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McKinven - March 28, 1923 - May 3, 2006</I></div> <div> <I> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="776" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 567 WIDTH="323"><div> <IMG SRC="bc91cad0.jpg" border=0 width="284" height="429" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I><B>Alex McKinven died early Wednesday morning, May 3rd, 2006 in hospital.  Many handlers have benefited from his extensive knowledge and dedication to the working Border Collie, including us.  Alex got us started in this rewarding experience of raising and training dogs.  He will be missed by all who knew him.</B></I></div> <div> <I>(photo by Darlene Robbins)</I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><U>THE RAINBOW BRIDGE</U></B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>(Inspired by a Norse legend)</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>By the edge of a woods, at the foot of a hill,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>Is a lush, green meadow where time stands still.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>Where the friends of man and woman do run,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>When their time on earth is over and done.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>For here, between this world and the next,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>Is a place where each beloved creature finds rest.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>On this golden land, they wait and they play,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>Till the Rainbow Bridge they cross over one day.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>No more do they suffer, in pain or in sadness,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>For here they are whole, their lives filled with gladness.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>Their limbs are restored, their health renewed,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>Their bodies have healed, with strength imbued.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>They romp through the grass, without even a care,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>Until one day they start, and sniff at the air.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>All ears prick forward, eyes dart front and back,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>Then all of a sudden, one breaks from the pack.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>For just at that instant, their eyes have met;</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>Together again, both person and pet.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>So they run to each other, these friends from long past,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>The time of their parting is over at last.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>The sadness they felt while they were apart,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>Has turned into joy once more in each heart.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>They embrace with a love that will last forever,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>And then, side-by-side, they cross over together.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>~ Author Unknown ~</B></I></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></I></div> <div> <I><B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="777" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 563 WIDTH="420"><div> Alex McKinven came from Fifeshire, Scotland in 1950 to work as Herdsman for Mrs. Arthur Virgin's Jerseys at Clematis Farm, in North Hatley, Québec.  Alex's father had already been in Canada working on the Experimental farm in Ottawa for a number of years. He had been importing Border Collies from Scotland through the Shepherd retained in Fifeshire to look after the sheep. </div> <bR> <div> Mrs. Virgin, however, thought that dogs were only good for biting off tails and never allowed any near her prized Jerseys. So Alex worked for 14 years at Clematis Farm before he decided that he would have a dog regardless!</div> <bR> <div> Since Mrs. Virgin lived most of the year at One Sutton Place in New York City, Alex managed to get a dog from his father's bloodlines, and used him during the winter to move heifers and different cattle from one field to another. </div> <bR> <div> One spring, Mrs. Virgin returned to Clematis early and asked Alex to gather a bunch of heifers into the yard so that she could look them over.  </div> <bR> <div> <I>"Naturally"</I>, Alex remembers, <I>"at that time of the year animals are apt to be frisky and full of life.  They veered away from us breaking up in two different directions.  My dog was hidden upstairs in the house and was taught to keep quiet.  However, I decided it was now time for her to see a dog work!  He did a wonderful job of rounding up the scattered heifers.  (Mrs. Virgin) could hardly credit her eyes.  From that day on she invited all her friends up to the farm to see my dogs work."</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Right: Alex and Maimie with Cap x Jan pup in July, 1997.</B></div> <div> <I>(photo by Darlene Robbins)</I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="bce712c0.jpg" border=0 width="369" height="556" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 680 WIDTH="420"><div> <IMG SRC="1126a11b0.jpg" border=0 width="417" height="283" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Above: Alex with his dogs - sharing a special moment.</B></div> <div> (Photo by Nancy Hayes)</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1128a3230.jpg" border=0 width="419" height="291" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Above: Alex and Maimie in their kitchen at Cessnock Farm, showing a few of the awards Alex and his dogs have won over the years.</B></div> <div> (Photo courtesy of the McKinven Family)</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="346"><div> <IMG SRC="1124560a0.jpg" border=0 width="342" height="522" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Above: Me with Alex and Maimie in '97.  I am holding a blonde and white pup that was one of Gael's surprises in an otherwise black and white litter.</B></div> <div> (Photo courtesy of the McKinven Family)</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="776" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 306 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1a7f82b0.jpg" border=0 width="504" height="299" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="266"><div> <B>Left: Alex with 5 of his dogs in the 1980's at Cessnock Farm (part of Mrs. Virgin's original property) </B><B>Photo courtesy of the McKinven Family</B></div> <bR> <div> Alex received <I>The Scottish Farmer</I> and was able to keep abreast of trials and Border Collie bloodlines. In 1969, Alex imported<A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Imp. Meg"> Meg ISDS 47267</A>, a 2 year old bitch that became the foundation for his kennels.  Meg was imported already bred to <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="J. J. Templetons Cap">Cap ISDS 50543</A>, who was later bought by J.J. Templeton, who handled him to the title of Supreme Int'l Champion in 1972. Alex kept a male pup from that very first litter, and called him <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cessnock Tweed">Tweed</A>. </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cessnock Tweed">CLICK HERE FOR </A><A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cessnock Tweed"><I><B>TWEED'S STORY</B></I></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></I></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="765" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 325 WIDTH="483"><div> <I><IMG SRC="1a8dd0d0.jpg" border=0 width="477" height="269" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Alex often worked multiple dogs. Each dog was trained to lie down and stay until he was called to work. They did not have to be tied or on a leash! </B><B>(Photo courtesy of the McKinven Family)</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="271"><div> Alex McKinven used his dogs primarily for working the farm, but as the sport of sheepdog trialing became popular in the Northeastern United States, Alex began to fine tune his dogs on sheep. </div> <bR> <div> Many successes followed through the years with notable dogs <B>Kate</B> (out of his imported <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Imp. Meg">Meg</A> by Bob Walker's Chip), <B>Judy</B>, <B>Old Moss</B>, <B>Rob</B>, <B>Cooperlane Glen, Meg</B> and <B>Moss</B>.</div> <bR> <div> When Alex retired from farming, he kept up with training, and continued to produce quality working Border Collies for new and upcoming handlers. </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> One very notable dog is <B>Ben</B>, who was owned and handled by <B>Dave Young</B>, of Sawyerville, QC.  Ben did very well for Dave over the years, and was the perfect combination of power and biddability. He could handle the silly lambs with care and also get around the grueling course at the Kingston Sheepdog Trials with ease and style. He passed away peacefully in early 2003 at age 14 at home.</div> <bR> <div> The enthusiasm for work and the instant response to commands that were a hallmark of McKinven's training combined with a strict attention to working ability, and pedigree have produced many a quality farm or trial dog.  One client's Border Collie not only herds cattle, sheep, goats, ducks and geese on the family farm, but keeps reign on the house cats.  The man's wife was caused to remark, "If Mac (the dog) could cook, I'd be out of a job."</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="765" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 642 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1a9af7b0.jpg" border=0 width="431" height="635" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1aa097b0.jpg" border=0 width="265" height="635" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 101 WIDTH="424"><div> <B>Alex and Cooperlane Rob (Great Grand-dad to</B><A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Boomer"><B> Boomer</B></A><B> and</B><B> </B><A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cessnock Jess"><B>Jess</B></A><B>) at the post waiting for their sheep to be set.  Rob, born Feb. 25th, 1980, was bred by Edgar Gould of Cooperlane Farm in Shelburne, MA.  Rob was a favorite trial dog and won the very first invitational brace championship with Kate in 1985 in New Hampshire. </B></div> <div> <B>(Photo courtesy of the McKinven Family)</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="330"><div> <B>Alex with Kate after winning a trial.</B></div> <div> <B>Kate was out of </B><A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Imp. Meg"><B>Imp. Me</B></A><A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Imp. Meg"><B>g ISDS</B></A><B> </B><A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Imp. Meg"><B>4726</B></A><B>,and was therefore a half sister to </B><B>Alex's </B><A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cessnock Tweed"><B>Tweed</B></A><B>.</B></div> <div> <B>(Photo courtesy of the McKinven Family)</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 330 WIDTH="424"><div> <B><IMG SRC="1ac93120.jpg" border=0 width="403" height="274" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Alex with 5 of his dogs at Cessnock Farm in the 1980's.  The dogs  I know are (Left to right): Cooperlane Glen, Old Moss, Bett(?), Kate and Judy (I think). </B><B>(Photo courtesy of the McKinven Family)</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="330"><div> <B><IMG SRC="1ae6a110.jpg" border=0 width="362" height="273" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Alex & Maimie (far right) with old friend, Jon J. Templeton, at a trial Jon was judging in the early 1980's. </B><B>(Photo courtesy of the McKinven Family)</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 324 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1b0cc1d0.jpg" border=0 width="716" height="285" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>The Top 10 winners at Cummington in the early 1980's.  Alex is 3rd from the end with Rob & Kate (who won).</B></div> <div> <B>Anyone else you recognize? Far left, Cheryl Jagger; 7th from left, Betty Levin...</B><B>(Photo courtesy of the McKinven Family)</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 562 WIDTH="424"><div> <IMG SRC="4208a070.jpg" border=0 width="394" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Above: Moss working at Cessnock in the 1990's.  Moss, a successful trial and farm dog, was a son of Cooperlane Glen x Alex's Meg-see photos below </B><B>(Photo courtesy of the McKinven Family)</B></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="403" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 195 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="112aa5a90.jpg" border=0 width="165" height="169" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Cooperlane Glen</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="196"><div> <B><IMG SRC="113982ac0.jpg" border=0 width="130" height="172" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Meg (the younger)</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="395"><div> <I><B>Both photos by Linda Samter</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="330"><div> <IMG SRC="41e31ce0.jpg" border=0 width="305" height="462" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Above: Alex and Imp. Glen Tweed (</B><A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cessnock Jess"><B>Jess</B></A><B>'s sire), son of ##Spot. (Photo courtesy of the McKinven Family)</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="763" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 310 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="bcb44010.jpg" border=0 width="324" height="257" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Above: Cessnock Jan (dam of </B><A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cessnock Jess"><B>Jess</B></A><B>)</B></div> <div> <B>(Photo courtesy of the McKinven Family)</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="42686ff0.jpg" border=0 width="390" height="255" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Above: Cessnock Jan working some flighty Cheviots! </B></div> <div> <B>(Photo courtesy of the McKinven Family)</B></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 309 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="bcd71fe0.jpg" border=0 width="369" height="254" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Above: Cessnock Moss (Meg x Cooperlane Glen)</B></div> <div> <B>(Photo courtesy of the McKinven Family)</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="376"><div> <B><IMG SRC="42479fe0.jpg" border=0 width="377" height="254" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Above: This is the beautiful Cessnock Gael (Cessnock Jan x Imp. Glen Tweed), an older full sister to my Cessnock </B><A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cessnock Jess"><B>Jess.</B></A><B> </B></div> <div> <B>(Photo courtesy of the McKinven Family)</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 470 WIDTH="376"><div> <B><IMG SRC="112c297d0.jpg" border=0 width="297" height="381" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Above is Anne Tracy's Cessnock Tessa (Cessnock Jan x Cessnock Cap) as an old girl in 2006.  Anne writes that Tessa is one of many Border Collies she has had from Alex over many years and they have all been wonderful! </B><I><B>Photo by Anne Tracy.</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="376"><div> <B><IMG SRC="112e097e0.jpg" border=0 width="265" height="382" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Above: Here is another photo of Cessnock Moss (Cooperlane Glen x Meg). </B><I><B> Photo by Linda Samter.</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 471 WIDTH="376"><div> <B><IMG SRC="11346b070.jpg" border=0 width="363" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Above: This is another photo of Cooperlane Rob </B><B>(Grandad to </B><A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Boomer"><B>Boomer</B></A><B> and </B><A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cessnock Jess"><B>Jess</B></A><B>) </B><B>as a graying old dog enjoying a summer evening. Rob was bred by Edgar Gould, Shelburne, MA</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Right: This is Cessnock Nell (Cessnock Yeats x Kei).  Nell was a strong working dog with a grip on command.  Her mouth would actually chatter when working she was so</B><B> excit</B><B>ed</B><B>!</B></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Photos by Linda Samter</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="113643d00.jpg" border=0 width="323" height="464" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 427 WIDTH="755"><div> <B><IMG SRC="11383b840.jpg" border=0 width="571" height="388" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Above: Meg and one of her pups by Cooperlane Glen.  This one's name is Cheyenne.  She is owned by Linda Samter of Charlotte, VT and is now almost 16 years old (February 2007).  </B><I><B>Photo by Linda Samter</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 510 WIDTH="376"><div> <IMG SRC="1143c5060.png" border=0 width="197" height="262" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  </div> <div> <B>This is Linda Samter's Cheyenne at age 12. </B><I><B> </B></I></div> <div> <IMG SRC="114452bd0.png" border=0 width="338" height="189" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Cheyenne is a certified therapy dog.  Here she is at age 7 entertaining at a local hospital. </B><I><B>Photos by Linda Samter.</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><bR> <bR> <div> <B>    </B><B><IMG SRC="1147e7440.png" border=0 width="231" height="324" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Cheyenne at age 10 displaying a wonderful, wise face.</B></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 79 WIDTH="755"><div> Cessnock Farm foundation pedigrees: (Click to go to page)</div> <div> <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="J. 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