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As one of the four online platforms of Tencent, Tencent Games is a world-class online game developer and operator, and is recognized as the largest online game community in China. In line with the Tencent online life strategy, Tencent Games is dedicated to the sustainable development of long term game-related products that are both healthy and competitive, catering to users' fundamental needs and ensuring ease of application. With an open attitude, Tencent Games has set benchmarks in multi-segment online game markets and achieved great results by implementing a combination of in-house development and diverse cooperation with other companies.
Journey to the Fairyland --- Tencent's first major 3D online game
Journey to the Fairyland is a major online game developed by PixelSoft, for which Tencent acts as agent. The game draws upon a traditional Chinese legend, and takes 3 years to complete, with a R&D investment of tens of millions of RMB. The game features the style of Chinese artistic films. Drawing upon a well-known traditional Chinese legend as its theme, the player can direct first hand stories of ordinary people. With high picture quality, low configuration requirement, ease of use and low entry barrier, the game boasts of the following features: a unique battle system, powerful weaponry with a high level of action, multi-player mounting system, different game experiences in travel or battle, as well as a unique emotional system to make virtual characters more realistic and allow players get more fun and enjoyment from the game.
DNF --- An extraordinarily popular online fighting game
As the forerunner of the world's 2D MMOACT, Dungeon & Fighter (DNF) has drawn upon the innovative philosophy of making classical arcade games online to become a milestone in the history of online game development in the world. With similar setup as that of classic side-scrolling action games, unlimited strike action and extremely diversified professional branches, DNF provides a precision operational experience and a sense of strike joy. It enables players to fully experience the essence of games! Meanwhile, it introduces the proven system of MMORPG and such concepts as professions, skills, levels, tasks and items, and provides interactive contents as team formations, trading, friends, chatting and master-apprentice systems. Concurrently featuring both the essence of RPG growth and classics actions, DNF has undoubtedly become a grand integrator of innovative online game models!
QQ HUAXIA --- Render your own myth
QQ HUAXIA is a mythological online game developed by Shenzhen Domain and co-published by Tencent and Domain. It features an epic-like game background and plots, and shows us an ancient mythical world in China, which is restored according to the ancient book record. As a new mythical online game in which wars between immortals, man, demons and the nether world run throughout, QQ HUAXIA provides a large number of high-reward duplicate tasks. The various mythical animals in the ancient myths are free for players to ride on. Players can even summon BOSS as their baby. The unique clan system and city battles create for players an ancient battlefield full of PK joys. It is precisely all these that makes this restored Chinese mythical world full of unlimited wonder and possibilities.
Hero Island --- Tencent's first casual combat online game
Hero Island is a new online game which offers 30 heroic professions and concurrently features traditional MMORPG, ACG and combat online games. It is jointly operated by Shenzhen Domain and Tencent. As Tencent's first leisure combat online game, Hero Island allows players to directly log in with their QQ number. It can open up the brightest new game icons, and provide players with free entertainment experiences. The game has 2 major camps with distinctively different styles: the imperial camp and the federal camp. Based on their own likings, players can choose to join either camp. The game has a unique and characteristic multi-champion career portfolio, casts off the constraints of fixed professions and allows players to freely select 30 personalized professions and make free combinations of them. Players can experience the unprecedented joys combining various professions.
Dragon Power
Dragon Power, a role-playing 2D MMOG, is developed by Shanghai Jiayou Network Science & Technology Co., Ltd. and Tencent serves as its operating agent. Drawing upon the rich 5,000-year-old Chinese culture, it carries a fresh classic temperament, and truly allows players to savor the lasting chivalrous spirit which is present in every Chinese. The game has a total of 4 schools, each with its advantageous weapons and skills. For example, the grand Army-Breaking School can dominate in the underworld with a long spear. The Righteous Tao School with long fairy beards runs through the long dust-covered bumpy road with a long sword and a wine kettle. The wise Cloud-Crossing School may set up plots hard to guard against. And, there is the mysterious and cruel Heavenly Demon School holds dialogue with the Immortals with a harp. The sound and extremely human social relationships will allow players to experience long-lasting compassions filled with love and hatred. Whom shall you fight with your raised knife? Will you thrust yourself into the underworld to remove traitors and the evil, or shed blood in the battle field? From the scared and tragic ancient battlefield of the Earthy and Wooden Fortress, you will be led into the world of Dragon Power.
QQ Xian Xia Zhuan --- Tencent's first major 3D online game
QQ Xian Xia Zhuan is a large-scale 3D online game which Tencent has taken 5 years to develop. Taking the stories of Dongfang Xianxia, the game adopts world-class online game development technology. Brilliant riding horses with Chinese characteristics, magnificent and fluent stunts and Xianxiaxiu with 100 million combinations bring a top-class visual feast to players. QQ Xian Xia Zhuan carries forward a philosophy of developing the simplest and the most relaxed 3D online game, and provides all kinds of customized and convenient game setup. In combination with the QQ platform of massive users, it builds a powerful game community to players at large.
World of Fantasy --- A work of the innovative fantasy series, aesthetic Orient and mysterious world
World of Fantasy took 3 years for the core members of Tencent's large-scale online game R&D team to develop. Adopting an aesthetically realistic picture rendition method drastically different from QQ Fantasy, the game takes a Chinese mythical theme as its background to create a marvelous 2D visual thriller. It is integrated with various novel and unique playing designs such as kaleidoscopic barrier duplicate to create a romantic and unique fantasy world for players. As a completely new work in Tencent "Fancy" series, the game has made a magnificent presence.
Cross Fire --- The dream gun battle of 300 million mouse clicks
The giant new-generation work Cross Fire (CF) which Tencent fully developed in 2008 is an online gun battle game with the combat between 2 major international mercenary organizations. Drawing upon the features of several PC FPS games and the multiple gun battle contents popular with Chinese players, the game blends into a profound mercenary culture, exciting gun battle experiences, rich game contents, innovative gaming models, thrilling weapons, and smoothly runs them on ordinary PCs. Since its open beta, the game soon set a record in attracting over 700,000 concurrent online players. This has made it the undisputed representative work of the extremely popular new-generation gun battle games in the FPS field!
AVA --- The advent of magic next-generation FPS online games
A.V.A is a wonderful work of next-generation FPS online games developed by the well-known Korean game company Redduck. Globally, it is distributed by Neowiz. Tencent serves as its agent in China. It is also an FPS online game developed using UnrEAl 3, currently the top-class professional 3D engine in the world. The game is widely seen in the Korean industry as opening a new chapter in the development of the online game industry. It has won the Presidential Award for 2007, the highest award in South Korea's gaming industry. It has also attained the outstanding awards for game pictures and game role categories, making itself truly a Triple Award Winner. A.V.A integrates different strategic playing methods with various arms items, rich game models, changeable and diversified weapon renovation systems, and aims to let player experience the unrivalled experience brought by this so-called "magic work of gun battles".
Q-edition MMOG
QQ San Guo
QQ San Guo is another MMORPG developed in-house by Tencent. Based on the dramatic Three Kingdoms (San Guo) period in Chinese history, QQ San Guo uses both 3D modeling and 2D image technologies. As an online casual role playing game, the game offers easily accessible gameplay with character cartoons, realistic color and side-scrolling. Based on the Three Kingdoms history and a new contemporary animation style, creates a unique game atmosphere, in which historical familiarity and relaxed Q style game concept complement each other. By allowing the players to bond and compete together through their characters, command great historical heroes, and continuously upgrade their weaponry, this game keeps users involved in an innovative and relaxing game world.
QQ Free Fantasy --- The best Q-edition online game in 2008
QQ Free Fanatsy is a large-scale casual game which Tencent has developed for Q-edition online game fans. As a home-made Q-edition online game, QQ Free Fanatsy attracted from the very beginning high attention from various players for its elegant, aesthetic and lovely Q-edition images. It has also won twice the Best Q-Edition Online Game Award of the ChinaJoy Golden Ling Award. Since its nationwide open beta on April 3, 2008, QQ Free Fanatsy, with its most Q-distinctive pictures, most relaxed gaming model, fastest upgrading method and most diversified game playing methods, has announced to all the players the opening of an era of "simple and happy online games".
World of West --- The most magnificent flagship 3D Q-edition online games
World of West is a magnificent 3D Q-edition MMORPG which Tencent will introduce in 2009. Based on the Journey to the West, one of China's four classic novels, the game blends magnificent scenes, vivid and aesthetic personalities and colorful combat skills with 72 magic changes and 81 great hardships in defeating monsters and demons to outline a journey more intriguing than the classic journey to the West. World of West offers a total of 5 major professions for players to choose from. In it, the players can fly freely in the sky, while their pets can personalize and possess additional effects and special skills. The game skillfully brings in familiar classic plots to let the player live through the unforgettable experience of the Monkey King causing havoc in the Heavenly Palace. Play World of West, and experience the 72 changes and the 81 hardships with 400 million Q-people!
QQ Feng Shen Ji --- Tencent's first side-scrolling online game with a mythical theme
QQ Feng Shen Ji is a major side-scrolling work which is developed by Tencent's own R&D team, Crouching Dragon Studio. The game organically blends the traditional Chinese myth Romance of Enfeoffment to Deities with magic and fantasy elements. The splendid Oriental fairy tale pictures and aesthetic 6-headed humans will let players experience a perfect visual feast. The aesthetic dreamland scenes, mysterious and personalized tribes, brilliant immortal sorcery and rich magic animal weapons will absolutely bring a brilliant and exciting experience to players.
Casual game
QQ Dancer --- The most romantic dance game
QQ Dancer is a musical dance game which Tencent co-developed with Beijing Horizon3D, for 300 million QQ girls and boys. In addition to its freshest dancing model, most brilliant screen presentation and most powerful personalized functions, QQ Dancer has been effectively integrated with QQ to establish a richer and more convenient friends-making system. With dynamic music, fashionable dance, colorful costumes and romantic encounters, QQ Dancer will bring you the most fashionable and romantic game experience!
QQ Speed --- The most interesting racing game
QQ Speed is the most interesting and the most fashionable online racing casual game which Tenent has independently developed. It is completely free, and players can directly log in with their QQ accounts. QQ Speed uses the internationally advanced physical engine PhysX to create a true sense of a car racer. Its unique "Border War", romantic "Inter-City Friend Making", fashionable 3D roles, brilliant racing course scenes and a true sense of drifting will bring you to an inspirational top speed world! On January 23, 2009, QQ Speed passes its first anniversary of open beta. Currently, the game has over 100 million registered users and more than 450,000 concurrent online users. QQ Speed is truly the most mainstream online racing game in China.
QQ Tang --- A new journey to experience happy expeditions
QQ Tang is a medium-scale online casual action game which Tencent independent developed and introduced in December 2004. It is the first green online game recommended by the Ministry of Culture. QQ Tang provides PK or a team competition mode for a maximum of 8 persons. The game models include:
"Crack Football", "Mountain Scrambling", "Mysterious Treasure Hunting", "Martial Art Competition", "The Heroic legend", "Machinery", "Pushing the Box" and "Expedition". As a game model pioneered by QQ Tang, the expedition model is different form other competition models and requires combat between players, monsters and the boss. In the expedition model, players will no longer attack each other. Instead, they need to collaborate to defeat monsters in the game.
R2Beat --- A new music movement for Q people
R2Beat is a music sports casual game fully promoted by the well-known Korean game company Neowiz and developed by its SEED9 development team. In China, it is operated by the industry leader Tencent. With the lovely 3D characters and colorful and personalized game pictures, the game has won unanimous reputation from players. R2Beat's "disco music rhythm"+"roller skating" design philosophy has shattered the traditional online leisure game definition and allows players do a music aerobic exercise in the virtual world. Offering popular music, disco rhythm integrated with fashionable roller skating sports, awesome speed and strategic item attacks and defense, the various game models meet players' different feelings of joy.
Punch Monster --- A giant work of super-brilliant and most lovely side-scrolling games
Punch Monster is a 3D side-scrolling casual online game developed by the Korean company Nextplay and operated by Tencent. The game expresses characters in 2D and scenes in 3D. The pictures are fresh and lovely, with outstanding details. In the game, the combat scenes are fierce and brilliant. But, the operation and the system are comparatively simple. All these make the game possess the features of a casual game and comply with the green, healthy, simple and happy gaming philosophy.
Game platform
QQ Game --- ever-present joys
QQ Game is a casual game product which Tencent introduced in August 2003. Currently, it has become the largest casual game community platform in the world, with over 4.8 million concurrent players and over 70 interesting games. These games include board games familiar to players, novel casual games and exciting combat games, and can meet casual game players' different entertainment needs. With its "Green, Healthy and Quality" philosophy, QQ Game has adhered to independent R&D and operations and continuous innovations, and extended and improved traditional popular entertainment game contents to the Internet. In the past 5 years, QQ Game has not only provided users with rich game experiences but also organized various activities, including the CEG Competition, Chinese Gods of Combat Championship, the Charitable Design Contest, the 2008 Guangzhou Dou Di Zhu Open Tournament and the 2009 Players meetings. With these popular activities, QQ Game has created a platform for users to fully show their personalities, enlivened the community atmosphere and brought ever-present joys to users.
Desktop games
QQ PET is an Internet desktop virtual pet software series introduced by Tencent. It provides users with all kinds of virtual pet raising experiences and interactive community services. It is under the business of Internet value-added services. QQ PET offers several pet images. Different kinds of QQ pets make up the Qpet world"--- the largest virtual pet online community in the world. Currently, QQ PET has the 3 pet images of penguin, pig and bear.
Silkroad Hero
Silkroad Hero is Tencent's first war strategy web page game. Players can directly log into the game with a browser, without the need to download the game.. It takes the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty as the background and the Silk Road as the main thread. In the game, players can play the role of a city governor to build a city, accumulate resources, recruit heroes, command army to fight against aliens and eventually become a national hero.Pets with Diabetes: Diet
Diet plays an important role in keeping your pet's
diabetes well regulated. Because insulin requirements change dependingon the amount and
type of food eaten, a consistent, high-quality diet that the pet will reliably eat is
important. The healthier and more consistent the diet, the easier it will be to control
the blood glucose. View
showing the
relationship between food and bg.
The ideal composition of the diet for
diabetic pets has not been determined, and research continues in this area. However,
many vets recommend a special diet that has a higher fiber content than commercially
available foods. These special diets usually contain a greater amount of soluble fiber.
Research in humans and in some animal studies shows that soluble fiber slows the
absorption of glucose from the digestive system. This helps prevent a rapid rise in the
blood glucose after a meal. You will see this referred to as postprandial (after eating)
blood glucose. Several special diets are available by prescription from your veterinarian.
Hills w/d is a commonly used prescription diet. Purina, Eukanuba, and other pet food
manufacturers also make prescription diets.
Another school of thought, particularly for diabetic cats, is to feed a
higher protein diet. Purina has developed a prescription Diabetes
Management Formula.& Many diabet cat owners have reported that their
cat requires less insulin when fed this diet compared to other diets.
Purina provides a feeding plan to your veterinarian to help switch from
normal or higher fiber diets to the higher protein diet while at the same
time preventing insulin overdose.
Some pets refuse to eat prescription foods, or the prescription foods may not be a good
choice for your pet because of other health reasons. Many diabetic pets eat high-quality
commercially available foods and their blood glucose is regulated very well. The
&best& prescription diet won't do your pet any good if he refuses to eat it.
However, soft or semi-moist pet foods should be avoided. They often contain a lot of
sugar and their moist consistency causes a dramatic rise in the blood glucose after a meal.
There are special circumstances that require even more specialized diets. If your diabetic
pet is obese, gradual weight loss is very important. Weight loss can improve
the body's sensitivity to insulin and may help to reduce your pet's need for insulin. Some cats with diabetes
no longer require insulin after their weight is returned to a healthy level. Rapid weight
loss should be avoided. If your diabetic pet is underweight, a reduced calorie diet is not
recommended because of the possibility of the animal continuing to lose weight and
becoming ketoacidotic. Your vet is the best person to decide which special diet is
appropriate for your pet.
of commercial and prescription foods.&
Different foods can be significantly different in their
ingredients and composition.& Here are charts comparing some commonly used foods.
Some people use baby food to supplement their pet's diet, or to encourage eating, so it is
also included here.
Feline canned
Because of potential problems with variability in the composition of the food and
unbalanced nutrition, home-cooking is not usually recommended for diabetic pets. But some
owners have pets that will not eat commercial pet foods, some pets have severe health
problems that can only be managed using a home-cooked diet, or some owners feel that
home-cooked food is healthier for their pet. If you are home-cooking for your pet, keeping
the food healthy, well balanced, and consistent from meal to meal is very important. There
are several books available that discuss canine and feline nutrition and many have recipes
for home-cooked meals. Your veterinarian may also be able to help with the diet, or may be
able to refer you to a veterinarian who is familiar with the special nutritional needs of
a diabetic pet.
Many owners home cook for their diabetic pet, or use a combination of home cooking and
commercial foods.&&
Here are .
What do you feed your pet?&&
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The timing of your pet's meals should be
adjusted to give the best control over the blood glucose. In general, food should be given
before the insulin activity peaks. This way, the sugar from the food is available during
the time when the insulin is active. This helps keep the blood glucose more stable.
Some pets are put on a very strict feeding schedule while others are allowed to free-feed. The
type of feeding regimen you use must be designed specifically for your pet. Here are
some things to consider.
A pet who is &gluttonous& - eats as much as possible
all the time - will probably have to be put on a feeding schedule.&
A pet that
&nibbles& throughout the day may do better if allowed to free-feed.&
It may be very difficult and stressful
on the pet to try to convert a nibbler to a scheduled feeding and
vice-versa.
feedings are more important when the insulin has a strong peak. Food given after the peak
will dramatically increase the blood glucose because there is little insulin around to
counteract the sugar that is being absorbed into the body from the food.&
Strict feeding
schedules are less important when the insulin has a very gradual onset and a gradual
curve. The insulin is present in a fairly constant amount throughout the day, so the sugar
from food will be absorbed and utilized.
Treats can be part of your
diabetic pet's daily routine. Many pets are accustomed
to receiving treats during the day, and eliminating treats from the daily routine may make
your pet unhappy and feel like he is being punished. Healthy treats are available and many owners use treats as part of the
daily diabetes management routine. Giving a small treat when you give the insulin
injection can be a great reward for your pet. Some owners give a treat when the blood
glucose is at its lowest.&
Choosing a healthy
and appropriate treat
Choosing a treat
requires reading the labels and deciding what purpose you want the treat
to serve.&&
A general purpose
Should have no obvious sources of
sugar.& Look on the ingredient list for corn
syrup, malt syrup, molasses, cane molasses, cane sugar, fructose, dextrose,
or maltose.
Look for complex
carbohydrates (whole grains) and meat products as main
ingredients.& There are several dehydrated or freeze-dried meat
products available for both cats and dogs, and many treats that have
no sugar added.
A treat can be used
to raise your pet's blood glucose.&&
When the bg is a little
lower than you would like, but not so low that it requires treating
with corn syrup (Karo), regular food or a treat that contains a
moderate amount of sugar may be what your pet needs.& In this
case, the treats that contain sugar might be appropriate.
Other treat
Fresh low-sugar vegetables like broccoli,
cauliflower, green or red sweet peppers, carrots, turnips
A few pieces of
healthy pet food that is not part of your pet's usual
diet.& Our cat loves a &treat& of the non-prescription
food that non-diabetic cats eat.
Take your pet's usual dry food, crush it, moisten it with a bit of low-fat,
low-salt chicken broth, then bake it in a warm oven until it dries
out.& Sometimes just a different shape or texture is enough for your
pet to think he's getting a special treat.
Bake prescription canned
food into a treat.& One owner discovered her dogs love baked canned W/D.
Here's how to make the treats.& Put the can in the refrigerator so
the food gets more firm.& After a few hours, take the can out and
open both ends.& Use one end piece to push the cylinder of food out
of the can.& Slice the food into very thin slabs. Bake the slices on a cookie sheet at 350
degrees for about 10-15 minutes, then turn the slices over and bake the
other side for about 5-10 minutes. The baking time will depend on how
thick the slices are, but the slices will get a dried crust on each
side. If you cut them too thick, the center will still be soft. A soft
center is not a problem for the dogs, it just gets your fingers messy if
you try to split them into pieces. After baking, let the treats cool on
a cooling rack or paper towel.& Store the baked treats in a sealed
container in the refrigerator. Warning - the kitchen doesn't smell very
good during the baking process. If you bake batches of several cans at a
time, it means less stinky cooking days.&
treat tips
Treats should be given in
moderation.&&
treats can be broken into smaller pieces.&&
Treats can
be part of play time ... treat-hide-and-seek or treat-fetch.&
several toys that hold treats and make the pet do a little thinking to
get the treat out.& This would help slow down those
treat-gulpers.&
If your pet
knows not to nibble (or chomp) your fingers, holding the treat and
making him work a bit for the treat often makes them chew instead of
gulping it down.
A tiny treat
and a lot of love and attention will often satisfy even the most
persistent treat-lover.
picky eaters or when your pet refuses to eat&
Changing diets
Some newly diagnosed (or
not so newly diagnosed) pets are reluctant to eat a new food. When our cat Barney was diagnosed with diabetes we tried to
switch him to a prescription dry food (kibble). He would eat the canned
prescription food, but not the kibble. We already had him on a kibble that was
acceptable for a diabetic, so we allowed him to continue eating it until he
was feeling better and more accustomed to the new diabetes routine.&
When we began the change, each day we exchanged a few of his &regular& kibbles
with the prescription kibble and over the course of a few weeks, we had him switched over to
100 percent prescription kibble.& Unless your pet is eating an
unhealthy diet or your vet recommends an immediate diet change, this gradual
method of changing the diet is usually accepted by most pets and is easy on
their system.&
Refusing Meals
There will probably be times when your pet refuses to eat. With diabetes, eating
consistently is very important. It's even more stressful for you and potentially
life-threatening for the pet if you have already given the insulin injection and then
your pet refuses to eat. There are a few tricks you can try to entice your pet to eat. But
check with the vet to be sure anything you try is ok.
The idea is to put a little bit of your pet's favorite food or a little bit of
a healthy treat in with the usual food to entice your pet to eat.& The
trick is to incorporate the favorite food into the usual food so the
pet can't pick out the yummy food and leave the rest.&
Toppings that work well for cats are:
a small amount (less than a tablespoon) of
a favorite canned cat food.& Choose a healthy food.
a bit of water-packed tuna
cooked chicken shredded into small
scrambled eggs
Something we found that did not work was to try to wet the kibble
with water or juice from a can of tuna. It just made a mushy
mess that Barney refused to eat.
Dog owners have reported a few tricks of their own:&
A little &healthy&
(low-fat, low-salt) chicken broth added to the food is a real treat to some
dogs, and unlike cats, they don't seem to mind their food getting a bit
Campbell's
chicken noodle soup
A bit of whole wheat bread
or crumbled crackers&
Feeding a different
If your pet has already had it's insulin shot or absolutely must eat a meal
for some other reason, it may be acceptable to feed a reasonably healthy and
complete food that the pet really enjoys, even if it is not the pet's usual
food. Eating something is usually better than eating nothing.&
This is probably ok for a meal or two, but if the lack of appetite or abnormal
eating habits continue, be sure to check with your vet and get
advice.& As an example of not eating, Barney was quite ill for about 7
days.& During this time he was adjusting to a new medication and he
either did not eat or vomited his usual food.& We found that he would
eat (and not vomit) scrambled eggs, so that was a large portion of his diet
for several days. I would even take a few of his kibbles, crush them, and
mix it in with the eggs.& Since he was still getting insulin for his
diabetes, eating scrambled eggs was better than eating nothing, and we had
the vet's approval to let him eat whatever he would keep down.
Canine and Feline Nutrition: A resource
for companion animal professionals. Linda P. Case, Daniel P. Carey, Diane A. Hirakawa.
Pocket Companion to the Fourth Edition of Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine.
Stephen J. Ettinger, D.V.M, Editor. 1995. W.B. Saunders Co.
The 5 Minute
Veterinary Consult: Canine and Feline Larry P. Tilly, Francis W.K. Smith, Jr. 1997.
Williams & Wilkins.& Hardcover 1997. General veterinary reference book with
clear, concise summaries. Might be too technical for most people.
Pitcairn's Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats. Richard H. Pitcairn,
Susan Hubble Pitcairn. 1995.& An A-to-Z encyclopedia of common pet ailments and their
treatments also features tips on a do-it-yourself pet checkup, recipes for healthier food,
sources of herbal and homeopathic supplies, and more. Easy to understand.& Dr.
Pitcairn suggests you use the ideas that suit your beliefs.
Updated January 2005
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