Free Running

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**Únete al próximo encuentro de la comunidad cloud y tech de Andorra. AWS UG Andorra Afterwork ☁️🚀** AWS UG Andorra Afterwork es un punto de encuentro para la comunidad tecnológica con base en Andorra, especialmente para todas las personas interesadas en el ecosistema AWS, cloud e innovación. Un espacio pensado para compartir ideas, descubrir proyectos, generar conexiones profesionales y seguir fortaleciendo la comunidad en un entorno cercano, abierto y colaborativo. En esta edición, además, **revivimos la comunidad de AWS en Andorra después de un año**, recuperando este espacio para volver a reunir a profesionales, estudiantes y entusiastas de la tecnología alrededor del mundo cloud. El formato será dinámico e informal, ideal para conectar con otras personas del sector después de la jornada laboral. La sesión contará con **2 charlas** y, sobre todo, con **mucho networking**, para conversar, intercambiar experiencias y crear nuevas oportunidades de colaboración 🤝

Joins us for a 3 mile hike this Friday evening along the beautiful Alum Creek Trail. This fully paved trail is pretty flat and winds along Alum Creek. We will travel 1.5 miles south along the trail to a scenic bridge before turning around. Hope to see you Friday!

This month's prompt concerns the idea of the “warrior philosopher” (seemed appropriate in these times)--that is someone whose understanding of violence, power, and justice is forged through direct experience of war. We are looking at Major General Smedley D. Butler, a highly decorated U.S. Marine raised in a Quaker (pacifist) tradition who later became a prominent critic of American militarism (there is a wonderful biography of Gen. Butler called "Gangsters of Capitalism") Butler's argument in *War Is a Racket* (1935): that many U.S. interventions were driven less by national defense than by corporate and financial interests, with Butler portraying himself as an enforcer for business and Wall Street. We can consider the moral ambiguity of his insider critique—whether complicity strengthens or undermines credibility and also consider some of the concrete reforms he proposed (e.g., “conscript” capital before soldiers, restrict the military to coastal defense, and have only those who fight decide on war). Butler’s life arc clearly changed from pacifist upbringing to warrior to antiwar crusader—and asks whether true understanding of peace requires firsthand knowledge of war, and what that implies about the cost of suffering. So do we need to suffer to understand suffering? Do we have to experience war to appreciate peace? As one more question: in the movie "A Few Good Men" Jack Nicholson's character says that "you have the luxury of not knowing what I know" so do most of us go through life oblivious to real violence and suffering? See you at Drunken Philosophy!

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Main Library, Meeting Room 2B Join us for a welcoming evening of reflection, gentle music, and meaningful conversation. We’ll begin with a short grounding moment, followed by a brief reading from spiritual or philosophical traditions, and an open reflection circle where participants can share (or simply listen). Libera Animae is an interfaith community focused on inner growth, creativity, and authentic connection. All backgrounds are welcome.