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...credited with inventing the World Wide Wide, Sir Timothy J. Berners-Lee, urged leaders of academic, private, and governmental organizations to recognize and reap the benefits of the open culture of the digital world at an event at the Harvard Kennedy School yesterday evening. Berners-Lee received the third annual Pathfinder Award from the Kennedy School’s Leadership for a Networked World program, which aims to educate leaders about changes driven by the digitalization of information. The award recognizes individuals who have made innovations in government through technology. “The government’s challenges have...
...Lee Song Gun, a historian and researcher at the National Institute of Korean History, was reduced to tears when she first heard that the city's beloved Namdaemun Gate had burned to rubble on Monday. "It is our pride and joy, so I feel ashamed that this happened," she says. "We should have protected it more...
...Having failed to save it, Seoul is planning to restore the monument as quickly as possible: an official at the Cultural Heritage Administration told media it would take about three years and $21 million to rebuild the gate. President-elect Lee Myung Bak has proposed that citizens kick in money for the construction. But until the Namdaemun Gate is rebuilt, its blackened pedestal will remain a reminder of the fragility of Korea's architectural legacy - and a litmus test of just how serious the 5,000-year-old culture is about preserving its remaining historical landmarks...
...There were some undeniably big names in the audience - Daniel Day-Lewis, Keira Knightley, Anthony Hopkins, Kate Hudson, Ridley Scott, Ian McKellen - just not enough of them. After the first three rows, the faces became unfamiliar. Many of the high-profile nominees - George, Cate, Tommy Lee - were no-shows, and it quickly became clear that many famous attendees were there either to present an award or pick one up. Everybody had a job to do; nobody had just come for the party...
...minor at a hotel in Florida, according to court documents. Carl S. McGee, who is assistant secretary for policy and planning in the Democratic administration, was a 1998 graduate of Harvard Law School and a former Rhodes Scholar. According to a probable cause document from the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, McGee was arrested at the Gasparilla Inn & Club in Boca Grande, Fla. in late December after police received a complaint from a man claiming that McGee had sexually abused his teenage son in the steam room of the $600-a-night Gulf Coast resort. McGee entered...