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		<title>Glitter Rose</title>
		<link>http://www.shocktotem.com/02/17/2012/glitter-rose/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mercedes M. Yardley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finding Marianne de Pierres&#8217;s Glitter Rose collection in my World Fantasy Con swag bag was like taking a walk on the beach and stumbling across a sapphire in the sand. It&#8217;s a charming, hardcover book with a soft and feminine &#8230; <a href="http://www.shocktotem.com/02/17/2012/glitter-rose/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kindle Users: Free Shock Totem</title>
		<link>http://www.shocktotem.com/02/06/2012/kindle-users-free-shock-totem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Allen Wood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week only we&#8217;re running promos on all five issues of Shock Totem. Starting today with issue #1, Kindle user will be able to download it for free. Tomorrow issue #2 will be free, Wednesday issue #3, and so on. &#8230; <a href="http://www.shocktotem.com/02/06/2012/kindle-users-free-shock-totem/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Zee Dreamt and Deathless Wurm</title>
		<link>http://www.shocktotem.com/02/05/2012/zee-dreamt-and-deathless-wurm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[David James Keaton&#8217;s Zee Bee &#038; Bee (a.k.a. Propeller Hats For The Dead), as it was called when it was sent to me last spring, has since been rechristened Zombie Bed &#038; Breakfast (Zee Bee &#038; Bee). Regardless of which &#8230; <a href="http://www.shocktotem.com/02/05/2012/zee-dreamt-and-deathless-wurm/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bring More Lore!</title>
		<link>http://www.shocktotem.com/02/03/2012/bring-more-lore/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Born in a New Jersey basement in the mid-90&#8242;s, Lore was a DIY magazine for dark fiction and fantasy. In their time, they took home a number of awards, including The Dragon&#8217;s Breath Small Press Award for Best New Magazine, &#8230; <a href="http://www.shocktotem.com/02/03/2012/bring-more-lore/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The One-Hour Flash Fiction Challenge</title>
		<link>http://www.shocktotem.com/02/02/2012/the-one-hour-flash-fiction-challenge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Allen Wood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Saturday, February 4, at 8 PM EST, we will once be hosting our bi-weekly flash fiction challenge. The challenge: You have just one hour to write, edit, and post your story. This is a &#8220;prompted&#8221; challenge, meaning your story &#8230; <a href="http://www.shocktotem.com/02/02/2012/the-one-hour-flash-fiction-challenge/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dark Treats from the Midnight Asylum</title>
		<link>http://www.shocktotem.com/02/01/2012/dark-treats-from-the-midnight-asylum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I first heard about Mark Allan Gunnells through James Newman, a mutual friend and a writer I consider family. On the merits of that alone, I knew Gunnells&#8217;s work must be special. So I contacted Mark, and we quickly became &#8230; <a href="http://www.shocktotem.com/02/01/2012/dark-treats-from-the-midnight-asylum/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ghost Hunting with TAPS</title>
		<link>http://www.shocktotem.com/01/31/2012/ghost-hunting-with-taps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mercedes M. Yardley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was with some glee that I got my hands on Ghost Hunting: True Stories of the Unexplained Phenomena from The Atlantic Paranormal Society, by Jason Hawes, Grant Wilson, and with Michael Jan Friedman. Who doesn&#8217;t love a slightly creepy, slightly campy &#8230; <a href="http://www.shocktotem.com/01/31/2012/ghost-hunting-with-taps/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>And the January Flash Fiction Contest Winner is…</title>
		<link>http://www.shocktotem.com/01/29/2012/and-the-january-flash-fiction-contest-winner-is%e2%80%a6/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shocktotem.com/01/29/2012/and-the-january-flash-fiction-contest-winner-is%e2%80%a6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Allen Wood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lani Carroll Lani won with her story &#8220;Mid-Autumn Moon.&#8221; The prompt for this contest was based on Xochimilco, specifically Santana Barrera&#8217;s chinampa, sometimes known as the Island of Dolls. You can read about it here, here and here. Sleep well! &#8230; <a href="http://www.shocktotem.com/01/29/2012/and-the-january-flash-fiction-contest-winner-is%e2%80%a6/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Aleera: Tainted Blood</title>
		<link>http://www.shocktotem.com/01/23/2012/aleera-tainted-blood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mercedes M. Yardley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just finished Joseph Mead’s debut novel, Aleera: Tainted Blood. Aleera, the daughter of a demonic warlord and a succubus, is being tormented by a serial killer who leaves behind charred bodies. While trying to track down the killer, she &#8230; <a href="http://www.shocktotem.com/01/23/2012/aleera-tainted-blood/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Best New Writing of 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.shocktotem.com/01/23/2012/the-best-new-writing-of-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mercedes M. Yardley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am absolutely thrilled to announce that I was on the short list for theEric Hoffer Award. Woo! While the very worthy &#8220;Peep Show,&#8221; by Louise Beech, won the award, I made it into their Best New Writing 2012 anthology. &#8230; <a href="http://www.shocktotem.com/01/23/2012/the-best-new-writing-of-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Your First Hate Mail</title>
		<link>http://www.shocktotem.com/01/11/2012/your-first-hate-mail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mercedes M. Yardley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My guest post, &#8220;Your First Hate Mail: How Life Can Change After Working for a Magazine,&#8221; is up and running at The Fictorian Era.  Come by and say hello!]]></description>
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		<title>The Prodigal&#8217;s Foole</title>
		<link>http://www.shocktotem.com/01/10/2012/the-prodigals-foole/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mercedes M. Yardley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Podcaster, writer, and all-around good guy, R.B. Wood has released his debut novel, The Prodigal&#8217;s Foole. If you&#8217;re looking for a fun, fast read with a strong creep factor, this might be the book for you. For the last ten years, Symon Bryson, a &#8230; <a href="http://www.shocktotem.com/01/10/2012/the-prodigals-foole/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>King Death of Nowhere Hall</title>
		<link>http://www.shocktotem.com/01/09/2012/king-death-of-nowhere-hall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simon Marshall-Jones&#8217;s Spectral Press is setting itself up as a force to be reckoned with. Spectral releases limited-edition, professionally-designed chapbooks. I reviewed the first two releases last year. Both shared a theme of loss, guilt, and coping with that loss. &#8230; <a href="http://www.shocktotem.com/01/09/2012/king-death-of-nowhere-hall/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kevin J. Anderson Talks Writing</title>
		<link>http://www.shocktotem.com/01/09/2012/kevin-j-anderson-talks-writing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 06:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Allen Wood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert kicked off separate multi-city book tours on January 3 in support of their just-released collaborative novel, Sisterhood of Dune. Check out this inspirational video from Kevin&#8217;s tour stop in Denver, CO. And if you&#8217;re &#8230; <a href="http://www.shocktotem.com/01/09/2012/kevin-j-anderson-talks-writing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Best of 2011: Shock Totem Staff Picks</title>
		<link>http://www.shocktotem.com/01/03/2012/best-of-2011-shock-totem-staff-picks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Allen Wood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we enter 2012, let&#8217;s take a quick look back at some of our favorite things (that we could actually remember) from 2011. FAVORITE SMALL PRESS NOVEL/NOVELLA/NOVELETTE: Ken&#8217;s Pick Skullbelly, by Ronald Malfi Mercedes&#8217;s Picks Bear in a Muddy Tutu, &#8230; <a href="http://www.shocktotem.com/01/03/2012/best-of-2011-shock-totem-staff-picks/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>January 2012 Flash Fiction Contest</title>
		<link>http://www.shocktotem.com/12/29/2011/january-2012-flash-fiction-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Allen Wood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every other month we host a flash fiction contest on our forum. The next contest begins on Sunday, January 1. Participants have one week to write a story based on a prompt that we provide. The prompt must be integral &#8230; <a href="http://www.shocktotem.com/12/29/2011/january-2012-flash-fiction-contest/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>And the Contest of Dune Winner is&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.shocktotem.com/12/28/2011/and-the-contest-of-dune-winner-is/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 01:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Allen Wood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Desmond Warzel Desmond figured this one our real quick. About an hour had elapsed between the time we posted the contest and he correctly guessed the answer. This was a very simple cipher. The letters represented their corresponding numerical place &#8230; <a href="http://www.shocktotem.com/12/28/2011/and-the-contest-of-dune-winner-is/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Contest of Dune</title>
		<link>http://www.shocktotem.com/12/27/2011/contest-of-dune/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Allen Wood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update: Contest was over nearly before it began. See the comments for the answer. Interested in winning an audiobook copy of Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert&#8217;s upcoming book, Sisterhood of Dune? If so, solve this: [ it's not as &#8230; <a href="http://www.shocktotem.com/12/27/2011/contest-of-dune/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sisterhood of Dune Tour</title>
		<link>http://www.shocktotem.com/12/27/2011/sisterhood-of-dune-tour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Allen Wood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York Times bestselling authors Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert—son of the legendary Dune author, Frank Herbert—will soon be hitting to road for a book tour supporting their latest book, Sisterhood of Dune, their twelfth collaboration in the popular &#8230; <a href="http://www.shocktotem.com/12/27/2011/sisterhood-of-dune-tour/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Infection</title>
		<link>http://www.shocktotem.com/12/19/2011/the-infection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert J. Duperre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sub-genre of apocalyptic fiction has really taken off as of late. It seems that everyone and their mother are now penning a book dealing with the End of Days, and I’ve read my fair share of them—particularly when it &#8230; <a href="http://www.shocktotem.com/12/19/2011/the-infection/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a Long Way Down</title>
		<link>http://www.shocktotem.com/12/13/2011/its-a-long-way-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Allen Wood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doing a free promo was a great high, watching the numbers go up and up and up. But the higher you go&#8230; Expected, but the visual is depressing.]]></description>
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		<title>Only Time Will Tell&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.shocktotem.com/12/12/2011/only-time-will-tell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Allen Wood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As noted in my previous update, we opted to make our digital issues exclusive to the Kindle and lowered the price on a few of them so that they&#8217;re all priced at 99 cents. A lot of people dislike the &#8230; <a href="http://www.shocktotem.com/12/12/2011/only-time-will-tell/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>WE ARE 99 CENTS!!</title>
		<link>http://www.shocktotem.com/12/10/2011/we-are-99-cents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 06:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Allen Wood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many of you know, all issues of Shock Totem recently were made available in digital format. As of today, all issues are now just $0.99. However, I&#8217;ve made the decision to make them exclusive to the Kindle. For the &#8230; <a href="http://www.shocktotem.com/12/10/2011/we-are-99-cents/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Shock Totem Holiday Issue Gets Some Love</title>
		<link>http://www.shocktotem.com/12/09/2011/the-shock-totem-holiday-issue-gets-some-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 07:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Allen Wood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Shock Totem holiday e-book has been reviewed by Hellnotes and The Crow&#8217;s Caw They dig it! In general, this issue seems to have gone over well with readers. If you purchased a copy, we&#8217;d love to hear your thoughts. &#8230; <a href="http://www.shocktotem.com/12/09/2011/the-shock-totem-holiday-issue-gets-some-love/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Review with a Shotgun</title>
		<link>http://www.shocktotem.com/12/06/2011/review-with-a-shotgun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 06:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Bridger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Wait, bro, didn’t this movie come out forever ago?” Well, YES.  And congratulations, cause YOUR PARENTS LOVE YOU. My dad hasn’t taken me to the movies since the Mac &#38; Me incident back in 1988.  Because of that (and agoraphobia), I &#8230; <a href="http://www.shocktotem.com/12/06/2011/review-with-a-shotgun/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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