Backyard Skeptics Meetup

Time for another entertaining movie night. This time its again 3D with Alice in Wonderland. The Theater is AMC at the District at 2457 Park Avenue, Tustin, off Jamborree and Barranca (Dyer) in between the 5 and 405 freeways. Movie starts at 7:05pm. We'll have a late-night snack afterward as usual.

Villa Park, CA 92861 - USA

Tuesday, March 30 at 6:45 PM

Attending: 2

Details: http://www.meetup.com/Backyard-Skeptics/calendar/12841671/

Backyard Skeptics Meetup

This month we are joining the Orange County Skeptics Supper Club at the red Lobster in Garden Grove, just north of Garden Grove Blvd and Harbor. Come join us for as good meal in interesting conversation. We'll review the latest skeptic news and review our trip to the Creation Museum on March 6th.

Garden Grove, CA 92843 - USA

Wednesday, March 17 at 7:00 PM

Attending: 5

Details: http://www.meetup.com/Backyard-Skeptics/calendar/12813822/

Backyard Skeptics Meetup

AAR - Atheists Agnostics and Rationalist from UCI will be having Darrel Ray, author of "The God Virus", to give a talk on March 19th at 7pm. Darrel Ray's book is among the top ten in religious/philosophy books and has spoken to several groups already. We'll be having a drink after at the Student Center area. More info about parking and the lecture hall will be forthcoming.

Villa Park, CA 92861 - USA

Friday, March 19 at 7:00 PM

Attending: 13

Details: http://www.meetup.com/Backyard-Skeptics/calendar/12295183/

Backyard Skeptics Meetup

Princess Parade Walks Again! in the Arthritis Foundation’s Orange County Arthritis 5K Walk. *** Please RSVP here AND sign up on the TEAM PAGE to avoid missing important announcements that are sent to team members about upcoming events and t-shirt orders. *** The Princess Parade has raised more than $130,000 since our inception seven years ago. Walk rating: EASY Terrain: Flat Distance: 5K (3.2 Miles). Time: Festivities over by noon. Donations: Not Required but ... you know ... encouraged. Team T-Shirts: Princess Parade T-Shirt for all Team Members in Attendance (please re-use next year) AF Walk T-Shirts: Fundraising of $100 or more. Dog Friendly for Friendly Dogs Strollers & Wheelchairs Welcome FUN Stuff for Kids The Princess Parade was formed in honor of my niece, Caitlin, who was diagnosed with Systemic Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis when she was three years old (almost 12 now). We walk for all of the people we love that live with devastating diseases like Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus, etc. The Arthritis Foundation funds research and advocacy on these and many other diseases and conditions. LINK: Jen's Donation Page LINK: Princess Parade Team Page LINK: Caitlin's Story Video LINK: 2010 Arthritis National Walk Video * Arthritis affects over 46 million people * Arthritis affects over 300,000 children * Arthritis is the #1 cause of work disability in the US Virtually everyone knows someone that suffers from Arthritis or related conditions. Join the Purple Shirts! Bring the kids, the dog (people and dog friendly), and the sun screen and walk with us to honor someone in your life that suffers from Arthritis. Follow the link to my website to see my story and to join the Princess Parade or to support the team and me with a donation.

Irvine, CA 92602 - USA

Sunday, May 16 at 8:00 AM

Attending: 1

Details: http://www.meetup.com/Backyard-Skeptics/calendar/12654545/

Backyard Skeptics Meetup

How the Economy Works: Confidence, Crashes & Self-Fulfilling Prophecies Contact attendees directly to arrange a carpool - comment in your RSVP if you would like to carpool. Event Date: Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 2:00 pm Location: Baxter Lecture Hall Speaker: Dr. Roger E. A. Farmer Tickets: First come, first served at the door. Seating is limited. $8 for Skeptics Society members and the JPL/Caltech community, $10 for nonmembers. Your admission fee is a donation that pays for our lecture expenses. “OF ALL THE ECONOMIC BUBBLES that have been pricked,” the editors of The Economist recently observed, “few have burst more spectacularly than the reputation of economics itself.” Indeed, the financial crisis that crested in 2008 destroyed the credibility of the economic thinking that had guided policymakers for a generation. But what will take its place? In this lecture based on his new book, How the Economy Works, one of our leading economists, the UCLA professor Roger Farmer, provides a jargon-free exploration of the current crisis, offering a powerful argument for how economics must change to get us out of it. Farmer traces the swings between classical and Keynesian economics since the early 20th century, gracefully explaining the elements of both theories. During the Great Depression, Keynes challenged the longstanding idea that an economy was a self-correcting mechanism; but his school gave way to a resurgence of classical economics in the 1970s — a rise that ended with the current crisis. Rather than simply allowing the pendulum to swing back, Farmer writes, we must synthesize the two. The goal, he says, is to correct the excesses of a free-market economy without stifling entrepreneurship and instituting central planning. Book signing to follow lecture.

Pasadena, CA 91125 - USA

Sunday, May 2 at 2:00 PM

Attending: 2

Details: http://www.meetup.com/Backyard-Skeptics/calendar/12654622/