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you did a renewable energy acquisition, and you did pdc, which was colorado, so i'm asking, rather thano to the big dog that we may have to talk to that isn't complete, how are those, and how did they help you? >> jim, you're right it was a really strong first quarter, and of course, those acquisitions, along with our base business contributed to strong operational performance, strong financial performance and strong shareholder returns operationally, this was the highest first quarter production in the history of our company and the first quarter u.s. production was up 35% versus last year. on financial performance,ninth straight quarter with adjusted earnings greater than $5 billion and all that translates to really strong returns to shareholders this is the eighth consecutive quarter where we have returned over $5 billion in cash to shareholders so, strong contributions from our core, ongoing business, and of course, important contributions from the recent acquisitions >> well, in the meantime, you also -- i'm not saying that you sell yourself short, but the things you're doing envir