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I think this sentence really captures something that could be fun. You're hitting on a potential metroidvania idea here.
For instance, you want to make a potion that helps you see in the dark but before you can do this you have to get a certain ingredient then ground the ingredient with a mortar and pestle.
Say, for example, to earn the "next ingredient" you need to go through a dark area of the dungeon, then you figure out you need to stack up on ingredients to make a potion to see in the dark.
But then you see that a part of the dungeon has collapsed underwater, so you know you need a water-breathing potion, which puts you off-course searching for the components to make that potion.
It would be an interaction between a longer-term goal, broken down into obstacles which in turn lead you back to reading your manual and uncovering information (what ingredients, how to use them, where to find them) and immediate goals (finding the ingredients in the dungeon).
I think such a game would be appealing, especially if you challenge the player once in a while. They see the obvious dark, thus they'll make the easy assumption that they need a dark vision potion (which is ok) or they could've done their job of studying the manual and uncover a pass-through-wall potion or flying potion that allows them to simply avoid this obstacle in a clever and simpler way. You could find hidden areas using more complex potions that aren't necessarily required for the basic walkthrough, but it could expand on finding rare ingredients and make even more impressive potions.
That said, that would shift the focus of the game towards completing the walkthrough rather than making more potions and this could sidetrack you from your objective.
Interesting thought, I like the idea that the environment can be as much as an obstacle as the creatures inhabiting it. In this kind of sense the player would have to either stack up random ingredients or make lots of back and forth journeys to get the right potions to complete these obstacles. I don't know if this would be challenging or tedious though. I'm going to try and keep the walkthrough to a basic level so the player feels free pretty much do whatever he or she likes.
I'm not sure that linear things like quests would work in this kind of game but it's one of these things that I'm going to think about. I'm also not sure how one would beat the game or reach a final objective. Maybe it would be to create all possible potions but that would be suggesting that there would be a finite number of them. I like the idea of have millions of combinations of ingredients that combine certain effects but I also like the idea of having pre-determined potions because they would all be unique. I think that I would probably go for the more unique potions and have a finite amount of them because it would make brewing them more interesting. "Oh you put a little too much of this so now the whole potion is ruined!".
I don't the idea of the game telling you that you have ruined a potion. I would rather the player find out the hard way in the middle of a danger zone ;)


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posted at 9:55 am on January 30, 2010 by Ed Morrissey
Two weeks ago, the Times of London rocked the global-warming movement by revealing that one of their pet claims — that the Himalayan glaciers would disappear by 2035 — was not only based on nothing but speculation, but also lifted incorrectly by the IPCC. The UN body has a bigger problem today, as the Times now reports that the head of the IPCC, Rajendra Pachauri, knew about the error for months, and never bothered to mention it at the Copenhagen summit:
The chairman of the leading climate change watchdog was informed that claims about melting Himalayan glaciers were false before the Copenhagen summit, The Times has learnt.
Rajendra Pachauri was told that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment that the glaciers would disappear by 2035 was wrong, but he waited two months to correct it. He failed to act despite learning that the claim had been refuted by several leading glaciologists.
The IPCC's report underpinned the proposals at Copenhagen for drastic cuts in global emissions.
Dr Pachauri, who played a leading role at the summit, corrected the error last week after coming under media pressure. He told The Times on January 22 that he had only known about the error for a few days. He said: "I became aware of this when it was reported in the media about ten days ago. Before that, it was really not made known. Nobody brought it to my attention. There were statements, but we never looked at this 2035 number."
Asked whether he had deliberately kept silent about the error to avoid embarrassment at Copenhagen, he said: "That's ridiculous. It never came to my attention before the Copenhagen summit. It wasn't in the public sphere."
However, a prominent science journalist said that he had asked Dr Pachauri about the 2035 error last November. Pallava Bagla, who writes for Science journal, said he had asked Dr Pachauri about the error. He said that Dr Pachauri had replied: "I don't have anything to add on glaciers."
Pachauri's excuse? The IPCC was "terribly occupied" with Copenhagen arrangements and couldn't be bothered with issues like incorrect data in the reports they planned to present there. They finally decided weeks after their convention to look at the questions that had arisen (in places like the Times) and then moved "very fast" to correct their reports.
I think Bagla could be forgiven if he sees Pachauri's idea of "very fast" as, well, glacial. Pachauri and the IPCC only moved "very fast" after the Times exposed them. Had that not happened, that wildly incorrect speculation about Himalayan glaciers would have remained in the report.
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In addition to teaching as an assistant professor of women's studies at the University of Washington, Sunindyo has been a lecturer at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where she earned her master's degree in 1984 and her Ph.D. in 1993. Her Drs. degree was awarded in 1982 from the Universitas Indonesia in Jakarta.
Much of Sunindyo's research and teaching centers on comparative women's movements, race, class, sexuality and the social order. She has been the recipient of fellowships from the Association of American University Women Educational Foundation, the Ford Foundation and the University of Wisconsin, and was nominated for a distinguished teaching award at the University of Washington.
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Seeking answers for a senseless tragedy
On Aug. 30, while a woman I didn't know was struggling for her life, I stood 50 feet away in a biting downpour, peering through a soaked camera lens, and took pictures.
I am still trying to understand how I should feel about that.
Her name was Betty Ann Richardson. Like most of us that evening, she was merely trying to drive home through the sudden chaos caused by Tropical Storm Gaston. But unlike the rest of us, she never made it.
Journalists are curious and wide-eyed by nature.
Sometimes, we wish we were not.
We enter this profession because we like to write, take pictures, educate others and tell stories untold. Some of us thrive under the never-ending rush of constant deadlines, others under the adrenaline of danger, intrigue and shock. Others prefer the friendlier pace of covering youth baseball games, county government and autumn parades.
I believe each form of journalism, when performed responsibly, is equally important.
As the Henrico Citizen celebrates its third anniversary this month, I am able to reflect on the events that have caused each form to find its way into our pages during the past three years.
Our first issue was published nine days after the Sept. 11 attacks, at a time when much seemed lost in a surreal haze and confusion. Writing about the opening of a new county library and volunteers who built homes for the poor didn't seem terribly important at the time, but we did it anyway. Today, I am glad we did.
The following autumn, a similar eerie feeling swept through the community while police sought desperately to catch snipers who were terrorizing our region. One October morning, I found myself standing across the street from what would temporarily become the most famous gas station in the world – in the heart of Henrico – after police narrowly missed capturing the suspects at a pay phone there.
And last year at this time, we all experienced the devastation of Hurricane Isabel – which has left lingering effects for some even now.
These are not the events we hoped to cover when the Citizen began publishing three years ago. But in journalism, we don't always have a choice.
Sometimes, quietly important community news swirls together in sudden and unforeseen ways with a national manhunt or a natural disaster. I'd like to say that experience eventually dictates how we react to these strange combinations – as humans and as journalists.
But after Tropical Storm Gaston left me with a memory I won't soon shake, I don't know that I'm any closer to being comfortable with my reactions as either one.
While Gaston was dumping more than a foot of rain on metro Richmond, my staff and I were toiling away on a deadline in our office, which sits directly across from Bryan Park in Lakeside. I thought little of the rain – other than to marvel at how much of it there seemed to be – until our intern phoned on her way home to warn us that standing water on Lakeside Avenue was blocking the flow of traffic at about 5:30 p.m.
Later, when our managing editor and I ventured out in the downpour after flooding knocked our power out, we saw a frightening sight: Richardson's van, caught in the rising water, had stalled on Lakeside Avenue and was sitting on a sidewalk, angled nearly perpendicular to the road. It sat only about 50 feet from our office building.
As several Henrico firefighters closed the area to onlookers, others anchored a ladder truck in place with sturdy reinforcement legs. I rushed to my car to load a roll of film into my camera.
At the time, I believed I would be capturing a dramatic rescue on film. It would be the sort of moment that could provide inspiration to readers and show the lengths to which rescuers will go to protect the public. From such a devastating storm, I thought, it would be comforting to steal something positive and reassuring.
Rain slapped against my face one sheet at a time while I snapped pictures through a lens blurry with streaks of water.
In between shots, I watched a team of firefighters brave rapids that in some spots must have been 8 to 10 feet deep. They extended their truck's ladder parallel over the raging waters and climbed its length in an attempt to secure the van and pull it from danger. Several entered the rushing water when it became clear they couldn't reach Richardson otherwise.
One was set to plow through the rapids in a final attempt to pull her from the van when the water overcame the vehicle and pulled it over the embankment and into Jordan's Branch below. It also took Richardson's life.
The first rule of covering an emergency is to be a human being first and a journalist second. Carrying a notepad or camera doesn't give someone the right to opt out of his responsibilities to a fellow human in need.
At the time, and I suppose in retrospect, I know there was nothing I could have done to save Betty Ann Richardson. She became Henrico's only fatality in the terrible storm. Even the Henrico firefighters who tried desperately – valiantly – to do so, and who went far beyond reasonable expectations in their attempts, were sadly unsuccessful.
But in light of the tragic result, I have wondered quietly about what right I had to document such an event – even one that occurred directly in front of my office, and even though documenting events is my job.
In one sense, I don't regret my presence that night, if only to recount here the lengths to which the firefighters went in a desperate attempt to save another life. Already that hour they had plucked two teens from a tree across the street in Bryan Park, after an ill-fated tubing trip, and they had saved another driver whose car stalled in the same spot as Richardson's minutes earlier. All three surely would have faced great peril, if not certain death, otherwise.
In another sense, I have experienced strong feelings of guilt about my actions, or perhaps lack thereof, that night.
Most of all, I feel a terrible sadness for Richardson's family, friends and coworkers. I've had difficulty reasoning the manner in which everything happened so quickly and resolutely that night – how a road I travel four times a day or more could suddenly become submerged under 10 feet of currents, yet clear enough three hours later for me to drive home. Why someone who was no different from the rest of us met a different fate.
Seeking answers where none exist is not easy, now or ever. During the past few weeks, I've listened to advice and thoughts from friends and colleagues who are journalists and others who are not. In questioning myself repeatedly, I've contemplated the many things I could have done that night instead of what I did.
I wonder if I could have helped more and observed less. I wonder whether I should even have been there, clicking a camera in a thunderous downpour, at all.
The roll of film I took that night now sits undeveloped on my desk. I haven't the desire, nor the courage, to move it. Whatever images I captured inside it already exist in much greater detail inside my mind, and that is where they should remain.
When the water from Youngs Pond began rushing across Lakeside Avenue early that evening, before any lives had been threatened by its steady rise, our managing editor rushed up the stairs to my office, her feet soaked, to tell me about the surreal sight of a river flowing 50 feet from our front door.
"You have to come see this," she said. "You'll never see anything like it again."
I hope she was right.
And I wish I never had.
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Over the weekend of Nov. 16-19, contractors for the state Department of Transportation will close both directions of State Route 520 between Montlake Boulevard and Interstate 405 for girders to be set for the east half of the Bellevue Way bridge, construction of a noise wall east of 92nd Avenue Northeast and other time-sensitive activities.
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Hyundai: No N models for Genesis
Hyundai is preparing to release an onslaught of high-performance cars developed by a new sub-division named N. However, officials have confirmed the N treatment will be reserved for members of the Hyundai lineup, and it won't extend to the more upmarket Genesis-branded cars.
Lamborghini expands factory
Lamborghini is expanding its factory to build the Urus SUV. The new facility includes a logistics center, a paint shop, an assembly line, additional parking spots, and even test track. http://bit.ly/2rbSUyn
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Labor issues have delayed Hyundai's entry-level Kona crossover, according to The Truth About Cars. As it stands, the Kona's production schedule has been halted.
Electric Subaru will be based on existing car
Subaru's first-ever electric car is coming by 2021. It will be a battery-powered variant of an existing car, not a standalone model. This approach slashes R&D costs and eliminates the need to create a partnership with another automaker. https://bloom.bg/2rKXLna
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I went to Raley's and what did I see?
Original post made by neighbor, Another Pleasanton neighborhood, on Nov 8, 2012
A strike of course. A bunch of people (even though it's on the meat dpt on strike) standing around outside with signs - I didn't see people I knew and I'm at Raley's all the time. Apparently a big part of this is about keeping health benefits after 65 - why should this be an issue? There is Medicare after 65.
Hard working employees inside doing their best, working hard, smiling and kind. Incredibly helpful, trying to save their business and remain competitive. It was nice inside, a good vibe.
Great deals - you can get free eggs, 2 liter drink, chips and an avadodo for free + $5 for next time if you spend $20 on other things! Only today I think.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Nov 8, 2012 at 2:50 pm
Wow! Free eggs and other stuff. Quite a promo! There must be a lot at stake for Raley's. I brought home a pound of union-sliced balony the other day and half of it wasn't sliced and the half that was had what looked like human blood on it. I said right then and there that I'd rather eat a scab off a scab laborer than purchase another union-made item, ever. And I mean it. Also, I'm a smoker and I vote!!!
a resident of Stoneridge
on Nov 8, 2012 at 2:53 pm
Good! Thanks for the update. Wouldn't it be cool if
Raleys did record breaking business because of this?
I would love to see it backfire on these troublemaking
ingrates. These outsiders who are coming into our town
to try and strong arm us need a message loud and clear.
a resident of Country Fair
on Nov 8, 2012 at 11:12 pm
What you saw was a bunch of well-intentioned people that have no clue about business. Their pension is made possible by the profits the company makes by serving its customers. The Pleasanton Raley's has to already be feeling the pressure from the new Safeway and will soon be feeling the competitive pressure from the WalMart market. If Raley's is going to compete, it will have to do so on service (not selection and not price). It is insane to chase your customers away to another store. How sad that they buy into the union BS, when the strike is so obviously bad for the store that employees them.
a resident of Foothill High School
on Nov 9, 2012 at 8:42 am
Thank God there's a strike at Raleys! Since the union workers won their long fight against the Kastlewood Kountry Klub, Tea Baggers haven't had any unions to bash. This gives them something to do.
Thank you, Raleys meatcutters!
And yes, I predict the union will win. Organized labor is on the move in California. Get used to it.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Nov 9, 2012 at 9:25 am
Free bananas, bread, orange juice and chips today. For those of you who want to support this local store and employees (other than butchers) and who hope it can survive.
They've been closing stores in California and then all employees lose their jobs. Is that what we really want? I guess we can always go to the Walmart instead. I will support Raley's.
a resident of Bonde Ranch
on Nov 9, 2012 at 7:26 pm
Is there anyone who hasn't been affected by the high cost of healthcare? Why should the Union care about healthcare after 65 when the employee qualifies for medicare? Unless there is a good explanation I'm crossing the picket line.
a resident of Foothill High School
on Nov 9, 2012 at 10:16 pm
Are you SURE Raley's was giving away food? Because otherwise that's known as something we call "shoplifting". And that's very very very wrong. Especially if you get caught.
a resident of another community
on Nov 9, 2012 at 10:23 pm
The only employees on strike at Raley's are the meat department and maybe Deli. Everyone else working there is non-union. The free food has nothing to do with strike. It's called REWARDS!!I know this because I went to a Raley's today!!! So come down p-town shoppers..
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Nov 12, 2012 at 12:37 pm
They should be happy they even HAVE a job with unemployment so high. They need a reality check.


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While I've seen every James Bond film, this was the first Ian Flemming novel I've been exposed to. I enjoyed the story immensely, and was struck by the narrator's skill at bringing these improbable, fruity characters to life. Highly recommended diversionary listen.
"A calm adventure."
Simon Vance is a great reader. Thankfully he has been the only voice for 007 to this point. Makes it real easy and familiar to read... a continuation from book to book.
Still enjoyable as a 007 book. Least enjoyable was the let down of the quickness of the story. It was over way too soon... only one quick adventure and a drawn-out ending. Sadly, that's audio books for you, though. You'll not know how many more pages are left (few or a lot) and then you hit the end and cannot believe it. That's how I felt with Dr. No. However, it's difficult for a late writer to adjust his further works.
Only listened to Simon Vance in the 007 series. Again, the familiarity from book to book makes 007 more realistic... believable. He's never been rushed while reading, and, as he is an entertainer, he can deliver the lines with perfection.
I COULD have listened to it in one sitting. And yes, I could have easily enjoyed it in one sitting.
"One of the better Bond books."
Great villain/setting.
Bond is closer to death in this book than any other. A couple of old characters from Live and Let Die return for this adventure.
Definitely Bond.
Hard to put this one down.
I recommend all of the bond books, especially read by Simon Vance. This is certainly one of the best ones.
"Dr. No is a YES"
It has been years since I read a 007 Book. It was nice to get back to the original stories rather than the Hollywood Twist that they have given the Fleming novels. I love the movies and enjoy them but it is nice to get back to the original source materials. Mr. Vance's reading of the books was perfect for the style and setting of the original story line. It is a bit of a different Bond than we see in the latest moves and takes you back to the original man with his fears, short comings as well as his style, bravery and "Bondness."
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2005 Hemi Jeep Grand Cherokee - Smiles Per HourPosted in Features on September 11, 2006 Comment (0)
Have you ever been in the midst of a group of Jeep traditionalists? If not, just memorize the phrase "change is bad." Repeat as necessary until you can be heard saying it in your sleep. You're now ready for a proper dyed-in-the-flatfender Jeepin' conversation. To test your Jeepthenticity, keep an eye peeled for a half dozen traditionalists drooling over vintage Jeepin' iron at a trail event. Take a few mental notes, make a friendly comment or two, and slink away from the traditionalists. It's time to expand your horizons.
While the Jeep brand is strongly identified with the short-wheelbase, trail-crawlin' machine that sports the boxy, seven-slot grille, Jeep-branded vehicles have explored and conquered every continent at speeds both high and low. The "go anywhere" heritage means that for a Jeep to be a Jeep, it has to be good at a little of everything.
JeepSpeed founder Clive Skilton is a hand-in-glove fit for the "go anywhere" motto. His racing resume includes 500cc Superbikes, sports car road racing, and NHRA Top Fuel drag racing in addition to many an off-road rally in various corners of the globe. Specifically, those corners include the southern tip of South America in 1995 with a three-Jeep (two Wranglers and one Grand Cherokee) American Racing Wheels World Expedition racing team, and building and racing a Kia Sportage in the 2005 Barcelona to Dakar rally.
Jeep threw the traditionalists into cardiac arrest in 2005 when the company did away with the time-proven solid axle at the front of the Grand Cherokee in favor of A-arms and CV shafts. Clive, on the other hand, saw an opportunity to prove the adeptness of the new Grand platform. The phrase for this Jeep is "multipurpose." Multipurpose in this case means that this Grand Cherokee could begin a journey on the freeway, hit the Rubicon Trail, race in a rally, go prerunning in Baja, and generally tour and explore from the Tropic of Capricorn all the way to the Arctic Circle.
We caught up with Mr. Skilton one weekend in Baja while covering the SCORE San Felipe 250. This thing is a lot of fun. The first part of the fun starts with a turn of the key when the Hemi comes to life under the hood. We've driven the Hemi-powered Dodge Power Wagon and felt that the engine's soft low-end torque wasn't the best match for the 3/4-ton truck platform. The Hemi is a perfect match for the Grand Cherokee and smoothly propels the SUV to extra-legal speeds. The horsepower and torque estimates are 400 ponies and 400 lb-ft of torque, and when in the Grand chassis the Hemi feels every bit as powerful as the numbers claim. Clive thought that "Hemi Challenger" would be a fitting name for this Grand, and so do we.
As cool as snappy acceleration is, it's only so much fun if the rest of the vehicle can't handle the high velocity. The phrase "scary fast" was coined for a reason, after all. To us, a vehicle is more fun if it's stable at both high and low speeds. Stability encourages exploring the limits of personal driving skill and vehicular performance. This Grand gets its stability from Fabtech Dirt Logic dampers at each corner and a chrome-moly rollcage built by Brandon Briscoe of Twisted Tin. Traffic signals and wandering bovines present the only reasons to let off of the gas pedal in Baja.
Another big reason the Hemi Challenger feels so stable is its all-wheel-drive system. The phrase "all-wheel drive" seems synonymous with "four-wheel drive," but the distinction is that an all-wheel-drive vehicle has a center differential that enables full-time four-wheel drive without drivetrain damage on pavement. When it's time to really slow things down, the Challenger has a fully functional Low range in the Quadra-Trac II transfer case and has the ability to lock the center differential. In the deep sand of Old Puertocitos Road, we found that the Grand lets its pilot pick his or her preferred line through the dirt. Thanks to the all-wheel drive, the Hemi, and the Fabtech suspension, Skilton's Hemi Challenger responds to its pilot's every whim, delivering without protest or drama.
As the sun inched lower toward the Baja horizon, we headed back into town to prepare for the race the next day. We hadn't conquered the San Felipe whoops at 60-plus, and we hadn't crawled up a vertical waterfall the length of a landing strip. As Clive notes, "When a truck is multipurpose, it can never be perfect in all categories."
Instead, we'd sampled a vehicle fully capable of taking us from the driveway to the Baja to the Rubicon and back again, with our right foot lashed to the Hemi the whole time.
"In all my years Jeeping, I wanted a Jeep that could do 0 to 60 in under 6 seconds, handle like a sports car, and traverse the Rubicon Trail," Clive exults. "This is it!"
It's a lot of fun - fun that's best measured in smiles per hour.


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I just wrote about the horrifying and hilarious AI mess that is 36 You's Boyfriend Maker app, which was recently banished from the iOS app store for being too lewd for its 4+ age rating. Well, he's back! He's not in the iOS store, but he is on Google Play.
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Aquinas 59, Central 44
Both teams entered the game as the final unbeatens in the MVC, both 4-0. Aquinas junior Parker Weber was a perfect 10-10 from the field. His 23 points and 11 rebounds helped the Blugolds to a big win as the now have sole possession of first place in the MVC standings.
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Everybody knows the only way to stop a Zombie is to blow his head off! Body armor on a Zombie just slows him down more.
BTW, ever watch a TV show or movie where someone actually has a gun then shoots the Vampire/Zombie/Werewolf/whatever in the chest to no effect? Am I the only one who yells "HEAD SHOT, YOU IDIOT!" at the screen? It may not "kill" them, but I gotta believe even the baddest monster out there is gonna be slowed down a bit with a large portion of their brain missing or chopped into hamburger.
OO Buck, Kills Zombies Dead.
Here is my home security system - The gun is the veteran of detering at least one home invasion (mine) darn methheads!
Zombie killer, second post down!
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Local businesses prepare for Valentine's Day
Have you checked your calendar yet? Thursday is Valentine's Day, and it's one of the busiest days of the year for shops specializing in treats for your sweetheart.
Roses are red, violets are blue, and employees at Pippin Florist are working especially hard for you according to owner Thomas Pippin. "Valentine's Day, it's two days so you have to really hustle," he told us.
So far about 5,000 roses have been trimmed. A lot needs to be done before fresh-cut flowers transform into bouquets. "We try to cut them, after we cut them we put them in water which we have food that we actually feeds them," Thomas explained. "They need to sit out for a couple of hours before we can ever put them in the cooler."
At Babycakes Cupcakery, about 20 gallons of frosting is being whipped. But that's only one jump-start before the big day according to owner Natalie Shortridge. "We put different little candy toppings on all of our cupcakes and so we want to go ahead and get those portioned out and in containers and ready," she said. "When we frost it we can put the topping on it and go."
Speaking of good eats, the phone lines have been busy with people making reservations at Alison's Restaurant in Abingdon.
There's only so much chopping that can be done the day before; that's why kitchen staff is trying to organize any chaos with extra employees on hand. Adam Glascock is the kitchen manager at Alison's. "We've got soup and salads to make, the dishes to wash," he told us. "Back here we'll be running around but they'll know what they're doing."
And who could forget some sparkle? Over at Goodman Jewelers employees are getting ready for last-minute shoppers according to Michelle Goodman. "We've had tons of new merchandise come in the last seven to ten days so we've got lots of new merchandise out ready for the Valentine's shopper," she said.
If you're curious, you're probably wondering how to get your bouquet to stay fresh. We learned as long as you keep it in a cool area with plenty of water your Valentine's Day bouquet will last a lot longer.
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Poncho (ft Shannon Funchess) - D.I.S.C.O.
This is the most weirdly wild and wonderful song I, and you, may hear all week. Poncho takes us to a glitchily rad dance floor with their debut single, D.I.S.C.O., and they enlist the vocals of Shannon Funchess, who keeps getting the promo push as being part of !!! (um, hello 2007), but whom we know and love from her solo work, along with that whole Light Asylum slice of slickness. Regardless, UHHHNNNN YEAH!
Read up more on Poncho here, then grab the track below, which can be found on their album, Ponchototal, which is out out now via Nacional. (iTunes)
What's that you hear echoing in the background? Oh you know, it's just the approval of a certain beast.
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Unplugging isn't easy. Take someone who usually plays an electric guitar, pull the plug and thrust an acoustic in their hands, and they'll feel naked.
Where's all the lovely mistake-hiding distortion? All the squalling feedback and lovely, comforting effects pedals? Playing an acoustic is an exercise in precision, clarity, and more often than not, great songwriting.
Playing unplugged arrangements can breathe new life into familiar songs, give a unique twist to a cover, and show off a piece of songwriting perfection.
We asked you to vote for your favourite acoustic songs, be they covers, originals or alternate arrangements - songs that send shivers down spines and make your fingers itch to learn them.
So, without further ado, here they are: the 25 best acoustic songs of all time, as voted for by MusicRadar users. Enjoy!
25. Eric Clapton - Layla (Unplugged)
Recorded after a period of personal tragedy, Clapton's Unplugged album ended up being one of the most successful of his career.
This stripped-down, rearranged version of Layla is one of the LP's highlights, though it's ironic to recall that it was this laidback performance that beat Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit to the Best Rock Song Grammy in 1992.
24. The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses
If you've ever tried to play this song and found that it doesn't sound quite like the original, it may be because Mick Taylor used Nashville tuning on his acoustic when he recorded it. Either that or you're not a very good guitarist - it's probably one of the two.
Apparently, sometime Stones ivory tinkler Ian Stewart refused to record the piano part because of his dislike of minor chords. It's a good job he wasn't in The xx.
23. Alice In Chains - Down In A Hole (Unplugged)
Recorded as part of their 1996 MTV Unplugged session, this stripped-down version of Dirt's Down In A Hole sees Alice In Chains at their most personal and emotive.
Its finger-picked minor chords and intertwined, gravely vocal lines are a flawless example of the power of more delicate and tender ends of '90s grunge.
22. Simon And Garfunkel - The Boxer
Although its glistening, cascading guitar lines seem to float by as gently as a bubbling country stream, the recording of the The Boxer was anything but smooth. Over 100 hours of studio time in multiple facilities and cities were required to capture the intricate fingerpicked guitar parts played by Paul Simon and session man Fred Carter Jr.
Featured on Simon & Garfunkel's swan song, Bridge Over Troubled Water, The Boxer begins as a lilting folk poem and builds to a shattering, thunderous conclusion. When it first appeared, it was widely assumed that the lyrics concerning a "poor boy" who arrives in New York City were about Bob Dylan. While Simon has gone on record as saying that the song is largely autobiographical, Dylan seemed to prefer the first explanation, as he covered The Boxer on his 1970 album, Self-Portrait.
21. Foo Fighters - Everlong (acoustic)
Although written on an acoustic, Everlong first appeared as a pummeling, unhinged full-band electric track on the Foo Fighters' 1997 album, The Colour And The Shape. And that's where its legacy might have stayed had Dave Grohl not performed an impromptu solo acoustic version of the song that same year on Howard Stern's radio show.
A bravura one-off - Grohl's urgently strummed guitar matches beautifully with the broken, plaintive yearning in his voice - the version became a sensation, with stations across the globe replaying and bootlegs flooding the market.
20. Queen - Love Of My Life
A testament to what can be achieved with nothing more than a voice and a guitar, Love Of My Life is Queen at their most intimate.
Freddie's performance here is vulnerable, hurt and hopeful all at once - and then there's the guitar work. Brian May's playing is nothing short of majestic, the perfect accompaniment to a perfect vocal.
19. John Lennon - Working Class Hero
Sweary John, angry John, Dylan-channeling, three-chords and an acoustic John, is the best version of Lennon post-Beatles, if you ask us (which you didn't, but there you have it).
A scathing dismantling of the class system with a biting vocal, there's something incredibly pure about Working Class Hero. And John drops the f-bomb, which is always exciting.
18. Don McLean - American Pie
Forget Madonna's ill-advised cover (in fact, we apologise for reminding you of it) - Don McLean's original take on his acoustic opus will stand for all time as the definitive recording of it.
American Pie's lyrics have been analysed in all manner of quarters, but predictably, the best explanation of the song's meaning came from McLean himself. "It means I don't ever have to work again if I don't want to," he's said to have quipped.
17. Oasis - Wonderwall
When Noel Gallagher jotted down the four chords that make up Wonderwall, little did he know that every beginner acoustic guitarist for the rest of time would start out strumming his song.
Probably the defining Oasis single, it's the sound of Britpop unplugged and amazingly, despite its ubiquity, only managed to reach number 2 in the UK singles chart (kept off the top spot by I Believe / Up On The Roof by singing Soldier, Soldier blokes Robson & Jerome. Yep. That happened).
16. Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
Ah, Thom Yorke, with your concerns about capitalism and your emotive singing, you really are a wonderful human being.
Now, Fake Plastic Trees builds into something altogether not acoustic, but that doesn't stop it being one of those songs that's endlessly pleasurable to play solo. And top marks to anyone who can hit those high notes, for you are a better singer than MusicRadar.
15. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
It's impossible to untangle the enigma of Nick Drake's life from the music of the man, but Pink Moon bears its mythic resonances lightly. It showcases Drake's gift for ear-catching chord progressions, his unique tunings, and his uncanny way with a melodic line that nagged at you for days.
A huge talent that was taken too soon.
14. John Martyn - May You Never
May You Never is the sound of a tough man with a bruised heart, which is about as complete a description of John Martyn as we can summon.
A complex individual and phenomenal talent capable of infinite emotional depth, Martyn was uniquely qualified to deliver May You Never, a beautifully played piece of world-weary advice from a man who knew a thing or two about making mistakes.
13. Bob Marley - Redemption Song
An uncharacteristic ballad amongst the reggae icon's catalogue, Redemption Song is also something of an anomaly amongst Bob Marley songs as it features no musicians other than Bob himself on guitar and vocals.
Lyrically, the track is at once powerfully political - referencing a speech by Jamaican political leader Marcus Garvey - as well intensely personal, touching on Marley's own mortality as he faced the cancer that would ultimately kill him a year later.
12. Neil Young - Needle And The Damage Done
Needle And The Damage done can be counted as a major cornerstone in the great lineage of touching acoustic songs written about the perils of heroin abuse. In this case, Young composed the song after witnessing the drug addiction of his Crazy Horse bandmate Danny Whitten.
The recorded version of the song itself, which appeared first on Young's classic '72 album Harvest, comes from a live performance at UCLA's Royce Hall.
11. Extreme - More Than Words
Go on, admit it, you've played this at a party. It's okay; everybody has.
Sickly sweet, almost annoyingly simple and yet somehow impossible to resist, it's a mark of just how ridiculous Extreme actually were that More Than Words came from an album subtitled 'A Funked Up Fairytale', but we forgive them.
More Than Words guarantee them immortality and we can't help but like it, even after all the times we've heard it brutalised.
10. Neil Young - Heart Of Gold
Neil Young chalks up his biggest hit to the result of a back injury. Unable to stand for long periods of time and finding his electric guitars too heavy, Young found it easier to play acoustics while seated - Heart Of Gold is one of several gentle acoustic songs he wrote in 1971.
While the gentle folk-rock song, which featured three wheezy harmonica breaks, scored with audiences, hitting number 1 on Billboard's Hot 100, it failed to impress Bob Dylan, who said, "I used to hate it when it came on the radio. I always liked Neil Young, but it bothered me every time I listened to Heart Of Gold. I think it was up at number one for a long time, and I'd say, 'Shit, that's me. If it sounds like me, it should as well be me.'"
9. The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun
On 1968's the White Album, George Harrison, penning such beauts as While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Piggies and Savoy Truffle, was giving John Lennon and Paul McCartney a serious run for their money. A year later, on Abbey Road, he damn near left them in the dust with gems like Something and the eternal ode to warm-weather optimism, Here Comes The Sun.
Harrison wrote the song in his friend Eric Clapton's garden while playing hooky from attending Apple meetings. Breezy, sweet but not saccharine, and loaded with melodies, the track features multiple time signatures (4/4/, 7/8 and 11/8) and several different acoustic applications by Harrison, including one capoed at the 7th fret (resulting in the key of A major).
8. Led Zeppelin - Going To California
Tell you what, that Led Zeppelin, they weren't bad were they? Going To California is a lovely wistful little jaunt, Jimmy Page merrily plucking his little heart out all the while.
There's open tunings, mandolins, more twang than you can shake a twangy stick at, and that rarest of things: a restrained Robert Plant vocal. Good work, lads - we think you'll go far.
7. The Beatles - Yesterday
In early 1965, Paul McCartney woke up one morning with a melody in his head and the words "scrambled eggs" on his lips. "It was just there, a complete thing," he has said about Yesterday, the bleak, aching take of regret that now ranks as one of the most-covered compositions in history (over 2,500 versions and counting).
At first, The Beatles tried recording the song as a band (one version had Lennon playing the organ), but nothing sounded right. Finally, producer George Martin suggested that McCartney perform the song solo on an Epiphone Texan steel-string acoustic. Afterwards, Martin convinced a reluctant McCartney to allow him to add a string quartet as backing.
The success of Yesterday had a profound musical impact on The Beatles, who would soon begin experimenting with different sounds, instruments and varying configurations of the band.
6. The Smiths - Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want
Oh Steven, you poor thing. Is this the very saddest of all Smiths songs? Yes, we rather think it is.
Morrissey's vocal positively aches, and Johnny Marr's arrangement barely lifts its head to peek up at a no-doubt drizzly Manchester sky. Short, bittersweet and beguiling, this is miserablism done right.
5. Johnny Cash - Hurt
There haven't been many artists that could put their stamp on a song like Johnny Cash could, and by god when he covered Nine Inch Nail's Hurt it stayed stamped.
By 2002, the familiar rumbling Cash bass-baritone wasn't the beast it had been, but it's the fragility and faded strength in the vocal that gives Hurt its power.
Throw in a positively biblical Rick Rubin arrangement and you're looking at a career-defining performance from a then 70-year-old Cash. A fitting epitaph to a mighty career.
4. The Eagles - Hotel California (Unplugged)
It's incredibly long, but let's face it there is some mightily impressive guitar going on in this unplugged version of Eagles' classic Hotel California.
From the Spanish-style intro through to the tasteful solos, the only thing wrong with this is, arguably, the bongos. But we can get past that when the guitar playing is this good.
3. Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven
Considering the tragic circumstances surrounding this song, it's hard to understand how Eric ever playing it to anybody at all, never mind recorded and toured it.
Instantly iconic upon release and endlessly mangled at open mic nights, Tears In Heaven is rightfully in the top tier of Clapton classics.
Arguably, the studio recording is trumped by the Unplugged version, but either way it's one of old Slowhand's best.
2. The Beatles - Blackbird
A solo acoustic-folk performance by Paul McCartney, with the Beatle gently plucking a moveable, two-finger pattern on a Martin D-28 that was inspired by Bouree In E Minor by Bach. The only other sounds on the track are McCartney keeping time by tapping his feet, and some soothing bird chirps that came courtesy of a sound effects collection.
Lyrically, McCartney wrote Blackbird as a response to the growing civil rights tensions in the United States. "'You were only waiting for this moment to arise' was about, you know, the black people's struggle in the southern states, and I was using the symbolism of a blackbird," McCartney said.
1. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Here it is, the top of the acoustic pops as voted for by you, the great MusicRadar readers. And what a classic you chose.
A powerful lament for poor old Syd Barrett, Wish You Were Here showcases Pink Floyd in all their post-Dark Side Of The Moon pomp. It's a towering tribute to a fallen comrade, and one that deservedly sits atop of this particular poll.


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Houseboat Tante Piet, stay w/ Sietske
Size65 m²
Floor No.0
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Indoor fireplace
- Towels
- Washer/dryer
- Family/child friendly
Accommodation summary
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Please note: the Tante Piet is shared with the lady owner, she is super relaxed! Of course you will receive a key and you can come and go as you pleases, early morning or deep at night. The kitchen and shower are shared with the lady owner.
Renovated from a 1928's working ship, the Tante Piet is located on a green street with a village like atmosphere.
The double bed is super comfortable, in the guest room is a washing basin and a separate toilet. The second bed is in the living room. The shower is separate with a second toilet.
The bedroom of the lady owner is at the other end of the boat, 17 meters apart from the guest room.
A lovely small walk away of 20 minutes, you will be in the famous canal and Jordaan area. Full of unique vintage shops, bars, restaurants and neighborhood markets.
After a day strolling through the bubbling city center, it is wonderful to come home and relax in the garden. The place to enjoy a drink, breakfast or even a campfire! The sun is there from morning to evening!(A secret joke is to greet all passersby as if you live on the ship for years!)
In wintertime you can enjoy, snuggled up on the couch, the wood burning stove.
Upon your arrival l will be on board to welcome you if you like I can tell you about nice places to visit during your stay.
Your booking includes:-Bed linen and towels-Coffee and tea making facilities, Wi-Fi, Firewood, City guide map
Public transport is just around the corner.
Breakfast Possibilities:
If you like me to provide breakfast, please let me know. For an additional fee of € 7.50 p.p.p.d. all the supplies will be placed in the refrigerator. Such as brown bread, eggs, bacon, cheese, juice, jam and butter. If I am on board of course I love to make you my famous Dutch-style eggs.
For all of your cat lovers, meet Boebie, the cat who actually likes people. She is an out-door cat, there is no litter box on board.
The houseboat Tante Piet is an official business, your booking includes all fees and tax.
Welcome on Board!
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|$ 32 CA per guest/night extra
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Reviews of this property
Siet welcomed me warmly. We had a wonderful weekend at her house boat. It was very clean. Siet even put food for our breakfast in the fridge. That was very kind of her. I would love to come back some day.
We enjoyed staying on Siet's beautiful boat. The location is 3 minutes walk to a tram stop and 15 minutes walk to the Centre of Amsterdam. Siet is very friendly and accommodating and the boat has everything you need. A good choice when staying in Amsterdam.
I don't even know where to begin! what an absolutely fabulous holiday we had in Amsterdam! With a little trip out to Cologne thrown in for good measure! The Boat was stunning and in such an excellent location, we have never stayed so close to the centre of Amsterdam!! Our hostess.... Siet, what an amazing lady, she made us feel so welcome, our flight was delayed and we actually arrived late, but Siet greeted us with a warm smile and open arms. Throughout the entire stay she couldn't have been more hospitable, and it was our pleasure that she joined us in some late, and some very very late night drinking sessions!! I'm positive that we will be returning to stay with Siet ASAP, i'm also hopeful that we will be able to take a spin out on her motor boat next time :) an all round fantastic lady, boat and location!! would wholeheartedly recommend to anyone wishing to visit Amsterdam 100% and 10/10 X
Very nice and authentic typical Dutch living boat, the boat is lying central and closed to the inner city of Amsterdam as well as not really far away from the main railway station Amsterdam. The boat rooms are clean and friendly styled. Many thanks also to Siet for their friendly hospitality. She is every day in good mood and gives you many helpful advice what you can discover in Amsterdam.
Martin, Germany
SIET help where they can with tips and an uncomplicated way.
The houseboat is well equipped - 15 minutes quiet walk to the center.
We felt very comfortable!
(The parking garage now costs 10 € / day, still very low).
Greetings Conny and Wille
Siet hilft wo sie kann mit Tipps und einer unkomplizierten Art.
Das Hausboot ist gut ausgestattet - 15 Minuten auf ruhigem Weg zum Zentrum.
Wir haben uns sehr wohlgefühlt!
(Das Parkhaus kostet inzwischen 10€/Tag, immer noch sehr günstig).
Grüße Conny und Wille
Siets warm welcome with cool beer, practical advices for nice places to be and handlings of her perfect bikes on her beautiful red Houseboat was the beginning of a perfect week end. A Tasteful environment, an open athmosphere and a very easy going and warm host made the stay very pleasant. An open fire in the oven welcomed us at night, was else could you ask for? Thanks so much for a perfect stay so close to the center of amsterdam.
Cold Easter and a warm, cozy little room in the houseboat. The cat quickly secures the place on the sofa. SIET is an attentive hostess and withdraws if we want to be alone on the boat times. Great location close to the center! The train right next door is good to ignore if you can be lulled to sleep by the rocking of the boat. Simple but beautiful!
Kalte Ostern und ein warmes, gemütliches Stübchen im Hausboot. Die Katze sichert sich schnell den Platz auf dem Sofa. Siet ist eine aufmerksame Gastgeberin und zieht sich zurück, wenn wir mal allein auf dem Boot sein möchten. Tolle Lage nahe dem Zentrum! Den Zug gleich nebenan ist gut zu überhören, wenn man sich vom Schaukeln des Bootes in den Schlaf wiegen lässt. Einfach aber fein!
our days at SIET were just wonderful. she is a great hostess with nice tips and accommodation, we did not want to leave. always my pleasure.
unsere Tage bei siet waren einfach wunderbar. sie ist eine tolle gastgeberin mit netten Tipps und die Unterkunft wollten wir gar nicht mehr verlassen. immer wieder gerne.
We had a delightful stay.
We were very kindly welcomed by our host Siet and pretty cat.
We thank her for her good humor and all his good addresses in town.
The boat is beautiful and conveniently located, close to the tram.
During our stay, Siet restored a second life to a small boat.
We promised to come try it.
Soon Siet
Nous avons passé un délicieux séjour.
Nous avons été très gentiment accueilli par notre hôte Siet et son joli matou.
Nous la remercions pour sa bonne humeur et toutes ses bonnes adresses en ville.
La péniche est ravissante et idéalement située,à deux pas du tram.
Durant notre séjour, Siet redonnait une seconde vie à une petite barque.
Nous lui avons promis de venir l'essayer.
A bientôt Siet
Just so you can experience Amsterdam truly authentic and lives the charm and openness of this dream city with a little. The houseboat has cuddly atmosphere and cat Bubi is a real pussycat. It was super comfortable, centrally located and ideal for our stay. SIET is excellent advice, you have to ask and then only runs not like all the usual crowded tourist hangouts but experiencing Amsterdam from its most fascinating sites. The houseboat ar for us a real godsend, a direct hit.
Nur so erlebt man Amsterdam wirklich authentisch und lebt den Charme und die Offenheit dieser Traumstadt ein wenig mit. Das Hausboot hat Kuschelatmosphäre und Katze Bubi ist eine echte Schmusekatze. Es war super gemütlich,zentrumsnah und ideal für unseren Aufenthalt. Siet gibt hervorragende Tipps, man muss nur nachfragen und rennt dann nicht wie alle zu den üblichen überlaufenen Touri-Treffs sondern erlebt Amsterdam von seinen faszinierendsten Seiten. Das Hausboot ar für uns ein echter Glücksfall, ein Volltreffer.
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Goofball! That's OK, I needed to laugh after watching this draft.
How dare you insensitive people call Chaunc yugouly ! If you don't understand the difference between homely and ugly you're dorky. If you're just homely your mama could like you. And I thought we were entering a new PC age. - Y.Noah's dad was fairly handsome and his mother was blonde. Yikes !
I would probably have to say Delonte West. Normally I would not advocate knocking someone for their looks but getting all those tatoos did not exactly enhance his appearance.
As my avatar shows, you gotta go with the guy who works at being ugly...
Kinda like making fun of Corky from "Life Goes On".
Both great points! Very ugly indeed!
Great photo here. LMAO. The ugliest starting five in the NBA:
Chipped front tooth. Gap b/t two front teeth Bad stache Herpe Wart/mole Bags under eyes Freckles galore He's definitely in the running.
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The month-long drive includes events in Portland, Medford and Bend. The kick-off event is from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on June 3 at the Hollywood Fred Meyer Store in Portland. Attendees include Laura Golino de Lovato, director of development at Oregon Food Bank and Katy Coba, director of the Oregon Department of Agriculture, as well as Oregon dairy farmer Jerome Rosa to collect food and cash donations.
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That is all too true.
I grew a hatred towards Zeus in the beta because of the balance issues. Lol!
C'mon SSM! Make the God of War THE GOD OF WAR!
Haha oh me too, once the PS+ member came most of my matches people were ALL Zeus. So much magic being used, got crazy. Zeus's Storm is very easy to evade, but its just as easy to catch someone in one if you dont use it randomly like most. I had one guy use 4 storms on me in a row, I couldnt believe he had that much magic, I evaded everyone but still twas crazy. I think Zeus will be that last one I level up
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Yeah. Zeus seemed pretty **bleep** godly. He was definitely the god of the thunderbolt during the beta. Which is cool. He should be, but Ares...oh Ares.
I noticed that also, but I forgot to mention it in my post. *Off to update that* It happened to me several times and I was like, "I know you only get two uses, WTH!"
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I'm doubtful they'll keep it, look at the newest hammer of Zeus we didn't get to play with, one of its specials is the gladiator hammer's special...doubtful that'll stay either.
It seemed every hammer even Ares hammer had that little leap before they hit the ground. Im doubtfull they will keep it as well. Seems pretty OP in my opinion since it slices 4-5 times, but I doubt all 4 hits connect.
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That looks awesome but........I already decided i'm use Hades and Poseidon 1st week or two of full game......too much Zeus in beta and Ares more or less....
I love Leia, especially the way she extends my staff
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Its understandable (sorta) in Team favour of the Gods, because somehow they luckily get magic from the teammate as they us their 2 magics but doubtful. Either was I was in Favor of the Gods (FFA) and this guy was just used magic 4 times in a row. I think relic of chance has a bit of a glitch in it
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This sounds like an odd question, at least to myself, but I have been wondering if a bad or failing ignition component such as the distributor, ICM, or the coil can act up or show symptoms of failure during certain temperature conditions.
I have been running the truck without a thermostat while doing the cooling system flush. I don't drive it and it rarely gets over 160 degrees. Should be completing the suggested 3-6 hour "flush run"this weekend. I will be replacing all hoses and putting in a new thermostat at that time.
Today, I repeated what I did yesterday. I started the truck, let it warm up for a few minutes, then revved the engine while in Park. The engine bogged and didn't want go beyond 2000 rpm. I moved it back and forth slowly while near the curb, put the transmission back into Park, and revved it again. Same result.
I then let the engine idle while I looked under the hood. I noticed that the glass-cased fuel filter right before the carburetor seemed a bit dirty. The engine was idling just fine. The picture of the filter is below. Interestingly, the filter before this one, also a see-through, didn't appear dirty. the only picture I took of it came out unclear so I will post another one next time.
I then revved the engine again, all the way up to 4000 rpm, and it did just fine. I then drove it around and again, no issues. What is it that seems to go away after some idling and high-revving?
I am planning to complete the cooling system flush this weekend, at which point I will install a new thermostat and check and adjust the timing from there (thank you Pugsy).
On a side note, I am still wondering about the fast idle cam and how sticky it seems. Could that be the cause? Perhaps it "moves out of the way" after the engine has been revved hard enough. I will try do this again tomorrow, and video the carb to see what happens. First, clean out the filter, of course.
how much is this truck driven? How fresh/old is the fuel in the tank? Maybe dump in some dry gas or something. Did you ever do a compression check to try and track down what caused the oil fouled spark plugs?
I will be removing the filter and inspecting the contents some time this weekend. At the friendly nudging of another member, I will also do the timing as soon as I can set some time aside for it (no pun intended), hopefully this weekend.
Also, another thing I've come to notice about the truck recently is that after it is started and/or driven, it doesn't always start back up right away. The lights and everything come on but the engine doesn't turn over. What I end up doing is shifting the transmission all the way up and down the column and then trying again. This always seems to fix the problem. This does not happen on cold starting.
Thank you for the continued help!
Last edited by lt1silverhawk; 02-09-2012 at 03:12 PM.
cooling system has nothing to do with this problem
the symptoms lead to a clogged exhaust or a clogged carburator
also a bad fuel pump can do the same
if there are no backfires or the engine keeps running after the ignition is cut, I would say the ignition sustem is fine, but I'll look anyway under the distribuitor rotor for a frozen timing advance mechanism.
does it smoke black when the problem happens? this will lead you to an overly rich clue, like a choke plate that shuts or a bad needle valve.
I can't imagine what could possible be clogging the exhaust, especially since the problem appears to clear up after a few minutes of idling and revving the engine several times.
There have been no back fires, but the engine does not keep running after the ignition is cut (I hope I understood that correctly).
Aside from a bit of white smoke after starting (condensation?), there is no smoke that I've noticed. I will pay attention to that next time.
you test the pump for pressure and volume
for pressure you need a tee and a gauge with a piece of hose, you connect the tee between the pump and carb and read the gauge around 5 psi will be ok
now for volume, be careful and don't set your ride in fire, shut off the engine, disconect the line from the carb, attach a piece of hose to it's end and run it to a container of at least one gallon, have someone start the engine and run it at idle, and at the same time start a stopwatch and count one minute, shut off the engine, measure how much fuel was pumped in the container, there should be more than one quart.
I have a '75 GMC and when I had similar problems it turned out to be a sliver of RTV that had been sucked into the carburetor when i had the air cleaner off. The sliver of RTV was plugging the venturi on one side, so the fuel mixture was way off. Once I took it apart (its an Edelbrock carb) and cleaned out the debris, the truck ran properly under load.
You may not have exactly the same issue, but I am almost sure your problem is also fuel related. Your idle circuit is working fairly well, which is why it runs at idle, but once you transition to normal cruise you don't have any power.
When I was troubleshooting my truck the Edelbrock tech suggested holding a mirror at an angle and using a flashlight to look down into the carb while the engine was running. When I did that there was an obvious dribble of raw fuel on one side, which was due to the plugged venturi.
Have you had a chance to get the truck out on the road and drive it? It'll need to have a thermostat installed at some point before you begin using it, I'm supposing after you flush the cooling system. After the thermostat's installed, I'd run the truck around the neighborhood for 15 minutes to give it a chance to get up to temp and see how it behaves then.
I seem to recall the fuel was drained/replaced?
That vacuum line to the modulator valve- bend the hard line so it's pointing directly at the valve so the rubber hose connection is straight. It might be the photo, but the hose looks like it's becoming delaminated where it's bent. If there is any question, replace that length of rubber hose w/a new piece.
@Augusto: I was going to do these tests this morning before going to work, but it just so happened that the fuel pump tester kit didn't have the tee connector. I'll stop by Harbor Freight and get a replacement if I can, or I'll pick one up at Autozone.
@Bruce: I do have a strong suspicion that the fast idle cam may be a part of the problem. As I mentioned in an earlier post, it was very sticky and took some effort to get it to move. I'll try spraying some carb cleaner on it to see if helps. If there is a better method, please do share. Btw, good tip on using the mirror. I'll give that a try as well if needed.
@Cobalt: Ever since this problem began, I have only driven it up and down the street a few times. Before that, I did drive up to five miles for work a couple of times per week. Another member has suggested that I check timing before doing anything else and the thermostat isn't necessary to do that. A 15-minute spin should get the temperature should do the trick for the getting the temperature up there and testing the timing (I never properly set it after the carb rebuild and the distributor install. Just did it by ear.)
The gas tank that was contaminated was drained. But I have been using the other tank instead this whole time. I know I did flip the switch between the two tanks here and there a few times for a couple of seconds, but nothing more. I still need to drop the contaminated tank and clean it.
The metal line is not lined up with the modulator (thanks for providing the correct term)[/i], which is why the rubber hose looks "S" shaped. I will try bending it and replacing the rubber hoses on both ends. I am tempted to yank the whole thing out and inspect it for any damage.
So, here is the game plan for now:
- Replace/buy the the-fitting for the fuel pump tester.
- Clean out the fuel filter right before the carburetor.
- Do the fuel pressure and volume tests while keeping an eye on the fast idle cam.
- Check/ replace the rubber hose ends on the vacuum line to the transmission modulator.
- If all's well, take the truck for a spin and get it warmed up.
- Check and adjust the timing.
- Continue with flush.
Looks good?
From the looks of the plugs and the symptoms you have explained and things you found. I would be willing to bet your choke is not working properly. A bad choke will foul plugs in short order and will limit rpm as the mixture will be real rich and air will not be able to flow freely.
Try this, when the truck is cold like in the am after sitting all night.
Open the hood and take off the air cleaner top.
Push the gas pedal to the floor and release then check the choke plate, it should be shut tight.
Start the truck with the air filter top off and look at the choke plate, it should pop open 1/4" or so, If not the pull off is not working.
Let it run for about 5 minutes and look at the choke again once the temp gauge gets up to about 1/4 this may take longer if you have no thermostat. The choke should be fully open. If not then it is binding or junked up.
If you tap the gas at this point the fast idle cam should drop out.
If the choke is binding do not attempt to oil it, clean it with carb cleaner.
Until you are sure the choke is working properly don't waste your time on anything else.
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about the modulator's piece of hose, it's a good idea replacing it for a new one even though I don't believe that's is your problem, but let me tell you that I have seen modulators that fail, they get the internal diaphragm riped and let the engine suck ATF, that makes them smoke and run terrible. easy check, disconect the lline at the carb end and stick a piece of white paper, a napkin or something, it should come out clean, no traces of red ATF.
Hey Chet,
In Case You Can't See the Video:
- Truck is started with no issues. Choke pull off operates immediately.
- Truck is allowed to idle/warm up until 2:25 mark, at which point the engine is revved to about 2,000 rpm, and can be heard bogging (a hissing sound can be heard). The fast idle cam is seen dropping. Fuel flow can be seen in the glass-cased fuel filter right before the carb as remaining steady.
- The engine is revved again about three more time up until 3:00 minute mark. The engine revs slightly higher, but the hissing and bogging can still be heard.
- Engine is revved again at the 3:35 mark, slightly past the 3,000 rpm mark. Hesitation and hissing still evident, but less so than before.
- Engine revved at the 4:25 mark to about 4,000 rpm. No hesitation or hissing heard.
- Transmission is slowly shift through every gear starting at 4:55 mark. Shifted back into Park at 5:05 mark.
- Engine revved again at 5:10 and 5:17 marks to 4,000 rpm. No hesitation or hissing is heard.
I did take the truck for a spin twice and it was running crappy again, despite me pulling over and revving it. I would have liked to have gone for a longer spin but, it was morning rush hour and I really didn't wana deal with all the middle fingers while barely pushing 30 mph.
I'll try to get another test run in before going to work, hopefully long enough to get the temperature up.
@ Augusto: Thank you for the heads up on testing the modulator. I will do that when I also end up replacing the rubber hose ends on the vacuum line.
Last edited by lt1silverhawk; 02-14-2012 at 11:28 AM.
been thinking of your problem, did you know that q-jets have this infamous welch plugs under the fuel bowl that always leak? they are under the main circuit fuel wells, two adjacent plugs that are some sort of pinned/riveted/hammered down or someting, they need to be seal covered with epoxy, when they leak your mixture becomes very rich, and is likely that when the carb gets hot the gaps grow bigger and the leak increases upsetting your mixture, they'll dump lots of fuel directly above the throttle plates.
one sure way to know you have this problem is when you let the car sit for two or three days, it takes long to start because the fuel bowl has drained empty.
some carb rebuild kits have this piece of dense foam that is inserted between the main body and the throttle plates body gasket, where the big hole in the center is, to help sealing this leaks but I have found it does nothing, only epoxy cures this problem.
Hey Augusto,
The carb was rebuilt about a year ago. The previous rebuilder had used some sort of silicone-ish material to cover the wells. I used some five-minute epoxy. You can see pictures of it here on on post #21 on page 2.
The truck is usually started only once a week, and I always pump the pedal three times and then floor it when starting. I'm pretty sure I've had to do the same even when starting it the following day. I'll test it out over the next couple of days to see what happens.
I know I am not checking things and coming back with results very quickly, and it is a time issue. The tentative plan now is to do what I listed in post #25. Got a 4 day weekend coming up so I'm hoping to go through all this in a day.
EDIT: If need be, I can remove the air horn and check the wells. Most likely a last resort deal.
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