Wolves v Manchester City - as it happened | Jacob Steinberg

Wolves were relegated after losing to Manchester City, who are now three points behind Manchester United

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no affirmation of life today's preamble, no introduction thoughtful, no bad jokes. Ok, maybe a few bad jokes. All you need to know is that the title race is new. Manchester United and Arsenal have drawn 4-4 with Everton at home after being up 4-2, and if Manchester City to win at Wolves this afternoon, the gap at the top is reduced to three points with Manchester derby next Monday. It was eight points two weeks ago. The race took place. Dusted. We were all about writing obituaries for the City, to question what Roberto Mancini had to do to keep your job. States have rather you leave with Facebook Do you support wolf Terry Connors for tonight even stranger? No, thought not.

Since the disastrous defeat at Arsenal, when the city was a disunited rabble, who scored 10 goals in two games, beating West Brom 4-0 and Norwich 6-1. Five of these targets were Carlos Tevez, and now it is impossible not to think that the city could have been had it been available throughout the season. The game ended with Mario Balotelli Arsenal pressing the self-destruct again, but despite the recriminations that followed, it could become the best thing that happened to the city throughout the season. Suddenly, without Balotelli circus by dragging them down, they look like a team with a dead weight lifted off their shoulders. In Norwich, which were smooth, chic and clinical - as they were at the beginning of the season

The equation is now very easy for the city, winning their last four games and win the championship. Mathematics (sJez) is so easy for the wolves. Lose that and they are low, unlike cities, there will be a relief. Not for poor Terry, a rabbit in the headlights. When Frasier and Niles Crane opened a restaurant that ended in a general way, a farce, the brothers to come to lose the kitchen staff through the opening night. Regardless, they had made themselves. The evening ends with the sprinklers going off and a car crashed against a wall. Wolves have not been wrong to dismiss Mick McCarthy. You should have a line replacement.

Mind Games with Sir Alex Ferguson.

"We gave the initiative," he said. "It makes the game more important Etihad Stadium - is that we decide to go in knowing that we are able to get a result we need to get a result now Etihad and there is no why we can not do ... there was an expectation that the City could be his decisive - it's our play-off is also a great game is always a derby of the highest proportions and next week will not different "... Unless the city succumbs to Cityitis today.

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Wolves are without injured goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey, so that it enters Dorus De Vries for his first start of League. To deal with Sergio Aguero and Carlos Tevez. No pressure!

Lobos: De Vries, Foley, Stearman, Bassong, Ward, Kightly, Davis, Henry, Jarvis, Edwards, Fletcher.

Subs:.

Ikeme, Ebanks-Blake, Johnson, Berra, Milijas, Zubar, Doyle

Manchester City:

Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany, Lescott, Clichy, Toure Yaya, Barry, Nasri, Silva, Tevez, Aguero.

Incidents:

Pantilimon, Milner, Dzeko, Johnson, Kolarov, Toure, De Jong

Referee:

Lee Probert (Wiltshire)

No team

was far ahead with six games to go and not win the league. It would be great if Sir Alex Ferguson, who could write countless books on how to manage the friction, oversees a team he manages. In the era of the Premier League, the only team that has been around Blackburn were in 1994-95. Eight-point lead with six games left, that United have lost the league, but for the bottle of flowers Tim, ending with a display superhuman Ludo Miklosko and Andy Cole.

If Manchester City wins here

, as they surely will, will be Roberto Mancini is still insisting that they have no chance of winning the title?

teams out of the tunnel.

Carlos Tevez has focused on his face. "It liiiiiive" growls Martin Tyler. There is in him, poor man.

we go.

exercise of Manchester City in fish in a barrel begins, the hosts begin here and attack from right to left. Carlos Tevez up instantly Davis challenge low expenses in defending wolves and hammers a powerful shot back, not far above 25 meters. City were almost ahead inside 20 seconds. "Is there something to be said for saving the city far from home?" Brian Kitt said. It is not very good?

2 minutes:

open a start, this time. Having escaped this scary at first, wolves attack and win a corner on the bottom right. Kightly corner is too short, but the head of Clichy light is low. Corresponds to Bassong and effort deviates slightly beyond the left post. Hart was not worried and possibly beaten. The second corner is not working.

3 minutes:

Last season, the Wolves beat Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea at home. This collapse is certainly unexpected. I did not have it be in this position at the beginning of the season.

5 minutes. Establish clear Tevez, Aguero problems Stearman on the left, but the Wolves defenseman Grant also a seating

6 minutes: the corner of Nasri, De Vries comes flying shots. It was under no pressure and would really take. "Just to clarify, is this the place to come to vent my spleen when Liverpool invariably spend 90 minutes in passing the ball from side to no good effect against West Brom?" Says Phil Sawyer. "I do not seem to be an HGH that party." Well, it's because back home of Mr. Roy is not on television. So yeah.

7 minutes: This game is very open, which fits over Manchester City Wolves. Local defense horribly square is detected by a simple clip on top of Barry Aguero, who just managed to stay out of the game a tight call, but he is probably right. Aguero kept away from the attentions of Bassong, turns on his left foot, then takes a shot inches away from the post hard right turn. On the sideline, Mancini threw a water bottle on the grass.

9 min: "As a neutral, it is great to see the city back in the race, but we also know that is inevitable that shady is going to happen, "said Paul Jain. "I would put good money on the draw at 89 minutes of QPR on the final day of the season to deny them the title. All I know is going to happen. "Revenge of Mark Hughes.

10 minutes:

when they move forward, wolves do not look like a team that will be relegated today. But it is the story of their season. There terrible

, but I can not count their good times Thurs

11 min:

As if to prove this point, Kightly wins another corner on the right. This leads to a point of head tennis in the area of ??the city, but is eventually approved by Lescott and then the wolves suddenly find themselves badly exposed, such as distance running Aguero on the counter. City now have a three to two situations, but pass from Aguero Tevez sends teammate Argentinian wide and movement disappears.

12 minutes:

Lobos played as if there was no tomorrow, because you do not win, nobody. Jarvis twists in the area of ??the right and pulls out a copy of the cross, found Fletcher. It is far from the goal, making tea Davis, whose care, but powerful sidefooter from the edge of the area is brilliantly pushed wide for a corner by Hart.

13 min:

Since Fletcher directs delivery Kightly Stearman through the lens and controls the ball with his chest before sending a shot clumsy on top. City appear vulnerable to pieces. "Well, he could have the images I see the statement of Mr. Roy's TV * ahem," says Phil Sawyer.

14 min:

De Vries has run out of the box and slide feet Aguero to stop the spread threat to obtain through the ball.

16 minutes:

This should have been the first goal of the City. Silva and well connected Zabaleta on the right flank, tiki-takaing your way around static Wolves players. Zabaleta plays well then go back into the room, Nasri who made a smart race from left to right. With the goal, dragging the ball as far as the left post. This is a bad decision. City had two good opportunities now, and have achieved the target with one of them.

18 min:

Tevez takes a swing and a lack of cross Zabaleta. Corresponds to Aguero, whose shot was blocked, before dribbling optimistic Barry shot wide.

19 min:

This is why the wolves are down. Stearman must deal with a long ball over the top quite comfortably, but do not realize Aguero running after him. The defender tried to head falls woefully short, but Agüero not realize how much time you have. Rather than simply take down and pat yourself on the network, it is frozen De Vries outside of his right foot and the ball rolls well AFTER the left post. What Agüero absurd choice. And what a let-off for wolves, which should already be 3-0.

20 minutes:

is a beat throughout, but the dashboard. Agüero Tevez is on the brink of the area. It's just a patch of blue for wheezing Stearman, who can do nothing but stand and look at the ball before him and Aguero then shot on the right post from 15 meters. Shooting practice in the city.

23 min:

De Vries did not have to make a stop, however, but he was impressive when he is called to action . Here he had to move quickly from his line to read something wonderful defense splitting Nasri that Tevez was very interested in.

24 min:

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opportunity for the city. It's like watching Chelsea v Barcelona. Maybe it's too easy for them, the absence of a challenge that leads to laxity in their finishes. This time, it's time for Tevez to run behind the Wolves defense, but from a tight angle his campaign is just down Vries. This is his first save, but they really had to take the ball out of its network for now.

GOAL! Manchester City 0-1 Wolves (Aguero, 27 min):

Now De Vries has to collect the ball in your network. It is a great goal, but has not been made by Silva, Tevez or Nasri, who was made by Gael Clichy. On the left side line, the left side, deftly nutmegged Kightly then bent around a password indefensible Bassong, who can not cut, and through Agüero. This time, there was no respite for the wolves. Having already lost three, Aguero took a touch and then calmly put the ball past De Vries and the lower right corner. Wolves are down.

29 min:

Aguero already has 22 goals this season. Most any player in the city has made the Premier League is 23, Carlos Tevez goals last season. How it goes, Aguero could probably reach 30 if you really put your mind to it this afternoon.

30 minutes:

"It would be easy to have a pop journo who wrote about the race for the title (and perhaps also the Real Madrid can win El Classico?), but how many game players are not ready to lay their eggs on Lawro metaphorical style online? "says Ryan Dunne. "As such, I can predict that today looks good 1-0 win coupon-busting wolf or a pedestrian 5-1," hat trick "of Tevez, the victory of the city. And is it just me, or "Mind Games" does not really have the connotations invoked Lex Luthor, the plot? just makes me think that Fergie and Mancini made some John and Yoko, not the prettiest of mental images. "

32 min:

Expert Agüero on a cross behind the goal unfortunate Lobos. This is garbage.

34 min:

Sebastien Bassong forget that you can never rest when Carlos Tevez is close. Wolves defender was too slow to release the ball just outside his own field and before he knew, his pocket was crushed by Tevez. From there, the city got a job a chance to take Tevez, but he curled up in a line De Vries from 15 meters.

35 minutes:

"With so many people willing to assert their coaching skills and intelligence, Julian Lescott yesterday, referring to Terry Connor as a "rabbit in the headlights" is bullshit, "Turner said Burgess. You know what? You

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right. He was taken to task like a duck to water. A record of two points in nine games since coming to power as a man feels completely comfortable in his position. Maybe I should be the manager of the year, now that you mention.

38 min:

Terry England

39 minutes:

city have been installed on wolves and a half. It's all part of the master plan, although Connor. Tevez turns and has an output of the edge of the zone. Is locked. Toure then go to Nasri on the overlap on the right, but not the middle to accommodate the cross.

41 minutes:

Wolves fans are, ironically, cheering on their team to deploy a few passages together. At least I have not yet his sense of humor. It was a bad season for them.

42 minutes:
"It seems that most journos have also canceled Utd has hopes of taking anything from Etihad," said James Francis Kenny. "Where does the title of this season lies with the Geordies." Second team each person is the second team in the world again. Apart from the Sunderland fans, obviously. And. Spurs, Arsenal and Chelsea

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Brussels' austerity drive must be stopped if eurozone is to survive

Spain did not become the next Greece: but only if our financial leaders show they have learned the lessons of the recent past

Looking back in 2012, it was clear that everything had started to go wrong for the euro area. Markets had rallied strongly in the first two months of the year following the decision of the European Central Bank in late 2011 to provide cheap loans to three years in commercial bank credit hungry. Interest rates on bonds of the weaker members of the monetary union has declined, raising hopes that Europe was emerging from the nightmare of debt.

Then on March 2, the new prime minister of Spain, Mariano Rajoy, announced it was abandoning the fiscal deficit target: instead of reducing debt to 4.4% of GDP and I wanted to Brussels, Rajoy points to 5.8%. He was forced to take this down, but only slightly.

There was no immediate explosion, but took a couple of weeks for the financial markets react to news. But in early April, interest rates on 10-year bond returned to Spain where they were in the dark days of 2011. At that time, pressure, and bad economic news continued throughout the spring and summer and late fall, Spain became the fourth country in the euro area needs a plan Rescue of the EU, the ECB and the International Monetary Fund.

This is, in short, the market was the amount seen in 2012 as panoramic Easter was approaching. The idea was: Spain has been a colossal bust of property left to a low growth, high unemployment and more unstable banking sectors. A double dip recession, it will be impossible to reduce the deficit, according to the schedule in Brussels, especially as the appetite of rigor is higher in Madrid at the municipal level.

This makes markets nervous. Greek crisis shows that investors are facing losses of 70% in the case of default, and the markets are not yet convinced of Greece was an isolated incident. They are, therefore, require higher yields on Spanish debt. This adds to the problems of Spain, raising their costs of debt service, higher interest rates in the long run and make a bailout more likely. No wonder the IMF said that Spain faces serious challenges "."

Spain will not need immediate financial assistance, and the good news is that it has sold nearly half of the bond required to cover loans this year. The long-term refinancing operations of the ECB also provide sufficient liquidity to prevent the Spanish banks to go belly up.

But it is hard to describe how things go from bad to worse in the coming months. First, signs that Francis Holland will beat Nicolas Sarkozy in a runoff for the French presidency gives the markets nervous. Therefore, the lack of growth in Spain, it is unlikely that even the watered deficit targets will be affected. There are demonstrations and strikes over austerity. Finally, the government threw in the towel and admit that you need outside help.

• Even this should not be a tragedy if the three preconditions. The first is that politicians of Spain and the level of the euro area to draw lessons from the failure to rescue the last two years. Experience shows that there is a need to move decisively and with speed. The second condition is that there are insufficient funds available for the rescue of the EU and the IMF to meet the fourth largest economy in Europe.
• Finally, there must be. Belatedly recognized that the program of Spain deficit reduction requires a higher growth than austerity The spoils of war available in Europe and the IMF is probably big enough to cope with Spain. But the unshakeable belief in the court at all costs shows that still need to learn lessons.

elevation BSkyB Nicholas Ferguson was applauded by all shareholders. It is not, they fear, the last independent chair ready to reform the boardroom to the needs of satellite broadcasters.
BSkyB is not a standard plate. Of the 12 non-executive directors, four of which are careerists News Corp. and three have been there for over nine years, which does not qualify as independent under the Code of Corporate Governance. Moreover, two of which Ferguson, now exceeds nine years this summer.

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Household charge rebellion clouds Irish outlook

failure by most homeowners to pay for this weekend will mark the first act of collective defiance against austerity

Even the giant elf in a heavy padded coat and a head of green wool detachable bottle near a landmark Dublin seemed to enjoy the sun. When he removed his head there was not one sign of sweat on his face. He seemed very happy to take a break and let his teammate pass the hat around the nodes collection of tourists who use their iPhone and mobile phones to take a snapshot beside the statue of Molly Malone across the road from the walls Trinity College.

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When he put the head of the new red beard, the elf asked if unseasonably warm weather made his costume uncomfortable. True to the omerta leprechaun, he gave a nonverbal response. A nod to indicate he was stifling, and a hand, presumably to show that he was happy to see the crowd in the sun

With consumer crowds inside and outside the shops of Grafton Street and outside of your thirsty drinkers in bars in the side streets all the way up Green St. Stephen, you could be forgiven for wondering, at least temporarily: the recession, the recession

The government faces a trial this week over 100 ? the tax burden of households that each flat owner has to pay for the weekend. Failure to pay may result in fines, but only 30% have done so far. The government fears that failure to raise revenues needed to pay for the services of local government (the Republic abolished the UK style of costs in 1977) which send a signal of damage that the Irish will not pay their way.

The burden of households could be the biggest mistake of the first year of the Fine Gael-Labour coalition, and has been compared (with more than a touch of exaggeration) to tax Margaret Thatcher's poll. There will be no repeat of the riots of the poll tax in Dublin, but if less than half the population is recorded at the end of the week will mark the first act of collective rebellion against the austerity program which is designed to reduce the national debt and restore international confidence in the economy.

Fine Gael and Labour are beginning to realize they have a fight on their hands while facing charges that are more interested in punishing the bankers and speculators whose greed mortgageholders swept the property market . On Monday, Fine Gael Minister of State for Finance, Brian Hayes, said that if the government did not get the tax proceeds of the house, would find the money elsewhere, perhaps by increasing income tax.

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"To pretend that there is a painless solution to this is totally crazy," said Hayes. "If you do not want to see jobs lost because of a tax system that taxes the crap out of people to work, then the only way to solve our problem is to find new sources of taxes. "He said the state still need to borrow ? 10000000000 this year to pay for jobs and public services .

opposition parties, particularly Sinn Fein and the Alliance of the United Left, are capitalizing on the opposition to the charge, although the two blocks have different approaches. Sinn Fein TD, which are the principle owners refused to pay the 100 ? taxes, but the game did not come to call the public to pay or not, because he said he would not be able to pay all fines the world and legal fees. The ULA, composed of the Socialist Party and the People Before annotations in earnings, urged all taxpayers to withhold payment before the deadline for the weekend.

The controversy could be a threat not only to the administration of Enda Kenny, but for the EU as a whole. If the problem is not resolved at the time of going to Ireland to the polls to ratify the pact of the EU fiscal year, voters might be tempted to use the referendum to protest against the tax. In his anger over a domestic issue, voters were able to launch the reform process of the EU into chaos.

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Black ice warnings issued across the UK

traffic warnings issued in the context of calls for people to stay away from frozen water after man dies trying to save the dog

Rain falling on ground freezing has been endangered by black ice on much of the UK, but forecasters rely on milder weather moving from west to As Christmas approaches.

traffic alerts were issued

across the country, with a call for people to stay away from the ice water after a man died trying to save his pet, a poodle Scottish lake covered of ice.

was named as John McAllister, 37, Police found his body after a search in one hour by divers in the Gadloch in Lenzie, East Dunbartonshire. A helicopter with thermal imaging equipment helped in the search for McAllister, who lived there. The dog died too.

six hikers were rescued by helicopter from a valley in the North York Moors National Park, when two fell ill in freezing conditions.

The group was juggers ravine between Fylingdales RAF monitoring station and the coast at Ravenscar. Two women aged 40 years were treated at Scarborough General Hospital, after another family member, who were aged between 19 and 45, phoned for help.

The Scottish Government is delivering on its response team in multi-agency action with amber warning level snow, sleet and rain in the center and edges.

Transport Minister Keith Brown said: "Based on our thorough preparation and no room for complacency" approach, the team is left open to provide a monitoring system coordinated and effective response is in place.

• "have a Scottish transportation, police, railway operators, mining companies and secondary roads on the side Met Office works side by side and accept messages for travelers, which worked well until 'now, but you need to stay fit and keep up the good work.

"Looking ahead to Christmas, the pressure to maintain our transportation system to operate as efficiently as possible is even greater than usual."

The hearts of the bookmakers have been warmed by the prospect of a Christmas windfall after betting unusually high chance of snow during last week's freezing. The greatest engine of the probability of a drastic reduction is Manchester, against 1.6 against 7.2, while the chances of snow in Buckingham Palace have been halved from 1.8 to 4/1 .

The Met Office provides little support for it rationally, with forecasters who choose reliably the vague term "unstable for the rest of the month. Pennine roads snow that closed on Sunday night had moved to the Midwest on Monday, but temperatures were set to start crawling again on Wednesday.
Forecaster Rebecca Sherwin said. "The cloud and rain will spread from the west and it will be another cold night on Monday, however, the air is sweet from the west in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday morning, which should see rise in temperature to about 12C, so it stays cold, but not as cold as it was during the weekend.

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Pendle Hill, the mummified cat and the wonder in our surroundings | Faisal Hanif

the ruins of a house in Lancashire that once may have been a witch meeting house threw local historians into a frenzy

Lancashire is often associated with the golden age of British companies and invention. The monuments of the litter was great industrial nation of its towns and villages, many of which are unfortunately prolonged economic hangovers. But last week offered an often overlooked, timely reminder of a permanent distribution of more amazing the region and history.

Despite the private industrial enclaves after sitting in his shadow, Pendle Hill is a commanding presence on the horizon to the east of Lancashire. Choline is one of the many natural wonders that make up this picturesque landscape: go east and you get the Apennines, north-west is the Forest of Bowland, traveling south-west takes you to the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Despite its position among the many, Pendle Hill feel a bit isolated, perhaps rightly, given its unique status.

Before chimneys began to dominate the landscape, the hill was the site of a pre-industrial histories most infamous of Great Britain. In 1612, 11 men and women were accused of witchcraft, and the trial ended with the hanging of all but one of them.

Although the story are well known in Britain and beyond, has always been an element of mystery and romance attached to it. Each year thousands of visitors to Pendle Hill are intrigued by one of the major episodes historic regions. But the modern spirit has come to accept most of which was a bit more of a history of persecution that has an atmosphere of superstition, where the religious fanatics are willing to protect the name of faith led by the crown.

the discovery last week of a country house which bears the remains of a mummified cat on the walls can do little to dispel the idea accepted, but there is a finding of great historical importance . When accused of witchcraft were found in the castle of Lancaster, Thomas Potts, the clerk of the court records all indicating a meeting place, ie, "Malkin Tower." To date, the location of this place has remained unknown. This latter finding has local historians into a frenzy, and the nature of the comparisons of well-preserved cottages began to Pompeii, and even the tomb of Tutankhamun.

If the house is presented as the legendary meeting place of witches or not remains to be seen. But what conclusion should train the local community and across the country is a related idea of ??the enormous potential that your environment may vomit. At a time when the fortunes of the nation depend heavily on the City of London financial district, so much so that Prime Minister may challenge an entire continent to protect its interests, the connection to the immediate environment has been eroded .

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Starwatch: Mercury in view

It is not our moon, but recently published a mosaic of the planet Mercury as seen in images from NASA's MESSENGER probe. Despite representing an entire hemisphere of the smallest planet, shadows delineate several characteristics and, of course, be visible if it were a real "Mercury full" view from the direction of the sun.

The most important characteristics are the impact basin Tolstoy dark bordered, about 350 km in diameter and just under the right of center, and the enormous Caloris Basin, located in quadrant the top left. It, 1550 miles across and one of the largest structures of its kind in our solar system, is just north of the Mozart 225 km from the crater.

Although there is little interest in the effort to detect these features on the Earth, Mercury is the start of a race in favor of the poor visibility within the department Economy in our morning twilight. A view of Britain from 13 to 29, amounts to more than 100 minutes before sunrise and walk between 8 ° and 10 ° height thirty minutes before sunrise. Brightness of magnitude 0.5 to -0.4, must become an object visible to the naked eye and binocular easy if our horizon is clear. Through a telescope, its phase varies between 28% and 76% sun that its diameter is reduced from 8.5 to 5.9 seconds of arc.

not forget the imminent peak of 14 on Wednesday, the Geminids meteor shower of the year. Its bright meteors are relatively slow and occur in all regions of the sky, although their paths separated from the radiant point near Castor in Gemini, N and E (left) of Orion. Low in the northeast at dusk, this radiation is from about 70 ° S at the top at 02:00. The problem this year is that the moon is bright behind only an hour late to the harsh light of bright meteors and smaller. Ideal moonless sky could have given the number of meteors above 100 per hour.

Finally, astronomers see a comet to the limit Sun discovered by Australian amateur astronomer Terry Lovejoy, Nov. 27. With an orbit that takes about 150,000 km from the Sun at midnight GMT on December 15-16, Comet Lovejoy belongs to the Kreutz family of comets sungrazer have produced some of the greatest comets of all time.

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hundreds of comets of this type were seen in images from around the Sun taken by the SOHO spacecraft, but it seems that all this was of small icy bodies, any more than a few meters wide, and none survived a meeting of fire to emerge and fly away in their sockets. The same fate may await the new comet, but since this is the first sungrazer Kreutz be known around the world since 1970 may be bigger and stronger.

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Iceland's Katla volcano shows signs of activity (AP)

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