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Review Of Preserving The Great Plains And Rocky Mountains By Elaine Freed, Lawrence Sommer Feb 1993

Review Of Preserving The Great Plains And Rocky Mountains By Elaine Freed, Lawrence Sommer

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Preserving the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains is a welcome addition to the body of historic preservation literature because it focuses on a region of the United States that is all to often ignored by architectural historians and other scholars writing about historic preservation matters. Elaine Freed deserves much credit for producing a volume that illustrates a thorough understanding of the issues confronting anyone trying to preserve the region's cultural resources. To complete this study, Freed spent several years doing extensive research, conducting literally hundreds of interviews and traveling thousands of miles across this vast and sparsely populated section of …

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Review Of Medicinal Wild Plants Of The Prairie: An Ethnobotanical Guide By Kelly Kindscher, David J. Harter Feb 1993

Review Of Medicinal Wild Plants Of The Prairie: An Ethnobotanical Guide By Kelly Kindscher, David J. Harter

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This is a book for the advanced amateur. It comes five years after Kindscher's Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie which was also an outgrowth of the author's master's thesis (University of Kansas).

Kindscher set two goals for his new book and I believe that he will achieve both. He hoped that it would foster more understanding of the prairie and the uses of its constituent plants, and he wanted to encourage protection, conservation, and reestablishment of the prairie grasslands wherever possible. These goals are shared by many today, but the prairie speaks softly while competing interests such as farming, …

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Native Americans, The Courts And Water Policy: Is Nothing Sacred?, Peter J. Longo, Chrisitana E. Miewald Sep 1992

Native Americans, The Courts And Water Policy: Is Nothing Sacred?, Peter J. Longo, Chrisitana E. Miewald

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Public policy in such areas as the environment is increasingly being shaped by the courts as they resolve conflicts. There is some question whether the courts are able to include in policy decisions those values that are not derived from economic utility. In this article, the values represented by traditional Native American beliefs about nature and particularly water are examined. While Native Americans have won some court battles over water, the judges have usually decided on the basis of contractual and treaty agreements and not on the basis of the preservation of traditional values. Cases arising in the Great Plains …

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A Daring Proposal For Dealing With An Inevitable Disaster? A Review Of The Buffalo Commons Proposal, Karen De Bres, Mark Guizlo Aug 1992

A Daring Proposal For Dealing With An Inevitable Disaster? A Review Of The Buffalo Commons Proposal, Karen De Bres, Mark Guizlo

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In December 1987, "The Great Plains: From Dust to Dust, a Daring Proposal for Dealing With an Inevitable Disaster," by Frank and Deborah Popper appeared in Planning, a journal of the American Planning Association. While many alternatives have been suggested to solve the environmental, social, and economic problems of the region, the Poppers' Buffalo Commons thesis quickly made regional and national headlines. Since 1987, the Poppers, while writing and speaking on this topic at length, have failed to substantiate many of their arguments. Meanwhile, their somewhat facile assumptions have attracted a wide and sometimes favorable audience. This paper contains three …

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The Popper Proposals For The Great Plains: A View From The Canadian Prairies, Alec H. Paul Aug 1992

The Popper Proposals For The Great Plains: A View From The Canadian Prairies, Alec H. Paul

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The Popper thesis, that large parts of the U.S. Great Plains are best suited to their pre-settlement role of "buffalo commons" and should be returned to that state, might also be applied to portions of the Canadian prairies north of the 49th parallel. The Canadian Dry Belt, often referred to as the Palliser Triangle, has suffered drought and environmental degradation similar to the U. S. Great Plains. Rural depopulation began in the 1920s, and in the 1930s the region became known as the Canadian Dustbowl. As early as the 1920s, some farmers had begun to work together to develop land-use …

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Population Change In The High Plains Ogallala Region: 1980-1990, Stephen E. White Aug 1992

Population Change In The High Plains Ogallala Region: 1980-1990, Stephen E. White

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This study explores the role of groundwater exploitation on population change in the High Plains Ogallala region. Results from several multiple regression analyses are examined to assess the relationship between 1980-1990 population changes in 184 counties with the dominance of irrigated agriculture, change in irrigated acreage, historical population change, farm size change, population density, urbanization, and the level of agricultural employment.

Change in irrigated acreage is significantly associated with population change for Nebraska and for the 90 counties that have an urban place. However, the more important factors are the degree of urbanization among the urban counties and long term …

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Landscape Ecology Of Hedgerows And Fencerows In Panama Township, Lancaster County, Nebraska, Richard K. Sutton Aug 1992

Landscape Ecology Of Hedgerows And Fencerows In Panama Township, Lancaster County, Nebraska, Richard K. Sutton

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This study investigated woody plant composition, structure, and biomass of hedgerows and fencerows, and for effects between human attitudes and management practices; Fencerows arise as narrow strips of woody and herbaceous plants at field margins and property boundaries. Hedgerows grow from intentional linear plantings. Exotic species were more important in fencerow composition. Hackberry, Missouri gooseberry, American plum, and white mulberry readily inhabited both fencerows and hedgerows. Woody plants exhibited clumped distribution in both hedgerows and fencerows. A moisture gradient emerged as a factor in distribution of species. Management caused a significant difference in species richness and biomass in both hedgerows …

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A Chromosome Study Of Blue Grama (Bouteloua Gracilis) In Northern Colorado, T. Tsuchiya, W. Mcginnies, A. Shahla Aug 1992

A Chromosome Study Of Blue Grama (Bouteloua Gracilis) In Northern Colorado, T. Tsuchiya, W. Mcginnies, A. Shahla

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Chromosomes were studied in somatic cells of 60 plants of blue grama, Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag ex Griffiths, collected from a 7-hectare field of native range at the Central Plains Experiment Range (CPER), Nunn, Colorado, to determine chromosome constitution in relation to the plant characteristics. Somatic chromosomes were studied in root tips collected from vigorously growing plants in the greenhouse. Acetocarmine squash method was used to make slide preparation. The majority of the plants were 2n =40. However, three plants were 2n=50 and two were 2n=60. The pentaploid plants (2n =50) were recorded for the first time in …

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Withholding Payment On Otoe-Missouria Reservation Lands, Daniel W. Overton Aug 1992

Withholding Payment On Otoe-Missouria Reservation Lands, Daniel W. Overton

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In 1883 the U.S. General Land Office conducted the sale of the eastern remnant of the Big Blue reservation in Nebraska and Kansas for the benefit of its owners, the Otoe-Missouria Indians. The property sold for an average of $12.22 an acre. It was the highest per-acre price ever offered for Indian lands on the Central and Northern Great Plains. Before the first year of white settlement had come to an end, however, many landholders began to petition federal authorities for payment-time extensions and, eventually, debt reductions. They argued that they had been "forced" to pay more for their lands …

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Career Differentiation: The Legal Community In Lincoln, Nebraska 1880-1891, Andrew Koszewski Aug 1992

Career Differentiation: The Legal Community In Lincoln, Nebraska 1880-1891, Andrew Koszewski

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The development of a legal community in late nineteenth-century Lincoln, Nebraska, offers an opportunity to examine career differentiation. Relying upon census and Lincoln city directories, the data analysis reveals similar patterns to previous research on the legal profession and some significant differences. Lincoln attorneys usually came from middle or lower classes backgrounds, seldom graduated from college, relocated to Nebraska from midwestern states, practiced alone, joined numerous fraternal organizations, became involved in politics, and were overwhelmingly Republicans.

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Great Plains Research Annual Index - Vol. 2, No. 2, 1992 Aug 1992

Great Plains Research Annual Index - Vol. 2, No. 2, 1992

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Great Plains Research Contents - Vol. 2, No. 2, 1992 Aug 1992

Great Plains Research Contents - Vol. 2, No. 2, 1992

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Table of Contents

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Great Plains Research Introduction - Vol. 2, No. 2, 1992, Paul A. Kay Aug 1992

Great Plains Research Introduction - Vol. 2, No. 2, 1992, Paul A. Kay

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Most Americans possess an image of the Great Plains derived, I suspect, from a high-speed window. The interstate highways, those great passing through routes, provide constricted views; I-80, for example, trapped in the Platte River Valley across much of Nebraska, leads one to think of the Plains as flat. The image from 30,000-plus feet is no less informative, to the untrained observer, of the web of life below; even the giant circles of the center pivots bespeak large empty spaces. Neither viewing platform is sufficient to reveal the intricacies of the Plains, let alone the concerns of those who live …

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Great Plains Research News And Notes - Vol. 2, No. 2, 1992 Aug 1992

Great Plains Research News And Notes - Vol. 2, No. 2, 1992

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Contents:

Conferences

Call for papers

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Review Of Sociobiology And The Social Sciences By Robert W. Bell And Nancy J. Bell, David R. Johnson Aug 1992

Review Of Sociobiology And The Social Sciences By Robert W. Bell And Nancy J. Bell, David R. Johnson

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The application of evolutionary theory of inclusive fitness to understanding human social behavior has seen a recent resurgence in anthropology, psychology, and sociology. While sociobiological theory and research are still incipient In these disciplines, the perspective has received enough attention to warrant all social scientists becoming more acquainted with the theory and methods of the practicing sociobiologist. The title and modest size of this book (only 130 pages) suggest that it might serve well for this purpose. It contains seven original papers by practicing sociobiologists written for an audience not well versed in the evolutionary model. While terms are carefully …

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Review Of Gaining Access: Congress And The Farm Lobby, 1919-1981 By John Mark Hansen, Jim Kendrick Aug 1992

Review Of Gaining Access: Congress And The Farm Lobby, 1919-1981 By John Mark Hansen, Jim Kendrick

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This work explores the impact that interest groups have on influencing national agricultural legislation, and thus, U.S. agricultural policy. The term "interest groups" implies the entire gambit ofthose who desire to, or actually do, have notable impact on the formulation of U.S. agricultural policy. Actually, Hansen confines his analysis (except for the National Milk Producers Federation) to those general farm organizations that were active during the period 1919-1981.

By confining his main analysis to general farm organizations (American Farm Bureau Federation, National Farmers Union, National Farmers Organization, etc.), Hansen misses other major players who also have access to Congress. In …

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Review Of Contemporary Federal Policy Toward American Indians By Emma R. Gross, Beth R. Ritter Aug 1992

Review Of Contemporary Federal Policy Toward American Indians By Emma R. Gross, Beth R. Ritter

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This book is a public policy study detailing the various factors which culminated in pro-Indian federal policy and legislation during the 1970s. The author's primary thesis is to suggest the 1970s represented a marked departure from previous federal Indian policy and legislation in that Native Americans themselves were well-represented in the democratic process impacting favorable federal decision-making.

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Review Of Canadian Agricultural Trade-Disputes, Actions And Prospects By G. Lermer And K. K. Klein, Michael Troughton Aug 1992

Review Of Canadian Agricultural Trade-Disputes, Actions And Prospects By G. Lermer And K. K. Klein, Michael Troughton

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This book of edited conference papers addresses Canadian agricultural trade in the context of "an era of trade liberalization" which includes the signing of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the anticipated conclusion of the Uruguay Round of the GATT negotiations, both of which receive considerable attention. The book's 13 chapters are divided into three sections; the first describes the context of agricultural trade dispute, with emphasis on the mechanics of resolution in the FTA and GATT; the second examines some specific trade actions, with the emphasis on disputes over dumping and which resulted in applications of countervailing duties; …

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Review Of An Ecological History Of Agriculture, 10,000 B.C.- A.D. 10,000 By Daniel E. Vasey, Donald M. Edwards Aug 1992

Review Of An Ecological History Of Agriculture, 10,000 B.C.- A.D. 10,000 By Daniel E. Vasey, Donald M. Edwards

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Population, environment, and energy are used as three significant determinants of agricultural systems. An Ecological History of Agriculture covers the span of time from the first known managed agriculture to an uncertain future. In a systematic manner, the author moves through chapters from the origins of agriculture to the future, covering topics along the span of time of the origins of agriculture, preindustrial agriculture, pastoralism, industrial agriculture, the present state of agriculture, and the future for agriculture. Interwoven is a global coverage of the influence of population, environment, and energy on agricultural systems as impacting ecosystems of the tropics, dry …

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Review Of Eyewitness At Wounded Knee By Richard E. Jensen, R. Eli Paul, And John E. Carter, Michael L. Tate Aug 1992

Review Of Eyewitness At Wounded Knee By Richard E. Jensen, R. Eli Paul, And John E. Carter, Michael L. Tate

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In Native American history, no event is more pregnant with symbolism than the confrontation which occurred four days after Christmas in a remote part ofwestern South Dakota. American Indians have since referred to it as the Massacre at Wounded Knee where more than 250 men, women and children were wantonly killed by vengeance-seeking troops of the 7th Cavalry. Other commentators, especially white observers of 1890, called it the Last Battle of the Indian Wars, implying that two armies met in one final conflict to decide the fate ofthe Northern Plains. Today, most scholars follow the interpretations of Robert Utley's masterful …

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Review Of Aquatic Invertebrates Of Alberta By Hugh F. Clifford, Paul B. Kannowski Aug 1992

Review Of Aquatic Invertebrates Of Alberta By Hugh F. Clifford, Paul B. Kannowski

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Alberta is a province with diverse geography, climate, and ecology. Encompassing level prairies, gently sloping hills, and the high mountains of the eastern slope of the Rockies, it provides outstanding scenery as well as productive farming and extensive mineral production. Its variable climate provides short, hot summers and long, cold winters. A relatively high level of rainfall (and snowfall) provides an abundance of running and standing water habitats, including four major rivers (Milk, Saskatchewan, Athabasca, and Peace), two large lakes (Athabasca and Lesser Slave), and many smaller lakes and prairie potholes. This physical diversity has provided environmental features that enable …

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Review Of Drought And Natural Resources Management In The United States: Impacts And Implications Of The 1987-89 Drought By William E. Riebsame, Stanley A Changnon, Jr., And Thomas R. Karl, Steven J. Meyer Aug 1992

Review Of Drought And Natural Resources Management In The United States: Impacts And Implications Of The 1987-89 Drought By William E. Riebsame, Stanley A Changnon, Jr., And Thomas R. Karl, Steven J. Meyer

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This effort by Riebsame, Changnon, and Karl is a well-written, well organized examination of the 1987-89 drought from both a scientific and sociological perspective. Through their investigation of society's and government's handling of this drought event, the authors make a strong case that "despite a decade of growing interest in the social and economic impacts of climate fluctuations ... the nation remains ill-prepared to cope with unusual climate conditions."

In the first chapter, Riebsame et al. briefly present how past droughts have impacted the U.S. and how society/government has typically managed (or mismanaged) those past drought events. They also present …

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Review Of The Bats Of Texas By David J. Schmidley, Patricia W. Freeman Aug 1992

Review Of The Bats Of Texas By David J. Schmidley, Patricia W. Freeman

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There are few "Bats of” books for states because usually there are not that many species located in a particular state and second, we often do not have much information about the bats in a particular place or state. But there has been increasing interest in bats in the last few years stimulated by organizations like Bat Conservation International and publications like Bats of Carlsbad Caverns, both of which have high quality photographs of bats. The Carlsbad publication has particularly spectacular pictures of bats in flight.

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Review Of Cheyenne Bottoms: Wetland In Jeopardy By John L. Zimmerman, John Janovy Aug 1992

Review Of Cheyenne Bottoms: Wetland In Jeopardy By John L. Zimmerman, John Janovy

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The Cheyenne Bottoms, Barton County, Kansas, has long been hallowed ground for birders and scientists as well as hunters. The dikes let one drive slowly through the marshes, scanning the flats for favorite sandpiper species and experiencing first hand the isolation of the central Kansas prairies. John Zimmerman, professor of biology at Kansas State University, had captured the Cheyenne Bottoms aura in eloquent prose, giving us a taste of wetlands natural history, while bringing to life the political and economic conflicts surrounding Arkansas River, and Walnut Creek, water. In many ways, the Cheyenne Bottoms case is a modern archetypical prairie …

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Tenth Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Feb 1992

Tenth Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

The Tenth Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop (GPWDCW) was held 15-18 April 1991 in Lincoln, Nebraska. The goal was to provide a forum for individuals involved in wildlife damage management to discuss new ideas and recent advances in ecology, technology, public education, and policy. The format allowed for interaction and exchange on current issues, damage control techniques, priority areas for research, public education, and extension activities. The GPWDCW is one of three national conferences (including the Vertebrate Pest Conference and the Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference) that deal specifically with wildlife damage management.

More than 250 people from 22 …

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Great Plains Reseach Contents Vol. 2, No.1, 1992 Feb 1992

Great Plains Reseach Contents Vol. 2, No.1, 1992

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

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Great Plains Reseach Vol. 2 No.1, 1992 - Editor's Note Feb 1992

Great Plains Reseach Vol. 2 No.1, 1992 - Editor's Note

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

When manuscripts are evaluated for possible publication in Great Plains Research, the editorial panel has the question of “place” firmly in mind. The distinction is of a place rather than in a place. Residence of the author is certainly not a prerequisite. While it might seem that the best regional scholarship comes from the region, the cosmopolitan character of the academy belies that generalization. Nor is a study done in a region necessarily of the region. A fine paper may result from a survey of residents of Kansas, for example, without any insight into whether the location makes any …

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The Latent Influence Of Equity In Wyoming V. Colorado (1922), James E. Sherow Feb 1992

The Latent Influence Of Equity In Wyoming V. Colorado (1922), James E. Sherow

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Clearly, the doctrine of prior appropriation played an integral part in Justice Willis Van Devanter's decision in Wyoming v. Colorado (1922). Not so clear was the pervasive influence of equity in the justice's opinion. In many ways, Van Devanter's thinking is in keeping with the historical unfolding of the United States Supreme Court's use of equity to resolve interstate water conflicts.

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Economic And Environmental Futures Of The Black Hills: A Delphi Technique Study, Russell Stubbles Feb 1992

Economic And Environmental Futures Of The Black Hills: A Delphi Technique Study, Russell Stubbles

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The future economic and environmental changes in the communities of the Black Hills were examined through the use of the Delphi technique. The study utilized a panel of 80 experts on the wide range of land-use issues and conflicts in the Black Hills. The panel identified 14 future land-use conflict issues: mining, grazing, timbering, outdoor recreation, wilderness areas, tourism, legalized gambling, second home development, Native American claims, fire management, water management, landfills, traffic management, and the US Forest Service's policies of land-use management. The panel predicted when certain events concerning those 14 issues would occur. Their predictions were then related …

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Law Careers And Community Context: A Comparison Of Rural And Urban Experience, Donald D. Landon Feb 1992

Law Careers And Community Context: A Comparison Of Rural And Urban Experience, Donald D. Landon

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The legal profession is highly differentiated by practice situation, clientele, and community setting, producing multiple professions within the practice of law. Using community size as the independent variable, this paper argues that the structuring of a legal career has less to do with the commonalities of legal training or the presumed solidarity of a learned profession and more to do with the characteristics of the community in which professional practice takes root. With a comparative approach, using data selected from a sample of rural lawyers in communities of 20,000 or less in Missouri, a midsize (150,000) Missouri city, and a …

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