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[UPDATE] Perplex City Sentinel 23rd January 2006
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Juxta
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 		[UPDATE] Perplex City Sentinel 23rd January 2006
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Harrowak Forced to Offer Resignation
By NATASHA VALLIERE

Director of the Health Office Julian Harrowak has been asked to tender his resignation effective immediately, according to an announcement today from the Office of the Council. Harrowak has been director of the office for nine years, but has been ordered to step down under revelations that he is afflicted with Barrow-Feld Syndrome.

In a prepared statement, City Council Leader Camryn Scott said that the council "has profound gratitude for the many years of dedication and service Julian has given to us all," but that ultimately the council unanimously agreed he must leave his post for the greater good of the city. She announced that Harrowak had already followed direction and submitted a letter of resignation, effective immediately, though sources in the Office of the Council indicate that the letter is "strongly worded" and make it clear he is resigning only under extreme duress.

Harrowak was not available for comment, but his former second-in-command, Raisa Vickering, said that both she and Harrowak were opposed to his termination. "In our modern day, we can monitor Barrow-Feld Syndrome and be sure that no harm is being done," she said. "Julian is in excellent health, and to date, absolutely no symptoms of the disease have manifested in his brain patterns. ... This is an act of gross ingratitude to a physician who has given so much of his life to the service of our city."

Vickering is the obvious first choice to step up to the post, but she has said that she may refuse to do so as an act of protest against the City Council's decision. She said that Cognivia has reported significant strides against the disease in drugs coming down its pipeline, and that a complete cure might even become available long before Harrowak manifests any symptoms whatsoever.

According to the Sentinel's medical advisor, Dr. Stuart Ivanovitch, Barrow-Feld Syndrome is a degenerative brain condition that initially manifests by degrading the victim's ethical decision-making centers. As a result, the disease leaves its sufferers unable to make consistent moral choices, leading to a variety of antisocial behaviours such as theft and fraud. In its end stages, sufferers often descend through progressively severe psychosis and ultimately coma and death.


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Donstobbart Defeats Infamous ARG! Card

Player donstobbart became the first to solve the infamous card #180, ARG!, last Friday, taking her to first place on the top of the leaderboard. Since then, 127 other players have solved the card, with 27 of them joining donstobbart in first place.

The card refers to the novel Earth pastime of Alternate Reality Games, or ARGs, in which players are drawn into a fictional story through websites, emails, faxes and phone calls. The players progress through the games by solving puzzles which lead them on to the next clue and deeper into the mystery. The card asked the Cube hunters on Earth to answers several questions about these new and imaginative stories. The answers to all bar the last question had been known for quite some time, but the elusive last question remained. How this was eventually solved is still unknown, and Academy sources refuse to speculate.

In other news, the total points accrued has now topped 4 million from 155,600 cards solved, with over 11,000 cards solved in the last week alone. While the U.K. is still dominating the top of the leaderboard, players sharing the top spot also represent such diverse locales as Antarctica, Barbados, the U.S., Heard and McDonald Islands, and the Seychelles.

As for the new movers and shakers for this week, player the fountain has accumulated an astounding 4933 points with 110 solves, some way ahead of ottakar who has scored 1808 points. Among new players in the past month, fisgon is in the lead with 6839 points from 128 cards, closely followed by Mathematician, Dwane Diddly, kameleon and Rox.

PCAG statistician Samara Jones commented, "We're currently seeing the board change in sharp bursts before quickly settling down. ... The speed with which a large number of players suddenly solved card 180 suggests they may be sharing their answers, leading to this bunching up at the top of the board. I'm certain points from the upcoming Earth events [in New York and London] will help break it up."


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Museum of Music Plans Summer Festival

The Museum of Music announced today that it plans to host a week-long summer music festival in Polygon Park, featuring performances by both popular modern artists and lesser-known performers specialising in such diverse disciplines as simple, traditional folk music and more challenging pieces from the pre-war era.


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Futures
By Madame Bianca, for the week of January 23

The Hand (January 11 - February 10)
That tiny little favour you did for an old friend last month blossoms into a huge deal this week. Isn't it nice when you can see the good you've done in the world?

The Baby (February 11 - March 10)
This is the week you discover everybody already knows that tight secret of yours. You may think everyone is looking at you a little differently now, but to be honest, they were snickering up their sleeves at you before all of this, sunshine.

The Eagle (March 11 - April 10)
This week you are plagued with an array of ailments too minor to consult a doctor or skip work, but certainly enough to keep you from accomplishing anything worthwhile. Funny how a loss of concentration can so profoundly affect your life, isn't it?

The Spider (April 11 - May 10)
You're considering doing something rash, and for once, Madame advises you think again. The stars are all about consequences this week, muffin, and they aren't feeling kindly toward that kind of thing.

The Wave (May 11 - June 10)
Aw, feeling a little left out, huh? I promise your friends didn't mean to snub you, and they're feeling as bad about it as you -- maybe even worse! Try not to let it get you too down. There's always another day, doll.

The Archer (June 11 - July 10)
This week you are utterly irresistible. People pay ridiculous sums for the kind of magnetism that you've come by naturally! You'll learn the down side to this sought-after condition, though, when you discover that the people drawn to you for this reason only aren't so much worth your time and energy.

The Half-filled Jug (July 11 - August 10)
By the end of Tuesday, your feet just want to dance. Let 'em have their way; you'll meet a very interesting older gentleman while you're out, and it's a connection that will be very important to you in the months to come.

The Dragon (August 11 - September 10)
Friday afternoon you'll finally find that file you spent all last week looking for, and practically right under your nose. Too bad it's too late now, huh? Better luck next time, sweet pea.

The Three Balls (September 11 - October 10)
Your political stances are all thrown into question late this week when a friend asks you an innocent question and you find the answer isn't as clear in your brain as it was in your heart. Time to do some serious thinking between now and the next election.

The Dice (October 11 - November 10)
This week you have to be very careful if you don't want a heap of bad luck to fall on you. Things for you to avoid: gambling, the color red, starchy vegetables, people with three-syllable nicknames, public transit, books about aesthetic principles, scented candles. Whew. Boy am I glad I'm not Dice.

The Maze (November 11 - December 10)
Starting yesterday, your personal sense of direction is gone, baby, like those hundred lecks you bet on Serena. I highly suggest you not travel unaccompanied at any point before Thursday; at least not if you want to be punctual.

The Apple-Thief (December 11 - January 10)
Ill fare we when the trees are rent, whose friendly shelter erst was lent in sun, and wind, and rain. Ill fare we when the thunder-shocks let loose the torrents from their rocks, to sweep away the mountain-flocks and flood the standing grain.

And remember, when you watch the sun, you will not see the shade.


Edit - added player links and corrected Donstobbart's gender. Wink
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The card refers to the novel Earth pastime of Alternate Reality Games, or ARGs, in which players are drawn into a fictional story through websites, emails, faxes and phone calls.


Very post-modern.
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 		This week's Apple Thief quote is from Mary Hannay Foott's poem, The Massacre of the Bards

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 		Barrow-feld syndrome is interesting...they subjugate those who can't make descisions that are considered 'right' by the majority. It brings me back to something I've been wondering about...where are all the stupid people? They must be there somewhere; an underclass of dunces, thicko proles. If they're stupid enough maybe they don't know it. Or are they drugged into intelligence (which sounds worse than being drugged into a stupor to me)?

My typing fingers are wondering...

...what I really wanted to say was: Apple-Thief quote is The Massacre of the Bards

[edit] rendered pointless by Juxta... Rolling Eyes not my best post huh?
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Mikeyj wrote:
Or are they drugged into intelligence (which sounds worse than being drugged into a stupor to me)?


Why is that any worse than being drugged into health?
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 		Either they've all got good genes, or they're locked up in an institution somewhere.

And what about the OAP's? We havn't heard much about them...
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 		perhaps ritual suicide at 70??? Very Happy
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And what about the OAP's? We havn't heard much about them...


You hear quite a lot about the elderly-there always seems to be talk of octoganerians (sic?) running institutions or the elderly beating up criminals or somesuch-I wouldn't mind ending up in PPC home.
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Mikeyj wrote:
Or are they drugged into intelligence (which sounds worse than being drugged into a stupor to me)?


Why is that any worse than being drugged into health?


Faster, cleverer, stronger doesn't equal better.

[edit] the more I think about this, the more I think I'm not sure...pass the pills, I think I need chemical assistance to work this one out. Dunce
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Either they've all got good genes, or they're locked up in an institution somewhere.


Or all the people with "bad genes" got wiped out about 269 years ago.

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to avoid the genocide."
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 		Well it puts you on the way to betterness.

It's much better to be faster, stronger and cleverer than slower, weaker and thicker.
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 		Assuming alive is better than dead (why isn't that word Adead?)...at the population level any trait can be advantageous, including dumbarsity.
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 		What do you mean by 'at the population level'?
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 		Re: [UPDATE] Perplex City Sentinel 23rd January 2006
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According to the Sentinel's medical advisor, Dr. Stuart Ivanovitch, Barrow-Feld Syndrome is a degenerative brain condition that initially manifests by degrading the victim's ethical decision-making centers. As a result, the disease leaves its sufferers unable to make consistent moral choices, leading to a variety of antisocial behaviours such as theft and fraud. In its end stages, sufferers often descend through progressively severe psychosis and ultimately coma and death.



Sounds like frontal lobe lesions, rather than merely an ostensible justification for disenfranchising the "antisocial."

Quick excerpt from a professional medical text I worked on recently:

"Hypersexuality in men or women is a rare but well-documented complication of neurologic disease. It has long been believed that lesions of the orbital frontal lobes may remove moral-ethical restraints and lead to indiscriminate sexual behavior, and that superior frontal lesions may be associated with a general loss of initiative that reduces all impulsivity, including sexual."

Not that the situation isn't problematic here - just mentioning that there is a clinical pathology for such behavior. (Of course, the "establishment" - Cognivia, Defense, Council, etc - could always infect social "deviants" with rabies or what have you after the fact, to retroactively 'prove' the diagnosis and mandate the repression of undesirables.)

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 		Re: [UPDATE] Perplex City Sentinel 23rd January 2006
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Player donstobbart became the first to solve the infamous card #180, ARG!, last Friday, taking him to first place on the top of the leaderboard.


But I'm not a him!!!!!!!!! Confused

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