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- ==== Contribute Axis2 and win an Apple iPod Nano ====
+ === Contribute to Axis2 and win an Apple iPod Nano at ApacheCon US 2005! ===
  
  Win an [http://www.apple.com/ipodnano/ Apple iPod Nano] - small enough to fit unobtrusively in your pocket during boring meetings.
  
  [http://www.apachecon.com/2005/US/index.html ApacheCon] participants can now take part in the Axis2 code competition. Send in your contributions and stand to win an Apple iPod nano with the courtesy of those wonderfully generous people at [http://www.wso2.com WSO2]! Not just oxygenating the Web Service platform but grooving it up with some fine musical technology too. 
  
- The '''WSO2 Axis2 coding competition''' is open ApacheCon attendees who are not already Axis2 committers. Prizes will be awarded at the end of [http://www.apachecon.com/2005/US/index.html ApacheCon] conference for the best patch and best code sample relating to Axis2. 
+ The '''WSO2 Axis2 Coding Competition''' is open to ApacheCon attendees who are not already Axis2 committers. Employees of WSO2 are not eligible to participate in this competition. Prizes will be awarded at the end of [http://www.apachecon.com/2005/US/index.html ApacheCon] conference for the best patch and best code sample relating to Axis2. The selection of winners will be based on the quality of the patch or code sample as judged by the judges. The judges are:
+    * A
+    * B
+ All decisions of the judges will be final.
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+ ==== Learning About Axis2 ====
  Axis2 is an implementation of the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP). Going forward from the highly influential [http://ws.apache.org/axis Axis Project], Axis2 aims to be the foundation and core of a clean, extensible and performant Open Source Web services platform. For more details see [http://ws.apache.org/axis2].
  
  If you are new to Axis2 take a look at the [http://ws.apache.org/axis2/Axis2ArchitectureGuide.html Architecture Guide]. Another good place to start is this [http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2005/07/27/axis2.html article].
  
- The Axis2 committers will be down in the Hackathon and at the [http://apachecon.com/2005/US/html/sessions.html#1447 Axis2 Tutorial] if you want to find us to chat about the competition.  
+ The Axis2 committers will be down in the Hackathon and at the [http://apachecon.com/2005/US/html/sessions.html#1447 Axis2 Tutorial] if you want to find us to chat about the competition.  Attendign the tutorial would be a great way to get a quick start about Axis2 (and will give you another chance at winning an iPod Nano as WSO2 will be giving one away to a randomly selected tutorial attendee!
  
  The competition runs during the conference and submissions are due at noon Pacific time on Wednesday 14th December. The competition will be judged by a small but  eminent panel of independent judges. In order to participate simply send your submission to the [mailto:axis-dev@ws.apache.org axis-dev@ws.apache.org] mailing list, including the subjects 
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  [Axis2] [SampleCompetition]
- }}} by '''12 noon PST, December 14 2005'''. 
+ }}} by '''12 noon PST, Wednesday, December 14 2005'''. 
  
  ===== Suggestions for submissions: =====