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text1">Today is the beginning of a new week, and I hope you were able to relax at home over the weekend. I want you to know how grateful and proud I am of all you accomplished last week. To our colleagues
who I know worked throughout the entire weekend, I am especially grateful. I know we're all trying to get our upside-down world working in a structured way so we can get back to achieving our long-term professional goals.
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professionals to be able to continue putting science to work - ready to partner with Arizona’s industries and communities for a return to economic prosperity when this crisis is over.
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working from home if possible. Doing so will protect our essential food and healthcare systems, maintain economic activity, and keep people in jobs. The behavior we choose now can keep our Extensionists securing our food supply and our research laboratories
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<div><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt; line-height:107%; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#0C234B">Shane C. Burgess</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:107%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#767676"><br>
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