<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=031134820-21032006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Three things arrived today: Spring, Snow, and SPUT.  Spring was greeted by a winter storm warning and a mighty fifty millimeters of snow (yes, 2 inches, but that causes major panic here).  And, at long, long last, the February SPUT.  Only a week after the deadline for the April SPUT.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=031134820-21032006><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=031134820-21032006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ralph Taylor</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>