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    CIS Roundup

    UBC's defensive end Charles Nwoye looks like he could have a bright professional career ahead after an improbable start to his CIS career.

    Last June, as he scrambled to find bodies to fill out the depth chart along his defensive line, newly installed UBC head coach Blake Nill decided to follow his gut instincts and act on a tip from one of his former players. “He said, ‘Coach, you got to see this kid,’ ” remembers Nill, who got Nwoye’s phone number and later flew out to visit with him and his family in the small Alberta town of Strathmore, 50 kilometres east of Calgary. “I took one look at him and even though he had never played, I said ‘Wow, this kid looks like he can move.’ ” ...
    There was so much that could have gone wrong, but based on that eye-test alone, Nill invited the native of Lagos, Nigeria who had come to Canada in 2006 with his family and promptly skipped a grade, to join his squad later that summer at the team’s training camp. “The first time he put on his helmet was Aug. 14,” Nill continues. Yet in the six weeks between their initial meeting and the start of camp, Nwoye had the fortune of watching an NFL Films documentary on Christian Okoye, the former Kansas City Chiefs’ all-pro running back who has started playing football while in college at the age of 23 and was later nicknamed The Nigerian Nightmare. “Not that I am saying I’m going to the NFL, but when I saw that, I thought ‘If he can do this, why can’t I?’ ” says Nwoye, who suddenly had a script to follow that was worthy of his own ambitions. “We’re both from the same tribe. The Igbo tribe. We grew up in neighbouring states.” From that point, with a template to guide him, Nwoye learned to leave his caution and fear on the sidelines. ...
    And once he got through the initial pain that accompanied his quest, a heck of a quick learner. “That whole camp, my body was so beat up and honestly, I wondered if football was even for me,” Nwoye admits. “The contact part was something I struggled with. My aggression wasn’t where it needed to be. But now I am not afraid to hit anyone. I think my inner savage came out.” Nwoye became proficient enough over just two weeks of camp that Nill put him on the travelling roster, and Nwoye actually got on the field for a number of snaps in UBC’s 41-16 season-opening upset win in Quebec City over the powerhouse Laval Rouge et Or. ...
    If there was one other thing that Nill noticed in that first meeting with Nwoye, it was the muscular package he carried with such grace and ease. “He looked like a weight-room kid,” Nill confirms. Because he skipped a grade in elementary school not soon after the family arrived in Canada, Nwoye graduated high school at age 16. And when Nill met with him last June, Nwoye had already finished his second year of studies toward a degree in economics at the University of Lethbridge. ...

    From Okoye to Onyemata to Kongbo, Nwoye admits comfort in knowing that others have travelled along his road. And now, with the UBC program at an all-time high in terms of its visibility and his personal ceiling seemingly unlimited in his next four university seasons, Nwoye admits he would love to be in a position to play at the next level.
    It seems evident that Nwoye has become more than just Nill’s pet project. “Right now, I’ve got him starting in one of the (defensive line) positions,” says Nill, who personally works with the defensive line in practice. “I don’t know if he’s ready yet, but he’s definitely competing and that is a big thing. “Here’s a guy who was only 18 when he finished his second year of university,” continues Nill. “His attitude has been phenomenal. You can’t help but have some patience for him because you’re looking at a kid who is a diamond in the making.”
    If last season was just a rough, early cut of what is to come, then there is a great chance that Nwoye, who has only been playing the game for about nine months now, will achieve a lasting brilliance.
    http://vancouversun.com/sports/footb...er-to-champion

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    The following article ranks the top ten CIS cities in Canada with Montreal first, Guelph second and Toronto third.

    https://gradeslam.org/blog/the-top-1...ties-in-canada

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    The article below discusses how under appreciated the CIS is. It also includes a video.
    Canada has devoted fans for sports from hockey to football to basketball to curling and well beyond, but all of those sports are contested at a high level nationally where they don't draw much attention.
    That would be Canadian Interuniversity Sport, which has 56 member universities from coast to coast with 11,500 athletes, and regulates national competition in 12 different sports (men's football, women's rugby and field hockey, and men's and women's basketball, cross-country, curling, hockey, soccer, swimming, track and field, volleyball and wrestling; many universities also compete in other sports on more regional levels). CIS has produced countless highly-successful Olympians and other professional athletes, and its competitions make for great viewing at a cheap price, but they're off the radar for many Canadian sports fans.
    That's why there's something to be said for University of Calgary Dinos' quarterback Andrew Buckley's comments Monday (after being honoured as Canada's top male university athlete at the BLG Awards; Olympic-bound swimmer Kylie Masse from the University of Toronto Varsity Blues was named the top female athlete) about how CIS deserves more attention:
    https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/eh...184304155.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by jerrym View Post
    The following article ranks the top ten CIS cities in Canada with Montreal first, Guelph second and Toronto third.
    That article gets an "F" for not including Halifax.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jerrym View Post
    The article below discusses how under appreciated the CIS is. It also includes a video.

    https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/eh...184304155.html
    When OV writes about the failures of the Canadian sports media, the coverage of CIS in this country can be high on his list and rightfully so IMO. We can watch all kinds of NCAA sports, especially football and basketball, in Canada but precious little of the CIS variety.
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    In 2016, 53 CIS players were selected in the CFL draft with Laval Rouge et Or leading the way with 8 selections including: # 2. Philippe Gagnon, Laval, OL (by Montreal); 5. Charles Vaillancourt, Laval, OL (by British Columbia); 7. Jason Lauzon-Séguin, Laval, OL (by Ottawa); (28th overall) Shayne Gauthier, Laval, LB (by Winnipeg); (38th overall) Jean-Philippe Bolduc, Laval, DB (by Calgary); (39th overall) Félix Faubert-Lussier, Laval, WR (by Hamilton); (42nd overall) Pierre-Luc Caron, Laval, LB (by Calgary); and (69th overall) Guillaume Tremblay-Lebel, Laval, LB (by Ottawa). The following article includes all 53CIS drafted players.

    Philippe Gagnon, an offensive lineman from Laval University, was the first CIS player selected in the 2016 CFL Canadian Draft when the Montreal Alouettes called his name at No. 2, on Tuesday evening.
    For all the information on the CFL Canadian Draft: www.cfl.ca

    The first overall selection, by the Saskatchewan Roughriders, was offensive lineman Josiah St. John from the University of Oklahoma, marking the second straight year than an NCAA player topped the charts after an eight-year CIS stranglehold on the first pick from 2007 to 2014.

    Overall, 53 CIS standouts were selected out of 70 total picks (75.7%). The tally is the second best in league history, trailing only the whopping 59 CIS stars chosen in 2014 out of 65 total selections (90.8%). A year ago, CIS players made up 71% of draftees (44 out of 62).

    Other CIS representatives to go in the first round were Acadia wide receiver Brian Jones at No. 4 (Toronto), as well as two more members of the dominating Laval offensive line, Charles Vaillancourt at No. 5 (British Columbia) and Jason Lauzon-Séguin at No. 7 (Ottawa).


    http://english.cis-sic.ca/sports/fba...eases/cfldraft


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    Western had 6 Mustangs drafted.

    The Canadian Football League added a few more Mustangs on Tuesday night as six members of the current Western roster were selected in the 2016 CFL Canadian Draft. Sean Jamieson, George Johnson, Josh Woodman, Rupert Butcher, Jamal Kett, and Matt Uren all had their names called as they brought the number of Western players selected in the CFL Draft to 39 over the past 16 years.

    Jamieson was the first Mustangs player off the board as the Montreal Alouettes selected him in the third round, 20th overall. .... A Winnipeg native, Jamieson is a two-time OUA First Team All-Star and CIS All-Canadian and was integral part of the Mustangs offensive line over the past four seasons. The 6-7 guard helped the Mustangs offence to a record-breaking season in 2015, establishing CIS milestones in points (494) and touchdowns (64), as well as an OUA record for rushing yards (2,947).

    A CIS All-Canadian and two-time OUA All-Star, Johnson recorded 116 catches for 1,848 yards and eight touchdowns, while averaging 15.9 yards per catch in 27 regular season games. He hauled in 32 passes in 2015, racking up 540 yards and one touchdown in the regular season, before adding another 128 yards on 14 catches in the playoffs. ...

    Woodman emerged as one of the OUA's top defensive backs over the past two seasons and has been a key part of the Mustangs defence. He's recorded 53.5 tackles, 49 solo, in 18 regular season games while adding nine interceptions and breaking up eight passes. He continued to impress in postseason play, recording 11 solo tackles in six games.

    The Winnipeg Blue Bombers added Rupert Butcher to their roster in the sixth round, selecting the defensive lineman 46th overall. Standing at 6-5 and weighing in at more than 300 pounds, Butcher used his size to dominate throughout the entire season and earn himself an OUA All-Star nod. The London native recorded 22 total tackles – 15 solo – across 18 games, with 4.5 sacks. The postseason saw him add an additional 10.5 tackles and three sacks.

    Butcher rounded out his best year as a Mustang by grabbing national attention at the CFL Combine. Noted as being nearly unblockable, he also proved to be light on his feet as he came out on top of the one-on-one competition.

    The Ottawa Redblacks were the next team to add a member of the Mustangs roster, selecting Jamal Kett in the seventh round, 60th overall. ... Kett immediately became one of the top receivers on the roster in his debut season at Western. The 6-5 Social Science student saw the field in seven games, recording two touchdowns and 338 yards on 21 receptions. ...

    Rounding out the Mustangs players selected on Tuesday night was Matt Uren, who went in the eighth round, 67th overall, to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Uren will join four other former Mustangs on the Ticats roster, including Beau Landry, Craig Butler, Andy Fantuz, and Ricky Osei-Kusi. One of the most exciting players in recent Mustangs history, Uren helped the Mustangs to two undefeated regular seasons in 2013 and 2015, and earned the Dalt White Trophy as Yates Cup MVP in 2013. The London native led all Western players with 535 receiving yards in 2015, catching 35 passes and scoring four touchdowns.
    http://westernmustangs.ca/news/2016/...cfl-draft.aspx

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    The McMaster Marauders had five players chosen in the CFL draft reflecting the strength of their program.

    Wayne Moore led the way on a busy night for the Marauder football program, as five McMaster players were selected by Canadian Football League teams over the course of Tuesday’s CFL Entry Draft.
    The fourth-year running back was chosen by the Montreal Alouettes with the 11th overall pick in the second round, becoming the first member of the OUA to be selected. Moore was the fourth McMaster running back to be selected in the CFL Draft, following in the footsteps of former BLG Award winners Kojo Aidoo (2003) and Jesse Lumsden (2005), and Andre Sadeghian (2007). He finished the 2015 season with a total of 565 rushing yards and three touchdowns.
    Halfback Declan Cross was the second McMaster name to be called on Tuesday, as the Toronto Argonauts chose the versatile offensive weapon with the 27th overall pick in the fourth round. Known well for his blocking prowess, Cross missed four games due to injury in 2015, but finished the season with 42 yards receiving and 23 rushing.
    A stalwart on Mac’s offensive line, Zach Intzandt followed his Marauder teammates by being selected by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers with the 37th overall pick in the fifth round. A regular starter since his second year in Maroon and Grey, Intzandt sucessfully made the transition across the trenches early in his McMaster career.
    Across the line, defensive end Mike Kashak was the next McMaster player to be selected, being chosen by the Calgary Stampeders with the 51st overall selection in the sixth round. A key member of the suffocating defensive unit that led McMaster to the Vanier Cup in 2014, Kashak racked up 25 tackles in 2015, including 12 for a loss and eight sacks.
    Despite spending a year away from the Marauders, John Ngeleka’s skills as a defensive back and special teams ace were valued highly enough for the Toronto Argonauts to make him their second McMaster pick and seventh round choice with the 58th overall selection. In his last Mac action, Ngeleka posted 9.5 tackles in a full season of action in 2014, and was a regular starter in the playoff run that culminated in an appearance in the 50th Vanier Cup in Montreal.
    http://www.thespec.com/sports-story/...016-cfl-draft/

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    Five UBC Thunderbirds were selected in the draft including: 9th overall / DB / Taylor Loffler / Winnipeg Blue Bombers / UBC; 21st overall / LB / Terrell Davis / Hamilton Tiger-Cats / UBC; 26th overall / K/P / Quinn van Gylswyk / Saskatchewan Roughriders / UBC; 59th overall / LB / Mitchell Barnett / Hamilton Tiger-Cats / UBC; 65th overall / DL / Boyd Richardson / British Columbia Lions / UBC.
    http://www.canadawest.org/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/20160510cfldraft



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    Calgary Dinos had 4 players selected with

    Timmis was the first Dinos alum selected in the CFL Draft on Tuesday evening when the Hamilton Tiger Cats picked the native of nearby Burlington, Ont. with the 14th overall pick.
    “This is huge, this is huge,” Timmis said. “I’m coming back home, it’s pretty cool.
    “This is the best choice, I couldn’t ask for anything better.”
    Timmis was the second running back chosen in the draft — McMaster’s Wayne Moore was selected 11th by the Montreal Alouettes — and will be joining a Ticats organization that he supported growing up while making family trips to the old Ivor Wynne Stadium.
    It’s also a team where he may have the opportunity to contribute immediately. The Ticats finished third-last in team rushing in 2015 and didn’t have a single player finish in the top-10 in total yards. ...


    Only nine picks after Timmis was selected, the B.C. Lions picked receiver Brett Blaszko with the 23rd overall pick. ...
    Blaszko was widely projected to go in the second or third round, so he wasn’t shocked to hear his name called with the sixth selection of Round 3. What was surprising — pleasantly so — was his CFL destination. In Blaszko, the Lions are getting a big, quick and versatile receiver who became a favourite target for Dinos QB Andrew Buckley over the past couple seasons. On a team with no shortage of receiving options, the 6-foot-4 Blaszko fought through an early injury to finish with 336 yards in six games in 2015. ...


    One pick after Blaszko was selected, the Saskatchewan Roughriders took another Dino off the board when they chose Elie Bouka at No. 24. The Laval, Que., native surely would have heard his name called significantly earlier in the draft, but the defensive back signed a contract with the Arizona Cardinals last month and there’s no guarantee that he’ll be making his way back north of the border anytime soon.
    Former Dinos linebacker Alex Ogbongbemiga was selected with the first pick of the fifth round, 36th overall by the Roughriders after impressing last season with the PFC’s Calgary Colts.
    http://calgaryherald.com/sports/foot...aft-contingent

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    Four University of Manitoba Bisons were selected in the 2016 CFL draft.

    Led by defensive lineman David Onyemata at 35th overall by Saskatchewan Roughriders, offensive lineman Alex McKay picked 52nd overall by Saskatchewan, slotback Alex Vitt at 55th overall by Winnipeg Blue Bombers and linebacker DJ Lalama was 70th overall pick by Edmonton Eskimos
    In the CFL Draft, the Manitoba Bisons have now accounted for the third most university football players drafted since 2001 with 37 selections, while Laval leads with 50 and second place Calgary with 43 during the last 16 drafts. The Bisons had players selected in 13 of the last 16 CFL Drafts: 2001 (2), 2002 (7), 2003 (3), 2005 (3), 2006 (1), 2007 (2), 2008 (5), 2009 (1), 2010 (1), 2012 (1), 2014 (5), 2015 (2) and 2016 (4). ...

    The Saskatchewan Roughriders selected David Onyemata in the fourth round (35th overall). Onyemata, 23, made history as the first Manitoba Bisons football player selected in the NFL (National Football League) Draft as he was drafted by New Orleans Saints in the 4th round (120th overall pick) in the 2016 NFL Draft on Saturday, April, 30. ...

    The Saskatchewan Roughriders selected Alex McKay in the sixth round (52nd overall). McKay, 25, started and played in all eight conference regular season games plus one playoff game in 2015. The 6'5", 285 lbs. tackle has played four years and did not miss a start at left tackle (32 consecutive games in regular season and seven in post-season) at Manitoba and the Winnipeg native was a 2013 Canada West All-Star. ...

    The Winnipeg Blue Bombers selected Alex Vitt in the seventh round (55th overall). Vitt, 25, was a first time captain in his fourth year with the Herd and finished fourth in conference receiving yards with 711 (on 30 receptions) plus tied for fifth most receiving TDs with four in eight conference regular season games in 2015. ...

    The Edmonton Eskimos selected DJ Lalama in the eighth round (70th overall). Lalama, 22, was a co-captain for the first time with the Bisons in 2015 in his third season at Manitoba. The 6'1", 230 lbs. linebacker tied for 15th in the conference with 36 total tackles (27 solo) and tied for fifth in Canada West with 5.5 tackles for losses, while playing in six of eight conference regular season games during the 2015 season.
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    Just one year after U of M Bisons defensive lineman David Onyemata's unprecedented pro-day attracted scouts from more than half of the NFL's teams, resulting in Onyemata being drafted and cracking the New Orleans Saints roster, offensive lineman Geoff Gray will have his own NFL showcase.
    Gray's big day is set for March 30 at the soccer complex in south Winnipeg, where NFL reps will put him through the paces to see if they might want to spend a draft pick on the 6-foot-6, 310-pound Winnipegger.
    “That would be the best case,” Gray told the Winnipeg Sun, Thursday. “But there are still guys who have successful careers just signing as a free agent. It wouldn't be the end of the world by any means.”
    No it wouldn't. That is, after all, how the first Bison to make the NFL, Israel Idonije, did it. Idonije, the Cinderella story out of Brandon, went on to a decade-long career down south.
    Last year, Onyemata began a similar against-all-odds trek, even one-upping Idonije by becoming the first Bison selected in the NFL draft.
    Gray could pull off his own first: as the first Manitoba-born player drafted south of the border -- Onyemata and Idonije were born in Nigeria.
    What are the odds?
    Bisons head coach Brian Dobie says he's received calls about Gray from around 15 NFL teams, and so has Gray's Canadian agent.
    “Numerous teams have asked us to hold one (a pro-day),” Montreal-based agent Darren Gill said. “I've represented several players who have been draft eligible. But this is the most interest I've seen on a player and most demands for a pro day.”
    As a result, Gill and Gray have decided to withdraw from the CFL combine, March 23-25, in Regina, where CFL coaches and GM's poke, prod and measure the top prospects for the CFL draft.
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    While Manitoba is losing graduating Geoff Gray this year, it is also adding a top prospect.

    defensive tackle Cole Adamson of the Oak Park Raiders, who capped his senior season by being named the Winnipeg High School Football League’s Defensive Player of the Year (Potter Division) and the winner of the Kas Vidruk Memorial Award as lineman of the year.
    Adamson, a 6-5, 265 beast, had whittled his long list of potential destinations down to Manitoba and the University of British Columbia before settling on the Bisons.
    “He was recruited by everybody,” said Dobie. “We all talk about recruiting battles across the country. It’s the biggest part of our job, it’s the most important part of our job. The battles were left behind… it literally turned into a recruiting war.
    “Guys like Cole Adamson do not grow on trees. He’s a 6-foot-5 265-pound defensive tackle who is athletic… he plays on the No. 1 basketball team, Oak Park High School, and is a major player on that team. I went out and watched him play basketball and I couldn’t believe how this kid moved up and down the court and how athletic he is.
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    Below is a bio of the CFL's #2 ranked prospect: Laurier Golden Hawk Kwaku Boateng.


    http://www.cfl.ca/2017/02/22/laurier...ing-hard-work/

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    NC Bill Proposes Parents have Final Say Whether Children Play After Sports Concussion

    More exposure for the success of CIS football, which provides the majority of CFL draftees, will come from expanded coverage of the 2017 Combines.

    CFL.ca will have exclusive coverage of the 2017 Combine with continuous live streaming of the showcase’s premier events, the Bench Press and 40-Yard Dash. And for the first time, all 1-on-1 player drills will be aired with analysts Marshall Ferguson, James Cybulski and Davis Sanchez bringing you all the action.
    http://www.cfl.ca/2017/02/09/rosters...-participants/
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    Former University of Regina Rams DT NFL free agent Stefan Charles has signed with Jacksonville.

    The Jacksonville Jaguars have signed fifth-year DT Stefan Charles as an unrestricted free agent, the club announced today. Charles, 28, has appeared in 49 career games and has previously spent time with Detroit and Buffalo after originally signing with Tennessee as a rookie free agent on May 10, 2013. After being released by Tennessee on Aug. 31, 2013, Charles signed with the Titans’ practice squad on Sept. 1, 2013. On Oct. 30, 2013, Charles was signed by Buffalo to the 53-man roster off Tennessee’s practice squad. During his time in Buffalo, Charles totaled 48 tackles (29 solo), including 5.0 sacks in 37 games. Charles was signed by Detroit as a free agent on March 11, 2016, and appeared in 12 games last season for the Lions, totaling 12 tackles (seven solo). Charles was placed on the team’s reserve/injured list on Dec. 28, 2016.
    A native of Toronto, Ontario, Charles was the 10th overall pick by the Edmonton Eskimos in the 2013 CFL Draft. Prior to being drafted by Edmonton, Charles played three seasons of college football for the University of Regina Rams in Saskatchewan, Canada, appearing in 20 career games and totaling 50 tackles, 19.5 tackles for loss, 9.5 sacks, three forced fumbles and two passes defensed. Charles played the 2009 season with the Big Kahuna Rams (BCFC) before joining Regina. Charles, 6-5, 320, was born on June 9, 1988.
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    Former Alouette OL Scott Flory has been named HC of the University of Saskatchewan Huskies.

    Flory bounced from the Huskies into a standout 15-year career with the Montreal Alouettes. He was twice named the CFL’s outstanding offensive lineman, and won three Grey Cups. After his playing career wrapped up, Flory spent two seasons as president of the Canadian Football League players association. His leadership was challenged in 2016, and the association replaced him with Jeff Keeping.
    He joined the Huskies’ coaching staff in 2014 and served as the team’s offensive co-ordinator.
    Towriss had long viewed Flory as potential head-coaching material.
    “Every time we (got) together, there was a napkin out and we were drawing plays on it,” Towriss said after bringing Flory into the program in 2014. “(Flory) made no bones about the fact that when he retired, he wanted to coach.”
    http://thestarphoenix.com/sports/loc...n-florys-hands

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    Gary's performance at the combines was impressive.

    Gray weighed in at 315 pounds and measured just over 6-foot-5 with 79 5/8 inch wing span, 34-inch arm length and 9 3/8 inch hand size.
    His vertical was 31 inches, which would have tied him for first at the CFL combine with Saskatchewan’s Evan Johnson and second at the NFL combine. ...
    He followed that up with 25 reps of 225 pounds on the bench press. ...
    Then Gray posted 7.83 three-cone and 4.78 shuttle times. ...
    Gray was named the Canada West Outstanding Down Lineman of the Year, making him a finalist for the J.P. Metras trophy for the 2016 USports football season. Then he earned an invite to the prestigious East-West Shrine Game, the oldest American college football all-star showcase game.


    http://3downnation.com/2017/03/30/top-cfl-prospect-geoff-gray-draws-nine-nfl-teams-pro-day/





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