Daily Digest for 94-09-06
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WHAT'S NEW . . .
#01-06 Sept 94 New server with collection of traditional Irish and
American music.
RECENT EMAIL . . .
#01-06 Sept 94 Sender: Tom Roberts (trob@freenet.scri.fsu.edu)
Subject: info
#02-06 Sept 94 Sender: Harold_J_McWHINNIE@umail.umd.edu (hm9)
Subject: call for papers
#03-06 Sept 94 Sender: bboswell@aaas.org (BBOSWELL)
Subject: Clearinghouse publication for scientists
#04-06 Sept 94 Sender: Center for Civil Society International
(ccsi@u.washington.edu)
Subject: NIS volunteer opportunities for lawyers
#05-06 Sept 94 Sender: Harold_J_McWHINNIE@umail.umd.edu (hm9)
Subject: speculations on art education
#06-06 Sept 94 Sender: Team Kings (kings@cwis.unomaha.edu)
Subject: Greetings
#07-06 Sept 94 Sender: agoodfriend@glas.apc.org (Andre Goodfriend)
Subject: Applying for a US visa in Moscow
#08-06 Sept 94 Sender: Center for Civil Society International
(ccsi@u.washington.edu)
Subject: 2 Job Openings in Kiev (fwd)
#09-06 Sept 94 From: mfrech@es.rice.edu (Marshall Frech)
Subject: Russian-American Exchange
#10-06 Sept 94 From: Bruce Gutman (bgutz@netcom.com)
Subject: How to get connected in Moscow?
#11-06 Sept 94 Sender: PKUSKA@delphi.com
Subject: Farm visit to russia
#12-06 Sept 94 From: Martin Ryle (RYLE@urvax.urich.edu)
Subject: ONLINE SEMINAR: ROADMAP FOR INFO SUPERHIGHWAY
APPENDIX: LISTSERV address & basic procedures
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WHAT'S NEW . . .
* David Walker of the University of California, Irvine has put together
a very nice collection of traditional Irish and American music
performed by himself on the penny whistle and ocarina and which he
has offered to share via a link from the F&P server. It is now
available from the music page.
David has also offered to assist in developing an American Music page --
a nice beginning for our efforts to provide information of greater
interest to our friends in the CIS.
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E-MAIL POSTINGS . . .
Please continue to send your e-mail to friends@solar.rtd.utk.edu.
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Sender: Tom Roberts (trob@freenet.scri.fsu.edu)
Subject: info
Hello. I am trying to find the location of a church in Moscow near
the Aeroport metro. It is a russian american church called the
Pentecostal Church of God and Marvin Turner is one of the pastors.
Can anyone help me find this place and a phone number maybe? Thanks.
TR
Aeroport
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trob@freenet.fsu.edu
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Sender: Harold_J_McWHINNIE@umail.umd.edu (hm9)
Subject: call for papers
To:
SPECULATIONS AND RESEARCH ON ART EDUCATION
vol 1 no 1
fall 1994
special theme
IMPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHER EDUCATION
1.focus on new technologies in art education
2 .implications of multi-media in art education
3.implications of computer and computer graphics
4 .success stories about teaching infusion with technology
send paper in either of two formats
a. by e-mail
b. on disk ibm word perferct only
harold mc whinnie
college of education
univesity of maryland
college park, maryland 20742
to subscribe send me your e-mail
free to all
will be published and mailed on oct 1 1994
Harold J. McWHINNIE
Email:Harold_J_McWHINNIE@umail.umd.edu (hm9)
Phone:53125
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Sender: bboswell@aaas.org (BBOSWELL)
Subject: Post announcement on Friends and Partners
I would like to post the following announcement on F&P. Thank you.
"Subject: Clearinghouse publication for scientists
The Project on Europe and the Countries of the Former Soviet Union (EFSU) of=
the
American Association for the Advancement for Science has been publishing a
newsletter over the past two years, "Scientist to Scientist," which serves=
as a
clearinghouse of information on funding opportunities for scientists in the
region of the former Soviet Union; conferences and meetings in that region; =
and
general networking information for all disciplines. This newsletter is now a=
lso
available at the AAAS gopher site (aaas.org). Individuals or organizations i=
n
both the U.S. and in countries of the fSU are encouraged to submit suitable
information for publication. Also, subscription to "Scientist to Scientist" =
is
free of charge.
=46or more information, or to subscribe to the bulletin, please contact:
Beth Boswell
Project Coordinator
EFSU Project
AAAS
1333 H Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005
=46ax: (202) 289-4958
Internet: bboswell@aaas.org
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Sender: Center for Civil Society International (ccsi@u.washington.edu)
Subject: NIS volunteer opportunities for lawyers
There have been a number of queries recently on how legal professionals
can assist East European and NIS law drafters in the writing of new laws.
Below are some of the many organizations who help to place lawyers and
legal professionals abroad to assist in the legal reform process.
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The American Bar Association
"Central and East European Law Initiative"
1800 M Street NW, Suite 200 South
Washington, DC 20036
tel: 202-331-4070
fax: 202-862-8533
Contact: Mark S. Ellis, CEELI Executive Director
CEELI places lawyers and legal professionals in the NIS and Eastern
Europe as independent liasons, legal advisors and trainers. Their
placements have covered a wide range of legal topics including drafting
legislation,judicial reform, and criminal law. Liasons work
independently with governmental offices as well as NGO's. Advisors are
assigned to specific government agencies and parliamentary committees for
specific projects.
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=46ederal Bar Association
"Democracy Development Initiative"
1815 H Street NW, Suite 408
Washington, DC 20006-3697
tel: 202-638-0252
fax: 202-775-0295
Contact: Kenneth S. Nankin, Esq., Chair DDI
tel: 202-973-7981
fax: 202-342-0683
DDI maintains a talent bank of lawyers and legal professionals who have
volunteered to assist with legal reform efforts. Participants assist
with reviewing draft legislation, conduct on-site training seminars for
foreign legal professionals and act as legal consultants for government
officials and NGO's on a variety of legal topics. Some specialties have
included: administrative law, antitrust law, corporate law, immigration,
environmental law, labor law.
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Center for Democracy
1101 15th St. NW, Suite 505
Washington, DC 20005
tel: 202-429-9141
fax: 202-293-1768
Contact: Susan Orttung, Program Director
CFD places lawyers and legal professionals in the NIS with government
agencies, lawyers and NGO's in conjunction with the drafting of new
laws. They also conduct training seminars and conferences for legal
professionals in the NIS. Recent projects include holding judicial
training seminars in Central Asia. They are also involved in
environmental law advising. The majority of the CFD placements are with
high courts and government agencies rather than NGO's.
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This information has been collected for inclusion in CCSI's publication
"Channels: A Guide to Service Opportunities in the Newly Independent States"
=46or more information about Channels and CCSI's other projects and
publications, please contact us.
Sincerely,
Colleen F. Halley
Program Assistant
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Sender: Harold_J_McWHINNIE@umail.umd.edu (hm9)
Subject: speculations on art education
SPECULATIONS ON ART EDUCATION
VOLUME ONE NUMBER ONE
OCT 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION ONE
EDITORS PAGE
SECTION TWO
LETTERS AND NEWS AND ELECTRONIC STUFF
SECTION THREE
CONTRIBUTED ARTICLES
SECTION FOUR
SHORT ARTICLES AND REVIES
SECTION FIVE
REVIEWS
BOOKS
ARTICLES
RESEARCH
SECTION SIX
DREAMS OF THE FUTURE
EDITORS PAGE
This is the first issue of our electronic journal speculations on art
education and it will be distributed free of charge on the internet.
the intent is to publish the journal four times per year and for this first
year we will try several different formarmats.
Next fall I would like to set up an editorial review board and have several
co-editors to build each of the sections.
I hope all will respond to our first issue and begin by sending materials
for the second isssue.
Our focus at least for the present shall be upon the implications for art
teaching of a broad range of new technologies in visual arts education.
Harold J. McWHINNIE
Email:Harold_J_McWHINNIE@umail.umd.edu (hm9)
Phone:53125
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Sender: Team Kings (kings@cwis.unomaha.edu)
Subject:
Hello Natasha,
This is King Science Center again from Omaha, NE. We are glad you enjoyed
America. My name is Mr. Fisher and I teach Math and Computers here at
King. I have a couple of students that want to say Hi and ask a couple of
questions. We are learning the power of the modem and E-Mail. Keep in touc=
h.
Hi Natasha My name is Chris Roode. I like to work on the modem, I have a
2400 baud modem. I have a Packard Bell 486SX with a 420 Meg hard drive.
Hi Natasha,my name is Janee.I like to work on the computers a lot.I have a
Macintosh at my house.I have a 2 questions for you.
Were you born in Russia?Do you live in Russia?
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Sender: agoodfriend@glas.apc.org (Andre Goodfriend)
Subject: Applying for a US visa in Moscow
The following information sheet was prepared by the consular section
at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. Many people applying for
nonimmigrant visas in Moscow have expressed confusion or
frustration at the application process because they have been
misinformed about U.S. visa requirements or the type of
documentation required in order to apply. Many have unnecessarily
paid over $100 to the =ECDocument Processing Center=EE in New York
for a worthless =ECinvitation=EE which they believe assures them of
obtaining a nonimmigrant visa. Following is the text of the
information sheet:
Visas are the subject of complicated U.S. laws governing their
issuance. Most applicants who visit the Embassy are successful.
Approximately 80 percent of those who apply for visas at Embassy
Moscow are found qualified. This information is to help you
understand the process and to speed your processing.
Please note that the consular section shares an entrance (just beneath
the flag at 19/23 Novinskiy Blvd.) with the U.S. Immigration and
Naturalization Service (INS). INS officers interview approximately
50,000 applicants for the U.S. refugee program annually. The
Embassy receives approximately 130,000 visa applications annually
(in Europe second only to the U.S. Embassy in London). Waiting
space is at a premium. Therefore we appreciate your patience as we
try to attend to the some 300-500 people who apply in person daily.
APPLICATION:
Applications are free. We ask you to pick up and complete
your application before coming to the consular section. Applications
are available Monday-Friday from 10-12:30 and 1:30-3 p.m. at the
information window beneath the American flag on Novinskiy Blvd.
You will be asked to fill out question 1 at the time you pick up the
application. The form should be typed or completed neatly in block
letters in Russian.
INTERVIEWS:
Everyone in line by 10 a.m. will be interviewed the same
day. Those applicants arriving after 10 a.m. will be asked to pick up
an application at the information window and apply the following
day.
DOCUMENTS:
The documents you will need to bring to the interview
depend on the category of visa for which you will b e applying, but in
all cases each traveler will need:
(1) a passport valid for at least six months following the
proposed date of entry into the U.S.
(2) two photographs size 37x37mm. (All applicants, even
infants included in their parents=ED passports, are required to have
photographs. The visa has the applicant=EDs picture imprinted on it.)
(3) a completed application form.
(4) proof that you will depart the U.S. at the end of your
stay. U.S. immigration law places the burden or proof on the
applicant to show that he or she is eligible for a non-immigrant visa.
There is no set documentation to prove an applicant will leave the
U.S. at the end of his/her stay but the following are some
suggestions:
(a) proof of employment. You should bring to the interview
proof of income (and in some cases proof of your spouse=EDs income)
and be prepared to discuss what you (and/or your spouse) do for a
living;
(b) evidence of immediate family (spouse, children) in
Russia;
(c) evidence of ownership of property;
(d) proof of on-going studies if applicant is still a student
(e) proof of on-going projects for those in entertainment
fields;
(f) your old passport bearing the previous visa and stamp
indicating the date on which you returned to Russia (for those persons
who have traveled to the U.S. previously)
Under U.S. visa law, =ECsponsorship=EE plays a very limited
role. There are a few exceptions (see H and L below) which require
approved petitions from the INS. According to U.S. law, applicants
are considered intending immigrants until they demonstrate that they
are non-immigrants (e.g. tourists, students, etc.)
Please note: YOU DO NOT NEED A NOTARIZED
INVITATION LETTER OR FORM. Please ask your American
contacts/friends NOT to buy these. If you bring such a form to the
interview, the consul will not necessarily ask to see it. We prefer to
see normal business or family correspondence.
Please ask your friends and contacts in the U.S. NOT to send
faxes in support of your application directly to the Embassy unless
you have been instructed to do so by the interviewing consular
officer. We cannot match faxes to specific cases. Your contacts
should send those faxes to you so you can bring them to the interview
if you feel the Embassy will need the information.
Each applicant should come to the interview prepared to
explain his or her purpose in traveling to the U.S. General answers
like =ECnegotiations=EE are not as productive as =ECI am buying medical
equipment for my firm. We have done business with such and such
firm in the U.S. for 2 years and here are copies of my previous
orders.=EE Applicants should also be prepared to explain how they will
finance their visit to the U.S.
VISA CATEGORIES:
In addition to those documents listed in a-f, the following
paragraphs include more detailed information on what documents
applicants might bring for specific visa categories:
B-2 TOURIST VISA: For persons going to the U.S. on tourism,
please indicate where you will be staying. If you are visiting friends,
please feel free to bring correspondence or letters of invitation from
them. PLEASE do not bring a notarized form or letter to this effect.
The consul may ask how you met the person you are visiting. If you
are visiting family, please indicate the inviting person=EDs relationship
to you and indicate whether that person is a U.S. citizen or legal
permanent resident (i.e. bearer of a U.S. greencard), or a non-
immigrant.
B-1 BUSINESS VISA: Individuals applying for business visas should
be prepared to explain what kind of business trip they are making.
=46or those persons visiting business contacts or clients, please bring
correspondence that explains the nature of the trip. PLEASE do not
bring in notarized invitation letters. The more specific the
correspondence you have the better. Invitations to conduct
negotiations in the U.S. do not help us understand the nature of the
visit. If you have had on-going correspondence with the prospective
business partners or clients, this is much more helpful for the consular
officer to make the correct determination of visa category. The
consul will ask you to describe what you do and what you will be
doing in the U.S. Details are important. General statements of
business intent are not as helpful as specific information.
NOTE: American companies in Russia may wish to take
advantage of our office hours at the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service
office. Please ask at the information window for our FCS handout.
=46-1 STUDENT VISA: You will need form I-20 (Certificate of
Eligibility for Nonimmigrant F-1 Student Status - For Academic and
Language Students) and proof of funding for the first year=EDs studies.
Most successful applicants for student visas are attending college or
post graduate programs; however, we do issue F-1 visas to high
school students depending on the program and arrangements made.
The evidence that you have the funding for the first year should be in
the form of a bank financial statement (not just a letter from the
bank). If you have a U.S. sponsor, you may bring the sponsor=EDs
yearly income tax return to show that he can fulfill his financial
obligation for your education. If your parents are paying and they
don=EDt have an overseas account, you may bring documents from their
place of employment to demonstrate that they can cover the cost of
your first year in the U.S.
J-1 EXCHANGE VISITOR: You will need form IAP-66 (Certificate
of Eligibility for NIV Exchange Visitor) which is provided by the
U.S. organization or sponsor.
H TEMPORARY WORKERS AND TRAINEES: You will need
form I-797 approved by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization
Service. Please feel free to ask the receptionist for a separate handout
which gives more detailed information.
L INTRA-COMPANY TRANSFEREE. You will need form I-797
approved by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.
=46EES:
On the basis of reciprocity the U.S. Embassy began charging
visa fees on October 1, 1993. The fees for citizens of Russia are the
same as those charged by Russia to Americans. They are as follows
and are denominated in dollars for the convenience of our other posts
abroad which issue visas to Russians to travel to the U.S. Applicants
in Russia may, of course, pay in rubles at the day=EDs exchange rate on
the date they pick up the visa. (We cannot accept payment partly in
dollars and partly in rubles.)
B-2 tourist visa - single entry $20
most other visas - single entry $20
double entry $40
multiple entry $120
QUESTIONS:
Questions related to specific applications should be directed
to 956-4233 after 2 p.m.
WAITING ROOMS:
As we are trying to keep the waiting rooms clean for
everyone, may we ask that you do not bring gum or beverages into
the Embassy. Thank you.
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Sender: Center for Civil Society International (ccsi@u.washington.edu)
Subject: 2 Job Openings in Kiev (fwd)
August 29, 1994
The Project on Economic Reform in Ukraine (PERU), a technical
assistance program based at the John F. Kennedy School of
Government, is looking to fill two positions in our Kiev office.
They are:
KIEV PROGRAM COORDINATOR
Serves as main liason between Kiev and Cambridge offices. Manages
PERU-Kiev office, including all finances. Works as Managing Editor
of the Ukrainian Legal and Economic Bulletin, a monthly publication
on current legal, political, and business issues in Ukraine:
solicits and edits articles, lays out Bulletin in camera-ready
form, manages editorial meetings. Edits articles translated into
English for the monthly newsletter Priviatization in Ukraine.
Coordinates annual Graduate Student Summer Internship Program.
Skills required:
- Proficiency in Russian and/or Ukrainian language required
- Knowledge of Former Soviet Union/economic reform issues
- Previous layout and editing experience helpful
ECONOMIC INFORMATION SERVICE COORDINATOR
Manages the PERU Economic Information Service, funded by USAID
through the Eurasia foundation, which provides information to key
Ukrainian policymakers working on issues of economic reform. 1)
Solicits information requests from Ukrainian policymakers, 2)
formulates requests which are forwarded to Cambridge researchers,
3) Reviews and edits material from Cambridge researchers and
manages translation process, 4) Presents information to
policymakers. Mangages PERU-Kiev economic reform library.
Skills required:
- Proficiency in Russian and/or Ukrainian language required
- Knowledge of Former Soviet Union/economic reform issues
- Excellent research and communication skills
If interested, please call or fax a resume and writing sample to
Elizabeth Burkard, PERU Program Coordinator, at (617) 496-8816,
495-1635 (f).
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=46rom: mfrech@es.rice.edu (Marshall Frech)
Subject: Russian-American Exchange
My name is Tamara Saltman and I am a member of a non-profit
environmental group in Austin, Texas, USA. We are interested in doing an
environmental exchange program with high-school aged students in Russia for
the summers of 1995 and 1996. It would have both a scientific and
educational focus and include water quality monitoring and canoe trips in
both countries. The students must be between the ages of 14 and 18 and be
interested and have experience in environmental issues. We would pay for
most costs. For more information, please respond to Wes Halverson at:
wesh@tenet.edu.
Marshall Frech
Texas Environmental Center
mfrech@es.rice.edu
(512) 328-7305
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=46rom: Bruce Gutman (bgutz@netcom.com)
Subject: How to get connected in Moscow?
A friend of mine has a small company with an office in Moscow. Do you
know the best way to get connected to the internet there?
Bruce
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Sender: PKUSKA@delphi.com
Subject: Farm visit to russia
=46riends-
I am going to visit Russia.
)From Sept. 6th to September 8th, I will be at the
PULKOVSKAYA HOTEL
1 Pobedy Square
196240 St. Petersburg
Russia
Phone 7-812-264-5137
)From Sept. 9th to September 11th, I will be at the
INTOURIST HOTEL
3/5 Tverskaya
173001 Moscow
Russia
phone 7-95-230-1565
I am very interested in the U.S.A. & Russian FARM PROJECT
near St. Petersburg. This project was started 2 years ago
and should be completed in November of 1994. If anyone has
time to show me the project, at my expense $$, I would appreciate
the tour. I would also like to hear if the Farm Project is or was:
1 a failure or success,
2 what went wrong,
3 what could have been done to improve the project,
4 how do the people feel about the project.
Thank You, or spa-sea-ba
Paul Kuska or pa-vel koosh-ka or Pol Kyc-ka
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=46rom: Martin Ryle (RYLE@urvax.urich.edu)
Subject: ONLINE SEMINAR: ROADMAP FOR INFO SUPERHIGHWAY
(reposted from H-RUSSIA list)
ROADMAP on LISTSERV@UA1VM.UA.EDU
The Roadmap for the Information Superhighway Interactive Internet
Training Workshop
FREE Internet training workshop open to anyone who wishes to
subscribe. The entire Roadmap workshop will take place on the
ROADMAP list (ROADMAP is a distribution list, not a discussion list).
The Roadmap workshop sessions will cover: E-mail; Listservs,
Majordomo, Listproc and other distribution systems; Usenet; FTP;
Archie; Gopher; Veronica; Address Searches; WAIS; WWW; and many
other topics. As a number of ROADMAP subscribers only have e-mail
access, the Roadmap workshop will also teach how to access many
Internet tools (FTP, Archie, Gopher, etc.) using E-mail.
The first Roadmap for the Information Superhighway workshop will
begin in *OCTOBER 1994*. To subscribe, please send the following
command in the BODY of your e-mail letter to LISTSERV@UA1VM.UA.EDU on
the Internet:
SUB ROADMAP yourfirstname yourlastname
For example:
SUB Roadmap Bill Gates
Owner: Patrick Douglas Crispen (PCRISPE1@UA1VM.UA.EDU)
+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
: PATRICK CRISPEN : THE "ROADMAP FOR THE INFORMATION :
: PCRISPE1@UA1VM.UA.EDU : SUPERHIGHWAY" INTERACTIVE INTERNET :
: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA : SEMINAR STARTS IN OCTOBER 1994!! :
: "ROADMAP" LISTOWNER : :
+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
: THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS LETTER DO NOT NECESSARILY :
: REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA - TUSCALOOSA :
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APPENDIX
=46RIENDS is a free service started by friends in Russia and the United
States. This Listserv is one element of that service.
To subscribe to FRIENDS (if someone has passed you a copy of this
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listproc@solar.rtd.utk.edu
consisting of *one line* of the following format:
SUBSCRIBE FRIENDS firstname lastname
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To unsubscribe from FRIENDS, send the message UNSUBSCRIBE FRIENDS to:
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To post a message to FRIENDS, send it to: friends@solar.rtd.utk.edu.
To visit the FRIENDS WWW server, use the following URL if you have
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If you don't have a WWW browser, just telnet to solar.rtd.utk.edu
and enter 'friends' (in lower case and without the quotes) at the
login prompt.
=46or those who need it, the IP address of our computer is 128.169.112.24.
Please address any comments, questions, or suggestions to your
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