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Keystone fabrication
Hi all,
I checked around a bit and didn't see any posts specific to this topic, so I thought I'd just throw it out there for anybody fighting this issue or getting ready to build.
Each row of brick in the dome is supposed to have a keystone to lock that row together, or at least that was my interpretation of the plans. I'm not sure how important this is in the first 3 or 4 rows in the dome, as gravity provides significant resistance to movement.
As the angles of the rows get steeper, it becomes quickly apparent that a good keystone is required.
My first few attempts at fabricating a keystone failed miserably. I tried measuring the top and bottom widths of the gaps and marking them on a brick. My cuts were always way off at the time of try-in.
Even using a piece of paper on the inside of the dome against the final gap, tracing the shape, cutting it out and transfering it to the brick and cutting it didn't work. I was kicking myself, thinking how can this not work?????
It turned out that I was making one procedural error. You must take the template traced from the gap, and after cutting it out, flip it over before placing it on the brick to trace. If you forget to do this, the angles are reversed on the final cut brick.
Suddenly the keystones were very snug, sometimes too much so.
My last technique you may want to suffer through: I wanted my final keystone to be as tight as possible and intimate contact with all adjacent bricks. I went through a process of cutting the template and brick as I had been, but rather than just trimming it with the saw till it fit, I instead put a half cup of flour in a baggy and coated the keystone with flour. When inserted into the hole, any spots that are "high" or stopping the keystone from seating will leave a rubbed spot on the brick, where the flour has been removed.
I recommend using a sharpie pen or other marked and marking the spots before using a grinder or saw to remove them. The second you put the keystone down, other floured areas will be removed and you quickly forget which ones were the ones you need to remove.
This is kind of a pain, and took an hour or so of going back and forth between the flour, dome, and grinder before the stone finally fit tight. Also, a good scrub brush will help remove the pasty flour build-up on the brick and hole, which if not removed occasionally, will itself impede the seating of the keystone.
Hope this helps.
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Thanks Doc,
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I don't know DF very well, but make sure the prepatory attack you've selected has a good initiative+ bonus on it. For instance, I use a prep attack that gives me 20 initiative each time it hits. Some give as little as 10 initiative. You might be using one of the lower initiative generating prep attacks.
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Yes the pred attack is a low initiative one... (from memory) i think its weapon damage+17-22 balance damage and +5 initative (might be 10)
two or three swipes from that move and its time to start putting the damage on, my plan was to get their balance <20 then land a bleed then just switch to standard attacks... they should fall fairly quickly with that combo.
As it stands right now, i dont feel like i have much offensive capability other than my pistol and my grenade... guess i need to play with it a bit more
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Well it seems I was not the only one having issues with AvCom, it's good to see others benefitting from this thread.
For me, since I respecced florentine and used the advice posted op top, I can now usually handle most AvCom missions, though some of them are still rediculous, like those with timed respawns, last night I ended up fighting 11 at once cause they spawned faster than I could kill, another is a "protect" inside, where they focus on the 40hp girl I had with me and cut her to shreds before I can begin.
Some are just plain crap, others are easier now, but I must admit I find them boring and rarely worth the time and effort, because they are so uninvolved.
One last question to all, have anyone beaten the second swashbuckling master ??, I cannot even TOUCH his balance no matter what I try
Ok I just read the tips in this thread and respecced my level 22 pirate from DF to Florentine and I'm absolutely over the moon with the difference!
I'm sure this has less to do with the fact that DF is weaker then Florentine and more to do with the fact that I really thought about what skills I would take this time around and the difference is simply crazy!
I've currently got a Florentine build with the "Elegant Loop" for initiative and most other skills for Imp. active block and other defense-oriented skills. I also took a single off-hand swipe (forgot the name) to do some damage once the targets balance is down.
So far I've completed a few AvCom missions and the whole way I fight has totally changes! With my DF build I could deal much more burst-damage but as soon as I had to fight anything over three people at the same time I basically either died or was able to kill the targets fast enough. Now with my new build I can tank 5 NPCs for ages simply by Elegant Looping the crap out of my target and activating Imp. Active Block. Then just hit the target a few times and let them bleed to death like the pigs they are (lol).
The only situation where I think my old build may have been superior was in boarding combat against a high-level captain that didn't have any remaining waves. I was fighting against a level 37 captain (as a level 21 pirate) and I think the burst damage really helped me there... Just ran up to him, ordered everyone to "Push" and attack the captain and then bash his head in with max damage. I'm not sure how such a situation will pan-out exactly with my new build.
I guess as soon as the enemy captain has more then zero waves remaining, my new build will be superior (because then I have to survive until the captain respawns and not just beat him to death as fast as I can without worrying about defense).
I'm still going to have to test the battles at sea in detail but so far for AvCom and non-highlevel boarding combat I'm absolutely loving the Florentine build! I finally managed to finish this one AvCom mission where you have to kill three guys at the same time (all of them at least 3 levels above me) and I completed the mission without ever taking any serious damage!
No more Smelling Salts for me!
Thanks a bunch to Gustave Molyneux and everyone else for sharing their experiences. You just made me like AvCom!
Originally posted by WolfieThai View Post...
I didnt seem to generate much initiative during fights, knocking down their balance with the pred attacks didnt seem to give me much initative - certainly not enough to use a finishing blow. Wasnt much of a problem as with no balance the NPC's fell quite quickly, especially if i had allies. Whats your DF tactics for initative generation?
Grenade, whilst fun and reasonably powerful just results in death after use, or at the very least, mass panic as everyone (whos still alive) is beating on you. Whats the best tactic for this skill?
Flash powder and Improved FP. i used this a lot last night and found the results... uninspiring. I'd pull with pistol, order the crew to attack my target and drop an Imp FP when the NPC's got close, i would see the 'incapacitated' message float above everyone and within a second or two they had recovered... is this normal? I was expecting it to last longer than a few seconds... i pretty much stopped using it after an hour or so as i felt it wasnt really benefiting me much (if at all)
I think i will respec again, now i have a better understanding of AvCom (thanks to this thread) i think i have a reasonable build in mind that would have a nice bleed in the middle.
Are you using Grenade as your opener? I generally use it as an opener and pick an undamaged target for regular flash powder, then kill off a damaged target next. Also, are we talking boarding or missions? I find that grenade is less useful in boarding missions, although if you use it and follow with the mass hate debuff from wild swings (cost 4 points to get, but given my preference for AoE effects it was worth it).
The improved flash powder is a short duration effect. I generally don't concern myself with my own deaths in boarding combat, and it's useful for getting off one last grenade or pistol shot if I've lost control of the aggro. It's also nice just as a toss in the middle of combat to give your troops a momentary boost. the single flash powder is useless in boarding (it's cancelled by any attack, and crew members cancel it all the time) but is amazing in missions.
I currently have Powder Jockey 5, Low Blows 4, Wild Swings 4, and Pistols 3. I'm going to pick up Pistols to 5, as I think the second shot, and terrorize will be ridiculously useful in missions. I then intend to pick up the vicious line (bleeds) for damage boost against the higher end mobs now that their HP is starting to climb. I'm also considering picking up firecracker. I had it in Closed Beta, but its effect was difficult to guage.
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Originally posted by Azrac Holmskov View PostOne last question to all, have anyone beaten the second swashbuckling master ??, I cannot even TOUCH his balance no matter what I try
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Most AVCOM missions are pretty easy IF there's enough room between the enemies so you can drag them in groups of 3 max.
Anyway there's one mission that's simply impossible - 'The wayward son'. It's inside and there's no way you can combat less than 5. I'm LV30 and I simply die, die, die in that mission. AVCOM is boring, boring, boring and the skills you can get are mostly useless (all these 'guard somebody else' skills are simply LOL). But if boring missions become impossible it gets ridiculous.
The alternative... get a group.
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ive run into a fork in the road with my florentiner..
up until now, ive been using and stacking as much parry as possible,
because i REALLY dont like the way active block is set up, in fact i loathe it utterly and refuse to touch it.
did the lvl20 quest, and naturally chose the gloves with the +parry mod on them..
got the message "fencer only" when trying to equip them :/
It seems that in my noobness ive been tricked into thinking that any style can go multiple ways, while in fact theres is only one path thats intended for each style.
Is florentine really all about long drawn-out battles where you whittle down your opponents one on one?
if so, im respeccing to something that involves skill, not just
"activate block and wait em out"
this might come across as a whine, but isnt intended as such.
is there some way to make florentine work with parry-builds without being an über-gimp in the end?
cos' im at a lossLast edited by Redrum; 01-29-2008, 05:55 AM.
Most AVCOM missions are pretty easy IF there's enough room between the enemies so you can drag them in groups of 3 max.
Anyway there's one mission that's simply impossible - 'The wayward son'. It's inside and there's no way you can combat less than 5. I'm LV30 and I simply die, die, die in that mission. AVCOM is boring, boring, boring and the skills you can get are mostly useless (all these 'guard somebody else' skills are simply LOL). But if boring missions become impossible it gets ridiculous.
I have fencing and have done the wayward some on both my NO and FT at around level 25.
Thanks Gustave
I cannot believe how ignorant I was of active block. This is so necessary to not dieing and now I believe I have a firm grip of keeping it up most of the time. A preparatory attack that builds initiative on auto attack is all that is really needed it seems like, from there it is simple, just avoid attacks that lower your balance. In fencing there is one finishing move that only takes 10 balance verses the usual 40 and 50 of others.
The next key is never have active block drop, which is hard to do between the usual group of three, so try this. Get the guy down to a point where one more hit will kill him, now on open maps just bring that last guy into the next fight. In respawn maps if you just play with the last guy long enough the next round of three will come out before the last guy dies. Now you can kill him and move on to next target. The idea is to never be without a target in range of attack. With another target to move to you can continue your preparatory attacks to keep your initiative up so never drop active block. Without a target you cannot build initiative so you lose active block and then have to deal with its cool down, and thats how you die.
I have had no problem with avcom since yesterday thanks to this thread.
How often did you die? :P
BTW, I use Florentine but I sure won't respec because of simply boring and dumb missions! I just skip that kind of missions.
I first did this as a NO, when the dungeon wasn't extended. Again with FT and the extended dungeon.
You can pick your battles, patience wins.
Good topic, good advice.
I would add only a few things, to stress what has already been said, and to make some minor adjustments to playstyle.
If you are fighting a boss or more than 3 NPCs...your auto-attack should definitely be the Balance Damage attack, the best you have available. Focus on reducing the numbers as fast as possible, usually by killing normal mobs (not the boss), UNLESS you can stun the group, then focus on the boss.
If you are NOT fighting a boss, and have 3 or less NPCs facing you...your auto-attack should be a Health Damage attack, the best you have available. And throw in whatever area attacks you have available when you can, as long as you don't lose a ton of Balance. I think each style of combat has at least one "sweep" attack.
Keep an Active Defense up at all times. Even when you're "just facing two mobs" because despite what you do, it's all still pretty random. You just need a hit with a bleed and you're in real danger. If you don't feel that threatened, use Active Parry. It lasts a short time and has no penalties, besides cooldown. But that's why you should always use it. It has no real penalty.
Finally, "proximity pulls" are usually the best way to get their attention. Starting the fight with a pistol might be satisfying, but it's extremely unlikely that you'll kill a mob with the starting pistol shot, and then you start the fight with a lot less Balance. (Not to mention, I'm not sure, but I think shooting the pistol is huge aggro because I only seem to pull more mobs than I intended when I shoot my pistol first.)
Yes, I still really dislike how mobs move so quickly, without any kind of physical boundaries. And yes, I still really dislike how difficult it is to use your environment in a fight. But I still have most of my original Smelling Salts, though I'm on my last few Bandages. :P
Just a quick thanks to all the incredibly informative posts in this thread. I have been playing this game for months without giving a lot of thought about how AvCom works- I didn't think it was fun. Understanding more about how it works and some useful strategies has made me see it in a new light. Looking forward to getting to play tonight and test out some of these strategies.
Wow... I don't agree with the active defense all the time requirement by the last couple posters... It probably works though I just don't think it's that important personally. I use active block when I'm in trouble and I'm trying to recover from some other mistake.
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Game week preparations are underway for the Mississippi State Bulldogs as they wrapped up their third day of work on the game plan for Wake Forest.
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Anthony scores 30, Knicks beat slumping Lakers
When it was over, D'Antoni shook hands with Mike Woodson, who replaced him on the New York bench, and a couple of Knicks players before walking off after another rocky night with the Lakers.
He's often been considered an offensive genius whose teams are poor defensively, but right now the Lakers don't really look good on either end.
The Knicks made 22 of their first 30 shots overall and started 8 of 10 behind the arc. Even when the Lakers tried to defend, it didn't work. Howard batted the ball away from Rasheed Wallace in the post, so Wallace simply retrieved it in the corner, buried a 3-pointer, and the lead ballooned to 58-32.
"We are having a re-occurring theme that the first quarter is just not good, and then the first half is not great and in the second half we seem to turn it on, and we need to solve that problem real quick," D'Antoni said.
It was 68-49 at the break, but the Knicks lost some of their flow when Anthony went to the locker room with 6:41 left in the third quarter and a 17-point lead. He had landed awkwardly after being fouled by Howard on a drive to the basket, and though he was able to stay in to shoot the free throws, Anthony was removed at the next whistle.
D'Antoni was booed loudly during pregame introductions, Knicks fans who appreciated the rugged defensive teams of the 1990s never truly embracing his offense-first style. D'Antoni said he enjoyed his time in New York and said earlier Thursday the Knicks, who lead the NBA in 3-pointers per game and fewest turnovers, were playing the way he'd like his team to play.
Sure enough, they made 12 3-pointers, right at their average, and turned it over just six times.
D'Antoni couldn't get the Knicks' offense going last season and tensions between he and Anthony seemed strained, though both denied it, when he resigned in March with the team threatening to fall out of the playoff race. The Knicks went 18-6 down the stretch under Woodson, who said he has kept aspects of D'Antoni's system while adding in some wrinkles of his own.
The result is a team that has shot to the top of the Eastern Conference with a 17-5 record.
NOTES: The Knicks opened a six-game homestand. They don't play on the road again until they visit the Lakers on Christmas. ... New York has won the last two meetings after dropping nine in a row. ... D'Antoni said he spent his off day in town visiting with his wife and son, who remained in New York after he took the Lakers job last month.


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Allegation of jurors taking bribe has started coming to light in a case involving former Agriculture Minister, Dr. Chris Toe's US$2 million Libel Suit filed against the management of FrontPage Africa Newspaper.
Dr. Toe filed a law suit against the paper for what he called publishing erroneous information that he (Chris Toe) absconded with millions of dollars during his tenure as Minister of Agriculture.
This allegation comes following series of complaints and accusations that jurors usually take bribe to decide cases in favor of the person who gives the bribe, a situation, which is believed many persons have fallen victim because of their financial inability to have access to jurors.
One of the fifteen jurors selected to serve on the panel in the case between Chris Toe and FrontPage Africa; Genevieve Mahteh has revealed that she received US$50 from one of her colleagues, Sarah Flomo, serving on the panel.
In her affidavit of confirmation of jury tempering made before the Justice of the Peace for Montserrado County, Madam Mahteh cited "That on the 7th day of February, A.D. 2011, same being on Monday and while sitting in court awaiting the continuation of the trial, juror Sarah Flomo approached me and handed to me, an envelope containing therein United States Dollars fifty (US$50.00); that when I inquired from her as to the person who gave her the money that she has given me, juror Sarah Flomo informed me that it was the Plaintiff (Chris Toe )."
Based on the revelation made by Madam Mahteh, Counsels for the defendants on Monday filed a motion of new trial into the libel case in which the FrontPage Africa was found guilty by the jurors who have been alleged to have taken bribe.
The defense in their six counts motion for new trial stated that the unanimous verdict of the empanelled jury is contrary to the weight of evidence adduced at the trial. The defense told the court to take into consideration the issue of jury tempering, something which they said played on the neutrality of the jurors, thereby making them to give a verdict that is partial and influenced by inducement on the part of the plaintiff (Dr. Chris Toe).
But lawyers representing Dr. Chris Toe countered the defense's motion saying there is no evidence of jury tempering as claimed by the defense. They furthered that the jury's verdict was consistent with evidences that were adduced in court during the trial.
But Judge Yussif Kabah of the Civil Law Court of Liberia has cited the two individuals, Genevieve Mahteh and Sarah Flomo to first investigate the issue of jury tempering before addressing the motion for new trial. The two jurors are expected in court today to explain their alleged involvement in the bribery case.


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Printed version of e-Books?
I wanted to check and see if anyone would be intersted in having printed versions of the various e-Books. We have looked into having the color copied and bound with a cover -- which would save you the hassle of printing and stapling pages. We would have them color copied in bulk, and send in the mail.
Let me know if you are interested. I am adding a poll to see what everyone thinks.
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I would definitely buy the e-cookbooks. Once I am done with the oven plans, I probably would not buy a bound book of those. I am becoming attached to my printed out coffee and grout stained version!
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I would also purchase printed e-cookbooks I am sure they would be of good quality . Every thing I have purchased from the F-B store has been very good.
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Yes, I would buy the e-cookbooks. As for the plans, I printed every page and read every word and will save - but I will not really have a use for them unless my wife decides to move (not likely) and I'm forced to build another.
Yes, I probably would have purchased had they been for sale at the time.
As for the FB store, James has a great staff (Krista and Tammy have been very nice and their communication terrific). I would never hesitate to purchase anything.
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suspension tuning on Aprilia Atlantic 500
Am new to this forum. Like what I've read lurking....
Have an Atlantic 500 that I've just debugged with the help of people on the AF1racing forum. Love the bike, its position, pep, fuel economy, carrying capacity, but find that the suspension, especially the rear, is a bit too stiff for my liking. The dealer reminds me that the bike was designed with three digit speed capability, and they probably didn't want there to be any problems. When roads are rough or there are frost heaves, it can be quite harsh. The damping is great, but I feel that the whole system could be more 'active' and though there is limited travel, it could be made to work better. What gives me this idea is that I've also had a couple of Helixes, which ride like 'butter', even with smaller wheels and limited travel. I need help in finding rear springs which would give me the same static ride height or sag, yet have a softer compression and rebound. It is possible that the gas shocks are just too tight, but a more expert rider might have to determine that. Up front, I think trying a lighter fork oil might help; I would try that before changing the springs. Nobody 'round here wants to get involved; they might if it were a race bike or a motorcrosser. A standard retort might be 'Hey, it's a scooter, the suspension is never going to equal a motorcycle, with all that unsprung weight...' To which I reply: true, but if I could just back it off a tad, say halfway to the relaxed ride of the Helix, it could be done, and since I only really need springs and maybe fork oil change, it shouldn't cost too much.
Who could help me with this?
Perhaps Ohlins, Bitubo, or YSS could help?
Is there any way to modify the oem shock for less spring preload or purchase a different spring to change the spring rate? Tire inflation pressure and tire brand will also affect the ride. Suspension tuning gets expensive pretty fast.
Generally manufactures use a soft spring and firm damping to make it seem firmer. You usually soften the damping and put
a firmer spring on. You need to see how much the bike sags with your weight on it to tell if the spring is soft or firm.
The front is probably a damper fork. You would have to measure the size and see if someone like Racetech had something
that could be used on that size to allow for some tuning.
Small bikes and scooters do not get much support from the aftermarket as you might have to pay 1/4 - 1/3 the cost of the bike to get proper suspension.
If you have progressive springs changing them to straight rate would help. If the springs need to be firmer cutting approx.
10% of the length off and rebending the end then making new spacers will help. The bike will ride higher in the stroke so will absorb bigger hits.
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A single bramble shoot can soon become a bramble jungle and difficult to eradicate once established.
If your garden is clear of Bramble, Keeping it clear by pulling and digging out young seedlings as soon as they appear, will save a lot of hard work later. BUT you wouldn't be reading this if your garden was clear, so lets get started, there isn't a easy way, and there isn't a new miracle shortcut but it can be done. There are basically two ways to clear Bramble.
First cut back the Bramble stems to about 6" high, this makes it easier to get to the roots. A Strimmers will save time but you will need a sharp saw for thicker stems.
Next dig out the bramble stump and the roots. It is really important to remove all of the root system, brambles will regenerate from well below soil level. Realistically its almost impossible to remove every bit of root, so you will need to keep an eye out for new growth and pull it up . Bramble will continue to produce new growth for ages and grows fast.Correct Disposal of thorny bramble growth and roots is key, leaving it in a pile in a corner of the garden will just create another Bramble problem, because it roots wherever it touches soil. If it is just a bush or two, cut it into small pieces and rot it down in a plastic bin bag. When I'm clearing a large area I use a shredder and bag it to rot down, or preferably burn it.Cutting and treating with Weed-killer (no digging)
Depending on the weed-killer you plan to use it should be applied in the growing season, from spring until autumn, the best and cheapest chemical weed-killer for treating bramble is glyphosate, read and follow the manufacturer's instructions. As I have described above, cut back all stems and runners to about 6in of the root, and clear it away and bag it to rot down or if you are clearing a large area of bramble burn it on site.Then apply a suitable Glyphosate based weed-killer to the freshly-cut ends of the stems, thoroughly wetting them to ground level. Glyposate based weed- killers are systemic, being taken down to the roots, killing the whole plant including the root system and is deactivated by contact with the soil.You may have to repeat this process and at the very least keep an eye out for new growth and pull them up as soon as you see them.Which strategy is best, Organic cutting and digging, or cutting and weed-killer ?Bramble control methods depend on what sort of Bramble problem you have; if you have brambles growing through shrubs and/or perennials then a chemical strategy may be difficult, so the only option is to dig out the bramble root. This could mean lifting your garden plants, clearing the soil of bramble roots and then replanting them.If you have children or working full time and have limited time for the garden, a large area of bramble could take months to clear, whilst the chemical way could be done in a weekend. If you have a large garden taken over by brambles and not in to much of a rush, try clearing one section at a time by covering the area with a heavy grade weed suppressing membrane. This won't kill off the roots but it will make digging up the roots a lot easier.Want a truly organic way to clear Brambles ?Just enjoy the blackberries you could be harvesting and make lots of jam and apple and blackberry pies.


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At roughly 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 12th, 2014 Sag Harbor firefighters were called to a residence at the corner of Robeson Blvd. and Harrison Street Extension for a report of a structure fire. Arriving units found it to be a working structure fire in an unoccupied residence. Firefighters were initially hampered by a live downed power line lying on the property, but were able to quickly extinguish the flames and bring the fire under control. The Rapid Intervention Team from East Hampton was called to the scene to stand by, and the East Hampton Town Fire Marshal's Office is investigating the fire's cause and origin.


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Hotel & Travel Information for WILPF Members at the US SOCIAL FORUM JUNE 21-27
Advice on planning your arrival:
You'll find information here about all the workshops WILPF is sponsoring (and some we are collaborating with) at the U.S. Social Forum. We've also compiled information on other workshops that may be of special interest to members. Information on the time and place for each workshop will be available later; there will also be a printed program.
WILPF is Going to the U.S. Social Forum – Are You?
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The U.S. Social Forum is part of the vital World Social Forum movement started in Brazil 10 years ago. The Social Forum helps regular citizens explore ways to end wars, promote human rights, economic justice and environmental action. About 50 WILPFers participated actively in the first U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta in 2007. They joined over 17,000 women and men of many races and backgrounds working for peace and justice. WILPFers made important connections, contributed much, and learned even more.
Join us this year, when WILPF will be sponsoring several key workshops (and supporting many others). You can also choose from over 1,000 other workshops, participate in plenary sessions, the People's Assemblies, cultural and artistic events, and a march of thousands through central Detroit. Members can also help with WILPF tabling or participate in (and help organize) WILPF workshops.
In, addition we are cooperating with workshops supported or organized by many of our WILPF issue committees, including the Cuba and Bolivarian Alliance, Save the Water, and the Middle East committee. We are also collaborating on workshops sponsored by our peace and justice allies.
Register now, online – it's easy! Pay by credit card or check as instructed. To register as a WILPF member, write our complete name in the box provided: Women's International League for Peace and Freedom U.S. Section. If you need help or are registering under another organization contact WILPF member Terry Futvoye-Micus, our Detroit WILPFer and registrar, at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Stay with WILPF members in shared hotel rooms at $22 to $36 a night.
Five Days That Will Shake the World: WILPF Joins U.S. Social Forum
This June, WILPF members will join thousands of activists to make the slogan "Another World is Possible" come to life. The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom is on the official program and our members Edith Bell and Odile Hugonot Haber are also involved in additional workshops.
This gigantic, grassroots forum will address the key issues WILPFers work on, so it is a good place to make connections, spread WILPF's name, and have an impact. Members can register at the official U.S. Social Forum website or if you want to use WILPF's official registration password, contact carol.disarm(at)gmail.com.
There is a space on the registration form to indicate your organizational affiliation; write in WILPF and it will help us coordinate getting together in Detroit.
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Welcome program: Recognition we're here on Cherokee land, speaker Cherokee 'auntie': "We believe in multi-generational trauma; what happened to our ancestors gets passed down to us. So we're working to bring back some of the ceremonies, language, values, and working with our young people to bring back our traditional values again, which allowed us not to have police, lawyers, jails - and gave us our sense of well-being."
DISARMAMENT and the U.S. World Social Forum, June 27-July 1
DISARM: Dismantle the War Economy committee sponsored or co-sponsored five workshops at the USSF and we were generally pleased with the results. In addition, Linda Richards of the DISARM team managed to present a statement on behalf of WILPF to the final plenary, calling for more emphasis on demilitarization in any future Social Forum. Other goals of the forum – economic justice, human rights, universal health care, etc. – cannot be realized while more than half of our tax dollars are going to feed the war machine.
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The lead USSF workshop of the DISARM Committee was A Military Economy or an Economy of Peace?
Happily staff and key leadership from POCLAD, National Priorities Project, War Resisters League (WRL), Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, UFPJ, Western States Legal Foundation, Students for a Democratic Society and the new Bite the Bullet War Profiteering Education and Action Network all joined us to share grim information on the war economy, its profiteers and its weapons of death.
During the first hour we concentrated on who profits and who pays in the nuclear weapons industry, in space militarization and bio-weapons research, robotics and conventional weapons programs. We shared brief descriptions of each program, and asked which corporations (and universities) are promoting and profiting from them. We also talked about who pays, including tax payers (with more than half of our taxes going to the U.S. military.) We discussed cuts in many social services, and the terrible price paid by Native Americans whose lands have been used for 80% of nuclear programs, for bombing ranges, chemical weapons storage, uranium mining and bioweapons testing.
During the second hour we explored non-violent ways to end war profiteering and develop a peace economy. We shared many ideas for future action and public education. In the process we of course shared WILPF's extensive resources for the task. We also introduced the new Bite the Bullet Network which grew out of the Stop the Merchants of Death conference WRL and WILPF co-sponsored in Minneapolis last September.
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If you are SERIOUSLY considering making a game, C++ is the way to go. The power is almost limitless....
The number of people blindly recommending C++ is frighting. If you're not going to be making AAA titles, and you don't require massive performance, then there is almost no reason what so ever to learn and use C++.
I HOPE that this is a joke. Performance wise, C# (in fact nearly any .NET language) kicks Java's ass. Excuse me; almost ANYTHING kick's Java's ass in performance.
Performance wise, Java and C# are going to be close
I know this because I devlop in Java; It is the most disgusting slowest memory hogging piece of **** ever created. Multiplatform? Yes. Of course. Is it worth it? Hell ****ing no. The thing that most ****es me off is that there has been 17 years to improve it and STILL the performance is horrible. And Im not even going to start on the security portion.
I completely disagree. C is almost mandatory to at LEAST have coded in ONCE. Even as a school project. Even as agenda that stores a person and certain attributes such as name, numer, etc. It shows so many low level concepts on programming that nowadays with IDEs using mostly OOP (C#, Java, even C++) that you lose core fundamentals.
No not all programmers need to start with C/C++.
I again disagree with your opinion. Its easier to start from a hard language © then work your way to a easy language (VB.NET)
They should start with a language that is easier than that.
Wow you started with two of the most easiest and horrible languages. The only thing C++ has in common is that it is OOP.
My path was with Visual Basic -> Java -> C++ -> C# -> Python. The worst advice I have ever given people is to start with C/C++.
Bottom line: If you want to make a serious game, C++ without a doubt. Serious as in you want it to get noticed and hell, even sell a few copies. That being said, like many had said, there is a learning curve
If you want to start with game development and make a simple cheesy game, C#. Development will be quicker and the learning curve is basically null


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'Alps' under Antarctica
The existence of a mountain range the size of the Alps, 4 kilometres below the Antarctic ice sheet, was confirmed this week. Aircraft carrying ice-penetrating radar established that the Gamburtsev mountains are rugged, with deep valleys and steep peaks. This suggests that they formed relatively quickly as the vast East Antarctic ice sheet ploughed over them.
Shoot for the moon
India has announced plans to send two astronauts into space by 2015. The low-orbit mission will cost £1.7 billion and would put India alongside the US, Russia and China as the only countries to have sent a human into space. Indian space officials say that their ultimate goal is to go further than the moon, which will require crewed as well as robotic missions.
China blames the west
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Mount Whitney
Hiker pursues dream despite missteps, injuries, snow, hail and rain
Meantime, others are heading downhill. Some are hustling and eyeing the clouds; others are strolling and seem remarkably unconcerned. As rain and hail spit down and the wind picks up, I assess the situation. Go forward and risk being hit by lightning; go back and run into the storm, which seems to have stalled over the trail junction; do nothing and get colder and wetter.
Admittedly being a tad melodramatic, I decide: "I'd rather be killed by lightning on the summit than freeze to death below it." I take off jogging for the summit hut — the thin air at 14,000-plus feet is surprisingly no problem — and as I get closer I see a collection of lightning rods on its roof. And on the door is a sign saying something to the effect of "Do not remove the floorboards; they are part of the lightning protection system."
I ride out a half hour or so of rain and hail unscathed inside the hut, somewhat sad that there is no one around to share my little bottle of champagne and marvel with me over the strange artifacts on the walls: A Steve Irwin as Croc Hunter action figure; a plastic lizard; a dangling crystal pendant; and many, many names and dates scrawled on the rock walls.
With a break in the weather, I emerge to write my name in the official summit register, then head back down the mountain. I've got the trail to myself as I descend to a campsite on the main Whitney trail to spend a final night before returning to civilization. I'm tired, but happy.
Descending to Whitney Portal the next day, I'm surprised at the number of day-trippers going the other way before I realize, oh, yeah, it's Saturday. I've completely lost track. Talk about getting away from it all.


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Google denies the charges and in fact immediately questioned the firms' motives. From a post on Google's European Public Policy Blog:
Given that these complaints will generate interest in the media, we wanted to provide some background to them. First, search. Foundem – a member of an organisation called ICOMPwhich is funded partly by Microsoft – argues that our algorithms demote their site in our results because they are a vertical search engine and so a direct competitor to Google. ejustice.fr's complaint seems to echo these concerns.
The European Commission has notified us that it has received complaints from three companies: a UK price comparison site, Foundem, a French legal search engine called ejustice.fr, and Microsoft's Ciao! from Bing. While we will be providing feedback and additional information on these complaints, we are confident that our business operates in the interests of users and partners, as well as in line with European competition law.
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Regarding Ciao!, they were a long-time AdSense partner of Google's, with whom we always had a good relationship. However, after Microsoft acquired Ciao! in 2008 (renaming it Ciao! from Bing) we started receiving complaints about our standard terms and conditions. They initially took their case to the German competition authority, but it now has been transferred to Brussels.
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As John Battelle notes, the allegations–like most others vs. Google–seem less serious than the kind that forced Microsoft to changes its ways. What's more, it's difficult to envision what Google should be doing differently: Stop or slow changes in its algorithms? Doesn't sound so great for users. Open up its algorithms to more public scrutiny? Google might help itself by being a little more open there, but it's hard to see how government authorities could require it. Break Google up, as one commenter on Silicon Alley Insider suggested? Um, break it into what? It's still largely a search company–indeed, to whatever extent Google's investors complain about the company, it's that it hasn't done enough outside search.
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