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With over 250 RSVPs in 24 hours, the Peter Schiff event tonight is on! If you want to really understand what’s going on with our economy, how we got here, and what we can do about, come hear from one of the few people who PREDICTED it would happen. RSVP and details for this FREE event are at http://tinyurl.com/schiff-rsvp

BACKGROUND
Peter Schiff is a well-known Austrian-school economist, best-selling author, radio-show host, investment broker, and financial commentator. Peter is a recent senatorial candidate, and he also served as an economic adviser to Ron Paul’s 2008 presidential campaign. Peter Schiff is perhaps most famous for his detailed, accurate predictions of the housing bubble, the resulting subprime mortgage crisis, the automotive industry crisis, and the crisis in the banking and financial markets. These predictions are documented in his famous YouTube video called “Peter Schiff was right”, as well in his books and many other publications and recordings. Please join Campaign for Liberty and other liberty-minded groups at this FREE event, as Peter explains how we got here, where we’re going, and perhaps how you can protect yourself and your assets from other financial crises that still loom ahead! RSVP below!

IMPORTANT NOTE
Obviously this is pretty short notice. To respect Peter’s time, we will only be holding this event if we can get at least 50-100 solid RSVPs. (And ideally we would get much more than that!) What that means is that, in order for this event to happen, you’ll need to call, email, and text your friends. And don’t forget to share this link (http://tinyurl.com/schiff-rsvp) on Facebook and Twitter! We’ll email a final confirmation to everyone who signs up, regardless of the outcome.

Also note that Peter will also be speaking (along with lots of other great speakers) at the 2011 Grassroots Economic Summit hosted by iCaucus on the same day. There is a $25 charge to attend that event, but it may be worth it for those who have the time and money to attend an all-day event. There are more details on that event on the iCaucus site.

RSVP HERE!

Hoping to see some of my nerdy friends at the Python Birthday Bash we’re throwing!

What: Python’s 20th Birthday (well, public release birthday) Extravaganza Lunch Party!

When: Monday at 12:15

Where: Izeni. We’re located at the Novell TCN, also known as the building formerly known as OSTC, also known as (but not really numbered as) building A. (Campus Map: http://bit.ly/Pythons_BDay_Party)

Who: Python Users worldwide*, plus a special invitation to Guido van Rossum: We’ll pick up the plane tickets and hotel if you want to join us :)

Queridos Pythonistas,

As any faithful subject of Guido (the Benevolent Dictator for Life) must already know, this Sunday marks the 20th anniversary of Python’s first *public* release[1]. (I know, such a tender age…) Since we all know that attending a birthday party for the awesomest computer programming language of all time is on the top on everybody’s bucket list, Izeni would like facilitate the fulfillment of your wildest geek dreams by throwing perhaps the best programming-language-themed birthday celebration ever known to mankind.

We’ll be gathering Monday to have pizza, giant subs, spam with eggs**, and a specially commissioned Python-themed cake by Joseph Hall of 3D TuxCake fame[2]. We’re working on getting a snake charmer too! (Know anybody?)
Come join us, mingle with other Python users, and enjoy some great food! And spread the word!

Please try to RSVP by either by tweeting me @izeni or emailing me offlist so we can get a (rough) food estimate.

Thanks, Gabe

* While everyone is welcome to join us for cake, there are certain restrictions for free pizza/subs/spam-and-eggs. Specifically, you must meet at *least* one of the following qualifications:

0) You have commit privileges for Python.
1) You have read and given *serious* thought and consideration to ‘The Zen of Python’.
2) Your license plate says PEP-0008.
3) You use Python professionally or as a hobby.
4) You have an untrimmed beard that’s longer than 1 inch (or are at least trying).
5) You have a Monty Python tatoo.
6) And lastly, you enjoy playing the game “snake” or just like the name Guido.

Due to what we expect to be an overwhelming response, we *will* be checking for non-pythonista freeloaders by verifying *basic* knowledge of the Python language. We also reserve the right to inspect your keyboard for disproportional wear on your “{” and “}” keys and may additionally do random spot-checks on your webservers for the ‘X-Powered-By’ headers for any traces of PHP.

** We really will be serving spam and eggs.

[1] http://python-history.blogspot.com/2009/01/brief-timeline-of-python.html

[2] http://blog.josephhall.com/tutorials/tuxcake/

BTW, if you’re looking for a gig writing clean code in Python, we’re always looking for sharp Utah Python hackers. Let us know!