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2479 Captain Reid from Philip Griffin, 1863
No full textLetter written from Fairfax Seminary, Virginia Hospital Ward by Philip Griffin to Captain Bernard J. Reid. Griffin describes life in the hospital
Pseudomyrmex laevifrons Ward
No full text<i>Pseudomyrmex laevifrons</i> Ward <p>(Fig. 5)</p> <p> <i>Pseudomyrma laeviceps</i> F. Smith 1877: 63. Lectotype worker (designated by Ward 1989: 440), Para, Brazil (BMNH) [Examined] [Also imaged on AntWeb: CASENT0902923] [Preoccupied by <i>Pseudomyrmex laeviceps</i> F. Smith 1859 = <i>Tetraponera laeviceps</i> (F. Smith)].</p> <p> <i>Pseudomyrmex laevifrons</i> Ward 1989: 440. Replacement name.</p> <p> <b>Other material examined</b> (ALWC, BMNH, CASC, CPDC, CUIC, FSCA, INBC, INPA, IZAV, JTLC, KWJC, LACM, MCZC, MNHN, MPEG, MZLU, MZSP, PSWC, UCDC, USNM). BOLIVIA <i>Beni</i>: 46 km SSW San Borja, 300 m (P. S. Ward); BRAZIL <i>Amapá</i>: Oiapoque (W. L. Overal); <i>Amazonas</i>: Faz. Esteio, 80 km NNE Manaus, 80 m (P. S. Ward); High Falls, Rio Tarumã (W. L. Brown); Tefé [as " Ega "] (c.u.); <i>Bahia</i>: C. das Almas, Fz. Capivari (M. R. B. Smith); Canavieiras (V. L. Mello); Guarajuba, Camacari (J. Delabie); Ilhéus (V. L. Mello); Ilhéus-Cepec (J. D. Majer); Ilhéus-Cepec (H. J. Santos); Itacaré (V. L. Mello); São Miguel, Ilheus (A. Batista); São Miguel, Ilheus (I. C. Nascimento); <i>Para</i>: Monte Dourado, Area 75 (C. J. Marsh); COLOMBIA <i>San Andrés y Providencia</i>: San Andrés Isla, Massalli Hill (F. Castellanos); COSTA RICA <i>Alajuela</i>: 11 mi N Florencia (D. H. Janzen); <i>Heredia</i>: Est. Biol. La Selva, 50–150 m (INBio /OET); <i>Limón</i>: La Lola (D. H. Janzen); <i>Puntarenas</i>: 19 km S Cuidad Neily, 20 m (P. S. Ward); Sirena, Penin. Osa, 50 m (J. T. Longino); Golfito, 5 m (P. S. Ward); ECUADOR <i>Los Ríos</i>: Jauneche, 19 km WSW Mocache, 60 m (P. S. Ward); <i>Napo</i>: 1 km SW Archidona, W side Río Misahuallí, 550 m (A. L. Wild); 3 km NNE Archidona, 650 m (A. L. Wild); Jatun Sacha, 7 km ESE Pto. Misahuallí, 400 m (P. S. Ward); <i>Orellana</i>: Tiputini Biodiversity Station (T. Erwin); <i>Sucumbios</i>: Cuyabeno, Destacamento Patria, 200 m (D. A. Donoso); Sacha Lodge [as " Sacha "] (L. Huggert); FRENCH GUIANA <i>Cayenne</i>: Kaw Mountains, 325 m (K. Sarv); Petit Saut [as " Petit Saux "] (Estelle); Sinnamary (G. Délye); <i>Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni</i>: Haut-Itany (R. Garrouste); GUYANA <i>Cuyuni-Mazaruni</i>: Kartabo (W. M. Wheeler); <i>East Berbice-Corentyne</i>: New River, 750 ft. (C. A. Hudson); <i>Essequibo Islands-West Demerara</i>: Timehri, 0–50 m (J. T. Longino); Wales, 0–50 m (J. T.</p> <p> Longino); NICARAGUA <i>Madriz</i>: 12.1 mi N Condega, Hwy. 1 (D. H. Janzen); PANAMA <i>Colón</i>: Pipeline Rd. (G. G. Montgomery; Y.Lubin); PERU <i>Huánuco</i>: Tingo Maria, Cueva de las Pavas (L. Huggert); <i>Junín</i>: Satipo (L. Huggert); <i>Loreto</i>: Iquitos, Barillal (L. Huggert); <i>Madre de Dios</i>: Cuzco Amazónico, 15 km NE Pto. Maldonado (S. P. Cover; J. E. Tobin); Pakitza, Rio Manu, 250 m (Erwin; Farrell); <i>San Martín</i>: 24 km NNE Tarapoto, 220 m (P. S. Ward); Convento, 26 km NNE Tarapoto, 220 m (P. S. Ward); <i>Ucayali</i>: Yurac, 67 mi E Tingo Maria (E. I. Schlinger; E. S. Ross); TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: <i>Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo</i>: 2 km SE Las Lomas (J. K. Wetterer); <i>Sangre Grande</i>: Tapana (J. K. Wetterer); <i>Siparia</i>: La Brea (H. Morrison); <i>Tobago</i>: 1 1/ 8 mi ESE Adelphi (P. Feinsinger); <i>Tunapuna-Piarco</i>: 2 km E Carmichael (J. K. Wetterer); 2 km NW Howson, (J. K. Wetterer); Heights of Guanapo (J. K. Wetterer); Waller Field, 10 m (P. Feinsinger); Waller Field (J. K. Wetterer); VENEZUELA <i>Aragua</i>: Ocumare de la Costa, 20 m (P. S. Ward); <i>Barinas</i>: 10 km WNW Santa Barbara, 280 m (P. S. Ward); <i>Bolívar</i>: 49 km ENE Tumeremo, 200 m (P. S. Ward); Campamento Río Grande, 250 m (P. S. Ward); Rio Akanan, 470 m (J. Lattke); <i>Miranda</i>: Cúpira, 15 m (W. Goitia); Padron, Est. Exp. de Caucagua, ca. R. Tuy & R. Cuira (Brandão et al.); <i>Trujillo</i>: 19 km E Boconó, 600 m (P. S. Ward);</p> <p> <b>Worker measurements</b> (n = 16). HL 0.65–0.75, HW 0.47–0.55, MFC 0.005–0.010, LHT 0.36–0.41, CI 0.69– 0.78, REL 0.57–0.64, REL2 0.79–0.87, FCI 0.010–0.019, FI 0.50–0.56, PLI 0.66–0.80, PWI 0.54–0.66.</p> <p> <b>Worker diagnosis</b>. Small species (HL 0.65–0.75, HW 0.47–0.55) with elongate head and eyes (CI 0.69–0.78, REL 0.57–0.64, REL2 0.79–0.87); masticatory margin of mandible with 5 teeth; palp formula 4,3; juncture between dorsal and declivitous faces of propodeum usually notably angulate, sometimes producing slight tubercles laterally; anterodorsal face of petiole usually ascending relatively steeply (Fig. 5 b). Head smooth and shiny with scattered fine punctulae; pronotum similar centrally, but remainder of mesosoma becoming sublucid, with coriarious-imbricate sculpture on most surfaces including mesopleuron, metapleuron and propodeum; petiole, postpetiole and gaster with moderately dense pubescence. Standing pilosity sparse (MSC 2); paired erect setae present on pronotal humeri, petiole and postpetiole. Dark brown, mandibles, frontoclypeal complex and tarsi lighter; pronotum, petiole and postpetiole often a contrastingly lighter medium- to yellowish-brown.</p> <p> <b>Comments</b>. Workers of this species can be recognized by their small size (HW 0.47–0.55), shiny puncticulate head, angulate propodeum, and the presence of a single pair of erect setae on the pronotal humeri, petiole and postpetiole. <i>P. obtusus</i> and <i>P. parvulus</i> have a more densely sculptured head and less standing pilosity (lacking at least on the petiole). Differences between <i>P. laeviceps</i> and the closely similar <i>P. micans</i> are discussed under the latter species.</p> <p> <b>Distribution and biology</b>. This species is distributed from Nicaragua to Bolivia and central Brazil, and has been recorded from tropical moist forest, rainforest, second-growth rainforest, and rainforest edge. Most collections consist of scattered foragers on low vegetation and on recent treefalls. I have collected seven nest series, all from dead twigs of woody plants: two from vines, three from Melastomataceae trees, and two from unidentified plants.</p>Published as part of <i>Ward, Philip S., 2017, A review of the Pseudomyrmex ferrugineus and Pseudomyrmex goeldii species groups: acacia-ants and relatives (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), pp. 524-542 in Zootaxa 4227 (4)</i> on pages 535-536, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4227.4.3, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/306006">http://zenodo.org/record/306006</a>
Pseudomyrmex obtusus Ward, sp. nov.
No full textPseudomyrmex obtusus Ward, sp. nov. (Fig. 7) Pseudomyrmex psw001; Chomicki et al. (2015: 4). Type material. Holotype worker. VENEZUELA Barinas: 10 km WNW Santa Barbara, 280 m, 7°51ʹS, 71°16ʹW, 29 Aug 1987, ex dead twig of thorny vine, edge of second-growth rainforest, P. S. Ward PSW09027 (MZSP) (CASENT0794100). Paratypes. Series of workers, 3 dealate queens, same data as holotype (CASC, JTLC, MCZC, PSWC, UCDC, USNM). Other material examined (LACM, MZSP, PSWC, UCDC). BRAZIL Mato Grosso: Sinop (M. Alvarenga); COSTA RICA Puntarenas: Res. Biol. Carara, 500 m (J. Longino); Reserva Biol. Carara, 500 m (P. S. Ward); PANAMA Colón: Pipeline Rd. (G. G. Montgomery & Y. Lubin); PERU San Martín: 24 km NNE Tarapoto, 220 m (P. S. Ward); SURINAM Para: Zanderij I (Boven); VENEZUELA Barinas: 10 km WNW Santa Barbara, 280 m (P. S. Ward). Worker measurements (n = 9). HL 0.86–0.93, HW 0.71–0.78, MFC 0.007–0.013, LHT 0.48–0.54, CI 0.80– 0.85, REL 0.63–0.66, REL2 0.75–0.81, FCI 0.010–0.017, FI 0.50–0.52, PLI 0.62–0.71, PWI 0.52–0.64. Worker diagnosis. Larger species (HL 0.86–0.93, HW 0.71–0.78) with elongate eyes (REL 0.63–0.66) and with broader head than other species in the P. goeldii group (CI 0.80–0.85); masticatory margin of mandible with 5–6 teeth; palp formula 5,3; juncture between dorsal and declivitous faces of propodeum subangulate, and with conspicuous lateral tubercles (Fig. 7 b); anterodorsal face of petiole ascending rapidly, often steeper than posterodorsal face (Fig. 7 b). Front of head between eyes densely punctulate and opaque, becoming sparsely punctulate and shiny around the ocelli, then densely punctulate and opaque again at the posterior margin; mesosoma finely coriarious-imbricate and opaque; petiole, postpetiole and gaster with very fine dense pubescence, imparting a matte appearance. Standing pilosity very sparse, absent from mesosoma, petiole and postpetiole. Medium to dark brown, the petiole, postpetiole and most of gaster a contrasting light yellowish-brown; mandibles, frontoclypeal complex, tibiae and tarsi also lighter than most of body, the pronotum variably so. Comments. Within the P. goeldii group this species is recognized by its large size (HW>0.70), broad head (CI>0.79), and dense punctulate sculpture on the front of the head. Other distinctive features are the matte appearance of most of the body and the absence of standing pilosity on the mesosoma, petiole and postpetiole. Distribution and biology. P. obtusus is known from scattered collections from Costa Rica to Peru and Brazil. Collections with habitat information come from rainforest, rainforest edge, and (Costa Rica) successional pasture near rainforest. I have made four nest collections: two from dead twigs of Ficus sp., one from a dead twig of a thorny vine, and one from a dead twig of an unidentified woody plant.Published as part of Ward, Philip S., 2017, A review of the Pseudomyrmex ferrugineus and Pseudomyrmex goeldii species groups: acacia-ants and relatives (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), pp. 524-542 in Zootaxa 4227 (4) on page 539, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4227.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/30600
Future Riverine Flood Impacts for NUTS3 regions in Europe: GLOFRIS input to DIFI
No full text<p>This dataset presents results of current and future riverine flood impact data for NUTS3 regions in Europe. The dataset has been developed following the methodology presented in Tiggeloven et al. (2020) and Mortensen et al. (In Review).</p><p>This dataset can be used to as direct input for the DIFI model as described in Tesselaar et al. (2023).</p><p>References:</p><p>Mortensen, E., Tiggeloven, T., Haer, T., van Bemmel, B., Bouwman, A., Ligtvoet, W., & Ward, P.J.: The potential for various riverine flood DRR measures at the global scale. <i>Journal of Coastal and Riverine Flood Risk</i>, In Review.</p><p>Tesselaar, M., Botzen, W.J.W., Aerts, J.C.J.H., Tiggeloven, T. (2023). Flood insurance is a driver of population growth in European floodplains. <i>Nature Communications (provisionally accepted)</i></p><p>Tiggeloven, T., De Moel, H., Winsemius, H. C., Eilander, D., Erkens, G., Gebremedhin, E., ... & Ward, P. J. (2020). Global-scale benefit–cost analysis of coastal flood adaptation to different flood risk drivers using structural measures. <i>Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences</i>, <i>20</i>(4), 1025-1044.</p>
Obituary: Philip J. Davis
No full textWith deep sorrow, we announce the passing of Philip J. Davis on March 14, 2018, at the age of 95. Phil was one of the founding fathers of SIAM and a prolificcontributor to SIAM News; he was an innovative mathematician, an inspiring teacher, an entertaining and wide-ranging author, and a profound thinker on the nature and significance of mathematics
Pseudomyrmex evitus Ward, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Pseudomyrmex evitus</i> Ward, sp. nov. <p>(Fig. 2)</p> <p> <i>Pseudomyrmex</i> sp. PSW-02; Ward (1993: 135). Male genitalia similar to those of <i>P. ferrugineus</i> group. <i>Pseudomyrmex</i> psw002; Chomicki <i>et al.</i> (2015: 4). Nested phylogenetically in <i>P. ferrugineus</i> group.</p> <p> <b>Type material</b>. <i>Holotype worker</i>. COSTA RICA <i>Heredia</i>: Est. Biol. La Selva, 50–150m, 10°26ʹN 84°01ʹW, Mar 1994 [in recent treefall, tropical rainforest], INBio-OET, J. Longino JTL03593 (INBC) (INBIOCRI001271962). <i>Paratypes</i>. Series of 7 workers, same data as holotype (CASC, JTLC, INBC, PSWC, UCDC).</p> <p> <b>Other material examined.</b> (BMNH, INBC, JTLC, MUCR, PSWC, UCDC, USNM). MEXICO <i>Chiapas</i>: Playón de la Gloria, 180m (LLAMA); <i>Tabasco</i>: Teapa (H. H. Smith); <i>Veracruz</i>: Estación de Biología Los Tuxtlas, 115 m (P. S. Ward); Los Tuxtlas, 10 km NNW Sontecomapan, 200 m (P. S. Ward); BELIZE <i>Cayo</i>: Las Cuevas, 5 km SE Millionario (C. Lyal & D. Hollis); GUATEMALA <i>Petén</i>: Tikal (T. H. Hubbell); Tikal Natl. Park, 270 m (J. Longino); HONDURAS <i>Atlántida</i>: Carmelina (W. M. Mann); <i>Comayagua</i>: PN Cerro Azul Meambar, 1170 m (LLAMA); COSTA RICA <i>Heredia</i>: 11 km ESE La Virgen, 300 m (ALAS); 2 km NW Pto. Viejo, 50 m (G. Gomez); 22 km N Volcan Barba, 500 m (J. Longino); Chilamate, 75 m (Hanson & Godoy).</p> <p> <b>Worker measurements</b> (n = 14). HL 1.13–1.25, HW 1.15–1.28, MFC 0.040–0.070, LHT 0.91–1.00, CI 1.01– 1.0 5, REL 0.52–0.55, REL2 0.51–0.54, FCI 0.033–0.056, FI 0.42–0.45, PLI 0.49–0.56, PWI 0.50–0.60.</p> <p> <b>Worker diagnosis</b>. Medium-sized species (see HL, HW and LHT measurements) with broad head (CI>1.00) and elongate eyes (REL>0.50); anterior margin of median clypeal lobe concave, and laterally angulate; palp formula 4,3; frontal carinae separated by less than basal scape width; profemur relatively robust; mesosoma as in Fig. 2 b, metanotal groove weakly impressed; dorsal face of propodeum slightly longer than, and rounding into, declivitous face; petiole as in Fig. 2 b, about twice as long as high or wide, anterodorsal face ascending gradually, without a well differentiated anterior peduncle; dorsal surface of petiole with a weak median furrow; postpetiole broad, about 1.6–1.7× petiole width. Head, mesosoma and petiole densely punctulate-coriarious and mostly opaque; postpetiole and abdominal tergite IV similarly opaque, their reflectance dulled by fine punctulae and associated dense pubescence. Standing pilosity fine, pale, and moderately common on most parts of the body (MSC 13–26), present on the mesonotum and (usually) propodeum. Dark brownish-black, the appendages medium brown.</p> <p> <b>Comments</b>. This species is readily recognized by the combination of the shape of the clypeal lobe (medially concave and laterally angulate); broad head; dense coriarious-punctulate sculpture which renders the body opaque; and petiole shape (Fig. 2 b). The reduced palp formula, elongate eyes, weakly impressed metanotal groove, and uniformly dark coloration are also distinctive. <i>P. feralis</i>, the other non-mutualist species in the <i>P. ferrugineus</i> group, is similar to <i>P. evitus</i> in the shape of the clypeus and mesosoma, but it is smaller (HW 0.94–0.99) with less heavily sculptured integument, shorter legs (LHT 0.73–0.77), and a more elongate head (CI 0.90–0.94). Males of <i>P. evitus</i> have an unusually elongate third (penultimate) segment of the maxillary palps, which is about 2.6× the length of the terminal segment.</p> <p> <b>Distribution and biology</b>. <i>P. evitus</i> is an uncommon species, known from scattered locations from southern Mexico to Costa Rica. Collections come from tropical moist forest, lowland rainforest, lowland rainforest edge, and montane rainforest, at elevations ranging from 50 m to 1170 m. I have encountered this species in the field only at Estación de Biología Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, Mexico, where I found single foragers on the ground and on a tree trunk, and a nest in a dead twig. In contrast to the acacia-ants the workers of <i>P. evitus</i> have a timid disposition.</p>Published as part of <i>Ward, Philip S., 2017, A review of the Pseudomyrmex ferrugineus and Pseudomyrmex goeldii species groups: acacia-ants and relatives (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), pp. 524-542 in Zootaxa 4227 (4)</i> on page 531, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4227.4.3, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/306006">http://zenodo.org/record/306006</a>
The ant genus Tetraponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropical region: taxonomic review and key to species
No full textWard, Philip S. (2022): The ant genus Tetraponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropical region: taxonomic review and key to species. Zootaxa 5102 (1): 1-70, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5102.1.
FIGURES 7–8 in A review of the Pseudomyrmex ferrugineus and Pseudomyrmex goeldii species groups: acacia-ants and relatives (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
No full textFIGURES 7–8. Pseudomyrmex goeldii group, workers, full-face dorsal view of head (a) and lateral profile of body (b). 7, P. obtusus, Venezuela (CASENT0794100); 8, P. parvulus, Brazil (CASENT0762994). Images from AntWeb (www.antweb.org); photographer Matthew Prebus.Published as part of Ward, Philip S., 2017, A review of the Pseudomyrmex ferrugineus and Pseudomyrmex goeldii species groups: acacia-ants and relatives (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), pp. 524-542 in Zootaxa 4227 (4) on page 538, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4227.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/30600
Pseudomyrmex particeps Ward 1993, sp. nov.
No full textPseudomyrmex particeps Ward, sp. nov. (Figs. 14, 23, 54, 57, 72) Holotype worker. - COSTA RICA, Puntarenas: Rincon, Peninsula Osa, 3.iii. 1965, D.H. Janzen #111 (LACM). HW 0.83, HL 1.10, EL 0.50, PL 0.50, PH 0.31. Paratypes. - Same data as holotype: series of 82 workers, 14 males, one queen (AMNH, BMNH, CASC, GBFM, INBC, JTLC, LACM, MCZC, MZSP, PSWC, UCDC, USNM). Additional non-type material listed below. Worker measurements (n = 12). - HL 0.93 - 1.10, HW 0.77 - 0.83, MFC 0.037 - 0.050, Cl 0.75 - 0.84, REL 0.44 - 0.48, REL 2 0.55 - 0.60, OOI 1.47 - 1.96, VI 0.65 - 0.75, FCI 0.048 - 0.062, SI 0.45 - 0.49, SI 2 0.78 - 0.83, NI 0.53 - 0.62, PLI 0.58 - 0.66, PWI 0.55 - 0.60, PPWI 1.03 - 1.26. Worker diagnosis. - Very similar to P. nigrocinctus (q. v.) except as follows. Eyes longer (REL 2 0.55 - 0.60, EL / LHT 0.59 - 0.64) (Figs. 14, 42, 43). Front of head more strongly shining. Medium to dark brown; gaster uniformly dark brown or black; mandibles, fronto-clypeal complex, and appendages lighter brown. Comments. - P. particeps is obviously a very close relative of the allopatric P. nigrocinctus, but there are consistent differences between the two in eye size and color which exceed the limits of variation seen throughout the much wider range of P. nigrocinctus. Workers in the type series of P. particeps also have more elongate heads than those of P. nigrocinctus but this distinction is not seen in other samples. Differences between queens of the two species are more striking with the two known queens of P. particeps having more elongate heads (Cl ≈ 0.61, compared with 0.67 - 0.72 in a sample of 13 P. nigrocinctus queens) and longer metatibiae relative to head width (LHT / HW ≈ 1.12 versus 0.97 - 1.07 in P. nigrocinctus). Additional alates of P. particeps are needed to confirm these differences and the apparent distinctions in male genitalia (see male key). Distribution and biology. - P. particeps is a rare species known only from the Osa Peninsula and one adjacent locality, in Costa Rica (Fig. 72). It appears to be associated exclusively with Acacia allenii, a forest species (see Janzen, 1974 for more information aboutthehostplant). In contrast, P. nigrocinctus is found farther north in more open habitats where it typically inhabits Acacia collinsii. The differences in worker morphology between P. particeps and P. nigrocinctus (darker color and more elongate head and / or eyes in the former) parallel those observed between populations of P. spinicola from the same areas (see below under P. spinicola), suggesting similar selection pressures associated with more forested habitats and partial (P. spinicola) or exclusive (P. particeps) occupancy of a different Acacia species. Material examined. Type material listed above, plus the following (JTLC, LACM, PSWC). - COSTA RICA Puntarenas: 4 mi S Rincon (D. H. Janzen); Bahia Drake, Osa Penin. (FJoyce); Corcovado Natl. Pk., Sirena, 50 m (J. T. Longino); Rincon (A. R. Moldenke); San Jose: 16.7 mi SW San Isidro on Hwy. 22, 160 m (D. H. Janzen).Published as part of Ward, Philip S., 1993, Systematic studies on Pseudomyrmex acacia-ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Pseudomyrmecinae), pp. 117-168 in Journal of Hymenoptera Research 2 on page 146, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1015
Unsterblicher Nachruhm Friederich Augusts Königes von Pohlen und Churfürstens Zu Sachsen : Jn einer Serenata
No full textEntworffen Von .... [J. J. D. Zimmermann] ; welche Jn die Music gesetzet und den .. May 1733 Aufgeführet ward Von Georg Philip TelemannText ohne Noten. Erscheinungsjahr gemäss Aufführungsjahr (Titelblatt)Handschriftlicher Schenkungsvermerk Johann Jakob Bodmers an die Stadtbibliothek Zürich (1776) auf dem vorderen Vorsatzblatt des Sammelbande
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