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Now that he's fixed California and put all that unpleasantness behind him, Arnold Schwarzenegger is talking movies again. And by the sound of things, it sounds as though his next project will be either Terminator 5 or a sequel to Twins. But why choose one?
Arnie should think big, as is his wont. He should make a sequel to not just one film, but his entire back catalogue. We all know the Austrian bulldozer is versatile enough to make it work. In fact, a single sequel to the entire Arnie ouevre isn't just the best option, it's the only option. Here's how it would work.
The key to how this mind-bending, steel-bending, feature can work is in the structure. A standard Hollywood movie has three acts, but a late 1980s or 1990s Schwarzenegger romp has at least seven acts — Arnie crosses over the threshold of adventure. Then he goes back and kicks the threshold a few dozen times, so that it starts leaning to one side, like a drunken boxer. Finally, he returns later on and plants an entire truck full of dynamite under the threshold to adventure, blowing it to tiny twisted chunks, and laughing with all his teeth at any fool who might try to use that threshold for their own adventure in the future.
So here's the 7-act structure of our perfect Arnie sequel...
Act One: A Pregnant Silence.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is sitting at home with his twin brother, Danny DeVito, and they're watching a weightlifting championship on television. Arnie is reminiscing about how he crushed Lou Ferrigno in the Mr. Olympia competition, back when Arnie used psychological warfare and fried chicken to get his way, and his back was full of fingers. Arnie is talking about how he humiliated the future Incredible Hulk in front of his family, until he heard the lamentation of all the Ferrigno women.
And hearing this poignant story of bodybuilding, hubris and posing contests, Danny DeVito unexpectedly begins weeping, as if he, too, were one of the Ferrigno women. "It's just so... sad," DeVito bawls, reaching for a box of tissues and thrusting them all in his face.
"Why are you crying? What is wrong with you?" Arnie demands, but Danny has already run to the kitchen to get a tub of ice cream and a jar of enormous pickles, because he's having these intense cravings, like a ravenous beast. And has been having them for several months now, it turns out.
"Wait a minute," Arnie says. "You mean to say that you are pregnant? How can you be pregnant? What have you done? Is this more of your crazy experiments or something?" Danny DeVito just shrugs and keeps dipping whole pickles into his economy sized container of Rocky Road. The scene ends with Arnie standing over his twin brother, shouting, "Who's the Fadda? WHO'S THE FADDA???"
Arnie is most worried about what his wife, Jamie Lee Curtis, will think about all this. If she thinks he's keeping secrets from her again, he's well and truly screwed. He doesn't want to have to sleep in the Hummer again.
But soon enough, they do a genetic scan of DeVito's baby, and make a shocking discovery: Danny DeVito is pregnant with a clone of Arnie himself!
"Oh no, not again," says Arnie. The last time someone cloned him, the clone thought he was the real Schwarzenegger, and tried to sleep with Jamie Lee Curtis. Hours of explaining. Weeks in the Hummer. This whole situation sends Arnie into a fit of almost uncontrollable weltschmertz, as if his whole universe was unraveling and he was confronting an unfathomable chasm between the world he knew, and the dark twisted mockery beyond. "I'm going to be the uncle of my own clone," he laments. "This is terrible!"
Act Two: Come With Me If You Want Your Cloned Nephew To Live
At first, Arnold thinks that he can deal with this, and life returns to a modicum of normality. Danny DeVito is on the couch a lot, watching Lifetime Channel movies because of all his new hormones and stuff, and they keep having to adjust his pillows for him. But Jamie Lee Curtis is being surprisingly understanding, considering. They go shopping for kevlar diapers. They look through baby name lists for something sufficiently butch.
But one day, when Arnold and Danny are out riding on Arnold's motorcycle, jumping over midsized cars on the highway (which Arnie swears is good for the fetus) something terrible happens. Someone —- or something —- is standing in the middle of the highway, surrounded by flames. And it looks sort of like a beautiful woman, and sort of like a young Robert Patrick, depending on how you squint. The apparition lifts a rocket launcher and aims square at Arnie and Danny.
Just then, someone who looks just like Arnold jumps onto the back of the motorcycle, so that Danny DeVito is sandwiched between two Arnold Schwarzeneggers. "Not another clone!" mutters Arnold, swerving to avoid flaming debris. But no. In fact, this is a robot. Who promises not to try and sleep with Jamie Lee Curtis. Try.
Long story short — it turns out that Arnold's clone inside the womb of his twin brother is actually destined to save the world from evil robots, in the future. (And some of those robots are designed to look exactly like Arnold's clone, which isn't confusing at all.) "I have been reprogrammed to defend your unborn clone from all possible harm," says the cybernetic Arnie, pulling a sawn-off shotgun out of his leather pants and shooting at the 16-wheeler truck the other killer robot has just appropriated.
Act Three: The Buddy Comedy Meltdown
Danny DeVito is being crushed between an Arnold steering the motorcycle in front of him and an Arnold shooting at things behind him, and he has a third Arnold gestating inside him. "Geez. This is like some kind of gonzo metaphor for the soulless claustrophobia of the buddy movie narrative," Danny DeVito thinks to himself as the motorcycle goes off the side of the freeway and onto another freeway, because freeways are always stacked on top of each other like that.
Danny DeVito is pretty sure that there are layers to his metaphorical envelopment in Arnie that he doesn't want to peel away, for fear that what he will find is the extinction of the self. There is not just madness, but a total repudiation of sanity, waiting for him if he considers the fact that Arnie is all around him and inside him. He feels like shouting "At least I'm the meat in the sandwich! Ha ha ha ha!" at the top of his lungs, but he worries that Arnie will take offense at being called bread by implication — Wonder bread, probably — and also he's worried if he opens his mouth, burning debris will fly right in.
"Don't worry," says the front Arnie. "It's just the universe being meta. It happens to me all the time. All of my movies after Last Action Hero contain an element of winking at the camera, and I never stopped breaking the fourth wall. With my fists!"
But still, Danny DeVito is fairly convinced that if he thinks too hard about his situation, his head will explode. The sheer Schwarzenegger overload, the alleged meta-ness, the way he's being subsumed in his twin brother as if Arnie was retroactively absorbing him back into a single zygote when they were in the womb together, the way Arnie is now in his womb... it's just too much to think about. And with that, Danny DeVito's head actually does explode.
Act Four: It's Time for Heroic Measures
"Oh no!" Arnie shouts at the suddenly headless body smushed between him and his robot duplicate on the motorcycle. The T-1000 perched on top of a freeway overpass brandishes its rocket launcher and smiles thinly at a mission accomplished. The decapitated DeVito nearly falls off the motorcycle, but the two Arnies prop him up. "You killed my baby clone!"
"I am crying on the inside," says the flesh-and-blood Arnie, whose face can't quite stretch enough to show grief. "My brother. My nephew. My twin and my clone! I feel terrible."
"We have to save your baby," the other Arnie says. "It's time for. Heroic measures."
Ambulances arrive, not a moment too soon, and what follows is a delivery scene in which we mostly see the faces of the two Arnolds. The Terminator looks grim and steely as he coaxes the baby out of Danny's lifeless torso, while the "real" Arnie looks increasingly freaked out, his eyes and teeth getting bigger and bigger until he looks as though he's being exposed to the Martian atmosphere all over again.
Finally, the clone of Arnie is pulled out, bawling in the midst of the burning freeway. And luckily the Terminator doesn't attempt to slap it on the back or anything.
The two Arnies and their cloned son are rushed to the hospital, where the still-weak cloned baby is placed in an incubator. "We will do everything we can," Jeff Goldblum says. "It's touch and go. There is an experimental procedure that might help. We could stimulate the baby's mental development, if we had a suitable brainwave donor. Someone whose brainwaves are genetically identical." Everybody looks at Arnie, who looks confused and put-upon.
"I'll stand guard," says the Terminator Arnie. "You get in the chair."
Act Five: Inception is for Girly Men
Soon enough, Arnie is strapped into a chair, with a million prongs aimed at his head, so that his brainwaves can be harvested and used to keep his clone baby alive, and thus save the future.
"This is a pretty simple procedure," Goldblum says, "but you may go into a dream world in which you're unable to tell reality from illusion, and your identity may become a pile of shards from a shattered mirror."
"I break the fourth wall with my teeth," Arnie says, then passes out.
Arnold wakes up in the chair, but this time everything is different. He's no longer hooked up to a baby version of himself. Instead, he's sitting in a laboratory surrounded by weird machines. And Jeff Goldblum has a mustache and soul patch all of a sudden.
"Thank goodness," Jeff Goldblum says. "We thought we'd lost you."
Jeff Goldblum explains that everything that's happened to Arnie since about 1982 has been an elaborate dream, which he went into as a way to escape from the stresses of being Mr. Olympia. The movie career, everything. He's been in this chair the whole time. "And now we have to put you into another dream, so you can find out who the mole is in the federal WITSEC program."
But Arnie does not want to be put into a dream inside what he suspects is already a dream — because the moment he awoke in the chair, he realized he was actually his character from Commando, special forces agent John Matrix. He's in the Matrix, and his name is Matrix. He bursts out of the chair, shouting, "You blew my cover — again!" and fights his way through a complex full of scientists and guards with AK-47s, to find an exit that leads to the roof of a research facility/concrete fortress.
Luckily, there's a helicopter on the roof, and Arnie gets to the choppa, taking off just as people start shooting surface-to-air missiles from a launcher disguised as a satellite dish at him.
Act Six: One of Those Terrible David Hume Things
Arnie returns to his home, where he finds he is no longer married to Jamie Lee Curtis at all, and instead his wife is frozen inside a giant cylinder in the living room. And there's a video tape with a sticky attached, saying "WATCH THIS." Arnie watches it, and sees a younger, more mulleted version of himself, wearing a kind of off-the-shoulder toga.
"I am Hercules, the son of Zeus," says the Arnie on the video. "And you are me. You have lost your memories. You don't know who you are any more. You are me. I am you. But you don't remember. I came to New York, even though Zeus told me not to. And now they are coming to take my memories away. You have to get them back."
"But I don't know how," says Arnie.
"Don't ask any questions," says Hercules. "You have to go back to the kindergarten. The kids are waiting for you. Look for the inflatable dinosaur. The inflatable dinosaur has all the answers. Go now, before Mars finds you."
"Mars is looking for me?" says Arnie.
"The God of War," Hercules intones. "Get your ass away from Mars." Then the video ends. Arnie stares at the blank screen in bewilderment. He still doesn't know who the father of his clone baby is. Not to mention whether he's John Matrix or Hercules, or whether he's in a dream or just woken up from one. He is trapped in a David Hume-style nightmare in which his sense impressions are all he can glean a priori, and an unendurable solipsism is bound to result. Either that, or blowing up everything in sight.
Arnie steals a Jeep and hauls ass to the kindergarten where he once posed as a substitute teacher, so he can find the inflatable dinosaur. But halfway there, he's ambushed by Russian gangsters. With special explosive-tipped lasers — laser beams that explode on impact. His Jeep is trashed, and he finds himself being herded into a maze of death.
Act Seven: Running Man, Angry Predator
This is the climactic act, sort of. Arnie is chased through a maze of barbed wire and deathtraps and explosives by a series of maniacs armed with chainsaws and miniature shoulder-launched space shuttles. He is forced to wear a yellow unitard. He slices people with names like Killmonster and Negative Space in half, and finally uses one of the space-shuttle launchers to blow a hole in the wall, so he can escape.
Arnie has to come up with clever quips about everybody he kills. It's exhausting. "Negative Space? Now just a big nothing!" He shouts at one point, which is not his best quip at all.
And worst of all, something more deadly than Killmonster is stalking Arnie through the rubble of the maze. Something that's invisible to the naked eye, but which can track Arnie by his body. Some kind of Rastafarian barbarian nightmare with a laser sight and a terrible crab face. Does it bleed? Can he kill it?
Arnie gives it his best shot, throwing miniature space shuttles and exploding lasers and dozens of chainsaws at the Predator. All to no avail — until suddenly the Terminator bursts through one of the main remaining walls and tears the Predator apart with its bare hands.
"You're still dreaming," says the Terminator. "Come with me if you want to wake up."
The Terminator leads Arnie through a rapidly decomposing dreamscape, in which they're being chased by Mars, the God of War. And at last, they find the exit, and awaken... to find that Mars is there in the real world, too.
"What does it mean?" Arnold thinks aloud. Mars is standing over his dream chair, wearing his full shiny Greco-Roman armor and staring at the tiny clone baby of Arnold.
And then he realizes — Mars isn't Mars. He's actually Thulsa Doom, back from the dead. Yes, James Earl Jones is wearing Greco-Roman armor and grasping for Arnold's cloned baby. "My child," Thulsa Doom is saying to the baby. "Come to me. For who is your father now, if not me? Purging is at hand."
In the denouement, Arnold manages to snatch the baby away, and runs through a nightmare cityscape with a baby version of himself slung across his chest, while he's being chased by Thulsa Doom and evil robots from the future. He winds up in a church — where he finally realizes the truth. The baby is not actually his clone, but rather the Son of Satan, as was prophesized all the way back in his classic film End of Days.
"No," Arnie falls to his knees. "Now I know who the fadda is, and I wish I didn't!"
"Yes," says Thulsa Doom, snatching Satan's baby away from Arnold. "A purging is at hand. You really shouldn't have killed my snake." Arnie watches in despair as Thulsa Doom takes the baby away to be raised as Satan's minion on Earth and bring about the Robot Apocalypse.


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Originally, I wanted to really impress everyone with a mini-shot of Scattershot, but heck, I just can't bring myself to finish this. So, in keeping with the new 'rough cut' philosophy, I am presenting this as is.
I came up with the following example game because of a new Cartoon Network superhero commercial using a cast pulled from a number of old Hanna-Barbera cartoons (with what sounded like the original voice actors) I saw on CNN.
This game takes Scattershot out to the edge of what it can do. I will probably work this out until I can make it a freebie for conventions and the web site. What appears here is the seed for the idea; the final product won't be at all based on the original Hanna-Barbera characters, but it takes a long time for me to create examples, and I decided to just 'get this out there' and worry about 'massaging the text' later. The formal version will not use any licensed characters, I just wanted to get this 'down on paper' quickly, so I'm using hopefully familiar properties as examples. No copyright is implied.
Let me preface this example game with the synopsis of infra-stage Scattershot, or what we have been calling Zero Stage (until we can come up with a name for it). This derivative was originally conceived as a 'hands free,' 'eyes free' version of the mechanics so that play could continue at the mall, on the road, or anywhere that dice and character sheets were impractical. I'm not going to rehash the original
Scattershot presents: Just the Mechanix
here, so you'll probably have to read both to understand what's going on. Sorry for all the 'rough edges.'
Solo play
is pretty much reduced to picking your persona from the exemplars and telling everyone what happened to your persona between sessions. Characters are represented by looking at your hand, four fingers and a thumb. (Other species may modify to suit.) Characters (persona included) are described by five characteristics (as detailed in the Specific play section below). The index finger represents the single most important or memorable characteristic of the character, the thing you most want people to remember. Each finger after carries this on down the line. (Every superhero of the tights-and-cape variety has some relationship to the 'secret identity' concept; theirs might not be secret but the lack of secrecy becomes its defining quality; that's what the pinkie represents.) The thumb represents the character's drawback, be it an Achilles' heel, an obsession, or some other limitation; these are the things the character must struggle against at least once a session. They 'build character' in the character. (If necessary, you may need to use more than five; count all those above four as collectively the 'fifth characteristic.'
Almost the entire game takes place in
General play
, so I'll come back to that in a little bit.
Specific play
all but ceases to exist. The usual invocation of complications instead becomes a transition to Mechanical play. It is even more important to be very careful about the timing of this switch than in the higher stages of Scattershot.
All Ratings are reduced to the same status as advantages, disadvantages, and 'character.' You only make note of those significantly outside of natural. Since we're not using numbers, you can pretty much pick your own terminology.
Invoked Ratings function a bit differently and I'll discuss that a bit later in the Mechanical play section. Magnitudes are no longer used to give specific measure to things; they are used in comparison with the Magnitude or Resource 'advantage' of the target. Resource Ratings are generally depleted informally; for example, by a bit, some, half, most, all but a smidge, and every last bit, however seems appropriate according to the Genre Expectations.
You may also convert characters 'down' to 'zero level' Scattershot. Using the 'Bonus' column from
the UE Chart
, you can convert all ratings into advantages and disadvantages. (For example, 8-12 translates into 1, or natural, not worthy of note, or no advantage; 13-15 translates to 2 or exceptional, a definite advantage, just not a very big one, and so on; you may use numerical rankings or invent a group consensual prioritized list of terms.) For the most part, things formerly used as advantages and disadvantages are all reduced to 'character,' and might not qualify to be 'on hand.' This does not mean they aren't pertinent, merely that they don't
the character.
Mechanical play
is still characterized by simply 'going around the circle' with each player having two actions for each of their persona on their turn. All Actions are automatically assumed successful; no
s are used.
This includes contested Actions.
As usual any party may contribute experience dice (which are no longer rolled, but rather counted one for one) on either side of the contest. You can still buy and sell successes like normal, just not on a pointwise basis. A single experience die (or complication) can make a success into a moot point; two can make it a failure. (Remember sometimes you may even want to turn a success into a failure.)
In the case of success, you compare the Magnitude that the Rating used with the Action to the Defense or Resource it is supposed to affect, altering the latter informally as seems proper (the Genre Expectations should be your guide). If the Magnitude used with the Action is far greater than the Resource, the resource is likely depleted. In the reverse, the Resource is only reduced somewhat. Relatively similar 'advantages' result in a significant reduction of the Resource. (Don't forget, you cannot win any experience dice on an action you spent experience dice on.)
Failure results in a wasted turn. Critical Junctures occur only when someone uses an experience die or benefit to improve upon a success (or to intensify a failure) and are handled as usual in all stages of Scattershot.
A character may Forfeit an Action in the same way as in the other stages. Scope, Duration, Involved or Following actions, and flurries are also pretty much unchanged.
You can still Seize, Hold, and Check Combat Advantage, but here multiples are only noteworthy if the opponent cannot match their number (this can result in something like a 'bidding' war); the effect of any number of Combat Advantage is the same as a single complication for the victim.
Be careful what you say in Mechanical play, because if you say it, you're character starts doing it.
General play
now overshadows pretty much all else. Mechanical play resolves pretty quickly and combats are often simply skipped based on a quick "who's better" judgment (made usually at the behest of the group, per any suggestion offered; it depends on what the style of play is). All Ratings, now advantages and disadvantages merely inform play (like in 'higher stage' Scattershot) as opposed to 'controlling' it. More importance is placed on adhering to the Genre Expectations (and the expectations associated with the Sine Qua Non of a persona). For Self-Conscious narratives, the expected sequence of escalation is to be enforced by all parties. Proprietorship also becomes much more important in the absence of more detailed mechanics.
To play the Scattershot presents 'Saturday Morning/Afternoon Cartoon Superhero' game: you'll need to be ready to 'play the Joueur,' use very Self-Conscious game practices with highly Gamemasterful sharing (see
The Scattershot Gaming Model
for details), reliving those terribly corny superhero cartoons from the seventies. They provide the basis for the Genre Expectations.
Remember, if it ain't corny, it ain't happening.
The point is to garner as many Experience Dice as you can (to 'capture the genre!'). There are two modes of play in SMACS, Refereed and Versus. In Refereed play, all players play superheroes and the gamemaster takes the part of the Narrator. The gamemaster awards experience dice when players exceptionally 'evoke' the genre, and the Narrator also plays or maintains the 'Threat' by
being the Narrator
. In Versus play, each side takes turns gamemastering, the supervillains primarily awarding Experience Dice while the superheroes play and vice versa. Superheroes and supervillains should sit on opposite sides of the 'table' or mechanical turn sequence can get quite confusing. In versus play, it's important to remember that if your side is 'tight' with the Experience Dice, they can expect the same from the other.
A poor poker analogy follows to explain how to play:
The Deal
Choose your persona from the list of Exemplars:
(I've only detailed a few for the 'taste' of what you could've expected. It's also a mix of original characters and the characters from the source material, I was in the process of switching when this was written.)
Comic Relief
Marvin, Wonderdog, Gleek
Lois Lane, Wendy
Robin (the red one from Warner Bros. Batman cartoon)
Junior Hero
Zan, Jayna, Robin (as voiced by Casey Kasem), Nightwing, Flash
Rank Hero/Villain
(almost all supervillains appear to be in this category)
Nimrod (after both Green Arrow and Hawkeye)
Index: Archer
Middle: Trick arrows
Ring: Adventurer/big game hunter
Pinkie: Hollywood playboy
Thumb: [/list:u]
Aegis (After Iron Man)
Index: Powered armor
Middle: Palm blasters
Ring: Flight
Pinkie: Millionaire inventor
Thumb: Bad heart[/list:u]
Gyrfalcon (After Hawkman), Aquaman
(Some original villains:)
Von Neumann (after Ultron)
Sparrowhawk (nope, never seen her before, she's a flying Gyrfalcon groupie who wants to steal his technology)
Tesla (after Zzzax)[/list:u]
Signature Hero
Wonder Woman
Index: Parry bullets
Middle: Super strong
Ring: Stealth plane
Pinkie: No privacy/secret ID
(Not sure what to put, all those cartoons were heavily sexist; that was the disadvantage.)
Index: Mind over matter
Middle: Utility belt
Ring: Bat-Vehicles
Pinkie: Millionaire playboy
Thumb: Sidekick/hostage[/list:u]
Green Lantern
Index: Energy shapes
Middle: Flight
Ring: Life protected
Pinkie: Test pilot
Thumb: Can't affect yellow[/list:u]
Index: Invincibility
Middle: Flight
Ring: Super-Anything
Pinkie: Mild-mannered reporter
Thumb: Kryptonite[/list:u][/list:u]These exemplars are listed according to rank. The rank itself confers certain functions and expectations upon the exemplars within it.
(For example, Sidekicks can 'force' their partners to come to their aid and Icons can be invoked as often as necessary to do the same for everyone. This is one of the major mechanisms for 'forcing the hand of others' during play that makes it playing the Joueur.)
Promotion between ranks can occur between sessions (at the cost or payback of 1 experience dice per rank up to and including the current), but must be followed by a session in which the persona is changed in this way. When a character exceeds the sidekick rank, they choose a permanent battle cry (which can be used to evoke genre when they have no actions they can or want to perform).
To make your own character:
Scattershot presents: Universe 6, The World of the Modern Fantastic
and then convert 'down.'
Some of the Genre Expectations:
No one ever dies (but they might be thought dead, until the climax).
Any call for aid must be honored immediately (by the specified hero).
Supervillains will
betray each other.
The supervillains will lose; The superheroes prevail.
The dialogue is not only the corniest thing you've ever heard, but rings like some of the all time worst
radio plays
Tell, don't show (you don't describe your character doing something, your character's
must say what their doing).[/list:u]
The Ante
With Gamemasterful sharing (and strictly in Mechanical play), everyone takes part in creating the circumstances of the beginning of the 'episode.' In his best 'Ted Knight' voice, the Narrator will
an opening line (as with many Scattershot games, they're will be a laundry list 'to get you started;' it'll have elements like, "High atop Mount Everest.." "In the deepest part of the Ocean..." or "In a hidden part of the Amazon Jungle..." and then a second list for Refereed play with elements like, "A group of scientists find themselves..." "A secret invasion is taking place..." or "A catastrophe is brewing...", in versus play the villains immediately begin their dialogue) and then play moves to the Narrator's right (per normal Scattershot mechanical play).
Each player will continue the Narrator's monologue adding to the threat or menace. The players
the gamemaster award the speaker experience dice (out of the common stock) for anything they find clever, amusing, or that suits the genre perfectly, and the better it does, the higher the award (participants may award more than one die each, but the maximum for any turn is equal to the number of participants). These are what will be used later in play; the more you get here, the better use you can put them to later.
The Threat will necessarily gain either an advantage or some experience dice (Did I mention that the Narrator takes part in this round?) from every addition (turn) of the Narration (even if its one of those 'lives in a setting that limits the heroes' advantages). If a speaker fails to deliver this in a corny, genre expected fashion, they do not get any experience dice for their turn.
After at least one round (everyone gets at least one turn in the ante), whoever fails to receive an award for their Narration (and 'being too long-winded to be worth adding on' definitely counts when 'keeping in the genre') has whatever they narrated voided and must give the 'scene transition,' like "Meanwhile, back in the Great Hall of the Justice League...." This person must set the next scene, in which the heroes are introduced,
it must be based on
their persona!
(Of course, if properly 'hammed up' this transition
lead to an experience dice reward, and possible, if played right, some kind of 'strategic' advantage in the narrative.)
For example, let's say that Batman's player fails to garner any experience dice for his input into the Narrator's monologue. His part is voided and he must set the scene to start off.
Batman: <Aw. Not even one die? Sigh, okay....> Meanwhile at Waynr Manor, Bruce Wayne is having a picnic for all of his friends from the Hall of Justice. Always in the public eye, Wayne, and all his friends, have adopted their secret identities.[/list:u]
The Opening
The person to the right of the one that set the scene (even when the Narrator), begins the 'establishing shot.' Like the ante, this will be at least once around the group. The Narrator's part is to either insert teasers for the threat (even as 'turning points' for the exposition, if they are thematically appropriate - for example, if the Threat is a hurricane, it may begin to rain). More experience dice are earned here for the same reasons. Good awards usually come to those who set up rivalries or personality conflicts or begin a good 'running gag' (note; these also offer opportunities for increased rewards later). Some individual problems are allowed but, as always, don't count unless someone awards it.
A couple of examples; Zan begins an angst journey, doubting his place in the Superfriends with a smashingly corny dialogue or Robin (the elder) and Supergirl start a sexism-based 'who's better' argument. Another solo example would be someone revealing a mysterious problem (like an illness, a power loss, or a personal problem) 'secretly' to another persona (this pays off when it gets used against them later).
Superman: Now that we're alone, Bruce, I have something I need to tell you. I don't seem to be able to control my powers anymore.
Batman: My god! What's the matter? Is there anything I can do?
Superman: I don't know. My powers just fluctuate without cause. I'm most worried about my vision powers. Who might be hurt if I lose control of my heat vision?
Batman: Actually, why don't I give you these? I had these lead sunglasses made for work in Wayne Industries Kryptonite laser laboratory. They ought to help your 'sight problem.'[/list:u]One must be careful here because dialogue may count as only one action from the initiator, but it requires forfeited action on the part of the respondent. Don't get fooled into forfeiting both of your actions frivolously. Notice how Batman made himself an integral part of Superman's problem? That means he will be involved in its solution or Superman's player will suffer from lack of 'payback' dice at that time.
After the first round, the person who first fails to receive an award (who's soliloquy has thus been voided) produces the 'call to action,' like "The trouble alert begins flashing..." and describes how the heroes will respond. As before this player
use this for one last shot at getting experience dice by creating a particularly genre explicit description of how the superheroes travel to the scene of the problem. Or they can use it strategically, like Wonder Woman's player announcing they all fly to the scene (meaning that Batman and Robin will have access to much of their bigger gear, but Aquaman pretty much has to ride with her, depriving him of his ocean going resources) or that they all use the JLA transporter (rendering Batman and Robin also separate from the bulk of their resources).
The Play
Starting with the turn of the person to the right of the one who narrated the 'call to action,' each participant delivers a 'line' of dialogue. Each 'line' is not limited to one sentence, but instead is limited to a single concept of action. Remember, in Scattershot presents 'Saturday Morning/Afternoon Cartoon Superhero,' you don't describe what you're character is doing, their dialogue does.
As before, suitably corny Actions or manners of expression deserve experience die rewards (coming right out of the common stock). When such engages another entity or entities within the game, their proprietor(s) must choose whether to oppose, aid, or ignore the engagement per the genre expectation (this reaction too is fertile for rewards).
(The rest is left as an exercise for the reader; I don't really have time, but I think the details are pretty obvious.)
'Playing Off' Other Players & Strategy
(How you can force others to expend their experience dice so that in the end you have more. Things like 'getting into trouble,' losing control of your powers' and the like.)
Rising Tension
(Basically everyone individually, or in teams, gets their vignette and then it's on to the conclusion.)
The Turning Point
(The battle reaches it's climax and the players begin trying to guess what clever trick will be used to finally 'knock out' the threat. Extra dice are awarded
to the hero who pulls it off, even though they spent dice to achieve it; this is not an 'instant reward.)
The Heroes Win!
(Don't forget the last chance to win a few experience dice as the heroes stand around trying to cram the action into some kind of na�ve moralization. Remember, the cornier the better.)
Whoever Wins, Wins?
(After all that, total up who has the most experience dice. You'll notice that conservative play yields the least lost, but other players may see that coming and act to 'force your hand.')
(Another example would have followed showing how to do the same thing with villains as half the participants.)
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only one
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The New Melges 20 is Set to Hit Australian Shores
29 September 2008
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The past eighteen months has seen the phenomenal success of the Reichel/Pugh designed Melges 24 in Australia. This massive International One Design class is growing rapidly throughout the world. Australia is now part of the International circuit, has it's own National Association, National Titles and is in line to host the prestigious Melges 24 World Titles.
It's big brother the Reichel/Pugh designed Melges 32 has secured its place as the future of One Design Grand Prix racing. It incorporates leading technology including the retractable CRO outboard system behind the keel and the VARA rudder system with a rudder blade that is retractable. This superior design offers intense ultra high performance racing and is also growing in numbers as more Australians experience them in action.
Now, about to arrive in Australia is the newly released Reichel/Pugh design extraordinary Melges 20. This Sportboat provides an economical, sophisticated sailing experience in a sexy boat with beautiful lines. This boat will appeal to a full range of talents and skill levels – young and old, guru to novice, the Melges 20 is easy to rig, launch and a pure joy to sail. Comfortably accommodating 2-4 crew, with no winches, no hiking, no weight limit this boat is also designed to encourage sail training, youth, female and Corinthian participation. It processes a simplicity that will exceed expectation, yet maintain a very high standard of performance that Melges owners have grown used to.
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MIAMI SHROES, Fla. – Barry University's baseball team split a pair of games to open Sunshine State Conference play Saturday against Florida Tech taking the first game 9-8 before dropping the nightcap 9-3.
Game One
On a crisp and windy afternoon the ball was flying out of the ballpark and both teams took advantage in an offensive slugfest.
Barry (7-2, 1-1 SSC) jumped out to the early 3-0 lead in the opening frame. Michael Slabach belted his first homerun of the season to start the inning. Luis Arrizurieta continued his aggressive approach at the plate with a double to right-center. A few batters later, Tim Blackmon singled to right to plate Arrizurieta. Michael Diaz followed with an RBI single as the Bucs jumped out in front adding another run in the second inning to make it 4-0.
The Panthers (7-2, 1-1 SSC) battled back with two runs in the third and another in the fourth to cut the Buccaneer lead to just one run, but Arrizurieta hit his first home run of the year, a two-run shot, to put Barry ahead 7-3.
Calvin Rayburn (3-0) took the bump for the Bucs in search of his third win of the season. The right-hander scattered 11 hits in six innings and allowed five runs. However, Rayburn received enough run support on the night to earn the victory.
Ahead 6-3 in the bottom of the eighth inning, Adrian English stepped up to the plate with two runners on and no outs. The junior, who had already extended his hit streak to eight straight with a double in the second inning, belted a homerun to right-center. The insurance runs were critical as the Panthers put together a rally in the ninth inning, but Adrian Benitez shut the door with the tying and go-ahead runs on base to claim the one-out save.
Tyler Petsch tossed two scoreless innings in relief of Rayburn. Petsch allowed just one hit and struck out the side in the eighth inning.
Jason Boyer took the loss for the Panthers after going five innings in which he allowed six runs while striking out six.
Slabach finished 2-for-5 with a home run, two runs and one RBI. Arrizurieta added a double, a home run and 2 RBI. English finished 2-for-4 with two runs and four RBI. Diaz also added a pair of hits in the win.
Game Two
In the nightcap of the doubleheader the Buccaneers were not able to keep up with the Panthers' bats.
Barry fell behind in the first inning after a Scott Carcaise two-run home run made it 3-0. The Bucs got on the board in the second inning on a Michael Diaz solo shot to right and added another run in the third.
Unfortunately a pair of runs in the fifth and sixth innings increased the Panther lead to 8-3 which was enough behind Cody Lewis who tossed six innings allowing just three runs in route to the win.
Joeanthony Rivera (1-1) pitched 4.1 innings and allowed just four earned runs in the Bucs' loss.
Michael Slabach continued his strong hitting in the second game of the day with a 3-for-3 performance. English also added a pair of hits and extended his hit streak to nine games.
The Buccaneers and Panthers wrap up the series on Sunday with the rubber game scheduled for 12 p.m.
Live-stat and video broadcast will be available through the Barry University athletics website, GOBARRYBUCS.COM.


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Listening to Ben-Gurion University (BGU) professor Smadar Cohen explain how she has helped to turn plant algae into the stuff of life-saving heart repair is a humbling experience.
Cohen, the former heads the The Avram and Stella Goldstein-Goren Department of Biotechnical Engineering at BGU in the faculty of health science building on the main campus in Be'er Sheva, is from a Yemenite background. She grew up in Petah Tikvah, and like many Israelis, comes across as genuinely down-to-earth – a Jewish mother in a lab coat.
Yet she and colleagues are involved in an area of research that years from now, could quite credibly vie for a Nobel Prize.
This research studies the use of polymer substances and natural "bio-materials" to deliver, through the circulatory system of someone who has suffered heart damage after a myocardial infarction, the substance of life.
In simple terms, she and colleague prof. Jonathan Leor created an injectable liquid polymer "device" that finds its way through the blood to a specific area of damaged heart tissue, then transforms almost magically into a gel-like material that heals that same tissue while minimizing damage.
"It's all about cardiac regeneration," Cohen said. "This is a process that we think works better than stem cells, restoring blood flow – and it is all inspired by nature."
Cohen was joined by colleague Rony Granek, who does research in the field of nanotechnology.
Cohen and Leor's invention, successfully demonstrated in a 2009 study, may well be the stuff BGU dreams are made of. After the study appeared, an Israeli drug development company, BioLineRx, began working with a New Jersey company, Ikaria Holdings Inc., to develop Cohen's invention BioLine and called it "BL-1040." Ikaria paid almost $300 million to Bioline for the licence to sell and earn future royalties on the product.
BL-1040 is now in its final clinical trials, managed by Ikaria.
According to the online news service Israel21C, Cohen's genius has been rewarded. After working at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1987 to 1992, she returned to BGU to develop the BGU bio-tech department, which, Israel21C noted, is the only Israeli university whose bioengineering department consists of "engineers working on biology," instead of the other way around.
Cohen has been ranked 12th on a list of Israel's 50 most influential women and she holds 26 patents. She has also been recognized through grants and other honours on numerous occasions, including, according to Israel 21C, the $100,000 Rappaport Prize for excellence in biomedical research for her recent groundbreaking work.
Granek, who has been at BGU for 10 years, said researchers are also on a continual lookout for an "optimal nano-particle carrier," such as the application of stem cells.
"My own emphasis is not on the drugs," he said, "but on the particles."
David Lazarus took part in a media mission to BGU and was a guest of the university.


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In last Wednesday's wrestling season opener at the George School, visiting Springside Chestnut Hill Academy won the majority of the individual matches, but still lost the meet to the host Cougars, 42-36.
The Blue Devils were beginning the new season by following a frustrating pattern manifested during the winter campaign of 2011-2012, when SCH lost a number of close meets simply by giving up too many points through forfeits.
In last week's encounter all of the bouts actually contested on the mat were decided by pins, with the Devils collecting five of them, for 30 team points, while George garnered 24 points through four falls. Neither team had a heavyweight, and Springside Chestnut Hill was also unable to field a lightweight, or light middleweights in the 132 and 138 lb. classes.
George School coughed up six points due to a vacancy at 113 lbs., but the home team still had a net gain of a dozen points through forfeits, good enough for a six-point victory overall.
Springside Chestnut Hill suffered significant losses from its 2011-2012 roster, with three grapplers graduating and three younger varsity athletes electing not to come out for the squad this year. However, SCH added several new wrestlers to the team just in the last few weeks before the start of this season, so if the Devils can attract a few more bodies they could plug some of the holes in their line-up.
Wednesday's action got underway with the 152 lb. match, where SCH junior Anthony Liddy, also a soccer standout for the school, needed just 38 seconds to secure a pin over Harrison Young. The Cougars answered with a 59-second fall at 160 lbs., with Georg Lichtenberg defeating Blue Devils freshman Kevin O'Donnell. This leveled the meet tally at 6-6, and the score would be tied four more times before the home team went ahead for good.
Another visiting ninth-grader, Nick Franz, also met his fate by fall, with GS 170-pounder Jermaine Doris ending their bout in 39 ticks. In the first match to extend past the opening period, SCH junior Ben Rubin built up a 4-0 lead over the Cougars' 182 lb. entry, Damon McCasker. Starting on the bottom in the second round, Rubin quickly reversed and pinned his opponent with 18 seconds elapsed.
At 195 lbs. SCH sent out Jeff Mikalonis-Lieberman, a junior but a new varsity wrestler. He was the stronger man on the mat, but George School's Youssef Eman seemed a little more experienced, and after trailing 5-8 early in the second period, Eman reversed and picked up a pin with 1:11 still remaining in the round.
At 220, Blue Devils sophomore Desmond Johnson not only has strength, but also experience, since he began to compete at the varsity level as an eighth-grader. The Cougars' Charles Xisheng held him off for awhile, but Johnson eventually notched a pin with nine seconds to go in the opening frame. This tied the meet score at 18-18, and that figure stayed on the board as neither team was able to produce a wrestler in the 285 lb. class.
The visitors forfeited to George School's Cameron Vakili at 106 lbs., then the Cougars returned the favor at 113, handing over six points to the Devils' Jordan Wang, one of just two seniors on the SCH roster. The host team had bumped Zaid Walter up from 113 to 120 lbs., but the Cougars lost six points just the same, as Blue Devils sophomore Jackson Bistrong rang up a pin in that match with 29 seconds left in round one.
This gave the visitors their first lead in the team score, 30-24, but it was soon back to even thanks to a 23-second pin in the 126 lb. class, where the Cougars' Aidan Greer matted SCH freshman Jordan Johnson.
With forfeits to the home team's Tom Lubeck (132 lbs.) and Spike Lu (138 lbs.), the Devils went down by a dozen points, and with just one bout to go, they could no longer catch the Cougars. The other senior on the SCH squad, George Kunkel, made it close, taking a 6-0 lead over Peter Ryan in the first period, and then scoring a reversal before pinning Ryan 35 seconds into the second round.


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I am interested in getting an alpine touring setup, but don't have a really good idea of where to begin. Ideally I would like to rent something to at least try it out and even if I can't rent it, I feel like I need to buy at a bricks and mortar store to at least make sure I get the right boot fit and get some decent advice.
Any suggested shops? I live in Corvallis, so Bend or Portland is preferable to Seattle, but even a trip to Seattle is doable for a good shop.


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Burdwan (WB): Two women were killed and 50 others affected, 12 of them seriously, when gas leaked from cyclinder in a welding workshop in West Bengal's Burdwan district today.
The incident happened in Asansol under Gopalpur police station when ammunium sulphate gas leaked from the cylinder, Asansol-Durgapur Police Commissioner Vineet Goel said.
The deceased were identified as Satya Bala Das (80) and Ujjala Das (78).
Among those affected by the gas leak is a child. The poisonous gas spread to an area stretching to more than two kms, Goel said.
The district administration has ordered a probe into the incident.


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text: The first of John Ford's Cavalry Trilogy, Fort Apache stars John Wayne as captain Kirby York and Henry Fonda as Custer clone Lt. Col. Owen Thursday. Resentful of his loss in rank and transfer to the West after serving gallantly in the Civil War, the vainglorious Thursday insists upon imposing rigid authority on rough-and-tumble Fort Apache. He is particularly anxious to do battle with the local Indians, despite York's admonitions that the trouble around the fort is being fomented not by the so-called savages but by corrupt white Indian agents. Thursday nonetheless ends up in a climactic set-to with Indian chief Cochise. He and his men are needlessly slaughtered, but the Eastern press builds Thursday's Charge into an incident of conspicuous valor--and York, ever loyal to the cavalry, is not about to tell the whole truth. The bare bones of Fort Apache's plotline are fleshed out with several subplots, including the romance between Thursday's daughter Philadelphia (Shirley Temple) and Lt. Mickey O'Rourke (John Agar), the son of Fort Apache veteran Sgt. Michael O'Rourke (Ward Bond). There's also plenty of time for the expected drunken-brawl humor of Victor McLaglen. Not in the least politically correct, Fort Apache is a classic of its kind, and together with Rio Grande (1950) the best of the John Ford/John Wayne Cavalry films.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (April 4, 2008) - The ETSU women's tennis team dropped the Campbell Camels, 6-1 in conference play on Friday afternoon. With the victory the Lady Bucs improve to 11-8 overall and 7-2 in conference action while the Camels fall to 14-6, 5-4.
In doubles ETSU claimed the point as the duo of Yevgeniya Stupak (Kyiv, Ukraine) and Olya Batsula (Minsk, Belarus) defeated Scarlett Alfonzo and Blanca Saenz, 8-6 in the top position. In the No. 2 slot, Tara Byrne (Johnson City, Tenn.) and Vita Moskaliova (Minsk, Belarus) dropped Ana Surviladze and Nina Surviladze, 8-4. In the third slot Elena Volobueva (Barcelona, Spain) and Whitney Trotter (Guadalajara, Mexico) fell to Liza Bensimon and Cristina Garcia Brunet, 9-7.
In No. 1 singles Yevgeniya Stupak defeated Scarlett Alfonzo, 6-1, 6-1 while Olya Batsula cruised past Blanca Saenz, 6-1, 6-1 in the second position. In the No. 3 slot Tara Byrne breezed by Liza Bensimon, 6-1, 6-1 while Elena Volobueva dropped Nina Surviladze, 6-0, 6-2 in the fifth slot. Competing in the No. 6 position Vita Moskaliova defeated Tanya Ahuja, 6-2, 10-6.
The Camels picked up their lone point as Ana Surviladze defeated Andra Voinea, 6-2, 6-4 in the No. 4 position.
"We had to play indoors today because of all the bad weather and no one was very happy about that. We're just glad to get the match in and it was good to pick up another win. Overall it was a good match and it was good to see Yevgeniya out on the courts moving a little bit better," said head coach Steve Brooks.
The Lady Bucs will continue Atlantic Sun play on April 6 as they host Gardner-Webb. The match is set to begin at 1:30 p.m. Follow all ETSU women's tennis action at www.ETSUBucs.com.
No. 1- #79 Yevgeniya Stupak (ETSU) def. Scarlett Alfonzo (CAM) 6-1, 6-1
No. 2- Olya Batsula (ETSU) def. Blanca Saenz (CAM) 6-1, 6-1
No. 3- Tara Byrne (ETSU) def. Liza Bensimon (CAM) 6-1, 6-1
No. 4- Ana Surviladze def. Andra Voinea (ETSU) 6-2, 6-4
No. 5- Elena Volobueva (ETSU) def. Nina Surviladze (CAM) 6-0, 6-2
No. 6- Vita Moskaliova (ETSU) def. Tanya Ahuja (CAM) 6-2, 10-6
No. 1- Batsula/Stupak (ETSU) def. Alfonzo/Saenz (CAM) 8-6
No. 2- Byrne/Moskaliova (ETSU) def. Surviladze/Surviladze (CAM) 8-4
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Ah, yes – there's nothing like emerging technologies and standards to prompt a person to rush out and purchase all the latest and greatest gadgets. I wonder how many of you took the early plunge despite Electronic House's earlier warnings on buying 802.11n draft 1.0 versions of the next-gen Wi-Fi products? For those who wisely waited, you'll be happy to know that the Wi-Fi Alliance has started testing for interoperability among the draft 2.0 products. Certified (key word) products are due in stores by the end of the summer.
With five times the throughput and twice the range of previous standards, as well as backwards compatibility and a nice long list of Alliance members, the latest standard and all the products using it will no doubt augment the digital home experience. I spent some time browsing the list of Wi-Fi Alliance members at www.wi-fi.org. It's a nice long train. And every one of them gets along … or at least their Wi-Fi products do.
Between watching re-runs of the "The Jetsons" and convincing his Insteon and Z-Wave controls to get along, Ben Hardy is immersed in the world of home automation, home control, and home networking.


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I really did not think i could feel any better, 2 years ago i dropped over 100 lbs and felt fantastic. Then about 2 weeks ago started taking nitrous oxide in liquid form and bang feel like i am in my 20s again and i am 50 so i think it is the fountain of youth. Any similar stories or thougts or questions?
Keep saying Im gonna give Nitric Oxide a try but still have not.
Which brand are you using?
the poduct i am using is ProArgi 9
darn, I just bought a bunch of nitrous.
Oh well...................
The products are money grabs...


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Authorities looking for man wanted for cocaine warrants
The Beaumont Police Department is searching for a man wanted for several cocaine-related warrants.
Paul Finnell Jr., 28, of Beaumont, has a number of felony warrants in Jefferson County with bonds totally $785,000. His last known vehicle was a silver 1998 Buick Lesabre with Texas license plate BN1 F702 and he is known to frequent the Lucas/Concord area in North Beaumont.
His Jefferson County warrants are as follows:
1. Contempt of Court $10,000 bond
2. Delivery of a controlled substance - $25,000 bond
3. Possession of a controlled substance - $250,000 bond
4. Burglary of a habitation - $250,000 bond
5. Delivery of a controlled substance - $250,000 bond
Anyone with information is asked to call Beaumont Crime Stoppers at (409) 833-TIPS (8477), go to www.BeaumontCrimeStoppers.com or text "BMT" plus the tip to CRIMES (274637). All tips are anonymous and could be eligible for a cash reward of up to $1,000.


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two of the most intriguing videos I found via the web this weekend are
BCC by motomichi nakamura -----> http://www.motomichi.com/bcc/bcc_window.html
SUPERSMILE by YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES ------> http://www.yhchang.com/SUPER_SMILE.html
BCC is an interface of web objects resembling arms/hands/fists each links to an animation that reflects upon the disaffection of the contemporary techie/nerdly user. The CSR (customer service rep), in bondage gear monotonously supplying rote answers, struck me as completely fuckingly fascinatingly appropriate reflection of the lives of those poor bastards. Technically the film is beautiful in it's direct and graphic form. This only further compliments the mood and story of disaffection and angst. Bad ass shit!
SUPERSMILE is also a direct graphic beauty but, that elegant simplicity is its' only relation to the former. It is a peppy stream of consciousness that will make you guffaw out loud "what the fuck!!". I loved the soundtrack and stayed through the entire animation; I had to find out how it ended!
Sunday, August 28, 2005
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EA Voted Worst Company in America, Again
EA has made history... by becoming the only company to win Worst Company in America for the second year in a row. EA beat Bank of America, with the video game company taking nearly 78% of the vote. Rounding out the final four was Ticketmaster and Comcast.
EA tried to fight the PR war early by releasing this quasi-apology from COO Peter Moore when the company was nominated.
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Victorian councils collect $67.4 million Financial Assistance Grant payments this quarter
Media Release
16 February 2016
Victorian councils are set to benefit under the latest round of local government Financial Assistance Grants with $67.4 million of untied funds for community projects.
Minister for Major Projects, Territories and Local Government Paul Fletcher said Victorian councils can direct the funds to any activities, programmes or services according to the needs of their local community.
"It is important for local councils to be able to independently choose projects that directly address key priorities within their community," Mr Fletcher said.
"This may be fixing local roads, investing in environmental programmes or funding new infrastructure such as building a new community hall—it's a decision that is for them to make.
"The Australian Government knows how important this funding is for communities around Australia, which is why the Government is investing $2.3 billion in local councils through the programme in 2015–16."
This is the third of four instalments councils will receive in 2015–16.
Financial Assistance Grant allocations are determined independently in accordance with the recommendations of the Victoria Grants Commission.
Funding provided under the Financial Assistance Grant programme for Victorian councils is in addition to:
- $52 million committed to Victoria for priority infrastructure through the National Stronger Regions Fund Round 2 announcement at the end of last year;
- $204 million to Victoria through the Roads to Recovery Programme in 2015–16; and
- $39 million to Victoria through the Black Spot Programme in 2015–16.
More information about the Financial Assistance Grant programme, including funding being made to individual councils across Australia, is online at: www.regional.gov.au/local/assistance.


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The lawn furniture and grills are finally being hauled into our garages as cold weather creeps in. Reluctantly leaving the warm days of Indian summer behind, we are spending more time inside, and earnestly preparing for the big holiday meals and the resultant piles of dirty dishes that lie ahead. With more friends and family around, all our in-home utility use is on the rise, and an increased strain is put on our plumbing systems. Master Plumber Mike Manning of Manning Plumbing warns that this is the time when he sees lots (and lots) of clogged and backed-up drains.
Plumber Michael Manning advises: "Now is the time to take a good look at your household drains. Make sure you check all of them to check that water is freely flowing. Many of the drains we rooter turn up soap, hair and quite frankly, 'mulched' food stuffs as the clogging culprits. A good cleaning of the drains to get a nice rapid flow will save you from a major inconvenience and more costly bill later down the road."
One of the biggest problems that arise in the kitchen, especially with a household of hungry diners, is garbage disposals back-ups. Manning warns that if you are a regular garbage disposal user, keep your refuse to small food items that can fit easily through the strainer receptacle. When homeowners push food stuffs or other items such as heavy grease, bones ~ even paper towels ~ down into the disposal, the consequences can be very problematic. Call Manning Plumbing today for a drain cleaning and avoid a drain disaster!
At this time of year, Manning also encourages his customers to check expiration dates on their water heaters and to look for "brownish" hot water, a sure sign that their water heater is in trouble! Don't be caught with a busted water heater this holiday season - keep Mike Manning's number on your "speed dial"!
Master Plumber Mike Manning has been involved with all facets of household plumbing since his high school days. His professional experiences have ranged from working with a union team at T.F. Green to working on the Raytheon expansion.
Manning now offers a wide range of plumbing services including the installation, maintenance and repairs of appliances such as hot water heaters, washing machines, water filtration systems, all kitchen appliances and all bathroom fixtures. He also provides kitchen and bath remodeling services, water heater replacements and appliance installations at affordable prices with discounts available. As a token of gratitude, Manning Plumbing always offers a 10% discount to all veterans and seniors.
Manning Plumbing can be reached at 286-9585 during regular business hours, Monday through Friday. Mike is available after hours and on weekends for emergencies only. Check out his new website at www.manningpl.com or see his excellent reviews on Angie's List.


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Fall 2013
Antiretroviral treatment can dramatically improve the long-term health of someone living with HIV. It can also reduce their risk of onward HIV transmission. Therefore, efforts to increase the number of HIV-positive people who are on treatment may -- as a secondary benefit to improving health -- help curb the number of new HIV infections in Canada and around the world. The idea that treatment may be able to prevent HIV transmission at the population level and have an impact on the HIV epidemic is commonly referred to as "treatment as prevention." This has led to the concept of a "test and treat" or "seek, test and treat" strategy: a public health approach with the goal of maximizing the prevention benefits of treatment by increasing treatment coverage and decreasing community viral load.
Antiretroviral treatment (ART) can reduce the viral load in the blood, semen, vaginal fluid and rectal fluid to very low levels (undetectable by current viral load tests) and this can reduce an individual's risk of HIV transmission. This was demonstrated in a randomized controlled study known as HPTN 052 where treatment reduced the risk of HIV transmission by 96% among heterosexual serodiscordant couples.1 However, it is important to point out that couples in this study reported mostly having vaginal sex and were provided with regular adherence counselling, viral load tests, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and prevention counselling and free condoms. All of these may have helped maximize the prevention benefit of treatment.
While it's unclear if the same reduction in risk applies to other populations -- such as couples who do not receive these ongoing services, people in casual relationships, gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM), and people who use injection drugs -- it is generally thought that ART reduces HIV risk to some extent.2
Since treatment has prevention benefits at the individual level, it makes sense to think it may also have prevention benefits at the population level. In other words, increasing the number of HIV-positive people on treatment could lower the total amount of virus circulating in a community (also known as community viral load) and lead to a reduction in the number of new HIV infections.
So what evidence do we have? As HIV testing and treatment have become more accessible over the past decade, the number of HIV-positive people on treatment has been steadily increasing in most parts of the world. Whether the prevention benefits of treatment have already translated to the population level (prior to the implementation of any specific "seek, test and treat" strategies) can be explored by looking at whether increases in treatment coverage -- and subsequent decreases in community viral load -- have coincided with a reduction in new HIV diagnoses or estimated number of new HIV infections (also known as HIV incidence).
However, the evidence available so far is observational and has its limitations. Even if it is found that the number of HIV diagnoses (or HIV incidence) decreased in a population as more people accessed HIV treatment (a positive finding), it is difficult to know exactly why this happened. For example, a decrease in HIV diagnoses may have been the direct result of increased treatment coverage or it may have been the result of other HIV prevention interventions that were implemented at the same time.
Conversely, if it is found that HIV diagnoses stayed the same or increased as treatment coverage increased (a null finding), it is also difficult to know why this happened. For example, this may mean that treatment did not have prevention benefits or, on the other hand, it is possible that treatment did prevent transmissions but improvements in HIV testing services led to the identification of more cases of HIV and made it appear that treatment did not have an effect.
Furthermore, community viral load may not be a good indicator of overall infectiousness in a population. This is because community viral load is generally calculated using the viral load measurements of people living with HIV who are diagnosed and in care. Therefore, this measure does not include those who are undiagnosed or not in care and, as a result, may not reflect the viral load among all HIV-positive people in a community.
Because of these limitations, the evidence available so far should be viewed cautiously.
Below is a summary of the evidence of whether treatment has had a prevention impact in different populations.
Globally, several countries have experienced decreases in estimated HIV incidence as treatment coverage has increased, suggesting treatment may be having a prevention impact.3 According to UNAIDS, HIV incidence decreased by more than 25% in 39 countries -- the majority of which were low-to-middle income, in sub-Saharan Africa, and have generalized heterosexual epidemics -- between 2001 and 2011. During the same time period, treatment coverage increased dramatically in many of these countries. For example, treatment coverage in sub-Saharan Africa increased by more than 100-fold. Although other HIV prevention efforts were also dramatically scaled up during this time, some experts think increased treatment coverage may have contributed to the decrease in new HIV infections.4
Furthermore, a recent study of a group of over 16,000 HIV-negative individuals in a rural area in South Africa found that for every 1% increase in ART coverage among people living with HIV, the risk of HIV infection decreased by 1.4%.Furthermore, an HIV-negative person living in a community with treatment coverage of 30-40% was on average 38% less likely to become infected than if they were living in a community with coverage less than 10%.5
"Treatment as prevention" may be occurring among people who use injection drugs in British Columbia. Between 1996 and 2009, the number of people with HIV on ART in B.C. increased from 837 to 5413 (a 550% increase) and -- in the same time period -- the number of new HIV diagnoses fell from 702 to 338 per year (a 50% decrease).6 However, HIV diagnoses only decreased among people who use injection drugs and not among non-injection drug using populations. In a separate Vancouver-based study, decreased community viral load was associated with reduced estimated HIV incidence among a group of HIV-negative drug users.7
Even though reductions were observed among injection drug users in these studies, some experts have noted that other services for this population were improved during this time and may have contributed to this decrease.8 For example, the Vancouver-based supervised injection site known as Insite opened its doors in 2003.
"Treatment as prevention" does not appear to be happening among many populations of gay men and other MSM. In most high-income countries, estimated HIV incidence among MSM is remaining stable or continuing to increase despite increases in treatment coverage and decreases in community viral load.9,10
For example, in England and Wales, treatment uptake among diagnosed MSM in care rose from 69% in 2001 to 80% in 2010 and an estimated 53% of all MSM living with HIV in 2010 had an undetectable viral load.12 However, the annual number of new HIV diagnoses remained unchanged during this time period. Treatment coverage levels among MSM in France and Australia are similar to those in the UK but the number of new HIV diagnoses are continuing to increase in these countries.13,14 While the number of new HIV infections does not appear to be decreasing, experts think HIV incidence among MSM in many high-income countries would be higher if not for increased treatment coverage.15-18
An exception is the experience of San Francisco, where increased treatment coverage and decreased community viral load has been associated with a reduction in new HIV diagnoses.19 Between 2004 and 2008 the proportion of diagnosed HIV-positive MSM in care with an undetectable viral load increased from 45% to 78% (resulting in a decline in community viral load) and the number of new HIV diagnoses decreased from 798 to 434 (a 54% decrease). A more recent study -- extending this time period to 2011 -- supports the idea that "treatment as prevention" is occurring among gay men in this city.20
Increased treatment coverage has not reduced HIV incidence in Washington, D.C. Between 2004 and 2008, the proportion of diagnosed HIV-positive individuals in care with an undetectable viral load increased from 15% to 58%, the community viral load decreased, but the annual number of new HIV diagnoses did not change.21
In Southern Alberta, treatment coverage among people living with HIV in care increased from 62% to 81% between 2001 and 2010, while the proportion of people with a viral load of less than 200 copies/ml increased from 49% to 72%. Despite the large increase in treatment coverage and viral suppression, community viral load surprisingly remained stable and the number of new HIV diagnoses increased.22
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Annapolis, Md. – Junior Michael Gryss (New Bedford, Mass.) and senior Katelyn Kidney (Lynn, Mass.) represented the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth men's and women's swimming teams at the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championships this past weekend at the U.S. Naval Academy.
Gryss posted a time of 54.56 seconds in the men's 100 yard butterfly and 1:03.01 in the 100 breaststroke preliminary heats on Saturday. On Feb. 14, the junior made the ECAC B cut when he produced a sixth place time of 54.28 in the 100 yard butterfly event during day one of competition at the New England Intercollegiate Swimming &Diving Association (NEISDA) Div. II/III Championships. The following day, Gryss swam the 100 breaststroke event in 1.01.56 and placed eighth to make the ECAC B qualifying time.
Kidney competed in the women's 200 yard butterfly and touched the wall at 2:12.60 during the preliminary heats on Sunday. At the NEISDA Championships on Feb. 16, the senior qualified for the ECAC Championships when she produced a first place time of 2:12.10 in the 200 yard butterfly.
The ECAC Championships close out the 2013-14 men's and women's swimming and diving seasons for UMass Dartmouth.


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Courtesy Jamie Lynn Spears
First, a new ring, now, a new do!
Recently engaged Jamie Lynn Spears showed off a sleek crop on Instagram late last week. First, she teased fans with a shot of scissors and the caption "About to cut my hair #ahhhhhhh #newhurrdo."
RELATED PHOTOS: Vote on more star hair changes here!
Then she snapped a pic of the cut, a layered, highlighted bob. This one was titled, "#shorthairDontcare." Finally, her daughter got in on the action; Spears posted a photo of Maddie applying blush with the caption "Make-over day for Maddie and me."
Spears's older sister Britney has been having her own hair changes lately, going from blonde to brunette and back again over the course of a few weeks.
Tell us: What do you think of Jamie Lynn's new short do?
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A Montessori/Waldorf-Inspired School at Home for Bea & Friends
Our home is our first classroom, but in Bea's case, her home really is her classroom. Her mother, Nichole, homeschools her and runs a small, part-time home-based preschool. This classroom is inspiring whether you are planning a space for formal learning or just looking for ways to create an environment at home to inspire and edify your child.
Nichole is based in Georgetown, Texas and describes herself as a "work at home mama who was, previous to motherhood, a Montessori guide in the primary classroom (3-6 year olds)." She says this preschool space incorporates a Montessori/Waldorf learning environment into the kitchen, living room, porch and backyard of her home.
Nichole's school is called The Natural Child Learning Community and I highly recommend a virtual visit for more inspiration for kids at work and at play.
Thanks Nichole!
- A Montessori Playroom for Three
- Estella & Ada's "Waldessori" Playroom & Sunroom
- Turner's Mellow Montessori Room
- Finnian's Montessori Room
- Vincent's Montessori Room
(Images: Nichole Chigoy)


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A Bunch Of Security Researchers Cancel Appearance At RSA's Conference To Protest Selling Out To NSA
from the good-for-them dept
Carr also has a good post debunking some of the key claims in RSA's non-denial denial. For example, RSA tried to suggest that Dual EC DRBG was fairly standard when it decided to make it the default, but that wasn't the case. In fact, as a few others have pointed out as well, the NSA actually used the fact that RSA had made it the default in its BSAFE toolkit to push Dual EC DRBG forward as a key standard via NIST, leaving out the tidbit where they had paid RSA $10 million to sell its soul. Carr further notes that, not too long before that, RSA's former President and CEO, Jim Bidzos, had clearly stated that RSA needed to recognize that the NSA believed that RSA was the enemy:
"For almost 10 years, I've been going toe to toe with these people at Fort Meade. The success of this company (RSA) is the worst thing that can happen to them. To them, we're the real enemy, we're the real target."While Bidzos was long gone from RSA when this deal was concluded, anyone working at RSA had to know that the NSA's interests and RSA's interests were not aligned. The fact that RSA appears to have, at least, looked the other way concerning the security of Dual EC DRBG, while quietly pocketing the money, is really damning. It's good to see security experts speaking up and taking a stand against the company, not just for the deal, but for its totally bogus fake denial.


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........ another channel I do not get *sigh*
Quote from: puddin on June 22, 2008, 11:08:24 PM........ another channel I do not get *sigh*bummer.... BTW, did you notice in the previews that one of the contestants name is "Peach".
See I love golf, I use to be the golf cart girl at a resort and brought beer & liquor to the golfers
Quote from: puddin on June 23, 2008, 10:11:29 PMSee I love golf, I use to be the golf cart girl at a resort and brought beer & liquor to the golfers wow, the things you learn on this board. Golf Cart Girls web site
Episode 3 of 10 ...or how confusing can it get... Excuse me for a second, my brain is about to explode after watching tonight's show.. All will be revealed later.... but first the teams are subjected to pointless racing from challenge to challenge before the pace of the show grinds to a screeching halt.... to play golf... WTF? There seems to be a racetrack theme running through the first half of the show, with an accuracy challenge at a horse race track and then a interesting but pointless racing /chipping challenge at the Daytona Speedway. Hit the car with your shot, and take a lap off of your partenrs 4-lap ride. Our resident NASCAR Mom (puddin) would have liked this, but too bad she don't get this channel... Then they race to the clubhouse challenge where the order of their arrival gives them a penalty in the stroke challenge. ...did I lose you yet, because my brain was spinning at this point...Team with highest combined scores of a par 4 and par 5 hole plus penalty points is the loser... carry the three, square root of 2... BUT wait... there's a twist...or two...or three.... THIS IS A SUPER LEG.... WTF? that means it's a Non-elimination leg, no strikes, just a time penalty for the losing team next week. Don't pass go, don't collect $200, BUT THERE'S MORE.... (oh save me lord) the winning team (after we adjust for magnetic north and position of the planets during a full moon) get next week off...(aka IMMUNITY!) If you followed all that you're a better man than I am.... OK, so here's the results after 3 legs ...Team Good Ole Boys 0 strikeTeam Salt & Pepper 1 strike --- IMMUNITY, take next week off!Team Brother & Sis 0 strike --- start with time penalty next weekTeam Dad & Son 0 strikeTeam Ashley/Ashleigh 1 strike...oh yeah, did I tell you, these folks can't play golf to save their lives.... OK TARAsia Fan, looks like we're the only two watching this show...let the bashing begin...
I signed up to attack Boingo's attack.... Just thought it only seemed fair. Just a fan of the show. I promise I'll behave.
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