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rslade () vcn bc ca     slade () victoria tc ca     rslade () computercrime org
It's not often that the IT industry can hold up a glass and toast
a gaggle of geese for doing what IT managers, system
administrators, and Supreme Court judges have wanted to do for
years.                 - silicon.com on reports that Canada geese
                         are overrunning Bill Gates' Seattle mansion
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