The Lotus Effect

Your hosts Pheonix and PhoneBoy talk about health, happiness, higher consciousness, and hi-tech hijinks!

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Last Episode : January 18, 2025 11:42pm

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168 - Brilliant Douche
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Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen! — Pheonix Health: Health care AI, intended to save money, turns out to require a lot of expensive humans Special gut bacterium could help cut sugar cravings Can Green Tea Protect the Brain? Here's How Much To Drink Daily For Beneficial Effects Yes, the Color of Your Egg Yolk Matters — Here’s What It Means Happiness: 30-Year-old Letterman Jacket Is Found By Brother in Serendipitous Twist of Fate Truck Driver Intervenes in Highway Shootout, Wins Goodyear Highway Hero Award Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam: Higher Consciousness: Big new study tracks cannabis replacing alcohol as a daily substance 'Drug-Addicted Rats' Reportedly 'Enjoying' Marijuana After Invading Texas Evidence Room Back of the Napkin: Lawsuit: Allstate used GasBuddy and other apps to quietly track driving behavior TikTok Users Gleefully Embrace Even More Chinese App To Spite US TikTok Ban The Junk Drawer: Southwest pilot charged with DUI after attempting to fly in Georgia Democrats’ law prohibits child care employers from reporting illegal immigrants to feds Last Call: Florida cop slams into motorist while watching porn Images: Credits: RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity! Sharky We hope you enjoy this episode and look forward your feedback! Email: Pheonix or PhoneBoy Follow Pheonix on the Dong! (Mastodon) Follow PhoneBoy on the Dong! (Mastodon) Voicemail: +1 253-237-3321 The Lotus Effect is a Value for Value podcast! Did you get something out of this show? Put a number to it and send it to us using: A Podcasting 2.0 compliant app that can send Satoshis! Use Paypal to send your fiat fun coupons in (no blankets or water, just cash)
Published Saturday
167 - Rideshare Stripper
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Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen! — Pheonix Intro: TLE 121 - What's Her Cunt Bowl After Bowl Episode 362 Health: Scientists Find Popular Drink Linked to Over 330,000 Deaths a Year Tobacco-Related Mortality WHY IS THE AMERICAN DIET SO DEADLY? Is bone broth really a ‘liquid miracle’? Here’s what science says Morning Coffee May Help You Live Longer, Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk Happiness: Old Retired Police Dog Snaps Back into Service and Rescues Lost Hiker Man Finds Decades-Old Christmas Gift Inside Walls of Parents’ House While Renovating: ‘It Had My Name on It’ Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam: Higher Consciousness: Federal Court Reaffirms That Ban On Gun Ownership For People Who Occasionally Use Marijuana Is ‘Unconstitutional’ Delaware Governor Who Allowed Marijuana Legalization To Become Law Claims ‘Nobody’ Wants Dispensaries In Their Communities Back of the Napkin: The US’s Worst Fears of Chinese Hacking Are on Display in Guam Dangerous Gmail Security Threat Confirmed But Google Won’t Fix It The Junk Drawer: Florida’s ‘Halo Law’ Goes Into Effect, Which Will Just Let More Cops Dodge Accountability Indoctrination: Washington Courts Employees Raise Alarm After Being Forced To Watch Documentary On White Supremacy Last Call: Steve Guttenberg’s Latest TV Project Is a Wildfire PSA CBD Tampon Maker Pulls Products Off U.S. Market Following FDA Warning Letter Images: Credits: RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity! Mama T We hope you enjoy this episode and look forward your feedback! Email: Pheonix or PhoneBoy Follow Pheonix on the Dong! (Mastodon) Follow PhoneBoy on the Dong! (Mastodon) Voicemail: +1 253-237-3321 The Lotus Effect is a Value for Value podcast! Did you get something out of this show? Put a number to it and send it to us using: A Podcasting 2.0 compliant app that can send Satoshis! Use Paypal to send your fiat fun coupons in (no blankets or water, just cash)
Published 01/12
166 - The Clip That Didn't Fire
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Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen! — Pheonix Health: Beer before liquor? Busting 6 popular myths about hangovers Cancer warning labels on alcohol? It's not that simple. Gavin Newsom takes aim at ultraprocessed foods in executive order Study Finds First Evidence That Heart Muscles Can Regenerate Boy Is Handed Football by NFL Star Pat Surtain, Security Guard Made Sure He Got it Despite Rules Happiness: Boy Given 1% Chance of Survival Walks 5k for Hospital That Saved Him–After Air Rifle Shot to the Head as Baby New Years Coloring 2 Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam: Higher Consciousness: FDA Warns CBD Tampon Company Over Allegedly ‘Misbranded’ And ‘Adulterated’ Products Kentuckians will have to choose between gun ownership and medical marijuana. What we know Back of the Napkin: You can love or hate AI, but it’s killed crappy 8GB versions of pricey PCs and Macs Apple offers to settle 'snooping Siri' lawsuit for an utterly incredible $95M The Junk Drawer: DC Scrambles To Remove 'City Ads' Calling Trump Supporters 'Trash' Almost the entire US South is now being blocked by Pornhub Last Call: Hertz continues EV purge, asks renters if they want to buy instead of return Linda Lavin, 'Alice' Star and Tony Winner, Dies at 87: 'A Beautiful Soul' Images: Credits: RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity! We hope you enjoy this episode and look forward your feedback! Email: Pheonix or PhoneBoy Follow Pheonix on the Dong! (Mastodon) Follow PhoneBoy on the Dong! (Mastodon) Voicemail: +1 253-237-3321 The Lotus Effect is a Value for Value podcast! Did you get something out of this show? Put a number to it and send it to us using: A Podcasting 2.0 compliant app that can send Satoshis! Use Paypal to send your fiat fun coupons in (no blankets or water, just cash)
Published 01/05
165 - Brain Muffin
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Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen! — Pheonix Health: Wait—Ozempic Is Linked to ED? ELON MUSK SHOWS OFF WEIGHT LOSS IN SANTA PIC
... 'Like Cocaine Bear,' But With Mounjaro! Commercial tea bags release millions of microplastics, entering human intestinal cells 6 Foods (and 3 Drinks) That Put a Strain on Your Metabolism—and Why It Matters Impressive Health Benefits of Mint Happiness: A dad asked a server for the check, he got something unexpected instead How Texas 'miracle baby' might have been saved by his twin brother in the womb Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam: Higher Consciousness: Wild West of THC: Texas hemp shops can sell weed and ‘no one’s gonna stop them,’ ag commish says Judge temporarily blocks new Tennessee rules that would have banned popular hemp products Back of the Napkin: 6 Easy Ways To Make Your Smart Home More Secure Google to court: we’ll change our Apple deal, but please let us keep Chrome The Junk Drawer: Arrogant Kamala Harris told union boss she’d win election ‘with or without you’ — before crushing loss: official Sprechen Sie Deutsch, Hans Gruber? Last Call: Kilauea volcano erupts in Hawaii, sending lava spewing along summit caldera Images: Credits: RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity! We hope you enjoy this episode and look forward your feedback! Email: Pheonix or PhoneBoy Follow Pheonix on the Dong! (Mastodon) Follow PhoneBoy on the Dong! (Mastodon) Voicemail: +1 253-237-3321 The Lotus Effect is a Value for Value podcast! Did you get something out of this show? Put a number to it and send it to us using: A Podcasting 2.0 compliant app that can send Satoshis! Use Paypal to send your fiat fun coupons in (no blankets or water, just cash)
Published 12/29
164 - Anally Wasted
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Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen! — Pheonix Health: The USDA Say It’s Time to Replace Meat With Beans On Ozempic? Big Food Makers Have a New Label for You Dietitians Say These Processed Foods Are Actually Good for You This is what really happens to your body when you don’t eat enough fibre Happiness: After Searching for Random Hero Who Restarted His Heart in McDonald’s He Finds a ‘Lifelong Friend’ Hero truck driver in Ohio saves 4-year-old found wandering on busy road in the cold Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam: Higher Consciousness: Americans Think Marijuana And Psychedelics Are Much Safer Now Than They Did A Decade Ago, Federal Study Shows Man pleads guilty for 'large-scale marijuana cultivation' in Big Sur wilderness Back of the Napkin: U.S. Weighs Ban on Chinese-Made Router in Millions of American Homes Tragedy of Suchir Balaji puts 'Death by LLM' back in the AI spotlight The Junk Drawer: Biden Lied About Everything: Philly Fed Finds All Jobs ""Created"" In Q2 Were Fake No, the Wisconsin school shooter wasn’t transgender Last Call: We Regret to Bring You This Audio of Two Google AIs Having EXTREMELY Explicit Cybersex California Cybertruck owner’s family calls license plate backlash a ‘misunderstanding’ Images: Credits: RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity! We hope you enjoy this episode and look forward your feedback! Email: Pheonix or PhoneBoy Follow Pheonix on the Dong! (Mastodon) Follow PhoneBoy on the Dong! (Mastodon) Voicemail: +1 253-237-3321 The Lotus Effect is a Value for Value podcast! Did you get something out of this show? Put a number to it and send it to us using: A Podcasting 2.0 compliant app that can send Satoshis! Use Paypal to send your fiat fun coupons in (no blankets or water, just cash)
Published 12/21
163 - Suck My Pinot
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Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen! — Pheonix Health: 8 Foods That Can Help Relieve Headaches, According to a RD Stress Belly: How Cortisol Harms Your Health FDA recalls more than 233,000 bottles of antidepressant over possible cancerous chemical OZEMPIC KILLED DIET AND EXERCISE Happiness: 400,000 Kids Now Have LEGOs to Play with Thanks to Parents Donating 1.2 Mil Pounds of Used Bricks So Far Lego Replay Program Bakery Owner Discovers Her Longtime Customer Is Her Biological Son Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam: Higher Consciousness: US cops find mysterious $100 million in marijuana Majorities Of Republicans And Democrats, New Poll Shows Back of the Napkin: Google unveils ‘mindboggling’ quantum computing chip Hacker reveals why you should never share iPhone chargers The Junk Drawer: The $200 Android vs. the $1,000 iPhone: How our digital divide keeps growing DMV apologizes for license plate that mocks Oct. 7 attack on Israel Last Call: Dick Van Dyke Dances in New Coldplay Video Premiering on His 99th Birthday Why Newsom’s electric vehicle mandate is in troubl Images: Credits: RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity! We hope you enjoy this episode and look forward your feedback! Email: Pheonix or PhoneBoy Follow Pheonix on the Dong! (Mastodon) Follow PhoneBoy on the Dong! (Mastodon) Voicemail: +1 253-237-3321 The Lotus Effect is a Value for Value podcast! Did you get something out of this show? Put a number to it and send it to us using: A Podcasting 2.0 compliant app that can send Satoshis! Use Paypal to send your fiat fun coupons in (no blankets or water, just cash)
Published 12/15
162 - Still Fucking it Up
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Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen! — Pheonix Topics Rose Oil Benefits Death Tarot Credits: RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity! Mama T Lavish We hope you enjoy this episode and look forward your feedback! Email: Pheonix or PhoneBoy Follow Pheonix on the Dong! (Mastodon) Follow PhoneBoy on the Dong! (Mastodon) Voicemail: +1 253-237-3321 The Lotus Effect is a Value for Value podcast! Did you get something out of this show? Put a number to it and send it to us using: A Podcasting 2.0 compliant app that can send Satoshis! Use Paypal to send your fiat fun coupons in (no blankets or water, just cash)
Published 12/08
161 - WTHC
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Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen! — Pheonix Health: Raw milk recalled for containing bird flu virus, California reports Flu vaccine estimated to be 21% effective against flu spread to household members Lizzo Says These 3 Healthy Habits Helped Her Lose 60 Pounds Common Food Additive May Affect Intestine, Raise Risk Of Diabetes: Study Finds Happiness: Mom Credits Stranger’s Comment with Helping to Save Her Son’s Life Massachusetts Cafe Offers Free Coffee if You Come in Dancing Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam: Clipping from YouTube on an iOS Device Higher Consciousness: Lesser-Known Marijuana Component CBG Is A ‘Promising Therapeutic Agent’ With Potential To Treat Cancer And Pain, Study Says Adding Marijuana To State Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Reduces Prescribing Of Scheduled Narcotics, Study Shows Back of the Napkin: Man accused of hilariously bad opsec as alleged cybercrime spree detailed Yup, half of that thought-leader crap on LinkedIn is indeed AI scribbled The Junk Drawer: California Man, 24, Dies from ‘High Voltage Electrocution’ While Hanging Up Christmas Lights 4 Planes Involved in 2 Separate Collisions on Boston Logan Airport Tarmac Last Call: Smith & Wesson Deplatformed From Facebook As Musk Welcomes Gun Industry To X Office food thief steals coworker’s food for 6 months, learns the hard way it's been dog food all along: 'Their hair does seem shinier' Chuck Woolery, host of Love Connection and other game shows, dies at 83 Images: Credits: RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity! We hope you enjoy this episode and look forward your feedback! Email: Pheonix or PhoneBoy Follow Pheonix on the Dong! (Mastodon) Follow PhoneBoy on the Dong! (Mastodon) Voicemail: +1 253-237-3321 The Lotus Effect is a Value for Value podcast! Did you get something out of this show? Put a number to it and send it to us using: A Podcasting 2.0 compliant app that can send Satoshis! Use Paypal to send your fiat fun coupons in (no blankets or water, just cash)
Published 12/01
160 - Cumwater, WA
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Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen! — Pheonix Health: Federal Judge Orders Kraft Heinz to Face Lawsuit Over Mac & Cheese Labeling Eating more than 45% of calorie intake after 5 p.m. alters glucose levels, with serious consequences for health 'A Significant Health Risk': How Everyday Items Fill Our Bodies With Microplastics Giving up sugar can change your body for the better—within days Happiness: Man Turns Old Mobile Home into a Log Cabin with Just $13k–and DIY Charm Officials Applaud Canadian Woman Who Saved Boy from Drowning in Frozen River Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam: Good Morning Lord Higher Consciousness: Beer Industry Group Pushes Tighter Regulations For Cannabis Products—And Higher Taxes Than Are Levied On Alcohol 1 man arrested in April kidnapping/burglary at marijuana biz, Tumwater police say Back of the Napkin: These Guys Hacked AirPods to Give Their Grandmas Hearing Aids Tesla Has Highest Rate of Deadly Accidents Among Car Brands, Study Finds The Junk Drawer: The 'Sideways' Revolution: How a Single Joke Upended the Wine World WHY N.S.A. RULES SAY NO TO SMARTPHONES, NO TO TEXTING, YES TO PODCASTS Last Call: Meet Adam Smith, The Green Beret Behind North Carolina's 'Redneck Air Force' MARYVILLE MAN CONVICTED ON CONSPIRACY TO MURDER FEDERAL EMPLOYEES Images: Credits: RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity! Sharky We hope you enjoy this episode and look forward your feedback! Email: Pheonix or PhoneBoy Follow Pheonix on the Dong! (Mastodon) Follow PhoneBoy on the Dong! (Mastodon) Voicemail: +1 253-237-3321 The Lotus Effect is a Value for Value podcast! Did you get something out of this show? Put a number to it and send it to us using: A Podcasting 2.0 compliant app that can send Satoshis! Use Paypal to send your fiat fun coupons in (no blankets or water, just cash)
Published 11/23
159 - Cum Wheat
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Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen! — Pheonix Health: She was vegan for 5 years—until seeing what her blood work revealed Pandemic associated with increase in babies born with heart defects Yes, mushrooms are good for you. But don't eat them every day. Birth control shots caused brain tumors and speech issues for Nevada mom, lawsuit says Happiness: 4-Year-old Girl Told She’d ‘Never Walk’ takes Her First Steps–With Sisters Screaming as They Shoot Video Dad Who Wanted to be a Pilot Builds Incredible Real-Life Simulator at Home–Now his Daughter’s Obsessed Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam: Costco Recalls Butter Over a Labeling Error Higher Consciousness: A Surprising Source of Dementia Relief: Cannabis This strange syndrome is linked to regular cannabis use—and cases have doubled Back of the Napkin: The Fastest Airport Security Line You Don’t Know About- 'Cybersecurity issue' at Food Lion parent blamed for US grocery mayhem The Junk Drawer: Trouble at the Nudist Colony: A Couple Disappear, Neighbor Charged With Murder Woman Kills Own Father With Ax After Being 'Overwhelmed' On Election Night Last Call: Apple explains why the M4 Mac mini power button is located on the bottom Man dies by suicide after shooting his estranged partner at Blount County probation office Mattel Apologizes for Porn Site Misprint on ‘Wicked’ Toy Packaging Images: Chicken Broccoli Cheddar Rice Recipe 2 Boneless Chicken Breasts cut into cubes. 1 to 2 Tbsp Olive Oil 3 Tbsp Mrs Dash Seasoning 2 tsp Salt 1/4 tsp Pepper 1 pkg broccoli florets chopped 2 pkg Hearts of Palm “rice” (or use real rice if you prefer) Cheese Sauce Cheese Sauce Recipe 4Tbsp Butter 2 cups Heavy Cream 1/4 Cup Cream Cheese cubed 1/4 Cup Sour Cream 1/4 Cup Shredded Parmesan 2 Cups Shredded Cheddar Cooking Instructions Chicken Cube chicken breast then season with Mrs Dash, Salt and Pepper in intervals ( season, stir, season etc. ) Heat Olive Oil in skillet over medium heat and add chicken, stirring occasionally until well browned. Set aside. Rinse Riced Hearts Of Palm and allow to drain well. Chop the broccoli into small pieces. Sauce In a 3 qt sauce pan add butter and allow to melt on medium heat, once melted add the Heavy and Sour Cream(s). Heat until the cream mixture starts to steam then whisk in the cream cheese 2-3 cubes at a time. Continue to whisk constantly from here forward. Once melted add the parm slowly while whisking until fully incorporated. Add the cheddar small hand fulls at a time making sure to fully incorporate the last handful before the next. Continue to whisk the cheese mixture until all cheddar has been incorporated. Combining Casserole Take chicken out of frying pan and place in bowl. Add “ rice “ to skillet and mix for 5 minutes to warm and deglaze pan. In a large bowl add rice, chicken, broccoli and cheddar sauce together. Once mixed thoroughly, place in a 5 quart Baking Dish or 13X9 Pyrex dish. Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees then broil on high for 10 minutes to brown the top. Let rest 5 minutes then serve. Credits: RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity! We hope you enjoy this episode and look forward your feedback! Email: Pheonix or PhoneBoy Follow Pheonix on the Dong! (Mastodon) Follow PhoneBoy on the Dong! (Mastodon) Voicemail: +1 253-237-3321 The Lotus Effect is a Value for Value podcast! Did you get something out of this show? Put a number to it and send it to us using: A Podcasting 2.0 compliant app that can send Satoshis! Use Paypal to send your fiat fun coupons in (no blankets or water, just cash)
Published 11/17
158 - Unsafe at Any Dose
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Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen! — Pheonix Health: Mom Overdosed on Weight Loss Drug She Got on Instagram, Recalls 'Throwing Up Blood': 'Thought I Was Going to Die' Doctors are already using AI in care—but there isn't agreement on what safe use should look like After decades, FDA finally moves to pull ineffective decongestant off shelves ‘TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING’: FASTING HAS MANY HEALTH BENEFITS, BUT THERE’S A SNAG Happiness: She Was Going to Take Her Own Life, Then Married the Train Driver Who Spotted Her on Tracks Man, 36, Declared Brain Dead Details 'Grueling' Recovery from Locked-In Syndrome: 'I’m Still In Here' Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam: Higher Consciousness: How marijuana legalization played itself Are legal psilocybin truffles the new magic mushrooms? Back of the Napkin: Company's wall of lava lamps creates 'unhackable' code that protects people on the internet The Creator of Houseparty Is Back. This Time He’s Taking on Slack and Discord The Junk Drawer: School District Pulls 425 Books From Its Libraries In Response To Tennessee’s Shitty Book Ban Law Airborne microplastics aid in cloud formation Last Call: Notre Dame's bells ring out across Paris for the first time since fire Bay Area tech layoffs: Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% of employees in restructuring push Images: Credits: RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity! We hope you enjoy this episode and look forward your feedback! Email: Pheonix or PhoneBoy Follow Pheonix on the Dong! (Mastodon) Follow PhoneBoy on the Dong! (Mastodon) Voicemail: +1 253-237-3321 The Lotus Effect is a Value for Value podcast! Did you get something out of this show? Put a number to it and send it to us using: A Podcasting 2.0 compliant app that can send Satoshis! Use Paypal to send your fiat fun coupons in (no blankets or water, just cash)
Published 11/10
157 - Candied Asshole
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Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen! — Pheonix Health: Does daylight saving time actually save? Research shows costs outweigh benefits Taking five or more medications daily can negatively impact older adults with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias Drug pollution in water poses risk to my health Hidden sugars in Asia’s baby food spark concerns Happiness: 17-Year-old Rescued After 12 Hours Lost in Rough Seas Clinging to a Capsized Kayak Dad in Charge of Coming Up with Costume for Triplets — and His Creative DIY Getup Goes Viral Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam: Higher Consciousness: Mile High Club: 4 arrested at SAN for smuggling marijuana on flight to London TRIPPING ON NOTHING Back of the Napkin: 18-year prison sentence for man who used AI to create child abuse images THE PERFECT GIRLFRIEND The Junk Drawer: S.F. approves $700-a-month sleeping pods in a former bank. Now the operator has plans for more Mysterious sign highlighting S.F. drug crisis installed on troubled street corner in SoMa Last Call: British Airways Flight Delayed Over MAGA Hat Brawl Images: Credits: RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity! Boolysteed We hope you enjoy this episode and look forward your feedback! Email: Pheonix or PhoneBoy Follow Pheonix on the Dong! (Mastodon) Follow PhoneBoy on the Dong! (Mastodon) Voicemail: +1 253-237-3321 The Lotus Effect is a Value for Value podcast! Did you get something out of this show? Put a number to it and send it to us using: A Podcasting 2.0 compliant app that can send Satoshis! Use Paypal to send your fiat fun coupons in (no blankets or water, just cash)
Published 11/02