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Another Plane Hits the Sea, but Aircraft Are Still Safe

More terrible aviation news: A passenger jet carrying 153 souls has crashed into the sea in the Indian Ocean. According to press reports, the flight was a Yemenia Airbus A310 flying out of Yemen into the island of Comoros. It was ...READ»

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Yemen Architectural Treasures We Shouldn't Bomb Into Oblivion

We may have reopened our embassy there, but the government cautions that the country is still harboring terrorists and may be a threat to the U.S. However, there are some 2,500-year-old architectural reasons why we need to tread lightly.READ»

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Honey Gets Sexy in New Book on Global, Exotic Industry

Author Grace Pundyk spills the beans behind her new book.READ»

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Designing 4 Resilience

Today I am attending a conference at The-Hub.net workspace collective in Berkeley that addresses resilience in a shifting landscape. For further information on the timely topic of design ...READ»

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Joanne Calcagno Receives Positive Feedback on Her Book Raaof

In order to promote the achievements of their outstanding members, Cambridge Who’s Who comments on Joanne Calcagno’s book, “Raaof.”READ»

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It's Your (Leader) Ship

As commander of the USS Benfold, he initiated a leadership turnaround that rocked the Navy. Now D. Michael Abrashoff wants to help your company chart a better course. Here, he offers five guiding principles for leaders in tough times.READ»

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Crib Sheet: Gordon M. Snow, Assistant Director of FBI Cyber Division

This is the only freely-circulating photograph in existence of Gordon M. Snow, the newly-appointed deputy director of the FBI Cyber Division. But then, the FBI is probably marginally more aware of social networking etiquette than ...READ»

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Police State Arizona

A proposed law pending in the Arizona legislature, S.B. 1070, would oppress foreign nationals and U.S. citizens alike – especially if they don’t seem to some folks like “real Americans.” Some are characterizing Senate ...READ»

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Design in Dubai: Future Shock on the Gulf

If you enjoy the smog of LA, the traffic of Washington DC’s Beltway at rush hour, the blistering heat of Orlando in August, the retail pizzazz of the Mall of America, the cultural attractions of Midland, Texas, and the sensitive ...READ»

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Incoming!

Fresh faces from the front lines of design.READ»

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Time to Take Stock

"We're not only fighting back militarily, but we're also fighting back with our values."READ»

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Terrorism, Trauma, and the Search for Redemption

Silke Maier-Witt, a trauma psychologist in Kosovo, is seeking to heal the wounds that terrorism has inflicted on women from both sides. She's also seeking redemption for her father's dark past in Nazi Germany and her own as a revolutionary gang member.READ»