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...technology. This bombardment and exchange of ideas is both fascinating and frightening. We have all heard of the dangers lurking on the Internet to corrupt our children, and it is reassuring to know there will be a spot on the Net for those who seek spiritual comfort and guidance. MIKE TRAYNOR Glenolden, Pennsylvania...
...city fire departments are turning out hunky calendars to raise funds. New York City is the latest, but Tucson, Arizona, and South Florida have long had their own. (Tucson and Milwaukee even have women in their calendars.) "We don't want to be construed as Chippendale fire fighters," says Mike Aguilar, who heads Seattle's fund drive. There are serious reasons for the calendar: "Burns are terrible, traumatic injuries. The money we raise goes to recovery research and methods...to minimize that trauma." With the calendars, getting all hot and bothered is for a good cause...
...town owns the team in more than name. Coach Mike Holmgren likes to tell the story of one of his first visits to the grocery store after he left the 49ers to take the Green Bay job in 1992. As his cart approached that of a little old lady, she looked at him and said, "Hey, California, go out and kick some butt." Make no mistake: the city on the Fox River and Lake Michigan is not exactly paradise. Just like Bedford Falls, it has its dark side. African-American players, isolated and marked as Packers, once likened the town...
...sophomore Chris Ludwik each netted two scores in the game. Garcia had his hand in every goal scored, tallying five assists total. He reached three different players—Tune, Ludwick, and Voith—for goals in the crucial win. “When we have been successful, Mike has been the center of the offense,” captain Robbie Burmeister said. “He has great game awareness and quickness,” junior Eric Byrd added. “Those two things combined allow him to make a lot of steals on defense and captain...
...that the remains of at least nine individuals with the features of a tiny human have been excavated on the remote Indonesian island of Flores. The first of these hobbit fossils was uncovered in October 2004. More recently, an anthropology professor at the University of New England in Australia, Mike Morwood, discovered a fossilized jawbone that has spurred the latest investigation into the new species’ existence. Morwood collaborated with another professor at the University of New England, Peter Brown, to analyze the fossil findings, a process which they just finished. Lieberman wrote about the discovery and its latest...