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- Phare is an edgy, all-singing-and-dancing circus in the Cirque du Soleil tradition
- It was established in 1994 in Battambang to help disadvantaged kids
- The history of Cambodia's circus tradition dates to the 6th century
- Some 1,400 students are enrolled at the school in Battambang, a small rural city near the Thai border
(CNN)A bar owner arrives to find his bartender still drunk, sleeping on a floor littered with empty beer bottles and cans.
The band arrives, carrying a beaten-up car door.
The intoxicated bartender, struggling to consciousness, is incapable of walking a straight line, yet he takes to a tightrope strung across the bar to do tricks to impress the cute female vocalist.
This isn't a a scene from a wild Cambodian bar.
It's the opening act of "Khmer Metal," a show by the Phare Cambodian Circus in Siem Reap, the departure point for exploring dazzling Khmer archaeological sites such as Angkor Wat.
After a day scrambling ruins in the sticky heat, most tourists spend their nights dining on Khmer barbecue while downing cold one-dollar beers on Pub Street.
But increasingly, visitors are opting for a taste of contemporary Cambodian culture, everyday life and entertainment under the big top at the city's new circus.
Performing arts wiped out by the Khmer Rouge
Seeing a circus in Siem Reap isn't such a strange idea.
Carvings at temple ruins dating back as far as the 6th century vividly illustrate the country's circus tradition, depicting circus artists performing for ceremonies and festivals.
In the 1960s, King Norodom Sihanouk encouraged a revitalization of the circus, only to see it die in 1975 when Pol Pot's brutal Khmer Rouge abolished all forms of art, culture and creative expression, and murdered artists.
After the Vietnamese occupation sent the Khmer Rouge fleeing into the jungle, eight young Cambodians who'd been in a refugee camp on the Thai border decided to help rebuild their country by reviving the arts and culture scene.
In 1994, the group established Phare Ponleu Selpak (PPS), a "Beacon for the Arts," and opened a school for visual and performing arts, including circus skills, in a place that needed it most: poverty-stricken Battambang.
Near the Thailand border, the small city was a magnet for repatriating refugees, including orphans, most suffering post-traumatic stress.
PPS rescued disadvantaged children from the street, troubled homes and trafficking by providing free food, education, training and jobs.
While the school is flourishing in Battambang, where some 1,400 students are enrolled, PPS decided to raise its shiny red big top tent and launch a program of shows starring students and graduates in Siem Reap.
Cambodia's most popular tourist destination, Siem Reap had 1.24 million foreign tourists visit in the first seven months of 2013, making PPS's mission to reap profits and become self-sustainable more achievable.
Distinctly Cambodian show
Phare is no ordinary circus, but an edgy, alternative, down-to-earth, all-singing-and-dancing Cambodian circus in the tradition of Cirque du Soleil.
A contemporary circus without animals, the cast of talented young Cambodian performers are accomplished in acrobatics, contortion, aerial ballet, balancing, tightrope walking, fire dancing, vaulting, juggling, music, dance, drama, mime and comedy.
Their show, "Khmer Metal," about love, life and rock 'n' roll, is set over the course of one night in a crazy bar and it's edge-of-the-seat stuff.
A cocktail-sipping customer in a miniskirt and high heels does an elbow stand on the table, folding her legs over her back and head with ease to shoot a bow and arrow at a balloon with her feet.
A moneyed, muscle-bound customer in skinny white jeans, who has had his iPad stolen, takes to the bar, doing some impressive hand-balancing moves on beer taps to grab her attention.
In between these daring feats and complex tricks, bar staff and customers break into choreographed dance numbers as the band performs Cambodian rock songs, incorporating an array of samples, from heavy metal to hip hop, traditional Khmer folk music to 1960s Cambodian pop.
Show draws from folk traditions
While "Khmer Metal" is thoroughly modern in its setting and storytelling, the group's "Eclipse" show is steeped in tradition, drawing from folk stories, religion and popular beliefs to tell the story of a bullied hunchback, rejected by villagers, who seeks divine intervention from an angel-like Apsara, the celestial maiden who graces Angkor temple walls.
Wearing the simple black garb of rural peasants and using few props, the artists perform elaborate acrobatics and audacious stunts, forming human towers to strike Apsara poses, doing somersaults in flight and executing an impressive aerial strap routine.
In between acts, they do a spirited, high-energy dance to the upbeat rhythms of the traditional xylophone, guitar and drums.
As clever as it is, it's ultimately uplifting fun, the energy and enthusiasm of the artists contagious.
What also makes Phare special is that it's distinctly Cambodian -- the music, dance, settings, themes and stories provide an insight into Cambodian culture and everyday life difficult to experience scrambling about ruins -- or drinking beers on Pub Street.
Phare Cambodian Circus
Tickets (adults/kids $15/$8) available for daily 7:30 p.m. shows from 7p.m. at Phare Cambodian Circus, Komay Road, Siem Reap and from local travel agents.
Backyard Travel offers a two-day, behind-the-scenes Phare Circus Experience for $482 including rehearsals, dinner at Phare Café, the show, meeting performers afterward, a cruise to Battambang to visit the PPS school, meals, hotels and transfers.


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The purpose of the survey is to collect data on some of the healthcare issues facing rural area residents. In particular, the survey will test research participation of rural area residents as well identify and address any barriers that may prevent participation.
Questionnaires will be mailed out in the coming weeks and once completed, may be returned in a postage paid envelope.
The O'Connor Office of Rural Health Studies in the Decker School of Nursing was established in 1997 by an endowment from the A. Lindsay and Olive B. O'Connor Foundation. The O'Connor Office serves to support rural health care and research in Delaware and surrounding counties.
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text: i love canvas, prob plays into allways having one in hunting camp while growing up. just something about seeing smoke rising in the air from an old well used canvas tent while walking down a rimountain after a long days hunt. last summer i was cleaning out my inlaws shed and i heard a bunch of poles clanging against eachother, i turned to see my mother n law throwing a 10x12 canvas tent with poles and all into the dumpster!!!!! ha i asked what the hell she was doing and she said they had it for 15 years and only used it once. that puppy found its way into the back of my truck. saved me a thousand backs on not needing to buy one i do have a smaller teepe style cabelas tent that ive used a few years and ive enjoyed it but just doesnt have the memories i guess.


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To follow or observe (a person) persistently, especially out of obsession or derangement using an internet tool such as Facebook but when confronted denies the act.
Closet Hawking, C-Hawking
Closet Hawking, C-Hawking
Thomas is a Closet Hawk, he spends hours watching Christopher's Facebook page and won't admit it when asked how he knows all Christopher's details from his site.
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I'm watching the tsunami move across the land in Japan after the earthquake and following Twitter. It's bad.
I'm watching the tsunami move across the land in Japan after the earthquake and following Twitter. It's bad.
Nobody ruins my day without my permission, and I refuse to grant it...
8.9 is an unbelievably strong earthquake!
Unfortunately the true extent of these things isnt know for days. Lets just pray it isnt as bad as it appears it might be.
"People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe."- Andy Rooney
One of my professors is a leading researcher in the world on earthquake engineering and often is called out of the country when these things happen. He went to New Zealand last year.
Japan is particularly succeptable to soil liquifaction and after Japanese earthquakes, you will see massive soil settlements which causes damage to buildings and viaducts. But I'd venture to say this is the first time there has been helicopter footage of a tsunami plowing through farmland.
I was watching and there was a car driving down the road trying to escape and all I could think was DRIVE FASTER!!!
This is terrible. But it could be much worse. Japan is generally well prepared for earthquakes in their structural engineering.
The waves actually messed up several boats, & docks in my area.
Only 6' high but a lot of water. 20 minutes of wave coming in, then 20 minutes for it to leave.
Heads up!
In the aftermath of a major disaster like the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, virus creators and online scammers often target their messages to take advantage of common emotions like curiosity, sympathy, and a desire to help others.
According to several cyber-security sites that track spam and malware, spam and 'phishing' emails are already circulating with subject lines such as "Japan earthquake photos, amazing rescue video" etc. These emails may contain spam, web links to sites containing malware, or infected attachments. In addition, bogus charity sites have been reported that prompt you to divulge confidential information in order to make a 'donation'. You may possibly become a casualty of this great and sad event your self.
So proceed with caution when opening emails and things from the unknown
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Wild turkeys a relatively new thing in Idaho
RIRIE, Idaho - Most people preparing for Thanksgiving probably picked up their turkey from the supermarket, but some say wild turkey tastes even better. Those birds are relatively new to Idaho.
The bird was introduced to the Gem State in the 1960s. Turkey hunting is a growing sport.
"It's something a lot of sportsman never had a chance to do in Idaho. Starting back in the '60s we started bringing turkeys in and now we are to the point where we have very huntable populations all across the state," said Gregg Losinkski from Idaho Fish and Game.
Some may want a wild bird for Thanksgiving, but the main turkey hunting season is the spring. It is one of the only creatures that can be harvested in the spring.
"It's great for retailers, hotels, restaurants. It gets people out that have been locked up all winter, and they spend their money out having fun and that is good for the economy," said Losinski.
Edward Johnson loves hunting, but he wanted a tom for Thanksgiving dinner. That is why he raised his own.
"I am hoping he has good flavor. I know what he doesn't have and that's a lot of the drugs and medications that are administered to them when they are in concentrated animals farms," said Johnson.
His turkey will also taste different, and arguably better, than a bird from the market.
"Store bought turkeys are basically all white meat. Wild birds have to work for a living so to speak so they have lots of muscle. They are a lot darker meat," said Losinski.
Turkeys are more brawn than brain.
"They aren't super intelligent but they are very wary and have very keen eyesight," said Losinski
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September 14, 1971
Berkeley, CA US
Community Theatre
includes: Immigrant Song, Heartbreaker, Since I've Been Loving You, Black Dog, Dazed and Confused, Stairway to Heaven, That's the Way, Going to California, What Is and What Should Never Be, Whole Lotta Love (medley incl. Let That Boy Boogie, Hello Mary Lou, My Baby Left Me, Mess of Blues, You Shook Me).
Newspaper review from local press:
Led Zeppelin Bows In with a Roar
Led Zeppelin, tabbed a supergroup by many rock critics, proved itself only to be loud, boisterous and very deafening at their first Bay Area appearance in over a year last week.
Filling the Berkeley Community Theater with some 40 amplifiers and speakers, the English group apparently mis-judged its sound projection because its effect was almost unbelievable, and often unbearable. It is well known that Led Zeppelin is a talented group. Jimmy Page is without a doubt one of the best guitarists in the musical world, John Bonham is a great drummer, bassist John Paul Jones is an above-average performer and Robert Plant, well, he has been called a male Janis Joplin.
The concert, which started 20 minutes late, began with the barely recognizable "Immigrant Song," with Page improvising to the hilt throughout the number and Plant dancing around onstage spastically to the tune.
"Since I've Been Loving You," was moving, dramatic and gutsy, but absolutely too loud and so was "Black Dog," from the newest album. Their mystic and haunting "Dazed and Confused" has improved by Page and his guitar. Zeppelin's "Celebration Day," a hard, driving number that was unbelievably loud, shook the auditorium and the people in it.
A quiet and peaceful interlude where the group sat down and performed a couple of tunes including the lyrical and soothing (to the ear) "Going to California" almost saved the evening. They played acoustic guitar, but even it was plugged in.
John Bonham, the drummer in the group, presented one of the most phenomenal drum solos this reporter has ever witnessed. The half-hour solo had the crowd in a frenzy and they roared its approval until his conclusion. From then on, the crowd stood until the end of the performance, apparently hypnotized by the music, and danced Whole Lotta Love", a fast moving tune, interspersed with oldies but goodies like Rick Nelson's old hit, "Hello Mary Lou."
When called back for an encore, they went into "Been a Long Time," also from their upcoming album and again blasted the audience out of the auditorium, ears ringing with the tunes of Led Zeppelin, probably the loudest group to
come out of England. — Oakland Tribune.
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First time seeing Led Zeppelin. Hitch-hiked from Sacramento I ws 16, Got to the box office early and scored a single ticket on the floor. I remember it being very hot that day. I was surprised they even played Berkeley given it's small size (3,600 seats), I do remember Robert Plant saying "you should have been here last night." And yes, it was LOUD! They were amazing and the way Plant moved on stage! Hearing the new stuff was a treat - but so was hearing That's The Way, one of my favorite Zep tunes. I went on to see them 6 more times including their last U.S. show (2nd Day On The Green appearance in 1977), but the first time at Berkeley will always be the best.


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A physician with a need to help
Helping thousands at Fort Carson
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo - If you wade into a sea of fatigues at Fort Carson, you'd probably see him. He is Dr. David Harclerode. Dr. "H" is the medical director at the Soldier Readiness Processing Center. He helps thousands of troops get ready for deployment or return from it, "I feel good about what I do. If I can do anything to help these soldiers emotionally, it makes me feel good. I live my dream job now."
Dr. Harclerode was in family medicine for 21 years before coming to Fort Carson and his current job in November of 2005. He told me about a soldier who touched his heart. Dr. "H" said, "I had a soldier four years ago who was hit in the head with a bullet, went to Walter Reed and had to have part of his skull, replaced. It became infected, they had to remove it and the soldier came to Fort Carson for six months of treatment until he could go back to Walter Reed for more help. He had the greatest family and family support. He was a real neat fellow."
Dr. Harclerode was nominated as a Wear Red Friday Hero. I asked him if he thought was a hero. He told me, "I'm not a hero. The heroes are the ones we take care of every day. I appreciate everything they do for me and our country."
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You might think of barley as an addition to hearty, wintery soups, such as mushroom-barley or beef-barley soup, but it also works well in lighter soups like this one with chicken, asparagus and peas.
Nutrition Profile:
Diabetes Appropriate
Healthy Weight
Heart Healthy
High Fiber
High Potassium
Low Calorie
Low Cholesterol
Low Sat Fat
Serves 4
Prep Time 45 min
Total Time 75 min.
Step 1
Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat; add onion and celery and cook, stirring, until beginning to soften, 2 to 4 minutes. Grate or finely chop 1 clove garlic; add to the pan and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add broth, chicken and barley. Bring to a gentle simmer. Cover and cook over low heat until the chicken is cooked through, about 20 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a plate with a slotted spoon. Return the broth to a simmer and cook until the barley is tender, 20 to 30 minutes.
Step 2
Meanwhile, shred the chicken or cut into bite-size pieces; discard the bone.
Step 3
When the barley is done, add the chicken, tomatoes and juice, asparagus, peas, salt and a grinding of pepper; return to a simmer. Cover and cook over low heat until the asparagus is tender, about 5 minutes more.
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Coarsely chop the remaining garlic clove. Gather basil, orange zest and the garlic and finely chop together. Ladle the soup into bowls and sprinkle each serving with a generous pinch of the basil mixture.
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Idaho Criminal Rule 42(c). Nonsummary Proceedings -- Commencement.
Nonsummary contempt proceedings may be commenced only as provided herein.
(1) Order to show cause. If the alleged contempt consists of failing to appear in court, the contempt proceedings may be commenced by an order to show cause directed to the respondent. The order to show cause must be supported by an affidavit unless it is prepared by or at the direction of the judge and the facts recited in it are based upon the judge's personal knowledge and/or upon information from the court file contained in documents prepared by court personnel. The order to show cause must:
a. Notify the respondent of the charge of contempt;
b. Recite all facts constituting the alleged contempt, other than that the respondent's failure to appear in court was willful; and
c. Set a time, date, and place for the respondent to appear to answer to the charge of contempt.
The order to show cause may be prepared by the court or by a party at the court's direction.
(2) Motion and affidavit. All contempt proceedings, except those initiated by an order to show cause for the failure to appear in court, must be commenced by a motion and affidavit. The affidavit must allege the specific facts constituting the alleged contempt. Each instance of alleged contempt, if there is more than one, must be set forth separately. If the alleged contempt is the violation of a court order, the affidavit must allege that either the respondent or the respondent's attorney was served with a copy of the order or had actual knowledge of it. The affidavit need not allege facts showing that the respondent's failure to comply with the court order was willful.
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Sony Unveils Two Lens-Style Cameras For Smartphones
Posted by Mason Gradusky on Wednesday September 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
Posted by Mason Gradusky on Wednesday September 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
If you've been reading the rumor sites for the past several weeks, you won't be surprised to learn that Sony just announced two "lens-style" cameras, the Cyber-shot QX100 and the Cyber-shot QX10. These devices function as both a lens and a camera for smartphones and tablets, connecting via wi-fi/NFC and the Sony Play Memories Mobile application. They are designed to bring higher quality optics, larger sensors and optical zooms to mobile photography.
The higher end of the two lens-style cameras, the QX100, is built around the same 1-inch, 20-megapixel Exmor R CMOS sensor as the Cyber-shot RX100 II camera. It is paired with an f/1.8, 3.6x optical zoom Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* lens with a 35mm-equivalent focal range of 28-100mm and a dedicated focus control ring.
The QX10 features a 1/2.3 -inch, 18 megapixel Exmor R CMOS sensor and a 10x, f/3.3, 10x optical zoom lens with a 35-mm equivalent focal range of 25-250mm.
Both lenses are image-stabilized, accept Memory Stick Micro and microSD memory cards and are equipped with stereo microphones and mono speakers.
Images can be composed, viewed and captured using the screen on your smartphone or tablet as a viewfinder. The screen, in conjunction with the free iOS or Android Sony Play Memories app, operates the lens-camera remotely and allows users to trigger the shutter, start/stop video recording and adjust a wide range of parameters such as shooting mode, zoom, autofocus area and other settings directly on the screen. Still images and video clips are automatically saved to the lens-camera's removable memory as well as the smart device.
The QX lens-cameras can be attached to compatible smartphones with a hard plastic adapter, which fits around horizontal edges of the phone. When used with a tablet or detached from a smartphone, the lens-cameras can be handheld, rested on a surface or placed on a tripod, while still maintaining on-screen control.
However, both lens-cameras are also self-contained and can function independent of a mobile device. They don't have viewfinders, but each has a rechargeable battery, shutter release and memory card slot.
The lens-cameras are relatively small and lightweight: The QX100 measures 2 ½ x 2 ½ x 2 ¼ inches and weight about 6.3 ounces with battery and memory card. The QX10 is a little smaller at 2 ½ x 2 ½ x 1 15/16 inches and weighs 3.7 ounces with battery and memory card installed.
Initial impressions, after spending a little hands-on time with the lenses, are mostly positive. The QX100 and QX10 are certainly smaller and lighter than expected and since they come with their own cases, I can easily imagine stowing one or both in a handbag or jacket pocket to carry around for shooting with a smartphone. In addition to offering a surprising number of user-controlled camera settings, they seem to have very little shutter lag when triggering the lenses with a smartphone or tablet. It was hard to judge image quality without loading the images onto a computer for a detailed view but, given the specs—particularly of the QX100—I think these unique lens-style cameras will deliver some pretty nice images. The bigger question, perhaps, is who will buy them.
The QX100 and QX10 are available in black or white and will ship later this month. For more details and specifications, visit the Sony website.
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Must read. Lol. (Considering they have very little cap space and plenty of holes to fill.)
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Must read. Lol. (Considering they have very little cap space and plenty of holes to fill.)
Oh for the love of crap, please don't tell me that Romo is going to try and cash in on the whole elite->Lombardi thing... I was hoping that if it had to be anyone, it would be Matt Ryan, Andy Dalton, or (bleh) Jay Cutler...
He says this every year. It's never any more true than the previous.
As far as holes to fill vs cap space, it's really not that large of an issue. There is still cap space able to be freed up. Up to roughly $10MM once Spencer gets resigned and IF Doug Free is let go.
Plus, there really aren't that many holes on the team. A lot of the holes last year were because of injury, especially on defense. The Defense only needs help (possibly) at S, and the offensive line is probably a solid guard and tackle away from being a solid unit. That's really about it. Maybe a back-up RB, but there a dime a dozen.
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He's had elite moments and others that were, well, the opposite.
Why be bad or good when you can be both?
Mmmmmm ! Where did I heard that before ?


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There are several bookstores and gift shops in and around the Louvre. They offer a wide range of guides, books, and art books, together with art objects, replicas, and merchandise related to temporary exhibitions and French national collections, particularly those of the Louvre. Visitors will find guides to accompany their visit and souvenirs of their time at the museum.
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Les enfants du musée/ The Children's Bookstore
Selling books, games and educational toys related to art and the collections of the Louvre museum, "Les enfants du musée" will delight small children and young art lovers.
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In the museum, seven sales counters offer guides and merchandise related to the museum's collections.
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Between the Pyramid and the inverted pyramid, the souvenir store sells mementos, guides in several languages, reproductions of works of art, and merchandise inspired by the collections.
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1998 marked 40 years of Subaru and the marketing people in Japan wanted to celebrate the companys success with a car like no other.
So was born the 22B
The result is a sports coupe that seeks to deliver the highest level of performance for road use
said STi President Mr Yamada
Subaru of Japan produced The widebody 2-door, Impreza called the 22B STi The 22B was used to commemorate both Subaru's 40th anniversary as well as the 3rd consecutive manufacturer's title for Subaru in the FIA World Rally Championship. On the release of the sales, all 399 sold out after 30 minutes to 48 hours depending on reports. The limited edition road going WRC car was announced to the unsuspecting world at the 1997 Tokyo Motor Show. It would be based on the newly released Version 4 Type R Coupe but would have a larger engine with more torque and the bodywork would be highly modified to give it the appearance of the current WRC rally cars of then current drivers, Colin McRae and Pierro Liatti.
The 22 in 22B represents the 2.2 liter engine, and B is Subaru of Japans representative letter for turbocharged.
It must be noted that the 22B STi that is supposed to be #13 was never given the plaque. Subaru of America imported #13 to be used as a press car. Three 22B STis were given the #000 plaque, 2 went to the World Rally car drivers for Subaru at the time Colin McRae and Nicky Grist, with the third going to David Lapworth of Prodrive
The Subaru Impreza 22B had the EJ22 engine as opposed to the regular EJ20 engine.The block was bored and The displacement was increased from 1994 cc to 2212 cc. It is a closed-deck design. The heads (valves, valvetrain and such) were lifted from the STi Version 4 engine. It produces 350 PS (345 hp/257 kW) at 6000 rpm and 363 Nm (225 ftlbf = 37.0 kgfm) of torque at a lower engine speed of 3200 rpm. The compression is 8.0:1 Its fuel rails are custom units, required to match the demands of such a high performance engine. It retained the same stroke as the stock 2.0 litre engine, Which gave the car a torque curve that wasnt even a curve. It is a steep climb and table like flat line, when plotted on a graph. The performance of the 2.2 litre engine gives the car the feeling of much more power and said to be the closest thing to driving a wrc car. It has around 70bhp more than its 2.0 litre brothers.
The turbocharger is an IHI RHF 5HB (the internal company usage code is VF23 This turbo is a large roller bearing unit, providing huge volumes but with very low inertia properties which is due to the bearing design.
Every car was hand made, starting with a lightweight 2 door WRX RA shell and then cutting off the rear arches. The new widened fenders were welded in their place and the front of the car received similar appendages to cover to massive wheels and extra track. The dimensions of the car were now virtually identical to the car watched by millions, in the hands of Subarus new driver line up, Richard Burns and Juha Kunkkenhann. The rear spoiler has the same adjustable foil as the WRC car, for increasing down force on twisty tarmac events.
The brakes fitted were the standard Subaru 4 pot calipers with 292mm discs on the front and a new rear 2 pot caliper with larger vented disc on the rear. Both were painted in a bright red colour, looking very distinctive through the gold BBS wheels.
Production process During its transformation the bodyshell, parts and engine are removed from the standard Impreza production line no less than 6 times, and 3 different facilities used for modification.
1. The car started off as a shell from an Impreza WRX STi type R version 4 Coupe.
2. STi then modified the front and rear wheel arches by cutting away the existing ones and rewelding and extending them so that the body is some 80mm wider.
3. The body is then seam welded and repainted by a specialist (as the body is too wide and does not fit through the normal painting production line at Subaru)
4. STi then took the engine and bored out the normal 2 litre block to 2.2 litres. Which produced more torque at lower revs.
5. The clutch plate and disk are an STI ceramic/metal twin plate competition clutch with dumpers, for better release action.
6. The suspension is a special Bilstein and Eibach set, (much firmer than the normal one), and the track is widened to suit the wide body.
7. WRC styling was added by the addition of a huge adjustable rear wing, a front bumper that looks like it was lifted strainght from the WRC, and different engine bay hood vents again copying the WRC. These modifications produce a replica to the WRC car.
8. Finally the car is fitted with a unique blue interior and aluminium alloy BBS wheels
engine EJ22 Boxer-4
aspiration Turbocharged
valvetrain DOHC, 4 Valves per Cylinder
displacement 2212 cc / 135.0 in³
bore 96.9 mm / 3.81 in
stroke 75.0 mm / 2.95 in
compression 8.0:1
body / frame E-GC8 Kai Unit Steel
driven wheels 4WD w/DCCD
wheel type BBS alloy
front tires 235/40R17 P-Zero
rear tires 235/40R17 P-Zero
front brakes Vented Discs
f brake size x 406 mm / x 16.0 in
rear brakes Vented Discs
r brake size x 381.0 mm / x 15.0 in
front wheels F 43.2 x 21.6 cm / 17.0 x 8.5 in
rear wheels R 43.2 x 21.6 cm / 17.0 x 8.5 in
steering Rack & Pinion Super Quick Power Steering Gear Box(13:1) with power steering fluid cooler
f suspension Bilstein Inverted Strut w/Eibach Springs
r suspension Bilstein Inverted Strut w/Eibach Springs
weight 1270 kg / 2800 lbs wheelbase 2520 mm / 99.2 in
front track 1480 mm / 58.3 in
rear track 1500 mm / 59.1 in
length 4365 mm / 171.9 in
width 1770 mm / 69.7 in
height 1390 mm / 54.7 in
transmission 5-Speed Manual w/Twin Plate Clutch, Ceramic Disc
gear ratios 3.083:1, 2.06 Finally the car is fitted with a unique blue interior and aluminium alloy BBS wheels
gear ratios 3.083:1, 2.062:1, 1.545:1, 1.151:1, 0.825:1, :1 ( The transmission ratios are the same as the standard WRX Type R, but the gears are shot peened for added strength
Peter Stevens from Mclaren was credited for much of the 22B design which included the body styling.
I purchased our 22B #339 of 400 in November 2008. It has a different steering wheel fitted and STI Defi gauges on the dash but other than that it is a stock and very clean 22B. I watched the car for well over a year on Trademe (which is like ebay but a N.Z version) It was In Japan when they first started to advertise it and eventually sat in New Zealand for almost a year before I checked exchange rates and saw how the price had dropped on the car. I called and purchased the car almost Immediately, I had a friend of mine who was foreman of the previous Subaru dealership check it over and he said it was very clean. He had been servicing several N.Z new 22Bs so I felt confident to buy it without seeing it. It took almost a year before I went down to N.Z for three months to drive the car. It is such a fun car and one of the most amazing experiences to be able to fuful a dream and own a 22B


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Luge, the French word for "sled," is one of three sliding sports in the Winter Olympic Games. Luge racers use open fiberglass sleds that can speed along at up to 90 miles per hour. It became an Olympic sport at the 1964 Winter Games in Austria. There are three luge events in the Games: men's singles, women's singles, and doubles. All events are held on the same track, but the women's and doubles races start further down the track.
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For a quick start, racers begin by sitting on their sleds and pushing off using handles fixed into the ice. Lugers wear spiked gloves, which they use on the surface of the ice to gain extra acceleration. The athletes use their legs and shoulders to steer while lying down on their backs, feet first. Racers must keep their bodies relaxed to help maintain speed and direction.
In the Winter Games, the men's singles and women's singles consist of four races over two days. The luger with the fastest combined time over the four runs wins. The doubles event is held with two races in one day. The fastest combined score for the two races wins the gold. Every split-second counts! All three events are timed to the thousandth of a second.


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Discussion in 'Other GM Cars' started by Cableguy, Apr 6, 2007.
Here is another one of my old girls, this thing used to fly.
The wife had an old cutlass with a v6 that we thought could never die. She used to beat the daylights out of that thing. Then she gifted it to her cousin who had just had a baby. It was driven without oil, and the engine seized.
Yeah, engines tend to be funny like that. They like to have oil.
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Manual 1, 1998
Jeannie Thib
Canadian, 1955 - 2013
serigraph with thread on oiled and sewn kozo paper
gloves: 21 x 12 cm each (approx.)
Purchased 1999
National Gallery of Canada (no. 40054.1-2)
© Jeannie Thib
Jeannie Thib's "Manual" series consists of ten pairs of women's gloves - three pairs of which are in the National Gallery collection - fashioned from finely stitched Japanese paper coated with oil to resemble ancient parchment. Recalling Victorian notions of gentility and social propriety, the gloves have been printed with instructional texts culled from antique books and encyclopaedias that recall nineteenth-century scientific notions of order and classification as a means of obtaining knowledge of and control over nature. To inscribe these treatises directly onto the gloves points to the way in which such histories and knowledge systems are also written onto the body, informing social conduct and the construction of identity. "Manual" thus highlights the body as both an archive and a site for social inscription.
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Classic Cappadocia
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To get here Mystery and I rode a red-eye bus service from Antalia to the teeny town of Goreme (pron. Goremay) in Turkey's heartland - Central Anatolia. Eleven straight hours on a very uncomfortable bus arriving at 6am is always going to turn messy and we had to write the first half day off because of it. Still, that allowed the weather to turn and begin cooperating (April and May is wet season here) and by that afternoon we were out amongst the towering fairy chimneys ( sometimes known as 'Troglodites' by geologic nerds in the know) of the surrounding hills and dales.
The highlight of the three days we spent here had to be the walking tour. Starting in Goreme, you walk up and through the pragmatically named Pigeon Valley, resplendent with tiny 'dove cotes' (pigeon houses) that riddle the walls for a kilometre or two. As you continue to ascend on the way to the next town of Urchisar the surrounding scenery becomes more abstract, with giant mushroom-topped cliffs to one side and oozing pink marshmellow formations to the other. The cute winding path winds over grassy knolls and through small cave holes worn smooth over the ages by erosion and man. You eventually make it to the top and the view down the pink bowl to ragged cliffs in the distance is magnificent. Can we pause a moment Mr Guide?
Not far away is the entrance to 'Honey' Valley - equally breath-taking but very diffierent to the pigeon haven despite its proximity. What I assume are sulfuric oxides in the prehistoric volcanic ash that fell here have remained in layers through the 'Tufa' and have hence cut a bright yellow swathe in the cliff face. Resembling mouth-watering melted nougat I felt like kneeling down and taking a bite as we tramped down the ever narrowing canyon. *Drool*.
Towards Honey Valley's end there is a series of hollows, caves and erosion formations that keep the camera clicking, although clouds overhead did not collaborate with the sunshine to provide perfect light conditions for a couple of the major formations, which was a real shame. I hung around until the others had left me but still no banana, so these shots above will have to do.
Honey Valley merges into Love Valley, although for many of you a more obvious name will spring quickly to mind. Rising 15 or 20 metres into the air, these fairy chimneys are bizarre in the extreme and you have to chuckle as you sit and rest amongst the forest of monumental phallic formations. The labourers in the surrounding grape vines certainly have a unique and inspiring work environment.
After the obligatory smutty comments all guys on the tour, young and old alike, insisted on a novelty photo or two - much to the chagrin of their female companions. The homeymooning Korean couple were especially boisterous. A copy of mine can be obtained by clicking the donation link above and contributing $50 or more to the save a technotrekker fund ;-)
Much to my surprise and disbelief Mystery was not greatly impressed with such inanity and could only think of a getting home for a kebab - the Penis.. err, Love Valley landscape hadn't inspired any amorous desires, just more basic needs like hunger and her love of this staple Turkish fare. Oh well, the kebab vendor got lucky in a way I suppose.
She will probably kill me for that but I'll plow on anyway. With hunger sated and desire to see more of Cappadocia suitably enhanced, we headed out to the Goreme Open Air Museum. The Central Anatolian area was a safe haven for Christians as Islam swept across the Holy Land and Egypt from the 7th century AD onwards, so many monks descended on this remote area seeking refuge from religious persecution.
The tufa of Cappadocia is extremely simple to carve and tunnel through, so the Christians built camoflaged communities above and below ground - both within the fairy chimneys and as complex undergournd cities. Some of the largest and most beautifully decorated churches can be found in what is now the Open Air Museum, where fairy chimneys have been hollowed into basic cruciform floorplans and then brightly decorated with powerful religious icongraphy of the age - about the 11th century AD for those who were wondering. What remains after all this time is remarkable in many cases.
The 'Dark Church' takes its name from its lack of external light which has allowed the wall-to-wall frescoes to retain an extremely vivid lustre even after a millennia in this extreme environment. Such darkness makes it very difficult to photograph without a flash (which is an understandable request from museum management) but you can see that ornate detail that has gone into the artwork from the pictures provided above. It probably houses the best set of frescoes in the museum but unfortunately management slaps an additional $5 fee on this particular church (above and beyond the $10 fee general admission) so I recommend visiting the other free options unless you hold great interest in the subject.
The best of these 'free' churches is the Church of the Sandals, so named for imprints of sandals carved into the floor (apparently - I couldn't see them) and because most of the figures in the frescoes are wearing this perennially favourite form of traveller footwear. Not quite as detailed as the Dark Church, it still contains some great works which make you wonder how the poor artists actually painted them with little more than candlelight to work by.
You may also be wondering why many of the frescoes are chipped and damaged. It is not just age - the general explanation I've heard over the years is that as Muslims don't appreciate religious imagery they went about defacing anything vaguely religious, generally the Christian stuff. That's no doubt the cause in some cases but I've found out that in Cappadocia it might not ring true as latter day Christians here came to the conclusion that consuming chips of a fresco ground up and drunk as a broth was medically beneficial. And I get called sacrilegious for saying "Christ!". Morons!
Here are two more images from the Sandals Church, and there are five or six other churches in the museum complex - some of which we didn't go into due to the crowds, others which are quite bland and still others that are decorated in a more basic manner (see below right) despite being contemporary developments to their more colourful brethren. There is also a Hidden Church somewhere in the neighbourhood which I read about later - someone else will have to find that one...
In the end I was very impressed by all of these - had no idea the internals would be as spectacular as the outsides.
Tokali Church is the largest in the neighbourhood and comes included in the general admission price despite being outside the perimeter fence. It gives you the best idea of how malleable this 'tufa' is as a building material and how extensive construction plans were despite a monastic, isolated lifestyle that most of the inhabitants of the area were seeking. It also employs unusually realistic and detailed artistic design which is lost in these photos, however the swarms of gawping people inside don't help that cause either.
One final interesting point to note is the propensity of grave niches carved directly into the floor of churches and monasteries all over the area. Your relative dies so just sweep them into a hole under the carpet eh? Nice one. If you check out the Kizlar Monastery area to the left of the entrance (your last stop if you follow the main path) you can actually see human bones preserved in some of these niches. Many of them are very small - children didn't cope so well inhaling lung-fulls of cooking smoke that accumulated in poorly-ventilated trogolodites...
On the way back to Goreme from the Open Air Museum there is a small underground UFO museum which we thought we'd take a peek in as well. If you're a UFO buff they have just about every newspaper clipping regarding the paranormal in eight different languages throughout the rambling subterranean complex. Complementing all this reading material is a host of models and mockups, such as the Roswell crash and our personal favourite - the ubiquitous Alien Probe scene. It's quite well presented but you need to be fresh for it and it is therefore probably only worthwhile if you have a few spare days to kill here.
So that's a good start - stay tuned for the second half as there will be some really nice stuff show-cased there too.
Next entry -> travelling a little further afield in Cappadocia
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text: The following is helpful information, rant, and questions, and roughly in that order...My apologies if this wasn't what you were looking for in the first place... So, CKNSLS recently got me thinking about towing capacities, GVWRs, GCWRs, GAWRs, and other sorts of technical numbers related to the world of towing. For those that don't know, my Suburban is a ¾ ton for all intensive purposes despite starting its life and still legally being a half-ton truck. But that's not important for this discussion. What is important is the response I got back from GM when I inquired about my trailer weight rating for the Suburban in stock form… First, a short glossary of what all those acronyms mean to put things into perspective. GVWR- Gross Vehicle Weight Rating. This is the maximum weight of the vehicle as equipped and passengers, cargo, fuel, etc. This rating also includes tongue weight of a trailer. GCWR- Gross Combination Vehicle Weight Rating. This is the maximum weight of the vehicle and any trailer the vehicle is towing. GAWR- Gross Axle Weight Rating. This is the maximum weight that can be put on the respective axle in question. Typically, the rear axle has a significantly higher rating than the front, but not always. These ratings can usually be found on a tag inside the driver's door jamb of the vehicle along with various other important information. My 1991 Chevy Suburban's door tag gives a GVWR of 6800 pounds, no GCWR, and a front axle GAWR of 3250 pounds and a rear axle GAWR of 3968 pounds. So, the door tag doesn't give me any information specific to towing a trailer. My Suburban has a dealer installed GM trailer hitch with a 4000/400 (total/tongue) dead tow capacity and a 9500/1000 weight distributed capacity. However, that's simply what the hitch is rated for, not the whole vehicle. So, let's dig deeper into the situation… Friday I placed a call to GM Corporate to inquire about the towing capacity of my truck. After taking down my VIN number, they got off the phone and researched the rating. I got a call back stating that because the truck did not have RPO code Z82 (towing package), that they could only rate the Suburban at 2000 pound towing capacity. Say wha??? After talking with the agent for some time, she kept telling me I needed to inquire either to my local GM dealer or the hitch manufacturer to get the weight rating that the truck could tow. Ok, so let's get this straight… you want me to go to a dealer whose technicians probably haven't ever touched a truck that's over 20 years old and have them tell me how much the truck is rated to tow? Or I should contact the manufacturer of the hitch (YOU, GM) to find out the weight rating? Either way, neither of these people should be able to come up with a real number as to the towing capacity of my truck. So then that got me thinking more. My Suburban is rated to only tow 2000 pounds, yet (for the sake of this argument) U-Haul could sell me a hitch rated for 7500 pounds weight-distributing, and I'm to just assume that's the towing capacity of my truck? How did they come up with the number 7500? They're not the manufacturer, and it stands to reason that since I'm buying a hitch from them, that I don't have RPO code Z82 and according to GM only have a towing capacity of 2000 pounds. How can they in their right minds do that and legally get away with it? I guess they use the standard disclaimer of the end user needing to read the manual to know the weight. Then of course we get into exactly what is changed or included to make up RPO Z82. In 1991, Z82 means it gets the weight distributing hitch I have, it gets pre-wired for a 7-way RV receptacle, and it gets an auxiliary transmission cooler. That's it. I have all of the above and then some, so technically, while it doesn't include Z82 from the factory, it's at the minimum equal to one that had Z82. So what does all this mean? Well, that's a tough question. Who should I believe and what should I base my numbers off of? GM's specs off the factory line, the weight rating on the hitch itself, or some other number? Well, let's pull some more specs into the mix. This time, we're going to pull from the official GM Restoration Kit packet. Essentially, the Restoration Kit is just the promotional brochure paperwork from the year the vehicle was built, but it has a LOT of gory details about the vehicles down to frame rail thicknesses and the like. On one chart, they list GCWR versus motor, and what gear ratio you need to be at that ratio. With the 3.08 gears the truck had from the factory, the GCWR was only 10,000 pounds. With 4.10 gears and the 5.7L engine, the GCWR is 13,500, but simply saying I have a 7.4L engine changes it to 16,000 which is more than enough for the camper. I don't understand how getting a marginal amount more engine power can change the GCWR that much, but it does. On another chart, it lists the same info that for a given trailer weight, what class truck you need, engine, and gearset. To haul a 9500 pound trailer, they claim you need a 2500 with the 7.4L engine and 4.10 gears. So, according to that chart, I don't meet the requirements as a half-ton. I'm confident that with my changes I can haul it though. It's just not that legal, but was VERY difficult to find. Where does the law come into play when dealing with weight ratings? So, what's in a rating? A lot, but it can certainly get muddy at times.


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Re: st: Mixed effects model for asymmetric data
Richard Goldstein <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Re: st: Mixed effects model for asymmetric data
Wed, 26 Sep 2012 14:46:20 -0400
re: use of poisson, I suggest you look at the following blog:
On 9/26/12 2:15 PM, Ana Beatriz FS wrote:
> Thanks, JVVerkuilen,
> Unfortunately my variable is not a count one, I work with levels of hormones.
> Following your suggestion, I assessed the quality of the model by the
> residuals and it's really really bad.
> With respect to the transformations, they produce quite different
> distributions. I haven't find one that would fit all my points in
> time, even if not perfectly. I do think I have a problem here!
> Best regards,
> Ana Beatriz
> 2012/9/26 JVerkuilen (Gmail) <email@example.com>:
>> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Ana Beatriz FS
>> <email@example.com> wrote:
>>> Dear Statalisters,
>>> I was performing multilevel mixed-effects linear regression but I
>>> realized my data is not normally distributed. Is there an equivalent
>>> model for asymmetric data in stata?
>>> I've tried to transform my data but I could not accomplish because my
>>> data require different transformations in each point of follow-up. My
>>> sample is composed by pregnant women in the three trimesters of
>>> pregnancy, but values of my dependent variable in first trimester
>>> require log transformation for normalization, in the second, sqrt
>>> transformation and so on.
>> What are the measures? For instance, if they are counts, you might be
>> better off with -xtmepoisson-, which assumes that you have multilevel
>> Poisson distributed data. If the transformations are all fairly close,
>> you can probably get away with choosing one, so if the right answer is
>> sqrt and you log instead it won't be *that* far off. Also keep in mind
>> that the marginal distribution before conditioning on regressors can
>> be rather far from normal, so it's not really clear you need to do any
>> transformation. What do the residuals look like?
>> --
>> JVVerkuilen, PhD
>> email@example.com
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[quote user="ShockeyShow"]What do u think Carlos Santana Moss is going to demand money wise? I'd bring him in for the vet-min for sure! Talk about an upgrade over MM[/quote]

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2) How is that an upgrade over Manningham if you think he gets vet minimum?? lol, basically 2 contradicting statements
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text: I have one that has as always had an attitude but workable. I was going to requeen it this year. Well where I have it at a cow got out and knocked it over about 2 weeks ago. I went out to fix it in 40deg weather thinking they would be cold and I could fix it. As soon as I got close they were all over me. Tried smoking, nothing. They are not happy at all. So I said screw it and covered them with a heavy black tarp and figured I would kill them off and save the equipment. Well I went to gather the equipment today and they chewed some holes thru the tarp and were bringing in pollen. They weren't near as busy as before or as they should be, but they aren't near dead. Any ideas on the best way to kill them off without spraying? Lots of good drawn out frames worth saving.


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A University of Canterbury student has created a robot designed to inspect the piles under quake-damaged buildings.
Postgraduate student Andre Geldenhuis has been testing the small rover over summer as part of a scholarship programme.
"It runs off a simple programme from a laptop," Geldenhuis said. "The robot can be placed into the under-floor space below houses. It can be controlled using a laptop so that the video feed can be displayed on screen and it is driven with a joystick or a game pad."
Geldenhuis was not aware of any other other under-floor rovers in New Zealand.
"Quad-copters have been used for building inspection in Christchurch but I am unaware of any under-floor rovers being used."
Geldenhuis said people were generally not keen to crawl under houses, especially in Christchurch. If an earthquake occurred while they were under the floor and there was liquefaction, they could drown, he said.
"What they tend to do instead is pull up the floorboards which is expensive for everybody involved," Geldenhuis said.
"Our rover robot allows inspectors to see and measure damage in the parts of buildings that are difficult to access."
He said the rover robot uses an array of sensors to identify and map the size and extent of cracks and measure damage under a building. High definition video and still imagery records the condition of piles and other structures beneath houses.
Geldenuis's supervisor Dr Chris Hann has been working with Dr Richard Parker at Scion on the commercial applications of the device. Geldenhuis will present his findings at a public event on campus on February 8.
- nzherald.co.nz