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NFORUM is a division of The Commonwealth Club by and for people in their 20's and 30's, with a mission to inspire debate around civic issues.
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NUCLEAR ENERGY: FUELING THE FUTURE? Angie Howard, Senior Vice President, Nuclear Energy Institute Geoffrey Rothwell, Senior Lecturer, Director of Honors Programs, Department of
Published: Thursday, 07 August 2008 11:35:26
Duration: 1:04:45
Size: 29.52 MB
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Devin Nunes, U.S. Representative (R-CA) Meredith Turney, Legislative Liaison, Capital Resource Family Impact Nicholas Romero, Communications Director, California Young Americans for...
Published: Wednesday, 30 July 2008 13:12:42
Duration: 1:05:26
Size: 29.83 MB
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Senator Darrell Steinberg, CA State Senator; Incoming President Pro Tem, CA Senate Van Jones, Founder and CEO, Green for All Scott Shafer, Host, KQED’s “The California Report” - Moderator GREEN...
Published: Wednesday, 30 July 2008 13:05:06
Duration: 1:05:49
Size: 30.0 MB
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Peter Gosselin, National Economics Correspondent, Los Angeles Times; Fellow, Urban Institute; Author, High Wire: The Precarious Financial Lives of American Families Brad G. Stroh,
Published: Wednesday, 30 July 2008 13:05:49
Duration: 1:06:22
Size: 30.26 MB
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Joseph Perkins, President and CEO, Home Builders Association of Northern California Rich Arzaga, Financial Planner; Professor, Real Estate Investment, U.C. Berkeley Extension Tom...
Published: Tuesday, 08 July 2008 17:48:02
Duration: 1:04:42
Size: 29.49 MB
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HABEAS CORPUS Vincent Warren, Executive Director, Center for Constitutional Rights Peter Scheidegger, Legal Director, Criminal Justice Legal Foundation THE PERCEIVED TENSION BETWEEN...
Published: Friday, 20 June 2008 11:55:33
Duration: 1:05:45
Size: 29.98 MB
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Sam Gosling SNOOP: THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF STUFF Our private spaces--from boardroom to bedroom--reveal our personalities, whether we know it or not. Does what's on your desk reveal...
Published: Tuesday, 17 June 2008 11:46:28
Duration: 1:06:58
Size: 30.53 MB
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Sam Green, Documentary Filmmaker, Academy-Award Nominated The Weather Underground John Knoll, Academy-Award Winning Visual Effects Specialist, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Abyss and...
Published: Thursday, 12 June 2008 11:27:48
Duration: 1:06:36
Size: 30.36 MB
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John Perkins Author, The Secret History of the American Empire: Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth about Global Corruption It once could be said that "the sun never sets on...
Published: Wednesday, 04 June 2008 11:37:17
Duration: 1:07:23
Size: 30.72 MB
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Bill Romanowsky, "Romo," Former NFL Linebacker, Oakland Raiders, Denver Broncos and other teams Warren Strudwick, M.D., Team Physician, Oakland Raiders, U.S. Track and Field Team Mark...
Published: Friday, 23 May 2008 11:08:07
Duration: 1:02:39
Size: 28.56 MB
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In Conversation with Orli Cotel, Producer, Sierra Club Radio Dead Lucky is the amazing story of Australian mountain climber Lincoln Hall’s rescue near the summit of Mount Everest,
Published: Wednesday, 21 May 2008 11:00:04
Duration: 1:03:36
Size: 28.99 MB
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In Conversation with John Geluardi, Political Reporter, SFWeekly MEET THE CANDIDATE As San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors President, Matt Gonzalez helped to install rank choice
Published: Thursday, 15 May 2008 10:52:30
Duration: 1:04:25
Size: 29.36 MB
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EMBRACING UNCERTAINTY: CONNECTING POLICY TO LONG-RANGE FORECASTING These are times when forecasters struggle to anticipate an ever-stranger geopolitical reality. A movie star as Governor?...
Published: Wednesday, 23 April 2008 10:42:46
Duration: 1:08:14
Size: 31.1 MB
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ADAM WERBACH CEO, Saatchi & Saatchi A lot has happened since Adam Werbach declared environmentalism dead in a speech to The Commonwealth Club three years ago. In 2007, Werbach's sustainability...
Published: Friday, 11 April 2008 10:33:12
Duration: 1:04:54
Size: 26.01 MB
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INFORUM Presents Exit Strategies: Making the Decision to Sell Fentress Seagroves, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Private Company Services Practice Grant Evans, Former CEO, A4Visions,...
Published: Wednesday, 19 March 2008 12:59:23
Duration: 1:00:23
Size: 24.2 MB
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INFORUM Salons present Web 2.0: Amateur Hour or Mass-ive Knowledge? Andrew Keen, Author, The Cult of the Amateur: How the Internet Is Killing our Culture Jimmy Wales, Founder, Wikipedia David...
Published: Friday, 07 March 2008 10:22:06
Duration: 1:06:06
Size: 26.49 MB
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Jordan Kurland, Founder and Owner, Zeitgeist Artist Management; Co-founder, Noise Pop Music Festival Kevin Arnold, Founder and Co-producer, Noise Pop; Founder, IODA Melissa Goldstein,...
Published: Tuesday, 04 March 2008 10:41:56
Duration: 1:06:21
Size: 30.25 MB
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INSIDE IRAN: FRIENDS OR ENEMIES? Barbara Slavin, Diplomatic Reporter, USA Today; Author, Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies Abbas Milani, Director of Iranian Studies, Hoover Institute at...
Published: Wednesday, 20 February 2008 17:01:35
Duration: 1:05:49
Size: 26.38 MB
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Panel: The San Francisco Beer Story HISTORY, CULTURE, TASTE, CUISINE co sponsored by The Commonwealth Club's Member-Led Forum called Bay Gourmet Justin Crossley, Radio Host/”Brewcaster,”...
Published: Wednesday, 20 February 2008 16:54:14
Duration: 1:02:11
Size: 24.92 MB
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ARE YOU A CONSUMER ADDICT? RACHEL KESEL, Founding Member, The Compact JOHN PERRY, Founding Member, The Compact On January 1, 2006, a group of nine San Franciscans formed The Compact,...
Published: Wednesday, 16 January 2008 12:36:32
Duration: 1:06:45
Size: 26.76 MB
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STEWART BRAND Founder and Publisher, The Whole Earth Catalogue; Co-founder, The Long Now Foundation; Co-founder, The WELL; Co-founder, Global Business Network CITY PLANET: HOW URBANIZATION...
Published: Thursday, 14 June 2007 12:33:00
Duration: 1:04:24
Size: 25.81 MB
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CHRISTINE PELOSI Platform Chair, California Democratic Party; Author, Campaign Boot Camp Christine Pelosi has over 30 years of grassroots experience in voter contact, education and...
Published: Thursday, 13 December 2007 11:53:02
Duration: 1:06:19
Size: 26.58 MB
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Freedom of the Blog? Twenty-five-year-old video blogger and San Francisco mayoral candidate Wolf served 226 days in prison after refusing to turn over a collection of videos of an...
Published: Friday, 02 November 2007 11:50:55
Duration: 1:07:54
Size: 27.21 MB
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Future of Music Chaz Hayes, Producer and Artist Management Tim Westergren, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Pandora Richard French, Moderator, CEO Avvenu, former head Open Source...
Published: Tuesday, 18 September 2007 09:52:38
Duration: 1:09:57
Size: 28.04 MB
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TITLE: 2007: Is This 1984? PANEL: KEVIN BANKSTON, Staff Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation CHRIS HOOFNAGLE, Senior Staff Attorney, Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy...
Published: Friday, 30 November 2007 10:50:08
Duration: 1:07:01
Size: 26.86 MB
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Jeremy Stoppelman, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Russel Simmons, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer In conversation with Greg Sterling, Founding Principal, Sterling Market...
Published: Monday, 29 October 2007 16:29:08
Duration: 1:04:47
Size: 25.97 MB
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Yann Martel, Author, Life of Pi In conversation with Tamara Strauss, Trends and Features Editor, San Francisco Chronicle: former editor, Zoetrope Magazine Yann Martel, author of Life...
Published: Monday, 29 October 2007 16:26:27
Duration: 1:03:34
Size: 25.48 MB
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LITQUAKE, INFORUM AND GOODLIT TALK ABOUT SCIENCE AND RELIGION – ARE THEY IRRECONCILABLE? MICHAEL LERNER, Rabbi, Beyt Tikkun Synagogue; Editor, Tikkun Magazine; Author, The Left Hand...
Published: Friday, 12 October 2007 09:50:51
Duration: 1:01:53
Size: 24.8 MB
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Aaron Hurst, recognized by Fast Company as a 2006 Rising Star—“a social entrepreneur with extraordinary potential,” founded the Taproot Foundation to break down the barriers between...
Published: Friday, 05 October 2007 10:57:01
Duration: 1:03:40
Size: 25.52 MB
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Graphic Novels: Evolution of the American Comic Book Scott McCloud, Author and Artist, Making Comics Rory Root, Owner, Comic Relief Comics and graphic novels have seen a meteoric...
Published: Friday, 31 August 2007 11:28:13
Duration: 1:08:12
Size: 27.34 MB
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Jimbo Wales, founder, Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation and Wikia The founder of the go-to informational resource Wikipedia, “Jimbo” Wales will talk about what's next on his agenda,
Published: Thursday, 19 July 2007 16:10:11
Duration: 1:06:24
Size: 26.61 MB
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David Harris & Joan Blades in Conversation, Summer of Love at 40-How To Mobilize a Nation The Summer of Love transformed San Francisco into a hot bed of activism with the mantra of...
Published: Friday, 29 June 2007 09:59:42
Duration: 1:12:21
Size: 29.0 MB
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Christy DuFoe, Sommelier Quinn's Restaraunt Courtney Cochran, Owner, Your Personal Sommelier Mark Bright, Wine Director, Oola Leslie Sbrocco, Host, Check Please Bay Area – Moderator Wine...
Published: Friday, 29 June 2007 10:01:49
Duration: 1:08:05
Size: 27.29 MB
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Chad Hurley and Steve Chen Founders, YouTube Recipients of INFORUM’s 21st Century Visionary Award In conversation with Chris Anderson, Editor-in-Chief, Wired Magazine With YouTube,...
Published: Friday, 15 June 2007 09:59:18
Duration: 1:07:45
Size: 27.15 MB
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Manisha Thakor & Sharon Kedar, Financial Consultants & Authors of A Modern Girl’s Guide to Personal Finance Personal Finance: A Modern Girl’s Guide We may dress in designer jeans,...
Published: Wednesday, 23 May 2007 14:25:46
Duration: 1:06:36
Size: 26.69 MB
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ERICA SANDBERG, Financial Education and Communication Advisor; Consumer Credit Counseling Service RAMIT SETHI, Technology Entrepreneur; Blogger DAVID ROBINSON, Senior Lecturer, Haas...
Published: Monday, 30 April 2007 17:57:57
Duration: 1:10:37
Size: 28.3 MB
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TITLE: Green Capital: Profit and the Planet? PANEL: PETER LIU, Founder and Vice Chairman, National Resource Bank HUNTER LOVINS, President, Natural Capitalism, Inc.;...
Published: Monday, 30 April 2007 11:26:02
Duration: 1:10:04
Size: 28.08 MB
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SPEAKERS: JONATHAN LEDGARD, Africa Correspondent, The Economist; Author, Giraffe in conversation with LAURA SYDELL, Correspondent, National Public Radio TITLE: Africa, 2007 The Ethiopian...
Published: Thursday, 29 March 2007 12:09:22
Duration: 1:08:05
Size: 27.28 MB
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Paul Reickhoff, Infantry Officer, NY Army National Guard; Founder & Executive Director, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America Camille Evans, Army Sergeant Brett Miller, National...
Published: Friday, 23 March 2007 10:22:51
Duration: 1:17:58
Size: 31.23 MB
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INFORUM presents OneVoice 2007: What are you Willing To Do To End the Conflict? Daniel Lubetzky, Founder/President, OneVoice Daniel Lubetzky, Founder and President of the One Voice...
Published: Friday, 23 March 2007 09:58:03
Duration: 1:05:47
Size: 26.37 MB
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Vince Malta, San Francisco Realtor; President, California Association of Realtors Joseph Perkins, President and CEO, Home Builders Association of Northern California Rich Arzaga,
Published: Thursday, 08 March 2007 17:20:41
Duration: 1:05:42
Size: 26.33 MB
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PANEL: Sasha Cagen, Author, Quirkyalone: Manifesto for Uncompromising Romantics; Founder, quirkyalone.net Ethan Watters, Author, Urban Tribes: A Generation Redefines Friendship,...
Published: Friday, 16 February 2007 10:06:30
Duration: 1:08:25
Size: 27.42 MB
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PANEL: Adam Werbach, Sustainability Strategist (Wal-Mart); CEO, Act Now Productions Sheryl O’Loughlin, CEO, Clif Bar Paul Rice, President and CEO, TransFair USA Christine Arena,...
Published: Friday, 16 February 2007 09:57:03
Duration: 1:11:08
Size: 28.51 MB
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Danger! It lurks at every corner. Earthquakes. Family Visits. Terrorists. Sea Lions. BART derails and you're stuck under the Bay with your blind date's B.O. What do you do? David...
Published: Thursday, 18 January 2007 15:52:06
Duration: 1:01:54
Size: 24.81 MB
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David Ewing Duncan is an award-winning, best-selling author of six books, numerous essays, articles and short stories, and is a television, radio and film producer and correspondent....
Published: Thursday, 18 January 2007 13:57:47
Duration: 1:04:09
Size: 25.71 MB
Online Personas: Defining the Self in a Virtual World SHAWN GOLD, Vice President of Content and Marketing, MySpace ROBIN HARPER, Vice President of Community, Second Life REID HOFFMAN,...
Published: Tuesday, 05 December 2006 12:56:48
Duration: 1:08:16
Size: 27.36 MB
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CHARLES PURDY, "Mr. Social Grace" Columnist, SF Weekly, KFOG and Gay.com; Author, Urban EtiquetteJEFF SHERMAN, Professor of Social Psychology, University of California at Davis LAURA...
Published: Tuesday, 14 November 2006 17:04:36
Duration: 1:09:53
Size: 28.01 MB
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JOAN BLADES, Co-founder, MoveOn.org; Co-founder and President, MomsRising.org JULIE CHIRON, Fundraising Campaign Web Manager, UC Berkeley DAPHNE DE MARNEFFE, Author, Maternal Desire JANE...
Published: Monday, 13 November 2006 17:05:22
Duration: 1:05:47
Size: 26.37 MB
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Experimental novelist and indie-folk musician Myla Goldberg will speak about the possibilities and perils of memory and how past events do and do not shape the present. Goldberg’s
Published: Thursday, 19 October 2006 11:35:55
Duration: 57:00
Size: 22.85 MB
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IGNACIO CHAPELA, Professor, UC Berkeley; Founder, The Mycological Facility, Oaxaca, Mexico CHRISTOPHER D. COOK, Author, Diet for a Dead Planet: Big Business and the Coming Food Crisis MICHELE...
Published: Wednesday, 11 October 2006 13:45:09
Duration: 1:01:44
Size: 24.75 MB
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REBECCA BUCKMAN, Venture Capital Reporter, The Wall Street Journal STEVE DOMENIK, General Partner, Sevin Rosen Funds STEVE LEWIS, CEO, President and Founder, Teneros, Inc. SCOTT POTTER,...
Published: Monday, 09 October 2006 15:15:47
Duration: 1:30:07
Size: 36.11 MB
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GEORGE BISHARAT, Professor of Law in Middle Eastern Societies, UC Hastings NOEL KAPLOWITZ, Former Professor of International Relations and Middle East Affairs, UC Davis, UC Berkeley...
Published: Wednesday, 16 August 2006 15:13:13
Duration: 1:01:38
Size: 24.71 MB
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JAY D. KEASLING, Founding Director, Synthetic Biology Department, UC Berkeley NANCY S. PADIAN, Ph.D., Executive Director, Women's Global Health Imperative, UCSF; Director of International...
Published: Wednesday, 16 August 2006 14:30:54
Duration: 1:08:07
Size: 27.3 MB
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A Closer Look at Doing Business in China Claudia Fan Muncie, Managing Director, IBM Venture Capital Group; Vice President, Corporate Strategy Dr. Amy Shuen, Researcher and Professor,...
Published: Thursday, 03 August 2006 12:52:51
Duration: 1:01:31
Size: 24.66 MB
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ERIC ARNOLD, Reporter, East Bay Express MISTAH F.A.B., Artist, Thizz Entertainment TAMARA PALMER, Author, Country Fried Soul: Adventures in Dirty South Hip Hop; Reporter, SF Weekly TRAXAMILLION...
Published: Monday, 31 July 2006 12:07:17
Duration: 1:04:49
Size: 25.98 MB
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In 1986, Larry Harvey went to Baker Beach with a few friends to burn an 8-foot tall wooden man for Summer Solstice. This year nearly 30,000 people joined Larry for Burning Man in Nevada's...
Published: Monday, 24 July 2006 17:46:07
Duration: 1:05:50
Size: 26.38 MB
Internationally acclaimed poet and novelist Alan Kaufman will discuss the movement to share modern Jewish identity and experience through personal creative expression. He will share...
Published: Monday, 17 July 2006 15:46:15
Duration: 1:03:45
Size: 25.55 MB
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Daniel Handler, a.k.a. Lemony Snicket is author of "A Series of Unfortunate Events" and most recently "Adverbs" and is featured in conversation with fellow author Andrew Sean Greer. Known...
Published: Monday, 26 June 2006 16:52:56
Duration: 1:00:34
Size: 13.88 MB
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Carter Roberts is President and CEO of the World Wildlife Fund. Mr. Roberts in in conversation with Jane Kay, Enviroment Writer for the San Francisco Chronicle. Carter Roberts explains...
Published: Tuesday, 20 June 2006 12:33:10
Duration: 1:01:15
Size: 14.03 MB
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Markos Zuniga is the founder and editor of DailyKos.com and author of "Crashing The Gate: NetRoots, Grassroots, and The Rise of People-Powered Politics" Markos is interviewed by Greg...
Published: Wednesday, 07 June 2006 12:09:16
Duration: 1:07:15
Size: 15.41 MB
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Women Entreprenuers-Catapulting Business To The Next Level Panel: NELL MERLINO, Chief Executive Officer, Make Mine a $Million Business Program, Count Me In INGRID MERRIWETHER, CEO,...
Published: Thursday, 04 May 2006 15:46:28
Duration: 1:03:07
Size: 14.46 MB
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Is another Gore run for office in the cards? Karenna drew the spotlight as an advisor in her father's bid for the presidency in 2000. Since then she's taken the Bush administration's...
Published: Friday, 17 February 2006 00:00:00
Duration: 58:38
Size: 13.42 MB
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