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• tired of being so dang clean...

  Don't you get tired of showering? I do. If I could be a guy, it would be an event rife with utter joy, followed by clean clothes and zipping out the door into the fresh air.
  
  But showers include thorough washing off product from long hair, then proper conditioning. [...]
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  Posted: March 24, 2008, 6:01pm EDT
  

• Report from the trenches

  (an oldie, but a goodie...)
  
  Excerpts from a Dog's Daily Diary:
  
  8:00 am Dog food! My favorite thing!
  9:30 am A car ride! My favorite thing!
  9:40 am A walk in the park! My favorite thing!
  10:30 am Got rubbed and petted! My favorite thing!
  12:00 [...]
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  Posted: March 24, 2008, 8:16am EDT
  

• Happy Easter!

  
  Wherever you may be, I hope you are filled with chocolate, happy times, and spiritual fulfillment. [...]
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  Posted: March 23, 2008, 3:42pm EDT
  

• check out the frogfest...

  
  Sluggo squeaks through
  Originally uploaded by hatamaran I take pictures of da frogs everyday I am at work. I snap them with my cameraphone and shoot them off to Flickr. They are the best work buddies ever. [...]
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  Posted: March 21, 2008, 4:29pm EDT
  

• something every cat lover can understand...

  Fog
  
  THE fog comes
  on little cat feet.
  
  It sits looking
  over harbor and city
  on silent haunches
  and then moves on.
  
  -Carl Sandburg
  
  I ran across this little gem on someone else's blog the other day (sorry I can't remember who...), and [...]
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  Posted: March 19, 2008, 8:53pm EDT
  

• this one is worth quoting...

  "A good marriage is a bit like a pet boa constrictor: either you feed it every day or bad things happen." [...]
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  Posted: March 19, 2008, 3:22pm EDT
  

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  Posted: March 13, 2008, 6:41pm EDT
  

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  Posted: March 13, 2008, 6:31pm EDT
  

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  Posted: March 13, 2008, 6:21pm EDT
  

• Mr. Peepers died...

  I am totally bummed out about losing my little frog, Mr. Peepers. I tried everything I knew how to get him healthy again, but alas, he lept into froggy heaven whilst I was away last night. [...]
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  Posted: March 13, 2008, 9:50am EDT
  

• ...the worry people are after me...

  

  JEEZ... I have had a hell of a week and it is only Tuesday...My mother wound up in the ER over the weekend (she is ok now) and all hell broke loose as soon as I walked in on Monday morning... but, so far, I am [...]
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  Posted: March 11, 2008, 5:03pm EDT
  

• the geriatric crew...

  

  Atticus, who is pushing 16 (in front) and Rooney, who is puny little feller, but is hanging in there at 14... [...]
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  Posted: March 11, 2008, 4:55pm EDT
  

• Petey on night vision...uh well at night on a cameraphone...

  
  

  
  

  
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  Posted: March 07, 2008, 7:34pm EST
  

• Petey in absentia...

  

  He was there when I started to take this picture, but alas. he has run off the deck and into the night... [...]
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  Posted: March 07, 2008, 7:19pm EST
  

• Oh joy...

  

  A change of pace this afternoon...stuck in a CPR class this afternoon...yay, rah... [...]
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  Posted: March 07, 2008, 10:53am EST
  

• Poor ole' Rooney...

  

  Poor Rooney isn't feeling well. I have started giving him fluids again and that helps but it might be anothe trip back to the vet... [...]
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  Posted: March 06, 2008, 7:08am EST
  

• what, oh what, has happened to my mind?

  The only explanation to all this (what you ask?) is that I've lost it.
  
  Blogging.
  
  Suddenly.
  
  Excessively.
  
  Without cause.
  
  And I ain't no rebel.
  
  For some reason, after starting to feel blue around the anniversary of my father's accident, I started making MORE blogs. [...]
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  Posted: March 04, 2008, 9:57pm EST
  

• Kitchen Khaos...

  

  part two of the kitchen disaster...I love the cabinets so far... [...]
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  Posted: March 03, 2008, 4:57pm EST
  

• Gherkin has the Monday blues...

  

  herels lookinl at you, frog... [...]
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  Posted: March 03, 2008, 3:08pm EST
  

• Pooey...

  That seems to be my "word of the week." Last week was downright crappy. It was the third anniversary of daddy's accident and it wreaked havoc on my heart and soul all week. It was a week of "trudging through" and I just feel like my mojo has been mo-fo'd. [...]
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  Posted: March 02, 2008, 10:54pm EST
  

• a nice warm day for whiskerzzzzzzzzzzzz...

  

  Sunny day snoozin'...Atticus purrs as he enjoys the warm sun with Grayson in the background. [...]
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  Posted: March 02, 2008, 12:02pm EST
  

• poor kitchen...gutted and downright scary

  

  poor little kitchen still awaits its contents...I have gained about 10 pounds eating out... [...]
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  Posted: March 02, 2008, 11:58am EST
  

• the dogs have a blog...

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  Posted: March 02, 2008, 11:52pm EST
  

• the hypnotist...

  

  you are feeling an overwhelming desire to feed me...you are feeling an overwhelming desire to feed me...you are feeling an overwhelming desire to feed me... [...]
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  Posted: March 01, 2008, 9:50am EST
  

• decisions decisions...

  

  to scratch or not to scratch...that is the question... [...]
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  Posted: March 01, 2008, 9:27am EST
  

• Gherkin celebrates LeapYear ...

  

  Gherkin celebrates LeapYear by hanging out the window of her abode... [...]
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  Posted: February 29, 2008, 9:28am EST
  

• Geese need therapy too...

  

  It looks like the geese want therapy today...this one apparently feels like he needs an individual session. He's been been waiting at the door for quite a while. Lest we forget he is on the waiting list he'll remind us by pecking on the glass from [...]
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  Posted: February 26, 2008, 2:44pm EST
  

• Chimney Peeps...

  

  Mr Peepers getting some air... [...]
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  Posted: February 17, 2008, 12:55pm EST
  

• understanding the facts...

  As far as the pit bull situation, I found this informative. It was posted by Chicago's veterinary association in response to their city's attempt to create breed specific legislation.
  *******
  Frequently asked questions concerning the ban:
  
  1) Are pit bulls really the most likely breed to bite?
  
  [...]
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  Posted: February 14, 2008, 3:18pm EST
  

• Pit Bull Ban Bill Pulled

  'nuff said. [...]
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  Posted: February 14, 2008, 3:08pm EST
  

• hanging in Charlotte today

  

  One of downtown Charlotte's buildings [...]
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  Posted: February 08, 2008, 1:38pm EST
  

• Back-asswards Pit Bull Laws

  Because people simply cannot figure out the basic cause and effect phenomenon, we have two utterly moronic bills flopping around like dying fish in our legislature. The bill would ban pit bull dog ownership, period. Any dog deemed 50% or more pit bull would have to be relinquished by July [...]
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  Posted: February 04, 2008, 9:37am EST
  

• Poor Kitchen...

  

  Our kitchen naked... ugh. We just gutted it for a re-do. Oh da pain, but hopefully it will turn out nice. [...]
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  Posted: February 03, 2008, 2:01pm EST
  

• Meet Mr. Peepers!!!!

  

  One of the two new fellers, Mr. Peepers!! [...]
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  Posted: January 31, 2008, 9:52am EST
  

• The Gherkin-a-tor...

  

  Gherkin's new home! You can see her zipping across the top. [...]
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  Posted: January 23, 2008, 4:02pm EST
  

• frogs and poliwogs...

  Enclosure: [download]

  Our patients' transportation was cancelled today because of the icy morning, so I got to spend some time finishing up treatment notes and paperwork...and set up Gherkin's new, and larger, home. Kick, froggie, kick.
  
  
  
  Except, she may have a secret, he may be a she...a frog [...]
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  Posted: January 22, 2008, 7:54pm EST
  

• meet Gherkin!

  

  My sweet officemates got me a mini-frog. She's a doll...and her name is Gherkin! [...]
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  Posted: January 13, 2008, 8:25pm EST
  

• and then she wrote...

  not much...
  I keep thinking I am going to return to blogging. So MUCH has happened. So MUCH I have not written about. I've learned a different way of life and I am still adjusting. I don't write much in complete sentences anymore because MedyKare hates humans and reimbursing humans [...]
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  Posted: January 08, 2008, 9:19pm EST
  

• CAR MULCH...

  

  the natural way to protect your MINI's floormats... guess I need to clean my car this weekend, huh? [...]
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  Posted: December 28, 2007, 11:52am EST
  

• Merry Christmas from ...

  

  Merry Christmas from Petey too! [...]
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  Posted: December 25, 2007, 5:26pm EST
  

• Merry Christmas!

  

  Merry Christmas...it has really been a good Christmas. I was unsure a few days ago because I was really missing my dad, but it turned out to be one of the more meaningful and fun Christmases I've had in a while. Here's wishing you and yours [...]
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  Posted: December 25, 2007, 11:36am EST
  

• beagles make bad elves...

  

  ho...ho...ho... from the reluctant beagle-elf. [...]
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  Posted: December 11, 2007, 9:32pm EST
  

• this is so true...so true...

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  Posted: October 30, 2007, 10:06am EDT
  

• Ummmm...

  Well, okay...I gained a pound. [...]
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  Posted: September 11, 2007, 8:22pm EDT
  

• meow...cough cough...

  

  Turns out Grayson didn't have a cough because of his heart. He has some sort of respiratory problem. I have to get his lungs flushed out and the fluid cultured to see where the problem is coming from. So, overall it is good news. He also [...]
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  Posted: September 10, 2007, 8:03pm EDT
  

• Pepper ...

  

  Pepper hopes you are having a relaxing Sunday! [...]
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  Posted: September 09, 2007, 4:06pm EDT
  

• where, oh where has my little blog gone...

  oh where oh where could it be?
  
  etcetera.
  
  Oh, wait. Cool! I see where blogger has added a video option. You go Bloggy boi!
  
  Anyway.
  
  This massive career change has really consumed me hook, line, and sinker... I am realizing self-care isn't just nice, it's [...]
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  Posted: September 05, 2007, 7:30pm EDT
  

• kitties and ...

  

  kitties and computers... [...]
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  Posted: August 26, 2007, 1:46pm EDT
  

• and ...

  

  and rising... [...]
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  Posted: August 24, 2007, 3:17pm EDT
  

• Smidget says it's ...

  

  Smidget says it's friggin' hot... [...]
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  Posted: August 24, 2007, 3:15pm EDT
  

• peanut

  

  peanut [...]
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  Posted: August 12, 2007, 5:01pm EDT
  

• sleepyhead...

  

  sleepyhead... [...]
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  Posted: August 12, 2007, 6:35am EDT
  

• good morning Peanut...

  

  good morning Peanut... [...]
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  Posted: August 02, 2007, 6:12am EDT
  

• but I have fun at work, too...

  Gosh I hate to leave out the highlights of my career. Like the other day when I was conducting a relaxation group...everyone eyes closed...breathing deeply...then about 20 minutes into the exercise, I hear a couple of gags and open my eyes to a patient puking freely all over the floor...uh, [...]
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  Posted: July 31, 2007, 6:44pm EDT
  

• golly I sure do miss some things...

  I really do miss my blog. I no longer write for eloquence or wit, but for speed to meet an insurance deadline. I write about symptoms in sentence fragments, instead of worrying with the musical lilt of the words...which, at first, nearly broke me out in a rash.
  
  But [...]
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  Posted: July 31, 2007, 5:30pm EDT
  

• hmmm...

  

  what's that on your nose? [...]
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  Posted: July 19, 2007, 5:42pm EDT
  

• Well...I decided to go forward with nostril pierci...

  

  Well...I decided to go forward with nostril piercing. I asked for the smallest possible piercing. I like it, but it sure did make my eyes water! I've been wanting to do it for a couple of years but couldn't decide...well, that's over with! [...]
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  Posted: July 17, 2007, 8:51pm EDT
  

• blech...

  101 flavors of ice cream to AVOID... [...]
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  Posted: July 15, 2007, 9:40pm EDT
  

• Rooney concurs...

  

  that goes for me, too... [...]
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  Posted: July 15, 2007, 10:45am EDT
  

• whatever...

  

  whatever...so says Atticus... [...]
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  Posted: July 15, 2007, 10:33am EDT
  

• oh, the frickin' woe of it all...

  Wah. Wah. Wah.
  I am still in school, taking one last class to get a graduate certificate in gerontology...and the "frickin' woe of it all" has to do with a paper I need to be writing right now.
  
  But I don't wanna.
  
  Like a 5 year old doesn't [...]
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  Posted: July 08, 2007, 2:20pm EDT
  

• Peanut wishes you a nice, peaceful Sunday...

  

  Peanut wishes you a nice, peaceful Sunday... [...]
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  Posted: July 08, 2007, 12:22pm EDT
  

• the better I can smell you with...

  

  Petey would like to smell hi to you all... [...]
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  Posted: July 05, 2007, 7:58pm EDT
  

• So, I did 8 1/2

  So, I did 8 1/2 hours of paperwork and 1 1/2 hours of therapy today...see anything wrong with that? Unfortunately, that's pretty typical. [...]
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  Posted: July 02, 2007, 9:33pm EDT
  

• gotta love it...

  I felt like this at work today...
  
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  Posted: June 20, 2007, 6:38pm EDT
  

• silly cat...crates are for dogs...

  

  Yuki takes a power-nap while Petey plays outside... [...]
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  Posted: June 17, 2007, 4:54pm EDT
  

• oh, the trees...

  As a new therapist serving older adults, I am single-handedly killing the rainforest. Medicare requires so much documentation that it is a flat-out race to get it done each day. I spend far more time documenting than I do providing treatment.
  
  Now THAT'S crazy.
  
  It's not like you [...]
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  Posted: June 06, 2007, 8:14pm EDT
  

• and then...

  On Friday, something will be conferred to me...no, not cooties or some other dastardly disease of social lubrication...
  
  The Degree.
  
  Yup, that one. The one that says I'm out of the nest. Jiminy Crackheads.
  
  So, apparently I somehow got through the whole thing and will finally get [...]
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  Posted: May 08, 2007, 3:30pm EDT
  

• talking about school shootings...

  There's just nothing you can say about this week's horror. Here are some good articles for those who are looking for guidance in helping themselves or others heal...from the American Psychological Association.
  
  Tips for College and University Students: Managing Your Distress in the Aftermath of the Virginia [...]
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  Posted: April 19, 2007, 12:32pm EDT
  

• for the love of Pickles...

  
  
  The most precious little mutt ever, Pickles, our little pup we rescued from a neglectful neighbor nearly 15 years ago was put to sleep yesterday...
  
  Something terrible happened, possibly a brain tumor or a brain bleed. She wasn't able to do anything but [...]
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  Posted: April 10, 2007, 3:51pm EDT
  

• uncles and things...

  One of my dearest uncles died this morning. He became ill rather suddenly. I didn't get to say goodbye, which makes me sad. He was one of the most kind-hearted people I've ever known. Another funeral. [...]
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  Posted: March 27, 2007, 11:22am EDT
  

• SOLVED...I think.

  
  
  An International Space Station sighting from 1992...familiar?!
  
  Works for me! [...]
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  Posted: March 27, 2007, 9:17am EDT
  

• A preferrable explanation...

  I would like to find out if this was a space station sighting.
  
  Here's the info from NASA...looks like this could be the culprit, even though it doesn't explain the strange sparkles so far away from the center light.
  
  I saw it again this morning in the [...]
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  Posted: March 27, 2007, 8:21am EDT
  

• convince me it's a star...

  
  and I'll shut up... [...]
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  Posted: March 24, 2007, 9:25pm EDT
  

• Another picture...less explanation...

  This is another photo my father-in-law took. It is completely unretouched. Pretty eerie...
  I'm not at a computer with graphics software, so I'll post a better crop of it at home. I don't know what it is... [...]
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  Posted: March 23, 2007, 11:46am EDT
  

• Zero percent more explanation

  My father-in-law did take a photo of the object we saw, but as I suspected, without a massive zoom, it doesn't really look like much. You can tell it's not a picture of a star, but it doesn't appear to be anything else either.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: March 23, 2007, 7:11am EDT
  

• 15 percent of an explanation...

  So, being the rational sort, I can't stand the fact I don't have an explanation for this phenomenon I experienced this morning.
  
  However,
  
  I did discover that the geometric lights were a trick of the eye. I took the binoculars to several windows and discovered that the window [...]
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  Posted: March 22, 2007, 8:52pm EDT
  

• only aliens would be able to keep me from earning my degree...

  
  I was downstairs filling up the dog bowls with water this morning about 6:30 a.m. and I looked out the window. I saw an extremely bright star, even though it was a bit cloudy. "Hmmm, that's really bright," I thought. Then it moved. Just [...]
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  Posted: March 22, 2007, 9:26am EDT
  

• My gal...

  Today is the one-year anniversary of Sadie’s death. I can’t believe it has been a year. She was a real rascal and an expert at disobedience. She rarely sat still and she frequently lost her temper with our other dog. There were at least three [...]
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  Posted: March 20, 2007, 3:22pm EDT
  

• it's getting fugly...

  Today is the 2nd year anniversary of when we found my father after his accident. I've taken off a couple days to lay low, decrease the stimuli and general overload. I didn't expect the second anniversary to be as painful as the first...
  
  A couple more months and I [...]
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  Posted: February 28, 2007, 2:29pm EST