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<title><![CDATA[Ved]]></title>
<link>http://karringenmotstrommen.wordpress.com/?p=36</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>karringenmotstrommen</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Ved. Tänk vilken fantastisk källa till nyttig sysselsättning. Vilken doft när man jobbar med den]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ved. Tänk vilken fantastisk källa till nyttig sysselsättning. Vilken doft när man jobbar med den och vilken skön värme när man eldar upp den.</p>
<p>Min älskade man och jag köpte, renoverade och byggde till, ett 1800-talstorp. Det blev så vackert. Det ligger så fint, så idylliskt. Från början fanns det naturligtvis en vedspis i köket och en liten ful braskamin i storstugan samt ett antal el-element för uppvärmning. El-elementen slängde vi snart ut och gick med liv och lust in för att värma torpet med vedeldning. Vi köpte ved lite varstans av vedhandlare och det gick ju inte åt så mycket när man bara använde torpet som fritidsbostad. Men så flyttade vi dit permanent, började renovera och bygga till och installerade nya kaminer lite här och var. Nu har vår bostad 5 eldstäder. Spisen i köket, järnkaminen i matsalen, plåtkaminen i storarummet, vedeldad badtunna på altanen och slutligen en sprillans ny vedeldad bastu.  Vi gör slut på ca 15 kubikmeter ved och  lägger flera hundra man-timmar på vedhantering. Den skall ju både sågas och klyvas och staplas och bäras in, innan den slutligen eldas upp. Den värmer många gånger och billigt blir det. Mer än sådär 5-6000 kr om året kostar det inte att värma upp vår 130 kvm stora "torpvilla".</p>
<p>Bortsett från nyttan dvs motionen, den mysiga värmen och det billiga priset så får vi många goa timmar av gemenskap. Nog är det lycka att få göra ett gemensamt arbete med den man älskar. Vi har det riktigt mysigt på vedbacken när min man står vid vedkapen och jag vid vedklyven. Det är klart det skulle ju knappast gått att leva så här när man hade heltidsjobb och barn att ta hand om. Det funkar ju inte att stiga upp i ottan på vintern och elda upp huset från ibland 14-15 gr till anständig temperatur och sedan skynda iväg till jobb och skolor bara för att komma hem till ett utkylt hus som måste värmas upp på nytt. Men om man som vi är pensionärer, då går det bra så länge som man får vara frisk. För säkerhets skull har vi nu kompletterat med en luftvärmepump så att det inte blir så ruggigt kallt när vi åker hemifrån eller på nätterna. Visserligen är vi vitala nog bägge två att värma varandra :-) men lite måste man ju sova också. Ja ganska mycket sömn blir det faktiskt. Trots att dagarna är fulla av sysslor och göromål så måste vi sova 8 timmer per natt, vanligtvis mellan kl 02.00 och 10.00. Sen har vi mycket som skall pysslas med under ett antal timmar och efter middagen vid 17-tiden så är det gott att ta sig en liten tupplur på ett par timmar. Sedan kan man titta på TV några timmar, leka vid datorn, skriva mail och bloggar eller handla något på nätet innan det är dags att gå till sängs igen.</p>
<p>Aldrig under mitt tidigare stressade och fartfyllda berg-och-dalbaneliv fyllt av jobb, katastrofala äktenskap, ångest och en massa, massa skit, kunde jag tro att jag skulle kunna få en så lycklig tillvaro till slut. Träffa en man som ger mig allt jag tidigare saknat, bli nyförälskad på gamla dar, gifta sig för tredje och helt klart sista gången, veta att barnen är i hamn med jobb och män och hus och inte minst underbara barn och sedan lyckan att få bo här i vår underbara lantliga idyll och känna doften av VED.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Ved: Yajurved: Poorv Vinshati: Adhyāý 1: Mantr 1]]></title>
<link>http://dsms.wordpress.com/?p=52</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Durgesh</dc:creator>
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Ved: Yajurved: Poorv Vinshati: Adhyāý 1: Mantr 1

1. Om ishe tvorjje tvaa vaayav sth&#8217; devo]]></description>
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<strong><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&#34;">Ved: Yajurved: Poorv Vinshati: <a href="http://www.aryasamajjamnagar.org/thevedas/yajurveda/yajurveda.htm" target="_blank">Adhyāý 1: Mantr 1</a></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;"><span>1.<span style="font-family:&#34;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Om ishe tvorjje tvaa vaayav sth' devo vah savitaa praarpayatu shreshthtamaay' karman'aapyaayadhvamaghnyaa'indraay' bhaagam prajaavateeranameevaa'ayaxmaa maa v' sten eishat maaghshagvagvonso dhruvaa'asmin gopatau syaat bahveeryajmaanasy' pashoonpaahi.</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;"><span>1.<span style="font-family:&#34;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><sup>1</sup><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&#34;">Om! For the will power/food, thee. For energy, thee. Breezes are ye. Divine Creator impel, you all, to noblest work. Complete properly, Inviolable female! share for the controller of organs. Rich in offspring/subject. Free from sickness. Free from diminishing. No thief rule on you, no evil-praiser. Be constant in this master of 'go', numerous! Guard the cattle of the worshiper.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&#34;"><span>1.<span style="font-family:&#34;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&#34;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yajurveda">Yajurved</a> is the second volume of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedas">Ved</a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.75in;"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&#34;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yajurveda">Yajurved</a> is divided into forty chapters. Each chapter is called ‘Adhyāý’.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.75in;"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&#34;">These forty chapters are grouped in two groups of twenty chapters each.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.75in;"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&#34;">The first group is called ‘Poorv Vinshati’, and the second one is called ‘Uttar Vinshati’.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.75in;"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&#34;">‘Vinshati’, in Sanskr’t, means ‘twenty’, nothing else.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&#34;">It is clear from this Mantr, thus, that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yajurveda">Yajurved</a> does not deal with definitions, as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigveda">R'g Ved</a> did.<br />
It deals with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family">family</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics">politics</a>.<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family">Family</a>:<br />
'Complete properly, Inviolable female! Share for the controller of organs. Rich in offspring/subject. Free from sickness. Free from diminishing.'<br />
'aapyaayadhvamaghnyaa'indraay' bhaagam prajaavateeranameevaa'ayaxmaa. '</span></p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics">Politics</a>:<br />
'No thief rule on you, no evil-praiser.'<br />
''maa v' sten eishat maaghshagvaongso.'</p>
<p>Throughout <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yajurveda">Yajurved</a>, we find these two subjects, mainly, dealt with.</p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:.5in;margin:0 0 .0001pt .25in;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Griffith">Ralph T. H. Griffith M.A., C.I.E.</a> has introduced <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yajurveda">Yajurved</a> <a href="http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/wyv/wyvpref.htm">thus</a>:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">‘</span><span style="font-size:10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yajurveda">THE YAJURVEDA</a>—derived from the roots <em>yaj</em>, to sacrifice or, worship, and <em>vid</em>, to know,—is the Knowledge of Sacrifice or Sacrificial Texts and Formulas as distinguished from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigveda">Rigveda</a> or Knowledge of Recited Praise, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaveda">Sâmaveda</a> or Knowledge of Chanted Hymns, and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atharvaveda">Atharva</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atharvaveda">Brahmaveda</a> which is the Knowledge of Prayer, Charm, and Spells. Though ranking second in the Indian enumeration of the Vedas and containing much that is of very ancient origin, its compilation in its present form, exhibiting as it does the almost complete development of castes and mixt castes and considerable advance in arts and sciences, trades, handicrafts and occupations, is evidently of later date than that even of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atharvaveda">Atharva</a>.’</span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">I’m sorry to disagree, profoundly, with the learned scholar of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedas">Ved</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Griffith">Ralph T. H. Griffith M.A., C.I.E.</a>, here.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">First of all, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedas">Ved</a> should not be valued, each volume separately, altogether.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">It can be valued thus, to evaluate each volume of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedas">Ved</a>, separately.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">But, even then, the evaluator must never forget that these volumes are, after all, the volumes of a Complete Book.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">The entire Book has a meaning of its own.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">The volumes are necessary to provide easy perusal of the book.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">They are not separate books.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">They are volumes of a Complete Book, conveying its own meaning.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Unfortunately, this original concept is missing altogether in these prefaces, or introductions to separate volumes of Ved, making them erroneous thus.</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Kjøreturer og hytteturer er fint :)]]></title>
<link>http://aboutphilla.wordpress.com/?p=189</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aboutphilla</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Da nærmer det seg søndag med stormskritt (når jeg er ferdig med å skrive dette har vi vel kommet]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Da nærmer det seg søndag med stormskritt (når jeg er ferdig med å skrive dette har vi vel kommet til ukas 'hviledag'). Er altså på hytta denne helga, og ting her oppe er egentlig veldig fint :) [...]<!--more--></p>
<p>Vi kom opp hit fredagskveld i 8-tia. Kjøreturen opp er egentlig helt topp:</p>
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<li>Vi kjøper 10 statoilboller med melkesjokolade fordelt på 3 pers. NAM :D</li>
<li>Får tatt unna en del podcaster (vil komme til bake til podcasts ved en senere anledning)</li>
<li>Får slappet av, chill!</li>
<li>Se at gradestokken kryper nedover mot 7 grader, snart snø her :D!!</li>
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<p><a href="http://aboutphilla.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/img_0054.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-218" title="img_0054" src="http://aboutphilla.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/img_0054.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>Vi fikk bært inn og satt opp bordtennisbordet. Jeg veddet 10,- med Bendik at jeg ikke kom til å tape en match i løpet av helga (røk for et kvarter siden "/). Etter et par kamper satt vi opp bilbanen, men det viste seg at den ikke var helt sammarbeidsvillig når vi skulle begynne å kjøre. Kvelden gikk, og det var klart for dektektimen, Taggart. Skuffende epiosde egentlig..</p>
<p>Lørdagen kom, og vi ble vekket klokka 8, det var klart for å bære ved.<a href="http://aboutphilla.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/img_0055.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-216" title="img_0055" src="http://aboutphilla.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/img_0055.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a> Ett mål ved skulle bæres, det er faktisk en veldig god del! Innimellom bæring ble det litt basketspilling. Etter hvert kom også mor og Anine, i tillegg til helgens besøk, familien Leite :) Vi fikk spilt en del bordtennis og andre småting, før vi dro på fjelltur. Ganske fantastisk oppe på fjellet nå, høstfarger, kaldt og godt i lufta. Etter dette var det klart for Taco.</p>
<p>I kveld har det blitt en del kakespising, i tillegg til en lek som var skikkelig gøy, men som var såpass avansert at jeg ikke orker å forklare den nå :) </p>
<p>Må vel nesten komme meg i seng, er visst en ny dag i morgen sies det.</p>
<p>Forresten, pappa sa akkurat at det var rim/is på rekkverket :D!</p>
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<p>-Philip..</p>
<p>Ps. Kommer kanskje noe bilder i morra..</p>
<p>Pss. Da var vi et kvarter over midnatt..</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Borta!]]></title>
<link>http://kattmorsblog.wordpress.com/?p=97</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Kattmor</dc:creator>
<guid>http://kattmorsblog.no.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/borta/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Så tomt det blir när hon, vår vikarie har flyttat söderut igen! Trogna arbetskamrater hjälpte t]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Så tomt det blir när hon, vår vikarie har flyttat söderut igen! Trogna arbetskamrater hjälpte till med flyttlasset. Jag hoppas att vägen ner var bra och att det gick lika lätt att packa ur släpet som att packa i det!</p>
<p>Lycka Till där nere!</p>
<p>Efter att ha varit bärhjälp till flytten passade jag på att klippa gräsmattan när jag kom hem. Det blev ytterligare två timmars motion alldeles av sig självt! Sen kände jag mig ganska mör, så jag tog en kaffe och en bok medan maken lagade mat. Gott med grillat när vädret nu tillåter det! För att avsluta middagen på ett lite mysigt sätt hade vi tänkt oss en fika på Ryggåsstugan. Sagt och gjort, vi tog cyklarna upp till Storsjön, men fick vända för caféet var stängt. För säsongen. Det hade jag totalt missat. Så vi vände våra cyklar och cyklade in till centrum i byn i stället för att höra om hotellet hade några läckra bakelser att köpa med hem. Det hade de inte, men däremot slank en öl ner som törstsläckare! Vi fick till slut vårt kaffebröd efter att ha cyklat till vårt hemliga inköpsställe och fick med oss ett par muffins innan vi cyklade hem igen. Totalt blev det ca 13 km på cykel den kvällen. Det  var nog med motion för en dag tycker jag nog!</p>
<p>När sen sonen kom hem halv ett på natten med en kompis som skulle sova över, så hörde jag inte ett ljud. Jag är annars ganska lättväckt. Så nu vet jag hur jag ska göra för att i fortsättningen inte vakna så lätt. Jag ska köra helt slut på mig med motion! Så lätt! Först ett gym-pass, sen cykla hem, sen hugga ved, sen bära in den och sen kanske sova. Bra idé va?</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Aj, vad ont det gör]]></title>
<link>http://fritank.wordpress.com/?p=148</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>fritank</dc:creator>
<guid>http://fritank.no.wordpress.com/2008/08/08/aj-vad-ont-det-gor/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hela min kropp värker idag. Igår var &#8220;Stora ved-bärar och -staplar&#8221;-dagen. 8 kubikmet]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hela min kropp värker idag. Igår var "Stora ved-bärar och -staplar"-dagen. 8 kubikmeter ved bars in i vedförrådet och staplades snyggt och prydligt. Tvärt emot vad många tror så värmer jag mitt hus enbart med biobränslen, nämligen fjärrvärme från fliseldning och egen kakelugn. Det är ett hårt slit en gång om året att fylla vedförrådet...</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Contato]]></title>
<link>http://dbzkill.wordpress.com/?p=120</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>fl0d</dc:creator>
<guid>http://dbzkill.no.wordpress.com/2008/08/06/contato/</guid>
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<p>Obrigado a todos que gostaram do Site.<a href="http://dbzkill.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/f053.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-121" src="http://dbzkill.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/f053.jpg?w=228" alt="" width="228" height="300" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Klyva ved]]></title>
<link>http://drefseryd.wordpress.com/?p=143</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>drefseryd</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Idag är det varmt. Nästan för varmt. På vedbacken är det väldigt varmt. Särskilt när man st]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Idag är det varmt. Nästan för varmt. På vedbacken är det väldigt varmt. Särskilt när man står och klyver ved. Och sen ett och annat getingbo som livar upp tristessen. Gissa om mina söner tycker livet är kul just nu! Ingen tröst för dom men även jag har stått där i dag och svettats. Snart, mycket snart är det klart - kanske i morgon.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Vehicle Excise Duty &amp; Climate Change]]></title>
<link>http://markdowe.wordpress.com/?p=278</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>markdowe</dc:creator>
<guid>http://markdowe.no.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/vehicle-excise-duty-climate-change/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Responding to Tim Yeo, Conservative MP, who wrote in the Guardian Newspaper, dated 02 July 2008, co]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Responding to Tim Yeo, Conservative MP, who wrote in the Guardian Newspaper, dated 02 July 2008, concerning Vehicle Excise Duty:</p>
<p><em>... "The government is under political pressure to cut car tax. But it must hold its nerve and show leadership on climate change"</em></p>
<hr />THE CHANGES to Vehicle Excise Duty due to come into effect in the next financial year will double the Government's car tax revenue income to £4 billion. But, even after the graduated bandings are taken into account, vehicle emissions will only by reduced by less than 1%. This is according to the calculations of the HM Treasury. The former system of seven-band emission ratings was seen as unfair and, acting on pressure from environmental lobby groups the government recently expanded the system that now has 13 bands.</p>
<p>Whilst it is true that the highest-emitting vehicles will pay £455 in VED, from April 2010, it also true that a new first-year VED rate will also be introduced in 2010, with owners of the most-polluting vehicles paying £950 in road duty. Does that seem a little excessive?</p>
<p>Treasury statements, since the new bandings have come into force appear rather convoluted. For instance, Alastair Darling said such changes "were designed to encourage motorists to switch to greener cars and to reduce the environmental impact of driving". But, at the same time Treasury predictions disclosed that the amount raised from VED has more than double from the £1.9 billion it received in 1997, to the £4.4 billion it is expected to receive by April, 2010. An additional £520 million will be raised from the introduction of the first-year tax. With emissions from motoring expected to drop by less than 1%, these figures are ghastly for the paying motorist. Why such massive tax hikes when such charges will have virtually no impact on the environment? It amounts to nothing other than stealth taxes of the worst kind.</p>
<p>Mr. Yeo makes reference to the un-affordability of large gas-guzzling vehicles by the less well-off. That, I accept, as holding true. But, whilst I accept, too, that new greener cars might well be more efficient in terms of cost and efficiency, the price of such new cars is, equally, out of range for the same types of people to which he refers, particularly given the restrictions and limited availability of credit through these uncertain economic times. The credit crunch, and the current value of pound sterling, is making new purchases such as cars, extremely difficult. That answers why such people are turning more readily to the second-hand market. In many instances, cars bought after 2001, do run very efficiently and seems wholly unfair in cracking the whip against such people, as the government intends, who may have had no alternative other than owning such a car in the first place. Rather than concentrating on stealth taxes, why doesn't the Government focus more on aspects of charging road taxes in accordance with mileage: the less we travel, the less we pollute rather than a bulk charge which applies irrespective of how much we might (or might not) travel by car. Would this not reconcile to the government's objectives of promoting sustainable environmental responsibility through tax?</p>
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<p>© Mark Dowe 2008: all rights protected</p>
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<p><strong>Reference:</strong></p>
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<li>Tim Yeo MP, "Doing our duty"</li>
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<p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/02/travelandtransport.greenpolitics?commentpage=1&#38;commentposted=1">http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/02/travelandtransport.greenpolitics?commentpage=1&#38;commentposted=1</a></p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>हिन्दू-धर्म का आधार<br />
हिन्दू धर्म व्यक्ति प्रवर्तित धर्म नहीं है। इसका आधार वेदादि धर्मग्रन्थ है, जिनकी संख्या बहुत बड़ी है। ये सब दो विभागों में विभक्त है। <br />
1॰ इस श्रेणी के ग्रन्थ ``श्रुति´´ कहलाते हैं। ये अपौरषेय माने जाते हैं। इसमें वेद की चार संहिताओं, ब्राह्मणों, आरण्यकों, उपनिषदों, वेदांग, सूत्र आदि ग्रन्थों की गणना की जाती है। आगम ग्रन्थ भी श्रुति-श्रेणी में माने जाते हैं।<br />
2॰ इस श्रेणी के ग्रन्थ ``स्मृति´´ कहलाते हैं। ये ऋषि प्रणीत माने जाते हैं। इस श्रेणी में 18 स्मृतियाँ, 18 पुराण तथा रामायण व महाभारत ये दो इतिहास भी माने जाते हैं।</p>
<p>1॰ श्रुति<br />
1॰1 वेद<br />
यद्यपि वेद से ऋग्वेद, सामवेद, यजुर्वेद तथा अथर्ववेद की संहिताओं का ही बोध होता है, तथापि हिन्दू लोग इन संहिताओं के अलावा ब्राह्मण ग्रन्थों, आरण्यकों तथा उपनिषदों को भी वेद ही मानते हैं। इनमें ऋक् आदि संहितायें स्तुति प्रधान हैं, ब्राह्मण ग्रन्थ यज्ञ कर्म प्रधान हैं और आरण्यक तथा उपनिषद् ज्ञान चर्चा प्रधान हैं।<br />
ऋग्वेद संहिता - यह चारों संहिताओं में प्रथम गिनी जाती है। अन्य संहिताओं में इसके अनेक सूक्त संग्रह किये गये हैं। यह अष्टकों और मण्डलों में विभक्त है, जो फिर वर्गों और अनुवाकों में विभक्त है। इसमें 10 मण्डल हैं, जिनमें 1017 सूक्त है। इन सूक्तों में शौनक की अनुक्रमणी के अनुसार 10,580 मंत्र है। यह संहिता सूक्तों अर्थात् स्तोत्रों का भण्डार है।<br />
सामवेद संहिता - यह कोई स्वतन्त्र संहिता नहीं है। इसके अधिकांश मन्त्र ऋग्वेद के ही हैं। केवल 78 मंत्र इसके अपने हैं। कुल 1549 मन्त्र हैं। यह संहिता दो भागों में विभक्त है - 1॰ पूर्वार्चिक, तथा 2॰ उत्तरार्चिक। पूर्वार्चिक - छ: प्रपाठकों में विभक्त है। इसे `छन्द´ और `छन्दसी´ भी कहते हैं। पूर्वार्चिक को `प्रकृति´ भी कहते हैं और उत्तरार्चिक को `ऊह´ और `रहस्य´ कहते हैं।<br />
यजुर्वेद संहिता - इस वेद की दो संहितायें हैं एक शुक्ल, दूसरी कृष्ण। शुक्ल यजुर्वेद याज्ञवल्क्य को प्राप्त हुआ। उसे `वाजसनेयि-संहिता´ भी कहते हैं। कृष्ण-यजुर्वेद-संहिता उसके पहले की है। उसे `तैत्तिरिय-संहिता´ भी कहते हैं। यजुर्वेद के कुछ मन्त्र ऋग्वेद के हैं तो कुछ अथर्ववेद के हैं।<br />
`वाजसनेयि-संहिता´ की 17 शाखायें हैं। उसमें 40 अध्याय हैं। उसका प्रत्येक अध्याय कण्डिकाओं में विभक्त है, जिनकी संख्या 1975 है। इसके पहले के 25 अध्याय प्राचीन माने जाते हैं और पीछे के 15 अध्याय बाद के। इसमें दर्श पौर्णमास, अग्निष्टोम, वाजपेय, अग्निहोत्र, चातुर्मास्य, अश्वमेध, पुरूषमेध आदि यज्ञों के वर्णन है।<br />
`तैत्तिरिय-संहिता´ 7 अष्टकों या काण्डों में विभक्त है। इस संहिता में मन्त्रों के साथ ब्राह्मण का मिश्रण है। इसमें भी अश्वमेध, ज्योतिष्टोम, राजसूय, अतिरात्र आदि यज्ञों का वर्णन है।<br />
अथर्ववेद संहिता - यह संहिता 20 काण्डों में विभक्त है। प्रत्येक काण्ड अनुवाकों और अनुवाक 760 सूक्तों में विभक्त है। इस संहिता में 1200 मन्त्र ऋक्-संहिता के हैं। कुल मन्त्र संख्या 6015 है।</p>
<p>1॰2 ब्राह्मण <br />
इस श्रेणी के ग्रन्थ वेद के अंग ही माने जाते हैं। ये दो विभागों में विभक्त है। एक विभाग के कर्मकाण्ड-सम्बन्धी हैं, दूसरे विभाग के ज्ञानकाण्ड-सम्बन्धी है। ज्ञानकाण्ड-सम्बन्धी ब्राह्मण ग्रन्थ `उपनिषद्´ कहलाते हैं।<br />
प्रत्येक ब्राह्मण ग्रन्थ में एक-न-एक उपनिषद् अवश्य है, किन्तु स्वतन्त्र उपनिषद् ग्रन्थ भी हैं, जो किसी भी ब्राह्मण का भाग नहीं हैं और न `अरण्यकों´ के ही भाग हैं। कुछ उपनिषद् अरण्यकों में भी पाये जाते हैं। ब्राह्मण ग्रन्थों में यज्ञ-विषय का वर्णन है। अरण्यकों में वानप्रस्थ-आश्रम के नियमों का वर्णन है। उपनिषदों में ब्रह्मज्ञान का निरूपण किया गया है।<br />
प्रत्येक ब्राह्मण किसी न किसी वेद से सम्बन्ध रखता है। ऋग्वेद के ब्राह्मण -ऐतरेय और कौशीतकि (सामवेद के ब्राह्मण -ताण्डय, षड्विंश, सामविधान, वंश, आर्षेय, देवताध्याय, संहितोपनिषत्, छान्दोग्य, जैमिनीय, सत्यायन और भल्लवी है( कृष्ण यजुर्वेद का ब्राह्मण -तैत्तिरीय है और शुक्ल यजुर्वेद का शतपथ है( अथर्ववेद का ब्राह्मण - गोपथ ब्राह्मण है। ये कुछ मुख्य-मुख्य ब्राह्मणों के नाम हैं।</p>
<p>1॰3 आरण्यक<br />
इस विभाग में ऐतरेय, कौशीतकि और बृहदारण्यक मुख्य हैं।</p>
<p>1॰4 उपनिषद्<br />
इस विभाग के ग्रन्थों की संख्या 123 से लेकर 1194 तक मानी गई है, किन्तु उनमें 10 ही मुख्य माने गये हैं। ईष, केन, कठ, प्रश्, मुण्डक, माण्डूक्य, तैत्तिरीय, ऐतरेय, छान्दोग्य और बृहदारण्यक के अतिरिक्त श्वेताश्वतर और कौशीतकि को भी महत्त्व दिया गया हैं।</p>
<p>उक्त श्रुति-ग्रन्थों के अलावा कुछ ऐसे ऋषि-प्रणीत ग्रन्थ भी हैं, जिनका श्रुति-ग्रन्थों से घनिष्ट सम्बन्ध है। वेदांग और सूत्र-ग्रन्थ -<br />
1॰5 वेदांग<br />
शिक्षा, कल्प, व्याकरण, ज्योतिष, छन्द और निरूक्त - ये छ: वेदांग है।<br />
1॰ शिक्षा - इसमें वेद मन्त्रों के उच्चारण करने की विधि बताई गई है।<br />
2॰ कल्प - वेदों के किस मन्त्र का प्रयोग किस कर्म में करना चाहिये, इसका कथन किया गया है। इसकी तीन शाखायें हैं- श्रौत सूत्र, गृह्य सूत्र और धर्मसूत्र।<br />
3॰ व्याकरण - इससे प्रकृति और प्रत्यय आदि के योग से शब्दों की सिद्धि और उदात्त, अनुदात्त तथा स्वरित स्वरों की स्थिति का बोध होता है।<br />
4॰ निरूक्त - वेदों में जिन शब्दों का प्रयोग जिन-जिन अर्थों में किया गया है, उनके उन-उन अर्थों का निश्चयात्मक रूप से उल्लेख निरूक्त में किया गया है।<br />
5॰ ज्योतिष - इससे वैदिक यज्ञों और अनुष्ठानों का समय ज्ञात होता है। यहाँ ज्योतिष से मतलब `वेदांग ज्योतिष´ से है।<br />
6॰ छन्द - वेदों में प्रयुक्त गायत्री, उष्णिक आदि छन्दों की रचना का ज्ञान छन्दशास्त्र से होता है।<br />
1॰6 सूत्र-ग्रन्थ<br />
1॰ श्रौत सूत्र - इनमें मुख्य-मुख्य यज्ञों की विधियाँ बताई गई है। ऋग्वेद के सांख्यायन और आश्वलायन नाम के श्रौत-सूत्र हैं। सामवेद के मशक, कात्यायन और द्राह्यायन के श्रौतसूत्र हैं। शुक्ल यजुर्वेद का कात्यायन श्रौतसूत्र और कृष्ण यजुर्वेद के आपस्तम्ब, हिरण्यकेशी, बोधायन, भारद्वाज आदि के 6 श्रौतसूत्र हैं। अथर्ववेद का वैतान सूत्र है।<br />
2॰ धर्म सूत्र - इनमें समाज की व्यवस्था के नियम बताये गये हैं। आश्रम, भोज्याभोज्य, ऊँच-नीच, विवाह, दाय एवं अपराध आदि विषयों का वर्णन किया गया है। धर्मसूत्रकारों में आपस्तम्ब, हिरण्यकेशी, बोधायन, गौतम, वशिष्ठ आदि मुख्य हैं।<br />
3॰ गृह्य सूत्र - इनमें गृहस्थों के आन्हिक कृत्य एवं संस्कार तथा वैसी ही दूसरी धार्मिक बातें बताई गई है। गृह्य सूत्रों में सांख्यायन, शाम्बव्य तथा आश्वलायन के गृह्य सूत्र ऋग्वेद के हैं। सामवेद के गोभिल और खदिर गृह्य सूत्र हैं। शुक्ल यजुर्वेद का पारस्कर गृह्य सूत्र है और कृष्ण यजुर्वेद के 7 गृह्य सूत्र हैं जो उसके श्रौतसूत्रकारों के ही नाम पर हैं। अथर्ववेद का कौशिक गृह्य सूत्र है।</p>
<p>2॰ स्मृति<br />
जिन महर्षियों ने श्रुति के मन्त्रों को प्राप्त किया है, उन्हींने अपनी स्मृति की सहायता से जिन धर्मशास्त्रों के ग्रन्थों की रचना की है, वे `स्मृति ग्रन्थ´ कहे गये हैं। </p>
<p>2॰1 स्मृति - <br />
इनमें समाज की धर्ममर्यादा- वर्णधर्म, आश्रम-धर्म, राज-धर्म, साधारण धर्म, दैनिक कृत्य, स्त्री-पुरूष का कर्तव्य आदि का निरूपण किया है।<br />
मुख्य स्मृतिकार ये हैं और इन्हीं के नाम पर इनकी स्मृतियाँ है - मनु, अत्रि, विष्णु, हारीत, याज्ञवल्क्य, उशना, अंगिरा, यम, आपस्तम्ब, संवर्त, कात्यायन, बृहस्पति, पराशर, व्यास, शंख, लिखित, दक्ष, गौतम, शातातप और वशिष्ठ।<br />
इनके अलावा निम्न ऋषि भी स्मृतिकार माने गये हैं और उनकी स्मृतियाँ `उपसमृतियाँ´ मानी जाती हैं। - गोभिल, जमदग्नि, विश्मित्र, प्रजापति, वृद्धशातातप, पैठीनसि, आश्वायन, पितामह, बौद्धायन, भारद्वाज, छागलेय, जाबालि, च्यवन, मरीचि, कश्यप आदि।<br />
2॰2 पुराण -<br />
18 पुराणों के नाम विष्णु पुराण में इस प्रकार है - ब्रह्म, पद्म, विष्णु, शिव, भागवत, नारद, मार्कण्डेय, अग्नि, भविष्य, ब्रह्मवैवर्त्त, लिंग, वराह, स्कन्द, वामन, कूर्म, मत्स्य, गरूड़ और ब्रह्माण्ड।<br />
इनके अलावा देवी भागवत में 18 उप-पुराणों का उल्लेख भी है - सनत्कुमार, नरसिंह, बृहन्नारदीय, शिव अथवा शिवधर्म, दुर्वासा, कपिल, मानव, औशनस, वरूण, कालिका, साम्ब, नन्दिकेश्वर, सौर, पराशर, आदित्य, महेश्र, भागवत तथा वशिष्ठ।<br />
इनके अलावा ब्रह्माण्ड, कौर्म, भार्गव, आदि, मुद्गल, कल्कि, देवीपुराण, महाभागवत, बृहद्धर्म, परानन्द, पशुपति पुराण नाम के 11 उपपुराण या `अतिपुराण´ और भी मिलते हैं।<br />
पुराणों में सृष्टिक्रम, राजवंशावली, मन्वन्तर-क्रम, ऋषिवंशावली, पंच-देवताओं की उपासना, तीर्थों, व्रतों, दानों का माहात्म्य विस्तार से वर्णन है। इस प्रकार पुराणों में हिन्दु धर्म का विस्तार से ललित रूप में वर्णन किया गया है।</p>
<p>3 आगम या तन्त्रशास्त्र<br />
इन शास्त्रों में मुख्यतया हिन्दू धर्म के देवताओं की साधना की विधियाँ बतलाई गई है। किन्तु इनके अलावा इनमें अन्य विषयों का भी समावेश है। ये शास्त्र तीन भागों में विभक्त है - आगम, तन्त्र व यामल।<br />
1॰ आगम ग्रन्थ - सृष्टि, प्रलय, देवताओं की पूजा तथा साधन विधि, पुरश्चरण, षट्कर्म-साधन, चतुर्विध ध्यान योग आदि विषयों का वर्णन है।<br />
2॰ तंत्र ग्रन्थ - सृष्टि, प्रलय, मंत्र-निर्णय, देवताओं का संस्थान, तीर्थवर्णन, आश्रम धर्म, विप्र संस्थान, भूतादि का संस्थान, कल्प वर्णन, ज्योतिष संस्थान, पुराणाख्यान, कोष, व्रत, शौचाऽशौच, स्त्री-पुरूष लक्षण, राजधर्म, दानधर्म, युग धर्म व्यवहार, अध्यात्म आदि विषयों का वर्णन किया गया है। तन्त्र शास्त्र सम्प्रदायात्मक है। वैष्णवों, शैवों, शाक्तों आदि के अलग-अलग तंत्र ग्रन्थ हैं।<br />
3॰ यामल ग्रन्थ - सृष्टि तत्त्व, ज्योतिष, नित्यकृत्य, कल्पसूत्र, वर्णभेद, जातिभेद और युगधर्म आदि विषयों का वर्णन किया गया है।<br />
यह लेख कल्याणमन्दिर प्रकाशन से प्रकाशित 'हिन्दूओं की पोथी' से साभार उद्धृत है</p>
<p>वेद, ब्राह्मण, आरण्यक, पुराण आदि को डाउनलोड करने के लिये सर्वोत्तम लिंक हैः-</p>
<p><a href="http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/" target="_blank">http://is1.mum.edu/vedicreserve/</a></p>
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<description><![CDATA[Hei!  
Dette blir min første historie som jeg skriver inn på bloggen. Jeg skrev første utkast i 6]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hei! :)</p>
<p>Dette blir min første historie som jeg skriver inn på bloggen. Jeg skrev første utkast i 6. klasse, men nå i 8. skrev jeg den om. Håper du liker den. :)</p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Charlott våknet av at sola strålte gjennom de grønne gardinene med knallrøde moreller. Hun fikk så vidt opp øynene, med lange mørke øyevipper. Mens hun lå på senga prøvde hun å våkne helt. Prøvde å finne ut hva hun skulle gjøre i dag, den andre dagen i sommerferien. </span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">!</span></strong></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="en-GB"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Nå kom hun på at det var i dag de skulle reise, i dag hun og familien skulle til Barcelona! </span></span></span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="en-GB"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Charlott hoppet opp av senga.., men fal tilbake igjen, for hun var jo så trøtt fortsatt. Jeg orker ikke stå opp, tenkte hun.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Bank – bank!</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Noen banket på døra. – Kom inn! ropte hun.</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Og inn kom moren hennes, tydeligvis for å vekke henne.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Nei 	men vennen min da, begynte hun. – Du vet vel at vi må 	dra tidlig. Kom igjen, sto opp å kle på deg, vi må 	skynde oss.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Men 	mamma! Jeg er jo så trøtt!</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Hun tok ansiktet under puta.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Jaja, 	det er jeg også, men vi har dårlig tid, så du for 	sove litt i flyet, eller i bilen.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Greit, 	jeg kommer.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Moren gikk ut av rommet hennes, og Charlott hoppet opp av senga.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Som 	om jeg er trøtt. Mamma da, du er så lettlurt.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Hun viste tunga mot døra som moren nettopp hadde gått ut av. </span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="en-GB"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Nå 	skal jeg stå opp, være glad og ikke ødelegge 	ferien min.</span></span></span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Charlott pleide nesten alltid å snakke med seg selv når hun var alene, det var en vane fra da hun var seks år. Men nå var hun seksten år og hadde fortsatt den vanen. </span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="en-GB"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Charlott hadde kledd på seg, spist frokost og sto nå i bilen og ventet på faren. På fanget hennes var lillesøstera, Isabelle på 4 år, som lå og sov.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Charlott strøk henne på det gylne håret hennes. Det var så deilig og glatt.</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="en-GB"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Broren hennes, Nadal, satt ved siden av henne.., og sov. Han var 20 år og hadde fortsatt ikke en jobb, hadde ikke engang orket å gå på universitetet. </span></span></span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Familien til Charlott er egentlig fra Spania, men siden søsknene ikke er født i Norge og ikke kan spansk skal de heller bo i et hotell.</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="en-GB"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Nå satt Charlott i bilen, på vei til hotellet. Hun så ut av vinduet, alle palmene ved stranda. Men det var ikke denne stranda de skulle bo ved, det var stranda Barceloneta, og hotellet het </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Princess Hotel</span><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">. </span></span></span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Det var snart solnedgang og de var snart framme. For det hadde Isabelle spurt nesten hele tida etter at flyet hadde landet.</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="en-GB"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Charlott gledet seg, det kilte i magen. </span></span></span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="en-GB"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">De var framme, og Charlott gikk ut av bilen. Hun så på hotellet og det var kjempefint. Noe av det vakreste hun hadde sett. Stort, fint og… stort. </span></span></span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Hun hadde fått vite at det var 364 rom i hotellet, da de skulle booke. Hun hadde også fått vite at det var 4 stjernes og lo i hjertet av Barcelona. </span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="en-GB"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Det var egentlig bare lov å ha maksimum 2 barn der og bare lov til å være der i 1-3 døgn, men de hadde fått spesialbestilling.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Charlott fulgte foreldrene sine til rommene deres. De sa ifra i lobbyen og tok heisen opp. De skulle være i 13. etasje. </span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">De var kommet ut av heisen og på vei til rommet. </span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Her 	er rommet ditt Charlott, sa faren.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Kult!</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Charlott gikk inn. Hun kikket rundt i rommet.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Det 	er så vakkert, sa hun til seg selv.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="en-GB"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Det var grønnaktige gardiner med fine mønstre på. Teppet hadde det samme mønstret, og den samme fargen. Og midt i det hele, en stor taklampe. Men hun hadde glemt noe, senga ja. Det var… det var… det var… to senger! Hun snudde seg, og der sto Nadal og flirte, hun hatet den onde latteren hans.</span></span></span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="en-GB"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Nei! 	skrek hun. – Jeg kan ikke dele rom med <em>han</em>!</span></span></span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Men 	kjære deg, sa moren. – Du må nok dessverre gjøre 	det. Vi hadde ikke noe annet valg. Isabelle skal være i rommet 	vårt. </span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Åååh! </span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Moren gikk ut, og Charlott ble igjen med broren. Hun prøvde å overse han, bare så ut av vinduet. Og der la hun merke til den fine solnedgangen. Hvordan den rød rosa himmelen reflekterte i havet. Det var det vakreste hun hadde sett! Hun ble hypnotisert av utsikten, det ble helt stille. </span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">- BØ!</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="en-GB"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Hun hørte lyd, ble skremt og snudde seg. Og der var jo selvfølgelig broren hennes.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="en-GB"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">- Nadal!! </span></span></span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Men han brydde seg ikke, bare fikk latterkrampe.</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">- Du er så barnslig! </span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Hun ble sur og gikk ut, smalt igjen døra.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="en-GB"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Charlott var ute ved stranda, satt i sanden og så utover havet. Det er så mye vakrere å se det herfra, tenkte hun. Hun lente hodet mot knærne, så til høyre. og akkurat da hun skulle til å lukke øynene, så hun noe, en skikkelse ikke så langt fra henne. Hun så nærmere. Det var en gutt, omtrent på hennes alder. Han satt også å så utover havet. Det var noe seriøst i blikket hans. Som om han tenkte på noe, noe viktig. </span></span></span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="en-GB"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;"><span>Charlott så han, nesten stirret gjorde hun. Men da han plutselig så bort på henne, snudde hun hodet og tenkte: Jeg har visst sett litt for lenge. </span><span>Shit</span><span>!</span></span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Hun så litt tilbake mot høyre, for å se hva han gjorde. Han sto opp, og.., og kom mot henne. Charlott sto fort opp og holdt på å gå. Men han var litt raskere.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Hola! 	sa han.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Hun gulpet, hva skulle hun gjøre nå? Men var modig, snudde seg og sa:</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="en-GB"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;"><span>Emm… </span><span>Me</span> <span>no 	habla español</span><span> (jeg snakker ikke 	spansk), sa hun.</span></span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Gjør 	det noe da?</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Charlott ble forskrekket, var han norsk? </span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Emm… 	jeg vet ikke…</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Gutten smilte.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="en-GB"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Jeg 	kommer fra Spania, men har bodd i Norge, forklarte han.</span></span></span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Oja, 	okey.., Charlott visste ikke hva hun skulle gjøre.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Er 	du her på ferie?</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Ja, 	med familien. Og du?</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="en-GB"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;"><span>Jeg 	bor her, med broren min, </span><span>Rafael</span><span>, 	han er 22 år. Eller jeg bor med han og <em>kona</em> hans!</span></span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Hun så ut som et spørsmålstegn. </span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Ja, 	du skjønner, begynte han. – Han er gift, men de pleier 	å krangle hele tida, så noen ganger orker jeg bare ikke 	å være tilstede når de krangler. Så jeg 	pleier å komme hit, for å tenke.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Oh! 	okey, Charlott visste ikke hva hun skulle si. Her stod hun på 	stranda (i Barcelona) og snakket med en helt ukjent gutt!</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Fabio, 	sa han og tok fram hånda.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Hæ? </span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Fabio, 	det er det jeg heter, han smilte til henne.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Oh! 	Charlott, hun tok hånda hans. Den var myk og varm, men 	samtidig stram og sterk. </span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Du 	snakker ikke mye, sa han med et smil. Charlott hadde lagt merke til 	at han smilte mye.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Vel… 	jeg vet ikke helt hva jeg skal si. Jeg mener, her står jeg og 	snakker med en helt fremmed gutt midt i Barcelona!</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Hun angret med en gang på at hun sa det, så hun prøvde å finne på noe annet å si.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Jeg 	må gå, sa hun fort.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="en-GB"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Nei 	vent, når kan vi møtes igjen? Jeg kan vise deg rundt i 	byen, hvis du vil? Hva sier du?</span></span></span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Han så håpefullt på henne.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="en-GB"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Ja, 	greit. Kan vi møtes her i morgen klokka 11:00?</span></span></span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Samme 	for meg!</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Fint, 	god natt.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Natta!</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="en-GB"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Charlott gikk fort tilbake til hotellet, løp nesten. Hva har jeg gjort nå da? tenkte hun. Hun hadde nettopp blitt kjent med en fremmed gutt, som ikke var så fremmed nå lenger. Nå var han Fabio. </span></span></span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Charlott våknet klokka 10:30. </span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Oi 	da! sa hun. kanskje litt høyt, for nå våknet 	broren hennes.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Hva 	er det du har det så travelt med da? spurte han.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Jeg… 	jeg skal møte noen, sa hun mens hun hoppet ut av senga.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Aha! 	Noen. Tørr jeg spørre hvem denne ”noen” 	er?</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Tro 	meg det gjør du ikke. Kom igjen snu deg.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Hvorfor 	det?</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Fordi 	jeg skal skifte vel!</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Ok, 	Sinnataggen!</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Nadal hadde alltid kalt henne for det, Sinnataggen. Hun begynte nesten å bli lei av det. </span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Hun skyndte seg å skifte, spiste frokost og løp ut.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">På stranda, midt blant alle menneskene, stod Fabio der og ventet på henne. Bare på henne. Det føltes herlig.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="en-GB"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Hei, 	sa han til henne da hun kom fram.</span></span></span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Hei!</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Så 	skal vi dra, eller vil du heller være her og bade.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Tro 	meg, jeg er ikke akkurat glad i svømming. Jeg liker heller å 	se meg rundt. Spesielt hvis jeg er på et nytt sted. </span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Fint, 	for jeg har ikke tenkt å tilbringe hele dagen min her.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Charlott lo litt, men fikk plutselig litt dårlig samvittighet. </span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Måtte 	du vente lenge, spurte hun.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Jeg? 	Nei nei, jeg vet at jenter bruker lang tid. Kom igjen så går 	vi.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="en-GB"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Hun lo igjen. Du har et så fint smil, ville hun si.</span></span></span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="en-GB"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">De hadde gått i et par timer, og stod nå foran en statue av to menn på hver sine sykler og to skjeletter på som også hadde sykler. Charlott skjønte ikke helt vitsen med den, men hun sa ingenting.</span></span></span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Vil 	du ha litt iskrem? spurte Fabio.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Ja, 	okey, svarte hun.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Kult, 	kom da.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="en-GB"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;"><span>Han tok henne med til en liten kiosk, den het visst ”Las Ramblas </span><span>Helado</span><span>”. </span></span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Helado betydde visst iskrem, og Las Ramblas var navnet på det området de var i eller noe sånt.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Her, 	sa Fabio og rakte henne en pistasie is. </span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Takk, 	svarte hun og tok den i mot. Hun elsket pistasie is. – Hvordan 	visste du at jeg likte pistasie is?</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Hm? 	Han hadde is rundt hele isen. – Tja, jeg er vel flink til å 	kjenne mennesker. Det er faktisk sant, jeg er født med det.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Han smilte, igjen og igjen.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Kom 	igjen, vi setter oss et sted.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Kan 	vi ikke heller gå hjem? spurte hun.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Okey, 	greit for meg.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Venga! 	(Kom igjen!)</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Fabio og Charlott gikk langs stranda utenfor hotellet. De hadde vært stille en stund.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Du 	Charlott? sa Fabio plutselig.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Ja?</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Skal 	du noe i kveld?</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Jeg? 	Nei, hvordan det?</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Vel, 	du vet det er sånn strandfest her ute i kveld. Så jeg 	lurte på om du ville bli med meg, hvis du ikke opptatt altså, 	for ellers kan vi bare glemme det, hvis du vil…</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="en-GB"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">De så på hverandre. Men Charlott prøvde å overse det han hadde sagt.</span></span></span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Du 	har litt is rundt munnen, sa hun og tok en serviett for å 	fjerne det.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Fabio holdt håndleddet hennes.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Charlott, 	vil du?</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="en-GB"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Han hørtes litt mer seriøs nå. </span></span></span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Vel, 	jeg vet ikke.., hun ble litt forvirret.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Men 	hvis du ikke vil er det helt greit for meg.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Han slapp hånda hennes, snudde seg fra henne. Og nå fikk hun i hvert fall dårlig samvittighet. </span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Fabio? 	sa hun. – Greit unnskyld, jeg kan bli med deg. Jeg mente ikke 	å gjøre deg noe vondt eller noe.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Fabio snudde seg, sperret opp øynene.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Seriøst? 	Vil du?</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Ja, 	hun nikket.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Fett!</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Han holdt rundt henne. Han var deilig å holde. Så varm du er, ville hun si.</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Han slapp henne, og holdt hendene rundt ansiktet hennes. De så på hverandre en stund. En litt lengre stund faktisk. Og da, da gjorde han det, kysset henne. Og slapp henne. Han ble visst litt sjenert selv, for han snudde seg da han snakket til henne.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Så 	skal vi møtes klokka 19:00? spurte han, mens han sto med 	ryggen til henne.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="en-GB"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Ja, 	greit, svarte hun og gikk tilbake til hotellet.</span></span></span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">På bare 1 dag? tenkte hun mens hun var på vei til hotellet.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Klokka 18:30 var Charlott ute av dusjen. Og plutselig så hun Nadal, som vanlig lo han og sov. </span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Din 	latsabbe, sa hun stille ristet på hodet.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Hun gikk tilbake til badet og fønet håret. Men hun gjorde det, tenkte hun på hvordan det ville bli, og hvordan det ville ende. Hun skiftet fort, men passet selvsagt på hva hadde på seg. En halvlang, lyseblå kjole, fine sandaler og en søt, hvit sløyfe på håret.</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Hun så på klokka: 18:55! </span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Da hun var på vei ut av rommet, hørte hun en lyd: - Ikke kom for sent da.</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Det var Nadal. Hun snudde seg og sa: - Neida.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Som vanlig sto Fabio ved stranda og ventet på henne. Da hun ankom så han på henne med store øyne.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Du… 	du.., han klarte ikke å fullføre setningen.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Ja, 	jeg?</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="color:#000000;">… </span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Ser fantastisk ut!</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Takk, 	du ser ikke så verst ut selv, hun nikket mot skjorta hans.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Hihi, 	takk! han smilte med store tenne, nesten litt barnslig. Men det var 	noe av det hun likte ved han. </span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Skal 	vi gå? spurte han</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Ja 	hvorfor ikke? Kan ikke stå her hele kvelden.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Hun smilte til han.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="en-GB"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">På festen var det masse folk. Og Charlott hadde ikke sett så mange spanske folk på et sted før. Unntatt på TV. Det var kjempefint der. Spesielt med palmene rundt der. Og musikken var råkul. </span></span></span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Still 	deg her, så henter jeg noe å drikke til oss, ok?</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Ja, 	okey.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Han ga henne et lite kyss på panna før han dro. Charlott tenkte: Så nært, og så fort?</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Hun sto der Fabio hadde sagt hun skulle stå, men han var ikke kommet enda. Plutselig kom det noen gutter bort til henne. De så ut til å komme fra det skandinaviske hotellet ikke å langt ifra. </span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Nei, 	men se hva vi har her gutter, sa gutten som var helt forrest i 	gjengen. Han var ganske stor.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Har 	du ingen å være med eller?</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Charlott svarte ikke, bare så en annen vei og tenkte: Fabio, kom!</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">For 	hvis du ikke har noen å danse, er vi frivlige. </span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Hun svarte fortsatt ikke.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Ja, 	men svar da for helsike!</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="en-GB"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Gutten prøvde å få tak i armen hennes, men Fabio kom heldigvis i forkjøpet. Han tok henne vekk fra gutten. Og hun ble selvsagt kjempeglad for å se ham. Han holdt rundt henne og trøstet. Hun presset ansiktet mot halsen hans. </span></span></span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Ikke 	gå fra meg igjen, sa hun til han.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Det 	skal jeg ikke, sa han unnskyldende.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Men de andre guttene hadde ikke gitt seg.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Og 	hvem er du da?! Sa en av dem. – Er det dama di eller?</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Hm! 	sa Fabio men han fortsatt holdt rundt henne. – Du bruker det 	ordet som om hun er en ting!</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Ja, 	hva ellers er hun? Ting er noe man bruker og da er damer ting.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Nå ble Fabio rasende. Han slapp Charlott og gikk mot gutten. </span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Charlott gikk et annet sted. Hun ville ikke se det, ville ikke se, ville ikke høre. Tårene rant nedover kinnene hennes, hun ville ikke være her.</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="en-GB"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Charlott satt ved strandkanten utenfor hotellet, og lurte på hvordan Fabio hadde det. Lurte på om han var skadet eller noe. Tårene hennes hadde tørket mot huden, men orket ikke å ta det bort. Hun følte seg dum som hadde forlatt Fabio i en sånn situasjon. Nå ville han sikkert aldri tilgi henne.</span></span></span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Er 	det her du er? hørte hun en stemme si bak henne, det var 	Fabio han satte seg ved siden av henne. </span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Hun så bort på han, han var skadet!</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Charlott rettet på seg, tørket bort tårene og rev av et stykke fra kjolen.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Hva 	er det du gjør? spurte han.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Ser 	du det ikke, du er skadet. Sånn ikke rør deg nå, 	jeg skal fikse det.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="en-GB"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Hun lot han ikke si noe. De bare satt der, og Charlott fikset på armen hans som var veldig skadet.</span></span></span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Hvorfor 	gjorde du det? spurte hun da hun ble ferdig.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Hva 	da?</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Du 	vet.., sloss med de guttene der.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Hun lente seg mot skuldrene hans.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Det 	vet du godt, jeg tåler ikke at noen sier noe sånt om 	deg.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Men 	det er så rart…</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Hva 	da?</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">At 	vi ble så fort kjent, og plutselig.., sammen.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Det 	er da ikke noe nytt, jeg gjør sånt hver dag jeg.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">HVA?!</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Charlott sto opp, kunne ikke tro hva hun nettopp hadde hørt. Så hun snudde seg for å gå.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="en-GB"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;"><span>Hey</span><span>, 	hvor skal du? Jeg bare tullet litt det vet du vel.</span></span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="en-GB"><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;">Han sto opp og gikk etter henne, men hun hadde stoppet. Han holdt rolig rundt henne, bakfra. </span></span></span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Unnskyld, 	sa han.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Charlott snudde seg, smilte og krøp inn til halsen hans igjen. </span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Lov 	meg å aldri si noe sånt igjen, sa hun.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="en-GB"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;"><span>Jeg, 	Fabio Nuez, lover å aldri si noe sånt igjen til deg, 	Charlott </span><span>Lingerie</span><span>, 	den vakreste og hyggeligste jenta jeg noensinne har møtt.</span></span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">De så på hverandre, begge smilte.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Kom, 	jeg følger det opp.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;">Ok.</span></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="nb-NO"></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;" lang="en-GB"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;"><span>THE</span><span> END </span></span></span></span></p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nothing compares to Indian literature.
<p>While much of the western literature has recent origins, possibly around 14/15th century, the Indian literature spans across millennia. And these are not just religious writings, but stuff dealing with topics and literary categories as vivid as short stories, novels, poetic creations, moral duties, animal tales, politics and drama. Creations like Meghdoot, Chanakya Niti, Hitopdesh, Panchtantra, Jatak all have one thing in common. They all justify what I am saying. That Indian culture and literature is not just about Gods and seemingly impossible fiction. That there is a second stream too… which tries to find soul stirring emotions from day to day tales, with which one can relate. For instance how elaborately has Kalidas succeeded in portraying the picture of rainy season and green valleys and that charm of seeing dark skies with clouds. That’s not something out of blue. People have experienced it over ages, but then a genius like him could bring it out in such an immaculate fashion that even today it’s as refreshing as it was perhaps when it was created. Trying to disseminate meaning of human life and true values through animal tales is something quite extraordinary. And all this has been there even before rest of world could think beyond religious texts, if any.
<p>And why I am writing this today. For I believe that my countrymen are loosing faith in their own literature and just blindly following western literature, which certainly is worth its weight, but then is a few niches below Indian literature both in terms of context and roots. That our literature has withstood test of time and is still as fresh in our memories, having passed down generations, says a lot about what we are unknowingly ignoring.
<p>Self-respect begins with respecting your tradition. Critique begins with self-appraisal. True path is attained not from reading scriptures or texts; they serve only to channel your thoughts. Ultimately it’s your decision as to how you want to see yourself and the world.
<p>With these thoughts, I am beginning a new section on my blog on Indian literature. This will be in Hindi/Sanskrit with brief summary of some literary works and some of their portions, which I found interesting. There will also be creations from some recent hindi greats like Premchand. But all stuff will be in regional languages: Hindi/Sanskrit only.
<p>Certainly, my opinion could be different from yours but this is just an attempt to kindle your interest in reading these great literary works. You are free to form your own opinions, just as our ancestors have time and again stated in these books. And what’s my source of this information?? I am no sage and nor do I have any vast collection of religious books. Hell, I don’t even know Hindi/Sanskrit well. But then I attempt and will attempt to read whatever books I can find on Indian literature and will keep you posted.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The First Commandment: Chapter 3]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Introduction
The Foundation Story Continued were the two chapters already on the web.
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<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Cambria','serif';"><a href="http://dsms.wordpress.com/2007/11/02/the-foundation-story-continued/">The Foundation Story Continued</a> </span></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Cambria','serif';">were<u> </u>the two</span><u><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:'Cambria','serif';"> </span></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Cambria','serif';">chapters already on the web.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Cambria','serif';">Actually, it is a part of a grand novel conceived and designed to be a socio scientific novel containing Future History, Space opera, Sex, adult sex I mean― but constructive, not destructive in any way, Religion, Humanity, Metaphysics, Psychology, our real History― not future history that’s already mentioned, &#38; politics.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Cambria','serif';">Having thus a very large canvas, I present here it’s third chapter.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Cambria','serif';">The novel is named: ‘The First Commandment’.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Cambria','serif';">As it is said, the first two chapters are already on the web with a different name:<u> <a href="http://dsms.wordpress.com/2007/11/02/the-foundation-story-continued/">The Foundation Story Continued</a>.</u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Cambria','serif';">Now the third chapter――</span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-indent:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span> </span><span>                                                                                </span></span><span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Chapter three</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-variant:small-caps;">The </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-variant:small-caps;">robot</span></a><span style="font-size:16pt;font-variant:small-caps;"> problem</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'ParkAvenue BT';"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'ParkAvenue BT';">Dr. Eva Pirenne could not deny that she had</span><span style="font-size:10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'ParkAvenue BT';">started to</span><span style="font-size:10pt;"> enjoy my </span><a href="http://www.westminster.edu/staff/brennie/hinduscr.htm"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Hindu Penis</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;"> into her </span><a href="http://www.religioustolerance.org/christ7.htm"><span style="font-size:10pt;">atheist Christian cunt</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;">, as soon as it entered her, her pride hurt or not, it was her disgrace or not.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">She was not a Brāhmañ or Savarñā girl, as they were called in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Hindu System of Life</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Dr. Eva Pirenne smiled.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">What a System of Life!</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">What a queer System of Life!</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">They believed in Satītv and Pātivratý for women but in polygamy for their male members.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Double standard!</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Isn’t it?</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span> </span></span><a href="http://dsms.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/ved-ved-bhashy-rgved-mandal-1-sookt-1/"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Durgesh has modernized it</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;"> and has succeeded to make it the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Hinduism"><span style="font-size:10pt;">utmost successful System of Life</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;">, being practiced by almost infinite males.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Yes! By almost infinite males! </span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Males! </span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Not females!</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">There are almost infinite </span><a href="http://dsms.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/ved-ved-bhashy-rgved-mandal-1-sookt-1/"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Dvij Hindus</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;">, who believed in this </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Hinduism"><span style="font-size:10pt;">utmost successful System of Life</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">There are almost infinite </span><a href="http://dsms.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/ved-ved-bhashy-rgved-mandal-1-sookt-1/"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Bachhalyā Hindus</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;">, who believed in this </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Hinduism"><span style="font-size:10pt;">utmost successful System of Life</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">But, as far as the Females are concerned, they were called </span><a href="http://www.bsna.org/"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Brāhmañ or Savarñā girls</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;"> at the most, not </span><a href="http://dsms.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/ved-ved-bhashy-rgved-mandal-1-sookt-1/"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Dvij Hindus or the Bachhalyā Hindus</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedas"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Dvij Hindus and Bachhalyā Hindus</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;"> did not have their own womankind as the </span><a href="http://www.muslimhope.com/SectsOfIslam.htm"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Muslims</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;">, the </span><a href="http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_deno.htm"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Christians</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;">, the </span><a href="http://judaism.about.com/library/uc/uc_sects_a.htm"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Jews</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;">, the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Communists</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;">, the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism"><span style="font-size:10pt;">atheists</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;"> and the others Systems of Life had.<span style="color:red;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedas"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Dvij Hindus</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;"> marry and enjoy sexually </span><a href="http://christianactionforisrael.org/medigest/may00/arabnazi.html"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Årab Muslimāt</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;"> mostly and their second choice is </span><a href="http://www.muslimhope.com/SectsOfIslam.htm"><span style="font-size:10pt;">other Muslimāt</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><a href="http://dsms.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/ved-ved-bhashy-rgved-mandal-1-sookt-1/"><span style="font-size:10pt;">The Bachhalyās</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;"> prefer the </span><a href="http://www.bsna.org/"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Brahm Kanyās and even the Brahmāñīs</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;"> to other virgins. The Savarñās are their second choice. </span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Only </span><a href="http://www.hinduwebsite.com/hinduindex.asp"><span style="font-size:10pt;">the traditional Hindus</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;"> are interested in </span><a href="http://www.muslimhope.com/SectsOfIslam.htm"><span style="font-size:10pt;">other Muslimāt</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;">, </span><a href="http://www.religion-cults.com/Christianity/denominations.htm"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Christian beauties</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;">, </span><a href="http://www.jewfaq.org/movement.htm"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Jews beauties</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_communism"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Communist beauties</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;">, </span><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/atheism/"><span style="font-size:10pt;">atheist beauties</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;"> and the beauties belonging to the others Systems of Life.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><a href="http://www.bsna.org/"><span style="font-size:10pt;">The Brahm Kanyās, the Brahmāñīs</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;"> and the </span><a href="http://www.hinduwebsite.com/hinduindex.asp"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Savarñās</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;"> were treated as traditional Hindus, some of them claiming to be Dvij Hindus even and even being accepted so.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Some of the </span><a href="http://contenderministries.org/islam/divisions.php"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Årab Muslimāt, other Muslimāt</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;">, </span><a href="http://www.religion-cults.com/Christianity/denominations.htm"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Christian beauties</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;">, </span><a href="http://www.religionfacts.com/judaism/history.htm"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Jews beauties</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Empire"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Communist beauties</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism"><span style="font-size:10pt;">atheist beauties</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;"> and the beauties belonging to the others Systems of Life; also claimed to be Dvij Hindus; and the </span><a href="http://dsms.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/ved-ved-bhashy-rgved-mandal-1-sookt-1/"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;">strange Society</span></i><span style="font-size:10pt;"> practicing this strange System of Life</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;"> also accepted them to be so.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;">It was not a Society by birth</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;">, <b><u>it was a Society by faith</u></b>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">A peculiar Society it is.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Is it not?</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Dr. Eva Pirenne smiled again.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">She was 28 years old now.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">She was aware of her startling, surprising, astonishing, amazing, and astounding, female beauty and youth.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">So were her remaining 249 young girl friends.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">While studying on </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trantor"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Trantor</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;">, they were offered roles of heroines in 3-D hyper cinemas and serials against </span><a href="http://dsms.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/ved-ved-bhashy-rgved-mandal-1-sookt-1/"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Durgesh</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;"> himself as their hero.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Dorrie Hardin was mad with ecstasy when she was offered such a role.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">“Are you mad, Dorrie?” Eva Pirenne admonished her, “Brother </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvor_Hardin"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Salvor</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;"> has sent you here for study, to get Doctorate in </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'ParkAvenue BT';">Psychology and administration,</span><span style="font-size:10pt;"> not to be a heroine in hyper movies or serials.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Dorrie Hardin was all ecstasy.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">“I’ve to play a Terminiun girl fallen in love with </span><a href="http://dsms.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/ved-ved-bhashy-rgved-mandal-1-sookt-1/"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Durgesh</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;"> himself.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">“Sure!” Stella Seldon smiled ironically, “The </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trantor"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Trantor</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;"> is honoring </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminus_%28planet%29"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Terminus</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;">. Isn’t it?”</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">“They say let bygones be bygones.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">“Act your age, Dorrie! You are 27 now.” Martha Christ rebuked her.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">“Fifty years ago, <b><span style="font-variant:small-caps;">only fifty years ago</span></b><span style="font-variant:small-caps;">, </span>they expelled our parents from </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trantor"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Trantor</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;">.” Eva Pirenne was furious, “And what our parents’ crime was? They wanted to serve humanity, at least in our galaxy.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">“Eva darling! It has been discussed fifty years ago. We could not convince the <b><span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Commission of Public Safety</span></b><span style="font-variant:small-caps;">. E</span>ven </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hari_Seldon"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Dr. Hari Seldon</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;">, the great mathematician, and Dr. </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaal_Dornick"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Gaal Dornick</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;"> from </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minor_Foundation_universe_planets#Synnax"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Synnax</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;"> failed.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">“No, Dorrie Hardin!” Eva Pirenne clenched her right palm into a fist, “They did not fail. They were not listened to. </span><a href="http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Dimension/1136/chars/chars3.html#Chen"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Linge Chen</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;"> and Claver Divart did not allow them to talk what they could talk about. It was a question </span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-indent:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">of the life of not only over 40, billion people of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trantor"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Trantor</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;">. It was a question of the life of nearly a quintillion human beings </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic_Empire_%28Asimov%29"><span style="font-size:10pt;">the empire</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;"> contains. They were so full of their own vested interests that…”</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">“It’s useless to discuss it now, Eva! Can’t you see? We have accepted our exile from </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trantor"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Trantor</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;"> then.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">“Well, I’ve not.” Eva Pirenne clenched her right palm again into a fist.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">“Eva!” Dorrie Hardin looked at her astonished.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Eva Pirenne was as furious still now as she was when the discussion began.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">“I don’t think </span><a href="http://dsms.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/ved-ved-bhashy-rgved-mandal-1-sookt-1/"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Durgesh</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;"> is not responsible for it in the least even. The exile could not be managed without his consent.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">“Now you are becoming crazy. </span><a href="http://dsms.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/ved-ved-bhashy-rgved-mandal-1-sookt-1/"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Durgesh</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;"> cannot be blamed, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hari_Seldon"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Dr. Hari Seldon</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;">, the great mathematician, and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaal_Dornick"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Dr. Gaal Dornick</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;"> from </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minor_Foundation_universe_planets#Synnax"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Synnax</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;">; stated in clear declarations. </span><a href="http://dsms.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/ved-ved-bhashy-rgved-mandal-1-sookt-1/"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Durgesh</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;"> had even offered them to remain on </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trantor"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Trantor</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;">.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">“And, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hari_Seldon"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Dr. Hari Seldon</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;">, the great mathematician, and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaal_Dornick"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Dr. Gaal Dornick</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;"> from </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minor_Foundation_universe_planets"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Synnax</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;">; refused to accept the offer politely?” Eva Pirenne said sarcastically.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">“Yes!” Dorrie Hardin said curtly, “Don’t think only you are patriotic to </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminus_%28planet%29"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Terminus</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;"> and I’m not. My elder brother is the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvor_Hardin"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Mayor of Terminus</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;"> if your father </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minor_Foundation_universe_characters#Dr_Lewis_Pirenne"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Dr. Lewis Pirenne</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;"> is the chief executive officer there.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">“What is patriotic to work in a Trantorian hyper movie, playing a Terminiun beauty, fallen in love with </span><a href="http://dsms.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/ved-ved-bhashy-rgved-mandal-1-sookt-1/"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Durgesh</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;">, and marrying him at last?”</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">“It’s not an ordinary Terminiun beauty I’ve to play, Eva! It’s a future history movie. I’m to play a Mayor of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminus_%28planet%29"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Terminus</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;">.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">“Lady Mayor?”</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">“Yes! Why not?”</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">“Not </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation%27s_Edge"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Harla Branno</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">?”</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">“Why not?” </span><span style="font-size:10pt;">Dorrie Hardin was all ecstasy again.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span>                </span><span>  </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladia_Delmarre"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'ParkAvenue BT';">Dr. Gladia Delmarre</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'ParkAvenue BT';color:black;"> smiled at me.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">She was enjoying my </span><a href="http://dsms.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/ved-ved-bhashy-rgved-mandal-1-sookt-1/"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Hindu Penis</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;"> into her beautiful </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solaria"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Solarian cunt</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">As </span><a href="http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Dimension/1136/chars/chars2.html"><span style="font-size:10pt;">D.G. Baley, Daneel Giskard Baley</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">; left, she came to me and almost forced me to make love to her once again.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">“Do you remember our first sexual intercourse,</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'ParkAvenue BT';color:black;"> Gladia</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">?” I entered her passionately and asked.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">“Of course, darling!”</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'ParkAvenue BT';color:black;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladia_Delmarre"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'ParkAvenue BT';">Dr. Gladia Delmarre</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;"> was flying in heaven, “It was my first encounter with real sex.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;"> </span><a href="http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Dimension/1136/chars/chars4.html#DelmarreR"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Dr. Rikaine Delmarre</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">, my so called husband was a total failure.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladia_Delmarre"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'ParkAvenue BT';">Dr. Gladia Delmarre</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'ParkAvenue BT';color:black;"> remembered.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">She felt as if she was on </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solaria"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Solaria</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;"> itself now.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">She imagined to smell the soil of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solaria"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Solaria</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">She forgot that she was on </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_%28planet%29"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Aurora</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;"> still now.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">She saw herself asking me,</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;"><span> </span>“Why shouldn’t we take a walk and talk when walking? I want to show you the place I’ve inherited from </span><a href="http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Dimension/1136/chars/chars4.html#DelmarreR"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Dr. Rikaine Delmarre</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">. There are some persons who want to rob me off this place by blaming that I’ve killed him.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">“Haven’t you?”</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">“Certainly not.” </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladia_Delmarre"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Dr. Gladia Delmarre</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;"> answered me scornfully, “They want to take possession of the estate I’ve inherited.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">It was quite inconceivable.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solaria"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Solaria</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;"> depended on its under population that </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Naked_Sun"><span style="font-size:10pt;">there was no crime since past two centuries</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">Only twenty thousand people owned the world― ten thousand males and ten thousand females only. </span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">Quite naturally, there was more space for every one of them than needed.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">The beauty was certainly after to win my sympathy.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">Nevertheless, it was a new change in her.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">During the lifetime of </span><a href="http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Dimension/1136/chars/chars4.html#DelmarreR"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Dr. Rikaine Delmarre</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;"> she was afraid of me that I would make her my bed partner any how.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">It did not seem the case now.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">Does she want to fill the vacuum now with me?</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">Even if it is so, I welcome the change.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">Even my wife, her childhood friend, Rājkumārī </span><a href="http://www.bsna.org/"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Dr. Seetā Sharmā</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;"> could not convince her to sleep with me.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">We shivered slightly as we came out.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">Air moved against us and there was a chill to it.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">“</span><a href="http://dsms.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/ved-ved-bhashy-rgved-mandal-1-sookt-1/"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Durgesh</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">!” </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladia_Delmarre"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Dr. Gladia Delmarre</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;"> addressed me, “Are you cold?”</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">“It’s all right.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">“Why all right?”she insisted, “It’s late in the day now. It isn’t really cold however. Nevertheless, if you would like a coat, one of the robots could bring it in a minute.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">“No, Gladia! It’s all right, I say. Let’s enjoy the weather darling!”</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladia_Delmarre"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Dr. Gladia Delmarre</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;"> looked at me meaningfully.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">“Darling? So you haven’t given up even now? You still want me to make your woman?”</