Philosophy Club, Friday, 2/6, "Vincent Van Gogh"

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The Philosophy Club meets Friday afternoons at Lake Miona Recreation Center in The Villages, FL.  Meetings start promptly at 4:00PM and end at 5:30PM. Presenters usually speak for 25 to 45 minutes, followed by a Discussion Period where the Leader and Audience Members ask Questions and express their Opinions, and the Presenter replies.

COMING ATTRACTIONS:

Friday,   2/6      Mel  Poeppelman      "Vincent Van Gogh"

A behind the scenes look at why van Gogh’s paintings became popular after his death, and, a showing of van Gogh reproductions including “Sunflowers”  and  “Starry Starry Night”.  (None for sale).

Friday,  2/13      Mark Welton              “Law, Policy, and U.S. Intervention in Venezuela.”   

The recent U.S. military intervention in Venezuela and removal of Nicolás Maduro to the U.S. raises numerous questions of law and policy.  Was the action a violation of international law, U.S. law, neither or both?  How do some of the policy implications for the U.S. and the international system factor into this action?  This talk addresses the intersection of law and policy in the context of this important turning point for Venezuela and U.S. involvement in the Western Hemisphere.”

Friday,     2/20     John Shewchuk     "Hurricanes and the Fujiwhara Effect"

Learn about the fascinating dance hurricanes perform when one storm enters the personal space of another storm.  Depending on the relative size differences and the trajectory of each storm, the storms can engage in a temporary dance and then separate, or the larger storm may even completely absorb the smaller storm as the bigger one gains strength.  Also learn about how and why hurricanes travel in unusual patterns and tracks.

Friday,     2/27      Drake Shepard      "John D. Rockefeller Tells All"

Rockefeller comes alive and tells his rags to riches story detailing his life and how he transformed the once chaotic and mismanaged early oil industry into what it is today. He will discuss his aggressive, ruthless business tactics that made him an infamous robber baron by living up to his motto "Competition is a sin."  His core values, however changed over time and he became a major American philanthropist. This is a personal, powerful story about redemption, giving back and self determination.

Friday,       3/6       Steve Andelman       "A Plan to Improve Overall Health and Control Costs"

Friday,       3/13      Will Tuttle                 "Seven Keys to Cultivating our Intuitive Wisdom"

Insights from the world’s philosophical and religious systems that help us develop and deepen our intuition. Intuition is knowing that comes from our inner wisdom, beyond mere thinking and the inner dialog of our conditioned mind. It is our inner guidance system, and helps us to live our lives fully and authentically.

Friday,        3/20       Peter Irwin                "Are U.S. Drug Laws Rational?"

Some of the U.S. demand for drugs of abuse is being met by international suppliers.  If trafficking in these drugs is used as a rationale for international US military action resulting in over 100 targeted deaths, ought not US drug laws meet criteria for rationality?

Friday,          3/27       Drake Shepard        "Passage To Adventure"

Report of Drake's around the world adventure.

WANT TO BE A PRESENTER ?: SA Plan to Improve Overall Health and Control Costsend us the short Title of your proposed talk, along with a descriptive paragraph or two describing the Subject of your Talk, your Interests and Qualifications to present it, and why we should be interested. Send your proposal to our Leader, Bob Brooke (bnbrooke @aol.com) [Google Groups discourages me from entering a clickable email address. So, to reach Bob by email remove the space between bnbrooke and @]