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Interview with Dr. Nader Shabahangi

Aug.24.2011

I will be interviewed by Dr. Nader Shabahangi, the founder of AgeSong, an Adult Community at Lake Merritt in Oakland, on October 6 at 3:30 p.m.  The public is invited; there is no charge, and I will be videotaped. 

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