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- 1 2 A "klutz" who knows kids - Klutz Press - Company Profile | Nation's Business | Find Articles at BNET.com Archived 2011-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-08-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ Klutz – Juggling for the Complete Klutz Archived 2007-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ CDM - Legacy for Children Award-Ronnie Lott 2008