Griffin Ship Search Is On As Divers Look Around Lake Michigan

ON LAKE MICHIGAN NEAR POVERTY ISLAND, Mich. ? Divers began opening an underwater pit Saturday at a remote site in northern Lake Michigan that they say could be the resting place of the Griffin, a ship commanded by the 17th century French explorer La Salle.

U.S. and French archaeologists examined sediment removed from a hole dug near a timber slab that expedition leader Steve Libert discovered wedged in the lakebed in 2001. They found a 15-inch slab of blackened wood that might have been a human-fashioned "cultural artifact," although more analysis will be required to determine whether it was part of a vessel, project manager Ken Vrana said.

Libert, who has spent about three decades searching for the Griffin (also known by its French equivalent Le Griffon), said he hoped that by Sunday, the excavation would reach what sonar readings indicate is a distinct shape beneath several feet of sediment. The object is over 40 feet long and about 18 feet wide ? dimensions similar to those the Griffin is believed to have had, Vrana said.

But he said it was too early to declare the site a shipwreck, let alone the object of their quest.

"Soon we will find out whether our assumption is correct or not," Vrana said aboard the Proud Maid, a 45-foot commercial fishing boat that ferried journalists and crew members to the search area near Poverty Island in Michigan waters north of the entrance to Green Bay. "We've got to get those test pits dug and hit (the) structure, because anything else is pure speculation."

After meeting with team members Saturday night, he told reporters that "within a couple of days we should know" whether a ship graveyard lies beneath the surface.

Although Libert and his associates have dived at the site numerous times and conducted several surveys with remote sensing equipment, they hadn't conducted archaeological excavations until receiving a permit from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources this month after years of legal squabbles. The agency claims ownership over all Great Lakes shipwrecks in the state's waters, although it acknowledges France would have rights to the Griffin because it was sailing under the authority of King Louis XIV.

Taking part in the dive Saturday were Michel L'Hour, director of the Department of Underwater Archaeological Research in the French Ministry of Culture and a noted authority on shipwrecks, and associate Olivia Hulot. The U.S. leaders said they hoped the visitors, with their knowledge of design and construction features of French ships from the 17th and 18th century, could help confirm whether the Griffin had been found.

"The Griffin is very important to the early history of America," L'Hour said in an interview before taking his first look at the site. "If this is the Griffin, it will teach us many things."

Rene Robert Cavelier de la Salle ordered the Griffin built near Niagara Falls in 1679 to support his quest for what was widely ? but erroneously ? believed to be a passageway to China and Japan. It was the first European-style vessel to traverse the upper Great Lakes, crossing Lake Erie and venturing northward to Lake Huron, then across Lake Michigan to the eastern shore of modern-day Wisconsin.

La Salle ordered the ship to return for more supplies and to deliver a load of furs, while he continued his journey by canoe. The Griffin was never heard from again. There are various theories about its fate, but none that have been proven. Libert, who spent years studying the writings of La Salle and a companion, believes it sank in a fierce storm only a few miles after setting sail.

Libert said Saturday the recovery of the slab of wood and prospects for reaching what may be the ship's hull shortly were promising signs.

"Right now I'm pretty excited, from what I know so far," he said, but added: "Scientific (proof) is 100 percent. It's not 99.9 percent."

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Solar-powered plane lands near Washington

Solar Impulse, piloted by Andr? Borschberg, takes flight during the second leg of the 2013 Across America mission, at dawn, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, from Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. The solar powered aircraft is scheduled to land at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on Thursday May 23. The plane's creators, Bertrand Piccard and Borschberg, said the trip is the first attempt by a solar airplane capable of flying day and night without fuel to fly across America. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Solar Impulse, piloted by Andr? Borschberg, takes flight during the second leg of the 2013 Across America mission, at dawn, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, from Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. The solar powered aircraft is scheduled to land at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on Thursday May 23. The plane's creators, Bertrand Piccard and Borschberg, said the trip is the first attempt by a solar airplane capable of flying day and night without fuel to fly across America. (AP Photo/Matt York)

WASHINGTON (AP) ? A solar-powered plane nearing the close of a cross-continental journey landed at Dulles International Airport outside the nation's capital early Sunday, only one short leg to New York remaining on a voyage that opened in May.

Solar Impulse's website said the aircraft with its massive wings and thousands of photovoltaic cells "gracefully touched down" at 12:15 a.m. EDT after 14 hours and four minutes of flight from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Dulles in Washington's Virginia suburbs.

Pilot Bertrand Piccard was at the controls for the last time on the multi-leg "Across America" journey that began May 3 in San Francisco. His fellow Swiss pilot, Andre Borschberg, is expected to fly the last leg from Washington to New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport in early July, the web site added.

It's the first bid by a solar plane capable of being airborne day and night without fuel to fly across the U.S, at speeds reaching about 40 mph. The plane opened by flying from San Francisco via Arizona, Texas, Missouri and Ohio onward to Dulles with stops of several days in cities along the way.

Organizers said in a blog post early Sunday that Piccard soared across the Appalachian mountains on a 435-mile (700-kilometer) course from Cincinnati to the Washington area, averaging 31 mph (50 kph). It was the second phase of a leg that began in St. Louis.

The plane, considered the world's most advanced sun-powered aircraft, is powered by about 12,000 photovoltaic cells that cover its enormous wings and charge its batteries during the day. The single-seat Solar Impulse flies around 40 mph and can't go through clouds; weighing about as much as a car, the aircraft also took longer than a car to complete the journey from Ohio to the East Coast.

Despite its vulnerabilities to bad weather, Piccard said in a statement that the conclusion of all but the final leg showed that sun-powered cross-continent travel "proves the reliability and potential of clean technologies."

Organizers said fog at Cincinnati Municipal Lunken Airport was a concern that required the ground crew's attention before takeoff just after 10 a.m. Saturday. The crew gave the plane a gentle wipe-down with cloths because of condensation that had formed on the wings.

"The solar airplane was in great shape despite the quasi-shower it experienced" before takeoff from Cincinnati, the web site added.

Washington was the first East Coast stop before the final planned leg to New York.

Organizers said the flight into the nation's capital was an emotional one for Piccard as it was his last on the cross-country flight before Borschberg has the controls on the final trek to New York.

At each stop along the way, the plane has stayed several days, wowing visitors. Organizers said a public viewing of the aircraft would be held Sunday afternoon at Dulles.

As the plane's creators, Piccard and Borschberg, have said their trip taking turns flying the aircraft solo was the first attempt by a solar airplane capable of flying day and night without fuel to fly across America. They also called it another aviation milestone in hopes that the journey would whet greater interest in clean technologies and renewable energy.

The Swiss pilots said in a statement that they expected to participate in an energy roundtable and news conference Monday with U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz about the technology. They have said the project's ultimate goal is to fly a sun-powered aircraft around the world with a second-generation plane now in development.

Borschberg also said in a statement Sunday that the pilots are eyeing 2015 for a worldwide attempt, adding their 'Across America' voyage had taught them much as they prepare.

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Online:

http://www.solarimpulse.com

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At Uni Bonn, a standard work on international economic law in English has been written

A Swedish energy corporation sues the Federal Republic for damages based on its change in energy policy? The EU is against the import of beef from America that has been treated with hormones? Such problematic cases from global trade, investment and business relationships are governed by "international economic law." Law professor Prof. Dr. Matthias Herdegen from the University of Bonn studies the principles of this complex matter, and he has now presented them in a book with more than 500 pages.

On 30 June 2011, the German Bundestag ratified the country's exit from nuclear energy. The costs of this change in energy policy ("Energiewende") are hotly disputed. Mostly, this is about building new high-voltage power lines. But it might get even more expensive the Federal Republic might have to pay large amounts of damages to the Swedish corporation Vattenfall, says Prof. Dr. Matthias Herdegen, Director of the Institute of Public Law and the Institute of International Law at the University of Bonn. This is because Germany has submitted to treaties according to which the investments of foreign companies enjoy guaranteed protection.

The Bonn law professor has been studying the legal principles of cross-border economic life for years, and he has collected the results in his new handbook "Principles of International Economic Law". Prof. Herdegen says, "International economic law is a demanding matter that attracts the brightest students." But the matter is as important as it is complex, he explains. "You really cannot understand the business section of a daily newspaper anymore if you do not study these issues."

An international Arbitral Tribunal will decide

International economic life is governed not only by the rules of the Geneva-based World Trade Organization (WTO), but also by a complex network of many other bi- and multilateral treaties. That is the case also with regard to Sweden, the home of the Vattenfall energy corporation, which has an ownership interest in three nuclear power stations in Schleswig-Holstein, two of which were subject to mandatory shutdown in 2011. "International economic law essentially comprises three areas," explains Prof. Herdegen. "Trade regulations, currency law, and the protection of foreign investments." In the case of Vattenfall, e.g., the provisions of the European Energy Charter Treaty apply. Now, the "International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes" in Washington D.C. must decide whether according to this treaty, Germany will have to pay damages to Sweden. "It might, e.g., decide that the "Energiewende" corresponds to a violation of legitimate expectations or constitutes partial expropriation. If so, Germany would have to compensate the company."

International Economic law does not prevent any country from making its own policy choices, Prof. Herdegen added, but it requires that they must conform to "fair and equitable" treatment i.e., by acting as partners and in proportion. This, e.g., also applies to the import of genetically modified products or of beef from animals treated with hormones. While both of these are completely taken for granted in the U.S., it keeps causing controversy in Germany or at the EU from time to time. "A State may restrict the importation of goods if health risks for the population are suspected," explains Prof. Herdegen. "However, international economic law requires that this be justified on the basis of available scientific expert opinions and not just based on vague fears or opposition from consumers."

Good governance is a key principle

To Prof. Herdegen, good governance a well-managed administration and government is a 'key principle' of the international economic order. This enhancement of good governance does not only benefit the economic actors, but also the citizenship at large, "If the interactions between a state and foreign countries and investors are governed by the rule of law, fairness and transparency, these standards will also transfer to the interactions of this state with its citizens. We call that the 'spill-over effect'." A second pillar is the fact that, according to Herdegen, "International economic law is no longer perceived as a one-way street. We are observing increased interplay with the standards of human rights, environmental, social and labor law." In the author's opinion, there have been additional major changes in the mutual interactions of politics and economy since the start of the global financial crisis and the national debt crisis in the Euro region. "The state has become the central actor again a position that some held to be outdated." The Bonn expert summarized this as follows, "The state will never be capable to replace the market. But the market must also always be a legally regulated environment."

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Publication: Herdegen, Matthias: Principles of International Economic Law. Oxford University Press, 536 pp., 95 (hardcover), 39.99 (paperback).

Contact:

Prof. Dr. Matthias Herdegen
Director Institute of Public Law and Institute of International Law
Ph. +49 228 / 73-5570 or 73-5580
Email: herdegen@uni-bonn.de

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Contact: Dr. Matthias Herdegen
herdegen@uni-bonn.de
49-228-735-570
University of Bonn

At Uni Bonn, a standard work on international economic law in English has been written

A Swedish energy corporation sues the Federal Republic for damages based on its change in energy policy? The EU is against the import of beef from America that has been treated with hormones? Such problematic cases from global trade, investment and business relationships are governed by "international economic law." Law professor Prof. Dr. Matthias Herdegen from the University of Bonn studies the principles of this complex matter, and he has now presented them in a book with more than 500 pages.

On 30 June 2011, the German Bundestag ratified the country's exit from nuclear energy. The costs of this change in energy policy ("Energiewende") are hotly disputed. Mostly, this is about building new high-voltage power lines. But it might get even more expensive the Federal Republic might have to pay large amounts of damages to the Swedish corporation Vattenfall, says Prof. Dr. Matthias Herdegen, Director of the Institute of Public Law and the Institute of International Law at the University of Bonn. This is because Germany has submitted to treaties according to which the investments of foreign companies enjoy guaranteed protection.

The Bonn law professor has been studying the legal principles of cross-border economic life for years, and he has collected the results in his new handbook "Principles of International Economic Law". Prof. Herdegen says, "International economic law is a demanding matter that attracts the brightest students." But the matter is as important as it is complex, he explains. "You really cannot understand the business section of a daily newspaper anymore if you do not study these issues."

An international Arbitral Tribunal will decide

International economic life is governed not only by the rules of the Geneva-based World Trade Organization (WTO), but also by a complex network of many other bi- and multilateral treaties. That is the case also with regard to Sweden, the home of the Vattenfall energy corporation, which has an ownership interest in three nuclear power stations in Schleswig-Holstein, two of which were subject to mandatory shutdown in 2011. "International economic law essentially comprises three areas," explains Prof. Herdegen. "Trade regulations, currency law, and the protection of foreign investments." In the case of Vattenfall, e.g., the provisions of the European Energy Charter Treaty apply. Now, the "International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes" in Washington D.C. must decide whether according to this treaty, Germany will have to pay damages to Sweden. "It might, e.g., decide that the "Energiewende" corresponds to a violation of legitimate expectations or constitutes partial expropriation. If so, Germany would have to compensate the company."

International Economic law does not prevent any country from making its own policy choices, Prof. Herdegen added, but it requires that they must conform to "fair and equitable" treatment i.e., by acting as partners and in proportion. This, e.g., also applies to the import of genetically modified products or of beef from animals treated with hormones. While both of these are completely taken for granted in the U.S., it keeps causing controversy in Germany or at the EU from time to time. "A State may restrict the importation of goods if health risks for the population are suspected," explains Prof. Herdegen. "However, international economic law requires that this be justified on the basis of available scientific expert opinions and not just based on vague fears or opposition from consumers."

Good governance is a key principle

To Prof. Herdegen, good governance a well-managed administration and government is a 'key principle' of the international economic order. This enhancement of good governance does not only benefit the economic actors, but also the citizenship at large, "If the interactions between a state and foreign countries and investors are governed by the rule of law, fairness and transparency, these standards will also transfer to the interactions of this state with its citizens. We call that the 'spill-over effect'." A second pillar is the fact that, according to Herdegen, "International economic law is no longer perceived as a one-way street. We are observing increased interplay with the standards of human rights, environmental, social and labor law." In the author's opinion, there have been additional major changes in the mutual interactions of politics and economy since the start of the global financial crisis and the national debt crisis in the Euro region. "The state has become the central actor again a position that some held to be outdated." The Bonn expert summarized this as follows, "The state will never be capable to replace the market. But the market must also always be a legally regulated environment."

###

Publication: Herdegen, Matthias: Principles of International Economic Law. Oxford University Press, 536 pp., 95 (hardcover), 39.99 (paperback).

Contact:

Prof. Dr. Matthias Herdegen
Director Institute of Public Law and Institute of International Law
Ph. +49 228 / 73-5570 or 73-5580
Email: herdegen@uni-bonn.de

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Mandela still in hospital in serious condition

JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? Former President Nelson Mandela's condition remains serious but stable on Monday, his third day in a Pretoria hospital, the South African government said.

"His condition is unchanged," the office of President Jacob Zuma said in a brief statement.

Mandela, who is 94 years old, was taken to a hospital early Saturday to be treated for a recurring lung infection. At that time, Zuma's office described the anti-apartheid leader's condition as "serious but stable."

On Sunday, members of Mandela's family were seen visiting the hospital where the anti-apartheid leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate is believed to be staying.

Mandela, also known by his clan name Madiba, has been hospitalized several times in recent months. During a hospital stay that ended April 6, doctors diagnosed him with pneumonia and drained fluid from his chest.

"President Jacob Zuma reiterates his call for South Africa to pray for Madiba and the family during this time," the presidential statement said.

On April 29, state television broadcast footage of a visit by Zuma and other leaders of the ruling African National Congress to Mandela's home. Zuma said then that Mandela was in good shape, but the footage - the first public images of Mandela in nearly a year - showed him silent and unresponsive, even when Zuma tried to hold his hand.

Mandela has been particularly vulnerable to respiratory problems since contracting tuberculosis during 27 years as the prisoner of the white racist government. The bulk of that period was spent on Robben Island, off the coast of Cape Town where Mandela and other prisoners spent part of the time toiling in a stone quarry.

Mandela was freed in 1990 and won election to the presidency in the country's first all-race elections in 1994. He was seen by many around the world as a symbol of resolve and reconciliation for his sacrifice in confinement as well as his peacemaking efforts during the tense transition that saw the demise of the apartheid system.

The former leader retired from public life years ago and had received medical care at his Johannesburg home until his latest transfer to a hospital.

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Globally, people resigned to little privacy online

A sign displays the Apple logo outside of the company's headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., Friday, June 7, 2013. A leaked document has laid bare the monumental scope of the government's surveillance of Americans' phone records ? hundreds of millions of calls ? in the first hard evidence of a massive data collection program aimed at combating terrorism under powers granted by Congress after the 9/11 attacks.The companies include Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube and Apple. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

A sign displays the Apple logo outside of the company's headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., Friday, June 7, 2013. A leaked document has laid bare the monumental scope of the government's surveillance of Americans' phone records ? hundreds of millions of calls ? in the first hard evidence of a massive data collection program aimed at combating terrorism under powers granted by Congress after the 9/11 attacks.The companies include Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube and Apple. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

This undated photo made available by Google shows failed drives that are destroyed at a data center in St. Ghislain, Belgium. Google says it destroys malfunctioning storage drives on site to protect user data. (AP Photo/Google, Connie Zhou)

The Facebook "like" symbol is illuminated on a sign outside the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., Friday, June 7, 2013. A leaked document has laid bare the monumental scope of the government's surveillance of Americans' phone records ? hundreds of millions of calls ? in the first hard evidence of a massive data collection program aimed at combating terrorism under powers granted by Congress after the 9/11 attacks. The companies include Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube and Apple. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ? U.S. government snooping does not surprise global Internet users, who say they already have few expectations of online privacy as governments increasingly monitor people's digital lives and Internet companies often acquiesce.

Privacy activists concerned over the U.S. National Security Agency's selective monitoring of Internet traffic called on people to better protect their digital data. But most people eschew encryption and other privacy tools and seemed resigned to the open book their online lives have become.

"It doesn't surprise me one bit. They've been doing it for years," said Jamie Griffiths, a 26-year-old architect working on his laptop in a London cafe. "I wouldn't send anything via email that I wouldn't want a third party to read."

From Baghdad, to Bogota, Colombia, many said they already censor what they write online and assume governments are regularly spying, be it as part of global counter-terrorism or domestic surveillance efforts.

"The social networks and email have always been vulnerable because tech-savvy people know how to penetrate them," said Teolindo Acosa, a 34-year-old education student at Venezuela's Universidad Central who was leaving a cybercafe in Caracas.

Leaked confidential documents show the NSA and FBI have been sifting through personal data by directly accessing the U.S-based servers of Google, Facebook, Microsoft, AOL, Skype, PalTalk, Apple and YouTube.

U.S. President Barack Obama said Friday that the surveillance did not "target" U.S. citizens or others living in the U.S. ? which does not mean their communications were not caught up in the dragnet.

But that didn't dampen the outrage of people who resent what they consider Washington's self-anointed role as the world's policeman.

"To the United States, everyone is suspicious, even the pope!" said leftist Colombian Sen. Alexander Lopez. "Everyone is under observation these days and this should be taken up by the United Nations."

Lopez said he has no plans to close his Google and Microsoft email accounts. He figures he'll be spied on no matter what he does.

The revelation of global data vacuuming could hurt U.S. technology companies if Internet users become disillusioned and abandon them in favor of homegrown alternatives that offer greater security.

U.S. privacy activist Christopher Soghoian said he finds it "insane" that so many politicians outside the United States use Gmail accounts.

"This has given the NSA an advantage over every other intelligence system in the world. The Americans don't have to hack as much, because everyone in the world sends their data to American companies," he said.

Hossam el-Hamalawy, a blogger with Egypt's Revolutionary Socialists, one of the Egyptian groups that helped spearhead the 2011 uprising, said the dearth of locally developed Web tools means many are simply stuck with U.S. sites, even if they know the government is monitoring them.

"The problem is that there is no alternative," he said. "If you don't use Facebook, what is the alternative social network available for the Internet user who is not an IT geek?"

Soghoian predicted an increasing push by governments and companies in Europe in particular, where privacy has been a much bigger issue for voters than in the United States, away from storing data in U.S.-based server farms.

Indeed, under U.S. law it is not illegal for the NSA to collect information on foreigners.

The disclosure of the NSA data-vacuuming program known as PRISM is only the latest "of many U.S. government programs created to infringe on personal freedoms," said Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza, a technology policy professor at FGV think tank in Rio de Janeiro.

Going back well into the 20th century, the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand ran a secret satellite communications interception network that became known as Echelon and searched information including telexes, faxes and emails, according to experts including U.S. journalist James Bamford. The system was the subject of a 2001 European Parliament inquiry.

According to a U.N. report released this week, such surveillance has been on a global upsurge with governments increasingly tapping into online personal data and even discouraging online anonymity by passing laws prohibiting it.

The governments of China, Iran, Bahrain are among other nations that already aggressively oversee online activity, in many cases putting people in prison for political blog posts and other messages.

Israel's attorney general in April upheld a practice allowing security personnel to read email accounts of suspicious individuals when they arrive at the airport, arguing it prevents militants from entering the country.

China has long imposed tight control over media and spied on private communications among its citizens, especially government critics and activists, sifting through their email, listening in on their phone conversations and snooping on their cyber activities.

Major Internet companies employ internal reviewers who regularly censor content posted by users and scrub off offensive language, including political topics the authorities do not wish to be publicly discussed.

South Korea, one of the most wired countries in the world, has a law that allows authorities to ask telecommunications companies without a court order to provide information such as names, resident registration numbers, addresses and phone numbers of their subscribers. But this doesn't involve the substance of conversations users had using communications software provided by the companies.

Ko Young-churl, a journalism professor and communications expert at Jeju National University in South Korea, said most South Koreans are complacent about security for their personal data online ... "and most South Koreans don't realize authorities could use such tools against them."

The U.N. report said such activity has been expanding as technology advances, and that countries should prioritize protecting people's online rights.

"In order to meet their human rights obligations, States must ensure that the rights to freedom of expression and privacy are at the heart of their communications surveillance frameworks," the report reads.

Its author, Guatemalan Frank La Rue, calls for legal standards to ensure "privacy, security and anonymity of communications" to protect people including journalists, human rights defenders and whistleblowers.

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Associated Press writers Vivian Sequera in Bogota, Ian Deitch in Jerusalem, Jill Lawless in London, Bradley Brooks in Sao Paulo, Fabiola Sanchez in Caracas, Sameer N. Yacoub in Baghdad and Tony G. Gabriel in Cairo contributed to this report. Jack Chang contributed from Mexico City.

Associated Press

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Spring cleaning: Win a Samsung BT S Pen

Here's one you don't see every day. I've had this Samsung BT S Pen on my desk for months now. It's a larger S Pen than you get with the Galaxy Note 2 or Note tablets, and it also serves as a Bluetooth headset. Not a particularly great one -- I've tried it -- but it at least works.

You know the drill. Leave a comment on this post, and we'll pick a winner after midnight EDT tonight. We'll announce all the winners later this week.

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You Must Read These Tips Before Starting Your Oklahoma City ...

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