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...First Solar doesn't generate the most buzz. That notoriety belongs to the start-up Nanosolar, which shocked its competitors in December when it announced it would begin profitably selling thin-film panels at $1 a watt. That figure is solar's holy grail, the point at which power from the sun becomes generally cheaper than coal, without the help of subsidies...
...Walk This Way There is no better way to begin any fitness program than by walking. You already do it, so just do more of it. No matter where kids live--in cities, suburbs or small towns--there are opportunities to walk. Find places to stride, like a mall, and stairs to climb, and get friends to join...
...place to begin that transformation is in schools, since that's where children spend much of their waking lives--and ingest up to 50% of their daily calories. Here, Arkansas--a state that has had one of the nation's highest rates of childhood obesity--is in the vanguard. Led by Joseph Thompson, director of the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement, the state in 2004 began tracking the BMI of more than 400,000 children, sending home confidential health reports to parents. BMI is an imperfect metric since it often mistakes a stocky or muscular kid for an obese...
...school day has to end, and when it does, too many kids emerge into a world in which their food choices begin with Arby's and end with Wendy's. There are groups working to get different foods blooming in the nutritional desert, however. One of the most successful is the Food Trust in Philadelphia. Begun as a produce market in Philadelphia's Reading Terminal, the trust sponsors farmers' markets throughout the city, taking fresh fruits and vegetables to neighborhoods that lack them. The group is also working to improve the selection of corner stores and bring back supermarkets...
...John McCain and Barack Obama begin their search for the perfect running mate, those on the short list can sit passively by, waiting for the telephone to ring. Or they can follow the advice of a range of political operatives from both parties who shared their tips with Time on how to go from vice-presidential hopeful to the chosen...