WIKILEAKS' DATA CENTER: HOSTED IN SUPER VILLAIN'S LAIR

While WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange prepares to fight extradition in a British court, it may not help his defense that newly released photos of the data center storing the document-dumping website’s files cast Assange as a James Bond villain.

Photos of the Pionen high-security computer storage facility in Stockholm showcase a “floating” conference room, designer furniture, decorative waterfalls and engines from old German U-boats that serve as backup generators, all housed in an old Cold War nuclear bunker, according to an account in London’s Daily Mail.


The underground facility stores the secret State Department cables causing headaches for U.S. diplomats around the world as well as the Afghanistan and Iraq war logs WikiLeaks distributed earlier this year, the Daily Mail reported.
Other companies also use the dozens of computer servers at Pionen, which opened in the cave location after a remodel by a Swedish architect who was inspired by Sir Kenneth Adams’ sets in Bond films, the Daily Mail reported.



Architects: Albert France-Lanord Architects
Location:Stockholm, Sweden
Program: Datacenter
Collaborators: Frida Öster and Jonatan Blomgren
Geology Consultant: Geosigma AB
Construction: Albert France-Lanord Architects
Client: Bahnhof AB
Construction Area: 1,200 sqm
Project year: 2008
Photographs: Åke E:son Lindman

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UBS' 43-page Dress Code: How To Dress, From Jewellery to Underwear

Everyone today is obsessing over the 43-page UBS brochure setting forth an elaborate dress code.

"Dresscode UBS à l’attention des collaborateurs PKB" is the formal title of the document.

It's a very typically obsessive Swiss document, with advice on everything from how many pieces of jewelry to wear (maximum of 3 pieces for men, 7 for women) to what color underwear should be donned. There's also some weird stuff, like a ban on women wearing new shoes. The dress code is being tested out in five branches in Switzerland but may be rolled out worldwide, according to the Wall Street Journal. 

This is translated from French to English by Google Translator (Pardon the unusual grammar):

Wearing a tie UBS [UBS  16.32    -0.41  (-2.45%)   ] is absolutely imperative.

There are several techniques for tying and tie knotted properly should reach the top of the belt buckle.

Tips and Advice

• Each time you remove your suit, untie your Tie and hang or wrap it. Give your tie at least one rest day before reuse so that the fabric and lining can rest.
• You leave preferably professionals with the task of removing any stains. More spots are recent and more result will be better.
• Do not wash, nor ever iron your shirts yourself.
• The stickpin is now rather old-fashioned but it is considered useful and decorative by many carriers tie.
• The tip of your tie should under no circumstances enter your pants

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It goes on to provide instructions for tying the ties: