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Happy Holidays from the Pearson User Group Program Team! —Jamie Adams, Andrea Bledsoe, Heather Fox, Lisa Jacobson-Brown, and Emily Nave
News & Announcements
Win a Pre-Loaded Kindle!
InformIT and Pearson are giving away two Amazon Kindle wireless reading devices, loaded with 6 Kindle eBooks (published by Pearson) of the winner's choice. Pearson publishing imprints have more than 800 titles available for the Kindle so you can take your technical library with you for easy access and reference. Read the official rules and enter to win!
 Enter the Windows 7 Ultimate Sweepstakes from Que Publishing!
To celebrate the launch of our Windows 7 Resource Center, we are giving away some great prizes, including an ASUS Netbook with Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Ultimate Edition, and Windows 7 books from Que! Enter to win now through December 31 in the Windows 7 Resource Center.
New LiveLessons Video Training: Download Individual Lessons or Buy the Complete DVD
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User Groups of the Month
Louisiana: Greater New Orleans .NET Developers User Group promotes discussion and use of the .NET environment for software development. Visit www.gnodotnet.org to see a schedule of upcoming meetings and events.
Canada: CIPTUG Alberta Chapter is an independent user group focusing on Cisco Unified Communications. Meetings typically include members sharing their experiences and expertise, product and service updates, engaging open discussions, and vendor showcases. Visit the CIPTUG Alberta website for more information on events or becoming a CIPTUG (Cisco IP Telecommunications User Group) member.
User Group Offers
www.informit.com/usergroupwelcome
 Free Python 3 Map + Enter to Win
Author Mark Summerfield shares information on changing objects and idioms from Python 2-style to Python 3.1-style in the Moving From Python 2 to Python 3 map, available for free download exclusively on InformIT. And be sure to enter for your chance to win one of five Python prize packs—including 2 books and a video training product! All entries must be received by December 31, 2009.
For a complete introduction to the Python 3 language, see Programming in Python 3, Second Edition and click on "Sample Content" for a free sample chapter.
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QuickLinks
In the Store
Be sure you're logged in when shopping and have entered your membership code to receive your 35% discount! • See all titles
Authors and Events: December
December 3—Indy CUG Kickoff
Help kick off the first Indianapolis Cisco Users Group meeting in style—meet leaders, network, discuss group goals, eat pizza, and listen to a presentation from Doug Ingersoll, Executive Marketing Manager for Pearson/Cisco Press. Doug will provide news on technical learning trends and the state of Cisco Press publishing and Cisco certifications.
December 7–8—XpDay
Steve Freeman, author of Growing Object-Oriented Software Guided by Tests, will speak at the 9th Annual XpDay London conference.
Have a User Group event in your area? Let us know!
E-mail any event details to usergroups@informit.com for consideration in next month's User Group Program newsletter. Please include "User Group Event" in the subject line.
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