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            <td>[jug-leaders] [Announcement] Upcoming Online Course:
              JDK8 MOOC - "Lambdas and Streams"</td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">Date: </th>
            <td>Fri, 05 Jun 2015 12:54:45 -0700</td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">From: </th>
            <td>Sharat Chander <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:sharat.chander@oracle.com"><sharat.chander@oracle.com></a></td>
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            <td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jug-leaders@jugs.java.net">jug-leaders@jugs.java.net</a></td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">To: </th>
            <td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jug-leaders@jugs.java.net">jug-leaders@jugs.java.net</a>, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:users@java-champions.java.net">users@java-champions.java.net</a></td>
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            <td>Sharat Chander <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:sharat.chander@oracle.com"><sharat.chander@oracle.com></a>, Simon
              Ritter <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:simon.ritter@oracle.com"><simon.ritter@oracle.com></a></td>
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      <font face="Arial">Folks,<br>
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        <font face="Arial">The next </font></font><span
        style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Massive

        Open Online Course (MOOC) covering Java</span><font face="Arial"><font
          face="Arial"><font face="Arial"> will l<font face="Arial">aunch

              on July 14th.  This MOOC was prepared by Simon Ritte<font
                face="Arial">r (Java Evangelist </font></font></font></font></font>
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      <span class="st">extraordinaire</span><font face="Arial"><font
          face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font
                face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font
                      face="Arial">) </font></font></font>and </font>will<font
                face="Arial"> focus on teachin<font face="Arial">g
                  Lambdas and Steams.<br>
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                  <font face="Arial">You can sign up now (it's <b><u>FREE</u></b>)<font
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      For more information you can either watch the YouTube video below
      for an overview or read the promotional e-mail I've included below
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      Warmest Regards,<br>
      --Sharat<br>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#144485">JDK8

                                          Massive Open and Online
                                          Course: Lambdas and Streams
                                          Introduction</span></strong><span
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                                          Date</span></strong><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">:
                                        14-JUL-2015 03:00:00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                      <p style="line-height:10.85pt"><strong><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323131">Java

                                            SE 8 (JDK8) </span></strong><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323131">introduced

                                          a fundamentally new way of
                                          programming in Java with the
                                          introduction of Lambda
                                          expressions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                      <p style="line-height:10.85pt"><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323131">Lambda

                                          provides a simple way to pass
                                          functionality as an argument
                                          to another method, such as
                                          what action should be taken
                                          when someone clicks a button,
                                          or how to sort a set of names.
                                          Lambda expressions enable you
                                          to do this, to treat
                                          functionality as a method
                                          argument, or code as data.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                      <p style="line-height:10.85pt"><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323131">You

                                          may have heard about Lambda
                                          expressions, and are curious
                                          what impact it will have on
                                          you as a Java developer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                      <p style="line-height:10.85pt"><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323131">This

                                          course is designed to answer
                                          your questions and more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                      <p style="line-height:10.85pt"><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323131">Have

                                          you ever wondered what Lambda
                                          expressions are in Java?<br>
                                          Have you ever wanted to write
                                          parallel code in Java without
                                          worrying about threads and
                                          locking?<br>
                                          Have you ever wanted to
                                          process collections of data
                                          without using loops?<br>
                                          Have you ever wanted to do
                                          functional programming in
                                          Java?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                      <p style="line-height:10.85pt"><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323131">All

                                          of these questions will be
                                          answered in this practical
                                          hands-on <strong><span
                                              style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">MOOC</span></strong>.
                                          This course introduces two
                                          major new changes to the Java
                                          platform: Lambda expressions
                                          and the Stream API.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#144485">Presented

                                          by: </span></strong><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#144485">Simon

                                        Ritter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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src="http://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/tutorials/oll-live/small_orcl_logo.jpg"
                                        alt="Oracle Corporation"
                                        border="0"><o:p></o:p></p>
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                            <p><span
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                                questions or comments to <a
                                  moz-do-not-send="true"
                                  href="mailto:java-mooc-support@beehiveonline.oracle.com">java-mooc-support@beehiveonline.oracle.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">Copyright©

                                2015, Oracle. All rights reserved.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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