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...Ribbon. During her morning prayers in 1982, Denver Grandmother Justine Merritt conceived the idea of a band of people encircling the Pentagon with a ribbon of peace. She began to ask those on her Christmas-card list to fashion cloth banners depicting things they could not bear to lose. The project attracted a national volunteer network, which produced 25,000 different banners, many with pictures of children or pets or sunsets. Tied together, the banners formed a ribbon that stretched 15 miles--long enough not only to encircle the Pentagon but also to cross the Potomac and wind around...
...remarkably light for its size, possibly only about 140 Ibs. Its wing bones were hollow tubes, and its body structure must have evolved for minimum weight. To emulate nature, MacCready's design team is using strong but lightweight parts made of carbon-fiber tubing and Kevlar cloth...
...dollars raised by the group for reconstruction may now have to be returned to donors or diverted to other causes. MEANWHILE IN JAPAN... Sumo Squabble Guardians of the ancient Japanese sport of sumo blocked moves to allow competitors to wear short-like "sumo pants" rather than the traditional loin-cloth. Amateurs had hoped to spur youth interest by allowing more modest gear, but the professional body insists it has "no intention of allowing children in pants into the ring...
...comes with almost everything you will need to begin enjoying it - a rechargeable battery, power cord, memory stick, earbuds with remote control, strap and case with chamois cloth - except for a game. The first million units even come with a copy of the movie Spider-Man 2 in Sony's new Universal Media Disc format. A plastic-encased 1.8GB-capacity digital disc the size of a chocolate chip cookie, UMDs are a PSP-only media source, carrying games, movies and possibly music, although no music UMDs are available at this time. There are no writable UMDs either...
Using white columns and colored sheets of cloth as their only tools of design, the LHO crew has transformed the Lowell Dining Hall into a small majestic theater space. The minimalist set design leaves almost everything up to the audience’s imagination, forcing audience members to consciously engage in a very personal cogitative play-watching expience, which has its ups and downs...