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<title>OK, not mandatory service</title>
<description><![CDATA[Last week I suggested that mandatory national service in one of many different fields would be a good way to bridge the gap between high school and the real world. Furthermore, I suggested that FDRs Civilian Conservation Corps be resurrected as a form of n...]]></description>
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<title>Compulsory service would benefit parks, whole country</title>
<description><![CDATA[Writer and historian Wallace Stegner called our National Parks, &quot;the best idea we ever had. Absolutely American, absolutely democratic, they reflect us at our best rather than at our worst.&quot;  That was the message of the recent Ken Burns series th...]]></description>
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<title>Deermice are welcome winter guests -- in nest boxes</title>
<description><![CDATA[When I checked my nest boxes this week, about half were still occupied -- by mice. When I gently probed the mass of dried leaves with a stick, it was only a moment before I had a mouse running down my leg.  Deermice and white-footed mice commonly use nest ...]]></description>
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<title>Frost brings nomads to feeder</title>
<description><![CDATA[      A day after the first hard frost of the season, a flock of nomadic cedar waxwings appeared in the back yard. I counted 42, but probably missed a few. They were filling their bellies with fruit from a bittersweet thicket.   More handsome than beautifu...]]></description>
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<title>Woolly bears are not forecasters</title>
<description><![CDATA[    The parade has begun. Yesterday I counted six as I walked from the house to the garage. This morning I spotted another handful crossing the road as I walked to the mailbox. Woolly bears are on the move.  Woolly bears are just one of many reliable signs...]]></description>
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<title>Buffet is open for winter birds</title>
<description><![CDATA[Attracting backyard birds as it gets colder is simply a matter of matching desirable birds to specific foods and feeders.  The single food that attracts the greatest variety of seed-eating birds is sunflower seed. Black-oil sunflower seed is most appealing...]]></description>
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<title>Bison rejuvenate prairies</title>
<description><![CDATA[    When Columbus discovered the New World in 1492, the approximately 1 million American Indians who occupied North America probably never realized they were lost, much less that they need to be discovered. By 1900, fewer than 250,000 American Indians rema...]]></description>
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<title>Aldo Leopold gave us conservation</title>
<description><![CDATA[    Anyone who has ever taken a class in conservation knows the name Aldo Leopold (<a href="http://www.aldoleopold.org" title="http://www.aldoleopold.org" target="_blank">www.aldoleopold.org</a>).  After graduating from the Yale Forest School in 1909, he b...]]></description>
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<title>Least weasels are small, sneaky, lethal</title>
<description><![CDATA[    For a variety of reasons, I got behind in mowing trails in the hayfield this summer. My wife insists I keep them well groomed because shes afraid shell encounter one of those long slithering creatures. So when I finally got to it on Saturday, the grass...]]></description>
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Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:45:00 -0400
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<title>Eels migrate to Sargasso Sea</title>
<description><![CDATA[    &quot;Fall migration&quot; conjures up images of honking, southbound geese and monarch butterflies on their way to Mexico. Each autumn we marvel at the long-distance migrations made by many other birds and animals. Some dragonflies make long-distance m...]]></description>
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<title>The miracle of monarch migration</title>
<description><![CDATA[    Changing day length triggers bird migration because photoperiod is the only absolutely reliable environmental cue. Ruby-throated hummingbirds have already begun to leave, and chimney swifts and nighthawks are gathering in evening skies as they prepare ...]]></description>
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Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:45:00 -0400
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<title>Daisy gave us 10 wonderful years</title>
<description><![CDATA[    When my daughter, Emma, turned 9 years old (shes now 20), she asked for only one thing -- a yellow Lab puppy. She had been reading about Labs in library books for weeks, and she knew this was the dog for her.  I tried to talk her into a shelter dog, bu...]]></description>
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<title>Keep cats indoors for their safety and wildlifes</title>
<description><![CDATA[Readers often ask if its possible to love both wild birds and cats. My answer is &quot;yes.&quot; But I always add, &quot;Cats make great indoor pets.&quot; Our last cat lived the good life for 17 years.  Outdoors, cats kill millions of songbirds and small...]]></description>
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Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:00:00 -0400
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<title>Keep cats indoors for their own safety and wildlifes </title>
<description><![CDATA[Readers often ask if its possible to love both wild birds and cats. My answer is &quot;yes.&quot; But I always add, &quot;Cats make great indoor pets.&quot; Our last cat lived the good life for 17 years.Outdoors, cats kill millions of songbirds and small m...]]></description>
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<title>2009 waterfowl survey is just ducky</title>
<description><![CDATA[The results of the U.S. Fish &amp; Wildlife Services 2009 Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey are in, and the news is good. The preliminary estimate of total ducks in North America was 42 million, up 13 percent from last years estimate and 25 ...]]></description>
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<title>A good year in my back yard</title>
<description><![CDATA[      Its been a banner year for wildlife in my back yard, and each evening my wife and I enjoy the show from the back porch.  Pairs of bluebirds, robins, phoebes, chipping sparrows, and Carolina wrens tend to their second nests of the season, while the yo...]]></description>
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Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:00:00 -0400
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<title>Innocent name belies risks of noodling</title>
<description><![CDATA[    There are a few outdoor adventures Ive never tried and never will. Sky-diving, rock-climbing, and bungee-jumping come immediately to mind. Noodling is another. I try to avoid activities that put my life or body parts at risk.  Noodling, also called han...]]></description>
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Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:00:00 -0400
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<title>Summer reading: From butterfly crime to things that bite in the night</title>
<description><![CDATA[      Whether youre planning a stay-cation in the back yard or a getaway to the shore or mountains this summer, a good book makes a great companion. Here are a few titles you might enjoy as you settle into a favorite reading chair.  &quot;Birdsong by the S...]]></description>
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Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:45:00 -0400
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<title>That jug-o-rummm call is a bullfrog</title>
<description><![CDATA[      CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Visit a farm pond ringed with dense vegetation this month, and youre sure to hear two distinctive sounds.  A booming &quot;Jug-o-rummm!&quot; signals the presence of bullfrogs.  The sound of a loose banjo string comes from an amo...]]></description>
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Sat, 20 Jun 2009 23:45:00 -0400
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<title>Fireflies sparking means summer is here</title>
<description><![CDATA[        About a week ago while sitting on the back porch watching nightfall, I saw the first golden flash of summer. Soon a dozen fireflies, or lightning bugs as they are often called, patrolled the back yard. Another handful flashed from perches in the ta...]]></description>
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Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:45:00 -0400
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<title>Eastern wood-pewees sing their name</title>
<description><![CDATA[       Of all the birds that sing their own name, the eastern wood-pewee does it best. Every morning as I lie in bed just before dawn, I hear the usual spring chorus dominated by robins, cardinals, and Carolina wrens. In the background, from deeper in the ...]]></description>
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Sat, 06 Jun 2009 23:45:00 -0400
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<title>Silk moth season is upon us</title>
<description><![CDATA[      Late May and early June mark the onset of the giant silk moth season. Last week was particularly productive. One morning a long-tailed, lime green Luna moth rested next to the light on the back porch. Two days later a huge Polyphemus moth and a small...]]></description>
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Sat, 30 May 2009 23:45:00 -0400
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<title>Ruffed grouse, macho masters of disguise</title>
<description><![CDATA[Finding an ovenbird nest is like finding the proverbial needle in a haystack. Unless you follow this drably colored warbler to its domed, oven-like nest on the ground, youve got to be lucky. As I pressed my luck a few days ago, I followed an ovenbird with ...]]></description>
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Sat, 23 May 2009 23:45:00 -0400
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<title>Meet the thrushes</title>
<description><![CDATA[The sight of four fledgling American robins on the lawn reminded me that robins are thrushes, a family of birds that has a handful of representatives likely to be seen in spring. Most have spotted breasts, and most sing impressively.  Robins and bluebirds,...]]></description>
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Sat, 16 May 2009 23:45:00 -0400
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<title>Some birds easier to hear than see</title>
<description><![CDATA[    Nothing excites birders like the month of May. Spring migration peaks. New birds arrive almost every day. Colorful warblers and tanagers monopolize the attention, but several groups of less spectacular birds are equally interesting. A red-eyed vireo, f...]]></description>
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<title>Cheer up, cheer up: Its May</title>
<description><![CDATA[    May brings the best transitions of the year. Neotropical migrants return, wildflowers bloom, and butterflies emerge. Its my favorite month. I find it hard not to smile all month long.  But each year also reminds me that we get only so many Mays. The ol...]]></description>
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Sun, 03 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400
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<title>Pigment, feather structure determine color in birds</title>
<description><![CDATA[    A flash of red signals the return of a male rose-breasted grosbeak. A lemon drop bouncing across a country road means yellow warblers are back. And a patch of deep blue atop a withered snag tells me indigo buntings have arrived. Spring migration and it...]]></description>
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Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:00:00 -0400
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<title>There are many aspects to bird coloration</title>
<description><![CDATA[    Spring equals color. Wildflowers bloom. Butterflies appear. And, of course, neotropical migratory birds return.  Though migration is well underway, the brightest and most colorful birds have not yet arrived. Give them a few more weeks. But get your hum...]]></description>
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Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:00:00 -0400
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<title>Coloration has many aspects</title>
<description><![CDATA[Spring equals color. Wildflowers bloom. Butterflies appear. And, of course, neotropical migratory birds return. Though migration is well underway, the brightest and most colorful birds have not yet arrived. Give them a few more weeks. But get your hummingb...]]></description>
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Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:31:58 -0400
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<title>Swifts sweep into chimneys</title>
<description><![CDATA[CAMERON, W.Va. -- To avoid having chimney swifts invade your home this spring, get your chimney capped - as soon as possible. Swifts usually return in mid-April, but precise arrival dates are tied to weather, particularly temperature, which determines the ...]]></description>
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<title>Memorable sights of cranes</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Platte River flows past Kearney, Neb., and in March it can be a cold, inhospitable place. It certainly was back in 1982. I was there for a professional meeting, but I spent my first afternoon shivering in a blind overlooking the river.Waterfowl, mostly...]]></description>
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Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:16:12 -0400
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<title>Dont make mountains out of March molehills</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mounds of fresh topsoil and ridges from tunnels just under the sod mean one thing - moles. But before you succumb to the pest industrys annual campaign against moles and rush to the local home improvement center for traps and poison, consider what moles ha...]]></description>
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Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400
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<title>Beavers manipulate environment more than any other animal</title>
<description><![CDATA[CAMERON, W.Va. -- When I think of beaver, I envision an impressive dam and pond near Jackson Hole, Wyo., that I visited about 20 years ago. The dam was more than 50 yards long and three to five feet high, and the pond flooded several acres.But recently I w...]]></description>
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Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400
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<title>Eagle, jaguar successfully tracked</title>
<description><![CDATA[CAMERON, W.Va. -- Large predators are difficult to study because theyre relatively uncommon, and they roam widely. So I was thrilled when I heard two good-news stories about big predators. Back in November 2006, Todd Katzner, director of conservation and f...]]></description>
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Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500
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<title>An opossums tale of survival</title>
<description><![CDATA[A few years ago on a cold winter night, Daisy, my yellow Lab, and I took a walk in the woods after a snowstorm. Daisy enjoyed plowing through the ankle-deep snow with her nose. At one point, she wallowed in the snow the way she rolls in mud holes in the sp...]]></description>
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Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500
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<title>If it quacks like a duck, it could be a wood frog</title>
<description><![CDATA[CAMERON, W.Va. -- It may seem a bit early to be listening for frogs, but wood frogs rush the season. They emerge from beneath forest leaf litter in late winter, and as soon as the ice melts, they sing.A wood frogs voice is hardly froglike. One field guide ...]]></description>
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<title>Skunk cabbages body heat helps it give off stinky odor</title>
<description><![CDATA[CAMERON, W.Va. -- If your daily commute takes you along a stream that meanders through a wet meadow, watch for early signs of life as spring approaches. Even as snow or ice still covers the ground, skunk cabbage begins to grow.I first noticed skunk cabbage...]]></description>
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Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500
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<title>Shed hunting takes skill, time</title>
<description><![CDATA[From late winter through early spring, whenever Im in the woods, I keep my eyes peeled for shed antlers. Sheds, the antlers white-tailed deer bucks lose each year, are a terrific addition to my collection of natural artifacts.The first few I found were sti...]]></description>
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Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500
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<title>Bird count starts this week</title>
<description><![CDATA[The highlights of this years Great Backyard Bird Count on Feb. 13-16 are likely to include reports of northern species moving south in huge numbers. White-winged crossbills, pine siskins, common redpolls, and snow buntings only occasionally visit our latit...]]></description>
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<title>Sapsucker really does exist</title>
<description><![CDATA[To the uninitiated, the yellow-bellied sapsucker sounds like a mythical creature. &quot;Where is it in the field guide.&quot; they ask. &quot;Right next to the bleary-eyed bedthrasher.&quot;&quot;No,&quot; I answer. &quot;Its a woodpecker.&quot; There are ...]]></description>
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Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:00:00 -0500
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<title>Crossbills foraging for conifer seeds</title>
<description><![CDATA[If youve seen or heard unfamiliar birds recently, its probably not your imagination. The mystery bird is about the size of a white-throated sparrow and is found primarily in groves of evergreens - spruce, hemlock, and pine trees. Males are red with dark wi...]]></description>
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Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500
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<title>Winter brings deadly hypothermia</title>
<description><![CDATA[With the onset of winter comes the threat of hypothermia - the dangerous lowering of the bodys temperature. As the number one killer of outdoor enthusiasts, everyone should understand the circumstances under which hypothermia occurs and its symptoms. Surpr...]]></description>
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Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500
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<title>Owl pairs nest now, get jump on spring </title>
<description><![CDATA[On the afternoon of Dec. 26, the thermometer on the back porch read 73 degrees. Carolina wrens, cardinals and white-throated sparrows sang as if spring had replaced winter.A few weeks earlier the morning temperature had plunged to 4 degrees. In between wev...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[ (Scott Shalaway)]]>
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Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500
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<title>Online resources are stuffed with info</title>
<description><![CDATA[Each holiday season, I recommend books and other gifts that might interest readers. Today I give a gift to you - a series of Web sites chock-full of valuable information that nature lovers will appreciate. And theyre free. If you dont have Internet access ...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[ (Scott Shalaway)]]>
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Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500
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<title>Pine + spruce + fir = conifer</title>
<description><![CDATA[My daughters have always loved decorating the house for the holidays, especially the Christmas tree. But it had to be a real tree. They got that bias from their parents. Nothing beats the earthy fresh scent of an evergreen in the living room in December. I...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[ (Scott Shalaway)]]>
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Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500
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<title>Government agencies offer gifts from outdoor stores</title>
<description><![CDATA[If youre trying to save money this holiday shopping season, consider buying products from governmental conservation agencies.   Some have extensive &quot;outdoor stores&quot; and many offer state-based magazines and calendars at reasonable prices. I suspec...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[ (Scott Shalaway)]]>
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Sun, 07 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500
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<title>Books on birds, bugs, bees, fish, plants make great gifts</title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- If youve got some avid readers on your holiday gift list, here are some titles I enthusiastically recommend: &quot;The Owl and the Woodpecker: Encounters with Americas Most Iconic Birds&quot; by Paul Bannick (2008, $24.95, Mountaineers...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[ (Scott Shalaway)]]>
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Sun, 30 Nov 2008 01:00:00 -0500
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<title>Migrating swans grace skies</title>
<description><![CDATA[Last week, as I traveled across the southern tier of New York, V-shaped skeins of Canada geese crossed the sky from north to south. It was a vintage November day - cold, gray and damp. At a rest stop near Jamestown, another flock caught my eye. But these b...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[ (Scott Shalaway)]]>
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Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500
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