30th November 2008 Archive
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The Tzu Chi Foundation – the world’s largest Buddhist charity
Monks, cadavers, typhoons and earthquakes
Taiwan might be best known to Reg readers as the home of the major DRAM manufacturers and other computer component makers but it is also home to the world's largest Buddhist charitable foundation. The Tzu Chi Foundation was founded in 1966 by a 30 year-old female monk called Dharma Master Cheng Yen. It runs international …
Science 30 Nov 2008, 08:02
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The dumb, dumb world of Malcolm Gladwell
A guru for the brain dead
Have you ever had the nagging sense that there's something not quite right with the adulation that follows Malcolm Gladwell - the author of Tipping Point? But you couldn't quite put your finger on it? We're here to help, dear reader. Gladwell gave two vanity "performances" in the West End - prompting fevered adulation from the …
Music and Media 30 Nov 2008, 11:58
