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- ↑ The Plain Dealer, 18 August 2008
- ↑ Valerie Scher (2005-09-04). "Ling bids farewell to fest: 'It is time for me to move on'". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on 2005-09-11. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
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