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This made me laugh :o)
I've recently become addicted to a website called 'Swap-bot'. It's basically a website that hosts loads of different swaps. there are craft swaps, ATC swaps, surprise box swaps, mix cd swaps – basically if you can think of something to swap, you can do it. It is a little bit risky, because there are some not so good people out there who like to take advantage of this kind of site, and sign up for swaps fully intending never to send anything out, just to receive stuff. Luckily the site is well monitored by its creators, so once someone has been tagged as a 'bad-swapper', they ban them. Anyways, so far I've participated in 6 swaps, and they've been a lot of fun. Plus it means that I get something other than bills in the post. I've had fun doing penpal swaps, where we write a letter on a certain subject. My first one was on the type of books that I like to read. It was great receiving a letter from someone writing about their favourite books, and it lead me to discover books that I had never even thought of reading before. I've also participated in a 'long-haul' penpal swap, to find new people to write to for a long time. My new 'friends' are from all over the world, and that's great, because I love finding out about how other people live and what other countries are like. I've also participated in a magazine swap, which was awesome because my lovely swap-partner sent me some American knitting magazines, which are totally different to English ones (they actually have patterns that I would want to wear in them!). Only problem now is, I really want to source them over here. I think there are some websites selling them, so I shall have to investigate. With most of the swaps, the sender includes a little something with the main swap-item, which means that my lovely partners have been sending some awesome Hello Kitty notepaper, and one even sent me some gorgeous handmade stitch markers. Its not very expensive to do, just the cost of postage usually, and it keeps me busy. I do think that the people at the post office think I'm a little strange though, because I've been sending things out quite regularly, and they tend to look a little something like this:
I like to make my envelopes look good, so I cover them in pretty pictures from magazines (unless they're going somewhere strange like Malaysia, and then I keep them plain for the nice Customs people). My postman also gets to delivers letters like this to my home:
Obviously there aren't great big black rectangles on the envelope itself, but I'm not about to broadcast mine (or my partner's) snail-mail addresses on the internet! So far, I've not had a bad swapper as a partner, so I'm going to keep swapping, because it is so damn addictive!
Please click on the Alan Johnston link on my toolbar (to your left!). Its important that as many people as possible know whats going on, so something can be done to secure his safe release. There hasn't been much on the news about his disapperance, and thats not right. We need to keep talking about him, and putting pressure on the Palestinian government, so that whoever has him relises that what they've done is stupid and lets him go. Go pledge your support for him and his family, and sign the petition (follow the link on the BBC website to find it). Also please pray for him and his family. They need all the help that we can give them in this awful time. Thanks.
Right I better get back to work :o)
– knitagirl
…but my computer is being a stinkyass and keeps losing my blog. Therefore you can have a picture of Simba to entertain you instead until I can get onto my dad's pc.
Here he is doing what he loves best: watching out the lounge window for the paperboy to arrive, so he can scare the living daylights out of him by doing his best "big bad wolf-dog" impression.
– knitagirl
(Ok, so last night didn't work out. My internet was stolen by those damn pesky pixies again, luckily WordPress kindly saved what I had written so I can finish my blog now. Well, that is if my work computer will let me, and my boss doesn't walk in on me doing it.)
I am seriously atrocious at this blogging lark. I keep meaning to blog, but I seem to get distracted so easily. Usually by a medium-sized, four-legged hairy creature with a snotty nose, or a small two-legged, non-hairy creature with a snotty nose (Simba/Neve). Talking of Simba, he managed to open the front door to the paper boy today. Ah well, I guess its better than his usual jumping up and attacking the paper as it comes through the letter box antics. Anyways, where was I? Ah yes, my severe lack of blogging skills. I really do mean to blog more than once a month, but it just doesn't seem to happen. Which is silly cos I've had a lot of fun over the past couple of weeks, which I could've written about. So that's what I'll do now, so here's a catch-up on the life of knitagirl.
Well, I spent the last two weekends in March celebrating my 23rd birthday. I can't believe I'm 23 already, where did my life go? It feels like only yesterday that I was in high school studying for my Alevels. So much has happened over the past five years, and yet it seems very little has changed. I've been to university, got a degree and now I'm working. Well, I say working, but its not a real job, just something to help me on my way to realising my dreams of travelling. I still feel like the same old person, I see all my friends maturing, moving away for a job and settling down with partners, and I wonder when its going to happen for me. Life doesn't seem to be about having fun and enjoying it anymore, the conversations now revolve around applying for jobs, weddings or money. I just want to stand up and shout 'who decided it was time for us to grow up?!' Argh! I think I'm having a mid-twenties crisis (sort of like a mid-life crisis, but without the red sports car and affair with some one twenty years younger than me).
Anyways, celebrating my brithday was fun. I travelled to Derby for the first weekend to celebrate with uni friends. For some mad-capped reason, we decided it would be fun to try our hands at Bingo. Now let me tell you something right now, the adverts on Tv lie. Bingo halls up and down the country are not full of young fun-loving women drinking and having a laugh, while trying to win the jackpot. They are full of strange old women/men who are obsessed with the game and have ten cards on the go at a time. They shush you if you make even the smallest of noises, and frown when you laugh at something. Plus bingo is freakin' confusing – we spent the first two games, wondering what the hell was going on and what card we were meant to be playing. Plus when someone does get a line/two-line/full-house/whatever, there's some strange noises happening. 'Her-ya' is shouted across the room at the caller. It sounds like some bizarre mating call of the lesser-know spotted bingo-playerus. Anyways, two of the girls won some money which was good. And the £100,000 jackpot on the link-bingo makes it almost worth it to go back. 'Almost' being the operative word in that last sentence.
The next weekend was my actual birthday weekend, and for that I flew to Dublin for the weekend with an old school friend. It was the first time that I had ever flown, so it was definitely an experience. I have a problem with heights, so I wasn't too sure about looking out the window, but I'm so glad that I did. The view was amazing. On the way there, we flew above cloud level, so it looked like we were just floating about giant marshmallow clouds. But ont he way back it was perfectly clear, so I got to watch as we left Ireland (that made me want to go back and visit the coastal area next time), across the sea (waving at the ferries crossing, although I have a strong feeling that they didn't see us!), and then across into Manchester airport. Dublin itself is a strange city, full of contradictions. Ever street is a strange mix of brand new architectural buildings and run down Georgian buildings. Some of the Georgian buildings were so beautiful though, it was such a shame to see them falling into disrepair. We stayed in a hotel that directly overlooked the canal, and was just a five-minute walk into the city centre. It was great, although the loud music from the adjoining bar/nightclub did keep us up on the thursday night until 2am. But that didn't matter. We just decided that if we couldn't beat them (by stuffing pillows over our ears), we would join them and the next two nights, we went out to some of the many bars/pubs around the Temple Bar area of Dublin. I would really recommend visiting the city, there is so much to do, especially with the castle (but be warned that it doesn't open until 10am), and the Guinness factory. Everyone told us it would be really expensive over there, but we found it to be not that bad. An average lunch cost us 8-12 Euros each, which is approx. £5-8 , which I don't personally think is bad, especially considering the size of the portions. An evening meal, cost us about 25-30 Euros each (£17-20), which again, isn't that expensive. So go do it. We found a good deal on LastMinute.com for £150 incl flights per person in a 3* hotel incl breakfast.
I had some great birthday presents, and now that I have wrestled my camera back off my niece, who at the age of 20 months, has decided to become a budding photographer (although all the photos seem to be of either her feet and the floor, or the sky), I can show off some of the things I received.
This book is so much fun, and I've already started making things out of it. There's some great ideas for presents etc, so be warned – everything from now on will be handmade for you birthday/christmas :o)
My damn macro function wouldn't work properly when taking this picture, so you'll have to excuse the poor quality of it. The cupcake is so much more beautiful in real-life, plus the top comes off to reveal a place to put all my earrings etc.
And what birthday of mine would be complete without something Hello Kitty? This little bundle of goodies came from Neve, although I think she might have possibly had some help choosing it. OoooOo…and you see that big pen there, right in the middle, with a tag on it? Thats a fantastic pen, its one of those multi-colour pens, with lots of different nibs and even a propelling pencil bit. How amazingly cool is that?!? Ok, so I might possibly be the only one here who thinks that, but who cares?
Oh and I can't forget what is possibly the best present anyone has ever got me. I havea slight obession with all things Harry Potter, especially Ron. I can't help it, the red hair just does it for me haha… So imagine how ecstatic I was, when I open an envelope from my brother and sister-in-law (Neve's parents) and found this:
Can you see what it is? Its a signed photo of Rupert Grint a.k.a Ron Weasley. Haha…I think they just became my favourite relatives. The bright spot in the middle is from my flash which I had to use because with it turned off, the photo went all blurry and poo. Are you jealous? You should be, you know. *Weasley is my King!*
Well, I had better actually do some work, seeing as though that's what they pay me to do. I'll blog more over the weekend (if those pesky pixies don't come back that is).
– knitagirl
I will post properly tonight. I promise. I'll do it as soon as I get home. As long as the evil invisible cornish pixies haven't stolen my internet like they did last night, I will post tonight. I have lots of photos, so it'll be fun :o)
– knitagirl (still jealous that Lucy made it to NYC before I did grrr…)
I, knitagirl, do solemnly promise to blog asap after the weekend.
If I can see the screen, because its the start of my birthday celebrations. So I'm going '…party like its my birthday. go shorty, its your birthday. I'm gonna party like its my birthday…'
– knitagirl
"Naturally, the common people don't want war … but after all it is the leaders of a country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country."
Hermann Goering (1893 – 1946)
Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe,
President of the Reichstag,
Prime Minister of Prussia and Hitler's designated successor –
The second in command of the Third Reich.
Sounds scarily familiar don't you think?
– knitagirl
i. want. this.
– knitagirl.
While reading other blogs during my work day, I've noticed a recent trend for posting a favourite poem. So in order to keep people happy until I finally manage to blog about what I've been upto and my 'alternative book review', here's one of mine (appropriate for this weather I think):
Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
– Robert Frost.
– knitagirl.


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Design and its ability to make positive changes for humanity.
I am convinced that as an architect, I have a commitment to contribute to creating equitable and more sustainable spaces because I truly believe in the potential of design to produce positive changes for humanity, positives changes from small object to territories. And I also believe that universities play an important role in this matter and this is why I decided to dedicated my efforts to improve higher education, opening doors and helping to build bridges between people and institutions.
My current research project intends to tackle the problem of the growing amount of solid waste and its negative impact on the natural environment, and therefore over communities. Using creative design thinking, and designing simple solutions based on affordable technologies accessible to low and middle-income communities, the idea is to transform refused products into new and valued construction materials for self-build and affordable housing alternatives.
What is more, I believe the most important contribution of the project will be the transferability of the methods rather than the physical outcomes. In other words, making the solutions accessible especially to communities living in emergency situations will not only offer them a solution to their problem of building a house but also could support them with a technology that could help them to create jobs.
This is the reason why I am applying to this prestigious program, which -in case I was selected- would help me to continue promoting the synergy of change generated by design.
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9 Things Your Boss Needs To Know About Bengal Kittens For Sale Liverpool | Bengal Kittens For Sale Liverpool
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– One very important aspect to think about in buying a Bengal cat is the actual price. But if you want a Bengal in your house, you should very well know that it is a rare breed. With rarity comes the high price, and that means you ought to anticipate a Bengal cat may price from 500 USD to approximately 5,000 USD, depending on what Bengal quality you prefer.
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Micro-chipping is essential for the identification of your Bengal. It actually makes a difference especially if you lose your cat by chance. Embedding a microchip into your cat can cost you 50 USD.
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The price of the breeder cat foods varies from time to time, based on the purchase price of raw materials. You need to keep yourself updated with the cost variations in the local grocery store.
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This might also have potential emergency care, hospitalization, supplements, and other medications. This is a really significant element in determining how much a Bengal could cost. Vaccinations price 50-70 USD, whilst flea and de-worming drugs cost 20 USD.
Insuring your Bengal cat could really help you from the entire medical cost to becoming you reunited with your Bengal (if you lost it). Including this on your Bengal budget is a must. Bengal cat insurance can cost 30 USD monthly.
Grooming and coaching equipment
You should have these to make certain your Bengal keeps clean and learns proper behaviour, particularly in the toilet. Having a clean and well-trained Bengal can cost a lot but it is going to certainly be worthwhile. Grooming and training your Bengal cat may cost 20 USD. Bengal Kittens For Sale Liverpool
The sum of money required in obtaining a Bengal cat also depends on where you are likely to get your Bengal. In case you decide to get your cat from a respectable breeder, then you ought to be preparing a larger amount. But if you are likely to receive your Bengal cat from a rescue centre, it is only going to cost you much less since you will be embracing the cat. Regardless, you should still think about the costs in maintaining your Bengal cat.


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At Walden as part of adjunct faculty for nearly ten years, currently teaching primarily Informatics. Received PhD in Human and Organizational Development from Fielding Graduate University. Has a MS in Nursing Administration from Boston University and a Post Masters certificate in Nursing Informatics from Duke University. Currently is the Clinical Informaticist at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston. Recently has also been a Professional Development Specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital, working on the implementation of an electronic documentation system and then working with Partners HealthCare as part of their EHR implementation. Prior to that was an Informatics Nurse Specialist at Boston Children's Hospital, where primary responsibility was Clinical Reporting. At Boston Children's Hospital also held positions as staff nurse (PACU), nursing director( acute care and ambulatory), project director and clinical process architect. Participated in a 10-year project to migrate the paper medical record to an Electronic Medical Record.


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Do you know that when people have a gift card that once they buy 10 mugs of coffee they will get a freebie that that they will increase their rate of consumption as the tenth mug approaches?
This is because when the end is in sight we tend to get a jolt of energy and focus towards task completion.
Even more interestingly is that if you get a stamp for 12 mugs with 2 already stamped at the outset and then will get a freebie you are likely to consume more coffee than the 10 stamp card with none already stamped…
This is because in the case of 12 with 2 stamped you have a perceived head start so the goal appears closer.
So next time you are struggling to get started with a goal or keep up motivation make a point of looking at your head start i.e. the skills and/or progress you've developed and made to date and how this puts you closer to the finish line than you think 👌
In practice it could be as simple as starting your to do list for the day with some tasks you've already complete e.g. making the bed and having a healthy breakfast. You'll feel good seeing a few items ticked already.
This experiment example is taken from a Columbia university study which Shawn Achor refers to in his fantastic book before happiness.
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1957 Chevy 150 - Liebel Statement
Premium Rod of the Month
It should be self evident to anyone that the '32 Ford is the most popular base vehicle from which to build a hot rod, followed closely by the '57 Chevy. Having one or the other parked in your garage might be enough for some folks but, after Pat Liebel already owned a Dearborn '32 convertible, he wanted to make a statement with his next hot rod and bookend the Deuce in his garage with a '57 Chevrolet.
Pat had Roy Brizio Street Rods in South San Francisco assemble his Deuce for him and, in 2012, at the open house Brizio throws every year at his shop, Brizio asked Pat a somewhat leading question: "What's next?" Pat, since about the age of 15, had always appreciated cars and what people can do to them to create their own piece of art. He'd also always loved Tri-Five Chevys, and Pat asked if the shop knew of any around for sale.
As it happened, they didn't have to look far, as Dave Cattalini, Brizio Street Rods' sales manager, had for years been collecting parts for his '57 Chevy 150. Cattalini agreed to sell it, and soon it was off to the media blaster to see what was under the paint. Back in the '70s the car had been a hot rod, and only slightly abused, so after stripping it was decided the floorpans and passenger-side quarter-panel should be replaced.
Steve Lord, who has worked for Brizio's for the last eight years, ran the build project for the shop when it came back, as he is one of the experts there who really knows their way around the '55-57 Chevys. Once the body was set on a new chassis from Art Morrison Enterprises (AME), a Ford 9-inch (3.70:1) rear, set up with 31-spline axles, was set in place with four-bar suspension, Strange shocks, and Wilwood 12-inch disc brakes. AME's independent front suspension was also added and dialed in with another set of Wilwood 12-inch disc brakes. An ididit steering column also went in, along with a power steering rack and a stainless steel gas tank fab'd by Rick's Tanks.
Schott Performance Wheels makes both two- and three-piece aluminum wheels, and Pat wanted their eXL (exposed lug, two-piece) Challenger wheels for his ride. A set of 17x7 and 18x9 wheels were made up and then shod in 225/55R17 and 255/60R18 Falken rubber.
Don Hardy Race Cars in Floydada, Texas, assembled the LS3-based 376-inch motor for Pat's ride and used a nodular iron crankshaft, powdered metal rods, and hypereutectic aluminum pistons set up with a 10.7:1 compression ratio. A GM hydraulic roller camshaft was also used, as were aluminum GM heads topped with GM injection.
Other bolt-on items include an Edelbrock water pump, a Mattson aluminum radiator, and an alternator and Billet Specialties Tru Trac serpentine belt system. The 2.5-inch exhaust, fab'd at Brizio's, makes use of AME headers and DynoMax mufflers. Once the engine was backed up to the TREMEC TKO 600 five-speed transmission (equipped with a 10.5-inch McLeod Racing clutch and flywheel), the package delivers 480 hp at 5,750 rpm.
For paint, the car was delivered to Darryl Hollenbeck at Vintage Color Studio in Concord, California. Hollenbeck's expertise at painting has helped his customers win many awards, and he applied his talents to Pat's Chevy using PPG Envirobase waterborne paints. The silver and platinum tones combine for an elegant appearance, especially when coupled with the newly chromed pieces from Sherm's Custom Plating.
Once the paint was dry, the car was taken to Sid Chavers Company, located in Santa Clara, California, for its threads. Chavers is another hot rod fixture in NorCal, and has stitched up the interiors for probably more cars than anyone can count. Always clean and precise, Chavers' interiors lean toward the traditional look, but he can do anything required.
For Pat's Chevy, a simple charcoal German-loop carpet was laid down before the split-back bench seat from Glide Engineering was installed. Chaver's used a pleated black leather on both front and rear benches as well as the door panels he fab'd for the project.
The final assembly of the car happened back at Brizio's shop, where wiring wizard Jim Vickery linked up the Classic Instruments gauges to the rest of the car's electronics. After the Vintage Air A/C system was installed, the car was ready for its debut, which happened at the 2014 Grand National Roadster Show in SoCal. Besides a lot of spectators, the judges must have liked the car, too, as they bestowed a First Place finish in the Semi Hardtop class, as well as an Outstanding Overall Custom award. Pat, who lives in Brier, Washington, is very happy with his latest ride, and he realizes having a very nice '57 Chevy parked in his garage alongside his '32 roadster is quite a statement.
Just the Facts
Year: 1957
Make: Chevrolet
Model: 150
Owner: Pat Liebel
State: California


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Strategic leadership, organisation transformation and knowledge management
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Thursday, 2nd February 2017 from 14:00 to 17:00 (BST) Board Room (EB 1.39) Dockland Campus, University of East London, London, United Kingdom 13:45-13:55 Arrival 14:00-15:30 Session One 15:30-15:45 Break 15:45-16:45 Session Two Target audience Academic, researchers, higher education officials, students, professionals, research, youth, NGOs, civil society groups, businesses, and other stakeholders. Focus Arab
(pp.45-56) N. A. Khalifa 'The significance of nutrition and dietetic services in managing Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)', IJSR, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2017
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The transaction will create a premier systems provider with advanced technologies to address rapidly growing segments within aerospace and defense. The merger of Raytheon, a leading defense company, and United Technologies, a leading aerospace company, comprised of Collins Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney, will offer a complementary portfolio of platform-agnostic aerospace and defense technologies.
The combined company, which will be named Raytheon Technologies Corporation, will offer expanded technology and R&D capabilities to deliver innovative and cost-effective solutions aligned with customer priorities and the national defense strategies of the U.S. and its allies and friends. The combination excludes Otis and Carrier, which are expected to be separated from United Technologies in the first half of 2020 as previously announced.
The combined company will have approximately $74 billion in pro forma 2019 sales. With a strong balance sheet and robust cash generation, Raytheon Technologies will enjoy enhanced resources and financial flexibility to support significant R&D and capital investment through business cycles.
Under the terms of the agreement, which was unanimously approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies, Raytheon shareowners will receive 2.3348 shares in the combined company for each Raytheon share. Upon completion of the merger, United Technologies shareowners will own approximately 57 percent and Raytheon shareowners will own approximately 43 percent of the combined company on a fully diluted basis.
The merger is expected to close in the first half of 2020, following completion by United Technologies of the previously announced separation of its Otis and Carrier businesses. The timing of the separation of Otis and Carrier is not expected to be affected by the proposed merger and remains on track for completion in the first half of 2020. The merger is intended to qualify as a tax-free reorganization for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
The merger establishes a broad and complementary portfolio of platform-agnostic capabilities across the high-growth segments of aerospace and defense, reducing risk of concentration in any individual platform or program.
With a combined annual company and customer funded R&D spend of approximately $8 billion, seven technology Centers of Excellence, and more than 60,000 engineers, the company will develop new, critical technologies faster and more efficiently than ever before. Areas of joint advancement include, but are not limited to: hypersonics and future missile systems; directed energy weapons; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) in contested environments; cyber protection for connected aircraft; next generation connected airspace; and advanced analytics and artificial intelligence for commercial aviation.
Robust free cash flow growth and a strong balance sheet will support continued investment and return of capital to shareowners. The combined company expects to return $18 to $20 billion of capital to shareowners in the first 36 months following completion of the merger. As a result of the combination, the company also expects to capture more than $1 billion in gross annual run-rate cost synergies by year four post-close, with approximately $500 million in annual savings returned to customers. In addition, the combination presents significant long-term revenue opportunities from technology synergies.
The combined company will have a strong performance-based culture focused on integrity, collaboration, innovation, diversity and corporate social responsibility. Employees will have expanded opportunities for career development and advancement in high-growth areas, as well as ongoing engagement in local communities.
Raytheon plans to consolidate its four businesses into two businesses to be named Intelligence, Space & Airborne Systems and Integrated Defense & Missile Systems. The new businesses will join Collins Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney to form the four businesses of Raytheon Technologies. Net debt for the combined company at the time of closing is expected to be approximately $26 billion, with United Technologies expected to contribute approximately $24 billion. The combined company targets an 'A' category credit rating at the time of the closing.
The combined company's Board of Directors will be comprised of 15 members, consisting of eight directors from United Technologies and seven from Raytheon, with the lead director from Raytheon. Tom Kennedy will be appointed Executive Chairman and Greg Hayes will be named CEO of Raytheon Technologies. Two years following the close of the transaction, Hayes will assume the role of Chairman and CEO.
Raytheon Technologies will be headquartered in the greater Boston metro area and will retain a corporate presence in existing locations. The company will be led by a highly experienced, proven leadership team with a strong track record of innovation, delivering on synergies, and meeting financial and customer commitments.
The transaction is subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including receipt of required regulatory approvals, the approval of Raytheon and United Technologies shareowners, as well as completion by United Technologies of the separation of its Otis and Carrier businesses. As previously mentioned, the transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2020.
There is no change to either Raytheon's or United Technologies' financial outlook for 2019.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. is acting as financial advisor to Raytheon, and RBC Capital Markets LLC provided a fairness opinion. Shearman & Sterling LLP is serving as legal advisor to Raytheon. Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Evercore, and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC are acting as financial advisors to United Technologies. Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is serving as legal advisor to United Technologies.
Tom Kennedy, Raytheon Chairman and CEO, said this is an exciting and transformational day for the companies, and one that brings tremendous opportunity for future successes. Raytheon Technologies will continue a legacy of innovation with an expanded aerospace and defense portfolio supported by the world's most dedicated workforce. With the enhanced capabilities, the company will deliver value to customers by anticipating and addressing their most complex challenges, while delivering significant value to shareowners.
Greg Hayes, United Technologies Chairman and CEO, added that the combination of United Technologies and Raytheon will define the future of aerospace and defense. The two companies have iconic brands that share a long history of innovation, customer focus and proven execution. By joining forces, the firms will have unsurpassed technology and expanded R&D capabilities that will allow investment through business cycles and address customers' highest priorities. Merging the companies' portfolios will also deliver cost and revenue synergies that will create long-term value for customers and shareowners.


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One of the most prominent contemporary artists of India, Jitish Kallat was incessantly making drawings as far as he can remember. 'Reflecting back, I think an incredible alchemy happens when you draw, especially when you're a child; you make a mark and you create space, you add a few lines, and you derive depth. As you add more marks, a world begins to originate on a piece of paper, and you feel incredibly empowered.' That engagement while you are creating and the outcome that you see turns into rapture and makes you unstoppable, and that's exactly what happened to Jitish Kallat.
Today his oeuvre spans painting, photography, drawing, video and sculptural installations. His latest book, Jitish Kallat, chronicles two decades of his work. In between the book launch in Mumbai (April), New York and Venice (May), he gave me an insight into his thoughts, what engages his artistry, and the process behind making a 'retro-prospective' book.
What's your earliest memory of drawing or art? And when did it turn into a serious relationship?
When I look back, I recall a day when my sister, who is eight years older than me, was struggling to make a drawing in her biology book. I must have been around five at the time and volunteered to do the drawing for her. I sat beside her, making the drawing on another sheet of paper. It so appeared that I could do a better drawing, and this got my sister and the family all excited, giving a naïve boost to my juvenile self-worth.
I think well into my mid-teens I was persistently and obsessively drawing.
By the time I completed my high school education, I was clear that I wanted to join an art school, not contemplating or caring about the practical consequences of that decision.
Modus Vivendi pp. 26-27
You have lived in Bombay all your life and one can see nuances of the city in your art – what is it about Bombay/Mumbai that continues to engage you?
In the years following art school I'd often say that the 'city street is my university' and that is indeed true to how my pictorial language formed in the early years. In an urban environment like Mumbai, the greater the population density, the more the themes of life that are amplified - anger, fear, anxiety, pain, pleasures, desires - all of these basic human emotions get augmented, and this percolates into the art you make. In Mumbai when 20 million people move through the streets, all the classic themes of life and art are played out in sharp focus…my early works became a receptacle of those impulses.
One other aspect to the work that has remained consistent during various phases is the need to look at the distant alongside the proximate. One could say that it is an obsessive engagement with the skies; a place where it all begins, with light and energy, and photosynthesis that becomes food, and the food that becomes our bodies. One could say that the work looks at the celestial alongside the terrestrial, the cosmos alongside the cosmopolis.
Can you tell us about Jitish Kallat - the book?
I often describe this new monographic book covering two decades of work as a "retro-prospective", looking back in order to look ahead more clearly. Working on the monograph was an inspiring process, especially because it paralleled the making of my large retrospective - like the survey exhibition at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) in Delhi in 2017, curator by Catherine David.
The process of making this monograph was a bit like reflecting on one's work, but through a sustained conversation with the book's editor Natasha Ginwala, as well as the various contributors. Some of the writers have been long-standing interlocutors with whom one has a continuous dialogue about art. There were others, such as Bernardo Kastrup who comes from the discipline of science and philosophy, or Dilip Gaonkar who comes from the discipline public culture and rhetoric.
The book also has a very long interview between Hans Ulrich Obrist and me, which covers the journey starting from my art school days in the nineties until recent times. It is the only chronological element in the book.
Wind Study Hilbert Curve pp. 288
At 22 you had your first show, and at the time you were still trying to find yourself. People evolve and practices evolve; however today if you look back, what has remained constant and what has shifted?
I was indeed twenty-two when I was working on my first solo exhibition titled P.T.O. at Chemould and Prithvi Gallery in Mumbai. While my work has gone through several turns in the last two decades, some of the themes remain consistent. The ideas of time, sustenance, birth, death and mortality that was present in the works I made as an art student and in the years immediately after, still continue to preoccupy me. Of course the work has shifted in terms of material, methods, scale etc. but some fundamental inquires remain just as relevant to me today. I don't think I reflect on my past work in evaluative terms… it's more about getting a handle on what were the preoccupations and motivations that emerged in the work at different periods in my life.
Lastly if you could pass on some wisdom or share what you have learnt through your experiences to the younger generation, what would you convey?
I must confess that I don't feel authorized enough to dispense wisdom. But in my own life and work I might say that I've slowly learnt to befriend uncertainty and nurture chance as a productive condition for creative renewal.
Text Shruti Kapur Malhotra
Above: JK Epilogue pp. 190-191
Below: Artist Making Local Call pp. 42-43


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Welcome to this weeks Top Ten Tuesday!! This week we are talking about things we are thankful for.
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
How it works:
I assign each Tuesday a topic and then post my top ten list that fits that topic. You're more than welcome to join me and create your own top ten (or 2, 5, 20, etc.) list as well. Feel free to put a unique spin on the topic to make it work for you! Please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own post so that others know where to find more information.
You'll find the schedule of upcoming TTT topics below so you can plan ahead. I'll post a Linky here on the blog each week so you can link up your post (if you want). If you don't have a blog, post your picks in the comment section below! Have tons of fun talking books and getting to know your fellow bloggers!
NOTE: If a weekly topic is listed as a "freebie", you are invited to come up with your own topic. Sometimes I will give your topic a theme, such as "love", a season, or an upcoming holiday. That just means that you can come up with any topic you want that fits under that umbrella.
Since there are 3 of us we thought we would do a few things each!!
Jessica's Thankful For
1. My kids
This year has been very stressful with my oldest being dignosed wiht T1D. But I am really proud of Endy taking charge and doing her doses on her own. As for Anarece she is getting so much better with her reading and her reviews. I am so proud of her as well with how far she has come.
2. My husband
My husband goes to work all day then comes home and does laundry and dishes and he is currently learning how to cook. I am so thankful and proud of him for being there.
3. Books and my site
Well of course I had to get books in here somewhere. I am SO thankful for the bookish oportunities that this site has given me. I have been able to go so many places and meet so many people. This year we were able to go to New Orleans for an entire week!
For books I am so thankful for books that allow me to escape this world.
Endy's Thankful For
1. Art supplies!
2. Dogs becuase they are awesome
3. Oxygen becuase well I need it!!
Anarece is Thankful For
1. I am thankful for food becuase there are so many people out there that don't get it.
2. The books that I have gotten this year.
3. Games becuase I get to spend time with my family.
4. Clothes becuase I don't want to walk around naked.
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Frequently Asked Questions Module
Posted Date : 2014 December 25
Zeeways has launched Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Module. This will help our clients as a manual for using the ZeewaysCMS.
The FAQ module has been seperated product wise section. Each section will have questions and answers. Each answer will associated with Text details, question images (screen shots) and associated with Video Tutorial.
The response for the FAQ module with video tutorial has been stupendous from all our existing cleints.


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We did it!
Teresa Ellinor raised £1,040 from 44 supporters
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We've raised £1,040 to Help raise funds for our dear friend and colleague Chrissie Thorne who is just 38 years old and has been diagnosed with terminal cancer.
- Funded on Sunday, 30th September 2018
What is crowdfunding?
Crowdfunding is a new type of fundraising where you can raise funds for your own personal cause, even if you're not a registered nonprofit.
The page owner is responsible for the distribution of funds raised.
Our dear friend Chrissie came into work one day after just returning from maternity leave. This particular day she kept complaining about having a headache. After an awful lot of persuasion as she didnt want to leave the staff short, she finally went to the hospital. This led to further investigation and she was told she had several tumours on the brain. They also found them in her liver and lungs. She was then given the devastating news that it was too widespread to cure so are just attacking it with drugs and treatments to give her more time with her 5 children. Chrissie' s eldest is 18 years old and her youngest is 18months and we as a team are going to attempt the 3 peaks challenge to help raise funds for Chrissie and her family to help them enjoy whatever time chrissie has left. She is a very loving lady who wants to make as many positive memories for her family while she still can so please help us do this. This is going to hurt but nothing in comparison to what Chrissie is going through xx
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Kirstine Epps
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Incredible 😍 a brilliant idea and demonstration of dedication and love.
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Well done all, it's a beast and called a challenge for a reason!
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Amazing ⛰💕
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We've done it team whoop whoop xx love you guys xxx
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Type of Document Dissertation Author Alvey, Tara Lynn URN etd-03212014-163817 Title Designing Systems of Collaborative Video Essay Composition in Classrooms Degree PhD Department Learning, Teaching and Diversity Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Kevin Leander Committee Chair Bridget Dalton Committee Member Steve Graham Committee Member Victoria Risko Committee Member Keywords
- digital literacy
- video essay
- multimodal composition
- multimedia composition
- classroom composition
- teacher design
Date of Defense 2013-12-17 Availability unrestricted AbstractThis research examines a teacher's design of a classroom system of multimedia composition, in the form of collaborative video essays, and students' responses to the teacher's design. The teacher designed a project in which students in his 11th grade AP English Language and Composition classes composed both print essays and video essays based on novels they read for the class. One teacher and 49 students from a public high school near a major metropolitan city in the Midwestern United States participated in this study between October 2010 and February 2011. Qualitative analysis of the data allowed for description of the teacher's design of this system and students' responses to the teacher's design. Salient elements of the teacher's design of the system fell into three categories: design of time, design of the composition process, and design of publication and distribution practices. Student responses to each of these areas of design varied, with students at times adhering to the teacher's design and at other times pushing back against his design and even redesigning aspects of the system themselves. The teacher's expectations of the system, including his goals for the assignment and the ways that he valued the video essays, impacted his design of the system. Students' own goals, as well as their understandings of the teacher's goals, impacted the ways that they engaged in the system and their composition processes. Implications for classroom practice and future research were identified as part of the discussion of the data. Files
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Brighton's Bear Patrol bring you the ever sparkling Christmas Bring & Buy Sale. Saturday 8th December from 12pm – 5pm at 112 Church St, Brighton. With lots of Bric 'a' Brac, Cookware, Clothing, Shoes, Books, Records/CD's/DVD's, Ornaments & Cakes/Jams plus a Christmas Tombola, Cake & Jam Stall & your chance to guess the weight of the cake along with a guest appearance by 'Santa Claus'. Donations can be dropped off on the day and will be gratefully received.
Grab yourself some festive fabulousness this weekend and help raise much needed funds for the Sussex Beacon. See you on Santa's knee! More info on Facebook


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Milan have Wigan and USA international Antonee Robinson ready to go, it's reported, as soon as Ricardo Rodriguez leaves the club.
According to Sky Sport Italia, Calciomercato.com and others, the Rossoneri have identified Robinson as the ideal understudy to first choice Theo Hernandez in the team.
However, he cannot complete the transfer until Rodriguez has made his move, and that is currently up in the air.
Swiss international Rodriguez has rejected an offer from PSV Eindhoven, as he has his heart set on Fenerbahce.
The problem is that the Turkish club is under Financial Fair Play restrictions and confirmed via their President that the domestic federation had blocked the Rodriguez move.
They have to sell before anyone else can come in, which is in turn stalling Milan's transfer strategy.
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Why Your Email Layouts Are So Important
Designing your marketing emails is completely different to designing a website or leaflet for direct mail. Subscribers and audiences react differently to your emails than they do to any other form of content. Get your layout wrong, and your campaign could be completely disregarded.
How Is Email Design Different?
Firstly, subscribers tend to open email campaigns in three stages: envelope, content and landing page. If you fail to optimise your subject line, pre-header text or sender information, then your audience could be dissuaded from opening your email in the first place. To get people to continue reading your email, you will need to design the content so it matches any promises made in the pre-header text. Your landing page will also need to build on those promises as well.
Secondly, you could struggle with the difficulties associated with coding. There are no standards for email coding between inbox providers. As there are ever more inbox providers, there are numerous codes to consider and therefore, getting your emails to display as you intended on all inboxes can be problematic.
Finally, the growth of mobile devices has made it more challenging for businesses to produce email designs that perform well on all devices. Emails are being opened on mobile devices more often than on desktop devices, so a mobile responsive design should be a priority.
Image Implementation Matter
Another consideration is that some email inboxes will automatically block images which can make certain email designs look ugly. A design that isn't visually appealing will not attract your audience to take the next stage of the sales path.
Another consideration is that if you contain all the content in images, this can reduce the effectiveness of your email campaigns. Also, because there is less speed on mobile devices, campaigns might have very small open rates.
Therefore, while images are important, they should also be used sparingly – when they will be most effective.
Reading Heat-Map
How we read documents on computers and mobile devices is vastly different to how we read documents on paper. While on both sets, the reader is most likely to scan the document first to pick up key points, the reader is likely to see the whole page on a paper document. In contrast, on a digital document, the reader tends to look at what is in the left column and at the top of the page the most.
The bottom section of any page is often disregarded. Another consideration is scrolling. Most readers will not scroll down on a computer to continue reading. Therefore, the majority of the information should be contained above-the-fold.
The call to action button should also be above the fold and to the left of the page to encourage more people to click through.
Top Tips For Email Design
There are many considerations for you when it comes to designing your email. Here are some top tips for you to use in your next email design:
- Ensure all links are obvious on the page.
- Be CAN-SPAM compliant with all the necessary information included in the email.
- Minimise image use and ensure they are optimised for download and quality.
- Always have the call to action and link above the fold.
- Minimise your text. Keep it to below three hundred words.
- Minimise the use of spam words (i.e. free).
- Test your emails on multiple platforms and email clients.
If you follow these design tips, your emails will be more acceptable to your audience, and you will see better results.
What design tips do you have for email? What results do you get?
Let us know in the comments below.
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English Online Dictionary. What means jay? What does jay mean?
- enPR: jā, IPA(key): /dʒeɪ/
- Rhymes: -eɪ
Etymology 1
From Middle English jay, from Old French jai ("jay"; Modern French geai), from Old French jai ("gay, merry"), so named due to its plumage, from Old Frankish *gāhi ("quick, impetuous"), from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz, *ganhwaz ("sudden"), cognate with Dutch gaai ("jay"). More at gay.
jay (plural jays)
- Any one of the numerous species of birds belonging to several genera within the family Corvidae, including Garrulus, Cyanocitta, Aphelocoma, Perisoreus, Cyanocorax, Gymnorhinus, Cyanolyca, Ptilostomus, and Calocitta, allied to the crows, but smaller, more graceful in form, often handsomely colored, usually having a crest, and often noisy.
- Other birds of similar appearance and behavior.
- Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium.
- (archaic) A dull or ignorant person. It survives today in the term jaywalking.
- 1900, Harry B. Norris, Burlington Bertie (song)
- Burlington Bertie's the latest young jay
He rents a swell flat somewhere Kensington way
He spends the good oof that his pater has made
Along with the Brandy and Soda Brigade.
- Burlington Bertie's the latest young jay
- 1900, Harry B. Norris, Burlington Bertie (song)
- (obsolete) Promiscuous woman; prostitute.
- (bird): Jenny jay, jay pie, k, kae (UK); bluejay, whisky jack (US)
- (ignorant person): See Thesaurus:ignoramus
- (promiscuous woman): See Thesaurus:promiscuous woman or Thesaurus:prostitute
- (bird): Old World jay, gray jay, American jay
Derived terms
See also
- Jay on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Corvidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Etymology 2
Respelling of the letter jy (which see), by analogy with the following letter kay.
jay (plural jays)
- The name of the Latin-script letter J.
- (slang) A marijuana cigarette; a joint.
- 2009, Caitlin Moran, The Times, 23 Mar 2009:
- Although sympathetic, my main reaction was to think: "Some people can handle it, and some people can't," and then smugly light up a big fat jay.
- 2009, Caitlin Moran, The Times, 23 Mar 2009:
Derived terms
- deejay
- jaycee
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed
- jay in Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- home
Middle English
Alternative forms
- jai, gaye, jey
From Old French jai, from Frankish *gāhi or Late Latin gaius. Doublet of gay.
- IPA(key): /dʒɛi̯/
jay (plural jayes)
- jay (bird)
- English: jay
- Scots: jay
- "jai (n.)" in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-18.


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Nearly two-thirds of organisations expect a major IT incident that disrupts their business at least once a year, according to new research.
The Symantec IT Risk Management report, found that many corporations anticipate serious information loss and compliance failures. In particular, 66 per cent of those surveyed believe a major problem that could stop or interrupt a critical part of the business is likely to occur every year.
The research revealed that two-thirds (66 per cent) of companies expect a significant regulatory incident at least once every five years and more than half (58 per cent) anticipate a major data loss, such as corruption of data or breach of security systems, at least once over the same period.
The year long study, also found clear differences in the way IT professionals of various levels of seniority view their company's susceptibility to IT risk. For example, 22 per cent of IT directors rated business process risk as critical to their operations, where as only eight per cent of IT workers said the same. However, almost a quarter (23 per cent) of IT workers regarded compliance risk as crucial to their operations, compared to 16 per cent of directors.
This misalignment of risk perception between IT executives and their staff is likely to lead to wasted resources as a result of over or under investment in controls, according to Symantec.
"As organisations are growing more and more dependent on their IT systems to conduct business, IT risk has become a primary concern for company leaders and one that should be addressed as part of a larger business risk management strategy," said Greg Hughes, executive vice president of Symantec Global Services.
For the study, Symantec sought the views of more than 500 IT professionals, including senior IT executives and IT managers, from organisations around the world.


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Question: Yangki, do you advice testing your ex to see if they are playing you? I know it is playing mind games and you are against it, but how do you know someone is real or playing mind games?
Yangki's Answer: You are right that I am against playing mind games, and that you should always be honest and upfront in your relationships. But I am also aware that there are people who play mind games, and play them real good. As Rihana puts it, they "deserve a standing ovation."
The article: 5 Signs A Man Or Woman Is Playing You answers your question on how you know someone is real or playing mind games?
Usually, if you have no reason to think someone is playing mind games or even capable of it, I think it's a bad idea to test their motives. It may not be your intention, but moves like that poison a relationship and erode trust.
On the other hand, if your gut tells you (very strongly) that something about someone is not right, don't ignore your gut feeling. Your instincts are more than just a feeling. Your body's wisdom is giving you information not immediately available to your conscious mind.
I am a very trusting person and always see the good in others, that's why I rely a lot on my gut instincts. I have had cases where I pushed beyond what my gut was telling me and regretted it. I also have incidents where something about someone didn't feel right, but I didn't want to just go with my gut instinct. I intentionally said things I knew would bring out who they truly are and reveal their true motives. Sadly, my gut instincts have been right every single time. (Don't judge… I never said I was a saint, I just play one sometimes).
For example, my gut was telling me that someone wasn't really interested in me as a friend but instead had their own agenda e.g. use me for information. I intentionally refused to talk about the topic they kept steering me towards in every conversation, and insisted on talking about things we had in common. Someone who is a friend will be genuinely interested in what you are interested in but "my friend" was on an agenda, and the more desperate for information she became, the more obvious her motives.
So yes. If you have reason to believe your ex is playing mind games, put your gut instincts to the test. Sometimes, it's better to know sooner than later.
If for example, you suspect your ex is using you for emotional support, try taking that away and see how he or she reacts. Same thing with an ex who only contacts you when they are bored or lonely, or when they want sex. Someone who has no ulterior motive will want to continue to talk to you even when they do not get what they want. Someone with an agenda will disappear when you can no longer give them what they want.


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I thought I would write a blog on a Christmas theme for today, given that it's just around the corner. I picked the War On Christmas after reading an amusing article about how Xmas is in fact an ancient Greek abbreviation for Christmas, (X= "Chi," which was frequently used as a short form for "Christ") and how the author thought that people who got all bent about "Xmas taking the Christ out of Christmas" were really funny. Chuckling in agreement, I set out to do a little research of my own.
I thought to tackle the blog from the point of view of a hard-bitten atheist who nevertheless couldn't give a fart in a hurricane how anyone else chose to celebrate their holiday. It seemed a good enough place to start. From what I could gather the fear seemed primarily that atheists were attempting to wring the religious significance from Sweet Baby Jesus' special day. See, while I don't believe in any gods, (except maybe Joss Whedon) I love Christmas. There is nothing about Christmas better for me than watching loved ones open gifts you found for them, wrapped, and presented to them under a lit and twinkling tree, with the sounds of Christmas music and the smell of pine. It evokes feelings of family, comfort, love, and nostalgia. (And don't forget the dinners!) Now obviously Jesus doesn't enter into my celebration… there's a statuette of Tinkerbell atop my tree. But I celebrate nonetheless, godlessly, with my family and friends.
More to the point, I refuse to care how the religious choose to observe their holiday. (See the aforementioned fart.) So if I — representing as I assumed I did, the majority of not only atheists but non-religious observers of the holiday — posed no threat to Christmas in Christian households, then with whom were the Christmas Warriors conducting their war? Faithfully, I girded my loins (hee-hee!) and took to the intrawebs in search of the perfidious enemies of my favorite holiday.
As I'm sure you're all already aware, I discovered nothing. Pretend to be surprised.
Well, I found the American Family Association, who keeps a "Naughty or Nice" list showing which companies are "for" or "against" Christmas. In case you were wondering, being against Christmas really just means being inclusive. For instance, if you say you are running a "Christmas Sale" at your store, then you are For Christmas. If, on the other hand you say you are running a "Holiday Sale," (that includes Christmas as well as everyone else's end of the year celebrations) then you are Against Christmas and the AFA recommends that all the god-fearing faithful boycott your place of employ and hopefully drive you out of business so that you and your family die cold and penniless in the street. I don't know if the AFA is really that mean, or if they simply haven't thought this thing out.
I also found FOX News, which apparently runs a bunch of spots every Christmas season about how some parade in Bumblefuck Ohio changed its name from the Bumblefuck Christmas Parade to the Bumblefuck Holiday Parade. Beware! For the Liberals have come down the chimney and stolen your stockings and treeses, your Christmas cookies and cheeses, all of your presents and last but not least… those dirty Liberals stole the Who-pudding and roast Beast. Or so you are supposed to believe. As far as I could tell, nobody other than FOX and the AFA, who were purportedly defending it, gave a crap how anyone chose to observe the holidays. It was hard to visualize this being much of a "war".
At the end, I thought I might try to attack Christmas myself, just so the defenders would feel justified. You know, throw 'em a little bone. But ultimately, I simply didn't care enough. I'm cooking a goose on Sunday and I've got to prepare the dry brine tonight, and I just don't have the energy. Christmas may come on the 25th, but my family will be here on the 18th.
I know you Super-Christians like to fight and have wars and stuff over the things that are really important to you, but from this atheist right here? I wish you a Merry… and peaceful… Christmas.


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What: FREE Webinar
Where: Online
When: On Demand until December 11, 2019
SAFER STEAM BOILERS: From Minor Burns to Major Events
Steam boiler safety concerns have typically been based on the potential for catastrophic explosions.
However, experts suggest that while some types of boilers can be safer than others based on physics (and the potential for explosions), boiler safety is also about everyday burns, bumps, and bruises.
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- Not all steam boilers are the same and include both firetube and watertube designs. These designs can impact the potential for catastrophic explosions, as well as affect day-to-day safety concerns.
- Experts agree that some types of steam boilers are safer than others regarding the potential for catastrophic explosion, as well as the potential for burns and a range of other injuries.
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Pam the Funkstress
"We, we came to fight. It's your disgrace, smash up your place, that's just polite!" My eyes are closed, power fist up, head bangin' and booty shakin' to the some of the most sensational lyrics, guitar riffs, drums and bass lines; the DJ brings it back home to Bay Area Hip-hop and funk where the band, The Coup, started—scratchin', slidin', funkin' like a turntable MASTER. In this case, a mistress, a "Turntable Queen"—Pam The Funkstress! Wooing the crowd with her trademark tricky finish, her very own invention: The "Titty Scratch."
"I'm the one that created that scratch . . . It's called the Titty Scratch," explains Pam Warren, the Funkstress herself. "I was going to New York in '94 or '95 with The Coup, and they wanted me to do this Battle New York at the Zulu Nation conference or something . . . I listened to Lady of Rage on Afro Puffs and she said, 'Let me loosen up my bra strap and let me hit you with this raw rap.' I said wait a minute, 'Let me loosen up my bra strap?'. . . I learned to take my bra off while DJing. When I went to the Zulu battle . . . everyone went crazy. I threw my bra out I said, 'Let me loosen bra strap and-uh . . . let me loosen up my bra strap and-uh . . .' And it just became my signature thing."
Pam struggled to define herself as a performer and competitor in a male-dominated world. In 1994, she got together with two emcees: Boots Riley and E-Roc, members of The Coup from East Oakland, one of the most socially conscious, politically charged and underrated hip-hop groups to date. Boots Riley is not only a lyrical genius, he has a sense for real talent. He's worked with some of the best at what they do, and Pam was his select DJ.
Pam also became the select DJ of the one of the most well-known, funky, lyrical, musical and talent-sensitive geniuses of our time, who dubbed her "Purple Pam." Yes, his Royal Badness himself, Prince, made her his last-known recruit when he picked her up on the last tour before his passing. "I feel like he is with me every day," says Pam. "When he first passed, I felt his spirit in my room."
"I'm blessed, and to be able to have The Man himself call upon me . . . there's no words that can express how I feel, you know," she tells me with tears in her eyes. "I listened to Prince when I was a kid. He was on my wall. You know what I'm saying, to actually have DJed with him and meet him—it was just really huge . . . Prince is on that Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley-type of status. Man, I'm just honored . . . that I was part of that before he left, and just to think if he was still here, where would we be right now."
A few years ago, Pam and I would have conversations about Prince in the DJ Booth. She called it a prediction, I called it math; I said if Prince ever saw her perform, he'd pick her up. Despite her rising fame, Pam is still just as humble and warm as the day we met. Those that experience Pam are glad when she forgets she's human and reveals her superpowers.
There are two wall murals of Pam, both in Oakland: One on 30th & West and another on 8th and Capital. Pam's constantly growing, and is currently exploring a more EDM sound to take on the globe. Her future plans for giving back involve opening up a DJ school for young women. Multi-talented, Pam is also another type of table queen: A chef. She has a catering business and a restaurant—Piccadilly in Foster City—which she's leaving in capable hands while she focuses on her music.


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A three-way tie
As generations of professional golfers have come and gone, the sport has searched for a ensemble to succeed the trio of Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player…
The search has been in vain.
Robin Barwick looks back on golf's original Big Three
Arnold Palmer always had a canny eye on the future, an instinct for what lay ahead that triggered a multitude of successful endeavors.
It goes way back. Soon after Palmer's first Masters win in 1958 he shook hands on a partnership with business manager Mark McCormack that lasted the rest of their lives. McCormack, himself a visionary, was working with a number of leading players but Palmer persuaded McCormack to represent only him, even though the golfer knew he could not expect their exclusive arrangement to last indefinitely.
As it happened the exclusivity did not last long—probably less time than Palmer had expected—because no sooner had he reached the top of the game than Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus emerged as his closest, fiercest rivals. But there was also a strong affinity between the three men, and Palmer cleared the way for both Player and Nicklaus to work with McCormack at the turn of the 1960s.
Never an isolationist, Palmer could sense the greater good in helping his rivals prosper, but not even he could have predicted what would unfold over subsequent decades as the exploits of a trio who would become known as "The Big Three" would become golf's greatest epic, one that would shape the modern game. Really, this was what the swingin' sixties were all about.
Player was first to challenge Palmer among the pro ranks. The little-known 22-year-old South African oddly won the 1958 Kentucky Derby Open with a funny, flat golf swing and certain lack of length off the tee. "Just an anomaly," people said. Then, two months after Palmer had won his first Masters, Player raised eyebrows among the American elite again when he finished runner-up to Tommy Bolt in the U.S. Open at Southern Hills. A year later he lifted the Claret Jug at the [British] Open for the first time, and when Palmer contrived to lose the 1961 Masters with a shabby, haphazard double bogey at the very last hole, the diminutive Player gratefully slipped his arms into the Green Jacket. He found it to be a great fit.
"No player I can think of made more of his gifts than Gary," Palmer would later write in his book A Golfer's Life. "I think there was something to Billy Maxwell's remark that among The Big Three, Gary was perhaps the greatest competitor—simply because if he hadn't been, he wouldn't have been among The Big Three. Relatively short off the tee, he made himself one of the premier sand players and clutch putters of all time.
"Beneath the trademark black clothes and movie-matinee-idol good looks, the fad diets and ridiculously intense exercise regimens… he is also one helluva nice guy."
By contrast, the arrival of Nicklaus was forewarned. He was a Walker Cup golfer and Ohio State star who won the U.S. Amateur title twice, in 1959 and 1961, and in-between in 1960 made his intentions clear by finishing runner-up to Palmer at the U.S. Open at Cherry Hills. It was the highest finish by an amateur in the U.S. Open in 30 years, since Bobby Jones had won the title for the fourth and final time in 1930.
Nicklaus turned professional in 1961 and won for the first time as a professional in spectacular fashion, defeating Palmer in an 18-hole playoff in the 1962 U.S. Open at Oakmont near Pittsburgh, where local hero Palmer was supposed to win and where the partisan support was vociferous. "I'll tell you something," came Palmer's portentous and oft-repeated words afterwards, "now that the big guy is out of the cage everybody better run for cover."
The parallels between Nicklaus and Jones continued, as the "Golden Bear" was the youngest U.S. Open champ—at 22—since Jones in 1923, and he was also the first player since Jones in 1930 to hold the U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open titles simultaneously.
"I'll tell you something, now that the big guy is out of the cage everybody better run for cover"
The summer of '62
They weren't yet known as "The Big Three," but that spring and summer of 1962 was when this trinity was formed, and when—for one year and one year only—they won all four of the year's majors between them. Each one of the four was a collector's item, and with live television coverage of golf evolving fast the sport's viewing numbers were growing exponentially.
In 1962 Palmer, aged 32 at the time, was in his captivating prime and he set the tone at Augusta National in April, winning his third Green Jacket. He kept Arnie's Army in suspense though, eventually defeating Player and Dow Finsterwald in the first three-man playoff in Masters history—and banishing the ghost of Palmer's 1961 Masters collapse in the process.
Nicklaus defeated Palmer in the U.S. Open in June; Palmer then successfully defended his [British] Open title at Royal Troon in July, playing some of the finest golf of his career to win by six before Player won the PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club in Pennsylvania the very next week, with a late charge from Nicklaus seeing him finish in a tie for third.
"On a philosophical note," Palmer later said, "I must say I think Jack and I were very good for each other and very good for the game of golf in general. Our rivalry—especially once you add Gary Player to the mix—happened at a time when golf was just beginning to take deep root in the broader American sports psyche, and the intensity of our competition, as well as the distinct differences in our personalities, created tremendous natural drama and a fan interest in the professional game that had never been seen before."
As usual with Palmer, he could not have put it any better.
"I needed Jack to remind me what my Pap had warned me from the beginning," he said, "there was always going to be some talented young guy out there who could beat you 10 ways to Sunday, so you'd better never let your guard down. I think Jack needed me to serve as the high standard he was aiming for. If he could beat me, which he ultimately did, he could beat anybody and become the greatest player in the game."
If it hadn't stuck already, the moniker of "The Big Three" was tattooed on that American sports psyche by a stroke of McCormack genius, when he negotiated an eight-part TV series called Big Three Golf, which was broadcast nationwide in the U.S. by NBC in 1964. There were other high-ratings TV matches and golfing series, but Big Three Golf was the perfect fit. The three golfers played each other at a series of spectacular courses including Los Angeles Country Club, Firestone, St Andrews and Carnoustie in Scotland, and onto Dorado Beach in Puerto Rico, and the ratings soared.
"We had a lot of fun being the center of all that attention, but most of all we wanted to beat each other to a pulp"
Finishing at the beginning
Born in 1929, Palmer was the elder statesman and crowd favorite of The Big Three—six years Player's senior and a decade older than Nicklaus—and his success in the majors would expire first, on becoming the first golfer to win the Masters four times, in 1964.
The tenacious Player would soon after become only the third golfer to complete the career Grand Slam of winning all four major titles—after Gene Sarazen and Ben Hogan—by winning the 1965 U.S. Open, while Nicklaus rapidly followed suit, completing the Grand Slam in the space of just five years with victory in the 1966 [British] Open at Muirfield.
Palmer won a total of seven major titles between 1958 and 1964, Player matched Hogan's career haul of nine majors—Player's nine secured between 1959 and 1978—while Nicklaus collected a total of 18 from 1962 to the 1986 Masters (aged 46), completing the Grand Slam three full times in the process. Today, with Tiger Woods next in line with 14 career majors—and possibly stuck there—the Golden Bear's record gleams seductively on a high shelf of its own, still unreachable.
When Nicklaus won the 1965 Masters by nine shots—with Palmer and Player in a tie for second place—it prompted Masters co-founder Jones to declare: "Jack plays a game with which I'm not familiar." Incidentally, this was also the only occasion on which this trio occupied the top three positions on a major's final leaderboard.
"We had a lot of fun being the center of all that attention," reflected Palmer, "but most of all we wanted to beat each other to a pulp. That's the nature of healthy sportsmanship and the spirit of tournament golf. That's just the way it should be, too."
Augusta National, which celebrates its past champions with such pride, ultimately initiated a poignant annual reunion of The Big Three by inviting them to serve as honorary starters of the Masters. Having competed in the Masters 50 years consecutively, from 1955 to 2004, it was at Augusta where Palmer really reached stardom and so it could not have been more appropriate when he became the first of the three to strike the honorary tee shot, in 2007.
Nicklaus, who played in the Masters 45 times from 1959 to 2005 and won the Green Jacket a record six times, joined Palmer for the tournament's Thursday breakfast ball from 2010. Then the irrepressible Player, three times the Masters champ from 52 appearances between 1957 and 2009, completed the honorary three-ball for the first time in 2012.
It is little wonder the first tee on the Thursday morning of the Masters has attracted packed crowds. As ever, the Big Three proved to be the best draw in the game.


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Wesley Snipes is back after some career interruptions courtesy of the IRS. He stars with Anne Heche (who's has a lead in NBC's new military thriller series The Brave) and WWE wrestler Seth Rollins in Armed Response, director John Stockwell's military horror movie that opens in theaters today and will also be available on demand. Check out a clip.
All three actors are on a team of special forces soldiers are sent to investigate the disappearance of another team guarding a high-tech military compound. The compound, nicknamed the Temple, is an artificial intelligence-powered facility designed for interrogating high level prisoners. As they enter the Temple, the soldiers quickly find the earlier team horrifically slaughtered but no evidence as to who is responsible. There's a mysterious survivor who holds a dark secret that the team must uncover if they hope to survive.
You probably remember Stockwell as Cougar in Top Gun but he's made a career as a director with pretty much every surfing movie you remember from the 21st century: Blue Crush, Into the Blue and Dark Tide.
KISS fans take note: Gene Simmons has a small role is credited as a producer on this movie. You can see Armed Response in a theater in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta and Phoenix. If you don't live one of those places, check your video-on-demand platforms.
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State Comptroller Candidate Visits Utica
Green Party candidate for State Comptroller Mark Dunlea make a campaign stop in Utica today.
He was a guest on WIBX's First News with Keeler Show.
Dunlea wants to divest state pension funds from fossil fuels as part of the effort to combat climate change. He says State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has insisted on keeping pension funds in fossil fuels despite their poor performance in recent years.
Dunlea has also authored state legislation to require the state to move to 100 percent clean energy by 2030 and to stop any new fossil fuel projects.
He also supports full public campaign finance reform and a state single payer health care system.
Dunlea is a former Town Board member in Poestenkill in Rensselaer County,


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Coordination And Planning Between States
Encourage coordination and planning activities for hospitals in counties who border counties in other states. Many small hospitals are a few miles from statelines and may be closer to hospitals in the bordering state than they are in their own state.
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The theme for this month's Bostik Bloggers craft activity is 'flying', and I love it because there were so many possible crafts we could have done. Around this time last year I made a fun springtime bird craft so I wanted to do something a bit different this time round.
After deliberating for a while I took inspiration from a craft activity that Nerys and I have done a few times together in the past and have always enjoyed.
Butterfly paintings!
I can't for the life of me think of what this activity is actually called, some people call it squish painting, or blob painting, and others call it symmetry painting. I'm keeping it simple and just going with butterfly painting.
What you need:
- Paper or card
- A pencil
- Scissors
- Paint in a variety of colours
- Glitter glue for some sparkle
- Googly eyes
What you do:
1. Get your piece of paper and fold it in half. Draw one half of a butterfly shape on the folded paper and cut it out. Then open up the paper to reveal your butterfly. I tend to go for a really simple butterfly shape but you could always go for something a bit more elaborate/realistic!
2. Get splodging with the paint and glitter glue, but only on one half of the butterfly. You want to put a decent amount of paint on each time, so that it will spread easily onto the other half of the butterfly when you fold it over.
Some people like to water down the paint they're using slightly, to really get the colours to spread around, but I kept mine as they were.
3. When you're happy that you've got enough paint and glitter glue down, carefully fold the butterfly in half along the crease and press down to print the paint onto the other half of the picture. Then slowly open the butterfly up and see how pretty it looks!
7. Let the butterfly dry and then add some google eyes if you want.
Nerys and I went for bright primary colours for our butterfly this time but you can choose whatever colours you want for yours. You could make a really pretty butterfly with pastel colours, or even go for a rainbow theme.
This is a really fun craft to do with children of all ages, and can be a great way to introduce the idea of symmetry to little ones.
Have you had a go at doing this with your children? Do you remember doing it yourself when you were little?!
Disclaimer: I was sent a box of craft materials to create this post, but all words, opinions and creations are my own.


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Sonic Drive In - Hollister
"Sonic Drive In - Hollister" gives you your favorite fast food in a convenient location near Branson and Hollister's two college campuses. There's burgers, corn dogs, toasters, sandwiches, fries, onion rings, and countless combinations of ice cream treats to dazzle your craving for something cold and sweet! Floats, real ice cream shakes, CreamSlushes, sundaes, cones, java coolers, and more, made in so many different flavors with so many different toppings, you'll have to come back again and again to try them all! Just south of Branson you'll find the "Sonic Drive In" in Hollister, where they're just waiting to see how 'you Sonic!'


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Its name has become a punchline at public meetings even invoked during White Oak High School's commencement exercise earlier this month.
Piney Green Road, a 6.7 mile ribbon of asphalt connecting U.S. 17 at its northern end and N.C. 24 at the edge of Camp Lejeune, used sometimes as a phrase by frustrated taxpayers to describe delays, detours, disruption and endless construction is expected to be completed later this summer, according to City of Jacksonville Transportation Services Director Anthony Prinz.
Prinz said the $112 million contract -- which included right-of-acquisition with an original completion date of April 2016 -- should be completed "weather permitting" sometime later this summer.
"There is still signal work to perform by putting the traffic lights in their final pattern and crews will be applying the final paving radius where neighborhood streets intersect with Piney Green Road," Prinz said.
Friday afternoon crews from Barnhill Contracting Company were laying down asphalt at the intersection of Piney Green Road and West Thomas Drive in the shadow of Crom Transmission & Automotive Specialists.
Bob Crom, the 57-year-old, second generation owner of the 28-year-old transmission company said the disruption caused by the roadway's expansion was a blessing to his company which was located across Piney Green Road from its present location.
"We heard rumblings about the road project long before it started years ago and had several plans in place if the state needed our land for the road widening," Crom said. "As it happened the three acres we're on now became available and we moved the operation over here."
"I have no regrets. In fact it gives me an appreciation when I drive down a roadway now I think maybe at one time this was somebody's land," Crom reflected.
In fact, Crom's business went from disruption to consolation then growth spinning off ancillary automotive repair work into a second business run by his son down Piney Green Road at Patriot Automotive.
The 2017 graduating class at White Oak High School which fronts Piney Green Road were students still in middle school when construction began on the heavily traveled roadway used by daily commuters to Camp Lejeune and countless school buses shuttling students to Hunters Creek Elementary, Hunters Creek Middle School and WOHS.
The seemingly endless construction and innumerable orange barrels up and down the road for years wasn't lost on the Vikings valedictorian Grey Goodson who told classmates in his commencement address with a tongue in cheek delivery: "When we meet at our 10-year reunion and Piney Green is still under construction…" Goodson emphasized the word "still" and got a chuckle from those in attendance.
But the reality is the end is near and Prinz's words should bring solace to those who use Piney Green Road and endured the detours, delays and disruption,
"We're in the home stretch," Prinz said
Daily News Government Reporter Mike McHugh can be reached at 910-219-8455 or email email@example.com.


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McLaren Honda Formula 1 Team announces an exciting new partnership with Chandon, signed today. As one of the most successful teams in Formula 1 history, McLaren meets Chandon, one of the iconic Maisons of Moët Hennessy, which is part of the LVMH group. The partnership perfectly highlights Chandon's open spirit, 'joie de vivre' and spontaneous approach to life.
The partnership is a long-term, global collaboration that will bring Chandon's sparkling attitude to the famous McLaren Honda Formula 1 Team. The partnership was made official today at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey, England. It was signed by Christophe Navarre, Chairman and CEO of Moët Hennessy, and Ron Dennis, McLaren Technology Group Chairman and CEO.
"The McLaren Honda Formula 1 Team's story is characterised by human endeavour, filled with heroic champions who have stood on sport's global stage. This is a team that seizes the moment and remains open to new challenges," said Christophe Navarre. "Chandon couldn't be happier to partner with the McLaren Honda Formula 1 Team. This is a rich new occasion to bring our fans together around the world, and to enjoy the depth of this connection."
Ron Dennis said: "It is extremely exciting that Moët Hennessy has chosen to join with the McLaren Honda team through Chandon to form a unique, long-term partnership. The fit between Chandon and McLaren Honda is a natural one, with both sharing a passion to innovate in whatever we do, combined with a unique style and approach. It is a great privilege for everyone at McLaren Honda to partner with Chandon, one of the iconic brands in the prestigious Moët Hennessy portfolio."
Chandon was founded on this spirit of openness and collaboration: the kind that invites outstanding, fruitful encounters. Renowned oenologist Renaud Poirier set out to explore the world and find the best terroirs to create sparkling wines. He first arrived in Mendoza, Argentina in 1959 and collaborated with local winemakers, adapting traditional French winemaking know-how to local varieties. The result, thanks to this versatile openness and laid-back approach to doing things differently, was an exceptional new breed of local sparkling wines. Today, more than 55 years later, Chandon's vineyards are present in Argentina (1959), the US (1973), Brazil (1973), Australia (1986), India (2013) and China (2014). An authentic and respected brand, Chandon wines are enjoyed around the world.
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Super Tuesday
OK - I can't vote for any of these people, but it's still interesting to watch. The election process for President of the USA is very different from the procedure in Germany. People don't really get to vote for a candidate, people just vote for a delegate. First the parties have to decide, who is going to be running in the finals for them.
That first step is called *primary election* or *caucas*, depending on how exactly the procedure is done. On a primary election party members simply cast a vote for whom they prefer to be their party's candidate. On a caucas party members discuss with each other about the candidates, before casting their vote for one or another person.
24 of the States had their primary/caucas today, on Super Tuesday. One republican candidate emerged the obvious winner - John McCain, but the democrats are still undecided. Is it going to be Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama for them?
The most interesting aspect of this is the impact, which a decision between the two Democrats might have on the likelihood of the Republican becoming President. Analysts speculate, that John McCain would most likely win the final election, if Hillary Clinton was to win the primaries for the Democrats.
And whom would I want for President? Well, to be honest - none of the above. I'd vote for Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Rapper and producer IceberG hits the music scene with his a new project – an EP titled 'Outlier'. On Outlier EP, IceberG bares his mind on several societal issues. t
The five track EP was created by IceberG within five days, he shared with iRapChrist that Outlier EP is made up of raw thoughts that should leave listeners in soul searching moods.
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Outlier EP talks on drugs, religion, sex… in the simplest yet truest form that is expected to leave the listener looking inwards and feeling 'some type of way'
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