GPN Optical Networking Initiative Meeting
The Great Plains Network and the University of Missouri at Kansas
City will hold a GPN Optical Networking Initiative Meeting on July
25-26, 2002 in Kansas City, MO at the University of Missouri at
Kansas City. The purpose of the meeting is two-fold:
- Juniper and Qwest will discuss JunOS, Juniper routers, the use
of Juniper in the Qwest network, and the use of Juniper in the
next generation of the Abilene network.
- Optical networking initiatives in the Great Plains region, especially
in the Kansas City and outlying areas, including Kansas, Missouri,
and Nebraska.
Please Register here.
Particular information regarding the following can be obtained as
follows:
The meeting will attempt to organize and gather information for a
GPN Optical Networking Initiative for the states in the region.
All institutions in the seven state member region of GPN are invited
to attend. The particular goals for this meeting are to
- Examine possibilities for dark fiber in the Kansas City Metro
area.
- Examine possibilities for either dark fiber and/or lambdas for the
next level of outlying states. In particalar, including Kansas,
Missouri, and Nebraska.
- Understand optical networking plans in all the states in the region
with the idea of forming potential collaborations.
The meeting will be held at UMKC at the following address:
University of Missouri at Kansas City
5115 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64110
Plaza Room, Second Floor Conference Center
There will not be an official meeting hotel, but many hotels are
available in the Plaza Area of Kansas City, MO. See
http://www.countryclubplaza.com/hotels.htmlr. In particular,
Sheraton Suites Country Club Plaza
770 W. 47th Street
Kansas City, MO 64112
816-931-4400
Hampton Inn and Suites
4600 Summit
Kansas City, MO 64112
816-448-4600
Thursday, July 25, 2002
The afternoon will consist of presentations and discussion about the IPv6
protocols in general, and the ideas behind DNS for IPv6.
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Time
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Session/Title
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Chair/Speaker
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Slides
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7:30am - 8:00am
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Continental Breakfast
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8:00am - 8:15am
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Introductions
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Rick Summerhill, GPN
Craig Klimzak, UMKC
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8:15am - 9:15am
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Program overview,
Qwest IP Services and Juniper Routers,
Abilene Upgrade Update,
Demo Program
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Debbie Montano, Qwest Communications
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9:15am - 10:15am
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Juniper Networks Product Overview,>br>
Router Architecture,
R&E Applications
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John Jamison, Juniper Networks
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10:15am-10:30am
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Break
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10:30am - 12:30pm
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JUNOS Primer for IOS Users
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Scott Simmons, Juniper Networks
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12:30n-1:30pm
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Lunch
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1:30pm - 2:15pm
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Introduction to the GPN Optical Networking Initiative
The Optical Networking Cookbook
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Rick Summerhill, GPN
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2:15pm - 3:45pm
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Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska Optical Networking Initiatives - Discussion
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John Louis, University of Kansas
Ben Colley, MOREnet
Dale Finkelson, University of Nebraka
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3:45pm-4:00pm
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Break
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4:00pm - 5:00pm
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Vendor Presentation - Qwest Optical Networking Opportunities
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Fred Smith and/or Debbie Montano, Qwest Communications
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Friday, July 26, 2002
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Time
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Session/Title
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Chair/Speaker
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Slides
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8:00am - 8:30am
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Continental Breakfast
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8:30am - 10:00am
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Vendor Presentation - Level3 and American Fiber Systems
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John.Verduzco, Level3
Jeff Campbell, AFS
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10:00am - 10:15am
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Break
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10:15am - 11:15am
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Vendor Presentation - Everest Connections Business Solutions - Dark Fiber and More!
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Ron Reckrodt
Edwin Butler
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11:15am - 12:00n
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Vendor Presentation - A Metro Ethernet Service Solution, the Regional Exchange Point
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David Sandel, Netlabs
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12:00n - 1:00pm
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Lunch
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1:00pm - 2:00pm
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Wrapup and Next Steps
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Rick Summerhill, GPN
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Name
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Organization
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Summerhill, Rick
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Great Plains Network
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Schonemann, Jim
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UMKC
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Johnston, David
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UMKC
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Dietz, Con
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Creighton University
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Frost, Victor
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University of Kansas
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Heacock, Doug
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KanREN
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Huerter, Martin
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University of Kansas
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Klein, Bill
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University of Kansas
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Colley, Ben
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University of Missouri, MOREnet
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Wharton, John
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Level 3 Communications
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Buffington, Cort
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KanREN
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Townsend, Harvard
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Kansas State University
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louis, john
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University of Kansas
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Jamison, JJ
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Juniper Networks
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Tierce, Patrick
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State of Kansas - KDOT
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Montano, Debbie
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Qwest Communications
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Verduzco, John
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Level 3
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grobe, michael
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university of kansas
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Klimczak, Craig
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UMKC
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Doerr, Vicky
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University of Missouri-Kansas City
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Gray, Zane
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University of Oklahoma Information Technology
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Unger, Elizabeth
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Kansas State University
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Davis, Dan
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Digital Teleport, Inc.
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Ford, Michael
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Qwest Communications
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Reckrodt, Ron
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Everest Connections Corporation
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Bennett, Diane
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Qwest Communications
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Nelson, Ben
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Kansas Department of Transportation
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Weinstock, Alan
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Qwest Governement and Education Solutions
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Poley, Janet
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American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC)
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Poley, Jeff
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American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC)
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Hollenbach, Kevin
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Juniper Network, Inc.
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Sandel, David
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NetLabs
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Hendrickson, Kent
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UNL
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Finkelson, Dale
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Yoder, Matt
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Juniper Networks
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Fallis, Darren
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University of Tulsa
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Rader, Troy
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Oklahoma State Regents - OneNet
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Jackson, John
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Oklahoma State Regents - OneNet
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Mueller, Martin
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Digital Teleport, Inc.
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Becker, Richard
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Kansas State University
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patel, Alpesh
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Kansas State University
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Byers, Chip
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University of Missouri-MOREnet
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Merrifield, David
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University of Arkansas
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Niebaum, Jerry
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Kansas Board of Regents
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Davis, Rogers
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UALR
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Place, Jerry
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UMKC SICE
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Kilbride, Christopher
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MOREnet
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Monaco, Greg
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The Great Plains Network
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Paul, Craig
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Kansas University
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Johnson, Bill
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OneNet
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Agrawal, Gaurav
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UMKC
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Krithikaivasan, Balaji
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University of Missouri-Kansas City
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Srivastava, Shekhar
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University of Missouri-Kansas City
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Woodard, Shane
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Sunflower Broadband
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Ryan, Joe
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Sunflower Broadband
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Niebaum2, Jerry
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Great Plains Network
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Abram, Korey
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Demetrius
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Brenden, Lazaro
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Darrel
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Alijah, Triston
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Khalil
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Ronnie, Nathen
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Dean
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Gino, Augustus
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Bronson
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Antony, Mustafa
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Martez
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Latrell, Lamont
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Silas
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Kelton, Alfonso
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Mike
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Ethan, Nolan
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Scott
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Kaleb, Robert
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Gael
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Paxton, Travis
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Fredy
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Guillermo, Shane
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Pranav
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Steve, Andrew
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Mauro
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Marlon, Joan
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Brodie
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Paul, Jerod
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Rasheed
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Jeremiah, Reggie
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Shamar
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Nickolas, George
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Caiden
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Geoffrey, Gian
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Ben
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Dominik, August
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Kendal
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Jarret, Donte
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Marshall
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Jaron, Cortez
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Juan
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Adonis, Anton
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Duncan
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Dakota, Kevin
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Ricky
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Ali, Israel
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Ron
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Trever, Osbaldo
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Nathanael
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Desmond, Layne
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Lamar
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Latrell, Jacob
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Osvaldo
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Marc, Brock
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George
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Justine, Ramon
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Darrin
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Abdul, Blaise
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Cody
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Barry, Keven
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Luke
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Norberto, Karson
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Ronaldo
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Alberto, Jamal
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Heriberto
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Edwin, Kale
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Cesar
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Kaiden, Luther
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Jimmy
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Alexandro, Randolph
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Zachary
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Trevor, Devante
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Robert
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Rey, Jovan
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Benjamin
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Xavier, Carlos
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Jean
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Dorian, Marco
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Morgan
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Duane, Ean
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Andrew
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Emmett, Jagger
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Amos
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Solomon, Jessie
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Federico
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Darwin, Sabastian
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Willis
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Landen, Grayson
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Johnathon
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Everett, Agustin
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Julian
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Quinten, Donta
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Xavier
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Clinton, Marco
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Emmett
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Gregg, Shannon
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Kelly
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Maxwell, Morgan
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Rahul
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Kaiden, Mitchell
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Austyn
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John, John
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None
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Michael, Michael
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None
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Robert, Robert
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None
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