January 2013

Next week at The Commonwealth Club of California: MONDAY, JAN. 7 • Trauma and Fi...

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2013-01-02 10:44

Next week at The Commonwealth Club of California: MONDAY, JAN. 7 • Trauma and First Responders: An Insider's View of First Responder Culture, 5:15 PM • Book Discussion: The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman, 5:30 PM • Julian Castro, Mayor of San Antonio, 6:00 PM WEDNESDAY, JAN. 9 • Gary Bukovnik: Exploring the Palate, 12:00 PM THURSDAY, JAN. 10 • North Beach Walking Tour, 2:00 PM • Explore the World: What's Your Wish List of International Relations Programs? 5:30 PM • Y Combinator: The Secret in this Incubator's Sauce, 6:30 PM Read more »

Power Mix

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Tue, Jan 15 2013 - 6:00pm

Power Mix
Trevor Houser, Partner, Rhodium Group; Visiting Fellow, Peterson InstituteRoss Macfarlane, Senior Advisor, Climate SolutionsBruce Nilles, Senior Director of the Beyond Coal Campaign, Sierra Club
Cheap natural gas is changing the energy mix in the U.S. Energy companies are increasingly making the switch from coal to cheaper, cleaner natural gas to fuel their power plants. Read more »

Book Discussion: The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman

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Mon, Jan 7 2013 - 5:30pm

 The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
Each chapter of Tom Rachman’s The Imperfectionists focuses on a different member of the staff of a fictional newspaper and could stand alone as a short story. But added together they become a single novel with cohesive themes and a unifying tone that treats the newspaper business with affection and humor while refusing to romanticize it. Read more »

We wish everyone a wonderful new year!

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2013-01-01 12:06

We wish everyone a wonderful new year!