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BELIZE – Rainforests Waterfalls Beaches & Blue Hole Overview Travel to the east of Central America to indulge in the splendid Caribbean culture and cuisine of Belize. Marvel at the glorious scenic beauty of the hundreds of islands called Cayes and explore the rich biodiversity of the vast Belize Barrier Reef. Visit the jungle area of Belize to check out the ancient Mayan ruins. Swim to your heart’s content at Ambergris Caye and indulge in fun water sports at the different beaches and cayes. Snorkel with sharks and stingrays at Hol Chan Marine Park and go scuba diving at the Great Blue Hole. Get close to the wildlife of Belize at Belize Zoo and go on an exciting waterfall hike. Signup here: [https://www.bucketlistgrouptravel.com/tour/belize-rainforests-waterfalls-beaches-blue-hole/](https://www.bucketlistgrouptravel.com/tour/belize-rainforests-waterfalls-beaches-blue-hole/) Check our last trip picture gallery here: [https://www.bucketlistgrouptravel.com/portfolio/belize/](https://www.bucketlistgrouptravel.com/portfolio/belize/) Visited Places: • Belize City • Ambergris Caye • Hol Chan Marine Reserve • Shark Ray Alley • Caye Caulker • The Great Blue Hole at Lighthouse Reef • Belize Zoo • Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary • Bocawina Rainforest • Bocawina Falls • Hopkins Beach Travel Experience: • Sunset dinner and booze cruise • Snorkeling / Scuba in the Great Blue Hole • Caribbean cuisine • Snorkeling with nurse sharks • Swimming with stingrays • Antelope waterfall hike • Walking tour through the rainforest • Luxuriating the Caribbean sunshine at the beaches Itinerary Day01 BELIZE CITY – AMBERGRIS CAYE Day02 SAN PEDRO - CAYE CAULKER Day03 GREAT BLUE HOLE Day04 BELIZE CITY - HOPKINS Day05 BOCAWINA RAINFOREST - HOPKINS Day06 BELIZE CITY —————————————————— Price: Belize (Double Occupancy) $3590 pp Belize (Single Occupancy) $4090 (Single) Inclusions Price Includes • Hotel stay 5 nights (Double Occupancy) • 5 Breakfast • Domestic flight To & From : Belize Intl. airport – San Pedro (Ambergris Caye) • Day activities: Hon Chan Marine Reserve \| Shark ray alley \| Caye Caulker visit • Sunset dinner cruise • Cockscomb basin wildlife sanctuary / Jaguar reserve visit (if time permits) • Exploring Bocawina rainforest \| Hopkins beaches • Park entrance fees • Transportation by SUV / VAN • Tour leader / Event host Price Excludes • International flights • Meals • Personal Expenses • The Great Blue Hole tour ($200) • Travel insurance For a detailed itinerary and to reserve your seat follow the link below: [https://www.bucketlistgrouptravel.com/tour/belize-rainforests-waterfalls-beaches-blue-hole/](https://www.bucketlistgrouptravel.com/tour/belize-rainforests-waterfalls-beaches-blue-hole/) ————————————————————————————— Questions? Text / Call - 2023787696 - Himanshu - Organizer

BELIZE – Rainforests Waterfalls Beaches & Blue Hole Overview Travel to the east of Central America to indulge in the splendid Caribbean culture and cuisine of Belize. Marvel at the glorious scenic beauty of the hundreds of islands called Cayes and explore the rich biodiversity of the vast Belize Barrier Reef. Visit the jungle area of Belize to check out the ancient Mayan ruins. Swim to your heart’s content at Ambergris Caye and indulge in fun water sports at the different beaches and cayes. Snorkel with sharks and stingrays at Hol Chan Marine Park and go scuba diving at the Great Blue Hole. Get close to the wildlife of Belize at Belize Zoo and go on an exciting waterfall hike. Signup here: [https://www.bucketlistgrouptravel.com/tour/belize-rainforests-waterfalls-beaches-blue-hole/](https://www.bucketlistgrouptravel.com/tour/belize-rainforests-waterfalls-beaches-blue-hole/) Check our last trip picture gallery here: [https://www.bucketlistgrouptravel.com/portfolio/belize/](https://www.bucketlistgrouptravel.com/portfolio/belize/) Visited Places: • Belize City • Ambergris Caye • Hol Chan Marine Reserve • Shark Ray Alley • Caye Caulker • The Great Blue Hole at Lighthouse Reef • Belize Zoo • Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary • Bocawina Rainforest • Bocawina Falls • Hopkins Beach Travel Experience: • Sunset dinner and booze cruise • Snorkeling / Scuba in the Great Blue Hole • Caribbean cuisine • Snorkeling with nurse sharks • Swimming with stingrays • Antelope waterfall hike • Walking tour through the rainforest • Luxuriating the Caribbean sunshine at the beaches Itinerary Day01 BELIZE CITY – AMBERGRIS CAYE Day02 SAN PEDRO - CAYE CAULKER Day03 GREAT BLUE HOLE Day04 BELIZE CITY - HOPKINS Day05 BOCAWINA RAINFOREST - HOPKINS Day06 BELIZE CITY —————————————————— Price: Belize (Double Occupancy) $3590 pp Belize (Single Occupancy) $4090 (Single) Inclusions Price Includes • Hotel stay 5 nights (Double Occupancy) • 5 Breakfast • Domestic flight To & From : Belize Intl. airport – San Pedro (Ambergris Caye) • Day activities: Hon Chan Marine Reserve \| Shark ray alley \| Caye Caulker visit • Sunset dinner cruise • Cockscomb basin wildlife sanctuary / Jaguar reserve visit (if time permits) • Exploring Bocawina rainforest \| Hopkins beaches • Park entrance fees • Transportation by SUV / VAN • Tour leader / Event host Price Excludes • International flights • Meals • Personal Expenses • The Great Blue Hole tour ($200) • Travel insurance For a detailed itinerary and to reserve your seat follow the link below: [https://www.bucketlistgrouptravel.com/tour/belize-rainforests-waterfalls-beaches-blue-hole/](https://www.bucketlistgrouptravel.com/tour/belize-rainforests-waterfalls-beaches-blue-hole/) ————————————————————————————— Questions? Text / Call - 2023787696 - Himanshu - Organizer

Discover Kiro, AWS’s innovative development environment that adapts to your workflow. Whether you prefer specification-driven development or a more intuitive, vibe-based approach, Kiro empowers you to build applications your way. In this session, speakers will explore Kiro’s core functionality and its evolution through re:Invent 2025, along with demonstrations of prompts used to create APIs, hooks, and steering documents. In the latter part of the session, watch as we build a complete example from scratch, showcasing Kiro’s agentic AI workflow in action for spec-driven development and vibe coding. What You'll Learn - Core Kiro concepts and development philosophy Feature evolution: pre and post re:Invent 2025 Practical examples: API creation, hooks, and steering docs Live coding demonstration with real-time problem solving Who Should Attend - Developers, solutions architects, and technical leaders interested in modern AWS development tools and AI-assisted coding workflows. **Speakers Bio:** Matthew Jorat: Matthew Jorat is a Customer Solutions Manager at AWS with nearly three decades of expertise in AI, cloud transformation, migration, modernization, IT, technology, and business. His career spans infrastructure engineer, solutions architect, security auditor, customer success director, support and services director, and operations officer. He was an early adopter of AWS services as a customer, and his current role at AWS uniquely blends his technical and business skills as he partners with executive teams to translate strategic priorities into measurable business outcomes through cloud adoption, AI implementation, and operational excellence. Matt leads end-to-end AI initiatives for enterprise customers, identifying high-impact use cases and maintaining relentless focus on measurable ROI. He holds eight AWS certifications and serves as Adjunct Professor at Franklin University teaching cloud computing and AWS architecture. His expertise encompasses GenAI, agentic AI systems, migration, modernization, and optimization strategies that drive transformation at scale. [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattjorat/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattjorat/) Girish Bhatia: Girish Bhatia is a seasoned technology delivery leader with deep expertise in cross-domain program management. He holds multiple AWS certifications, including AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, AWS Certified Developer – Associate, and AWS Generative AI Practitioner, and is also an AWS Community Builder. Girish brings over two decades of experience in the information technology industry. Throughout his career, Girish has led major technology-driven business transformation from modernizing on-premises applications to driving large-scale cloud migrations. His work includes API-based integration platforms, data-center and mainframe modernization, and enterprise cloud adoption initiatives. Based in Columbus, Ohio, Girish works at a tech-forward fintech company. He is passionate about AWS serverless architectures, Generative AI and emerging cloud technologies. An avid learner and builder, he continues to explore and apply the latest innovations in AWS to help organizations accelerate their digital transformation. https://www.linkedin.com/in/girishbhatia/[https://www.linkedin.com/in/girishbhatia/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/girishbhatia/) **THANK YOU** *Franklin University* for hosting our meetup! To learn more about *Franklin University*, please visit their website: https://www.franklin.edu/ **DIRECTIONS** Franklin University Fisher Hall 300 E. Main St, Columbus, OH 43215 Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/jxjBA2hUmS5qrvhq8 Parking is FREE! Please park in Lot C in front of Fisher Hall. See attached map. NOTE: Map the address only. When mapping with Google Maps it may use the Fisher Hall at OSU, which is NOT correct. **Want to sponsor the pizza and/or bar tab?** Please contact me if you would like to sponsor this meetup's pizza and/or bar tab: angelo@mandato.com

The global Azure community is coming together again, and Columbus is officially on the map. On **Saturday, April 18, 2026**, the Azure Columbus Meetup is hosting our local edition of Global Azure 2026. This is a free, community-driven event packed with learning, networking, and all things Microsoft Azure. Whether you’re building modern cloud-native apps, experimenting with AI agents, deploying containers, automating infrastructure, or just beginning your Azure journey, this event is for you! **What to Expect** * Engaging technical sessions * Real-world Azure architecture & cloud-native patterns * AI, agents, automation, and modern DevOps * Food and drinks (because learning burns calories) * Time to connect with fellow engineers, architects, and cloud enthusiasts We’re lining up a strong set of speakers from the local and regional Azure community. Speaker announcements coming soon! **Who Should Attend?** * Software engineers (any language, any stack) * Cloud architects * DevOps engineers * Data professionals * AI explorers * Platform builders * Anyone who loves solving hard problems with great tools If you build, deploy, automate, scale, monitor, or optimize in Azure, you’ll feel right at home. **Why Global Azure?** Global Azure is a worldwide community event where Azure user groups host learning sessions on the same day across the globe. It’s grassroots. It’s technical. It’s practical. And it’s powered by people who genuinely love sharing what they’ve learned. And yes, it’s free to attend!

Topic to be announced! **CALL FOR SPEAKERS** Learn more: https://www.awscolumbus.com/get-involved/ **THANK YOU** *Leading EDJE* for hosting our meetup! Leading EDJE specializes in helping organizations innovate and solve complex problems. EDJE does this with their "A" player team of professionals using agile methodologies and SCRUM management techniques to give organizations a competitive advantage that sets them apart. Learn more at https://www.leadingedje.com/ **THANK YOU** *Amazon Web Services* for sponsoring pizza! Learn more at https://aws.amazon.com/. **DIRECTIONS** 6515 Longshore Loop, Suite 300 Dublin, OH 43017 (3rd floor) **FREE PARKING** at the Endres Garage across the street, 6540 Riverside Dr, Dublin, OH **Want to sponsor the pizza and/or bar tab for a future meetup?** Please contact me if you would like to sponsor this meetup's pizza and/or bar tab: angelo@mandato.com

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Please Join GDG Cloud Indy for a live demonstration of latest Google AI Tools for building apps, followed by practical examples of enterprise production. Coming to central Indy. The Lineup: 11:00 AM AI-Assisted Development with Antigravity Google Antigravity is an agent-first IDE. We will move beyond standard code completion to explore how autonomous agents can orchestrate terminal tasks, manage dependencies, and perform UI testing directly within the development environment. This session includes a walkthrough of Antigravity's core interface followed by a live demo building a simple full-stack webapp to show how these agentic workflows function in practice. Speaker : Anil Yanamandra is a Solutions Architect with 17+ years of experience building global, consumer-facing applications. He is currently focused on transforming legacy enterprise processes and systems through the strategic application of Generative AI. A hands-on practitioner in the rapidly evolving AI landscape, Anil constantly explores the latest tools and methodologies to bridge the gap between cutting-edge research and production-ready AI engineering. 11:40 AM Real Life AI Coding Examples Review real-life examples of applications and utilities created with AI code-assist tooling, as well as security and safety considerations pertaining to developing and using AI tools in a large organization. Speaker : Jeff Price is a Senior Technical DevOps Manager at Red Hat, and leads a technical team responsible for Enterprise Resource Planning systems and software delivery pipelines for Go to Market systems. He has a background in IT Infrastructure, Public and Private Cloud, and DevOps. The Perks: 🎁 Exclusive GDG Swag for attendees! 🍕 Pizza & Soft Drinks (for in-person guests). 🤝 Networking & Q&A with local industry leaders. Also, Check our Meetup page at https://www.meetup.com/gdgcloudindy/ See you there! P.S.-> Parking Vouchers instructions will be available to attendees for Free garage parking. This is a hybrid event. Join the event virtually at https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-cloud-indy-presents-build-real-world-ai-apps-with-google-antigravity/ or in person at Lacy School of Business (LSB) , Dugan Hall (DH 118 Classroom) , Butler University - 625 Butler Way Indianapolis, 46208 *** Agenda *** Speakers Anil Yanamandra Anil Yanamandra is a Solutions Architect with 17+ years of experience building global, consumer-facing applications. He is currently focused on transforming legacy enterprise processes and systems through the strategic application of Generative AI. A hands-on practitioner in the rapidly evolving AI landscape, Anil constantly explores the latest tools and methodologies to bridge the gap be… Jeff Price - Red Hat (Senior Technical DevOps Manager) Jeff Price is a Senior Technical DevOps Manager at Red Hat, and leads a technical team responsible for Enterprise Resource Planning systems and software delivery pipelines for Go to Market systems. He has a background in IT Infrastructure, Public and Private Cloud, and DevOps. Host Olga Scrivner - Scrivner Solution Inc. (President) Olga is an Assistant Computer Science and Software Engineering Professor at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She is also a President and Co-Founder of Scrivner Solution Inc. Olga’s passion is upskilling and mentoring women in STEM. She is a Women TechMakers Ambassador and a member of the Executive Committee for the IEEE Women in Engineering (Central Indiana) chapter. Olga’s current researc… Complete your event RSVP here: https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-cloud-indy-presents-build-real-world-ai-apps-with-google-antigravity/.

Builders, creators, architects, admins, consultants - come one, come all. This one's for you. We're bringing a little friendly competition to the Columbus ServiceNow community while highlighting the cool things people have built on the platform. Five presenters will take the stage to showcase something they've built, solved, designed, or imagined on the ServiceNow platform - and a panel of judges (plus YOU, our amazing audience) will score them live. So basically, America's Got Talent but make it ServiceNow's Got Talent. Bring a notepad if you'd like 'cause you'll definitely be learning something new. Each presenter gets 10 minutes max to wow the crowd with: • A demo • A real-world business solution • A bold idea • A UX transformation • Or a creative use of the platform Judging Criteria: 🏆 Business Value 🚀 Innovation ✨ User Experience This event is about celebrating ideas, sharing knowledge, and showing how ServiceNow can drive both business impact and meaningful user value. Come learn. Come support. Come get inspired. Refreshments and bites will be provided. And maybe next time… you’ll be on stage.

Buongiorno! Director Gianfranco Rosi's newest documentary is out: Pompei: Below the Clouds. The Gateway is screening it this weekend. Andiamo alle 4.30pm venerdi' sera! I'll be there at 4.20 in the lobby. It's happy hour pricing so tickets should be only $7,75 Ecco il link: https://gatewayfilmcenter.org/movies/pompei-below-the-clouds-2026/