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Fargo North (1-4 EDC, 1-4 overall) and Valley City (1-4, 1-4) played a tight tennis match on Thursday night in Valley, but North escaped with the 5-4 match win.
"A big thank you goes out to the Valley City Tennis Association for putting on our Tennis Fun Night and grilling hotdogs for everyone," Hi-Liner Head Coach Matt Nielson said. "Thanks to the whole Kringlie extended family for making this happen. We appreciate it."
Hi-Liner senior Derek Reimers beat North junior Ben Mostad, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, in singles play.
Leever's Foods cake decorator LeAnn Strittmatter was given awards for two cakes she created and showed at the North Dakota Grocers Association Cake Challenge at the Ramada Inn in Fargo last Monday.
The Valley City resident placed first in the novelty theme cake division for a swan cake she made and third in the advance cupcake division for a tiger cake she made out of cupcakes.
Read more in Monday's Times-Record.
U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp (@SenatorHeitkamp) will host a Twitter Town Hall on Tuesday, starting at 3:15 p.m. to talk about the recent developments in Syria, and her alternative proposal to address the Assad regime's use of chemical weapons.
In an interview Friday, Heitkamp said this is the second time she will be hosting a Twitter Town Hall. Her first effort was on education.
Anyone following @SenatorHeitkamp on Twitter can begin submitting questions about Syria by including #AskHeidiH with their tweet.
How it works:
Kathleen Jensen and Myrna Leininger have joined the Lutheran Social Services Senior Companions program as a volunteer senior companion in the Barnes County area.
As senior companions, Jensen and Leininger provide free in-home assistance with daily living activities and social and recreational opportunities to help local seniors who are lonely, isolated, frail, disabled or homebound.
Read more in Monday's Times-Record.
Derek Elliott ran for 266 yards and two scores in a 56-28 loss to Morningside on Sept. 7.
It took him all of 30 seconds to score his first of four first-quarter touchdowns in the Vikings' 63-20 beatdown of NSAA rival Dakota State on Saturday night.


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The reason they all flocked to the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am was not to try out their "A" material for celebs Bill Murray, Ray Romano or George Lopez.
The reason they all flocked to the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am was not to try out their "A" material for celebs Bill Murray, Ray Romano or George Lopez.
They came for a preview of the U.S. Open. Pebble has hosted both events in the same year four times, with Jack Nicklaus (1972) and Tiger Woods (2000) knocking down golf's 7-10 split.
Since Woods' historic and absurd 15-shot triumph in the 2000 Open, the course has been stretched from 6,846 yards to 7,040. Under the direction of Arnold Palmer, officials rebuilt four greens, 16 bunkers and 11 tees - and removed or added trees to six holes for the sake of strategic value.
The usual chilly weather and soggy conditions will make the course play long. And the USGA will make it play tough - four months before the U.S. Open begins.
Fairways have been narrowed from an average of 40 yards to 27 to pre-prepare, if you will, for the national championship.
Stock report: The golf community is split on whether to believe the TMZ.com report that Woods will end his leave of absence at the Tavistock Cup, an invitation-only exhibition March 22-23 that, conveniently enough, will take place at his home course outside Orlando, Fla.
The two-day event pits Isleworth Country Club members against a 10-man team from crosstown Lake Nona. Woods has played in the last five Tavistocks, teaming with buddies such as Mark O'Meara and John Cook against Lake Nona chaps including Ernie Els and Retief Goosen.
If Woods wants to play high-caliber, low-pressure golf in a vacuum (albeit a televised one, thanks to the Golf Channel), he couldn't pick a better spot.
Admission is by invitation only and generally limited to members and corporate guests. Although the PGA Tour sanctions the event, Tavistock officials control credentials and media access.
Tournament director Andy Odenbach has not responded to calls and e-mails seeking comment.
A victory, curse: By winning the Northern Trust Open and rising to No. 2 in the world rankings, Steve Stricker has become the Best Player Never to Win a Major.
- Teddy Greenstein
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The Stig tries to make ultra-frugal hybrids oversteer, and then jumps them over a humpbacked bridge
Posted: 09 Nov 2010
The cheapest Insight, the SE seen in this test, is £15,990 - a full £2,400 less than the base T3 Prius, which is similarly equipped. The Prius you see here is a top-of-the-range T Spirit, priced at an eye-watering £21,230. Whether the Insight's £16k is 'affordable' depends on your frame of reference. Just don't look too closely at the price of highly efficient small diesels like the £13,920 Renault Clio Dynamique 1.5dCi if you want to pretend the Honda's 'affordable'. Such a car, or the equivalent Ford Fiesta, is also well equipped, will do 61.4mpg on the combined cycle and emit only 123g/km CO2, compared with the Insight's 105g/km and the Prius' quite outstanding 89g/km. Small diesels take some beating.


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This past Saturday, August 28th, I got a strange email from the Ziglar Online Store. It was announcing that Ziglar was opening a new online store and it gave a link where you could take advantage of some great deals. Wondering what our team was up to, I clicked on that link and discovered that you could get some great deals on Viagra. Well, nobody on our list needs Viagra. We had been hacked!
Immediately we sent out the following message to our list:
What a shame that we live in a time where hackers will do this. Yet, what a blessing when you learn how great the people are who are on your list. We got many great comments back from our followers who got our apology. Below are a few that you may enjoy.
Here are two lessons learned:
Check out these responses to our Apology:
I wish people could find better uses for their talents than doing stuff as you expressed. How are you these days, Tom – how goes the world and the Ziglar family? How is your dad? Take care and create a blessed day! Harry
Thanks for the feedback Tom. Love to your family. Allan and Abralyn
So I shouldn't have ordered a case of Viagra and Oxycotin? (This one came from my cousin who I will not name!)
"Plus, we know for a fact that nobody on the Ziglar list would ever need Viagra!" LOL I almost fell on the floor Tom…literally! Thanks for the 'heads-up', and the great sense of humor…indeed. Don
We all need a little help sometime. Steve
Thanks Tom. How "upstanding" of you to catch this. I hadn't opened it. I hope all is well with you and the family. It was a hot summer for camp, but I'm sure you folks handled it well. God bless you and thanks for your noble pursuits. Bob
HA now that joke came from Zig-hehe. No problem. I hope Zig is doing great and my love to the redhead. Victoria
That is the cutest apology that I have ever heard. Don't feel bad they did the same thing to me two years ago from my personal email. Kim
No one is immune, Tom! Unbelievable… Please tell your Mom and Dad we say hi, and we always keep your family in our daily prayers. All the Best, Jack
You're confident tom! "nobody on our list would ever need viagra" LOL Good to see sense of humor. Email ignored, rest of your useful info filled away for leisure reading! S
Aloha Tom, not to worry. because of my past association, ongoing experiences, and knowing the character and consistent efforts of Zig and this newsletter, i immediately sensed that an imposter was responsible for the email. i appreciate the quick response and know that the Ziglar group will again, 'make is so'!!! LivLuvLaf, spenze
What seemed like the ruining of a great Saturday dealing with this mess has turned into a humorous way to get connected with our readers. Please leave a comment below if you want to join the fun!
While I didn't receive the email, I did get the Twitter, so "had" to read the blog to see what the flutter was about. I'm sure enough people have been dealing w/this in their personal email that they didn't think twice about it. You are a first class group of people – love your "stuff!"
Blessings to your cousin for supporting the hacker LOL – joking apart, I was feeling a little low this morning and coming across your tweets and this site has brightened my day.
Having had a website hacked recently, I understand the frustration.
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iPhone 5 Production Rates Fall As Apple Increases Quality Control At Foxconn
The iPhone 5 has quickly become Apple's fastest-selling iPhone of all-time, meaning it's incredibly difficult to get hold of — even more than three weeks after its launch. And the situation is about to get a lot worse, according to Bloomberg. Apple has had to increase quality-control at Foxconn to prevent damaged devices with nicks and scratches from leaving the factory. As a result, iPhone 5 production rates have dropped.


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Nominees include Steve McQueen's 12 Years A Slave for best screenplay, Christian Bale for best actor in American Hustle and Philomena starring Steve Coogan. Leonardo Di Caprio is in contention for best actor for the lead role in The Wolf of Wall Street which is also nominated for best screenplay.
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Here's a small sampling of some of Yankee's favorite places and autumn events in Vermont's spectacular Northeast Kingdom. For additional information on lodging, dining, state parks, and activities, visit: nekchamber.com and travelthekingdom.com
Samuel Read Hall House
Hinman Settler Road, Brownington, VT 802-754-2022
Old Stone House Museum
109 Old Stone House Road, Brownington, VT 802-754-2022
Montgomery Adventures
262 Deep Gibou Road, Montgomery Center, VT 802-370-2103
Kingdom Trails
478 Route 114, East Burke, VT 802-626-0737
East Burke Sports
Route 114, East Burke, VT 802-626-3215
The Inn at Mountain View Farm
Darling Hill Road, East Burke, VT 800-572-4509, 802-626-9924
The Wildflower Inn
2059 Darling Hill Road, Lyndonville, VT 800-627-8310, 802-626-8310 wildflowerinn.com
Stepping Stone Spa & Bed & Breakfast
1545 Darling Hill Road, Lyndonville, VT 866-626-3104, 802-626-3104
The Chapel of the Holy Family
1165 Darling Hill Road, Lyndonville, VT 802-626-8855 chapeloftheholyfamily.com
Please Note: This information was accurate at the time of publication. When planning a trip, please confirm details by directly contacting any company or establishment you intend to visit.


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Due to recent events, The City of Antlers would like to remind the public about burning rules and regulations and the types of material that can and cannot be burned inside the City limits.
It is legal to burn sticks, leaves and natural debris. However, it is not legal to burn household trash, furniture and other items.
The City would like to remind everyone that the proper way to dispose of household debris, trash, furniture and other items of this nature is by the trash service or by taking it to the landfill.
State and Federal regulations do not allow the burning of tires, plastic, shingles, old houses and things of this nature. The fire department is not allowed to burn down old dilapidated houses for the purpose of training. The State gave the fire department a grant ot build a facility for the purpose of fire training a few years ago. This facility allows fire departments in this area to come and train with live fire in a controlled environment.
The open burn of refuse or the other combustible materials may be conducted only if the following conditions and requirements are met.
1. No public nuisance is or will be created.
2. The burn is controlled so that a visibility hazard is not created on any road, railroad tracks, or air field as a result of air contamination being emitted.
3. The burn is conducted so that the containers do not adversely effect the ambient air quality of the City.
4. The initial burning shall begin only between three house after sunrise and three hours before sunset. Additional fuel shall not be intentionally added to the fire at times outside these limits.
5. At all times the fire shall be attended by a responsible adult.
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Causey Contemporary Features Solo Exhibit by Bahar Behbahani, Now thru 3/3
Causey Contemporary will feature a selection of Behbahani's large-scale mixed media paintings from her My Faantazee series at their DUMBO location, marking the artist's first solo exhibition with the gallery.Her recent body of paintings, created in her Brooklyn studio, five years after relocating to the United States from Iran, were completed with an anticipated freedom from the feeling that "you had to live-did live, from habit that became instinct-in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized" (George Orwell, 1984). However, in My Faantazee, Behbahani found that the "essence of being watched is universally infused."
The works capture their subjects mid-action, as if by camera. Moments are frozen. Their endeavors come with the promise of sweet 'treats'-in the name of a liberation operation or simply a 'free rectal exam'. Witty characters are ensnared in this pop-grotesque world: horny babies, seductive kids, totemic fetish toys, donkeys and American-made superheroes. Surprised that her physical displacement from the East to the West brought her a vivid political and social déjà vu, the protagonists in Behbahani's new series-from babies to iconic superheroes-each entertain a fear of being watched. They anxiously search for hidden cameras and eyes. This constant fear imbues a childhood hyper-maturity as well as an adult infancy, as beings in all stages of life are subjugated to this invasiveness.
Hidden Camera will open with an artist's reception tonight, February 7 as part of First Thursday in DUMBO and will run through Sunday, March 3, 2013.
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Bunge Expanding Sugar-Cane Crop After Drought
Bloomberg reports that Bunge Ltd., the world's second-largest sugar trader, is planting more cane in Brazil as it recovers from a drought and plans to run its mills full capacity next year. Bunge is cultivating new land while also growing cane on areas where crops were destroyed by dry weather last year. It will plant and replant about 50,000 hectares (124,000 acres) this month through May in Brazil's Center South region. Bunge will have a total of 200,000 hectares growing cane at the end of the process. The drought in Brazil, the world's largest producer of sugar, lowered the availability of cane. Startup delays at some of Bunge's mills also helped to curb the company's crushing capability. Its sugar and bioenergy unit, which lost $13 million in 2010, aims to boost cane crushing to 17 million tons in 2011 from 13 million tons last year.


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By Bruce Weinstein & Mark ScarbroughDoes anything inspire more "oohs" and "ahs" than golden, juicy cuts of meat hot off a grill? Hardly. We wanted in on this game, so, never ones to be shy, we bought a testosterone-doped grill that arrived at our house in Connecticut on a flatbed truck and had to be off-loaded with a forklift.
For a time, we lived in grill bliss: seared steaks, jerk-rubbed pork chops, oohs and ahs aplenty.
Then we realized we were going to have to haul that behemoth in and out of the garage at the beginning and end of every grill season. Getting it indoors last winter was no problem. It was all downstairs. Yeah, somebody's back bore the brunt of it, but two Advil and the job was done.
For months, we missed the grill fare, but summer comes inevitably, even in New England. And then came the epic struggle. Upstairs to the deck, six steps that might as well be six flights—the two of us struggling under the grill like the middle-aged oafs we are, the dog barking, the rail bulging as the thing knocked against it.
What we'll do to get back to those oohs and ahs. Yes, we're now ensconced in the usual fare from the grate: chicken and chops, caramelized right over the heat. But to bring out the best in the grill—and the most admiration from an audience—we like to break out the big cuts of meat: the pork loins, the legs of lamb. Cut into a crispy, brown turkey breast and get ready for your big bow!
Those big cuts of meat that we love happen to be incredibly easy to grill, once you know the secret of indirect heat. A grill's ambient but intense heat roasts these larger cuts to perfection. What's more, it produces an even better crust than an indoor oven affords. And that great, smoky flavor!


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Here in the second day of the WHO/AFRO Annual Regional Conference on Immunization in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, participants heard how the Democratic Republic of Congo and Cameroon are working together to develop sustainable immunization financing plans.
The Third Parliamentary Symposium on Sustainable Immunization Financing(SIF) begins today in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, lasting from October 21-22, 2010.
On October 7, 2010, Dr. Mama Fouda of the Cameroonian Ministry of Public Health, approved the creation of the National Immunization Trust Fund (NITF) as an alternative for sustainable immunization financing in Cameroon.
On 28 September, seventeen parliamentarians and government officials came together in Bamako to discuss ways to sustainably finance Mali's immunization program. It was the latest in a series of Sabin-organized briefings that began in Bamako in October 2009.


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Originally Posted by kwan_dao
Thats quite obviously bad kung-fu rebranded as "ancient persian". A relatively stupid move, considering how many persians live in diaspora, and how hard they cling to their traditions. Any persian will almost instantly call bullshit on this one.
Persian martial arts are heavily influenced by India. So much they even resemble each other in the names.
The traditional system, often called Varzesh-e Pahlavani, which is supposed to translate to "Sport of the Heroes" is a mixture of strongmen exercises and "Koshti" wrestling. Persians totally dig wrestling anyhow.
Kosthi looks like this:
YouTube- koshti iran ÙÙرÙ
or this (Kosthi wrestler at international tournaments):
YouTube- iran wrestling
finally this is Pahlavani:
YouTube- Varzeshe Pahlevani
The only influence china has on Persia/Iran lies in delivering surface-to-air missile systems and toasters to the country.
I heard they like sanda over there, so that might not be true.
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The Washington State Fair has become a flagship fair in the world, distinguished as being one of the biggest, while also holding the honors of gathering more people in the state at the largest single event in Washington. Its rich heritage dates back to 1900, reflecting on classic Americana while offering contemporary activities that draw generation after generation.
Washington State Fair – September 5-21, 2014
The Pacific Northwest's landmark fair kicks off its 17-day run in Puyallup the Friday after Labor Day, offering star-studded entertainment, one of the country's elite rodeos, a shopper's paradise, arts, animals, agriculture, tempting food and wild rides. Join over one million guests as you celebrate a rich tradition, the Washington State Fair, Sept. 5-21, 2014.
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Celebrate the wonders of spring at Washington's biggest celebration of spring. April marks this four-day event that focuses on the magic of springtime, including baby animals, Northwest Living & Garden Show, youth competitions, racing pigs, Motorsport Mayhem, KidZone, shopping, rides and food. Create lasting memories at the Spring Fair in Puyallup, April 10-13, 2014.
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Located in the shadow of Mt. Rainier; just 37 miles south of Seattle and 9 miles east of Tacoma, the Washington State Fair Events Center features a campus-like setting for year-round use. Trade shows, conventions, workshops and special functions are ideal events housed in this state-of-the-art Puyallup, Washington venue. The Washington State Fair Events Center hosts over 150 events annually.
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Learn more about Plantronics GameCom 377 Open-Ear Gaming Headset:
|Because your hardware should be as powerful as your gaming skills, the GameCom 377 headset delivers rugged construction and vigorous sound. A lightweight frame and specially designed earpods redistribute pressure for maximum comfort, while the open-ear design lets you catch all the in-game sound effects without losing touch with your surroundings. When you're ready to fire off orders, unveil the hidden, noise-canceling mic boom to strategize clearly with team members. Responses coming in? Adjust audio levels using in-line volume and mic-mute controls. When you're done, rotate and tuck the mic boom inside the headset—then let your score do the talking.
Customer Reviews of Plantronics GameCom 377 Open-Ear Gaming Headset
Good Quality6/28/2012
Good noise reduction. Cable seems strong. Fits well, easy to use for hours without hurting your ears. It's a little heavier than I expected, but doesn't feel it when you wear it. Good mic. Used daily for hours by a 13 & 15 year old and they really like it.
Sweet and Soft6/19/2012
Comfy on the head, adjusts nicely. Microphone tucking in helps keep it from breaking off which ive done on an occasion or two. Volume dial is cool but impsssible to read in the dark so have to go off feel
Great for gaming...6/11/2012
This headset is VERY comfortable. I've worn them for 3-4 hours at a time with no discomfort at all. Sound quality is great as well. Nice clarity and presence. My friends tell me the mic is loud and clear. Voices sound like they're right there in the room with you. I hear things in games that I didn't with my old headset that cost more.
This headset is sweet. the design is flawless and the sounds are game worthy. very heavily padded so even if you mistakenly sit on it, IT DOESN'T BREAK. yeah, these headphones get the job done alright. Plantronics are awesome with their intelligent creativity.
When I first got these headsets, I was kinda expecting something along the lines of the Turtle Beach headset that I bought a few years ago. But they're relatively similar. They lack the bass that most gaming headsets have, but this headset provides everything that one would need. For a desktop these might prove to be a little difficult to use, but for a laptop, the wire is great. Not the best, but for the price, great.
Not As Pictured !3/29/2011
I bought these headsets in a rush with 2-day delivery , but when I got them they were not as pictured, instead of being mesh on the cushions it was fur. Talked to Customer Rep and they said I would have to talk to the manufacturers.
great for pc gaming1/20/2011
I got these on cyber monday and for the price I paid they did not disappoint. The sound is great and the over-the-ear design is awesome. These are padded around the ears so they do not hurt the ears unlike the other designs where the padding presses directly against the ears. The cord isn't as short as is pictured in the product but isn't super long either, although there's plenty of room when plugged into the front panel audio jacks of my pc. The mic can swing down from a slot in the headband and in addition the boom is extendable. If the boom is extended it doesn't swing fully back into the slot in the headband, which is a minor annoyance but it is still able to swing up out of the way when needed.
Good buy, good product1/18/2011
Not sure how the gameplay, graphics and difficulty play into this rating since they're headphones, but overall, a good headset for all-around gaming. Good mic quality and better sound quality. Very comfortable on my head. I like the soft padded ear cups (don't get too hot or sweaty) and the depth between the ear cup and the speaker is very comfortable for me. A lot comes down to your ear size. This is so far the only one that I can wear for any length of time and still be comfortable. Others have made my ears hurt after 30 minutes.
very nice headphones12/28/2010
I use them for gaming as well as just watching videos or movies now. these things are super comfy! you will not be disappointed at all.1 Helpful | 0 Not Helpful
BEST bang for the BUCK!12/28/2010
can't go wrong with plantronics. this thing has awesome 3d sound, excellent voice quality mic, and such deep bass for a headset. puts all others to shame. atleast at this price. i use it on my PC for my black ops, modern warfare, and bad company2. perfect for my tasks.
Good value12/26/2010
Unlike those using this for gaming, I purchased primarily for use with Google Voice and webinars. While they are a little bulky, they are comfortable, and the sound quality is above average.
Great Deal!12/23/2010
I got this when it was selling for 19,99 free shipping. Couldnt get better than that. Works flawlessly on my gaming laptop, playing guitar hero world tour via hdmi to my 40 inch tv. These headphones are amazing sound quality top notch my mic was recognized the moment i put it in. very comfortable to wear. Sturdy
Good value headset12/21/2010
This headset works as advertised and is a very good value via Buy.com (under $20). The sound could be more robust, but it is pretty good for a full-featured headset at this price. I have had no problems after 4 weeks of use. It is too early to tell how the earpiece material will hold up, but I think it will be fine. (More of a suede instead of a leather) Again, for gamers, at this price, you can't go wrong.
Does not work with Xbox Live12/10/2010
I read all of the reviews and the people who said this will work with Xbox Live are incorrect. First of all, this has a 3.5mm plug, and the Xbox 360 Controller uses a 2.5mm jack. So, I ordered an adapter and 3 days later, tried to use it. No sound. Nothing. Did not work, people could not hear me.0 Helpful | 1 Not Helpful
I just got these, plugged them in and started playing my favorite games, The sound quality is amazing. They are surprisingly comfortable and not to heavy despite there size. I would recommend these to anone who loves playing FPS game, you can hear everything perfect. I read a lot of reviews before buying these most people said that the mic annoyed them, I have had headsets with the mic on both sides, the only thing is the mic on these is far away, it still can detect my voice great though so I don't mind. That's really the only thing I can think of thats wrong with these. Oh, the cord isn't as long as most headsets, which is great for me because I use the plugs on the back of my keyboard for the headsets. For the people who say it needs more bass, these have the most bass I've ever heard on any headphones I've used. 5/5.
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Carnitas are "little pieces of meat," usually pork, that are often served as a breakfast side dish in Mexico or wrapped in a tortilla and eaten as a burrito or soft taco. In addition I also like to serve them as an appetizer with a selection of salsas for dipping. Carnitas are an example of how a dry rub marinade can form a tasty crust on the meat, while the inside remains tender and moist.
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Stop Trolling Knife Mandos
26-04-2012, 12:24 AM | Message : #41Corparative
I'm going to bite the bait like a fish.
Knifing should be made effective in high level games. It's not okay to just sit back and doom an entire half of the commando class to being second-class citizens. I bet people would sure be unhappy if we made machine-gun gunners ineffective! Yep kids, from now on, gunners can only shotgun in high level games, those who love laser guns, whoop-de-doo!
No, all other classes have their weapons work fine, and it is simply unacceptable that knifing should be the one to get the cold shoulder.
I actually think EA agrees with me, because the release of the uber knife was a big step in the right direction - more damage, quicker recharge time on stabs.
Now, however, EA has another problem to tackle - how to make commandos viable in a team setting against leg-it and blasting strike. Because in high level rooms, people simply dont walk around by themselves, waiting to get knifed. They walk in groups.
Plus, enemy mandos bring you out of stealth, which, as a knifer, means you gotta hit elixer and just wait to restealth in some remote location. Not very fun indeed.
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26-04-2012, 12:25 AM | Message : #43AverageDaniel
26-04-2012, 12:25 AM | Message : #44CoBanyi
(25-04-2012 08:28 PM)Corparative a ├®crit : Exactly. Exactly. What frustrates me the most is that the commandos who occasionally try knifing, and post vids, etc, are high level and are knifing like Corporal I's and Lieutenants II's. Level 30 soldiers and gunners stay together, and have level 5 clapping strike and level 5 leg-it. I defy anyone to competitively knife in such an environment. The best you could hope for is to kamikadze in with level 5 poison blade and troop trap, and hope to get some post mortems.
Just my stupid tip.. When you're knifing a group of people just spam them with knife then 2 seconds later, make yourself face the nearest hill/mountain or any place where you can hide then jump! You'll get boost into the air to that location thanks to soldiers and their blasting strikes. So yeah once you landed, just run away and you're safe. I've knifed a lot and this is pretty effective.. and btw pb sux, use tt instead D:
26-04-2012, 12:31 AM | Message : #45WorldBosh
(26-04-2012 12:24 AM)Corparative a ├®crit : I'm going to bite the bait like a fish.
You still don't get it. Knives, like LRPs, are SUPPOSED to be secondary weapons. Trying to make an entire style of play based around a secondary weapon will only give you below average results. The reason why the commando class is pretty much split down the middle is because many commandos recognize that sniping is the commando's primary weapon and have chosen to maximize upon it, while forsaking a build that supports knifing and replacing their secondary knife with a secondary pistol. Commandos were never built for prolonged close quarters encounters, which is why many of the skills are based around either boosting damage or evading the enemy. The reason why PB is a DoT is because your target should already be nearly dead when they come close, allowing you to poison and flee without sustaining alot of damage.
Commandos cannot operate in team play because their function isn't to be involved in fire-fights, which is what both gunners and soldiers were built for, but to QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY remove key targets like enemy snipers, campers, the more skilled enemies on the other team.
26-04-2012, 12:37 AM | Message : #46Corparative
Knives are secondary weapons? Oh yeah? Oh yeah?
Then why does poison blade exist? HMHMMMM? What do soldiers get for their secondary weapons? ICY BULLETS? HMM?
What do gunners get for THEIR secondary weapons? EH? WOTS THAT ME CHAP? NUTTIN'?
Yeah knives arnt secondary weapons. Sniper rifles and pistols are secondary weapons.
And the reason PB is a dot is because hindsight is always 20/20, and the developer responsible for poison blade was probably human and couldnt anticipate that his ideas would turn out to be underwhelming for the commando.
26-04-2012, 12:47 AM | Message : #47WorldBosh
(26-04-2012 12:37 AM)Corparative a ├®crit : Knives are secondary weapons? Oh yeah? Oh yeah?
LMFAO. Dude, go face the corner and think about what you just said. How in the living hell are snipers secondary weapons? Classes only get skills for class specific weapons. Just because they have skills for the weapon doesn't make it a primary. Commandos are the flimsiest class and cannot operate in CQC situations, which is why knifing isn't a viable option after 20, when both gunners and soldiers start to improve drastically.
Gunners have FF because the MG is their only class specific weapon, but the MG is also a primary because its the weapon that allows them to accomplish their roles effectively.
Soldiers have BB because the SMG is their only class specific weapon, but soldiers do not charge around with the SMG because gunners would eat them in close range, so they exercise caution and tactics (well some do at least) when dealing with gunners.
Commandos get PS and PB because knives and snipers are their primary weapon. The reason snipers are the primary commando weapon is because it allows commandos to accomplish their role, which is to dispatch key targets effectively. The knife is a panic weapon for when a target gets too close for sniping to be effective, so basically hit your target with PB and RUN LIKE HELL. You don't dance around or try to stealth towards them with PB because its too loud and does damage over time. To say that CM cures the poison is correct, but then the soldier would have their survivability cut in half (more or less) unless they widget spam, which leaves them ripe for sniping.
Oh and if you wanna be taken seriously in a discussion, try not to rage.
26-04-2012, 01:18 AM | Message : #48Corparative
If you're going to try to sound serious, at least try to make logical arguments.
Soldiers dont get abilities for secondary weapons because buhh buuhhh buhhh
Gunners dont get abilities for secondary weapons beacuse buhhh buhhh
But knives must be secondary weapons because, during the current patch, higher level commandos prefer snipers, because the devs messed knife up, so that makes the sniper rifle the main weapons.
No. Just no. Just like you can make the opinion statement that knives are secondary, because you like rifles, I'm going to go ahead and say knives are primary weapons, and the devs just made piercing shots slightly OP.
So now that we have figured out that these arguments dont get us anywhere, I think we can all agree that poison blade needs some sort of buff, and, a personal recommendation, if I were in charge of things for BFH, I'd start thinking on a new ability for knifers, to solve the problem of blasting strike and leg it.
Or just make poison blade have a secondary effect. Say, if you activate it while in melee range, you just do some extra damage on your stab. If you activate it out of melee range, it pulls you towards your target, or slows your target, or pulls your target towards you, something like that.
26-04-2012, 01:30 AM | Message : #49orpheus######
At high levels most mandos then realise that knifing is not so effective so they then go on to use snipers and pistols as their mains, which is more productive than dying in a shitstorm trying to knife opponents. Hence Knifes are their secondary weps at higher levels.
Similarily with the soldier any good soldier will use their lr pistol as their primary weapon. There by they get BB for their secondary weapon. But thats primarily up to you.
Nobody likes knifers anyway and there is no real reason to buff it as the uber/super knifes are powerful enough to kill easily if timed correctly.
Basically Knifers will never get buffed at the moment because there are much more bigger balance issues than this.
26-04-2012, 01:59 AM | Message : #50The_WUUSTER
Rather than a slow effect for PB, I'm more for a vampiric effect. Make PB absorb a % of health, so that ways commandos also have some sort of healing (which other classes have, gunners with FF and soldiers with CM). Also makes PB a lot more attractive, rather than just some stupid ability that only does 45 DoT (although IMO PB is great for trolling gunners) and makes a loud-ass noise.
Btw, since when was a knife ever a primary weapon? Take a look at all the other shooting games; knives are always the "back-up" weapon (actually, more of the last-resort weapon).
26-04-2012, 02:31 AM | Message : #51Corparative
(26-04-2012 01:59 AM)The_WUUSTER a ├®crit : Rather than a slow effect for PB, I'm more for a vampiric effect. Make PB absorb a % of health, so that ways commandos also have some sort of healing (which other classes have, gunners with FF and soldiers with CM). Also makes PB a lot more attractive, rather than just some stupid ability that only does 45 DoT (although IMO PB is great for trolling gunners) and makes a loud-ass noise.
You can't really compare BFH to other "shooting" games, because its in a slightly different genre. I'd say this game was closer to something Like Rakion, or even Global Agenda, than shooters, pretty much because in shooters, killing someone is a matter of seconds. Even so...
Rakion: the ninja was daggers, and the warrior was a sword. Smith had a hammer.
Assassin's creed, knives are primary.
Team Fortress 2 for spies, knives are primary.
Warhammer Wrath of heroes: has assassin/rogue types with daggers.
I like the vampirism idea, the problem is, it doesnt solve the problem of being (un)able to stay on targets. Right now, legit makes gunners go as fast as your elixer - and while you cannot knife them while they are 1.5 feet away, they sure as hell can shoot you. Same goes for blasting strike. Anticipation of where the gunner will head with legit, in order to move in the same direction with elixir, is based entirely on chance and, if you're lucky, then further relies on reaction times hundreds of orders of magnitude greater than what gunners or soldiers have to display in this game.
26-04-2012, 02:35 AM | Message : #52Corparative
(26-04-2012 01:30 AM)orpheus###### a ├®crit : At high levels most mandos then realise that knifing is not so effective so they then go on to use snipers and pistols as their mains, which is more productive than dying in a shitstorm trying to knife opponents. Hence Knifes are their secondary weps at higher levels.
Soldiers get burning bullets for their submachine guns. Which are now secondary? Really? Really. Really. Then they get no abilities for their supposed primary weapons. Um. Fail.
The fact that at higher levels snipers are currently better than knives doesnt mean snipers are the primary weapon. It means knives need a buff.
I like knives.
What other super-great imbalance issues are there in this game? There's only 3 classes, and you discarded one of them. So whats uber imbalanced between soldiers and gunners?
26-04-2012, 02:57 AM | Message : #53stupiditytries
There's no way that knives need a buff. No way. You can do ~70 dmg with a clean stab, how should that be buffed? It's difficult knifing - I know. But that's only half a commando's set up. Sniping is much more efficient, especially in higher levels.
26-04-2012, 03:18 AM | Message : #54The_WUUSTER
(26-04-2012 02:35 AM)Corparative a ├®crit :(26-04-2012 01:30 AM)orpheus###### a ├®crit : At high levels most mandos then realise that knifing is not so effective so they then go on to use snipers and pistols as their mains, which is more productive than dying in a shitstorm trying to knife opponents. Hence Knifes are their secondary weps at higher levels.
The SMG's are meant to be a primary weapon, but every good soldier knows that if you're using your SMG at every range, you're doing it wrong. Just b/c some weapons have abilities associated with them doesn't mean they're "primary" weapons. Good soldiers mainly use their pistol, good gunners mainly use their RPG's, and most mandos use their pistols (even snipers; I personally never use my sniper rifle unless PS is ready).
Same goes with knife. If you run it just swinging your knife, you might get a lucky kill, but really all you're going to do is just set the entire group on you (and you'll most likely die). Pistol becomes the knifer's primary weapon, in the sense that the knifer has to use the pistol a lot more. When I knifed, I found myself spamming the pistol a lot, and only resorting to my knife as an opener/finisher.
As for PB, I would also propose making it a lot quieter. Makes it more assassination-related too.
26-04-2012, 03:44 AM | Message : #55Corparative
Yeah, so, the idea is that the knife needs a buff to be able to be competitive with the sniper rifle. This would call for some perhaps rather extensive reworking of the commando abilities. But that would make this games better.
Or you could just make a fourth class altogether, dedicated to knifing. I would support that.
The problem with saying that the knife is some sort of accessory for a sniper is that snipers dont need knives...period. You just shoot people from across the map all day. And then elixer and run if someone gets close.
Choosing to knife is an entirely different path. One that needs a buff atm.
26-04-2012, 03:47 AM | Message : #56Drew
When gunners get an effective LR buff, commandos' will get a SR buff.
The 2 classes are the perfect counter to each other, if one gained a buff in it's weaker range, the other will need a buff as well.
26-04-2012, 03:48 AM | Message : #57The_WUUSTER
Balancing the knifer's extremely difficult.
First of all, the Super/Uber knife's incredibly powerful. So it's not the weapon that needs balancing. But how do you buff a knifer but at the same time prevent the same to the sniper (any buff to a knifer except for PB would help snipers as well, and snipers are already OP as is). I guess the only real option is to improve PB, the only knifer-exclusive ability.
Separating the classes? Good idea, but I don't think anybody's gonna bother with that.
26-04-2012, 05:56 AM | Message : #58SweetName
Just going to throw out...
knifing will always have one hardwired disadvantage over sniping.
A knifer has to walk CLose to their target in order to do knife damage...
A sniper can shoot from across the map.
So all that time a knifer spends walking? Is time a sniper can spend shooting.
Buffing knifes won't make knifers on par with snipers.... because knifers will still have to walk next to their target.
(Not to mention all the other disadvantages of having to be point blank with your target to be effective. Disadvantages that are heightened by also having the lowest health pool, and no ability to recover health yourself.)
26-04-2012, 08:50 AM | Message : #59orpheus######
(26-04-2012 02:35 AM)Corparative a ├®crit :(26-04-2012 01:30 AM)orpheus###### a ├®crit : At high levels most mandos then realise that knifing is not so effective so they then go on to use snipers and pistols as their mains, which is more productive than dying in a shitstorm trying to knife opponents. Hence Knifes are their secondary weps at higher levels.
Basically it depends on what you (self decided) think is a primary or secondary weapon.
You can't assign priority based on abilities for weapons; other wise that would mean that mandos have two primary weapons (think about it). So its hardly a fail, more of a representation of what many (but not all) good soldiers do.
Not to mention lr pistols are much more effective than smgs at 70% of the ranges you will find your self at
I don't use snipers or knifes anymore because pistols are just to much entertainment compared to both, hence they are my primary weapons.
And knifing will NEVER be effective at high levels BS, KEG, NADE LAUNCHERS, ROCKET LAUNCHERS,sr MGs ensured this, even if you buffed PB its not going to make much difference in High level games (Tonics, teaming etc guarantee this) Although a buff like the connivers kunai on tf2 would be cool.
For that matter level your mando up to 30 without noob bashing and see how long it takes for you to see why it really never will be a viable option at high level games.
26-04-2012, 09:00 AM | Message : #60orpheus######
(26-04-2012 03:44 AM)Corparative a ├®crit : Yeah, so, the idea is that the knife needs a buff to be able to be competitive with the sniper rifle. This would call for some perhaps rather extensive reworking of the commando abilities. But that would make this games better.
I'm not going to lie, but a significant portion of the community would get jarated off if knifers got buffed.
AnD in my opinion it would actually make the game worse.


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The forest is home to several species of threatened birds and plant life, but possums have been depleting their numbers.
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einie said on 2010-10-05 @ 00:18 NZDT: Report abusive post
doc is single minded on this 1080 poison,but it will come back too bite them, the same way 245t...asbestos and such had a detrimental effect on our country in the past...these type of people CAN NOT be made to understand and that is why they are in those positions of authority......looking at these type of detrimental effects in my familys lifespan in new zealand,specificly the last 3 generations,i believe humans will only survive one more generation....so go for it doc dump heaps of the stuff.
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DOC took away my career. I was a fulltime possum hunter all my life until DOC started using 1080 and put me out of business. The Govt took away my employment that fed my family. Where is my compensation? The Govt wants the country to be gainfully employed.... it is an economic recession... yet they would rather spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on mega expensive helicopters and overpaid DOC office wallahs... than let an honest man earn a living.


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ND grower sticking with carrotsINKSTER, N.D. — Steve Enger of Hatton, N.D., has been producing nice, big orange tasty carrots for more than a decade now.
By: Mikkel Pates, Agweek
INKSTER, N.D. — Steve Enger of Hatton, N.D., has been producing nice, big orange tasty carrots for more than a decade now.
"This is the 11th year up here," Enger says, giving a field tour in late August at the Forest River Colony farm, west of Inkster, N.D. "I was producing about four or five years before that."
Today, it appears Enger is the lone ranger of carrots in the Red River Valley and surrounding areas. The closest commercial production probably would be in the Albert Lea, Minn., area. He says the carrot enterprise has come to account for about a fourth of his farming income, which primarily is centered on a wheat and soybean farm near Hatton.
In late August, the carrots Enger was showing Agweek were in the 2 to 3-ounce range, but by the time he harvested his 17th semi-truck load Sept. 21, they were in the 10-ounce range — about a foot long and to 1.75 inches in diameter. They started harvesting Sept. 16, and he thinks it'll be a monthlong harvest.
This is a good place to raise carrots, he says.
"The colony approached me," Enger says. "We were looking for a place to grow carrots, and they were interested in an alternate crop."
The Forest River Colony land is well-suited for carrots — sandy, irrigated ground. Carrots work out as a rotation crop for the Hutterites.
"Our carrots usually follow potatoes, and then they usually put corn or soybeans on it. I think a couple of fields I've been on twice, and one I've been on three times in 10 years," Enger says.
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Enger initially had hopes of getting into the fresh carrot business, but reality soon set in.
"The fresh carrot industry is controlled by two companies — Grimmway Farms and Bolthouse Farms, both in California," Enger says. "They're year-round suppliers, and they kind of pretty much keep anybody out of there, from getting into the fresh market business."
Consequently, Enger's carrots have been used the dehydration market the whole time. Initially, there were other carrot growers, but the rest have quit.
"It's such a small market in the dehydration market," he says.
Enger remain primary carrot supplier for the Minnesota Dehydrated Vegetables plant in Fosston, Minn. The plant also handles dehydrated potatoes for most of the year.
The carrots Enger produces primarily are diced into products into three-eighths-inch cubes, he thinks.
"They're doing some slicers this year, too," Enger says.
"They want a large carrot so they can get as many square dices as they can," Enger says. "Anything left over is ground up into a powder and goes into dog and cat food. I'm not sure what all their markets are, but one is the soup starters. They also have done some shoestring types of things that they sell into the bakery industry for carrot cakes and carrot muffins, that type of thing."
Besides size, the dehydration company is looking for color and dryness.
"A carrot is about 88 percent water. The more solids you can give them the better they like it because the cost of dehydrating is so much less," Enger says.
As for color, the companies like to have a nice color after dehydration.
"Then it'll maintain its color. A lot of these carrots are stored dried for a substantial amount of time before they get marketed," he says.
He delivers the carrots fresh, and they're processed immediately.
Enger's carrot acreage hasn't changed much over the years — about 135 acres under a single pivot of irrigation. But he planted fewer acres this year this year, primarily because of import pressure.
"Believe it or not, we have to compete with China because they import dehydrated carrots," Enger says. "That's probably the biggest supplier of dehydrated carrots for this country comes from China."
Labor costs must be far less, he says.
Other ventures
Carrots aren't the only nonconventional thing Enger has tried in agriculture.put a kibosh on that.
About the same time he was working on producing edible pumpkin seeds — a market where he also met with Chinese competition.
"You just couldn't get the yield out of them here. We just didn't have the growing season to accomplish that," he say s.
The bread-and-butter crops are wheat and soybeans, but he finds ways to change that up a bit.
This summer, he planted a quarter of turnips and radishes into standing wheat stubble as a fall cover crop. That's not common in the Red River Valley — yet. He got the cover crop seeded from Aug. 21 to 23, and by the time he was finished planting, some of it was sprouted.
"There's been a lot of interest and promotion from the Natural Resource Conservation Service to plant cover crops," he says. "It caught my eye because I read an article in The Furrow magazine this winter. They call it a 'tillage radish' because they go down so far. I was at Forman, N.D., at their field day, and the roots of the radish went down 4 feet. That provides a channel for water to go down and also takes the water out of the ground so you have a place for that water to go in the spring."
He and his wife, Dorothy, have been in a consulting business. They have sold "Part Art," which is garden ornaments made from miscellaneous ag parts.
The primary alternative crop has been carrots.
"I'm a believer on the carrots to do the biological stuff to get the microorganisms growing in the soil to break down the elements in the soil so they're available to the plant," Enger says. "We've tried a lot of things."
One of the new production wrinkles in the past few years has been the use of spent lime. It's a good source of calcium for the carrots."
Spent lime is a byproduct of sugar beet purification. According to the American Crystal Sugar Co. website, the stuff is created by heating mined calcium carbonate limestone to form calcium oxide and carbon dioxide. These products are injected into the "thick juice" during beet processing and reform as calcium carbonate. As the calcium carbonate reforms, it captures and adsorbs many of the impurities in the juice and precipitates out from the juice. The precipitate forms a solid lime product that needs to be discarded, leaving behind "thin juice" from which the sugar is extracted.
The spent lime is added to acidic soils to raise the pH, as well as adding phosphorus potassium and other soil micro-nutrients.
Enger says its great for growing carrots.
"It's kind of a powder-like when you put it on. It's a source of calcium and carrots are a big user of calcium."
Just one more new thing for Enger.
Starting in the mid-1990s, his family ran a "Family Fun on the Farm" Halloween/harvest attraction and maze.
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Hello, London, it's ET calling. A group of UK scientists has applied for government funding to open a British listening post in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). With annual contributions of as much as £1 million, the group hopes to scan new regions of the sky for alien signals using the country's existing radio telescopes.
But the effort may face opposition from within, as other UK astronomers are less keen on spending a shrinking national space budget on a home-grown SETI programme.
The non-profit SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, has been the world-leader in the hunt for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence since it was founded in 1984. The organisation has run projects in collaboration with NASA, including working in concert with the Kepler exoplanet mission. But its work is funded by private donations.
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She notes that the UK also has access to optical telescopes in the Canary Islands off the coast of Morocco, which would let them look for alien laser signals from potential SETI targets in parts of the sky that the US's telescopes in the northern hemisphere cannot detect.
"If they're going to do more SETI, fabulous," she says. "The more SETI, the better. We can't do enough."
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