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      Eyebeam: Center for Art &amp; Technology, NY</b></font>
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      <b><font size="2" face="Arial">San Francisco Art Institute</font></b><font size="2"><br>
		</font><font face="Arial"><b><font size="2">Colloquium on synesthesia 
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      <p align="center"><img src="small_monet_for_pat.jpg" border="0" width="327" height="216">
      <p align="center"><font face="Arial"><b>Homage to Monet</b></font>
      <p align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>by <a href="http://www.marciasmilack.com/" target="_blank">Marcia
      Smilack</a></b></font>
      <p align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>featured in <a href="#The Synesthesia Evening">&quot;The
      Synesthesia Evening&quot;</a></b></font>
      <p align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>on Martha's Vineyard</b></font>
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      <b><font face="Arial" size="2">The Fourth Annual
      Conference of&nbsp;</font></b>
      <p align="center"><b><font face="Arial" size="2">the American Synesthesia
      Association, Inc</font></b>
      <p align="center"><b><font face="Arial" size="2">Hosted by Lynn Robertson,&nbsp;</font></b>
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      <p align="center"><b><font face="Arial Narrow" color="#33cc33"><a href="#UPE">Upcoming
      events</a>&nbsp;- <a href="#LB2">Looking back 2004</a> - <a href="#MEE">Media
      events</a> -&nbsp; </font><font face="Arial Narrow" color="#0000ff"><a href="#ARC">Archives</a>&nbsp;</font><font face="Arial Narrow" color="#33cc33">
      <a href="#SUL">Submit listings</a></font></b>
      <p><b><font face="Arial">March 27, 2006</font></b></p> 
      <p><b><font face="Arial" color="#FF0000" size="4">Lecture by Dr. Hugo Heyrman</font></b></p>
      <p><font face="Arial">&quot;The Art &amp; Synesthesia Connection&quot; <br>
      2-5 pm <br>
      at Transmedia: a postgraduate program in Arts + Media + Design,
      Hogeschool Sint-Lukas Brussels <br>
      <br>
&nbsp;<b><a target="_blank" href="http://www.mail2web.com/cgi-bin/redir.asp?lid=0&newsite=http://www.doctorhugo.org/synaesthesia/index.htm">http://www.doctorhugo.org/synaesthesia/index.htm</a>
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      <br>
      A closer look at &#39;the synesthetic experience&#39; in connection with the Arts, 
      with a specific focus on the concept &amp; theory of <br>
      &#39;Tele-synesthesia&#39;.</font></p> 
      <p><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#FF0000"><b>New Synesthesia Magazine</b></font></p>
      <p><font face="Arial" size="3"><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></p>
      <p><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"><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></p>
      <p><font face="Arial" size="2">eds., <b>Lynn Robertson</b> and <b>Noam Sagiv</b></font>,
      <font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Oxford University Press, 2004</b>&nbsp;</font></p>
      <p><font face="Arial" size="3"><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="2">,
      V.S Ramachandran,&nbsp;</font></p>
		<p><font face="Arial"><b><i><font color="#0000ff">
		<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><font color="#0000ff" size="2">
		</font></i><span lang="en-us"><font size="2">2005 (in Dutch)</font><i><font color="#0000ff" size="2">,
		</font></i></span></b></font><font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;</font><font face="Arial" size="-1">Cr�tien<b>
		</b></font><font face="Arial" size="2">Van Campen</font></p>
      <p><font size="4" face="Arial" color="#FF0000"><b>Upcoming Events</b></font></p>
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          <td><font face="Arial"><b>The Fifth Annual National Conference of </b></font>
            <p><font face="Arial"><b>the 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">www.synesthesia.info</a></font><br>
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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" size="4"><font color="#33cc33"><a name="UPE"></a></font></font></b><b><font color="#ff0000" face="Arial" 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, &quot;What sound does a
      color make?&quot; 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 size="3" face="Arial">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 &quot;Blue Cats and
      Chartreuse Kittens,&quot; 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">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>
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      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 face="Arial" size="3"><b>_________________________________________________________<br>
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      <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="#33cc33" size="4"><a name="LB2"></a></font><font face="Arial" color="#ff0000" size="4">Looking
      Back: 2004</font></b></p>
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              <p><font face="Arial"><b>November 5 - 7 2004</b></font></p>
              <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, &quot;The Infant as Synesthete?&quot;</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"><a name="ARC"></a>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 &quot;Speakers' Series on
      Synesthesia&quot;. 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>
      <p>&nbsp;</p>
      <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>&quot;Synesthesia Then and Now&quot;</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"> &quot;Plasticity and
      Specificity in Cortical Development&quot;. 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 &quot;Towards an international consensus and standardization of
      labels and terminology in synesthesia research&quot;; <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 &quot;Perceptual Reality of Synesthetic Colors and their
      Interactions with real colors&quot;;&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
      &quot;Cross-modal Associations in the non-synesthetic population&quot;; <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 &quot;Combining artistic and scientific perspectives in the study of
      synesthesia&quot;; <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>
      <a href="http://www.zoiefilms.com/2003/chroma.asp"></a>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,
      &quot;There is something very moving and convincing about seeing so many
      people present about their experience of synesthesia.&quot;&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="#33cc33" size="4"><a name="MEE"></a></font><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">&quot;Hearing
      Red&quot;</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">&quot;Hearing
      Colors, Tasting Shapes&quot;</a>, an article&nbsp;American article by&nbsp;Dr.
      V.S. Ramachandran and Ed Hubbard in <i>Scientific American</i>&nbsp;<br>
      </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">&quot;Extra-sense
      Perception&quot;</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://www.bluecats.info</a></b></i></font></p>
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