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[UPDATE] Sentinel - December 19th

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[UPDATE] Sentinel - December 19th

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Advisor's Death Throws PCBC Deal into Deep Water
By ALWHIN COPI

The PCBC admitted today that it is having difficulty defending the broad economic impact of its acquisition of the Fivebridge & Remton Consolidated Bank after the death of Monica Grand, an advisor to the bank who penned a significant portion of the bank's impact report. The Office of the Council opened up an inquiry into the merger on the grounds that the report did not adequately address the effect it would have on citizens living outside the central Perplex City area.

"We regret that we are taking so much time to defend the case, but we still very much believe the purchase will be the best thing for the PCBC and for the city," said PCBC spokesman Cory Clary.

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City finance deputy Hova Lonehart said that the bank's disarray after the tragic murder of a single consulting economist proves that the bank's research was shoddy and incomplete. "I think it's clear they were cooking the books to make sure the deal would go through," she said. "If anything like sufficient care had been taken in assembling this report, the data would be there to draw on now."

Clary denied the allegations. "Ms. Grand was a highly valued advisor to the bank, and she was truly at the center of this deal," Clary said. "The Office of the Council needs to provide more time for another economist to become as familiar with the specifics of this transaction. ... It's a complicated deal with far-reaching effects, and Ms. Grand had been studying it for over a year. It's ridiculous to suggest that someone else could fill her shoes in a few weeks."

Grand was found murdered in her Ascendancy Point home in mid-September of this year, shortly after the Office of the Council opened its investigation into the banking deal. According to the police, no suspects have been identified, and no charges have been filed.

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Two Million Points
By KATE BREWSTER

The Cube retrievers on Earth broke the staggering two million points mark earlier today, with over a million of those points earned in the past month, and over 243,000 points earned in the last seven days. There are now over 7000 ranked players and nearly 78,000 solved cards. The average player has solved 11 cards for 277 points.

This week brought further growth to the pack at the top of the leaderboard, with last week's first-place players joined by TheBoy, who also has 6304 points and 126 solved cards.

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Just shy of 50,000 incorrect answers have now been entered, an average of 7 per player. Over 6,000 incorrect answers were submitted in the last week alone. The most common cards to receive wrong answers remain Gravity, card #56, followed by card #112, Three Little Words, and card #25, Read Between the Lines. Interestingly, although cards #56 and #112 are the two most-often solved cards, card #112 is not in the top most-solved cards at all.

This week brought in new player dandrew with 68 solves for 1517 points. He joined on 17th Dec. Ranging back over the last month, up-and-comers include KCJoJo who has risen to 42nd place and 5498 points since 24th Nov.; TopGun2, whose 5493 points since 26th Nov. have earned 43rd place; and torinarg, at 47th place with 5241 points since joining on 25th Nov.

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Hilbert Donates Materials

Hlbert Industries delivered an early solstice gift to fifty families when the manufacturing giant donated materials and labor for significant improvements to their homes. Hilbert's gift goes to families with suboptimal living conditions, as identified by an external advisory committee. This annual tradition has been kept up unbroken for over two hundred years. (Full text)

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By Madame Bianca, for the week of December 19

The Apple-Thief (December 11 - January 10)
When love beckons to you follow him, though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.

The Hand (January 11 - February 10)
No invite to a hot championship finale party yet? Time's a-wasting, duckling. Use your animal magnetism, your cunning, deceit, anything you have to -- just make sure you're at a good party when the games resume. It's more important than a good time, promise.

The Baby (February 11 - March 10)
All of the year-end stress wearing on you? Madame's got a prescription for you. Call in sick, turn off your key, and spend a day in bed with a box of chocolates, a bottle of wine, and a paper copy of the collected works of Bunny Lurabee. Soothe what ails you, sugar.

The Eagle (March 11 - April 10)
Searching for a special solstice gift for that certain someone? Forget about Earthworks and Isabella Levenay. The most meaningful gift is the one you make with your own hands, you know, like when you were five years old.

The Spider (April 11 - May 10)
A midnight malfunction in your security systems leaves you wet and cranky. Worse: you've been neglecting your routine maintenance, so your insurance won't cover it. Whoopsie.

The Wave (May 11 - June 10)
Avoid the colour black this week, particularly in clothing. Bright colours are good, white is even better. Let's just say that it will be very unlucky for you to maintain the couture of low visibility.

The Archer (June 11 - July 10)
Your antics of the last few days leave you with sore muscles and nothing to show for it. Pop an analgesic and try to learn from your mistakes. Here's a pointer: next time, plan the whole thing before you actually start, so you know what you're doing.

The Half-filled Jug (July 11 - August 10)
Your life takes a turn for the utterly weird when the past comes back for a pleasant visit. Try to take advantage to learn a little about who you are, muffin. Your past is what shaped you.

The Dragon (August 11 - September 10)
It's time for you to adopt some kind of personal mission statement. You've been drifting for so long, nobody really knows what you stand for anymore, not even you. For what it's worth, the pursuit of ice cream is not a laudable mission in life, either.

The Three Balls (September 11 - October 10)
Eye strain on Thursday leads to a headache, which leads to you being snappy at an inopportune moment. You can try to head it off by resting your eyes and changing tasks frequently, but it's unavoidable, so really you shouldn't bother.

The Dice (October 11 - November 10)
The packaging on your new toy slices your thumb and leaves you bleeding all over the goods. Worse, the damage caused by your precious life fluids isn't covered by the warranty. That's just what you get for being so materialistic, doll.

he Maze (November 11 - December 10)
For once, your perpetual tardiness works to your advantage when you're the only one not left out in some truly inclement weather. This nonetheless manages to work out against you, when everyone else in your party resents your sole status in the warm-and-dry department.

And remember, only the foolish ask a fool for advice.

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Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 3:02 pm

Juxta
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Joined: 28 Aug 2005
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This week's Apple Thief quotation comes from Lebanese poet Khalil Gibran (1883-1931), more of whom can be read here.

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Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 3:17 pm

Hituro
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Joined: 27 Nov 2005
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The Spider sounds like Ascendency Point again ... surely they wil have fixed the security flaws by now! Who else would be having a security malfunction, especially with fire extinguishing systems?

Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 10:37 am

neophoenix
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Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Posts: 68
Location: where you can't celebrate the Kindling of the Flame

PPC Sentinel wrote:

The packaging on your new toy slices your thumb and leaves you bleeding all over the goods. Worse, the damage caused by your precious life fluids isn't covered by the warranty.

... "and finally, you die". Does this remind anyone of the funny style of Receda's Revenge?

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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 6:25 pm

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