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Speaker 1: Good morning, UM. As always it's UM. It's a great

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Speaker 1: So we're gonna and have you know, had a good

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Speaker 1: They've had a great year and I have a ton

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Speaker 1: So UM, unselfish. Whatever we ask him to do, um,

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Speaker 1: They're all very talented, have been very productive for us UM.

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Speaker 1: You know, James is clearly that leader. He's um been

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Speaker 1: very much. Well, I certainly appreciate the support from our

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Speaker 1: I'm really just focused on trying to help our team

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