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[Silentz]

[Bidvision]

The picture of the doctor from the Mental Health bit is still there if you print the page with the text on, could it be that?

EDIT: I wasn't fast enough there.

[jegger]

[IcedMetal]

Ah, damn!

Oh, wait...so it's not strictly trout then if this guy's picture is hidden twice in Joop's corner: Once interlaced with Joop's image and the 'scribbles', and then again where I have just pointed it out?

So who the hell is this guy??

[phil16]

Re: [INFO] Clickable on MFI page

[IcedMetal]

WILD speculation here but on the Hanso Mission Statement page, at the bottom we have all the project logos, and beneath that they are listed, as if for copyright purposes. However the MHA doesn't appear on said list. Not sure about the significance of that but is it possible that the letters in the logo's make up an anagram?

Perhaps the significance is that the MHA should not be used in the solving of the anagram??

[phil16]

Way off topic here but i just noticed something: is it just me or is the off-screen voice in the tv ad one of the two LOST executives doing the official ABC podcasts? (Damon Lindelof or Carlton Cuse)?

Sorry but i just noticed it going back to thehansofoundation.org for the 50th time today ...

[terminalskeptik]

has anyone successfully subscribed to the RSS feed? When I click it, it get a curious error message:

XML Parsing Error: undefined entity
Location: http://wwww.thehansofoundation.org/feed/thehansofoundation.xml
Line Number 17, Column 26:<title>Joop the Orangutan&rsquo;s 105th birthday</title>
-------------------------^

and the source reveals this:

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<rss version="2.0" >

<channel>

<title>The Hanso Foundation</title>
<description>The Hanso Foundation</description>
<link>http://www.thehansofoundation.org</link>

<item>
<title>thehansofoundation.org relaunches</title>
<description>The Hanso Foundation stands at the vanguard of social and scientific research for the advancement of the human race. www.thehansofoundation.org re-launches with a new look. Sign up to the newsletter if you want to get updates.</description>

<link>http://www.thehansofoundation.org</link>
</item>

<item>
<title>Joop the Orangutan&rsquo;s 105th birthday</title>
<description>The Hanso Foundation Life-Extension Project celebrated a milestone in the 105th birthday of experimental subject 626. Experimental subject 626, known to Hanso Life Extension project researchers as &ldquo;Joop,&rdquo; is an orangutan originally harvested by British explorers in the early 1900s</description>
<link>http://www.thehansofoundation.org</link>
</item>

</channel>
</rss>

Also, that has to be Carlton Cuse doing the voiceover

[chippy]

ok, heres a bit of stretchfantastic spec
missing organs = Orangutan (Joop) Joop is kidnapped or
the brain is also an organ, Joop's brain is Persephone and/or Joop the ape is missing?

[IcedMetal]

www.garytroup.net (From the US thread)

Takes you to another book called 'The Valenzetti Equation'.

Googling this brings you:
http://www.valenzettifoundation.org/index.html

Could be unrelated but the link to 'Life Extension' makes me think not...

EDIT: Ok, definitely related. The sponsors page mentions Widmore and a Global paradigms Corp, who mention as one of their clients, none other than...Hanso Foundation!

This is awesome.

[curiouswife]

Hello everyone, just logging on and catching up.

Glad its slowed down a little here - watched the show, decided it was midnight and I had to be up at 6, so went to bed and didn't phone until 8am - and the line was already closed!

Work permitting I'll try to get ahead on this instead of lagging behind!

[curiouswife]

[konamouse]

At the bottom of the page he has the standard disclaimer of "not affiliated with"....ABC, ABC.Go, etc.

Here is the registration info on the page.

Domain ID:D119507177-LROR
Domain Name:VALENZETTIFOUNDATION.ORG
Created On:31-Mar-2006 08:03:39 UTC
Expiration Date:31-Mar-2007 08:03:39 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:New Dream Network, LLC (R173-LROR)
Status:TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Registrant ID:ndn-190034
Registrant Name:Gavin Doughtie
Registrant Organization:Gavin Doughtie
Registrant Street1:825 N. Wilson
Registrant Street2:
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:Pasadena
Registrant State/Province:CA
Registrant Postal Code:91104
Registrant Country:US
Registrant Phone:+1.6266444286
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:
Registrant FAX Ext.:
Registrant Email:gavin@doughtie.com
Admin ID:ndn-190034
Admin Name:Gavin Doughtie
Admin Organization:Gavin Doughtie
Admin Street1:825 N. Wilson
Admin Street2:
Admin Street3:
Admin City:Pasadena
Admin State/Province:CA
Admin Postal Code:91104
Admin Country:US
Admin Phone:+1.6266444286
Admin Phone Ext.:
Admin FAX:
Admin FAX Ext.:
Admin Email:gavin@doughtie.com
Tech ID:ndn-190034
Tech Name:Gavin Doughtie
Tech Organization:Gavin Doughtie
Tech Street1:825 N. Wilson
Tech Street2:
Tech Street3:
Tech City:Pasadena
Tech State/Province:CA
Tech Postal Code:91104
Tech Country:US
Tech Phone:+1.6266444286
Tech Phone Ext.:
Tech FAX:
Tech FAX Ext.:
Tech Email:gavin@doughtie.com
Name Server:NS1.DREAMHOST.COM
Name Server:NS2.DREAMHOST.COM
Name Server:NS3.DREAMHOST.COM

[macnbc]

Hmm.. I looked up Mr. Gavin Doughtie through his website.. he doesn't seem to be an in-game character, never references this site or LOST as far as I can tell.

[phil16]

Not sure if garytroup.net is part of the ARG though..it's not really stealth enough - on the bottom of the page it says that "the author itself is a fictional character" and the Terms of Use link back to a disney site.

I'm kinda new to this but is seems a bit too "unreal" for an ARG doesn't it?