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function putnotice()
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		+ " <p>Since September, 2008 the only thing <i>new</i> is the"
	 	+ " <a onmouseover='stop()' href='"+dots+"sundials/sd_dialcalculator.php'>Sundial Calculator</a>. "
		+ " </p><p>Tenative plans are to resume experimenting with fabric-formed concrete sometime in 2011/2012.</p>"
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