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Facility J was a "State of the Art Government Installation" run by Operation Aphid in the post World War II years.
 
Facility J was a "State of the Art Government Installation" run by Operation Aphid in the post World War II years.
  
== The Story ==
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== The Videos ==
The story initially unfolded through a series of videos added to TravelerJ19's YouTube channel.
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===TravelerJ19 Video ARC 1===
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[[History Lessons (XX/XY)]] (TravelerJ19) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oMVIDIKimQ Watch]
  
===[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oMVIDIKimQ History Lessons (XX/XY)]===
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[[History Lessons (Coded Rings)]] (TravelerJ19) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mM6Eo0VyG8 Watch]
Added: January 14, 2007<br>
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Description: XX/XY, it's all a game to them.<br>
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Attribution: Adhesion - Bank Holiday<br>
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Tags: XX, XY, OpAphid, FacilityJ, Code<br>
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Transcript: It's a question that has plagued humankind's deepest philosophical thinkers ever since men were men and women were women. Why are men and women really so different? Women have an XX pairing of sex chromosomes, and men, a XY pairing. The sex of our ancestors was then determined not by sex chromosomes, but by the temperature of the embryo at a developmental stage before birth. The Y chromosome progressively mutated, so much so that much of it no longer exists. But does this mean that as evolution takes it course, the ever-shrinking Y will spell the death of the male?
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===[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mM6Eo0VyG8 History Lessons (Coded Rings)]===
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[[The Project (Great Minds Gather)]] (TravelerJ19) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoQOp-2fg84 Watch]
Added: January 14, 2007<br>
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Description: Genetic engineering is nothing to play around with.<br>
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Attribution: Adhesion - Persymphony<br>
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Tags: DNA, OpAphid, FacilityJ, Plasmid Decoder, Ring <br>
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Transcript: We're gonna talk today about recombinant DNA. Uh . . . when people in the general public hear the term recombinant DNA they sort of conjure up these ideas of mad scientists going around you know cloning bizarre organisms or creating dangerous forms of life. I told you about plasmids last time - small circular DNA molecules that are, that are used in the purpose of cloning. They're derived from nature but then they're, they've been heavily manipulated by scientists. Purify the enzyme and then perhaps inject it into the individual. The bacteria that didn't get a plasmid die. The bacteria that did get a plasmid survive. Um . . . the gene of interest is a "Toxic Gene".
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===[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoQOp-2fg84 The Project (Great Minds Gather)]===
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[[History Lessons (Knock 'Em Down)]] (TravelerJ19) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsL4XyB_If8 Watch]
Added: January 19, 2007<br>
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Description: They answered the call.<br>
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Attribution: Attribution: Mental Anguish - A Trip to the Park<br>
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Tags: Lovett, OpAphid, FacilityJ, Biology <br>
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Transcript: It was the fall of 51. The war was long over and we could already see the new battle that was emerging. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Lovett Lovett] himself gathered the greatest biological minds of our time in a project whose results were to rival even those of Oppenheimers group. Our work was to be secret and I was in charge of recording the results and sending the reels in bi-weekly. We had nothing but the best intentions. If only we had known then what we know now.
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===[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsL4XyB_If8 History Lessons (Knock 'Em Down)]===
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[[The Project (Welcome to Facility J)]] (TravelerJ19) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PafIH_OD8 Watch]
Added: January 24, 2007<br>
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Description: Knockdowns aren't all fun and games.<br>
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Attribution: Text Adventure - Kill Meow<br>
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Tags: Gene, Knockdown, RNAi, OpAphid, FacilityJ, Bowling, DNA<br>
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Transcript: Gene knockdown uses RNA interference to silence the expression of the gene. Researchers at [http://www.sunysb.edu/ Stonybrook University] have successfully knocked down genes in mice. and these traits are heritable in future generations. The creation of germ line transgenic mice with heritable rnai opens the door to the manipulation of gene activity in humans.<br>
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Note that the phrase "Knock 'Em Down" is a reference to the [[Tachyon]] video [[Knock 'Em Down]]
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===[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PafIH_OD8 The Project (Welcome to Facility J)]===
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[[Our First Meeting]] (WalterDW) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUqW2kmgZyE Watch]
Added: January 29, 2007<br>
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Description: The new facility led to surprising advances in many fields, although no individual researcher seemed to understand the larger goals of the project.<br>
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Attribution: The Go! Team - We Listen Everyday<br>
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Tags: Welcome, Prentice, FacilityJ, OpAphid, Biological, Sciences<br>
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Transcript: (Government Propaganda film) Welcome to Facility J, a new state-of-the-art government installation. Particularly promising are the advances being made in the biological sciences. In a typical experiment, the geneticist seeks the answer. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rockefeller_Prentice John Rockafeller Prentice] was in charge of research efforts at Facility J and believed that success could be acheived within the decade. It's a complete and unknown mystery for the vast majority of the American people. The reasons for this . . . the frightening . . . to our people . . . The masterminds behind this great facility have absolute control. Progress is being made and research is leading the way.  And in this research, the biological sciences continue to take their place in the ongoing pattern of achievement by advancing man's understanding of life itself.
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===[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zLS9A4njlg Catalyst (A Call to Action)]===
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[[Catalyst (A Call to Action)]] (TravelerJ19) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zLS9A4njlg Watch]
Added: February 02, 2007<br>
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Description: What hath God wrought.<br>
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Attribution: The Happy Planets - Countdown to Armageddon<br>
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Tags: Codon, Call, Action, FacilityJ, OpAphid<br>
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Transcript: You know at the beginning of the 1970's I made a statement. It was at a rally in Hollywood where we marched down the middle of Hollywood Boulevard and then had a big rally. I made a statement that the 1970's would be the most determinative decade in the history of mankind. And certainly it was. From the 1970's the die was cast as far as the things predicted. But now at the beginning of the 1980's, I want to make another personal prediction. The 1980's will be the most catastrophic decade in the history of mankind. This generation will not pass away until all these things take place. What generation? In context it has to be the generation that would see all the signs. That's this generation. We're seeing them all right before our eyes. Morse code.
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===[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egMFKctGzoE Catalyst (Find Him)]===
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[[Catalyst (Find Him)]] (TravelerJ19) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egMFKctGzoE Watch]
Added: February 08, 2007<br>
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Description: If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us.<br>
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Tags: Search, 5'3', Restriction, FacilityJ, OpAphid<br>
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Transcript: (TravelerJ19 speaks) I assume that you have successfully destroyed J2. This was an essential task. I have already taken care of J1 myself. I'm afraid I have no further information about the project. I do, however, know a man who does. Morse Code.
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===[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EUaqavaFRg The Project (Walter)]===
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[[The Project (Walter)]] (TravelerJ19) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EUaqavaFRg Watch]
Added: February 16, 2007<br>
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Description: I'm sure that he will let you know if he wants any further assistance.<br>
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Attribution: Jose Serralde - Tango del Ajenjo <br>
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Tags: Walter, WalterDW, FacilityJ, OpAphid <br>
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Transcript: (TravelerJ19 Speaks) It looks like you have succeeded in finding Walter. It may have been difficult,  but that's the way he wanted it. He's always been a little paranoid. Something about leaving his last employer on bad terms. He's an old family friend. He's an old family friend, and we became closer when my family hit rough waters. For as long as I can remember, he's told me about his project, and how important it is. I never believed him, but I was willing to indulge the grandiose claims of an old man. That all changed when he showed me footage from the Facility. Now I know that his claims were, perhaps, not bold enough.
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TravelerJ19 connected us with WalterDW Dabrowski, who then began posting videos of his own.
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[[A Proper Introduction]]] (WalterDW) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrU0Im9LjNY Watch]
  
===WalterDW's Videos===  
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[[Dei Sub Numine Viget]] (WalterDW) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX4ef727ayE Watch]
  
===[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUqW2kmgZyE Our First Meeting]===
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[[Catalyst(You Rang?)]] (TravelerJ19) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86cKFW2mV4E Watch]
Added: January 31, 2007<br>
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Description: She was such a nice young lady. <br>
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Tags: Meeting, Pleasant, Reels <br>
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Transcript: No Audio. Video consists of a one second shot of the upper half of a young woman's face. She is freckled, red headed, dark eyes, and appears to be wearing no makeup. The background, seen briefly appears to be a blank, neutral wall.
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===[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrU0Im9LjNY A Proper Introduction]===
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Added: February 20, 2007<br>
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Description: The time has come for a proper introduction.<br>
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Tags: WalterDW, Name, FacilityJ, TravelerJ, TravelerJ19, Notebooks, OpAphid<br>
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Transcript: The only audio is the sound of a film reel clicking. Frames flash by with numbers and odd markings. Then an image of a photo album is shown. The photo is the anterior view of an infant with bowed legs. The page is turned, and we see an x-ray of what appears to be a severly curved and deformed leg, apparently the infants. Cut to black. More odd markings flash by. (Screen captures from the video have shown the odd markings to look to be badly written stenciled letters (A's and S's) written sideways on a chalk board.)
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===[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX4ef727ayE Dei Sub Numine Viget]===
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Added: March 15, 2007<br>
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Description: Drop everything.<br>
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Tags: WalterDW  TravelerJ  FacilityJ  OpAphid<br>
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Transcript: (..--- --.- ...-- -.-. -. –) Morse code, which translates to 2Q3CNM, a tinyurl which leads us to a drop at Princeton University.<br>
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WalterDW becomes paranoid, and turns the project back over to TravlerJ19.
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===TravelerJ19 Video ARC 2===
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===[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86cKFW2mV4E Catalyst(You Rang?)]===
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Added: March 26, 2007<br>
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From: TravelerJ19 <br>
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Description: Walter said that he may be incommunicado for awhile.<br>
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Attribution: Normaa - International Calling  <br>
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Tags: FacilityJ, TravelerJ19, WalterDW, Meeting, Coffee, Shop, OpAphid<br>
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Transcript: (A phone rings twice. Sound of reciever being picked up. - A british voice answers) Hello? (TravelerJ19 speaks) It was Walter calling. He wanted to meet me to talk about the project. He's not happy about the way things are going. Too much has been revealed. And there's been too little progress. They know where he is now. And he's afraid that they will get to the samples before he can finish ______ them. I asked Walter why he gave out his full name online. He said - it's the internet. You can't lie about who you are on the internet. Our meeting was brief. He wants me to take over the project and make sure that they can't get to the samples. At the end of our meeting Walter showed me some more of the archives. And gave me more packages to destroy. It all seems more complicated now Than I had ever imagined. (Morse code -.-- -. .--. ---.. ...- -.-.)
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== Recaps ==
 
== Recaps ==

Revision as of 01:05, 9 April 2007

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Be advised, the links below include the puzzle solutions as well as the puzzles themselves.

What is it?

The Facility J logo

Facility J is an Alternate Reality Game, or ARG. It made its first appearance on January 13, 2007 on the site of a YouTube user named TravelerJ19. The videos TravelerJ19 released through YouTube consisted of archival scientific footage from the post World War II era. Their subject matter is genetic engineering. The latest on the Facility J ARG can be found in the LG15 Fan Creations section of the Forum index under In-Depth Discussion. Or just click on the link in the "Active Forum Thread" below.

Active Forum Threads

Sat Mar 31, 2007 9:38 pm | Facility J - (Discussion) Vial Destruction
Drop chat is mIRC #FacilityJ. Instructions for download and installation can be found at mIRC.

Characters

In order of appearance
TravelerJ19 - 19-year-old family friend of WalterDW Dabrowski (YouTube/Revver/MySpace)
WalterDW Dabrowski - 87-year-old former Facility J employee (YouTube/Revver/MySpace)

Locations

Facility J was a "State of the Art Government Installation" run by Operation Aphid in the post World War II years.

The Videos

History Lessons (XX/XY) (TravelerJ19) Watch

History Lessons (Coded Rings) (TravelerJ19) Watch

The Project (Great Minds Gather) (TravelerJ19) Watch

History Lessons (Knock 'Em Down) (TravelerJ19) Watch

The Project (Welcome to Facility J) (TravelerJ19) Watch

Our First Meeting (WalterDW) Watch

Catalyst (A Call to Action) (TravelerJ19) Watch

Catalyst (Find Him) (TravelerJ19) Watch

The Project (Walter) (TravelerJ19) Watch

A Proper Introduction] (WalterDW) Watch

Dei Sub Numine Viget (WalterDW) Watch

Catalyst(You Rang?) (TravelerJ19) Watch

Recaps

Puzzles

Catalyst (A Call to Action): solution summary.

Catalyst (Find Him): the video contains a morse code tinyurl resolving to a DNA sequence, with a repeated subsequence which contains codon shifts which decrypt to WalterDW.

A Proper Introduction: the video contains a tinyurl with a DNA sequence encoding another tinyurl containing a telegram with a stamp which decrypts to Dabrowski.

This Side Of Paradise: solution summary.

Dei Sub Numine Viget: drop contents contains shifts and a letter sequence "IKYOIYK" which encodes a dna sequence as octal which decrypts to "the cure".

Catalyst (You Rang?): solution summary.

Drops

The Old College Try Princeton | March 15, 2007

Chemical J

Following Catalyst (A Call to Action) we are being sent one or two containers at a time of mystery chemical "J". We have been instructed by TravlerJ19, that there are 19 of these samples in total. identified as J1-J19. These chemicals currently have an unknown purpose but we have been instructed by Walter to destroy them. Walter has warned us these chemicals tamper with the immune system, so one person can only destroy a limited number. Thus we must work together to destroy them all.

Samples J1 and J2 consisted of a powder and a liquid which were destroyed by being mixed together. Later samples have been colorless, odorless gases which are destroyed by being released to the atmosphere.

In a series of YouTube messages Walter and TravelerJ19 revealed Chemical J to be "The Cure", which Walter described as "the cure for mankind". Walter also described destroying the samples as "helping me with the dirty work," and said "Walter knows best," and "you kids should trust your elders". This had the opposite effect, as seen in the Vial Destruction forum discussion.

Ziola, an Operation APHID agent, infiltrated the group, and succeeded in having samples J7 and J8 sent to her, for return to Operation APHID.

The status of the following samples is currently known:

J1 - TravelerJ - February 8, 2007 - destroyed

J2 - McP - February 7, 2007 - destroyed

J3 & J4 - Luminous - March 9, 2007 - destroyed

J5 & J6 - FiremanDan - March 15, 2007 - destroyed

J7 & J8 - Ziola - In transit - to be returned to OpAPHID

Forum Discussion Archive

Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:00 pm | Archival footage from Facility J (The Order) - TravelerJ19
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:06 pm | "The Project (Welcome to Facility J)" - Traveler J
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:08 am | Catalyst (A Call to Action)-TravelerJ19
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 5:56 pm | Traveler J
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 2:30 pm | Traveler J - The Clues So Far
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 10:17 pm | Traveler J - The Parcel
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 10:23 am | Traveler J - "Catalyst (Find Him)" [02/08/2007]
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 7:57 am | Traveler J - "The Project (Walter)"
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 6:47 pm | New walterDW vid up on You tube
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 7:06 am | (Puzzle) Facility J - A Proper Introduction
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:52 pm | (Puzzle) Facility J - This side of Paradise
Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:55 pm | (Drop) Facility J - An "Old College Try"
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:33 pm | Facility J - Pre-Drop Preparation
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:49 pm | (Drop Contents) Dei Sub Numine Viget - "Facility J"
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:12 pm | (video)Facility J Princeton Drop Recap
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:42 pm | (Discussion) Facility J - Who is Walter & What is The Cure
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 8:48 am | Facility J (Profile Change) - Ground hog love
Tue Mar 27, 2007 12:06 am | TravelerJ19 - "Catalyst (You Rang?)"
Sat Mar 31, 2007 9:38 pm | Facility J (Discussion) - Vial Destruction
Sun Apr 01, 2007 10:57 am | FacilityJ (Solution) - "Catalyst (You Rang?)"

Tool Box

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