news feed; Thursday, May 10th 2012

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Thursday, May 10th 2012

Weather Early morning frost. Sunny with cloudy periods. High 13°C and a low of 3°C (55deg;F/37°F)

Current Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous

Morning sirens go off at 5:38am, and evening sirens are at 8:39pm.


News & Advertisements

- WARNING: FIRE EXTINGUISHER RECALL By order of the Siren’s Port Fire Department Chief, all Class A, B & F handheld dry chemical extinguishers filled between 1/12 and 3/12 of this year must be turned in immediately. SERO CHEMICAL, responsible for filing these canisters, has found the foam chemical within these to be defective and tainted with highly flammable contents. Corporate sabotage is suspected, undergoing immediate investigation. If you have any questions, please contact your local SPFD Firehouse.

- FOUND PET?: Orange Tabby Cat with two acid-spitting heads and a scorpion tail. Name on the collar's tag is "Snookums". May have been left out after darkness? Bringing him to Caregood Pound because I need to go to the ER. Good luck.

- LOOKING FOR LOVE: Of any sex, body type, or age. Respondents must ideally be energetic, have a sense of humor, and willing to accept tentacles. Maybe a McKinley aquarium date, or a nice night out at The Grey Line? Contact Lagella NV #93-4491

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[directorestheim]

[The video's panning in a darkened room filled with the slight glows and hums of electronics, none of which look like what can be found around the Port anymore. In fact, at the edge of the screen, rather than a computer and keyboard, there looks to be a completely holographic interface and screen displaying words that didn't look like English at all.

The camera is set firmly in front of what looked like a cleared desk.]

I'm looking for materials... minerals, ores, chemicals, and the such; that people might have brought with them to the Port either by accident or might now be trash to them.

Particularly, my search is for a specific ore that can do this--

[As a demonstration, a coin is tossed at the table. Rather than hitting the surface and clattering around, though, it bounces just the slightest in midair several inches off the surface of the desk, its decent slowing noticeably until it comes to a gentle rest on top of the table without so much as a sound.]

--without allowing the object to fall. [And in before someone suggests giant magnets.] Also without detrimental effect to devices that it may be used within.

I'm uncertain whether such a thing exists here, but... [But two months of being a busy bee and he's barely been able to recreate some computers, devices, and a prototype of a weak anti-grav safety net? Not good enough.] If there is anything that you have seen around the Port that seems strange or unusual technologically, please let me know.