[Pikes-peak-pm] Fwd: Communities & UG News: Get Your Free Books + More from O'Reilly

Tue Apr 15 06:01:30 PDT 2014

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From: *Marsee Henon & Jon Johns* <usergroups at post.oreilly.com>
Date: Sunday, April 13, 2014
Subject: Communities & UG News: Get Your Free Books + More from O'Reilly
To: pppm at timchambersusa.com

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Hello,

We'd like you to share with your communities the discount codes for ebooks
and videos; your community members can enjoy 50% off ebooks and videos with
code DSUG50. This includes the videos and ebooks we're highlighting below.

Cheers,

—Marsee Henon and Jon Johns

P.S. Going to ChefConf? We are looking for a local user groups to give our
Chef books to after the event Thursday. Come by the O'Reilly Booth and say
hi to Jon (@jonjohns65) and Sonia.
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[image: Jessica
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Introduction to Python with Jessica McKellar

Jessica McKellar is doing an introduction to Python video
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O'Reilly. This class is for first time programmers, there are no
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By the end of this course you will have hands on exposure to many core
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New Releases  [image: Java 8 Pocket
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[image:
Bioinformatics Data
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[image:
Client-Server Web Apps with JavaScript and
Java]<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zb02mng9n44otfevh8uf2vl3f3577rhii9hm77vg>
[image:
Introduction to
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[image:
Lean UX Workshop]<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zk1ipami94jnqalrlupfkcqrbnsm04jsbr68cfa8>
[image:
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We're always happy to offer your and your community access to our videos
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available for purchase. If you or your community members would like to
watch and review any of our videos, please send us a request via
usergroups at oreilly.com
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