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[UPDATE] Sentinel 4th January 2006
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Juxta
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 		[UPDATE] Sentinel 4th January 2006
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Artist's Quarter Calligrapher Attacked by Vandals
By JEREMY CLARIDGE

Professional calligrapher Robert Drake was found beaten and unconscious outside his apartment on Drake Lane early yesterday morning. The Artist's Quarter resident was immediately taken to Phuah Hospital for treatment, where it was ascertained that he had fortunately sustained no major injuries. He is expected to be released from the hospital sometime today.

According to testimony in the police report, Drake had heard several loud noises outside his window and gone outside without his key to investigate. Once outside, he witnessed several youths spraying graffiti on the brick wall of the building and damaging the entrance sign. According to the report, he shouted at the youths to stop, at which point they approached him. Unwilling to stand down, Drake ordered the youths to leave. The youths responded by attacking him, knocking him to the ground and repeatedly kicking him, the report said.

It is unclear when the assailants left the scene and how long Drake was unconscious. The police were alerted when building manager Rebecca Glen discovered Drake lying close to the front steps of the building early in the morning. Glen said that Drake "looked terrible" when she found him. "I was afraid he was dead," she said. "Who would ever think that such a terrible thing could happen here on our own block? This is a friendly neighbourhood. Everybody knows everybody."

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Graffiti at the site is still clearly visible despite prompt application of a solvent: the word "Proudhon" in a large blue circle. Police chief Eoin Morgan commented on the case, "Mr. Drake was extremely lucky not to be more seriously hurt. ... We wish to assure members of the public that we will bring the culprits to justice. Precautions are being instituted to ensure this remains an isolated incident."

Morgan indicated that the police already have a few leads, but warned that it might be some time before there is visible progress to report.

Janelle Munrowe, manager of the Soupery location on Creation Lane, shared her concerns with the Sentinel. "We're all worried about the state of the Old Town; it's why many of us moved as far away as possible," she said. "To find this kind of aggressive behaviour has come clear across the city is extremely unsettling."

The attack comes during a politically sensitive time for the police department. Despite last year's early reports of success at cutting the crime rate in Old Town, the rate has been slowly rising again in recent weeks -- both in the Old Town and other areas of the city. Nonetheless, violent acts have generally been rare and primarily limited to the Old Town.

Despite a strong renewal of desire among both the public and the City Council to see the Old Town revitalised, no significant strides have been made to date. Some civic groups are now beginning to question not only whether the police are successfully addressing crime in the Old Town, but whether this failure at basic maintenance of the rule of law is spreading.


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Good and Evil
By SOLITAIR

What is good? What is evil? Are they absolutes or simply relative values?

I do not believe good and evil can be absolutes. Any act that is good may easily be perceived as evil from a different perspective and vice versa. How many evil acts have been committed "for the good of the people"?

There are many examples of evil acts from throughout Earth history, and I have no doubt there are many in the history of Perplex City, but were they perceived as evil at the time by their perpetrators? Perhaps they were seen as necessary at the time and only once the full consequences came to light was the tag of evil attached. Often malice is assumed where ignorance was the fact.

Even if an act is known to be evil, can it be necessary to perpetrate an evil act for a good end? War is considered evil. There are two sides in any war, one side must be the aggressor and one the victim, but the victim most often retaliates and thus continues the act of war when simple capitulation would end the war then and there and thus lessen the evil. However, that act of capitulation could encourage further aggression promoting further evil and thus can be considered an evil act in itself. Can we ever know the consequences of our actions, would we ever act if we did and if we did not what then would happen? This is a paradox, one which cannot easily be resolved and which could easily paralyze someone who thinks too deeply on the subject.

Sometimes you have to act and deal with the consequences as and when they happen as to not act would result in dire circumstances. Sometimes mistakes are made with dire repercussions, but if the intent is honest and there was no obvious alternative at the time, why drown yourself in guilt, take whatever punishment is deemed appropriate and get on with your life.

If you cannot, you will continue looking only at the past, reaffirming your guilt and stagnating, stuck in a spiral of guilt and self loathing. If you cannot look to the future, there is no future for you.

I know almost nothing of the war in Perplex City's past as you will not allow anything to be told of it. People are uncomfortable talking about it. Have any lessons been learned from it? Perhaps they have, but if you will not even talk about it how can they have been? Someday you may face the same situation again, and how can you respond other than in the same way if you have not learned from past mistakes?

We have a saying on Earth. Deal with it and move on.




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New Year Begins with Dazzling Milestone
By KATE BREWSTER

On the 29th of Dec. at 1:05pm GMT, player danlewy solved the 100,000th card on the leaderboard. The card in question: #80, Cruel and Unusual, which has since been solved 845 times. An additional 15,000 cards have been solved after the 100,000-card-barrier was broken. PCAG statistician Samara Jones commented, "We've been tracking the players' progress very carefully, and if the solves continue at this rate we'll be at the 1 million mark in less than a year. ... We've all been amazed at how well they're doing. We never thought the people of Earth could be so Perplexian!"

The Academy has been playing down speculation that puzzle scribes are making the cards too easy, insisting that the next wave will be even harder than the last. Anna Heath, on loan to the Cube retrieval project from the Academy's department of languages, pointed out that at the same time as the number of correct solves goes up, the number of incorrect attempts is also growing, with 71,517 wrong answers so far.

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In other developments, on 2 Jan. hturan became the first player to solve the troublesome Wave 2 card, #248 Differently Lethal, which has since been solved by 46 other players. This still leaves a number of cards unsolved; most notably #238, Riemann; #242, Ciphers of History; #243, Shuffled; and #251, The Thirteenth Labour -- all in the silver difficulty level. Popular opinion among Earth-watchers at the Academy is that some of these may never be solved.

The top of the leaderboard has seen some dramatic shifts in the last week. Ten players now tie for first place with 6614 points each. Only eight of the top 50 players are not from the UK and just ten of the top 50 are women. Academy sociologist Marta Lowe remarked, "It's somewhat surprising to see this gender imbalance ... I expect we'll see this change in the coming months."

Lowe also believed the geographic imbalance is due for a shift. "The paucity of non-UK based players is unfortunate, but we understand from Mind Candy that there are currently more UK-based retailers for the cards, though they are expanding into more stores in other countries."

With over 12,000 players and on the cusp of jumping the 3-million-point hurdle, the Academy are hopeful that the New Year will bring with it even more Cube hunters, all ready and eager to help us find the missing Receda Cube, wherever on Earth it may be.


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Futures
By Madame Bianca, for the week of January 1

The Apple-Thief (December 11 - January 10)
Sad soul, take comfort, nor forget that sunrise never failed us yet.

The Hand (January 11 - February 10)
The championship and other assorted revelry are taking their toll on you, and at this rate you're going to sleep through the finals. Remember, dove, sleep when the players sleep.

The Baby (February 11 - March 10)
This is not the right time for you to be throwing a dinner party and making that signature dish of yours. It would be much better if you had it catered, and better yet if you pushed it to next week. I'm not saying you'd set your kitchen on fire, but I'm not saying you wouldn't, either.

The Eagle (March 11 - April 10)
This week, you discover why that great piece of hardware was such a bargain when it fills your home with an acrid and cough-inducing smoke. I estimate it will take about a week to get the smell to disappear.

The Spider (April 11 - May 10)
A little too much introspection is leaving you blue. Buck up, little camper, things aren't bad as they seem. I mean, sure, they're bad, but trust me, you haven't even seen trouble yet.

The Wave (May 11 - June 10)
In a fit of nostalgia, you will sit through a veritable marathon of media from your formative years, only to discover that it was, in fact, really terrible. Not only can't you go home again, you can't even watch Storm Rider again.

The Archer (June 11 - July 10)
Your powers of observation are dim this week, muffin. I hope you're not planning on doing anything that relies on powers of perception. Or at least nothing important. I suggest using public transit as much as possible.

The Half-filled Jug (July 11 - August 10)
Your thoughtful gift goes horribly amiss when your darling thinks it's a backhanded way of assigning blame for certain contentious incidents. Madame says stay away from the thoughtful for a while, it doesn't work for you.

The Dragon (August 11 - September 10)
Hate to break it to you, but your attempts to turn on the charm this week will go largely unnoticed. Maybe even counterproductive. Why don't you find some ways to get what you want that don't involve relying on getting other people to like you?

The Three Balls (September 11 - October 10)
Hey, sunshine, your beaming face is infectious this week. You will bring happiness everywhere you go, no strings attached. Call it a little gift from fate to make up for what's coming on Saturday.

The Dice (October 11 - November 10)
You've got some money riding on the championships, eh? Think you've got the sight? Think you know what's what? Well think again, because you're dead wrong. Cancel the bet while the cancelling is good. Madame is just trying to save your nest egg, darling.

The Maze (November 11 - December 10)
My, what a dull week you have ahead of you. Use the time to deal with all of those unexciting but necessary loose ends, like caulking your shower and dusting out your cabinets.

And remember, sweep your own walk before complaining about your neighbour's.


Thanks to Mike_01 for spotting the headlines missed Smile

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* Solstice Wishes Bring Surprise
* City's Holidays Not White

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 		FAO Solitair-this has an oddly appropriate title-and is well worth a read.

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Graffiti at the site is still clearly visible despite prompt application of a solvent: the word "Proudhon" in a large blue circle.


[SPEC]Well I think this is an open and shut case.

After a $3M windfall, MC's main man has a couple of reasons to feel pride.

And also the money to pay some yoofs to do the deed. (Although one must state that the violence offered to Mr Drake could not have been part of the plan!)[SPEC]
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 		Ahem... the source of this new word...

Wikipedia wrote:
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (January 15, 1809 – January 19, 1865)
was the first individual to call himself an "anarchist." Born
in Besançon, Doubs, France, he was a workingman, a printer, who
taught himself to read Latin so as to print books in that language
as well. He is most famous for asserting "Property is theft",
in his missive What is Property? Or, an Inquiry into the Principle of
Right of Government, first published in 1840.


Apparently, the man was a social figure on par, if not more revered, in his own time than Marx. Might has well have sprayed "SOCIALISM NOW" on that wall.

So it appears we have a team of anarchal, anti-capitalistic radicals running amok in the Old Town.

Shocked

In reaction to... what?

Before I wrap it up, a quote for you, possibly foreshadowing things to come...
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon wrote:
"To be governed is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-driven, numbered, regulated, enrolled, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, checked, estimated, valued, censured, commanded, by creatures who have neither the right nor the wisdom nor the virtue to do so. To be governed is to be at every operation, at every transaction noted, registered, counted, taxed, stamped, measured, numbered, assessed, licensed, authorized, admonished, prevented, forbidden, reformed, corrected, punished. It is, under pretext of public utility, and in the name of the general interest, to be place(d) under contribution, drilled, fleeced, exploited, monopolized, extorted from, squeezed, hoaxed, robbed; then, at the slightest resistance, the first word of complaint, to be repressed, fined, vilified, harassed, hunted down, abused, clubbed, disarmed, bound, choked, imprisoned, judged, condemned, shot, deported, sacrificed, sold, betrayed; and to crown all, mocked, ridiculed, derided, outraged, dishonored. That is government; that is its justice; that is its morality."


Hoo boy... this may not bode well... Confused

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 		It would be nice to know how common (in Perplex City) a term "Proudhon" is. Is it the alternate universe equivalent of the Anarchy red-circled-A, or is it rare/unusual/odd for such a thing to be spray-painted on a wall?
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 		Sentinel Update
Hia, im not sure if this should go in here or the discussion on who to send to the Gillet street meeting, but have you noticed on the front page of the Sentinel under the "other headlines" section it mentions that there was still no snow in the city; "City's holiday's not white" so we are still waiting for some snow unfortunately before we can progress on that storyline (yeah yeah TINAG etc)!

P.S-First post so be gentle! Embarassed

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 		A very good first post! I hadn't even noticed that.
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It would be nice to know how common (in Perplex City) a term "Proudhon" is. Is it the alternate universe equivalent of the Anarchy red-circled-A, or is it rare/unusual/odd for such a thing to be spray-painted on a wall?


Sounds more like rare/unusual to me. If it was more common, I'm sure the Perplexians would have some kind of shorthand design for it - exactly like the 'A' for 'Anarchy' in our world. And perhaps the Sentinel wouldn't have printed it if it were just the usual scrawl...

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 		Juxta,

You've only got the first part of my article there, you've missed the bit after the advert.

Rather surprised that got published so quickly, oh well, it'll be interesting to see if it stirs anything up.

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 		Anyone think this could be linked with the 3P? Murders are really rare and the guy was thought to be dead, but he survived and then said some story about punk kids and leaving his key inside. It could be tht he was lured outside and then beaten to a pulp, then the third power sprayed some graffiti to make it look like anarchistic thugs.

PS. Is calligraphy kinky?
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 		Solitair,
I've added the remainder in that got missed off - I did wonder at the length of it, maybe my browser failed to load the second half of the page, or more likely, I just got it wrong,

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 		Some speculation (and a lot of other utter rubbish) in chat last night that the circle may be an 'anti-cube' symbol. Possibly representing Earth?
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 		Certainly the large blue circle could be taken as symbolism for Earth, but then again, it could just be the colour of paint the 'thugs' had with them at the time?
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