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A proa, also seen as prau, perahu, and prahu, is a type of multihull sailboat.
While the word perahu and proa are generic terms meaning boat in their native languages, proa in Western languages has come to describe a vessel consisting of two (usually) unequal length parallel hulls. It is sailed so that one hull is kept to windward, and the other to leeward, so that it needs to "shunt" to reverse direction when tacking. The English term proa usually refers specifically to the South Pacific proa as described in the journals of the British ship HMS Centurion.
The perahu traditional outrigger boat is most numerous in the various islands of Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. These differ from the South Pacific vessels. Traditional proas superficially resemble outrigger canoes, but have a buoyant lee hull and a denser, ballasted hull to windward for stability.
To Americans, the boats of the Marianas Islands are arguably the most recognizable version.
The modern proa exists in a wide variety of forms, from the traditional archetype still common in areas described, to high-technology interpretations specifically designed for breaking speed-sailing records.
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Paul served as the U.S. Representative for Texas' 14th and 22nd congressional districts. He represented the 22nd congressional district from 1976 to 1977 and from 1979 to 1985, and then represented the 14th congressional district, which included Galveston, from 1997 to 2013. On three occasions, he sought the presidency of the United States: as the Libertarian Party nominee in 1988 and as a candidate in the Republican primaries of 2008 and 2012. Paul is a critic of the federal government's fiscal policies, especially the existence of the Federal Reserve and the tax policy, as well as the military–industrial complex, and the War on Drugs. Paul has also been a vocal critic of mass surveillance policies such as the USA PATRIOT Act and the NSA surveillance programs. Paul was the first chairman of the conservative PAC Citizens for a Sound Economy and has been characterized as the "intellectual godfather" of the Tea Party movement.
You’re so, so full of it, girl
It’s so much you can’t deal with it
Ya’ keep spinning around
And spinning around
And spinning around
And listen, yeah
And yeah, you’re loving it
And baby shake your thang with it
Ya’ keep turning around
And turning around
And turning around
And listen
It’s happening,
Ya’ bubblin’
Ya’ jigglin’
Yes I’m getting in
Just ease your mind and keep it coming
I’m stuttering, damn,
You’re wigglin’, girl
I’m suffering, yeah,
I’m staying in
I stay behind you while we’re battling
Some peeps fakin’ it
Yes some peeps still hating it
But I can’t live without it
Can’t live without it
Can be about it, can be
And now you’re diggin’ it
And papa told you so, you didn’t even know
And you know what to do,
And you know what to do
Now baby let’s do it, Let’s go
It’s happening,
Ya’ bubblin’
Ya’ jigglin’
Yes I’m getting in
Just ease your mind and keep it coming
I’m stuttering,
You’re wigglin’, girl
I’m suffering, yeah,
I’m staying in
I stay behind you while we’re battling
I’d like to dance with ya’
Stay right here don’t go,
‘cause we’re gonna rise together, yeah
I can feel it baby,
Something lifting me up and
I said
I feel like God has praised me
To put a little funk in his cup
And he said
It’s alright, just take a ride
To paradise
Just enjoy yourself
That’s the meaning of life
It’s happening,
Ya’ bubblin’
Ya’ jigglin’
Yes I’m getting in
Just ease your mind and keep it coming
I’m stuttering,
You’re wigglin’, girl
I’m suffering,
I’m staying in
I stay behind you while we’re battling