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Thanks For Reading!

Time to thank a few more readers, notably,
  • Franciscan Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
  • Renown Health, Sparks and Reno, NV
  • Core Foundation, Chicago, IL
  • University of Pittsburgh, PA
  • GE Medical / UK
  • UBS, London, UK
  • New York State Health Department, Albany, NY
  • Mercy Hospital / Medical Center, Des Moines, IA
  • Alliance Life Sciences Consulting Group, NJ
  • Catholic Health Care West, Mission Hills, CA
  • Global Capacity, Dallas, TX
  • University of Minnesota, MN
  • Citgo Petroleum Corporation, Katy, TX
  • Bloomberg, London, UK
  • Press Ganey Associates, South Bend, IN
  • Candid Health Care, Houston, TX
  • Northwest Hospital Center, MD
  • Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, GA
  • BrainBank, Inc., Montreal
Last but not least, thanks to the Guardians of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness at Cyveillance, a Washington D.C. company billing itself as "The World Leader In Cyber Intelligence..." for visiting a recent post in which I used some unkind words - including 'fraud' - to describe the textbook publishing industry. 

Fraud!  Fraud!  Fraud!  There, that should keep 'em coming back for a while longer.

Thanks for reading, even to the spooks!  Leave a comment next time.  I am no threat to anybody except those afraid of words and the occasional debate.    
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