Chrysler Self Driving Car Commercial Official Chrysler Portal Concept Electric Car 2017 CES

Chrysler Portal Concept at CES 2017: Next-generation Family Transportation Designed by Millennials for Millennials
Forward-thinking interpretation of the “fifth generation” of family transportation focused toward the millennial generation
Designed from the inside out, the interior offers the driver and passengers a “third space” – an open and serene atmosphere that bridges work and home
The mono-volume exterior centers around an illuminated, portal-shaped articulating front, and rear doors that allow for easy ingress and egress
The electric-powered Chrysler Portal range 250 miles on a full charge
Chrysler Portal DC Fast Charge (350 kW) recharges the battery pack with 150 miles of range in less than 20 minutes
Chrysler Portal In-vehicle wireless network seamlessly integrates with mobile devices to enable community social sharing among passengers and internet cloud-based applications
Suite of sensing technologies enables SAE Chrysler Portal Level Three semi-autonomous driving mode; Chrysler Portal designed to upgrade to Level Four autonomous driving, if desired
The Chrysler Portal commercial concept was created in collaboration with supplier partners who shared their innovations and expertise to bring to life future technologies. These partners include Adient, Magneti Marelli, Panasonic Automotive and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
CES 2017 News, Las Vegas - When it came to thinking about the future of family transportation, FCA US called upon the people who will own and live with such a vehicle – millennials working inside the company’s design and engineering functions – to collaborate on ideas. Armed with research on what the millennial generation values and desires, the team created a forward-thinking interpretation of the “fifth generation” of family transportation – the Chrysler Portal concept, created by millennials for millennial's.
Millennials are tech savvy, environmentally aware and cost conscious. To balance those needs and to be an integral part of millennials’ lives, the Chrysler Portal concept is designed to maximize interior space with an impressive degree of flexibility between Chrysler Portal Autonomous Electric Car interior seating and cargo configurations; to enable users to include and expand their social media communities with seamless wireless integration between the Chrysler Portal Autonomous Electric Car and mobile devices; to take advantage of technological advances in battery-electric powertrains and the growth of a rapid recharging network; and to deliver these capabilities in a powerful, high-tech form that uses LED lighting as a key Chrysler Portal design element, and not as a mere accent.
“The Chrysler Portal concept is backed by significant research on the millennial generation. Millennials have clearly defined that they want a vehicle that will grow with them as they experience life changes,” said Tim Kuniskis,Head of Passenger Car Brands – Dodge, SRT, Chrysler and FIAT, FCA – North America. “FCA is a leader in family transportation and it was essential that we fully explored the idea of what a vehicle could look like for this emerging generation.”
Millennials have become the largest demographic. In the next 10-plus years, most will be at a point in their life where they will begin to start or will have started a family; 75 percent of all children will have a millennial parent and there will be 4 million more children than today. The millennial generation is defined as people born between 1982 – 2001.
The four modes of family transportation have been defined as station wagons, minivans, SUVs and crossovers; millennials will seek their own version of a family vehicle. Based on internal research, they will want a vehicle like the Chrysler Portal Autonomous Electric Car that is reflective of their personality, offers value and flexibility, integrates advanced technology and is socially responsible.
Millennials are seeking practical and functional products like the Chrysler Portal Autonomous Electric Car that provide both capability and a sense of personal style. They also need affordability and look to own vehicles long term. As a result, they want a vehicle that can be upgraded as their lives change like the Chrysler Portal Autonomous Electric Car commercial, and they expect seamless integration of technology in and out of the vehicle, including to home and other devices.

Designed from the inside, Chrysler Portal Self Driving Car concept creates third space
Designed from the inside out, the interior of the Chrysler Portal Self Driving Car concept offers the driver and passengers a “third space” – an open and serene interior atmosphere that provides an alternative environment between work and home.
Chrysler Portal INTERIOR Spacious and modern, the interior features soft, clean, sculptural lines that are colored in a mix of neutral and grey hues accented by jewel tones; the Chrysler Portal INTERIOR space takes advantage of a tasteful and elegant mix of textures and materials. 2017 CES News
Chrysler Portal INTERIOR seating is standard for all occupants with thin-design seats that fold flat, fold up and slide fore/aft on a track system for ultimate flexibility. The Chrysler Portal seats mount to tracks embedded in the floor. This enables the seats to move the full length of the vehicle and, if needed, to be removed easily from the rear of the vehicle.
Battery-electric vehicle technology contributes to Chrysler Portal INTERIOR cabin spaciousness with a minimized engine compartment and a low, flat-load floor atop the battery pack that is ideal for transporting people and equipment for an active lifestyle.
Technology is celebrated throughout the Chrysler Portal INTERIOR with a clean, simple high-mount instrument panel display with easy-to-use interfaces. Screens can be positioned throughout the Chrysler Portal INTERIOR for ultimate passenger engagement.
Up to eight docking stations, located in the instrument panel and seats, can be used for charging and securing mobile phones and tablet devices.
Exterior design centers around Chrysler Portal doors
The Chrysler Portal concept takes a new perspective with a clean, simple yet strong design statement amplified by refined lines along the body and a strong, planted stance.
Featuring a mono-volume form that “shrink wraps” the battery-electric vehicle (BEV) powertrain and interior packaging, the Chrysler Portal’s exterior design is anchored by illuminated, portal-shaped side openings with articulating front and rear doors for easy loading and unloading of people and cargo.
The lighting on the Chrysler Portal concept is an interactive experience, as well as a communication tool. The Chrysler Portal is equipped with full-color, changing LED lighting on the front, side portals and rear. Not only can the light take on different colors, it can have a swiping or animated appearance. Interactive ground projection and Chrysler Portal lighting are available in infinite colors that can be tailored for personal, business or drive settings, such as when the vehicle is parked, locked/unlocked or in autonomous mode.
The Chrysler Portal headlamps and tail lamps feature next-generation Thin Lens LED technology with an adaptive driving beam to provide increased safety through improved visibility.
A full-length clear polycarbonate roof panel visually expands the Chrysler Portal’s interior space and admits natural light to all occupants.
Chrysler Portal Engineered for future developments
An all-electric vehicle, the Chrysler Portal concept is propelled by a single electric motor driving the front wheels. A lithium-ion battery pack, rated at around 100 kWh, is integrated into the Chrysler Portal underbody, which increases structural rigidity and provides a low center of gravity, which enhances handling and ride comfort. The Chrysler Portal concept is estimated to have more than 250 miles of range on a full charge.
The integrated charging port, located at the front of the vehicle, uses the industry-accepted Combined Charging System (CCS) plug for energy and communication between the vehicle and charging equipment. DC Fast Charging at 350 kW enables the battery pack to be recharged for 150 miles of range in less than 20 minutes. The Chrysler winged badge on the front fascia serves as a charging indicator light.

Οι Μωμόγεροι αναστάτωσαν την Ανατολή Ιωαννίνων

Οι Μωμόγεροι (γνωστό και ως Μωμόεροι ή Μωμοέρια είναι ένα ποντιακό λαϊκό δρώμενο το οποίο λαμβάνει χώρα το 12ήμερο Χριστούγεννα - Πρωτοχρονιά - Θεοφάνια με ευχετηριακό χαρακτήρα. Παραλλαγή μπορεί να θεωρηθεί το έθιμο Ραγκουτσάρια που συναντάται στην περιοχή της Κοζάνης και της ΚαστοριάςΟι ρίζες του εθίμου βρίσκονται στους προ-χριστιανικούς χρόνους αλλά οι Πόντιοι έδωσαν αργότερα χριστιανικό χαρακτήρα.

Η ονομασία του δρώμενου προέρχεται από τις λέξεις μίμος ή μώμος αλλά και γέρος. Στο έθιμο οι λέξεις αυτές συνδέονται με τις μιμιτικές κινήσεις των πρωταγωνιστών-γερόντων.

Στο δρώμενο αυτό παρουσιάζεται η αναγέννηση της φύσηςμε την αλλαγή του νέου έτους και έχει σκοπό σάτιρας.Στο δρώμενο αναπαρίσταται η ιστορία του Κιτί Γοτσά.^[Στο έθιμο αυτό, παραδοσιακά μέρος των συμμετεχόντων φοράνε τομάρια ζώων όπως λύκων και τράγων ενώ άλλοι ντύνονται με στολές ανθρώπων οπλισμένων με σπαθιά και έχουν την μορφή γεροντικών προσώπων.

Το δρώμενο λαμβάνει χώρα το όπου ο θίασος παραδοσιακά τριγυρνά στις αυλές των σπιτιών. Στο δρώμενο οι πρωταγωνιστές είναι τρεις, ο γέρος Κιτί Γοτσά, η νύφη και ο "αράπης". Η αλλαγή του χρόνου και η αναγέννηση της φύσηςσυμβολίζεται με τη νύφη η οποία φλερτάρει με τον νέο (ο νέος είναι ο χαρακτήρας "αράπης"). Στο δρώμενο εναλλάσσεται η απαγωγή της νύφης από τον νέο "αράπη" με τον γέρο Κιτί Γοτσά

Raio Atinge Banhista na Praia de Itanhaém

Δημοσιεύτηκε στις 3 Ιαν 2017

A corretora de imóveis Carminie Ferrari, de 52 anos, flagrou o momento exato em que um raio atinge um banhista na Praia dos Sonhos, em Itanhaém, neste domingo (1). A vítima foi identificada como Aline Caroline Barbosa de Campos, de 25 anos. Ela teve uma parada cardiorrespiratória e está internada em estado grave.

"Eu estava filmando a praia, porque estava chovendo forte. Foi aleatório. Eu vi que tudo começou a voar, as pessoas correram e algumas ficaram ali. Quando eu virei a câmera, aconteceu (o raio caiu). Foi assustador, ninguém fica esperando isso acontecer", relatou a Carminie, que é de São Paulo e visita a região há 46 anos.

Nas imagens é possível notar um estrondo simultâneo ao feixe de luz que atinge a vítima, que estava acompanhada. Nas extremidades do vídeo, é possível notar também outras pessoas que foram atingidas indiretamente pela descarga elétrica. Elas também precisaram ser socorridas, mas não apresentaram ferimentos graves.

Aline, de acordo com a Prefeitura, foi levada à Unidade de Pronto Atendimento (UPA) do Jardim Sabaúna. Em estado grave, ela foi transferida emergencialmente nesta segunda (2) ao Hospital Municipal Pimentas Bonsucesso, de Guarulhos (Grande São Paulo). O quadro de saúde dela, segundo apurado, permanece crítico.

Sweden: NYE chaos in Malmo as revellers battle with fireworks

Turkey: Gunmen dressed as Santa Claus attack Istanbul nightclub *GRAPHIC*

Istanbul's governor says 35 people were killed when at least two gunmen attacked a crowded nightclub packed people celebrating New Year's Eve.

Turkish police converged on the area around the Reina club in Istanbul's Ortakoy area.

Special forces police were reported preparing an operation to secure the facility.

At least one of the two gunmen was described as dressed as Santa Claus.

Turkish police patrol in central Istanbul's Istiklal Avenue, Dec. 31, 2016.

Video posted on social media showed rescue vehicles and police cars rushing to the scene. Wounded people were seen being taken into ambulances.

Security measures had been increased across Turkish cities, with police stopping vehicular traffic from reaching major squares in Istanbul and Ankara.

Both cities have been targeted by several attacks in 2016 carried out by Islamic State group or Kurdish rebels.

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LECHAION: THE HARBOUR OF ANCIENT CORINTH

Archaeologists Konstantina Vafeiadou and Matej Školc carry a column drum that once made up the colonnade along the Lechaion's harbor front.

Credit: Vassilis Tsiairis

When nautical visitors sailed into the ancient Grecian city of Lechaion, they would have first encountered a monumental entrance leading to several inland canals, all of which were connected to no fewer than four harbor basins, Greek and Danish archaeologists reported in an announcement last week.

These findings, discovered by underwater divers over the course of three excavation seasons, indicate that Lechaion — one of two harbor towns used by the people of ancient Corinth — was a far more important town than historians previously realized, the researchers said.

During the excavations, the researchers did topographical and geophysical surveys to help them chart the canal zone between the inner and outer harbors, said Bjørn Lovén, the co-director of the Lechaion Harbour Project and an associate professor of archaeology at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. 

"In the process, we discovered that the entrance canal connecting the inner and outer harbors was up to 30 meters [98 feet] wide in the fourth and third century B.C., then grew narrower in later centuries," Lovén said in a statement. "The precise reason why remains to be discovered."

The new assessments show that, in its entirety, the Lechaionharbor was more than 5.3 million square feet (500,000 square meters), the area of about 93 football fields. The new measurement shows that Lechaion was just as large as other harbor towns from that time period, including those in Athens, the port city of Piraeus in the Grecian Attica region and Portus, a Roman-built artificial harbor on the Tiber River.

Conservator Angeliki Zisi cleans and assesses the bulwark's wooden posts.

Credit: Vassilis Tsiairis

During the excavations, divers found a unique wooden bulwark (a defensive wall) just inside of the inner harbor entrance. The bulwark once made up a mole, a massive structure that could have been used as a quay for loading and unloading ships, the researchers said.

"The extremely rare wooden structures we've found in the early stages at Lechaion give us hope that we'll find other organic materials, such as wooden tools, furniture, wooden parts of buildings and shipwrecks," Lovén said. "The potential is immense, and it is important to stress that we almost never find organic material on land in the central Mediterranean region."

The mole is about 150 feet (46 m) offshore in water that's about 3 to 10 feet (1 to 3 m) deep. During the 35 days the divers spent mapping the eastern side of the entrance, they found that the mole was connected to stone foundationsthat were possibly part of a tower that protected the entrance, the researchers said.  

Not too far away from the mole, the divers discovered two column segments, known as drums. It's unclear what purpose the columns served, but researches have found other drums in Roman harbors that supported porticoes (a small structure with a roof supported by columns at a building's entrance) on the harbor front, the researchers said.

Moreover, a structure found in the middle of the inner harbor basin is possibly the base of a lighthousethat guided ships through the harbor, the researchers said.

This map of Greece compares the shortcuts across the Isthmus of Corinth against the seaway south of the Peloponnese.

Credit: Courtesy of Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities University of Copenhagen base map by ASCSA CC BY-SA 2015

They noted that even before the excavations, researchers knew that Lechaionwas a trading hotspot in the ancient world. Ancient Corinth was located about 1.8 miles (3 kilometers) inland, but Lechaion had prime real estate near the isthmus that connects the Peloponnese peninsula to mainland Greece, meaning that ships would sail by the town if they used the isthmus as a shortcut. 

The first-century B.C. author Strabo noted the isthmus's importance when he wrote, "If you see Cape Maleas[at the southeast tip of the Peloponnese peninsula], forget your home," meaning that sailors who took the long way around the peninsula had strayed far from home.

Lechaion endured for about 1,000 years, from about the sixth century B.C. to the sixth century A.D. But the area is earthquake-prone, and several large temblors appear to have damaged the harbor, including one large earthquake in A.D. 551 that destroyed the 590-foot-long (180 m) Basilica of St. Leonidas, one of the largest churches built in Lechaion at that time, the researchers said.

Χριστιανικές κοινότητες στη Συρία γιορτάζουν τα Χριστούγεννα μετα 4 χρονια πολεμου