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      <P align=center>&nbsp; <B><FONT face=Arial size=2>San Francisco Art 
      Institute</FONT></B><FONT size=2><BR></FONT><FONT face=Arial><B><FONT 
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      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial><B>Homage to Monet</B></FONT> </P>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2><B>by <A 
      href="http://www.marciasmilack.com/" target=_blank>Marcia 
      Smilack</A></B></FONT> </P>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2><B>featured in <A 
      href="file:///H:/synesthesia_community_news.htm#The Synesthesia Evening">"The 
      Synesthesia Evening"</A></B></FONT> </P>
      <P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2><B>on Martha's Vineyard</B></FONT> 
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      <P align=center>&nbsp; <B><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Fourth Annual 
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      <P align=center><B><FONT face=Arial size=2>the American Synesthesia 
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      <P align=center><B><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hosted by Lynn 
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      <P align=center><B><FONT face="Arial Narrow" color=#33cc33><A 
      href="file:///H:/synesthesia_community_news.htm#UPE">Upcoming 
      events</A>&nbsp;- <A 
      href="file:///H:/synesthesia_community_news.htm#LB2">Looking back 2004</A> 
      - <A href="file:///H:/synesthesia_community_news.htm#MEE">Media events</A> 
      -&nbsp; </FONT><FONT face="Arial Narrow" color=#0000ff><A 
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      href="file:///H:/synesthesia_community_news.htm#SUL">Submit 
      listings</A></FONT></B> </P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000 size=4><B>New Synesthesia 
      Magazine</B></FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial size=2><B><I><A 
      href="http://www.clairemills.co.uk/syn.html" target=_blank>Syn</A> 
      </I></B>is a new online magazine for synesthetes from creator, Claire 
      Mills: </FONT><B><A href="http://www.clairemills.co.uk/syn.html"><FONT 
      face=Arial size=2>www.clairemills.co.uk/syn.html</FONT></A></B></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000 size=4><B>New books</B></FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial size=2><B><I><A 
      href="http://www.us.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Psychology/Cognitive/?view=usa&amp;ci=019516623X" 
      target=_blank>Synesthesia: Perspectives from Cognitive 
      Neuroscience</A></I></B></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=1>eds., <B>Lynn 
      Robertson</B> and <B>Noam Sagiv</B></FONT><FONT size=1>, </FONT><FONT 
      face=Arial size=1><B>Oxford University Press, 2004</B>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial size=2><A 
      href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131872788/qid=1124030252/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/002-2060663-4641633" 
      target=_blank><B><I>A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness</I></B></A>, 
      </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=1>V.S Ramachandran,&nbsp;</FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial><B><I><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><A 
      href="http://home.tiscali.nl/cretien/news_eng.htm">Tussen zinnen<SPAN 
      lang=en-us> </SPAN>Synesthesie of hoe de zintuigen samenwerken</A> 
      (Between Senses), </FONT></I><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT 
      size=1>2005</FONT><FONT size=2> (in Dutch)</FONT><I><FONT color=#0000ff 
      size=2>, </FONT></I></SPAN></B></FONT><FONT face=Arial 
      size=1>&nbsp;2005,&nbsp; Van Campen</FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000 size=4><B>Upcoming Events</B></FONT></P>
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          <TD><FONT face=Arial><B>The Fifth Annual National ASA Conference 
            </B></FONT>
            <P><FONT face=Arial><B>&nbsp;American Synesthesia Association, 
            Inc.,</B> will take place on October 28-30, 2005 at the<BR><B><FONT 
            size=3>U</FONT>niversity of Texas Medical School, 
            Houston</B></FONT></P>
            <P><FONT face=Arial>for details, go to <A 
            href="http://www.synesthesia.info/">http://www.synesthesia.info/</A></FONT><BR>&nbsp;</P>
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      <P><FONT face=Arial size=4><B>Saturday November 5</B></FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial><B>Visual Art &amp; the Brain: At the Interface of Art 
      and Science</B></FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial><B>10 am--6 pm</B></FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial><B>CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY</B></FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial>one-day conference exploring the nature of the 
      science-art interface with speakers V.S. Ramachandran (UCSD), Felice 
      Frankel (MIT), Margaret Livingstone (Harvard)</FONT></P>
      <P><B><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000 size=4>Past Events</FONT></B></P>
      <P><B><FONT face=Arial size=4>June 9 2005</FONT></B></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial size=3><B><A 
      href="http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:MNVNDD5336AJ:lists.webexhibits.org/read/messages%3Fid%3D1309+%22Reboot+your+senses%22&amp;hl=en" 
      target=_blank>Reboot Your Senses</A>: A panel presentation on synesthesia 
      in conjunction with the exhibition, "What sound does a color make?" at 
      Eyebeam Art &amp; Technology Center, New York, NY</B></FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial size=3>&nbsp;with Dr. Larry Marks, Yale University 
      Pierce Laboratory</FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial size=3>Patricia Lynne Duffy, author, <I>Blue Cats and 
      Chartreuse Kittens: How Synesthetes Color their Worlds</I></FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial size=3>Dr. Eugenie Shinkle, game theorist of Sega's 
      Rez/K-Project<BR>Lecturer in Photographic Theory and Criticism, University 
      of<BR>Westminster<BR><BR>*Moderator Mary McGuiness, journalist/partner, 
      Sputnik Inc.<BR><BR>Featuring digital interviews provided by Sputnik Inc., 
      with:<BR>*Richard E. Cytowic, MD, neurologist<BR>*Hinderk Emrich, 
      psychiatrist, University of Hanover Medical School</FONT></P>
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      <P><B><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=4>March 28 2005</FONT></B></P>
      <P><B><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=4>San Francisco Art 
      Institute</FONT></B></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial><B>Making Connections: Synesthesia and the 
      Arts<BR><BR>A colloquium on synesthesia and the arts will be hosted by the 
      San Francisco Art Institute on Monday, March 28th, 7:30 p. m.</B> Four 
      speakers will shed light on their research into, and personal experiences 
      with, the subject, and will offer an historical overview of how artists 
      have used the idea to develop complex structural relationships in their 
      work. Patricia Lynne Duffy, New York-based author of "Blue Cats and 
      Chartreuse Kittens," will be joined by Christopher Tyler, Associate 
      Director of the Smith Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, UCSF; visual 
      artist Jeanne Foss; and composer/Art Institute professor Charles Boone for 
      this lively presentation.<BR><B><A 
      href="http://www.sfai.edu/">http://www.sfai.edu/</A></B></FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial><BR><B>April 15--17 2005</B></FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
      <P><B><FONT face=Arial>UK Synaesthesia Association meeting&nbsp; in London 
      on 15-17th April 2005 (Department of Psychology, 26 Bedford Way, 
      UCL).<BR><BR>Details can be found at: <A 
      href="http://www.uksynaesthesia.com/agm.htm">http://www.uksynaesthesia.com/agm.htm</A></FONT></B><BR><BR><FONT 
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      size=3><B>_________________________________________________________<BR></B></FONT><BR><FONT 
      face=Arial><B>August 31--September 3 2005<BR><BR>Another event is a 10 
      speaker symposium which will be a part of the 14th conference of the 
      European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCoP).&nbsp; The conference 
      will take place from Wednesday August 31st to Saturday September 3rd, 
      2005, in Leiden, The Netherlands.<BR>More details will be available here: 
      <A 
      href="http://www.escop.nl/conference/">http://www.escop.nl/conference/</A><BR><BR>Synaesthesia: 
      Recent findings and future directions.<BR><BR>Symposium 
      organizers:<BR>Alicia Callejas, Noam Sagiv, Juan 
      Lupianez.<BR><BR>Speakers:<BR>P. Merikle, N. Sagiv, J.&nbsp;Simner, J. 
      Ward, C. Spence, A. Henik, C. Mohr, A. Callejas, P. Weiss, 
      E.&nbsp;Hubbard.</B></FONT></P>
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      <P><B><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000 size=4>Looking Back: 
      2004</FONT></B></P>
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          <TD><FONT face=Arial><B>November 5 - 7 2004</B></FONT>
            <P><FONT face=Arial><B>Fourth Annual Conference of the American 
            Synesthesia Association</B></FONT></P>
            <P><FONT face=Arial><B>University of California at Berkeley, 
            Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience</B></FONT></P>
            <P><FONT face=Arial>A great thank you once again to host<B> Lynn 
            Robertson</B> of the Institute of Cognitive Science at the 
            University of California at Berkeley, Institute of Cognitive 
            Neuroscience, and to organizers and ASA board members <B>Carol Steen 
            </B>and <B>Sean Day</B> for organizing an exhilarating conference 
            that brought together a colorful mix of researchers from the science 
            and arts communities</FONT>.<FONT face=Arial> A special thanks to 
            wonderful keynote speaker, <B>Daphne Maurer </B>for her insightful 
            talk, "The Infant as Synesthete?"</FONT></P>
            <P><FONT face=Arial><B><A 
            href="http://www.synesthesia.info/recent.html" 
            target=_blank>Click</A> for conference details at ASA 
            site</B></FONT></P>
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      <P><B><FONT face=Arial color=#800080 size=4>Archives 2003 
      highlights</FONT></B></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial size=3><B>October 22, 2003</B></FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial size=3><B><A 
      href="http://aands.virginia.edu/x1056.xml" target=_blank>Kate Spanos</A>, 
      </B>President of the Students' Cognitive Science Society of the University 
      of Virginia has organized a "Speakers' Series on Synesthesia". The series 
      kicked off with author <B>Patricia Lynne Duffy, <I>Blue</I> <I>Cats and 
      Chartreuse Kittens: How Synesthetes Color their Worlds</I></B>, 
      giving&nbsp;a reading from her book and a presentation on the experience 
      of synesthesia and other idiosyncratic ways of coding 
      information</FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial size=3><B>An article about Ms Spanos appears 
      in&nbsp;this month's <I><A 
      href="http://aands.virginia.edu/x1056.xml">University of Virginia's A 
      &amp; S Online</A></I></B></FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial size=3><B>&nbsp;October 16, 2003</B></FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial size=3>The<B> <I>Mind</I> <I>Science Foundation's Fall 
      2003 Distinguished Speakers</I> <I>Series</I> , </B>San Antonio, 
      Texas<B>&nbsp;(click for <A 
      href="http://www.woai.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=FBFF4FC8-D52D-46F6-82C5-D8E274B1D90F">article</A> 
      about this event) </B>included a lecture on synesthesia by<B> Dr. Peter 
      Grossenbacher </B>of Naropa University</FONT></P>
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      <P><FONT face=Arial>The<I><B>&nbsp;Third Annual American Synesthesia 
      Association (ASA)</B></I><B> <I>Conference</I></B>&nbsp;took place at 
      <B><I>Rockefeller University</I></B>,&nbsp;at the invitation of <B>Dr, 
      Maria Karayiourgu</B>, Head of Rockefeller's Neurogentics Laboratory, New 
      York City May 2 - 4 (<A 
      href="http://www.multimediaplace.com/asa/meetings.html#Presenters"><B>details 
      here</B></A>) and was organized by <B>Edward Hubbard </B>of University<B> 
      </B>of<B> </B>California at San Diego<B>, </B>American Synesthesia 
      Association (ASA) Board Members <B>Sean Day</B>,&nbsp;and <B>Carol 
      Steen</B> and 'mc'd by <B>Dr.</B> <B>Peter Grossenbacher</B> 
      of&nbsp;Naropa University.&nbsp;</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=3>The 
      conference, which took place from May 19-21 featured as its honored 
      keynote speakers, <B>Dr. Lawrence Marks of </B>Yale University, who spoke 
      about <B>"Synesthesia Then and Now"</B>,<BR>&nbsp;the development of 
      research and changing attitudes toward the study of synesthesia and <B>Dr. 
      Mriganka Sur </B>of MIT</FONT><FONT face=Arial>, who spoke 
      about</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=3> "Plasticity and Specificity in 
      Cortical Development". Presenters included <B>Julian Asher</B> of 
      Cambridge University, who presented on results of a genetic scan of the 
      X-chromosome and implications for the genetics of synaesthesia; <B>Greta 
      Berman</B> of the Julliard School of Music, who presented on responses to 
      descriptions of synesthesia;&nbsp;<B>Sean Day</B> who presented "Towards 
      an international consensus and standardization of labels and terminology 
      in synesthesia research"; <B>Dr. Mike Dixon</B> of the University of 
      Waterloo, Ontario who discussed how synesthetic photisms can help or 
      hinder performance;&nbsp;<B>Pat Duffy</B>, author, <A 
      href="http://www.bluecats.info/"><I>Blue Cats and Chartreuse Kittens: How 
      synesthetes Color their Worlds</I></A>, who explored 'Personal Coding' 
      idiosyncratic information coding of synesthetes and 
      non-synesthetes;&nbsp;<B>Harvey Gittlemen</B>, who presented his art from 
      synesthetic perceptions of music;&nbsp;<B>Edward Hubbard </B>of the Brain 
      and perception Laboratory at UCSD who discussed how higher and lower forms 
      of synesthesia appear at different stages of numerical processing; author 
      <B>Wendy Mass</B>, discussed her young adult novel on synesthesia, <I>A 
      Mango-Shaped Space</I>; <B>Dr. Phil Merikle</B> of the University of 
      Waterloo who discussed the possible genetic basis for synesthesia and its 
      sex-linked aspect; synesthetes who first&nbsp;become conscious of the 
      synesthetic photism vs. those who first become conscious of its trigger; 
      <B>Dr</B>. <B>Thomas Palmieri</B> of Vanderbilt University discussed the 
      "Perceptual Reality of Synesthetic Colors and their Interactions with real 
      colors";&nbsp;artist-photographer <B>Marcia</B> <B>Smilack</B>, who spoke 
      about how synesthesia figures into her creative process; <B>Ferrinne 
      Spector</B> of Trinity College, who presented on "Cross-modal Associations 
      in the non-synesthetic population"; <B>Carol Steen,</B> who presented 
      slides of her art work along with a paper, <I>Visions Shared: A Firsthand 
      Look into Synesthesia and Art </I>on synesthesia and her creative 
      process;&nbsp;<B>Cretien Van</B> <B>Campen</B>, who presented on 
      "Combining artistic and scientific perspectives in the study of 
      synesthesia"; <B>Jamie Ward</B>, who compared 
      lexical-gustatory&nbsp;grapheme-color synesthesia; The closing event was 
      the screening of the award-winning short documentary film, <B><A 
      href="http://www.zoiefilms.com/2003/chroma.asp" 
      name=Chroma><I>Chroma</I></A></B> by synesthete and filmmaker <B>Carrie 
      Schultz.</B></FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial size=3><B>April and February 2003</B></FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial size=3>--Synesthete filmmaker <B>Carrie Schultz</B>' 
      short documentary <I><B><A 
      href="http://www.nyfilmvideo.com/2003/April2003/awards.htm">Chroma</A></B></I> 
      was screened at a number of independent film festivals, including the New 
      York Independent Film and Video Festival in April 2003 and at the Los 
      Angeles Independent Film and Video in February 2003. Festival where it won 
      a prize for best short documentary</FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial size=3><B>April 19 -- May 24 2003</B></FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial size=3>An art exhibition, <B><I>Multi-Sensory Memory 
      and Synesthesia</I></B>, organized by at the <A style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" 
      href="http://www.heragallery.org/exhibitions/exhibitionarchive/multisensory.htm">Hera 
      Gallery</A>, Wakefield, Rhode Island</FONT></P>
      <P><B><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>July 22&nbsp;</FONT></B></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial size=3><I><B><A name="The Synesthesia Evening">The 
      Synesthesia Evening</A></B></I>, featuring presentations by synesthetic 
      artist-photographer, <B><A href="mailto:[email protected]" 
      target=_blank>Marcia Smilack</A>,</B> author Patricia Lynne Duffy, and 
      poet <B>Rose Styron</B>, who read works of Rimbaud, Baudelaire and 
      Garcia-Lorca at the Synergy Design Gallery, Martha's Vineyard, 
      Mass.&nbsp;</FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial size=3><B>February 2</B></FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial size=3><I><B>The Synesthesia Afternoon</B></I>, 
      featuring presentations by synesthetic artists and writers took place at 
      Halcyon Cafe in the artists' enclave of Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, 
      NY</FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial size=3>Presenters included (in order of appearance) 
      <B>Pat Duffy</B>, who read from her book, <I>Blue Cats</I> (Henry Holt 
      &amp; Company. <A 
      href="http://www.bluecats.info/">http://www.bluecats.info/</A>);&nbsp;<B>Rosalind 
      Palermo Stevenson</B>, <B>Anna Muir</B> and <B>Pauline Zalkin</B> who read 
      synesthesia-inspired poems by Rimbaud,&nbsp;Baudelaire, and Garcia-Lorca 
      in both English and their original French and Spanish;&nbsp;<B>Carol 
      Steen</B>, who presented slides of her synesthetic art work, along with a 
      paper,<B><I> Visions Shared: A Firsthand Look into Synesthesia and Art</I> 
      </B>(Leonardo) on the synesthetic aspect of her creative 
      process;&nbsp;<B>Katherine Vaz</B>, who read from her novel 
      <I><B>Saudade</B></I> (St. Martin's Press), which features a character 
      with synesthesia; <B>Natasha Lvovich</B> who read <I>Confessions of a 
      Synesthete<B>,</B></I> a chapter from her book, <B><I>The Multilingual 
      Self</I> </B>(Lawrence Ehrlbaum Press); <B>Wendie Mass</B>, who read from 
      her forthcoming children's book which features a synesthetic character, 
      <I><B>A Mango-Shaped Space</B> </I>(Little<I> </I>Brown); and <B>Mark 
      Safan</B>, who showed slides of his paintings and talked of the 
      synesthetic relation between music and his art 
      work.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial size=3>As one member of the audience said, "There is 
      something very moving and convincing about seeing so many people present 
      about their experience of synesthesia."&nbsp;</FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial size=3>The participants hope to repeat their 
      performance of <I>The</I> <I>Synesthesia Afternoon </I>at another venue. 
      <B>Synesthesia Community News</B> will keep you posted.</FONT></P>
      <P><B><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000 size=4>Some Media 
      Events</FONT></B></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial size=3>Synesthesia was much in the media in 
      2003.&nbsp; Some notables:</FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial size=3><B>December 13, 2003</B></FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial size=3><A style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" 
      href="http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/health_and_fitness/article/0,1713,BDC_2431_2499643,00.html">"Hearing 
      Red"</A>, an article on Dr. Peter Grossenbacher's research and interviews 
      with synesthetes in <I>The Daily Camera</I>, major newspaper of Boulder, 
      Colorado</FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial><B>May 2003</B></FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial size=3><A style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" 
      href="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0003014B-9D06-1E8F-8EA5809EC5880000">"Hearing 
      Colors, Tasting Shapes"</A>, an article&nbsp;American article by&nbsp;Dr. 
      V.S. Ramachandran and Ed Hubbard in <I>Scientific 
      American</I>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial size=3><B>February 16 &amp; 19 2003</B></FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial><A 
      href="http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/mind/s769594.htm"><B>Hearing 
      Colours, Eating Sounds</B></A>, rebroadcast&nbsp;of BBC-radio interviews 
      with assorted researchers and synesthetes</FONT></P>
      <P>&nbsp;</P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial><B>February 7 and July 7 2003</B></FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial>National Public Radio, <A 
      href="http://stream.realimpact.net/?file=realimpact/wnyc/ranyco/ll020703c.ra">interview</A> 
      with Patricia Lynne Duffy, author of <I><B>Blue Cats and Chartreuse 
      Kittens: How Synesthetes Color</B></I> <I><B>their Worlds</B></I>--on The 
      Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC-FM</FONT> <FONT face=Arial size=3>The interview 
      with Pat Duffy followed a fascinating interview with author <B>Antonio 
      Damasio</B> who discussed his new book, <I>Looking for 
      Spinoza</I></FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial><BR><B>January 6, 2003</B></FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial><A style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" 
      href="http://www.psy.vanderbilt.edu/faculty/palmeri/synesthesia/DallasMorningNews/DallasMorningNews.htm">"Extra-sense 
      Perception"</A> in <I>The Dallas Morning News</I></FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial size=3>.</FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial size=3>For a fuller list of media events and research 
      articles, visit the <I><B><A 
      href="http://www.bluecatsandchartreusekittens.com/Blue_Cats_and_Chartreuse_Kittens_Rel.html">Blue 
      Cats Synesthesia Resource Center</A></B></I></FONT></P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial size=3><I><B><A style="COLOR: #0000ff" 
      href="http:///">http:///</A></B></I></FONT></P>
      <P>&nbsp;</P>
      <P><FONT face=Arial color=#009900 size=4><B>Submit listings</B></FONT></P>
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