User talk:PurdueIngrao

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--Joy &#91;shallot&#93; (talk) 07:01, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

user name
Your user name looks as if you're Charles Ingrao from Purdue University, the editor of the document you've linked to several times in your contributions.

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--Joy &#91;shallot&#93; (talk) 07:04, 22 July 2013 (UTC)