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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hello LUG Leaders,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hope you’re enjoying the new Pearson Education User
Group Program, which includes a monthly book giveaway contest (see below), an
improved UG member discount program (see below), and new quarterly newsletters.
You can read about all these benefits here: <a
href="http://www.informit.com/usergroupwelcome"><font color=black><span
style='color:windowtext'>www.informit.com/usergroupwelcome</span></font></a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>As I continue to be your point of contact for all things
Linux and open source, please know that I will soon place a shipment for the
benefit of your LUG to receive a review copy of our new release: openSUSE Linux
Unleashed by Michael McCallister. <a
href="http://www.informit.com/title/067232945x"><font color=black><span
style='color:windowtext'>www.informit.com/title/067232945x</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We have additional new titles which I’d be happy to
include in your shipment, but you must first write to me to confirm your
group’s interest in any or all of the below:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>-- Rapid GUI Programming with Python and Qt: The Definitive
Guide to PyQt Programming by Mark Summerfield; <a
href="http://www.informit.com/tilte/0132354187"><font color=black><span
style='color:windowtext'>www.informit.com/tilte/0132354187</span></font></a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>-- Advanced <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">AJAX</st1:place></st1:City>:
Architecture and Best Practices by Shawn Lauriat; <a
href="http://www.informit.com/title/0131350641"><font color=black><span
style='color:windowtext'>www.informit.com/title/0131350641</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>-- Implementation Patterns by Kent Beck; <a
href="http://www.informit.com/title/0321413091"><font color=black><span
style='color:windowtext'>www.informit.com/title/0321413091</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>As always, please ask your members to return support to
Pearson by providing formal reviews and/or informal feedback—good, bad or
indifferent! We welcome any feedback. Please send them to: </span></font><a
href="mailto:usergroups@informit.com"><font color=black><span style='color:
windowtext'>usergroups@informit.com</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Members may also wish to post to Amazon.com, BN.com,
Slashdot.org, or any relevant technical site that accepts user content. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Last but not least, Pearson is producing a conference
dedicated to the Google Web Toolkit in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">San
Francisco</st1:place></st1:City>, Dec 3-6, involving lead GWT developers from
around the world, including its co-creators Bruce Johnson + Joel Webber. <a
href="http://www.voicesthatmatter.com/gwt2007"><font color=black><span
style='color:windowtext'>www.voicesthatmatter.com/gwt2007</span></font></a>
Please let me know if GWT has been a topic of interest for your group and
I will send along some User Group coupon information- valid for a $100 discount.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>COPY AND PASTE into your member communications:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>User Group members will receive up to 35% off every purchase
on informIT.com and our partner imprint sites (<a
href="http://www.ciscopress.com"><font color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>ciscopress.com</span></font></a>
and <a href="http://www.ibmpressbooks.com"><font color=black><span
style='color:windowtext'>ibmpressbooks.com</span></font></a>)! Just follow
these easy steps for added savings:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>-- Go to <a
href="https://memberservices.informit.com/my_account/login.aspx?partner=53"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>www.informit.com/join</span></font></a>
to create an account <br>
-- Enter the following member code: USERGROUP<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>-- You are only required to register and apply the member
code once, but you must be logged in to automatically receive the special
pricing. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>NOVEMBER/DECEMBER CONTEST:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>this month’s prize books are: YouTube 4 You (ISBN:
0789736985) and Googlepedia (ISBN: 078973639x); individual members
enter to win here: <a href="http://www.informit.com/user_groups/contest.aspx"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.informit.com/user_groups/contest.aspx</span></font></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Many thanks, Heather Fox<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>*****************</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Heather L. Fox, Senior Publicist & User Group Liaison</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Verdana'>Addison-Wesley Professional</span></font><font size=2
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size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>, <st1:State
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