The purpose of the Zeytoonian Center is to help Its clients resolve disputes in ways that are cost-effective and time-efficient and that minimize the drain on its clients’ resources and damage to their relationships and organizations.
Based on Wellesley, the Center also works with clients to take proactive measures and address situations early on, before they become conflicts, claims or lawsuits.
The Center’s stated belief is that the sooner it is working with clients to take the preventive measures that secure the health and well-being of their organizations, the less likely they will have to face the trauma, costs and collateral harm that comes with disputes and litigation.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 - 4:04pm
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 1:52pm
The concept of “the balance of Nature” is at least as old as the Ancient Greeks and is used in many sources today when talking about the environment and ecology. But it is an utterly wrong-headed idea. Nothing could be further from the truth because in fact “constant change” is the reality of life on earth and in the universe around us. Nothing ever stays the same. So if there is no balance of nature, why should we care if Global Warming is changing the ecosystems of the planet? And what has biodiversity ever done for us anyway? Tonight on Inquiry, we welcome JOHN KRICHER, the A. Howard Meneely Professor of Biology at Wheaton College, and author of THE BALANCE OF NATURE: ECOLOGY’S ENDURING MYTH, one of the best books on scientific ecology written for a general audience. Tune in tonight and listen as Professor Kricher explains why biodiversity is important, why humanity needs to develop a strong “environmental ethic” and why we all need to move beyond such erroneous ideas as nature in balance.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 11:58am
Harvey Kurtzman was both a satirical genius and comic mastermind. He
created MAD magazine and for decades pushed the envelope of comic book
writing. He was responsible for launching the career of Gloria Steinman
and for many years wrote for Playboy magazine where to this day Hugh
Hefner admits to being a fan. But who was Harvey Kurtzman? Tune in this
week to find out.
Friday, June 26, 2009 - 10:55am
How does American history and culture look through the lens of contemporary art? Tune in to Inquiry tonight as we have a very lively and wide ranging panel discussion on this subject. My guests are TOBY KAMPS, Senior Curator at the Contemporary Art Museum, Houston and curator of the wild exhibition OLD WEIRD AMERICA: FOLK THEMES IN CONTEMPORARY ART, currently on view at the DECORDOVA SCULPTURE PARK AND MUSUEM. Also in the studio is an artist from this exhibition: BARNABY FURNAS, whose furious and intense large canvases channel the likes of John Brown, and NICK CAPASSO, Senior Curator at the Decordova Sculpture Park and Museum. Tune in and learn how certain artists are creating amazing works dealing with race, violence, the media, Native Americans, Lincoln impersonators and even square dancing.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 7:42am
When does lust become sexual obsession? When do these obsessions become untenable and illegal? Can love and obsession ever co-exist? Tonight on Inquiry, these difficult questions about sex and longing are discussed when we talk with DANIEL BERGNER, staff writer for the New York Times Magazine. Bergner has written a complex and difficult book about four people who have a paraphilia, a longing that exists outside the norms dictated by society. This is a challenging discussion that touches on issues like the differences in sexual expression between men and women and how the medical community treats the people who have a paraphilia. Bergner’s revealing and thought-provoking book is titled: THE OTHER SIDE OF DESIRE: FOUR JOURNEYS INTO THE FAR REALMS OF LUST AND LONGING.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - 6:49am
A switch to strong-mayor governance is something that Worcester has considered on three occasions over the 60-year history of city-manager government—known here until 1985 as Plan E, after the alphabetized options for city government allowed under state statute.
< br/>In a sense, Worcester’s hybrid form of government is the weakest possible “weak mayor” system. This is because the mayor has no true authority beyond wielding the gavel at the Tuesday night council meetings. The 1985 charter reform also weakened the city manager. The mayor became a “supercouncilor,” empowered by voter mandate as the titular head of Worcester municipal government. In short: The appointed city manager has the legal power, but the elected mayor has the political power. The result: a two-headed government, with ample—and frequently realized— opportunity for confrontation and gridlock.
These days, 14 years later, a combination of tough economic times, a continually shrinking business tax base, and a longing for a kind of entrepreneurial leadership that has been lacking under the hybrid Plan E system have the conversation about charter change once again being raised. This time, by longtime political activist and several-time City Council candidate Bill Coleman.
These questions remain: Does Worcester really need to reform its charter? Does the city need a strong mayor? Or, a reversion to a pure Plan E charter, with its strong city manager and weak mayor not elected directly by the people? And what does all of it mean for the economic sustainability of New England’s second largest city?
Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 2:32pm
In the early years of the 19th Century there was a Second Scientific Revolution that occurred in Britain and Europe. These were the days of the grand exploratory voyage to uncharted realms, the lonely scientific genius working for that “Eureka!” moment, and the notion of an infinite, mysterious nature, awaiting discovery. It was a time when poets wrote sonnets about science and scientists did art. It was a time of dallying with the native Tahitians, gazing into the enormity of the cosmos, ballooning over Paris and Frankenstein’s horrific creation. Tonight on Inquiry we have a lively conversation with RICHARD HOLMES, writer and Professor of Biography at the University of East Anglia. Holmes has written one of the most entertaining and unusual histories of science: THE AGE OF WONDER: HOW THE ROMANTIC GENERATION DISCOVERED THE BEAUTY AND TERROR OF SCIENCE.
Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 9:49am
Dick Kennedy is the president and CEO of the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce
As the largest Chamber in New England, the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce is dedicated to enhancing the region’s economic prosperity and the vitality of its business community.
The mission of the Chamber is to support existing businesses and promote economic development in the Worcester region by being a bold, strong, articulate and effective advocate. The Worcester Regional Chamber represents thousands of members through public-policy advocacy and economic-development initiatives that seek to create balanced regional growth. The Chamber also delivers programming, support services, and growth opportunities to its membership.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 - 1:22pm
Inquiry welcome’s back author, artist (and now producer), JARRETT J. KROSOCZKA. Though Jarrett is known far and wide as the author and illustrator of such beloved children’s books as Baghead, Goodnight Monkey Boy and Punk Farm, he has now written and illustrated a new series of graphic novels debuting with LUNCH LADY AND THE CYBORG SUBSTITUTE. Geared for 8-12 year olds, these books feature a hilarious and action-packed series of illustrated stories. Tune in and learn how Jarrett creates his books; how writing a graphic novel is a very unique and challenging experience, who Jarrett’s real Lunch Lady was in school, and the possibility of Lunch Lady becoming a movie.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 - 1:09pm
Richard Elia earned his Ph.D. in English at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1972. He has created a double career as a full-time professor at Salem State College and president / publisher of Quarterly Review of Wines (QRW),
an international wine magazine that is one of the largest wine
magazines in the country. In addition to being president and publisher
of QRW, Elia writes articles for every issue.
He is the author of more than a dozen publications, primarily on the Victorian era and on maritime Boston painters of the 19th century; Elia has an extensive maritime art collection, and his articles have appeared in Antiques Magazine.
Active in the community, Elia participates in charitable fundraising
for town libraries and hospitals. He is on the board of several
corporations, including Quinlan Publishing, Boston University
Hospitality, and Diderot. In 1980 he joined WGBH/PBS and became the
creator of three major wine auctions at Channel 2/Boston, which he
still oversees. The auctions have generated millions for public
television programming. A professional wine taster, Elia spends much of
his summers traveling and tasting throughout major wine regions of the
world.
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