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Is It Time to Rethink Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs?

Hierarchy Of NeedsMost human resource and organizational development professionals are familiar with Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.  In his 1954 book, Motivation and Personality, Maslow’s proposed that people are motivated by satisfying lower-level needs such as food, water, shelter, and security, before they can move on to being motivated by higher-level needs such as self-actualization.

In a new article for Harvard Business Review Online, What Maslow’s Hierarchy Won’t Tell You About Motivation, Blanchard author Susan Fowler suggests that despite the popularity of Maslow’s model it might be time to take a second look at the idea of a needs hierarchy.

In conducting research for her new book, Why Motivating People Doesn’t Work … And What Does, Fowler found that instead of a hierarchy, contemporary science points to three universal psychological needs common to all people at all times:  autonomy, relatedness, and competence.  This research would suggest that leaders need to address these three psychological needs early and often instead of delaying them for a future time.  For example:

Autonomy is a person’s need to perceive that they have choices, that what they are doing is of their own volition, and that they are the source of their own actions.  Fowler explains that the way leaders frame information and situations either promotes the likelihood that a person will perceive autonomy or undermines it. To promote autonomy Fowler recommends that leaders:

  • Frame goals and timelines as essential information to assure a person’s success, rather than as dictates or ways to hold people accountable.
  • Refrain from incentivizing people through competitions and games.
  • Don’t apply pressure to perform. Sustained peak performance is a result of people acting because they choose to — not because they feel they have to.

Relatedness is a person’s need to care about and be cared about by others, to feel connected to others without concerns about ulterior motives, and to feel that they are contributing to something greater than themselves. Fowler shares that leaders have a great opportunity to help people derive meaning from their work and deepen relatedness by:

  • Validating the exploration of feelings in the workplace and being willing to ask people how they feel about an assigned project or goal and listening to their response.
  • Taking time to facilitate the development of people’s values at work — and then helping them align those values with their goals.
  • Connecting people’s work to a noble purpose.

Competence is a person’s need to feel effective at meeting every-day challenges and opportunities, demonstrating skill over time, and feeling a sense of growth and flourishing. Fowler shares that leaders can rekindle people’s desire to grow, learn, and develop competence by:

  • Making resources available for learning. What message does it send about values for learning and developing competence when training budgets are the first casualty of economic cutbacks?
  • Setting learning goals — not just the traditional results-oriented and outcome goals.
  • At the end of each day, instead of asking, “What did you achieve today?” ask “What did you learn today? How did you grow today in ways that will help you and others tomorrow?”

The exciting message to leaders is that when the three basic psychological needs are satisfied in the workplace, people experience the day-to-day high-quality motivation that fuels employee work passion — and all the inherent benefits that come from actively engaged individuals at work.

To learn more about Fowler’s research, read her entire article at  Be sure to check out—and join the lively conversation—taking place with fellow leadership development peers!

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  1. Not sure the importance of autonomy, relatedness, and competence negates Maslow. Maslow is an on-the-average theory. It is not about where any particular person is on the hierarchy. It is about having programs that assist everyone regardless of where they are on the hierarchy. And the hierarchy is not “fixed” for all people. There are also conditions Maslow laid out for the hierarchy to work, such as social justice. I rarely see the hierarchy represented as Maslow stated. In the image above, social needs should be replaced with “love and belongingess” needs. Maslow said we need to love and to be loved. As to motivating employees, I favor Vroom’s expectancy theory:

  2. It’s great to see these points being made. Our understanding of motivation in the workplace has moved forward enormously over the last few years. I particularly like the words of caution regarding the “gamification” of the workplace.

    I’m sure Susan Fowler’s new book will be a worthy companion to the contributions from authors such as Daniel Pink, Adrian Gostick/Chester Elton and Kevin Kruse.

    David Pethick

    • Hi David–thanks for your comments and for highlighting the words of caution around “gamification” in the workplace. It is certainly a way to keep training and other work initiatives fun and interesting, we just have to be careful that it doesn’t take the place of deeper purposes at work. Thanks for joining in the conversation!

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  5. Autonomy Relatedness Competence: Interesting Model to review Maslow. David Rock’s SCARF Model (Status, Certainty, Autonomy, Relatedness,Fairness) is another view, derived from findings on the Brain that I studied in NeuroLeadrship. Both models are useful in day-to-day Leadership, Governance and Management challenges – without mentioning family ones. Thank you

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Fact Check: There Is NOT Already A Cure For COVID-19

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Fact Check: There Is NOT Already A Cure For COVID-19 No Cure

Is there already a cure for COVID-19? No, that's not true: No medicines have been shown to prevent or cure coronavirus, according to global health experts. The race is on, however, to find viable treatments.

The claim was reported in an article (archived here) published by NewsBlaze on July 7, 2020. Titled "COVID-19 No Vaccine Needed, There Is Already A Cure," it opened:

Dr. Richard Bartlett, a Dallas MD who previously advised Governor Rick Perry for 7 years has a lifesaving COVID breakthrough, that Taiwan, Japan, Singapore and Iceland are also using. The breakthrough is an inexpensive generic drug used to help asthmatics for more than 20 years, but the US and most of the world's governments are using the WHO's blind acceptance of the failed China strategy.

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Dr. Richard Bartlett, a Dallas MD who advised Governor Rick Perry for 7 years has a lifesaving #COVID breakthrough that Taiwan, Japan, Singapore and Iceland use

The article reported on a 31-minute YouTube video of Bartlett, who appeared on the conservative talk show "America, Can We Talk?" The video has gone viral, with more than 4 million views at the time of writing. It can be seen here:

Bartlett made a number of claims on the show. He said "we already have an answer for this," in reference to COVID-19 and alleged to have a "silver bullet." The doctor pointed to the relatively low number of deaths in Taiwan, Japan, Singapore and Iceland as evidence for his claims. Here's some of what he said:

What they're doing is an inhaled steroid, so my silver bullet is inhaled budesonide ... It's an asthma medicine. It's a respiratory anti-inflammatory for COVID, which is a respiratory inflammatory disease. And it works -- 100% of my patients are alive. I've been treating this since March.

Unfortunately, and contrary to what Bartlett proclaimed, there is no known cure for coronavirus. That's according to experts at both the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Shortly after Bartlett made his comments, medical professionals in his home state of Texas weighed in, urging caution. NewsWest 9 quoted Midland Health CEO Russell Meyers as saying:

People are out there saying it works, but there's no scientific proof, no carefully evaluated peer review studies that prove the efficacy of those treatments.

Indeed, broad generalizations cannot be made from Bartlett's anecdotal experience with his patients.

But what about the experiences of Taiwan, Japan, Singapore and Iceland? Does what happened in those countries help support his claims?

While it's true that those countries have reported low death tolls, at least as compared to the U.S., it's not at all clear that doctors in those countries have adopted the widespread use of budesonide. Lead Stories could find no proof that such policies exist. Also, those cited countries, in addition to having few deaths attributable to coronavirus, have relatively few confirmed cases. That means that the actual rate at which infected people die in those countries is actually not much different than in a number of other countries.

Let's take a look at the numbers, as provided by Johns Hopkins University, which tracks COVID-19 cases worldwide. In Japan, for example, there have been 28,874 confirmed cases and 994 reported deaths. The death/case ratio, then, is roughly 0.03, which is the same as in the U.S., which has reported 4,073,243 coronavirus cases and 144,734 deaths.

If doctors in Japan were using an effective treatment that U.S. doctors were not, why wouldn't that ratio be different?

It's not different because there's no "silver bullet."

Of note, there was a small case series in Japan where researchers observed possible benefit in three patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 pneumonia following oral inhalation of ciclesonide, which is an inhaled corticosteroid like budesonide. Without a control group, however, it's not possible to know whether those patients would have improved on their own. That's according to the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists (ASHP), which reports that "there are currently no published studies specifically evaluating use of inhaled corticosteroids in patients with COVID-19." ASHP also reports that several clinical trials evaluating the use of inhaled corticosteroids are either in the planning stages or already underway.

Bartlett has written a paper on his breakthrough findings, according to the NewsBlaze article, which lamented the time it takes for papers to be peer reviewed and published. Lead Stories attempted to reach out to Bartlett for a copy of his study and to comment for this story. His voice mailbox was full. We will continue to try to contact Bartlett and update this story, if needed, once he responds.

Bottom line: There's a lot we still don't know about the novel coronavirus, but we do know that there is no known cure.

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EU Wises Up

The BBC reports that the EU will finally begin talks with Russia for the first time since the Ossetian conflict.

European Union foreign ministers have decided to resume partnership talks with Russia, despite failing to reach unanimous agreement.

Lithuania, the former Soviet republic, remains unconvinced, saying the decision is a “mistake”.

The EU suspended talks over Russia’s intervention in Georgia, and Lithuania argues it has still not fully met the terms of the truce and withdrawn.

But the 26 other EU members agreed it was time to re-engage with Moscow.

“We have found a good way to proceed,” said EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner, after the foreign ministers met in Brussels.

“We think it is time to resume the talks.”

About time they realized that they need Russia more than anyone, and it was particularly foolish to suspend talks after the Georgian debacle. Maybe they figured out that it was Georgia that fired the first shot, not Russia?

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Black History and Machiavellianism

It has been clearly shown on this blog, over the past several years, that the coverup of classical Black cultures is extensive and all encompassing in Western society. Greece (the Minoans), Rome (the Etruscans), Egypt (Kemet), Assyria, Persia, Sumer, the Pacific Islands, and I could go on with the results of primary source findings, which conclusively reveal that the Machiavellian-Trump-type tactics of the current status quo are contributing greatly to the misinformation consumed by Blacks, and others, throughout the Diaspora. Let us join together and challenge the presidential candidates, for 2020, that they will select a Secretary of Education who will summarily correct the colonialist vestiges we're still immersed in.


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Labour needs a wealth tax

The Editor,  The Dominion Post,  Wellington

The work of French economist Thomas Piketty, author of “Capital in the 21st Century”, has shown that to reduce inequality requires taxing high wealth (assets).  This is now mainstream thinking.  The Greens proposed tax on wealth in excess of 1M$ is a modest attempt to take advantage of this new realization.  There is still work to be done to determine what $$ thresholds should apply.

The description of this modest tax as a ‘far-left’ policy is laughable, but also provides a chance to look at an important indicator of “who we are” here in Aotearoa New Zealand.  A wealth tax is so main stream today that not to adopt this kind of tax indicates intent to increase inequality.  Is Labour still intending to characterize its government as ‘well-being’?  The adoption or not of some form of a wealth tax will be the main indicator of ‘who they are’ this election.

Richard Keller

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Dave Armstrong on the Green’s wealth tax proposal hits the mark

The Editor,  The Dominion Post,  Wellington

Another on the mark observation from Dave Armstrong Tuesday, highlighted and not distracted, by his usual satirical brilliance.  The reduction of inequality as an economic consequence of taxing high wealth (assets) has become mainstream knowledge today, especially from the work of French economist Thomas Piketty, author of Capital in the 21st Century.

The description of the Greens modest tax on wealth in excess of 1M$ as a ‘far-left’ policy is laughable.  A wealth tax is so main stream today that to not adopt this tax indicates an intent to increase inequality.  The adoption of that policy or not by Labour will be the main indicator of ‘who they are’ this election.

Richard Keller

Karl du Fresne seems to instinctivley and nervously understand capitalism is challenged fundamentally

The Editor,  The Dom Post,  Wellington
12/11/ 2019

Dear Editor:

Russell Armitage (11/11) and others have generally been pointing out to columnist Karl du Fresne that Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Century recommends reforming capitalism not replacing it. Read the rest of this entry »

Submission to Tax Inquiry

What is the future of Tax?

The world is changing. The Post Truth Era is main stream here in New Zealand and around the civilized world.  Forty years ago there was a rising understanding that human cultures were destroying the ‘environment’ (‘ecosystem’ is a new and better word).  It became understood that human culture must recognize that it was part of the ecosystem, not separate and superior to it.  The changes required to reconnect with the planet also came to be seen as fundamental and terrifying.  Those four decades have been dedicated to trying to ignore that.  In fact, those who’s ideology was that human’s proper role was domination realized this was their last chance.   Those persons or constructs (e.g. corporation) most capable of accumulating vast wealth would be encouraged and inequality would be increased.  Neoliberalism became the preferred system to accomplish that and its tax workings need to be examined in that light.  Piketty more recently did the analysis of what was actually happening.

We must be careful about comparisons with other countries. There is disconnect widely across the globe about human culture’s place in the planetary ecosystem.  Tax systems must be seen in a new light.  Money systems must be seen is a new light.  It seems incredible to me that such a fundamental thing as money creation is left to large private profit making organizations (banks).   Money should be kept as a medium of exchange and not be something that can be owned, traded, and rented (interest).

Tax then needs to focus on controlling impulses to accumulate and dominate and on encouraging health of the ecosphere.

What is the Purpose of Tax?

As wealth has been used to further the ideology of dominance (planetary ecosystem, class in human relationships, etc) and increased inequality, wealth must be a strong focus of tax. (Capital gain could be a part of that, focusing on difference from a norm which is based on balancing negative impacts and enhancing impacts on the planet.)

Tax cannot be separated from other aspects of human relationships, government, etc. Once those fundamental changes are accomplished then the tax environment will look different.

Can housing affordability be increased through tax?

Housing has become a primary means to increase inequality in New Zealand.   Progress will come from a change in attitude toward productive soils and land use as that reflects the most primary exploitative attitude.  (see previous comments)  More modest housing models could result. Fewer people would be desirable. The whole philosophy of exploitation in human relationships must be rejected and resulting changes in attitude toward money would take power from the profiteer approach of banks.

Wealth in the form of land ownership and assets needs to be taxed, especially idle housing properties. Capital gains tax would work in this context.

My most important ?

The phrase “protecting the environment” doesn’t really capture it. Living realistically and healthily within the ecosphere does it better.  See my earlier comments to see how this needs to be seen.  Many other impacts would flow on to the other priorities you mention here.

The approach to retirement is another crucial factor. Kiwi Saver has primarily been an attempt to discredit National Super while creating winners and losers through the ‘market’, thus increasing inequality.

Wealth in the form of shares is a way to use productive activities to produce wealth which is not productive and should be heavily taxed.

‘Enormous excess’, GDP, and sustainability

The Editor, The Sunday Star-Times, Auckland

27 June, 2014

Dear Editor:

Greed and the ‘excess’ it generates has been evident for centuries, accompanied by the debate about whether economic systems accepting greed generate useful incentive.  But Colin Espiner’s column (22 June, ‘The problem with greed’) acknowledges that today is not characterized so much by excess as by ‘enormous excess’.  This has been universally recognized ever since the finance crisis of 07-08 produced fewer and larger ‘too big to fail’ financial institutions in the USA. Read the rest of this entry »

Piketty, Stiglitz, GDP, and The Listener

The Editor, The Listener, Auckland

08 June, 2014

Dear Editor:

Thomas Piketty’s book, “Capital in the 21st Century”, is getting lots of attention these days. The Listener quotes New Zealand economist Brian Easton claim that the book describes an idea whose time has come.  But no, today it is more a theory whose time has come and gone.  Read the rest of this entry »


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Collegiate Plant Initiative

January 2019
Attracting and Empowering New Customers By Virginia Frazier

The Collegiate Plant Initiative is exciting students throughout the country, and garden retailers are the next stop for their newfound plant love.

The Collegiate Plant Initiative (CPI) is a nonprofit organization with a mission to make people who love plants and find the plants people love. Made up of undergraduate students without backgrounds in plant science or related majors, these student leaders love plants and are passionate about sharing this love with as many students as possible. This perspective allows CPI to directly relate to some of the most important people in the horticulture industry — future affluent consumers and educated employees.

CPI was inspired by Plants, Gardening and You (PG&Y), an introductory gardening class taught by Dave Clark at the University of Florida. Hundreds of students from every major enroll in PG&Y each semester to learn more about the basics of plants and gardening. Class topics change every week and range from plant domestication and propagation to plant biotechnology and edible landscapes.

Students taking PG&Y also receive a plant every week after lecture, which is one of the reasons why enrollment has grown exponentially over the last few years. This consistent supply of plants instills a “plant addiction” in many students, who often have a dorm or apartment full of plants by the end of the semester.

Last year, several students fell in love with plants after taking PG&Y and decided to create CPI with Clark. By having this close connection to PG&Y, CPI can collect data on student plant preferences and recruit student talent every semester, as well as stay up to date with the newest trends and attitudes toward plants.

Making People Who Love Plants: Connecting to College Students

CPI’s most noteworthy events, Plant Drops, were created to get as many students as possible exposed to plants and interested in gardening. At each of these events, we bring 1,000 plants to the center of university campuses to give away to passing students for free. “Why free plants?” you may ask.

We have discovered that students love plants but feel overwhelmed when shopping for them since they have no idea where to begin or what plants they can easily grow. Placing a hard-to-kill plant in the hands of 1,000 students is one way to reduce this pressure and make buying plants for the first time an easier experience.

To date, CPI has conducted Plant Drops at the University of Florida, Penn State University and Texas A&M University with plans to visit many more in the upcoming year. When we visited Texas A&M University, students were so excited about receiving free plants that we managed to give away 1,000 plants in only four minutes!

We believe the excitement demonstrated by students across the country directly relates to their love of plants, and we are helping them cultivate this energy into life- long hobbies and careers.

While Plant Drops are a wonderful way to gain student attention, maintaining a strong social media presence is one of the most effective ways an organization can keep them engaged. Consistently posting high-quality and relevant content reminds students of our mission and gives them a reason to think about horticulture on an everyday basis. Daily CPI Facebook and Instagram posts include images of the plants people love and college students interacting with plants in various ways.

Plant images expose these young adults to flowers and foliage they have never seen before and show them that they have a wide variety of choices available to them as a consumer; they just need to look.

As CPI has grown and expanded over the past year, we have continued to work on outreach by writing articles, media releases and event announcements to spread our love of plants with others. CPI’s first targets are leaders and professionals in the industry — you and your colleagues.

We want to provide insight into the minds of college students and how those insights directly apply to YOUR garden centers. We are also reaching the general student population by having a team of student writers researching and publishing articles based on topics created by other students. PG&Y students are polled every semester on what they would like to know about plants and then those ideas are narrowed into a set of stories available to writing staff.

Collegiate Plant InitiativeFinding the Plants People Love: Researching Consumer Preferences

We are discovering which plants are most popular among college students and what that means for breeders, growers and retailers. From color, usage and overall appearance, we want to know what our students respond to most.

Are houseplants really the next big thing? Do students prefer annuals, or perennials? Is there a color that consistently grabs their attention? Through PG&Y, we ask our students these questions and collect data on their preferences.

Five plants are displayed in front of the classroom during each lecture and students are asked to write the number associated with their favorite plant on their attendance card. This simple method has led to an average student participation level of 92 percent in fall 2017 and 93 percent in spring 2018, despite responses being completely voluntary. Since hundreds of students are enrolled each semester and a high percentage of students participate, a significant amount of data can be collected from various populations.

The data is then entered into a spreadsheet, where responses can be sorted by class section, sex, college and class year. With 21 replicated experiments and 11 additional experiments completed to date, CPI is beginning to develop a predictive model to determine what a given student will choose when presented with a selection of plants.

We recently added a series of questions that has revealed even more information about each student’s demographic background, experience with plants and past purchasing patterns. These data points will allow for even more detailed information about attracting different groups of young adults to your business. Not only will the data be useful for the horticulture industry — it is good for students and young adults too.

With more companies using this information, consumers will have greater access to the plants that they will enjoy and want to buy. We see this predictive model as a win-win for everyone who loves plants — and those who love to sell them.

Attracting a New Generation of Customers

How can you attract college students to your business? From our perspective, the best way to get students in the door is to create an accessible and inviting environment. Providing straightforward information on your website and social media allows potential customers to explore future purchases from the comfort of their home.

Additionally, posting images of exciting displays and plants in various arrangements can act as a starting point of inspiration for those that have limited experience and no idea where to begin.

As I mentioned earlier, many of our students say they feel overwhelmed when visiting garden centers and other retailers for the first time.

I must admit I was this student in the past — wandering around in circles trying to find a plant that will survive my lack of experience and the low-light conditions of my apartment.

What’s one of the best things to ease this confusion? Clear and informative signs! Instead of wandering aimlessly, your customers will be able to spot the plants they are looking for with ease. Including plant care requirements in display signage reduces frustration and makes choosing the plant that is best for each student’s life even easier.

Finding Student Talent

At every conference CPI attends, there seems to be one statistic that is consistently used: 39 percent of jobs within the horticulture industry go unfilled each year. The need to reach students to fulfill these jobs across
the supply chain is repeatedly stressed during these presentations, and CPI has fully accepted this challenge.

CPI currently has students who are interested in applying their knowledge and experience from various academic backgrounds to the horticulture industry. The only issue is there are not enough internships for them to apply to! Many companies mention that they have internships available, yet have job pages on their website consisting of general labor and truck drivers or internships that have not been updated in months or years.

This is where we need your help. If you are interested in hiring talented students to work or intern with your company, please reach out with information about your company and internship program. Consider taking time to reevaluate your current internship program, since internships are ultimately an investment in your company. Even taking small steps towards improving your internship program will go a long way in helping you attract the student talent you need for the future of your business.

The Collegiate Plant Initiative would not be able to accomplish these goals without the generous support of several organizations within the industry. Our partners include Altman Plants, the American Floral Endowment, the Fred C. Gloeckner Foundation, Proven Winners, and University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.

Virginia Frazier

Virginia Frazier is the executive director of the Collegiate Plant Initiative. She can be reached at [email protected]. You can learn more about the Collegiate Plant Initiative at

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This course surveys rock music in the 1970s, paying special attention to ways in which 70s styles developed out of 60s styles. Artists considered will include Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Yes, Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Allman Brothers, The Eagles, etc.

Welcome to the Art/Music Library

Welcome to the Art/Music Library. Please ask us for help! Our librarians and student workers at the desk can help you find resources and information.

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  • The Art/Music Library is located on the ground floor of Rush Rhees Library. All scores (M call numbers) and music books (ML and MT call numbers) are located on the open shelves within the Art/Music Library, as are current copies of our music magazines and journals.
  • CDs are kept in the back and may be requested from the desk. LPs are stored in the Art stacks.
  • Recordings may be listened to in the Art/Music library or checked out for a limited time period.
  • Reference books are located in the rear left nook.
  • Finale and Sibelius music-writing programs are available at two of our work stations. Please ask at the desk.

Government Information, Economics, Law and Music Librarian

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I am available for one-on-one consultation, which will be conducted at Rush Rhees Q&i desk.

I am also the librarian for the English for Academic Purposes Program.

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Useful materials for this course

These databases and books can all be found in the Art/Music Library, and are just a few that you may find on our shelves.  Be sure to check the UR Catalog for more, which may also include items at Sibley Music Library.

Frequently Used Music Links

Music Databases

UR Catalog Search (using Articles, Books & More)

Use the Catalog Search in Articles, Books & More to search specifically for books or journal titles or other materials available at the University of Rochester Library. Use the full Articles & Books for searching for article authors and titles.

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Don’t Pay Medical Debt Ahead of Other Debt or Borrow to Pay Medical Debt

Most families encountering financial difficulty have overdue medical debt. You should treat medical debt as a low priority debt to be paid only after you pay more pressing types of debt, such as your mortgage, car loan, or criminal citations. Almost any other type of debt will be more pressing—medical debt should typically be a lower priority.

Similarly, never pay medical debt by incurring other debt. The worst thing you can do is take out a second mortgage to pay off medical debt. Also don’t put medical debt on your credit card, even a “medical” credit card, unless you can pay the card and all your other obligations that month.

Unlike credit card debt, medical debt will often carry low or no interest payments and late charges. While the medical debt may eventually end up on your credit report, it will not show up for at least six months. Delinquent credit card debt affects your credit score immediately. You are also less likely to be sued on medical debt than credit card debt. Some medical debts can go unpaid for long periods of time without any significant adverse consequences.

Nonprofit hospitals have written policies to reduce or even eliminate certain medical charges if you are eligible for financial assistance. Many states have laws that reduce or even eliminate medical debt for eligible families. Whether or not you qualify for such financial assistance, health care providers are often more willing to reduce the amount of a delinquent debt where you can show financial hardship. Once you put medical debt on your credit card, you lose all of these opportunities.

Some doctor or dentist offices may encourage you to sign up for a special credit card to pay your medical bills, but these cards are usually not a good choice for paying medical bills. The credit cards often have high interest rates or unfavorable terms. You lose the option of negotiating with your health care provider over the bill. Using this type of card turns your medical debt into credit card debt.

Medical debt’s status as a low priority debt does not mean that one should ignore medical debt. You have special rights concerning medical debt, and it is important to know these rights to be able to reduce the amount of your medical debt and its adverse consequences.


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    Creator:Furnival, John, 1933-
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    Abstract:John Furnival (born 1933) is a British visual artist whose work is associated with the Concrete Poetry, Mail Art, and Fluxus movements, as well as with the American Beats. In[...] 1964, Furnival, along with Dom Sylvester Houédard, founded Openings Press, a small Gloucestershire press dedicated to publishing concrete poetry and similar work. The John Furnival papers encompass nearly fifty years of the artist’s personal and professional activity and document his involvement with the International Concrete Poetry and Mail Art movements through correspondence, publications, broadsides, and posters.
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Life Beyond - By Neo Alpha

Life Beyond - By Neo Alpha

Take back your energy, focus and time. Live more.

Life Beyond – by Neo Alpha

The aim of ‘Life Beyond’ is to help humans take back their focus, time and energy, and to live more – combating the effects of smartphone distraction and addiction. is owned by Neo Alpha.

Life Beyond – the book, website and media – was created by Erwin Lima of Neo Alpha, and designed by Giorgio Guldenaar

Life Beyond the Touch Screen was the result of the combination of Erwin working in the technology sector as a content strategist for more than six years, a series of interviews with tech visionaries named ‘Future: Fast Forward’ and the realization that the true impact of technological innovation was much greater than most seem to understand.

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Neo Alpha, registered at the CoC in Rotterdam (NL), is a marketing consultancy and publishing business. Its mission is to help individuals and organizations find their story, and to tell it in such a way that it connects and transforms – maximizing the potential of the story, the teller of the story and the listener. In the 21st century, innovation is often a significant part of that story.

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Neo Alpha is owned by Erwin Lima; a Marketing- and Innovation Philosopher and author. He specializes in brand identity, content strategy and the impact of digital innovation. Erwin is inspired by the notion of self-transcendence through purpose-aligned innovation and storytelling.

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From a very young age Erwin has been fascinated and inspired by what drives people, by creativity and storytelling, and by technological innovation.

Erwin Lima studied educational psychology and has a track record of ten years as a marketing content creator and strategist. The last six years of his career have been focused on digital innovation, brand identity, content strategy and employee advocacy.

Next to strategy and identity workshops and presentations around the impact and ethics of digital technology and marketing communication, Erwin also has experience in creating and offering trainings on content writing.

Erwin Lima is a father of two, lover of one, and the author of the novel ‘Face Value’ and meditational book ‘Life Beyond the Touch Screen’.

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It’s raining hazelnuts!

With each gust,

a deluge

of hazelnuts.

There has been a bumper crop of hazelnuts here this year. If I venture out into the woods on a windy day I almost need a hard hat!

Easter heatwave

This easter we are gifted with a heatwave.

It’s 21°C, and people and plants are starting to wilt.  I imagine my overseas readers laughing at this, but really, 21°C in April is a heatwave in this part of the world!

I was busy weeding the herbaceous border, then it got too hot.  The sun was beating down on my back as I dug, boring into my winter-cold body, warming my core.

I stopped, sat in the shade for a while, then decided to go for a walk in the cool woods.

My regular route is rendered unfamiliar by the warmth, the hint of summer in the air.  It’s so early in the year that the leaves aren’t all the way out yet, so the shade is dappled, sun filtering through to warm the carpet of spring flowers below.  Birds sing in the canopy.  I reacquaint myself with the sound of various warblers, swallows and house martins, welcome migrant voices joining the familiar chorus from great tits, robins and blackbirds.

Above my head, in the canopy, insects buzz.

There is traffic noise in the far distance, and the sudden harsh discord of an ice cream van doing the rounds of the village.

I sit on a piece of limestone in the deeper shade of a yew tree, to write down some of the ideas whirling around my head.

I look around and everywhere is the power of spring.  Ferns uncurl, buds burst, leaves expand, flowers turn their heads to the sun.

A dog, out for a stroll with its owner, growls at my unexpected presence beneath the yew tree.  It’s owner is too polite, or disinterested, to ask what I am writing.  We talk about the weather, and she moves on.

The limestone is lumpy.  Uneven rock sticks into my flesh, finding the tender spots from yesterday’s cycling, first bike ride of the year leaving the imprint of the saddle.

So I carry on, feet crunching on the leaves of autumn which still lie on the woodland floor, patiently waiting for fungus and earthworm to turn them to soil, to recycle them into plant food.

Several times I hear a noise in the undergrowth, loud, like a deer or some other large animal scuffling through the leaves.  Each time, it is only a blackbird raking through the leaf litter for insects, a sound so much louder than its creator.

Sycamores dangle lime green flowers below their darker green newly emerged leaves.

The insistent repetitive tweet of a nuthatch catches my attention, it’s high in an oak tree, but I can’t spot it.  The oak branches are still bare, just a yellow-green haze where the buds are swelling, usually the last to burst into life, the herald of summer.

Blue splashes are just starting to appear among the green leaves; a foretaste of the carpet of bluebells to come.  They join the wood anemones, violets and all the other flowers of spring; racing to make their mark before the canopy closes over and they are plunged into shade.

The trail narrows and I brush against the softness of newly emerged beech leaves.  Wild strawberries flower along the edge of the path.

I emerge at the estuary edge, saltmarsh almost covered, tide high this close to the full moon.  Back into the sunshine.  The sky is hazy, hills of the Lake District hidden from view.

The tide pushes dog walkers up to the railings; familiar paths submerged beneath the gently lapping wavelets.

I stroll along the coast.  The sun burns into my winter-pale skin, but I am shielded by sun cream and cooled by a sea breeze.  Even though I am high up the estuary, the breeze and tide bring the smell of the open sea, the dreams of the ocean.

The tide has pushed flounders in to the flock of fisherman, waiting at the estuary edge with baited hooks and bated breath. That tide has now turned.

I sit again, this time on a flatter, more comfortable piece of limestone.  The tide rushes out like a river toward the railway bridge, draining away, returning to the real sea.  The distant cries of gulls mingle with the voices of walkers along the embankment behind me, the sound of cars, a distant plane.

I move on, following the tide.  It moves faster than I do.

A tendril arm of the sea snakes up the saltmarsh to my feet, disgorging its water back into the bay, wet mud at the creek edges glistening slippery in the sun.

I turn inland.  A steep narrow lane curls up past ancient farm buildings, fringed with wild garlic, first flowers starting to show, white bundles of stars above glossy green.

I feel sweat on my back, wishing I’d done the walk the other way round, down the sunny steep lane, back up through the shady woods.  That is summer thinking and I’m still in winter mode, where what matters is the wind direction and strength.  Walking into a cold wind on the estuary edge is not fun.

I stand in the scent of garlic, in the shade of an old drystone wall and realise that I have taken off the armour of winter, literally, my muscles have relaxed over the warm weekend.

Then I head for home, past gardens on the edge of the village.  A lilac tree is starting to bloom.  The last few daffodils stand proudly among the pinks and forget-me-nots.   The blackthorn and damson blossom have faded.  Spring has moved on a chapter.

I walk into my garden and I swear, in the hour or so I’ve been away the plants have grown.  Back home to a seat in the shade and a cold drink.

I hope you are enjoying the weekend, wherever you are!

Everyday contentment

A hailstorm engulfed the woods.

I walked, partially sheltered by

the bare branches,

cocooned, warm in my coat as

the hailstones drummed on my head.

It passed over, the last balls of ice

bounced off my hair as

I put my hood down.

I emerged into sunshine,

a cool fresh breeze,

and contentment.

You can always find contentment if you walk far enough!


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Daily Archives: February 27, 2020

God Hardens Israel

What then? What the people of Israel sought so earnestly they did not obtain. The elect among them did, but the others were hardened, as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see and ears … Continue reading

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The Remnant of Israel

I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew. Don’t you know what Scripture says in the passage about Elijah—how … Continue reading

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Timeless Quilted Wall Hanging Pattern

©2007 Publications International, Ltd. The Timeless Quilted Wall Hanging is made up of four

The Timeless Wall Hanging builds on the geometrical theme of the Hourglass quilt block to create an almost architectural quilt pattern. Think of the Great Pyramids of Egypt when you're working on this timeless design. To make the quilted wall hanging, download the two-page Timeless Quilted Wall Hanging pattern as a PDF and print it out. You'll need to enlarge the pattern at 125%.

To make the Timeless Quilted Wall Hanging:

Make 4 blocks, and stitch them together in 2 rows of 2 blocks. Add sashing and border. Finished size is about 22 1/2 inches square.

To make the Hourglass quilt block:

©2007 Publications International, Ltd. The Hourglass quilt block is part of the

A: Cut 4, and cut 4 from contrasting fabric. B: Cut 16. C: Cut 8, and cut 8 from contrasting fabric. D: Cut 1.

©2007 Publications International, Ltd. The Hourglass quilt block has a pleasing geometrical pattern.

Stitch C to contrast C; make 8. Stitch CC to CC, matching unlike colors (4-patch). Make 4. Stitch B to A, then stitch another B to other side of A. Make 8. Stitch BAB to contrast BAB (flying geese square); make 4. Stitch 4-patch to side of flying geese square, then stitch 4-patch to other side of flying geese square. Make 2. Stitch a flying geese square to D, with points directed out. Stitch another flying geese square to other side of D, with points directed out. Stitch rows together to complete block.

©2007 Publications International, Ltd. Strongly contrasting colors make a striking quilt block.

To finish the quilt, select a border from the Quilt Borders page.

If you like the Hourglass quilt block, check out the others that are part of the Country Cupboard quilt design. Enjoyed this project? See our other Quilted Wall Hanging Patterns.

Not what you're looking for? Try these:

  • Find a quilt you love on our Quilt Designs page.
  • Flip through our Quilt Blocks to find one for your next quilting project.
  • Learn How to Quilt or brush up on the basics with our refresher course.

Retta Warehime is the author of Snuggle Up, Patchwork Memories, Quilting Your Just Desserts, Farm House Quilts, and many other titles. She has taught piecing and quilting techniques for 24 years and has been designing and publishing quilt patterns for 18 years through her company, Sew Cherished. Warehime has published more than 200 quilt designs and is currently designing and publishing quilts for fabric company Web sites.


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New Ford F-150 Gets First-Ever B&O Unleashed Sound System

19 hours ago by Karl Furlong Technology

Ford's partnership with B&O is paying off.

The all-new 2021 Ford F-150 has been revealed with the hope of extending its lead in a segment that's more competitive than ever before. We covered a few of the F-150's best new features previously, including an available Tailgate Workspace, but Ford knows that the F-150 is more than just a work truck - it's also got to function as a comfortable and high-tech leisure truck for the family.

With this in mind, the F-150 is the first vehicle to be fitted with the new B&O Unleashed sound system, which features up to 18 speakers for a truly immersive sound experience.

Lower down in the range, an eight-speaker, 640-watt B&O sound system is available, but audiophiles will definitely want to go for the Unleashed version. Much thought went into speaker placement to ensure the best experience possible no matter where occupants are seated.

For instance, speakers mounted in the headrests provide a "near-ear" audio experience that's a cut above more generic systems. There are also headliner speakers for a multi-dimensional sound effect. These speakers have laser-etched aluminum grilles for a more premium look. The Unleashed system is standard on the Limited and available on the Lariat, King Ranch, and Platinum trims.

"We're thrilled to be growing our fruitful partnership with Ford with an expanded range of B&O audio options available for a wider group of F-Series owners than ever before," said Bill Wymen, Vice President of Global Marketing, Car Audio, for Harman. The latest move comes after Ford and B&O's global partnership began in 2016.

The upcoming Ford Mustang Mach-E is also anticipated to benefit from this enhanced audio experience. While a sound system may seem trivial in a tough truck like the F-150, these are the moves Ford needs to make to match the latest Ram 1500, which has a thoroughly modern cabin with an available 19-speaker sound system. At least now, Ford pretty much matches the offering of one of its closest rivals.


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Please send healing, love and light to our wonderful sister AyAnna and her family. She has had 2 deaths in her family(her uncle and cousin)....both deaths are/were very traumatic for AyAnna as well as her family members. I know any sort of thoughts and prayers would help.  Thank You all!

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Thank you very much Angela and Monika;

In the past six months, four of my loved ones have transitioned to the other side. The last two, really stunned many and gave the families deep Pause. All is in Divine accordance...we're praying that we may each grow with these huge changes. There are so many more angels of light, with so many leaving now.

Thank you for helping us to hold light, with loving support, for ourselves, each other and, in turn, the world.

Life is so beautiful...even the darkest of circumstances yield light (with divine perception and intent).

I sit and type, humbly amazed at the divinity of everything (matter)...and nothing (void).

Lightgrid Home is a, graciously lighted, beacon.   ~ Thank you ~

THANK YOU ALL ~Love ~ many Blessings to you ~

Dear Angela, however hard it may seem to the ones left behind, remember that they are now in a lovely divine place which they have chosen to be, with family members who have gone ahead. Grieving will bring you back into balance, but be happy for them. All my prayers for you and your family. Love and Light  Renate

I am sorry for your loss, my thoughts and prayers are with you.

Beloved AyAnna,

I see and feel the TRUST in your words - you KNOW about Divine and Sacred Timing ... no coincidence in what happens ... never ever ... only SPIRIT waking us up to ever higher truths, guiding us on to ever Higher Planes and Frequencies!!!

You are LOVED - and your FAMILY is PROTECTED by the Legions of Light - as all of us are!

May grief give way to LOVE and the joy of LIFE being LIVED!

You and your family are in my HEART and Prayers,

Sonja Myriel

My Beloved sister AyAnna and Family....I send my Love and Prayers xxx

Love and Light

Dear Angela,

I am sending My Healing . Love & Blessings for AyAnna and her Family....

Have Brave and Courageous....and Face the situation with Faith and Confidence in the Divine Plan...

sending love. may they rest in peace.

Dearest AyAnna, words can be read, but feelings from heart are able to surround you in a healing embrace...

My Mother passed on 2 weeks ago, i can imagine your suffering,  because i'm living it, but as my mom told me  during a meditation some days ago, said 'i'm not died, i'm really ALIVE! The difference with before is that the vibrations of the soul are changed, and nothing other, i', really ALIVE'

I don't know if this can help or support you, this is the time to live deeply our beliefs, our precious ones need to be free to follow the Light ...

Angels are there with them and are caressing your head, be peaceful dear, they are in wonderful and Purest Light...

Love and Blessings from my heart

Thank you, so much, each of you, for joining together here, sharing and shining your beautiful light presences: Blessed souls in communion as ONE ~

Gratitude and humility hugging me know.

Thank you Thank you Thank you, each and every one ~

The Divine resonates within all (even with and within the unaware). Light and dark exist, within smaller spectrum, spaces of '3D duality'. What is happening with many, are sharp resonances (i.e.: labor pains), pre-birthing of the new world. The mourning I experienced, was for the memories of being/living, now vacant, of my loved one's light and our 'human communion (relationships). As a medium, I've been in contact; know where they, each, are and that all are well. :-)

Thank you, for your comfort and support.

There is love and gratitude, far beyond sorrow, with me now.

Please, release any sadness, suffering or sorrow, held or visited, for me. The intent of myself and family, is amplifying resonance of all ~ GOD'S LOVE~LIGHT IS ALL

AyAnnA K Franklin and Family

Help us to anchor the energy of the New Age on Earth. Get inspired and set up a grid with the intention to help HEAL Mother Earth and all Her Beings from the wounds of the past and WEAVE a new net of living LIGHT all around the planet to help all life forms evolve into Unity Consciousness.

Ascension is not about leaving the world - it is about bringing HEAVEN down to EARTH!

We are the living BRIDGE between the worlds and dimensions, between HEAVEN AND EARTH. We are free to move in TIME and SPACE when we enter the SACRED SPACE of the Divine Chamber of the HEART  where the ThreeFold Flame resides and the god given Divine Blueprint is waiting to be downloaded into our earth bodies.

The TIME to ACTIVATE our Light Body is NOW.

Sonja Myriel RAouine

"About the Use of the Violet Flame"

I have to tell you that when you as a conscious disciple manage the Violet Flame, a parallel activity of the Violet Flame is initiated internally. This results in the vibrational awakening of your chakras. Therefore, each time when you use the gift of the Violet Flame you are asked not only to focalize your attention on what you want to transmute but also on the internal activity which takes place within yourself.

One of the consequences of the continual use of the Violet Flame is the accelerated awakening of all your chakras, you will, step by step, wake up in a different world from where you live now.

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You have received clear guidance on a project,type of meditation, course of action to take? You are WELCOME to share here so we can start DREAMING and thus CREATING together!

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Here is my offering for you and for our world right now, a 20 minute guided meditation to help you rest, relax be still and to release and transmute any discord, dualistic or dark energies high tides or heavy storms in your life and in our world to come back to peace, sovereignty and alignment with all of your divine aspects and assist in healing our planet Mother Earth.

The meditation was inspired by a recent channelling where I had asked what we needed to do to stay on track in these intense and overwhelming times,
this was the answer I was given.

I hope you enjoy and I share this with all of my love.

Infinite Blessings with the Highest Divine Energies of God's Love, Enlightenment, Healing, Peace, Joy, & Abundance that are Divinely Perfect for Each of You in every moment,  Steven Hutchinson

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Help us to anchor the energy of the New Age on Earth. Get inspired and set up a grid with the intention to help HEAL Mother Earth and all Her Beings from the wounds of the past and WEAVE a new net of living LIGHT all around the planet to help all life forms evolve into Unity Consciousness.

Ascension is not about leaving the world - it is about bringing HEAVEN down to EARTH!

We are the living BRIDGE between the worlds and dimensions, between HEAVEN AND EARTH. We are free to move in TIME and SPACE when we enter the SACRED SPACE of the Divine Chamber of the HEART  where the ThreeFold Flame resides and the god given Divine Blueprint is waiting to be downloaded into our earth bodies.

The TIME to ACTIVATE our Light Body is NOW.

Sonja Myriel RAouine

"About the Use of the Violet Flame"

I have to tell you that when you as a conscious disciple manage the Violet Flame, a parallel activity of the Violet Flame is initiated internally. This results in the vibrational awakening of your chakras. Therefore, each time when you use the gift of the Violet Flame you are asked not only to focalize your attention on what you want to transmute but also on the internal activity which takes place within yourself.

One of the consequences of the continual use of the Violet Flame is the accelerated awakening of all your chakras, you will, step by step, wake up in a different world from where you live now.

Lightgrid CONNEXION Groups

This is the space for you to ORGANISE your personal connexion group, to look for likeminded people, to introduce yourSELF and say what you would like to contribute to the every expanding NET OF LIGHT around the world.

You have received clear guidance on a project,type of meditation, course of action to take? You are WELCOME to share here so we can start DREAMING and thus CREATING together!

Blog Posts

Happy August 2020!

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

By Mark Twain

  • Release Date: 2020-06-17
  • Genre: Classics

This beautifully designed unabridged original edition of the classic The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is one of the first American novels to be written in vernacular English. This tale of freedom and friendship depicted through a boy’s journey down the Mississippi River, conveyed both the voice and the experience of the American frontier as no other book had done before. Twain created one of literature’s most unforgettable characters in Tom Sawyer’s cohort, Huckleberry Finn. When Huck escapes from his drunken father and the ‘sivilizing’ Widow Douglas he travels down the Mississippi River on a raft with his friend Jim, a runaway slave. In this scalding social satire they embark on a series of adventures amidst the inherent racism and corruption of the pre-Civil War South. We encounter through Huck’s eyes and voice the perils he and Jim face, including fog, feuding families, and unscrupulous rogues. Beneath the adventurous exploits are the more serious undercurrents of slavery, adult authority and, above all, the struggle that Huck faces between his inherent goodness and the corrupt values of society which threaten his deep, long lasting friendship with Jim. Huck who thrives in a life without rules and order must confront his beliefs about friendship and turn away from the life he once knew. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was lauded as the "greatest humorist [the United States] has produced", and William Faulkner called him "the father of American literature."


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  • Vintage Footed Cut Glass Crystal Centerpiece Bowl Stars w/Scalloped Edging

    $39.95 $19.95
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    Beautiful Vintage Cut Glass Crystal Bowl

    Description: Beautiful Vintage Clear Cut Glass Crystal Bowl; Stars pattern on bowl with sunburst center. Top of bowl has a small irregular scallop edging.

    Size: Bowl is 10 1/4" in diameter and stands 4 3/4" in height.  Weight - 3 lb 0.15 oz.

    Condition: Pre-owned; 2 scratch marks near center of bowl (hardly noticeable, have to turn the bowl a certain way to see them); 2 tiny nicks on footed base

    This bowl would be an awesome center piece on your table.


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Interview with Garris

Posted: October 6, 2004, 23:44:00

An article about Desperation as well as an interview with Mick Garris is now online. In the interview he talks about Riding the Bullet and Desperation.

The article state that shooting will begin in November.

Thanks to Bev Vincent and David Sjödin.

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