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The manager hired a new secretary. She was young, sweet and polite. One day while taking dictation, she noticed his fly was open. While leaving the room, she courteously said, "Oh, sir, did you know that your barracks door is open?" He did not understand her remark, but later on he happened to look down and saw that his zipper was open. He decided to have some fun with his new employee. Calling her in, he asked, "By the way, Miss Jones, when you saw my barracks door open this morning, did you also see a soldier standing at attention?" The secretary, who was quite witty, replied, "Why, no sir. all I saw was a little, disabled veteran, sitting on two duffel bags!"
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John invited his mother over for dinner one evening. During the meal, she couldn't help but notice how attractive his roommate Judy was. She had been suspicious of a relationship between her son and his roommate for quite some time, but this only made her more curious. She watched the two of them interact over the course of the evening and began to wonder whether there was more between John and Judy than met the eye. Realizing only too well what his mother was thinking, John said, "I can see your wheels turning Mom and I know what you're thinking. Rest assured Judy and I are strictly roommates." A few days later, Judy went to John and said, "You know the beautiful silver gravy ladle? Well, ever since your mother came to dinner I can't seem to find it. You don't think she would have taken it, do you?" "I doubt it, but I'll write her a letter just to be sure," replied John. John then sat down and wrote his mother the following letter: "Dear Mom, While I'm not saying you 'did' take a gravy ladle from my house, and I'm not saying you 'didn't' take a gravy ladle, the fact remains that ever since you were here for dinner one has been missing. Love, Your son." Several days later, John received a reply from his mother which read: "Dear John, While I am not saying you 'do' sleep with Judy, and I'm not saying you 'don't' sleep with her, the fact remains that she would have found the gravy ladle by now if she were sleeping in her own bed. Love, Mom."
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A three-year old walks over to a pregnant lady while waiting with his mother in a doctor's surgery. "Why is your stomach so big?" – he asks. "I´m having a baby." – she replies. "Is the baby in your stomach?" – he asks, with his big eyes. "Yes, it is." – she says. "Is it a good baby?" – he asks, with a puzzled look. "Oh, yes. A really good baby." – the lady replies. Shocked and surprised, he asks: "Then why did you eat him?"
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Q: Format an object I am trying to restructure a nested object:
Input
{
   "elements":[
      {
         "name":"catalog",
         "elements":[
            {
               "name":"book",
               "elements":[
                  {
                     "name":"author",
                     "elements":[
                        {
                           "type":"text",
                           "text":"Gambardella, Matthew"
                        }
                     ]
                  },
                  {
                     "name":"title",
                     "elements":[
                        {
                           "text":"XML Developers Guide"
                        }
                     ]
                  }
               ]
            }
         ]
      }
   ]
}

Desired output
 {
       "children":[
          {
             "text": {"name":"catalog"},
             "children":[
                {
                   "text": {"name":"book"},
                   "children":[
                      {
                         "text": {"name":"author"},
                         "children":[
                            {
                               "type":"text",
                               "text":"Gambardella, Matthew"
                            }
                         ]
                      },
                      {
                         "text": {"name":"title"},
                         "children":[
                            {
                               "text": {"name": "XML Developers Guide"}
                            }
                         ]
                      }
                   ]
                }
             ]
          }
       ]
    }

I have tried this so far
    function createJsonStructure(obj) {
        for (var i = 0; i < obj.elements.length; ++i) {
            console.log(obj.name);
            if(obj.elements[i].elements) {
                for (var ii = 0; ii < obj.elements[i].elements.length; ++ii) {
                    createJsonStructure(obj.elements[i].elements[ii]);
                }
            } else {
                console.log(obj.elements[i].text);
            }
        }
    };

   $(function(){
        createJsonStructure(xmlToJson.elements[0]);
    });

A: You could use this (arrow) function which uses spread syntax in object literals (ES2018):

const arrange = obj => obj.elements ? {
        ..."name" in obj && { text: { name: obj.name } },
        children: obj.elements.map(arrange)
    } : {...obj};

// Sample:
const data = {"elements":[{"name":"catalog","elements":[{"name":"book","elements":[{"name":"author","elements":[{"type":"text","text":"Gambardella, Matthew"}]},{"name":"title","elements":[{"text":"XML Developers Guide"}]}]}]}]};

console.log(arrange(data));

If you also need to convert the existing "text" properties in the leaf-nodes (it is ambiguous in your output):

const arrange = obj => ({
        ..."type" in obj && { type: obj.type },
        ..."name" in obj && { text: { name: obj.name } },
        ..."text" in obj && { text: { name: obj.text } },
        ..."elements" in obj && { children: obj.elements.map(arrange) }
    });

// Sample:
const data = {"elements":[{"name":"catalog","elements":[{"name":"book","elements":[{"name":"author","elements":[{"type":"text","text":"Gambardella, Matthew"}]},{"name":"title","elements":[{"text":"XML Developers Guide"}]}]}]}]};

console.log(arrange(data));

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in 1950s, Comedy, Drama
Director: Anthony Asquith / Screenplay: Asquith (From Oscar Wilde's play) / Editing: John D. Guthridge / DP: Desmond Dickinson / Music: Benjamin Frankel
Cast: Michael Redgrave / Richard Wattis / Michael Denison / Edith Evans / Joan Greenwood / Dorothy Tutin / Margaret Rutherford / Miles Malleson
The Importance of Being Oscar…
think of the collected works of Oscar Wilde, as being like someone I've often encountered at parties, but whom I never had cause to actually meet and talk with. Which is a shame as, despite the scandalous things one might've heard about them, they often turn-out to be the friend you never knew you had…
So it is, that I've managed to stagger through life, little more than aware of Wilde and his literary (and personal) reputations. There's always been something else to read, or watch: until today, with this sparkling remaster of Anthony Asquith's definitive adaptation of The Importance of Being Earnest; sparkling, albeit with a disappointingly muddy soundtrack.
To begin with, I'll confess that I knew little about its director, Asquith and his filmography. A little digging reveals him to have been the son of a British Prime Minister (and a Liberal, no less). Asquith made his way in the nascent British film industry, growing into a capable, director, respected by peers such as David Lean, with a string of morale-boosting pictures during the war; notable highlights include We Dive at Dawn (1943) and The Way To The Stars (1945). Yet professional acclaim for Asquith was chiefly reserved, for the skill and awareness he brought to adaptations of stage-plays; a line of business begun with his acclaimed 1938 production of Shaw's Pygmalion (later adapted into My Fair Lady (1964)). Asquith's version even earned star Trevor Howard a nod from 'Oscar' (no, that other one), which did both the careers of both men little harm, though Asquith was to remain a UK-based director for the bulk of his career.
Earnest's route to the screen appears almost plain-sailing for all concerned, as if it were fated to become a classic. Rights to Wilde's original play were about to be made available and it seems the only person to have noticed, was Michael Denison. Keen to play Algernon in any future adaptation, Denison urged his production company to step-in ahead of the competition. Having done so, they then declined to make the picture themselves, so sold the project on to rival Rank Studios, with Denison conditionally pre-cast as Algy.
With Asquith on-board as Director, the rest of the cast came together organically: and what a cast! Earnest is blessed with the cream of British acting talent from the early fifties and having now seen the film, I don't see a weak link anywhere in the chain. It has perfect casting.
Asquith's first consideration would have been how best to transition the stage-play to film, which, after all, is its own, unique medium. A stage play (such as Earnest) is about interiors, or the recreation of exteriors on a confined stage. If this alone was Asquith's focus, the resulting film would have been stilted & claustrophobic. Instead, he chooses perhaps the only solution: we begin with a couple settling into a theatre box, to watch a traditional production of the play and as the curtain rises, Asquith fills the stage beyond with his opening scene, in Ernest Worthing's London flat. From that point on, the contrivance is ignored, but Asquith's done enough to trick the audience into going along with his vision; the film's original audience were likely fans of the piece, so might've been going in wanting it to fail. To them, nothing could match the 'magic of theatre'.
And for everyone else? Asquith is taking us by the hand and allowing his meticulous clockwork to unwind in its own, precise fashion. I understand that Wilde's original text survived largely unscathed, albeit losing a few trims here and there, so it's to Asquith's credit that it gels so effortlessly, as much as to Wilde, for having concocted something so special in the first place, that it can transition so smoothly.
So. Ernest's flat, where the man himself (played by the expressive and very earnest Michael Redgrave) is dressing for the day, assisted by the proto-Jeeves Seton (the ever-hangdog Richard Wattis). Snaffling from his rich breakfast, is friend Algy (Denison, at his most fluent and affable). It seems as though Ernest hopes to marry Algy's cousin, Gwendolen. But there's a complication: the devious Algy has 'acquired' one of Ernest's cigarette cases, in which is an inscription dedicated to 'Dear Jack': how so?
Wilde's gambit now unfolds in this emergent comedy of manners. Algy is quick to guess that 'Ernest' uses 'Jack' as a secret-persona when at-home in the country, just as he uses 'Mr Bunbury': a fictitious friend he invented, to provide convenient excuses to get him out-of-town. It's Ernest's admission of how he came to own the case, that fuel's Algy's fevered imagination. The very idea that Ernest/Jack might have an 'impossibly beautiful' eighteen-year old ward back home, seems too-good-to-be-true.
Later, Ernest calls on Algy at his apartment; Asquith using Ernest's journey (and other transitions throughout the film) to break-up the film's 'staginess' as much as an opportunity to explore intriguing jump-cuts & dissolves.
Ernest's there, as his would-be fiancée, Gwendolen, is due to call, along with her mother, the dowager Lady Bracknell and Ernest/Jack hopes to catch a moment with her, in order to – finally, it seems – propose marriage. There's a little reversal of business, as Ernest proceeds to eat food laid-out by Algy's own butler before the main event: Ernest eking-out his proposal to Gwendolen in a stiff, mealy-mouthed fashion. So stilted is this sequence, that I wonder if Wilde was using it to comment on the repressed society in which he found himself? Remember, that the London of 1895 was a place in which its denizens struggled to even express issues of love & sexuality, against the social mores of the day.
Whilst they're skirting around the edges of the business-at-hand, Jack also hears a bizarre confession from Gwendolen: namely, that she can only think of herself marrying a man named Ernest, which puts our hero in a predicament, given his 'real' name appears to be Jack…
Though that's the least of his problems as, having caught him down on one knee, Lady Bracknell (the imperious Dame Edith Evans) proceeds to grill the poor man, as 'gorgons' are wont to do. She dishes out wisdom – and weightless questions – as if they were tablets of stone, above critical examination. Take this delicious exchange:
LB: 'Do you smoke?'
J/E: 'Well, yes.'
LB: 'I'm glad to hear it. A man should have an occupation of some kind.'
The interrogation continues, with Jack/Ernest appearing to pass all tests, especially where money's concerned. After all, Lady B only wants her daughter to be financially secure, right? Err, no, because this one-sided interview of her prospective son-in-law falters over the thorny issue of Jack's mysterious origins and the revelation he was found at Victoria Station in a, wait for it, 'A handbag!?'
Cue: one of cinema's great moments, as Dame Edith skewers her response across more octaves and beats than you might think possible.
This Act ends with another piece of business that could only work in-camera: as Jack gives Gwendolen his real country address, Algy's seen copying it onto his shirt cuff; a move all framed in one artfully-composed shot.
Cut to: that same address. In a bucolic country garden, Jack's ward Cecily (Dorothy Tutin in her screen debut) is being schooled by her eccentric Governess. That'd be the deliriously-named Miss Prism (the equally scatty, magnetic character actress Margaret Rutherford, in the part she would later cite as being the part 'she was born to play'). They're visited first, by the local vicar, Canon Chasuble (a wobbly, genial Miles Malleson), who has designs on Miss Prism; we know that her still-waters apparently run deep, as she's confessed to Cecily that in her past, she wrote a 'three-volume novel of more than usual revolting novelty'…
While Chasuble and Miss Prism walk the gardens, who should turn-up at the house, claiming to be Ernest, but Algy! He's the agitator of the piece, for sure. A protagonist who drives things forward, with his infectious mischief.
Naturally, he duly falls for Cecily, but she's confused: didn't her guardian Jack, announce he was packing his wayward younger brother Ernest off to Australia? Quick witted as ever, Algy plays along and wins her confidence: just as well, as Cecily's imagination has also been running wild, concocting a fantasy life for the two of them; the extent of which, would put Algy off in any other picture, but this is a farce, lest we forget: a comedy of manners and it's all fair game.
Next to arrive is Gwendolen, who's equally confused by who's engaged to whom. Here to clean-up the mess (largely of his own creation, let us not forget) is Jack himself, though it takes a final flourish from Lady B and a somewhat contrived Deus-ex-Machina wrinkle at the death, to right the wrongs and bestow some much-needed social pedigree to Jack; the only REAL impediment to his marriage.
Throughout however, even as things canter towards the conclusion, Wilde's writing remains a sparkling, fizzing bottle of uncorked champagne; one that's managing to cover a lot of ground in the process. On one hand, it can be read as a scathing indictment against a late-Victorian Establishment that was increasingly set – at least in some quarters – on bringing-down Wilde; someone whose prodigious talent for bruising prose and a private life that was running to scandal, was perceived as a threat to the Status Quo. On the other hand, Earnest can be enjoyed for what it is: a frothy, bubbling piece of nonsense.
What can't be denied however, is Wilde's prodigious, effortless command of English and his capacity for generating material of a once-in-a-generation quality. Written in 1895, in just three weeks (!) whilst Wilde was on a seaside break, Earnest was to be his last major work. Within a few months, his life would be thrown into reverse as the result of a failed libel action against The Marquess of Queensberry, who'd accused him of being a 'sodomite' and of pursuing an illicit relationship with his son, Lord Alfred (or 'Bosie' as he was to become better known). Instead of being allowed to retreat and lick his wounds, Wilde was instead arrested on charges including 'gross indecency', thus beginning the man's degradation and descent from society that, perhaps, he'd always known would be his end.
It's even foreshadowed a little, in the text, e.g. when Jack announces that his younger brother had died of fever in Paris (Wilde himself would die there, penniless, in 1902). Then, at another point, Gwendolen says 'I hope you've not been leading a double life. That would be hypocrisy.' (Wilde was both married and had children). There are other parallels I'm sure, if one cared to look for them. No matter: it's as if this giant of letters knew his fate from the very beginning, but was unable to escape it: after all, that's what makes it Fate…
The film's been remade once or twice since, because, Hollywood... Yet one glance at IMDB reveals Asquith's original remains the template against which all-comers are found wanting; it remains an enduring classic from the front-rank of British films from the Fifties.
I can see the attraction for younger film-makers. After all, the source material is so strong, so ripe for re-interpretation, but when the original's so strong, anything else is but an indulgence of vanity or ego. Wilde, more than any of us, knew how dangerous that could be…
When I married Lord Bracknell I had no fortune of any kind. But I never dreamed for a moment of allowing that to stand in my way.
The Importance of Being Earnest Triple Word / Score: FIZZING / CLOCKWORK / AGELESS / EIGHT
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Posted Monday, April 29, 2019 12:33 pm
There's no trash talking at the SFAC, just fun vibes
Photography by Brandon Harmon
By Bob Curley
Anyone who has played in a local sports league knows there's always that one guy who takes it all a bit too seriously: Pounding his chest after making a catch in flag football, flipping the bat like he just won the World Series with a hit, or playing all elbows in pickup basketball.
That's the furthest thing from what the Super Fun Activities Club (SFAC) – a sports league whose mascot is a giant rubber duckie, and whose commissioner is known as "Quack The Duck" – is all about.
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I had a heavy machinery day. More than anything else I do, I think I'm most attentive when operating vehicles that have the power to destroy: rototiller, flame weeder, tractor, box truck. Today I tilled three of our greenhouses, which gets me even more attentive because I could easily rip a hole in the plastic (which, ahem, has happened), dent the metal bows, plow through a wall, or bury nearby crops. So that's first on my mind. Then there's the fun of creating what Sophie called "chocolate cake" on the ground: hundreds of square feet of fluffy, crumbly dark soil. I have mixed feelings about tilling, which I hope to write about here in the future, but for today I relished the beauty and satisfaction of freshly aerated beds.
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Applications open November 30th, 2022 and close January 31st, 2023
Why are The Philos Project and Yeshiva University partnering on this program?
Both Yeshiva University and The Philos Project are eager to provide Christian students with a firm grasp of the deep Jewish roots of Christianity, highlighting both shared values and real contrasts. A specific program for Christians through Revel's Master's program in Jewish studies can serve to promote deeper understanding for Christians of Jews and Judaism, and of the unique bond between the "people of the book" and the books we venerate, without compromising on the particularity of our respective faiths.
Is the program online or in-person?
Both! If selected for the program, participants will have the option to attend classes in-person on Yeshiva's campus (500 West 185th Street, New York, NY 10033), or live online via Zoom. As such, Philos and Yeshiva will not be covering housing costs for this program.
What is the tuition cost?
The tuition for the program currently stands at $34,950, plus a $240 fee each semester. If selected, participants will receive a scholarship from Yeshiva University and The Philos Project to cover 2/3rds of the program tuition ($23,300). The other 1/3rd will be the responsibility of the applicant.
Thus, the total cost of this one-year program for its participants will sit roughly at $11,650 + $480 in fees.
Who is eligible to apply?
Christians within the realm of Nicene Orthodoxy of any age that have completed an undergraduate degree at an accredited institution are eligible to apply. Applicants may reside inside or outside of the US.
What will I receive by completing this program?
Participants in this program will receive a Master of Arts in Jewish Studies from the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University and a certificate in Hebraic Studies from The Philos Project.
Is the GRE or another graduate entrance exam required to apply?
No! Yeshiva University does not require the GRE or any other graduate entrance exam to apply to its programs.
Applications for this program are available beginning on November 30th, 2022 and are due by January 31st, 2023. Participants must fill out BOTH the Philos Project application (available on this page), and then the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies Application (or you can go to the Revel homepage at https://www.yu.edu/revel and hit the "APPLY NOW" button) to complete their application. When completing the application, you will select "Jewish Studies (MA) – Undeclared" as the program, "Philos" as the cohort, and "Summer 2023" as the entry term.
What is the time commitment for this program?
Participants would be enrolled as full-time students, which is 12 credits (4 courses) per semester. Classes for each course meet once a week for 2 hours.
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Figlio di Publio Decio Mure, console nel 279 a.C., sconfitto nella battaglia di Ascoli di Puglia (Ausculum Apulum) da Pirro, morì sul campo come gli avi immolandosi agli dei. Pirro era vittorioso ma ad un costo di perdite umane così alto che la sicurezza di Ausculum era comunque garantita. Questa è probabilmente l'origine del termine "vittoria di Pirro".

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In Scandinavia, there was a firm belief in the ability of some people to change into or assume the characteristics of bears. English word "berserk" comes from this legend. It was thought that if a warrior was to don a bear-skin shirt (called a bear-sark) which had been treated with oils and herbs, that the warrior would gain the strength, stamina, and power of the animal. These people would be driven into a frenzy in battle and were said to be capable of biting through the enemy's shields or walking through fire without injury. No matter how much of the legend is true, the thought of a group of Vikings made up as bears is sobering.


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Juni Ata – "Some Songs"
"Some Songs", the modestly titled sophomore album by Nashville singer-songwriter Juni Ata takes us on a nostalgic trip through classic Americana. Touching on all the precious moments we experience throughout life's journey, Juni's earnest and emotional vocals breathe life into his poetic lyrics. The five-track EP features a range of talented local musicians and singers Sierra Ferrell, Madi Diaz and Lauren Farrah. This record was a labor of collaboration as much as any other love. From the outset it was an endeavor that provided us impetus to calling up everyone we knew, admired, or to whom we otherwise felt drawn. Some said yes, some maybe, some no. The people that said yes became the album. Their voices are forever entwined with mine, their stories blurring to take shape in my song. In this case, it took a village to raise a child. And what a dear child she has grown to be! – Juni Ata After […]
Meekoh – "From The River"
Michael Martinez has come a long way since his days of street busking on the streets of Bend, Oregon. More than a decade into his career you can find him in the studio writing and recording with heavy hitters in Los Angeles, producing custom music for brands like LG, Samsung and Facebook, as well as running his own film production company where he directs projects for Marvel and Disney. And on top of all that, he still finds the time to make impeccably written and flawlessly produced Americana records under his artist moniker Meekoh. This week he released "From The River", the lead single from his upcoming EP "The Sun". The song was written as a tribute to the love of his life, whose tragic struggle with cystic fibrosis necessitated their retreat back to his home state of Oregon in the leadup to the pandemic lockdown in Los Angeles. "We […]
Adrian + Meredith – "Even"
Nashville duo Adrian + Meredith have always marched to their own beat, pounding the pavement and putting their own spin on Americana. Their music embodies the spirit of the human story with a nod to punk, the heart of folk, flavor of Polka, and bounce of swing. What started as a Klezmer tune, turned into a full rock and roller, their new single "Even" is a processing moment as we continue to watch both sides of the political spectrum cut off their noses to spite their face. With social media allowing for a lack of accountability in confrontation, this song is an observation of the obsession with false justice and "getting even" as opposed to true conversation and healthy debate. Four years since their debut release, Adrian + Meredith take their fearless, blistering, and Balkan-tinged Americana to new heights on their sophomore record, Bad for Business, a raucous, rebellious and […]
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Evolving from his indie-rock project Boy Rex, Northern Michigan based singer-songwriter Jack M. Senff strikes a warm and sentimental tone on Good To Know You that pays homage to the folk Americana sounds of the early 1970's. Opting for a more stripped down aesthetic reflective of his own personal listening preferences over the constant second-guessing of what he thought should be making for his audience, Jack M. Senff had but one criteria for songs for this album: "Do I like it? Good." "Just being Jack now feels like a needed breath of air, or like the rest of my life has opened up before me and I can go anywhere, do anything, write whatever music I want so long as it's true to me." – Jack M. Senff The result is a gorgeous and intimate record, with just the right balance of production, tasteful lead guitar work and natural room […]
Katie Toupin – "Don't Wanna Die"
After the massive success of her former band Houndmouth, singer-songwriter Katie Toupin's solo career is on the rise. As a member of Houndmouth, Katie co-wrote and sang on their hit song "Sedona", which among others was featured on both "Grey's Anatomy" and "This Is Us" and has received over 110 million streams on Spotify alone. At two and half years sober, Katie wrote her new single "Don't Wanna Die" about the last night she went out partying. Deciding to choose living life to the fullest over a miserable pattern of reckless abandonment, this song stands for her choice to party sober from that day forward. The single was engineered and mixed by Jeremy Ferguson, who received a Grammy this year for his work on Cage The Elephant's album "Social Cues".


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Kayla Arroy is a self-taught artist newly transplanted into the mountains of Colorado. An exclusively acrylic painter, her palette weaves its way from muted hues to vibrant colors, often exploring how each shifts and changes when placed next to another. Kayla's work is intuitive in nature, an attempt to translate complex emotions, thoughts, and meditations into minimalist and simplistic representations. Each piece is seen as a meditation in and of themselves, asking the viewer to simply "be" with the art, rather than analyzing it. She uses shapes and colors as a language of their own, with nods to landscape running throughout. Kayla has come to find a relationship between both the outer landscape and the inner landscape. She believes that the environment we find ourselves in has much to teach and reflect back to us. The desert teaches the importance of resourcefulness and solitude, mountains inspire a sense of humility, and bodies of water – a cleansing and letting go. Much of the inspiration that is behind her art is intensely spiritual and incredibly personal, which is why she believes art to be a gateway into the depths of our most raw and authentic selves. Though she has freshly stepped into the world as an artist, she enjoys the process of finding her voice and the growth – both creatively and personally – that comes from sharing herself through her work.


One of the greatest little things in life that – in my opinion – is very often overlooked is the aspect of sharing my love of music with others. Coming from someone who has a respectable appreciation for music, my musical journey has seen many ups and downs. Is it hard to believe that I actually did not listen to any music before 5th grade? I didn't even know the classics, the pop artists that were then dominating the radio – Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, etc.
So when I look back and see how far I've come from that parochial little girl, taking note of my currently large collection of music, I'm very proud. The best moment, however, is when I share new music with my friends, and having them legitimately come to appreciate the song.
Knowing someone very well and becoming so familiar with their taste in music pays off when you can suggest a song that pertains to their style, yet suggesting one that they've never heard before. When someone genuinely enjoys a song, it means that you have hit the spot. It makes you feel as though you could be a professional music suggester, their new medium for finding new songs.
This seemingly insignificant little event encourages you to take larger steps. Who knows, you might start making mix tapes one day, or customized playlists.
Music, being one of the main ways that people connect, represents an important aspect of a friendship. Thus, when two people agree on an album or an artist, it creates a heart-warming sensation of mutual agreement that will further discussion.
Does anyone else feel very pretentious and hipster for knowing music before it becomes popular? I do, certainly. Momentarily, I'll feel musically superior to someone else. It's a feeling that also comes when I share music with my friends, because rarely does the music I enjoy ever end up on pop radio. The only emotion I'll feel in that situation is agitation, because I know that I'll eventually come to hate the song after the radio has ripped its originality to shreds, releasing its radio edits and fading out curse words.


This post isn't about Hollywood hero Woody Allen, but my headline illustrates a point I want to make about the way the media treated Coke's "America the Beautiful" Super Bowl ad. The media was quick to write headlines purporting that conservatives were up in arms about people singing "America the Beautiful" in other languages.
I was in and out of social media during the Super Bowl, but I didn't see one person I know or respect tweet anything criticizing the ad. A few cranks on Twitter don't speak for conservatives as a group. Of course "Cranks Upset By Coke Ad" probably isn't good click bait. The ad has a very pro-America message — lots of cultures acknowledging the beauty of America. I didn't see anything political about the ad and I'd be willing to bet that a vast majority of conservatives didn't either. Instead, the media will once again paint all conservatives by the actions and words of the least of us.
The worst things about social media is that it gives everyone a platform and it gives the media additional ammunition to use against conservatives. Of course, we can't police these idiots because the last thing they deserve is more attention. The only lesson I can surmise from this is that we have to shout from the rooftops that liberals are the ones who want to politicize everything. They want to divide us. Americans are sick of it. It's not about the issues, whether is marriage, immigration or English. It's about the Left and their cohorts in the media never taking a break from politics and division.


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BAT Makes $47bn Offer To Buy Out Tobacco Rival Reynolds
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Cash and stock deal would combine makers of Lucky Strike and Camel brand cigarettes
British American Tobacco has made an unsolicited $47bn offer to buy full control of Reynolds American, the maker of Camel cigarettes, in a deal that would create the world's largest tobacco company by sales .
The move is the latest blockbuster consolidation effort in the tobacco industry, which has responded to years of litigation and the loss of consumer interest in developed markets with a combination of dealmaking to squeeze out costs and product innovation, such as electronic cigarettes, to generate stable returns.
The offer consists of $20bn in cash and the remainder in BAT shares to acquire the 57.8 per cent the company does not already own. At $56.60 per share, it values Reynolds American at a 20 per cent to premium to its closing price in New York on Thursday.
Shares in BAT, which operates predominantly outside the UK, have risen almost a fifth since the UK voted to leave the EU in June — though the gains have been offset by the drop in sterling in dollar terms. The stock increased 3.8 per cent in early London trade on Friday, giving it a market value of £93bn. BAT plans to borrow in dollar terms to finance the cash portion of the acquisition.
BAT chief executive Nicandro Durante made the approach, after the US market closed on Thursday, to Susan Cameron, the head of Reynolds American, which is now the second-biggest US tobacco company by market share behind Altria.
"The merger would allow the shareholders of the combined company to enjoy the long-term benefits of global scale, strength and diversification," Mr Durante said in a letter to the Reynolds board.
Guy Ellison, head of UK equities at Investec Wealth & Investment, said: "The timing is a surprise, but the strategic rationale makes perfect sense, pivoting BAT further towards the high value US market, consolidating some strong brands and Reynolds' position in next generation tobacco."
The bid comes 12 years after BAT folded its Brown & Williamson business — upon which the 1999 film The Insider was based — in the US into Reynolds in exchange for a large minority stake in a combined entity that could better compete with Altria, the maker of Marlboro brand cigarettes formerly known as Philip Morris.
That arrangement, which saw BAT acquire a 42.3 per cent of Reynolds, came with a 10-year standstill agreement between the companies. Two years ago Reynolds combined with Lorillard, another major US rival, in a transaction that saw BAT inject around $4.7bn to retain the size of its holding.
By taking full control of Reynolds, BAT will be able to consolidate the company's revenues and target modest cost savings of $400m. The deal is driven by the attractive nature of the US market, where most of the competition has been consolidated and the average cost of cigarettes relative to GDP remains lower than many other Western markets.
"We expect this deal to go through quickly as there are no antitrust issues and the two boards are on friendly terms," said analysts at Citi. "We always expected this deal to happen eventually, but we are surprised by the timing."
Reynolds held 34.6 per cent of the US market share in the third quarter of this year. Its brands Newport, Camel, Pall Mall and Natural American Spirit accounted for almost all of its sales .
Reynolds announced two days ago that Debra Crew would succeed Mrs Cameron as chief executive of the company. Mrs Cameron, who took the top job at Reynolds in 2004, will stay on as executive chairman until May 2017 before becoming the non-executive chairman.
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Larry Cherubino Wines, which produces only small volumes of high quality wine from the Frankland River, Margaret River and Pemberton regions, and was established in just 2005, received the top gong over more than 1,487 wineries listed in Australia's most authoritative wine guide.
Along with the top award Novum Wines and Hallgarten Druitt also had four other wineries rated as 5 star, placing them in the top 8% of Australian wineries according to Halliday. Haan (Barossa), Penny's Hill (McLaren Vale) and Leabrook Estate (Adelaide Hills) joined Novum's other Australian producer Setanta Wines (Adelaide Hills) as top rated producers while Setanta's Black Sanglain Cabernet Sauvignon was named third best Cabernet in Australia.
In an extraordinary piece of symmetry, Cherubino was also this week awarded Producer of the Year in the 2011 edition of Matt Skinner's Wine Guide.
While Halliday is the acknowledged leading Australian wine critic, Skinner is quickly gaining audience for his refreshing, no-nonsense, simplistic approach. That both have chosen the same winery as Australia's finest is a truly remarkable achievement.
While Cherubino has received more than his share of glowing reviews over his winemaking career, the 40-year-old is justifiably elated, and a bit shocked by this latest double.
"To be named Winery of the Year in Halliday's Companion is quite possibly the highlight of my career – I've respected James for more than a decade and given the sheer volume of great wines he tastes every year I am blown away by this award", Cherubino said. "And then for Matt Skinner to do likewise – well, that capped off a hell of a week".
"Western Australia is our winemaking heartland and over the years we've got a pretty good handle on what works where. Everything we do reflects our strong belief that when you get the right varieties in the right sites you're well on your way to making good wine," Cherubino said.
Cherubino, and his wife Edwina, started Larry Cherubino Wines in 2005 and now have three ranges under the Yard, Ad Hoc and Cherubino labels.
Cherubino is renowned for his passionate commitment to maximising wine quality in both vineyard and winery. His experience consulting to large and small wineries, from vineyard to bottling, has won him many international awards in Australia, Italy, New Zealand, US and South Africa.
After graduating with a degree in horticulture and viticulture, he went onto complete a degree in winemaking. Larry then used his technical knowledge to establish a career in the industry. His time at Hardy's was prominent, where he gained an in-depth understanding of processing techniques and wine styles and during this time he worked in many wine-growing regions throughout the world to gain a better understanding of what makes great wine. In 1998, Larry stepped up to senior winemaker/regional manager for Constellation winery, Houghton, turning it into one of its most successful. It was there at the West Australian winery that his technical craft was realised – 80 trophies and 350 gold medals to count.


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Nampa building to house Idaho broadcasting museum, education center
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The History of Idaho Broadcasting Foundation, Inc. has announced the purchase of a historical building in Nampa in which the group plans to build a radio and television broadcasting museum and education center.
The building, at 1024 12th Avenue South, is the former studios of the once-popular KFXD AM and FM radio stations.
"It has always been our mission to build a permanent and living repository for the preservation of the history of radio and television broadcasting within the State of Idaho," said HIBF President Art Gregory, a former Boise-area radio station owner and manager.
"After all the 2017 pledges come in, we will still be short $4,828," he pointed out. "However, we were able to obtain temporary funding to make the down payment. We are hopeful the remaining funding to reach $25,000 will arrive early this year."
Organizers say the Center will help bring to the community a broader knowledge of how Idaho broadcasting pioneers impacted communications in the state, as well as providing a training facility for future radio and television broadcasters.
"We realize this is huge undertaking. We have studied how other organizations have successfully done this in Chicago and in the San Francisco Bay Area, and we will model our museum after theirs," said Gregory.
"Our goal is to celebrate and honor past and present broadcasters from across Idaho. We also wish to include every broadcasting station in the state," he said. "Our ultimate mission is to stimulate in people of all ages -- especially the young -- a recognition of the practical and real contributions to our quality of life that radio and television broadcasting has provided, and continues to provide, to the people of Idaho."
The building was originally constructed in 1937, at a cost of over $100,000. "In today's dollars, the building would cost almost two million dollars," Gregory pointed out.
The group does not yet have an opening date for the museum and education center.
If you would like to donate, you can contact the Idaho Broadcasting Foundation, Inc. office at 208-853-7756 or e-mail the organization at HIBF@Q.com.
(Also, check out the photo gallery of Boise radio/TV memories throughout the years!)


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Temple Israel of Swampscott and Marblehead (Mass.) Records
Identifier: I-597
Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at New England Historic Genealogical Society
The records of Temple Israel of Swampscott and Marblehead contain administrative documents, consisting of minutes and reports from meetings—including the foundational meeting in 1946—and correspondence, as well as copies of two quitclaim deeds for the land at 837 Humphrey Street. The administrative documents also contain a report and correspondence related to the purchase of land in Peabody to establish a cemetery.
Other records in the collection include publications in the form of calendars, bulletins, programs, brochures, anniversary booklets, newspaper clippings about events hosted by Temple Israel, photographs, and documents from the Brotherhood, Sisterhood, and the Hebrew School. A final folder contains photographs, newspaper clippings, and a program from the 1955 groundbreaking ceremony for the new temple building.
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Temple Israel (Swampscott, Mass.) (Organization)
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Temple Israel of Swampscott and Marblehead started as a gathering of men at the home of Eli Cohen on July 15, 1946. The group, among them Harry Weinstein, Cecil Weinstein, and Adrian Comins, was dissatisfied with their current synagogue, Temple Beth El in Lynn, and discussed the need for a house of worship and school for the Jewish community of Swampscott and Marblehead. A temporary executive committee under the leadership of Weinstein was established to survey the community and investigate the establishment of a synagogue in the area. Members of this committee also met with sixty wives of charter members who would form the Sisterhood and lead the fundraising, social, and cultural activities for the synagogue.
High Holiday services were held at Odd Fellows Hall in Swampscott that same year, and in December, the Old Ingalls Estate at 837 Humphrey Street in Swampscott was purchased to become their first meeting hall. Ground was broken on a new meeting hall in 1947, and services were held in the basement while the building was still unfinished. Also in 1947, Weinstein became the first president of the new congregation, and Rabbi Abraham Karp became the first full-time rabbi at Temple Israel in 1949.
Land for a cemetery in Peabody was purchased from Temple Beth El in 1948, and the synagogue joined the United Synagogues of America the following year. The first class graduated from the Hebrew School in 1950. Membership continued to grow into the 1950s as a wave of Jewish families migrated to the North Shore from Boston, and in 1955, a new temple building was designed by Modernist architect Pietro Belluschi to meet the increased demand. The new building was dedicated in 1956.
In the early twenty-first century, populations shifts and declining membership led Temple Israel and Temple Beth El (formerly of Lynn, but moved to Swampscott in 1968) to begin talks to merge their congregations. The charter for the new synagogue, Congregation Shirat Hayam, was signed in 2005, and in 2006, Temple Israel's building and a portion of its property were sold to the Town of Swampscott.
Material in the collection.
Alan S. Pierce on behalf of the Jewish Historical Society of the North Shore, "Temple Israel," in A History of Boston's Jewish North Shore (Charleston, SC: History Press, 2009).
Temple Israel of Swampscott and Marblehead is established.
The first meeting hall at the Old Ingalls Estate is purchased.
Ground is broken on a new building at 837 Humphrey Street in Swampscott.
Land for a cemetery is purchased.
Rabbi Abraham Karp becomes the first full-time rabbi at Temple Israel.
Temple Israel joins the United Synagogues of America.
The first class graduates from Hebrew School.
Cantor Harry Lubow serves as rabbi.
A new temple building is designed by Pietro Belluschi and the groundbreaking ceremony is held.
Rabbi Meyer Finkelstein serves as rabbi.
The new building is dedicated.
Rabbi Peretz Halpern serves as rabbi.
Rabbi Sanford Shanblatt serves as rabbi.
Temple Israel and Temple Beth El merge to create Congregation Shirat Hayam.
The synagogue building and a portion of land are sold to the Town of Swampscott.
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Temple Israel of Swampscott and Marblehead was founded in 1946 by former members of Temple Beth El in Lynn. The new congregation purchased land at 837 Humphrey Street in Swampscott in 1947, and the synagogue and school stood at this location until the unification of Temple Israel and Temple Beth El in 2005. The collection contains administrative documents, records from the Brotherhood and Sisterhood organizations and the Hebrew School, publications, photographs of the synagogue and its membership, and documents related to the groundbreaking ceremony for the new temple building in 1955.
Located in Boston, Mass.
Donated by the Jewish Heritage Center of the North Shore, 2013.
Temple Beth El of Lynn and Swampscott (Mass.) Records, I-574
Temple Sinai (Swampscott, Mass.) Records, I-565
Processed by Stephanie Call and Shannon Struble, 2017.
Belluschi, Pietro, 1899-1994
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Congregation Shirat Hayam (Swampscott, Mass.)
Karp, Abraham J.
Marblehead (Mass.)
North Shore (Mass. : Coast)
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Swampscott (Mass.)
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In 2019, youth are twice as likely as the average Canadian to consider starting a business as a career option. The barriers to starting a business are lower than ever thanks to technology and support from the start-up ecosystem. Here are 5 reasons striking out on your own is a great path.
With the changing face of work in Canada, a growing number of young Canadians are considering forging their own paths. In fact, according to a new poll by RBC, 70% of millennials have contemplated business ownership — and 53% are already participating in the side gig economy.
Motivated by a desire for control over their careers, millennials are poised to drive — and expand — the small business economy. At a recent RBC Disruptors event, young entrepreneurs Braden Ream and Julia Kirouac offered up their first-hand experiences as millennial founders. In conversation with RBC's John Stackhouse, they provided insight into how and why youth can work in your favour in the start-up space.
Here Are Five Reasons Entrepreneurship Can Be a Great Path for Millennials:
1. It's the Easiest Job to Get
Young entrepreneur Braden Ream is CEO and co-founder of Voiceflow, which builds tools to help people design, prototype and build voice interfaces. "You can decide at any moment to start a business," says Ream.
"The key is to start," he says. "I never called myself an entrepreneur," but he focused on the apps and side projects he started — and continued building them over a long period of time. Eventually, he started his own business.
Julia Kirouac, founder and CEO of Nu Fud, is on a mission to improve the way people eat, and produces organic, plant-based Paleo snacks. Kirouac's first career was as a successful ballet dancer, but after injuries forced her to retire, she had the confidence to take an unconventional path. "I was basically unemployable," she says. But in all seriousness, she found that upon her return to Canada (after living out of the country for years), grocery stores were stocked with too much processed, sugary food. She felt she could do better. "I didn't think a lot about it," she says. "I saw a need to do this for humanity, and decided to give it a go. No one says, 'Where do I apply to be an entrepreneur?'"
2. You're Not Held Back by past Business Experiences
When you start a business in your twenties, you're naïve, Julia says. "But naïveté works in your favour — you don't know what you're getting into." You're not held back by experience and insight into what could go wrong. There isn't the same fear in getting started.
"If we were business savvy, we wouldn't have started creating interactive children's stories," adds Ream (his first foray into voice interfaces). But, that venture led to the creation of Voiceflow — so without that trial and error, his company wouldn't exist today.
Having said that, Ream admits that not knowing some things — like whether he needed a UX researcher or a sales person — meant reaching out to people who have been here before him. Mentors, he says, are a crucial element of success.
3. You Have the Flexibility to Fail
Among the strengths of being a young entrepreneur, Ream and Kirouac agree that younger entrepreneurs can take chances they may not feel able to take later in life. "One of the big things is: you don't have to live on much. You can live at home and pay yourself $12,000/ year. This is not something you can do later in life," explains Ream. What's more, people won't judge you when you're in your twenties, and you have a gap on your resume.
Plus, you can fail and keep on going. "There is a stigma around failure," Kirouac says. "But it's actually amazing to fail because you learn so much more from failures than successes — especially if you lose money. You never forget those failures. They make you better and more resilient."
With a mortgage, kids, a dog and partner, it may be more difficult to take chances, absorb failures, and pick up and try again.
4. You Have Youthful Resilience
From Mark Zuckerberg to Steve Jobs, Bill Gates to Albert Einstein, some of the world's most innovative thinkers did their greatest work in their early twenties. "You have that creative spark, a lot of energy, and the ability to dream further into the future when you're young …" Ream points out. "Because you have more of it in front of you."
While neither Ream nor Kirouac suggest skimping on sleep, both admitt that sacrificing personal time, relationships, and a solid 8-hours a night makes starting a company a grind. When you're young, you've got more energy and flexibility to put in the time needed to get your company off the ground.
5. You Can Find Resources Dedicated to Youth
Youth are the future of Canada. The good news is, there are several programs available to youth for early-stage ventures and aspiring entrepreneurs.
Next 36, for instance, a program out of Next Canada, accelerates the growth of Canada's young entrepreneurs by providing mentorship, capital, and founder development.
Each year, Next 36 chooses 36 young Canadians who are in their final two years of study at university or college, or who have graduated within the past two years. The program challenges these innovators to build a new business venture, or iterate and scale an existing idea with enormous potential. For eight months, these young entrepreneurs are mentored by successful Canadian entrepreneurs and business leaders, and guided to seek funding from top investors to start their companies.
Futurpreneur Canada is another program that supports young entrepreneurs aged 18 – 39 with up to $60,000 in financing, an expert business mentor, and resources to help you plan, manage and grow your business. BDC also has a young entrepreneur program, offering financing up to $100,000, business coaching and online resources.
When the path ahead isn't clear, it may be a good time to make your own. Fortunately, young people in this country have the creativity, flexibility and resources available to take action on their ideas.
Diane Amato is a Toronto-based freelance writer who loves to talk about finances, travel and technology.
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April 29, 2018 by Aphoristical21 Comments on Under Attack by ABBA1980s, Song of the Week
It's been an interesting month for 1970s band reunions – first we had Fleetwood Mac drop Lindsey Buckingham, effectively becoming Fleetwood House and a Heartbreaker. And now ABBA have announced their first new music for 35 years, along with a tour as holograms. ABBA seemed like The Smiths or Hüsker Dü, a group that would always resist a reunion. Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus continued to work together after ABBA, most notably on the musical Chess, but the dynamics of a band with two divorced couples are obviously complicated.
It took me a long time to come around to ABBA – it may have been rockism, it may have been that the band were generally a little looked down on during my 1980s childhood after their cultural saturation of the 1970s. Or most likely, I realised that the band developed during their tenure – early hits like 'Ring Ring' and 'I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do' are underdeveloped compared to their later work. I don't think the band hit their straps until 1976's Arrival, and even that album has throwaways like 'Dum Dum Diddle' and 'When I Kissed The Teacher'.
Even though the group were in commercial decline in the early 1980s, and their band relationships were difficult, their later work is among their most acclaimed – their final album, 1981's The Visitors, was included in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, and the unsuccessful 1982 single 'Under Attack' is one of my favourite lesser known ABBA tracks.
The group are planning to tour as holograms (or "abbatars"), and they've also recorded two new songs as part of their reunion.
Do you like ABBA or find them too sugary? Would you see a tour of ABBA holograms?
Don't know how to take it, don't know where to go
My resistance's running low
And everyday the hold is getting tighter and it troubles me so
You know that I'm nobody's fool
I'm nobody's fool and yet it's clear to me
I don't have a strategy
It's just like taking candy from a baby
And I think I must be
Under attack, I'm being taken
About to crack, defenses breaking
Won't somebody see and save a heart?
Come and rescue me now 'cause I'm falling apart
Under attack, I'm taking cover
He saw my track, my chasing lover
Thinking nothing's gonna stop him now
Should I want to, I'm not sure, I won't know how
Now this is getting crazy, I should tell him so
Really let my anger show
'Cause waiting at the answer to his questions is a definite blow
I'm kind of certain that's the truth
Guess I'm kind of flattered but I'm scared as well
Something like a magic spell
I hardly dare to think of what could happen
Where I'd be if I fell
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I heard they were back together but didn't hear they were touring as holograms! I'm not sure how I feel about that. Is it true?
Aphoristical says:
"The two songs will be part of the hologram tour. The members of Abba won't appear physically, but their digital selves will be there performing these songs recorded by the real Abba."
It might work if it's done well – they're a good band for that approach.
Jim S. says:
I like good pop music so yeah I like ABBA. Not everything they did, mind you, but generally speaking. (Cannot stand "Dancing Queen." Rubbish.) But "Waterloo" is one of the great pop songs of all time. "SOS," "I Do, I Do." Love "Fernando." The hologram thing seems dumb to me. But I think their more rabid fans will eat it up. I never really cared to see them or buy their stuff. Pure radio confection.
Do you think pure radio confection is a noble goal in its own right? I like Dancing Queen fine, I like them when they're going for a sophisticated, sleek Euro-pop sound.
I don't understand the 'noble goal' question. I'm sure that Abba's intention was to sell records. My point is that there are bands – many bands and artists – that I have never bought anything by but still enjoy hearing them on the radio.
Hey no, hey no, I would not go.
Not me, and even if it was for free.
For I am not an ABBA fan,
I do not like the Swedish band.
Particulars: They're much too poppy
Sometimes cute and sometimes soppy.
Looking like Grandma and Dad
Yet ABBAtars are just plain mad.
Would you see them at a show?
With Steely Dan and Nomeansno?
I'd go to see more Anapestic tetrameter like this performed live!
I've warmed up to Abba over the years, my daughter adores the Mamma Mia soundtrack (and slipping through my fingers is a spectacular tune in my books).
I'm surprised to read this, as I thought I remembered a Chuck Klosterman essay from the early 2000s where he said they'd been offered $1 Billion(!) to tour again.
That's on The Visitors right? They had a lot of good album tracks on their later albums, I think.
I would rush for Steely Dan
And take me best friend Sam I Am
But No Means No for Abba, man
An Abbatar is just a sham.
Unfortunately, Becker is dead
Will you see just Fagen instead?
No Becker, Walt?
Whose fault? Whose fault?
Yet I would likely make a choice
To see our Don 'cos he's the voice.
Of course, the best way, Sam I Am
Would be a Becker hologram
Please stop, please stop
Avant ye ghost!
We've left behind
The Abba post.
So cease these hologramic spirits
The whole idea gives me the irrits.
*Train splashes into the water*
Sam! If you will let me be,
I will try them. You will see.
Say! I like rock holograms!
I do! I like them, Sam-I-am!
And I would watch them in a boat.
And I would watch them with a goat…
Ugh! that band featuring Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus
I wouldn't cross the road to see them play at my neighbours!
I'm impressed you rhymed Ulvaeus with something.
Thank you, it's a heartfelt sentiment too.
Michele Witchipoo says:
Was mildly interested because of my childhood. Until reading about the holograms part. Forget it.
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