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| Watch This Inspiring Young Dance Troupe From Indian Leprosy Colonies | | Wednesday, February 27, 2013 7:02 PM | Zoe Fox |
| Documentary filmmaker Evan Carpenter hopes his latest project, Gracie Learns to Dance, will inspire promising young students around the world to stay in school and pursue their passions. The film follows Gracie, the 15-year-old president of the Rising Star Dance Troupe. The film follows Gracie, the 15-year-old president of the Rising Star Dance Troupe.
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| How This Teacher Won the $1 Million TED Prize | | Wednesday, February 27, 2013 12:44 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Sugata Mitra's life changed the day he stuck a computer in a hole in the wall of a slum in New Delhi. A computer science professor at a private school, Mitra kept wondering whether the rich kids he was teaching really were inherently talented (as their parents kept insisting), or if the poor kids over the wall just weren't getting a fair shake. So he left that online PC installed in a wall like an ATM, and walked away.
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| GlobeIn Is Like Etsy for Global Crafts | | Wednesday, February 27, 2013 12:04 PM | Fran Berkman |
| Mairam Omurzakova is a master artisan. She crafts shyrdaks — hand-stitched felt tapestries traditional to Kyrgyzstan — which she has been selling since the mid 1990s. Her potential market is about to greatly expand. People around the world now have access to Omurzakova's creations, as well as crafts from an expanding network currently consisting of more than 100 artisans.
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| Jamie Foxx Sings Trayvon Martin Tribute at Anniversary Vigil | | Wednesday, February 27, 2013 10:41 AM | Zoe Fox |
| On the one-year anniversary of the death of Trayvon Martin, people gathered in New York City to protest national gun laws and racial profiling. Among the demonstrators were Martin's parents and actor Jamie Foxx, who sang to the crowd on a megaphone. "We want to let you know that we love you and we're not going to leave you," the actor said, before breaking into song.
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