February 2010

Free To Love, Free To Heal

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Fri, Feb 12 2010 - 12:00pm

Free to Love, Free to Heal
David Simon, M.D., Author; Neurologist; Director, the Chopra Center
Mind-body healing pioneer and Chopra co-founder Dr. David Simon will discuss the deep connection between stored emotional pain and physical illness, answer questions and sign his latest book, Free to Love, Free to Heal. Simon is a board-certified neurologist and pioneer in the medical field. His personal mission is to facilitate the integration of complementary and conventional medicine in the 21st century. Read more »

Fall in Love with SF - A City Connections Happy Hour

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Fri, Feb 12 2010 - 6:00pm

City Connections Happy Hour: Fall in Love with SF
This event is sold out
Love is in the air and it’s the time to socialize with your city. INFORUM, in partnership with ArtPoint, Bravo, Encore, Net Impact, SPUR, Symphonix, the World Affairs Council, Young Non Profit Professionals and Young Women Social Entrepreneurs, invites you to come fall in love with other like-minded SF organizations this Valentine’s Day. Read more »

Robert Mnookin: Bargaining with the Devil: Negotiating Life's Most Challenging Conflicts

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Fri, Feb 12 2010 - 12:00pm

Bargaining with the Devil: Negotiating Life’s Most Challenging Conflicts
Robert Mnookin, Professor and Chair of Negotiation Program, Harvard University Law School
One of the country's most eminent practitioners of the art and science of negotiation addresses some of life's most challenging conflicts – those with an adversary you don't trust,  someone who has harmed you in the past or appears willing to do so in the future, or an enemy you may even feel is evil. Read more »

Alexandria Salon

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Thu, Feb 11 2010 - 6:00pm

Alexandria Salon
Join us for a follow-up to re-address the themes and ideas presented during the “Alexander/Alexandria: The Flowering of Hellenistic Culture,” event, presented at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco on February 5 and 6. Share your thoughts on how Greek literature, learning and art intermingled with Egyptian, Persian, Babylonian and Hebrew cultures. Flex your intellect with fellow fans of the humanities.
MLF: HumanitiesLocation: SF Club OfficeTime: 5:30 p.m. networking reception, 6 p.m. Read more »

Garry Wills: The Extra-Constitutional Executive

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Thu, Feb 11 2010 - 6:00pm

Garry Wills: The Extra-Constitutional Executive
Historian; Author, The Modern Presidency and the National Security State
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Wills argues that the atomic bomb paved the way for presidential authority that has “enfeebled” Congress and the courts, and that reached its apex with George W. Bush. Wills will frame the postwar period in a new light in his aim to sound an alarm about a continued threat to our Constitution and the balance of power. Read more »

Azerbaijan: Central Asia's Non-OPEC Energy Option

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Wed, Feb 10 2010 - 6:00pm

Azerbaijan: Central Asia’s Non-OPEC Energy Option
Elin Suleymanov, Azerbaijan Consul General, Western United States
Standing at the crossroads of cultures and civilizations, Azerbaijan, a secular, modern, majority-Muslim nation, has an important geographic position, on the western shore of the energy-rich Caspian Sea. It is a significant producer of oil and natural gas, distributing energy to Europe and other regions through its huge BTC Pipeline, a non-OPEC source of oil terminating in NATO-allied Turkey and the open Mediterranean. Read more »

Danger to Self: On the Front Line with an ER Psychiatrist.

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Tue, Feb 9 2010 - 6:00pm

Danger to Self: Life on the Front Line with an ER Psychiatrist
Paul Linde, M.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, UCSF School of Medicine
What happens behind closed doors in an urban psychiatric ER? What medical, psychiatric and social problems does a front line psychiatrist confront? Linde sheds light on this place, highlighting the history, politics, finance and ethics of society’s current involuntary commitment laws. Read more »

Will Durst

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Tue, Feb 9 2010 - 7:00pm

Will Durst
Political Satirist; Author, The All-American Sport of Bipartisan Bashing
Durst has spent his career jabbing at our elected officials from both the right and the left. Former co-host of “The Will and Willie Show” with Mayor Willie Brown, Durst has humored audiences around the nation on radio, television and stage. His one-man show, “The All-American Sport of Bipartisan Bashing,” received rave reviews, as has his book of the same name. Read more »

After Copenhagen

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Tue, Feb 9 2010 - 6:00pm

After Copenhagen: What Now?
This program is now occurring on February 2
Emily Adler, Partnership Director, Alliance for Climate EducationLouis Blumberg, Director, California Climate Change, The Nature ConservancyTony Brunello, Deputy Secretary for Climate Change and Energy, California Natural Resources AgencyCaitlin Grey, Student, Alameda High School Read more »