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Rosemary Rawcliffe and I met a few years ago. She had been working on her Women of Tibet trilogy for just a couple of years.

In 2005 or 2006 we ran into each other again at the Tibetan settlement in Dharamsala, India, and we were soon talking about ways we might help students learn to use video and film to preserve the stories of the older Tibetan refugees and, for that matter, their own stories! (continue reading…)

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The Dalai Lama Foundation runs primarily on small-to-medium sized contributions. We have two income streams – one is composed of individuals donating to support specific programs that are proposed and operated by third parties, and the other is individuals donating to Foundation-run programs. In the latter category are our general fund (lots of programs) and our peace and ethics curriculum fund. These are the most important programs in terms of our day-to-day attention, and are the programs we’re trying to expand this year.

I recently heard about my friend Alan M. Webber’s recently-published book Rules of Thumb. (Also see his book blog.) I have been reading the reviews and publicity – and I like what I hear, so I ordered Rules of Thumb as an e-book (lots cheaper than buying a paper book) and I’ll skim it later today. I met Alan just about two years ago, over an arranged brunch thanks to Betsy Burroughs, and then spent a day strategizing about the Waldzell Meetings.

One of Alan’s rules, chosen by Tim Ferriss for a review, is “RULE #24 – If you want to change the game, change the economics of how the game is played.” I like this idea. Here’s how I propose to start… (continue reading…)

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New from Dalai Lama Foundation Press: The most popular program of The Dalai Lama Foundation has been its study guides. Originally written by a group which met over a two-year period in Los Altos (California), the English-language study guide for His Holiness’s book Ethics for the New Millennium has been downloaded from the Foundation’s web site tens of thousands of times. The download, a PDF, can be read on screen or printed. Ethics for the New Millennium can be purchased separately, from your local bookseller or from one of many online sources. The guide has been translated into Portuguese, Spanish and Chinese. A Russian and a Japanese version of Ethics for the New Millennium are also available from the Foundation. (continue reading…)

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Time to start tracking another one of my interests. Space.

The shuttle crew, being way farther up than usual missions (350 mile orbit), has finished fixing the Hubble space telescope and the telescope is being checked out. The shuttle landing has been postponed to Saturday, May 23rd, 2009. The first photos from the refurbished Hubble – more spectacular photos than ever before – will be released by NASA in September.

See also: The NASA Hubble telescope web site.

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