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...more than 20 years. He picked a company out of the Yellow Pages, called, and three Mayan Indians from Belize appeared on his doorstep. Amadei, 53, an amiable Frenchman who is quick to connect, listened as the men told him of the poverty back in their home village of San Pablo. He stayed in touch and a few years later accepted an invitation to visit their families in Belize. "I came across little girls who had to carry water back and forth to the village all day, so they couldn't go to school," Amadei says. "I knew that...
Amadei soon returned to San Pablo with a team of energetic young engineering students. By adapting centuries-old technology, they designed a pump that could supply water to the community without using electricity. That simple solution--which cost just $14,000, including airfare for Amadei and his students--transformed the lives of the villagers and that of Amadei, who realized he had found his calling as an engineer and an educator. "I could see the kids were really interested," he says. "And I could see the huge social impact that a small project can have...
...young female athletes protect themselves? Many sports-medicine pros recommend that girls work with coaches to strengthen their neck muscles. Another solution, especially for soccer players, is to wear protective headgear. Since its inception in 2002, a San Diego-based company, Full 90, has sold some 200,000 soft, padded headbands to soccer players. A recent study in the British Journal of Sports Medicine found that the band reduced concussion risk among a group of Canadian adolescent soccer players. But some experts worry that the bands may spur more reckless on-field behavior. "I fear that kids will put these...
...foolish not to see that it's the beginning of the end. It would be better for him to go into exile now. Shame on dictators around the world, and shame on those who prop up these mean-spirited men with a supply of wealth and weapons. Charles Puthota, SAN FRANCISCO...
...foolish not to see that it's the beginning of the end. It would be better for him to go into exile now. Shame on dictators around the world, and shame on those who prop up these mean-spirited men with a supply of wealth and weapons. Charles Puthota, San Francisco...