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"pages": [
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"Habitat Weekly Rant Volume 1, number 1" +
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" Monday, pub date here, 1986 A.C. " +
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" " +
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" EDITORIAL -- WELCOME! " +
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"Welcome to Habitat! We're sure you're " +
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"going to have a terrific time! This is " +
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"the very first edition of the 'Weekly " +
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"Rant', the Habitat newspaper. The Rant " +
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"is your official source for the most " +
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"up-to-date news and information about " +
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"the Habitat world. Here you will find " +
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"the latest pronouncements from the " +
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"Oracle, notices of important changes to " +
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"the world as they happen, and a timely " +
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"accounting of the Avatars and events " +
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"that shape our lives.",
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" THINGS TO DO IN HABITAT " +
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" " +
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"Congratulations! You're one of the " +
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"Habitat pioneers. When you get done " +
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"wandering around your Turf, picking " +
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"things up and putting them away again, " +
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"changing the color of your furniture, " +
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"fiddling with the lights, and generally " +
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"learning how things work, you're " +
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"probably going to ask yourself, 'So, " +
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"what do I do here?' " +
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" " +
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"A good way to start getting yourself " +
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"oriented is to learn how to use the " +
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"TelePort network. In order to TelePort " +
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"you'll need cash, so you'll have to find",
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"a Bank and learn to use the Automatic " +
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"Token Machine. To find a Bank you'll " +
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"need to find the business district, " +
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"which'll get you out exploring the " +
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"world. Be sure to take note of your " +
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"street address the first time you step " +
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"out front of your house -- you'll want " +
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"to be able to find your way back! Visit" +
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"the shops downtown. Head on down to the" +
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"Oracle and see who's hanging out. Be " +
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"friendly! And keep your eye out for " +
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"clues. Even though the world is just " +
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"getting started, there's already a few " +
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"adventures awaiting you!",
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" AMULET OF SALESH STILL MISSING! " +
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" " +
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"Today, the thieves in the now famous " +
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"'Great Amulet Caper' were found guilty " +
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"of Grand Theft Magic, and sentenced to 5" +
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"years in The Void. In pronouncing the " +
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"sentence to a hushed, packed courtroom, " +
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"Judge Themonioli was solemn. 'Zap'em " +
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"'til they glow!' he said, 'let the " +
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"Oracle sort'em out! Next case!' " +
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" " +
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"The story began last week when the Great" +
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"Amulet of Wonderous Worth was stolen " +
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"from the Back-Forty home of Habitat's " +
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"resident Not-So-Wise-Man, Dada Salesh.",
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"Salesh, a powerful but clumsy wizard, " +
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"tried to retrieve the valuable trinket " +
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"with a homing-return spell, but his " +
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"attempt backfired. Instead of " +
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"recovering the stolen property, Salesh " +
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"accidentally Ported the thieves " +
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"themselves to his house. Although this " +
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"resulted in the thieves' immediate " +
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"capture, the Amulet is still missing. " +
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" " +
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"All attempts by officials to extract " +
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"information from the evil-doers have " +
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"been in vain. It is feared that the " +
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"Amulet may remain forever lost.",
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"----------------------------------------" +
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"A little knowledge is a dangerous thing." +
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" " +
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" Why live dangerously? " +
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" " +
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"A public service announcement from the " +
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"Populopolis Public Library, Oracle Plaza" +
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"----------------------------------------" +
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"The Weekly Rant is published every " +
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"Monday by the Rant'n'Rave Free Press " +
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"Propaganda Publishing Co., Ltd., " +
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"Populopolis. Mail article submissions, " +
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"paid advertisements, letters to the " +
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"editor and anonymous threats to 'WEEKLY " +
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"RANT'. Editor: Nonfoon. Publisher: " +
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"Foonswargle."]
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}
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