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Just in case daylight savings time got the best of you this weekend, we have extended the
JavaOne Call for Papers by 48 hours. If you have not yet submitted a topic or have
additional ideas, you have until 11:59pm Pacific Time on Tuesday, March 16th to get your
abstracts in. Keep the submissions coming—this is looking to be the best JavaOne…
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I have uploaded the presentation that I gave last night to the Gainesville Java Users Group on the Grails Portal Framework that I have been working on. You can download it using this link.
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There is my proposal for JUG-AFRICA agenda. Feel free to comment and add interesting ideas.
I will detail each point in my blog later.
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Codetown is a social network. It's got blogs, forums, groups, personal pages and more! You might think of Codetown as a funky camper van with lots of compartments for your stuff and a great multimedia system, too! Best of all, Codetown has room for all of your friends.
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