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<p class="MsoNormal">After some considerable effort, we have managed to update the website to post the RPPT Spring 2026 Journal* and along the way I discovered that the Fall 2025 Newsletter* download page was broken, so that has been uploaded as well. I believe
that the fixes will make this more simple in the future. If you have any difficulty logging in, please let me know.
<a href="https://www.wsbarppt.com/">https://www.wsbarppt.com/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">David Rubenstein<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Alex Hurt<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">*The RPPT Section has renamed the “Newsletter” as a “Journal”, befitting its erudite tone.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#B3152D;mso-ligatures:none">David Rubenstein<br>
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