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    <title>Op/Ed for Dothan Eagle</title>
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    <dc:creator>Dothan Eagle</dc:creator>
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          <title>Editorial: Sacred cow</title>
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The school board&#8217;s travel spending should be sacrificed.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:46:17 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: Sadly, football is king</title>
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I&#8217;m afraid the game most of us in the South love has become a god. That&#8217;s right &#8212; a &#8220;god.&#8221;            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:16:59 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: End your wicked ways</title>
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God is fed up with all the sinful ways we in America are living.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:15:26 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: Taking aim at the ACLU</title>
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Emmanuel Christian School has a good dress code and no problem with rough gang activities. Make a comparison with the schools in Chicago, where the president of the United States calls home. In recent weeks, several youths lost their lives. One was simply walking home from school, his path taking him between the location of two gangs.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:13:11 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Editorial: Reckless bid&#45;ness</title>
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Gov. Bob Riley cannot pick and choose which contracts should be bid and which should not.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:48:21 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: &#8216;Who is looking out for us old folks?&#8216;</title>
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Our great country is very much in need of &#8220;all&#8221; Americans getting involved in daily prayer for our leaders.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:42:01 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: It began with the original sin</title>
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I feel I must respond to Karen Spears Zacharias&#8217;s Oct. 23 column. If she thinks God did not love his mother, then she has some serious problems.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:40:09 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: Unwelcome serenade in parking lot</title>
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What is with everyone who thinks it is so cool to leave their car running and the music screaming while they go into the convenience store?           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:39:47 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Editorial: Our agrarian roots</title>
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Peanuts don&#8217;t materialize in a can or a chocolate bar; they&#8217;re planted, nurtured, fretted over, plowed, harvested, graded and sold from farms right here in our community.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:38:11 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: Uneasy about easements</title>
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I feel that it is time the City of Dothan steps up to the bar and begin the implementation of proper easements and proper storm drainage for our community.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:40:18 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: &#8216;What am I missing?&#8216;</title>
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Gov. &#8220;Bob Almighty&#8221; Riley sends a message to the Legislature that all expenditures must be made by bid only, just before or right after granting a no-bid, $13 million extension to a computer company with no Web site, no e-mail address and no listed telephone.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:39:08 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: The problem with porn</title>
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These news items are on the heels of recent reports of teenage gang rapes and sexual assault on children. Establishments such as Secrets provide fuel to a growing fire that is consuming not just men, but destroying women, families and innocents. 
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          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:38:04 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Editorial: Liquor and strip clubs no longer mix in Houston County</title>
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From our perspective, the owner of Secrets Gentlemen&#8217;s Club has no one to blame but himself. Determining what laws apply to one&#8217;s business is the businessman&#8217;s responsibility.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:36:48 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: Raise awareness of diabetes</title>
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According to the American Diabetes Association, the cost of diabetes for the state of Alabama in 2006 was almost $2.5 billion. In 2007, the national cost exceeded $174 billion.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:13:52 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: Touched by Honor Flight</title>
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When I marched home 63 years ago, I went as one to the open arms of my mother, father, sister, brother, aunt and great-grandfather. Recently I have come home again to many. What wonderful homecomings!           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:11:07 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: &#8216;Gentlemen don&#8217;t go to strip clubs&#8217;</title>
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So, this gentlemen&#8217;s club is really a gentlemen&#8217;s strip club &#8212; women are stripping &#8212;which I think is the ultimate oxymoron.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:10:23 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Editorial: A new library will show commitment to education</title>
          <link>http://www2.dothaneagle.com/dea/news/opinion/editorials/article/editorial_a_new_library_will_show_commitment_to_education/105119/</link>
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We urge officials to commit to funding the project as they would any public building &#8212; with public funds.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:06:21 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Editorial: One last win for Bates Memorial Stadium</title>
          <link>http://www2.dothaneagle.com/dea/news/opinion/editorials/article/editorial_one_last_win_for_bates_memorial_stadium/105029/</link>
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For more than half a century, Bates Memorial has been a backdrop in the drama of the lives of generations of youngsters.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:30:46 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Editorial: &#8216;Peanut man&#8217; tradition honored</title>
          <link>http://www2.dothaneagle.com/dea/news/opinion/editorials/article/editorial_peanut_man_tradition_honored/105028/</link>
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Fittingly, Byron &#8220;Cotton&#8221; Trawick is remembered as a peanut man &#8212; a peanut-shaped likeness of Trawick dipping up a cup of boiled goobers.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:25:36 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: &#8216;How will we react?&#8216;</title>
          <link>http://www2.dothaneagle.com/dea/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/letter_how_will_we_react/104695/</link>
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The first year after graduation is the &#8220;honeymoon phase,&#8221; where getting a paycheck is equivalent to finding the golden ticket. Then, after an amount of time, the second year consists of sayings like, &#8220;What was I thinking when I took this job?&#8221;            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:53:09 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: Midland City&#8217;s small&#45;town drama</title>
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Mayor Virgil Skipper needs to get off his high horse and give Chief Keith Rinehardt back his job. He&#8217;s being silly and embarrassing the town.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:51:55 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: Offended by denial of shaken baby syndrome</title>
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The reported statement made by Dr. Ronald H. Uscinski &#8220;that through his work as a neurosurgeon he no longer believes in Shaken Baby Syndrome&#8221; is a direct insult to all of the children who are no longer with us due to abusive head injury and to those caregivers and children who are the survivors.&nbsp;            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:50:32 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Beware the deadly Gulf Coast oyster?</title>
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Should the government be in the business of banning food?           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:42:53 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: On privilege and pools</title>
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If (Dothan District 2 Commissioner Amos) Newsome can, in good conscience, vote to spend $40 million for a new park in a more affluent district, surely he can vote to spend a couple of hundred thousand dollars to build a swimming pool for the underprivileged children in his own district.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:41:18 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: Keeping up with Congress</title>
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Has anyone else noticed how often Sens. Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions split their vote?            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:40:46 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: Vet&#8217;s daughter remembers Korea, the forgotten war</title>
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I am looking for letters written to and from military personnel who served during the Korean War.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:39:33 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: Don&#8217;t forget about Gen. Douglas McArthur</title>
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There is a need to rewrite the rewritten history books in our country.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:37:26 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Editorial: The golden goose</title>
          <link>http://www2.dothaneagle.com/dea/news/opinion/editorials/article/editorial_the_golden_goose/104282/</link>
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This is the sort of dirty dealing that should be shut down.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:32:43 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Two column enter, one column leave</title>
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In these recessionary times, finding good value can be about as hard as finding a boy in a balloon who&#8217;s not actually in the balloon. Luckily for you poor schlubs, I&#8217;ve found a way to justify your purchase of this publication for the Sunday king&#8217;s ransom (okay, Burger King&#8217;s ransom) price of $1.50.
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          <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:00:46 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Editorial: Musicians angered by tunes for torture</title>
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&#8220;The fact that music I helped create was used in crimes against humanity sickens me,&#8221; said Tom Morello, formerly of the heavy metal group Rage Against the Machine, in a statement.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:57:58 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: &#8216;Problem solved&#8217;</title>
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I firmly believe that once the information was extracted from these terrorists and their usefulness to us was over, they should be made to kneel down, pray to Allah or whomever they pray to and tell him to get their virgins ready, then chop their heads off.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:39:43 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: What is patriotism?</title>
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Is it possible for a socialist to be patriotic? How can we tell if one is patriotic?           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:38:45 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: Urging organ donation</title>
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Organ donation is desperately needed in these times. You should try to tell anyone you know about organ donation, which would hopefully affect the amount of organ donors.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:32:57 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Bob Almighty</title>
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Is everything a partisan conspiracy to Gov. Bob Riley, or does the politics card create a handy diversion?           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:31:45 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: Hyperbole in health care debate</title>
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Far too often, opinion becomes fact, mostly through repeated voicing from talking heads.&nbsp; Both Democrats and Republicans claim a monopoly on the truth, but, as Einstein said, &#8220;Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of truth and knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.&#8221;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:39:52 CST</pubDate>
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I am convinced it is blatant discrimination to exempt themselves of the position they are attempting to foist on the populace, as this action is placing themselves in an elite class above all others under them, which is discriminatory.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:38:41 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>MP deployment meant to help despite federal law</title>
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Sending soldiers into the streets of Samson violated the federal Posse Comitatus Act, an 1878 law prohibiting the use of federal troops for law enforcement, a measure enacted after Union troops occupied the Southern states for a decade after the Civil War.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:36:16 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: Why Helen Keller?</title>
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The problem with Helen Keller is that her work to help the disabled was just one aspect of her adult life. Much of her life was devoted to promoting ideals and principles that put her more on par with Karl Marx, Joseph Stalin, and Chairman Mao than the typical Alabamian.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:01:21 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Balloon boy story speaks volumes about our society</title>
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As much as the episode reveals about Falcon&#8217;s family &#8212; Mayumi confided to one reporter that she and her husband descend from aliens &#8212; what it suggests about the pecadilloes of our society is far more compelling.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:56:34 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Suckers deserve to get took</title>
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On a recent trip home to Georgia, I bought a $1 Powerball lottery ticket.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:52:37 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: Can you do better?</title>
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From the scoffing the Republican-based group Americans For Prosperity made regarding Chicago losing the bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics in hopes to discredit President and First Lady Obama, to Republicans in general fuming over the President becoming the third sitting U.S. President (fourth after former President Jimmy Carter) to become a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:44:51 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: Free to make my own decision</title>
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One of the most fundamental concepts in life is that for every decision there is a cost and a benefit. There are no choices in life that are &#8220;cost-free.&#8221; Yet when government proposals are sold to the public they are only done so in ways that illustrate the benefits and ignore the cost.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:41:08 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: Can you read?</title>
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It is obvious that geography is not very important to the Eagle publishers since the paper is filled with &#8220;news&#8221; from Decatur, Ala., (Decatur, Ga., is nearer and a much more interesting place, and Decatur County, Ga., is only an hour away).           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:40:51 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: Addressing many issues</title>
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To the first question about the name change to &#8220;Scarlett Letterman&#8221; suggested by Thomas James Alford of Dothan, the ratings from this past Tuesday&#8217;s show is proof that despite the hole Dave&#8217;s dug for himself both personally and legally, his career is salvageable.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:37:07 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: Put it to a vote</title>
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I am sick and tired of the U.S. Congress passing bills against the wishes of the overwhelming majority of citizens. They violate the law of representative government.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:35:17 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: A thank you to carrier</title>
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I just read your article saluting newspaper carriers and I couldn&#8217;t agree more. I wish to salute my newspaper carrier, Steve Penton.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:34:29 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: Where&#8217;s the coverage</title>
          <link>http://www2.dothaneagle.com/dea/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/letter_wheres_the_coverage/100620/</link>
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Appearing recently in the Southeast Sun were two stories of great economic impact to the area.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:32:51 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>And the Nobel Prize goes to ...</title>
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Although I haven&#8217;t written my book, I have been thinking about it really hard.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:47:54 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Gov. Riley spins the electronic bingo issue</title>
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&#8220;Antifreeze looks like Gatorade, but I&#8217;m not going to drink it,&#8221; Attorney General Troy King said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:21:38 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Thanks for a thankless job</title>
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You may hope to change things for the better, but there will be many, many people trying to beat you down. It&#8217;s only a matter of time before the claws come out.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:26:02 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: Invest in Henry County schools</title>
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Approving the proposed 3-mill tax and renewal of the current 1-mill tax would be an increase of $30 per year in property tax on a $100,000 home, or $2.50 a month. How many other investments offer as large a return for such a small amount?            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:53:43 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: Clean house in Washington</title>
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Some of the people in Congress are some of the biggest cheats, such as the one heading the committee that is supposed to rewrite the tax laws, Charlie Rangel. 
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          <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:52:18 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: Local drivers are &#8216;atrocious&#8217;</title>
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I have seen more wrecks here than in living 50 years in states far more congested.&nbsp;            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:50:16 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Editorial: Pedophiles in our midst</title>
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People who work in the system will assure you that the physical and sexual abuse of children is far more common than one might imagine.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:49:52 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: It&#8217;s Dothan, not &#8216;Dauthin&#8217;</title>
          <link>http://www2.dothaneagle.com/dea/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/letter_its_dothan_not_dauthin/94767/</link>
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I have listened to the advertisement for Cole Brothers Circus numerous times a day, and my skin crawls every time they say Dothan wrong.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:42:33 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: Mitigating circumstances</title>
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This has been a tragedy for the entire community of Headland as both of these families are well respected and loved by everyone. There has been and will be a lot of prayers for both families. I pray that something good will come out of this for everyone, including our young people in the community.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:41:26 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: Pleased by dog&#8217;s photographer</title>
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Davy is a handful, and they were so patient and kind with him. The pictures are precious and we will hang one with the children&#8217;s portraits.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:39:15 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Editorial: Periodic notation</title>
          <link>http://www2.dothaneagle.com/dea/news/opinion/editorials/article/editorial_periodic_notation/94762/</link>
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Examples of misused punctuation abound.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:37:26 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: Are Congress members statesmen or politicians?</title>
          <link>http://www2.dothaneagle.com/dea/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/letter_are_congress_members_statesmen_or_politicians/94439/</link>
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Our troops can wait but the economy can&#8217;t? I wonder if the word &#8220;priority&#8221; means anything to our esteemed leaders?            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:36:33 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: &#8216;Joe Wilson is a liar&#8217;</title>
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In 2003, President George W. Bush had a photo op on an aircraft carrier under the now infamous banner that proclaimed, &#8220;Mission Accomplished.&#8221; What if some Navy officer in that captive audience had shouted out, &#8220;You lie!&#8221; during the president&#8217;s address and then telephoned the White House and &#8220;apologized?&#8221; Do you think the Navy would have said, &#8220;That&#8217;s great, and now we can put this matter behind us?&#8221;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:35:50 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letters: Too many telephone directories</title>
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The public can use just so many telephone books.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:34:32 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Editorial: Share costs of maintaining E&#45;911 communication system</title>
          <link>http://www2.dothaneagle.com/dea/news/opinion/editorials/article/editorial_share_costs_of_maintaining_e-911_communication_system/94431/</link>
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Sharing the maintenance cost, just as the radio equipment is shared, seems to be the most logical solution.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:33:18 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: &#8216;Health care reform cannot wait&#8217;</title>
          <link>http://www2.dothaneagle.com/dea/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/letter_health_care_reform_cannot_wait/94078/</link>
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We have neglected it for too long, and now the crisis is upon us.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:42:12 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: Impressed by Attorney General Troy King</title>
          <link>http://www2.dothaneagle.com/dea/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/letter_impressed_by_attorney_general_troy_king/94077/</link>
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I wish that everyone could get to know the man I know as Attorney General Troy King.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:40:02 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: Honor Flight veteran appreciates memories</title>
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We transplanted Yankee veterans appreciate the South and its people.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:39:04 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Editorial: Mackenzie&#8217;s Honor Flight mission</title>
          <link>http://www2.dothaneagle.com/dea/news/opinion/editorials/article/editorial_mackenzies_honor_flight_mission/94074/</link>
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One Enterprise youngster gives thanks to World War II veterans.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:35:00 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: Get out of Afghanistan</title>
          <link>http://www2.dothaneagle.com/dea/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/letter_get_out_of_afghanistan/93779/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[
Is America in a Mideast quagmire with no out?           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:53:33 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: Supports Terry Spicer for Elba superintendent</title>
          <link>http://www2.dothaneagle.com/dea/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/letter_supports_terry_spicer_for_elba_superintendent/93778/</link>
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Despite the accusations and editorial recommendations of your staff, Mr. Spicer was re-elected by those who knew him best &#8212; the voters in Coffee County.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:51:20 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Letter: Northview sports facility plan</title>
          <link>http://www2.dothaneagle.com/dea/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/letter_northview_sports_facility_plan/93777/</link>
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Your editorial implies the idea is misplaced because of proration. For a few thousand parents to raise enough funds to make up school budget shortfalls is more than improbable, but to provide something that can &#8212; at an individual school &#8212; change the culture and improve the excitement level, the desire to belong, the will to participate, and the need to be &#8220;a part of&#8221; something for 1,400 teenagers is within our capabilities.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:49:17 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Editorial: Ozark police officer makes the wrong choice</title>
          <link>http://www2.dothaneagle.com/dea/news/opinion/editorials/article/editorial_ozark_police_officer_makes_the_wrong_choice/93776/</link>
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He should count himself as fortunate that he still has a job.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:47:11 CST</pubDate>
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In a job market filled with applicants with superior credentials and experience, why would Elba school officials subject their system to such scrutiny and suspicion?            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:46:39 CST</pubDate>
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My mother has this great saying for folks who have gotten a little above themselves.           ]]></description>
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When the House voted to rebuke Rep. Joe Wilson of North Carolina for his outburst during the president&#8217;s address to a joint session of Congress, Bright voted favorably.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:55:27 CST</pubDate>
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As an American committed to uniting Americans, I respectfully request that henceforth you cease identifying any politician with a &#8220;D&#8221; or an &#8220;R.&#8221;            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:19:09 CST</pubDate>
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As a senior citizen, I am afraid and I am angry that I may lose my health care.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:18:29 CST</pubDate>
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Vanessa Araiza always had a sweet smile and a soft voice when she talked to the veterans about World War II.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:16:58 CST</pubDate>
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Many middle-aged adults might admit that everything they know about the basics of the creation of law, they learned from a cartoon scroll on Schoolhouse Rock.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:14:11 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Mea culpa</title>
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At what point does such beastly behavior become unacceptable? For that matter, when did it become acceptable?           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:27:47 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Now we know &#8216;change&#8217;</title>
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 I never did like acorn trees. I am sure God had a purpose for acorn trees, but I am very sure that the United States has no need whatsoever for this ACORN situation we are funding here in America.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:25:32 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Flowers would enhance Downtown Dothan</title>
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There are towns here in south Alabama that have this and are very appealing. Anyone who has been to the downtown area of Fairhope can attest to the attractiveness and the appeal of that town. The thing you remember and draws you back is how peaceful and pretty the flowers are.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:16:00 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Believe in something bigger than yourself</title>
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The doctor thought I was suffering from postpartum depression. In truth, I was simply scared that I wasn&#8217;t up to the task of caring for all those babies.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:11:58 CST</pubDate>
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I really enjoyed the Sept. 3 letter, &#8220;Avoid scheduling conflicts,&#8221; from Jerry Clark of Midland City.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:23:47 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Educational excellence</title>
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They chose, because of bias, to be shortsighted and narrow-minded. It is no wonder we flounder around the bottom rung of the educational ladder.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:22:01 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Appreciates our country</title>
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There are a lot of kinks to work out of our system, and always will be, but you know we have a wonderful country and a great way of life. It is what we make it to be, not just by electing different politicians, but by who we associate with and believe in.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:18:27 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Selfishness</title>
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People seem to only care about themselves.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:17:22 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Buy local? Not necessarily</title>
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Virtually every vendor of goods and services must compete with providers outside our area.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:15:05 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>A sacred relationship in health care</title>
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Patients expect that the doctor has their best interest at heart, and are willing to give them their trust in return.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:14:22 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>It&#8217;s not a bad word</title>
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The word is &#8220;STOP&#8221; and it is found at all four-way intersections.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:13:18 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>&#8216;We reap what we sow&#8217;</title>
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The longer our children stay in school the safer our neighborhoods are; nearly three-quarters of state inmates did not complete high school.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:12:20 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Be informed</title>
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Thank God many have read HR 3200. Had it not been for the outcry of the American people, that would have been the final bill.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:11:17 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Unintended?</title>
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Well, thank you for writing such a positive article on behalf of Commissioner Seagle. I&#8217;m sure it was not intended.&nbsp;            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:10:20 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Kudos to the mother</title>
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Again, he was caught by the conservative majority in this great country.
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          <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:09:21 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>A government the people can trust</title>
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We appreciate Congressman Bright&#8217;s hopes for Afghanistan, but we cannot share his optimism.&nbsp;            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:03:32 CST</pubDate>
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Television late night infomercials just haven&#8217;t been the same since the departure of Miss Cleo several years ago.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 02:32:06 CST</pubDate>
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If casino gambling were to be allowed under strict, enforceable regulations, Alabamians could create the premier educational system in the U.S.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:44:15 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Double standard</title>
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We should wait to see what is in the final bill. At least read what is in the plan yourself and not let others who have an agenda tell you what is in the bill.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:43:09 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>A time for introspection</title>
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Our bullet has strayed.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:41:06 CST</pubDate>
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If Dad were here today, I&#8217;m sure he&#8217;d be shaking his head at the unchecked erosion that spawns the once unfathomable.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:38:35 CST</pubDate>
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Indeed, what Congress is now trying to do may be the best thing possible for us, though it seems impossible to tell at this point.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:37:17 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Wondering</title>
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If a movie actor and a peanut farmer can be president of the United States, I think a blue-collar working man can be mayor of our little ol&#8217; city.           ]]></description>
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