[ANNOUNCE] Events For This Week - 26 September 2011

================================================================================= Editor's picks = Tues Hazelwood LUG Newbies welcome but its also great for someone with experience to share, discuss, & reinforce. Tues GAMUG iOS5 -the OS for the iPhone & iPad Wed Mathematics & Music Thurs Geographical / Geospacial Info Systems Sat MC-Clinic - Home Networking Sun CWElug Central West End - - and for-credit classes M-Tue UMSl teaching 2 day classes on Sed, AWK, Wed " " day long class Intro Linux SysAdmin Thurs " " " " " Intermediate Linux SyS Admin ================================================================================= The Details.... ================================================================================= Monday, September 26 ================================================================================= 8:30am UMSL - Advanced UNIX Scripting: SED and AWK - Day 1 Mon, September 26, 8:30am – 4:00pm 12837 Flushing Meadows Dr., St. Louis, MO 63131 (map) See http://www.cetc.umsl.edu/catalog/unix.html Linux was developed as a version of UNIX, for use on personal computers. Its syntax, kernel compilation, and environment are very similar to other versions of UNIX. Students interested in Linux can take the UNIX series of classes to learn the basics of the operating system. Advanced UNIX Scripting: SED and AWK (Prerequisites: Advanced UNIX/Linux: Scripting or programming experience using Bourne, C shell, or Korn shell.) This course is designed for anyone managing such services as Apache Web, DNS, print, mail, or database. If you are concerned with system-wide, network, or firewall performance, or need to learn more about log file evaluations, this course will guide you through the programming you need. Learn to create complex programs for automating functions used in managing a UNIX system. You will have hands-on experience with the AWK programming language in gathering system statistics and generating reports; the Stream editor (SED) for multiple editing changes on a variety of files, including colon-delimited and Web-based; and the advanced features of Korn and C shells for using functions. You will generate programs to control, monitor, and report on multiple-system services and applications. Fee: $399 Two-Day Class Meets 8:30am-4:00pm (13 hours) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1:00pm SCORCC Works - Word SIG Mon, September 26, 1pm – 3pm VENUE: Tesson Ferry Branch Library ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5:30pm stlDOTNET - St. L. .NET User Grp & stlDNNug - StL DotNetNuke User Grp Mon, September 26, 6:00pm – 7:30pm City Place Three, Creve Coeur, MO (map) This meeting will be in the ever-popular Case Study format. These are group favorites as they really provide some hands-on, practical information about how to leverage the power and flexibility of the DNN platform. This case study will feature a very exciting project from Steady Rain. They built a new website for the Missouri Botanical Gardens using DNN Pro and will be sharing the highlights with us. Please visit http://stlouis.dnnug.com for more information. NO LONGER AT Venue: TricorBruan 10330 Old Olive Street Rd, St Louis, MO 63141 NO LONGER ON 3rd MONDAY of MONTH. From now on jointly mtng with StL .NET ug on last Monday of Month. New location for combined mtng = Three City Place Drive - Creve Coeur, MO 63141 See http://stlouis.dnnug.com/ ====================================================================== Tuesday, September 27 ====================================================================== 8:30am UMSL - Advanced UNIX Scripting: SED and AWK - Day 2 See yesterday for details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6:30pm HZWLUG - Hazelwood Linux Users Group Tue, September 27, 6:30pm – 9:00pm 915 Utz Ln, Hazelwood, MO 63042 (map) See http://hzwlug.sluug.org/ for current information. VENUE: Prairie Commons Branch Library. A Linux Users Group for beginners, the newcomers to Linux. BUT EXPERIENCED users are welcomed and encouraged!!! Its a great opportunity toi recall and talk about basics while helping others and surprisingly, we usually learn something niw as well! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:00pm GAMUG-SP iOS5 Tue, September 27, 7pm – 9pm 11097 Saint Charles Rock Rd, St. Ann, MO 63074-1509 (map) http://www.supportpros.org/ We'll (hopefully!) be discussing Apple's iOS 5. Find out what new and exciting features are being built into the mobile operating system for iPads, iPhones and iPod Touches. We'll also discuss how the organizations and companies we support are using these devices, and what new features, and challenges. The Pattonville Learning Center is by Northwest Plaza, i.e. N. Lindbergh Blvd @ 11097 Saint Charles Rock Rd, St. Ann, MO 63074-1509 . -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:00pm Gateway Older Adults PC Club Tue, September 27, 7pm – 9pm 12863 Willowyck Dr, St. Louis, MO 63146 (map) Gateway Older Adults Personal Computer Club Thornhill Branch Library ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7:00pm LUCI General Tue, September 27, 7pm – 9pm 1011 E. Ash Street, Springfield, IL (map) See http://www.luci.org/ for current information. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:30pm ARCH - Arch Reactor Tue, September 27, 7:30pm – 10:00pm 2400 South Jefferson Avenue St. Louis, MO 63104 (map) General meeting monthly on 2nd and 4th Tuesday. See http://www.archreactor.org/ ================================================================================== Wednesday, September 28 ================================================================================= 8:30am UMSL - Introduction to Linux Administration Wed, September 28, 8:30am – 4:30pm 12837 Flushing Meadows Dr., St. Louis, MO 63131 (map) See http://www.cetc.umsl.edu/catalog/linux.html Learn the essentials of system administration of the Linux operating system by attending an instructor-led class at the Computer Education & Training Center at UMSL. You will have hands-on practice in installation, administration, and trouble-shooting a Linux system as well as installation and configuration of the Apache web server. Introduction to Linux Administration (Prerequisite: Intermediate Commands of UNIX/Linux and Introduction to TCP/IP or equivalent experience. Students will use the following UNIX commands: ls, cat, cd, pico, cp, rm, mv, pwd, telnet, login, touch, more, mkdir, rmdir, and ping.) Practice installing the Linux operating system. Understand the steps necessary to plan for a successful installation, learn techniques for troubleshooting installations, and create file systems for the Linux platform. Additional topics include understanding the background of Linux, its potential, and its various distributions; mounting file systems; and creating users and passwords. Fee: $249 One-Day Class Meets 8:30am-4:00pm (6.5 hours) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6:30pm VIM Geeks Wed, September 28, 6:30pm – 8:30pm 3720 Green Mount Crossing Drive Shiloh, IL 62269 (map) VENUE: Comptuer Room See http://www.vimgeeks.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:00pm StL ALT.NET Wed, September 28, 7pm – 9pm International Taphouse 1711 S. 9th Street, Saint Louis, MO (map) STL ALT.NET started off the right way: a bunch of smart people talking tech and drinking beer on a sunny Wednesday in September. That was one year ago. Our group has grown significantly since then. This month we will forego our normal format for something a little more laid back, and give members a chance to get to know each other better,... Learn more Remember that we will still be raffling swag in September as well, including one annual TekPub license, valued at $279.00! So save the date, make the drive, drink the beer, meet awesome devs, and win some prizes! NOT the usual Venue: of Professional Employment Group See http://www.meetup.com/stlaltdotnet/ Developers should not align themselves with platforms and languages, but with principles and ideas. An "alternative" view of the Microsoft development universe--a view that challenged the "Microsoft-only" approach to software development. He distilled his thoughts into four key developer characteristics which form the basis of the ALT.NET philosophy: 1. You're the type of developer who uses what works while keeping an eye out for a better way. 2. You reach outside the mainstream to adopt the best of any community: Open Source, Agile, Java, Ruby, etc. ,,, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7:00pm TAP - Science on Tap Mathematics and Music. Wed, September 28, 7:00pm – 8:30pm 7260 Southwest Ave., Maplewood, MO 63143 (map) Crown Room at the Schlafly Bottleworks See http://scienceontap.wustl.edu/ This is a free event, but seating is limited and there are no reservations. We meet on the last Wednesday of the month during the academic year, usually from 7:00 - 8:30 PM.. We begin this year with David Wright, PhD, Professor and Chair of Mathematics at Washington University speaking on Mathematics and Music. Professor Wright is the Associate Director of the Ambassadors of Harmony, the International Champion a cappella chorus based in St Louis. As a composer, arranger and historian, he has been featured on radio and TV broadcasts at home and abroad, and has authored several articles on barbershop harmony and its role in the world of vocal harmony. For ten years, Professor Wright has taught a popular course at WU entitled Mathematics and Music. He wrote the textbook for the class. He will include highlights and demonstrations from this course when he presents on Wednesday evening. Many people intuitively sense that there is a connection between mathematics and music. If nothing else, both involve counting. There is actually much more to the association. Mathematics has been observed to be the most abstract of the sciences, music the most abstract of the arts. Mathematics attempts to understand conceptual and logical truth and appreciates the intrinsic beauty of such. Music evokes mood and emotion by the audio medium of tones and rhythms without appealing to circumstantial means of eliciting such innate human reactions. It is therefore not surprising that the symbiosis of the two disciplines is an age old story. The Greek mathematician Pythagoras noted the integral relationships between frequencies of musical tones in a consonant interval; the 18th century musician J. S. Bach studied the mathematical problem of finding a practical way to tune keyboard instruments. In today’s world it is not at all unusual to encounter individuals who have significant interest in both subjects. In this talk, several musical and mathematical notions will be brought together, such as scales/modular arithmetic, octave identification/equivalence relation, intervals/logarithms, equal temperament/exponents, overtones/integers, tone/trigonometry, timbre/harmonic analysis, tuning/rationality. Music concepts to be discussed include scales, intervals, rhythm, meter, melody, chords, progressions, note classes, overtones, timbre, formants,equal temperament, and just intonation. Mathematical concepts covered include integers,rational and real numbers, equivalence relations, geometric transformations, modular arithmetic, logarithms, exponentials, and periodic functions. =========================================================================== Thursday, September 29 =========================================================================== 8:30am UMSL - Intermediate Linux Administration Thu, September 29, 8:30am – 4:00pm 12837 Flushing Meadows Dr., St. Louis, MO 63131 (map) See http://www.cetc.umsl.edu/catalog/linux.html Learn the essentials of system administration of the Linux operating system by attending an instructor-led class at the Computer Education & Training Center at UMSL. You will have hands-on practice in installation, administration, and trouble-shooting a Linux system as well as installation and configuration of the Apache web server. Intermediate Linux Administration (Prerequisite: Introduction to Linux Administration or equivalent experience.) This hands-on course teaches you how to configure the Linux operating system. Learn how to do a basic configuration of the Apache Web Server. Understand how to install SAMBA and do Linux-to-Windows communication. Additional topics include system maintenance, setting up user accounts and groups, configuring firewalls, and understanding runlevels. Fee: $249 One-Day Class Meets 8:30am-4:00pm (6.5 hours) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10:00am WCORCC Workshop Thu, September 29, 10am – 12pm Daniel Boone Branch, St. Louis County Library, 300 Clarkson Road in Ellisville (map) http://wcorcc.tripod.com/ Not held every month. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1:30pm stlGIS GeoSpatial InfoSys UG Thu, September 29, 1:30pm – 3:30pm 3950 Forest Park Ave St Louis, MO 63108 (map) Laclede Gas Company 3950 Forest Park Ave St Louis, MO 63108 Time 1:30 to 3:30 pm Agenda 1:30 – 1:45 Welcome and Introductions 1:45 – 2:15 Mark Vlaich and Michael Bartlett, Laclede Gas Company, will discuss/present their new Flex Web Viewer for internal applications, caching improvements @ 10, and using analysis tools for taxing. 2:15 – 2:45 Julia Cole, Metropolitan St Louis Sewer District, will discuss/present an MSD implementation of GIS that demonstrates the power of GIS (in this case through impervious surfaces) in responding to customer service w/financial accountability. 2:45 – 3:15 Aster Xiang, St Louis University, will discuss/present master’s thesis work on using two different models to analyze land change over time. 3:15 – 3:30 Round Robin & Wrap up Social to follow at the Scottish Arms – is within walking distance. ============================================================= Saturday, October 1 ============================================================= 8:30am Hiatus - T3 Techies Teaching Techies --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10:00am Wash U Physics for the public Big G: The constant that controls the universe, and why it's so hard to measure Prof. Clifford Will, Department of Physics, Washi U 201 Crow Hall 10-11:30am The constant that controls the universe, and why it's so hard to measure Newton's constant of gravitation, G, determines the gravitational attraction between two given masses a given distance apart. It controls the strength of gravity we feel on Earth, the formation and evolution of the Sun, the size of black holes and the history and fate of the universe. Yet gravity is by far the weakest of the four fundamental forces of nature. As a result, it is devilishly hard to measure G with any precision. In this talk we will describe the history of "G", discuss how it is measured and show why it plays such a dominant cosmic role. We will also discuss whether this constant of nature is really constant. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2:00pm MC-Clinic - Home Networking Sat, October 1, 2pm – 3pm 87 Brentwood Promenade Ct., Brentwood, MO 63144 (map) Venue: Micro Center In Store Clinic FREE in-store computer technology clinic, see http://www.microcenter.com/instore_clinic/sign_up.html to sign up. ============================================================= Sunday, October 2 ============================================================= 1:00pm CWElug Central West End Linux Users' Group Sun, October 2, 1pm – 4pm 1610 S. Big Bend Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63117 (map) Venue: Scott's Office http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug/ (which may not actually be current). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2:00pm MC-Clinic - Home Networking Sun, October 2, 2pm – 3pm 87 Brentwood Promenade Ct., Brentwood, MO 63144 (map) Venue: Micro Center In Store Clinic FREE in-store computer technology clinic, see http://www.microcenter.com/instore_clinic/sign_up.html to sign up. ================================================================= ....and the look ahead to the summary of NEXT week... ================================================================= Monday, October 3 7:00pm stlGD - StL Game Developers Tuesday, October 4 6:00pm FLEX - STL Adobe Users Group, Flex and Fuse the Arch 6:00pm GJUG - Gateway Java Users Group 6:30pm MOSLUG - MO Open Source Linux Users Group 7:00pm ASEMO - Astronomical Society of Eastern Missouri 7:30pm GGUG - Gateway Groovy Users Group Wednesday, October 5 6:30pm SteerCom - St. Louis Unix Users' Grp - Steering Committee 7:00pm SILUG-ME Southern Illinois Linux Users Group Thursday, October 6 10:00am WCORCC-BI - Beginners SIG Internet SIG 1:00pm STLBIUG St Louis Business User Group 6:00pm SLACC - StL Area Computer Club 6:00pm stlLL -StL Lambda Lounge 7:00pm MTM - Midwest Tech Meetup -iPhone vs Android Friday, October 7 12:00pm NCORCC - North County Older Residents Computer Club 5:00pm STL 2600 Meeting Saturday, October 8 8:30am Hiatus - T3 Techies Teaching Techies 12:00pm DBUG - Data Bytes Users Group 2:00pm MC-Clinic - Networking with Windows 7 6:00pm ASEMO - Astronomical Society of Eastern Missouri Sunday, October 9 2:00pm MC-Clinic - Networking with Windows 7 =========================================================================== =========================================================================== Always check for last minute changes & updates by checking the calendar @ http://www.sluug.org/resources/calendar and the individual website. 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