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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Interesting read from Derald Harp¡¦<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>===============================================<br>Grady Price Blount (</span><span style='font-family:"Malgun Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>±Ù´ö</span><span style='color:#1F497D'>), Ph.D., Professor of Physics and Dean<br>College of Science, Engineering & Agriculture (CoSEA)<br>Regional Representative, Texas Engineering Experiment Station <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Texas A&M University-Commerce<br>Commerce, Texas 75429-3011<br>Telephones: 903-886-5781 (office) 325-716-0450 (cell)<br>===============================================</span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Derald Harp <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 25, 2013 7:44 AM<br><b>To:</b> Grady P Blount; Robert L Williams; Chris S Ellason; Curtis Jones; Erin Fortenberry; Jackie Wahrmund; Jim Heitholt; Jose Lopez; Lindsey L Walton<br><b>Subject:</b> Texas Tribune<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>There are some very interesting comments made by Paredes in this article.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.texastribune.org/2013/11/22/paredes-we-need-do-things-dramatically-differently/">http://www.texastribune.org/2013/11/22/paredes-we-need-do-things-dramatically-differently/</a><span class=MsoHyperlink><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Derald<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:.25in'><td width=590 colspan=2 valign=bottom style='width:6.15in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.25in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:DrafixScript;color:#993300'>Derald A. Harp, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width=139 valign=top style='width:1.45in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><img border=0 width=110 height=113 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CEE9B2.09D975E0" alt="Description: cid:image002.jpg@01C86A64.B0A200A0"></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=451 valign=top style='width:4.7in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91'>Associate Professor - Horticulture<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91'>SACS Compliance Committee Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91'><a href="http://www.tamu-commerce.edu/agscience/"><span style='color:#365F91'>Department of Agricultural Sciences</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91'><a href="http://www.tamu-commerce.edu/"><span style='color:#365F91'>Texas A&M University - Commerce</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91'>P.O. 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