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 CHANGE HISTORY
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+1.3.1   12/22/09
+
+Added a call to syslog.openlog() that inadvertently got left out when 
+switching to the engine driven architecture.
+
 1.3.0   12/21/09
 
 Moved to a very different architecture to drive weewx. Consists of an engine,