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[UPDATE] Sentinel New Article July 8, 2005
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misteraitch
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 		[UPDATE] Sentinel New Article July 8, 2005
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NEWS IN BRIEF:
Crispy Heaven Improves

Analysts say Crispy Heaven's summer sales, often stagnant in the warmer months as consumers seek out cooler, lighter foods, have been booming in recent weeks. The chain's representative, Gwyneth St. Paul, pointed to this as a sign of renewed consumer trust in the aftermath of the health violation problems Crispy Heaven encountered earlier in the year.


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View from Earth: Tragedy and Hope
By ROBPAL

It has been an extremely eventful week here on Earth, with three great examples of resilience by our people, which I hope will convey how much we are willing to endure to find The Cube and return it to Perplex City.

Firstly, a series of musical spectaculars resounded across Earth on Saturday in a bid to raise awareness of the extreme poverty and plight of our fellow Earthlings in Africa. The people in Africa are dying at a rate of 50,000 per day due to lack of money to pay for medicine. There is also a problem of corruption in some of the countries that make up the continent of Africa, which means that not all aid gets through to the right people. Eight leaders from Earth's richest states are meeting to try and agree a strategy to help alleviate this terrible situation by increasing aid, cancelling African debt and allowing free trade between African nations and the rest of Earth. Saturday's concerts around the world drew in audiences of three billion people through various mediums. Aside from raising awareness of the issues mentioned above, the huge numbers of people watching were sending a message to the eight world leaders to listen to those who they represent and give the African people the help they so desperately need.

The second event was a huge victory for UK residents, particularly those who reside in London. Every four years, all the world's top sports men and women come together to compete in many different sporting disciplines. We call this the Olympic Games, and it is not merely a sporting competition, but a celebration of Earth's diversity of cultures and races. After many years of campaigning and several failed attempts, London was one of the final five candidates to be voted on by the International Olympic Committee. The announcement that London had won the bid was met with celebrations all over the country, as this will mean a large regeneration to the East end of London as well as better sporting facilities being built throughout the country to enable the children of today to be the athletes of the year 2012 London Olympics. This was a hard fought battle, but our determination and belief won the day.

Unfortunately the third example is not such an upbeat story. On 7th July at ten minutes to nine in the morning, several bombs exploded in central London killing several people and injuring many more. This was an act of terrorism by extremists acting in the name of their Islamic religion; however, this is not the typical activity for followers of the Islam faith, most of whom are peaceful. This was a terrible tragedy, although despite the circumstances, the emergency services were second to none in their response. Even those caught up in the blasts were able to remain relatively calm in amongst the chaos that ensued around them. The over-riding feeling of the UK people is one of defiance. We will not succumb to the fear of terrorism and will continue to go about our daily lives. Unfortunately for some, they have lost family and friends in the atrocity, and continuing as normal will not be as easy for them.

I hope that you can see from these three examples that the people of Earth are very good at coming together in all circumstances to overcome adversities. And it is this resilience that we will be calling upon in our search for the Receda Cube, no matter how long it takes or what we have to overcome.


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 		Great article RobPal, couldn't have put it much better.
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 		An excellent article

One more been missed

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Crispy Heaven Improves
Analysts say Crispy Heaven's summer sales, often stagnant in the warmer months as consumers seek out cooler, lighter foods, have been booming in recent weeks. The chain's representative, Gwyneth St. Paul, pointed to this as a sign of renewed consumer trust in the aftermath of the health violation problems Crispy Heaven encountered earlier in the year.


The Perplex world is collapsing and as an even worse sign Crispy Heaven is improving Smile

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Mosestrotsky wrote:
An excellent article

One more been missed

Quote:
Crispy Heaven Improves
Analysts say Crispy Heaven's summer sales, often stagnant in the warmer months as consumers seek out cooler, lighter foods, have been booming in recent weeks. The chain's representative, Gwyneth St. Paul, pointed to this as a sign of renewed consumer trust in the aftermath of the health violation problems Crispy Heaven encountered earlier in the year.


The Perplex world is collapsing and as an even worse sign Crispy Heaven is improving Smile


/me 's eyes move to the top of the screen and squint a bit...

/me decides not to mention anything

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 12:16 pm
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 		In all the excitement today, I forgot to post that the Letters section finally was updated
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AURORA SPEAKS OUT

No thanks to you lot at the Sentinel but you may be dismayed to learn my life is fine and doing better all the time! I may be a public celebrity but I have feelings too and I was very cross indeed to see the terrible review you ran of 'Absolam [sic] and Tavent' that I was in. What have I ever done to you, I would like to know? Well the review plunged me into despair and the show was cancelled shortly after so I know it is all your fault. I would still be very angry indeed, but something wonderful has happened to me. I am in love! I will have you know that Alejo and I are indeed an item and we are very happy together! We are positively giddy with the joy of finding one another in this rough and rumble world that we are living in! You may be a bunch of third-class spiteful and mean bunch [sic], but you can never take away the love I have for Alejo and that he has for me!
Aurora Belle, Singer and Actress

YET ANOTHER ENIGMATIC WARNING

You would appear, from my limited knowledge, to be a friendly people, and it is in the spirit of friendship that I wish to give you a warning. On Earth we have many military organisations of all shades of political allegiance, both official and unofficial. Without debating the veracity of any communications you may have received I would advise you to be very careful before acting on information obtained from such military sources.
Tanner, Earth

RELIGIOUS FURORE

I am shocked and appalled that the Sentinel summarily fired its advertising director for no reason beyond his religious views. Even the barely-civilised citizens of Earth have all manner of legal protections for persons of varying faiths! You should truly be ashamed of yourselves.
Georgina Harrold

Now the KT of Roll for Damage has announced he is a Recon, I find myself looking at our civic institutions with more and more fear, wondering if there is some secret fanatical agenda in even seemingly innocent actions of our leaders. We should rise up as a city and root out the influence of all who would subvert our democratic processes for the sake of some archaic mystic ideal.
Royce Von Toureg

I never thought I would see the day when even the Sentinel would let me down as a beacon of tolerance and logic in our beautiful city. I demand that Ryan Klein be reinstated to his position on the staff of the Sentinel at once, or I shall surely be canceling my own subscription, and encouraging everyone I know to do likewise.
Lola Braun

GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP

I am appalled that anyone would have the nerve to be so disruptive during a match of the Perplex City Academy Games - especially a match such as Myra Champaign's.

Here we have a young lady, falsely accused of using cognitive enhancers when it is a matter of public record that she has not used anything save that which was prescribed by her doctors - and has ceased to require them well before the start of this year's Games - attempting to prove that she can perform just as well as any PCAG athlete without resorting to performance-enhancing drugs, and what happens?

Instead of being cheered on and encouraged, this prodigy receives not praise for her excellent performance, but condemnation! Condemnation which, I might add, seriously impaired her ability to function, and almost caused her to lose the match!

Where does the self-appointed PCAG Gestapo - oh, excuse me, the Alliance for Clean Players - get the sheer, unadulterated NERVE to do such a thing? Freedom of speech is all very well, but that same freedom of speech carries the requirement that one exercise that right responsibly - and using that freedom of speech to distract an athlete is irresponsible in the extreme. I might even go so far as to call it CRIMINALLY irresponsible!

I recommend that Myra Champaign be allowed a rematch, and that those members of the Alliance for Clean Players who so disrupted Ms Champaign's first match as to cause her both mental and emotional distress (and almost cause her to lose the match) be barred from attending the rematch - and indeed any further matches in which Ms Champaign may compete, until such time as they can utilize their right to free speech responsibly - and should they utilize it irresponsibly again, they should be charged with premeditated disturbance of the peace and criminal irresponsibility.
PFC. Peter Walker, 255 UNSC Marine Btln, Late of UNSCRV Apocalypso, Earth

CONDOLENCES

Our hearts go out to the Salk family in their time of crisis. Pietro Salk's legend has spanned two worlds, and touched millions. He is in our thoughts this day.
Scott Myers, Earth

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The Sentinel wrote:
AURORA SPEAKS OUT

No thanks to you lot at the Sentinel but you may be dismayed to learn my life is fine and doing better all the time! I may be a public celebrity but I have feelings too and I was very cross indeed to see the terrible review you ran of 'Absolam [sic] and Tavent' that I was in. What have I ever done to you, I would like to know? Well the review plunged me into despair and the show was cancelled shortly after so I know it is all your fault. I would still be very angry indeed, but something wonderful has happened to me. I am in love! I will have you know that Alejo and I are indeed an item and we are very happy together! We are positively giddy with the joy of finding one another in this rough and rumble world that we are living in! You may be a bunch of third-class spiteful and mean bunch [sic], but you can never take away the love I have for Alejo and that he has for me!
Aurora Belle, Singer and Actress


Hm... whuh?
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 		ROBPAL wrote: A darned fine article.


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 		Wow. Thanks for all your comments guys!

I wrote the article on Thursday afternoon as I had to do something and the scope of what had happened that week certainly felt like something that the Perplexians would like to hear about. I then went away on Friday and have only just returned (Saturday Night/Sunday Morning) to find that they printed it. Woohoo! I'm so happy, but it's a shame it was bourne out of such terrible circumstances. I'm hoping that there will be some letters of condolence coming into the Sentinel from Perplexians in the next week. And also help in our effort to maintain their support of cube hunting project.

Come on the cards!
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YET ANOTHER ENIGMATIC WARNING

You would appear, from my limited knowledge, to be a friendly people, and it is in the spirit of friendship that I wish to give you a warning. On Earth we have many military organisations of all shades of political allegiance, both official and unofficial. Without debating the veracity of any communications you may have received I would advise you to be very careful before acting on information obtained from such military sources.
Tanner, Earth


*shakes fist at Tanner*

You bleedin' would, wouldn't you?!

*chases Tanner with Big And Nasty-Looking Gun (tm) held tightly in hands*
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 		tanner dons his Acme "Immunity To All Weapons" suit and grins

Very Happy Very Happy
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 		*uses Big And Nasty-Looking Weapon (tm) to knock a ten-ton weight off a shelf above Tanner, flattening him*

Well, it's not an "Immunity To Falling Weights" suit, is it? Twisted Evil
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