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Paul Augeri

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Spare-time reporter on the hunt for compelling sports stories. Middletown/Middlesex County CT. Coordinating Editor at ESPN. Emmy recipient. Jayhawk. Movie nut.

Middletown, CT
Joined May 2019
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1 year
Donovan Clingan with a first-pitch strike before tonight’s Central vs. Eastern #ctbase game at Bristol’s Muzzy Field. ⁦ @GameTimeCT
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Paul Augeri
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After so many years of molding kids, Coach Morello (224-58 record at @mhsbluedragons1 and @cromportFB ) will now spend more time with his own. "I need to be there. I hear how fast it all goes by and I don’t want to miss it." #cthsfb
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2 years
A man, his son and the Class S champions. #cthsfb @cromportFB
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Paul Augeri
7 months
The fine folks in the @ESPNStatsInfo Dept. confirm that @xfalconfootball is the first CT school to produce multiple NFL QBs in Tim Boyle and @will_levis . Boyle starts for Jets vs. Miami on Friday, Levis for Titans vs. Panthers on Sunday. #cthsfb
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Paul Augeri
2 years
Donovan Clingan takeaways from Tuesday: 1. He went for 32 and 16 in just 18 minutes of PT; 2. He got mauled in the post and rolled with every foul; 3. Excited for his teammates when they succeeded; 4. Accommodated all who wanted their photo taken with him. #ctbb @BCramsports1
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2 years
@cromportFB ⁩ couldn’t have played a better game. Champs of Class S, 21-6 over Bloomfield. #cthsfb @PHS_AD ⁩ ⁦ @CHSPanthersCT
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2 years
⁦⁦ @cromportFB ⁩ Randell Bennett, who came through the program in the early 2000s, accepts the Class S championship plaque after 21-6 win over Bloomfield #cthsfb @_CHS_Sports_ ⁩ ⁦ @PHS_AD
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Paul Augeri
4 years
Mike Eagle has been named the new 🏈 coach at @CoginchaugFtbll . Eagle spent 2 seasons as Guilford’s head coach and 5 before that leading Morgan’s program. Believed to be his first HS job since 2016. #ctfb @FootballPequot @EHBellringers @NoisesSports
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Paul Augeri
2 years
As part of the ⁦ @SportsCenter ⁩ team winning an Emmy for Outstanding Studio Show Daily, I received one too. Speech: This is for all my teachers, mentors, family & friends who’ve supported me over the years!
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Paul Augeri
2 years
Congrats to @_CHS_Sports_ #ctgb coach Kelly Maher for win No. 300! Panthers beat Pomperaug 54-35 on home floor for 4-0 start. In Maher's 15th season, CHS averaging 20 wins a season. @_SLC_Athletics @CHSPanthersCT
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Paul Augeri
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If you're scoring at home, Jets backup Tim Boyle in for the awful Zach Wilson gives @xfalconfootball 2 QBs (with Will Levis) on NFL fields today. Tremendous! #cthsfb
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Paul Augeri
2 years
Todd Salva has announced his retirement, effective at season's end, after 31 years as Coginchaug #ctbb coach. Salva passed the 400-win mark in Jan. 2020. He succeeded the great Wally Camp, meaning there have been just 2 head coaches in Durham since 1958. @_SLC_Athletics
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Paul Augeri
2 years
21 up, 21 down. The Great Lily Kenney (center) of @_CHS_Sports_ throws a perfect game against a very good @AthleticsHkhs team. Panthers win 7-0. Kenney struck out 12. @AUPanthers @_SLC_Athletics #ctsb
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Paul Augeri
2 years
Old Saybrook beats Valley Regional 4-2 for its first Shoreline baseball championship in 4 decades. #ctbase
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Paul Augeri
2 years
In case the papers don't pick it up, Sacred Heart Academy 92, Lyman Hall 4 in #ctgb . Quarter-ending scores of 29-0, 56-0, 80-0. That's all I got.
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Paul Augeri
2 years
@LilyKenney2023 ⁩, most outstanding player of the Class S final, and coach Angelo Morello after ⁦ @_CHS_Sports_ ⁩ captured its first softball state championship. #ctsb
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1 year
Cromwell's Victor Payne could sneeze and suddenly have 30 points. He's the rightful Shoreline Player of the Year. And Chris Perras of Old Saybrook, whose injury-riddled Rams are still on their feet, is Shoreline Coach of the Year. #ctbb @_CHS_Sports_ @OS_RAM_PRIDE
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Paul Augeri
2 years
Instead of exchanging words after a loose ball tie-up in a rivalry game, these 2 guys exchanged a hug. Had to share. #ctbb @MaloneySpartans @middletownbball
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Paul Augeri
3 years
Jerry Remy came to Cromwell in August 2019 as part of his book tour. Very candid talk about his cancer, his son, and most of all his love of all things baseball. A great ambassador for the Red Sox. RIP Rem Dog.
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Paul Augeri
3 years
The best 2 minutes in sports today.
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Wanna know what leadership looks like?
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Paul Augeri
4 years
Thanks to ⁦ @Super70sSports ⁩ for this bad boy. A pick-me-up in trying times.
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Paul Augeri
1 year
Mad Dog Russo just now on ESPN: “The New Canaan Rams are better than the Oakland A’s.” @New_Canaan_Base #ctbase
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Paul Augeri
3 years
CIAC reports paid attendance of 5,500 for the four #ctbase finals at Palmer Field. Actual heads through the gates would be higher, obviously. Good crowds for each game.
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Paul Augeri
2 years
Per @ciacsports , #ctbase championship games will be held at Palmer Field in Middletown for the next 5 years. #ctbase
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Paul Augeri
3 years
The Cunninghams' father/son bond now extends to the CT Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Some cool life lessons from the two here: #ctwr @CTWrestling @athleticsXHS
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Paul Augeri
2 years
@_CHS_Sports_ ⁩ first-time state softball champion. Panthers beat North Branford 3-0. Lily Kenney with a 1-hitter, shut out NB 3 times in 2022. ⁦ @_SLC_Athletics #ctsb
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Paul Augeri
1 year
Victor Payne swoopes in for the last of his 3 dunks of the Shoreline final. No. 15 is averaging 31 ppg in his last 4 games. Onto the D4 tourney. ⁦ @_CHS_Sports_ #ctbb
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Paul Augeri
2 years
The CIAC #ctgb and #ctbb tournaments are upon us. Which means the officiating needs to be better.
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Paul Augeri
4 years
I feel lousy for every CT senior HS athlete who won’t play his or her winter sport again at this level.
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Paul Augeri
3 years
MHS senior Camille Kennedy (hoops statistician) is a great example of a kid going way outside her comfort zone (learned to caddie) and earning an incredible opportunity. The Evans Scholarship will put her through Northwestern U. @ciacsports @MiddletownPS
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Paul Augeri
2 years
⁦Your ⁦ @_SLC_Athletics ⁩ boys basketball champs. ⁦ @_CHS_Sports_ ⁩ 55, ⁦ @morgan_huskies ⁩ 39. #ctbb
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Paul Augeri
5 months
Freshman Eli Wilborn of Middletown broke into St. Francis' starting lineup in mid-November and stuck. After benefiting from a post-grad year at South Kent on several levels, he made his D1 debut at Pauley Pavilion. @middletownbball @CoachChills #ctbb
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Paul Augeri
2 years
That’s a pumped-up ⁦ @VRHS_GBball ⁩ Coach Jaimie Bickelhaupt, whose Warriors closed out Cromwell in the ⁦ @_SLC_Athletics ⁩ semis and will play for their first SLC title. #ctgb
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Paul Augeri
1 year
Victor Payne and Cromwell handed a 2nd straight ⁦ @_SLC_Athletics ⁩ trophy after 58-43 win over Portland. Payne with 35 points, 33 in 2nd half. #ctbb @_CHS_Sports_
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Paul Augeri
3 years
Frank Rossi is the Shoreline's Coach of the Year after leading the @morgan_huskies to a 15-0 record/conference title in his 3rd season with program. George Braun would be proud. @_SLC_Athletics #ctbb
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Paul Augeri
4 years
I’m heading to Middletown High tonight for D2 first-round game vs. Wethersfield because I refuse to believe that the CIAC has wiped out all tournaments. #ctbb
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Paul Augeri
1 year
Final: Xavier 54, Kennedy 50. Anthony Parker scores final 8 Falcon points. No. 5 seed X into D2 semifinals. Tremendous win for Coach @XavierHSHoops Mike Kohs. #ctbb
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Paul Augeri
2 years
@TheRockFootball ⁩ freshman Molly Wilson was 3 for 3 on PATs as Rockville overcame deficits of 7-0 and 14-7 to hand ⁦ @cromportFB ⁩ its 1st loss of season. ⁦ @GameTimeCT #cthsfb
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Paul Augeri
4 years
@Super70sSports Goosebumps. Every time watching.
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Paul Augeri
1 year
Cromwell puts the wraps on a 63-50 win over Griswold and berth in the D4 #ctbb final, its first title game appearance since 2018 and 4th in the John Pinone era. ⁦ @GameTimeCT
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Paul Augeri
2 years
Catcher AJ Quinn's night for @post75bsb : Called Alex Mach's 70-pitch shutout, threw out a runner, drove in the winning run. No chores at the house for this guy the rest of the summer. #ctlegion
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Paul Augeri
2 years
Jack Nolan on receiving end of 24 TD pass from Cole Brisson. ⁦ @cromportFB ⁩ 17, Rocky Hill 0. 4:08 left 1st half. ⁦ @GameTimeCT #cthsfb
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Paul Augeri
2 years
Congrats to Jami Sacco, who joins mom Sue (1982-86) on the 1,000-point board at Westbrook High School. #ctgb @_SLC_Athletics @wpsKnights
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Paul Augeri
3 years
Shoreline Conference revises spectator policy for boys and girls basketball tourneys, will permit 2 fans per rostered player. Good for the adults (adhere to the rules, peeps), good for the kids! Feels like this was in works for a while. @_SLC_Athletics @GameTimeCT #ctbb #ctbb
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Paul Augeri
2 years
No. 16 beats No. 1 in D-5 tournament: Portland overcomes 32-point night by Terryville's Dominick Dao in 57-52 win. Eli Evison with 21 points for Highlanders, who get No. 8 Windham on Monday. #ctbb @PHS_AD
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Paul Augeri
2 years
Final in Class S: @cromportFB 46, @AnsoniaFootball 7. First final for Panthers since 2011. #cthsfb @GameTimeCT
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Paul Augeri
8 months
Xavier’s Daniel Benzi with a 32-yard field goal in the closing minute of Q3. We head to 4th: Falcons 24, Sheehan 16. #cthsfb @GameTimeCT
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Paul Augeri
2 years
Thanks to the cross-checking of my wife, corrected numbers for Sr. WR Ted Williams of @cromportFB : 9 for 332 yards and 5 TDs. QB Cole Brisson: 17 of 23, 500 yds, 6 TDs (1:1 TDs/incompletions). @SPBowley @GameTimeCT #cthsfb
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Paul Augeri
4 years
Kalil Shabazz: State Open wrestling champion! 12-6 decision over Danbury’s Tyler Johnson at 126. @MHSBlueDragons @MiddletownPS @bluedragons_mhs
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Paul Augeri
3 years
To think Palmer Field was under a foot of water less than 2 weeks ago … a 5-star effort by Middletown’s parks dept. getting the place back on line so quickly. #ctbase @CTLegionBBall
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Paul Augeri
2 years
Congrats to Josh Rosek, who will succeed Sal Morello as @mhsbluedragons1 coach. Rosek grew up in the program, had been MHS' D-coordinator for most of Sal Morello's tenure. Morello stepped down as HC in December after 12 seasons. #ctfb @GameTimeCT @CCC_conference @BlueDragonsMHS
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Paul Augeri
3 years
H-K defeats Old Saybrook 2-0 for coach Mark Brookes’ 700 career victory. #ctbase
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Paul Augeri
2 years
Feel-good night for @BlueDragonsMHS basketball fans. Boys advance in D-2, the first tournament win for first-year coach Eric Holley. And the girls clinch @RobSmernoff 's first state semifinal in his 15 seasons. Strong statements from both programs. #ctbb #ctgb
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Paul Augeri
5 years
Wesleyan Figures Out Trinity To Record Rare 8-Win Season
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Paul Augeri
3 years
@MercyTigers ⁩: Champs of the SCC. #ctgsoc @MercyMiddletown ⁩ ⁦ @SCCcommissioner
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Paul Augeri
3 years
Congrats to @morgan_huskies Sr. Catie Donadio, the @_SLC_Athletics #ctgb Player of the Year. Joining her on First Team: Coginchaug Sr. Jess Berens, Valley So. Abby Bradbury, Cromwell So. Nevaeh Clark, Old Lyme Sr. Emily DeRoehn, East Hampton Sr. Mya Field, NB Jr. Braeden LeBeau.
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Paul Augeri
2 years
Middletown's Elijah Wilborn will continue his hoops career in the NEPSAC next season at South Kent. At 6 foot 8, averaged a double-double for @middletownbball last season and was a CHSCA D2 All-State selection. #ctbb
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Paul Augeri
4 years
Penn State coach James Franklin said today his staff is undecided on starting QB this weekend vs. Iowa, but I'm guessing @xfalconfootball knows who should get the nod ...
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Paul Augeri
4 years
If there isn't a spring high school sports season in CT, here's hoping coaches still get paid their stipends, simply because it would be the right thing to do by them.
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Paul Augeri
2 years
For @_CHS_Sports_ , the years go by, the championships pile up, and the sports facilities remain inadequate. Locker spaces to come at Pierson Park: a good step, but it's not enough.
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Paul Augeri
2 years
Morgan coach Frank Rossi and winning coach Kevin Moses of Bloomfield (orange) after last night's D-IV semifinal, a 76-67 Warhawks win. Two class acts and a great game at NBHS. #ctbb @morgan_huskies @BHSWarhawks
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Paul Augeri
4 years
Cromwell boys 🏀 coach John Pinone: "This is one of those moments in life that is just unfortunate. Life's not fair and this is just an example of that." #ctbb #ctgb #cthk @_SLC_Athletics
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Paul Augeri
3 years
Sr. Zach Johnson of Shoreline champ @morgan_huskies is the conference's Player of the Year. Sr. teammate Rob Zirlis, Sr. James Grodzicki of Cromwell, Jr. Loudon Chupas of Hale-Ray and Sophs Jeremy Arnum of Valley and Mason Gorham of HK also First Teamers. @_SLC_Athletics #ctbb
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Paul Augeri
1 year
@BlueDragonsMHS ⁩ have won 3 straight after 0-2 start. Champs of the first Middletown Sports Hall of Fame Holiday Classic. Nas Cade-McDaniel is tourney MVP. #ctbb
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Paul Augeri
2 months
For historical purposes, a pre-game meeting at home plate with Year 1 Valley/Westbrook coach Pat Sirois (center) and Year 48 H-K coach Mark Brookes. #ctbase @_SLC_Athletics @AthleticsHkhs @vrhsathletics
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Paul Augeri
2 years
Win No. 1 for new head coaches Dan Botti @middletownbsb , Ryan Fraser @OS_RAM_PRIDE and Phil Cohen at Old Lyme today. #ctbase @_SLC_Athletics @HilheckAD
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Paul Augeri
1 year
It's a Shoreline quadruple in the Class M #ctgb semifinals after quarterfinal wins by No. 1 East Hampton, No. 3 Valley Regional, No. 5 Coginchaug and No. 7 Cromwell on Wednesday night. @_SLC_Athletics
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Paul Augeri
3 years
Best wishes to Chris Serra, who's defined by his strength of character, perseverance and professionalism. He's rocked the job as Portland's AD and a champion of its student-athletes. @_SLC_Athletics @CTHSCA
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Paul Augeri
5 years
Middletown High football coach Sal Morello after @TyshaunJ2 had a 3-TD day for CCSU: “He has tremendous upside. He is big, strong and fast and loves the game.”
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Paul Augeri
2 years
Shelton wins it, 22-21 over Windsor after entering Q4 down 12. @GameTimeCT #cthsfb
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Paul Augeri
3 years
East Hampton goes back-to-back as Shoreline Conference girls basketball champs, beating Morgan in the final for the second year in a row. @_SLC_Athletics #ctgb
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Paul Augeri
4 years
Great players and GREAT kids all. Congrats to the All-Shoreline First Teamers. #ctgb @_SLC_Athletics
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Paul Augeri
3 years
I’ve attended all levels of ballgames at Palmer Field since 1979. Played there as a teen when the park was rickety. Never have seen a crowd like the one that watched Frankie and East on Saturday. Had to be 2,000 strong.
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Paul Augeri
2 years
Kids, go to the hole every chance you get, just like Coach Pinone does here. March Madness, 1981. #ctbb @_CHS_Sports_
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Paul Augeri
4 years
I cleared my calendar 2 months ago to spend this day at Mohegan Sun to watch HS teams compete for state championships. Instead, I spent today pulling weeds in the flower beds. My mood is sour.
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Paul Augeri
4 years
Have to say, RSD4 picking a fight with @vrhsathletics Tim King is odd and just preposterous. Valley has endured a lot this year, more than most high schools. To go this route with a good and decent coach/mentor ... the district should find something better to do with its time.
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