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had got caught in the pack and was tripped by another runner in front of the=
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AN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ERebecca=A0powered through the =
field of competitors to finish 50<SUP=3Eth</SUP=3E with a bleeding knee whil=
e Rachel finished well behind her=2E Rachel's heroic act of self-sacrifice f=
or her sister had cost her the race=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0=
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lations Rebecca because you got up and continued to run in spite of your inj=
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=A0 </SPAN=3EAs your father I=92m really proud of you both=94=2E <o:p=3E</o:=
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 father, =93I=92m really proud of you=94=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=
=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EYour gift of words of encouragement will not cost you much t=
o give, but they will be worth millions of dollars to your children=2E<SPAN =
style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EA father=92s words of encourageme=
nt are irreplaceable=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EFind=
 out something this week that your children have done recently or even a lon=
g time ago and tell them how proud you are of them=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E=
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to Alison for=A027 years=2E He is the father of five children, four boys and=
 one girl, ranging in age from 22 years to=A010 years=2E=A0 Warwick is a mus=
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MILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EMe, boring=3F Never!!! Who wo=
uld have thought, me =96 king of the anti-ageing process, could actually be =
boring to a teenager=2E Here I am, barely greying, only a small pot belly, a=
nd still street-smart enough to mix it with the best=85yet no longer appeali=
ng to those fortunate ones still on their =91P=92s=2E Why didn=92t someone t=
ell me that I was crossing that bridge =96 that significant moment in time w=
hen you become =93old=94=3F<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoBlock=
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e I was, displaying my entire prowess in impressing the younger generation a=
bout my exploits and achievements =91back in my day=92=2E It felt like I had=
 a captive audience, they were eating out of the palm of my hand, they were =
spellbound=2E How wrong I was=2E It wasn=92t until I played back the tape (t=
he mental rewind) that I started to realise just how =91old=92 I must=A0have=
 sounded, and how desperate they must have been for an escape, like their mo=
bile phone ringing=85any excuse=2E Hang on a minute=85now I think about it, =
they all did get a phone call not long after Tracey went to the toilet, some=
thing suspicious going on here! But, doesn=92t everyone want to hear about h=
ow I mastered the Rubix Cube, or about my really good stamp collection, or h=
ow my chess teacher said that I was=85oh, doesn=92t matter=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E=
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fy'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso=
-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EYou see there is a big difference with how your=
 own children react to you, than those reactions of strangers=2E If I was to=
 tell my children about my mastering of the Rubix Cube, then I would be the =
hero=85however, tell a bunch of modern day teenagers, and you become the Ste=
ve Erkel look-alike from Nerdsville=2E Now my illustration about the Rubix c=
ube might be a little far from the truth, but you get my drift=2E It wouldn=92=
t matter if I told them how I surfed this huge wave, or snowboarded the most=
 dangerous run, or had this many stitches from a motorbike accident, it simp=
ly comes down to the fact that the person telling the story is ancient=2E<o:=
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 Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EI am so glad that I got this revel=
ation the other night at that BBQ; the revelation that I may be suffering fr=
om that illness (boring-old-man-itis) and should be wary of my sudden outbur=
sts of skills and mastery around teenagers=2E Now that I am aware of this, i=
t will probably save me some painful and embarrassing moments in the future=2E=
 My strategy=3F What I plan to do is first look at my audience, think about =
what I want to say, pick the right moment, and then say nothing at all=2E Yo=
u never know, because I am the silent type, they may think there is somethin=
g mysterious about me=85they might be in absolute amazement of my feats of m=
astery, with a multi-coloured cube as my claim to fame=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SP=
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=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bi=
di-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EMy point today is this; Thank goodness that our ki=
ds love and adore us as parents=2E Thank goodness that they will always<IMG =
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laugh at our jokes, and that they will constantly be amazed at our feats fro=
m yesteryear=2E A captive audience at your beck and call=85with nowhere to r=
un=2E Sorry kids, but this old man needs to share some of his conquests, and=
 seeing that those young teenyboppers down at the milk bar won=92t have a ba=
r of me=85you=92re it!!! <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoBlockTe=
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hydoore=2E=A0 He is married with three children aged one, nine and eleven ye=
ars=2E=A0 Paul is an active surfer who lives on the Sunshine Coast in Queens=
land=2E=A0 He is a family man who hasn=92t lost his sense of humour=2E<o:p=3E=
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<STRONG=3E10 Commandments for Effective Fathers</STRONG=3E</P=3E<P class=3DM=
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ur children</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E=A0</P=
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en know often that you love them just the way they are=2E</P=3E<P class=3DMs=
oNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E=A0</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D=
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en, regularly=2E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E=A0=
</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E5=2E Always be ho=
nest with your children=2E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0c=
m 0pt'=3E=A0</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E6=2E =
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m 0cm 0pt'=3E=A0</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E7=
=2E Take time to listen to your children=2E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D=
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border=3D0=3E'Dear Lord, please don't let me be late=2E Dear Lord, please do=
n't let me be late' =2E=2E=2E=2E at this moment she tripped and fell, gettin=
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tly represented the Fatherhood Foundation at a national workshop conducted b=
y the Department of Health and Ageing=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=
=A0 </SPAN=3EOur task was to contribute towards an understanding of suicide =
amongst men in the 25-44 age group and to assist in developing a strategic a=
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: Verdana'=3ESome of the discussions and debates about the causes of suicide=
 within this age group reminded me of the children=92s story about the anima=
ls that climbed into a boat one by one until the boat finally sank=2E<SPAN s=
tyle=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThe first into the boat were the b=
iggest and heaviest animals=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=
=3EThey only added stability to the boat and on their own they did nothing t=
o threaten its safety=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThe=
 last and tiniest creature made very little difference to the overall situat=
ion, but its addition was enough to create a catastrophe=2E<SPAN style=3D'ms=
o-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThe question is posed:<SPAN style=3D'mso-spa=
cerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWho sank the boat=3F<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: =
yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThis is a difficult puzzle to solve for preschool philos=
ophers=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWas it the big fat=
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AN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWas it the tiny little mouse i=
nvited in at the end to join the fun=3F<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0=
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N style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWere all the animals equally re=
sponsible or should they be apportioned a degree of blame in proportion to t=
heir weight=3F<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MA=
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As a young child I enjoyed the story but I didn=92t know the answer=2E<SPAN =
style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI still don=92t know the answer=2E=
<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 27=2E=
55pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: =
10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMs=
oNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 27=2E55pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN=
 lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EThe thought =
processes required to consider this children=92s story is similar to that re=
quired in consideration of the reasons or causes of suicide=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E=
</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 27=2E55pt 0pt 0cm; =
TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAM=
ILY: Verdana'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D=
'MARGIN: 0cm 27=2E55pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU st=
yle=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EPerhaps there is no correct =
answer and our understanding depends entirely on our experience and perspect=
ive=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EOr perhaps not all pr=
oblems have a simple solution=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SP=
AN=3EThere may be no single cause, but rather a complex array of multiple ca=
uses acting together in a cumulative way to bring about a particular outcome=
=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EPart of the equation may=
 also be factors interacting and reacting in a way that promotes or contribu=
tes to the outcome=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ESome c=
auses may not be events, but rather, omissions=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun=
: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ESome causes may never be revealed because the right qu=
estions are not being asked, and as a consequence the right evidence or data=
 is not being collected=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal=
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Y: Verdana'=3EIn the analogy of the children=92s story, perhaps the boat was=
 too small, or lacked buoyancy, or was poorly maintained=2E<SPAN style=3D'ms=
o-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWhat about the surrounding waves, the depth =
of the <IMG hspace=3D4 src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/c=
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water, the fear of an impending or imaginary storm=3F<SPAN style=3D'mso-spac=
erun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EMaybe the responsibility lies with the regulatory =
controls, the boat=92s design or construction or the excessive baggage=2E<SP=
AN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EMaybe there are a multitude of=
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nd to the opportunity to assign blame or responsibility, and to the string o=
f causal factors, the removal of any of which may have averted the final out=
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e the chaos theory isn=92t the only theoretical framework for considering th=
e relationship between cause and effect in the area of suicide prevention=2E=
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er of participants at the suicide prevention workshop held firmly to a very =
strong conviction that about 1,000 suicide deaths each year can be directly =
attributable to the activities of the Family Law Court and the Child Support=
 Agency=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThey believed tha=
t because the causal relationship can be easily identified, then the prevent=
ative measures required are obvious and a successful outcome to their implem=
entation is certain=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal sty=
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Verdana'=3EThis view can be illustrated by changing the children=92s story a=
nalogy=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThe last two anima=
ls on the boat were the biggest=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </=
SPAN=3EThey came uninvited and unwanted, pretending to be something other th=
an what they were=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThere i=
s no doubt that they were responsible for the boat sinking=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E=
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//www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/client=5Fimages/fathers=5Fbig%20rock=
=2Ejpg' align=3Dleft border=3D0=3ESwitching analogies, it wasn=92t the last =
straw that broke the camels back, it was those two great big boulders that l=
anded together with a thud, unexpected and with destructive impact=2E<o:p=3E=
</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 27=2E55pt 0=
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EN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EThe Child Support Ag=
ency and Family Law Court deprive fathers of their children=2E<SPAN style=3D=
'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EFathers without children lose their sense=
 of identity, their hope, their purpose and their reason for living=2E <o:p=3E=
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EN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EThe solution is simp=
le=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThese two organisation=
s must be abolished=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal sty=
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Verdana'=3EThis doesn=92t, of course, address the issue of the suicide death=
s of men who are not fathers=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPA=
N=3EThe causes here may well be complex=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P c=
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10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EBut in the meantime, let=92s not abandon non-c=
ustodial fathers=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIn devel=
oping and implementing strategies for suicide prevention, we should do what =
we can and then work to achieve that which is not yet within our capacity=2E=
<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ELet=92s rescue those who we=
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erdana size=3D2=3ESubmitted by Richard Yiap who was greatly moved by the poi=
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'Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif' color=3Dblack=3E<br=3E<a name=3D'anc=
hor7'=3E</a=3E<b=3EThought for the Week</b=3E</font=3E<font face=3D'verdana'=
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uage: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA=3F=3E<B style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:=
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ace=3D'Comic Sans MS'=3EA father sacrifices much </FONT=3E</H3=3E<H3 align=3D=
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'=3EBack to top</a=3E</font=3E</div=3E<br=3E<p=3E</p=3E</font=3E</blockquote=
=3E</td=3E</tr=3E<tr=3E<td width=3D578 height=3D13 bgcolor=3D'#ffffff' nowra=
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th=3D578 height=3D25 bgcolor=3D'#ffffff' background=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2E=
com=2Eau/email=5Fblast/templates/fathers/template1/Generic/fade=2Egif'=3E<bl=
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' color=3Dblack=3E<br=3E<a name=3D'anchor8'=3E</a=3E<b=3ENews & Info</b=3E</=
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=3E</P=3E<P=3E<STRONG=3E<FONT size=3D2=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana=3EFlexitime da=
ds go for family life</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</STRONG=3E<SPAN=3E</P=3E<DIV=3E<DIV=3E=
<FONT face=3DArial size=3D2=3EIn an article by Christine Jackman in the Week=
end Australian this past weekend ' the family friendly workplace is booming'=
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numbers of parents are using flexible working conditions to make time to car=
e for their children=2E</FONT=3E</DIV=3E<DIV=3E<FONT face=3DArial size=3D2=3E=
Much of the growth has been fuelled by fathers, whose use of flexi time, job=
 sharing, part time or work from home arrangements jumped from 24% in 1993 t=
o 30% last year'</FONT=3E</DIV=3E<DIV=3E<FONT face=3DArial size=3D2=3EChrist=
ine goes on to say that 'the statistics shatter the myth that increasing num=
bers of young children are being left in care for long hours while their par=
ents pursue careers'=2E</FONT=3E</DIV=3E<DIV=3E<FONT face=3DArial size=3D2=3E=
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2=3EI hear the pain that Roland writes with, but I also hear and sense the b=
itterness=2E=A0I heard it in the last paragraph of his friend's article who =
was contemplating suicide=2E=A0Its the same bitterness that my mother had an=
d its deadly=2E</FONT=3E</DIV=3E<DIV=3E<FONT face=3DArial size=3D2=3E</FONT=3E=
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 lived with my grand parents=2E=A0 My father left=2E=A0 I never saw him agai=
n until I was 22years old=2E=A0=A0Six years later the=A0court requested he p=
ay maintenance of $6 a week=2E=A0He never did=2E =A0Praise God my mother was=
 able to work=2E=A0 I was left in the care of my invalid grandmother=2E=A0 C=
ongratulations on honouring your responsibility financially=2E=A0 In those d=
ays, the government issued a milk allowance to divorced or widowed women wit=
h children and the hardships went on and on=2E=A0 My mother collected copper=
wire to help supplement her income after we left my grandparents home=2E=A0 =
It was tough for women then, and perhaps that's why some of these evil femin=
ists fought to get something decent for the children whose fathers had abdic=
ated their responsibility and sentenced them to a life of near poverty=2E=2E=
</FONT=3E</DIV=3E<DIV=3E<FONT face=3DArial size=3D2=3E</FONT=3E=A0</DIV=3E<D=
IV=3E<FONT face=3DArial size=3D2=3EDivorce, domestic violence (which by the =
way 95% occurs at the hands of males) It is so terrible, but worse still is =
the chill and desperation that enters the heart of a child listening and sen=
sing that their mother (or in your case father) hates the other parent=2E=A0=
 Children pick this up, it confuses them and hurts them and I know it all to=
o well, because I was one of them=2E=A0 </FONT=3E</DIV=3E<DIV=3E<FONT face=3D=
Arial size=3D2=3Ein=A0the grace and love of Jesus, and His wonderful Father,=
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Sans MS'=3EYou are proud of us, just as</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMs=
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l and Rebecca for </FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARG=
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FONT face=3D'Comic Sans MS'=3Ehelping each other instead of winning the race=
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