Meet nearby database professionals Users for conversation and fun!  We discuss any database related topics. We focus on different DBMSs compare and contrast. We deep dive into databae topics. We present case studies that may interest you, and you may copy and paste in your work place. Come to a local DB solutions  Meetup to talk about the world's most popular open source databases, get great tips and share new ideas. All levels of experience welcome! This group is good for you if you are: (a) …

Presentations and discussion of innovations and applications with Lucene & Solr, the Apache Open Source Search Engine/Platform

… Oh.. don't forget to follow us on  Twitter Our meetings will mostly be free and open to the general public. We will sometimes co-host a joint meeting with the Northern Virginia JUG  (Java User Group). We also have the following resources external to the group meetup site. Check out http://code.google.com for the full list of offerings.

Local communities across the world organize Joomla!Day events to meet, share and learn with others from the Joomla! Community. the Northern Virginia Joomla! Users Group's events are open to anyone, regardless of their current level of knowledge, experience, or expertise. In October, 2010, we held a very successful JoomlaDayDC. We hope to do so again, but unfortunately were all too busy doing Joomla! projects to put one on in October 2011. Come out, learn, and share!

It is time to bring an active MySQL meetup group back to the DC area. New and seasoned users are welcome for discussion, networking and the opportunity to learn from the DC area's MySQL experts. Please follow us on @NOVA_MySQL  

Visit us at http://www.novapython.org/ The Northern Virginia Python Users Group gets together on the third Thursday of the month at the VMWare location just off the Dulles Toll Road. We talk about beginning topics as well as more advanced applications of the language.

The Federal Big Data Meetup group is a community dedicated to promoting the technologies, practices and innovations needed for Federal Government agencies to get maximum value from massive amounts of data. With over 2.5 trillion bytes of data accumulating around the world every day, the Federal Government is at the epicenter of the Big Data revolution. Through an exchange of BIG ideas, education and fresh thinking from Government employees, contractors and technologists, Federal Big Data aims to …

… By subtracting the human mind with the method of Maum Meditation, people can remove the source of all disturbances. Even one's body will become healthier through practice since stress and other emotions cause so many health problems. People live according to what they have in their minds. Through subtraction one's mind will change to the Universe mind and always follow the flow of nature. People will come to clearly know meaning and purpose in living. Everyone from any background is warmly welco …

… By subtracting the human mind with the method of Maum Meditation, people can remove the source of all disturbances. Even one's body will become healthier through practice since stress and other emotions cause so many health problems. People live according to what they have in their minds. Through subtraction one's mind will change to the Universe mind and always follow the flow of nature. People will come to clearly know meaning and purpose in living. Everyone from any background is warmly …

… We can be supported and inspired in this journey by: Wisdom literature (such as Pathwork Lectures) While there are many valuable sources of Wisdom literature, this is a Pathwork group and we are not incorporating outside literature. We are not comparing Pathwork with other approaches. Doing so would take us away from our aim of personal application and growth. Hearing and reflecting on the journeys of other committed travelers.  How am I like that? Journaling about what gets stirred in us …