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[UPDATE] Sentinel - 12 June 06 - Mushroom Hero
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cassandra
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 		[UPDATE] Sentinel - 12 June 06 - Mushroom Hero
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Giant Mushroom Saves Five Lives in Woods
By JARED CHERRYWOOD

A family of five were trapped in a ravine and survived for one week by consuming an extraordinarily large mushroom they discovered. Ronald and Akasma Lankar were on an educational camping trip in the Soldiering Woods to show their three children how to survive in the wild with limited resources, and so were not even carrying keys on that fateful day. "We never dreamed that something like this could happen. ... That mushroom is the only reason we're still alive," said Ronald.

The family were rescued when another hiking group passed by the ravine and heard their cries for help. Forest rangers were able to assemble a rescue squad and retrieved the family within a few hours; the five are now resting under observation at the White Fork Hospital in Wooster. None of the family suffered serious injuries in the fall, but doctors say all five are suffering from dehydration and mild malnutrition.

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The family say they were walking along the edge of the ravine early in the afternoon on June 5, when the trail gave way and all five down the rocky precipice. Park rangers say that the path may have been weakened by last year's heavy rainfall. The family had left all of their gear back at their camping site, and were unable to climb back up to safety. Later that evening, Roland Lankar, 14, discovered the life-saving mushroom: a whiterock variety over 20 inches in diameter, the family say.

"I wish I had photographs of the mushroom before we began to eat it," said Roland. "I've certainly never seen the like before, and I doubt I ever will again. ... Who even knew they could grow as large as all that?"

The family also drank water from the small stream that runs at the bottom of the ravine and sheltered in a makeshift hut of pine boughs. "It looks like our educational trip was much more realistic than we would ever have planned," said Akasma.

Stella Lankar, 11, said that she is very grateful to be rescued. "I'm glad we found that mushroom and all," she said, "but I'd really like to eat something different now. I'm not sure I'll ever be able to look at a mushroom ever again."


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Calm Before the Storm
By KATE BREWSTER

The reigning leaderboard champions face disarray tomorrow as the winners of Mind Candy's Video Competition will be announced and a slew of bonus points awarded to various competitors. It is shaping up to be a decisive and disruptive moment, shattering the calm that traditionally descends upon the board's upper echelons following the completion of a wave.

PCAG statistician, Samara Jones, explains the numbers: "The current setup is straightforward -- the board is dominated by an elite of power-puzzlers who've solved every card yet released, and collectively account for the top fifty board positions. Furthermore, five among these, including such luminaries as MikeyJ and Oliverkeers13, have risen slightly above the riffraff by virtue of bonus points earned through live events and writing for the Sentinel.

So a thirty point bonus for someone just short of the top spot -- like the enigmatic Foxy Lady -- would rocket them from 51st place to the top five. It's definitely going to shake things up."

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Outside of the spotlight, the solving action continues apace, with 352,000 points earned in the last week alone. Notable new players include RamRockEdFirst, who joined as this article was being written. While he lacks points, his personal motto is "The Hammer Fixes Everything, And What It Doesn't Fix, It Breaks," aptly illustrating the determination and hard-headedness required of a modern puzzle champion. Topping our weekly leaderboard are victorslaymaker with 109 solves in 4 days, and Butterat, with 73 cards already cracked.

CMF obliterates the competition among this month's new players, having accrued an astounding 8562 points in just 16 days. If only he'd made a video!

Check back next week for the latest updates on all the leaderboard action!


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# Perdido Shops Burgled
# Crispy Heaven CEO Resigns
# Council Blasts Finlay


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Futures
By Madame Bianca, for the week of June 12

The Wave (May 11 - June 10)
An unexpected heat wave leaves you wilting like a delicate spring lettuce. Others are in the same pickle. Carry a spray bottle of water with you, and spread some joy by misting strangers in the street. It will be welcome.

The Archer (June 11 - July 10)
Thursday you will require emergency dental work. Honestly, muffin, most people learn not to take risks like that by the time they're seven years old. You should seriously consider a somewhat more adult lifestyle.

The Half-filled Jug (July 11 - August 10)
Be careful not to misrepresent yourself during that important meeting on Friday. It's understandable that you don't want to appear contrary, but you also don't want to leave anybody with the idea that you really adore blueberry wine when you can't stand it, or you may find yourself having to fake enjoying cases of it in the near future.

The Dragon (August 11 - September 10)
Unburdening yourself to those close to you should leave you with a bit of a spring in your step, but it manages not to. Why don't you get a new hairstyle, pumpkin? You're long due for a makeover, you know, and your split ends are just horrifying.

The Three Balls (September 11 - October 10)
A new love interest walks into your life, and then, much like a ray of sunshine in Allerdun, is quickly extinguished. If you want to keep a spark going, you need to put in some effort to appear, you know, engaged with modern culture and all that.

The Dice (October 11 - November 10)
The winning of a much-vaunted prize leaves you with nothing but tedious and undesirable commitments on your personal time. Strongly consider being strung up in a bag of mongeese before you let it happen again.

The Maze (November 11 - December 10)
That cousin of yours who hero-worships you for some benighted reason or other is about to get a boost when a series of unbelievable coincidences leaves you looking particularly clever. Lucky for you that you're so, well, lucky, isn't it?

The Apple-Thief (December 11 - January 10)
Oh forlorn kitty with its soft paws, with its kind legs, with its warm heart. It has caressed the entire earth. What thorns have pricked its paws, what kicks on its back, what stones at its head?

The Hand (January 11 - February 10)
Your slight elevated temperature is not the sign of a medical condition so much as that you really need to get more exercise, duckling. Putting out that minimal level of effort just shouldn't do that to a person in good condition.

The Baby (February 11 - March 10)
That on-again off-again relationship of yours is going very, very off again just when you thought it might be going on pretty well. You'd save yourself years of angst and bad poetry if you'd only let it go now. Not that you will, mind you.

The Eagle (March 11 - April 10)
Your awful day will be turned around when a stranger mists your overheated face while you wait for your train. Isn't it nice to know that there are people out there working for the benefit of others?

The Spider (April 11 - May 10)
Looks like your lot in life is improving in leaps and bounds. Optimistic and enthusiastic? Great! You'll need all of that positive energy to carry you through the long, dark plateau ahead.

And remember, doubt is the key to knowledge.


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 		Looks like this week's Apple Thief has been looting from "The Lost Persian Cat" by Mo Jamal.
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 		So long top spot...it's been nice Rolling Eyes
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 		notice fFinlay's political stanidng is fFaltering. Previously we had "fFinlay Denials Continue" and now it's "Council Blasts fFinlay" .. I don't think the boy wioll be doing very well at all this election year. And really, serves him right fFor running an utter smear campaign against Camryn Scott.

I do wonder why the Crispy Heaven CEO Resigned. At a glance, because of that whole fFood poisoning affair. But really, that was well unto 2 years ago, and reportedly sales have skyrocketed since then.
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 		The mushroom must be the perplexian equivelent of a puffball mushroom Never found one that big myself, the ones I have found have been under 10 inches. Very interesting fungus however.
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 		Dude. One word. Giant. Mushroom.

Like, wow.

Trippy.


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Juxta wrote:
Trippy.


Exactly.

They tripped and fell down the ravine.

What? Why are you all looking at me like that?

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Juxta wrote:
Dude. One word. Giant. Mushroom.


That's two words.

e_nygma wrote:
What? Why are you all looking at me like that?


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GasparLewis wrote:
That's two words.


That's three words.
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thalamus
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European Chris wrote:
GasparLewis wrote:
That's two words.


That's three words.


that is one word.

...and it's one of those ones that looks weirder every time you look at it.

that.

that.

that...

see ?

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 		strictly speaking that's two words, or to be ultra pedantic it's a contraction of two words being "that" and "is". Shocked
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ALISDAIRPARK wrote:
strictly speaking that's two words, or to be ultra pedantic it's a contraction of two words being "that" and "is". :shock:


that's is two words, but that is one word. innit ?

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"It looks like our educational trip was much more realistic than we would ever have planned," said Akasma.


The influence of mushrooms seems to be pervading this thread. I vaguely remember having similarly pointless discussions at some point over the last weekend. Rolling Eyes
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 		Mushrooms make me constipated.

No wonder they were glad to leave.
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Madame Bianca wrote:
And remember, doubt is the key to knowledge.

Ah, but is it? I think I understand. But do I really think I understand?

p.s. Are puffball mushrooms edible?

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