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...Concept: When closed, the kiosk is a sort of electronic bulletin board that displays information about events in the neighborhood, e-mailed in by local businesses. When someone approaches, the kiosk opens up so the user can recharge a mobile phone, download information from the Internet or, yes, even make a telephone call. The flowerlike structure also provides shelter and light (from the tips of its petals) while monitoring pollution. Says SHoP's Gregg Pasquarelli:"We see it as halfway between a tree and a piece of sculpture...
...Harvard Crimson reported on the presence of the Klu Klux Klan at Harvard, drawing national attention and embarrassment to the University. The pressure to end the negative coverage was considerable. Harvard’s Alumni Bulletin “counselled the omission of these lurid tales...
...three months after the killings in their city began, Wuhan's police finally sent a bulletin to nearby cities, including Yueyang, describing the cases. Yueyang's police immediately responded with information on Duan Guocheng, including his alias Hu Cheng. Three days later, Wuhan's police found a Hu Cheng registered at the 719 Aerospace Institute Inn, a military-run guesthouse minutes from Zhang's police station. Zhang and two other officers burst through Duan's door and found him standing in the room in his underclothes. Duan attacked them, says Zhang, and "it took all three of us to hold...
...Convinced that Duan had fled the city, the police in Yueyang locked his mother in a cell with prostitutes and drug addicts for a week in hopes that she would tell them his whereabouts. She didn't. So they sent a bulletin on the nationwide police-computer network with Duan's particulars. Wuhan's police received the notice, but since they routinely ignored bulletins from other provinces, "they didn't pay much attention," says a source who has seen the Wuhan police reports. "They lost their best chance to crack the case early...
...country. It serves 75 students, mostly Latinos from nearby East L.A. Their infractions range from truancy to firearm possession, drug selling and sexual assault. There are no window bars, security guards, metal detectors or pat-downs at the front door--just a friendly receptionist and a big, brightly colored bulletin board welcoming all visitors. "If we installed security devices, we'd be telling our kids that we don't trust them," says Cathleen Corella, the principal, who proudly reports that there have been just five fights at the school in 10 years...