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More quotes from the Charter for Compassion launch
From religious scholar Karen Anderson, whose 2008 TED Prize wish formed the seed of the Charter for Compassion: "The Golden Rule requires you, in a disciplined way, to discover what gives you pain and refuse to do that to others." "At a time when religions are seen at loggerheads, the Charter …
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Powerful quotes from the Charter for Compassion launch
Pulled from Twitter coverage of the live Charter event: "Compassion is a dangerous dream beacause it rocks the foundations of old interests and gives us new ground to stand on." Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell "In this room, we have words that make a difference between death and life. Words can b …
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Charter around the world: Sydney, Australia
Outside the Sydney Opera House, an ecumenical group holds the Yves Béhar-designed plaque for the Charter for Compassion.
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Charter for Compassion launches!
This morning at 10am, Karen Armstrong unveiled the powerful text of the Charter for Compassion -- the culmination of her 2008 TED Prize wish. Read and affirm the text of the Charter for Compassion >> The Charter for Compassion asks that people of all religions and moral codes to recognize the …
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TEDIndia post-conference thoughts from attendees
It's been four days since TEDIndia ended, and the attendees have been making their way home to cities across India and around the world. Thanks to all who've spent some of the travel time writing down their thoughts on this extraordinary past week. TED Fellow Dina Mehta rounded up her TEDIndia in …
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Google makes World Bank data visible
Stats guru Hans Rosling writes to say the popular search engine, Google, is making 17 of the World Bank's World Development Indicators available to search queries: Subject: TED helps liberate data!Here is very good news! As of today, the first hole to freedom exists in the data vault of the World …
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Photographing the landscape of oil: Edward Burtynsky on TED.com
In stunning large-format photographs, Edward Burtynsky follows the path of oil through modern society, from wellhead to pipeline to car engine -- and then beyond to the projected peak-oil endgame. (Recorded at TEDGlobal 2009, July 2009, Oxford, UK. Duration: 3:40) Watch Edward Burtynsky's ta …
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Onsite at TEDIndia: Q&A with producer Bharath
Bharath (his full name) was the local producer of TEDIndia, a calm authority figure in the middle of a large, international, multilingual crew. After the conference wrapped on Saturday afternoon, he had time to talk about the massive job of getting TEDIndia up and running. How did you get connect …
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The science behind a climate headline: Rachel Pike on TED.com
In 4 minutes, atmospheric chemist Rachel Pike provides a glimpse of the massive scientific effort behind the bold headlines on climate change, with her team -- one of thousands who contributed -- taking a risky flight over the rainforest in pursuit of data on a key molecule. (Recorded at TEDGlobal U …
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The refugees of boom-and-bust: Cameron Sinclair on TED.com
At TEDGlobal U, Cameron Sinclair shows the unreported cost of real estate megaprojects gone bust: thousands of migrant construction laborers left stranded and penniless. To his fellow architects, he says there is only one ethical response. (Recorded at TEDGlobal University 2009, July 2009, Oxford, U …
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The Buzz: Shashi Tharoor on India's soft power
Shashi Tharoor, India’s minister of state for external affairs, says India should influence the world though soft power -- attracting other countries to India’s example. Here are some responses from Twitter: Tharoor: The penetration of mobile phones in India - testimony to development / empowerm …
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The Buzz: His Holiness the Karmapa on heart-centered design
His Holiness the Karmapa, a spiritual Buddhist leader, proposes that the worldwide acceleration of technological connectivity should be accompanied by increased heart-to-heart connections. Check out some reactions from Twitter: His Holiness the Karmapa speaking his story of being "found" at 7 a …
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The Buzz: Sashi Tharoor on India's soft power
Sashi Tharoor, India’s minister of state for external affairs, says India should influence the world though soft power -- attracting other countries to India’s example. Here are some responses from Twitter: Tharoor: The penetration of mobile phones in India - testimony to development / empowerme …
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TEDIndia Session 9: Within You, Without You
"Within You, Without You," the final session of TEDIndia, rings in with a drumbeat -- the rich, propulsive stylings of Sivamani. He combines the sounds of a variety of percussive instruments with a recurring motif: water. Dipping instruments in water as he plays them, the instruments take on the cha …
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Meet the TED Blog and social media team for TEDIndia
Our gavel-to-gavel coverage of TEDIndia comes from an extraordinary team. Matthew Trost, Shanna Carpenter and Jenny Zurawell have been blogging and live-tweeting conference proceedings as they happen. Emily McManus provided backstage reports. Leigh Ferreira led the social-media effort on Twitter and …
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The Buzz: Eve Ensler begins a celebration of the "girl self"
Eve Ensler brought her dynamic stage presence to TEDIndia, to fight for a new celebration and love for the girl inside us all. The audience gave her all the love she wanted, and couldn't stop sharing her words on Twitter: Being a girl is so powerful that we've had to train everyone not to be a g …
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The Buzz: Kiran Sethi makes "contagious" a good word
Kiran Sethi is the founder of a revolutionary new school in India, called The Riverside School. She's changing the way we think about children, the way they think about themselves and her ideas are contagious! Here are some of the real-time reactions: Finally. Kiran Sethi at TEDIndia ... Riversi …
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TEDIndia Session 8: Learning to Learn
Here's what we learned from the the second-to-last session of TEDIndia, "Learning to Learn": Sashwati Banerjee brings greetings from the longest street in the world: Sesame Street. Director of Sesame Workshop, Sashwati Banerjee takes the stage after a fun dialogue between Googly and Chamki, two c …
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TEDIndia Session 7: The Power of Stories
Abhay Deol at TEDIndia, Session 7, "Power of Stories," November 6, 2009, in Mysore, India. Credit: TED / James Duncan Davidson Beginning the last session of the day, Lakshmi Pratury takes the stage and explains that this theme was chosen because she believes that stories are extremely powerful. S …
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The Buzz: "Hats off" to Ananda Shankar Jayant, cancer conqueror
Dancer and choreographer Ananda Shankar Jayant brought the audience to its feet at the conclusion of Session 7 with a moving story of her battle against cancer -- and to reclaim her life through dance. Here's what Twitter was saying: Awesome!!!! simply marvelous !! Ananda Shankar! Hats Off!! Kudo …
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