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...People here have a lot of resources to make change and I feel like college is a period when we have the time, energy, and opportunity to go out in the field and do it,” Sengeh says. Between now and next fall, the close-knit team will work on ensuring the right technologies are brought to the right locations. And maybe—if they have enough time—they’ll get some time to act like normal college students...

Author: By Elizabeth C. Pezza, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Out of the Yard, Into Africa | 12/10/2008 | See Source »

...Karanjia, principal of a Zoroastrian religious school in Mumbai, India, insists, "Conversion is not part of our religion." Yet, in India, home to the majority of Zoroastrians, the community is declining by about 10% every decennial census, according to a report released by UNESCO. Today, Zoroastrians remain a tight-knit and self-secluded community that strongly encourages marriage within the faith...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last of the Zoroastrians | 12/9/2008 | See Source »

...grandstand with its collection of broken souls or the clubhouse with its hoity-toity carpeting and exorbitant $1.50 admission fee. For a neophyte, a trip to the grandstand is a must. While you may come for the free admission, you’ll stay for the men in knit ponchos, 24 flavors of soft-serve and wisdom like, “Why do these ATMs have limits?” and “My daughter thinks I’m at work tonight.”Take it from Chiappini, who has lost hundreds at the track...

Author: By Daniel K Bilotti and Vincent M Chiappini, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: Turkeys & Trifectas | 12/3/2008 | See Source »

...fallout of a single manufacturer like GM failing is huge because of the tightly knit web between manufacturers and suppliers," says Dave Cole, chairman of the Center for Automotive Research, an organization with ties to the industry. "Given the fragile state the supply base is in today, with a lot of them already in bankruptcy, it would likely take the entire industry down. Not because the other manufacturers would fail but because the suppliers would go down. We've been concerned about the cascade effect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Dems' Drive to Aid Detroit Is Stalling Out | 11/18/2008 | See Source »

...witness the real McCain, the political animal in his natural habitat, you have to leave the lectern far behind. The Republican nominee's heart will probably always lie in his famous town halls in the tight-knit communities of New Hampshire. On Sunday night, too late for many of the networks to cover it, McCain returned once more to his adopted home for one more unscripted, spirited gathering. He was greeted in the streets of Peterborough by roughly 1,000 screaming, pom-pom waving and freezing supporters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McCain's Last Town Hall: Back in His Element | 11/3/2008 | See Source »

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