Campus Announcements - Week of 11/26/01
Campus Announcements for the week of November 26, 2001
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1. Geology Open Night 7:30 p.m. Friday November 30 in ESS 001
lecture hall
2. Undergraduate Recitals in December at Staller Center Recital
Hall - Free!
3. 2002 Summer Sessions Course Schedules Now Available
4. Messiah Sing-Along Sunday, December 9, 3 p.m. Recital Hall,
Staller Center
5. Stony Brook Opera Ensemble in Concert
8 pm, Tuesday, December 11 at the Staller Center Recital Hall
6. Strength Training 101: Do you know what you are doing?
7. "Solutions to the Global AIDS Crisis," presented by the
Learning Communities Program--Wednesday, November 28, from
12:40-2:00 pm, Javits 100
8. Th 11/29. Jacqueline Reich: "Beyond the Latin Lover:
Marcello Mastroianni, Masculinity, and Italian Cinema." HISB
4:30
9. Wed 11/28. "Lost in Transit": Working the Space Between
Diaspora and Nomadism. 4:30 HISB
10. HOLIDAY GIFT PROGRAM NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!
11. DIALOGUES ACROSS DIVISIONS
12. Faculty - Do the SINC Sites have the software that your
students need?
13. "Christmas Classics"- The Stony Brook Chorale and Camerata
Singers Friday, December 14, 8:00 pm, Recital Hall, the Staller
Center
14. Open Enrollment for Research Foundation Employees
15. Marine Sciences Research Center-Friday Seminar Speaker
16. Invitation to attend 2nd Annual Antonija Prelec Memorial
Lecture (11/26)
17. Marine Sciences Research Center
18. Candidate Presentation
19. Music Library Opening Ceremony
20. COLDS AND FLU LECTURE
21. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE UPCOMING TRAINING WORKSHOPS !!
22. New Safety (EH&S) Webpage!
23. Weight Watchers at Work Registration, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2001,
12:30pm, Javits Room, Melville Library
24. Career Women's Network Luncheon
25. Library Databases and E-Journals Are Now Accessible
Off-Campus Via all Internet Service Providers
26. Procurement News
27. Procurement News
28. "A Solemn Evening for Reflection"
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1. Geology Open Night 7:30 p.m. Friday November 30 in ESS 001
lecture hall
"Geology of Long Island Sound Basin" by Ralph Lewis Connecticut
State Geologist
A total of approximately 22.7 billion cubic meters of marine
sediment has accumulated in the Long Island Sound basin in the
past 15,000 years. The major geologic components of the Long
Island Sound basin, bedrock, buried coastal-plain strata,
recessional moraines, glacial lake deposits, and the remains of a
large marine delta, interact with the water body sufficiently to
affect the distribution of these sediments. A significant portion
of the marine section of the central and western basins was
redistributed from the eastern Sound, as tidal scour removed up
to 5 billion cubic meters of fine material from glacial lake and
early marine deposits east of the Connecticut River.
There will be Refreshments and Demonstrations after the
Presentation.
Admission is FREE!
Submitted by: Gilbert Hanson/CAS
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2. Undergraduate Recitals in December at Staller Center Recital
Hall - Free!
The Music Department is pleased to announce the Fall Series of
Undergraduate Recitals. This year, the solo and chamber music
recitals will be held on Wednesday, December 5 at 5 p.m., Friday,
December 7 at 8 p.m. and Wednesday, December 12 at 12
noon. Selected chamber and solo compositions will be performed by
undergraduates studying in the Music program at Stony
Brook. There will be performances by string, woodwind and brass
soloists, vocalists, pianists, and guitarists. Music will be
drawn from all periods of the classical repertory. Admission is
free to all.
http://www.sunysb.edu/music
Submitted by: Robin Pouler-Mcgrath/CAS
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3. 2002 Summer Sessions Course Schedules Now Available
Summer Sessions course preschedules have now been distributed to
the campus community. The Preschedule lists the expected course
schedule for Summer 2002. The final course schedule - with days,
time, and sessions - will be posted on the Web in January and
will be printed in the Summer Sessions Catalog in early March.
Peschedules may also be picked up in the following
offices: Registrar, Summer Sessions, Academic Advising, CEAS
Undergraduate Office, Commuter Student Services, HSC Student
Services, SPD, and Undergraduate Admissions. To have a
preschedule mailed to someone off campus, call 2-7790 or send an
email to: summerschool@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
A reminder that the 2002 Summer Sessions dates were recently
changed by the Calendar Committee. The new dates are:
Session I: May 28 - July 9
Session II: July 10 - August 20
Extended Session: May 28 - July 19
Please make a note of the new dates.
Submitted by: Megs Shea/Prov
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4. Messiah Sing-Along Sunday, December 9, 3 p.m. Recital Hall,
Staller Center
Join the festivities with Stony Brook University's traditional
"Messiah Sing-Along". One of the few sing-alongs anywhere in the
country that is accompanied by full orchestra, this popular event
has become a standing-room-only tradition at Stony Brook. The
audience is the chorus for this very popular event. Susan Deaver,
Tim Mount and others conducting the University Orchestra will
accompany the audience as they sing all of the choruses from the
Christmas portion of the Messiah as well as the Amen and
Hallelujah choruses. Vocal scores will be available for purchase
at the door or bring your own. Admission is free, but a free-will
offering to benefit the choral program at the University at Stony
Brook will be taken. For more information, call the Music
department: 632-7330.
http://www.sunysb.edu/music
Submitted by: Robin Pouler-Mcgrath/CAS
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5. Stony Brook Opera Ensemble in Concert
8 pm, Tuesday, December 11 at the Staller Center Recital Hall
Featured are Menotti's holiday favorite, Amahl and the Night
Visitors, and an extended scene from one of Mozart's most popular
operas, Le nozze di Figaro, highlighting the glorious ensemble
writing that represents the pinnacle of Mozart's dramatic
art. Also included are scenes from Act I of Donizetti's charming
comic opera, Don Pasquale, and from the first act of Handel's
most famous opera, Giulio Cesare. Graduate and undergraduate
voice students will perform. David Lawton will conduct and
Richard Cross will stage the scenes which will be semi-staged and
sung in the original languages with piano accompaniment. Tickets
are $8 general admission and $4 seniors, students, and USB
faculty and staff. Call the Staller Center box office for
tickets: 632-ARTS. For more information, call the Music
Department: 632-7330.
http://www.sunysb.edu/music
Submitted by: Robin Pouler-Mcgrath/CAS
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6. Strength Training 101: Do you know what you are doing?
Wellness Seminar regarding the basic components of strength
training.
Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2001
Time: 5pm - 7pm
Presenter: Dave Caldiero, Instructor of Physical Education.
Place: Wellness Center located in the Student Activity Center
Call 632-6850 to register.
FREE for Students, Faculty and Staff.
http://www.recreation.sunysb.edu
Submitted by: Susan Dimonda/CAS
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7. "Solutions to the Global AIDS Crisis," presented by the
Learning Communities Program--Wednesday, November 28, from
12:40-2:00 pm, Javits 100
This event is a panel forum sponsored by the Learning Communities
Program. Four speakers will address different aspects of the
global AIDS crisis, followed by a question and answer period.
Our panel participants will be:
Professor Roy Steigbigel, MD, Vice Chair of the Department of
Medicine and Director of the Comprehensive Infectious Diseases
Center, SUNY-Stony Brook; Ronald Johnson, Associate Executive
Director, Gay Men's Health Crisis; Hakan Bjorkman, Senior Adviser
on HIV/AIDS, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP);
Professor Jackie Smith, Department of Sociology, SUNY-Stony
Brook.
This event is open to the public and to the larger campus
community. For additional information, please contact David
Maynard (2-4595).
Submitted by: Elizabeth Donaldson/CAS
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8. Th 11/29. Jacqueline Reich: "Beyond the Latin Lover:
Marcello Mastroianni, Masculinity, and Italian Cinema." HISB
4:30
The star persona attached to Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni
was that of the Latin lover -- a fact attested to in the tributes
that followed his death in 1996. In fact, Italian masculinity
has been widely seen as the sexual masculine ideal of Western
civilization. Reich's aims is to reveal that this image is
misleading. Italian cinema of the post-war period reveals the
tendentious nature of Italian masculinity. Underneath the faade
of a presumed hypermasculinity is the inetto (the inept man), an
anti-hero at odds a rapidly changing political, social and sexual
environment.
Jacqueline Reich is an Assistant Professor of Italian and
Comparative Literature at the State University of New York at
Stony Brook. She has written articles on Italian literature,
Italian cinema, and Italian-American cinema. She is co-editor of
Reviewing Fascism: Italian Cinema, 1922-1943, to be published
Spring 2001by Indiana University Press.
http://www.sunysb.edu/humanities/index.html
Submitted by: Deborah Gilbert/GST
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9. Wed 11/28. "Lost in Transit": Working the Space Between
Diaspora and Nomadism. 4:30 HISB
Diaspora and nomadism might be perceived as oppositional
constructs, the first based on displacement from and longing for
home; the second on rootless free-floating. The sheer
transitivity of transculturality also seems overplayed and
fraught with difficulties. How might the multiple spatial and
theoretical sites of travel, trade, and community offer a fertile
zone of identity and knowledge production. This seminar seeks to
open out these issues for discussion and to explore, through
them, the interaction of theory and empirical data.
Iona Man-Cheong is Associate Professor of History at Stony Brook.
She has written on the eighteenth-century Chinese examination
system as a disciplinary regime (forthcoming, Stanford University
Press). She is a review editor for the journal, Radical History
Review.
Annie Sze Yan Li is a Stony Brook senior honors student in
Biochemistry and with a minor in History.
Submitted by: Deborah Gilbert/GST
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10. HOLIDAY GIFT PROGRAM NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!
For the last 8 years, through the generosity of university
employees and students, we have been able to provide holiday
gifts to over 3000 children who live near or below the poverty
level in Suffolk County. The hidden nature of hunger and poverty
makes us less aware of its prevalence in the suburbs but hunger
does exist here. Seven years ago, we established a pantry in Pt.
Jefferson to help families year round as they struggle to provide
nutritionally balanced meals for their families. We now provide
for 600 households a month, translating into over 5000
individuals (half of whom are children under the age of 14). If
you would be interested in providing either a gift of clothing or
a toy to one of these children during this year's Holiday Gift
program, please contact me via e-mail (mbell@notes.cc.sunysb.edu)
and I'll send you details. THANK YOU!
Submitted by: Maryann Bell/CAS
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11. DIALOGUES ACROSS DIVISIONS
The response for DIALOGUES ACROSS DIVISIONS grant has been
tremendous. The dealine has been extened to Wed. 28 November to
allow applicants to polish their proposals over the Thanksgiving
break and to encourage the grant writing process itself involves
dialogues across divisions. Thank you for your many innovative
ideas.
http://www.stonybrook.edu/dialogues
Submitted by: Gary Mar/CAS
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12. Faculty - Do the SINC Sites have the software that your
students need?
If you would like to use a particular software package with your
class, will your students be able to use it in a SINC Site?
Were you aware that Programs that are run from CD's or Disks must
be included in our RUN list for them to operate even if they do
not require installation? (This includes programs that come with
the textbook)
Please notify Instructional Computing before Wednesday, January
1, 2002 if you will be using a special software package with your
class.
Software requests can be submitted at the following URL:
http://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/DoIT/sreq.nsf/SoftwareRequests
Submitted by: Diana Voss/DoIT
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13. "Christmas Classics"- The Stony Brook Chorale and Camerata
Singers Friday, December 14, 8:00 pm, Recital Hall, the Staller
Center
Joan Lee will conduct the Chorale in Respighi's lyrical Laud to
the Nativity with chamber orchestra and Hugo Distler's
unaccompanied Christmas Story sung by the Camerata. Distler, one
of the finest German sacred composers of the 20th century, has
set the well-known tune of "Lo, how a rose e'er blooming"
throughout the second movement of Christmas Story with an
evangelist's story-telling in between sub movements. Respighi's
pastoral woodwind sound will spin your ears round with Christmas
spirit for this season. Admission to the concert is $8 general
admission and $4 for students, seniors, USB faculty and staff.
For tickets, call the Staller Center box office at 632-ARTS. For
more information, call the Music Department at 632 7330.
http://www.sunysb.edu/music
Submitted by: Robin Pouler-Mcgrath/CAS
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14. Open Enrollment for Research Foundation Employees
Open enrollment is currently ongoing. Now is the time to join
the Flex Spending Account and College Tuition Program. All
changes will become effective January 1,2002. Call the Research
Foundation Benefit Office at 2-6163 or 2-6164.
Submitted by: Cori Ribaudo/Admin
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15. Marine Sciences Research Center-Friday Seminar Speaker
Friday Seminar Speaker @ Marine Sciences Research Center on
November 30th, 2001 in Endeavour Hall, room 120 @ 12:30P.M. Dr.
Dan Davis of SUNY, Stony Brook University. Topic to be announced.
Refreshments served at 12:15P.M.
Submitted by: Patricia Corn/MSRC
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16. Invitation to attend 2nd Annual Antonija Prelec Memorial
Lecture (11/26)
You are invited to attend the Second Annual Antonija Prelec
Memorial Lecture on Monday November 26 at 2:00 pm in HSC Lecture
Hall Two. The distinguished speaker will be Dr. A.B. Lindberg,
Director of the National Library of M edicine. Dr. Lindberg's
lecture is "The Use and Abuse of Digital Medical Information: A
Public Policy Dilemma."
Please visit
http://www.hsclib.sunysb.edu
for more information.
Submitted by: Timothy Van Moorsel/HSC
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17. Marine Sciences Research Center
Friday's Marine Sciences Research Center Seminar Speaker-Dr. Dan
Davis of SUNY, Stony Brook will be speaking in Endeavour, room
120 @ 12:30P.M. on November 30th, 2001. His topic is "Long
Island's moraines: miniature mountain belts under our feet."
Host: Roger Flood
Refreshments served at 12:15P.M.
Submitted by: Patricia Corn/MSRC
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18. Candidate Presentation
Catherine Davy, former Provost at Adelphi and Dean, School of the
Arts at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, will make a
presentation on her vision for Stony Brook's College of Arts &
Sciences on Friday, November 30th, at 1:30 p.m. in the Alliance
Room. Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to attend.
Submitted by: Maria Drueckhammer/Prov
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19. Music Library Opening Ceremony
On Wednesday, November 28, a Formal and Joyful ceremonial will
take place at 12:40 pm in the new Music Library, (W1530 Melville
Library). President Kenny will address the gathering. Featured
will be premiere performances of brass quintet fanfares written
by student composers from the Music Department. For more
information call 632-7097 or e-mail gglover@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.
Submitted by: Paul Wiener/Lib
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20. COLDS AND FLU LECTURE
The Division of Wellness and Chronic Illness in the Department of
Family Medicine is conducting a one and one-half hour lecture on
Wednesday, December 12th between noon and 1:30 p.m. at their
office located at 33 Research Way, East Setauket. The lecture
will focus on how to prevent colds and flu this winter and how to
diminish their severity.
The use of vaccines and antiviral medications for the flu will be
covered. We will also discuss lifestyle changes that promote
health. There exist a plethora of supplements/herbs marketed to
treat and prevent colds and flu. We will offer a research-based
evaluation assessing safety and efficacy of these supplements and
herbs.
The cost of this single session will be $25.00 per person payable
upon registration. Lunch will be served.
For further information and to register, please call
631.444.9815.
Submitted by: Raja Jaber
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21. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE UPCOMING TRAINING WORKSHOPS !!
Friday, 11/30/01
CONNECTIONS - Customer Service Workshop - Session 1 of 3
Connections is a skill-building program that highlights the
importance of customer service and positive communication skills
in a campus setting. Sessions 2 and 3: Friday 12/7/01 & Friday
12/14/01
Monday, 12/10/01
STRESS MANAGEMENT COPING STRATEGIES
Stress Management refers to the effort to control or reduce the
tension that occurs with a situation that is considered difficult
or unmanageable. Unfortunately, we can't avoid stress, so come
and learn ways to manage it.
Monday, 12/10/01
PREPARING THE RESUME AND INTERVIEW SCREENING DOCUMENT
This program is designed for State and RF managers and will
include: How to develop a Resume Screening document; How to
generate your interview questions to get the answers you need;
and Legal and illegal interview questions
To download a registration form for any of the above, click on
our link below and go to Training & Organizational Development,
or call Denise Gross at 2-4501.
http://www.stonybrook.edu/hr
Submitted by: Carol Londoiro/Admin
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22. New Safety (EH&S) Webpage!
The Department of Environmental Health & Safety is pleased to
announce the redesign of our website. The new design provides
the Stony Brook campus community with easy access to important
information, including Campus Safety & Preparedness, which is
needed to ensure effective implementation of environmental,
health and safety programs. The new site also provides direct
access to specific programs, resources, news and alerts, and ways
to report emergencies and safety hazards. Students, faculty,
staff and visitors are encouraged to use the site to gain
knowledge of specific requirements and to maintain an awareness
of the latest issues and concerns that may impact the health and
safety of facilities, operations and people at Stony Brook. We
want to thank the entire campus community for its interest and
active participation in the University's safety program.
http://www.ehs.sunysb.edu
Submitted by: Gary Kaczmarczyk/Admin
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23. Weight Watchers at Work Registration, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2001,
12:30pm, Javits Room, Melville Library
Want to stay sane during the holidays? Be at registration for
Weight Watchers at work on December 6, Thursday, 12:30pm, Javits
Room, Melville Library. Bring $99 for a ten week session. The
first meeting of the session is 12/13/01. If you try it, it will
work. Contact Joan Signorelli, 2-7097 for more information.
Submitted by: Joan Signorelli/Lib
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24. Career Women's Network Luncheon
The Employee Activities Council would like to invite you to our
Career Women's Luncheon on Thursday, December 6, at 12 noon in
the Student Union Ballroom. We are honored to have Suzanne
Velazquez, Assistant to Associate Vice President of Student
Affairs, as our speaker. Learn how to put the quality of warmth
and creativity into your holiday season as she demonstrates how
to make unique holiday crafts.
The menu is as follows:
Tossed Salad w/two dressings
Breast of Chicken w/Apple Stuffing
Penne Paste w/Garlic
Roasted Potatoes
Baby Carrots
Assorted Pies, Coffee, Tea, Sanka
Please make payment of $8.50 before November 30th. Checks should
be made payable to Chartwells.
Submitted by: Augusta Kuhn/CAS
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25. Library Databases and E-Journals Are Now Accessible
Off-Campus Via all Internet Service Providers
The Library is happy to announce that ALL its research databases
and e-journals are now available using any internet service
provider, if you have a Stony Brook ID and computer account. This
means you can now use AOL, MSN, Optimum Online, Bell Atlantic,
and other ISPs to get access to Lexis-Nexis, MEDLINE,
ScienceDirect, InfoTrac, FirstSearch, PsycInfo, AskERIC, ACM
Digital Library, JSTOR and hundreds of other databases and
e-journals without reconfiguring your dialup settings. Just
connect to the Library Home Page at www.stonybrook.edu/library/
and when you choose an online database enter your ID information
in the boxes provided.
Submitted by: Paul Wiener/Lib
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26. Procurement News
Attention all University Travelers:
Please be aware that as of December 1, 2001, in accordance with
Contract PS53775 Austin Travel will implement a $7.00 per
transaction fee for air tickets and a $4.00 transaction fee for
rail or bus tickets. These transaction charges will be included
in the total amount charged to your account for air, rail or bus.
If you have any questions regarding this matter please call
Rosalie Makarick of the Travel Office at 2-6022.
Airborne Express, Federal Express and UPS Overnight Services
The New York State Office of General Services has established
contracts with Federal Express and UPS for overnight mail
services. If your department does not currently have an account
with one of the above couriers and would like to establish one,
please call Al DiVenuto at 632-9838 to ensure that you receive
the New York State contracted rate for these services.
http://www.procurement.sunysb.edu/
Submitted by: Christine Wilson/Admin
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27. Procurement News
Requests to Purchase Security Systems and Related Items/Service.
Requests covering the procurement of security systems and related
items/service now require the approval of Gary Matthews and
Physical Plant, Jim Lang prior to purchase and include all items
related to the installation and operation of security systems.
The definition of security related items includes the following:
CCTV Systems (or parts or service thereof)
Card Access door hardware, wire, card readers, cards (prox, mg
stripe or smart cards), access software, etc.
Intrusion alarm systems components and replacement parts
Any request for electrified door access systems (even if they
are for individual doors and not part of the campus-wide
system)
Requests for biometric ID systems used for security control
Interior security systems that track people or property
Computer alarm systems such as fiber optic system controlling
several computers
This procedure takes effect immediately and will affect State and
Research Procurement transactions.
http://www.procurement.sunysb.edu/
Submitted by: Christine Wilson/Admin
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28. "A Solemn Evening for Reflection"
"A Solemn Evening For Reflection" December 6, 7, and 8 at 8pm in
Theatre II in Staller Center. Produced by the Habitat for the
Arts, in partnership with New York State Council for the Arts,
Chase SMARTS Regrant Program, Suffolk County Office of Cultural
Affairs, The Greater Port Jefferson Arts Council, The Huntington
Arts Council, The Ward Melville Heritage Organization, The
Department of Theatre Arts, The Staller Center for the Arts, The
Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at SUNY-Stony
Brook. Two new works: "Grist for the Mill" (examining possession,
destruction and survival) and "This Place of Ours: A Requiem" (a
statement of personal loss).A special discussion will be held on
Friday evening, December 7th, following the performance, led by
Dr. David Ferguson and Dr. Janice Grackin of CELT. Tickets may be
purchased at the door on a first-come, first-served basis.
Suggested Donations are $15./adults and $8./seniors and students.
Submitted by: Alice Sullivan/CAS
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