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  • When Will We Say 'That's Enough'?

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    This home planet of ours isn't really very big. It's what? Roughly 8,000 miles in diameter and 24,000 miles around? Pretty small when you think about it, especially when you consider that the surface is crawling with billions of humans, many of whom are relentlessly engaged in a life-long pursuit' [...]
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    Posted: November 26, 2009, 9:02am EST
    by pj

  • Tar Sands Blow

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    From Friends of the Earth. More here. [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 7:21pm EST
    by pj

  • Otter Creek Coal

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    I received an email this morning from the Sierra Club regarding the Montana Land Board's upcoming decision on whether or not to lease the coal tracts on Otter Creek in eastern Montana to Ol' King Coal and was pondering a post on it when I saw that jhwygirl over at [...]
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    Posted: November 15, 2009, 7:29pm EST
    by pj

  • Green Living: Avoiding Asbestos

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    This is a guest post written by James O'Shea for the Mesothelioma and Asbestos Awareness Center.

    Green Living: Avoiding Asbestos

    Going green used to be considered expensive and a luxury for those who could afford the trend. Now it appears that we are learning that not' [...]

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    Posted: November 05, 2009, 7:46am EST
    by pj

  • Fight For Coal River Mountain

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    A prime wind power site, and major battleground in the ongoing fight over mountaintop removal mining in West Virginia, is literally being blown apart with millions of tons of explosives each and every day. Find out more, and see what you can do, at iLoveMountains.org and [...]
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    Posted: November 03, 2009, 7:45am EST
    by pj

  • Day Of Action

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    Yesterday was the International Day of Climate Action, a day when activists and citizens around the world got together to call attention to the number 350. 350 is the ceiling established by James Hansen for parts per million of C02 in the atmosphere. Beyond that the web that holds our [...]
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    Posted: October 25, 2009, 8:11am EDT
    by pj

  • Action On Mountaintop Removal

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    Here's a couple of quick updates and actions on the continuing fight to stop the destruction and havoc wreaked by mountaintop removal mining.

    Nationwide Permit 21 (NWP-21) has been used for years as a way for coal companies to streamline the MTR permitting process, to get quick go-aheads on' [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 6:18pm EDT
    by pj

  • And Then There's This

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    BrandObama has given the go-ahead to Shell Oil to begin exploratory oil and gas drilling in the Beaufort Sea, even after courts struck down earlier BushCo plans for such projects last year. Persistence pays. The Big Oil lobby wins another.

    To steal from Pete Seeger, "oh when will" [...]
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    Posted: October 20, 2009, 8:23pm EDT
    by pj

  • Why Even Go To Copenhagen...

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    ...if this is the best we can come up with?

    As a follow up to what I posted yesterday regarding global warming, here's a report from Greenpeace on the woeful inadequacies in the climate bills thrashing around in both houses of Congress. They're little more than industry friendly [...]
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    Posted: October 20, 2009, 5:49pm EDT
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  • About That Global Warming Thing

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    Global warming has, to some extent, wound up at the back of the bus lately due to a focus on economic and health-care issues. But it hasn't completely disappeared. Saturday October 24 is scheduled as a global day of action on climate change, and then of course there is' [...]
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    Posted: October 19, 2009, 4:53pm EDT
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  • I basically ...

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    I basically posted this 'cause I like the damn picture. But as long as I'm at it, I may as well mention that I found it while reading a news release from Earthjustice about bills in both the House and Senate addressing roadless areas. [...]
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    Posted: October 02, 2009, 6:12pm EDT
    by pj

  • Keep It Wild

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    I see Jon Tester is making a couple of stops here in Montana on the promotional tour for his land use bill. And it's apparently working. A lot of folks are willing to support this thing for a lot of reasons. It's being said that if it fails, it will [...]
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    Posted: September 28, 2009, 5:59pm EDT
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  • Bioregional Approach

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    Seriously folks, the system we live in and labor under is broken, and all of our attempts to repair it and restore it to it's former glory are likely futile. We need a new approach. Bioregionalism is one such approach. It's the polar opposite of our one size fits all [...]
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    Posted: September 19, 2009, 10:11am EDT
    by pj

  • Mary Travers 1936-2009

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    I just ran across the news.

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    Posted: September 16, 2009, 7:47pm EDT
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  • Closed for remodelingWell, not really, ...

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    Closed for remodeling

    Well, not really, but I'm going to take a short time out for a little bit of housecleaning and remodeling and rebuilding here at old buzztail. Gotta do that once in a while. Change is good.

    It's not that things are going to change drastically [...]
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    Posted: September 12, 2009, 10:58am EDT
    by pj

  • Too Disgusting For Words

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    I was going to write a post about this, but after sitting here for awhile chewing on it I realized it ain't gonna happen. I simply don't have the words in me to begin to convey the depths of my disgust. Maybe another time. Maybe not.

    I will [...]
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    Posted: September 08, 2009, 8:15pm EDT
    by pj

  • To The Hunt

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    Archery season is here again, and in what's quickly becoming an annual thing for me, I'll wish you bowhunters the best season ever. Salut.

    What are you looking at?
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    Posted: September 08, 2009, 6:21pm EDT
    by pj

  • A Travel Video

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    Posted: September 05, 2009, 9:55am EDT
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  • About Those Tar Sands

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    There's nothing nice to say about the Alberta tar sands oil project. How can we continue to condone, and demand the oil from, a project that pumps millions of gallons of toxic waste into the water supplies, sickens and kills an alarming percentage of the area's birds and wildlife [...]
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    Posted: September 05, 2009, 8:40am EDT
    by pj

  • National Wilderness Month

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    It was 45 years ago this month that LBJ signed the Wilderness Act of 1964 into being. Now, to commemorate that, President Obama has declared September to be National Wilderness Month. Nice gesture, but is it a glimpse of a commitment to protect more wilderness, or is it merely [...]
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    Posted: September 04, 2009, 7:00pm EDT
    by pj

  • Onward...

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    I've said it here before, and I think it bears repeating. I'll pick the fights I want to be involved in and leave the other stuff to those who are passionate about them. That's why this blog has become what it's become. These are my fights, the ones that are [...]
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    Posted: August 25, 2009, 6:16pm EDT
    by pj

  • Clinton Says Yes To Alberta Clipper

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    Well she did it. SoS Clinton granted a presidential permit to allow the trans-border Alberta Clipper pipeline to enter the US. Not surprising. It's the kind of decision we can expect from DC regardless of who is sitting in the power seats. But still...

    No need to go into' [...]
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    Posted: August 22, 2009, 10:55am EDT
    by pj

  • Trapper Peak

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    Trapper Peak
    Bitterroot Mountains, Montana
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    Posted: August 20, 2009, 7:14am EDT
    by pj

  • Untitled

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    No words tonight. Just this.


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    Posted: August 14, 2009, 9:01pm EDT
    by pj

  • Healthcare Dollars At Work

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    From Brave New Films:

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    Posted: August 06, 2009, 7:11pm EDT
    by pj

  • The Last Thing I Feel Like Doing...

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    Call this the post I put up when the last thing I feel like doing is posting to this goddamn blog. I'll do it anyway. I'll be climbing the walls if I don't keep myself busy. I need to get my head into a few things to regain some sense' [...]
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    Posted: August 05, 2009, 5:52pm EDT
    by pj

  • A Dreaded Change

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    I don't usually post much personal stuff here, but once in a while I need to. This is one of those times.

    My dear daughter, who has lived with me here for the last three or four years, is suddenly going to be gone. She is moving to live' [...]
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    Posted: August 01, 2009, 2:20pm EDT
    by pj

  • Clipper Decision Could Come Soon

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    Secretary of State Clinton could be making her decision whether to grant a Presidential permit or not regarding the Alberta Clipper pipeline in the next few days. Here's another link to action you can take urging her to say no to a cross-border pipeline that would bring one of the' [...]
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    Posted: July 30, 2009, 9:38pm EDT
    by pj

  • The Wild Grizzly

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    Posted: July 26, 2009, 4:36pm EDT
    by pj

  • Photography And Wilderness

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    I've written here before that art, particularly photography, and wilderness are what drive me. That's the way I am, and that's the way I'm likely going to stay. I think the connections between art and the wild run deep.

    I've been doing a couple of photoblogs for the past' [...]
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    Posted: July 23, 2009, 7:10pm EDT
    by pj

  • Three Years

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    Once upon a time a friend gave me an old computer. I promptly hooked up to the internet, happened upon this thing called blogger, saw that it was free, and thought, "Hey. I'm gonna try that. What should I call it?" Buzztail. I'll call it [...]
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    Posted: July 19, 2009, 12:43pm EDT
    by pj

  • Wildness

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    The terms wilderness and wildness are often used interchangeably, but they're not the same thing.

    Wilderness, in the Wilderness Act sense, is an object, a tangible 'thing'. It's a museum piece, often spectacular, that we agree to set aside. We may appreciate it, we may even venture out there [...]
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    Posted: July 19, 2009, 9:50am EDT
    by pj

  • Gutless Wonders

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    I've often wondered why certain wilderness groups like The National Wildlife Federation, The Wilderness Society and the Montana Wilderness Association, among others, have been so willing to walk away from the negotiating table content with a sack of table scraps. Their ringing endorsements of the likes of the Beaverhead-Deerlodge Partnership,' [...]
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    Posted: July 18, 2009, 8:51pm EDT
    by pj

  • Help Stop D-Bug

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    Got a heads-up from Rob at Oregon Wild today concerning the D-Bug timber sale in Oregon.

    This sale involves more logging and road-building on roadless lands than was done during the entire Bush presidency, and to make matters even worse, is located just off the edge of Crater [...]
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    Posted: July 09, 2009, 6:11pm EDT
    by pj

  • So Long Shane

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    So long Shane. And thanks. [...]
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    Posted: July 08, 2009, 5:08pm EDT
    by pj

  • Global Day Of Action

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    Greenpeace is holding a global day of action today on climate change to coincide with the G8 meeting in Italy.

    Early on, protesters climbed the stacks and took over four coal-fired power plants in Italy. Later in the day Greenpeace activists rappelled down the face of Mt. [...]
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    Posted: July 08, 2009, 4:26pm EDT
    by pj

  • Tell Obama To Uphold Roadless Rule

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    In 2000 I worked on the campaign for the National Forest Roadless Rule. The support for it was overwhelming, and then president Clinton signed it in 2001, shortly before handing over the White House keys to GW Bush. Since then it has been tampered with and fought over to the [...]
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    Posted: July 07, 2009, 6:02pm EDT
    by pj

  • Alberta Clipper

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    You've all heard of the Alberta tar sands. Dirty stuff. Maybe you've also heard of the Alberta Clipper, the name given the 1000 mile pipeline project by the Canadian company Enbridge which would transport the tar sands crude from northern Alberta to Superior, Wisconsin. From there it would [...]
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    Posted: July 02, 2009, 6:45pm EDT
    by pj

  • Just Dump It In The Lake

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    Apparently the Supreme Court feels that it's just fine and dandy to dump toxic mine wastes into pristine mountain lakes. Here's from an Earthjustice email that was in my inbox this evening:


    On June 22, the Supreme Court ruled that the Clean Water Act allows a mining company [...]
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    Posted: July 01, 2009, 7:43pm EDT
    by pj

  • Appalachia Restoration Act

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    The first hearings were held in the Senate last week on the Appalachia Restoration Act (S696). This is the Senate version of the House of Representatives Clean Water Protection Act and would effectively outlaw the practice of dumping toxic mining fill into mountain valleys and streambeds to dispose of it.
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    Posted: June 29, 2009, 3:08pm EDT
    by pj

  • MTR Action

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    Bloggers from around the country today are calling on President Obama to go to West Virginia and see for himself the massive destruction caused by mountaintop removal mining.

    There are posts here and here with links to other actions being taken.

    You can call this my [...]
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    Posted: June 28, 2009, 2:35pm EDT
    by p johnson

  • Waterton-Glacier Investigation

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    Eleven environmental groups have petitioned the UNESCO World Heritage committee to investigate and list Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park as a World Heritage site in danger.

    Plans have been in the works for some time now for open-pit and MTR coal mining and coalbed methane projects by Cline Mining [...]
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    Posted: June 28, 2009, 9:36am EDT
    by p johnson

  • Waxman-Markey Passes House Vote

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    I'm really none too pleased by this one. The Waxman-Markey bill (ACES) passed the House yesterday by a 219-212 vote. Now one would think I'd be happier than hell with a strong bill that deals with the growing menace of global warming, and I would be if we had one. [...]
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    Posted: June 27, 2009, 8:29pm EDT
    by p johnson

  • Reminiscing

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    It's kind of funny how certain seasons trigger memories of past travels and experiences in wild country. When fall rolls around, late season canoe trips in the Boundary Waters come to mind. Winter reminds me of snowshoe and ski trips over those same frozen waters. There [...]
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    Posted: June 22, 2009, 5:41pm EDT
    by p johnson

  • Doing It Ourselves

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    Several activists were arrested today in West Virginia for scaling a dragline in a protest against mountaintop removal. There is a story here at Mountain Action, along with live twitter updates. This is but the latest of many such actions there in WV.

    Talk is cheap. And easy. [...]
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    Posted: June 18, 2009, 5:39pm EDT
    by p johnson

  • What You Don't Know Can Kill You

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    There are 44 'high hazard' toxic coal ash disposal sites scattered about the US somewhere. Apparently nobody really knows where, except for the EPA, the Dept. of Homeland Security, the Army Corps of Engineers, and those that created the sites. Sen. Barbara Boxer has been pushing the EPA to disclose [...]
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    Posted: June 18, 2009, 4:57pm EDT
    by p johnson

  • A Tough Spot

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    There's little question that corporations dominate our world. From the ways we live to the decisions made by our elected officials, the choices made are those that largely benefit the corporate powers. Campaign contributions and corporate lobbying take much of the blame for that. And for good reason -- the' [...]
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    Posted: June 14, 2009, 7:42am EDT
    by p johnson

  • Grizzly Bear Action Alert

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    From NRDC:

    Help protect grizzly bears from a deadly mining scheme

    In the lush forests and meadows of the Cabinet-Yaak wilderness in northwest Montana, a small population of 20 to 30 grizzly bears hovers on the brink of extinction. This isolated group of grizzlies is already threatened [...]
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    Posted: June 10, 2009, 2:18pm EDT
    by p johnson

  • 'Drill Baby, Drill' Is Alive And Well

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    Byron Dorgan (D-ND) introduced an amendment to the energy bill being argued in Congress that would allow offshore drilling in the eastern Gulf Coast, within 45 miles of the Florida coast. That would reduce the limit from 125 miles. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee OK'd it 13-10.[...]
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    Posted: June 10, 2009, 8:32am EDT
    by p johnson

  • Doing What I Need To Do

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    Sometimes words fail. Or to be more accurate, I fail to use them well. The same with photos. They, as often as not, seem inadequate. But again, it's probably just me.

    I have a real gift though for spreading myself too thin. For too long now I've been trying [...]
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    Posted: June 07, 2009, 8:50pm EDT
    by p johnson
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