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Difference MakerShan Sethna teaches avalanche awareness to make backcountry skiing saferA growing numbers of skiers in Colorado want to try backcountry skiing, away from the groomed and patrolled trails. Shan Sethna's classes help newcomers learn about avalanche dangers.- Readers RespondReaders Write: Gingrich isn't the only indecent politicianLetters to the Editor for the weekly issue of January 23, 2011: GOP voters aren't the only 'hypocrites' out there 鈥� endorsing Newt Gingrich (with a history of moral failings) over squeaky clean Mitt Romney, while hating family man Obama. Remember Democrats' love of Bill Clinton?
Why play's the thingWhile discipline and practice are crucial in life, we need play time to let creativity bloom, to imagine the impossible, to ask the 'what if' questions.
'Young Detroit' founder tells stories of hope and progressEntrepreneur Margarita Barry founded the blog 'I Am Young Detroit' to highlight small innovative businesses popping up in a city still facing stiff challenges.
In Ohio, a fresh approach to help struggling homeownersESOP works by acting as a good-faith liaison between mortgage lenders and borrowers, helping people who are straining to pay their mortgages stay in their homes.
Five simple things to reduce food wasteHaving enough food for everyone begins with reducing waste 鈥� from buying less and storing it properly to sharing more.
Beyond education: How do you build geniuses?Developing nations like India are trying to take a great leap forward in education to match their coming leap in population. Can they produce enough good thinkers to produce enough new jobs?
Honduras envisions building a Caribbean 'Hong Kong'A poor Central American country, Honduras, is pondering creating a new semi-independent 'charter city' that would play by different rules and become an engine for economic growth.- Difference MakerAsher Elias uses high-tech training to lift Ethiopian Jews in IsraelIn Israel, most Ethiopian Jews are trapped at the bottom of society in dead-end jobs. Asher Elias gives them high-tech training to boost their upward mobility.
- Readers RespondReaders Write: Avoid US caveman response on Iran; the truth on teen pregnancyLetters to the Editor for the weekly issue of January 16, 2011: As tensions rise with Iran, one reader spurns America's 'usual knee-jerk military response' and praises 'smart power' instead. Another reader points out factors behind teen pregnancy, emphasizing education as key to combatting it.
Tim Tebow, the philanthropistHow is Tim Tebow using his fame as starting quarterback for the Denver Broncos? Impressively.
A warrior turns peacemaker in LiberiaFormer soldier 海角大神 Bethelson鈥檚 only job skill was killing 鈥� until a meeting on a muddy road in Liberia changed his life, and many others.
Julie Leven brings classical music to homeless sheltersThrough Shelter Music Boston, Julie Leven brings live music to residents that feeds their souls and makes them feel 'elegant.'
Work, reimagined: Detroit gets creativeHow residents of Detroit, America鈥檚 most famously down and out city, are building livelihoods that also rebuild their communities.
Progress WatchUS crime rate at lowest point in decades. Why America is safer now.The crime rate for serious crimes, including murder, rape, and assault, has dropped significantly since the early 1990s in part because of changes in technology and policing, experts say.聽
Lisa Trainer films the remarkable return of the 'Lady of the Loch'For more than two decades an osprey known simply as 'Lady' has returned to Scotland, drawing attention to the country's role as a wildlife haven.- Readers RespondReaders Write: Tebow should kneel off the field; prophets of hope, not doomLetters to the Editor for the weekly issue of January 2, 2011: One reader says Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow's displays of faith don't belong in the end zone. Another praises a recent cover story assessing world progress: Why聽must one be a prophet of doom to be recognized as a prophet?
Henry Red Cloud: a solar warrior for native AmericaHenry Red Cloud returned to Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to found Lakota Solar Enterprises, which builds and installs solar-heating equipment that saves low-income families money on heating bills.
In Africa, using ants and termites to increase crop yieldsResearchers are confirming what African farmers already know: Termites and ants can be used to increase soil fertility and crop yields.
Jason F. McLennan brings buildings to lifeBy designing 'living buildings' that go beyond LEED certification, Jason F. McLennan is challenging architects to take 'green' building a step farther.
