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<v Speaker 1>Well, we have talked about all the hype surrounding Nintendo Switch,

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<v Speaker 1>to the pre orders, the people lining up today, finally

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<v Speaker 1>they have hit the shelves. It's where we start our

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<v Speaker 1>tech talk.

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<v Speaker 2>The machines are getting smarter.

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<v Speaker 3>This is tech Talk brought to you by sky net.

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<v Speaker 1>Al Mark Saltzman, Top of the Afternoon. To you, sir,

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<v Speaker 1>and are you a Nintendo Switch guy?

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<v Speaker 3>I am. I have the new Nintendo Switch too in

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<v Speaker 3>my grubby little hands. Yeah, it came out today. I

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<v Speaker 3>was in New York yesterday and I saw when I

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<v Speaker 3>was in the back of my uber, I saw all

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<v Speaker 3>these people lining up outside of game stops and Best

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<v Speaker 3>Spuys and all that. So, yeah, it looks like it's

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<v Speaker 3>still in demand. I mean, Nintendo's got that secret sauce.

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<v Speaker 3>They know how to create a system that just gets

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<v Speaker 3>everybody bonkers. I mean, it's the This is the successor

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<v Speaker 3>to one of the best selling game consoles in the

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<v Speaker 3>history of the industry. I think the original Game Boy

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<v Speaker 3>was the biggest, but yeah, so this is the successor.

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<v Speaker 3>This is it's whatever whatever made the Nintendo Switch eight

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<v Speaker 3>years ago so sought after. They've improved everything, in my opinion,

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<v Speaker 3>so a bigger screen. Oh, first of all, let's just

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<v Speaker 3>take a step back. It's called the Nintendo Switch for

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<v Speaker 3>those who don't know, because you can switch between a

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<v Speaker 3>handheld console and one that you can dock and play

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<v Speaker 3>on your big screen TV. You get the docking station

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<v Speaker 3>in the box. So that's why I think it's the

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<v Speaker 3>versatility is one of the reasons why it had become

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<v Speaker 3>so popular eight years ago.

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<v Speaker 2>Is there what is that way mark to compare that,

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<v Speaker 2>to compare the computing power that's in a Nintendo Switch

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<v Speaker 2>to to what other consoles were in the past.

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<v Speaker 3>So Nintendo tends to not play that game, and that's

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<v Speaker 3>usually you know PS five versus Xbox Series X, like

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<v Speaker 3>that's the they go for all that processing power that

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<v Speaker 3>It is true that Nintendo has upped its game Punintendo

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<v Speaker 3>in terms of specs. So it's got twice the resolution

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<v Speaker 3>for the screen. It's a better looking screen and a

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<v Speaker 3>bigger screen. This is on the device itself. It's got

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<v Speaker 3>spatial audio. Now, it's got a faster processor. They don't.

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<v Speaker 3>They're kind of mom on the deets, like what exactly

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<v Speaker 3>is the processor and how many hurts is it rendering

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<v Speaker 3>images and all that, But that's not what Nintendo gamers

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<v Speaker 3>tend to want. They do have twice the hurts or

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<v Speaker 3>the response times, and measured it hurts where it can.

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<v Speaker 3>The higher the number, the smoother the gameplay is. So

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<v Speaker 3>now it's at one hundred and twenty, which doubles the

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<v Speaker 3>typical sixty frames per second rate that some consoles have.

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<v Speaker 3>But Nintendo plays, you know, they march by the beat

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<v Speaker 3>of their own drum, and they don't care about what

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<v Speaker 3>Xbox and PlayStation are doing. And they've got those exclusives

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<v Speaker 3>like you know, those characters like Mario and Donkey Kong

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<v Speaker 3>and Princess Peach and Link from the Zelda series. That's

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<v Speaker 3>what they want. What they have at it, and they

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<v Speaker 3>are playing a bit of catch up. Here is for

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<v Speaker 3>the first time, I built in microphone so you can

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<v Speaker 3>chat with people who you're playing with or against, not

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<v Speaker 3>with you in person. This is something you've been able

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<v Speaker 3>to do for years on Xbox and PlayStation, but Nintendo

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<v Speaker 3>has this Jenna se Qua. They make it really fun

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<v Speaker 3>and almost like a little wink and a nudge nudge,

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<v Speaker 3>like when you pull up your friends pictures or icons

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<v Speaker 3>on the Nintendo Switch to you know, you can see

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<v Speaker 3>at the bottom of the screen, who's like what they're

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<v Speaker 3>doing at that time, and then you can click and

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<v Speaker 3>then immediately connect with them. So it's kind of fun,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, playful, which is very much in line with Nintendo.

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<v Speaker 3>The Joycon controllers on each side of the screen now

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<v Speaker 3>magnetically affixed to the console. You don't have to like

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<v Speaker 3>find I don't know if your listeners are going to

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<v Speaker 3>know what I mean, but there's with the original Nintendo Switch,

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<v Speaker 3>there are these little grooves that you had to perfectly

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<v Speaker 3>align the the game pads in it and slide it in.

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<v Speaker 3>It just magnetically attaches just across the board. They made

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<v Speaker 3>it so much more fun. And yeah, whether you play

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<v Speaker 3>with somebody beside you on the same device or on

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<v Speaker 3>the same TV or online, I think they've hit a

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<v Speaker 3>home run with this.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean time will tell, but Nintendo says they expect

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<v Speaker 2>to sell fifteen million of these to even I think

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<v Speaker 2>that's a conservative estimate.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I think with the tariffs and all that they

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<v Speaker 3>were bracing for a higher price, but it is what

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<v Speaker 3>they were expecting. At four point fifty for the regular

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<v Speaker 3>console and then five hundred if you want the game

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<v Speaker 3>Nintendo It's called Mario Kart worlds, you know, Mario kart

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<v Speaker 3>racing where you can throw bananas on the track and

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<v Speaker 3>all that. It's really fun. They have They've made it

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<v Speaker 3>open a little bit more open world so you can

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<v Speaker 3>even drive around and not particularly you know, partake in

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<v Speaker 3>a particular race, driving around with friends, like in the desert,

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<v Speaker 3>look for secrets and easter eggs, and take pictures of

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<v Speaker 3>one another within the game. So yeah, I think they've

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<v Speaker 3>they've done a good job. But at the end of

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<v Speaker 3>the day, it's the games that are the most important.

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<v Speaker 3>So hopefully there will have it'll have a rich library

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<v Speaker 3>of games. It's a little sparse to start, but there's

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<v Speaker 3>some good ones coming. And parents will like to know

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<v Speaker 3>that the Nintendo Switch to plays all existing Nintendo Switch games,

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<v Speaker 3>whether it's a digital download or on a little card

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<v Speaker 3>a little cartridge.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a weird trivia thing that I that I

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<v Speaker 2>knew about. Doug Bowser is the president of Nintendo America,

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<v Speaker 2>and Bowser is King Koopa in the Mario series.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, fascinating. So there was a clip of me on

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<v Speaker 3>The Tonight Show last week where Jimmy, I don't know,

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<v Speaker 3>I sent this to your producer, but I don't know

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<v Speaker 3>you don't have to play it. It's short, but.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my god, of course we will.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's it's it's basically Jimmy Kimmel, right, not Fallon.

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<v Speaker 3>I always get those two.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, it depends which one.

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<v Speaker 3>It's Night Shows Kimmel, that's Fallon. Hey, I had alike,

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<v Speaker 3>I get it. Yeah. Anyway, Jimmy Fallon is making a

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<v Speaker 3>joke about he's he's like kiddit sing with the band

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<v Speaker 3>leader and says something about how the pope's name something

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<v Speaker 3>about his name is like pizza or something. And then

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<v Speaker 3>he said and then the band leader said, and I'm

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<v Speaker 3>sorry I forgot his name too, quest luck. He's thank you,

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<v Speaker 3>He says, what what what's next? You're going to tell

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<v Speaker 3>me that the president of Nintendo of America's name is

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<v Speaker 3>Doug Bowser because Bowser is, of course a character in

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<v Speaker 3>the Nintendo world. And then you see a clip and

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<v Speaker 3>then and then Fallon says, actually, take a look at this,

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<v Speaker 3>and then you see me, uh, interviewing. I say, we're

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<v Speaker 3>joined by Doug Bowser, and it is that is the

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<v Speaker 3>name of the president of Nintendo of America. Is a

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<v Speaker 3>funny clip. So all my friends were texting me, going, dude,

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<v Speaker 3>you're on the Tonight Show. I'm like, well, really not really,

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<v Speaker 3>but it's cool. It's funny. Yeah, that's funny clip if

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<v Speaker 3>they gave from that, yeah, it wouldn't that be nice.

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<v Speaker 3>That was a big setup for not a huge sort

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<v Speaker 3>of punch. Now it was fun, it was fine. It

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<v Speaker 3>was fun.

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<v Speaker 2>You've been on The Tonight Show a whole lot more

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<v Speaker 2>times than we have.

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<v Speaker 3>I would love to see Gary, Gary and Shannon on

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<v Speaker 3>the Tonight Show. I think that would be awesome.

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<v Speaker 2>That makes one person, but it takes a journey of

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<v Speaker 2>a thousand miles. Takes one person to make a thing.

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<v Speaker 2>So the way switch to is four hundred and forty

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<v Speaker 2>nine dollars, that is that seems kind of expensive for

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<v Speaker 2>forty nine.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's inflation. I don't even know how much the

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<v Speaker 3>original Nintendo switch was. I think maybe two ninety nine,

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<v Speaker 3>going back, you know, eight years, so it's it's a markup.

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<v Speaker 3>But PS five and xboxes are not cheap either, especially

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<v Speaker 3>with what's going on with tariffs, so and some games

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<v Speaker 3>are going to be expensive. I mean this has been

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<v Speaker 3>online a lot of people buzzing about this that they

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<v Speaker 3>could be as much as you know, eighty ninety dollars.

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<v Speaker 3>We could see a hundred dollars games one day, you know.

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<v Speaker 3>So times are changing, It's not it's not cheap to

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<v Speaker 3>be a gamer these days.

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<v Speaker 2>No, got out of that business a long time ago, unfortunately.

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<v Speaker 2>So hey Mark, thanks as always, appreciate your time. Likewise,

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<v Speaker 2>thanks Mark Saltzman. Make sure you follow Mark on Twitter

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