![]() Sleep, as we all know, is one of the first save-or-suck spells. She squirms her way into Ghwerig's cavern - suggesting that the Gods, for all their power, are still basically semi-corporeal beings - and promptly starts using those bard levels by casting Sleep. Aphrael is "nimble," so presumably she's a rogue or bard. Epic-level items running around might give adventurers or gods ideas! So they decide to render Bhelliom impotent, and select one of their number - the child-goddess Aphrael, who will also Be Important later. Quite a while passes, and eventually we're introduced to the Younger Gods of Styricum, who by dint of their appellation probably aren't Lovecraftian horrors. When their "Elder Gods" - a name that doesn't sound ominous at all - learn of this epic-level artifact in the land, they all want it for themselves, and Ghwerig, being a canny sort, creates a powerful illusion to seal up the entrance to his dungeon and block off the Elder Gods. (This will be important eventually.) Now that he's got himself an epic-level artifact, "great were the wonders Ghwerig wrought by the power of Bhelliom."īut then, after centures, comes that most terrible of creatures - man, in the form of the rude Styrics. When this is finished, the shards are colorless, and the gem's blue essence has flowed into Bhelliom. So Ghwerig carves rings from the leftover detritus - finest gold, with shards of Bhelliom for the stones. ![]() Awkward! So he makes offerings of heavy gold and silver to the GM/Troll-Gods, demanding answers. It takes Ghwerig decades to carve the gem, but when he's finished with his new artifact-level magical item, Bhelliom won't respond. At the same time, he spends decades imbuing the gem with the power of his Gods - because hey, when you've got a pretty stone, why not make a divine implement from it? This is supposedly to increase the value of his hoard, although who knows why, since we're given no indication Trolls have a currency. He discovers a sapphire with a particular shape in a deep gallery, and with a surprising delicacy carves the gemstone into a rose. Ghwerig is something of a hoarder, and an outcast. The gem is called Bhelliom, and its creator, "at the dawn of time, long before the ancestors of Styrium slouched, fur-clad and club-wielding, out of the mountains and forests of Zemoch onto the plains of central Eosia," is a misshapen Troll named Ghwerig. We open, typically for Eddings, with some mythology, discussing - coincidentally - the creation of a certain blue-hued gemstone of infinite power in very flowery language. Prologue - Ghwerig and the Bhelliom, from the Legends of the Troll-Gods With that said, here we go! Prologue and the first chapter for tonight. Chapters will be summaries for the most part, with silly dramatizations or noteworthy bits in quotes. So bear with me as I go along I'll update as I can. I haven't done a IWIRR before, and my attempted IWIW was a failure. Instead, expect enthusiasm and occasional really lame video game jokes. So if you're expecting a hate-read, you may want to find it elsewhere. In fact, it was my first fantasy trilogy. So these are going to be, generally speaking, positive takes on these books. In fact, in a number of ways I feel like Eddings, in these books, was ignoring some of the Standard Fantasy Trends that ultimately got deconstructed in A Song of Ice and Fire - battle is nasty and violent, war is horrifying, the world is corrupt (but worth saving), and knights have to make moral compromises all the time with their rigid codes of honor.
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![]() Even after Ronald Reagan signed it into law in 1983 several states refused to acknowledge it (which would inspire Chuck D to write “By the Time I Get To Arizona” for Public Enemy.) Just as Dr. There was great opposition to the King Holiday movement. In the case of Wonder’s “Happy Birthday” its important, I think at this time, to reclaim it as a political anthem. The beauty of a great song is that, whatever the songwriter’s intent, it has its own life, gaining new meanings and is used in new ways that obscure its origins. That they should make it become an illusion But there’s a long middle section of the song that makes Wonder’s bigger goal explicit. ![]() As the cake is brought out at most parties folks clap along as they sing the chorus. While Wonder’s “Happy Birthday” is now a staple of celebrations most folks know the infectious hook and, maybe, the first verse. ![]() What I’ve found interesting is how many people don’t know that Wonder’s song is about King (and I’m not just talking about people in their 20s.) An informal survey of adults from 40s to 20s found that most of them did not know the song’s inspiration was in political agitation. Age and time have weakened my recall on that important detail. Ironically I don’t recall a performance of “Happy Birthday,” the track off 1980’s ‘Hotter Than July’ that celebrated King and argued for the King holiday. Admittedly my memories of the day are a bit fuzzy: I remember standing on the Washington Mall listening to various activist speak recall the presence of both Gil Scott-Heron (who was a big supporter of the effort) and Gladys Knight can still feel my feet getting cold in the biting January air and Wonder giving a rambling speech. for the day as part of new gig at Record World magazine, a now defunct music trade publication, where I had recently started as a staff reporter covering the black music scene. King’s January 15th birthday as a national holiday, Wonder had embraced the idea and made the effort an signature part of his legacy. While Detroit Congressman John Conyers had initiated the of marking Dr. Moreover as a child of the ‘60s Civil Rights Movement, Wonder had always had a political consciousness. Albums like ‘Talking Book,’ ‘Innervisions,’ ‘Songs in the Key of Life’ and ‘Hotter Than July’ had made Wonder pop musics leading figure. In 1981 the multi-talented singer-songwriter-musician-producer was coming off one of the greatest runs of creative and commercial success in history. Martin Luther King’s birthday to be declared a national holiday. It was forty years ago this week that Stevie Wonder, along with a group of musicians and politicians, stood on the same area of the Capitol building that was recently overrun by Trump supporters, to argue for Dr. ![]() The bite is usually not notable but may rarely lead to paralysis, allergic reactions and tick typhus. Usually only females bite people and other mammals. Adults are most common from spring to midsummer. After 3 different host feedings they then moult to the nymph stage which are about 1mm. Larvae or "seed/grass" ticks are tiny (0.5mm) and found mostly in autumn and winter. To find hosts required for their growth and development, ticks wait on vegetation with their legs outstretched and waving slowly until they can make contact. Domestic animals such as farm animals and pets like dogs are frequently infested. Mammals are common hosts as are many birds and sometimes reptiles. ![]() If the clothes cannot be washed in hot water, tumble dry on low heat for 90 minutes or high heat for 60 minutes.May be found all year round.If you need to wash your clothes first, hot water is recommended. Put dry outdoor clothes in a dryer on high heat for 10 minutes to kill any remaining ticks.Do a tick check on your outdoor gear and your pets as they could carry ticks inside your home.Use bug spray containing DEET or Icaridin on your skin and clothing (always follow label directions). ![]() Tuck your shirt into your pants and pull your socks over your pant legs.
![]() since this one was never released in Europe (same with the ANOES NES game). ![]() But that one was not popular in Germany at all. I know that most american people think of the NES game when someone says "old Friday the 13th game". MY first contact with anything related to F13 was the C64 game by Domark BTW. One of the bosses looked like Part 2 Sackhead-Jason (although he had chainsaw-arms). The look of the Rick-character was definitley a Jason rip-off (though they changed the hockeymask in the sequels and re-releases to a skull mask for obvious copyright reasons). The graphic violence and horror theme were astonishing for a game of that time. It is very hard (obviously, since it wants your money). I might have beaten it on the emulator with a cheat but I am not sure. I remember wasting some good money in the arcade on this one and later trying it on an emulator. I looove adventure games in the style of the classic Lucasarts and Sierra-adventures. but I do not have the time for such a project. There is some free software (adventuregamestudios) that I would have used. She is later just called Jason´s mom".Īs already written in my first post: I was thinking about making such an F13-adventure game myself, had some good ideas for the story and riddles. Mrs Voorhees introduces herself as "Mrs Wales" for some reason (although the game was licensed by New Line they probably did not have the rights to the Voorhees name). Alice is also in the game, but not the main character. You start in Crystal Lake and get a ride with Enos to arrive at the camp. Some tidbits: You are basicly playing as Annie (although your character does not have a name), not as Alice. Here are some more that show how accurate the locations are. The hill in the background is just like the one in the movie. Just look at the detail of this pic. 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![]() Note, that if you accompany some swordsmen with your spear, then they won't die, but you will be hampered by the slow speed of the swordsmen. Be aware that if you attack a village with no wall with 6 or below spearment, then they will all die, and at least 1 will die until you can send 33 at once. There isn't a set limit to what troops you should have by the end of the protection, but you have to make sure you have enough troops to be safe, and enough so that you can farm effectively. It will mean you can farm, and it will also protect you from the surrounding people once you are able to be attacked. Think about it, when your resource mines get a little higher, it won't take long for your warehouse to be completely filled.Ī couple of days before the beginner's protection ends, you will need to go for the the barracks and produce a few spearmen. So of course, while upgrading your resource mines, you should upgrade your warehouse a little as well. We all need sleep, and at least a few of us have a life. Unless you have a coplayer playing your account with you, you won't be able to keep your warehouse from being filled. You want to be prepared for when the beginners protection ends, but you shouldn't waste your resources which are pretty vital at this point. For example, if you have several barbs in your 7x7, then you may want to start making some spearmen early, but if you have 0, then there is no need for troop that early on. You need to think about your current situation before you decide on what you build. During beginners protection, there isn't much point to you making too many troops, because you aren't going to use them yet. The moment that you step foot in a world, be it your first time or the tenth, you have to start building up your resource places. If I give you all the information, then you won't be able to learn properly. Note: I'm not going to walk you through this step by step, there are some things which you need to find out by yourself. If you can't be bothered to send all your troops out to farm, then you're not going to do very well, or if you can't get on for most of the day, your buildings are going to be left doing nothing, which just stunts your growth. Plain ol' growth depends on activity as well. I won because I have no life and was far more active then they were.īut it's not only with fighting where activity will help you. For example, I remember in world 3, I was surrounded by a tribe called NG, it was my first world, and I certainly wasn't skilled at this point, so you would like to think I would have lost, but I didn't. The more active player can send attacks at obscure times to throw his opponent off, dodge or snipe more attacks than the inactive player etc. When you actually get down to a real battle, this is something that shows itself. ![]() So before you even look through this guide, make sure you can do this. A low skilled active player can overcome a high skilled inactive player. ![]() The key thing in tribal wars isn't necessary skill, although you need it, the key thing is activity. If you have read any guides whatsoever, you will have probably heard this over and over again. ![]() So as I said, Silver bearing solder is MUCH more expensive for no added benefit to our projects or ease of use. That is 118% (2.18 TIMES more expensive). So $5.69 per ounce for Silver Bearing vs $2.60 per ounce for standard SnPb. We're talking $6 for one and $8 for the other. the stuff I picked up wasn't that much more expensive than the non silver. There are no appriciable lead fumes released when soldering, though there are other nasties in the fumes so you shouldn't be huffing them on purpose anyway. I will leave it to you to figure out what product puts more lead into landfills (which by the way don't leach lead into the ground or water anyway). 80% of the lead consumed ends up in batteries. In the US (more electronics than anywhere on the planet) only 0.5% of the lead consumed is contained in solder joints. There has been an entire industry built around "lead free" that makes little sense. Lead is not abosorbed through the skin and solder does not break down and leach lead into the air, water or 5th dimension. It is much harder to work with and is no more "green" than anything else. Audiophiles say it has better properties for high end audio gear, if you subscribe to kooky the golden ear theories.Īgain, stay away from lead free solder. "Silver Solder" is usually Tin/Lead/Silver with a ratio of 62/36/2 and is about the same as 63/37 but at a MUCH higher cost that does nothing for workability or the end product. there is actually a lot to get right to create good solder joints So a lengthy (not nearly long enough) answer to a simple question. Overheated pads like to lift or peel off of boards and overheated leads kill parts. Much higher and without practice, you will overheat both the pads and the leads. When hand soldering, setting the iron to between 600 O and 650 O F is a good starting point. If you value your time and sanity, stay away from lead free solder until you have mastered the art. Stay away from fancy "no clean", "water cleanup" and other products. Use a quality solder (Kester '44') with an RMA core (mildly activated rosin core). 60/40 is also fine but has a slightly higher melting point and does not have the special properties that the 63/37 has. The melting temperature of solder depends on the alloy, but falls in the in the 375 O-465 O F area for the alloys we commonly use in hand soldering electronics and specifically around 365 O for solder comprised of 63% tin (Sn) and 37% lead (Pb) commonly refered to as Sn63Pb37 Solder or 63/37 solder (what you should be using as it is very easy to work with due to its special properties as a eutectic alloy.). The tip should also be large enough to efficiently transfer the heat. Flux is important for both ensuring a clean connection but also for helping to transfer the heat. Lower temps mean longer contact and more time for heat to travel up the lead and damage the part. Your mileage may vary, so play with it and get a feel for what situations require which tips/heat/etc.In general (and within reason), a hotter iron allows you to heat the land (pad) and the lead faster. For example, I hang out around 380 with finer tips, and 340 for thicker tips. Your specific settings apply to your specific setup. I don't know a ton about tip construction and thermal mass, but I do know there's a difference in quality from a $28.00 genuine Weller tip and an $8.00 generic tip. The knock-offs will last maybe 6 weeks if you take care of them they burn up in the center (not the tip) quickly and require a bit more heat (I imagine the core is smaller). Genuine Weller LT1X will last 3-4 months if taken care of (eventually the tip will round off and need replacing) and requires less heat by ~10-20 degrees. Similarly, using a lower-quality fine-tip is not the same as a higher-quality (identically-shaped) fine-tip. It's impossible to apply your answer to all situations using a fine-tip will require much higher heat than a blunt/thicker tip because you're got to push the heat to the tip (dissipates much more). You shouldn't be replacing tips every other week. If your tip is constantly needing re-tinning and burning away so quickly, turn it down. If solder isn't melting well (ground plane, right next to a huge coil, etc), pre-heat or turn it up. It's a valid point-practice and experiment and see how things go. Not all stations are calibrated 100% properly, not all tips handle heat the same (size/shape/quality). Minimizing the importance of all variables can be detrimental to learning. Can't really provide an exact answer because there are too many variables usually. Nothing replaces experimenting and really getting a feel for how these things behave under different circumstances. That's true, but at the same time, you've got to experiment and get some actual experience in soldering different components, different boards, using different tips, etc. ![]() All the games on scale to fit any size screen so you can enjoy them on any device. It is frustrating when you are trying to play a game but its size is completely different to your screen. All of the games on the homepage of this site are compatible on any device. 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However, finding the cheaters' unique identifiers and issuing bans based on them is not a silver bullet. Having worked on anti-cheat for a long time, we have the knowledge combined with a refined set of procedures to identify cheating. We use a combination of in-game and server technology, such as FairFight, along with information from external websites, player reporting, and social channels. How are you identifying cheaters in Battlefield V? What are the top five things DICE is doing to prevent cheating in Battlefield V?ġ) Working on better prevention, hardening the PC client against exploits.ģ) Investigating supplementary deterrence methods which can work alongside banning accounts.Ĥ) Investigating methods of improving the reporting flow, including easier reporting.ĥ) Keeping up to date with the latest cheat developments and reacting to them in a faster and leaner manner. 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