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Short Cut to Nirvana July 14, 2011 Short Cut to Nirvana Science and Nonduality - The Kumbh Mela is the biggest gathering of people in the history of humanity - although few in the West have ever heard of it. More than 70 million pilgrims attend this extraordinary spiritual festival, which has been held every 12 years near ...

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Rabbi Saperstein: Engaging Citizens for the Common Good July 13, 2011 Rabbi Saperstein: Engaging Citizens for the Common Good Chautauqua Institution - Chautauqua AmphitheaterFocusing on the areas of religion, media, government, education, and academia, the 2 p.m. Interfaith Lectures will present the ethical and moral imperatives that come to bear in the ...

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Long-Form Storytelling in a Short Attention Span World July 12, 2011 Long-Form Storytelling in a Short Attention Span WorldThe New School - Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan HallThis discussion will cover the full scope of putting together long-form investigative pieces, including: what topics appeal to audiences; how can you make complex issues ...

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William Ayliffe: Why We See What We Do July 12, 2011 William Ayliffe: Why We See What We Do Gresham College - Museum of LondonThe visual system has developed to allow us to navigate in a complex and dangerous world in order to find food and to avoid danger.  This survival system works by building a complex three-dimensional model ...

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Peter Sutherland: Leadership in Troubled Times July 12, 2011 Peter Sutherland: Leadership in Troubled Times Gresham College - Barnard’s Inn HallPeter Sutherland, Chairman of Goldman Sachs International, examines the challenges of leadership at a time of financial and geo-political dislocation.  For transcript and download versions of this ...