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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The Daily Gazette of Schenectady on state government withholding information about oil train shipments in New York.
July 8
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The Daily Gazette of Schenectady on state government withholding information about oil train shipments in New York.
July 8
The government maintains information that it is the public's right to know.
A lot of that information, the public wants to know. This is information the public needs to know. It's about public safety. It's about the environment. It's about quality of life.
Eight environmental groups and The Associated Press last week filed Freedom of Information Law requests with the state Office of Emergency Management seeking details about shipments of explosive crude oil from the Bakken shale region. The fuel is shipped via trains on 1,000 miles of rail line across the state, through big cities like Buffalo, Syracuse and Albany, through small communities in Washington and Saratoga counties, and down through the Hudson Valley.
When there was leak of 100 gallons of fuel at the Port of Albany last month, officials didn't bother to tell Albany County officials about it for the purposes of emergency response management.
The state has the details about the shipments of Bakken crude in its possession, including information about the exact routes and how much fuel is being transported. But the state, so far, has declined to share that information with its citizens.
It's now mulling over the FOIL requests, and says it will respond within 20 days. That's too long. A lot of bad can happen in 20 days. Just look at the other disasters in the U.S. and Canada involving this fuel to see just how bad. How could the state justify a delay of even one day in sharing this information with the public?
The railroad companies claim that releasing it could compromise the security of the shipments. Yet several other states, including heavily populated states like Florida and California, have released the information, apparently placing their citizens' welfare above some vague security concerns. The attorney general in North Dakota, where this fuel comes from, said there is no legal basis for withholding the information. Why, then, would New York state officials refuse for one day to inform the public about the potential danger, much less wait three weeks just to decide whether to release it?
Fire departments and rescue squads aren't the only ones that have a stake in knowing where this stuff is going and in what quantities. Residents and businesses along the routes and near the storage facilities have a stake. People who use the lakes and rivers and streams and land these trains pass over and through have a stake in knowing the potential threats to the environment. Motorists and others who share the rail lines have a stake.
Yet New York officials sit on the information while potentially thousands of gallons of this fuel literally pass through our backyards without us knowing anything about it.
It shouldn't take a Freedom of Information Law request to get this information released to the public. All the state should be looking at is who needs to know this information.
And the answer is, we all do. Right now.
The Oneonta Daily Star on using law enforcement resources to combat marijuana growing as heroin and prescription drugs pose greater threats.
July 7
The Otsego County Sheriff's Office is in the midst of its annual two-week marijuana eradication campaign.
We have no doubt that Sheriff Richard Devlin Jr.'s heart is in the right place, wanting his county to be free of illegal drugs, but we respectfully wonder if we can say the same about his brain when it comes to this enterprise.
With a surge in heroin and prescription drug abuse in our area, any major use of department resources to hunt down marijuana growers makes very little, if no sense at all.
The annual eradication efforts are scheduled in advance, Devlin said, and do not interfere with other drug busts or investigations.
How is that? If the sheriff's office and other agencies are spending two weeks tracking down and arresting marijuana growers, they could be working on the area's much more serious heroin and prescription drug problems.
While it is true that using or selling marijuana is against the law, one day it won't be. There is a rising tide of public opinion for the legalization of pot, and it is only a matter of time until New York joins Colorado and Washington — where marijuana use is legal — and California, where it has been decriminalized.
There is no question, however, that heroin and prescription drug abuse are major threats to our youth and to society as a whole.
"We all know we have a huge heroin problem around here," Devlin said. "But we can't forget about other problematic drugs, like marijuana."
But is marijuana really so problematic?
"I consider it a gateway drug," Devlin said.
That theory means that if someone tries marijuana, it is likely to be a "gateway" to trying more-dangerous drugs.
Indeed, a person who smokes marijuana is more than 104 times more likely to use cocaine than a person who never tries pot, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
That could be partly because the seller of illegal marijuana is likely to be the seller of cocaine and heroin, too. That would not be the case if marijuana were legalized. If we are looking for gateway drugs, how about tobacco and alcohol?
In 1999, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences wrote: "Because it is the most widely used illicit drug, marijuana is predictably the first illicit drug most people encounter. Not surprisingly, most users of other illicit drugs have used marijuana first. In fact, most drug users begin with alcohol and nicotine before marijuana — usually before they are of legal age. . There is no conclusive evidence that the drug effects of marijuana are causally linked to the subsequent abuse of other illicit drugs."
We strongly urge Sheriff Devlin to make 2014 his last annual marijuana eradication effort.
The Buffalo News on Central American children crossing the U.S. border and the need for immigration reform.
July 5
The din along the country's Southern border is evidence of the need for immigration reform and an indictment of the House Republicans who refuse to negotiate a fair and sensible law that would serve both the nation and their dangerously out-of-touch party.
The scenes were shocking as protesters in Southern California mobbed three busloads of women and children, shouting "go home" and waving signs. The United States is facing a flood of children seeking safety from violence in their countries. They may be here illegally, but they are still children and deserved not to be treated with the ugliness that was on display in Murietta, north of San Diego.
Republicans are blaming President Obama, claiming his policy of placing such children with family members in this country is encouraging the influx. But the fact is a bipartisan law signed by President George W. Bush mandated those protections for minors fleeing violence and poverty in Central America.
This week Obama said he would ask Congress for $2 billion in emergency funding to deal with the influx and for new authority to speed the return of the unaccompanied children to their home countries.
The better solution is an immigration reform bill that deals comprehensively with the issues, but House Republicans simply refuse. They claim, preposterously, that their reluctance has to do with fear that Obama won't enforce the law. But the facts show otherwise. The administration's record of removals of those who have entered or tried to enter the country illegally is far higher than any other recent president.
What is more, with tea party Republicans intimidating the House leadership, the chamber is flat unwilling to consider any kind of immigration reform that deals realistically with those already in the country by offering some kind of a pathway to legal status. In the Senate, Republicans and Democrats worked through the issues and produced a strong bill. It died in the House.
Yet Republicans themselves underscored the need for immigration reform after their 2012 loss to Obama. The party's post-mortem said: "We are not a policy committee, but among the steps Republicans take in the Hispanic community and beyond, we must embrace and champion comprehensive immigration reform. If we do not, our party's appeal will continue to shrink to its core constituencies only. We also believe that comprehensive immigration reform is consistent with Republican economic policies that promote job growth and opportunity for all."
Speaker John Boehner blames Obama for the results of an out-of-date immigration law that he cannot persuade his party to fix. The price of inaction can be paid in many ways and one of them is the unexpected wave of children illegally making their way into this country.
Polls consistently show Americans supporting immigration reform. A June survey by the Public Religion Research Institute and the Brookings Institution found that 62 percent favor allowing a path to citizenship. Another 17 percent said illegal immigrants should be able to become legal residents but not citizens.
Frustrated with the House's intransigence, Obama has pledged to do what he can administratively to deal with immigration. Any responsible president would do the same, but what Obama can do on his own is limited.
The country was founded on the theory that intelligent people would compromise to find solutions to serious issues. In the absence of that compromise, children are among those paying the price.
The Poughkeepsie Journal on challenges facing new leadership at the Department of Veterans Affairs
July 7
No one should envy the task ahead of Robert McDonald.
He is expected to take over as secretary of the shaken Department of Veterans Affairs, a massive government operation that is embroiled in an outrageous scandal and for years has been stymied by systemic delays in providing care.
It is hard to ascertain exactly how much difference McDonald can make and how quickly, but he must summon up all his considerable skills and powers to do so.
McDonald is a West Point graduate and most recently served as chairman of Procter & Gamble, a Fortune 500 company.
But running the Veterans Affairs is quite different than being in charge of a big corporation in the private sector. McDonald will need the right tools to do the job, including being able to replace, and fast, anyone who isn't up to the solemn task of providing adequate medical coverage to veterans — or effectively overseeing those who are providing the care.
To that end, President Barack Obama said he is instituting rules so that anyone caught acting improperly — including falsifying records to improve wait times — will be held accountable. The policies will make it easier to fire administrators caught making such egregious decisions. While that is all fine and good, prosecutors also have ample authority to go after any criminal activity and they shouldn't be hesitant to bring charges where appropriate.
So far, the worst part of the scandal involves the Phoenix VA hospital, where 40 veterans may have died while awaiting treatment. Yet it has been known for years the VA was severely backed up, with tens of thousands of veterans waiting months for appointments.
One remedy involves a two-year trial program, under which veterans will be able to seek private health care if they reside more than 40 miles from a VA facility — or have been waiting more than 30 days for treatment.
Congress will have to go further, including making sure the funds are available to more fully automate the VA medical system. It must have a realistic amount of resources to handle the influx of veterans it has been receiving and treating since the end of the Iraq War and drawdown of troops in Afghanistan.
The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee will hold confirmation hearings on McDonald's nomination, and he will have to win approval by the full Senate. The Senate should use this time not only to approve McDonald but to go over with him in painstaking detail, what he, the rest of the Obama administration and Congress would need to do to remedy this national outrage.
The Staten Island Advance on unevenness in the U.S. economic recovery.
July 3
No wonder there is joy on Wall Street, where the Dow Jones industrial average has traded above 17,000 for the first time ever. On Main Street, however, the mood is not yet joyous.
Issued on the stock market's last trading day before the Fourth of July, a stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs report calmed worries about the economic recovery.
To be sure, there was good news in the numbers.
Robust hiring in June helped to drive the unemployment rate down to 6.1 percent, the lowest since September 2008 when the Great Recession burst the financial bubble in America.
Last month was the fifth in a row with job gains above 200,000, the best stretch since the high-tech boom of the late 1990s.
The Labor Department reported that a robust 288,000 jobs were added in June as employers accelerated hiring and shook off the impact of a harsh winter and chilly spring.
"The economy has built momentum," said President Obama, calling for "economic patriotism" on Capitol Hill to limit partisanship during this mid-term election year.
Unfortunately, it's not likely to happen.
Even though the economy seems to be headed in the right direction, millions of Americans remain disgruntled.
For good reason.
In the sixth year of the nation's economic recovery, wages have yet to rise significantly. Average pay has increased just 2 percent a year during that span, roughly in line with inflation.
So most American workers — from Staten Island, N.Y., to Staten Island, Calif. — don't feel any better off than they were during the worst recession in U.S. history.
The average hourly wage for private sector workers rose by just six cents in June to only $24.45.
Millions of people feel as if they are just treading water, trying to stay afloat financially during lingering hard times.
Others know well that sinking feeling.
Less than 63 percent of U.S. adults are working or looking for a job, compared with 66 percent before the recession.
The number of long-term unemployed remains above 3 million. That's half of what it was three years ago, but the worry is that many people have stopped looking for work.
Even so, the good news should not be overlooked.
It's clear that the nationwide drop in the jobless rate in June occurred because more Americans found work, not because job-seekers gave up looking.
In cities across the nation, where the recession decimated budgets, times seem to be changing. Local government payrolls have so far been rising strongly this year.
Factory jobs have risen for 11 months in a row; factories added 16,000 workers last month.
In June, retailers added over 40,000 jobs. Restaurants and bars employed 32,800 more people. Financial and insurance firms increased their payrolls by 17,000.
"This has now become a textbook jobs expansion — it is both broad and accelerating," said Patrick O'Keefe, director of economic research at CohnReznick, a consulting group.
More jobs mean more paychecks to spend, of course.
Which is good for both Wall Street and Main Street.
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Mike Stinson takes an exhaustive inventory on new album Hell and Half of Georgia.
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Oakland's Kingfish bar will reopen Saturday after a derailed condo project failed to demolish it. [SF Chronicle]
Turns out all these recession specials are doing their job and bringing customers in. [SF Examiner]
The Mission's Kika's Treats has been thriving, even in the downturn. [Mission Loc@l]
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52 Pick Up: A new game very week
EPISODE 7: SoulDriverGareth-Michael Skarka
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If I were to try to pitch SoulDriver as a movie or television project, the short-hand description that I would hit the producers with would be a doozy:
"Kung-Fu Warlords engaged in power struggles in a poisoned afterlife where the most valuable commodity is Souls."
Or, I'd say: "Road Warrior meets Mortal Kombat meets What Dreams May Come."
Or, perhaps: "Post-apocalyptic horror-fantasy Kung-Fu Action."
Then, after I was bodily thrown out of their offices. I'd spend a little time trying to pick up their very attractive receptionist.
But, that's neither here nor there. I'm not trying to pitch SoulDriver as a movie. I'm trying to pitch it as a game, to you fine folks. So, hang on tight... here we go.
The Land of Tessus was once, legend has it, the eternal afterlife (maybe even the afterlife of your own campaign world, regardless of game). It was the Happy Hunting Grounds, Paradise, Elysium, Valhalla... the land of the Blessed Dead, where the souls of heroes went upon their deaths, their eternal reward for the lives that they had lived.
But that was long ago... or perhaps it never was. Perhaps it is the sweet lie that the denizens of Tessus tell themselves so that they can sleep at night. So that they can convince themselves that the battle-ravaged hell that is their homeland hasn't always been thus. That there was once something better... something noble... and perhaps there is hope that there can be such a place again, someday.
Tessus is a proving ground... to eke out an existence amongst its scrublands and blasted deserts, or in its desperate and overcrowded settlements, is to test your mettle day in and day out. Only the strong and cunning survive, and of them, only the ruthless prosper.
The land is divided into regions that are held under the thrall of powerful Warlords. Each Warlord maneuvers and plots against his neighbors, but so far all have managed to keep each other in check, with none rising in power enough to unite the land under their rule. Each Warlord runs his region differently... some are the equivalents of kingdoms, with the Warlord levying taxes and possessing a standing army, while others are lawless regions where the Warlord raids the settlements with his band of followers.
People come to Tessus when they die in other realms (Which could be a nice way to pick up this game...kill off your player characters in another game and have them awaken in Tessos). Each individual is a Soul, and souls range in power. The most powerful Souls wield fantastic powers of magic... but the spectrum swings the other way as well. The weakest souls, known as Shades, are not even able to maintain physical form. However, they do make excellent slaves.
Shades are traded... an item of commodity, for they can be bound into objects and devices, and that serves as the basis of Tessus' technology. Binding Shades into a wagon can propel it as fast as if it were drawn by a team of horses. Binding a Shade into a weapon can imbue the weapon with a portion of that Shade's former life essence... making the weapon more powerful.
The techno-economical base of Tessus is a slave trade... with souls as the slaves.
Shades are gathered and sold by SoulDrivers... ruthless, unscrupulous men who profit from this horrid trade. They sell to any who can meet their price, Warlord or wanderer. If you're not a buyer, however, it is best advised to stay far out of the path of a SoulDriver. The demand for Shades is high, and many SoulDrivers have been known to "harvest their own", by attacking and defeating more powerful Souls and rendering them down into Shades.
Across the unforgiving terrain of Tessus wander men and women who acknowledge no master, whether Warlord or SoulDriver. These men and women are simply called Wanderers by the denizens of Tessus, although in another, better place, they might be called heroes and heroines. Some hire themselves out as bodyguards, or as champions, or as guides. Some just wander, wanting no part of the world of the Warlords.
These Wanderers often find themselves in opposition to the Warlords... and most Warlords will go out of their way to destroy Wanderers in their territory. Better safe than sorry.
In a world of such harsh conditions, the ability to fight is a necessary survival skill. The Souls of Tessus have perfected the art of combat. The arts of kung fu have made each into a living weapon, equally adept in unarmed combat as in armed... in fact, the kung fu of Tessus is the ultimate evolution of the arts of combat. It is said that the Souls of Tessus are never "unarmed"... a Wanderer with no weapons is just as deadly as a Warlord's band, armed to teeth.
It is a world of violence... a world of struggle. It is the world of SoulDriver.
The setting is a semi-post-apocalyptic fantasy world... think of The Road Warrior, but without the cars. There is some technology, but this is almost "steampunk" in nature... weak ghosts bound into objects as power sources... the tech will not be overwhelming, but atmospheric and creepy. The players worst nightmare will be to have their character rendered down to become the "engine" of a Warlord's wagon.
There will be fairly harsh depiction of slave trade, with the racial overtones removed (everybody, regardless of race, is eligible to be a bound Shade... it's equal-opportunity damnation). It will be presented as definitely an Evil (capital E) practice... and ones that the players will most likely oppose. The hammer-lock that the Warlords and the SoulDrivers have on Tessus will provide the players with an evil to fight against, and the harsh, unforgiving nature of Tessus itself will provide a wide variety of survival challenges and reasons for adventure.
Well, I gave you more setting material than I had originally intended, so that doesn't leave me a lot of time to go into a system here. Tell you what....for basic character creation and skill use, as well as standard combat, use the core system that I described in Time Knights...with a minor difference. Instead of "Dead" being the final stage of wounding, characters in SoulDriver don't ever die...they become Shades. Allow the player to continue the character, but as a ghost...unable to affect the world around them until they are either bound into an object (not a good thing...death for the dead, essentially), or find some way to regain energy and re-form as a solid being. A Shade may be bound by anyone with the SoulForging skill into any object, to give that object any of the Shade's former abilities...and once bound, a Shade cannot be unbound. So avoid that fate at all costs. (While we're at it, you should probably discourage the players from creating characters with SoulForged items, or the SoulForging skill...the idea here is that these things should be found against, not embraced.)
We'll also add something to those core rules, specific to SoulDriver: Kung Fu.
This game should feature wild, energy-blast-chucking, wuxia-cranked-to-11, magic-Fu. When creating a character, you also create their style. In the finest tradition of martial arts fiction, every character's style is unique (although they might also share it with an NPC teacher, no other character possesses the same style).
A style is created by spending points to buy moves. The total number of points available to a character is equal to his Strength plus Agility plus Willpower. Moves are rated from 1-10, and are used as combat skills. Standard moves can be represented (Punch, Kick, etc.), which cost 1/2 normal cost, and do damage equal to the attacker's Strength. Extreme Maneuvers (any attack which does more damage, or is ranged, for example) are purchased at full price.
The sky's the limit when creating these moves. Examples of Extreme Manuevers:
Thousand-palm Strike: the attackers hands become a Matrix-esque blur, striking the target multiple times. Does Strength +1 damage, and a successful block only halves the damage.
Chi Blast: The attacker projects an energy blast which can be used as a ranged weapon. Damage is equal to Willpower.
No-Shadow Kick: The attacker flies short distances, staying airborne for as long as successful attack rolls are made. Damage: Strength +2.
Etc. etc. Yes, it is very possible to completely abuse the intention of this system, and munchkin-out all over the place. The answer to that sort of behavior on the part of players in SoulDriver is to merely put them up against something bigger and badder than they are. Should solve the problem really quickly.
This setting, more than perhaps any I have given you so far, has the detail potential needed for a full, commercial game. SoulForged items need detailing, and weapons, and vehicles....and of course the land of Tessus itself. Alas, it is not to be...and so those details will have to come from you. Let's see some in the forums! At the point you read this, I will be in Las Vegas, attending the GAMA trade show, and hopefully, winning scads of money in the casinos as well. So, if I'm a little bit silent for a few days, that's why. But when I get back, I want to see what people have done with this one.
7 down, 45 to go.
See ya in 7.
Gareth-Michael Skarka
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AutoMatters: 2013 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
By Jan Wagner
The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach is a unique event on the IZOD IndyCar Series calendar, offering world-class auto racing plus the opportunity for fans to experience the best of what this vibrant, Southern California beach city has to offer. In the background is the majestic Queen Mary ocean liner, the beach and pleasure boats docked alongside the restaurants and shops of Shoreline Village, the lighthouse and the Aquarium of the Pacific.
Since this is a temporary street circuit, two months before the racing began construction crews – led by Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster, Grand Prix Association of Long Beach President & CEO Jim Michaelian and other dignitaries, began what would become more than 30,000 hours of work to convert the normally bustling city streets into a challenging, concrete-lined road course with several high-speed sections and the IndyCar series' tightest turn, which leads onto Shoreline Drive. By the time of the April 19 – 21 race weekend, more than 14 million pounds of concrete blocks were moved into place, along with three miles of fencing, 16,000 bolted-together tires, 16 spectator grandstands, seven pedestrian bridges and gigantic TV screens.
Several series raced on the weekend, including Firestone Indy Lights, American Le Mans, Pirelli World Challenge, Motegi Racing Super Drift Challenge (the first night race in the 39-year history of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach) and Robby Gordon's high-flying, OFF-Road Stadium SUPER Trucks. Also featured was the ever-entertaining Toyota Pro/Celebrity race where celebrities and pros raced each other, each in their identically race-prepared Scion FR-S (see AutoMatters #271 for a review).
But there was much more to see and do. There were several major concerts and the annual Lifestyle Expo with row after row of displays, exhibits, automotive-themed merchandise and artwork for sale, food, freebees and contests to enter. Outside, in addition to the vendor trailers, fans had fantastic access to the race teams as they worked on and prepared their racecars, as well as opportunities to meet their favorite drivers and get their autographs.
The weather and the racing could not have been better. The biggest problem faced by spectators was deciding what to do, since it was impossible to be everywhere and to see everything. For me, I decided on a mixture of watching the racing and doing some sightseeing. Late one afternoon I strolled along the shoreline and even took a harbor tour – for the first time in the many years that I've been coming to this event.
I rarely interview drivers, choosing instead to spend my time over however many days I'm at the track trying to absorb as much as possible and taking numerous photos. However, at the pre-race Media Luncheon an opportunity presented itself for me to talk with Takuma Sato, a former Formula One driver now racing for the legendary AJ Foyt. Although the forecast for the upcoming racing indicated that the weather would be great, I was especially curious to learn from a race driver about the challenges of racing between the concrete barriers of a street circuit in the rain, so I asked him.
Takuma told me that racing between concrete walls is not the problem; it's the spray from the cars ahead, which would be a problem no matter where he was racing. He explained that the spray makes it very difficult for the drivers to see. I asked him how he is able to race in that situation. He told me that he looks up and tries to see signs or something else. Those become his reference points for where he is on the racetrack.
By the way, can you guess who won the IndyCar race with an absolutely dominant performance behind the wheel? It was none other than Takuma Sato, for the first time ever in his IndyCar Series career and also the first time for a Japanese IndyCar driver. I think he might owe me one for bringing him good luck! Call it the AutoMatters bump. Perhaps I'll mention that if I ever have another opportunity to speak with him. He might even remember me because I doubt that anyone else asked him about racing in the rain at the 2013 Long Beach race.
Well, that's about it for now. I'll let my photos speak for the racing action.
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Portable electronic test and measurement technology vendor Fluke Corp. will send two people to Miami for football's "Big Game" for learning about test tools Fluke has recently introduced.
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Wednesday, 1st September, 2010, 04:49 AM #71
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Before anyone can react the monkey whips its arm back around, hurling a sticky, brown gob of something that smells truly wretched right at Kavac's head. Kavac deftly dodges at just the last moment and the slimy mess lands right at Brenwar's feet, spattering yuck all over his boots. The monkey begins to howl loudly and wave its arms around in a menacing gesture.
Oooooooo! Oooo! Oooo! Oooo!
CombatAs per the bulletin board combat recommendations I've received, I'm rolling your initiatives for you:
Aaaand none of you went before the mandrills, oops! Let's hope I roll this bad for the rest of the encounter, eh?
Enemy ActionsMandrill 1: Hurls... something at Kavac; miss.
Mandrill 2: Appears and hurls something at Shale; hit! Shale is blinded until the end of Mandrill 2's next turn.
Mandrill 3: Appears and hurls something at Karma; hit! Karma is blinded until the end of Mandrill 3's next turn.
Mandrill 4: Appears and hurls something at Brenwar; miss.
Mandrill 5: Appears and hurls something at Shrakk; hit! Shrakk is blinded until the end of Mandrill 3's next turn.
You hear the calls being returned from all around you coming from the jungle. Four more of these beasts come swinging down from the trees from all directions, hurling their smelly leavings all along the while. The party flinches and tries to evade, but Shale, Karma and Shrakk are caught in the crossfire. The sticky filth nails you three right in your faces, getting in your mouth, nose and eyes, the monkeys taunting you all the while.
Party StatusBrenwar: Fine
Shrakk: Blinded until the end of enemy's next turn.
Karma: -1 Healing Surge, -2 on attack rolls and skill checks, Blinded until the end of enemy's next turn.
Kavak: Fine
Shale: -1 Healing Surge, -2 on attack rolls and skill checks, Blinded until the end of enemy's next turn.
TerrainThe trees are difficult terrain, but also light concealment.
The pool is difficult terrain around its circumference (the 4x4 area) and the center is deep water.
Player ActionsYou guys take your actions in whatever order you post in. I will wait until you have all acted before posting the enemy's turns. This pattern will continue until
you are all deadcombat is over. Neat huh?
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Wednesday, 1st September, 2010, 07:13 AM #72
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Shale yoinks the feral, poo-flinging halfling (probably) into the pool and sends a wave of desperation in his general direction. Then he stumbles to what he thinks would be a safer location.
ooc:Forceful push (encounter power) on F13 to F12 as a minor action. It doesn't require an attack roll and I don't think it counts as hindering terrain, so that monkey should be swimming right now. Then Dishearten centered on E12, catching 2 monkeys; if I'm reading the rules right, area attacks don't suffer the penaties for Blinded. Attack rolls are 13 and 7 Vs Will, damage is 5 and in the case anyone is hit it suffers -2 penalty to attack rolls until the end of my next round.
After all that move to a location better protected, preferably behind someone more durable,
Depending on the rest of the group's action, that could be around F7probably around E9 (changed in response to Brenwar's actions)
StatblockShale, shardmind Psion 1
Passive Perception: 14, Passive Insight: 19
AC: 14, Fort:11, Reflex:14, Will:16 -- Speed:6
HP:24/24, Bloodied:12, Surge Value:6, Surges left:6/7
Initiative +0, Action Points: 1, Power points 2/2
Powers: Dishearten, Telekinetic Thrawl, Far hand,
Foreceful Push, Shard Swarm, Telekinetic Anchor
Opportunity Attack: -1 vs. AC; 1d8-1 damage.
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Wednesday, 1st September, 2010, 11:12 AM #73
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Wednesday, 1st September, 2010, 11:12 AM #74
Karma spins around and spews psychic energy back at where the missile hitting him roughly came from, bursting the entire area indiscriminately with psychic energy.
oocI have no idea if I can do this blind, but it seems fair as a burst attack aiming roughly where you last knew them to be. Yay for controllers .
Wednesday, 1st September, 2010, 11:39 AM #75
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ooc: If I may suggest an strategy, when surrounded it's rarely a bad idea to crush through the enemy circle and present a clear front instead of allowing ourselves being attacked on all sides. In this case IMO the best idea is to nuke the I-11 od D-11 monkey and guard our flank using the pool.
Wednesday, 1st September, 2010, 01:36 PM #76
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Actions?So, what are your combat actions? I don't know what to do with your character from a narrative alone. Describe what power or powers you are using and what specific targets it includes.
And yes, bursts and blasts are not affected by blindness or concealment. You get your full attack bonus. Minus your penalty from Jungle Fever of course.
Wednesday, 1st September, 2010, 01:42 PM #77
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Brenwar dodging the flung material charges one of the nearby creatures hoping to keep it busy until his party regroups and gets the monkey's projectiles cleared from their eyes.
Combat Actions
Minor Action: Null
Standard Action: Charge with Ardent Strike (1d20+10=15, 1d10+5=14)+Charge Extra Damage from Weapon (1d8=8) the monkey in D11.
Move Action: After the charge use my Boots of Adept Charging to Shift to E11.
Combat Stats
Brenwar Male Human Paladin 4
Initiative: +1, Speed: 5 Passive Perception: 15, Passive Insight: 20
AC: 24 Fort: 17, Reflex: 17, Will: 19, Resist: 1/all
HP: 47/47, Bloodied: 23 , Surge Value: 11, Surges Left: 13/13
Action Points: 1
Feat Note: Whenever Brenwar spends a healing surge, he gains 3 resistance to all damage until the start of his next turn.
OA Basic Melee Attack: +9 Virtuous Strike (Vanguard's Hammer) 1d10+5 Damage
Powers At-Will Powers:Divine Challenge, Ardent Strike, Virtuous Strike, Enfeebling Strike Lay on Hands (3/3 Remaining)
Encounter Powers: Valorous Smite, Righteous Smite, Virtue, Channel Divinity, Second Wind
Daily Powers: Majestic Halo, Magic Item Daily
I strongly suggest we use the combat method where you go ahead and tell us the creatures basic stats (Like this). It makes it a lot easier to describe our characters hitting or not and we can go ahead roll AoO for ourselves.
Wednesday, 1st September, 2010, 02:13 PM #78
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At the obvious sign of aggression Kavac quickly stows his waterskin. Excited to use his blade on something other than plant life Kavac charges towards the closest monkey roaring a battle cry that never attempted to be understood. As he reaches the monkey he brings his blade down with practiced precision and fury.
Kavac's Stats and Actions
Minor: Put away waterskin.
Move: None.
Standard: Charge to D10 using Howling Strike on monkey in D11. Howling Strike: 1d20+8=22, 1d12+1d6+4=8 damage
Kavac - Goliath Barbarian 1
Racial Features: Mountain's Tenacity, Powerful Athlete, Stone's Endurance
Class Features: Barbarian Agility, Rageblood Vigor, Rampage
Passive Perception 18, Passive Insight 11
AC 16, Fort 17, Reflex 14, Will 13
HP 33/33, Bloodied 16, Surge Value 8, Surges 12/12
Speed 6, Initiative +2
Action Points: 1/1, Second Wind
At-Will Powers: Pressing Strike, Howling Strike
Encounter Powers: Desperate Fury, Swift Charge, Stone's Endurance
Daily Powers: Swift Panther Rage
L4W: Krav - Dragonborn Warlord | Kavac - Goliath Barbarian
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Blinded by the filth on his eyes, Shrakk simply does his best to defend himself until he can regain his vision.
Total Defense: +2 defenses usnt
Shrakk statsShrakk - Male Githzerai Avenger () 1 Passive Perception: 21, Passive Insight: 14; Normal vision AC:17, Fort:13, Reflex:15, Will:15 -- Speed:6 HP:29/29, Bloodied:14, Surge Value:7, Surges Left:9/9 +2 bonus to saves vs. daze, dominate & stun Shift 3 when using second wind. Action Points: 1, Second Wind Powers Overwhelming Strike Radiant Vengeance Angelic Alacrity Avenger's Resolve Channel Divinity Iron Mind Oath of Enmity Aspect of Might Luckblade
L4W: Shrakk| L4W: Ianward Milner| LEB: Garrick d'Orien| LEB: Kaelan| LFP: Xan Millstone
Wednesday, 1st September, 2010, 03:31 PM #80
Move action; turn around.
Standard action; empowered 2 dishearten targeting H1.
HP 20 Bloodied 10 Surge Value 5; Surges Per-Day 5
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It only seems fair that the New Orleans Saints should get a closure to the negative publicity surrounding the bounty investigation which in sorts of ways set the Saints up for their first losing season since 2007, following a 7-9 record without head coach Sean Payton, and accounted for franchise wide suspensions. U.S. District Court Judge Helen Berrigan dismissed New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma's defamation lawsuit against the NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Thursday, bringing an end to nearly all of the litigation process surrounding the infamous bounty scandal.
Judge Helen Berrigan ruled Jonathan Vilma's claims and provided evidence did not support his defamation lawsuit. She upheld Roger Goodell's right to investigate the previously four suspended players for conduct detrimental to the league under the terms of the collective bargain agreement.
"Vilma's argument that the statements were made in Goodell's individual capacity is unpersuasive," declared Judge Helen Berrigan, "as Goodell was sued as Commissioner of the NFL and all of the statements attributed to Goodell were made in connection with the NFL's investigation of the pay-per-performance/bounty allegations."
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Jonathan Vilma was suspended for the entire 2012 season for his role in the bounty program, although e wound up playing through the appeals process. Three other NFL players, New Orleans Saints defensive end Will Smith, Cleveland Browns linebacker Scott Fujita and free agent defensive lineman Anthony Hargrove were also suspended over shorter variable terms. However, all four suspensions were overturned after former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue heard a final round of appeals last month. Paul Tagliabue still backed Roger Goodell's findings in the bounty investigation.
The 30-year-old Jonathan Vilma had the defamation lawsuit against Roger Goodell filed in March, setting out 11 claims that pointed at six statements made by Roger Goodell via NFL news releases, an interview with the NFL Network and memos to 32 teams. Jonathan Vilma brought it fourth the defamation lawsuit again in December even after the suspensions were vacated. Judge Helen Berrigan displeasure over how the entire situation stretched over New Orleans Saints' season.
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Pairing: Kurt/Blaine
Summary: Kurt realizes there is way more going on here than here than Blaine meeting someone new.
Spoilers for 4x04. Allusions to Blaine being depressed, potential self-harm and suicidal thoughts. This was my attempt at being cathartic so trust me, it has the happiest ending possible.
At two in the morning Blaine starts crying and he doesn't stop.
They're both awake. It isn't even within the realm of possibility for Kurt to sleep. He's been on the edge of getting out of the bed completely for at least twenty minutes, suffocating under Blaine's presence.
Then he hears the first gasping sob and it's not like the tears before. It's unhinged, the bed trembling from the force of it, and it doesn't stop at all. Blaine sounds like he's hyperventilating and he curls even more tightly in on himself and Kurt's heart starts to thump hard with panic.
"Blaine?" He whispers, his own voice hoarse from tears shed.
Blaine just cries harder. He's wheezing now, uncontrollable tears. Kurt puts a hand on his shoulder and fuck, fuck, he doesn't care what Blaine has done, Kurt can't take that look on his face. He looks terrified and ripped apart and wrecked and Kurt breaks into a million pieces with a million times more pain than the words I was with someone because that is about them, them maybe not working. But this - this is about Blaine.
"Come here," Kurt says, and it takes some manhandling to get Blaine into his arms but once he's there Blaine latches on and squeezes so hard that Kurt thinks he'll have bruises, but he doesn't stop crying.
At some point Rachel stands in the fluttering part of the curtain partition with a concerned look on her face. Kurt just waves her away and she frowns, wipes a tear from her own eye, and goes back to her own little personal misery.
"Blaine," Kurt says, stroking over his back. Blaine's skin feels cold and clammy and damp with sweat. "Blaine, breathe, honey."
"I, Kurt, I can't-"
Blaine's voice is almost worse than the tears and there is more going on here, so much more than I was with someone, and Kurt has never felt more hopeless or useless in his life. "We'll talk about it later, Blaine."
He wants to say we'll be all right and it's going to be okay but he doesn't know if it will, doesn't trust himself to make that promise even if it might be what Blaine needs. Blaine is still going to have to go back to Lima alone and Kurt is still going to be in New York and some mysterious faceless guy who now knows some part of Blaine that only Kurt was supposed to know will still exist.
But this is Blaine, this is the love of his life falling apart, and Kurt could no more stop being here and caring than he could stop breathing.
Blaine shoves out of his arms and his breathing is choked now. Kurt's confused, reaching for him, until he realizes Blaine is bolting for the bathroom. Kurt follows and strokes Blaine's hair back from his head and doesn't avert his eyes as Blaine throws up until there's nothing left but painful retching through the tears that still don't stop.
When he's finished Kurt flushes the toilet and dampens a cloth and wipes the sweat from Blaine's face. Blaine watches him with those terrified eyes. When he speaks, the first sentence he says is a disgusted, "Why are you being nice to me?"
Kurt doesn't know how to answer that, not really. He lets the words tumble out knowing that it's the middle of the night and they probably won't make sense. "You hurt me very badly tonight, but I think you hurt yourself worse. And I don't like it when anything hurts you."
Blaine drops his face into his hands again and, god, how can someone have so many tears inside of them? Kurt rubs impatiently at his own eyes with his hands. His head is killing him and he feels like if he focused too long on the churning inside that he'd probably throw up, too.
There's that terrible hitching noise again and he can see Blaine fighting through something.
"Breathe, Blaine," he says, kneeling in front of Blaine. "Can you do that?"
Blaine struggles and nods and manages to get it under control, hysteria held at bay.
He leads Blaine into the kitchen starts to make tea. When Blaine sinks to the floor, back against the counter by Kurt's legs, Kurt doesn't say anything.
He's still crying, but it's quieter now. His face is pale with red splotches and there's sweat on his forehead. When the tea is done, Kurt joins him on the floor.
"I can't do this anymore, Kurt." There's a rawness in Blaine's voice that hits Kurt before the impact of the words.
Then he realizes what Kurt is saying. "You're breaking up with me?"
"No! God, no, Kurt, no." Blaine's voice wobbles and he says it with such intensity that Kurt knows beyond a shadow of the doubt that it's a truth.
"Then what? What can't you do anymore? Long distance? Because I can't just come back to Lima, Blaine-"
"Life." Blaine squeezes his eyes shut. "Living."
And… oh.
Blaine has needed him.
Blaine has needed him and Kurt didn't know.
Blaine is good at hiding things but Blaine has been slowly unraveling since Kurt waltzed into his life and gave him something to want more than a solo at regionals or a good fencing match. Kurt understands a lot of these things about Blaine. He's seen the dark moments, he knows the scars on Blaine's skin, he knows in a peripheral way enough about Blaine's home life just from the way Blaine never seems to have one.
But it's three in the morning and Kurt can't process all of this over his own hurt and betrayal right now. He can't make rational thought of everything Blaine is telling him and not telling him, he just knows that this is so much more than he can deal with on his own.
He reaches down and takes Blaine's hand. "Don't say that, Blaine."
Blaine won't look at him now. Blaine doesn't say more; he doesn't say whatever is weighing him down in his mind, but Kurt's gotten enough glimpses and glances at the staggering level of self-doubt Blaine is capable of that he knows how bad this much be if this is what it takes to break Blaine.
"Blaine, I love you. And this is not the end of us unless you say it is, and even then - I'm not saying goodbye, I'm not letting you say goodbye."
The next morning Blaine is gone.
Kurt cries for a good, long time - normal tears. Hurt, my-boyfriend-cheated-on-me tears. Aching, I-can't-help-the-boy-I-love tears. Tears of missing Blaine, tears of being angry at Blaine, tears when he sees the bouquet of roses.
He doesn't call Blaine. He wants to. Part of him would happily let Blaine continue to rely on him and only him for the rest of their lives if it worked for Blaine, but it's clearly not working for Blaine.
He emails Mrs. Pillsbury first. He knows her well enough to know that she'll talk to Blaine but probably never confirm to Kurt that she has. He spells out the whole story: his worries, what she needs to look out for. It feels a little like spilling secrets that aren't his to spill but right now he doesn't care. Someone needs to know. Someone qualified, someone that can help him.
He emails Sam and Tina next. He says that he and Blaine are going through a rough patch and that he's hurt over what Blaine did but he needs them to be there for Blaine and not be angry at him. Sam, he knows, genuinely likes Blaine - but Sam and Kurt spent the last year living in the same house. They're not exactly brothers but they're close and even though Sam doesn't seem like the type that would hold a grudge on behalf of a friend, he doesn't want to take the chance.
He stops then, because he has to go to work.
The roses come later that afternoon.
His eyes sting and he gets through the brief exchange with his co-worker before going to the bathroom to cry. It's not because Blaine cheated; it's because Blaine is still reaching out to him. He'd be gutted if Blaine didn't, but what hurts him now is that he knows he can't accept the gesture yet.
When he gets home he calls his father.
Burt is livid when he hears what Blaine has done. "I never woulda thought that kid… well, damn. He worshipped the ground you walked on, Kurt."
"Dad, I don't even think it's about me. Don't be mad at him, okay? I'm not anymore." It's the truth. He'll be mad - later, when he knows Blaine is okay. They'll talk about it and he'll unlock the vault of hurt and pain he's keeping a lid on, he'll make Blaine swear to never do something so stupid again. But not right now.
"What the hell does that mean? You think he's already with this other kid? He wouldn't just forget you like that. Kid ain't that stupid. And you're forgiving him just like that?" The passionate concern in Burt's voice lets Kurt know he's doing the right thing here.
"I'm worried about him, Dad. He doesn't have anyone there. You know what it's like at home for him…" It's not something they've ever explicitly discussed, but Burt had dropped plenty of hints that it wasn't right how Blaine's family never cared how much time he spent at Kurt's. "His brother is a flake and his parents don't remember that he exists half the time. He has no one to be there for him.Could you check on him? Make sure he's okay? Or ask Carole to? Have him over for dinner, or just… I just need to know he's got somewhere to go."
Burt doesn't respond for a few beats. "You sure you want me to do that?"
"Dad, I need him to know someone cares, so he doesn't do something stupid." Kurt's voice cracks on the last word.
There's more silence on Burt's end. "You really think he would?"
He sounds upset at the concept. Even in Kurt's darkest days, it's not something he really worried about. His focus was always on escaping Lima, not escaping life as a whole.
Kurt doesn't answer because he can't bring himself to say that yes, he thinks Blaine would.
Blaine tries to call him twice that night.
Kurt doesn't answer.
He wants to. He wants to so fucking badly but the idea that he'll talk to Blaine and say something wrong terrifies him. Instead he sits at his computer and looks over his bank account. He'll have to ask his father to help him out with next month's rent, but he knows his father will.
He doesn't have words for Blaine. He doesn't know what Blaine needs to hear, but he knows that he needs to see Blaine, alive and safe and in front of him.
He sends Isabelle and email to say he won't be available after 5 pm on Friday and books a roundtrip weekend plane ticket to Lima.
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I thought thats where the 13.2 second time came from. For a 3600 pound chevelle that is awesome in my opinion. my car weighs at best 2300-2500 pounds. Thers not much to it... fiberglass hood (or no hood at all), plastic bumpers, no interior, smaller fuel cell, no ac system, no heater box, no actual dashboard, nothing under the dashboard, no wipers, and an air freshner.
13.2 seconds is good enough for me... maybe a little lower maybe a little higher. It would be a start at least.
i think you need to start over (in this thread)
heres what i want to accomplish
heres what i have
heres my budget $$$
whats my best way to spend my $$$ to get as close to my goal ?
just remember you can sell those heads, and use some of the money you were going to spend on a new intake etc. to get different heads
just throwing that out there
Low 13s is impressive on street strip cars to me!! especialy on your first build when your young and learning! As time goes by you can tweek it! Change things and have fun doing it! Building a killer fast sometimes isn't as fun as the slow approach when your young! We (sorry I should say I) have fond memory's of my early builds, swap meet finds, buddies helping, using a newspaper delivery box as a scoop, water pipe cut outs with caps home made steel packs, Firestone recap slicks (yes some slicks were recaps back then), running low 13s and tweeking in the pits and running in the 12s on the next pass . A little 283 with a tunnel ram, 2 600s with the chock horns milled off , 202 power pack heads , General Kinetics cam (Ground at his garage in an alley in detroit), ram horn manifolds with just the header pipe, M22 4 speed, 4.11 gears (57 chevy housing), in a 50 ford junker LOL and running 13s at Detroit drag way when I was in my senior year 17 years old, I had 2 paper routes Detroit Free Press at 5am in the morning and Detroit News 3pm after school, and a 2 hr a day job sweeping a body shop after they closed at 5 pm. and spending all my money for cigarettes, premium gas, & burgers & fries and cherry phosphates on cruise nights at Dog & suds!! all the rest ($) went to parts for the 50 ford and every week it went just a little faster! If I had the money to build a 10 or 9 second car all at once I would have none of those old memmory's and the fun!
Theres nothing wrong with building slow and using what you can afford and have laying around! You can always upgrade as you go!! Last year I bought a brand new Weiand high ram still in the box for 100 dollars. So you can build cheep if you look around! I ended up running high 11 with that 50 ford before I joined the service! with that same 57 rear and a 4.88 gear among other changes,And beat guys with the ford 9" nodular! A lot of things work very well and you could be ridiculed for running LT1 202 camel hump heads but those heads helped me run 10.3 at 131 M.P.H. on a 327, mickey thompson cross ram with 2 950 Holley 3 barrels & Black jack headers borg warner liberty geared 4 speed and same 57 rear end and casler 10" slicks!! On a 2300# car !! I had a lot of fun LOL !
To answer Matts post:
-350 4 bolt main block bored 030 over =355
-keith black pistons (P/N UEM-KB193 030) dished, two valve reliefs, +12.oo ccs
-a (pretty sissy) summit old cam :454lift int and ex, 216/216 int /ex @.050, 272 duration, 112 lsa
-trickflow twisted wedge heads (P/N 31400001) 170cc intake, 63cc chambers
-9.8:1 compression
-Weiand high ram with dual holley 450s (unaltered carbs)******
-rest of the drivetrain will be beefed accordingly
If i can find a better cam, and play with the carbs, while using the rest of my engine to get my car to pull 13s - that would be fantastic.
****** Also - the T-ram setup is expendable. Let's say i have a good friend thats willing to buy my setup (T-ram intake and both carbs) at their original cost - approximatley $750, if the need to go to a different intake / carb setup should arise. If something else would be better suited for my setup so be it. Thats why Matt found my other post. I basically found what the Holley wild street setup would come with.
As always - thanks-a-million everyone
Last edited by maverickmechanic13; 02-26-2012 at 03:47 PM.
The car should run 13.2 or faster now without changing anything.
(maybe add a high stall converter and gears and sticky tires.)
The motor (as it is now) needs tuning to run correctly.
Ignition timing curve, carb jetting and accelerator pump tuning.
its will never make big power but will run correctly with proper specific re tuning..
Get some 4.10's-4.30's and a 10" 3500 stall converter.
You do not need a $5000 bottom end to run a tunnel ram and make real power..
I built one using a basicly stock bottom end for less than $1200 including the t ram and two 750 edelbrock carbs and Isky Z-27 solid lifter street cam. It's not that hard to do.
Start the retuning by making this change to the distributor and report the results.
Lock out the mechanical advance and set the locked timing at 34-36deg BTDC.
(The "locked" timing does not move with rpm)
Install new spark plugs gapped at .035"
let the motor warm up completely after seting the locked timing using a timing light.
then reset the carb idle mix screws and idle speed screws and test the throttle response.
It should be much better after this change.
This may not be the final setup but this is where you start.
If its too much and pings when you rug it we can change that.
A t ramed motor needs a different timing curve with a very generous amount if initial spark advance at idle. Especially with those carbs that lack a rear sec accel pump shot.
Work with me on this.
It will work a whole lot better with a high stall converter. 10" 3500+ stall or better.
do not buy a 3000 stall.
next you will be dialing in the accelerator pump shot. you will need a few holley shooters or some pin drills to measure the holes and redrill as nessessary.
A AFR gauge and o2 sensor to read the air fuel ratio will allow you to dial in the carb jetting without guessing even a low cost narrow band type will work . It will help you be a carb-tunnel ram guru.
do the distributor first: How you lock it out depends on what distributor you got.
Last edited by F-BIRD'88; 02-26-2012 at 04:08 PM.
Should I keep the cam or pitch it?
I paid $200 for my T ram and 150each for the 750carbs.
The t ram was new. The deals are where you find them.
any larger new cam will probabily require VTP clearance correction. $$$.
( custom piston machining).
Any attempt to install a new cam will require VTP clearance verification with those goofy heads.
you need a high stall converter and gears to make a big cam work.
do not buy less than a 3500 stall do not buy less than 4.10's.
work on the distributor
If memory serves its a msd distributor no vacuum advance magnetic pickup controlled by a 6al msd box.
You need to know the actual as installed cam timing numbers.
( degree in the cam.)
You need to know the current valve to piston clearance you got now.
You need to know the exact crank position when the intake and the exhaust valve is closest to the piston ( near TDC)
You need to know the valve lift @TDC intake and exhaust.
From this info you can select a new larger cam that will fit without VTP interferience.
can you beg, borrow or steal a cam to trial fit?
even a old cam with a wiped lobe is good enough.
hyd cam 230 to 246@.050" 106 to 110LSA.
Solid cam 244 to 260@.050 102 to 112LSA
(you must use a solid lifter to do all degreeing and VTP clearance checking.)
guessing will get you smashed valves and pushrods.
don;t blame me, you're the one that bought these goofy heads LOL
You will need a piston stop, dial indicator and stand and a cam degreeeing degree wheel. a two solid lifters. A bigger cam to trial fit will shorten the learning curve. What do you or your friends got laying around?
Last edited by F-BIRD'88; 02-26-2012 at 04:47 PM.
they do not come set up correctly, out of the box. You can fix that.
start by locking out the curve. timing 36deg BTDC at idle.
the MSD box requires proper wireing installation. If you did it wrong fix it.
proper box and engine grounding is critrical.
proper mag pick up wireing polarity is critical.
use premimum gas.
Okay. Got it. Only scary thing so far is the carb tuning
this and some patience and work will make it un scary.
if you buy carbs, buy larger carbs. a pair of used edelbrock 650 AVS thunder series or the 750 AFB's would be sweet. Don;t bother buying the 600's. They all suck.
the higher the converter stall speed the better the whole thing will work.
a 8" or 9" race converter would be sweet. ATI Racing
( yes it will drive fine on the street)
A 10" 3500 stall is the minimum you need to go fast with the T ram.
Do not buy a lame converter. Don;t waste you money.
I have some good recomendations on a new cam but need the VTP clerance info first. A trial fit cam would be sweet. ( fair big hyd or solid cam)
Last edited by F-BIRD'88; 02-26-2012 at 05:09 PM.
you will be able to make it work
these guys know their stuff
sounds like maybe work with what you have, get it tuned correctly
spend your first batch of dollars on a converter and some rear gears
what size were the headers/exhaust?
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"In poll after poll, Americans vastly underestimate per-pupil education funding and overall school spending," writes Nathan Benefield on Forbes.com.
The Stock Market Has Recovered. Why Haven't Pensions?
Pension plans have not made much of a dent in their long-term unfunded debt. How could this be?
How To Kill Reading Achievement
Complaints about close reading bother me less than its potential overuse, or the creeping notion that close reading is what all reading instruction should look like under Common Core. That would be bad for the standards, and even worse for reading achievement in the U.S.
Behind the Headline: Changes in AP History Trigger a Culture Clash in Colorado
A front-page story in today's Washington Post looks at the debate that has broken out in Colorado over the new Advanced Placement U.S. History curriculum.
Behind the Headline: Parent Says No Mush For His First-Grader
In his column, Jay Mathews highlights a blog entry by Mike Petrilli about the weak, content-free curriculum being taught to his first grader in the Montgomery County, Md. public schools.
Job Listing: Staff Assistant with Education Next and PEPG
Education Next and the Program on Education Policy and Governance (PEPG) at the Kennedy School at Harvard are looking for a staff assistant. This is a full-time job with benefits.
Teach for America's Retirement Gap
While most TFA teachers may not realize it, almost all are losing out on retirement benefits for their time in the classroom.
What We're Watching: Three Ideas for American Education Reform
Mike McShane explains how our education system could be changed to help the have-nots catch up to the haves
District School Authorizers and Next-Generation Accountability
Two important events provide the outlines for a new approach to state-level accountability.
The Latest XPrize and How It May Succeed or Fail
The XPrize is funding its first edtech competition to handsomely reward the team that develops the best software to help children in developing countries teach themselves basic literacy and math.
New OCR Guidance on Equitable Resources: A Godsend for Charter Schools?
I'd love to see charter associations ask OCR to investigate states that don't do enough to provide equitable funding to charter schools serving high proportions of poor and minority children.
What We're Watching: Campbell Brown at AEI
On October 2, Campbell Brown was at AEI to discuss the Vergara v. California ruling and teacher tenure reform.
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Enjoy content from your HTC One Series on the big screen with the Media Link HD
Summary: HTC released the HTC Media Link HD device to help you share your content from your phone with family and friends. It is a great way to enjoy movies, music, photos, and your device display to the big screen.
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You can use different apps with mirror mode, including the Chrome web browser.
It is great to share photos from your HTC One X on the TV. As you can see I am giving a lift here in this rugby game (I am #1).
One of the main reasons to use the Media Link HD is to watch movies and trailers.
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KYA U.P. me PRESIDENT RULE impose hona chahiye ?
Tags: education, entertainment, rule
Asked by Amrish Goel, 20 Sep '13 02:53 pm
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Riot situation vindicates a presidential rule to be imposed in UP.....but political situation in the centre never dare to do so....otherwise it will collapse if the SP takes back its support from UPA.....but HINDUs are killed in hundreds in UP ....... a situation, more tense than that of Gujraat during 2002Answered by Stupidcommonman, 20 Sep '13 02:59 pm
President rule should be applied around Muzaffarnagar district. Perhaps all will be solved.
Source: selfAnswered by Great Idea, 20 Sep '13 02:57 pm
Ji nahinAnswered by Iqbal Seth, 20 Sep '13 02:53 pm


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|Carl Chavez
My personal anticipation level for the next turn-based strategy game out of Stardock has gone up +5... but on the other hand, Internet hate goes up +20 towards Stardock (Civ V sucked! Elemental sucked! Total suckage!).
I'm glad to hear most of the early layoffs were rehired. It's good that a game company would make the effort to get people back. Often, game companies lay off a bunch of people and then hire new people later.
|David Fried
This explains why I didn't get the job... =P
|Robert Boyd
Looks like I'm going to need to buy Elemental one of these days now. At least, after it gets a few more patches.