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Kate Pearce


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Gender: Female
Status: Married
Age: 100
Sign: Capricorn

State: California
Country: US
Signup Date: 10/20/2006

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Tuesday, April 28, 2009 

Current mood:  angsty
I'm delighted to tell you all that my new website by Croco Designs has just gone live. It's a complete redesign and much easier to navigate than the old one!
Come and take a look and don't forget to visit on Friday May 1st, the official release date of Simply Shameless"  for a big giveaway contest!

Here's the link:

Myspace probably won't allow you to access it directly so cut and paste if necessary :) http://www.katepearce.com/

love Kate x
Currently reading:
First Comes Marriage
By Mary Balogh
Release date: 2009-02-24
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009 

Current mood:  angsty
I'm delighted to tell you all that my new website by Croco Designs has just gone live. It's a complete redesign and much easier to navigate than the old one!
Come and take a look and don't forget to visit on Friday May 1st, the official release date of Simply Shameless"  for a big giveaway contest!

Here's the link:

Myspace probably won't allow you to access it directly so cut and paste if necessary :) http://www.katepearce.com/

love Kate x
Currently reading:
First Comes Marriage
By Mary Balogh
Release date: 2009-02-24
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Friday, March 06, 2009 

Current mood:  bouncy
Mr. Kate Pearce and I watch a lot of Home & Garden T.V these days, we're always interested in new places to add to our "We're moving in 2 years, kids, bye!!" list and having lived in about 13 houses and two continents since we married, we feel quite professional and amused by the first-time buyers dilemmas.

We were talking last night about a particular couple, both young, both worked full-time, had no kids but who 'insisted' they had to have at least 2 bathrooms and 3 bedrooms before they would even consider a place.




It made us laugh because my family home, (see picture at left of the same road) a Victorian terrace house on the outskirts of London, had at his fullest 8 people living in it (2 parents and 6 daughters) and 1 bathroom...okay so there were a few 'moments' when it got ugly in there, but generally we made it work.

We were also discussing how 1800/2000 square feet seems to be about the size most first-time buyers on HGTV seem to aim at. And that brought us back to our first house as a married couple.



(please note, this is in the same neighborhood, but ours was actually smaller than this one, no porch, no bow window on the side and an upstairs window at the front rather than at the side LOL)

It cost 30,000 pounds (this was in 1986) and was approximately 280 sq ft-seriously. Picture a quarter corner of your house and you've pretty much got it. You came in the front door, ahead of you was a spiral staircase-(it wasn't big enough for a proper staircase).



To your right was the living area, 6ft x 6 ft wide, behind it was the kitchen which was big enough for a cooker and a sink, I'd say about 5 ft by 5ft. Upstairs was a small bathroom and our bedroom.

We bought a small pink 2 seater couch for 99 pounds in a clearance sale, which rolled out into a bed-that filled up the living space with the small T.V. We bought a cooker and a pine bed and that was it. Our house was complete.
We were so excited to be homeowners we even got a cat.

So you can excuse my amazement about how things have changed in the last 20 odd years :) I always used to gawp at my mum when she told me her house cost 2,000 pounds back in the sixties and that her mortgage was fixed for 25 years at 20 pounds a month. It sounded ridiculous, but as she pointed out, it was still half my dad's wage, which is pretty much how much most of us fork out these days for houses of our own.

And after we watched the show last night I turned to Mr. Kate Pearce and told him that when we move I have to have my own toilet again....that's a deal breaker for me. So really I'm just as bad as everyone else these days. LOL

Currently reading:
Tempt the Devil
By Anna Campbell
Release date: 2008-12-30
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Sunday, February 01, 2009 



This book comes out on Feb 3rd! It's taken a while and it's been a while since I handed it over to my editor back in June 08. Here's a little blurb about it :)

Rodeo cowboy Dakota Scott has a problem. His truck has broken down and he’s stranded in small town New Mexico. He’s due in San Francisco to star in a commercial for his half-brother’s boot company and hopes to God he’s going to make it. To complicate matters he’s picked up another stray, this time a woman who needs his help.
     Robyn Sparrow is a washed-up celebrity, famous in the 90’s for being the youngest of three sisters who had their own TV show. Now she’s reached rock bottom. When she meets Dakota, she’s desperate enough to promise him any sexual favor simply to get a ride back to the West Coast.
     While Dakota struggles to understand Robyn and comes to care for her, he unwittingly leads her back toward the spotlight that almost killed her. Can she resist the lure of Hollywood and can Dakota really believe she’d give it all up for love? 

Despite his name, Dakota is related to Grayson and Jay Turner through Beau Turner. So we get to meet up with the other half-brothers and find out what's been going on with them since they had their own books. I enjoyed writing this one. It reminded me of one of those old black and white movies starring Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant, with the snappy dialogue, the smoldering sexual tension and the ridiculous plotlines.

Anyway it was fun to write and it's also full of hot sex-in case you were worried there for a moment! I've heard rumors that as it is the last of its line, some stores won't have it on the shelves, but they will let you order it. Not ideal. Let me know if you have any problems finding it. I do know it's available at all the usual online bookstores like Amazon etc!   

I'll be having a contest on Feb 3rd so remember to check back!

Kate x


Currently listening:
808s & Heartbreak
By Kanye West
Release date: 2008-11-24
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008 


After merrily telling you all I had BIG NEWS what did I do? I disappeared. I apologize to everyone who was waiting with baited breath to hear the BIG NEWS, but I've been sick. And not just a little bit sick-almost two weeks of a sore throat and a horrendous cough that had me pleading with Mr Kate Pearce to put me out of my misery. Two weeks of not sleeping, of coughing so loudly and for so long that all the muscles in my diaphragm seized up and got confused between coughing laughing and breathing, which meant -I just coughed.

A couple of nights ago, I left Mr K P sleeping at 1 a:m and went downstairs to sleep on the couch because I was coughing so much-being a considerate kind of person. I went back upstairs at 5:15 a.m and about twenty minutes later he THUMPED ME! He 'says' I sounded like a whale stranded on the beach and that he was just 'helping me' turn onto my side. (I had wondered who was making the groaning noise but thought it was the wind.) Needless to say I was not convinced by his explanation LOL.

Anyway, so last night was the first night I managed to sleep through and stay in my own bed for almost 2 weeks without coughing a lung up. I'm almost feeling better. I am a bit concerned about some of the tasks I completed last week in a medicated drugged up haze...Friends-did you all get your Xmas cards?? (especially JoAnn) If not, tell me now!!  

I had done most all the Xmas shopping, thank goodness-I did that before I got sick and finished most of it today at the mall. The tree is finally up and the kids are happy-no one is sick so I'm hoping we'll all be fine for the big day!!

Oh, and the BIG NEWS?? Kensington offered me a new contract for two more in the "Simply..." historical erotic romance series (5 and 6) AND a contract for a contemporary erotic romance. That means I'll be employed and busy until Feb 2010.
Considering the state of the economy and the dire warnings about book publishing in general, I consider myself a very lucky writer.   

I also consider myself very lucky to know everyone who reads this blog, friends, family and fans. If you didn't keep coming back to see what I'm up to and read my books, there wouldn't be a blog or any new books to tell you about. So thank you all, and Happy Holidays to every one of you!
Kisses
Kate xx
Currently reading:
All Through the Night: A Troubleshooter Christmas
By Suzanne Brockmann
Release date: 2008-11-25
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Saturday, November 08, 2008 

Current mood:  awake


I got a lovely review for Simply Sinful from Romantic Times magazine. I was a bit nervous because this book isn't exactly conventional LOL. But I was really pleased that the reviewer saw past that to the love story within.



4 stars.

Pearce provides an interesting twist to the standard "love lessons" plot in this story where both the husband and wife receive erotic training from a master. With historical detail, strong character development, a slight mystery, caring relationships and smoking hot sex, there is something for everyone. The action includes threesomes, M/M and sex toys, as well as light bondage and discipline.
 
Summary: Abby and James were forced to wed at a young age, but have lived apart for most of their 16-year marriage. Wanting a child, Abby wants James back into her bedroom, but both have troubling memories of their prior relations. Enter Peter Howard, who spent a number of years as a slave in a Turkish brothel. Peter is attracted to the couple and believes he can tutor them in the numerous ways to enjoy passion. These intense encounters result in a happy ending -- just not what everyone expected. (Aphrodisia, Nov., 304 pp., $13.95)

—Joyce Morgan


I'm getting quite excited about this book coming out! I loved writing it because Peter was such an interesting character.

I have a contest running on my blog up until midnight tonight to give away 2 copies of the book to people who comment!

Kate x
Currently reading:
The Black Dagger Brotherhood: An Insider's Guide
By J.R. Ward
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008 

Current mood:  chipper
Category: Writing and Poetry
by Kate Pearce



You sit back in your chair, a calm smile on your face and stare at those wonderful words-The End. You've done it. You've achieved something that many people can only dream about. You've written a book, you've edited and polished it to perfection and now you're ready to send it off to your publisher.

I know, I can just imagine all your happy little smiles of remembrance. That's how it works, right?

OR DOES IT?

1. Your editor calls and wants revisions. Resentfully you agree to look at the 'suggestions' even though you know the book is PERFECT just as it is.

2. You send the book back. Sometimes this stage can go on and on until you seriously want to leap through the internet and strangle your editor. (but that might just be me) Somehow, despite your mumblings the book actually seems to be even more perfect!

3. You send off a pristine clean copy wrapped in bubble wrap and extra thick tape just so someone at your publishing house will break a few nails getting the bugger out of the box-passive aggressive payback? Maybe.

4. Your perfect manuscript comes back in an envelope-smelling of pipe smoke, strong cologne, covered in coffee rings and a kipper wedged between page 100 and page 101... Someone has also WRITTEN ALL OVER IT IN RED INK. When you finish weeping and bewailing the bubble wrap trap, you realize that some of the marks and squiggles actually make sense! They are COPY EDITS!

5. Copy edits are annoying. Who cares if you abandoned Great Aunt Trixie at an inn in Southampton and completely forgot to mention her again for the rest of the book, even though everyone else has gone on to London? (see Simply Sinful available Nov 08 for details) Who cares if you get the hero and his identical twin brother mixed up in a crucial sex scene? Apparently someone does.

6. Copy the archaic marks, (with a red pencil please), insert a few sentences about dear Aunt Trixie and send it all back. But remember:
a) this is the only marked-up copy-edited copy of your ms in existence so you'd better pony up for express registered mail or you will not be popular in NY.

7. Sit back and forget about the manuscript until it turns up AGAIN-this time as galleys or page proofs which you usually have a ridiculously short time to get back. Personally, I photocopy the pages I make changes to, send the originals back and insert the copies in the ms. This is a good thing when you get an email saying the originals never arrived...(ditto Simply Sinful)

8. Finally a book cover flat arrives and you get to read the tasteful blurb created for you-and realize they have perpetuated the same mistake from book one. A mistake which you made originally in your initial proposal and one that never got changed. Okay, so the cover doesn't look historical, but the guy is HOT!



9. Six months after that, the book arrives and you lick it. Well that's what I do and then I read it.

Yeah, I read it.

Lots of authors can't do that, because they are worried about what they might have messed up. Here are a few of my favorite literary fantasies about what an author thought when she read her book...






 


Jane Austen, on reading Mansfield Park: "What on earth was I thinking? That Fanny is a frickin' wimp, she deserves to be taken and ruined by that gorgeous scoundrel Henry Crawford."









Margaret Mitchell-"Gosh and darn it, I should've just made Rhett take Scarlett upstairs, chain her to the bed and teach her some real manners."










Daphne Du Maurier on Rebecca-"Fuck! I forgot to give my heroine a name!"


And then there are the critics...
Here in no particular order are the three most asked questions by my readers.

1.Why do you have a character called Caroline in Pleasurable Bargains and a character also called Caroline in Simply Sexual? Are they the same person?
-polite answer-"No they aren't the same person, Caroline was a very popular name in Georgian Regency England so I just decided to use it twice."
-real answer-"I don't write anything down, character names, plots, family trees, etc-how the hell would I know if I used the same name twice?"  

2. Roping the Wind starts before Where have all the Cowboys gone? but WHATCG? came out first. Why is that?
-polite answer-"Gosh, you are absolutely right. Thank you for pointing that out."
-real answer-"I had no idea I was going to write another book in this series until Jay turned up in his brother's book all grumpy and surly and hot and sexy...so I just wrote it that way, okay?"

3. Why does Lord Valentin Sokorvsky in Simply Sexual have a Russian surname if his father is an English Marquess? (shut up Madelynne Ellis)
-polite answer-"Ah, because his mother was a Russian princess who gave him the title and name so he uses that because he doesn't get along with his father."
-real answer-"He just turned up like that in my head and okay, his mother was a Russian princess but that doesn't really explain why his half-brother from another mother is called Sokorvsky as well does it? Damn it.

Apart from the above, I never want to change my books. I've realized that they were as good as I could get them at that point in my writing career. As writers, we're always looking back on ourselves but it shouldn't stop us getting better.

So here's my question for you all...
Which classic piece of literature (and I mean that very widely) would you change the ending of, and which one, if any of your own creations would you love the opportunity to do again?
Currently reading:
The Final Key: Part Two of Traid
By Catherine Asaro
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Friday, August 15, 2008 
Hi guys!
Posting this here in case anyone missed it

KATE PEARCE SUMMER NEWSLETTER
 
Hi everyone and I hope you are well! It's the end of the school year here and I'm looking forward to not having to run the kids back and forth between their various schools. Of course, now I'll just have to deal with the constant "I'm bored" "There's nothing to eat." or "Can you take me to…?"
 
I have lots of book news to update you all on. First up is a new e-book from Ellora's Cave called "SECURED MAIL" which is the second in the fun futuristic series begun in "PLANET MAIL" I had a blast writing about Sven, a big surly intergalactic Viking who finds the perfect Earth woman to bring him to his knees. The release date is July 30th and I'll have more details on my website at  http://www.katepearce.com for how to purchase it.
Here's the blurb:
Sven Magnusson's stuck on Planet Earth sexually serving his queen, Douglass and dealing with a culture where women don't seem to want a man's protection. As he struggles to understand Earth females, the queen encourages him to get laid. Of course, Thea Cooper, the only woman who appeals to him, thinks men are useful for one thing and on a one night only basis.  Despite their clash of sexual cultures and the fury of their heated erotic encounters, can Sven find a way to convince Thea that her future belongs with him on Planet Valhalla?
 
I like writing this series because I can make up all the rules and simply have fun with it-it's not quite as deep and tortured as my other books!
 
Speaking of tortured, next up in the 'House of Pleasure' Regency erotic romance series is Peter Howard's story "SIMPLY SINFUL' This book will be out in trade paperback form in late October/early November from KensingtonJ. So writing a whole book through Peter's eyes was actually quite easy. I felt I'd already got to know him well and I really wanted him to be happy. People often ask me how I make my characters up but quite often, they just tell me exactly who they are and what they want. When writing SIMPLY SINFUL, Peter developed in ways I hadn't even anticipated and so did Valentin. I'm not sure I'm finished with them yet. Val still has a few secrets I'd like to explore. Aphrodisia. I first got the idea for the 'Simply' books when I was writing "Antonia's Bargain". If you've read that one, you might notice that Peter makes a cameo appearance in that book with Gideon Harcourt in a very compromising position.
     Here's the slightly amended back blurb for SIMPLY SINFUL from Kensington. (I added the bits about James J )
     A wicked proposition...
Forced to wed at a young age, Abigail Beecham is tired of living in a sexless marriage. She longs to succumb to the delicious pleasures of pure carnal lust that she has only read about. And if her husband James can't satisfy her erotic needs, he's ready to find her a man who can.
A wild past
Peter Howard is accustomed to unusual sexual requests. His seven years as a slave in a Turkish brothel left his skilled in sensual delights. But there is little that actually arouses him-until he meets James and Abigail. Maybe now he'll finally experience that exquisite feeling of bliss he so desperately desires.
 
Some times I get criticized for the endings of my books not being romantic enough and for letting my characters stray off the well-beaten path of regular romance novels. I can understand how some readers might not like that, but I've also discovered that ultimately I have to write what feels right and true to me. I'm far more interested in my slightly damaged sexually ambiguous Regency Rakes than in the conventional hero. Lot 's of other writers do that much better than I ever could.
 
So I'm glad to announce that Kensington are letting me write more books in the 'Simply' series. At the moment I'm writing about Madame Helene, the owner of the pleasure house. That book will be called SIMPLY SHAMELESS and will be out next year in May. And even better, I get to write one about Anthony Sokorvsky, Val's incredibly mixed up little brother!
 
One more book to tell you about before I go. The third Virgin Cheek book about those Turner brothers, RIDING THE LINE, comes out in December in the UK and Feb 09 in the U.S. Sadly, it will be my last for Cheek as that particular line is closing. I'm glad I got to write the final book though and finish off the series! Riding is a lot like Cowboys-it's funny, the hero is way too good to be true and his love interest causes him a truckful of trouble before the book is over. No cover yet for this one, but keep an eye on my website for further details.
 
More blurb!
     Rodeo cowboy Dakota Scott has a problem. His truck has broken down and he's stranded in small town New Mexico. He's due in San Francisco to star in a commercial for his half-brother's boot company and hopes to God he's going to make it. To complicate matters he's picked up another stray, this time a woman who needs his help.
     Robyn Sparrow is a washed-up celebrity, famous in the 90's for being the youngest of three sisters who had their own TV show. Now she's reached rock bottom. When she meets Dakota, she's desperate enough to promise him any sexual favor simply to get a ride back to the West Coast.
     While Dakota struggles to understand Robyn and comes to care for her, he unwittingly leads her back toward the spotlight that almost killed her. Can she resist the lure of Hollywood and can Dakota really believe she'd give it all up for love? 
 
So that's how my year is going-how about you?
If anyone would like a signed cover flat of SIMPLY SINFUL, or some bookmarks, please send an email to:
contactme@katepearce.com
When each book comes out, I'll have a contest for my newsletter subscribers first and then another one on my website, so you get 2 chances to win!
This newsletter, I'm offering a copy of SECURED MAIL in e-book form, so drop me a line if you'd like to win it!
Thanks for reading this far and have a great summer!
Kate Pearce xx
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Friday, July 18, 2008 

Current mood:  cantankerous


Once upon a time, Kate was bored and fed up writing about baggage-laden bisexual Regency Rakes. She wondered what to write. What was the stupidest idea her over-active imagination had come up with recently? Ah, yes-futuristic intergalactic vikings who loved women, loved them so much they were prepared to do almost anything to keep their females happy-even share them with other men to make sure they were primed and ready and keen to make babies.





Kate was keen on this idea because she realized she could make the whole world up and no one would be able to tell her that grandfather clocks didn't exist in 1815 or that debutantes weren't called that in the Regency period. If she wanted 2 suns and purple sand and unbelievably sexy men, she could simply make it so, just like Captain Jean Luc Picard.

Cue gratuitous picture of Captain Picard who isn't a viking at all but is very definitely a space traveler like Douglass Fraser in PLANET MAIL, the first book of the series who crash lands her United Parcel Planetary space ship on Planet Valhalla and sets up a whole series of books in which wise cracking cynical Earth women get to take advantage of gorgeous hunky sex mad vikings. A match made in heaven, or in the heavens maybe.








Of course, these wouldn't be those unpleasant vikings we learned about at school. These were more fashioned on the Hollywood version as embodied by Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis-a film which made a very powerful impression on my young mind. I'm not sure why, because when I saw again it as an adult I laughed myself silly, but I had a degree in history by then and thought I was so educated :)



Anyway so that's how I got my crazy idea about writing about intergalactic vikings who love sex- the'Star Trek meet Tony Curtis' chronicles. Strangely enough, for such a light-hearted enterprise, the first book, PLANET MAIL, did really well, helped by a fabulous cover.



And here, with no further introduction, is a small excerpt from SECURED MAIL which comes out on July 30th from Ellora's Cave in e-book form, and maybe, much later as a print book. Sven, our hero, is finding out that on Valhalla, the female, aka Earth woman Thea Cooper rules...

Thea persuaded the restaurant to give them a discreet table at the back of the room. Despite her caution, since they'd sat down, every single server in the place had managed to pass their table. It was Sven's fault. Dressed in black leather he was the finest eye candy she had ever seen. To his credit, he made no effort to acknowledge the constant stream of servers who offered him water, cocktails and dinner menus, his attention remained on her.
After considerable thought, Thea ordered two large pizzas, a salad and a side of garlic bread. She hoped that would be enough to satisfy her dinner companion who sat quietly sipping his beer. His long legs stretched so far out under the table, his booted foot nudged hers.
She propped her elbows on the red and white checked table top and smiled brightly at him.
"So tell me, where were you born?"
"On Valhalla."
She kept smiling. "Where exactly?"
"Why do you wish to know?"
Her smile slipped a little. "Because I'm making conversation. That's what we do here on Earth while we're waiting for our food to arrive."
He put down his beer. "I was born in a small village called Iron Fist."
"And how did you meet King Marcus?"
"I met him when I was selected to be one of his bodyguards."
"How old were you then?"
"Old enough to fight."
Thea sent up a prayer to the heavens for patience. "Old enough to miss your family?"
He looked away from her, his mouth set in a thin line. "Old enough to have seen them all die."
She closed her eyes for a moment. "I'm sorry. You're right. That's none of my business."
He shrugged and returned his gaze to hers. "It is a common enough tale on Valhalla. My family contained several females."
She stared at him. "Is that supposed to make sense to me?"
"On my planet, women are rare and highly prized. Other villages and tribes regularly raid their neighbors to secure females for themselves."
"That's terrible."
He shrugged. "That's life. The desire to procreate, to have a child is deeply embedded in most societies, yes?"
"I suppose it is, although most of the planets in our galaxy are trying to keep their populations down these days to preserve quality of life."
His expression was wry. "I believe the queen would call that ironic. We worship fertile women and other civilizations try and stop their females from breeding. My queen tells me that women on your planet are not always well treated by their men."
Thea paused as the server put the garlic bread on the table between them.
"Statistically, there are more women than men on this planet. Most of the men seem to think that gives them the right to mess around with a woman and then move onto the next one."
Sven picked up a piece of garlic bread and swallowed it whole.
"You sound bitter, Ms. Cooper."
She nibbled at the corner of her bread. "Please call me Thea, we're not at work now."
He took more bread. "But you said this was a business meeting."
She glared at him. "I know I did but that doesn't mean you can't call me by my first name. As long as you don't do it at work, I'm fine with it."
He nodded and his lips gleamed with garlic butter. She wanted to lean across the small space and lick them clean. "Then you must call me Sven."
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Friday, June 27, 2008 

Current mood:  bitchy


Yay! Finally the new cover for 'Secured Mail' my follow-up book to 'Planet Mail' from Ellora's Cave (yes, I do get around a bit) a scintillating tale of intergalactic viking love. I don't have a date for publication yet and it will be out as an e-book first, but hopefully it will be this summer :)
Updated to add-release date is July 30th!
Here's a quick blurb:

Sven Magnusson's stuck on Planet Earth sexually serving his queen, Douglass and dealing with a culture where women don't seem to want a man's protection. As he struggles to understand Earth females, the queen encourages him to get laid. Of course, Thea Cooper, the only woman who appeals to him, thinks men are useful for one thing and on a one night only basis.  Despite their clash of sexual cultures and the fury of their heated erotic encounters, can Sven find a way to convince Thea that her future belongs with him on Planet Valhalla?

And something else fun-if you are a writer-I got a mention in Publisher's Weekly! Here's the link
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Viva La Vida
Release date: 2008-06-17
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