The following may be of interest, I know Dave and can recomend him. This event 
is not free but if you can persuade someone to pay it's probably worth it.
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Perl - Intermediate & Advanced Training Courses 
Intermediate Perl 21st & 22nd February 2012 
This course is aimed at people who have written a little Perl and who want to 
add another dimension to their Perl knowledge. This will take you from being 
“someone who uses Perl” to a “Perl programmer”. 
  
Advanced Perl 23rd & 24th February 2012 
This course is aimed at people who have a lot of experience of Perl but who 
might not have had the time to keep up to date with the latest Perl 
techniques. This course teaches the latest techniques being used by the 
world's best Perl programmers. This is the knowledge that will enable you to 
describe yourself as a “Perl expert”. 
  
See UKUUG FLOSS website for full details of these two great Perl courses, and 
so book . Location: Central London 
http://www.flossuk.org/Events/Perl2012
Places are limited, so book now . Book now online or using the  booking PDF 
Tutor: Dave Cross 
 Dave Cross is the owner of Magnum Solutions Ltd, an Open Source consultancy 
company based in London.  In 1998 he started london.pm which has grown to be 
one of the largest Perl Mongers groups in the world. Between August 2002 and 
June 2006 he was the Perl Mongers User Groups Co-ordinator for the Perl 
Foundation. Dave is a regular speaker at Perl and Open Source conferences and 
is often invited to present tutorials alongside the main conference. He is the 
author of "Data Munging with Perl" (Manning, 2001) and a co-author of "Perl 
Template Toolkit" (O'Reilly, 2003). 
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