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Subject:TECHWR-L Premium Jobs, Events, and Announcements From:TECHWR-L Listowner <admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com> To:archive -at- web -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Sat, 10 Mar 2007 02:05:06 -0700 (MST)
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Call for Speakers: LavaCon 2007
LavaCon and the Greater New Orleans chapter
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