<div dir="ltr">Interesting, thanks for sharing!</div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 10:11 AM Kevin M Esterling <<a href="mailto:kevin.esterling@ucr.edu">kevin.esterling@ucr.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg6822690594623288397">




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Yikes! See attached...</div>
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Kevin M. Esterling (he/him)</div>
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<div id="m_6822690594623288397divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Mark Long <<a href="mailto:mark.long@ucr.edu" target="_blank">mark.long@ucr.edu</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 30, 2025 9:57 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Kevin M Esterling <<a href="mailto:kevin.esterling@ucr.edu" target="_blank">kevin.esterling@ucr.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Article that will be interesting to you</font>
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