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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...horizon. On a fellowship for “purposeful travel,” Hoy went to work in a health clinic for the Luo people. Through a group of women she met there, Hoy discovered the art of traditional Luo pottery, in which forms come directly from their age-old uses. Speaking to a small but enthusiastic crowd last Wednesday at the Office for the Arts ceramics studio in Allston, Hoy emphasized the challenges globalization presents to this art and its practitioners.“It was amazing how close everything was from land to use, and I think that...

Author: By Jessica M. Righthand, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Alum inspired by Luo Pots | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

...Bolt” has failed. The recent string of stellar animated films like “Wall-E and “Ratatouille” have raised the bar too high. But if you’re still interested and you fall into the 18-to-35 age range, I have some advice: don’t expect too much, don’t think too hard, and roll with the hamster. It will be fully awesome...

Author: By Rebecca J. Levitan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Bolt' | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

...last night, explained his idea: using technology to revolutionize education in the developing world. The basic laptop, characterized by its bright yellow hand crank and once described as “enchanting” by Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, was developed by OLPC and is being distributed to school-age children in the world’s 50 poorest countries. The OLPC laptop, which is marketed to international buyers as a $100 item, actually costs $187 to produce. It is currently sold through OLPC’s Give One Get One Program, which launched Monday through Amazon. For $399, people...

Author: By Niha S Jain, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cheap Laptops, Rich Experience | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

Champion surfer Kelly Slater has the body (ripped), the lifestyle (jetsetting), the girls (supermodels) and now he has the world. Slater just won his ninth world title in surfing, making him both the youngest (in 1992, at age 20) and the oldest (now 36) surfing champion in history. His new book, Kelly Slater: For the Love, is a visual tour through the taut, tanned world of competitive surfing and how a young boy from Cocoa Beach, Florida rose to the top. Kelly Slater talks to TIME about surfing, his new world title and why he is always late...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Surfer Kelly Slater | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

...might get close but not pull it off again. When I did pull it off, it was just an amazing feeling. At that point I was the oldest world champion ever, people said I couldn't win again, they were doubting that I could do it at that age [33] just cause it hadn't been done. Then they said the same thing in 2006, that it would be my last. Now here I am again and I just won my ninth world title...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Surfer Kelly Slater | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

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