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mardi, avril 29, 2008

Festival of New Writers featuring two Yalies May 8-25

Best of PlayGround 12
A Festival of New Writers & New Works
May 8-25, 2008

The Thick House
1695 18th Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
Phone: (415) 401-8081

www.playground-sf.org/bestof.shtml

Jim Kleinmann (YSD' 92) writes that the Best of PlayGround Festival is
an evening of seven short plays written by some of the Bay Area's
hottest new playwrights, including playwright Lauren D. Yee (Yale
'07). Performed and directed by top local talent, the short works are
given full production to deliver what the Examiner calls, "As
entertaining and thought-provoking as anything on stage at The City's
major theaters these days." PlayGround selects these seven works out
of the 36 produced throughout the Monday Night PlayGround Season. The
festival also includes staged readings of five new full-length plays
commissioned by PlayGround (see www.playground-sf.org for complete
schedule).

"It's not just the playwrights who get a rush from the breakneck speed
of PlayGround." -SF Chronicle
"You never know, maybe you can say you saw them when." - SF Gate

lundi, avril 28, 2008

Obama on ballot in every Nov. contest w/o democratic party

Is there time to get Obama on the Nov. ballot in every contest (1) as
an independent, or (2) as another party's front runner, or (3) with a
made up political party?

Nader is running as the green party candidate (which divides us).
Maybe it would be appropriate to split this election
Schwarzenegger-Davis style and end the democratic party in Nov. 2008?
Imagine the hair standing up on your neck donnybrook of
Obama-Nader-Hillary-McCain debates.

Perry

perry.gregg@post.harvard.edu
http://perrygregg.com

mercredi, avril 23, 2008

Tomorrow Thurs. 4/24: Penn Spring Mixer at District in San Francisco

Penn Spring Mixer at District in San Francisco

Join Penn alumni for a mixer our at one of San Francisco's hottest wine bars.
Event Date: Thursday, April 24th, 2008 at 5:30pm

Join Penn alumni for an urban mixer at District in San Francisco.
Enjoy this popular wine bar with fellow Quakers in a section reserved
just for us. The registration price includes an assortment of
appetizers.

Location:
216 Townsend Street @ 3rd
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-896-2120

Date and Time:
Thursday April 24, 2008
5:30pm to 8pm

Registration
$8/person for members and each member guest (up to 3 guests).
$15/person for non-members and guests
$20/person for on-site day-of-event registrations

Clean Tech Energy Entrepreneur Matching Event May 1st at SRI

CCTO Technology and Entrepreneur Matching Event
Thursday, May 1 at SRI International in Menlo Park

RSVP here:
http://cacleantech.org/events.php?page=eventDetail_matching

Calling all clean tech and energy entrepreneurs! Meet scientists and
licensing officers from leading federal, private and university labs.
Learn about clean technologies that may be ideal for
commercialization. Network with entrepreneurs and technologists who
are assembling teams to compete in the 2008 California Clean Tech
Open. Join us for the 2008 CCTO Innovation Partners Technology and
Entrepreneur Matching Event.

SRI International
333 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park, CA
Cost is $20 for online registration and $30 at the door (cash only).


Click HERE to RSVP and for directions.

http://cacleantech.org/events.php?page=eventDetail_matching
Walk-ins are welcome, but space is limited – last year, this event
drew a capacity crowd of over 300 people, so RSVP now to guarantee a
spot.

4:30 pm Registration & Networking
5:30 pm Speakers (see list below)
7:00 pm Open Networking Session
8:00 pm Adjourn

Appetizers and refreshments will be served during Open Networking.

The program will include:
* Ammi Amaranth, Electric Power Research Institute
* Tom Anyos, Technology Ventures Corporation
* Meg Arnold, UC Davis OTL
* Alex Beavers, SRI International
* Mike Cohen, UC Berkeley OTL
* Robin Johnston, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
* Luis Mejia, Stanford University OTL
* Nitin Parekh, Palo Alto Research Center
* Leah Rogers, Lawrence Livermore National Lab
* TBD, Sandia National Lab

See you there!

mardi, avril 22, 2008

Stanford Powwow May 9-11th

"The Largest Student-Run Powwow in the United States"

Hosted by the Stanford American Indian Organization, the Stanford
Powwow is a celebration of Native cultures through traditional songs,
dances, and events. You are invited to watch dances and shop at our
100+ arts and crafts, souvenir, information, and food booths. This
special event is free and open to the public, though donations for
admission are welcome.

Friday: 7pm (Grand Entry) to 11pm

Saturday: 11:30am to 11pm

Sunday: 11:30am to 6pm

Date and Time:
Ongoing every day from May 9, 2008 through May 11, 2008. 7:00 PM.
Approximate duration of 72 hour(s).
Location:
Eucalyptus Grove at Galvez Street and Campus Drive [Map]
URL:
http://powwow.stanford.edu

Sponsor:
Stanford American Indian Organization (SAIO)

Contact:
650-723-4078
stanfordpowwow2008@gmail.com

Admission:
Free and open to the public. Donations for admission welcome.

vendredi, avril 18, 2008

mit-bay-area on LinkedIn

MIT alumni, students, faculty to join:

http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/90112/22F6A944200D

The ushow2.org list will start this weekend.

Perry

mardi, avril 15, 2008

Celebrate Earth Day with Yale & National Geographic (April 20th) in Sebastopol, CA

Celebrate Earth Day (April 20th) in Green Valley
1 to 4 pm
at Iron Horse Vineyards
Sebastopol, CA
"Eat, Drink & Be Green"

Please click on http://ironhorsevineyards.com/events/ for the ticket
order form and for more information!

This is a fun, grass-roots, eco-event, featuring a walk around tasting
of spring releases from the aptly named Green Valley.

The keynote speaker will be Gil Grosvenor, Chairman of National
Geographic. Gil has devoted 50 years of his life to the Society.

Iron Horse Chef Christopher Greenwald will present his interpretation
of "world street food".

There will be a "Green Market" highlighting select, exciting, green
products like the Calfee bamboo bike, Renewable Energy Credits from
Village Green and the Tesla $100,000 electric roadster.

The event will also feature a live, solar powered, reggae band
performing on the back of an Iron Horse flatbed farm truck, and a
raffle for one year free energy, up to $4,000.

Ticket prices are $50 General Admission and $250 for the All Access
Pass, which includes a private reception at the Victorian home of Iron
Horse founders Audrey & Barry Sterling, a V.I.P. gift bag and five
"Good Energy Points", valued at $20 each, which enters your name five
times in the drawing for one year free energy up to $4,000. There is
no limit to how much "Good Energy" you can contribute.

I would love to hear from fellow alums, preferably via email, to
eliminate as much paper waste as possible. My address is
joy@ironhorsevineyards.com. And, it would be so great if you would
please forward this invitation to any and all whom you feel might be
interested in contributing.

Where better to celebrate Earth Day than in an area where the
vineyards are an undulating sea of bright green, the famous local
Gravenstein apples are in bloom and the wineries in this great
Chardonnay and Pinot Noir growing area are showing their new spring
releases?

With all my thanks and best wishes, Joy Sterling - Calhoun, Yale '75

dimanche, avril 06, 2008

grassestimate.com - Industry 2007 synthetic grass numbers

Bouncy market for artificial turf says grassestimate.com Bay Area
artificial lawn and putting green install leader

AMI sees good growth in plastic grass.

26 March 2008 – Global demand for artificial turf is growing at 20%
per annum, according to a report by UK consultancy AMI.

The report's author John Nash said: "Soccer and residential
landscaping applications were the hot spots in 2007, but strong demand
was enjoyed in most regions of the world and in most applications for
artificial grass."

AMI said the industry now accounts for over 600,000 tonnes of product,
which encompasses the polymers used for the grass "carpet" as well as
other components of artificial turf such as the elastomeric rubber
infill and the underlay. The group estimates the market value of the
grass carpet alone was €1.25bn in 2007.

The report places Europe at the top of the artificial turf league,
accounting for a 43% share of the global market in 2007. It is
followed by the North American region (28% share) and the Far East
region (17% share).

AMI said product improvements have brought synthetic turf into the
mainstream of surfaces used for both sports and landscaping
applications.

The grass yarns, made from polyethylene, polypropylene and polyamide,
are fast developing both in terms of the performance of the polymer,
and also the shape of the yarns and their bonding into the backing
tape, whether by styrene butadiene latex or polyurethane.

Infill used on top of the artificial turf is predominantly SBR
(styrene butadiene rubber) sourced from grinding up and recycling car
tyres, but new thermoplastic elastomers are being offered which
address specific requirements. There has been development work on the
underlay, acting as a shock pad, which is becoming increasingly
important to the performance of the system as a whole.

The AMI report also noted "substantial M&A activity as participants
use mergers and acquisitions to build and reshape their businesses".

Acquisitions over the last 18 months have involved FieldTurf Tarkett,
TenCate Thiolon, Low and Bonar, and private equity purchases of
Sportexe, Sprinturf and Desso.

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