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Sunjug Cigar Night
Event Details
Time: December 15, 2010 from 6pm to 10pm
Location: World of Beer - Sarasota
Street: 8217 Tourist Center Drive
City/Town: Bradenton
Website or Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q…
Event Type: cigar, night
Organized By: David Moskowitz
Latest Activity: Dec 15, 2010
Event Description
Join us for the Sarasota Java Users Group Cigar Night at the World of Beer in Sarasota.
Besides the excellent beer, World of Beer has cigars for sale as well.
See http://wobsarasota.com for more information and directions to the location.
*This will be an official Gathering of the Groups event*
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Comment by David Moskowitz on December 14, 2010 at 9:26pm
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spammer!
but please stop by tomorrow night.
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Comment by Benjamin King on December 14, 2010 at 11:18am
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Voalte, in Sarasota, FL, is looking for an Android developer that wants to help revolutionize healthcare communication! We believe that the Android platform is going make huge inroads into the healthcare industry. We will begin developing our Android app in the new year. Please contact me directly if you want to help save lives and improve the productivity of care givers. Thanks.
Happy 10th year, JCertif!
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