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When I first read this card, I thought it was one of the best cards in the game, but as I play more and more I cant help but feel disappointed by it
After some play I found it was often lackluster, nice to have but not very significant so I did some basic math on it
The basic concept of the card is that upto 6x you can spend an action to gain 2 gold
So lets break it down
You need to spend 6 actions to generate 12 gold, which means without it you would gain 6 gold - so its a +6 gold advantage across 6 actions
However it costs 1 gold to play it, it costs an action itself to play it, Finally you will need to spend an action to draw a new card after playing it
So lets compare
Just generating gold - I could generate 8 gold, while using Armitage would put me at 11 gold, so +3 gold advantage after 8 Actions (1.37 gold per action spent)
Compared to Sure Gamble!
Costs 5 gold to gain 9 gold
In addition you need to spend 2 actions to play it and redraw
This puts us at +2 gold advantage after 2 actions (2 gold per action spent)
I figured for completion sake I would also include Easy Mark
Costs 0 gold to gain 3 gold
In addition you need to spend 2 actions to play it and redraw
This puts us at a +1 gold advantage after 2 actions (1.5 gold per action spent)
In addition to this, Sure Gamble and Easy Mark are instant effects! If you choose to sacrifice redrawing their output per action literally doubles, but the same cannot be said about Armitage Codebusting, even if you forfeit redrawing the gold advantage per action is only (1.57)
I am disappointed by this card because the concept is amazing, but putting the cap on it at 12 gold stifles it!
I dont believe you can salvage Armitage Codebusting but it is a good lesson for future cards
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(costs 1 gold) 3 gold per action, max 12 = 11 gold after 6 actions, (+1.8 gold per action)
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Armitage Codebusting is a great card and a must for most runners to have a strong economy. Criminals tend to have lots of money anyway so can potentially avoid it.
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Armitage Codebusting is a great card and a must for most runners to have a strong economy. Criminals tend to have lots of money anyway so can potentially avoid it.
I believe its a terrible card, but its a must because of the lack of alternatives to have a strong economy
… however…
as you said Criminals have a strong economy without it
Shapers get Magnum Opus which is this without limits
Finally, Anarchs get Cyber Feeder
The scenario I like is having AC on the table and loaded with at least 6+ credits. It's a hedge against economic drains like Closed Accounts. Imagine getting wiped out, but having a quick source of funds ready to go. Sure Gamble requires 5 credits to play, which means you're out of luck if you get wiped out.
Additionally, a lot of players will not truly notice the credits sitting there, and underestimate the potential damage you could be doing.
just a thought.
Well I must say I thought I was the only one who called Credits ….gold…
Also this card will be replaced with a stronger Encon card when the runner get an option.
i calculated to ..
2 clicks to draw and play it .. 6 ticks to empty it .. 1 credit cost
so i got instead of 8 credits .. 11 credits.. in the same time … is that rly worth the card slot??
i have to say .. if u alrdy play easy mark … and still have money problems and cant fit a magnus opum (because of influence and memory)
its a most.. still but it always has this feeling of …. doesnt worth it … but in the enviroment credits are the most important ressource.
you need every single Credit u can get .. so it's a must.
hate it but it's fact u need the credits..
I feel like all this math only gets at half of the matter. Cards like Armitage Codebusting aren't just about getting you an extra credit or two, they are about being able to accelerate your economy when you need it, so that the corp gets fewer turns inbetween your actions when it matters.
I did manage to learn of a combo using Aesop and Armitage Codebusting
The idea is to spend a click to play (+1 gold) and redraw, and then 5 actions to get 10 gold
This puts it at 9 gold for 7 actions, then trash it using Aesop putting you at 12 gold for 7 actions
Obviously you need to discount the play cost of Aesop, but you can use Aesop for multiple cards, so its fine if you dont immediately discount it from this ones effeciency
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I feel like all this math only gets at half of the matter. Cards like Armitage Codebusting aren't just about getting you an extra credit or two, they are about being able to accelerate your economy when you need it, so that the corp gets fewer turns inbetween your actions when it matters.
accelerating the economy is important but the acceleration appears after the the 5 action with this card
armitage compared to just taking 1 credit
1st click draw it -1 credit
2nd play it cost 1 -3 credit
3rd get 2 cr -2cr
4th get 2 cr -1cr
5th get 2 cr even
till the fifth action i am behind and slos down my economy and than boosts it for 3 actions
Yes, but my point was that looking at the economy math for a card like Armitage Codebusting is not the whole story. Of course this is hard to evaluate, but generally, you'll install AC for example if you have some downtime, not when you have a run that you need to make right now (e.g. corp just locked up its central servers at the end of early game, and I'm about to build my rig) - AC might even just sit there for a couple of turns while I'm drawing and installing cards. So I'm investing short-term efficiency to be able to accelerate my economy later when I can pressure the corp again. Now, determining whether that is worth it probably depends on your deck and playstyle, I think, but the math can certainly help in the evaluation.
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Sister Therese Gutting, long-time teacher and principal at Queen of Peace School in Cloquet, will be leaving this summer to move to a new post in Portland, Ore.By: Wendy Johnson, Pine Journal
Sister Therese Gutting, long-time teacher and principal at Queen of Peace School in Cloquet, will be leaving this summer to move to a new post in Portland, Ore. And though she will leave some mighty big shoes to fill, she insists that Queen of Peace is far from being a "one-woman show."
"When I look back, I'm just in awe of what has been accomplished here," she attested. "There's nothing that I couldn't ask people that they weren't right on board with. I've talked with parents and told them they have to make sure the school keeps on going."
Sister Therese explained that she received the call to her new post quite unexpectedly, but added she is ready to take on the challenge.
"As a religious sister," she explained, "we are missioned to our apostolates by the Mother General of our religious community, and it is through her discernment, as well as our vow of obedience, that we are asked to respond and go where the church and our religious community needs us."
In Sister Therese's case, the need is at the Franciscan Montessori Earth School in Portland, a private Catholic school under the auspices of the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist, of which she is a member. The school first opened in 1977. It currently has 260 students ages 2 1/2 to 14, who are taught according to the "uniquely different" educational theories developed by educator Maria Montessori.
Her role there will be to serve as co-administrator of the school, and her specific charge will be in the areas of admissions, marketing and development, technology, foundational work, and spokesperson for the school. She will also work to help integrate the various boards of the school.
The Portland school has experienced a decline in student enrollment in recent years, and the expectation is that Sister Therese will be able to use her experience at Queen of Peace to help turn things around in Portland as well.
Sister Therese first came to Queen of Peace in 1977, after earning her Masters of Education degree at the University of Minnesota Duluth. She spent 25 years teaching under the tutelage of top administrator and dear friend Mother Colleen Kimbro, while at the same time serving as an adjunct faculty member teaching business at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College (FDLTCC) in the evenings.
In 2001, Sister Therese was hired as interim dean at FDLTCC. The following year she became vice president of academic affairs, a post she held up until 2009 when she returned to Queen of Peace as principal.
Her return was something of a "baptism by fire," however. Though Queen of Peace School has been a part of the community since 1912, dwindling enrollment had led to a decision to close its doors after the 2008-2009 school year. The decision was reconsidered, however, in response to feedback from parents, families and former students.
It was Sister Therese who was to lead the charge in bringing the school back to solid footing and ensure that it would remain viable for many more years to come. It was far from the only challenge that was to be faced, however. Just five days after Sister Therese took the post as principal, a group of summer workmen discovered one of the trusses in the roof of the school building had been seriously compromised by time and weather, and the school's second floor was deemed unsuitable for habitation.
Engineers and contractors determined the roof of the school would need to be taken off and replaced, which would also involve nearly a complete renovation of the second-floor classrooms, as well as the abatement of asbestos in the ceiling tiles and the replacement of windows. The good news was that the school's insurance company was prepared to cover the $4 million price tag that went along with the major renovations.
Through quick action – and a good deal of faith – on behalf of the administration, the parish, its families and the community at large, a plan was developed to remodel the basement of the building to accommodate classrooms while the school itself was being rebuilt overhead.
By November 2011, students and staff moved into what was basically a brand, new building. Not long afterward, Sister Therese and Queen of Peace School realized another long-time dream – the construction of a new playground, thanks to a gift from a grateful benefactor.
Along with all of this progress over the past three years under the guidance of Sister Therese, Queen of Peace has realized many other successes.
Those successes have been significant – arguably more significant than any the school has experienced in its 100-year history. The school instituted upgraded curriculum programming in areas such as Spanish, computer education, new testing programs, upgraded text books and developed a strong professional faculty and staff. It received commendation by the accrediting board at the school's seven-year review last year, and its student population increased by some 200 percent. The school's preschool has received its relicensing, increased its enrollment and enhanced its programming to extend its hours to include options such as all-day, every-day sessions, all-week half days, and Monday, Wednesday and Friday half-day sessions.
"It's amazing what has happened," said Sister Therese. "It has been a team effort between our former pastor, Father Rick Banker, and now Father Justin Fish, along with parish, parent and community involvement and dedication. I have felt that the Cloquet community has been behind us with their support. They have been so generous, whether a member of Queen of Peace or not."
Sister Therese will depart for Portland at the beginning of August.
"Between now and then," she said, "we are going to continue building our wonderful Queen of Peace School and making the transition as easy as possible. My desire is that Queen of Peace School continues moving forward into the future with the tremendous successes that we have experienced in the last three years."
In August, Sister Janet Siepkerk of the Franciscan Sisterhood of the Eucharist (FSE) will become the school's next principal. She hails from Falls Church, Va., where she has served as administrator at a school there for the past two years.
And though Sister Therese is ready to take on the mission wherever she is needed, she said Queen of Peace School will always remain foremost in her heart.
"I have so much enjoyed witnessing the growth that has happened in our school," she reflected. "Knowing that the beautiful children we have here are deeply cared for is the greatest reward I could ever have."
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I thought I had covered most meteorology career paths, until one of my blog visitors reminded me of the very important work of forensic meteorologists. Forensic meteorologists are useful in reconstructing past weather events at a certain time and location. We're all used to 'meteorologists' forecasting the weather…but forensic meteorologists are experts in knowing what weather has already occurred.
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2) Car Accidents: Forensic meteorologists are generally involved in analyzing many car accidents that are blamed/or due to a weather event. From icy road conditions, to flooding on the roadways, to glare from the Sun, or even foggy conditions reducing visibilities are some of the examples that have occurred. This makes forensic meteorology work very important to insurance companies who are gauging whether weather was to blame in an accident (or if the driver was at fault).
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But here's what I'm baffled about. And just so you're aware in advance…what I'm about to share with you will probably make your jaw drop. According to the website Law Crossing….a 4 year BS degreed forensic meteorologist on average makes just under $1.5M annually!? A 4 year MS degreed forensic meteorologists makes over $1.5M annually!? And a PHD forensic met apparently brings in over $2M annually!!
Oh wow, are we all in the wrong weather sector or this information completely ludicrous?? In case you think I'm making this up…here's the link where I found this information. I'm personally not buying this (or maybe it's the case for a select few)…but then again I'd like to be given confirmation this is wrong by an actual forensic meteorologist.
Professional Forensic meteorologists out there….is this salary range accurate? And in addition to the salary range, feel free to offer any perspectives for how a young graduate or working meteorology professional can become a forensic meteorologist. Thanks!
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This year's finalists for the title of Princess Kay of the Milky Way have been named. The 12 young women from dairy farm backgrounds were selected at the conclusion of a three-day event for county dairy princesses held in St. Joseph. Each of the 12 will be sculpted in butter during the 2013 Minnesota State Fair. Princess Kay is crowned each year the night before the State Fair opens.Path to 60th Princess Kay Title Underway
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PHILADELPHIA - In its third year under the direction of head coach Colleen Fink, the University of Pennsylvania field hockey took yet another step in the right direction in 2012.
The Quakers finished 9-8 overall, their first winning season since 2006. They also went 3-4 in the Ivy League for their best conference record since 2008, tying Cornell and Yale for fourth place in the standings. In addition, Penn scored a program-record 42 goals throughout the season, tying a record originally set back in 1988. Individually, Penn had four players honored as All-Ivy League performers, a program high since 2005 when five players were honored. Junior midfielder Julie Tahan and sophomore back MaryRose Croddick were both named to the second team. Tahan started all 17 games for the Quakers, and tied for the team lead with eight goals. She was also second on the team with 20 points. Croddick, who received honorable mention All-Ivy her freshman year, also started all 17 games for Penn in 2012. Senior forward Sarah Hasson and freshman midfielder Elizabeth Hitti received honorable mention All-Ivy recognition. Hasson, who also received honorable mention as a freshman in 2009, led Penn with 22 points and tied for the team lead in goals (8) and assists (6). In addition, she was the first Quaker to earn an Ivy League Player of the Week award since 2007. Hitti, a two-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week, was third on the team with 18 points and tied for the team lead with six assists. As a team, Penn mounted a few huge victories as well. In non-conference action, they had big wins over Lehigh, Towson, and Liberty, in addition to going 2-0 in City 6 action, defeating La Salle and Villanova. Toward the end of the season, the Quakers also orchestrated a couple of outstanding Ivy League victories. On Oct. 20, Penn travelled to New Haven, Conn. and defeated Yale, 3-2, behind sophomore goalkeeper Carly Sokach's 13 saves and Tahan's goal and two assists. The following week, Penn played host to Brown on Oct. 28 at Franklin Field for Senior Day, and edged the Bears in a tight overtime battle, 2-1. Leading the Quakers once again were Hasson (one goal) and Tahan (a goal and an assist). Fink has maintained the upward trend since her hiring, and will hope to continue that next season within the Ivy League standings. She recently sat down with the Penn Sports Network's Mike Mahoney to talk about her team's performance in 2012. |


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CLEARWATER - The 4th Annual "Fashions with Flair" Fundraiser, a benefit for the children of Tampa Bay will be held at the Belleair County Club on September 1, from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. An anticipated 400 plus audience will enjoy a silent auction, great food, entertainment, and fashion show with local celebrity models.
Past fashion show models have included numerous women notable for their leadership roles in our community, such as Pinellas County Commissioner Susan Latvala; Florida House Representative Kim Berfield; Cat Coats, wife of Pinellas County Sheriff Jim Coats; Kay Dillinger, wife of 6th Judicial Circuit Public Defender Bob Dillinger; and Theresa Hibbard, wife of Clearwater Mayor Frank Hibbard.
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NEW YORK — The only thing more unlikely than a movie about a boy adrift on a ship with a Bengali tiger is the tale of the film's star.
Teenager Suraj Sharma went along with his acting brother to a Delhi, India, audition of "Life of Pi" purely as a favor, motivated by the promise of a free meal.
"He said, 'Come with me because I don't want to go alone,"' Sharma recalled in an interview at Lincoln Center shortly before the film premiered at the New York Film Festival in September. "I said, 'Fine, as long as you buy me a sandwich afterwards.' That sandwich got me 'Pi."'
For a film about the wonder of faith, Sharma's experience is one that stretches belief. Despite no prior acting experience or ambition, he managed to separate himself from 3,000 applicants and emerged through four rounds of auditions as the star in one of the most anticipated movies of the year.
For "Life of Pi" to work, Sharma — now 19, 17 when filming started — had to succeed. And many think the film, released right before Thanksgiving, not only works, but is a legitimate Oscar contender — a 3-D magic act from director Ang Lee that translates Yann Martel's 2001 best seller into a colorful cinematic language.
In it, Sharma plays Pi Patel, who, as a child, precociously combines Christianity, Buddhism and Islam into his own blend of religion. When his family is uprooted to Canada, the ship taking Pi, his family and many zoo animals, sinks in a storm, leaving Pi alone and clinging to life in a raft boat.
Making the film meant working with one of the most revered directors in movies. It meant spending months shooting in India and Taiwan, where a giant water tank was built for scenes at sea. It meant learning not only how to act, but literally how to swim.
"I can't put it in words," says Sharma, a bright and earnest kid who humbly recognizes his good fortune. "It's too much. It was emotionally and spiritually and physically exhausting. I would never be able to tell people what I went through exactly, but hopefully it will come through in some ways."
It was a journey Sharma's parents (both mathematicians, fittingly) had some reluctance about, as it would mean missing a year of school. Lee argued a year spent working on "Life of Pi" would be more rewarding than a year of school. Sharma's mother performed a ceremony that made Lee her son's guru — a new role for the director.
"I couldn't even tell a joke in front of him. I had to behave," Lee jokes. "I had to look after him. Normally when I work with actors, they move on and I move on. ... I can pretty much say he started at the top — getting this kind of reception and making a movie. So I want to make sure he's grounded and still getting his education — not only in school but in life. He should be OK if he doesn't get crushed by what's coming." Continued...
"He's a good boy," adds Lee. "It seems like he can take it."
In "Life of Pi," there's nowhere for a young actor to hide, either. For a long stretch of the film, Pi is alone in the skiff with only the tiger, which was digitally added. Sharma had the added pressure of acting extensively in front of a blue screen, with little to go on other than Lee's directions.
"Honestly, I still feel like I don't know how to act," says Sharma. "It was just him. I was just an instrument. He has this thing — suppose you're really nervous and stressed out and going crazy — he'll look you in the eye in a particular manner, and no matter who it is, you just go: whoosh! He's like a Zen master or something. He makes you so calm that you just let him mold you into whatever he wants to mold you into."
Sharma is now in his first year at Delhi University, where he's concentrating his studies on philosophy.
"I'm pretty sure I want to end up in the film industry," he says. "I don't know if I want to act or not, but I do want to be part of making magic."
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National PTA® and AXA Foundation have awarded $1,000 Take Your Family to School Week® Grants to 45 PTAs. Read the news release to find out the winning PTAs.
PTA Take Your Family to School Week is celebrated each February to pay tribute to PTA's legacy of building family-school partnerships. PTA Take Your Family to School Week will be held February 12–18, 2012 with the purpose of expanding and enhancing family engagement in schools across the country.
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Description: | SPRING 2013 INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY NOTICE TO UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS American Civil Liberties Union Foundation National Prison Project, Washington, D.C. The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (ACLU), founded in 1920, is a nationwide, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization with more than 500,000 members dedicated to the principles of liberty and equality embodied in the U.S. Constitution. The National Prison Project of the ACLU?s National Office in Washington, D.C. invites applicants for the Spring 2013 Undergraduate Internship, which will begin in January 2013. OVERVIEW Founded in 1972 by the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Prison Project (NPP) seeks to ensure constitutional conditions of confinement in prisons, jails, juvenile facilities, and immigration detention facilities. The Project seeks to promote prisoners? rights through class action litigation and public education. Its priorities include reducing prison overcrowding, improving prisoner medical care, eliminating violence and maltreatment, and increasing oversight and accountability in prisons, jails, and other places of detention. The Project also works to challenge the policies of over-incarceration that have led the United States to imprison more people than any other country in the world. This is an opportune moment to reform those policies. There is a growing consensus among criminal justice experts and policymakers that America?s criminal justice system has relied too heavily on incarceration as the first and often only response for non-violent behavior that could better be addressed through other means. The population in American prisons and jails has tripled in the past 15 years and now approaches two and a half million. Facilities are overcrowded; medical systems are overwhelmed; work, education, and treatment programs are inadequate; and prison violence has increased. This failed experiment does not make us safer, it is not affordable, and it exacerbates the racial disparities that have long plagued the criminal justice system. The Project, with a staff of seven lawyers, has fought and continues to fight unlawful prison conditions and practices through successful litigation on behalf of prisoners in more than 25 states. Since 1991, it has represented prisoners in five cases before the United States Supreme Court. The ACLU is the only organization litigating prison conditions of confinement nationwide on behalf of men, women, and children. INTERNSHIP OVERVIEW The Spring 2013 Undergraduate Internship requires a 12-16 week commitment. The internship is part-time, with weekly hours that are negotiable. Since this is an unpaid internship, students are highly encouraged to seek funding from outside sources. Arrangements can also be made with the student?s school for a work/study stipend or course credit. 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The Masters of Science in Health Outcomes Research and Evaluation Sciences program is an entirely online program created in response to the current healthcare climate and need for researchers trained in the areas of health outcomes research, health services research, and program evaluation to meet the changing needs of our healthcare system.
The curriculum combines didactic and project-based learning and allows individuals to explore theory, develop technical skills and apply this new knowledge to current problems in their field. The courses provide practical expertise in areas such as research design, statistical analysis, drug evaluation/safety, program evaluation, and comparative effectiveness research.
Upon completion of the program, students will be prepared to generate and communicate evidence in today's complex healthcare environment. The program received approval from the University in 2010 and admitted its first cohort for the Fall of 2011.
SLUCOR also offers both an accelerated MS in Heath Outcomes Research and and a duel Master of Science in Health Outcomes Research.
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The program's primary goal is to enhance the regional and national workforce with analytical capabilities and expertise necessary to conduct health outcomes research.
Upon completion of the program students will be prepared to:
- Critically evaluate methodological designs and results from clinical interventions, comparative effectiveness studies, clinical trials, observational studies, economic assessments, and health improvement program evaluations.• Differentiate between common statistical methods employed in health outcomes research and evaluate the appropriateness of statistical methods in the context of the research question and study design.
- Design a health outcomes study or health program evaluation.
- Develop a research proposal and demonstrate proficiency in designing and implementing a research project.
- Manage, summarize, and analyze quantitative data.
- Effectively communicate study results to both scientific and lay audiences.
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The MS in Health Outcomes Research and Evaluation Sciences Degree requires completion of 36 credit hours, including a final capstone project. The capstone project is designed for students to implement the knowledge and skills acquired from coursework in a real-world, practical application. Completion of a graduate level inferential statistics course is a prerequisite to the program.
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Wes and I have had a recurring argument over two things. But really it's just one thing. Well, it is two things, but I'm going to talk about one of them today.
It's over the amount of video games that Jack plays.
Yes, I know. He shouldn't play any video games. It's bad. It's violent. It's not good for his brain development.
But…He loves them. He is obsessed with them. He loves them so much that he likes to watch YouTube videos of 19-year-old nerdy boys playing them while they make dumb jokes.
So.. we've set up a schedule and that's that. Right? Uhm no. You see the thing is… I think Wes can be too rigid while Wes thinks that I'm not clear enough with limits and follow through.


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HOUGHTON -- Tech students are getting a crash course in self defense. The self-defense course is a part of a three-day event called Responsible Relationship Awareness.
Michigan Tech police officers taught participants different techniques like the correct way to punch and kick, which are all techniques that can be used to help fight off attackers.
"Anytime somebody becomes a victim, a lot of times they're chosen because of the way they hold themselves or the way they perceive themselves or the way the suspect will perceive them; so the big thing about teaching self defense is so that they can walk confidently, and they can approach situations confidently," said Reid DeVoge, crime prevention officer for Michigan Tech Police.
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Several dozen strands of holiday lights lay stretched out on the floor as volunteers attach greenery to the framework of the Living Christmas Tree this week at the Aberdeen Civic Arena. Once the greenery was assembled, the lights were put on. American News Photo by John Davis
Before the new Aberdeen Central opened in 2004, the Living Christmas Tree volunteers couldn't get inside the Civic Arena until about 6 p.m. Friday -- after basketball practice. The workers assembled the tree late into the night to get ready for the dress rehearsal at 3 p.m. Saturday, followed by the first performance at 7 that night. Some of the key participants got very little sleep.
Now, the Living Christmas Tree folks have all week to get ready. On Tuesday night, an army of volunteers arrives to erect the tree. After the tree is up, the first performance is still four days away, allowing for the first dress rehearsal Thursday night.
When measured against the old days, the Living Christmas Tree assembly is almost leisurely, said Chuck Whitney, who founded the annual event with his wife, Joyce.
It's still a busy week for the participants. On Monday night, the tree frame is moved from a horse trailer inside a shed to the Civic Arena to give the steel a chance to warm up. After two dress rehearsals and three performances, the tree is back inside the shed and the volunteers are all home by 11 p.m. Sunday. The tree goes down, everyone said, a lot faster than it goes up.
The Living Christmas Tree has now been living for a quarter of a century. This year's version is the 25th anniversary production.
Brent Fischer is one of 11 people who've been involved since the beginning.
Standing in the 30-foot tree, Fischer has sung in all 25 productions. His wife, Robin, and their two children, Brock and Courtney, are also involved.
Once you become a part of the event, it's just not the Christmas season without the Living Christmas Tree, Fischer said.
Each concert takes about an hour and 15 minutes. Dress rehearsals take longer. Fischer, 48, doesn't mind standing in one place that long, although he admits that you can't move much.
"You're in there pretty tight."
Back in 1987, all of the singers stood in the tree, which holds 80 to 85 people. Since then, a row of chairs has been added for people who are unable to stand all evening. In addition, the tree is circled by a row of singers who stand.
Not everyone likes to go into the tree, Joyce Whitney said. Some people might have allergies, and some don't like the motion of the tree.
"It does sway when everybody gets in there," she said.
In the early days, the orchestra numbered 13 to 15 people. Now it has 58 members.
The production has grown in other ways. A children's choir developed. A stage has been added to handle soloists and overflow from the choir.
When director David Eckert came aboard in the third year of Living Christmas Tree, the sound was very poor, he said.
The Whitneys brought the event to Aberdeen after seeing a similar service in Salem, Ore., where they lived at the time.
"It's a way to spread the love of Jesus. That's all there is to it. And it's a pretty good time of year to do it," said Chuck Whitney.
Over the years, members of just about every church in the area have been involved.


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Monday, December 01, 2008
Elements of Act Three - Part 1
So why is this so hard?
The third act so often falls apart or disappoints, don't you think? We all seem to be somewhat afraid of it – that is, unless it's all there in our heads to begin with and we can just – "speed we to our climax", as Shakespeare said.
But even then, a third act is a lot of pressure. So maybe I'll just make it easier on myself and say that this is going to be just the start of a SERIES of discussions on the third act. (There, I feel better already.)
(And as a reminder – the third act is generally the final twenty to thirty minutes in a film, or the last seventy to 100 pages in a four-hundred page novel. The final quarter. )
To study how to craft a great third act, you have to look specifically at the endings that work for YOU. (Back to "The List". Have you made yours yet?).
But let me be entirely general for a second, and give you the bottom line:
The essence of a third act is the final showdown between protagonist and antagonist.
Sometimes that's all there is to it – one final battle between the protagonist and antagonist. In which case some good revelatory twists are probably required to break up all that fighting.
By the end of the second act, pretty much everything has been set up that we need to know – particularly WHO the antagonist is, which sometimes we haven't known, or have been wrong about, until that is revealed at the second act climax. Of course, sometimes, or maybe often, there is one final reveal about the antagonist that is saved till the very end or nearly the end – as in THE USUAL SUSPECTS and THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK and PSYCHO.
We also very often have gotten a sobering or terrifying glimpse of the ultimate nature of that antagonist – a great example of that kind of "nature of the opponent" scene is in CHINATOWN, in that scene in which Jake is slapping Evelyn around and he learns about her father.
There's a location aspect to the third act – the final battle will often take place in a completely different setting than the rest of the film or novel. In fact half of the third act can be, and often is, just GETTING to the site of the final showdown. One of the most memorable examples of this in movie history is the "storming the castle" scene in THE WIZARD OF OZ, where, led by an escaped Toto, the Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly Lion scale the cliff, scope out the vast armies of the witch ("Yo Ee O") and tussle with three stragglers to steal their uniforms and march in through the drawbridge of the castle with the rest of the army. A sequence like this, and the similar ones in STAR WARS and THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, can have a lot of the elements we discussed about the first half of the first act: a plan, assembling the team, assembling tools and disguises, training or rehearsal.
And of course speed is often a factor – there's a ticking clock, so our hero/ine has to race to get there in time to – save the innocent victim from the killer, save his or her kidnapped child from the kidnapper, stop the loved one from getting on that plane to Bermuda…
Most clichéd film ending EVER. Throw in the hero/ine getting stuck in a cab in Manhattan rush hour traffic and you really are risking audiences vomiting in the aisles, or readers, beside their chairs. It almost destroyed my pleasure in one of the best movies I've seen this year – totally took me out of what had been up until that moment a perfect film.
But when you think about it, the first two examples are equally clichéd. Sometimes there's a fine line between clichéd and archetypal. You have to find how to elevate – or deepen – the clichéd to something archetypal.
For example, one of the most common third act structural patterns involves infiltrating the antagonist's hideout, or castle, or lair, and confronting the antagonist on his or her own turf. Think of THE WIZARD OF OZ, STAR WARS, SILENCE OF THE LAMBS – the witch's castle, the Imperial Starship, Buffalo Bill's house.
Notice that this pattern naturally divides itself into two separate and self-contained sequences:
1. Getting in
2. The confrontation itself.
Also putting the final showdown on the villain's turf means the villain has home-court advantage. The hero/ine has the extra burden of being a fish out of water on unfamiliar ground (mixing a metaphor to make it painfully clear).
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS is a perfect example of elevating the cliché into archetype. It takes place in the basement, as in PSYCHO, and NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET. Therapists talk about "basement issues" – which are your worst fears and traumas from childhood – the stuff no one wants to look at, but which we have to look at, and clean out, to be whole.
But Thomas Harris, in the book, and the filmmakers, bringing it to life in the movie, create a basement that is so rich in horrific and revelatory and mythic (really fairy tale) imagery that we never feel that we've seen that scene before. In fact I see new resonances in the set design every time I watch that film… like Gumb having a wall of news clippings just exactly like the one in Crawford's office. That's a technique that Harris uses that can elevate the clichéd to the archetypal: LAYERING meaning.
NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET takes that clichéd spooky basement scene and gives it a whole new level, literally: the heroine is dreaming that she is following a sound down into the basement and then there's a door that leads to ANOTHER basement under the basement. And if you think bad things happen in the basement, what's going to happen in a sub-basement?
To switch genres completely for a moment, an archetypal final setting for a romantic comedy is an actual wedding. We've seen this scene so often you'd think there's nothing new you can do with it. But of course a story about love and relationships is likely to end at a wedding.
So again, make your list and look at what great romantic comedies have done to elevate the cliché.
One of my favorite romantic comedies of all time, THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, uses a classic technique to keep that wedding sequence sparkling: every single one of that large ensemble of characters has her or his own wickedly delightful resolution. Everyone has their moment to shine, and insanely precocious little sister Dinah pretty nearly steals the show (even from Katharine Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart, and Cary Grant!!) with her last line: "I did it. I did it ALL."
(This is a good lesson for any ensemble story, no matter what genre – all the characters should constantly be competing for the spotlight, just in any good theater troupe. Make your characters divas and scene stealers and let them top each other.)
Now, you see a completely different kind of final battle in IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. This is not the classic, "hero confronts villain on villain's home turf" third act. In fact, Potter is nowhere around in the final confrontation, is he? There's no showdown, even though we desperately want one.
But the point of that story is that George Bailey has been fighting Potter all along. There is no big glorious heroic showdown to be had, here – because it's all the little grueling day to day, crazymaking battles that George has had with Potter all his life that have made the difference. And the genius of that film is that it shows in vivid and disturbing detail what would have happened if George had NOT had that whole lifetime of battles, against Potter and for the town. So in the end George makes the choice to live to fight another day, and is rewarded with the joy of seeing his town restored.
This is the best example I know of, ever, of a final battle that is thematic – and yet the impact is emotional and visceral – it's not an intellectual treatise – you LIVE that ending along with George, but also come away with the sense of what true heroism is.
And so again – in case you haven't gotten the message yet! – when you sit down to craft your own third act, try looking at the great third acts of movies and books that are similar to your own story, and see what those authors and filmmakers did to bring out the thematic depth AND emotional impact of their stories.
If there's anyone out there who's actually recovered from the holiday weekend - what are some of your favorite third acts? What makes it real for you - the location, the thematic elements, the battle itself?
More next time – and here's more about What Makes a Great Climax?
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More articles on story structure
Story Structure 101 - The Index Card Method
Screenwriting - The Craft
What's Your Premise?
Elements of Act One
Elements of Act Two
Elements of Act Two, Part 2
Elements of Act Three, Part 1
Elements of Act Three, Part 2
What Makes a Great Climax?
Visual Storytelling Part 1
Visual Storytelling Part 2
Creating Suspense
Fairy Tale Structure and the List
11 comments:
- Keith Raffel said...
Hi Alex, Enjoyed the posting!
My #2 and I just saw The Maltese Falcon at the local movie palace on Saturday night. The whole movie is turned upside down as 1) Sam, the fat man, and others finally get their hands on the black bird, which isn't what the characters expected, and 2) Sam's love takes a backseat to duty and justice which isn't what the audience expected. What a great film! - 11:09 AM
- Alexandra Sokoloff said...
Hey Keith, so nice to see you!
Yes, poor Bogey, he just can't catch a break with love.
Oh, but noir women are always evil anyway, so no big deal.
The endings of MALTESE FALCON and CASABLANCA say a lot about the times... people were expected to give up love for honor. Forget what Goldwyn said about only sending a message through Western Union. Film is pure propaganda! - 11:27 AM
- Gayle Carline said...
Ah, yes, the big reveal! This is where many books disappoint me. One that didn't was A Prayer for Owen Meany. We finally see Owen's dream (actually, his nightmare) come true, and his clarity while he faces his death. I love the way it suddenly all makes sense, and the way he's so desperate for his friend, the narrator, to understand.
I'm usually more satisfied with movies (either I'm reading the wrong books or watching the right films). I either like stories that come with at least one major twist (Inside Man comes to mind), or that simply slap the characters into reality (Philadelphia Story). One movie that stands out, for me, as doing both was Primal Fear. We all got spanked at the end of that one, including Richard Gere. - 12:20 PM
- jnantz said...
Being a child of the theater, I figured you'd be a little more familiar with Theatre of the Absurd. I couldn't remember if I said this one before or not...in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, the final act of the play takes place on the boat carrying them (and Hamlet) to England. They are literally being carried to their doom the entire third act. And yet one remarks how fond he is of boats, because, "...one is free on a boat. For a time. Relatively." And the final confrontation is with the Player, who has "been here before", and knows "which way the wind is blowing."
For any of your readers who are unfamiliar with Absurdism, research the movement and its roots first, or you'll never get what's going on (or, more to the point, why NOTHING is going on) in the plays. - 2:30 PM
- Alexandra Sokoloff said...
Gayle, I had to skim around your post because believe it or not I have not read Owen Meany and didn't want to hear about it. Something else for my TBR pile.
You bring up a great point. I think too many writers try too hard with the reveal. It's much better not to force it.
I was reading something just last night that was the best thriller I've read in some time, but the end went for a double twist and the author was scrambling around with pages of really clunky exposition to try to justify the twist.
I won't name the book because it really was VERY good up until then, but the end really ruined it for me. This was the kind of thing that gets imposed on screenwriters all the time - and it was pretty shocking to see an author, who really doesn't have to, fall into the trap. - 4:50 PM
- Alexandra Sokoloff said...
Jake, I love R&G (and basically anything Stoppard has ever done) and thought the film was a really great adaptation. Would have been perfection had Richard E. Grant been cast as originally intended.
- Gayle Carline said...
Sorry about that, Alex! You seem like such a prolific reader, and it seems a lot of people have read Owen Meany. I should never assume...
I do understand about the complexity of the twists. The thing is, most readers are satisfied with one, truly remarkable surprise at the end. We don't need two or three, and you really need to be a Most Advanced Special Writer, a plot savant, to do more than one twist well.
I've been reading a lot of mysteries lately (thought I should, since I wrote one), and I'm having fun with the J.A. Konrath series. They're horribly violent, and I'm not a big fan of some of the supporting characters, but I enjoy watching the protagonist and antagonist zero in on each other through the first two acts, then clash spectacularly in the third. - 5:49 PM
- R.J. Mangahas said...
Alex --- I love Stoppard too. I played Able in Enter a Freeman.
Another third act reveal that is such a classic (now that I see your picture at the beginning of this post) was the often-quoted "Luke, I am Your Father." Even though Empire isn't on my top 10 movie list, man, what a reveal!
BTW, as soon as I get the chance, I'm off to see Slumdog Millionaire. I've already had several people tell me it was a great movie. - 6:02 PM
Yay, Alex! We're into Act Three.
Great things to think about here. In looking over my draft, I think I finally understand how the climax and big reveal work. I'm so paranoid about endings. There's gotta be a good twist for me or I feel disappointed. A lot of pressure, indeed.
Jodi Picoult and Harlan Coben are authors who can do twists really well. As for movies, I would have to say THE SIXTH SENSE and HIDE AND SEEK (with Robert De Niro) are most memorable with the Big Reveal/Twist.
I also think HALLOWEEN (by Rob Zombie) is an interesting example of story structure and effective use of thematic/visual elements. The protagonist/antagonist confrontation is stunning because of the location. It's very symbolic and brings the whole movie full circle. - 9:17 PM
- Alexandra Sokoloff said...
Just starting Act Three, Kristine, and you've given me some great things to look at, thanks!
I can't for the life of me remember the twist of HIDE AND SEEK. Troubling!
Jodi Picoult does everything well. Sigh.
Yes, you're right about Harlen Coben, too. Both of them - such great high concept premises that don't ever fall short! - 9:29 AM
- Alexandra Sokoloff said...
RJ, I think you will love SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE. Let me know what you think!


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Manchester High School teacher arrested-sex assault www.privateofficer.com
Aaron Kirby, 32, of Bentley Drive, Manchester, was charged with fourth-degree sexual assault, two counts of risk of injury to a minor and two counts of disorderly conduct. He was held on $10,000 bail and was arraigned this morning in Superior Court in Manchester. His bail was reduced to a promise to appear in court, and his case was continued to Feb. 2.
He was ordered not to have any contact with the student. His lawyer, Gerald Beaudoin, declined to comment after court.
Police said the arrest follows an investigation into Kirby's conduct while employed as a teacher and track coach at Manchester High School. On Oct. 30, police said, a fellow teacher and coach at the high school was approached by a student who told him of an "inappropriate on-going situation" between Kirby and a 15-year-old girl.
Kirby allegedly gave the student a camera and told her to take nude photos of herself, police said. He also allegedly touched the girl while in school.
The fourth-degree sexual charge, police said, is for Kirby allegedly grabbing the girl's buttocks with his hands.
The risk of injury to a minor charges are for two incidents. In the first case, Kirby allegedly showed the 15-year-old a photo of a nude girl bending over. In the second, he allegedly showed her a photo of a girl wearing a see-though shirt and revealing her breasts.
The disorderly conduct charges are for two incidents. In the first, Kirby allegedly asked the 15-year-old to take her pants off and had her pull her shirt up, exposing her bra. In the second, he allegedly grabbed the top of the girl's pants and tried to pull them down.
Kirby remains on leave from his job at the school and officials said they could not comment.
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