Free Alpacas Newsletter- How to Profit from Alpaca Farming

Friday, April 27, 2012

[AlpacaTalk] More than 400 alpacas slaughtered in Sussex TB outbreak

 

Thought I would fw this to the group.  Sounds bad.
 
 
Jim Guerin
Jimmini Farm
Yelm, WA

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posted by Chaddo at 4:27 PM 0 comments

Free Alpacas Newsletter- How to Profit from Alpaca Farming

Re: [AlpacaTalk] The Children's Act for Responsible Employment (CARE Act, HR 3564)

 

It also would not have prohibited children from farm work, it would only restrict the number of hours worked to the limitations for all other industries, and prohibit them from unsafe working conditions. 


I'm sure learning a lot about people lately. 



On Apr 27, 2012, at 6:01 AM, Judith Korff wrote:

 

Laurel, can you explain WHY you protested it?  It seems to make very sound sense to me.  It exempts family farms, so nobody can claim that their children are affected except insofar as they might be prohibited from taking employment at somebody else's farm, somebody who might not be as concerned for their safety as their own parents would.  It ensures that children are not put to work in grain silos which are extremely dangerous; it ensures that children are not required to work on tractors without roll-over bars (I sure as heck wouldn't want my kid on one!).  It makes safety for children the paramount concern in employment situations.  It does not bar children from performing any acts on a farm owned and operated by their parents, who presumably will themselves have the child's best interests at heart and would not expose them to hazardous conditions.  I'm just curious what is so objectionable about any of that.

On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Bluebird Hills Farm <bluebirdhills@voyager.net> wrote:
 

Sorry, repealed was the wrong word, you are correct.
I heard it on the news last nite that it was going back to the drawing board due to pressure placed on the USDA.
Laurel
The Shouvlins
Bluebird Hills Farm
3617 Derr Road
Springfield, Ohio 45503
937-206-3936
www.bluebirdhills.com
bluebirdhills@voyager.net

> Hi Heather,
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> I just read the last part of today's, 26 Apr 12, mail, and found this.
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> This is still active. Here is the link to the page, dated
> Jody Brown - OneNewsNow - 4/26/2012 10:10:00 AM
> http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=1586018
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> Jim Guerin
> Jimmini Farm
> Yelm, WA
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> ----- Original Message -----
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From: Heather Zeleny
> To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 2:54 PM
> Subject: [AlpacaTalk] The Children's Act for Responsible Employment
> (CARE Act, HR 3564)




--
Judith Korff
LadySong Farm
Steamburg,  New York
(716) 499-0383
Suri: Silk Without the Worm
www.alpacanation.com/ladysong.asp


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posted by Chaddo at 2:17 PM 0 comments

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Re: [AlpacaTalk] The Children's Act for Responsible Employment (CARE Act, HR 3564)

 

GOOD FOR YOU!!!!!! dee

On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 10:39 PM, Bluebird Hills Farm <bluebirdhills@voyager.net> wrote:
 

The Act was repealed due to all of the protests from family farms, including mine!
Laurel
The Shouvlins
Bluebird Hills Farm
3617 Derr Road
Springfield, Ohio 45503
937-206-3936
www.bluebirdhills.com
bluebirdhills@voyager.net

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> Thank You for sharing this Heather. I will gladly repost.Renae
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> Indian Prairie Alpacas
> Steve & Renae Ruple
> Middlebury, IN
> 574-536-7164
> 574-825-3216
> Email: prairiealpaca@msn.com
> Web Site: www.indianprairiealpacas.com
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> Design With Fleece In Mind!!!
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> To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
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> Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:55:44 -0700
> Subject: Re: [AlpacaTalk] The Children's Act for Responsible Employment
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> Absolutely! Repost and spread the word! Inform everyone you know who has
> "drunk the Kool-Ade" and is saying this some "Obama" plot to take away
> family farms. This, in fact, protects family farms, and preserves 4-H and
> FFA, and most importantly of all, protects child farm laborers in line
> with protections for child workers in other industries, and adults in all
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> Heather ZelenyWhite Lotus AlpacasOregon
> Holistic Farm and Elite Fleecehttp://www.whitelotusalpacas.com
> http://whitelotus.openherd.com
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> To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
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> Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:54:57 -0700
> Subject: [AlpacaTalk] The Children's Act for Responsible Employment (CARE
> Act, HR 3564)
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> Please get the facts.
> http://roybal-allard.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=201998
> "Dear Colleague: Dispelling Falsehoods about the CARE Act
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> Dear Colleague:
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> I am writing to ask for your support in ending a dangerous double
> standard that persists in America's child labor laws. Currently,
> children working in agriculture are permitted to work at younger ages and
> for longer hours than those working in all other industries. While 12
> year old children are allowed to work on farms, children under 14 are
> prohibited from working in every other industry. Children who work on
> farms deserve the same rights and protections as all other children and
> that is why I introduced H.R. 3564, the Children's Act for Responsible
> Employment of 2009 (CARE Act).
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> It has been brought to my attention that several myths about the CARE Act
> have been circulating in the media and gaining currency among our
> constituents and in the halls of Congress. I hope the following facts
> will help to dispel this misinformation and encourage you to cosponsor
> this important legislation.
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> MYTH: Children under 18 would be prohibited from working on farms.
> FACT: The CARE Act would not prohibit children from working in
> agriculture. Children could be hired to work on farms beginning at age
> 14, subject to the same age and hour restrictions that apply to young
> workers in all other industries.
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> MYTH: The CARE Act would eliminate educational programs like 4-H and
> Future Farmers of America.
> FACT: Career exploration programs, including 4-H and Future Farmers of
> America, are allowed under existing labor regulations (29 CFR 570.35a)
> and are not affected by the provisions of the CARE Act.
>
> MYTH: Children would be prohibited from working on their families'
> farms..
> FACT: The CARE Act does not impact the existing exemption that allows
> children to work without restriction on family farms.
>
> While retaining current exemptions for family farms, the CARE Act would:
> • Bring age and work hour standards for children in agriculture up to the
> standards for children working in all other industries;
> • Establish a minimum penalty for child labor violations;
> • Increase the maximum civil monetary penalties and maximum criminal
> penalties for child labor violations;
> • Provide children with greater protections against pesticide exposure in
> agriculture by raising the labor protections to EPA standards.
>
> For more information or to co-sponsor the CARE Act of 2009, contact
> Natalie Price in my office.
>
> Thank you.
> Sincerely,
> Lucille Roybal-Allard
> Member of Congress
>
>
> (As of July 23, 2010 102 cosponsors including: Reps. Abercrombie, Becerra,
> Berman, Blumenauer, Brown, Capuano, Cardoza, Carson, Chu, Clarke, Clay,
> Cleaver, Cohen, Connolly, Conyers, Costa, Cuellar, Cummings, Davis (IL),
> Davis (CA), Delahunt, DeLauro, Ellison, Engel, Eshoo, Farr, Fattah,
> Filner, Frank, Garamendi, Gonzalez, Grayson, Green (TX), Green (TX),
> Grijalva, Gutierrez, Hare, Harman, Hastings, Hinchey, Hinojosa, Hirono,
> Honda, Jackson, Jackson-Lee, Johnson (TX), Johnson (GA), Kaptur, Kennedy,
> Kilpatrick, Kucinich, Lee (CA), Levin, Lewis (GA), Lofgren, Lynch,
> Maloney, Markey, Matsui, McCollum, McDermott, McGovern, McNerney,
> Michaud, Moore (WI), Moran, Napolitano, Norton, Olver, Ortiz, Pallone,
> Pastor, Payne, Pierluisi, Rangel, Reyes, Richardson, Rodriguez, Rush,
> Sablan, Salazar, Sanchez (CA), Sanchez (CA), Schakowsky, Schiff, Scott
> (VA), Serrano, Sherman, Sires, Speier, Stark, Thompson, Tierney, Titus,
> Velazquez, Waters, Watson, Waxman, Weiner, Woolsey)"
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Re: [AlpacaTalk] The Children's Act for Responsible Employment (CARE Act, HR 3564)

 

Laurel, can you explain WHY you protested it?  It seems to make very sound sense to me.  It exempts family farms, so nobody can claim that their children are affected except insofar as they might be prohibited from taking employment at somebody else's farm, somebody who might not be as concerned for their safety as their own parents would.  It ensures that children are not put to work in grain silos which are extremely dangerous; it ensures that children are not required to work on tractors without roll-over bars (I sure as heck wouldn't want my kid on one!).  It makes safety for children the paramount concern in employment situations.  It does not bar children from performing any acts on a farm owned and operated by their parents, who presumably will themselves have the child's best interests at heart and would not expose them to hazardous conditions.  I'm just curious what is so objectionable about any of that.

On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Bluebird Hills Farm <bluebirdhills@voyager.net> wrote:
 

Sorry, repealed was the wrong word, you are correct.
I heard it on the news last nite that it was going back to the drawing board due to pressure placed on the USDA.
Laurel
The Shouvlins
Bluebird Hills Farm
3617 Derr Road
Springfield, Ohio 45503
937-206-3936
www.bluebirdhills.com
bluebirdhills@voyager.net

> Hi Heather,
>
> I just read the last part of today's, 26 Apr 12, mail, and found this.
>
> This is still active. Here is the link to the page, dated
> Jody Brown - OneNewsNow - 4/26/2012 10:10:00 AM
> http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=1586018
>
> Jim Guerin
> Jimmini Farm
> Yelm, WA
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
From: Heather Zeleny
> To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 2:54 PM
> Subject: [AlpacaTalk] The Children's Act for Responsible Employment
> (CARE Act, HR 3564)




--
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LadySong Farm
Steamburg,  New York
(716) 499-0383
Suri: Silk Without the Worm
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[AlpacaTalk] Re: The Children's Act for Responsible Employment (CARE Act, HR 3564)

 



Great post Laurel! This RULE will end family faming. This RULE mandates that only your kids can work on only property owned by you. If property is rented or leased they would not be allowed to work on those properties. This also mandates that all children must be minimally 18 years of age to work on any other farm.

Heather, I do not mean this in a personal or mean spirited way. Your assumption that parents are "forcing their kids to operate dangerous machinery or handle poisons" is an uninformed position. There are a number of facts that forestall your point. First, for hours worked farm injuries are the lowest in any industry that works with machinery or poisons. Second, kids that grow up on farms and work have a better work ethic, strong reasoning skills, and develop stronger leadership skills than kids with other experience. Yes, this is a generalization, but when I see a group working and talk with the person who was put in charge, it is the farm kids who usually hold that position having gained that experience at an earlier age.

You may note I am partial to farm kids having had this experience as a youth. I find I have better knowledge of machinery, how it works, how to avoid injury, and best of all a very good understanding of chemistry and how to safely handle poisons because I learned this on the farm.

When I moved to the city I hated playing football against schools from rural communities only because we were going to get a wooping and I knew this was coming when my fellow players had no clue. It was humorous to hear them whine after a game like that. You would not catch the farm kids whining.

Farm raises strong, responsible, and intelligent kids with a very good ability to deal with life. Take that away as this RULE does and you diminish opportunity for kids as urban has.

The RULE was put on a slow burn yesterday but was not dropped.

Michael A. Morack
Greenbriar Farm
Waukesha, WI
--- In AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com, Heather Zeleny <alpacatalk@...> wrote:
>
> Family farms were not to have been affected at all, you can force
> your own kid to operate dangerous machinery or handle poisons all you
> want. You just cant force other people's kids to do so.
>
>
> Heather
>
> Heather Zeleny
> White Lotus Alpacas
> Oregon
>
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> http://www.whitelotusalpacas.com
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> On Apr 26, 2012, at 8:12 PM, Bluebird Hills Farm wrote:
>
> > Hi Heather,
> > The bill would have made it against the law for our kids to do lots
> > of things on the farm, including the things most farm kids grow up
> > doing and many of us envy or look warmly upon.
> > There is nothing wrong with trying to protect children, but
> > sometimes well meaning folks write things up without understanding
> > the full implications of what they are proposing.
> > Such was the case with this piece of legislation.
> >
> > It needs to go back to the drawing board and get reworked into a
> > more appropriate document that accomplishes what it needs to
> > without crippling family farms, preventing kids from being able to
> > do what kids for thousands of years have done in agricultural
> > settings.
> >
> > Laurel
> > The Shouvlins
> > Bluebird Hills Farm
> > 3617 Derr Road
> > Springfield, Ohio 45503
> > 937-206-3936
> > www.bluebirdhills.com
> > bluebirdhills@...
> >
> > > Hey, good for you. Way to look out for child farm workers.
> > >
> > >
> > > Heather
> > >
> > > Heather Zeleny
> > > White Lotus Alpacas
> > > Oregon
> > >
> > > Holistic Farm and Elite Fleece
> > > http://www.whitelotusalpacas.com
> > >
> > > http://whitelotus.openherd.com
> > >
> > > https://www.facebook.com/White.Lotus.Alpacas
> > >
> > > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/AlpacaTalk/join
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> > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/alpaca-sales/join
> > >
> > > AlpacaTalk on Facebook!
> > > https://www.facebook.com/groups/272335339495769/
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Apr 26, 2012, at 7:39 PM, Bluebird Hills Farm wrote:
> > >
> > >> The Act was repealed due to all of the protests from family farms,
> > >> including mine!
> > >> Laurel
> > >> The Shouvlins
> > >> Bluebird Hills Farm
> > >> 3617 Derr Road
> > >> Springfield, Ohio 45503
> > >> 937-206-3936
> > >> www.bluebirdhills.com
> > >> bluebirdhills@...
> > >>
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > Thank You for sharing this Heather. I will gladly repost.Renae
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > Indian Prairie Alpacas
> > >> > Steve & Renae Ruple
> > >> > Middlebury, IN
> > >> > 574-536-7164
> > >> > 574-825-3216
> > >> > Email: prairiealpaca@...
> > >> > Web Site: www.indianprairiealpacas.com
> > >> >
> > >> > Design With Fleece In Mind!!!
> > >> >
> > >> > To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
> > >> >
> > >>
> > From: alpacatalk@...
> > >> > Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:55:44 -0700
> > >> > Subject: Re: [AlpacaTalk] The Children's Act for Responsible
> > >> Employment
> > >> > (CARE Act, HR 3564)
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> > >> > Absolutely! Repost and spread the word! Inform everyone you know
> > >> who has
> > >> > "drunk the Kool-Ade" and is saying this some "Obama" plot to take
> > >> away
> > >> > family farms. This, in fact, protects family farms, and preserves
> > >> 4-H and
> > >> > FFA, and most importantly of all, protects child farm laborers in
> > >> line
> > >> > with protections for child workers in other industries, and
> > >> adults in all
> > >> > industries.
> > >> >
> > >> > Heather
> > >> > Heather ZelenyWhite Lotus AlpacasOregon
> > >> > Holistic Farm and Elite Fleecehttp://www.whitelotusalpacas.com
> > >> > http://whitelotus.openherd.com
> > >> > https://www.facebook.com/White.Lotus.Alpacas
> > >> > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/AlpacaTalk/join
> > >> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/alpaca-sales/join
> > >> > AlpacaTalk on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/
> > >> 272335339495769/
> > >> >
> > >> > On Apr 26, 2012, at 3:30 PM, Renae Ruple wrote: May we repost
> > >> > this!
> > >> >
> > >> > Thanks!
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > Indian Prairie Alpacas
> > >> > Steve & Renae Ruple
> > >> > Middlebury, IN
> > >> > 574-536-7164
> > >> > 574-825-3216
> > >> > Email: prairiealpaca@...
> > >> > Web Site: www.indianprairiealpacas.com
> > >> >
> > >> > Design With Fleece In Mind!!!
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
> > >> >
> > >>
> > From: alpacatalk@...
> > >> > Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:54:57 -0700
> > >> > Subject: [AlpacaTalk] The Children's Act for Responsible
> > >> Employment (CARE
> > >> > Act, HR 3564)
> > >> >
> > >> > Please get the facts.
> > >> > http://roybal-allard.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?
> > >> DocumentID=201998
> > >> > "Dear Colleague: Dispelling Falsehoods about the CARE Act
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> > >> > Jul
> > >> > 23,
> > >> > 2010
> > >> > -
> > >> > Dear Colleague:
> > >> >
> > >> > I am writing to ask for your support in ending a dangerous double
> > >> > standard that persists in America's child labor laws. Currently,
> > >> > children working in agriculture are permitted to work at younger
> > >> ages and
> > >> > for longer hours than those working in all other industries.
> > >> While 12
> > >> > year old children are allowed to work on farms, children under 14
> > >> are
> > >> > prohibited from working in every other industry. Children who
> > >> work on
> > >> > farms deserve the same rights and protections as all other
> > >> children and
> > >> > that is why I introduced H.R. 3564, the Children's Act for
> > >> Responsible
> > >> > Employment of 2009 (CARE Act).
> > >> >
> > >> > It has been brought to my attention that several myths about the
> > >> CARE Act
> > >> > have been circulating in the media and gaining currency among our
> > >> > constituents and in the halls of Congress. I hope the following
> > >> facts
> > >> > will help to dispel this misinformation and encourage you to
> > >> cosponsor
> > >> > this important legislation.
> > >> >
> > >> > MYTH: Children under 18 would be prohibited from working on
> > farms.
> > >> > FACT: The CARE Act would not prohibit children from working in
> > >> > agriculture. Children could be hired to work on farms beginning
> > >> at age
> > >> > 14, subject to the same age and hour restrictions that apply to
> > >> young
> > >> > workers in all other industries.
> > >> >
> > >> > MYTH: The CARE Act would eliminate educational programs like 4-
> > H and
> > >> > Future Farmers of America.
> > >> > FACT: Career exploration programs, including 4-H and Future
> > >> Farmers of
> > >> > America, are allowed under existing labor regulations (29 CFR
> > >> 570.35a)
> > >> > and are not affected by the provisions of the CARE Act.
> > >> >
> > >> > MYTH: Children would be prohibited from working on their
> > families'
> > >> > farms..
> > >> > FACT: The CARE Act does not impact the existing exemption that
> > >> allows
> > >> > children to work without restriction on family farms.
> > >> >
> > >> > While retaining current exemptions for family farms, the CARE Act
> > >> would:
> > >> > • Bring age and work hour standards for children in agriculture
> > >> up to the
> > >> > standards for children working in all other industries;
> > >> > • Establish a minimum penalty for child labor violations;
> > >> > • Increase the maximum civil monetary penalties and maximum
> > criminal
> > >> > penalties for child labor violations;
> > >> > • Provide children with greater protections against pesticide
> > >> exposure in
> > >> > agriculture by raising the labor protections to EPA standards.
> > >> >
> > >> > For more information or to co-sponsor the CARE Act of 2009,
> > contact
> > >> > Natalie Price in my office.
> > >> >
> > >> > Thank you.
> > >> > Sincerely,
> > >> > Lucille Roybal-Allard
> > >> > Member of Congress
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > (As of July 23, 2010 102 cosponsors including: Reps. Abercrombie,
> > >> Becerra,
> > >> > Berman, Blumenauer, Brown, Capuano, Cardoza, Carson, Chu, Clarke,
> > >> Clay,
> > >> > Cleaver, Cohen, Connolly, Conyers, Costa, Cuellar, Cummings,
> > >> Davis (IL),
> > >> > Davis (CA), Delahunt, DeLauro, Ellison, Engel, Eshoo, Farr,
> > Fattah,
> > >> > Filner, Frank, Garamendi, Gonzalez, Grayson, Green (TX), Green
> > (TX),
> > >> > Grijalva, Gutierrez, Hare, Harman, Hastings, Hinchey, Hinojosa,
> > >> Hirono,
> > >> > Honda, Jackson, Jackson-Lee, Johnson (TX), Johnson (GA), Kaptur,
> > >> Kennedy,
> > >> > Kilpatrick, Kucinich, Lee (CA), Levin, Lewis (GA), Lofgren,
> > Lynch,
> > >> > Maloney, Markey, Matsui, McCollum, McDermott, McGovern, McNerney,
> > >> > Michaud, Moore (WI), Moran, Napolitano, Norton, Olver, Ortiz,
> > >> Pallone,
> > >> > Pastor, Payne, Pierluisi, Rangel, Reyes, Richardson, Rodriguez,
> > >> Rush,
> > >> > Sablan, Salazar, Sanchez (CA), Sanchez (CA), Schakowsky, Schiff,
> > >> Scott
> > >> > (VA), Serrano, Sherman, Sires, Speier, Stark, Thompson, Tierney,
> > >> Titus,
> > >> > Velazquez, Waters, Watson, Waxman, Weiner, Woolsey)"
> > >> >
> > >> >
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> > >> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/alpaca-sales/join
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