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 New in 0.0.17 (final)
 * February 16, 2002
 
-* Converted some cout's to SG_LOG's.
-* xplicitely reset the glBlendFunc() after drawing the moon for the
+* Explicitely reset the glBlendFunc() after drawing the moon for the
   Voodoo2 linux driver since it seems to have a bug in glPopAttrib().
 
 New in 0.0.17pre2