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~ ~ R OW~ ~ January 18, 1991 THE ENGINEERING SOCIETY'S STUDENT FORUM January 18, 1991~

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By Milos DjokovicEndowment Director

On Jan uary 10, 1991, EngineeringSociety B said YES to a docu ment which,if accepted by the University ofWaterloo s Board of Governors, will bethe official Constitution of the WaterlooEngineering Endowment Foundation .The Constitution was accepted with thefollowing results:

Voting Statistics:

23 Yes6 Abstentions5 Absent

The document, which has already beenratified by Engineering Society A, is thefirst step in establishing an organizationwithin the University of Waterloo whichrepre sents studen t interests in fundingissues.

The Foundation is a student responseto the drop in governmental fundsallocated to Universities. It solicitsdonations and spends funds generatedthrough the investment of thesedonations. The expeditures, in the formof grants, are to improve the quality ofundergraduate engineering by fundingkey areas such as labs , student projects

__ ~ ~ ~ u r ~Below are some of the acomplishment s

and future plans of the Foundation:

1 WA TST AR Upgrade

Last summer, the Foundationproposed that the first grant issuedshould provide facilitie s from which allstudents could benefit. Unfortunately,since we had just started collecting theVoluntary Student Contribution (VSC), weknew that there would be little money tospend. Due to our minimal spendingpower and our desire to maximize

student exposure, our options wererestricted. One choice, however, didseem perfectly suited : WATSTAR.

We had approached WATST AR with10 000 with the intent to modestly

improve the quality of their services; thefinal result was actually much greater. Byshowing the student interest in upgradingWATSTAR, we provided them with theleverage they needed to get approval fortheir own upgrade propo sal. W ATST ARis now scheduled to upgrade ALL of theirmachines to fully loaded 386 machineswithin 3 years. This indicates that notonly does the Foundation directly playarole by bestowing grants, but it cancontinue to represent student interests byindirectly influencing other sources offunding.

The WA TST AR grant was enacted lastterm and some of the machines(approximately 60) are scheduled ' toarrive in a few months. Unofficialcomments from some WATSTARsources indicate that EL 108 and E2 1302are to be completely upgraded first.

2) Financial Status

Total Funds Received ThroughDonations: 270000 (approximatly, as ofJanuary 1, 1990)

T e E E F

As you can see , the Foundation hasbroken the quarter million dollar markand based on current cash flowprojections, will easily meet the halfmillion dollar mark by summer '92. Sincemore donations are expected, we shouldsee another 10 000 in spending capitalgenerated this term. Proposals for theexpcditure of this money will be looked atby the Funding Council in the nearfuture. Dates and proceedures forsubmitting proposals for this capital willbe published in later issues of the IronWarrior .

A new Foundq,tion inititative proposesthat interest should be preserved for oneor two extra terms so that a grant may beissued which is financial ly moresubstantial. Any comments on thisproposal would be appreciated .

3) Refunds

It is important to reiterate the refundpolicies of the Foundation so thateveryone is clear as to how to obtain theirVSC refunds. To avoid confusion, theFoundation is developing a documentdescribing our refund policy which will beposted in the Engineering Society office.Work is being done to get thisinformation in other University sources.

Our refund procedure runs inaccordance with the University s refundpolicy for incidental fees. This meansthat within the first three weeks of theterm for which you paid the VSC, you cancome into the Engineering Society officeand cancel your donation. If for somereason you r e q u e ~ tthe money later thatterm, you will still receive it although itwill not be mailed until much later thatterm. We will NOT process refundrequests which occur after the term forwhich they were paid.

4) Cancellations

Percentage of students who cancelledtheir VSC:

Summer Term 1990 23Fall Term 1990 10

Although these indicators show greatimprovement, we arc already seeing alarge decline in donations this term.Most of this can be attributed toincreases in tui t ion, the GST, andCanada ' s current economic condition.Also, since many fourth year students willno longer be attending the Universityafter this term, they feel that they will notbenefit from the Foundation and therforeshould not donate. If studentsthemselves don t show how important theUniversity underfunding issue is, whywould anyone else support this cause? Iwonder how many of these people werecomplaining about the quali ty ofequipment they were using throughouttheir University education. Show thatstudents are responSible enough to dosomething about these problems bysupporting us in this cause.

I ssue Due Date

Issue 2 Fri. Jan. 25 1991

Issue 3 Fri. Feb. 8 1991

Issue 4 Fri. Feb. 22 1991

Issue 5 Fri. Mar. 8 1991

5) Tax receipts

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On-stream students who did donate,can obtain their tax receipts fromNeedles Hall and off-stream st udents willreceive tax receipts in the mail .

6) Endowment Directorship

It is the intention of the Foundation toensure that undergraduate engineerings t u ~ e n t sare democratically represented.

To further this interest, the position ofEndowment Director will be a studentelected position. fn an agreement withboth Engineering Societies A and B, it hasbeen arranged to put the EndowmentDirector on the same ballot used forelecting the President, Vice-Presidents,Treasurer and Secretary of theEngineering Society.

If you have any questions or comments,you can contact me through theEngineering Society office .

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MoreIt has f inal ly happened . The

engineering society has seen the light(and the threat of legal action) anddecided that it will no longer condone orin any way support boat racing . Thisprogressive move was prompted byseveral factors (in no particular order): aplace to hold it, legal ramifications, andsocietal pressures.

At present there is only one place thatwill allow a boat racing competition totake place: the Co-op town houses. Theyonly request a $1000 deposit that will notbe refunded at all if anything is broken ordamaged. Ie. if someone breaks a windowthat will cost SO parts and labour to fixthe town houses keeps the whole $1000.Good deal eh? Better yet, if someonescratches a table then the deposit isforfeit; even if they don't plan to fix it.

Next came the legal aspects . For a longt ime we have ignored the fact that therewas a law against competitive drinking ofalcohol. "We are only students and theywon't bust us." was an idea run rampant .Well the truth is we are citizens of thiscountry and the laws apply to us. Like itor lump it. (Feel free to try and changethem.)

Thirdly came society. Right now weare seen as drunken boors or obnoxiouslyarrogant. By taking this courageous stepwe are proving to the society that we areresponsible and deserve the trust given toprofessional societies.

Iron Warrior

BEERDespite the wrenching change with the

past I can only applaud the leadershipthat stood up to the peer pressure. Theycanned boat racing and that is as it shouldbe.

Of course it can't stop at boat racing .Re-orientation last week reminded me oforientation '90 where I was told that theprevalence of alcohol was greatly reducedover previous orientat ion activities .Frankly I was appalled. There was morealcohol available than I have ever seenbefore in entire my life. Over 15% of ourfirst year students are under the age of 19.Scrving alcohol to these people is illegal.

If you do it you deserve to be put in theslammer. On top of this age restrictionthere are an ever increasing number ofpeople who don't drink. So because thereare people who do n ' t like it and peoplewho are not allowed to drink it we shouldremove all references to it and buy nonalcoholic beverages instead. I know thatas a big brother I was quite thirsty a lot ofthe time and would have loved one of The

Real Thing.I'm not saying that you shouldn't take acollection for a beer run, but money thateveryone contributes should not be used tobuy alcohol that not everyone can enjoy.

and help the OEDC '91 directors run thebest competition ever .

Welcome BackI know that those of you who know me

were probably expecting an extremely

controversial editorial in this first issue.Don't worry, they're coming. I very~ t r o n l yfeel that the job of an editor is toget the readers to think abo ut the issuesat hand. I actually hope that I do stir upa few conversat ions with my futureeditorials . Where there is controversythere is thought, and i I am able toprovoke thought my job here will be done.

Welcome back I hope that all of yourwork terms were as productive andgrat ifying as mine was at PhonetixCorporation. For those of you in 1B:welcome to B-soc, I hope we live up toyour expectations.

Since this is the fjrst issue of the IronWarrior this term there are a few thingsI'd like to bring up. Firstly I d like toextend my deepest gratitude to all of thevolunteers who made this first issuepossible. We had a pretty tight scheduleand everyone worked very hard to makeit all come together. They all deserve apat on the back. I would also like to takethis opportuni ty to extend my thanks andlove to my family ... without their supportI would never have survived .

If you are interested in helping out withthe Iron Warrior come and see us Wehave a great new office in CPH 323C(between POETS and the Orifice ... whereHarvey and myself virtually live) or wecan be reached by either leaving us a notein our mailbox in the Orifice or bye-mailat IWARRIOR@1308.

There has been so much great stuff goingon lately that I don't know where to start.Get involved but most of all have fun TheOrifice Drop by, say hi to Cheryl, and

The Iron Warrior is a forum forthought-provoking and infonnative articles

presented by the academic communityof

the University of Waterloo. I Viewsexpressed in the Iron Wmior, other thanthe editorials, ate those of the authors anddo not necessarily reflect the opinions ofthe editors or the Engineering Society.

The Iron Warrior encouragessubmissions from students, faculty andother members of the universitycommunity. Submissions should reflect theconcerns and intellectual standarda r the

and Ihouta beM.c::intolsh or S ~ O O S

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check out the office. A-soc did a great jobof re-decorating. The VSC: A lot has beenhappening in this department, check outMilos' article in this issue for all of thedetails . POETS: Looks like its going to beanother great term as usual. Stop by,watch the Simpsons, have a brew andmake sure you give the POETS directors apat on the back for all their hard work.ODC There is still time to get involved

stated, become the propertyWarriQr, which reserves the right O refuse

publication of material which it deemsunsuitable. The lIon Warrjor also 1escrversthe right to edit grammar, spelling andportions of text that do not meet universitystandards. Authors will be notified of anymajor changes that may be required.

All submissions and advertisingenquiries should be forwarded LO:

Iron WarriorBQgineerin& Society

Remember: Lots of people talkin' .. butvery few of them know.

January 18, 1991

Editors:

Kevin JohnsonHarvey Watson

Photo Editor:

Chris DeBrusk

Layout Editor:

Linda Hachey

1\dvertising:

Todd BaileyJulie Shigetomi

Photography:

Johnathon LeeJeff

Coqtributors:

A.J. BaxterGregory CookThe DeanMilos DjokovicKim FarwellPaul Fieguth

Brenda HacheyLinda KellerJohn KingdonEric LangfordSean MurphyAlexander N. Rink

Layout:

JeffDyckElise

Milind G.hanekarJohn Kingdon

Head LineTed TimarVal SmithDewey : Yin

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Prez Spews Treasurer s ReportBy A.J. BaxterPresident

Isn't it great? We're back at school, in

the lovely region of K-W, loving theweather changes that occur every minute.I personally enjoy the fact that I when Ileave my house it is warm and sunny butby the time I get to the end of thedriveway the temperature hasdropped into the subarctic range and ablizzard is raging around me. Good oldWaterloo - How l love thee . BlIT it is notall bad. EngSoc is back with a vengeance .This is the term to have fun (ie. it is AI'slast term in office and she intends to fulfilall election campaign promises; image,endowment and FUN ). There arcapproximately 70 people who havevolunteered their time to make Winter 91Fantastic (ok - bearable? ?) . Drop by thenew and improved Orifice and get

involved. All of you A Soc frosh who didthe B Soc flip - come by and see Cheryl.She is a great substitute Mom and nowthat you've been here for four months youknow that you will need all the supportyou can get.

This term is off to a quick start. Twocouncil meetings with in the first week ofthe term: A feat of organizational talent(so Security forgot to open the room .. lt ishard to be 100% all the time.) At thesecouncil meetings EngSoc passed the WEEF(a.k.a the VSC) constitution. Sec the

article written by Milos, God of WEEF, formore details . The fact that we passed theconstitution means;

1) AJ is no longer responSible for $270000.(This is good)2) The WEEF will be able to actindependently of EngSoc and the FundingCouncil will start spending money onproposals. (This is even better)

The UniverSity of Waterloo Board ofGovernors will be approving the documenton February 5th. The Universi tyTreasurer and Secretary have beeninvolved over the last four months so J donot foresee any problems with B of Gapproval.

Over the work term the Exec hasdevoted enormous amounts of energy to theEngSoc cause. Sean was busily countingmoney ..always telling me we were broke,but managing to fund all of the greatservices the society runs. Katherine waspromoting engineering to the high schoolsystem and telling the community that wearc a great bunch of people . Janice focusedon organizing the 70 EngSoc directors andsubcommittee members so that this termwill be FUN. And then there is me, tryingto get my IW articles done before thatdeadline. (Close A.J. ed.)

This is our last term ' in office - so anyonewho is interested in running should comeby the Orifice and talk to us. The electionschedule has been marked on the blotterand there is info about eligibility in theoffice. I encourage people to get involved.The last 12 months have been the biggest' learning experience' I have ever had.Seriously, it is amazing and you havejustifiable reasons to go to POETS all thetime . OK, so the reasons can't be justifiedb ltt you still get to go to POETS.

I would like to thank Dave, Chris,Scott, Andrew, Kim and Kevin forspeaking about their work terms at .thefrosh Co -Op informat ion sesSIOn.Coordination really appreciated thepositive view of the program .

Until next deadline I bid you farewell.As always, if you have questions,. o n c e r n sor beer you can find me in the Onhce .

By Sean MurphyTreasurer

Welcome back. Since it is the seasonto be jolly and all that, I wanted towelcome the 1Bs and 4Bs that are joiningus from A Soc . Since B Soc is so muchbetter that A Soc, you are in for a realtreat.

To begin with, since I'm a financialtype, I'll give you the financial r ~ p o r tforthe past termj this might explam a fewoddities.

First, the Mac Booth is only availablefrom 8 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday.Last term the Mac B o o ~ hwas broken intoand two Macs were stolen. On a secondoccasion the hard disk from the server

was also stolen. As a result, untilal ternate arrangements can be madeha ensure securi t , access to the Mac

Booth and Annex will be resfricted to theabove times.

In the same security and liability vein,we have invested in an insuranc policythat will cover most of the inventory thatEngSoc carries; ie. Macs, the C&D, andall equipment in the Engine ring SocietyOffice.

Since EngSoc's operation has grownwith all the activities it is involved in, the

accounting difficult ies have grownproportionally. Upon examination, thecash flow through the EngineeringSociety Office and the C D hasamounted to about 500 000 annually.

Due to the large figures involved in theactual running of EngSoc, both myselfand my A Soc counterpart decided toinvest in the Great Plains Accountingpackage. Another Mac was purchasedfor the sole use of the treasurer to put thebooks on-line and maintain s2curity. Inthe past, due to constraints and the abilityof the treasurer, the financial outlook wasnot as exact as is needed for today'smanagement of the Engineering Society.The new accounting package will reducethe effect of individual treasurer 'sabilities.

A few modification were made to theEngSoc office including a new layout, newcabinets, and a cleaned -up back roomthat can actually be used for meetings.

One reason for the increased space inthe back room of the Orifice is that theIron Warrior has a new office where theycan store their own stuff. The new room islocated directly behind the displaycabinets in the hallway between theOrifice and POETS. The increasedvisibility of the IW room should benefit

both the students and the editors, aspeople will be reminded daily to submitarticles and voice their opinions. Theeditors benefit as well by having moresubmissions for the IW.

l iNe ends my summary o( s o m ~of the-goings-on for th past t ' rm . In my nextarticle, I will outline what will happen inthe next thr months. Hopefully, myspewing hasn't been too boring.

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WhatBy John Kingdon3B Systems

ou MissedThe SLB proposal was defeated at an

approximate margin of two-tooOne, withabout 28 of eligible votes being cast.The Faculty of Engineering had the

What follows is a quick rundown on the highest proportion of both voter turnoutmajor happenings of the Fall '90 term. and negative votes. This, along with theThose of you who weren t on campus election proced ure violations, gave rise tomissed a lot of excitement. criticism of engineering studentr. in the

The major event of the term was the Opinion section of Imprint. leading to aStudent Life Building referendum . Once debate which has carried over to thisthe official campaign period began, it term .didn t take things long to get out of Following the referendum, Johncontrol. The No side of the campaign Vellinga resigned as president of thecharged that the Yes side had improperly Federation of Students, citing personalplaced campaign material in both the and health reasons. At the Federation'sCampus Rec booklet and the Fed Annual General Meeting, Tess Sliwinski,Handbook. This complaint was upheld, then the Vice President, Operations andand the Yes side was fined, a penalty that Finance, was declared the new presidentwas immediately condemned by the No until the Winter '91 general elections.side as being too lenient. Shortly after The SLB affair wasn't the only electionthis, the chairman of the official No scandal on campus last term. Whencampaign resigned, meaning that there students in Accounting tried to set up anwould be no official opposit ion to the SLB, educational contribution scheme similarand that the $1000 budget was frozen. to Engineering s Voluntary Student

Following this, unofficial opposition Contribution, the first referendum wasbegan to spring up, with strong declared null and void because ofconcentrations among the Campus procedural concerns. The second, held aCentre staff and upper-year engineering few weeks later, saw the proposalstudents, among others. Several of the approved by about 84 of the votes.student newspapers, including Imprint And, when the Mathematics SocietyIron Warrior and MathNews began to held their executive elections, the firsttake active editorial positions against vote was annulled after the controversialboth the proposal itself and the execution disqualification and subsequent appealof the referendum. John Vellinga, of one of the presidential candidates.president of the Federation and one of After several emergency meetings andthe chief proponents of the proposal, the resignation of the MathSoc Electionbecame the target of considerable Committee, a second vote was held, and acriticism, some of which verged on new executive was eJected.person al attacks. Besides election scandals, probab ly the

When the actual referendum date most unusual event of the fall term tookarrived, it was discovered that much of place on October 25, when all of thethe campus had been plastered with campus buildings were evacuated in mid-poster advocaUn tne d f at of tn afternoon du to a bomb threa .proposal, all o which had been put up Apparently, an anonymous 911 callafter the campaigning deadline had warned that seventeen bombs werepassed, and many of which carried scattered around the campus, and wouldvarious student society stamps, including explode within three hours of the call.EngSoc's. In addition, similar material I3esides causing some disruption ofhad been painted onto a lawn on campus. midterms, the incident highlighted_cmrc

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problems with UWs current EmergencyPlan, which is now under review. As anaside, the I30mbshelter was closed duringthe scare, much to the delight of campuswits.

The campus was also closed at mid-dayon December 3 because of heavysnowstorm. This caused relatively littledisruption, as exams had not yet started.

In a surprise move, universityadministrators reinstated the alt . computer newsgroups, which had beencut off amidst considerable controversyduring the summer. A committee,including student representation, wasformed to examine future newsgroupissues.

In sports, the Football Warriors wereunable to repeat their feat of entering theplayoffs from last season, but they endedup with a solid fifth-place finish and a 3-4record, tying the University of Guelph.

Meanwhile, in enginccring, orientationcame off with relatively few surprises.About a hundred more students wereadmitted than in 1989 due to the newCorridor plan. The implications of this forspace allocation are under review.

All in all, it was an eventful term .Winter '91 has the potential to match it,though . Stay tuned ..

Save Big ashBy Gregory Cook4B Civil

Last term (Fall '90), I wrote an article inIWentitled "SAVE BIG CASH". Peoplewere wondering about rumors they hadheard concerning ways to decrease theamount at the bottom line of their feestatements. In my naivety, I answeredthe call with five suggested ways toaccomplish this task. Since then I havebeen informed that my suggested wayswere not entirely correct. Many peopletook my suggestions and attempted tosave some coin. My apologies to thosewho were unsuccessful and becamedisappointed and angry because thesuggestions did not work. Let me note,however, that every suggestion I madewas forwarded on the basis that they allworked for me in preceding terms. As

noted below, some information is nowclear. So please read the followingcar fully and understand that theinformation provided is current ly true tothe best of my knowledg e. Here goes:

1) First: You only need to pay the co-opfee for a total of eight academic terms.That means that if you have taken anextra non-degree engineering term orbeen delayed due to a transfer betweendiSciplines or because you repeated aterm, then you are probably going to endup with more than eight academic terms .Once you have paid the co-op fee eighttimes, pay it no more . Get all subsequentco-op fees signed off by Gary Buckleyand save big cash.

Once you have paid theCo-op fee eight timespay i t no more

2) Next, 1 noted that a student couldget tax receipts from the UniversityOffice of Alumni Affairs in South CampusHall. No more. After my first articleappeared, I received a copy of an intraUniversity memo from Dorothy I3attae,Treasurer. The memo, dated 01September 1990,reads:

"Revenue Canada s regulations for theissuance of official receipts by charitiesstipulate that a gift is a voluntarytransfer of property (money). Studentfees do not qualify for charitable taxreceipts under these regulations, sincethey are mandatory fees rather thanvoluntary gifts. In order for the UniverSityof Waterloo to comply with theseregulations and avoid the risk of losing itscharitable registration status, no furtherdonations receipts can be issued formandatory student fees."

The fees they are referring to included$7.50 for Fed Hall and $10.00 forrecreation facility (ie. Columbia Icefield)for which a student could request taxreceipts as I did last year. ColumbiaIceficld is paid off now and since the SLBvote was 'no', the only fee remaining is forFed Hall. At present, you can not receivea recei pt for this fee. Buck up littlecampers and take comfort in the fact that

$7.50 is a cheap cover price to pa y ' for fourmonths worth of the largest Universitybar in Ontario (Canada? the World?).

3) Then I suggested If you don tsubmit a work report on a given term,then don t pay the work report markingfee." Bzzzzzz. Wrong answer. This feeworks the same way as your co-op fee. Soafter you ve paid it eight times you are inthe clear and don t have to pay itanymore. In effect, you pay the workreport marking fee eight times regardlessof the number of work reports you submitbecause the fee is pro-rated.

4) This time, at least, my comment wasvalid. As a student, presumably with alow income, you get a GSf tax credit. Ohboy If you are single with no childrenand a reported net income for the last taxyear of $12,000-$22,000 you should get atotal $290 tax credit, mor e if you have kids

or a spouse, less if you are single with anet income outside this range Youshould already have your first portion ofthis credit so for further info, call 1-800-668-2122 and ask .

You do have to pay foreducation so make the best ofyour opportunities to Ieant

5) On page 3:7 of the Universityundergraduate calendar it states that youmay request exempt status for the healthinsurance item on your fee statement.The idea here is that if you already havesupplementary health insurancecoverage, perhaps under your parentsemployment agreement then you do notneed to pay this fee. Exemp tion formsare available in the cashier s office inNeedles Hall and a brochure describingthe supplementary coverage may beobtained at Needles Hall or at HealthServices. You must file an exemptionrequest form every term that you wish tobe considered for exempt status. If,however, you arc paying the healthinsurance fcc then please note that youcan make claims covered by this policyeven while on your workterm. If it is adesignated double workterm you will bemailed a card to extend the coverage forthe extra four months. The plastic cardyou have been issued is part of thepreliminary steps to the standardizationof a nation wide health insurancedatabase so that even if your worktcrm isin Calgary, you should have no problemverifying your coverage.After you ve tried these suggestions, lookfor more It is interesting (readdepressing) to note that while I receivedlots of feedback about my originalsuggestions, nobody seems to havegenerated any other ideas. Maybe that isbecause we re already at the skeleton ofthe fee statement. After all, t h ~is notEurope; you do have to pay lor theeducat ion. So try looking at it the otherway and make the best of youropportunities to learn.


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How are engineers perceived by the

From The Outside Ingeneral public? This article and otherswill try to show you how engineeringstudents are perceived outside thecngineering faculty. Various faculty andstaff will write their opinion which will

By Brenda HacheylB Hons. Geog.

It is impossible for me to discuss myperception of engineers withoutsubmitting to certain generalizations andstereotypes that you, as a faculty, aretrying hard to erase. I realize that a moreaccurate account of what engineers 'are'could be made by asking each of you afew questions, things like 'Why do youwant to become an engineer?' or 'Whatdo you like and dislike the most aboutyour program?'. I don't have the timeand energy to do that; instead, I ll listwhat I've learned and observed aboutengineers at Waterloo. These views arenot universal, and each of you willdisagree with some statements, but 1 amconfident that each of you will also agreewith some, finding yourself in these ideas.

It's hard for me, as a non-engineer, towalk through an engineering buildingwithout feeling like I'm trespaSSing. Thehalls seem long and noble, a place whereonly a few people deserve to be.

Engineers are aware that their reputationpreceeds them; some students try to liveup to the ' image' , blaming t h ~ r

degrading actions and attitudes on theIrfaculty, using the excuse what do youexpect, I'm an engineer, to avoidresponSibility for their personal conduct.Others try to prove the stereotype wrong,being careful in their attitudes andactions, fiercely defending their faculty.~ t typett< work 88l1tnst each other.presenting opposing views of whatengineers are truly like.

Engineers are competitive, especiallyagainst other enginccrs. Each class is itsown family unit, and it seems that thiscloseness breeds rivalry. Mechanicalhates Systems, Civil hates Chemical,Computer hates Electrical...

Engineers at Waterloo want to be here.Most choose to come to this Universityand are determined to succeed.

Engineers get blamed for a lot of thingsthey don't do; engineers do a lot of thingsand never get blamed for them.Engineers want to stress the positive -changing The Too\', fund raising drivesetc., and often wonder why the publicstrives to find fault, pointing to the past.

Engineers think their faculty is the beston campus, and have a way of statingtheir superiority that makes othersuncomfortable. "Arts? What kind ofprogram is Arts?"

The minority of engineers - the ones whocontinue to act as students did years ago -fail to realize this important fact: studentsmake the faculty; the faculty doesn ' tmake the students. When a highschoolstudent is accepted into engineering atUW, he/she doesn't immediately turninto a crude, beer drinking pig; however,if an individual was already like thatbefore, don't blame their personality onenginccring - blame it on them.

Engineers hang around with otherengineers.

Engineers get paid a lot on work terms,but have problems writing work reports.

Engineers are challenged. Theirprograms are demanding, packed withlectures and lab hours, lacking in lunchbreaks and electives. The workload isheavy, and I have never heard anengineer complain that a course is tooeasy.

Dear EditorOn the very eve of th e . first anniversary Qfthe massacre of women engineerIngstudents in Montreal, the talk amongstthe Waterloo engineering studentsbasking in the PAC sauna was about theastonishing decision to recognize thewomen in their ranks by including a maleamongst the four strippers at the annualenginccring stag. It was pointed out thatthis 25% concession was generously abovethe proportion of women enrolled here inengineering

In an age of bewildering chaos andtumult, it is reassuring that the pace ofsocial change in the engineeringcommunity can still be measured innanometers per ice age.

Greg Michale :::: oEnvironment and Resource Studies

Reprinted with permission from GazetteDec.13/90.

Are you sick of the cold already?

Has your car rebelled against

this winter weather?

Fix it at the Engineering garage. The garage

is located by CKMS (on the way to sunnydale)

and is available for all engineers to use.

Memberships cost $10.00 and can be found

in the Orifice, just ask Cheryl. (who else?)

be printed in this column . This is how youa re perceived. What are you going to doabout it?Enginecrs are creative (though most 1...

do n 't like to admit it), and have producedthings like The Engineering Hierarchy ofLife, I3rick Sponge, r.O.E.T.S. (whate actly does it stand for?), and falseMath Profficiency exams.

Despite the demands of th ei r progr ams,engineers are amazingly active oncampus. Fundraisers, frosh week ,councils, holidays, demonstrations andhard hats combine to make engineershard to ignore. Engineers seem to beeverywhere; maybe the rest of us are a bitjealous of your spirit, longing for the prideyou have and the closeness you showwhen you get together as a group.

It is easy to blame things on engineers;you are the nameless, faceless mass oncampus. Your size makes it easy for us toforget that when we say things aboutengineers, we are saying things about

individuals - about brothers and sistersand fri nd - about you

My advice to engineers is this: don't worryso much about what other people think ofyou; the harder you try to rid yourself of areputation, the longer it will stick.Instead, be assured that your closefriends know what kind of a person youare, and the rest of it - the stereotypesand images doesn't really matter a wholelot. Enjoy your status at U of W, and useit to improve, not disrupt, University life.The Faculty of Engineering is verypowerful, and its future reputation will bedetermined by its current students. It isengineers who will decide what engineerswill become.

Choose right.

Short EllgineersBy Eric Langfor d4B Civil

Although demand for engineers willincrease by 45% in the next decade,supply will increase by only 8%, accordingto a study recently released by the

Canadian Council of ProfessionalEngineers and Employment andImmi ratio . C ada.

"'IlIe study predicts the shortage will beworldwide; in fact, the United States willbe raiding Canada for engineers.Technologi ts will also be in short supply,because the univerily.age population Isgetting smaller . Only 8% of univ r ityapplicants currently opt for ngin ring .(Taken from Engineering DimensionNovember/December 1990).

This and many other articles have beenwritten discussing the future Shortage ofengineers In Canada. Unfortunately,there is no immediate solution to theproblem; we must think in the long term.

In the past few years, Queens, McGilland other engineering societies acrossCanada have set up programs toencourage children to deve10p an inter stin the sciences.

One of these program s is a summerscience day camp called Enginccring andScience Quest. For the summer of 1991,the Engineering and Science societies atWaterloo will be hosting a summerscience day camp similar to these otherprograms. The aim of this camp is to helpchildren between grades five and eight tounderstand the role sciences andengineering plays in their everyday livesand appreciate new technologies bygiving them an opportunity to 'do' and'see'.

Each session in Engineering andScience Quest will be one wcck long, withactivities planned from 8:30am until4:30pm. Major topics to be covered willinclude physics, biology, computing andall disciplines of engineering. Each weekwill conclude with a barbecue for the

campers and their families, as well as ashort activity time and a demonstration ofthe children's projects.

The camp wRl be promoted fflrovgftthe use of pamphlets sent to publicschools in the Kitchener-WaterlooC mbridgl' { f l , olS well as informinglocal mt'diil.

Furthermorc, through Mny and Jun1991, WOTkPlhops will b run ilt local publics hool . Th (' workshops will consist ofconducting mini xpc r imcn t s , nddiscussing cien e and cngine ring witha class of stud nts . All o( the children willbe encourllg d to participate in theworkshops. It is expected that up toseventy workshop with classes of thirtystudents each will be conducted through

this period. This workshop program isalso being planned for the Peel Board ofEducation.

Additionally, liaison programs withlocal highschool s are being developed atWaterloo to encourage students toconsider engineering over o therprograms. There arc many new ideasbeing generated every day, and there isplenty of work to be done over the nextfew months. If you are interested ingetting involved, please contact myself orKatherine Koszarncy in the Orifice. Seethe next issue of the Iron Warrior for anupdate

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In Rememberance

By Kim FarwellIB Chemical

It was back in grade 13. Universityapplications had just gone in a few weeksago and I'd applied to engineering. A fewof my friends thought I needed a brainscan

it was December 6th, 1989. So what ofit? I listened to the news. I was sad anddisgusted and detached .

Aren't you scared to go intoengineering?" a friend asked . I frowned.It took me a moment to realise what shemeant. I hadn't yet thought of myself asa future engineering student andimplications suddenly swam through mymind. I had to laugh -- fear was my last

consideration.Fourtccn female enginccring studentshad been murdered. If I had turned fromengineering because I was afraid of being afuture victim I was merely sealing my fateand murdering myself. Okay, -that is abit extreme but by simply copping out Iwould just perpetuate the motivationbehind the murder.

The motivatio n was well publicized: itwas the protest against feminism by apsychologically imbalanced man. f allwomen on any university campus areconsidered, is there a greater percenta.l1;eof feminists in engineering than in ~ yother faculty? No. But neverth eless thisman chose engineers as his feministvictims. There's no doubt that this man

didn't quite have all his marbles but a

even a twisted mind isn't going to linkfemale engineers with femini sts for noreason. Society somehow implanted thatconnection.

Marc Lepine took his vengence to anextreme so it can be argued that his viewof the social world was likely extreme.Nevertheless his act reflects something ofan aspect of society; maybe off a carnivalmirror where the image is distorted yetstill recognizable. What we shouldrecognize in this image is that somethinghas to change.

Fourteen women, university students,engineers were brutally murdered. Herein Canada. They weren't innocent victims

caught in the cross-fire of warringfactions. They were chosen, singled outfor one man's insa ne vengence . And theydied. Docs it not disturb you?

Something has to change. It has tostart with you. We all remember thestereotypes society has instilled throughprevious generations. Only recently havewe attempted to break them down. ButdiSintegrating old prejudices has to startat the individual level. Society can'tchange until you change.

All the memorial services occurred lastmonth. But that doesn't mean we shouldforget for the other 11 months of the year.f just one fact about the Montreal

Massacre bothers you, please don't forget.Let it bother you, let it bother you to

change.

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What: The biggest charity event of theterm.How: 200 engineers, big and little sisterspushing (well pulling) a bus 6 1/2 kmfrom UW to Market Square.Why: Help raise money for the K-W BigSisters.When: Saturday February 23, 1991.Who: We need lots of volunteers to helporganize this event. By being a volunteeryou will get to attend our complementarybreakfast, luncheon, and post-push

reception . Oh, and have a lot of fun.

The following positions are open toindividuals or groups:On-Campus Publicity, Off-CampusPublicity, Pledge Sheet Manager, MediaLiaison, T-Shirt Manager, PrizesManager IManager in charge ofSponsors, and Receptions Manager.

Contact Charu Gupta, Heather Tay, orClaire Tomlin. We can be reached bycalling the Orifice at 888-4762 or leaving anote in the Bus Push mailbox. Feel freeto stop us in the halls too.

Apartments, apartments, apartments ..there's got tobe an affordable apartment in here somewhere.

Plummer s PledgeBy Eric Langfordand Mark Verheyden

The Plummer's Pledge was initiated in1989 as a donation to the faculty ofEngineering by the graduating class.Unfortunately, the need for funding hasbecome more severe, which is why we areasking you to pledge. The money which iscollected will go into the WaterlooEnginccring Endowment Fund (WEEF),thus the undergraduate engineers willbenefit directly from the money.

The pledge works as follows: youpledge to donate a certain amount ofmoney to the faculty for the first threeyears after graduation. For example, ifyou pledge $120, you will pay $120 in1992, 1993 and 1994. The donatio ns are taxdeductible Unfortunately, we can ' notprovide an option of deferred pledges, asthe computer systems are not set up tohandle such an option .

There are three pledge levels:

1) Friendship Level- $120 donation. Inrespect of your donation, you will receiverecognition in the faculty calendar . Youwill also receive a copy of this calendar.

2) Fellowship Level - $250 donation.With this donation level, you wil1receive higher recognition in the faculty

calendar, as well as an invitation to acampus-wide reception held each year bythe Univers ity. You will also becomemembers of "The Quarter Century Club" -a name the Universi ty gives thosecontributing betwccn $250 and $999.

3) Dean's Circle - $360 donation. Aswell as receiving the benefits of theFellowship donation level, you also beinvited to attend an annual event withthe Dean. At this event, you will havethe opportunity to express your opinions tohim directly .

For the pledging this year, a challengehas been raised to determine which class,by discipline, can pledge the most amountof money. The challenge will be measuredusing a participation rate - therefore, aclass where each person pledges $120 willdo better than a class where half of thepeople pledge $360. The winning classwill be recognized on the plaque in the

CPH foyer, and will receive a freechampagne party.

Our goal is to collectively pledge$160,000 from the class of '91. Thecampaign will run between February 18and March 7. The winning class will beannounced at the Engineering Ball onMarch 9.

When you think about it, $120 isprobably the amount of money that youwill earn in one day when you are workingfull time.

Don't just think about it, pledge it


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I am very pleased to announce theopening of the Engineering ComputerUser Support Centre in E2-2349A.Over the Winter term the Suppor t

e n t r e will t r y o u t several n wapproaches to address your computerconsulting, training and documentationneeds:(1) The Support Centre will try tointegrate the efforts of various groupsand individuals that help computer usersin Engineering. Staff from DCS,Engineering Computing (includingWatstar and EERC), as well asdepartmental support staff will be able tomore closely co-operate through theSupport Centre.2) To facilitate this, two DCS

consultants - Colin Campbell and RayWhite - wil l work in Engineering lll.1.l:.

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~ This will provide much neededcontinuity in working with Engineeringusers and systems. (Colin has alreadybeen working in Engineering full-time forsix months, designing and now evaluatingthe Support Centre, as part of his workin Engineering for DCS's Faculty ProjectsGroup.)3) Our Watstar consultant a co-op

student named Prem Nalla) will sharethe Support Centre with DCS. This willfurther enhance co-operation betweenDCS, Engineering Computing anddepartmental computer support staff inprojects such as local getting-starteddocumentation.4) As well as consulting and local

documentation, the consultants willprovide personaIized computer skillstraining to groups requesting it. (This willcomplement the regular DCS courseofferings). For example, should a groupwish to learn LaTeX, WordPerfect,Fo'rtran on Unix, Using the Cray, etc.they can set up a time and place with theconsultants.

I invite your participation in helpingColin and myself evaluate these ideasand in coming up with other ways toimprove computer user support inEngineering.

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CounsellingN e w Faces

y Linda Kellar

There was a change in EngineeringCounselling at the end of last summerwhen Ian Smart, who had beenEngineering's resident counsellor for 23years, took early retirement and moved toVictoria with his wife and children. At thesame time Meg Conway left theUniversity and returned to her nativeland, Ireland.

Early in September, following anagreement between the Associate Deanof Engineering, Undergraduate Studiesand the Director of Counselling Services(located in Needles Hall), theEngineering Counselling office beganoffering counselling five afternoons aweek in the First Year Office, CPH-1320.

The office is staffed by threecounsellors (Cathy Martin, Linda Kellar,and Ron Walsh) who provide the fiveafternoons of counselling. JThey deal withalmost anything includirg personalissues, study skills, career choices, andinternational student concerns.

In the fall, under the direction of LaurelThom, the office provided five one-hourstudy skills workshops of six weeksduration, covering topics such as timemanagement, notetaking, reading, andpreparing for exams. This series ofworkshops will be repeated this termbeginning the week of January 21 (That'sMonday. cd.). Watch for the notices.

Any engineering student who wouldlike to meet with a counsellor can dropinto the First Year Engineering Office,CPH-1320 to make an appointment.There is no charge for counsellingsessions and they're confidential.


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January 18, 1991

Win A Vacation

By Alexander N. Rink

Int ere st ed in wi nning a on e wee k tr ipfor two to the Domincan? Maybe youcould use a new portab le st ere o with aCD player to take in your favou ri te tun es,or a new mountain bike to get around onth i s summer . If any of th ese aw esomeprizes sound like they might inter est you,th en th e Grad Committee has some greatnews .

This year, probably for the first tim eever, the Engineering graduating class,together with the Math and Science gradclasses, is running a raffle to raise moneyfor a grad gift to the university . We have5000 tickets available for the entirecampus, with only 1500-2000 for all ofEngineering .

Of course, everyone is welcome toparticipate by buying a raffle ticket andan opportunity at winnning one of thesegreat prizes. Here is what we are offering:

Grand Prize: A Marlin Travel giftcertificate for a one week trip for 2 to thePlay Dorada Princess Hotel and Casinoin the Dominican Republic .

Second Prize: A SHARP GXCD75portable stereo with CD player fromKrazy Kelly's.

Third Prize : 1\ 1991 Schwinn"Outlands" mountain bike from Homefit.

4th - 15th Prizes: Gift certificates fromEast Side Mario's, HMV, Gus MaueSports , and the UW Campu s Shop.

All this and the tickets cost only $3 .00each or 2 for $5 .00

We ar e hoping that we ca n se ll all 5000ticke ts ac ross the campus and raise about

; : ; ~ , ~ o w a r d sa grad gift to theuni versi ty. We arc also expecting thatthe Eng ineering s tu d e nt s w ill end upbu yin g mo r e of t hese t icke ts th a n e it he rof th e o ther facu lt ies. The re is kin d of anin for m a l batt le go ing on between Mathand Engin ee ring to see w h ich facult y hasthe m or e sp irit ed s tu d ents , and I woul dsa y th at the s ma rt money go es o nEn gine erin g.

Spe aking of sp ir it, th ere a re ma nystudent sa les a gent s w ho arc goi ng ou tth ere an d tryin g to se ll as m any tickets aspossi ble. Th eir goal is to try an d wi n someof the gr ea t inc enti ve pri zes tha t we areoffe ring . In te re s ted? Leav e a no t ead dr es sed to the 199 1 Gr ad Gi ft Ra ffl e,with your na me and phone nu mb er in th eGrad Comm Box in th e Orif ice, or talk toone of these five ticket di stributor s:

Alexander RinkKevin DeLeenheerWarren CheungGreg Hou stonStuart FriedrichThe selling period is only until

February 28, 1991 so don't waste any timeThe main draw will be taking place onMarch 4, 1991 in the Davis Center, Room1301.

We have not actually decided what th egrad gift wiII be., but we have receivedsome excellent ideas including :emergency phones on campus with adirect line to security; outdoor drinkingfountains; a crosswalk by South CampusHall; new CD-ROM readers for the EMSlibrary; and a new stereo system andscreen for the Campus Center.

The important point, however, is thatno final decision on a grad gift has beenmade yet, and we welcome yoursuggestions. If you think of somethingthat cou ld improve student life on theUW campus, please submit your idea,addressed to Kevin DeLeenheer orAlexander Rink, to the Grad Comm boxin the Orifice.

Best of luck for the draw

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How doesI t Work?

By Paul Fiegut h4B Electrical

Today' s top ic - th e lase r pr inter. Canyo u hon es t ly sa y th at you r life hasm ea ning if y ou don ' t know how one ofthe se bea uti ful ma chi nes wo rks??

For th e purpo se s of this article, we areuninterested in the me thod by w hich thecomputer directs the print er to d rawletters, shapes , p ic tures etc . on to thepage . That is a matter of sof t ware andwill vary Significantly from print er toprinter (hence the number of print e rdrivers packages with software such a sWordPerfect).

What concerns us are the mechanical

details inside the machine, which differrelatively little across the spectrum ofavai lab le laser pr in ters (andphotocopiers, for that matter).

There is one fundamental problem thathad to be solved inorder for photocopiersand laser printers to become a reality -there must be some mechanism by whichlight (from a laser or reflected from apiece of paper to be copied) can influenceink deposition onto some other medium(generally another piece of paper).

The solution is the following: certainelements (notably selenium) have theproperty that exposure to light permits aneasier accumulation of electric chargethan without any light exposure . For alaser printer, the basic idea is to shin e

laser light onto th e drum wh e rever a s potof ink is needed and then to ba t he thee l I : r ; u l ~ i l i U ~ l t i l rg c din i

will cling to the drum only where thelight m ade contact, r esulting in a patternof ink tha t can b e t ransfer red to th e outputpage.

There arc four ba s ic operationsinv ol ved in maki ng a prin tout (sec figure1):1. Th e d rum (a rotating cy linder,typically a lum inum with a thin seleniumcoa ti ng, on to which the page image iscreated) is cleaned of residual e lectrica lcharge fro m the p rinti ng of the previouspage.2. A light source exposes the correctpa tte rn to dots, line after line, where ink

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b ' j r o w~ h t . , jnear the drum . The ink (still neg ativ ely LEOs (one for each dot across th page, orcharged) is transferred to the paper by 2400 in typical printer s) which ge nerate ap laci ng a s tr ong posit ive charge be h ind wh o le line of dots in parall('1.the paper, If thl' abow . l p P l M ~i n l l n ~ l i n sbut not

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Attention Graduating Studentsin Engineering

Iron Rim: Information:

IntroductoryTalks

Ring Fitting

Thursday, February 21, 1991 - EL 1014:30 p.m.- Chern, Civ, Elee, Gco5:30 p.m . - Comp, Mech. Sys

Thursday, February 28. 1991 - CPH 33854:00 p.m. - Mechanical4:30 p.m . . Chemical5:00 p.m. - Civil Geological5:30 p .m. - Systems Design6:00 p.m . - Computer Electrical6 :30 p.m . - CLOSED

* Notes: All students. A-L West Door, M-Z East Door

Ring Refit - Thursday, March 14, 1991, CPH 4335. 4 - 6 p.m.

Ceremony Thursday. M m b 7. 1991- Theatre of the Arts6:30 p.m. - Ch' .\ Mech A, Elec A7:30 p.m. ,- Chern A, Chern B, Geo A, Sys A8:30 p.m. '- Mech B, Civ B, Comp B, Other

*Notes: You must bring the eard received at the ring fiLting to gainadmission to the ceremony.

o This is a sincere ceremony, a DRESS CODE is in effecto You may e ringed by an obligated engineer. An obligated

engineer is someone who was ringed in 1986 or prior. f youwish to have someone present you with your ring, pleasecontact John Westlake aq x2528 BEFORE FEBRUARY 15.

o Each group must assemble in AL 116 (Arts Lecture Hall) beforethe cercmony.

o NO ADMITTANCE ~ L BE ALLOWED AFTER THECEREMONY BEGINS

Ringing Hash Thursday, March 7.1991 Tickets will 'be available in the orifice Transportation will be provided. leaving from the

EI CuI de Sac. 1/2 hr after each ceremony ends.This will give you opportunity to change out ofyour nice clothes and into your GEEK clothes afterthe ceremony.

Encjneerjne Ball Information;he as t ango i n P a r i s

Saturday, March 9. 1991 Waterloo Inn, King S1. Tickets will be available in the orifice.

Plummer's Pleda:e Campahm 1991;o Pledges can e made through y our Plummer' s Pledge class rep. from

February 18 through to March 7 1991. Monies donated will be given to the Watcrloo Engineering Endowment

Fund (WEEP). A champagne party will be presented to the class with the largest

percentage of pledges. The official wrap-up ceremony will be held at the Grad Ball.

Grad Gift Rame:o Funding for the grad gift will be raised through a joint Engineering, Math,

and Science raffle. Prizes include: A trip for 2 to the Dominican Republic, a CD ghetto

blaster, a mountain bike and numerous other prizes. Tickets cost $3 each or 2 for $5, and arc on sale through most 4th year

engineering students and through the orifice. The draw will be held on March 4 in DC 1301.

Conyocation;The Engineering Convocation will e held on Saturday. May 25. 1991 at2 p.m. in th.e PAC. An after-party is in the works. with more details tofollow.

* Note: a student will not be permitted to graduate unless they havefilled out and handed in an "Intent to Graduate" form. These forms areavailable in each depart ment office.

ValedictorianEach class will e asked to nominate a person who they think best deservesthe role of valedictorian of the class of 1991. Each nomince will be requiredto present a speech to a set of judge s. The most effec tive speaker will begiven the honour. Start thinking about your nominations now.

Pizza Sales;Pizza will be sold every Monday and Wednesday in the CPH foyer from11 :30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. throughout the term. Proceeds will be used tosupplement the prices of the Engineering Ball. the Iron Ring Stag, and theConvocation Party.

Thines to look forward to;A number of events are upcoming for the term, including a MillionairesNight and a Prof Sponge Toss. Grad Novelties will soon e available inthe Orifice, so come check them oul. Finally, the yearbooks are well underway.

Please direct any questions about the above information through the Grad Comm box in Lhe Orifice.

Have a great term, a .d r emember that we will be Clicking our rings soon

The Crime of the Century is coming soon.


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Engineering . QuizBy Paul Fieguth

B Electrical

Welcome back for another term ofengineer ing , math, and physicsquestions. Each problem is solvablerelatively quickly without any need forcopious amounts of scap paper or an HP-28.

1. Golden rectangles have beenknown for ages. Greek philosophers, inparticular, considered the goldenrectangle to be the most aetheticallypleasing of all rectangles . Geometrically,it has the property that if it is divided intotwo sections with one section a square,then the other will be a new goldenrectangle. Find the ratio of length:width

for this rectangle.

2 This one is reasonably straightforward:The half life of an element is the length oftime for 1 2 the atoms of that element ina sample to emit radiation and turn intoanother clement Consider elemen t X

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