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    <p class=style4 align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span
    class=style1><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
    "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Missouri Pollinator Short Course </span></span><span
    style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
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    <br>
    <span class=style14>Friday, August 13, 2010</span><br>
    <span class=style14>Columbia, MO 8:30 am -3:00 pm Prairie Tour from 3:00 pm
    - 5:00 pm </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
    font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>The 2008 Farm Bill
    makes pollinators and their habitat a conservation priority for every USDA
    land manager and conservationist. This training session provides an
    overview of pollinator-specific language within the Farm Bill, and how to
    translate that language into on-the-ground conservation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
    font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>This day-long Short
    Course will equip conservationists, land managers, farm educators, and
    agricultural professionals with the latest science-based approaches to
    increasing crop security and reversing the trend of pollinator decline,
    especially in heavily managed agricultural landscapes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
    font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Introductory topics
    include the basic principles of pollinator biology, the economics of insect
    pollination, recognizing native bee species, and assessment of pollinator
    habitat.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
    font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Advance modules will
    cover farm management practices for pollinator protection, the development
    of pollinator habitat enhancements, incorporating pollinator conservation
    into NRCS programs, selection of plants for pollinator enhancement sites,
    management of natural and urban landscapes, and the additional funding
    sources and technical support available to land managers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
    font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Throughout the
    workshop these training modules are illustrated by real case studies of
    pollinator conservation efforts across the country. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
    font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>The Short Course is
    $15 per person and includes lunch, refreshments, native seed, and
    educational materials. Participants will receive the Xerces Society&#8217;s
    Pollinator Conservation Toolkit that includes published farm and habitat
    management guidelines, fact sheets and nest construction plans, relevant
    Extension and NRCS publications.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p style='line-height:150%'><span class=style15><span style='font-size:
    9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Location:</span></span><span
    style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
    color:black'> MU-Bradford Research and Extension Center, 4968 Rangeline
    Road, Columbia, MO 65201-8973.<br>
    <br>
    <span class=style15>Cost:</span> $15 a person. Includes lunch, refreshments,
    native seed and educational materials . <br>
    <br>
    <span class=style15>For Registrations:</span> Please contact Nadia
    Navarrette-Tindall at<a href="mailto:navarrete-tindallr@lincolnu.edu">
    navarrete-tindallr@lincolnu.edu</a><a
    href="http://www.lincolnu.edu/pages/3084.asp?item=3057">. <span
    style='color:#FF6600'><br>
    </span>Click Here for More Information </a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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    style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
    color:black'>COURSE TRAINING SKILLS AND OBJECTIVES </span></span><span
    style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
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         9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Understand
         the importance and biology of native bees and other pollinators in
         urban, rural, and natural areas <o:p></o:p></span></li>
     <li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
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         9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Awareness
         of various federal programs and funding available for pollinator
         conservation <o:p></o:p></span></li>
     <li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
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         9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Identify
         approaches to increase and enhance pollinator diversity on the land <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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         9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Knowledge
         of the current best management practices that minimize land-use
         impacts on pollinators <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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         9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Ability
         to identify bees and distinguish them from other insects <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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         9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Understand
         the economics of insect-pollinated crops, and the effects of
         pollinator
         decline&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
         <o:p></o:p></span></li>
     <li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
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         9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Knowledge
         of the 2008 Farm Bill pollinator conservation provisions and how to
         implement those provisions in programs such as WHIP, EQIP, and CSP <o:p></o:p></span></li>
     <li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
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         9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Ability
         to assess pollinator habitat and to identify habitat deficiencies <o:p></o:p></span></li>
     <li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
         auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:
         9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Ability
         to make recommendations to farmers and land managers that conserve
         pollinators (including subjects such as tillage, pesticide use,
         irrigation, burning, grazing, and cover cropping) <o:p></o:p></span></li>
     <li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
         auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:
         9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Ability
         to design and implement habitat improvements, such as native plant
         restoration and nest site enhancements <o:p></o:p></span></li>
    </ul>
    <p style='line-height:150%'><span class=style1><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
    line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>COURSE
    AGENDA</span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
    font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
    line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>8:30-
    9:00 a.m. </span></strong><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
    font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><br>
    </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
    color:black'>Welcome <br>
    Nadia Navarrete-Tindall, Cooperative Extension, Lincoln University.<br>
    Tim Reinbott, MU-Bradford Research and Extension Center.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
    line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>9:00
    - 9:50 a.m.</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:
    150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><br>
    </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
    color:black'>Importance of Pollinators (Jennifer Hopwood, XERCES Society)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <ul type=disc>
     <li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
         auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:
         9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Pollination
         economics and the role of native bees in commercial crop production<o:p></o:p></span></li>
     <li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
         auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:
         9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Pollination
         biology<o:p></o:p></span></li>
     <li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
         auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:
         9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Colony
         Collapse Disorder and honey bee industry trends<o:p></o:p></span></li>
    </ul>
    <p style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
    line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>10:00
    &#8211; 10:50 a.m.</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
    line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><br>
    </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
    color:black'>Basic bee biology (Mike Arduser, Regional Natural History
    Biologist, MDC)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <ul type=disc>
     <li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
         auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:
         9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Bee
         identification<o:p></o:p></span></li>
     <li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
         auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:
         9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Identifying
         pollinator nest sites<o:p></o:p></span></li>
     <li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
         auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:
         9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Artificial
         nest sites-<o:p></o:p></span></li>
     <li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
         auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:
         9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Pollinators
         Worksheet-MDC<o:p></o:p></span></li>
    </ul>
    <p style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
    line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>10:50
    a.m.</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
    font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'> break<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
    line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>11:00-
    noon</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
    font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><br>
    </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
    color:black'>Habitat restoration for pollinators (Farm tour)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <ul type=disc>
     <li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
         auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4'><span style='font-size:
         9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Habitat
         design considerations-Jennifer<o:p></o:p></span></li>
     <li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
         auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4'><span style='font-size:
         9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Plant
         selection and seed sources-Elizabeth Hamilton &#8211;Missouri Native
         Seed Association (MNSA)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
     <li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
         auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4'><span style='font-size:
         9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Planting
         techniques for native wildflowers<o:p></o:p></span></li>
     <li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
         auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4'><span style='font-size:
         9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Native
         bees in Natural Areas/Identifying nest sites (Mike)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
    </ul>
    <p style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
    line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Noon-
    1 p.m.&nbsp; </span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
    font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Lunch, displays<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
    line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>1:00-1:50
    p.m.</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
    font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><br>
    </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
    color:black'>Bee-friendly farming practices <o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <ul type=disc>
     <li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
         auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo5'><span style='font-size:
         9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>The
         role of farm habitat/Protecting ground-nesting bees in cultivated
         fields (Jennifer.)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
    </ul>
    <p style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
    font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Integrated Pest
    Management and Pesticide Risk Management <br>
    (Jaime Pinero-Lincoln University)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
    line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>2:00
    p.m. </span></strong><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
    font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><br>
    </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
    color:black'>Missouri Prairies and Long-term habitat management (Carol
    Davit, Missouri Prairie Foundation)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
    line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>2:15
    p.m. </span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
    font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Native Plant Program
    Projects and partnerships (Nadia)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
    line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>2:30
    p.m. </span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
    font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>2008 Farm Bill
    provisions/Pollinators Worksheet (Jennifer) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
    line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>2:45
    p.m. </span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
    font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Evaluations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
    line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>3:00-5:00
    (6.00) p.m.</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
    font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'> Tour. Private
    Restored Prairie in Fulton. (Ann Wakeman) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p style='line-height:150%'><span class=style1><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
    line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Acknowledgements
    </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
    "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
    font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>This Native
    Pollinators Workshop is supported by Lincoln University, University of
    Missouri Extension, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation,
    Missouri Department of Conservation, Missouri Native Seed Association, and
    Missouri Prairie Foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    </td>
    <td width=191 valign=top style='width:143.25pt;border:none;border-left:
    dashed #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt'>
    <p class=style3 style='line-height:150%'><span class=style5><span
    style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
    color:black'>INTENDED AUDIENCE </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
    line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><br>
    <span class=style6>This workshop is open to everyone including producers,
    farmers, extension and research specialists, educators, master naturalists,
    master gardeners, conservationists, and anyone interested in learning about
    native pollinators. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class=style3 style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
    line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><br>
    <span class=style5>LEAD INSTRUCTOR BIO </span><br>
    <span class=style6>Jennifer Hopwood is the Xerces Society's Midwest Pollinator
    Outreach Coordinator. In this role she works to provide resources and
    training for pollinator habitat management, creation, and restoration to
    agricultural professionals and land managers. Jennifer holds a
    Master&#8217;s in Entomology from the University of Kansas, where her
    research focused on bee communities in roadside prairie plantings and
    prairie remnants. Contact: <a href="mailto:jennifer@xerces.org">jennifer@xerces.org</a>.
    </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class=style61 style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
    line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><br>
    <span class=style5>ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS</span><br>
    <span class=style31>Michael Arduser</span><span class=style16>- Missouri
    Department of Conservation</span><br>
    <br>
    <span class=style16>Carol Davit- Missouri Prairie Foundation</span><br>
    <br>
    <span class=style16>Elizabeth Hamilton- Missouri Native Seed Association</span><br>
    <br>
    <span class=style16>Nadia Navarrete-Tindall- Cooperative Extension, Lincoln
    University</span><br>
    <br>
    <span class=style16>Jamie Pinero- Lincoln University</span> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p style='line-height:150%'><span class=style5><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
    line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>ABOUT
    THE XERCES SOCIETY</span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:
    150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><br>
    <span class=style6>The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation is an
    international non-profit organization that protects wildlife through the
    conservation of invertebrates and their habitat. Launched in 1996, the
    Xerces Society&#8217;s Pollinator Conservation Program works with leading
    native pollinator ecologists to translate the latest research findings into
    on-the-ground conservation. More information about the Xerces Society is
    available at <a href="http://www.xerces.org">www.xerces.org</a> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:150%'><span class=style5><span
    style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
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    <span class=style6>Sunflower bee (Svastra sp.) by Sarah Greenleaf,
    California State University, Sacramento</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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    <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
    font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The Xerces Society
    &#8226; 4828 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Portland, Oregon 97215 USA &#8226; tel
    503.232.6639 <br>
    <br>
    <a href="http://www.xerces.org/Membership/join.htm">join</a> &#8226; <a
    href="http://www.xerces.org/Membership/index.htm">give</a> &#8226; <a
    href="mailto:info@xerces.org">contact</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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    font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Copyright (C) 2010 The
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Tel: 503-232 6639 Fax: 503-233 6794<br>
Email: </span><a href="mailto:ashley@xerces.org"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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is an international nonprofit organization that protects wildlife through the
conservation of invertebrates and their habitat. To join the Society, make a
contribution, or read about our work, please visit </span></i><span
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