100 People Who Shape Our World
Imagine 100 celebrities like Tom Cruise, Laura Bush and Sandra Day O'Connor each writing a profile on say Pope Benedict, Bill Clinton or Oprah Winfrey. What would the compiled result look like? Like Time magazine's much-awaited 2006 Time 100 project! A collection of profiles on one hundred men and women, whose power, talent or moral example are transforming our world. Click here to see Time's comp... posted on Jun 16 2006, 3,090 reads

Montreal Homeless Choir
The 22 men in spangled baseballs caps don't much look like a choir. They don't stand up straight, they tend to wobble back and forth as they perform, and they're homeless! With a hastily prepared repertoire of four Christmas carols, this ragtag collection of 19-to-68 year old homeless choristers took their voices to the streets -- or under them: their debut was December 17, 1996, at the Berri-UQAM... posted on Jun 13 2006, 2,893 reads

Mother Teresa's Personal Surgeon
Mother Teresa handpicked him to be her personal surgeon. Today, Dr. Devi Shetty is perhaps the most compassionate, committed and charistmatic thing that has happened to cardiac surgery in the last century. He runs the world's second most productive heart hospital where children under 12 are treated for free and other patients pay whatever they can. Dr. Shetty has delivered high quality cardiac ... posted on Jun 11 2006, 2,889 reads

Double Amputee Scales Everest
47-year-old Mark Inglis was a former mountain rescue guide before he lost both legs to frost bite after being trapped in an ice cave for 14 days. Today he is an honors graduate in human biochemistry, a researcher, silver medal cyclist, a ski instructor, motivational speaker and the first double amputee to have scaled the highest peak in the world! "While it’s a great adventure for me it would be... posted on May 27 2006, 1,479 reads

The Shine of Fair Trade Diamonds
Raymond Scott retired from Boeing after 30 years, so that he could focus full-time on giving Sierra Leone –- his native country -– a chance to shine. Scott and the New York-based custom jewelry firm Finesse Diamonds plan to introduce what they say are the world's first "fair-trade diamonds," mined on territory controlled by Scott's family and neighboring chiefdoms, and polished in newly built ... posted on May 25 2006, 1,381 reads

A Family Globetrotting For A Better World
Worried about the future we leave behind for our children? So were this French couple who decided to do something about it. Laurent and Marie de Cherrisey packed their bags and their five kids, aged between 5 and 11, and set off on an around-the-world trip that took them to 14 countries, where they interacted with extraordinary people who testify, through the initiatives they have taken, that toda... posted on May 19 2006, 2,048 reads

Big Mountain, Little Steps
Steve House cemented his status as one of the world's best mountain climbers last September in Pakistan, when he and a partner reached the top of Nanga Parbat via a new route up the Rupal Face, a 14,000-foot vertical wall of rock, snow and ice considered the largest and highest relief in the world. As extraordinary as that was, what really sets House apart in the testosterone fueled sport of climb... posted on May 17 2006, 1,412 reads

Child Poet and Peacemaker
Speaking at 14 year-old Mattie’s funeral, Jimmy Carter said that he’d traveled to 122 countries and met kings and queens, but Mattie Stepanek was “the most extraordinary person I ever met.” Despite suffering from muscular dystrophy, Mattie’s first poem came when he was 3! His wisdom, positivity, and messages of peace have inspired and given hope to millions. At the age of 10, Mattie wrot... posted on May 14 2006, 2,445 reads

The Bride Was Beautiful
She walked down the wedding aisle, without once stopping to use her oxygen tank. 21-year-old Katie Kirkpatrick made it to the altar, holding off cancer to celebrate the happiest day of her life. She had already survived cancer once, only to have it return to her lungs and invade her heart. Her organs were shutting down, but this was not going to stop her from fulfilling her dream of marrying Nick ... posted on May 09 2006, 8,882 reads

A Book that Rose from the Ashes
Acclaimed poet and novelist Maxine Hong Kingston returned from her father's funeral to find her home in flames. The fire destroyed the manuscript and all backup copies of a newly written book, "The Fourth Book of Peace". Though initially devastated, Kingston moved past her personal loss and began a workshop for those who had lost much more: Vietnam War veterans. In the process of helping them move... posted on May 07 2006, 2,009 reads