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Chronological Index of Ensign
Articles for
May of 2003
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 The pre-leaf time
of spring- Thursday
May 1, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
A photo essay of the beauty of the trees before they become shrowded in leaves.
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By the week
April 27 to May 3
May 4 to 10
May 11 to 17
May 18 to 24
May 25 to 31
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 Parkland Photography
club for April 2003- Thursday
May 1, 2003
by: Gerald Crawford
The club is active in provincial and regional competitions while being involved in
the "relay for life" project. This month's theme features "four legged
animals".
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 St. Matthew's
annual spring sale and more- Thursday
May 1, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
This is the biggest Anglican Church rummage sale I have seen and it will be on for
two more days. We also visit the sale at Cedar Villa and at the Heritage Park. There
is a QuickTime VR on this page which can not be seen with out QuickTime being installed
on your computer.
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 The new normal- Friday
May 2, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
We are always adjusting, the snow is gone, some harvesting has begun, some farmers
are banding and in town life is made up of a series of stops from one garage sale
to the next.
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 From the Free
Market to the Justice System: Let us think together about it!- Friday
May 2, 2003
by: Mario deSantis
What you will find in this story is the bottom line. Mr. deSantis has been digging
and the text of his story is how he feels after finding what he did but to understand
this conclusion you are going to have to look at some of the references as the ABC
story on the Whitehouse and its "emphasis" is truly a shocker.
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 Getting Noticed- Friday
May 2, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
The demise of the notice board by the post office has moved the burden of being a
place to post buried in the sidewalk nearby. Seems like a problem.
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 Solving the problems he created- Friday
May 2, 2003
by: Mike Reilly
Paul Martin has been coy about what he stands for and only lately has been making
pronouncements but his over confidence or arrogance is hard to fathom because this
man is most likely going to be the Prime Minister in a few months and as Mike Reilly
points out Paul Martin's solutions involve a lot of fast footwork and the understanding
of Canada one might expect of someone in kindergarten.
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 Extreme yard sales- Monday
May 5, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
As part of the "Relay for Life" project a massive yard sale took place
Saturday morning on the grounds of the Golden Age Centre in Tisdale, the word huge
does not begin to describe it or the other sales on Saturday.
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 The Greenwater
report- Monday
May 5, 2003
by: Gerald Crawford
Each week Gerald's pictures just keep getting better as he shows us the ice disappearing
from the lake, the debris of winter and tells us about the birds and animals that
make the park their home part or all of each year.
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 Paul Martin's Lunch- Monday
May 5, 2003
by: Rudy Fernandes
Though it is no secret we need to be reminded about the background of political figures
and realising that their popularity often comes from extreme wealth and power is
very important if we are to make sense of various political and strategic decisions
made. Rudy reminds us all where Paul Martin came from and to whom he owes his allegence
and success.
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 Send in the clouds- Tuesday
May 6, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
A visual essay of clouds and distortions while Barbara sings us a song. This item
contains a 500K Flash presentation and 300K QuickTime movie. (This item requires
QuickTime to hear the music)
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 You are an idiot- Tuesday
May 6, 2003
by: Ron Thornton
When the Liberal leadership candidates held their first "debate" in Calgary
Paul Martin made several old suggestions to address western alienation. Ron Thornton
suggests that if we believe these guys we are indeed either idiots or lapdogs.
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 House #1 in place- Wednesday
May 7, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
By Saturday morning the first new house of 2003 was sitting on its new basement.
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 Three times down,
still leaking- Thursday
May 8, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
Using the most high tech equipment available the back alley water leak must be coming
from somewhere else because this hole is not the culprit.
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 Pool time on its
way- Thursday
May 8, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
The water is in and there are renovations underway to get the pool ready for the
season this year.
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 House number 2
rising- Thursday
May 8, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
A week of work has seen the walls rise on the new house on the North edge of town.
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 Christ Lutheran
Church Spring Rummage Sale- Friday
May 9, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
The chilly weather makes garage and yard sales tough going this weekend but the Lutheran
Church has theirs inside.
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 The Seed of Fascism in Italy, the United
States and Saskatchewan- Friday
May 9, 2003
by: Mario deSantis
This column comes to us from Rome Italy as Mr. deSantis who is a tireless researcher
and he is showing remarkable concern that the growth of "totalitarianism"
in Italy and he warns that it is pretty close to home.
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 New fronts opened up in the
taxpayer advance (First in a five-part series)- Friday
May 9, 2003
by: Walter Robinson
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation feel that they are making progress and today's
story identifies their success and the goals in their struggle to push forth the
public finanical agenda they espouse as well as the political agenda in which they
believe.
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 Mothers Day 2003- Sunday
May 11, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
As society evolves the role of motherhood itself is changing and we need badly to
keep things in perspective.
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 Grad 2003 car
wash- Sunday
May 11, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
Saturday was time for the 2003 grad class to undertake their annual car wash fund
raiser.
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 Ice Cream stand
opens- Sunday
May 11, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
ESSO lot is now home to a new hard ice cream stand. Lots of customers Sunday afternoon
sampling the wide range of flavours.
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 Acklands-Grainger
Demo Day- Monday
May 12, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
From high tech to manual Acklands Grainger has the equipment and the safety equipment
needed for industry of all kinds. This week they are doing their road show in this
part of Saskatchewan and put on a good show in Tisdale today.
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 The Greenwater
Report- Monday
May 12, 2003
by: Gerald Crawford
Today Gerald serves up some amazing pictures of skyscapes as he tells us about visits
to Prince Albert and Marean Lake as he meets old friends and observes the coming
of the new season at the park.
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 Country Roads (Part 1)- Monday
May 12, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
Come along on a drive west of Tisdale and down a country road with the sights along
the way with a QuickTime VR panorama scene (600K).
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 Elsie Wayne and Intolerance- Monday
May 12, 2003
by: Ron Thornton
Those who declare sometimes excessively how they are maligned and abused turn the
tables and bring out their heaviest insults for a member of parliament who expressed
her honest opinion about same sex marriage as an issue. Ron Thornton points out that
political correctness is endangering freedom of speech.
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 Country Roads (part 2)- Tuesday
May 13, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
For the most part rural Saskatchewan is empty. The depopulation of the rural area
has left behind it a marvellous world of empty farm yards and a sense of what once
was.
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 Choices- Tuesday, May 13, 2003
by : Joe Hueglin
The cancellation of the order of SeaKing replacements back in 1993 remains an enormous
problem as the government is now making the process turbulant and many feel trouble
for Canada's forces who will have to rely upon the SeaKing for some time. The change
to specifications could mean the obsolete SeaKing is better than what will replace
it.
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 Owchapawais- Wednesday
May 14, 2003
by: R. W. Shire
Time to tee up in the Qu'Appelle Valley south of Melville just east of Crooked Lake.
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 Echo of change- Thursday
May 15, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
We haven't been listening close enough to ourselves, we Canadians have been dancing
along step for step not with our American neighbours but with the people in much
of the rest of the world.
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 Misplaced Priorities- Thursday
May 15, 2003
by: Mike Reilly
The Federal Government has put a system to register potential sex offenders on a
back burner. Known child molestors repeat, that is a fact of life and it is vital
that a system be put in place to give the public and police every possible tool to
prevent and protect.
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 Victoria Day weekend
2003- Friday
May 16, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire and Kevin McIntyre
Summer or not, warm are not its time for shorts, sandals and down filled coats as
Canadians hit the highway and its time to celebrate the end of ski-doo season.
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 Sa-Hali Secondary
School Flash Proejct Site- Saturday
May 17, 2003
by: Mike Townsend
Mike Townsend has assembled this semester's projects from his "InfoTech - 12"
course in his Kamloops High school. His students have been learning to create web
sites using Micromedia "Flash" and this is your chance to check out their
work. A few of the projects are not yet completed but they will shortly all be on
this site.
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 Mark Pitzel- Sunday
May 18, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
On May 27th at the Tisdale Golden Age Centre the members of the local provincial
NDP constituency will be selecting their candidate for the next provincial election.
Mark Pitzel is one of the three candidates for that position.
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 1963 Pontiac Parisienne- Sunday
May 18, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
What a car, the 1963 Pontiac, durable and attactive, sensible and safe. This one
is still going strong as these pictures were taken yesterday at the Tisdale Mall.
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 Crooked River
4H- Monday
May 19, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
Yesterday we looked in on the Crooked River advanced riding class as they are preparing
for this year's achievement day in June.
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 That sinking shrinking problem- Monday
May 19, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
One home owner, perhpas the first of many has begun the process of sorting out the
clay around his basement by digging it out and replacing it with a barrier and gravel.
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 Greenwater Report- Monday
May 19, 2003
by: Gerald Crawford
Our man Gerald and his wife Helen have shared a lot together in their lives together
but at their anniversary they discovered how much they affected everyone around them.
Cold at the park but they got the dock and boat in place and as a bonus this week's
report includes some great flower pictures.
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 Making progress- Monday
May 19, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
House number now has its roof and is looking more and more like a finished house.
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 Ensign marks its
fifth birthday- Tuesday
May 20, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
Six years is an eternity when it comes to being a web site but that is how old this
site is and though it has evolved over the years the essentials are still in place
and every story is still archived and online. This page contains two QuickTime
VR images of 600K and 500K each.
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 Victoria Day 2003,
Ball- Tuesday
May 20, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
Cold day but boys and girls were out on the ball diamonds enjoying the game of ball.
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 Electric railroading
in 1st half of last century- Tuesday
May 20, 2003
by: Doug Ives
It is with pride that Ensign presents this remarkable picture essay that tells the
story of the re-establishing of an electric railroad service in Vancouver that is
a major tourist attraction.
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 The "real deal" for Canadian
cities- Tuesday
May 20, 2003
by: Walter Robinson
In a second of five part series Mr. Robinson explains the desirable advantages for
all Canadians to solve the funding problem for Canadian urban centres who are all
having trouble.
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 Work begins on
site for number 3- Tuesday
May 20, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
The second new house this year to go into the Newmarket area has begun development.
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 Mistatim- Wednesday
May 21, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
Over the years we have featured various communities in our "hometown" series
and today we look at the village of Mistatim mid way between Tisdale and Hudson Bay.
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 MG - Top Down- Wednesday
May 21, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
We had this car on this site last year but here it is again, it is definitely worth
a second look.
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 Rise Construction
installs footings for house number 3- Wednesday
May 21, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
Here is a quick look at the beginning of what will be come a new house and a picture
of this home's floor plans.
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 The End- Wednesday
May 21, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
Cars and people all share one common and ultimate termination. This morning I took
twenty pictures of cars as their life as cars and trucks ended and their new life
as recycled metal, plastic and glass began.
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 Cuts for Cancer- Thursday
May 22, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
Hair 2000 pitches in with sidewalk hair cuts to raise money for the relay for life
project, downtown Tisdale Thursday afternoon.
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 BugCycle- Thursday
May 22, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
A Volkswagon customised into a motorcycle tricycle as seen downtown in Tisdale Wednesday
afternoon.
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 The Corporative
Saskatchewan Justice: Avoiding the court of law by the power of money,
private contracts and deceptions- Thursday
May 22, 2003
by: Mario deSantis
UofS researcher settles out of court and the Univesity gets to keep its bribery based
research a secret. And nothing is new.
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 Classy Yard Sales- Friday
May 23, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
Today seems to be the day for the upscale yard sales. Most sales are intended to
get rid of what a family doesn't want anymore but today's sales seemed to be estate
dispersals and time for a family to unburden itself of a phase.
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 Mistatim Castle- Friday
May 23, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
Farm houses in Saskatchewan tend to be sprawlling ranch style homes as space is rarely
a problem. But this example is truly an exception reminiscent of an English manor
house.
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 Voodoo Economics:Tax
Cuts & Political Hegemony- Friday
May 23, 2003
by: Mario deSantis
The US government is attempting to pass the tax cuts but there is growing awareness
that this tax cut for the rich is more of a joke than a plausible means of improving
the United States' sagging economy.
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 Multlevel Yard- Friday
May 23, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
Here is a look at the unusual, Saskatchewan is flat right? Well this yard in Nipawin
is anything but flat and offers its residence a wide variety of living spaces and
includes its own terraces and mini-forest. This story includes a QuickTime VR
panorama (600K).
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 Relay for life
, Hamburgers - Lamb's Hardware- Satureday
May 24, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
Just as Hair 2000 pitched in Thursday with a street event for the Cancer fund raiser,
Lamb's Hardware
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 The Pharaohs and Kings are
gone: but their taxes remain- Monday
May 26, 2003
by: Walter Robinson
Cities have to raise 83% of their revenue by whatever means they can and for the
most part that seems to be property taxes which hit and hurt often those least able
to pay. Its time to consider alternatives.
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 Nipawin Fire a
year later- Tuesday
May 27, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
This year's fire season is upon Saskatchewan's Northern residents once more as the
folks in Timber Bay may not be able to get back into their homes today after their
fire Sunday night. But a year ago Nipawin was threatened and here is what it looks
like now. This page includes a QuickTime
VR panorama (600K) showing the scene.
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- Lack of action
- Tuesday
May 27, 2003
by: Joe Hueglin
While the federal government takes action with the SARS and Mad Cow issues the persistent
problem of sex offenders is not at the top of the action or "to do list."
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 What is wrong with the Canadian
Alliance?- Tuesday
May 27, 2003
by: Ron Thornton
The Canadian Alliance has slipped in the polls to no longer be viable as a national
political entity while the Progressive Conservative party seems about to elect a
"retro" leader with no appeal outside of his home province.
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 The tools of Bush&Co's
Public Policies: Wrapping up in the flag and lying with secrecy and
opinions polls- Tuesday
May 27, 2003
by: Mario deSantis
Today's story is a refined summary of the extensive research that went into it as
Mr. deSantis has been checking out the huge amounts of information that now confire
the supicions of months ago.
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 The Greenwater
Repoort- Tuesday
May 27, 2003
by: Gerald Crawford
Computer problems out at Crawfordville but we still hear about seeding, park preparation
for summer, geese, wrens and oh yes, fishin'.
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 A monkey could
have done a better job- Tuesday, May 27, 2003
by: Jason Inness
The hype about Liberal leadership leader, Paul Martin, is undeserved and many believe
that the achievements attributed to the man had seriously negative consequences.
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 Pitzel wins nomination- Wednesday
May 28, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
The Carrot River Valley NDP nominating convention took place last night in Tisdale
and Mark Pitzel will contest the upcoming bi-election and the general election which
will follow.
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 Relay for life tomorrow
night- Thursday
May 29, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
This one weekend when no one will be able to say that there is nothing to do in Tisdale.
The all night Cancer fund raiser Relay for life begins Friday night.
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 Missed boondoggles- Thursday
May 29, 2003
by: Joyce Neufeld
As members of the Saskatchewan Party have been effectively identifying miss-spend
money by the provincial government. But there have been other spending that is very
questionable.
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 What a bummer
of a day . .- Thursday
May 29, 2003
by: Rebecca Gingrich
Compound silly news that seems to illustrate the aimlessness of the federal government
as it flounders about from one issue to another without fixing anything.
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 Relay for life
today- Friday
May 30, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
An army of volunteers were in the process of converting the playing field and arena
into a complete fair grounds this morning as preparations for the afternoon and night's
activities.
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 Say no to pot, or, fine, pay the ticket!- Friday
May 30, 2003
by Jonathan Colford
We are proud to post McGill's (Toronto) active journalist Jonathan Colford who writes
on everything from sports to politics in both his college paper but also in local
Toronto publications. He is amused at the irony of the new Marijuana legislation.
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 On Regression: the case
of Dr. David Cassidy and the case of President Bush- Friday
May 30, 2003
by: Mario deSantis
The US president has just appointed an advisor who is committed to the concept that
a greater inequity in income is good for the economy. The story and its references
illustrates the economic basis for this kind of thinking.
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 Parkland Photography
Club May 2003- Friday
May 30, 2003
by: Gerald Crawford
This club continues to grow and develop as this month they recognise each others
achievements and challenge each other to new frontiers. The Macro pictures are interesting
as they are about to wrap up their season at the end of June.
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 Relay for life -$186,000- Saturday
May 31, 2003
by Timothy W. Shire
One of the largest events in Saskatchewan as over 300 survivors and more than a thousand
others spend the night as they raise an unprecidented amount of money for Cancer
research. This is a very large story with two QuickTime VR pictures and a large page
to access the pictures taken at this remarkable community activity.
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 The New World
Order of Bush&Co.: The intersection of government, business, military
and lies- Saturday
May 31, 2003
by: Mario deSantis
This short story is in actual fact a summary of a wide range of material that Mr.
deSantis has compiled. Its like hearing only the punch line of a joke, it won't mean
that much to you unless you check out the powerful references that are listed at
the bottom of the story.
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