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Dr. Anna Gülcher

@planetaryanna.bsky.social
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Earth & Planetary scientist @ Center for Space and Habitability, Bern 🇨🇭 | Alumni NASA JPL, Caltech, & ETH Zürich | Venus • Earth • exoplanets • Geodynamics | VExAG Steering Committee | #WomeninSTEM💃 | 🇳🇱 🇨🇭 🇺🇸 | she/her

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Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The Earth’s mantle could still contain ancient rock despite being in motion for 4.5 billion years, claim researchers at the University of Bern.👇 @planetaryanna.bsky.social @unibe.ch
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Ancient rock survives constant motion
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Joe O'Rourke @geojgo.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
📣 Extremely premium PhD opportunity available with @planetaryanna.bsky.social: uni-freiburg.de/enr-geodynam...
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Jobs – Chair of Earth and Planetary Geodynamics
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Andreas Christen @envmet.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
We advertise a funded PhD position (3.5 years) as part of our new Excellence Cluster "Future Forests" at @uni-freiburg.de. Great opportunity to work on forest microclimates and sensor networks in my group and with @mixedforests.bsky.social Apply by January 12, 2026: uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00004...
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Stephen Kane @exocytherean.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Just because the US government is shut down, it doesn't mean your voice is. Contact your representatives and tell them what NASA science means to you. Your voice will help to inspire the generations that come after us. Learn more here: www.planetary.org/save-nasa-sc... @planetarysociety.bsky.social
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Save NASA Science - Action Hub
NASA science faces record cuts. Take action to stop it—we'll show you how.
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Dr Robin George Andrews @squigglyvolcano.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
NEW: It was a delight to contribute to @quantamagazine.bsky.social's stunning new series on climate science! Naturally, my story tended apocalyptic: will Earth ever become a climate hellhole like Venus, the most extreme world in the solar system? www.quantamagazine.org/why-is-venus...
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Why Is Venus Hell and Earth an Eden? | Quanta Magazine
A team of scientists has investigated how Earth’s twin became so inhospitable, and whether the same will happen to our planet.
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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 12/09/2025
Venus is a Solar System enigma. Although Venus is similar in size and distance from the Sun to Earth, it has evolved very differently from our planet. Our #Envision mission will aim to solve some of the puzzle by thoroughly studying our closest neighbour. www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 🔭
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Top five Venus mysteries Envision will solve
Venus is a Solar System enigma. Similar in size to Earth and orbiting the Sun at a similar distance, it is remarkable how the two planets evolved so differently. While conditions on Earth allowed life...
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European Geosciences Union (EGU) @egu.eu · 31/07/2025
The call for #session #proposals for the #EGU26 General Assembly is now open! Submit short course ideas and/or proposals for Union Symposia and Great Debates by 16 September 2025. 👉 Submit your proposals here: egu.eu/60GYS7
Image description: A crowded conference hall with attendees. With text reading:" The call for session proposals for #EGU26 is now open! Apply by September 16, 2025."
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Joe O'Rourke @geojgo.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
ASU SESE is hiring an Assistant Teaching Professor in Astrophysics: apply.interfolio.com/170951 🧑‍🏫 🔭
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Dr. Anna Gülcher @planetaryanna.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
A university with its own wine, sounds like the place to be! @uni-freiburg.de
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Dr. Anna Gülcher @planetaryanna.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
It has been an exciting few months with several publications out #OpenAccess! Curious about some of the latest #Venus science? Take a look: (1/4)
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João C. Duarte @joaocduarte.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
We are pleased to invite you to the Online School “Introduction to Geodynamic Modelling”. The event is organized by the COST Action EUROBIG and hosted by the Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences. Registration is open until 15 July 2025: forms.gle/1fCQ72yYYqS2...
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Alejandro Soto @soto.space · 10/06/2025
If you are interested in supporting NASA science and exploration, and saving it from capricious budget cuts, here's one thing you can do: sign this petition being sent to Senate and House members of their respective appropriations committees. Two days left to sign! www.planetary.org/advocacy-act...
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Advocacy Action Center
The Planetary Society is organizing a new space constituency that is educated, empowered, and loud.
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 30/05/2025
We're going to learn some tough stuff today about the White House's proposed budget for fiscal year 2026—including what they have in mind for NASA. I'll share what I hear, but remember: CONGRESS decides how much money NASA gets, not the White House. So whatever happens today, the fight continues.
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
How bad will it be? Catastrophic. Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come. But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget. Speak up now before it is too late. (inflation adjusted $-s below)
NSF, NASA and NIH budgets per year, inflation adjusted from 2000-2025 along with the proposed cuts. NSF includes research component only. Massive cuts across all sectors, well below support spanning 25 years.
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Casey Dreier @caseydreier.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Write and urge your Senators to co-sign Mark Kelly's letter supporting NASA science: planet.ly/senateletter Deadline is FRIDAY.
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Advocacy Action Center
The Planetary Society is organizing a new space constituency that is educated, empowered, and loud.
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Elise Cutts @elisecutts.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
The study was posted today in Science Advances and was co-led by @unibe.ch researcher @planetaryanna.bsky.social and University of Maryland Baltimore County + NASA Goddard researcher Gael Cascioli. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A spectrum of tectonic processes at coronae on Venus revealed by gravity and topography
Gravity and topography data reveal diverse mantle activity styles beneath Venus’ coronae and potentially hidden signals.
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Universität Bern @unibe.ch · 15/05/2025
Ein #unibern und #NASA Team zeigt, dass das Innere der #Venus nicht wie ursprünglich angenommen tektonisch «tot» ist. Viele der riesigen ringförmigen Strukturen auf der Venus weisen auf tektonische Prozesse unter der Oberfläche hin: mediarelations.unibe.ch/medienmittei... @planetaryanna.bsky.social
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Universität Bern @unibe.ch · 15/05/2025
🔎🌌 A #unibern and #NASA team shows that the interior of #Venus is not tectonically "dead" as originally thought. ⭕ Many of the huge ring-shaped structures on Venus hint at #tectonic processes beneath the surface 👇: mediarelations.unibe.ch/media_releas... @planetaryanna.bsky.social
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Dr. Anna Gülcher @planetaryanna.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
New paper: doi.org/10.1029/2024... ⚒️🔭🧪🌋🪐 "Coronae on Venus: An updated global database and insights into morphology, spatial distribution, geological setting, and lithospheric properties" presents a new, publicly available database of 740 corona structures on #Venus, much more than ever recorded!
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Coronae on Venus: An Updated Global Database and Insights Into Morphology, Spatial Distribution, Geological Setting, and Lithospheric Properties
We establish 740 corona structures on the surface of Venus using clear identification criteria, exceeding the number of previously cataloged coronae Several subsets of corona (-like) structures a...
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Dr. Anna Gülcher @planetaryanna.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
You know where to find me.. :) #EGU25 @egu.eu #conference ☀️
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Stephen Kane @exocytherean.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
We have the opportunity to do incredible things as a civilization and learn invaluable lessons from our sister planet. Let us not waste these opportunities! www.forbes.com/sites/bruced...
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Trump’s NASA Cuts Would Decimate U.S. Venus Science
President Trump’s preliminary NASA budget cuts would obliterate years of progress on planned Venus space missions and research, says prominent planetary astrophysicist.
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Alejandro Soto @soto.space · 11/04/2025
Here's one way you can fight for NASA science: contacting your representatives using this tool from the Planetary Society. www.planetary.org/advocacy-act... 2/2
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Advocacy Action Center
The Planetary Society is organizing a new space constituency that is educated, empowered, and loud.
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Thorsten Becker @thwbecker.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
We are rebooting the biannual computational geoscience and geoydnamics meeting - please join this CIG sponsored event in Breckenridge CO this summer - EC support available. geodynamics.org/events/detai...
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Geodynamics - Events: Details: 2025 CIG Community Workshop
Geodynamics - Community-driven organization advancing Earth science by providing the infrastructure for the development and dissemination of software for geophysics and related fields.
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Jörg Robl @joergrobl.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
:-) :-) :-) 10 fully-funded PhD positions :-) ::-) :-) Please forward to anyone who might be interested. We offer 10 PhD positions at the interface of geology, ecology and geography. In particular, I would like to promote subproject 6 (see figure). www.plus.ac.at/doctorate-sc...
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Dr. Anna Gülcher @planetaryanna.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
It was such a pleasure to attend #LPSC25 last week and present my latest #Venus #science work, some originating from my time at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; @caltechseismo.bsky.social. These presented studies will likely soon result in some exciting publications (stay tuned...)!
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Martin Hajovsky @martinhajovsky.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Next is Anna Gülcher @planetaryanna.bsky.social on Diverse Tectonic Processes at Coronae on Venus as Revealed by Joint Analysis of Modeled Topography and Gravity. #LPSCHaiku Plumes and coronae Gravity hides their true form VERITAS reveals. Abstract: www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lps... #LPSC2025
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 11/03/2025
IT'S VENUS TIME BABY #LPSC2025
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a close up of venus 's surface with a black background
ALT: a close up of venus 's surface with a black background
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Mark Wieczorek @mrak.solarsystem.social · 12/03/2025
If you are concerned about the proposed 50% cut to #NASA's science budget, then write your representative in congress. The #PlanetarySociety provides on online form that will only take 2 minutes of your time: www.planetary.org/advocacy-action-c…
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Jonathan O'Callaghan @astrojonny.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Hello space people, I'm looking for experts to comment on the NASA cuts from a US/European perspective, and what this will mean for science moving forwards. If that's you, do let me know. jdaoca[at]gmail[dot]com Thanks
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Joe O'Rourke @geojgo.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
#LPSC2025 pssst I hear the Venus session right now is really… special!
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Dr. Anna Gülcher @planetaryanna.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
It’s so nice to be amongst friends and interesting science at #LPSC25 🌋🚀🛰️💕 Are you around and want to meet/chat? Come and talk to me!
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Andreas Christen @envmet.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
We advertise a new Full Professorship (W3) in Fire Ecology @uni-freiburg.de. Do you work on effects of fires on vegetation biodiversity, functionality, dynamics and fire mitigation? Consider applying to join our vibrant Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources. uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00004...
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Dr. Anna Gülcher @planetaryanna.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
For everyone going to #LPSC25 and part of / friends with the Venus community, please join the Venus Exploration Community Interest Meeting, March 12, 12:00 CT 🚀🌋
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 13/02/2025
Reminder for the open call for proposals for International Teams in Space 🔭 and Earth Sciences 🌍 Submit your Team Proposals until: March 13, 2025
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JA Grier, Ph.D. @jagrier.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
I got mine reserved! How about you? Too cool to miss, and extras to pass out to friends.
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Planetary Noiz @planetarynoiz.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Here is my first roster of #PridePlanet #LPSC2025 stickers. V3NUS is locked in - a reprise from last year, but I'm happy to crowdsource alt fonts - and additional bodies/planetary themes if people are interested. Reply or DM. I do it out of pocket so support for a bigger run is always appreciated.
LPSC 2025 Pride Planet Draft  Sticker Roster. Large fonts with Pride flag colors inscribed - VENUS, Mercury, Europa, Titan, Pluto, Mars, Moon, Exoplanets. Also two alternative versions for Venus with the flag inscribed over the disk of Venus and V#NUS either inside or next to the disk.
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 10/02/2025
These four images represent ALL the colour images we have of the surface of Venus. Four. Taken 43 years ago. From top: Venera 13, front camera; Venera 13, rear camera; Venera 14, front camera; Venera 14, rear camera Credit: Russian Academy of Sciences/Ted Stryk (tedstryk.bsky.social)
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Laurie Leshin @laurieofmars.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
First post here on #Bluesky. Hey y'all. Looking forward to a positive community here! Where are my space geeks at?
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 06/02/2025
Great Opportunity for European science and engineering students and graduates: Applications are now open for the Alpbach Summer School (8–17 July 2025)! 🔭 The topic is Small bodies in the Solar System @esascience.esa.int Details and Applications: www.summerschoolalpbach.at/index.php?fi...
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Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich @eth-eaps.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
#phd #jobalert The Engineering Geology research group at @ethzurich.bsky.social is looking for a PhD candidate to advance our understanding of natural hazards associated with rock glaciers and their potential evolution under future climate scenarios.
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PhD Position in Climate Change Impacts on Hazards from Rock Glaciers
The Engineering Geology Group (Prof. Dr Jordan Aaron, Geological Institute) is looking for a creative and motivated PhD candidate with a strong interest in the analysis of sediment supply processes…
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 23/01/2025
Open position: Science Programme Manager ‼️ Submission deadline: Jan. 30, 2025 ‼️ Be at the centre of the vibrant ISSI space science community with 1000+ visitors a year, from #Astronomy, #Astrophysics, #PlanetarySciences, #Heliophysics & #EarthSciences.🔭 Apply here: www.issibern.ch/science-prog...
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Science Programme Manager | International Space Science Institute
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Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich @eth-eaps.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
#postdoc (or #phd) #jobalert The Experimental Planetology research group at @ethzurich.bsky.social is offering a Postdoc in Experimental Geochemistry and on the determination of liquid iron alloy densities with application to the Moon's and other planets core.
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Postdoc (or PhD) position in Experimental Geochemistry
The Experimental Planetology Group of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (D-EAPS) invites applications for a 2-yr post-doctoral position on the experimental determination of liquid iron…
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Dr. Anna Gülcher @planetaryanna.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
"Sunken Worlds under the Pacific?" ⚒️ 🧪 🔭 New #press #release on our work in Nature Scientific Reports paper (led by T. Schouten et al.): New, advanced tools that image Earth's interior reveal plate remnants (?) where there shouldn't be any! 🌏 Curious? Read more here: ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
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Sunken worlds under the Pacific?
Geophysicists at ETH Zurich are using models of the lower mantle to identify areas where earthquake waves behave differently than previously assumed. This indicates the presence of zones of rocks that...
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Dr. Anna Gülcher @planetaryanna.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
📢 We invite #abstract submissions to our #Venus session at #EGU25 (27 April-2 May 2025, Vienna)✨⚒️🧪🔭🪐 🌋 **PS1.2: Venus: models, observations, (ancient) Earth- and exoplanet analogue** -- with an invited talk by the amazing prof. Stephen Kane! meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
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Dr. Anna Gülcher @planetaryanna.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
I am so grateful for my #postdoc time at NASA JPL and Caltech! Thank you to everyone who made my stay so worthwhile -especially my advisors Sue Smrekar and Mike Gurnis: it was (and still is) such a pleasure to collaborate and have you as role models 🌋🚀✨🧪🔭
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Dr. Anna Gülcher @planetaryanna.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Yesterday we went to the Kentucky Science Center to help kids learn about all the planets (especially Venus) and create a "postcard from Venus" - it was great fun! #outreach 🛠️ 🛰️ 🔭 🌋 🎨 🧪
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Dr. Anna Gülcher @planetaryanna.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Re-introducing: Hi all, I'm Anna - an #Earth ⚒️ and #Planetary 🪐 scientist working on the interior dynamics rocky planets🌋, and active in #scicomm 🧪 Currently at NASA JPL/Caltech; soon back in Europe for a new position (stay tuned..) Part of NASA/ESA #VERITAS & #EnVision space missions 🚀 🔭
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Dr. Anna Gülcher @planetaryanna.bsky.social · 23/04/2024
⚒️ There are many reasons for wishing to be at #EGU24 in Vienna last week, but the biggest must be the award ceremony for my mentor Taras Gerya @eth-erdw.bsky.social (ETH Zurich 🧪) , who was awarded the August Love Medal from the Geodynamics Division @eurogeosciences.bsky.social 🔭 Congrats Taras!
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Dr. Anna Gülcher @planetaryanna.bsky.social · 08/03/2024
Super excited to be in New Orleans for the VERITAS mission team meeting 🚀🌋✨VERITAS will answer key questions related to Earth’s and Venus’ different evolutionary paths - which is crucial for our understanding of rocky planets, including Earth 🌍 . Let’s go to Venus! ⚒️ 🔭 🧪 🪐
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Dr. Anna Gülcher @planetaryanna.bsky.social · 07/02/2024
A sad day for planetary sciences and technology. If you have any friends or colleagues at NASA JPL - think about reaching out to show moral support! 🙏✨🚀 www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/jpl-wor...
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JPL Workforce Update
Workforce statement and memo to employees.
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