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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Also, we've gotten $5 in donations this month :)  Thank you all for your support
 
 While doing some tinkering around, I installed a few static site generators.  Feel free to play around with them, and use them!  We also have some new members, and some folks working on some projects.  The wiki is coming along well, so feel free to contribute your how-tos and such.
 
-So, while the past few weeks have been a bit of work, it's a small number of items, individually.  So, it seems like not too much has happened, but it's been a busy month.
+So, while the past few weeks have been a bit of work, it's a small number of items, individually.  So, it seems like not too much has happened, but its been a busy month.
 
 Hop onto IRC or post in iris if you have any questions, concerns, or comments :)