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blessedSophia
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 		The Brinkvale page is really meaty. It seems that the place is big on "Experimental" treatments. A few key quotes from the bio pages:

From the bio for Chief Administrator Theodore Peterson:
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...many of his efforts center on helping staff understand what that history should mean to them and how they can continue Brinkvale's legacy in the modern day. A key aspect in this process is ensuring that staff never lower their vision to ponder only abstract versions of right and wrong.


Violet Bancroft:
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eventually decided that she would be better served by practicing in a hospital that was more receptive to the type of care to which she was committed.


And by far the best:
Quote:
Pendleton is appreciative of the open atmosphere cultivated by Brinkvale administrators, and he is glad that, as part of this openness, he suspects that the will not be reading the text on these pages too closely. In fact, it is professional opinion that, as long as he couches his words in neutral, professional-sounding language, he can say just about anything he wants. If that is indeed the case, then he feels that perhaps the most important fact he can share with the world is that the professional façade of this webpage bears approximately the same relationship to reality as does the appearance of abusive parents and children when they are outside of their homes. If you were to speak to an abused child or spouse and asked them how their family was doing, they would likely say "fine," even if they had recently suffered abuse. That is the same as this place. This website acts like everything is wonderful and fine, but underneath the surface is not fine. You cannot imagine what is happening in the places you do not see. And if you are still reading this, congratulations—to you, for reading this far, and to me, for keeping this text posted as long as I have.


And finally, this thread in the forum jumped out at me:
http://www.thinkthebrink.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5

PostPosted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 11:31 am
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againstreet
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 		it looks like it already "started" a few months ago: http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=27028

this might just be noninteractive backstory, however

PostPosted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 5:19 pm
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sarai
Kilroy

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 		Business Card
Anyone going to GDC?
PixelVixen707 says she is leaving business cards at the conference and that the first ten people to send her a picture of them holding one of her cards will get something special.

http://www.pixelvixen707.com/?p=1316

Anyone here going to be there?

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notgordian
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 		No one solved the puzzle from Rachael's business cards, so she posted it on her blog. I've transcribed it as best I can:

PIX|WNFBDKYOOYVLOZZIQYLAIBWHEYV
GMVZQDIHWTBOTQKQHWGOOUQAWRDTM

http://www.pixelvixen707.com/?p=1491

60 characters long, 56 if you don't include PIX|

PostPosted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 3:46 am
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mapmaker
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notgordian wrote:
No one solved the puzzle from Rachael's business cards, so she posted it on her blog. I've transcribed it as best I can:

PIX|WNFBDKYOOYVLOZZIQYLAIBWHEYV
GMVZQDIHWTBOTQKQHWGOOUQAWRDTM

http://www.pixelvixen707.com/?p=1491

60 characters long, 56 if you don't include PIX|

I mentioned this to Michael, but someone came into #unfiction today (er, the 13th, I guess) and asked about this. I'd looked at it before, but gave it another glance, and figured out that it was Enigma; note the equivoque of "enigmatic" and the sly bit about previous solvers having trouble until they found a decoder.

Anyway, you use PIX as the ring settings with the simple 1-2-3 rings with no Steckers. The transcription above is a little off; I've corrected it, and it and the solution are:
Code:
WNFBDKYOOYVLCZZIQYLAIBWHEYVGMVZQDIHWTBCTQKQHWGDOUQAWRDTM
SPAWNEDBEHINDANARCADERAISEDONQUARTERSCORRUPTINGYOURYOUNG

or "spawned behind an arcade, raised on quarters, corrupting your young".

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notgordian
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 		New puzzle of sorts added to the Pixelvixen707 site: Rachael made a bet with her father over who can find a particular arcade game from her childhood first.

http://www.pixelvixen707.com/?p=1690

People quickly figured out that it's a Mr. Do! game from the description. The new challenge is to find out where the specific unit of the game that was at Balthazar's Hot Beef Hut in Sacramento went.

When I pointed Rachael to the Video Arcade Preservation Society as a resource to trace arcade units (two collectors that own original units in California in particular) , she let me know that the loser of the bet has to get a tattoo: in Rachael's case, a tattoo reading "DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL."

Also, the updated version of the book's cover includes Zach Taylor's phone number http://jchutchins.net/site/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/pe_da1.jpg (212-629-1951)...you can access his voicemail if you know the four digit PIN.

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Rogi Ocnorb
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 		I don't remember ever seeing a Balt(h)azar's in Sac.
There were several locations for Sam's Hof Brau.
Does she remember about where it was located?
The one at 2500 Watt is going back to the old name and celebrating it's 50th anniversary on the 19th.
http://www.msa.saccounty.net/calendar/default.asp?action=view&ID=824&DN=&ParentID=6

I can't view it at work...
But is this the resource you're talking about for arcade game locations?
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notgordian
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 		OK, here are the links I shared with Rachael (although I omitted the individual profiles for people who own original units in CA b/c that's probably a little too much)

arcade-museum.com has the information on individual owners
arcades.mythric.com has information on which stores have active units

Rogi, the list you found seems to include more locations/units in CA but less information on if they still have it: it could be QUITE helpful to her.

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notgordian
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 		Updating again:

Apparently the son of the people who owned Balthazar's Hot Beef Hut (Brad Palikari) has a flickr page, so Rachael's going to try and find the arcade game through him. His parents died in a fire when the restaurant burned down in 1990.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14226860@N02/

Friends of Balthazar's Hot Beef Hut flickr group
http://www.flickr.com/groups/1110565@N23/

Can this be un-archived since the book's coming out next month and the ARGish stuff seems to be picking up?

PostPosted: Fri May 08, 2009 5:51 am
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sarai
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 		Arcade Game
Rach is asking that we look for the salvage business that cleaned up after the restaurant fire. The only info we have is that they think the owner's name is Chuck or Seth and he's in Los Angeles.

I found this used restaurant equipment business through the switchboard.com listings: http://charliesfixtures.com/contact_us.php?osCsid=991f53eab0908f0f3c489d010c6a441d

And a story about the business here: http://www.realtalkla.com/articles/show/285 and it has an interesting first line: "Everything about Charles Lao is exaggerated."

The domain has been registered since 2002, so it would appear this is an actual business, but it's the only thing I've been able to locate that comes close to matching the details they gave.

Has anyone else come up with anything?

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notgordian
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 		Next part of the puzzle: find the flaw in the logic to find where Mr. Do! went (the salvage company was found on craigslist)

http://www.pixelvixen707.com/?p=1804#content

Also, Rachael Webster is now a columnist at Suicide Girls.

http://suicidegirls.com/news/geek/23677/Hit%20Play%20with%20PixelVixen707%20Velvet%20Assassin/

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Psysop
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 		The book is going to be released next week on the 9th I think. So I started looking at this again & noticed JC has posted 5 chapters of audio prequel to the book here: http://jchutchins.net/site/personal-effects-sword-of-blood/ - gonna listen to those tonight Smile.

magnet0 wrote:
I noticed on the Brinkvale staff login that the user/pas is just begging to be found. If you chose the 'Forgot password?' link, you get the clue 'Little brother's name'.

I just checked this login out, and the Username / Pass for that is:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
UN: Zachary Taylor
PW: Lucas
Check it out if you havent already. Interesting stuff, there is about 17 pdf's and 7 tiff's. Havent checked them out yet, but cant wait for the book & this one to start Very Happy .
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Psysop
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 		From the spoiled link in the above thread
Dbl post, sorry if this is too much...
I looked at some of the docs from the login above. Lots to look at, & here's some of what I found. Everything I spoil below is pretty obvious when you peruse the docs, and it only takes about an hour of research time to come to this or a similar conclusion. I do state sites/contacts/phone numbers & spec in the attempt to piece together a working timeline of events though.

4-AppointmentCard:
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I believe "Sophronia Poole" was Will Taylor's girlfriend. I think W. Taylor is the New York District Attorney & Zach Taylor's father. I also think Sophronia was an alleged victim of Martin Grace (homicide).

"5-BrailleCard" translates to:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
I can't see
in the dark
but the dark
sees me

"6-InsuranceCard" reveals the following contact/site info:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Roland Smith:
rsmithSPLATlifeplanmedicalalliance.com | Tel: 202-263-1108
Leads to: http://lifeplanmedicalalliance.com/ ---> whois=Proxy, Created: 2009-05-21

"10-MemorialCard" leads to these two sites:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
http://taylorfamilygenealogy.org/
http://selznickandsons.com/

The above selznick Submit Query login is:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Taylor
Note: I think Ruth Taylor is Zach's grandmother. Whois for both above=Proxy, Created: 2009-01-12

ETA on:
"17-MG-FoldoutArt" -My shop skills are little to be desired so there could be much more hidden stuff in this painting. But I can see the following semi-hidden text:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
RETURN TO SENDER

[SPEC] After looking at all the docs, I have come up with the following bio's. Richard Drake:
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Worked as an interrogator for a CIA debriefing unit among other clandestine job/intelligence positions up to 1997 when he was discharged due to the Homicide of Russian prisoner Alexandrov Piotyr. Based on "1-IDCard" & "11-CIADischargeLetter" (dates of birth), Richard may be AKA: Martin Grace.

"15-BirthCertificate1F", Lucinda Libby Astorquia:
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Is 2 years younger then Richard Drake & I think she was his wife/mother of his children. Post discharge AKA: Veronica Elizabeth Grace as sighted on "16-DeathCertificate1F". Note: The DOB's do not match up by 3 days. Current status: Deceased (auto accident)

"15-BirthCertificate2F", Daniel Timothy Drake:
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Son of Richard Drake & Lucinda Astorquia. Post fathers CIA Discharge is AKA: Danny Grace (see "FamilyPhoto1"). Current status: Unknown to me.

"15-BirthCertificate3F", Jennifer Lee Drake:
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Richard Drake & Lucinda Astorquia's daughter. DOB matches up with "16-DeathCertificate2F", so I assume post fathers discharge AKA: Jane Lynn Grace. Current status: Deceased with mother as Dates of Birth & Death match up.

Unknown from "19-DeathConfirm-Note":
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Looks like one of Drakes operative buddies is confirming the CIA found the body of Alexandrov Piotyr & they covered it up (see "DeadBody-Photo1" / "DeadBody-Photo2"). Leading to this quote from "11-CIADischargeLetter" that supports the AKA's I stated above:
"As per procedure with compromised agents of Drake's expertise,
CIA is relocating and establishing new IDs for Drake and his wife and two children."

End Note: Based on the following quote, Remote viewing may be how Martin Grace see's or interacts with some of the homicides he is accused of:
"6. Drake participated in Operation Stargate, a CIA remote-viewing/precognition test program
from 1987-1988."
[/SPEC]

ETA2:
Two files just uploaded to the "Police Reports" file at Brinkvale staff login. Note: The Memo to D.A. Will Taylor is from "Jennifer de Luca". I think She may be related to "D.A. George De Luca" from this NYJournal-Ledger article (6th paragraph).
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enaxor
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Psysop wrote:
ETA on:
"17-MG-FoldoutArt" -My shop skills are little to be desired so there could be much more hidden stuff in this painting. But I can see the following semi-hidden text...


By folding the painting to reveal the "Return To Sender" message, I"m not sure, but I think it also reveals a map or route to somewhere.
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Psysop
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 		@enaxor: When overlayed/folded, Your talking about how the red lines match up & end at that big black dot right? If so, I agree that that looks like its on purpose hehehe.
It actually strongly reminds me of the area I mapped in the following side by side shot. Note: The end address I mapped is around the Address of "Sophronia Poole" from "4-AppointmentCard":
56 Imperial Drive, Suite 207
New York, NY 11784

-The map comparison is total speculation as I have no idea really, but like I said, it looks very similar (bodies of water have some of the same details as well), but Dunno
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