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data-drupal-facet-item-value="2021-01" data-drupal-facet-item-count="6"><span class="facet-item__value">January 2021</span><span class="facet-item__count">(6)</span></a></li><li class="facet-item"><a href="/blog?f%5B0%5D=publication_date%3A2020-12" rel="nofollow" data-drupal-facet-item-id="publication-date-2020-12" data-drupal-facet-item-value="2020-12" data-drupal-facet-item-count="1"><span class="facet-item__value">December 2020</span><span class="facet-item__count">(1)</span></a></li><li class="facet-item"><a href="/blog?f%5B0%5D=publication_date%3A2020-11" rel="nofollow" data-drupal-facet-item-id="publication-date-2020-11" data-drupal-facet-item-value="2020-11" data-drupal-facet-item-count="3"><span class="facet-item__value">November 2020</span><span class="facet-item__count">(3)</span></a></li><li class="facet-item"><a href="/blog?f%5B0%5D=publication_date%3A2020-10" rel="nofollow" data-drupal-facet-item-id="publication-date-2020-10" data-drupal-facet-item-value="2020-10" data-drupal-facet-item-count="3"><span class="facet-item__value">October 2020</span><span class="facet-item__count">(3)</span></a></li><li class="facet-item"><a href="/blog?f%5B0%5D=publication_date%3A2020-09" rel="nofollow" data-drupal-facet-item-id="publication-date-2020-09" data-drupal-facet-item-value="2020-09" data-drupal-facet-item-count="2"><span class="facet-item__value">September 2020</span><span class="facet-item__count">(2)</span></a></li><li class="facet-item"><a href="/blog?f%5B0%5D=publication_date%3A2020-08" rel="nofollow" data-drupal-facet-item-id="publication-date-2020-08" data-drupal-facet-item-value="2020-08" data-drupal-facet-item-count="1"><span class="facet-item__value">August 2020</span><span class="facet-item__count">(1)</span></a></li><li class="facet-item"><a href="/blog?f%5B0%5D=publication_date%3A2020-07" rel="nofollow" data-drupal-facet-item-id="publication-date-2020-07" data-drupal-facet-item-value="2020-07" data-drupal-facet-item-count="5"><span class="facet-item__value">July 2020</span><span class="facet-item__count">(5)</span></a></li><li class="facet-item"><a href="/blog?f%5B0%5D=publication_date%3A2020-06" rel="nofollow" data-drupal-facet-item-id="publication-date-2020-06" data-drupal-facet-item-value="2020-06" data-drupal-facet-item-count="2"><span class="facet-item__value">June 2020</span><span class="facet-item__count">(2)</span></a></li><li class="facet-item"><a href="/blog?f%5B0%5D=publication_date%3A2020-05" rel="nofollow" data-drupal-facet-item-id="publication-date-2020-05" data-drupal-facet-item-value="2020-05" data-drupal-facet-item-count="2"><span class="facet-item__value">May 2020</span><span class="facet-item__count">(2)</span></a></li><li class="facet-item"><a href="/blog?f%5B0%5D=publication_date%3A2020-04" rel="nofollow" data-drupal-facet-item-id="publication-date-2020-04" data-drupal-facet-item-value="2020-04" data-drupal-facet-item-count="1"><span class="facet-item__value">April 2020</span><span 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class="facet-item"><a href="/blog?f%5B0%5D=publication_date%3A2019-11" rel="nofollow" data-drupal-facet-item-id="publication-date-2019-11" data-drupal-facet-item-value="2019-11" data-drupal-facet-item-count="3"><span class="facet-item__value">November 2019</span><span class="facet-item__count">(3)</span></a></li><li class="facet-item"><a href="/blog?f%5B0%5D=publication_date%3A2019-10" rel="nofollow" data-drupal-facet-item-id="publication-date-2019-10" data-drupal-facet-item-value="2019-10" data-drupal-facet-item-count="2"><span class="facet-item__value">October 2019</span><span class="facet-item__count">(2)</span></a></li><li class="facet-item"><a href="/blog?f%5B0%5D=publication_date%3A2019-08" rel="nofollow" data-drupal-facet-item-id="publication-date-2019-08" data-drupal-facet-item-value="2019-08" data-drupal-facet-item-count="1"><span class="facet-item__value">August 2019</span><span class="facet-item__count">(1)</span></a></li><li class="facet-item"><a href="/blog?f%5B0%5D=publication_date%3A2019-07" rel="nofollow" data-drupal-facet-item-id="publication-date-2019-07" data-drupal-facet-item-value="2019-07" data-drupal-facet-item-count="4"><span class="facet-item__value">July 2019</span><span class="facet-item__count">(4)</span></a></li><li class="facet-item"><a href="/blog?f%5B0%5D=publication_date%3A2019-06" rel="nofollow" data-drupal-facet-item-id="publication-date-2019-06" data-drupal-facet-item-value="2019-06" data-drupal-facet-item-count="1"><span class="facet-item__value">June 2019</span><span class="facet-item__count">(1)</span></a></li><li class="facet-item"><a href="/blog?f%5B0%5D=publication_date%3A2019-05" rel="nofollow" data-drupal-facet-item-id="publication-date-2019-05" data-drupal-facet-item-value="2019-05" data-drupal-facet-item-count="3"><span class="facet-item__value">May 2019</span><span class="facet-item__count">(3)</span></a></li><li class="facet-item"><a href="/blog?f%5B0%5D=publication_date%3A2019-04" 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data-drupal-facet-item-count="2"><span class="facet-item__value">January 2018</span><span class="facet-item__count">(2)</span></a></li><li class="facet-item"><a href="/blog?f%5B0%5D=publication_date%3A2017-12" rel="nofollow" data-drupal-facet-item-id="publication-date-2017-12" data-drupal-facet-item-value="2017-12" data-drupal-facet-item-count="1"><span class="facet-item__value">December 2017</span><span class="facet-item__count">(1)</span></a></li><li class="facet-item"><a href="/blog?f%5B0%5D=publication_date%3A2017-11" rel="nofollow" data-drupal-facet-item-id="publication-date-2017-11" data-drupal-facet-item-value="2017-11" data-drupal-facet-item-count="3"><span class="facet-item__value">November 2017</span><span class="facet-item__count">(3)</span></a></li><li class="facet-item"><a href="/blog?f%5B0%5D=publication_date%3A2017-10" rel="nofollow" data-drupal-facet-item-id="publication-date-2017-10" data-drupal-facet-item-value="2017-10" data-drupal-facet-item-count="4"><span 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