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		<title>Help for Musicians, Parents, Spouses: Young Artist Career Psychology | Film Poll 58</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Help for Musicians, Parents, Spouses: Young Artist Career Psychology | Film Poll 57</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Help for Musicians, Parents, Spouses: Young Artist Career Psychology | Film Poll 56</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ratskates.com"&gt;RAT SKATES - Helping Artists to Survive the Collision of Art - Money - Ego - Success and Fear - Art - Money - Ego - Success - Fear: Helping Artists Survive the Creative Addiction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Select the poll below that best describes you, or your relationship with the Artist: &amp;#60;a href=&amp;#8221;http://polldaddy.com/poll/4836631/&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;MUSICIANS &amp;#124; ARTISTS: When you are practicing or writing music, do you stop to answer your cell phone, Tweet, Facebook, IM or chat?&amp;#60;/a&amp;#62; &amp;#60;a href=&amp;#8221;http://polldaddy.com/poll/5238220/&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;FANS: Recording Artists have seen a global decline in sales of their recorded music. Who is [...]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ratskates/~4/J84MMH8d4ME" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Help for Musicians, Parents, Spouses: Young Artist Career Psychology | Film Poll 55</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Help for Musicians, Parents, Spouses: Young Artist Career Psychology | Film Poll 54</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 05:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ratskates.com"&gt;RAT SKATES - Helping Artists to Survive the Collision of Art - Money - Ego - Success and Fear - Art - Money - Ego - Success - Fear: Helping Artists Survive the Creative Addiction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Select the poll below that best describes you, or your relationship with the Artist: &amp;#60;a href=&amp;#8221;http://polldaddy.com/poll/4836949/&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;MUSICIANS &amp;#124; ARTISTS: If you could get on a very big tour, but you had to pay to be on it…would you? (if you had the money)&amp;#60;/a&amp;#62; &amp;#60;a href=&amp;#8221;http://polldaddy.com/poll/4851636/&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;FANS: Which one of these do you think musicians / artists are [...]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ratskates/~4/6EDdqtvcXes" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Help for Musicians, Parents, Spouses: Young Artist Career Psychology | Film Poll 53</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ratskates.com"&gt;RAT SKATES - Helping Artists to Survive the Collision of Art - Money - Ego - Success and Fear - Art - Money - Ego - Success - Fear: Helping Artists Survive the Creative Addiction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Select the poll below that best describes you, or your relationship with the Artist: &amp;#60;a href=&amp;#8221;http://polldaddy.com/poll/4997935/&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;MUSICIANS &amp;#124; ARTISTS: Has your band had problems due to a member being in more than one band?&amp;#60;/a&amp;#62; &amp;#60;a href=&amp;#8221;http://polldaddy.com/poll/4850076/&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;FANS: Other than listening to music, how many hours per week do you spend reading / blogging about music? (Facebook, Twitter, [...]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ratskates/~4/Gt1WkOHF7AU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Help for Musicians, Parents, Spouses: Young Artist Career Psychology | Film Poll 52</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 05:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ratskates.com"&gt;RAT SKATES - Helping Artists to Survive the Collision of Art - Money - Ego - Success and Fear - Art - Money - Ego - Success - Fear: Helping Artists Survive the Creative Addiction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Select the poll below that best describes you, or your relationship with the Artist: &amp;#60;a href=&amp;#8221;http://polldaddy.com/poll/4836904/&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;MUSICIANS &amp;#124; ARTISTS: What are your chances of a label or manager wanting to sign you / your band?&amp;#60;/a&amp;#62; &amp;#60;a href=&amp;#8221;http://polldaddy.com/poll/5238249/&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;FANS: Many people think that celebrity-level musicians, actors, athletes are highly over-paid. Who has the most control over their salaries?&amp;#60;/a&amp;#62;&amp;#60;br [...]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ratskates/~4/DP9Wi_jNaGI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Help for Musicians, Parents, Spouses: Young Artist Career Psychology | Film Poll 51</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ratskates.com"&gt;RAT SKATES - Helping Artists to Survive the Collision of Art - Money - Ego - Success and Fear - Art - Money - Ego - Success - Fear: Helping Artists Survive the Creative Addiction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Select the poll below that best describes you, or your relationship with the Artist: &amp;#60;a href=&amp;#8221;http://polldaddy.com/poll/5242044/&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;MUSICIANS &amp;#124; ARTISTS: What do you think is most difficult part about living on the road / traveling for long periods of time?&amp;#60;/a&amp;#62; &amp;#60;a href=&amp;#8221;http://polldaddy.com/poll/4851688/&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;FANS: How long do you think the average musician will keep trying to “make it”?&amp;#60;/a&amp;#62;&amp;#60;br /&amp;#62; [...]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ratskates/~4/ks__TD3XmA0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Help for Musicians, Parents, Spouses: Young Artist Career Psychology | Film Poll 50</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Help for Musicians, Parents, Spouses: Young Artist Career Psychology | Film Poll 49</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Help for Musicians, Parents, Spouses: Young Artist Career Psychology | Film Poll 48</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ratskates.com"&gt;RAT SKATES - Helping Artists to Survive the Collision of Art - Money - Ego - Success and Fear - Art - Money - Ego - Success - Fear: Helping Artists Survive the Creative Addiction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Select the poll below that best describes you, or your relationship with the Artist: &amp;#60;a href=&amp;#8221;http://polldaddy.com/poll/4836575/&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;MUSICIANS &amp;#124; ARTISTS: What percentage of your time together as a band is spent doing promotion? (networking on websites such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace)&amp;#60;/a&amp;#62; &amp;#60;a href=&amp;#8221;http://polldaddy.com/poll/5238217/&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;FANS: When listening to new music from a band you’ve never heard (on the web)&amp;#60;/a&amp;#62;&amp;#60;br [...]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ratskates/~4/e4huKmkzE_g" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Help for Musicians, Parents, Spouses: Young Artist Career Psychology | Film Poll 47</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ratskates.com"&gt;RAT SKATES - Helping Artists to Survive the Collision of Art - Money - Ego - Success and Fear - Art - Money - Ego - Success - Fear: Helping Artists Survive the Creative Addiction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Select the poll below that best describes you, or your relationship with the Artist: &amp;#60;a href=&amp;#8221;http://polldaddy.com/poll/4836756/&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;MUSICIANS &amp;#124; ARTISTS: How does your band decide on who gets songwriting credits?&amp;#60;/a&amp;#62; &amp;#60;a href=&amp;#8221;http://polldaddy.com/poll/5238252/&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;FANS: What is the single biggest reason that recording artists will play the same style throughout their career?&amp;#60;/a&amp;#62;&amp;#60;br /&amp;#62; &amp;#60;a href=&amp;#8221;http://polldaddy.com/poll/5238193/&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;PARENTS: Adolescent sports teams have structured [...]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ratskates/~4/o4rSMK3A6xo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Help for Musicians, Parents, Spouses: Young Artist Career Psychology | Film Poll 46</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ratskates.com"&gt;RAT SKATES - Helping Artists to Survive the Collision of Art - Money - Ego - Success and Fear - Art - Money - Ego - Success - Fear: Helping Artists Survive the Creative Addiction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Select the poll below that best describes you, or your relationship with the Artist: &amp;#60;a href=&amp;#8221;http://polldaddy.com/poll/4836565/&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;MUSICIANS &amp;#124; ARTISTS: On average, how many hours per week do you practice your instrument? (not including band rehearsals)&amp;#60;/a&amp;#62; &amp;#60;a href=&amp;#8221;http://polldaddy.com/poll/5236628/&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;FANS: Has the usage of YouTube mostly helped of hurt music?&amp;#60;/a&amp;#62;&amp;#60;br /&amp;#62; &amp;#60;a href=&amp;#8221;http://polldaddy.com/poll/5236555/&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;PARENTS: For highly creative people, do you [...]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ratskates/~4/TIldbZztaxw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Help for Musicians, Parents, Spouses: Young Artist Career Psychology | Film Poll 45</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ratskates.com"&gt;RAT SKATES - Helping Artists to Survive the Collision of Art - Money - Ego - Success and Fear - Art - Money - Ego - Success - Fear: Helping Artists Survive the Creative Addiction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Select the poll below that best describes you, or your relationship with the Artist: &amp;#60;a href=&amp;#8221;http://polldaddy.com/poll/4837177/&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;MUSICIANS &amp;#124; ARTISTS: How do you feel about Wedding Bands?&amp;#60;/a&amp;#62; &amp;#60;a href=&amp;#8221;http://polldaddy.com/poll/4851338/&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;FANS: What effect do you think celebrities like Paris Hilton have on young artists?&amp;#60;/a&amp;#62;&amp;#60;br /&amp;#62; &amp;#60;a href=&amp;#8221;http://polldaddy.com/poll/4853225/&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;PARENTS: As their parent, how have you helped your son / daughter with [...]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ratskates/~4/7an3Q9owI78" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Help for Musicians, Parents, Spouses: Young Artist Career Psychology | Film Poll 44</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ratskates.com"&gt;RAT SKATES - Helping Artists to Survive the Collision of Art - Money - Ego - Success and Fear - Art - Money - Ego - Success - Fear: Helping Artists Survive the Creative Addiction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Select the poll below that best describes you, or your relationship with the Artist: &amp;#60;a href=&amp;#8221;http://polldaddy.com/poll/4836817/&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;MUSICIANS &amp;#124; ARTISTS: Who doubts you / your band the most?&amp;#60;/a&amp;#62; &amp;#60;a href=&amp;#8221;http://polldaddy.com/poll/4850033/&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;FANS: What is the single biggest reason that you typically follow a musician?&amp;#60;/a&amp;#62;&amp;#60;br /&amp;#62; &amp;#60;a href=&amp;#8221;http://polldaddy.com/poll/4852565/&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;PARENTS: In general, what level of self-esteem does your artistic son / daughter [...]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ratskates/~4/6LypkFyF-QE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Help for Musicians, Parents, Spouses: Young Artist Career Psychology | Film Poll 43</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Skates</dc:creator>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ratskates.com"&gt;RAT SKATES - Helping Artists to Survive the Collision of Art - Money - Ego - Success and Fear - Art - Money - Ego - Success - Fear: Helping Artists Survive the Creative Addiction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Select the poll below that best describes you, or your relationship with the Artist: &amp;#60;a href=&amp;#8221;http://polldaddy.com/poll/4836849/&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;MUSICIANS &amp;#124; ARTISTS: What will your fans do if you change musical direction or do something else they don’t like?&amp;#60;/a&amp;#62; &amp;#60;a href=&amp;#8221;http://polldaddy.com/poll/4849957/&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;FANS: What is the main reason you usually listen to music?&amp;#60;/a&amp;#62;&amp;#60;br /&amp;#62; &amp;#60;a href=&amp;#8221;http://polldaddy.com/poll/4853164/&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;PARENTS: You’ve heard stories about bands [...]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ratskates/~4/iZpcHfNqpbw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Help for Musicians, Parents, Spouses: Young Artist Career Psychology | Film Poll 42</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Skates</dc:creator>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ratskates.com"&gt;RAT SKATES - Helping Artists to Survive the Collision of Art - Money - Ego - Success and Fear - Art - Money - Ego - Success - Fear: Helping Artists Survive the Creative Addiction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Select the poll below that best describes you, or your relationship with the Artist: &amp;#60;a href=&amp;#8221;http://polldaddy.com/poll/4837124/&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;MUSICIANS &amp;#124; ARTISTS: How do you like to play a live show?&amp;#60;/a&amp;#62;&amp;#60;span style=&amp;#8221;font-size:9px;&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;&amp;#60;a href=&amp;#8221;http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;customer surveys&amp;#60;/a&amp;#62;&amp;#60;/span&amp;#62; &amp;#60;a href=&amp;#8221;http://polldaddy.com/poll/4851124/&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;FANS: How do you think most musicians feel if they are kicked out of their band?&amp;#60;/a&amp;#62;&amp;#60;span style=&amp;#8221;font-size:9px;&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;&amp;#60;a href=&amp;#8221;http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;online survey&amp;#60;/a&amp;#62;&amp;#60;/span&amp;#62;&amp;#60;br /&amp;#62; &amp;#60;a href=&amp;#8221;http://polldaddy.com/poll/4852425/&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;PARENTS: Has your [...]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ratskates/~4/N5ppMm9ip0o" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Help for Musicians, Parents, Spouses: Young Artist Career Psychology | Film Poll 41</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Skates</dc:creator>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ratskates.com"&gt;RAT SKATES - Helping Artists to Survive the Collision of Art - Money - Ego - Success and Fear - Art - Money - Ego - Success - Fear: Helping Artists Survive the Creative Addiction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Select the poll below that best describes you, or your relationship with the Artist: &amp;#60;a href=&amp;#8221;http://polldaddy.com/poll/4836697/&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;MUSICIANS &amp;#124; ARTISTS: If someone says you&amp;#8217;re mimicking the look or musical style of a performer you admire:&amp;#60;/a&amp;#62;&amp;#60;span style=&amp;#8221;font-size:9px;&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;&amp;#60;a href=&amp;#8221;http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;online surveys&amp;#60;/a&amp;#62;&amp;#60;/span&amp;#62; &amp;#60;a href=&amp;#8221;http://polldaddy.com/poll/4850110/&amp;#8221;&amp;#62;FANS: To make a career playing music, which do you think is the most important subject for a [...]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ratskates/~4/LBcb6Feme_U" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Help for Musicians, Parents, Spouses: Young Artist Career Psychology | Film Poll 40</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Help for Musicians, Parents, Spouses: Young Artist Career Psychology | Film Poll 39</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
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