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	<title>Yorkshire and Humber ICT Champion</title>
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		<title>£500 awards from Community Voices to help empower communities</title>
		<link>http://yhictchampion.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/500-awards-from-community-voices-to-help-empower-communities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon  Duncan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deprived communities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Digital Inclusion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Very often a great idea or a success story can make all the difference. Help to inspire others by sharing your story of how digital media has helped your community with us.
To celebrate the varied and inspiring ways in which you are using digital media to help empower disadvantaged communities, Community Voices has 20 £500 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yhictchampion.wordpress.com&blog=1371598&post=2534&subd=yhictchampion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are Mashable&#8217;s Best non-profits all American?</title>
		<link>http://yhictchampion.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/are-mashables-best-non-profits-all-american/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon  Duncan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Voluntary sector]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I might be wrong (please prove me so) but all the organisations nominated on Mashable&#8217;s Best non-profit use of social media appear to be non UK. I can only see American based non-profits on the current nominations?
Are we so far behind that UK based non-profits don&#8217;t get a look in? Surely there must be great [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yhictchampion.wordpress.com&blog=1371598&post=2531&subd=yhictchampion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Twitter Retweet feature is launched</title>
		<link>http://yhictchampion.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/twitter-retweet-feature-is-launched/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon  Duncan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Accidental Techies Corner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Twitter has just begun the rollout of Project Retweet, Twitter’s official integration of the retweet. Retweeting is when a user reshares interesting tweets from his or her friends using the RT syntax (e.g. “RT @mashable”).
According to Twitter, the rollout is occurring in phases, much like the Twitter Lists rollout. We will update this post with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yhictchampion.wordpress.com&blog=1371598&post=2528&subd=yhictchampion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Free Association for Research in the Voluntary and Community Sector</title>
		<link>http://yhictchampion.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/free-association-for-research-in-the-voluntary-and-community-sector/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon  Duncan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NCVO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Voluntary sector]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here is some information about ARVAC to help you decide if you might want join &#8211; membership is now free, but you would need to apply to be registered on its list of members.
ARVAC was established in 1978. It is a membership organisation and acts as a resource for people interested in research in or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yhictchampion.wordpress.com&blog=1371598&post=2526&subd=yhictchampion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blogging and other social media within the voluntary sector.</title>
		<link>http://yhictchampion.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/blogging-and-other-social-media-within-the-voluntary-sector/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon  Duncan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Blogs are fast becoming one of the standard web based technologies that we use to communicate with clients. They allow us to talk about whatever we want and to engage people in discussion. They are quick and easy to set up and don’t cost anything other than time.
So why isn’t the voluntary sector utilising blogs [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yhictchampion.wordpress.com&blog=1371598&post=2523&subd=yhictchampion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Making information more accessible &#8211; a guide.</title>
		<link>http://yhictchampion.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/making-information-more-accessible-a-guide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon  Duncan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessibility]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How To Make Information Accessible: a guide to producing easy read documents
The challenge for infrastructure organisations is how to ensure that written materials are produced in a format and language that is easily understood by people with learning difficulties. As part of the National Equality Partnership&#8217;s commitment to accessibility, we commissioned CHANGE, a leading national [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yhictchampion.wordpress.com&blog=1371598&post=2520&subd=yhictchampion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The internet combats isolation &#8211; new report</title>
		<link>http://yhictchampion.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/the-internet-combats-isolation-new-report/</link>
		<comments>http://yhictchampion.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/the-internet-combats-isolation-new-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon  Duncan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Isolation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Networking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A recent study has suggested that the internet is not making people more isolated, as some have argued.
The study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project found that, contrary to popular belief, the use of internet services has not hampered the ability of people to socialise.
The study was a follow up to a 2006 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yhictchampion.wordpress.com&blog=1371598&post=2518&subd=yhictchampion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Volunteers are not protected by the Disability Discrimination Act</title>
		<link>http://yhictchampion.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/volunteers-are-not-protected-by-the-disability-discrimination-act/</link>
		<comments>http://yhictchampion.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/volunteers-are-not-protected-by-the-disability-discrimination-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon  Duncan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disability]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Volunteers are not protected by the Disability Discrimination Act as they are not covered by the term &#8220;occupation&#8221;, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has ruled..
In a case that will have implications for all charities that deploy volunteers, the Tribunal last week handed down a decision regarding the employment status of volunteers in the case of X [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yhictchampion.wordpress.com&blog=1371598&post=2515&subd=yhictchampion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Conference on Teamwork at Sheffield Cathedral on 27 November 2009</title>
		<link>http://yhictchampion.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/conference-on-teamwork-at-sheffield-cathedral-on-27-november-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://yhictchampion.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/conference-on-teamwork-at-sheffield-cathedral-on-27-november-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon  Duncan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events & Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yorkshire]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Conference on Teamwork at Sheffield Cathedral on 27 November 2009.  We hope that the range of expert speakers who are kindly giving us their time and their thoughts will spark discussions and debate about how teamwork can be created and sustained. As well as the speaker sessions (each with brief questions at the end), there will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yhictchampion.wordpress.com&blog=1371598&post=2512&subd=yhictchampion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>IT in the Community Conference &#8211; Sunderland 1&amp;2 December</title>
		<link>http://yhictchampion.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/it-in-the-community-conference-sunderland-12-december/</link>
		<comments>http://yhictchampion.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/it-in-the-community-conference-sunderland-12-december/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon  Duncan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events & Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Digital Inclusion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sunderland]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Digital technology has become part of the fabric of everyday life offering endless opportunities in business, communication, education, entertainment and healthcare. While the majority of the population is reaping the benefits that digital technology brings, a significant part of society is not due to lack of skill, access or understanding.
Digital exclusion leads to a number [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yhictchampion.wordpress.com&blog=1371598&post=2509&subd=yhictchampion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>£500,000 funding from The Youth of Today to create youth leadership opportunities</title>
		<link>http://yhictchampion.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/500000-funding-from-the-youth-of-today-to-create-youth-leadership-opportunities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon  Duncan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Young People]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Reaching Out scheme is for third sector organisations wishing to build their capacity and create youth leadership opportunities across England. There will be eight grants distributed from the £500,000 funding pot, ranging from £10,000 to £50,000.
The aim of The Youth of Today Leadership scheme is to address gaps in the provision of leadership opportunities [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yhictchampion.wordpress.com&blog=1371598&post=2505&subd=yhictchampion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are the dire predictions for the 3rd sector true?</title>
		<link>http://yhictchampion.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/are-the-dire-predictions-for-the-3rd-sector-true/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon  Duncan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Funding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The worst effects of the recession are yet to come for charities, commentators have warned after a turbulent few weeks in the voluntary sector.
Last week, face-to-face fundraising agency Dialogue Direct Fundraising UK collapsed and parliament debated the impact of the recession on the third sector. Major aid agencies are among the latest to make large [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yhictchampion.wordpress.com&blog=1371598&post=2503&subd=yhictchampion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Unity Trust Bank to triple lending to charities.</title>
		<link>http://yhictchampion.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/unity-trust-bank-to-triple-lending-to-charities/</link>
		<comments>http://yhictchampion.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/unity-trust-bank-to-triple-lending-to-charities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon  Duncan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Funding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Social lender Unity Trust Bank expects to almost triple its lending to charities and social enterprises in 2009 compared with the previous year.
The bank said that it lent £17.7m to charities in 2008, but had already lent £33.4m so far in 2009.
A spokesman said that if funds lent but not yet drawn down were included, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yhictchampion.wordpress.com&blog=1371598&post=2501&subd=yhictchampion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Free Community Development workshops &#8211; Yorkshire</title>
		<link>http://yhictchampion.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/free-community-development-workshops-yorkshire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon  Duncan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yorkshire and Humber Community Development Network and the Regional Forum have joined forces to offer 4 half day events around the region to get community development practitioners up to speed with changes in the region and what it means for your practice.
Within the region there are 4 key sub regions developing, called city or functional [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yhictchampion.wordpress.com&blog=1371598&post=2499&subd=yhictchampion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How would YOU spend a £3,000 Innovation Voucher?</title>
		<link>http://yhictchampion.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/how-would-you-spend-a-3000-innovation-voucher/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon  Duncan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Innovation Vouchers Scheme makes it possible for &#8216;SMEs&#8217; in our region to win vouchers worth £3,000. The vouchers can be &#8217;spent&#8217; at Yorkshire&#8217;s universities and other academic institutions, purchasing knowledge and expertise which will help the businesses to innovate, compete and succeed.
If you own or manage a small- or medium-sized business (that is, up [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yhictchampion.wordpress.com&blog=1371598&post=2497&subd=yhictchampion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Job vacancy &#8211; Team Administrator, Foundation Housing, Leeds</title>
		<link>http://yhictchampion.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/job-vacancy-team-administrator-foundation-housing-leeds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon  Duncan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Foundation Housing is a registered charity delivering housing and related support to a range of disadvantaged customer groups. We currently have the following vacancy.
Team Administrator (12 month contract)
18.5 hours
£17160 &#8211; £19126 pa
Ref: FL034
To provide an administration service to the Leeds Team.
Closing date: 23 November 2009. We will write to you shortly after the closing date [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yhictchampion.wordpress.com&blog=1371598&post=2495&subd=yhictchampion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Witness Seminar: The Voluntary Sector in 1980s Britain</title>
		<link>http://yhictchampion.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/witness-seminar-the-voluntary-sector-in-1980s-britain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon  Duncan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Voluntary sector]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This witness seminar will bring together a number of prominent figures of the 1980s to consider the ways in which the voluntary sector interacted with, and was shaped by, the Thatcher governments. By bringing together key individuals from this period we hope to provoke a round table discussion that will allow contemporaries to discuss their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yhictchampion.wordpress.com&blog=1371598&post=2493&subd=yhictchampion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Engaging technologies events in Manchester &#8211; 10th &amp; 11th Nov</title>
		<link>http://yhictchampion.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/engaging-technologies-events-in-manchester-10th-11th-nov/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon  Duncan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Next week is an unrepeatable opportunity for local authorities and other service providers to absorb the emerging imperatives of ePetitions  and eParticipation
Tuesday’s Roundtable deals with the forthcoming requirement on every Council to operate a Petitions scheme &#8230; and offer an online ePetitions  facility. Very few Authorities have such a system at present, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yhictchampion.wordpress.com&blog=1371598&post=2490&subd=yhictchampion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Website in a Day &#8211; 15th December, Leeds</title>
		<link>http://yhictchampion.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/website-in-a-day-15th-december-leeds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon  Duncan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Website in a Day Workshop on 15th December in Leeds.
Electroville are running a Website in a Day workshop for voluntary organisations.
It is free for those on their Improving Reach programme but is open to all at a cost of £100 + VAT.
Full details here
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		<title>SEYHs Alex Sobel living on Social Enterprise &#8211; Day 2</title>
		<link>http://yhictchampion.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/seyhs-alex-sobel-living-on-social-enterprise-day-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon  Duncan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Social Enterprise]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well it&#8217;s day two of the challenge and so far so good. Yesterday I took a slow and steady start to the challenge by buying an Observer from the Co-op Store on Harrogate Rd in Moortown and then read it while my son took a nap in the back of the car. The Observer is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yhictchampion.wordpress.com&blog=1371598&post=2485&subd=yhictchampion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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