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...collection and we are absolutely thrilled to present it to the public,” says Elisabeth Werby, Executive Director of the HMNH. As for future plans regarding the collection, the MCZ hopes to begin an extensive restoration project to repair glue on the models and create custom cabinetry to house the creatures. They also plan to produce high-quality digital images of all the specimens that can be viewed in an online specimen database, according to Dr. James Hanken, director of the MCZ.In the meantime, the public can catch a preview of the extensive collection at the new exhibit...
...community is deliberately built upon the intersection of diverse cultures, social practices, and worldviews. Each of us is a minority of one, bringing a unique set of legacies, customs, traditions, and beliefs. Our environment affords us the opportunity to gain knowledge and to experience the proverbial ocean beyond the pond through meaningful interactions with each other. It is these interactions that serve to give nuance to our understanding of the world and allow us to appreciate the points of view of others, albeit not necessarily agree with them. To glean the most from this invaluable opportunity, we must be willing...
...Students from both Mather and Eliot conceived of involved video-promotions to excite freshmen about the prospects of becoming Mather or Eliot-ites—a member of the latter house even bought out two domain names on the Web for this purpose (www.adamssucks.com and www.eliotsucks.com). And as per custom, all of the 12 House committees have spent recent weeks toiling over the details of welcoming the rising sophomores. On a recent night in Adams (the house where I was arbitrarily assigned to live two years ago), dozens of residents descended on the dining hall wielding puff paint and poster...
Ichiro's reverence for the bat came to him during a 1992 visit to the wise man of batmaking, 64-year-old Isokazu Kubota, master craftsman for equipment manufacturer Mizuno Technics Corp. Over the past 49 years, Kubota has made custom-designed wooden bats for more than 1,500 professional players, including Pete Rose and Hideki Matsui...
...since he would continue to be the head of the Tibetans and the democracy he has set up in exile already has an elected Prime Minister. In China meanwhile, Tibetans are still liable to imprisonment for years just for carrying a picture of their exiled leader (who by Tibetan custom is regarded as the incarnation of a god, the god of compassion). Some have been shot while walking across the mountains to visit cousins or children in exile...