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8/1/06
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Assistant tackling cancer head-on
Daniels working while undergoing treatment
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Tim May
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
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Ohio State quarterbacks coach Joe Daniels is in the midst of a treatment regimen for an unspecified cancer, but he’s showing up for work.
"Joe currently has been working half days, and for a coach, that’s like eight hours," coach Jim Tressel said yesterday as he and his staff prepared for the start of preseason camp this weekend. "We’re going to pick and choose which half of the day he’ll work, according to what we’re doing, just trying to get him quality half days each day. But he’s been doing well."
Daniels, 63, suffered a heart ailment in June, and while he was undergoing treatment in OSU Medical Center, doctors also found a couple of tumors, Tressel said. He underwent a surgical procedure on his heart and now is undergoing treatment for his cancer.
"The better each situation gets, the better he’ll be," Tressel said. "But also, in my opinion, a key part of recovery is making sure you get to keep doing the things you love to do.
"We’re just trying to do a good job of attacking the treatments along with being able to do what he loves to do."
Offensive coordinator Jim Bollman underwent heart bypass surgery in May, and Tressel said he is back on the job full time. All of the coaches, including Daniels, were present yesterday for an extended staff meeting.
Tressel said it is clear Daniels won’t be up for full-time duty for a while. Ohio State is appealing to the NCAA to find out how they could use another coach, likely an elevated graduate assistant, to fill in for Daniels when he is absent.
"We tell the NCAA what we’re up against," Tressel said, "and ask them to tell us how we can make sure, No. 1, first and foremost, Joe gets to do what’s best for him, and No. 2, how can we make sure our players get the amount of supervision they deserve."
The top two quarterbacks, Troy Smith and Justin Zwick, are fifth-year seniors, so they know what is expected.
"Plus, we’ve got an offensive staff that’s been together for a while," Tressel said, referring to Bollman and Daniels, plus running backs coach Dick Tressel, line coach John Peterson and receivers coach Darrell Hazell.
"So there is no question all of that helps us."
Tressel was asked whether it has been a taxing summer for him.
"I don’t think workwise it has been any different," Tressel said. "But I think emotionally it’s been a real interesting offseason. You start with Tyson Gentry (a walk-on receiver who suffered a broken bone his neck in spring drills), and then you have Jim’s situation and Joe’s situation.
"That’s emotional because we have a lot of love, care and concern about all of those guys. But as far as number of hours in a day, I don’t know if I could work anymore than I already do, so that really hasn’t been any different."
Dispatch reporter Ken Gordon contributed to this report
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Needless to say, he is in my thoughts and prayers. :osu:
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Daniels feeling good
Quarterbacks coach Joe Daniels, 63, undergoing treatment for an undisclosed form of cancer, said he hasn't missed a pratice. OSU received permission from the NCAA to use offensive quality control assistant Nick Siciliano on the field if Daniels doesn't feel up to it, but so far Siciliano hasn't been needed.
``The way I feel right now as opposed to a week ago, there's a tremendous difference,'' Daniels said. ``I'm stronger, I can last longer. When we first started back to work, I worked about three hours in the morning and went home and took a nap. That was about all I could go.''
Daniels said he is not undergoing chemotherapy or radiation, but biotherapy. He said he takes a pill for 28 days, then goes off it for 14, then back on for 28. So far he has had no side effects.
The Cleveland Browns receivers coach from 1983-85, Daniels has been boosted by the support he's received.
``I appreciate all the concern people have and all the prayers I have going for me,'' he said. ``I believe that's ultimately what's going to get me through this.''
Daniels feeling good
Quarterbacks coach Joe Daniels, 63, undergoing treatment for an undisclosed form of cancer, said he hasn't missed a pratice. OSU received permission from the NCAA to use offensive quality control assistant Nick Siciliano on the field if Daniels doesn't feel up to it, but so far Siciliano hasn't been needed.
``The way I feel right now as opposed to a week ago, there's a tremendous difference,'' Daniels said. ``I'm stronger, I can last longer. When we first started back to work, I worked about three hours in the morning and went home and took a nap. That was about all I could go.''
Daniels said he is not undergoing chemotherapy or radiation, but biotherapy. He said he takes a pill for 28 days, then goes off it for 14, then back on for 28. So far he has had no side effects.
The Cleveland Browns receivers coach from 1983-85, Daniels has been boosted by the support he's received.
``I appreciate all the concern people have and all the prayers I have going for me,'' he said. ``I believe that's ultimately what's going to get me through this.''
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COMMENTARY
Facing a harsh reality: Life’s more than just a game
Friday, August 11, 2006
ROB OLLER
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Try talking to teens and early 20-somethings about their mortality and they’ll give you the glazed look.
Young people, especially those who compete in college and professional sports, think they’ll live forever and that their beautiful bodies will never wear out.
It’s an arrogant but also understandable attitude inherent in those who deny that someday they too will be forced to use reading glasses.
The only time these unsuspecting packages of rippling muscle stop to ponder that maybe, just maybe, they won’t live until the year 2700, is when something forces them to.
Joe Daniels’ right kidney forces them to.
Daniels, the 63-year-old quarterbacks coach at Ohio State, insists he does not want to use his cancerous kidney as a teaching tool.
"The team is aware of it. I don’t think they’re totally aware of everything, but they know. They’ll say, ‘How are you, coach?’ That’s good, probably enough," said Daniels, who yesterday spoke publicly for the first time about the cancer that doctors in Ross Heart Hospital found June 20, only three days after he had undergone surgery for a mild heart attack.
"The first thing the players hear is the word (cancer) and it’s frightening," he said.
Daniels admits he too was scared when doctors broke the news. A former athlete who played running back at Slippery Rock, the Pennsylvania native had somewhat bought into the myth of invincibility that fools men one-third his age.
"I’ve never had a problem health-wise, then all the sudden it’s bang-bang," he said. "My first reaction was, ‘It’s not me. They’re not talking about me.’ "
But they were, so Daniels immediately began taking Sutent, a relatively new drug that cuts the blood supply to the tumor without affecting other cells. So far, he’s required no chemotherapy or radiation treatments, but surgery in six to eight months remains a possibility. Until then, he continues to attend practices and hopes to remain an active participant through the season.
"It will be a long haul, but the difference in how I feel right now to a week ago is tremendous," he said. When we first started back to practice, after three hours I went home and took a nap. It was all I could do."
Not much good comes from cancer, but one potential positive is that it serves to remind both its victims and those who have escaped its clutches that good health cannot be overestimated. And that blessings are easy to find if you stop long enough to notice.
The cancer shocked Matthew Daniels as much as it did his father. Upon hearing the news, the OSU sophomore walk-on defensive back rushed home from a summer trip to Rome and the tight-knit family of four – Joe and Kathy, his wife of 26 years, Matthew and Kaitlin, an OSU cheerleader – became even tighter.
The Daniels’ Buckeye family also grew closer.
"It’s been a real trying spring, starting with Tyson Gentry, his injury and with a couple other coaches," Matthew Daniels said. "For me and maybe some other guys, too, the (health issues) opened our eyes."
Receiver Anthony Gonzalez, being only 21, has yet to experience the cracking knees and achy back of inevitability. But his coach’s cancer, as well as the triple bypass surgery that offensive line coach Jim Bollman went through May 27, has Gonzalez appreciating his age more than ever. Plus, he is pushing others to take better care of themselves.
"One thing that all this has absolutely done, as our coaches have gone through these things, I’ve pretty much forced my dad to go and get a physical," Gonzalez said.
In the process, Gonzalez and his teammates have been forced to face their own mortality, and found a sense of peace in the way the Daniels family has handled the situation.
"We can live by faith or we can live by fear, and we choose to live by faith," Kathy Daniels said.
The wisdom of age. A beautiful thing.
Rob Oller is a sports reporter for The Dispatch
COMMENTARY
Facing a harsh reality: Life’s more than just a game
Friday, August 11, 2006
ROB OLLER
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Try talking to teens and early 20-somethings about their mortality and they’ll give you the glazed look.
Young people, especially those who compete in college and professional sports, think they’ll live forever and that their beautiful bodies will never wear out.
It’s an arrogant but also understandable attitude inherent in those who deny that someday they too will be forced to use reading glasses.
The only time these unsuspecting packages of rippling muscle stop to ponder that maybe, just maybe, they won’t live until the year 2700, is when something forces them to.
Joe Daniels’ right kidney forces them to.
Daniels, the 63-year-old quarterbacks coach at Ohio State, insists he does not want to use his cancerous kidney as a teaching tool.
"The team is aware of it. I don’t think they’re totally aware of everything, but they know. They’ll say, ‘How are you, coach?’ That’s good, probably enough," said Daniels, who yesterday spoke publicly for the first time about the cancer that doctors in Ross Heart Hospital found June 20, only three days after he had undergone surgery for a mild heart attack.
"The first thing the players hear is the word (cancer) and it’s frightening," he said.
Daniels admits he too was scared when doctors broke the news. A former athlete who played running back at Slippery Rock, the Pennsylvania native had somewhat bought into the myth of invincibility that fools men one-third his age.
"I’ve never had a problem health-wise, then all the sudden it’s bang-bang," he said. "My first reaction was, ‘It’s not me. They’re not talking about me.’ "
But they were, so Daniels immediately began taking Sutent, a relatively new drug that cuts the blood supply to the tumor without affecting other cells. So far, he’s required no chemotherapy or radiation treatments, but surgery in six to eight months remains a possibility. Until then, he continues to attend practices and hopes to remain an active participant through the season.
"It will be a long haul, but the difference in how I feel right now to a week ago is tremendous," he said. When we first started back to practice, after three hours I went home and took a nap. It was all I could do."
Not much good comes from cancer, but one potential positive is that it serves to remind both its victims and those who have escaped its clutches that good health cannot be overestimated. And that blessings are easy to find if you stop long enough to notice.
The cancer shocked Matthew Daniels as much as it did his father. Upon hearing the news, the OSU sophomore walk-on defensive back rushed home from a summer trip to Rome and the tight-knit family of four – Joe and Kathy, his wife of 26 years, Matthew and Kaitlin, an OSU cheerleader – became even tighter.
The Daniels’ Buckeye family also grew closer.
"It’s been a real trying spring, starting with Tyson Gentry, his injury and with a couple other coaches," Matthew Daniels said. "For me and maybe some other guys, too, the (health issues) opened our eyes."
Receiver Anthony Gonzalez, being only 21, has yet to experience the cracking knees and achy back of inevitability. But his coach’s cancer, as well as the triple bypass surgery that offensive line coach Jim Bollman went through May 27, has Gonzalez appreciating his age more than ever. Plus, he is pushing others to take better care of themselves.
"One thing that all this has absolutely done, as our coaches have gone through these things, I’ve pretty much forced my dad to go and get a physical," Gonzalez said.
In the process, Gonzalez and his teammates have been forced to face their own mortality, and found a sense of peace in the way the Daniels family has handled the situation.
"We can live by faith or we can live by fear, and we choose to live by faith," Kathy Daniels said.
The wisdom of age. A beautiful thing.
Rob Oller is a sports reporter for The Dispatch
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Ohio State assistants back from offseason heart attacks
Aug. 14, 2006
CBS SportsLine.com
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- For Ohio State assistants Joe Daniels and Jim Bollman, the busiest days of preseason practice, which started Monday for the Buckeyes, are particularly trying this season.
Daniels, the Buckeyes' quarterbacks coach and passing-game coordinator, suffered a mild heart attack this summer. After extensive testing, doctors told him on June 20 that he had cancer in his right kidney.
Bollman, the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach, was on a recruiting trip in May when he began to feel chest pains. He underwent bypass surgery on three clogged arteries.
"It's kind of weird, isn't it?" Bollman said of having two coaches battling health problems at the same time.
Both are in camp and working daily, Daniels putting in full days even though Ohio State has received an NCAA waiver to permit another staffer to fill in for him if he is unable to participate. So far, Daniels hasn't missed a workout.
"I get tired, yes," Daniels said at the team's media day. "By the end of the day, there's no question I get tired. I feel it. But, you know what? I look back on it and the days when I was healthy and we'd go through practice, you'd get tired too. I think that's called age."
Daniels, 63, and Bollman, 51, are both in their sixth season at Ohio State, having come in when Jim Tressel took over as head coach.
"I don't know how one's supposed to feel after this," Bollman said of his 10 weeks of recuperation. "But I think I'm doing good. I don't have any problem coaching on the field. I can't run from drill to drill. ... I waddled around (before), so my waddle's a little slower at the moment."
Tressel said he must rely on the two to tell him if they are being asked to do too much, or if they are not physically able to carry the heavy load.
"We really have got to count on them just like we do our players," he said. "We're doing all we can (for them)."
Both wear wide-brimmed straw hats during practice -- and Daniels wears long sleeves even on the hottest days -- to shield the sun.
The diminutive Daniels has regained some of the weight he had lost. The stocky Bollman has shed some extra pounds.
"They're the same. The same old guys," wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr. said. "They still come out and have fun and coach hard."
Daniels is not being treated with radiation or chemotherapy. He is on a biotherapy treatment that has him taking a pill for 28 days, then going off it for 14 days before repeating the cycle.
He also has another set of eyes on him at practice. His son, Matthew, is a walk-on defensive back at Ohio State.
Daniels said he tries to avoid being the center of attention or having others worry about him. At the same time, he realizes how many people are pulling for him.
"What I appreciate is all the concern that people have. I appreciate all the prayers that I have going for me," he said. "To me, that's ultimately what's going to get me through this, to be honest with you. That's what I believe. That's what will work."
Bollman was asked if he and Daniels just broke down from being pushed too hard by a taskmaster head coach.
"Hey, you'd have to ask him about that," he said before breaking into a loud laugh.
Ohio State assistants back from offseason heart attacks
Aug. 14, 2006
CBS SportsLine.com
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- For Ohio State assistants Joe Daniels and Jim Bollman, the busiest days of preseason practice, which started Monday for the Buckeyes, are particularly trying this season.
Daniels, the Buckeyes' quarterbacks coach and passing-game coordinator, suffered a mild heart attack this summer. After extensive testing, doctors told him on June 20 that he had cancer in his right kidney.
Bollman, the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach, was on a recruiting trip in May when he began to feel chest pains. He underwent bypass surgery on three clogged arteries.
"It's kind of weird, isn't it?" Bollman said of having two coaches battling health problems at the same time.
Both are in camp and working daily, Daniels putting in full days even though Ohio State has received an NCAA waiver to permit another staffer to fill in for him if he is unable to participate. So far, Daniels hasn't missed a workout.
"I get tired, yes," Daniels said at the team's media day. "By the end of the day, there's no question I get tired. I feel it. But, you know what? I look back on it and the days when I was healthy and we'd go through practice, you'd get tired too. I think that's called age."
Daniels, 63, and Bollman, 51, are both in their sixth season at Ohio State, having come in when Jim Tressel took over as head coach.
"I don't know how one's supposed to feel after this," Bollman said of his 10 weeks of recuperation. "But I think I'm doing good. I don't have any problem coaching on the field. I can't run from drill to drill. ... I waddled around (before), so my waddle's a little slower at the moment."
Tressel said he must rely on the two to tell him if they are being asked to do too much, or if they are not physically able to carry the heavy load.
"We really have got to count on them just like we do our players," he said. "We're doing all we can (for them)."
Both wear wide-brimmed straw hats during practice -- and Daniels wears long sleeves even on the hottest days -- to shield the sun.
The diminutive Daniels has regained some of the weight he had lost. The stocky Bollman has shed some extra pounds.
"They're the same. The same old guys," wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr. said. "They still come out and have fun and coach hard."
Daniels is not being treated with radiation or chemotherapy. He is on a biotherapy treatment that has him taking a pill for 28 days, then going off it for 14 days before repeating the cycle.
He also has another set of eyes on him at practice. His son, Matthew, is a walk-on defensive back at Ohio State.
Daniels said he tries to avoid being the center of attention or having others worry about him. At the same time, he realizes how many people are pulling for him.
"What I appreciate is all the concern that people have. I appreciate all the prayers that I have going for me," he said. "To me, that's ultimately what's going to get me through this, to be honest with you. That's what I believe. That's what will work."
Bollman was asked if he and Daniels just broke down from being pushed too hard by a taskmaster head coach.
"Hey, you'd have to ask him about that," he said before breaking into a loud laugh.
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Thanks for the info BB.......folks, as much as I bleed scarlet & gray, it brings into focus what's really important. My family's prayers goes out to Coach Daniels for a recovery. It may be that his attack was fortunate in that he caught the cancer.
One can always get another good job, in most cases, better than the one one has, but cannot get their health back if one loses it. Even one with the Buckeyes, which is at the apex. The Buckeyes will have another season, but hopefully Coach Daniels will have many more also.
Maybe Bobby Hoying can come on down and help out? Please recover Joe!
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One can always get another good job, in most cases, better than the one one has, but cannot get their health back if one loses it. Even one with the Buckeyes, which is at the apex. The Buckeyes will have another season, but hopefully Coach Daniels will have many more also.
Maybe Bobby Hoying can come on down and help out? Please recover Joe!
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8/22/06
By Dave Biddle.....Daniels discusses his recent health and the ongoing quarterback competition.
8/22/06
By Dave Biddle.....Daniels discusses his recent health and the ongoing quarterback competition.
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Quotes from Coach Daniels, from the official site:
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Joe Daniels, passing game coordinator/quarterback's coach
On his health
"I'm feeling great and have not missed a practice. I feel wonderful and the best part is that football has taken over as far as the mental part goes. Football, as you know, is 100-percent time consuming."
On Troy Smith
"Troy is going to continue to improve. He is a big asset with his ability to make plays. Going all the way back to spring, he has shown that he has the ability to make it happen. We handicap him (in practice) with the black jersey, but he is getting better and better. He understands more, he is more assertive and he knows what is going on."
On the young quarterbacks
"They have come a million miles. To ask me which is on top, you would have to tell me which day after practice. They take turns. I would say Todd (Boeckman) is ahead because he has been around. But they are both pushing Justin (Zwick), no question."
On the team situation
"We are further advanced in the number of things we are doing with our format. It's great, because it is where we have always wanted to be. We have always been lacking something, whatever it happened to be. But we take where we were last year, add to it and go with that. We are executing better and understanding better."
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Joe Daniels, passing game coordinator/quarterback's coach
On his health
"I'm feeling great and have not missed a practice. I feel wonderful and the best part is that football has taken over as far as the mental part goes. Football, as you know, is 100-percent time consuming."
On Troy Smith
"Troy is going to continue to improve. He is a big asset with his ability to make plays. Going all the way back to spring, he has shown that he has the ability to make it happen. We handicap him (in practice) with the black jersey, but he is getting better and better. He understands more, he is more assertive and he knows what is going on."
On the young quarterbacks
"They have come a million miles. To ask me which is on top, you would have to tell me which day after practice. They take turns. I would say Todd (Boeckman) is ahead because he has been around. But they are both pushing Justin (Zwick), no question."
On the team situation
"We are further advanced in the number of things we are doing with our format. It's great, because it is where we have always wanted to be. We have always been lacking something, whatever it happened to be. But we take where we were last year, add to it and go with that. We are executing better and understanding better."
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This is bad news for him, but thank goodness he could go there and spend time with his mother before she died. That helps one get over a death a lot.
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OSU's Daniels among Broyles finalists
Posted: Wednesday November 29, 2006 12:24AM; Updated: Wednesday November 29, 2006 12:24AM
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Troy Smith's quarterbacks coach is one of five finalists for the Broyles Award, given annually to the nation's top assistant football coach.
Joe Daniels of Ohio State was announced as a finalist Tuesday night, less than two weeks before Smith -- his pupil -- is favored to win the Heisman Trophy.
Joining Daniels as finalists were Arkansas defensive coordinator Reggie Herring, Louisville offensive coordinator Paul Petrino, Oklahoma defensive coordinator Brent Venables and Virginia Tech defensive coordinator Bud Foster.
The Broyles Award is named for Arkansas athletic director Frank Broyles. He was the Razorbacks' football coach, and more than 25 of his assistants became head coaches. They include Joe Gibbs, Jimmy Johnson, Johnny Majors and Jackie Sherrill.
Daniels suffered a mild heart attack this summer, and he found out in June that he had cancer in his kidney. He's still receiving treatment while tutoring Smith, who has led Ohio State to the nation's No. 1 ranking and a berth in the BCS championship game.
Herring, in his second season at Arkansas, has led a defense that despite injuries is allowing only 16.8 points per game. The Razorbacks will play Florida for the Southeastern Conference championship Saturday night.
Petrino, the brother of Louisville coach Bobby Petrino, has helped the Cardinals overcome the loss of star running back Michael Bush, who broke his leg in the season opener. The Cardinals are second in the nation in total offense at 468 yards per game.
Venables has led the Sooners back from a 34-33 loss at Oregon early in the season. Oklahoma is 14th in the nation in total defense and has won seven in a row entering Saturday night's Big 12 championship game against Nebraska.
Foster, a four-time Broyles Award finalist, is coaching the nation's top-ranked defense. Virginia Tech is allowing 221 yards per game.
The winner will be announced Jan. 16 in Little Rock.
OSU's Daniels among Broyles finalists
Posted: Wednesday November 29, 2006 12:24AM; Updated: Wednesday November 29, 2006 12:24AM
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Troy Smith's quarterbacks coach is one of five finalists for the Broyles Award, given annually to the nation's top assistant football coach.
Joe Daniels of Ohio State was announced as a finalist Tuesday night, less than two weeks before Smith -- his pupil -- is favored to win the Heisman Trophy.
Joining Daniels as finalists were Arkansas defensive coordinator Reggie Herring, Louisville offensive coordinator Paul Petrino, Oklahoma defensive coordinator Brent Venables and Virginia Tech defensive coordinator Bud Foster.
The Broyles Award is named for Arkansas athletic director Frank Broyles. He was the Razorbacks' football coach, and more than 25 of his assistants became head coaches. They include Joe Gibbs, Jimmy Johnson, Johnny Majors and Jackie Sherrill.
Daniels suffered a mild heart attack this summer, and he found out in June that he had cancer in his kidney. He's still receiving treatment while tutoring Smith, who has led Ohio State to the nation's No. 1 ranking and a berth in the BCS championship game.
Herring, in his second season at Arkansas, has led a defense that despite injuries is allowing only 16.8 points per game. The Razorbacks will play Florida for the Southeastern Conference championship Saturday night.
Petrino, the brother of Louisville coach Bobby Petrino, has helped the Cardinals overcome the loss of star running back Michael Bush, who broke his leg in the season opener. The Cardinals are second in the nation in total offense at 468 yards per game.
Venables has led the Sooners back from a 34-33 loss at Oregon early in the season. Oklahoma is 14th in the nation in total defense and has won seven in a row entering Saturday night's Big 12 championship game against Nebraska.
Foster, a four-time Broyles Award finalist, is coaching the nation's top-ranked defense. Virginia Tech is allowing 221 yards per game.
The winner will be announced Jan. 16 in Little Rock.
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