Barenboim has tried to shield his charge from critical pain.

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Blogging pioneer Doc Searls has long argued that customers should shield their data and charge a price for it, turning the tables on marketing giants and their data-gathering web-crawlers.

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The current incumbent is Warrington boss Paul Cullen, who was in charge for last year's Federations Shield, but Noble and Harrison will also come into contention.

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They triumphed on penalties to win the Community Shield in August after a 1-1 draw at Wembley and then, in Grant's first game in charge, Louis Saha and Carlos Tevez gave United a 2-0 victory at Old Trafford.

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