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author: dhananjayishere
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date: 2011-05-14 00:37:00
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title: Welcome to ACM, Courtesy of Google
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So when I opened my mailbox today, this was watinig for me. It may not exactly fall into the type but still kind of first salary to me.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: **** <[acmhelp@acm.org](mailto:acmhelp@acm.org)>
Date: 14 May 2011 02:47
Subject: Welcome to ACM, Courtesy of Google
To: [mb.dhananjay@gmail.com](mailto:mb.dhananjay@gmail.com)


Dear Dhananjay Balan:

 Welcome to the ACM Community, courtesy of Google! An ACM Student Membership has been created for you,