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	<title>Philip Alves &#187; election</title>
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		<title>Thornhill Grits name hopeful</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/10/10/thornhill-grits-name-hopeful/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/10/10/thornhill-grits-name-hopeful/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karen Mock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Kent]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new federal Thornhill Liberal nominee says the ruling Conservatives talk a good game but the time for talk is over. Karen Mock, an educational psychologist and consultant with a history of dealing with issues of human rights, hate crime and diversity, replaces former MP Susan Kadis heading into the next federal election.]]></description>
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		<title>Who will challenge current council?</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/07/02/who-will-challenge-current-council/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/07/02/who-will-challenge-current-council/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Shefman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernie DiVona]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gino Rosati]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joyce Frustaglio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linda Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mario Ferri]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Meffe]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sandra Yeung Racco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Carella]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaughan city council]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The 2010 municipal election is still a year and a half away. That much is certain. What isn’t is who will vie for the nine seats on city council, though speculation has been running high in recent months and shows no sign of cooling off.]]></description>
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		<title>Klees-led PCs would cut red tape, shrink &#8216;bizarre&#8217; HST hit, leadership contender says</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/06/12/klees-led-pcs-would-cut-red-tape-shrink-bizarre-hst-hit-leadership-contender-says/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/06/12/klees-led-pcs-would-cut-red-tape-shrink-bizarre-hst-hit-leadership-contender-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Town Crier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank Klees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[harmonized sales tax]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Progressive Conservative leadership hopeful Frank Klees sees too much red at Queen’s Park and says it’s time to do something about it. During a brief editorial board meeting in the Vaughan Today newsroom Monday, the Newmarket-Aurora MPP discussed provincial issues and his leadership bid.]]></description>
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		<title>Cabinet an honour for rookie MP</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/11/08/cabinet-an-honour-for-rookie-mp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/11/08/cabinet-an-honour-for-rookie-mp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Kent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[riding of Thornhill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thornhill]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Once a foreign affairs correspondent covering the Americas for NBC News, rookie Thornhill MP Peter Kent is on familiar turf in his new cabinet post. Prime Minister Stephen Harper welcomed his new minister of state of foreign affairs for the Americas, along with the rest of his cabinet, last Thursday at Rideau Hall in Ottawa.]]></description>
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		<title>Kadis reflects on election loss</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/10/26/kadis-reflects-on-election-loss/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/10/26/kadis-reflects-on-election-loss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Susan Kadis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It’s a time of reflection for Susan Kadis. Barely a week after being unseated by Conservative Peter Kent in the Oct. 14 federal election, the Thornhill Liberal says it’s still too soon to make any decisions about her future.]]></description>
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		<title>Kent wins in stunning upset</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/10/16/kent-wins-in-stunning-upset/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/10/16/kent-wins-in-stunning-upset/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peter Kent]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[riding of Thornhill]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Star broadcaster-turned-Conservative candidate Peter Kent found himself in front of the news cameras once again early Wednesday morning, only this time it was as Thornhill’s MP-elect.]]></description>
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		<title>Kent takes Thornhill in stunner</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/10/15/kent-takes-thornhill-in-stunner/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/10/15/kent-takes-thornhill-in-stunner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peter Kent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[riding of Thornhill]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Conservative Peter Kent has won the federal riding of Thornhill away from Liberal incumbent Susan Kadis. The former broadcaster earned 26,660 votes, or 49 percent, to claim the surprising victory over Kadis, who secured 21,448 votes, good for 39.4 percent.]]></description>
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		<title>Parliamentary hopefuls face off over &#8216;poppycock&#8217; in Thornhill</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/10/11/parliamentary-hopefuls-face-off-over-poppycock-in-thornhill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/10/11/parliamentary-hopefuls-face-off-over-poppycock-in-thornhill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NDP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Democratic Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norbert Koehl]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Simon Strelchik]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan Kadis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.philipalves.com/?p=589</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Allegations of political poppycock were bandied about as Thornhill’s four parliamentary hopefuls debated the federal issues last week. Liberal incumbent Susan Kadis, Conservative Peter Kent, Green Norbert Koehl and NDP Simon Strelchik took to St. Elizabeth Catholic High School’s stage to verbally spar over issues raised by students ahead of the Oct. 14 election.]]></description>
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		<title>Anger flares during heated debate</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/10/09/anger-flares-during-heated-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/10/09/anger-flares-during-heated-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adrian Visentin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debate]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Green Party]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Maurizio Bevilacqua]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Democratic Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Lorello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[riding of Vaughan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vicky Wilkin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The political ambitions of Vaughan Liberal incumbent Maurizio Bevilacqua and Conservative challenger Richard Lorello were the topic of much-heated debate Monday night.]]></description>
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		<title>MPs must deliver cash: councillors</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/10/02/mps-must-deliver-cash-councillors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/10/02/mps-must-deliver-cash-councillors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City of Vaughan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[riding of Thornhill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[riding of Vaughan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The number 1 issue concerning the City of Vaughan in the current federal campaign, councillors say, is infrastructure. By a long shot.]]></description>
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		<title>Where the contenders stand in Vaughan riding</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/09/29/where-the-contenders-stand-in-vaughan-riding/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/09/29/where-the-contenders-stand-in-vaughan-riding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adrian Visentin]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Green Party]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Maurizio Bevilacqua]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Richard Lorello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[riding of Vaughan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vicky Wilkin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the federal election scheduled for Oct. 14, Vaughan Today caught up with Vaughan candidates from the Conservatives, Liberals and Greens to get their take on some of the issues facing voters. Here’s their take on our questions.]]></description>
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		<title>Sparks fly over sign destruction</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/09/25/sparks-fly-over-sign-destruction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/09/25/sparks-fly-over-sign-destruction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maurizio Bevilacqua]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Richard Lorello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[riding of Vaughan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[signs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The battle for votes in the riding of Vaughan has claimed a number of Liberal incumbent Maurizio Bevilacqua’s election signs.]]></description>
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		<title>Mayor’s husband hints at council run in 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/04/12/mayors-husband-hints-at-council-run-in-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/04/12/mayors-husband-hints-at-council-run-in-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linda Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mario Campese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[municipal election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Embattled-mayor Linda Jackson’s number one booster may throw his hat into the ring of municipal politics come 2010.]]></description>
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		<title>NDP hopeful named</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/03/23/ndp-hopeful-named/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/03/23/ndp-hopeful-named/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Simon Strelchik]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Simon Strelchik has long felt a bond with the New Democratic Party. He remembers a 1993 classroom exercise that asked students what political party they’d vote for if given the chance. He voted NDP.]]></description>
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		<title>Kent ready to race in Thornhill</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/02/18/kent-ready-to-race-in-thornhill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2008/02/18/kent-ready-to-race-in-thornhill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peter Kent]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ask former broadcast journalist Peter Kent what brought him to Thornhill and he’ll say, “Serendipity.” The truth, though, isn’t that simple.]]></description>
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		<title>Di Biase: ‘Vindication’</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/11/22/di-biase-vindication/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/11/22/di-biase-vindication/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alan Shefman]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former mayor Michael Di Biase says he feels “comfortable that just retribution” has been meted out after last week’s dismissal of Vaughan City Clerk John Leach.]]></description>
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		<title>The referendum no one refers to</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/11/02/the-referendum-no-one-refers-to-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/11/02/the-referendum-no-one-refers-to-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2007 02:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first referendum question asked of Ontario voters in 83 years has yet to grab the attention of people in the ridings of Toronto-Danforth and Beaches-East York, observers say.]]></description>
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		<title>New election scheme voted down handily</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/10/12/new-election-scheme-voted-down-handily/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first-past-the-post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[José Machado]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mixed-member proportional]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ontario]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[referendum]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The small pencils wielded by millions of Ontario voters were worn out on Oct. 10 picking who would get into government and the process by which future governments would be determined.

The referendum choice came down to keeping the first-past-the-post or switching to a mixed-member proportional representation system.]]></description>
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		<title>After election landslide, Sorbara to start digging into subway plan</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/10/12/after-election-landslide-sorbara-to-start-digging-into-subway-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/10/12/after-election-landslide-sorbara-to-start-digging-into-subway-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greg Sorbara]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ontario]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spadina subway extension]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[subway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaughan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Greg Sorbara, Ontario’s once and future finance minister, predicted in his nomination speech back on Sept. 6 that he would “sweep Vaughan from every corner of the riding”.

Sorbara will soon be trading in the broom for a shovel in the new majority Liberal government.]]></description>
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		<title>Thornhill bucks trend to go Tory</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/10/12/thornhill-bucks-trend-to-go-tory/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2007/10/12/thornhill-bucks-trend-to-go-tory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mario Racco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Shurman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thornhill]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rookie PC candidate Peter Shurman benefited from the fickle nature of the riding’s electorate, beating Liberal incumbent Mario Racco by 1,700 votes in Wednesday’s election — a landslide by Thornhill standards.

Four years ago, the voters of Thornhill ousted their incumbent MPP in a close race.

In 1999, four years before that, the voters of Thornhill dumped their incumbent MPP in another airtight race.]]></description>
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