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Assignments by
week: 1,
2,
3,
4, 5,
6,
7, 8,
9,
10,
11, 12,
13,
14, 15,
16,
17 |
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Week 1
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Readings/Tasks
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Assignments
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Jan. 22
Introduction to
course; insect life history; introduction to
landscape IPM; using the web for finding
information |
1. Introduction to
Life History
power point:
htm or
ppt
2. Study
Introduction to Phylum
Arthropoda (handout)
3. Study
Keys to Orders and Groups of
Insects and Other Arthropods on
Ornamentals
(NC State)
4.
Drawings from Keys to Orders and
Groups of Insects and Other
Arthropods on Ornamentals
(NC State)
5.
Read
IPM of Midwest Landscapes, Chpt.
1: Integrated Pest Management (IPM) of Midwest Landscapes (Krischik:
UMN)
Learning tasks:
1. Visit
CUES website external search
engines
Search for black vine weevil,
white pine weevil, melon/cotton
aphid using Ohio
Factsheet Database and
U Georgia Bugwood Network
2. Visit
CUES website internal sections
Search for black
vine weevil, white pine weevil,
melon/cotton aphid on
Landscape IPM site,
Interiorscape site, and
Black vine weevil site
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Jan. 24
History of IPM; damage diagnosis |
1. History of IPM power point:
htm or
ppt
2. Study
Introduction to Phylum
Arthropoda
(handout)
3.
Study
Keys to Orders and Groups of
Insects and Other Arthropods on
Ornamentals
(NC State)
4.
Drawings from Keys to Orders and
Groups of Insects and Other
Arthropods on Ornamentals
(NC State)
5. Read
Integrated Pest Management (Marcos Kogan)
6.
Read
IPM of Midwest Landscapes,
Chpt. 4: Symptom Categories of
Pest Damage (Davidson: U
Maryland)
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Question Set 1 |
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Week 2
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Readings/Tasks
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Assignments
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Jan. 29
Introduction to
insects and mites |
1. Introduction to
Phylum Arthropoda (orders) power
point:
htm or
ppt
2. Study
Orders and Selected Families of
Insects (Virginia Tech)
3. Study
Index to the Compendium of
Hexapod Classes and Orders
(NC State)
3. Study
Introduction to Phylum
Arthropoda
(handout)
5.
Study
Keys to Orders and Groups of
Insects and Other Arthropods on
Ornamentals
(NC State)
6.
Drawings from Keys to Orders and
Groups of Insects and Other
Arthropods on Ornamentals
(NC State)
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Jan. 31
Introduction to
insects and mites |
Question Set 2
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Week 3
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Readings/Tasks
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Assignments
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Feb. 5
Introduction to
insects and mites
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1.
Insect Morphology html presentation
(mouthparts, antennae, legs, wings,
etc. of different insect orders)
2. Study
Introduction to Phylum Arthropoda
(handout)
3.
Study
Keys to Orders and Groups of
Insects and Other Arthropods on
Ornamentals
(NC State)
4.
Drawings from Keys to Orders and
Groups of Insects and Other
Arthropods on Ornamentals
(NC State)
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Web Quiz 1 |
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Feb. 7
Introduction to
insects and mites |
Lab Quiz 1 |
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Week 4
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Readings/Tasks
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Assignments
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Feb. 12
Greenhouse/
interiorscape IPM: pests |
1. Greenhouse Pests power point:
htm or
ppt
2. Study
Class Insecta, Order Thysanoptera:
Thrips: Life History
(handout)
3. Study
Order Hemiptera, Suborders
Auchenorrhyncha and
Sternorrhyncha (previously Order
Homoptera): List of families (handout)
4. Study
Class Insecta, Order Hemiptera, Suborders
Auchenorrhyncha and
Sternorrhyncha (previously Order
Homoptera): List of families: Life
history (handout)
5. Study
Introduction to Phylum
Arthropoda
(handout)
Learning tasks:
1. Study Greenhouse Pests (MDA):
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Aphids •
Fungus Gnats
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Mealybugs •
Soft Scales
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Thrips •
Two-Spotted Spider Mite •
Whitefly
2. Study
CUES Interiorscape
Site:
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Pesticide Information
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Pest Identification and Diagnosis:
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Aphids •
Flies •
Mealybugs •
Mites •
Scale Insects •
Thrips •
Whiteflies
3. Search
for thrips on
Ohio
Factsheet Database (Ohio State)
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Lab Quiz 2 |
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Feb. 14
Greenhouse/
interiorscape IPM: biocontrol and
pesticides |
1. Greenhouse Biological Control
power point:
htm or
ppt
2.
Study
List of greenhouse insecticides by
class (handout)
3. Study
Conventional, biorational, and bioinsecticides; organic production
approved insecticides (handout)
4. Study
Order Hemiptera, Suborders
Auchenorrhyncha and
Sternorrhyncha (previously Order
Homoptera): List of families (handout)
5. Study
Class Insecta, Order Hemiptera, Suborders
Auchenorrhyncha and
Sternorrhyncha (previously Order
Homoptera): List of families: Life
history (handout)
6. Study
Introduction to Phylum
Arthropoda
(handout)
7.
Read
IPM of Midwest Landscapes, Chpt.
8: Pesticide Characteristics and Use (Cloyd:
U Illinois)
Learning tasks:
1.
Study
Biological Control: A Guide to
Natural Enemies in North America
(Cornell)
2. Study
Biocontrol Application Rates (Greenmethods.com)
3. Study
CUES Interiorscape Site:
Biological Control
4. Study
Arthropod Biological Control (NCR
125)
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Lab Quiz 3 |
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Week 5
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Readings/Tasks
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Assignments
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Feb. 19
Greenhouse resistance management and
IPM programs
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1. Greenhouse IPM Programs power
point:
htm or
ppt
2. Study
Order Hemiptera, Suborders
Auchenorrhyncha and
Sternorrhyncha (previously Order
Homoptera): List of families (handout)
3. Study
Class Insecta, Order Hemiptera, Suborders
Auchenorrhyncha and
Sternorrhyncha (previously Order
Homoptera): List of families: Life
history (handout)
4. Study
Introduction to Phylum
Arthropoda
(handout)
Learning tasks:
1. Study OHP Pest Solutions:
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Aphids •
Fungus Gnat •
Mealybug and Scale Insects •
Mites •
Thrips
2. Read
Thrips Cocktail, 2003 (Lindquist:
OHP)
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Web Quiz 2
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Feb. 21
Greenhouse resistance management and
IPM programs |
1. Greenhouse Resistance
Management power point: htm or
ppt
2. Study
Order Hemiptera, Suborders
Auchenorrhyncha and
Sternorrhyncha (previously Order
Homoptera): List of families (handout)
3. Study
Class Insecta, Order Hemiptera, Suborders
Auchenorrhyncha and
Sternorrhyncha (previously Order
Homoptera): List of families: Life
history (handout)
4. Study
Introduction to Phylum
Arthropoda
(handout)
5.
Read Biological Control:
Approaches and Application (Landis and Orr: from Radcliffe's IPM World Textbook) |
Begin problem Solving
Assignment: Greenhouse IPM
Question Set 3 |
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Week 6
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Readings/Tasks
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Assignments
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Feb. 26
Landscape IPM: biocontrol
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1. Beneficial
Insects and Other Arthropods power point:
htm or
ppt
2. Study
Class Arachnida, Order Araneae:
Spiders: Life history
(handout)
3. Study
Class Insecta, Order Neuroptera:
Lacewings: Life history
(handout)
4. Study
Introduction to Phylum
Arthropoda
(handout)
Learning tasks:
1. Study
IPM of Midwest Landscapes:
Beneficial Arthropods
2. Study
Biological Control: A Guide to
Natural Enemies in North America
(Cornell) |
Web Quiz 3 |
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Feb. 28
Landscape IPM: biocontrol |
1.
Lady Beetles in
Biological Control power point:
htm or
ppt
2. Study
Introduction to Phylum
Arthropoda
(handout)
3. Read
IPM of Midwest Landscapes,
Chpt. 3: Tips for Using
Biological Control in the
Landscape (Sadof: Purdue)
4.
Read
IPM of Midwest Landscapes,
Pesticide Compatibility with
Biological Control (Sadof
and Raupp: Michigan State)
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Lab Quiz 4 |
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Week 7
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Readings/Tasks
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Assignments
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Mar. 4
Landscape IPM: pesticides
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1. Information on
Recent and Novel Pesticides power
point:
htm or
ppt
2. Study
Introduction to Phylum Arthropoda
(handout)
3.
Read
IPM of Midwest Landscapes, Chpt. 9:
Classes of Pesticides Used in
Landscape/Nursery Pest Management
(Cranshaw: Colorado State)
4. Read
IPM of Midwest Landscapes,
Chpt. 10: Relative Hazards of
Turf and Ornamental Pesticides
to Non-target Species
(Cranshaw: Colorado State)
5. Go to
Kelly Solutions
and study pesticides
Additional resources:
1.
IPM
of Midwest Landscapes:
Pesticides for Home, Nursery,
and Landscape (Krischik and Delahaut:
UMN/ U
Wisconsin)
2.
Insecticide Suggestions to Manage
Landscape Tree and Shrub Insects (UMN)
3. Insect and Mite Control on Woody
Ornamentals and Herbaceous Perennials (Ohio State):
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Contents
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General Pests
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Information about Insecticides/Miticides
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Lab Quiz 5 Review ppt:
htm or
ppt
Web Quiz 4 |
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Mar. 6
Landscape IPM: mites |
1. Mites power
point:
htm or
ppt
2.
Study
Class Arachnida, Order Acari: Mites:
List of families and explanation of
eriophyid mites (handout)
3. Study
Class Arachnida, Order Acari: Life
history
(handout)
4. Study
Miticides and compatibility with
biological control (handout)
5. Study
Introduction to Phylum
Arthropoda
(handout)
6. Read
Insect and Mite Galls (Wawrzynski et
al.: UMN)
7.
Study
Insect and other Arthropod Orders
(handout)
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Question Set 4
Group Problem
Solving Assignment due |
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Week 8
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Readings/Tasks
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Assignments
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Mar. 11
Turf
IPM
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1. Turf Pests
power point:
htm or
ppt
2.
Study
Moths in
Turf: Identifying, Scouting, and
Managing (handout)
3.
Read
Managing Lawn
and Turf Insects
(Krischik and Ascerno: UMN)
Additional resources:
1.
IPM of Midwest Landscapes:
Pesticides for Turf (Krischik:
UMN)
2. Management of Turfgrass Pests: Weeds,
Diseases, and Insects 2004 (Ohio
State):
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Contents
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Management of Turf Insects and Other
Animals: Insecticide Registrations for
Turf Pests
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Management of Turf Insects and Other
Animals: Information About Turf
Insecticides/miticides
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Web Quiz 5 |
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Mar. 13 |
Midterm: 10:15 A.M. - 11:30 A.M. Hodson
Hall 490
(study
2005 midterm) |
Lab Quiz 5: Specimen Quiz:
11:45 A.M. - 12:35 P.M. - Hodson
Hall 480 (can
not be dropped, can take quiz on Mar. 11
or Mar. 13)
Lab Quiz 6 |
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Week 9 |
Spring
break |
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Mar. 18 & 20 |
Spring break |
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Week 10
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Readings/Tasks
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Assignments
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Mar. 25
Turf
IPM |
1. Phyllophaga
and Other Grub Management power point:
htm or
ppt
2. Read
Japanese Beetle Management in
Minnesota (Krischik and Maser:
UMN)
Learning tasks:
1. Study
U.S. Domestic Japanese Beetle Domestic
Harmonization Plan (USDA APHIS)
2.
Study
Japanese Beetles in Tennessee
(Tennessee DA)
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Mar. 27
Lepidoptera (butterflies, moths,
and
skippers) |
1. Introduction to Lepidoptera
power point:
htm or
ppt
2. Study
Order Lepidoptera: List of families (handout)
3. Study
Class Insecta, Order Lepidoptera:
Butterflies and moths: Life history
(handout)
4. Read
Forest Tent Caterpillars in
Minnesota (Hahn et al.: UMN)
5. Read
Spring and Fall Cankerworms (Ascerno
and Hahn: UMN)
Learning
tasks:
1. Study
Butterfly Gardening (Krischik:
UMN)
2. Go to USGS sites and look
at photos of moths and butterflies
from different families:
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Moths of North America:
Photo Thumbnails
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Butterflies of North America:
Photo Thumbnails
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Caterpillars of Eastern Forests:
Families of Caterpillars
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Lab Quiz 7 |
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Week 11
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Readings/Tasks
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Assignments
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Apr. 1
Lepidoptera; degree days
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1. Degree-Day and
Phenological Models power point:
htm or
ppt
2. Read
IPM of Midwest Landscapes, Chpt.
11: Using Degree-Days and Plant
Phenology to Predict Pest Activity
(Herms: Ohio State) |
Web Quiz 6 |
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Apr. 3
Gypsy moth |
1. Gypsy Moth ppt:
htm or
ppt
2. Read Gypsy Moth (MDA):
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Gypsy Moth in Minnesota
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Gypsy Moth Life Cycle
3.
Read Gypsy Moth Program Fast Facts
(MDA):
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Gypsy Moth Backgrounder
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Treatments: Btk
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Treatments: Pheromone Flakes
4. Read
Forest Insect and Disease Leaflet
162: Gypsy Moth (USDA)
5.
Read Gypsy Moth in Virginia
(Virginia Tech):
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History, Management, and Educational
Programs
•
Comparison of Insecticides for Gypsy
Moth Control |
Lab Quiz 8 |
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Week 12
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Readings/Tasks
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Assignments
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Apr. 8
Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, ants)
|
1. Selected Families of Hymenoptera
ppt:
htm or
ppt
2.
Study
Order Hymenoptera: List of families
(handout)
3. Study
Class Insecta, Order Hymenoptera:
Sawflies, bees, wasps, ants,
parasitoids: Life history
(handout)
4.
Read
Common Oak Galls (U Kentucky Entomology)
5.
Hymenoptera lab worksheet
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Web Quiz 7 |
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Apr. 10
Hymenoptera (sawflies) |
1. Introduction to Sawflies
power
point:
htm or
ppt
2. Read
Birch Leafminers
(Hahn and Ascerno:
UMN)
3. Read
Sawflies of Trees and Shrubs (Wawrzynski:
UMN)
3.
Pigeon tremex (Forestry Images,
U Georgia)
4.
Horntails (Cornell University)
5.
Elm sawfly,
Cimbex americana (Forestry Images,
U Georgia)
Learning tasks:
1. Study Articles about Yellowheaded
Spruce Sawfly:
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Yellowheaded Spruce Sawfly
(USDA FS)
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Yellowheaded Spruce Sawfly
(Maine FS)
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Yellow-Headed Spruce Sawfly (MN
DNR)
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Watch Your Spruce! (MN DNR)
2. Study Articles about Mountain Ash
Sawfly:
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Mountain Ash Sawfly (Maine FS)
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Mountain-Ash Sawfly
(Ohio State)
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Mountain Ash Sawfly (MN DNR)
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