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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>More about pros and cons of co-sleeping …not specific to siblings<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><a href="http://www.mothering.com/9-0-0/html/9-4-0/donohue-carey.shtml";>http://www.mothering.com/9-0-0/html/9-4-0/donohue-carey.shtml</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.mothering.com/9-0-0/html/9-4-0/9-4-sleepwithme91.shtml";>http://www.mothering.com/9-0-0/html/9-4-0/9-4-sleepwithme91.shtml</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml99/99175.html";>http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml99/99175.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Marian Willinger,
Chia-Wen Ko, Howard J. Hoffman, Ronald C. Kessler, and Michael J. Corwin <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>Trends in Infant Bed Sharing in the United States, 1993-2000:
The National Infant Sleep Position Study</span></font></b><font size=2
color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'> <br>
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 157: 43-49. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><a
href="http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/gca?allch=&SEARCHID=1094142884605_454&FULLTEXT=bed+sharing&JOURNALCODE=&FIRSTINDEX=0&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&gca=archpedi%3B157%2F1%2F43&gca=archpedi%3B157%2F1%2F33&gca=archpedi%3B158%2F3%2F286&gca=archpedi%3B154%2F5%2F530&gca=archpedi%3B152%2F6%2F540&gca=archpedi%3B152%2F5%2F459&gca=archpedi%3B154%2F11%2F1171&gca=archpedi%3B153%2F10%2F1019&gca=archpedi%3B154%2F5%2F529&gca=archpedi%3B153%2F4%2F339&allchb=citmgr#157/1/33#157/1/33";><font
color="#3333cc"><span style='color:#3333CC;text-decoration:none'><img border=0
width=12 height=12 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.gif@01C490D0.77FDDE20";
hspace=5></span></font></a></span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Ruth A. Brenner, Bruce
G. Simons-Morton, Brinda Bhaskar, Mary Revenis, Abhik Das, and John D. Clemens <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>Infant-Parent Bed Sharing in an Inner-City Population</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'> <br>
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 157: 33-39. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><a
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color="#3333cc"><span style='color:#3333CC;text-decoration:none'><img border=0
width=12 height=12 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image001.gif@01C490D0.77FDDE20";
hspace=5></span></font></a></span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Caroline Vemulapalli,
Katherine Grady, and James S. Kemp <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>Use of Safe Cribs and Bedroom Size Among African American
Infants With a High Rate of Bed Sharing</span></font></b><font size=2
color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'> <br>
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 158: 286-289. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><a
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color="#3333cc"><span style='color:#3333CC;text-decoration:none'><img border=0
width=12 height=12 id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image001.gif@01C490D0.77FDDE20";
hspace=5></span></font></a></span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Tim McAfee, Suad
Nakamura, Marilyn Wind, and Mary Ann Danello <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>Bed Sharing Is Not a "Consumer Product"</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'> <br>
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 154: 530-531. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><a
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color="#3333cc"><span style='color:#3333CC;text-decoration:none'><img border=0
width=12 height=12 id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:image001.gif@01C490D0.77FDDE20";
hspace=5></span></font></a></span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>N. J. Scheers, C.
Mitchell Dayton, and James S. Kemp <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>Sudden Infant Death With External Airways Covered:
Case-Comparison Study of 206 Deaths in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region></st1:place></span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'> <br>
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 152: 540-547. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><a
href="http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/gca?allch=&SEARCHID=1094142884605_454&FULLTEXT=bed+sharing&JOURNALCODE=&FIRSTINDEX=0&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&gca=archpedi%3B157%2F1%2F43&gca=archpedi%3B157%2F1%2F33&gca=archpedi%3B158%2F3%2F286&gca=archpedi%3B154%2F5%2F530&gca=archpedi%3B152%2F6%2F540&gca=archpedi%3B152%2F5%2F459&gca=archpedi%3B154%2F11%2F1171&gca=archpedi%3B153%2F10%2F1019&gca=archpedi%3B154%2F5%2F529&gca=archpedi%3B153%2F4%2F339&allchb=citmgr#152/5/459#152/5/459";><font
color="#3333cc"><span style='color:#3333CC;text-decoration:none'><img border=0
width=12 height=12 id="_x0000_i1029" src="cid:image001.gif@01C490D0.77FDDE20";
hspace=5></span></font></a></span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Pamela High, Marita
Hopmann, Linda LaGasse, and Holly Linn <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>Evaluation of a Clinic-Based Program to Promote Book Sharing
and Bedtime Routines Among Low-Income Urban Families With Young Children</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'> <br>
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 152: 459-465. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><a
href="http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/gca?allch=&SEARCHID=1094142884605_454&FULLTEXT=bed+sharing&JOURNALCODE=&FIRSTINDEX=0&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&gca=archpedi%3B157%2F1%2F43&gca=archpedi%3B157%2F1%2F33&gca=archpedi%3B158%2F3%2F286&gca=archpedi%3B154%2F5%2F530&gca=archpedi%3B152%2F6%2F540&gca=archpedi%3B152%2F5%2F459&gca=archpedi%3B154%2F11%2F1171&gca=archpedi%3B153%2F10%2F1019&gca=archpedi%3B154%2F5%2F529&gca=archpedi%3B153%2F4%2F339&allchb=citmgr#154/11/1171#154/11/1171";><font
color="#3333cc"><span style='color:#3333CC;text-decoration:none'><img border=0
width=12 height=12 id="_x0000_i1030" src="cid:image001.gif@01C490D0.77FDDE20";
hspace=5></span></font></a></span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Catherine Kelley, Suad
Nakamura, Marilyn Wind, and Mary Ann Danello <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>Should Infants Sleep With Their Parents?</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'> <br>
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 154: 1171-1173. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><a
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color="#3333cc"><span style='color:#3333CC;text-decoration:none'><img border=0
width=12 height=12 id="_x0000_i1031" src="cid:image001.gif@01C490D0.77FDDE20";
hspace=5></span></font></a></span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Suad Nakamura, Marilyn
Wind, and Mary Ann Danello <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>Review of Hazards Associated With Children Placed in Adult
Beds</span></font></b><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> <br>
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 153: 1019-1023. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><a
href="http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/gca?allch=&SEARCHID=1094142884605_454&FULLTEXT=bed+sharing&JOURNALCODE=&FIRSTINDEX=0&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&gca=archpedi%3B157%2F1%2F43&gca=archpedi%3B157%2F1%2F33&gca=archpedi%3B158%2F3%2F286&gca=archpedi%3B154%2F5%2F530&gca=archpedi%3B152%2F6%2F540&gca=archpedi%3B152%2F5%2F459&gca=archpedi%3B154%2F11%2F1171&gca=archpedi%3B153%2F10%2F1019&gca=archpedi%3B154%2F5%2F529&gca=archpedi%3B153%2F4%2F339&allchb=citmgr#154/5/529#154/5/529";><font
color="#3333cc"><span style='color:#3333CC;text-decoration:none'><img border=0
width=12 height=12 id="_x0000_i1032" src="cid:image001.gif@01C490D0.77FDDE20";
hspace=5></span></font></a></span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Kenneth D. Rosenberg,
Suad Nakamura, Marilyn Wind, and Mary Ann Danello <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Co-sleeping</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'> <br>
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 154: 529-530. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><a
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hspace=5></span></font></a></span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Sara Latz, Abraham W.
Wolf, and Betsy Lozoff <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>Cosleeping in Context: Sleep Practices and Problems in Young
Children in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Japan</st1:country-region> and the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region></span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'> <br>
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 153: 339-346. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Walter Fahr [mailto:wfahr@dss.state.la.us] <br>
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 8:20 AM<br>
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers<br>
Subject: Re: co-sleeping<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>We in child protection along with the State Chapter of the <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">American</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Academy</st1:PlaceType>
of Pediatrics in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Louisiana</st1:place></st1:State>
are in the middle of a media campaign related to the prevention of fatalities
due to unsafe conditions of co-sleeping. This campaign was developed as a
result of the observation that within a 6 month period of 2002 in <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Louisiana</st1:place></st1:State>, we had 19
infants die while co-sleeping with an adult or sibling.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Below are three bullets from a fact sheet that I developed based on my
review of the literature:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>· Parents who are impaired and co-sleep with an infant are at
particular risk for infant overlay<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>· The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">American</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Academy</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> of
Pediatrics(AAP) "recognizes that bed sharing or co-sleeping may (be)
hazardous under certain conditions"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>· The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission(CPSC)
issued a press release warning against placing babies in adult beds<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Interestingly, obesity was the highest risk factor in the literature,
but we were unable to document that in our cases(primarily because it was not a
usual identifying part of an investigation) . Our most common variable was an
impaired caretaker due to medication or substance use. A nursing mother with a
co-sleeping fatality was a very rare occurrence. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>I can provide additional information offline and can forward a copy of
the fact sheet that we are distributing with our campaign( I do not think we
are permitted attachments in the List Server). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>There are lots of cultural issues associated with the subject of bed
sharing and co-sleeping. Some of my sources have pointed out that bed sharing
is common practice through out the world except in North America and <st1:place
w:st="on">Europe</st1:place>. Within the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">United</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
it is also a more common practice among certain cultural groups.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Walter G. Fahr, LCSW<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Program Manager-Child Protective Services<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Office of Community Services<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>State of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Louisiana</st1:place></st1:State><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> (225)342-6832<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>fax (225)342-9087<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>wfahr@dss.state.la.us<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>>>> lfontes@rcn.com 09/01/04 09:21PM >>><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>I am looking for the latest research or official (e.g. from <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>a body of physicians) recommendation regarding co-sleeping <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>of parents and children.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>At what ages is it found to be helpful/harmful and under <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>what circumstances? (e.g. helpful if mother is nursing, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>harmful if mother is obese, not recommended beyond X years <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>old, etc.).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>At this point I can use an "official word" more than <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>anecdotal info. this is for a book and I could use this help <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>quick.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>thanks y'all!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Lisa fontes, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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