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  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = '<font size="4">For the lowdown on BETT 2010 please visit our <span style="font-weight: bold;">new </span>website, as this one is no longer being updated.<br><br>There are <a title="Articles about BETT" href="http://www.ictineducation.org/home-page/tag/bett-2010">several articles about BETT</a> on the site, and there will be a special post-BETT edition of the <a title="Our Free Newsletter" href="http://www.ictineducation.org/newsletter/">Computers in Classrooms newsletter</a>.<br><br>Look out also for a brand new <span style="font-weight: bold;">free </span>ebook about Web 2.0!<br><br>Thank you.<br></font><div style="text-align: right;"><font size="4"><span style="font-style: italic;">Terry Freedman</span></font><br></div>';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'A Funny Thing Happened To Me On The Way Home';
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