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+There was no expo in 1986.
+Though troggle does have surveys dated in 1986, done by ARGE, not us.
+
+This folder is used for TESTING, the logbook is a dummy
+to test the logbook parser. This needs to be done whenever 
+-the software is updated, or 
+- the version of python or django changes, or
+- any of the imprted packages chnages, or
+- the version of the database we use changes.
+
+See 
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