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Hello Future Cloud Experts! ☁️ Welcome to the AWS Cloud Club at Sanjivani College of Engineering! Are you a first-year student curious about how modern applications are built, hosted, and scaled? Have you ever wondered what "The Cloud" actually is and why companies are rushing to use it? Join us from the comfort of your own room for an exciting, beginner-friendly virtual introduction to Cloud Computing and Amazon Web Services (AWS). We are thrilled to host **Avinash Dalvi**, an industry expert and AWS Community Leader, who will break down the basics of cloud technology and show you how it powers the real world. Whether you are completely new to tech or looking to get a head start on your career, this session is the perfect launchpad for your cloud journey! **🎯 What We Will Cover (Agenda):** * **Introduction to Cloud Computing:** Demystifying the cloud and understanding how it works. * **Overview of AWS:** A look into the world’s leading cloud platform. * **Core AWS Services:** An easy-to-understand breakdown of essential services. * **Cloud Use Cases:** How industries use the cloud to solve real-world problems. * **Careers & Certifications:** A roadmap for starting your career in the cloud and preparing for AWS certifications. **💡 Key Learnings & Outcomes:** * A solid understanding of cloud computing fundamentals. * Basic knowledge of AWS services and terminology. * Insight into real-world applications of cloud technology. * Awareness of exciting cloud career paths and how to get certified. **💻 How to Join & What to Bring:** Since this is a virtual event, all you need is a stable internet connection, a quiet spot, and your laptop or phone. Bring your curiosity and feel free to take notes! The meeting link will be available right here on the Meetup page once you RSVP. We can't wait to see you online!

Hello Future Cloud Experts! ☁️ Welcome to the AWS Cloud Club at Sanjivani College of Engineering! Are you a first-year student curious about how modern applications are built, hosted, and scaled? Have you ever wondered what "The Cloud" actually is and why companies are rushing to use it? Join us from the comfort of your own room for an exciting, beginner-friendly virtual introduction to Cloud Computing and Amazon Web Services (AWS). We are thrilled to host **Avinash Dalvi**, an industry expert and AWS Community Leader, who will break down the basics of cloud technology and show you how it powers the real world. Whether you are completely new to tech or looking to get a head start on your career, this session is the perfect launchpad for your cloud journey! **🎯 What We Will Cover (Agenda):** * **Introduction to Cloud Computing:** Demystifying the cloud and understanding how it works. * **Overview of AWS:** A look into the world’s leading cloud platform. * **Core AWS Services:** An easy-to-understand breakdown of essential services. * **Cloud Use Cases:** How industries use the cloud to solve real-world problems. * **Careers & Certifications:** A roadmap for starting your career in the cloud and preparing for AWS certifications. **💡 Key Learnings & Outcomes:** * A solid understanding of cloud computing fundamentals. * Basic knowledge of AWS services and terminology. * Insight into real-world applications of cloud technology. * Awareness of exciting cloud career paths and how to get certified. **💻 How to Join & What to Bring:** Since this is a virtual event, all you need is a stable internet connection, a quiet spot, and your laptop or phone. Bring your curiosity and feel free to take notes! The meeting link will be available right here on the Meetup page once you RSVP. We can't wait to see you online!

It’s time to take control of your mental health. How do you get rid of stress, anxiety and uncertainty? These emotions are buried deep in your reactive mind. Find out what the reactive mind is, and in the process find yourself. Have you ever suffered from a traumatic experience, a deep loss or been through a painful breakup? Has your ability to communicate suffered as a result? And after that, even though you "moved on" did you find that things were never quite the same? Have you ever looked at childhood photos, or reminisced your early life and wondered where that happiness and spark went? Are your emotions out of your own control? Have you ever felt, even if you aren’t aware of it, that possibly you are getting in your own way of your happiness and success? How does this affect your self-confidence? Find out what is at the root of all stress, anxiety, depression and self-doubt. Find out how and why you hold yourself back from achieving your goals and having the life you have dreamed of. As soon as you learn what is at the root of these unwanted conditions, you’ll see it is something you can DO something about. You will not be labeled or categorized at this MeetUp.

**We'll hike 3.4 miles on the Killdeer and Yellowlegs Trails - both out and back gravel trails. If we want more mileage we can repeat an out and back. Pace of around 3.5 mph, no one left behind and those who want to go faster sure can!** **As always optional lunch after.** **This is the second Metro Park in the lineup - with 21 to go (plus more are being added).** **Also I have a conflict and am not available so have asked Karin to lead!**

⚠️ **IMPORTANT: You must sign up and buy a ticket here to attend:** [https://groupvibe.com/](https://groupvibe.com/) **Join the Columbus City Brunch Club and make new friends!** Each meetup brings together 4–6 people for casual conversations over brunch. We use the Groupvibe platform to facilitate the meetup and ensure everyone’s a good fit. 👉 **To attend, you’ll need to complete registration via this link:** [https://groupvibe.com/](https://groupvibe.com/) We’ll share the exact location of the upcoming meetup the night before only if you have bought a ticket or membership plan. **Why this works:** \* Smaller groups make real conversations easier. \* Discover new restaurants in your city, together. \* Curated lunch venues with good food and vibe. \* If you hit it off with your group, there’s plenty of time to hang out afterwards. **Note:** RSVPs on Meetup don’t reflect total attendance. Many attendees register directly via our website. The event on [Meetup.com](http://meetup.com/) is only a placeholder. This meetup is organized by Groupvibe, a small team passionate about helping people form meaningful friendships offline.

This Monday 4/27/26 at 6:30p we will walking at Thompson Park. The address is 5600 Thompson Rd. We will meet at the shelter house. The walk will be approximately 2 miles on paved trails~Join us if you can.

When judging morality, should we prioritize **intentions/duty** or **outcomes/results**? It introduces two influential philosophers as representatives of these approaches. * **Immanuel Kant (deontology):** An action is moral when it is done from **duty** and follows rational, universal principles (the **categorical imperative**). Certain acts—like lying—are wrong regardless of the consequences; you can’t do a wrong thing for a right reason. * **John Stuart Mill (utilitarian consequentialism):** The morality of an action is determined by its **effects**, specifically how much **happiness/well-being** it produces. Mill argues that some pleasures are “higher” than others, and that good intentions don’t redeem harmful outcomes. ## Discussion Questions 1. **The lying dilemma:** A murderer comes to your door and asks if your friend is hiding inside. Kant would say you must not lie. 2. **Can good intentions rescue a bad outcome?** 3. **The organ harvest problem:** A surgeon has five patients dying of organ failure and one healthy patient in for a checkup. Killing the one to harvest organs would save five lives, and the math works out for the utilitarian. Why does this feel so deeply wrong? Is that feeling a point in Kant's favor, or just a bias we should overcome? 4. **Do rules need exceptions?** Kant insists moral rules must be universal, with no exceptions. But most of us can imagine extreme scenarios where any rule seems like it should bend. Does the need for exceptions fatally undermine deontology, or is the strength of the system precisely that it refuses to bend? 5. **Who gets to calculate the consequences?** Utilitarianism asks us to maximize good outcomes, but we're notoriously bad at predicting consequences. If we can't reliably know the results of our actions, is it practical to base our entire moral system on outcomes? Does this uncertainty push us back toward rules and principles? 6. **Everyday morality:** Think about a real moral decision you've made recently, even a small one. Did you reason more like a Kantian (what's the right thing to do in principle?) or more like a utilitarian (what will produce the best result?)? Do most people naturally lean one way? 7. **Justice vs. the greater good:** A town can prevent a deadly plague by sacrificing one innocent person. The greater good is clearly served. But is it just? Can an action be morally right and deeply unjust at the same time? 8. **The big synthesis question:** Are these two systems actually opposed, or do they often arrive at the same answers by different paths? Is it possible that we need both: rules to guide us in the moment and consequences to evaluate systems and policies over time?