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...convict artisans, often worked into their graves. Convicts, it seems, had it even worse than slaves (who by some counts may have numbered as many as 1 million, or 2% of the total population, during the former Han dynasty) since slaves were considered valuable property and used mostly for light or clerical duties. One to six convict laborers, on the other hand, died each day at a typical large imperial worksite, building roads, opulent palaces and tombs, including the most famous of all: the mausoleum of Qin Shihuangdi, the first Qin Emperor, who, in 221 B.C., unified China. Their lives...
...clutch of key Futurist artworks further testifies to that movement's rapturous celebration of the machine age. Typical in its depiction of repetitive, colliding shapes is Giacomo Balla's 1913 monochrome watercolor Automobile + speed + light. Futurism's glorification of man-made power was not politically innocent; it fed directly into the country's rising nationalism, a cause ardently embraced by the poet-pilot Gabriele D'Annunzio. He became the figurehead of the Irredentists, who wanted once-Italian territories returned to their homeland. The show includes such pathos-laden d'Annunzio memorabilia as the tattered logbook he kept when he drove...
Godin can be light on details; he's better at painting the big picture. But something is happening here, and you had better know what it is. He sounds the alarm for those whose idea of New Marketing is a gloppy company blog. "There's a whole new set of rules," Godin told TIME. "Let me not just try to buy some sizzle. Let me rethink what it means to be in business, to run an organization." A tall order, but this clever book is a good place to start...
...couple of years spent beefing up its lighting division is causing Philips no such pain. With revenues touching $9 billion in 2007, the company leads the global market--illuminating offices and airports, streets and sports arenas. And with a slew of acquisitions in advanced light-emitting diode (LED) know-how, Philips is "'light' years ahead" of the competition, says JPMorgan analyst Andreas Willi...
...building homes, local leaders and priests have tried to help find husbands and wives for young newcomers, among other ways by turning the town Internet home page into a dating forum. Many are concerned the very existence of Christians in Iraq is at risk. "There's no light at the end of the tunnel," said a spokesman for the Assyrian Democratic Party, a Christian group. But not all single young exiles appreciate the local efforts at hospitality. "Ankawa is such a small town," said one young woman from Baghdad sitting at the local amusement park with friends...