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From now on if you choose the 'Cheat' Peice at the beggining of the GM game you will be banned for 30+ days from GM.

I just lost a game to a cheater... he is banned for 30 days.

hA just kidding..., sorry I just wasted 10 seconds of your life.
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If you're in a war, instead of throwing a hand grenade at the enemy, throw one of those small pumpkins. Maybe it'll make everyone think how stupid war is, and while they are thinking, you can throw a real grenade at them.

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wait are you kidding mag or is there really a way to cheat like this?

[palabra]

Actually, Kreso intially implemented the Cheat piece to find out who the cheaters were.

Random fact.
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if seeing is believing, then believe that we have lost our eyes

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more info please......... how does one use the cheat piece?

this is the 1st ive heard of this.

[Yiles]

[Magflag12]

lol
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If you're in a war, instead of throwing a hand grenade at the enemy, throw one of those small pumpkins. Maybe it'll make everyone think how stupid war is, and while they are thinking, you can throw a real grenade at them.

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The federal government will commit to paid parental leave from January 2011 for those earning less that $150,000 a year, federal Treasurer Wayne Swan says.

Mr Swan, who will hand down his second budget on Tuesday, said the scheme will pay the federal minimum wage for 18 weeks and will be funded by the government, not business.

The Productivity Commission estimates the scheme will cost $450m a year.

"This is a very significant reform," Mr Swan told the Nine Network.

"The scheme must be introduced in a measured and responsible way, particularly taking into account a global recession."

He said the early years of a child's life were important for prospects in later life, while the quality of family life was impacted by the quality of work life.

"We have got to get that balance between work and family right, and paid parental leave is an essential reform," he said.

"We are one of only two countries in the western world that doesn't have paid parental leave."

He said the scheme would be of particular benefit to low and middle income earners.

"Where the primary carer's income is over $150,000 they won't be eligible," he said.

"We are very mindful that this significant reform must be progressed in a measured and responsible way."

Independent senator Nick Xenophon told Sky News the scheme was long overdue, and should go ahead immediately, despite its effect on an already difficult budget.

"I think it's a question of can we afford not to do it right now," he said.

"When you consider the social benefit in giving mums paid maternity leave, I think ... it's a good thing to do right now, irrespective of the fact that things are relatively tough."

While he was pleased there was now a start date proposed for the reform, Senator Xenophon said he could push for it to be brought forward.

"January 2011, it's a good start, but let's see whether it can be pushed forward a little," he said.

Senator Xenophon said he also remained concerned that single parents could miss out on planned pension increases.

"It doesn't make sense to me for the government to be giving long overdue increases to senior citizens in terms of pensions, but that sole parents, single mums in particular, will miss out," he said.

"Last time I checked, they still have to pay just as much as everybody else at the checkout for the basic essentials of life and I think there's an anomaly there."

The Opposition criticised the announcement, saying announcing a federal paid parental leave scheme so far in advance may stop employers introducing their own measures in the interim.

"My fear about this being stretched out to 2011 is that the employers that want to continue, or do implement maternity schemes, will just simply pull up stumps," treasury spokesman Joe Hockey told ABC Television.

"Because now they know that the Rudd government with taxpayers money is going to step into the breach, they don't need to do anything."

He said BHP announced a "very generous" scheme last week.

"Who is going to pay for this at the end of the day, and this says everything about their budget," he said.

"On the one hand they're handing out cheques for $900 ... and on the other hand they are saying it is going to be a tough budget.

"On the one hand they say we have got to have sustainable budgets into the future, now they are putting promises on the never never."

NSW Commissioner for Children Gillian Calvert welcomed the scheme, saying it would give parents time to care for babies at an important stage of their life.

"Research shows the continuous interaction between baby and parents in the baby's first 12 months of life shapes the brain wiring - affecting how a child regulates emotions, communicates, solves problems, thinks logically and reacts to the world," she said.

She said the scheme would also help the workforce retain the skills and labour of female workers.

(Source: news.com.au)