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ASU profs take in-depth look at cheating in 3-day applied ethics series

August 6, 2012 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

For the 11th year, professors and fellows from the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics at Arizona State University return to Chautauqua, this time to explore the ethics of cheating in sports, media, national security, international law and in oneself.

From 4–5:30 p.m. today through Wednesday in the Hall of Philosophy, Peter French and colleagues will foster an in-depth discussion on rules of ethics in a modern world — who makes the rules and who must abide by them.

“I think we’ve got quite a cast of characters this year,” said French, director of the Lincoln Center, Lincoln Chair in Ethics and professor of philosophy.

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Panel to present findings of council on technology, laws of war

August 4, 2012 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

A panel led by Braden Allenby, Wednesday’s 10:45 a.m. lecturer, will discuss “Implications of Emerging Military and Security Technologies for the Laws of War” at 10:45 a.m. Saturday in the Hall of Philosophy.

The council, made of 17 consuls from various fields, spent the past week meeting and discussing the impact of new technological developments on traditional laws of war. Representatives of the council will present the results of their weeklong discussion, including new questions, perspectives or conclusions that may have emerged.

Allenby and his co-chair, George Lucas of the United States Naval Postgraduate School, will be among the representatives to present the council’s summary. They plan to take questions and hope to begin a dialogue on the topic.

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Doctors Without Borders’ Mitchell presents for Lazarus Speaker Series

August 3, 2012 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

Dr. Steve Mitchell will speak about his experiences with Doctors Without Borders for the Hebrew Congregation’s Shirley Lazarus Sunday Speaker Series at 8 p.m. Sunday in the Hurlbut Church sanctuary.

Mitchell, a 20-year Chautauquan, is a retired anesthesiologist from Akron, Ohio, who graduated from Albany Medical College and did his residency at New York University Hospital and a fellowship year at the Cleveland Clinic. He is currently using his medical expertise to help those in Nigeria and Sri Lanka, where he has traveled to work with others as part of the Doctors Without Borders program.

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Digitell’s Zambotti speaks with Men’s Club Friday on technology advances

August 2, 2012 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

Jim Zambotti, media director with Digitell, Inc. will be the speaker for the Chautauqua Men’s Club at 9 a.m. Friday in the United Methodist House. Zambotti will discuss technology advances during the past 15 years and how Digitell has utilized that technology in the professional market. Specific issues include e-learning, live-streamed education, 3D immersive education, social networking, education through iPads and mobile devices, and Internet marketing.

Digitell is a multimedia company involved in the capture and distribution of educational content for the nonprofit sector. Digitell’s services expand to include live streaming, on-demand archiving and content distribution for more than 100 associations.

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Publishing director Weil to clarify ‘instant classics’

July 30, 2012 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

In a world where everything is available with a click of a mouse, people tend to get impatient — they want instant downloads, rewards, credit and coffee.

Robert Weil, editor-in-chief and publishing director of Liveright & Co., believes we call books “instant classics” to celebrate authors’ muscularity and self-promotion, but that time will discern the difference between a classic and a “false positive.”

Babcock said Weil’s lecture — at 4 p.m. today in the Hall of Philosophy — ties into the morning lecture platform’s theme of “Digital Identity,” and that it will contrast the idea that we are going digital with the idea of “classics” — even in a digital world.

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Tenement Museum director examines American identity

July 30, 2012 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

Morris J. Vogel, a social historian and president of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum in New York City, will speak on “American Identity and Citizenship” at 3:30 p.m. today at the Everett Jewish Life Center at Chautauqua.

During a Brown Bag lunch conversation at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, Vogel will discuss “Making the Lower East Side Iconic: The Tenement Museum and the Story of American Immigration.”

The path that took Vogel to the Lower East side began on the steppes of Central Asia in Kazakhstan where he was born to war-refugee parents who eventually found their way as immigrants to the United States.

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Men’s Club series features Chautauquan Hopper on Pakistan, ‘lost opportunities’

July 26, 2012 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

Chautauquan Bob Hopper will speak on “Pakistan and Lost Opportunities” for the Men’s Club speaker series at 9 a.m. Friday at the United Methodist House.

Hopper retired from the U.S. State Department in late 2001 after 32 years with the U.S. Foreign Service where he had postings in Monterrey, Mexico, Rome and London. For the bulk of his career he specialized in NATO and East-West relations. During this period he worked closely with James Cunningham, recently nominated by President Barack Obama as ambassador to Afghanistan.

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Middle East Update confronts challenges in increasingly volatile region

July 23, 2012 by The Chautauquan Daily 0 Comments

Geoffrey Kemp, director of regional security problems at the Center for National Interest, will host a Middle East Update at 4 p.m. today and Tuesday in the Hall of Philosophy. After each update, Kemp and guests will take questions from the audience.

“It’s a huge menu of issues, and we only have an hour. So we’ll have more than enough to talk about,” Kemp said.

Today’s guest, Robert Satloff, is executive director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. He has written or edited nine books and contributes to a variety of newspapers. Satloff is also the Institute’s Howard P. Berkowitz Chair in U.S. Middle East Policy.

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