QUESTION: blue rinse (BLOO rins) adjective Related to elderly women. [From the hair-dye used on grey hair that produces a blue shade.] "If the race comes down to a former officer married to an aristocrat and blessed with four children - or a quiffed Spaniard with a gay past and a soft line on drugs, who do you think the blue rinse brigade will choose?" Jonathan Freedland, Still Lost in the Wilderness, The Guardian (London), Jul 11, 2001. Ever wonder how our vocabulary is colored by many hues of a rainbow? Often we use colors as symbols for ideas, thoughts, and concepts but do it with little logic. Take the color blue, for example. A blue chip stock is good to hold in one's portfolio while we're chary of blue-sky stock. A blue collar worker is a manual laborer yet a bluestocking is one with intellectual inclinations. A bluenose is a prude but a blue blood is aristocratic. Even a computer would go crazy trying to make sense of this. No wonder we made artificial languages to program computers. In this week's AWAD we take a look at other words and phrases tinged with colors. -Anu
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ANS: A.Word.A.Day--blue rinse
Steve, please call Jeff and go through in detail how we got to our valuation of approximately $39 M. Please ensure that this is a reasonable facsimile of value that ENA would accreate over the short to medium term assuming your continued management. Let me know where you end up. Regards
Q: What is a potential subject line for this email?
answer: C-Gas
I got the memo from Naomi that you sent. First, who is Doug Imrie? Does he have a strong background in trading operations? Will he be able to coordinate effective reviews from a controls perspective, and will he be able to be the front-runner on how MG runs its business so that we will get a jump start on how best to assimilate the business? I think that this effort should be much broader than deal testing. It should encompass assessing people, processes, controls, systems support, etc. To do this quickly and effectively will require persons who are knowledgeable about daily trading operations. I don't know Naomi's background, but I wonder if she will be the right person to lead one of these efforts since she does not work in operations on a daily basis. Patrick Conner left me a message today to be certain that we are plugged in with an appropriate team from ENA to review the Chicago and New York offices. From the sound of Naomi's memo, it looks as if Andy Cornfield is assume to have the US responsibility. Again, I don't know Andy. Should we circle the wagons and develop a plan for doorstep reviews that includes some others in the process, particularly those that have been involved in some doorstep reviews to date and those that have daily operational experience? I have also mentioned Shona as a good resource as well.
Answer: Merlin Doorstep Reviews
Here is an email: Hi Fred and Suzanne, I'm sending this to Suzanne so she can make these changes. Suzanne, you'll find the document attached to an email I received from Fred on July 11, entitled Kendall New Development LLC. Here's my comments on the ComEd agreement: 4. Change 100,000 to 50,000 (right, Fred?) 5. Add "and the purchase order or contract will be assigned to Customer (or Customer's designee) at Customer's request, including the warranty provisions of such purchase order or contract" after costs on the 7th line. 9. Add "for the purpose of performing its Scope of Work" to the end of the sentence. 10. Add "internal and external" before legal counsel on 5th line. 16. Add "Customer may assign this Agreement to an affiliate without consent" I'll be checking in. Thanks,
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A: ComEd agreement
Q: I will be working in the Calgary office Wednesday and Thursday, February 7 and 8. My assistant, Patti Thompson (x39106) has numbers where I can be reached. I will be back in the Houston office on Friday, February 9. Key contacts in Houston over the next two days are: DPR Chris Abel x33102 MPR David Maxwell x36983 Gas Operations Bob Hall x36956 Jeff Gossett x37306 Power Leslie Reeves x37962 Operations Stacey White x31870
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A: In Calgary Office - February 7 and 8
Here is an email: The ABB breakout contract and the GE breakout contract are just about done. I'm not volunteering for change order duty. Do you think this is a good Roger task?
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A:
LM6000 Contract Changes