How to prevent foreclosure! What you need to know about short sales and foreclosures! If you or someone you now is feeling the pressure of a mortgage burden too heavy to bear, know that there are options. As a co-author of ‘Short Sale 911 Manual,’ we can help distressed homeowners to explore the best possible recourse for their families, we have answers to your most pressing questions. That’s why we’ve developed a powerful consumer workshop to help homeowners know their rights; understand what o …

This is a meetup for anyone interested in planning backcountry trips in the Sierra and other wilderness. It is a place to find buddies, post trips, get info, share stories, compare gear and learn about back packing. Newbies welcome.

This Meetup group is for anybody interested in line dancing, young or old, beginning or advanced. I haven't been successful finding an active line dancing community in Santa Cruz, so I decided it's time to start one. Hoping to plan a variety of line dancing events, from classes to parties. Anybody interested in teaching or planning an event please feel free to contact me directly! And anybody just interested in learning or dancing please join the group and I'll keep you posted!

MakersFactory is a new educational maker space in downtown Santa Cruz, CA, where students of all ages will learn and use exciting new technology for 3D printing, modeling, animation, and robotics. MakersFactory students and members will be able to design, prototype, and manufacture a wide variety of items, from simple 3D objects to complex mechanical/electronic products. For more information, visit http://makersfactory.com and follow us on Facebook.

A few years ago, I decided to write a book for women focused on building a general understanding of car maintenance and repair, and what to watch out for when dealing with unknown mechanics and auto repair.  Why the book? My mother took my car in for a simple recall.  After a few days, I ended up with a "check-in" light... I could tell the mechanics did something to the engine, and I therefore knew she was taken advantage of... the morale of the story, be prepared, understand the basics and know …

Bay Area Search Engineering Monthly Meetup Monthly presentation on topics of interest to search software engineers. Query Recall & Expansion (synonyms, spelling, autocomplete, related search) Machine Learning for Ranking (decision trees) Factor development for ranking (page factors, ecommerce factors) Search metrics (DCG, NDCG, RPref, etc.) Hadoop & Data Mining for Search (bipartite graphs, session analysis).

Come join an informal group of Ruby programmers hacking on our own code and group projects. Bring your own laptop and share in the benefits of learning from others. Ruby is all about making programming more fun. This group is a great way to learn the latest tips and tricks, and meet fellow hackers. A lot of other groups are geared towards presentations and big meetings. They are great for the "see" and "hear" components of learning. This group is all about coding within a small community. …

Be honest with yourself for a moment ... Are you truly getting the results with women that you want? How do you feel about the players who seem to keep taking all the best girls? How would you like to learn their secrets? Enter the secret society of the pickup artists... If you want to improve your results with women there is no better place to be. The answers to the burning questions you have about why you are not having the level of success with women that you want are to be found here. An …

The Healthmasters meetup is for anyone who has a passion for helping others. The purpose of the group is to connect people that want to help others learn about the numerous benefits of natural healing therapies. The meetup will bring together people that are committed to expanding their awareness of all natural therapies like tai chi, yoga, homeopathy, chiropractics, ayurveda and flower therapy. This meetup will be particularly helpful for those helping people with health challenges, like senior …

Well, maybe you should. Philosophy wasn't originally about dry hair-splitting, it was an effort to discover the right way to live your life, every day, in the real world. I recently rediscovered Stoicism, a philosophy which was at the height of it's popularity perhaps 18 centuries ago in the weeks after I got laid off from my job of ten years, and I've learned (and relearned a lot of things)—not perfectly, but every day is a new day. I'm learning how to want what I have, rather than needing to …

… Processing through historical damage and using it as a learning tool can create the life we desire. Bringing our “authentic” self into each area of our lives allows us to learn the power of transmuting our basic and natural urges of attraction to each other into a venue of vast possibilities for relationships to thrive. Imagine all of your valued relationships experiencing “intimacy without fear.” Our circle group will provide a safe container to explore and learn about being in community, crea …

We are a vegan raw food group interested in optimal health. Learn and have fun! Participate on our great raw food potlucks! We welcome anyone who appreciates wellness and prevention of illnesses. We all have this one lifetime... so let's make it the best we can. We are lucky that Dr. Adiel Tel-Oren from Minneapolis will visit us on a regular basis.  He is extremely knowledgeable. You get a chance to learn what is truly healthy based on science. Our inspirations for this meetup is the Ecopoli …

… The goal is to be as available as possible because this ‘home stretch’  is where the most learning happens. When members can give up their perception on what is realistic, and put in 110%, then magical results are possible. Please watch all the Failure Club episodes before the meeting on http://screen.yahoo.com/lifestyle/failure-club/ For more information see the links below. http://failureclub.org/ http://www.facebook.com/thefailureclub Come Join Us.  

If you are an aspiring photographer and want to gain the knowledge to elevate your work to a new level, join this group and learn from working pros. If you're a self-taught pro and want to learn specialized techniques from other pros, or teach classes, join this group. Classes and workshops cover a variety of subjects from child photography to commercial architecture. Individual and small group tutoring is available.  This group is led by Jeffery Jay Luhn, a 30+ year veteran pro shooter interest …

… The Empowered Feminine is part support and counseling, part encouragement space, and part learning environment for women who enjoy personal growth and who want to be they can be and learn to effectively bring out the best in others. This is not a therapy group, but you will definitely feel uplifted and ready to take on the world!   Life is too short to not be truly living!

  How to Make your Life more Meaningful Buddhist Methods for Transforming the Mind Hello   Welcome to the meetup group "Buddhist Methods for Transforming the Mind".  We are a group of friendly, sincere, warm-hearted Buddhist practitioners studying Mahayana & Vajrayana Buddhism.  We are dedicated to providing both newcomers to Buddhism as well as established practitioners an opportunity to study, learn, & practice the Buddhist teachings.  We are seeking to create more meaning in our lives.  …