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...side that rides a Harley and reads palms, a skill he picked up from his European grandmother. In ING Direct, Kuhlmann saw a revolution, a chance to fix the things he knew people hated about banks. Companies in other industries had succeeded with stripped-down versions of competitors' products--Southwest flew airplanes without assigned seats; Ikea sold design-minded furniture without assembling it--so why not do that with banks...
...Despite the prison prohibition forbidding for-profit sale of artwork, many of the pieces sold by Ed Mead on his prisonart.org web site come from Texas, many of them panos or "handkerchief" art, a medium favored by Latino prisoners in the Southwest who do intricate ink drawings on squares of ripped sheets and other material. Mead makes copies of the works, scans and posts them on his website, charging a small commission fee if they sell. He says he rejects any art that he considers racist, sexist or homophobic and does not sell pieces by notorious killers. Recently, he refused...
...that's too bad for them. Nestled alongside a remote beach stretching for kilometers on the island's southwest coast, Fundu Lagoon's dozen tented rooms offer simple, rustic comforts underneath thick Makuti thatch. Its handful of suites - a more recent addition to the resort costing another witch doctor and a couple of goats - boast plunge pools and space for private dining. Just make sure you're hungry: dishes like crab ravioli in white wine and saffron sauce or grilled squillfish, all served up by local staff, make the best of what the island's waters offer...
...Chiang Kai-shek smiles benevolently-over and over. Here he is astride a horse or brandishing a book; there he stands, extending a fatherly arm to the busloads of visitors that show up daily to see this collection of statuary, located next to the Generalissimo's mausoleum 40 km southwest of Taipei. Plaques inform inquisitive onlookers where each piece originated, but none of the candy-coated descriptions explain that this collection came into being because these statues are unwanted and have been dismantled from schools, colleges and municipal buildings across the island. The Chiang Kai-shek Statue Park...
Shaun Blue was a philosophy student from Indiana who used to read the encyclopedia. Mario De Leon re-enlisted in order to support his new family in California. Aaron Genevie, from southwest Pennsylvania, said his mom was his greatest inspiration. Daniel Scherry of Rocky River, Ohio, always wanted to be a Marine. Illinois native Lucas Starcevich helped outfit his platoon when equipment ran short. Jesse De La Torre was a jazz-playing Bible student from Illinois. They had some things in common: several were in Iraq for their second tour of duty. One begged Army doctors just...