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Speaker 1: It's good to be back. It's good to be back.

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Speaker 1: We were excited.

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Speaker 2: My family and I we loved it here the last

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Speaker 2: three years. Uh, and to to to be able to

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Speaker 2: stay here, it's exactly what we wanted. Have some stability

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Speaker 2: for my kids is huge. That's a that's a big

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Speaker 2: deal for us.

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Speaker 3: Uh.

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Speaker 2: They were excited. Uh, you know getting the band back together.

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Speaker 2: We got a good group. I mean, that's uh, that's

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Speaker 2: one of the reason why we want to be back.

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Speaker 2: Those guys are special talents, special guys, special families. You know,

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Speaker 2: they've got a great family and and they've kind of

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Speaker 2: taken my family in with them. Got to spend some

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Speaker 2: time with them at the Pro Bowl a couple of

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Speaker 2: weeks ago, and.

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Speaker 1: It's just a it's a good group. Uh.

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Speaker 2: To bring those guys back, you know, with us Luke

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Speaker 2: Thompson and my assistants able to come back as well, Uh,

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Speaker 2: it's just a it's a I tell them all the time,

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Speaker 2: not only those three guys, but the rest of the group. Uh,

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Speaker 2: we wouldn't be back if they didn't play as well

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Speaker 2: as they did.

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Speaker 1: So they're a huge part of it.

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Speaker 2: The way they played every single day, that's why we're here,

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Speaker 2: so they were excited.

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Speaker 1: It's it's it's great for everybody you mentioned.

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Speaker 3: Coming back as well.

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Speaker 1: What kind of impact could that just continue? I mean continuity.

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Speaker 1: The guys love him.

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Speaker 2: You know, he works with the gunners outside, he works

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Speaker 2: field goal block. You know, we blocked two kicks last year.

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Speaker 2: Was a big part of what we were doing. Our

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Speaker 2: gunners played fantastic. So he does a really good job,

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Speaker 2: you know, across the board. The guys love him. So

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Speaker 2: he again just bringing everybody back together. We did a

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Speaker 2: good job, you know, and we got to continue to

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Speaker 2: get better. That's the best part is you know, uh,

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Speaker 2: you know, cam Be in a second year, so things

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Speaker 2: are going to change a little bit for him, but

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Speaker 2: that's part of the progression. We'll keep working with him.

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Speaker 3: Uh.

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Speaker 2: You know, Ross and Logan, they got to stay at

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Speaker 2: that level. That's the standard, you know, pro Bowl level.

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Speaker 2: Let's keep it that way and keep growing everybody else.

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Speaker 2: And I think that's the that's the beauty. We've got

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Speaker 2: good continuity, but let's keep getting better with it.

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Speaker 1: What are your part as a lamb and just getting numbs.

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Speaker 2: The great energy, I mean, that's what you're gonna see. Uh,

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Speaker 2: you know, when you ever you talk to him, it's

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Speaker 2: always good energy. You know, he's young, energetic, and he's

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Speaker 2: gonna tell you how he feels, which I think is

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Speaker 2: a great quality. I mean, uh, you know him and

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Speaker 2: I have hit it off, you know, you know really well.

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Speaker 2: And the staff he's brought together, great energy, young young guys, uh,

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Speaker 2: and some of the cool stuff to camaraderie. I think

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Speaker 2: stuff that we're gonna do of getting together for some dinners,

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Speaker 2: you know, at the combine and some of those things.

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Speaker 2: That's really what's gonna bring the staff together. That's what

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Speaker 2: it's gonna take. It's gonna take bringing all this staff

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Speaker 2: together from different places, getting him ready to go.

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Speaker 1: The player is gonna show up.

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Speaker 2: And and and in in in a no time at all.

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Speaker 1: So we got to get all on the same page.

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Speaker 1: Outside of your kicker, punter, long snapper.

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Speaker 3: How many guys would you do you feel like you

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Speaker 2: My guys were great last year, and and if and

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Speaker 2: if everything stayed the same, fantastic, But the reality of

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Speaker 2: special teams Uh, you know, it obviously comes all the

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Speaker 2: you know, with Liam general manager, we're gonna have to

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Speaker 2: all come together, uh and figure out what is the

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Speaker 2: next guy up. Maybe it's a draft pick, maybe it's

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Speaker 2: a practice squad guy. That's part of my job and

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Speaker 2: Luke Thompson's job of how can we get the most

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Speaker 2: out of the roster and we're elevating these guys play.

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Speaker 2: So every year, the cliche is the roster changes every year,

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Speaker 2: especially on special teams. We're gonna have to bring up

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Speaker 2: some young guys. We're gonna lose a player or two

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Speaker 2: because of a free agency or whatever. That looks like

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Speaker 2: we're gonna have develop more players and we're gonna do that.

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Speaker 2: And whether it's a rookie or a practice squad guy,

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Speaker 2: young player, let's get the most out of them. So

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Speaker 2: Doug was they parted ways with Doug on January sixth,

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Speaker 2: and then two weeks later or something like that made

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Speaker 2: Ira Liam, how long would you say you were kind

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Speaker 2: of in limbo about you know, you wanted to stay here,

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Speaker 2: but you also have to, you know, get something else

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Speaker 2: lined up in case that doesn't happen.

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Speaker 1: Though, So how long was the limbo like ten.

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Speaker 2: Days or we were right in that, you know, in

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Speaker 2: that area. And the best part about it from day one,

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Speaker 2: you know, the cons the organization made it very clear

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Speaker 2: they wanted me here, and that was a big part

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Speaker 2: that going I did get some interest, but ultimately we

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Speaker 2: wanted to be here. The organization wanted us here, and

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Speaker 2: so it was it was a clear cut deal for

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Speaker 2: my family and I this was the best situation. Blend

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Speaker 2: in with this new crowd of staff and and and

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Speaker 2: and make the best of it here and let's get

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Speaker 2: let's let's do this. Let's let's figure out a way

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Speaker 2: to win. Obviously I didnt Beselli, you will be a

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Speaker 2: huge part of that. You know, Tony is you know,

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Speaker 2: a good friend of mine. I think those I think

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Speaker 2: those are what's gonna take tough for us to win.

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Speaker 2: So those are all big factors on why we wanted

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Speaker 2: to be here. But but it started with the cons.

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Speaker 2: I think that's the biggest thing.

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Speaker 3: Uh.

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Speaker 2: You know, mister Kahn, Tony, they they obviously wanted us here,

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Speaker 2: which is I don't know if there's a better person

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Speaker 3: Did you talk a little bit about what you think

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Speaker 3: Tony's meaning the selling will bring the organization.

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Speaker 2: I mean, he's been around it forever, obviously Hall of famer.

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Speaker 2: What he's done for this uh, you know, for this team.

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Speaker 3: Uh.

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Speaker 2: And and then of course the city. It means so

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Speaker 2: a winner. And every time I talk to him, he says,

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Speaker 3: Uh.

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Speaker 1: And that's what That's what we need.

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Speaker 2: We need that good juice, that good energy of where

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Speaker 2: this is going, where this is headed. You know, we

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Speaker 2: got the right guys in place, Let's get it roll.

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Speaker 2: And I think that's a great message of like this

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Speaker 2: is where it starts right here, and let's get it

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Speaker 2: to let's get it to a winner. But nobody's more

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Speaker 2: passionate about this organization than Tony Boselli.

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Speaker 3: It's the years over. What did you look at in

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Speaker 3: terms of the new kickoff or what did you like

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Speaker 3: either the no? I mean, what would be your recommendation

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Speaker 3: going forward with.

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Speaker 2: I mean, you know, it'll be interesting to see if

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Speaker 2: we make any changes to it. I think we'll learn

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Speaker 2: more at the combine. That's kind of we get together

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Speaker 2: and kind of go through some of the possibilities. The

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Speaker 2: average drive start was over twenty nine yards. Touch back

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Speaker 2: of those things we got to look at and how's

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Speaker 2: that effect? You know, drive start and all that, and

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Speaker 2: I think we got to get better and I can

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Speaker 2: we learned a ton throughout the season, But that's the

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Speaker 2: biggest project for probably all special teams coaches, taking a

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Speaker 2: look at what we did, what the top groups did

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Speaker 2: do we do and how can we get better at it?

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Speaker 2: What are they doing that we weren't doing. I got

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Speaker 2: to do a big study on That's that's my biggest

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Speaker 2: projects this offseason. How can we get better to make

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Speaker 2: sure it's number one kickoff kickoff return group next season?

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Speaker 3: Would you like or to stay the same or change

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Speaker 3: what do you guys want to do?

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Speaker 2: I mean, I think the biggest thing is that that

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Speaker 2: twenty nine point you know, I think it's twenty nine

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Speaker 2: point six drive start. I think that's the biggest thing.

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Speaker 2: Is how do we fix that. There's a couple of

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Speaker 2: different ways to look at it. Do you move the

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Speaker 2: kicker back to the thirty yard line, make it tougher

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Speaker 2: to kick touchbacks, or do you put the touch backs

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Speaker 2: to the thirty five I think those are probably the

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Speaker 2: two possibilities. And moving it back to the thirty yard

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Speaker 2: that would be great. I think that'd be a great challenge.

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Speaker 2: It would up the value to a kicker, and it

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Speaker 2: makes the importance of having a good kicker so valuable.

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Speaker 2: That I think is uh it's a big part of

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Speaker 2: the kickoff aspect. That's a huge portion of the game.

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Speaker 2: And I think that's a that's an important, UH specific

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Speaker 2: a it's a it's a good thing, thank you, thank

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