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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>We are soliciting papers in interactive visualization and analytics for decision support, operational management, and scientific discovery as part of the <b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Interactive Visual Decision Analytics</span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b>minitrack of the Decision Analytics Track at HICSS 50. Accepted paper will appear in the proceedings as well as <b>the IEEE Digital Library.</b> HICSS is always one of the top conferences for downloads in the IEEE Digital Library!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>A description of the paper topics is below, the minitrack RFP is below, and the conference RFP is available at <a href="http://www.hicss.org/#!authors/ccjp">http://www.hicss.org/#!authors/ccjp</a>. Please contact us with any questions.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>We look forward to receiving your submissions by <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>June 15,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>David, Brian, Kelly<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>David Ebert<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Brian Fisher<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Kelly Gaither<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Dr. David S. Ebert, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering -<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Silicon Valley Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering -<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Purdue University; 465 Northwestern Ave., West Lafayette, IN 47907 -<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Director, Visual Analytics for Command, Control, and Interoperability -<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Environments (VACCINE), DHS CCI Center of Excellence -<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- <a href="http://www.VisualAnalytics-CCI.org">http://www.VisualAnalytics-CCI.org</a> -<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Director, Purdue Visualization and Analytics Center, <a href="http://www.purvac.org">www.purvac.org</a> -<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- <a href="mailto:ebertd@purdue.edu">ebertd@purdue.edu</a> <a href="http://www.ece.purdue.edu/~ebertd">http://www.ece.purdue.edu/~ebertd</a> -<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:.15pt;line-height:10.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:16.05pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>Minitrack:<span style='letter-spacing:3.25pt'> </span>Interactive<span style='letter-spacing:-.7pt'> </span>Visual<span style='letter-spacing:-.4pt'> </span>Decision<span style='letter-spacing:-.6pt'> </span>Anal<span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'>y</span><span style='letter-spacing:.05pt'>t</span>ics</span></b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:.95pt;margin-right:50.15pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:95.3pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>DECISION ANALYTICS, MOBILE SERVICES AND SERVICE SCIENCE</span></b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:5.5pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:5.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:6.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:.5pt;line-height:13.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Interactive Visual Decision Analytics supports human decision making through interaction with data and statistical and machine learning processes. <b>IVDA </b>applies in broad range of situations where human expertise must be brought to bear on problems characterized by massive datasets and data that are uncertain in fact, relevance, location in space and position in time. Current applications include environmental science and technologies, natural resources and energy, health and related life sciences, precision medicine, safety and security and business processes. We also encourage submissions that extend the areas of use to new analytic tasks in science and technology, public health, business intelligence, financial analysis, and other domains. Submissions may include studies of visual analytics </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>and decision support in the context of an organization (e.g., communication between analysts and policy-makers), perceptual and cognitive aspects of the analytic task, Interactive Machine Learning, and collaborative analysis using visual information systems</span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:.6pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:7.9pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:6.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Submissions<span style='letter-spacing:-.6pt'> </span>may<span style='letter-spacing:-.2pt'> </span>include<span style='letter-spacing:-.35pt'> </span>studies<span style='letter-spacing:-.35pt'> </span>of<span style='letter-spacing:-.15pt'> </span>visual<span style='letter-spacing:-.3pt'> </span>analytics<span style='letter-spacing:-.45pt'> </span>and<span style='letter-spacing:-.2pt'> </span>d<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>e</span>cision<span style='letter-spacing:-.4pt'> </span>support<span style='letter-spacing:-.4pt'> </span>in<span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'> </span>the<span style='letter-spacing:-.15pt'> </span>cont<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>ex</span>t<span style='letter-spacing:-.35pt'> </span>of<span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'> </span>an organization<span style='letter-spacing:-.65pt'> </span>(e.g.,<span style='letter-spacing:-.25pt'> </span>communication<span style='letter-spacing:-.75pt'> </span>b<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>e</span>tween<span style='letter-spacing:-.4pt'> </span>analysts<span style='letter-spacing:-.4pt'> </span>and<span style='letter-spacing:-.2pt'> </span>policy-makers),<span style='letter-spacing:-.75pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:.05pt'>p</span>erceptual<span style='letter-spacing:-.5pt'> </span>a<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>n</span>d cognitive<span style='letter-spacing:-.45pt'> </span>aspects<span style='letter-spacing:-.4pt'> </span>of<span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'> </span>the<span style='letter-spacing:-.2pt'> </span>analytic<span style='letter-spacing:-.35pt'> </span>task,<span style='letter-spacing:-.25pt'> </span>and<span style='letter-spacing:-.2pt'> </span>colla<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>b</span>orative<span style='letter-spacing:-.6pt'> </span>analysis<span style='letter-spacing:-.4pt'> </span>using<span style='letter-spacing:-.25pt'> </span>visual<span style='letter-spacing:-.3pt'> </span>information systems.<span style='letter-spacing:-.45pt'> </span>We<span style='letter-spacing:-.15pt'> </span>seek<span style='letter-spacing:-.25pt'> </span>to<span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'> </span>d<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>e</span>fine<span style='letter-spacing:-.3pt'> </span>analytical<span style='letter-spacing:-.45pt'> </span>methods<span style='letter-spacing:-.4pt'> </span>and<span style='letter-spacing:-.2pt'> </span>technologies<span style='letter-spacing:-.6pt'> </span>that<span style='letter-spacing:-.2pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>u</span><span style='letter-spacing:.05pt'>s</span>e<span style='letter-spacing:-.2pt'> </span>interac<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>t</span>ive visualization<span style='letter-spacing:-.65pt'> </span>to<span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'> </span>meet<span style='letter-spacing:-.25pt'> </span>challenges<span style='letter-spacing:-.55pt'> </span>p<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>o</span>sed<span style='letter-spacing:-.3pt'> </span>by<span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'> </span>data,<span style='letter-spacing:-.25pt'> </span>platforms,<span style='letter-spacing:-.5pt'> </span>and<span style='letter-spacing:-.2pt'> </span>applica<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>t</span>ions<span style='letter-spacing:-.6pt'> </span>for<span style='letter-spacing:-.15pt'> </span>decision<span style='letter-spacing:-.4pt'> </span>making and<span style='letter-spacing:-.2pt'> </span>risk-based<span style='letter-spacing:-.5pt'> </span>decisi<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>o</span>n<span style='letter-spacing:-.45pt'> </span>making,<span style='letter-spacing:-.4pt'> </span>such<span style='letter-spacing:-.25pt'> </span>as:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:1.9pt;margin-right:22.35pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:51.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C3000B'>•<span style='letter-spacing:2.75pt'> </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Visualiza<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>t</span>i<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>o</span>n<span style='letter-spacing:-.6pt'> </span>and<span style='letter-spacing:-.2pt'> </span>Analysis<span style='letter-spacing:-.4pt'> </span>of<span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'> </span>dat<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>as</span>ets<span style='letter-spacing:-.4pt'> </span>of<span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'> </span>varying<span style='letter-spacing:-.35pt'> </span>size<span style='letter-spacing:-.2pt'> </span>and<span style='letter-spacing:-.25pt'> </span>complexity<span style='letter-spacing:-.5pt'> </span>from archives and<span style='letter-spacing:-.2pt'> </span>real-time<span style='letter-spacing:-.45pt'> </span>streams<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:.1pt;margin-right:57.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:51.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.7pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C3000B'>•<span style='letter-spacing:2.75pt'> </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Collaborative<span style='letter-spacing:-.65pt'> </span>visual<span style='letter-spacing:-.3pt'> </span>analysis<span style='letter-spacing:-.4pt'> </span>and<span style='letter-spacing:-.2pt'> </span>o<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>p</span>erational<span style='letter-spacing:-.55pt'> </span>c<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>o</span>ordination<span style='letter-spacing:-.6pt'> </span>within<span style='letter-spacing:-.3pt'> </span>and ac<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>r</span>oss organizatio<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>n</span>s.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:42.0pt;line-height:12.45pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C3000B'>•<span style='letter-spacing:2.75pt'> </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Interactive<span style='letter-spacing:-.5pt'> </span>and<span style='letter-spacing:-.2pt'> </span>Visual<span style='letter-spacing:-.3pt'> </span>Risk-based<span style='letter-spacing:-.55pt'> </span>d<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>e</span>cision<span style='letter-spacing:-.4pt'> </span>maki<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>n</span>g<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:42.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C3000B'>•<span style='letter-spacing:2.75pt'> </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Cross-platf<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>o</span>rm<span style='letter-spacing:-.7pt'> </span>interoperability,<span style='letter-spacing:-.75pt'> </span>from<span style='letter-spacing:-.2pt'> </span>mobiles<span style='letter-spacing:-.4pt'> </span>to<span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>d</span>ata<span style='letter-spacing:-.2pt'> </span>walls<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:42.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C3000B'>•<span style='letter-spacing:2.75pt'> </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Managing<span style='letter-spacing:-.5pt'> </span>response<span style='letter-spacing:-.45pt'> </span>time<span style='letter-spacing:-.25pt'> </span>of<span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'> </span>complex<span style='letter-spacing:-.4pt'> </span>analytical<span style='letter-spacing:-.45pt'> </span>t<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>a</span>sks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:.1pt;margin-right:25.15pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:51.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.7pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C3000B'>•<span style='letter-spacing:2.75pt'> </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Effective<span style='letter-spacing:-.4pt'> </span>deployment<span style='letter-spacing:-.55pt'> </span>a<span style='letter-spacing:.05pt'>n</span>d<span style='letter-spacing:-.2pt'> </span>case<span style='letter-spacing:-.25pt'> </span>stu<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>d</span>ies<span style='letter-spacing:-.35pt'> </span>of<span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'> </span>success<span style='letter-spacing:-.4pt'> </span>from<span style='letter-spacing:-.2pt'> </span>deployed<span style='letter-spacing:-.45pt'> </span>visualization and analytics<span style='letter-spacing:-.45pt'> </span>experiences<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:.45pt;line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:7.9pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:6.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>We<span style='letter-spacing:-.15pt'> </span>invite<span style='letter-spacing:-.25pt'> </span>c<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>o</span>mputational,<span style='letter-spacing:-.7pt'> </span>cognitive,<span style='letter-spacing:-.45pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>a</span>nd<span style='letter-spacing:-.2pt'> </span>organiza<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>t</span>ional<span style='letter-spacing:-.7pt'> </span>persp<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>e</span><span style='letter-spacing:.05pt'>c</span>tives<span style='letter-spacing:-.6pt'> </span>on<span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'> </span>a<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>d</span>vanced<span 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style='letter-spacing:-.5pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>a</span>nd<span style='letter-spacing:-.2pt'> </span>real<span style='letter-spacing:-.2pt'> </span>world<span style='letter-spacing:-.25pt'> </span>scales<span style='letter-spacing:-.3pt'> </span>of<span style='letter-spacing:-.15pt'> </span>data.<span style='letter-spacing:-.25pt'> </span>We<span style='letter-spacing:-.15pt'> </span>are<span style='letter-spacing:-.15pt'> </span>particularly<span style='letter-spacing:-.55pt'> </span>interested<span style='letter-spacing:-.5pt'> </span>in<span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'> </span>approac<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>h</span>es<span style='letter-spacing:-.55pt'> </span>that combine<span style='letter-spacing:-.4pt'> </span>c<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>o</span>mputational<span style='letter-spacing:-.7pt'> </span>and<span style='letter-spacing:-.2pt'> </span>interactive<span style='letter-spacing:-.5pt'> </span>analytics<span 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</span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>a</span>nd<span style='letter-spacing:-.2pt'> </span>cognitive<span style='letter-spacing:-.5pt'> </span>aspects<span style='letter-spacing:-.4pt'> </span>of<span style='letter-spacing:-.15pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>t</span>he<span style='letter-spacing:-.15pt'> </span>analytic<span style='letter-spacing:-.2pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>t</span>ask,<span style='letter-spacing:-.25pt'> </span>and<span style='letter-spacing:-.2pt'> </span>c<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>o</span>llaborative<span style='letter-spacing:-.6pt'> </span>analysis<span style='letter-spacing:-.4pt'> </span>using<span style='letter-spacing:-.3pt'> </span>visual information<span style='letter-spacing:-.55pt'> </span>systems.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:.6pt;line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:6.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:6.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Authors<span style='letter-spacing:-.4pt'> </span>are<span style='letter-spacing:-.15pt'> </span>encouraged<span style='letter-spacing:-.65pt'> </span>to<span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'> </span>bring<span style='letter-spacing:-.25pt'> </span>the<span style='letter-spacing:-.15pt'> </span>lens<span style='letter-spacing:-.2pt'> </span>of<span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'> </span>their<span style='letter-spacing:-.25pt'> </span>own<span style='letter-spacing:-.2pt'> </span>backg<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>r</span>ound<span style='letter-spacing:-.55pt'> </span>and<span style='letter-spacing:-.2pt'> </span>expertise<span style='letter-spacing:-.45pt'> </span>to<span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'> </span>f<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>o</span>cus<span style='letter-spacing:-.25pt'> </span>on<span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'> </span>the analytics<span style='letter-spacing:-.45pt'> </span>of<span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>t</span>he<span style='letter-spacing:-.15pt'> </span>data<span style='letter-spacing:-.2pt'> </span>itself<span style='letter-spacing:-.25pt'> </span>and<span style='letter-spacing:-.2pt'> </span>coordination<span style='letter-spacing:-.6pt'> </span>of<span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'> </span>multiple<span style='letter-spacing:-.4pt'> </span>levels<span style='letter-spacing:-.35pt'> </span>of<span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'> </span>analysis<span style='letter-spacing:-.4pt'> </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>a</span>nd<span style='letter-spacing:-.2pt'> </span>operatio<span style='letter-spacing:-.05pt'>n</span>s<span style='letter-spacing:-.45pt'> </span>to<span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'> </span>the design<span style='letter-spacing:-.3pt'> </span>and<span style='letter-spacing:-.25pt'> </span>evaluation<span style='letter-spacing:-.5pt'> </span>of<span style='letter-spacing:-.1pt'> </span>effective<span style='letter-spacing:-.4pt'> </span>presentations<span style='letter-spacing:-.7pt'> </span>for<span style='letter-spacing:-.15pt'> </span>stakeholders<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dr. David S. Ebert, Silicon Valley Professor of ECE, Purdue University <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Director, Visual Analytics for Command, Control, and Interoperability Environments <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a href="http://www.VisualAnalytics-CCI.org">http://www.VisualAnalytics-CCI.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Vice President Publications and 1st VP, IEEE Computer Society <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Director, Purdue Visualization and Analytics Center, <a href="http://www.purvac.org">www.purvac.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:ebertd@purdue.edu">ebertd@purdue.edu</a> <a href="http://www.ece.purdue.edu/~ebertd">http://www.ece.purdue.edu/~ebertd</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>