Cat shot with .22, resulting in death Galveston, TX (US)Incident Date: Wednesday, Nov 8, 2006 County: Galveston
Charges: Felony CTA Disposition: Dismissed
Person of Interest: Jim Stevenson
Case Updates: 9 update(s) available
A well-known birder and founder of the Galveston Ornithological Society has been charged with animal cruelty, accused of shooting a stray cat with a .22-caliber rifle.
A toll bridge attendant told police that Jim Stevenson was in a white van from which two shots were fired. John Newland said he was on duty at the San Luis Pass Bridge on west Galveston Island on Nov 8 morning when he heard shots.
Newland said he pursued Stevenson on FM 3005. He said Stevenson stopped, then backed into Newland's truck and fled.
Newland said the cat that died had been shot in the foot earlier in the week. He said 10 cats have been killed in the past year, four in the past week.
Newland said he and the bridge workers think of the cats as pets. "They all have names," he said.
Stevenson, 53, is charged with one count of felony animal cruelty. He was in the Galveston County Jail late Nov 8. His bond was set at $10,000.
Case UpdatesFor about five years, John Newland has fed a clan of cats near the San Luis Pass Bridge where he worked.
Newland said he never had problems, until November 2006 when island bird-lover Jim Stevenson shot one of the cats. A year later, charges against Stevenson were dropped after a deadlocked jury.
Now, Newland himself is headed to court as a defendant in a criminal case.
Last week, city animal control officer Leroy Cooper issued Newland a misdemeanor citation, accusing him of keeping too many animals.
The charge carries a possible fine of up to $500.
Newland is set for court next Monday before Preceinct 1 Justice of the Peace Jim Schweitzer.
Newland said the feedings have been going on for years.
"These cats have been here longer than we have," he said. "They keep us company, and no one had ever told us it was against the law to feed an animal that was hungry."
However, Galveston police Lt. Mike Riedel said the feedings were against the law, because 15 to 20 cats had been eating the food Newland put out for them. A Galveston ordinance bars a person from keeping more than four cats or dogs, and Riedel said that feeding the animals made Newland responsible for them.
"The cats are breeding like crazy, and there are health and safety concerns, because he's not getting them fixed, he's not even taking them to the vet. He's just feeding them," Riedel said. "I know he thinks he's taking care of the cats, but he's just making the problem worse."
Attorney Tad Nelson represented Stevenson at his animal-cruelty trial, which ended in a jury deadlock in November.
Nelson praised law enforcement for pursuing a case against Newland.
"It's a tough position to take, but I'm proud of the city for doing this because it's the right thing to do," Nelson said. "As lovable as Mr. Newland is, he is naive to think he's benefitting those cats."
Stevenson, president of the Galveston Ornithological Society, faced a charge of cruelty to animals for shooting the cat near the San Luis Pass bridge.
The crux of the case was whether the cat was feral or domesticated, as the animal-cruelty law under which he was prosecuted applied in cases in which an animal's owner did not consent to the animal being harmed.
Newland said he suspected Stevenson of complaining to police about him feeding the cats. But Riedel said Stevenson had nothing to do with Newland being ticketed.
Riedel also said he would prefer to charge the people at the root of the cat problem.
"The people who dump those cats off, the original owners who abandon them out there, that's who I'd like to get," he said. | Source: Galveston Daily News - Jan 8, 2008 Update posted on Jan 8, 2008 - 1:54AM |
A prominent birdwatcher who went on trial for fatally shooting a cat said he left the state after someone shot at him.
Jim Stevenson, founder of the Galveston Ornithological Society, said he has received death threats since his trial on animal cruelty charges. A judge declared a mistrial in the case earlier this month when the jury failed to reach a verdict.
Stevenson told police that he was standing on his porch Wednesday when someone shot at his head. He said he fell back but was not injured.
The Galveston Police Department has dropped its investigation into the matter, saying Stevenson would not cooperate. There were inconsistencies in Stevenson's account, said Lt. Jorge Trevino, and Stevenson refused to have his hands tested for gunpowder so it could be determined if he fired the weapon.
Stevenson said he would rather have the FBI handle the case.
"I've been through a lot with the Galveston Police Department," he said.
In his trial, Stevenson admitted shooting the cat but defended the action because he believed the cat was threatening endangered birds and had no owner. Prosecutors said the cat was the pet of toll-bridge worker, who fed and cared for several strays. | Source: KSWO - Nov 30, 2007 Update posted on Nov 30, 2007 - 8:01PM |
The trial of a prominent birdwatcher accused of animal cruelty for shooting a cat ended in a mistrial Friday after jurors couldn't reach a verdict.
Jim Stevenson, the founder of the Galveston Ornithological Society, has admitted he shot the cat last fall because he saw it hunting a threatened species of bird near the San Luis Bridge Pass. If convicted, he would have faced up to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
The trial sparked an Internet debate between cat lovers who say there's no excuse for killing an animal and birders who say feral cats are the killers. It's also raised questions about what makes an animal a pet, especially if it lives outside.
Jurors deliberated for 8 1/2 hours before the judge declared the mistrial. Juror Donald Cook, of League City, said in the online edition of the Houston Chronicle that eight jurors voted to convict and four wanted acquittal. He said the discussion became heated at times.
First Assistant District Attorney Joel Bennett said prosecutors would not retry the case.
"We have gathered all the evidence that is there to be gathered, and a jury that heard all this evidence could not reach a unanimous verdict," Bennett said in a story for Saturday's editions of The Galveston County Daily News. "There's no reason to suspect another jury would be able to do so, and we're considering the matter closed."
Stevenson's attorney, Tad Nelson, said he was relieved that the case wouldn't be pursued.
Stevenson told the newspaper that he believed the attention to the case could lead people who cared about animals to work together.
"I think my relief is not so much that my case is over as it is for the potential here that the red and blue sides will be able to communicate now and find a solution that will work for cats and birds," he said.
Nelson said his client thought the cat was a stray. A state law bars the killing of domesticated animals without the owner's permission.
But prosecutors argued that a toll bridge worker took care of the cat and named it "Mama Cat," effectively becoming the pet's owner. And they say Stevenson could have easily realized that if he'd looked around the bridge before firing.
Jurors had sent several notes to the judge seeking various definitions and requesting to listen again to Stevenson's grand jury testimony. He didn't testify during his trial.
While the jury deliberated Thursday, Stevenson told The Associated Press that he thoroughly researched local and state law and thought long and hard about what he should do before he killed the cat. He said he decided to shoot it because he believed it was a threat to the birds, but he also felt sorry for the cat.
The bridge, Stevenson said, "is a revolving door for cats. Dozens and dozens of cats go through there and disappear. They're getting run over ... they're getting killed by coyotes. It's no life for a cat out there."
In closing arguments on Thursday, Assistant District Attorney Paige Santell called the cat's death a "terrible thing that did not have to happen."
The cat suffered for nearly 40 minutes after Stevenson shot it in the back with a .22-caliber rifle and severed its spine, Santell said. John Newland, the bridge worker who cared for the cat and several others, is still suffering the loss of a beloved companion, she added.
A revision of the cruelty law that took effect Sept. 1 broadens protection to stray animals, but the law came too late for Stevenson's case. | Source: Houston Chronicle - Nov 19, 2007 Update posted on Nov 19, 2007 - 12:09PM |
Jurors on Thursday began weighing the fate of a prominent bird watcher accused of animal cruelty for shooting a cat that lived under a bridge.
The trial has sparked a hot Internet debate between cat lovers who decry Jim Stevenson 's actions and birders upset by the toll feral cats take on bird species. It's also raised questions about what makes an animal a pet, especially if it lives outside.
Stevenson, founder of the Galveston Ornithological Society, would face up to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine if convicted. He said he shot the cat last fall because he saw it hunting a threatened species of bird near the San Luis Bridge Pass.
Texas bars the killing of domesticated animals without the owner's permission, but defense attorney Tad Nelson said his client thought the cat was a stray.
Prosecutors have argued that a toll bridge worker fed the cat, gave it toys and bedding and named it "Mama Cat," effectively becoming the pet's owner. And they say Stevenson could have easily realized that had he looked around the bridge before firing.
In closing arguments, prosecutor Paige Santell called the cat's death a "terrible thing that did not have to happen."
The cat suffered for nearly 40 minutes after Stevenson shot it in the back with a .22-caliber rifle and severed its spine, Santell said. John Newland, the bridge worker who cared for the cat and several others, is still suffering the loss, she added.
Nelson said buying some food and toys for a cat doesn't make you the owner if you haven't taken other steps such as having the animal spayed or neutered or purchasing a collar and tags.
"He loves the cats. He doesn't own the cats," Nelson said of Newland.
While the jury deliberated, Stevenson told The Associated Press that he thoroughly researched local and state law and thought long and hard about what he should do before he killed the cat. He said he decided to shoot it because he believed it was a threat to the birds. He added that he felt sorry for the animal.
The bridge, Stevenson said, "is a revolving door for cats. Dozens and dozens of cats go through there and disappear. They're getting run over ... they're getting killed by coyotes. It's no life for a cat out there."
A revision of the cruelty law that took effect Sept. 1 broadens protection to stray animals, but it does not apply in Stevenson's case. Deliberations were set to resume Friday. | Source: Kansas City Star - Nov 15, 2007 Update posted on Nov 16, 2007 - 1:14AM |
Jurors heard opening arguments on Tuesday in the trial of a bird-watching enthusiast who fatally shot a cat that he said was stalking endangered shorebirds.
The defendant, James M. Stevenson, is the founder of the Galveston Ornithological Society and leads bird-watching tours on this Gulf Coast island 60 miles southeast of Houston. If convicted on animal cruelty charges in the shooting last November, he faces up to two years in jail and a $10,000 fine.
Mr. Stevenson, 54, does not deny using a .22-caliber rifle fitted with a scope to kill the cat, which lived under the San Luis Pass toll bridge, linking Galveston to the mainland. He also admits killing many other cats on his own property, where he operates a bed and breakfast for some of the estimated 500,000 birders who come to the island every year.
In her opening statement, Paige L. Santell, a Galveston County assistant district attorney, told the jury of eight women and four men that Mr. Stevenson "shot that animal in cold blood" and that the cat died a slow and painful death "gurgling on its own blood."
She said that the cat had a name, Mama Cat, and that though the cat lived under a toll bridge, she was fed and cared for by a toll collector, John Newland. He is expected to testify.
Whether the cat was feral is the crucial point in this case. Mr. Stevenson was indicted under a state law that prohibited killing a cat "belonging to another." Prompted by this case, the law was changed on Sept. 1 to include all cats, regardless of ownership.
Ms. Santell argued that because Mr. Newland had named, fed and given the cat bedding and toys, the cat belonged to him and was not feral.
Mr. Stevenson's lawyer, Tad Nelson, admitted in his opening statement that his client went to the San Luis Pass toll bridge with "an intent to kill." but that he had planned to kill a wild animal that was preying on endangered piping plovers. "This man has dedicated his whole life to birds," Mr. Nelson said, pointing at Mr. Stevenson.
The case has prompted emotional commentary on the Internet. Cat enthusiast blogs have called Mr. Stevenson a "murderous fascist" and a "diabolical monster." Birding blogs have defended his right to dispense with a "terrible menace" and have set up funds to help pay for his defense.
In an interview in a courthouse elevator during a break in the trial, Mr. Stevenson said heatedly that cat fanciers who have condemned him and sent him hateful correspondence "think birds are nothing but sticks." "This is about wild species disappearing from your planet," he said, adding, "I did what I had to do."
Testimony followed from police officers and the veterinarian who performed the autopsy on Mama Cat, a white and gray tabby mix. The jurors were shown several photographs of the bloodied cat, reminiscent of an episode of "CSI: Miami."
Pictures of the crime scene showed trays of cat food, blankets and cat toys hanging from strings under the bridge. The .22-caliber rifle Mr. Stevenson used to kill the cat along with his magazine full of Remington hollow-point bullets were also on display.
The prosecution and defense wrangled repeatedly about whether witnesses could accurately assess the cat's state of mind.
"He's not qualified to know what the cat was feeling," said Mr. Nelson, when a police officer, John P. Bertolino Sr., testified that the cat was in terrible pain when he arrived at the crime scene. The cat died en route to a Humane Society facility.
The trial, which is expected to take a week, had few spectators save a handful of bird lovers and cat lovers who sat on opposite sides of the courtroom. One side nodded emphatically at Ms. Santell's arguments, and the other nodded whenever Mr. Nelson objected.
"How people feel about the trial depends on who you talk to," said Victor Lang, a local historian, adding that bird-watchers and cat fanciers obviously had the strongest views.
Though others may argue passionately about whether Mr. Stevenson should be punished, Mr. Lang said he did not have strong feelings about the case.
"But you see, I'm a dog person," he said. "If he had shot a dog, then I'd be more upset." | Source: NY Times - Nov 14, 2007 Update posted on Nov 14, 2007 - 12:48PM |
Testimony starts today in the trial of the founder of the Galveston Ornithological Society, who is charged with killing a cat.
An eight-woman, five-man jury will hear the case of Jim Stevenson, 54. Stevenson faces a charge of animal cruelty in the November 2006 shooting of a cat.
Stevenson's arrest followed a report of shots fired near the bridge at San Luis Pass.
Officers responding to the call stopped a van with a Galveston Ornithological Society logo on its side.
One of the toll-bridge workers was following the van and later told police the van's occupant had shot a cat, which the bridge workers had been caring for.
Police later found a. 22-caliber rifle in the van.
Stevenson discussed the hours before his arrest after his release. His account appeared on the Texbirds online message board.
He wrote that, the night before his arrest, he saw a cat on the West End "creeping up on three snowy and two piping plovers and several sanderlings."
Stevenson wrote that he tried unsuccessfully to capture the cat. However, the next morning, he saw it and several other cats in the area, making him concerned for endangered and threatened birds whose habitat lies near the isle's western tip.
At issue in the case appears to be whether the cat was a pet. The bridge worker had claimed he was feeding and taking care of the cat. However, in his message-board writings, Stevenson described the cat he had seen threatening the birds as "feral."
Animal cruelty carries a possible jail term of 180 days to two years, as well as a fine of up to $10,000, but the killing of an animal is only animal cruelty if it was a person's pet.
Opening statements by attorneys and testimony in the case begin this morning, in the county courthouse. | Source: The Galveston Daily News - Nov 13, 2007 Update posted on Nov 13, 2007 - 3:35AM |
A grand jury Wednesday indicted the founder of the Galveston Ornithological Society on a felony charge of cruelty to animals.
Prosecutors accused Jim Stevenson, 53, of loving birds a little too much. He faces a charge of cruelty to animals in the November shooting of a cat. More than once, Stevenson has stated that feral cats on the isle's West End are a danger to bird populations.
In November, police arrested Stevenson after a report of shots fired near the San Luis Pass toll bridge.
When patrol officers reached the West End, they stopped a van with a Galveston Ornithological Society logo on its side.
One of the toll-bridge workers was following the van and later told police the van's occupant had shot a cat for which the bridge worker had been caring.
Police later found a .22-caliber rifle in the white van.
Stevenson discussed the hours before his arrest after his release in November. His account appeared on the Texbirds online message board.
He wrote that, the night before his arrest, he saw a feral cat on the West End "creeping up on three snowy and two piping plovers, and several sanderlings."
Stevenson wrote that he tried unsuccessfully to capture the cat. However, the next morning, he saw it and several other cats in the area, making him concerned for endangered and threatened birds whose habitat lies near the isle's western tip.
State law offers a variety of definitions of cruelty to animals. One is killing an animal without its owner's consent.
While Stevenson has never publicly admitted shooting the cat, he told The Daily News last year the charge was not valid because the cat was feral and had no owner.
However, the bridge worker, who testified before grand jurors Wednesday, had told police he and his peers regularly laid out food for the cats and had come to think of them as pets.
The bridge worker had also told investigators nearly a dozen cats had been killed in the area in the months prior to Stevenson's arrest.
The charge carries a possible jail term of 180 days to two years, as well as a fine of up to $10,000. | Source: KHOU - April 12, 2007 Update posted on Apr 15, 2007 - 5:29PM |
Jim Stevenson says he is not the hate-filled serial cat killer he has been made out to be.
But if he was shooting the feral cats that roam the sand dunes of this picturesque Gulf Coast island, argues Stevenson - the founder of the Galveston Ornithological Society - he would be breaking no laws.
In his view, he would be performing a public service by saving the lives of beautiful birds at one of the nation's best bird-watching locales.
"These birds, virtually all of them, are protected by state and local laws. Do we ignore what is happening with these stray cats, or do we finally stand up and do something about it?" Stevenson said. "Sometimes you get pushed to a point where you can no longer ignore a situation."
Galveston law enforcement officials say Stevenson shot a cat to death this month near the San Luis Pass Bridge on the island's west end. They have charged Stevenson, who has traveled the world studying his beloved birds and written four books, with felony animal cruelty.
"This was a wild cat that was out there, and he felt it was endangering some birds, so he shot it. It's cruelty," said Galveston Police Capt. Edward Benavidez, who added that it was not the first report police had heard of cat killings in the area.
Stevenson, 53, halfheartedly professed his innocence during an interview - while jokingly comparing his stance to that of O.J. Simpson in his now-derailed book, "If I Did It."
Stevenson's words, past and present, have cast suspicion on him and have stoked a passionate debate pitting cat fanciers against bird-watchers.
In a 1999 posting on an Internet bulletin board for bird lovers, Stevenson nonchalantly described killing many feral cats during his first year living on Galveston Island. He rationalized his acts as a way to restore the natural order.
"I'm sorry if this offends - but I sighted in my .22 rifle, and killed about two dozen cats," Stevenson wrote in his message, titled "killer kitties; kittie killers."
"When we allow feral cats to roam free, we might as well be out there with BB guns plinking away at the songbirds ourselves," he added. "Regardless of what you think about killing an animal, you must ask yourself if one stray cat's life is worth more than dozens - or hundreds - of wild birds already bowing to the stresses of cars, TV towers, pesticides, loss of habitat."
In the interview, Stevenson did not deny writing the message, or killing numerous cats in the past around his small, big-windowed house near Galveston Bay. But he stopped short of confessing to shooting the cat the morning of Nov. 8, a crime for which he could get up to two years in prison if convicted.
He did volunteer that the night before, he saw the cat stalking a piping plover, a light brown bird with a white belly that is considered threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
"It really bothered me," he said. "I felt something had to be done."
A tollbooth worker named John Newland, who feeds the feral felines and considers them his pets, reported the killing around 9 a.m. He heard gunshots, spotted a bloody cat and saw a man speed away in a white van. Police stopped the van and found Stevenson with a .22-caliber rifle.
This week, Newland, 68, visited the flower-adorned grave below the toll bridge where he buried the feline he called Momma Cat. The white and gray tabby was pregnant when she was killed.
Nearby were buried several cats that Newland is convinced also died at the hands of Stevenson. "That's cruelty, if there ever was cruelty," Newland said of the killings. "I just can't get it out of my mind."
As he put out bowls of fresh food and water, a large black cat came up to Newland, brushed against his hand and purred. Since the shooting, he said, many strangers had stopped by the tollbooth to drop off money to help him feed the cats.
"There are a lot of cat lovers, I've found," he said. "Unfortunately, I've found that there are also cat haters."
Stevenson's arrest was not his first legal tangle over the treatment of animals: Records obtained under the Texas Public Information Act show that he was cited by Texas game wardens in 1996 for illegally capturing birds and possessing turtle parts.
This month's cat killing and the emergence of the Internet writings suggesting Stevenson may have killed felines in the past shocked some in this oceanfront city, population 60,000.
"We were very upset, as you can imagine," said Caroline Dorsett, the executive director of the Animal Shelter and Adoption Center of Galveston Island, which has an active group of volunteers that catches and neuters the wild cats in an effort to reduce their population. "I think it's sad that someone like this gentleman, who clearly cares a lot about one animal species, appears to think nothing of hurting another species."
Since spending two days in jail after his arrest, Stevenson, who edits the local bird-watching publication, "Gulls n Herons," has achieved a certain notoriety. He said he has received e-mails threatening to shoot him if he targeted cats. But he has also received messages of support, including one offering him bullets.
Stevenson has begun a legal defense fund that he plans to advertise on his website, and portrays himself as a martyr for frustrated bird lovers.
"Some people have said I created this whole mess on purpose. But I'm just a dumb Southern boy," the native of Tallahassee, Fla., said with an awkward laugh. "I'm just trying to help." | Source: LA Times - Nov 25, 2006 Update posted on Nov 29, 2006 - 11:14PM |
An ornithologist charged with animal cruelty in a fatal cat shooting this week is a self-professed cat hater with a killing record that goes back to the time he arrived in one of the world's best birdwatching areas on west Galveston Island a decade ago.
Wildlife author and photographer Jim Stevenson said in a 1999 Internet posting that "there were cats out the wazoo" when he built his isolated island home.
"And I'm sorry if this offends, but I sighted in my .22 rifle and killed about two dozen cats in about the first year," the passionate birdwatcher and professional birding guide wrote. "When we allow feral cats to roam free, we might as well be out there with BB guns plinking away at the songbirds ourselves."
Stevenson's arrest Wednesday stirred cat and bird lovers whose passions clash frequently across the nation and world. It has raised anew long-fought debates about what damage feral cats do to wildlife and how to stem the population growth of wild cats.
Stevenson's alleged cat shooting Wednesday surprised most who know him or follow his writings, even those who know about his antipathy for cats. Others responded differently.
"I'm not surprised at all," said Kathi Richardson, one of about a dozen Galvestonians who regularly trap feral cats for spaying or neutering, then release them and feed the colonies the cats form.
Richardson said Stevenson expressed his hostility toward cats in an article he wrote in the Galveston Ornithological Society magazine he publishes. Stevenson founded the society.
"I was appalled and I sent a copy to the national humane society," Richardson said.
Others who know Stevenson's aversion to cats said they thought shooting cats was out of character for the man they know.
"Jim Stevenson is not a bad man," said Dori Nelson, chair of the Seabrook Eco-Tourism Committee, for which Stevenson conducted a birdwatching walk Nov. 4.
"He loves the environment and all its wild creatures and is truly repulsed by people who don't share his attitude."
Nelson said she hopes the charge against him isn't true. "I know where Jim is coming from, but it's wrong to get out there and take pot-shots."
Trish McDaniel, a former director of the Animal Shelter and Adoption Center of Galveston who has gone on birding excursions with Stevenson, said he is "exciting to be around when you're learning about birds and wildlife. He knows his stuff."
McDaniel said she doesn't approve of feeding feral cats but she doesn't believe in shooting them either.
On Friday, Stevenson said he would have no comment until he hired an attorney. But, within hours of his jail release, he posted a message headed "what actually happened" on the Web.
He stopped short of admitting he shot a cat. He described spotting a limping cat on the beach at San Luis Pass and said it is "well documented" that crippled predators pursue easy prey.
"I believe this was the case here, and I was very concerned about how many endangered, threatened ... (birds) would succumb to it," Stevenson wrote. "That was Wednesday morning and life hasn't been terrific since."
Stevenson, 53, a Tallahassee, Fla., native and former high-school teacher there, faces a sentence of six months to two years and a $10,000 fine if convicted of felony animal cruelty, chief assistant Galveston County District Attorney Joel Bennett said.
Stevenson spent Wednesday night in the Galveston County Jail. He posted a $10,000 bail.
There is great disagreement on how feral cats affect birds and other wildlife. Some preservationists maintain that the cats kill hundreds of millions of birds annually. Others maintain that feral cats mainly eat field mice, rats, snakes and other small animals.
Problems of feral cats and other non-native animals and plants are among leading conservation issues worldwide, said Matt Wagner, a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department wildlife biologist.
"There are those, including some of the biologists who work at Texas Parks and Wildlife, who truly believe that increasing populations of feral cats in the environment are having an impact on game birds, ground-nesting birds, reptiles, small mammals and other types of small wildlife," Wagner said.
But few studies have been done and people quarrel with the results, he said.
Feral cats are most likely to attack birds when no humans feed the cats, Wagner said.
Richardson said she and others who trap cats and have them spayed and neutered, then provide food for feral colonies, are doing their best to keep the feral population down. More than 3,500 cats have been trapped on Galveston Island in the past seven years, she said.
"I get anywhere from two to six cats a week," Richardson said. "It keeps down the feral cat population. The cats really help eliminate the rats and mice."
McDaniel said feeding neutered feral cats is wrong. The cats remain without vaccinations and worming and can prey on wildlife, she said.
Houston Audubon Society president Stennie Meadours said Friday that she was "saddened by the whole series of events" surrounding Stevenson's arrest.
But she said feral cats have played major roles in the near extinction of some bird species in Hawaii and other states as well as in such remote places as the Galapagos Islands. | Source: Houston Chronicle - Nov 11, 2006 Update posted on Nov 11, 2006 - 8:14AM |
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