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...Aladdin's cave of thousands of illicit products. Incongruously chic, with its polished wooden floor, shimmering glass display cases and subdued lighting, the museum is incorporated into the firm's offices on the 26th floor of downtown Bangkok's Supalai Grand Tower. (Read about the war on knockoff bags...
...Dresden, Obama took time to visit Frauenkirche Dresden, a church that was destroyed during the firebombing and recently rebuilt. During a tour of the church, Obama lit a candle and signed a book at a memorial to the firebombing. He stood a moment before the church's old tower cross that was retrieved from the rubble of the church in 1993, 48 years after the building was destroyed. The rebuilt church has a new tower cross, which was paid for by the people of Great Britain and crafted by the son of one of the British pilots who bombarded...
...world would one day speak of this place. They could not have known that some of them would live to have children and grandchildren who would grow up hearing their stories and would return here so many years later to find a museum and memorials and the clock tower set permanently to 3:15, the moment of liberation...
Learning to lose in this ultra-competitive, yet cushioned, environment has changed us dramatically: It has prepared us for the uncertainty beyond the ivory tower. If we consider the root causes of the current financial debacle that currently occupies all headlines, it becomes clear that recognizing and facing our shortcomings is necessary medicine for our social ailments, as is coming to terms with our inability to accurately predict what is to come. We cannot foretell the changing tides of Heraclitus’ river. Yet learning to fail inherently means learning to curb our hubris—and that...
...Miami On Third Try, Conviction in Terrorist Plot After three years and two mistrials, a federal jury convicted five Miami-based men of conspiring to blow up the Sears Tower, Chicago's landmark skyscraper, in 2006. Ringleader Narseal Batiste, who was captured on tape swearing allegiance to al-Qaeda and threatening to "kill all the devils," faces up to 70 years in prison. He was the only suspect convicted on all charges--one was fully acquitted and one exonerated in a previous trial--in a protracted case that some experts said lacked convincing evidence. Defense lawyers vowed to appeal...