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-t- DETROIT FREE PRESS WWW.FREEP.COM 2 A WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2006 TO YOUR HEALTH This piggy may be better for you A. Scientists say they have genetically engineered pigs to produce healthier pork. In a study released in the March 26 online issue ijC of Nature Biotechnology, scientists said they'd created pigs 0NFREEP.COM Wounded in Iraq An air ambulance crew gets wounded soldiers off the battlefield and to the Air Force Theater Hospital in Iraq. See and hear the soldiers and doc MIKE'S TECH TIP Yahoo offers more ways to stay connected Yahoo Messenger with Voice lets users dial landlines and mobile phones. For $2.99 per month or $29.90 per year, users can get a phone number that allows them to receive calls through the IM interface.

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Gilkey shot the photos and video. will have to approve the pigs before they reach local markets. -HEALTHOAY UMPS TART John Bain of Delaware claims to have made the world's largest rubber band ball. It's pounds, 5 feet tall, and made from 850,000 rubber bands. See it at www.recordball.com.

OVERHEARD "I take two dribbles, boom boom, bend my knees, up and The Spinners, buddies from giving the rubber its stretch and strength. These dry ingredients are then added to the rubber in a large mixer. In the mixer, heat builds up as the ingredients blend. A 500-pound ball of the rubber dough goes through a mill that presses it into sheets, which are split into strips and fed into another machine. Out of this comes a tube of rubber.

It's heated to finish the vulcanization, rinsed and cooled. Then it's cut into bands. ASKED AND ANSWERED QUESTION: How are rubber bands made? ANSWER: The Alliance Rubber Co. of Hot Springs, explains how on its Web site, www.rubberband.com. First, coloring, preservatives and sulfur are mixed.

Sulfur brings about the chemical process known as vulcanization, which links the rubber molecules into a strong chain, A 1 Ferndale High, had a big hit with "The Rubberband Man-in 1976, but alas, it was after over. That's what the group had left the Motown I do." label. From the Charlotte Observer Detroit Piston LINDSEY HUNTER, 2002 photo by RICHARD IEEDFP Samantha Trochio of Fair Haven Elementary School used rubber bands to make a Geo board in her math geometry class. Cot a question about Detroit? E-mail explaining his free throw askthefreepressfreepress.com. technique.

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