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 This repository hosts Java code examples for ["Stream Processing with Apache Flink"](http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920057321.do) by [Fabian Hueske](https://twitter.com/fhueske) and [Vasia Kalavri](https://twitter.com/vkalavri).
 
-**Note:** The Java examples are not comlete yet. <br>
+**Note:** The Java examples are not complete yet. <br>
 The [Scala examples](https://github.com/streaming-with-flink/examples-scala) are complete and we are working on translating them to Java.
 
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