Well, it's on their website, so it must be official.
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Event: "Author Talks" Series - Data Munging with Perl
Tue Apr 17th, 2001 (12:00 pm US/Pacific)
Location: #live on irc.openprojects.net
We will have Dave Cross, the author of Data Munging with Perl talking about
his recent book and answering any questions about the book itself or some of
the subject matter.
Tell all your friends. No heckling.
Dave...
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