January 2011

World Energy, Water and Food

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Mon, Jan 10 2011 - 6:00pm

World Energy, Water and Food
Lynn R. Wallis, Retired Director of Public Affairs and Media Relations, GE Energy
If the crisis resulting from energy and water shortages continues, the world faces an ugly process of de-development, says Wallis. Providing the food necessary to supply the growing world population will require significantly more energy and water to improve food yields from the available arable land. For example, it requires the energy equivalent of one half glass of diesel fuel to produce a glass of milk. Read more »

William Draper: The Start Up Game (SF)

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Mon, Jan 10 2011 - 6:00pm

William Draper
This program is sold out
Entrepreneur; Author, The Startup Game
Ann Winblad, Co-founder and Managing Director, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners - Moderator
For more than 40 years, Draper has worked with top entrepreneurs in fabled Silicon Valley, where today’s vision is made into tomorrow’s reality. This venture capitalist saw the value in Skype, Open Table and many other companies, and he will share his firsthand stories of success. Read more »

Protecting Seniors from Fraud and Abuse

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We have received a number of comments from folks interested in the vexing problem of people who take advantage of seniors – fooling them into signing away inheritances, home-improvement frauds, insurance scams, and more. Commonwealth Club President and CEO Dr. Gloria Duffy related her family's own experience with this trend in her InSight column in the October/November 2010 issue of The Commonwealth.

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The 4-Hour Work Week: Timothy Ferriss

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Thu, Jan 6 2011 - 6:30pm

The Four-Hour Work Week
This program is sold out
Timothy Ferriss, Author; Investor
In onversation with Rachael King, Writer, Bloomberg Businessweek
Want to work just four hours a week? Ferriss believes he can show you how. This Jack-of-all-trades has done it all, from becoming the National Chinese Kickboxing Champion and the Guinness World Record-holder for tango dancing to working for education reform. Read more »

Intermediate Italian

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Tue, Mar 29 2011 - 6:00am

"Crime and Punishment"

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Mon, Jan 3 2011 - 5:30pm

"Crime and Punishment"
In our book discussion program, we will discuss Fyodor Dostoevsky's classic tale of guilt and redemption, Crime and Punishment.
MLF: San Francisco Book DiscussionLocation: SF Club OfficeTime: 5:30 p.m. programCost: FREEProgram Organizer: Howard Crane

Art as Context

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Mon, Jan 3 2011 - 6:00pm

Art as Context
Kara Cohen, Recent Philosophy Graduate
Monday Night Philosophy explores aesthetics through the eyes of a recent philosophy graduate. Cohen will review the major milestones in the history of aesthetics, including Plato’s and Kant’s observations, and will suggest that art exists through its context. Cohen will also briefly speak about what it is like to be a student of philosophy in contemporary society. Read more »