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Meždurečensk (ex Ol'žeras) è una città della Russia, situata nella Siberia sudoccidentale nell'oblast' di Kemerovo, centro minerario ed industriale nella zona del bacino del Kuzbass. La città si trova sul fiume Tom', a circa 300 km di distanza in direzione sudest dal capoluogo Kemerovo.

Altri nomi

 fino al 1955 - Ol'žeras
 dal 1955 ad oggi - Meždurečensk

Storia

Dal XVII al XIX secolo

Nel 1721 un cosacco di nome Tobol'sk Mikhail Volkov scopre che la zona del fiume Tom' è ricca di carbone. Negli anni venti del XVIII secolo, con il Decreto dello Zar Pietro I, una spedizione sotto la guida di uno scienziato di origini tedesche Daniil Gotlibovič Messeršmidt , ha stimato le ricchezze di carbone presenti nei pressi della Kuzneck. Mikhail Lomonosov, dopo aver studiato i rapporti di Messeršmidt, ha notato anche la presenza di carbone bituminoso.

XX secolo

Nel 1943 dopo l'occupazione dai nazisti del bacino di Donbass in Ucraina ebbe inizio la produzione industriale del carbone cokefacibile nel Kuzbass. Il 30 agosto 1947 il Governo sovietico decide di sfruttare ulteriormente il carbone cokefacibile siberiano. Il 17 luglio 1948 la Glavkuzbassakhstroj, inizia la costruzione delle miniere di carbone e delle infrastrutture della capitale del carbone del Kuzbass. Il 23 settembre 1948 nella foce del fiume Ol'žeras inizia la costruzione della città e delle miniere.Nel 1949 Georgij Radcenko scopre un giacimento di carbone cokefacibile grasso sul fiume Ol'žeras. Questa scoperta stima il volume del carbone presente nel sottosuolo di Meždurečensk, a circa l'11% del totale del carbone presente nel bacino del Kuzbass. Dal 1952 con la creazione del piano generale dello sviluppo del bacino di carbone di Ol'žeras la popolazione della città inizia a crescere.

Gulag - Campi di concentramento sovietici a Meždurečensk
 Nei pressi della città era attivo, tra il 1951 ed il 1954, un campo di concentramento, l'Osoblag n° 10 (in cirillico: Особый лагерь № 10, Особлаг № 10) conosciuto anche come Kamyšovyj lager, oppure Kamyšlag (КАМЫШОВЫЙ ЛАГЕРЬ). Nel 1954 contava circa 13.000 detenuti.

Cultura

Istruzione
Nella città sono presenti : 38 scuole materne, 25 scuole medie e superiori e la Filiale dell'Istituto Geologico di Novokuzneck.

Medicina

A Meždurečensk vi sono 3 Policlinici e 23 ambulatori specialistici con circa 370 medici e 1000 infermieri.

Economia
L'estrazione del carbone che fornisce l'energia per le fabbriche e le centrali elettriche del Kuzbass meridionale è la base economica della città.

Miniere
Una delle più grandi miniere, la Raspadskaja (Распадская шахта) ha la sua sede a Meždurečensk. Si trova sotto il controllo dell'Evraz Group S.A. e fa parte della omonima compagnia d'estrazione di carbone, "Miniere Raspadskaja S.p.a.".

L'incidente alla miniera
L'8 maggio 2010 alle 23:55 (ora locale) si verificò una esplosione di metano per cause non accertate. Durante l'operazione di evacuazione dei 359 minatori, che al momento della prima esplosione si trovavano all'interno della miniera, in superficie alle ore 04:00 (ora locale) del 9 maggio 2010 si verificò una seconda esplosione, notevolmente più potente della prima. A Meždurečensk giunse il Primo Ministro russo Vladimir Putin per coordinare in prima persona le operazioni di soccorso, in seguito alla quale 259 persone vennero tratte in salvo. 86 persone sopravvissute nell'incidente vennero ricoverate negli ospedali di Meždurečensk, Novokuzneck, Leninsk-Kuzneckij e Mosca. 47 persone risultarono disperse, tra questi anche 19 uomini della protezione civile che si sono recati alla miniera, prima della seconda esplosione. La Protezione Civile Russa ha comunicato, l'11 maggio 2010, che almeno 47 minatori sono morti e altre 47 risultavano disperse. Alcuni minatori esperti sopravvissuti nell'incidente che lavorano nella miniera da quasi 20 anni, hanno comunicato di aver sentito 4 esplosioni, e non due, come venne ufficialmente dichiarato. I minatori, hanno escluso l'ipotesi della fuoriuscita di grosse quantità del metano, visto che la miniera è attrezzata con moderni sistemi di sicurezza, in caso di un innalzamento della concentrazione del gas al di sopra di 2% nell'aria. I minatori considerano l'ipotesi dell'atto terroristico., mentre la Protezione Civile Russa ipotizza che una delle cause della tragedia sia dovuta ad un guasto dell'impianto elettrico della Miniera Raspadskaja e alla contemporanea fuoriuscita di metano che di fatto reso più elevato il numero dei morti nell'incidente. Il 13 maggio 2010 i lavori di salvataggio della Protezione Civile Russa nella miniera vennero sospesi in seguito all'allarme creato da quattro incendi, e del pericolo di esplosioni all'interno delle condotte isolate dovute alla crescita incontrollata della concentrazione del gas metano e alla mancata ventilazione in seguito allo spegnimento delle ventole del sistema di condizionamento d'aria. A causa delle dichiarazioni della dirigenza della Miniera Raspadskaja e dell'Evraz Group, che scaricava la responsabilità delle esplosioni sui dipendenti della miniera, ed in seguito al silenzio stampa moscovita nella città, si sono svolte proteste popolari con l'occupazione dei binari della linea delle Ferrovie russe, Abakan - Novokuzneck. In seguito all'occupazione dei binari nella città, per la prima volta fuori dalla Cecenia, venne introdotto il Piano della sicurezza, denominato la "Fortezza". Centinaia di uomini delle Forze Speciali della Polizia e dell'Esercito hanno tratto in arresto diversi manifestanti, chiudendo l'accesso alla città, sia ai giornalisti che ai non resisdenti. Il 4 ottobre 2010 sono stati ritrovati alla profondità di 67 metri, i corpi di altri 6 minatori, morti nell'incidente del maggio 2010, ritrovamento che ha elevato il numero delle vittime a 73. È stato inoltre comunicato che i corpi dei 19 minatori dispersi, si trovano alla profondità di 500 metri, e quanto prima sarà attivato un progetto di estrazione.

 La Miniera in nome di Lenin (шахта им. «Ленина»)
 La Miniera Tomskaja (шахта «Томская»)
 La Miniera Usinskaja (шахта «Усинская»)
 La Miniera intitolata a Shevjakov (Шахта имени Шевякова)
Questa miniera è stata chiusa dopo l'incidente del 1º dicembre 1992 quando morirono 25 minatori.

Estrazioni di carbone a cielo aperto

 Krasnogorskij (Красногорский)
 Ol'zherasskij (Ольжерасский)
 Mezhdurechenskij (Междуреченский)
 Tomusinskij (Томусинский)

Fabbriche d'arricchimento di carbone

 Kuzbasskaja (Кузбасская)
 Tomusinskaja (Томусинская)
 Krasnogorskaja (Красногорская)
 Raspadskaja (Распадская)

Squadre di cercatori d'oro

Nella città ci sono presenti alcune squadre di cercatori d'oro.

Turismo

Nei pressi della città si trova, Kuzneckij Alatau, centro di turismo invernale famoso in tutto il mondo. È situato nella parte orientale dell'oblast' di Kemerovo, e dispone degli impianti di sci alpino e delle piste di sci di fondo ; per questo sono le preferite per le squadre di sci russe, e di altri paesi. Kuzneckij Alatau è anche una meta preferita dagli alpinisti ed escursionisti anche d'estate.

Investimenti
La Meždurečensk ha ricevuto nel 2007, il 9,5% di tutti gli investimenti nell'Oblast' di Kemerovo. Il volume degli investimenti pro capite nel 2007 è stato circa 58.000 rubli russi.

Infrastrutture e trasporti

Aereo

La città è servita dall'Aeroporto di Novokuzneck, con voli di linea sia per Mosca e San Pietroburgo che voli di linea stagionali, per Soči e per Anapa.

Treno

La linea ferroviaria del Kuzbass meridionale Abakan-Novokuzneck attraversa la città.

Auto

La città è collegata con una strada statale con la Novokuzneck e con la Khakassia.

Trasporto pubblico

Nella città ci sono attive 12 linee d'autobus che nel 2005 hanno trasportato circa 5,5 milioni di passeggeri.

Note

Voci correlate
 Volo Aeroflot 593

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Meždurečensk

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Culture July 25, 2020
6 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Iman Abdulmajid
Iman photographed by Patrick Demarchelier for Vogue Arabia, March 2018.
Iman Abdulmajid, born Zara Mohamed Abdulmajid, is a result of a beautiful love story. She revealed to Vogue Arabia: "My mother was intended to be married at an arranged matrimonial, when she was 14 years old. One day, she was walking down the street and saw a big fight, where someone was being severally beaten up. That man was to be my father." Her parents went on to be together for 65 years. "Throughout my childhood, there was a lot of love in my home," she adds. Below, discover five other things you probably didn't know about the former Vogue Arabia cover star in honor of her birthday today (July 25).
#1. The supermodel, though born in Mogadishu, has very strong roots to the Arab world. She lived in both Saudi Arabia and Egypt during her youth, after the political instability in Somalia caused her family to move. "I'm Muslim and Egypt was a very progressive place. Girls like me could go to school. I completely fell in love with the people and the cultural legacy that goes far beyond the pyramids." During her four-years in the North African country, Iman discovered Egyptian icons Umm Kulthum and Faten Hamama who both greatly influenced her modeling career. "When I started modeling, I never forgot how Umm Kulthum used to carry herself. From her, I learned the drama and the absolute stillness when you are on the runway and how to command with grace and dignity, but without having to be too much," she says.
#2. She was very hesitant to have her picture taken by Peter Beard when the photographer initially approached her. "During my first year in Nairobi, a man stopped me in the street and asked if I had ever been photographed. I thought he was trying to pick me up, so I ignored him, but he insisted. To get rid of him, I said, 'Yes, of course I have.' In my mind I was thinking, what do these people think – that I have never seen a camera?" she recalls. She allowed him to photograph her only if he could pay off her college tuition. She went on to pose for some of the most iconic photographers of our time, including Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, and Helmut Newton to name a few.
#3. When she first started modeling, she pretended that she couldn't speak or understand any English as a way to find out what people really thought about her. "This experience taught me a lot about the US. People described me as if I were not human, like if I was coming from another world. They said I was exotic… A parrot is exotic, I'm a person," she said to Vogue Arabia. In fact, Iman was one of the only black models at the time, and remembers being paid a lesser wage than her colleagues for doing the same exact work. "As my career progressed, I became the first black model to refuse to work for a lower wage than other girls. To me, I was providing the same service, so I had to be paid equally," she reveals.
#4. Due to her conservative upbringing, she would hide her nude portraits photographed by Richard Avedon when her parents would come to visit her. "Combining my work with my religion was one of the most difficult things. It is complicated to be photographed in a provocative way, even if the pictures are artful. I shot stunning nudes with Richard Avedon, one of the most iconic photographers ever, and although I was proud of these images, when my parents would come to visit me, I would hide them under the bed," she recalls. "There was no way I could explain to my father that that was art. In fact, I never reconciled posing nude with my religion and family. I always say, may Allah have mercy on my soul if I have not done it right."
#5. Iman Cosmetics was launched when the supermodel was on set for a US Vogue shoot and the makeup artist didn't have any foundation for black skin tones. "When you work in the industry, your looks are your currency. If you don't have a good appearance, you won't be booked again – and no one will blame the beauty team or the photographer. This made me start experimenting with makeup from an early stage. I would buy any foundation with pigment so I could mix and match," she reveals. The all-inclusive cosmetics range was launched in 1994, and features difficult-to-find shades suited for brown and black skin tones. Today, she is still involved with all of the product launches, and even sometimes manages the brand's social media.
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ESG Lab | Supply chain
Complex. Often opaque. A source of significant risk – but with the potential to create value. Ensuring the sustainability of global supply chains presents a thorny challenge for today's multinational corporations – and it is one that is beginning to be shared by private equity fund managers and their limited partners (LPs). Especially today, where the Covid-19 pandemic has exposed and challenged supply chain organisation, reliance and resilience.
To better understand the issues involved and the specific roles private equity investors can play, PAI Partners held two workshops on sustainable supply chains, in London and New York, in January 2020. Attended by more than 20 participants both in London and in New York, including our investors, portfolio companies, and supply chain experts in the legal and consulting fields, the workshops introduced the key issues involved – and some of the solutions that are emerging.
With the help of real-life objects, such as a wooden toy bus, a t-shirt, an avocado and a hairdryer, we asked groups of participants to travel back up the supply chains of those products and think about the issues that they needed to cover for each. As London's ESG Lab moderator, Mike Tyrrell, the Editor of SRI-Connect, announced it: "It's going to be a magical mystery tour that takes you from the garment factories of Bangladesh to the orange groves of Florida."
Their mission as separate buying departments of a fictional British department store, Sparks & Mencer, was to use experts' interventions and roundtable discussions to think through:
What is the nature of this product's supply chain?
What are the main environmental, social and governance issues that can be encountered in this product's supply chain?
How could we manage those issues with budget and margin constraints? And which ones are we going to prioritise?
They were helped on this 'journey of discovery' by two tools:
A map – specifically designed by PAI's ESG team to help them travel through drivers, steps and supports
Guides – supply chain experts from PAI's portfolio companies or advisory network who would pop up at different stations and share their experience and ideas with the participants.
Laurence Beck, Head of Quality, CSR and Communications, Wessanen
Catia Cesari, Partner, TAU Investment Management
Erin Lyon, Vice President Sustainability Consulting, Elevate
Minna Lyijynen, Group Manager Sustainability, Refresco
Thomas Radal, EU Representative, Ulula
Maud Brown, Partner and Head of US team, PAI Partners
Guillaume De Vesvrotte, Co-Founder, We Don't Need Roads
Antoine Heuty, Founder & CEO, Ulula
Oliver Niedermaier, Founder & CEO, TAU Investment Management
Marianne Voss, Supply Chain Compliance Lead, Malk Partners
Kristina Wyatt, Senior Counsel, Latham & Watkins
The reality of supply chains
In today's globalised, connected world, a large proportion of a company's ESG exposures is often to be found beyond its operations, in its value chain. They range from climate physical risks, degradation of environment, human rights infringement – with their worst embodiment in modern slavery, bribery and corruption. Despite a lack of direct control, the sourcing company will be held at least partially responsible if – or, more likely, when – they materialise.
"This is not about risk – it's about dealing with a reality that is going to hit you at some point", said Cornelia Gomez who, prior to joining PAI to manage its ESG team, was Social Compliance Manager at Groupe Casino, auditing factories in China, Bangladesh and other at-risk countries. Supply chain exposures can add costs, jeopardise business continuity and, in extreme cases, have severe reputational damage, thereby threatening a company's social licence to operate.
Despite the growing list of supply chain disasters – the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh in 2011, suicides at Apple supplier Foxconn, controversies around conflict minerals and modern slavery – investors have too often been behind the curve on supply chain management.
Hard and soft law
In addition to reputational and business continuity risks that can be found in supply chains and which have become all too apparent in the current context, investors and their portfolio companies face regulatory and litigation risks, with a growing body of 'hard law' that is emerging to complement the 'soft law' of industry codes of conduct.
These laws include the UK's Modern Slavery Act, France's Law on the Duty of Vigilance, and the US conflict minerals provision of the Dodd Frank Act. Despite this latter legislation, there is a gulf between the increasingly standardised, rules-based approach in Europe and a more 'hands-off', principles-based approach from US regulators, noted Kristina Wyatt, Director of Sustainability at global law firm Latham & Watkins. "The challenge here is that investors want comparable information and they are not getting it."
The sustainable supply chain journey
As participants of our ESG Labs journeyed along the supply chain, they came to realise that supply chain mapping and risk assessment are unavoidable steps of the process. Achieving full traceability of a supply chain is nearly impossible and the result of a continuous improvement process starts with collaborative work between different teams.
Companies first need to understand how their supply chains are structured, where raw materials, components and products are extracted or produced, in what country and by whom. That can place a considerable burden on companies and investors alike. However, understanding every step of the value chain will not only facilitate risk identification and mitigation, it will also serve to maintain and foster supply chain sustainability.
Once suppliers are identified and mapped, the subsequent data collection and audit challenge can be considerable. Not only might a company have hundreds of direct suppliers, their tier 2 and 3 suppliers can multiply that figure. In addition, suppliers can use so-called 'window factories' without the knowledge of the purchaser – and these may fail to meet mandated labour or environmental standards which the direct suppliers comply with.
Even deciding on which audit standards to apply can be challenging: as one speaker noted, there are literally hundreds of different types of codes of conduct and ethical audit, and they are proliferating at a rate of around 10% each year. The audit processes themselves can prove inadequate if the data submitted is not up to scratch: in China, 50% of audit data is falsified, according to some estimates.
This reinforces the case for industry collaboration. Given the complexities of supply chains, there is considerable potential for duplication of effort, with suppliers finding themselves subject to multiple audits, which can often require them to source and submit different information.
How technology can help
Technological solutions are emerging that can support these processes. For example, healthy food company Wessanen, a PAI company, uses the Sedex transparency platform to ensure that its suppliers pursue ethical labour practices. And Ulula, a Canada-based social enterprise, has developed a solution, Worker Voice, that engages with workers directly and anonymously to allow them to report incidents or maltreatment in the workplace.
It's not just about cost, however. Investing in supply chain transparency can deliver co-benefits to supply chain stakeholders. The workshops heard how Refresco, the world's leading independent bottler for retailers and branded beverage companies, and a PAI portfolio company, has worked with Dutch retailer Albert Heijn and leading orange juice supplier LDC Juice to deliver a blockchain-based tracking system for Albert Heijn's own-label orange juice. The system allows customers to scan a barcode to learn about the provenance of their juice, and even send messages to the growers.
"It is a way to use modern technology to recreate the connectivity that existed in the past between the grower and the buyer," said Maud Brown, PAI's Head of US. "As an investor, it's very interesting to convert something that was a risk management concern, about product traceability, into a virtuous circle where we can drive greater employee and customer engagement as a result of caring about sustainability."
Investors can bring a fresh set of eyes to supply chain exposures and provide an opportunity to ask targeted questions that can help to mitigate risk: the workshops heard about how PAI's due diligence process when investing in games maker Asmodee led to a plan of action to ensure the appropriate governance, policies and processes were in place to better manage its supply chain sustainability.
An investment opportunity
While these efforts can be a cost to companies and their investors, this issue also presents investment opportunity. TAU Investment Management, a specialist investor in the apparel and textile value chain, uses sustainability and technology to create competitive advantage in its portfolio companies, explained Oliver Niedermaier, its Chairman and CEO.
"There is a huge opportunity to be found in investing in leading tier 2 suppliers," helping them upgrade their technology, apply advanced manufacturing and digitised value chains, and upgrade management, he said. "Because of our proprietary deal pipeline and sector expertise, we can invest in them at reasonable multiples and expect significant multiple uplift at exit, because they can earn a sustainability, scale and technology premium."
The fundamental message from the workshops was that, while supply chain ESG risks are extensive, complex and difficult to effectively assess, there are techniques, tools and technologies available to help, and pathways to collaboration that can help to efficiently spread the burden.
We are therefore pleased to announce that PAI's ESG team is releasing a Sustainable Supply Chain Guide that will be published as a series over the course of the next months with a recap of key take-aways in our annual Sustainability Report.
This guide is aimed at private equity investors (both LPs and GPs), other institutional investors, and corporate sustainability specialists. It offers an introduction to the subject of supply chain sustainability and advice on useful approaches, principles and processes. For example, readers will also find a cheat-sheet with questions to ask in the due diligence phase and toolboxes for each step of supply chain monitoring. While it is based on the two workshops mentioned above, we have also leveraged our direct experiences with portfolio companies, and an exhaustive literature review.
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PAI celebrates its 10-year anniversary of signing the PRI
To mark the anniversary of PAI's ESG journey, we asked the firm's Management Committee to discuss the last 10 years, an unprecedented 2019-2020 and their vision for the decade ahead.
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Iran-Backed Militants Probably Behind Attacks Targeting U.S. Troops In Iraq And Syria, Pentagon Says
Iran-Backed Militants Probably Behind Attacks Targeting U.S. Troops In Iraq And Syria, Pentagon Says | The Washington Post
A spate of attacks this week on bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria were probably conducted by Iran-backed militias, the Pentagon said Wednesday, stopping short of directly implicating Tehran. There is a "working level assumption" that incidents every day this week, including rocket attacks and incursions from explosives-laden drones, were coordinated by groups trained and supplied by Iran, said Pentagon spokesman John Kirby. "The threat is growing," he told reporters, adding that the drone attacks in particular have become more precise, though so far no Americans have been wounded this week.
U.S. Sees "Snapback" Sanctions Threat As Tool To Deter Iran Enrichment | Axios
National security adviser Jake Sullivan told Israeli officials during his recent visit to Jerusalem that the threat of "snapback" UN Security Council sanctions should be used as a means to deter Iran from enriching weapons-grade uranium, three Israeli officials with direct knowledge of the issue told me. Why it matters: Snapback was the most significant mechanism built into the 2015 deal to punish Iran if it violates the agreement. According to the deal, any party to the agreement can trigger the sanctions. The sanctions would be particularly devastating to Iran's economy because all UN members would be bound to comply.
Iran Holds Mass Funeral For '80s War Dead Amid Nuclear Talks | Associated Press
Thousands of mourners poured into the streets of Iranian cities on Thursday for the mass funeral of 250 victims of the Iran-Iraq war, a testament to the brutal conflict's widespread scale and enduring legacy 35 years later. A funeral procession carrying the remains of soldiers recently recovered from former battlefields snaked through the capital, Tehran, while other victims were returned to another two dozen provinces. Although Iran and Iraq sporadically exchange war dead excavated from borderlands that witnessed major combat in the 1980s, Thursday marked the largest such ceremony in recent years.
Three Tankers With Unknown Class, Flag And Insurance Shipped 10% Of Iran-China Crude | Lloyd's List
United Against Nuclear Iran vessel-tracking shows the VLCCs shipped 113,000 bpd of US-sanctioned crude to China without penalty. VLCCS PHOENIX, ETHAN AND VERA WERE TRACKED BY UANI OVER 2021 TRANSPORTING NEARLY 113,000 BARRELS PER DAY. THREE elderly tankers for which flag registry, class, insurer, and beneficial owner is unknown shipped nearly 10% of all US-sanctioned Iranian oil to China in 2021, based on vessel-tracking data from United Against Nuclear Iran. Very large crude carriers Phoenix (IMO: 9181194), Ethan (IMO: 9293741) and Vera (IMO: 9203277) were tracked by the New York-based non-governmental organisation over the year transporting nearly 113,000 barrels per day, UANI data compiled by Lloyd's List show.
German Minister Says Iran Has Squandered A Lot Of Trust | Reuters
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock after a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday said Iran has squandered a lot of trust, warning there is not much time to revive a nuclear deal. Tehran is currently negotiating with major powers to revive a 2015 nuclear deal in Vienna.
Fateful Mossad, IDF War Over Iran Nukes Continues – Analysis | The Jerusalem Post
The fateful war of words between the Mossad and Israeli Military Intelligence continued this week, with ministers leaking their classified contrary views on the Iran nuclear negotiations to Walla between Tuesday and Wednesday. Military Intelligence chief Maj.-Gen. Aharon Haliva now favors some kind of new version of the nuclear deal to slow Iranian progress and buy time for planning a possible IDF airstrike, while Mossad Director David Barnea is against any but a radically improved deal.
GOP Slams Biden Decision To Ignore Mandate To Disclose How Iran Sanctions Relief Funds Terrorism | The Washington Free Beacon
Congressional foreign policy leaders slammed the Biden administration's decision to not comply with a legal mandate to detail to Congress how sanctions relief for Iran will bolster the regime's ability to conduct terror attacks. Republicans in Congress, in comments to the Washington Free Beacon, accused President Joe Biden of obstructing the legislative branch's constitutional oversight role. They say the Biden administration does not want Congress to know how much money sanctions relief provides to Iran's terrorist allies as negotiations with Tehran over a revamped nuclear deal drag into another year. "President Biden thinks the rules don't apply to him.
Iran Says It Seeks To Prosecute 127 People Abroad Over Soleimani Killing | The Times Of Israel
Iran said Wednesday it intends to prosecute 127 people for alleged involvement or cooperation with the assassination of its Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani two years ago by the US administration of Donald Trump. According to Fars News, which is run by the country's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a judiciary spokesperson said the country sent 11 letters to nine countries, asking them to take measures against the alleged culprits. The spokesperson also said Iran and Iraq signed a memorandum of understanding related to the prosecutions.
Is Iran Vs. US Shadow War In Iraq And Syria About To Explode? – Analysis | The Jerusalem Post
Pro-Iranian groups used drones and rockets to target US forces and facilities in Iraq three times in the last three days. This coincided with the anniversary of the death of IRGC Quds Force head Qasem Soleimani, killed in a US airstrike in January 2020. However, the uptick in attacks seems to be more than just a symbolic anniversary desultory rocket fire scenario; it could be growing into something larger because the attacks have not extended to Syria and the US responded with counter-fire.
MILITARY/INTELLIGENCE MATTERS & PROXY WARS
Iran's Revolutionary Guards Explain Source Of Loud Noise Near Karaj | Reuters
A loud noise heard in the outskirts of the town of Karaj, to the west of the Iranian capital Tehran, on Wednesday was caused by a rocket fired by the Revolutionary Guards during a training exercise, Iran's official news agency IRNA reported. Rumours of a missile explosion in the west of Tehran were earlier denied by a deputy to the governor of Tehran's province. Karaj hosts several sensitive locations, such as the TESA centrifuge-parts workshop that was hit by apparent sabotage last June. Centrifuges can be used to enrich uranium.
IRANIAN INTERNAL DEVELOPMENTS
Iranian Security Agencies File Lawsuit Over Zarif's Leaked Recording | Asharq Al-Awsat
Iranian media reported on Tuesday that security agencies in the cleric-led country were mobilizing a lawsuit over a controversial voice recording for Iran's former top diplomat, Mohammad Javad Zarif, which was leaked last April. Zarif's remarks in the recording sparked nationwide controversy as he criticized the activities of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in the region for overriding his diplomacy efforts. The storm triggered by his comments kept him out of the presidential race, dealing a significant blow to reformists who had high hopes for the ex-foreign minister running and perhaps winning against conservative candidates.
IRAQ & IRAN
Iran, Iraq Draw Up Plans For Railway Connection From Basra To Shalamcheh | Al Monitor
The transportation ministers of Iran and Iraq have signed a memorandum of understanding to build the Shalamcheh-Basra railway and Shatt al-Arab bridge. The agreement includes a roadmap and timetable for executing the project. According to the signed agreement that Al-Monitor received a copy of, the project will be implemented by the railway companies of both sides, and work will begin within two months. The Iranian side agreed to withdraw from a portion of land inside Iraqi territory within 20 days in order to allow Iraq to build a workshop for the project.


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RE Meteor 650 and GT 650 motorcycles spied RE Meteor 650 and GT 650 ...
RE Meteor 650 and GT 650 motorcycles spied
By Biketoq Editor
The rate of growth of popularity for the Chennai-based two-wheeler manufacturer Royal Enfield has been on an extreme ascent in the nation. And to continue riding this wave of success the company has been on a new vehicle launching spree as promised by it. Royal Enfield promised that it will be launching four new bikes every year and so far this year we have seen two of them. Following the launch of the Scram 411 and the Hunter 350, now the company is looking to bring something in the 650cc range. For which the speculations are that it could be bringing the Super Meteor 650 and 2023 Continental GT 650 next.
Recently a spy video of the forthcoming Super Meteor 650 surfaced online and through it, we can observe a few key details of the vehicle. From the video, we can easily figure out that the spotted bike is a Meteor 650 which like the 350cc version sports a retro appearance with elements including a teardrop-shaped fuel tank, round headlamp and rearview mirrors, along with circular tail lights. Additionally, we can note that the footpegs are placed in the centre and the wide handlebar is positioned very ergonomically. The riding position seems to be moderately pleasant as well.
Upon closer inspection, we can also notice that the other distinguishing characteristics of the vehicle include a robust crash guard, a roomy pillion seat, little body panelling, large exhaust pipes, and a wide rear mudguard. The test mule spotted also has a single front and rear disc, USD front forks and twin rear shocks. As for the powertrain the same powertrain as the Interceptor 650 and the Continental GT – 650cc twin-cylinder air-cooled motor. Currently, this motor produces 47 bhp and 52 Nm of peak torque and comes mated to a 6-speed constant mesh gearbox.
Also read: Modified Royal Enfield Thunderbird 500 motorcycle from Eimor Customs look beautiful
Meanwhile, the other bike from Royal Enfiled that was also spied on during real-world testing on roads was the 2023 Continental GT 650. This mule was seen on Old Mahabalipuram road in Chennai and was equipped with a set of new-looking alloy wheels and a few visual tweaks.
Furthermore, on more thorough observation, the 2023 Continental GT650 also seemed to sport a reworked rear section, especially the rear taillight, which is now round rather than the current-generation bike's rectangular one with halogen bulbs. Currently, the exact debut date for this bike is also unknown, but we can anticipate the new version of the 650 twins to be released by the end of this year along with a slight price increase.
In other Royal Enfield-related news, a number of spy images of the updated Royal Enfield Bullet 350 have appeared on the internet. The new Royal Enfield Bullet 350's design has also undergone some slight changes. It keeps the rounded headlamp and fuel tank, as well as the triangular side panels with rounded edges. It also retains the slightly squared rear wheel arch that distinguishes the Bullet 350 from the Classic 350. Another key design element carried over from the Bullet 350 is the long and humped single-piece seat, but with a revised shape and padding. Like the new Bullet 350, the Bullet 350 now has a rounded tail lamp and a reworked tubular grab rail at the rear.
Also read: BSA Motorcycles unveil Gold Star 650: Will Rival Royal Enfield 650 Twins
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SAN LEANDRO, Calif. -- A tiny kitten is safe thanks to Alameda County firefighters.
They used thermal imaging to find the kitten trapped in the wall of a San Leandro home after the feline had fallen from the attic.
Firefighters cut a small chunk out of the wall and pulled the kitten free.
It appears to be in good health.
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Q: Required lifetime parameter on array of vec So everytime I run this :
static LAYERS_NB : u32 = 50;

struct Layers{
    layers: [Vec<render::Texture>;LAYERS_NB],
}

I get this error :
error[E0106]: missing lifetime specifier
  --> src/display.rs:12:18
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12 |     layers: [Vec<render::Texture>;LAYERS_NB],
   |                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ expected lifetime parameter

Texture is a structure from the SDL2 wrapper library of Rust. I don't understand why he is asking me a lifetime since my Struct doesn't own any references.
Can somebody explain me why ?
Thanks !

A: Well, sdl2::render::Texture does have a lifetime parameter, so your struct containing it also has to have one. And the size of an array needs to be a constant usize:
const LAYERS_NB: usize = 50;

struct Layers<'a> {
    layers: [Vec<render::Texture<'a>>; LAYERS_NB],
}

The Rust compiler is generally very good at telling you what is wrong. Try read the diagnosis.

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[Neurosciences] Have you ever seen an unfixed brain?
Note for sensitive viewers, but very interesting for neuroscientists.
Source: University of Utah. Quoted from Youtube's description "In this teaching video, Suzanne Stensaas, Ph.D., Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy at the University of Utah School of Medicine, demonstrates the properties and anatomy of an unfixed brain. WARNING: The video contains graphic images, a human brain from a recent autopsy. Background noise is unrelated to this brain or the deceased. There are two purposes for this video: 1) to stress the vulnerability of the brain to highlight the importance of wearing helmets, seat belts, and taking care of this very precious tissue, and 2) to use as a teaching aid for students who only have access to fixed tissue, models, and pictures".


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Looks like that Telegraph report is getting lots of attention in the blogosphere and even some attention in the mainstream media. I'm still skeptical, but this is too important a story to let pass without investigating it thoroughly.
UPDATE 12/18: More on this to come, but Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball have done some digging and think the memo is probably, as suspected, some sort of forgery. Their evidence isn't ironclad, particularly since they haven't seen the document or investigated its provenance, but they cite FBI records showing that Atta's movements are mostly accounted for in the spring and summer of 2001 - making it unlikely, though not impossible, that he could have slipped off to Baghdad for three days - and they note that the Telegraph reporter simply says he got it from "a 'senior' member of the Iraqi Governing Council who insisted it was 'genuine,'" and the Iraqi National Congress thinks the document is bunk.
Good leg work on this by Isikoff and Hosenball; this story needed to be checked out, and it looks like they scooped everyone else in doing so. Stay tuned to see if there's anything else to this story.


The Academy of International Business (AIB) is now accepting submissions for the Peter J. Buckley and Mark Casson AIB Dissertation Award, sponsored by Henley Business School, University of Reading and Centre for International Business, University of Leeds (CIBUL). The deadline for nominations is January 15, 2017.
The AIB Dissertation Award for the best thesis or dissertation in International Business is open to all Ph.D. and D.B.A. students who will have successfully defended their theses/dissertations between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2016. Any topic that contributes to basic or applied knowledge in International Business, broadly defined, is eligible to compete for this award, even if the thesis or dissertation has been submitted to other competitions. The winner will receive a plaque and a US$1,000 cash award. All finalists will receive a US$500 travel stipend to facilitate the presentation of their research at the 2017 AIB Annual Meeting in Dubai, UAE.
The 2017 Buckley and Casson AIB Dissertation Award Selection Committee will select the finalists, who will then be asked to submit their complete theses/dissertations for review and will be expected to make presentations at the AIB Annual Meeting in Dubai, UAE on July 2-5, 2017.
Letters of nomination and the 5-page abstracts should be uploaded electronically by January 15, 2017. Visit the AIB Dissertation Award submission site at http://meetings.aib.msu.edu/farmer/2017/ and click on "Manuscript Submission Form". Please note that you must upload your submission as one document.


Ubisoft's E3 2017 press conference is about to kick off, and you can watch it here.
Ubisoft is about to launch its E3 2017 press conference in Los Angeles, with the start set at 1 PM PDT or 4 PM EDT.
We'll probably see more Assassin's Creed Origins (even if we already saw quite a lot yesterday at Microsoft's press briefing), The Crew 2, Far Cry 5 and much more. It'll be interesting to see if the French publisher will show the new IP it has recently teased as well.
Check out the livestream below. If you miss it don't worry, since the recording will also be available on demand for you to enjoy.
Of course, you can also expect all the news to be extensively covered here on DualShockers.


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That's all very well, but can you eat them?


For me it was 2635 Nottingham, in West University Place, where my mom took me swimming, my dad taught me chess, and all we had to fear was Ken Ford's BB gun.
GROWING UP IN HOUSTON IN the fifties now seems a magical, oblivious moment that shines through the traffic-clogged world of today and lingers like a love affair from one's youth. As kids at Edgar Allan Poe Elementary School, my little friends and I quite possibly did not realize or appreciate that Houston was one of the hottest, most humid places in the civilized world, teeming with mosquitoes and oil-rich right-wingers, stunted by polio and segregation, blessed with banana splits and Christmas tree forts. We just thought of it as home. For some of us, it's still home. For others, it is a place we once loved that has long since become a station on the way.
Not long after I lost to Reshevsky, Adlai Stevenson lost to Ike (except for my family, everybody in Houston liked Ike); Hank Williams died in the back seat of a Cadillac on his way to a gig in Canton, Ohio (some people will do anything to get out of a gig in Canton, Ohio); Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed by our government as spies for the Soviet Union; and a ten-year-old boy named Ken Ford got a new BB gun for Christmas. Ken lived in a faraway galaxy at the other end of Nottingham. One afternoon, when my dad was at work, Ken came over to our house and began shooting birds in our front yard. I wanted him to stop, but he wouldn't, and he was a bigger kid, so I couldn't make him. By the time my dad got home, the lawn was littered with the tiny bodies of dead birds. My dad got out of his car wearing black pleated trousers, a white shirt open at the collar, and an unusually grim expression. He asked Ken if the gun was his and if he could see it. Ken said yes and proudly handed it to my father, who, with righteous fury, broke it over his knee into two pieces and, without saying a word, handed them to the boy.
Was accomplished by eating carrots.
Is sure to be Miss Barrett's.
Mrs. Doty did not find my work amusing, and I'm sure she believed I was going to hell. God eventually punished her by causing her to fall off the stage at the Christmas Pageant and break her leg.
God punished me by putting me through the absolute hell of adolescence. By age twelve, even private jitterbug lessons administered by our neighbor Susan Kaufman had failed to save me from teenage spiritual leprosy. At thirteen I was bar mitzvahed by Rabbi Robert I. Kahn at Temple Emanu El, and my Torah portion dealt with Jacob's ladder. I only truly began to climb that ladder, I felt, the following year when I walked into the Bell School of Music on Edloe Street, canceled my accordion lessons, and traded in my accordion for a guitar. The first song I learned to play was "Fraulein," by Bobby Helms. (I didn't know it then, but there was another kid in Houston who was just picking up the guitar around that time, and the first song he learned was also "Fraulein." I met him twenty years later. His name was Townes Van Zandt.) My girlfriend was Bunny Slipakoff, a fräulein I did not learn to play, thereby setting the pattern for all future relationships. My favorite restaurant was Prince's Drive-In, where you called in your order on a telephone and it was delivered on roller skates.
A lot of years have rolled by since then. Upon reflection, I see that the Houston I grew up in was a vibrant city not without charm. It was a colorful, soulful, independent-minded place whose inhabitants, no doubt, could probably only dimly envision the big-city future into which they would inexorably be dragged, some of them kicking and screaming, some quite willingly. I don't know what became of Susan Kaufman or Mrs. Doty or Ken Ford. Sometimes, when I visit briefly on book tours, I'm not even sure what became of Houston. It now seems like every other large American city—the same suburbs, the same stores, the same restaurants (like cancer or computer viruses, Starbucks is springing up everywhere).


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Elias Mossialos is Brian Abel-Smith Professor of Health Policy, Deputy Head of Department of Health Policy and Director of LSE Health. He has advised the WHO, European Parliament, European Commission, World Bank, UK Office of Fair Trading, Ministries of Health and Social Affairs in Belgium, Brazil, China, Cyprus, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Russia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain and Sweden, and health insurance funds in Austria, Croatia, France, Hungary and South Korea.
He was a member of the management board of the European Medicines Agency (2000-2003) and the board of the Hellenic National Medicines Agency (2000-2002) and contributed to the International Forum on 'Common access to health care services' co-ordinated by the health ministers of Sweden, the UK and New Zealand. He served as Minister of State in Greece in 2011. From 2009-2012 he was an MP in the Greek Parliament, served as a member of four Parliamentary Select Committees (Social Affairs, Educational Affairs, Defence and Foreign Affairs, and European Affairs), and chaired the Parliament's Special Permanent Committee on Monitoring the Social Security System (2010-11).
Professor Mossialos founded LSE Health in 1996. It is currently LSE's largest research centre with 60 staff working on a wide range of research, combining technical competence with policy-mindedness, fostering the training of young researchers and funds several PhD and post-doctoral students. Professor Mossialos' research focus is comparative health systems and policy, addressing questions related to health reforms, financing health care, pharmaceutical policies, the impact of EU law on health care systems, cancer care and policy and antibiotics. He is currently analysing incentives to address the need for sufficient investment in the development of antibiotics in order to meet changing medical needs.
Professor Mossialos established the MSc in International Health Policy at LSE in 1999, and in 2009 he developed a modular MSc in Health Economics, Policy and Management directed at mid-career professionals who lack the flexibility to participate in a traditional MSc programme. In 2014, in collaboration with the European Society of Cardiology, he established a modular MSc in Health Economics, Outcomes and Management. In 2014, he established an interdisciplinary MSc in Global Health, and in 2018 he launched an Executive MSc in Health Policy in co-operation with the University of Chicago.
Current teaching: HP400 Financing Health Care
Deputy Head of Department, Department of Health Policy
Director, LSE Health
Co-Director, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
Professor of Health Policy and Management, Imperial College London
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European health policy; comparative health policy; financing health care; health services research; pharmaceutical policy; cancer care and policy; COVID-19; coronavirus
For-profit hospitals have thrived because of generous public reimbursement schemes, not greater efficiency: a multi-country case study
Author(s) Patrick P.T. Jeurissen, Florien M. Kruse, Reinhard Busse, David U. Himmelstein, Elias Mossialos, Steffie Woolhandler
Patient choice of health care providers in China: primary care facilities versus hospitals
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Cost-effectiveness of cancer drugs: comparative analysis of the United States and England
Author(s) Avi Cherla, Matthew Renwick, Ashish Jha, Elias Mossialos
Inequality in healthcare use among older people in Colombia
Author(s) Jorge Garcia-Ramirez, Zlatko Nikoloski, Elias Mossialos


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Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological conditions, affecting one in 26 people during their lifetime. Despite its prevalence, epilepsy has long been misunderstood, immersed in superstition, fear and prejudice. In the 19th century neurologists began to understand the causes of the disorder, although misleading terms such as 'the dreamy state', 'psychic seizures' and 'double consciousness' prevailed. Even today, fear and misinformation affect the daily lives of many people with this condition.
Epilepsy: Perception, imagination and change explores different cultural and historical perspectives on epilepsy, and includes accounts from scientists and physicians whose discoveries are improving the quality of lives of people with epilepsy.
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Australian alcohol consumption rises for the first time in 9 years
AUSTRALIA – Alcohol consumption is up in Australia for the first time in nine years, with the average person aged more than 15 consuming a combined total of 9.7 litres of pure alcohol in 2016, up from 9.52 litres in 2015, according to a new research revealed by IBISWorld.
According to the findings, beer consumption was the major cause for the rise, with ciders popularity also increasing strongly and steadily, with per capita consumption expected to rise to an annual rate of 13.3% over the five years through 2017-2018.
"Per capita alcohol consumption is expected to reach 9.72 litres in 2017-18. It's an interesting result as we are seeing lower consumption rates among young adults, those aged 15-24," said IBISWorld senior industry analyst James Thomson.
According to IBISWorld, the increase in taxation of alcohol and anti-alcohol advocacy have often contributed to a long-term decline in per capita alcohol consumption over the past decade, and should be encouraged to continue in the future.
However, the rising consumer preferences have led to consumers spending more on alcohol, as they search for quality over quantity and has resulted to the alcohol sectors enjoyed increased revenue growth over the years.
Mr Thomson added, "Consumers are increasingly seeking artisanal and high-quality beverages, while also looking for authentic experiences, such as visiting small breweries, distilleries and cellar doors.
This trend has contributed to strong revenue growth for many small-scale alcohol producers, such as craft breweries and boutique wineries."
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The Charger, part the next.
Well, internauts, your day is made. I'm here with the latest and most fabulous of updates on The Dodge.
The Charger gets a front row spot.
Driving the car means understanding it a bit more, to figure out what needs to be done, and what I want to do (as before, 2 different lists!) Before driving the car out to dinner, I had to figure out why the dash lights weren't working. I think I mentioned before (as if anyone would have read that) that the fancy electro-luminescent lighting on the dash of this car is powered by a little power pack under the dash that takes the 12V DC that the car uses for… everything else, and converts it to about 250V AC, to power the lighting panels. Anyhow, those little boxes are notorious for getting old and ceasing to function. They can be rebuilt (looks pretty simple), or replaced with an updated replacement made by a specialist. I had previously ordered a replacement unit, and it arrived! Removed the old unit, installed the new one and… No joy. Still didn't work. Sigh. Out comes the cluster.
The back of the dash cluster. Fancy!
Turns out, the cluster is pretty easy to remove from the dash in this car. Well, especially easy since all the screws were already removed – I discovered them rolling about in the bottom of the console storage compartment, so at least I didn't have to chase down new ones!
The cluster is interesting (to me, at least) in that each instrument is just wired individually – no flexible printed circuit board like most American cars seemed to use in that era. So, remove the screws, put a bit of tape on the steering column to protect it, and slide the cluster forward – reach under the dash to unscrew the speedometer cable, and then pull the cluster a bit farther forward, reach around and pop off all those little wires. Oh, take pictures like this one, so you know where the wires went!
The cluster alights! All, a – lit – up! Woot!
Yes, lights! Dazzling. Really, it *is* a pretty cool dash. Very retro-futuristic, and one of the things that made me want one of these cars – now I just have to find a functioning Oil and Temp gauge, and of course restore the thing cosmetically. But it works. Reinstalled it into the car, and… Stopped working. Disconnected the radio and console leads (they're both also EL lit) and it still didn't work. Removed the new, fancy power supply unit and put back the 47 year old one and… It works. I don't know if that power supply was defective originally, or got killed by the same short that didn't really bother the original unit. I have since bench tested the replacement module, and it's giving 190V with no load, but again, I don't know if that's how it was, or how it is, dig? Dig.
So, with dash lights in place, we were able to take the car to dinner that evening. Rolled up, and naturally the valets just move a few cones, and wave us into the spot in front of the door. 2 factors here – 1) It's always a good idea to drive a cool old car to a nice restaurant. Everybody likes it. The owner of this particular restaurant drives a certain 1968 Camaro you may have seen somewhere nearby, for instance. This leads to the 2nd factor – it's good to be friendly with the natives! They keep an eye out for you.
Well, driving the car about uncovered the leaking heater core (of course), which I ordered a replacement for, Saturday delivery. Arrived damaged. Of course. Ordered a replacement replacement, and it's only a little dinged up from the shipping (why do they just put these things in ill-fitting boxes?!), but it's also a not-very-nice looking aluminum thing, rather than brass. Oh, well, I'll install it. Only temporary until the AC unit goes in next spring.
The other thing we noted in riding in the car was the ill-fitting windows. Part of that is the sagging drivers door. Or, rather the mis-aligned door. See, I thought it was a typical sagging hinge, but if you mostly shut the door, and lift UP on it, it really doesn't wobble like a typical worn hinge. It's actually pretty stable. I noted some shims between the lower hinge and the door (easier than removing the front fender to access the bolts and slide the hinge, I suppose. I noted them, observed them, pondered them, then added another shim to each bolt hole, bringing the door up enough to where it actually lines up and shuts pretty well. Improvement! Then I popped off the door panel on that door, and adjusted the glass a bit. The rear glass needs the upper stop adjusted (it goes up too far) but that side is now pretty tight. I need to order a full weatherstripping kit. Someone remind me about that.
Holley the dog awaits. Lurking, looming, wondering.
Luckily, there was a spare 770 Holley available from a previous project. So, off with the Edelbrock, on with the Holley! 20 minute job, and we're off to the races. Or, not, of course. I ordered a Lokar throttle cable and kickdown cable set as well, and got those installed. Dropped the carb on. And… no fit. The intake has a weird bump where the fast idle screw on the Holley is. Sigh. Off to Barnett Performance (THE SOUTH'S Racing Equipment HEADQUARTERS!) to pick up a 1/2″ spacer. I like to run a 4 hole spacer anyhow, so this wasn't the end of the world. Now, part of the install was also removing the giant factory brackets for the throttle cable and transmission throttle levers. Big steel rods and levers, held on to the engine by the intake manifold bolts. Loosened the bolts and heard a disconcerting <thwok> noise.
Sigh. I know that noise from my years running a 351C Ford motor. It's the steel valley pan gasket slipping. Yup, couldn't get the bolts back in past it on that corner. Loosen all the bolts (only 8 on a MOPAR big block, interesting!) and still no joy. Back to BARNETT PERFORMANCE for a new gasket. While I was there, my salesguy helpfully signed me up for their RACER PROGRAM thing, and now I get a pretty decent discount on parts. Which is cool. Be awesome if they carried Hotchkis, but they do carry sell Wilwood, which could be handy.
Ta-DA! Isn't that just better, really?
Anyhow, cleaned the head and manifold mating surfaces, decided which of the gaskets to use (pan only, pan and paper gasket sandwich, or some partial combo). I went with pan, and paper between pan and aluminum intake. Whatever. On, and it works. Oh, I added a fuel filter, too. There wasn't one. When I dumped the fuel out of the old carb, out came all kinds of junk – the type of junk you might want in a filter, instead.
So, the next little annoyance is a preponderance of header exhaust leaks. They guy I bought the car from had the headers installed, and I don't think he drove the car much. I really doubt he ever snugged up those header bolts. So, I got the motor hot, and went around with a wrench to tighten the bolts up. Well, a couple of wrenches, since there is a combination of studs and bolts holding them on. Got them all snugged down, and only one felt a little… odd. And that's the corner where, after my work, there was still a leak. Sigh. Back to that bolt Yeah, it's weird… It's… Stripped out. I pulled the bolt, and someone had put in a 2 1/2″ bolt, completely slathered in sealer. See, that bolt hole goes into the water jacket on the head – I figure the header installer was smart enough to know that, loaded up the bolt with sealer, essentially glued it in place, and sent the car on its way. Greaaaatt…..
The only saving grace is that this was the *only* mildly accessible hole on the heads.
Drilling out a 440 exhaust stud hole.
Passenger side, front. So, I spent just about an hour running around gathering supplies, and just about 20 minutes actually fixing the problem correctly. Drilled out the hole with a right angle drill and a barely short enough 25/64 bit, tapped the hole, inserted a 3/8″ heli-coil, and reinstalled a bolt with sealer on it. Bippity-BAM! Loosen the rear bolt on that header tube, tighten the front and rear in equal steps (to avoid distorting the flange), and we're leak free on that cylinder. Huzzah!
See that header tube? The one that's been "clearanced" to fit around the shock tower? Yeah, I'm not sure what headers these are, but they are VERY close to the shock tower on the passenger side, and hitting the steering box on the passenger side. I need to take some measurements, but I'm hoping that the issue is bad motor mounts, or perhaps even the incorrect parts, holding the motor too low in the engine compartment. I'll look into that.
Well, Charger-fans, see you next time, on ChargerChat!
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Disney Trip - Day 4
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Day 4, well, day 3 really, we had reservations at the SciFi Diner at MGM, so our destination was set when we dragged ourselves out of bed. After yet another late night spent playing games in the arcade, we once again got a late start that morning. I believe we finally got our gear together and made it to the bus stop around 10AM. The whole way through the resort we were stuffing snacks into all available facial cavities with Lisa grumbling that she would really like to eat a real breakfast for once.
The bus picked us up at the terminal and we walked through the gates at MGM somewhere around 10:30AM.
This family is a big bunch of nerds (pay close attention and you'll notice Talen is dressed as Indiana Jones), so right through the gates we hooked a left and made a beeline for the Star Tours ride. We knew we were getting close when we saw the AT-AT peeking over the top of an ewok village. The line was fairly short, so we ran past the jedi training platform and made our way beneath the ewok village, past an x-wing and various robots, to the staging area for the ride.
Lisa gets car sick. She also doesn't do well on motion-simulated rides.
It was really too bad she got nauseous. The rest of us wanted to go back and ride again a few more times. Well, ok, Talen, Izzy, and I wanted to ride again. I think Raven isn't as into Star Wars as she *should* be.
After the ride we had to walk through the Star Wars gift shop. It was only through sheer willpower that we made it through with our wallets intact. It's tough being a parent sometimes. My kids pick up a custom built light saber and say, "I want this," and the first thing I want to say is, "Me too!"
Outside, the kids waited in line to have their picture taken on the speeder bike outside of the shop. There was a moment of crisis when Izzy got on the speeder first, and Talen approached full meltdown status for a few seconds. The park employee taking pictures at the ride offered to let Talen hold her lightsaber if he would cool it, and a lightsaber makes everything better.
Lisa saw a sign outside of the ride for "Jedi Training." A group of kids were already on the platform receiving tutelage from a Jedi master, and we were all in.
"It says sign ups are in the studio," Lisa said. "We should go ahead and sign up."
I waved two fingers in an arc. "It's not even noon yet, we have plenty of time. Let's go to the Indiana Jones ride instead."
Lisa laughed and told me that my jedi mind tricks wouldn't work on her. Then she bit the head off of a frog-looking thing and dropped me in a rancor pit. So we went and signed up right away, over my protestations. When the guy signing kids up told us that the only openings were in the last two groups of the day, Lisa gave me the look of triumph. I let her enjoy it, because I am, in fact, very rarely wrong. More importantly, she saved me from being forced to explain why we couldn't go to Jedi training.
We made our way around the rest of the park. The kids all enjoyed the Indiana Jones and Muppets shows. After we left the muppets show, Lisa saw a huge kermit statue and wanted me to take their picture in front of it. Everyone climbed up and got ready to take a picture, and right before I hit the button a park employee started yelling for them to get down. So we got an awesome picture with the family looking pissed in front of kermit.
We hit all of the other rides except the Toy Story ride (they ran out of fast passes and it had a 2 hour wait) and the Aerosmith roller coaster (because Aerosmith sucks and the little ones couldn't ride). On our way around the park I had been talking about how awesome the Tower of Terror was, and by the time we completed our circuit the kids were all hyped.
"Is it like the drop zone?" Lisa asked.
"Not exactly," I said.
"Does it just drop, or does it drop a little bit, then stop, then drop the rest of the way?" Lisa asked.
"I can't remember," I lied.
Raven was a little scared going through the line. Talen did not give a single fuck, though.Check out his picture (below, right). Does he look scared? He was too busy making fun of Raven to be scared. One word about the Haunted Mansion and he would lose it, but he was ready to hop right on this ride.
I suppose it's a creepy scene for a five year old, but I grew up watching shows like Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, and Amazing Stories so I have some bias. Lisa picked up Raven and we rolled up to the elevator car. After a bit more reassurance, and a dark trip through the hotel, the doors opened and the elevator car began dropping, shooting back up, then dropping again.
After Lisa stopped yelling at me, we stopped at the booth where they show your picture on the ride. Talen was laughing. Izzy was gripping her seat. Lisa was crying, and Raven was hiding her face in Lisa's lap.
I heard about it for the rest of the trip, but it was worth it.
After a few more rides, Lisa took the kids to the studio so they could get ready for the Jedi training and sent me to get a spot for pictures. I'm telling you, people are very serious about taking pictures of their kids doing stuff. We were about 20 minutes before the start of the show, and people were already there setting up their tripods and steadicams. I picked a spot close to the stage and spent the next 20 minutes fighting off intruders.
The show was one of the high points of the trip. In a nutshell, the Jedi master gives the kids some lightsaber training, which they use to fight Darth Vader when he shows up to lure them to the dark side. If I'm being honest, part of me was hoping that one of my kids would hear me yelling, "If you only knew the power of the dark side," and attack the Jedi master. I'm sure they have some contingency plan for it, which may just be pulling the kids aside before and telling them that joining the dark side warrants a lifetime ban from Disney, but it still would have been funny.
After, we grabbed dinner at the sci-fi diner, which was probably one of my favorite meals while we were at the park. Lisa was twisted when we didn't get to sit in one of the cars, but the food was pretty good and the waitress was super nice. By the time we finished, the park was closing, so we made our way back to our room for the night.
PS, here's a couple more pictures that I couldn't possibly have crammed into the margins without making this post even more of a mess:
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