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      <description>The latest comments added to the Post, MRB Constant W</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:02:36 Z</pubDate>
      <itunes:author>Marvin Ray Burns</itunes:author>
      <author>Marvin Ray Burns</author>
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