[Pikes-peak-pm] Fwd: Books and News from the O'Reilly User Group Program--Aug11

Sat Aug 11 21:38:50 PDT 2012

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From: Marsee Henon and Jon Johns <usergroups at post.oreilly.com>
Date: Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 4:00 PM
Subject: Books and News from the O'Reilly User Group Program--Aug11

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