<h3>Beta Available Now</h3>
<p>
	The Model-Glue team is pleased to release the initial public beta of Model-Glue 3: Gesture, a return to Model-Glue's roots of dead-simple MVC+II development. Download the <a href="http://www.model-glue.com/downloads/modelglue_3_beta.zip">Model-Glue 3: Gesture Beta</a> and give it a spin.  
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<p>
	There will be a Model-Glue Birds Of A Feather Session at CF.Objective() on Friday at 8PM (Skyway Suite AB on the 2nd floor of the Hyatt) to talk about the new Beta release, answer questions and get an idea of who wants to help contribute.
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<h4>Documentation</h4>
<p>
	Model-Glue:Gesture documentation is located at <a href="http://docs.model-glue.com/">http://docs.model-glue.com/</a> and all new features are well documented. 
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<h4>Bug Tracker</h4>
<p>
	There is probably a bug somewhere in the Beta code, so if you happen to find it, report it at <a href="http://docs.model-glue.com/newticket">http://docs.model-glue.com/newticket</a> (might need to register). Bug reports are Appreciated. Submitted Test Cases or Patches are Golden.
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<h4>Fun New Features</h4>
<p>
	<ul>
		<li><a href="http://docs.model-glue.com/wiki/HowTos/SESUrls#SearchEngineSafeSESUrls" >Search Engine Safe URLs</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://docs.model-glue.com/wiki/HowTos/EventGeneration" >Event Generation</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://docs.model-glue.com/wiki/HowTos/Helpers" >Helpers</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://docs.model-glue.com/wiki/HowTos/HowToUseBeanInjection" >Bean Injection</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://docs.model-glue.com/wiki/HowTos/Formats" >Formats</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://docs.model-glue.com/wiki/HowTos/CachingLayer#HowToUseContentCaching" >Content Caching</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://docs.model-glue.com/wiki/HowTos/HowToUseTypedEvents#HowToUseTypedEvents" >Typed Events</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://docs.model-glue.com/wiki/HowTos/Remoting#HowToUseRemoting" >Model-Glue Remoting (Flex + Ajax integration)</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://docs.model-glue.com/wiki/HowTos/ApplicationCFCIntegration#Application.cfcIntegrationwithMG3">Application.cfc Integration</a></li>
	
	</ul>
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<h4>Most Valuable Contributors</h4>
<p>
	This beta release is on time and of high quality thanks to the contributions of various community members. In alphabetical order:
	<ul>
		<li><a href="http://alagad.com">Alagad</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://www.silverwareconsulting.com" target="_new">Bob Silverberg</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://buckyschwarz.net/site/blog/"  target="_new">Bucky Schwarz</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://www.cfcode.net/blog/" target="_new">Chris Peterson</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://dan.skaggsfamily.ws/" target="_new">Dan Skaggs</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://alagad.com" target="_new">Doug Hughes</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://blog.coldfusionpowered.com/" target="_new">David Henry</a></li>
		<li> <a href="http://cfgrok.com" target="_new">Ezra Parker</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://www.web-relevant.com/blogs/cfobjective/index.cfm" target="_new">Jared Rypka-Hauer</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://www.alagad.com/go/blog?createdBy=jchastain" target="_new">Jeff Chastain</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://www.thecrumb.com/" target="_new">Jim Priest</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://firemoss.com" target="_new">Joe Rinehart</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://www.codfusion.com/blog/" target="_new">John Mason</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://mxunit.org/" target="_new">Marc Esher</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://www.compoundtheory.com/" target="_new">Mark Mandel</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://www.markdrew.co.uk/blog/" target="_new">Mark Drew</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://fancybread.com/" target="_new">Paul Marcotte</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://pbell.com" target="_new">Peter Bell</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://www.coldfusionjedi.com/" target="_new">Ray Camden</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://www.boyzoid.com/blog/" target="_new">Scott Stroz</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://blog.simb.net/" target="_new">Simeon Bateman</a></li>
	</ul>
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<p><em>My appologies to those whom I left off... we still love you!</em></p>
<h4>Next Steps</h4>
<p>
	We are shaking-out the code for the next couple of weeks to make we've found all the bitrot. After a month or so, we'll wrap up a Release Candidate for 3.0 with the final release coming before <a href="http://cfunited.com">CFUnited</a>.
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<h4>Coming Soon</h4>
<p>
<ul>
	<li>More Video Tutorials</li>
	<li>Releasing the Undocumented Custom Generation Patterns Feature</li>
	<li>Example Applications</li>
	<li>Web Tutorials</li>
</ul>
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<h4>Wanna jump in the fun and join the Model-Glue team?</h4>
<p> Send me an email and tell me how you'd like to help. We are always looking for smart people to help push MG to the next level</p>
<p>Don't know how you want to help? No problem. Just tell me how much time you want to contribute and we can get you something fun to do.</p>