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vote with your dollars and
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I'm a member of the
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here at PBS Wisconsin. And
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today, you are providing
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Bridgeman. I'm a volunteer
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becoming a sustaining
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I'm a sustaining member.
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I've made a commitment to
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It just keeps coming

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during pledge drives we
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your support will be
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you that the NewsHour has
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Hi, I'm David Hoffert, a
Wisconsin, watching along

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Wisconsin, watching along
with you at Tractor Wars.

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And, you know, thinking
about how this really is

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one of those programs that
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Wisconsin is, right? It's a
it's a history documentary

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about the kind of thing
that, like, you don't learn

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about this in history class.
Maybe you haven't even

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thought about, you know,
making a documentary about

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the history of the tractor.
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foundational element of
American society and of and

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of Midwest culture. And so,
of course, it's PBS

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Wisconsin that dives deep
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something that you just
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otherwise. Right. That's
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Wisconsin, and it's exactly
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PBS Wisconsin if programs
like this that you don't

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find anywhere else on
television matter to you.

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You got to call that number
right now, one

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(800) 236-3636.
>> Hi, I'm Andrew Carlson

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and I'm a member of the
community engagement team

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here at PBS Wisconsin. And
if you become a member with

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PBS Wisconsin and join us
with a gift today, we will

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be happy to provide a gift
to you as a thank you.

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We've got some great gifts
today to share that will

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deepen your understanding
of the Tractor Wars and

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this program. So at the $10
a month level, you will you

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can choose either the DVD
of this very program that

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you're watching or the
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will give a deep dive
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Look into more details
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that you're learning about.
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you will receive both the
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a thank you. And then if
you join us at the $25 a

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month level, we'll be
really excited to thank you

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with even more. You'll get
the DVD, you'll get the

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book. You'll also receive a
PBS Wisconsin hat, a great

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hat, and a nice color, and
then a the Tractor Wars mug.

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So this mug is also pretty
special. It's got two

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tractors on it. Nice size,
great deep blue inside.

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It'd be great with your
coffee and tea in the

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morning. So give us a call
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>> Hi, I'm Michael
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here at PBS Wisconsin, and
we are glad to bring

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programs like this to you.
For me, it's kind of

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interesting because when
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1911, 1912, right in there,
which is exactly the time

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when my grandfather was
setting up a farm he had

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purchased in Wisconsin. So
it gives me an idea of what

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he was doing at the time.
Excuse me. I'm not being

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emotional. I'm just a
little throat problem here.

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I want to talk to you about
sustaining membership. That

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is an ongoing support. It's
a way to make ongoing

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support to PBS Wisconsin by
having money taken from

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your checking account or
your charge account. The

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thing is, you remain in
charge. I'm a sustaining

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member. I decide when to. I
decided when to start it. I

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increased it recently. That
was my choice. I could

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decrease it or end it if I
wanted to, but I won't.

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Sustaining membership is
very important and this is

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your opportunity to become
a sustaining member at

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1-800-236-3636.
>> So let's talk about the

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why for a moment, right?
Because let's be honest, if

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you're not yet a member of
PBS Wisconsin, here you are.

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You're watching Tractor
Wars, you're enjoying it.

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You didn't have to pay,
right? Why would you pick

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up the phone and give us
that call? Well, the word I

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want you to think about is
accountability, right? PBS

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Wisconsin, the P and PBS
stands for public. And with

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your help, we can keep
public media public

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accountable to the public,
driven by the community

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serving your interests
because you're the one

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providing the money to make
it possible. And you know,

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that sounds so simple, but
it's it's such a unique

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aspect in the media
landscape. Nothing else is

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quite like that. And it's
accountable to you

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precisely because you
participate. So if you're

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already a member, thank you.
And if you're sustaining

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member all the more, thank
you. If you're not yet, now

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is the time to join us.
1-800-236-3636.

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>> That's right. Now is the
time to join us. If you're

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enjoying the film that
you're watching with us

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tonight by becoming a
sustaining member, we'd

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love to thank you with that
very film. So at the $10 a

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month level, you can choose
the DVD to receive to

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receive as a thank you or
the book. Tractor Wars.

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I've got to say that this
cover is really captivating

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as well. It's really
reminiscent of rural

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America. The colors are
great, so the DVD or the

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book would make a great
gift for someone in your

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life who loves tractors.
Then at the $15 a month

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level, you will receive as
a thank you both the DVD

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and the book, and then at
the $25 a month level, we'd

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love to thank you with the
DVD, the book Tractor Wars

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the PBS Wisconsin hat,
which just looks like it's

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got to be worn outside,
maybe on the tractor, if

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someone you know has a
tractor and they need a hat

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like this to, to be wearing,
once they're on it, that'd

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be great. And then included
in that $25 a month level

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>> And that idea that

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Michael was just saying is
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which case you'll get the
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what we need to sustain,
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>> And we'd love to have

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you join us as a member of
PBS Wisconsin. And when you

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do tonight, we have these
great gifts to share with

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you as a thank you. We've
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the program that you're
watching. You can watch it

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again and again at home or
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and love the Tractor Wars
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both of these. And then at
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we've got the DVD for you,
the book, the Hat, and the

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exclusive Tractor Wars mug.
So be thinking about who

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are these folks in your
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about what happens. And
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we love to share with you
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do consider now becoming a
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Hi, I'm David Hoffert, a
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you're enjoying this
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much as I am and really
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think about part of Midwest
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now is the time to show
your financial support for

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programs like Tractor Wars
on PBS Wisconsin. Because

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this is a challenge break.
Current PBS Wisconsin

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members have made an extra
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break, only your dollars
will be doubled and we are

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going for 20 calls. During
this break. I want to hear

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from 20 folks saying, you
know what? This program is

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special. This station is
special. This kind of

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programing matters to me.
And the best way to let us

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know that that's the case
for you is to give us a

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call, 1-800-236-3636.
>> And just like David, I'm

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documentaries is it leaves
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piques the curiosity. And
if you're one of those

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people that also has their
curiosity piqued, then

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we've got a great thank you
gift for you. The Tractor

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Wars book is the chapter by
chapter deep dive into all

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things Tractor Wars,
covering the same time

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frame as the film, but you
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and a lot of your own
questions answered. So at

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$10 a month, we'll thank
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book or the DVD and that
$15 a month. We'll thank

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you with both the book and
the DVD. Now, you've

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already seen the film,
maybe be thinking about who

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do you want to send this
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enthusiast in your life
that you'd like to share it

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with? And then at the $25 a
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sustainer at $25 a month,
we'd love to thank you with

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the DVD, the book, and then
you'll also receive the PBS

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Wisconsin Hat and also the
the Tractor Wars mug. So

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give us a call
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>> And your last name?
Andrew mentioned the idea

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of a sustaining membership,
and that's really a good

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that you've made a
commitment to say every

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of PBS Wisconsin. It helps
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because you don't have to
write a whole bunch of

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remember what you owe this

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because it's a steady
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it easier for PBS Wisconsin
to anticipate what kind of

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funding is coming in to
support all the fabulous

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stuff that you enjoy that
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station. So think about
becoming a sustaining

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member, and you can do that
at different levels and you

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can change it. You can
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You are still in the
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to sustaining membership.
But in order to get that

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(800) 236-3636.
>> You know, there are

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other places that you can
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program about history.
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honest with myself, I'm
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the last time I watched a
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wasn't on PBS? It's it's
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yeah, they're out there.
But you know what? You're

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definitely not going to
find anywhere else is a

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history documentary that
connects directly to our

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community here in Wisconsin,
farming culture in

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Wisconsin, Midwest culture.
Because PBS Wisconsin can

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be responsive, in fact,
must be responsive to the

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needs of our community. Our
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local community members.
There's just certain topics

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that don't lend themselves
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commercial funding
structure that every other

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producer of this kind of
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that's why this challenge
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We're going for 20 calls.
We're already a quarter of

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the way there. We've got
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loud here in the studio.
That's great. That lets us

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know that this kind of
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and that's why we keep
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case, we sort it out from
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Sometimes we make it
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that we is that we know
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doing that.
>> 1-800-236-3636 and if

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the member challenge wasn't
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over the fence to give
today, we have some

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fantastic thank you gifts
at the $10 a month level

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you will receive as a thank
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Wars DVD or the Tractor
Wars book, which would look

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great on the coffee table
at home on the shelf. Great

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information in there. At
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you'll receive both the DVD
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$25 a month level you'll
receive as a thank you the

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DVD, the book, the Tractor
Wars Mug, and the PBS

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Wisconsin hat, and our
volunteers that are waiting

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on standby on the other end
of the phone. They're

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fantastic and they make it
easy for you. So maybe

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you're thinking there's
someone in your life that

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you'd like to gift one of
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They make it easy when you
give them a call. Just have

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that name and address ready.
So give us a call

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1-800-236-3636.
>> We have eight calls on

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our way to the challenge of
20 calls. 20 calls during

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this particular pledge
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So be one of the 12 who
will get us to that goal of

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20 calls during this
challenge break. And

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remember that everyone who
is a member of PBS

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Wisconsin, every household
that pledges thirty five

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dollars or more per year
receives "Airwaves"

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magazine, a program guide
that comes to you once a

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month for the term of your
membership. It's a great

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resource for planning your
viewing, for finding out

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some of the things coming
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for finding out about some
out about some of the

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projects and people 'atPBS
Wisconsin. It's one of

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those nice benefits of your
support at $35 or more. And

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as Andrew's been explaining,
in some cases, there are

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additional benefits. Really,
the bottom line benefit

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always is what you see on
the screen. It's the

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programs that you watch
that you enjoy, that you

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can't live without in some
way to support those. Call

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now at (800) 236-3636.
>> We are at least halfway

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to our goal. My my personal
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than what I. Okay, there we
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Yeah, boy, we're three
quarters of the way to our

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goal of 20 calls. And you
know what? I have good news.

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If we if we reach 20 calls,
we'll still keep taking

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your calls. All the more
reason why we're going to

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know that this that this
kind of programing is

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something that you value
and support and want more

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of the numbers that are on
your screen one (800)2,

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three, six, three, six,
three, six. Looking for

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five more calls during this
break. Just a few minutes

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left to support Tractor
Wars, but also the other

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documentaries on PBS
Wisconsin and also the

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other educational
programing on PBS Wisconsin.

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We have documentaries like
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have h volumes of kids
programing and educational

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programing programs that we
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classrooms. The the
educational mission of PBS

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Wisconsin is so significant.
And you are supporting not

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just Tractor Wars, but all
of that when you call and

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have your money doubled,
one (800)2, 363, 636.

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>> And the phones are
ringing, which is really

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exciting to hear. So if
you're waiting to get

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through, stay on the line.
Our volunteers are really

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excited to talk with you.
And remember when you join

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us today as a PBS Wisconsin
member, you will receive

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one of our thank you gifts
or more than one of our

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thank you gifts. At $10 a
month, we. You will be able

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to take home either the DVD
Tractor Wars or the book

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Tractor Wars. At $15 a
month, you will receive as

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a. Thank you both the DVD
and the book and. At $25 a

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month, we'd love to thank
you with the book, the DVD,

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the PBS Wisconsin Hat, and
the Tractor Wars mug. Now,

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David and Michael, they've
been talking about some of

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the other benefits you get
as a PBS Wisconsin member.

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And one of those benefits
is your access to PBS

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Passport, where you can
stream so many more PBS and

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PBS Wisconsin films and
shows. Let's learn a little

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bit more about that. So
with that, let's take a

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look.
>> You're watching PBS

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Plus, when you support PBS

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>> You ain't seen nothing
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>> Your investment makes
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you, your family, and your
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gift at any of the levels
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>> Earlier this evening,

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Andrew and I were talking
about being sons of the

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Midwest that our
grandparents, our

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grandfathers, at least one
grandfather on in our

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families was in fact, of
course, a farmer. And you

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go back further and even
more people were farmers.

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Farming has become more
concentrated, but is still

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an important part of the
fabric of life in Wisconsin

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and throughout the upper
Midwest. And a program like

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this makes it richer and
deeper. It's interesting to

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find out about the
transition into mechanized

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farming and just the kind
of stuff that was going on

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and what was going on in
people's heads, and what

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was Henry Ford thinking and
all this kind of stuff.

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It's a great program. Very
much connects to life for

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us here in Wisconsin and
all of us, whether we have

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farming in our background
or not. And it's a good

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reason to call and show
your support to PBS

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Wisconsin. You may learn
something from it. Your

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kids may learn something.
Your grandkids may learn

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something. Somebody is
going to get some

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information out of this
that may pique their

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curiosity. If that's the
case and you want to

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support this kind of thing,
then give us a call

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>> So I'm noticing

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something listening to our
phone bank here in the

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studio. I haven't heard a
phone ring in a while, but

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I am hearing every single
one of our volunteers

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talking to one of you. What
that tells me is there

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might be some of you who
are currently waiting to

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get through. That's okay.
As long as you have

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initiated your call during
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on the line. When you get
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still be matched, and the
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potentially having a hard
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such an incredible sign of
the support that you are

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wanting to give to this
program tonight and to PBS

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Wisconsin as a whole. I was
talking a bit before about

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all the different types of
educational programing we

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have, whether it's
documentaries or kids

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programing, but of course,
it's so much more than that.

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It's the science programing
and the nature programing

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and the the dramas,
especially the British

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dramas. And at least for me,
it's, it's that local

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programing, it's the stuff
that you literally would

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never find anywhere else.
It's the programing with a

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sense of place. That is
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special to me. I bet you
feel similarly, and that's

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why we need your pledge of
support right now.

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1-800-236-3636.

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%

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There's always a lower low

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Hi, I'm
here at PBS Wisconsin. And

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as we finish watching this
documentary, Tractor Wars

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together, I want to say
first and first and

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foremost, thank you.
Whether you are already a

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member of PBS Wisconsin or
whether you're about to

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become a member of PBS
Wisconsin, it is viewers

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like you that make programs
like Tractor Wars possible.

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We. We are the public in
public media. And if you

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are wondering when is the
right time to make that

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pledge of support, that
time is now. The numbers

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are there on the bottom of
your screen, one (800)2

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3636, three six. If you
have just watched a program

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and said, gosh, I really
enjoyed that. And you know,

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I, I can't think of
anywhere else, I would have

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seen a program quite like
that. Then that's your cue.

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That's how you know that
this matters to you and

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that you want to be part of
making future programing

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like this possible.
1-800-236-3636.

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>> Hi, I'm Andrew Carlson,
I'm a member of the

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community engagement team
here at PBS Wisconsin, and

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I'm sure that you have been
really enjoying this

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Tractor Wars film. And if
you're anything like me,

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you probably have some
questions. You want to

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watch something again, you
want a deeper dive into

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these Tractor Wars and how
it's all how it's all

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working out in this history.
And we have some fantastic

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gifts that can help you
with that. So if you join

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us at PBS Wisconsin for $10
a month, you can choose

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either the Tractor Wars DVD
or the Tractor Wars book,

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which you'll get you really
deep into everything that's

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20:18:28,583 --> 20:18:30,792
going on among these
Tractor Wars and who's

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coming out on top. Then at
the $15 a month level,

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you'll receive both the
book and the DVD, and then

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at the $25 a month level,
you'll receive as a thank

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you the book, the DVD, the
Tractor Wars mug, which has

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two Tractor Wars on it, the
Tractor Wars logo. It's a

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great mug. It's got this
beautiful blue inside.

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Great for the coffee and
the tea and the hat. So

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you'll get at the $25 level,
the book, the DVD, the hat

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and the mug. And with that,
I'm gonna hand it off to

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Michael. Give us a call
1-800-236-3636.

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20:19:07,083 --> 20:19:09,458
>> I'm Michael Bridgeman,
I'm a volunteer here. I

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used to work here, but I've
been a faithful volunteer

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now for more than a decade
because I believe in public

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television and want to
encourage you to support

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public television. I'm one
of 80,000 households that

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support public television
here in Wisconsin, at PBS

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Wisconsin. But more
important, I'm a sustaining

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member of this organization.
That means that I've made a

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deal, if you will. I've
decided I want to give

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monthly gifts to PBS
Wisconsin. It's better for

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me in terms of planning.
It's better for PBS

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Wisconsin in terms of
planning as well. So I have

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an arrangement with my bank.
And every month PBS

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Wisconsin is entitled to X
amount of money. It's a

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wonderful arrangement. I
get what I want, I get easy

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to do support for public
television, and I get to

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support public television
in a good, consistent way.

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And public television gets
my consistent support. It

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really works on both sides
of the equation. It's a

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wonderful idea, and this is
a wonderful opportunity for

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you to become a sustaining
member at whatever level

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you think will work for you.
It's really easy to do.

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Give us a call or go to the
website. You can call us

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now at (800) 236-3636.
>> You know, PBS Wisconsin

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has been serving the people
of Wisconsin for over 70

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years at this point.
Wisconsin Public Radio,

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which was among the first
public radio stations in

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the country over 100 years.
And here's an interesting

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connection to Tractor Wars,
the original purpose of

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public broadcasting was
weather reports for farmers.

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And then it grew. It grew
over the generations

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because people said, well,
if we can do weather

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reports for farmers, we can
probably also do

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educational programing for
children. And if we can do

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educational programing for
children, well then you

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know what? We can bring you
the kind of heartfelt

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dramas that don't have the
sensationalism of all the

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other television stations
that are developing. And

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each successive generation
found a new purpose for

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public media. And now
you're part of the next

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generation, right? What
what purpose can we serve

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now and going forward, how
can we continue to grow

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this service to benefit the
entire community across the

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state? Well, it starts with
you picking up the phone

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and calling one (800)2
three six, three, 636.

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>> And what an amazing
legacy to be a part of. And

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I want to thank you. And
PBS Wisconsin wants to

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thank you for being a part
of that to our members. And

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if you're thinking about
joining us today, today is

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now is the time the perfect
time to join us? Join us at

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the $10 a month level, and
we'd love to thank you with

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the Tractor Wars book or
the Tractor Wars DVD. And

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at the $15 a month level,
you can take home as a

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thank you, the book and the
DVD you don't have to

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choose. And then at the $25
a month level, we'd love to

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thank you with the book,
the DVD, this PBS Wisconsin

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hat, which is a great. It's
just belongs to the outside.

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I think I said it earlier,
but I think it's for

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someone who's driving a
tractor. So think about

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that person in your life
who you'd love to give this

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hat to, and then the mug as
well. So at $25 a month,

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you get the book, the DVD,
the hat and the mug. And

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beyond that, thank you gift.
I think you love knowing

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that you're a part of the
PBS Wisconsin community

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here. With that, give us a
call 1-800-236-3636.

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>> Among the special
members, we should make a

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point of thanking. We thank
all members, of course,

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everyone who supports PBS
Wisconsin, but a special

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group are those who are
members of the Heritage

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Society. That's a group of
people who have included

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PBS Wisconsin in their
estate plans, in their

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20:22:46,583 --> 20:22:49,542
wills, so that there's an
ongoing gift even after

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20:22:49,542 --> 20:22:52,875
they're gone. And you can
easily take care of that by

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20:22:52,875 --> 20:22:55,999
visiting our website, you
can give us a call. There's

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20:22:55,999 --> 20:22:58,625
information on our website
about that or in the

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20:22:58,625 --> 20:23:01,750
current issue of airwaves
as well. The point is, we'd

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20:23:01,750 --> 20:23:03,999
love to hear from you if
you are interested in

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20:23:03,999 --> 20:23:06,999
making an estate gift to
PBS Wisconsin. It's just

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another way to be sure that
the service that you enjoy

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continues into the future
for others to enjoy through

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across the whole state of
Wisconsin, whether it's a

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20:23:17,542 --> 20:23:20,041
regular membership, an
estate plan, whatever. Give

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20:23:20,041 --> 20:23:22,999
us a call, find out more
about PBS Wisconsin, and

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make a commitment at
(800) 236-3636.

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>> The Heritage Society is
a wonderful example of a

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special group of members
who are going above and

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beyond to do their part for
PBS Wisconsin. Here's

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20:23:37,625 --> 20:23:40,250
another one. Members of our
leadership circles. There's

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the director's circle and
the producer's circle.

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These are folks who are
giving $100 a month or

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quite a bit more, in fact,
at times, because they have

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the means, right? Not all
of us have the means to do

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something like that, but
those who do and who value

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20:23:54,834 --> 20:23:57,041
the programs on PBS
Wisconsin, they're stepping

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up, and some of them have
been doing that for years

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and years and years. Some
of them stepped up more

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recently when the when the
federal funding dried up,

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they said, you know what,
I'm going to help fill that

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gap. I have the ability and
I have the passion. And you

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really you think about it.
Public media has never been

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20:24:12,750 --> 20:24:15,542
more public than it is
right now, because we are

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relying all the more on
folks, whether it's $5 a

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month or $100 a month. To
make that possible, give us

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a call 1-800-236-3636.
>> And we'd love to have

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you join us as a member
with PBS Wisconsin. Okay,

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folks, this is the last
look at our gifts tonight

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that we'd love to thank you
with. We have some amazing

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20:24:36,208 --> 20:24:38,458
volunteers that are waiting
to talk to you. And I don't

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want you to miss a chance
to talk to one of these

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amazing volunteers. So give
us a call 1-800-236-3636 at

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the $10 a month level. We'd
love to thank you with the

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20:24:49,667 --> 20:24:53,333
Tractor Wars book or the
Tractor Wars DVD. Then at

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the $15 a month level, we'd
love to thank you with both

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the book and the DVD and at
the $25 a month level,

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20:25:02,208 --> 20:25:06,959
we'll send you the book,
the DVD, the PBS Wisconsin

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Hat, and the Tractor Wars
mug. Now, you might be

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thinking, I know someone in
my life who. I'd love to

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give this as a gift. Our
volunteers make that easy,

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have their name, have their
address ready so that you

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can tell them over the
phone and we can send that

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thank you gift directly to
them. So visit us on the

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website pbswisconsin.org to
make a donation, or give us

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a call at 1-800-236-3636.
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>> And remember, when you
do make that call or go

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online and become a member
at any of these levels,

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we've been suggesting
you'll get "Airwaves"

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magazine, our program guide,
once a month for the coming

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year. A real good benefit
of your support for PBS

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Wisconsin. Another
wonderful benefit is PBS

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Passport, which is a
library of streaming

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programs, including things
you may have seen or heard

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about on the air, things
that haven't yet come to

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the air or may never be on
the air. That's an

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interesting collection of
programs from around the

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world on PBS. Passport one
of the benefits you get as

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a member of PBS Wisconsin
at $35 or more per year. So

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all these membership levels
were suggesting certainly

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qualify you for access to
PBS Passport. So what you

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see on the air is wonderful.
It's unforgettable and

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absolutely essential. But
there's more. And this is

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one way to get access to
that more, all made

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possible by the 8000
households that are members

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of PBS Wisconsin and made
possible by you, I hope.

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And if so, I say thank you.
If not, go to the phone now

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and call (800) 236-3636.
>> You're as aware as I am

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that it's been a
challenging time for public

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broadcasting in recent
months and years. There was

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a significant shift in the
funding landscape, and

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there was there was
consternation, right? How

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how is public media going
to survive this, this major

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removal of of a funding
source. And I can't speak

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for for every station out
there, but I can tell you

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that a PBS Wisconsin, you
stepped up and you filled

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that gap. And here we are
as strong as ever because

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of viewers like you. The
key now is to keep it going,

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to keep PBS Wisconsin
strong together, to sustain

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the momentum that we've
built. And you can do your

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part by giving us a call,
1-800-236-3636. Thanks for

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watching.
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