point seatbelts, seat-belt tensioners, belt force limiters, and eight airbags (adaptive front airbags, a kneebag each for the driver and front passenger, two sidebags integrated into the seats and two windowbags that trigger out of the door).
Advanced AMG 6.3-liter V8 engine with an output of 420 kW/563 hp.
The heart of the new SLS is a high-powered eight-cylinder engine manufactured by Mercedes-AMG. The advanced 6.3-liter V-8 engine, which has an output of 420 kW/563 hp at 6,800 rpm, makes the gullwing vehicle one of the most powerful sports cars in its segment. In conjunction with the low vehicle weight, this results in a weight-power ratio of 2.84 kg/hp (5.5 lb/hp). The naturally aspirated engine provides its maximum torque of 650 Nm (479 lb-ft) at 4,750 rpm. The gullwing vehicle accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.8 seconds (0-60 in 3.6 seconds) and has an electronically limited top speed of 317 km/h (195 mph) (all figures are preliminary). The high-torque V8 engine, which is called the M159 within the company, has a displacement of 6,208 cm³. It has been completely restructured compared to the basic M156 engine, and it displays the typical characteristics of high-performance racing engines.
The most important measures taken to boost its performance were the development of a completely new intake manifold system, the restructuring of the valve gear and the camshaft, the use of streamlined steel-pipe fan-type exhaust pipes and a dethrottling of the exhaust system. As a result, the designers have achieved significantly improved cylinder charging that boosts performance by almost nine percent. The eight-cylinder engine reacts nimbly to movements of the accelerator pedal and in general responds extremely well. Thanks to the change to dry sump lubrication, it has been possible to achieve a much lower installation position for the engine. The consequent lowering of the vehicle's center of gravity enables high transverse acceleration, which results in handling dynamics that drivers love.
The perfect synthesis of lightweight construction and stability.
The use of high-strength components compensates for the increased burden on the engine resulting from its higher output. Forged pistons, a strengthened crankshaft mounting, an optimized crankcase structure, and improved lubrication by means of a need-regulated high-powered oil pump ensure maximum stability. In spite of the increased demands placed on it, the engine weight of the M159 has been further reduced. The forged pistons, as oscillating masses, make a particularly valuable contribution to this reduction. This results in a dry weight of 205 kg (451 lbs), and thus a weight-power ratio of 0.36 kg/hp (0.79 lb/hp) — a value that is unmatched by any competitors. Sophisticated catalytic converter technology makes it possible to comply with current and future emissions limits such as EU5, LEV2 and ULEV.
Reaching ambitious fuel consumption targets.
In spite of its uncompromisingly sporty character, the vehicle has reached ambitious fuel consumption targets. The SLS AMG consumes 13.2 liters of fuel per 100 km (combined; preliminary Euro figure), which makes it the front runner in its competitive field. It boasts efficiency-boosting measures such as the AMG-exclusive, friction-optimised LDS cylinder-bore lining, an oil supply that is regulated according to the characteristic map, and smart alternator management. During every coasting phase of the vehicle and every braking action, kinetic energy is used to charge the battery rather than being uselessly transformed into heat, as happens in conventional engines. Conversely, the alternator is switched on without a load during acceleration and thus eases the burden on the engine.
Dual-clutch transmission in the transaxle configuration with the Torque Tube.
The AMG 6.3-liter V-8 engine transmits its tremendous power to the rear axle via an especially lightweight drive shaft made of carbon — similar to the DTM C-Class touring car. The dual-clutch transmission is located on the rear axle (in line with the transaxle principle) and is tightly connected with the engine housing by means of a Torque Tube. In the Torque Tube, a carbon camshaft rotates with the same speed as the engine. The advantages of this sophisticated solution include the rigid connection between the engine and the transmission, which results in an optimal response to forces and torques.
The new AMG SPEEDSHIFT DCT seven-speed sports transmission is responsible for the power transmission. This dual-clutch transmission is characterized by quick shifting without any interruption of traction — minimum speeds of 100 milliseconds are possible. The driver has a choice of four different driving programmes: C (Controlled Efficiency), S (Sport), S+ (Sport plus) and M (Manual), as well as a RACE START function. During the Sport, Sport plus and Manual driving programmes, the automatic double-declutching function is active; all of these modes can be comfortably managed via the torque regulator in the AMG DRIVE UNIT. Optimal traction is guaranteed by the mechanical differential lock, which is integrated into the compact transmission housing.
Sophisticated chassis layout with double wishbone suspension.
The solution that was chosen, a front-mid engine plus transaxle configuration, ensures an ideal weight distribution of 47 percent in the front and 53 percent in the rear. Mounting the engine behind the front axle provided optimal conditions for perfect handling dynamics with precise steering behaviour, top class agility, low inertia during sudden changes of direction and outstanding traction. The aim of Mercedes-Benz and AMG — to build a desirable super sports car and combine flawless race circuit performance with the long distance comfort typical of Mercedes — led to a sophisticated chassis layout. All four wheels are guided on dual A-arms with track rod, a technique that has proven itself in motor racing up to the Formula 1 level. In a double wishbone suspension, the wheel location and suspension function are separated from each other, and the spring struts/damper struts are supported on the lower transverse link. With its high shatter strength and directional stability, the double wishbone concept decisively controls the wheel, with minimal springy movements, and gives the driver optimal contact with the road surface even in extreme situations.
The A-arms, steering knuckles and hub carriers at the front and rear axles are made entirely of forged aluminium — which helps to substantially reduce the unsprung masses; and this in turn improves the responsiveness of the suspension. At 2,680 millimeters (105.5 inches), the long wheelbase results in not only a stable straight-line stability, but also a low dynamic wheel load shift, this significantly reduces the vehicle's tendency to roll during acceleration and deceleration. The wide tread — 1,682 millimeters (66.2 inches) in the front, and 1,653 millimeters (65.1 inches) in the rear — ensures a lower dynamic wheel load transfer from the inside wheel to the outside wheel on bends, which gives the tires more grip. When driving around bends, the big castor angle of 11.5 degrees results in a large increase in the negative camber, in addition to improving the tires' grip — and lending high stability when braking suddenly in bends.
Direct steering, differential lock and three-stage ESP®.
With a constant mechanical gear ratio of 13.6: 1, the rack-and-pinion steering gear delivers a consistently direct steering feel, thereby meeting drivers' high expectations of a super sports car. The parameter power steering works with speed-dependent support and improves feedback for the driver as driving speed increases, a crucial factor when driving straight ahead at high speed. The mounting of the steering gear in front of the engine, on the frametype integral support, allows a particularly low engine position. The gullwing car features a 3-stage ESP®, giving the driver a choice of the three modes "ESP ON", "ESP SPORT" and "ESP OFF" at the push of a button. Even in "ESP OFF" mode, simply applying the brake pedal makes all ESP functions accessible again.
The traction logic of the acceleration skid control ASR is active in all three ESP modes. If a drive wheel begins to lose traction, a targeted activation of the brakes supplies a considerable improvement in traction — especially in combination with the mechanical multiple-disc limited-slip differential lock, which is standard equipment. During particularly dynamic driving, this allows more effective transfer of the engine output to the road.
AMG high-performance, ceramic-composite brakes, new "flow forming" wheels.
The AMG high-performance composite brakes on the front axel ensure the vehicle quickly comes to a stop even under an enormous load. Even better braking performance is provided by the newly developed, optional ceramic-composite brake system with larger brake discs. Thanks to their increased hardness, the ceramic brake discs offer greater safety at high temperatures and are also impressive by virtue of their weight, which has been reduced by about 40 percent. Through the reduction of the unsprung masses, they further optimise the gullwing's handling — which becomes especially apparent during motorway driving around bends at high speed.
Lightweight engineering also played a key role with regard to the wheels:
Weight-optimised AMG light alloy wheels in accordance with the new "flow forming" principle, 9.5 x 19 inches in the front, and 11.0 x 20 inches in the rear, reduce the unsprung masses and boost handling dynamics and suspension comfort. In addition to the standard AMG light alloy wheels with a seven-spoke design, customers can choose as options wheels with five double-spokes or forged wheels in a ten-spoke design. Tires developed exclusively for the SLS AMG — 265/35 R 19 in the front, and 295/30 R 20 in the rear, ensure top performance. The standard equipment includes a tire pressure monitoring system that continuously checks the pressure of all four wheels and displays the individual values for each tire.
The reinterpretation of the legendary gullwing will celebrate its U.S. market launch in spring of 2010.
*Provisional figures.
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
• Engine
No. of cylinders/arrangement 8/V, 4 valves per cylinder
Displacement cc 6208
Bore x stroke mm 102.2 x 94.6
Rated power output kW/hp 420/563 at 6800 rpm
Rated torque Nm 650 at 4750 rpm (465 lb-ft)
Compression ratio 11.3 : 1
Mixture preparation Microprocessor-controlled fuel injection, HFM
Power transmission
Drive Standard drive
Transmissions AMG SPEEDSHIFT DCT seven-speed sports transmission
Final drive – 3.67
1st gear – 3.40
2nd gear – 2.19
3rd gear – 1.63
4th gear – 1.29
5th gear – 1.03
6th gear – 0.84
7th gear – 0.72
Reverse – 2.79
• Chassis and suspension
Front axle Aluminium double wishbone suspension, anti-dive, coil springs, gas-filled shock absorbers, stabiliser
Rear axle Aluminium double wishbone suspension, anti-squat and anti-dive systems, coil springs, gas-filled shock absorbers, stabiliser
Braking system Composite disc brakes, internally ventilated and perforated at the front; disc brakes, internally ventilated and perforated at the rear; electric rear parking brake; ABS; Brake Assist; 3-stage ESP®
Steering Rack-and-pinion power steering with parameter function, steering damper
Wheels Front: 9.5 J x 19; rear: 11 J x 20
Tires Front: 265/35 R 19; rear: 295/30 R 20
Dimensions and weights*
Wheelbase mm 2680
Tread front/rear mm 1682/1653
Overall length mm 4638
Overall width mm 1939
Overall height mm 1262
Turning circle m 11.9
Trunk capacity** l 176
Kerb weight acc. to DIN kg 1620
Payload (basis ready-to-drive according to EC) kg 240
Perm. gross vehicle weight kg 1935
Tank capacity/incl. reserve l 85/14
Performance and fuel consumption*
Acceleration 0-100 km/h s 3.8
Top speed km/h 317***
Fuel consumption NEDC comb. l/100 km 13.2
CO2 emissions g/km 314
* provisional figures; ** according to VDA measuring method; *** electronically limited


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Facebook's big debut on Wall Street turned out to be a milestone the company probably wants to forget as soon as it can, though that won't be possible for a pretty long time.
By most accounts, Facebook's IPO was a disaster. Not a total disaster, of course — several new millionaires and billionaires were minted last week. CEO Mark Zuckerberg became one of the 30 wealthiest people on Earth before living that many years.
But market glitches, bad decisions and allegations of shady dealings marred the social network's first day out, and problems continued through the following week.
For starters, even though trading volume was extremely high, Facebook's value failed to pop. There was no spontaneous combustion up from its $38 starting price. After its first day of trading was finished, it had gained about a quarter. Not a quarter of its starting value. One quarter of a dollar. Per share.
Why the lack of excitement? Maybe doubts had been raised about its potential. An IPO three or four years ago would have left optimists plenty of room to dream, but given Facebook's size today, it's much harder to see exactly how it's going to tap into new members and new revenue streams.
Private investors were able to get in on the fun back when Facebook would frequently boast about how fast it was growing. They're mostly the ones who struck it rich on Friday — or richer, as the case may be. But Zuckerberg and company insisted on remaining private for years, and as pressure mounted to go public, the event seemed to take on the air of a bittersweet inevitability rather than a celebration of new money and new opportunities.
A stagnant IPO day alone doesn't necessarily mean the whole thing was a bust, but over the following days, the price sank, and a week later it was wallowing about six bucks below starting value. Also, various details surrounding the IPO came to light, and they painted a darker picture than that of a company that simply failed to excite investors on its first day on Wall Street.
For one thing, the Nasdaq admitted that it blew it. Its systems suffered a series of glitches that delayed the stock's kickoff and then failed to properly carry out transactions once trading started. They were crushed under the volume of trades going on, and buyers and sellers reportedly had to wait hours for their transactions to go through.
On top of that, The Wall Street Journal reported that just days before the IPO, Facebook CFO David Ebersman made a last-minute decision to put 25 percent more shares on the block than originally planned. His advisors at Morgan Stanley told him there was enough demand to support that boost, but the Journal reported that some investors are blaming the company's limp debut and subsequent sinkage on a bloated supply of shares.
At the same time it was putting more shares up for grabs, though, Facebook was also reportedly selling itself short. Just before the IPO, underwriters Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs each reduced their forecasts for the company. It was an unusual decision given the timing with which it allegedly happened — during Facebook's IPO roadshow.
Worse, if it's true, is the allegation that news of the estimate cut didn't make it outside of those massive financial houses. They reportedly kept the information to themselves, allowing smaller investors to buy shares without access to what was arguably material information.
Later, Business Insider reported why those underwriters cut their forecasts in the first place: because an unnamed Facebook executive told them to.
Listen to the podcast (12:34 minutes).
Google Goes Skating
The second phase in Oracle's triple-feature lawsuit against Google has drawn to a close, with the jury returning a verdict on whether Google infringed Oracle patents in the creation of its Android mobile OS.
As you'll recall, last time, jury members got hung up on a critical question regarding whether Google was guilty of copyright violation. This time, though, they were much more decisive: In the matter of patents, Google wins, hands down. No Java patents were infringed in the creation of Android.
The verdict no doubt comes as a tremendous relief for the Mountain View crew. Oracle had alleged that Google created core elements of Android by ripping off Java, a technology that belongs to Oracle, thanks to its purchase of Sun Microsystems. Oracle claimed it was cheated out of billions of dollars, considering how popular and successful Android has become.
The first phase of the trial, in which copyrights were considered, didn't offer a very clear indication regarding whether the jury generally sympathized with Google or Oracle. But once the patent verdict was revealed, the foreman reportedly said the group thought Oracle didn't even come close to nailing its claims, at least as far as patents were concerned.
The battle isn't quite over yet, though. There's still a question lingering from the copyright phase. In that case, the jury found that Google did copy Java APIs — application programming interfaces — but it couldn't decide whether that constituted fair use.
The presiding judge, William Alsup, is expected to come down with a ruling on that issue, and he's been mulling whether APIs are copyrightable at all. If they aren't, Google's off the hook completely, at least as far as this lawsuit is concerned. If APIs are copyrightable, though, Google may end up liable for infringement.
Even that isn't a very fearsome prospect for the Android maker, though. It's likely damages — which would be decided by a new jury in phase three — would fall in the neighborhood of about $150,000. Google's team of lawyers will probably bill almost that much for the time it takes them to pack their briefcases and leave the courthouse.
Together at Last
After many months no doubt spent pining away for each other, Google and Motorola Mobility have finally made their marriage official.
The search giant had agreed to buy the recently spun-off mobile division of Motorola for $12.5 billion last August, but before the deal could be finalized, it had to pass through a gauntlet of regulators both at home and abroad.
Chinese regulators represented the final hurdle. They made Google promise to keep Android free and open for at least five years as a condition of approval. Google agreed, dashing any worries or hopes that it would slowly swing the door shut on Android in order to favor its new subsidiary over other Android phone makers, at least any time soon.
That promise may not have been a difficult one for Google to make, though. It seems that the most important factor in this acquisition is Motorola Mobility's fat stack of patents, which is about 17,000 strong. That portfolio can serve as a powerful defense during present and future patent fights. With so much carnage going on in patent litigation lately, especially in mobile, buying a $12.5 billion suit of armor doesn't sound like a bad idea.
Aside from the IP aspect, though, Google says it's going to take a very laid-back approach to managing its new subsidiary. Rather than try a messy integration of two huge companies, it's going to allow Motorola a lot of independence.
So what does Motorola get out of this? More financial stability, for one. Instead of losing money on its own, it's now part of the Google profit machine.
Living in Google's house could mean Motorola will more often leave the software decisions to its parent. Lots of Android phone makers try to differentiate by mixing up their own unique flavors of Android, with varying results. Now, maybe Motorola will have the finances, flexibility and focus to concentrate on hardware that wins it the kind of attention it was able to grab back in the days of the original Razr.
I Know I Just Put You on a Diet, but Would You Care for Some Cake?
Verizon's been clear about its desire to boost its standing as a purveyor of video. It has a joint venture cooking with Redbox that could send streaming video to millions of TVs. The company also just announced an idea to target smaller devices with something it calls "Viewdini."
Viewdini appears to be a sort of TV Guide for mobile online video. There's lots of content out there, but when you have something specific in mind that you want to watch, you may not know exactly which of the many dedicated apps on your phone will play it for you. Rather than poke around, you can use the Viewdini app to find out just where it's located. Launch partners include Comast, Hulu, mSpot and Netflix.
Restrictions apply. For one, it's starting out on Android only. Versions for other platforms are in the works. Also, you'll only be able to use it if you're a Verizon 4G LTE subscriber. Users of older phones on slower networks need not apply.
Viewdini picked a funny time to show up. Just last week, Verizon revealed that its unlimited data plans are riding off into the sunset. If you're an old customer who's managed to keep an all-you-can-eat data deal, you won't be able to renew it when you eventually upgrade to a new 4G phone — unless you want to pay full price for the phone, which can be awfully expensive without a subsidy.
It's a trend toward less data for users, which is not a good thing, but at least it's an honest offer. It's better than throttling heavy users, or offering customers an unlimited deal and then telling them "Screw you, you're the worst customer ever" when they take you up on it.
But with Viewdini, here's Verizon actually promoting the use of streaming online video, an activity that burns through a hell of a lot of data. And Verizon's even using it to plug the 4G network. Don't bother with WiFi, which doesn't count against your data limit — 4G was born for mobile video. It's like if 24 Hour Fitness put an ice cream cart right next to the elliptical machines.
Verizon maintains that users will get ample warning messages if they do come close to their data limits. That's good, but say you just bought a nice, new 4G phone and the sales guy showed you Viewdini. Pretty sweet — time for a mobile video binge! Couple hours later, the warnings start popping up. "Wait, I don't to have want to pay overages. Quick, shut off mobile data. There. Now … when can I turn this back on? Is it safe to check my email? What about Facebook? When does this billing cycle reset, anyway?"
It's not a great way to get to know your new phone. True, anyone can overindulge in mobile video with or without Viewdini's help, but it's funny that Verizon's encouraging data-chugging video while at the same time moving to limit customers. Maybe Viewdini's greatest trick will be racking up overage revenue.
Total Control
A company called "Leap Motion" may have just shown the world the way we'll all be using computers in a couple of years — if its technology really works the way they say it does.
Leap Motion's new Leap control system is one that actually deserves comparisons to "Minority Report." That movie featured a futuristic computer interface in which users zipped through a huge screen full of information by waving around their arms and fingers. And that's exactly what you can do with Leap, only you don't have to wear any special gloves.
The Leap is about the size of a pack of gum. It'll cost about $70 and connect to a computer via USB. Set it under your display, perhaps just in back of your keyboard, and it begins to monitor a four-cubic-foot zone right above it. Stick your hands in that zone, and you're controlling the interface with pure gestures. Or you can control the action by holding an object like a pen. The leap can sense the motion of your hands and individual fingers, apparently with a great degree of sensitivity.
With a properly designed application, users can play games, design, write, navigate interfaces, and do pretty much anything else through gesture control. Leap Motion offers development kits, so relevant software could be on the horizon soon. The company also has plans to set up its own app store to make sure the device has plenty of real-world uses.
If it all comes together, especially for a sub-$100 price, a Leap sensor could eventually become almost as common a peripheral as a mouse or keyboard.
Whether this particular design will entirely replace other input methods is less certain. Leap seems like a no-brainer for certain types of work, but for people who sit at a computer literally all day, I don't know how comfortable it would be to have your arms raised up in front of you like that for eight hours at a time.


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Yielded Bodies
"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service"
(Romans 12:1)
by Robert G. Lee, D.D.
Pastor, Bellvue Baptist Church
Memphis, Tennessee
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Increases Physical Stamina | Promotes Hormonal and Reproductive Health l Strengthens Your Masculine Energy
Green Tourmaline carries masculine Yang energy and empowers it's wearer to be nourished and fulfilled with the masculine polarity. This energy is essential in all living things and strengthens the wearer's physical and masculine aspects.
Green Tourmaline carries masculine Yang energy and empowers its wearer to be nourished and fulfilled with the masculine polarity. This energy is essential in all living things and strengthens the wearer's physical and masculine aspects.
Healing Benefits: Increases Physical Stamina | Promotes Hormonal Health | Promotes Reproductive Health
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The energy of plants and nature, (even house plants), has also a powerful healing and energetically nourishing reset. Laying your gemstones on a house plant, indoor moss, or on top of its soil, is a way for the natural nourishing energies of the Earth to assist with the cleansing of your gems. This can also assist in cleansing the gems when they have been affected by radiation or x-rays. You may rest your gemstone on an outdoor plant, however, dependent on the gemstone, it should not be laid out in the sun for longer than 30 minutes at a time as solar radiation can alter the color and therapeutic effects of certain gemstones.
Sun cleansing clears, energizes and revitalizes your gemstone. Place your gemstone directly on the energy of the Earth and allow it to absorb the sunshine for 5 to 20 minutes. Your gemstone should not be laid out in the sun for longer than 30 minutes at a time because solar radiation can alter the color and therapeutic effects of certain gemstones.
Water cleansing is a practical and desirable way to quickly cleanse your gemstones of dirt and oils they have accrued during regular wear. Place gemstones in warm and cold water interchangeably for 15-30 seconds. Small amounts of very mild natural soap may be used on occasion. Gently pat dry with a soft clean cloth. Gemstones that should AVOID water cleansing: Malachite, Lapis Lazuli, Sodalight, Indigo, Mother of Pearl, Turquoise, Chrysocolla, Azurite.
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Eyeing Senate, Tommy Thompson Must Face New GOP
Former Wisconsin governor and Bush Cabinet secretary Tommy Thompson is laying the groundwork for a run at his state's open U.S. Senate seat. But as Thompson prepares for his return to politics, the onetime standard-bearer for Wisconsin Republicans appears to be facing a conservative backlash.
It was just last year that Thompson was feeling the love from Wisconsin Republicans. The GOP needed a candidate to run against then Democratic U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold. Thompson toyed with the idea for months, promising he'd announce his decision at a tax day Tea Party rally in Madison, Wis. But amid chants of "Run, Tommy, run," Thompson let them down.
"I would love to take this one, but I told my family last night that it's time for new voices and new faces, ladies and gentlemen," Thompson told the crowd.
Republicans moved on, and political unknown Ron Johnson defeated Feingold for the Senate seat. The GOP won big nearly everywhere else.
Flash forward to 2011, when Wisconsin Democratic Sen. Herb Kohl announces he won't seek re-election in 2012 and Thompson shows interest. This time, he's not met with the same enthusiasm.
"Tommy Thompson — not what we need in the U.S. Senate," says an ad by the Club for Growth Action.
The conservative group began running anti-Thompson TV ads pre-emptively this summer questioning Thompson's conservative chops, though Thompson won four elections as governor, three of them by landslide. Club spokesman Barney Keller says that was then, and this is now.
"If all you care about is having just a Republican — any Republican — in the Senate, then you should vote for Tommy Thompson," Keller says. "We believe it's better to have a conservative Republican."
Keller points to spending increases Thompson oversaw as governor and a letter Thompson co-signed with prominent Democrats calling for a compromise during the federal health care debate.
But Thompson is pushing back, lining up endorsements from old-guard Republicans and hiring prominent Republican consultants. In an interview on Milwaukee talk radio Monday, he was asked how he responds to contentions that he's no longer in sync with conservatives.
"Very simply, I was the original conservative," Thompson said.
He points to the welfare reform he pioneered in Wisconsin and the spending increases he vetoed as governor.
Thompson could face Rep. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin's 2nd Congressional District, the only announced Democratic candidate so far. But first he'll face a Republican primary challenge — the only question is how big. What appears to be at issue here is old-school conservatism vs. modern conservatism, which often appears to view government itself as the problem.
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The Sun Rips off a Comet's Tail
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October 1, 2007: Comet Encke never knew what hit it.
On April 20, 2007, the comet had just dipped inside the orbit of Mercury, perilously close to the sun, when a solar eruption struck and literally tore the comet's tail off. This surely has happened to comets before, but for the first time in history a spacecraft was watching. NASA's STEREO-A probe recorded a fantastic movie of the collision. To play it, click on the image:
Above: A CME strikes Comet Encke. Click to play: 7 MB avi,
"We were speechless when we saw this," says Angelos Vourlidas of the Naval Research Lab in Washington, D.C. "I kept playing the movie over and over."
Vourlidas is part of a team of NRC researchers who built the Heliospheric Imager telescope onboard STEREO-A that recorded the event. He's also the lead author of a paper reporting the collision in the Oct. 10 issue of the Astrophysical Journal Letters.
The eruption that hit Encke was a CME or "coronal mass ejection." Sky watchers on Earth are familiar with CMEs because of the auroras they create when they occasionally hit our planet. CMEs are fast-moving and massive, packing billions of tons of solar gas and magnetism into billowing clouds traveling a million-plus miles per hour.
The ripping action must have been something else.
"We believe the explanation is 'magnetic reconnection,'" says Vourlidas. Magnetic fields around the comet bumped into oppositely directed magnetic fields in the CME. Suddenly, these fields linked together--they "reconnected"--releasing a burst of energy that tore off the comet's tail. A similar process takes place in Earth's magnetosphere during geomagnetic storms powering, among other things, the aurora borealis.
"In a sense, the comet experienced a geomagnetic storm," says Vourlidas. "It is the first time we've ever witnessed such an event on another cosmic body."
"Although STEREO is primarily designed to study CMEs and their impact on Earth, we hope this CME strike on Encke will provide insights to scientists studying comets as well," adds Mike Kaiser, STEREO project Scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
Among astronomers, Encke is one of the most famous and important comets. It was only the second comet named, after Halley itself, and it is the shortest-period comet known. Encke loops around the sun once every 3.3 years compared to, say, once every 75 years for the more typical Halley.
Encke's short period combined with its trajectory inside the orbit of Mercury means it may have been blasted by CMEs more often than any other comet routinely observed by astronomers. Could this have some effect on the comet's nature and evolution? "We don't yet know."
Vourlidas' team is only beginning to study all the data gathered by STEREO. The spacecraft carries a suite of five different telescopes (collectively known as SECCHI) each optimized for a different kind of observation ranging from wide-angle views of CMEs at visible wavelengths to pinpoint maps of sunspots through high-resolution ultraviolet filters. The Heliospheric Imager movie represents just a fraction of the total dataset. In the months ahead, "we're going to be looking at the CME-comet interaction in much greater detail to understand the processes at work," says Vourlidas.
Encke may not know what hit it, but NASA scientists soon will.
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STEREO, short for Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory, is actually a pair of spacecraft, A and B, widely separated to provide stereo views of the sun. STEREO-A was in position to see Comet Encke when the CME struck.
STEREO is the third mission in NASA's Solar Terrestrial Probes program. The HI instrument was built in the U.K. by Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and the University of Birmingham with major contributions from NRL and the Centre Spatial de Liege, Belgium. The Naval Research Laboratory is the Department of the Navy's corporate laboratory. NRL conducts a broad program of scientific research, technology, and advanced development. The Laboratory, with a total complement of nearly 2,500 personnel, is located in southwest Washington, with other major sites at the Stennis Space Center, MS; and Monterey, CA. STEREO is sponsored by NASA's Science Mission Directorate and is managed by the Goddard Science and Exploration Directorate.
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Sauers hit into the water on the 17th hole Friday, but atoned for the mistake Saturday with a 25-yard chip.
"I didn't know whether to flop it or bump-and-run it or anything like that," Sauers said. "So, I just went ahead with my bread and butter like when I was a kid, just hit my sand wedge and hit it perfect."
The 50-year-old Sauers, a three-time winner on the PGA Tour who is making his 10th career start on the 50-and-over tour, had an 8-under 136 total at The Woodlands Country Club.
First-round leader Mike Goodes was second after his second straight 69.
Goodes made a 10-foot birdie putt on No. 16 and parred the final two holes.
"I played good," Goodes said. "I made a great birdie for me (on 16), a nice 7-iron about 10 feet right of the hole and hit a really good putt in the hole. Then two good pars on 17 and 18 and I was glad to get in where I was."
Only five players were under par, the lowest total after 36 holes in a Champions Tour event since the 2003 Verizon Classic at Tampa when three players were under par.
Loren Roberts was 3 under after a 69. Peter Senior (70) and Esteban Toledo (71) were 1 under, and Barry Lane had a 67 to top the group of five players at even par.
Goodes and Sauers dueled through much of the round, never separated by more than two shots.
Sauers ran in short putts for birdies on the first two holes and also had birdie putts of 3 feet on No. 6 and 15 feet on No. 8, but he hit a bad bunker shot and two-putted for a bogey on No. 9.
He trailed Goodes by one shot going to the final nine.
Sauers pulled even when Goodes three-putted from 18 feet on the par-4 11th.
Sauers charged from that point with three birdies over the final five holes, including his get-even birdie on No. 17.
"Luckily, it went in," Sauers said. "It probably would have been about 6 or 8 feet by. I got a break there."
Weather again was a factor although the wind didn't gust to 30 mph as they did Friday.
"This is a great tough golf course," Goodes said. "You get some wind and pretty firm greens, and they have done a fabulous job, the superintendent here.
"There's a lot of great, great players on the Champions Tour, and for that few people to be under par after two rounds is a testament to the course. And also, I think the two of us are under par, we're playing pretty darned good, too."
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More than 100,000 people have died in Syria, the vast majority through conventional attacks
Some ask why a chemical weapons attack would be seen as more "evil"
President Obama told CNN that U.S. interests are at stake
Two major international agreements have failed to stop chemical weapons
The international effort to respond to a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria begs the question: Why intervene now, and not earlier in the civil war?
More than 100,000 people have died in the conflict, which has raged for more than two years.
There have been massacres. Populated areas have been bombed. Blasts have targeted people lining up for food at bakeries. People have been decapitated.
Millions of Syrians are displaced.
But a single, horrifying attack has crossed what U.S. President Barack Obama called a "red line." Rebel officials say more than 1,300 people, including many women and children, died recently as a result of chemical weapons.
The United States believes Syria was behind it; rebels blame the Syrian government as well. The Syrian regime denies it, and some Syrians have told CNN they doubt their government used chemical weapons.
Given the massive human toll of attacks with conventional weapons, what makes this a potential turning point for the world to act?
What justifies intervening if Syria uses chemical weapons?
Conventional attacks called no 'less evil'
"Blowing your people up with high explosives is allowable, as is shooting them, or torturing them," complains Dominic Tierney, political science professor at Swarthmore College. "But woe betide the Syrian regime if it even thinks about using chemical weapons!"
In a column in The Atlantic, Tierney – author of a book on what he calls "the American way of war" – adds, "A woman and her child under fire in Aleppo might miss this distinction. It's not obvious that high explosives are inherently less evil than chemical weapons."
Writer Paul Waldman makes similar comments in The American Prospect: "Getting killed by mustard gas is surely awful. But so is getting blown up by a bomb. Using one against your enemies gets you branded a war criminal, but using the other doesn't."
And the Los Angeles Times' Paul Whitefield writes, "Bombs blowing up buildings, which fall on innocent civilians – men, women, children – that's bad, but not cause for us to act? But a chemical weapons attack: That we can't allow? Spare me."
Missile strikes on Syria likely response to chemical attack
Obama tells CNN: U.S. interests at stake
The White House argues there's good reason to view chemical weapons attacks differently.
"The use of chemical weapons is contrary to the standards adopted by the vast majority of nations and international efforts since World War I to eliminate the use of such weapons," spokesman Jay Carney said this week. "…. The use of these weapons on a mass scale and a threat of proliferation is a threat to our national interests and a concern to the entire world."
He added, "Without question, there is ongoing barbarity in Syria, perpetrated by the Assad regime, and we have provided substantial assistance to the Syrian opposition and will continue to provide substantial assistance to the Syrian opposition in their struggle with Assad."
Obama, in an interview with CNN last week, said, "When you start seeing chemical weapons used on a large scale… that starts getting to some core national interests that the United States has, both in terms of us making sure that weapons of mass destruction are not proliferating, as well as needing to protect our allies, our bases in the region."
Gingrich: Stay out of Syria's civil war
More than 1 million killed since World War I
The Geneva Protocol, signed in 1925, banned chemical weapons attacks. It was a response to one of the horrors of World War I, in which chemical agents – including chlorine, phosgene (a choking agent) and mustard gas (which inflicts painful burns on the skin) caused nearly 100,000 deaths, according to the United Nations.
But since World War I, chemical weapons have killed more than a million people, the U.N. says.
"The Cold War period saw significant development, manufacture and stockpiling of chemical weapons," the U.N. Office for Disarmament Affairs says.
The most notorious case in recent history came in 1988, during the Iran-Iraq War. Saddam Hussein used them against Kurds in Iraq's Kurdish city of Halabja, and against Iranian troops.
In 1992, the Chemical Weapons Convention was adopted, calling for the prohibition on chemical weapons.
'Should we have any boundaries in war?'
Some analysts say it makes sense for the United States and the world to respond differently to chemical attacks.
"They're so indiscriminate," says Don Borelli, a former FBI official now with The Soufan Group, a security consultancy. "At least there's some discrimination in conventional weapons."
"Modern weaponry, while it's grown more lethal, has also grown more precise," says Michael Rubin, a former Pentagon official now with the American Enterprise Institute. But chemical agents disperse to affect large numbers of people and "can produce horror for a lifetime."
Some conventional attacks do the same, he acknowledges.
But there's another reason that it makes sense to view a chemical attack as a reason for international intervention, Rubin says.
"We want to establish the parameters of warfare. If you don't, combatants will keep pressing the boundaries. Ultimately, the question is, should we have any boundaries in war or not?"
It's a slippery slope, he says. If a chemical weapons attack goes unchecked, what about some other form of weapon of mass destruction – a biological or nuclear attack?
Some chemical attacks have gone unchecked. In the current conflict, chemical weapons are alleged to have been used on a smaller scale several times.
And Foreign Policy reports this week that says the United States, back in 1988, "helped Saddam as he gassed Iran."
Rubin said he doubts that. But either way, he said, "There's a fundamental question: Should we learn from our mistakes? If we did the wrong thing should we simply sit by the wayside and allow that to happen again?"
The United States and other countries, he said, want to "restore a stigma" against chemical weapons that was in place in the world's psyche "after World War I and Halabja."
Intervening in Middle East turmoil: Mission impossible?
Analyst: Chemical weapons' impact 'exaggerated'
Tony Cordesman, a former Defense Department official now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, says the image people have of chemical weapons is often exaggerated.
"Chemical weapons attacks are not necessarily any more horrifying than the use of conventional weapons," he said Tuesday. And "the lethality has always been far worse on paper than in reality."
There are no definitive statistics on how many people were killed in Halabja, he says.
The prevailing image many people have is still from World War I, "which was the last really mass use of chemical weapons," Cordesman adds.
Tierney, in The Atlantic, suggests a "strategic self-interest" for the United States to oppose chemical weapons.
"Powerful countries like the United States cultivate a taboo against using WMD partly because they have a vast advantage in conventional arms," he writes. "… Washington can defeat most enemy states in a few days – unless the adversary uses WMD to level the playing field."
Rubin rejects that argument, saying the U.S. advantage in weapons of mass destruction precludes any possibility of a level playing field.
And while the alleged previous, smaller-scale use of chemical weapons in the Syrian civil war were not enough to bring about calls for action, he said, "This is such a blatant example, we can't pretend not to see it."


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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. hopes this season of his popular PBS series "Finding Your Roots" helps a divided U.S. see how all Americans have unique family links and how those family histories tell the story of the country.
Now in its fifth season, the series takes advantage of new advancements in genealogy and genetics to look into the history of American celebrities. In upcoming episodes, Gates and his team investigate the pasts of diverse subjects such as former U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii and "Game of Thrones" author George R. R. Martin.
"I get lots of letters and lots of comments, and they tell me they love the way we can use DNA in combination with the paper trail to solve family mysteries," said Gates, director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University. "We couldn't do this 10 years ago."
Gates said investigators were able to locate some of Ryan's ancestors in Germany back to 1531. They also found that the former Republican leader is a descendant of Ashkenazi Jews, based on his DNA. "He almost fell over," Gates said. "As the brothers on the streets say: DNA don't lie."
The show on Ryan and Gabbard, who is running for president, airs on most PBS stations Tuesday.
Gates said he's especially proud that a previous show this season was able to help former "Saturday Night Live" star Andy Samberg find his biological grandmother and grandfather. His mother, who was adopted, never knew her biological mom. She turned out to be from a German-Jewish family that emigrated to Berkeley, California, during World War II.
But the show's detective not only located photos of the missing couple but also found half-siblings and cousins. The series filmed an emotional reunion with Samberg, his mother and their family.


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Governors in key states buck GOP on health care
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican leaders in Congress keep calling for the repeal of the health care law. But GOP governors in swing-voting states are grudgingly bowing to the reality that the law is here to stay.
The governors' reluctant acceptance is based on what they call financial prudence and also what appears to be political necessity.
Republican governors of Florida, Iowa, Ohio, Michigan, New Mexico and Nevada have embraced major parts of the health overhaul, in contrast to the GOP in Washington.
After initial gripes, these Republican governors are now trying with varying success to expand state-run health insurance programs for lower- and moderate-income residents in exchange for billions in federal subsidies.
Though they discount political calculations, each governor is up for re-election next year in states that President Barack Obama won twice.


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Roast Pork Fried Rice Recipe
Roast pork fried rice combines the popular Chinese roast pork with a delicious mix of vegetables and rice to make the perfect side dish to any meal. Try this amazing roast pork fried rice recipe and let me know what you think in the Chinese food forum found here. Enjoy!
1 cup chopped roast pork (Click here for the recipe.)
1 large carrot
1 large green onion
1 clove garlic
½ cup frozen peas
2 cups cooked cold long grain white rice
2 tbsp peanut oil
1 egg
1 tbsp soy sauce
½ tsp garlic salt
1 cup chopped roast pork (Click here for the recipe.)
1 large carrot
1 large green onion
1 clove garlic
½ cup frozen peas
2 cups cooked cold long grain white rice
2 tbsp peanut oil
1 egg
1 tbsp soy sauce
½ tsp garlic salt
- Make sure to chop the roast pork into small pieces about ¼ inch square.
- Next peel the carrot and cut off the ends and discard. Then cut it into small ¼ inch squares. Place these squares in a bowl and cover them with hot water. Then microwave them on high for 1 to 2 minutes or just until crisp tender. If you don't have a microwave or prefer not to use one, you can simply boil them in a medium pot of water until they are crisp tender. Then remove them and drain them thoroughly in a colander and set them aside.
- Rinse the green onion under cold running water and dry it thoroughly. Then cut off the base and about 1 inch from the top of the onion and discard. Peel off any wilted pieces as well. Then cut the remaining stalk into small slices and set them aside.
- Using the back of a knife, carefully smash the garlic clove. This makes it easier to peel. Then peel it dice it into tiny pieces and set it aside.
- Defrost the peas by placing them in a colander and running hot water over them. Then shake off the excess water and lightly pat them with a paper towel to dry and set them aside.
- Next, use your hands to squeeze out all of the lumps from the rice and then set it aside.
- Now it's time to start cooking. Add the peanut oil to a wok and let it get hot.
- Once hot, add the garlic and green onion and stir fry them for about 30 seconds, or until frangrant.
- Then add the rice and stir fry for 2 minutes.
- Then make a large well in the center of the rice. Crack the egg directly into the well and stir fry it until it is cooked through, a little less than 1 minute. Then mix it into the rice.
- Once the egg is thoroughly mixed in, add the carrots, peas, soy sauce, garlic salt and pork to the rice. Mix everything together thoroughly and stir fry for 1 to 2 minutes, or until the pork and vegetables are heated through.
- Then remove it from the heat and place it in a large bowl to serve. Makes 3 to 4 servings.
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