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Date: Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 6:00 PM<br>Subject: UG News: Get Your Free Books + More from O'Reilly<br><br><br><u></u>
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<p>Hello,</p>
<p>We just got back from a stellar week at our Strata Conference + Hadoop World event in NYC. If this week was any indication, big data is definitely getting bigger. If you or your group are affiliated with or know of groups in your area that are into big data, data science, or visualization, let us know—we'd like to hear from you.</p>
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<p>—Marsee Henon & Jon Johns</p>
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