Sounds like a pretty terrible engine, doesn't it?
Then why are they so darn popular? Well first, we need to take into consideration that the majority of the times that we hear about others vehicles is when they are having problems. They are either just complaining out of sheer frustration or are reporting so that they can find a solution to their problems.
However, there are 6.5s that have upwards of 200, 300 and even 400,000 miles on them and more, so we can't forget the thousands upon thousands of healthy 6.5s out there that have been bringing millions of miles of enjoyment to their owners. We don't hear much from them because there is nothing to report. No news is good news.
So what can we do if we are one of the ones who have issues with our ride?
All of the major issues with the 6.5 durability have been addressed over the years by GM, the aftermarket industry and people like you and me who drive them every day that have come up with our own solutions and share them with others like us.
Cracked heads have been addressed by TSB #1564165. And can be done by ourselves in a decently equipped home shop, or by competent machinists like Ted and Ron at Portland Engine Rebuilders.
Cracked blocks can be fixed by a process known as Lock-n-Stitch. Portland Engine Rebuilders are capable of this repair as well.
A failed PMD is almost guaranteed in a '94 and up 6.5. But it is also one of the easiest improvements to make since it is only a matter of heat causing the failure so merely adding cooling capability and remote mounting solves that incredibly frustrating problem. Leroy Diesel has a great kit for this.
Running hot when towing or after adding performance mods is something many 6.5 turbo diesel owners do not have to deal with. One advantage in owning a GM vehicle is the interchangeability of so many components. After thoroughly cleaning the coolant system, we can swap the water pump, fan clutch and fan from a newer model and see our coolant temps drop dramatically. After all this, if you still need more cooling, I was amazed to see the difference that the Champion radiator made on the cooling of my rig while towing.
The early model DB2 injection pumps had a head and rotor design that caused a hot start failure when pumping thin fuels, whether it was thinned from heat or just thinner alternate fuels. GM put out a fix for that with an improved head and rotor design and is standard for all quality new rebuilds. But you should check with whoever did the rebuild to make sure that it comes with a new head and rotor. Some may try to sell a cheap rebuild by skipping this vital part.
One of the most common problems with the 6.5 turbo diesel (or for the Ford Powerstrokes too for that matter) is blown head gaskets. GM worked closely with Fel-Pro to come up with an improved gasket design that solved the issue entirely under normal conditions.
When we want to go to the higher power levels (and we do) we are going to be pushing way more air into the cylinders to burn all the fuel that we will be dumping into it. So that means we'll have to handle more heat and more pressure.
Welp, there's an app for that.
It's called ARP head studs. Replacing the stock torque-to-yield bolts with more strength and holding pressure, ARP head studs are all you need to hold her together. We show you how to properly install them here.
So, as you can see there are really no major problems that haven't been addressed and solved over the years. You CAN have that 6.5 durability with a reliable and powerful turbo diesel in your truck.
In addition to the solutions above to the most common failures, there are several things that you can do to add much more durability to your truck.
With a gear drive timing set, you will never have to replace another timing chain again. And will improve performance in addition to that.
A Fluidampr harmonic balancer will stop vibrations that are known to break cranks with the stock balancer installed. Read how to install your Fluidampr here.
A partial bypass of the oil pressure switch and upgrading to heavy duty wiring for the lift pump will almost eliminate lift pump failures from a worn oil pressure switch.
Stainless steel braided Teflon oil cooler hoses will be a life-long addition to your truck and prevent engine failure from a hose that has popped loose from either the block or the cooler causing a total loss of oil pressure.
Big batteries will do nothing if you can't get the power to the starter. Installing heavy duty battery cables will allow the batteries to do their jobs. We show you PT Wiring Solution's huge 2/0 battery cable set that is the best you can find.
Keep her cool! Overheating is an all to common issue with our rigs. We go through a full install of the best upgrades to your cooling system here.
6.5 durability is not impossible to achieve in our engines, so follow along as we address each of these issues and more. Then jump in and get that 6.5 turbo diesel of yours running as reliable as it can be!


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Filename: MLB_2002_1403_LG.jpg
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In this episode of Life, the Universe & Everything Else, Ashlyn is joined by Laura, Gem, and Lauren to discuss oppression, privilege, and intersectionality, both in society at large and as it relates to the skeptical community, and then the panel caps off the episode with a game of Name That Holiday Tradition!
Note: Due to technical issues, we needed to switch over to our backup recording near the end of the episode, so we apologize for the decrease in audio quality. And continuing in our tradition of stealing games from other podcasts, this episode's game is in the spirit of Pat Roach's "Name That" from The Reality Check. If you don't listen to that excellent podcast, you probably should!
Correction: The ability to read is apparently not one of Gem's strengths, as he insisted on pronouncing "Befana" as "Bellfana" for most of the recording. Sorry about that.
Posted by Gem Newman on 15 December 2014 in Geekery, Humanism, News, Politics, Skepticism and tagged christmas, feminism, holidays, intersectionality, misogyny, oppression, privilege, racism, sexism.


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	module Dawn
		module Kb
			# Automatically created with rake on 2013-05-30
			class CVE_2011_2932
				include DependencyCheck

				def initialize
          message = "Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/output_safety.rb in Ruby on Rails 2.x before 2.3.13, 3.0.x before 3.0.10, and 3.1.x before 3.1.0.rc5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a malformed Unicode string, related to a \"UTF-8 escaping vulnerability.\""
          super({
            :name=>"CVE-2011-2932",
            :cvss=>"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N",
            :release_date => Date.new(2011, 8, 29),
            :cwe=>"79",
            :owasp=>"A3",
            :applies=>["rails"],
            :kind=>Dawn::KnowledgeBase::DEPENDENCY_CHECK,
            :message=>message,
            :mitigation=>"Please upgrade rails version at least to 2.3.13, 3.0.10, 3.1.0. As a general rule, using the latest stable rails version is recommended.",
            :aux_links=>["http://secunia.com/advisories/45917"]
          })

          self.safe_dependencies = [{:name=>"rails", :version=>['2.3.13', '3.0.10', '3.1.0']}]

				end
			end
		end
	end

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Those who are consistently make money in the real estate know market. And they know a location and also the history. They also know what the new developments planned. And they know about transportation and also the schools. They also know all things about an area where they invest. They should know this all. Staying ahead of a competition in the real estate investment means by doing the homework. If you are the new into a business, this will be daunting but in these articles we will tell you best tricks that old pros use to get ahead of trends of chasing them.
The 1st things to study are a present price trend in an area. For example, the potential investor must look to view if a price of the houses has accelerating very faster in the one area than in the others. Next thing is that you have to check to view if an average house price is greater than in the other neighboring towns. It will give the idea in where a largest demand is. The other reason to study the trends is over time you can start to improve the sense for that price is fair for the certain properties and also that are overpriced. For the individuals looking to purchase the property for sale in Bhopal at a lowest cost possible, this knowledge will be invaluable. The realtors and the real estate agents are the terrific source for the information given the access into the MLS (Multiple Listing Service). A local newspaper, an internet and also a town hall can have the record of the recent sale prices well.
One sign that the area is up and also coming and this can be desirable in a future is a development of the new infrastructure. When you view the new roads and also the schools build, this is the sign that a community is set for the growth spurt. Investing in the growing community will be too profitable. And the certain types of the development like the new shopping centers can be extremely very attractive to the house buyers and also can be help keep a tax base low. Spotting the new developments will be easy looking out the car window you drive. The Telltale signs of the land creating, beginnings or surveying of the construction in or around main roadways are so pretty large tip – offs. Look for the widening of the traffic lanes, an installation of the turnaround lanes and erection of the new traffic lights. All suggest a possibility of the raised traffic flow. Next, see town hall at a municipality or a country level and then speak with a road and a building department. They must be aware of any of the major projects slated to start in an area and also they can be able to give you with the connection at a state level so you may find if the state owned roads or the properties slated for the development well. The real estate agents have the general idea what fresh projects about is to be undertaken.
If there are the two towns side by side, in these one with the high property taxes and the other with the low property taxes – one with a lower tax can normally be more in the demand. The real estate agents will help you to determine which areas have good and also worst tax structures. The simple call into a local tax assessor will reveal how much town charges in the taxes per hundred dollar of the home. An assessor will also let know when a last time an area evaluated by a township. Watch to view if the reassessment is set to take the place in a near future as this can mean that the property taxes are to go up. Beware of the towns and the communities which are becoming very crowded. The signs include the schools filled into capacity and the inferior roadways. It could mean town can has to do some of the major construction for accommodate an influx of the people. These are the best tips for you so be ready to follow this.


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void *
lnumber_create_from_double(struct lemon *lemon, double value);

static struct lobject *
lnumber_div(struct lemon *lemon, struct lnumber *a, struct lobject *b)
{
	double value;
	if (lobject_is_number(lemon, b)) {
		value = ((struct lnumber *)b)->value;
		if (value == 0.0) {
			return lobject_error_arithmetic(lemon,
			                                "divide by zero '%@/0'",
			                                a);
		}

		return lnumber_create_from_double(lemon, a->value / value);
	}

	if (lobject_is_integer(lemon, b)) {
		if (linteger_to_long(lemon, b) == 0) {
			return lobject_error_arithmetic(lemon,
			                                "divide by zero '%@/0'",
			                                a);
		}
		value = linteger_to_long(lemon, b);

		return lnumber_create_from_double(lemon, a->value / value);
	}

	return lobject_default(lemon,
	                       (struct lobject *)a,
	                       LOBJECT_METHOD_DIV, 1, &b);
}

static struct lobject *
lnumber_destroy(struct lemon *lemon, struct lnumber *lnumber)
{
	return NULL;
}

static struct lobject *
lnumber_string(struct lemon *lemon, struct lnumber *lnumber)
{
	char buffer[256];

	snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%f", lnumber->value);
	buffer[sizeof(buffer) - 1] = '\0';

	return lstring_create(lemon, buffer, strlen(buffer));
}

static struct lobject *
lnumber_method(struct lemon *lemon,
               struct lobject *self,
               int method, int argc, struct lobject *argv[])
{
#define cast(a) ((struct lnumber *)(a))

#define binop(op) do {                                             \
	double value;                                              \
	if (lobject_is_number(lemon, argv[0])) {                   \
		value = cast(argv[0])->value;                      \
		value = cast(self)->value op value;                \
		return lnumber_create_from_double(lemon, value);   \
	}                                                          \
	if (lobject_is_integer(lemon, argv[0])) {                  \
		value = (double)linteger_to_long(lemon, argv[0]);  \
		value = cast(self)->value op value;                \
		return lnumber_create_from_double(lemon, value);   \
	}                                                          \
	return lobject_default(lemon, self, method, argc, argv);   \
} while (0)

#define cmpop(op) do {                                             \
	double value;                                              \
	if (lobject_is_number(lemon, argv[0])) {                   \
		value = cast(argv[0])->value;                      \
		if (cast(self)->value op value) {                  \
			return lemon->l_true;                      \
		}                                                  \
		return lemon->l_false;                             \
	}                                                          \
	if (lobject_is_integer(lemon, argv[0])) {                  \
		value = (double)linteger_to_long(lemon, argv[0]);  \
		if (cast(self)->value op value) {                  \
			return lemon->l_true;                      \
		}                                                  \
		return lemon->l_false;                             \
	}                                                          \
	return lobject_default(lemon, self, method, argc, argv);   \
} while (0)

	switch (method) {
	case LOBJECT_METHOD_ADD:
		binop(+);

	case LOBJECT_METHOD_SUB:
		binop(-);

	case LOBJECT_METHOD_MUL:
		binop(*);

	case LOBJECT_METHOD_DIV:
		return lnumber_div(lemon, cast(self), argv[0]);

	case LOBJECT_METHOD_MOD: {
		double value;
		if (lobject_is_number(lemon, argv[0])) {
			value = cast(argv[0])->value;
			value = fmod(cast(self)->value, value);
			return lnumber_create_from_double(lemon, value);
		}
		if (lobject_is_integer(lemon, argv[0])) {
			value = (double)linteger_to_long(lemon, argv[0]);
			value = fmod(cast(self)->value, value);
			return lnumber_create_from_double(lemon, value);
		}
		return lobject_default(lemon, self, method, argc, argv);
	}

	case LOBJECT_METHOD_POS:
		return self;

	case LOBJECT_METHOD_NEG:
		return lnumber_create_from_double(lemon, -cast(self)->value);

	case LOBJECT_METHOD_LT:
		cmpop(<);

	case LOBJECT_METHOD_LE:
		cmpop(<=);

	case LOBJECT_METHOD_EQ:
		cmpop(==);

	case LOBJECT_METHOD_NE:
		cmpop(!=);

	case LOBJECT_METHOD_GE:
		cmpop(>=);

	case LOBJECT_METHOD_GT:
		cmpop(>);

	case LOBJECT_METHOD_HASH:
		return linteger_create_from_long(lemon,
		                                 (long)cast(self)->value);

	case LOBJECT_METHOD_NUMBER:
		return self;

	case LOBJECT_METHOD_BOOLEAN:
		if (cast(self)->value) {
			return lemon->l_true;
		}
		return lemon->l_false;

	case LOBJECT_METHOD_STRING:
		return lnumber_string(lemon, cast(self));

	case LOBJECT_METHOD_INTEGER:
		return linteger_create_from_long(lemon,
		                                 (long)cast(self)->value);

	case LOBJECT_METHOD_DESTROY:
		return lnumber_destroy(lemon, cast(self));

	default:
		return lobject_default(lemon, self, method, argc, argv);
	}
}

double
lnumber_to_double(struct lemon *lemon, struct lobject *self)
{
	return ((struct lnumber *)self)->value;
}

void *
lnumber_create(struct lemon *lemon)
{
	struct lnumber *self;

	self = lobject_create(lemon, sizeof(*self), lnumber_method);

	return self;
}

void *
lnumber_create_from_long(struct lemon *lemon, long value)
{
	struct lnumber *self;

	self = lnumber_create(lemon);
	if (self) {
		self->value = (double)value;
	}

	return self;
}

void *
lnumber_create_from_cstr(struct lemon *lemon, const char *value)
{
	struct lnumber *self;

	self = lnumber_create(lemon);
	if (self) {
		self->value = strtod(value, NULL);
	}

	return self;
}

void *
lnumber_create_from_double(struct lemon *lemon, double value)
{
	struct lnumber *self;

	self = lnumber_create(lemon);
	if (self) {
		self->value = value;
	}

	return self;
}

static struct lobject *
lnumber_type_method(struct lemon *lemon,
                    struct lobject *self,
                    int method, int argc, struct lobject *argv[])
{
	switch (method) {
	case LOBJECT_METHOD_CALL: {
		if (argc < 1) {
			return lnumber_create_from_double(lemon, 0.0);
		}

		if (lobject_is_integer(lemon, argv[0])) {
			double value;

			value = linteger_to_long(lemon, argv[0]);
			return lnumber_create_from_double(lemon, value);
		}

		if (lobject_is_string(lemon, argv[0])) {
			const char *cstr;

			cstr = lstring_to_cstr(lemon, argv[0]);
			return lnumber_create_from_cstr(lemon, cstr);
		}

		return lobject_error_type(lemon,
		                          "number() accept integer or string");
	}

	case LOBJECT_METHOD_CALLABLE:
		return lemon->l_true;

	default:
		return lobject_default(lemon, self, method, argc, argv);
	}
}

struct ltype *
lnumber_type_create(struct lemon *lemon)
{
	struct ltype *type;

	type = ltype_create(lemon,
	                    "number",
	                    lnumber_method,
	                    lnumber_type_method);
	if (type) {
		lemon_add_global(lemon, "number", type);
	}

	return type;
}


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Q: Check user is following the route or not (iphone) i am making an navigation based application. In this application i am drawing a route from points selected by the user. I have requirement of recalculating route if user is not following the route.
for Calculating the route i have used Google direction API. and for drawing the route i have used this code
- (void) drawRoute:(NSArray *) path
{
    NSInteger numberOfSteps = path.count;
    [self.objMapView removeOverlays: self.objMapView.overlays];

    CLLocationCoordinate2D coordinates[numberOfSteps];
    for (NSInteger index = 0; index < numberOfSteps; index++)
    {
        CLLocation *location = [path objectAtIndex:index];
        CLLocationCoordinate2D coordinate = location.coordinate;

        coordinates[index] = coordinate;
    }

    for( id <MKOverlay> ovr in [self.objMapView overlays])
    {
        MKPolylineView *polylineView = [[MKPolylineView alloc] initWithPolyline:ovr];

        if (polylineView.tag == 22)
        {
            [self.objMapView removeOverlay:ovr];
        }
        [polylineView release];
    }

    MKPolyline *polyLine = [MKPolyline polylineWithCoordinates:coordinates count:numberOfSteps];
    [self.objMapView addOverlay:polyLine];

}

Till now every thing is okey.
Now, i want a notification if user is out of route (more than 100 meters).and i can get the notification also
PROBLEM:~ if road is straight (more than 100mt) then i cant get points on the road. To explain the problem i have attached the image...

In this image suppose black line is my path (polyline) and red circles are the points i got form google apis. but in the straight path shown as blue circle i cant get points to compare and in this path recalculation function is called.
Can any one tell me the solution from which i can get all points of route even if it is a straight road.

A: I know this is an old thread, but recently ran into the same problem and found an OK solution.
The concept is that you don't calculate the distance to EACH line segment but only to the TWO segments connected to the closest point.

*

*calculate the distance of your current location to all the points in the
MKPolyline and take the minimum from that. (There's probably some nice way to optimize this. Like not iterating through all the points on every location update, but don't have time to dig in to that now).

*You now know the distance to the closest polyline-point. However that point might still be far away while the polyline itself (connecting this point and the previous or the next point) might be closer. So, calculate the distance between your current location and these two line-segments and you have the closest distance.

Now, this is not waterproof. While it minimizes the nr of api calls, on some occasions (If you have crazy bends and curves in the MKPolyline) it might call the api while not needed, but hey, then the same line will be drawn again, no damage done. In my tests it worked fine and you can also adjust the accuracy. I've set it to 200m (0.2km) in the code below.
//Get Coordinates of points in MKPolyline
NSUInteger pointCount = routeLineGuidanceTurn.pointCount;
CLLocationCoordinate2D *routeCoordinates = malloc(pointCount * sizeof(CLLocationCoordinate2D));
[routeLineGuidanceTurn getCoordinates:routeCoordinates
                         range:NSMakeRange(0, pointCount)];
NSLog(@"route pointCount = %d", pointCount);

//Determine Minimum Distance and GuidancePoints from
double MinDistanceFromGuidanceInKM = 1000;
CLLocationCoordinate2D prevPoint;
CLLocationCoordinate2D pointWithMinDistance;
CLLocationCoordinate2D nextPoint;

for (int c=0; c < pointCount; c++)
{
    double newDistanceInKM = [self distanceBetweentwoPoints:Currentcordinate.latitude longitude:Currentcordinate.longitude Old:routeCoordinates[c].latitude longitude:routeCoordinates[c].longitude];
    if (newDistanceInKM < MinDistanceFromGuidanceInKM) {
        MinDistanceFromGuidanceInKM = newDistanceInKM;
        prevPoint = routeCoordinates[MAX(c-1,0)];
        pointWithMinDistance = routeCoordinates[c];
        nextPoint = routeCoordinates[MIN(c+1,pointCount-1)];
    }
}
free(routeCoordinates);

NSLog(@"MinDistanceBefore: %f",MinDistanceFromGuidanceInKM);

//If minimum distance > 200m we might have to recalc GuidanceLine.
//To be sure we take the two linesegments connected to the point with the shortest distance and calculate the distance from our current position to that linedistance.
if (MinDistanceFromGuidanceInKM > 0.2) {
    MinDistanceFromGuidanceInKM = MIN(MIN([self lineSegmentDistanceFromOrigin:Currentcordinate onLineSegmentPointA:prevPoint pointB:pointWithMinDistance], [self lineSegmentDistanceFromOrigin:Currentcordinate onLineSegmentPointA:pointWithMinDistance pointB:nextPoint]),MinDistanceFromGuidanceInKM);

    if (MinDistanceFromGuidanceInKM > 0.2) {
        // Call the API and redraw the polyline.
    }
}

Here's the fun that calculate sthe distance between two points. I know there is a built in function for it, but had it in my code already.
-(double)distanceBetweentwoPoints:(double)Nlat longitude:(double)Nlon Old:(double)Olat longitude:(double)Olon  {
    //NSLog(@"distanceBetweentwoPoints");
    double Math=3.14159265;
    double radlat1 = Math* Nlat/180;
    double radlat2 = Math * Olat/180;
    double theta = Nlon-Olon;
    double radtheta = Math * theta/180;
    double dist = sin(radlat1) * sin(radlat2) + cos(radlat1) * cos(radlat2) * cos(radtheta);
    if (dist>1) {dist=1;} else if (dist<-1) {dist=-1;}
    dist = acos(dist);
    dist = dist * 180/Math;
    dist = dist * 60 * 1.1515;
    return dist * 1.609344;
}

And here's the bit that calculates the distance between a point and a line segment between two other points. I got this from here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/28028023/3139134 Modified it a bit to work with CLLocationCoordinate2D and return the distance.
- (CGFloat)lineSegmentDistanceFromOrigin:(CLLocationCoordinate2D)origin onLineSegmentPointA:(CLLocationCoordinate2D)pointA pointB:(CLLocationCoordinate2D)pointB {

    CGPoint dAP = CGPointMake(origin.longitude - pointA.longitude, origin.latitude - pointA.latitude);
    CGPoint dAB = CGPointMake(pointB.longitude - pointA.longitude, pointB.latitude - pointA.latitude);
    CGFloat dot = dAP.x * dAB.x + dAP.y * dAB.y;
    CGFloat squareLength = dAB.x * dAB.x + dAB.y * dAB.y;
    CGFloat param = dot / squareLength;

    CGPoint nearestPoint;
    if (param < 0 || (pointA.longitude == pointB.longitude && pointA.latitude == pointB.latitude)) {
        nearestPoint.x = pointA.longitude;
        nearestPoint.y = pointA.latitude;
    } else if (param > 1) {
        nearestPoint.x = pointB.longitude;
        nearestPoint.y = pointB.latitude;
    } else {
        nearestPoint.x = pointA.longitude + param * dAB.x;
        nearestPoint.y = pointA.latitude + param * dAB.y;
    }

    CGFloat dx = origin.longitude - nearestPoint.x;
    CGFloat dy = origin.latitude - nearestPoint.y;
    return sqrtf(dx * dx + dy * dy) * 100;

}

A: For each pair of points in each step, you can calculate the distance between them using the Pythagorean Theorem:
distance = sqrt(  pow((point1.x - point2.x), 2)   +   pow((point1.y - point2.y), 2)  )

Then, if the distance is greater than 100m, add intermediary points along the line segment.

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Go Home «» News «» Sports News «» First Springbok Rugby Championship win in Australia since 2013 (24-8)
First Springbok Rugby Championship win in Australia since 2013 (24-8)
September 3, 2022 Taiwo Gbolagade
In Sydney on Saturday, the Springboks defeated the Wallabies 24-8 to earn extra points in the Rugby Championship and earn their first victory in Australia since 2013.
After losing their previous two games, the Boks were under a lot of pressure going into this one.
However, the one issue that accompanied Jacques Nienaber's squad into the second Test against the Wallabies was not taking use of their chances. They had a far better start than last week as they controlled territory in the early phase.
Due to their poor execution and lack of patience throughout the first half of the game, the South Africans' deficit of 12-3 at the break might have been much worse.
Given their prior throw-in difficulties, the Boks' lineout performance and defence in the first half were both encouraging.
The latter was a significant issue at Adelaide Oval, where some dreadful individual errors proved expensive.
But this past weekend, there was a significant improvement, and the Boks' spirit and tenacity in the second half were outstanding.
The Bulls wing Canan Moodie's try was without a doubt the high point of all the positives in the first half.
The young man made his international debut memorable, becoming the second-youngest Springbok debutant since readmission after veteran Frans Steyn.
In addition to always seeking for work, he also scored the visitors' second try in spectacular manner on the cusp of halftime by demonstrating exceptional awareness, aerial abilities, and timing to catch scrumhalf Jaden Hendrikse's punt from his own territory and sprint to the try line.
The world champions took a 7-0 lead after 15 minutes when inside centre Damian de Allende scored the game's first goal and flyhalf Damian Willemse added the conversion. With a yellow card, Australia lost a man.
With the exception of the two difficult kicks he hooked, the Stormers 10 was simply superb. He was in complete control of his job (after previously excelling at the age of 15 and 12).
Around the halfway point, the hosts scored their first points, and while missed opportunities in the first 40 minutes might have been regretted, the Boks got off to a great start after the break as they worked the ball through the hands and did well to keep it alive, with Franco Mostert stamping on a great team play to take them to a 17-3 lead.
Before any try-scoring action resumed, it was quite some time, but when it did in the 72nd minute, it came in droves.
In the fourth try for the Boks, Makazole Mapimpi once again shown his ability to finish, and as the wing planted the ball, tensions erupted. He received a yellow card, but the damage was already done as Frans Steyn added the additional points to give the Boks a commanding 24-3 lead.
While the Boks were reduced to 13 men after Willie le Roux was also given a yellow card, they had done enough to earn a much-needed victory. The Wallabies secured a consolation try via Pete Samu's late touchdown.
All Blacks' Rugby Championship woes ended with Saturday's 53-3 triumph against Argentina
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Welcome to our first guest contributor, Bob Jaques!
Drawing by animator Abner Kneitel. While working as an animator, Ozark did sports cartoons on the side. This gag cartoon is in reference to the horse races at the Hialeah Park Racetrack that he frequented.
We are thrilled to celebrate Memorial Day, and all our men and women in uniform, with the help of our very first guest contributor Bob Jaques. An acclaimed animation producer and director - currently an Animation Director working on SpongeBob Squarepants, Jaques is a self proclaimed Fleischer Studios fanatic. His blog Popeye Cartoons celebrates, as he states, "the most amazing cartoon character ever created."
An avid amateur animation historian, Jaques comes to us with the fascinating story of Jack Ozark, Fleischer animator turned World War II code-breaker (one of many animators to use his very special set of skills while serving in the armed forces during the War).
This fascinating exhibit includes a number of wonderful drawings that his fellow animators created for Ozark during his time in the service. It's a wonderful tribute to an amazing animator and serviceman, and an important reminder of the power of humor and friendship - even in the most difficult of circumstances.
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Fleischer Studios!
Betty Boop's Veterans Day Salute!
Betty Boop in "There's Something About a Soldier" (1934)
Today we're marking Veterans Day by honoring some of the talented and brave members of the Fleischer Studios family who served in a wide range of capacities during World War II.
Although it's not widely known, a considerable number of animators served in World War II.
While some saw combat, many were called on to use their special blend of artistic talent and technical know-how to create training and educational films for our troops. Still others worked with the signal corp developing and managing communications, and others were enlisted by the government to create films that would help to build morale at home, and encourage Americans to do their part, whether it be by donating scrap metal or buying war bonds.
This historic photo, taken in front of the Fleischer Studio's Miami home, serves to commemorate some of the brave members of the Fleischer Studio family who served their country during World War II.
Myron Waldman (in the photo above, front row and third from the left) enlisted in the Signal Corp and worked with Frank Capra on the Why We Fight series which was created to show American soldiers the reason for U.S. involvement in the war, and later to the public to encourage American support for involvement in the war.
One Fleischer animator who saw combat was Willard Bowsky. Having started with the Studio in the 1920's in New York, Bowsky - whose work can be seen in Talkartoon, Color Classics and Screen Song (Bouncing Ball) films, as well as dozens of classic Betty Boop and Popeye cartoon shorts - moved with the Studio to Florida in 1938, and enlisted in the Army in 1942.
Insignia designed by Willard Bowsky
Eventually assigned to the 14th Armored Division, Bowsky served as platoon leader with fifty men under his command in the 94th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron. Utilizing his artistic skills, he also designed the unit's insignia.
On November 27, 1944, Second Lieutenant Willard Bowsky was killed in action in the midst of a night time fire-fight near Metz, France.
Willard Bowsky was posthumously awarded the Silver Star and the Purple Heart, and is interred at the Lorraine American Cemetery in St. Avold, France.
On this Veterans Day, as we revisit and honor these great heroes of yesteryear, all of us at Fleischer Studios want to offer up our heart felt gratitude and admiration to to the courageous men and women - heroes all - who continue to fight for us today.
Animation: Who and Where
Mayerson on Animation
Willard Bowsky on Wikipedia
World War II and Animation
Thanks for all you do!
Join Betty Boop for National Love Your Red Hair Day!
Sometimes it seems like there is a national holiday for everything, so it might surprise you to discover that November 5, 2015 is the very first ever National Love Your Red Hair Day!!!
What does a day for redheads have to do with Betty Boop?
While we tend to remember Betty as having black hair, she did - for one film - sport a vibrant red do: the 1934 Color Classic Poor Cinderella.
Why was Betty's hair red? Check out Poor Cinderella in our Theater now and find out the answer to this intriguing question and watch this glorious, and very special, film.
Celebrate Grandparents Day with Betty Boop & Grampy!
Click here to watch Betty and Grampy
It's Grandparents Day, the perfect day to celebrate the love and wisdom bestowed upon us by those special people who come into our lives as simply as Grandma and Grandpa, Nana and Pop-pop, Bubby and Pawpaw, Oma and Opa, or Grammy and Grampy. Call them what you will, more often than not, we all know that our own Grandparents are, without a doubt, the absolute best in the world!
At Fleischer Studios, we're celebrating this very special holiday with Betty and Grampy (1935), the first screen appearance of that wacky, wonderful and just plain unstoppable genius called simply Grampy.
From the moment he burst to wonderful life, Grampy was the quintessential grandparent: wise, warm, always ready for fun and full of surprises.
Grampy's ingeniously complicated inventions are often referred to as "Rube Goldberg" machines. As it turns out, this may be no coincidence. Goldberg, a cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor was already well known by the time Grampy first appeared in 1935.
Goldberg was so well-know that by 1931 the Merriam-Webster dictionary had already adopted the phrase "Rube Goldberg" as an adjective defined as accomplishing something simple through complicated means.
Interestingly, Goldberg was born on July 4, 1883 - just two weeks before Max Fleischer himself was born on July 19, 1883!
Many believe Grampy is based chiefly on Max himself, which is also possible. Max, like Grampy, was a life-long tinkerer and inventor with numerous patents to his name. Although he is best remembered for his inventions and innovations in the area of animation, Max actually held a number of patents for some very Grampy-like inventions, including a "Never-Wind" clock!
Max Fleischer himself would go on to become much-beloved grandfather of six, all of whom called him "PopMax." He even lived long enough to meet and enjoy many of his sixteen great-grandchildren before passing away in 1972.
Of course the important thing is that, wherever he came from, Grampy - like most grandparents - holds a very special place in our hearts. We hope you enjoy Betty and Grampy, and share it with someone who makes your heart dance.
And if you need even MORE Grampy, check our YouTube Channel for even more fun-filled films featuring that irrepressible scamp, Grampy!
Fleischer Studios Flag Day Trivia!
Who are the people in this photo?
Answer: Max Fleischer's children: Ruth and Richard!
Taken about 1918 (& likely on Flag Day), this would have been taken only about
three years after President Wilson first declared July 19th as Flag Day.
Ruth went on to work in Fleischer Studios (she was also a performer and was played a featured role in the Carrie of the Chorus series), and married Head Animator Seymour Kneitel.
Richard went on to become an award-winning film director whose credits include
movie classics such as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), The Narrow Margin (1952), Soylent Green (1973), The Vikings (1958), Compulsion (1959), Fantastic Voyage (1966) and The Boston Strangler (1968).
Happy Mothers Day!!!
Happy Mother's Day from all of us at Fleischer Studios!
Whether you're celebrating your own Mom, the kids who made you a mom, or the loving, nurturing spirit of the day, Mothers Day is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the ones who make you feel loved!
And if you're still looking for what to get that very special Betty Boop fan this Mothers Day, check out the gorgeous Betty Boop Roses in the photo above - yes, Betty Boop really does have a variety of rose named for her. They are the perfect way to make someone's day!
Visit A Very Fleischer Christmas Exhibit and download your FREE Betty Boop Holiday Cards!
We're thrilled to announce the launch of our latest exhibit: A Very Fleischer Christmas!
Christmas was a special time at Fleischer Studios. The joy of the season offered studio artists the perfect opportunity to exercise their special brand of zaniness for their own - and each other's - enjoyment.
Now, thanks to this exhibit, we can share the joy and zaniness of having A Very Fleischer Christmas with all of you!
Not only does this exhibit include images from the Fleischer Family Collection of historic, hand drawn Holiday Cards by some of our greatest animators; it even includes actual footage from the Studio's 1935 Holiday Party!
As if all that was't enough, the exhibit also includes a collection of 6 ready-to-download Holiday Cards that were specially created for the launch of this exhibit!
Don't miss this very special exhibit celebrating this most special time of year!


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Biogas is a type of biofuel that is naturally produced from the decomposition of organic waste. When organic matter, such as food scraps and animal waste, break down in an anaerobic environment (an environment absent of oxygen) they release a blend of gases, primarily methane and carbon dioxide.... When we posted about several "green gas" mills being built in the UK, it was easy to get carried away with all the pretty mock-ups of high-tech looking biogas facilities.
"Biogas typically refers to a gas produced by the biological breakdown of organic matter in the absence of oxygen. Organic waste such as dead plant and animal material, animal feces, and kitchen waste can be converted into a gaseous fuel called biogas.... Biogas refers to gases that are derived from the composition of organic materials such as manure and plant remains. These gases can be used as fuels and also to produce electricity.
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A 36-year-old man, Ahmed Musa, has accused one Abdulkareem Hasimu, the new husband of his former wife, Fatima, of enticing her to leave his house.
Musa, a resident of Turaki Street, Jos told a Jos Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuma Nama, that Fatima was still legally married to him when she contracted her marriage to Hasimu.
Musa, who filed a direct complaint to the court on June 7, also accused Fatima of adultery and polyandry. The duo are standing trial for enticement, adultery, criminal intimidation, causing grievous hurt and theft.
The offences, according to Mr S. A. Abba, counsel to the complainant, contravene sections 389, 387, 396, 240 and 287 of the penal code.
"Musa married Fatima in 2014, but she left him in 2016 `without any quarrel', and married Hasimu.
"When he (Musa) went to Hasimu's house to challenge him to leave his wife, Hasimu beat him up and stole his mobile phone worth N100,000," he told the court.
The accused persons, who pleaded not guilty, drew the court's attention to its own records indicating that the marriage between Musa and Fatima was dissolved in Dec. 15, 2015.
Musa, however, rejected the said record and insisted that he was still legally married to Fatima when she married Hasimu in 2016.
The duo prayed the court for bail, citing section 36 (1) of the 1999 constitution which stated that an accused person was presumed innocent until otherwise proven.
The judge, Mr Yahaya Mohammed, after listening to the plea, admitted the accused persons to bail in the sum of N200,000 with one surety each, who must be either their marriage guardian or Imam.
Mohammed, thereafter, adjourned the matter to July 20, for hearing.


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The Russian Revolution and the Vindication of Permanent Revolution
Lenin returns to Russia in April 1917
Between 1914 and 1917 Lenin and Trotsky foresaw that the imperialist war would set the stage for revolutionary eruptions in Europe. This perspective was vindicated with the outbreak of the February Revolution, which arose out of the war and its extreme exacerbation of the crisis of Russian society. After the February Revolution of 1917 overthrew the Tsar, the Mensheviks sided with the bourgeois Provisional Government and opposed a revolution of the working class. The Provisional Government defended capitalist property relations, continued to prosecute the war, and opposed the distribution of land to the peasantry. Lenin returned to Russia in April and, repudiating in practice the longstanding Bolshevik program of the democratic dictatorship, called for the working class to oppose the Provisional Government and take power through the Soviets.
This position validated and endorsed, in all essentials, Trotsky's Theory of Permanent Revolution, which had, to an extraordinary degree, anticipated the actual course of revolutionary developments and laid the foundations, theoretically and politically, for Lenin's decisive reorientation of the Bolshevik Party in April 1917. Lenin's adoption of Trotsky's perspective was bitterly opposed by many "Old Bolsheviks," including Stalin. Prior to Lenin's return to Russia in April 1917, the position taken by Stalin, as editor of Pravda, the Bolshevik newspaper, was that critical support should be given to the Provisional government. He also advocated support for the continuation of the war effort.
In the months leading up to the overthrow of the bourgeois Provisional Government, Lenin undertook an extensive study of the writings of Marx and Engels on the subject of the state. This work answered the opportunists who were striving to portray the state as a supra-class institution, which existed to reconcile and arbitrate differences between classes. Lenin called attention to Engels's definition of the state as a coercive instrument employed by the bourgeoisie to defend its rule, and to oppress and exploit the working class. This definition, Lenin argued, had lost none of its relevance in the twentieth century. On the contrary:
Imperialism—the era of bank capital, the era of gigantic capitalist monopolies, of the development of monopoly capitalism into state-monopoly capitalism—has clearly shown an extraordinary strengthening of the "state machine" and an unprecedented growth in its bureaucratic and military apparatus in connection with the intensification of repressive measures against the proletariat both in the monarchical and in the freest, republican countries.[1]
In October 1917, the Bolsheviks, having won the majority in the Petrograd Soviet, organized an insurrection under the leadership of Trotsky, overthrew the Provisional Government and transferred power to the Soviets. Serious historical research has refuted claims that the October Revolution was a conspiratorial "putsch" undertaken by the Bolsheviks without mass support.[2] In fact, there existed overwhelming support in the working class of Petrograd, the Russian capital, for the overthrow of the bourgeois regime. However, within the Bolshevik leadership there was substantial opposition. Lev Kamenev and Grigory Zinoviev, who were among Lenin's closest collaborators, were convinced that an insurrection would meet with disaster. They anticipated insurmountable obstacles to the victory of the revolution. They stressed the still substantial military forces commanded by Kerensky, the leader of the Provisional Government, and the artillery that was deployed around the capital. As it turned out, the calculations of the Bolshevik opponents of insurrection were far off the mark. The overthrow of the Provisional Government was achieved with remarkable ease, and with very little bloodshed. Trotsky, commenting later on the significance of the struggle within the Bolshevik Party that preceded the insurrection, noted:
...there are two types of leaders who incline to drag the party back at the very moment when it must take a stupendous leap forward. Some among them generally tend to see mainly the difficulties and obstacles in the way of revolution, and to estimate each situation with a preconceived, though not always conscious, intention of avoiding any action. Marxism in their hands is turned into a method for establishing the impossibility of revolutionary action. The purest specimens of this type are the Russian Mensheviks. But this type as such is not confined to Menshevism, and at the most critical movement it suddenly manifests itself in responsible posts in the most revolutionary party.
The representatives of the second variety are distinguished by their superficial and agitational approach. They never see any obstacles or difficulties until they come into a head-on collision with them. The capacity for surmounting real obstacles by means of bombastic phrases, the tendency to evince lofty optimism on all questions ("the ocean is only knee deep"), is inevitably transformed into its polar opposite when the hour for decisive action strikes. To the first type of revolutionist, who makes mountains out of molehills, the problems of seizing power lie in heaping up and multiplying to the nth degree all the difficulties he has become accustomed to see in his way. To the second type, the superficial optimist, the difficulties of revolutionary action always come as a surprise. In the preparatory period the behavior of the two is different: the former is a skeptic, upon whom one cannot rely too much, that is, in a revolutionary sense; the latter, on the contrary, may seem a fanatic revolutionist. But at the decisive moment, the two march hand in hand; they both oppose the insurrection.[3]
The Russian Revolution provided an impulse for upheavals throughout the world. The revolutionary government called for an end to the war, released secret treaties exposing the imperialist designs of the belligerents, and urged workers to rise up against their governments. The Mensheviks remained intransigent in their opposition to the overthrow of the Provisional Government, despite the fact that the Bolshevik-led revolution clearly enjoyed mass support. Even after the overthrow, the Mensheviks rebuffed efforts of moderate Bolsheviks such as Kamenev to draw them into a socialist coalition government. The Mensheviks insisted that their price for any collaboration with the Bolsheviks was not only the removal of Lenin and Trotsky from any positions of power but also having them handed over to police authorities!
The failure of the Bolshevik Party to come to power could only have led to a counter-revolution, resulting in the restoration of the Tsar or the establishment of a military dictatorship. Once the bourgeoisie and its imperialist patrons recovered from their initial shock, they instigated a civil war with the aim of destroying the revolutionary regime. The Red Army was formed, under the leadership of Trotsky, to defend the Soviet regime against counterrevolution. Trotsky proved to be a military strategist and organizer of genius. His success as the leader of the Red Army reflected his incomparable understanding of the objective tasks confronting the working class and his ability to convey that understanding to the masses.
Leon Trotsky speaks to soldiers of the Red Army
In a speech delivered in April 1918, Trotsky explained:
History is no indulgent, soft mother who will protect the working class: she is a wicked stepmother who will teach the workers through bloody experience how they must attain their aims. The working people are readily inclined to forgive and forget: it is enough for the conditions of struggle to have become a little easier, enough for them to have won something, for it to seem to them that the main job has been done, and they are disposed to show magnanimity, to become passive, to stop fighting. In this lies the misfortune of the working people. But the possessing classes never give up the struggle. They have been educated to offer constant opposition to the pressure of the working masses, and any passivity, indecision, or wavering on our part results in our exposing our weak spot to blows of the possessing classes so that tomorrow or the next day they inevitably launch a new onslaught upon us. The working class needs not the universal forgiveness that Tolstoy preached, but hard tempering, intransigence, profound conviction that without struggle for every step, every inch of the road leading to betterment of its life, without constant, irreconcilable harsh struggle, and without organization of this struggle, there can be no salvation and liberation.[4]
The Bolsheviks were convinced that the fate of the Russian Revolution depended upon the extension of the revolution beyond the borders of Soviet Russia. This position was held by the finest representatives of international socialism. Defending the Bolsheviks, Rosa Luxemburg wrote, "Lenin and Trotsky and their friends were the first, those who went ahead as an example to the proletariat of the world; they are still the only ones up to now who can cry with Hutten: 'I have dared!'"
The Russian Revolution transformed the question of socialism from a purely theoretical into a practical question. However, Luxemburg insisted that the fate of the Russian Revolution depended on the outcome of the class struggle beyond the borders of Russia. "In Russia the problem could only be posed," she wrote. "It could not be solved in Russia. And in this sense, the future everywhere belongs to 'Bolshevism.'"[5] The bourgeoisie saw in the emerging revolutionary movements its most dangerous opponents. The combined forces of world imperialism organized an intervention in Russia in support of counter-revolution. In Germany, the forces of reaction, in league with the Social Democrats who had been raised to power by the working class uprising of November 1918, organized in January 1919 the murder of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht.
The assassination of these two revolutionary leaders was the political response of the German (and world) bourgeoisie to the Russian Revolution. The ruling classes had concluded from 1917 that the development of Marxist leadership in the working class had to be prevented at all costs. The bloody events of the 20th century would demonstrate the extent to which the ruling classes and their agents among the Social Democrats and Stalinists were guided by this lesson.
Featured topic: The 1917 Russian Revolution
Imperialist War and the Collapse of the Second International
The Communist International
"The State and Revolution," in: V. I. Lenin, Collected Works, Volume 25, p. 410.
See Professor Alexander Rabinowitch's The Bolsheviks in Power (Bloomfield: Indiana University Press, 2007).
"Lessons of October," by Leon Trotsky, in The Challenge of the Left Opposition 1923-25 (New York: Pathfinder Press, 2002), pp. 286-87.
How the Revolution Armed: The Military Writings and Speeches of Leon Trotsky, Volume 1: 1918, Translated by Brian Pearce (London: New Park Publications, 1979), p. 58.
The Russian Revolution (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1961), p. 80.


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Lila Higgins, Senior Manager Community Science and Co-founder of the City Nature Challenge, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. The planet's human population is rapidly expanding towards 8 billion people. More people live in cities and developed areas than in rural or non-developed areas. Around the world, we are progressively becoming more urban, and less familiar with the natural world. This trend is highlighted by the continued removal of nature words from the Oxford Junior Dictionary. Recently, words like acorn, fungus, fern, and willow were removed from the dictionary, and replaced with blog, MP3 player, and chatroom. The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is tackling this trend head on, to connect people to their urban nature and create an environmentally literate public. Lila Higgins will speak about her leadership in the community science field, from co-founding the large global City Nature Challenge event, to her work in the local community that bring people together, in their own neighborhoods, to learn about and document nature. She will talk about the NSF, Wellcome Trust, and ESRC funded learning research she is conducting on international youth's development of environmental science agency, and various other projects that work to communicate urban nature concepts to a wide audience. Projects such as the Museum's Nature Gardens
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Lost: Season 3
July 30, 2010 By Simon R. Leave a Comment
Warning: this review most likely contains spoilers, depending on how much of the show you have seen. Read at your own risk…
The second season of everyone's favorite Gilligan's Island-meets-The Matrix drama left off with several unexplained questions and one doozy of a cliffhanger. And though Season 3 addresses a precious few of the lingering issues, by the end we are left with even more unexplained riddles and lingering problems. So much so that the show begins to walk a fine line between engaging drama and self-parody, as the near-ridiculous heights to which the drama gets ratcheted are sometimes too outlandish to be taken seriously. But through it all is a solid yarn of character-based dramatic storytelling that keeps things from spinning entirely out of control, and keeps the interest level high enough to hold the interest of even the most impatient of viewers.
Whereas the first season was mostly exposition, introducing us to the characters, their backstories, and the island, the second season went a great deal farther into what was actually happening on the island. We were introduced to the Dharma Initiative, the Hatch, the Others, and the mystery behind characters like the french woman was swept away. But Season 3 takes things in a different direction, as the group of survivors is now fragmented physically as well as interpersonally. Sawyer, Jack, and Kate are imprisoned by the Others, and the rest of the Oceanic 815 survivors get by as best they can without their leader while also trying to rescue their friends. Much of the first several episodes deal with the Others, who become much more humanized and less like faceless evildoers. In fact, if there is a theme to Season 3 it would be the pulling back of the curtain, as some of the mysteries about the Others are found to have perfectly normal and rational explanations. Even the mysterious smoke monster becomes more understandable, and we learn of its limitations as well.
John Locke, not taking "no" for an answer.
One reason the series has always worked well is that the dramatic tension is a natural extension of the characters and their situations. In Season 1, we wanted to know who these people were and how they were going to survive. Season 2 furthers this idea by introducing new conflicts and revealing more about larger issues like the Dharma Initiative. But Season 3, partly due to the compressed time frame (the events of the entire season only span a few weeks' time on the island), tends to fall back on some relatively cheap 24-like tactics to hold viewer interest. Watching Jack engage in yet another shouting match with Ben, or having an endless stream of people being held at gunpoint unless so-and-so does such-and-such, or ending episodes with cheap cliffhangers tends to deviate from the spirit of the show. It's not bad, just unnecessary, and possibly a response to somewhat downward trends in ratings too. (The first episode of Season 3 had almost 19 million viewers. By the end it was down to just under 14 million.) What is a travesty, though, is the killing off of some characters, both long- and short-term, that started near the end of Season 2 and continues here as well. Killing off a beloved individual just to up the ratings or stymie a case of writer's block is cheap, and it's sad to see Lost treading down this path.
One of the biggest issues I have with the show is how characters just never give a straight answer to anything. It seems as though many of the conflicts, problems, and deaths could be easily avoided if Ben and his friends sat down with Jack and the survivors and calmly explained what in the world was going on. Even the most simplest of questions are met with enigmatic answers followed by a quick fade to the title card or a commercial break. I still trust that the writers know what they are doing, but there are a couple times when it seems like the reason Jack or Sawyer can't get a straight answer out of Ben or Juliet is because the show creators don't even know what's going on.
Remember Hurley's all-important "numbers" from Season 2? Neither do the writers of the show...
However, when the show gets it right, it really gets it right. Ben emerges as one of the more complex and characters in recent television, and the exploration of what is really going on with the island becomes thoroughly compelling. Character flashbacks continue to add new levels of depth to Jack, Kate, Sawyer, Hurley, and the rest of the core gang, and Desmond's penchant for predictions is pretty potent as well. There is even one character who kicks the bucket right at the bitter end, but in a meaningful and perhaps even inspirational fashion. The budget is clearly bigger than ever before too, which means we are treated to grandiose sets, large explosions, and a lot more sheer grandeur than before. The downside to all this? Some characters are left behind, and by the end of the season if we didn't have the occasional group shot to remind us of the 40-odd people on the island, one would think the survivors were limited solely to a mere handful of misplaced good-looking mid-20's SoHo dwellers.
Lost is still one of the best shows on TV, and its rich blend of science fiction, drama, and mystery remain almost as compelling as ever. But a few cracks are beginning to show around the seams by the end of Season 3, and I just hope things improve a little for the next go-round.
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June 18, 2010 By Simon R. Leave a Comment
After the whirlwind ride of Season 1, the second season of the hugely popular ABC drama/sci fi series goes a long way in answering many questions from the first outing, while raising entirely new ones that hint at a much larger plot and much deeper rabbit hole than ever seemed possible. (Spoiler Alert: Having only seen through the first two seasons, I can't give anything away about the rest of the show. But be forewarned–if you have not watched the show through the end of Season 2, you might be hit with some information you might not want.)
As any high school English student knows, the first part of any story is the exposition: the introduction of characters, conflicts, setting, and plot. And while the first season of Lost was engaging and entertaining in its own right, all the events set up in those original 25 episodes were really just about laying the groundwork for the rest of the show. Season two expands on much of the original framework while giving fans all sorts of new twists and turns to speculate about around water coolers nationwide. The survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 begin to segregate into a few distinct groups, each discovering clues that served to unravel many strands of the larger mystery of the island. In what at first seems like an unnecessary subplot, Michael, Sawyer, and Jin find themselves washed ashore with the survivors from the tail section of the plane. But as the show's tagline says, everything happens for a reason, and it's not long before we realize how interconnected these people are with the rest of the survivors. Meanwhile Jack and Locke, while spending much of their time in the hatch, spend a good deal of time figuring out their own answers while also dealing with a man Rousseau caught in one of her traps who may or may not be one of the Others. Topside most of the regulars from Season 1 are back to form new relationships, embark on journeys to different parts of the island, and search for answers to some of the long-burning questions about the island.
Jack and Mr. Eko, looking for answers and a clean pair of shorts.
It's a fantastic testament to the brilliance of the writers that various events which seemed trivial and innocuous throughout the first season turn out to be of the utmost importance during the second season. Rather than throw distracting red herrings at the audience, there is hardly a single character, event, or object that is not steeped in meaning. Perhaps more than any other serial drama I have ever seen, Lost treats its audience and subject matter with the utmost respect and care, rarely resorting to cheap tricks such as killing off characters to solve a case of writer's block or inventing contrivances to link current events to past plot points. There are much deeper themes at work here too, and every person on the island must deal with skeletons in his or her closet, confront personal demons such as drug addictions or marital conflicts, or rise to challenges of leadership and personal sacrifice. For instance Locke, who used to operate on blind faith alone, begins to question everything he once knew while virtually trading places with newcomer Mr. Eko, a priest who is sure of what he hopes for and certain of what he cannot see. It's this multidimensional characterization, along with a seamless blending of science fiction, religion, and traditional drama that separates Lost from other dramas, and these ideas continue throughout Season 2 in masterful form.
Michelle Rodriguez stretches her acting ability by playing a tough-as-nails ex-cop with an attitude.
There are a couple of low points of the season, though–particularly some strange choices made by Sawyer and Charlie in "The Long Con" that seem uncharacteristic and are never met with much follow-through. A few episodes seem like outtakes from Days of our Lives, and the he-said-she-said dramatic tension that surfaces a few times feels forced and out of place. The pacing is a bit slower this time as well, since much of the action takes place on the beachfront camp or inside the hatch, and the exploration is more of a personal than environmental nature. I am also a tad disappointed that Shannon and Boone were jettisoned so early on, to be halfheartedly replaced with the altogether uninteresting Rose and Bernard. But nitpicking these missteps is like dismissing the grandeur of Yellowstone National Park because of the mosquitoes. The hallmark of Lost is the way each answered question (Where did the other plane come from? Who is Rousseau? What's the deal with Henry?) leads to a host of new questions, and while the character drama isn't as interesting this time around, partly because the backstories of many of the survivors have already been explored, the new questions raised are as compelling as ever.
By the end of Season 2, which takes place over roughly three weeks on the island, the survivors aren't in much better shape than they were at the end of Season 1. They are still stuck on the island, still scared of The Others, and Jin still can't speak a lick of English. But they have far more food thanks to the hatch, and their attitude has shifted from trying to find a way off the island to finding a way to dig in for the long haul. And in a sense, so are we. At this point it's clear there are far greater forces at work, with stakes that are infinitely higher, than what we knew when the show began. I'm not frantically wondering what will happen next like I was during the middle of the first season, though Season 2 does have its share of nail-biters to be sure, but I am simply awed at the spectacle that is beginning to unfold and eagerly awaiting the next season to see another chapter in how it will all play out.
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June 7, 2010 By Simon R. Leave a Comment
Lost is first and foremost a show of mystery. More than any other show I can recall seeing, it sets up fantastic yet somehow not entirely far-fetched scenarios with a host of compelling and more or less interesting characters. The basic premise is one we have seen played out many times before: a group of individuals, separated from the rest of the world, must work together to survive. But while Lost owes incalculable debts to sources from Lord of the Flies to Gilligan's Island, it presents an absolutely gripping storyline shrouded in mystery while dropping enough breadcrumbs to keep viewers riveted, eager to know just what is going to happen next and trying their best to make sense of everything. And just so I'm covered…this review may contain possible Season 1 spoilers. :)
Platitudes aside, and without revealing too much (though as of the writing of this review I have only seen the first season and a handful of episodes from Season 2), Lost does a good job of sticking first and foremost to the basics of storytelling: presenting conflicts that the characters must overcome. In the very first episode we witness the immediate aftermath of a horrific plane crash on a tropical island: amidst mass confusion, exploding engines, and corpses littering the scarred shoreline, several individuals begin bringing order to the chaos and establishing a sense of control and uneasy sort of self-governing democracy among the crash survivors. There's the chiseled young doctor named Jack (where is the rule that says TV heroes need monosyllabic names that sound like garage tools?) who becomes the de facto leader, a young pregnant woman named Claire, a young druggie named Charlie, a young (see a pattern here? I guess they gotta appeal to the TV-watching demographic somehow) easygoing dude named Hurley, and several others like the cocky Sawyer, the standoffish Kate, and the mysterious John Locke. From the very first episode, viewers are left with myriad questions: Who are all these people? Why did their plane crash? Why does it seem like there are monsters on the island? Will they ever be rescued?
Sawyer, the con-man who looks like he belongs on Days of our Lives.
The genius of the show lies in how it cleverly answers questions while raising intriguing new ones, and throwing just enough breadcrumbs at the viewers to satisfy our curiosity while enticing us to keep watching. And though the group of individuals hovers around 40, there is a core set of characters central to most episodes whom we get to know very well over time. They struggle to overcome mundane obstacles such as building shelter, finding food, and working together to provide medical care for wounded individuals or building rafts in order to sail away and seek help, but rarely do the survivors form a cohesive group. Some do not trust others, and some are simply not trustworthy. Others keep secrets, form relationships, and even set out on their own to seek help or simply answers to questions about what is happening on the island. Each episode also contains several flashbacks that reveal backstories of various characters and give us an idea of who these people are, or at least who they were before the plane crash. Often it's the threads woven by these vignettes throughout each episode that are the most compelling part of the show, as we discover that, like the island, each of the plane crash survivors are far more than what they appear on the surface.
Just like an Autobot, there's more to Kate than meets the eye.
Through it all there is a sense, woefully missing from other episodic shows like Heroes, that there really is a plan to everything that's going on. From the perplexing smoke monster, to "The Others," a group of people who may or may not be sharing the island with the survivors, to the miraculous healing of Locke, to the mysterious hatch, there seems to be a design for how everything fits together–even if it will be several years down the line. Whether or not that is in fact the case remains to be seen, but like 24, Lost is a show that demands the viewers watch every episode lest they miss a crucial plot point. But unlike 24, Lost doesn't jerk its viewers around: characters are not killed off at will whenever the writers need to add a jolt of excitement into the show.
Lost is as impressive as it is ambitious, and I am eager to see how things play out for the rest of the show. But sometimes I wish these people were just a little more normal and relatable. Seriously, on a plane heading from Sydney to Los Angeles, wouldn't there be just one regular guy with a 9-5 job and no secrets or skeletons in his closet? I can understand a bit of dramatic tension and whatnot to keep viewers interested, but everyone in the show has so many secrets, often with backstories of life back in the real world that tend to push the limits of believability, that it gets kind of silly sometimes. It is a TV show, though, and I guess outlandish characters can be part of the fun. After all, the entire premise of Lost is pretty outrageous, so what's wrong with a few exaggerated characters? In fact, the worst complaint that could honestly be leveled against the show at this point is that Season 1 is so good I'm worried the creators simply won't be able to top it. But I'm sure anxious to see if they will try…
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Welcome to the confused underbelly of Tim Burton's wild imagination, and though I wish that would make for an illustrious compliment, the large-scale director has seen his best days over a decade ago and still can't regain his footing. Lately the man has been choosing source material (Sweeney Todd, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) so […]
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World War I rocked. It's not like the population of Europe was actually decimated, or the world thrown into political upheaval that it's never fully recovered from. Millions of men didn't really claw through the rest of their lives, battling the scars left by poison gas and shell shock. No, the real story of WWI […]
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When I first heard about the film About Time, it's biggest selling point was that it was by the writer of Notting Hill and Love Actually – both of which I love, the latter is pretty much a staple come Christmastime. The trailer painted it as a quirky romance with a time travel element. Some […]
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Slash is on the promo trail talking up his forthcoming solo effort, "Apocalyptic Love," set for release May 22. Along the way, the guitarist continues to face questions about Guns N' Roses' induction into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, which happens next Saturday. And he's getting tired of it. "This is a subject I'm dead sick of talking about," Slash tells Rolling Stone. "Everyone has been asking me what's going to happen, and they know as much as I do. I feel you're totally obligated to be present and I would love to f**king play, but it's just something that's not gonna happen for whatever reason." Slash, bassist Duff McKagan and drummer Steven Adler are all committed to
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The bad stomach is a typical experience for everyone. Among all the reasons that lead to a lousy stomach, indigestion is one of the standard problems across the world. Also, overeating protein by taking high protein diet can cause a problem in the stomach resulting in indigestion.
The problem of indigestion occurs when the acid in your stomach goes back to the esophagus. The symptoms of such irritation in the stomach are discomforts like fullness, pain, abdominal pain, burning sensation, vomiting, heaviness, and nausea. Although there are medications available to cure the problem temporarily for a long run, one must follow Home Remedies For Acidity and indigestion.
It is one of the essential substance to settle down the upset stomach and improving digestion. Opt for one of three options for consuming ginger: Swallow a few pieces of candied ginger, take one or two 250 milligrams capsules of ginger with meals, or go for a brewed ginger tea (opted by most).
Call it the best preventive measure or one of the unique home remedies for indigestion.
As an acidic solution, try drinking a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar with half-cup water. It supports the digestion of the high protein diet when the amount of acid in your stomach is less.
If the taste does not feels pleasing at all, add a little honey for sweetening the taste. The strategy works very well after taking a heavy meal.
When you are have taken high protein diet which caused indigestion, chew and swallow a spoon full of fennel seeds. The reason being it contains oil that soothes spasms, relieves nausea, and controls flatulence.
Fennel seeds control indigestion even when you came across the spicy meal in the dinner. This making the most significant reason to offer fennel seeds for customers outside Indian Restaurants.
When people claim that drinking hot water is the best home remedy for indigestion, they are not wrong. Warm ginger with lemon-lime soda and cola can help to soothe an upset stomach. (Apart from indigestion, hot water works wonders for other health issues).
These plants are an old-age treatment for the problem of indigestion. They help in calming the stomach and soothe the intestinal tract. Consume a half-teaspoon chamomile tincture three times daily, or its tea as per the comfort.
Put a teaspoon of baking soda in the water, stir it, and drink it. If the stomach brings much irritation or is too acidic, the solution of baking soda will neutralize and relieves painful gas.
Mentioned in the last, but this solution makes as one of the most effective home remedies for indigestion.
You can quickly try these home remedies for indigestion, cure the discomfort caused by indigestion, and stimulate your digestive system. Therefore, these treatments can prove to be great for your digestive process.
If you still take a notice a heartburn symptom due to high protein diet and GERD Diet, consult a doctor immediately.
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Chapter 1: The Cell
Nucleus and Nuclear Structures
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Degradation Organelles
Cytoskeleton and Filaments
Cell Inclusions
Chapter 2: Epithelium
Morphological Classification of Epithelia
Classification by number of layers of cells
Classification by shape of the cells at the free surface
Classification by function of epithelium
Modifications to epithelium
Chapter 3: Connective Tissue
The Fiber Component
Ground Substance
The Cellular Component
Organization of Connective Tissue
Chapter 4: Muscle
Cardiac muscle
Chapter 5: Bone
Chapter 5: Bone, Cartilage, and Joints
Bone microanatomy
Bone function
Bone growth
Cartilage microanatomy
Tendons and joints
Chapter 6: Cardiovascular System
Vascular tunics
Arteries and arterioles
Capillaries and sinusoids
Venules and veins
Lymphatic circulation
Overview of the heart
Chapter 7: Integument
Structure of the Epidermis
Physiology of the Epidermis
Additional Cells of the Epidermis
Structure of the Dermis
Dermal Adnexa - Follicles
Dermal Adnexa - Sebaceous Glands
Dermal Adnexa - Epitrichial (Apocrine) Glands and Eccrine Glands
Hypodermis (subcutis, subcutaneous tissue)
Specialized Anatomic Sites
Chapter 8: Gastrointestinal System
Chatper 8: Gastrointestinal System
General histologic anatomy of the tubular digestive tract
Stomach - Ruminants (cattle, goats, sheep, cervids)
Stomach - additional interspecies variations
Cecum and large intestine
Chapter 9: Hepatobiliary System
Hepatic functions
Cells of the liver
Hepatic blood supply
The biliary system
Structural organization of the liver
Chapter 10: Respiratory System
Air conduction: Nasal cavity, Paranasal sinuses, and Vomeronasal Organ
Air conduction: Larynx, Trachea, Bronchi and Bronchioles
Air conduction: Terminal bronchioles, Respiratory bronchioles and Alveolar ducts
Gas exchange: Alveoli
Pulmonary blood supply
Chapter 11: Urinary system
Overview and Anatomy
The Glomerulus
Renal tubules: Mechanisms of reabsorption
Proximal tubules
Collecting ducts
Papillary ducts
The renal interstitium
The Juxtaglomerular Apparatus
Renal blood supply
Chapter 12: Male Reproductive System
Development and structure of the gonads and tubular genitalia
The testes
Male tubular genitalia
Male accessory sex glands
Male genital ligaments
Male external genitalia
Chapter 13: Female Reproductive System
Gonadal development
Development of tubular genitalia
The ovary
Female tubular genitalia
Female genital ligaments
Female external genitalia
Avian female reproductive tract
The mammary gland
Chapter 14: The Eye
Fibrous Tunic
Vascular Tunic
Nervous Tunic
The Vitreous
Epilogue and Acknowledgements
Appendix 1: General Principles of Histotechnology
Appendix 2: Histological Staining Methods
Appendix 3: Measurement for Microscopy
Veterinary Histology
The paired external apertures of the nasal cavities in our domestic species are termed the external nares (nostrils). During inspiration, air enters through the nares into the most rostral segment of the nasal cavity: the nasal vestibule. The vestibule of most species is lined by keratinized stratified squamous epithelium that may contain hair follicles and other adnexa.
The stratified squamous epithelium of the vestibule abruptly transitions into to the characteristic respiratory epithelium. Traditional respiratory epithelium is ciliated, pseudostratified columnar epithelium. Respiratory epithelium is primarily composed of these ciliated columnar epithelial cells with basal nuclei and interspersed with moderate numbers of goblet cells. Goblet cells secrete mucus, and are characterized by cytoplasm filled with poorly staining, basophilic material (mucin).
Respiratory epithelium lines the luminal surface of the nasal cavity, including the nasal turbinates. The nasal turbinates are scroll-like structures within the nasal cavity that are formed by a thin core of bone. The lamina propria and submucosa lie below the respiratory epithelium. The lamina propria may contain variable numbers of tubuloalveolar secretory glands. Similar to the salivary glands of the gastrointestinal tract, these glands may be comprised of serous cells, mucous cells, or a mixture of serous and mucous cells. These glands secrete into ducts that communicate with the surface epithelium.
Although the majority of the surface area of the nasal cavity mucosa is respiratory epithelium, portions of the more caudal regions of the nasal cavity are covered by olfactory epithelium. Whereas most of the nasal cavity is directed at physical air conduction, olfactory epithelium is a specialized epithelium that facilitates the sense of smell. Olfactory epithelium is tall, pseudostratified epithelium that contains three distinct cell types: olfactory receptor cells, sustentacular cells, and basal cells.
Olfactory receptor cells are modified neurons and chemoreceptor cells interspersed within the olfactory epithelium. The cell bodies of these olfactory receptor cells reside within the epithelium and have apical cilia that project onto the surface of the epithelium. These cilia are not readily distinguishable on microscopy. Nerve fibers (axons) extend from the olfactory receptor cells into the lamina propria and synapse with other axons to form collectively form olfactory nerves. These olfactory nerves, in turn, pass through perforations in the cribriform plate of the skull and enter the olfactory bulb of the brain. In this way, odors are detected by olfactory receptor cells and transmitted via axons to the brain where these odors are converted to the sense of smell.
Sustentacular cells are histologically similar to respiratory epithelium and have apical microvilli. These cells provide structural and metabolic support to the epithelium. Basal cells are cuboidal to short polygonal cells that reside adjacent to basement membrane.
Paranasal sinuses
The sinuses are bone-encased, air-filled spaces within the skull that communicate with the nasal cavity. Species such as the horse have well-developed and distinct paranasal sinuses that include the frontal, dorsal conchal, ventral conchal, rostral maxillary, caudal maxillary, and sphenopalatine. Species such as the dog have only frontal and maxillary sinuses. Regardless, the paranasal sinuses are lined by respiratory epithelium similar to that elsewhere in the nasal cavity and respiratory tract.
Vomeronasal organ
The vomeronasal organs are paired (left and right) specialized chemoreceptor organs adjacent to the nasal septum within the nasal cavity of domestic species. Structurally, the vomeronasal organ is a thick layer of sensory epithelium partially encased by cartilage and associated with an abundant vascular supply. Histologically, the sensory epithelium is similar to that of olfactory epithelium, with a thick pseudostratified epithelium that contains three populations of cells: receptor cells, sustentacular cells, and basal cells. The vomeronasal receptor cells, similar to olfactory receptor cells, are modified neurons that detect pheromones (e.g. pheromones in urine) and transmit to the brain via efferent axons. Access of air to this region of the nasal cavity is facilitated through passage through ducts in the dorsal aspect of the oral cavity (roof) of some species by the behavioral action of the flehmen response. This behavior looks different in different species. Examples include the curling of the upper lip in ungulates, chattering of the mouth in dogs (tonguing), and the open-mouthed posture of cats.
FIGURE(S): Upper Respiratory Tract
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