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Fort Sumter National Monument will present living history programs on Saturday and Sunday, April 6-7 in observance of the 150th anniversary of the Ironclad Attack. Volunteers portraying members of the 1st South Carolina Artillery Regiment (Regulars) will provide interpretive programs for every tour boat to Fort Sumter on Saturday, April 6 and for the 9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. boats on Sunday, April 7.
On April 7, 1863, nine ironclad U.S. Navy ships attacked the Confederate defenses at the entrance to Charleston Harbor. This was the first fleet attack in the history of the U.S. Navy by ironclad ships. During the battle the 32 large cannon on board the ships and the Confederates' 77 heavy guns mounted in fortifications on Morris Island, Sullivan's Island and at Fort Sumter fired approximately 89-½ tons of artillery projectiles. After 2-½ hours of fierce combat the U.S Navy withdrew in defeat.
A free temporary exhibit on the Ironclad Attack is also on display in the Fort Moultrie Visitor Center. Located at 1214 Middle Street on Sullivan's Island, the visitor center is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Fort Sumter National Monument is a unit of the National Park Service. The Fort Sumter Visitor Education Center at Liberty Square is located at 340 Concord Street, in Charleston. The park is open daily except for New Year's, Thanksgiving and Christmas Days. For more information, call 843-883-3123 or visit online at www.nps.gov/fosu.
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An embezzler who sold her home to pay back some of the money she stole from her Buffalo employer was ordered Thursday to also pay $300 a month in additional restitution for the next 10 years.
Janice Kaled, however, avoided a prison term at her Erie County Court sentencing.
Kaled, 53, was sentenced to five years' probation for stealing $337,541 between January 2005 and December 2011 from Unlimited Energy Inc. of Buffalo. She pleaded guilty to second-degree grand larceny for the theft and first-degree offering a false instrument for filing for not reporting the money on her state tax return.
The net proceeds from selling her home totaled $40,527, which Kaled has already turned over to the employer. "That's about all the money she's got," defense lawyer Joel L. Daniels said of the sale proceeds.
The company also received $25,000 from an insurer and $40,000 from HSBC Bank, which cashed her forged checks, said John C. Doscher, head of the Erie County District Attorney's Special Investigations Bureau, who prosecutes embezzlers and others accused of financial crimes.
If Kaled makes all of her monthly restitution payments, that would total $36,000.
In all, the most the company can expect to recoup is $141,527 – about 42 percent of its loss.
"We certainly would have liked it to be more," Doscher said.
But that is more than victimized companies usually get back, he said.
Erie County Judge Sheila A. DiTullio said she sought to strike a balance with her sentence, one that punishes the Lockport woman but also tries to get back money for the victimized business owner.
The judge called repaying the victim a priority and noted that Kaled sold her home to pay some restitution. "You sold your home, which was big," DiTullio said.
Kaled now has two minimum-wage jobs, working 40 to 60 hours a week cleaning floors at one job and selling merchandise in a store at her other job.
"I give you credit for that," DiTullio said.
DiTullio decided not to order Kaled to perform community service, saying she would rather Kaled work and earn money to keep up with the restitution payments.
Living in an apartment with her 16-year-old daughter, "she lives on a shoestring now," Daniels said.
Kaled's former employer attended the sentencing and also sent the judge a letter but opted not to make a victim-impact statement during the hearing.
Daniels said Kaled did not have a prior criminal record and did not gamble away the stolen money at a casino.
While the judge referred to financial problems Kaled has experienced, Daniels did not say how she spent the thousands of dollars she stole.
"I want to say how truly sorry I am for what I have done," Kaled said.
She said she let down her former boss. "I'm truly sorry for what I did to him and his family," she said. "I will do whatever it takes to pay him back."
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J.K. Rowling's Failed Attempts to Write an 8th Harry Potter
The Harry Potter Saga ended on the big screen this summer, but HP Fever (H. Peever) is here to stay. Like Star Wars before it, the Harry Potter Universe captured the attention and money of people young and old, for decades, all over the world. Of the top 20 highest-grossing movies of all time, six of them are Harry Potter films. H. Peever will not be cured.
After ending the series with an epilogue that revealed the passage of time and nothing else, J. K. Rowling has mentioned the possibility of an eighth book on more than one occasion. The success of the film franchise practically guarantees they'll make her cough up an extra story or two. Well, lucky you for reading this, because J.K. Rowling is my aunt and prove me wrong. (I bet you won't even bother to take the time.) Anyway, I swiped her hard drive. Here are all of her ideas and MS Paint doodles regarding Harry Potter 8: TBD. And please don't tell Aunt Row-Row I did this.
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Harry Potter and The
General Boredom of Life
Chapter 1: Privet Drivel
Privet Drive was having a warmish day. Its cobblestone road never existed, and its paved road glistened in the sun. There was not even a hint of magic in the air, it seemed, and that's it regarding the road and weather of Privet Drive.
Or so the residents of Privet Drive thought. The glisten, we will soon learn, actually came from none other than the current resident of whatever house number is the one where Harry Potter grew up. Whatever number that is, Harry is there. With the Dursleys still in hiding and preferably most of the Dursleys dead, Harry treated his former childhood prison as a home. Ron and Hermione, both pregnant with each other's child, would visit at times. They didn't live too far. Harry would warn them about the dangers of male pregnancy, and Hermione would scoff.
"Oh, pishaw, Harry. The magic is sound and perfectly safe. I invented the spell myself. Ron will be fine. He likes it." Is something Hermione might say. Ron, of course, would avert his eyes from Harry's gaze and shift uncomfortably. His eyes, Harry would sometimes notice, were bruised. To clarify, they were always bruised, but Harry only noticed some of the time.
Ginny would also visit Harry. They would smooch and get into some heavy petting, but eventually Harry would notice that Ginny kind of resembles Ron, and that would lead to confusion and frustration and disappointment. They would awkwardly put away their boners and wetties, and then talk of the incredible boredom that has come from Voldemort being dead, and how neither of them is qualified for any job that's not killing Voldemort or liking each other. Maybe a few more smooches and then she would leave, an overnight bag never even being packed/considered.
Yes, under the stairs of 40-ish Privet Drive wept none other than Harry Potter, The Boy Who Lived And Is Starting To Regret It. Without Voldemort, without quests, his life was- well, it was not a life at all. What was he supposed to do now? Collect stamps? With what? Magic? Nice try, whoever suggested that. Harry hated magic now. Now that his scar didn't hurt. Now that he had nothing badass to do. Now that anything.
19 years would eventually pass, and perhaps something interesting would happen then. But for now, all Harry had to look forward to was marriage to a Weasley, home ownership, a couple of kids named after his favorite dead people, and maybe a quick blowie on his birthday. From a Weasley.
Harry read the classifieds every day, hope in his heart, but there was never an ad for "The Chosen One". There was never even an ad for "Pretty Good Wizard When Backed Into a Corner". The logical life plan would be to try to get a job at Hogwarts, his favorite place ever, but 19 years later certainly doesn't indicate that, so it looks like Harry's just going to have to magic himself up a deck of cards for the next two decades.
Anyway, Harry wept like a baby's big stupid baby, his despair apparently manifesting itself in a magical sort of way, causing peculiar rainstorms in and around this particular block of houses, the result of which was a glisteny vibe to the road. Harry began to wish that he had gone into the light with Dumbledore when he had the chance. And now that I think about the road, the present, and Harry, I can't help but wonder what literally anyone else is doing at literally any other time.
The End.
Harry Potter and The
Unrelated Short Stories
Chapter 5: Quibolous Quimp and The Poem of Having
Quibolous Quimp flicked his wand aboard Hogwarts Express a good 48 years before Harry Potter was even born. Lily and James Potter were nowhere to be seen, nor were any magical people whose names you would recognize. Quibolous Quimp, however, was alive and nearby, flicking his wand in the most magical of fashions. The Grippygrouts were in full bloom and the Pumblesnorts were dead for the season. All was fine on Hogwarts Express, and everyone was bored because who gives a s**t about this guy? Where the hell is Harry or, like, anyone that anyone else would recognize? Not near Quibolous Quimp, that's clear.
And so the wizarding world let out an enormous yawn and then napped until Harry had stuff to do again, which would be 19 years after Voldemort's death, which would be 17 years after Harry's birth, which would be 48 years after Quibolous Quimp's flicking about of wands. So, yeah, 84 years after this, Harry gets back in the game and also has kids named after people he already knew, because there's no room for new names when it comes to naming new kids.
The End.
Harry Potter and The
Ember of Swords
Chapter 16: School Again
Harry stepped onto the cool stone floor of this particular hallway of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It did not provide him with any specific memory, but it sure reminded him of home. Even though he was there just a week ago visiting Hagrid's grave, it still felt like too long. This really was his home, despite the fact that he wasn't a professor or headmaster or Quidditch coach or anything that would make sense. But, no, Harry did not feel compelled to contribute to the school that laid down its life for him. He was content with the occasional visit and simply taking his kids to the train station every year, sharing some knowing glances with that puke Draco, and going on about how long it's been since his f***ing scar hurt.
"My scar still doesn't hurt," Harry would say to anyone close by. "Ever since Voldemort died."
"Cool story, bro." Some people would say because they're dicks. Others would smile and nod.
Harry arrived home to Hogwarts, having just gotten off a shift at whatever his job was at the time. Wizard mechanic, or something. Parent-Professor conferences were today, and he was eager to hear about all of the wonderful magics accomplished by Albus and James and Lily (his kids, not his former headmaster and parents). Just like every year, he was also only kind of looking forward to seeing Professor MacGonagall, who was still alive somehow. Certainly it was due to some kind of grey magic that most never even attempt. She was more corpsey than human now, her skin oozing pus-dust and covered with ants. Grey magic, indeed.
After a few pleasantries- or whatever you'd call polite small talk if it came from McGonagall's hideous maw (certainly not "pleasant"ries)- McGonagall's animated corpse spoke: "I need to talk to you about Albus, Potter. Earlier, he-
"-Dumbledore is alive?!"
"No, your kid. Albus. He was snooping around- classic Potter- and he stumbled upon something of great importance."
"Albus Dumbledore?"
"No, your youngest son," McGonagall's face leaked. "Albus Severus Potter."
"Severus Snape." Harry corrected her.
"I'm talking about your son, Potter, try to keep up." McGonagall sighed up a lung. "Moving on, have you ever heard of the Ember of Swords?"
"The Ember of Swords?"
"Yes, Potter, the Ember of Swords."
The Headmistress then sighed up another lung. With a wave of her wand, the lung was transformed into a stool upon which she could rest her aching bones. Some of her bones turned to dust as soon as she sat down, but the rest of them were quite appreciative of the time off.
"The Ember of Swords, Potter," McGonagall's skin wheezed, "is one of the most powerful and dangerous wizard relics ever created."
"Like the Deathly Ha-"
"-Yes, much like the Deathly Hallows. But The Ember of Swords, Potter, is special. The Ember of Swords is important for reasons I can't even think of, let alone explain. I mean, sure, the Deathly Hallows were quite good and important, yes, sure, fine, of course, but you must know, Potter, that you are destined to find this other thing, the Ember of Swords, before somebody else finds the Ember of Swords thing."
"I don't know, some guy!" McGonagall's corpse shrieked, shaking her fists toward where she thought he was. "Just find the thing, okay? Find the thing and do the stuff and you'll save wizards."
"Do the stuff?"
"Get the thing and defeat whomever, Potter. Wizards will thank you."
Harry considered this and asked her, "Do you ever wish it were like back in the old days when Voldemort was still around?"
McGonagall answered this by coughing her brain out through her eyeballs.
The End.
Harry Potter and The
Voldemort Again
Chapter 32: Time Keeps On Keepin' On
"Don't do it, Harry!" Hermione shouted, her Christmas cheer at an all-time low.
"It's too late, Hermione! My scar demands it!" Harry shouted back and turned the Time Turner many times. He was still wearing his Invisibility Cloak, so all Hermione saw was a whir of magic-y sparks and whooshes enchanting the air with fancy lights and whirshes. Then nothing.
On the other side of magic, however, Harry appeared in front of a very living Lord Voldemort. It was several days before Harry had originally killed the evil f*** 19 years ago. Harry smiled as the pain returned to his scar. He felt comfort. He felt alive. He felt young again, and he felt Voldemort's hand grab and tighten around his neck.
"What is this trickery?" Voldemort hissed. "You are not Harry Potter, The Boy Who Lived. And yet..." Voldemort used his not-choking hand to brush the hair off of Harry's forehead to reveal a very familiar scar.
"Oh, but I am Harry." Harry revealed to the shock of no one at this point. "I came to take you to the future so I could fight you again. A few days from now, I kill you for good in the current timeline. Then I'm bored, Voldy. Bored for years."
"But if you take me to the future for dueling, you will not have killed me in this time and your path will be different, thus you will never travel through time to bring me to the future."
"Yeah, but-"
"And if you leave me here, I now know that you kill me in a few days. My path will be different, thus you may be the one who is killed, making you unable to travel through time to bring me to the future."
"Okay, sure, b-"
"And since when do you call me 'Voldy'?"
"Oh, well, I thought that-"
"You are a fool, Harry. Do not mess with time travel."
"Right, but if-"
"You should have listened to Hermione, who I assume warned you about all of this."
"Yeah, but Hermione's-"
"-always right." Voldemort hissed.
Time and space started to break a bit, and a white light erupted from reality. It reminded Harry of the calming white escape of death that Ghost Dumbledore had presented him 19 years ago.
"You've fucked us all, Harry." Voldemort hissed.
Everything, everywhere, became nothing all over the place.
Had Harry existed past that moment, he would have smiled. If he couldn't fight Voldemort anymore, then death was the next best option for him. Unfortunately, nothing existed past that moment, so death was no longer even a thing.
The End.


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Thursday, January 24, 2013
Many moons ago when I worked at Town Hall, co-worker Lucy Dreyer,
a town planner, used to make my mouth water telling me about the delicious
soups her husband Frank made. When I saw her again recently, I made sure to
arrange to get his favorite concoctions.
Frank tells me he took up soup making shortly after he and Lucy
married and began hosting family dinners and then were left with the question
of what to do with the hambone or turkey carcass. "I began to experiment
and that's how it got started." I talked to Lucy later and she quipped that that
" it really all got started because he couldn't bear to throw those leftovers away.
But that was fine once I found out just how good he was."
Frank says he doesn't cook as such but he likes soups because he didn't
want to take on anything too difficult to do or too easy to ruin. Most
interesting: he cooks his soups from scratch and most of them at the same
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has some time off from work. New Year's Day is particularly good as he can
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"And it's got to be cold weather," he says "so I can take them out to the
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The Dreyers have been in Summerville for 24 years, coming from
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Frank is an architect, specializing in schools. They have two grown children,
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Frank cooks his five staple recipes each year. They include Turkey Vegetable
Noodle, which is the hands down family favorite; Vegetable Beef or Oxtail,
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2 quarts water 3 tsp. salt or to taste
1 quart chicken broth ½ tsp. pepper or to taste
1 large onion (diced) 4 tbsp. parsley (dried)
1 carcass (break-up) ½ tsp. basil (dried)
3 large carrots (sliced) ¼ tsp. poultry seasoning
3 celery stalks (sliced) 1- 15 oz. can tomatoes (chopped)
3 garlic cloves (diced) 1 cup tomato or V-8 Juice
1 green pepper (chopped) 1 sm can Rotel tomatoes
3 bay leaves chicken bouillon to taste
16 oz. egg noodles ¼ tsp ea. thyme, tarragon, sage,
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Simmer carcass in liquid two hours, let cool. Skim fat. Remove bones
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On a rain-soaked, foggy afternoon last week, an old barn tucked neatly behind a family dwelling on a rural route in Ransomville resounds with the full-blown emotional resonance of a pair of gospel singers. Inside the barn, which has been converted into a fully equipped, contemporary digital recording studio, singers Marcia McWilson and Connie Matthews are "taking it to church," in gospel singer parlance. Gathered tightly around the same microphone, they're running consecutive takes as they improvise incredibly soulful wordless motifs, each one different from the previous one, but all equally powerful, emotive and on-pitch.
Interestingly, this is not a gospel recording session. In fact, McWilliams and Matthews are riffing over stone-cold modern country. Which might explain the presence of the easily 6-foot-5 African-American man with the Stetson hat pushed squarely down over his brow, who is coaching them through their takes. That's renowned Nashville hit-maker, songwriter, producer and "hick-hop" pioneer Cowboy Troy visible through the studio's sliding glass doors, cheering on McWilliams and Matthews as if marrying gospel music to country was the most natural thing in the world.
What is Cowboy Troy – born Troy Lee Coleman in Texas and now an established part of the contemporary country collective known as MuzikMafia, which also includes country stars Big & Rich, Gretchen Wilson and James Otto – doing in the middle of nowhere?
Working, as it turns out, with a regional band that takes its name from the very town producer Dave St. Onge's Digital Barn studio is cozily tucked within – Ransomville. Over the past four years, the country rock collective has developed into a songwriting and performing force poised to put the Buffalo area on the modern country music map. Troy is here to produce the band's new album – which will include the very gospel-meets-country tune that McWilson and Matthews have been adding their vocal magic to this afternoon. Troy is reprising the role he filled on the band's last effort, "Country Is What I Am." Ransomville will join Cowboy Troy to unveil some of the new material at 8 p.m. Saturday in Club Infinity.
If this seems a bit incongruous – the idea that Western New York might produce legitimate country music and stake its claim in a medium traditionally associated with the American South – well, Troy doesn't see it that way.
"Take a look around here," Troy says. "You may have noticed on the way in that we are in the country out here. This is Western New York country. Yeah, it's different than Nashville country, or the country I grew up with in Texas. But it's country, legit. It has its own take on what country music is. That's what you're hearing right now from these guys."
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"These guys," it turns out, are old friends who have known each other for years, and have been playing together almost as long, most notably as the popular pop outfit Seven Day Faith. Guitarists Rob Burgio and John Rosini forged a rewarding songwriting partnership, eventually leading to three singles in the Top 10 on local Top 40 station Kiss 98.5 FM. When Seven Day Faith split, the two decided to dig into what they describe as a long-enduring love of country music, with the help of SDF bassist Kevin Ernst and drummer Johnny Misso. Vocalist Dan McLurg originally filled out the band's roster, but recently left and was replaced by former SDF frontman Rob Bilson.
All express confidence that this new Bilson-fronted version of the band is the definitive one.
"Burgio and I had been getting together before I was in the band, during the time I took off to be there while my kids were really young," Bilson recalls. "We were working on this tune of mine called 'Dear Daughter,' which was originally just an acoustic demo that we worked up ourselves. But it felt right, and that was really the beginning of the journey that ended up with me joining Ransomville."
When Cowboy Troy arrived in the Buffalo area to work on the tunes for Ransomville's third effort, he and Bilson had never met. But the bond, he says, "was pretty much instant" between the two.
"It was seamless from the get-go," Troy insists. "I listened to the demos first. One tune they were really excited about, 'Sugar On the Spoon,' I honestly didn't get it at first blush. But I listened to it and thought and thought about it, and when I got to the airport to get on the plane in Atlanta to come here at 4 in the morning, I started working on it. By the time the plane landed in Buffalo, I had the changes in place. When we got together, it just took a minute to get it right."
Troy speaks casually of this process, when in truth, it can often be tortuous, drawn out and capable of bruising egos on all sides. But the Ransomville guys insist this wasn't the case.
"Troy helped us unearth parts of the song we didn't even know were there," says Burgio. "There was just an instant chemistry." Bilson nods his head animatedly in agreement, stressing the effortless manner in which "Sugar On the Spoon" went from "not quite there yet" to "totally actualized" under Troy's detail-oriented gaze.
"Troy gets us to think outside of the box," says guitarist Rosini, while Burgio recalls the producer "urging me not to overthink it all, not to nitpick, but to just feel it, to realize that feel is everything in this music."
Capturing the live magic
Troy relates a story in which Big & Rich's John Rich cornered him on a tour bus to drive home his take on the difference between a singer and an artist. " 'Singers sing, singers will note the current trend, and they'll mimic it,' John told me," Troy remembers with a grin.
" 'But artists just do what they do – artists have integrity.' That really hit home with me. So I told Bilson when I met him, I said 'Dude, you don't have the typical country voice, and I don't want to hear you trying to imitate the typical modern country voice – I want to hear you singing yourself.' I told him to sing like he sings, not like what he thinks a country singer is supposed to sing like. He did, and from that point forward, everything has gone very smoothly."
Troy's other main contribution to the Ransomville sessions involved his insistence that the tracks boast a "live off-the-floor feel, a spontaneous feel without a million overdubs, so that it sounds like this band sounds live, which is the first thing about them that impressed me.
"I caught the band live totally by coincidence," Troy recalls. "I was on tour with Big & Rich, and we had an after-party at the Hard Rock Cafe following our show in Pittsburgh, back in 2011. These guys just happened to be playing the Hard Rock that night."
When Ransomville manager Trent Boling approached Troy, the latter expressed enthusiasm for the band's performance. "A few days later," says Boling, "Troy called me, saying something along the lines of, 'Man, I would really love to work with these guys.' "
The Ransomville guys complied willingly with Troy's dictum that the sessions produce a sound in keeping with the band's live performances. "Troy unburdened us in that way," says Burgio. "He encouraged us to be ourselves, and it just felt like the clouds were parting, and we could let go of all of this worry, all of this nit-picking and overthinking, and let the music flow."
Saturday's concert will kick off a series of East Coast dates that will find Ransomville opening for Cowboy Troy and then acting as his backup band for the latter's headlining sets, following the release of the group's as yet untitled new album in early spring.
For Troy, the recordings will provide the blueprint for Ransomville's concerts, during which he expects the songs to grow and change.
"There was no formula for this record," Troy says. "The whole process, from writing and arranging to recording, has been incredibly organic. That way, when the band plays live, the music can expand and grow, and it will all sound convincing, and not contrived.
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LEVELS OF LIFE. By Julian Barnes. Knopf. 124 pages. $22.
Julian Barnes published "Nothing to Be Frightened Of," a wonderful meditation on death, in March 2008. While he insisted that the book was not autobiographical, in "Nothing" Barnes made a record of what it is to be himself, a man whose life's drama comes from its friction with death: "Death is the one appalling fact that defines life; unless you are constantly aware of it, you can't begin to understand what life is all about."
Later that same year, Barnes's wife, literary agent Pat Kavanaugh, died suddenly, only 37 days after she was diagnosed with a brain tumor.
"How do you write about catastrophe?" he asked in "A History of the World in 10½ Chapters" (2009), and then showed us. "Levels of Life" is Barnes's saddest and most urgent book, and the one that brings to bear everything he knows about catastrophe and survival.
Here's how you write about the most panic-inducing catastrophes: start with a seemingly unrelated historical incident, or series of incidents. Let a combination of history and fabulation soften the landing. As Barnes says in the opening sentences of "Levels of Life," "You put together two things that have not been put together before. And the world is changed."
The first part, titled "The Sin of Height," is a short, wholly delightful chapter that takes us from the beginnings of balloon flight to the Apollo 8 lunar mission. Barnes focuses on three aeronauts: the British eccentric Fred Burnaby, the French polymath Felix Tournachon (better known as Nadar, the pioneering photographer), and an unlikely third balloon traveler, Sarah Bernhardt.
Nadar's two passions, flight and photography, were brought together in his attempts to take the world's first aerial photographs from his airborne wicker cottage. But his passion for modernity wasn't fulfilled until a century later, with something so newly seen that only a new word could describe it: "Earthrise."
Of the famous 1968 photograph, the Earth as seen from space, taken by William Anders of Apollo 8, Barnes writes, "To look at ourselves from afar, to make the subjective suddenly objective: this gives us a psychic shock."
Barnes's second section, titled "On the Level," makes the subjective suddenly objective in a different way. Barnes invents a fictional episode that mirrors in miniature his own great loss. "On the Level" imagines that Fred Burnaby and Sarah Bernhardt have a brief love affair. When Bernhardt withdraws herself, Burnaby mourns for years.
Barnes is a playful writer who has long relied on strange links and impertinent connections. The stakes are more personal in "Levels of Life," but what he had to say about his method in "A History of the World" still applies: "We make up a story to cover the facts we don't know or can't accept; we keep a few true facts and spin a new story around them. Our panic and our pain are only eased by soothing fabulation."
Barnes's third section, titled "The Loss of Depth," is a knockout. As a stand-alone piece, it's heartbreaking. Within the volume, it takes a place among other stories of rising and crashing. The effect is sobering but also magical. Barnes understands, and makes clear, that his hard fall is the flip side of his elevating love. In what becomes a touchstone comment, a widowed friend writes him, "The thing is — nature is so exact, it hurts exactly as much as it is worth, so in a way one relishes the pain, I think. If it didn't matter, it wouldn't matter."
His tough, unsparing look at the hurt of his wife's death is a tribute to her worth, but we aren't allowed to know her in this memoir — he never once uses her name. Barnes considered suicide for a second but quickly realized he was his wife's chief rememberer: "If she was anywhere, she was within me."
Twice in his first year of grieving, Barnes sees "the opera most immaculately targeted at the grief struck" — "Orfeo ed Euridice." The story of a bereft man who is able to bargain with the gods brings home another loss to Barnes: for him, the old myths (God, eternal life, any dimension beyond this world) are no longer available. There is no Underworld where his wife waits. He writes, "I don't believe I shall ever see her again. Never see, hear, touch, embrace, listen to, laugh with. ... I believe dead is dead."
In these years of sorrow without repeal, Barnes favors the language of plain declaration, this, from a master of wit and wordplay. Every sentence is quotable. Barnes shows us the intertwined beauty and suffering of the world, but he shies away from explanations: "It is all just the universe doing its stuff, and we are the stuff it is being done to."
Set this brave book on the shelf next to other excellent studies of grief, Joan Didion's "A Year of Magical Thinking" and Joyce Carol Oates's "A Widow's Story."
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And if the US ladies team taught us anything- it's not about being fair, it's about who gives the country (in the Fed's mind) the best shot at medals. Maybe the Russian Fed. has realized they maybe have propped Adelina up too much?
It's a good question. Do they go with the team that defeated the French in the short twice, but lost with mistakes in a free they are no longer skating? Or do they go with a team that lost to the Shibutani's early in the season & the Italians at Europeans w/a fall, but defeated the French in France? Hmm, so . . . I think I&K may be the surprise of the dance competition. Their Swan Lake is stellar. (Their short not-so-much). BUT I think I&K are volatile. At their very best, they MAYBE finish one spot about B/S--in the individual event. Which means . . . Russia might as well go with the proven team in the team event. If I was a team coach (which I'm certainly not), I'd put up that team. The one that got the bronze at Worlds, defeated the French in the short twice, and defeated W&P & C&L at the GPF. I&K have potential. But B&S's result at Worlds last year is the reason Russia is a favorite for bronze in the dance event.
Well I am not sure it will make a huge difference in the free skate. One would anticipate USA and Canada ahead of Russia in dance which leaves probably Japan and Italy to compete against in dance. The Japanese are no match and at worst it should be close with the Italians with either Russian team so it isn't the biggest gamble.
Kind of off topic and I considered stating a new thread but decided against it being that there are enough threads to go around now. I just want to point out something that dawned on me today. I usually watch only the Ladies,sometimes the men, and rarely pairs/dance. That said, due to a number of ladies I follow closely, yes there are more than just Julia, I will be tuning in to the entire team event to root my girls on. This likely will expand my interest and understanding as well. So the team event may and likely will help spread interest in more disciplines of FS to others I assume that are like me. Just wanted to point out what I consider a positive aspect to the team event. I've seen it cast in both good and bad light.
Also I think it is unfair for Reynolds not to have a team event medal, and I prefer to watch him over Chan but I m not wishing team Canada ill. There is no restriction on how you pick your team and afterall Team FS will be announced after the SP. Russians, they would either split Ice Dance or Ladies and they chose Ice Dance, but that is for now.
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It is estimated that more than 80 percent of cats with hyperthyroidism will also be hypertensive. Fortunately, normalizing the thyroid hormone levels will usually correct the blood pressure.
Hyperadrenocorticism (also called Cushing's disease) is a condition where the adrenal glands produce excessive amounts of their hormones. Hypertension may occur secondary to this disorder, but as for hyperthyroidism in cats, once the hormonal excess is corrected, the hypertension usually resolves.
There are also several less commonly diagnosed disorders that will increase blood pressure. Pheochromocytomas are another type of adrenal gland tumor that produces excess adrenaline. Acromegaly is a condition where the pituitary gland produces excess amounts of growth hormone. Polycythemia is a disease where there are too many red blood cells.
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And then there's everybody's favorite player, BYU's Jimmer Fredette, and the on-going saga of where the dead-on shooter will end up.
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Assault-type rifles have to be banned
It's time to ban assault-type rifles in our society. These weapons have been designed and built for only one reason and that is to kill other people. Regardless of the different competitive events that have been organized to accommodate these guns, the basic potential of their existence remains a fact. It does not matter what the caliber of weapon is, rim-fire or center-fire, because in the hands of the wrong people they outgun the police. We've made it too easy for multiple slaughters to occur, and it must cease, both statewide and nationwide.
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Municipalities need to clear snowy walks
Hooray for Cynthia Van Ness' call on Buffalo to clear snow from sidewalks (Feb. 5 My View). Sidewalks are an infrastructure resource with 12-month users, and sidewalk snow removal should be a core municipal service. It is unrealistic to expect homeowners and businesses to have sidewalks clear of snow by 6:30 in the morning when school children and other pedestrians begin heading out. One hundred percent owner shoveling compliance is unobtainable, and anything less is unacceptable, as any pedestrian knows who has been forced to choose between walking in the street or postholing through knee-deep snow.
Enforcement is cumbersome, time-consuming and ineffective. There would be outrage and demands for service if streets were left unplowed, and yet the safety and needs of those whose mode of transportation is by foot are ignored. Homeowners and business owners should help by keeping sidewalks clear between snow events, but it is the municipalities that have the means to open up all sidewalks to traffic after a snowfall.
Buffalo's Green Code calls for walkable, transit-friendly streets. Should it include the phrase, "weather permitting"? I do not mean to cast a snowball only at Buffalo; all municipalities with sidewalks need to make sidewalk snow removal a priority.
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I wrote and called my Rep., Mr. Reid Ribble, a couple weeks ago.
Here's what I got:
Whish he would've come out a little stronger, but at least he seems to be on the right page. Other WI members should write and let him know he needs to take a firmer stance!
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Definitely has to go. What part of Maine is he a representative of?
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February 15, 2013
Dear Mr. XXXXXXX:
Thank you for contacting me to share your views on proposals to reduce gun violence. I appreciate hearing from you.
No one can deny that gun violence is a serious problem in this country today. We owe it to the victims of the growing number of mass shootings to vigorously debate specific and comprehensive proposals that can keep our communities safer. The right approach focuses on many issues - improvements to the mental health system, better security protocols and common sense rules about gun use, including keeping firearms out of the hands of dangerous individuals.
When I was on the Richmond City Council in the 1990s, our city was mired in an epidemic of gun violence that included the city having the second-highest homicide rate in the United States. The most successful step we took was implementing Project Exile, a program that involved federal prosecution and tougher penalties for gun crimes that were previously treated more leniently in state courts. Celebrated by diverse groups engaged in the gun violence debate - including the National Rifle Association and the Brady Campaign - the program helped drive down Richmond's homicide rate by nearly 60 percent within a few years.
In 2007, the tragic shooting at Virginia Tech revealed glaring weaknesses in campus security protocols at colleges and universities, in our mental health system and the gun background check system for gun purchases. In a bipartisan spirit, I worked with then-Attorney General Bob McDonnell to immediately improve our background check system and issued an executive order ensuring that those adjudicated to be mentally ill and dangerous would be entered into a national database and barred from purchasing weapons. We also changed standards for mental health treatment and increased funding for community health programs while dramatically improving campus security and efforts to assist college students suffering from mental stress.
In January I attended a round-table event in Richmond with Vice President Biden on gun violence, to talk about the lessons learned in Virginia and the need for a comprehensive approach to these problems. As your U.S. Senator, I will work to bring that kind of comprehensive approach that will strengthen the safety of our communities, while protecting our Second Amendment rights. As a gun owner who worked with others to constitutionally guarantee Virginians the right to hunt, I know that you can be a strong supporter of the Second Amendment without tolerating the gun tragedies that are too often a part of our daily lives.
Concerning specific proposals, I am a strong supporter of universal background record checks. This is the only way we can enforce existing laws that prohibit dangerous individuals from purchasing guns. I am open to supporting legislation placing reasonable limits on high capacity magazines, combat-style weapons and gun trafficking if they are carefully drafted.
Please be assured that I will keep your views in mind as Congress continues to debate strategies to reduce gun violence. Thank you once again for contacting me.
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As you can see, Kaine was a lost cause when he was our governor and things haven't improved at all. Still, I keep hammering him with emails.
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Sessions is a good friend of gun owners.
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Write your legislators
Really, stop reading this and write your legislators, at all levels
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Let's stay focused on the letters and what use we can put them to instead of ranting about DiFi or other politicians. Identify the enemy and leave the comments out of it.
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Senator Johanns of Nebraska is on our side, but he is retiring from the Senate after the 2014 elections. The early favorite to replace him is Governor Heineman, who is also pro-2A.
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Ugh...nobody can say so little using so many words like Kay Hagan. I've been hitting Popvox hard of late, so I can't honestly say what this is in regards to, and she does not give many clues either....
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Senator Warner (D) Virginia
While the Senator says he supports the 2nd amendment, as others here have pointed out, he is for increased restrictions on gun ownership. In my opinion, Warner only says he supports the 2nd amendment because it is politically necessary for his campaign. If you check his voting record, he has voted almost straight Obama doctrine, Obamacare, etc. He bills himself as a moderate, but don't believe it.
I have had personal contact with this man on several occasions and my own opinion is, I will definitely vote against him.
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Here is my mini-essay to John Cornyn. Normally I try to keep them to a couple sentences, but the Background Check issue really demands more detail because it seems "reasonable" superficially. My arguments are 1. NICS cost 2. Punishment of prohibited persons pinging NICS for firearms sales 3. The risk posed by databases of personal info, and the new legal landmine facing gunowners. In bold is probably the most important portion of the letter--something Cornyn is hopefully smacking his more unprincipled republicans over the head with already.
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House Rep Matt Cartwright - PA District 17
I received an email response from House Rep Matt Cartwright. Based on my read, I do believe he is in need of our loving support to steer him back to right path and ensure we are represented. Could you help here? His contact info is found here:
Dear Mr. ********,
Thank you for taking the time to write to me with your thoughts on gun safety and your support for the Second Amendment. I appreciate hearing from you on this important issue and I'm glad to have the opportunity to respond.
As a Congressman I took an oath to uphold the Constitution, and as a former trial attorney I have the deepest respect for our nation's laws. The tragic shootings in Connecticut, Oregon, Wisconsin, and Colorado have thrust gun safety into the spotlight and I recognize that this is a sensitive issue fraught with emotion.
Our country has a long and proud tradition of gun ownership and having owned guns myself I recognize the important role they play in our history and in the lives of many Americans today. I respect the rights of hunters and those who use guns for recreational purposes as I too enjoy shooting. I also recognize the need for individuals to protect their homes and their families. I do not seek to punish the many responsible and law-abiding gun owners but rather seek to find a balanced approach during this discussion on gun safety. We must protect our Second Amendment rights while keeping our children safe.
I was recently appointed to the Gun Violence Task Force and will work towards solutions to prevent future tragedies, including ensuring sufficient access to mental health services. I will approach this assignment with an open mind, and am looking for input from all sides of the issue. I will certainly keep your thoughts in mind as we continue this debate.
If you would like to stay connected to our office with the latest news, legislation, and other useful information, please sign-up up for my e-newsletter or visit my website. Thank you again for reaching out, and please do not hesitate to contact my office with any future questions or comments.
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Delaware Congresscritters: Tom Carper so-so, John Carney a no-go
I got back the forum letter gun responses from Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) and Rep. John Carney (D- DE at-large). Carper's response isn't too bad. Carney's is LOLterribad. That's not unexpected since Tom Carper seems to vote his mind while John Carney tends to do whatever he is told.
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Here's the standard party-line-toeing response from Carney:
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February 25, 2013
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Dear Mr. XXXXXXXXXXX:
Thank you for contacting me about gun violence prevention. I appreciate hearing from you.
Americans are entitled to own and use guns responsibly. The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees this right. In 2008, in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court struck down the Districts handgun ban and affirmed Second Amendment rights. However, the Court also noted in its decision that Second Amendment rights are subject to reasonable limitations.
Within this context, we must work to pursue policies and enforce existing laws to protect Americans from becoming victims of gun violence. Strong penalties for violent crimes involving firearms should be part of any effort to reduce gun violence. I have consistently supported tough crime control and prevention initiatives since coming to Congress.
I support efforts that address illegal possession and use of firearms. Common sense restrictions such as bans on multi-round magazines and assault weapons are supported by law enforcement officials who patrol our streets. I also support universal background checks to prevent the transfer of firearms without a background check by non-licensed gun sellers.
We must institute common-sense limits, such as barring those with a history of mental instability, those with a history of violent crime or who are subject to restraining orders, and those whose names have been placed on a terrorist watch list from owning weapons. Straw purchasers and gun dealers should face firm penalties. There should be limits on how many firearms may be purchased in one month. Those who own firearms that are within the reach of children should have protective locks on their weapons.
Although we may disagree on this issue, I will keep your thoughts in mind as the Senate considers gun violence prevention measures. I will continue to uphold the right to bear arms and do not seek to diminish the ability of Americans to do so. We must strike a balance between protecting our constitutional rights and preventing senseless acts of violence that have led to the loss of countless lives in Illinois and across America.
Thank you again for contacting me. Please feel free to stay in touch.
Richard J. Durbin
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|February 26, 2013, 07:18 AM
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ever thought of inviting him to your house? you could lock him in your basement for like 10 seconds. the guy would die of fright/heart attack. problem solved?
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What I sent back. I copied a LOT of the legislators on this, as well as my local rep, and the NRA-ILA.
Mr. Durbin;
As a father of 5 wonderful children, and a successful business owner in Illinois, I enjoy the opportunities this country and State provide for raising our families.
But your politics trouble me deeply, Mr. Durbin.
I grew up poor. After my father shot himself, my mother joined up with a man who became quite an abusive step-father – I bear the scars to show for it two and a half decades later. The five of us (including siblings) lived in a one room basement house, off of welfare, and whatever money my mother and step father raised selling cocaine. By the time I was 14 I moved out and lived with my grandparents. The psychological scars of my youth were hard to bear, and I dropped out of high school at age 18.
That fall I found out I was going to be a father, and took my GED test, passing. With a loan of $100 from my grandfather, I took an ad out in the local paper and started a small computer repair company. Which grew in to a larger software development operation. 17 years later, I now have several employees, customers all across North America, which including a prestigious list of fortune 100 and 500 companies. I am a very successful employer, a very successful entrepreneur, and pay (more than) my fair share of taxes.
I relay my successes in life, against all odds, not to invoke some sort of emotional response. I relay these facts of my past to illustrate that I have earned – unequivocally – the right to speak my mind as a person who is not adverse to struggles and hardship. I have lived through the very worst that life could throw at me, and I have flourished.
And I will say one thing, very clearly, so that you can understand it.
I do not now, and will not ever, tolerate tyranny, in whatever form it takes, Mr. Durbin.
Your politics may fly in Chicago, where you congregate with your corrupt peers and have shared black-tie dinners with past Governors who are currently residing in prison, but these politics are quite unwelcome in downstate Illinois.
I have a right to raise my 5 wonderful children with the same values and heritage that was passed down to me from my grandfather. HIS values are what I carry forward in life. He raised me out of the ashes of my youth, he corrected the flaws in me. He instilled respect for my elders, he taught me the value of a dollar, he taught me my ethics and morality, that hard work pays off, and goodness to strangers and neighbors is rewarded with bonds of friendship and brotherhood.
My grandfather is in his 80's now, and does not have the strength or endurance or youth to carry on a struggle against our Government. But I sure as hell do. And I have the means, economically and logistically, to struggle against your particular brand of political oppression.
I would strongly advise you to review your policies and correctly adjust and adapt those views to reflect your constituents – there are millions of gun owners in the State of Illinois you are up against on this issue.
Or… you just might find yourself running against someone who is very eager (and very well-funded) to displace your corrupt, oppressive views next time you are up for election.
Have a wonderful day, sir.
Trenton xxxxxxxxxx
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The part that upsets me the most about politicians like that is how they go on about "How they support the 2nd Amendment". They do not have to agree with me, but how can you respect anyone who is that blatantly dishonest?
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I'm only one person, and can only do so much. I doubt he reads what I wrote. His secretary or staff will probably intercept it.
But if he DOES read it, I hope that what I wrote sits in the back of his mind, nagging at his consciousness.
Next time he's up for re-election his opponent (if pro-gun) will receive a healthy campaign contribution from yours truly. THAT is a fact. Durbin needs to go the way of the dodo bird.
We only get two senators in congress, and 95% of the land mass in Illinois disagrees with his view.
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Many roads throughout the county experienced issues with water Sunday. Highways closed included US 224, between SR 100 and SR 67; SR 101, between CR 13 and TR 122; SR 12, between SR 635 and SR 590; and SR 635, between SR 18 and SR 12.
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There was debris on North CR 5, north of Iler, and a tree was down across the road on North TR 80 in Thompson Township, according to the sheriff's office.
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The American Red Cross invites the public to the 7th Annual Old Village Home, Garden and Art Tour to be held Sunday, April 13 from 1-5 p.m. in the Old Village of Mount Pleasant.
The tour will begin at 111 Pitt St. where tickets may be purchased.
This wonderful event has become a welcome springtime occasion for hundreds across the Lowcounty, the South and beyond. Ticket holders will be able to tour gardens and six homes in the beautiful Old Village, including the historic Hibben House.
The historic Hibben House, which was built in 1755, is believed to be the oldest home in Mount Pleasant. The British used the home as their headquarters during the Revolutionary War. It is said that General William Moultrie, for whom Fort Moultrie on Sullivans Island is named, was held captive in the home.
Also on tour will be a rarely seen garden on Haddrells Point of the Old Village. Landscape architect Sheila Wertimer, in collaboration with the interior design homeowner and architect Beau Clowney, married the interior and exterior spaces creating garden rooms and courtyards. The kitchen opens to a romantic wisteria arbor and courtyard that faces the water. The swimming pool hides behind a veil of tropical plantings. The exotic poolhouse was designed as a Thailand meets Pawleys Island outpost with Chinese fan palms, cassia and plumbago, while a Grandmas Garden contains annuals and perennials.
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The proceeds from the event will benefit the programs and services of the American Red Cross. Tickets are $45 each or $35 per person for groups of 10 or more. Ticket can be purchased online at www.redcross.org/carolinalowcountry or by calling 843-764-2323 ext.379. Tickets are also available for purchase in Mount Pleasant at Abide-A-While Garden Center and Gwynns of Mount Pleasant.
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"You don't have Instagram? You must download it this minute!" OK, OK, I have a new phone now; my old phone lacked the software update to download such fancy apps.
And I like photos, and friends, and photos of my friends.
I have no aversions to sepia-toned images, or hazy, pastel-tinted filters that make everything look like bad '70s album covers.
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Well, a few things. Before you go there, no it's not because I'm too cool to use an app that everyone uses. I'm not even cool enough for Candy Crush.
It's probably because I suffer from digital undertasking. Unlike the multi form of this condition, under-tasking means that I am wholly unable to juggle several digital entities, and instead prefer to stick to a coveted few.
For example, I have a Facebook. Thusly, this negates the need for me to have a Tumblr, which would probably only be photos and links that I post to Facebook.
My Twitter is also made moot for the most part, since most of my posts are upwards of 140 characters and contain unfeedworthy items. I try to doublepost when I?remember, but by and large my Twitter is a land of wind and ghosts.
Linked In is necessary because it is a bastion of professionalism in a world of mustache fingers.
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I have Pandora, but only used it once. As far as Pandora knows, my favorite band is some band called Surfer Blood I only looked up because I had to know whether they were a post-surf rock band or some kind of California death metal group (they were neither).
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I know that becoming a Words With Friends master would enhance my ... what's a good word for "knows lots of words?"
But procrastination, work and the dazzling, sunny distraction of actual real life around me draw me away from the app world.
Some apps enhance real life, yes. This is why I gave Instagram a go. People, pictures, memories - I can justify a gig of space for that.
So, Instagram, I'm going to try and do you justice, so that you're not reduced to a dusty old app in the dark corner of my phone screen, next to Pac Man and Draw Anything.
Someday, my grandchildren will gather 'round to look at hundreds of filtered photos of me and my friends, various decrepit Youngstown landmarks and plates of food, and wonder how I still had time to save the world from time-traveling robots. I'm sure by then, there will be an app for that.
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