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Date: Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 5:01 PM<br>Subject: UG News: Get Your Free Books + More from O'Reilly<br><br><br>
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<p>We're headed to Austin for <a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zl1nc4hgl8eesnbbi6jrmsek1f3imoidfpim5v1g" style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Data Day Texas</a>. We've got several authors speaking at the event—including <b>Wes McKinney</b> (<i>Python for Data Analysi</i>s) and <b>Paco Nathan</b> (<i>Enterprise Data Workflows with Cascading</i>). As usual, let us know what events you're headed to or if you'd like a few books to giveaway.
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<li><b>Pam Selle</b>—Prototyping with Express</li>
<li><b>Brad Green</b> and <br><b>Shyam Seshadri</b>—AngularJS</li>
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