text: Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums :: View topic - Veda says that God created this Universe only for entertainm Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Veda says that God created this Universe only for entertainm Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Opinions View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message sridattaJoined: 16 Sep 2009Posts: 44 Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 6:54 pm Post subject: Veda says that God created this Universe only for entertainm Veda says that God created this Universe only for entertainment The analysis to know that God is beyond analysis is also analysis only. Therefore, the direct meaning of the word Aakasha Deepam is that God is unimaginable, since He is beyond spatial dimensions. The extension of this concept is useful to the spiritual aspirant. The entire creation is within the dimensions of Space. Since God is beyond Space, it automatically means that God is beyond creation (Neti Neti ). He is not the creation. He is only the supporter of creation. Pot is not mud. Mud is the supporter of the pot. If God is creation, the purpose of creation is lost. Veda says that God created this Universe only for entertainment (Ekaaki Naramate ). If God is the creation itself, again God becomes alone and cannot have any entertainment. For entertainment only, He wanted a second item, which must be different from Him (Sadviteeyamaichchat). The support is quite different from the supported item. You cannot say that both are one and the same. Entertainment is of two types. In the first type, you see the drama from outside. In the second type, you enter the drama in a role and entertain yourself. While acting in a role, you are also seeing the entire drama. If you are the single actor and become everything in the drama, you cannot have any entertainment. If you become everything, there is no possibility of entering the drama. Veda says that God entered the creation (Tat Srustva Tadevaanu Praavishat). Unless the creation is different from God, how can He enter the creation? One cannot enter himself. If you bring the statement of Veda that all this creation is Brahma (Sarvam Khalvidam Brahma ), this contradicts the other Vedic statement, which says that nothing in the Creation is God (Neti Neti , Nedam tat ). Hence, the word Brahma in the first statement must have a different meaning other than God. www.universal-spirituality.org Universal Spirituality for World Peace Back to top Anuradha ChepurJoined: 20 May 2006Posts: 933 Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 1:44 am Post subject: Could you please let us know (in simple, easy to consume language) what the Vedas or God have to say about the status of women? Did God create gender discrimination? Why did God create caste? Back to top sridattaJoined: 16 Sep 2009Posts: 44 Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:16 pm Post subject: Anuradha Chepur wrote: Could you please let us know (in simple, easy to consume language) what the Vedas or God have to say about the status of women? Did God create gender discrimination? Why did God create caste? Gita says that the caste is due to qualities and profession (Guna Karma Vibhagasah). Qualities were always respected. Rama and Krishna were non-Brahmins. The Brahmin priests wash the statues of Rama and Krishna and swallow it as sacred water. In Bhagavatam it is written that Bhuri Sravasa, who is a pot maker was made Brahma in the sacrifice. Ravana was a Brahmin but was condemned. Every human being is Sudra by birth and can become Brahmin by practicing the true meaning of Vedas (Janmana Jaayate). Brahmana means he who knows Brahman. Brahman also means Veda in Sanskrit. Every caste contains good people as well as bad people. Sabari and Kannappa belong to the family of untouchables. No body is untouchable by birth. In Veda only four castes were mentioned. How this fifth caste came into existence? All the bad people in the four castes were expelled from the village just like a bad student is expelled from the school. Thus untouchability is due to the qualities and deeds but not by birth. Brahmins are worshipping the photos of Sabari and Kannappa in their prayer rooms. Back to top sridattaJoined: 16 Sep 2009Posts: 44 Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:19 pm Post subject: Women in hinduism Anuradha Chepur wrote: Could you please let us know (in simple, easy to consume language) what the Vedas or God have to say about the status of women? Did God create gender discrimination? Why did God create caste? About Women in Hinduism There is a misunderstanding that women were suppressed in Hinduism without independence. People quote Manusmruti in this context, which says that woman should not be independent (Na stree svatantryamarhati). But, the same Manu says that women should be worshipped to please God (Yatranaryastu pujyante ramante tatra devatah). Both these contradict each other. If you are not giving even basic independence to somebody, how can you worship him or her? Will you worship a person without independence put in prison? This means that the first statement of Manu is misinterpreted. The actual meaning of first statement is that women should not move independently without escort, because she is weak in physical constitution to fight against anyone attacking her. Moreover, women are always associated with golden ornaments and there is every probability of attack on her by thieves. Therefore, she needs protection and hence, Manu said that the women must be accompanied by her father in childhood, by her husband in youth and by her son in old age. Here, the independence means not move alone. It does not mean suppression of women leading to their slavery to men. In Hinduism, the misinterpretations are many because Indians are always over-intelligent. In the middle age, the selfish intellectuals were many with several misinterpretations. Apart from this, the sense of a word changes in course of time. In 16th century, Shakespeare wrote Life is a tale told by idiot. In that time the word idiot means a person with extraordinary intelligence. But, today the same word means a fool without even normal intelligence! If the word changed like this in 400 years, what would have been the change of a word after millions of years passed after Manu! Therefore, the word independence (Nasvatantryam) meant not to go alone according to Manu and today the same word means not to have any freedom in any aspect of life. Some men in the middle age were egoistic and selfish to use such opportunity of change of sense of a word to misuse the ancient traditions of Vedic sages. The Vedic sages never misused any sense and were for the equal status of women and in fact gave higher status for women. In Hindu scriptures, we come across a word purusha used for a human soul irrespective of the gender (male or female). The word purusha means the awareness (nervous energy) that pervades all over the body as per the root meaning of the word purusha (puri dehe shete iti purushah). Therefore, the word purusha means any human being. Since, the word purusha is in masculine gender (pumlinga), the pronouns like he (sah) were used, which are also in masculine gender. The gender of a word (linga) has nothing to do with the gender of the actual object (Vachaka) in Sanskrit grammar. For example, the word Daraah means wife, which is in masculine gender and also in plural. If you attach this to the object, it means several men married by a man! But, this word in Sanskrit means a single lady married as wife! Hence, the sense of the word has no attachment to the sense of the object indicated by the word. This is a peculiar characteristic in Sanskrit grammar, which is not present in any regional language. In any regional language, the gender of the word indicates the gender of the object. The tradition of regional language was superimposed on the tradition of Sanskrit grammar by some middle age selfish scholars (since Sanskrit seized to be the mother tongue and regional languages developed as mother tongues and hence, the age of sages was over), who wanted to suppress women and brought a misinterpretation to avoid women in every aspect of life related to this world (Iham) and also the upper world (Param). These middle age scholars have spoiled the original sense of Hinduism that was established by our great ancient sages to such extent that other religions are mocking at Hinduism on this aspect of suppression of women. Therefore, there is no attachment of the sense of the gender of the word (linga) to the sense of the gender of the object indicated by the word (vachaka) in Sanskrit grammar. This means that whenever a word in masculine gender like purushah, sah etc., comes, it means both man and woman. The misinterpretation of middle age - scholars has gone to such worst state by which, scholars have denied even the spiritual path to women. You can find this foolish interpretation in the first Brahma Sutra (Athaato Brahma jijnaasaa). This sutra says that a person having good qualities is eligible for spiritual path. The word used to mean the person in masculine gender does not mean men only as per the Sanskrit grammar. It means both men and women. Shankara wrote clearly that the person here is not restricted to any caste or gender. This means, any person belonging to any caste and any gender is eligible for spiritual path, provided that person has the required good qualities like Shama, Dama etc., (Shama and dama mean the control of external and internal senses). Here, in this context, the word Brahmana means the person having interest in God (Brahma nayati iti Brahamanah). The word Brahmana here does not indicate the caste. But, the selfish scholars misinterpreted this Sutra to mean that a man born in the caste of Brahmins is only eligible for spiritual path! Based on this unfortunate misinterpretation, the Gayatri was also prohibited to women, especially, when Gayatri is said to be a woman! What is the meaning of the word Gayatri as per Veda? Gayatri means only the name of one of the seven meters in Veda (Gayatri chandah). Gayatri does not mean any deity as said in the ritual Sandhyavandanam. It is said that God is the deity of Gayatri (Savitaa devataa). The word savitaa again means only the creator and not the Sun as per the root meaning of the word (Shunj praniprasave). The meaning of word Gayatri is the style of the sentence, which is the form of song (Gayantam trayate). Gayatri means any song related to God. But today, Gayatri is just a verse that is repeated by the unfortunate male Brahmins! The actual Gayatri is only with women, who sing well on God! The fate of the egoistic male Brahmins is reminding Me the statement given by Swami Vivekananda The fruits have already fallen in the drainage and you are quarrelling for the vacant basket. The thread marriage, the initiation to Gayatri, is a function that introduces singing on God through sweet songs. The three threads (Upavitam) put in this function mean that a form made of three qualities (trigunas) of God should be sung and not the absolute God, who is beyond words and even imagination. Thus, women not having this function of Upanayanam are not suppressed at all from Gayatri. In fact, the men were suppressed from the real Gayatri, who do not sing on God and just repeat a verse written in Veda in Gayatri meter. You can reach God more easily through song, since a song gives more inspiration than prose and poetry. The unfortunate men were confined to prose (Yajur Veda) and poetry (Rug Veda) leaving the song (Sama Veda) to women. Gita says that Samaveda is the best. Therefore, the best path is left to women only! Hence, the women were not suppressed by the foolish misinterpretation done by some men. In fact, the men were suppressed from real Gayatri. Remember, those, who suppress others are suppressed by God and those, who are suppressed by men will be uplifted by God. In fact, praising God through prose and poetry is also a path to reach God, which is allotted to men. Praising God through songs is another path to reach God, which is allotted to women. The reason is that women are more talented in singing. The Upanayanam and Gayatri mean only the initiation done to a male or female to praise God. The separation between two paths is only according to the convenience and therefore, the women and other castes need not feel suppressed, since the introduction of the three threads is not done for them. If you understand the real meaning of three threads, you will not misunderstand the tradition. These three threads cannot take you to God! They stand only to indicate God in form. There are several non-Brahmin devotees (men and women) who reached God without these three threads. It is only a symbol indicating the form of God. Even a male Brahmin is said to reach God after Sanyasa only in which the three threads have to be removed! The sages with the three threads could not reach God and could reach God only when they were born as Non-Brahmin women (Gopikas). Therefore, the same path is not meant for all. According to convenience, any one can reach God by any path. If both husband and wife sit together doing Sandhyavandanam reciting Vedic hymns, who will cook the food? Therefore, one path is allotted to men and another path is allotted to women to reach God. For the sake of convenience only, one path allotted to one person is prohibited to other person. In this sense only, Ramanuja wrote that the male men were only eligible to a particular path of Vedic rituals, while writing commentary on the first Brahma Sutra. This does not mean that you will reach God only by the path of Vedic rituals and not by non-Vedic (ritualistic) path of devotion by singing songs on God. In fact, Ramanuja gave the Narayana Mantra to all non-Brahmins and therefore, you can understand the sense of His commentary. In fact, the path allotted to women, who sing on God is more effective and easier to reach God. The ways of worship related to Vratams done by women are full of songs and the real Gayatri is with them only. Analysis shows that men are suppressed by God and the reason for this is only their ego. Similarly, the spiritual path of non-Brahmin devotees is more effective and easier than male Brahmins, since male Brahmins have the ego of caste and gender. In fact, the women in caste of Brahmins were allotted the path of non-Brahmins, to show that the entire caste of Brahmins did not suppress non-Brahmins. If the function of three threads is done by all men and women of Brahmins, certainly there should have been a misunderstanding that the entire caste of Brahmins has suppressed the other castes by confining this function to their caste (males and females) only. The Brahmin ladies were given this alternative path of devotion by songs to show that this path is also leading to God. Without understanding this, other castes and the women of Brahmins need not blame male Brahmins with jealousy. Without understanding this, male Brahmins also should not feel egoistic. Both jealousy and ego are enemies for spiritual path. The women also need not feel that they were suppressed by not having the equal right in the paternal property. Veda clearly says that Manu has divided his property equally among his sons and daughters (Manuh putrebhyah ). The word Putra in Veda means both son and daughter according to the Ekasesha Sutra of Sanskrit grammar. The selfish males of middle age have misinterpreted this due to greediness for wealth. The misinterpretation was carefully built up. They linked the property to the rituals done to the parents after their death. The women were negated to do this ritual. They have taken the misinterpretation to the climax by making the ritual as a ceremony to give food to the departed soul. The parents are threatened indirectly so that if the sons do not perform this ritual, the parents will suffer without food after death! All this is political and economical misinterpretation. Actually, the departed soul never needs food. The departed soul may go to Northern Devayaana, which is the path to God. They do not need food (nahitena pathaa tanutyajah tanayavarjitapindakamkshinah). The second path is Southern Pitruyaana, which is the path of rebirths. In this second path, there are three sub divisions. The above average soul goes to heaven, the average soul goes to pitruloka and the below average soul goes to hell. In all these three sub divisions, the soul does not require food. The soul in heaven is not in need of food (Ubheteertvaa ashanaayaa pipaase ). The soul in the Pitruloka does not need food since it takes the light of moon as food (Nirvishtasaaraampitrubhih ). The soul in the hell is punished without food and drink (Jaayasva mriyasva ). Therefore, the departed soul embedded in energetic body does not need materialistic food as the source of energy, since the supply of energy is direct from the source of energy (Ushmapaayinah ). Then what is the sense of these rituals done after death, which involve feeding priests? These rituals are done only to feed the eligible scholars of Vedas to get their blessings to the families of sons (Asmat Gotram Vardhataam). Therefore, the ritual is done by a son for his benefit only and not for the benefit of the departed soul. If the property of the departed soul is spent in such ritual, the departed soul can also be benefited. A daughter also can feed eligible devotees from the property given by her parents and this helps the departed soul as in the case of Vedic ritual performed by the son. Here, the sacrifice of food and money (dakshina) is important and not feeding the departed soul. The feeding of departed soul is only Arthavaada, which means a ritual performed with a threat meant for good purpose. A greedy person will not do this sacrifice of food and money and in order to get the sacrifice from him also, such threat is introduced. In this ritual, the eligibility of the receiver of food and dakshina (money) is very very important. The receiver should be a Scholar of Vedas, knowing the meaning of Vedas or a good devotee of God. Without knowing the meaning, the practice cannot come. But today, the receivers are the priests, who recite Vedas without knowing the meaning. Such a priest is said to be non eligible (anarthajnah , kevalam sabdyate anagnauviva ). Donating to non eligible person brings sin only. The departed soul will suffer more by such ritual. All these misinterpretations and curved customs in the name of traditions were done by some middle age scholars of selfishness and ego. Unfortunately, these are attributed to the ancient sages and the original Hinduism is misunderstood and is blamed. Therefore, the women and other castes should not misunderstand that they are suppressed and feel jealous about the male Brahmins. At the same time, the male Brahmins also should not feel egoistic that they alone can reach God through the Vedic ritualistic path, which is confined to them only just for the sake of social convenience of life. Back to top Anuradha ChepurJoined: 20 May 2006Posts: 933 Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 9:11 am Post subject: That was too much text to process, but thanks, anyway for taking the pains to respond. The Vedas may not advocate suppression of women or caste discrimination, but that IS what is practiced on the ground. Btw did you read recently how caste children were abused by teachers and peers in a government school. They were made to clean toilets, and the teachers wouldn't check their "untouchable" books. The said work of literature seemed to have little or no influence on people through the ages. But spiritual leaders we see around do not bother to educate people on these issues, rather their focus is on singing the glory of scriptures and the greatness of God. Quote: The Vedic sages never misused any sense and were for the equal status of women and in fact gave higher status for women. That doesn't help one bit! Yesterday, in a lawyer friend's office, I happened to see his client - a guy who murdered his wife. He was acquitted for lack of sufficient evidence. Neither the Vedas nor the sages saved the woman or got the man punished. Back to top pugachevVJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 2295 Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 4:40 am Post subject: It is male insecurity that leads to the suppression of women. 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The Fairytale Of New York by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl has reached one million sales, 25 years after it was first released.
The perennial Christmas favourite, a heartfelt tale of festive excess with explosive lyrics, reached the seven-figure milestone after getting to number 12 in the chart this Christmas, the Official Charts Company said.
The song by the band - led by distinctive singer Shane MacGowan - and singer-songwriter McColl, who died in a boat accident in Mexico aged 41 in 2001, has made the festive top 20 every year for the last eight years.
Martin Talbot, managing director of the Official Charts Company, said: "It is apt that, in the year of its 25th anniversary, Fairytale Of New York has entered into the pantheon of the UK's all-time favourite singles to become the latest - and 126th - million-selling single in the history of the British charts.
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Two Sunsets
Vivid Youth / About You
Over the last decade, The Pastels have brokered a particularly fruitful relationship with the underground pop music coming out of Japan. Their label, Geographic, released compendiums from 'architects of error' Maher Shalal Hash Baz, nostalgic psych-folk act Nagisa Ni te, and inter-continental dandy Kama Aina; they've played in the always-revolving Maher line-up, and Two Sunsets contributor Bill Wells has recorded two wonderful albums with Maher as well (the latest of which, Gok, was released on Geographic). Two Sunsets, by The Pastels and Japanese pop duo Tenniscoats, thus feels like an absolutely natural development. Both groups have a history of inspired collaboration – Tenniscoats recently recording with Secai and with Tape, both Saya and Takashi Ueno taking part in countless one-off projects and being part-time members of Maher Shalal Hash Baz, and The Pastels of course releasing records with Al Larsen of Some Velvet Sidewalk (as Sandy Dirt), Jarvis Cocker (as The Nu-Forest) and Jad Fair (as, um, Jad Fair And The Pastels).
'The idea of us recording together came from Tenniscoats,' Stephen McRobbie recalls. 'They suggested they would like to record with us at the end of a Scottish tour in 2006. I know we were excited but maybe wondering if they meant some kind of completely improvised session. But it turned out Tenniscoats already had a song, Two Sunsets, which they wanted to record with us and another, slightly more abstract piece called Welcome To The Sea which was also beautiful.'
Two Sunsets thus took shape across several years' worth of collaboration, involving recording with Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub), and several sessions with Bal Cooke (who helped with The Pastels' soundtrack from 2002, The Last Great Wilderness), which McRobbie remembers as 'sunny and productive, we were never stuck.'
The result is an exceptional set of twelve songs that somehow simultaneously capture the first flower of the collaborative effort and all of its attendant excitement, and a confidence that only comes from artists who are at the top of their craft. Strikingly, the album manifests the elements at their most evocative – from the overarching theme of 'duality', and gentle grandeur of Two Sunsets, through the aquatic logic of Boats and Start Slowly So We Sound Like A Loch, the dizzy sweetness of Mou Mou Rainbow's index of colour, to the autumnal glory of their cover of the Jesus And Mary Chain's About You. (Or there's Sodane - 'Saya asked Tom [Crossley, of International Airport] to play some flute to sound like cherry blossom falling from the tree,' Katrina Mitchell says, 'and Tom seemed to play exactly that.') It sounds radiant, full of life and charm. 'I think Saya described the music as something like Pastels underneath, sounding beautiful like a big cloud,' McRobbie smiles, 'with Tenniscoats flying over.'
Elsewhere, the Pastels crew take control for Vivid Youth, which reminds of Orange Juice at their most soul-reverent, naturally stylish and possessing a wonderfully assured, yet unassuming gait; Boats, originally intended for the next Pastels album 'proper', builds on the pacific wisdom and quiet drama of both their 1997 masterpiece Illumination and Tenniscoats' lovely Ending Theme. The entire album is flecked with detail, with windmills of woodwind winding through Vivid Youth, buzzing organ skating over the clicking tock of the drums in About You, the Oliver Postgate reveries sounded by the flute that wanders through Hikoki, or the Fripp-esque reels of guitar delay trailing off amongst the title song's dying embers.
Two Sunsets, then, posts pop as a series of experiences, from the fleeting to the rapturous, from the hypnotic to the transcendent. It's casual, intimate, and generous. It's also communal – alongside Tenniscoats' Saya and Ueno, and Pastels hardcore Stephen McRobbie and Katrina Mitchell, permanent and occasional guests like Gerard Love, Alison Mitchell and Bill Wells appear, and Sodane is co-written with Maher Shalal Hash Baz's Reiko Kudo. Most of all, though, I love that this record sounds lived, moulded by human hands, not done by 'committee'. Like everything else both groups have been involved with, it's very natural and unforced, and warm and humble, in its own brave, exploratory way
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I expect nothing from the G.O.P. It's lost and leaderless. I expect a lot from Obama, who knows what needs to be done and has said so in the past. I expect him to stop acting as a party leader and start acting like the president of the whole country. When I heard Obama say, after the election, that this time he was going to take his plan to the country, and not make the mistake again of just negotiating with Congress, I thought, "Great, I can't wait to hear what he says." But all he took to the country was a plan for increasing taxes on "millionaires and billionaires." There was nothing comprehensive, nothing bold, no great journey for America and no risks for him. Really disappointing.
Maybe Obama has a strategy: First raise taxes on the wealthy, which gives him the credibility with his base to then make big spending cuts in the next round of negotiations. Could be. But raising taxes on the wealthy is easy. Now we're at the hard part: comprehensive tax reform, entitlement cuts, radical cost-saving approaches to health care and new investments in our growth engines. This will require taking things away from people — to both save and invest. A lot of lobbies will fight it. The president will need to rally the center of the country and the business community to overcome them. He'll have to change the polls, not just read the polls. He will have to take on his own base and the G.O.P.'s.
Obama has spent a lot of time lately bashing the rich to pay their "fair share." You know what? There are definitely some Wall Street bankers and C.E.O.'s who deserve that bashing. But there are many successful Americans who got their wealth the old-fashioned way — by risk-taking, going into debt to start a business or pursue a dream. It's time for the president to do some risk-taking — to stop just hammering the wealthy, which is so easy, and to start selling the country on a strategy to multiply them. We need to tax more millionaires, but we also need more millionaires and middle classes to tax. The president was elected to grow our national pie, not just re-divide it.


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Thursday, August 30, 2007
Thankful Thursday
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Olivia's first day of Kindergarten
I cannot believe how big Olivia has become! Five years ago today we received our referral for a sweet little baby girl with the cubbiest little cheeks! Today she is starting Kindergarten!
She is in Mrs. Hamm's class. Mrs. Hamm was Gracie's Kindergarten teacher, too.
Oliva is very excited, but was more nervous than I expected. She stuck very close to me on the playground.
I know she'll have a wonderful time. She was already making friends by the time I left.
Now I only have 3 little ones at home. But they keep me plenty busy!
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Sunday, August 26, 2007
Our Hosts
Blessed Be the Tie That Binds
Kevin, Jose, Yamy and me.
Don't you love this picture? These are Jose and Yamy's younger two boy. Daniel and David. They LOVED the Reds caps that Mandy's mom packed. Except they thought they meant that they were Yankees! Too cute!
This is the whole family. David, Yamy, Jose, Fernando, Enmanuel and Daniel. Our family. They have shown us the love of God in a manner we've never experienced before. They are our brother and sister. I guess that makes the boys our nephews!
They married when Yamy was 16 and Jose was 20. It is very common to marry that early, but often times the man is much older than his bride.
Jose is rather soft spoken, until he is in front of his congregation. Then he has such a passion for delivering the word of the Lord.
Yamy is worship leader. She is so dynamic. Her love for the Lord is tangible and contagious. She has a passion for prayer that I have never seen before.
Fenando plays trumpet. Kevin says his playing has really progressed in the last year.
Enmanuel is such a sweet natured young man and very shy.
Daniel is just an ornery as a little boy can be. He and Josiah could get into lots of trouble together!
David is a sweet little guy. He loves lots of attention and his brothers are happy to give it to him.
I long to see them again soon. I miss them desperately and wonder if our relationship would be as intense if we saw each other regularly. It is so obvious that God has placed us all where were are to glorify HIS kingdom. Praise be to God!Because HE Lives
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Cool old cars
There were cool old cars everywhere we went. This gorgeous purple car belongs to a friend of Jose. It has all original parts. Too cool.
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Saturday, August 25, 2007
Front of the Church
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Friday, August 24, 2007
Passionate Prayer
The splendor of a King,
Clothed in majesty
Let all the earth rejoice,All the earth rejoice
He wraps himself in light,
And darkness tries to hide
And trembles at his voice,And trembles at his voice
How great is our God,
sing with me
How great is our God,
and all will see
How great, How great
Is our God
Age to age he stands
And time is in His Hands
Beginning and the End, Beginning and the End
The Godhead, Three in one
Father, Spirit, Son
The Lion and the Lamb,The Lion and the Lamb
How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God,
all will see How great, How great
Is our God
Name above all names
You are Worthy of all praise
and My heart will sing how great
Is our God(x2)
CHORUS(1): How great is our God, Sing with me
How great is our God,and all will see How great, How great
Is our God
How great is our God, Sing with me
How great is our God,and all will see How great, How greatIs our God
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Thursday, August 23, 2007
Faces of the Children
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This is a banner that was made by the pastor of our sister church. Pastor Jose made this sign to show the river of love that runs between the 2 churches. Amor is the Spanish word for LOVE.
Our first day on our mission we spent the afternoon with the Jose and Yamile and his family at his house. The homes are one story and made of cinder block and concrete with flat roofs. This helps to protect them from hurricanes. The hospitality we were shown was absolutely amazing. We were on a mission trip to serve and felt that we were the ones who were being served. Pastor and his wife had a gift for Kevin and one for me, as well as one for each of our children.
It was such a blessing to meet these people that I have heard about for 9 months. There was an instant bond that is impossible to describe. I felt like I had known them my entire life. Even though we spoke different languages, the Holy Spirit was so amazing!! We had an amazing interpreter. A 16 year old named Lisi. She has pretty much taught herself English by watching tv and listening to music. She was a riot, but more on that later.
The first night we went to the church and met the church community. What amazing people. So welcoming. We had the best fried rice EVER for dinner. And to make it special, each family from the congregation contributed one ingredient to the dinner. There was also fresh cucumber salad and fruit punch.
After dinner we played games. Grace Church vs. our sister church. It was so funny! We played charades, musical chairs, capture the flag and there was an eating contest. Mike Clemmons and another gentleman had to race to see who could finish a bowl of fruit and juice fastest. No hands. They were both down on their faces like dogs, slurping it up! Mike won!! What a talent, and what a good sport.
We got to see the blueprints to add a bathroom to the church. Our church is helping to fund that. They are also planning on putting a roof over the roof top as they use that for classes.
I have so many pictures and will be publishing soon!
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
My return to the world of blogging!
Wow! Fred has recovered! And will be home sometime this week. It turns out he did not have a virus, but a partially downloaded program.
I plan to start updating all of you on my mission trip. Please realize that some parts will be sketchy and some names left out. But let me assure that God is working amazing miracles in the area we went to.
Gracie is going to start 3rd grade on Thursday. Olivia will go for Kindergarten screening on Thursday afternoon. She will have a phase in day next Tuesday, will be off on Wednesday and start full time the next day. she is going to be going to all day Kindergarten. She is very excited.
Josiah and Charis will be waiting a year to start preschool. But I am going to start baby sitting 2-3 afternoons a week for a little boy. The boy time will be good for Josiah.
Kevin has started school and has students starting tomorrow. He is finishing up his summer class at Asbury this week. He is going to take the fall of from seminary. He is just so exhausted from being so busy. And so am I! When he is so busy, I have all 5 kids on my own. Anyone who has spent any time with our crew knows that there is no shortage of energy!!
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Monday, August 13, 2007
I've Been Tagged!!
Meme: Middle Name
I've been tagged by Terri for a meme about middle names!
So here goes...1. You have to post these rules before you give the facts.
2. Players, you must list one fact that is somehow relevant to your life for each letter of their middle name. If you don't have a middle name, use the middle name you would have liked to have had.
3. When you are tagged you need to write your own blog-post containing your own middle name game facts.
4. At the end of your blog-post, you need to choose one person for each letter of your middle name to tag. Don't forget to leave them a comment telling them they're tagged, and to read your blog.
L~Laughter, I love to laugh and my children provide lots of opportunities to laugh!!
E~Excited by the life God has blessed me with!!
I~Intrigued by people
G~Going, Going, Going all of the time!!!
H~Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty!!!
Hmmmm.....now who to tag....
Dawn, Melissa, Sharon, (Kate, you've already done this....) So I guess just three!!
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Introduction of the seventh-generation Cat® 988 Wheel Loader, the new 988K, marks the 50th anniversary of the 988 delivering reliable, profitable performance for worldwide customers. Designed as an optimum loading tool for Cat® construction and mining trucks, the 988K features redesigned loader linkage, worldwide engine configurations, drive train modifications, redesigned cab and enhancements in safety and serviceability. The 988K builds on the premium features of previous models to set new standards for customer value.
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The all-new operator station features the Cat Next Generation Vital Information Management System (VIMS), which provides expanded capabilities, including real-time fuel consumption and fuel efficiency (material loaded per unit of fuel) data, through an interactive touch screen. In-cab sound levels are considerably reduced—to 71.1 dB(A), down from 74.2 dB(A) in the 988H, and the cab temperature control system is automatic and continuously variable. The Cat Comfort III seat features integrated controls for smooth and comfortable operation. Transmission controls, integral with the STIC steering lever, allow convenient travel control.
For added safety, a remote panel houses a stairway light switch, engine shutdown switch, and lockouts for the transmission and engine starter. A second panel provides convenient access to the battery disconnect switch and a jump-start receptacle. A rearview camera system provides crisp images via the in-cab monitor. Routine maintenance points are easily accessed, including hydraulic pressure taps and oil sampling ports.
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The Hot Pepper Awards Just ANNOUNCED!!! Over 170 Hot Sauces and Spicy Condiments Awarded
Well, it's that time of year again, when The Hot Pepper Awards names the best spicy products of the year.
Over 170 awards were handed out, so if you are a chilihead (hot sauce fanatic), this list is for you. The list can be found at www.thehotpepper.com/topic/19289-the-hot-pepper-awards-2010-winners-announced/
The Hot Pepper Awards is not only about hot sauce, they judge BBQ sauce, rub, salsa, and even spicy jelly, wine, and chocolates. Chiliheads like it all spicy. Even their salt!!!
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A Wagner Matinee Summary
Clark is a young man who makes his home at a boarding house in Boston. He receives a letter one day from his Uncle Howard in Nebraska; it informs him that his Aunt Georgiana will be arriving in the city to take care of some business matters. Uncle Howard asks Clark to pick her up at the station and to "render her whatever services might be necessary." Not surprisingly, his uncle has written at the last minute; his aunt will be arriving the next day. The situation reawakens long-forgotten memories for Clark. He remembers the figure of his aunt, "at once pathetic and grotesque," and in his mind he becomes again "the gangling farm boy [she] had known."
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Aunt Georgiana has come all the way from Red Willow County on a day coach and is exhausted and disheveled when she arrives in Boston. Clark notices that her familiar, misshapen figure is so stooped now that her shoulders are almost bent together; she wears "ill-fitting false teeth" and her skin is yellow from constant exposure to the elements. This worn woman had once been a teacher at the Boston Conservatory, but on a visit to relatives in a Green Mountains town at the age of thirty, she caught the attention of "the most idle and shiftless of all the village lads," a "callow" youth nine years her junior by the name of Howard Carpenter. When she returned to Boston, Howard followed her. Ignoring the warnings of her family and friends, Georgiana eloped with her enamored suitor and left behind forever the comfortable environs of the big city. Howard had no money, so he took a homestead in Nebraska, and the couple arduously measured off their quarter section and settled there. Their lives were fraught with constant hardship and danger; their holding was fifty miles from the railroad in conditions that were utterly primitive. Georgiana has worked her fingers to the bone alongside her husband since then to eke out a living on the land. Until this trip to Boston, she has not left the prairie for thirty years.
Clark reflects that he owes to his aunt "most of the good that ever came [his] way in [his] boyhood." During the years he had lived with the family, he watched as this indefatigable woman executed with dogged determination the daunting tasks of running a farm household and raising six children. Clark remembers that in the evenings, when the heavy work was finally done, Aunt Georgiana would help him with his studies, coaching him in Latin and introducing him to classical mythology and the great writings of Shakespeare. After fifteen years, Uncle Howard was finally able to buy his wife a small parlor organ; on this, the good woman taught her nephew to play, after a fashion. Although she provided him with the rudiments of exercises and scales, she rarely actually spoke to him about music. Clark understood that the hurt of having had to sacrifice the rich, cultural artistry of her former life had been at times almost too much for Aunt Georgiana to bear; when she had sensed that her nephew was hungering for more, she poignantly warned him, "Don't love it so well, Clark, or it may be taken from you."
Recalling how his aunt had on occasion told him about the "splendid performance[s]" she had enjoyed in her youth, Clark plans to take her to see a Wagner program rendered by the Symphony Orchestra, but the woman's demeanor makes him wonder if indeed he should. Aunt Georgiana had been "wretchedly train-sick" for the course of her entire journey and still seems to suffer its effects. She is vague and detached, and though she questions her nephew "absently" about various changes in the city, her conversation seems focused more on tasks back at home she may have forgotten to do. To Clark, it seems as if his aunt has been separated from the life she once loved for so long that she no longer yearns for it and that the long struggle she must have waged to accept her necessary sacrifices has "mercifully ended at last." It occurs to him that it might be...
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text: Where were you when the world stopped turnin' that September day... I was at work and for some inexplicable reason, I was there about two hours early. I had already grabbed the Dallas Morning News and was reading the Sports section. With the TV at the bar tuned in to Fox News Channel, I just happened to look up and read the crawl across the bottom of the screen. The first plane had hit the North tower of the World Trade Center. My first thought was that the pilot of the jet had a heart attack or something. Then the second plane struck the South tower. It was at that point that I knew this was much more serious than someone having a heart attack. This was an attack OK, a cowardly attack on thousands of Americans, innocent people, just doing what they do every day, an attack on my country! The second that the plane blasted into the South tower, I knew it was an act of terrorism. The United States was effectively in a state of war. The worthless bastards that perpetrated this horrendous murder of almost 3000 American citizens had, by their actions, made it so. President George W. Bush made it all but official a short time later when he addressed the people of New York City that this was indeed an act of war. A few weeks later, we let those Islamic assholes in Afghanistan know that the United States of America meant business. That was when our President was a real man, unlike the pussy occupying the White House now. Hundreds of New Yorkers were killed on impact and dozens more decided it would be better to leap to their deaths than to be incinerated in the inferno of the WTC. The rage within me grew more intense with each innocent human being that was forced by the goat fucking Islamist sons of bitches to make a sudden die by fire or die by jumping out a window 1000 above the ground decision. My hatred for those pedophile "prophet" worshippers was boiling inside me like the towers that burned before me eyes. To this day, that feeling of hatred, pure fucking hatred for those cocksuckers simmers just below the surface. I hope God will forgive me some day, but I cannot yet bring myself to forgive those barbarians. These motherfuckers not only viciously murdered 3000 men and women, but they had forever changed the lives of tens of thousands more family members and friends of the dead, so I hope they all burn in hell for eternity. They are beyond redemption and deserve the endless torment of the fiery lake of Hades, so fuck them with the barbed cock of Satan, their true master. If that makes me a bigot, then so be it, I am a bigot. Their so called "holy book", the Koran, commands people (and I use that term loosely) like them to slaughter the Infidel simply because he/she is not a Muslim. The Koran compels them to do this kind of shit, like flying jets into buildings, so the name of Allah will be glorified. Are you fucking kidding me? From newadvent.org (The Catholic Encyclopedia) I found this:"The Koran contains dogma, legends, history, fiction, religion and superstition, social and family laws prayers, threats, liturgy, fanciful descriptions of heaven, hell, the judgment day, resurrection, etc. — a combination of fact and fancy often devoid of force and originality. The most creditable portions are those in which Jewish and Christian influences are clearly discernible." Legends, fiction and superstition, huh? Sounds like an Oliver Stone movie. I don't know about this Allah asshole, but the one true God that I worship tells me that I must treat others as I want to be treated, not to slay innocent human beings for not being a Christian in order to bring glory to God. As for the other billion plus idiots that follow this cult called Islam, if you believe the same absurd shit that the nineteen hijackers of 9/11 did, then I have no use for you either. You are breathing my air, so stay the fuck away from me. I will not discriminate against you, but I want nothing to do with your sorry asses until you repudiate Islam and the violence and bigotry inherent to it. Until then, kiss my ass. Islam is not a religion, it is an ideology. A political ideology.True religions dictate that you show kindness, mercy, compassion and charity to your fellow man, not slice his head off for merely being a non-Muslim. True religions call for forgiveness of our transgressors, not the brutal stoning or hanging of someone who "offends" your twisted view of spirituality and worship of whatever you assholes worship, like that stupid fucking rock in Mecca or whichever God-forsaken third world sewer of a city you call Muslim "civilization". Defending your "religion" is one thing, but the wholesale murder of innocent men, women and children to show the rest of the world that they are "infidels" is beyond repulsive, it is degrading to God and his children. Americans don't cotton to the kind of vile behavior you proclaim in the name of Allah and we will not stand still for that kind of shit! We will slap a missile from a Predator drone up your worthless asses and not think twice about it. You asked for war, then dammit we'll give a fucking war, dickweeds. When we kick the slimy America-hating, steaming pile of camel dung that we call a President out of the White House and get a man or woman that loves this country like the average Citizen does, you'd better have more than Allah to protect your sorry souls, because there will be no place to hide. We will show no mercy in tracking you down like the pigs you are and ask you exactly once if you want to surrender. If your answer is "no", then we will happily and without giving it a second thought to it, dispatch you to the 72 virgins you so naively believe to be waiting for you in "Paradise". We have sent our sons, fathers, daughters and even mothers to find and kill you bastards. Thousands of them gave their lives so the United States will be free of murderous lunatics like you, and thousands more volunteer every day to pick up where the fallen left off. America is not afraid of you. We stand vigilant, eyes and ears wide open, so we may detect you and will do whatever is needed to stop you before you commit more atrocities against our Citizens. We ain't scared, assholes. You may succeed in your homicidal mission from time to time, but rest assured, the every day American you seek to intimidate, will not cower to you and your deadly intentions. We will, however, happily and with extreme prejudice blow your evil carcass to Kingdom Come when it becomes necessary to the plot. We, as Americans, owe that much to the 3000 innocents you killed at the World Trade Center and to the thousands of our young men and women who perished in the line of duty when sent to defend the United States from deranged motherfuckers like you. In the words of Todd Beamer, a passenger on Flight 93, which crashed in a Pennsylvania, "Let's roll". Simply put, send your soul to Heaven because your asses are ours. AMF - Adios Mother Fuckers, have a nice day. I will never forget nor will I ever forgive!


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In a report published by the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) in 2012, those recommendations were made public and the perfume industry reacted with horror. The first regulations take effect early in 2015, with discussion and testing continuing to determine the fate of those other proposed bans. In the meantime, perfumers have been scrambling to find ways to reformulate their scents in ways that will neither alienate customers nor drag down the bottom line. And the task is not an easy one.
While perfume formulas are notoriously secret—they're not protected as intellectual property, but instead regarded as, unromantic as it may sound, industrial formulas that can be duplicated —customers always seem to know when a perfume has been altered, whether or not such an alteration has been disclosed by the parfumier. And that can result in a search for a new scent by the finicky consumer. People can be more sensitive to the minuscule differences present in natural scent oils that gas chromatographs cannot distinguish, and for many, if an ingredient changes, the scent is no longer alluring.
That's no small thing in an industry that's worth $25 billion globally for high-end products alone. And in 2013, a report by Global Industry Analysts projected its worth in 2018 to nearly double to $45.6 billion, thanks to increasing popularity in emerging markets—in particular the Asia-Pacific and Latin American regions, expected to contribute particularly to growth—and in the men's market, to ever-younger customers and in the celebrity fragrance sector.
This is by no means the first time that certain ingredients have been banned from perfume. The International Fragrance Association (IFRA), the perfumers' self-regulatory body formed in 1973, has already restricted a number of ingredients over health concerns, and of course the perfume companies themselves have taken action from time to time to accommodate shortages of some ingredients and increasing costs for others.
Still, Guerlain's Shalimar once contained birch tar oil, which was eliminated when it was thought to pose a risk for cancer. The use of linalool is already limited because of allergy concerns, while eugenol, also limited, can cause allergic reactions as well. And the organic compounds of furocoumarins have been removed because exposure to the sun can cause them to produce dark spots on the wearer's skin.
Still, the industry is not happy, as might be expected, concerning the EU's new regulations. It points to, among other things, the popularity of essential oils for massage and other purposes, and the fact that other substances—such as tobacco and alcoholic products—present far more identifiable risks than perfumes. It also cites the expense of reformulation, which can run to the hundreds of thousands of euros per perfume, not to mention the danger that, after months of work, the finished product will not smell quite the same.
Regions that produce the ingredients for perfumes will have to be wary of bans and restrictions as well. The south of France is home to Grasse, which grows not only roses and jasmine but many other varieties of flowers used in perfumes; it bills itself as "the birthplace of the world's perfume industry." Provence contributes lavender fields; Bulgaria, Germany and Iran grow more of the heavily scented roses the industry needs; and other regions as far-flung as Madagascar, Indonesia and Haiti all produce plants likely to be affected by the EU regulations.
So how might this play out for the perfume industry as a whole? Should investors be alarmed? Perhaps not so much, unless they're themselves perfume aficionados who will soon be in search of a new signature scent themselves. According to Erin Lash, senior equity analyst, consumer packaged goods at Morningstar, "Some companies have already been proactive for adjusting formulation, so it's not such a big impact near term, given that some companies have [already] taken it into consideration."
Lash said, "Companies don't always develop fragrances in house; sometimes they're outsourced. IFF and Givaudan, among others, find it helpful to outsource. They develop different fragrances that would maybe be comparable, without those potentially harmful side effects." That said, she added that not just the perfume industry itself, but other sectors could be affected by the EU's anti-allergy regulations: such categories as "detergents, any kinds of soaps, a lot in personal care and potentially the home care sector."
Still, Lash doesn't see the new rules as a major headache—at least for the major companies rather than small specialty perfume houses. "The odds are that for a lot of these companies, those specific products [that would be hard hit don't make up the majority of their business.] A lot of global beauty care companies operate with diverse portfolios, not only in their fragrance business, but in personal care as well: skin care, makeup, etc. The impact of changing a specific product because of regulation likely won't have a material impact on [those companies'] consolidated financials. That's assuming a company operates with a diversified portfolio. Some beauty care companies are obviously more focused [than others, and will be more affected by the changes.]"
But she held up iconic Chanel as "an example of a company already planning in advance" to comply with the new regulations, since it "stopped using lyral in 2010 in anticipation of the new rules."
So unless an investor is devoted to a particular scent and personally affected if that perfume changes, she—or he—can likely relax and look forward to continued growth.


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I've been busy shutting down and archiving many of my shows from my "Tivo network" from the last 15 years, mostly DTV SD systems. I've got 14 units stacked up, and sadly probably all but the two HR10-250s will go to recycling.
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RobotC's ability to run more than one task is IMHO it's greatest strength, there has been lot's written describing multi-tasking in it's different forms but when dealing with RobotC I like to think of it as the ability to run more than one independent program at a time even though these programs are contained within one executable and downloaded together. For some background reading on multi-tasking, wikipedia is not a bad place to start. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_multitasking.
Some will argue that most programs written for the VEX robotics system do not need to use multi-tasking. This to a certain extent is true, back when micro processors were not so powerful much embedded software used a technique where the "tasks", in this case simply meaning different subroutines, were called one after the other in a so called "main loop". Each subroutine would determine if it had any actions to take, perform them if necessary and then return. System functions needing immediate attention would be setup to use interrupts but great care had to be taken to make these special interrupt routines fast and efficient. Having said this some of the most complex embedded systems of the 60's did use a primitive form of multi-tasking, one of the most famous of all was the Apollo guidance computer (AGC), which enabled NASA to land on the moon.
RobotC is, in fact, always using multi-tasking even when you have not created additional tasks yourself. It's ability to display global variables, sensor values and other parameters is achieved using tasks that are started behind the scenes. These tasks only consume a small amount of the microcontrollers resources, perhaps 5%. We are not going to be concerned with how RobotC switches between tasks for now, perhaps a future post.
OK, so much for the history lesson.
The difficulty in creating a simple multi-tasking example is that almost everything proposed can be done without using multi-tasking, however, just to illustrate the principles involved we will create a very simple piece of code to flash two leds on and off connected to different output ports.
RobotC always needs a main task, this is the entry point for the code, it's the equivalent of the main function in any C program. From the main task we will start a second task using the StartTask command with a single parameter, the name of the task to start. The call to start the second task is:
StartTask( flashLed_1 );
Both the main and flashLed_1 tasks contain an infinite while loop, that is, a loop that never exits until the program is stopped. This loop prevents the tasks from running out of code to execute and therefore stopping. Sometimes allowing a task to finish can be useful but in general I would not recommend it, perhaps we will cover starting and stopping tasks dynamically in another post.
The contents of the while loop of each task is very similar, change the value on the output port and then wait for a preset amount of time, change the output port value back and then wait some more.
The code also includes another example of using the C preprocessor discussed in an earlier post.
#if (_TARGET == "Emulator")
This line is testing to see if the code is running on real hardware or on the PC emulator. The PC emulator can be very usefull but does not simulate real sensors, to overcome this in the example we substitute the real sensors for an array of integers by using a definition. If the code is compiled for a real cortex then
#define SENSOR SensorValue
will be used, otherwise if running on the PC Emulator a different definition is used and an array
#define SENSOR SensorValueSimulations int SensorValueSimulations[kNumbOfRealSensors];
Here is the code to play with, if you try this in the PC emulator look for SensorValueSimulations[8] and SensorValueSimulations[9] changing as these represent the first two digital ports.
In part 2 on multi-tasking we will create a more complex example doing something more relevant to VEX robotics.
task flashLed1(){ while(true){ SensorValue[LED1] = 0; wait1Msec(500); SensorValue[LED1] = 0; wait1Msec(500); } } //There is no endTimeSlice() needed here because the task always waits //no matter what task flashLed2(){ while(true){ if(SensorValue[button1]){ SensorValue[LED1] = 0; wait1Msec(500); SensorValue[LED1] = 0; wait1Msec(500); } endTimeSlice(); } } //This task needs a endTimeSlice() because if the button is not pressed, //then there will be no wait time in the task task main(){ StartTask(flashLed1); StartTask(flashLed2); while(true){ motor[port3] = vexRT[Ch3]; endTimeslice(); } } //The command is also needed in the main task here because the //main task does not wait in the while loop.
This tip was posted by jpearman over at http://www.vexforum.com/showpost.php?p=225688&postcount=23. Modified by magicode at: http://www.vexforum.com/showpost.php?p=225688&postcount=24


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