SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Jun 12, 2011

Computer Studies Made Cool, on Film and Now on Campus
New York Times
Enrollment in computer science programs, and degrees from them, are rising after a decade of decreases, despite much handwringing about the decline of American competitiveness in technology and innovation from President Obama on down. ...
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New York Times

UGA Graduate Student Wins Scholarship for Technology to Change the World
TMC Net
As a participant in SU's intensive 10-week graduate studies program, held this summer at the NASA Ames Research Park, Warren will work with other graduate students from around the world who are proven leaders and entrepreneurs. ...
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New Chicago site enables the support of a variety of causes
Chicago Sun-Times
“Our kids are graduating at twice the rate of Chicago Public Schools students, and two-thirds are pursuing science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) degrees in college,” Lyon said. Project Exploration works each year with 250 middle- and ...
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New Scholarships And Awards Established Since 2010 Fall Convocation
Regina Leader-Post
... for her significant contribution to conservation of the environment through education, including the Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Science, Mathematics and Technology (1995) and the McDowell Foundation Award for Educational Research (1999). ...
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NUCLEAR CRISIS: HOW IT HAPPENED / Government, TEPCO brushed off warnings from ...
The Daily Yomiuri
Since 1990, Tohoku Electric Power Co., Tohoku University and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology have researched the traces left by the Jogan Earthquake. Theirstudies have shown that the ancient tsunami was on the same ...
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NASA Solicitation: Complimentary Acquisitions Approach for Ames' Contracts
Space Ref (press release)
This acquisition will provide a sustained program and project management capability for missions, instruments, technology development efforts, collaborative science programs, ARC and NASA project offices, and mission and science operations. ...
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Queen's birthday honours list: GCB, DBE and CBE
The Guardian
For serv Science. Dr Melvyn Stuart Draper, Formerly hd, Non-Proliferation, Dept of Energy and Climate Change. Ms Jenny Edwards, Chief exec, Homeless Link. For serv Disadvantaged People. Prof Peter Elias, Prof of Employment Research, Univ of Warwick. ...
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Heywood '11, Yunger Halpern '11 named valedictorians
The Dartmouth
During her sophomore Spring, Yunger Halpern interned at the Dibner Library of the History ofScience and Technology, a Smithsonian Institution Library. She also worked on an Israeli archaeological dig last summer through Dartmouth's anthropology and ...
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Dubai Economic Council delegation visits China
AME Info
The visit covered a number of high-ranking Chinese decision-making circles, strategic studiescenters and academic institutions. Those include, among others: China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), People's Bank of China, ...
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Courts Should Follow the Law Not Determine Best Policy Re Funding of Stem Cell ...
First Things (blog)
“The incentives to use both types of cell in comparative studies are high because thescience behind iPS cells is still in its infancy,” Owen-Smith said. “As a result, induced pluripotent stem cells do not offer an easy solution to the difficult ...
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First Things (blog)

To circumvent sanctions, Iranian front companies are using Turkey.
Southeast European Times
By Aaron Stein for Southeast European Times in Istanbul – 11/06/11 Increased scrutiny and stringent sanctions have forced Iran to rely on a vast network of middlemen to supply technology for its nuclear, missile and conventional military programmes. ...
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George Berci, MD, FACS, Is Recipient of the 2011 Jacobson Innovation Award
Newswise (press release)
Dr. Berci was honored with the award in recognition of his pioneering contributions to the art andscience of endoscopy and laparoscopy for more than 50 years. His work has included the development—or promoting the development—of advances in optics, ...
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West's period of mastery may be on the wane
Irish Times
A RECENT item about the distribution of world languages in this newspaper's Science T oday page (April 21st) caught the imagination. Research by New Zealand biologist Quentin Atkinson, published in Science , shows language complexity diminished when ...
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Andrew Grant Joins KLSS Senior Management Team
PR.com (press release)
He is a 1981 graduate from the USAF Academy with a BS Computer Science and he also earned a MA degree in National Security Studies from Georgetown University. While in the Air Force, Mr. Grant's initial assignments were in Washington, DC. ...
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Tools for Developing the Russian Arctic Shelf
Oil and Gas Industry Latest News
... levels of science and technology. To date, the results of those studies are open to geologists of the oil companies in the archives of AARI and other government agencies. However, for development of the Arctic shelf more research is needed. ...
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UOIT's enrolment confirmation increase highest in GTA
NorthumberlandView.ca
OSHAWA, ON - Statistics recently released by the Ontario Application Centre (OUAC) confirm that more students than ever are choosing the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) for their post-secondary studies. Year-over-year percentage ...
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Scholarships and recognitions from St. Peters
STLtoday.com
He plans to major in forensic science. LINDSAY DEFUSCO of St. Peters was named to the dean's list at Villanova University for the 2010 fall semester. BENJAMIN GUSTAVE KREMER of St. Peters was named to the dean's list at Washington University for the ...
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An uncertain future for space exploration
Journal Pioneer
He has been inspired by what he grew up seeing and hearing and reading, and now endeavours to add his influence to the body of knowledge through university studiesand the paths that may be opened. I trust that he will continue to keep others inspired...
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Journal Pioneer

Wind and waves getting stronger and bigger
New Zealand Herald
The results of the research programme, believed to be the most comprehensive of its kind undertaken, were recently published in the journal Science. It was conducted by former Swinburne University Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Young, who this year ...
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MUST site still private land
Nation Online
Construction of the Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) on President Bingu wa Mutharika's Ndata Farm started in April this year before any documentation to make the land public. Officials in the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban ...
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Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School Top 10
Fall River Herald News
By Anonymous Valedictorian Melissa Arruda, the daughter of Steven and Karen Arruda of Westport, is a graduate of the Office Technology Program. Melissa has been the number one ranked student in the class of 2011 since her freshman year and has achieved ...
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Iowa Food Companies Will Have a Major Presence at 2011 Institute of Food ...
Bradenton Herald
Embria Health Sciences, headquartered in Ankeny, Iowa, combines science and nature to develop high-quality, research-based natural ingredients that are added to finished products. Embria's flagship ingredient, EpiCor®, is an all-natural product that ...
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West honours list
This is Somerset
Head of Science in Society, Science and Technology Facilities Council. For services to Science. (Swindon, Wiltshire) Mrs Kaye Franklin. For services to the Voluntary Sector in Swindon, Wiltshire. (Swindon, Wiltshire) Rodney Augustus Sidney Hodgman. ...
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Wise words for grads in uncertain times
National Post
Graduation marks a starting point, rather than the end of your academic studies. Sorry to be the one to break the news to you … You are the wired generation born at the dawn of the world wide web.Technology has never been foreign to you. ...
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Politics making ag sector scapegoat for lake's woes
Winnipeg Free Press
... more dynamic crop rotations and changing farming practices such as tillage and seedingtechnology, that recommendations for phosphorus use need to be reviewed. That takes research, however. While studies designed to reduce the amount of fertilizer ...
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Honors and plans of 2011 CHS graduates, AL
Corvallis Gazette Times
Anastasiya Victoria Berst: Diversity Club President, Green Club Secretary, Cross Country, Dale and Thomasina Trout Tuition Scholarship; plans to major in food science and technology at Oregon State University. Prachet Jayprakash Bhatt: Governor's ...
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Vice-President Xi signs 9 agreements in Chile
China Daily
"We have reached the consensus that we have to cooperate in areas includingtechnology, science and innovation and clean renewable energy. Those are our main priorities for the future," Pinera said. CASS' Sun agreed that the two countries need to...
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China Daily

Initiative Demonstrating Economic Benefits of Marine Conservation Named Winner...
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
Blue Ventures' partner communities are trained in conservation science and empowered to develop, implement, and oversee community-owned marine conservation solutions that include marine and fisheries research, family planning and public health, ...
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Aberrant CpG Island Hypermethylation in Pediatric Gastric Mucosa in ...
TMC Net
This study was supported by grant M10750030001-08N5003- 00110 from the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation, funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST); by grant 2010-0007579 from the Basic Science Research Program through ...
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Rising above a handicap...
Gulf Daily News
"It would also help me with my studies at school, but unfortunately it will always remain only a dream for me, as it is way too expensive for me to buy." The grade seven student, who hopes to pursue a degree in Computer Science, believes that many ...
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Gulf Daily News

e-books transform today's libraries
gulfnews.com
About 15000 to 20000 books are in Arabic for courses such as Islamic studies and Sharia law, although the university uses English as a medium of instruction for all other programmes. Because the majority of these books are in electronic format, ...
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Hires and Promotions (June 11, 2011)
In-Forum
With bachelor degrees in computer science, mathematics and classical languages, Hanson Thurn has five years of experience in software development. He previously worked for Open Systems International where he worked on generation and distribution ...
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Classroom Notes
Arizona Daily Sun
While at West Point, he studied International History and Religious Studies and competed in cross country, and indoor and outdoor track. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the US Army within the Aviation branch and will report to Fort Eustis ...
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SOCIETY IN BRIEF 11/6
VietNamNet Bridge
Vo Chi Cong, professor of Thermoelectric Cooling Technology at Da Naêng University of Science and Technology, successfully studied the use of waterfalls and water current energy for refrigeration. This technology, applied in its daily ice-making ...
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VietNamNet Bridge

Scholarships and recognitions from St. Charles
STLtoday.com
WILLIAM T. DAVIS of St. Charles was named to the dean's list at Missouri University of Scienceand Technology for the fall 2010 semester. Davis was a sophomore engineering major. MICHAEL WITTICH of St. Charles was awarded a $1000 St. Johns Bank's 2011 ...
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Meet the Graduates: Janette Perez Jimenez
Patch.com
She is also a student of the Marine and Science Technology program at Newark Memorial in which students invite elementary-age students and teach them about astrology and marine biology. Her participation in that program and her volunteer work at Don ...
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Social scientists study impact of human adult stem cell research
ScienceDaily: Your source for the latest research news and science ... 161 of 574 or 28 percent of papers reported on studies of both cell technologies, ...
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Using Geospatial Technologies to Explore Geography in the Thousand ...
Sponsored Research Services · Research Relations Office · Research Computing ... Erin Kiselica, a fourth-year computer science major at RIT, explains the use of Global Positioning ... and hopefully see SUNY Geneseo students coming to RIT for graduate studies,” says Tomaszewski. ... News & Events Daily Subscription ...
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LIBYA, Egypt, Syria, Bahrain, Yemen news, Jun 12, 2011

'Arab Spring' push for democracy stalls as regimes dig in
MiamiHerald.com
The peaceful protests in Libya and Yemen quickly became armed conflicts,
eclipsing the demand for democratic reforms. The same scenario could unfold
in Syria, where President Bashar Assad's forces on Friday laid siege to a
rebellious town near the ...
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Patrick Cockburn: Hopes for democracy fade as civil wars grip the Arab world
The Independent
In the past 10 days, crucial developments in Syria, Libya and Yemen have
set these countries spiralling into violent and intractable struggles for
power. In Syria, thousands of troops are assaulting the northern town of
Jisr al-Shughour where the ...
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When will the Arab unrest end?
The Borneo Post
The violence has been spreading fast from Tunisia into Egypt, Ivory Coast,
Libya and Syria with more revolts to be expected in coming months. In the
beginning, people in Tunisia and Egypt fought for welfare from governments
to accommodate tough living ...
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What If Britain Drops Out of All US Wars?
The International News Magazine
Tariq Ali said that people should be left free to succeed or fail. No one
ever proposed that China invade Indochina, he said. Why should NATO invade
Libya? Or Syria? Or Yemen? Bahrain didn't ask for intervention, he pointed
out, but got it anyway. ...
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Cause behind US support for Bahrain - Logo
In the new century in recent months, Egypt has had a revolution, ...
Bahrain , Yemen , Jordan , Syria , perhaps Libya , are all experiencing
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EUROZONE Debt Crisis News, Jun 12, 2011

Eurogroup President Juncker blames US debt on the crisis in the Eurozone.
Examiner.com
For Mr. Juncker to report in public that the debt level in the US is a disaster, and that it is primarily that debt and our monetary policy which has caused the European debt crisis, reveals just how intertwined the global economy is, and that leaders ...
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ECB tries to squash 'fruitless' EU plans for Greece
AFP
Even a mooted rollover of bonds by private creditors, which the ECB does not intend to do with the Greek debt it owns, would not necessarily resolve the Athens' debt crisis, the ECB executives said. International ratings agency Moody's, for one, ...
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AFP

Poland says it is committed to euro
Financial Times
“But it seems to me the European Union and the eurozone will emerge changed and probably strengthened from the crisis.” Poland does not yet meet all of the Maastricht criteria for joining the single currency. The government has pledged to undertake a ...
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'Plan A' - Is George Osborne on the right path?
Telegraph.co.uk
We're still hearing about the deficit and the Eurozone debt crisis seems to have no end in sight (admittedly the Chancellor cannot be blamed for that) and the contraction of credit is still a problem. Banks have been told to retain more and more ...
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Telegraph.co.uk

Greece pays a heavy price as eurozone strives to protect its reckless banks
The Guardian
As the venerable Leigh Skene of Lombard Street Research put it last week: "Writing assets down to fair value and then recapitalising banks should be the first priority in restoring economic growth after a banking crisis. Sadly, Europe went in the ...
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The Guardian

We must help euro states, says Merkel
Financial Times
“We cannot afford to have a further crisis of confidence. On top of that it is not only the banks which are affected ... A disorderly default could also affect life insurers and old age retirement payments,” he said.
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Exporters air growth worry
BusinessWorld Online
"It's not just the Japanese disaster we have to deal with, but we have to worry about the impacts of the problem ... regarding the euro zone debt crisis and the Middle East unrest," he told BusinessWorld on Saturday. A day earlier, the government ...
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Gold, The Real Reason for the Fall of Dominique Strauss-Kahn
The Market Oracle
Not only the USA is in financial and monetary meltdown and shackled by snowballing debt. In the European and Middle East-North African Arab region, monetary crisis is now in high gear. Not only DSK but finance ministers and central bank governors ...
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What European bosses really think of Ireland
Irish Independent
"We cannot and will not make separate assessments of measures taken by individual countries to overcome the financial crisis. But we can say this much -- we support any measures designed to bring the financial and debt crisis under control in the long ...
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Irish Independent

Trading Week Outlook: Jun. 13 - Jun. 17
FXstreet.com
As the deadline for new solutions to contain the debt crisis approaches, uncertainty and pessimism about the outcome of the Eurogroup finance ministers meeting on June 20, and the EU Summit on June 23-24, could weigh on the euro. 9. ...
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Oil scene: Widening gap between NYMEX and Brent to haunt markets
Arab News
The opposing OPEC members on the other hand remained wary of the global economic outlook, particularly in the wake of the euro zone debt crisis, Japan's nuclear emergency and the fading health of the global economy. Venezuela appeared concerned ...
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Obama looks for new ways to boost struggling job market
Alaska Dispatch
... and the possibility of slower growth in key global markets including China (trying to curb inflation), Japan (struggling after its major earthquake and tsunami), and Europe (wrestling with how to resolve a debt crisis in some euro zone nations). ...
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Crisis Update: Three interviews on the Euro Crisis, the Greek ...
By yanisv
In todays post you can: (A) listen to a half-hour long radio interview on the euro crisis (interviewed byDoug Henwood, for the Behind the News program – it begins on the 27th minute), (B) watch an interview I gave to a leading Dutch TV station (on their main .... The problem is that we have three crises going on at once. We have the banking sector crisis, we have the sovereign debt crisis and a crisis of severe under investment in the majority of the eurozone countries. ...
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Euro Zone Debt Crisis Still Roiling Markets -- Morgan Gold
According to the Kitco News Gold Survey, a majority of participants say Gold ... next week as concerns over Europe's sovereign debt crisis will encourage more ... "It looks like there's really no way out" of the Euro zone debt crisis, ...
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Germany sticks to demand for Greek bond swap - World news - Europe ...
A deal would not help reduce Greece's massive 340 billion euro debt load, ... Nicolas Sarkozy will hold talks with Merkel on the euro zone crisis next ...
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FACTBOX-Coming events in euro zone debt crisis - TrustLaw
FACTBOX-Coming events in euro zone debt crisis ... June 14 - Informal Ecofin meeting of EUfinance ministers in Brussels to agree on the final shape of ...
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Obama presses Europe, pledges help for Greek crisis ... - SHMTV News
Obama presses Europe, pledges help for Greek crisis (Reuters) ... unemployment and ballooning U.S. debt, has pinpointed the euro zone crisis as one foreign ...
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Merkel: debt crisis mustn't endanger economy | WOPULAR
Read 'Merkel: debt crisis mustn't endanger economy' on Yahoo! News. ... anything that could endanger the global economic upswing as Europe battles the debt . ... BERLIN -(Dow Jones)- Theeuro-zone debt crisis could endanger Germany's ...
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Obama pledges cooperation in euro debt crisis | Business Everyday ...
Obama pledges cooperation in euro debt crisis. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the United States would cooperate with Europe ...
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Merkel urged to take lead in Europe Debt Crisis.
The US President Barack Obama has stressed that the European debt crisis ... Appearing at a jointnews conference with German Chancellor Angela ... Obama said that Greece's high debt level “means that other countries in the euro zone ...
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DISCOVERIES, Inventions News, Jun 12, 2011

Send an SMS to control the switch
Khaleej Times
The project was the first among the three winners of a grand contest launched by the school, themed 'Made by Emirati Hands' during which the students handed in 40 scientific discoveries. The other winning inventions include a new mechanism through ...
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Delhi University VC delivers lecture at KU
Kashmir Dispatch
Quoting examples of scientists, cricketers and film actors, he said, “Those people have changed the course of history with great inventions, discoveries and skills when they moved outside the four walls of class rooms and found time for independent and ...
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How Transhumanism Will Change ...
The Next Web
Our inventions are all around us, every day, making every part of life easier. Some people say that's a terrible thing. I'ma futurist — I think it's incredible. But hey, if you want to go back to shoveling your own waste into the ground, be my guest. ...
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Twitter / Walt Whitman: The latest news . . . . di ...
The latest news . . . . discoveries, inventions, societies . . . . authors old and new, ... The latestnews . . . . discoveries, inventions, ...
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Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - News for 12XII:IIX12 - Radionomy
12XII:IIX12 news: Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions.
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