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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'>Tony,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=blue face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'>One thing to watch out
for when working with State Plane is the units. Data projected in SPCS NAD 27
are typically in feet, while data in NAD 83 are typically in meters. If
someone chose the wrong units somewhere in the processing history of your data
then that could account for the problem.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=blue face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'>Hope this helps solve
the mystery. Good luck and let us know how it turns out.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'> </span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'>Michele Mayo</span></font></p>
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10.0pt'>-----Original Message-----<br>
From: shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Eric_Songer@URSCorp.com<br>
Sent: </span></font>Thursday, January 26, 2006 1:43 PM<br>
To: Dietrich, Mark<br>
Cc: shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us; Shrug (E-mail); Tan, Yurong<br>
Subject: RE: shrug-l: .dgn files</p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Okay,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Anybody who knows me just knew I had to comment on this one.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>First, make sure the *&^*^&@$ Microstation file is rally in
State Plane</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Coordinates (SPC), and not some surveyor or CAD guy scaling a local</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>coordinate system to feet and pretending it is in SPC. Or worse yet, a
CAD</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>guy moving or rotating the drawing to fit the page space or page size.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>This happens all the time with FDOT as-builts and design files, which</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>around here is usually where Microstation is used.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Second, the FIPSZone number and the Zone number are merely different
names</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>for the same thing. One's the Federal Information Processing System
(FIPS)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>code, and I don't know where the other one comes from. The same thing</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>happens with every thing from counties to quad sheets (e.g. there's a
FIPS</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>code for every county). There are 3 SPC zones in </span></font>Florida,
and they always</p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>have the same coordinates in a given datum. There is an offset (10,000</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>foot, I believe) between the datums NAD27 and NAD83 for all SPC's so
that</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>the datums would not get mixed up when overlaid.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Third, it's my understanding, that datum shifts are always an
estimation,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>of which, the mathematics escape me entirely. The various options</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>available in ArcToolbox apply differing estimation methods, which all
have</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>their pros and cons. Maybe somebody else can enlighten us on which one
is</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>best for </span></font>Florida? I generally use CORPSCON, because I
know where it came</p>
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10.0pt'>from.</span></font></p>
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10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Eric Songer</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>URS Corporation</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>1625 Summit Lake Drive</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Tallahassee</span></font>, FL 32317</p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Direct: 850.402.6327</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Main</span></font>: 800.842.9671 ext. 327</p>
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10.0pt'> Sent by: "Tan, Yurong"
<Yurong.Tan@va.gov>, </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> shrug-l-bounces@l "Thomas,
Jim" </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
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10.0pt'> .us <tdarsey@hsa.cc>,
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> </span></font>01/26/2006
12:36 </p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> PM
Subject </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> RE: shrug-l: .dgn
files </span></font></p>
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10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
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10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
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10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
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10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>I've also noticed that if a transformation is required such as between</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>NAD27 and NAD83 that ArcMap doesn't handle it on the fly. The datum
shift</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>with state plane is much larger than with UTM or other projections so
that</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>could be another source of a large displacement.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> From: shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> [mailto:shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Tan,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> Yurong</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> Sent: </span></font>Thursday, January 26, 2006 12:28 PM</p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> To: Thomas, Jim; Dietrich, Mark; tdarsey@hsa.cc; Shrug (E-mail)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> Subject: RE: shrug-l: .dgn files</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> You can google it. Cheers</span></font></p>
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10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> ◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘◘</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> Yurong Tan, Ph.D., Program Analyst/GIS</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> Email: Yurong.tan@med.va.gov</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> PSSG, field unit for the Office of the ADUSH (Policy &
Planning)</span></font></p>
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10.0pt'> </span></font>300 E. University Avenue, Suite 430</p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> Web: www.med.va.gov</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> </span></font>Gainesville, Florida 32601 USA</p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> ________________________________________________________________</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> They all gave some and some gave all!</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> From: Thomas, Jim [mailto:jim_thomas@golder.com]</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> Sent: </span></font>Thursday, January 26, 2006 12:15 PM</p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> To: Tan, Yurong; Dietrich, Mark; tdarsey@hsa.cc; Shrug (E-mail)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> Subject: RE: shrug-l: .dgn files</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> That's interesting. One is a FIPSZONE (0901) and the other an</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> ADSZONE (3601). Does anyone know the difference? ArcGIS lists
only</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> the FIPSZONE from what I can tell.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> From: shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> [mailto:shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Tan,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> Yurong</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> Sent: </span></font>Thursday, January 26, 2006 12:04 PM</p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> To: Dietrich, Mark; tdarsey@hsa.cc; Shrug (E-mail)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> Subject: RE: shrug-l: .dgn files</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> Also, you might need to check into the specified “ZONE” in the</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> (</span></font>Florida) State Plane coordinate system. For
instance, if I can</p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> recall correctly that Florida StatePlane East can have zone 901
or</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> zone 3601 and the coordinates of the two zoning systems are</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> completely different.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> Yurong Tan, Ph.D., Program Analyst/GIS</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> Email: Yurong.tan@med.va.gov</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> PSSG, field unit for the Office of the ADUSH (Policy &
Planning)</span></font></p>
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10.0pt'> Phone: 352-374-6080 (x5382)</span></font></p>
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10.0pt'> Department of Veterans Affairs</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> </span></font>300 E. University Avenue, Suite 430</p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
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10.0pt'> They all gave some and some gave all!</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> From: shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> [mailto:shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of
Dietrich,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> Mark</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> Sent: </span></font>Thursday, January 26, 2006 11:30 AM</p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> To: tdarsey@hsa.cc; Shrug (E-mail)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> Subject: RE: shrug-l: .dgn files</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> If you are trying to view it in a projection other than the state</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> plane try to first create a .prj file with the correct projection</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> information. You can use a template from another shape file and</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> simply change the prefix to the same file name as the .dgn file.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> If you have already brought it into ArcMap it may have created a
.xml</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> file which can contain incorrect information. You will have to
delete</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> that file first to make it work. Don't add it to ArcMap until you</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> have the renamed .prj file in the same directory as the CAD file.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> Otherwise change your data view's projection to the state plane
83</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> north and everything should align with the CAD file.</span></font></p>
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10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
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10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> Mark Dietrich</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> NHD Coordinator</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> GIS Subsection</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> Bureau of Watershed Management</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> From: shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> [mailto:shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> Tony Darsey</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> Sent: </span></font>Thursday, January 26, 2006 11:09 AM</p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> To: Shrug (E-mail)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> Subject: shrug-l: .dgn files</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> Can anyone tell me why I am having this problem. I am
trying to</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> add a Microstation .dgn file that is in state plane 83
north</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> and when I bring it into ArcMap it is WAY OFF. Any suggestions?</span></font></p>
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10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
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10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
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10.0pt'> (Embedded image moved to file: pic25012.jpg)</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> Tony Darsey</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> HSA Consulting Group, Inc.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> </span></font>1311 Executive Center Drive, Suite 255</p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> </span></font>Tallahassee, FL 32301</p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> Phone (850) 309-7510</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> Fax (850) 309-7510</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> email tdarsey@hsa.cc</span></font></p>
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