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[Update] Sentinel 9-Oct-06- Earlywine denounces, Futures
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 		[Update] Sentinel 9-Oct-06- Earlywine denounces, Futures
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Earlywine Denounces 'Culture of Earth Admiration'
By CORINNE HATHAWAY
Would-be Council Leader and sitting Council Member Nathan Earlywine issued a scathing denunciation of the widespread Perplexian fascination with all things related to Earth in a string of media appearances over the weekend. "Why do we hold these violent and valueless civilisations in such high esteem?" he asked in a breakfast keynote address to the Silent Heralds Club on Saturday. He also made similar comments at a press dinner and in interviews with a number of media outlets.

The address included a fiery exhortation for the citizens of Perplex City to take pride in their own city: "We Perplexians have built an amazing culture. We have so much to be proud of," he said. "Yet here we are, allowing our youth to obsess about the inferior accomplishments of a backwards people -- allowing them to grow ignorant of our own heritage and accomplishments."

Earlywine stopped short of suggesting any specific remedies for the situation, though some suspect that this weekend's invective was the beginning of a new tactic in attacking current Council Leader Camryn Scott's administration in the run up to the election in just over two week.

This is the first time any serious candidate for public office has come out so strongly against the widespread interest in Earth-related merchandise and information. The initial statement at the Silent Heralds Club was met initially with quiet shock, soon replaced by robust cheering as Earlywine pressed his point. And surprisingly, it seems that Earlywine has struck a deeply resonating chord among many other notable figures in the city.

"I think he's absolutely right," said prominent artist Randal Tokei. "Earth is an easy distraction, but let us not replace quality with quantity. ... We should return our focus inward." The Sentinel found broad agreement with this sentiment from Giordana Moore, Senior Managing Director of the PCX; retired PCBC executive Jonathan Smart; and PCAG Chairman Robert Zhi-Hui. "It's the dirty little secret in business right now," said Moore. "Nobody wants to encourage this Earth obsession. It's distasteful. But everybody is doing it because it's the fastest way in town to make a leck right now."

Political analysts are not yet certain how this fresh stance on Earlywine's part will affect the election. Political analyst Jordan Taylor called the move "a daring gamble." Earlywine is lagging behind Scott in the polls in recent days, and "this may be the stone that tips the scales decisively one way or the other," Taylor said.



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Board Leaders Sway Linguistic Habits
By KATE BREWSTER
As the weight of solved cards rapidly approaches the four-ton mark, reports of a wave of leaderboard-oriented slang has inexplicably swept through the halls of the Perplex City Academy in recent weeks. Louis Church, a junior researcher in the Social Sciences department, has been documenting this fresh linguistic phenomenon for his latest paper, "'Tallytime!' And Other Popular Earth-Derived Colloquialisms." The Sentinel publishes the abstract exclusively below.

"Recently, the educated youth of the Academy, and to a lesser extent those studying at the esteemed colleges of the City, have appropriated the nomenclature of Earth's most highly-respected leaderboard competitors, and from them developed a new slang stripped entirely of its original context. First, we summarise some of the more memetically successful 'catchphrases', such as "Tallytime!", "What A Keers!" and the many variations on the Guin/"your mother" theme. Secondly, we seek to extract patterns from publicly available usage data (open key channels, discussion fora, and the like) and correlate it with leaderboard activity, and notable reactions to it within the City - for instance, the effect of the OK13DTFC on the resurgent popularity of "A scoffing good MikeyJ, sir!" and "That's a doublecross and no mistake!" Finally, we examine these linguistic fads within the framework of ingroup/outgroup psychologies, identity politics and post-elaborist methods. All in all, we hope the reader will find this paper not badbarry at all."



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Futures
By Madame Bianca, for the week of October 9
The Three Balls (September 11 - October 10)
You might want to keep guests and pets away from your furniture this week. Unless, you know, you're looking for a good excuse to buy a new living room set. If that's the case, then it's a fantastic week to throw a party.

The Dice (October 11 - November 10)
Honestly, I'm surprised that you've lived this long without more major disasters, considering the careless way you've been treating your sterling reputation. There's a time for prudence, darling. Look it up.

The Maze (November 11 - December 10)
You've been examining the possibility of beginning a major life change, and this is the week to do or die, muffin. Personally, I say go for it. You need some sort of transformation, if nothing else because everyone has heard your same old boring party anecdotes already.

The Apple-Thief (December 11 - January 10)
Love found me all disarmed and found the way was clear to reach my heart down through the eyes which have become the halls and doors of tears.

The Hand (January 11 - February 10)
Your colleagues leave you feeling under-appreciated and unloved this week. Don't let it get to you, pumpkin, they're just all too busy focusing on their own tiny inner worlds. You don't need anyone else to tell you how fab you really are.

The Baby (February 11 - March 10)
News from a long-lost childhood friend leaves you on the decidedly nostalgic and melancholy side. Remember, though, that those were simpler times for everyone. Promise me you won't do anything drastic to try to bring the past back to life, 'k?

The Eagle (March 11 - April 10)
I was strolling along the Mazy this weekend and couldn't help but think how much good it would do you to do the same. You need to get out more, you know. Madame prescribes fresh air and exercise while the weather holds.

The Spider (April 11 - May 10)
If I were you, and I thank the heavens every day that I am not, I would keep mum about my private life for a week or three. One never knows who in a crowd is listening in, nor what embarrassing route your words will take to the least-convenient person that could possibly hear them.

The Wave (May 11 - June 10)
Sore throat and sneezes strike you this week, but it's nothing serious. It is, however, a fantastic excuse to get out of work and slip to that astounding sale on Levenay leather goods for the winter. Bargains like that don't come along every day, you know.

The Archer (June 11 - July 10)
Schedule at least double the travel time you think you'll need on Thursday, or you'll not get anyplace on time at all. Unless that's what you'd prefer, duckling, in which case just stick to your usual plan.

The Half-filled Jug (July 11 - August 10)
One major accomplishment is behind you, but the true challenge is yet to be faced. To get through this chaotic time with your sanity intact, I highly suggest you develop and stick to a very strict schedule. It's not glamourous, but it's the only way, sweetling.

The Dragon (August 11 - September 10)
Your stomach may be rumbling a little louder than usual this week, but you must resist the urge to stuff your craw if you value your health and figure. Stick to celery and ice chips to fulfill that pesky chewing need.

And remember, a breeze now can make a hurricane later.

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 		Board Leaders Sway Linguistic Habits continued (including the best bit Razz)...

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"The fertile minds of the Academy's boisterously intellectual youths have catalysed the linguistic phenomena documented here, and can each day be observed happily decrying one another with calls of "That's Ringtail talk, now!" and "Isn't rlp6028 taking tea with your llama?" Indeed, our studies have shown that the precise meaning of these phrases is not only a mystery to outsiders, but remains somewhat opaque to those who use them. On one key channel at Marmalejo College, they became the topic of much debate. "Let's Just Stop Shouting Ixalon ALL THE TIME," pleaded one user, who was met with the swift reply of "Ixaaaaaalooooooon!" by countless others. One participant, when asked, described the meaning of "IXALON!" as "it's just something you say, really -- and only some heinous UKver2.0 would claim otherwise."

The full-length paper is scheduled for publication later this month, via the usual key networks.

In other news, 26 kilograms of leitmarks have now been shipped to Earth's prominent puzzling populace. This week's sharpest new solver is Hyper2 with 1434 points in his first seven days, while goldberg69 continues to reign supreme on the monthly newcomers board with a weighty 253 solves in just over three weeks.

Check back next week for all the latest leaderboard comment and analysis, exclusively at the Sentinel.


Great, I'm the PXC equivalent of Rhubarb (or was yelling that word every 10 seconds only a passing fad in schools in the Scottish Borders?) Strange creatures 'em kids.
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ixalon wrote:
Strange creatures 'em kids.

Oh yeah? No reason to be, you know...like, totally ixalon about it! Wink

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 		Apple thief this week:
Translation of an Italian sonnet by Francesco Petrarca, published in 1327 in Rime in vita e morta di Madonna Laura. See here for more.

Suprisingly (or maybe not) I found we have no love emoticon. Embarassed
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 		Why can't the futures just say something like "No matter how much you shuffle your feet my darling - the passphrase you chose so long ago was based upon a tragic Earth (North American locale) tale involving a canine that tragically dies and a red fern growing".

Man, I never get tired of "your mom" jokes - strong work Guin.

I am beginning to suspect that Madame Bianca == moonlighting Tippy.

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silvermoon wrote:

Suprisingly (or maybe not) I found we have no love emoticon. Embarassed


That definitely needs fixing!

As does this:

"A scoffing good MikeyJ, sir!"

Oh the shame. Why's mine a bit Jeeves and Wooster? I think my girlfriend will finally divorce me after this one. She's had every reason.
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 		oops - sorry I missed the rest of the story. It was inadvertent. The story is cute.

But isn't it time for some quid pro quo? We have enough fun names to work with from PPC that we could create our own lingo or would that be too Sedgewick? I sense an opportunity for a hilarious View From Earth in response.

(I would be OK with a love emoticon as long as it wasn't little hearts or cupids. But doesn't <3 work?)

I don't quite understand Madame's interest in furniture. Furniture almost never comes up in any Earth horoscopes I read. Wasn't there something about furniture way way back in the beginning of syzygy?

I think I am back to lurker mode for the futures.
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rose wrote:

But isn't it time for some quid pro quo? We have enough fun names to work with from PPC that we could create our own lingo or would that be too Sedgewick? I sense an opportunity for a hilarious View From Earth in response.


"It seems I have a bad case of the Tippy's", "there's a Violet on my face"?

rose wrote:

I don't quite understand Madame's interest in furniture. Furniture almost never comes up in any Earth horoscopes I read. Wasn't there something about furniture way way back in the beginning of syzygy?


Definitely...I think it was in the source of the Marchant quote (or the overlay) and I'm sure we spent a while looking for furniture shops in Taversen Square (not that we found a Taversen square!) when it turned out to be some sort of terminology for stuffer. (Found Link)

I think there's only been the one time when there was something in one of the futures (and then only as we were so obsessed with finding meaning that I think the PM's cottoned on and stuck in something to find, not that I can remember what it was...anyone?) and that apart from that they're a terribly tempting tease.
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 		Thanks Mikey, that one bout Violet just made me spit water all over the screen as I read it! Laughing
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 		The only Futures link that I know lead to something was the one a few weeks ago that was screaming 'library of babel'. The one after that had the espalier thing which did make realise with a p which I thought was page. (or not).
After that I haven't seen anything to move us ahead in the libraryof babel subdirectory - the last time I think it just updated and I found it just by checking.

I personally find it a bit frustrating to not know what she might be hinting at, if anything at all. It would almost be easier if it had never lead to anything.

Thanks for the link - I see that furniture means spacer of some kind - so rearrange spacers on a website? Is that a possible hint? It just seems odd to keep mentioning furniture - but maybe Madame Bianca is into home decor.

Oh, I forgot, I said I was going back into lurk mode on these futures. Smile

I'm looking forward to the View from Earth column using the PPC names. Maybe that could be an Extreme Game - name as many residents of PPC as possible while ski-jumping or something.
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And remember, a breeze now can make a hurricane later.


These windy references seem to keep popping up, too.

The Windy City? Too many beans?

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Earlywine wrote:
The address included a fiery exhortation for the citizens of Perplex City to take pride in their own city: "We Perplexians have built an amazing culture. We have so much to be proud of," he said. "Yet here we are, allowing our youth to obsess about the inferior accomplishments of a backwards people -- allowing them to grow ignorant of our own heritage and accomplishments."


BOO! He's not getting my vote. I am not backwards. I walk perfectly straight, thank you.
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I would be OK with a love emoticon as long as it wasn't little hearts or cupids. But doesn't <3 work?)


On reflection, I realize that I had a knee-jerk reaction to the use of heart emoticons probably from viewing too many my space pages of some of the teenage girls who are friends with my son. (And, yes, I am the only parental figure who pays any attention to what is on the pages and I try to advise kids as to approriate and safe ways of handling their myspace accounts.)

so I had visions of row open row of hearts, sorry for that, I was wrong, please feel free and happy about choosing emoticons that you want - I think the site admins (not me Smile ) have to approve them somehow in a very semi-formal process. I do apologize for my harsh and unthinking reaction.

Emoticon away as long as they are approved. !!
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 		I was thinking more along the lines of the smily with love hearts for eyes that I´ve seen on other forums.
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