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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:Tue, 9 Oct 2007 02:05:05 -0600 (MDT)
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CONFERENCE: LavaCon + Habitat for Humanity in New Orleans
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On one hand, I dont want people to think that New Orleans NEEDS
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