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what 00:26:07.890 --> 00:26:07.900 align:start position:0% that was a majority of I would say what 00:26:07.900 --> 00:26:11.880 align:start position:0% that was a majority of I would say what was<00:26:08.049> getting<00:26:09.120> so<00:26:10.120> was<00:26:10.240> on<00:26:10.390> automated<00:26:11.110> a<00:26:11.260> lot<00:26:11.799> of 00:26:11.880 --> 00:26:11.890 align:start position:0% was getting so was on automated a lot of 00:26:11.890 --> 00:26:14.880 align:start position:0% was getting so was on automated a lot of it<00:26:12.010> no<00:26:12.220> I<00:26:12.250> wouldn't<00:26:12.580> say<00:26:12.640> all<00:26:12.850> of<00:26:12.880> them<00:26:13.059> but<00:26:13.890> the 00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:14.890 align:start position:0% it no I wouldn't say all of them but the 00:26:14.890 --> 00:26:24.690 align:start position:0% it no I wouldn't say all of them but the attacks<00:26:15.309> on<00:26:15.549> people<00:26:15.850> that<00:26:15.940> I<00:26:16.000> used 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is where we're 00:29:26.080 --> 00:29:28.830 align:start position:0% I think it's positive is where we're seeing<00:29:26.710> surpluses<00:29:27.310> that<00:29:27.550> we<00:29:27.850> saw<00:29:28.030> an 00:29:28.830 --> 00:29:28.840 align:start position:0% seeing surpluses that we saw an 00:29:28.840 --> 00:29:31.230 align:start position:0% seeing surpluses that we saw an unprecedented<00:29:29.500> surplus<00:29:30.190> the<00:29:30.670> first<00:29:30.940> time<00:29:31.120> in 00:29:31.230 --> 00:29:31.240 align:start position:0% unprecedented surplus the first time in 00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:34.290 align:start position:0% unprecedented surplus the first time in quite<00:29:31.930> a<00:29:31.990> while<00:29:32.260> in<00:29:33.220> terms<00:29:33.250> of<00:29:33.610> our<00:29:33.730> state 00:29:34.290 --> 00:29:34.300 align:start position:0% quite a while in terms of our state 00:29:34.300 --> 00:29:55.539 align:start position:0% quite a while in terms of our state 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