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Hi, INRW 0340.

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Welcome back to ACC.

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I hope that you had, was able to relax 
on your extended Spring Break.

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But now we're back to 
finish out the semester.

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I'm using this medium as a way to
introduce, the way, um,

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the structure of the course,
um, through May.

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Due to the virus that's, you know, 
crippling our country,

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ACC has decided that all courses,
face-to-face courses, will move online,

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and so that includes us.

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So I want to kind of cover a 
few things that, um, have changed.

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Um, and so you can be mindful
of that and respond accordingly.

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A couple of days ago, I uploaded 
a revised, uh, syllabi,

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or syllabus, excuse me, syllabus,

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that outlines some changes that will be 
made to your grading, as well as your,

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um, assignment submissions 
and as far as exams.

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The first thing I want to address
is, uh, attendance.

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Uh, for this course, prior to Spring Break,
there was a attendance requirement

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and it was part of your grade.

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Um, but it still stays, up until 
Spring Break, but after Spring Break,

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starting Monday, March the 30th, 
the attendance will not be, um,

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calculated the way that it was previously.

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Basically your attendance is just you,

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is your participation, your 
getting your assignments done

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your checking in, your doing your work, 
that is your participation grade.

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There will be no more attendance
taking going forward.

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Another thing is your assignments.

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All of your assignments will be 
submitted through Blackboard.

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I-I do believe, um, 0340, paired with 
Sociology, has had extensive experience

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with me uploading assignments
into Blackboard.

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I'm not sure about 0430 with English 1301.

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So you guys will have to reach out
to me if you're having difficulty,

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not sure how to upload 
assignments in Blackboard,

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and I can do a little, 
mini, um, introduction

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to how to do that as well for you.

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So just let me know.

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Another thing that has changed
is, uh, your exams.

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Your exams will—

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We have two left in the semester and
they will all be on Blackboard.

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Uh, they will be timed.

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Most likely they will be open-book.

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Uh, so, you, you, it's good that
you study, but you will

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have the opportunity to use your notes.

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The longer you're in your notes, the less
time you will have to finish your exam.

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So take that in consideration.

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So don't just go "I'm not gonna study,

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I'm not gonna be prepared;

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I'll just use my notes or 
books when I get the test."

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Remember, the test is timed, so if 
you are constantly looking up things,

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you're more likely gonna run
out of time to finish your exam.

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And that will count against you.

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So just be mindful of that.

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Another thing with your assignment
submission, uh, previously, you had

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an extra day past the due date 
to turn in your assignments,

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because of this changes, because of the
changes that are happening,

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I've decided to go ahead and 
allow an extra week.

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And that assignment will be, 
there will be a due date,

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and it will be at midnight that you
have to submit your work.

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It will not be taken after
that time period.

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So, for instance, if I say the due date 
is March the 30th, you have until,

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I believe it's, uh, April, I think, 7th.

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It's on time March the 30th, but it's late

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between March the 30th and April the 7th.

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And after April the 7th, 
it will not be accepted.

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So you will have a week to get it done.

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So, and you'll lose 10% or 10 points, 
whichever is greater, on the assignment.

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I've outlined that in your syllabus.

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So please take this time to 
go ahead and look at it.

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Like I said, it's been updated in the 
Syllabus Textbook section of Blackboard.

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Um, another thing that has 
changed is, of course,

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how we are going to be communicating

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with one another.
Since we are not on campus,

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then, um, email, uh, phone, 
and live streaming

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are going to be our options.

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Uh, please email me, feel free
to email me, of course.

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Uh, if my response or my reply
is going to be extensive,

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I'll probably tell you to call me.

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Um, or I could tell you, you know 
these are some dates

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I'm available so we can livestream,

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and we can have this back 
and forth conversation

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or discussion about your question.

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Um, I don't, I'm trying to 
avoid sending long emails.

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Uh, that's very cumbersome
and time consuming,

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and then you're having to reply

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and then there's a loss in translation
in terms of understanding

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what's being said.

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Did we accurately write what we meant?

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So it's a lot, it's going to lead to 
a lot of back and forth,

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so I just want to minimize that 
as much as possible.

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So even if you ask me a question and
my reply is going to be extensive,

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I'm going to reach back and say 
call me or, you know, log in to, uh,

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Blackboard collaborate for 
further information.

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Um, call my office: 512-223-0067.

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Of course I'm not in my office,
but that number

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has been forwarded to my private number.

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Uh, so I will be more than happy to, 
I'll be answering those.

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If by chance you are reaching out to me 
about the phone and I'm not responding,

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then that must be a disconnect with
the phone, so send me an email

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saying hey I've been trying to call you,

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and then we'll, and then we'll 
kind of go from there.

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Um, what I want to emphasize with 
this new format going online,

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is that it's going to require a 
significant amount of self-discipline and

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a significant amount of self-motivation

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for you to complete the course.

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Because now, you're no longer 
going to a class, coming on campus,

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walking up the steps, 
going into the classroom.

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You're now going to have to be very
intentional about trying to sit down,

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read what's available to 
you, since you process that,

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and do the work or reach out for 
questions, and, uh,

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questions, if you have questions
or need clarification.

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So it's going to require a lot from you.

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And so the stretching out of the homework 
and those kinds of things,

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I'm hoping is going to help
with the transition.

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Please don't take advantage of it, 
because I will not be able to respond

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to something, um, if you have a 
question the night before it's due.

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That's not gonna work.

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So, it didn't work when we were on campus,
trying to make that happen now

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is almost, is gonna be almost 
impossible to do as well.

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Uh, I do, uh, there was a question 
that was brought up to me, uh,

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with my colleague, um, 
in terms of availability.

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You guys, I'm not available at night.

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So, you know, trying to reach me
after 5:00 is off the table.

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Get me during those office hours, 
uh, which are on the syllabus.

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Reach, you can reach me through
my office hours, but I will be responding

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to you beyond the office hours, if I can.

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But definitely not, you know, 
in the evening.

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Um, so, just because we're online 
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you to think that I'm available 24 hours,
that's not the case.

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Uh, but I will try to respond to you 
timely, you know, timely because I will be

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sitting and working and doing, 
you know, on the computer.

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Uh, please be, uh, patient with me as 
I'm learning this new medium.

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Um, I'm, this was a severe crash course
in even putting this video together.

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It took me three days to do this.

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Uh, so I'm now trying to figure out how 
to edit my videos, so you're probably

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gonna get a lot of stuff you don't want
to hear, or some weird things.

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I apologize to you up front about that.

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Hopefully I'll get better in editing 
by the end of the semester.

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If not, we're just, just push through it, 
just push through it,

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cause our goal, our goal and
objective is to finish

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this semester and finish it successfully.

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Um, if there is a concern 
about your grade,

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all I can tell you is stay on top of it

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and make an effort.

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Make an effort.

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Self-discipline is what it's gonna take.

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And make an effort.

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Uh, questions, don't, you know,
don't hesitate to ask.

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I will also, I also encourage you to, 
uh, at the beginning of the semester

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I told you about the sending 
an email link in Blackboard,

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on the left side of your screen 
to your classmates or peers,

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I strongly encourage you to communicate
with one another about,

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on topics, clarification or 
those kinds of things.

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Don't just feel like I'm the only one
that can talk to you.

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I will be available.

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But, you know, you have 
other sources to use.

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So please use those.

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Um, prior to the Spring semester,

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we did some extensive note taking on SQ3R

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which is guiding the rest of our 
assignments for the remaining semester.

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It is important that you have those notes 
accessible, um, and refer to those notes.

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In addition, we also, you took
lots of notes weeks

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early on main idea and supporting detail

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make sure that you have 
access to those as well.

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If you don't, then please use the send
an email link to your peers to get

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that information because I don't 
have any notes for you.

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You're going to have to reach out 
to your peers to get that information.

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Um, I will say that Blackboard will still
be organized in the way its always been.

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The current, because what we're talking 
about now, if you need anything

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that happened a week ago, previous week, 
then you're going to have to go

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to the previous folder, previous 
week folder, open it up, and then search

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for the information you're looking for.

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So I'm trying to keep that as, 
um, familiar as possible.

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Uh, these are trying times, 
but we can do this.

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We will do this.

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Um, I'm very confident in what you can do.

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I'm very confident in what I can do.

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And between the both of us, this is, 
we're gonna end this on a high note.

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Again if you have any questions, 
please reach out and ask.

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But, uh, practice, uh, 
good social distancing.

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Stay safe.

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Stay healthy.

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Get out and breathe some fresh air.

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Get some exercise when you can.

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Thank you so much.

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And I look forward to visiting 
with you in the near future.

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Thank you.