<div dir="ltr"><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:medium;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">The KBS 2025 conference has pivoted to virtual-only format, so we have reopened the submission window. The new deadline is April 20, 2025, at midnight wherever you are. With the change to the virtual format, we&#39;ve revised the conference description and details, which you can read in full at the <i>KB Journal </i>website or in summary form below.  Conference Website: <a href="http://kbjournal.org/kbs25">http://kbjournal.org/kbs25</a>. <a href="https://parlorpress.submittable.com/submit/316164/2025-conference-of-the-kenneth-burke-society">Submit proposals via Submittable here</a>.</span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:medium;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></div><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:medium;margin:0px"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:medium;margin:0px"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><b>The 12th Triennial Conference of the Kenneth Burke Society 2025</b></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:medium;margin:0px"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">&quot;Kenneth Burke, the Humanities, and Agency in the Era of AI&quot;</span></p><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:medium;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:12pt 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">A Virtual Conference and Film Festival</span></p></div><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:medium;margin:0px"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Fast Facts</b></span></p><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:medium;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:12pt 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Conference Dates: May 23\u201325, 2025 </span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Location: Online in Zoom, </span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(50,122,197)"><a href="https://app.gather.town/app" id="gmail-OWA6e7e83b4-eadb-34c7-2fb2-4d0b6e32ae0b" class="gmail-OWAAutoLink elementToProof" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(50,122,197)">Gather</a></span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">, and </span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(50,122,197)"><a href="https://newart.city/" id="gmail-OWAb74ac74b-e659-6820-f16b-5ad3df97191d" class="gmail-OWAAutoLink elementToProof" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(50,122,197)">New Art City</a></span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Proposal Submission Deadline: 20 April 2025. <a href="https://parlorpress.submittable.com/submit/316164/2025-conference-of-the-kenneth-burke-society">Submit proposals via Submittable here.</a><br>Proposal Acceptance Notifications: Revolving<br><a href="https://kbjournal.org/join_kbs">RENEW A MEMBERSHIP OR JOIN THE KENNETH BURKE SOCIETY HERE</a> ($10 for students; $25 for all others; all presenters must be current members of the Kenneth Burke Society)·                    </span></p></div><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:medium;margin-bottom:0px"><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:0px"><div style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Conference Website: <a href="http://kbjournal.org/kbs25" title="http://kbjournal.org/kbs25" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">http://kbjournal.org/kbs25</a></div></li><li style="font-size:12pt"><div style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Conference Chair: David Blakesley (<a href="mailto:dblakes@clemson.edu">dblakes@clemson.edu</a>)</div></li><li style="font-size:12pt"><div style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Program Chair: Taylor Wyatt (<a href="mailto:tjwyatt@g.clemson.edu">tjwyatt@g.clemson.edu</a>)</div></li><li style="font-size:12pt"><div style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Conference Coordinator: Andrew Okai (<a href="mailto:aokai@g.clemson.edu">aokai@g.clemson.edu</a>)</div></li><li style="font-size:12pt"><div style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">New Art City Coordinator: Eddie Lohmeyer (<a href="mailto:elohmey@clemson.edu">elohmey@clemson.edu</a>)</div></li><li style="font-size:12pt"><div style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Film Festival Coordinator: David Williams (<a href="mailto:dgwilli@g.clemson.edu">dgwilli@g.clemson.edu</a>)</div></li><li style="font-size:12pt"><div style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Accessibility Coordinator: Ashlyn Walden (<a href="mailto:acwalde@g.clemson.edu">acwalde@g.clemson.edu</a>)</div></li><li style="font-size:12pt"><div style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Gather Coordinator: Dave Rochlin (<a href="mailto:drochli@g.clemson.edu">drochli@g.clemson.edu</a>)</div></li></ul><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><br></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:medium;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:medium;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:r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 October of 2023, &quot;which may lead to some very strange outcomes.&quot; We welcome proposals for individual presentations, panels, flash talks, Film Festival entry, critical AI projects installations, games, BAHFest presentations, or seminars that explore them:</span></p></div><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:medium;margin:0px 0px 1.5em 3em;padding-left:0px"><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:0px 0px 0px 1em">What strange outcomes might those be? </li><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:0px 0px 0px 1em">What does AI have to do with Kenneth Burke?</li><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:0px 0px 0px 1em">How might dramatism (Burke) differ from pattern recognition (AI)?</li><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:0px 0px 0px 1em">How does AI complicate our understanding of Agency? Act? Scene? Agent? Purpose? Attitude? </li><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:0px 0px 0px 1em">In what ways might generative AI and its superhuman persuasion/rhetoric function as a counter-statement to traditional principles of rhetoric? </li><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:0px 0px 0px 1em">For Burke, pure persuasion is a motive. Can AI simulate pure persuasion? Agency?</li><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:0px 0px 0px 1em">How does generative AI reinforce or challenge systemic racism, ableism, sexism, classicism, and the intersectional nature of identity and identification?</li><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:0px 0px 0px 1em">How might a Burkean rhetoric of ecological action illuminate the material and economic impact of AI?</li><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:0px 0px 0px 1em">In the era of AI, why/how does rhetoric matter? </li></ul><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:medium;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:12pt 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">As with prior KBS conferences, we also welcome all proposals from all disciplines\u2014and all students and scholars of Kenneth Burke\u2019s work. </span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:medium;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:12pt 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">We invite proposals for individual presentations, panels, flash talks, Film Festival entries, critical AI projects installations, games, BAHFest presentations, or seminars exploring the above ideas and concerns. Proposals should be submitted in Submittable </span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(50,122,197)"><a href="https://parlorpress.submittable.com/submit/316164/2025-conference-of-the-kenneth-burke-society">HERE</a></span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">. The submission window opens January 21, 2025, and closes Sunday, April 20, 2025, at midnight wherever you are. Proposals for individual presentations, flash talks, short films, critical AI projects, installations, performances, or BAHFest presentations should be no more than 250 words. Proposals for panels with multiple presenters may be up to 500 words. Acceptances will be announced on a revolving basis.</span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:medium;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:12pt 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></div><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:medium;margin:0px"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-ker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adding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:medium;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:12pt 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:medium;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:medium;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:medium;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:12pt 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></div><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:medium;margin:0px"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><b>The Virtual Venues</b></span></p><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:medium;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:12pt 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:medium;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:12pt 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:12pt 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="font-size:medium;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Asynchronous virtual presentations will be in the form of pre-recorded video hosted by the presenter \u201clive\u201d in Zoom, with additional interactivity in Gather. All presentations (papers, films, posters, flash talks, installations, performances) will also be curated in the interactive virtual space <a href="https://newart.city/" id="gmail-OWAb74ac74b-e659-6820-f16b-5ad3df97191d" class="gmail-OWAAutoLink elementToProof" style="color:rgb(50,122,197);font:inherit;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">New Art City</a> at the reincarnation of the Virtual Burkeian Parlor. Virtual or onsite attendees will have access to the Virtual Burkean Parlor in <a href="https://app.gather.town/app" id="gmail-OWA6e7e83b4-eadb-34c7-2fb2-4d0b6e32ae0b" class="gmail-OWAAutoLink elementToProof" style="color:rgb(50,122,197);font:inherit;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Gather</a>, coordinated by Dave Rochlin (<a href="mailto:drochli@g.clemson.edu">drochli@g.clemson.edu</a>). Watch a Gather demo here: <a href="https://youtu.be/JePchzu_USM?si=4yldHcfHVTg2ymOv" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">https://youtu.be/JePchzu_USM?si=4yldHcfHVTg2ymOv</a>.</span></p><p style="font-size:medium;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><b>For Burkean Nomads</b></span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Some hearty KB travelers and local presenters will meet at Clemson for &quot;live&quot; presentations in a hybrid space that allows for virtual participation in Zoom, Gather, and New Art City. They&#39;ll also gather at the</span><span style="font-size:16px"> Post-Conference Festival/Pool Party/<i>Wordman</i> filming (hosted by ParlorFlix in Anderson, SC). If you&#39;ll be on site (or want to be), let Dave know (<a href="mailto:dblakes@clemson.edu">dblakes@clemson.edu</a>).</span></p></div><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:medium;margin:0px"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Technical Support</b></span></p><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:medium;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:12pt 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Virtual and onsite presenters can ask for technical support to produce video presentations, installations, or other alternative formats. Email Andrew Okai (Program Coordinator) at <a href="mailto:aokai@g.clemson.edu">aokai@g.clemson.edu</a>, Ashlyn Walden (Accessibility Coordinator) at <a href="mailto:acwalde@g.clemson.edu">acwalde@g.clemson.edu</a>, or </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Taylor Wyatt (<a href="mailto:tjwyatt@g.clemson.edu">tjwyatt@g.clemson.edu</a>)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-weight:inherit">.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Cheers,</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Dave</span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:medium;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:12pt 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:medium;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:12pt 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:medium;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:12pt 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:medium;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:12pt 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:medium;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:12pt 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:medium;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:12pt 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inher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