news feed; Monday, September 5th, 2011
Monday, September 5th, 2011
Weather Sunny and warm, not a cloud in the sky! High 31°C and a low of 17°C (88deg;F/63°F)
Current Moon Phase: First Quarter
Morning sirens will go off at 6:39 am, and evening sirens will go off at 7:43 pm.
Today is Labour Day, which marks the end of the summer season. Many businesses and public buildings will be closed. It is an excellent day for park or beachside picnics, the fairgrounds is expected to be packed, and a small parade will process from Turner Stop Station to the Underground Mall at 2pm.
Ditching the Deadbeat Downloaded Dad?
In a radical case that might be bringing up new needs for regulations and laws, a local woman is trying to get full custody of her twelve year old son, attempting to remove the father from guardianship of the child.
Why?
Because Richard Patterson is trapped in his computer.
Yes, since last month, Mr Patterson, a technopath and virtual programmer of SERO has had his mind trapped inside of his home computer. The house is wired in every room to allow for his work, and he seems to be able to travel through the network well enough, so the past month has been more inconvenient than anything up until this recent development.
Patterson has been up to date with both child support and visitation, and had informed health and welfare when the situation occurred to see if there were any regulations about his caring for the child until the matter had been settled.
At the time and as of now there is no law in place that would say he could not maintain partial custody of his son and continue to be the sole caretaker most weekends, but the former Mrs. Patterson, now once again Ms. Moore, claims fear for her child's safety and wellbeing.
"The reason we divorced in the first place was his unhealthy attachment to the virtual world," Said Ms. Moore, citing her ex-husband's routine for virtual lovers or cybering with other technopaths as the cause for her divorce as well as a habit for building ridiculously intricate online lives that seemed more important than anything in the real world. "If he can't get himself out of there, I can only assume he wants to stay there. He can be in several places at once, and one day he will simply forget that watching and caring for Noah is one of the places he needs to be. I didn't say anything while he still had some grounding here, but one day he'll just be off in the network for eternity and Noah will be left to fend for himself."
Ms. Moore also says that due to her son's recent signs of technopathy himself, she doesn't want him to get the idea that this is a reasonable course.
"I've spent my share of time in the network as well, but the real world has to be your focus and he's going to completely lose sight of that one of these days."
Experts are being called in for the case to see if she can even bring the situation to the courts, but mostly there seems to be a push from SERO to try and get him out of the system due to sheer publicity on the matter, and the fact that he's been stuck there for a month even with their help.
Other News
- There is a brief article regarding the disruptive arrival of a newcomer yesterday. Witness report sighting a large, black-winged dragon, who is assumed responsible for temporarily removing all natural and artificial light from within a 5-block radius close to the baseball diamond for part of the afternoon. By the time this beast unleashed its magic, voids were out of sight range and could only continue to guard their posts on the diamond.
The city has posted additional security at the Core site to monitor arrivals more closely for public safety, as well as Darkness Decay Effect specialists to determine if there is any lasting effects from the spell affecting the area after siren, since outdoor areas where sunlight is not allowed to touch, like shady alleyways, seem to attract more creatures by night.
The dragon remains at large, and the newcomer greeters maintain that they will effort to be in contact with it. The Redford Natural History Museum also notes that from witness reports, this dragon bears little physical resemblance to the one that died in a scrap with the darkness last spring.
- Hobo stops Begging, Demands Change.
A picture shows a old man, dirty and grimy, clearly homeless, standing in front of the camera with a sign that says "Change Now." It's not a sign asking for money, however. It's part of a protest against the unfair treatment of the homeless in the area, including the disaster “relief” immediately following the earthquake. Last week when approached by SERO white coats, offering to shelter him in exchange for participation in a sleep study. When they didn’t appear to accept his refusal, ushering him forcibly to their vehicle, Patches McGee, a local bum in the industrial district, decided he has had enough.
"I've watched too many of my friends get taken away. Family. We ain’t blood, but we're all we have. They think they can be pushy with us ‘cause we’ve got nothin’. And the governor doesn't want to do anything to fix things, so why can't we?" Patches, who displays the ability to produce metal projectiles from his hands, has put out a full warning to SERO. "The next time I see them vans in the slums, there will be hell to pay." Law enforcement hasn't had anything to say about that yet, but Patches might find Big Change for the slums of the Port.
- Death on the Tracks
The body of a man found by the subway tracks near Club 24 shortly before Siren yesterday evening has been tentatively named as Warren Irving, an AGI-affiliated worker in the entertainment sector. Dental records and the contents of his wallet were primarily used in identification as the man’s face had been removed, as well as both of his arms. Remains of said limbs were found ground into the tracks over a stretch of subway between Freemont and Crossroads. His NV has yet to be located, although due to the large sum of money left in his wallet and the unusually violent nature of his death police are not treating this as a robbery."
----------
[ News Notification Thread]
Weather Sunny and warm, not a cloud in the sky! High 31°C and a low of 17°C (88deg;F/63°F)
Current Moon Phase: First Quarter
Morning sirens will go off at 6:39 am, and evening sirens will go off at 7:43 pm.
Today is Labour Day, which marks the end of the summer season. Many businesses and public buildings will be closed. It is an excellent day for park or beachside picnics, the fairgrounds is expected to be packed, and a small parade will process from Turner Stop Station to the Underground Mall at 2pm.
Ditching the Deadbeat Downloaded Dad?
In a radical case that might be bringing up new needs for regulations and laws, a local woman is trying to get full custody of her twelve year old son, attempting to remove the father from guardianship of the child.
Why?
Because Richard Patterson is trapped in his computer.
Yes, since last month, Mr Patterson, a technopath and virtual programmer of SERO has had his mind trapped inside of his home computer. The house is wired in every room to allow for his work, and he seems to be able to travel through the network well enough, so the past month has been more inconvenient than anything up until this recent development.
Patterson has been up to date with both child support and visitation, and had informed health and welfare when the situation occurred to see if there were any regulations about his caring for the child until the matter had been settled.
At the time and as of now there is no law in place that would say he could not maintain partial custody of his son and continue to be the sole caretaker most weekends, but the former Mrs. Patterson, now once again Ms. Moore, claims fear for her child's safety and wellbeing.
"The reason we divorced in the first place was his unhealthy attachment to the virtual world," Said Ms. Moore, citing her ex-husband's routine for virtual lovers or cybering with other technopaths as the cause for her divorce as well as a habit for building ridiculously intricate online lives that seemed more important than anything in the real world. "If he can't get himself out of there, I can only assume he wants to stay there. He can be in several places at once, and one day he will simply forget that watching and caring for Noah is one of the places he needs to be. I didn't say anything while he still had some grounding here, but one day he'll just be off in the network for eternity and Noah will be left to fend for himself."
Ms. Moore also says that due to her son's recent signs of technopathy himself, she doesn't want him to get the idea that this is a reasonable course.
"I've spent my share of time in the network as well, but the real world has to be your focus and he's going to completely lose sight of that one of these days."
Experts are being called in for the case to see if she can even bring the situation to the courts, but mostly there seems to be a push from SERO to try and get him out of the system due to sheer publicity on the matter, and the fact that he's been stuck there for a month even with their help.
Other News
- There is a brief article regarding the disruptive arrival of a newcomer yesterday. Witness report sighting a large, black-winged dragon, who is assumed responsible for temporarily removing all natural and artificial light from within a 5-block radius close to the baseball diamond for part of the afternoon. By the time this beast unleashed its magic, voids were out of sight range and could only continue to guard their posts on the diamond.
The city has posted additional security at the Core site to monitor arrivals more closely for public safety, as well as Darkness Decay Effect specialists to determine if there is any lasting effects from the spell affecting the area after siren, since outdoor areas where sunlight is not allowed to touch, like shady alleyways, seem to attract more creatures by night.
The dragon remains at large, and the newcomer greeters maintain that they will effort to be in contact with it. The Redford Natural History Museum also notes that from witness reports, this dragon bears little physical resemblance to the one that died in a scrap with the darkness last spring.
- Hobo stops Begging, Demands Change.
A picture shows a old man, dirty and grimy, clearly homeless, standing in front of the camera with a sign that says "Change Now." It's not a sign asking for money, however. It's part of a protest against the unfair treatment of the homeless in the area, including the disaster “relief” immediately following the earthquake. Last week when approached by SERO white coats, offering to shelter him in exchange for participation in a sleep study. When they didn’t appear to accept his refusal, ushering him forcibly to their vehicle, Patches McGee, a local bum in the industrial district, decided he has had enough.
"I've watched too many of my friends get taken away. Family. We ain’t blood, but we're all we have. They think they can be pushy with us ‘cause we’ve got nothin’. And the governor doesn't want to do anything to fix things, so why can't we?" Patches, who displays the ability to produce metal projectiles from his hands, has put out a full warning to SERO. "The next time I see them vans in the slums, there will be hell to pay." Law enforcement hasn't had anything to say about that yet, but Patches might find Big Change for the slums of the Port.
- Death on the Tracks
The body of a man found by the subway tracks near Club 24 shortly before Siren yesterday evening has been tentatively named as Warren Irving, an AGI-affiliated worker in the entertainment sector. Dental records and the contents of his wallet were primarily used in identification as the man’s face had been removed, as well as both of his arms. Remains of said limbs were found ground into the tracks over a stretch of subway between Freemont and Crossroads. His NV has yet to be located, although due to the large sum of money left in his wallet and the unusually violent nature of his death police are not treating this as a robbery."
----------
[ News Notification Thread]