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Here's the latest Tiger newsletter from his Web site…
January 19, 2007
By Tiger Woods
Hi everybody. Hope your New Year is off to a great start!
Needless to say, I'm excited about 2007. Finding out that I'm going to become a father this summer feels pretty darn great. Elin and I don't know whether we're going to have a boy or a girl, and we're debating whether to find out. As long as it's healthy, that's the main thing. We're not even close to picking a name.
I had a great time during the holidays and went skiing in Colorado with family and friends. I must admit I'm improving on the slopes. It's like anything: the more repetitions you do, the better you get.
My birthday was pretty quiet. I hung out with some friends and mostly slept.
I got back into golf a couple weeks ago. Hank Haney came to Florida and we worked hard for four or five days. It was just a matter of getting the bugs out. From there, I worked on my own.
My close friend Notah Begay III visited and we spent about a week practicing together and playing little games. It was just like the old days at Stanford, when we would grind and needle each other. Notah qualified for the European Tour this year and I wish him luck. He has a lot of talent, but has battled back injuries and I hope he can stay healthy.
Speaking of Stanford, I was excited to hear that Michelle Wie has been accepted. It's too bad that she won't be able to play on the team, but it will be a great time for her to learn and grow as a person. I hope that she's able to take advantage of what Stanford has to offer.
As I said on my website, I'm going to start the 2007 PGA Tour next week by defending my title at the Buick Invitational. I've loved playing Torrey Pines since my days in the Junior World and look forward to the tournament. Even though they have redesigned the South Course, it's still a wonderful layout and I always enjoy San Diego.
I closed the 2006 PGA Tour season by winning six-straight events, so technically I'm going for seven in a row. That would be nice, but as I said last year, my streak really ended when I lost in the first round of the HSBC World Match Play Championship in England.
After Buick, I'll defend my title in the Dubai Desert Classic and spend a couple days looking at my new golf course design project, Al Ruwaya. I've already worked on the plans and can't wait to get started. This is something I dreamed about doing as a kid and I take it very seriously. My goal is to create the most interesting and challenging course I possibly can.
That's it for now. Talk to you again next month.
By Tiger Woods, Golf Digest Playing Editor, Edited by Peter Morrice
Control It
The trend toward firmer, faster courses has created harder-to-hit target areas and has placed an emphasis on control clubs. More players are using fairway woods and hybrids off the tee to avoid the deep stuff. Power might still be the dominant mind-set on tour, but control is catching up.
I've always been a pretty good fairway-wood player, so when I replaced my 2-iron with a 5-wood at the end of 2005, it wasn't a big deal. The 5-wood goes higher and flies a little farther, plus the ball lands more softly. I've always carried a 3-wood, and I still use it off the tee and into par 5s.
I'm hitting these clubs better than ever because I've shallowed out my swing plane, which helps me make sweeping contact, and worked on controlling my release through impact to dictate ball flight. Here I'm hitting my 3-wood. I'm at the very top of my backswing, fully coiled and ready to unleash. See below for the rest of the swing.
The key to hitting fairway woods is making a shallow angle of attack. It helps to stay wide going back so you can keep that width coming down (left) for a shallow approach. A good thought for me is to maintain the space between my hands and my head, especially as I start down. That's a sign that I haven't made a violent move from the top and that I'm positioned to swing from the inside with a sweeping motion. Also, my head stays pretty still as I go–I've worked on that; I used to make a big lateral move.
One change in my approach to hitting fairway woods is how I control trajectory and ball flight. For example, instead of positioning the ball back in my stance and beating down on it to hit it low, now I keep a flatter angle into the ball and have the club bottom out at impact. I feel as if I'm chasing the ball with my right hand straight down the target line. Notice how the back of my left hand faces the target after impact (left)–that means I won't see a lot of curve on this ball. And my right heel is still close to the ground, proof that I've stayed with the shot.
My move through the ball reveals what kind of shot I've attempted. If I cut off my follow-through, as I'm doing here, I've hit a low shot. On a higher shot I swing into a full, balanced finish. In both cases, my belt buckle faces the target, and I finish on my right toe–evidence that I've made a good weight transfer from my right side to my left. The fact that my right forearm has rotated over my left indicates that I've released the club naturally through impact and played a right-to-left shot. When I want to hit a fade, I delay the release a fraction of a second to keep the face slightly open through the hitting area.
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Cornwall Council begins consultation on Council Tax Benefit
Posted: September 22, 2012|
Cornwall Council has begun a period of consultation on Council Tax Benefit (CTB), which runs from 20 September to 12 November 2012.
As part of the Government's changes to the national benefits scheme, responsibility for CTB will be transferred to local authorities and Cornwall Council has to create its own Localised Council Tax Support (CTS) scheme. A new scheme will be introduced by 31 January 2013, so the Council is currently consulting on what form the scheme should take.
The Council has looked at a number of options and developed a draft proposal - called the preferred option - on which they want to hear people's views. This should give Council Tax payers the opportunity to help shape the scheme, when a report goes to Cornwall Council members at their meeting in December this year.
Unemployed would have to pay Council Tax
The Council's preferred option is that everyone of working age who receives Council tax benefit should pay at least 30% towards their council tax bill and therefore receive less council tax benefit, in order to make up for the reduction in Government grant. This would mean that even the unemployed could face a Council Tax bill of several hundred pounds a year, depending on their property band.
Pensioners unaffected
The Government has stated that pensioners must be protected from any reduction in council tax benefit, so the proposed changes will only affect those who are of working age.
Steve Double, Cornwall Council Cabinet member for Environment, Waste Management Policy and Shared Services said: "We appreciate that this is unwelcome news. What we have to do is find the fairest way to deal with the situation handed to us by the coalition Government which will leave a £6m black hole in the council tax benefit budget. We want as many people as possible to give us their views on how we manage a situation which is not of this Council's making."
Survey Forms
Survey forms are currently being sent out to all people who currently receive CTB. Anyone else who would like to contribute to the consultation can do so on the consultation website.

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EGLIN AFB — The Navy's Explosive Ordnance Disposal school was evacuated Wednesday after an unexploded 500-pound bomb was discovered near the property earlier this week.
The World War II-era bomb was found about 2:45 p.m. Monday about 150 yards from the school's property line, said Lois Walsh, a spokeswoman for Eglin Air Force Base. Officials believe the bomb was discovered by a hunter in the woods.
Walsh said it posed no threat to the community.
The 96th Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight at Eglin was still working Wednesday to disarm the bomb.
Although there are many experienced EOD technicians at the joint-operations schoolhouse, the Eglin flight was called in because it is responsible for responding to unexploded ordnance found in the area.
Discovery of unexploded bombs on Eglin's property is not uncommon. They are routinely found on the vast expanse of testing and training ranges on the reservation.
"With so many test ranges around here — and this has been a test range for so many years — it's not unusual to find munitions," Walsh said.
The school was not evacuated Monday or Tuesday because bomb technicians still were determining how best to handle the situation, Walsh said.
A one-mile area was cordoned off Wednesday to secure the site so they could safely detonate the explosive.
By late afternoon, the technicians did not think they would be able to dispose of the bomb by the end of the day, but instead might have to wait until Thursday, Walsh said.
"Obviously, safety is their primary consideration," she said. "They are ensuring that however they handle this, it is done safely."
She said the EOD school will reopen after the bomb is disarmed.
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The history of sports at Starkville High is one of prestige and soon the facilities will match that level.
Over the past few weeks, the school board at Starkville has been meeting to discuss upcoming plans for the school and its facilities.
"Dr. Lewis Holloway did a great job with building the strategic plan," SHS athletic director Dr. Stan Miller said.
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Musical evolution with Darwin Deez
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Stylistically, DD is an adept musical sponge, absorbing such influences as The Strokes, Marshall Crenshaw, Death Cab For Cutie, The Dismemberment Plan, Yo La Tengo and assorted lo-fi cult acts. On record, DD is often earnest and ironic at the same time, or maybe he's just pretending to be, with diffuse songs that sometimes sound like a soundtrack for ADD. The fact that DD has abandoned the four-string guitar he used throughout DD's self-titled 2010 debut album for a six-string model has broadened his sonic range, even if nothing on his new album can match the quirky charm and sheer giddiness of "Radar Detector" from DD's debut album.
On stage, DD adds levity with "Napoleon Dynamite"-inspired dance moves. Who would expect less from a guy who looks (and, at times, acts) like Weird Al's nerd-core-turned-quasi-hipster nephew?
Darwin Deez, with Caged Animals and Emerald Rats
When: 9:15 p.m. Saturday
Where: The Casbah, 2501 Kettner Blvd., Middletown
Tickets: $10 (advance); $12 (at the door)
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Three babies have died at Pumwani Maternity Hospital, with the mothers blaming nurses for the deaths.
In a survey conducted at the hospital by the Nation during the afternoon visiting hours on Sunday, patients complained of nurses unwilling to serve them and neglect by doctors throughout Saturday.
Mr Ernest Mwangi was at pains to explain how his new-born died on Friday from what he says was neglect by nurses.
"It is painful to pay the maternity bill and take my wife home with no baby yet they are to blame for ignoring her," said Mr Mwangi.
Tears rolled down his wife's cheeks and she broke down as she tried to explain the events of what has now become a black Friday.
The mothers were still admitted in ward two as they waited for their relatives to clear their pending bills.
The second mother told the Nation that she was pregnant for seven and a half months and her baby was in distress for an hour before the hospital staff came to her aid.
"The baby was born and taken to the nursery but I was later informed that it had passed away due to difficult labour," she said.
"If they had come earlier, my baby would be breastfeeding now," she added.
The third mother declined to talk much to the Nation as she waited for her husband and relatives.
"My baby is no more" is all she managed to tell say.
The patients said the poor service and insults they were subjected to made them regret why they had sought services at the hospital.
"We are miserable and have no one to turn to," said Ms Agnes Moraa, one of the mothers who has been at the health facility since Tuesday last week awaiting delivery.
She was referred to the hospital after she reported at a clinic that her baby was no longer kicking. She was scheduled for a Caesarean section on Thursday.
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A student enrolled at ECC may repeat a course one time, if either the student received a grade of D or lower or the course content and/or credit hour value changed significantly. If a student needs to repeat a course a second time and conditions warrant such exception, the student must receive written permission from the chief academic or student affairs officer. Jean McCann, vice president of instruction, noted that this change will give staff the opportunity to talk with the student about the reason he or she has struggled. "All attempts at the course will be recorded on the official college transcript and the highest grade will be factored into the student's GPA," McCann stated.
In other action at their August 27 meeting, trustees approved the purchase of equipment for the graphic design program.
Sweetwater Sound, Inc. submitted a bid of $20,065 for a mixing board for recording, processing and editing sound effects, music and vocal audio for multimedia projects. The HD-C24: Pro Tools Studio system will be a key component for multimedia courses. It will give students an early opportunity to explore sound engineering and design before entering the workforce or transferring to a four-year degree program.
Vocational enhancement grant funds will cover 75 percent of the cost. The Missouri Vocational-Technical Education Enhancement Grant is administered by the Division of Vocational and Adult Education, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Board members also reviewed purchases made with Missouri Vocational Enhancement Grant funds that were pre-authorized in June. Over $68,000 in equipment was purchased from Dell and Apple for the health information management, computer information systems and graphic design programs.
A resolution of support for the Missouri Community College Association was also approved. MCCA is the organization through which Missouri's community colleges unite for advocacy, education and professional development.
College trustees also dealt with a number of personnel matters at their August meeting.
Ryan McDonnell was hired as coordinator of student activities. He earned both his bachelor's degree in education and a master's degree in college student personnel administration from the University of Central Missouri. While attending college he worked as residence hall director, summer camp staff manager and community advisor at UCM. McDonnell replaces Brad Bruns who resigned to take a position as dean of students, athletic director and volleyball coach at St. Francis Borgia Regional High School.
A new position as high school relations coordinator has been filled with the hiring of Nathaniel Mitchell. For the past four years Mitchell worked at Missouri University of Science and Technology. He was an admissions counselor for three years and spent the last year as international student advisor/recruiter. Mitchell obtained a bachelor's degree in history from Missouri S&T.
Trustees accepted the resignation of Rebecca Schantz, a math instructor at ECC since 2005.
Employment of part-time instructors for the 2012 fall semester was also approved.
President's Report
In his report to trustees, Bauer noted that he expects final enrollment figures for the 2012 fall semester to be down from last year. "As of today we are down 2.4 percent in headcount and 2.7% in credit hours," he said. "Our percentages won't change significantly before we report our final numbers to the state September 12."
"During our pre-semester meetings we discussed how student recruitment, retention and completion will be our focus and how those areas will be a part of the strategic plan we develop this year," stated Bauer. "We need to work as hard as we can to reach as many people as possible to inform them about the opportunities available at ECC. We have to work just as hard to keep our students on track from semester to semester."
Other projects outlined by Bauer for the upcoming year include updating personnel policies so they match up with current laws; accreditation of several academic programs; a survey of community members; and offering a retirement incentive to realize some savings in payroll.


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I should have pointed out that over the fence is a large field...I would never throw snails into another person's garden, that would be too cruel
I do often do the bucket of salt water thing at night with a torch. Also, it is worth finding the nooks and crannies where they hide during the winter and visiting that spot around late Feb.
Lizzie...you are wonderful
Which Kale are you growing? I have grown curly kale, but I really love the Italian one, Cavolo Nero, I believe there is a Russian one that has recently come on the market and is one of those 'super foods'. The great thing about kale is that you can be harvesting it all winter
Tootles, I think that if the conditions are too cold then the seeds would just rot in the moist compost.
There is a thread about heated propagators; I am a fan, but some others aren't. I have an electric frost buster heater in my greenhouse so when the seeds have germinated in the heated propagator in the kitchen, they can be transferred to the greenhouse, liberating the propagator for the next batch of seeds. The propagator has 7 little troughs with lids and cost about £30.
It is going to look great Show us some pics as the plants develop?
I am not a fan of black at all; as a 'colour' it is simply an absence of light and what really annoys me is that the only single Hollyhock you can buy is...black. If they can do the black one, why can't they do all those lovely subtle hard to name colours that are so traditional to Hollyhocks?
Verdun, do they like ericacious soil? Can I just put some around and 'scratch' it in a bit, my Lithodora has been in for a year or so, but my soil has a ph of about 7. All I have noticed is that it is very thirsty.
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Quickie look I did before I took my midterm to test out the wear of some new products I'm trying out! I will say I refuse to use Urban Decay's Maui Wowie eyeshadow again. I'm through with it! It is fallout city, and even when I use it with a sticky base, it refuses to cooperate. Such a pretty shade, so it's a shame, but no thank you!
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- Eyes: Shiseido H12 Lemon Sugar Hydro-Powder Eyeshadow (pale yellow gold), Urban Decay Maui Wowie Eyeshadow (antique gold), MAC Concrete Eyeshadow (cool, dark brown), MAC Ricepaper Eyeshadow (highlighter), MAC NC15/NW20 Chromagraphic Pencil (nude), YSL Black Velvet Dessin du Regard Eyeliner (black), MAC Opulash Mascara (black)
- Face: Lancome Aqua Fusion Tinted Moisturizer (1), Laura Mercier Loose Setting Powder
- Cheeks: MAC Springsheen Blush (peachy-pink)
- Lips: Cle de Peau T3 Extra Rich Lipstick (pinky nude), Make Up For Ever #10 Fascinating Lip Gloss (sheer champagne gold)
- Brushes: 226 (fluffy crease brush), 219 (pointed crease brush), 249 (flat, firm brush), 239 (fluffy shadow brush), 116 (dense blush brush)
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For eyes, start by applying Lemon Sugar eyeshadow as your eyeshadow base all over the eye area with the 249. Using the 239, apply Maui Wowie eyeshadow all over the lid. Next, apply Concrete eyeshadow into the outer crease and lid with th 226. To finish the eyeshadow look, sweep Ricepaper eyeshadow as a highlighter on the brow bone. Bring everything together by applying Velvet Black eyeliner on the lower lash line and NC15/NW20 pencil lightly patted below the lower lash line and smudged with the 219 brush. Finish by sweeping lashes with Opulash mascara.
For cheeks, apply Springsheen blush to the apples of the cheeks and sweep upwards towards the temple with the 116.
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Prapti Patel, M.D.
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Dr. Patel is originally from Chicago, Illinois, and received her initial medical training at the Washington University/Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St Louis, Missouri. She completed her hematology and medical oncology fellowship at University of Texas Southwestern. Dr. Patel brings to UTSW a strong background in general medical oncology, benign and malignant hematology, and medical education. She currently specializes in bone marrow transplant and malignant hematology. Her clinical practice emphasizes a strong patient-doctor relationship and effective communication. Dr. Patel's interests outside of medicine include her family, her dog Sophie, travelling, shopping, and trying new restaurants.
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- Washington University/Barnes Jewish Hospital (2008), Internal Medicine
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- Evolution of 5-fluorouracil-based chemoradiation in the management of rectal cancer.
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- Low Risk 4T Score Can Rule out Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
- Patel P, Burke C, Matevosyan K, Frenkel E, Sarode R, Shen Y American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting 2009 Abstract 1236
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Introduction to Oncology. In Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics: Hematology Oncology Subspecialty Consult Series, 2nd Ed.
Patel P, Wilde T (2008). Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams and Wilkens
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> I have Red Hat 7.2 on a server. When I installed Red Hat I said no to the
> firewall option. Now that the box is up and running I am trying to install
> ipchains. However the kernel is not compiled for ipchains. How do I
> recompile the kernel and add ipchains without reloading the box?
i doubt you need to recompile the kernel. if you are using a
non-enterprise/server edition of RH, ipchains is compiled as a kernel
module. i really can't remember the last time i needed to re-compile
a RH kernel to get a non-esoteric piece of functionality working.
three things come to mind:
1) read the ipchains HOWTO.
2) edit /etc/sysconfig/ipchains to your liking. this will be time-consuming,
so i suggest you look hard for sample firewall configurations to get you
3) "chkconfig --add ipchains" will add ipchains to the start-up sequence.
w/o rebooting, you can use "service ipchains start" to start it, and it
will take care of loading the kernel module and starting ipchains w/the
rules you configured.
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I haven't worn it, and the material is still good and not flimsy at all, but, yes, I'll be selling this in my garage sale.
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CAMP DOUGLAS, Wis. (AP) A soldier from far northern Wisconsin will become the first member of the state's Army National Guard to receive a Silver Star Medal. Other soldiers from Wisconsin have received the award, but 1st Sgt. Gregory Fulton of Arbor Vitae is the first member of the National Guard to earn it.
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Welcome from North Carolina. If I wanted the gun for showing off I would pick the stainless. That said I don't show off my guns and I would rather have a dull firearm. I wouldnt want anything flashing in a SD or HD situation to give a BG my location. This is just my thoughts on this.
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> What sort of burner do you have? Is it SCSI, or is it IDE, or USB?
> Personally, I have a IDE, and the procedure I follow is(as root)
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> For music, its a bit more complex, and I personally find it MUCH easier to
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Joaquin Phoenix didn't waste any time getting into the Dolby Theatre, and the Oscar-nominated actor's dash across the red carpet didn't go unnoticed.
Red carpet host Chris Connelly heckled Phoenix, who has criticized the awards show, as he rushed by, sayings he was "setting him new speed records."
He then added, "You should be at the (NFL) combine," a reference to the athletic tests NFL recruits go through.
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Beverly Hills Ninja is a 1997 American action comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan, written by Mark Feldberg and Mitch Klebanoff, and starring Chris Farley. The main plot revolves around Haru (portrayed by Farley), the white orphan boy was found by a clan of ninjas as an infant in an abandoned treasure chest and was raised by them. He never quite conforms to their culture and never acquires the skills of a ninja, but is nonetheless good-natured and persevering in his personal ambitions. His first mission brings him to Beverly Hills to investigate a murder mystery.
A clan of ninjas finds an abandoned treasure chest that had been washed onto shore, inside of which was a white infant boy. An ancient legend spoke of a foreigner who would come among the ninja and become a master like no other. The white boy, Haru (Chris Farley), is raised amongst the ninja, with the expectation that he may be the one of whom the legend speaks. As Haru grows into adulthood, doubts are quickly cast over him for being the great white ninja. Although he does possess some ninja traits, Haru is clumsy and does not really fit in, and failed to graduate a ninja with the rest of his class. Left alone to guard the temple while the clan are on a mission, Haru disguises himself as a ninja when a blonde American woman who comes to seek the services of one. The woman, Sally Jones (Nicollette Sheridan), is suspicious of her boyfriend, Martin Tanley (Nathaniel Parker), and sends Haru to a Tokyo harbor to investigate. Haru finds out that Tanley and his staff, Nobu (Keith Cooke Hirabayashi) are involved in a counterfeiting business and also witnesses a murder. The clan are disappointed with Haru's actions when Tokyo police presume that Haru is responsible for the murder. However, Haru admits that Sally was in trouble and that her name is a pseudonym. Haru departs from Tokyo to Beverly Hills to search for Sally. Gobei (Robin Shou), Haru's adoptive brother who is the best ninja in his class, is sent by the clan to watch over and protect him. Haru has trouble adjusting to Western culture, but checks in at a Beverly Hills five-star hotel, where he befriends an employee, Joey Washington (Chris Rock), and teaches him some ninja lessons. Haru sets out on his search for Sally, convinced that she is in trouble. He eventually finds her, but she distances herself from him. Haru tracks Tanley and Nobu to a night club in Little Tokyo, where they are trying to get back a set of counterfeiting plates from their rival gang. Unfortunately, Haru finds himself as the suspect of a second murder. He return to the hotel the next day and meditates to communicate with his sensei (Soon-Tek Oh) for guidance. Haru resumes his quest, and tracks down Tanley's mansion. Upon entering Tanley's mansion, Haru speaks with Sally, whose real name is Allison Page. He eventually begins to trust her again, and Allison tells Haru that she accused Tanley for killing her sister. That night, Haru and Allison escape a gun-fight at a Japanese restaurant, where Tanley and his henchmen saw Allison there. Haru and Allison have a retreat at the hotel for the night. The next day, Haru disguises himself as ink specialist Chet Walters (William Sasso) and Tanley takes him to his warehouse, where Tanley soon finds out that Haru is "the fat ninja that everyone is talking about". While Tanley is in the process of getting the other half of the plates that night, Allison rescues Haru from the back of a van. However, Tanley kidnaps Allison in the process, and Haru must find his way back to Tanley's warehouse to rescue Allison, but since he was blindfolded during his first trip, Haru must recreate his ride by memory and enlists the help of Joey and without knowing that Gobei is also hiding in the trunk. After Joey accidentally drives the convertible through a horse race and a car wash, he and Haru start over. Gobei gets out of the trunk after Haru is blindfolded, knocks Joey out, and drives the convertible to Tanley's warehouse. Haru uses the momentum of a large palm tree to jump into Tanley's warehouse, while Gobei also makes it in by using stealthier methods. Haru and Gobei fight Tanley's henchmen until Haru is reminded that he should be rescuing Allison. Using a forklift, Haru smashes two holes in the wall of the room where Tanley takes Allison hostage, almost setting off the bomb. He attempts to defuse the bomb, but accidentally resets it for five minutes. Haru leaves Allison for four minutes to help Gobei, who is surrounded by Tanley's henchmen. Haru jumps off the railing and lands on an axe-wielding henchman who is about to kill Gobei and suddenly becomes an adept ninja when Gobei gets hurt by Nobu and his henchmen. Haru and Gobei defeat one henchman with a little help from Joey, who jumps into Tanley's warehouse and lands on one of them. Haru and Gobei must now defeat Tanley, who has a gun. Haru cuts the rope of a winch, aiming for Tanley, but the hook accidentally knocks out Gobei instead. Blocking Tanley's bullets by swinging his swords, Haru eventually incapacitates Tanley. He return to the upper level to rescue Allison. 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A new nutrition club has opened in Valley City. Amanda Goplin is an independent distributor of Herbalife, operating her business out of Valley Nutrition, located at 341 Central Avenue North.
Goplin said the goal of the nutrition club is to help people get healthy by developing a plan for members' different needs. In addition to selling Herbalife products, the club has a personal wellness coach available and will be starting fitness clubs and a weight loss challenge.
Read more in Tuesday's Times-Record.
On Monday, North Dakota Secretary of State Al Jaeger announced he has received a proposed petition to ask state voters to OK a requirement that school classes start after Labor Day.
Jaeger said the proposed initiative was proposed by Kelly Heinert of Mandan and Linda Striebel of Bismarck, and has 25 sponsoring committee members.
More in Tuesday's issue of the Times-Record.
More than 100 motorcycles and riders rode from Valley City Sunday for the annual Red Knights 9-11 Memorial Ride. Read more in Tuesday's Times-Record.
Barnes County Commissioners are looking for a way to be be better heard at commission meetings.
Meeting Tuesday, Sept. 3, the five-member board heard a report on microphones from Management of Information Systems Department Director Jason Thiel.
Asked about a better sound system for the commission room, Thiel said a new set of microphones for commissioners plus a portable microphone for members of the public wanting to speak would cost about $2,235.
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Students in Valley City State University's conservation biology class spent part of Friday afternoon at the Valley City National Fish Hatchery picnic area, planning and and working on a pollinator garden they are working on as part of the class.
Said Casey Williams, VCSU fisheries biology professor at VCSU, "The students are building a pollinator garden, trying to get it ready to get native plants in the ground."
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Valley City man Chuck Bowen has opened a new welding shop near the city. Bowen Welding, located in the old Trader Brothers building at 3175 117th Avenue Southeast, is open Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Bowen said he does farm repairs, welding projects for vehicles and various other jobs. He can be reached at (701) 840-5988.
Read more in Monday's Times-Record.
The Abused Persons Outreach Center is holding a fundraiser today at the Valley City VFW from 4 to 8 p.m.
The event will feature a chicken and roast beef meal and a silent auction with over 175 baskets and other items donated by area businesses and organizations.
The Valley City-Barnes County Development Corp. is teaming up with the Jamestown Chamber of Commerce and Dale Carnegie Business Group of North Dakota to offer servant leadership courses to individuals in Valley City and Jamestown.
The classes, which are put on by Dale Carnegie Training, a world-wide human resources and management consulting organization, allow people to get together and work on a community project together while gaining leadership skills.
Financially, the City of Valley City is doing well. The preliminary 2014 budget is complete with an overall increase of 3.6 percent in expenditures.
A public hearing is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 16 for residents to voice objections or concerns regarding the proposed budget. According to Valley City City Auditor Avis Richter, all residents are welcome including renters or others who may not pay city taxes on property.
Salary increases and a step increase for teachers who receive advanced education degrees may lead the Valley City Education Association and the Valley City School board to impasse on teacher contract negotiations.
For 3-1/2 hours Thursday afternoon and into the evening members of the Valley City School District Negotiations Advisory Committee worked to mediate contract disagreements between teachers and the school district, but failed to find agreement.
More in Friday's issue of the Times-Record.


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New York City is one of the most fascinating cities in the world, but you must see it from the top of the Empire State Building! The Empire State Building is located in Midtown Manhattan at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. It stands a total of 1,454 feet. The building's name was derived from the nickname for New York - the Empire State. It held the record as the world's tallest building for 40 years, until construction of the World Trade Center's North Tower, which was completed in 1972. The Empire State Building boasts one of the most popular outdoor observatories in the world. You can tour the Observatory year-round for incredible views of Manhattan and beyond. If you get hungry, stop in at one of two restaurants, a sushi bar, or three coffee shops. You can also find a drug store, a Hallmark card shop, a post office, and two banks. Don't miss visiting this American cultural icon! If you are interested in the Empire State Building, you may also be interested in our Architecture Tours in New York. Click here to view our complete list of New York tour offerings.
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After last week's heroics, crew members of the shuttle Endeavour had a lot to tell Earth-bound colleagues about working in space. NASA's plans to launch the international space station and to repair the Hubble Space Telescope in orbit will need astronauts to work intensively in space, so the agency is carefully assessing the experiences of Endeavour's astronauts.
For NASA, the aim of last week's mission was to send the astronauts out repeatedly during a single mission, and to clock up experience of working in space outside the shuttle (known as extravehicular activity or EVA). Rescuing the Intelsat VI satellite, was as good a way as any of achieving that aim, especially as the owner was paying $94 million for the job.
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The Long Way Concept 01 DemoOct 5, 2012 Demo 2 comments
As I said, we developed a new demo of The Long Way. We will start making full game soon.
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The year was 2016. A world was in an extremely unstable situation. In Russia, the president plundered and ruined the country and the people were about to start a revolution. After the president betrayed his country, he fled to his bunker in Novaya Zemlya. Three hours later USA Forces crossed the border of Russia, and started the Third World War. Next year something strange happens in USA, a very big disaster. The war was finished, because USA Forces weren't able to continue it, but without a central ruling government, Russia was split into many smaller countries.
Now, in 2017, our world is in ruins.
The capital of Russia - Moscow was destroyed with many rockets and weapons. Miraculously, here in Moscow, many people survived and still live in their flats. Most of them established/joined local gang clans, creating a very unstable situation. The railroad in the northern region is still working, even though many regions of Moscow lie in absolute ruins.
Mihail Dmitrievich, our main character of the game, lives near this railroad in his old flat in a partly abandoned building. From Moscow, every day, he rides on the train to his workplace, in Dolgoprudiy, a small town, not even slightly damaged by the war. Many people from Moscow migrated there after the war. Gang clans control Dolgoprudiy and they do not like visitors from other towns. Mihail works in a research lab, specializing in weather forecasting. Now, their focus is on strange blue clouds appearing every night.
On this sunny March Monday, the entire day had gone horribly wrong for our hero. First, he missed his train, and he must until another train comes. When he finally comes to Dolgoprudniy, he founds that many people are escaping from the town by the train. Also, his bus In Dolgoprudniy cannot drive him to his lab. Normally this bus goes directly to sector 14, where the research lab is located. The bus driver has fled. Mihail decides to walk to research lab by himself. When he reaches it, he knows a very bad news from his friend, but he was late... Next happens what he didn't suspect and it finally separated his life to "before" and "after"! He does not suspect what else will happen today, and what the HELL he must survive the next 14 hours!
The story mentioned on moddb is only a half of the full story of game! I'll upload it, when the half of game will be ready!
The game story is based on my "The Long Way" mod for Half-Life 2(tm)
Many people said that this mod is bad, and I want to total remake it.
The game uses the Run3 Game Engine.
The game consists of at least three episodes:
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Although I did not warn you about the date of release, it is now available for download. :D
PreludeYou survived after the PHOL_LABS accident in PHOL_LABS undergrounds, but you are bleeding and soon you see a group of monsters, and a door near them. You blocked the door, and closed it. Unfortunately, you fell down in a shock. You get up and remember everything. You are lucky, the place you appeared is an emergency station. It has a teleportation complex in it! Now you should find a way to turn it on and get out of there.
The new features in this demo is a 3d-computer screens. Now it has an interface in it.
Please read readme.txt for some quick info, or read the info about the previous part.
The story is connected to the first demo, but the game happens in different locations. In the first demo it's PHOL_LABS RTS Venus station, which is destroyed in the end of first demo. In this demo you can read some references to the first demo.
Now some info about the future of the project. I plan developing the full game. However, I'm entering the university this year, and it's difficult to make the games and to study at one time.
I'll try to make some quick sketches of maps.
We need many people in our, and maybe it doesn't matter, how can you help us. If you can, please send me letters to firstname.lastname@example.com
or Skype - moneywed.
As I said, we developed a new demo of The Long Way. We will start making full game soon.
That's it! This demo is working on our custom built engine, and the demo was made by 3 peoples. The demo has a story :) Enjoy!
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November 29, 2012
34 ideas for a grown-up activities advent calendar
it's around this time of year that i start seeing DIYs for activities advent calendars cropping up all around the blogosphere. i love them. probably even more than i love the chocolate advent calendars dave and i buy every year. i love the togetherness they inspire, i love that they successfully get people away from the television and computer, and i love that half the time they have you baking delicious eats and drinking something warm (and, ahem, alcoholic).
that being said, about 99.9 percent of the activities advent calendars i've seen have been targeted for children, and adults with children. which totally makes sense - the point of them is to encourage family bonding and help teach kids the meaning and intent of christmas. but you know what? i want in on the fun, too! so, as a childfree couple, dave and i decided to come up with our own version of an activities advent calendar. all it really takes is a little twisting of the usual activities advent calendars to make them a little more "adult".
the construction of my version is pretty simple: folded coverstock paper, clothespinned to a length of twine. you can dress it up or down as you wish. i chose to add paint and glitter, in this year's christmas colours, to each folded card.
so, what kind of activities should you throw in to an adult's activities advent calendar? check out the list below, and let me know your own ideas in the comments!
1. decorate the christmas tree together
2. mix and enjoy boozy eggnog
3. watch the original cartoon of "how the grinch stole christmas"
4. watch bad santa or die hard or national lampoon's christmas vacation
5. build a snowman
6. go to a christmas light illumination ceremony
7. make homemade hot chocolate.
extra points: add in a little bailey's or spiced rum
8. have a picnic in front of the christmas tree
9. or turn it into a sexy picnic
10. or forget the picnic altogether and just get busy
11. go tobogganing
12. go for a walk to see the neighbourhood lights
13. have a snowball fight
extra points: give your partner a facewash (a palmful of snow to the face) or get some snow down their collar and warm each other up afterwards.
14. make paper snowflakes to hang in the windows
15. play board games
16. or indulge in a little strip poker instead
17. kiss under mistletoe
extra points: do something else under the mistletoe (wink wink, nudge nudge)
18. mix a special holiday drink
19. bake chocolate chip cookies or some other tasty goodies
20. turn yourself into a christmas gift. put on something sparkly and tie a bow in your hair. have your partner "unwrap you"
21. make hot apple cider with rye
22. spend an evening in cozy pyjamas
23. donate canned goods to the food drive
24. watch your favourite children's christmas movies (home alone, a muppet christmas carol, the santa clause...)
25. go holiday shopping
26. invite some couple friends over for a holiday dinner
27. go skating
28. share a special winter treat (in ottawa that would be a beavertail (it's not what you think it is))
29. volunteer to pack christmas baskets for families in need, or at a local homeless shelter
30. go christmas carolling
extra points: collect some friends and get your drink on beforehand
31. compete to see who can do the best job wrapping a christmas present
32. or, compete to see who can do the worst
33. read "the night before christmas" and "the nutcracker" to each other
34. go on a romantic sleigh ride
extra points: take the romance back to your home and enjoy a glass of wine, and maybe something more, in front of the fireplace
are you making an advent calendar this year? what kind of activities would you include?
linked up to: frugalicious friday, shine on friday, weekend show-off party, sweet saturday
3 comments:
- Smallgood said... [Reply to comment]
Love this idea (and think you are totally correct about most advent calendars focused on children and families with kids). We don't live in an area with snow, but I do think we can adapt some of these. I like the idea of staying in, in our pajamas.
- November 29, 2012 at 8:40 PM
- Tatiana said... [Reply to comment]
I helped my mom do this for my dad this year. She was super stoked. One of her activities is take family photos because the last pictures of my immediate family together are from my wedding.
- November 30, 2012 at 2:39 AM
a great idea. i am just thinking of my guy opening the "unwrap me" on one day, then the next getting "donate canned goods" the next. haha. probably need to plan them out a little strategically..
- November 30, 2012 at 7:27 PM
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Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly coat 2 baking sheets with cooking spray. In blender, process oats until finely ground but not powdery. Combine with flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. In a clean blender, puree beans and 2 tbsp reserved bean liquid until smooth. Combine bean puree, butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla in a separate bowl and beat well. With the mixer on low speed, beat in oat and flour mixture. Stir in chocolate chips by hand. Drop batter (by the tablespoon) onto baking sheets. Bake 15 to 17 minutes until centers are firm and edges are lightly browned. Transfer to wire rack to cool.
Nutritional analysis per serving: 105 calories, 3 g fat
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Daniel Pipes: A silver lining to 'leading from behind'
That France's socialist government of Francois Hollande just blocked a bad deal with Tehran, emerging as the hero of the Geneva negotiations, is on one level a huge surprise. It also follows logically, though, from the passivity of the Obama administration.
American foreign policy is in unprecedented free fall, with a feckless and distracted White House barely paying attention to the outside world, and when it does, acting in an inconsistent, weak and fantastical manner. If one were to discern something so grand as an Obama Doctrine, it would read: "Snub friends, coddle opponents, devalue American interests, seek consensus and act unpredictably."
Along with many other critics, I rue this state of affairs. Still, the French action demonstrates that it does have a silver lining.
From World War II until President Obama waltzed in, the U.S. government had established a pattern of taking the lead in international affairs and then getting criticized for doing so. Three examples: In Vietnam, Americans felt the need to persuade their South Vietnamese ally to resist North Vietnam and the Viet Cong. During much of the Cold War, they pressured allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to resist Soviet pressure. During the 1990s, they urged Middle Eastern states to contain and punish Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
In each case, Americans rushed ahead on their own, then beseeched allies to work together against a common enemy, a completely illogical pattern. The nearby and weak Vietnamese, Europeans and Arabs should have feared Hanoi, Moscow and Baghdad more than the distant and strong Americans. The locals should have been begging the Yankees to protect them. Why was this persistently not the case?
Because the U.S. government, persuaded of its superior vision and greater morality, repeated the same mistake: Seeing allies as slow-moving and confused hindrances more than as full-fledged partners, it brushed them aside and assumed main responsibilities. With rare exceptions (Israel, and France to a lesser extent), the American adult unthinkingly infantilized its smaller allies.
This had the untoward consequence of leaving those allies with an awareness of their own irrelevance. Sensing that their actions hardly mattered, they indulged in political immaturity. Not responsible for their own destinies, they felt free to engage in anti-Americanism as well as other dysfunctional behaviors, such as corruption in Vietnam, passivity in NATO, and greed in the Middle East. Mogens Glistrup, a Danish politician, embodied this problem, proposing in 1972 that Danes save both taxes and lives by disbanding their military and replacing it with an answering machine in the Ministry of Defense that would play a single message in Russian: "We capitulate."
Obama's approach pulls the United States back from its customary adult role and has it join the children. Responding to crises on a case-by-case basis and preferring to act in consultation with other governments, he would rather "lead from behind" and be just one of the pack, as though he were prime minister of Belgium rather than president of the United States.
Ironically, this weakness has the salutary effect of slapping allies hard across the face and waking them to the fact that Washington has too long coddled them. Jaundiced allies such as Canada, Saudi Arabia and Japan are waking to the reality that they cannot take potshots at Uncle Sam, assured in the knowledge that he will save them from themselves. They now see that their actions count, a sobering new experience. For example, Turkish leaders are trying to light a fire under the Obama administration to intervene in the Syrian civil war.


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Company of Heroes Review
Played on:
1.5GHz CPU
GF3 or Radeon 8500
64MB or better
Win 98/ME/2000/XP
Played on:
Dell XPS M170
2GHz Pentium M CPU
GF Go 7800GTX Video
Windows XP
It would be easier to just write off all of these World War II games if most of them weren't so damn good. From Brothers in Arms to Call of Duty to the various WW2 strategy games out there, developers keep finding new ways to revitalize the delivery, gameplay, and style, and keep players coming back for more. Relic Entertainment, creators of the Homeworld series as well as the very popular Warhammer 40K Dawn of War, are now here to make their mark on the WW2 genre with their new strategy game Company of Heroes.
Relic has taken elements that worked well in Dawn of War and ported them over to Company of Heroes. That sounds a bit goofy, but it actually works perfectly despite the massively different setting. Just like most real-time strategy games, you'll be collecting resources, building fortifications, recruiting troops, and creating war machines from your nearby base. But this game takes it much further by using an effective cover system, the ability to suppress or pin your enemies down under fire, send snipers to do their dirty work from a nearby window, create many types of semi-permanent structures to slow down the enemy with, and collect resources in a very realistic and natural-feeling way.
Breaking it down
Let's start with resources. There are three of them in Company of Heroes: Manpower, Munitions, and Fuel. Holding more territory on the map gains you more Manpower, and holding specific key areas of a map will gain you Munitions and Fuel at a faster rate. Manpower is your most vital resource, as it mainly allows you to recruit new troops into battle. Munitions is used to build many structures, and is also used for upgrades for certain squads and for your troops' special attacks like satchel charges or grenades. Fuel is used to build armor and certain buildings, and often winds up being the most scarce resource out of the three. The nice part is that while you can build certain things to help the resources roll in faster, you don't have to do any kind of collecting of resources. It just rolls in, leaving you to spend more time dealing with combat and tactics.
Capturing points is a key part of success in this game. You'll need to advance quickly and intelligently if you want to gain a better foothold on the map, and you'll also need to know when to retreat. And retreating is actually a distinct element here, because there's an actual button you can press to retreat - this allows you to get your troops out of a losing situation even if they're almost surrounded. It works well and it means that if your troops are taking heavy losses, you won't have to write them off entirely like you would in most strategy games. But capturing rather than retreating is of course more productive, and to do so you'll need to advance carefully, tear down enemy defenses around the capture point, and then hold it for a short while to make it your own. Then you can even build your own defenses, and the nice part is that even your regular troops can build some stuff - you don't have to go running engineers with you everywhere you go to build some things.
Engineers are still important, though,as they can build all kinds of stuff to hold back the enemy while you plug them with anti-tank rifles and small arms fire. Barbed wire holds back the troops, while mines will stop tanks and half-track vehicles quickly. Heavy MG emplacements will also cut down the enemy infantry, and you don't even have to staff these things with troops out of your current stock. Engineers can also build sandbag walls for your troops to get behind for cover. But this stuff often gets blown up or simply gone around (see: tanks smashing through walls and infantry pouring through the new hole), so you'll need to refresh or re-deploy your defenses often to really hold the line.
Keep your troops safe
Cover is very important to keep in mind in Company of Heroes, especially when your mission is to defend a specific spot. Your troops will be in one of three states when not actually under fire: exposed, mild cover, or good cover - this is indicated by an icon above that squad's head that's either red, yellow, or green. You can place your troops pretty accurately behind cover, too, because giving them a movement order shows with little dots on the ground where exactly your guys will stand when they get there. They'll also automatically try and find cover nearby too and will fairly intelligently get into positions, but it still helps to micromanage at least a little bit when you've got multiple squads with different roles (machine gunner, mortar team, anti-tank rifles, etc).
You'll quickly find out that when a German squad is holed up in a building, you'll have to change your tactics to win. No longer does firing from behind cover really help; you'll have to get in close to toss a satchel charge or some grenades into the building. And when they go boom, the explosion usually takes out part of the building (if not demolishing it almost completely). Using buildings as garrisons for your troops is particularly effective for both sides of the war, and it forces the enemy to charge in, exposed, to get a shot at taking out those troops. And blowing up these buildings is visually impressive, but much of the rest of Company of Heroes is destructible too. Sometimes this element will force you to change your tactics, while other times it just looks great.
Many of the memorable weapons and armor from WW2 have been reproduced here, as well as stationary emplacements like anti-aircraft guns and the like. You'll also find that the path the Allies took starting on D-Day has been reproduced, from Omaha Beach to Carentan to Cherbourg and beyond, and yes, the paratrooper drops early in the morning before the land invasion are here as well (and paratroopers are a great kind of soldier in Company of Heroes that do well in a large number of situations).
Tanks, troops, and command!
Even tank combat has elements of real strategy. Much like in real life, the tanks in Company of Heroes have the strongest armor on the front, so if you can position your own armor to get some rear shots on the German tanks, it will give you a major advantage. Has the enemy laid mines in the road? No problem! Just smash through a nearby wall or hedgerow for your armor and troops to slip through. The only issue I have with tanks is that there's not really any easy way to fix their orientation you've left their rear armor exposed. They'll often stutter and then refuse to move when you try and get them to turn around, which can lead to a quick, frustrating death for your tanks in some cases.
Using armor to smash through otherwise impassable objects will allow for some great flanking maneuvers, and while flanking does work in this game pretty well, the effects of flanking them are still based on the amount of cover each squad has. Often when you take the enemy by surprise you'll "suppress" them, causing the enemy to crawl on their bellies and do less damage, and if you really catch them with their pants down, they become "pinned" and will basically sit there helpless while taking damage. Moving your troops around strategically and watching their status in battle will be necessary if you want to win most of the tougher battles, but it's not necessary to flank every single time just to win a certain firefight.
Your troops can be upgraded in many ways. First, keeping a squad alive through several firefights will allow them to become veteran units, and while this is an automatic thing, you can also upgrade their weapons to be somewhat useful against tanks, have a squad commandeer a machine gun or anti-tank weapon to use, and even bring them back to HQ to replenish their numbers. Since you're commanding a squad of guys at once, it's important to replace soldiers in the squad who have gotten killed in action. And there are some nice touches here for the arrival of some troops, too. Want to call in a squad of paratroopers? Press a special button and choose the drop point, and you can drop them in just about anywhere you want on the map.
The number of strategic options goes even beyond this - Command Point upgrades give you a separate level of global improvements that stay throughout a single player campaign. You can pick from one of three trees to go into and must stick with that tree, and from there you've got several upgrades you can pick from, some of which cost more points than others. The important part here is that in multiplayer games, you are going to want to coordinate with your teammates, pick one of three options, and then try and take advantage of those unique strengths. If your teammates are smart, they'll have their own specific role here and hopefully together your team has made sure there's a good mix of abilities on the battlefield. If you all go Armor or all go Paratrooper, you'll find yourself hurting against a more diversified enemy.
Relic has also added the element of supply to Company of Heroes as well. When you capture a location on the map, it needs to be connected to territory you already own; if it's not, you won't gain any resources for holding that territory. This forces players to work on a natural front line, and it also means that if you're not careful with how you capture territory, the enemy can sneak in and cut off your supply by capturing one or two specific spots. This doesn't affect your troops at all, but losing your source of supply will cut off new resources for bringing new troops or armor into the battle. It's a great system that adds an element of strategy without adding a huge amount of worry - once you figure out how to best advance on any given map.
What really impresses me about this game is that all this depth is there without bogging down the interface or making the game too difficult to get into. These elements are introduced in a short tutorial system as well as during the initial stages of the game, so that you don't have to constantly check the manual or read super-long tooltips to figure everything out. It's easy to get into and due to the game's familiar setting and subject matter, players who have played past WW2 games can jump right in and easily get going - and then they start noticing just how deep this game actually is.
What you get for the money
The single player game consists of fifteen missions, many of which have multiple objectives that will take from a few minutes to almost half an hour (if you're slow) each to complete. The missions here trace the landing at Normandy on D-Day through until the German military's back was broken. What I really appreciated here is that the non-straightforward missions were delivered with just the right amount of tension and with enough options for the player that I didn't dread them going in. Compare that to, say, the no-buildings-allowed missions in Rise of Legends, where one mistake could get a key hero killed and doom the mission completely, and I think you'll find that this game is so much more enjoyable. Company of Heroes is still difficult when it needs to be, but I'm not worried that one mistake will force me to restart the map.
While Company of Heroes includes all kinds of new elements to make this one of the most unique and engaging WW2 strategy games ever, it's still missing certain parts that played a large part in the war itself. The scope is probably the first thing I should mention: this takes place entirely on land in mainland Europe, and there are no aircraft of any sort for the player to control. The same goes for boats, and despite the game's inclusion of the D-Day landing at Normandy in France, you won't be deploying the boats yourself. Nor are there foxholes to be dug, which were certainly a critical part of survival during The Battle of the Bulge and other skirmishes and battles throughout the war. Finally, the game basically pits the Americans against the Germans, which is a pretty narrow-minded view of the actual war itself where many nations contributed important elements to many battles. While Company of Heroes gives us a more realistic depiction of WW2 than many other games, it's still missing major parts of the war. Maybe we'll see these elements in later games or in an expansion pack or two.
The presentation in this game goes far beyond what most strategy games out there can muster. Cutscenes - even the ones done inside the game engine - show actual life-like movements from the troops, and often the the game will zoom the camera out right in the middle of a cutscene and you'll suddenly be controlling the tide of the battle. Combine this with some great full-motion cinematics that also nearly seamlessly transition into the game engine, and it really helps to make this game feel more like a real war experience than just any plain old RTS title. It also helps that your troops will say all kinds of things in many situations, not just canned responses when you issue orders. They'll yell when they're in trouble, cuss and scream at the Germans, and the animations back up all this talk to make the troops feel more human than what we've seen in the past for RTS games. The sounds of war are equally brilliant, with distorted and muffled gunshots and artillery blasts when the player's camera is far away, and as you get closer it becomes sharper and louder. These modifications to sound effects wind up being an important element that most strategy games lack, and while I didn't miss them before, I will now in future, lesser strategy games now that I've played Company of Heroes.
Finally, let's talk about the multiplayer. A nearly-full selection of options are included here for online and LAN battles, with only a few omissions like the lack of a free-for-all game for anything more than two players (the game forces the Germans to fight the Americans no matter what). The Axis are played somewhat differently from the Allies, and while it's not exactly a night-and-day difference like the Terrans vs. Protoss vs. Zerg from Starcraft, you'll find that you'll still need to switch up your style and learn how to actually play as Axis to do well as them.
The multiplayer interface for Company of Heroes is based on Relic's new online system. It's got a slick game browser and there are little to no issues with getting (or staying) connected to games. So far the system seems to be holding up under load, and it is a nicer system than the usual GameSpy interface most RTS or action games have been licensing recently.
WW2 RTS at its finest
Put all this together, and it certainly adds a lot to the standard WW2 RTS. You'll have to issue orders to whole squads at a time and they'll usually figure out the best way to attack whatever they're up against, while you'll still be wondering if it's better to bring in the mortar team or start with a camouflaged sniper first. There's just the right amount of micromanagement to start without feeling like you're "fixing" bad AI by controlling every single movement. Maybe when players get far better at this game they'll start to micromanage anyway, but the important part is that it doesn't feel like it's necessary after only a couple of hours of play.


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