# question: does datetime.now() do a syscall each time is it called?

    def is_in_past_month(self):

        # This function is deprecated.  Use the date_within template

        # filter instead (example in conservancy/templates/frontpage.html)

        return self.pub_date > (datetime.now() - timedelta(days=30))

    def save(self):

        if settings.CONSERVANCY_DEVEL or True:

            super(PressRelease, self).save()

            return

                    + self.get_absolute_url())

        import xmlrpclib

        # Ping Technorati

        j = xmlrpclib.Server('http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping')

        reply = j.weblogUpdates.ping(blog_name, blog_url)

        # Ping Google Blog Search

        j = xmlrpclib.Server('http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2')

        reply = j.weblogUpdates.ping(blog_name, blog_url, post_url)