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I truly, truly appreciate"},{"speaker":"Gary Michaels","startTime":2249.082,"endTime":2249.442,"body":"it."},{"speaker":"R. Scott Edwards","startTime":2249.538,"endTime":2251.626,"body":"Well, it's been a real pleasure and"},{"speaker":"R. Scott Edwards","startTime":2251.65,"endTime":2253.81,"body":"some great information. Thanks so much for"},{"speaker":"R. Scott Edwards","startTime":2253.842,"endTime":2255.73,"body":"sharing it. And Andy Gross at comic"},{"speaker":"R. Scott Edwards","startTime":2255.762,"endTime":2258.626,"body":"Ventriloquist helped put this together. So thank"},{"speaker":"R. Scott Edwards","startTime":2258.65,"endTime":2260.746,"body":"you to him, ladies and gentlemen. If"},{"speaker":"R. Scott Edwards","startTime":2260.77,"endTime":2263.09,"body":"you're cruising around, especially the east side"},{"speaker":"R. Scott Edwards","startTime":2263.122,"endTime":2266.97,"body":"of the country, Florida, Kentucky, those areas,"},{"speaker":"R. 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