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This is a Quora based podcast (for English learners and others), in which the most interesting stories are read oud loud and sometimes discussed. The listeners are meant to become part of the show, too. contact: myfluentpodcast@gmail.com. You will see vocabulary explanations and definitions at the end of the text.
This podcast is for anyone in the power line industry. Those of you that love to build and maintain power lines at work and after work. This is a collection of stories from line workers around the world. This is a community for us to share where we’ve been, who we’ve worked with, projects we’ve been apart of and hopefully pass on some of those key lessons that we could all learn from. This podcast will be a mix of line workers and their stories as well as other professionals sharing about ho ...
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100 | Dylon Koch | Cognitive Decline & Dehydration
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This is Dylon’s second appearance on Powerline Podcast and won’t be his last. Every time I chat with Dylon I learn something. Since we’re heading towards summer I thought it would be a great time to get on here and chat about dehydration, heat illness, and how they lead to cognitive decline. We can all do better when it comes to our physical and me…
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099 | John Goodson | Lessons Learned
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John Goodson “Goody” is a line hand from Oklahoma. I met Goody on TikTok. It’s amazing how great social media can be if used in the right way. He has a great page where he tries to impart lessons learned from his years in the line trade. Give him a follow and listen in to this episode to hear his story. TikTok Goodson_of_the_john…
Jimmy Carter to begin receiving home hospice care. But who is Jimmy Carter? Listen to a brief summary in this podcast.By Daniel English
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098 | Dennis Kelly | Live The Lifestyle
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This is Dennis’ second time on the podcast. If you’re interested in hearing more of his back story of becoming a lineman, I suggest that you go back and listen to episode 042. A lot has happened since the last time we talked so I decided to get him back on the show to chat. I’m always so motivated after talking with Dennis. In this episode, we dove…
Asish Dutta: The Super Learner! Asish is a determined language learner who is dedicated to improving his English skills by taking one-on-one online lessons with different teachers. At the same time, he uploads all of his sessions on his YouTube channel so that other learners can learn with him. We call that a win-win-situation. Recently, one of his…
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097 | Bo Lindell | Locked and Tagged
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Bo became a lineman at a super young age and has been in the industry ever since. We chat about all aspects of line work from building transmission lines, to business, social media, and mental health. Bo also manages a couple of Instagram pages which we dive into call @lockedandtagged and @semi_bolt. This episode is packed with value so please enjo…
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123 Nyssa from Italy - for the love of English learning and teaching English
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Quit your day job for your English dream! Nyssa's son helped her to start learning English again and she has come to enjoy and even love it! In this episode you'll learn more about Nyssa's journey, not only how she improved her English in such a short time, but also how she helps other English learners improve their English. 🚀 Nyssa has many plans …
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Summary: In this interview episode, the host of the language learning podcast My Fluent Podcast, Daniel Goodson, is interviewed by an AI called Peter about his English learning journey. Daniel shares that he has been learning English passively for many years through activities such as reading books and listening to podcasts in English. He also star…
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122 Personal Storytelling - Tell your Story and Improve your English - with Fabio Cerpelloni from the Stolaroid Podcast
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Personal storytelling can be used to improve language skills. Interview with Fabio Cerpelloni. YouTube version On the previous episode 121, we learned from Lucia that we can learn through listening to other personal stories. "Everyone has a story to tell". On this episode (122) it's all about telling your own stories in order to improve in your tar…
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096 | Terry Bellew | Our Stories Are Our History
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Terry is the second generation of three generations of linemen in his family and hails from Queens, New York. Throughout his career, he worked as a lineman, control center operator, trainer, and writer. He is retired now but continues to invest in our industry through writing articles for Powerlineman Magazine among many other things.…
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121 Lucia Matuonto from The Relatable Voice Podcast - Interviewing more than 250 guests improved her English immensly!
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Lucia from Brazil was having self-doubts about her English. Not even 2 years later, she interviewed more than 250 guests on the Relatable Voice Podcast (of course in English)! Various newspapers wrote about her. "The Star Podcaster: Lucia Matuonto" (New York Today) According to Listennotes.com her podcast is among the 0.5 % most popular podcasts*. …
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095 | James Greenwood | Do The Basics Well
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James is one of the most active people I know. He is a South African born trainer, coach, and business owner in the health and wellness industry. It can be incredibly difficult to know how to begin your health and fitness journey. There is so much content online and it’s hard to choose who to follow and what advice to take. This conversation is for…
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094 | Daniel Spencer | Master Your Mindset
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Inspiration is the word that instantly comes to mind after hearing Daniel's story. Once upon a time he was 300 lbs and addicted to alcohol. Sober and well on his way to becoming a healthy man he was involved in an electrical flashover while working in a vault in Hollywood. The incident left his face severely burned with a long road to recovery star…
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093 | Mackenzie Gillan | Put in the work
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Mackenzie Gillan is a lineman apprentice from Ontario, Canada. I recently met her in person at the International Lineman’s Rodeo where she cleaned house taking home three awards in the apprentice category. I’ve followed Mackenzie for the last couple of years and one thing that I’ve noticed is that very few people out work her and I believe this is …
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120 - 7 Learners in The Glossika Challenge - Danish, Greek, Spanish, German, Italian, Turkish...
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7 brave language learners accepted the challenge to do 3000 repetitions in one month in the October 2022 Glossika Challenge. Glossika is an AI based app/website. (Leran more about Glossika on episode 119) This is the video teaser. Don't forget to CHECK OUT #GlossikaChallenge on Twitter. The 7 brave participants are: Victoria Heidi (twitter:@LoveJoy…
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119 What is Glossika? Intro to the Glossika challenge with Kenny from SomethingPolyglot.com
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Ep. 119 is meant to be the intro to the Glossika Challenge which is going to be covered on ep. 120. Kenny from somethingpolyglot.com is explaining Glossika and how he experienced the challenge so far. The Glossika challenge (#GlossikaChallenge) is almost over. You were supposed to make it to 3000 repetitions in October in order to win the challenge…
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118 What are disfluencies and how to get rid of them - Craig Wealand
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We are joined by the experienced English teacher and Spanish learner Craig Wealand. He is the host of the Inglespodcast and he knows his onions! (Inglespodcast – Los audio podcasts de La Mansión del Inglés) We talk about disfluencies: What are disfluencies? What are cruch words? How to reduce disfluencies? Why do we make disfluencies (crutch words …
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092 | Scott Margolin | Sharks and Arcs
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Scott has led an adventurous life of world travel, mountaineering, sharks, fire, and arc flash. To find out how these are all connected to line work you’ll have to listen the episode. You’re going to love this one! It’s exciting and informative all at the same time. Find it on all podcast platforms such as Spotify, Apple Podcast and so many more. F…
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117B - Eat an elephant one bite at the time (Part 2)
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This is the second part of the interview with Urmi. For the first part, head over to 117A. What do you think will language learning look like in 10 years time? (3:57) Are you an Italiki teacher? (5:29) Why should we talk lessons with you? (English/Italian) Can the students choose the topics? (6:39) Being someone who already learned a lot of vocabul…
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091 | Mike Dumoit & Steve Sarnocinski | Milwaukee Tool
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This is way more than just a podcast about tools though we do dive into that. Mike and Steve have led interesting lives. Mike is from Texas and grew up with a passion for music and Steve is an East coast born and raised US Army veteran. Both of these guys open up to me sharing their stories and lessons learned in life. We also go in-depth about the…
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117A - Fear is the dearest friend of all - Urmi Hossain (Part 1)
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Urmi Hossain is a full-time female worker in the financial services industry. She has been working in this industry for about six years and she comes from an educational background in Finance. She is currently pursuing her CFA designation. In her free time, she volunteers for causes such as women's empowerment and giving back to the non-privileged.…
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BONUS - ChatGPT alias Peter speaking - Artificial intelligence in language learning - AI in languages
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This is a bonus episode. I just couldn't help myself. See for yourself. A special thank goes to Jesus who's intro was fantastic. He manages to inspire and motivate other learners. Please, follow his instagram: Jesus Mtz (@jessuss.mtz) • Instagram-Fotos und -Videos https://www.instagram.com/jessuss.mtz/ Thank you all. Your Daniel Goodson.…
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090 | Veteran Electrical Entry Program (VEEP)
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In this episode I’m joined by a panel of industry professionals to answer a variety of frequently asked questions about how a veteran can transition from active duty to a career as a power lineman. Following this panel discussion are testimonies from four veterans that have just recently entered the Veteran Electrical Entry Program (VEEP) and are w…
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116 - Podcasting as a language learning method - Asyraaf from Malaysia
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English learner Asyraaf from Malaysia tells his language learning story and how he managed conducting more than 100 interviews on his podcast called Content Marketing Hacks. Making the podcast helped him tremendously to become a better English speaker. YouTube version Time stamps: 4:39 Hone your English through Podcasting 7:05 Communication problem…
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089 | Emily Flynn | Positivity rocks
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Emily Flynn is a Line Mechanic (Lineman) from New Zealand. In this episode of Powerline Podcast, we dig into a bunch of topics ranging from traveling the world to mental health to being a female in a male-dominated industry. I really enjoyed this conversation with Emily and I know you’ll get a ton of value from it. 📱FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA📱 Insta…
Why do people read novels? Transcript: We read novels because we want to live, even vicariously, in a world with meaning. Too many senseless events happen in the real world: children die of starvation at the very gates of the wealthy, innocent and admirable people perish in natural disasters, wars that destroy young lives and entire countries are w…
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115 How Luciana from Argentina ended up in Denmark - Traveling Sri Lanka, India, Australia..., Managing people in a foreign language
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Luciana decided to leave her country (Argentina) to become bilingual. Learn more about her journey in which she ended up being in Denmark. Here is the YouTube version of this episode: https://youtu.be/mbvQ_gxty4Q What is the BRAVE85 series? Learn more about it here: 85 - The BRAVE 85 - five interview excerpts What is the WISBOLEP competition? Learn…
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The American Lineman | Ch 07 | OSHA Begins
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This is chapter 07 of the reading of the book The American Lineman. It’s being read by Brady Hansen. The book is written by Alan Drew in collaboration with The Northwest Lineman College (NLC). Go back and listen to all of the previous chapters of The American Lineman on Powerline Podcast. This is a detailed book describing the origins of line work …
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36 I love my wife but she cannot cook. What should I do?
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Never mind if she can’t cook. If she loves you and you love her, that is enough to lead a happy married life. Cooking is not rocket science. Both of you can learn it together. By the way my wife married me in spite of my inability to cook. I married her in spite of her inability to drive. We are a happily married couple. She cooks for me and I driv…
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114 Live English Lesson - The Challenge of Taking a Live Lesson on YouTube - with Enrique from Spain
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Enrique from Spain talks about his experience when he attended several live English lessons on Teacher Zdenek's YouTube Channel. What did he like about it? What was difficult? What did he learn? We touched on several other topics such as Enrique's English journey Perfectionism in language learning. Podcasts for language learning Reading books to im…
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088 | Kaycee Feild | Building a winning mindset
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Kaycee is a six time world champion bareback cowboy from Utah. He come’s from a family of winners and we dive deep on how to create a winning mindset for yourself. We also chat a lot about how important the trades are and why ranch & rodeo kids are a perfect fit.
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113 The Dogme Method - focus on the student (not course books)
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Should we throw our course books and grammar books away??? Well, maybe.... Dogme language teaching is considered to be both a methodology and a movement. Dogme is a communicative approach to language teaching that encourages teaching without published textbooks and focuses instead on conversational communication among learners and teacher. (Wikiped…
Quora.com (Whis is not an official Quora Podcast) https://qr.ae/pvHyKT Difficult words: ambiguity (he presence of two or more possible meanings in a single passage.) cliches (Formally, a cliché is “a trite, stereotyped expression; a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a popular or common thought or idea, that has lost originality, ingenuity, and…
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34 Is it rude to flake on someone? Why do people do it?
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Is it rude to flake on someone? Why do people do it? Transcript: https://share.descript.com/view/9yJOXFDlqpt Original post on Quora.com https://qr.ae/pvFeSG https://qr.ae/pvFeSL Other examples with the expression "to flake on someone": https://www.instagram.com/p/CbA60d2DfUG/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet The one time I actually depend on yo…
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112 From English Learner to Teacher, soon running an English School!
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Learn more about Dorota's English journey and how she became a proficient speaker who is about to run her own English School called "Dragon Dorota Słomiana". Thank you so much Dorota for shareing your experience with us! The langage community can be glad to have you! Get inspired and listen to ep. 112. Dorota: https://www.facebook.com/DragonDorota/…
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087 | Randall Taylor | Be true to yourself
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Randall just recently topped out as a journeyman lineman and is passionate and excited about his future in the trade. We talk about being true to yourself and following your heart when it comes to choosing a career and how nobody is going to just hand you a journeyman ticket. You have to earn it through discipline and hard work. He also shares some…
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111 SPEED LISTENING to level up your target language - Transcriptionist Vince from the Philippines
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Trilingual English speaker Vince from the Philippines shares his valuable tips and tricks on how he became a fluent English speaker. YouTube version (without pictures): https://youtu.be/R9XySsmxYfE YouTube version with pictures: https://youtu.be/YFR13RnpWqE Transcript version: https://share.descript.com/view/cvDEBobDlD4 E-Mail: Myfluentpodcast@gmai…
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110 Social Media to learn English (or any language) with Tchales from Brazil
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In this episode, Tchales from Brazil and Daniel from Switzerland are going to share 4 steps on how to make the best out of Social Media in order to level up one's target language skills. We will break it down in these 4 topics Defining a goal What social media plattform to choose? What should I know before using social media? Strategies to use soci…
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109 Charlie's Spanish Journey - YouTuber Charlie from USA keeps track of his language journey in his YT channel
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It's never too late to better yourself! Dyslexic Spanish learner Charlie from the USA (Texas) keeps track of his Spanish journey in form of a YouTube channel. In this podcast interview, we talk about various methods on how charlie became fluent in Spanish (Italki online lessons, Omegle, VR Chat, Duolingo and more). Charlie is a super learner and I …
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086 | Hank Boldyzar Jr | Live every minute
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Hank is a second generation lineman that’s had a passion for the trade since the second grade. He shares lessons learned over his 24 years in the trade and how amazing it was to have his father as a bucket partner.By Ryan Lucas
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085 | Jude Jolma | The do's and don'ts
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Jude Jolma returns to Powerline Podcast for the second time. If you want to know his full story go back and listen to episode 31. Jude is a lineman and now IBEW Local 125 rep. He gives us some great insights from this new perspective.By Ryan Lucas
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108 Multilingual Language teacher and learner Kenny from Belgium - Somethingpolyglot.com
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Kenny is a multilingual online teacher on ITALKI. He is also a passionate language learner himself. In this interview, we talk about leaving our comfort zone in order to level up our language skills. How can we make introvert learners at ease so that they can speak up and improve their speaking skills? We talk about finding the right online teacher…
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107 Catching up with Stephen Devincenzi from SEND7
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Stephen Devincenzi, founder and host of SEND7 interviews Daniel Godson! Topics are: Swiss language, Swiss food, Swiss military, Argentina and more... YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/BZMFFcaM8Dk Transcript version to read along while listenig: https://share.descript.com/view/rayvXsN27c9 Time Stamps: 0:00:01 Why is Stephen interviewing Daniel? 0:00…
Audiogram version: https://share.descript.com/view/8wPOQ3qrGey Transcript: Today's question on Quora Knows Best is how to be more focused. And the answer comes from Rafael Eliassen and it goes like this: 1. Keeping a straight poster, your body language controls, how you feel and vice versa. 2. Create a reward system. Willpower is hard to muster. Wh…
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32 🎞️VIDEO🎞️ What has happened to the 1960s hippies, and where are they now?
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32 What has happened to the 1960s hippies, and where are they now?
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106 - The Language Secret - John Stedman - How to Learn a Foreign Language: Or. How to Speak 10 Languages. Badly
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John Stedman speaks 10 languages. Listen to this interview based episode of My Fluent Podcast. John, the author of the book (which is titled "The Language Secret") spent many years as a linguist in Africa and frequently met people who spoke up to ten languages. Some of them could not even read. All of them had stumbled upon The Language Secret. The…
This is a special episode specifically drawing your attention to the Power Discord. What’s a Discord? Check out this episode for the answer to that question. Zeus Hawaii has created the first-ever discord for line workers and it’s amazing! Big shout out to Kenny Adams from Linetalkers Podcast for pulling us all together for this episode and Cyril (…
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105 - How to learn languages with podcasts
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You're gonna learn why using podcasts is a great way to learn languages and how you should use them to get the most out of it. With the help of podcasts you can easily level up your target language - in an interesting way. We got Alastair Budge (creator of the English LEARNING For Curious Minds PODCAST) onto My Fluent Podcast to talk about using po…
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083 | Kyle Kropog | Invest in the future
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