We are the local group for ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Graphics). Our mission is to promote the generation and dissemination of information on computer graphics and interactive techniques. Our purpose is to foster a membership community whose core values help them to catalyze the innovation and application of computer graphics and interactive techniques. We meet roughly every month, usually on the third Thursday. Our local group has been …

Why this group is started: I want to meet new people and have high quality dialogue with other professionals, which might give you inspiration, knowledge, learning experience and sharing your thought for others' feedback...etc.          “How do you spend your lunchtime?” This group gives you opportunities to share your visions, dreams and get some support for planning future and make actions…at lunch time.           "How about getting out of your office                    and meet up for …

The Hopi Elders Speak, "We Are the Ones We've Been Waiting for..." ... become a co-creator in your life.... Visualizing and preparing to achieve certain goals puts you in the driver's seat of your life vehicle. The techniques used for creative visualization open one's imagination to limitless possibilities. Shamanic journeys take many forms, and each class is truly a unique and wonderful experience. Learn techniques for adjusting your perspective of your life path. When you change your view, you …

… That includes big data technologies, government open data initiatives, geo-data, business intelligence, social data analytics, data visualizations, and any new paradigms in utilizing and monetizing data. This group is more focused on the policies, applications, ideas, startups, and innovations around online data than it is about specific coding languages or underlying technologies.   Potential Data 2.0 Meetup Focuses: - API's and Standardization: Utilizing and contributing to the "structured clo …

An intimate social gathering to escape daily life, where you celebrate with friends, neighbors, artists, and discoverers, tasting premium wines, the smooth freshness of a micro brew, local and imported delicacies stir your appetite, and the visual explosion of seeing for the first time one of a kind works of art that are both beautiful and functional. The discoveries are just beginning here, as you talk with the artist, gain insight into the motivation for the work of art, and feel the craftsman …

First and foremost, we wanted to create a place where everyone in the Bay Area can meet and make new friends doing something fun. This group is for all ages over 18!!!   WHAT WE DO?   We do things around the Bay Area (from San Francisco to Santa Barbara): We eat: dinners, pot lucks, happy hours, parties with food We have fun: zip lines, paddle boats, beach parties, camping, treat yourself to a massage/spa treatment, holiday parties, monopoly board games, social dances We get fit: hiking, wal …

… As opposed to “Still Meditation”, the Meditation of Greater Illumination is a “Dynamic Meditation”, which involved visualization and light body movements. Bodhi Meditation is rooted in Tibetan Buddhism and is designed for both spiritual seekers and those who are in need of alternative cure. We are conveniently located in a shopping plaza near the Great Mall in Milpitas. There are plenty of parking spaces. Join us and experience the healing!!

 http://www.moviemakersunite.com/.org MMU Presents : SILICON VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL AND AWARDS  OCT-NOV. , 2012 www.svfilmfestival.org   MMU FILM FESTIVAL '09 :  http://www.meetup.com/moviemakersunit......   MMU - PRODUCTION , PITCH AND NETWORKING MEETINGS:       Bi Weekly. Bring your script / idea in one page. If you have a script, you will get your film production scheduled immediately. And network with fellow film makers, actors, camera, editors,etc.   Current Projects: (Details in the abo …

Business measurement, modeling and metrics have become critical to businesses of all sizes and across all industries. In today's competitive environment, executives need to be at the top of their game when it comes to understanding their business performance. There is data everywhere about the market, competitors, customers and businesses, but getting to the core of the information, and turning that data into an advantage is challenging. This group brings together executives from multiple indust …

This group is for visual artists of all kinds who wish to make money with their art, either to supplement the income of their day jobs or to transition into a full-time art career. It doesn't matter what type of artist you are: you could be a painter, sculptor, illustrator, photographer, or digital artist. Whatever your medium, if you make art pieces that you wish to sell, then this is the group for you! We will get together to exhange ideas, tips, and tricks for marketing and selling our art, a …

This group is for people who want to inspire each other to manifest their dreams Learn to connect with your spiritual source to know your authentic self. Visualize and "allow" your dreams to come true Change beliefs by changing your thoughts Based on Abraham Hicks Law of Attraction

There are demands for good mathematicians to write algorithms that can churn through billions or trillions of data points and show where patterns emerge. The Economist data issue raised this issue as follows: "During the recent financial crisis it became clear that banks and rating agencies had been relying on models which, although they required a vast amount of information to be fed in, failed to reflect financial risk in the real world. This was the first crisis to be sparked by big data—and …

… Your meditation and visualization is simply wow! I learnt so much and a transformational healing certainly took place. You have provided me with tools to really get in touch with how I feel in my body. - Deb (London, UK).

Hello dear mamas! I am not saying mamas-to-be because I believe there is no defined point when a woman becomes a mom. It is a unfolding process. We are growing a human being inside of us! I am a pregnant prenatal yoga teacher, a Full Circle embodied meditation facilitator, and a big lover of community and connection. Pregnancy can feel a bit lonely when no one else around us is sharing the same experience. That is why I am starting this group. I want to bring pregnant women together to share the …

What is one of the big barriers standing between you and your success? A Belief. This belief traps you in a world of scarcity & lack (which translates into not enough money, time, resources, choice, & freedom). The belief? That your abundance, your prosperity, your wealth, your successes are outside of you. You have been duped to believe that someone or something (usually money & material gain) will bring you the final satisfaction of abundance. You think that once you have tha …

  What is the Shadow? The shadow contains all the parts of ourselves that we try to hide, deny or suppress. It is the keeper of all the aspects of ourselves that we dislike and the qualities that we judge as unacceptable. The shadow wears many faces: angry, critical, fearful, lazy, controlling, selfish, weak, pathetic… These are the faces we don ’t want to show the world and the faces we don ’t want to show ourselves. Most of us expend huge amounts of energy trying to get rid of or control …