looking forward to getting together again later in the year. I regret only that she cannot attend Sing-along Buffy with us this weekend (email me if you're interested).

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Maggie has had a tough summer. First she had an itchy belly covered with bumps that turned into an infection. The vet thinks it's a skin allergy, so she's had two different shampoo treatments all summer for that (she *hates* baths) plus a round of antibiotics. But the bumps kept coming back. The vet decided to try a hypoallergenic food...right around the time poor Maggie got a case of the squirts. She was on rice and baby food for about a week, but then we finally transitioned her to the new food. No sooner had she firmed up again, but: frequentto individual privacy and the confidentiality of proprietary data," the groups wrote in the letter, which was sent to members of the Senate on Friday.

The letter was also signed by Amazon, eBay, Reddit, the Center for Democracy and Technology, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and dozens of other companies and advocacy groups.

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation earlier this year that would require government officials to obtain a warrant before demanding that an Internet company turn over online communications and content. Under current law, officials are able to obtain the information with only a subpoena, which does not require a judge's approval.

The Justice Department and the SEC argue that, because they do not have warrant authority in civil cases, the bill would impede critical investigations into issues involving civil