Sunday, January 10, 2016

[News Boquete] Tuesday Talks at the BCP - Jan. 12

 

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Our Meeting Schedule – 10:30 in the BCP Theater

 

 

 

Tuesday, Jan. 12 – Edna Landau, owner and tour guide for Sitio Bariles will talk about the history and discoveries made at her archeological site. Barriles (known also as Sitio Barriles or by the designation BU-24), is one of the most famous archaeological sites in Panama. It is located in the highlands of the Chiriquí Provinceof Western Panama at 1200 meters above sea level. It is several kilometers west of the modern town of Volcán.

 

Tuesday, Jan. 19 – Ruth Bieber , Terry Kelly, and Carly Grigg, all blind Canadians, were approached by Criollo Films and CBC Television to go on an adventure and produce an informative  documentary in Argentina.  This inaugural screening in Boquete, Panama of this unprecedented documentary featuring these three blind equestrians bravely navigating the rugged and beautiful terrain of the Argentine Andes on horseback has been very well received both nationally and internationally.  The documentary Blind Spot; Moments Unseen won Best International Documentary / long form (30 minutes+)" at the 2015 Equus Film Festival in New York. Ruth will be available at the Boquete screening to share her perspective, plus you can read the article she published about her horseback riding trek in  Patagonia Argentina by going to the Sage-ing journal online spring 2015 issue: www.sageing.ca  The title of the article is 'Under the Argentine Moon; riding Patagonia' The article gives personal details about her experience, which do not appear in the documentary and includes  six of Ruth's paintings, which were recently displayed at the Rotary Centre for the Arts in Kelowna, BC, Canada. 

Tuesday, Jan. 26 – Open

Tuesday, Feb. 2 – Carol Legg, Arizona Realtor, will discuss how she can successfully sell your home or business by marketing it inside the U.S. and Canada. She can also help newcomers to Panama find their ideal house or business.

Tuesday, Feb 9 – Frank Stegemeier and Steve Kazor (www.bigriverfoundation.org) speak on the environment as it relates to rivers and the pending 69 dam projects in Chiriqui. Join us in support of river conservation. Panama's new administration has made important efforts in this area, efforts undermined by a recent Supreme Court decision. New efforts are in progress. Osvaldo Jordan of ACD is in Boquete to share the view of Panamanian environmental organizations. Talk includes a short 13 minute film.

Tuesday, Feb. 16Ben Schuetz, owner of a privately owned observatory in Boquete dedicated to Optical SETI searches. http://optical-seti.org/  SETI is an acronym for Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. The Boquete Optical SETI Observatory is located 3 miles from Boquete at 4400 feet on a southern slope of Volcan Baru. It was constructed beginning in 2008. The observatory has a newly fabricated 20 inch Newtonian with a piggybacked 14 inch classical Cassegrain for tracking.

Tuesday, Feb. 23Oasis Zoller  (www.oaziszoller.com) Oazis Zoller lives in Panama. She gives seminars and lectures about how humans are energetic beings and therefore the laws of Quantum Physics guide their success and happiness in life. Oazis, is a member of the Science and Consciousness Institute in Israel. In this institute over 300 professors, doctors and consciousness leaders research  to find connections between science and consciousness. Oazis has a technological background. She worked for many years in international initiatives and currently manages a Data Base of over 6000 entrepreneurs, scientists and investors, Oazis has also served as Webmaster of IBM Corporation. For over twenty years Oazis did research about consciousness capabilities according to the CIA studies ,Russian intelligence agencies like the KJB , Chinese and universities studies that not publicly available..

Tuesday, Mar. 1 -- Rainelda Mata-Kelly, locally famous attorney from Panama City.

Tuesday, Mar. 8Judi Smith is the owner of the International Clinic of Biological Regeneration (www.icbr.com). She practices Cell Therapy...an anti-aging treatment, developed by  Dr. Paul Niehans.  Judi has clinics in both Nassau and Mexico. There is free admission to this talk.

Tuesday, Mar 15 -- Elizabeth Farrell de Rios presents "Tree-To-Cup Coffee: The history of a single bean at Villa Estrella Coffee" Why do different coffee farms have different coffee? Ever wonder about different roasts? What happens between the fruit and the drink?  For over 120 years, our family has tended this lush upland valley, where we steward some of the finest coffee on earth. We will explore every step of the artisan process and answer many of the common questions about coffee farming in Boquete, and production generally. Noobies, coffee snobs, and hobby farm owners are welcome to attend!

 

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To suggest a speaker or topic for these meetings please email BCP Tuesday Meeting

 

To become a vendor at the Tuesday market, email Elena Serracin

 

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