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Thank you for including a diverse group of influential people in your Time 100 list [May 8]. I was especially delighted to see the story on the South Korean pop star Rain. His fame across Asia and the upcoming release of his English-language album show that pop culture no longer moves strictly from West to East. I don't speak Korean, but like many Asian Americans, I am attracted to Asian entertainers. Janet Vo Boston It is good to know that American stars such as Angelina Jolie and George Clooney are using their public prominence to address serious problems...
...David Ward knows, it ain't easy being green. But he's hoping that will change now that his invention, one of some 4,300 submissions in a contest run by TIME, the History Channel and the National Inventors Hall of Fame, was named the 2006 Modern Marvel of the Year. Ward's Strawjet takes a renewable and universally available resource - straw - and turns it into low-cost building material that will provide farmers with extra income and eliminate the need for deforestation. Another eco-friendly detail: instead of using plastic resin, the tractor-size farming implement binds straw together...
...selected by a panel of experts, including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, for its potential global impact - will be part of a traveling exhibit along with the contest's 24 other finalists, which will travel from New York City's Grand Central Terminal to the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Akron, Ohio, where it will be on display through September...
...first time I heard Bob Dylan," Bruce Springsteen said at the Dylan induction ceremony at the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in 1998, "I was in the car with my mother listening to WMCA, and on came that snare shot that sounded like somebody had kicked open the door to your mind...
...good to know that American stars such as Angelina Jolie and George Clooney are using their fame to address serious problems. Celebrities who choose to get involved in pressing social issues can raise awareness and inspire others to take positive action. Depicting Jolie as a puffy-lipped, pregnant Virgin Mary, however, was a wee bit overboard...