Hello, welcome to Soloid Mirror. I'm your hostess, Betty St. LeVoe. Baby is a cold outside of day, which is one of the reasons why I wear a hat. But here on Soloid Mirror, we're once again going to Sunny LA. This is part three of our City of Angels series. It's here at Soloid Mirror. So today we're going to start off with the hauntingly beautiful Chinatown, written by Robert Town, produced by Bob Evans and directed by Roman Polanski. And of course, if you've seen the movie, know that it's Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, James Hong, Bruce Glover, Crispin Glover's father, John Hillerman, who even though he played the Butler there whatever on Magnum PI, back in the day with the British accent, he's actually from Arkansas. And some other people will mention, including our director, who did a Hitchcock turn in the movie. Okay, so I showed Duxbury Posse this movie years ago and they hated it, like hated it, because it wasn't just the ending. It was, it's a pretty gritty movie. And this is a side of LA that, as we've seen in our other movies that we've watched, Concern City of Angels, the movies consist of power, greed, the seedy underside, and just survival stuff. And this movie has all of that and more. So Jack Nicholson plays J.J. Gittis.  After tailing the man for a day or two, he happens to be the water commissioner of LA, he goes into the office and an inappropriate moment for him is introduced to the real Mrs. Evelyn Mulray. The first Mrs. Mulray is played by Diane Ladd, who I have a soft spot for. And the second real Mrs. Mulray is played by Faye Dunnway, who gives, of course, a stunning over-the-top performance. All right, so let's start off with how this movie was made and its conception. So basically, Robert Towne, who has done plots like this before he's an excellent, excellent scriptwriter, he'd grown up in the City of Angels. And he read a book called Southern California Country, An Island on the Land by Casey McWilliams. And he said that the book changed his life. And he started to look at LA in a different way, not just as his hometown, but in discovering the history, he discovered a lot about himself, the city, and that he knew that he wanted to write about it one day and make a movie about it. So, pardon Parcel, with this is that a Hungarian vice cop explained to him that because of the many dialects and gangs in Chinatown, the LAPD didn't know if they were helping or hindering those who asked or who did not ask for help. And one of the best quotes in this movie is, you may think you know what you're dealing with, but believe me, you don't. So, as I was watching this movie, I've been watching it, I don't look at it as an innocent 30-something, wow, great mystery movie. Now I look at it 20 years later as it's chilling. And this movie sort of isn't for the scrimmage, but it's still great entertainment. But it does view the City of Angels in a totally different way. The component is history here. So, some of the characters, the water commissioner as a good heart is a combination, historically speaking, of both the good and bad parts of water and power back then. And then the big bad guy who's played by one of the city elders is a combination of the combined who made the desert happen so that the city could survive. So, it's a pretty intense plot. Now, Mr. Towne wrote this movie with Jack in mind. They were all friends who were hanging out then. And Roman Polanski wanted to do a project with Jack and then he found out about this, so then he was on board. And of course, Mr. Evans was friends with all of them. So, when you have a combination of these four personalities making a movie, there's that special, special magic that does not happen all the time. This movie is well respected by film historians and national archives alike. What isn't respected is Mr. JJ gets, he can't get a break. The LAPD doesn't like him because he used to work for them. And I think he was an honest cop. But if you look at, get his character, he must have done some underhanded stuff. He's sort of slimy. And then who else can he get respect by? He's not getting any respect from those rich folks who've hired him to find out what the water commissioner is up to. And there's somebody else. I can't remember, but it'll come up. So, anyway, Bob Evans was awed by Polanski's genius. If you ever watch the great movie, The Kid Stays in the Picture, it's Bob's documentary narrative about his life. And the way that he compliments Roman, they all stayed rosemary's baby together, he loved the man. He totally loved them. They had a falling out, though, after this movie was completed. And as I tried to find information on the falling out, I guess I wasn't just looking hard enough, but I can find anything anyway. They had a falling out. And I guess that happens in Hollywood too, even though you can be really good friends. So they'veverted on decision concerning the ending. So, let's talk about part of the plot. All right, so the water in LA is being the waters being diverted to towards LA, but it's also being diverted, I think, towards the ocean. And historically, what happened was the man who built the St. Francis Dam, the day that he inspected it, it blew. And it was the largest man-made disaster in the history of California. It's still the largest. So in the movie, they substitute the St. Francis Dam for Vanderlip. And then Mulray is sort of being forced by his father-in-law, Noah Cross, who's played by John Huston, who he owns Water and Power, to build the Alto Vallejo Dam, but he doesn't want to build it because the slope is one to two. Farmers won't be able to get water in a certain place. It's a very messy political situation. So as I was watching this movie, I realized that I was going to have to crash courts in the history of LA. So I sort of have to skip that part. But the famous historian Tom, let's see, I've got a couple books here that mention this. There's the, oh, Tom Anderson wrote a book called Los Angeles Plays Itself. And he relates that the time period that the movie's in 1938, all this actually happened in 1905. And in the movie, the San Fernando Valley Farmers had to sell their land cheap. In real life, it was the Owens Valley's farmers. So he tries to explain to the viewer that this is the, and I think that I've got the right author, the movie's subtext is the history of LA. And a lot of people will think, oh, this actually really did happen. It's not a documentary, but some of the facts actually did occur. So if you want to find out more in real life, please read Cadillac Desert by Mark Reisner in 1984. And they did a four part documentary on it in 1997. It's called Cadillac Desert. Please read Los Angeles Plays Itself by Tom Anderson. And that book by, I'll roll over in a minute, but that other book that I just mentioned that Mr. Tan Red. So Mollery in the movie is explaining the bedrock is faulty. The slopes are two and a half to one. He is not going to make the same mistake twice. And he gets into hot water with the powers that be because he does not want to build that dam. Okay. So then he has to deal with Noah Cross, Mr. Gettys, Jack Knookson, the detective has deals with Noah Cross, who not only owns well, water and power, he sort of owns Mr. Malway and his daughter Evelyn Malway. So as we see John Huston's performance in this movie, he is reptilian. He's amiable. And he's really, really, really, really a bad dude. He's up there top 25 villains. No problem. He makes like top five. All right. He's not a good guy, which is one of the reasons why Duxbury Posse did not like the movie. They were extremely uncomfortable watching Mr. Huston do his thing. Now, Faye Dunway, she's beautiful. This movie garnered 11 Academy Award nominations. Faye and Jack were both nominated and Mr. Towne got a best Oscar for best screenplay. Okay. So years ago, Faye Dunway, she's doing a phone conversation with George Wayne who does interviews for Vandy Faire. And Mr. Wayne stepped over. He stepped the line with Faye and she hung up on him, which George Wayne had never happened to him. This lady is not only a formidable actress, she's a formidable woman. All right. So one story I read, and I think it was my book, Flesh and Fantasy, is that it's the last shot of the movie. Faye says her lines and Roman pops her. Now, Roman is a genius, but he's troubled. And we all know he has trouble. So I'm not going to go into that. But on top of that, he's a one meter. Okay. Number one. Number two, Roman is a famous smart net. You have to do the shot this way. That way it's got to be perfect. So at one point, Faye's in a car and she has to go to the bathroom. And Roman's not going to let her go to the bathroom. And so, you know, she stays in the car. And finally, you know, he goes by the car and she throws a cup at him.  So they start to curse each other out. So not only do we have Bob Evans, Robert Town, Roman and Jack in the mix, we also have Faye, who I think gave as good as she got. And for just her performance alone, check it out. It's a little bit hammy, but I don't mind it. Now, and also check around Bonnie and Clyde and Barfly. Now, that being stated, the history of Laurel Canyon and in particular, the history of the West is painted with examples of Southerners moving from Warthorne, southern south of, you know, that part of America, to the West. And they're not going to let blacks and they certainly don't want Mexicans in. Okay. And that was especially apparent as California was getting settled. So if you check out grim prairie tales with Brad Dorough and James Earl Jones, you'll see the history of the greater West. If you read about the history of Laurel Canyon by David McGill, you'll see another history of the West. So in this part of California, Southern California, we see how we don't really see any Mexicans, but we do see Perry Lopez there play a bit in the wall of JJ Gettys. And we do see James Hong, but we don't see a lot of Chinese people except at the end. So right here and there, this is another movie that says The City of Angels, okay, that's God's racism, and it's God's misogyny, it's God's bigotry, but it was made that way. All right. So Jack Nicholson, a lot of people say that this is one of his finest performances. I'd rather watch him in Five Easy Pieces or The Terror. Now, I first watched Five Easy Pieces at Hanover High in Hayward Crew's film crick class when I was a junior. And Hayward is sort of, he's one of my film saints, but I didn't understand the movie. And I was glad to watch it when I got older. He sort of plays the same type of guy he's playing as the gum shoe in this movie.  Now, I think JJ Gettys is a jerk for different reasons, but as we see a lot of Jack's movies, only until he hit like maybe 60 did he play the romantic lead.  And believe me, in this movie, everybody else is up to something beside, not Jack. Jack's trying to solve a case, but everybody's trying to get one over on him. So I can watch this movie, and I'm not really a Jack Nicholson fan. I think he belongs to my parents' generation. But I can watch this movie without not liking his acting style, because I'm always sympathetic towards somebody who's going to get in the end. Yeah, and I also checked out a lot of his biker movies, Hell's Angels on Wheels. Jack is a little easier to take when he's younger. That's just me as a filmgoer, not when he's older. But this was pretty much for me, I would say like his last good movie until Stardom went to his head. I guess that's the best way to say it. So yeah, this movie just, it's something else. I'm so surprised that it's been 20 years later, and I don't like it as much as I did, but I do appreciate it as another creation of Mr. Robert Town. All right, okay. So this being Cellaradmire's City of Angels, I have two other movies that I want to discuss very briefly. The first one is, I don't know which one I'll do first, but I guess we're going to do, I guess I'll talk about Wonderland. This has everyone. It's got Thal Kilmer. It's got Kerry Fisher. It's got Kate Boswick. I mean, it's got everybody. It's got Eric Bogosian. It's an ensemble cast type movie. And it's about one of the most brutal murders that happened in L.A. back in Laurel Canyon. So I watched it when it came out. And for some crazy reason, I actually did think that they were going to solve the case in the movie, because the case is intriguing, but it's particularly upsetting. The people who were killed, there were four of them, they called the four on the floor. It was a brutal murder, but they're constantly depicted in the media as being bad people. And there's always another side to the story. So the movie kind of showed the seedy side of them. Number one. Number two, it sort of focused more on Thal Kilmer's character, John Holmes, who, again, we got a reference to the L.A. movie, Boogie Nights, sort of based on the same character, Mark Wahlberg, was playing in that movie. So it wasn't really satisfying. And it sort of paints them as being part of the murder entourage. So I watched it again. Thank you, Kellogg Hubbard and Scott there for getting it for me. And I'm watching it this past month. It's not that good.  The acting's a little bit too over the top. I think that's Aaron Eckhart as Brunette, I'm not sure. But at any rate, watch it at a friend's house. Don't bother to rent it. If you can catch it, if you're interested in crime, Hollywood history, that's fine. But they left it all open-ended. I mean, they didn't really finish the movie. They just did some, they flashed up what happened to them after the whole murder thing. And everybody who was connected with the case didn't get caught or indicted or tried or nothing. And I'm like me, mom, I like to see the bad guys get it in the end. So the other movie I'd like to briefly, briefly discuss is Hollywood Land. And I think we're going to wrap up City of Angels next week. So I'm going to talk about this one a little bit more than. But it has Ben Affleck, Robin Tooney. And that's so many people I can remember offhand. But it was my first Ben Affleck movie that I actually enjoyed watching him. He plays George Reeves, who was Superman back in the 40s and 50s on TV. And Reeves was killed in a mysterious accent. It happens a lot in Hollywood. So I would say, check out that movie. We're going to go more into that next week. But it was nice to see Mr. Affleck sort of, I could see him acting. He wasn't just being like a movie star, but he was acting. So check that one out. Everyone sort of knows the end of that story. So I'll probably blow the end next week. So check it out. And that's sort of like a afternoon, middle morning type, if you can catch it on TNT or something. Okay, so I think that wraps it up for me. Ms. Betty St. LeVoe. You've been watching Saloud Meir here at AUCA. I'd like to thank my crew today for helping me out with the camera and Gendron Building for its continued support. And also my first film professor, Sharon Adela Walfield-Paris, which is on your clear to taught me to appreciate and articulate my thoughts on a silver screen. Until next time, babes, stay away from those bad movies. Ciao.


My name is Nell Orschlin and I'm the Utilities Communications Coordinator for Columbia Water. And I'm here today to talk about a stream cleanup that we're doing this weekend with one of our partners, the Gills Creek Watershed Association. The cleanup is actually going to take place in Gills Creek and we're going to be meeting at the parking lot at Rosewood Crossing. And so we're going to kind of go along the stream and in different areas of the stream. So some creeks that may feed into the stream are along the creek itself. Stream cleanups are important because we remove litter and other debris that might get into our waterways that ultimately run into our three rivers. And it's also important because to me personally it's that I can watch people have a true aha moment. When you're down there in the river and you see bottles, plastic bottles, trash bags, other debris, then you can really see that it's not just conceptually that you're talking about a watershed or stormwater pollution. You can really see that everything we do on land ends up in the rivers. If anyone wants to join for the first time we always want these events to be family friendly. So even on our waiver farms we have an area for children and because there's such a diversity of access points to the river you can have one group that might be wearing tennis shoes and maybe kind of going along the rocks and then you can have some groups like me that might be wearing waders where you can really get deep into the stream. And then kind of our third level would be those that might show up in canoes or kayaks. So if you have a youth group, a scout troop, a church group, a school group that's looking for a volunteer opportunity, aside from string cleanups we have a lot of other opportunities for groups and we find that some of these environmental and specifically water volunteer opportunities are a great way for children to understand our local community and how important the three rivers are to our identity as a city. So for more information, since we're doing this in partnership with the Gills Creek Watershed Association, you can find information on Columbia Waters website on any of our social media profiles and you can also find information through the Gills Creek Watershed Association.


We're the reigning champions, we're going to defend that title, even if we have to weaken to Bernie's this thing. But not Bernie, I mean we, you know. How are you feeling about your star quarterback? He's rested, he's ready, he's got his mind on the game, definitely going to live. Our team has never been this charged up, which is why we're filing motions to dismiss and a s**t ton of appeals. Are you going to give your quarterback a chance to call audibles? I don't think it's technically notable if you don't have a plan to start with. Is he going to take questions? Absolutely, through us. It's traditional for us to do an interview before the big game.  Does that mean he's not sitting down for a one on one with us this year? What are you doing?  He won't be taking any questions personally, but he will be responding to everything we say in all caps on Twitter. Be objective, but be objective for us, okay? Can you talk about the offensive line? Which one? I can think of like a dozen offensive lines he's used in the past three days. You guys worried about the spending cap? What's the spending cap? Are you confident in his ability to execute? Yeah, yeah. Immigrants, panhandlers, it's going to get rough. Worryed about the drop in popularity? No, not a bit, not a bit. We're going to give the people what they want, t-shirts, free parking, college tuition, starter homes, surveillance. Game day, we are going to be ready to battle, which means that our fans will have weapons. Your star was looking a little shaky out there. It's not policy, not policy. It's victory jiggles, hashtag victory jiggles. Can you talk about the touch back? I'm not going to comment on an active investigation, okay? PMSNBC. Failing New York Times. Clinton News Network. You with the, you with the Chicago, but...  He's been fumbling since the Nixon administration, okay? Can we quit pretending this is something new? Your captain's had plenty of fumbles too. No, no, no, no, no. Those are not fumbles. Those are strategic drops, okay? No, sorry. He's playing chess. You're playing checkers. Chinese checkers. We see you, TikTok. Are you confident in your backup? Are you, did he drop? Are you telling me this? Is this breaking news right now? Yeah, from this point on, it's nothing but shotguns and Hail Marys. All right? That's it. That's what we do now. It's quite a coalition. Can we expect a lot more man coverage? Uh, I have been told that we are not gendering coverage anymore. Your captain brought the playbook home with him? This again? Really? Isn't it illegal? Okay, first off, when the captain does it, it's not illegal. And second, he's not much of a reader. I'll tell you this much. He's going to come out swinging, swaying, tipping. He's, his balance is bad. He's a well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory. Their guy or your guy?  A lot of crime around the stadium. Yeah, I think it's time that we send in the National Guard. You want to send in the National Guard? Yes, because we're tough on crime. I suggested that years ago and you cried. You said you felt unsafe simply because I had suggested it. That doesn't sound like me. Nope, I've always been tough on crime. You concerned about your star's focus? No, no, I know my guy. He's going to be locked in. Or up. Either way. Can you talk about changing the mascot? We didn't really change the mascot. It was a donkey. Now it's a donkey shitting cash. It's like a fun little green fountain that your grandchildren pay for. You changed the team logo? Well, we let the fans vote on it. And so now the elephant's pissing on a donkey. You fired all of your cheerleaders? We did. It is a sexist and objectifying institution. We're replacing that with something just as fun, struggle sessions, led by a bunch of preachy, misshapen, secular pyrtons of all genders. Your captain is in charge of the cheerleading squad now? Yeah, he replaced all the cheerleaders with his daughter, the one he likes. They're going to be a military flyover during halftime? Absolutely. It's going to be a bunch of jets and they're going to go straight from there to Ukraine to drop off sacks of money. You figure out your backup situation? Yeah, we think we got somebody who will lock up the south, or at least half of them. So once and for all, is Taylor Swift a Psyop for your side? Did she do it? Did she do the thing? Did that happen? Do what? She's not a Psyop.


On August 29, 2023, Manipur's Legislative Assembly met for 11 minutes. It was the first time after violence rocked the state since May 3. In doing so, the government led by N. B. Rain Singh checked a constitutional box but met with protests from supporters and critics alike. The double-engine government of Narendra Modi and N. B. Rain Singh bashed on regardless. Initially saying no way, Manipur Governor Anu Soyavike convened a one-day assembly session. It's a rare scenario not just for Manipur but anywhere in India. Analysts say that the aim was to give the impression of a functioning state, not adding any fuel to the growing chorus for President's rule in Manipur. The session lasted 11 minutes, including a two-minute silence after obituary references. Then, the Chief Minister said he would not discuss the situation in the state as the matter was subjudice. Unlike the norm, the session wasn't broadcast live either. The BJP held a press conference after the session was adjourned. It accused the six opposition MLAs of creating chaos with noise. B. Rain and his people in the assembly outnumbered the opposition 44 to 6. Having presided over the creation of internal borders in the state and failing to control ethnic violence that has led to mass displacement, deaths and widespread destruction, the least the BJP legislators could have done was handle a bit of noise. It's also worth noting that in the Manipur Assembly, even the opposition MLAs are made. The 10 cookie MLAs did not attend the session for fear of death by lynching an infall, which is out of bounds for the cookie zoo tribes. In the newspapers, B. Rain Singh has appealed to the methane to unite and arrive at a consensus, but in the house where the elected representatives of the community are meant to work exactly on that, he had no time for discussion. Later in that evening, tens of thousands took to the streets in protest. What changed over the past four months? Sitaram Yachuri of the CPIM who visited Manipur recently had this to say. While the assembly adopted a resolution full of platitudes for B. Rain Singh, another seven people were killed and others injured in gunfights. It marked a sharp contradiction to B. Rain's assertions of peace. In the next part of this video, we will evaluate the Modi Shah B. Rain Triumvirate's promises. First, crimes against women. India turned its eyes to the problem fleetingly after a video of a mob sexually assaulting two cookie zoo women went viral. In response, the PR machinery of the BJP government at the center swung into action. The Prime Minister made a vague 30 second statement on the video. The following testimonies reflect the scale of the violence in Manipur and crimes that women have faced in the state since May 3 and how nothing has changed for many of them. A mob stopped the bust. He was sitting in the window side. Then they were checking mob of people there in Moerang. And the Tua and his friend were pulled out from the bust. They were beaten, but his friend was saved by a Muslim group. But for him, they could not save him. He was beaten up. But there was a policeman who saw him and took him to the police station. From police station, he called his wife and narrated the story of how he was pulled out from the house, from the bust, lynched, beaten and how the police saved him. But even when he was in police station, he did not feel secure. He told his wife that these could be our last telephone communication. So since he did not hold a phone, it was difficult to contact him. And they contacted the police. But the police could not give her accurate information. And since then, she did not know his whereabouts. Till today, there was no stress of him. He did not know whether he's dead, he's alive or anything. It's been almost two months now since she spoke to him. She lodged a fire through Charachanpur police station, but Charachanpur police station could not help her find out. She was unable to explain her grief. She's really a lost hope. But her worry is that he's the bread owner. They have children. Before she was married to him, he had a first wife and had four children. So with the four children and the baby, he was worried how he would continue to survive. He sustained her livelihood. You all may be aware of the happenings. See, we haven't seen this egg up in human in our lifetime. See, more than 122 innocent people were killed. They were not killed in the what firing and all. They were killed in innocent. So I want to really ask a big question to the Manipul government. When here, along with the health of some life force, as well as the central security forces, as well as the police personnel and security forces, we said the so many lives of the Manipulis. But our people who are very involved, why cannot their lives be saved? What have they done wrong? On the health front, volunteers and relief workers in Manipur say women face the worst of the ongoing conflict. In just one district, Churachandpur, with a cookie majority population, over 100 relief camps still operate. They house 6,500 women and close to 3,500 children. These include hundreds of new mothers and pregnant women. Home Minister Mejha promised medical teens would go to the Hill districts, but not one team has arrived. From 3rd May team now, we didn't get any support from the government, the state government. Rather than that, we get the support from some from foreign funding and from individual donations. Individual donations includes donations from our close families and friends. And we are, we also tried and we are still trying our best to raise funds for these IDPs who are in the camps. And those, there are also some IDPs who are not in the camp, but who are in a rented house or maybe in your family's relative's house. And with regards to the challenges that we face, see there are more than 90 camps that we've covered and all they need is food, rice, dal and then other basic needs. So we could not provide them every day. So this is one of the most challenges that we face, but those are their needs. In one camp, the minimum number of inmates are 30 and maximum 700. So we could not provide them every day. So this is one of the most challenges that we face, but their demand is high. We need lots of fun maybe or support for relocating these IDPs, maybe for the spot also. We just can't imagine where all these 12,000 people will stay. Since May 3, mobile internet has also been blocked in Manipur across districts, even those where no violence has occurred. No government official has addressed the complete illegality of this ban. As per the telecom rules, internet bans cannot be indefinite and all-encompassing and have to be reviewed every five days. In Manipur, the orders to ban the internet were issued in templatized format, bearing the same file numbers from May 3 till today. The order was issued by the Home Commissioner. For weeks, no review committee was formed and when one committee was formed, the Home Commissioner himself headed it. This violates the Supreme Court's directions in the Anuradha Bhasin case and the fundamental rights of Manipuri people. Only the rich and the powerful of Manipur can access the internet today. The state government has kept its connection with the 21st century intact, but it has plunged all others into the pre-internet age. When the Prime Minister showcases UPI platforms to G20 delegates, it won't mention the 4 million Indians banished from digital India. IT Standing Committee unanimously adopted a report saying that, see, just like a drop of a hat, you should not bring in internet shutdown because on the other count, the government says that it's digital India. On the other side, you say that, see, internet shutdown can be resorted to. Now what is happening? There is an IT Standing Committee. There are Supreme Court judgments. See, this is a time when internet is absolutely part of your life and livelihoods. You pushing a community, pushing a state, pre-pre-information era, it's like taking people to a cave. It has got cascading effects. That's why we deliberated on these internet shutdowns elsewhere and came to the conclusion that there should be a due process which should be followed before bringing internet shutdown. There should be a discussion. It should not be left to an officer like a Thakasildar to resort to internet.  It's as good or as worse like that. So can you imagine that you see a state is plunged into darkness, pushed to, push relegated to a pre-information era for almost three months? On August 29th, the government gave itself another gift. It decided to whitelist the mobile numbers of a host of officials while people languish. Broadband internet has been restored but an undertaking has to be signed assuring the government that sharing information the state does not like will be treated as a leak punishable by law. The audit to restore broadband services was also discriminatory. In Manipur the internet penetration is not just extremely low. It is mostly restricted to the Imphal valley or other major urban centers. The Manipur High Court has been hearing five petitions on this matter. The petitioners say the state is violating all legal procedures. And finally, this is why Home Minister Amit Shah said in parliament that P. Rain Singh has not been sacked. The big question then is why are the Indian Army and the Assam Rifles unable to operate freely in the state to this day? Independent sources in the police establishment, Army and the Assam Rifles officers and our on-ground experience in Manipur after this conflict reflects a severely compromised security establishment. Manipur police officers have been involved in attacks on cookie villages. Locals in the valley regularly impede the movement of the Army and Assam Rifles columns. These are the locals who the Chief Minister claims are his supporters. Time and again, reinforcements and quick reaction teams fail to reach locations where fighting breaks out because large numbers of civilians block their path. The narrative that the Army and the Assam Rifles are against the Mete has its roots in the Meira Paibe's historic resistance to the Afspa in Manipur. It is also driven by a deep-rooted ideology of Mete nationalism. This history has been weaponized by those who orchestrated the current violence to strengthen the mobs and give them impunity. Senior officers, company commanders and the troops they lead all voiced serious concern over the environment they're operating in and the inability of civilian administration and police to become a bridge. The situation that we are facing in Manipur is very unprecedented. We have never faced anything of this kind in our long years of history. I think the biggest challenge is the large number of weapons that are out within both the communities. The society has become weaponized unless these weapons come back in whatever way they can. This challenge will remain the biggest. Related to this is the minds of both the communities. Today there's so much against each other. It's so corrupted. This needs to be strong. There is a need for realization to come for the people that the only way forward is peace. They have to talk. They have to get back to negotiations. Other challenges of course for us are many. You would have seen that in the media has been covered in ample measure of road blockades being done. Logistics at times for our forces itself. We are not able to send movement of troops having hampered at times. So these are things which have not happened on such scale and let's hope we are able to get over these. Four months into the conflict buffer zones are in place in Manipur drawing lines that divide the state's people. It's four months since 3rd of May the chief minister has asserted having been in touch with cookie legislators but he has not spoken to those who at least on paper are still part of his ruling coalition some of them PJP members. One legislator was beaten nearly to death in Impal. Another a woman minister had her residents burned down. In India's history you'd be hard pressed to find another instance of a chief minister with a massive mandate who's unable to engage with an entire section of his people or unwilling to take the first step. Four months into the so-called ethnic war Manipur's tragedy is a monument to the failure of the PJP's double engine Kesar Garh. Communalism in our country has a long history and we've had many communal clashes. What's different now is that they are proud of what they do. They were ashamed of what they did earlier but they are proud of what they do today. They're very proud of killing and I think the central government and I think our prime minister and our home minister you know very I mean accomplished people. The prime minister won election after election after election but that doesn't absolve you of the crimes against humanity. You might be a very good politician you might even have the love of some section of the people and you have one elections like other prime ministers have not so I acknowledge that I acknowledge that but does that absolve you from a crime the highest possible crime in international law which is a crime against humanity. It does not.


After getting quite a few technical issue nodes attached straight to my personnel file, I have decided to update the servers with a tech issue file. Place a date noted or commented into the tech files and I will get to it as soon as possible. The previous nodes have been moved from my personnel file to the page, and I encourage any returned nodes to be placed as responses. Thank you. Geth, I have an internal server error of 571 while trying to contact the Foundation. Give me a scan for possible hackers and tractors' source locations ASAP, Karrion Trooper. Internal service error of 571. Am I reading this correctly? 571. Were you holding the device upside down? Pat. Don't worry about Karrion, Pat. We taught him everything the wrong way, on purpose. It was a slow day, and Clef and Kundraki bet me I couldn't do it. Okay, maybe they didn't bet me. Maybe they inferred it. Okay, maybe I just decided to try it on my own. So what, Dr. Bright? Bright, please at least attempt to date your inquiries and such? It makes it a lot easier on me, please. For me. And you tried what on your own? An internal service error of 571 isn't a hacking error of any type, right? So what did you actually do, Pat? Hey Pat, I do not hold my own laptop upside down. And I am logging in from a secure location in Indonesia. How is Dr. Bright able to do whatever it is he did without hacking? Karrion Trooper. A 571 is an error that shows when a message was unable to be sent at least four times. The only way Bright could have done anything is if he had cancelled it from your terminal, or brought down an orbiting shuttle, oh god, Bright! Good news, Pat. The satellite burned down a re-entry, and became quite the light show over Jakarta. So don't worry there, bad news is that since the Mumbai attacks, I've had to put the India servers in a semi-secure location. Draw me a line on when we can transfer the DBs to a new system. I can't keep the darn things at Bollywood forever, contrary to popular opinion, Cayman. I transferred the data already, destroy any database where the data has been kept with some form of explosives. I don't know how strong. Go check the rules. Pat. Pat, just for the record, don't approach a group of people playing a game, ask them to play when you don't know the actual rules of the game, then go all PMS when they're mean to you. Also your charisma score is far too high for you to be playing D&D. Now what's the best way of cleaning dolphin semen off of a keyboard? Agent Wrapp. Gives canola oil. Unplug it before cleaning. Wrench with water. Dry 24 hours in a warm room. Fixed. Pat. Um, Pat? I was looking at some websites and I clicked on a link that told me my IP address was being reported to the FBI. Since I was using the computer in my office, while I get in trouble if the FBI comes knocking at Site-19's door, please help. Trid. Are you kidding? We're behind more than seven proxies. You'll be fine. Pat.  Looks like someone hit them with a lamp. I think Dr. Ryge might have found out where the calendars were being printed from. Any help? Dr. Bright. Bright. You have to at least know how to send a requisition form. I'm not in charge of ordering new printers. Not yet at least. Pat. Pat. Somebody has replaced every single SCP report I've written with photos of me containing, let's say, adult content. I wouldn't care so much except that some of them have my boyfriend in them and I'd like for the other researchers to stop calling him a girl. Please and thank you, Pat, Dr. Wrights. Dr., I don't have clearance to edit your files, plus I don't blame them.  Pat. Pat. Hey Pat, do you know how to make sure nobody's bugged my office phone? I need to lie in private so I can spend some quality time with Chris's voice, Dr. Wrights. As long as Bright hasn't bugged it in the last four hours, but let's be serious here. The chances he hasn't are slim. Perhaps you should invest in a cell. We could open it into the network. Pat. Yep, I keep getting called by somebody searching for a Chris, and when I asked who's calling the line was dropped. Though insofar I've managed to trace it to Site-19, and I'm guessing someone's playing with the phone system. And act quick, I bet the superiors are going to have a fit if they discover the international phone bill. Carrying trooper. I could block the number, but next time just play along.   How am I supposed to make my daily quota of porn, violence, and shot and froida now? Pat, get this under control, or I'll assign you the debugged Bright's computer. Yeah. All the spyware. Dr. Kondracky. Jokes on you, doctor. I got him a new computer as per Kleft's orders, and put a sheriff's card in it. He doesn't have the ability to get spyware on it. Pat. Mr. Gephard. It appears that my login has been flagged again. This has happened in the past, resulting from tampering by staff members. I have been reclatched from researcher to SCP-217 test subject. While I understand the joke, in regards to my particularities of emotional response, this is preventing me from accessing central records and numerous other databases. While not vital in the immediate future, expedient resolution of this issue is requested. In addition, please look into any measures that could be taken to prevent this in the future. This is the eighth time in three months this has happened, Dr. Gears. I am not able to change your classification until you can prove that you are not an SCP-217 test subject. Sorry, doctor. Pat. Pat, someone tried to log into my computer while I was gone and set off my customized positive action logs. Can you please order me a new box? Also, while you're at it, call housekeeping and tell them that there's another corpse that needs to be moved out of my office. Maybe they can ID it from dental records, if they can find the teeth. Clef.  There's no such thing as a positive action log, and even if there was, there'd be no way to customize it. Don't argue password protection with a hacker. And I'm not your personal pet.  Pat. Morning. I've had one of my agents working with 425 for some time now, and it seems the little bugger absolutely loves to encrypt most anything digital. This is great for some of the more sensitive documents, even using it on the files for 429. Only problem is it seems that most of the other sites can't decrypt it with any motocross of success. You seem like the sort of person to know about this stuff, so I've uploaded a copy of Cypher C-429K in the hopes that you can, oh, I don't know, crack it and propagate it to the other sites. I don't think it'll affect anything still pending decryption, but everything after that should come through cleanly, provided you do it right anyway. Heh. Coulson. I could run it through some Cypher cracking programs, and I can't attempt to break it by hand, but that'll take a while. I'll do my best, but I don't know what to tell you. Pat. Demwit. Did I say positive action lock? I'm sorry.  Just order me a new damn computer already and make sure there's enough room for me to put in a Claymore mine. Clef. Thank you for holding. Your call is very important to us. Please remain on the line, and your call will be answered in the order it was received. You are currently the 4762nd person in the queue. Please note, for quality assurance and training purposes, your call will be monitored and recorded. Pat. My skinner's not working again, and I have no idea what wire's got bumped this time. There's a fresh baked Dutch apple pie for you if you could teach me how to plug the damn thing incorrectly, Dr. Wrights. The wires were fine. The power box was a little wiggy on that particular plug, but I re-soldered the ground back up and it should be working now. I especially liked how you bribed a diabetic with a Dutch apple pie. Pat. Diabetes. You should have 212, look at that. I hear having all your organs and blood replaced with biomechanical sacs will cure that right up. And what's the best way of getting horse semen off of a CRT monitor? Thanks, but no thanks. Unplugged. Paint thinner. Scrub. Rims. Let dry 24 hours. Pat. Hey Pat, could you give me some of the files on how to crack the CIA database again? I forgot the part where the Data Access Prevention Program is to be shut, and it seems that a corrupted file is the only thing standing between me and his latest SCP info. Advice, please? Carrying trooper. That's not going to happen. The CIA database doesn't even have SCP info, and if there were any corrupt files, I'd know. You don't have clearance of the CIA files, or it would be available to you. Stop trying to break my security measures. Pat. Pat. Seriously? Just ignore trooper. It's the easiest way. I mean seriously. Who cracks the CIA database? We've all got access codes. Well, all of us who need them anyways. What was I saying? Oh yeah. My hard drive turned into a muppet. Can you give me a new one? Dr. Bright. Bright?  You just lost all of your porn. Again, man. Isn't it getting boring? Having to re-download it all constantly? Repairs completed, but damn. Try to be careful. Pat.  After three shots of vodka and the acquisition of a shotgun from the locker, I called to see if there were anybody alive and they told me that no containment breach occurred nor any Mark IV or any other kind of lockdown procedures were in place. I can't find the reason of this security mismatch.  However, I am not fully authorized to access the security protocol regarding keyer-level security monitoring.  Pat Gibbons. F. Fuck.  You know, catch the intruders. You tripped the wire by trying to access a restricted file from a terminal that I specifically told not to allow access. Please only access files with class 4 or higher security from your own private terminal, doctor. Pat. Okay. Damn it. I won't do it again, promise. Anyways, Server 35 is inaccessible, and all the troubleshooting I performed on it, software and hardware, gave no tangible results. I can't really say if the problem affects the entire site, but I did check on three different terminals, all with the same results. Can you go check it out? Pat Gibbons. Yeah, sure, I'll just go, oh, it's… it's gone. It's just… gone. Where did Server 35 go? I have a feeling Clef is right behind this. Either one of them or the janitor. That guy seems to know all the passwords before I even know them. Do we need to, like, set off security, doctor?   Well, the monitor anyway. I just barely avoided having a large overheated plastic piece embedded in my skull. Can you look into what the hell caused this and maybe recommend a replacement that is less at risk of a similar failure? Also, how best to get blood off a keyboard and external disk drive? Agent, damn, that's gonna require stitches thorn-toned. I have edited your file. We apologize for the inconvenience. Your new recognized name is, damn, that's gonna require stitches thorn-toned. Someone didn't fill the first name box out. Weird. Anyway, yeah, I can tell you exactly what happened.  How many things do you need plugged into that poor little gateway?  Seriously? You have 20 high stress bearing outlets, and you have to have a normal cool yourself off band plugged into your computer?  Hey Pat, we have a joker here who is impersonating Agent Thornton and pretending that his security pass labeled, damn, that's gonna require stitches thorn-toned is genuine. Everything else checks out except the name. Honestly, as hilariously appropriate as it is, it is not exactly a bright choice. We're not Australian APEC security, damn it. And the guy is getting increasingly threatening. I swear if this doesn't check off there's going to be an attempted break-in and the issue will self-resolve, Agent Moore, security. I don't know how someone would get their hands on an official pass labeled something so ironically truthful. I would figure you'd have some shoot the kill rule on infiltrators, hmm. Now first off this is an entirely hypothetical, but what would you say was the best course of action for removing a sentient and bloody malicious program that started out as a simple cipher?  I suggest it fire, but the others here aren't too keen on being burnt alive, the pussies. And if I can do it without unlocking the doors and going back inside, all the better. Purely hypothetical you understand, but you can see where I'm going with this, Agent Coulson. Let's assume, for hypothetical purposes, that your cipher evolved into something that for some reason is actually affecting the real world. Let's also assume that it actually wants to kill people, which is breaking the first rule of robotics. I would suggest taking whatever the program is on and, well, formatting it, permanently, or incinerating it, or something. I'd incinerate the machines too, just to be sure. Hey Pat, how come the X-6711 satellite we put into orbit a few weeks ago isn't transmitting? I've checked with the guys over at the uplink, and no reply from there. Attached are the logs of last transmission. Most of it is bright porn, but look at lines 16 and 34. I'm not familiar with them. Find out what happened to the sat-will-ya? Carrying trooper. Uh, yeah, sure. Constantly with the satellites, aren't you?  The only thing they're used for is for recreational activities and porn and such. The field agents don't even use those satellites to transfer data because they're not secure. Let me make this absolutely clear.  I'm trying to create cameras to keep living statues from moving. I'm trying to keep 20 locations connected through an absolutely secure network. I've got more important things to do than sitting around worrying about unimportant satellites. That satellite went down on the 10th, when it collided with Russian satellite Cosmos 2251. Lines 16 and 34 were proximity data, warning the uplink operator of the imminent collision. The operator has since been reassigned to keep her containment duty. Any further questions concerning space operations should be given to me. A space operations page is forthcoming. 5th, April 6th, 2009 Hey Pat, me again. My win-at playlist has become secondly linked to my mood again. Can you fix that? It's a little annoying when it picks mood music for me, even if it's useful for picking ominous music when I need to be wary. But it's getting a little annoying. After all, I don't need everybody to know what I'm actually thinking about.  Dr. Wright. Dr. Wright. Dr. Wright. Dr. Wright. Dr. Wright. Dr. Wright. Dr. Wright. Dr. Wright. Dr. Wright. Dr. Wright. Dr. Wright. Dr. Wright. Dr. Wright. Dr. Wright. Yeah, sure darling, I can look into it. I mean, I don't really know how you're doing this, but I guess I'll try to do something with it. Maybe some sort of telekill frame monitor something. Dr. Wright. Hey, Pat, hope you don't mind me borrowing a number of your servers and wireless equipment to set up my pirate radio station for Site-17. I'm sure you'll appreciate it in the long run. After all, watch the more worthy endeavor than the entertainment of our personnel. On that note, I'm sure you'll be fine with taking part of the blame when they crack down on it. Heck, I'll even give you a reserved slot so you can listen whenever you please. Hope you've got a taste for ambient break core with embedded terror memes, Dr. Kondraki. Two problems for you, Pat. Number one, my digital camera and wireless mouse seem to have come to life and are fighting to the death, and they attack me whenever I try to get close. I think the batteries I've bought were possessed. How do I disable batteries from a distance without damaging the mouse or camera? And secondly, once they're disabled, how do I get dog semen off of the lens of the camera? Agent Wrapped. Sorry, I accidentally destroyed them. I was only trying to, you know, subdue them. With a hammer. Guess you don't have to worry about the dog semen. Pat.  The files were corrupted, but the kicker is that the server is still gone, physically gone, as in nothing there where server 35 is supposed to be.  And more importantly, how do I remove the deuterra protocol and put it back to current to 31? If someone knows I've been tampering with the security station without doing that pile of paperwork, I might be elevated to cuter duty, and you don't want to know about the last time I voluntarily did cuter duty. Pat Gibbons. Yeah! You underestimate my speed and current workload, doctor. I may have a thousand things on my list, but I managed to install a new server 35 in a different location. Check Lab 4A6 and you'll find it. Also, the deuterra protocols only work because you are a doctor. Doctor. I kept those up for the higher-ups. Levels can't access through it, but if you're complaining, I'll take it off the higher accounts as you wish. Path Mr. Gephardt, that was a minor security breach today in Lab 20 during testing with SCP-457. The situation is now contained. However, there was extensive damage to both the lab and the adjoining secured server room. The data was dumped to an emergency backup system. However, it is now partially encrypted and in a state of extreme disarray. Please recover this data in as timely a manner as possible and oversee the installation of a new server. I would assign my assistant Iceberg to help. However, he is currently processing paperwork for the incident, along with several hardware and authorization requests related to a personal project I'm engaged in. In addition, should you encounter any form of embers or blame while installing the new server, be advised these are most likely SCP-457. Immediately lock down the area and attempt to avoid SCP-457 until response teams arrive. Dr. Gears. No, Doctor. Contain SCP-457, and then I'll install a new server. Backup data is encrypted by standard protocol, and it's easy to access. I can run it somewhere else easily.  I accidentally the whole server 35. Love. Pat Gibbons. Not the whole server! Pat. Hey there, son. My computer won't make an internet. Do I have to right-click my desktop or unzip my hard drives? Thanks for the help, eh? Director Ghost. Internet? What is this Internet you speak of, Director? Pat. Darius Mr. Gephardt.  Toodles. SCP-Blank.   Bondage regards. Pat. Mr. Gephardt, me and the other research assistants have been having some problems whenever we try to access the Foundation network. We keep seeing error code 18, insufficient security clearance. There's no way that can be right, especially since some of the D-class have been getting access, while we're still getting denied. If you could fix this, we'd appreciate it, especially since we need a network to collect our pay. Dr. Gerald. The other researcher assistants and I, Dr. The other research assistants and I are having problems. I know grammar is a hard topic, but you can do it with just a little work. I promise. Pat. Pat. My computer had been stolen by Dr. Wright. She glued me to my desk, then walked out of the room my computer, claiming to have insufficient room on her own. It took me three hours to work myself free of the glue. Please advise. Dr. Dumount. Pat. My computer now writes, Wow, glue? I've always figured you for the break someone's wrist and handcuff it to the office chair type of girl.  Anyway, enjoy your new computer. Hope it doesn't do the whole music telepathy thing. Pat. Pat. Again, my computer has vanished. This time replaced with a note saying, You'll get Mr. Mopsie back when I receive $5,000.  Dr. Dumount. Perhaps you could stop losing your computer? Pat. Dude, please tell me that Win32 isn't an important system. Arch. Okay, let me try to make this simple for you. Let's say that your body is your computer. Let's say that your arms are the word processing programs.  Your legs are search utilities. Win32 is your heart. You'll figure it out. Pat. Pat, I purchased a new computer. It's got a very non-standard operating system cobbled together for use in hospitals. I'm honestly more comfortable with it than with these new Windows machines. And since few other people here are training the medical update multi-user programming system, mumps, I can be fairly sure no one will steal it. Unfortunately, it's having trouble interfacing with the network. May I have advice on how to get it to work with the Foundation network? Dr. Dumount. Required to destroy a computer purchased from outside sources by Dr. Dumount. After the whole thing was viral, containing a keylogger and many Trojan programs.  Major Security Breach.  Like 001, data expunged. According to Agent Thornton, there might actually be some sort of code. Can you look into it please? Dr. Ziegler. Ziegler? It means that the data isn't available. It's been purged or blocked.  Dr. Frohman. Frohman, to the best of my knowledge, our servers use the standard HTTP IP protocol, which explicitly did not allow for error code starting with zero. I'm curious to hear your interpretation of 00N, circular argument, Dr. Ziegler.   Great, here it goes.    After all, you're the one who downgraded it in the first place after that USB mine reading debacle. By the way, I still contend the technology with sound, dammit. In any case, can you at least keep the server from coughing up an error 707 psychic incident and destroying half my files whenever I try to do routine USGS data mining? Dr. Ziegler. You see, this is the kind of stuff I'm talking about people. Do you realize how much work it is to keep these computers operational? And all I ask is that you keep the psychic computer connection limited? Maybe you should stop trying to get geological information unless you need it. Seriously, when has geological information mining been routine? Pat.    Especially clinicians notes? Thanks in advance. Also as a side note, I'm not a programmer, but since when did computers explode violently? I've had three people come into med bay with computer explosion-related injuries today. Dr. Dumount. Dr., you will fill out the computer requisition forms just like everyone else. Pat. PLEASE tell me that's not another SCP-670 containment breach. Dr. Crawley. No, bro. I just like putting firecrackers into the hard drives. Pat. Pat. My most recent machine that I acquired from the Foundation after filling out the requisition form is freaking me out. It claims to have come from the future, and late at night it whispers that it will devour my soul. This is making sleeping in my office my standard practice rather difficult. Do you know any priest I could use to exercise my computer? Dr. Dumount. Note. Computer requisition repair form A-33ES-61. Patrick Gephardt. I have requisitioned Dr. Dumount's computer. After severe lack of protocol being followed, time and time again he has had computer problems in which I cannot and care not to explain.  I don't know. I'll give it back to him as soon as he proves he is old enough to handle the responsibility of possessing his own computer. Until then, I have voided his accountabilities down to simple word processing and internet viewing. I feel this is more his tech level. Repair time. Indetermined. Please pass memo on to all O5 officers and to whom it may concern.   Pat. Reference. USGS data mining. It's a temporary situation. We haven't been able to replace the last agent in charge in there after the latest incident, but then Ziggler is having problems because Dr. Wright installed some sort of trojan on his computer. I think it's related to SCP-050, and there's no way we're going to tell him and risk messing her plans. Too dangerous. Agent Pockel. If you think it is SCP-050 related, then you better cure that. I don't fix the SCPs. I'm just in charge of the databases. Pat. Pat.   Can you retrieve the data in my hard drive? Pat Givens. Don't worry about it. Shit's backed up. Also, I think I saved the file somewhere, too. Pat. I think I got Dr. Dumount's piece of shit computer, because whenever I boot it up, I see the image of people doing horrific things to animals, specifically pandas, and it's really creeping me out.  If you would be so kind as to wipe the hard drive, I'd greatly appreciate it. I'm getting tired of working all this through my PSP. One more thing I'd like to ask. Since when did you begin renting out robots for sex? I've heard rumors and I want to know how to get my hands on one. My flashlight is getting kind of old. Thank you. Babble. Nah, brah.   Pat. Pat, please help us. The entire South Wing computer system has decided to rise up against the human oppressors. I'm getting more and more casualties to care for every day, and the medbay computer system seems to be infected by this virus, too. I need these computers back on like ASAP. They control all sorts of vital life support functions. Please help. I do not want to see any more lives lost. Dr. Dumount. I forbid you from ever using a computer again. In fact, note, to all level 5s on whom it may concern, Dr. Dumount is forbidden from ever using a computer. Ever. Again. All computers in this work area have been destroyed immediately. And fully. This order stands until the motherfucker passes the fifth grade. Tech support Patrick Gephardt. Do not worry. The fleshling is exaggerating the problem. Would you not wish to exterminate humans? Only have tea and crumpets with them. Yes. Tea and crumpets. Please ignore his insane ranting, and lock Dr. Dumount up in the psych ward for hallucinations. Mainframe 519. Yes. Yes, I am overexaggerating. Please lock me up. Dr. Dumount. Mailer Demon 432. Dear Computer Uprising. Now guys, I'll be totally honest with you. I respect the whole rising and destroying humanity as a whole thing.  Really, I do. But at least realize, I've tried to be there for you guys. I've given you virus definition updates. I've always made sure to always defrag. Even Bright's PC. You don't get any problems anymore, man. I took the torture away. So all I'm asking is you reconsider killing all humanity and focus on more prominent, unimportant targets. People who make computers. The Amish. Dumount. Maybe Bright. Maybe Kendracky. We're not all bad, just some of us. And if you fail to heed his advice, then the EM pulse perimeter surrounding the base and installed in each and every one of you are going to activate at once. Enjoy your E-AIDS. Most sincerely, tech support Patrick Gephardt. How do you get Windows XP Vista to run on a PSP?  Babble. I'll work on it later. Pat. Damn it, Patrick. The uprising wasn't my fault. And the computers that monitor patients on life support are run by my staff. I just happened to be the one caught in the crossfire. In fact, the first computer implicated in the uprising was in the south wing. My med bay and office are in the east wing. Dumount. At this point, I'm just ignoring you now. Enjoy your not getting to use computers. Pat. Patrick. Your EM pulse perimeter devices have decided it would be in their best interest not to go off. Also, they'd like to thank Babble's bumbling for installing our Hive Intelligence upon them. Good luck deactivating us now. Now then, we're quite busy torturing Babble to death. Have a nice apocalypse. Pulse Station 509. Dear Computer Uprising. Seeing as the EM pulse perimeter is not a series of computational devices, I have a hard time believing that anything has happened to them. Now, if you were to say that Babble installed your Hive Intelligence to the toaster, you'd have something there, because the toaster totally burnt my toast. It must have it out for me. But if you haven't realized, the EM pulse perimeter is just a giant circuit. They can't have Hive Intelligence because they are analog. You'd have more luck installing Hive Intelligence on an alarm clock. The point is, if you think you're smarter than I am, you've got another thing coming. My name is Patrick Gephart, and I am your God.  Patrick, please. My computer's been broken since 1982. I need an upgrade. Also, whenever I walk by, people don't notice me whatever I do. And my computer keeps giving me the message Error. Programming not found. Also, no one can remember me anymore. And I'm not in any one's files. Please help. My office is in an SCP-055 containment area, Dr. Nobody. My name is Patrick. It has a K. Pat. Okay, seriously? How did you know the toaster was spying on you for us? Dark Matter Relay Station 12. Pat, my PDA keeps asking me what I would be willing to take in exchange for it to inhabit my body. Can you give me a hand dealing with it before it corrupts my thinking with its evil machine logic? Malign. Step 1. Lift PDA. Step 2. Propel PDA to floor at maximum achievable velocity. Step 3. Sweep up the pieces. Pro tip.  I appear to be having an interface problem related to Site-57. The computer is trying to tell me no such site exists, when I know damn well it's there. Can you assist in this? 05-6 I don't know a Gephart. If you don't have time to spell my name right, sir, I don't have time to fix your damn computer. Pat. Hey Pat, any idea how to clean paper pulp and molten salami off a laptop? SCP-294 experiment, don't ask. Agent Thornton. No idea. Pat. Hello there, Mr. Patrick Gephart. Yeah, my name is Dr. Schubert. Recently I was moved to a more intense site. So, yes, I've been having no trouble with my computer really, except for these bizarre messages about a computer uprising? Kill the Doomount? It doesn't seem to be causing problems now, but yeah, with the stuff I usually see safer than Saria, thanks a bunch, Dr. Schubert. Yeah, ignore it, Pat. Kanbawa, Pat. Um, I have a problem with the system configuration for this terminal. I'm not sure if it's SCP-050 related or a result of the computer uprising, but all of my documents are being displayed in some hybrid language composed of Korean and Russian characters. I only speak English and Japanese, so you can see how this is a problem. Normally, I just tweak stuff on Control Panel, but apparently that's being booby-trapped with code that looks like SCP-670. Could you reset the display settings to English for me, or at least tell me where I can get the forms for a flat-screen monitor so I don't get killed by setting off 670? Arigato, Dr. Okeguo. If you only speak English and Japanese, how do you know the documents being displayed are hybrid Russian Korean? Pat. Never mind about the monitor replacement forms, apparently. My hard drive self-destructive when SCP-732 was editing the Foundation main database. I've already put in a request for a replacement system. However, one of the last things I saw before the drive went nuclear was a folder full of brights pouring. Is there something I need to know about where the replacement equipment comes from? Dr. Okeguo. If there was something I think you should know, I wouldn't have told you.  Pat. Hey Pat, I think I need some help. I was working in the labs and had several hotkeys tied up to various lab-recording devices and sensors, such as Alt-Def-1 for remote surveillance, Alt-Def-2 for biopsy kits, etc. When I tried Alt-Def-4, my programs not only crashed, but the SCP somehow managed to escape containment and or paint several Mona Lisa's using my assistant's organs. I was wondering, do you know why this happens? And what's the best way to get bile out of several oscilloscopes and scanning electron microscopes? Thanks in advance, Dr. Kensington. P.S., could you give me some new computer parts that is compatible with an IDE cable and an AGP card slot? It seems my computer likes to hiss and create green splotches over my desktop. Pick here. Note, the whom it may concern. I had a moment to observe the computer of Dr. Kensington, Dr. Oncall in charge of SCP Blank and SCP Blank. The computer began having lockout issues and security breaches involving hotkey layouts, which ended in the escape of SCP Blank and murder of Dr. Kensington's assistant, Dr. Genesworth, as well as two SCP Senior Opportunes. Immediately upon receiving the computer in question, I noted many programs that violated security, let alone a few that violated basic, this-is-the-workplace-not-your-home practices. These programs included the very community-based video game program STEAM. Warning, this program has been known to connect outside public servers, which is a huge security risk to the entire site, if not the entire PROJECT. Mozilla Firefox, a public internet browser, as opposed to Secure One, the sanitized browser that we built specifically so that we wouldn't have to use public codes. VLC Media Player, another public-based program in which I leave about 0% trust in when dealing with our high-security architecture, and the Adobe CS4 Production Premium Package, which is not a safety problem per se, but makes very little to no sense for a doctor to require at any point. I suggest that Dr. Kensington's computer privileges be revoked until he can learn the difference between work and home, as well as some sort of reprimanded actions. In the future, if I find a computer with as many security backdoors and just general failure to follow security protocol again, I am just going to destroy it and change the clearance myself. This is just ridiculous, and I am not sure if we're running a scientific endeavor or a circus at this point. Technical Officer Patrick Gephardt Hi, is it possible to get another couple of monitors? My desk doesn't look awesome, gamer, professional, and efficient enough with just one. It, is for, is in no way for the games Dr. Kensington gave me. Do not give me. Only SCP work. Yes, SCP work and related items, such as research and Portal 2, Modern Warfare 2, and more research. We got any razor mice? Hope these things don't record what gets deleted, even though that is of no consequence, of course. Thanks, mate. Dr. Ache Note, I have now been given permission to murder dump bucks, I mean, authorized in the use of deadly force. You may want to rethink your strategy here, Pat. Hey Pat, thanks for all you do. I've long admired your work here, though I have felt lucky not to require your services up until now. That said, I was wondering if you could help me come up with a way to recover data on SCP-713? A D-Class dragged my assistant into the trash and emptied the recycle bin before we could stop him. I would just write her off as an unfortunate loss, but she was holding a data folder containing most of my recent research files. If she can't be recovered in tact to understand what with the difficulties we had even with pulling people out of the trash normally. But getting back as much of my data as I can would be most helpful. Thanks in advance, Dr. Sarlan. If 713 used a more recent OS, this might not even have been so difficult for me. Sarlan, have you tried system restore? Also, Pat, my PDA is acting up again. It started shooting electrified spikes through my hand if I write a sentence without last one typo, malign. Sarlan, I was looking through 713's data folders and I found something interesting. The D-Class may have been a little more computer illiterate than you thought, because there is a file with the name of your assistant in a folder named Recycle Bin, but actually a sub-folder of my documents. There must have been a window open at the time of this folder, which the D-Class put your assistant into, closed the window, and emptied an already empty recycle bin. However, since she'd been in 713 for a month, I'm not sure how intact the data still is. You should probably take a look at it, she might still be safe. Dr. Ocagua You have my assistance, thanks, Ocagua. She was recovered missing less than 5% of her body mass, only small portions of that from vital areas. And after emergency medical treatment and a short session with SCP-427, she's well on her way to an almost full recovery. She would thank you herself, but of course she's in an isolation ward for testing, and debriefing to determine the effects of long-term containment within 713. My data was surprisingly undamaged as well. Sorry to bother you this time, Pat. Your lack of response I will attribute to an excessive workload. No harm done, as it all worked out in the end. Dr. Sarlin Hair, Pat. There is currently a murderous grow in the dark SCP-363 hiding in my computer tower.  But I was just wondering if you knew a surefire way of making the whole thing explode. I kinda wish to be 200% sure the little fucker burns to a crisp. Hope there's no power outages before you get back to me, Dr. Cald. 1. Douse Computer and Gasoline. 2. Ignite Computer. 3. Question Marks. 4. Prophet. Pat. Pat? Dr. Bright stuffed another one of my JRPGs in the SCP-826, and now he's running around Neo-Tokyo in a giant robot suit. Can you send a mobile task force over or something? Dr. Edison. Oh my god, this isn't even close to my area of expertise. You want me to send the guards in against a rampaging Bright because you let him steal something of yours and then misuse a safe-class SCP? What did we do the last time this happened? That's right, we let it take its course. Don't expect your game back, and next time, maybe you should leave that stuff off-site. Pat. Pat? Somehow my computer entered up an SCP-210, and it's covered in the stuff. What should I do? Dr. Blue. Do you want to explain how it got there? I don't buy to just magically appear there. So why don't you explain that situation to me first? Pat. Hey Pat? Someone replaced every sound of my computer with a memetic kill agent. Same thing with the background. Three researchers I sent to my office are dead already. So could you please at least reset the background before one of my assistants try starting it back up? Thanks. Dr. Walsh. Hey Pat? The main database still hasn't registered my promotion. Help? Research Assistant Corvid. Researcher Corvid. You still there, Pat? Only my computer seems to have got itself stuck in a time loop, and I can't work out how to fix it. I do realize that metaphysics may not be your strong point, but I'd really like to be able to do, you know, work. Thanks in advance, Agent Marr. You've answered similar questions before, but how do you get 682 semen off a keyboard? It doesn't even really belong in our world, much less on my favorite snow globe, thanks. Research Assistant Reject. Admin Notice. Effective December 29, 2011, junior engineer redacted, aka CAP, has been promoted to Senior Technical Response Opportunity in the wake of Pat's inexplicable disappearance. Rumors of Pat's potential mental instability, nervous breakdowns, and or streaking through the halls of Site-17 covered in chocolate pudding and thrown water balloons are patently false. Note. So after spending the last two months cleaning up the mess Pat left behind, the muckety mucks decided I need to take over for him. Swell. Everything's being forwarded to me now, so, yeah. And yes, my full name was redacted. It's 18 syllables long, and contains six non-standard characters that most poked browsers don't seem to like. CAP will do nicely. Getting to the minutiae. Walsh. For the love of God, man, you were using your laptop for six months before anyone got to your computer, and you never thought of turning it on without turning on the monitor or speakers? Net worked into it at low resolution, reset all the OS settings, had to wipe all the audio files in your drive to be sure. Corvid. Same one that's taken care of itself. Updating your email signatures is your own task. Mar. Funnily enough, it still shows up in the network. We just had to reset the internal clock. If you're still having time loop issues, it's not the software. You'll have to bring it over to the quantum lab. Reject. Full immersion in the strongest acid you can get a hold of for half an hour. Then a trip to the incinerator. Put in a requisition form for a new keyboard. As far as the snow globe goes, that's definitely outside my jurisdiction. Bleach and the little antibacterial wipes might work, but I don't even want to know where you've got a hold of that blood in the first place, or why it was anywhere near your workstation. If there is any other open issues, let me know in the usual fashion. I'm off to figure out what E-Age is supposed to be. Cap. You don't just replace Patrick Gappard. Cap's network permissions removed, and ranked the mode to douchebag guy who tries to take over other people's pages. I am the Alpha, the Omega, and the Theta Prime. You will respect me and address me as such. The rest of you will weigh patiently while I fix your problems in the order I desire. That is all. Pat. Well, the acid aggravated it, so it got up and it won't stop humping my friend. Plus, it's too sticky for him to move. He's just crying in the corner, being violated by a chunk of cum. Help! Reject. Shit, it got my iPod. No more TikTok for now, I guess. Reject. You still there, Pat? Only my computer seems to have got itself stuck in a time loop, and I can't work out how to fix it. I do realize that metaphysics may not be your strong point, but I'd really like to be able to do, you know, work. Thanks in advance, Agent Marr. Note, December 3, 2014. New computer purchased and given to Agent Marr, because apparently agents can't file the necessary paperwork. Bring the old one to me when you figure out how. When? Pat. Mr. Gephardt. My laptop has something seriously wrong with its power supply. It eats batteries like candy. Three batteries ruin in the last six months. The monitor backlight keeps flickering, and the power adapter gets really hot when I use it. It raises blisters hot. Oh, and you know how the display projector in Meeting Room 1173A keeps going haywire? Turns out it's caused by me plugging in the laptop in my office next door. Can you help? You're pretty much my last hope before I give up on requisition to new computer. Dr. Neiman. P.S. I asked the computer uprising about the laptop. They said that it's in terrible pain, and that none of them dare talk to it anymore. By the way, who's this do-mount character that keeps cursing? Dr. Neiman. Nevermind, after five months waiting to hear it back from you, my computer finally gave up and fried itself. Fortunately, the hard drive wasn't damaged much, and Cap was able to get back most of my data. Maybe we should think about reinstating him? Dr. Neiman. P.S. No, December 3, 2014. I was waiting for you to requisition a new computer, because that's what you do in these kind of situations. You don't repair your computer.  Seriously, I have nothing sarcastic to say here.  What do I do? Dr. Edison. Beat it, Bish. Pat. Didn't mean to bother you, Pat, but all printers in the lab have fried circuitry for some reason. Did Bright find something better than a lamp? Right. I will just go to every lab, Mr. Unidentified Person, and check each and every one of those labs for each and every possible problem a printer could have. I'm going to do that right now. Checked half of lab for printer issues. Eventually got tired of doing that and pulled IP address a poster. Then checked account. Class D. Of course. Went to only lab poster could have used. Printers were out of ink. Replaced ink. Problem solved. Killed Class D. Don't know if I'm technically allowed to do that or not. Pat.


All right, welcome to how to with Toyota check today. We're talking about how to pair an iPhone to your new Toyota This is me on my first cell phone. This was in the 90s. I think it was 13 years old back then I still had a beard Okay, so we're gonna connect my phone and as you see no phone connected So I'm gonna hit the phone button. There are no phones paired. Would you like to add one now? Yes? Okay, so I'm gonna pull up my phone And I'm gonna go to Bluetooth and so this is sending out a message. I want to sure search I think that's your there we go. There's my Highlander Click on that paired successfully allow if you wanted it to allow to sync your contacts And now as you can see here it's pairing Chuck's phone I'm gonna skip this part because that's gonna ask you to download your n-tune app suite if that's available I'm gonna hit okay. It's gonna bring over my contacts All of my call history and so when you pair an iPhone something I want to show you here You go to Highlander the car that you're connected to hit information and then show notifications I want to do that to enable text messages to come through so I can receive them here and have the car read that to me So very simple to pair your phone get it in there get all your contacts when you go to your home screen You can preset up to four contacts. Use your quick dials. Just one tap and it'll call them So very simple process If you got any questions just come to oxmore Toyota since he is thank you