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 [![Build Status - master](https://travis-ci.org/BhallaLab/moose.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/BhallaLab/moose)   [![Documentation Status](https://readthedocs.org/projects/moose/badge/?version=latest)](https://readthedocs.org/projects/moose/?badge=latest)
 
+This is the parent repository of [MOOSE simulator](https://moose.ncbs.res.in).
+It keeps the snanshots of its components: core (written in C++) and python 
+scripting interface, MOOSE's Graphical User Interface (GUI). This should be the 
+source of stable MOOSE code.
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 # About
 
 MOOSE is the Multiscale Object-Oriented Simulation Environment. It is designed
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 support for many model formats. These include SBML, NeuroML, GENESIS kkit and
 cell.p formats, HDF5 and NSDF for data writing.
 
-This is the parent repository of [MOOSE simulator](https://moose.ncbs.res.in).
-It keeps the snanshots of components of MOOSE: core (written in C++) of MOOSE,
-python scripting interface, and its graphical user interface (GUI). This is your
-source stable MOOSE code.
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 # VERSION
 
 This is MOOSE 3.0.2pre "Ghevar". The Ghevar release is the third of series 3 of MOOSE releases.