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Inside The Belly Of The BeastWritten by Steven Rupp on June 13, 2005 Contributors: Courtesy of GM PHR goes inside GM's high tech performance build center to assemble an LS7
True gearheads, who work for magazines, live for one thing, getting the inside scoop on the "next big product" to hit our hobby. So when GM sent out the invite to come wrench together a new engine the answer wasn't just yes, it was "hell yes!" And, it turned out this wasn't just any old motor from the General, but the most high-tech engine every produced by GM, the 500hp LS7.
It so happens that GM is understandably proud of their newest mill and of the talented people that are going to make it happen at their new, state-of-the-art 100,000-square-foot Performance Build Center in Wixom, Michigan. The program included flying out various magazine guys for a day of automotive nirvana. We would work with the GM master builders to assemble an LS7 engine. From start to finish we would build it in exactly the same way it will be done in full production. Having worked on a few LS1 engines I was very interested to see what was new with the LS7 and also how it compared to the recently released LS2 engine.
With camera in hand and a notepad of paper, I arrived that the GM Performance Build Center in snowy Wixom. The day started off with a bonus, a discussion about the other motor that will be hand assembled at the new plant, the supercharged Northstar. An entire article could be devoted to the massive amounts of technology in this new caddy motor, but let's just say that it is an amazing piece of engineering. We were then given a PowerPoint show about the history of GM engines and the success they have enjoyed in everything from drag racing to NASCAR. Tom Stephens, GM group vice president, GM Powertrain, briefly touched on the enormous power being made by the V-6 and four-cylinder Ecotec motors. We learned from GM Performance Parts that the LS7 would be available as a crate motor sometime this summer, but a price was not yet available. At least for the foreseeable future, the crate LS7 will carry the titanium rods. Also, since the oil system is integral to the design of the engine, the LS7 crate motor will be a dry sump motor. In essence, the engine will be exactly like the one they will be shoehorning into the new Z06.
As detailed in our April 2005 LS7 story, it is important to note that the LS7 is a completely different animal than the LS2. This is not like the relationship between the LS1 and LS6. To get the required performance GM took a "systems-wide" approach in building the LS7. Many of the parts vary greatly from its LS2 cousin. The dry-sump system is a work of art and should actually make retrofitting one into some old musclecar easier due to its slim profile. While the titanium rods are expensive, they are necessary to allow the motor to reliably push 7000rpm on a regular basis. The heads are massive and are not only equipped with titanium intake valves, but have been heavily ported out as well. The LS7 is basically a race-quality motor for the street and it is assemble in a very meticulous fashion. Each LS7 is hand assembled by one of the master assemblers at the plant who takes personal ownership of the motor from start to finish and, in a nice touch, has their nametag on the finished product. Sure the crate motor will not be low buck but considering the technology employed in it the value is certainly there.
Oh, and when I say an LS7 is "hand assembled" don't get the idea that this resembles the way average people would put an engine together. Every operation is data-logged though the use of computers and bar codes. Bolts are torqued using electric, computer-controlled torque wrenches while some parts are installed using hydraulic pressure. At the end of the build, the actual torque spec of every bolt on the engine can be looked up in the computer. We were told that during actual production, if a critical part of the motor is dropped, like a main cap, then the entire block is sent to scrap (I would bet they guard the dumpsters so don't get any ideas). This combination of craftsmanship, technology and strict quality controls will allow GM to turn out a very consistent and very reliable engine. It takes an expert at the Wixom plant four hours to assemble a LS7 engine and plant capacity is about 30 engines per a week. We noticed that there is ample room in the plant to add another assembly run in order to increase production to 45 engines every week. With that, lets start putting one together.
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Here you can see the finishing touches being put on a new LS7. But, how does GM get to this stage? Well, follow along as we take go step-by-step through the LS7 build process at the GM Performance Build Center.The blocks that arrive from the suppliers are supposed to be clean, but GM powertrain washes down the motors just to make sure. Any contaminates are caught in a filter and used to monitor the supplier. After this initial washing, the blocks are placed in this pressure-wash booth, blasted spotless and then air-blown dried.After the wash process, the engine is assigned its unique bar code labels. This identification number will be referenced throughout the build process. Here you can see the build sheet that will follow the LS7 through the assembly stations.Engine assembly is divided into stations where the various parts are installed and tested. At each station the engine parts for the specific process and the tools for doing the particular job are pre-staged. Kitting trays are used to hold every part that is going to be used at that station. This ensures that a part is not missed. Every torquing operation has a bar code and a computer adjusts the electric torque wrenches based on the bar code for that specific operation. The computer also tracks how many bolts are torqued. This ensures consistent quality and also makes sure a bolt isn't skipped. At Station One the pistons are checked, caps are marked for position and caps are pulled. This is also where the bearings are installed.Station two is where the camshaft is installed. The plant uses many specialized tools to ensure the highest quality and consistent builds. For the cam a special guide is attached to the end of the cam to help guide it through the block. All parts are oiled using only Mobil1 oil. A nylon keeper is then attached to the back of the block to keep the cam in place and the cam retainer plate is installed on the front of the block. The block is then put on a rolling engine stand, rotated and the LS7 valley cover is installed. After the oil-galley plugs and lifters are installed the engine is rolled to the next station.Here is one of the electric computer controlled torque wrenches used throughout the build. Scanning a bar code for a particular operation sets the wrenches torque and the computer records what that bolt was actually torqued to. The tool took some getting used to, since there is no traditional clicking noise made. When the proper torque has been reached a green light comes on. If there is a problem a yellow or red light illuminates.Here you can see one of the bar code sheets. It tells the assembler what size socket is needed for any operation and scanning the corresponding bar code sets the torque wrench for that specific value.The forged crank is installed at station three. Cranks are not lifted by hand but rather moved by an electric hoist specific for this operation. This not only prevents damaged parts from a dropped crank but also stops injuries to assemblers. The caps are now installed taking care to make sure they are put in right position and that they are facing the right way. This is also where the thrust bearing is set. The crank is spun to make sure it moves freely.
Station four is where the LS7 gets its pistons. The cylinder is oiled and then the piston is inserted into a tapered sleeve. A slight rap from a nylon hammer sends the piston into its new home. This tapered sleeve made it extremely easy to install the pistons. Do this seven more times, install the rod caps and you are done. Well almost. After the eight pistons are installed a computer tracked torque wrench turns the crank and the resistance is measured. This makes sure nothing is binding up and that everything is moving freely.Here is a great shot of a typical kitting tray and tool tray. As you can see every tool needed for assembly is neatly arranged and each part needed for that particular station has a molded spot in the tray. When your tray is empty then all your parts have been installed. We should all be this organized.At Station five the LS7 gets its crank sprocket. In order to avoid damaging the thrust bearing by hitting the sprocket onto the crank, GM uses 2000-psi of hydraulic pressure to install the sprocket onto the crank. Next the motor gets the cam sprocket, timing chain and the nylon chain dampener. As we talked about in our April LS7 engine story the LS7 uses a specific duel impeller pump. It is actually two pumps in one and handles engine oiling and scavenging duties. The impeller notches have to be lined up, again they have a custom tool for this that you can see in the picture.Here you can see the fixture plate that is used to make sure the oil pump and front cover are both perfectly even with the bottom of the block. You can also see one of the many nylon bolt-order templates that are used throughout the build at different stations. After every operation an orange mark is made on either the part or on a specific location on the outside of the block. It's just one more way to double check that nothing is missed. Next up the dry-sump oil pan is installed. The pan is an engineering marvel and makes for a very low-profile package. Installing this in a g-Machine should not be very hard. However due to the way the pan is made there will be no notching of the pan possible. The LS7 also uses a new internal bypass oil filter (PN PF48).Those amazing CNC ported LS7 heads are installed at station six. The multi-layered Steel (MLS) head gasket is installed and the head put in place. At this time the most amazing tool I have ever seen is used. This thing torques down all 15 bolts in one single operation! If any of the bolts, for whatever reason, does not torque down to spec then a red or yellow light indicates its position. It literally took less than five minutes to install a cylinder head, you too can have this productivity in your garage. Just shell out a couple of hundred thousand bucks and your set. This is also where the engine identification bar code sticker is actually placed on the LS7. One is placed on the front and one on the back of the left cylinder head.At station seven the LS7 starts to get all its external parts. First the valve covers are installed along with the steam vent tube and blockoffs. Then the LS7 specific composite intake manifold, they call it an Integrated Air Fuel Module (IAFM), is installed. The intake comes from the supplier with the injectors, fuel rail and throttle body already installed. Next up the motor gets its coil packs, water pump, temperature sensor and plug. The LS7 is checked to make sure the friction washer is installed, remember that the balancer is not keyed, and then the harmonic balancer is pushed onto the crank using 3000-lbs of hydraulic pressure.Station eight has us installing the LS7 specific exhaust manifolds. It is also where we installed the block-mounted knock sensors and the colder running LS7 plugs. A temporary blue cap is put on the valve cover where you would normally put oil in a LS2 engine. Later, once the engine is filled with oil the first time at the run in center, the blue cap will replaced with a locking plug. After this, oil for the LS7 can only be added to the dry sumps oil tank. Each station has visual-aid sheets, like the one above, to be used for reference by the assembler. The sheet also gives information on what to check on each part and anything else needed to insure a proper build.At station nine the engine is finished off with the addition of the evaporator solenoid. To make sure the engine is sealed up tight all the openings are sealed up and the engine is pressurized. Two-psi of air pressure is put in the oil and combustion areas while 20 psi is put into the water system. This pressure must be held by the motor for given amount of time. If there is a leak it is tracked down and fixed. This ensures that the motor will not have a leaky exhaust manifold or worse. Once it passes this test the plug wires, evaporator lines and the cam sensor are attached. Herce you see our assembled LS7 engine complete with the green lifting brakets.To show the pride of ownership that the master assemblers have, a "built by" plaque is attached to every LS7 produced. If you see this particular name on your motor you might want to visit your dealers service center as soon as possible. All the assemblers I met were true "car guys" that are very passionate about what they do. Many of them had pictures with them of the cool rides they work on at home.
The last station is number 11. This is where the motor is ran for 30-40 seconds using natural gas and then a computer tells the operator where to place small weights on the flywheel and/or the harmonic balance. After this balancing operation the LS7 is sent over to Johnson and Murphy in Taylor, Michigan, where it is ran for 20 minutes. They run the LS7 for 10 minutes unloaded and 10 minutes loaded. It is here that horsepower, torque, oil pressure, fuel pressure and all functions are rechecked. This is done with the same ECM that will be in the car and is done to every single LS7 produced.Sure they are empty now but sometime in April they will start filling up with thousands of horsepower worth of LS7 motors. Most of these LS7 will be sent to Bowling Green, Kentucky. The rest will find their way to GM performance Parts where you will be able to buy one of these exotic engines for your very own g-Machine project.


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2012 Siskiyou Motor Speedway Modified Rules
2012 Siskiyou Motor Speedway
Modified Rules
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1. SAFETY EQUIPMENT: Rules apply at all Times car is on track. Snell-rated SA2000, SA2005 or SA2010 helmet required. Roll bar padding required in driver compartment (Fire retardant recommended). SFI-approved full fire suit required. Fire retardant gloves, shoes and neck brace (or head and neck restraint) required. Right and left seat head supports required if using head restraint system with no neck collar. Recommended: Fire retardant head sock and underwear; collapsible steering shaft. Driver-side window net required, minimum 16 inch by 20 inch ribbon or mesh style, and must be mounted to roll cage so latch is at top front of window. Minimum three inch (two-inch with head restraint system) wide SFI-approved five point safety belt assembly required (Y-type shoulder harness not allowed), must be mounted securely to roll cage, recommended to be no more than two years old. Kill switch required within easy reach of driver and must be clearly marked 'OFF' and 'ON'.
2. FRAME: 1964 or newer OEM perimeter American rear-wheel drive passenger car frame only. No sports car frames. Frame must be full and complete, cannot be widened or narrowed, and must be able to support roll cage on both sides, exceptions are: weight jack in original center line of spring tower allowed; frame may be cut a maximum 36 inches forward from center of rear end housing; horns may be removed in front of steering box and notched maximum one inch at bottom for tie rod clearance; front crossmember may be notched and boxed for radiator and/or steering clearance; maximum seven inch wide opening in side of spring tower for spring removal. Maximum two inch wide by four inch tall frame stiffener may be welded directly to outside of left side frame rail. See www.imca.com for OEM frame dimensions. Minimum wheelbase 108 inches, maximum 112 inches, both sides. Maximum overall width shall not exceed 78 inches from outside of tire to outside of tire. No part of frame can be lower than four inches from ground except front crossmember.
3. ROLL CAGE: Must consist of continuous hoops, minimum 1.75 inch O.D. tubing, with minimum wall thickness of 0.095 inch for main cage, frame-mounted in at least six places, low carbon or mild steel recommended. Must consist of a configuration of front, rear and top hoops connected by tubing on sides or side hoops. Driver's head must not protrude outside cage with helmet on. Roll cage must be securely supported and braced with minimum one cross bar in top halo. Foot protection bar required. Main cage no further forward than rear of engine. All bars forward of cage must be lower than hood.
4. DOOR BARS: All driver side door bars and uprights must be minimum 1.5 inch O.D. with 0.083 inch wall thickness. Minimum three driver side door bars, parallel to ground and perpendicular to driver, and welded to front and rear of roll cage. Passenger side must have at least one cross door bar, horizontal or angled, minimum 1.25 inch O.D. with 0.083 inch wall thickness, and one top door bar, minimum 1.5 inch O.D. with 0.083 inch wall thickness. Steel door plate, 18 gauge or 0.049 inch minimum thickness, must be securely welded to outside of driver side door bars and cover area from top door bar to bottom door bar and from rear hoop down-post to five inches in front of seat. Must be visible for inspection.
5. BODY: (See IMCA Body diagram at https://imca.com/rules/modified/) No composite or plastic body panels allowed except roof rock guard and hood scoop. Body must be same width, front to rear, and parallel to OEM frame. Aluminum nose panel must be flat. Maximum 2.250 inch side fins allowed on aluminum nose. MD3 plastic nosepiece, part#020-410 allowed. All nose panels may be no wider, or lower than two inches outside of front frame horns and remain within 0.5 inch tolerance outside confines of front bumper. Plastic nose must be mounted in an approved manner and can extend no further back than 6 inches from front of hood. Cooling holes allowed. Engine compartment must remain open (no side panels). Hood must be level or sloped down at front, enclosed and maximum two inches above interior deck at rear. No reverse hood rake allowed. No panel in front of right door to engine compartment. No inner panels. No car covers. Must have front and rear roof support posts. Driver and passenger side windows must have at least 12 inch opening (height and width), measured at center of window, between lowest point at top and highest point at bottom. Sail panels may not extend ahead of back of seat. May use Lexan in sail panels. Roof must be fiberglass or aluminum, full size and rounded down in all directions (see diagram). No dished roofs allowed. Driver roof hatch allowed. Maximum 1.5 inch rolled down rock guard allowed on roof front. Maximum four inch roof sides allowed. Maximum one inch ridge down sides of roof. Maximum one inch rear roof stiffener (must face down). No fins, lips, wings or spoilers. Maximum four inch plastic skirting allowed on bottom of doors and quarters. No reflective doors or quarter panels. Body may be maximum one inch outside of rear tires (both sides) for clearance. Car number must be minimum four inches thick and 20 inches tall and clearly visible, on both sides, top and back of car, and front, if possible. The rear filler panel is not mandatory.
6. DRIVER COMPARTMENT: Must have minimum three windshield bars in front of driver. Lexan or aluminum cowl panel in front of driver can be no wider than cockpit and no farther back than steering wheel. Minimum 0.125 inch aluminum, or 0.060 inch steel, complete floor pan required. Aluminum high-back seat only and must be bolted in, using minimum 0.375-inch bolts, next to left side frame rail and ahead of rear tires. Bottom of seat can be no lower than bottom of frame rail. Driver must be sealed off from track, driveline, engine, fuel cell, cannisters and pumps. Oil coolers must not protrude above interior. Accumulators cannot be mounted between driver and left-side door bars. No driver-adjustable devices allowed while car is in competition except brake adjuster. No mirrors of any kind.
7. FRONT SUSPENSION: All components must be steel, unaltered OEM, in OEM location, and replaceable by OEM parts, exceptions are: tube-type upper A-frames with or without aluminum or steel cross shaft, and mounts can be moved; stamped steel OEM replacement lower A-frames; rubber, nylon or steel lower A-frame bushings, no offset or bearing type; welded or bolted shock mount on lower A-frame; OEM or OEM replacement ball joints allowed. Lower A-frames must be right and left, and of same design. Lower A-frame mounts and bolt holes on frame must be within OEM specifications. Sway bar must be unaltered OEM. No bump stops of any kind allowed.
8. STEERING:No rack and pinion. All components must be steel, unaltered OEM, in OEM location, exceptions are: outer tie rod end and adjustment sleeve may be replaced by a minimum 0.625 inch steel rod end and steel tube; spindles can be ground for brake caliper clearance only; unaltered, OEM or OEM replacement Pinto spindles , bolt on spindle savers allowed; steel steering shafts and knuckles only; driver compartment steering may be modified, must be kept on left side. Spindles must be right and left, and of same design. Quick release required – steering quickener and steering wheel may be aluminum. Idler arm, pitman arm, and center link must match frame.
9. SHOCKS: One steel, nonadjustable, unaltered shock per wheel. One additional shock allowed in lift- or pull-bar area. No external or internal bumpers or stops. No threaded body, front coil-over, air, or remote reservoir shocks. No Schrader or bladder type valve allowed. Front half may be shielded. One or all shocks may be claimed per event for $50 each, counting as one claim on card, following shock claim procedures (Refer to www.imca.com).
10. SPRINGS: One steel, non-progressive coil spring per wheel only. One additional spring allowed on pull bar, may be progressive. All coil springs must be at least 4.5 inches O.D. No torsion bars, air bags, inner liners or spring rubbers allowed. Steel or composite leaf spring allowed.
11. REAR SUSPENSION: No independent rear suspension. All components must be steel. No covers allowed. All trailing arms/link bars must be solid tubing. Rear of frame may be altered to accept leaf or coil springs. Steel coil-over eliminators, or steel or aluminum coil-over kits allowed – must conform to shock and spring rules. One mechanical traction pull bar allowed. No lift, brake or sway bars. Rubber bumpers allowed pull bar or panhard bar only. Solid safety chains, cables or tethers permitted frame to axle housing only (cannot be mounted to any floating device), no springs or rubbers allowed. Minimum 19 inch long panhard bar, measured straight line, center to center.
12. REAR END: Any OEM passenger car or truck rear end (housing and carrier) is allowed. Safety hubs (floater) allowed. All components must be steel, except lowering blocks, axle cap, drive flange. . Full steel spool, steel mini spool or welded rear ends only. Steel axles only. No cambered rear ends. One piece drive flange only. No torque dividing differentials. Quick Change rear ends are permitted (SEE NOTE A): steel tubes only; ten inch ring gear only; pinion and carrier bearings must be tapered; titanium is not allowed; wide five wheel patterns are not allowed; aluminum spools are permitted. You are not allowed to change gears once the car has gone through pre tech. If you choose to run a quickchange you will have to add 50 pounds to the car. NOTE A: you will have to add fifty (50) pounds to the car if utilizing a quick change rear end.
13. BUMPERS: (See diagram) Steel bumpers must be on front and rear at all times and welded, or mounted with minimum 0.375 inch bolts.
Rear bumper must be constructed of solid square, or minimum 1.25 inch O.D. tubing with 0.095 wall thickness (similar to diagram), maximum six inches beyond rear deck, no wider than five inches outside of rear frame rails. If wider than five inches outside rear frame rails, must be capped and bent forward 90 degrees, or constructed in a loop design. Must have at least one upright, minimum 1.25 inch with 0.065 wall thickness, from bumper to fuel cell guard. Two-bar front bumper must be minimum 1.25 inch O.D. tubing with minimum 0.065 wall thickness (maximum 0.095 inch) mounted frame-end to frame-end, no wider than width of material outside frame horns and with bottom loop parallel to ground. Top bar must be directly above bottom bar, minimum 6.5 inches apart, measured center to center.
14. TIRES/WHEELS: Must use unaltered Hoosier Race tire, G60-15 with IMCA stamped on sidewall. No chemical softening, conditioning, or grooving of tires (refer to www.imca.com for automatic penalties). Tires may be ground or siped within confines of tread (not past factory straight line). No re-caps. All wheels must display white 'IMCA approved' decal and wheel manufacturer decal. Aluminum, composite or steel spacers allowed. May use IMCA approved bead lock, on right rear only. External, steel bead lock only and it cannot make wheel any narrower than 8 inches and no wider than 8.75 inches. Must use only steel bolts. Foam type or plastic outer mud cover allowed on right side wheels. Inner mud cover allowed on left rear only. Rim-mounted bleeder valves allowed. Steel lug nuts only.
15. BRAKES: Must be steel approved OEM, operative four wheel, drum or disc. Must maintain minimum OEM dimensions for hubs/rotors and calipers, cannot be lightened. Bolt pattern may be changed. Larger studs allowed. Rear rotors may be aftermarket 0.81 inch thickness (new). Vented rotors only, no scalloped or ceramic coated rotors. No brake shut-off or pressure sensitive devices. One front to rear proportioning device allowed. Brake lines must be visible.
16. EXHAUST: Round tube headers only. All primary header tubes must enter directly into one collector at same point at end of header. Schoenfeld mufflers, stamped IMCA609, must be used if track has noise reduction rule of 98 d.b. or more (exception is California). Extreme Muffler part # 1014-3030, or part # 1114-3535, are highly recommended for tracks that require noise reduction of 97 d.b. or less. All exhaust must go through mufflers, two per car, one per header. No merge collectors. No exhaust sensors. Pan-evac system allowed.
17. FUEL SYSTEM: Mechanical or belt driven fuel pump only and must be mounted at front of engine. Racing fuel cell required, maximum 32 gallon capacity, must be in minimum 20 gauge steel container. Cell must be securely mounted behind rear axle, between rear tires, minimum of four inches ahead of bumper, minimum of ten inches above ground. Must mount with minimum two solid steel straps around entire cell, two inches wide and 0.125 inch thick. All cell mounts must be steel, securely welded to frame/cage. Protective tubing must cover rear and extend past both sides of cell. No part of cell shall be lower than protective tubing. Fuel cell vents, including cap vent, must have check valves. If fuel cell does not have aircraft style positive seal filler neck/cap system – a flapper, spring or ball type filler rollover valve is required. Pick-up must be on top or right side of cell. Limit of one fuel filter. No cool cans. Air cleaner top/stud cannot direct air into carburetor. No top flow air cleaner housings or cold air boxes. One naturally aspirated two- or four-barrel carburetor only. One carburetor adapter/spacer allowed, maximum 2.20 inches thick, including gaskets. No adjustable throttle bore carburetor spacers.
18. FUEL: Gasoline or alcohol. Racing fuel allowed. NO performance-enhancing additives. Upper cylinder lube allowed with alcohol only. (Refer to www.imca.com for automatic penalties).
19. WEIGHT: The overall weight of the racecar shall be measured at the conclusion of an event with the driver in the cockpit, wearing complete racing apparel.(NO TOLERANCE) All racecars must display weight at which it will compete on left side windshield post. They must be two (2) inches tall and in contrasting color to the racecar.
Overall Weight: If utilizing an IMCA engine, the overall weight of the racecar must be a minimum of two-thousand four-hundred fifty (2,450) pounds.(all IMCA engine rules apply) If utilizing an "OPEN" or any non IMCA engine, the overall weight of the racecar must be a minimum of two-thousand five-hundred (2500) pounds. If utilizing aluminum heads, the overall weight of the racecar must be a minimum of two-thousand five-hundred fifty (2,550) pounds and the racecar must have a minimum fifty (50) pounds of weight in front of the mid-plate. If utilizing a Quick change rear end, the overall weight of the racecar must be a minimum of two-thousand six-hundred (2,600) pounds.
BALLASTS: No weights and/or loose objects in driver compartment, above interior deck or outside body. Weights must be securely mounted to frame or roll cage and painted white with car number on it. Must be attached with at least two 0.5 inch bolts. No titanium, magnesium or carbon fiber products. Only carbon fiber components allowed are rock guard and hood scoop. No gun-drilled, tubular, hollow bolts or studs. Steel fasteners only.
20. BATTERY/STARTER: One 12 volt battery only, must be securely mounted between frame rails, and positive terminal must be covered. Car must have capability of starting without being pushed or pulled. Car must leave initial staging area on demand, unaided, or go to rear of that race. Reverse-mount starters with OEM case transmissions only, see transmission rules for specifics.
21. GAUGES/ELECTRONICS: No unapproved cameras, transmitting or listening devices (exception is one-way RACEceiver radio by officials), timing retard controls, or digital gauges (including tach). No electronic monitoring computer devices capable of storing or transmitting information except memory recall analog tach. All cars MUST use max 7,800 rpm rev limiter chip. This may be accomplished using one, non-adjustable, 12 volt ignition box with one high-end rev-limiter setting or an internal setting inside box. MSD #8728 rev-control or MSD #8738 additional rev control box allowed. Preset Crane #6000-6478 ignition box allowed. No additional ignition accessories allowed. All components must be out of reach of driver, but accessible for inspection. No magnetos or crank triggers. No electronic traction control devices (Refer to www.imca.com for automatic penalties).
22. TRANSMISSION/DRIVESHAFT: Must have at least two forward gears and one reverse, plus a neutral position. With engine running and car in still position, must be able to engage car in gear and move forward, then backward. OEM production type or IMCA approved aftermarket transmissions allowed – two-speed, three-speed, four-speed and automatic. No five speed (or more) transmissions, 'in and out' boxes, or quick change devices allowed. Functioning shift levers must be in OEM location on all OEM production type transmissions. All belt drive pumps must be mounted on front of engine. Flexplates must be full, steel, unaltered OEM, or OEM replacement. Flywheel/flexplate must bolt to engine between clutch assembly and crankshaft and all driveline components within bellhousing must rotate while car is in any gear. Transmission must be one of the following designs:
OEM Manual: Must have a standard OEM case and working disc-type clutch or approved cone or disc-type coupler inside an explosion-proof steel bellhousing. One flywheel only, minimum 8.5 inch diameter. Diameter of clutch disc must be a minimum of 5.5 inches. Clutch assembly must be steel, except housing, which must be steel and/or aluminum. Bellhousing can have only a hole for throwout bearing lever or hose, must be 270 degrees around top of clutch and flywheel area. Standard or reverse mount starter allowed, must directly engage flywheel.
Automatic: Must remain in OEM or OEM replacement case, with a functioning OEM appearing pump. Aluminum OEM bellhousing may be replaced with aftermarket explosion-proof aluminum bellhousing. Original OEM bellhousing must have approved scattershield constructed of minimum 0.125-inch by three-inch steel, 270 degrees around flexplate.
Aftermarket Manual: Must be IMCA approved, aluminum case, with internal clutch. Must bolt to explosion-proof steel bellhousing, and use full, steel, unaltered OEM or OEM replacement flexplate with starter mounted in OEM location. No coatings or paint allowed on transmission case.
Drive Shaft: Minimum two inch diameter steel drive shaft and must be painted white. Steel slip-yokes only. 360-degree drive shaft loop required and must be constructed of at least 0.25 inch by two inch steel, or one inch tubing, mounted six inches back from front U-joint.
23. ENGINE COMPARTMENT: Rear of engine (bellhousing flange) must be mounted at least 72 inches forward from centerline of rear axle. Engine offset must be kept within two inches of centerline of front crossmember with engine level. Minimum 11 inch engine height from ground to center of crankshaft. Radiator must be mounted in front of engine. Cooling system may be modified. Overflow tubes must be directed to ground between frame rails.
24. "IMCA" ENGINE SPECIFICATIONS: Any American make steel engine block allowed. Aftermarket and OEM performance blocks allowed. Cast iron or aluminum intake manifolds only. Steel cylinder heads and oil pan only. Flat tappet cam/lifters and stud-mounted rocker arms only. Magnetic steel retainers only. No shaft or pedestal rocker arms, titanium engine components, stud girdles or mushroom lifters. Lifter diameter and configuration must match OEM passenger block. OEM firing order cannot be changed (GM: 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2). All engines must be able to be used in conventional passenger car without alterations. Engine mounts cannot be removed or altered. Castings and fittings must not be changed. No machine work on outside of engine (no lightweight engine blocks). All belt driven accessories must be on front of engine. 'Wet' sump oiling system only.
25. "OPEN" ENGINE SPECIFICATIONS (See note B): Any American make steel engine block allowed. Aftermarket and OEM performance blocks allowed. Cast iron or aluminum intake manifolds only. Aluminum Cylinder heads are permitted (See Note C). Cylinder heads must maintain original valve angle.GM 23 degree, Ford Windsor 20 degree, Mopar 18 degree. Maximum tolerance allowed will be +/- 1 degree. Steel oil pan only. Roller cams will be allowed. Stud girdles and shaft mounted rocker arms are permitted. No mushroom lifters are allowed. Lifter diameter and configuration must match OEM passenger block. OEM firing order cannot be changed (GM: 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2). All engines must be able to be used in conventional passenger car without alterations. Engine mounts cannot be removed or altered. Castings and fittings must not be changed. No machine work on outside of engine (no lightweight engine blocks). All belt driven accessories must be on front of engine. 'Wet' sump oiling system only. NOTE B: If you choose to run an open motor you will have to add 50lbs of weight to the racecar. NOTE C: If you are running aluminum heads you will have to add an additional 50lbs in front of the midplate.
26. POINT STRUCTURE/PROCEDURES: Refer to www.imca.com for automatic penalties.
27. EIRI: (Except in rare instances) Decisions of the Officials are final and binding without exception. In some cases, track safety rules may take precedence over car rules – any discrepancy between car and track rules should be brought to the attention of SCMA. Any rule changes or clarifications during the course of the year will be amended at www.siskiyoumotorspeedway.com ,and will be considered as an official part of these rules.
Siskiyou Motor Speedway is going to be strictly IMCA rules in 2013 so plan accordingly, there will not be any grace periods.


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Tallahassee, Florida - May 31, 2012 -
Project to be completed by mid-August with new roundabout, landscaping - The City of Tallahassee will close the intersection of Miccosukee Road and Fleischmann Road to all traffic beginning on Monday, June 4 at 9 a.m. The closure is necessary so construction can begin on a project designed to enhance traffic flow through the intersection, along with improving the aesthetic appearance in the area.
With a new roundabout being the primary traffic component of the reconstructed intersection, the project will also feature extensive landscaping and improved stormwater runoff systems. Detour routes will be clearly marked with the use of variable message boards and other signage.
As part of the City's continued outreach efforts, staff will be present at the intersection to hand out detour maps to motorists on the mornings of Friday, June 1, and Monday, June 4.
The City Commission approved the Miccosukee Rd. / Fleischmann Rd. Intersection Improvement Project in April. This followed a unanimous vote by the Tallahassee-Leon County Canopy Road Citizen's Committee in favor of the roundabout option in lieu of long turn lanes to address traffic concerns resulting from new development and the extension of Welaunee Boulevard. The Leon County Commission approved the necessary permitting for the project.
A new sidewalk is also being constructed on the west side of Fleischmann Road between Centerville Road and Thomas Butler Road, in support of the City's commitment to multi-modal transportation and to assist StarMetro patrons. Along with other City capital projects, the Miccosukee/Fleischmann Intersection Improvement Project further supports the City Commission's efforts to provide jobs during the economic downturn.
Weather permitting, all construction should be complete and the intersection re-opened to traffic by the beginning of the new school year in mid-August. For more information, please visit Talgov.com/pubworks and sign-up to receive traffic updates via Twitter by following @COTTraffic.


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Finished Circumference (at widest point) About 50 in. (127 cm)
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Collect your choice of gallery quality Giclée, or fine art prints custom trimmed by hand in a variety of sizes with a white border for framing.
Here is the finished colour version of my piece "HRRRWD".
Not quite sure what is going on here, but I just wanted to do a very clean, graphic piece, along the same lines as some of my Death Masks.
I also hoped that the concentric circles and repeat patterns would create a sort of hypnotic effect.
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In an isolated cabin without technology, a lone woman lives by herself as she has for many years. She's preparing supper and putting her knives in the rack when she hears a high-pitched whining noise on the roof above her, and then something crashes down upon it. Climbing up, she finds a flying saucer, some two years in diameter, sitting on the roof. Strange noises emerge from it and she hesitantly approaches it.
The woman notices a gangway opening on underside of the saucer. Hiding, she sees a small suited figure, some six inches tall, emerge and walk toward her. She kicks it down to the floor below and shuts the hatch. Another figure attacks her, pointing a ray gun at her. She clutches at her wounded shoulder and then knocks it off the roof with a thrown lantern. Climbing downstairs, the woman finds another small ray gun, and notices blisters on her arm and shoulder where the second creature shot her. She wipes at the blisters with hot water and then hears a beeping noise from the next room.
Taking a candle and a large wooden spoon, the woman goes into the next room and tries to find the creature she knocked down earlier. Poking under the furniture, she reaches for the outside door and pulls back the bolt, to reveal the creature outside. She slams the door shut and bolts it, then pokes under the bed but one of the invaders grabs her spoon. In the tug of war, she loses the spoon and knocks over the candle.
Going back to the kitchen, the woman discovers one of her knives is missing. One of the creatures tries to come through the window and she slams the shutters closed. She retreats back to the main room but one creature emerges from beneath the floor and cuts her foot with the knife. She throws the invader away and grabs an axe, but when she reaches for the door knob to her bedroom the invader cuts through a hole in the door, wounding her hand. The woman slams into the room and tries to find the invader, finally realizing it's underneath the sheets. She bundles up the sheets while another invader fires at her from the window. She shoves it out and shutters the windows, then tries to bundle up the other invader as it cuts its way out of the sheets. She pulls the knife free and then slams it repeatedly on the table, then puts it in a box and puts the box in the fire.
The other invader blows a hole in the floor boards and comes in. The woman grabs a larger axe and waits by the hole, but the invader retreats. Climbing up to the roof, she sees the gangplank closiong. She hacks furiously at the saucer, destroying it. As she does, she hears a radio broadcast: the invader notes that his companion has been killed and their vessel destroyed, and the planet is inhabited by a race of giants. She finishes the job but doesn't know what the identifying mark on the side means: "U.S. Air Force: Space Probe No. 1."
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- From: Stevie D <stevie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 21:53:15 +0100
DannyBoy wrote:
> I see bits of code at the top of almost every web page source code I
> view. Such as the following examples:
> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
> "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
These tell the browser exactly how to interpret the code on your page.
Different variants of the HTML and XHTML language need to be
interpreted and rendered differently. Not including a doctype
declaration means that browsers won't know what quite how to interpret
your pages, and will trigger what is known as "Quirks mode", whereby
they take a fairly loose interpretation of the rules, which sometimes
guesses what you intended correctly, but often doesn't.
> I myself dont include this code and my site does OK.
In your browser, on your computer, at the moment. But other browsers,
on other platforms might render it differently. And who knows what
they will do next year?
> Should there be some code like this on all web pages?
Yes. Without it, there is a very high probability that some or all of
your pages will look a complete mess in one or more browsers. Simply
because the browser doesn't know how to interpret the code, because
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> Can anyone explain what the code means and does?
There is a good tutorial at http://hsivonen.iki.fi/doctype/.
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A Karma plugin. Launcher for Chrome with custom Agent.
Launcher for Google Chrome with custom agent.
This plugin ships with Karma by default, so you don't need to install it, it should just work ;-)
The easiest way is to keep
karma-chrome-extra-launcher as a devDependency in your
You can simple do it by:
npm install karma-chrome-extra-launcher --save-dev
// karma.conf.js configset browsers: 'ChromeExtra' // you can define custom flags customLaunchers: Chrome_without_security: base: 'Chrome' flags: '--disable-web-security' ;;
You can pass list of browsers as a CLI argument too:
karma start --browsers Chrome,Chrome_without_security
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Revisiting Broadway's "Golden Age" with Rick McKay
by Brandon Judell
There no business like show business, and -- according to Rick McKay's new doc "Broadway: The Golden Age," that biz was at its cultural zenith in the '40s, '50s, and early '60s on the Great White Way. In fact, during one week back then, a theatergoer was able to choose from "The King and I," "Paint Your Wagon," "A Streetcar Named Desire," "I Am a Camera," "Guys and Dolls," Uta Hagen in "Saint Joan," Ethel Merman in "Call Me Madam," and a dozen more. Some nice options.
To recall that era with finesse, McKay, a former segment producer on WNET13's "City Arts," has interviewed more than a 100 Broadway stars including Fay Wray, Eli Wallach, Gwen Verdon, Bea Arthur, Alec Baldwin, Lainie Kazan, Carol Lawrence, Jane Powell, and Jeremy Irons. The result is an often witty, constantly moving, momentarily rapturous, always informative entertainment.
The following chat with the director/editor/cameraman took place at this year's Palm Beach Film Festival where a recut version of the film was shown. It won the best documentary audience award there in 2003 with an earlier cut. Dada Films opens "Broadway" on Friday.
indieWIRE: Last year indieWIRE mentioned "Broadway" as one of the best undistributed films of the year. How did you finally get distribution?
Rick McKay: The folks who run the Egyptian Theater [in L.A.] called and asked me if I would bring the film there. I said, "It's not finished." They said, "We read about it in Palm Beach and Palm Springs" where I did a private screening for Kaye Ballard's charity. I said, "You can show it as a rough cut" because I started recutting the film, and they said, "OK."
Well, Robbie Little, who was the owner of First Look, came that night. He didn't want to come interestingly enough, but Gretchen Wyler, who's a big animal-rights activist, got Robbie's wife to come. Robbie, who was kicking and screaming, was saying: "The last thing I want to do on my night off is go see a documentary, and the last thing I want to see is a documentary about Broadway, which I don't care about." His wife later said all the way through the screening, Robbie was laughing and crying. She asked, "Who is this man that's replaced my husband?"
Afterwards, Robbie said, "I'm buying this movie. This is unbelievable." And he waited an hour and a half outside for me because this movie attracts fanatical fans. So a lot of people wait to talk to me, and tell me "You must put Ethel Merman in," and they then tell you what else you have to do.
As luck would have it, Robbie ended up selling the company in-between, but the president of First Look started Dada Films, a new company. Well, the head of marketing and Robbie, a kind of a silent part of that, decided they wanted "Broadway" to be the film they launched the company with. So we're that one-in-a-million doc that's going the distance.
But who knew how it would turn out? Back last June when we received a half-page rave in Variety, Jonathan Dana, my producer's rep, said, "The feeding frenzy has begun." It was a very difficult thing to have all those studios interested in your film and saying, "It's genius." Then a week later, some 25-year-old marketing executive tells them, "I don't know how to sell this movie. Everyone in it is 70 years old, and theater's corny. How are we going to get people to see it?" So the execs then say, "We love it but we don't know how to sell it."
I can't tell you how many said that. They wanted it, then they got scared, but Dada did not. They said, "We know millions of people who would like to spend a night with these people." I think they're right because it's won a lot of awards since then.
But you know I never counted on anybody. That's one thing I knew instinctively. Anyone could change their mind and leave. So I just kept going to festivals, and I kept recutting "Broadway," and the [Dada folks] were panicked. They were like: "Stop it!" But I knew not to stop. We would never have had Ben Gazzara if I'd stopped. And even as Ann Miller and Uta Hagen and people were dying, I was recutting the end of the film [the obit section] while it was in the lab and saying, "You've got to include them in the end" while it was being transferred to 35.
iW: Were you ever afraid the film wouldn't hold together? That it wouldn't be cohesive?
McKay: Well, I always knew that I could recut, but I didn't want to recut and make it what would be more of a whole. What I hoped would happen did. That I would follow exactly the stories these folks told me, and I'd let them tell me how the film ended, and it would work. My biggest fear wasn't that it wouldn't hold together. My biggest fear was no one would care. I thought what if I'm the only person that's interested in this era.
I was very surprised that the first time I screened it, which was at Palm Beach, that the audience laughed out loud at so much of it, and that people were crying and laughing at the some time. I thought, "Oh! it must be just because these people used to live in New York." But then I found the same reaction happened in Denver. It happened in Oregon. It happened in Ohio. It happened in California, where everyone said no one would be interested.
Well, we sold out at the Egyptian, and there was a waiting line, wherein San Diego we won. Santa Barbara we won. It turned out that everyone has this closet theater queen in them.
People think Broadway's the legitimate relative to Hollywood. The one that's the real thing. Somewhere inside them, they all want to know about it. "Broadway: The Golden Age" is just the story of struggle, and everyone has struggled for something or dreamed of something even if they didn't follow it. Even people with safe jobs have wondered what it might be to go out on the limb.
This doc is about 100 people who left their small towns, or just crossed the river, or just departed a borough, and went out on a limb on Broadway. Back then when everyone else was going to Hollywood, they were coming to New York, and they all succeeded because none of them wanted to be superstars. They wanted to work onstage, and they all did, and they're all so proud of it: the Angela Lansburys, and the Shirley MacLaines, and the Eva Marie Saints.
Carol Burnett, in fact, agreed to just a 10-minute interview, and an hour and a half later, she was still telling me stories about five girls living together in one room with no money. Then she got her big break: "Once Upon a Mattress."
These folk did it 8 times a week with no microphones over a 30-piece orchestra for 1500 people. They didn't have a studio helping them. There was no editor to take the best cut, and they were so proud of that. It still moves me because I thought, "Wow! Broadway's the last frontier of an artist." With film, you can save a performance like they did for Elizabeth Taylor many times. On Broadway, you can't recut and build a performance in the edit room. You're alone out there. Make no mistake about it.
iW: What you have now in your vaults is over 100 interviews, each about an hour long.
McKay: I have a total of about 300 hours. About 140 interviews, and for every interview that's really short, there's an Elizabeth Ashley or a Betty Buckley interview that's a good three hours.
iW: Do you have any idea what's going to happen with the rest of the footage? Donating it to a library?
McKay: Well, a lot of people have mentioned to me about a series, and not a traditional PBS Ken Burns series. I'm thinking more of an "Inside the Actors Studio" minus the unctuous host.
iW: Thank God.
McKay: No index cards. No host insinuating himself. Just a half-hour segment instead of an hour. I'm thinking of it as 24-minute segments of undiluted legends telling their stories.
iW: And the footage you won't use?
McKay: I will donate it in the end.
iW: Was it hard for you to use only a few minutes of each interview in your final product, after all you were talking to the likes of Charles Nelson Reilly, Stephen Sondheim, and Maureen Stapleton?
McKay: The film is 111 minutes. I cut from 140 legends down to 91, so actually each person only has about a minute and change for the whole thing. It was almost impossible to cut them down, using one per cent of each interview.
The thing that made it easier was the fact that it wasn't about what I liked. The story began to tell me of these people's struggles. So then it became how each person could finish the other's sentences. Since I also edited the film, and I started editing five years ago in bits and pieces to try to raise money, as I would edit, I'd see what I needed. I would then include that in my questions.
When Mary Rodgers said she never liked the music for "West Side Story" when she heard it every night, I would tell Chita Rivera, "You know Mary Rodgers said she never got it." Then Chita would respond, "I got it." Then when I told Hal Prince the story, he'd say "I totally got it" which made it much more cuttable for me.
I tried to think of myself as being the conduit in a room, and I put all of the invitees in the room with me at a party so that I was the one who was silently listening as they had the same conversation, even though it had taken place over five years and in four countries. I then cut it together so they were finishing each other's sentences and arguing back and forth. That made the cutting a little easier.
iW: The editing was fabulous.
McKay: Thank you very much. I think part of it, if it is good, is because not many editors get to shoot, and not many shooters get to edit, but since I was doing both, I could ask people for what I needed without telling them. It was like an art form of romancing them into giving you what you needed. So I would use that.
The last person I interviewed for the film was Ben Gazzara. But he's an example of someone I didn't even have to romance. When I asked him, "What the first thing you ever saw on Broadway?" he said, "I was a kid growing on the East side of New York, and I was in a boys' club, because that's where you went when you're a kid with no money. Well, there was a guy there with a drama group who took us to the theater to see Laurette Taylor."
It's staggering when you are sitting there five years later after you have started you movie, and this guy tells you a story about Laurette Taylor, who is as you know a main part of the film. At the time, you don't think it's possible that anyone else could have really seen her. I ended up changing the film so that Gazzara ended the chapter on Laurette.
You saw how he says, "We've all spent the rest of our lives trying to be Laurette?" Few people would think this tough Cassavetes actor wanted to be Laurette Taylor, the star of "The Glass Menagerie," when he grew up. (Laughs)


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Iraq: Information on departure procedures and security measures at airports in Iraq, and issuance of passports
|Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
|Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada
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|Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Iraq: Information on departure procedures and security measures at airports in Iraq, and issuance of passports, 1 September 1996, IRQ25075.E, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab0020.html [accessed 26 May 2016]
|This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States.
For information on the issuance of Iraqi passports, please consult Response to Information Request IRQ23355.E of 27 May 1996. For information on the ability of Bahais to obtain passports, please consult Response to Information Request IRQ23026.E of 8 February 1996. For information on the issuance of Iraqi passports to foreigners, please consult Response to Information Request IRQ20908.E of 30 May 1995.
For information on departure procedures at Iraqi airports, please consult the attached excerpt on Iraq contained in the August 1996 issue of Travel Information Manual.
With regard to departure procedures from and security measures in Iraq in general, internal and border travel controls reportedly were tightened following the August 1995 defection of Hussein Kamel and his companions (Country Reports for 1995 1996, 1167). Hussein Kamel, who was killed shortly after his return to Iraq in February 1996, was the husband of one of President Saddam Hussein's daughters (ibid., 1161). Among other regulations, citizens are required to obtain expensive visas for travel abroad, may not make more than two foreign trips per year, and must give collateral to the Iraqi government refundable only upon their return to the country (ibid., 1167). In addition, many Iraqi nationals who hold citizenship of another country are prevented from visiting the country of their other nationality (ibid.).
For further information on departure procedures from Iraq, please consult the section on freedom of movement within the country, foreign travel, emigration and repatriation, contained in the United States Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1995 report on Iraq, as well as the attachment from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
No specific information on security measures at Iraqi airports was found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1995. 1996. United States Department of State. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office.
Refugees, Immigration and Asylum Section (RIAS), Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia. August 1993. Country Profile: Iraq. Canberra, Australia: Department of Foregn Affairs and Trade, pp. 7-8.
Travel Information Manual [Hoofddorp, The Netherlands]. August 1996. International Aviation and Transportation Association (IATA), pp. 184-86.
Additional Sources Consulted
Europa World Yearbook 1995.
Country-specific books on Iraq.
DIRB and UNHCR databases.
Political Handbook of the World: 1994-95.
Countries of the World and Their Leaders Yearbook 1994. 1995.


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Sixty years after his death on March 5, 1953, Joseph Stalin still commands worryingly high levels of admiration in the post-Soviet space. The Carnegie Endowment's Russia and Eurasia Program and the Heinrich Böll Stiftung co-hosted a discussion on the endurance of the Stalin phenomenon in a new publication, The Stalin Puzzle: Deciphering Post-Soviet Public Opinion, with two of the three authors, Lasha Bakradze and Maria Lipman and the editor of the report, Carnegie's Thomas de Waal. Former Washington Post journalist Michael Dobbs moderated.
The Carnegie Russia and Eurasia Program has, since the end of the Cold War, led the field of Eurasian security, including strategic nuclear weapons and nonproliferation, development, economic and social issues, governance, and the rule of law.
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A tale of two ballfields
MOOSIC - When Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders second baseman Brent Lillibridge hit a first-inning home run on Thursday, the crowd at the packed PNC Field released a collective "oooh."
The energy level at field only increased two at-bats later, when designated hitter Randy Ruiz followed up with another homer, bringing an "ah" from the audience - and more overt cheering.
The feeling at the Independence Day game, where the Railriders won 5-2, contrasted starkly to what happened at the same venue four years earlier, when the Triple-A team announced the game's postponement to a sold-out crowd.
Like at Thursday's game against the Buffalo Bisons, rainy weather led up to a sunny Independence Day game day four years ago. But, unlike Thursday's game, a failing drainage system in 2009 left the field wet and muddy.
Since then, Lackawanna County has installed a new drainage system and spent $14.6 million reconstructing the stadium.
The rehabbed venue impressed many fans at the game like 62-year-old Lake Ariel resident Ken Vankleef, who has been going to the field since the Red Barons were the home team.
"There's no comparison," Mr. Vankleef said. "It's night and day."
Mr. Vankleef was one of several people who used the word "open" to describe the atmosphere at the new field, referring to a veranda that encircles the entire field and makes it easier to get around.
"It makes it more of a social environment," added 31-year-old Luke Tonkin of Factoryville, who attended the game with his 21-month-old daughter, Abigail, and her mother, Krista.
Kristen Barber, 38, of Pittston, appreciated the "Family Fun Zone," where her son Eric played a pitching game among a series of activities for children.
"He's a busy body," Ms. Barber said. "He doesn't like to sit for nine innings."
Mr. Vankleef said that part of the stadium was "the first thing" his two grandchildren saw upon entering the stadium.
Ms. Barber described the stadium as roomy and clean.
Rob Crain, who was introduced as the RailRiders president and general manager last July, said he believes baseball is "close to a 180-degree turnaround" from where it was during those dark days in 2009.
"You look back just on the last year, and we've changed a lot, from the new ballpark, to the new name, to kind of a new outlook on life," Mr. Crain said.
"We talked about it for a long time, but I think now that folks have come out and seen the new ballpark, seen the promotions, seen the giveaways, seen the kind of atmosphere we are trying to get, people in Northeast Pennsylvania are starting to understand what minor league baseball is going to look like here in the foreseeable future."
Lackawanna County Commissioner Corey O'Brien said the public witnessed a "sea change" in the past four years.
"From a facility standpoint, we fully renovated the field and put in a new surface and built around it what is for all intents and purposes an entirely new facility," he said.
Mr. O'Brien credited the RailRiders with mending minor league baseball's relationship with the community by inviting people to rediscover the joys of the sport.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The Energy Department is expected to report on Wednesday that the nation's crude oil supplies dropped by 2.6 million barrels in the week ended July 19, according to a survey of analysts by Platts, the energy information arm of McGraw-Hill Cos.
Analysts estimate that gasoline supplies increased by 800,000 barrels, distillate stocks — which include diesel and heating fuel — grew by 1.9 million barrels and refinery utilization fell by 0.3 percentage point to 91.9 percent of capacity.
The Energy Information Administration releases its weekly report at 10:30 a.m. EDT.
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Do you want to live the detox lifestyle but don't know how?
Looking for a fun community and hands-on experience?
The Detox Kitchen is a group cooking club devoted to making the detox lifestyle accessible and practical in your everyday life. Join our community of health-conscious foodies who want to upgrade their health without sacrificing flavor or spending tons of time in the kitchen. We meet in person each month and explore foods and techniques to help you easily incorporate raw, plant-based foods into every meal.
The Detox Kitchen is perfect for anyone who is:
- New to clean eating and the detox lifestyle
- Ready to learn how to prepare healthy, plant-based foods for themselves and their family
- Looking for a community of like-minded eaters and interested in learning more about eating high raw
- Is super busy, but still wants to eat clean and live a detox lifestyle
….It's also a great place to meet like-minded people and have fun!
What is the Detox Lifestyle?
Living a detox lifestyle means incorporating a broad range of plant-based, alkaline-rich foods into your diet. It means eating minimally processed and anti-inflammatory foods that support the body's built-in ability to clean and detoxify at the cellular level. Although we are mainly food focused, we also encourage creating a toxin free environment at home and promote an ongoing practice of self-care to achieve optimum health and wellness.
The DK Food Philosophy: We support high-quality choices when it comes to animal products and dairy but encourage a high raw, plant-based lifestyle.
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- Expert cooking instruction on how to buy, store and prepare a variety of detox-friendly foods (including handouts of every recipe, tip and resource discussed)
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- How to incorporate raw, detox-friendly foods into everyday eating
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Where and when:
The Detox Cooking club will meet in Chantilly, Virginia. Classes are held one Sunday per month at 10:00 am. All cooking classes are approximately 2 hours in length. Space is limited in the Detox Kitchen for drop-ins, but package holders will always have a seat, so join us now to reserve your spot!
Come and meet like-minded new friends or bring an old friend to share your experience! Each package holder gets two free passes to bring a friend. These classes are designed for people of all cooking levels. You'll learn how to keep your body cleansed and detoxified, keep toxins out of your home and your food, and prepare delicious new meals for those you love.
Come to class hungry because we will be eating the foods we prepare. After each class you'll take home the recipe for all of the culinary creations we make!
We've planned our course menu through December, 2013. Remember, classes are not refundable but totally transferable, so if you can't make it, send a friend instead! The schedule is below so you can plan in advance.
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- February 17: Hearty Winter Greens
- March 17: Cultured & Fermented Foods
- April 14: Wraps & Rolls
- May 19: Oodles of Noodles
- June 9: Beyond Hummus: Chips, Dips, Spreads & Sauces
- July 28: Super salads & Dressing/Sprouting 101
- August 18: Green Hydration and Warm Weather Snacks
- September 15: Are Those Really Mushrooms and Fungi?
- October 20: Raw Flatbreads, Crackers and Breads
- November 17: Thanksgiving Sides Redux
- December 15: Holiday Treats, bars, Balls and Bites
*Menus are subject to slight changes based on seasonality and availability of organic products. Classes are mostly demonstration.


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Cinema Blend: Now Optimized For Use On Your Mobile Device
By Josh Tyler 2012-11-15 15:53:21 comments
Good news for those of you who hate sitting at a computer. Cinema Blend is now infinitely more mobile. Weve just launched our brand new mobile site, perfectly optimized for ideal viewing on your mobile device.
Now you wont need a cumbersome app that only works on certain phones nor will you be forced to squint at the teeny print of our desktop sized site on your iPhone. From now on, whenever you type in www.cinemablend.com on your mobile devices web browser youll automatically be taken to a page designed specifically for viewing on whatever it is that youre holding on your hand. Itll look a little something like this:
It's all the features and functionality of our normal site, but specially designed fit in your pocket on the go. Try it out and let us know what you think.
If youre using a tablet and looking for other ways to view CB we still have you covered there too. Our iPad and tablet apps are still available right here.
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Iraq Demands Deadline for Pullout of All Us Troops
Posted: 08/25/2008 - Iraq's prime minister is demanding a "specific deadline" for the withdrawal of U.S. Troops from Iraq before any security agreement with the U.S. Is reached.
Posted: 08/25/2008 - Iraq's prime minister is demanding a "specific deadline" for the withdrawal of U.S. Troops from Iraq before any security agreement with the U.S. Is reached.
Posted: 08/25/2008 - Monday's Schedule for the DNC
Posted: 08/24/2008 - A tornado touched down Sunday just south of Denver, Colorado.
Posted: 08/24/2008 - First responders say a man rolled his car and they found him unconscious still buckled in his seat.
Updated: 08/25/2008 - A man who fell off his bike Sunday while riding on DS Road in Glade Park has died.
Posted: 08/24/2008 - As energy independence continues to dominate national politics, many are looking to Colorado to move forward with new oil shale development. It's an issue in the forefront of the U.S. Senate race here in the state.
Posted: 08/24/2008 - The town of Debeque hosted it's annual Wild Horse Days festival this weekend.
Posted: 08/24/2008 - A local girls soccer team needing to raise money to enter a national tournament, and rather than holding a car wash or back sale, they decided to go big.
Posted: 08/23/2008 - A sex offender is back behind bars,police say he moved without telling them.
Posted: 08/23/2008 - Police in Montrose are looking for a man they say impersonated an officer and stopped a teenage girl for bogus reasons.
Posted: 08/23/2008 - Ten people were killed when a twin–engine plane went down near an airport in southeastern Utah Friday night.
Updated: 08/23/2008 - Early Saturday morning, the Obama campaign sent out text messages to supporters confirming Senator Joe Biden of Delaware as his choice for Vice President.
Updated: 07/07/2009 - With less than three months to go before November 4th, the heat is on the presidential campaigns to win over as many voters as possible, including an ever growing population of young voters. Where they hope to win that battle -- the internet.
Updated: 08/23/2008 - Women are banding together to start a new P.T.S.D. support group for military wives.
Posted: 08/22/2008 - Gay and lesbian Democrats are gathering early to prepare a strategy for next week's convention. Their marching orders are the same for all states: make sure other delegates know who you are and what gay voters want this fall.
Updated: 08/27/2008 - The questions haven't gone away, but the International Olympic committee says there is still no proof that several members of the Chinese gymnastics team are underage.
Posted: 08/22/2008 - The next time your favorite joke lays an egg, you might want to quit while you're ahead.
Posted: 08/22/2008 - The Douglas County Sheriff's office has identified two children found dead in a parked car as 5-year-old Jasmine Mendieta and 2-year-old Nathan Mendieta.
Updated: 08/22/2008 - On August 21st, Lonnie Herrera was sentenced for the murder of Anna Macias, who was shot in the neck while two of her four children watched. The included raw video is of Herrera's sentencing. It is the unedited footage that was shot for the 11 News newscast.
Updated: 08/22/2008 - The toll from tropical storm Fay is mounting with two drowning deaths reported in Florida, and the number of deaths in the Caribbean climbing to 23.
Updated: 08/22/2008 - Authorities say the powder contained in a threatening letter sent to John McCain's campaign office in a Denver suburb was not hazardous.
Posted: 08/21/2008 - Mesa County deputies stop a car for a broken tail light, and end up arresting two men.
Posted: 08/21/2008 - Mesa County leaders say our area has a problem with child abuse.
Posted: 08/21/2008 - The Federal Election Commission has freed Republican presidential candidate John McCain from a public matching fund program that would have limited his spending in the primaries.
Posted: 08/21/2008 - Barack Obama is trying to fight the perception that his presidential run has stalled. He's doing it by depicting John McCain as rich and out of touch.


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Prospects Development Camp Starts WednesdaySubmitted by timothy on July 1, 2014 - 17:53
Here's the two groupings for the Tampa Bay Prospect Development Camp that starts Wednesday, July 3 and continues through the weekend.
Group A
Forwards (8): DiGiacinto, Drouin, Erne, Point, Richard, Salminen, Smith, Vermin
Defense (5): Blujus, Curran, MacLeod, Renouf, Thomas
Goaltending (2): Vasilevsky, Witt
Group B
Forwards (7): Costello, Darcy, Hart, Ikonen, Maclise, O'Donnell, Robinson
Defense (6): DeAngelo, Dotchin, Koekkoek, Masin, Milan
Goaltending (2): Gudlevskis, Wilcox
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Bolt Prospects 2012-2013 Final/Supplemental RankingsSubmitted by pete on July 9, 2013 - 14:37
The golden age of the Lightning farm system continues. Despite the Syracuse Crunch's loss in the AHL's Calder Cup Finals, the Lightning organization can still boast arguably the finest prospect depth in the NHL. That depth is further bolstered by a 2013 NHL Entry Draft that saw the Lightning add a potential franchise player and also a player who was ranked by several scouting services in their top 15 prospects in the draft class. As of right now, it truly appears the Lightning may be set for a generation at the forward and goaltending positions. And, while there's still much work to be done on defense, it's no exaggeration to say the future has never been brighter. Indeed, Hockey Prospectus has even gone so far as to name the Lightning the top prospect system in the league, which is a true feather in the cap of an organization that was universally panned by the hockey media for player development just a half decade ago.
Bolt Prospects' 2013-2014 Final/Supplemental Rankings follow our websites rules for eligibility for prospects. Players 24 years or older on opening night of the Lightning's season (or what was supposed to be opening night prior to its cancellation due to the NHL lockout, in the case of this season) are considered overage prospects and are not eligible for the rankings. For that reason, a prospect like Riku Helenius isn't in the list. Additionally, skating prospects that have appeared in 41 NHL games in a single season or 82 career NHL games are no longer eligible for the list, which is why Brett Connolly is considered graduated and no longer in the rankings. For goaltenders, the bar is a little lower with 30 NHL decisions in a single season necessary for graduation and 41 NHL decisions in a career being the threshold to become a Bolt Prospects Alumni. Finally, all NCAA-based players remain eligible for the rankings regardless of age for the full duration of their college careers. There will be a quiz later.
Until then, please enjoy Bolt Prospects' 2013-2014 Final/Supplemental Rankings...
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Bolts Hold Six Picks in 2013 NHL DraftSubmitted by timothy on June 28, 2013 - 23:22
TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning hold six selections in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft at the Prudential Center in New Jersey on Sunday, June 30, including the third overall pick. The 2013 NHL Entry Draft begins at 3 p.m. on Sunday.
The Lightning are scheduled to make their first selection with the third overall pick and then select in the second round (33rd overall), fifth round (124th overall), sixth round (154th overall) and the seventh round (184th and 186th overall). The Lightning traded their third round selection last summer to acquire goaltender Anders Lindback and traded their 2013 fourth round selection last summer to acquire forward B.J. Crombeen. The Lightning acquired a 2013 seventh round (186th overall) pick from the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for defenseman Marc-Andre Bergeron on April 2, 2013.
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Bolt Prospects 2012-2013 Preliminary RankingsSubmitted by pete on November 21, 2012 - 21:03
We're now almost two months deep into the second NHL lockout in less than a decade. As difficult as it is to remember, though, hockey goes on. It goes on in small junior rinks in Canada and on campuses throughout the U.S. It goes on in the sporting halls of Sweden and Russia. And, it goes on in Syracuse, New York, where players on the cusp of making the highest level of hockey in the world patiently await the mere chance to make their case to play in the NHL. For those players, and in spite the cynical greed of the NHL's business wing, Bolt Prospects presents its 2012-2013 Preliminary Rankings.
We delayed the release of the rankings a few weeks when optimism ran high that hockey would be back after Thanksgiving, believing that perhaps an NHL training camp was in the cards for some of our prospects. But with the breakdown of talks between the commissioner and the NHLPA, it looks like a Lightning camp is far from imminent. So, we press forward, in spite of the setback.
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2011-12 Supplemental RankingsSubmitted by pete on July 12, 2012 - 16:28
Now that the 2012 NHL Entry Draft is complete along with the Lightning's Prospect Developmental Camp, Bolt Prospects is proud to release our 2011-2012 Supplemental Rankings, our final rankings of the season. We'll begin again in the Fall shortly after training camp with the 2012-2013 Preliminary Rankings. With the Lightning adding several good prospects through the draft and a banner season on the ice for the prospects the team already had, we have expanded our list from the traditional 20 to 25 which reflects the unprecedented depth the organization has developed this year.
A quick review of the rules, as always: skaters who play 41 or more NHL games in a single season or 82 or more career NHL games are considered graduated, and are no longer eligible for the rankings. As a consequence, Brett Connolly is no longer eligible for inclusion in the rankings. Goaltenders who earn 30 or more NHL decisions in a single season or 41 or more career NHL decisions are considered graduated, and are no longer eligible for the rankings. Players 24 years of age or over on opening night of the Lightning's season are considered overage prospects and are not eligible for inclusion in the rankings. NCAA players are exempt from the 24-year-old rule and are eligible for the rankings for the duration of their college careers.
With the disclaimers aside, here are our 2011-2012 Supplemental Rankings:
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Prospects Development Camp Schedule and RosterSubmitted by timothy on July 2, 2012 - 10:58
TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning announced the schedule for their 2012 development camp, which begins tomorrow at the Brandon Ice Sports Forum. The team will gather for a team dinner and meeting tonight and hit the ice for the first time Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. The camp will conclude with a 3-on-3 tournament on Friday and Saturday. The camp is free and open to the public.
The full camp schedule and roster groupings are available here
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Bolt Prospects 2011-2012 Midterm RankingsSubmitted by pete on February 13, 2012 - 21:02
With the graduation of Brett Connolly from prospect status, it's finally time to release Bolt Prospects' 2011-2012 Midterm Rankings. While difficult for the Lightning at the NHL level, this season has proven to be incredibly exciting for the development of the team's prospects. The Lightning have never boasted such incredible depth in the system, and that depth extends to overage prospects like Trevor Smith, Pierre-Cedric Labrie, and J.T. Wyman, who have made positive contributions to the big club during injury recalls. The team should also be excited about the performance of AHL signees like Philip-Michael Devos and Cory Conacher, the latter of whom is a lock to earn an NHL entry-level contract from the Lightning very soon.
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Bolt Prospects 2011-2012 Preliminary RankingsSubmitted by pete on October 16, 2011 - 19:07
Now that the season has begun, it's time to update our prospect rankings here on Bolt Prospects. Readers of the site know the drill, as we update our rankings three times during the season and add Supplemental Rankings shortly after the draft each year. But, for new readers, or for those who might've forgotten the rules, here's our legal disclaimer regarding prospect eligibility.
Bolt Prospects considers any prospect 24 years of age or older on opening night of the Lightning's season to be an overage prospect and ineligible for inclusion on the list. As a consequence, older prospects like Mattias Ritola, Blair Jones, and Johan Harju are no longer included on our list. The exception to the 24 year old rule is NCAA players, who shall remain eligible for the rankings so long as they remain in college. Bolt Prospects also has rules pertaining to a player's graduation from prospect status that also determines eligibility for the rankings. For skaters, any player who has played 41 or more NHL games in a single season or 82 or more career NHL games is ineligible for the list. As a consequence, players like James Wright and Dana Tyrell are ineligible for the list. For goaltenders, any player who receives 30 or more NHL decisions in a single season or 41 or more NHL decisions in a career is ineligible.
With all that in mind, here are Bolt Prospects 2011-2012 Preliminary Rankings:
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Bolt Prospects 2010-2011 Supplemental RankingsSubmitted by pete on July 8, 2011 - 22:06
Now that the 2011 NHL Entry Draft is over, Bolt Prospects is issuing its 2011 Supplemental Rankings. The rankings add the 2011 draft picks, subtract prospects who did not receive qualifying offers from the club, and reflect some slight adjustments in the rankings based on changes in the depth chart. The remainder of this story includes the placement of the 2011 draft picks. For a full look at our Top-25 Rankings, please take a look at our Prospects page.
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Bolts Announce Summer Prospects Camp RosterSubmitted by timothy on July 2, 2011 - 12:19
TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning announced the roster for their 2011 development camp today. The roster, which includes three former first round picks, consists of 17 forwards, nine defensemen and four goaltenders. The camp will be held Wednesday, July 6 though Wednesday, July 13 at the Brandon Ice Sports Forum in Brandon, FL. The camp is open to the public and the schedule will be released at a later date.
Highlights of the roster include the No. 6 overall pick in the 2010 draft, Brett Connolly, who recently signed an entry-level contract with the Lightning, as well as this summer's first-round selection, Vladislav Namestnikov. Former first-round pick Carter Ashton and highly-touted prospect Richard Panik are also expected to attend.
Of the attendees, only James Wright played a game in the NHL last season, while 10 players played at least one in the American Hockey League. The roster also includes 22 players drafted by the Lightning, three signed as free agents and five invitees.
Included in the roster are four players from the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, recently held at the Excel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. Those players are Namestnikov, forwards Ondrej Palat and Matthew Peca, as well as goaltender Adam Wilcox.
The youngest player is Peca, at 18 years and two months, while the oldest is Jeff Dimmen at 25-years-old.
Free agent invitees include forwards Cory Conacher, Gabriel Desjardins, Philip-Michael Devos, Seth Griffith and blueliner Jeff Dimmen. Dimmen and Devos have AHL contracts in place with the Norfolk Admirals for the 2011-12 season.
Complete roster attached to this story.
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