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 # SwiftyTimer
 
-SwiftyTimer is a set of extensions to make the `NSTimer` API cleaner, nicer to use, and at home with Swift's syntax.
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+#### Modern Swifty API for `NSTimer`
+###### SwiftyTimer allows you to instantly schedule delays and repeating timers using convenient closure syntax. It's time to get rid of Objective-C cruft.
 
 Read [Swifty APIs: NSTimer](http://radex.io/swift/nstimer/) for more information about this project.