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Credits

Mark Thiessen
Photographer, Interviewer

Jim Webb
Producer, Designer

Michael Heasley
Executive Producer

Ted Chamberlain
Text Editor

Mark Christmas
A/V Engineer

Linda Rinkinen
Helen Harris
Derek Fetsch
Quality Assurance

Marguerite DeLaine
Researcher

Flash detection script
courtesy moock.org

Photographs by Mark Thiessen