In the News
November
- Dr David O’Brien was reported an article called 'Lessons to be Learned in Post-Tsunami Reconstruction', published in the Australia Indonesian Newspaper (November edition). View or download news article.
October
- Dr John Stone comments on transport policy and the importance of having a centrally planned transport network.
- The Age, Sunday 25 October, page 19. View or download news article. -
Professor Bill Russell comments in an article on a proposed rail hub at Truganina in Melbourne's western suburbs saying increased congestion was inevitable unless governments committed big investment dollars to rail projects.
- Point Cook Banner, Wednesday 21 October, page 28. View or download news article. -
Dr David O’Brien comments on reconstruction efforts following natural disasters.
- The Age, Friday 16 October , page 20. View or download news article.
For more information please see the Media Release - 'Lessons to be learned in post-tsunami reconstruction'. - The University of Melbourne was noted as establishing an international competition to design the new Architecture, Building and Planning building.
- Australian Financial Review, Friday 16 October, page 13.
For more information please see the Media Release - 'Competition winner announced for new landmark building'. - Professor Paolo Tombesi is giving his Inaugural Professorial Lecture on 'Inventing Innovation' on Tuesday 20 October.
For more information please see the Media Release - 'Building Australia’s future in construction: does policy have a role to play?' - Niels Tørsløv, Traffic Director of the City of Copenhagen, gave a public seminar at the Faculty on Tuesday 13 October. He is in Melbourne for an urban design conference. His comments regarding urban planning for city bike users is reported in The Age, Wednesday 14 October. View article on The Age website.
- Professor Kim Dovey writes on the future of off-street car-parking in Melbourne.
- The Age, Tuesday 13 October , page 10. View or download news article. - Professor Kim Dovey is noted as speaking at a Planning Panel examining the future of sites in Brunswick East.
- Moreland Leader, Monday 12 October, page 5. View or download news article. - Dr Carolyn Whitzman is mentioned in relation to planning laws in Melbourne.
- Sunday Age, Sunday 11 October 2009, page 15. View or download news article. - Dr Alan March comments on the Victorian Government’s new planning guidelines for the city fringes.
- 12:00 News, ABC 774 Melbourne (syndicated to 9 stations), Wednesday 7 October
- 14:00 News Now, SKY News Australia, Wednesday 7 October - Dr Carolyn Whitzman comments on the Victorian Government’s new planning guidelines for the city fringes.
- The Australian, Thursday 8 October, page 5. View or download news article. - Professor Bill Russell comments on the under-resourcing of the Victorian rail freight network.
- Weekly Times, Wednesday 7 October, page 26. View or download news article. - Professor Bill Russell is mentioned in relation to the amount of freight being moved by rail in Victoria.
- The Age, Saturday 3 October, page 2. View or download news article. - Professor Kim Dovey comments on the shortage of housing experienced during the financial downturn.
- Australian Financial Review, Thursday 1 October, page 7.
September
- Dr Kate Shaw comments on the National Rental Affordability Scheme.
- City Limits, 3CR (Melbourne), Wednesday 30 September. - Dr Kate Shaw is presenting a free public lecture on Thursday 1 October on the connection between artists and gentrification.
- The Age, Wednesday 30 September, page 20. View or download news article. - Dr John Stone was interviewed in relation to the rates of public transport usage in Melbourne.
- Melbourne Times, Wednesday 30 September, page 8. View or download news article. - Professor Bill Russell comments on the use of rail freight in Australia.
- 10:00 News, ABC 774 Melbourne (syndicated to 9 stations), Tuesday 29 September.
- Statewide Drive, ABC Victoria Statewide (Regional Victoria) (syndicated to 7 stations), Tuesday 29 September - Dr John Stone is interviewed regarding a GAMUT report on patterns of public transport use in Melbourne.
- Heidelberg and Diamond Valley Weekly, Tuesday 29 September, page 6. View or download news article. - Professor Bill Russell comments on road and rail freight.
- The Age, Tuesday 29 September, page 3. View or download news article. - The University of Melbourne’s Urban Transport Group, GAMUT, is mentioned in relation to an upcoming forum on how to
manage Victoria’s rail freight.
- 06:30 News, ABC Mildura Swan Hill (Mildura), Friday 25 September. - A Master of Architecture studio is working on designs of new community buildings for the Marysville and Triangle area affected by the bushires earlier this year. View or download news article.
- Alexandra Eildon Marysville Standard, Wednesday 23 September, page 2. View or download news article. - Professor Miles Lewis is interviewed in relation to the heritage of properties in Melbourne.
- The Age, Saturday 19 September, page 4. View or download news article. - Dr Alan March writes an article on the need to involve the community when planning new developments
- The Age, Friday 18 September, page 13. View or download news article.
- and he was interviewed on the same topic on ABC 891 Adelaide on Monday. - Dr Andrew Saniga and a group of Master of Landscape Architecture students discover that the Cohuna
Recreation Reserve, along with the Shrine of Remembrance Gardens, the Kings Domain Gardens and the Pioneers
Women's Memorial Garden, (adjacent to the Myer Music Bowl) were all designed by landscape gardener Hugh Linaker. on the life and work of Hugh Linaker.
- The Cohuna Farmers’ Weekly on Wednesday 16 September. View or download news article. - Professor Kim Dovey is interviewed in relation to the proposal for a new development at Docklands.
- TEN News, Channel 10 (Melbourne) (syndicated to 7 stations), Thursday 3 September. - Professor Nicholas Low is mentioned in relation to a study on forecast time savings through the construction of freeways.
- The Age, Friday 4 September, page 3. View or download news article. View report. - Professor Kim Dovey is interviewed regarding new plans for a parkland precinct at Docklands.
19:00 News, 3AW (Melbourne) (syndicated to 16 stations), Thursday 3 September. - Professor Kim Dovey comments on the announcementof a new parkland development at Docklands.
The Age, Thursday 3 September , page 3. View or download news article. - Professor Tom Kvan, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning announced that John Wardle Architects and Office dA are the winners of the competition to design the landmark new Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning site at the University of Melbourne. See Media Release and Competition website.
The building competition is reported in:
- Australian Design Review, Wednesday 2 September
- Architecture & Design, Wednesday 2 September
- The Age, Friday 4 September, page 18 - Associate Professor Qinghua Guo writes a guest column on her current project in the city of Melbourne - the modification design of the gateways to Melbourne’s Chinatown with PhD students Hui Chuan Wang and Jia Xu of the Faculty of Architecture, Building Planning, in MUSSE, Issue 16, September.
August
- Dr David Nichols reviews the 1986 film Dogs in Space.
Movie Time, Radio National (Canberra) (syndicated to 8 stations), Friday 28 August . -
Dr David O’Brien and Master of Architecture students Allison Stout and Jessica Black from his design studio are interviewed regarding their work on housing for indigenous communities.
Hack, Triple J (Melbourne) (syndicated to 6 stations), Monday 24 August. -
Owen West’s Master of Architecture studio looking atß designing for environments in bushfire prone areas was featured in an article ‘School design in a time of busfires’ in The University of Melbourne Voice, Volumne 5 Number 5, August 10 - September 13. View article.
- Professor Philip Goad comments on the increasing number of houses with unoccupied bedrooms.
The Age, Tuesday 11 August, page 6. View or download news article. - Professor Philip Goad is interviewed in relation to recent planning decisions in the City of Melbourne affecting architectural heritage.
The Age, Tuesday 11 August, page 9. View or download news article. - Professor Philip Goad comments on the expanding housing needs of Melbourne.
The Age, Saturday 8 August, page 4. View or download news article. - Dr Carolyn Whitzman and Professor Philip Goad provide new housing ideas for Melbourne.
The Age, Saturday 8 August, page 4. View or download news article. - Professor Kim Dovey is interviewed in relation to the increasing environmental accountability of urban housing design.
Australian Financial Review, Saturday 8 August, page 28. - Professor Kim Dovey comments on the need for property developers in the city to have greater certainty.
Australian Financial Review, Tuesday 4 August, page 12. - Professor Kim Dovey and Professor Tom Kvan, Rob Moodie (Nossal Institute), Chris Ryan (Melbourne School of Land and Environment) and Ruth Fincher (Resource Management and Geography) co-authored a letter to the editor on the State Government’s new fringe development plans. View or download news article.
The Age, Saturday 1 August, page 8.
July
- Dr Carolyn Whitzman is interviewed regarding Moreland City Council’s response to family violence.
Moreland Leader, Monday 27 July, page 7. View or download news article. - Professor Kim Dovey spoke at a panel discussion on ‘Managing Growth: Making the Planning System Efficient’.
The Age, Friday 24 July, page 5. View or download news article. - Professor Tom Kvan is quoted in an article about Carme Pinos who will be speaking as part of the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning's Dean's Lecture Series. The Age, Friday 24 July 2009, page 14. View or download news article.
- Dr Carolyn Whitzman is interviewed regarding her research into local government safety policies.
Mail Maribyrnong, Wednesday 15 July 2009, page 7. View or download news article, and
Maribyrnong Leader, Tuesday 21 July 2009, page 5.
For more information please see the Media release. - Dr David O’Brien is interviewed about a project where architecture students from the University of Melbourne worked with students from Thammasat University to construct a sala which combined modern materials with traditional Thai architecture. The building was constructed in Nang Rong district in the north-eastern province of Thailand.
E2 Education Feature, Bangkok Post, Tuesday 14 July. View or download news article.
- Professor Philip Goad is interviewed regarding the Australian Institute of Architects Victorian Architecture Awards.
- The Age, Saturday 11 July, page 5. View or download news article. - Dr Carolyn Whitzman is interviewed regarding her research on Government policy to prevent violence in communities.
Mornings, ABC Gippsland (Sale), Friday 10 July.
For more information please see the Media Release. - Professor Miles Lewis is interviewed regarding the idea of genius in architecture.
Afternoons, ABC 774 Melbourne (syndicated to 8 stations), Thursday 9 July. -
Professor Catherin Bull is interviewed in relation to the White Hills garden project.
Mornings, ABC Central Victoria (Bendigo), Wednesday 8 July 2009.
Bendigo Advertiser, Thursday 9 July 2009, page 6. View or download article. -
Kate Shaw writes on her research into the experiences of domestic and international students in Melbourne
The Age, Thursday 9 July, page 1
and interviewed regarding last night’s launch of a Salvation Army International Students Centre.
The Age, Thursday 9 July, page 8. View or download articles.
- Dr Carolyn Whitzman is interviewed regarding a recent study showing that local councils do not do enough to prevent violence against women.
Herald Sun, Wednesday 8 July, page 31.View or download news article.
For more information please see the Media Release. - Professor Kim Dovey is interviewed regarding the revitalisation of Brisbane’s architecture.
Weekend Australian, Saturday 4 July, page 1. View or download news article. -
Dr David O’Brien is interviewed regarding renovation works that University of Melbourne students are working on in Aboriginal camps near Darwin.
Stateline, ABC1 (Darwin), Friday 3 July. -
Professor Bill Russell - 'Victoria well behind OECD best practice in public transport'. Victoria is well behind OECD best practice when it comes to its public transport operations according to Professor Bill Russell, Deputy Director of the Australasian Centre for the Governance and Management of Urban Transport (GAMUT). Video Media Release June 2.
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Dr Anna Hurlimann is interviewed in relation to public opinion regarding the drinking of recycled water.
Mornings, ABC Gippsland (Sale), Wednesday 1 July.
June
- Studio leaders Associate Professor Justyna Karakiewicz and Simon Wollan are interviewed about Grid, Corridor & Field, a Master of Architecture exhibition where students have worked on three projects to suggest ways to handle population growth in Melbourne.
The Age, Saturday 27 June, page 4. View or download news article.
For more information please see the Media Release. - The briefing stage of the new Faculty building Design Competition is reported in Architecture & Design, 26 June. View online article.
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Dr Hemanta Doloi is interviewed by the MUSSE on the development of the Online Competency Assessment Toolkit and its application in the current project management subjects in the Faculty. 24 June. View article.
- The Master of Architecture exhibition Grid, Corridor & Field is mentioned in relation to the Victorian State Government's proposal to increase urban growth boundaries.
Architecture & Design, 22 June. View or download article. - The Festival of Ideas panel on 'The Suburb Redeemed and the End of the Quarter Acre Block' with Professor Philip Goad was mentioned in a discussion of the cost of urban sprawl on Melbourne.
- Drive, ABC 774 Melbourne, Thursday 18 June 2009. For more information please see the Media Release.
- Professor Philip Goad comments on the Melbourne 2030 - 20-year growth and transport plan released by the Brumby Government.
The Age, Thursday 18 June , page 1. View or download news article. - Dr David O’Brien is interviewed in relation to a University of Melbourne project designed to upgrade indigenous housing.
Morning Show, ABC Darwin, Tuesday 16 June - Professor Nick Low is interviewed regarding the costs of the State Government’s propose extension to the South Morang railway line. View or download news article.
The Age, Saturday 13 June, page 4. - Dr Carolyn Whitzman writes for The Melbourne Newsroom 'In Depth' on fixing up the planning system in Victoria.
Thursday 11 June. View article. - Lindy Joubert writes about the UNESCO Observatory in an article titled ‘Knowledge Transfer – Collaborating for a Better World' in The University of Melbourne Voice, Volumne 5 Number 3, June 9 - July 12. View article.
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Also referred to in this month’s The University of Melbourne Voice in the article ‘Unveiling the Future’ is the Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab's Melbourne Eco-City plan - Ecological Business District (the EBD) and the design studios coordinated by Dr Sidh Sintusinga, Associate Professor Darko Radovic, Jillian Walliss and Ian Woodcock. The work will continue this year with a group of Masters students led by Professor Catherin Bull. The University of Melbourne Voice, Volumne 5 Number 3, June 9 - July 12. View article.
- Dr Kate Shaw and John Dewar (Global Relations) were interviewed in relation to the experiences of foreign students in Melbourne.
The Age, Monday 8 June 2009, page 15. View or download news article.
For more information, please see the Video Media Release - The short-listing of six finalists in the competition to design the University of Melbourne’s new architecture building has been reported in The Age, Friday 5 June, page 18. View or download news article.
May
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Six finalists short-listed in international competition for new landmark building: The University of Melbourne has selected six finalists to compete for the commission to design a new landmark building for the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning (ABP). The finalists were chosen from 133 submissions from top design firms and leading architects in 15 countries. View Media Release May 29
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Dr Kate Shaw - 'Place-making in central Melbourne: why community and student housing plans needs a rethink':
Current planning and design policies do little to encourage interaction between local communities and students, who make up around half of the City of Melbourne's population, according to Dr Kate Shaw. Video Media Release May 25. -
Professor Bill Russell is noted as having conducted a feasibility report into the potential benefits of reinstating a passenger train to Mildura.
Breakfast, ABC Mildura Swan Hill (Mildura), Monday 25 May 2009. -
Professor Kim Dovey is interviewed regarding new planning laws taking effect in Victoria on Friday 22 May.
The Age, Thursday 21 May, page 1. View or download news article. -
Dr Hao Wu and Dr Victor Chen are interviewed regarding their urban brownfield development research.
The University of Melbourne Voice, Volumne 5 Number 2, page 1, May 11 - June 8. View article. -
The new Chair in Urban Planning, Professor Richard Tomlinson writes about the active role of planners in the future of city building.
The University of Melbourne Voice, Volumne 5 Number 2, page 2, May 11 - June 8. View article. -
Sheela Patel, Founder-Director of the Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centres (SPARC) is interviewed regarding the day-to-day eality of Mumbai's slum-dwellers. The University of Melbourne Voice, Volumne 5 Number 2, page 5, May 11 - June 8. View article. Sheela Patel gave the first lecture in the 2009 Melbourne School of Design Dean's Lecture Series on 17th March titled Reconciling Poverty, Climate Change and Urbanisation in the 21st Century. View lecture details
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Professor Catherin Bull is interviewed about how maintaining and suporting natural systems is at the heart of good landscape design. The University of Melbourne Voice, Volumne 5 Number 2, page 8, May 11 - June 8. View article.
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Two teams of our Master of Landscape Architecture and Bachelor of Landscape Architecture students, won 1st and 2nd prizes in Growing Up: The Blueprint to Green-Roof Melbourne design competition sponsored by Committee for Melbourne, Melbourne Water and the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects. These awards were in student category of the Growing Up project’s competition to design a green rooftop for the CBD.
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Dr Dominique Hes is interviewed regarding the safety of different types of home heating.
A Current Affair, Channel 9 (Melbourne) (syndicated to 37 stations), Monday 4 May. - Dr Carolyn Whitzman on plans to increase housing density in Melbourne:
Increasing Melbourne’s housing density along its major tram lines would help achieve the planning goals of Melbourne 2030. Video Media Release May 4
April
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Dr Dominique Hes is interviewed about solar panels. A Current Affair, Wednesday April 22.
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Dr Margaret Grose is interviewed about the effect of climate change on the Kosciusko national Park.
12:30 News, ABC South East NSW (Bega), Monday 20 April 2009.
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The University of Melbourne Voice featured research students Angela Alessi, Surabhi Chaturvedi and Sung Jun Kim in an article on their research on building smarter offices.
The University of Melbourne Voice, Volume 5 Number 1, April 13 - May 10. View article -
The competition for a new building for the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning was reported.
The Age, Wednesday 1 April , page 20. View or download news article. For more information about the competition visit: abp.unimelb.edu.au/competition/
March
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Professor Miles Lewis' research on Melbourne mansions is featured in an article by Peter Barrett.
The Age (Melbourne Magazine), Friday 27 March, pages 24 - 31. -
Professor Philip Goad is interviewed regarding his role in assisting with the design of exhibitions at Heide Gallery. Conversation Hour, ABC 774 Melbourne (syndicated to 8 stations), Monday 23 March.
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Dr Kate Shaw writes on the problems being faced by the Docklands precinct.
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Professor Richard Tomlinson's appointment as the University of Melbourne’s Chair of Urban Planning is announced. Campus Review, Tuesday 17 March, page 24.
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Dr Carolyn Whitzman is interviewed about the importance of exercise for primary school students.
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Professor Kim Dovey comments on how problems with the Southern Star have become a metaphor for the failure of the Docklands precinct. Melbourne Leader, Wednesday 18 March, page 5.View or download news article.
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Dr Anna Hurlimann writes on the environmental impacts of the use of bore water in times of drought.
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Dr Carolyn Whitzman provides statistics for an article on increasing children’s physical activity rates by encouraging them to walk or ride their bikes to school.
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Dr David O’Brien is interviewed regarding his upcoming study in Aceh on the rebuilding effort following the 2004 tsunami. Morning Show, ABC Darwin, Thursday 12 March.
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Dr Iftekhar Ahmed is interviewed regarding the grant awarded by Rafeal Vinholy Architects, New York for investigation into post-tsunami on Radio Australia Connect Asia, Wednesday March 11. Listen to the interview: Aceh reconstruction nears completion. For more information about the grant see the Media Release.
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Beyond Slumdog Millionaire: Reconciling Poverty, Climate Change and Urbanization in the 21st Century: The process of globalization, specifically rapid growth in cities, is exacerbating urban poverty according to visiting expert Sheela Patel. Media Release, 11 March 2009.
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In response to the devastating losses of Black Saturday’s bushfires the University of Melbourne has developed a Bushfire Recovery Initiative (BRI) which will assist affected communities and provide longer-term assistance to help avert future tragedies. The BRI is chaired by Professor Tom Kvan, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, who will report to the Vice-Chancellor.
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Professor Kim Dovey is interviewed regarding his criticisms of the Docklands development. Australian Financial Review, Tuesday 10 March, page 53.
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Post-tsunami architecture under the microscope thanks to new research grant: Post-tsunami architecture in Indonesia has largely abandoned the construction traditions of locals in favour of rapid scale production, according to a new research proposal being completed by two Faulty of Architecture, Building and Planning academics. Media Release, 9 March 2009.
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Dr Peter Raisbeck is interviewed regarding a course run at the University over the summer where students were asked to transform rubbish into furniture. The Age, Wednesday 4 March, page 17. View or download news article. For more information see the Media Release.
February
- Landscape Architecture and Urban Design students' projects are part of the Eco-City Melbourne Exhibition at Shed 4, North Wharf Road, Victoria Harbour, Docklands, 26-28 February. View or download news article or The Age online at: Eco suburb plan unveiled for city
- Dr Peter Raisbeck comments about a design studio at the Creswick where students used recycled household waste as building materials. Ballarat Courier, Monday 23 February, page 2. View or download news article. For further information, please see the Media Release.
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Lisle Rudolph is interviewed in relation to the role of landscape planning in building bushfire resistant homes. ABC1 (Melbourn)(syndicated to 7 stations), Thursday 19 February.
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Dr Anna Hurlimann comments on urban sprawl and the appropriateness of development in fire-prone areas.
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Lisle Rudolph discusses ways in which to build properties that are more bushfire resistant.
ABC1 (Melbourne), Tuesday 17 February . - Dr David Nichols writes an article on future township planning in fire-risk areas.
The Age, Monday 16 February, page 15. View or download news article - Dr David Nichols is mentioned in relation to the reconstruction of fire-destroyed towns.
AAP Newswire, Friday 13 February. View or download news article - Dr David Nichols is interviewed in relation to the rebuilding plans of destroyed communities.
ABC 702 (syndicated to 59 stations), Wednesday 11 February. - Waste not, want not: students make affordable shelter out of waste: University of Melbourne students have built a complete shelter out of household waste as part of an investigation into two pressing national issues- waste disposal and housing affordability. Media Release, Tuesday 10 February 2009
- Professor Bill Russell is mentioned in relation to governance workshops on Victoria’s public transport.
Sunraysia Daily, Wednesday 4 February, page 10. View or download news article.
January
- Professor Bill Russell is interviewed in relation to insufficient governmental investment of public transport.
ABC 774, Tuesday 27 January - Dr Robert Crawford discusses sustainable building technologies.
The University of Melbourne Voice Vol. 3, No. 10 8 December - 12 January 2009. View article.
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