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		<title><![CDATA[Record Labels Get Proactive to Protect Revenue]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joel West submits:  Tuesday was the North american launch of Vevo, the music video site owned by Universal, Sony SNE and money from Abu Dhabi Media.I find it encouraging that the record labels are taking this step. Faced with the decimation of their decades-long revenue model &#8212; the sale...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:17:12 -0800</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/warner+music+group+corp..html"><![CDATA[Warner Music Group Corp.]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[The NYT Finally Admits There's a Spending Problem]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F174953-the-nyt-finally-admits-there-s-a-spending-problem%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Joel West submits:  Even the official spokesperson for American liberalism, the Gray Lady herself, admits that the US has a spending problem. From the front page above the fold of Monday&#8217;s New York Times: Federal Government Faces Balloon in Debt paymentsAt $700 Billion a Year, Cost Will Top Budgetsfor...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:03:55 -0800</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/new+york+times+co..html"><![CDATA[New York Times Co.]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Google's Holiday Gift to Travelers: Feeding Its Own Money Machine]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F173173-google-s-holiday-gift-to-travelers-feeding-its-own-money-machine%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Joel West submits:  The news says that Google GOOG is offering &#8220;free Wi-Fi&#8221; at 47 airports through January 15. Google issued  a press release Tuesday, posted it to their blog and created a new website FreeHolidayWiFi.com. (They&#8217;re also sponsoring Wi-Fi on Virgin America flights).My wife was traveling through...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:27:58 -0800</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/google+inc..html"><![CDATA[Google Inc.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">GOOG</category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Acquisitions Gone Bad]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F172985-acquisitions-gone-bad%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Joel West submits:  With my undergraduate strategy classes, we just got through talking about mergers and acquisitions. This year, as in previous years, I made three points: Due to egos and compensation, CEOs bias towards creating bigger but not necessarily better companies.Adding revenues without increasing profitability does not improve...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:05:52 -0800</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/3com+corp..html"><![CDATA[3Com Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/hewlett-packard+co..html"><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard Co.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">COMS</category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">HPQ</category>
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		<title><![CDATA[New York Adopts an Industrial Policy in Suing Intel]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F172099-new-york-adopts-an-industrial-policy-in-suing-intel%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Joel West submits:  I didn&#8217;t get why the NY attorney general is suing Intel INTC, other than it&#8217;s the same publicity-seeking path his predecessor to get elected governor. Antitrust enforcement is a Federal issue, whether for the US DoJ/FTC/FCC or the Eurocrats in Brussels. However, blogger Geoffrey Manne suggests...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:53:16 -0800</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/joel+west.html"><![CDATA[Joel West]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/advanced+micro+devices+inc..html"><![CDATA[Advanced Micro Devices Inc.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/intel+corp..html"><![CDATA[Intel Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">AMD</category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">INTC</category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Nook vs. Kindle Portends the Next Wave of Android Disruption]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F170896-nook-vs-kindle-portends-the-next-wave-of-android-disruption%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Joel West submits:  James Fallows has a detailed comparison of the Nook and Kindle. Clearly by using ePub, Barnes is challenging Amazon&#8217;s AMZN proprietary vertically integrated content distribution system. One interesting angle mentioned by Fallows is that Google GOOG books is making its existing online out of copyright books...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:21:09 -0800</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/google+inc..html"><![CDATA[Google Inc.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">AMZN</category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">GOOG</category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Nokia's 'Comes With Music' Has a Long Way to Go]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F167279-nokia-s-comes-with-music-has-a-long-way-to-go%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Joel West submits:  Nokia NOK has wanted to be a vertically integrated mobile services and devices company: Its own app store, its own maps and its own music service.How&#8217;s that working out, Nokia? The data is in on the latter, as PaidContent and others report: by Joel West]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:49:52 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[AT&T vs. Verizon: Cellular Smackdown]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F165677-at-t-vs-verizon-cellular-smackdown%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Joel West submits:  Visiting the CTIA Wireless IT conference here in San Diego has called into focus the direct rivalry between the two largest carriers that account for two thirds of all US cellular subscribers. AT&T T is the innovative device company and Verizon Wireless VZ is the network...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:24:55 -0700</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/at%2526t+corp..html"><![CDATA[AT&T Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/verizon+communications+inc..html"><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category>
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		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">T</category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">VZ</category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">VZ</category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Adobe Blinks First in Flash Battle with Apple]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F165004-adobe-blinks-first-in-flash-battle-with-apple%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Joel West submits:  On Monday, Adobe ADBE announced Flash 10.1 not Flash Lite will be available in beta for Windows Mobile and webOS in 2009, and Android, BlackBerry and Symbian in 2010. Adding support for the Research in Motion RIMM platform to the previously announced list leaves only one...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:26:49 -0700</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/apple+inc..html"><![CDATA[Apple Inc.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/adobe+systems+inc..html"><![CDATA[Adobe Systems Inc.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">ADBE</category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">AAPL</category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Apple's Snow Leopard Takes Two Steps Back]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F164738-apple-s-snow-leopard-takes-two-steps-back%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Joel West submits:  Like a lot of Mac fanboys, I went out and bought Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6) when it came out. It was cheap ($49 for the family pack, $29 for the single copy) and supposedly was faster and more compact.After installing it on one computer,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 11:37:33 -0700</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/apple+inc..html"><![CDATA[Apple Inc.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">AAPL</category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Who Owns Online Communities?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F163209-who-owns-online-communities%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Joel West submits:  While online communities are an important source both for innovation and also for Internet users to gain value from Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 websites, many of the rules for such communities are still up in the air.Physical communities have a lot of rules and conventions....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:38:14 -0700</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/google+inc..html"><![CDATA[Google Inc.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/yahoo%2521+inc..html"><![CDATA[Yahoo! Inc.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">GOOG</category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">YHOO</category>
		<category domain="tickers">GOOG,YHOO</category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Laptop Ad Battles Show Beauty of Free Market]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F162882-laptop-ad-battles-show-beauty-of-free-market%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Joel West submits:  I just saw the latest Mac ad, &#8220;Top of the Line&#8221;, which is a response to the latest &#8220;Lauren&#8221; ad of the &#8220;laptop hunters&#8221; series &#8212; the HP HPQ ad, not the original Microsoft MSFT ad.Both ads are mostly true &#8212; perhaps a little more accurate...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:45:16 -0700</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/apple+inc..html"><![CDATA[Apple Inc.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/microsoft+corp..html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">AAPL</category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Comcast Asserts Monopoly Power to Charge More for Less]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F161746-comcast-asserts-monopoly-power-to-charge-more-for-less%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Joel West submits:  Monopolies are bad for consumers and society and of course death to competition. To my mind, telecom monopolies are the worst, particularly now that they&#8217;re fighting the threats to their core business.Our local cable TV provider, Comcast CMCSA, is pushing a double whammy to try to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:01:53 -0700</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/joel+west.html"><![CDATA[Joel West]]></category>
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		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">CMCSA</category>
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		<title><![CDATA[LG's 'Dick Tracy' Phone Hits the U.K.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F161194-lg-s-dick-tracy-phone-hits-the-u-k%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Joel West submits:  Some 60 years after it was imagined by Chester Gould, and more than six months after the product was pre-announced at CES, LG LPL recently released its &#8220;GD910&#8221; watch phone. Dick Tracy never heard of 3G networks or touch-screen LCDs, but he did sport the world&#8217;s...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:56:41 -0700</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/lg.philips+lcd+co.+ltd..html"><![CDATA[LG.Philips LCD Co. Ltd.]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Two Curious Things About Motorola's Android Strategy]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F161005-two-curious-things-about-motorola-s-android-strategy%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Joel West submits:  Motorola MOT Thursday announced their first Android phone, to be available in time for Christmas on the T-Mobile network. As a piece of hardware, the Motorola Cliq is a touchscreen with slide-out keyboard. This is the same phone as the previously leaked Motorola &#8220;Morrison&#8221; model.Motorola&#8217;s main...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:29:42 -0700</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/joel+west.html"><![CDATA[Joel West]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/motorola+inc..html"><![CDATA[Motorola Inc.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">MOT</category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Getting Apple's New Products Right and Wrong]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F160760-getting-apple-s-new-products-right-and-wrong%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Joel West submits:  Steve Jobs announced the new line of Apple iPods today, and my predictions were both right and wrong. I was in class and then meetings and so only now have been able to catch up with the video broadcast.Of course, the big news was that Steve...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:42:30 -0700</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/joel+west.html"><![CDATA[Joel West]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/apple+inc..html"><![CDATA[Apple Inc.]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[iPhone App Store Beats Android Market 250:1]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F159274-iphone-app-store-beats-android-market-250-1%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Joel West submits:  Matt Hall on his Larva Labs blog laments lousy sales on Android Market, both for his apps and those by other companies. For one application, the iPhone App Store is outselling Android Market 250:1, while as a commenter notes the iPhone installed base advantage is only...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:24:18 -0700</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/apple+inc..html"><![CDATA[Apple Inc.]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[French Publishers vs. Amazon, Google]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F159272-french-publishers-vs-amazon-google%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Joel West submits:  The CEO of French publisher Hachette Livre has declared war on both Amazon AMZN and Google&#8217;s GOOG efforts to commoditize and perhaps disintermediate book publishing, according to a front page story in Monday&#8217;s FT (quoted by Teleread, Barron&#8217;s, GigaOM etc. etc.). (Even the commentary en Français...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:20:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Apple's Encouragement of Semi-Openness Is a Good Start]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joel West submits:  I find really encouraging the  big iPhone App Store news this week, i.e. Apple&#8217;s AAPL decision to allow the rival Spotify music service. I think it marks a crucial turning point in the degree of proprietary control that Apple will exert over the iPhone/iPod/iTunes ecosystem....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 06:22:32 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['Nokia Money' Opens Questions on Mobile Money]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joel West submits:  Nokia NOK announced Wednesday that it&#8217;s developing a new service, Nokia Money, by partnering with Obopay. The product is mainly targeted at the rural poor that lack any sort of bank account, just as mobile phones have been targeted in China and India for communities lacking...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:48:39 -0700</pubDate>
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