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[Let's go together! Join Event Chat Here!](https://chat.whatsapp.com/FD4LeIFpF4vISHTNKOaMrD) Let's have some Malaysian Food together! 📆Friday, May 8th, 2026 🕐4:30pm 📍Arab International Academy 🏢 Building 1 🧭https://maps.app.goo.gl/9U2rciABkXhPRToAA 🎟 PAYO (Bring Cash as well) 🔗Interested? Join Here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/FD4LeIFpF4vISHTNKOaMrD

*(Invitation to go together)* Ready for a fun-filled day of **water slides, sunshine, and Filipino fiesta vibes**? Join us for **Kabayan Fiesta** at one of Qatar’s best water parks! 📅 **Date:** Friday, 8 May 2026 *** ## 🎟️ **Tickets** 💰 QAR 99 per person 👉 Available online via the official website or Q-Tickets https://tickets.desertfallsqatar.com/?cid=66 *** ## 🚌 **Free Shuttle Bus (from Doha)** * 🕘 09:00 AM – Villaggio Mall (Gate 2) * 🕚 11:00 AM – Villaggio Mall (Gate 2) **Return from Water Park:** * 🕒 3:00 PM * 🕢 7:30 PM *** ## 🌟 **What to expect** * Exciting **water rides & slides** 🌊 * Relaxing pools & beach-style vibes 🏖️ * Festive **Kabayan (Filipino) atmosphere** 🇵🇭 * Great chance to meet new people & enjoy the day together *** 👥 Invitation to go together, open to all – come solo or with friends Buy your own ticket and let's meet at the bus start point or at the water park. Please contact my Whatsapp +81-70-4329-4075 to join. Bring your energy, your swimsuit, and your best vibes—let’s make it a splashing good day! 💦😄

\-\-\-\-\- **This Friday, we will celebrate the anniversary of the Practical Philosophy Doha Chapter.** \-\-\-\-\- **🏛️ WHAT'S PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY ABOUT?** Practical Philosophy is a weekly meet-up that brings critical thinkers together for an opportunity to dive deep on a topic, practice communicating, and building a community. All with no ‘official’ philosophy knowledge required! 😎 Practical Philosophy is based on the idea that philosophy should be accessible to all, and not something reserved only for academics. Each week we choose a topic, and the goal is to use the conversation to develop our critical thinking and communication as we explore that topic. The goal is to help develop our Critical Thinking, Communication, and Community 🙌 **📓 HOW DOES IT WORK?** Each week, we pick one topic and discuss it. The topic for the week is shared, generally in the [Whatsapp group](https://chat.whatsapp.com/EJheHcDboEJ2TKV9wa3omB)[,](https://chat.whatsapp.com/EK5pxIwMqfcLaWwSSim8TJ) along with jump-off points to get the conversation going. When groups get bigger than 7-8 people, it’s important that we break into smaller groups. This way we are able to maintain a conversational flow as opposed to having our meetups feel like a discourse or lecture. **General Meeting Agenda** Each Practical Philosophy meet-up follows this general timeline: * 18:00-18:15 - People arrive and chat, get to know each other before the official start. * 18:15-18:25 - Meeting introduction, explanation of Practical Philosophy and the topic for the week, read the guidelines and the overview so attendees know what to expect in terms of timelines. * 18:25-19:45 - Break into small groups - introduce yourselves and general thoughts on the topic, open discussion afterwards. At this point the group can review the ‘jump-off’ questions as needed, but they are just there to help guide the conversation. It’s not obligatory to answer them. * 19:45-20:00 - Bring everyone back together to discuss conclusions of the topic - each group gives a short 1-minute summary. Organizer concludes the meeting and everyone takes a group photo. * 20:00 - The official meeting is over but it’s a great opportunity to get to know people in a non-structured environment, so we often stick around, chat, and get to know each other. **🧧PRICING?** Practical Philosophy Club is FREE to attend! We just ask that if we are meeting in a café, buy a beverage! Some chapters rent a space for us to meet, and they may ask for donations to help contribute to the cost of rent. Donations will always be 100% voluntary though! **💛 WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY** **🗣** “I feel like Philosophy Club helps someone build their own belief system through a series of perspectives while not promoting what’s right and wrong” - Ekam 🗣 “I got hooked from day 1 (the topic was authority) and felt it was the right place for me. I feel it is a place where people can go to learn and discuss new perspectives and increase critical thinking and community by interacting with people who might challenge your point of views but at the same time encourage you to have openness and mind flexibility.” - Daniel **🤓 FAQ** * **​What will we talk about? What's the topic?** ​The topic for the week is shared every Sunday in the Whatsapp group. We try to add the topic to the comment section on this event page as well but if you don’t see it, the topic and the jump-off points will be in our [Whatsapp](https://chat.whatsapp.com/EJheHcDboEJ2TKV9wa3omB). * **Do I need to study or read anything to attend?** No preparation is necessary. This isn’t a study of other thinkers. We want to know what YOU think about the topic, not what an old philosopher thought. If you have a perspective from a religion or a school of thought to share, throw it on the table and we’ll discuss it, but it's not required. * **Is there a specific philosophy that Practical Philosophy is focused on?** The goal of our meet-ups is to not have dogmatic discussions, and flex our critical thinking muscles. Because of this, we want to hear from every realm of thought, and don't study a particular school. * **Is it mostly men that attend?** Surprisingly, no! Although philosophy is seen as a Candelabra affair in a dark room with a bunch of guys, our Practical Philosophy meetups are generally 50/50 between genders, and we don’t meet in any dark rooms. * **Can I come alone?** Of course you can, we encourage it :) * **Can I be late?** Please don't be! We do have a 15 minute grace period where we allow people to funnel in while we hang out, but after that if you arrive too late, it disrupts the flow of the conversation. * **Where do you meet?** The location is posted in Meetup and our [Whatsapp](https://chat.whatsapp.com/EJheHcDboEJ2TKV9wa3omB)[ ](https://chat.whatsapp.com/EK5pxIwMqfcLaWwSSim8TJ)group for this location. It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that you join the Whatsapp group! If you want to know what other cities have a Practical Philosophy Club, you can see our chapters on our [website](https://www.practicalphilosophy.club/practical-philosophy-locations/). **PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY CLUB - Philosophy, everywhere. ✨** We started in Practical Philosophy back in 2021 and there are now 20+ chapters in over 15 countries, including Canada, Spain, Japan, Mexico and many more! 🗺️ **\*\*\*** **Join our [Whatsapp group](https://chat.whatsapp.com/EJheHcDboEJ2TKV9wa3omB) 👈** **Follow us on [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/practicalphilosophyclub/) 👈** **Our [website](https://www.practicalphilosophy.club/) 👈**

Language Exchange over a drink. This is a free event and we welcome local and expats to come for a chat and some good company. **Languages👂🏻💋: English, Arabic, Spanish, Chinese (and more depending on the attendees)** **Topics🗣 : Cultural factors of countries that are ‘normal and not normal’ to you** **Location: Mary Cafe in Msherib** We have certified Chinese and English teachers here who also speak Spanish and Japanese. We are looking for Arabic-speakers or anyone who wishes to practice these languages or just to connect. We choose a different place every week and this time *a Cafe with good dessert options* in Msherib. Participants will be put in different tables based on number of people and langauge-pairs and swap places from time to time with cat company! RSVP is essential. Participants are responsible for paying for their own drinks and any order. As customary to support local business, one order of drink or food is a good practice. *Look for a blonde Asian girl when you get there!!*

Get ready for an afternoon of wonder followed by a relaxed evening under the stars! We are heading to the spectacular **Fontana Circus**, the first traveling water circus in the Middle East, followed by a cozy community picnic at Aspire Park. *** ### 🗓️ THE SCHEDULE * **Part 1: The Show (16:00 – 18:00)** * Experience breathtaking acrobatics and musical fountains at the Fontana Circus tent. * **Part 2: The Picnic (18:30 – Late)** * We’ll move to **Aspire Park** to enjoy the evening breeze, share food, and play games. ### 🎟️ HOW TO JOIN THE CIRCUS * **Tickets:** Please purchase your own ticket directly via the **Platinum List** website. * **Seating:** To make sure we can sit together or nearby, try to book your seats in the **Green 2** area. ### 🧺 PICNIC PREP * **Food & Drink:** Bring enough for yourself and a little extra to share with the group! * **Fun & Comfort:** If you have **board games**, a **picnic sheet**, or extra cushions, please bring them along. *** ### ⚠️ IMPORTANT: COORDINATION To make sure we find each other easily at the circus entrance and the park: * **Send a Private Message:** Please message me directly to be added to the day-of coordination list. * **RSVP:** While you can join for just one part of the day, please let me know your plans so we don't leave anyone behind! Let’s make it a Saturday to remember! 🤡🍿✨

⚽@Pitch 4 - Education City ⏰ 9-10 PM 🌿 Artificial Turf (quality pitch) 📍Walkable distance from metro station 🚗 Parking available ❄️ Washroom & Prayer Hall facilities 💰 Only 19 QAR per player (newely-built pitch) https://maps.app.goo.gl/93cw8nBtquUnvKN28 ⚽@Pitch 4 - المدينة التعليمية ⏰ 9-10 مساء 🌿 العشب الاصطناعي (جودة الملعب) 📍 مسافة قريبة من محطة المترو 🚗 وقوف السيارات متاح ❄️ مرافق الحمامات وقاعة الصلاة 💰 فقط 19 ريال قطري لكل لاعب (ملعب جديد)

*[Please confirm your participation by sending Whatsapp +81-70-4329-4075 due to high No-Show rate]* Start your weekend on a high note with an **all-you-can-eat feast** of Japanese & Korean favorites! 📅 **Date:** Sunday, 10 May 2026 🕢 **Time:** 6:30 PM 📍 **Venue:** Yee Hwa – Downtown branch (Kinana St.) https://maps.app.goo.gl/yxKEdzLu2wNNnPJ18 *** ## 🍽️ **What’s on the table** * Unlimited **sashimi & nigiri** 🍣 * **Korean & Japanese BBQ** 🔥 * Variety of sides and hot dishes *** ## ✨ **What to expect** * Relaxed, social dinner vibe * Friendly, international crowd * Perfect for food lovers and weekend catch-ups *** 👥 Open to all – come solo or with friends Come hungry and ready to indulge in a delicious **Sunday Funday buffet** 😄🍽️

[JOIN EVENT CHAT HERE!](https://chat.whatsapp.com/GfMlhfJLse78WIhqtT6O9I) Get ready for the First Traveling Water Circus in the Middle East! Experience an extraordinary water spectacle featuring a world-class musical dancing fountain alongside international circus acts. Watch inspiring dancers, gravity defying aerialists, and incredible circus thrills that will enthrall the entire family. 📆 Saturday, May 9, 2026 🕒 4:00pm (We can do dinner after function) 📍Circus Tent Hyatt Plaza 🧭https://share.google/aMnNngJo6sQ74gRWi 🎟 Various Prices We will select the 95qar light blue at right side. 🔗Get your ticket here: https://doha.platinumlist.net/event-tickets/104916/fontana-circus-qatar 💬 Interested? Join us here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GfMlhfJLse78WIhqtT6O9I

🌿*NIRAKAAR YOG ABHYAS🌿* _Presents_ 🌿 Animal Walk Yoga, Holding Poses & Meditation – A Unique Morning Experience 🧘‍♂️ Start your day with energy, balance, and mindfulness. Join us for a refreshing outdoor session at Museum of Islamic Art Park that combines movement, strength, and inner calm. 🐾 Explore Animal Walk Yoga to build strength, flexibility, and coordination 🧘‍♂️ Practice Holding Poses to improve balance, focus, and endurance 🌿 Experience Meditation to calm your mind and connect within This session is open to everyone — whether you’re a beginner or experienced. Just bring your yoga mat and come with an open mind 🤍 ✨ Strength comes from movement, stillness comes from awareness. ✨ Balance your body, calm your mind, and energize your soul. 📅 Date: 9th May 2026 (Saturday) ⏰ Time: 7:30 AM 📍 Location: MIA Park 👤 Yoga Instructor: Punjesh Sharma Come be a part of this energizing and mindful morning session 💫 join our WhatsApp group for more updates [https://chat.whatsapp.com/EKAc3N5XxzyJcieDU6Nm86?mode=gi_t](https://chat.whatsapp.com/EKAc3N5XxzyJcieDU6Nm86?mode=gi_t) Let’s take a pause from our busy lives and reconnect with ourselves through breath, movement, and mindfulness. 🌸 💬 “Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self.” 👉 Please bring your yoga mat and water bottle Looking forward to seeing you all there! 🙏

Practical AI for Power BI Developers A year ago, “agentic AI” was mostly hype for Power BI teams. Today, it deserves your undivided attention. For Power BI pros, there is now a real opportunity to reduce repetitive development work, accelerate delivery, and help developers do more, but only when strong DataOps practices are in place to make AI workflows effective. This session is a no-nonsense introduction to effective AI patterns for Power BI and Fabric development. Along the way, we will make sense of the growing pile of terminology, including skills, plugins, hooks, and MCP. You will see examples of how modern AI tooling can help with development tasks across Power BI and Fabric, along with the prerequisites, guardrails, and DataOps principles needed to use it responsibly. Whether you're burned out on AI hype or already using Copilot CLI daily, this session will show you the foundations that are finally making AI-assisted development genuinely useful.

**Total Eclipse of the Chart: School Redistricting Dashboards** In this presentation, we will explore the utilization of maps, sets, and SQL within a Tableau dashboard to help provide “what-if” analyses generated through the use of a mapped dashboard, providing different scenarios and the potential implications of these. While in this use case we are focused on a large school district, the concepts of utilizing existing data to explore the future impacts of modifying different geographic boundaries can be useful to many industries, balancing the mix of maps with visual analytics. **About Our Speaker** Robert Kramer is the Data Systems and State Reporting Coordinator at South Western City Schools in Grove City. He has worked there for 17 years, serving previously in the roles of Data Analyst, Programmer, and Operations Coordinator. Prior to working at South Western, he worked as a Systems Engineer at Pinnacle Data Systems in Groveport. He graduated in 2005 from The University of Toledo with his Bachelor’s in Computer Science and Engineering, and a minor in Mathematics. Robert resides in Obetz with his wife, and their 15 and 12 year-old daughters. He was also just elected to his 3rd four-year term on the Obetz City Council. Thanks to our 2026 sponsors: [Clarivoy](https://www.clarivoy.com), [What Box Consulting Group](https://www.whatboxconsultinggroup.com), [Conductrics](https://www.conductrics.com), and [Piwik PRO](https://piwik.pro) More info at [cbusdaw.com](https://cbusdaw.com)

Customer identity resolution becomes increasingly complex as organizations scale across multiple systems, regions, and data formats. Traditional rule-based approaches often fail to keep up with data variability, require constant manual tuning, and struggle with real-time processing needs. This session presents a practical approach to building a scalable identity resolution pipeline using AWS services and modern AI techniques. The architecture combines data ingestion through Amazon S3 and AWS Glue, transformation pipelines using Spark on EMR, and machine learning models deployed via SageMaker for entity matching and standardization. Graph-based relationship modeling is implemented using Amazon Neptune to improve resolution accuracy by incorporating household and shared attribute context. We will walk through how machine learning models can be used for name and address normalization, how intelligent blocking strategies improve matching efficiency, and how feedback loops can be introduced to continuously improve accuracy. The session also highlights how serverless components such as AWS Lambda can be used for orchestration and real-time processing. **SPEAKER BIO** Mosaic Syed is a Senior Data Engineering and Cloud Solutions Architect with over 20 years of experience designing and delivering scalable, secure, and high-performance data solutions across global enterprise environments. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mosaic-basha-syed-92300856 **CALL FOR SPEAKERS** Learn more: [https://www.awscolumbus.com/get-involved/](https://www.awscolumbus.com/get-involved/) **THANK YOU** *VEEAM* for hosting our meetup! To learn more about *Veeam*, please visit their website: [https://www.veeam.com/](https://www.veeam.com/) **DIRECTIONS** 8800 Lyra Dr #450 · Columbus, OH go to 4th floor. **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

**We'll have two meetings covering AI - this second one is for Positron** We will review which AI features are linked in for Positron, and how to use them. **Source documents:** the repository is public, at: https://github.com/BarryDeCicco/AARUG_2026_04_09_AI_In_Positron You can download documents, or clone/fork the repository. **Location:** The meetup will be at SPARK's ([https://annarborusa.org/](https://annarborusa.org/)) Ann Arbor site: [SPARK HQ (Ann Arbor)](https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ann*Arbor*SPARK*Headquarters/@42.2792515,-83.7447708,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x883cae3effe193cb:0x5296a53db2a282bf!8m2!3d42.2792515!4d-83.7447708?hl=en-US__;Kysr!!HXCxUKc!3EEdBNXRJKknP6LCGkZetSuEsdtChFojQnOVitFUC5C0fyilqXEbiMstT9ajBR3Cw-55qoFkrElCjQvjMdTxUw$). There is on street parking, and parking at local structures. **This will be a hybrid meeting - the Zoom session starts at 6:30 PM.** **Time:** The doors will be open at 6:00, with pizza and beverages provided. We will have a meet-and-greet-and-pizza session, and then at 6:30 we'll have a presentation. **Zoom information:** https://us06web.zoom.us/j/6658850479?pwd=Snd1UmZTT3pjZktENlczUXh4SERwUT09&omn=89012971377 Passcode: 940392 **If you can't get in, please call me at: 734 223-3307** **The github repository is at: https://github.com/BarryDeCicco/AARUG_2026_04_09_AI_In_Positron**

Join the Columbus AI community for our quarterly gathering — a casual, community-focused evening where everyone has a chance to share, learn, and connect. These open mic–style events give anyone in the community up to **5 minutes** to present a project, share a tool, pose a question, or offer a perspective on the evolving AI space. No slides required — just a welcoming space to exchange ideas and keep the local AI conversation moving. If you’d like to take the stage, message \*\*Chris (the organizer)\*\*with a **title and short description** of what you’d like to share. Whether you’re deep in the field or just getting curious, come connect with others building and exploring AI in Columbus. Sponsored by [Transform Labs](https://www.linkedin.com/company/transformlabs/) Sign up also accessible via [Transform Labs Luma](https://luma.com/transformlabshq)

Join us for a practical, beginner-friendly guide to choosing the right large language model. We’ll compare major models like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Llama, talk about when to use hosted APIs versus local models, and break down the tradeoffs around cost, speed, quality, privacy, context windows, coding ability, and reliability. You’ll leave with a clearer mental model for picking an LLM based on your actual use case instead of hype, benchmarks, or brand names. No deep AI background required. LOGISTICS AND PARKING: The talk starts at 7:00 PM. The first half hour is reserved for everyone to get set up and mingle. Free pizza and drinks! The cheapest parking option is to find street parking, which will only cost you a few bucks. Otherwise, park in the nearby veteran's museum lot for $8. It's highly recommended you avoid the nearby $15 garage parking.

**Abstract:** This is a practical playbook for building a production-grade data lakehouse. It walks through foundational principles — naming conventions, least-privilege access, automated CI/CD testing — before diving into medallion architecture. Furthermore, metadata-driven design patterns show how configuration tables and dynamic notebook orchestration eliminates hard-coded pipelines. The deck covers star schema modeling, guidance on choosing between Spark, Pandas, and SQL, and data quality enforcement using DQX with YAML data contracts. Finally, we dive into security best practices and performance optimizations. **Host:** Justin Shea, Mehdi Jeddi, Erik Pak, and Sou-Cheng Choi **Talk Format:** This is a hybrid event. To attend online, join us on Zoom here at 6pm: https://iit-edu.zoom.us/j/89379230295?pwd=NdETyE5sdYuSrvsrBZXSBFkUESBVkg.1 Meeting ID: 893 7923 0295 Passcode: 5t5WYn **Sponsor:** Adyen, UIC College of Business, and PyData Chicago co-host this event. UIC will provide the meeting site. Adyen will sponsor pizza and soft drinks for the onsite participants. **Address:** University of Illinois - Chicago, Douglass Hall, Room 220, 705 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60607 **Logistics:** “UIC Douglass Hall” is recognized on Google Maps, which can guide you through campus. Once you arrive, proceed to the second floor, room number 220