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Regional Winners Screen Shot 2013-04-18 at 12.07.05 PM Team 1717, D’Penguineers, Goleta,CA Team 973, Greybots Atascadero, CA Team 1836, MilkenKnights Los Angeles, CA   Rookie All-Star Award Team 4501, Team Humans from Santa Monica, CA Screen Shot 2013-04-15 at 6.24.28 PMThis award celebrates a 1st year team demonstrating an early but strong partnership effort, implementing the mission of FIRST. iphone 7 case on sales Its winner understands what FIRST is really trying to accomplish and realizes that techni
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