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Ticket
news:
Aston Villa (h)
Public sale now
Man
United (h)
Member sale now
Everton (a)
ST Holders (zero points)
Premier
League:
Toffees on a Sunday
Thursday saw Everton complete a 7-2 aggregate victory over
Young Boys Berne, confirming a place in the Europa League Round of Sixteen for
Roberto Martinez & Co.
Friday's draw paired the Toffees with Dynamo Kiev, with the first leg at Goodison Park
on Thursday March 12th.
And that means that Newcastle's Premier League visit to Everton has been
rescheduled, now confirmed as taking place on Sunday March 15th with a 4pm
kickoff. The game won't be transmitted on live TV in the UK.
Premier
League:
Man U (h) VIP giveaway
There's the chance to
win a pair of VIP seats for the visit of Manchester United to St.
James' Park this coming Wednesday night, in a free-to-enter competition run by
altoonative travel. To enter just
click here
Entries must be received by 3pm today and we'll announce the
winner here shortly after.
What
is altoonative travel? find out here
Premier League:
Aston Villa (h)
Newcastle return to Gallowgate for an old-fashioned 3pm kickoff on
Saturday, when Aston Villa and their recently installed manager Tim Sherwood
provide the opposition.
Sherwood has happy memories of SJP as a manager, with Spurs achieving a 4-0
success there in February 2014 under his command.
This game is heading for a sell out but seats do remain on general sale, 300
places in Leazes Level Seven becoming available on Thursday after the visitors
returned them.
Squad:
Jack Colback
serves the first of a two match suspension after reaching ten bookings.
Injury sidelines Siem De Jong, Steven Taylor and Paul Dummett, with Cheick Tiote
now confirmed as having had knee surgery last weekend and missing
the remainder of the season.
Jonas Gutierrez is back in the squad and could be selected on the bench. Last
kicking a ball in senior football for Norwich City in April 2014, the
Argentinean hasn't appeared for Newcastle's first team since a 2-1 Premier
League win at Cardiff in October 2013.
If he gets on, Jonas will play at SJP for the first time since back in May
2013, when he completed the full 90 minutes of a 1-0 Premier League loss to
Arsenal.
Daryl
Janmaat is fit but it's anticipated that Remy Cabella will
be missing for a second successive game.
The absence of Rolando Aarons continues, with his
last sighting coming against Liverpool on November 1st.
Breaking into the Newcastle first team in August, a trio of encouraging
displays and a scoring debut for England U20s early the following month were
followed by absence with a hamstring injury sustained during training.
Returning for two games in late October/early November before being ruled out
again with the same ailment, the winger was reported to be back in training
last month but is yet to begin his comeback with the reserve side.
The promising 19 year-old also found himself the subject of media speculation
over the terms of his current deal at SJP, with a lack of updates on his
progress to fitness prompting suspicion that the two matters are
related.
Facundo Ferreyra remains with the squad but
still out of the selection picture, while Rob Elliot is apparently nearing fitness.
It remains to be seen whether Ryan Taylor suffers any reaction following his
return against Manchester City.
Paddy
Power match betting is online here
Newcastle to win @ 9/10
(NB: quoted odds were accurate
at the time of writing, but subject to fluctuation - click on the link above to
display current live odds).
AVFC:
Club captain Ron Vlaar is suspended and Kieran Richardson, Philippe Senderos, Libor Kozak and Chris Herd
are all missing due to injury. Alan Hutton, Aly Cissokho and Nathan Baker are
doubtful.
Old boy Charles N'Zogbia completed an unimpressive 45 minutes for Villa's
reserve side last week but there seems little prospect of him featuring on
Saturday.
The Villans last won in the Premier League on December 7th when they saw off
Leicester City at home. Since then they've won a trio of FA Cup ties, but lost
eight league games and drawn the other three.
Fellow former Magpie Shay Given will be on the bench as goalkeeping cover for
first-choice Brad Guzan.
Tim Sherwood comes to SJP for his second official game since taking over
attempting to prevent his side losing a seventh successive league defeat.
The lowest away scorers in the PL this season with just four, they came during
1-0 wins at Stoke, Liverpool and Crystal Palace and a 1-1 draw at Burnley -
where they also struck first.
Since Christian Benteke struck at Selhurst Park in early December, Villa have
failed to score in five PL away games, a barren spell now standing at 508
minutes.
Referee: Lee Mason
- fourth Toon posting of the season for the Lancashire-based whistler,
following the 2-2 draw at Swansea, 1-4 loss at Arsenal and 0-1 FA Cup reverse
at Leicester.
Travel:
Police
advice on political demonstrations
Metro:
No scheduled work this weekend
Train:
No trains between Retford and
Peterborough on Saturday 28 February and until 12:30 Sunday 1 March.
Engineering work is taking place between Retford and Peterborough closing the
line. No trains will run between Retford and Peterborough, with most diverted between Doncaster and Peterborough via
Lincoln Central.
Journey times will be extended by up to 90
minutes and East Coast will run a hourly service to /
from London Kings Cross.
Buses will run between Doncaster / Retford
and Peterborough while Grantham passengers should use trains
to /from Skegness. Additional buses will run between Nottingham and Grantham.
Some Grand Central trains between
sunderland and London Kings Cross are retimed to run later than the normal
timetable.
Soccerbus:
Details of the X50 Soccerbus linking the Metrocentre Coach Park and
the X40 Great Park & Ride connecting from the north of the city are
online
here
UK TV: None
Overseas TV:
beIN Sports Mena 7 HD
GO Sports 6
NBC Sports Live Extra (USA)
PremierLeaguePass (NZ)
Sky Mexico
Sport 5 (Cro/Ser/Slo)
SportsMax 2 (West Indies)
SportsNet ONE (Canada)
Ssports Live (China)
Stod 3
UK Radio: Live commentary on
Absolute Radio
NE Radio: Live commentary on BBC Newcastle
Overseas Radio: Live commentary on talkSPORT
Stats:
Villans @ SJP - Premier League Years:
2013/14: Won 1-0 Remy
2012/13: Drew 1-1 Ben Arfa
2011/12: Won 2-1 Ba, Cisse
2010/11: Won 6-0 Barton, Nolan 2, Carroll 3
2008/09: Won 2-0 Martins 2
2007/08: Drew 0-0
2006/07: Won 3-1 Milner, Dyer, Sibierski
2005/06: Drew 1-1 Shearer (pen)
2004/05: Lost 0-3
2003/04: Drew 1-1 Robert
2002/03: Drew 1-1 Solano
2001/02: Won 3-0 Bellamy 2, Shearer
2000/01: Won 3-1 Glass, Cort, OG
2000/01: Drew 1-1 Solano (FAC)
1999/00: Lost 0-1
1998/99: Won 2-1 Shearer, Ketsbaia
1997/98: Won 1-0 Beresford
1996/97: Won 4-3 Ferdinand 2, Shearer, Howey
1995/96: Won 1-0 Ferdinand
1994/95: Won 3-1 Venison, Beardsley 2
1993/94: Won 5-1 Bracewell, Beardsley 2, Cole, Sellars
Latest
Premier League fixtures:
(3pm unless specified)
Sat 28.02.2015:
West Ham v Crystal Palace (12.45pm) Sky
Burnley v Swansea City
Manchester United v mackems
Stoke City v Hull City
West Bromwich Albion v Southampton
Sun 01.03.2015:
Liverpool v Manchester City (Noon) Sky
Arsenal v Everton (2.05pm) BT
Loan
lads:
Santon eyes Euro prize
Davide
Santon (Inter Milan)
The on-loan defender played his part in helping Inter reach the last sixteen
of the Europa League at the expense of Celtic on Thursday night.
Having drawn 3-3 in Glasgow a week earlier, the second leg remained scoreless
until the 88th minute when Santon provided the pass from which Fredy Guarin
scored the only goal of the evening.
(Also in the last sixteen are AS Roma, who won 2-1 on a stormy night in
Rotterdam to eliminate Feyenoord 3-2 on aggregate. Ex-Magpie Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa
played).
Santon's loan move to Inter was accompanied by Italian press claims that, like
Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa and AS Roma, playing a specified number of games would
result in the transfer becoming permanent for an agreed price.
That fee is claimed to be £2.8m and the trigger is ten starts - although it's
unclear whether that refers to Serie A games only, or all competitions.
Santon @ Inter 2014/15:
04.02.2015 Napoli (a) Italian Cup (started)
08.02.2015 Palermo (h) Serie A (started)
15.02.2015 Atalanta (a) Serie A (started)
19.02.2015 Celtic (a) Europa League (started)
23.02.2015 Calgiari (a) Serie A (started)
26.02.2015
Celtic (h) Europa League (started)
Sylvain Marveaux (Guingamp)
Dynamo Kiev (a) Europa League, Thursday. The
French took a 2-1 first leg lead to Ukraine but a 1-3 loss saw them exit 3-4
on aggregate. Marveaux wasn't in the matchday eighteen.
Jamaal Lascelles, Karl Darlow (Nottingham Forest)
A good week for on-loan defender Lascelles got better on Wednesday, as he
celebrated the decision to drop assault charges against him with a first goal
of the season.
His 21st minute shot drew Forest level at 1-1 against Bournemouth in the
Championship at the City Ground and the Reds went on to win 2-1 with Darlow in
goal. Both players completed the full 90 minutes and Lascelles also saw a
goalbound second half header cleared off the line.
Adam Campbell
(Gateshead)
A 2-0 home win over Kidderminster
Harriers on Tuesday night saw Adam start and play the first 77 minutes.
Gael
Bigirimana, Shane Ferguson, Kevin Mbabu, Remie Streete, Haris Vuckic
(Rangers)
Falkirk (a) Scottish Championship, Friday.
Loan
over:
Roberts returns
Despite earlier reports that a loan deal with Gateshead had been extended for
the remainder of the season, Magpies winger Callum Roberts has ended
his stint at the Conference club with immediate effect.
During his six weeks at the International Stadium, the 17 year-old Tynesider
made three appearances without finding the net - having debuted in Newcastle's
senior side in the FA Cup against Leicester City days earlier.
Annoyingly, Callum returns to Gallowgate after having sat out Newcastle's
recent FA Youth Cup defeat by Chelsea but made no further appearances for
Gateshead since that game was played.
Speaking to the press on Thursday, John Carver said that Callum's return came
after Gateshead had sought to field him in their reserve side - United rightly
taking the view that the youngster may as well be in our U21 pool.
Toon
talk-ins :
Speakers' Corner
There may not be much to say about the class of 2015 currently, but a clutch
of former Magpies will be involved at talk-in events over the coming weeks as
follows:
(All events have an official start time of 7.30pm)
Thu 05.03.2015 Steve Harper
@ Dunston UTS clubhouse, Wellington Road, NE11 9JL
£10 (including pie & peas) via 07724 392049
Fri 13.03.2015 Keith Gillespie / Jim Pearson
(compere)
@ Ponteland Memorial Hall,
Darras Road, NE20 9NX
£20 (including pie & peas) via 07814 73686
Fri 27.03.2015 Les
Ferdinand
@ Lancastrian Suite, Lancaster Road, NE11 9JR
£40 & £35 (including meal) via 07414 960956 or here
NB: Our recent competition to win a signed replica Sir Les shirt was won by David Vose
from North Tyneside.
Thu 16.04.2015 1964/65 squad & guests
@ High Howdon Club, Tynemouth Road, NE28 0EA
£20 via 07812 935195
Fri 24.04.2015 1964/65 squad & guests
@ Village Hotel, West Allotment, NE27 0BY
£50* (including four course meal) via 07753
573613
* table of 10 is £450. Guest speaker: Gordon Banks.
In the squad for one or both the 1964/65 events so far are the following
(final selections to follow in April):
Geoff Allen, Stan Anderson, Ollie Burton, Dave Clarke, Frank Clark, David
Craig, John Craggs, Albert Franks, Bobby Ferguson, Bert Garrow, Ron Guthrie,
Dave Hilley, Pat Howard, Gordon Hughes, Jim Iley, George Luke, Ron McGarry,
Bill McKinney, John McNamee, Stewart Mitchell, Bob Moncur, Duncan Neale,
Willie Penman, Charlie Woods Brian Wright and David Young.
Old
boy:
Shola:
badges, but
no retirement plan
Following
his competitive senior debut for Crystal Palace in the closing stages of
Saturday's home defeat by Arsenal, former Magpie Shola Ameobi has been talking
to the South London Press:
"I certainly believe I have got enough quality to play for
another two or three years in the Premier League. I'll be working hard to try
and do that (he's 34 in October).
"I'm doing my coaching badges at the
moment in case I do go down that route but I want to play at the highest level
for as long as I possibly can. If that is Palace then great. I'm not thinking
about hanging my boots up any time soon.
"Going out to Turkey was an
experience that just didn't work out in terms of the football or my family
settling. It was a case of getting back to what I know. Fortunately the
manager got the job an at opportune time for me - the rest is history.
"We don't regret the move abroad.
Unless you try it you never know and would be thinking whether we should have
given it a go. We've learned from that and moved on.
"I've got two young kids, a daughter
and a son, and family is the most important thing. My daughter has started
school and, with me coming in here initially short term, I didn't want her
moving around from school to school or town to town. It's a case of them
staying up in Newcastle and me going up there when I've got days off.
"I had a few clubs in the Premier
League and Championship that were interested in me. And abroad too -
Stateside. But after being in Turkey for six months I wanted to get back into
a more comfortable scenario. I'm really glad at the decision I took.
"I don't let anything ruffle me and
that's a trait that I've inherited from my father - he's exactly the same.
"It's about putting everything into
perspective. Football is something that is our life but sometimes people take
it out of perspective.
"I try and view life - not just
football - in a calm and calculated way to best achieve what I want to
achieve.
"There certainly will be testing
times. There have been over the years at Newcastle. That has helped me build
that calmness - because you do have those moments in the North-East.
"You have to be able to rise up to
the occasion and be calm and collected."
"Essentially Newcastle is a one-club
town. Everyone is so passionate about the club and you get times when things
aren't going right and the pressure intensifies.
"But coming down here has pressures
of its own. The way Alan (Pardew) dealt with the situation at Newcastle and
never let it affect him will definitely stand him in good stead for the
future.
"My mantra has always been that as
long as you learn, whatever you go through, it will put you in a better stead
next time.
"The thing I like about Alan is that
he is a strong person and he believes in the way he wants to play the game. It
suited me.
"He gives confidence in abundance to
players and I can already see that at Palace in the short period I have been
here. He is someone I really admire.
"I'm a big believer in having the
right attitude and saying what you think. The relationship I had with Alan
meant we were honest with each other. There is a respect there.
"Football is all about confidence and
having the right mentality. Then you go out, do the best you can and hopefully
your qualities shine through.
"We've got the quality not to even be
in a relegation fight at the end of the season."
U18s:
More Manc misery
Newcastle U18s 1 Man City U18s 2
It may not have been as emphatic as the scoreline their seniors racked up on
Saturday evening, but the latest United versus City clash went the way of the
Sky Blues again on Wednesday afternoon.
The two sides met at Little Benton in a rearranged U18 league fixture and
although the hosts led at half time, two second half efforts were enough to
consign the young Magpies to their fifth successive league loss.
City midfielder Bersant Celina went close in the early stages with a
free-kick in the fifth minute and then a dipping effort that Newcastle 'keeper
Paul Woolston pawed away on 17 minutes.
In between, home forward Louis Johnson got into the box on eight minutes but could only
shoot at Kjetil Haug.
United then threatened again on 35 minutes, when Jamie Cobain, Ben Drennan and Sean Longstaff combined to set up
Lewis Suddick. However the right winger failed to get any power in his shot and
Haug blocked
with his legs.
The Norwegian custodian couldn't deny the same player a minute before the
break though, when Mackenzie Heaney sent over a fine cross from
down the left and Suddick met it with a firm header for his second of
the season.
The scores were level on 53 minutes when Jack Hunter's tackle in the box
was adjudged a foul and although Celina fell over as he took the resultant
penalty, it still went in.
That was a second spot kick success within 24 hours for the Kosovan
international, who had scored for City's U19 side in a shootout win over
Schalke 04 on Tuesday.
Eight minutes later Norwegian-born Celina struck again, when his free-kick from outside
the box went through a crowd of players and into the net to put City ahead.
There was a big let off for United with 20 minutes to play, when a poor pass
allowed Denziel Boadu in on goal, only for the England youth international to
blast wildly over.
Newcastle pushed forward in search of an equaliser in the closing stages but
failed to find a route through a well drilled City defence - with the visitors
always looking more likely to break away grab a third on the counter attack.
Team: Woolston, Cobain, Broccoli, Drennan, Newberry, Cameron, Suddick,
Hunter, Johnson, Longstaff, Heaney (Holmes 78).
Subs n/u: Pollock, Pearson, Trodd, Kerridge.
Booked: Broccoli, Hunter, Longstaff.
MCFC: Haug, Bullock, Oliver, Humphries, Tattum, Wood, Nemane, Celina
(Diallo 67), Buckley (Garcia 46), Boadu, Delrosun.
Subs n/u: Albinson, Fernandes, Faour.
Booked: Wood, Tattum, Haug.
PS: United's other outstanding home U18 league game has been rescheduled, Blackburn
Rovers visiting Tyneside at 12.30pm on Saturday,
March 7th.
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Manchester
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Match report
U21s:
Second
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Wolves U21s
2 Newcastle U21s 2
Match report is
online here
Auction:
John
Alder: charity
auction raises £26k
Sunday afternoon saw St.James' Park host the auction of John Alder's
memorabilia collection, with all 225 lots sold to raise the massive amount of £26K
for the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation.
Along with Liam Sweeney, John was killed while en route to watch the team in New Zealand
in 2014 and his family kindly donated programmes, books and other ephemera
amassed from a lifetime of following the black & whites.
Amounts raised ranged from £20 for a pile of match tickets to £560 for a 1932 FA Cup Final programme,
£3,200 for the 1924 equivalent and £1,800 for the rarely seen 1970 Pecsi Dozsa Fairs
Cup away programme.
More personal lots included £200 for John's Newcastle scarf and £240 for his
programme from the Oldham Athletic friendly from July 2014 - his last
game.
There was interest in both those items from fellow fans who attended games
with John, but they ended up remaining with the Alder family.
Thanks to everyone who attended the auction in person and logged on to bid
from across the planet, plus those who gave up their time to make the day
possible.
Loan
update:
No case to answer
From the Crown Prosecution Service, Monday:
"We have advised all concerned
parties that the CPS is discontinuing the prosecution of Jamaal Lascelles,
who had been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm on 23 April
2014.
“Following an in-depth review and
careful analysis of the evidence we have taken the decision to discontinue the
case. Once we had received and viewed CCTV evidence first-hand, it became
apparent that this did not show that the defendant had been responsible for
the injuries sustained by the victim. It was therefore deemed that there was
no longer a realistic prospect of a conviction, and so the case was stopped.”
Along with fellow Forest player Karl Darlow, Lascelles signed a long-term
deal at St.James' Park in August 2014 before both immediately return to the
City Ground on a season-long loan deal.
2014/15:
TV times
The penultimate round of live TV fixtures have been released include the
following trio of Toon matches:
Sun 05.04.2015 mackems (a) @ 4pm, Sky
Sports
Mon 13.04.2015 Liverpool (a) @ 8pm
Sky Sports
Sun 19.04.2015 Spurs (h) @ 4pm Sky
Sports
Selections were made up to and including
Wednesday 29th April, meaning that the timing of three of our four remaining
fixtures after then remain unconfirmed:
Sat 02.05.2015 Leicester City (a)
Sat 09.05.2015 West Bromwich Albion (h)
Sat 16.05.2015 QPR (a)
In common with all other Premier League games, our season closer at home to
West Ham United will be a 3pm kick-off on Sunday May 24th.
Internationals:
Mackenzie
spot-on
for young Lions
Newcastle's Mackenzie Heaney completed the full 80 minutes for England U16s
on Monday afternoon, as they lost the opening game of a
four team tournament.
Staged at the FA's St.Georges Park base, the young Tynesider made one and
scored one as England were beaten 2-3 by their Swiss counterparts.
Wednesday then saw Heaney remain on the bench as an unused substitute as
England won a penalty shootout 4-3 after drawing 0-0 against Slovakia.
And the tournament concluded with another 4-3 shootout success on Saturday
following a 1-1 draw with France.
The Magpies youngster was introduced from the bench after 55 minutes and
scored the winning spot-kick.
Premier League:
Manchester United (h)
A second home game in five days sees the Magpies entertain the Red Devils
this coming Wednesday.
Kick-off is at 7.45pm and remain tickets are on sale to members, although
the cheapest adult ticket of £42 is unsurprisingly driving some fans to the
nearest TV.
Louis Van Gaal makes a third competitive visit to SJP as a manager, having
first seen his Barcelona side memorably beaten 3-2 at SJP in September 1997. He
then returned in March 2007 to oversee a 2-4 defeat for AZ Alkmaar - although
like the Catalans, the Dutch would progress thanks to victory in the second
leg.
Squad:
Injury sidelines Siem De Jong, Steven Taylor and Paul Dummett, Jack Colback
serves the second game of a two match suspension after reaching ten bookings.
MUFC: Robin Van Persie
will be absent due to an ankle problem, meaning that the Dutchman won't have
an opportunity to add to his eight career goals against us (six for Arsenal).
Ahead of this game, the Red Devils entertain the mackems at Old Trafford on
Saturday afternoon.
On the road in the Premier League this season, they've won at Arsenal (2-1),
Southampton (2-1) and QPR (2-0), drawn at the mackems (1-1), Burnley (0-0),
West Brom (2-2), Villa (1-1), Spurs (0-0), Stoke (1-1) and West Ham (1-1). A
trio of losses came at Leicester (3-5), Man City (0-1) and Southampton (0-1).
Referee: Anthony
Taylor - from Manchester (now listed in Professional Game Board publicity as
Cheshire). This is his third game in charge of Newcastle this season. following
the 2-1 win at Spurs and 0-1 home derby home loss.
Travel:
Soccerbus:
Details of the X50 Soccerbus linking the Metrocentre Coach Park and
the X40 Great Park & Ride connecting from the north of the city are
online
here
UK TV: Live
on BT Sport
Overseas TV:
6'Eren (Den) +HD
Digi Sport 2 (Svk) HD
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ESPN 2 Caribbean
Fox Sports 2 HD (Ned)
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NBC Sports Live Extra (USA)
PremierLeaguePass (NZ)
Sports+ 2 (Cyprus)
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SuperSport 2 HD Kosovo
SuperSport 5 (Za) +HD
SuperSport MaXimo 1
TeleClub Sport 2 +HD /PPV
TSN 2 + HD (Canada)
TV2 Sport Premium HD
TV3+ (Den) +HD
UK Radio: Live commentary on
talkSPORT
NE Radio: Live commentary on BBC Newcastle
Overseas Radio: Live commentary on talkSPORT
Stats:
Latest
Premier League fixtures:
(7.45pm unless specified)
Tue 03.03.2015:
Aston Villa v West Bromwich Albion BT
Hull City v mackems
Southampton v Crystal Palace
Wed 04.03.2015:
Manchester City v Leicester City
QPR v Arsenal
Stoke City v Everton
Spurs v Swansea City
West Ham v Chelsea
Liverpool v Burnley (8pm)
Sat 07.03.2015:
QPR v Spurs (3pm)
Publications:
Ultimate....updates
Copies
of "Newcastle United: The Ultimate Who's Who"
are still available, priced at £32.50 from
The Back Page shop
on St. Andrews Street, via
the Evening Chronicle
front office and branches of Waterstones
bookshop.
They can also
be bought from
the publisher here
PS: Any owners of "Newcastle United: The Ultimate Record" yet to receive the 2013/14 season update PDF can request it by
emailing info@ultimatenewcastle.com
Anyone short of copies of the 2011/12 and 2012/13 season PDFs can also request
those via that address.
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Bury (h) 
1978
Blyth Spartans lost 1-2 in their FA Cup Fifth Round
Replay with Wrexham,
conquerors of United in the
previous round. The SJP crowd was
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