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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Here&#8217;s a shout out to my FOAF sisters and brothers
(translated: greetings and salutations.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hopefully this message finds <span class=SpellE>danbri</span>
feeling better.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>In our efforts at developing a social networking tool around
FOAF &#8211; we&#8217;ve run into some basic needs &#8211; that we&#8217;d like
to formerly float by this group.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>We
realize that FOAF is <span class=SpellE>nto</span> intended for anything more than
&#8216;loosely&#8217; formed relationships, but a lot can be done with that!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We&#8217;ve already gotten some initial feedback from some
of you &#8211; and we&#8217;d like to get as much of these
&#8216;extensions&#8217; proposals hashed out ASAP &#8211; so we can &#8216;do
our <span class=SpellE>thang</span>&#8217;.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Now that TypePad is in Beta and folks are starting to find
FOAF files on-line and <span class=SpellE>Technorati</span> has released
it&#8217;s &#8216;profiles&#8217; which recognize FOAF &#8211; with each week,
I think you&#8217;ll find the # of people interested in FOAF will double (or
even more so&#8230;.<span class=GramE>)<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp;
</span>So</span> I don&#8217;t have to tell you that clarification, having
things written down and as many working examples available as possible &#8211;
are now crucial.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>And just to be clear &#8211; everything we&#8217;re doing we
wanna hand back to the community, so&#8230;&#8230;.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<ol style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in' start=1 type=1>
 <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><font
     size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Our
     project is code-named <span class=SpellE>FOAFster</span> &#8211; but
     apparently there&#8217;s a Mr. Dan <span class=SpellE>Brickley</span> from
     <span class=SpellE>bloodey</span> </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font
       size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Bristol</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
     size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> who
     has that domain name.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span></span></font><font
     size=2 face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
     mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
     Arial;mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'><span
     style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'>J</span></span></font><font
     size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span
     style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>So we&#8217;ll either have to
     change the name, buy the name off of <span class=SpellE>danbri</span> or
     just give him the code and have HIM <span class=SpellE>bloodey</span> run
     it.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>We&#8217;re open to any
     option or suggestion.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span></span></font><font
     size=2 face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
     mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
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     style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'>J</span></span></font><font
     size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<ol style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in' start=2 type=1>
 <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><font
     size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>We&#8217;re
     planning on going beyond just making friends.<span
     style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>We wanna help make all sorts of
     relationships, but ONLY friends need to be &#8216;verifiable&#8217;.<span
     style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>So to that ends &#8211; our social
     networking code will do <span class=GramE>an email</span> verification if
     someone wants to declare someone as &#8216;their friend&#8217;.<span
     style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>But we won&#8217;t require this
     email verification process if they want to declare that: <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:2'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>-
<span class=GramE>they</span> are acquainted with somebody<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:2'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>-
<span class=GramE>they</span> know somebody by reputation<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:2'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>-
<span class=GramE>they</span> know somebody in passing<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:2'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>-
<span class=GramE>or</span> that they don&#8217;t know somebody, but wish to<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>So we&#8217;d like to formerly float
these &#8216;relationships&#8217; as &#8216;standards&#8217;.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>I know there are a bunch of blood and
family-type of relationships in FOAF tools, but quite frankly we don&#8217;t
think those <span class=GramE>are that</span> important right now.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>I guess <span class=GramE>an email</span>
verification for a &#8216;relative&#8217; might be in order.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>So what we&#8217;d like to do is
formerly extend the vocabulary used for the &#8216;second part of the
triple&#8217; (or whatever it&#8217;s called<span class=GramE>)<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>&#8211;</span> when it comes to friends
links.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>I&#8217;m not sure how you
refer to these &#8216;relationship types&#8217; and we&#8217;ve seen a bunch of
different types around &#8211; but that list is really incomplete and as much
as I love my relatives, they&#8217;re not really doing much semantic web
research right now.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>So that&#8217;s
our formal proposal #1 &#8211; a standard vocabulary for the types of relationships
we&#8217;re talking about.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>This
list would be (by no means) an exclusive list, just a few set in stone.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Anyway this kind of brings us along
to the next big issue.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<ol style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in' start=3 type=1>
 <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><font
     size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I have
     seen folks agree that a sub-set frozen spec for FOAF is in order &#8211;
     round about now.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>I also seem
     to recall that <span class=SpellE>danbri</span> agreed and said that some
     formal &#8216;process&#8217; would be put into place with clear
     documentation.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>What&#8217;s
     the status of that?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>Can we
     assume (default) that this <a href="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/"><font
     color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/</span></font></a>
     is where the &#8216;formal specs will reside?<span
     style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>And that version numbering /0.2/,
     /0.3/, /0.4/ will walk its way up until the golden moment of a v 1.0? <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Whatever
the process of deciding WHAT those specs are &#8211; it would be nice to rely
upon one place where the formal spec resides.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Which
then brings us to the daunting question: who gets to decide and who has the
final word &#8211; on the spec.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>We
refer to these people as &#8216;The FOAF gods&#8217; <span style='mso-tab-count:
1'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>and
whoever they are &#8211; we <span style='mso-tab-count:1'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>wish
them plenty of luck, expediency and sound <span class=SpellE>Solomonian</span> wisdom.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<ol style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in' start=4 type=1>
 <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><font
     size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>There
     are apparently two different ways to represent friends of friends.<span
     style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>One seems to be the
     &#8216;RDF&#8217; way &#8211; which declares a <span class=SpellE>rdf<span
     class=GramE>:resource</span></span>=&quot;<span class=SpellE>marccanter</span>&quot;,
     and then uses that syntax to refer to friends while the other more <span
     class=SpellE>FOAFy</span> approach &#8211; seems to be to just declare
     &lt;person&gt;&lt;knows&gt;&lt;name&gt;Marc&lt;/name&gt;&lt;/knows&gt;&lt;/Person&gt;.<span
     style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>Can we assume that this duality
     approach will continue?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>Are
     there any ideas or effort being put into reducing this to one
     technique?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>And please (oh lord
     of technology) don&#8217;t come up with a third or more ways of
     representing friends!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span></span></font><font
     size=2 face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
     mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
     Arial;mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'><span
     style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'>J</span></span></font><font
     size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ol>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>You
see &#8211; we&#8217;re just humble software guys &#8211; trying to create a
parser/interpreter and it&#8217;s nice to know these things.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<ol style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in' start=5 type=1>
 <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><font
     size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>We&#8217;ve
     also already asked about groups or people.<span
     style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>We&#8217;re going to wait till we
     get a better idea of how to do this fundamental extension and float it by
     you folks.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>Any suggestions or
     feedback is welcome now. <span
     style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp;</span>Needless to say it&#8217;s pretty
     important.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ol>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<ol style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in' start=6 type=1>
 <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><font
     size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>We
     really like the idea of people posting testimonials about other
     people.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>We think that&#8217;s
     the sort of simple, short content that can/should get built into the FOAF
     file itself.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>Any thoughts on
     how to do this &#8211; without pissing people off?<span
     style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>We&#8217;re carefully tip toeing
     here! <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ol>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<ol style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in' start=7 type=1>
 <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><span
     class=SpellE><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
     font-family:Arial'>TypePad&#8217;s</span></font></span><font size=2
     face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> usage of FOAF
     as a <span class=SpellE>blogroll</span> is cool, but we&#8217;d like to go
     further and embed a &#8216;<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>T</span></font>opic
     roll&#8217; which would keep track of the specific keywords/phrases that
     someone is closely related to/interested in.<span
     style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>Any ideas on this?<span
     style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>Is this tangential to FOAF and part
     of some other .<span class=SpellE>rdf</span> schema I don&#8217;t know
     about?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>Matt and Paolo&#8217;s
     ENT is one namespace extension technique now being utilized.<span
     style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>Mr. Hammersley seems to like it.<span
     style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>So what about a <span class=SpellE>TopicRoll</span>
     for each person? <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ol>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<ol style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in' start=8 type=1>
 <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><font
     size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Congrats
     on the launch of the FOAF-project site &#8211; even if it is
     &#8216;just&#8217; an HTML page.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp;
     </span>Worse things could happen. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ol>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Requests
for the site:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>-
<span class=GramE>we</span> like articles that are hybrid tools/technology, <span
class=SpellE>FAQs</span>, plain, well written descriptive text and specs
&#8211; to boot.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>So more pages like
FOAF-a-<span class=SpellE>matic</span>!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>-
<span class=GramE>we&#8217;d</span> like to see an &#8216;intro&#8217; article
&#8211; that was more recent.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>The
current Intro is 13 months old.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>-
<span class=GramE>we&#8217;d</span> like to see FOAF tools
(http://xml.mfd-consult.dk/foaf/ ) plugged as much as FOAF-a-<span
class=SpellE>matic</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>-
<span class=GramE>but</span> good start &#8211; keep going&#8230;.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Anyway &#8211; that&#8217;s what&#8217;s up&#8230;&#8230;.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>- Marc Canter<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>415-296-9401 &#8211; if anybody wants to call me up and yell
at me&#8230;&#8230; or laud me&#8230;.. or hand me huge research grants&#8230;&#8230;.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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