The Lantern The magazine for Deal St Andrew, the Church of England Parish at the North End.
July 2016 visit us at www.dealstandrews.org.uk
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Who’s Who in the Parish Parish Priest: Father Stephen Young SSC
Honorary Assistant Clergy: Father Ian Shackleton SSC 01304 379773 Father Robert Farrell
Authorised Lay Minister (ALM) Kate Rushbrook Churchwardens:
Waveney Brooks 01304 367961 Ann Carey 01304 373417
PCC Officers: PCC Secretary: PCC Treasurer: Electoral Roll:
Ali Robertson Lawrie Waight, Andrew Parkinson Bryan Evans
Children’s and Families’ Minister: Tim Fudge Director of Music: Tim Woodhead Lantern editor: Peter Gibson Editorial adviser: Fr Stephen Young Lantern advertising: Kate Rushbr ook at kate.r ushbr ook@btinter net.com
Hall Manager: Rosemary Lanaway 01304 366589
The Parish Office: St Andrew’s Church, West Street, Deal CT14 6DY Telephone: (01304) 381131 - Email: standrewsdeal@gmail.com The Parish Office is not manned full-time but mail and telephone messages are checked regularly.
Copy for the September issue is due by 10th August.
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In Church each week at St Andrew’s Matins is said at 8 am on Saturdays; otherwise at 9 am on weekdays. Evensong is said at 6 pm except on Wednesdays when it is 5.30 pm. Sunday
8.00 am 10.00 am 6.00 pm
Low Mass (Book of Common Prayer) Parish Mass (Common Worship) Evensong (BCP) and Benediction
Monday
9.30 am
Low Mass
Tuesday
9.30 am
Low Mass
Wednesday
9.30 am
Low Mass
Thursday
9.30 am
Low Mass
Friday
9.30 am
Low Mass
Saturday
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Low Mass (see below)
A priest will normally be available for spiritual counsel after Evensong on Saturdays or otherwise by appointment.
On Festivals and Holy Days, service times may vary - please see our Notice Board or our website at www.dealstandrews.org.uk Please note: 1st Saturday 1st Wednesday 3rd Sunday
11.30 am 9.30 pm 6.00pm
OLW Cell Mass, Angelus and Rosary Low Mass and Healing Rites CBS attend Evensong and Benediction
Holy Baptism, Weddings and Funerals
Please contact Father Ian Shackleton on 01304 381131 for inquiries about any of these services.
Front Cover: A brief moment of sunshine at the Summer Fete.
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Father Ian writes ... Monarchy The official celebration of Her Majesty the Queen’s 90th birthday on June 12th once again focused the nation’s attention on the British Monarchy. The Monarchy attracts many layers of meaning. One of them is that the Crown, in the person of our reigning Queen, is the ‘embodiment’ of the nation; temporal and spiritual. Her title is ‘Supreme Governor’ of the English Church. This is understood in exactly the same way as as the designation ‘Her Majesty’s Government’. She is the embodiment of both Church and State, yet she interferes in neither. No doubt a case could be made out for an entirely secular nation but I would argue that a clearer perspective and a better balanced sense of proportion can be achieved through the interpenetration of the sacred with the secular. Religion may be understood on many levels but, at base, it acknowledges a Higher authority – a gold standard against which the values of an individual or a society can be measured. If you abolish the gold standard you are left with the modern heresy of Relativism. If a yardstick is to have meaning it must always be 36 inches long. To be able to lengthen or to shorten it at will is to render it totally meaningless. Relativism increasingly pervades politics, finance, and many other aspects of public life. It has the power to diminish and ultimately to strangle human freedom. It can dissolve the very foundations of our value systems and ethical decision-making simply because it removes any standard against which anything else can be measured or assessed. 5
Religious fundamentalism is seen as repellent and dangerous, and rightly so; but so too is political and secularist fundamentalism. ‘Faith’ and ‘Reason’ are not mutually exclusive. Each needs to be informed by the other. The sacred and the secular work better in tandem than individually. Each provides a check against any wouldbe fundamentalism in the other. The British Monarchy - supremely in the person of our reigning Queen - is a powerful counter force against extremism in any form and the misery that flows from it if it is left unchecked. Fr Ian
Forthcoming Events June Thursday 30 - Vigil Service to remember the dead of the Battle of the Somme 6pm to 7pm July Friday 1
- Deal Music Festival till 16 July. “Beyond the Fence” Art Exhibition till 4 July. Preview 18:30 to 20:30. Daily 11am to 4pm. Saturday 2 - St Andrew’s Gift Day. 9am to 4pm Sunday 3 - Festival Mass 10:00am at St Andrew’s Church. Preacher: The Rt Rev’d Peter Hullah. (Profile page 18) Monday 4 - Coffee Concert at 11am OPEN CHURCH 10am to 4pm daily till 9 July. Wednesday 13 - Coffee Concert at 11am Friday 15 - Lunchtime Recital in St Andrew’s 1pm Thursday 21 - Guild of Friends of St Andrew’s Lunch at Wallet’s Court August: Sunday 14
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- Feast of the Assumption of Our Blessed Lady Parish Mass with procession 10am.
Are you 6-16? Do you enjoy singing? Why not join our
Junior Choir? We meet at St
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Church on Wednesdays from 6 to 6.30 for a practice and on the first Sunday of the month at 10 o’clock to sing in the Mass. Why not come along one Wednesday and try us out or contact Mrs Jo Woodhead: jrwoodhead1@gmail.com
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It's easy! Go to their website www.give.net and search for St Andrew's Church, Deal. You will see a splendid picture of the church and an option to make a single or a monthly donation. Alternatively our own website www.dealstandews.org.uk has a button on the homepage that will take you straight to our donation page. Thank you.
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Whitecliffs Talking Newspaper There must be lots of people in the Dover, Deal and Sandwich area who would enjoy listening to their very own local Talking News every week, if only they knew more about it and how to sign up for it. About 40 volunteers go to the Whitecliffs Talking News studio in Ringwould about once or twice a month, as either an editor, or a reader or a recording engineer, to make a weekly recording of the local news and local features, taken with kind permission from The East Kent Mercury and the Dover Express. As well as giving all the interesting local news, the recording includes an entertaining audio Magazine. The recording is sent out free of charge by the Kent Association for the Blind - the KAB - a registered charity in Maidstone, on a memory stick, to anyone who has difficulty in reading newsprint. You sign up to easily listen to it at home, on what is called a ‘Boom Box’ – a machine about the size of a little portable radio. The KAB has other volunteers who can visit listeners at home to show them how to use it, if needed. You can also listen to the Talking News on a computer.
After listening to it over about three or four days, the memory stick is returned in the same wallet it came in, simply by turning over the address label and sending it back to Maidstone free of charge, so that it can be re-used the following week. The service is free except for the initial charge for the Boom Box, which is £32, but in some cases this can be supplied free, too. If you, or someone you know, would like to sign up, just phone the KAB Maidstone on 01622 691357 and say you would like to sign up for ‘The Whitecliffs (Deal/Dover) Talking News.’ Someone will take down the details of the person to send it to and organise a Boom Box. Or visit their website help@kab.org.uk and under ‘Services’ follow the link to Order Y our copy of Kent Talking News – Deal/Dover and fill in the form. And then you are ready to wait for the first edition to drop through the letter box. Happy Listening ! If you would like to volunteer as a reader (perhaps even a recording engineer!) please seek details from Roger Evans. Email RogerEvans@Walmer.me.uk 8
Feast of Corpus Christi On 29th May we held our annual celebration of the Feast of Corpus Christi. “Corpus Christi” is Latin for “Body of Christ” and the feast celebrates our belief in the Real Presence of the Body and Blood of Christ’s in the consecrated elements - bread and wine - of the Eucharist”; so that when we receive communion we ourselves become part of that Body. So what on earth does that mean? Well, we have a procession in lovely white and gold vestments, or robes, and a priest carries the Host in the form of a large communion wafer in a special container called a monstrance which allows it clearly to be seen outside the church…..and that’s the point! We literally take our joy in our beliefs out into the streets. So we have a band – many thanks to the players from Betteshanger – and, of course, we sing and pray. This being the Church of England, though, the history of Corpus Christi is not without its ups and downs. Interestingly, (and not that unusually), it was a woman who got it off the ground. She was Juliana of Liege, in Belgium, who lived in the 12th century and for many years had visions of Christ instructing her to plead for its institution as a feast. It took her 40 years, but eventually she got her way and in the 13th century St Thomas of Aquinas wrote its liturgy or structure, including some of those wonderful hymns such as “O Saving Victim” which we still sing, so it is a very real link with our great worship tradition, living on in the present day. Come the Reformation and the 39 Articles, however, things became a little tricky for the observation of Corpus Christi; Article 25 expressly 9
forbade the “carrying about” of the Eucharist! Martin Luther was not at all keen either, yet it remained a feast in the calendars of the Lutheran Church till the 17th century. Today, many Anglicans believe it is a worship form equally appropriate to both “High” and “Low “ church traditions, as the Eucharist remains the principle liturgy of the whole Anglican Church. The Feast appears in the Common Worship calendar as The Day of Thanksgiving for the Institution of Holy Communion (Corpus Christi). For me, privileged as I am as an altar server to be part of the procession, (though of course anyone can join in, and people do) it’s an occasion of great happiness. Residents come out of their houses or hang out of open windows, smiling and waving. Children are mesmerised by the spectacle, and everyone takes pictures. We literally stop the traffic! This year we were blessed with perfect weather, neither too hot nor too cold, and there were plenty of visitors about. After the procession returned to church, we concluded as usual with the beautiful service of Benediction; and because we’re St Andrew’s, naturally we finished with celebratory refreshments! Above all, Corpus Christi is a great opportunity for all of us to testify to our faith in the Living Christ as we have done for centuries; and may we ever continue to do so. Kate Rushbrook
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9.30 to 11.30 am
10 o’clock to 11.30 put on for all by St Andrew’s Mothers’ Union.
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St Andrew’s Summer Fete Hurricanes hardly ever happen and the rain in Spain falls mainly on the Plain but here in Deal we just had a rather cold cloudy day for our Summer Fete on Saturday 18 June. Nevertheless it was well attended and the grounds were filled with brass band music, lots of fun and laughter and stalls overflowing with ‘goodies’. There was Bric a Brac, books, a bottle stall, delicious cakes, homemade jams and chutneys, art and crafts as well as a wonderful Raffle.
The ATC Squadron Band from Ramsgate, very smartly turned out, played a variety of march and other tunes during the first half , followed by the musicians of the Deal Brass Academy. Even without their percussionist the music went with a swing and it was good to see such a wide spectrum of ages from early teens to - well, you name it. Teas, coffees were on offer in the hall accompanied by savoury sausage rolls and wicked slices of cake. Pat Wilson was there with her glorious knitted car which she is taking on the Martha Trust Charity Car Challenge, ‘Rome or Bust’ in September - Very good luck Pat. 12
A happy morning was had by all and many thanks to all who helped make it a success and raise ÂŁ1100 for the church. Gill Parkin
St Andrew’s Church, West Street.
ANNUAL GIFT DAY This will be held on Saturday 02 July when you can support your parish church with a donation. We shall be at the Saturday Market from 10:00 to 16:00 or you can call into the church on the day or during the following week between the same hours.
You will also be able to view the art work which is on display and for sale as part of the of the Beyond the Fence Exhibition at the same time. Thank you for your donation which helps support maintaining the fabric of the church. 13
Deal Music Festival at St Andrew’s July 2016 MONDAY
4JULY at 11.00am
COFFEE CONCERT No. 40
THE BEST OF BRITISH THE CAMBINI ENSEMBLE plays Wind Quintets by British composers, including the rarely heard QUINTET in F by Charles Wood (1866-1926), the 150th anniversary of whose birth occurs this year. Wood, mostly remembered for his church music, was a Professor at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, whose choir visited the Festival last year. The music of Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006) always displays a brilliant understanding of instrumentation alongside a great sense of humour, never more so than in his THREE SHANTIES of 1943. More humour will be heard in SCENES FROM A COMEDY (1990), a play that must be invented in the minds of the audience, by the clarinettist, Christopher Ball (born 1936). with Gill Kenchington (flute), John Harper (oboe), Bill Kenchington (clarinet), Bryan Walker (horn) and Sheilia Wyver (bassoon) Retiring Collection
FRIDAY
8JULY at 1.00pm
LUNCHTIME RECITAL
BAROQUE MUSIC FOR THE HARPSICHORD AND CLAVICHORD Lithuanian harpsichordist, Lina Zilinskyte takes us on a dazzling musical journey of the Baroque masters, with music by John Bull, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Louis Couperin, Johann Froberger, Matthias Weckmann, Jean-Henri d’Anglebert, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Johann Sebastian Bach, Domenico Scarlatti, Jean-Philippe Rameau and Joseph Haydn Tickets: £8.00
WEDNESDAY
13JULY at 11.00am
COFFEE CONCERT No. 41
SAINT-SAËNS’ SWAN-SONG Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) is perhaps best remembered for The Swan, the beautiful cello solo featured in The Carnival of Animals, but his real swan-songs are the three entertaining sonatas for wind instruments written in 1921, the last year of his life. Members of THE CAMBINI ENSEMBLE share their enjoyment of his music by performing two of these sonatas, coupled with two ROMANCES for Horn and Piano and, introducing the talent of SABRINA CURWEN, a pair of seriously neglected songs: Romance for Horn, Op 36; Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, Op 167; Une Flûte Invisible; Aimons-Nous; Romance for Horn, Op 67; Sonata for Oboe and Piano, Op 166 with Sabrina Curwen (soprano), Gill Kenchington (flute), Catherine Smith (oboe), Bill Kenchington (clarinet), Bryan Walker (horn) and John Harper (piano) Retiring Collection
FRIDAY
15JULY at 1.00pm
LUNCHTIME RECITAL
CLASSICAL ACCORDIAN Bartosz Glowacki is one of the leading lights of a new generation of accordionists. His artistic goal is to improve awareness of the accordion in classical music, as well as to develop a new repertoire for his instrument. He was born in Poland, where he studied classical accordion with Professor Andrzej Smolik, but is now studying at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He was the Polish Young Musician of the Year in 2009. Music by Domenico Scarlatti, Arvo Pärt, Vaclav Trojan, Petri Makkonen, Sofia Gubaidulina and Viatcheslav Semionov Tickets: £8.00
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Roll of Honour On 30 June we will remember those men of Deal and District who were killed during the Battle of the Somme. This battle started on 1st July 1916 and came to a close on 18th November. The Vigil will begin at 6pm and during the commemoration we will plant small crosses around the memorial on West Street for each of the men who died. In particular we will remember those whose names appear on the St Andrew’s War Memorial. These are listed below in chronological order. Do please join us and, if you wish to remember someone who died in the battle, plant a named cross in their memory. 3 July Private William Denham 6th Buffs aged 27 of 24 College Road. 3 July Private Edward Pitcher 6th Buffs aged 32 of Northwall Road. 3 August Lance Corporal James Blown 6th Buffs aged 28 of 2 Marine Villas. 4 August Lance Corporal Arthur H Tookey of Oak Street. 12 August Private Raymond George Farrance 6th Buffs, aged 25 of 118 West Street (DoW) 27 August Private Robert James Harris 3rd Royal West Kents, aged 19 of 4 Alfred Square. 31 August Private John Thomas Brown 1st East Surreys aged 21 of 74 West Street. 17 September Private John Ernest Luckhurst 1st Buffs aged 18 of 159 College Road. 7 October Private Edward Harvey Williams 6th Buffs, aged 44 of 202 Beach Street. 17 October Gunner John Pitcher RFA aged 32 of 161 West Street. 20 October Sapper George Edmund Homersham White RM Div.Eng. (RND) aged 21 of Golf Road. 13 November Lance Sergeant Frank Edwin Beavan RMLI (RND) aged 24 of 33 Nelson Street. On 3rd July 1916, when Privates Denham and Pitcher died, the 6th Battalion, the Buffs who were part of 37th Brigade, which was engaged 15
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to attack the village of Ovillers at 3.15am. ‘A’ Company ‘went over’ by platoons about 3.30am and the first wave suffered few casualties until the German wire was reached; but the succeeding waves of this company and those of ‘C’ Company also, suffered heavily in their advance. As a result of the intense enemy machine gun fire the attack was held up and ‘B’ and ‘D’ Companies did not go into the struggle. There was no further action that day and during the night some casualties were brought in. Total casualties, 11 officers and 263 other ranks - approximately one quarter of the battalion. On 3rd/4th August, when L/Cpls Blown and Tookey were killed, the Battle of Poiziers Ridge was in full swing. Orders were issued for an attack to be delivered by 6th Buffs at 11.15pm on a certain German strong point. The German artillery fire which threatened to cause severe casualties in the British trenches before even the attack had started was totally suppressed by accurate fire from some French .75 guns. ‘A’ and ‘C’ Companies 6th Buffs took and consolidated the objective and an attempted German counter attack melted away before the Lewis guns. Total casualties 4 officers and 114 other ranks. Private Harris was attached to 22nd Company Machine Gun Corps when he was killed by an enemy shell on the Somme on 27 August whilst moving ammunition up to the front line. The 1st East Surreys were part of 95th Brigade of the 5th Division which, during August 1916, was engaged in the battle for High Wood. High Wood was notorious for its hellish conditions. Private Brown seems to have been unlucky to have been killed on 31 August as that was the day when the 33rd Division was relieved in the line by the 24th Division.
The editor would like to acknowledge use of the following sources: Wikipaedia, Judith Gaunt’s Faces from the Front, Major Imogen Corrigan’s research on the St Andrew’s War Dead., Lt Col. Moody’s Historical Records of The Buffs 1914-1916. .
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Rev’d Canon Joss Walker The Rev’d Joss Walker has recently been appointed Sandwich Deanery Accompanier by the Diocese in succession to the Rev’d Peter Ingrams. The Accompanier ‘s role is to support the Area Dean and Synod and advise them about Diocesan matters. Here is her personal profile. Since June 2014 I have been working for Canterbury Diocese as DDO/ Vocations Officer. Prior to that I was Priest-in-Charge at St. Martin's Maidstone for just over seven years, and my ministry has also included working as a hospital chaplain in Manchester Diocese where I trained and served my title after ordination in 2001. Once upon a time I was a teacher, before moving into children and families work with Social Services. I then spent four years as a lay trainer for Manchester Diocese. I have been involved in ministry training as a reader tutor in Manchester and Canterbury Dioceses, and have had the privilege of working alongside three curates as a training incumbent. In 2009 I completed a post-graduate certificate in Adult Learning and Professional Development. I am married to John who became Rector of the Dover Town Team last year. We have really enjoyed getting to know the extreme east of Kent, and love the sea. Our two mad Dalmatians take us out for long walks on the cliffs, when they can tear us away from whatever we are currently reading!
The Rt Rev’d Peter Hullah Bishop Hullah will be our guest preacher at the Festival Mass on Sunday July 3 at 10am. Ordained priest in 1974 to a title at S. Michael and All Angels, Summertown, Oxford, and then chaplain (from’78) and housemaster of the International Centre (1982-85) at Sevenoaks School, he was subsequently appointed chaplain at the King’s School Canterbury and headmaster of Chetham’s School of Music, Manchester. Consecrated Bishop of Ramsbury in 1999, he later became Principal of the Northampton academy. He is currently director of Hopeful Leadership Ltd and a consultant to various charities including Together for Sudan. 18
Summer events ’16
Hi, I am writing because many children in the parish have attended one of the St Andrew’s events recently,and I am hoping that the following will be of interest: F6-7 New youth club on Fridays for Key Stage 2 children has started at Trinity Church (opposite St Andrews) at 6-7 pm. We are having a lot of fun with games and competitions. Come and join us – 20p covers refreshments. St Andrew’s Junior Choir is from 6-6:30 on Wednesdays. Check out the REAL DEAL FC facebook page for current information: Most of our training sessions are now held at Deal Parochial School 10-11:15 am on Saturdays. Summer Corners 25-29 July 2016, 10-3pm. Children aged 5 + at Northbourne Village Hall. With games, craft, Songs, Stories, gymnastics, football and much more…. for information please contact Mrs June Osborne on 01304 330200 or email: corners.group@hotmail.com Summer Family Fun Days in Nor th Deal 11/8 and 18/8
Please feel free to contact me for more info on any of the above – Tel: 07906199767 or realdealworker@gmail.com Many thanks Tim Fudge St Andrew’s and Upper Deal Children and Families Worker 19
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‘Beyond the Fence’ art exhibition. In the church between 11.00am and 4.00pm on Saturday 2nd July until Tuesday 5th July but with shorter opening times for Sunday 3rd July when it will be open after Parish Mass. You will have read previously of the exciting new plans for the event and the organisers have been much encouraged by the response from the artists among us - amateurs and professionals alike - who have pledged their work for the show and committed to subscribing a percentage of the sales to church funds. We hope then that you will be able drop by to view the artworks even if you are not in the market, at this time, to buy a picture. On top of this, there is also to be an evening reception and preview from 6.30 to 8.30pm on the Friday evening (July 1st) to be held in the church. Light refreshments will be provided and we are inviting everyone to come along and help to create, what we hope, will be a garden party atmosphere. Although this will be the first time that the exhibition has been held in St.Andrew's, it will be the 9th year that the show has been arranged and we wish the organisers well at our church, their new venue.
Olympic Games Quiz.
1. Where are this summer’s Olympic Games being held?
a. London. b. St Petersburg. c. Rio de Janeiro d. Cape Town. 2.The first games were held way back in 776 BC in Olympia, Greece. Which Greek god were they held in honour of? a. .Apollo. b. Athena c. Zeus. d. Hercules. 3. What was the only event held at the first Olympics in 776 BC 22
a. A sausage-eating contest. b. Discus throw. c. A running race. d. Wrestling. 4.Which of these sports has not been an event at the Olympics? a. Roller hockey. b. Tug-Of-War. c. Croquet. d. Clay Pigeon shooting. 5. The Olympic flag was introduced in 1896. What do the five rings on the flag symbolize? a. Modern man's five central emotions. b. The union of the five continents. c. They don't symbolize anything. d. The planet's five elements. 6. Which three cities in the United States have hosted the Summer Olympics? a. Cleveland, Detroit and Atlanta. b. Los Angeles, Atlanta and Boston. c. Los Angeles, St. Louis and Atlanta. d. New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. 7. At which Olympics did US swimmer, Mark Spitz, set an Olympic record by winning seven gold medals? a. Mexico City, 1968. b. Montreal, 1976. c. Tokyo, 1964. d. Munich, 1972. 8. Which five events are part of the Modern Pentathlon at the Olympics? a. Cross-country running, swimming, pistol shooting, fencing and horseback riding. b. Long jump, high jump, triple jump, 100 meter hurdles and pole vault. c. Cross-country running, archery, horseback riding, swimming and javelin. d. Fencing, pistol shooting, horseback riding, archery and cross-country running. 9. Which sport made its Olympic debut at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta? a. Ultimate Frisbee. b. Skateboarding. c. Surfing. d. Beach Volleyball. 10. What does the Olympic Motto "Citius, Altius, Fortius" mean? a. Go Big Or Go Home. b. Swifter, Further, Stronger. c. Swifter, Higher, Stronger. d. Faster, Longer, Deeper.
1. c; 2. c; 3. c.; 4. a; 5. b; 6. c; 7.d; 8. a; 9. d; 10. b.
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