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Reclaim Film Review Hollywood Reporter. Can somebody please initiate a Kickstarter campaign to rescue John Cusack from appearing in horrible movies The once A list actor has in recent years been starring in far too many substandard, practically direct to video efforts that shamelessly squander his considerable talents. The latest example is Reclaim, Alan Whites formulaic B movie thriller in which Cusack is reduced to playing the sort of villain who should be essayed by an underpaid character actor. The high concept plot concerns an American couple, Steven Ryan Phillippe and ShannonRachelle Lefevre who journey to the Caribbean to adopt a young Haitian girl Briana Roy orphaned by an earthquake. Timing Designer' title='Timing Designer' />After shelling out tens of thousands of dollars to an adoption agency whose representative Jacki Weaver, similarly wasted fairly bursts with kind solicitude, the happy couple and their new daughter head to a Puerto Rican resort while waiting for final arrangements to be made. Theyre soon befriended by Benjamin Cusack, an American traveler who seems to take an inordinate interest in the couple, proclaiming his admiration for what theyre doing because he himself was adopted. Less genial are his cohorts Paola Veronica Faye Foo and Salo Jandres Burgos, with the latter provoking Steven into a bar fight and giving him a thorough beating. Shortly into their stay the little girl disappears from their hotel room, with the local police superintendent Luis Guzman proving sympathetic but less than helpful. Its eventually revealedand no spoiler alert here, because its all in the trailerthat the couple have fallen victim to an elaborate swindle targeting Americans desperate to adopt. And yes, Benjamin is the ringleader. Cue the usual procession of chases and shootouts, including a literal cliffhanger involving a jeep dangling precariously from the edge of a cliff. Phillippe and Lefevre effectively go through the required contortions as the couple in peril, and child actress Roy is indeed adorable. And to be fair, Cusack doesnt phone it in. He gives the part his all, displaying his usual expert deadpan comic timing while delivering the weak quips in Carmine Gaeta and Luke Davies screenplay. But its disheartening nonetheless to see him working so hard to enliven such inferior material. The film at least benefits from its gorgeous Puerto Rican locations, so loving photographed by Scott Kevan that it could serve as a tourism promotional vehicle, although presumably one not geared to couples seeking to adopt. Production Grindstone Entertainment Group. Cast John Cusack, Ryan Phillippe, Rachelle Lefevre, Briana Roy, Veronica Faye Foo, Luis Guzman, Jacki Weaver. Director Alan White. Screenwriters Carmine Gaeta, Luke Davies. Producers Brian Etting, Josh Etting, Gary Hamilton, Mike Gabrawy, Fredrik Malmberg, Silvio Muraglia, Ian Sutherland, Robert Luketic, Armine Gaeta, Luke Davies. Executive producers Peter M. Graham II, Stephen Hays, Barry Brooker, Stan Wertlieb, Jon Chiew, Wang Yan, Luillo Ruiz. Director of photography Scott Kevan. Editors Dobbie White, Scott D. Hanson. Production designer Meghan Rogers. Costume designer Julia Michelle Santiago. Composer Inon Zur. Casting director Patricia Alonso. Rated R, 9. 6 min. Forum for board game designers. 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Once read a couple of times you will likely understand more about camshafts, valve train geometry and the things affecting them than most of your mates and some automotive engineers as well. Datsport has been extremely fortunate to be permitted to reproduce what is widely recognised at being the best article ever written on camshafts and their operation. We thank Racer Brown Incorporated for this opportunity. Please be aware that this information is copyright and may not be reproduced in any format whatsoever. This article has not been reproduced in its original form since 1. Please respect the copyright as we do not wish to jeopardise the right to reproduce this technical article as it will deprive Datsun enthusiasts of the most important information affecting the performance of Datsun L series engines. Introduction. Piston at top centre TC compression stroke, both valves closed. Explosion BANG Piston forced to bottom centre BC during power stroke by explosion in cylinder. Piston at BC of power stroke. Exhaust valve opens. Color grading is the process of altering and enhancing the color of a motion picture, video image, or still image electronically, photochemically or digitally. An American couple fall victim to an adoption scam in this Puerto Ricoset thriller Can somebody please initiate a Kickstarter campaign to rescue John Cusack from. World of Warcrafts latest patch introduces flying and a new raid, but we talk about Blizzards overarching plan for the game with senior designer Paul Kubit. Piston pushes exhaust gases from cylinder by moving toward TC. Top centre exhaust stroke. Exhaust valve closes. Intake valve opens. Piston moves toward BC on induction stroke. Bottom centre of induction stroke, intake valve closes. Piston moves toward TC on compression stroke, compressing combustion fuel, both valves closed. Cycle complete. Ready for another explosion BANGSound dull It is dull. The mechanical textbook world must necessarily and primarily be concerned with theoretical aspects of mechanical problems and their solutions. Practical considerations are secondary to the teaching and learning of theories. In the real world, the situation is usually reversed. And so it is, and has been with the four stroke cycle internal infernal, if you prefer combustion piston engine. Practical applications of concepts, ideas and modifications have had such incredibly mind boggling results since the inception of this type of power plant that the original theoretical approach, as it is still taught and learned, is as antiquated as if it had been carved by hand on tablets of stone. This doesnt suggest that the basic premise, as taught and learned, is necessarily wrong. It does suggest that this premise has been oversimplified to unattainable extremes. Perhaps this isnt all bad for the novice, but for more advanced students of the four stroke cycle engine, this most basic approach falls flat on its nose, simply because it is inadequate. And DULL. The latter factor alone has probably been the direct cause of more dropouts in this area of study than such unrealistic teaching methods could ever hope to gain. While the study of the four stroke cycle engine may not be the most stimulating pursuit in the world, it is anything but dull. Moreover, the practitioners of practicalities the imaginative designers, innovators, inventors, doers have almost completely rewritten the original theoretical premise so the original tablets of stone, carved by hand, may be safely consigned to the gravel pit. An explosion BANG Good grief But there was an explosion back about 1. Christian Huygens tried to make a functional engine using gunpowder as fuel. But history doesnt tell us about the immediate after effects. Probably a case of no survivors during a one shot experiment. BANG FACTNow bear with me through the dreary details of a most basic four stroke cycle engine. The assembly consists of a crankcase or cylinder block, in which resides a crankshaft. The cylinder block is bored to accept a piston assembly that reciprocates in the bore. From a front or rear elevation, the cylinder bore centre usually, not always coincides with the crankshaft axis. Longitudinally, the bore centre is perpendicular to the crankshaft axis. The crankcase also contains main bearings, which support the crankshaft main bearing journals. Between main bearing journals, the crankshaft has a crankpin parallel to the crankshaft axis but offset from it by an amount equal to exactly one half the piston stroke. The lower part of a connecting rod contains connecting rod bearings and this end of the rod is clamped to the crankpin. The top end of the connecting rod hooks up to a piston pin located in the piston assembly, the piston pin also being parallel to the crankshaft axis. These components represent the mechanical linkage necessary to transform the pistons reciprocating motion into rotary motion at the crankshaft. A cylinder head assembly, usually removable from the cylinder block, is located at the top end of the cylinder bore, away from the crankshaft. Among other bits of ironmongery, the cylinder head assembly contains an intake port and usually poppet valve, an exhaust port and usually a poppet valve and some provision to accept a spark plug, or other means of igniting a combustible fuel under pressure. A cavity in the cylinder head, surrounding the valve and spark plug, forms the combustion chamber, although it can be formed in the top of the piston, or a combination of both. There are sub systems for providing the cylinder with the combustible fuel induction system for carrying the products of combustion from the cylinder to the atmosphere very difficult to do legally, these days exhaust system for opening and closing the valves at the proper times and for the proper intervals valve train system for delivery of lubricant under pressure to critical areas lubrication system for carrying off excess heat generated by normal engine operation and dissipating the heat to the atmosphere cooling system for supplying electrical energy to the spark plug for igniting the combustible fuel in the cylinder under pressure ignition system. This is the basic lump, the assembly from which we expect some useful work to be done for us because we are too lazy to do it ourselves. Of course, there are other accessories such as ps, pb, ac, 8 track stereo, etc. But Im talking about the standard item, the poverty model. A combustible fuel was mentioned, without which the engine couldnt fire its first power stroke. It really doesnt matter if the fuel is a mixture of hydrogen peroxide, diesel oil and oxygen not for amateurs, the more common alcohols, to gasolines, to old socks as long as its behaviour under heat, compression and ignition is uniform and predictable. However, in this context, plain old pump type gasoline is the indicated fuel. We will make the assumption that the induction system does an acceptable job of delivering a mixture of air and fuel in the correct proportions to the cylinder. Plain old atmospheric type air is necessary to support combustion of the fuel in the cylinder, the oxygen of the air being the necessary compound. As the term implies, the four stroke cycle engine completes its cycle in four complete strokes of the piston within the cylinder. One stroke of the piston is defined as the motion of the piston from the top of the cylinder bore top centre to the bottom of the bore bottom centre, or from BC to TC.