Now that the 2011 NFL season is over, it’s time to start getting ready for the 2012 NFL Draft that will be held from April 26-28 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

The first event that’s always held is the NFL Combine at Lucas Field in Indianapolis, IN. which will take place this year from February 22-28. And for three members of the UConn Huskies football team, they’ll get their first chance to impress all 32 NFL teams at once.

The NFL released the full invite list for the 2012 NFL Combine and that list includes UConn DT Kendall Reyes, WR Kashif Moore and K Dave Teggart.

Teggart will be part of Group 1 meaning that he’ll arrive in Indianapolis on February 22nd. His workout will come on February 25th. Moore will be a part of either Group 4 or Group 5 which means he’ll arrive in Indianapolis on February 23rd and conduct his workout on February 26th. Reyes will be a part of Group 7 or Group 8 making his arrival in Indianapolis on February 24th. His work out will come on February 27th.

Here’s the full schedule for the 2012 NFL Combine of what the players will have to go through.

You can watch the coverage of the workouts on the NFL Network which will be live on February 25th from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., February 26th from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., February 27th from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and February 28th from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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When the Boston Red Sox signed Cody Ross, they needed to make room on the 40-man roster for him. They ended up doing that by designating Scott Atchison for assignment.

On Monday, Atchison cleared waivers and was outrighted to the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox. Since he is no longer on the 40-man roster and under a minor league deal, the Red Sox have invited him to spring training as a non-roster invitee.

He’ll report with the rest of the pitchers and catchers in 10 days on February 17th.

Atchison spent the 2011 season shuttling between Pawtucket and Boston making 17 appearances with the Red Sox. In those 17 games, he was 1-0 with a 3.26 ERA. He will be given a chance to compete for a spot in the revamped Red Sox bullpen.

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It’s game day for the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team as they are in Louisville, KY for a matchup with the Louisville Cardinals at the KFC Yum! Center. Tip is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the game will be televised nationally on the CBS Sports Network.

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UConn Women’s Basketball links

Too Many Women’s Night Games? Tell UConn What You Think Right Here! [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

“Play For Kay” Day Is Saturday At Gampel Pavilion [Rich Elliott – CT Post]

Huskies Again One Of Nation’s Top Teams Defensively [Rich Elliott – CT Post]

Stokes Adding A Toughness Factor To Her Game [Rich Elliott – CT Post]

Game preview: UConn women at Louisville [Lee Lewis – The Republican-American]

No. 3 UConn Heads To No. 14 Louisville On Tuesday [UConnHuskies.com]

UConn women take pride in tight defense [CT Post]

UConn’s Kiah Stokes Has Turned Her Game Around [Hartford Courant]

Huskies look to keep rolling on the road [New Haven Register]

UConn women’s basketball glance [The Hour]

UConn Men’s Basketball links

George Blaney’s Take [Dom Amore – Hartford Courant]

Wrapping Things Up From Louisville [Dom Amore – Hartford Courant]

Worst 20 Minutes I’ve Seen from UConn [David Borges – New Haven Register]

ouch [Ed Daigneault – The Republican-American]

Notes/Quotes from Louisville: “We just took a butt-whipping and we didn’t fight back.” [Kevin Duffy – CT Post]

‘That was a pretty good beating’ [Neill Ostrout – Journal Inquirer]

Shellacked [UConn Huskies Basketball]

Louisville routs UConn men [CT Post]

Huskies ‘Embarrassed’ By Louisville, 80-59 [Hartford Courant]

Boatright Says He’s Willing To Take Leadership Role [Hartford Courant]

UConn Quits Against Louisville [Hartford Courant]

Huskies crumble in second half, get blown out by Louisville [New Haven Register]

UConn isn’t easing Calhoun’s pain [The Hour]

Kemba Walker Returns to New England in Midst of Up-And-Down Rookie Campaign [NESN.com]

How Will Kemba Walker’s NBA Career Play Out? [NESN.com]

Other UConn related links

W. Ice Hockey. Snodgrass Named WHEA Rookie of the Week [UConnHuskies.com]

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Two steps forward, one step back. That would be the story of the UConn Huskies men’s basketball team.

On Saturday, it looked as though they had turned things around with a rousing win over the Seton Hall Pirates. But after their performance on Monday night against the Louisville Cardinals, any progress they had made is simply gone.

The Cardinals made 11 three-pointers on their way to routing the Huskies 80-59 in front of 21,804 and a nationally televised audience at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, KY.

UConn falls to 15-8 (5-6 Big East) while the Cardinals improve to 19-5 (7-4).

Ryan Boatright led the way for the Huskies with 18 points and also had six rebounds, a team-high five assists and four steals. Alex Oriakhi came off the bench to add 11 points, seven rebounds and four blocked shots while Roscoe Smith had 10 points and five rebounds.

UConn’s leading scorer, Jeremy Lamb, was held to just seven points. Shabazz Napier’s poor shooting continued as he was 3-of-11 and ended up with nine points.

On the strength of four three-pointers, Chris Smith paced the Cardinals with 16 points. Gorgui Dieng chipped in with 15 points, six rebounds and six steals while Kyle Kuric had 10 points and nine rebounds. Chane Behanan led coach Rick Pitno’s team with 12 rebounds while adding seven points. Peyton Silva had a game-high nine assists to go along with his seven points.

Judging by the final score of this one, you would have thought the entire game was a blow out for the Cardinals. This wasn’t the case though as the game stayed close for the first half.

Louisville got out to an 8-3 lead and increased it to 11-5 before the Huskies bounced back with six straight points to tie the game up. A Kuric three gave the Cardinals lead again but UConn bounced back with six straight points to take a three point lead with 7:28 to go in the half. The Huskies would maintain that lead over the next two minutes before a Silva three tied it up at 21.

The Cardinals finished off the half on an 8-3 run to enjoy a five point lead at 29-24. They quickly built their lead up in the second half as they opened up with an 9-1 run. The Huskies would work the lead back down to 10 on an alley-oop from Lamb to Boatright.

That would be as close as the Huskies would get though as Louisville used a 20-4 run to take control of this one.

After watching UConn on Saturday, I really thought the ship was going in the right direction. But after watching the effort the players gave in the second half, it’s like Saturday never happened. I’m not going to say everyone on UConn gave up, but it looked as though to me as if some of them had.

At the rate this team is going unless something changes, they won’t make the NCAA Tournament. And if that happens, if your Jim Calhoun, do you even accept an NIT bid.

It will not get any easier for the Huskies next time out as they head to the Carrier Dome for a matchup with the No. 2 Syracuse Orange on Saturday afternoon. Game time is scheduled for 1 p.m. and the game will be broadcast nationally on CBS.

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UConn Huskies @ Louisville Cardinals 2.6.12 box score

The starters for the Huskies were Ryan Boatright, Shabazz Napier, Jeremy Lamb, Tyler Olander and Andre Drummond.

UConn shot 35.1% (20-57) from the floor while the Cardinals shot 44.4% (35-72).

The Huskies had just seven assists on their 20 made baskets.

UConn was 3-of-14 (21.4%) on three pointers. On the other hand, Louisville was 11-of-25 (44%).

The Huskies did get to the line 22 times, converting 16 of them (72.7%). The Cardinals were 5-of-8 (62.5%).

Louisville won the battle of the boards, outrebounding the Huskies 45-36.

The Cardinals outscored UConn 32-30 in the paint and 10-8 on the fast break.

The Huskies had 17 second chance points while Louisville had 10.

UConn had 14 points off of 13 Cardinals turnovers. Louisville had 20 points off of 15 UConn turnovers.

Louisville’s bench outscored UConn’s 25-23.

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Here’s the release from the U.S. Basketball Writers Association that names UConn Huskies sophomore guard Jeremy Lamb to the 2012 Oscar Robertston Trophy Midseason Watch List.

ST. LOUIS (USBWA) – The U.S. Basketball Writers Association has selected 20 outstanding players for its 2012 Oscar Robertson Trophy Midseason Watch List. Members of the association’s board of directors chose the players to be included on the list as contenders for the Oscar Robertson Trophy, to be presented to the national player of the year by its namesake in New Orleans at the USBWA’s College Basketball Awards Breakfast on March 30.

Three North Carolina teammates and a pair of Kentucky freshman headline the list. The Tar Heel trio of Harrison Barnes, John Henson and Tyler Zeller join Wildcat first-year phenoms Anthony Davis and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. The list also includes Indiana’s Cody Zeller, Tyler’s younger brother.

Three Oscar Robertson National Players of the Week from this season are featured as well: Damian Lillard from Weber State, Doug McDermott from Creighton and Thomas Robinson of Kansas. Last season’s Wayman Tisdale Award winner as the National Freshman of the Year, Jared Sullinger of Ohio State, is also among the players to watch down the stretch.

Overall, the list is balanced by class with five seniors, six juniors, six sophomores and three freshmen appearing. The Atlantic Coast Conference and Southeastern Conference each boast four players on the list to lead all conferences, while a total of nine conferences are represented.

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While these standout players are the leading contenders to be named to the USBWA’s All-America Team and as finalists for the Oscar Robertson Trophy, all Division I players remain eligible for postseason honors from the USBWA. The association will announce its 2012 All-America Team in mid-March. At that time, finalists will also be chosen for the player of the year. Once finalists are announced, the entire USBWA membership will vote for the winner of the Oscar Robertson Trophy.

Since the 1958-59 season, the USBWA has named a National Player of the Year. In 1998, the award was named in honor of the University of Cincinnati Hall of Famer and two-time USBWA Player of the Year Oscar Robertson. It is the nation’s oldest award and the only one named after a former player.

Tickets for the USBWA’s College Basketball Awards Breakfast are $75 and $750 for a table of ten. They can be purchased online at the association’s official website, usbwa.com, or by calling 504-324-4242.

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It’s game day for the UConn Huskies men’s basketball team as they are in Louisville, KY at the KFC Yum! Center for a matchup with the Louisville Cardinals. Tip is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN.

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UConn Men’s Basketball links

Rick Pitino: Huskies “Used to Jim Calhoun Being Out …” [Dom Amore – Hartford Courant]

A Look at UConn’s Card Game [David Borges – New Haven Register]

Game preview: UConn men at Louisville [Lee Lewis – The Republican-American]

January [UConn Huskies Basketball]

Louisville a severe test for ‘all-in’ UConn [CT Post]

UConn Ready For Louisville’s Press [Hartford Courant]

Huskies turn focus to Louisville [New Haven Register]

Revitalized Huskies get right back to work tonight at Louisville [The Day]

UConn Men’s Basketball Glance — UConn at Louisville [The Hour]

UConn Women’s Basketball links

Communication UConn Style [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

Hartley, Smith share more than a first name [Jim Fuller – New Haven Register]

UConn Women’s Defense Gets Its Due [Hartford Courant]

Tiffany Hayes contributing in a number of ways [New Haven Register]

Two big problems for Husky opponents [The Hour]

UConn Football links

Way too early 2012 Power Rankings, Take 2 [Andrea Adelson – ESPN.com]

Other UConn related links

W. Ice Hockey. Four-Goal Third Period Leads to Comeback Win for Women’s Hockey [UConnHuskies.com]

Swimming And Diving Teams Top Dartmouth On Senior Day [UConnHuskies.com]

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In order to avoid going to arbitration, Boston Red Sox GM Ben Cherington had to work out deals with Alfredo Aceves and David Ortiz. And with the hearings scheduled for both of them sometime within the next 12 days, he’s running out of time to avoid the Red Sox going to arbitration for the first time since the 2002 season.

Well now,at the very least, he only has to worry about going to arbitration with one of them.

The Boston media is reporting that the Red Sox and Aceves have agreed on a one-year, $1.2 million contract. Alex Speier of WEEI.com states the contract also includes up to $100,000 in bonuses depending on how many games Aceves starts or how many appearances he makes. There’s no word on whether the contract also includes towels to wipe the pouring sweat off of his head on the mound.

Aceves had asked for $1.6 million while the Red Sox were offering $950,000 so the two sides almost met in the middle.

We do know that Aceves is heading to spring training as a starter and will compete with a slew of others for the final spot in the Red Sox rotation barring another signing (Roy Oswalt).

He was a rock out of the Red Sox bullpen in 2011. He made 55 appearances (four starts) and was 10-2 with a 2.61 ERA.

While their have been reports out there that the Red Sox are likely to go to arbitration with Big Papi, he told ESPN Deportes on Saturday that he still is holding out hope for a multi-year deal with the Red Sox.

Big Papi is seeking $16.25 million from the Red Sox while the team is offering $12.65 million.

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George Blaney’s Take [Dom Amore – Hartford Courant]

Wrapping Things Up From XL [Dom Amore – Hartford Courant]

Details of ‘The Meeting’ Called by Alex Oriakhi [David Borges – New Haven Register]

the wrap [Ed Daigneault – The Republican-American]

Notes/Quotes from Seton Hall: “I don’t mind getting blown out. I do have an issue when the refs enjoy the blowout” [Kevin Duffy – CT Post]

Post-game breakdown, video: Seton Hall [Gavin Keefe – The Day]

Energized Huskies happy to be back on winning track [John Nash – The Hour]

‘I’ve come to fetch you to a meeting’ [Neill Ostrout – Journal Inquirer]

Finally! [UConn Huskies Basketball]

UConn back in good spirits in blowout over Seton Hall [CT Post]

UConn finds attitude that could save its season [CT Post]

Huskies ‘All In’ For Victory Over Seton Hall [Hartford Courant]

Ailing Calhoun Gets Lift From Huskies’ Victory [Hartford Courant]

UConn’s ills extend beyond Calhoun’s back [New Haven Register]

Huskies beat Seton Hall to snap 4-game losing streak [New Haven Register]

Huskies take losing streak to heart [The Day]

Oriakhi gets the Huskies to go ‘all-in’ [The Hour]

UConn Women’s Basketball links

Defense Does It Again For UConn [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

UConn’s Defense On Historical Pace [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

Hayes, Stokes Continue To Shine For Huskies [Rich Elliott – CT Post]

Another impressive defensive effort by UConn [Jim Fuller – New Haven Register]

UConn women overwhelm Rutgers [CT Post]

Huskies Breeze Past Rutgers, 66-34 [Hartford Courant]

Night Games The Rule For UConn Women [Hartford Courant]

Huskies cruise past banged-up Rutgers [New Haven Register]

Q&A with Svetlana Abrosimova [BeckyHammon.ru]

UConn Football links

DC answered some questions in his mailbag [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

Donald Thomas’ Trail: From walk-on to Super Bowl [New Haven Register]

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W. Ice Hockey. Connecticut Edged Out by No. 7 Northeastern [UConnHuskies.com]

M. Track. Huskies Finish Second At Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup [UConnHuskies.com]

W. Track. Wilson Automatically Qualifies For NCAA Championship [UConnHuskies.com]

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The Rutgers Scarlet Knights were playing without one of their leaders in Khadijah Rushdan. The UConn Huskies women’s basketball team hadn’t played a game in a while where they dominated from start to finish.

With Rutgers shorthanded, it didn’t take UConn long to take control of the game as they went on to a very easy 66-34 win over 9,982 on Saturday at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, CT. The crowd of 9,982 was the biggest at Gampel this season.

It’s the ninth straight win for the No. 3/3 Huskies who improve to 21-2 (9-1 Big East). With their third straight loss, No. 13/14 Rutgers falls to 17-6 (6-4).

Playing just 20 minutes, Stefanie Dolson paced the Huskies with 16 points and had four rebounds.  Tiffany Hayes added 14 points, five rebounds and seven assists while Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis broke out of her shooting slump with 11 points and had five rebounds.

Kiah Stokes continues to impress with her improved play as she came off the bench to score 10 points and pull down five boards. Bria Hartley scored all eight of her points in the second half and also had seven assists as well as five rebounds. Kelly Faris led the Huskies with seven rebounds to go along with her four points, three assists, two steals and one blocked shot.

Monique Oliver was the only member of the Scarlet Knights to find double digits as she led them with 15 points and eight rebounds. Betnijah Laney chipped in with eight points.

Rutgers kept this one close early as they actually held a 4-2 lead. But with the scored tied at 6-6 with Dolson scoring the first six UConn points, Hayes started a 17-0 run with eight straight points. KML added the next nine points as part of that run. Nikki Speed ended the five minute scoreless drought and the UConn run with a jumper to cut the UConn lead to 23-8.

The Scarlet Knights would get back to within 10 points with a 7-2 run before the Huskies closed out the first half on a 12-4 run to enjoy a 37-19 lead at the break.

Rutgers would get only as close as 16 points twice early in the second half. UConn then used a 16-4 to take complete control of the game and never looked back from there.

Before when Dolson would go to the bench for a break or foul trouble, the Huskies were getting very little production down in the post. But with the emergence of Stokes lately, UConn head coach Geno Auriemma hasn’t had to worry about anything down there. You can definitely tell she’s played with a renewed vigor down there and that can only help the Huskies in the long run.

The Huskies will take on another ranked team their next time out on Tuesday night when they travel to the KFC Yum! Center to take on the No. 14/12 Louisville Cardinals. Tip is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the game will be broadcast nationally on the CBS Sports Network.

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Rutgers Scarlet Knights @ UConn Huskies 2.4.12 box score

Here are the postgame quotes from UConn head coach Geno Auriemma and Rutgers head coach C. Vivian Stringer. There are also quotes from select UConn players included in the link.

It’s the 98th straight home win for the Huskies. Their last loss at home came against Rutgers in the finals of the 2007 Big East Tournament.

It’s also UConn’s 58th straight Big East win.

The starters for the Huskies were the usual five suspects of Bria Hartley, Caroline Doty, Tiffany Hayes, Kelly Faris and Stefanie Dolson.

After shooting 50% in the first half, UConn finished the game shooting 44.4% (24-54). The Scarlet Knights finished the night shooting 29.5% (13-44).

The Huskies had 19 assists on their 24 made baskets.

UConn was 6-of-18 (33.3%) from beyond the arc. Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis had three of the six. Hartley had two and Hayes the other. Rutgers was 0-for-7.

The Huskies went 12-of-17 (70.6%) from the charity stripe.

UConn won the battle of the boards, outrebounding Rutgers 38-26.

The Huskies outscored the Scarlet Knights 28-20 in the paint and just 2-0 on the fast break.

UConn has 22 points off of 21 Rutgers turnovers. The Scarlet Knights had nine points off of 13 UConn turnovers.

For those keeping score at home, Rutgers had 13 baskets and 17 turnovers.

The Huskies had 22 second chance points to just six for the Scarlet Knights.

UConn’s bench outscored Rutgers 24-10.

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The UConn Huskies men’s basketball team came into Saturday afternoon’s game having lost four straight games and were without their leader in head coach Jim Calhoun. The Seton Hall Pirates were partially in the same boat having lost five straight games and were without one of their best players in Herb Pope.

So we knew when the final buzzer sounded that one team’s losing streak would come at the end.

Fortunately for the UConn men, the light bulbs finally went off and they were able to end their skid with a 69-46 win over the Pirates in front of a sold-out crowd at the XL Center in Hartford, CT.

With the win, the Huskies improve to 15-7 (5-5 Big East) and are now 3-1 (all in the conference) without Calhoun this season. The Pirates fall to 15-8 (4-7).

Ryan Boatright was the spark plug on both ends of the floor for UConn as he had 19 points, five assists and four steals. Jeremy Lamb had 17 points and eight rebound while Alex Oriakhi came off the bench to score 10 points and pull down eight boards.

Shabazz Napier’s struggles from the floor continued as he was 1-of-6 but finished with six points, eight rebounds and two assists. Andre Drummond spent most of the first half on the bench with foul trouble but had a great second half. He had seven points, six rebounds and a career-high seven blocked shots for the game.

Aaron Cosby and Jordan Theodore both led the Pirates with 10 points and each had three rebounds with Theodore adding three assists. Fuquan Edwin chipped in with nine points and a game-high 10 rebounds.

Just like they did in their loss to Georgetown on Wednesday night, the Huskies got out to a quick start and then fell behind. They got out to a 10-4 lead before Seton Hall responded with seven straight points to take the lead at 11-10. The Huskies retook the lead on an Oriakhi layup and then things got ugly offensively for both teams.

Despite the fact UConn would never trail again in the game, they couldn’t get things going in their offense and it looked as though they might not reach 50 points again. Fortunately, Seton Hall wasn’t much better on the offensive end and began to turn the ball over.

After Theodore hit two free throws to cut the lead to one at 14-13, someone flipped a switch and the Huskies woke up on both ends of the floor. They played great defense and that led to points on the offensive end. They would use a 10-0 to take control of the game. A Boatright steal at the end of the half gave the Huskies a 30-17 lead at the break.

UConn opened up the second half on a 9-2 run behind Boatright and it looked as though they were firmly going to win the game. But then it looked as though they became disinterested and put things in cruise control. Seton Hall responded with five straight points to get within 15 points.

UConn would wake up again and push the lead to 21 points before they put it back on cruise control and watched Seton Hall wittle the lead down to 14 points. A 7-0 run started by a Lamb three ensured the Pirates would get no closer the rest of the way.

While it wasn’t their best of efforts at times, it was great to see the Huskies smiling and playing basketball like we know they can. Now what they need to do is put together a complete game and hopefully this ship will continue to sail in the right direction.

They’ll need to be at their best this week as they have two big games against Louisville and Syracuse on the road. They’ll get it started on Monday night when they head to Louisville, KY for a matchup with the Cardinals at the KFC Yum! Center. Tip is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN as part of Big Monday.

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Seton Hall Pirates @ UConn Huskies 2.4.12 box score

Here are the post game quotes from UConn associate head coach George Blaney and Seton Hall coach Kevin Willard.

UConn is now 3-1 without their head coach Jim Calhoun this season.

With Blaney at the helm on Saturday, the Huskies employed a three-guard lineup. The starters were Ryan Boatright, Shabazz Napier, Jeremy Lamb, Tyler Olander and Andre Drummond.

UConn shot 43.4% (23-53) from the floor while the Pirates shot 25.9% (15-58).

The Huskies had just seven assists on their 23 made baskets.

UConn was 2-of-13 (15.4%) from beyond the arc. Both threes were made by Lamb. The Pirates were 5-of-26 (19.2%).

The Huskies were 21-of-26 (80.8%) from the free throw line. Much better effort there!

UConn won the battle of the boards outrebounding the Pirates 43-35.

The Huskies outscored Seton Hall 30-18 in the paint and 9-8 on the fast break.

UConn had 14 points off of 15 Pirates turnovers. Seton Hall 14 points off of 16 Huskies turnovers.

Seton Hall had eight second chance points to four for the Huskies.

UConn’s bench had 14 points to seven for the Pirates.

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