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and that is the first thing i thought of (actually it was the Knicks and less known full name - Knickerbockers). if that were the case, i would prefer simply MC Houston.
but my vote is with the Coronas, the more i hear it, the more i like it. it can be spun so many ways to please the space theme, hispanics, and beer lovers everywhere.
......if this were Mexico City, the name "CORONAS" just may work. For I'm most certain that it could envoke a bit of national pride for the very citizens that stir the hops, add the yellow coloring, and produce this beer product.......but please know, that Mexico City has a few ultra conservatives as well......
NOW, please allow me the honor of welcoming you to the CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS. For we are a city that is fast becoming the new beacon of the south. Our city is so diverse, that it is almost safe to say that the beacon that glows atop Williams Tower, actually shines it's light on all of the world by way of Houston...........
.........we are building up and growing like crazy.......and we are fast becoming extremely sosphisticated along the way......
The name "Coronas" would surely do well in Cozumel, Mexico City, etc....but it could never work here in the largest city within the LONE STAR STATE. I can only imagine the laughter that this insult would provoke among the citizens of SAN JOSE, for whom just lost their beloved team to the City of Houston.........we would certainly become a national laughingstock..........just like the TEXANS.......a team that I have been a season ticket holder with since day one, and a team that I love dearly!
NO SKWATRA, we are going to do this right this time. We are going to show the soccer world just what Houston has now become..........a Texas sized city where anything and everything is possible. A city with style, taste, infused with a bit of dignity...........the beacon is starting to glow.......
HOOK'EM HORNS!
Metropolitantexan
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though i'm glad to be a source of inspiration, Houston MC's Mission Control is a bit much for me, and I'm a NASA dork. our other space-related names i like, but they don't go that far. maybe just MC Houston? and technically, its MCC-Houston (Mission Control Center).
so far from what i've seen, i like:
Houston Surge (relevant to the city, cool name IMO)
Houston Jalape
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how about space and Latin-
Houston Columbians
ok that was just wrong.
the space race may be over, and the glory days long gone, but there's a new project starting which will bring excitement back to the general public. if this comes to fruition, we'll be heading to the moon and Mars in the next decade, and Houston will be Mission Control.
Greetings all....
By George I think we've GOT IT! Big Thanks! are in order to SKWATRA(above) for the source of inspiration.......
SKWATRA is correct in stating that Houston will again emerge upon the brink of worldwide adoration, envy, excitement, you name it because of future space exploration, as well as advances in space technology etc..etc...
Well think everyone, just who are what space entity is going to be constantly within the worldwide spotlight regarding the overall space exploration?...........do you give up? well now, the answer is MISSION CONTROL(MC) .
OK EVERYONE, LET'S PUT ON OUR ROSE COLORED SPECTACLES FOR JUST A MOMENT..........
"HOUSTON MC'S MISSION CONTROL" ..........this name has it all. This name certainly evokes our city's heritage regarding space, and yet has a bit of momentum attached to it.......something that incorporates the youth and spirit that is soccer This name also incorporates a certain hip hop flair that would certainly fly high with our city's big, magnificent, and popular rap and hip hop culture. I for one would think that even the most ultra conservative citizen/fan would come to appreciate this particular name.....for it tends to stand apart from the others and demands respect.
Well, I have now completed my due diligence, I have certainly found what I have been searching for, and I will put forth this particular name "HOUSTON MC'S MISSION CONTROL" as my sole name of choice for the up coming name-that-team contest.........OH BOY, I'M LOVING THIS......GO MC'S!
HOOK'EM HORNS!
Metropolitantexan
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No offense, but I'm glad your suggestion didn't win. I think those one-word names blow bigtime, kind of like the cute acronyms for our districts. Anyone remember when the Chicago Fire came into being? Me neither, but I think it was '76 or so and WFL but ah could be wrong. They might've been the first or, actually, it might have been Billie Jean King and the Philadelphia Freedom tennis team. To me, no matter how hard someone wishes a team were one unit, they are individuals, and deserve a stand-alone icon they can get behind, but that could just be due to my prior conditioning.
Editor, we really need a snore smilie. Again, I'm not meaning to pick on you, Metro, just that names like that speak to the space theme and this team has nothing to do with NASA as 95% of the fans will be latins. Let them pick it, and the team colors, even if they're gaudy.
Greetings Danax...
My oh my great pal, no offense taken. I opened this forum to any and all opinions and certainly yours counts. I am an extremely mature individual, and I can certainly handle any constructive critizism. Critizism that is practical that is........
Don't we live in SPACE CITY? For as long as I have called Houston home for over 26-plus years, this city has been trying it's best to come forth with an identity/image that is indicative upon our region, economy, ethnicity of it's multitudes of diverse citizenry, heat, humidity, and the list just goes on and on. But when all is said and done.......SPACE as well as WESTERN themes always seem to reign supreme......Rockets, Comets, Astros......get the picture.......
Anyone could easily present the argument that the name "EARTHQUAKES" really had nothing to do with San Jose's former team from a personal standpoint. Nevertheless, they were presented with the name EARTHQUAKES which in my opinion would be indicative upon all of the earthquakes that we all know that region within California is famous for.
As an extremely patriotic as well as proud American, I would only leave decisions and choices which in some capacity would affect me personally to the "Latins" only if I was visiting a Latin country, or if the "Latins" were the sources that initiated the situation in the first place. For as an American, I am accustomed to thinking America first......and everything else is respectfully secondary........
Let us not forget Danax, that this team has just left the state of California, from a city with a Spanish name
"San Jose" simply because the economics/finances were very obviously in big time shambles. And I am certain there were many "Latins" in attendance at those games....right!
FORGET GAUDINESS! I initiated this particular topic in hopes that we would be able to present some great ideas between ourselves and come forth with some ideas that we can all be proud of.........
SURELY WE CAN BECOME SUCCESSFUL WITH THIS ENDEAVOR.......only if we care....right.
HOOK'EM HORNS!
Metropolitantexan
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Greetings all.....
OK! so lately the Houston Chronicle has been indicating with reckless abandon that the ownership/management shall present us with the very democratic courtesy of allowing the citizens of Houston/Harris County to vote on our city's newest Major League Soccer franchise's permanent nickname.
Well fortunately I have a bit of experience in these community oriented events, for I was extremely instrumental in getting out the vote for the "Texans" nickname contest within the downtown region. Unfortunately, my submission did not win of course......."HOUSTON STEALTH".......for I chose a space theme.
BUT NEVERTHELESS, I'm prepared to head forward into this next venture with equal momentum......
1. HOUSTON METEORITES.
2. HOUSTON ECLIPSE.
3. HOUSTON METEORS.
4. HOUSTON GALACTINS.
5. HOUSTON MOONRAKERS.
.....just to name a few.....so, what do you think? Go ahead, submit your ideas upon a new nickname......don
't be shy.....LET'S DO THIS!
HOOK'EM HORNS!
Metropolitantexan
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Greetings all.....
Please build it DOWNTOWN, DOWNTOWN, DOWNTOWN......for tbe DENSITY, DENSITY, DENSITY......to help create INFILL. INFILL, INFILL.......to ensure adequate......REVENUE. REVENUE, REVENUE........which shall promise.......SUCCESS, SUCCESS, SUCCESS........for EVERYONE, EVERYONE, EVERYONE!
HOOK'EM HORNS!
Metropolitantexan
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Greetings all....
HOUSTON, TEXAS is by all means BIGGER AND BETTER THAN THIS! Brokeback Mountain should be seen by as many moviegoers as possible.
There are many many straight heterosexuals that can easily see through the forest and locate the trees if you know what I mean....... for doesn't it seem extremely silly that in this day and age that we are still trying to screen great movies by way of "shielding them from the general public"? ........SILLY INDEED!
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN from what I hear is simply brilliant movie making at it's finest. I cannot wait to FIND a theater to see this great prospect .......I'M THERE!
HOOK'EM HORNS!
Metropolitantexan
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Well, reading the article again, I didn't see one comment about Houstonians, only the layout of the city (well, except for the bad drivers...do YOU want to defend Houston drivers?). This writer misses what we all love about New Orleans...the compact, walkable part. She also hates what we hate about Houston...the sprawly, CVS, freeway part. Rather than attack the messenger, I'd love to see someone DEFEND the parts of Houston she complained about. Anyone?
Greetings Redscare.....
MS. KRUPA ACTUALLY HAS NO RIGHT TO HATE ANYTHING ABOUT HOUSTON, TX!
It is not as though she paid a visit to IRAQ.......a war zone. She departed a city that has been decimated by a KILLER HURRICANE......ventured into the fourth largest city in America........a city that arguably has just set the BENCHMARK in humanity, compassion, and generosity, to hundreds of thousands of her city's citizens.
Please allow me the opportunity to share with this forum a little personal biography. For I was born in the city of Lafayette, LA., raised in the city of Beaumont, TX, and moved to Houston in the year of 1983. I can honestly assure anyone that upon my arrival to the city of Houston, I for one marveled at the freeway system, billboards, gas stations, ......and THANKED GOD THAT I WAS ON MY WAY TO A NEW LIFE IN THE BIG CITY! ......no one held an M-16 up to my head and made me come here...........
REDSCARE, I accept your challenge on behalf of the drivers within the city of Houston. For if you must know, they are the one's that actually taught me how to REALLY drive......as in objectively. defensively. and a little bit more accurately. Growing up within the city of Beaumont, TX, I thought that I was thoroughly prepared for driving anywhere.......now I know that I am prepared.
Metropolitantexan
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Greetings great pals.....
PASSION! ......yes, that's the word of the hour, PASSION, in all of it's intricate glory.
Now now everyone. let us all take a genuine deep breath for all of goodness sake. Please allow yourself the luxury of placing yourself behind the driver's seat as Ms. Krupa departed N.O. for Houston(can't you just imagine the pain)? Can't you just read between the lines as to the statements she made regarding her normal daily runs through Audobon Park? (so much pain......indeed). So now, you just may be privy to her initial mindset even before she arrived into the fourth largest city in America.
INTIMIDATING! ......yes, that's the word of the moment, INTIMIDATING, only if you are not prepared.
The City of Houston can be quite intimidating, and then some. So many people from all of mankind coming to Houston, Texas with the strangest of expectations(cows, bulls, the wild wild west. big hair, guns w/holster's,) get the picture? Maybe Ms. Krupa just wasn't prepared for all that she experienced upon her actual arrival.......BIG BIG BIG...as in everything! A gleaming metropolis......who would have guessed? Highways and byways everywhere.......as in SPRAWL, not such a dirty word is it? The world's largest med center.......the original and best Galleria in the U.S. ......and the list just grows and grows.......
Now wait just a moment, just who on earth did Ms Krupa speak with upon her arrival in our fair town? For I'm sure that we can all imagine the passions/intimidations that the citizens of N.O. have to face upon a daily basis as they try hard to adjust to life in the fourth largest Metropolis in the U.S. .......for each one of us have to go through our own periods of adjustment at some period or another and we're Houstonians. So we understand their plight ........and it just has not become an issue for us. WE ARE GOING TO HELP THEM AND THAT'S THAT!
SO I say to you great pals.....Citykid, HoustonSemiPro, I appreciate your passion on behalf of your city. Seems we Houstonians always have to come to the rescue of an attack upon our city's image at some point or another. Just tone down your written articulation......for your words seem to contradict your statements againt the mean streets of N.O.............sort of like you are from there intricately......
WesternGulf, your bias is showing. And that's a GREAT THING! .......for all of the mean streets, and precarious areas within the City of N.O. .........the city really is quaint, charming, mysterious, intriguing, and the culture is one big beautiful tasty infusion of ingredients, that make up one memorable GUMBO THAT KEEPS YOU COMING BACK FOR MORE........sort of like Cuba, we are actually banned from traveling there, but we all want to go........now don't we....
Ms Krupa, now that you have returned home to the Times-Picayune, please allow yourself to become a real professional reporter. For you must know and understand that Texas is and has always been next door neighbors to the state of Louisiana, and the biological heritage is and always will be undeniable..........for we are all cousins, brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers........get the picture? So even though you may have bashed our great city just a bit within your newspaper, I for one can still sense your pain for all that you may have seen, and for all that you may have lost during the horrifying situation that was Hurricane Katrina. And you know what, I still LOVE YOU LIKE A NEIGHBOR..............HOOK'EM HORNS!
Metropolitantexan
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Thanks to all, especially nmainguy, for the actual rhyming prose.
I had to think for awhile how you knew my birthday is tomorrow, until I realized I did give it away a few days ago. Thanks again. And thanks to everyone who contributes on this forum. I enjoyed mixing it up with everyone, and often amaze my friends with my stunning knowledge of Houston architecture and trivia.
No, I don't tell them how I know so much!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY REDSCARE!
Although, we have not met as of yet.......after reading a number of your post, somehow I get the feeling that you're an intellectual with a decent heart, laced with a hint of compassion.......who doesn't hesitate to tell it as you see it.......
SO THIS IS YOUR DAY REDSCARE....... and I salute you.
Metropolitantexan
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Greetings great pals....
Boy oh boy, have I been awaiting this particular topic to come forth.......come on everyone, let's finally be very honest with each other.......for we all really know what's wrong with the Mardi Gras in Galveston, now don't we?
WE WILL CALL IT RACE RELATIONS! The white movers and shakers within the Galveston community(George and Cynthia Mitchell along with all of their well healed and moneyed counterparts) would just love to keep a very controlled event loaded with all of the pomp and circumstance of the royal court, balls at the Tremont Hotel, the best floats loaded with all the best caucasians that money and advertising can buy..... etc. etc...
BUT WHOA THERE.....OLD DONKEY! Can someone please explain to me, "just what on earth has suddenly happened to all of the blacks that we all know populate the island of Galveston, as well as all of the spanish, vietnamese, get the picture........" Why haven't I seen a minority themed float within the Galveston Mardi Gras as of yet? Why aren't the minority population of Galveston more instrumental in creating more of a balance within the overall planning of all of the actual events planned along the strand as well as island wide during Mardi Gras. ........where oh where are all of the minorities of the City of Galveston during Mardi Gras?.......and why aren't they allowed to add to the infusion of ingredients that we all know actually create a wonderful as well as momentous Mardi Gras.
WHY OH WHY do they continue to try and add token black organizations (TSU MARCHING BAND, PRAIRIE VIEW BAND AMONG OTHER TOKEN GROUPS FROM HOUSTON AND OTHER AREAS), instead of allowing their own minority citizens to help build a better and more inclusive event so that all of the minority groups that are allowed to be added..........won't feel used as tokens to the event, and would actually want to join are be invited just as they do in New Orleans, St. Louis and elsewhere.........
JUST WHY ARE THE EVENT'S SO SUCCESSFUL IN NEW ORLEANS AND ST. LOUIS? Let us all come together now....... it's the MINORITIES BABY!
Metropolitantexan
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i guess in the world of instant commumication you could expect a response in 2 hours, but i was in a meeting, sorry.
The project is moving slowly forward. In order for the landlord to give up the revenue from parking and convert the space back into retail, there needs to be several leases in place, which AA is one of. There are several other leases that are close and I expect the momentum to really pick up with construction starting sometime Feb and a store opening July/August.Greetings Houston Retail...
I do understand that discretion is tantamount within your obvious profession, but just what are you indicating here?
Apparently, we were all under the impression for months that this project was a BIG GO! I for one just cannot imagine the landlord was making all that much of a financial windfall on parking leases within that particular building.......for whom would have guessed?
Seems to me that a bit of momentum, as well as a few prior pronouncements from just across the street "HOUSTON PAVILIONS PROJECT" are starting to produce the standard "sugarplums" effect as in greed...... from a few property owners.
Also, and once again I do respect that you may not be able to reveal too much on some prospects, but are there going to be a few surprises to go along with the American Apparel store within that same building? I am most certain that with the announcement that the "TIRZ" process has accomplished and that the HP project is now in the rapid planning stages as we speak, that there is going to be a lot of prospective merchants wanting to join in on this momentum and getting in while they can.
HOOK'EM HORNS! .......surely someone has created a burnt orange rose by now.....
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Greetings!
I'm new here and just thought I'd introduce myself and what not. My first name is Caroline and I'm a young electrical designer being trained to do highrise condominiums and apartments. I've been working my tail off on the Endeavour Condos they are building in Pasadena, and am starting on Turnberry by the Galleria today.
I am really interested and excited about all the new high rises and such all over Houston, so my main purpose on here is to keep up to date and read other peoples opinions about different developements around Houston.
I will offer as much information as I can dig out of the pm's in my office, but if I seem a little behind on my info, don't be too hard on me
One of my coworkers tried to tell me they were removing the waterwall. Was I right to tell him that was totally rediculous?
so far everything on turnberrty is very preliminary.. they are reducing it from 42 stories to 33 probably though. i just talked to my supervisor, and was instructed to not give too much information at this stage of developement. it's going to be really cool though!
Greetings to you Caroline, and Welcome Aboard!
It's a bit funny indeed, for I just signed on yesterday myself.........speaking of your obviously interesting electrical work with the Endeavor project in Clear Lake which I find is certainly most fascinating, HOW DARE you be so lucky to have the inside track on the prospective Turnberry project.......for your job has to be Magnificent indeed.
Please, oh Please, beg your upper management to return to their original plans on the Turnberry project of 42 stories, at least for the very sake of the originality/aesthetics purposes, not to mention a bit more reasons beyond that..... for we were really hoping that this project was going to stand-out among the crowd big time......33 stories just seem so yesterday..........
By the way, can you by chance reveal a clue as to the prospective locale of the Turmberry for your new pals here at HAIF? I for one am totally curious as to just where do they plan to put it?
Nevertheless, I am just dying to take a peek at any perspectives planned for Houston................can you reveal anything? metropolitantexan
(my dad made me change my name.. he doesnt want me using "his" last name on the internet talking about projects... )
so disregard the earlier topic! wont happen again i promise!
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HOUSTON-A $200-million proposal for a mixed-used development has moved a step closer to reality with city officials' approval of a downtown tax increment reinvestment zone (TIRZ). The Market Square TIRZ, as it has been named, will be used to float $14.3 million in bonds, of which $8.5 million will come from Harris County and the balance from the City of Houston.
Partners William Denton and Geoffrey Jones are proposing to use three city blocks--Main, Caroline and Polk streets--to develop Houston Pavilions. The project is envisioned as having high-class retail, entertainment, condominiums and office space--all packaged in about 360,000 sf. But sources have noted that, due to the high cost of downtown land values and development, a TIRZ creation was necessary to help fund the project and push it forward.
"Yesterday, the commissioner's court approved it and last night, the TIRZ's board of directors approved it," says David Turkel, director of community and economic development for Harris County. The city council also has approved the TIRZ creation. "The next step is for the city and the developers to enter into a formal agreement," Turkel tells GlobeSt.com, estimating that TIRZ agreement could be finalized within weeks.
Jones, senior vice president and managing director of CB Richard Ellis Inc.'s Houston office, and Denton, president of Entertainment Development Group Inc., based in Agoura Hills, CA have formed the Houston Pavilions LP, to move to the next step of the process. If all goes according to plan, the Houston Pavilions will be similar in scope to Entertainment Development's successful 350,000-sf Denver Pavilions, which opened in 1998.
Magnificent! Simply Magnificent!
HOUSTON..........the problem is about to be solved........
Just please know everyone, that this soon to be developed masterpiece will be that catalyst that downtown Houston has been waiting for forever. And the city and county officials all know this....
Once this project is up and running, people from all over will be flocking to downtown Houston to experience this new shining landmark...........and please believe me, we're talking BENCHMARK BABY! metropolitantexan
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^^yeah
SO did anyone save it? I was hearing how it was so bad and then when it is gone I hear it is pretty much the same renderings as those in the thread.
Who knows what the final perspectives will look like, for everyone should please realize that these architects, developers, and city planning officials have certain agendas that they just don't want disturbed until they are finalized and agreed upon.
I really get the feeling that the finalized perspectives for H-Pavilions will be a bit more glamorous than what has been disclosed to date. The sheer interest from this board alone shall speak volumes in regards to what was initially planned.
Please know everyone, that the developer is watching and listening to the vibes of this community as per the initial press conference..........and I'm sure he's GRINNING LIKE A CHESSHIER CAT........metropolitantexan
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Great post but sorry I do not have any info on Macy's, but what do you mean when you say mall concept that is American Apparel?
Well. maybe I am misinterpreting the developers plans for this retail entity, but I do believe that American Apparel will only occupy a small portion of the old Sakowitz building. Therefore, I have relegated them to mall status. Although, I am most certain that there will be a viable market for them in downtown Houston, I just really feel that they would be somewhat better suited for the H-Pavilions property.
My personal opinion is that the Sakowitz building is more better suited for something on a more grander scale.......something that will add a more consistent/upscale feel for that ever revolving sector of downtown.
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Greetings Everyone........
SO YOU'VE REELED ME IN, and this is great thing indeed. Every since I have stumbled across this magnificent forum of ideas, opinions, sarcasms, love & subconcious devotion to this great city of Houston that most of us shall call home, I have been pulled toward this website with an unparalleled force searching for more info on some of these great and prospective ventures headed towards our great city.
I moved to the city of Houston in the summer of 1983, and I can honestly assure anyone that I have fallen deeply for the BIG H. I spent a lot of time working in the medical center before I moved on to the oil & gas sector wthin Downtown Houston.
Many of us have been waiting, hearing, and contemplating for many years about all or most of the prospective's that have been slated towards various sections/districts within our city. Please allow me to focus on Houston Pavilions first and foremost......
Please forgive me for I am truly guilty of becoming a bonafide nutcase in regards to current events............for I look, listen, and try hard to prepare for almost anything that can play a role in the overall enhancement or growth of this town we call Houston. H-Pavilions has been a longed planned albeit very hush hush prospective entertainment entity. Conceptualized and modeled after it's sister facility within the city of Denver, it should truly be a monument to urban big city capitalism. I have often wondered as to why it was taking the developer such a long time to bring forth this prospect, but I have come to somewhat expect any form of red tape and bureaucracy usually initiated by our ultra conservative city officials. For in the very beginning, H-Pavilions was actually planned to be built right in front of the GRB, on the very land that our proposed new park will be built. But I must admit that I still indeed find it a bit strange that American Apparel will build inside the old Sakowitz structure directly in front of what will eventually become Macy's. I guess somewhere in my heart of hearts that I was hoping for a bit of a miracle for some developer to come in and resurrect this building to it's original splendor with the opening of a grand department store instead of a mall type concept that is American Apparel.
I am most certain that we that frequent this forum know within our heart of hearts that one day soon downtown Houston shall indeed shine and gleem with magnificence with all of the new prospects that eventually follow such prime innovations, but what we just don't know is just what does the Macy's Corp. have in-store for the old downtown Foley's venue.
Shall it be totally renovated from ground up? For it most definately needs to be........ or what? At this point I am totally curious.........
anyone care to elaborate..........so glad to be here................metropolitantexan
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Thank you kindly for the compliment..... for you would think that as cheesy or as melo dramatic as you so eloquently anointed my post........somewhere in there you would have come to a stark realization that I am certainly no kid.........but thanks anyway.......peace.
HOOK'EM HORNS!
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