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symfony: PHP doesn’t have to be crap… … and how we used it to bring  Web 2.0 to Edge Hill University Michael Nolan www.michaelnolan.co.uk blogs.edgehill.ac.uk/webservices
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Edge Hill University is in the middle of nowhere, has p*ss poor student nightlife and is full of arrogant d*ckheads
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