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		<title>Your Right to Know: Hidden High Court Injunctions</title>
		<link>http://www.yrtk.org/2009/high-court-injuctions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yrtk.org/2009/high-court-injuctions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Stabe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heather Brooke: &#34;It is bad enough that superinjunctions exist at all, but it is absolutely appalling that there are not even records kept of how often they are used. Pressure needs to be put on the High Court to record these occasions, and make the details public as a matter of urgency.&#34; <a href="http://www.yrtk.org/2009/high-court-injuctions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Heather Brooke: &quot;It is bad enough that superinjunctions exist at all, but it is absolutely appalling that there are not even records kept of how often they are used. Pressure needs to be put on the High Court to record these occasions, and make the details public as a matter of urgency.&quot;]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>SeattlePI.com: Former UW student shakes up British government</title>
		<link>http://www.seattlepi.com/local/406432_reporter21.html?source=rss</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 21:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Stabe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#34;If the British tabloids knew about the sex-advice column Heather Brooke wrote for the University of Washington Daily nearly two decades ago they might run with it as a salacious news item. ... But that information hasn&#39;t reached them, it seems, and Brooke has proven to an entire nation she is a journalist of another ilk. In doing so, the former Seattleite has shaken up the British parliamentary leadership and perhaps changed forever the relationship between the British press and the House of Commons.&#34; <a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/local/406432_reporter21.html?source=rss">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[&quot;If the British tabloids knew about the sex-advice column Heather Brooke wrote for the University of Washington Daily nearly two decades ago they might run with it as a salacious news item. ... But that information hasn&#039;t reached them, it seems, and Brooke has proven to an entire nation she is a journalist of another ilk. In doing so, the former Seattleite has shaken up the British parliamentary leadership and perhaps changed forever the relationship between the British press and the House of Commons.&quot;]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Your Right To Know: The latest ruse from Speaker Martin and his cronies</title>
		<link>http://www.yrtk.org/2009/the-latest-ruse-from-speaker-martin-and-his-cronies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yrtk.org/2009/the-latest-ruse-from-speaker-martin-and-his-cronies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 06:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Stabe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heather Brooke: &#34;I’ve noticed a new excuse being used by Speaker Michael Martin and the House of Commons authorities when dealing with freedom of information requests. They are now using the section 34 exemption of ‘parliamentary privilege’ - which is an absolute exemption against which there is no public interest test.&#34; <a href="http://www.yrtk.org/2009/the-latest-ruse-from-speaker-martin-and-his-cronies/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Heather Brooke: &quot;I’ve noticed a new excuse being used by Speaker Michael Martin and the House of Commons authorities when dealing with freedom of information requests. They are now using the section 34 exemption of ‘parliamentary privilege’ - which is an absolute exemption against which there is no public interest test.&quot;]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Parliament: Early Day Motions</title>
		<link>http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmedm/90402e01.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmedm/90402e01.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Stabe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#34;That this House welcomes the rise in popularity of baseball in the United Kingdom ... ecognises the contribution that televised baseball has made in increasing the popularity of the sport and in particular the contribution of Jonny Gould, Josh Chetwynd and Erik Janssen; expresses disappointment at Five.TV&#39;s decision to cease showing Major League Baseball on terrestrial television; expresses concern that the rise in popularity of baseball in Britain may suffer as a result; and therefore calls on Five.TV or another free-to-view channel to show Major League Baseball on television.&#34; <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmedm/90402e01.htm">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[&quot;That this House welcomes the rise in popularity of baseball in the United Kingdom ... ecognises the contribution that televised baseball has made in increasing the popularity of the sport and in particular the contribution of Jonny Gould, Josh Chetwynd and Erik Janssen; expresses disappointment at Five.TV&#039;s decision to cease showing Major League Baseball on terrestrial television; expresses concern that the rise in popularity of baseball in Britain may suffer as a result; and therefore calls on Five.TV or another free-to-view channel to show Major League Baseball on television.&quot;]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Puffbox.com: Bong! Parliament goes WordPress</title>
		<link>http://puffbox.com/2008/12/05/bong-parliament-goes-wordpress/</link>
		<comments>http://puffbox.com/2008/12/05/bong-parliament-goes-wordpress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Stabe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#34;Their plan is to make heavy use of WordPress&#39;s fantastic RSS functionality. There&#39;s already a very detailed subject (category) taxonomy showing on the site; and of course, once everything&#39;s tagged, it&#39;s relatively easy to use category-specific RSS feeds to surface the headlines on other sites.&#34; <a href="http://puffbox.com/2008/12/05/bong-parliament-goes-wordpress/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[&quot;Their plan is to make heavy use of WordPress&#39;s fantastic RSS functionality. There&#39;s already a very detailed subject (category) taxonomy showing on the site; and of course, once everything&#39;s tagged, it&#39;s relatively easy to use category-specific RSS feeds to surface the headlines on other sites.&quot;]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Parliament News</title>
		<link>http://news.parliament.uk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Stabe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parliament&#39;s new news portal is built in Wordpress. <a href="http://news.parliament.uk/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Parliament&#39;s new news portal is built in Wordpress.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>BBC News: MPs to vote on address privacy</title>
		<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7463522.stm</link>
		<comments>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7463522.stm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Stabe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#34;MPs have been granted a vote on whether they should be allowed to keep their home addresses secret to protect their privacy and security.&#34; <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7463522.stm">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[&quot;MPs have been granted a vote on whether they should be allowed to keep their home addresses secret to protect their privacy and security.&quot;]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Channel 4 News: Terror blog live</title>
		<link>http://www.channel4.com/news/article.jsp?id=2279372</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Stabe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Channel 4 News liveblogged the 42-day detention vote in the House of Commons using CoveritLive. <a href="http://www.channel4.com/news/article.jsp?id=2279372">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Channel 4 News liveblogged the 42-day detention vote in the House of Commons using CoveritLive.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Comment is free: The price of freedom</title>
		<link>http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/james_ball/2008/05/the_price_of_information.html</link>
		<comments>http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/james_ball/2008/05/the_price_of_information.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 08:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Stabe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[James Ball: &#34;People who spend time and money fighting to get important documents released under the Freedom of Information Act deserve their scoops&#34; <a href="http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/james_ball/2008/05/the_price_of_information.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[James Ball: &quot;People who spend time and money fighting to get important documents released under the Freedom of Information Act deserve their scoops&quot;]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Times Online: The Law Explored: MPs&#8217; expenses</title>
		<link>http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/columnists/gary_slapper/article3979507.ece</link>
		<comments>http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/columnists/gary_slapper/article3979507.ece#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 18:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Stabe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#34;All that the High Court did last week was rule that once an Act has been passed, MPs can’t exempt themselves from it. They must comply with the Freedom of Information Act however embarrassing that is for them.&#34; <a href="http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/columnists/gary_slapper/article3979507.ece">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[&quot;All that the High Court did last week was rule that once an Act has been passed, MPs can’t exempt themselves from it. They must comply with the Freedom of Information Act however embarrassing that is for them.&quot;]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Your Right To Know: Victory is mine!</title>
		<link>http://www.yrtk.org/2008/victory-is-mine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yrtk.org/2008/victory-is-mine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 17:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Stabe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heather Brooke on winning her FOI case: &#34;It’s not right that a citizen is forced to fight so hard for such a basic level of democratic accountability from our elected representatives.&#34; <a href="http://www.yrtk.org/2008/victory-is-mine/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Heather Brooke on winning her FOI case: &quot;It’s not right that a citizen is forced to fight so hard for such a basic level of democratic accountability from our elected representatives.&quot;]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>TheyWorkForYou.com: Free Our Bills!</title>
		<link>http://www.theyworkforyou.com/freeourbills/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theyworkforyou.com/freeourbills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Stabe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#34;The Nice Polite Campaign to Gently Encourage Parliament to Publish Bills in a 21st Century Way, Please. Now.&#34; <a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/freeourbills/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[&quot;The Nice Polite Campaign to Gently Encourage Parliament to Publish Bills in a 21st Century Way, Please. Now.&quot;]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Press Association: MPs &#8216;can claim £10,000 for kitchen&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gIrTvdc8sYRamuZBzTJTjmMdYzFg</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Stabe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House of Commons has released the so-called &#34;John Lewis list&#34;, which finance officials use to approve or reject MPs' expenses claims. <a href="http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gIrTvdc8sYRamuZBzTJTjmMdYzFg">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The House of Commons has released the so-called &quot;John Lewis list&quot;, which finance officials use to approve or reject MPs' expenses claims.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Bloomberg.com: British Lawmakers Ordered to Document Expenses Over 25 Pounds</title>
		<link>http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&#038;sid=aXPxzi4mAp7w&#038;refer=uk</link>
		<comments>http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&#038;sid=aXPxzi4mAp7w&#038;refer=uk#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Stabe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#34;British members of Parliament should file receipts to reclaim all expenses over 25 pounds ($50), the Speaker of the House of Commons said in a report aimed at sweeping away suggestions of financial misconduct.&#34; <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&#038;sid=aXPxzi4mAp7w&#038;refer=uk">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[&quot;British members of Parliament should file receipts to reclaim all expenses over 25 pounds ($50), the Speaker of the House of Commons said in a report aimed at sweeping away suggestions of financial misconduct.&quot;]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Comment is Free: Heather Brooke: No one can tell if our MPs are upright or utterly corrupt</title>
		<link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/mar/06/houseofcommons.michaelmartin</link>
		<comments>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/mar/06/houseofcommons.michaelmartin#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Stabe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heather Brooke on MPs' expenses: &#34;[E]ven the most successful journalist would be doing well to claim £130,000 in tax-free expenses on top of a £60,000 salary&#34; <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/mar/06/houseofcommons.michaelmartin">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Heather Brooke on MPs' expenses: &quot;[E]ven the most successful journalist would be doing well to claim £130,000 in tax-free expenses on top of a £60,000 salary&quot;]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>House of Commons debates: 25 Feb 2008: Foreign students make a valuable&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debate/?id=2008-02-25a.746.4</link>
		<comments>http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debate/?id=2008-02-25a.746.4#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Stabe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jim Sheridan MP: &#34;Foreign students make a valuable contribution to many of our disciplines, particularly in manufacturing industry. However, there is one discipline through which they make little contribution to the UK economy: journalism.&#34; O RLY? <a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debate/?id=2008-02-25a.746.4">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Jim Sheridan MP: &quot;Foreign students make a valuable contribution to many of our disciplines, particularly in manufacturing industry. However, there is one discipline through which they make little contribution to the UK economy: journalism.&quot; O RLY?]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>TheyWorkForYou.com: Written Ministerial Statements: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (18 February 2008)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Stabe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Miliband: &#34;In accordance with the Information Tribunal's decision of 22 January 2008, I have today released what has been described as John Williams' draft of the September 2002 Iraq weapons of mass destruction dossier.&#34; <a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wms/?id=2008-02-18a.1WS.4&#038;s=%22Freedom+of+Information%22">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[David Miliband: &quot;In accordance with the Information Tribunal's decision of 22 January 2008, I have today released what has been described as John Williams' draft of the September 2002 Iraq weapons of mass destruction dossier.&quot;]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Your Right To Know: Sack the Speaker</title>
		<link>http://www.yrtk.org/2008/sack-the-speaker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 09:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Stabe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#34;There is an obvious conflict of interest when the person deciding on the disclosure of MPs’ expenses is himself receiving quite a substantial amount of this public money himself.&#34; <a href="http://www.yrtk.org/2008/sack-the-speaker/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[&quot;There is an obvious conflict of interest when the person deciding on the disclosure of MPs’ expenses is himself receiving quite a substantial amount of this public money himself.&quot;]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>BBC News: MPs call on BBC to open accounts</title>
		<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7129611.stm</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Stabe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#34;The BBC should fully open its accounts to the National Audit Office (NAO) to prove it is getting value for money from the licence fee, MPs have said.&#34; <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7129611.stm">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[&quot;The BBC should fully open its accounts to the National Audit Office (NAO) to prove it is getting value for money from the licence fee, MPs have said.&quot;]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>BBC News: MI5 head to brief MPs&#8217; committee</title>
		<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7092792.stm</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Stabe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#34;MP Martin Salter revealed [Jonathan] Evans was planning to meet privately with MPs. Mr Salter said he was &#34;frustrated&#34; as Mr Evans had spoken in public to the Society of Editors earlier this month.&#34; <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7092792.stm">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[&quot;MP Martin Salter revealed [Jonathan] Evans was planning to meet privately with MPs. Mr Salter said he was &quot;frustrated&quot; as Mr Evans had spoken in public to the Society of Editors earlier this month.&quot;]]></content:encoded>
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