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CLOSED DOOR DEAL OPENS FOREST LAND TO HOMES. MISSOULA, Mont. -- The Bush administration is preparing to ease the way for the nation's largest private landowner to convert hundreds of thousands of acres of mountain forestland to residential subdivisions.
The deal was struck behind closed doors between Mark E. Rey, the former timber lobbyist who oversees the U.S. Forest Service, and Plum Creek Timber Co., a former logging company turned real estate investment trust that is building homes. Plum Creek owns more than 8 million acres nationwide, including 1.2 million acres in the mountains of western Montana, where local officials were stunned and outraged at the deal.

CD RELEASE. 'WAKE UP CALLS'. WRITTEN BY JON BARONI AND TED HALL. ["talked to Jon yesterday. Wants my hubby to play on upcoming CD. 'Wake Up Calls' a CD Jon/Ted did a few years ago is selling like hotcakes---'hhhhummm-hotcakes'....oh yea where was I...pause... oh yea hotcakes...especially in Canada. My husband played Bass on many of the tunes and has known Jon for over 15 years"---jmj].

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ALAN WATT VIDEO--'WOULD YOU JOIN ME IN THE WOODS FOR A CASUAL CONVERSATION?' ["about an hour long, want to hear the whole video. save it here"---jmj].

THANKS '7L'.

FOR 'HOSTILE CROWDS'. PENTAGON PERCHASING PORTABLE 'PAIN-RAY' GUNS FOR NON-LETHAL DEFENSE? Thanks 'bristol3'. By: Nat Helms Article Font Size
The Department of Defense is negotiating with Raytheon to purchase a more portable version of the contractor's non-lethal "pain ray" weapons.
The devices, which are part of Raytheon's Active Denial System, use high-frequency radio beams that make human targets feel like they are catching on fire.

THANKS 'MARIAGLENN'.