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Re: Temp Seats at HP

Post by H1987 » Thu May 31, 2018 11:23 pm

al_quaker wrote:How to make BM even less appealing than it already is to away fans - shove them into uncovered seating which will likely offer a terrible view and charge them £16
Any worse than uncovered hard standing with a worse view? I'm not sure.

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Re: Temp Seats at HP

Post by dickdarlington » Fri Jun 01, 2018 12:33 am

Some sensible and reasoned discussion here. With most viewing that the seats aren’t worth the investment.

My understanding is that the seats could be made permanent. However, the bigger picture is what would hamper this. And it’s that same picture that would hamper a small terrace being built. To get to 5k with 2k seats (for FL membership) something a little more than twice the size of what we have presently would need to be built. Be it terracing or a seated stand. Building something smaller would require demolishing, or expensively expanding backwards as progression occurs.

The infrastructure group are looking at all options for Blackwell, some more viable than others, as the most important factor for them is to not waste any more money, or further hamstring future development with short term solutions. The temp seats Have been given as an option (admittedly short term themselves) to increase the overall experience for a relatively small amount, but would also not be a massive hurdle when something larger is required (I.e. no foundations etc).

There are no easy answers to this unfortunately.

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Re: Temp Seats at HP

Post by Darlo_Pete » Fri Jun 01, 2018 6:06 am

At the moment capacity is not an issue and the seating in place already would be more than adequate for the vast majority of games at BM this upcoming season.

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Re: Temp Seats at HP

Post by BUSHEAD » Fri Jun 01, 2018 10:16 am

Spyman wrote:How much does a permanent terrace cost that would take up the same footprint? Say half the length of the tinshed and uncovered (for now).

Any ideas?

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Hi Gareth,

Thank you for your email.

As a very approximate budget, one of our lightweight 6 tread covered
standing terraces at 50m long x 2.5m deep would be £52,400.00 + VAT. Price
includes delivery and installation on site. Does not allow for foundations.

This can be dependent on ground location, final design and steel rates at
time of ordering.

I hope this helps but should you require a proper quotation or any further
information, please contact us.

Regards,
Louise
Stadium Solutions (UK) Limited
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Reeds Lane
Sayers Common
West Sussex BN6 9JQ
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Re: Temp Seats at HP

Post by Darlo Dodger » Fri Jun 01, 2018 10:23 am

On balance I don't think that bringing the seats to BM is worth doing.
One of the points made is that the market is awash with temporary seating so these seats have no, or no significant, market value.
If that is right then there might be different but still unused and unwanted seating / standing structures available from somewhere or other which we could get our hands on and which could be used, or more easily adapted for use, at BM in the longer term.
This is complete conjecture but if we start from a point where we have circa £20K available to spend on improving the viewing experience for supporters then we should not just be looking at these seats but anything else that might be available in the market where prices are currently very low.
Essentially I think we should just forget that these seats are "ours" and ask ourselves how we would spend £20k to improve the ground for supporters if we were minded to do so. The seats are an option but that is all they are. Since they do not fit into any long term plans I am happy to leave them where they are.

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Re: Temp Seats at HP

Post by SwansQuaker83 » Fri Jun 01, 2018 10:57 am

al_quaker wrote:
Darlogramps wrote:Alternative is to knock down the clubhouse and build there, which would be the most convenient in terms of location.

But the obvious problems are that A) we don't own the ground and unless there's a substantial benefit to do so, I don't see the rugby club allowing it and B) the old chestnut, financing it.
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I can't see a feasible way as to how a FL ground will ever be there unless the clubhouse side is developed. I would love to see some plans as to how it might come together both at the next level and hypothetically the FL if we ever get that far (although of course it raises the question as to whether spending millions on developing a plot of land for which we only rent the pitch for a few hours every other weekend is the best course of action, but I'm getting ahead of myself).

I guess once the sporting village is either on or off the table, a longer term plan can develop.
If the hub is a no go... this is a massive problem. The report also rules out a structure in front of the changing room where those seats are now, but if we're stuck at BM, there is an option

I'm just going to drop this like a bomb and run because people have shouted me down on it before.... but here goes...

Move. The. Pitch.

If you slide it up so the pipe intersects the corners our problems could be solved... could also bring those seats as a temp structure as, if they can be made permanent, they're at BM then and if we do reshuffle things about they could be incorporated into another part of the ground.

There's a lot of space to work with at BM.

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Re: Temp Seats at HP

Post by Spyman » Fri Jun 01, 2018 11:07 am

BUSHEAD wrote:
Spyman wrote:How much does a permanent terrace cost that would take up the same footprint? Say half the length of the tinshed and uncovered (for now).

Any ideas?

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Hi Gareth,

Thank you for your email.

As a very approximate budget, one of our lightweight 6 tread covered
standing terraces at 50m long x 2.5m deep would be £52,400.00 + VAT. Price
includes delivery and installation on site. Does not allow for foundations.

This can be dependent on ground location, final design and steel rates at
time of ordering.

I hope this helps but should you require a proper quotation or any further
information, please contact us.

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Reeds Lane
Sayers Common
West Sussex BN6 9JQ
Yeh see I'd rather spend £60k on something like this that was permanent than £20k +removal costs on something temporary.

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Re: Temp Seats at HP

Post by H1987 » Fri Jun 01, 2018 11:12 am

To me, the considerable barriers to future expansion are the existing stands as much as anything else. The tin shed should’ve been built with more rows as it had in its prior state, and the seated stand should’ve been deeper. It was all rushed.

I wonder if a potential future solution might be moving the existing seating stand behind the goal, and a much larger stand to be built on the sideline.

Anyway, regarding the seats, I now have faith in the guys running the show to make the right decision for the club, but we’ve made a string of poor decisions since 2012. Our success on the field has been all the more remarkable for it. We rushed getting BM ready.

To be honest, if we’re thinking of future football league aspirations, there’s probably a point where moving the pipe might be the wise decision. There’s a lot of money in the football league of course, and you get a couple of years to get it up to standard I believe. With the current restrictions and infrastructure, the only realistic way to get 2,000 seats and 5,000 capacity would be either replacing the clubhouse with a significant structure, or probably building over the pipe. It could well be that moving the pipe would be the cheaper option. I think we should focus on national league aspirations for now. I don’t think we will be worrying the football league in an awfully long time, sadly. I do however, think we will be back in the national league within 5 years.

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Re: Temp Seats at HP

Post by H1987 » Fri Jun 01, 2018 11:14 am

Spyman wrote:
BUSHEAD wrote:
Spyman wrote:How much does a permanent terrace cost that would take up the same footprint? Say half the length of the tinshed and uncovered (for now).

Any ideas?

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Hi Gareth,

Thank you for your email.

As a very approximate budget, one of our lightweight 6 tread covered
standing terraces at 50m long x 2.5m deep would be £52,400.00 + VAT. Price
includes delivery and installation on site. Does not allow for foundations.

This can be dependent on ground location, final design and steel rates at
time of ordering.

I hope this helps but should you require a proper quotation or any further
information, please contact us.

Regards,
Louise
Stadium Solutions (UK) Limited
9B Valley Farm Business Park
Reeds Lane
Sayers Common
West Sussex BN6 9JQ
Yeh see I'd rather spend £60k on something like this that was permanent than £20k +removal costs on something temporary.

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That’s arguably worse for long term ground aspirations though. At some point, we need more seats. Some seats raised behind the existing standing would be an easier way to achieve this. If you put that terrace in up to the pipe, where are we going to fit the extra 400ish seats for national level?

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Re: Temp Seats at HP

Post by Spyman » Fri Jun 01, 2018 11:36 am

H1987 wrote:
Spyman wrote:
BUSHEAD wrote:
Spyman wrote:How much does a permanent terrace cost that would take up the same footprint? Say half the length of the tinshed and uncovered (for now).

Any ideas?

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Hi Gareth,

Thank you for your email.

As a very approximate budget, one of our lightweight 6 tread covered
standing terraces at 50m long x 2.5m deep would be £52,400.00 + VAT. Price
includes delivery and installation on site. Does not allow for foundations.

This can be dependent on ground location, final design and steel rates at
time of ordering.

I hope this helps but should you require a proper quotation or any further
information, please contact us.

Regards,
Louise
Stadium Solutions (UK) Limited
9B Valley Farm Business Park
Reeds Lane
Sayers Common
West Sussex BN6 9JQ
Yeh see I'd rather spend £60k on something like this that was permanent than £20k +removal costs on something temporary.

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That’s arguably worse for long term ground aspirations though. At some point, we need more seats. Some seats raised behind the existing standing would be an easier way to achieve this. If you put that terrace in up to the pipe, where are we going to fit the extra 400ish seats for national level?
Fair point - perhaps terrace in a different location then?

All I'm ithinking is if we want a quick(ish) fix to improve viewing angles we might as well make it a permanent solution at a still achievable cost. At some point we will also need more terracing as it's by far the most effective way to increase overall capacity, so I'd rather put this (theoretical) money towards that, personally.
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Re: Temp Seats at HP

Post by Quakerz » Fri Jun 01, 2018 11:37 am

H1987 wrote:To me, the considerable barriers to future expansion are the existing stands as much as anything else. The tin shed should’ve been built with more rows as it had in its prior state, and the seated stand should’ve been deeper. It was all rushed.
Indeed.

The tinshed should have been 12 rows (giving a capacity of 1,500 rather than 1,000), the seats should have been 10 rows or so (giving a capacity of around 1,000 rather than 588).

No thought whatsoever was given to the future where it was obvious to many that we'd probably have to knock down/rebuild to achieve future ground grading. Build it right in the first place FFS.

It was all about hitting the minimum for as cheap as possible, which I understand - but what was the cost of the 8 row tinshed as opposed to a 12 row tinshed for example? One thing is for sure - building a 12 row tin shed in the first place wouldn't have cost as much as building an 8 row tin shed then having to knock it down and then build a 12 row tinshed!

To be honest, the ground is a fuck up.
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Re: Temp Seats at HP

Post by spen666 » Fri Jun 01, 2018 12:04 pm

Quakerz wrote:
H1987 wrote:To me, the considerable barriers to future expansion are the existing stands as much as anything else. The tin shed should’ve been built with more rows as it had in its prior state, and the seated stand should’ve been deeper. It was all rushed.
.....

No thought whatsoever was given to the future where it was obvious to many that we'd probably have to knock down/rebuild to achieve future ground grading. Build it right in the first place FFS.

.....

It seems that there was too much of a rush to get back to playing in Darlington, and because of that I think the failings you describe came about.

I get the impression that it was thought moving back to Darlington would bring about a more significant increase in crowds than it has and therefore increased income and as such a move was brought about too rapidly to sensibly consider the issues you describe

However, its not going to help anyone to look back and say what should have been done. The ground is as it is and any future development needs to take this into account.

I have often wondered if the clubhouse side can be developed a bit like Barnet have done at The Hive to include seating all the way along the side.

The biggest problem is that works to bring the ground up to EFL standard are likely to be very expensive and without an outsider investor, it seems difficult to see how the fans can support the cost of redevelopment and a full time side which would realistically be necessary to get out of the National League.

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Re: Temp Seats at HP

Post by Darlo_Pete » Fri Jun 01, 2018 12:30 pm

The tinshed in my opinion was always too small, but I guess that would have just added more cost to moving from HP to BM. Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

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Re: Temp Seats at HP

Post by D_F_C » Fri Jun 01, 2018 12:54 pm

Wasn’t the tinshed built based on the amount of money we raised? We didn’t raise quite enough so it had to be built smaller?


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Post by super_les_mcjannet » Fri Jun 01, 2018 1:16 pm

D_F_C wrote:Wasn’t the tinshed built based on the amount of money we raised? We didn’t raise quite enough so it had to be built smaller?


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That was the seats, tin shed was always planned as it is.

Difficult time as we were raising cash via 500 club so any money taken would have removed budget.

Whilst I agree it hasn't worked out for the best in the long run in terms of capacity challenges etc. but not sure at the time we thought we would raise the money (which we didn't for the seats) never mind making the tin shed bigger.

Not surprised the club don't want to spend any further money on BM currently.

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Re: Temp Seats at HP

Post by HarrytheQuaker » Fri Jun 01, 2018 2:00 pm

Come on guys everyone knows it's a great little ground with huge potential of getting us back in the league that why fans have raised thousands to get us where we now..
Stick with it..


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Re: Temp Seats at HP

Post by liddle_4_ever » Fri Jun 01, 2018 2:14 pm

I made many comments prior to the ground being developed about more financially efficient designs taking a long term view, including moving the pitch away from the club house and building deeper stands (both seated and terrace) to ease future developments but we have what we have.

Increasing the tinshed capacity beyond what it is now would have required the old metalwork to be scrapped and replaced with new (which would be costly). The design we currently have is contained, it can't be increased. The size of each step is dictated to us, the tiny old step size at Feethams wouldn't be permitted today. Also no additional steps could be added as it would reach beyond the span of the roof.

Originally designing the seating stand to have had more rows would seem obvious, however the cost per seat would increase (bigger steel work, more weight, bigger foundations, larger boundary fence etc etc etc). These increases in cost would be minimal compared with the long term cost of replacing them in future, however it could have resulted in us having insufficient finances to build a ground which met the ground grading requirements. It seems like those in charge were between a rock and a hard place.

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Re: Temp Seats at HP

Post by LoidLucan » Fri Jun 01, 2018 2:14 pm

I dont want to be too gloomy but given the fact that there are always several teams with loadsamoney to spend and will be for years to come in national north i dont think we'll be troubling the judges re National League requirements and certainly not the Football League for quite a few years to come. I suspect BM, perhaps with some more terracing for those who stand, will more than suffice. We'll be competing with teams chucking in the sort of cash we wont be able to compete with, Boost the Budget or not. Thankfully there will be several spending a lot less and we may just get a sniff of the playoffs given its extended format.

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Re: Temp Seats at HP

Post by lo36789 » Fri Jun 01, 2018 3:10 pm

Whatever we do at the open end will be a future proofed structure I am sure.

Out of interest does anyone know how resaleable / easily dismountable / easily adjustable the modular stands are?

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Post by jjljks » Sun Jun 03, 2018 3:13 pm

Move the pitch is right - away from BM to the Sports Hub, whenever the Council can get their finger out. The way it is going, they could knock down M&S when closed and have a town centre ground again - loads of useless space and plenty of parking, close to buses & rail etc.

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Post by loan_star » Sun Jun 03, 2018 4:09 pm

liddle_4_ever wrote:I made many comments prior to the ground being developed about more financially efficient designs taking a long term view, including moving the pitch away from the club house and building deeper stands (both seated and terrace) to ease future developments but we have what we have.

Increasing the tinshed capacity beyond what it is now would have required the old metalwork to be scrapped and replaced with new (which would be costly). The design we currently have is contained, it can't be increased. The size of each step is dictated to us, the tiny old step size at Feethams wouldn't be permitted today. Also no additional steps could be added as it would reach beyond the span of the roof.
From what I heard, the Tin Shed roof overhang was shortened to suit the terrace size underneath.
There would have been no need to scrap the old steelwork at all.

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Post by dickdarlington » Sun Jun 03, 2018 6:46 pm

loan_star wrote:
liddle_4_ever wrote:I made many comments prior to the ground being developed about more financially efficient designs taking a long term view, including moving the pitch away from the club house and building deeper stands (both seated and terrace) to ease future developments but we have what we have.

Increasing the tinshed capacity beyond what it is now would have required the old metalwork to be scrapped and replaced with new (which would be costly). The design we currently have is contained, it can't be increased. The size of each step is dictated to us, the tiny old step size at Feethams wouldn't be permitted today. Also no additional steps could be added as it would reach beyond the span of the roof.
From what I heard, the Tin Shed roof overhang was shortened to suit the terrace size underneath.
There would have been no need to scrap the old steelwork at all.
That’s not true. The depth of the roof is the same now as it was at Feethams. Difference is the terrace steps are deeper. And the access path is under the roof itself. It wasn’t at Feethams.

The steelwork reduction was on the height. This was to enable the steel to be used with modern methods. I.e. bolted to foundations rather than embedded in the concrete.

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Post by loan_star » Mon Jun 04, 2018 9:43 am

dickdarlington wrote:
loan_star wrote:
liddle_4_ever wrote:I made many comments prior to the ground being developed about more financially efficient designs taking a long term view, including moving the pitch away from the club house and building deeper stands (both seated and terrace) to ease future developments but we have what we have.

Increasing the tinshed capacity beyond what it is now would have required the old metalwork to be scrapped and replaced with new (which would be costly). The design we currently have is contained, it can't be increased. The size of each step is dictated to us, the tiny old step size at Feethams wouldn't be permitted today. Also no additional steps could be added as it would reach beyond the span of the roof.
From what I heard, the Tin Shed roof overhang was shortened to suit the terrace size underneath.
There would have been no need to scrap the old steelwork at all.
That’s not true. The depth of the roof is the same now as it was at Feethams. Difference is the terrace steps are deeper. And the access path is under the roof itself. It wasn’t at Feethams.

The steelwork reduction was on the height. This was to enable the steel to be used with modern methods. I.e. bolted to foundations rather than embedded in the concrete.
I’ve re-read the article that was in the Echo and it mentioned the depth being reduced. For me the depth is how far back it goes, not the height. If the wording is wrong then fair enough!

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Post by H1987 » Mon Jun 04, 2018 3:35 pm

Yeah, that's sort of what I meant. Whilst it was never going to be 13 steps as it was at Feethams, you could definitely fit another few rows in. Which makes a heck of a difference when it's the length of the pitch.

There's no reason for the walkway to be covered at all. I don't know if it'd be possible to change this by adding another step or two, but it should've been done in the first place. Just as the seated stand should've had more rows.

Interested to see how the decision goes with this seating. Also, am i the only one that would prefer a sports hub at BM than out at the arena? I far prefer the location. Much more walkable from town. If we're going to start from scratch, i'd sooner do it at BM on another pitch away from the damned pipe.

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Post by Emdubya » Mon Jun 04, 2018 4:39 pm

H1987 wrote:Yeah, that's sort of what I meant. Whilst it was never going to be 13 steps as it was at Feethams, you could definitely fit another few rows in. Which makes a heck of a difference when it's the length of the pitch.

There's no reason for the walkway to be covered at all. I don't know if it'd be possible to change this by adding another step or two, but it should've been done in the first place. Just as the seated stand should've had more rows.

Interested to see how the decision goes with this seating. Also, am i the only one that would prefer a sports hub at BM than out at the arena? I far prefer the location. Much more walkable from town. If we're going to start from scratch, i'd sooner do it at BM on another pitch away from the damned pipe.
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Post by onewayup » Mon Jun 04, 2018 5:03 pm

Darlington fc is fan owned so fan funded, some posters on here seem to forget this and want to push on, we are where we are due to the backing of the fans pockets, so stop whingeing about it should have been this or should have been that, we are what we are with our good fans putting up the cash whenever it's been called for. Long may it continue.
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Post by Vodka_Vic » Mon Jun 04, 2018 5:17 pm

What would be useful is to find out what the minimum amount of steps required is for flat standing to be reclassified as terracing. I know that seats have to be minimum 4 rows. We could then find out if anything could be developed on the club house side.

Edit: This is what it says on NL ground grading

"Any level surfaces within the ground must be hard standing. i.e. tarmac, concrete, concrete paving or other approved materials. Spectator standing areas behind the goals must be terraced unless the overall ground capacity is achieved with the exclusion of one or both of these areas. The number of terrace steps to be commensurate in achieving the overall ground capacity".

It doesn't specifically specify a minimum amount of steps, does it, unless someone can read more into this than I can?

What I'm getting at here is could we add just one step above the flat standing to the clubhouse side to get that counted in the capacity, or reduce costs at the open end by the same token?

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Post by theoriginalfatcat » Mon Jun 04, 2018 11:08 pm

H1987 wrote:To be honest, if we’re thinking of future football league aspirations, there’s probably a point where moving the pipe might be the wise decision.

It's been stated on here many times that the pipe is non moveable.

H1987 wrote:Interested to see how the decision goes with this seating. Also, am i the only one that would prefer a sports hub at BM than out at the arena? I far prefer the location. Much more walkable from town. If we're going to start from scratch, i'd sooner do it at BM on another pitch away from the damned pipe.
Doesn't the "hub" have to be at The Arena - I thought that was the whole idea of it?
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Post by lo36789 » Tue Jun 05, 2018 7:16 am

Vodka_Vic wrote:What would be useful is to find out what the minimum amount of steps required is for flat standing to be reclassified as terracing. I know that seats have to be minimum 4 rows. We could then find out if anything could be developed on the club house side...
What I'm getting at here is could we add just one step above the flat standing to the clubhouse side to get that counted in the capacity, or reduce costs at the open end by the same token?
Maybe I have misinterpretted. The whole '4 rows' thing is more to do with making something worthwhile.

At our current level flat standing is 'counted' to include being 4 deep with people. As a result when you build anything behind it if it has less than 4 rows you effectually lose on capacity.

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Post by Darlo_Pete » Tue Jun 05, 2018 8:11 am

The pipe in movable, but would cost in excess of £1m to move it.

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