KITREX...Its Dino LOVE all the way!

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A KitRex is a dinosaur-shaped puzzle craft. It is a flat-packed kit of paperboard pieces that you assemble to make a dinosaur.

It began as a homework assignment for Lisa Glover while at Lehigh University's Technical Entrepreneurship master's program. She had to demonstrate a manufacturing technique in a unique and interesting way. She chose Industrial Origami, a method for folding sheet metal into useful objects, and decided to make something fanciful- a 15ft long Velociraptor costume- made out of cardboard. She wore this to a Halloween party at school, and it was a hit! She never thought it would be anything more than that...

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An empowering poem that celebrates women

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Phenomenal Woman
Maya Angelou

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I’m telling lies.
I say,
It’s in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I’m a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That’s me.

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