I feel the need to somewhat apologize to Mr. Orci after lashing out at him on Twitter shortly before he decided to close his account.
I did not bash him for, 'Into Darkness' as many had. I was bashing him for lying in general.
He had made a Twitter post stating that is was hard to believe anything anyone in Washington said because they all LIE. I posted it was hard to believe anyone in Hollywood since they all seems to lie too.
At the time Orci and company were gathering to write the script for what would be the second Star Trek movie he assured us "WE ARE NOT DOING KHAN!"
To be clear I am one hundred percent in-line with the direction they have wanted to go from the start. I was one of the first on the bandwagon yelling "REBOOT!", "Bring back Kirk and Spock!" and "You need a new timeline/universe so that you can re-do Star Trek and approach old stories with a new twist."
Despite the lie, Into Darkness was, for me an incredible Star Trek film and experience. In an interesting way it also felt more like the universe I was experiencing in Star Trek:Online!
So. After hearing Mr. Orci stopped Tweeting or in fact did terminate his Twitter account I felt just awful for getting into his face for the initial lie... ...mostly. He could have told us any number of things without saying, "We're not doing Khan."
I was deeply into politics the last few years and felt Mr. Orci was one of the only kindred souls out there and miss his view points...especially these days.
If it matters at all and despite what the majority seems to feel, I believe in what you are doing and trying to do with Star Trek, Mr. Orci. Don't change direction. If anything is needed, it is that I ask you please continue to look at Star Trek: Online (and the idea of TV show MMO tie-ins) as a vehicle to bring everything together to fulfill everyone's needs. Help CBS see the light.
And THANK YOU for, NIBIRU. I get it now. :)
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
JJ Abrams: "CBS is not interested in Star Trek". World's Greatest Business Mistakes.
In another recent interview, JJ Abrams was asked when Star Trek will be on TV again. His reply: "CBS said they were not interested."
The statement reminds me of when, Mr. Les Moonves stated, "Star Trek needs to be put out to pasture."
If true, why in the world would CBS not want Star Trek back on TV when bringing back the most powerful science fiction icons in modern times HAS brought the audiences back out, has brought in record profits and has rejuvenated the franchise?
How is it that CBS still seemingly has no clue that Star Trek:Online exists despite wanting to micro-manage all content that would appear in the MMO?
Why do I bring up, Star Trek:Online with regards to the CBS statement? Folks constantly tell me "It's all about the money." Yet they must not see the potential profit in leveraging the primary psychological needs of the Star Trek fan base with a TV Show and MMO to make more money than the franchise has ever seen.
A number of psychologists including ones from M.I.T. have studied and reported on the (at one time) 'unique' sub-culture that is the Star Trek fan base and had concluded that there does exist some primary psychological needs this fan base has.
Interestingly one of the primary psychological needs of the Star Trek fan is to connect with the canon content by creating their own content: Fan fiction, music, art, game content, etc. etc.
The one vehicle that potentially allows viewers to connect with AND help shape canon content is STAR TREK:ONLINE.
Star Trek on TV has always been good about providing 'open-ended' story-lines. These open-ended story-lines are the perfect content for Star Trek:Online missions and episodes that would allow the viewers and subscribers to help determine the outcomes or help shape the course of canon story-line. How the majority of the fan base reacts to or how the majority solves the problems could then be fictionalized in future episodes of Star Trek on TV.
The MMO solves the problem of: "How do you allow every fan a way to directly connect with, shape and help create canon content?"
I began pushing the idea of TV Show/MMO to Harry Lang (then, the Executive Producer of ALL Star Trek games at Paramount) in 2004. When SYFY/TRION got wind of this they claimed it was "The HOLY GRAIL of ideas." and wanted to do it with Battlestar Galactica and Stargate. Yet at that time there were too many technical and many legal problems that prevented this and it was stated that it would take, at least till 2010 to begin getting something off the ground. I also felt this idea would ONLY work for the most well established properties and especially for Star Trek.
In an interview I did with Perpetual Studios around 2006, I presented the idea of TV Show/MMO to the Executive Producer Daron Stinnet who stated. "That is a good idea! Let me write that down!" Over the following years as they began to work with CBS I continued to ask about the development of this idea and was told it was gaining ground.
Perpetual Studios went bankrupt and when I did the world's first interview with the next developer of Star Trek:Online in 2008 I continued to follow up on this idea with them. They assured me, "The relationship between us (Cryptic/CBS and JJ Abrams) is strong."
Yet now Mr. Abrams tells us, "CBS is not interested." Not interested in leveraging the primary psychological needs of the world-wide fan base through a new TV show and the MMO to see more profit than the franchise has seen in it's entire operating history?
The legal and technological roadblocks that had prevented this from being a reality have almost all been cleared. CBS is now well positioned around the world New FFC laws allow a North American broadcast to been seen simultaneously world-wide, keeping all viewers 'on the same page'.
CBS recently asked: "Is the the Golden Age of TV?" Until CBS and Abrams move to help the Star Trek fan base AND themselves in this matter, the answer remains, "NO!"
The statement reminds me of when, Mr. Les Moonves stated, "Star Trek needs to be put out to pasture."
If true, why in the world would CBS not want Star Trek back on TV when bringing back the most powerful science fiction icons in modern times HAS brought the audiences back out, has brought in record profits and has rejuvenated the franchise?
How is it that CBS still seemingly has no clue that Star Trek:Online exists despite wanting to micro-manage all content that would appear in the MMO?
Why do I bring up, Star Trek:Online with regards to the CBS statement? Folks constantly tell me "It's all about the money." Yet they must not see the potential profit in leveraging the primary psychological needs of the Star Trek fan base with a TV Show and MMO to make more money than the franchise has ever seen.
A number of psychologists including ones from M.I.T. have studied and reported on the (at one time) 'unique' sub-culture that is the Star Trek fan base and had concluded that there does exist some primary psychological needs this fan base has.
Interestingly one of the primary psychological needs of the Star Trek fan is to connect with the canon content by creating their own content: Fan fiction, music, art, game content, etc. etc.
The one vehicle that potentially allows viewers to connect with AND help shape canon content is STAR TREK:ONLINE.
Star Trek on TV has always been good about providing 'open-ended' story-lines. These open-ended story-lines are the perfect content for Star Trek:Online missions and episodes that would allow the viewers and subscribers to help determine the outcomes or help shape the course of canon story-line. How the majority of the fan base reacts to or how the majority solves the problems could then be fictionalized in future episodes of Star Trek on TV.
The MMO solves the problem of: "How do you allow every fan a way to directly connect with, shape and help create canon content?"
I began pushing the idea of TV Show/MMO to Harry Lang (then, the Executive Producer of ALL Star Trek games at Paramount) in 2004. When SYFY/TRION got wind of this they claimed it was "The HOLY GRAIL of ideas." and wanted to do it with Battlestar Galactica and Stargate. Yet at that time there were too many technical and many legal problems that prevented this and it was stated that it would take, at least till 2010 to begin getting something off the ground. I also felt this idea would ONLY work for the most well established properties and especially for Star Trek.
In an interview I did with Perpetual Studios around 2006, I presented the idea of TV Show/MMO to the Executive Producer Daron Stinnet who stated. "That is a good idea! Let me write that down!" Over the following years as they began to work with CBS I continued to ask about the development of this idea and was told it was gaining ground.
Perpetual Studios went bankrupt and when I did the world's first interview with the next developer of Star Trek:Online in 2008 I continued to follow up on this idea with them. They assured me, "The relationship between us (Cryptic/CBS and JJ Abrams) is strong."
Yet now Mr. Abrams tells us, "CBS is not interested." Not interested in leveraging the primary psychological needs of the world-wide fan base through a new TV show and the MMO to see more profit than the franchise has seen in it's entire operating history?
The legal and technological roadblocks that had prevented this from being a reality have almost all been cleared. CBS is now well positioned around the world New FFC laws allow a North American broadcast to been seen simultaneously world-wide, keeping all viewers 'on the same page'.
CBS recently asked: "Is the the Golden Age of TV?" Until CBS and Abrams move to help the Star Trek fan base AND themselves in this matter, the answer remains, "NO!"
JJ Abrams: 'Star Trek video game did not satisfy'. Shuns ST:O.
In a recent JJ Abrams interview on the Star Trek video game associated with the movies he stated it did not fulfill his needs as a vehicle that expanded the story or bridged the two movies successfully.
While that is an artistic bummer for Mr. Abrams it makes one wonder why he continues to dismiss Star Trek:Online, the massively multi-player online game as the perfect vehicle for such purposes.
Before Abrams took the center seat, most of the Star Trek gaming community was gathered in the forums at Startrek.com where we asked then, Executive Producer of all Star Trek games, Harry Lang to help ensure whomever took control of Star Trek had enough understanding of the coming MMO to leverage it, not only for expanding the content of the new movies but mostly to begin working out the details that would one day allow for Star Trek TV show / MMO tie-ins.
James Cameron had just finished a stint at NASA and was looking for his next big project. I suggested him right away as one that could helm Trek and do it justice and leverage a MMO. Most laughed and dismissed this. Yet a few months later, Cameron stated his next project would be something called 'Avatar' and that he had decided to do it because 'some gamers' called him up and pitched an idea that would work as a movie and as an MMO. Well, Avatar most certainly worked as a movie but without a solid name brand in a bad economy I had no faith it would work as a profitable MMO... ...and to this day no Avatar MMO has come to be.
When JJ Abrams came on-board he made plenty of statements that he was into 'video games' and would do 'something'. He knew about Star Trek: Online as early as 2007 and 2008 and when interviewing Cryptic Studios CCO, Jack Emmert described the relationship between Cryptic and Abrams as 'strong'.
Other than Romulus being destroyed in Star Trek:Online there has been very little if any tie-ins to JJverse in the three years it has been in operation.
One of the biggest WTF moments came at the release of the Star Trek:online when Zachary Quinto was asked to provide voice overs and NOT be the voice of Spock. He instead was to be (and is) the voice of an, Emergency Medical Hologram that assists new players on their very first mission.
So what has become of this once supposed 'strong' relationship? Why has JJ and company seemingly walked away from leveraging the MMO for his artistic needs when it has the ability to do everything the stand alone video game could not? Is it because he and the CBS do not own it or control it directly and therefore only get their licensing fees and do not get the lion's share of the profits? Many including myself said CBS/Paramount should have bought a MMO developer and should have owned it from the start. Rick Berman later suggested they should do it as well.
Could this be related?: If what I have heard is true, Abrams asked that all prime universe merchandise be pulled from store shelves so his new content would not have to compete. CBS Consumer Products declined.
It is unfortunate. MMO's need constant content and JJ has these unfulfilled artistic desires the Star Trek video game could not satisfy. Star Trek Online and JJverse remains a potential match made in heaven that can serve not only his movies but the NEXT TREK on TV.
Why do you continue to shun Star Trek:Online, Mr. Abrams?
While that is an artistic bummer for Mr. Abrams it makes one wonder why he continues to dismiss Star Trek:Online, the massively multi-player online game as the perfect vehicle for such purposes.
Before Abrams took the center seat, most of the Star Trek gaming community was gathered in the forums at Startrek.com where we asked then, Executive Producer of all Star Trek games, Harry Lang to help ensure whomever took control of Star Trek had enough understanding of the coming MMO to leverage it, not only for expanding the content of the new movies but mostly to begin working out the details that would one day allow for Star Trek TV show / MMO tie-ins.
James Cameron had just finished a stint at NASA and was looking for his next big project. I suggested him right away as one that could helm Trek and do it justice and leverage a MMO. Most laughed and dismissed this. Yet a few months later, Cameron stated his next project would be something called 'Avatar' and that he had decided to do it because 'some gamers' called him up and pitched an idea that would work as a movie and as an MMO. Well, Avatar most certainly worked as a movie but without a solid name brand in a bad economy I had no faith it would work as a profitable MMO... ...and to this day no Avatar MMO has come to be.
When JJ Abrams came on-board he made plenty of statements that he was into 'video games' and would do 'something'. He knew about Star Trek: Online as early as 2007 and 2008 and when interviewing Cryptic Studios CCO, Jack Emmert described the relationship between Cryptic and Abrams as 'strong'.
Other than Romulus being destroyed in Star Trek:Online there has been very little if any tie-ins to JJverse in the three years it has been in operation.
One of the biggest WTF moments came at the release of the Star Trek:online when Zachary Quinto was asked to provide voice overs and NOT be the voice of Spock. He instead was to be (and is) the voice of an, Emergency Medical Hologram that assists new players on their very first mission.
So what has become of this once supposed 'strong' relationship? Why has JJ and company seemingly walked away from leveraging the MMO for his artistic needs when it has the ability to do everything the stand alone video game could not? Is it because he and the CBS do not own it or control it directly and therefore only get their licensing fees and do not get the lion's share of the profits? Many including myself said CBS/Paramount should have bought a MMO developer and should have owned it from the start. Rick Berman later suggested they should do it as well.
Could this be related?: If what I have heard is true, Abrams asked that all prime universe merchandise be pulled from store shelves so his new content would not have to compete. CBS Consumer Products declined.
It is unfortunate. MMO's need constant content and JJ has these unfulfilled artistic desires the Star Trek video game could not satisfy. Star Trek Online and JJverse remains a potential match made in heaven that can serve not only his movies but the NEXT TREK on TV.
Why do you continue to shun Star Trek:Online, Mr. Abrams?
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
From the NASA web site:
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010/nov/HQ_M10-167_Astrobiology.html
MEDIA ADVISORY : M10-167
NASA Sets News Conference on Astrobiology Discovery; Science Journal Has Embargoed Details Until 2 p.m. EST On Dec. 2 WASHINGTON --
The news conference will be held at the NASA Headquarters auditorium at 300 E St. SW, in Washington. It will be broadcast live on NASA Television and streamed on the agency's website at http://www.nasa.gov.
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010/nov/HQ_M10-167_Astrobiology.html
MEDIA ADVISORY : M10-167
NASA Sets News Conference on Astrobiology Discovery; Science Journal Has Embargoed Details Until 2 p.m. EST On Dec. 2 WASHINGTON --
NASA will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 2, to discuss an astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life. Astrobiology is the study of the origin, evolution, distribution and future of life in the universe.
The news conference will be held at the NASA Headquarters auditorium at 300 E St. SW, in Washington. It will be broadcast live on NASA Television and streamed on the agency's website at http://www.nasa.gov.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
comment on PERMANENT: The oldest story in the world:
Eimuxxx has made a comment on PERMANENT: The oldest story in the world:
the views only shows the minority of people who believe this and are open minded, you won't see any of this content on the front page. Well what can I say, 2012 won't be the end , but will be, as ancient cultures say, "The great awakening" Hope we will find out , because I always felt that they teach shit in schools .
the views only shows the minority of people who believe this and are open minded, you won't see any of this content on the front page. Well what can I say, 2012 won't be the end , but will be, as ancient cultures say, "The great awakening" Hope we will find out , because I always felt that they teach shit in schools .
Monday, November 15, 2010
Show Notes: Reflections on (October)
I just added a Show Notes section to Kinneas.com.
This will be the first in a series of Show Notes posts for broadcasts done on STO-Radio.com/Startrekradio.com/TrekRadio.com.
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As I am not current, I will start with, 'Relections on October.'
General Mood of the Month:
What a creative, frustrating, angry, humble, thankful, jacked up, confused month October was. We covered every possible emotion.
The Thirteen Days of Halloween
Growth is painful, yet we all came together to do our first Audio Production called, The Thirteen days of Halloween. Despite it being rushed, everyone was 'Johnny on the spot' and delivered some amazing lines. If there were Internet Awards for bet Audio Performance, I would nominate many of the DJ's.
We were fortunate to find the perfect voice for the 'Killer' in an old time listener, Morpheus (Jonathan Talon).
I was the Sound Editor (as well as Script Writer) on eight of the 13 Days and had a blast doing 'Foley'. Some of the DJ's sent in multiple takes and it was a shame that so much stuff had to end up on the cutting room floor (as they say). Sometimes they would leave bloopers in and those turned out to be stronger and more funny and ended up in the final.
There was a contest in conjunction with this production and the listener who was able to send in the final 'Body Count' number would win: A signed copy of, Night of the Living Trekkies, a custom, I was killed on STO-RADIO tee-shirt, a 30 day key for Star Trek:Online (The MMO), 500,000 Energy Credits for Star Trek:Online.
The Thirteen Days of Halloween can be found in the On-Demand Section at www.startrekradio.com
The Thirteen days of Halloween tee-shirt, as well as STO-Radio.com & Startrekradio merchandise is available at: www.zazzle.com/startrekradio
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The 420 Show(s)
What can I say about the 420 shows? We smoked a lot of different kinds of Felicium (See: Star Trek Encyclopedia) this month. Bubble-Jack, Armagedden, Durbin, Royal Hawaiian, Kush... so many I can not remember them all. All of this was done outside of UFP space...so relax.
Many people would like to believe it's utopia in the 24th century. Sorry. Human Nature remains a constant and many people are not going to live by the rules you want them to live by. "Long Live MUDD!", "Long Live the Orion Syndicate!" (Especially the Great Green Orion Felicium Distribution Network).
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The Great Brainstorm Show(s) for October.
"Best Brainstorm Ever!" - Rebel Weasel! (The 100 Year Mission Show)
The One Hundred Year Mission brainstorm discussed NASA/DARPA's plans to launch a one-way ship to Mars to start colonizing.
The brainstorm covered: Would you go? What technologies will be needed? How soon till travel speed increase, sex in space, children in space, disenfranchised planets, going to war with ourselves...etc. etc.
This will be the first in a series of Show Notes posts for broadcasts done on STO-Radio.com/Startrekradio.com/TrekRadio.com.
---
As I am not current, I will start with, 'Relections on October.'
General Mood of the Month:
What a creative, frustrating, angry, humble, thankful, jacked up, confused month October was. We covered every possible emotion.
The Thirteen Days of Halloween
Growth is painful, yet we all came together to do our first Audio Production called, The Thirteen days of Halloween. Despite it being rushed, everyone was 'Johnny on the spot' and delivered some amazing lines. If there were Internet Awards for bet Audio Performance, I would nominate many of the DJ's.
We were fortunate to find the perfect voice for the 'Killer' in an old time listener, Morpheus (Jonathan Talon).
I was the Sound Editor (as well as Script Writer) on eight of the 13 Days and had a blast doing 'Foley'. Some of the DJ's sent in multiple takes and it was a shame that so much stuff had to end up on the cutting room floor (as they say). Sometimes they would leave bloopers in and those turned out to be stronger and more funny and ended up in the final.
There was a contest in conjunction with this production and the listener who was able to send in the final 'Body Count' number would win: A signed copy of, Night of the Living Trekkies, a custom, I was killed on STO-RADIO tee-shirt, a 30 day key for Star Trek:Online (The MMO), 500,000 Energy Credits for Star Trek:Online.
The Thirteen Days of Halloween can be found in the On-Demand Section at www.startrekradio.com
The Thirteen days of Halloween tee-shirt, as well as STO-Radio.com & Startrekradio merchandise is available at: www.zazzle.com/startrekradio
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The 420 Show(s)
What can I say about the 420 shows? We smoked a lot of different kinds of Felicium (See: Star Trek Encyclopedia) this month. Bubble-Jack, Armagedden, Durbin, Royal Hawaiian, Kush... so many I can not remember them all. All of this was done outside of UFP space...so relax.
Many people would like to believe it's utopia in the 24th century. Sorry. Human Nature remains a constant and many people are not going to live by the rules you want them to live by. "Long Live MUDD!", "Long Live the Orion Syndicate!" (Especially the Great Green Orion Felicium Distribution Network).
----------
The Great Brainstorm Show(s) for October.
"Best Brainstorm Ever!" - Rebel Weasel! (The 100 Year Mission Show)
The One Hundred Year Mission brainstorm discussed NASA/DARPA's plans to launch a one-way ship to Mars to start colonizing.
The brainstorm covered: Would you go? What technologies will be needed? How soon till travel speed increase, sex in space, children in space, disenfranchised planets, going to war with ourselves...etc. etc.
Friday, October 8, 2010
We're on Star Trek.com !
October 8th, 2010.
HAILING FREQUENCY podcast now providing audio blogs for the official STAR TREK. COM website. http://www.startrek.com/article/guest-blog-hailing-frequency-podcast
copied from startrek.com:
Y'a know. We have been featured on many sites and there have been a lot of great moments in the last few years but none that actually fills me with a bit o' pride like being featured on the official Star Trek web site!
Other than hanging out on the various gaming forums over the years, startrek.com was the site where it began for us as gaming podcasters and where many of us met in the early days to decide on doing a community gaming podcast.
It is truly where many of us met as we came together to wait and brainstorm on Star Trek: Online (the MMORPG).
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I was worried a few years back as there was a major overhaul of management and for a long time the site just sat kind of stagnant. Gaming news was not updated regularly and when Cryptic Studios took over making Star Trek Online, the site showed Perpetual Entertainment as the makers almost right up until launch.
It was truly awesome to finally see our old friend get a make-over and much needed TLC. The new site is beautiful, full of great stuff including great articles, episodes and extras, gaming news, merchandising etc. Kudos to CBS for finally getting behind Star Trek (so it seems).
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A big thank you to my podcast partner of over five years, Zach Nicodemous. He made this happen.
He has been working tirelessly to keep Hailing Frequency in the lead as the #1 Star Trek gaming podcast as well as seeing our dream of launching a Star Trek Radio station (http://www.startrekradio.com/ & http://www.sto-radio.com/)
In the last month he has secured interviews with: Tim Russ (Tuvok), Chase Masterson (Leeta), Warp 11( Star Trek band), Rod Roddenberry, Wil Wheaton, etc. ( Tim Russ, Chase masterson & Warp 11 have already appeared on sto-radio.com)
Thank you for a great day, Startrek.com.
Thank you for another great day, Zach.
HAILING FREQUENCY podcast now providing audio blogs for the official STAR TREK. COM website. http://www.startrek.com/article/guest-blog-hailing-frequency-podcast
copied from startrek.com:
Founded in 2005, Hailing Frequency was the first podcast dedicated to Star Trek gaming. They have produced over 120 podcasts and are now the leading source for all Star Trek gaming news. They regularly interview producers from such companies as Cryptic Studios and GameForge.----------------------------------------------------
This podcast marks the first time they have created material specifically for StarTrek.com. The hosts, Zach Nicodemous and Tony Tuthill, take you on a journey through the Star Trek gaming timeline and give you the inside scoop on what games to play. Look for more podcasts from them on StarTrek.com as well as the Hailing Frequency website.
Y'a know. We have been featured on many sites and there have been a lot of great moments in the last few years but none that actually fills me with a bit o' pride like being featured on the official Star Trek web site!
Other than hanging out on the various gaming forums over the years, startrek.com was the site where it began for us as gaming podcasters and where many of us met in the early days to decide on doing a community gaming podcast.
It is truly where many of us met as we came together to wait and brainstorm on Star Trek: Online (the MMORPG).
----------
I was worried a few years back as there was a major overhaul of management and for a long time the site just sat kind of stagnant. Gaming news was not updated regularly and when Cryptic Studios took over making Star Trek Online, the site showed Perpetual Entertainment as the makers almost right up until launch.
It was truly awesome to finally see our old friend get a make-over and much needed TLC. The new site is beautiful, full of great stuff including great articles, episodes and extras, gaming news, merchandising etc. Kudos to CBS for finally getting behind Star Trek (so it seems).
--
A big thank you to my podcast partner of over five years, Zach Nicodemous. He made this happen.
He has been working tirelessly to keep Hailing Frequency in the lead as the #1 Star Trek gaming podcast as well as seeing our dream of launching a Star Trek Radio station (http://www.startrekradio.com/ & http://www.sto-radio.com/)
In the last month he has secured interviews with: Tim Russ (Tuvok), Chase Masterson (Leeta), Warp 11( Star Trek band), Rod Roddenberry, Wil Wheaton, etc. ( Tim Russ, Chase masterson & Warp 11 have already appeared on sto-radio.com)
Thank you for a great day, Startrek.com.
Thank you for another great day, Zach.
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