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		<title>Small firms encouraged to get involved in National Apprenticeship Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Small businesses across the UK are being encouraged to take part in National Apprenticeship Week in order to help raise awareness of apprentice opportunities to school leavers, graduates and those out of work.]]></description>
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		<title>HMRC announces &#8220;fresh approach&#8221; to Business Record Checks</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the face of fairly universal criticism, HMRC announced late last week that they were putting the brakes on their controversial Business Record Checks programme, and suspending all new investigations until their revamped approach is detailed at the beginning of the 2012/13 financial year.]]></description>
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		<title>Third of SMEs used freelancers for the first time in 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Getting a Job]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[finding work]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[new work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People Per Hour]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The economic climate may be stormy and the weather chilly, but there was great news for freelancers last week when PeoplePerHour's Small Business Survey revealed that the UK's SMEs are turning to freelancers in droves to fill their skills gap as full-time employees continue to be a costly and compliance-laden burden.]]></description>
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		<title>Will Student Loans chief face an IR35 investigation?</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/money/will-student-loans-chief-face-an-ir35-investigation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/money/will-student-loans-chief-face-an-ir35-investigation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[consultant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporation tax]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[IR35 is a perennial pain in the rear-end for the freelancers and contractors of the UK - not least because it is so opaque. We recently covered all the IR35 twists and turns in 2011, and now we bring you news of 2012's first IR35 malfeasance.]]></description>
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		<title>One quarter of entrepreneurs considering packing it in</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/news/one-quarter-of-entrepreneurs-considering-packing-it-in/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/news/one-quarter-of-entrepreneurs-considering-packing-it-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Getting a Job]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cashflow]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[red tape]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Red Tape Challenge]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It would seem the continuing economic malaise is starting to get better of the UK's freelancers, contractors and small business owners. A survey by Aviva of 500 small and micro-business owners in December has found that a full 25% of entrepreneurs are considering putting their business out to pasture and re-entering the general workforce as an employee of a larger entity.]]></description>
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		<title>HMRC extends self assessment deadline until February 2nd</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/money/hmrc-extends-self-assessment-deadline-until-february-2nd/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/money/hmrc-extends-self-assessment-deadline-until-february-2nd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good news everyone! HMRC, in the face of a crippling strike from the PCS union which will see 80% of their call centre staff walk out on January 31st, have taken the decision to extend the deadline until midnight on Thursday February 2nd.]]></description>
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		<title>WARNING: HMRC phishing emails back with a vengeance</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/news/warning-hmrc-phishing-emails-back-with-a-vengeance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/news/warning-hmrc-phishing-emails-back-with-a-vengeance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[credit card]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[email]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's currently the height of tax return season, and this means two things. One, accountants everywhere are pulling their hair out, and two, those dastardly spammers are sending out their bi-annual HMRC phishing emails, attempting to fool innocent freelancers, contractor and small businesses into giving up their financial details in the belief that they're in line for a tasty tax refund.]]></description>
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		<title>HMRC to refund late filing penalties due to strikes</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/money/hmrc-to-refund-late-filing-penalties-due-to-strikes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/money/hmrc-to-refund-late-filing-penalties-due-to-strikes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Freelancers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HMRC]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the self-assessment tax return deadline looming, HMRC is facing embarrassment as thousands of their call centre staff are poised to stage a walkout on January 31st.]]></description>
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		<title>Small business confidence nosedives in Q4 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/news/small-business-confidence-nosedives-in-q4-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/news/small-business-confidence-nosedives-in-q4-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[business confidence]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[confidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit crunch]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[inflation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Accordingly to the quarterly yardstick of freelancer, contractor and small business confidence, the Federation of Small Business' ‘Voice of Small Business' index, the mood of the UK's small firms crashed in the latter part of 2011 due to a combination of high inflation, rising utilities bills and reduced consumer spending power.]]></description>
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		<title>HMRC’s late filing penalties deemed “illegal”</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/money/hmrcs-late-filing-penalties-deemed-illegal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/money/hmrcs-late-filing-penalties-deemed-illegal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[company accounts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[HMRC is not having a good start to 2012. The Independent has published a piece highlighting HMRC's late filing penalties, which were deemed illegal by Geraint Jones, QC in a Tax Tribunal last September.]]></description>
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		<title>AWR causing a third of businesses to rethink contracts</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/awr-causing-a-third-of-businesses-to-rethink-contracts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/awr-causing-a-third-of-businesses-to-rethink-contracts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[agency workers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We've been keeping abreast of the Agency Workers Regulations since they came into force on 1st October. Despite proclamations of the world ending, the legislation hasn't had as drastic an impact on the UK's freelancer and contractor community as was expected.]]></description>
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		<title>Small businesses cash in on the Olympic Games</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/news/small-businesses-cash-in-on-the-olympic-games/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/news/small-businesses-cash-in-on-the-olympic-games/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Soothill</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[book]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Freelancers and small businesses looking to take advantage of the Olympic Games this summer should watch out for a new book entitled 'Olympics: a snapshot history of the Olympic Games', which illustrates the effect the Olympics is already having on small businesses in London's East End.]]></description>
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		<title>Increase in female entrepreneurs capitalising on lifestyle trends</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/news/increase-in-female-entrepreneurs-capitalising-on-lifestyle-trends/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/news/increase-in-female-entrepreneurs-capitalising-on-lifestyle-trends/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Soothill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New figures have recently revealed that women are making up an increasingly large proportion of the UK’s cadre of one-man (or one-woman in this case) businesses, largely thanks to an ability to identify emerging lifestyle trends.]]></description>
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		<title>North-south divide widens in 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/news/north-south-divide-widens-in-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/news/north-south-divide-widens-in-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Sheets</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[accountant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business failure]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Be thankful if you’re a freelancer, contractor or small business owner in the South of England today. A recent study from RMS Tenon, one of the UK’s largest accountancy firms, has showed that more than 21,000 companies became insolvent in 2011, but more importantly saw a widening of the divide between the North and South of the country]]></description>
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		<title>IR35 hope springs anew: Cameron and Clegg hint at GAAR introduction</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/news/ir35-hope-springs-anew-cameron-and-clegg-hint-at-gaar-introduction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/news/ir35-hope-springs-anew-cameron-and-clegg-hint-at-gaar-introduction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[contractor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disguised employee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disguised employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment Status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freelancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GAAR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Anti-Avoidance Rule]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[IR35]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IR35 Forum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a long time a General Anti-Avoidance Rule (GAAR) has been touted as a preferable alternative to IR35. General Anti-Avoidance Rules are used in Canada and New Zealand, and form a set of principles rather than hard-and-fast laws. It's introduction would allow fresh case law to be established around disguised employment and limited company contractors, and hopefully allow HMRC to avoid the mistakes of the past.]]></description>
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		<title>Permanent job vacancies continue to decrease</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/news/permanent-job-vacancies-continue-to-decrease/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/news/permanent-job-vacancies-continue-to-decrease/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Soothill</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[agency workers regulations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AWR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[job market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[REC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has reported that last month permanent job vacancies fell at their fastest rate since July 2009, suggesting that companies large and small are continuing to put recruitment on hold, either by choice or as a financial necessity.]]></description>
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		<title>Labour ministers pile scorn on failed NIC Holidays scheme</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/money/labour-ministers-pile-scorn-on-failed-nic-holidays-scheme/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/money/labour-ministers-pile-scorn-on-failed-nic-holidays-scheme/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[growing your business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HMRC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Insurance Contributions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Insurance Holidays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NICs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[red tape]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tax relief]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We covered with some degree of disbelief last year how the Government's National Insurance Holidays scheme, designed to give new employers tax relief when taking on their first employees, had managed to attract a pitiful 1.8% of expected participants. Now the Labour party have renewed pressure on the Government to expand the scheme or abandon it altogether.]]></description>
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		<title>Online shoppers choose small retailers</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/news/online-shoppers-choose-small-retailers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/news/online-shoppers-choose-small-retailers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Soothill</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecommerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freelancers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online shoppers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shopping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Good news for all you retailing freelancers out there plying your trade through Etsy or your own online store - recent research has shown that online shoppers choose to buy from smaller retailers with personality rather than larger online stores.]]></description>
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		<title>HMRC criticised by MPs for treatment of freelancers and small firms</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/money/hmrc-criticised-by-mps-for-treatment-of-freelancers-and-small-firms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/money/hmrc-criticised-by-mps-for-treatment-of-freelancers-and-small-firms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bookkeeping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BRC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business record checks]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tax efficiency]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[HMRC has been taken to task today by Conservative MPs and business leaders for their preferential treatment of large corporates, while attacking small and micro businesses through their Business Record Checks. The scheme will result in fines of up to £3,000 for freelancers, contractors and small businesses who cannot provide paperwork to back up the claims made in their tax returns.]]></description>
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		<title>New year, new IR35 mischief: First ever &#8216;split decision&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/new-year-new-ir35-mischief-first-ever-split-decision/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/new-year-new-ir35-mischief-first-ever-split-decision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AWR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[client]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contracting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contractor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disguised employee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment Status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freelancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hirer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HMRC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IR35]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JLJ Services Ltd]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[limited company contractor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tribunal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[All's been quiet on the IR35 front recently. Since news of HMRC's woeful enforcement record surfaced late last year, there's been a relative dearth of IR35-related tomfoolery, instead most compliance related head-scratching has been directed towards the Agency Workers Regulations.]]></description>
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