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<div><div class="J0lOec"><span class="VIiyi" jsaction="mouseup:BR6jm" jsname="jqKxS" lang="en"><span jsaction="agoMJf:PFBcW;jhKsnd:P7O7bd;uFUCPb:pvnm0e,pfE8Hb,PFBcW;f56efd:dJXsye;oFN6Ye:hij5Wb;bmeZHc:iURhpf;Oxj3Xe:qAKMYb,yaf12d" jsname="txFAF" class="JLqJ4b ChMk0b" jscontroller="Zl5N8"><span class="Q4iAWc" jsaction="click:E6Tfl,GFf3ac,tMZCfe; contextmenu:Nqw7Te,QP7LD; mouseout:Nqw7Te; mouseover:E6Tfl,c2aHje" jsname="W297wb">Dear colleagues and friends,</span></span><span jsaction="agoMJf:PFBcW;jhKsnd:P7O7bd;uFUCPb:pvnm0e,pfE8Hb,PFBcW;f56efd:dJXsye;oFN6Ye:hij5Wb;bmeZHc:iURhpf;Oxj3Xe:qAKMYb,yaf12d" jsname="txFAF" class="JLqJ4b" jscontroller="Zl5N8"><span class="Q4iAWc" jsaction="click:E6Tfl,GFf3ac,tMZCfe; contextmenu:Nqw7Te,QP7LD; mouseout:Nqw7Te; mouseover:E6Tfl,c2aHje" jsname="W297wb"> </span></span></span></div><div class="J0lOec"><span class="VIiyi" jsaction="mouseup:BR6jm" jsname="jqKxS" lang="en"><span jsaction="agoMJf:PFBcW;jhKsnd:P7O7bd;uFUCPb:pvnm0e,pfE8Hb,PFBcW;f56efd:dJXsye;oFN6Ye:hij5Wb;bmeZHc:iURhpf;Oxj3Xe:qAKMYb,yaf12d" jsname="txFAF" class="JLqJ4b ChMk0b" jscontroller="Zl5N8"><span class="Q4iAWc" jsaction="click:E6Tfl,GFf3ac,tMZCfe; contextmenu:Nqw7Te,QP7LD; mouseout:Nqw7Te; mouseover:E6Tfl,c2aHje" jsname="W297wb"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="J0lOec"><span class="VIiyi" jsaction="mouseup:BR6jm" jsname="jqKxS" lang="en"><span jsaction="agoMJf:PFBcW;jhKsnd:P7O7bd;uFUCPb:pvnm0e,pfE8Hb,PFBcW;f56efd:dJXsye;oFN6Ye:hij5Wb;bmeZHc:iURhpf;Oxj3Xe:qAKMYb,yaf12d" jsname="txFAF" class="JLqJ4b ChMk0b" jscontroller="Zl5N8"><span class="Q4iAWc" jsaction="click:E6Tfl,GFf3ac,tMZCfe; contextmenu:Nqw7Te,QP7LD; mouseout:Nqw7Te; mouseover:E6Tfl,c2aHje" jsname="W297wb">Unlike when someone dies, Parkinson's disease appears to be a slow phasing out.</span></span> <span jsaction="agoMJf:PFBcW;jhKsnd:P7O7bd;uFUCPb:pvnm0e,pfE8Hb,PFBcW;f56efd:dJXsye;oFN6Ye:hij5Wb;bmeZHc:iURhpf;Oxj3Xe:qAKMYb,yaf12d" jsname="txFAF" class="JLqJ4b ChMk0b" jscontroller="Zl5N8"><span class="Q4iAWc" jsaction="click:E6Tfl,GFf3ac,tMZCfe; contextmenu:Nqw7Te,QP7LD; mouseout:Nqw7Te; mouseover:E6Tfl,c2aHje" jsname="W297wb">It is with regret that I must inform you that I cannot fulfill my professional obligations.</span></span> <span jsaction="agoMJf:PFBcW;jhKsnd:P7O7bd;uFUCPb:pvnm0e,pfE8Hb,PFBcW;f56efd:dJXsye;oFN6Ye:hij5Wb;bmeZHc:iURhpf;Oxj3Xe:qAKMYb,yaf12d" jsname="txFAF" class="JLqJ4b ChMk0b" jscontroller="Zl5N8"><span class="Q4iAWc" jsaction="click:E6Tfl,GFf3ac,tMZCfe; contextmenu:Nqw7Te,QP7LD; mouseout:Nqw7Te; mouseover:E6Tfl,c2aHje" jsname="W297wb">This will also be the case in the future.</span></span> <span jsaction="agoMJf:PFBcW;jhKsnd:P7O7bd;uFUCPb:pvnm0e,pfE8Hb,PFBcW;f56efd:dJXsye;oFN6Ye:hij5Wb;bmeZHc:iURhpf;Oxj3Xe:qAKMYb,yaf12d" jsname="txFAF" class="JLqJ4b ChMk0b" jscontroller="Zl5N8"><span class="Q4iAWc" jsaction="click:E6Tfl,GFf3ac,tMZCfe; contextmenu:Nqw7Te,QP7LD; mouseout:Nqw7Te; mouseover:E6Tfl,c2aHje" jsname="W297wb">I must resign from all my positions.</span></span><span jsaction="agoMJf:PFBcW;jhKsnd:P7O7bd;uFUCPb:pvnm0e,pfE8Hb,PFBcW;f56efd:dJXsye;oFN6Ye:hij5Wb;bmeZHc:iURhpf;Oxj3Xe:qAKMYb,yaf12d" jsname="txFAF" class="JLqJ4b" jscontroller="Zl5N8"><span class="Q4iAWc" jsaction="click:E6Tfl,GFf3ac,tMZCfe; contextmenu:Nqw7Te,QP7LD; mouseout:Nqw7Te; mouseover:E6Tfl,c2aHje" jsname="W297wb"> </span></span></span></div><div class="J0lOec"><span class="VIiyi" jsaction="mouseup:BR6jm" jsname="jqKxS" lang="en"><span jsaction="agoMJf:PFBcW;jhKsnd:P7O7bd;uFUCPb:pvnm0e,pfE8Hb,PFBcW;f56efd:dJXsye;oFN6Ye:hij5Wb;bmeZHc:iURhpf;Oxj3Xe:qAKMYb,yaf12d" jsname="txFAF" class="JLqJ4b ChMk0b" jscontroller="Zl5N8"><span class="Q4iAWc" jsaction="click:E6Tfl,GFf3ac,tMZCfe; 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contextmenu:Nqw7Te,QP7LD; mouseout:Nqw7Te; mouseover:E6Tfl,c2aHje" jsname="W297wb">I hope we can continue that relationship, but in the meantime you can't count on your e-mails to be answered, for example.</span></span> </span></div><div class="J0lOec"><span class="VIiyi" jsaction="mouseup:BR6jm" jsname="jqKxS" lang="en"><span jsaction="agoMJf:PFBcW;jhKsnd:P7O7bd;uFUCPb:pvnm0e,pfE8Hb,PFBcW;f56efd:dJXsye;oFN6Ye:hij5Wb;bmeZHc:iURhpf;Oxj3Xe:qAKMYb,yaf12d" jsname="txFAF" class="JLqJ4b ChMk0b" jscontroller="Zl5N8"><span class="Q4iAWc" jsaction="click:E6Tfl,GFf3ac,tMZCfe; contextmenu:Nqw7Te,QP7LD; mouseout:Nqw7Te; mouseover:E6Tfl,c2aHje" jsname="W297wb"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="J0lOec"><span class="VIiyi" jsaction="mouseup:BR6jm" jsname="jqKxS" lang="en"><span jsaction="agoMJf:PFBcW;jhKsnd:P7O7bd;uFUCPb:pvnm0e,pfE8Hb,PFBcW;f56efd:dJXsye;oFN6Ye:hij5Wb;bmeZHc:iURhpf;Oxj3Xe:qAKMYb,yaf12d" jsname="txFAF" class="JLqJ4b ChMk0b" jscontroller="Zl5N8"><span class="Q4iAWc" jsaction="click:E6Tfl,GFf3ac,tMZCfe; 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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12px;">PS. Given a health condition, I am no longer able to read and write emails without mistakes. </span></font><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Please, consider using the telephone or skype. </span><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Best, Loet</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><b><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 9pt;" size="1">---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><b style=""><font style="font-size: 9pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="1"><a href="https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-59951-5" style="">"The Evolutionary Dynamics of Discusive Knowledge"</a>(Open Access)</font></b></p><div id="x37dfff32a36b4410ad8e891fea6bb1b8"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 9pt;" size="1">Professor emeritus, University of Amsterdam </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-size: 9pt;" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><br /></p></div><div id="x37dfff32a36b4410ad8e891fea6bb1b8"><span>
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