Fwd: Pearson Education User Group Program Newsletter -- November 2009

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Check out the monthly contest for free books. Note, too, Marc Sobel's 
new book.

Also, "Gang of Four" is _fifteen_ years old!

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Subject: 	Pearson Education User Group Program Newsletter -- November 2009
Date: 	Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:42:30 -0800
From: 	InformIT <usergroups at informit.com>
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Pearson Education User Group Program Newsletter
Issue 19 -- August 2009

Thank you for reading the Pearson Education User Group Program monthly
newsletter for official group members. Please pass this along to your
colleagues and share our news and offers.

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== User Groups of the Month ==

Florida: Florida Linux Alliance Group works to promote and provide feedback
to the Florida Free Open Source Software (FOSS) and Linux business
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Indiana: Indianapolis Cisco User Group Group connects local IT
professionals
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Learn more at http://www.indycug.org.

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== Authors and Events: November ==

November 1 -6 -- LISA '09
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November 7 -- Iowa Code Camp
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November 9-13 -- TechEd Europe
TechEd Europe is the premier Microsoft technical education and
networking event for technology professionals interested in learning,
connecting and exploring a broad set of current and soon to release
Microsoft technologies, tools, platforms and services. If you're attending,
bring a copy of this newsletter to the Digital Guru bookstore for an
additional 5% off of the already-established 15% off show discount on
Pearson published products!
http://www.msteched.com/europe/Public/default.aspx

November 14 -- Chippewa Valley Code Camp
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November 16-20 -- Devoxx 2009
http://devoxx.com/display/DV09/Home
Connect with fellow Java developers in Antwerp, Belgium, for hands-on
demonstrations, white board discussions, and much more!

November 17-19 -- Microsoft PDC
http://microsoftpdc.com/
Visit Pearson at Booth #1019 and enter for your chance to win an Amazon
Kindle.

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