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 <eventdefs>
 <!-- Fall 2004 -->
 
+<eventitem date="2004-12-01" time="2:30 PM" room="MC 4058" title="Knitting needles, hairpins and other tangled objects">
+ <short>In this talk, I'll study linkages (objects built from sticks that are connected with flexible joints), and explain some 
+interesting examples that can or cannot be straightened out</short>
+ <abstract>
+	<p>
+ In this talk, I'll study linkages (objects built from sticks that are connected with flexible joints), and explain some 
+interesting examples that can or cannot be straightened out</p>
+
+ </abstract>
+</eventitem>
+
+
 <eventitem date="2004-11-24" time="4:30 PM" room="MC 2066" title="Eclipse">
  <short>How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the IDE</short>
  <abstract>