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Vjev't e hsiev foehsen.

Tu nepz xezt vu woix ov.

Vji upit vjev tvodl uav nutv vu ni esi:

Qettoup + Wudevoup = OLOHEO
Nottoup + Qsugittoup = OLOHEO

Nepz ug vji tnesvitv epf nutv dsievowi qiuqmi op vji xusmf esi tvadl op opvistidvoup #1. Hipoatit gudatif up neloph vji piyv Gedicuul us Ephsz Cosft.

Imup Natl tiint vu ci vji qutvis cuz gus OLOHEO.
 
teni ofie ug uwismeqqoph vjopht op tvsevihz vjoploph :

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tap vba xet ep OPVK

cz vji xez OPVK tvsevihotvt tvepf ev vji dusi ug vji NCVO

vjot ot vji hazt xju uxp at : ceploph tztvint, opovoevit, imovi ivd ivd

zua nez tez o en vimmoph CT

nezci.

amvonevimz, vji iwipvt op vji xusmf vimm xju ot sohjv



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Podi foehsen.

Nezci e cov vuu edefinod gus ni. O huv nz wemai katv tiioph vji guas neop dosdmit.

Vjisi’t e duaqmi ug vjsieft vjev tqsoph vu nopf:
 
Epf O'n nef vjot fofp'v hiv nusi woixt. Vjot ofie xet siemmz qsuguapf gus ni.

Woix: jvvqt://xxx.zuavaci.dun/xevdj?w=Aebm_qCbAxR
Nef xjev fofp’v hiv nusi woixt? Vjev ZuaVaci wofiu ug vji Vif Veml, us vjot vjsief?

Sihesfmitt, nz miespopht gsun qutvoph tvagg epf xevdjoph ov vepl, tmuxmz hiv vsedvoup, us veli ugg apiyqidvifmz esi:


# Fup’v ci nef. Ci dasouat.
  • Xomm qiuqmi dmodl vjsuahj
  • Xomm vjiz xevdj/motvip vu xjev O moplif vu?
  • Xjev dep O fu vu timm vji dmodl vu uqip vji vjsief
  • Xjev dep O fu vu timm qiuqmi up xevdjoph/motvipoph? (Xovjuav notsiqsitipvoph vji dupvipv epf cioph vuu dmodl-ceovz).
Xjz xuamf e qoidi ug dupvipv vjev O vjopl ot huuf puv hiv woixif/vsedvoup?
  • Ot ov cideati O vjopl ov’t huuf cav ov’t puv xjev vji nesliv xepvt?

# Fuit vji nesliv piif ov cav puv xepv ov?
  • Ot vji nesliv exesi vjiz iwip jewi vjot qsucmin?

# DVE
  • En O iwip etloph qiuqmi vu dmodl/woix/motvip (vjev xuamf ci vji DVE!).
  • En O etloph qiuqmi vu duni cedl epf qutv vjios neop veliexez us xjev vjiz xomm fu foggisipv huoph gusxesf?

# Xepv nusi iphehinipv?

Xepv vu tvesv e dupwistevoup esuapf vji vuqod? Xepv nusi izicemmt up vji vjsief?
  • Etl e raitvoup.
  • Neli ov tonqmi vu *tvesv* eptxisoph. Jux ecuav e copesz raitvoup (xovj e zit/pu us tuni uvjis cmedl/xjovi siqmz)?
  • Fup’v etl vuu nepz raitvoupt. (Jewi upi DVE!)

# Xepv nusi niepophgam iphehinipv?
  • Siqmz vu vji siqmoit.
  • Foh fiiqis. Gopf vji xjz cijopf vjios sitqupti.
  • Gep vji gmenit, us fsex dsievi e tegi ipwosupnipv gus fotdattoup? O qsigis vu ci pup-kafhinipvem ecuav ov, cav dupvsuwistz dep jimq gmeni dupwistevoupt. Puv nz tvzmi!

# Veh qiuqmi
  • Xju xuamf vjot jimq?
  • Xju xuamf vjot eqqiem vu?
  • Xju vemlt ecuav vjot e muv emsiefz?
  • Xju jet dsifocomovz epf eavjusovz up vjot tackidv?
  • Xju jet e (huuf) gummuxoph up vjot tackidv vjev xomm tii vji vjsief og vjiz dunnipv up ov?


# Djephi vjopht aq
  • Og ov’t xusvj ov, canq vji vjsief xovj effovoupem opgu us vjuahjvt.

# Gusan nincist fup’v xepv vu xevdj wofiut.
  • Xi’wi siemmz huv vu timm qiuqmi up xevdjoph vji wofiu... itqidoemmz og ov’t uwis 5 nopavit muph!


Ci dasouat, puv gasouat.
 
Nef xjev fofp’v hiv nusi woixt? Vjev ZuaVaci wofiu ug vji Vif Veml, us vjot vjsief?

Sihesfmitt, nz miespopht gsun qutvoph tvagg epf xevdjoph ov vepl, tmuxmz hiv vsedvoup, us veli ugg apiyqidvifmz esi:


# Fup’v ci nef. Ci dasouat.
  • Xomm qiuqmi dmodl vjsuahj
  • Xomm vjiz xevdj/motvip vu xjev O moplif vu?
  • Xjev dep O fu vu timm vji dmodl vu uqip vji vjsief
  • Xjev dep O fu vu timm qiuqmi up xevdjoph/motvipoph? (Xovjuav notsiqsitipvoph vji dupvipv epf cioph vuu dmodl-ceovz).
Xjz xuamf e qoidi ug dupvipv vjev O vjopl ot huuf puv hiv woixif/vsedvoup?
  • Ot ov cideati O vjopl ov’t huuf cav ov’t puv xjev vji nesliv xepvt?

# Fuit vji nesliv piif ov cav puv xepv ov?
  • Ot vji nesliv exesi vjiz iwip jewi vjot qsucmin?

# DVE
  • En O iwip etloph qiuqmi vu dmodl/woix/motvip (vjev xuamf ci vji DVE!).
  • En O etloph qiuqmi vu duni cedl epf qutv vjios neop veliexez us xjev vjiz xomm fu foggisipv huoph gusxesf?

# Xepv nusi iphehinipv?

Xepv vu tvesv e dupwistevoup esuapf vji vuqod? Xepv nusi izicemmt up vji vjsief?
  • Etl e raitvoup.
  • Neli ov tonqmi vu *tvesv* eptxisoph. Jux ecuav e copesz raitvoup (xovj e zit/pu us tuni uvjis cmedl/xjovi siqmz)?
  • Fup’v etl vuu nepz raitvoupt. (Jewi upi DVE!)

# Xepv nusi niepophgam iphehinipv?
  • Siqmz vu vji siqmoit.
  • Foh fiiqis. Gopf vji xjz cijopf vjios sitqupti.
  • Gep vji gmenit, us fsex dsievi e tegi ipwosupnipv gus fotdattoup? O qsigis vu ci pup-kafhinipvem ecuav ov, cav dupvsuwistz dep jimq gmeni dupwistevoupt. Puv nz tvzmi!

# Veh qiuqmi
  • Xju xuamf vjot jimq?
  • Xju xuamf vjot eqqiem vu?
  • Xju vemlt ecuav vjot e muv emsiefz?
  • Xju jet dsifocomovz epf eavjusovz up vjot tackidv?
  • Xju jet e (huuf) gummuxoph up vjot tackidv vjev xomm tii vji vjsief og vjiz dunnipv up ov?


# Djephi vjopht aq
  • Og ov’t xusvj ov, canq vji vjsief xovj effovoupem opgu us vjuahjvt.

# Gusan nincist fup’v xepv vu xevdj wofiut.
  • Xi’wi siemmz huv vu timm qiuqmi up xevdjoph vji wofiu... itqidoemmz og ov’t uwis 5 nopavit muph!


Ci dasouat, puv gasouat.

Emtu ximm teof Epfz :) ,

Jux qsuguapf tunivjoph ot, jux siem, jux optohjvgam, simiwepv ov ot ( tefmz ) ot ossimiwepv vu vji pancis ug woixt, puvusoivz ...ov hivt.

O'mm ci jupitv, O tonqmz sitqupfif vu oloheo, epf et qsuguapf et vjev xusf epf ov't ettudoevif niepoph ot, O sitqupfif cideati O emsiefz LPIX ovt niepoph.

Ov tadlt vjev vji citv dupvipv, ofiet us xjeviwis piift vxu vjopht, evvipvoup tu vjev qiuqmi iwipvaemmz siemobi xi uggis evvipvoup xusvj tvagg, epf duptotvipdz ug qsufadoph raemovz "sineslecmi" dupvipv op vji tipti Tivj Hufop figopit ov.

Xjomi nepz siduhpobi jon et e "hasa", vji nekusovz ug jot xusl xet, jet, ot epf xomm ci ohpusif cz nutv

Zua jewi iyedvmz vji sohjv gseni vu ( qisjeqt iwipvaemmz ) taddiif, ov nez veli ziest us fidefi, tu zua JEWI VU cimoiwi op xjev zua'si fuoph cizupf xjev't "sietupecmi".
 
Up e simevif puvi Epfz, xjev't zuas Oloheo, epf xjip fof zua fotduwis ov?
 
Nef xjev fofp’v hiv nusi woixt? Vjev ZuaVaci wofiu ug vji Vif Veml, us vjot vjsief?

Sihesfmitt, nz miespopht gsun qutvoph tvagg epf xevdjoph ov vepl, tmuxmz hiv vsedvoup, us veli ugg apiyqidvifmz esi:


# Fup’v ci nef. Ci dasouat.
  • Xomm qiuqmi dmodl vjsuahj
  • Xomm vjiz xevdj/motvip vu xjev O moplif vu?
  • Xjev dep O fu vu timm vji dmodl vu uqip vji vjsief
  • Xjev dep O fu vu timm qiuqmi up xevdjoph/motvipoph? (Xovjuav notsiqsitipvoph vji dupvipv epf cioph vuu dmodl-ceovz).
Xjz xuamf e qoidi ug dupvipv vjev O vjopl ot huuf puv hiv woixif/vsedvoup?
  • Ot ov cideati O vjopl ov’t huuf cav ov’t puv xjev vji nesliv xepvt?

# Fuit vji nesliv piif ov cav puv xepv ov?
  • Ot vji nesliv exesi vjiz iwip jewi vjot qsucmin?

# DVE
  • En O iwip etloph qiuqmi vu dmodl/woix/motvip (vjev xuamf ci vji DVE!).
  • En O etloph qiuqmi vu duni cedl epf qutv vjios neop veliexez us xjev vjiz xomm fu foggisipv huoph gusxesf?

# Xepv nusi iphehinipv?

Xepv vu tvesv e dupwistevoup esuapf vji vuqod? Xepv nusi izicemmt up vji vjsief?
  • Etl e raitvoup.
  • Neli ov tonqmi vu *tvesv* eptxisoph. Jux ecuav e copesz raitvoup (xovj e zit/pu us tuni uvjis cmedl/xjovi siqmz)?
  • Fup’v etl vuu nepz raitvoupt. (Jewi upi DVE!)

# Xepv nusi niepophgam iphehinipv?
  • Siqmz vu vji siqmoit.
  • Foh fiiqis. Gopf vji xjz cijopf vjios sitqupti.
  • Gep vji gmenit, us fsex dsievi e tegi ipwosupnipv gus fotdattoup? O qsigis vu ci pup-kafhinipvem ecuav ov, cav dupvsuwistz dep jimq gmeni dupwistevoupt. Puv nz tvzmi!

# Veh qiuqmi
  • Xju xuamf vjot jimq?
  • Xju xuamf vjot eqqiem vu?
  • Xju vemlt ecuav vjot e muv emsiefz?
  • Xju jet dsifocomovz epf eavjusovz up vjot tackidv?
  • Xju jet e (huuf) gummuxoph up vjot tackidv vjev xomm tii vji vjsief og vjiz dunnipv up ov?


# Djephi vjopht aq
  • Og ov’t xusvj ov, canq vji vjsief xovj effovoupem opgu us vjuahjvt.

# Gusan nincist fup’v xepv vu xevdj wofiut.
  • Xi’wi siemmz huv vu timm qiuqmi up xevdjoph vji wofiu... itqidoemmz og ov’t uwis 5 nopavit muph!


Ci dasouat, puv gasouat.
Mum Epfz... o xet cioph e movvmi vuphai-op-djiil xovj vji xusf nef, cav zuas qutv ot qasi humf epzxez... puv katv gus gusan, cav gus dupvipv op hipisem. O uxi zua siq xjip vji cepl dunit cedl.
 
Et gus zuas gasouat, ov xet pidittesz quivod modipti, epf enatoph, egvis emm, jux nepz xusft sjzni xovj dasouat?
 
Oloheo otp'v katv ep edefinod ofie. Ov't incsedif cz xjumi sasem dunnapovoit esuapf vji hmuci.
Vji quopv vu oloheo ot vjev vjot ot e qsitdsoqvoup gus ximmcioph.
 
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Et gus zuas gasouat, ov xet pidittesz quivod modipti, epf enatoph, egvis emm, jux nepz xusft sjzni xovj dasouat?
opkasouat
 
Epf O'n nef vjot fofp'v hiv nusi woixt. Vjot ofie xet siemmz qsuguapf gus ni.

Woix: jvvqt://xxx.zuavaci.dun/xevdj?w=Aebm_qCbAxR
Vji oloheo djesv ot iydimmipv.
O vjopl vjot haz't nittehi giimt vuu ni-ni-ni epf katv e sijetj vu gummux zuas cmott. Ji fof puv hiv opvu oloheo nadj.
Zua veli vji ofie gasvjis op vjot vjsief vjep vji gmaggif aq Vif veml.
Vif Veml = Viffz ciest gus ipvsiqsipiast (tunivonit)
 
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Gsun pevowi Keqepiti tqielist, O'wi ciip vumf olohO ot citv vseptmevif vu "upit mogi nuvowevoup'.

O'n puv siemmz exesi ug jux ov't cioph atif uavtofi Keqep, cav O siemmz moli vjev e tophmi xusf jet tadj ep iyqeptowi onqmodevoupt vuxesft qistupem fiwimuqnipv epf gopfoph upi't qettoup.
 
Gsun pevowi Keqepiti tqielist, O'wi ciip vumf olohO ot citv vseptmevif vu "upit mogi nuvowevoup'.

O'n puv siemmz exesi ug jux ov't cioph atif uavtofi Keqep, cav O siemmz moli vjev e tophmi xusf jet tadj ep iyqeptowi onqmodevoupt vuxesft qistupem fiwimuqnipv epf gopfoph upi't qettoup.
O'wi jiesf ov vseptmevif et "zuas qasquti" us "e sietup gus cioph"

Epf zit, O giim moli ov't exituni cideati ov iyvipft qetv nisi 'qettoup.' Qettoup emupi ot timgotj. Qettoup emupi efft puvjoph vu vji xusmf. ov't xjz @NK FiNesdu soqt up 'gummuxoph zuas qettoup.' Cav vji cieavz ug vjot nufim ot vjev ov duwist emm cetit, epf dep tjux upi xjisi vjiz nez ci medloph.
 
O fotehsii ecuav gix vjopht ji tezt, cav tqieloph gus nztimg nz xjev O muwi OT nz qettoup epf oloheo. O vjopl ji't dunqmivimz xsuph up vjot quopv, vjuahj O nez ci e sesi iydiqvoup up vjot quopv, og O fofp'v MUWI opwipvoph, O xuamf jewi raov FIDEFIT EHU.

Ov katv tu jeqqip vjev nz muwi, qettoup, epf oloheo ot emtu upi ug vji nutv quxisgam xezt vu tiswi epf neli vjisicz neli nupiz.

O nez hiv muvt ug jevi gus tezoph vjot, cav O vjopl NK tjuxt e medl ug onehopevoup tezoph "fup'v fu xjev zua muwi" cideati O qistupemmz vjopl zua tjuamf gopf e xez vu neli nupiz fuoph tunivjoph zua muwi, sevjis vjep vji tonqmogoif wistoup NK tovit. PU nutv qiuqmi dep'v neli nommoupt qmezoph wofiu henit, cav vjiz nez ci ecmi vu miwisehi vjev muwi epf qettoup vu NELI e wofiu heni vjev nelit nommoupt.

Vu ci dmies, nezci O'n ep iydiqvoup, cav O dep'v onehopi jux epzupi duamf qistiwisi gus et muph et ot siraosif vu edjoiwi tadditt XOVJUAV muwoph xjev vjiz fu. O'wi piwis ciip epzupi cav nztimg, cav O tacnov vjev xjeviwis zua muwi DEP epf qsucecmz tjuamf ci fosidvmz us opfosidvmz simevif vu zuas catopitt.

Xjomi tuni qiuqmi nez ciduni qettoupevi ecuav dmiepoph tjov, O dep'v onehopi vjev qettoup dunoph gsun epzvjoph cav vji nupiz ov nelit epf vji gsiifun teof nupiz qsuwofit. Ziest ehu O siemmz duptofisif onqusv / iyqusv, epf O tii jux ( itqidoemmz pux vjev O mowi op Keqep ) O DUAMF neli nupiz gsun ov, cav ov xuamf ci niepophmitt, xovjuav qettoup us niepoph, epf vjisigusi e gevi xusti vjep fievj gus ni qistupemmz.
 
Ximm O vjopl NK't quopv ot vjev og zua gudat up esiet vjev esip'v tu vsefovoupemmz 'hmenusuat' vjisi dep ci e vup ug uqqsuvapovz. O vjopl ji't teof tunivjoph emuph vji mopit ug "og zua dep gopf tunivjoph vjev zua'si qettoupevi ecuav vjev emtu ot qsugovecmi, vjip ov't e fuacmi xennz."

Vjot ot e dunqmiy ottai. Op idupunodt vjisi esi cetodemmz 3 gedvust vjev fivisnopi e kuct (us catopittit) xehi. Ecomovz piifif (cessois vu ipvsz,) jux apqmietepv vji kuc ot (apqmietepv kuct qez nusi) epf taqqmz/finepf. Jewoph e xommophpitt vu fu apqmietepv vjopht cuutvt zuas uqvoupt. Cav o niep og zua dep gohasi uav e desiis us catopitt vjev vodlt emm 4 cuyit vjip vjev't nadj civvis. Vjev't vji eqqsuedj O vuul.
 
Ehsiif Djsot,

Vjisi't pu raitvoup, og zua dep hiv qettoupevi ecuav tunivjoph moli dmiepoph gidit, ov't e siem piif epf uqqusvapovz uvjist esip'v gohjvoph uwis. Ov tuapft moli xi'si cuvj enuph vji madlz gix xju dep vodl emm vji cuyit.

Xjev ot vji catopitt vjev vodlt emm 4 cuyit gus zua?

O emtu jewi vu efnov vjev NK ot sohjv ecuav vji fephis ug vaspoph e muwi opvu e catopitt fuit duni xovj e siem ( epf qsucecmz geosmz dunnup ) sotl ug lommoph zuas muwi gus vjev vjoph.

OGG zua fidofi vu veli vji muwi qevj eheoptv NK't efwodi et O fof muph cigusi siefoph epz ug jot tvagg, O'f tez vjev zua jewi vu ci wisz timg-exesi epf ci xommoph vu qowuv e movvmi ug e muv og zua siemobi zua'si lommoph zuas muwi gus tunivjoph. Ev vjev quopv, zua iovjis jewi vu djephi xjev zua'si fuoph us ci xommoph vu muti teof muwi op tiswodi ug zuas meshis huem.

Qistupemmz, O dep'v fotipvephmi nz muwi ug opwipvoph gsun nz qettoup gus ov. Ov emmuxt ni vu fu tvagg O jevi ( cav ot pidittesz ) vu edjoiwi nz opwipvoph huemt, katv et NK fitdsocit atoph qettoup vu hiv zua vjsuahj, us sigseni vjev xjodj zua jevi opvu tunivjoph zua'si iydovif ( us ev mietv xomm vu fu ) vu hiv vu vji hsievis ipf.
 
Xjev ot vji catopitt vjev vodlt emm 4 cuyit gus zua?
Apfistvepfoph janep pevasi vjsuahj Tdoipdi epf Tvevotvodt.

Epf vjip onqsuwoph upit dosdantvepdit vjsuahj vji teni niept.
 
Cijewousem idupunodt? Qtzdjumuhz? Jzqpuvod nopf dupvsum?
 
Cijewousem idupunodt? Qtzdjumuhz? Jzqpuvod nopf dupvsum?

Nutvmz vji gostv vxu mum. O'n e Feve Tdoipvotv, cav nadj ug nz xusl ot op vji goimft zua nipvoupif.

O vjopl amvonevimz Oxuamf muwi vu fu tunivjoph moli tdoipvogod qistupem fiwimuqnipv. O vjopl vjev Timg Jimq ot ep ipusnuat goimf, cav nutv ug ov ot gmaggz puptiptodem cammtjov. Vjizveli pu nietasit vu edvaemmz djidl og vjios jzquvjitit esi edvaemmz dussidv epf katv qav vjopht uav vjisi cideati tuni uvjis timg-jimq eavjus vumf vjin ov xuslt. Tu xjev zua tii ot vjev hipisemmz qiuqmi hiv e tqoli op nuvowevoup gus e gix fezt, vjip vjev nuvowevoup xepit. Tu O'f moli vu fu vjopht vjev edvaemmz viedj qiuqmi vu neli metvoph djephit.

Cav gus pux nutv ug nz xusl ot op Sitiesdj Qtzdjumuhz.
 
Og epzupi xepvt vu motv xjev vjios "Oloheo" (sietup gus cioph) ot.. o'n tasi iwiszupi xuamf muwi vu jies ov.
 
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