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Turning Bikes into Wheelchairs for Some of the World's Neediest People

By Joe Piasecki

Pasadena Weekly | July 8, 2008

Some students and recent graduates of Caltech and the Art Center College of Design have found a way to turn simple mountain bikes into inexpensive, effective and potentially lifesaving wheelchairs for disabled people in the world's poorest countries.

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Tags: Education, bicycles, design, international, Caltech, wheelchairs, Intelligent Mobility International, product design, the Art Center College of Design

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Global Warming: Out of Sight, Out of Mind?new

A recent national survey suggests that over the past few years a growing number of Americans have changed their minds about the importance of climate change, and fewer now believe it even exists -- but many still think government should do something about it.

Pasadena Weekly | Joe Piasecki | 11-23-2009 | Environment

Tags: Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, environment, global warming

California's Ex-Attorney General Calls for an End to Capital Punishmentnew

With more than 700 Death Row prisoners awaiting execution for decades and no money in sight for improving the integrity and efficiency of the failing capital punishment system, John Van de Kamp is publicly calling for an end to the death penalty. But unlike most of capital punishment's ardent opponents, he has actually sent men to Death Row.

Pasadena Weekly | Joe Piasecki | 07-13-2009 | Crime & Justice

Tags: John Van de Kamp, California, death penalty, Capital Punishment, criminal justice

One Woman's Quest to Celebrate Cancer's Scarsnew

Despite breast cancer's pervasive impact, mastectomy scars are an alien concept to most of us. On behalf of those who have battled breast cancer and the hundreds of thousands who soon will, Devon Williams, is on a mission to celebrate them publicly as marks of strength, perseverance, femininity and beauty.

Pasadena Weekly | Joe Piasecki | 03-30-2009 | Art

Tags: Devon Williams, photography, breast cancer

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The Way Upnew

Kids shouldn't be forced to leave their homes in hopes of a better future.

Pasadena Weekly | Randy Jurado Ertll | 11-13-2012 | Education

Tags: A Better Chance

'Hell' Freezes Overnew

Matt Groening moves on after 34 years of 'Life in Hell'

Pasadena Weekly | Kevin Uhrich | 07-13-2012 | Media

Tags: life in hell

The Onenew

'King' Edmund Keli’i Silva Jr. sees his fairy-tale ascension as one more step toward Hawaiian sovereignty.

Pasadena Weekly | Kevin Uhrich | 11-08-2011 | Features

Tags: Features, Hawaiian sovereignty, King Edmund Keli’i Silva, Kingdom of Hawaii

Extreme Justicenew

Some say the way inmates are treated in Los Angeles County jails is absolutely criminal.

Pasadena Weekly | Kevin Uhrich | 03-14-2011 | Crime & Justice

Tags: ACLU, L.A. County Jail, Mitrice Richardson

Poverty Living at Luxury Pricesnew

Stimulus funds should not be used to bankroll a private project that has already displaced poor and elderly people while promising poverty-level jobs.

Pasadena Weekly | Peter Dreier | 11-08-2010 | Policy Issues

Tags: Pasadena Manor

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