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PENSA/Mensa MARCH 2010 CALENDAR

PENSA (the Thinkers) includes Friends and Members of Mensa. Mensa is an international high IQ society (upper 2% IQ). Pensa has no membership requirements. If you are interested in joining Mensa contact local Phoenix Mensa testing coordinator Russell Silverberg at Testing@phoenixmensa.org or membership chair Linda Cutting at Membership@phoenixmensa.org

For ASU map: http://www.asu.edu/map/interactive/

Tuesday, March 2

12:00 p.m. ASU Law and Science Student Association. Nancy Cummings (Mayo Clinic) - "Health Care Law in a Hospital Setting" These presentations occur at the College of Law, in Room 114. They start at 12:10 p.m. and conclude at 1:00 p.m. You are cordially invited.

1:30 p. m. The Evolution of God; Robert Wright, author and journalist. Religion and Conflict: Alternative Visions Public Lecture Series. ASU Old Main Carson Ballroom.Tickets are not required however we ask that you RSVP to reserve your seat. For more information or to RSVP please email your name, address, and the number of people in your party to CSRC Ticket Order http://www.csrc.asu.edu/forms/ticket_request.html or by calling 480-727-6736.

Wednesday, March 3

5:00pm - PTA, Happy Hour Group (Wed) at CHUY'S, 3222 E. Indian School Rd., Phoenix (tel. 602-912-9620). For info contact Mike Johnson 602-956-0180, E-mail: mikejohnson@cox.net or cell 602-703-9324 (you have 1 minute).

Thursday, March 4

3:15 p.m. ASU Physics Colloqium PSF 101. Refreshments are served at 3:00 p.m. in the F-wing lobby. The Disappearing Art of Experimental Physics. Peter Bennett
Department of Physics, ASU. Host: Andrei Belitsky. http://physics.asu.edu/seminar?type=Seminar&ID=881&parentID=1784

6:30pm: The IDEA EXCHANGE - IHOP; 225 E. Apache Blvd., Tempe (tel. 480-894-9220) - across from ASU Gammage Auditorium. A discussion group. Normally you get a few minutes to propose anything of interest to you (or you can pass). Then we discuss the topic(s) of most interest. May be a book, movie, news item, TV report, idea - ANY TOPIC of your choice. Contact Mike Johnson 602.956.0180, mikejohnson@cox.net, or cell 602.703.9324 (you have 1 minute).

Friday, March 5

6:30-10:30pm - PUBLIC EVENT - SOUP KITCHEN at 327 West Virginia Ave, Phoenix . (Enter Virginia from 5th or 7th Ave; avoid Central Avenue) Optional participatory buffet if you want to bring a side dish or dessert that goes with the variety of soups we will have. If you can't make it, NO SOUP FOR YOU! $2 Owl, BYOB, PB, SO, WA, WBC. Contact Mel: 602.989.2542 or Yvonne: 602.252.1550 on night of event.

7:30pm ASU Symphony Orchestra & ASU Wind Orchestra. Grady Gammage. Free. http://music.asu.edu/calendar/viewevent.php?eid=391
Saturday, March 6

12:30pm (Optional lunch at NOON) –PUBLIC EVENT - PHOENIX SKEPTICS, (dedicated to the skeptical review of far out claims). Topic TBA. Coney Island Restaurant. 1750 N Scottsdale Rd., Tempe, one half mile N of hwy 202. Optional lunch at NOON. For info contact Mike Johnson 602-956-0180, E-mail; mikejohnson@cox.net or cell 602-703-9324 (you have 1 minute) or Mike Stackpole 480-596-9777.

Sunday, March 7

9:00am -- Humanist Society of Greater Phoenix, HomeTown Buffet, 1312 N. Scottsdale Rd. Guest speaker will be Anthony "Magic Tony" Barnhart, who will speak on "The Psychology of Magic." Free attendance and coffee; optional lavish brunch, $8.00. Be sure to tell cashier you are with the Humanists to receive this discounted price. Non-HSGP members welcome. Information:www.hsgp.org or phone Susan at 480-502-0403.

Tuesday, March 9

6:45pm - MUSIC SIG, at 2165 E. Aspen Dr., Tempe 85282. Bring 2-3 music selections to share - DVD, video, CD, tape, or an instrument. Suggested Owl donation is $2, BYOB & munchies, SO. Contact Eileen at 480-656-4648. Exit East Valley Loop 101 at Broadway Rd. Take Price Road, the southbound freeway service road, to Aspen Dr., then turn right into Village at Shalimar. Look for 2165 on the south side of the street, 3rd from the end.

Wednesday, March 10

5:00pm - PTA, Happy Hour Group (Wed) Look for the Mensa sign. Fuddruckers, 1928 E. Highland Ave., Phoenix 85016 (tel. 602-604-0885). Between highway 51 and 20th. St. Going N on 51 take Highland exit (just S of Camelback) and go east (right). For info contact Mike Johnson 602-956-0180, E-mail mikejohnson@cox.net or cell 602-703-9324 (you have 1 minute).

Thursday, March 11

3:15 p.m. ASU Physics Colloqium PSF 101. Refreshments are served at 3:00 p.m. in the F-wing lobby. The Physics of Multijunction Solar Cells, Yong-Hang Zhang
Department of Electrical Engineering, ASU. Host: Fernando Ponce. http://physics.asu.edu/seminar?type=Seminar&ID=882&parentID=1785

Saturday, March 13

12:30pm - Corbin's Casino Lunch Buffet. Good conversation, pleasant ambiance, and a great buffet including a variety of freshly prepared international cuisine. Casino Arizona, located at Loop 101 and McKellips in Scottsdale. Exit 101 Freeway at McKellips, go east one block then take a left at 92nd Street. Meet in The Eagles Buffet. Cost is about $11 dollars -- including gratuity. Mensans and friends of Mensa welcome. For more information contact Jerry Corbin,jerrycorbin@cox.net; cell 602-367-8553.

Wednesday, March 17

5:00pm - CHANGE: PTA, Happy Hour Group (Wed). PIE*ZANOS Kitchen is closing so we will move next door to Cyprus Grill (602-954-2394) for March. Still Town and Country Shopping Center, 20th Street and Camelback Road (behind Trader Joe's). For info contact Mike Johnson 602-956-0180, E-mail: mikejohnson@cox.net or cell 602-703-9324 (you have 1 minute).

Thursday, March 18

6:30pm -EXTRA IDEA EXCHANGE this month - IHOP; 225 E. Apache Blvd., Tempe (tel. 480-894-9220) - across from ASU Gammage Auditorium. Warren Egmond will organise this EXTRA IE meeting; details to follow. A discussion group. Normally you get a few minutes to propose anything of interest to you (or you can pass). Then we discuss the topic(s) of most interest. May be a book, movie, news item, TV report, idea - ANY TOPIC of your choice. Contact Mike Johnson 602.956.0180, mikejohnson@cox.net, or cell 602.703.9324 (you have 1 minute).

Sunday, March 21

9:00am -- Humanist Society of Greater Phoenix, HomeTown Buffet, 1312 N. Scottsdale Rd. Guest speaker is Lisa Bauer, who will recount her journey from Roman Catholicism to Islam and finally to atheism, in a talk titled "Subjugation and Escape." Free attendance and coffee; optional lavish brunch, $8.00. Be sure to tell cashier you are with the Humanists to receive this discounted price. Non-HSGP members welcome. Information: www.hsgp.org or phone Susan at 480-502-0403.

11:30am - SUNDAY BRUNCH at Duck & Decanter, (Third Sunday) 1651 East Camelback Road. Be there for the best reasons: desirable nourishment for the body and mind! Contact Paavo Wright, 602.266.8490, for more information.

Tuesday, March 23

12:00 p.m. ASU Law and Science Student Association. Frederick Bellamy (Steptoe & Johnson) - "Climate Change Litigation: Hot Air or the Coming Flood?" These presentations occur at the College of Law, in Room 114. They start at 12:10 p.m. and conclude at 1:00 p.m. You are cordially invited.

4:00pm (followed by a reception in the Secret Garden): ASU Religion and Conflict; Governing Religion: US Foreign Policy in a Postsecular Age. Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, Northwestern University. ASU (Tempe) West Hall 135. Tickets are not required however we ask that you RSVP to reserve your seat. For more information or to RSVP please email your name, address, and the number of people in your party to CSRC Ticket Order http://www.csrc.asu.edu/forms/ticket_request.html or by calling 480-727-6736.

Wednesday, March 24

5:00pm - PTA, Happy Hour Group (Wed) at the Wildflower Bread Company (no alcohol), 4290 E. Indian School Rd. tel. 602-850-8585. For info contact Mike Johnson 602-956-0180, E-mail:mikejohnson@cox.net or cell 602-703-9324 (you have 1 minute).

Thursday, March 25

3:15 p.m. ASU Physics Colloqium PSF 101. Refreshments are served at 3:00 p.m. in the F-wing lobby. Semiconductor Alloy Nanowires and their Applications in Photovoltaics, Cun-Zheng Ning, Department of Electrical Engineering, ASU
Host: Fernando Ponce. http://physics.asu.edu/seminar?type=Seminar&ID=884&parentID=1787

Friday, March 26

7:00pm - OFFICIAL Mensa EVENT - SPEAKER FORUM - This month two speakers will present opposing points of view on life after death -- one will discuss empirical evidence supporting existence of an afterlife, the second will take the position that life after death does not exist. Both will address audience questions. Please join us at Granite Reef Senior Center in south Scottsdale, 1700 N Granite Reef Rd, Room 8, [on NW corner of McDowell (behind the gas station). Granite Reef is about one half-mile East of Hayden Rd and three quarters mile West of the McDowell Rd exit on the Loop 101.] See article on page 19 for details. Questions: Jerry Corbin at 602.367.8553.

9:00pm - POST-FORUM DEBRIEFING. After the Forum, we will adjourn to a local restaurant - to be announced at the Forum. Here we will partake in interesting conversation and good food. Questions? Call Jerry Corbin at 602.367.8553.

Wednesday, March 31

5:00pm - PTA, Happy Hour Group at Sam's Cafe, Biltmore Fashion Park, 2566 E. Camelback Rd. Phoenix (tel. 602-954-7100). East end of mall, up the escalator and turn right. For Info contact Mike Johnson 602-956-0180, E-mail: mikejohnson@cox.net or cell 602-703-9324 (you have 1 minute).

Thursday, April 1

6:30pm -PUBLIC EVENT - The IDEA EXCHANGE - IHOP; 225 E. Apache Blvd., Tempe (tel. 480-894-9220) - across from ASU Gammage Auditorium. A discussion group. Normally you get a few minutes to propose anything of interest to you (or you can pass). Then we discuss the topic(s) of most interest. May be a book, movie, news item, TV report, idea - ANY TOPIC of your choice. Contact Mike Johnson 602.956.0180, mikejohnson@cox.net, or cell 602.703.9324 (you have 1 minute).

3:15 p.m. ASU Physics Colloqium PSF 101. Refreshments are served at 3:00 p.m. in the F-wing lobby. From Network Physics to Systems Biology, Reka Albert
Pennsylvania State University. Host: Mike Thorpe. http://physics.asu.edu/seminar?type=Seminar&ID=885&parentID=1788

Saturday, April 3

12:30pm (Optional lunch at NOON) –PUBLIC EVENT - PHOENIX SKEPTICS, (dedicated to the skeptical review of far out claims). Topic TBA. Coney Island restaurant. 1750 N Scottsdale Rd., Tempe, one half mile N of hwy 202. Optional lunch at NOON. For info contact Mike Johnson 602-956-0180, E-mail; mikejohnson@cox.net or cell 602-703-9324 (you have 1 minute) or Mike Stackpole 480-596-9777.