 Shards, fragments, and ruins are all that remain from the earliest human civilizations ten thousand years ago. Nothing continues to function as it once did; the Earth has ruthlessly erased all that other humans did not destroy. But ten thousand years from now, in a cave in what is now Nevada, a single functional sign of human technological prowess may continue to tick, whether there are humans there to observe it or not. And no, it isn’t Yucca mountain.
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Forty eight women from all over the world have converged in Tokyo for the Miss International Pageant 2005. The pageant, started in the early 1920s, is not just any ‘beauty competition’. It is touted as a “Festival of Beauty” where representatives from around the world partcipate. The festival’s aim is to increase women’s contributions to international society.