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      <title>Mrs. Janice Banks [Signature #499]</title>
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      <title>mrs katie phelps [Signature #498]</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:13:54 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Itachi Uchiha [Signature #497]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Itachi Uchiha<p>lol im a narutard XD and im proud!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! o and save music dont let it die!!! lol XD</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 8 Jun 2008 10:25:02 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Sasuke Uchiha [Signature #496]</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 8 Jun 2008 10:21:45 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>jose antonio [Signature #495]</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 8 Jun 2008 10:13:31 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs. Lacey Cameron Hall [Signature #494]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs. Lacey Cameron Hall, Sydney, Australia<p>SAVE THE MUSIC DON&#039;T LET IT DIE!! :(</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 12:07:04 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs Eunice Scherer [Signature #493]</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 10:16:15 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #492]</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 07:46:36 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Benny Fong [Signature #491]</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 12:06:50 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Brenda Fong [Signature #490]</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 12:06:22 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Rachel Hsu [Signature #489]</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 01:37:36 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Dr. Thomas Stodgel [Signature #488]</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 10:34:08 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Cynthia Aurelio [Signature #487]</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 07:20:05 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs. Debra Torke [Signature #486]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs. Debra Torke, South San Francisco, California, United States of America<p>Music is what makes us civilized.  Kids need the academics to survive, but the ARTS to THRIVE.<br />
Don&#039;t let our kids become robots without culture.<br />
They need MUSIC and ART daily.<br />
It is the problem solvers who will make our country great and we need creativity through the ARTS to cultivate that skill.<br />
Please promote problem solving by SAVING the ARTS.<br />
Debra Torke</p>]]></description>
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      <title>mrs Glenda Smith [Signature #485]</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 10:26:01 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Teddyo Yang [Signature #484]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Teddyo Yang<p>... Why can&#039;t u give money to the music program???? What&#039;re u using the money for anyways???? Sheesh...</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Ms Erica Chung [Signature #482]</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 8 May 2008 10:11:41 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ms. Simone Jacobs [Signature #480]</title>
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      <title>Ms. Liz Ryan [Signature #479]</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 6 May 2008 01:04:07 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Rosalia Vichis [Signature #478]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Rosalia Vichis, San Mateo, California, United States of America<p>Music is an important area of education to our children please make the effort to give this to all our students. Our sociaty has to be more awere that music make a lot of changes on the brain our kids making them inteligent and creative people with extrairdinary sensibility.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Mr Franklin Wu [Signature #477]</title>
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      <title>Jennifer Tayco [Signature #475]</title>
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      <title>Mrs. Gail Mulcahy [Signature #474]</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:06:36 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Yenny Teng-Lee [Signature #473]</title>
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      <title>Mrs. Barbara Riley [Signature #471]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs. Barbara Riley<p>Music is so important - it helps develop self-confidence, attention and discipline.  Important life skills - we can not afford to cut the program.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Olivia Simon [Signature #470]</title>
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      <title>M4 Doug Levitt [Signature #469]</title>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #468]</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:58:57 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Sharon Borden [Signature #467]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Sharon Borden, United States of America<p>THIS IS SO IMPORTANT!!!!!!!<br />
Think of how big the san mateo music program has grown: w/ no elementary music there is no middle school or highschool music.<br />
SAVE THE MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Elizabeth Bear [Signature #466]</title>
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      <title>Mrs. Ester Rostran [Signature #465]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Kathie Monozon, Hillsborough, CA, United States of America<p>Please restore music in our schools</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Mrs Heather Cordes [Signature #458]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Bev Brock-Alexander<p>There must be something else that can be cut... how translating voter ballots. Have we forgotten that you have to speak English to obtain citizenship?</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #453]</title>
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      <title>Ms Maya Grossman [Signature #452]</title>
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      <title>DR Vikash Morar Morar [Signature #448]</title>
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<p>we need it!</p>]]></description>
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Volumes of research indicate the importance of music and art for the development of the brain.<br />
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